#neonthebright

[rainyday-deer]

Ask time? I don't have a burning question so much as a thought exercise... remember the sparkledog trend? What about sparkledeer? 🤔

Also, it's been a while, so *hands you a strawbebby*

A sparkledeer sounds like a fun 80s toy and frankly I would be Here For That. That sounds fun as hell.

A BEBBI!!! 🍓

[creatorofuniverses]

For the GT Ask game: 16A for Charlie, 6A for Sawyer, and 3A for Emy! And also 8B for you!

( Ask me! )

Many ask! Thank!

16A: Something that your character’s different sized friends do that annoys them.

I answered this question for Charlie over here!

6A: What’s your characters relationship with animals like? (Are they scared of them?, like to see them from far away? Etc)

Sawyer generally likes animals. If he's smol/they pose a threat, he'll be suitably wary, but that also won't stop him from making friends with them if he can (he has befriended cats multiple times in various AUs despite being a viri and against most people's better judgement lol). I will say, though, that he's not necessarily an "animal person"- he likes animals well enough, and will happily pet them, but it's not a core facet of his personality like it is for some people. He's not going to seek them out, but if they're here, he'll enjoy their presence as best he can.

3A: Does your character enjoy their size difference with others? Or do they find it a hindrance to their relationships?

Emy hates being smol lol. I would say definitely on the hindrance side. Emy wishes that he could be taken seriously as an adult, and thus have more equal relationships with other village adults; he also thinks it would be nice to be more of a big brother to Star than a little brother. Even so, there are times where it's kind of nice. He appreciates being able to learn from and hang out with the kids more than he might if they were all the same size, and the expectations on him are different (which is good at times, tbh he often needs the handicap). Those are silver linings more than anything else, though- mostly he does not enjoy it.

8B: Favorite setting for g/t?

Hmm, this is a very good question! I enjoy so many settings, especially when I read, but I think that when I write in particular I can't help but fall back on domestic settings. I know that some people find the slice-of-life vibes so common in Gt a bit boring, but for me it's so much of the draw! It's making a normal home adventurous, or a safe haven, or seen from a new perspective... its the way characters interact with each other, framed by the familiar... I just really like domestic settings.

[wolfie180g]

Dragon Boop incoming!

[nonbinary-octopus]

Painted a book cover yesterday for Bigfoot's a Hoax by @nightmares06 and @neonthebright!

progress pics under the cut, including the thumbnail and the first version in pencil

I think I unintentionally zoomed out a bit with each iteration... you can see more of Jacob each time, and he and the tree the Winchesters are in get further and further apart.

[nonbinary-octopus]

oh no!

How would Jacob and Bowman react to seeing a cat or another animal? (would bowman be scared?)

I'm not sure why I didn't get a notification for this one, but here we are.

I actually wrote a scene involving a cat in the planned sequel for Bowman of Wellwood, which has been on the back burner for a while after I had to rethink the outline a lot. So this is very old and unpolished writing from the way back days when I was still writing Bowman in first person, but I might as well share the snippet!

For context, in the sequel, Bowman and Rischa journeyed with Jacob to his home for an extended visit to see how humans live.

~~~~~

Movement caught Jacob’s eye. He glanced toward the fence nearest the house and his face immediately paled. He surged forward at the same time as the shadowy shape did, determined to reach it before it reached the unaware sprites. They’ve never even seen one before! he thought in a panic, even as he saw Bowman whirl around where he stood to see what bore down on him.

The cat closed the distance before Jacob could, but he ran on anyway.

~~~

I stopped talking to Rischa in mid sentence when I felt it. The rush of ice up my spine and the tingling in my fingertips that screamed at my instincts shifted my mind right into another mode. They were the instincts of one who knew in his core that he was hunted.

Wood sprites, pacifists as we are, drift near the bottom of the food chain. We are prey species, being so small and easily overpowered. Our wings and camouflage give us the best defense against something that might attempt to prey upon us. Hiding among the trees in Wellwood, we were safe from the wolves, foxes, and owls that also called the forest home.

It didn’t matter when we threw all our usual precautions away by standing on the ground. I should have realized my stupidity before I ever let my boots touch down in the soft earth near Jacob’s enormous dwelling.

I whirled around and shoved Rischa back with my wings at the same time, sending her stumbling further into the shadows under a tall plant with a bright yellow flower and a cup-shaped corona in the middle.

It wasn’t a moment too soon, because a predator had found us.

I stared with wide, bright green eyes at the beast, my entire body primed and filling rapidly with adrenaline. I had no blasted idea what this thing was. Sleek, dark grey fur covered its body, which was a little smaller than a fox’s, leaving it to stand a few times my height. It had triangular ears atop its head, and greenish yellow eyes bored into me as it stalked towards me with its belly slightly lowered.

I couldn’t even feel its light steps shaking in the ground at its graceful approach. Mostly, I just felt the assurance in that gaze that this thing, whatever it was, would rip me to pieces and gobble me down.

I flared my wings wide in the hopes that it would make me look too large to deal with. The animal paused for only a partial second before darting forward again, paws bigger than my torso pushing it forward silently. It opened its muzzle, revealing sharp fangs. Its slit-pupiled eyes squinted and its ears folded back and it hissed, giving it the sound and appearance of a snake.

It didn’t approve of my threat display. It definitely still wanted to eat me. That’s my luck.

[torchmlp]

Thank you @ghostradiodylan and @cloudycaffeinatedcryptid for tagging me! I was gonna do this earlier but then got distracted and forgor ☹

Also, I'm doing this instead of working, because I'm sick and want to go home but I still have an hour left 😩

1. Three ships: Currently that would be rylan, Laura x Max, and Tododeku.

2. First ever ship: The first one I can remember wanting two people end up together would be Jake/Cassie from The Animorphs series

3. Last song: "Don't Leave (with Ellie Goulding)" by Seven Lions is what I listened to on the way to work this morning, but I've also been listening to a lot of Powerwolf lately.

4. Last film: "Heart of Stone" since my dad wanted to watch it with me, but I wasn't really a fan of it. The last movie I saw that I actually wanted to see and really enjoyed was "Across the Spiderverse" (1000/10, highly recommend, will absolutely watch again)

5. Currently reading: Work related stuff and internally screaming into the void because no one at this dumb company knows how to write things that make sense.

The last thing I read outside of work and fanfiction was the internet deep dive I did about the history and epidemiology of syphilis (don't ask).

6. Currently watching: Some friends and I have been steadily going through the second season of That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime

7. Currently consuming: Grandma's Mini Sandwich Cremes

8. Currently craving: Chicken curry!

Tag 9 ppl: @airilymusing, @come-mist-eternal, @wolfie180g, @linesofreturninggeese, @itscomingupaces, @insertlovelyperson, @neonthebright, @nightmares06, @borrowedtimeandspace

Apologies to anyone who has already been tagged.

[brothersapart]

Are you gonna write more in The Lounge AU?? :0

There's going to be at least one more part! @neonthebright and @borrowedtimeandspace finished their dual part, and now I just need to finish up what's going on with my boys during all that. The AU lounge is always very interesting to write, with all of our different alternate characters, haha.

[foxanonforneon]

honkmimimimimi honKMIMIMIMIMIMI

@neonthebright

@nightmares06

@spriteinthedark

[nonbinary-octopus]

xD indeed

G/t Tropes

I love when tinys flip the switch on their giant counterpart. Like, the tiny who used to be horrified at the though of being picked up refuses to waste the time climbing up the stairs. The Giant is right there? Its not like they’re doing anything?? And like, with sass? 

Giant: Hold on a sec- I’m busy with some emails

Tiny: Yeah no, sounds great I’ll just scale the equivalent of a mountain side since you’re too busy to walk 15 feet. Much appreciated.

The hands that once made them feel so insignificant now make them feel like a king, being carried around. Just tactless and shameless demands that the giant begrudgingly yet lovingly complies with because… yeah, the got a point. 

[borrowedtimeandspace]

GT July Day 8 Bonus:

Slightly related to today's short story, my very dear and good friend @neonthebright shared a song with me recently that wasn't even on my radar. The second I heard it, my entire heart sank into Zepheera/Orrick feels. If you don't know what I'm talking about, check out their love story in Zepheera's Origins, chapters 4 onwards specifically.

I'm a music lover first and foremost, and I've already associated certain songs with my star-crossed lovers. This one is less diegetic than ones I've put into the stories, but it still gave me big ol feelings. I figured I'd share if anyone else cares and is as masochistic as me.

The song was the re-imagining of "Just A Dream" by Nelly. Specifically, the recent re-recording.

Emotional flailing under the cut. Tl;dr:

From the get-go, it's an emotional song because this video is spliced with old footage of the original cover made almost 13 years ago. Footage of the late Christina Grimmie. The male singer Sam Tsui and the instrumentalist Kurt Hugo Schneider returned for the re-recording. The original cover is also outstanding, but the vibe from them both in this new version is much more somber and heavy with the loss of Christina. So that's already crying points.

Then there's the added dynamic of the male and female singers that immediately invoked in me the feeling of lovers who adore each other so much but cannot be together, which hits so much different than the single perspective of the original. Made it very easy for me to insert my most tragic M/F couple into their roles.

I want to preface my next statement by saying that I was not aware of Christina Grimmie or her death before this song was shown to me, and it is the farthest thing from my intention to disrespect her memory or her admirers with my words. That being said, the age difference between her 12-year-old footage and the others' re-recordings brings to my mind the entire reason Zepheera left Orrick to begin with. She was stuck in time, fated to be forever youthful, and was terrified by the notion of watching the person she loved age away while she stayed the same and had to deal with being left without him.

And don't even get me started on the lyrics! They're not always exact, but some of them just Hit Me in the Heart, guys. First there's the chorus, which they always sing together.

I was thinking about you Thinking about me Thinking about us What we gonna be Open my eyes It was only just a dream Travel back, down that road Will you come back? No one knows I realize It was only just a dream

Changing the gendered pronouns throughout (most) of the song to "you" adds a more personal touch in my opinion, not just relating this story to someone else but wishing that the subject themselves could hear them. Adds an emotional urgency to it for me.

Lots of Orrick feels in the first verse (skimming through the less relevant lyrics):

I was at the top and now it's like I'm in a basement Number one spot, now you find you a replacement I swear now that I can't take it (...) Now you ain't around, baby, I can't think (...) 'Cause I can still feel it in the air See your pretty face, run my fingers through your hair My lover, my life My baby, my wife You left me, I'm tied 'Cause I know that it just ain't right

I can vividly imagine things like this running through Orrick's mind, reeling after being left high and dry.

The second verse related to Zepheera less than Orrick's, mostly because it was initially written from the perspective of a man who pushed a woman away. Even so, there are a few lines that really stuck out to me and stabbed me right in the heart:

Another riding, I swear see your face at every turn (...) And I just hope you know that you're the only one I yearn for No wonder I'll be missing when I learn (...) Hey, you were so easy to love But wait I guess our love wasn't enough Going through it every time that I'm alone (...) 'Cause I was wrong

She knows that leaving Orrick behind was a horrible thing. She knows that, and she did it anyway because she couldn't face losing him the long way around. Not when she couldn't carry the burden of aging alongside him like normal people and partners do.

And if that wasn't enough, they hit us with this bridge:

If you ever loved somebody, put your hands up If you ever loved somebody, put your hands up And now they're gone and you're wishing you could give them everything

The second time this repeats, and I say this without judgement on Christina's crystal clear talent, the way her diction comes across made me think the lyric was "If you ever lost somebody" and just made Everything Hurt.

I have no good way to end this other than to reiterate:

[creatorofuniverses]

Made a moodboard based on Dungeon Meshi screenshots I've sent @neonthebright

[wolfie180g]

Thanks for tagging me @torchmlp

Love you!

Three ships Destiel, Skully and Mulder, Edward Elric and Winry

First ever ship Skully and Mulder - back when it was airing 90's and before the term 'ship' entered our lexicon

last song In My Life - The Beatles (Or another Beatles song - had a compilation playing while I was cooking earlier - work songs over the speakers don't count imho)

last film Red Shoes ( I think? - a riff on Cinderella and other fairy tails, pretty good movie for kids.

currently reading so many fanfics.. so many. I switch between like 8 of them on average at a time for many years. but the one I read recently is Song of the Sea by Faster_Than_the_Speed_of_Sound

currently watching just finished up season 3 of Upload on amazon prime. very good show.

currently consuming/ate a giant gala apple after dinner.

currently craving leftover turkey burgers that I made for the first time ever - they kicked ass! If I wasn't so full rn I would smash another one.

Tagging people! In random order! But if anyone who follows my lil ramblings wants to join in please please please feel free! @ainawgsd @nightmares06 @neonthebright @chewbaccaaah @peachnewt @delimeful @wingedkuriboh27 @fuck-the-gender @lucy-and-her-piano

[nonbinary-octopus]

:D

I said "sanic the hoojhaj" to my husband and he laughed and said he loves it, and when I said it's cause of how one of my friends on tumblr tags sonic posts, he said to please tell you that he loves it and therefore loves you now

Excellent. The word of the great blue hoojhooj is spreading.

[nonbinary-octopus]

hello gt people

do you have recommendations for gullivered type stories? i.e., someone who is used to being normal sized has ended up in a land full of very small people, who are also used to being normal sized but now they have to deal with a giant.

Examples: Chase in Lilliput by @neonthebright, Reese Got Gullivered by @horseyneigh2002

This is a kind of story that I very much like, and as such I want to read a billion more variations on the theme.

the two linked above do not include a language barrier, but I also enjoy that.

[brothersapart]

Got an ask in (that we're not publishing as the person who sent it in requested) that mentioned they couldn't DM us at this blog, and that's because it's run by multiple people. Tumblr removes that function unless it's a single person blog.

Feel free to message any of us at our personal blogs (@nightmares06, @borrowedtimeandspace and @neonthebright). Always glad to answer!

[foxanonforneon]

rip what's this giant catboy sad about now? TAT

I'm showing the sketch bc it's way funnier that way

He's just siting there, menacingly!! D:

Is he sad about the state of capitalism?? Him being lonely?? No potato chips his size?? We will never know.. :((

@neonthebright