#lilou writes

[scribbledquillz]

It isn't much, but if there's other writers or artists out there who want to make the effort to be more inclusive in their works I've found this site to be an excellent reference for American Sign Language. There is also a directory for BSL available on the same site for those outside the US.

It won't replace hiring a sensitivity reader - which I absolutely still plan to do - but it's been an immensely helpful starting source for writing the deaf characters in my comic and I wanted to share.

#lilou writes #writing reference #art reference #sign language #asl

[robinfrinjs]

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Lilou Wadoux became the first woman to win in FIA WEC! @lilou_wadoux and her teammates Alessio Rovera and Luis Perez Companc took victory in the LMGTE Am class last week in Spa

#racing #wec #lilou wadoux

[pascalstar]

A NEW BOOK IN PRINT

44 pages of adventures around the world, in couple, sola, working or with my inlaws.

get yours now and support a french canadian writer writing in both languages.

@thamit

@trixclibrarian

@buffleheadcabin

@knarsisus

@huong1952

[greypetrel]

9 people you want to get to know better

Tagged by @scribbledquillz and @buridanshorse, thank you very much to both of you! :D As a premise: what can I say, I'm having a Raina moment here and I may be writing from a trashcan.

Last Song: ... I'm studying German on Duolingo and I got one exercise right because a friend living in Austria, who shares my love for trash, once sent me this song. And of course I had to listen to it again. Anton aus Tirol, Dj Otzi. ... Thank you Anton for helping me with German, I guess.

(my "learnt Russian words through a song" one is the russian version og "So Long and Thank for all the Fish". I still today know the lyrics in Russian better.)

Currently Watching: I'm a true slowpoke with tv shows. So much of a slowpoke than I'm watching Supernatural. I think I'll stop at season 10, I've reached my limit of tolerance for sacrifices and people who somehow aren't as dead as we all thought they would be. (Sorry Rowena, you're a delight for sore eyes, but you aren't enough.) (I have made questionable decisions, yes.)

Currently Reading: Lilou, believe it or not, I started City of Brass yesterday. x°D I laughed when I read the tag. Anyway, City of Brass by Shannon A. Chakraborty.

Current Obsession: Please you can all gasp in surprise at the fact, but: Dragon Age. Also kinda obsessing over the Anti-Chef video, I put them on while I work and it's good company.

As for tags go... @salsedine , @ndostairlyrium , @demandthedoodles , @daggerbean , @zenstrike , @cao-the-dreamer (chiedimi se mi ero accorta che eri italiano. Chiedimelo.) @idolsgf @transprincecaspian @rowanisawriter

and YOU who are reading and would like to do it. Particularly if you have some answers that are even more trash than mine.

#personal crap #tagged #9 people you want to know better #I'm a trash sea bird #not for nothing my About Me post features me as three seagulls in a trenchcoat #I will steal your fries if you're not quick enough to eat them. #(but I'll ask if you'll allow me) #supernatural... It's being an experience.

[wild-houseplant]

!!! 16 21 23 for Rhodri and Zev?? Please??

Oohhhhh Lilou you spoil me with asks!! Thank you for stoppin by 8D 8D 8D Let's get to it!! 16. Who married them? I can't help but laugh at this because I can't see this guy being the dream officiator for either Rhodri or Zevran, but it was the Black Divine. Magister wedding, inescapably big affair with every powerful person in attendance, you know how it is. That said, though, I do think that if Zevran had any reservations about marrying in the Heathen Branch of the Church he's quick to make peace with it, because hey. A church wedding's a church wedding, and to his relief, that logic satisfies his pious side. As for Rhod, I think she'd have been more inclined to have the big 'do at home, or the town hall. But Zevran was happy, and that was enough.

21. Did they have a honeymoon? Where to? How soon after? You know what? They didn't have one! Astonishingly enough, it's not really a thing in Tevinter, even among the workshy Altus. You'd think that any excuse would do, but my idea is that Tevinter marriages are, first and foremost, done for practical reasons, and almost never for affection-- solely, at least. I think the wisdom is that what you want, right after marriage, is to get straight into the swing of things so you don't get a chance to build up any of the unrealistic, romanticised ideals that holidays are wont to furnish. I did write them discussing if a trip they took to Antiva together, years after the actual ceremony, counted as a honeymoon, but they never were quite able to finalise whether there was a time limit for what holiday away counted as a honeymoon and what didn't. Trust them to get caught up on the fine print! x) 23. If the couple could describe their wedding in a sentence, how would they?

I feel like they'd be naturally inclined to give different answers. Rhodri, being that marriage is closer to a permanent business deal than anything else in her culture, didn't put much emotional stock into it. And a wedding, well, it's a party, for a legal thing. You could celebrate something much more meaningful, like him taking her last name, or him moving into her estate. She feels kind of guilty about the innate lack of enthusiasm because Zevran, coming from Antiva, got a much more romanticised picture of it even from within the Crows, and he was looking forward to it much more.

Not that she wasn't excited. Zevvo's happiness is contagious, but she ended up more stressed than pleased because she was so anxious to make sure it all went the way he'd hoped. But because she was putting in the hours, Zevran got the day he wanted, and that was that.

I say all this because they won't have the same answer, because they're approaching from wildly different perspectives and experiences of the day. So for Rhodri: Very busy, and very ornate, but you should've seen the way he was smiling. And for Zevran: A better day you wouldn't find-- I could not stop smiling, you know.

#thank you again for the ask!! always a joy :D :D :D #askin' games #Rhodri Amell #Zevri #dragon age: origins

[heniareth]

13, 15 and 18 for the ship memeeeee? 🥰

Helloo Lilou!!!!!! Here are some answers for ya (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

13. How do they keep in contact when they’re apart? Do they write letters, talk on the phone, or simply wait out the time?

Given that this is Thedas and modern means of communication haven't been invented yet: letters. Letters, letters, so many letters. Although you bet that as soon as Dorian starts producing and selling his sending crystals, Astala is getting some. There's no way anybody can intercept their messages that way, too!

Especially during the time Zevran is in Antiva, they have to be very cautious about what they write in their letters, lest the Crows intercept their correspondence and either of them comes to harm. It's endlessly frustrating to Astala and very, very scary for Zevran because he knows exactly how capable the Crows are and therefore overthinks every little detail. He also writes way less letters due to the nature of his work. Astala writes them almost like they're a diary and then sends them off in a neat bundle (with some kind of protection to make sure nobody else opens them. She has the resources to do that as arlessa). She also sends pressed flowers, little doodles and small trinkets to Zevran. Zevran's letters are comparatively sparse, but they make up for it by being chock-full of sentiment. He is way better at words than Astala. Astala tries to let him know how much she loves and misses him, but she also doesn't want to distract him from work or add to his unhappiness over their separation, so you end up having to read between the lines of her day's report to get what she really means.

15. What songs remind you of their relationship?

Hoooooo boy oh boy oh boy!!!! Songs!!!!! I love those, I'm planning to listen to all those you put up for Revka and Zevran 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

For Zev and Astala, I have:

Dust to Dust by The Civil Wars: this is SO Astala and Zevran over the course of the Blight. The first verse is about Zevran, the second is about Astala, it's perfect.

Bulería by David Bisbal: I wrote the first version of Zevran's ambush on the Wardens to this song. It's dramatic, it's over the top, it's delightful. It's also a song that could fit Zevran's relationship to Rinna very well. I really don't want to pit Astala against Rinna, but both have a similar effect on Zev, and... well. The female LI dies in the music video. Like Rinna dies. And like Astala (almost) dies. If it fits, it sits

Alone by Heart: this is for a potential modern AU where Astala is recently widowed with a little kid and works shitty jobs and Zevran is an assassin on the run

18. How do they care for each other when one of them is wounded/sick?

Astala has experience caring for sick family, so she has very good bedside manner. Apart from care, she offers conversation and a distraction if Zevran wants it. She'll smile at his groaning and makes sure he takes whatever medicine he has to take, drinks and eats enough, has fresh bedsheets and clothing, all of those little things that make being sick or wounded a bit more manageable.

That said, if Zevran is in real, immediate danger, all that composure and her cool head falls away. With wounds she'll be tight-lipped and grim, but still help and do so well. If it's a very bad cough, however, if Zevran has spent days sick, unresponsive, and shows o signs of getting better, she gradually loses her nerves and patience. In these situations she needs somebody close who helps her take care of him, because the fear of losing him will gradually make her more scattered, have her freeze up, and generally impede her to function. She basically shuts down under the helplessness. All of this harks back to the time after Adaia's bed when her dad and Shianni got very sick with some kind of cough and she had to manage the household and take care of them. If Zevran gets something similar and gets it bad, it takes her right back to that time.

Zevran, on the other hand, has a terrible patient to manage. Astala will insist on getting up and wandering around when she shouldn't, so a lot of his efforts go towards keeping her in bed. Where the doctor said she should stay. He bears it with good humor whenever he can, makes sure there are plums or other fruit around the house for when Astala feels better, and is not above sitting on her if it will keep her down (he has a very stubborn wife). Apart from that, he'll attempt to lighten the situation with jokes and humor as much as he can. He will also read her letters she gets and pen down answers if she can't be convinced to not work.

The more serious things get, the less light Zevran will be able to make of the situation. He will still try, for Astala's sake, but most of his energies will be focused on getting help, getting medicine, making food, all of that. He is, arguably, better at keeping the work up when things get dire; he's able to set his feelings of helplessness aside and keep going. He can break if worst comes to worst and Astala dies, but right now she needs him functional.

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And these have been the answers to these questions!! Thank you so much for indulging me, it's been fun to rotate these two in my brain XD XD XD Have a lovely day!!

#astala tabris #zevran #zevwarden #dao #dragon age #ask game #for fun!

[clarafayegames]

April update | The Dream Alchemist

A more princely attire for Felix… (because as much as I’d like him to be topless the whole route, he does have to put some proper clothes on for his royal duties). I’ve added a bubbly effect to dream scenes.

So, I’ve been working on this route for about four months now, and like every dev, I seem to underestimate how much work is actually required. 

It needs another two months at least so I can properly test it too. With Theo’s route I was working to a (self-imposed) deadline, and didn’t catch some pretty obvious errors. I really don’t want that to happen with this one.

Anyway, progress? Yep, some.

Story: I’ve been doing plenty of editing this month, the game is starting to look quite polished now, just need to finalise the ending. I still haven’t decided how to tie three stat endings and two LIs together so for now it’s just unwritten, but I’ll get there.

There are two sexually explicit scenes in this route, and similar to Theo’s route, it is skip-able. There is no option to be a virgin in this route; it just didn’t feel right like it did with Theo so I’m leaving it out.

90% done with writing at 36k words (Theo’s route was 25k).

Art: two backgrounds still to draw up, plus some night and day variations of the ones I’ve done already.

Atlas, Zymere, and Felix’s mother, Empress Lilou, still need their second outfit drawn for the rain festival. I ended up doing a fourth outfit for Nova, since she needed some PJs for the nights she sneaks around the palace.

Overall 90% done with art assets.

So, homestretch now. See you next month!

#update #thedreamalchemist #indiedev #otome

[sadlyslapped]

I LOVE YOU LILOU, anyways back to drawing my own ocs again.

look at that, got my English signature, man I forgot how much I just like writing K A I, instead of just the hiragana for kai. That also reminds me of this one time where my friend and I started writing our signatures on a white board lol (my signature irl is also just kai btw)

#oc drawing #illustration #digital arwork #art #artists on tumblr

[reveriestardust]

     Feeling a bit run down tonight, but will be back tomorrow in an attempt to catch up on replies.

Drafts Owed:  5 { @idontkillorphans, @unpaidpiper, @atlf1526 -- Elizabeth, @loveisliquor -- Lilou, @thenightmareofyourdrems -- the Corinthian }

     I just want to say that out of all the fandoms I have ever written, the Sandman fandom has always been the most welcoming and considerate.  And now, with the other fandoms with whom I am encountering while writing my little Reverie, I have yet to write or meet with anyone that hasn’t been an absolute pleasure.  You are all wonderful and I appreciate you very muchly.

#the waking speak; OOC #{again--if I have missed anyone in my owed replies then please please PLEASE let me know} #{ i love you all } #{stay hydrated}

[sonmuzik]

Ko Shin Moon Feat Melike Şahin "İsyan"

Ko Shin Moon Feat Melike Şahin "İsyan"

Melike Şahin’in Fransız ikili Ko Shin Moon ile bir araya geldiği ve Haziran 2022’de müzikseverlerle buluşan “İsyan” şarkısının video klibi yayında! Kayıtları Türkiye’de başlayıp Fransa’da tamamlanan parça geleneksel halk müziğini elektronik öğelerle birleştiriyor. “İsyan”da Melike Şahin etkileyici yorumculuğuyla Ko Shin Moon’a eşlik ederken, grup albümün genelinde sizi dünyanın bir ucundan ötekisine pop ve folk kültürünü tecrübe edebileceğiniz bir serüvene davet ediyor. Ko Shin Moon Feat Melike Şahin "İsyan" "İsyan" Şarkı Sözleri Çekinme oyna en kötü kartını – , -̀, Ah eski zorba karıştır altları – , , , Elimde dört as, senin bu kumpas – ’ , ̀ Düzenine boyun eğemem – ̀ ́́ Kendim buldum, elimle kurdum – ’ ́, ’ ́́, Gizemimi sana veremem – ̀ ̀ , ’ Kuralını bozdum, başucuma koydum – ̀, ́, ́ Bu kafa neşe içinde – ̀ , ’ Burda, beni yere seremezsin – , , Burda beni yere seremezsin – , , Sinirimi zorla, almadan ahımı – -, Gelmedim oyuna, arama belanı – J ’ , Elimde kalbim – œ ́ Senin bu dandik düzenine boyun eğemem – ̀ ̀ Denzi & Kaan Dinç Çalışması “Başka Çare” Kendim buldum, elimle kurdum – ’ ́, ’ ́́, Gizemimi sana veremem – ̀ ̀ , ’ Kuralını bozdum, başucuma koydum – ̀, ́, ́ Bu kafa neşe içinde – ̀ , ’ Burda, beni yere seremezsin – , , Sözü sana uymaz – Sazıma bi yer ver – ̀ , ́- Bu kara fasıl içinde – ̀, & - Starring Melike Şahin, Niko Shin, Axel Moon, Olivier Veillon, Brigitte Masure, Nadjim Mekki, Murat Subasi, Roberto Gil, Caroline Menon-Bertheux, Emmanuel Gillet, Myriam El Moumni, Lola Warin & Eric Cornet. Produced by L’Endroit & Total Totem Producer - Pascal Barneville Production Manager - Ismaël Benazzouz 1st Assistant Directors - Antony Renault Director of Photography - Pépin Struye 1st Assistant Camera - Lucas Janiszewski 2nd Assistant Camera - Betty Yamanjian Gaffer - Laurent Ganiage Best Boy - Victor Riou Set Designer - Alicia Zaton Set Designer Assistant - Lilou Thieffenat Recipe translation & writing - Sarah Srage Costume Designer - Marine Peyraud Hair & Make-up Artist - Shana Montier Melike Şahin’s Hair & Make-up Artist - Zeynep Dombaycıoğlu Location Manager - Arthur Couette Editing & VFX - Robin Lachenal & Céline Martin-Sisteron Color Grading - Florian Martiny - Keepgrading Producers L’Endroit - Pascal Barneville, Maud Deschambres & Bastien Ehouzan Total Totem - Aura Anahita Gulbaba Music - Gülüm Baltacıgil, Ahmetcan Tasdemir Service providers - RVZ, Cininter, Cicar, Nestor Factory, Les 2 Ailleurs - Lola Warin & Myriam El Moumni, La Flèche d’Or, Les Chaudronneries, Mezaia, Pic&Chic Avec le soutien du Centre National de la Cinématographie et de l’Image Animée & du Centre National de la Musique © ’ & ( 2023) Read the full article

#Feat #İsyan #KoShinMoon #MelikeŞahin #SonMüzik #YeniKlip

[scribbledquillz]

A banter between Cole and Solas, set in the aftermath of this conversation with Inquisitor Adaar.

Cole: Solas, you aren't still any more. Something has happened.

Solas: You've no need to trouble yourself. It is not a matter of any real importance.

Cole: That's not true... The surface shudders, shifting, silence shattered with a single look. You thought it would be softer, but it wasn't. You want to know why. I could tell you, if you like. That part is easy to hear.

Solas: I would ask for your discretion in this, Cole.

Cole: Still different, still dangerous. He sees a beast who dons their own collar, making decorations of their chains. Hurt flashes, furious and fast before they catch, too late. The wariness he wears is salt in old wounds, worn raw in carelessness.

Cole: You said she was more than you expected. She didn't think she had to prove that again. Not with you.

Solas: Ah. I... I see. Thank you. I've much to think on, it seems.

Cole: She doesn't want to be different. She just wants to be her.

#dragon age #dragon age inquisition #solas #cole #imakai adaar #soladaar #banter #lilou writes

[pascalstar]

And we danced and danced

until we ran out of steam

and collapsed on the carpet

there our arms got entangled

our mouth searched each other

our thirst was vivid

and our care very tender

I loved you today exactly like I can

and you said it felt fine, even delightful

I am in heaven right now as I write

and you are upstairs by your window

may we meet again and again

tonight and for all the tomorrows

Lilou Sage

september 3rd, 2023

[garadinervi]

Sara Magenheimer, Your name stays the same objects around you change, 2014-2018; from Acoustic Holographic Language: Rosa Aiello, Moyra Davey, David Grubbs, Susan Howe, Ghislaine Leung, Sara Magenheimer, Curated by Lilou Vidal, Bureau des Réalités, Brussels, May 10 – July 1, 2018

#art #visual writing #visual poetry #typography #exhibition #sara magenheimer #lilou vidal #bureau des réalités #2010s

[shivunin]

HUGS YOU SAY??

How about "cuddle pile" and/or "clinging to each other" for our trio?? 👀

Hey, Lilou c: Here is "cuddle pile" for our three!

(Hug Prompts)

Douse the Light

(Arianwen/Revka/Zevran | 649 Words | No warnings)

It had grown late in what felt like the blink of an eye. The sun had long since taken its leave, the moon shone faintly through the high windows of their bedroom in Vigil’s Keep, and yet the Warden-Commander was still hunched over a desk peering at her last-minute missives. 

Arianwen, lying on the bed with her hair unbound, yawned. Zevran sighed against her shoulder and squeezed her waist reflexively. They should’ve all been asleep hours ago, in truth, but…

“Come to bed,” Wen murmured. “Rev. It can wait.” 

“Can’t,” her lover said from the desk, leaning forward and scribbling faster. “Varrel said—”

Wen groaned. Zevran stirred and she passed a hand over his back to show him that all was well. He had a way of half-sleeping when one of them was still up, dozing without entirely dropping off, and she knew that if she ducked her head she would see a narrow sliver of gold eyes. He needed to sleep. They all needed to sleep. It’d been a long enough day already.

“I am going to throw your lamp out the window,” she informed Revka, her tone even. “And Varrel can go out and pick up the pieces in the morning.” 

Revka sat back in her chair, glaring at Wen. Wen stared back, raising a brow. For a moment, they watched each other, caught in a clear impasse.

At last, Zevran stirred and lifted his head, turning to look at the desk. 

“It is late,” he said, lifting a hand toward Revka. His voice was scratchy with sleep, his hair mussed. Wen adored him, and kissed his cheek to show it. “You know how foul-tempered our Wen is when she is tired. Do you want to coax her through drills in the morning?” 

“Rude,” Wen said, and kissed his cheek. She lifted a hand, too, and Revka’s expression wavered. “But correct. You’ve been outvoted. Time to sleep, love.” 

Revka’s stayed frozen at the desk for a moment, quill still in hand, but after a moment she rose and grimaced. Wen could hear her joints creak from the bed. Rev had been sitting there for hours now, through Wen sharpening her blades for the night, through the light conversation she’d made with Zevran while they got ready to sleep, and for half an hour past that, while the two of them had dozed in bed.

“Can—can get up early’n—” Revka began, looking back at the desk, but Wen shook her head. 

“I will lay on you. I mean it. We’ll split it up after breakfast and damn the consequences. The nobility can’t tell our handwriting apart anyway.” 

They couldn’t. It made forging important documents on Revka’s behalf very easy, which was a boon to all of them. Perks of learning to write in more or less the same place, she supposed. 

Revka shrugged off her green velvet dressing gown, which Wen had chosen for her especially in Amaranthine for her last birthday, and laid it over the trunk at the foot of the bed. The bed dipped on Wen’s side after the lamp was doused. Obligingly, she lifted the blankets for Revka to slide under, and Rev leaned over her to kiss Zevran before settling in against Wen’s body. 

When they were all settled together, legs entwined, Arianwen relaxed at last. It never quite felt right to go to sleep without both of them these days, like she was trying to rest in an unfamiliar room. Filled with a deep gratitude to both of them, Wen laced her fingers with each of their hands and lifted their knuckles to her lips in turn. 

“Goodnight,” she told them, savoring their combined weight on her shoulders, and rested their joined hands over her stomach. The others murmured their goodnights, voices dear and quiet in the dark room. 

Finally content, Wen snuggled into them and closed her eyes on the day.

#arianwen tabris #revka tabris #(did we ever decide on her last name? or the ship name? afkjabkjf) #rev/wen/zevran #shivunin scrivening #prompt response #ask response #lmk if there are any spelling/grammar issues with this one. i rushed the editing a bit cus i have an appointment c: #wen likes to be squished so going to sleep w both of them is a dream come true

[krixel]

Oh you're coming with this just at the right time: I have my exams tomorrow, I need something to relax. 🌹🌹🌹🌹 (Ps. thanks for this ^^)

Of course! I’m fighting to focus, so figured this would be fun to do while I bang my head against the wall and call it writing. Good luck w/ your exams! And since you sent 4 flowers, here are 4 (okay, technically 5, but it was necessary) sentences.

Ethari had warned him the bow needed repaired, but Runaan had just wanted out of the shop. Recently, the craftsman’s eyes were a little too perceptive, and Runaan couldn’t seem to stop staring. A staff deflected the blade swinging for his head and Runaan ducked behind Lain, discarding the broken bow and drawing his swords. His flare of gratitude dimmed beneath Lain’s smile. “Smooth,” he said.

#my writing #ask me #krixel answers #lily-lilou

[lilouapproves]

Did a writing sprint with @asianwashington today and managed to get 766 words - the most I've written in one sitting in months. I'm still trying to convince myself not to stress over quality (or whatever lack thereof my inner critic keeps wheezing about) but I'd call this a successful day.

#lilou rambles a bit #lilou writes