#jadeandquartzes

[hauntedwizardmoment]

GOOD EVENING. STARBREAKER!! this is so silly because I can't stop thinking about jace influencer au, but I did just get hit with a Vision of, like, a world where that AU is true but also the Plan is still happening. so as he gets pulled more into it (knowingly or unknowingly) jace's online presence/instagram/youtube channels or w/e slowwwwwly starts to devolve from poppy pretty sponsored idealized glamorized aestheticized content into a straight-up found-footage horror story.

CHRISTTTTTT.

like okay bear with me. a shift away from regular influencer au. jace is one of those teacher influencers. his normal content is like, stuff like this. it's fairly harmless, kind of corny, mildly funny. and as he gets a bigger following he starts doing more intimate/personal content. outfit of the day/day in the life, weekend vlogs (shopping spree in bastion city! massive spell component haul!), and crucially. talking about his relationship! his partner is his coworker, they met at work! they teach a party cohesion elective together and they co-advise the wild magic barbarians! it's sooooo cute, right?

and then porter starts appearing on camera and at first it seems super sweet, he's very gruff and not very camera-trained but he seems to really care for jace. but something like... changes. sometime in between jace's annual traditions of "halloween crafts week/decorate my classroom with me" videos and his "moonar yulenear break daily vlogs" people notice that like. jace seems a little more tired. more brittle. like he's always been performing but now it seems like every single smile is forced and fake.

sometime in the summer jace does a video addressing the comments and passes it off as burnout, he's had a difficult year because of the whole kalvaxus situation on top of some... personal issues. and his audience is like oh okay that explains it. but the tone keeps getting darker. jace posts fewer and fewer videos, his schedule goes from 3-4x weekly uploads to maybe one video every couple of weeks. slowly goes silent on all his other accounts. when he does make a video it's almost always with porter, and the way porter always has his arm around jace seems less "proud boyfriend" and more "possessive creep that's trying to keep jace from saying the wrong thing and exposing... something"

there's a conspiracy that it's all an ARG because of a bunch of "clues" in the background of jace's videos - including a jar of devil's honey on a kitchen counter that when pointed out leads to jace deleting the video entirely. this only adds fuel to the fire because what could he be hiding??

jace starts slipping up sometimes, letting on that porter's maybe. making him do something that he doesnt want to be doing. this is interspersed with strange, quasi-religious, creepy shit from porter during their vlogs. these are quickly deleted/edited out. but his audience is Concerned.

at some point. jace posts one last video called "Goodbye!" and it's a farewell to content creation as a whole for him. it's recorded in his classroom, porter's absent, jace seems almost like his old self again, he's smiling, and the sky behind him is bright red. if you look closely there are wisps of smoke visible. the tone and words are so fucking off, he's talking about seeing everyone in the "next life, a better life" if "everything goes as expected"

cue ragenarok, and cue reports that "aguefort sorcery teacher and influencer jace stardiamond was linked to a plot to create a new god of war"

[hmooncreates]

Tabletop trick or treat!! 🦇💖

thank you jade :D sorry for the late response but i've been busy with bday and travel :D i'm choosing trick!

a ttrpg creator i'd like to highlight is @psychhound!!! ppl are probably familiar with luka because he's, like, a big deal!

[i do not know why this image is like this but its probs the fact that my computer hates screenshotting things clearly]

his games are soooo much fun and have so much voice to them!!! if you like games that make you Think and challenge what you think about mechanics you should check out his games!!!

also, so many of his games are so fun to play because he's directly made them for his loved ones!!!! isnt that the most fun kind of game to play??? one made with love????

anyway everyone check out his itch.io or else 🥰🥰

[natjennie]

hello, simply wanted to say that your starbreaker playlist is absolutely excellent and has introduced me to several new songs that I'm now in love with (back to life, back against the wall, I bet you look good on the dance floor). 11/10 correctly nailed vibes for that duo 🫡

omggggg your fic like exploded my brain and put it back together again so coming from you this is such a huge compliment thank you sooooo much <3 <3

[beguilingcorpse]

I was INDELIBLY shaped by the Redwall books as an elementary and middle schooler, and absolutely recommend them to people to this day.

THIS SEEMS SO CUTE!!! I WANT TO READ ABOUT WOODLAND CREATURES IN AN ABBEY!!!! thank you for this recommendation i am going to have a BLAST with this

(send me the books that shaped you when you were a teen!)

[pizzacastella]

☕📚🐻🌗!

thank you for the ask jade !!

☕ Do you do warmup sketches before drawing? (Bonus: do you have any to share?)

i really wish i did but alas i sit and draw what my brain scheduled to draw :( i do however have way too many wips for my own good

📚 How many layers do you typically use?

i actually don't know if i do use a lot of layers? but i think it's a lot bc i dont like to merge my lineart and colors so a full colored piece gets around 30-50 layers? then a simple lineart is about 10-15

🐻 Your go-to things to draw when you need comfort?

sometimes you just want to draw a bunch of 3/4 angle portraits of your faves, y'know? maybe a silly little chibi of them :3

🌗 Is night or day better for drawing?

night time for sure! living in a tropical country makes it so difficult to do anything in the morning so i like to work at night when it's colder and quieter !!

questions list

[lichfucker]

HAPPY TESS DAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY! <3

thank you!!! ✨✨💛🥰

[daughterofsarenrae]

Thank you @jadeandquartzes ! <3

Last Song: Bitter Medicine // The Crane Wives

Favorite color: blue!!!! and pink

Currently Watching: Invincible! and have also been rewatching the cw flash & supergirl shows with my roommate. for enrichment :)

Spicy/Sweet/Savory: SWEET <3 savory is also good, i cannot handle spice at all :(

Relationship status: single <3 which is how i like it

Current obsession: for a year and a half now i have genuinely not been able to focus on anything except batman comics. until recently, when i am slowly expanding to other dc heroes. i've spent so much money on comics </3 these bats have my brain in a death grip with no signs of letting me go anytime soon

Tagging: @the-ipre, @ecothroat, @hopefulqueer, @asimovsideburns, and @dreampaladin! and anyone else who wants to

[tempestclerics]

9 and 29!

9. what calms you down?

i am privileged to be surrounded by ppl around whom i've been slowly. learning to unmask a little more so genuinely have been finding a lot of calm and comfort in jumping around in circles or rocking back and forth a little bit. it's great. proprioception!

29. morning, afternoon or night?

over the course of this year i've become solidly a morning person. give me some crisp air and the feeling of waking up to natural light please!

[strangetorpedos]

35, 84!

35: something holy / jealous of the birds

84: the only heartbreaker / mitski

send me a number 1-100 and i'll tell you the song from my spotify wrapped!

[chaosgenasi]

9, 17, 68, 99!

9: love from the other side - fall out boy. loved this album

17: the day the martians came - the gravesiders

68: tune it out - dead to me

99: it takes time - l.s. dunes

[rarepairnation]

14, 53, 69, 86!

hehe thank u!!

14. new years day by taylor swift

don't read the last page (but i stay) / when you're lost and i'm scared and you're turning away

to pair with always by the veronicas; songs that to me are about the blorbos finding peace quiet and home with each other. ive also always thought this was a really special taylor swift song there's not that many of her songs that Feel Like This to me. i can't describe the emotion actually but it's true

53. the shot heard 'round the world by boys like girls

i wanna kiss the sky tonight / maybe you should try it / i'm gonna learn to fly tonight / and you're invited

just a song that slams really hard. i love to dance around my kitchen to it. my roommates have def walked in on me singing this bridge. im noticing that my whole wrapped is either "blorbo song" or "song that makes my brain itch" or "song from my struggle playlist" lol

69. house of wolves by my chemical romance

and say (oh!) what i wanna say / tell me i'm an angel take this to my grave / tell me i'm a bad man kick me like a stray

huge from my feb/march mcr moment that went so hard they scraped fifth top artist. i think this was half a term paper grind mode brain itching song and also a feeling insane song. it will always go hard regardless like they were fuck off crazy for this line thank u gerard way

86. i wanna get better by bleachers

mourned the years before i got carried away / now i'm staring at the interstate screaming at myself hey! / i wanna get better /.../ i'm sleeping in the back of a taxi / i'm screaming from my bedroom window / even if it's gonna kill me!

a classic. late may/post-thesis heavy rotation because goddamn i DID wanna get better. now in november i think it's slow. but i think i'm getting there.

[hauntedwizardmoment]

OKAY so: 2, 10, 11, 14, for any oc(s) you wish, but also, assuming you're taking asks about 'em, for jace's former party from blood and turpentine fic series bc I am legitimately obsessed with them and think about them daily

HIII oh my god this got so long i am so sorry but i got carried away:

2. What's something about your OC that people wouldn't expect just from looking at them?

Peregrine: he’s a theater kid! he wanted to be a bard soooo bad or at least multiclass a la Fabian but due to the [gestures at his neuroses around his masculinity] he never did. i think in terms of levels, he ended up a level 20 fighter until he did some paladin training as an adult that put him at like, a 17/3 split between fighter/paladin. in a kinder timeline he’d be doing community theater and taxes with jace. in blood and turpentine. well no spoilers for what im currently writing but it’s not that.   

Dagbert: out of everyone in the group hes the one thats into musicals unironically. and not even good musicals. like picture this massive goliath that’s taller than porter and just as broad, i think i have him as like 7 ft 1, and he just fucking loves Cats. he’s obsessed with fantasy andrew lloyd webber. has a jellicle-sona. 

Ysvelde: she’s somehow got even less of a solid grasp of her identity than jace does. part of it is that she’s an actress, part of it is that she’s never really lived for anything besides the approval of other people (first her mom, then her adventuring party). she has no idea who she is without the approval of others. if you put her in a room alone she’d start climbing the walls instead of sitting alone with her own thoughts. girl who is constantly experiencing The Dread but she covers it up with a winning smile + really cool artsy makeup. 

Aurora: [dan howell voice] one time she had a MESSY night out in [bastion city], kissed a GIRL, and SMOKED A CIGARETTE. no but seriously she has a secret wild side that she rarely lets out, especially as she gets more and more into fundamentalism and what she believes is sol’s true word, the very early beginnings of the harvestmen cult. during their first year adventuring, shes the one that suggested matching tramp stamps while they were all wasted. 

Invidia: she’s a romantic. she really does want her friends to find love. she’s at aurora and peregrine’s wedding as a bridesmaid, and when she realizes that jace and porter are serious about each other, she’s genuinely happy for him. underneath all the cattiness and jokes she’s so glad that everything “worked out” (woman who does not know jace is a dead man walking)

10. What's an AU that would be interesting to explore with your OC?

not to keep talking about this but my infidelity fic which is an au of blood and turpentine? i have so many dramatic scenes from it that i rotate in my head. when peregrine finds out that jace got promoted to vice principal and starts a huge fight about it. dagbert’s father’s funeral. invidia and ysvelde’s falling out. when peregrine finds out about jace’s affair and subsequently gets murdered by porter. aurora’s creepy midsommar-ass family hosting everyone for fantasy easter. 

11. What is your OC's weapon of choice? Have they ever actually used it?

Peregrine: a lance!! by the time he’s a full-time adventurer i’m sure it’s a magical weapon too, probably has like a +2 or something. hes definitely used it before love a martial class. 

Dagbert: his battle axe, absolutely has used it. he’s definitely got a magic weapon too, i think i call out in love’s never meant much to me that it has magic runes on it so yeah let’s call it the same level of magical as perry’s lance

Ysvelde: so she’s a college of eloquence bard and a fiend pact warlock, so i think she probably has a shortsword as a backup weapon but honestly that eldritch blast cantrip is getting her through most of her fights juuuust fine. 

Aurora: circle of life cleric, definitely has a crossbow that she’s used a couple times in a panic early on but she’s more a healer than anything. i picture her spiritual weapon (the cleric spell) as a scythe. 

Invidia: she’s a circle of the moon druid so i think she’d have a pair of broad claws that do some sick slashing damage, plus obviously her wild shape forms, and her animal companion (a wolf but for funsies ive flavored it as a husky named luna and she loves her so much, she treats her like a child, has little bows to put in her fur, etc. luna is fantasy instagram famous)

14. How does your OC want to be seen by other characters?

ohhhh this is sosososo juicy 

Peregrine: the true driving force in his life is to be seen as a protector, as a provider, as a good fighter and a good man. he will Freak Out if he perceives anything as getting in the way of that. especially if its his own actions that make him look weak or immoral in any way, i.e. sleeping with jace when he and aurora are on a break. 

Dagbert: truly. genuinely. from the bottom of his heart. he could not give less of a shit. he wants to be known as a goddamn professional, unlike the rest of these people, apparently. he’s out here trying to earn a fucking paycheck meanwhile everyone else in his party is ensnared in insane psychosexual drama. he’s angling to get a raise to buy out his ailing father’s construction business from him and let the man retire and this clownshow of a party is fucking it up for him.

Ysvelde: she’s not real unless youre clapping and cheering for her if you dont clap and cheer for her she’ll die. she lives and dies on the approval of an audience. she’s a star. but like for real she needs validation constantly, it doesnt matter where it comes from or how she gets it, she just needs to know that she’s getting a good grade in existing, something normal to want and possible to achieve. 

Aurora: her main thing is being right. she’s a cleric, she receives the divine word from sol, she’s his hand upon the world and she’ll spread his light to the darkest corners of spyre and consecrate it for him, make the world holy. she has her convictions and is firm in them, and she wants everyone to see her as a source of good and truth, both in battle and in spirituality. i think after a certain point she couldnt care less what her party thinks of her, she’s mainly looking for the approval of higher-ups in the church of sol to further solidify herself as a priestess and help shape the vision and direction of the church. 

Invidia: her and aurora butt heads a lot because she also is very into being correct, but in a way that is entirely divorced from divinity. instead, she wants other people to see her as observant to a scary degree. she wants you to know that she sees what you do, knows your habits inside and out, all your secrets, and is taking notes and filing them away for blackmail purposes. and when you slip up she WILL brag about predicting your downfall to your face. it’s why she and jace are the ivy-and-oisin of their party, they both love gossip and reveling in the misery of people they dont like. 

[princess-of-purple-prose]

HI HI HI and CONGRATS on finishing rgu and also CONDOLENCES on finishing rgu, both going hand in hand. truly the show with its picture next to dictionary definition of "emotional marathon roller coaster" of ever.

God!!! Yeah!!!!!! And that said now my face is next to the picture for "complete devastation but also somehow awe and revelation"

[supercantaloupe]

happy sleepover Saturday! opinions on Tchaikovsky scores, if you've got any? (and also, what's your favorite underrated opera piece? if you so wish.)

looove tchaikovsky. i remember being in an oboe masterclass a few years ago and as an icebreaker we were asked if we were limited to only playing music by a single composer who would it be, and like half of the room said him LOL. i have a strong fondness for his first symphony (which, like a lot of composers' first symphonies, is underrated imo) but i still need to work through more of his catalogue to pick a definitive favorite or whatever. love the piano concerto too, and i think the man is at his strongest when he's writing dance music (not just in his ballets! the dance movements in his symphonies and operas are wonderful). absolute master of orchestration, he really knew how to blend the different instruments and their various colors

anyway the pretentious answer for underrated opera is. the new work that a composition student at my university premiered this year LOL. underrated in the sense that very few people know it exists let alone have seen or heard it but i absolutely loved it when i saw its premiere and i really hope the university goes forward with a full production in the future, and/or that he can get it workshopped into something Official cause it has potential. but i realize that's kind of a limited answer to give lmao so i think i'll go with the rake's progress for an underrated opera pick. i don't know if anyone really underrates it per se but i think it's just not very popular/well known and it deserves to be cause it's great! plus a special shoutout i guess to giulio cesare which is my personal pet baroque opera. is it Good? as far as handel goes yes...in the abstract that's more debatable lol. do i recommend it? also yes. even if it is like three and a half hours long LOL

[ask meme]

[flashhwing]

for either (or both) ships: what's a rare or rarely-done AU that you'd really love to see them in? and do you have any stray headcanons you wanna share (either sweet or angst or anywhere in between?) also, hoping the pain clears up soon; that sucks 💗

thank you dearie 💗💗💗

for handers an au that i've never seen that i'd like to read is a hanahaki au. contentious, i know, but i've seen some really good ones and with the three-year-pining that's built in i think it could be fun with them

this isn't exactly rare for widomauk but i love. fix it fics that were written before lucien returned. i love the creativity of them and how different people figure out how to bring molly back, or just ignore his death altogether, and anything that has him interacting with plotlines he never got to see in canon

[parasite-core]

7, 17, 27!

Thanks for the ask!

7 - what color brings you peace?

My favorite color is yellow but I think the most calming and peaceful color is a light shade of green.

17 - fairy lights or LED lights

Easy, fairy lights, they don’t trigger my migraines so long as they aren’t like the kind that blink or flash between colors. LED lights are hit or miss, but they’re infinitely better than florescent lights.

27 - which character would you want to be?

My first choice would be any of my own OCs lol. But then again most of them are traumatized messes so maybe not.

I think it would be cool to be The Doctor. Traveling all of time and space, seeing the wonders of the universe. Sure there are downsides (lonely, friends always die, depending on which Doctor last of their kind and trauma from being the one forced to genocide the Daleks and the Time Lords), but like, all of time and space!

(Yes I would be the dumbass to join the Doctor as a companion without a second thought and stay until something inevitably kills me lol.)