OC Interview Tag Game - Scion Wan
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We previously interviewed Sun Ching. Today I Scion Wan Yamazki from the story Scionic Cycle in studio. It has been one year since the events of the climax of Book 1. We are talking to him today before Book 2 begins.
Sorry to interrupt, but it’s Master Scion Wan Yamazaki.
1. How are you doing today, Master Scion?
Excited. Aloma contacted me today. She wants to reconvene the group. I haven’t seen anyone in six or so months.
2. You ready to answer some questions?
I’m always ready to answer questions.
3. How do you feel about your name? Your surname?
My name comes from the first Scion, Scion Wan. She didn’t know when I was born that I was going to be the Scion. It’s a neat coincidence.
4. Is there anything you’d like to thank your author for?
Being awesome. After the raid on the temple a year ago, I’ve been able to master my water qi. I’ve been able to learn non-magical martial arts. I didn’t realize how much punching someone hurt.
You understand that you are a main character in your book?
I’m the main character of the world. When you are the Scion, the only person in the entire world who has access to all the magic, you are the main character. It’s amazing.
5. You can only eat three foods for the rest of your life, what are they?
Rice, veggies, and spices. You can make anything tasty with the right spices.
6. Have you ever done or said anything that surprised your author?
AEthryos? Naw. I’m pretty easy to read.
7. You have limitless funds, what kind of party are you going to have?
I’m not the party planner. You’ll need to ask my mother. She’s the one who plans the galas at the mansion.
8. Tell us a quick story about something that’s happened to you that not even your author knows about… yet.
As a kid I would sneak out of the estate. I wanted desperately to blend in and be a normal person. I thought people treated me differently because I was rich. Turns out, it’s because I’m the Scion. I was gone two hours before Chikashi, our butler, found me.
9. Do you have a favourite Hero?
Scion Wan. Uh.. the first one, and me of course. Scion Attla was pretty strong.
10. What do you plan to do after this?
I am on my way to meditate up on the mountain cliffs. Then it’s time to pack and head to Attla City!
That’s all the time we have today. Thanks for tuning into this OC Interview!
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Scionic Cycle Series Intro - Entire PPT presentation
Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Life – Plot Basics
[Image: Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon
AEthryos (logo)
AEthryos.com]
Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon book series
Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Life [image of cover]
Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Death [image of cover]
Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Rebirth [image of cover]
Available on Amazon.com for Kindle or paperback
[AEthryos Logo]
About the Author - AEthryos
Asexual, Aromantic, Agender Author and Artist
Graphic Designer
Volunteer with PFLAG
Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Inspiration
5 years ago the thought in my head was “What if the Avatar was trans?”
Wrote fanfiction about the next Avatar
Started with trans woman main character
Where are the trans men in pop culture? MC is now a trans man
Possible because Korrasami is canon
Narrative choices
I wanted characters like the people around me
Lots of queer people
I am surrounded by trans/non-binary people, queer people, autistic people, asexual people
I really wanted to show that we are people with wants, needs, hopes, and desires
It’s a fantasy story, not a queer story
[image of the Scionic Cycle globe]
Contemporary, Urban, Fantasy Inspired by Avatar: the Last Airbender and Legend of Korra
1940’s-50’s tech
Primarily in cities
Magic users
Martial arts based
Not wands, staves, staffs or books
4 types of elemental qi [magic]
Earth, Fire, Air, Water
If a person has magic, they only have 1 of these types
the Scion (the chosen one)
Scion has access to all the magic
Reincarnation of previous Scion
Switches between elements every life
[image: drawing of globe, enlarged with location names]
Scionic Cycle: Characters – Scion Wan Yamazaki
1 of 2 main characters
Cisgender, heterosexual male
18 years-old
Original Element: Fire
Conflagration citizen
He is a celebrity
Body type
Medium height
Sinewy muscles
Japanese
Japanese Bruce Lee
[image of a slide with info above. collage of: Tony Stark, arms wide, with text- Keep Calm Cause I Am the Chosen One, Aang from Avatar the Last Airbender with fire behind him, Bruce Lee, Japanese Flag]
Scionic Cycle: Characters – Dr. Tupilek of the Imaq Tribe of the North
Cisgender, heterosexual male (You can’t have just 1, otherwise it’s tokenism)
25 years-old
Element: Water qi
Specialization: combining healing qi and blood qi
At forefront of new medical knowledge
From North Pole, Imaq Tribe
Body type
Medium height
“Dad bod”
Inuit
[Image collage: 2 Inuit people in the snow wearing parkas, Dr. James Makokis in an office, Staff of Hermes, open hand with water floating over it, Flag of Nunavut.
[drawing of a dark skin man with a toque, glasses, blue bow tie, and blue polo shirt
[photo: Anthony Johnson and James Makokis are an Indigenous, two-spirit couple won The Amazing Race Canada (Sept. 11, 2019)]
Scionic Cycle: Characters – Ayya Aloma
Butch lesbian with a crimson mohawk
Mid 30’s?
Element: Air qi
High ranking monk in the Zephyrs
Tibetan monks
World peace keepers with quasi-military
Mayor of the Village
Small neighborhood in Attla City
Self-made, safe space for LGBTQ+ individuals
Advocate for queer rights within city
Body type
Medium height
Thin body from flying
Tibetan
[collage: woman with red mohawk, Tibetan monk, person flying in a full body wing suit, Tibetan flag, Philly pride flag, Lesbian flag - orange to pink
[drawing: dark skin woman with red hair in a mohawk smiling and holding up peace sign in front of the lesbian flag]
Scionic Cycle: Characters – Noble Zifen, a.k.a. Fen
Autistic, demisexual, genderqueer person.
They/them pronouns
Inspiration – Genderqueer Nicola Tesla
17 years-old
Element: Electricity
Subtype of fire
Has no fire qi, only electricity
Inventor
Born in Conflagration. Now lives in the Village
Body type
Medium height
Japanese
[image collage: background is the ENIAC computer, man with prosthetic arm holding a drill, grant imahara, nicola tesla, japanese flag, rainbow infinity symbol with “autism acceptance” written overtop, genderqueer flag, demisexual flag
[drawing of a light skin person with glasses wearing overalls and yellow shirt in front of nonbinary flag]
Scionic Cycle: Characters – Sun Ching
Asexual, gender non-conforming woman
18 years-old
No qi
So fascinated by qi that she dedicated her life to learning the martial arts of the elements
Master of Earth qi martial arts
Proficient at Fire and Air
Former citizen of city-state Yaosai Jin
Body type
Short, stout
Thick muscular body
Biracial: Chinese and Indian
Binds her chest
Magical world = magical binders (author note: don’t bind and exercise)
[collage: martial artist posing with bo staff, Becky Lynch of WWE holding arms out wide with text “Come at me bro,” Indian Olympian Mary Kom flexing with right hand out in victory, Indian Olympian Karnam Malleswari lifting weights, China/India flags, man wearing binder, asexual flag]
Wait, you are missing the trans character. Where is he?
Scionic Cycle: Characters – Kun Ching
Asexual, transgender man
18 years-old
Light Scion - All the qi
So fascinated by qi that he dedicated his life to learning the martial arts of the elements
Master of Earth qi martial arts
Proficient at Fire and Air
Former citizen of city-state Yaosai Jin
Body type
Short, stout
Thick muscular body
Biracial: Chinese and Indian
Binds his chest
Magical world = magical binders (author note: don’t bind and exercise)
Kun is a trans man.
In denial of his gender identity in the first book
The first book doesn’t bring up his dysphoria directly.
Second book subplot is him reconciling his gender identity.
Third book - his coming out
[collage: martial artist posing with bo staff, Becky Lynch of WWE holding arms out wide with text “Come at me bro,” Indian Olympian Mary Kom flexing with right hand out in victory, Indian Olympian Karnam Malleswari lifting weights, China/India flags, man wearing binder, asexual flag
drawing: dark skin man with bandage on right cheek, wearing an open, green button down, shirt and a green shirt underneath, in front of transgender flag and wearing asexual button]
Scionic Cycle: Secondary Characters – Chetana of the Zephyrs & Bao of Deserete
Chetana
Military Police with the Zephyrs
Element: Air
Bisexual
Indian
Bao
Percussionist in Qi Stones
Element: Earth
Bisexual
Chinese
[drawing: Chetana -dark skin woman in red sleeveless shirt holding peace sign and in front of the Philly pride flag and bisexual pin on shirt
drawing: Bao -dark skin woman with green hair, wearing green shirt and black vest, in front of bisexual flag and wearing Philly pride pin]
Scionic Cycle: Main Cast & Relationships
Here is our main cast: Wan, Tupilek, Aloma, Fen, Kun, Chetana, and Bao
Relationships: Kun and Fen, Aloma and Bao, Tupilek and Chetana
[main cast images: previous drawings of Wan, Tupilek, Aloma, Fen, Kun, Chetana, and Bao
[relationship images: previous drawings in pairs: Kun and Fen, Aloma and Bao, Tupilek and Chetana]
Scionic Cycle: Dual Protagonists – Wan and Kun
Set up as yin and yang to each other.
Wan privileged. Kun has worked for everything
Wan is the Scion. Kun wishes he had qi
Wan is flashy and charismatic. Kun is gruff and calculating
Wan is naive. Kun is worldly
Equal in overall strength and skills
Kun is the Light Scion, Wan is the Dark Scion
Unintentional pop culture equivalents
Superman (Wan) and Batman (Kun)
Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Life – Plot Basics
Fantasy Murder Mystery
Wan and Sun are both sent to the South Pole to learn water qi.
There Wan gets mind controlled
Find who did the mind control and why
Themes
Horrors of mind control
Respect
Humility
Friendship
LGBTQ
[image: Book cover -silhouette of a head in profile with a lightning bolt running up their neck, person standing holding a bo staff, also in silhouette, on yellow background. Title on top: Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Life, author name, AEthryos, on bottom left]
Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Death – Plot Basics
Fantasy Spy Thriller
One year has passed since the climax of Life
New info from the climax
Who was behind the Big Bad of Life
Why the mind control?
Themes
PTSD
Depression and suicide
Biological Families
Found Family
Abuse
Kun’s Trans Identity
[image: book cover -three-sided pyramid with shadow to left, color washed out beige, title: Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Death]
Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Rebirth – Plot Basics
Heroes Journey/Corruption
Happens immediately after the climax of Death
Themes
PTSD
Healng from Trauma
Kun’s coming out story where he struggles— and he’s done.
Kun’s heroes journey where he learns to unlock his potential
Wan’s abuse and how it makes him do horrible things
Light Scion and the Dark Scion
Love, romantic and brotherly
[image: book cover -yin/yang style emblem with light green face on left side and dark red face on right on a beige background, title: Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Rebirth, AEthryos logo on bottom right]
Scionic Cycle: Quick Stats
Life is Small Gods (Terry Pratchett) long at 82,000+ words
2 total rewrites [3 versions total], 3 major edit changes in V3
22 Chapters
Average 3,700 words/chapter
Death is Good Omens (Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman) long at 106,000+ words
3 total rewrites [4 versions total], 4 major edits of V4
31 chapters
Average 3,400 words/chapter
Rebirth is Small Gods (Terry Pratchett) long at 86,000+ words
2 total rewrites [3 versions total], 3 major edits of V3
33 chapters
Average 2,700 words/chapter
Original names: Avatar, Student, Water, Air, Fire (Wan, Kun, Tupilek, Aloma, Fen)
Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon book series
Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Life [image of cover]
Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Death [image of cover]
Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Rebirth [image of cover]
Available on Amazon.com for Kindle or paperback
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Hurt by JKR? I have 2 books staring a trans man and his genderqueer partner. It's a fantasy story inspired by Avatar.
Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Life
Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Death
Kun Ching
Asexual, transgender man
18 years-old
No qi
So fascinated by qi that he dedicated his life to learning the martial arts of the elements
Master of Earth qi martial arts
Proficient at Fire and Air
Former citizen of city-state Yaosai Jin
Body type: Short, stout, Thick muscular body
Biracial: Chinese and Indian
Binds his chest
Magical world = magical binders
Kun is a trans man. In denial of his gender identity in the first book. The first book doesn’t bring up his dysphoria directly. Second book subplot is him reconciling his gender identity.
Fen of the Village
Autistic, demisexual, genderqueer person.
Inspiration – Genderqueer Nicola Tesla
17 years-old
Element: Electricity. Subtype of fire. Has no fire qi, only electricity
Inventor
Born in Conflagration. Now lives in the Village
Body type
Medium height
Japanese
Ayya Aloma of the Zephyrs
Butch lesbian with a crimson mohawk
Mid 30’s?
Element: Air qi
High ranking monk in the Zephyrs: Tibetan monks, World peace keepers with quasi-military
Mayor of the Village
Small neighborhood in Attla City
Self-made, safe space for LGBTQ+ individuals
Advocate for queer rights within city
Body type
Medium height
Thin body from flying
Tibetan
Scion Wan Yamazaki
1 of 2 main characters
Cisgender, heterosexual male
18 years-old
Original Element: Fire
Conflagration citizen
He is a celebrity
Body type: Medium height
Sinewy muscles
Japanese
Japanese Bruce Lee
Dr. Tupilek
Cisgender, heterosexual male
25 years-old
Element: Water qi
Specialization: healing qi and blood qi
At forefront of new medical knowledge
From North Pole tribe Imaq
Body type
Medium height
“Dad bod”
Inuit
[info on photo to far right] Anthony Johnson and James Makokis are an Indigenous, two-spirit couple won The Amazing Race Canada (Sept. 11 Cole Burston/The Canadian Press)
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