Last Line tag
I was tagged by @onceuponanaromantic to share some recent writing! Thanks!
Here's a recently edited/rewritten conversation between Helio and Lennox from draft 3 of Essence of Stars (book one of The Corvine)
“You did what you could to better your situation and to protect your friends.”
“It’s not that simple.”
“Perhaps not, but one could also argue that there was no choice to be made at all, that fate had its own plans.”
“There’s always a choice.”
“It is not that simple,” they echoed back at him.
“‘Spose not,” he agreed.
I'll tag @hottubraccoon @writersandpoetsunited @writey-unicorn to share a recent line (or a few) - if you are interested, I'd love to see. If not, no pressure!
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Every time I need a little boost, I look up your art of Roy looking at Dick while Dick talks to Donna. Roy’s open-mouthed stare, Dick’s head tilts as he listens, Donna’s gorgeous hair and nose, Dick’s earrings, Wally craning to look around Roy, Dick giving Roy a look that is so full, Roy’s blush, it’s all so perfect my heart is warmed my soul is refreshed, I can continue on with my day. Thank you thank you, it’s so beautiful!!!
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Birdflash confession be like arguing
wally: "BECAUSE I LOVE YOU"
Stunned silence
They kiss
it certainly can be do be like dat
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are there any recs for books with queer cowboys?
YES YES YES I am SO hype about queer westerns! some of these feature soldiers, rangers, and outlaws versus strictly cowboys, and some are male x nonbinary pairings, with a few bonus lesbian recs
Classic Westerns
(M/NB) River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey (alt-history)
(M/NB) Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (former soldiers)
(M/M) Child in the Valley by Gordy Sauer (outlaws)
The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage (closeted gay male, LOTS of period typical homophobia)
All God's Children by Aaron Gwyn
(F/F) Wildflower Words by Sam Ledel (mail order bride mix up)
(F/F) The Boss's Daughter by J. T. Marie (butch lesbian posing as a male cowboy for social acceptance)
(F/F) The Oregon Series by Jae (same as above, but the butch can be read as a transgender man)
Contemporary Romance
(F/F) Prize Money by Celeste Castro (rodeo bullfighters)
(M/M) Forget Me Not by Felice Stevens
(M/M) His Fresh Start Cowboy by A. M. Arthur
(M/M) His Reluctant Cowboy by A. D. Ellis
Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Paranormal
(M/M) Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen (rangers)
(M/M) A Book of Tongues by Gemma Files (outlaws)
Breaker by Amy Campbell (outlaws)
(M/M) The Nightland Express by J. M. Lee (postal couriers)
full notes on representation and publishing info at qbdatabase.com
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A trip to Italy
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Help a college student graduate by answering a survey!!
Hey!! Are you over 18 and in the miraculous fandom? Then this is for you!!
Hi everyone, this is my last semester of uni, and one of my final projects to be able to graduate is to write a scientific paper. I'm writing an article about adult fans of children's animation, specifically Miraculous Ladybug. My goal is to understand what makes adults (like us) want to join fandoms centered around shows aimed primarily at children, and to do that I'd love to hear directly from the source! The survey takes around 10 minutes to answer, it's 100% anonymous and it would help me immensely!
>>Click here for the survey<<
I need at least 30 people to answer, but honestly the more the merrier! I've also made a little thank you gif at the end, so if you see it let me know! If you have any questions feel free to send me an ask, as well!
Please reblog so it can reach more people! Thank you so much!
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I hate democrats with all my very heart but I can't in good faith advise to vote 3rd party in these hell years when they would see every trans person hang and be off hormones. When the transphobia is not at its height (Eg, like. a few years ago) I would 100% agree with you, but the stakes are too high. If the states falls to transphobia, even more countries will follow it. I think it's harmful to consider not voting D this upcoming election. Once they got off tihs current bend, I could get behind where you are coming from.
"this is helpful and not lacking critical analysis at all"
"if the states fall to transphobia"
Where have you been?
GA & VA are blue states this year btw. It's gotten worse since May and and April, too. The mid terms didn't save anyone.
Also if you, the person reading this, have considered voting 3rd party pls know it's not nearly as unpopular or as unlikely of a win as Democrats want you to think it is.
People would vote for a good 3rd party candidate, actually.
Dems convincing you its a long shot is absolutely a self-preserving psyop hoping to convince you otherwise. Its a half-assed theory that blatantly denies what we learned from 2016 and can still see in polls.
And that's 3rd party candidates stand a shot of they can get in the primaries for the general election. People want progressives. People were pissed and turned to voting for Trump when Sanders fell out- not Clinton.
They need and want another option and it's not a long shot or unlikely. They just need to make it to the primaries.
Enter Cornel West
Cornel West is not running as a Democrat and thus does not need to battle Biden for a spot on the general ballot in November of 2024....
✨ Which gives you and all your friends plenty of time to learn about him ✨
So here are some of his policies and also his campaign site
I'm a decolonial anarchist that hates the state and sees voting as nothing as upholding the state. I make no room for Democrats because Democrats lack the ambition to challenge anything about it.
But unless Cornel West drops out or ends up being some awful closeted abused... Im going to vote for him.
A lot of his politics and campaign goals align with my politics. I wouldn't feel like I was settling if I voted for him.
And a lot of this stuff isn't unreasonable or unrealistic either. Like I just made a post about how the NDAA budget proposal for 2024 is being increased with enough money to solve clean water, homelessness, and implement free college tuition for the whole USA. And Republicans are fighting for more.
And that's just the budget for two years, it'll probably be increased by another hundred billion in a couple years. Nobody blinks when the military budget is swelling like that.
But we should when we can be using that kind of money to solve real problems that real people are having and face and would change lives literally overnight. They just throw that money at the military where most of us never see it again.
But this stuff can be real.
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When you realise the newcomer who's helping you is a fiery, explosion-loving maniac gremlin who isn't scared to blow up everything for her mission
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Riririri beloved hehehhe if ur taking requests /nf can I has my boy Wally west<33 I am literally obsessed with how you draw him ohmugodhdjsskjdjd (if u want ships, birdflash is pog too ^-^)
anything for you icy :,) heres some wally/birdflash stuff
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I saw @sleepyowlwrites doing this and really wanted to do a version for Essence of Stars (book 1 of The Corvine) since I think it'll be helpful in editing anyways!
So here's a (somewhat humourous) breakdown of what happens in each arc!
Prologue: in which a bird watches four children get abandoned
Arc 1 (chapters 1-11): in which life doing child labour sucks, so Lennox drugs his friends and Avenir burns down the factory
Arc 2 (chapters 12-16): in which no one knows what they are doing and magic has major downsides
Arc 3 (chapters 17-26): in which the gang meets Helio and they all have deep conversations
Arc 4 (chapters 27-32): in which the kids are on the run again and feel bad for ruining Helio's life
Arc 5 (chapters 33-41): in which the kids find out more about their pasts and futures through family and prophecy
Arc 6 (chapters 42-49): in which it is unclear what is destiny and what is choice
Arc 7 (chapters 49-50): in which saving the world doesn't fix everything
I'm very tempted to do a chapter by chapter breakdown as well... but I don't really have the time given there are 50 chapters.
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Started reading the NTT comics after reading some of your posts about the titans and wow. I finally see how different they are from comics of today. People were not exaggerating when they said their characterizations and relationships were significantly altered
im so glad i inspired u to read ntt!! it’s a foundational series for a reason. marv wolfman is by no means an incredible writer (his terry long crimes shall never be forgiven) and his depictions of wally and dick can be…… questionable, but like u said — when ntt is so influential in modern comics, it sure doesn’t seem like most modern writers have actually read it. raven is a functionally different character in every capacity and only exists to be gar’s goth girlfriend (a dynamic that does not exist in the comics). joey is literally never mentioned. the group dynamics are all wrong. kory + dick are essentially black listed. i miss them!!
the 90s titans series are also worth a read cause there’s a lot more fab 5 interactions, and even then it becomes very stark that so many of their relationships are just fucking absent in the 2020s. where’s the dick+roy+donna trio? roy harpers army of children? wally “wifeguy” west? donnas actual relationships with kyle and cassie and the amazons? garths complicated feelings about fatherhood? it’s such a bummer!
the core 4 generation has it worse in terms of visibility, obviously, but id say that the og titans are so transparently different from where they started that it makes me sad. i want them to hang out and maybe kiss
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Politely, I need all of the hero merch you’ve drawn Wally and Dick in please, can we see some more designs??
i actually didnt have any more, that is until you asked if i had?? and its like 'huh i do actually have one or two that i would love to see myself' and ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ have these i guess
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Almost forgot to look at the tags in that Giordano post, I'm glad that Cardinals being higher than Archbishops was something you mentioned, and that I was remem that fact correctly :). And I love that Machete surpasses someone who thought him to be a "good for nothing". Go white boy go!
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reanimator? i hardly know her
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Heyo, I have a bit of a prompt for ya. So I’ve seen the “Demon that wants to abduct and forcibly marry Reader,” post(s) and raise a “The local regent/king finds Reader attractive (in a way that he views her almost like a novelty than as a whole person) and offers her a position as a concubine/ ‘palace lady.’” This is a different kind of scenario because straight up murdering the king of the area is not exactly the option that’d let the journey continue smoothly and refusal could also be construed as an offense to the king, but Reader does not want to and needs to continue with them on the journey. All of the other disciples know this, and maybe can tell she’s uncomfortable (even if it’s before Wukong has really fallen for Reader, she is still someone he would consider to be his friend at the very least). How are they going to get out of this one? (Slightly inspired by the time Tripitaka was propositioned in the Kingdom of Women by the Empress.)
Ps: sorry if this is dumb, regardless, I hope you have a good day - 🌺 anon
King: So what do you say, girl? Will you become my concubine? I see no possible reason for you to say no! I can give you all you could ever ask for in exchange for serving my every whim! That seems like a wonderful deal for a woman like you that clearly comes from nothing.
Reader:
Wukong:
Sandy:
Pigsy:
Ao Lie:
Reader: Wha-What?
Tripitaka: N-Now wait just a minute, your Majesty. You c-can't simply expect her to drop everything and stay here-
King: Well of course I can! I am the king of these lands! In fact! I insist upon it! Woman, you shall stay here and serve your new king immediately as soon as you are cleaned.
Reader: *feeling a panic attack approaching as the room starts to spin*
Wukong: *holding back the urge to commit violent murder*
Sandy: *rethinking this whole "pacifism" thing*
Pigsy: *looking disgusted at the king*
Ao Lie: *wondering if anyone would notice if he turned back into a dragon and ate the king*
Tripitaka: *trying so hard to think of a peaceful solution while also trying not to cry over how much the king is objectifying Reader* Y-You can't just h-have her! She's a necessary part of our pilgrimage!
King: By the Heavens! She's just one woman how valuable could she be!? After all, she is just your maidservant is she not!?
Tripitaka: *remembering that is the disguise they came up with for her* Yes, b-but! Why must you have her, great King!?
King: Because I have never seen a woman like her before! She is a beautiful foreign flower that I simply must have for myself! Here! I shall be merciful and send you off with another servant!
King: *gestures to his guards to find a servant*
Wukong: *reaches toward his ear for his staff*
Sandy: *reaches for his spade*
Pigsy: *reaches for his rake*
Ao Lie: *gets ready to turn into a dragon*
Tripitaka: *frozen in shock*
Reader: *sees the carnage about to begin*
Reader: I HAVE A DISEASE!
Everyone: *stops and turns to face her* HUH?!
Reader: I... have a disease.
King: *narrows eyes in suspension* And what is the name of this disease?
Reader: *sweats nervously as all knowledge of every disease she knows of decides to take a vacation from her brain at the one moment she needs it most*
Reader: In... junct... co... itis.... Injunctcoitis.
Everyone:
King: I have never heard of this Injunctcoitis. *turns to the court physician*
Court physician: Neither have I, your Majesty.
Reader: It's a northern disease! From the north! Where I'm from!
King: *looks at court physician*
Court physician: It is possible, your Majesty. *approaches Reader starts inspecting her* And what are the symptoms?
Reader: Oh, w-women don't have any symptoms. *takes a deep breath and composes herself* But for men it makes their dick fall off.
Everyone: IT WHAT!?!?!?!
Reader: Yep! After two months, yo dick just gonna... fall off. And it's a sexually transmitted disease.
King: I can't take any risk of that being true! Get them out of here before this disease spreads to the kingdom!
The Pilgrim Gang: *gets escorted out of the kingdom*
Everyone:
Reader: *sniffles*
The boys: *hugs Reader*
P.S. this so wasn't dumb I had fun writing this 🤭
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love the meme you did for best divorcees niuhou 😭 if its not too much against the aroace king agenda, would you do zhuhou for the opinion bingo too?
ARG so sorry it's taken me awhile to get to this ask anon, though in all fairness this was the second zhuhou ask that I got for the opinion bingo (honestly hoping that means interest in this ship is growing lol). As is though answer still stays the same. While aroace king SWK reigns supreme in my heart, I've come to think of zhuhou as actually a pretty great and dare I say very unique ship when allowed to go full sillay (i.e. canon-compliant) with how astonishingly violent & fucked up but getting better together and even eventually becoming protectors for those who need it Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie are <3
(with fully apologies for the yaoiful zhuhou based on @bonkalore art and lgbt elders zhuhou based on art from blizzard entertainment)
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