#attwdc

[gaydryad]

OC pride drawing 1/X, ft. Diana (left, bi flag) and Karyn (right, pan flag) :’]

Karyn’s earring is the aperiodic regular tile which was discovered earlier this year, because it wouldn’t be a true pride drawing if I didn’t also flaunt the fact that she’s a nerd and also I happen to think it’s a very pleasant shape

#from the writer's den #void talks #pride 2023 #sapphic #karyn #diana #attwdc #my art #getting the perspective right to do this background was a NIGHTMARE and I wish I had drawn the bg BEFORE fully lining and coloring my girls #bc while I had a vague sketch fleshing out the bg was a nightmare #BUT I like how it came out so it's fine. #dead sea #<-- that's my ship tag for them :') #don't ask why it's dead sea you won't like the answer #or maybe you will #if you're like me

[attwdc]

attwdc in songs, draft 7 edition

Reduxing > THIS < post, because I've made a lot of changes in draft 7 so far and want to reflect that with an updated song lineup! this will be incomplete as to only reflect the sections I've rewritten (up to early-mid arc 3).

ARC 1: IGNORANCE

“Human of the Year” by Regina Spektor

"Keep It Together" by The Mystery Skulls [demo]

"Eyes Wide Open" by Gotye

“Death and All His Friends / The Escapist” by Coldplay

“January 28, 1986 + Galaxies” by Owl City

"Why Must We Tell Them, Why?" from 35mm: A Musical Exhibition

"Letters" from The Great Comet of 1812

ARC 2: DENIAL

“Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…)” by Queen

"New Rules / Are You That Somebody?" by Pentatonix

"Savages" by Marina and the Diamonds

“Walking Through Memories” by Nell

“Spring and the Storm” by Tally Hall

"C'mon" by Ke$ha

"Hurricane (Johnnie's Theme)" by Lord Huron

“Mr. Fear” by SIAMÉS

“The Phoenix” by Fall Out Boy

ARC 3: ANGER

"Dreams Extinction" by Alexander Panos

“Do Not Fight the Storm” from Allegiance

"Things We Lost in the Fire" by Bastille

"ta fête" by Stromae

"This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race" by Fall Out Boy

"Find Someone" by Sheppard

——this covers about to chapter 25. I should also note that this is different from the music I actually listen to while writing, in part because I don't even have any singular playlist with all these tracks, but anyway. You can maybe note some shifts in when emotional beats happen / the pacing of arc 1 by comparing this version to the previous one. I took a slightly more chapter-by-chapter approach, which means that if this were a real playlist, some of these transitions would be ...chaotic. But that's just how it goes :)

#from the writer's den #etc #amwriting #attwdc #I think ''c'mon'' is technically like. a touch too sexual. but I didn't have a different song that had the right vibes but didnt have #some form of innuendo #so sorry Death -\_( :| )_/- #on the note of tone though #things we lost into ta fête into arms race into find someone is simultaneously whiplash as hell and like. probably the most cohesive sectio #lol

[ecritetmort]

[ picture ID: a passage labeled as being from chapter 19 of ATTWDC, bolded in the post body below the ID. superimposed behind the text is two repeating phrases: “can’t go” in dark red, and “home” in faded blue. end ID ]

excerpt:

“Triste must have arranged quite the entourage, if he’s willing to give away so much of his plan,” Death observed.

“Either that or going for the most villain points possible,” Karyn grimaced.

“Don’t take any perceived symbolism personally,” Death consoled. “This type of jail cell and others like it are usually used for captured winged soldiers from Avalon.”

“Something something double duty,” she muttered, eyes returning to the cage. “I guess this means we’re going pretty soon then.”

“Not before tonight. Or at least, not until tomorrow morning, if we’re lucky.”

“I can go,” she said pointedly.

Death raised an eyebrow. “And go where, exactly?” he asked dryly. “Life won’t have you.”

“I can always go—“ She stopped. Four letters clogged themselves in her throat.

“Take your time.”

As far as her parents knew, she was dead, or at least long missing. Even if she didn’t have much physical evidence bar the ring and clothing to show the change, it wasn’t as if they would believe her if she explained where she had been for four months. Something flickered, her gaze moved back towards the cage. “If this isn’t the end of it, I at least want to visit somewhere familiar.”

“Planning that can wait until the future arrives. Until then, we can only wait.”

An edit of a scene which has remained mostly unscathed between drafts 5 and 6 of All the Tears We Didn’t Cry! I had made this back when this chapter was number 14 instead of number 19, but I still like it a lot.

shameless plug: ATTWDC is going into its first round of beta reading! check out my sideblog @attwdc for more details!

#from the writer's den #original writing #amwriting #visual edit #attwdc #excerpt #death #karyn

[asexual-society]

Mod Banshee

Hi y’all! I’m a new mod, you can call me either Kat or Banshee. My pronouns are he/him & she/her, and I identify as mixed-race, chinese-american, non-binary, and biromantic demisexual! I’m currently working on a bachelor’s degree in Writing & Literature, with a minor in LGBTQ+ studies. Find me at @gaydryad​ !

yes, I intentionally drew my hanfu crossed right over left. I am almost a giant nerd about death (gods, ritual practices, eschatology, etc).

I’ve been identifying as demisexual since I found the term on Tumblr mid-2014, and have been “out” for almost as long, since I was lucky to be raised by a fairly liberal mom, and grew up in a gay-friendly neighborhood. Now I get to be the aggressively ace activist at my college, lmao whoops...

My current special interests include: death, men’s fashion, Hollow Knight, and Steven Universe.

ALSO, I’m working on a fantasy novel about trust, politics, and resisting fate, which you can learn about at @attwdc​ ! It has an all-queer cast, including multiple ace characters :0

#mod banshee #mod intro #the two other icons I drew are for hannibal and rain world #talk to me about my bi ace will graham headcanons #and slugcat is an enby MOOD

[gaydryad]

please write a bit of ATTWDC for wip wednesday.

(crying cat image) send help this scene is murdering me in cold blood

“Hey, I put up with you spending ten million years gossiping with everyone we’ve stayed with these last few months,” Karyn replied indignantly. “Plus, I’m the one who’s going to be eating whatever we buy, not you.” When his expression didn’t change, she added flatly: “Fine, I was joking about the convenience store thing. Obviously I’m not a baby, I can wait until morning. But I’m not joking about tagging along. I’m bored out of my mind here, and it’ll be nice to see where we’re at.” A long moment passed in which Death remained silent, and then just said, “I don’t think that’s wise.”

(bold is what I had written before; included for context)

#from the writer's den #void talks #wip wednesday #my writing #attwdc #karyn #death #im in hell. this scene is causing me physical pain #I might scrap its existence entirely to be quite honest

[gaydryad]

Gimme some setting swap!

you got it! in which Karyn and Death have a mostly mundane conversation about being hungry at 12AM.

A kitchen which, Karyn quickly realized, was devoid of things to eat. Aside from a tin of looseleaf chrysanthemum tea and a random assortment of dried spices, the kitchen was empty; with a small frown Karyn exited the kitchen once more and trundled down the hall toward where Death still reclined in the living room. She peeked her head around the corner with a raised eyebrow and spoke with faux levity. “Hey. Quick question.” “Hm?” “There’s like nothing to eat in this apartment?” “No, there isn’t.” Death grimaced. “And as I had no intention of leaving you alone while also asleep to rectify the issue, it wasn’t possible to fix that before night fell. Tomorrow if it suits you then I can go out and see for such things.” “I can come with you. My feet and legs are mostly fine, and I’ll be awake,” Karyn said dryly. “Anyway, we could just go now. Where are we, anyway? There’s got to be a convenience store or something open.”

#from the writer's den #wip wednesday #attwdc #void talks #my writing #karyn #death #is 'looseleaf' the right way to describe chrysanthemum tea with the intact flowers? maybe not. #every year their roommates vibes increases #totally not biased now that I have stopped either having the convenience of the dining commons or family #and how much more as a result I think about the mundane operation of making and eating regular meals

[gaydryad]

finished the reference for my eternal yearning son, Oscar :') he is more of a supporting cast character than main cast but I love him so much I had to finish his first in the lineup

#from the writer's den #my art #void talks #attwdc #Oscar #doing the colors only took 4 layers! a new record for me #would have been 3 but I put the patch on its own layer #fun fact it is based on the very real scsboa iron on patches I have from marching band #minus the state of California the treble clef is usually wrapped around. was a bit lazy. #also even though this is not pride art I gave him ace flag shoelaces #my novel is set in 2010/11 so shoelaces are about the most you can wear casually unless you want to get looks #which is about the level of Out he is

[gaydryad]

OC pride illustration 2/?, this one ft. Karyn (left, pan) and Death (right, pan/ace & nonbinary) ! because it's ridiculous to me that I have never drawn them together for pride month! talking about sexuality stuff (in a friend way) is a very significant part of their canon relationship !!

#from the writer's den #void talks #pride 2023 #my art #karyn #death #attwdc #BTW IN CASE ANYONE IS WONDERING. WHY I USED BOTH BI AND PAN STUFF FOR DEATH #canonically (as in Literally A Discussion They Have In The Book) Death's opinion on the bi/pan discourse is It's Weird And I Don't Get It.

[gaydryad]

visual art is the world's most tortuous mode of creation. but after much struggle  and fussing, I have finished : a visual reference for my oc Diana, in an outfit that I think is a good example of her “everyday” look as queen !

also, for fun, a close up with a little doodle of Karyn I drew to relax :

#void talks #my art #diana #attwdc #thiiiis was probably over 40 layers from starting sketches to finish.. her legs were a pain and then I realized I had to redo the face and-- #diana ilu but you caused me so much pain :( but I forgive u bc your mental issues make you fun to write <3 #from the writer's den

[gaydryad]

6 for ATTWDC and 12 for your fic?

:D can do!

6. Does this chapter/fic have any twists that you’re proud of? (for ATTWDC)

augh, a difficult one. ATTWDC is a very information-hierarchy book in the sense that a lot of the conflict comes from characters hiding things, outright lying to each other, or (conversely) (perceiving) undesirable differences in knowledge, which naturally lends itself to having various subjective "reveals", of which I definitely have favorites...

as for plot twists proper, there's a Moment in arc 4 (about three-quarters of the way through the book) that amidst other things forces Karyn to confront the ever-dwindling chances of her being able to go home (which has been her driving motivation for most of the book until then), and also ends up with her getting some new powers, and that 2-3 chapter sequence is one I quite like personally! it's fun to write, both literally and figuratively empowers Karyn for the final length of the novel, adds a new dimension to her relationship with Death (also fun to write), I get to explore how magic "feels" a bit more, there's a menacing little dialogue between Life and Death in there, I just like it a lot

also, it includes these two lines of dialogue, the latter of which is funny to me personally:

“There is a chance that you may have in some fragment inherited some of the elemental abilities of your parents,” Death thought out loud, “although (...) by design, they should not be heritable abilities.” “Well, I don’t know what else that could have been, so I guess now you’re going to have to amend the textbooks to just ‘extremely rare’,” Karyn said.

12. What emotions do you expect your readers to feel? (for "there's blood on your shirt.")

hmmm. it's a (rewrite of a) joke drabble from years ago, so I suppose my main hope is that it'll manage to be as funny to others as it is for me writing it, with a bit of bystander wish fulfillment. it'll be obvious what I mean when it's done

maybe some intrigue into the main story, since it's post-canon for ATTWDC? that's probably a stretch though.

#from the writer's den #void talks #ask meme #attwdc #the catharsis is being able to stab people who flirt with waitstaff without facing legal repercussions

[gaydryad]

1, 9, and 20?

>:)c going to do this for ATTWDC

1. Give a 5-word summary of this chapter/fic.

"Magical politics, mostly about Death." lol

9. What is your favorite dialogue you’ve written so far?

oh this is DIFFICULT... constraining this to new dialogue for draft 7 (setting swap) and not anything from previous ones / that's been grandfathered in, I have an intense soft spot for this exchange (transcript in alt):

(marge meme) I just think more gods should be non-binary

20. Share 3 images that would fit to a mood board for this chapter/fic.

in lieu of reusing ones from an old mood board [here, fwiw.]. I can find 3 memes on my phone / laptop for this. bonus is 2/3 of these also work for the sequence of chapters I've been working on. lmao.

I would draw more on aesthetics but I think this is a more realistic moodboard

#from the writer's den #void talks #attwdc #ask meme #two out of 3 of those memes are images I made while drafting to make myself laugh #tact.jpg in particular while I was in revision hell

[gaydryad]

just found an Intensely dry scene I wrote back in february for ???? who fucking knows why ???? in which karyn asks death if he can use magic to recharge her [nintendo] ds and. hey past me. what

#from the writer's den #void talks #attwdc #it's not BAD. but it is. Weird. #I think this also has a dependency that I did NOT write down so uhhh. good. great job guys (I am guys)

[gaydryad]

ATTWDC [“setting swap.scriv”] for the WIP Wednesday Game please!

on the shorter side, but I think I'm going to cut off this scene here, so:

An unsteady knock came from her front door. Delta didn’t move. She considered cursing out whoever was bothering her, or simply waiting for them to leave. “It’s unlocked,” she wearily called out instead. The door timidly swung open, and two heads peeked in, two nervous teenagers, wearing expressions which betrayed that her day would likely involving making much, much more noise.

#from the writer's den #wip wednesday #void talks #attwdc #my writing #I just need to essentially give the implication of what happens here I think #it'll probably be recapped later so it's not like. super necessary to see it twice yanno

[gaydryad]

3 sentences on setting swap please!!

you get four! congrats?

Still fuming silently Delta had cut through the dark back home, thinking morosely on the best course of action before at last tossing off her slippers in frustration and collapsing back against her bed. It was of no use going to see Zeta then; evening was falling over the island and her sister would likely be either asleep or temperamental at the disturbance. Delta closed her eyes; tried to stymy the anger in her heart.

decided to give up temporarily on the scene I was writing and start a new one. this is the start of the new scene

#from the writer's den #void talks #attwdc #my writing #wip wedneday #I don't think I have a tag for delta bc she's a comparatively recent addition to the character lineup #(by recent I mean like 2019.)

[gaydryad]

setting swap for WIP Wednesday please?

>:3c sure can do

“I mean, I can take a stab based on what I overheard, sure,” Karyn said, voice rising, “but I’m not liking what that leaves me with, so I’m asking for you to give me a better one.” She watched Death mull that over. In their travels slowly she had learned how to read not only what few emotions were projected through his façade, but also the imperceptible fluctuations in the air around him, his mercurial aura and its silver shades. She watched it darken and solidify into a plausible excuse. “If it makes much difference,” Death said at last, “I have not intended to deceive you.” “I really don’t care,” Karyn responded, eyes narrowing. “But if you’re trying to say that you’re extending this whole charade essentially for fun, then I’m going to be upset, deception or not.” “For fun?” Death retorted with offense, sitting up with a hardened expression. “It would be considerably more fun to string up an unrewarding and painful end to his life and for all those who follow him: easier by far, and more expedient, with the benefit of being a break in the tedium of this era. I could pass more time than he has existed devising such plans, and to execute but one would be more fun than this situation.” The air around him clotted with grey energy, and briefly Karyn was reminded of the battle scene; there was no hair on the back of her neck to be raised, instead warming in blister as the whole of that power swirled around her.

(also as a small promo: I have a side blog @attwdc dedicated to this wip)

#having fun working more on this scene #from the writer's den #void talks #wip wednesday #asks #my writing #attwdc #both death is in a Bad Mood in this scene and it's starting to show even more than usual

[gaydryad]

setting swap for wip wednesday?

:0 yeah sure (the stuff in bold I had written already) :

[...] Karyn replied, “but I mean more something she said about a dungeon and what sounded like her suggesting that you had some other confrontation with Triste I wasn’t there for, and maybe even another chance to get rid of him permanently, and then didn’t, again.” To that Death made no immediate response. “It is unclear to me what you expect me to say here.” “I could use a reason, for one.” Death grimaced. “From your tone, I suspect you have one already.” “I mean, I can take a stab based on what I overheard, sure,” Karyn said, voice rising, “but I’m not liking what that leaves me with, so I’m asking for you to give me a better one.”

#attwdc #<--- that's my tag for my WIP's actual name LOL #wip wednesday #my writing #void talks #asks #sidenote god I hate the new tumblr ask editor #BAD parsing for the blockquotes.