#like field mouse number 8 the one Mulmangcho used as a disguise

[ceiling-karasu]

I feel like content slows down once school starts back up. When I joined the fandom, it was around this time of year, and I thought it was dead with the exception of two other people. Imagine my surprise when summer came around. From my perception it is very active right now in comparison from when I joined.

I hear you on that as well. I have spent eleven years in another fandom and the rules are different there than in SaH. Much more strict, it seems, and it’s a large fandom.

I have a tendency to be oblivious to a lot of drama happening, but even I noticed that there was some issue with naming OCs in there, although I never really paid attention since it didn’t pertain to me. I just kind of assumed that was just how it was done. I’ve been told that it goes way deeper and wow did I apparently miss a ton of stuff. But I did get that the rules are about the same as yours, with the bonus issue that people could be named after Gods (and their children; Emna vs Koenma for example) instead of countries. I did see some of it before I joined Tumblr, too.

I also had to do a lot of research on my names to get them perfect. Nunsongi is perfect, but that name also belongs to a few minor celebrities and a K-pop idol, which I found out later. No one seems to be complaining? I think I would have gotten a lot of complaints if anyone was mad about me using a celebrity name, although I didn’t even know it at the time.

Yepa (snow/ice princess) could be a nice nickname for Nurse Eomin (since I want the nickname to be given because she is cold towards her patients in the Weasel Unit and there are dozens of snow related names but really hard to find a negative context name and I feel bad to not ‘researching hard enough’ too) but while it is a Korean name, it is actually Native American in origin, and I feel like it would be racist to use it. Also why would the Weasel Unit know of that name? The wolves, apparently representing America, might know of the name and give it to her. But that would require native Americans in the AU, and for the wolves to have enough knowledge on Native American languages and Korean customs and languages to name a nurse that refuses to flirt with them Yepa, and I really don’t feel like the wolves would be able to make connections like that. I am not sure it is logical to use it even if it didn’t feel awkward.

There’s another direct ice/snow/cold woman name, but that was ‘taken,’ and even though it has been dropped apparently, I still can’t and don’t want to use it.

I did mess up with Rana Roja by using a masculine conjugation (Rojo), where Rana is grammatically feminine, but luckily I had someone who could correct me on that.

I also have to do a lot of research on every plot point and dialogue choice to make sure it isn’t offensive and is something someone from the area might say or do. Especially with Soor-Hiran, since I am incorporating some customs I know nothing about, but I’ve been running plans for them past Rei.

I still feel horrible that I had Flower Hill giving presents in wrapping paper in Lily Bell. If I had wanted to do those scenes ‘properly’ I should have used the cloth bojagi (found out in an actual museum no less). There is an entire art of cloth gift wrapping in Korea (types of cloth, styles of wrapping, colors, relationships, context of the gift etc) and I’m still kicking myself over not finding out about that beforehand. It actually could have been useful.

Also, creating a random one shot village that exports sculptures, only to later find out that an organization in North Korea that exports sculptures is an actual thing, so now I have changes to make later on. So I have to be more careful about the little things there, even though I know I am taking things way too seriously. So I think you are fine! I think people are really happy to see SaH participation in general, so it doesn’t need to be perfect. We can maybe relax a little, but I don’t think it’s a bad thing to be serious about trying to be creative with names and plots.

It’s also difficult because characters in the show are xenophobic and use ableist language, so if I want to keep this as closely canon compliant as possible I have to balance that with not going too far. (Luckily it seems people think the elevator scene was funny and not offensive and I was worried about that).

My OC finally has colors :))

I am considering changing their name since I found out someone else has an OC with the same name. To be fair, we both spell the name differently in English. But the Korean characters are the same. Thus, they are still the same name with the same meaning. How I never saw or noticed is a complete mystery to me. And I don't know how to feel about it hence my consideration of his name change.

I still want to have Dal (달) in his name since it means moon. And is in contrast to his sister's name (Noeul) that has relations to the sun. And showing that they are polar opposite is important to their lore/backstory. There are two names I can consider:

Dal (달): Moon (literally one character is a name)

Dallim (달님): Miss/Mister Moon*

*This is the name that I am mostly considering.

Though, I could also consider using Wol (월), which means Moon as well but within Hanja (usage of the Chinese characters). Though, it also seems to mean Months? Which I am not too keen on using since the character seems has a double meaning to it (depending on other characters it's with).

One last option is to find a word that uses the character (달), but I like giving my OCs actual names (unlike in SaH where names are based on species or apperances). I was jokingly thinking changing his name to Wolbyeong (Mooncake). But again, I like to give my OCs actual names. And that name wouldn't match my OCs personality. I usually take a long time naming characters since I always name them based on their personality or what they represent as a character. I take days to name a character because I always want to find the right character to use. That's how serious I am with naming my OCs which is why that "joke" name doesn't sit well with me.

Also I changed the style of his eyes and am thinking of which style. I think I nailed the shape that I want him to have. The removal of the pupil was just inspired by another anime character. But I think the pupil fits him better than without? I think I got inspired by Komi-san Can't Communicate since I have been seeing a lot of discourse over the new art style of the manga (and my take is that I don't like the art now).

[ceiling-karasu]

I had a dream about the Ray Bradbury story All Summer in a Day (because a plane dripped water on me while I was trying to doze in my assigned seat?? Just decided to ignore that at least we were finally ON the plane at that point). That one where humanity has bases on Venus, and it rains all day except for the one time every seven years. Anyway, the classmates lock a girl from Earth in a closet because they think she is making things up about this 'sun' thing.

Which later somehow started making me think of Dalnim living in a small apartment by himself, but some misunderstandings make his classmates think he was living under a local bridge. Then one entire week, it rains super hard, and starts flooding rivers, and some of the classmates freak out and lock Dalmin in a school closet over night/the weekend 'for his own good,' on the idea that they don't want Dalmin to fall asleep and get swept away to drown. Which only increases everyone's misunderstandings of one another.

But yeah, in the dorms sounds nice! Plus, work-study programs where he and everyone else can find out about the archives and photography. Maybe Sena is a guest lecturer one day.

I don't know much about what high schools are like nowadays. I remember 7 classes, but some days you had to rotate (class A M-W-F at 10 am, class B T-Th at 10 am), so it was technically more.

I just wound up writing about Tokgasi because parts of Lightning Rod were starting to focus on the aftermath of Aekku's secret document. Like, was everyone caught in one swoop, or did some of the agents notice others getting captured and run off somewhere? And why is the Tokgasi group named after this one individual? Has he done operations like this before?

Personally, I am also kind of obsessed with Field Mouse Number 8.

We see that he was apparently not chosen by Aekku, but is still away on a mission somewhere. Why was he not chosen? Where is he? Will Mulmangcho disguising as him have repercussions? If he is a field mouse/dormouse, and was actually known reasonably enough around the base that Mulmangcho could disguise as him without anyone asking questions, then he was probably close to Commander Jogjebi like the other field mice. Which means he could be off on a spying mission somewhere as part of Jogjebi or the Special Forces' groups. If Commander Jogjebi is gone, what would that mean for his mission if he is on one?

Yeah, maybe the past parts are good to have first. They are entertaining to read, so far.

The layout would be for the farmhouse villa in Lily Bell. Technically I have it all written out in the story, so the details are already there and I can take some liberties. Nothing really seems to contradict itself, but making an actual schematic is hard. I'll have to do it by hand. But, I have figured out I can make something by hand, upload it, and then trace over something in another layer and hide the first layer. So that's nice. Less worried about merging layers and more annoyed that sometimes I can't use the fill function in certain sections anymore after random periods of time. I am learning to use layers when I make clothing, though.

I kind of wish I could have gotten to know my grandfathers, but they both passed away young due to issues with heavy smoking.

I was thinking 'beauty and gracefulness' for Nayeon, for reasons that will come out much later. But yeah, at the moment, they are just not letting Nayeon figure out the truth about Jollin, since her interest in helping the neighbor distracts her from missing her parents, I guess. Plus, she would be bonding with someone who is also missing their parents, from everyone else's perspective.

It wouldn't have been only a simple reference. I was planning on writing more chapters involving perspectives from Geumsaegi, Juldarami, and Flower Hill and their search/investigations to figure out what happened to Bamsaegi. Which would have included a lot of dredging the ocean floor for a bit, and secret internal investigations. So a bit of a duel story going on there. But a soft romance just seemed disrespectful.

Thank you very much for the feedback! It means a lot to me. Although I think the amount of research you put into your own stories is great as well! And you are way better at the naming conventions and Hangul than I could ever be.

Something I did while I was waiting for class.

I don’t know if she would be a new character of mine. But if she was, she would be working as an archivist or doing something based around culture. Idk. She isn’t a character I would place in OFP since she wouldn’t be a solider. She would have been exempted.

The quality came out a bit wonky