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figofswords · 2 years
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I just wanted to say I really liked your comic. I didn't realize it was about Jewish people until after I downloaded the whole thing and I'm so glad I did! My father's family had to leave Poland because of pogroms. I love the idea that we can't always get back what was taken from us, but we can make it for each other anew. Sorry if this is weird at all, I just wanted to thank you for writing such a cool story!
Hey sorry for the late response! i got this while i was finishing up finals and didn’t remember to answer until now. I’m so glad that you liked my comic and that it resonated with you! My dad’s side of the family all left various countries in eastern europe to escape pogroms and I wanted to write something that combined that history with a sort of fairy tale setting. The general message that sometimes you can’t do anything to change circumstances and can only keep living was something I wanted to include because so many stories and so much real-world sentiment urges you to always fight and always win but that’s not always realistic or possible for everyone. It felt especially important to me that in this setting where a child is faced with overwhelming violence and oppression it was clear that there are ways for her to go on that aren’t literally fighting back. It’s a very Jewish thing as well, I think, that we have been persecuted and kicked out of places for thousands upon thousands of years but our culture and religion and traditions somehow still survive and we can make a home for ourselves wherever we are because they can drive us out but our traditions are OURS and that can’t ever be taken from us. Sorry if I’m rambling a bit but yeah I’m glad Khave spoke to you and I’m glad my intention with the narrative was conveyed well! Thank you for your kind words!
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here is a comparison to bojack horseman and as told by ginger. if you know both shows.. you get it..
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restlessreveries · 1 year
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A lupica for my boi Razor.
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rhysand-vs-fenrys · 3 years
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NSFN Headcanons: Hasar/Reina Sleep-Play
Reina’s shining brown hair curtained Hasar’s chest as the princess slept.
There was no need to perform or worry about Hasar’s pleasure, this was about what Reina wanted. What she would take for herself.
She didn’t bother trailing kisses along Hasar’s neck or fuss over how long she had been sucking at the same supple breast.
Hasar slept. She would not wake, would not respond, would not tell her lover what to do or how to do it. In this moment, the Princess of the Southern Continent was a toy for Reina to play with.
The dregs of herbs at the bottom of her khave had Hasar locked away nice and tight in her own dreams.
She wasn’t tricked or poisoned with them- this was a gift Hasar gave to her lover every now and then. Reina did so much for Hasar- endured every rant or tantrum, soothed both those around them and Hasar herself when tempers faired. 
Reina was the only one who could understand the horrible pressure of life among the royal family. She who Hasar brought in from the dusty, dirty streets and fell head over heels in love with.
No matter how long they had been together now, Reina was still shy and submissive in her desires. Hasar did not mind one bit waking to Reina’s lips on her body, but the moment she did her bride would change. The pleasure she brought to Hasar was indescribable, but if there was anything a Princess could understand it was the need to indulge ones appetites. 
Reina liked to play with her while she slept. To worship her wife’s body with lips and tongue at her own pace, even as she pressed her thighs together and shuddered at her own building moisture.
So Hasar- in days long past- had Yrene prescribe a sedative. One that could be easily dissolved into tea and was safe for how Hasar wished to use it.
A spoonful of herbs into her evening khave and Hasar was gone.
Meaning Reina was free to indulge.
She could spend as long a she wished suckling at her wife’s breast. Leaving patches of red skin that Hasar would proudly hide beneath her clothes- or find scandalous outfits specifically to show them off.
Her soft warm skin against Reina’s cheek was as powerful as the allure of her sex. Before Hasar, Reina had never been with a woman. Part of her still marveled at the taste of Hasar’s breasts. The feeling of her lower lips against her cheeks. The wet warmth of her core around Reina’s tongue.
She nibbled at Hasar’s knot. While the Princess slept her body woke, and Reina was devoted to memorizing every last inch. She pulled Hasar’s leg over and straddled her foot while Reina lapped at the building moisture in her core.
She parted her own sex over the top of the foot and ground against it slowly, moaning into Hasar. She was so hot, so hungry. It was an awkward position, but Reina rolled her hips while she sucked each part of Hasar’s sex into her mouth and played with it. No concern for getting Hasar off, only on curious exploration and for the sake of her own pleasure.
Reina squeaked as she came against Hasar’s foot. Crawled off of it and adjusted Hasar’s body beneath her.
Reina lay down on the bed, holding the foot she had cum on. Her core pressed against Hasar’s. Using the leg she clamed for leverage, Reina ground herself against her wife while she sucked on her toes.
Soon there were loud wet sounds of skin smacking against skin. It was loud and lewd, but Reina only smiled.
She abandoned the foot when she wanted to and held the leg properly. Her hips rolled slowly and deliberately. The feeling of Hasar’s wet sex against her own made her toes curl in pleasure.
Hasar groaned in her sleep. She’d climaxed on her own. Far quieter than she was under Reina’s normal ministrations.
Reina would ride her for a while, taste her some more, and ride her again when the itch struck. She had hours to play with Hasar’s body. There was no rush.
In the morning when Hasar woke well rested and yet somehow exhausted, she would smile at the beauty sleeping with her head on Hasar’s stomach. Her cheek would be resting against the patch of short hair between Hasar’s legs, her hair a curtain of shimmering brown spread across Hasar’s chest.
It was Hasar’s favorite way to wake up.
And Reina’s favorite way to fall asleep.
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reconditarmonia · 3 years
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Dear Yuletide Writer 2020
Hi! Thank you for writing for me! I’m reconditarmonia here and on AO3. I have anon messaging off, but mods can contact me with any questions.
Fiddler on the Roof (2018 Folksbiene Production) | The Psychology of Time Travel - Kate Mascarenhas | Simoun | Where the Sky is Silver and the Earth is Brass - Sonya Taaffe
General likes:
– Relationships that aren’t built on romance or attraction. They can be romantic or sexual as well, but my favorite ships are all ones where it would still be interesting or compelling if the romantic component never materialized.
– Loyalty kink! Trust, affectionate or loving use of titles, gestures of loyalty, replacing one’s situational or ethical judgment with someone else’s, risking oneself (physically or otherwise) for someone else, not doing so on their orders. Can be commander-subordinate or comrades-in-arms.
– Heists, or other stories where there’s a lot of planning and then we see how the plan goes.
– Femslash, complicated or intense relationships between women, and female-centric gen. Women doing “male” stuff (possibly while crossdressing).
– Stories whose emotional climax or resolution isn’t the sex scene, if there is one.
– Uniforms/costumes/clothing.
– Stories, history, and performance. What gets told and how, what doesn’t get told or written down, behavior in a society where everyone’s consuming media and aware of its tropes, how people create their personas and script their own lines.
General DNW: rape/dubcon, torture, other creative gore; unrequested AUs, including “same setting, different rules” AUs such as soulmates/soulbonds; PWP; food sex; embarrassment; focus on pregnancy; Christmas/Christian themes; focus on unrequested canon or non-canon ships; unrequested trans versions of characters.
Fandom: Fiddler on the Roof (2018 Folksbiene Production)
Character(s): Any (The Fiddler, Hodl, Pertshik, Shprintze)
I would love to read about the Fiddler from the recent Yiddish production of Fiddler on the Roof, understanding him/her/them as a real person with a backstory, present and future rather than a symbol. They seem to be female (and their actor describes them as female) but wear men’s clothes and are on the men’s side at the wedding, and everyone seems cool with that? I’m 100% on board with any gender identity you decide you’d like to write them with. How did he/she/they come to be who they are, and what are their interpersonal relationships (platonic, familial, romantic, any gender) like? What might an encounter between them and the supernatural (dybbuks, demons, witches?) be or have been like? Have they always lived in Anatevka or do they wander from village to village? What happens to them after the play ends?
Or, Hodl and Pertshik! I maintain a headcanon (which you don't have to share) that Hodl reads a lot of anarchist books and pamphlets while she's in Siberia and comes around to Emma Goldman-esque views on marriage, and she and Pertshik stay together but never marry. I'd be so interested in something about their future! (Or f/f with genderswapped Pertshik??) But I'd also be happy with fic about either of them individually - Pertshik pre-play or Hodl (post-play) on her own without him on screen.
Or, Shprintze! (Or Bielke.) I love the expansion in this production of Pertshik's lessons to the younger girls, and I'd be super interested to read about one or both of them growing up in America, a very different life, having maybe absorbed some of those political beliefs as children. I also headcanon that - following the play's plot trajectory of increasingly unsuitable matches - she's got to be a lesbian, right? Bring on the Shprintze/OFC! yes, I know what happened in Sholem Aleichem's original stories
For that matter, feel free to do the supernatural plots with the non-fiddler characters too! Someone talking politics with a dybbuk? I'd also be really interested in digging into the language aspect, which I'd never really thought about before seeing this production - when do or don't they speak Yiddish, in their past or future?
Fandom-Specific DNW/Opt-In: I'm explicitly okaying antisemitism appearing in the story as part of the world the characters live in, although I do not want a character's personally facing antisemitism to be the focus of the plot. I don't really want to hear much about Khave/Fyedke.
Fandom: The Psychology of Time Travel - Kate Mascarenhas
Character(s): Any (none nominated)
This novel is so carefully worldbuilt, yet with such amazing potential for unusual character interactions, life stories, and relationships as shaped by time travel as well. I nominated this without characters because I would be delighted to receive fic that focused on worldbuilding, whether through the stories of OCs, or through any of the canon characters. I’m most interested in:
the Conclave and more broadly in social interactions and (romantic or friendly) relationships between multiple characters who are time travelers (rather than a time traveler and their non-time-traveling partner or family)
art that might be created with time travel (like Grace’s exhibitions or Angharad’s dance; what about novels or other fiction somehow created using time travel?)
the rules and customs of time travel (in-world documents? habits or observances that develop on a mass level beyond people’s individual compulsions or visits to significant dates within their own timeline? what fictional stories do time travelers write about time travel?)
more about the Conclave as a workplace, its social dynamics and logistics
interactive fiction?!
but really I’d love to read anything in this fandom. I'd be happy with fiction and/or in-world documents!
Fandom: Simoun
Character(s): Neviril
I've just completed a rewatch of this show, and it has reaffirmed for me that I love Neviril. She's a leader in both a military and a religious sense, respected by her squad and by the populace, but figuring out what that means to her is such a personal journey. I still love her scene in the hearing where she speaks aloud what no one has wanted to admit or talk about - that they're soldiers now, this is war, can they still call themselves priestessses? - but I was also struck on this rewatch by how Chor Tempest increasingly becomes a player in itself in the politicking (the bit in Episode 21 where the whole lot of them fly out against orders, because it's what they, with Neviril leading and giving voice to the group, think is what their role is about), and by the scenes of her blessing the people (when iirc she is needed elsewhere by the military governor for flight purposes) and Paraietta (after what Paraietta did to her).
I love the military aspects of this canon in general (and the associated tropes of loyalty and trust and bravery and positive/negative relationship to authority) and that definitely ties in to Neviril figuring out what her role is as the squad leader, but I'm also just here for that very process of figuring it out and defining it for herself.
So...what happens to her post-canon? What is the "new world" and her travel in it like? If she makes it back to the main world when war is brewing again, but her old cohort can't fly anymore, what does she see her role as being - a leader for peace, for war, something else? How do she and Aer interact with Paraietta, Rodoreamon, Floef, and/or Vyuraf?
Ship-wise, Aer/Neviril grew on me a lot! I appreciated Aer more as the determined bit-of-a-loose-cannon type than as the manic pixie this time, and noted Neviril's comments about how she was drawn to Aer's determination. But I'd also be up for a poly situation where she's involved with both Aer and Paraietta, who are friends, or, I guess, one where it's a three-way relationship, although I don't personally know what the Aer/Paraietta side would be like! (I do like how they work together in battle even when they're shown as having personal issues.)
I think this is the only fandom I could be interested in explict fic for this time around, as an option - the series is, on some level, about the contrast between the reality and physicality of their bodies and the general perception of what they do (which even in its non-spiritual military capacity is removed from a connection to their bodies via the Simoun aircraft), about becoming an adult, and of course about gender.
Fandom-Specific DNW: I'm not really interested in Kaim and Alty and would prefer for them not to appear or for their backstory to come up. I would also not like to see pre-timeskip Dominuura/Limone.
Fandom: Where the Sky is Silver and the Earth is Brass - Sonya Taaffe
Character(s): Any (Chaye Roznatovsky, Demon)
Anything expanding on this story would make me really happy. Chaye's years with the partisans, the comrades-in-arms she had and loved then and who else's memory she holds or makes into a weapon, her journey to America, going by the surname of "no one." The demon's mirror world, its loss of that world (what exactly happened on the other side?) and its need to be where Jews are, demon Judaism? Or the future of both of them now that they've found each other!
Fandom-Specific DNW/Opt-In: DNW Chaye/demon. The premise of the story being what it is, I'm explicitly okay with antisemitism being a prominent feature of the story if you write something that covers either or both characters' backstory, but would prefer post-war antisemitism not to be a focus.
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Relationship info I quickly typed out, Partially nsfw possibly? idk. just from vague mentions. Let me know if you want me to add your muse if you interact with Gram, and to elaborate on their relationships, or any that you see here.
Rahzel (jovialecho): Friends? Friends with benefits? Dunno what kind of fitting name would be for them, but not mates. Gram has known him as whimsicalmonstrosity's clone for the little while he existed, and had gotten close pretty fast, thats the best way to put it. But also bonded quickly  in other ways, at that point they were pretty comfortable around eachother. When the Clone died, his body is now fully Rahzel's, who is not the clone in any way other than having his body. After getting to know Rahzel, it wasnt hard to bond with him just as easy, and he's become so happy to know him. Close enough to even develop at times into their whole, whatever you'd call it. treating him like a mate at times with the supporting him as a friend, financially, and just in general wanting to see him happy. Though they will never be mates, nor does he want to. Good friends, and whatever clusterfuck of a relationship this is. (huge fucking disclaimer i do not go for the whole dd/lg/thing whatever the fuck. pls do not associate them with that thing, thats rly gross to me and bothers me in Any thought about it, and is a trigger. even the jokes abt the whole 'daddy' thing, that is like,  only in refrence of his suport financially and his happiness to give rahzel whatever that makes him happy. i would gladly like to have 0% association with ddl-g// on my blog or anywhere ever.)
Gamzee (whimsicalmonstrosity): Knew him longer than the Clone, thats for sure. Started making friends with Grams first appearance at all on tumblr. Became quite a long time support for Gamzee even if he didnt want it. At this point he likes to be an annoying spoiling Grandparent almost with Gamzee's kids, sending the noisiest gifts at times, or just spoiling in general with sweets. To irritate Gamzee, obviously. But he cares. He also has developed a care for him as if he would be his son. If he had the opportunity to adopt him, he would. He just wants to make sure he does well in life, maybe its his constant need to become this kind of teacher or support system to someone, pass things down to. Regardless of that, he just wants to see Gamzee do well, and will always be there if he needs someone to turn to. All his alts are important, and he couldnt be more proud of Gamzee right now.
Kannai: Quickly became mates. While this seemed to be a bit of some kind of fling at first, they've naturally ended up as if they've been together for much longer than before, and very close. He adores him so very much, though they do enable their shitty behaviors once in a while, and do argue, and the m!as make kannai tired, They love eachother, and always mend it and learn. They've even had deep talks about marriage, though thatd be a few more years down the road if they continue to do well. However, marriage or not that wouldnt change anything, considering marriage is very much a human thing.
Kurloz Makara - changed name to khavee (mimebones, deleted blog but living on rebooted gam's alternia, not gonna explain rn): Past moirail, very brief, only were close due to relating on a personal grief, bad idea all together, later on ended up havin an oath to never ever talk to him again, and wont. Could care less if he's double dead (finally).
Gam (reboot, deleted blog, was a second bardofslime): Comes around once in a while, since Gram had offered his doors open to anyone who needed help, treats his alternates just like hed wanna be treated, so thats only when Gam comes around, Is if he needs help with something. Maybe some advice. But he doesnt really spend a whole lot of time around him ever.
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fizzingwhizby · 5 years
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Random thoughts: One subtle addition was putting Hodl in a yellow cardigan and Perchik in a yellow vest for the wedding scene as foreshadowing. And then having all the Russians wear something red and then Khave wearing a red kerchief after she married Fyedka. Also, the dream scene was so well done, I was wondering how that would go lol
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werindialive · 6 years
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5 more man lynched by mob after rumors of child lifting
On Sunday, five more people were killed by a mob after a rumor about child-lifting made rounds on the social media. A group of 5 men visiting Dhule village in north Maharashtra were lynched by a mob even after police intervention.
Over 5000 villagers were in attendance in the tribal area of Rainpada in Dhule district, when this group was beaten to death on the suspicion of being child-lifters. 
Recently, there are several rumors making round over the internet about child lifters in tribal districts of Dhule and nearby Nandurbar. These rumors are active on both social media as well as word of mouth platform. 
As per the Dhule Police, a few villages in the local market started questioning these five men as they stepped down from a city transport bus. It is said that one of the men tried talking to a child which raised a suspicion of them being child lifters. “The villagers got into an argument with the men when the latter failed to give answers to their satisfaction. They started thrashing the men,” police said.
The villagers then kicked, punched and hit the people with any object they could find. Pimpalner police station team arrived at the spot and took the injured men to a gram panchayat’s office nearby. However, more people gathered there and broke off the doors and after assaulting the police, clobbered all five of them to death. Reportedly, three policemen also got injured in this fight.
Talking to a leading newspaper, M Ramkumar, SP (Dhule), told, “We have detained 17 persons in connection with this case.”
Three out of five victims, Dadarao Bhosale, Bharat Bhosale and Bharat Salve hailed from Khave village in Mangalvedha, whereas, Ingole hailed from Manewada and Raju Bhosale from a village on the Maharashtra-Karnataka.
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figofswords · 2 years
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Counting Sheep, or The Dream Shepherd, drawn for my university’s student comic anthology publication. This edition’s theme was “dream”.
(If you like this and want to see more of my comic work, a reminder that my 30-page original comic, Khave and the Well, is available for $0 on Gumroad)
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figofswords · 3 years
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Khave and the Well, pages 1-3
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figofswords · 2 years
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the comic I’m working on is currently at 21 pages and counting and I think after I finish this (which needed to happen like. last week but ahahahaha it’s FINE) I might not ever want to look at a pen ever again
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figofswords · 2 years
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okay so i’m tired of having the links in my bio break on me so i guess i’ll finally cave and do a pinned post instead. so:
hello and welcome to my blog! i’m jess and i use she/they pronouns. i’m an artist and writer with a focus on comics and character design. my art can be found under #pen doodles and my writing is under #pen writes and on ao3. 
i am also on instagram.
read my 30(ish) page original comic, Khave and the Well, on gumroad and find the first volume of my newest comic, The Second Circus, here on tumblr @secondcircuscomic
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figofswords · 2 years
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2021 summary of art! This was a pretty good year for me, art-wise. I transferred universities to pursue illustration more seriously, I made my first full-length original comic (Khave and the Well), I tabled at my first convention, and I made a lot of progress towards solidifying an art style that feels right to me. I’m honestly looking forward to seeing where 2022 takes me!
As a side note, this summary is a little wonky because there are some months where I did a TON of work I was proud of (November) and others where I was too busy with longer projects to do much casual art (September and October, the latter of which was spent working on Khave, which, while I’m very proud of it, doesn’t suit itself very well to a year in review summary).
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figofswords · 2 years
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khave and the well is FINISHED and EDITED and BUNDLED INTO A PDF and i even have a plan to print it in time for this weekend im FREE time to get caught up on all the homework i put aside ahaha but THEN. THEN i will be free to actually draw things that are not khave and the well. freedom. i can draw whatever i want
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figofswords · 2 years
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oh also I am probably not going to post khave + the well on here when it’s done because uh like I said it’s gonna be like 30 pages long + also I’m printing and selling it at an indie comic convention HOWEVER I’m thinking about getting a gumroad account and make it accessible digitally via a pay-what-you-want donation type of thing
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