#speech patterns are a disease XD

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TYSM TO @phlurrii FOR DESIGNING ME THIS BEAUTIFUL GOOBER I’M GOING INSANE THEY’RE SO PRETTY!

Anyways long post but I’ve made stuff with her and I’m so excited abt this

I’ve already made it my personal mission to integrate this silly guy into my story and to draw as much of her as I can

First drawing I’ve made of her is inspired by Arcane because it’s currently a hyperfixation of mine

Lyrics from this song:

And lastly, some doodles

Again, tysm Phlurrii for the commission I’m going to use this until the end of time O7

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Tagged by @abybweisse (thank you ^^)

1. How has your opinion of yourself changed over the years?

I guess I’ve become more relaxed and don’t worry so much anymore what others may think of me. I’m happy with who I am. :)

2. If you had to pick one book to read for the rest of your life, which book would you pick? 

Only one book? Hmm, I guess every book gets boring if you read it too often. Haha, how about a dictionary? At least I’d be learning a new language then. XD Or a very long book with lots of small riddles and mathematical puzzles. I really enjoy such things and once I’d be through with all I could start again since I probably would have forgotten the solutions for the first ones already. XD

3. What’s your favorite season? Do you have a particular reason for liking it? 

Every season has something unique that’s enjoyable. But my favorite is spring. I like it if it gets warmer again after winter and if all starts to bloom. :)

4. What’s your favorite thing to do when you want to relax? 

Listening to music, especially classical/instrumental music. There’s great music in movies or in anime and listening to it while lying on my terrace or even while riding a bike is one of favorite things to do. :)

5. Do you consider yourself lazy? 

Yeah, sometimes I really am. I mean, if I do have plans I’m pulling through but I also have days where I laze around all day and realize in the evening that I haven’t done anything productive all day. XD

6. What’s your view on morality? 

I guess everyone has their own view of what’s right or wrong. And there isn’t just always good and bad, there’s a lot in between. Sure, no one is perfect but I think if everyone respected each other even if they have a different opinion, if no one did to others what they wouldn’t like others doing to them and if everyone tried to be more friendly and less demanding of each other things would be a lot nicer.

7. When are you most productive?


When I’m motivated and if I don’t have any distraction. 

8. Do you have any strong opinions about things most people don’t think much about? 

Hmm.... about Kuro, I guess. XD

9. How do you handle stress? 

I usually can handle it quite well. I am usually quite organized so I try not to let stress become too much at once. I always try to take some time to distract myself from whatever’s stressing me and that usually works quite well.

10. What would your ideal world be like? 

No war, no disease, no suffering, no hate, no fear. A harmonious coexistence between all cultures and religions with access to education, healthy nutrition and healthcare for everyone. Equal rights, mutual respect, freedom (of speech, movement,...),... A world in which people and nations would find solutions for the world’s problems (climate change, pollution, decline of natural resources,...) together instead of fighting each other for profit and power. A world in which everyone can pursue their own individual idea of happiness without being hindered and without hindering others.

Extra Questions:

1.) What’s one story that you want to write/create but won’t (or haven’t yet)? 

I’m not really much of a story writer. I rather enjoy reading them. ^^

2.) What’s an interesting moment of self-discovery in your life?

Hmm, I don’t think I can pinpoint it to one moment in my life. There are always small changes and I think that’s how I have developed until now. And isn’t life a constant journey of rediscovering yourself anew? ;)

3.) Dream job? 


Hard to say. I just hope that the path I’m following right now is the right one for me and leads me to my dream job. :)

4.) What’s a book/movie/show that has had a large influence on you?

While I grew up the Harry Potter books accompanied me and I still love reading them. I even started to read them in English -- which is not my first language -- when I was 13 or so. It was the first book I read in English by my own choice and it helped me immensely to get a feeling for the foreign language. So I guess you could say Harry Potter taught me English. XD

And of course Black Butler also had great influence on me (who would have thought). XD I was aware of manga/anime before but Kuro is what really caught me. It made me active in the fandom, let me get to know great people and new friends and got me into other great shows as well. :)

5.) Has music ever changed your life, or at least your outlook on life? 

Music is very important to me. It helps me to relax or reminds me of certain stages in my life. So without music there would definitely be something missing.

6.) Imagine you’ve become an established author/artist/creator. What would you want the fandom for your works to be like?

I would like the fandom to be nice to each other. Discussing my work, being creative with fanart, fanfiction or other fanworks and finding new friends within the fandom. But I’d hope that they always be respectful with each other and that there’d be no place for hatred. 

7.) Same scenario as #6. What would the fandom actually be like? 

I guess, there would still be hatred, sadly. But as it is with most fandoms (at least that’s what I hope), those who spread negativity are a noisy minority. Most fans are gentle, respectful and friendly. :)

8.) What’s a subject that you think should be taught in schools but typically isn’t taught at all? 

I think what really is missing in schools (at least here) is how to be an adult. And by this I mean some teaching about insurances, taxes, how to handle property and capital, some basic knowledge about stock exchange, investments, tenancy law, tax return,... I know this sounds like boring stuff but this is really important once you are an adult. And I think it would be a lot easier if you learn some basics in school so that it’s easier once you really need it.

9.) What’s a subject that you think should be taught differently in schools from how it usually is? 

Maybe religious education. Instead of teaching every religion separately at school I think children should be taught together and the teacher should be neutral without trying to convert anyone in a certain direction. In that way, everyone would get different views of different religions and learn to respect one another in their beliefs. And it should not only cover religion but also ethics, morality and how to get along with each other. I know, R.E. is not only about the religion one has for themselves and it also covers other religions and problems in society. But it’s main purpose is still to lead the children to the respective religion (at least that’s what was written in the curriculum when I went to school) and I feel like this is something that a church but not a school should do.

Of course, this is just my opinion. You don’t have to agree. ;)

10.) Are there any patterns in your interests/works that wouldn’t be immediately obvious to an outside observer?

I’m not sure. I mean of course there are things that I’m keeping to myself and that are not obvious to people who don’t know me so well, if that’s what is meant here. But I guess everyone has that. ^^

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Hey it’s 6 AM and I have insomnia so have some taggy stuff

(Maybe if I ever have 1000 followers I’ll do these ask things as intended instead of just answering them myself XD)

From: https://she-who-fights-and-writes.tumblr.com/post/175450098186/random-writing-asks

1. What is your favorite punctuation mark?

I love me my parentheses (probably because I always go off on a tangent).

2. What writing taboos do you break consistently?

I guess writing fanfiction about Shadow the Hedgehog above the age of 16 counts as a “writing taboo”...

3. What POV do you prefer and why?

Third because... I don’t know why. I used to be terrible at it. Now I don’t write in first person at all.

4. What tense do you prefer and why?

Past tense because I’m basic. I don’t really like present tense unless it’s paired with second person.

5. Adverbs: for against?

I do not think this hard about my sentence structure or word classification lmao

6. Do you outline or not?

It’s easier if I at least have SOME idea what’s going on... Plus I usually come up with ideas while I do the outline, which is helpful.

I actually have two outlines. A “this is generally what’s going to happen” outline and a chapter-by-chapter breakdown. The latter is usually a mess of random ideas shoved hastily in of what I want to happen in the chapter.

7. Do you prefer writing dialogue or narration?

I like having a lot of cool-sounding narration, then nailing you in the face with perfectly-delivered emotional dialogue (at least when everything works properly).

Character conversations are my favourite parts of writing. XD

8. What punctuation/grammar/spelling errors do you make consistently?

Well I’m not sure this exactly counts, but I have a weird Canadian/British/American grammar/spelling hybrid thing going on. But my “official” writing work requires me to write with American spelling and I sometimes end up using the wrong one (British when I’m freelancing, American when I’m writing...)

Also I miss words pretty frequently. My fingers don’t keep up and I guess I compensate by skipping some small word!

9. Do you write characters based off of real people or make them up?

Generally I make them up. I have based some little quirks or actions off people I know. 

10. Do you write more guy or girl characters?

Girl. I dunno why it just happens.

11. Which is easier to write: guys or girls?

I can fucking tell you which is easier to draw...

I don’t find dudes particularly harder to write so I don’t know why all my OCs are girls! I might be moving away from that though. I mean, that was mostly a thing in my old stories. They just didn’t have much diversity. 

Hourglass had a nearly entirely female (and dragon) cast, while The Impossible Sky (its kinda-spiritual-successor) had different species and also more dudes than girls. Not counting the Guardians in both of those.

12. Which is easier to write: original fiction or fanfiction?

I’ve had some original book ideas but they just don’t hold my interest.

13. Which of your characters would you want to be stuck in an elevator with?

That is a strange question. :P

I guess Crystal would be the easiest to talk to since her original iteration was heavily based off, uh, me... That’s no longer the case, but she is probably the OC I feel closest to.

14. What do you include in character descriptions?

I usually only mention major features when they’re first noticed.

15. Do you let people read your rough drafts?

I don’t write that way. :P

16. What do you do with your rough drafts once you write a new draft?

I mean I’ve had a few “I don’t like this first chapter so I’m going to drop it and restart it in 3 years” and I put those in my Super Secret Writing Folder for the world to laugh at.

17. How do you handle writer’s block?

The benefit of also being an artist (and game designer, and pixel artist, etc...). I don’t need to. I do something else fulfilling with my time until writing makes me feel fulfilled again.

Although recently I’ve been struggling a bit with The Memory, and looking for a phone wallpaper, I looked up Maria and Shadow images like I used to when I was 15... That wave of nostalgia has given me a burst of inspiration to continue this series and make it everything I wished it would be when I was a teenager. (Probably cringy to some people, but shove it. ;P)

18. How many stories do you work on at one time?

Fucking one because the alternative is a disaster and a three-year hiatus.

19. Do you write from beginning to end, or jump around in your story.

@bionicfrogstudios How do you do this convoluted jumping around bullcrap?!

20. What is one thing you would never do in a story or to a character?

There is nothing I wouldn’t do.

21. What do you do if you come to a fork in the road (where your story could go one of two different ways)?

Pick the one that I like better. XD

22. Do you “write what you know” or not?

Uhh, well, I don’t know what it’s like to be suddenly transported to the Dragon Realms... Or how to fight with a sword, or drive a train or boat, or what dragons would act like... I also don’t know what it’s like to be dying of a fatal disease, or a super-powerful test subject, on a gigantic spacecraft floating above Earth, while it gets violently invaded by the military...

So, er... no?

23. Do you research things in your story? If so, how?

Everything I don’t know for sure. And like everyone else, I do it with Google.

24. How do you figure out your characters looks, personalities, and speech patterns?

Feel it out in the story. I mean I’ll have an idea what they’re like. But a lot of quirks just come out as they write them. (For instance, I didn’t specifically think “Cedric is a mole who talks with a slight drawl/accent”, that just happened.)

25. How do you figure out character motivation and backstory?

It just... happens? And I think of it? And then I write it? Is there supposed to be some special methodology to this XD Sometimes it happens as the story is being written, like above, too.