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oh waiter! more yuri please!!
i feel like nowadays they'd mostly dress the same but back in the day they were true 2014 tumblr fashion girlies
#the 2nd pic is meant to be that one bbc red carpet look#i imagine there's a pivotal moment where they both show up to an event in suits for the first time#and everyone is GAGGED. like the ripped jeans in 2017 but even more huge#ooh i have so many more ideas but no time to draw them (yet)#dan and phil#phanart#dnp#phan#my art#phyuri#daniel howell#phil lester
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Okay so I, like most Silmarillion fanartists, draw the Fëanorian twins as looking like...well...kids. The book says they were the youngest in the family, and we all went, “Okay then they’re children.” Which...yeah, that’s fair. They really just seem to be chilling most of the time, which makes them seem a bit more innocent than the others. But rather early on in my time doing Silm fanart, I thought about how funny if would be if they looked way older than their brothers. But I never did anything with the idea.
Well, after finishing the Fëanorian Week drawings this year I was thinking about how I don’t really draw many Ñoldor due to not having headcanons about many of them. And you guys know by this time that I love a bit of good angst, so I looked at the twins and said, “...ooh goody” and gave them a big old revamp. (The drawing is of Amras and Maedhros, by the way. For one thing, I’ve said before that I don’t like drawing identical twins. And for another…we’ll get into that in a second.)
Real quick, for those who aren’t super familiar with the different pieces of source material we have from Tolkien: in the Silmarillion both twins survive most of the story until they die together in the same battle near the end of the book. However, in one lone version of the story, Amrod dies when the ships are burned at Losgar. Okay so. That’s what’s been published, from here on out it’s just headcanon territory.
I think Amrod did die when the ships were burned. Elves are spiritually a bit...different...so I expect twins have a particularly strong bond. Amras wasn’t really able to handle the death of his brother, and went a little bit weird in the head. He believed that half of his own soul died at Losgar, and half of Amrod’s still lived inside of him. For the rest of his life, he answered to Amrod’s names, his own names, and Ambarussa, and signed his name and managed accounts as any of them as well. He refused to acknowledge Amrod’s death and became irrational when any of his brothers mentioned it, so eventually they played along. The story spreads that there were two of Fëanor’s sons that guard East Beleriand, but they are unsocial and rarely seen together. People will report having seen one or the other of them but no one can tell the difference (in reality, this is because there is only one that is still alive.)
It’s uncertain who all knows about Amrod’s death, even among the Ñoldor that came with Fingolfin. Most of the Sindar and Silvan elves don’t know. Probably no humans know. Anyone who does know doesn’t talk about it, and all everybody else knows is what they're told, and this is why in most versions of the story they both survive until Sirion. For a while you’d see one or the other of them out hunting or going to war, and you just assumed the other was doing something else. But then after Sirion no one ever saw either one. Therefore, they obviously both died in the same battle.
Anyway, that’s just the version I came up with. I don’t know if I’ll keep it, but it makes Amras a much more interesting character. And that let me come up with a more visually interesting design, much older than I used to draw them. Whether this was always the way they looked or a change that Amras went through after arriving in Middle Earth I haven’t decided yet.
#amras#amrod#(mentioned)#maedhros#the man the myth the legends#three shinies#my trash#sometimes i overthink stuff#/end classification tags#and that concludes the art dump of the day with a bonus ramble#hopefully i didn't make any typos#or leave out anything major#i wrote this in a bit of a rush
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a box of cupcakes 🧁
Make a ranking of all the characters you like to write the most, have the most ideas for, find the characterization easiest, etc.
I love you ❤️
Ooh interesting! These defo change all the time (espcially the ones at the top) but this was fun, thank you! Love you too <3
Remus tends to come the easiest to me, I think because he's rather consistent and also versatile, he's always felt complex enough to me to be in many scenarios without it feeling ooc
Sirius I think I also have a pretty clear picture of most of the time, but he also has a bit more rigid of a personality so I can't always just cram him into any scene and make it work
James (the marauders are my top three haha, who's surprised) I love writing for so much, but I think my original idea of him was actually quite oversimplified, so sometimes I still struggle to put his flaws under a magnifying scope and make him display them
Steve is fun because I think he can change a lot depending on how comfortable he is in his relationships, so I like to play with how he acts at the beginning of a relationship versus deep in domesticity
tasm Peter is just my soft funny sweetheart, I don't know how my characterization of him came to feel so solid honestly considering there aren't that many films but his lightness is fun to write and he's also just so sweet
Lily I feel like I'm still getting to know, I love writing her when an idea feels right but she's not instictive to me yet, probably in large part because she's not included in lots of the marauders media I consume (patriarchy amiright (also my fault)) and also just because similarly to James I've sometimes struggled to separate her from the oversimplified version of her character that I was initially introduced to
Spencer is so much fun because he's so unique, but I think that sometimes also makes me doubt whether I'm portraying him accurately. Sometimes I have to watch the show to remember how exactly he speaks haha, and also picturing him in a years-long relationship where he's totally domestic is another thing entirely
Carmy I also think is this very complex and unique character, who I also sometimes have to recall specific parts of the show to feel like I'm getting right
Robin is sososo cool and I want to write more of her but I do struggle to write her as fully comfortable because her character can be so (adorably) awkward and that's hard for me to balance with her being at ease
Eddie gives me such a hard time lately, I think I was maybe feeling more solid about him when I started writing on here and I still like him a lot but we got so little of him in the show that I often doubt whether I'm drawing on anything real
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grimmichigrimmichigrimmichi >:3333 (pairing meme)
heheh okay- so shiP IT ofc 😂 .. but here's the answers;
What made you ship it?
so... I have a very specific list of qualities I look for when it comes to my favorite male characters. And Grimmjow fit them all 😂💕
When I first watched Bleach the only thing I shipped was IchiRuki, bc naturally that was the only way to go for me tbh, but then Grimm appeared and I was obsessed. When it comes to otps for me, first I find a fave character, then I consider the possible pairings. Not any other way. And with Grimmjow... well the only option for me was Ichigo tbh.
Not to discredit any other Grimmjow ships, I've done a few of them myself, but with how passionately these two throw themselves at each other I truly couldn't look any other way. Lol
So tldr; Grimmjow's got slut potential and I dig that, and they're too into each other for me not to see "gay" plastered all over them 💫
2. What are your favorite things about the ship?
Hmmm 🤔maybe how inherently feral it is, canon-wise. Also how harmonious their overall designs are together, there's nothing nicer than a pair that looks good together, at least as an artist. Also how easy they are (for me at least) to write/draw; I have a hard time focusing on one thing for long enough to get good at things (hence the many AUs lol!) so for me to have a ship I draw constantly for more than four years now... is truly astounding lmao. They helped me grow soooo much so they hold a dear dear place in my heart just bc of that alone.
And because of that last one: how easy it is to apply AUs to themmmm ;w;<33333 I can legit think of anything and make an AU out of it and not struggle too much to find the perfect place for them in it.
And also,, sort of fave sort of least fave- that it's not an overly popular ship in general (ik it's popular in the Bleach fandom itself, but rather; not popular like a ship from BNHA or JJK). Why; bc I get to have my quiet space where I draw all the ideas I want and yet have had verY few people throw insults at me for some of my darker stuff 😂 Bigger fandoms I've interacted with (as a viewer mostly) have had issues popping up left and right, people getting upset over dumb shit and letting that grow to huge proportions, "antis" everywhere... yeahhhh no thanks 😖
but also-- it gets verY quiet at times specially for someone who's so picky. Like, if I could find a fandom space like the exclusive bottom Bakugo enthusiasts I followed on twt (and even bought a whole zine about) but for GriMMJOW??? WOOF😭💕 so yeah,,, love-hate situation on this last bit lmaooo
3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?
A few 😂😭 everyone who's followed my art for a certain amount of time can probs tell how the 'tism really affects how I enjoy ships lmaoooo I have to enjoy them a very specific certain way so... that means I don't partake at all on a good few of the popular tropes for the ship. Some I can think of rn; damsel-in-distress!Ichigo, overly hurtful!Grimm (although this one is more old fandom I think 🤔? I remember, in a lot of fics back then, Grimmjow was portrayed a lot as this violent rapist adgdfddfdff not for me lmaoo), ofc top!Grimm, Grimmjow acting all macho relationship wise, and too much angst (I think this ship (and Ichigo in general lets be honest) can call for a lot of angst in fic so I totally get it- but ...meh, if it's not romaticized/sexualized angst, idc for it adgdfgf I don't like it when they actually suffer 😭)
OOH OH! ALSO --- making them OOC in AUs CAN be great actually (to me at least). I know a lot of people (not just here, but in any ship/fandom/etc) don't love OOC characterizations of their fave characters/ships (hence why it's a tag we use tbh) but I personally love that at times??? I won't do it all the time and all over the place... but AUs where there's space to make Grimm less violent? or Ichigo less friendly/loving??? While still within their canon character potentials--- hecC yes. >:)ccc
Also ofc; that I wish it was still common to tag ships as top-bottom like it is with HoEn/EnHo (bnha), VK/KV /trigun, KRBK/BKKR (bnha) etc or at least tag it some other way along the ship.... it would be sO much easier to filter out stuff i don't want to see instead of having to mute/block a whole person I would still love to see stuff from.
BuT I am aware most have no preference whatsoever lmaO so... yeah nothing I can do there except not follow people pfFFF 😂😭 (and wait until I find peeps with similar tastes aasdfs)
#ask meme#Ichigrimm#grimmichi#一グリ#bleach#ship ask#ikik I'm a bit crazy it's okayyy i'm aware#pffff#I also have baD anxiety so I enjoy things like a trembling chihuahua afraid-yet-excited about it's own toys pfFF#if the flavor changes I stop eating is what I'm sayinnnggg adsfsdasfsf#*sniff tests everything*#answered
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May I request a Maironx AFAB reader the prompt "baking"? Thanks so much!
Pairing: Modern! Mairon x AFAB. Reader (Second person POV)
Themes: Soft / NSFW
Warnings: Kissing
Wordcount: 600+words
Summary: Mairon you spend a wonderful afternoon baking gingerbread men.
Minors DNI | 18+ | You are responsible for the media you consume
Divider by @estrelinha-s
“My jewel, we are supposed to cut the dough into shapes and put them onto the baking tray, not taste it every other minute.” Mairon rested his hands on his hips and laughed when you used yet another clean teaspoon to scoop a fresh sample of gingerbread dough.
“Tasting is part of the process,” you reply, closing your eyes. Your body tingled with each new flavor on your tongue: ginger and cinnamon and clove, molasses and subtle hints of vanilla. It made you crave more. The look Mairon gave you convinced you there would be no more. You returned to the sink to wash the spoon, grumbling to yourself the entire time. It made him laugh again. “A very important part of the process.”
Mairon shook his head, a grin spreading from ear to ear. “Tis a strange thing indeed, to taste it all the time. But at least you like it. Now put that spoon away, my jewel, and let’s finish up in here.”
First came the portioning out and rolling of the dough. Then came the cutting of it. Mairon produced a cookie cutter, one that he made himself.
“Ooh!” You clapped your hands in glee. “It looks like a Balrog!”
“It was Gotty’s idea,” Mairon conceded. “Why have a regular gingerbread man, he said, when you can have a gingerbread Balrog instead?”
“He makes a good point,” you replied sagely. Then you studied the dough again, and wondered how many cookies could be made out of it. If Gothmog knew, then there was a good chance he was going to drop by the apartment at some point, expecting to be fed. “Now. How about we get started on cutting out the shapes?”
Mairon cut the shapes, and you transferred them to baking trays. One by one, each tray was put into the oven, and soon, the entire kitchen started to smell heavenly. Then you set yourself to the task of preparing the frosting and reached for the icing sugar. The pack was opened with such force that it sent up a white cloud that covered most of your face and your hair. Mairon came over with a napkin, grinning the entire time.
“What am I to do with you?” He murmured and wiped icing sugar off your cheeks, your hair. Then he stopped at your lips, and went quiet.
Why use a napkin when there is a more delicious way of getting all of that off her lips? He thought to himself.
“Babe? Is something wrong?” You inquired and reached for the napkin. Mairon set it down on the counter instead. Then he framed your face with his hands and leaned in.
His lips were soft when they brushed over yours, and they tasted faintly of molasses. And his mouth was so warm and insistent, demanding as much as you were willing to give him. Then he slipped his arms around your waist, drawing you in with a loose embrace. Your fingers clutched at his back while he kissed you. More than a little dizzy and barely able to even think, you melt into him, your whimper swallowed by yet another kiss. Then Mairon drew back, his eyes like golden fire.
“That was a much better way to get the icing sugar off your lips, don’t you agree?” He sighed and pressed his forehead against yours.
“Much better,” you agreed, then looked at the little clock on the wall. It was almost four, and the last batch of gingerbread was almost finished. “And we better hurry up. Knowing Gotty, he’s going to show up at tea time one of these days, expecting a heaping plate of gingerbread.”
Mairon made a face. “I should have known better than to ask him for cookie cutter ideas. Alright, my jewel, let’s get all of this frosted and put away.”
tags: @asianbutnotjapanese @3dragonstar
#whimsy's christmas fics#mairon#mairon x reader#reader insert#reader insert request#the silm#twelve days of ficsmas
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Twenty questions for fanfic writers
Thank you for the tags, @baronessblixen, @xxsksxxx, and @slippinmickeys~!
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
50 (ooh.)
2. What's your total AO3 word count?
47, 807
3. What fandoms do you write for?
The X-Files; and The Beauty and the Beast (1987), once.
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
"Mr. Mulder, I Know Something About You"
"No More Paranormal than a Change of Wardrobe"
"Gold"
"The Next Chance"
"Celebration"
5. Do you respond to comments?
Yeppity yep!
6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
Discounting the fics that partially resolve their angst in a second part, I've got to go with "I'm Tired", "What Must a Mother Go Through?", "Latkes", or "Did You Really Have to Bring That Thing?"
7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
At least 3/4s of 'em. Today's example will be "Time Passing in Moments” (still has a hold on my fuzzy feelings.)
8. Do you get hate on fics?
Not yet-- I've seen it done to others, however.
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
Smut's not for me~
10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?
While opposed to crossovers on principle, I've written three-- ironic, I know, namely: my first ever fic Son of Egypt (Prince of Egypt lite), The Hospital Where You Slept (While You Were Sleeping lite), and "I Know You. It’s What I Do." (for @amplifyme, who introduced me to The Beauty and the Beast 1987 and went above and beyond to pass on resources and interest. Incredibly grateful.)
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Nope! Don't expect them to get stolen, either, unless they're multichapter pieces.
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Nope! Not opposed, though.
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Nope! I don't see it happening anytime soon, either, because my irl schedule is all over the place.
14. What’s your all time favorite ship?
MSR-- objectively, as well as personally.
15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
I have an idea blooming about reworking S8 in some way or form-- but there are already so many fics that tackle it from nearly every angle; so, I'll just reread those instead. (That, and I have to finish my S8 meta series; so....)
16. What are your writing strengths?
Pfffft... voice, I believe.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
Characterization-- there's a reason I haven't created my own characters when writing, drawing, etc. ;)))
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?
Not opposed; but I'd have to learn another language first.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
Star Wars. Must have been in kindergarten or first grade.
20. Favorite fic you’ve written?
Proud of 'em all-- especially the reception to "Son of Egypt"-- but Bill Scully's POV ("Mr. Mulder, I Know Something About You" series) was such an unexpected... everything. That, and the discussion between Mulder and Scully in "My Religious Convictions Are Hardly the Issue Here" were wound around a POVs I wanted to tackle.
Tagging (if you want~): @welsharcher, @agent-troi, @numinousmysteries, @skelavender, @virtie333, @suitablyaggrieved, @nachosncheeze, @living-in-unreality, @aloysiavirgata, @cecilysass, @leiascully, @pennyserenade, @invidiosa, @settle-down-frohike, @piecesofscully, @thescullyphile, @p34chi, @incidental-ao3, @cock-holliday, @ragnarockz, @frogsmulder, @bakedbakermom, @cutelilcurtain, @dreamingofscully, @freckleslikestars, @amplifyme, @scullys-scalpel, @ghostbustermelanieking, @o6666666, @sigritandtheelves, @contrivedcoincidences6, @two-microscopes, @sixhours, @jessahmewren, @enigmaticdrblockhead, @wexleresque, @danascullysjournal, @seek-its-opposite, @frostbitepandaaaaa, @oohnotvery, @atths--twice, @thatfragilecapricorn30, @storybycorey, and anyone else!
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Ooh I have some Wonka questions!
What are Wonka’s favorite treats, favorite dance, and favorite book?
Does Wonka have any interest in history or different eras of time (for example Regency, Edwardian, or Victorian)?
It appears to be Wonka Question Time yet again...
What are Wonka’s favorite treats?
As for chocolate and candies, he would never eat any that were not his own creations. He would/could never in good conscience support his competitors' businesses, buy from them or try any of their sweets.
I also perceive Wonka as being somewhat of a germaphobe or at least considerate of guidelines in terms of having clean hands, limiting how much he touches the food he's eating/serving, etc. so I think it would take some time for him to warm up to the idea of someone else preparing food for him to eat.
Now, if we're talking baked goods, Wonka would prefer chocolate (obviously) flavored desserts — dark chocolate being his favorite.
I think he would prefer pie a bit more to cake, but he's not so picky that he'd turn his nose up at being offered a nice treat.
I think he would also enjoy macarons.
Something a little less sugary that he would love are rosemary rolls.
favorite dance?
I answered this a bit already: here.
I can see Wonka being interested in ballroom dancing, but I think his main interests lie in literature, language, etc. which are all things he can do alone, teach himself, etc.
Dancing (usually) requires at least two people and since Wonka has been isolated from society for many years, there are not very many opportunities for him to dance. He draws on his knowledge of dancing from his younger years and from what he has read in books.
He isn't a bad dancer; there have simply not been enough opportunities for him to practice.
favorite book?
I already have answered this question more thoroughly: here.
I think that picking a favorite book would be difficult for Wonka.
He quotes Shakespeare quite often, so I think that among his favorite books would be a collection of Shakespeare's plays and writings.
He strikes me as a poetry lover as well.
Some writers he would like (and quotes in canon): Oscar Wilde, John Keats and Arthur O'Shaughnessy.
Does Wonka have any interest in history or different eras of time (for example Regency, Edwardian, or Victorian)?
I think Wonka's interests stretch far and wide, even with history. He would be curious to learn as much as he can and I don't think he would be particularly drawn to any specific era of time.
Wonka strikes me as someone who wishes to collect knowledge and to learn because he values intellect and the hunger for knowledge. At least, it was what kept him occupied when his factory was closed down and he had not found help from the Oompa-Loompas yet.
I think that whichever era he is studying at the time would be what he would sink into.
It's all a matter of circumstance — he is always curious.
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(about consonance) so, spooky month and (I guess) it would be Serena and Shads' first Halloween, do they have any rituals prepared? like watching a horror movie every day, or making themed meals, a costume idea?? I love this month and I'm curious about these two, they're cute. Also, taking advantage of the fact that I rarely make asks here, I'm listening a lot to a band called The Warning, and there's a song that screams Nobleheart to me, it's called 'Show me the light' and I'm addicted to it.
Ooh well firstly, feel free to share anytime you feel like it 🥹💕 i love asks, they prevent me from actually working and that is the sweetest blessing
Some Consonance Spooky Season HC’s:
-Since it’s their first Halloween together I don’t think they’d have a full on house/cottage together yet. Maybe a shared apartment (I think they would live with the hallowleafs part of the time too tbh, but I do see them having their own shared space)
-I feel like Jen is super into the season (goes hand in hand with Shadowheart, tbh) ! Serena, being from the coast and all, hasn’t experienced proper seasons (at least since her mother passed, and the spirit of the holidays went with her….) and Jen is so eager to show her, especially now that she’s happy and Shar-less 🥹💕
-The domesticity??? Decorating their place together, spending chilly mornings bundled between the blankets??? Or Jen wrapping her scarf around Serena’s neck and drawing her in for kisses when they’re on walks? Having a pumpkin carving competition and flinging pumpkin innards at each other like stupid kids 🤭
-Jen being a fiend for horror movies- they watch one every night of the month. Serena doesn’t love them 😅 i don’t think she’s scared, tbh…let’s just say she didn’t really have the holiday spirit, prior to Jen, living alone. Jen kinda loves the adrenaline rush and it’s the perfect excuse to burrow into Serena’s warmth 😏 (not that she needs one).
Eventually, Jen inevitably gets distracted, or bored…. and suddenly remembers what (or whom) she’d rather be doing…😮💨 Tav loves movie night lmao
-Holiday cooking/baking!!! Jen can’t cook for shit- Tav isn’t much better, but she actually learns from Emmeline. Jen looooves to linger in the kitchen and distract Tav while she cooks Jen’s favorites. She sings for Tav sometimes 🥺💕 other times they share spiced wine and festive drinks and slow-dance in their kitchen. ….many dishes are burned along the way but neither of them really care. Jen wants to put a ring on this woman so badly, she never got to feel this way with Shar 😭🥰
Bonus: Jen learning that Tav’s mom used to make her holiday cookies (like the cute little pumpkin ones) and she spends an entire day trying to recreate them in some way, despite her atrocious skills in the kitchen. I genuinely think Tav would sob 🥺 she misses her mother every day and the fact that Jen went out of her way to give her a little piece of that happiness again???? Godddd Serena is so sickeningly in love with her, and vice versa.
-Jen debuting a skimpy little piece for a costume and Serena absolutely burning her hand holding whatever dish she was about to serve (worth it). Tav has always hated those corny couples’ costumes and suddenly she is very down to be whatever tf Jen wants. Cop and robber? Fine. Jen wants to be a vampire? Tav is her loyal thrall. Jen wants to be a cowgirl? She’s a damn horse, then 😭 Jen owns her, I’m afraid
-Isobel and Aylin probably throw the best parties, I feel like that’s where they’d be on Halloween, if not out and about touring. Everyone loves seeing Jen back to being social and coming to all the gatherings. She’s just…so happy and light, with Serena. Could def see Karlach and Wyll joining them for a group costume too tbh. (Mystery inc. ft. Their new puppy Scratch, perhaps???😭) I just love their little found family.
-More holiday festivities! Pumpkin patches, haunted houses (another excuse for Jen to hop on Tav’s back), bonfires at the Hallowleaf residence for all their friends 🥹💕 and ofc playing music together around the fire!
Re: “Show me the Light” by the Warning:
How cool!!! A sister trio!!!! 😮 so I gave it a listen and it was really beautiful!!! I like their vocals a lot, but man, the lyrics! I could see it from both of their perspectives, but particularly the “make me a rebel, stealer of your heart” feels like Tav imo, while “hold me please, never leave/need a daily poisoning” is very Shadowheart. That was just my initial interpretation for them though, I love it! I will put it on the NLS/Nobleheart playlist I have! 😁🥰 thank you so much for the rec, I love songs for writing inspo!!!!
#thank you for the ask/rec!#I love love love hearing them#consonance fic#NobleHeart playlist#shadowheart x tav#ask#anonymous
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This is becoming a series, so let's call it Piórko's fav moments
Piórko's fav moments presents: The Beauty's Blade
Ik that it's a very unpopular book but I loved it so idk maybe check out my reactions to the first few chapters to judge if you'd like it? Idk idk
Anyways I really loved this book, the intrigue was so well written, romance was heavily... touch driven? It was mostly expressed through actions, which was super cool. Two MCs are much deeper than the first few chapters show, you don't stop learning new things about them up untill the end :D
w każdym razie do brzegu
my fav moments under the cut (spoilers ofc)
TW: self harm, death
- chapter 1, OH SHE HAS A JADE THUMBRING DID YOU KNOW THAT IT ORIGINATED AS AN ARCHERS- *gets shot*,
- this book uses many smart words guys,
- Yu Shengyan from QQ and this Yu Shengyan have exactly the same name, like the same characters, it'll take some time to getting used to,
- Fu Wanqing is making tier list for the most unworthy of Yu Shengyan people lol,
- she's insanely possessive for someone who has never seen their crush,
- so she's like a fiery red rose, we need to remember that. there's no the beauty's blade's Wiki to save our ass during drawing fanarts,
- chapter 2, lol, Yu Shengyan is just so done,
- damn Fu Wanqing is a quick progresser. she really heard some stories about Yu Shengyan and went I WANT THIS ONE and here she is, on their first meeting, sitting on her lap. iconic,
- Fu Wanqing is a type of person who would bite a glass just to check out how it feels or jump over a bonfire until they fall into it. mood.
- “hersay” girl you DID throw a thousand gold away to win a woman,
- chapter 4, I think previous notes include chapter 3 as well, I'm just good at missing chapters in my notes,
- she uses silk to wipe off blood. fucking. silk. what a bourgeois,
- 👀👀👀
- chapter 5, pretty privilege at its finest huh,
- Zhong brothers' descriptions, important for fanart,
- chapter 6, those chapters are pretty short and I like it,
- A TRANS ICON??, also description of the Third Young Master,
- lol they're progressing quickly. also, is Yu Shengyan starting to show some teeth..?
- chapter 7, well that's some fun family dynamic huh,
- chapter 8, T^T THEY WENT ON A CUTE DATE
- OH MY GOD SHE MADE HER A FLUTE I'M CRYING THAT'S SO CUTE
- chapter 9, oh, interesting, so Yu Shengyan is godlike... now that is giving me ideas
- chapter 10, YU SHENGYAN SMILED!!
- shout-out to Chun Fengxiao for being a bi icon,
- but you couldn't charm Fu Wanqing, this girl fell HARD,
- I swear this translation is some kind of twisted vocabulary test. what the hell is trepidation.
- chapter 11, ok so the guy is wearing changshan. I'm trying to figure out in what clothing I should imagine them in,
- chapter 12, Hu Qing has a big ass scar across her face,
- I think I'll have to draw a map of connections between these people lol,
- PFFF SHE FOUND SOMETHING MORE INTERESTING UNDER HER LAPELS,
- chapter 13, ok the flute is now even cuter,
- I love Yang Wumin, she's just a girl with bpd who likes to beat people,
- chapter 14, uuu we have a beef with gays,
- Third Young Master slays yet again, they use a fan, they have to be my fav now. that's the law.
- chapter 16, ooh, I did not expect Fu Wanqing to be not fond of extravaganza,
- “Warm as jade, with clothes whiter than snow — the Junzi Sword, Shen Shengyi”,
- warm as Jade cold as Jade is there something that is not as Jade? /lh
- oo casanova,
- ok so he's also wearing jade pin-crown,
- chapter 17, I am so confused by the setting, they read Ming books, wear Qing clothing and wear jade pendants. I'm trying to mash it up together in my brain but it's harddd,
- chapter 18, Guo Ju just had an epic entrance, falling for the sky just to dirty Shen Shengyi's robe lol,
- I ship SSYxGJ,
- Guo Ju is so fucking fruity I can't,
- chapter 19, we have another new pal, Zhang Zongyi, an elderly monk in red robes,
- chapter 20, my fav chapter so far!!
- chapter 21, Guo Ju femboy confirmed,
- chapter 22, this awkward moment when you say a ton of nonsense and meet someone who actually replays to it lol; and suddenly you're the shy one,
- chapter 23, another name to remember, Yue Qingtian. So far I remember everyone, I'm getting better at names!
- chapter 24, Guo Ju is really my fav side character now, also I'm curious about that not acting like himself part,
- chapter 25, Yue Qingtan – blue clothes, “cloud-and-water sleeves”, looking like a lady from a rich family, but also a lone wonderer
- I don't think “shes better because she doesn't care about her eeviiiil disciples” is the argument you think it is man XDDD,
- Yang Wumin now wears a veil, noted. could've expected that,
- chapter 27, woah woah this suddenly got serious,
- GUO JU IS ALSO TRANS? T4T ROMANCE? IN MY BAIHE? OMG???
- “Wine… makes people drunk.” such an enlightened quote from Yu Shengyan,
- god Guo Ju is so cute, sitting all night next to the Third Young Master just to make sure that she's safe... even though the tavern is full of the Third Young Master's people... first sunrays falling on her chest is another thing I'd love to paint,
- ok so I think Guo Ju is more leaning into cis woman forced to be a man. still not sure about the Third Young Master tho, what kind of gender fuckery is happening here,
- chapter 29, I can't get over how much their flirting is physical. very often they don't say many loving things but kiss each other, hug, lay on each other, play together... it's all so cute and betrays their emotions in a way words never could,
- SHE FUCKING BIT HER LMFAOO I LOVE YOU FU WANQING
- chapter 30, woah woah Gu Yu got so roasted she turned into a tiny coal piece, that was a bit uncalled for,
- it's so funny to me that they all think that Yu Shengyan is a good person while she only cares for her moral code, not other people,
- LMFAO SHE JUST BULLSHITED WITH CONFIDENCE I LOVE YOU FU WANQING x2 but like true, why would you believe this asshole XDDDD
- chapter 32, well, Yang Wumin has some point about Fu Wanqing, she isn't exactly... an honorable person XD,
- I love this uncaring (chaos) x uncaring (peaceful) energy lol,
- chapter 33, can Yu Shengyan fucking stop destroying books please,
- chapter 35, it might sound dumb and I would usually hate this, but I love that in this book we just get new characters introduced all the time, even now, well over the half mark,
- Liu Zhishang has a rectangular face and bright eyes, noted,
- Guo Lingtian is mostly angry and has thick brows,
- Yang Yifei looks young, wears green and looks like a scholar,
- I can't, Liu Zhishang just heard his kid saying that he wants to marry Yue Qingtian and already treats her like his daughter, that's so damn cute,
- about Yue Qingtian: “She was akin to a plant without roots, having no sense of belonging wherever she went.”,
- chapter 36, ok, I like Wei Xian, the guy is just doing his best and is basically responsible for taking care of the whole Creed bcs ysy isn't interested in it and lkx is not the sharpest tool in the shed,
- chapter 38, so we get Yue Honghua of the Limitless Palace, she hates being called that tho, especially by her sister,
- also she called Third Young Master a Third Sister so is she Yue too? or is it just a title,
- I like that even when dumb things happen in this book, like poisoning of Yu Shengyan, there are exactly the type of dumb things these characters would do,
- chapter 39, and who the fuck is Fu Rong,
- Zhong Li Yu Xiu 钟灵毓秀, I like it,
- chapter 40, OHHH SHES ZHONG'S DAUGHTER LMFAO
- the moral of the story is clearly that the only competent people are women and you know what I can't disagree,
- new name!! the Ghost Doctor is Ye Xueqing, she's also blind btw,
- chapter 41, another new name! Jiang Huailuo, white-haired woman,
- ok I love Ye Xueqing and Jiang Huailuo's dynamic, amazing food for fanfics,
- that honestly read like the last chapter but there's still 9 to go lol,
- chapter 42, HEY WHERE'S MY SEX SCENE, I was in the mood today :( but more seriously, this book was teasing with all this touches and kisses to just skip a sex scene, I am a little bit disappointed,
- I wonder if Fu Hui is getting tired of being played by his daughter all the time lol,
- I love Guo Lintian so much omg he's so fucking sweet,
- chapter 43, ok so face of Yue Honghua is covered in a web of scars left by Yue Qingtian,
- ok I'm still not sure what is Yue Qingtian's part in all of this tho, am I missing something?
- chapter 44, and now we got some Zhang Zongyi, I think this is the last new person in the book tho,
- chapter 45, rip Yang Yifei,
- I love that Liu Wei is trying to get a divorce at a wedding, queen shit,
- chapter 46, bloodstains could also indicate that Fu Wanqing disappeared by herself because she is fucking mental,
- Yu Shengyan carrying Fu Wanqing in a bridal carry, while the latter is wearing torn bridal clothing... another cool thing to draw,
- chapter 47, I get that Fu Wanqing wanted to drive Yang Yifei mad but I'm so sad that she harmed so many people to achieve that, it matches her character but still :< I liked Liu Wei,
- god Yang Yifei also killed Madame Fu, what a shithead,
- ok but Yu Shengyan and Fu Wanqing being cute revenge wives, so adorable,
- chapter 48, ““You once showed me a lot of drawings at Goldmelt Grotto.” Yu Shengyan raised her brows, expression unchanged. “You want to try all of them out, Lady Fu?”” WHAT A QUOTE OMG
- chapter 50, AWWW?? SHE DOESN'T WANT TO DUEL ANYMORE BCS YU SHENGYAN DOESN'T LIKE IT. THIS WOMAN WHO NEVER GAVE UP ANYTHING FOR ANYONE WITHOUT A GRUDGE IS JUST. TRASHING ONE OF HER DEEPEST DREAMS. AWWW!!
- epilogue – how is it an epilogue and not chapter 51? the story isn't complete without this epilogue at all,
- god damn poor Shen Shengyi, this little white lamb, this revelation will so fuck him up lol,
- SHE WAS JUST LYING LMFAO WHY THESE PEOPLE JUST KEEP BELIEVING EVERYONE <- is not better,
- I hope that Guo Lintian didn't fuck up in the past :< I like him,
- Ok I really like this ending :3
- extra: IS GUO LINTIAN'S ONLY CONCLUSION FROM ALL THAT THAT HE WANTS TO RETIRE I really love this man omg,
- the Zhong brothers' arc is also quite wholesome
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Gus week Day 4 — childhood
Uhhh uhhh I have no explanation for writing TWO drabbles for today other than this idea got a vice grip on me and wouldn’t let go
@sapphic--kiwi
Word count: 702
Latissa was a fun town, in Augustus’s opinion. The witches and demons here looked a little rougher around the edges, but Augustus thought that only made them more interesting. When he went on evening walks with his parents, they’d each hold one of his hands and swing them between him, the three of them coming up with stories for the townspeople they’d see.
Today though, Augustus’s mom had taken him to the slayground. There weren’t too many kids around, but Augustus did see a young boy around his age playing by himself in the sandpit. He was drawing small spell circles in the air, tongue sticking out of his mouth in concentration as he tried to erect little castles out of the sand.
Augustus approached him, always cautious and a little shy around kids his age.
“Hi!” He said when he’d come close enough to the boy.
The boy looked up. He had wild brown hair and even wilder brown eyes. Freckles were splattered across his nose, and when he smiled, Augustus could see he was missing his two front teeth and one of his baby fangs. His sand building immediately crumbled at the loss of his concentration.
“Hi,” he said, with his gap-toothed grin.
“Oh, I’m sorry about your sandcastle.” Augustus cringed, but the boy shrugged. “Can I play with you?”
“Sure!” He said. “My name’s Matías and my big brother is over there.” He raised a hand to point at the big brother, a teenager with similar hair and a horn on his forehead, sitting on one of the benches nearby with a book in his hand. There was a coven scout on the front cover.
“Cool! I’m Augustus. My mommy’s over there.” Augustus pointed out his mom at the other bench, she waved encouragingly at him and his new friend.
“Are you any good at construction magic?” Matías asked.
“Not really. I’m learning to be an illusionist like my mom.”
“Oh.” Matías frowned for a moment, a look of concentration on his face, then his face lit up with an idea. “Wait, can you illusion a sand castle?”
“Oh! I can try! Have you ever seen the Emperor’s castle?” Augustus asked.
Matías shook his head. “I’ve never left Latissa before.”
“Oh. Well it’s really cool! My dad’s taken me there before on one of his jobs.”
“What’s his job?” Matías looked up from where he was gathering a bunch of sand to look inquisitively at Augustus.
“He’s a reporter! He writes stories about real life.”
“Ohhh,” Matías said, sounding intrigued. “That’s really cool. My mom and dad are constructionists. That’s why I wanna be one. Or I wanna be like my big brother! He’s gonna be a coven scout. He’s probably gonna see the big castle too!”
“Ooh yeah! Maybe then he can take you to see it!”
Augustus smiled at his new friend. He was one of the nicest kids Augustus had ever hung around with. Children rarely ever wanted to play with him when they didn’t go to school together. But Matías was nice. Augustus liked him.
Together, the boys worked on sandcastles, Augustus casting small illusions of castles that Matías would try and replicate in the sand with construction magic. Augustus tried to recreate the Emperor’s castle, but his illusion magic wasn’t that good yet.
They were still playing a while later when Matías’s brother began to call for him, signaling it was time to go. Augustus’s mom did the same. The boys pouted, having far too much fun with their new friend to want to leave so soon.
“Are you going to go to Glandus?” Matías asked.
“No,” Augustus shook his head, sadly and Matías frowned. “I’m homeschooled and we travel a lot for my daddy’s job. But we’ll be in town for a little while longer! Maybe we can play again?”
Matías’s face brightened. “Yeah! I’ll ask my big brother and you ask your mom! Maybe we can play again tomorrow!”
“Okay! Bye, Matías!”
“Bye, Augustus.” The boy smiled at him. “I’ll see you again soon!”
“Yeah,” Augustus agreed. “See you soon!”
He really hoped he would get to see Matías again. He wished they could play every day and be best friends forever.
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ooh how about cal & carver for "don't fool yourself. we're not good people" from the you could have just punched me prompt list?
ehehehe here's some Act 1 Hawke & siblings for @dadrunkwriting
Words: 719 Rating: G Warnings: nah
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For a long, agonizing moment, Cal stared across the room at their siblings. It was late; all that was left of the fire in the hearth were the glowing coals, and a few wisps of magelight were all that lit the space. Then, finally, they said in a low voice, “Please tell me I misheard you just now.”
The memory of a little Bethany that had lingered in the back of their mind for so many years would have backed down. This Bethany was a grown woman, and not so easily cowed as she once was. She opened her mouth to reply, but Carver nudged her with a shoulder and interrupted, “She’s not wrong. We could do anything now that we’re free of Meeran, yet you keep insisting on picking up mercenary work.”
Cal closed their eyes, taking a deep breath in a wan attempt at keeping their cool. What was it about siblings that made them so… so insufferably right? “We need coin,” they said flatly, uncomfortably aware of the fact that there was nothing more than a very thin wall separating them from where their mother slept. Gamlen, at least, was still out drinking: small graces. “You don’t have to like it. Andraste’s tears, I don’t like it. But what alternatives do we have?”
“Aveline got into the city guard,” Carver countered. “I could, too.”
“Aveline was an officer in the king’s army. You were a common recruit.” Cal sighed and ran a hand through their hair. It was starting to get long again; they made a mental note to trim it back again.
“The Warden we found in Darktown,” Bethany started, and Cal winced. “He’s Fereldan.”
“You think he’s making any coin at all, treating Fereldan refugees?” Carver said, without heat.
“Look,” Cal said after a moment. “Don’t fool yourself. We’re not good people, Carver. I’m an escaped Circle mage, Bethy’s an apostate, and you would be executed for harboring us if the templars ever caught wind. We can’t afford to concern ourselves with morals.”
“Cal—” Bethany started, but fell silent at a glare from them.
“I know,” they said gently. “Believe me, I know. That’s why we’re going to take Varric up on that offer and invest in the expedition. When that pans out? We won’t have to take mercenary work anymore.”
“Assuming they don’t all wind up dead in the Deep Roads,” Bethany replied.
“That’s why Carver and I will go. We know how to fight darkspawn—we’ll be fine.” At least, Cal hoped as much. Carver had been lucky to survive their last encounter with darkspawn; the Deep Roads was the riskiest prospect yet. Still, there weren’t templars in the Deep Roads, and only a very stupid man would object to a mage assisting an underground expedition. Varric was far more clever than he had any right to be; Cal would be surprised if Bartrand wasn’t at least half as smart.
“And if you come back empty-handed?”
Cal frowned. “Then we cross that bridge when we get to it.”
Bethany sighed and leaned back in her chair. In direct opposition, Carver leaned forward, resting his elbows on the table. “We should try to bring that Warden along, too. It can’t hurt.”
On the one hand, it was a good idea. On the other, Cal’s instincts screamed at the idea of spending any more time around Anders than was strictly necessary. Two mages, escaped from the same Circle, hiding in the same city? The risks were enormous. “I didn’t get the impression he would go willingly.”
“Yeah, well, we have time. You didn’t forget how to make friends, did you?”
Cal hastily covered a faintly hysterical laugh with a cough. Make friends. With a man I know entirely too much about, who barely even knows who I am. Sure. Great idea. Absolutely no way that could go horribly wrong. Aloud, they managed, “I’ll consider it.”
“You’re still going to take that weird job Varric suggested, aren’t you?”
“It’s just a lyrium smuggler. If we’re lucky, you won’t even have to draw your sword,” Cal replied mildly. Most likely, the man just needed a distraction. Cal could handle creating a distraction.
But not tonight. Tonight, all they wanted was to sleep. To sleep, and think about anything other than a dead mage in a Chantry.
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Okay @buffintruder and @allpurposepanda convinced me to do this fic writer asks post, even though I didn't write too much this year. So here goes!
1.What’s something new that you tried in a fic this year? How did it turn out and would you do it again?
I wasn’t consciously thinking about trying something new, but I did write a fic from the point of view of a child which was pretty fun. I think it turned out pretty well. I think most media tends to miss what kids are likely to notice and think about (at least based off the kids I work with), so I did try to make sure I included those things. For example a tall bookcase might seem towering to a small child, or how a relatively short amount of time can seem extremely long to them when they’re simply waiting. I would definitely do it again, it’s fun practice for getting into the minds of characters you like even when you never see what they were like as children.
2. How many fics did you work on this year? (They don’t have to be finished or published!)
I definitely didn’t finish much this year, but I chipped away at quite a few wips. I posted 3 fics. I have another unposted, but finished. I wrote a few paragraphs for one of my wildermyth characters. I rewrote a decent chunk of a school nurse files fic. Other than those it was mostly just a few words here and there on my various unfinished works. Surprisingly most of my creative energy this year went to drawing.
3. What’s something you learned about yourself as a writer?
I don’t think I learned anything new about myself as a writer. I’ve known for sometime that writing is a bit spontaneous for me. I guess I’m coming to realize that I’m pretty good at writing dialogue, which is always nice.
4. What piece of media inspired you the most?
Well if we were talking about drawing that would be one thing monkie kid, but for writing probably Wildermyth. Even though I didn’t finish any of the pieces I’m writing for it, the writing in the game itself was so lovely to read. It felt like someone was reading a storybook to me, kind of like a bedtime story, with a soft voice.
5. What fandom(s) did you write for this year?
I wrote more original stuff this year, but I wrote for A3! and Kamen Rider OOO. School Nurse Files as well sorta.
6. What ship(s) captured your heart?
Haha the made up ship in my brain of one of my Wildermyth characters, Ystral, and the star in the Minuet event, good LORD they didn’t leave my brain for weeks. In-Pyo and Eun-Young from School Nurse Files also dominated my mind for a while there too. I rewatched the series again this year and man those two are so AAA. They were on my mind more last year, but since I posted a fic about them this year I’ll mention that Goda Eiji and Ankh make me go insane. Also I haven’t started any fics for them yet, but I had lots of ideas for Alear and Pandreo from fire emblem engage.
7. What character(s) captured your heart?
Again, mostly oc’s. I worked a lot on one world in particular so my baby, Aurelius (full grown woman in her 50’s), took over my mind for a while there. I’m also constantly thinking about Juza and I had been missing him. I had lots of thoughts, for both writing and drawing, about Clayton and Al from The Deep.
8. Did you write for a new fandom or ship this year?
Wildermyth was probably the only new one this year. The only new things I was into this year were channeled into drawing more than writing.
9. What fic meant the most to you to write?
Ooh this is a tough one, but probably my Juban fic for Juza’s birthday. First, because I really wanted to write it for his birthday. Second, because I wanted to explore a specific aspect of his character, his thoughts on touch. Juza grew up pretending to be someone he wasn’t because of the way others treated him, but when he came to mankai he’s able to be more himself now that he’s surrounded by people that support him. One of these things being that he actually quite enjoys physical affection and it was nice to write about him rediscovering that part of himself.
10. What fic made you feel the happiest to work on?
Working on my Wildermyth fic made me feel giddy like a school girl, you have no idea. My heart fucked SWELLED for these 2D bitches. And it’s not even done yet.
11. What fic was the most satisfying to finish writing?
My OOO fic for sure. I had been sitting on the idea for a long time and I finally kicked my ass into gear to finish it and boy that was a fun writing session. I just really wanted to show how evil I was for that idea hehehe.
12. What fic was the most difficult to write? Did you finish it?
My School Nurse Files fic eludes me constantly. I definitely like parts of it, but I’ve rewritten the beginning at least 3 times, I just don’t like how any of them came out. I have yet to finish it, but I haven’t given up on it yet!
13. What fic was the easiest to write?
Probably my Juban fic. I’ve written Juza and Banri enough that they come to me pretty easily. As long as I have a concept ready I can write anything for those two.
14. What were your shortest and longest fics this year?
Just going with the finished ones of course. My shortest was the first part of Ocean Memory, my original work about some oc's, at 734 words and my longest was my OOO fic at 1431 words. Pretty standard for me I think, a little on the short side this year.
15. Rec a fic you wrote or posted in 2023
My OOO’s fic please, I had way too much fun writing it. I love when a loved one gets body snatched by something that pretends to still be that person.
16. What were you go-to writing songs?
I usually just play my big instrumental music playlist that has everything from video game music to movie soundtracks to experimental ambient electronica, but this year was probably a lot of the Grindstone soundtrack.
17. What were your go-to writing snacks?
Don’t have anything specific, but I usually always have a coke on hand.
18. What was the hardest fic to title?
THAT FUCKING OOO FIC. This title eluded me that’s why I just said fuck it and picked something stupid. “A Wish Is a Dream Your Heart Makes”??? bro WHAT.
19. Share your favorite opening line
Opening lines are not really my forte, I’m not really sure I have a favorite, but I like the imagery in my Wildermyth fic.
He sees stars behind his eyelids now. Countless, warm and flickering like soft flames.
20. Share your favorite ending line
That he was happy and healthy and loving life brought endless joy to her heart. Pallas was truly a precious child.
Technically there’s a line of dialogue after this, but anyway, I love writing Aurelius being happy about baby Pallas expressing his feelings.
21. Share your favorite piece of dialogue
“Hey, Settsu. Do you wanna cuddle?” It’s an odd sentence, something he’s never asked someone before, but Banri’s name feels like it belongs there. He doesn't miss how the other perks up, then tries to disguise it as a stretch. Banri pulls out of his hold to face him. “Never thought I’d hear that from your mouth,” Banri smirks playfully. Juza lets out a chuckle. “Never thought I’d hear it from my own mouth either,” his gaze finds Banri’s. “It feels…natural though. Saying it to you.” He can’t read Banri’s thoughts, but he sees the other make an expression that’s something between fondness and annoyance. “Ugh, you really just said that,” Banri falls onto his back, face in his hands, with a groan. Juza raises an eyebrow in response. “You gonna join me down here or am I supposed to cuddle myself?”
I really liked this exchange between Juza and Banri. The way Banri jokes to make everything a little less intense (also he’s absolutely flustered), and how Juza responds with genuine honesty. I think I captured the vibe I wanted super well.
22. Share an excerpt from your favorite scene
He sees stars behind his eyelids now. Countless, warm and flickering like soft flames. They bring him comfort. One of the many reminders of that night almost a year ago. Ystral's leg glows with a soft blue-white light. The tips of his fingers begin to show signs of it as well. A small smile finds its way to his mouth as he admires the way they sparkle. You wear it well. A familiar whisper circles around him. His smile fades. A pang of guilt makes him want to deny the statement, but the thoughts are gently guided away, replaced with wordless reassurances. The unpleasant thoughts could never win. Not when the very stars opposed them.
I had a lot of fun with this opening scene to my Wildermyth fic. Writing anything with stars gets my creative juices flowing and boom we get crazy poetic shit like this.
23. Share the final version of a sentence or paragraph you struggled with. What about it was challenging? Are you happy with how it turned out?
Gonna be real, I have no idea.
24. What's something that surprised you while you were working on a fic? Did it change the story?
Every time I write Banri I somehow make him even more mushy and soft, so it’s a surprise every time.
25. What did you use to write? (e.g. writing programs, paper & pen, etc.)
Just Google Docs really.
26. If you had to choose one, what was THE most satisfying writing moment of your year?
Finishing that OOO fic after watching it stare at me for like almost a year.
27. Did you do anything special to celebrate finishing a fic?
Not really. They were all pretty short, not super life-changing pieces.
28. How did you recharge between fics?
Play games, draw, rewatch stuff to get back in the mood.
29. If this were an awards show, who would you thank?
My friends who listen to me rant about my crazy ideas all the time. Juza for being an unending font of inspiration.
30. What’s something that you want to write in 2024?
SO MANY THINGS. My Wildermyth fic for sure. I have some ideas for The Deep that I also really wanna write. I really want to write something longer for once. I think my goal this year is to write a 5k word fic. I have so many ideas I’m sitting and still so many more wips to finish. Good luck to 2024!
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hi love! could i ask for nectarine and key lime for your genshin f/o of choice?
Hiii Amira! Sorry this i so late! I lost the thing for it but found it again finally. 💕
I'll do a couple of my Genshin F/0's because it's honestly hard to choose!
nectarine: do you and your F/O live together? If so, what does your living space look like?
Tighnari: We do live together! Our living space is full of plants, both for Tighnari's work and just because I like them. Much of the decor is similar to what he originally has in his house because we have similar tastes but throw in some candles and more red things mixed in along with stuff to just make it more cozy. We'd definitely have a large fully stocked bookshelf. I'll include a picture of his original home in game to give a better idea of his living space, but he upgrades our home's size after i move in so we can also have a more private space to ourselves in case he has a patient needing to stay in the front room. (the one major draw back to loving and living with tighnari is i'm terrible in hot and humid climates. It is an act of love in of itself to decide to keep living in sumeru with him even though it's gorgeous there. At least he thinks my hair being constantly fluffed out from the humidity is cute)
Kaeya: Not yet! We visit eachother a lot and travel together but we don't currently live together full time. We have plans to build a house though.
key lime: how would you describe your self-ship’s aesthetic?
Ooh okay!
Tighnari: Newly bound books, bookmarks made from pressed flowers, grass stained knees, the smell of warm spices and late nights spent in the forest curled together. Kaeya: Cool hands tucked under a shirt both for warmth and to elicit a gasp, mulled wine shared in front of a fire with rosy cheeks eyes sparkling with mischief like starlight, a locked heart slowly opening as it's owner hands you the key.
@pastelle-rabbit in case tumblr is dumb and doesn't tell you!
I almost did Zhongli among several others but decided to limit it to two. I have so many different f/o's in Genshin and i'm living my best life.
Selfship ask game
#just selfship things#zhongli childe and Scaramouche were some of the other options i could have done as ones I think about a lot
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Im gonna copy past bullet points till I can get ti my computer and make a proper post
If you're the kind of person who thinks you need to carrot-on-a-stick yourself into writing by saving the fun part for when you finally write everything that happens before it: Stop. You're probably not a linear writer. You're making yourself suffer for no reason and your writing is probably suffering for it. At least give nonlinear writing a try before you assume you can't write if you're not baiting or forcing yourself into it!!
2. Rereading my own work.I used to hate reading my own work. I wouldn't even edit it usually. I would write it and slap it online and try not to look at it again. XD Writing nonlinearly forced me to start rereading because I needed to make sure scenes connected together naturally and it also made it easier to get into the headspace of the story to keep writing and fill in the blanks and get new inspiration.
Another thing I found from doing this that it became easy to see patterns and themes in my work and strengthen them. Foreshadowing became easy. Setting up for jokes or plot points became easy. I didn't have to plan out my story in advance or write an outline, because the scenes themselves because a sort of living outline on their own.
Ooh this next 2 are my favorite (mainly because I think it's something I struggle with
This also made it easier to let go of the notion that I had to write something exactly right the first time. (People always say you should do this, but how many of us do? It's harder than it sounds! I didn't want to commit to editing later! I didn't want to reread my work! XD) I know I'm going to edit it naturally anyway, so I can feel okay giving myself permission to just write it approximately right and I can fix it later.
GUYS GUYS SAMDOESART JUST DID A VIDEO ON THIS!! LIKE LITERALLY HE SAID AND I QUOTE (I think) "you make the best work when you don't have expectations" (example he made was drawing on your homework, and yk like you don't expect to make anything good but then you do because you didn't care, he explains it more susinctly)
3. Marinating in the headspace of the story.For the first two months I worked on [fic], I did not consume any media other than [fandom the fic is in]. I didn't watch, read, or play anything else. Not even mobile games. (And there wasn't really much fan content for [fandom] to consume either. Still isn't, really. XD) This basically forced me to treat writing my story as my only source of entertainment, and kept me from getting distracted or inspired to write other ideas and abandon this one.
This is why I draw tbh lol
As an aside, I don't think this is a necessary step for writing, but if you really want to be productive in a short burst, I do highly recommend going on a media consumption hiatus. Not forever, obviously! Consuming media is a valuable tool for new inspiration, and reading other's work (both good and bad, as long as you think critically to identify the differences!) is an invaluable resource for improving your writing.
side note this also means pacing yourself, not push yourself (hey that rymed)
Or you need to use the bathroom, eat something, or sleep. XD Seriously, if you're that stuck, assess your current physical condition. You might just be unable to focus because you're uncomfortable and you haven't realized it yet.
Inspiration isn't always linear, so writing doesn't have to be either!
Come back to me in like 8 hours I'm getting on a plane
How I learned to write smarter, not harder
(aka, how to write when you're hella ADHD lol)
A reader commented on my current long fic asking how I write so well. I replied with an essay of my honestly pretty non-standard writing advice (that they probably didn't actually want lol) Now I'm gonna share it with you guys and hopefully there's a few of you out there who will benefit from my past mistakes and find some useful advice in here. XD Since I started doing this stuff, which are all pretty easy changes to absorb into your process if you want to try them, I now almost never get writer's block.
The text of the original reply is indented, and I've added some additional commentary to expand upon and clarify some of the concepts.
As for writing well, I usually attribute it to the fact that I spent roughly four years in my late teens/early 20s writing text roleplay with a friend for hours every single day. Aside from the constant practice that provided, having a live audience immediately reacting to everything I wrote made me think a lot about how to make as many sentences as possible have maximum impact so that I could get that kind of fun reaction. (Which is another reason why comments like yours are so valuable to fanfic writers! <3) The other factors that have improved my writing are thus: 1. Writing nonlinearly. I used to write a whole story in order, from the first sentence onward. If there was a part I was excited to write, I slogged through everything to get there, thinking that it would be my reward once I finished everything that led up to that. It never worked. XD It was miserable. By the time I got to the part I wanted to write, I had beaten the scene to death in my head imagining all the ways I could write it, and it a) no longer interested me and b) could not live up to my expectations because I couldn't remember all my ideas I'd had for writing it. The scene came out mediocre and so did everything leading up to it. Since then, I learned through working on VN writing (I co-own a game studio and we have some visual novels that I write for) that I don't have to write linearly. If I'm inspired to write a scene, I just write it immediately. It usually comes out pretty good even in a first draft! But then I also have it for if I get more ideas for that scene later, and I can just edit them in. The scenes come out MUCH stronger because of this. And you know what else I discovered? Those scenes I slogged through before weren't scenes I had no inspiration for, I just didn't have any inspiration for them in that moment! I can't tell you how many times there was a scene I had no interest in writing, and then a week later I'd get struck by the perfect inspiration for it! Those are scenes I would have done a very mediocre job on, and now they can be some of the most powerful scenes because I gave them time to marinate. Inspiration isn't always linear, so writing doesn't have to be either!
Some people are the type that joyfully write linearly. I have a friend like this--she picks up the characters and just continues playing out the next scene. Her story progresses through the entire day-by-day lives of the characters; it never timeskips more than a few hours. She started writing and posting just eight months ago, she's about an eighth of the way through her planned fic timeline, and the content she has so far posted to AO3 for it is already 450,000 words long. But most of us are normal humans. We're not, for the most part, wired to create linearly. We consume linearly, we experience linearly, so we assume we must also create linearly. But actually, a lot of us really suffer from trying to force ourselves to create this way, and we might not even realize it. If you're the kind of person who thinks you need to carrot-on-a-stick yourself into writing by saving the fun part for when you finally write everything that happens before it: Stop. You're probably not a linear writer. You're making yourself suffer for no reason and your writing is probably suffering for it. At least give nonlinear writing a try before you assume you can't write if you're not baiting or forcing yourself into it!! Remember: Writing is fun. You do this because it's fun, because it's your hobby. If you're miserable 80% of the time you're doing it, you're probably doing it wrong!
2. Rereading my own work. I used to hate reading my own work. I wouldn't even edit it usually. I would write it and slap it online and try not to look at it again. XD Writing nonlinearly forced me to start rereading because I needed to make sure scenes connected together naturally and it also made it easier to get into the headspace of the story to keep writing and fill in the blanks and get new inspiration. Doing this built the editing process into my writing process--I would read a scene to get back in the headspace, dislike what I had written, and just clean it up on the fly. I still never ever sit down to 'edit' my work. I just reread it to prep for writing and it ends up editing itself. Many many scenes in this fic I have read probably a dozen times or more! (And now, I can actually reread my own work for enjoyment!) Another thing I found from doing this that it became easy to see patterns and themes in my work and strengthen them. Foreshadowing became easy. Setting up for jokes or plot points became easy. I didn't have to plan out my story in advance or write an outline, because the scenes themselves because a sort of living outline on their own. (Yes, despite all the foreshadowing and recurring thematic elements and secret hidden meanings sprinkled throughout this story, it actually never had an outline or a plan for any of that. It's all a natural byproduct of writing nonlinearly and rereading.)
Unpopular writing opinion time: You don't need to make a detailed outline.
Some people thrive on having an outline and planning out every detail before they sit down to write. But I know for a lot of us, we don't know how to write an outline or how to use it once we've written it. The idea of making one is daunting, and the advice that it's the only way to write or beat writer's block is demoralizing. So let me explain how I approach "outlining" which isn't really outlining at all.
I write in a Notion table, where every scene is a separate table entry and the scene is written in the page inside that entry. I do this because it makes writing nonlinearly VASTLY more intuitive and straightforward than writing in a single document. (If you're familiar with Notion, this probably makes perfect sense to you. If you're not, imagine something a little like a more contained Google Sheets, but every row has a title cell that opens into a unique Google Doc when you click on it. And it's not as slow and clunky as the Google suite lol) (Edit from the future: I answered an ask with more explanation on how I use Notion for non-linear writing here.) When I sit down to begin a new fic idea, I make a quick entry in the table for every scene I already know I'll want or need, with the entries titled with a couple words or a sentence that describes what will be in that scene so I'll remember it later. Basically, it's the most absolute bare-bones skeleton of what I vaguely know will probably happen in the story.
Then I start writing, wherever I want in the list. As I write, ideas for new scenes and new connections and themes will emerge over time, and I'll just slot them in between the original entries wherever they naturally fit, rearranging as necessary, so that I won't forget about them later when I'm ready to write them. As an example, my current long fic started with a list of roughly 35 scenes that I knew I wanted or needed, for a fic that will probably be around 100k words (which I didn't know at the time haha). As of this writing, it has expanded to 129 scenes. And since I write them directly in the page entries for the table, the fic is actually its own outline, without any additional effort on my part. As I said in the comment reply--a living outline!
This also made it easier to let go of the notion that I had to write something exactly right the first time. (People always say you should do this, but how many of us do? It's harder than it sounds! I didn't want to commit to editing later! I didn't want to reread my work! XD) I know I'm going to edit it naturally anyway, so I can feel okay giving myself permission to just write it approximately right and I can fix it later. And what I found from that was that sometimes what I believed was kind of meh when I wrote it was actually totally fine when I read it later! Sometimes the internal critic is actually wrong. 3. Marinating in the headspace of the story. For the first two months I worked on [fic], I did not consume any media other than [fandom the fic is in]. I didn't watch, read, or play anything else. Not even mobile games. (And there wasn't really much fan content for [fandom] to consume either. Still isn't, really. XD) This basically forced me to treat writing my story as my only source of entertainment, and kept me from getting distracted or inspired to write other ideas and abandon this one.
As an aside, I don't think this is a necessary step for writing, but if you really want to be productive in a short burst, I do highly recommend going on a media consumption hiatus. Not forever, obviously! Consuming media is a valuable tool for new inspiration, and reading other's work (both good and bad, as long as you think critically to identify the differences!) is an invaluable resource for improving your writing.
When I write, I usually lay down, close my eyes, and play the scene I'm interested in writing in my head. I even take a ten-minute nap now and then during this process. (I find being in a state of partial drowsiness, but not outright sleepiness, makes writing easier and better. Sleep helps the brain process and make connections!) Then I roll over to the laptop next to me and type up whatever I felt like worked for the scene. This may mean I write half a sentence at a time between intervals of closed-eye-time XD
People always say if you're stuck, you need to outline.
What they actually mean by that (whether they realize it or not) is that if you're stuck, you need to brainstorm. You need to marinate. You don't need to plan what you're doing, you just need to give yourself time to think about it!
What's another framing for brainstorming for your fic? Fantasizing about it! Planning is work, but fantasizing isn't.
You're already fantasizing about it, right? That's why you're writing it. Just direct that effort toward the scenes you're trying to write next! Close your eyes, lay back, and fantasize what the characters do and how they react.
And then quickly note down your inspirations so you don't forget, haha.
And if a scene is so boring to you that even fantasizing about it sucks--it's probably a bad scene.
If it's boring to write, it's going to be boring to read. Ask yourself why you wanted that scene. Is it even necessary? Can you cut it? Can you replace it with a different scene that serves the same purpose but approaches the problem from a different angle? If you can't remove the troublesome scene, what can you change about it that would make it interesting or exciting for you to write?
And I can't write sitting up to save my damn life. It's like my brain just stops working if I have to sit in a chair and stare at a computer screen. I need to be able to lie down, even if I don't use it! Talking walks and swinging in a hammock are also fantastic places to get scene ideas worked out, because the rhythmic motion also helps our brain process. It's just a little harder to work on a laptop in those scenarios. XD
In conclusion: Writing nonlinearly is an amazing tool for kicking writer's block to the curb. There's almost always some scene you'll want to write. If there isn't, you need to re-read or marinate.
Or you need to use the bathroom, eat something, or sleep. XD Seriously, if you're that stuck, assess your current physical condition. You might just be unable to focus because you're uncomfortable and you haven't realized it yet.
Anyway! I hope that was helpful, or at least interesting! XD Sorry again for the text wall. (I think this is the longest comment reply I've ever written!)
And same to you guys on tumblr--I hope this was helpful or at least interesting. XD Reblogs appreciated if so! (Maybe it'll help someone else!)
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Chapter 2: Into the Woods
"Are you ready for the next expedition, Y/n?" Ford asked the little girl beside him, who beamed with excitement. She quickly grabbed her own backpack, which was smaller than Ford's.
Ford opened the door for Y/n, and the two of them stepped out into the cool morning air. Y/n even exaggerates, inhaling so forcefully that she almost chokes in the air.
This time, Ford walked to the right after locking the front door. He figured a change of scenery would be nice after taking the left path the day before and the day before that. The girl followed him as he trekked down a different path. "So, Ford, where are we going?"
"Wherever the woods will take us, Y/n."
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Indeed, the woods had taken them everywhere. They were fortunate that these areas of the forest had not yet been discovered. A whole new mystery to explore.
Y/n heard a ruffle in the tall bushes as their feet trudge along the leafy trail. Ford, too, heard it and stopped walking, turning to follow the sound.
Ford crept closer, tiptoeing, and Y/n watched. He pushed away the leaves, alerting a... gnome.
It walked with its little arms animatedly stretched out. It smiled at them with crooked teeth.
Y/n and Ford approached the creature in a friendly manner. Ford took out the journal and basically interviewed it while the girl used a tape measure to measure its height, weight, width, and depth.
"Fascinating," Ford said after jotting down the pertinent details on his pages. "So, what was your name again?"
"Shmebulock," the gnome had groaned out. "SENIOR!"
"Where are the rest of your folks, mister Shmebulock?"
"Shmebulock."
"Right... You are Shmebulock. Don't you have a family? Any gnome friends?"
"Ford?" the girl said, amusingly raising an eyebrow at his weird phrasing.
The gnome remained smiling, walking away. "Shmebulock!"
"I guess it only says Shmebulock over and over..." Ford stood back up and tucked the journal away again.
They had unintentionally led themselves into a dark area of the woods. It was densely forested, almost completely covering the sky. Only a few rays of sunlight were able to pass through, and they miraculously shone through a massive crystal, reflecting in two different colors: blue and pink.
In seconds, a tiny beetle had entered the blue spotlight and grown to become a massive beetle. Because of how large and heavy it was, the ground almost shook. Its limbs sprouted from microscopic to life-size in size. Y/n and Ford stood there in awe.
A roar could be heard from behind the trees, and a large panther emerged, ready to pounce on the two travelers. Ford instinctively shoved Y/n behind him and shielded her, ready to confront the carnivore, but the mammal jumped through the pink light and shrank instantly.
Of course, Ford had scribbled it in his book, doodling what it would look like.
"Cool drawing," Y/n retorted from beside him before walking a few steps forward. She decided to leave Ford to doodle more in his space. She took a look around,having never been in this part of the forest before. She had no idea that Gravity Falls was a big place.
She was looking down at the plants and flowers when she noticed something familiar. "Ooh!"
"What is it?" It seemed that Ford was done with his entry. "What did you find?"
"This looks like the mushroom I ate when I was younger; actually, I ate a lot of mushrooms, but... this one left quite a taste." Y/n held a gleaming purple mushroom. The cap had resembled a brain.
"Based on my observations, a person may experience side effects according to which particular type of mushroom is consumed.". You said you've eaten this?" Ford referred to the brainy fungi in his hand.
She nodded innocently.
"Then, based on the shape of this mushroom, your intelligence level could have been greatly influenced." Ford pondered with his pointer and thumb on his chin until an idea formed in his mind. "Collect as many different mushrooms as you can." Y/n dispersed and pulled out a couple of mushrooms, gathering two handfuls. "Good job. Now, let's test these on 'ol Shmebulock Sr. back there." He winked at her, earning a laugh.
They spent hours experimenting with the assorted mushrooms. Fortunately, Shmebulock agreed to do it with a "Shmebulock" response; they don't know whether it was a yes or no Shmebulock, but he didn't run away, so everything was Shmebulock- they mean good.
And what are the chances that the last mushroom Y/n handed to Shmebulock was the mushroom that would undo everything? Every side effect seemed to have subsided, and he appeared normal. "Shmebulock!" exclaimed the gnome before continuing on his merry way.
Y/n and Ford exchanged stares until the man shrugged carelessly. "He seemed fine." Little did the two travelers know that he and his next of kin would grow to puke rainbows for generations.
As the day turned to night, the two decided to continue their exploration the next day. This will continue for the next few years, just as Y/n anticipated and Ford hoped. For all the mysteries Gravity Falls has to offer, his curiosity rivaled that of an immortal jellyfish, Turritopsis dohrnii. This could go on indefinitely!
With a yawn, Y/n gladly welcomed sleep. She sleeps on the couch because Ford didn't expect to meet a companion on his adventure. A bed would also take up unnecessary space. She didn't mind, telling him that the couch was the most comfortable bed she'd slept in since leaving the cold, grassy land.
"Good night, Ford," Y/n mumbled before succumbing to exhaustion. Ford realized at this point that she was, in fact, human. She can be tired and hungry just like a human. Her only distinguishing feature was her inability to feel pain.
The man pulled the blankets up to her chin with a small smile, and he swears he saw a small smile form before retreating to his own bedroom. Immediately upon entering, he retrieved his journal and placed it on his work desk.
Ford, like Y/n, was a human being. And he's a tired human at the moment. Nonetheless, he continued to write another entry in his journal, recounting his experiences and expressing his emotions. His cursive handwriting was neat and formal as the tip scratched against the pages.
He rubbed his eyes as a yawn escaped through his lips. He blinked for a bit before closing his journal. He couldn't help but let a smile appear as he gazed at the number 1 inked there. One. It's a start.
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CONTINUES IN CHAPTER 3!
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hi!! whee thank you! 1: OTP?
hmm okay so as a true multishipper, i dont really have OTPs in the original sense? but i do have a handfull of ships from all the fandoms ive ever been in that are very close to my heart. (fun fact! i used to keep a very extensive list of all my ships but i stopped keeping track of it :< i stopped somewhere around 270) but right now the ships that are closest to my heart are Jance and Bojere. theyre absolute comfort ships for me. 12: Whats the funniest/craziest AU idea youve ever come up with? okay i havent come up with a lot of AUs in my life time but there was this AU i had that i remember very fondly? it was an 80s AU for jjba Battle Tendency. i even wrote a fic for it (never finished it though) but i think if i were to read it now, id probably cringe to death TvT 13: Whats a character/ship you havent written/drawn yet but would like to some day? ooh okay i think imma say Bojere for this. i HAVE actually already written something Bojere-esque? but its very self indulgent and actually just a personal vent with characters slapped over it :P but id like to actually write a romantic happy fic about them. i have so so so many notes for possible fics i could write about them but never did. theyve been collecting dust on my ipad for... oh god, almost a year now @.@ and for who id like to draw: yep, staying with my comfort ships here but Jance. now that i think about it, i dont think ive drawn Nace before???? damn. ive drawn Jan plenty of times but ive never drawn them together. i might draw a scene from my fic if i feel like it (..ever again ':) ) 15: Have you noticed your art style change over time? oh definitely. my art used to be very anime inspired but im actively trying to move away from that since i find it incredibly limiting. i used to draw characters with really skinny and long necks, very tiny noses, pointy chins whereas now im trying to make my characters look like actual people? so smaller eyes, more realistic proportions.. stuff like that. wait i can add a comparison: here
Dio drawing from 2019 vs fem!K drawing (that i haven’t shared till now??) from february this year (design is based on this art on ao3)
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