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JFC what the hell IS that thing

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State of the Kingdom - April 2021

Comic

Well - story and dialog for ULFIII is as good as done now, the first character design tests and colours are through too. So far I’m on schedule with that one. I hope to have the thumbnails done till the end of April and sketches in Mai. Hopefully. 

I’m thankful for the warm reception of ULFII so far <3 And I’m excited because we’re now very close for the “conflict” of this one to kick in. It’s a fun one. Not so much fun for our beloved Hootsman, mind you, but still. :'D

Fanfiction

Wizard of Cowdenbeath will be done soon, at the end of May. The next one after WoC - Kilchoan - is basically done, Covers inclusive. WoC and Kilchoan really belong together, so they will probably be posted back to back.

Kilchoan - is, as anyone who’s been reading WoC so far can probably guess with how aggressively often I mention that one, about that very battle at Kilchoan with Zargothrax and Ralathor. That one is a deep dive into “what even be wizards and soldiers” with no uncertain terms really. About time. It currently sits at 10 Chapters with a total of 31k words. 

It’s the last jump into the past for now, with the next story after that we return to more recent happenings in the universe. But this one is an important one too. 

I’m currently writing on the next one - which as I said brings us back into the current time - It’s another Ralathor thing, but that one will branch off into some other stuff. I hope to have that one done in September… but we’ll see. 

Art

Art wise I’m currently tearing my hair out because I’m struggling very hard with anatomy. BUT I take that as a sign of getting better...if only I can figure out how to fix it. It’s been a bit frustrating I admit. 

The Sunday post is currently safe till August, so nothing is going to change there. I got one pic for @uupiic​ their Reverse AU and one for @cardinalxsin​ fic Southern California Dream in the queue, the one for the Reverse AU is for this sunday. Finally, that's been hanging in the queue for a while.

There are a few OC-Wizards in the queue too - but at this point, can you fault me for that really? 

Besides that - a worrying amount of Zargothrax (surprise), but the others too - and with the ULFII test art even some Proletius coming in July.

There is a lot on my to-draw list - and I’m just not getting to it. 

Personal

I’m usually not one to speak much of these things, publicly even less, but as I’ve been a bit more involved for a while, my current state of mind does make me a bit self-conscious. I’ve been very tired for a month now, maybe longer, and not very talkative - even less than usual. There are many things I want to do, many things to read and interact with, but I’m currently unable to find the headspace for most of it. I’m not particularly stressed, not more than usual, even though my focus right now is stretching thin across about five different things with work, school and hobbies, I’m just constantly tired. Maybe springtime lethargy I guess.

However, of course thank you to everyone who's been sticking around, big hello to the new folks!  💖✨👑

#King's Speech #state of the kingdom

[uupiic]

When you find an author whose drama writing you absolutely vibe with

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Regular fandoms don’t have anything new in terms of fics, moving onto secondary fandoms now.

This one, I’d have been crucified for, around 5 - 6 years ago and earlier :’)

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The problem with me and reading fanfic is that if I find one that I absolutely vibe with, I need to either a) tear through it in one sitting, or b) ration it, so I can enjoy it for as long as I can.

I do not get to choose which of those it’ll be this time.

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Pros: news in the ship tag!

Cons: It’s a very short chapter ;n;

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Sometimes reading AITA is like: “Man, my life could be SO much worse, I’m glad it’s uneventful instead.”

And sometimes it’s like:

#Uupiic reads stuff #fuck off it's basically yellow press for me

[uupiic]

This headline is sending me :’D

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Ok, but now I’m thinking about that one fanfic I read when I had the plague (I think I got to the middle of the Killjoy tag on AO3, IDK), where everybody got nice introductions, and there was a brother reunion, too.

And then Ghoul’s introduction was just, like, “this fucking gremlin tried to rob us, and now he won’t leave, so I guess he lives here now”.

#Uupiic reads stuff #sometimes. just sometimes. I read stuff from second-hand fandoms #tsch I mean... maybe in the future when a brain tab opens I might get deeper into the stuff #but for now just random fics will have to do

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“How desperate for that content are you?”

Well... *cracks knuckles, opens my favourite translator and hopes that the AI was trained on smut as well*

(spoilers, the AI was trained on smut as well)

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Gravlar is probably the most unsettling character I've seen so far in this story. Love that the link the immortals share can be used to track them down, and love that the fear people feel is enough for him to do just that.

Y'all will never persuade me he's dead until you show me his cold dead remains :U

Pretty sure he'd be the kind of person who could survive an Enforcer attack.

#Uupiic listens to stuff #Uupiic reads stuff #FINALLY a character that managed to invoke the same feeling in me as the fucking Cybermen did

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I'm quite intrigued about the weird old couple who show up around places Macallan is at.

#Uupiic reads stuff #Uupiic listens to stuff #I have a theory but I absolutely don't think I'm right :')

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But, like, at some point Macallan is going to have to meet her progenitor, and then what?

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But also.

Anton :'CCC

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Damn.

I mean, the fuck did I expect from a character literally called "Harlequin".

Still.

Motherfucker.

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[uupiic]

so the mental link between the ''parts'' goes both ways, not just main/original/operator → the "slave" parts >:3

too bad they had to find out the hard way (tho pretty sure Doc knew it would happen, bc screw them that's why >:3)

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