Magic Between the Moon & Sky: Rayllum Oneshot Series - A 5 Year Anniversary
Today marks the five year anniversary of MBTMS’ release. (Technically it’s tomorrow for Ao3, but FFN I posted there first). A oneshot collection that is yet to be finished, I know, but one that I treasure deeply. I may have fallen out of my love for TDP in certain elements, but the writing and what I started with in regards to Rayllum was something else.
I don’t mean to be all, “I was there when it was written” but I joined this fandom in its season one days, when it was REAL small here on Tumblr. Which meant smaller ship circles too. I’m glad to have witnessed the fandom blossom and grow, and by that extension, Rayllum itself too.
I know many of my readers probably assume I won’t be returning to MBTMS, but you’re kinda wrong. I swear I’m not one of those 100 oneshot fics that stop halfway (no fault to them of course, sometimes passion runs out)! I legitimately have more than a dozen oneshots planned out. But, I’m also biding my time. I’ve learned with fic writing, that writing what I love is just as crucial as being passionate about it. I'm not currently into TDP but I still enjoy the oneshot concepts i thought up for my fics, so I'll probably only work from those.
I mean, I can probably just grind out the last oneshots and meet the 100 quota, but they wouldn’t be good. Or maybe, they would be to some of you, but they wouldn’t be something I could be proud of. Least of all, I wouldn’t have fun writing it. So yeah, I do believe I know my limits and the extent of my creativity.
But the main reason at the end of the day, as to why I won’t drop this fic, is because it has quite literally spawned some of my best writing. “Loyalty & Light”, “The Most Undoing Thing”, my Taang oneshots, “Legends of Avatar: The Untold Story”, they’ve all had great prose that I’m proud of. Some not so much, but that’s growth.
“Magic Between the Moon & Sky” houses many different styles and concepts I could never explore with most of my fandoms. I’ve written a modern college AU grounded in the slowest of burns, I’ve written childhood AUs diving into the naivety and hilariousness of a kid's mind, and I’ve written an emotionally powerful (as readers have said) Soulmate AU even though I don’t like Soulmate AUs. And I have many more mind, but I’ve also managed to explore the canon and interpret my own ideas from before we learned anything of the lore.
Some were at the requests of fans, others were because I wanted to try and get my feet wet. Much like Callum and Rayla themselves, this fic was a great avenue for me to explore my abilities as a writer and try new things. And in the end, I’m proud of that. And I cannot wait to see what I do next.
Thank you all, for an amazing five years of patience and love. Again, no idea when I'll return to this fic but I'll get around to it.
Until next post,
- Bleh
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So, uh, in Tales of Xadia, there’s a list of spells for each primal source, and, uh...
How many times we think High Mage Callum has tried this one, fam???
...and while we’re at it...
Let’s all just imagine Rayla hearing him and being unable to respond. 🥲🥲🥲
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I’m writing an angry Callum scene for a small fic right now and suddenly remembered this scene, and ... *shivers*
I can barely hold it together.
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Perseids, 2022 (Now through 24 August, Peaking August 10/11)
Saw my first meteor of 2022 tonight, the night of the new moon. I hope it was visible in Xadia and Katolis, too ... but that’s not my fanciful shooting star wish. ;)
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the parallels between season 2 of arc 1 and season 5 of arc 2 ARE KILLING MEEEE here are sum
season 2: viren looks for info on aaravos but cant bc the of the cursed book
season 5: callums looks at the SAME BOOK looking for THE SAME INFO 🗣️
season 2: callum uses dark magic for the first time and gets dark magic fever dreams
season 5: viren uses dark magic for the first time in 2 years and gets dark magic fever dreams
season 2: callum uses dark magic to save rayla
season 5: what a shocker
season 2: callum connects to the sky arcanum
season 5: callum connects to the ocean arcanum
season 2: harrow killed avizandum using the dark magic spell of “blood full of hatred, a dying breath and a unicorn horn”
season 5: callum tells finnegrin that same spell and he wanted to kill archdragon domina
season 2: gang meets villads for the first time
season 5: GANG MEETS VILLADS AGAIN AFTER 2 YEARS
season 2: claudia fights a dragon
season 5: claudia fights a dragon (and wins this time)
lmk if theres more this is all i can think of so far
Its safe to sayyyy these arcs are parallels to eachother and same thing happened with s1 and s4.
i’d also like to point out s3 was the season rayllum was canon so i’ll let that sink it
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WAIT, you're the Rayllum college oneshot au guy? I LOVE Your fanfics! Any chance you'll make a return during season 4??
It's me, I'm The Guy. And for anyone wondering, the fic is Magic Between the Moon & Sky---you can see in my pinned post! ( •‿-)
Ahh yes, the College AU series is definitely a fan favourite, which I understand (I love writing for it too)! But in terms of me updating come November or December? We'll see! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
As of now I have two ongoing fic series that are kind of my focus as well as a couple of WIPs that I'm excited for! Also, I'm not really in a hurry to churn out Rayllum oneshots for MBTMS because with the promise of four more seasons, there'll be plenty of material and time for me to work with.
Coming Nov-Dec, I'm not sure what'll happen but if I do think up something I might let y'all know! I appreciate that you like my stories, though ( ^‿^) .
Until next ask,
-- Bleh
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