#mappsie reads

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"Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel, as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than costum has pronounced necessary for their sex."

- Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë

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I wrote a > little thing < the other day and unexpectedly had our apartment all by myself for a few hours, sooooo... here it is, in recorded form. Enjoy ^_^

Tagging the Rona/Din Cheering Crew <3  @gwen-cousland, @john-cousland, @bloodmagespectre and @spaceborn--vagabond ^_^

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@whiskeyeyedcullen asked for numbers 8, 13, 22 and 23 from the Voice Ask Meme and well, this took some time. I recorded #8 last week and the others today and glued them together and then the file was too big so Helloooooo SoundCloud!

Anyways, thank you for asking, this was fun indeed! :D

(.. and I might continue the reading from the book... we’ll see ^_^)

Length: 12:50 min

Book: Commemorative Edition - NECRONOMICON - The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft. Gollancz, London. 2008

Send me a number (but be patient, please ;) )

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Fuzzles and Champ MP

So here is a nifty overview of what my brain has spit out already of the adventures of Rona Norgreen and Cullen Stanton Rutherford. One day this may even become a coherent tale, who knows ;)

Scenes from a Childhood in Honnleath

Chapter 1: The Intruder - tumblr - AO3

Chapter 2: A New Friend - tumblr - AO3

Scenes from Haven 

Stars - tumblr - AO3

Scenes from Skyhold

Night Whispers - tumblr - AO3 - Audio read by me

Hurt - tumblr - AO3

Other Bits

Rona’s Dream (origins!au, rpg!au) - tumblr

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So, @gwen-cousland wrote a thing, and I read it, and I got her permission to post it :)

@element-104, @john-cousland

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Tumblr apparently ate the file I uploaded yesterday (I hope it was tasty...), so here’s a re-upload of this litte fluffy thingy I wrote which can be found here to read along.

@john-cousland @element-104 @princess-underthemountain

Maybe you’re interested, too, @dragonagethistle?

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Creator Tag 2017

Rules: It’s time to love yourselves! Choose your 5 favorite works you’ve created this year (fics, art, edits, etc!) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you’ve brought into the world in 2017. Tag as many writers/artists/etc as you want (fan or original!) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome works.

I got tagged by the amazing @cantkeepmyeyesoff and I can’t thank you enough for it, because it made me realize, how much creative stuff I really managed to squeeze in this past year, despite my two sweet, but occasionally nerve-wrecking, toddlers. I did some writing, started recording stuff, managed to march through Inktober without missing a day (and without having a clue lol), finished some cute crocheting… I gotta say that I’m really, really proud and happy with all this creativity coming back to me. Feels good :D

I’m tagging @gwen-cousland @john-cousland @princess-underthemountain @waitinginthepen @dragonagethistle @novamm66 @snowdropxp @anotherdayforchaosfay @themayamelissa @madammelisse @merrillydraws @pi4engo @vixilancia @elisedorian @busyitmom - Come on guys! Indulge in some selflove and show your awesome stuff! :D

So much for Bla, now for the Do:

Recording [tag: mappsie reads] : I did not as much recording as I would have liked to, and I hope to do more this year. So here’s Nightwhispers, my first ever try of recording, with Cullen and Rona.

Drawing [tag: mappsie draws]: Nihlus Kryik riding on a nyan druffalo. With a light saber. This was the birthday drawing for @john-cousland‘s radioactive wife El, and I had sooooooo much fun drawing it xD

Also, if you would please look at the progress I made since October! Day 27 of Inktober vs. the Christmas drawing I did of my OTP, Rona and Din :D Like, Holy Shit, did I really draw this?!

Crochet [tag: mappsie crochets]: The Liara T’Soni doll I made for my little brother’s birthday ^_^

Writing [tag: mappsie writes]: Of the six things I actually finished I like Hurt (complete here at tumblr or the AO3) very much, my first try at some Angst:

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A manic crowd cheers, entrenched in smell of blood and sweat and booze and death. Above her the furious amber eyes disappear, dissolve into mud brown bogs of hate in a greasy face, adorned by a vicious smile. The foul stench is overwhelming and makes her heave. Two strong hands grip tight around her neck while the sheer mass of the body keeps her wiggling uselessly in place. Dark spots start to dance in her vision, and her eyes roll to the back of her head. Then one hand leaves the throat, starts tearing at her pants. Somewhere in the back, a half grown puppy growls and barks, shuffling at a cage door. A tongue slides up her cheek, a mouth breathes rotten air hard into her ear and grates with disdain dripping voice

“Know your place, woman.”

She bites. At the ear. Bites through. Spits while blood gushes and the smelly meat loses balance, almost burying her. But she scrambles, scrambles, scrambles, kicks at the face, anything. Then free, finally. Breathing. Air into the lungs. Air. Breathe! It hurts. But she breathes.

She’s on him a second later, sitting on his back, his arm twisted backwards. Oh she knows the leverage and presses hard and fast, the sound of breaking bone like music in her ears. She dissembles him. Methodically. Limb by limb. Doesn’t know what’s more disgusting. The blood-thirsty crowd rejoicing in the symphony of pain. Or the smelling, sobbing Meatface making sounds like a little bunny in a bear trap.

Or - that she likes that she’s good at this, good at something after all.

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And I didn’t really notice all of this before Lía’s tag…. O_o So, yeah, thank you again! :D

Also a huge thank you to @gwen-cousland, @princess-underthemountain, and @john-cousland and El for always cheering and supporting these endeavours. You folks are awesome and I love you all very much ^_^

Now on to another artsy and crafty year! I hope to squeeze in even more! ^_^ And I hope everybody else can do, too! :D