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thinking about all the “small” art that’s ever existed. songs that were only ever sung in one village. stories written by children that got lost in the shuffle. personal paintings that didn’t survive the test of time. how they affected the lives of just a few, but still existed, still mattered to someone.
Last line tag
I was tagged by @theta-lee
“It was still snowing in the orchard”
Tagging @utakanalight , @yanblch , @writingrosesonneptune
i should have tagged seven people because my line is in seven words but I’m not really in writers’ community
Writer Things Bingo 📖
Inspired by @serenanymph at here! The rules are to click on this link to generate a board (feel free to click it again if you want a different one!) and then to fill it in. If you want to join in, go ahead!
Missed checking off Indie Published – I have a poem appearing in Indie Earth Publishing's upcoming anthology The Spell Jar: Book of Shadows vol. 2. Highly recommend that you visit them over on Insta!
Thanks for the tag! This is an excerpt from the start of a chapter in Exiled Sanctum in the veiwpoint of Faine, one of the main character’s, that I wrote last:
Why did I bother scavenging for that damn keycode on my own?
One wrong move and the entire Qredo Restriction Regiment are on my heels. Their Stiffler's flare dense shocks among the overcrowded streets. Strong enough to paralyze me in a single bolt. Sunlight trickles through skyscrapers, mismatching advertisements lining every crevice that mimic a sprawl of realistic movements into the air above. For a split second, the electric lines and murmurs from the year-old government action hum a silent melody. The hard drive quivers with minuscule, white sparks in the nest of my front pocket.
Good, at least I had enough time for my mechanical magic to sink into its interior wiring.
I swerve my way across neon-plated passageways, my throat hitching as I narrowly avoid tripping on air from the adrenaline rush.
“Come back 'ere you grimy Exile! You can’t run forever!” I shiver, creating more distance. I recognize that voice anywhere, a rough snarl of muddied sewage. Commander Slyff. In charge of keeping all of the Exile's in line.
I need to get back to safety in the Saigh District so Juro can send the hard drive information over to our informant. Fast. Just have to slip by Sector Patrol, easy.
Gently tagging: @iloveanimalsmorethanhumans, @enne-uni, and anyone else who would like to play!
Last Line Challenge
Thanks @blind-the-winds for the tag! And boy, did I hoist myself on my own petard by waiting this long to post this, because the last scene I wrote was a heartbreak and a half. This will be way more than just one line, but I would do it a disservice by omitting the preceding few.
From Shadows, a Don't Starve/Borderlands Rhack crosssover...
“Fuck you.” Rhys’s shattered voice is barely above a whisper. Jack should not be able to hear it from where he stands. But the words ring through his ears just the same. “I have to save my daughter, Rhys. There was no other way.” Jack turns his back on the throne once more and walks. He’s barely taken two steps by the time Rhys’s heavy silence behind him gives way to more curses, then pleas, then promises of help, promises of anything and everything: as long as Jack stays, as long as he doesn’t leave, please, Jack, please, for the love of everything, don’t leave me alone here, you can’t leave me, please, Jack, please, I’m begging you, JACK, PLEASE— Fists clenched so hard that his knuckles are cracking, Jack keeps walking forward, covering the unbearably long distance to the open portal step by agonizing step. He does not look behind him a second time.
Gently tagging @maddstermind, @worldsfromhoney, @reading-by-the-pale-moonlight, and leaving the tag open for anyone who wants to play.
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"At 15
I still believed
in magic.
Not Disney magic
necessarily but
the world is
so big
and
so strange.
Why can't there
be fairies?
Maybe Neverland
is real,
and we've just been
following the wrong
stars."
Quotes from the poetry book I'll never write
Finally replying to all the tags I've missed out on. Thank you for thinking of me :)
I'll also do three WIPs, because I love to talk about the things I'll never fully finish
What has been your biggest struggle with your wip?
Whitegarden: Just finishing the damn thing ;-; I have everything planned out, from characters to plot, but the urge to actually sit and write it out continually escapes me.
Sielsi: Wrangling my original work into something less... Juvenile. The original parts I wrote were borderline plagiarized from the Inheritance Cycle, with sprinkles of Vampire Diaries mixed in there. I love the characters I made, but everything else needs a lot of work still.
The Bandit Queen's Bride: Inspiration is the biggest struggle for this one. I wrote the first handful of chapters in a blind haze, and haven't had any inspiration to keep going.
If your story was a TV show, what would the theme song/intro be?
Whitegarden: Something dramatic, like the Game of Thrones theme song. Maybe a cool map graphic to show off the map I made of the continent, and symbolism to represent the various characters and factions............... So the Game of Thrones intro.
Sielsi: Something that starts out hopeful and cheery, that slowly darkens over the course of the season(s), until its got a noticeably sinister quality. Perhaps later it brightens again, but never quite returns to the cheerful sound it was before.
The Bandit Queen's Bride: Taylor Swift, but make it bardcore.
What other pieces of media do you think would share a fan base for your story?
This, I have no idea how to answer. I have a really poor understanding of why other fandoms are popular, so I feel zero confidence in guessing what kinds of audiences I would have from other fandoms.
What was the first part of your wip that you created?
Whitegarden: This song. The first time I heard it, I honestly didn't like it that much. Then I kept listening, and inspiration grew from there. Now it's permanently stuck in the top 20 most listened songs for me lol. I wrote up a rough draft of two children, separated in childhood because of a cursed bloodline. That rough draft is a far cry from what I've settled on by now, but it'll always hold a special place in my memories.
Sielsi: I was in middle school when I read Eragon for the first time, and I thought to myself, "I could do that, but with shapeshifters". So I did that, with shapeshifters. Wrote almost 40k words in a word document, just making it up as I went.
The Bandit Queen's Bride: Had the idea for a story and came up with a handful of characters. Spent a solid few hours trying to decide what sort of accent to get the Bandit Queen.
Are there any animals in your story? Talk about them!
Whitegarden: Most of the world is populated by animals very similar to what real life has. There are also monsters of various sorts, some more animal-like than others. My favorite is the Enochria, a shadowy beast with multiple arm-like appendages that lives in dark caves in the coldest parts of the continent. They emerge once a year at mid-autumn, then migrate south for the winter/early spring. They climb trees to find mates, then gestate their offspring for variable amounts of time until they find a suitable cave in their northern habitat. Due to magic interference from [Redacted for spoiler reasons], Enochria are moving further and further south, causing many to die from overheating, starvation, or being hunted by frightened humans.
Sielsi: There are natural animals, but nothing relevant to the story. Since half of the main cast are shapeshifters, all the animal shenanigans are their fault. Also I haven't decided if I want standard earth animals, or maybe to add some monsters too.
The Bandit Queen's Bride: There is a very good, very wonderful horse named Tore. A huge bay roan stallion who is extremely loyal to Jin, the Bandit Queen. He originally belonged to Jin's mother, and was passed to her when her mother left the gang. The rest of the bandits have their own horses, but so far, Tore is the only one with any fleshing out.
What part of your wip are you working on rn?
Whitegarden: I flip flop between making more character art and thinking of new monsters to add to the world.
Sielsi: Still struggling with how to lay out the story in a new way ;-;
The Bandit Queen's Bride: Trying to figure out all the secondary/tertiary characters
How do your characters get around? (ex: trains, horses, cars, dragons, etc.)
The answer is the same for all three. Walking or riding horses is the most common way of travel. Those who can afford it will take carriages or ships. For Sielsi, the shapeshifters can turn into birds and fly.
What are your hopes for your wip?
I just wanna finish one of them. Please I am desperate to finish something. Anything.
WIP Questions Tag
I wasn't actually tagged by anyone, but @owlsandwich opened it up to everybody so I'm giving this a try! Open tag, but also no pressure tags to @somethingclevermahogony , @queen-of-the-weenies and @sarandipitywrites !
We're gonna do my main current WIP, God-Touched, and also a couple I've tabled for a bit due to stress, which are called Gods of Steel, and Nico after the name of the MC, respectively. I copy pasted the questions and I may have missed one or two.
What has been your biggest struggle with your wip?
God-Touched: This is more of an overall writing struggle for me, but underwriting/being too concise. I tend to make unnecessary time skips when outlining and not add enough descriptive passages.
Gods of Steel: The world building. I usually enjoy complex world building, but I may have bitten off more than I can chew with this project. I'm taking it slow and building one aspect of it at a time as I'm motivated to do the necessary research, so fingers crossed that works out.
Nico: This one's kinda stupid, but keeping myself from imagining my protagonist as Nico di Angelo. She's completely different in appearance, mannerisms, etc, but I'm a rabid PJO fan and that was my first association with the name.
If your story was a TV show, what would the theme song/intro be?
God-Touched: Definitely something by Imagine Dragons, probably Natural.
Gods of Steel: Probably some kind of epic orchestral thing, I haven't found a specific track yet.
Nico: Song Of Women by the HU and Lzzy Hale. Going purely off of sound and vibes.
What other pieces of media do you think would share a fan base for your story?
God-Touched: Supernatural, Firefly, the King Arthur reincarnated as a space lesbian book (Once and Future) and the book Spellhacker by MK England.
Gods of Steel: This is gonna sound really presumptuous, but I'm trying to make it similar to Dune and the Na'vi Avatar movies.
Nico: Honestly, Tamora Pierce, even though my story is more sci-fi than fantasy. Also slightly the Divergent movie (haven't read the book in years), in that the MC slowly realizes just how much of a dystopia she's actually living in, even though she started out compliant.
What was the first part of your wip that you created?
God-Touched: The general concept of Christian mythology put into a queer science fantasy context.
Gods of Steel: The setting, (humanity's original non-Earth home), and some of its history.
Nico: The idea for the relationship arc between the two main characters. It was the first time I'd ever wanted to write romance, and it was an interesting challenge to come up with how that would play out.
Are there any animals in your story? Talk about them!
God-Touched: This is a major spoiler, but the main gang ends up adopting an iridescent rainbow baby space dragon. She looks majestic, but is actually a huge derpy goof. She's heavily based on Banana, my little sister's big ginger cat who is not exactly the sharpest crayon in the box
Gods of Steel: The main villains on this story are cyborgs, but some are cyborg animals rather than people. They started out as normal robots, but then got this virus that made them grow flesh, skin and other organic parts, but many of the animal-like ones still have working blades or guns as part of their bodies that they use when hunting humans for food.
Nico: The fauna of the setting for this one is very ice age influenced, the main character has a war mammoth that she's raised from a calf to be her mount and companion.
What part of your wip are you working on rn?
God-Touched: First draft of the first two books, if all goes well it's gonna be a five book series.
Gods of Steel: World Building.
Nico: In my first stage of outlining.
How do your characters get around? (ex: trains, horses, cars, dragons, etc.)
God-Touched: spaceships and hover bikes
Gods of Steel: spaceships, then on foot after all their tech gets infected by the cyborgs.
Nico: Mammoth-back riding.
What are your hopes for your wip?
This is the same for all of them so I'll just do one answer: A devoted fandom that uses my books as inspiration to create their own awesome content. Fanart, fanfic, animatics, those character analysis YouTube videos, anything like that.
I just had the most idea-y idea ever.
The Mandalorian Time Travel AU.
Din and Grogu get chucked back in time to the early days of the Clone Wars. Grogu is taken in by the temple (assume either he's different enough in the force and physically that the other Jedi don't question the two Grogus, or he takes the place of his past self) but Din is an adult and a Mandalorian, and thus cannot join him.
Now for this next part there are a few options. So the basic plot is that Din disguises himself as a Jedi Temple Guard. As for how he does that...
- Din just paints his armor the temple guard colors and tries desperately to blend in
- Din goes to a mandalorian armorer and has them reforge his armor to resemble the Temple Guards' after explaining most, if not all, of the situation (the goran has Seen Some Shit and honestly, why not time travel right?)
- Din conveniently finds the armor of a Temple Guard who was a Mandalorian
In any of these situations the kar'ta beskar and t-visor remain, can't take away those. His paint would be temple-guard inspired or identical to them. He probably exchanges his flight suit for one a similar color to the Guards' robes. He might get a little robe/cape thing. He still sticks out whatever he does though.
He already has a lightsaber (I know their lightsabers are always yellow, but for the sake of this story they might have separate personal 'sabers or smth), but he rarely ever uses it. The Temple Guards see him defend the temple from someone trying to hurt the padawans/initiates/baby knights and kinda just...accept him as one of them. They have a sneaking suspicion that he's not force sensitive, but the beskar (his armor is still beskar, he's a mandalorian after all) blocks the force so they can't really tell. I know they're supposed to be completely emotionally detached but this is my playground, I'm gonna play in it.
Cin Drallig is busy teaching padawans to survive in the war, so Din (unintentionally and against his will) takes up the role of chief of security. He's very good at it, and the Guards are left wondering why they didn't install motion sensors and other security measures everywhere before now. They want to know why they've just been using the force pretty much 24/7 to detect intruders. Cin is bemused by Din's attempts to avoid responsibility while falling headfirst into it, and fully endorses Din's unofficial promotion.
Din is still very much not a Jedi and also keeps having to ward off Mandalorians who think he's being mind controlled. In the process of this he gains a Following. Maybe he goes on a little mission and defeated Pre Vizsla. Maybe the Darksabers merge or one gets destroyed.
It's very late/early and I need to go to bed now so I'm sending this out into the tumblrverse now.
I got my second wind.
So Din has gained the trust and loyalty of pretty much the entire Temple Guard, right? He's keeping the security right af, so when Anakin comes back from the Chancellor's office one day smelling like dark side shit, the Guard report it to Din. He tells them to keep an eye on it, and set two of them to specifically keep an eye on the emotional state and Force presence of any Jedi who leave the Senate building. They don't do anything yet, but they're starting to think they're going to need tom
Din takes a good look at the number of Temple Guards on the security team, looks at the size of the temple and the number of Jedi, and decides That's Not Enough. So he goes about trying to find a way to get more guards. Of course, training to be a Temple Guard takes time they don't have, so when one of the Guards offhandedly suggests recruiting some clones. Din considers, and when the Guards further explain to him the clones' situation, he goes to Cin Drallig to get his help in making it so that any clones who are. "unfit for duty" go to Din and his security team. Cin agrees to talk to the Jedi Council about it.
The Council has no idea that a Mandalorian is running their security team. They noticed Cin was less grumpy than usual, but didn't think much of it (he's less grumpy because his workload is significantly less. Cin likes Din. He's perplexed by him and his presence in the Temple, but he did take away a lot of his paperwork, so he's not complaining). The Council thinks that it's a great idea, and since the clone army is technically theirs (though the Senate tries at every turn to take control of it) they can legally redirect clones that are "unfit" to the Temple security team.
Din is delighted to have who he sees as Mandalorian warriors on his team. He manages to scrounge up prosthetics and braces for clones that need them, and assigns any clones that are unable or unwilling to stand with the Temple Guards to jobs like monitoring the remote security system, which they are fully capable of doing. He renovates an old barracks from the Jedi-Sith wars to house the clones, and manages to get food and supplies delivered directly to them (the Mandalorians that have been following him around are more than willing to help with that. They're just happy that Din's stopped running them off entirely). The clones eventually warm up to Din enough to tell him if they want to stop working entirely or not, and he fully supports them just keeping up with their own needs and living in the renovated barracks, which by now are like a whole little town.
If Din has the Darksaber at this point, he will start going on little missions to bring the Mandalorian people together. For the purpose of the story we might acknowledge season three, simply because it's easier for there to only be one Darksaber. And because it's funny for Din to have just gotten rid of it, think he's in the clear in regards to being a ruler, and then become head of the Jedi Temple security force and accidentally defeat the holder of the Darksaber AGAIN and become the Mand'alor AGAIN. Mandalorians flock to him, but he sends most to other worlds because he doesn't want them to be contaminated by "core world shit". Some adult Mandalorians stay and provide a second ring of security around the Temple once they realize their leader isn't going to come with them and is protecting his child who lives there. Many go to live with the clones.
More to come later. Maybe.
I just had the most idea-y idea ever.
The Mandalorian Time Travel AU.
Din and Grogu get chucked back in time to the early days of the Clone Wars. Grogu is taken in by the temple (assume either he's different enough in the force and physically that the other Jedi don't question the two Grogus, or he takes the place of his past self) but Din is an adult and a Mandalorian, and thus cannot join him.
Now for this next part there are a few options. So the basic plot is that Din disguises himself as a Jedi Temple Guard. As for how he does that...
- Din just paints his armor the temple guard colors and tries desperately to blend in
- Din goes to a mandalorian armorer and has them reforge his armor to resemble the Temple Guards' after explaining most, if not all, of the situation (the goran has Seen Some Shit and honestly, why not time travel right?)
- Din conveniently finds the armor of a Temple Guard who was a Mandalorian
In any of these situations the kar'ta beskar and t-visor remain, can't take away those. His paint would be temple-guard inspired or identical to them. He probably exchanges his flight suit for one a similar color to the Guards' robes. He might get a little robe/cape thing. He still sticks out whatever he does though.
He already has a lightsaber (I know their lightsabers are always yellow, but for the sake of this story they might have separate personal 'sabers or smth), but he rarely ever uses it. The Temple Guards see him defend the temple from someone trying to hurt the padawans/initiates/baby knights and kinda just...accept him as one of them. They have a sneaking suspicion that he's not force sensitive, but the beskar (his armor is still beskar, he's a mandalorian after all) blocks the force so they can't really tell. I know they're supposed to be completely emotionally detached but this is my playground, I'm gonna play in it.
Cin Drallig is busy teaching padawans to survive in the war, so Din (unintentionally and against his will) takes up the role of chief of security. He's very good at it, and the Guards are left wondering why they didn't install motion sensors and other security measures everywhere before now. They want to know why they've just been using the force pretty much 24/7 to detect intruders. Cin is bemused by Din's attempts to avoid responsibility while falling headfirst into it, and fully endorses Din's unofficial promotion.
Din is still very much not a Jedi and also keeps having to ward off Mandalorians who think he's being mind controlled. In the process of this he gains a Following. Maybe he goes on a little mission and defeated Pre Vizsla. Maybe the Darksabers merge or one gets destroyed.
It's very late/early and I need to go to bed now so I'm sending this out into the tumblrverse now.
sometimes we all just need a reminder that being strong isn't the same as being alone 🧡
*comes into ask how with a shaky smile*
Howdy there Hon. I hope the New Years been treating you alright so far, and I wish that it will continue to bless you with the goodness you deserve ✨🧡
Sorry to bother your inbox again, but this is “Independent Woman” from a request a couple weeks ago and I've had kind of a rough day, and your writing always makes me smile.
If it's not too much to ask, may I request a follow-up on that prompt please? How the Bayverse/Rise boys would react to their stubbornly independent SO having a rough day to the point that they cave and ask for cuddles?
No stress, no worries if you're not in the mood for it. I totally understand. Please take care of yourself first and foremost! Please drink water and know you are appropriated! 🧡✨
howdy anon-chan! 🧡
i'm so sorry that you've had a rough day. i hope at this point it's going a little better and that you're able to get the rest you need. there's a quote that i like to think about when i'm having a rough time: "Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow." -Mary Anne Radmacher
anyway, i hope this helps you smile!
(here's the other post)
Leonardo
Leo has been waiting for (hoping for, praying for) this, for you to come to him in your time of need. He feels bad, he doesn't actually want you to have a bad time or a rough day, but at the same time he loves to be needed. He already has a plan in place.
Mikey scampers off at his signal, and Leo escorts you to his room. There he encourages you to get under the covers and mess up his bed however you need to in order to get comfy.
Then he climbs in with you and holds you. He doesn't ask about what's wrong, doesn't try to talk to you about anything. He can tell that isn't what you need right now.
Mikey comes in (quietly for once) with some tea. He sets the tray down on the bedside table and smiles at you before quickly leaving. Leo tells you that the tea is there if you want it, then goes back to quietly holding you.
You realize, after laying in his arms for a while, that he is meditating. You try to match your breathing to his, and you see a small smile steal across his face when he feels what you are doing. You fell right into his trap.
The two of you breathe in sync for a while, just soaking in each other's presence.
If you decide to talk about it, Leo listens very closely to you. He's not confident that it will happen, but he hopes that you'll tell him if it's something he can help with. No matter what though, if you just need to vent or need advice or need him to do something for you, he will respect your wishes.
Raphael
Raph's first instinct is to find out who hurt you so that he can go take care of them. Fortunately, he goes with his second instinct, which is to bundle you in his arms and carry you to his room.
Once there, he climbs into bed and rearranges the two of you until you are both comfortable. He makes sure you are completely covered with him, his strong hands rubbing your back. "I've got ya sweetheart. What do ya need?"
Raph isn't quite confident in his ability to comfort you, so he does need some guidance. But once you let him know what you need, he's on top of it.
If you just want to curl up on his plastron and be held, he will stay with you as long as you need. He will rub your back. He will be your own personal weighted blanket. Gentle touches or rough hugs, hell if you need him to distract you he will. Anything for you.
(Raph finds that he wants to give you the gentle touches. He wants to hold you gently, he wants to show you softness. But if that's not what you need, he'll just have to talk to you about it later. This ain't about him.)
If you want to talk about it, if you need to vent, Raph'll listen. He'll empathize. He might growl or mutter as you talk, but he won't interrupt. If you want advice, he'll do his best to give it to you.
Anything you need, he'll get it for you. Drink, food, more pillows? It's there almost before you ask for it. You won't have to lift a finger or do anything if you don't want to. "I'll take care of you princess."
Donatello
Donnie immediately has so many questions, but he sets them aside. You asked him to help you learn how to be cared for, so he's going to do just that.
He takes to the lab, because the bed there is comfier than the one in his room. He puts on some music you like and turns down the volume. He encourages you to climb in and climbs in behind you. He lays down and lets you climb on him however you want.
Once the two of you are comfortable, he asks if you want to talk about it. He realizes that you need to be guided into asking for what you want, and he's prepared to do that. Your answer is the beginning of the mental flow chart Donnie created specifically for caring for you.
If you do want to talk about it, Donnie first asks if you want advice or if you just want to vent. Once that's established, he is an active listener. He asks questions and gives you nudges if he thinks you need it. He'll make those snarky comments that make you laugh. He checks in periodically to make sure that you're still okay. Talking to Donnie will always make you feel better.
If you don't want to talk about it, that's okay too. He'll ask if there's anything you need, then send the drone to zap Raph into getting it for you. Once Raph is gone (rubbing his arm and muttering murderously), Donnie settles in for a nice long cuddle session with you.
If you're okay with it, he pulls up some work. He asks if you want a distraction, and if so he'll start telling you about what he's doing. Donnie works with one hand while the other absentmindedly rubs your arm. He still checks in every once in a while to make sure you're okay and ask if you need anything.
Michelangelo
Mikey, much like Leo, hates that you're upset but is so happy that you came to him so he could care for you. This is a huge step, you're making progress! Now it's his turn to make progress, to show you how he can care for you.
He asks if you need anything first, so he can grab it without interrupting the "epic cuddle session" you're about to have. (Later, when you ask him to get you something, he'll interrupt the cuddle session anyway with zero complaints. He just wants you to be happy.)
Once that's all taken care of, he hustles you off to his room, hand on your back. Thank the pizza gods that Leo had forced him at sword point to clean it the day before. You both get in bed and get comfy.
He holds you as if you are a treasure, a beloved teddy bear. It is hard to believe that Mikey can be this gentle. He wraps you in blankets and props you up with pillows until you are surrounded in softness and him.
Then he starts to talk. He chatters on about anything and everything, whatever comes to mind. His skateboard tricks, their latest encounter with the Foot, Raph breaking his most recent lifting record... you are caught up on ALL the turtle gossip.
Mikey doesn't stop until he gets a smile out of you. When he sees it, his answering smile lights up the room. He asks if you are feeling better. If you are, he starts being silly, kissing your face and tickling you until you are crying from laughter. If you aren't, he asks if you want to talk about it. He'll listen and commiserate with you, and support you no matter what.