#these are some of my oldest like actual ocs with story and stuff i have em since 10 i think!!

[wilburewormarts]

redraw/ redesigns of some old ocs (evelyn and rita!) i did as a warm up!

close ups/ side by side under the cut

(2018-2019/ 2024)

also these silly old women are in love! :]

[thescrapwitch]

HELLO ! I have seen your poll and you mention being somewhat knowledgeable in arthurian legends

it happen to be that i like the concept of it , the aesthetic , buuuuuuuuuuuut i do not know where to begin it is all very scary looking

anyways if you feel like , drop us some recomendations (we might crown you queen of camelot for that , not that i have any power to do so but we could brainstorm a plan for that , charles dont have that good of king england swagger )

Warning for the very long answer to this question. You have unlocked my special interest; prepare for all the words:

So!

Arthuriana can be best described as a very old, long-running fandom with no actual canon source. This means that there’s no true version, no first text we can all point to and go, “ah yes this is the sacred text right here”. Its layers and layers of different time periods/cultures picking up the myth and going “but what if I wrote a story set here with MY OC KNIGHT”. Parts of that got mixed together to make the more “recognizable” bits of the story (Round Table, Excalibur, evil Mordred, etc) and other parts were forgotten about. Which means you have a grand buffet of different stories to devour.

My main interest in Arthuriana is anything medieval (a very broad term I know) and less the modern day retellings (though I will have some recommendations for them here too). I’ve tried to organize a sort of “starter pack” list broken up into different kinds of books so that you can pick the ones that sound the most interesting and dive in from there. There really is no wrong place to start. This story is so old that things are constantly getting added, changed, retold and rediscovered.

Very Old/Medieval Texts:

I want to stress that this isn’t like a course list or required reading. These are just some Arthuriana books that I’ve read and enjoyed. Pick the ones that sound the most fun, and don’t feel like you need to struggle through the medieval stuff if you’re not into that (the language/more religious themes can take a little getting used to).

Le Morte D’Arthur by Thomas Malory

If you’re going to read one Arthuriana book from ye old days, this one is my top rec. Malory basically takes all the previous Arthurian legends he likes and puts them into a mostly coherent story. It's my absolute favourite.

TRANSLATION REC: New American Library edition; translated by Keith Baines

I like this one the best because the language feels more accessible and it cuts out a chunk of filler stuff (Malory we needed far less of Tristran faffing about and much more about the guy who was cursed to be a werewolf!) but I don’t know how easy it will be to find, so…

ADDITIONAL TRANSLATION REC: The Penguin English Library edition; translated by Janet Cowen (its split into two volumes)

Mabinogion

This one is a collection of Welsh myths/stories, some which have to do with Arthurian legends and some which are their own thing. It contains Culhwch and Olwen, arguably the oldest Arthurian tale, and one of my favs.

TRANSLATION REC: Oxford World Classics; translated by Sioned Davies

Arthurian Romances

A collection of chivalric French Arthurian tales, many which were later absorbed by Malory. Some fun stories in here, especially the Lancelot one.

TRANSLATION REC: Everyman Library edition; translated by D. D. R. Owen

Gawain and the Green Knight

Nothing says Christmas like executions! An Old English poem featuring the knight Gawain beheading a green giant, and then being told he too will have to give up his head in a year’s time. I love the alliteration in it.

TRANSLATION REC: Faber & Faber edition; translated by Simon Armitage

(there’s also one by JRR Tolkien, though he sticks to a more formal translation of the language - still good though!)

History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth

This is not an accurate book for history, but it did help introduce/popularize a lot of the Arthurian classics, such as Merlin and Mordred.

TRANSLATION REC: Penguin Classics edition; translated by Lewis Thorpe

The Death of King Arthur

(also known as the Alliterative Morte Arthure)

Not to be confused with Malory’s text, this one is a poem that focuses mostly on the end of Arthur’s reign. There’s a bit in it that radically changed how I view Morded as a character and it has stuck with me because of that.

TRANSLATION REC: W.W. Norton & Company edition; translated by Simon Armitage

Romance of Tristan by Beroul

A chivalric romance that takes place in Cornwall and has become intertwined with Arthuriana, it contains some classic elements like: a love potion, doomed lovers, a dragon and a tragic ending. It also contains the beginnings of one of my favourite knights, the sarcastic Sir Dinadan

TRANSLATION REC: Penguin Classics edition; translated by Alan S. Fedrick

Quest for the Holy Grail

Fair warning, this one is very religious in the old-school medieval way and because of that can be (a) hard to read and (b) very weird, but it does involve the Grail myth which has become a big part of Arthuriana.

TRANSLATION REC: Penguin Classics edition; translated by Pauline Matarasso

Lais of Marie de France

A woman medieval writer, these are a collection of stories in verse that focus on chivalry/courtly love. While not strictly Arthurian, they do carry the same themes, and also one of them involves a werewolf. (Yes, Malory, I’m still pissed you didn’t give us more about that!)

TRANSLATION REC: Penguin Classics edition; translated by Keith Busby

Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach

More Grail myth, this time with Parzival as the main character and from a German medieval writer. I love this one because of the author’s weird little rants that he goes on throughout the story, complaining about women and how no one understands his genius.

TRANSLATION REC: Penguin Classics edition; translated by Arthur Thomas Hatto

Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Okay, technically this is Victorian, not medieval, but it's a classic within Arthuriana and I like it a lot so I’m throwing it on this list. It's a long, narrative poem following Arthur’s rise and fall. Also Tennyon agrees with me on how the Kitchen Knight SHOULD HAVE ENDED and so I’m very glad to have someone else backing my Arthurian OTP.

(he also wrote the very famous “Lady of Shalott” Arthurian poem, which isn’t actually in this book, but I wanted to mention it too)

TRANSLATION REC: Penguin Classics edition

Modern Retellings:

There are way too many retellings to list here, so here are some of my favourites. They come from different genres (fantasy, middle grade, young adult, historical fiction, etc) so I suggest looking them up on Goodreads and seeing from the summary to see if you want to read them.

The Merlin Series by Mary Stewart

Sword of the Rightful King by Jane Yolen

The Arthurian Trilogy by Rosemary Sutcliff

Winter Prince by Elizabeth Wein

The Dark is Rising Series by Susan Cooper

Spear by Nicola Griffith

Once and Future King Series by T H White

I Am Mordred by Nancy Springer

Legendborn Trilogy by Tracy Deonn

Once and Future Duology by A.R. Capetta and Cory McCarthy

Fionavar Tapestry Trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay

(technically this one is not strictly an Arthurian retelling, but King Arthur/Lancelot/Guinevere play a big role in the trilogy and also I adore these books so I’m throwing it on here)

Nonfiction Sources:

These are great if you want to learn more about Arthuriana in general.

Inklings and King Arthur by Sørina Higgins

A look at the Inklings and the influence Arthuriana had on them. Very interesting, especially if you are in the Tolkien or Narnia fandoms.

The Romance of Arthur by James J. Wilhelm

Okay, I took one Arthurian Legends class in uni and this was our textbook and I still love it. A really good overview of different old sources. I’m sure there are newer editions out there but this is the one I have.

The Celtic Myths that Shape the Way We Think by Mark Williams

Not exclusively on Arthuriana (some Welsh and Irish mythology discussed in here as well) but a fascinating look at some popular figures, like Taliesin and Merlin. I got it for Christmas last year and devoured it in an afternoon. Love the balance it strikes between how these myths are seen today and how they were actually written.

Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends by Mike Ashley

I find this book really useful as an overview for all the different names/sources/texts that are involved in Arthuriana. It's like an encyclopedia of sorts for me, especially when I want information on one specific character who has like twelve names (looking at you GAWAIN!)

Malory: The Life and Times of King Arthur's Chronicler by Christina Hardyment

A really cool look at the writer behind Le Morte D’Arthur. Since so many modern day retellings take their inspiration from that text, it was fun to learn more about the writer. He’s not a good person (he did write Le Morte while in jail, afterall) but he’s fascinating to learn about.

I hope this helps! Like I said, it's such a long running fandom/myth that this only scratches the surface. My suggestion is, once you figure out what parts of the myth you like best - a certain character or type of retelling or time period - to then dive more fully into there. Enjoy!

[the-east-art]

IDK if this counts as a Hagstone ask, but what is Hagstone? Could you give me the rundown? Or do you have a post where you explain the basics already?

Yes!!! It definitely counts!!! Let me tell you about my OCs and their story!

Hagstone is a story that I've been working on with @browniefox on and off for about seven years now! We've made at least one or two complete drafts of the first book, and I'm currently going through and rewriting the first book for (hopefully) the last time! and then it will be done! Hagstone is intended to be a duology, so just two books long.

enjoy this seven year old art when I was first developing the characters! The tag is Hagstone, but to find ALL the art I've ever done on it check the tag wtgp - it had the temporary title of 'Way to go Paul' for like... four or five years, referencing a Vine which I can't remember why we did that haha. There aren't any characters named Paul in it.

The story is about Kyle - a recent college dropout - who has to find new housing after an Event at his old place. He moves in with the eclectic Eldan - and over the course of the book gains new housemates (none of who are actually human) and discovers a dark danger lurking under the town.

(are by @browniefox) The story itself focuses on themes of struggling to let go of the past and face the future, dealing with grief, depression, and combatting loneliness.

One of the reasons I wrote this story was that I was really tired of stories that constantly have a 'normal' character who later realizes they're Secretly half witch or a fea or whatever so a big part of the story is the fact that Kyle is a very Human person with no magical abilities and how he interacts with the magical world.

The main characters are Kyle (of course) an anxious, depressed, and self conscious guy with a special interest in bugs and anger issues.

Eldan - the oldest living Fae who always seems to know more than everyone else and has been reportedly 'in a funk' (didn't leave his house) for many decades leading up to the story.

Marion - An acerbic vampire only a century or two old with trust issues and a secret soft side. He has been ostracized by the local vampire covens for reasons not yet known.

Ollie (Oleander) - Hailing from a family of monster hunters, Ollie is a sweet boy who can transform into a giant beast. His family are technically a line of Gargoyles but many centuries ago Eldan blessed them, hence the furriness of the transformation and the lack of being made of stone. However, something has happened recently causing him to go to Eldan on behalf of his family for help.

and Jonah! - Jonah is the ghost that haunts the house with few memories of his time alive whose death is connected to the darkness that lurks under the town.

(if you look you can see that Jonah and Ollie were recently renamed. Ollie was originally Leander but that read and wrote too similarly to the name 'Eldan', so we changed his name to Oleander and have him go by 'Ollie'. But THEN that was too close to the name Odon, so we changed Odons' name to Jonah. I'm much happier with these names and I think they are now distinct enough from one another, but it may be confusing if you're looking at old stuff)

That's the basic so please feel free to ask questions about the story, the characters, or if you want to meet some of the side characters in the story!

[uniquexusposts]

Her || Charles

Main characters: Charles Leclerc x OC Genre: fanfiction, fluff  Story type: novel  Part: 22/45 Word count: 2114 Co writer: @mistrose23

Story summary: Matilde Jørgensen, the new Scuderia Ferrari team principal, faced the nerve-wracking challenge of reviving the team's fortunes and aiming for a championship. Leading a historic team as a 'newbie' and separating her work and personal opinions posed a significant challenge. The big question: is she capable to do so?

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Chapter 20. Routine

Jens opened the door of the Airbnb Matilde had to stay in for three weeks. It was a cottage just outside of Oxford, in a beautiful surrounding for some quietness and peace, perfect for Matilde to recover and rest. It was Saturday, a day after the surgery and Matilde just got released from the hospital.

"This looks adorable," Matilde said when she stood still in front of the door. She was taking a break from walking from the car to the front door, which was about ten metres.

Jens only smiled. "I hope you can recover here quickly."

"It isn't home, but it will do," she gratefully replied.

Her steps into the house were slow and deliberate, her body still adjusting to the recent surgery. Jens guided her towards the living area. As Matilde eased herself onto the couch, Jens went back to the car to grab all the luggage. He picked up Matilde's stuff from the hotel and her car, which was still parked at the track, this morning.

"I parked your car at the end of the street," Jens said once he got back. "I will bring your stuff upstairs. Do you need anything?"

Matilde squinted her eyes; she had never seen him this caring, if she was honest. She and Jens were never that close, the bond between her and Lars was much better. Perhaps it was because Jens was the oldest and moved out quickly. Jens moved out when he was eighteen years old, Matilde was only twelve years old and Lars was fourteen at that time. From that moment on, Jens showed up whenever he felt like it - mainly because he was part of the army. "Uh..." She carefully got up. "I want to take a shower, get rid of the hospital air. Maybe take my suitcase upstairs, but leave my work bag and purse downstairs."

"Yeah, sure. Let's do it."

"But Jens," she said and looked at her older brother. "If you want to go to the Grand Prix, please go. You took time off to be there, you came all the way to the UK, you have VIP tickets, you brought your friends... I don't want you to be here while you can be there, live your dream."

"Tilly," he smiled, it was a soft and caring smile. "My friends can have the dream experience, but I would rather stay here and look after you. I came here to see you work, to be with you, I came here for you. And yes, it is my dream to be a VIP guest at a race, but I'm sure there will be another opportunity anytime soon," he told her. He knew her well enough to give her a little bit more explanation than necessary. "Let's just relax, rest and recover." He took her in his arms, creating a safe space for her.

Matilde closed her eyes and let out a breath, accepting that she wouldn't be able to live her life like she usually would do for three weeks. She carefully wrapped her arms around Jens' torso. For the first time in years, they shared a meaningful hug, but it was a hug she needed. She missed home, she missed her family and this made her realise how far away her family actually was. Jens rested his head on top of hers and he just held her.

After a moment, they let go of each other. They went upstairs, Jens still supporting his little sister. While Matilde was taking a shower, Jens stayed upstairs in case he had to help her. He unpacked his own bag in the guest bedroom, doubting whether he should unpack Matilde's suitcase as well. After the shower, Matilde and Jens went downstairs again. Jens connected his phone to the TV, putting on his favourite Danish radio station - knowing Matilde would like it as well.

"How was the shower?"

"Quite alright," Matilde said. "But I want to wash my hair, but I can't somehow do it," she said frustratedly. "It's such a simple task and I can't do it. Once you can't do it anymore, you realise what you lost."

"I can wash your hair."

"No, it's okay. I can wait two more days until dad arrives."

"I can do it. It's a nice feeling to wash your hair after a hospital visit."

"You don't even know how to do it."

Jens raised his eyebrow. "Why do you think that? I have seen mum and dad wash your hair so many times - and the tantrums you created, drama queen."

She huffed. "Now you are pulling the longbow."

"I said what I said." He leaned against the kitchen counter. The kitchen was next to the living room, well, in the living room. "So?"

"Fine," she gave in. "But how were you planning on doing it?"

"Chair, sit, sink." Jens walked upstairs to get Matilde's hair stuff. When he got back, he set up the setting. He took a chair from the dining room and put it in front of the sink. He placed a towel on the counter, it had to be a cushion. "Sit down, ma'am."

Matilde sat down. "Now you're being scary."

"Why?"

"SInce when are you interested in doing this?"

He grabbed Matilde's brush and detangled her wavy hair, well, expired blow out hair. "I am just taking care of you."

"That's what scares me."

"Shut up." He noticed some small baby curls in her neck. He put a towel over her shoulder and flipped the hair on it. "Okay, lean backwards." Matilde threw her hair over the sink. "Comfortable?"

Matilde looked Jens in the eyes. "Yes, sir. I hope you cleaned the sink."

"Yes." He turned the water on and waited until it was a nice temperature. He wetted her hair and watched how the straight hair slightly bounced back into its natural shape. It was still wet, but her hair turned into a shape again. Jens put some shampoo on his hand palm and emulsified it. During the first wash, he put his attention to the scalp.

"Okay, but for real, since when do you know how to wash hair?" Matilde was perplexed, it didn't make sense. First, he would do everything to avoid talking about hair care, and now he knew what to do. She stared at him.

"Like I said, I watched how mum and dad did it."

"But that's like a million years ago."

"With the tantrums you threw, it isn't easy to forget it."

"Bullshit."

"Don't move."

Jens rinsed the hair and washed her hair again. Then he squeezed all the water out of her hair and put in some conditioner. He instructed Matilde to sit up again, so he could, again, detangle her hair.

"Ouch," Matilde whined after a few minutes.

"Don't fuss," he replied.

"You are hurting me."

"I am not. Just get over it," he responded.

"Be careful."

"Mati."

"It hurts."

"Matilde."

"I can't fucking help that I have curly hair. It is a pain in the arse," she complained. "I am so jealous of all of you. Why do I have curly hair? Why am I the only one in this family? Mum's hair is as straight as a pencil, dad's hair too, Lars' hair too, your hair too. Mine is curly."

Jens had to agree with that; Matilde stood out in the family because of her curly hair. "The mother of grandma Greta had curly hair. Then it passed two generations, for you to have curly hair. Why don't you wear it curly anymore? Why straighten it?"

"I hate genes," she mocked. "I don't like my hair curly, it's ugly."

"It is not."

"It is."

"Why?" He put the comb on the kitchen counter. "Time to let the conditioner sit for a moment." He sat down on the counter of the island, crossed his arms and observed his sister.

Matilde sat up and shrugged. "I just don't like it, I don't think it looks pretty. It makes me feel different from everyone else in the family."

"It is unique."

"And I don't like it."

Jens nodded. "And what about that Leclerc boy?" It was something he needed to talk about.

"What about him?"

"Why did he randomly show up yesterday? After what he did?"

Matilde bit her upper lip and looked outside. She couldn't speak for Charles, she didn't know why he showed up. "I don't know, you should ask him."

"Why did he pretend to be your boyfriend?" Jens continued to ask, it didn't make sense.

She sighed. "It's not like I can look into his head and justify his decisions?" Her face straightened. "I have no idea why he showed up and why he told the nurse he was my boyfriend."

"So..." He squinted his eyes, observing Matilde. "You are on good terms, I see."

Matilde chuckled, her tone holding a hint of irony. "I don't want to say good terms, but we are getting there, I guess. It's still complicated."

He raised an eyebrow, clearly not satisfied with the vague response. "Complicated how?"

"People are complicated, any type of relationship is even more so."

He studied her expression, searching for any signs of discomfort or evasion. She met his gaze with a steady one, her eyes reflecting a mixture of exhaustion and resilience. It was a look he recognised, the same one she wore during challenging moments in her life.

"Til," he began. "You've got enough on your plate as team principal. You don't need more complications, especially not from someone like him."

"Protective big brother mode activated," she mumbled annoyedly.

A chuckle left Jens' mouth, conceding the point. "Maybe I do. But seriously, Tilly, you need people who bring stability, not more chaos."

"I know, Jens. Believe me, I know."

"So, let me get this straight: you start at Ferrari and Leclerc struggles to welcome you. Understandable. Odd, but understandable. Then your team are dickheads by the Miami situation. You cleared the air. Followed by Monaco, where Leclerc is blaming you for his own mistakes, causing more tension between the two of you, portraying you as a bad leader towards the media. And then the moment in Austria, where he fights in front of the media with Max, pulling you down. During the meeting with Max and Christian, he claims that you are only here for Max, fucking him for your position and calling you a bad leader. And when you are hospitalised, he is suddenly emotional, distracted and caring? Showing up without permission, pretending to be your boyfriend, standing next to your bed while pouting? It is almost like he is in love with you but tries to hide his feelings by being a dick." Jens threw his hands up in the air. "Make it make sense, Matilde."

Fact, on fact, on fact. Also a confrontation. Matilde swallowed hard. "He is one of my drivers..." Her lips parted, trying to find some words, which she couldn't find. "I don't want to talk about it now."

"I get it, but do you understand why Lars and I are having doubts? This isn't normal behaviour. And I know you want to protect him because he is your driver, but you need to be careful." He jumped off the counter, turning on the water again, waiting for the right temperature. "Make sure he does not play with you, because his behaviour is affecting you on your mental health."

"Jah," she mumbled annoyedly and laid back to the sink again.

"Just be cautious. It's not just about the racing, it is about your well being."

"Yup."

The short answer said enough to Jens; Matilde didn't want to talk about it. He didn't know if she wanted to avoid the topic or just leave it for now, but she was annoyed by it. Jens rinsed the conditioner out of Matilde's hair and applied the curl cream. "No mousse?"

"Neh, not today."

He nodded. He remembered that his parents had to learn how to control Matilde's hair; they reached out to other people with curly hair because they had no clue how to handle it. Jens also remembered that after applying the mousse, or gel, you had to scrunch it. Even though they skipped that step, he scrunched the cream into the hair, also squeezing out the excess water. He grabbed a T-shirt and dried the hair by scrunching it. "There you go."

Matilde was on the edge to ask to blow dry her hair and straighten it, but she felt uncomfortable and wanted to lay on the couch. She also thought it was adorable how her big brother performed the entire hair care routine by memory on her hair, so she decided to let it go and dry out her hair. "Tak."

"Go lie down on the sofa. I will make you a cup of tea." Jens washed his hands and filled the kettle with water.

"You still scare the crap out of me with how you behave." 

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Taglist: @itsjustkhaos@crashingwavesofeuphoria@maryvibess @chocolatefartstrawberry @snzleclerc @ironmaiden1313

[chacusha]

Fanfic writer interview meme

Thanks to @jazzypizzaz for tagging me! (This took me forever to fill out and post…)

How many works do you have on AO3? 134 (a lot of that is art for exchanges that require posting art on AO3, though).

What's your total AO3 word count? 352,428

Your Top 5 stories by kudos

You've Got Subspace Communication -- Makes sense! A cute rom-com featuring a premise that works REALLY well for Quark and Odo (bickering enemies IRL and e-penpals falling in love online lol). The identity porn and that love/hate dynamic is really good for Quodo.

[Art] Basket-weaving -- Not sure if this counts because it's not a story but I feel like Brother Bear fandom deserves a shoutout for pushing this to #2 -- it's a very enthusiastic and feedback-heavy fandom, at least in my experience. I guess it's a nostalgia fandom for a lot of people. As someone who posts both art and fic on AO3, it is INSANE for a single (1-chapter) art piece to get this many kudos, but Brother Bear fandom is made of something different.

Every 16 Hours -- I consider this my masterpiece, so I'm glad it's gotten so many kudos despite it not being one of my oldest Quodo fics.

Written Correspondence -- This one I always feel a bit weird it's so high. I guess post-canon fluffy getting-together is something people are into. I'm not sure how I feel about it, though.

[Comic] That Pervert -- Huh, so it's been so long since I started writing up this list that the ranking shifted… Anyway, #5 used to be the first Quodo fic I've ever written ("Accidental kiss"), but now it's apparently this Quodo humor comic!

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I do try to, just because I really like comments and I want to at least thank someone for doing something that made my day. Probably the exception is if somebody is leaving comments on every chapter of a multichapter fic -- then I might not reply to every comment, especially if I don't have anything to say, but I'll try to at least respond to some, and to the comment on the last chapter.

I also spend a lot of time writing up my comments and I appreciate authors who take the time to respond/reply and I like talking to authors, so I personally feel a bit disappointed/weird when I leave a lot of comments on someone's fic and get radio silence in response, to be honest. 😅 People can of course do what they like when it comes to their fic and the comments that people leave on their fic, but that's just how I personally feel about it.

I also don't get a lot of comments, like maybe 2-4 comments per week on a busy week, and less than that a lot of the time, so it's not hard for me to generally keep on top of comment replies.

Do you write crossovers?

Very rarely. I have written a crossover when the perfect crossover request came along (Bravely Default x Soulcalibur!), but otherwise, it's not really a fic genre that appeals to me.

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Yes, although I don't post it on main. I mostly just do, like, fade to black on my main account.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

No, but I have once had my art (this one) posted to a Discord I was on with no credit/acknowledgement that it was mine. My guess is that it was reposted to various sites and probably ended up on Facebook or somewhere like that before making it to that Discord. But I don't think I've ever seen someone take something I made and be like, "I made this. 😊"

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes, once or twice.

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Not a finished one, I don't think, but this is how I got into fannish writing, actually? I used to have nerd friends and I'm very good at typing quickly and with good SPAG, but am not particularly creative, so it generally worked well for friends to come up with OCs and plots and stuff and I would do the drafting. I'm also pretty good at carrying projects to completion, so I feel like I'm not a bad person to collaborate with.

What's your all time favorite ship?

I don't know if it's my all-time favorite but I gotta say Quodo has been my most intense ship experience. XD

What's a WIP that you want to finish but probably never will?

I live under the delusion that I will finish all my WIPs. Actually, I have a lot of REALLY old WIPs from when I was in fandom circa 2010-2014 that definitely aren't getting finished, although I don't know if anyone is expecting they will at this point. Oh actually, being realistic, if this counts as a WIP, I'm probably not actually ever going to finish my Quark KiSS doll, at least to the extent I think is 100%. I am intending to finish it, but my strong guess is that I'll only get to about the 80% mark and then decide the remaining items just aren't that important to spend the extra time it would take to finish them. But getting even to 80% is going to be a many-year slog, is my expectation.

What are your writing strengths?

Mm… Honestly, SPAG. orz I like introspection; no idea if I'm good at it, though. Sometimes, I can do feels.

What are your writing weaknesses?

Description; any kind of distinctive prose/voice outside of a fairly bland/inoffensive AO3 house style; editing, especially once something gets above ~10k…

What's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet, but want to?

Can't really think of any fandoms I'd like to write (I tend to not stray too far out of a writing comfort zone, or value, like, versatility in writing lots of fandoms? I just want to focus exclusively on the small number of fandoms I really love). There are a lot of ships I'd like to write, though. For Soulcalibur, for example: YunMina, Sophitia/Taki/Rothion, Pyrrha/Tira, Setsuka/anyone -- there's just a lot of stuff I'd like to try writing at some point. For Final Fantasy X, I request a lot of Lulu/Wakka and have a lot of ideas for fic for them, but I've never written anything myself. D:

What's your favorite fic that you've written?

"Every 16 Hours" is my masterpiece -- aside from the sheer length and amount of Quodo, I also think this fic implicitly contains a lot of my thoughts and feelings about time loop fiction in it. I also have a soft spot for "Old Men of Time", which is a relatively less popular Quodo fic of mine but it has a feels-y ending in a way I think I am good at, and it also implicitly contains a lot of my thoughts about why I didn't think certain plot points of the "Children of Time" episode worked (in particular, I think substituting Kira (and her moral code) with Quark (and his moral code) as Odo's love interest here makes Odo's actions much less obnoxious than they were in the original episode without significantly changing the plot, consequences, or Odo's personality). It's a very satisfying fix-it for me, personally.

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I don't know who has done this or wants to do this meme, but I'm tagging @futchbrownie @laikaflash @neptune-flytrap @vanyalanthirielofmana and @firebatvillain because I'm curious!

[ichorblossoms]

honeybee year two recap

it's 4/20. it's easter. it's a friend's birthday. and on top of all that today also marks two years since grimm and yarrow appeared damn near fully formed in my brain, took up residence, and still have not left. and i feel like rambling about what all i've been compelled to do

(year one recap post here btw)

but also before you go under the cut i made a whole entire animatic so look at that too tee hee :3c

okay also before i get into little details and stats and stuff i just wanna give a HUGE thank you to everyone who follows this blog and is cheering me and this story on it genuinely means so much to me that people like what i'm doing and are in some way invested in it! what the hell!! it's such a treat to be able to talk about ocs with friends and all that :,,,>

art

well. i drew them a lot. serena for reference bc she's my oldest oc. also a year ago grimm and yarrow were at 61 and 51 images respectively. art fight stuff and gifts count towards this total so it's not all my own stuff but. it's fucking dire

as for some of my favorites i liked how these in particular turned out hehe

also those short animations but those are gonna copypaste weird

they got proper ref sheets!

i'm currently on my. fifth sketch/artwork file (blank one is the current one i'm just weird abt how i save things)

mailed out prints of them!!!! and internationally!!!! my silly little cowboys are out and about in the world what the hell..........

getting more comfortable drawing Adult stuff of them but i have a lot of other ideas competing for my focus at any given time so it's not a priority dghkldfh

comics! not as fruitful as last year but i've done....eight! whole comic pages of them! tbh i have more in the works either thumbnailed or half-sketched but the animatic took over my last little while so. not as many comics

sorry i'm gonna mention that fucking animatic again bc i have never done anything like that before. dunno if/when i'll do another but ! i made one !!

story/writing

i also made a 50-slide powerpoint about what the fuck is going on in honeybee. just like in general. feel free to look at it btw

also i gave that presentation to friends a total of. three times. they willingly opened that can of worms though idk

i got a physical notebook to tease out plot shit in and that's about....halfway full already? like at least fifty handwritten full pages of thoughts in that fucker. this is where i do most of my hooting and hollering about ideas

the first draft is currently up to 83k words !! which means i wrote nearly ~50k words this past year !

started sharing my writing for occasional wip wednesdays !! i'm still pretty picky about what i share and also just like. very aware i'm still a pretty amateur writer hdgkldf

that being said, writing feels a lot easier now than when i started !!

made some posts sharing details about things! but honestly i still struggle with talking about oc stuff unprompted even when This Is My Blog Where I Do That

some story developments i figured out this past year or so: grimm backstory stuff, yarrow kills at least two people before p3, the beginning of all three parts have been reworked or are in the process of it, p3 has more meat and direction (still fizzles out to disjointed scenes at another point, but that's a matter of writing things out), yarrow actually realizes grimm's humod when they first meet but grimm thinks it's hiding it, rappock's mining union is going to play a larger role in p1/2, grimm's run out of town in p1 bc of money, not the killing, grimm's p1 client is who hunts it down at the end of p2, lucy comes into play later in p3 than i first imagined

other stuff

i've been getting more tags where ppl recognize grimm n yarrow and i'm like?? bewildered by that? people know my fellas?

goals/plans

as it is right now, honeybee is a passion project. i mostly work on it in my free time outside of my work hours and that's probably how it's going to be for the forseeable future

with how large of an undertaking this story is, my sssort of plan is to: write out the first draft (i am here) which is organized chronologically, write the second draft in the actual story order, have people beta read that draft, edit the story accordingly, then begin the process of actually making the final story with illustrations and all. this will take me several years even without getting sidetracked

that being said i would like to get the first draft to 100k words by the end of the year, which seems pretty plausible!! reachign for the stars goal is finish the first draft within the next year but i'm not holding myself to that one

also wanna do more comic stuff this next year. like i said i have a few other ideas but also there's some illustration stuff cooking away too

my plan honestly is just to keep consistently working on things as they interest me. i want to see this story realized how i envision it, but i truly do not know what the next year has in store for me so! i continue to ball

[goodnight-bloodsucker]

HAND OVER THE OC LORE OR— uhh *grabs turnov* HE GETS IT🫵

WHAT IS HE GETTING!? IT BETTER BE A SMOOCH ON THE CHEEK AND NOTHING ELSE-

Snowy!! My oldest StEx oc! (She/Her)

She's a snow plow, a very big one at that.

She's Momma/Poppa's sister, a fellow steamer.

She hibernates until the winter. Even then, she's usually not woken up unless there's a LOT of snow.

She has ice skates instead of normal skates.

She's a gruff lady, very stern and focused on her job.

Greaseball is petrified of her-

When she hibernates, she p much sleeps standing up like a horse - some years, she wakes up to find that she's been decorated for the holidays, lol.

Had been asleep for like 5 years straight and was woken up the winter after the big championship. Greaseball almost had a heart attack (engine attack?) Seeing her again after so long- for good reason because she wasn't happy about what happened with Rusty (her beloved nephew).

She's also Hotspur's mama and doesn't like that her son converted to Diesel. Her husband and Hotspur's dad is a Steamer called Fireball, with whom she has another son, Coldsnap.

Refuses to retire. Ever.

The leader of a group of other winter specific trains that also hibernate.

Cedric, the snazzy lad (He/Him)

Very sophisticated for a freight train, he'd rather hang with coaches.

He dreads getting dirty, he straight up passed out when he woke up to find some graffiti on himself.

He's dating Sally the Saloon Car, another oc of mine lol. They form a friend group with Runny.

He's basically Rarity from MLP, minus the fashion stuff lol

Gio!!! (He/Her)

He's whatever the train equivalent to a test tube baby is. He's only a teenager, a very excitable one at that.

Very unstable, she zaps people and circuits around her when too excited, which is often. That's why she was sent to Apollo Victoria rather than the race track.

Covered in warnings lol

He has headgear because a robot with headgear just makes sense.

Has a foster mom named Battery, she cares deeply for her but wishes she'd slow down a bit.

Avid gamer. Loves Sonic.

Considers himself to be Geiger's brother, they don't return the sentiment lol.

Geiger, or as they're known on the streets: "That big jerk-" (They/Them)

Another test tube baby! This time, an electro-diesel!

Where Gio is considered a failure because he's unstable, they're considered a failure because they're ugly (to those that made them).

They were supposed to be the perfect combo of Electric and Diesel, sleek but sturdy, flashy but rugged...well, they ended up massive and clunky with health issues and with a color scheme that isn't very esthetically pleasing... (Also, i run back and forth on whether trains have children like humans do or if they're just built, but if they can have babies, Geiger is infertile like a mule. Another "flaw"...)

Due to this, they were dumped at Apollo Victoria and they're VERY angry about that.

They'll fight with anybody. Once they tried to bite Krupp and...he shot them-

Chose their own name, they just thought it sounded dangerous. They don't know what it actually means-

Little Lassie (She/Her)

She's just a baby!

Well, she's like ten or something idk.

Not much to say here, she's cared for by Momma/Poppa and she's a very curious thing.

There are worries about what will happen when she grows up and realizes she can't be a racer or a passenger train...

Runny bunny (He/Him)

I yap about him so much lol-

Long story short: He's named after eggs but also his allergies. He doesn't know what he's allergic to, but spoiler alert: it's other trains. Animals and humans can be allergic to their own kind so I figured trains could as well. Poor kid.

There's a misconception that he's sick and it'll spread to his food.

He's very shy and sweet

Has to stay away from Rusty because of the soot, it irritates him.

Dresses very modestly for a coach, covering up helps with itchiness and rashes.

His beau is Hydra. Because hydrogen doesn't emit fumes or dust, and that's very easy on his sensitive nose and eyes.

Darry the dairy king (He/Him)

Milk boi lmao

The only non-diesel member of Greaseball's gang.

He moos like a cow-

Southern as hell, if he talks too fast you can't understand what he's saying.

Very proud of his work.

Because it's funny, he's lactose intolerant in human aus.

His name is a pun on "Dairy".

The rest of the freight felt very betrayed when he joined the gang, but he joined because he wanted some respect for once and GB gave it.

Rig. (He/Him)

Oh this poor baby

He's rusting. He's grateful that it hasn't gotten visible, but it will eventually.

He knows how they treat Rusty, and joins in on the bullying, so he's terrified of what will happen when his rust gets worse.

He's keeping it at bay with a lot of vinegar and other rust removers and steel wool pads, but his joints are starting to stiffen...

Too embarrassed to go to the repair trucks about it.

Hotspur. He's called Hot for a reason 🔥 (He/Him)

A converted Diesel, born a Steamer.

Estranged from his family of Steamers, they don't like that he converted...

Rusty is his cousin, either way he's joined in on bullying him.

He's so insecure- but he masks it with flirting.

Very gay- has crushed on and/or dated every dude in the yard. Hasn't found the right guy yet. Is scared it might be CB (it probably is-)

DONE

Well..for these ocs at least. I have more-

[kp-does-suff]

Here's some eeveelution stuff because why not

I've been drawing some evolutions for a while now and decided to share them I hope you like my characters!

[You're going to see that I love incorporating the shiny designs in these characters]

So this is Copper she was originally going to be a little one-off drawing, I was just like "I should draw an Eevee from memory today" and that's how she came to be. She's an energetic kid and wants to be a good battler just like her mom.

[also all of the characters don't have stats or natures or anything like that yet at least if I do come up with something like that I might put it in a separate post. I'd also like to hear your opinions because I'm not very knowledgeable on that stuff]

This is Copper's mom Stella! She's a bit hard on Copper but she means well. She's actually a descendant of the Espeon in red's team. She's stoic and serious the majority of the time.

This is Wave, Copper's dad! He's a more go with the flow type of guy he's extremely chill Copper actually gets most of her traits from him even though she lives with her mom the most. (they're not divorced or anything they just have different trainers) he's kinda like bandit from bluey.

This is Spark. Copper's uncle, Wave's brother. He's the oldest out of the three so that means that he worries and panics the most. He doesn't have any animosity or resentment to his siblings he just grew up with the mentality that he always had to be the "protector, the leader, the one in charge"

This is Ruby. Copper's aunt She's the second oldest and actually decided to be in the show biz, despite what happened to her parents. She was actually the first of the three siblings to get a trainer and it's kinda strained her relationship with her siblings. She rarely talks to them anymore, they still care about each other of course but it was such a weird feeling. Despite the horrible thing that happened to their parents why would she want to pursue that career?

[also if you're wondering what happened to their parents I think I might make that a separate post so out for that if you're interested!]

And so that concludes my showcase of my Pokemon OCs! They were really fun to work on and I can't wait to make more stuff for them in the future.

Are there any questions, comments, concerns, anything you think needs to be improved upon? I'm open to constructive criticism for my story (not my art tho but that's besides the point) also I wanna thank @lockandkeyhyena (sorry for the tag) for inspiring me to do this I love their characters and stories I'm glad he let me ramble in his inbox about them lol.

[silliest-basilisk]

BASIL!!!! i am now asking you about your ocs!!! <3

assuming tumblr lets the cat through, that is my cat who i turned into an emoji. except on tumblr, she doesn’t quite work as an emoji and instead becomes a big transparent image

AHHH OMG YOUR KITTY <3333 I LUV HER

anyway HELL YEAH BUCKLE IN THIS IS GONNA BE A LONG ONE

so i have several different universes. to start us off, my ttrpg ocs. or specifically one ttrpg oc, because you already heard about the other ones i care most about that arent just rip-offs of fictional characters i like.

this is virginia. she's my character for my best friend's d&d campaign where we play as mobsters doing mobster things and she's my favourite ttrpg character i've made to date. i won't tell you much about her because i've actually written some stuff for her so you can find out about her from that as opposed to me just telling you! read about her here!!!

next up.... uhhh ok before i tell you about my other ocs im just gonna say that a lot of this stuff is gonna be vague as hell because i'm basically in a perpetual state of revamping and revising these stories.

so first off we have my oldest and dearest to my heart universe which um. ironically is the only one that remains untitled. actually you know what this one takes a lot of explaining because it's got a lot of complex worldbuilding so i'll come back and tell you about this one some other time, ok? i dont really have the strength rn to write about it 😭

ok then we have dreambound, which is a fantasy story that i made based on a dream i had once 🔥it's the story of a young princess called yavalina (yava for short) (she/her) getting hit with a sleeping spell right before her coronation, and her consciouscness is transported to a maaagical world borne of her dreams!!! though like i cant stress this enough its an actual real world, she's not just like. hallucinating. the people in there are real.

anyway in order to find out how to break the sleeping spell and get back home she has to travel to the magical wishing tree at the heart of the ever-shifting Circadian Forest, where the fabric of this world's reality is the thinnest and the connections to other dream worlds (there is one for everybody from yava's world!) are the strongest! to assist her on this journey she enlists the help of senfrey (he/him), a mage whose magical heirloom compass shows a way through the forest. they set off, and along their journey meet many waAaAacky characters, grow as people, etc etc, yknow, typical hero's journey stuff.

the crux of this story is anticipatory grief. yava is scared of how much fun she's having and how much she likes spending time with senfrey, because she knows that once their journey comes to an end, they'll part ways forever. her arc revolves around her making peace with this fact.

here's some old-ish drawings of them! yava's the cat, senfrey is the axolotl! also fun fact, this universe pulls from omori a lot aesthetic wise, that's why yava's monochrome.

neeeeext up we have fran finchley, which is the result of me going "man harry potter has such cool aesthetics, too bad its a shit series with a shit author". so this is an extremely self-indulgent magic school story, set in a fictionalized version of great britiain, which focuses on a 13 y/o girl named frances finchley (fran for short) (they/them) who. yknow. starts attending a magic school. but like instead of being awesome and making lots of friends, nobody really likes them cause they're strange (autistic) 👍instead they become friends with this new teacher named crowheart knockwood (they/them)!!! i cant believe we're both goth, trans and autistic!!! they find a kindred soul in one another bc crowheart's not human, they're part of a species known as shadowfolk!! and shadowfolk are generally pretty negatively stereotyped by humans so crowheart doesnt quite fit in among them but they were also raised by humans, so the isolationist shadowfolk community doesnt rly accept them either 👍but yeah uhhhh they are epic friends and do shenanigans

this story is generally super self-indulgent, fran is the most mega turbo self-insert to have ever self-inserted, the whole thing's got a gothic aesthetic cause im goth (including both fran and crowheart being goth in-universe), and they also both have corvids associated with them cause i love corvids (fran is associated with jackdaws and crowheart with. well. crows. hooded crows to be precise)

i only have incredibly shitty drawings of these two and tumblr is freaking out when i try to put them here so i guess its not meant to be. maybe i'll show you when i make some better drawings of them.

and finally, there's one that is also untitled but in my oc discord channel is labeled as "julius & adam romantic buddies". i came up with it when we were learning about character archetypes in romantic (the era not the genre) literature in school and i was like "hey wouldn't it be funny if a wertherian hero and a byronic hero were friends"

basically:

a wertherian hero is a character with an active imagination, usually a poet, who feels misunderstood and like they do not belong in this world and are very sad and depressed about it. usually also suffer from an unrequited love. often also suicidal

a byronic hero is a rebellious individualist, a mysterious, brooding figure at odds with the world. they're haunted by their past, often because they committed some great evil in it. they also typically have strong convictions and ideals which they perceive as superior to others, which makes them come off as arrogant.

so in the context of this story, the byronic hero is adam (he/him), an immortal being haunted by his past misdeeds (and perhaps even a lost love....) who is now a hermit and just wants to live his life undisturbed.

and the wertherian hero is julius (also he/him), a young poet struggling to make ends meet and find love.

through shenanigans which i have not figured out yet, they become roommates. cue dumbass sitcom hijinks

they eventually grow to value each other and become awesome friends (and maybe even... lovers... but idk idk!!!)

this is them... julius is the sheep, adam's the big shadowy thing... i actually got so pissed at how shitty adam looks in the first picture that i went and drew a new thing of him right now, which is the second picture. maybe i'll draw an updated julius sometime too

[cooperscringezone]

haii and welcome to the cringe zone !! heh (insert that smug ass tiktok emoji)

im cooper and ive decided to (mostly) make my tumblr about my ocs! below you'll find more info about me and all of my super cool and awesome creations

as you already know, im cooper! if you're tryna find me... well, anywhere, i likely go by cooperscringezone on any platform. speaking of other platforms, heres my toyhouse!! i try to keep it updated, and you can see every oc i have there if you're interested in more than the few I'll frequently post here,,

im super into portal, smg4, the hunger games, ena dream bbq, fallout, minecraft story mode, etc.. i have so many more interests but i think we'd be here all day so. this is all you get for now LMAO

i also have a neat lil tag system!!

cooper.txt = text posts

cooper.ask = ask posts

cooper.art = art posts

cooper.srs = serious posts

there will probably be more later,, theyre pretty straightforward so dont worry too bad GH

now enough about me... its time to introduce my ocs !!!

> KODY 🐵

lets start off strong with a familiar face if you've been to my blog before,, CONNOR!! or.. Kody, now? changed his name, oops. i named my pressure oc Connor and didnt feel like changing it so this stupid little monkey is Kody now ehhe

Kody is an smg4 oc!! he's introduced during lawyer arc and is sort of a little brother to Kong,,

he tried to help Kong and Nintendo against the smg4 crew but ended up joining the crew in the end!! bro hated doing legal stuff and thought they all seemed cool

he doesnt rlly have much lore after that!! other than smg3 is his best friend and Karen is basically his part time mom

his posts will always be tagged with "cooper.kody"

> HALE 🪶

moving on from Kody,, I'd like to introduce Hale!! shes one of my oldest ocs that i have record of and is still being actively used in a rp!! i think shes like? 4 years old now? crazy,, maybe longer ngl

ANNYHOOWWW shes an anti-hero who helped saved the world from some creepy insane eldritch lady so thats fun!! shes also currently being exploited by someone and used as a weapon,, extra fun! later ahes gonna go insane. love that for her 💕

her story is a mess, i cant lie. but ive restarted her rp like once or twice and i love her anyway bc i basically grew up with her and OUGH i just love her

i love slowly making her more complex as i piece together her story,,

i think shes my.fav in this list HEHEHEHE

her posts will always be tagged with "cooper.hale"

ok no more of me gushing over hale you guys will see that plenty enough later

> HAYMITCH 🌵

next up is Haymitch!! hes a fallout oc, his backstory shit primarily involving Cooper Howard (from the show) plus New Vegas plot,, timeline is kinda like not thought over at all during his rp canon so ignore the fact half of his plot could not feasibly work if i put him in an actual game.. BUT IM HAVING FUN so idc. hes a ghoul,, (turned when he was 18) and grew up with cooper howard as his mentor!! after like i think a few decades or so they part ways and Haymitch ends up working in new vegas under the CREEEPPP!! that Checkers is 🥀🥀🥀.. hes another oc of mine but i dont like him enough to give him his own intro. hes a very good gunslinger, often feared over his skills. he mostly works with the regulators after fleeing new vegas and deciding to chill in the Capital,,, he also has this STUPID cowboy getup and i love him for it

his posts will always be tagged with "cooper.haymitch"

enough horsing around (gahahahahha get it cause Haymitch is a cowboy), time for my last oc intro

> JUMBLE 🎭

meet Jumble!! my favorite jester,, hate this thing,, the creature,

Jumble is actually from the same rp as Hale!! they've just never interacted,,

Jumble is a devotee to one of the Gods in the rp, Dimentio, the God of chaos and misfortune!! whom is owned by my good friend toasty..

Jumble is way over the top with its faith and it's determined to spread as much chaos and misfortune as possible!! its lore is not super flushed out yet, as it was only recently introduced, but shhhhshshhsh its still one of my favs

its posts will always be tagged with "cooper.jumble"

OKAY THATS IT thank you for reading if you have !! plsplsPLS ask questions about them so i can be normal about them, ,,

if you do ask anything please specify who its towardss,, or specify if its a question for every character,

I'll also be posting normal ass content not just asks of them,, at some point,, trust

also dont be scared to ask ME questions!! i dont bite i promise

OKAYYY BYEE 💥💥💥💥

[novemberhope]

Soooo… guess here are my current obsessions One Piece OCs

@auxiliarydetective I did give it a try… not everything is final yet. Might not be a great introduction like this but it was fun to do and if anyone has different questionaires (or whatever they're called) just tag me.^^

Ideas, criticism, inspiration, all is welcome :) I've never so openly done this tbh

Animal Resemblances Neri: Betta Fish Niara: Emerald Swallowtail Azura: Arctic Fox Cordelia: Bombay Cat Ellaria: Splendid Fairy Wren (Not 100% sold on that yet but it will be a beautiful bird) Ginny: Leopard Seal (looks cute but could actually kill you)

Specific Numbers Neri: 5/1/4 (ka – i - yo) (her last name) Niara: 22 (ni - a) Azura: 26 (a - tsu - ra) (eh, close enough^^) Cordelia: 5 10 0 2 (Ko - da - lei - a) (lol again close enough - but the many numbers look weird, this one might definitely change in the future?) Ellaria: 3-6-1 (Mirai = future) (it's a vision thing - but might also change if her name happens to fit better when she eventually gets one) Ginny: undefined yet

Specific Colors Neri: turquoise, light blue Niara: pale green, pale pink Azura: white, gold Cordelia: black, red Ellaria: white, grey, silver, very pale colors Ginny: a fiercy, angry red

Specific Smells Neri: ocean breeze, salt water Niara: apple & honeysuckle Azura: citron Cordelia: amber Ellaria: jasmine Ginny: honey & rose

Favourite Type of Island and Season Neri: summer on a spring island Niara: spring on a summer island Azura: winter on an autumn island Cordelia: autumn on an autumn island Ellaria: spring on a winter island Ginny: spring on a spring island

Favourite Food Neri: Seafood Niara: icecream, watermelon, blueberry pancakes, cupcakes Azura: oysters, shellfish, salad, filet mignon Cordelia: sunday roast, fried shrimp, spicy food Ellaria: Mushrooms, coffee, asian cuisine Ginny: strawberries, meat, soup

Least Favourite Food Neri: greasy food, meat, alcohol Niara: most vegetables Azura: fast food, cheap food, candy, cake Cordelia: lentils, fish sandwiches, anything with pumpkin Ellaria: fried foods, asparagus, ketchup Ginny: rhubarb, olives, brussels sprouts, eggplant

As a Family Neri: the adopted sister that comes from an entirely different culture Niara: cheerful youngest sister, always getting into mieschief Azura: the wine aunt Cordelia: oldest sister, often annoyed at her younger siblings but quick to defend them/come to their rescue Ellaria: the mother Ginny: (distant?) cousin

Real-World Nationalities Neri: Danish (as Denmark is associated with the little mermaid) Niara: Dutch (the Netherlands are described as the country of flowers and her devil fruit power is flower-based, so…) Azura: English-Irish (the latter shines through when she's drunk…) Cordelia: Italian Ellaria: Japanese Ginny: Scottish

Inner Brain Neri: probably lot's of excitement over various things that are happening around her or that she wants to give a try Niara: having fun with her friends, pretty things she likes, crushes (well one crush in particular) Azura: is annoyed at stuff and/or people half of the time so that's in her head a lot. Also, training. Cordelia: work hard, party harder, looking hot while doing both Ellaria: the fate of the world, secrets Ginny: training, anger, distrust, more anger

Suited Flower Neri: water iris Niara: sunflower Azura: white lily Cordelia: amaryllis Ellaria: tall garden larkspur Ginny: fire plant

Are they Strawhats? Neri: yes Niara: joins after the timeskip The others: no Azura: is a warlord of the sea Cordelia: works at a bar - it would be a different bar in cannon but she could keep her overall story I guess - might have to join a crew at some point though otherwise the characters would move on without her Ellaria: is with the revolutinary army (at least for some part of her story) Ginny: is with the revolutinary army

Ideas that first popped into my mind when certain OCs came to exist… Neri: it's a show about pirates, there's GOT to be a mermaid Niara: I want a character that uses a devil fruit mmmh what about plants/flowers (strangely enough, none of my pokemon oc's ever cared much about the grass type lol) Azura: I want a cool sword fighting lady Cordelia: I want a hot fierce type of character that looks good in black and that doesn't take anyone's crap Ellaria: came into the picture much later, I only recently decided somewhat on her looks, only things I know for sure is pale green eyes and can sort of see the future. Might never make it into any kind of story but she popped into my mind so here we go. Ginny: falls into the category "looks cute but can probably kill you".

Made some Picrew of them coz I saw other creators doing that

Neri:

Niara: (fun fact, she's currently one of my favorites)

Azura:

Cordelia:

Ellaria: (I'm almost certain I'm gonna keep the color palette and probably the hair...)

Ginny: (not her final look probably but I kinda want to keep the scars idk)

I took her pictures out because I decided on a different look for her. She will be a redhead now. She definitely has a scar or two on her face.

Bonus: A picture drawn by @indig0pearl featuring Neri and her own OC, Sora, as well as Nami, Robin, Chopper, and three of our friends (here also draw as OCs - yes the alpaka is one of them, she ate a devil fruit^^)

[stabbyfoxandrew]

-bursts into the room, foaming at the mouth- EVERY EVEN NUMBER FOR THE POLYCULE (for the OC ask game) (or however many of the even numbers you wanna answer lmao) (for all three of the polycule tho!!!!! I love them!!!!)

2. Were they created for the story, or was the story created for them?

The story was created for them! All three of these guys sort of existed, just vibing in my head, from like age 12 till a couple years ago when I actually started writing their story. I really started going ham about writing their story a couple months ago. And I have sooo much more than Just Vibes for them now. Yay! :3

4. Do they have a best friend? If so, how did they meet? If not, have they ever/why never?

Ashley's best friend is Micah, Isa's older brother. The two of them met on Micah's first day of school. (In my stuff, wolves typically home school their kids until around middle school to give them time to get used to/ learn to control their shifting.) So they meet at like... age 11ish. :)

Isa's best friend is Aaron and Aaron's best friend is Isa. They are inseparable. They met after Isa's oldest brother found a kid in the woods and brought them home because he frankly had no idea what to do but he couldn't just leave a kid crying by itself. (Elijah is my blorbo at the moment and I love him and I think I'm going to make y'all know about him soonish lol.)

6. What catalyzed their introduction to the plot?

Like I said up there ^, Ashley joins the party when he meets Micah. And then he straight up joins the pack after his mother's death. :)

Isa's family split from their old pack due to some Drama Trauma and moved several states away, right into Aaron (and formerly Rayne and Laurent's) backyard. Well, not really. But into the same woods, just a few miles apart.

And finally, Aaron's entire thing really starts when their dads go missing out of the blue. That's what leads Elijah to them and lands them in the wolves' den, where they are loved and doted on by almost everyone there. :)

8. If your character’s financial situation were to suddenly flip (someone poor becoming rich, someone rich becoming poor, etc), how well would they handle it? What would be the first thing they would do?

I would like to say Ash wouldn't be super affected but it would be a lie! He would go insane and accidentally piss most of his money away pretty fast. He's used to his shit being taken away so he's very much of the 'use it while you've got it' mindset. But yeah. He would... He would not handle it well at all.

Isa wouldn't give a fuck either way. His family is decently well off, but if he were suddenly to be poor... He would just carry on as normal as possible. He's not super materialistic and he's the youngest son so most of his shit was handed down. But if worst came to worst, he would just change into a wolf and fuck off into the forest— as long as his family was there too.

Aaron... Well, Aaron is a wildcard. Seeing as they were raised by a pair of eccentric gay vampires, they were used to the nicest shit possible. Things get sort of downgraded a bit when they move in with the wolves. They wouldn't handle wealth or poverty super well. They'd be of the 'I have money so I need to help people with it' mindset if they won the lottery. And if they were suddenly broke, they would probably just resort to Vampire Mind Control to get what they needed. :)

10. Which of your OCs would be most likely to survive a zombie apocalypse? Which would die immediately?

Since all three of these losers are way over-powered (because I say so) they'd probably all survive. Most likely to die would be Aaron, if there were some sort of self-sacrificing-to-save-their-mates situation. :/ Idiot.

12. Has your character committed any crimes (per their universe’s laws)? If not, which crime would your character most likely commit?

Ashley loves shoplifting. :) He will do it whenever he thinks he can get away with it. Half the time he doesn't even need anything, he just thinks it's a fun game. (This exasperates Isa. Aaron encourages him.)

Isa can and will commit murder if he must. (It's usually just rogue vampires and/or so- called "monster hunters", so it doesn't really count if you think about it. Self defense and all...)

Aaron learned to drive from one of Isa's older brothers when they were thirteen. So there's that. And that same brother taught them to pirate movies and shows (because that was his job but then he was going off to college and "My brothers are too stupid to learn, so I'm teaching you. :D")

14. How does your character feel about riding horses (or your world’s closest approximation of a horse if it lacks horses)?

Ashley is not willingly going anywhere near a horse. Those things are scary as fuck and suicide machines as far as he's concerned. Uh uh, no way. Never.

Isa has no problem with riding horses but he'd rather just go wolf and run himself. It's funner that way. And faster.

Aaron has been on horses, prefers riding wolves.

16. What is your character’s favorite leisure activity?

Ashley- used to be skateboarding but the local skate park is fucked. So... it's video games now.

Isa- napping outside. Just straight up sleeping. Let him rest, he's so tired. Please. (He also likes to draw but he is ass at it. TWT)

Aaron- baking and reading. Also just cuddling Isa because a warm sleepy wolf is just the best nap partner okay.

18. If your character were trapped on a deserted island, what three things would they want to have with them? Which person would they absolutely hate to be trapped there with? Which person would they enjoy being trapped there with?

Ashley- just kill him. He ain't fucking with that mess. :') No. Okay. For real: a knife, an inflatable couch, and a Gameboy. Also let him have about a dozen packs of AA batteries. He wouldn't mind terribly if Isa, Aaron, or Micah were there with him. He'd rather be straight up dead than be deserted with anyone else.

Isa- hammock, sun hat, pitcher of lemonade that never empties. :) (Oh. Real things?) An emergency flare then. :/ Isa would share his island with almost anyone he knows. Except his brother Ethan. They would kill each other. Not good.

Aaron- a fully-furnished house with a working telephone :3, a speed boat, an emergency flare. Aaron's like Isa. Just about anyone. Except fucking Ethan.

20. Which of your OCs would you most like to meet in person, if they could become real (or you could visit them) for a day?

Oh god. Out of these three I have to say Isa simply because I've caused him the least trauma and he would be less likely to crazy murder me than the other two. (lol) They have really fucked up sad stories. But Isa's is pretty decent all things considered. And I gave him two mates who love him a lot so he can't be that mad at me. XD

Thanks sooooo much for asking all these questions Felix!!!!!! <3<3<3<3<3

[7-ratsinatrenchcoat]

Two things I wanna know! (feel free to ignore obviously ^^ )

What are your top 5 favorite characters and why are they your favorite? Could be current favorites, favorites over the years that you still like, favorites in general, etc. Also any media

And/or gimme 1-5 of your ocs - whether they're your favorite, most recent, the one you've been having fun with recently, etc. Tell me some fun facts about them, and why you picked them!

Hope you're having a great day/night - and remember to stay hydrated!

TOP 5 CHARACTERS (AT THE MOMENT, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)

Elizabeth

My pookie! She got done so dirty by Nakaba, I could write a dissertation about how she deserves a better character arc than she was given and exactly how to do it. My version of her is so OOC that when I watch the series, it feels weird for her to be so different from how I think of her.

Nezuko

Okay, maybe I'm a sucker for poorly written female characters that deserve a better story. I wrote a fic where she learns sign and actually has complicated feelings about her brother, the Hashira and Urokodaki, which I wish the series would have explored more outside of 'oh it's fine/I forgot'.

Sukuna

I AM NOT HORNY ABOUT HIM. I AM A BIG FAT DYKE. I do think he's a well written villain in the sense that he's likeable enough not to be annoying, but not so likeable that he stops being an antagonist. It's hard to put your main villain and hero in the same body, but I think Gege does it wonderfully.

Meliodas

This list would be incomplete without him. Like Elizabeth, I have such a different conception of him in my brain than exists in canon, when I watch the series it feels like a different character completely. His concept is so good and juicy, he just happened to be written by a man.

Cast of Neon Genesis Evangelion

They gave us so much. My first mecha anime and my first psychological/existential/philosophical anime all in one! I can't think of a badly written character in this entire show, but it definitely exists on a different scope to me. It's just so far beyond what a lot of other shows want to say/have the writing to say. That said I do think Cyberpunk Edgerunner was a great show to follow it with, matched the futuristic vibes, complex characters and philosophical message well.

TOP 5 OCs (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)

Hikari (NNT)

I think she is my oldest OC out of this entire list at 5 years old this spring. I've seriously put her through so much for the plot, and at this point I think she and her entire universe have safely exited hyperfixation and entered special interest territory. Her ass is going nowhere soon, and even if I spend time with other OCs, it always comes back to her. I have her entire life developed from birth to at least ~50, and trust me, it's not all pretty. Some of it is! But not all of it.

Tristan (NNT)

He's only younger than Hikari by about two weeks, so almost 5 years for him. Not the same as 4KOTA Tristan, I heard that the canon melizabeth kid was named Tristan and went 'oh, sounds good I'll take it' before 4KOTA even came out. The two could not be more different. I almost put him and Hikari in the same entry, they come as a unit like that, but he deserves his own paragraph. He has also gone through more than any normal person would have put him through, but I am no normal bitch. I need a shirt that says 'I put blond men in situations'.

Natsuri Fujikawa (Demon Slayer)

She's much younger than the twins at about 1.5, but I'm still loving her storyline and plot development. She's in the Demon Slayer universe, and is only 10 when she goes through the Horrors, which might be a mary-sue type deal but I really don't care. It brings me joy. Does it say something about me that forced cannibalism, kidnapping and psychological torture sparks joy? Maybe. I haven't written any of her stuff down yet, I should probably do that.

Misoka (HXH)

Older than Natsuri but younger than the twins, let's call it about two years. Her story is a little looser, but goes through more ups and downs than straight misery punctuated by moments of brightness. She's fun for when I need a little more variety in the delusions, but is still versatile enough for me to put her in Situations and have it feel normal. I probably owe her an apology for making her try to kill her adoptive family.

Claudia and One (OG)

The original strangers -> friends -> lovers. I wrote a hundred pages of angst and whump about you before it was flagged by my middle school and I got called into the counselor's office because of it. Shoutout to the social worker who told me it was good writing and that I should keep working on it, I just had to move it off of my school account. You were a real one.

[magnolia-sunrise]

The way you explore Bastien’s sense of identity through his presentation reminds me of an OC of mine, so they might see eye to eye in at least some respects! My guy Evan (he/him) is a fat trans man who figured out he was trans a little late into his teenage years because he was too preoccupied being the third parent to his three younger siblings. Eventually this fact about himself was too strong for him to ignore, though, and thus he quickly began the process of socially transitioning and gradually sought medical transition as well. He changed names several times throughout this period (Callum, Beck, Rory, and many others among them)

His parents… They weren’t *un*supportive, but in the very least his mother, who saw a lot of herself in her oldest child, indulged his desire to transition while never quite shaking his deadname out of her vocabulary, you know? Especially with him changing names *so* often, it’s just *so* hard to remember which one is right these days. And Evan wanted to maintain a relationship with his parents for a long time (honestly what he wanted was to stay close to his siblings, the youngest of whom is 13 years younger than him). It wasn’t until after he met his eventual spouse, Isador (he/she), who called him by the right name consistently, who encouraged him to experiment and figure out what he liked about being trans, and who showed him what supportive family looks like (Isador was raised by her grandmother who absolutely loves the hell out of her grandkid), that he eventually got the courage to confront his parents. This eventually leads to him going no-contact with said parents, although his siblings reach back out to him on their own

It takes a WHILE for Evan to feel comfortable circling back to femininity for himself, and to feel totally comfortable in his body even then. He grows out a beard and dresses in layers to kind of hide how his body looks underneath. He pushed his feminine hobbies and interests to the side Hard when he started socially transitioning, because he convinced himself he Had to, and instead leans hard into new hobbies like handiwork and cars. Once again he’s content to simply push through the feelings as though they’re small, until they’re too big to ignore. Years down the line, after he and Isador are married, he can admit to himself that Christina Aguilera may still be one of his favourite artists. After they have a daughter together, he comes back to the mending skills he learned as a kid in order to fix her dolls — and maybe even make her some, when he feels brave enough

Evan also tends to be good at reading people and social settings, and if he knew Bastien to any degree, I think he’d be thrilled to see how their sense of personal style and the way they carry themselves changes over time. It’s good to see :)

(Wolfgang and Isador would also absolutely queen out. That’s a separate thing skhdjssjg)

(sorry for getting to this a bit late i got this ask as i was heading out!)

helloooo Evan(and Isador!!) so nice to meet them :") <3 !

really really love how much care and love you put into his story and the realistic and long identity journey (some of the family stuff really hits so hard).

i don't post about this stuff much since its not relevant to the story and i like exploring my characters identities in relation to each other but Bastien left his family when he was fairly young to get himself out of that town and that deeply supressive environment and off to med school as far away as possible, and they've been no contact pretty much since. he used to be a twinkish dyke, and then a dykish twink early on in university and that environment was really fundamental in experimenting with gender and sexuality for him. he was also really lonely, and unsure of anything - getting himself DIY testoterone and then waffling whether he actually wanted to go on it, then waffling about some of the changes, then waffling about top surgery (so he spent some years walking around with mustache and tits) just. a lot of anxiety and stress all the time, they preferred to just put their studies ahead of anything else and only engage in sexuality in terms of one night flings on campus. then after one dramatic event and a shoulder injury, continuing studies was no longer an option and his life just. shattered.

this is where Matteo came into his life in a bigger way, and immediately he was someone really attractive because he seemed so confident, his life figured out, future lined out. it was intoxicating to be in the presence of someone so self assured without a care in the world. who in turn also accepted Bastien - at least back then, when he was a depressed twink Matteo could "save"- and motivated him. but ultimately it was like jumping from one form loneliness and isolation into another form of it, now depending on his cis partner, surrounded by Matteos cis rich friends. his body still changing, gaining weight, feeling unattractive to his partner and locked into specific way of gender and sexuality expression, losing sense of his identity and what they even wanted to do with their life. its so alienating.

all this is to say-- i think if Bastien knew somemone like Evan early on, he would have really loved to have a friend like that - someone going through similar experiences i feel like they could have found a lot of strength and support in each other :") i think if they stayed in touch and friendly over the years, they could have been really positive influences on each other and maybe Bastien would not have such deep seated issues opening up to other people and even to himself. lost in the thought imagining the happiness Bastien would feel visiting Evan's family and seeing the pure love and joy there and what it took to get there its just :"))))) maybe he even would have the strength to leave his unhappy relationship seeing what it's like to be *actually* really accepted when seeing how Isador loves Evan :"))

thank you for sharing!!

[shenzaibird-art]

Updates on the status of things and fun stuff I guess!

I've been barely existing on the internet lately so I felt like making one of the usual "I'm alive actually, here's what I've been up to" sort of posts! I'll try to be brief (ohh I totally failed at being brief)

COMMISSIONS

The oldest commissions in my queue right now are from February, which is somehow already 2 months ago... but I'm catching up quickly! The February ones are currently all in lineart stage. Hoping I'll be finishing them soon and then start the March+April ones! I do hate having so many late commissions...

UPCOMING OC STUFF

(under the cut because it's longgg)

So once the actually important stuff is at least a bit more under control, I plan to get back to the huge pile of things that I really wanna do. I can't really talk about all the stuff because aaaa I have so many things planned that it's actually kinda overwhelming, but I'd like to mention some things that I'm considering a priority:

• A minor re-write of Verloren's main story. I actually wrote that kind of in a rush originally, and I feel like I could write it better now so I'm doing it.

• A story that was supposed to go with this picture, but got too long so it needs to be its own thing (with pictures in it and webpage decorations, in proper Shenzai fashion heh). Getting a little ambitious, which is dangerous, but hopefully I'll manage.

• A kind of not very important mini-comic about Verloren when he was a kid that I started for no reason, have already sketched 4 pages and it's not even half of it, and for some reason... I'm managing to come up with "extended lore" to add as comment on every single one of the pages. So this should be um... interesting I guess. Probably kinda boring actually. Scary also, because I am not good at actually finishing comics.

• VYKREST LORE. You know, Verloren's people, the dog folk with long ears who growl and bite that I've mentioned at times. This... well it got wayyy out of hand. They were supposed to be just a cool little background info for Verloren. But no, they're my whole life right now. This has made it very difficult to write the lore because there's just SO MUCH I don't even know where to begin anymore. Obviously, I should pick only the most important things, especially since this is such a niche kind of lore that I know only I would care about it, but at this point I can't tell what's important and what I just really wanna talk about for no reason lol. These weird dog people have turned out to be INCREDIBLY fun to play with... you'll see the extent of the "damage" when I finish this thing...

• More character profiles on my site! Because I'm getting actually so tired of trying to check what I put in a character's likes or whatever and then I go see and... their profile doesn't actually exist yet. So I'm planning to go through all these character profiles that are missing and fill them in... and ESPECIALLY reveal some characters that I've been holding back for years for no reason. I'm planning to use June as a character reveal month, in which (in theory) I'll post new OC things daily. I estimate that if I actually post one unreleased art thing a day... I would actually have more than a month worth of posts. But I'll probably change my mind about posting some of those, and I'll probably give up finishing some of the unfinished ones, heh. I think this will be fun! For me at least, because I'll get to ramble to the void about my little guys a lot heh

OH YEAH, TUMBLR UPDATES

Might mention this here as well. I changed my profile pics! And my tumblr themes! Of course, tumblr themes don't matter that much but I wanted to customize mine a tiny bit, so that when I link to posts or tags, it actually looks cooler. And that is relevant because I have made a "Tag Index" page here on tumblr so that all my tags for different settings and characters are easy to find! You can see it here: [link] This is also listed in my pinned post now! There's... not a lot of posts for most of those chars but the tags exist so I put them there lol

THAT'S ALL (YES SHUT UP ALREADY)

Now I guess I'll go and catch up with everywhere else online that I've been barely interacting with, and then try to finish a lot of work! (and then I should probably post all unposted commissions too heh)

[beatcroc]

Is your pfp an oc of urs? Any story?

yah that's N.K.

primer: a former god of fear who has since resigned, and now runs what is essentially an intergalactic tourist trap on his cursed planet, simply known as ''nk's domain''

i don't really do "stories" per se i just have my guys in their 'verse and they have their lore and sometimes that's actionable in a plot sort of way, but most of the time they are just doing their things. nk is one of my oldest oc's and as such probably the most, like, centralizing? nk's domain is sort of a meetup hub for most other characters that don't have their own defined Thing going on, as well as what several characters' Things are directly related to, but nk himself isn't all that much of an active player any more and most of the current story type stuff i'm working with has kinda moved beyond him.

aside from that it's just his history tying him to other stuff; there's a lotta old-guard guys who fuckin hate him back from when he was still doing the whole 'reign of terror' fear deity thing [nk used to stand for 'nightmare king' but he just goes by nk now], there's a bunch a new-guard guys he's pissed off for being the main force behind the universal outlawing of capitalism[honestly not that important and some worlds still do it anyway bc gods are bad at caring enough to actually enforce their rules unless it's like a Really egregious violation], and there's also the history of said "cursed planet" itself [he didnt do that he doesnt know why its like that he just saw it wand went ooooh free real estate. but theres a reason its like that and he's starting to pay the price for having taken it over [accidentally unleashed an imprisoned god-parasite plague][uh oh][its that yellow thing in the last image][this is actually what my "main" "story"/alleged webcomic is about] [go here go in the dark]]