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meg-noel-art · 3 years
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My Glimmadora fankid fic, She-Ra: Heart of Courage is finally wrapping up, so I made a ‘show poster’ in honor of the adventure it’s been to write it :)
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arceneades · 3 years
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A wreck
I finished Chapter 11 of my fic “Catran” (episode by episode rewrite of SPOP from the pov of a non-binary AMAB Catra and yes, Adora is still GAF, I’m not a monster) last night. It was a tough chapter. I’ve been working on it for a while.
I am an emotional wreck this morning. Like, listening to Phoebe Bridgers and half crying wreck. I don’t know if it’s relief or what.
I guess the thing about writing is that, even if you aren’t a great writer, you still have to try to imagine all the emotions and situations. I have to go through it in my head, even if I can’t get it across.
I’m a programmer by trade. There’s a tool we use called “containerization”. The very short version is that you run virtual computers on your own computer, so that you can build models of networks and stuff like that. It’s neat. You boot up this piece of software that pretends to be a computer and you can log into the fake computers and watch how they behaves.
Characters are a little like that. I boot up models of people in my head, and I can look inside them and see what they are feeling. I get to run my situations on the models and then try to get the feedback on how they feel, what they see.
But sometimes containers leak. The state of the virtual computer can affect the real computer. And my character building software, the stuff in my head, isn’t some brilliant open source project written by hundreds of people over years, all dedicated to making it as safe to run as possible. It’s some hacked together ad hoc system that I built myself by trial and error. It isn’t running on a computer, which is a system that the builders understand. It’s running in my brain, which no one understands.
So characters leak. I get pieces of their memories, parts of their feelings. I’ll spend hours walking through a situation that ends up taking me a paragraph or two to describe and I’m just so fucking hungover today from all the hormones.
I don’t know how someone writes some of the fics I read, I really don’t.
But I appreciate the work.
Also, there’s a teaser from the chapter below the fold. It’s about 700 words.
Somehow, they're in the simulation now. He's not just watching himself bring Adora to Octavia, he's there, next to her, feeling what he felt then, seeing what he saw. He sees Adora call Octavia a dumb face, and Octavia chases them, and he feels all the triumph of stupid six year old Catran. It's true though. He did protect Adora. 
When he returns to himself, they're holding hands. Like they did when they were little. Like they haven't in a long time. No one has. He misses that touch so much, but he snatches his hand back like it's being burned. She's already hurt him. Why give her more?
They keep walking, throught the weird multicolored corridors. They reach a room with a huge chasm in the middle and a stone pillar collapsed conveniently across it as a perfect bridge. It looks a little too convenient, really, so they're probably still in a hologram. Predictably, Adora is focused on exactly the wrong thing, she's focused on herself, not on the situation, not on the danger they are clearly still in, and not on getting out of here.
"Why did you let me escape after Shadow Weaver captured us?"
"Not this again."
He heads across the bridge, hoping that the fear of a painful death will stop her from talking. It doesn't.
"It's the one thing I can't figure out. You didn't have to do that. You could have gotten caught."
Yeah. He could have. And she didn't see that at the time, didn't care enough to ask him to go with her. Not in front of her precious Sparkles.
Adora hops off the bridge too close to the edge. It crumbles under her foot and for a terrifying second Catran is afraid he won't reach her fast enough. He grabs the bridge with one hand and catches her flailing arm in the other. He could sob with relief.
"Did you really think I would let Shadow Weaver erase your memory like that?" He asks. 
"I don't know. Probably."
He can't believe she can look at him and say that, while he's holding her a hairsbreadth from almost certainly simultated death. Why would she think that? Does she remember anything? Did she ever even see him at all, or believe they were friends? 
Was everything she ever said to him a lie?
"Yeah, well, you never did have too much faith in me."
"Can you blame me?"
Yeah. He can. Unquestionably, he can blame her. After everything he did to protect her, he can definitely blame her.
Catran can't remember a single time he has ever intentionally hurt Adora. Training matches, maybe, but not outside. He's never attacked her. He's joked with her and teased her but that's always been mutual. They've shared a bed, shared food, shared dreams. And she thinks he'd sell her out to Shadow Weaver.
It's infuriating. He manages a weak chuckle and a "Not really" before turning away. He can't let it go, though. It's like having a chip in a claw, he just has to keep worrying at it until it smooths out or splits.
"It wasn't all bad growing up in the Fright Zone, was it? I mean, you still have some good memories, right?"
"Of course I do! But... it doesn't change the fact that The Horde is evil!"
Her eyes are wide with fervor. She's just so stupidly sincere that he can't stay mad at her. She's always been the one reliable way to get past all his defenses.
"I had no choice," she continues. "I couldn't go back."
He can't face her. Of course she had a choice. She could have come back. She could have asked him to come with her when it mattered, when it wasn't charity. 
She nudges him. "Hey. I miss you too."
This is familiar ground and again he falls into their dynamic so easily. He protests, pushes her back, they circle, play fighting, like they've done all their lives. It's one of his favorite things. 
So naturally, the stupid holograms start up again. 
Well. That's interesting.
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meg-noel-art · 3 years
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More of my Glimmadora fankid, Luna, all grown up and ready to kick some butt!
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meg-noel-art · 3 years
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"I'm doing my best.”
"Maybe...Maybe it's not enough..."
An illustration of future Glimmadora in a scene from my fic She-Ra: Heart of Courage
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meg-noel-art · 3 years
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Grumpy™️ (ft. My Glimmadora fankid - Luna)
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meg-noel-art · 3 years
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I guess if I finish this comic within the next decade it'll be a shock
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meg-noel-art · 3 years
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sneak peak of a very large comic I’m spending the next few days on O_O
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meg-noel-art · 3 years
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heeheh fankid redraw - Wow Luna you have Glimmer’s terrifying smile 
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meg-noel-art · 3 years
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Busted birds of a feather :) (Colored Version)
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meg-noel-art · 3 years
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A very cursed illustration of that scene in Heart of Courage ch. 4 where Luna facetimes Adora in space
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meg-noel-art · 3 years
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Chapters: 16/16 Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Adora/Glimmer (She-Ra), Catra/Glimmer (Implied), Perfuma/Scorpia (She-Ra), Adora & Catra (She-Ra), Catra & Glimmer (She-Ra) Characters: Adora (She-Ra), Glimmer (She-Ra), Catra (She-Ra), Luna (OC), Ash (OC), Willow (oc), Like... literally the rest of the cast too, so im not tagging everyone, all the OGs are here Additional Tags: Coming of Age, Teen Angst, Family Fluff, Family Drama, Family Feels, second generation adventure, Trigger Warning: stillborn baby, Action/Adventure, Fluff and Angst, Domestic Fluff, Fankids - Freeform Summary:
Years after the war, Adora and Glimmer's happy ending is brought to an abrupt halt when their baby barely survives her own birth. Years later, as she grow up in a world of magic dubbed the 'Powerless Princess', Adora is forced to confront her own short comings as a mother. When her daughter reaches a breaking point and runs away from home on a desperate search for power, Adora embarks on a quest to find her--realizing too late that her own daughter's actions might mean the end of Etheria as they know it.
FINAL CHAPTER: 16 !!
Thank you so much for supporting this fic it’s been a blast I hope you enjoy the last chapter! :)
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meg-noel-art · 3 years
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Chapters: 15/? Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Adora/Glimmer (She-Ra), Catra/Glimmer (Implied), Perfuma/Scorpia (She-Ra), Adora & Catra (She-Ra), Catra & Glimmer (She-Ra) Characters: Adora (She-Ra), Glimmer (She-Ra), Catra (She-Ra), Luna (OC), Ash (OC), Willow (oc), Like... literally the rest of the cast too, so im not tagging everyone, all the OGs are here Additional Tags: Coming of Age, Teen Angst, Family Fluff, Family Drama, Family Feels, second generation adventure, Trigger Warning: stillborn baby, Action/Adventure, Fluff and Angst, Domestic Fluff, Fankids - Freeform Summary:
Years after the war, Adora and Glimmer's happy ending is brought to an abrupt halt when their baby barely survives her own birth. Years later, as she grow up in a world of magic dubbed the 'Powerless Princess', Adora is forced to confront her own short comings as a mother. When her daughter reaches a breaking point and runs away from home on a desperate search for power, Adora embarks on a quest to find her--realizing too late that her own daughter's actions might mean the end of Etheria as they know it.
Two Part Finale: The Heart Pt. 1 and Pt. 2
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meg-noel-art · 3 years
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Chapters: 12/? Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Adora/Glimmer (She-Ra), Catra/Glimmer (Implied), Perfuma/Scorpia (She-Ra), Adora & Catra (She-Ra), Catra & Glimmer (She-Ra) Characters: Adora (She-Ra), Glimmer (She-Ra), Catra (She-Ra), Luna (OC), Ash (OC), Willow (oc), Like... literally the rest of the cast too, so im not tagging everyone, all the OGs are here Additional Tags: Coming of Age, Teen Angst, Family Fluff, Family Drama, Family Feels, second generation adventure, Trigger Warning: stillborn baby, Action/Adventure, Fluff and Angst, Domestic Fluff, Fankids - Freeform Summary:
Years after the war, Adora and Glimmer's happy ending is brought to an abrupt halt when their baby barely survives her own birth. Years later, as she grow up in a world of magic dubbed the 'Powerless Princess', Adora is forced to confront her own short comings as a mother. When her daughter reaches a breaking point and runs away from home on a desperate search for power, Adora embarks on a quest to find her--realizing too late that her own daughter's actions might mean the end of Etheria as they know it.
CHAPTER 12
Finally done... skdflgh
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meg-noel-art · 3 years
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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Adora/Glimmer (She-Ra) Characters: Adora (She-Ra), Glimmer (She-Ra), Angella (She-Ra) Additional Tags: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Glimmer asks for the whole truth about Angella's final moments, its hard for both of them, Heart of Courage universe, but like... waaaay before the story, :)), Wives Summary:
Glimmer finally asks Adora for the full story of Angella's last moments.
Hello, I haven’t written in awhile and @athetos and @therodrigator6 gave me a very sad prompt :))
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meg-noel-art · 3 years
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Next Heart of Courage chapter is finally done, I will post within the next few days 🥲🥺
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if this sends twice my bad, but i just started reading HoC and was wondering if the implied Glitra was more of a 'they had a past relationship' or if it's a 'Catra has a thing for Glimmer that only Adora can see' and if that just stays vague oooor becomes something important to the plot *eyes emoji*
It did send twice but that's okay LMAOF AJDJ
👀 hm yes, so my implication was that Catra lowkey has an affection and respect for Glimmer that toes the line. Uhhh, in my perfect world, Glimmer and Catra would have had much more time to become narrative foils/bond/learn things from one another.
SO - in the HoC universe, the implication is that all happened and Catra definitely had a thing for Glimmer that tempered as they got older and stuff.
Yeah :) it won't be relevant to the plot..like it won't *become* anything skjshf
I hope you enjoy HoC though thank you!
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