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hourzmanga · 7 years ago

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favorite yuri & shoujo ai

man i’ve been sitting on this for a while now but it’s finally basically finished. I’ve written a short summary along with noted whether there is sexual content, general warnings about content, and length (it always annoys me when i read a good looking synopsis only to find out it’s just a one shot). My favs have asterisks next to them. happy reading!

20 Year Old Girl x 30 Year Old Maiden: a young girl falls in love with her former instructor. (short ish; COMPLETED)

Ano Musume ni Kiss to Shirayuri o: Girl who just wants to be number one challenges the girl who is naturally the best at everything. Nice development, cute art, interesting characters. Soft and sweet and engaging. (long; ONGOING)

Aoi Hana: A manga about girls in school who navigate their desires and lives as they age and the people around them change. One of my favorite authors who has other series that are definitely worth the read. Has sexual content but not gratuitous if i remember correctly?? (52 chapters; COMPLETED)

Apocalypse: Special items in a video game bring a girl and her crush closer together. No actual concrete relationship starts but definite cute and soft feelings that I liked. (three chapters; COMPLETED)

*Asagao to Kase-san: Girl meets another girl whole watering the morning glories and falls in love. suffers a little from “but we’re both girls!” in the beginning but is pretty temporary. Has sexual content. (longer; ONGOING, but definitely has a good chunk of story finished)

*Bright and Cheery Amnesia: girl loses all her memories and wakes up in the hospital to her girlfriend. Though she’s shocked, it seems that spending three years together and being in love transcends any difficulties. SUPER CUTE. Has some sexual content but not graphic. (medium length currently?; ONGOING)

*Chatting at the Amber Teahouse: A sweet and slow paced manga about a girl who works at a tea house and is in love with the owner. One of my absolute favorites for its atmosphere and pacing. (21 chapters counting extras and prologue; COMPLETED)

*Double House: Trans woman working at a bar and a girl who’s run away from her upper class family become neighbors. I really really like the art and atmosphere of this; it’s very lovely and softly engaging. (it’s by the same artist of pieta, my ultimate favorite) (3 chapters; COMPLETED)

*Ebisu-san and Hotei-san: When a woman transfers to her department, the main character feels antagonistic towards her aloof attitude and goes out of her way to make her feel unwelcome. This all changes when she receives insight into the other woman’s life and her feelings become very different. very cute and subtle with a sweet ending. ???????? (6 chapters plus extra; COMPLETED)

*Exciting Feelings (also Fluttering Feelings): girl becomes friends with a popular girl and they slowly develop feelings for eachother. (as of now i’m the translations they have not yet gotten together but the slow burn is realllll goood) (longer; ONGOING)

Girl Friends: A classmate approaches a girl who is generally alone in the class and invites her to join her friend group. They end up developing feelings for eachother. Pretty good, not my favorite but definitely worth the read when u can. (COMPLETED)

Hide in the Flowers - girls at a magic academy; cute but not story heavy (shorter; ONGOING)

Houro Musuko: About a trans girl who grows up and is both affected by and affects those around her. A little sensationalized imo but has such a great host of characters and that good soft art. Less romance more coming of age but is lesbian or at least girl loves a girl in the long term so .. Read It. Has sexual content but it’s conducive to character development so doesn’t count. (123 chapters; COMPLETED)

Irrational Us: About a lesbian office worker with a sort of off putting, twisted personality (as much as i hate to use that word lol). Super interesting main character. (10 chapters; ONGOING)

Kanojo to Camera no Kanojo no Kisetsu: Not completely sure why i like this one so much; the current translations don’t even have the main girls getting together, but i think it has an atmosphere that i really enjoy. It’s about a girl who feels bored and out of place with her usual friends until she speaks to a girl with a camera who she’s always admired and they become close friends. No sexual content (shorter; ONGOING)

Kuchibiru ni Suketa Orange: Beautiful and stylish girl transfers from tokyo and joins the plain friend group of another girl, who harbors a secret crush and longing for the girl from tokyo. Has sexual content and some sort of iffy motifs (like the main character imitating the girl she has a crush on that was kinda… off putting) (6 chapters; COMPLETED)

Kuchibiru Tameiki Sakurairo: A series of cute one shots. By morinaga milk, who a lot of people LOVE, but doesn’t really make my favorite type of content. No sexual content (9 chapters; COMPLETED)

*Lesbian-Teki Kekkon Seikatsu: Married couple and their journey to having children. cute style and interesting! No sexual content. (shorter; ONGOING)

*Love My Life: A lesbian woman going through her life and interacting with her friends and family. SUPER interesting story with a main character that i really liked. Has sexual content. (12 chapters; COMPLETED)

Magan he Danai: Cute series of loosely connected oneshots about a couple in which one woman is mischievous and often messes with her wife, who tolerates it sometimes and retaliates other times. Cute and fun dynamic and nice art. No sexual content. (11 chapters; COMPLETED)

**Manga no Tsukurikata: A manga artist decides to date a girl she knows from work who has confessed to her in order to write yuri manga. Turns out the younger girl is also a manga artist, and one that she idolizes. Very sweet and slice of life & a relationship that develops slowly but sweetly into something very sincere. This has been one of my favorite series for a long time. (longer; COMPLETED)

Mars no Kiss: rebellious girl who has an older boyfriend and thinks of herself as emotionally and sexually more mature than those around her is seated near honors student and falls in love. does NOT end with mutual feelings, unfortunately, but DOES end on a happy note. has sexual content. (4 chapters; COMPLETED)

More Than Friends?: two girls work out their feelings for each other and experience lots of things together. Very very cute stuff!! currently (as of july 2017) on hiatus. (mid-length?; ONGOING)

MORISHIMA AKIKO (queen)

she has a lot of great stuff that i have to recommend here so enjoy

* Happy Picture Diary: A series of 4-panel comics about life as a lesbian woman and interacting with other non straight people. really cute and fun and i think (?) semi-autobiographical (a note says parts of it are based on the author’s life) ???????? (5 chapters; COMPLETED ((website says it’s ongoing but hasn’t updated since 2011 so))

* A Lapis Lazuli Blue Dream (also Azure Dream): An anthology with office women romance, high school sweethearts who have moved on to college, office women who chase the same girl (honey & mustard), a girl in love with a widow who she’s known since she was young (not wild about this one lol), a continuation of 20 year old girl x 30 year old maiden, a doujinshi author who meets one of her fans at her sister’s school festival (again kinda iffy about this one) has small amounts of sexual content. (10 chapters; ONGOING?)

* Renai Joshika: Office ladies romance!! Has prequels and sequels to stuff in a lapis lazuli blue dream. Has sexual content. (9 chapters plus extras; ONGOING?)

My Girlfriend’s Ex-Boyfriend: While sleeping after having sex, the main character’s girlfriend speaks in her sleep and causes the main character to feel uneasy in their relationship and leads to her investigating her girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend and a few misunderstandings. Has sexual content. (longer; ONGOING)

Nanashi no Asterism: Three girls who become friends but end up in a love triangle amongst themselves. No real relationship ever occurs but i think i liked this one for the characters and their friendship and the communication between them. Has a sweet but not romantic ending. (23 chapters; COMPLETED)

Octave: Former idol falls in love with a music composer. Not my favorite (a lot of focus on sex, girl cheats on her gf with a man at one point), but has some very good moments, well developed characters, and a heavier atmosphere that u might like if u can get thru the rest of it. I think the reason that it made my list despite its faults is because it’s actually long (which is so hard to find) and bc the relationship between the girls changes and develops a lot. Has a lot of sexual content. (36 chapters; COMPLETED)

*Omoi no Kakera: A lesbian school girl who works at a cafe navigates her life and identity while making friends and affecting the lives of other people in her own way. Has other stories that are connected to the main one in different ways that are also very interesting. (15 chapters ??? (too many extras to count lol); COMPLETED)

OTSU HIYORI

she just has some real cute stuff lol

* Your Cuteness: A series of cute oneshots (by the same author as aqua blue cinema) (COMPLETED)

* *Aqua Blue Cinema: When a famous actress is standing on a cliff’s edge, a local girl assumes that she is going to jump and tries to stop her, but just ends up pushing her in. When the actress loses an important necklace, the other girl becomes her personal assistant in order to pay it off. Love love love this one super cute. ?????? (six chapters; COMPLETED)

* Clover - A series of oneshots by the same author as Aqua Blue Cinema that are super sweet. ??????? (7 chapters plus extra; COMPLETED)

Partition: Girl who is obsessed with cute things seems to accidentally capture one of her coworker’s embarrassing moments. To get back at her, her coworker snaps a picture of them kissing for blackmail. After that, both of them gain a new awareness for eachother. Seems cute so far and the art is super lovely. No sexual content. (shorter; COMPLETED)

**Pieta: About a girl with an abusive family who struggles with self harm and abandonment issues. She starts an odd sort of relationship with another girl, who also struggles with mental illness. They bond over this and other things and help eachother work through their issues. A little codependent imo but such a beautiful story with incredible contemplative aspects that had me in awe. Especially love bc their relationship is incredibly deep and emotional and only slightly romantic, with a happy ending and that at no point “but we’re both girls!” or homophobia of any sort plays a role is a great added bonus. No sexual content. ((warnings for suicide attempt, self harm, and familial abuse)) (11 chapters counting extras; COMPLETED)

*Plica: Lesbian woman navigates her (love) life after a close friend’s wedding and contemplates on hers and others sexualities. Really cute. Has sexual content. (132 SHORT chapters; COMPLETED)

*Poor Poor Lips: Poor girl comes to work at the power stones shop of a well off lesbian woman. Super super sweet and slow developing and definitely worth the read. Probably one of if not my favorite series on this list. ?????? (75 chapters; COMPLETED)

Pure Marionation: a robot girl going to school and making friends and navigating the life of a high school girl. The art style of this one is not… super choice, but has cute and original concepts that i enjoyed and let me mostly overlook those huge eyes and weirdly molded faces .. has some nudity and some slightly suggestive content but is overall not sexual. (18 chapters; COMPLETED)

*Renai Manga: An aspiring manga editor is in charge of the author whose work changed her life. However, she’s completely different from what she thought and, despite being a little dispirited due to that, she grows to respect and enjoy her personality and company. cute and lighthearted!! (8 chapters plus extras; COMPLETED)

*Sasameki Koto: Girl in love with her lesbian best friend but unable to make a move bc her friend only likes “cute girls.” SO GOOD, very sweet, 100% recommend. great development, lots of sweet side characters, and overall a great manga. (53 chapters; COMPLETED)

Sayonara Folklore: At a girls school, there is a superstition that if you touch another girl on monday, you must recite a charm or else risk being cursed by two girls who committed a lovers suicide together. However, when a transfer student comes, she seems to disregard this and pull the main character along with her as they break the rules together. Cute art, great ending. There’s some “i’m in love with my sister!” stuff going on that is super misleading but that’s Not how it is. No sexual content. (9 chapters plus extras; COMPLETED)

#manga recs #op #pieta is my absolute favorite for the Mood btw

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savetimeless · 7 years ago

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Hey. First I love your writing. Second I have a prompt for you if u have the time. Idk if u prefer vague or not but the time team gets separated during a mission and it's in the middle of a battle(to be chosen by you) and Lucy ends up getting knocked out and when Wyatt finds her he panics thinking she's dead and starts crying and admits that he loves her and she can't leave him and she wakes up and they kiss once back at mason. This would be pre relationship/ start of relationship.

Anon said: Lucy get’s severlyhurt in a mission and Wyatt blames himself and freaks out for it.

Anon – this prompt came insoon thereafter yours did, and I figured they were so close that I couldcombine them. HOWEVER, as I was writing, I had a second idea, which was muchmore vague than this prompt called for, and so I think I’ll write another onefor you that fits yours a bit more and this one much less. SO WATCH THIS SPACE.

mockingjays-daughter, you’re a legend and your praise gives me life and inspiration. and about the vague thing; i actually don’t really mind at all. the more specific you are the more likely i am to write something you had already pictured and want to see. if its vague i’ll just do what i want which might be very different to what you intended. so really its up to you!

SO I feel like thispoint needs some explanation. I decided against a love confession in the battle,bc when I was writing it I was thinking that this would be set pretty soonafter the season 1 finale, and in my personal opinion (that, while I understandothers might not agree with, I unfortunately project into my writing), I justdon’t think they’re in love yet. YET. I truly do think that’s where they’reheading, though, and I think Lucy is a little more in it than Wyatt.

I wrote the scene three orfour times, and in the end I decided that a confession just didn’t fit in withthe way I’d been writing them, my understanding of their feelings, and in thescene in general. I snuck it in a little bit at the end (which felt much morenatural to me), so I hope that’s enough? I’m really sorry about it though, bcit was in the prompt and I probably should have just sucked it up and done it,but …

Also this is vaguelyinspired by that snippet in the promo for the show. Enjoy!

high on the sunlit violence read on ao3!

Lucy keeps an eye on theclock the whole time they’re in the room. They’ve not been tied up, and theofficial word is that they’re not prisoners, but it sure feels like they are(and Wyatt says they won’t even know how fucked they truly are until itsalready too late).

They’d been found in theearly hours of the morning, and put in the room they’re currently in at 4:37am.It’s now 6:52, and there’s less than an hour until the base is bombed.

Wyatt and Rufus know itstoday, but they don’t know that it will be so soon, and she can’t even warnthem because there’s a mirror in this room and she’s seen enough T.V. to knowshe shouldn’t trust that no-ones listening. And maybe it’d save a lot of livestoday, but the Allies can’t win the war without the U.S., so she’ll keep hermouth shut.

Her leg is bouncing and itsimultaneously feels like time has slowed to passing like the syrup of honey,and like even with the Lifeboat she will never be able to stop time fromgetting to the point it will.

Rufus’s anxiety is feedingoff of hers, until he seems almost more panicked than she does. Wyatt, somehow,is keeping calm, though that may be because he’s been in situations like thisbefore (though never exactly likethis before; Pearl Harbor becomes of the most famous surprise attacks inhistory, and with good reason).

Eventually, though, shecan’t keep her mouth shut any longer. “Guys,” she whispers hurriedly, “we needto get out of here, now. Back to theLifeboat. We don’t have long –“

A voice crackles through asmall speaker in the corner of the roof. “No talking.”

Lucy waits several moreminutes, but then starts speaking again. “We have 18 minutes,” she saysharshly.

“No talking!”

It doesn’t matter. Theyknow now. And no one else is any wiser.

Rufus starts to breathe alitter heavier and even Wyatt seems alarmed now.

“We need a distraction,”Wyatt says lowly. “And I need a – a pin, or something.”

The door slams open. A manin uniform, to the same effect as their costumes, steps into the room.

Lucy and Rufus sit alittle straighter, but Wyatt remains relaxed, though Lucy knows that meansnothing; the man was the most observant person she knows, he’d hardly not beanalyzing everything about this newcomer.

The man sits, but doesn’tsay anything. The longer he’s there, the more anxious the three get, thoughWyatt attempts to conceal it. Probably because the longer he’s there, the moresmug the man looks, likely in response to their growing panic (though he doesn’tknow it has nothing to do with him).

The clock seems to tickslower and slower but faster and faster and before any of them have had a real crack at talking their way out, ormaking some kind of distraction, they hear the sound of an explosion fromoutside.

“What the –“

Wyatt takes theopportunity of the man’s distraction and knocks him out with a single punch.

They all stare for asecond, and then the building rocks from the force of a bomb dropped close byand they spring into action. They get out of the building quickly enough, andwhen the door opens they pause for a moment in shock at the sight before them.

Men are shooting into thesky as bullets and bombs rain down from it. There is complete chaos everywhere,and a lot of people are already dead.

Lucy spies a car directlyin front of them and shouts, “Run!”

The three duck and weavethrough the anarchy and jump into the car. Wyatt turns the key and starts todrive, just as the pile of crates that had been beside them explodes.

Their ears ring andeverything is muted, but Wyatt just keeps driving. They have a couple miles todrive to get to the Lifeboat, and he wants the three of them out of here assoon as possible.

He thinks they are safe asthey drive out of the thick of it, but then he feels Lucy smack his arm and shoutout a panicked, “Wait!”

He slams on the breaks andbefore the car has stopped, and before he realizes what she’s doing, she’sjumped from the car and is running away from them.

“No, Lucy, wait, wait!”

But she’s gone.

“Fuck!” he shouts, andhits the steering wheel. “Rufus, stay with the car. Make sure no one takes it.”

He runs after her, andspots her in the distance kneeling down by someone injured.

“Lucy!” he yells. “Lucy,get back in the fucking car!”

She looks at him over hershoulder and shouts back, “He’s hurt. We can’t –“

The whistle of a bombdropping makes his heart stop. He runs towards her faster.

The force of it knocks himback and on his ass.

It takes him a minute toblink away the confusion in his head, and then Rufus is there, helping himstand. He blinks many times, trying so hard to focus but unable to.

“Loo-shee,” he slurs.“Where – where’s Lucy?”

Rufus slings Wyatt’s armaround him. “I don’t know! Look, I need to get you back to the car. Just holdon, alright!”

There’s blood drippingdown his face and he touches his fingers to it.

“Lu – Lucy. Rufus, getLucy.”

Suddenly, he’s sitting inthe car again and Rufus has disappeared. He slips in and out of consciousness,jolted into awareness by the sound of bombs.

It seems like forever whenRufus finally gets back, an unconscious Lucy in his arms. Rufus gently puts herin the back seat next to Wyatt, then goes around the start driving.

Wyatt can feel tears onhis face, maybe from the pain of the wounds he’s now feeling, maybe from thesheer terror of seeing Lucy in such a way (he know which one it is: Lucy.Always Lucy).

The car starts to move,but Wyatt ignores it, lets Rufus take point, and instead reaches out a hand toher face.

There’s dried blood fromher ears and nose, and a cut on her forehead just behind her hairline that’sstill bleeding.

“Please be okay,” hewhispers, caressing her face lightly. “I can’t lose you, too.”

They get back to theLifeboat quickly, and Rufus first helps Lucy in, then Wyatt.

When they get back to2017, Lucy is still unconscious and Wyatt now has to deal with a severe bout ofnausea as well as the buzzing migraine is his head.

Rufus helps Wyatt stumbleout of the Lifeboat, and there’s a flurry of movement around them to help them.

Wyatt suddenly findshimself in the medical room, Lucy in a bed beside him. He floats in and out ofconsciousness, people coming in and out to check on both him and Lucy.

When he finally comes toproperly, almost 24 hours later, Lucy is already awake, sitting up in her bed andreading a book on Pearl Harbor.

When she sees him awakeand looking at her, she closes the book, thumb marking the page, and waves itat him.

“Stayed the same,” shesmiles.

“Must have had someunknown ripple effect,” he gripes, then sits up, hand on his head.

She stops smiling.

“Sorry,” he says. “Just .. . sorry.”

She shrugs. “I’ve come toexpect such pessimism from you,” she replies.

He rolls his eyes, butconcedes he is usually the doom and gloom of the trio.

Memories of the bombsurface, of being separated from her and not knowing if she was alive or dead.They make it difficult to breathe.

He takes a moment to takeher in, then asks, “Are you okay?”

She shrugs a shoulder thenopens her book again and begins to read. He watches her, her hair pulled backin a bun, sweatpants and a large jumper. She’s smiling a little as she reads,and he has the insane urge to get into her bed and just hold her.

He’s just tired enough,just drugged enough, just in pain enough to actually do it.

She doesn’t make a noiseas he gets into her bed, but she does smile. He rests his head on her chest andswings an arm around her waist. She brings one hand up to run her fingersthrough his hair, the other chucking the book on the nightstand and then restingon his bicep.

They stay like that forseveral minutes, an absurd amount of emotion welling up in him and making himturn his head to look up at her. She looks down to him, and electricity chargesbetween them. His hand comes up, seemingly of its own accord, to press againsther cheek, his thumb tracing her cheekbone.

She doesn’t say anything,and it seems obvious to him where this is going, and so, without objection fromher, he leans up, his hand guiding her lips to his.

It’s slow but searing,heated yet tender. It feels like it’s been inevitable for a thousand years butlike something he doesn’t deserve. His heart beats as loudly in his chest asthe bombs they narrowly escaped.

She pulls away first,tenderness on her face and in her eyes, and it overwhelms him so much that heturns away again, to his original position.

His affection for herchokes his throat, and its with the panic of going on another mission, anotherpossibility of losing her that he, rather daringly, confesses, “I think I’mfalling in love with you.”

Her lips press against hishair, and her hand on his bicep tightens to fist in his sleeve.

“I think I’m falling inlove with you, too.”

The sound of her wordsring in his ears until he falls asleep, happiness in his heart.

#timeless #timeless nbc #save timeless #mockingjays-daughter #prompt #anon #fic #fic prompt #pearl harbor #lucy preston #wyatt logan #rufus carlin #LYATT #Lucy x Wyatt #lyatt fic #lyatt fic prompt

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fireinclined · 7 years ago

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capella worldbuilding

capella’s closing off

about 47 years before capella’s destruction, the coup on ioavis occurred, which lead to it becoming a condemned planet. at the same time, there was a revolution on capella itself, as the government was nearing the end of what is called the “capellan cycle.” capellans have embraced the idea that no government remains uncorrupted forever, and so every 500-750 years, a revolution will take place where the old government will be torn down and a new one will be put in its place. however, the revolution failed, but was incredibly destructive, and it was this and the events on ioavis that led to capella pulling back all of it’s ships from wherever they were. no one was allowed to leave capella, and no one was allowed to come into it. this had a lot of effects on the rest of the galaxy, considering capella was like. a galactic superpower. the economy of pyrrah collapsed since capella wasn’t trading with them anymore, the situation on ioavis deteriorated more and more…and so on. a lot of people felt that this decision was not only unjust but also a betrayal of capellan values- they eat, breath, and sleep exploration, and to trap them on one planet? it was against everything capella stood for.

the language

the capellan language is just song. the vocabulary and grammar is easy enough to learn but the musical aspect makes it super hard to learn, because if you’re a half step off a note, then you’ve either changed the meaning entirely, or you’re saying with a very different tone that what you intended. because music is tied to phrases, instrumental capellan music can be used to suggest certain phrases or ideas. this could be used to communicate as well in a pinch. instead of speaking, one can whistle a tune and imply a certain phrase or command

what planet capella would be in real life

we humans know capella as kepler-442b! it’s an exoplanet orbiting kepler-442, which is located in the lyra constellation! it’s a k-type main-sequence star, which is actually really good, because they emit less ultra-violet radiation that harms dna and stuff.

the gravity on kepler-442b is 30% stronger than that of earth’s, which jives nicely with how capella has stronger gravity than earth’s. the temperature on kepler-442b is 233K, or −40 °C; −40 °F. which…admittedly that’s very low, even for how cold i wanted capella to be, but…i’ll take what i can get. another thing that irks me is that kepler-442b was discovered/identified as a planet that might be able to sustain life in january of 2015, and the way i write it, cassandra already knows about what humans call capella when she gets there.

ANOTHER thing that doesn’t match up is the distance from earth- in “in the morning” and perhaps even on this blog, i’ve said that capella is 10,000 light years from earth. kepler-442b is only 1,120 light years away. but this is something i can easily change- the important thing about capella’s distance from earth is that it has to be far enough away so that capellans really don’t give a shit about earth, and that it has to be greater than 30 years or so, so that capella is still visible from earth when cassandra gets there.

biological differences from humans

second eyelids- they’re to protect the eyes but also allow the capellan to see through it

four lungs, and larger chest cavity in general. ribs round out in the back a bit

more muscle mass

bones have a smaller radius and are denser

capellans can just barely float in water, since they are heavier than humans without necessarily being much bigger and their bones are denser.

they’re fucking giants- cassandra is 6′5 and average height for a capellan. tall for a capellan is 7′5.

their blood is almost rusty looking bc there’s more oxygen in it

can grow back lost teeth

very high tolerance to alcohol

capellans are very auditory based creatures- for example, hearing is to them what smell is to humans, taste wise. so the food has to be noisy when eaten to taste good

capella’s sun was either smaller or farther away (or both) than earth’s sun, so capellan eyes are more sensitive to the sun’s rays, and cassandra (and all other capellans) have to use special eyedrops as well as wear sunglasses on particularly sunny days to protect their eyes.

capellan art

capellan art is usually 3d stuff- very rarely do capellans just sit and paint on a normal canvas. this is because of their inclinations! many famous capellan artists utilize their inclinations to create art, or create art based off their inclinations. fire inclined capellans will typically use their powers to melt and shape metal, or do something with pottery. ice inclined capellans will typically make huge ice sculptures- or really small and intricate stuff. they can also freeze off bits of rock- like how potholes are made?- and create sculptures that way.

light inclined capellans usually create huge structures or hanging mobiles made of glass that reflects light just so. and…unfortunately, life inclined capellans get the short end of the stick, since their inclination doesn’t really affect the environment the same way the other three do. however, life inclined capellans get a lot of props for being able to create amazing works without using an inclination.

anyway- this is why cassandra does like sculptures from the renaissance, but not really paintings. the only earth paintings cassandra really enjoys are more abstract ones or very colorful ones. cassandra does adore vincent van gogh, both for his subject matter and the colors and techniques in his paintings. but cassandra has a particular fondness for 3d art because that’s simply what art was on capella.

touch

since i just read a post about touch s.tarvation, i got thinking about capellans and touching. and thinking on how physically affectionate cassandra’s relationships with other capellans are, i’ve come to the conclusion that capellans are just very physically affectionate. like it takes less time for them to feel comfortable being physically affectionate with someone new, and platonic cuddling and kisses are super duper common. sharing a bed is something that’s often done by close friends or roommates, especially for comfort.

surviving off world capellans

it’d be silly if every single capellan in the universe was on capella while it was shut off- there are entire societies descended from capellan explorers on other planets, and when they settled on other planets varies. some groups have diverged pretty heavily from capellans born on capella, and some groups had kids with other species, creating new, hybrid species.

so there are groups of capellans or people descended from capellans sprinkled across the galaxy- cassandra runs into a few of these groups on her travels.

capellan merfolk

after my hc that capellans aren’t the best at floating & considering capellan seas are so stormy…capellans had to work with merfolk to survive on the seas. and i don’t know if i’ve mentioned this here or in my fic, but capellans sailed their seas before they sailed the stars.

capellan merfolk have huge 10 foot long tails and webbed hands with razor sharp claws on the end. they have super sharp teeth and tusks- honestly, capellan merfolk are kinda walrus like? and they have to be! to survive such frigid waters. they have a thick layer of fat to keep them warm, and the most beautiful voices. they originally came up with the capellan language, and taught it to capellans.

capellans and merfolk were very close, with a team of merfolk staying near capellan sailing ships to make sure everything went well, and capellans in turn providing merfolk with things that could only be found on the surface. the two species viewed each other as sisters on capella, and for a very long time, they were tight knit and everything was hunky dory

as capellans started to travel the stars, however…merfolk were left behind. without a lot of modification to capellan ships, merfolk couldn’t be brought on board. more and more, capellans turned away from merfolk and the sea in favor of the stars.

there are plenty of planets that are completely covered in water, and on those missions, merfolk would be brought along to help however. and maybe a bunch of those merfolk stayed, or merfolk just…left capella. capellan merfolk do still exist on these aquatic planet, but have no real interest in going to new capella.

capellan griffins

capellans do have something akin to a griffin, except instead of being half eagle it is half owl, and is actually (ironically) quite small. it’s about the size of (normal earth) dog, and has snowy white feathers and fur to blend into it’s surroundings. they usually live by lakes and eat fish and small game. griffins, like most capellan birds, will move to be close to capellan people when they make their nests and lay eggs- this is in hopes that the fire inclined capellans will help them keep their eggs warm. because of this age old bond between species, there are huge nesting areas in most capellan cities. huge, glass domes with easy to access entrances for griffins and birds flying in, and a beautiful park inside. capellans are free to walk around and visits, so long as they don’t disturb the animals. fire inclined capellans will frequently volunteer at these parks, though the temperature is usually high enough on it’s own inside. griffins do imprint, so that’s something capellans have to be wary of, lest the griffins imprint on them.

volume

how loud you speak is determined at least partly by your air stream, and therefore the more air you can put behind it, the louder you can speak. so capellans, who have four lungs, can speak much, much louder than a human when they needs to.

i’d imagine cassandra already speaks a bit louder than normal, but i’ve always hc’d her as being a naturally loud person. but yes, when cassandra yells, it’s extremely loud and powerful.

the suffix -ndra

-ndra is the orphan’s suffix, but more specifically…its the suffix of the unwanted. only children who are given up at birth, are completely disowned from the family, or choose to cut ALL ties to their families have this suffix.

the reason that the suffix -ndra has a negative connotation to it is because…well, if a kid is born with the suffix -ndra, that means they were given up at birth, and while adults aren’t going to being mean about it- just the opposite, adults regard -ndra kids with a great deal of pity (which boils cassandra’s blood btw)- it’s kids that will tease and bully and make fun of. and this is…sadly frequent.

as they get older, however, the reason why they have the suffix -ndra isn’t so apparent. the other way to receive the suffix -ndra is to be disowned by your family and stripped of your family suffix. you have to REALLY fuck up to be disowned. but anyway- people will start viewing those with the suffix with suspicion. were they born with it, or were they stripped of their family suffix? most capellans with the suffix -ndra will take their partner’s suffix when they get married.

capellan war songs

there is such a thing called capellan war songs, and they work like this- you know you can sing-speak something in capellan only a certain number of ways. it’s a variation or small edits to the same musical phrase. in capellan war songs, what the music that the capellans are singing and the words that they’re saying don’t match up. so the music is what’s really important- they’re using that to suggest a specific phrase, but the words that are coming out of their mouth are inconsequential.

only someone who is fluent in capellan would be able to pick up on this, which is why it works so well when at war with non-capellans. no one wants to learn capellan

singing vs. speaking

capellans, as their language might suggest, adore music. the difference between speaking and singing in capellan in generally found repetition of phrases, and be a lot…smoother than regular speech. there is a particular…emotional component that separates speech from song, and this is generally the biggest factor. this means that passionate speeches can quickly transform into powerful music if the speaker gets swept up by their emotion, and love confessions are generally considered to be song by default. it should be noted that because capellans are singing anyway, the transition into song isn’t…weird at all to them. it’s completely natural to them.

capellan festivals

at least three holidays celebrating the different inclinations

i say three, because the ice and fire inclinations are largely regarded as two halves of one whole, or at the very least, sister inclinations. they’re celebrated on the same day.

i feel like this would be on the same level as mother’s day & father’s day? like “it’s time to appreciate your local life/light/fire/ice inclined capellan.”

you just take the time to let them know you appreciate them.

a capellan’s inclination is a huge part of their identity, and the four inclinations are a huge part of capellan culture and society

a festival in the darkest, coldest part of winter

this is capella at it’s worst, and came about as a way to provide hope and light in the darkest part of the year

it’s four days long, and is a time to come together and share warmth and food and love

note: these are just the barebones. more will be added as i develop them.

not meant to live alone

i don’t think i’ve said this but…capellans aren’t meant to live alone. like humans, capellans are meant to live in groups and rely on each other. cassandra is very much an anomaly with regards to her situation - fire inclined and ice inclined capellans in particular need each other to balance themselves. so the way snowball will damn near give herself hypothermia when she uses her powers without her suit? not supposed to happen. the way cassandra brushes with death every time the center of her inclination shifts? not meant to be that way. their powers are not supposed to put themselves at risk because they are not meant to be living alone.

#🌠 and the universe said everything you need is within you. ( headcanons : all. )#🌠 and the universe said you are the universe reading its own code. ( headcanons : general worldbuilding. )#🌠 and the universe said you are not separate from every other thing. ( headcanons : capella. )

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