#this is about my poem SEVENTEEN btw you can find it linked in my fic masterpost

[elytrafemme]

hey i found your tubbo poem through that one fanart someone made of it and the quote “polaris could not take you to new lmanberg / it’ll only take me to him” is pingponging around my head rent free all hours of the day may i have a penny for your thoughts (on the poem in general)

hi! god that fanart is so gorgeous isn't it i love it so fucking much

in terms of my thoughts on the poem, hm. i think one kinda neat bit of info about it is the format of the poem is actually taken from a poem i've written about myself! unfortunately due to the subject matter of the original poem i don't think it's a wise decision to share it with anyone, but the whole iteration of ages in particular with it being in all caps + the indentation parts were taken from that!

i remember a long time ago in another piece of fanfiction actually, for a different fandom though and i cannot recall the name of it, someone had written about the sirius star cluster and there having been three stars, actually, A B and C. i tried to look more into it because that stuck with me for whatever reason and couldn't find a lot of defining information about sirirus C, but i did find a lot about A & B, and that's what ultimately led me to writing about them in the poem.

i also just have a lot of thoughts about the concept of stars and how there are a few different paths a star can take through its life cycle, which i write about a lot in places in that poem but also just in general. it's one of my go to metaphors you could say.

i wanted to switch up the writing style whenever c!tubbo 'felt' like he had to speak more formally and everything! because yknow being a president has its expectations so i tried my best to show that as well as i could, i just think it's kind of interesting to explore.

fun fact i did not realize that the chess references actually alluded to hitting on 16 (with c!ranboo 'castling') but now that i think about it that's actually really neat, i had just written it because it felt in line with his character but i suppose i had been correct with that!

in retrospect, i would have ended the poem with the line "& polaris could not take you to New L'Manberg / it could only take you to him" but i am not particularly good with ending or starting poems, mine tend to get stronger in the thick of it.

i have a lot of thoughts on this poem HAHA its very near and dear to me, but i hope this was well worth your penny :]