"How's Your Magic?"

"How's your magic?"

"Explosive and unstable. Yours?"

"Draining my life force through a sieve."

Hello, @jasperygrace​! I am a writeblr, and though I am very new here on tumblr, I have a lot of interesting content and love interacting with other writers!

I write mainly high fantasy genres (usually set in fictional worlds inspired by past eras), such as my main WIP The Last Wrath (which is a medieval inspired dark fantasy), but I also dabble a bit on the science fiction/high tech genres (I have a space adventure and a grim dark cyberpunk superhero story in the works, though those two are mainly just for fun), as well as gothic fantasy (with supernatural elements such as vampires!).  I try to vary my writing style to fit my story’s world, so you’ll find a bit of everything in my works, and my writing is aimed at an older audience without a doubt. There are romantic arcs on my story but they are subplots and definetly not the main focus of the story (as in, my characters have usually quests, investigations, real problems to solve and their romantic interests just happen to be one of their many relationships and frienships in life lol). Since I don’t like having romance as the main relationship on my stories, my WIP usually focus on more platonic - non-romantic - or familial relationships (friendships and siblings are a big deal on my stories).

Also, I happen to be an art student who is looking to dig a bit deeper into character design and illustration, and while I don’t have any of my drawings or paintings posted yet, I am working on getting them here on tumblr on the near future (especially character art for the cast of my main novel)!

I would love to interact with you, my fellow writeblr, if you want!

You can find me in this blog right here: @mysticstarlightduck​ , I am open to Asks, DMs, and everything else (and strive to make things remain cordial and friendly)!

Looking for Writeblrs

Hello, hello there! My name's Jasper Y. Grace, I'm an artist and writer, and I'm looking for more writers to connect with. If you're an active writeblr, feel free to interact with this post and tell me about your stories!

Bonus points if:

high fantasy, high tech (a la Arcane, for example)

a poetic, flowery style of writing

romance is not the main focus of the story

a story meant for an older audience

you're also an artist or have art for your stories!

Boosts are greatly appreciated. I'll also include a little bit about my work under the cut :^)

An Immortal Laid to Rest

Also know as Project : Desert, this is my current book working on. It's a novella featuring the dual POVs of Vincent Helio, an ordained archivist trying to live up to expectations, and Orias, a shapeshifter who's been trapped in the desert for over a millennium.

It's a story centered around the concept of freedom, both physical and mental, and the love we show others. If you like character-driven stories, then I hope you'll stick around :^)

You can check out some of the story's art and writing here.

Happy STS!

How would your characters react if you locked them in an escape room together? Who solves the puzzle first, who breaks something by accident, who sabotages the rest of the group, etc?

Happy Storyteller Saturday (or Sunday, since I am answering this only today, sorry)!!! 💕

Oh, this is a fun question! I loved coming up with an answer for it!

How would your characters react if you locked them in an escape room together?

I think that the reactions would be very varied, given the personalities of each of my characters. I will choose a few of the characters from the main cast. Also, who are we kidding, if my characters ended up trapped in any form of escape room in the story, it would most likely be because of the villains and would be a pretty dangerous situation because of it, so it is interesting to consider this because a situation like this can say a lot about how each one of them reacts under pressure. (I can already picture the villains somehow trapping them in a maze-like escape room to try and test them, or even get rid of them)

RAELEN: Raelen would most likely feel very nervous at first - especially if they were locked together in that room against their will by the villains - but she would be quick to recompose herself and rapidly work to find a solution to their situation. Raelen is a very creative person, and she is good at thinking outside the box, as well as being very determined, so I think that she would react pretty well to this new situation - once she got past the initial nervousness. Raelen is very good at noticing patterns, so she would have a pretty good chance at solving the puzzles that rely on that - so she would be very likely to solve many of the puzzles first.

AZRA: Would most likely have a negative reaction at first, like, he would be very angry - as in trying to scream at whoever locked them in there (even if there was no one in sight), trying to find a weakness in the walls, doors or windows, stuff like that. But once he realizes that these actions are futile and are only going to make things worse, he would join in with Raelen to help find a way out. He is very smart and clever, especially once he is able to get his emotions under control and not let them take over him. Azra has a good sense of self-preservation that includes the protection of his friends, so he would likely be helping everyone out in solving the puzzles. He would also be likely to break something by accident during his initial angry reaction.

JULYAN: Would likely be incredibly chill about the whole situation. Julyan works very well under pressure and is incredibly practical when it comes to solving a situation quickly. I would say that he'd be hardly fazed by the whole situation, and would most likely just get on with checking out the environment and trying to understand what is the quickest way out of the escape room. He likes to keep things under his control and has a tendency to take the lead in situations, so he would help the others focus on finding a solution. Julyan, however, has some anxiety when it comes to being trapped or not being completely certain about the outcome of something, and if any of the puzzles of the escape room involved splitting up with the group - especially if it meant letting his siblings out of his sight - that would make him pretty nervous, but I think that, even so, he'd be able to keep his emotions, mostly, in check.

VALLERIUS: At this point, I can say with certainty that Vall would be hardly surprised - in truth, he would find the whole experience very fun and entertaining, as he has the mentality of "if I can't avoid a certain situation, I might as well enjoy it, you know?". He would just be like, finding little quirks in the room and wandering around, making everyone concerned. He is very precise and would be a good help for the others to figure out the puzzle, though he might get sidetracked for a while there. Vall is quick, and if there was any puzzle that was meant to test that, he would surely win it, and I think that he is by far the one most likely to wander off from the group into a vastly different path and still come out not only before anyone else from the room but completely unscathed - and would be just waiting for the others to escape in deep boredom.

ELLINOR: She would likely assess the situation and take the lead of her group of friends. An incredible strategist, Ellinor would handle herself pretty well in an escape room, being able to predict the likely outcomes of her actions and of the puzzles around her. However, Ellinor might can easily get upset and will resort to unconventional approaches if it means getting out of the escape room faster, even though that might complicate things in the long run. Even though she has leadership tendencies, Ellinor is a good team worker and will help out anyone who is in trouble.

LUCIYA: PANIC MODE ACTIVATED. Luciya despises being trapped anywhere, especially if it is against her will, and is definitely going to react very badly to the situation. It would take a while for her to collect her thoughts and act rationally again, as these kinds of situations are a deep trigger for her. However, once she does, Luciya would be more determined than anyone else to get out, like, seriously determined to the end of times. She would have some trouble with some of the initial puzzles, because of her nervousness, but would then get the hang of it as she goes along.

TANWIN: Tanwin would just be extremely quiet throughout, doing his own thing without addressing anyone else. He would be the kind of person to watch the others struggle with solving a puzzle without saying anything, wait for them to give up, and then, while they're arguing over what to do, just solve it in a matter of one minute. And if anyone went "Why didn't you just solve it in the first place?!" Tanwin would just answer, as nonchalantly as possible "None of you asked me to". This would go on until they are all out of the escape room.

JAMIE: Jamie would just be helping everyone around him like a golden retriever. Seriously, he would just jump in and help without any prompting. And he wouldn't be upset by the whole situation with the escape room either. He would just go "This is a cool challenge!", and saunter up to the next puzzle with the most genuine smile. Also, people around him would get increasingly surprised by how fast he is to find solutions and how smart he is - he is living proof that someone can be a sword-fighting knight who loves what he does while being a genius. He is just a different kind of genius than Zephyr is, but he is one.

SYBIL: This little feral girl would complain all the way throughout the challenges, non-stop, about anything that is mildly harder than she expected. And it is not because she isn't smart, oh she is very smart, she just doesn't like having to do something when she wants to be doing another thing. Also, she is too lazy to always use those smarts. She would be bored and make it everyone's problem. Also, in the middle of this, she would be the one most likely to sabotage the group either on accident or because she wanted to see what would happen if she did The Thing.

EMRYC: He would be the one to go "Well, it was nice knowing you all, because we are going to Die", in the most sarcastic way possible. He would spend the entire time trying to cheat his way through the puzzles to find a quicker way to solve them, and sometimes this would surprisingly work, other times it would just horribly backfire. He would continue trying to cheat his way through until either they are all out, or Ansell has to restrain him to keep this boy from making things worse than they already are.

And so on!

Thanks for the Ask, @elshells!!!

Happy Tender Tuesday! If you could choose your favorite traits in any of your character's romantic relationships, what you it be? What would you say is the most important thing in said relationship for each of the characters involved?

Happy Tender Tuesday! It's still Tuesday, right? Anyway, this is a new one for me, so I'm excited! For this ask I'll answer for my two main couples in Agent Ace—Harley/Jade and Sophia/Ahren.

For Harley/Jade, my favorite part of their relationship—and the most important aspect—is authenticity. They were never afraid to be themselves when the other was around, even when they first met. If one holds back, the other encourages them to be unapologetically true. Even before they realized their feelings were romantic, there was still so much love in their relationship.

Meanwhile, Sophia and Ahren thrive on communication. Neither of them are overly affectionate people—anything more intimate than gentle cuddling only happens in special circumstances and is thus extremely rare—but they've been married since high school because they can call each other best friends. It's the little things—Sophia teaching Ahren self-defense, Ahren encouraging Sophia to take a breather when work gets a little too rough. They care deeply for one another, and they each have subtle but meaningful ways to show it.

The person I reblogged this from is someone I enjoy seeing on my dashboard.

TENDER TUESDAY:

Hello, my writeblr friends! Just stopping by to say that i would love any and all tender tuesday asks you guys would like to make (this applies for every week too)!!!

@lassiesandiego @lyutenw @rickie-the-storyteller @repressed-and-depressed @elshells @clairelsonao3 @jasperygrace @writernopal @liv-is @sagewildflower