I wrote a thing for day one of Techza Week using the prompt "Antarctic Empire!" It's mostly fluffy nonsense! Enjoy!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/53709172
And check out the other Techza week works on the techza week blog!
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it's actually very nice that apothecary diaries chose maomao as the protagonist, a girl who was raised in the pleasure district and severely under-ranks(?) many of the other characters in the story. through her, we get proximity to the status of those who were expendable to the royal court, a fact that she herself is highly aware of, and because of this she routinely positions herself between those who are of high rank and low rank. i really like that the series draws attention to notions of hierarchy and expendability, again without being preachy about it, because to be sure, it's not gritty at all, it tends to maintain a lighthearted tone with a focus on interpersonal relationships.
but this direction contrasts strongly with the dozens of western historical/historical fantasy dramas that focus mostly on the upper class and invisibilises the labor that sustains their lifestyles. meanwhile apothecary diaries leans into maomao's skills, the certain amount of ingenuity and knowledge that comes from her being poor and growing up in the pleasure district, and the way her rapport and proximity to the servants of the court enable her to reach places the high-ranked characters can't.
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Here comes Jewel for the twst stitch event!! Shhh I know I broke the rules for this a bit but she’s matching with Grim in sprit! (she’s loyal to her clothing color palette)
Honestly this took longer than I expected, it was supposed to be finish like three days ago
But where there’s water there is chaos bound to happen:
Also nice little Jewel fun fact… she indeed cannot swim!
I actually got lazy by the time I drew this one out
Taglist: @skriblee-ksk
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Nightmares are ruff. Ruff! A fear submitted by Gabriela to Deep Dark Fears - thanks!
You can find original artwork in my shop!
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Stressed and I have done a thing! We've spent the past couple months using our combined powers for evil and have collaborated on a fic together for the ktifmb au!
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