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[tired-reader-writer]

Sick again, half-delirious and full of lead but the thought made me giggle out loud so here we are— though to be fair Azar's case is just me theorizing because @importantdestinydefendor hasn't confirmed anything yet (👀) and forgive me @marchdancer but I can't for the life of me remember whether you posted this info publicly or if it was something you revealed to me in private DMs (curse my health and my Swiss Cheese Memory) 😭😭😭

[importantdestinydefendor]

WIP Ask Game

RULES: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Then tag as many people as you have WIPs!

Saw this floating around my dash and the Death Mark fandom, and I though: "Hey! Let's try this as well! (Even though I have not been tagged...)"

Some of these WIPs will not be fanfiction or for Death Mark, so bear with me here...

Firelight AU

Among the Daffodils

Firelight AU - What if...

Illness from Within

How unheroically Heroic

You in my Dreams

Mission: Steam

Dressed for Duty

Soulless Killer

Beware of Narrators

Gottlos

Tacit Fanfiction

Living in Chaos

[Untitled] - (Doesn't have a name yet)

Sooo, yeah! And I haven't even included all, since some only have like a vibe and some straight up are just an empty file...

By the way, I use the app Pluot for planning my WIP's. I highly recommand it! (So far, I haven't seen it use AI so that is a plus!)

Tags: @innerchorus @tired-reader-writer @marchdancer @whenskiesaregreyy @praise-suns-and-chill

[innerchorus]

For those struggling to load the images for Chapter 121 on Manga1001, try here instead! This one worked for me. @colleyuriko @marchdancer

[lojowerkz]

A DANCE A DAY Nothing thrills us onlookers out here like a superhero levels of hang time. The next two vid posts will hilight two of my personal favorite UpMasters! #LoJoWerkz #LoJoWerkzDailyDope #DAILYDOPE #BrooklynMack #MarchDances #WhoGotUps #ADanceADay https://www.instagram.com/lojowerkz/p/Bvm5FsnlRYi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lq2o89h1yoe2

[thrututchteyes]

A DANCE A DAY - LIL BUCK A couple days ago I pulled out some of my favorite TuTchT IG Avatars. I’ve been a fan, supporter & occasional collaborator with Lil Buck for over a decade now so naturally there are a couple Lil Buck joints among my most popular avatars. I thought I’d adapt this one for my March “A Dance A Day” posts. Thanks for changing the planet bro, (including me.) Onward and Upward! —- If you dig Street Dance (& other styles) be sure and swing by @LoJoWerkz for the rest of the month to see posts of many of our favorite LoJoFav & LoJoFam dancers!!! @LIlbuckdaLegend @TuTchTig #TuTchT #TuTchTIMAGING #ThruTuTchTEyes #LilBuck #CharlesLilBuckRiley #MemphisJookin #TuTchTLilBuckPortraits #LoJoWerkz #LoJoWerkzDailyDope #DAILYDOPE #MarchDances #Jookin #KingsofDance #WorldChanges #ADanceADay https://www.instagram.com/p/BvPRnQjliIw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ais2h39lkrmb

[tired-reader-writer]

G-witch AU Infodump

Enabled by @werewolfcoochie @marchdancer @sharpdistances @germanpillow @kallista-dragonsoul and @iwantthatdickgrayson here is me infodumping about random shit in my G-witch AU:

After being rescued by Ellyus, El4n takes on a new name and identity— one he would choose for himself— though Shin Sei doesn't quite have the means necessary to turn his face into something else, nor does he remember what his original face is supposed to look like anyways.

Anyways, his new name is Nary, bc “nary” means “nothing, none” and he's basically someone who has nothing, starting from scratch with a clean slate and even before that he had nothing. Also it's a reference to @stil-lindigo 's fantastic poem-comic here and @telamont 's fic may the little garden where you smile, last forever since I read both of them at roughly within the same timeframe and they double-teamed up on me in terms of brainrot. I am not sorry for this.

I'm still struggling over his new surname however, though Frey is a temporary placeholder— as a reference to the goddess Frigg whose divine domains included clairvoyance and prophecy, and though Nary himself is no prophet his love interest is so hmmm. Does Ellyus count as an Odin figure? I'm not well-versed with Norse mythology. (what El definitely is is a trickster/prophet/fey type character)

Shin Sei in this AU is comprised of the friends and families of the slaughtered Vanadis researchers who want justice/vengeance for their fallen loved ones— and so support Prospera in her schemes. There's also mercurian folk in there but yeah.

Ellyus gets his mother and Shin Sei to fake/develop a new identity and backstory for Nary/El4n. It's up to him whether he comes back to Asticassia but I like to think he does.

He dyes his hair the same colour as the woman who's presumably his mother, the lady with the birthday cake? Yeah? The same brown.

He still wears soft earrings bc this analysis of El4n's gender thing lives in my head rent-free. He also wears a lot more feminine clothing because he can. (EDIT: added the link that I forgot to add bc fucking hell I knew I was forgetting smth)

He has a new hairstyle. I actually have a design in mind but since I can't draw right now... lemme dig up my gallery in hopes that there's something that looks like it—

(I'm not sure if I could share these, as far as I could track these were drawn by the original artist of the comic this character is from, I eventually seek to replace these w my own drawings when I can.)

He probably ends up taking the surname of some Shin Sei employee, though argh, it fucking pains me that we know practically nothing about Shin Sei!! Who's Godoy and what does he even do?!

The Plant Quetta attack does not happen. There will be another attack to replace it, alright, but it's been moved down the timeline. I don't know when it'll be or by whom, but it happens on Earth, while Ellyus is there. Why is he there? Dunno, probably some GUND-ARM related reason. He's one of the main mechanics of Aerial after all, and someone who's heavily involved in the production of GUND-prosthetics.

Speaking of Ellyus' engineering work, Shin Sei did develop the drone technology Prospera mentions in the witch trial— it's just that Ellyus is the one who created it. Maybe he could also be present in the trial room? His presence wouldn't really help against Delling but hey, it's the thought that counts. Besides, he (and we the audience) already knows Miorine will come to save the day.

Delling is fucking dead. No mercy for the fucker, he probably dies in the same attack that lethally wounded Ellyus? Or perhaps after that, in another incident. Vim Jeturk is accused of the murder, and subsequently silenced by Prospera and/or Shaddiq.

Shaddiq takes the presidency. Ellyus left behind pre-recorded video messages tailored to each recipient, he sat down and recorded them before he died, set to automatically be sent to the ppl he wants in the Know after his funeral, and Shaddiq and El4n's messages include the entire backstory, basically, and so Shaddiq knows about Quiet Zero and who it's for. He seeks out Prospera and basically proposes an alliance— much of their goals align, he can use QZ's might to strong-arm favorable negotiations for Earth, he knows who QZ's for and realizes that Ellyus can be “alive/free” again like Ericht since he's deduced that the night Ellyus went missing from his hospital room and came back dead was actually him being uploaded into a GUND-bit.

(It's part of Ellyus' machinations, to protect Miorine from Prospera, to bridge Shaddiq to a strong ally who shares a lot of his goals, and... yeah. Fuck Spacians, this alliance is gon be a bulldozer.)

Shaddiq does not ally with Peil.

Peil will meet a karmic end. I don't know how yet, but El4n and El5n are involved. Anyways, that'll probably happen during or after the struggle for the Benerit Group presidency.

Guel actually learns something beyond “daddy good”, dammit.

Miorine and Prospera have a... complex, shall we say, relationship. Prospera holds back from roping her into revenge unlike in canon— mostly because of Ellyus' pleas to not let GUND-ARM be ruined/soaked in blood, partly because Miorine is the one who resurrected and kept true to GUND's ideals of medical research and stuff. Prospera hates her bc well, Delling's daughter, but on the other hand... a successor of sorts to carrying the GUND research torch. Miorine doesn't trust her, no, buuuut she still can't deny that together w Shaddiq they're... actually doing decent work. (Again, unlike in canon LOL)

Suletta's off to the side having her own Identity Journey. The video message to her also explains her origins and everything, so she now knows she's a repli-child. I don't know what I'll do with the journey proper but I want the eventual outcome to be: “I am not Ericht, I was never a Samaya and that's just fine. I'm Suletta, and the name Mercury is mine in a way it isn't for mom. I still love you, mom, Aerial/Eri too, but I am a Mercury and I'm proud of that. I still love you but I'm me and you're not my entire world.” kinda deal. Basically, independence, loving her family on her own terms.

No Plant Quetta means no tomato paste and no divorce! Huzzah! (I mean, another attack still happens but due to Ellyus' and Miorine + Earth House's influence Suletta focuses more on disaster relief and evacuation and stuff.)

Adding a new layer to Ellyus' non-linear time thing (I've posted about it, I've linked to it before in another post, it can be found in his character tag), he's allowed to make phone calls to One (1) person in the past. That person happens to be Jeru Ogul, aka Shaddiq's child self, way before he's learnt to put up barriers around his heart.

(Ellyus was never meant to be human. If the G-witch cast proper is comprised of 3D beings and us the audience 4D, he'd be like, 3.5D. That's why he's allowed time shenanigans by me. Only as far as I allow it, though. He's a plot device, a robot w its guts exposed. I have also posted about this before. I won't link to it here bc well, I already have before and ppl didn't seem all too interested in the makings and structure of his character. Meta-narrative fuckery ftw.)

The calls are sporadic, but kid Jeru comes to hold this mysterious friend person in the phone very dear to his heart. Their non-judegmental and gentle encouragement was one of the things that kept him going in those days.

He's buried the memory now, in the deepest layers of his heart, under twenty vaults, along with the tender hurt and angry child self that was Jeru Ogul and everything that it represents. It fuels him, it's his impetus, but it's hidden, carefully so.

It's a surprise to the both of them when they find out.

(basically, Doylist reason was that I needed a narrative tool strong enough to break through his walls and allow him to be changed for the better, to stop having tunnel-vision, and Ellyus became the narrative device responsible for that task)

This development allowed for Shaddiq to be more proactive and open. To the point he might actually ask for Miorine's support/help during the competition for the presidency. I'm still contemplating it.

I don't know what I'll do with Dawn of Fold yet.

Not the Space Assembly League, really.

Somebody help.

Well, that's it for this episode of info-dumping! Thank you for enabling me, I was afraid to do it bc it's disheartening to scream your heart out into the void and have no response.

[tired-reader-writer]

@marchdancer I drew a Kayra! This time, actually clothed, with colour! Wow! (I'm so sorry for the unfinished one from before hhhh) I decided to adjust her design a little bit... for reasons (Saam-related reasons, though I'm not sure how successful I was in that regard). I had, like, a Vision™, of someone making this expression and I went, “this is just vibes but this would suit Kayra so well”, this sort of melancholic, longing energy in her eyes that made me think of her missing Shapur on her travels perhaps. I had to adjust the brooch/necklace idea into an earring though, as the way I composed this sketch left me with no space for either. Maybe Shapur has the other earring of this set.

[tired-reader-writer]

GUYS. GUYS I FOUND THE OLD CALCULATIONS I MADE FOR DISTANCES BETWEEN CERTAIN LOCATIONS ON THE PARSIAN MAP.

Granted, a lot of the calculations were catered to the routes the characters would've been taking in the (now deleted) fic, with zero regard to terrain, and the method of obtaining the numbers I'll admit was rather crude because I'd have the picture on the phone and grab a ruler and start measuring shit. I think I actually ended up doing a redo of the calculations and I can't recall if the stuff I found was the original or the reboot. Much of it hasn't been converted into farsangs either.

Even then, even so, I hope some of these can be of use to y'all!

(Ignore the chemistry notes, you can see the reference on top and the various mathematics scribbles scattered through the page. Why am I like this?)

Travel rates (in one day):

On foot: 15-25 miles On horse: 20-30 miles Sail: 75-125 miles

200 farsangs = ~1000m

Ecbatana-Daylam “curved” route (aka the route Arslan, Daryun, and Kazai ended up taking in the deleted AU): 950km/590.3miles In the fic it took 23 days. Ecbatana-Gilan “straight” route (aka just a straight line drawn directly between them): 700km/434.96miles Daylam-Gilan “straight” route: 1175km/730.11miles It took 29 days in the fic.

I don't even know what this one was supposed to be about, and I have Doubts™ over its accuracy, but here you go nonetheless.

Ecbatana to east border: ~200farsangs East-west length: ~347.8farsangs Darband Inland Sea coastline to southern coastline: 280farsangs

As a bonus here's again one of the calculations scribbles I found in one of the pages:

Do I have any fucking clue what it's supposed to mean anymore? Nope! (Ignore the English notes I was made to take in class)

@innerchorus @marchdancer

[tired-reader-writer]

Getting to know you ask meme

Tagged by @colleyuriko

Last song: Amagoi Uta (雨乞い唄) by Hitoshizuku x Yama△

Last movie/TV show: Yubisaki to Renren (A Sign of Affection)

Sweet/spicy/savory: I'll have to pick spicy!

Relationship status: single and I'd like to stay that way

Last thing I googled: Sufi whirling

Current obsession: Arslan Senki (of course), and my AUs for Ascendance of a Bookworm and G-witch [Liminal: The Unstraying, and like the strings on a rope (darling I fray like a firework) respectively]

Last book: I think the last book I actually finished was Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer... but wait if we can count manga in this then I just finished another Otoyomegatari reread. I have no regrets. Currently trudging my way through Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices by Mary Boyce.

Looking forward to: for us students to be given an extended holiday, LOL. I haven't had one in a very long time. I'm so tired.

Tagging: uhhhhh let's see... @sanhatipal @werewolfcoochie @concernedbrownbread @marchdancer @sharpdistances @importantdestinydefendor @ex-macina as well as anyone else who'd like to join.

[tired-reader-writer]

The eastern sky turns a pale rose as dawn breaks over the horizon— quite the lovely shade if he says so himself.

Kazai has been awake for a while, ways before the world turned from black to indigo to pink with the rising sun and receding night. He's an early riser, always has been— even with the activities that he and Shapur were up to through the night, his body would not allow him sleep beyond dawn.

Well, it's not like he minds, anyhow.

Soft golden light streams through the high windows, all the while his beloved lays asleep and Kazai watches in gentle silence. He looks innocent, Kazai notes somewhat absently. Gone are any traces of harshness or strain on his face, as if they never were. Like he was some physical manifestation of peace, tranquility given mortal body.

If only he could extend the dawn, halt the time, for day to never come and for this contentedness to never flee Shapur's face, he would.

Oh, he would.

His beloved glows in the gentle light, and Kazai's heart leaps in this breathless sort of wonder— one that feels like it might break if he moved a single muscle... And he wonders if Shapur would look this lovely on the morn of their wedding, clothed in green and bathed in dawnlight as they both kneel before a great old tree to speak their vows.

He would look even better, he decides. The snow will have melted away, making way for them to be surrounded by the bright young blooms of early spring. Sweetness would fill the air, not only from the flowers but from their hearts as well. They'd be smiling, and oh wouldn't that be a sight to behold?

Kazai has dreamt and fantasized about getting married one day, even though in his dreams his husband-to-be was ever faceless...

But it changed one day— after they saw each other again, after... after everything, after the first time they ever slept together, after they became lovers.

And then Shapur himself proposed that they wed.

He swears he felt like he could've soared into the endless sky then.

Logically, his body ought to be too heavy to fly, he knows, but it feels too light to stay aground regardless— to have it be concrete, be tangible. To know that it's only an autumn and a winter away. To know that it will be real, though to the rest of the world he is merely Shapur's paramour. His steward and subordinate.

It doesn't matter, never will. Their children know. The Marda know. The woods and the spirits know.

And that?

That's more than enough.

Their love is strong. It will prevail.

He leans forward to press his lips on Shapur's temple, and the love of his life stirs beneath him with a soft noise.

Laughter blooms in his chest like unfurling petals, warms him from within. This is what bliss is, he thinks. And he'd like it to never end.

He still remembers the first time he stayed until Shapur woke, the restless stir of anxiety in his gut, his heart a fluttering frantic bird trapped in his ribcage.

He remembers the surprise that came from his lover, so much surprise that it knocked the sleep right out of his head in an instant.

He also remembers the first time he himself had fallen asleep in Shapur's bed in the first place, he teased Shapur for his shocked face but it wasn't like his own was any better when he woke up that morning.

It feels like something from forever ago.

Shapur has fallen back into tranquility, his breaths even and soft again. Good. It's not like Kazai wants him up at the ass-crack of dawn— he knows he can be... unusual, in this regard. Besides which, Shapur stayed up late last night. They both did. He'd much rather Shapur get some good sleep.

Kazai plants another kiss on Shapur's face before placing his ribbon and bells down on the pillow where his head previously rested. A little token, a small tradition of theirs. It too started out as an accident, but well...

Doesn't matter.

He knows Shapur will come find him later.

He always does.

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Special thanks to @marchdancer for giving me the motivation to finally finish this.

[tired-reader-writer]

Just putting it here bc it caught my eye, no particular reason.

This too.

This touch looks so soft, almost paternal, like a parent soothing a child, and it sets my teeth on edge bc ohoho I know I know what's coming for poor... uh... what was his name again...

Anyways, I don't like the Master like, at all.

Wonder why Shardaran and feudal lords are distinguished like this. I think I've had a discussion before on how the Shahrdaran are likely more powerful than the rest of the noble class but hm. Hmmm.

I wonder if they knew each other before this, seeing as they were from the same town? It could be fun if they did! I definitely want to know more about the both of them.

DEBUT OF MY WOLF SON.

Putting younger Shapur here just because <3

No matter how much I think about it I feel bad for Isfan's mother (named Golnar by me, Ashina by @marchdancer , Nimah by @innerchorus , because we thought she deserved a name). I wonder why Shapur's mother waited two years before doing this, though.

I wonder what Gieve is thinking/feeling at the moment, to see the younger brother of the man he shot dead?

What are you, a bunch of school yard children? 😭

[innerchorus]

4, 5, 11 for Shapur? 👀

It's been an age since you send me this, but I'm finally answering these!

4. How many people I ship them with

Hm, let's see, my first ever ArSen ship was Kubard/Shapur, I also like the thought of him with Daryun. That's it for canon characters! I did have a very vague OC who was one of his captains, I guess I can count that. And now of course I ship him with @tired-reader-writer and @marchdancer's OCs Kazai and Kayra! So that's five in total.

5. My favorite ship of them

I'm still super fond of Kubard/Shapur, even though I don't talk about it that much.

11. What’s the first thing you think about when thinking about the character?

Unfortunately right now it's my persistent fear of the contents of the head jars.

@marchdancer I swear you sent me some numbers for Shapur too, but I don't see that ask in my inbox anymore so I think Tumblr may have eaten it. I do remember one of the questions was the same as one I've answered here, but if there was anything else you wanted me to answer please feel free! (Ask game questions here.)

[tired-reader-writer]

One day I'll draw @marchdancer 's Kayra and @importantdestinydefendor 's Azar with I dunno one of my OCs (more than likely Kazai) the same way I drew my Hoshiori with two of my mutuals' Naruto OCs here.

Not now though, and not anytime soon... The burnout is shit.

[innerchorus]

Just remembered that in the artbook @marchdancer bought from the artist that took down their ArSen stuff from pixiv, one of the pages described Isfan as, and I shit you not, SLENDERMAN, and I suddenly can't stop cackling and so I am sharing the fact with you. Hope you enjoyed this tidbit!

ArSen artbook 👀

lmao though, WHY? How are they alike? I wouldn't even describe Isfan as slender, and I'm pretty sure the novels state he is of medium build too.

[tired-reader-writer]

@innerchorus I don't remember if I've done this before but here it is!

@marchdancer @concernedbrownbread you guys done this?

The first character I first fell in love with: Arslan! He's had a chokehold on my psyche ever since.

The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Gieve and Gurgin! Oh and Alfarīd. I didn't hate her, I was just ambivalent until recently. And Kubard as well!

The character everyone else loves that I don’t: I don't think there's anyone like that for me, my tastes pretty much align with many others'! If I had to choose at any cost then probably... ehhhh Jimsa? I don't hate him, I just need more time to warm up to him.

The character I love that everyone else hates: Who even does the fandom hate aside from the Obvious ones? ...Zahhak? Especially considering novel spoilers of his origins and how he was responsible for a lot of character deaths? I don't know, I do enjoy thinking about him a lot though.

The character I used to love but don’t any longer: So far hasn't occurred yet.

The character I would totally smooch: Arslan on the cheek and Jaswant on the forehead, please.

The character I’d want to be like: Farangis. I admire her confidence and courage, and unflappable composure even in the face of hostility (from her temple-mates) and ridiculous annoyances (Gieve). I also love how blunt and honest she is, I tend to... not do that, because I have a habit of appeasing others at all costs. I'm conflict-avoidant to an inordinate degree.

The character I’d slap: Do you want a list. Because I have a list. (Not part of The List but I'd karate-chop Gieve's head in an affectionately annoyed way.)

A pairing that I love: Gods there's a lot! Gurgin/Zandeh, of course, Zandeh/Hilmes/Irina as well, and Arslan/Merlaine.

A pairing that I despise: The most a pairing ever goes for me in this fandom is mild dislike, and what other people ship is not my business.

[tired-reader-writer]

So I came across a post from my previous (now deactivated) blog and I wanted to redo the thing again on this account. I think quite a lot of my answers have changed (why'd I list Gieve among my faves? I don't remember him being a fave before)

5 favourite characters: it's hard picking only five but after much consideration... I have chosen Arslan, Shapur, Isfan, Jaswant, Merlaine (honorable mention goes to Saam, Farangis, and Lushan)

3 OTPs: Hilmes/Zandeh, Zandeh/Gurgin (thanks @innerchorus) and... Merlaine/Arslan. I am the only one on this wooden plank floating aimlessly in a shoreless sea but I refuse to give this up.

Funniest character: Kubard.

Prettiest character: it's either Narsus or Jaswant (such pretty eyes!)

Most badass character: either Daryun or Kubard, looks like my answer is still the same

Character I’d like as my BFF: man this is hard to choose. But I think I'll choose Arslan again just as I have the previous round.

Character that’s ruined my life: SHAPUR. HE'S RUINED MY LIFE BEYOND REPAIR.

@marchdancer have you done this list?