#najmalleus

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This image gave me a lot of trouble, so I cropped it to the part I didn't hate. Oh, well.

[violetlunette]

I'm so glad I got this all done by Malleus' birthday. (Wasn't planned, but that's Serendipity for ya!)

Anyway, I've always liked the idea of Malleus and Najma (ship name NajMalleus or DragonStar, because I said so). I like their tiny interactions in Scaribia Sand where she didn't seem afraid of him but was instead curious and playfully amazed. (Though if they did become a couple Jamil would probably die instantly from a heart attack, lol. And Sebek--well, I don't think he'd ever stop screaming) But I won't bore you with the details here as I plan to make another post on that.

As for the picture this took a while as I over focused on tiny details, which I shouldn't have but eh. Malleus' outfit is the one he wore in the Scaribia event which I liked him in as he pulled the outfit off very well. (It's also proof he can wear colors other than black.) Najma's is based on Jasmine but I tried to make the colors match Malleus as much as possible. (Jamil would probably throw a fit if he saw her in the second outfit.) I like that Malleus looks like a Djinn and Najma a princess. Maybe she found his bottle and made her a princess.

Anyway, I hope you all liked it! Happy Birthday Malleus!

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oooo 10 / 25 / 30 for the writer asks!!

Referring to this!

10: Top three favorite fic tropes

Hmm! So many… But the three that come to mind first are--

*Recently, I’ve been into the “rescue mission” trope. I love seeing the build up of emotions, the whump factors for the person needing rescuing, seeing the protectiveness of the rescuer, and the comfort that comes after. And the best part? The emotions are still there whether it's platonic or not!

(Just for fun, Lilia coming to save his boys!)

(Okay, that's more of an Ortho MAlleus thing, but I digress!)

*angst with a happy ending; something I picked up from old 80s movies that I used to watch with with my folks. (Fun fact: Indiana Jones and the Lost Arc was rated PG that means the face melting scene was deemed okay for kids as long as a parent was there.)

*Do AUs count? I’m counting them anyways. I love fantasy aus! Urban, supernatural, pirate--shut up they count!--fairytales, RPG—you name it! These have all the elements I like and situations/plots I love to place characters in. I love quests, the villain who knows how to villainize, the treasure, dragons, the mystery, the magic, and more.

25: Is writing the whole thing beforehand better or worse than writing it as you go?

Definitely the former for me! I tried the latter with my Runaway story and while writing as I went held a lot of perks, it also meant that scenes repeated themselves, there was plot holes, and out of no where solutions. I prefer having everything written so I can have a posting schedule, patch the plot holes, and make sure the characters aren’t repeating themselves.

The down side to doing that is occasionally I’ll spend a long time writing a story that ends up not getting the attention I want which is depressing as I used to write 25 chapters that often had had over 5000 words per chapter, so that was a kick in the gut.

(However, I should have known better as it was a rare pair fic.)

30: Describe a fic that almost happened, but then it didn't.

Again, so many! I have so many plot bunnies but not all of them grow so I have to shoot them otherwise they just take up room on my PC.

One story I had was for TWST where I did a version of Demon Slayer with Silver in the role of Tanjiro and Lilia as Nezuko. It was supposed to follow Silver’s journey to turn Lilia back to normal while feral dad protected his bby boy, even getting territorial.

(Lilia even though he didn't remember Silver)

I was also going to write a NajMalleus story that was Aladdin meets Cinderella, but then I learned that Najma was 14, so halted the presses on that.

(Shame, as I think having them as a couple would be interesting for all involved. Oh well!)

Thank you so much for the ask! I'm willing to do more of these if anyone wants to send more numbers!