#scionic cycle: a new aeon: life

[aethryos]

Presenting 🥁

Scionic Cycle: The Pact

Wan struggles with his PTSD from Oddrisc taking over his body. After torching a barracks and a temple in his sleep, he leaves for the Hi'umajra Plateau. It is a valley tucked away between two mountain ranges that is devoid of all magical qi.

Wan hopes that this lack of qi will make Oddrisc and the nightmares go away.

While there, he comes across three refugees fleeing violence in Yaosai Jin. The locals become hostile to the refugees and attempt to lynch the trio. Wan steps in to stop them and becomes a wanted man in the process.

Can Wan escape the valley with the refugees? Can he escape Oddrisc and find inner peace?

[aethryos]

I'm alive!

The pandemic really did a number on my creativity. I've had a book loaded, waiting for a final edit for 2 years. But dealing with this garbage makes fussing over grammar small.

That said, I've done the final edit. Now I need to create the cover art and hit publish.

To borrow a quote:

But a story is never late, nor early. It arrives precisely when it means to.

Scionic Cycle: The Pact

about:

Wan struggles with his PTSD from Oddrisc taking over his body. After torching a barracks and a temple in his sleep, he leaves for the Hi'umajra Plateau. It is a valley tucked away between two mountain ranges that is devoid of all magical qi. 

Wan hopes that this lack of qi will make Oddrisc and the nightmares go away. While there, he comes across three refugees fleeing violence in Yaosai Jin. The locals become hostile to the refugees and attempt to lynch the trio. Wan steps in to stop them and becomes a wanted man in the process. Can Wan escape the valley with the refugees? Can he escape Oddrisc and find inner peace?

Scionic Cycle: The Pact is the 4 book in the Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon series.

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Life

Two rivals are forced to work together. Wan is the Scion, the reincarnated spirit who has access to all the elemental magic. Sun is a martial arts master with a chip on their shoulder. After Wan is mind controlled, they search for the cult behind an attack. Will they be able to work together to take down the menace?Along the way, they befriend Tupilek, a doctor from the North Pole, Aloma, the mayor of a self-made, safe space called the Village, and Fen, a genderqueer inventor.

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Death

A year after Hitumo was stopped at the Fire Temple, Wan, Tupilek, Aloma, Fen, Sun find that he wasn't acting alone. With information from the temple, they set off to Fen and Wan's birth islands to uncover more secrets. Can they stop the terror behind the mind control?All five struggle with PTSD as they dig into this mystery. Wan is experiencing horrible migraines. Tupilek went home to deal with depression. Aloma talks about her recovery. Fen built a new arm to replace the one they lost. Sun's struggles with a spirit who haunts her dreams. Can they come together to support each other?

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Rebirth

Following the immediate aftermath of the Northern Zephyr Hub Massacre, Wan finds himself under the control of the ancient spirit Oddrisc. Oddrisc has Wan trying to free the giant skeleton spirit, the Gashadokuro. Sun’s spirit awakens in the Spectral Realm, separated from his body. With his connection to the ancient spirit Nymaroh, he needs to find harmony with his body, unlock his chakras, and stop Oddrisc. Can Wan fight through Oddrisc’s control and save himself? Will Sun be accepted as he transitions to his true self? Will Oddrisc release the Skeleton? Can Sun save Wan and stop Oddrisc?

[aethryos]

Just to show you how aromantic and asexual I am, I released 2 fantasy novels in Valentine's Day. They aren't romance books.

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Life was published 5 years ago.

Two rivals are forced to work together. One is the Scion, the reincarnation of the previous Scion. He is the chosen one who has access to all known magic. The other is a martial arts master with a chip on their shoulder. Will they be able to work as a team to take down a cult? Will they find out who is behind the mysterious disappearances in Attla City?

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Death was 4 years ago.

Wan, Tupilek, Aloma, Fen, Sun find that he wasn't acting alone. With information from the temple, they set off to Fen and Wan's birth islands to uncover more secrets. Can they stop the terror behind the mind control? All five struggle with PTSD as they dig into this mystery. Wan is experiencing horrible migraines. Tupilek went home to deal with depression. Aloma talks about her recovery. Fen built a new arm to replace the one they lost. Sun's struggles with a spirit who haunts her dreams. Can they come together to support each other?

The trilogy finished with Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Rebirth, but that was an October release.

Following the immediate aftermath of the Northern Zephyr Hub Massacre, Wan finds himself under the control of the ancient spirit Oddrisc. Oddrisc has Wan trying to free the giant skeleton spirit, the Gashadokuro. Sun’s spirit awakens in the Spectral Realm, separated from his body. With his connection to the ancient spirit Nymaroh, he needs to find harmony with his body, unlock his chakras, and stop Oddrisc. Can Wan fight through Oddrisc’s control and save himself? Will Sun be accepted as he transitions to his true self? Will Oddrisc release the Skeleton? Can Sun save Wan and stop Oddrisc?

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Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Trilogy

The Scionic Cycle trilogy stars an asexual main character and his demisexual, autistic, genderqueer partner. Written from the voice of an asexual, aromantic, agender person, AEthryos has infused ace positivity into the story.

Scionic Cycle is a series that asked, What if the next Avatar (from AtLA/LoK) was transgender? Three books later and we have diverse cast of queer characters supporting each other as they save themselves.

Each book is available on the Kindle app or paperback.

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Life

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Death

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Rebirth

[aethryos]

I have 2 novels with a third out for editing. There are 2 asexual characters, Kun and Fen.

Fen is autistic, demisexual, and genderqueer. They are dating Kun in B2 and 3. Kun is an ace, trans man.

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Life

Two rivals are forced to work together. Wan is the Scion, the reincarnated spirit who has access to all the elemental magic. Sun is a martial arts master with a chip on their shoulder. After Wan is mind controlled, they search for the cult behind an attack. Will they be able to work together to take down the menace?

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Death

A year after Hitumo was stopped at the Fire Temple, Wan, Tupilek, Aloma, Fen, Sun find that he wasn't acting alone. With information from the temple, they set off to Fen and Wan's birth islands to uncover more secrets. Can they stop the terror behind the mind control?

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Rebirth (WIP)

Scionic Cycle is a series inspired by Avatar: the Last Airbender.

🌹 ’ s Recs: Non-binary Aces in Novels

This feels like an incomplete list of characters because I can only thing of two nonbinary ace authors adding them into things. So if you know more canon nonbinary aces in fiction please let me know.

RoAnna Sylver: They/She

I don’t remember how exactly I meet RoAnna Sylver. Some cross section of disabled non-binary ace novelist twitter. Their newest is a choose your own adventure app game called DawnFall.

Their non-binary aces are Zilch, Wren, and Rowan all in the Chameleon Moon series. I’ve read one and an half, two, books of this series? It’s a huge book with people stuck in this not so great place and how their importance to each other encourages them to keep going until things are okay. Huge cast of characters, very diverse.

Rose Sinclair: They/Them

Wait, that’s me. My non-binary aces are Charlie from Bone Diggers. There’s other nonbinary aces in the book because the character’s Charlie plays matches their labels. The paperback version of Bone Diggers has an extra chapter featuring Charlie’s pov of my what happens after the book. And Hello World’s main protagonist is Scott, the first book talks about asexuality and just casual non-binary acceptance so you’re going to have to trust word of god until I get my rights back for book two. Which features two non-binary trans people discussing it which is a scene I’m dying to have on page.

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Scionic Cycle Series Intro - Entire PPT presentation

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon:  Life – Plot Basics

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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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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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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]

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Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon Trilogy introduction

[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]

The proofs for my 2 books came in. Scionic Cycle: Life is the first book. Scionic Cycle: Death is the second.

[aethryos]

How does an aromantic celebrate Valentine's Day? By publishing a series of books.

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Life came out 4 years ago today. Book 2, Death, a year later.

Scionic Cycle series link

[aethryos]

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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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]

[aethryos]

5 years ago, I asked myself, what if the next #Avatar was #trans? I now have 2 books published and a third one in editing.

The Scionic Cycle trilogy follows Wan, the Scion, and Sun as they uncover who mind controlled Wan and why.

It stars an asexual trans man, his autistic ace genderqueer partner, a butch lesbian, and 2 cishet men (if you only have 1, it's tokenism. And we can't have that.)

Scionic Cycle A New Aeon: Life

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Non-Binary November Interview - Fen

@letters-to-lgbt-kids​ asked questions of his non-binary followers. Since Fen is non-binary, I set up an interview with Fen. Fen is the genderqueer character from the trilogy I’m writing, Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon.

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Life is here

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Death is here

22 Questions for Nonbinary November!

1.Which labels do you use? Fen: Oh, so many. I’m genderqueer and demisexual. I’m 99% sure I’m autistic. It’s a new diagnosis. I’m working with the people who are researching it. It’s exciting to study. I heard about non-binary last month. Guess that works, too.

[author note: Fen’s world is ~1940′s. A lot of terms are new to the world, including autism.]

2.What are your pronouns? Fen: They/them/their

3.How old were you when you came out to yourself as nonbinary? Fen: I heard about ‘genderqueer’ after moving to the Village when I was 11. It was 13 when I first used it.

4.What’s one thing you’d like to tell your younger self? Fen: You’re not broken. You will find people who love and respect you. You will find friends.

5.Is there a myth about nonbinary people that annoys you the most? Fen: The gender I present as effects my ability to work. I’m an inventor if I’m in overalls or a fluffy dress.

6.Is there a nonbinary celebrity you look up to? Fen: I don’t hear anyone talking about it on the radio and I don’t follow the theater in my city.

7.If you’re out, how did you come out? Fen: The first time was at a support group at the local library. Now I tell all the visitors to my workshop, “In the lab, there is no gender. Only science!”

8.Is there a gender-related pun you like? Fen: I don’t know any. I like ace puns better.

9.Do you have friends who identify as nonbinary, too? Fen: I met a bunch of people in this small mountain community in the northern Conflagration. They use all kinds of pronouns. I heard “thon” used. We are now pen pals.

10.Do you have a favorite lgbt+ character? Fen: I don’t read fiction. My favorite person is my partner. He recently came out as trans.

11. Lgbt, lgbt+, lgbtqa+… which one do you usually use? Fen: Aloma uses lgbtq. She more worldly than me, as she is a Zephyr. I use what she uses.

12. How do you explain the term “nonbinary” to people who have no idea what it means? Fen: I point them to the library near me. Lilly has more patience than I do.

13.Tell us a fun fact about yourself (gender-related or random!) Fen: Losing an arm during the raid on Hitumo’s hideout was bad. But I was able to use my mind to create this robotic prosthetic that functions using my magic.

14.How did you find your name? Fen: I was mute when I first moved to the Village. When I was able to speak, I told the support group my story about being kicked out. Someone said that it sounded like I self-immolated, metaphorically. Lilly said like a zifen. They called me Zifen for a month. I adopted it and shortened it to Fen.

15.If you’re in a relationship, how did your partner react to your coming-out? Fen: I was out when I met Kun.

16.Do you prefer partner, datemate, significant other or something else? Fen: We use partner. I’m indifferent.

17.A piece of advice for questioning kids? Fen: Take your time to explore your gender. There is no right or wrong way to be you.

18.Which flag(s) do you use? Fen: I don’t think the Village has a flag. Which is strange. I’ll have to ask Lilly.

Oh!. You mean like the rainbow flag? I like the asexual flag colors the best. Genderqueer is nice. Someone proposed the infinity symbol for autism. I like that. And I saw the non-binary flag yesterday. I like that one, too.

19.Any tips for bad days? Fen: Reach out to your support groups.

20.Do you have a favorite nonbinary blog on tumblr? Fen: What’s tumblr?

21.Feminine, masculine, androgynous - or none of those things? Fen: All and none. I wear overalls and a lab coat most days because of work. I wear whatever when I’m not in the workshop.

22. What are your three favorite things about yourself? Fen: My robotic arm. I’ve seen prosthetic, but none run on electricity. I finally figured out how to send messages from one machine to another using electricity. I’m calling it the NetCom [note: they invented the internet in this world]. It took a long time, but I have amazing friends and a great partner.

[aethryos]

*Slides my books across the table*

Here is a series where the main ship is between an ace, gnc woman and an autistic, demisexual, genderqueer person.

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Life

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Death

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: (WIP)

*shouts out my window*

Give me aces who are cutesy and adorable, or tough as nails and complex!

Give me aces who are happy with friends!

Give me aces in happy romantic relationships!

Give me aces where their ace-ness isn’t the end of the character or is thrown away for the “one”.

Give me aros who have good friends!

Give me aros that are kind and sweet!

Give me aros who have meaningful relationships!

Give me aros where their aro-ness isn’t the end of the character or is thrown away when the writers want “romance” in the plot.

Give me aroaces that are warm and nice!

Give me aroaces that are happy go lucky!

Give me aroaces with happy lives!

Give me aroaces where they aren’t some sort of “cold hearted” person who needs to be “fixed” to be happy.

It’s not hard. Aces and Aros are people and a lot of people want to see themselves in a character. A true writer doesn’t say “but it’s too hard.” a true writer says “I want my readers to see themselves in the characters I put my heart and soul into. So I will do my best.”

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Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon introduction

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Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon

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Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon

book series

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Life

(image of front cover. Human head in black shadow on yellow background. a lightning bolt zigs up from neck. A person holding a bo staff standing inside the lightning bolt, also in shadow. Author name: AEthryos)

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Death

(Image of the cover. Three-sided pyramid. Monochromatic, taupe)

Available on Amazon.com for Kindle or paperback

About the Author

Transgender woman

Asexual

Volunteer with PFLAG

Graphic Designer

Chronic Illnesses

ADHD

Pen Name: Aethryos