when u go to write a mentally ill person in ur story you are presented two options. the first option is to write your mental illness realistically as you actually experience it with all the ups and downs and people who are like you will resonate with it and feel seen. except every person who reads instagram infographics on mental health that uses the phrase narcicisst for anyone who does anything that crosses them and unironically call themself a dark empath will call you scary and tell you that youre demonizing mentally ill people
the second option is to lie and write inspiration porn for those people to get hard to
Ever since the beheading, paranoia has taken hold of the Red King.
Dogwarts is a short Minecraft map full of secrets, made for AUFest 2024's Reverse Big Bang. You can find more information on it here, including the world download, content warnings, how-to-play guide, and a video showcase for anyone who can't or doesn't want to play through it themselves.
As part of the event I had the honor of working with two INCREDIBLE writers, Sparrow @erstwhilesparrow and Writer @capriciouswriter207!! Both of them did a masterful job bringing this story to life in a new medium, and I'm delighted that I got to have them on my team <3 Check out their fics:
branches, but softer by sesquidpedalian
The things Martyn carries with him have dwindled to almost nothing. One bucket that he doesn’t dare abandon to the capricious shadows, a handful of glass bottles. A scrap of banner that he keeps in his pocket, that he wipes his sweat on but never without feeling a little bad.
If it’s the tunnels themselves that are responsible for all his misfortune, they never make a sound to suggest so. If this place is haunted, it’s not haunted by any ghosts but his own.
What happens below (none will ever know) by Writer207
The enchanter must be protected at all costs. Away from prying eyes, deep below the ground, nobody but Ren will ever lay their eyes on it again. A labyrinth of dirt and stone must be dug to further protect it.
The process weighs heavily on Martyn, and the tunnels themselves seem to suffocate him. It's all worth it, though. The enchanter must be safe.
Charlie talking about Gillion and headcanons! (Sorry if the audio is a bit quiet)
TTS: Yo Charlie my friend Connor is writing about how Gillion Tidestrider is autistic for his final psychology paper we miss him a lot can you tell
Charlie: Aw, yeah, I know. He'll be back soon, dont worry- he'll be back soon, don't you worry. I don't know that I would necessarily feel comfortable representing a character like that having not been in that position I don't think? Probably. But I think its cool people can kind of like put their own identities on to stuff. Or like... you know, see characters in their own light. But I definitely- I...I don't know if I would... I really... its someth- I really wouldn't want to mischaracterize something like that, you know what I mean? But I think that people can identify and see things within characters that maybe even the creators of them can't.