if i go too long without drawing anything i start climbing the walls and scuttling across the ceiling so uhhhhhh here's a mark-up of a glittertale order i just placed :)
[id: a digital drawing of an old school lolita blazer and skirt set. they are both made with black, floral gobelin fabric and copious amounts of black lace. there's also a matching black beret with a bow using the same gobelin fabric. /end id]
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So far there's the magician that likes to make fun of Joshua and has problems to sort out, and a kid who causes property damage on a daily basis and obsesses over instruments (OCs)
These aren't the only ones but I just think that of all my fics or Re:Zero OCs, the cutest is about Julius taking in another spirit (look at Pooka or Chamov for an image on the general character concept)
Including:
Julius has a spirit that's like a son to him
"Julius." Emilia turned to the knight with a smile.
Before Julius could give his own greetings, a fluffy head popped up from his left shoulder. Their cute face blinked at them, before a smile spread across their face.
Ho ho!" the demi-humanoid spirit shouted in greeting, holding onto Julius's shoulders without his help.
Subaru screamed.
Playing shop
Sure, he didn't have much idea about money, but that's why he paid attention to what the lady said! As per the rules of Lady Anastasia, money had only three rules!
1. More money is good!
2. Keep as much money to yourself as you can because that's good!
3. High prices aren't good!
With these core principles in mind, the little demi-human-looking spirit stood over a small box that acted as a shop counter.
"How much is this?" Julius asked, crouching in front of the makeshift desk and holding a valuable metia encrusted with gold.
Of course, because high prices are bad, that must mean they're bad for both the seller and buyer!
"Free, because high prices are bad prices!"
"... I see. How much is your most expensive item?"
"1 bronze!"
If his little spirit friend had hands, he surely would've held up a finger instead of his hoof.
"But I like you, so you can have it for free as my most loyal customer!"
Julius was his only customer, but he kept quiet on that.
".... Thank you for your hospitality."
"Thanks for your thievery! Please come again!"
Rule 3.1: Giving things for free is the equivalent of highway robbery.
Spirits can get sick?
"Buuu..."
"Are you okay?"
Said spirit was on the ground, forehead pressed and tiny arms wrapped around its tummy. Even though Julius couldn't see his face, they sounded like they were half-crying already.
"Feels cursed... buhuu..."
Everyone thinks the spirit is a real demi-human so the spirit needs a last name
"What's a last name?" they asked, doing their best to peer over the paper from the too-tall (read: average height) table.
"A name that identifies you to your house."
"My crystal?"
"No... Do you have a name you want?"
"Super-Cool-Mister-Big-Man!!"
"Let me rephrase that—a last name that's ideally one word?"
"Execution!!"
".. Where did you learn that word..." Julius sighed, not surprised.
"Blood! Murder! Explosion! DEATH TO ALL!! MIMI! IRON FANGS!!! TAKE NO SURVIVORS!!!"
Julius grew slightly embarrassed as others started to crane their heads, judging him for apparently teaching a child those words.
At least he knew where his friend learned said words.
Spirit worldbuilding
".. I'm not sure why he hasn't come out since then," Julius murmured, tapping his finger against the magic crystal that housed them.
It shook slightly—the only response he received up until this point.
"Are you okay?" he spoke to the dormant spirit, unsure if they could hear him. Julius could not receive a verbal or telepathic reply either, like with his little spirits.
After all, they were not—
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My Agatha Christie re-reading project, #38: There is a Tide / Taken by the Flood
This fucking book.
I can't even be fair to it, because it's so absolutely marred by the last couple of pages.
The murder mystery itself is fine. The way the different deaths are connected (and NOT connected) is quite clever.
Characterisation is a bit undercooked – this time around, I particularly would have liked to see more of Frances Cloade, who seemed like an interesting person – but sufficient.
But then there's the love triangle. Spunky young woman is torn between the loyal but dull fiancé, and the enticing but unreliable young cad. The fact that the young cad is no good can come as no surprise to anyone who has ever read a Christie. That's not the problem. And the way David Hunter (the cad) treats poor Rosaleen puts me straight off him anyway.
The problem is that Christie, who clearly has no concept of why a woman would want a young cad, decides to spice up the dull fiancé by making him:
1. Kill a man in a fit of rage.
2. Make it look like premeditated murder and then try to frame someone else for it.
3. Bribe another man to commit perjury.
4. Try to strangle the fiancée when she wants to leave him.
And the young woman then decides that she loves him after all, because he's DANGEROUS now, and that's supposedly exciting.
Which. No, Agatha! No, it's not exciting. You just took away the one advantage that the dull fiancés of this world have over the young cads, namely that they're good men.
It's like complaining that kids prefer unhealthy ice cream over healthy spinach and then throwing a bowl of sugar over the spinach. Tadaa! It's now just as unhealthy, and also uneatable.
I can't get over it.
Verdict: a very generous 3/5
Sidenote: Rather than reading, I have spent much of the time since the previous book listening to the All About Agatha podcast. Just the books I have already covered, though, I don't want to be influenced in my judgment!
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