#the frances hardinge fandom

[andytheoverthinker]

i am in desperate need of a frances hardinge fandom, please more people need to read those books

[mercurialfeet]

I recently finished Gideon the Ninth and almost immediately started on Harrow (put it on hold at the library and resigned myself to months of waiting, then saw it in a bookstore the very next day and gave in to temptation) and I'm being struck yet again by how much a narrator, or just a single character's presence in general, can change the tone of a story.

I'm only eight chapters into Harrow and it's slow going because of this, but it's retroactively giving me a lot of thoughts about Gideon. The first book is also gory, scary, sad, and confusing, but Gideon's humor keeps the tone from dwelling on that too deeply, and makes the moments of complete seriousness stand out more by comparison. (Which, judging from what I've seen of the fandom, is one of the main appeals of the book: the contrast between the seriousness of the setting and of the role Gideon and Harrow play, and the levity with which Gideon approaches them.) And the way she bounces off the other characters brings out elements of humor from them that we would not otherwise have seen, either meeting her where she's at or serving as a "straight man" for her to poke at. It's not quite as strong a genre shift as, for example, the presence of Murderbot in All Systems Red (which would have a classic sci-fi horror setup if Murderbot was not (1) present to save the day, and (2) narrating sarcastically). But it's still noticeable, especially when going directly from Gideon to its sequel.

In the interest of keeping the Harrow-reading experience unspoiled for new readers and preventing this post from consuming anyone's dash, I'm putting my speculations from the first eight chapters of Harrow under a readmore. I already know that any thoughts I may express about Harrow now put me in danger of hat-eating later, but hat-eating can be an amusing experience.

I miss Gideon so much, man. I had the knowledge that she was going to die at the end in the back of my head already, but I don't think I actually believed it until it happened, and I definitely did not expect... whatever Harrow is currently doing. Chapter 3 of Harrow destroyed me a bit, because Harrow's childhood was already a miserable experience and imagining it without Gideon is like staring into a pit. (It also hit me again that Harrow is seventeen and I have just enough life experience now to sit and stare at the wall about that. It's not even a "she should have been at the club" situation, it's more "she should have been at the mall".)

I'm currently comforting myself by thinking of Harrow the Ninth as a puzzle (this led me to notice the changing chapter header skulls for the first time, which led to some interesting realizations about Gideon as well). Harrow's letters to herself deeply intrigue me; there's a similar plot element in A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge, but it involves a minor character and is not especially plot relevant. I think it's interesting that Ianthe is so closely wrapped up in this - to be honest I didn't really care about Ianthe in Gideon, but now she knows the truth (or at least some of the truth?) of what's going on with Harrow when Harrow doesn't, and that makes her 10x more fascinating.

I also find it intriguing that Harrow doesn't remember interacting with Camilla; if the 3rd person chapters are an indication of what 2nd-person-Harrow remembers of Gideon's plot, I guess maybe she wouldn't have cause to interact with most of the other necromancers and cavaliers without Gideon? The main strength of Gideon's presence early on was that she actually got to know their fellows, and left to her own devices Harrow would likely have continued to do everything on her own until it was physically impossible.

Of course the most interesting letter title is To open if your eyes change. Harrow's eyes now are just black, which she believes to be Harrow black + Ortus black. If her eyes changed, would they change to black and gold? Is Gideon in there, just suppressed somehow? What would it mean if her eyes did change?

My current hypothesis is that the 2nd person narration is actually from Gideon's perspective. Most of my reason for believing this is for meta reasons (2nd person narration in prose is typically only used for very specific purposes, and one of those purposes is when there's another character who is divorced from their own identity but is strongly tied to you). But I'm perhaps overly fixated on the line "...you didn't know the exact technical word. It was a pommel though" from Chapter 6. If there's been any other hints in this direction, I missed them, but this is an example of Harrow not having information that the narration does, and that Gideon would. I'm still not sure how that would play out in practice, given that Gideon as an independent entity is presumably still dead, it's unclear how conscious the cavalier typically is within a new-formed Lyctor (immediately afterwards Harrow heard Gideon's voice, but even Gideon seemed to think she was a hallucination and she faded pretty quickly), and I have absolutely no idea what Harrow did to construct this alternate memory to begin with. But it gives me hope that we haven't seen the last of Gideon, and I need all the hope I can get right now.

now for some random disconnected thoughts:

Harrow kissing Ianthe may be the first kiss she remembers ever experiencing. That sucks.

In the epilogue of Gideon, Harrow refers to Gideon Nav as her cavalier when talking to the Emperor, and he is not surprised by this. However, in Chapter 2 of Harrow, the Emperor seems to believe that Ortus Nigenad was Harrow's cavalier, unless I'm seriously misinterpreting his dialogue. Does he know about whatever it is Harrow and Ianthe did? Does "Ortus Nigenad did not die for nothing" have a different meaning?

Something else that intrigues me is "ORTUS NIGENAD" in Parodos. In the dramatis personae, there's another Lyctor, apparently alive, listed as ORTUS, whose cavalier was Pyrrha. Are these two facts connected? My first hypothesis was that Ortus in Parodos had actually suggested that Harrow take Gideon as her cavalier, but that the memory had been altered when Harrow did whatever-it-was. But that doesn't explain ORTUS in the dramatis personae. This might be my soonest hat-eating moment, since I suspect we'll be meeting the other Lyctors in Chapter 9 now that we've survived the river of ghosts.

The false memories/alternate timeline also involve Teacher being a lot more open about what's actually going on than he was in Gideon. He also hands out the first key to the cavaliers instead of just the empty ring. Is this just dream logic "skipping ahead" because Harrow already knew these things when constructing the memories?

Also in this scene, Teacher mentions ten disciples (which I suppose would be five Lyctors?) rather than sixteen -> eight. Based on the dramatis personae, there are only five living Lyctors (three remaining of the original eight, plus Ianthe and Harrow). Is that what Harrow's new memory is based on?

Anyway as you can see I'm going insane about this tune in later for more of me losing my mind

[troglodyke1895]

tagged by @greencloakedfae thank you so much!!!!

~list 5 topics you can talk on for an hour without preparing any material~

BBC Merlin. i absolutely love to hate to love that show in all it's flaws and complexities. i could discuss the writing, especially the female characters and how they either break or adhere to tropes of women in period dramas from the late 2000s to early 2010s. i could talk about the queerbait of it all, and the way that it ABSOLUTELY contributed to superwholock culture and that is not discussed enough in fandom. i love it so much.

the crane wives. i could analyse those lyrics all day, like the way they make connections between songs as the same story from two different perspectives (Mad Dog and The Hand That Feeds being a documented example, but my personal theory I've never seen discussed is Nobody and Tongues & Teeth as two sides of the same relationship) or their consistent use of natural imagery and how that has influenced my own writing and even worldview I'm certain.

queer representation in fiction. especially of nonbinary/genderqueer, lesbian or asexual characters because those are identities i have experience of and naturally a lot of thoughts on. i could talk about the complex trope of nonbinary as non human, and the negative impacts it has by way of mystifying or even dehumanising us in the eyes of cis binary audiences but also the empowering angle some genderqueer people ourselves see it through.

face like glass by frances hardinge. i love that book so much to this day and it is my dream to one day adapt it for screen. if you know the book you know how hard that would be, but i have so many ideas. i could talk about the extremely clever and intricate story and how i relate to it in my own life, and everything i love about the worldbuilding and the class commentary that's genuinely pro revolution and overthrowing ruling class oppressors

cabaret (the musical). i've seen it twice on the west end and i really loved it. i love the deep symbolism and the ways it sets itself up as innocent and carefree and all of a sudden holds a mirror up to the audience and criticises you. i could talk about the extremely relevant politics of it, and the pretty much perfect timing of it's 2021 London revival. i could talk about the queerness that inspired it and becomes more and more prevalent in it each iteration

thank you so much that was genuinely really fun and now i want to do all of those presentations! tags if you want no pressure, + open to anyone who would like xD

@big-bad-boink @frenchgirltalya @deuxiemedunom @they-thespian666 @a-storm-of-moss-and-rats

[liesmyth]

Any fiction recommendations? I’ve repeatedly read Locked Tomb, natch. I’d love something similarly brainwork inducing but maybe a touch lighter. Also not fantasy or sci fi…I need something to listen to while I do a ton of chores, and those can be hard (for me) because the unfamiliar proper nouns get confusing. :/

anon!! I'm terrible at reccing anything based on “if you liked TLT” because TLT is like five different genres in a trench coat, but I TRIED (⭐) Here are some brainworm-y recs that aren't sff — where by brainworm-y I mean that they stayed with me for a while after I finished them, but aren't overly confusing. (most of them are books, but available on audio)

Podcasts: a tumblr pal recced me the deviser based on me liking the eldritch elements of tlt; it's short and horror-y, and I really enjoyed it.

I haven't checked out the new TMA yet but I see many TLT peeps who are enjoying it (or S1 of the original The Magnus Archives could be a good entry point if you haven't ever listened to it)

TV: Unfortunately I hardly ever watch live action stuff BUT if you haven't seen either IWTV (the series not the film) or Yellowjackets, I do rec those! There's a lot of overlap between these fans and TLT fandom on my dash. His Dark Materials also goes hard and you might enjoy it (dysfunctional characters! worldbuilding! religious weirdness!) but it has more sff elements than other stuff I've recced. Oddball out of nowhere but The Great is a fun show if you enjoy the meme moments of TLT + people being gleefully horrible + having feelings despite your best intentions

Animanga: Utena (!!!!!) also Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, which occupies a very similar space to TLT in my brain

Books!

✧ I went through my “women unhinged” goodreads shelf and found some books that are avaliable in audio format, and might appeal. These are wildly varied in scope and ngl the criterion was just “at least one person (besides myself) who enjoyed tlt also this book” and the similarities stop there. It's all vibes baby! Still, I tried

my heart is a chainsaw by stephen graham jones (horror, slasher), bunny by mona awad (horror, wildly unhinged), the witching hour by anne rice (horror, gothic)

matrix by lauren groff (historical, lesbian nuns), anything by sarah waters (historical fiction + lesbians), rebecca by daphne du maurier (historical, gothic)

the plot by jean hanff korelitz (litfic, thriller), sadie by courtney summers (thriller, coming of age). anything by gillian flynn (thrillers with terrible women).

✧ I really enjoy Tana French thrillers for the strong sense of place, great prose, and the complete emotional turmoil of her character-centric narratives. If anything sounds up your alley, I enjoyed the witch's elm + dublin murder squad series. They're murder mystery procedural but the messy characters really elevate the novels. Available in audiobook also

✧ American Elsewhere, technically scifi but set in New Mexico. Somehow, cosmic horrors who have taken over a quaint little town and worse! They are enforcing HETERONORMATIVITY upon it! They also have tentacles. The main character rocks

✧ Sundial by Catriona Ward: insane, gripping psychological horror. A mother and her unsettling daughter take a trip to the isolate desert ranch where the main chracter grew up. Surrounded by unsettling science experiments

✧ A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan: when the parasocial relationship is so strong, it accidentally summons a hellmonster from another dimension

✧ SFF adjacent, sorry, but set in the real world (historical, tho) — Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge, a middle grade novel with fairytale elements that gave me more brainworms than any kids book ought to, mostly because I LOVED the main character. She occupies a very similar place in my brain as Gideon does. This is actually the only book on the list that I'm not sure is available in audio format, but if you get a chance and it's up your alley, I'd check it out

I hope there's at least ONE thing you'll like in here! lmk (also. lmk if you don't have access to a way to borrow audiobooks but would like to)

[tea-cake-and-sarcasm]

Ok I've been reading unraveller (Frances hardinge) and it's so good? Why have I never heard of her before??? It has great queer rep and I mean the whole murderous bog witch that will respect your pronouns and then drown you regardless (she only drowns men but that does include trans men) and its written so well with (get this) male and female protagonists who don't fall in love and just idk look after eachother it's absolutely wonderful

I am crying because there is no fandom but if anyone is out there hello I am racing to finish it (I've found like two semi related blogs and that's all ;-;)

[i-want-my-chirfugging-goose-back]

hey would anyone like to join a frances hardinge fandom server? if anyone would want to then i can create one <33

[romeo-nightingale]

hello! this is @nuancedotexe's fandom blog

and this is a re-intro cuz i love making intro posts

warning!! ↓↓↓↓↓↓

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name: romeo/dizzy/nuance

pronouns: he/they/it

"Animals don't behave like men ... They have dignity and animality." ~ strawberry, watership down

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fandoms: doctor who, good omens, wonder egg priority, comic aurora, six of crows, frances hardinge books, watership down + more i cant remember rn

kins (in fandom order): amy pond, aziraphale, rika kawai, falst, jesper, makepeace (a skinful of shadows), paul (the lie tree), fiver

favourites (fandom order): 11 and rory, aziraphale and crowley, momoe and kaoru, dainix and alinua, kaz and wylan, "helen" and bear, mrs vellet and miss hunter, myrtle, and hyzenthlay and pipkin

ships (fandom order): ponds, azriacrow, kaomomo, ferinheit/crustables, vellet/hunter

I'll mainly post abt good omens and doctor who tho >_<

[sawthefaeriequeen]

Your 10 Most Read Authors

tagged by @queenofattolia

What are your ten most Most Read Authors? And how many books have you read by them? Also tag someone who you would like to do this! (Original Instructions (this option wasn't available for me): Scroll to the bottom of your shelves and most read authors is listed underneath. What I did: Exported my Goodreads library and did some Excel magic.)

What I did: reevaluated a lot of childhood faves and then looked at my physical shelves at who was taking up the most space.

1. It’s probably cheating but: Ann M. Martin and her cadre of BSC ghostwriters, all who probably wrote 30 BSC books apiece AND some of them wrote for Sweet Valley (which didn't list its ghostwriters) so I’ve probably read more of them than I realized. I read them all as a child of course. About 5 years ago, I participated in a fandom reread of the series!

2. More cheating? Katherine Applegate (and Michael Grant). 30-ish books. Mainlined Animorphs when I was in college.

3. Beverly Cleary, 19 books. My mom! I read the bulk of her books as a child, but I kept collecting Beverly Cleary books well into college.

4. Madeleine L’Engle, 18 books. The formative books were all read in my teens, but I really got into her fiction and had to get my hands on all of them in college. I still have so much of her nonfiction to read.

5. LM Montgomery, 18 books. Her prose was just what I needed when I was in college and floundering and feeling a real creative drought. I sometimes wish I’d read them as a child, but I was glad they were there for me when I needed them.

6. Judy Blume, 15 books. My other mom! I grew up with her; her books raised me. Read from childhood to adolescence.

7. Robin McKinley, 13 books. I finally got into her in my late twenties. Everyone was right.

8. Frances Hardinge, 10 books. An auto-buy. I discovered her books in my late twenties. She singlehandedly reignited my faith in the ability of middle-grade books to still have complex themes and be extremely freaking good.

9. Diane Duane, 10 books. Got super into her books in college. Another author who was there when I really needed it. Young Wizards speaks directly to my worldview. They are the only books of hers I have ever read so far, but wow she’s prolific.

10. Melina Marchetta, 8 books. My favorite living author, possibly? I have never not loved a book of hers. Discovered her right as I was on the cusp of graduating from college, and thank God for that.

tagging @dreamingthroughthenoise @disbear @pathless-wood @natural-blue-26 @youandthemountains

[rhearoyces]

9 Fandom Peeps to Get to Know Better

thanks for the tag @emilykaldwen and @acrossthesestars!

3 ships you like: NedCat, Rhaenicent, Sansaery

First ship ever: Hiccup and Astrid from the How To Train You Dragon movies

Last song that you heard: The Horror and The Wild - The Amazing Devil

Favourite childhood book: A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge

Currently Reading: The Land of Painted Caves by Jean M Auel

Currently Watching: I'm watching Borgias for the first time and having a lot of fun with it

Currently consuming: Salt and Vinegar Pringles

Currently craving: A nap

no pressure tags: @selfproclaimedunicorn, @rainwingmarvel7, @murmel-malt, and anyone else who'd like to!

[hedgebotherer]

I know everybody who talks about Frances Hardinge says this, but more people need to be talking about Frances Hardinge.

If you know nothing else about Frances Hardinge, know that everybody who reads her books wants you - yes, you - to start reading them right now. If you've already read them all then read them again. I have a story-pellet lodged in my gullet and the fandom isn't active enough to help me cough it up!

(Unraveller is my favourite, by the way, and it's a fine place to start).

[andytheoverthinker]

Intro

hello there! my name’s Andy and my pronouns are he/him (but it/its and any neopronouns are fine as well)

18 :))

my current location is ZZ9PluralZAlpha

i speak english, polish, a little bit of french and i’m currently trying to learn icelandic and spanish

i like talking to new people so feel free to reach out if you wanna be friends :]

more about me

labels: queer, aromantic, asexual, ambiamorous, transgender, genderqueer

fandoms: grishaverse, pjo, the cruel prince, the hunger games, the maze runner, marvel, marauders, the penumbra podcast, wtnv, the mechanisms, alice oseman books, frances hardinge books, hhgttg, probably more but i don’t remember them atm

music 🎶: the amazing devil, the mechanisms, taylor swift, maisie peters, madilyn mei, florence+the machine, the crane wives, rabbitology, paris paloma, musicals (into the woods, hamilton, epic)

fave movies/series: kaos, nimona, everything everywhere all at once, encanto, the good place, shadow and bone, loki, the umbrella academy

Other

my sideblogs:

me fangirling over my favourite author: @i-want-my-chirfugging-goose-back

a sideblog for my marauders hyperfixation: @regulus-black-is-me

regulus black rp: @regulus-iliveforthedrama-black

!!!free palestine 🍉

[morwennastower]

Voting for the Hugo Awards

I've been voting for the Hugo Awards, the Oscars of the SF world. I can do this as a member of Glasgow 2024, A Worldcon For Our Futures.

The voter's packet is very generous - it includes entire novels, short stories, graphic novels, zines and art. So I sat down to get an overview of the shortlists this afternoon, with a note to go back to read the novels and stories that looked most interesting to me.

In the novel category, that would be The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty, and Translation State by Ann Leckie (I love her Imperial Raadch series).

Another favourite author, Aliette de Bodard, is up for best series award for her Xuya series, basically a Vietnamese Empire in Space, and a short story, The Mausoleum's Children.

One of the finalists in the graphic novel section is The Witches of World War Two, featuring famous real life occultists Aleister Crowley, Dion Fortune, Gerald Gardner, Doreen Valiente and Prince Rollo Ahmed playing a dangerous game of double cross with the Nazis. The most stunning artwork, however, was in the Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons, so I was torn between Paul Cornell's work, and Kelly Sue DeConnick (the artists were Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha and Nicola Scott).

I was very pleased to see The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix in the Lodestar Award section - this is the Young Adult award. But it was very hard to choose between them as the standard was so high this year. Charlie Jane Anders is also in the running with Promises Stronger than Darkness, Frances Hardinge is there with Unraveller, and there's a very interesting looking newcomer Moniquill Blackgoose with To Shape a Dragon's Breath.

In the podcast section, I listen to Octothorpe regularly for news of SF fandom, so that got my vote, as well as Hugos There and Worldbuilding for Masochists, and in the fanzine section there was the Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, Black Nerd Problems, and one I hadn't heard of before - Idea, which contains several writers I'm familiar with, like Sandra Bond.

And one of the fan writers, Paul Weimer, had a review of a book that I wish had been on the ballot - The Water Outlaws by SL Huang, which is a gender bent version of the Chinese classic The Water Margin (I had rather a crush on the Japanese actor who played Lin Chung in the 1970s TV series!)

I think the award ceremony this year will be very interesting indeed!

[apparitional-lesbian]

dear yuletide letter 2023.

First of all, thanks for offering one of my fandoms! I mostly said what I wanted to say about the specific fandoms in my optional details, so the goal of this letter is to build on the initial vibe for your consideration.

General Likes

stories about complicated relationships. I love stories that explore messy relationships, including (especially) platonic relationships. I love when authors explore the place where intent fails to connect with action. I like stories that examine codependent relationships, toxic relationships, deeply flawed relationships.*

genfic. I've enjoyed plenty of romantic fiction, but my favourite relationships to read about are complicated guardian-child relationships and friendships.

Sad or Manic Failures. Think Harrowhark in Harrow the Ninth, Spamton G. Spamton from Deltarune, Adachi from Person 4, Beanix in Apollo Justice. The desperation, the futility of life, the unrelenting temptation to give into despair, mhuh! It's exquisite.

people caught up in Authoritarian/Religious systems. If we matched on Deeplight, you're probably already acquainted with Frances Hardinge's masterful explorations of this theme. (And if you are not, I highly recommend checking out Frances Hardinge's novels.) Regardless, we're talking doubt. We're talking desire for control. We're talking distorted thinking and self-serving thinking and delusion. We're talking justifying the unjustifiable. We're talking devastated self worth. We're talking feeling out of step with everyone around you. You get it.

characters who refuse to give up their integrity. I love characters who struggle with temptation and ultimately give in, but I also love characters who struggle with temptation but ultimately stand firm. Also, characters who have given in to the easy thing, but then resolve to do the right thing---especially when the motivation for doing the easy thing is the desire to be loved.

strong worldbuilding/atmosphere. I like stories to have a plot, but a well-developed atmosphere/sense of place is essential as far as I'm concerned. I have enjoyed the most pointless, meandering stories on the strength of the atmosphere/worldbuilding. I love stories that have a fairytale-type atmosphere, or a haunting, surreal atmosphere (think anything by Patricia McKillip, much of Gothic literature, some of Frances Hardinge's novels e.g., Cuckoo Song and Unraveller).

*Important caveat: I enjoy fictional explorations of messed up people and how being victimized can mess you up and messed up relationships in general; that doesn't mean I'm signing off on the idea that you can rape someone and still be said to love them. There might be some idea of comfort in familiarity (the devil you know), but let's not retreat into outright abuse apologia.

General Dislikes

I'm not a big fan of fluff. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I don't hate it, but I don't love it either.

I'm also not a fan of modern AUs. Typically, the worldbuilding is a big part of my interest in a particular work of fiction, and modern AUs tend to render that a moot point.

Jenny LeClue: Detectivu

I already said this in my optional details, but it's worth saying again: Jenny LeClue is an awesome game. It has a great sorta-spooky atmosphere, gorgeous graphics, shocking revelations, clever puzzles, and funny, sympathetic characters. I love Jenny's reluctant friendship with CJ. I love how dedicated Jenny is to helping her mom and discovering the truth, and I love how she learns to be a better friend to Keith and Suzie.

If you do like to write fluff, this would be my preferred fandom for it. (But, of course, you are free to do what you want.) A slice of life fic about Jenny and her friends solving a mystery would be fun. I think there's a lot of potential in exploring the fallout of the game while Jenny is forced to cool her heels after her mom/the Dean disappears. She's found out so much, but doesn't have a lot of room to act, which would be very frustrating for her.

The Lion In Winter (1968)

Watching The Lion In Winter for the first time is such a crazy experience because the film creates such a strong illusion of shit happening. Characters deliver ultimatums, overhear incriminating accusations, and threaten to kill each other, but then the film ends and you realize that nothing has fundamentally changed. It's like they're trapped in purgatory, incapable of moving on or changing in any significant way.

I don't have a lot to add to my optional details here, but I do find the idea of some sort of future fic interesting since a) my understanding is that in history Eleanor outlives Richard and b) the characters in the film seem to have no future; instead, they are doomed to play out the same roles and actions for the rest of existence.

Deeplight (Frances Hardinge)

Frances Hardinge is my favourite author, and Deeplight is yet more evidence of how great she is. I love the worldbuilding in Deeplight: the mysterious Cataclysm, and the creepy Lovecraftian gods, and the even creepier priesthood, and the sea-kissed, and the tension between the Myriad and the continent, and the godware contraptions.

I also love the characters. Hark's realization that he doesn't owe Jelt his life is so !!! I also enjoyed the mad scientist aspect of Dr. Vyne. Plus, Selphin's determination was very cool.

I'm super intrigued by the former religion of the Myriad. The idea that priests were specifically tasked with keeping the people afraid is such a crazy reveal, but so on-brand for Frances Hardinge. And then you find out about the origin of the gods and it's like... wtf??!!!

There were no nominated characters for this one, so you'll have a lot of freedom if you write for this fandom. And you know, if you want to write a worldbuilding fic with original characters, I'd be cool with that. I really like the characters in Deeplight, so I'll miss them, but the world is just so cool here, so feel free to explore that if you want. I have faith in you. I think the priesthood and their role in placating the gods in particular would be very interesting to explore.

Once again, thanks for offering these fandoms. I have faith that whatever you'll write, I'll love it (or at least like it). 👍

[inkats]

Thnak u 4 da tag :3

Name: make one up surprise me.

Pronouns: whoever I’m into at the time’s. Alternatively ever interaction w me roll a dice even she odd him.

Star Sign: Aries also.

# of siblings and fun facts about them (if you have any): a little sister. she’s taller than me. And more like my mom 💭💭

# of pets and their names: never ever have I ever had one and recently I’ve gotten like really anxious about the thought of having one. I’ll kill it or I’ll kms. I think.

Fandom(s): idk man. My ocs. Everyone I follow’s ocs. I used to be into genshin I still interact w that. Anime tm. I like. Tgcf. I like. Comics so many comics. Ask me about a comic.

Favourite color: man I keep. Accidentally skipping questions. It’s green. Obviously

Favourite song: rn it’s I never told you what I do for a living.

Favourite author (of anything readable-- books, fanfics, zines, webtoon, whatever): I used to be super into Frances hardinge when I was reading middle grade she’s still so epic. I’m really enjoying tamysn muirs writing but also I’m not reading a lot of novels nowadays 💭💭 I like all the stuff moscareto’s written for in regards to. Ahem. Bl comics .. and niyama theyre both v good… I don’t go into authors whole backlogs a lot anymore / reading a lot of debut works recently so I don’t have. Definite favourites. I need to start reading more.

Hobbies: drawing and uhm. Reading comics. And attempting to write comics. Reading in general. Listening to music worse and less skilled than you (general). Thinking about drawing. I don’t have a lot going on T.T

Favourite fic type: I like fluff and I like whump. I like when they take the guys and make the characters their own. I like cool epic full aus with world and character building and also. pwp. I contain multitudes.

Favourite holiday: hm. well. hm. I like getting presents I guess ones where I get presents.

Do you have any partners? (Romantic, qpr, anything!): hey does rinnie count he’s like basica—

Fun fact about you/ anything fun you wanna share: I’m #boring. I have a collectors heart. That’s my fun fact.

tagging uhm. @bmpmp3 @starredforlife and @vampyr-bats ? if any of u want.

I was tagged by the lovely @bogbutteronmycroissant thank you so much! I'm making it in a separate post bc that one was too long!

• Name: Vinnian or Moony

• Pronouns: They/Him

• Star Sign: Aries

• # of siblings and fun facts about them (if you have any): none, I do have too many step sibling and the fun fact is that we all hate our whore of a father

• # of pets and their names: 1 and he is called Custard

• Fandom(s): Fnaf, undertale, deltarune, black survival: immortal soul, sims4, trolls, the hunger games, ddadds, my little pony, the amazing world of gumball, total drama island, black butler, death note, my friends' ocs, too many others...

• Favourite color: the icon, the queen, the goddess herself: Purple

• Favourite song: (just one??)(ok fine) Hard drive

• Favourite author (of anything readable-- books, fanfics, zines, webtoon, whatever): my friend @just-a-wholesome-writer I love his style of writing so much it's insane, he writes these sweet short stories that are easy for me to get into

• Hobbies: drawing, painting, sculpting, writing, cooking, sewing and anything artistic really

• Favourite fic type: Darkfics and angst and comfort

• Favourite holiday: Eid, I like seeing kids out wearing their new clothes and being all smiles and energy, it's sweet.

• Do you have any partners? (Romantic, qpr, anything!): None sadly

• Fun fact about you/ anything fun you wanna share: nothing currently on mind, I just love y'all

(No pressure to anyone I tag!)

@unreadpoppy @inkats @anawkwardlady @vero-vetka13 @venusski @thislittlekumquat @mymissalicorne

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by the way now that it’s out and I can talk about it please read Deeplight by Frances Hardinge,,, not only is it a stunning fantasy novel with incredible worldbuilding and great Deaf rep with clear research and respect of the culture behind it, it’s the only book I’ve ever seen that’s portrayed an abusive friendship with the same kind of gravity as an abusive romantic relationship.