Borrowed Magic: Lost in Flight
There's something out of place in Wellwood forest, and a mismatched pair of someones chasing after it.
Bowman Leafwing wouldn't be the patrolsprite he is if he didn't investigate. It's hardly his fault that it leads to a much bigger adventure than he anticipated!
How could he plan ahead for travel through time and space?
Posting on Archive of our Own Thursdays @ 5pm Central Time
Cowritten by @borrowedtimeandspace and @neonthewrite
Artwork by the lovely @abookishweasel
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Bowman of the Garden
Another GT July prompt is done! This one is "Garden", and any readers of Bowman of Wellwood might recognize that title symmetry. We have a brand new AU featuring Bowman Leafwing, living in a very different environment than the beautiful Wellwood forest. I do want to explore more of this AU, as it's very different from Bowman's origins. For now, enjoy a small sample of it!
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Bowman Leafwing eyed the back of the Big House, where the humans sat talking and drinking their tea on the patio. It was a morning ritual of theirs‒tea on the patio, discussing their plans for the day. As the self-appointed scout sprite of the garden village, Bowman kept an eye and ear on these discussions every morning. If they planned anything out of the ordinary, he’d know.
It was a Wednesday, though. Not much would be on the schedule, and they confirmed it with their chatter, overheard from one of the bulky stone planters where Bowman hid. A normal Wednesday, meaning they’d go inside after tea and then be gone at Jobs all day. In the afternoon, the Lawn People would come by and cut all the grass in the yard with their awful loud machines.
So long as they didn’t mess with the landscaping or the greenhouse (and they never did), the wood sprites of the garden didn’t mind.
Soon enough, the humans finished up their morning tea and shifted in their seats. Satisfied that no more news of the day was forthcoming, Bowman backed away from the edge of the planter, further among the protective leaves of the fern growing there. Keen eyes peered out from the leafy cover that matched the leafy wings on Bowman’s back, and as soon as the humans had gone back into their tall, ivy-covered house, he turned away.
Tall boots of supple bark and sturdy cloth gave him quiet steps among the mulch and soil until he reached the other side of the planter; a basin big enough for a human to curl up in, it housed a verdant fern to break up the monotony of the lawn. Bowman, four inches tall and brown-skinned with deep green hair, blended right in among that curated vegetation. His dedication to the morning routine, to keeping an eye on those giants-of-the-house, kept him safe, but it also kept the others safe. If the humans talked of plans that could affect the denizens of the garden, Bowman Leafwing was the first to know.
Today, there was little to report. From the planter, there was a moderate stretch of empty lawn before the lush growth of flowers and grasses and shrubs covering the back third of the yard, mostly unbothered by human intervention and thriving all the same.
Among that chaos was home, where his little cousin and her mentor could use their gifts to tend to the plants, where his aunt and uncle could sing with the birds, arrange the litter of leaves and twigs like a miniature forest floor. No one spotted them there, for no one thought to look for a wood sprite, small and made to blend in among the greenery.
Bowman eyed a flowering shrub standing taller than the grasses and flower patches around it, as innocuous as any plant, and spotted a fellow sprite on one bough with ease. With one gesture, he confirmed they saw him, too. Raising his hands and wings, Bowman sent his report, or what might count as one, using silent signs that would look like leaves shifting in the breeze.
No news, good news. Lawn People later. Safe another day.
The other sprite acknowledged the report and ducked out of sight. Bowman smirked. That was his job done. If anyone wanted to find him after the morning scouting, they would have a task ahead of them.
One final glance at the Big House confirmed again that the humans had gone in and no one was watching. Bowman’s wings fanned open and his smile widened, and then with a leap and a powerful flap he was in the air, darting upwards like a leaf on a gale.
They had it pretty good, there in that garden. The verdant months gave them plenty of cover outside, plenty of resources, lots of sun on their wings. The winters in the greenhouse were cozy and close, without worry of the snow or the icy winds. They were safe from humans who never wanted to question why the growth in their backyard was so lush, year after year, and safe from worry over dangerous animals thanks to the nearly-overgrown wooden privacy fence.
Beyond that fence, though, was wilder land, not nearly enough to be a forest but full of life all the same. That less-tamed, wooded area, with its dappled sunlight and thick foliage and only the occasional reminder of the nearby humans, was Bowman’s goal. He darted over the garden, over the fence, and something wild welcomed him there.
Back the way he came, the Big House still stood peeking through the trees, but Bowman ignored it for the woods before him. In the other direction, someone else’s big human house would be waiting, but he wouldn’t get that far. He knew to stay closer to safety.
If he asked anyone else, he wasn’t really supposed to leave the garden without making it known. Bowman chose which rules to follow, and no amount of reminders had changed that over the years.
As he ducked and weaved around branches and through golden sunbeams, wind whipping through his wild hair, things felt right. Bowman belonged in the air. His wings, honed every day in his races among the trees and over the Big House, practically sang with elation. Every sunbeam they drank up spurred him to fly a little bit longer. His were the fastest wings around, and no member of the garden village could wrest the title away from him.
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Hi, you don’t have to answer this if it’s spoilers or whatever, but in the brothers unexpected au, do Jacob and Sam ever go camping like Jacob does in his original story? Do they meet Bowman like in the original?
Huh, I actually can't remember! It's been a bit since we were spitballing ideas for this one, and the idea of wee Sam and younger Jacob discovering a teeny sprite would absolutely be adorable.
Can't say for sure if we'll ever have Bowman in that AU, but if we keep writing it, there's always a good chance for other OCs like Bowman to appear!
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2020 Christmas card drawings I made for a few of my friends :)
Top is Dean in mid transformation into his mersona lol chapter 12 of Sink or Swimchesters I think I’ll redraw this at some point with how I want him to look as the end result. his toes are too wide imo. I redrew the feet a few times, what’s a few more?
Second one is from the series written by @starr-fall-knight-rise of their universe, Humans are Space Orcs. They wanted a picture of Admiral Vir’s service dog, Waffles. I put in Admiral Vir behind her, showing off his prosthetic Drev leg. The rest of him is mostly human lol
Third is for @nightmares06 of her boys from Brothers Apart The fanfic called, For Science where Dean gets shrunken down to be the same size as his little brother Sam who had been cursed to be that size when he was a kid. A rare opportunity for them to see each other on the same scale, even if it’s a shorten one lol
And finally, @neonthebright asked for anything with her OC Jacob in it. I admit, I had a hell of a time drawing his face at that angle. I think Bowman the sprite would totally hang out in Jacob’s iconic hoodie because it is nice and warm and convenient for hiding if someone were to walk by the pair of friends.
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So I think it’s been what 5 years since I’ve last drawn @neonthebright ’s character bowman? She’s always been one of my favorite writers and I wanted to throw something special her way. So, here’s my drawing from 2012 and my one from today, 5 years later.
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have you ever thought abt a dirk gently g/t au ?, and abt the ask thing: child hood !!
First, the ask thing:
Child Hood:How was your childhood?
My childhood was alright. I think my parents went to a lot of effort to make sure I was cared for and not exposed to crappy things. Like, when they divorced, there was a lot of arguing between them and they just did not get along, but they agreed on joint custody and stayed in the same city and stuff so I could still see them both, y’know?
As for Dirk Gently and Gt. Yes, anon, I have thought about an au for that, quite often XD. A couple aus, actually. I need to jot down more solid ideas before I post more, but there are many gifs of Dirk in the woods, for example, and they always make me think of a meeting between Dirk and my wood sprite, Bowman Leafwing.
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Wolfie180g's Inktober Challenge!
read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2g09Mkl
by wolfie180g
Hi!
This is the first year that I decided to do the Inktober Challenge for 2017. I will try and update this fairly regularly with the new pictures. I wanted a place where I could see them all in one spot and to make it easier for other people to find it without having to hunt each one down.
Words: 185, Chapters: 1/31, Language: English
Fandoms: Supernatural, Borrowers
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: Gen
Characters: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Castiel (Supernatural), Cas - Character, Bowman Leafwing
Relationships: Castiel & Dean Winchester, Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester
Additional Tags: Borrower Sam, borrower dean, Giant Sam, Giant Dean, giant castiel, Tiny sam, Tiny Dean, shrink, shrank, shrunk, Inktober, Inktober 2017, October, challenge, Halloween, Cat, Pumpkin - Freeform, shoe, Shenanigans, Art, artwork, Drawings, Pictures, Fanart, Funny, Drama, Fluff, Angst, Cages, Trapped, chilling, Pet Store, Pet Dean, Owner Cas, Grabbing, Hands, Feet, flipping the bird, Brothers, mouth - Freeform, maw - Freeform, Vore, Eating, nightmares06, Brothers Apart, Requests, Bowman Leafwing - Freeform, Pl1, hand wrestling
read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2g09Mkl
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I drew @neonthewrite's character Bowman Leafwing when he defends Sam from a wolf in the story "A Lich of Sense", which is written by both @neonthewrite & @nightmares06. I just love the story so much! 😍
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Announcement
But for real this time
So...remember these guys?
Art by @abookishweasel
If you don't, I announced a good while back we don't have to talk about how long ago that this is from the first, and as yet only, collaborative AU of BTaS called Borrowed Magic!
This was actually my first shot at writing collaboratively, which I've done quite a bit of since then with my good friends. My cowriter for Borrowed Magic, @neonthewrite, lent me her sprite guy to throw at my borrower and Time Lord to see if they stuck. This was huge for me, since one of my formative internet g/t experiences was reading Bowman of Wellwood back when it was still posted on DA, before she got it properly published. Needless to say, being friends and writing buddies with her was and still is a huge honor!
Anyway, enough of my gushing! I'm here to officially say that this is finally going to start posting! The first story is titled Lost in Flight, and it'll go up on Archive of our Own and post on Thursdays at 5pm central time, starting next week on October 5th!
Hope y'all enjoy! See you next week!
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Random prompt of Jacob looking away from Chase and Bowman for one second and he turns back around, and he sees Chase about to yeet Bowman like an airplane. (Bowman was caught off guard too lol)
Thank you so much for this mental image. It's so them. Incredible.
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The only reason Jacob turned back is because Bowman squawked when he got yoinked. This is what he gets for thinking they can be chill for five minutes.
After realizing what Chase is doing, Bowman isn't that mad about it. His wings are out and he's ready to be launched.
Jacob tells them both to reconsider doing this inside.
Chase, with a sprite still held aloft, dashes outside.
Bowman still probably has to dodge something once he's been tossed.
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#2 for bowman !
( Send me a number and an OC )
2. What’s something about your OC that people wouldn’t expect just from looking at them?
With Bowman, I think being four inches tall, and lean, and very forest-fae chic, it's easy to forget he's kind of a wood sprite equivalent of a pro athlete. Flying around as often as he does is a constant workout for most of his body - wings, of course, but also shoulders, core, even his legs to keep himself angled right. He's strong for a wood sprite! It's just hard to tell by looking because he fits in a pocket.
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I wanna invite Bowman and Jacob to Mario Party so bad, Bowman would absolutely mald (or he'd be shocked at how casually humans make threats and yell, one or the other idk)
Mario Party is a good game for Bowman to try, except for the mini games that require a lot of different buttons at once (and there aren't that many of those). He'd be able to actually play. Which is very cute to think about.
I feel like he'd be less thrown off about the game changing things up on everybody. With no prior concept of a structured board game, he'd just chalk it up to That's How Human Games Are. They're weird enough already lol. Wouldn't stop him from looking at Jacob in utter betrayal for getting a star right before he was able to get it though. That was his! He's not even sure why he wants it so bad, it's not even real! What is this human magic!!!
Meanwhile, Jacob considers it a win when he gets Bowman to try technology for any amount of time. Always gets the funniest comments out of him.
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(Hi big fan of your writing I have your bowman of wellwood book!)
Do any of the sprites protest against Jacob being near wellwood. Do any hold any grudges against Jacob because he’s a “giant?”
( Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoy the book and my work! )
I am certain that there are a few holdouts. It's never a completely happy ending with no bumps in the road, after all; so even if Jacob is acknowledged by many of the Wellwood sprites as helpful and safe, he's still giant compared to them! His hands are really big! It's hard not to imagine being in trouble if he got ahold of you.
To assuage some of this, though, aside from some AU shenanigans I've written, so far Jacob has not seen the village yet. He doesn't want to seek it out, either, because he's aware that's a pretty big boundary for Bowman (and, he assumes, maaany other sprites). So if patrol knows he's coming, it's pretty easy for the more nervous sprites to just head back home to avoid the giant.
When Bowman goes back home after a Jacob visit, he probably does field some comments from these worrying types. Unfortunately for them, Bowman is not the type to take shit from anybody without a lot of snarky comments back, so they've learned not to bother asking him to get rid of the giant.
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Yoo I know Jacob is Zillenial so Among Us wouldn't have been around in his time, but I had a thought about Jacob inviting Bowman to play Among Us with his friends over Discord
Bowman is aghast at first, "there's no way I'm meeting that many humans" and then Jacob explains "they don't have to know you're not human, dude" And Bowman uses his phone while Jake uses a tablet
I feel like he'd expect them to take it seriously and see how cunning the giants can really be, but then they vote each other out for moving sus or looking at each other wrong, and have the dumbest cover stories, and imposters frame their own partner, and I like to think Jacob would be surprisingly good at imposter. No one suspects the big teddy bear XD
I can't believe I forgot about this ask and had a prompt come and go this month with "Video Games". It would have been a good opportunity to write this silliness out! I'll try to do something for it later, it sounds like fun.
I can see Bowman spending the first few games just getting used to the controls, and being a bit entranced by the novelty of using a touch screen (the little creature moves when I touch the phone!). He'd get absolutely no tasks done whatsoever. And when meetings are called, he would be weirdly belligerent when asked why he was just aimlessly wandering the cafeteria.
Then he asks why someone else was wandering around in a certain area and accidentally makes everyone suspicious of them instead. Hilarity ensues as the newbie who doesn't even know how to play gets people eliminated.
Jacob as an impostor ... I feel like it could go either way lol. He's a terrible liar, so if asked something directly he might flounder a bit for an answer. Advantages to being over discord is no one can see him look alarmed, at least.
They're a dream team
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Let Bowman experience the inside of a McDonald's drive thru window and then immediately dip realising the meat exist in there.
Since he wants to act silly flying over the place instead of the car. (Go back to the potato fries asks)
Spirit preserve him if he accidentally ends up in the McD's kitchen. For one thing there's more strong greasy smells in there than any wood sprite has experienced probably ever. And the hot oil everywhere and hectic back and forth. And, as you said, meat cooking. He'd be disgusted and also alarmed that the world has apparently had places like this for a good long while and he never knew. And that doesn't even cover that both employees and customers would be freaking out about - what is that, a bat?! - fluttering around the building. Someone would be swinging a broom, or a tray, or something, and someone else would be yelling about refunds.
Instead, let us all be thankful that if he looked like he was going to head for the window, Jacob would grab him out of the air. Commence comical squeaky toy noise (and then a bunch of sprite cussing).
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How's Jacob gonna explain amusement parks to Bowman? I feel like to Bowman, knowing that they exist, it would be nightmare fuel, even worse than the backrooms!! D:
My gosh. The overstimulation would make for a very frazzled sprite for sure. I have mused on this before though, like if they could guarantee his safety and we ignore for a minute that people would surely notice him fluttering around, Bowman would have such an interesting time at an amusement park.
Going on a roller coaster? Seems so dangerous and loud and scary. And yet. He might have to just hide in a pocket to try it. And then tell Jacob humans are crazy for inventing such a thing (and can we go again).
Playing games for those silly prizes? He doesn't care for the prizes. Just let him try to fly a ring over and drop it on a bottle, or drop a ball into a plinko. These games are silly and loud and clearly don't work right but everyone seems to like them a lot. Jacob, explain.
The food would seem ridiculously decadent to him. The meat options (hot dogs, those turkey legs you see at every fair/park, etc) would surely turn his stomach, but stuff like cotton candy and funnel cake would be delightful.
Most amusement parks that I've been to do have quiet areas, or indoor attractions, or even botanical garden type areas. Bowman would really appreciate a chance to calm down in such places. Maybe go see a magician perform and wonder how he teleported his assistant when Jacob has told him humans can't do things like that.
Poor sprite would probably never want to go to a place so crowded and loud, though. So Jacob only gets to describe these things to him, and probably get heavy skepticism in return.
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