#thank you ladyniniane!

[mwezina]

Tag someone you want to know better OR just want to say hello to!

I was tagged by @ladyniniane! Thanks for tagging :)

Favourite color: Turquois

Last song: I've been listening to Somebody Like Me by St. Vincent nonstop. I think I just like the vibe of the song.

Last movie: I just rewatched the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Currently watching: I'm not really watching anything right now, but I'm playing a lot of Baldur's Gate 3 with my partner.

Currently reading: I just finished The Siren Queen by Nghi Vo. It's very beautifully written and I love the very loosey-goosey portrayal of magic.

Currently working on: The final act of my D&D campaign. So excited and so sad to be wrapping up the stories of characters I've been playing with for years.

Currently obsessed with: Oh man, I don't even know. I was just reminded that there's FE OC week, but I've got nothing prepared!

I'm tagging @nugylienshyd and @watertankafternoon. Feel free to answer!

[tockamybeloved]

Jasmine tea, Iced Cafe Mocha and Iced Coffee of you want :)

Thank you @ladyniniane for the asks! Interesting questions you've picked 💐 Jasmine Tea : If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be and why? Dubrovnik. It looks beautiful and peaceful and full of ancient and recent history.

Mocha : Dream Job? Is there a job where sitting on the beach all day watching people and exploring nature without having to report to bosses or write out lengthy reports?

Iced Coffee : Do you like reading? If so, what’s your favorite book? I used to hate reading in school. At the time I didn't know it was because I didn't like the style of the authors. Nothing captured me and when I had to read it felt like a chore. But these are the classics! Teachers said. You'll learn so much about the human condition! My mother chimed in. It wasn't until high school where I was unofficially appointed "translator" to assigned Shakespeare plays that my love of reading took off. My favorite book will always be Wuthering Heights. (I know I know I can hear the groaning from some)

[take-me-to-valhalla]

Tagged by @ladyniniane! thank you :D

3 ships you like: I am deeply unoriginal and like popular ships. Although since I read the Arsène Lupin books, I like the Lupin/Béchoux one (too bad there's like 3 fics of them on Ao3...) if I'm being egocentric and cite my own characters, I like Lionel/Raphaëlle, Lionel/Urbain and Polidori/Sid (in a fucked-up kind of way)

First ship ever: Mmh. Probably Sakura/Shaolan from Card Captor Sakura. They were so cute!

Last song you heard: Calloway by Zeal and Ardour. May have danced to it all alone in the street at midnight. Maybe.

Favourite childhood book: Aaaah how can I chose. TOO MANY.

Currently reading: The Arsene Lupin series (in case you haven't guessed it, it's been taking over my brain) I still have three/four books left, but I forgot my anthology at work...it's above my locker...I hope it'll still be there when I'll go to work today :c (it belongs to the library!)

I just finished Dungeon Meshi, too. It was really good! Food as a metaphor for a lot of things.

Currently watching: Nothing. I don't watch a lot of series...

Currently consuming: nothing, I have to go to work and don't have time to eat or drink something! (but I have time to answer tag games, I guess)

Current craving: More time to write, to draw and to play the Sherlock Holmes game series!

Tagging whoever wants to do it!

[arrthurpendragon]

My heroes, who have helped me write once more deserve a HUGE THANK YOU!!!

(That's literally as big as Tumblr will let me write it. lol)

Seriously though, the people on this list deserve all the good things for taking time out of their days to send this struggling writer (trying to learn to love writing again and learn how to write again) asks. Y'all have my gratitude, and let me know if you need help like I did! It truly means so so so much to me - your time, patience, love, and support! (Hence this post lol)

But huge thanks to:

@nightingaleflow

@andromedalestrange

@oneirataxia-girl

@techs-stitches

@darth-caillic

@self-conscious-author

@darknightfrombeyond

@iron-parkr

@cecexwrites

@dancingsunflowers-ocs

@rey-of-luke

@carmens-garden

@thechaoticfanartist

@faerieroyal

@ladyniniane

@nemo-of-house-frye

@ultrarebelheart

@shrinkthisviolet

@asirensrage

@kbeebaybe

@happinessismagicc

@starcrossedjedis

@witchofinterest

@dream-beyond-the-fantasy

@getawaycardotmp3

@mabonetsamhain

@purpleyearning

[grabyourpillow]

Omg thanks for the tag @ladyniniane ! I actually read through your post entirely without realizing you had tagged me x) whelp here goes

Why did you choose your url? I thought I was going to talk about my shows and books and things which I do when I'm in bed. Witj a pillow

Any side blogs? I contain multitudes :3 (this is a sideblgog. I've got @uweiy which is for screaming about asian dramas, @anemovisionuser for Genshin impact and HSR, and ... Plenty... Others) 

How long have you been on tumblr? Forever

Do you have a queue tag? I don't have a queue, I just mads reblog everything within a 5-min time span then disappear for a week, rinse, repeat 

Why did you start your blog in the first place? Blorboe from my shows

Why did you choose your icon/pfp? It's coffee which goes well with shows. Also it looks like this 🙀, which I like

Why did you choose your header? Morpheus from the Sandman being naked and pathetic, which I like

What’s your post with the most notes? Uuuuuuuuuu no idea

How many mutuals do you have? Not a clue 

How many followers do you have? Around 150 on this blog I think, maybe less now

How many people do you follow? Nooo idea

Have you ever made a shitpost? When I am very tired 

How often do you use tumblr each day? OOO boy

Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? Not even once. Never got a rude anon either

How do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ posts? I get to decide which posters I put in my room 

Do you like tag games? HECK YEA

Do you like ask games? HECK YEAH

Do you have a crush on a mutual? Nope. But mwah. 

Which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous? Hmm I would say @three--rings , 

tags? I tag, if you want :), @femmeetart , @january-summers , @pigeonneaux , @three--rings @verminetroglodyte

[athenenoctua9]

I was tagged by @smolnerdz, thank you very much!

Rules: pick ten pictures from your year that you absolutely love and tag ten people to do the same

Several of them were taken in Paris, another one in one of my favorite places in the world, pets and of course, the amazing pretzels I made with my cousin ❤.

I tag @scienceoftheidiot @counterwiddershins @snowfea @captaingondor @dimsilver @theworldiswhispering @thebusylilbee @ladyniniane and anyone who sees this post

[violets-in-her-arms-writes]

salut encore ! as-tu des recommandations des chansons françaises, en général mais particulièrement pour l'écriture et les personnages ? ma collection n'est pas grande :(

aussi, peux-tu parler un peu à propos lorelei et/ou némésis ? elles sont très intéréssantes ! bien sûr, seulement si tu veux

(quand j'écrivais en haut, je pus penser des mots espagnols mais pas français haha . . . ça fait longtemps que j'ai écrit en français mais osef)

Coucou ! Alors honnêtement je ne suis pas la meilleure personne à qui poser cette question 😬 la musique française et moi on a une relation... compliquée. Mais j'ai quand même quelques chansons françaises sur ma playlist donc :

Ta reine de Angèle

On brûlera de Pomme

Tournent les violons de Jean-Jacques Goldman

Requiem de Alma

(Tango) Princesse, D'où je viens et Si je m'en sors de Julie Zenatti

Faire semblant et Je sais si peu d'Élodie Frégé

A ma place d'Axel Bauer et Zazie

Je dors sur des roses de la comédie musicale "Mozart l'Opéra Rock"

Encore du temps de la comédie musicale "Le Roi Soleil"

Je serai ton ombre et D'un souffle ou d'un cri de la comédie musicale "Cléopâtre"

Generally speaking the french musicals have killer soundtracks so you should definetely check them out! Most of them are on Youtube and you can easily find the songs + lyrics video ^^ Of course, some of them are better than others (and some are just *chef kiss*) so, good luck

Le Roi Soleil ; Mozart l'Opéra Rock ; Cléopâtre la dernière reine d'Égypte ; Notre Dame de Paris ; Roméo et Juliette ; 1789 les amants de la Bastille ; La légende du roi Arthur ; Robin des Bois ; Don Juan ; Dracula l'amour plus fort que la mort ; and probably more I've forgotten. Have fun !!

ALSO THANK YOU FOR ASKING ABOUT MY BABIES !!! Yes I would love to speak about them but I'll probably make a separate post and tag you in it, if you don't mind ? 😊

(@ladyniniane if you have more french songs to recomand, don' hesitate to jump in 👀)

[lilias42]

Jour 1 : Introduction

Merci beaucoup à l'extraordinaire @ladyniniane / @hortus--deliciarum pour la traduction en anglais ! N'hésitez pas à aller voir sa propre présentation d'OC, elle participe aussi à la @fe-oc-week ! (et en anglais pour elle !) Promis juré, ce sera génial ! Et bon début de semaine spéciale OC de Fire Emblem à tous !

Many thanks to the extraordinary @ladyniniane /@hortus--deliciarum for the English translation! Don't hesitate to check out her own OC presentation, she's also taking part in @fe-oc-week! (and in English for her!) I promise, it'll be great! And have a great start to your Fire Emblem OC week!

(for non-French speakers, the translation of the pages is noted below, enjoy your reading! / Pour les non francophones, la traduction des pages est notée en-dessous, bonne lecture)

(suite sous la coupe)

"Tell me, mum? Where does the Sun come from?"

"The great Agastya is the origin of everything."

"Mu…mum…mum!"

"Quick, hurry up! A plague!"

"A plague?"

" A plague sent by the Fell Star!

She.. She will… !"

"Damn you!

We shall return!

I swear itl!

We will have our revenge!

Sothis !!!"

"Where is mum?"

"Dead."

"Why?"

"Don’t ask questions, Number 4."

"Why is there no sun?"

"Don’t ask questions."

"But one of its plagues is…"

"Don’t ask questions, Number 4."

"But if Agastya created everything… why doesn't he…"

"No more! Number 4!"

"But I only wanted…"

"Silence!

For your rebellion…

You will be thrown to the beasts!"

"He won’t survive without Shambhala!"

"His beloved Sun will burn his eyes!"

"The beasts will fear him!"

"The beasts will kill him! They will!"

"He will beg to return to the Agastya!"

"Stop this! Stop at once!"

"But… Lord Loog… he is…"

"No matter. Nobody deserves that!"

"The... The Sun..."

"Eh? Are you all right? We're going to get you out of here! What's your name?"

"My… M… Pan… My name's Pan…

I think mum used to call me that..."

[jump-wings]

Thank you for the tag @liptonwashere, @malarkgirlypop <3 <3

List seven comfort movies then tag seven people!

1. On Body and Soul ( I really saw myself in the main female character of this movie.)

2. Amelie (It makes me feel everytime I watched and I love its soundtrack too.)

3. Das Leben Der Anderen (I love how it ends and the caharacters.)

4. Coraline

5. Pride

6. Moonrise Kingdom (Since I watched tahat movie I always want a adventure like the one in the movie.

7. Pride and Prejudice 2005 (I am not really a Austen fan but I love tha movie 's sincerity.)

Tagging: (No pressure, do if you feel like) @yeahcurrahhe-e @georgieluz @theflyingfin @saturnwisteria @ladyniniane @late-to-the-fandom @mutantmanifesto and everyone who wants to do! :)

[mootmead]

I've been tagged by @ravencrowley7 ! Thank you 😄!

Currently watching: Shogun, a Gentleman in Moscow, Yuru Camp.

Sweet/Savory/Spicy: Spicy !

Relationship status: In a relationship.

Current obsession: Sculpting, Helldivers.

Last thing I googled: pre raphaelite knight

Tagging: @zrinboy , @tiger9o0, @ladyniniane & @plaidetchocolatchaud (only if you want to, of course) and everyone seeing this if you also want to !

[mwezina]

Author Questionnaire Tag Game

I was tagged by @ladyniniane. Thank you for tagging me! I learned so much more about you and it was really interesting! We should definitely swap manuscripts at some point.

About me

When did you start writing?

I started writing at 11 or 12, whenever grade 6 was. I started writing a fantasy with me and my friends as the main characters, facing down some unknown threat (that I still never figured out). I was a Mary Sue of course, but that was actually a lot of fun.

Are there genres/themes you enjoy reading different to the ones you write?

I love reading fantasy and I love writing fantasy. I abhor sci-fi, but a lot of my writing has sci-fi elements. I think I also like writing romances, but I actually kind of dislike reading romance. I find most romances too contrived, but crafting them myself is rather interesting.

Is there an author you want to emulate, or one to whom you're often compared?

I really like Neil Gaiman's writing. There's a very nice flow to it, and I love the way he describes things. There's a fluidity and structure to his writing that I really hope to emulate.

Lionel Shriver is another writer that I find absolutely fascinating. Her character work and introspective tone were pretty groundbreaking for me as a teen, and they encourage me to seek the deepest and darkest parts of my characters and bring them out, not just allude to them.

I absolutely love Alice Munro's writing (current scandal aside). There's a quietness and a horror to the mundane in her writing that I would love to capture. But I think you need to live a certain kind of life to write with so much insight, and yet so much silence.

Finally, I hope to write not in the style of Stephen King, but in the way that he writes. I want to write clean, write fast, and write without looking back.

Can you tell me a little about your writing space?

I write mostly at my computer, but sometimes on my phone. I find I do my best first drafts in transit--whether that's the airport, on a plane, or on the bus. For second and third drafts, I need to be parked somewhere quiet, or a place where the ambient noise does not stand out to me in any way.

What’s your most effective way to muster up some muse?

I kinda just force myself to write, haha. I do camp nanowrimo in the summer, so I have a certain "quota" to meet each day, then I set my alarm on 1-hour intervals and write away.

As I keep writing, I find I don't need a muse. I just go.

Did the place(s) you grew up in influence the people and places you write about?

Absolutely. My background as an immigrant and feeling connected to two different places comes through in my work a lot. Characters frequently feel torn, and are stuck between worlds.

Also, I've been reading a lot of afrofantasy and afrofuturism, which use African mythology and ruling structures to inform the setting instead of European myths and ruling structures. I wanted to do something similar with my cultural background, both my home country and my current country.

Are there any recurring themes of your writing, and if so, do they surprise you at all?

I think many of the themes I deal with are acceptance, relinquishing power, gaining knowledge, etc. But I don't know if these are lifelong themes or not.

I think for right now, it doesn't surprise me. I've dealt with some recent losses, and before that, I've had a life where everything was about gaining power, privilege, and prestige. So it makes sense that I'm exploring acceptance of loss and giving away power.

My Characters

Would you please tell me about your current favourite character?

Oof. I think characters I've made that I love are not necessarily characters who have the most compelling stories. I really like my character, Samantha, the protagonist of my last novel, Hydrogen Bonds. I think her motivations are solid, and her relationships interesting. She also has a very strong voice and is rather well-rounded. However, the story itself had many issues, and I was unable to structure it in a way I liked. I think part of it is because the character itself was too strong. I don't really do well at character exploration stories, so I think such a lovely character was wasted on me, haha.

Which of your characters do you think you’d be friends with in real life?

Herm. That is... An excellent question. Probably Lucy, from the same novel? She's headstrong and loyal. Someone that I can see myself getting along with.

Also, I guess Derui, from my current novel. She's kind of a throwaway character, but she's kind of modelled after my real-life childhood friend, so we'd better get along, haha.

Which of your characters would you dislike most if you met them?

The protagonist of my current novel, Lunai, or her rival, Haiming. Those two are insufferable, with each other and without. So much pride and self-involvement.

Tell me more about the process of coming up with your characters.

I don't really think too hard about my characters. I just write the story, and the right people populate it. Many of my characters are composites of people I have encountered in my life. I try to make all my characters relatable with glimmers of humanity. I don't believe in making irredeemable villains. They must be understandable, at least to themself. So I try to shy away from drawing inspiration on people I absolutely abhor.

My protagonists are usually different versions of myself. Like what type of person would I be if I was more headstrong. Or what kind of life would I lead if I had followed all the expectations others had of me and never questioned it until now? That kind of thing.

Characters used to be more "real" to me, and I would treat them all like real people. But I've recently started to treat all aspects of my stories as tools to the story, including the characters.

Do you notice any recurring themes/traits among your characters?

My protagonists so far have all identify as women. Their journey is all about accepting loss or purposefully losing something they once considered important. I think my protagonists are pretty growth driven.

How do you picture your characters?

I used to try to find reference pictures for my characters, but now I just kind of think about which physical traits will be important for the story. Otherwise, I don't really think too hard about how they look.

My Writing

What’s your reason for writing?

I write because I like reading back on what I've written, haha. Like, there's this story I really want to read, and it doesn't exist exactly how I want it to, so I just write it.

I do hope for more people to read my stories, but so far just have my friends and partner read it has been pretty fulfilling.

Is there any specific comment or type of comment you find particularly motivating coming from your readers?

I think I just like hearing about people's opinions on my story. I love it when friends tell me what they think is going to happen next, and I can see that my foreshadowing has paid off. I also like it when my readers ask me details about the setting and their thoughts on it. Usually, their thoughts are way better than what I had in mind, or things I hadn't considered at all!

So having readers be so immersed in the story, that they are speculating on the setting, the characters, and the plot is really fulfilling to me.

How do you want to be thought of by those who read your work?

Oof. I'm not really sure.

I guess I want them to see part of myself? What they see is really up to them.

What do you feel is your greatest strength as a writer?

I think my structure is pretty solid. I think my writing itself has pretty good flow. My readers all call my novels as "page turners" and they couldn't put it down. But I think the midpoint can be hard to navigate, because a few readers stopped reading at the midpoint. They say they just don't want to see bad things happen, because they can feel it. But... You know.

How do you feel about your own writing?

I think I am learning to write cleaner and faster. I personally enjoy reading my writing, so that's a win to me.

If you were the last person on earth and knew your writing would never be read by another human, would you still write?

Yup. If I were the last person on earth, I'd have to tell my stories. No one else will at that point.

When you write, are you influenced by what others might enjoy reading, or do you write purely what you enjoy? if it’s a mix of the two, which holds the most influence?

I write purely things I like. That's probably not good for trying to get published one day, but it's okay. I wouldn't mind fixing up my stories or taking them apart and putting it back together for a more compelling story. The inception itself though, I always write what I care about. If it's not for me, I probably won't be able to write it, haha.

I tag @derelictdichotomy, @saccharine-azure, @watertankafternoon, @aqsparkle, and @butchcraftmacncheese

This was a lot of fun, though kinda intense. So no pressure!

[tockamybeloved]

Hello :) 1, 3 and 29 if you want?

Thank you for the ask! 1. what song makes you feel better?

This one from Dido because whenever I hear it, I want to get up and dance. (also Estelle, which I first heard on a playlist, not from a movie or show. I just like how sexy it makes me feel.)

3. what's your favorite candle scent?

Coffee

29. morning, afternoon, or night?

Mornings for coffee on a veranda, afternoons for naps, nights for how it brings out creativity in me. It's also when I get to spend my time with the person who makes me smile the most.

[take-me-to-valhalla]

Tagged by @ladyniniane, thank you!

Currently watching: Not much, I'm afraid. I still have to finish Buffy. Lupin III is the most recent show I started, I guess? I just know that I have to fit Shogun somewhere in my schedule very quick.

Sweet/Savory/Spicy: Sweet tooth all the way!

Relationship status: Single. I'm enjoying it way too much to consider changing it right now ⭐

Current obsession: Mystery novels from early 20th century took their toll on me. I went from Arsène Lupin to trying Fantomas (alas, it's bad) to reading Case Closed because of the numerous references, and reading books about Lupin...listen, I am thorough.

But since folklore and legends are an old favourite subject of mine, I am re-reading books on the subject too (Matthew Meyer's books on yokai, and Edouard Brasey's Encyclopédie du Merveilleux for European creatures.)

I guess my writing constitute an obsession, as well. But not so much a "current one" than "my default state of being" 0:)

Last thing I googled: Zorijishi (a brand of thermos bottles, among other things...)

I tag @ordalya, @searchingforakeythatdoesntexist, @lafcadiosadventures, and @annonir :p if you want too, of course!

[nofrigatelikefanfiction]

Meet the writer

rules: use this picrew to make yourself and answer the questions!

tagged by: @ladyniniane on my other blog, but this is my writing blog so I prefer to post here. Thank you for tagging me ! That picrew is fun !

Three fun facts about me:

I love fashion history and I try to study it on my own.

My favourite tv show is Buffy the vampire slayer; Charmed is a close second.

I have been working on a historical Stucky fic, going from 1918 to maybe 2030, for two years and a half. It's hard. I have so. many. charts. So many history books in pdf. I've read so much meta.

continent where I live: Europe

how i spend my time:  

Mostly reading and messaging my friends ! I'm doing historical research for my Stucky fic, that's taking a lot of time. I like knitting, doing embroidery. I like watching history documentaries. And I love tv shows a lot !

are you published?:

One of my critiques was published in a magazine when I was a teenager, but it was for a contest so it doesn't really count. I used to dream of having a novel published, but now I prefer to work on my fics, get back into writing, and enjoy it. I don't want or need the validation of publishers anymore. I just want to write good fics, and even silly fics, and make ao3 readers happy.

introvert or extrovert:

Maybe both ? I really need to be with people, I'm a chatty, social creature, but after a while I get overwhelmed (anxiety hello) and I need some time alone. I could never live without social interactions.

favorite meal:

Food is love. Food is life. Choosing is hard. I guess I love brunch ! And tea time ! I love french food, italian food ! Pastries ! I like food that is made with love, care, and good ingredients.

I'm tagging @willesgaywrath <3

[queenfredegund]

Meet the Writer

rules: use this picrew to make yourself and answer the questions!   tagged by: @ladyniniane thank you very much, sweetie <3<3

three fun facts about me:

I’m hungry for knowledge, which means I'm in constant need to challenge myself and sometimes jump from a subject to an other, spending countless time working on or learning it depending on my moods, even if it’s way different from my actual hobbies.

I’ve always been curious about chinese culture, but never had the chance to grow it until recently, either by studying chinese history at univ or learning mandarin during my studies. I finally got upset by the missing occasions and started to learn mandarin by myself on the whimp because "screw everyone, I want to do it!" ✊✊✊

I’m a huge cat-mom, I love cats and don’t imagine living whitout a cat because a so-called partner woulnd’t love cat! No way! 😼

favorite season: Summer! 🌞🌞 The weather, the vacations, the atmosphere at the end of the day, I just love it. Plus, I’m from a farmer’s family, and while summer is always synonymous with harvest and a very busy period, it can also be a time during which we spend a lot of time together and I like it.

continent where I live: Europe.

how i spend my time: I love reading, writing, drawing, watching tv... Well, I’m a homebody, I can’t deny it! 😅

are you published?: No, not for the moment, but it’s something I’m still considering now that I’ll have more free time with the end of my PhD thesis. I just need to work more on my actual projects to be sure they can met editors’ requests.

introvert or extrovert: Totally an introvert, but I’m the bubbly kind of introvert, so some persons sometimes mistake me for an extrovert... until I litteraly shut myself for the first time 😅

favorite meal: I’m a foodie, so I love to eat numerous things but the simple hapiness to eat noodles... with eggs and kimchi... It’s unmatched! 🍜

I tag now @winterhalters​, @fierce-little-miana​ and @antonomase​, feel free to do it or not! ❤❤

[athenenoctua9]

I was tagged by @smolnerdz (thank you my friend)

Go to pinterest, type «___ aesthetic» with your city/country, eye color, favorite color and name. Put in image that comes up and tag friends!

I tag @just-prime @scienceoftheidiot @captaingondor @snowfea @ladyniniane @thebusylilbee and anyone who sees this.