#wip: of starlight and beasts

[mysticstarlightduck]

Character Voice Tag

I was tagged by @kaylinalexanderbooks for this one! Thanks for the tag!

My line was: "Well, what was I supposed to do?"

Your line is: "I don't know whether to be severely worried or impressed. Congratulations."

Tomasa - ... So you blew up the building.

Kyran - Well what was I supposed to do?!

Tomasa - I don't know, anything else? Maybe something that didn't risk ending with us splattered across the courtyard?!

Kyran - It's not like I had all the time in the world! They were trying to kill us, so I just had to improvise - plus, we're alive, nothing went wrong.

Masen - This is a truly riveting conversation and all, but are we going to get the hell out of here or what? I'm personally really invested in this discussion, but I'm not sure if the guys with the crossbows would agree [laughs]

Tagging: @cowboybrunch, @littleladymab, @little-peril-stories´, @rickie-the-storyteller, @lassiesandiego, @illarian-rambling, @inky-duchess, @steh-lar-uh-nuhs, @tabswrites and OPEN TAG

#wip: of starlight and beasts #character voice tag #writeblr #writing #writers #writerblr #writers on tumblr #character writing #my characters #my writing #my wips

[sherokutakari]

quick Strive pic while having a sketch sesh with the Niece Beast ✌

#Starlight Brigade #Strive #TWRP #Ninja Sex Party #Dan Avidan #he ended up looking a lil aged up #but for drawing it in like #5 min #im okay with that lol #my art #WIPs Doodles and Sketches #also Niece Beast asked if this was for art fight and i had to say no lololol

[eddiebabygirldiaz]

WIP Wednesday

tagged by @lover-of-mine @exhuastedpigeon @theotherbuckley @spotsandsocks @wildlife4life @king-buckley @hippolotamus @eddiediaztho @disasterbuckdiaz @folk-fae @forthewolves @rewritetheending @giddyupbuck @cowboy-buck @wikiangela @daffi-990

thank you lovelies! 💖

made some really good progress on paint sex fic and hey paint sex is actually happening hooray! here's a little of eddie mooning over buck beforehand

Eddie glances over at Buck who stands just a few feet away from him, clad in baggy grey sweatpants, blue and white striped socks, and an incredibly too tight white shirt. It’s a very casual and messy look and is all the more devastating for it. Buck looks so lean and strong and soft and supple, biceps bulging as he paints broad stripes over the wall, stray curls flopping over his forehead and sticking to his temples, tongue sticking out of his mouth as he concentrates, left foot tapping against the floor in a rhythm known only to him which makes his sweatpants stretch tight across the breadth of his thigh. Want hooks into Eddie, curving over his ribs and jabbing into his belly and fluttering through his bloodstream, an effervescent ache that is both hot and cool, what he imagines starlight must feel like. It’s a thing that always lives within him, a beast that roams freely in the cavernous pits of his body, prowling around slow and nearly silent most of the time, shifting restlessly in the background during every waking hour and then pouncing out in full force whenever he is near Buck, ravaging teeth sinking into his skin and making him go sore with need and bleed with wild abandon. He’s not sure how long he stares, time slippery and incorporeal and not important enough for him to take notice of, but eventually Buck catches on. Buck turns toward him, eyes autmatically searching for Eddie and finding him as he starts to bend slightly and dip his brush in the pan at his feet that is full of paint. When he sees that Eddie is already looking at him-body still even as he internally writhes with desire, brush barely touching the wall, tiny drops of blue falling onto the protective covering they laid over the floor, clearly indicating that Eddie has not been focused on painting-Buck's nose scrunches and his mouth spreads wide in a surprised smile. God, he is so beautiful, all wrapped up in pale blue and gentle white and the watery, golden rays of the summer sun. Backlit and ethereal like he is some kind of fairytale prince in a painting. Myth come to life, moving and breathing and mesmerizing and real and all Eddie’s.

tagging @elvensorceress @spaceprincessem @shortsighted-owl @anxieteandbiscuits @callaplums @bucks118 @shitouttabuck @butchdiaz @diazblunt @the-likesofus @thekristen999 @devirnis @try-set-me-on-fire @captain-hen @eddiediaaz @thewolvesof1998 @arthursdent @cowboy-buddie @monsterrae1 @loserdiaz @buddierights @prettyboybuckley @heartshapedvows @gayedmundodiaz and anyone else who wants to share!

#the utter relief i am feeling now that i have reached the smut is unreal #buddie #buddie wip #paint sex fic #eddie diaz #evan buck buckley #911 #buddie fic #ryan writes #wip wednesday

[emyn-arnens]

20 Questions for Writers

@hobbitwrangler @grey-gazania @runawaymun @echo-bleu tagged me to do this, so I guess I really should do it! I did this one recently on my main for all the fandoms I've written for, so I'll keep this limited to Tolkien fics here.

1. How many works do you have on AO3? 82.

2. What’s your total AO3 word count? 128,198.

3. What fandoms do you write for? Currently mostly Tolkien, with the occasional dash of Timeless and Narnia.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

As the Hare Flees Before the Wolf (T, Celegorm & Eöl, 1.8k): Curufin is not the only son of Fëanor Eöl meets upon the plains of Himlad. Or, Eöl meets Celegorm while pursuing Aredhel and Maeglin, and things go very badly for him.

Here at Journey's End (G, Frodo & Legolas, 1.6k): They stay for those they love.

West, West Away (G, Sam & Thranduil, 3.6k): Sam meets an unlikely kindred spirit on the journey West.

and I will love with urgency, but not with haste (T, Aegnor/Andreth, 3.1k): A summer evening spent in a glade near the shores of the Aeluin.

with death on his brow like a crown (G, Aegnor & Finrod, ~600 words): Five times Finrod foresees Aegnor’s death, and one time he foresees his own.

5. Do you respond to comments? Yep! It may take a while depending on spoons, but I almost always do. The only exceptions are for comments that make no sense to me or demand me to write more for a pairing.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? There's a lot of contenders for this, but let's go with Like a Wave That Should Engulf the World (G, Faramir/Éowyn, ~700 words), in which Faramir foresees Éowyn's coming death.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? For Charity (Boromir, Faramir, Éomer, Lothíriel, and Éowyn, 2k), for sure. Two thousand words of pure ridiculousness.

8. Do you get hate on fics? Not since ye olde days of posting on FFN.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? Very rarely and very vanilla, with emotions and metaphor taking precedence over mechanics.

10. Do you write crossovers? Nope. Not much into reading or writing them.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? Hope not!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? Nope.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? Nope.

14. What’s your all-time favorite ship? *looks at header, url, and blog title* I don't think I even need to say.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? For the sake of answering the question, my Glorfinwyn AU, but only because I'm not sure I have the skills to pull it off, and my perfectionism is a raging beast. But I do really want to finish it, even if it's three years from now because I'm the slowest writer I know.

16. What are your writing strengths? Characterization and description/scenery, although I've been struggling with the latter lately. Dialogue has finally been getting easier, though.

17. What are your writing weaknesses? Plot, body language, and describing emotions.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? I'll sprinkle in some individual words/pet names (all shamelessly ripped from RealElvish.net) here and there that should be guessable from context clues. I don't do full sentences very often both because I feel it isn't necessary most of the time (sorry JRRT), and because I know people don't enjoy having to scroll to the notes for translations. But I will admit to having a weakness for Elves lapsing into their native tongues during uh. heated moments with their partners.

19. First fandom you wrote for? LOTR, years ago. And here I am back again!

20. Favorite fic you’ve written? This is so hard, but Over Seas of Starlight (G, Frodo & Gandalf, 3.6k) is near and dear to my heart. Sailing West, my beloved.

Tagging @sotwk @afaramir @halfelven @curufiin if you haven't done this already!

#tag games

[atypicalacademic]

WIP Whenever

@aria-i-adagio thank you for the tag!! calling upon my dear friends @dirty-bosmer @dumpsterhipster @nientedenada @ollifree and @cumbiazevran @memaidraws if you would like to share. Just a tiny tiny rough snip from Hallowed Ground, this time, featuring a very young Savos Aren who is uh, Going Through It

“Oh, gods.” He heard his mother say. “Oh, gods.” “They’re wrong. These brutes know nothing about us, nothing! Drown to death? One of us? My cousin? The house of Vos? Without a ward or a flywell or an enchantment, like common peasants, like beasts? They’re swindling us, and I’ll have their skins for it!” Savos clung to the door’s edge. The waves were closer, with each breath, like all the world was a conch held to his ear. The ground rolled beneath his feet. Before, she’d never called for the gods. Not once. Only now, now that Savos knew they were gone. Gone like, like– Ata’s arms were like shackles, cold and brittle as ice-wraiths from the tales. “Savos, were you listening?”  Kena Aryon said they bit, the creatures. Kena Aryon liked to draw at the back of his notebooks; guar-herds with frightened eyes, spirit-wisps blue as sapphires. And Starlight, in the dead of the night, far past Savos’ bedtime. Savos knew the spell now, cast with the sigil of Tel Vos. He knew other things too, from at the foot of Kena Aryon’s table. (“Come in, I was looking for better conversation than with these skulls.”) He knew, for instance, how the Nord dead turned to draugr, angry at living blood. He knew too, that he was special, not for the blood but the brightness in his eyes. Keep it close, this wonder, Kena Aryon had said. It sets you apart, Savos. It makes you brave. He’d kept a bleached bone beneath his bed for when he left this place for his apprenticeship. He’d practiced his Starlight so it shone and glimmered like a clear night from before.  Alma was crying. Savos had fought with her once, and stumbled crying just so into the flywell. Flew up like a feather in the wind, for Kena Aryon’s mycologist to catch him. By then the fight had been five stories below, and Kena Aryon had an artefact to show him. The dwemer– they’d vanished too. Into thin air, they said. Into thin air like the future.  Savos had nothing to show her. He couldn’t breathe. He couldn’t breathe.  “Savos, sweeting,” Alma said. “I know you were only little, but do you remember Tel Vos?” “No,” He lied. “No, no, no, I don't."

#morrowind #hallowed ground #wip #master aryon #savos aren #giving him some tragic motivations for the terrible decisions hes doomed to make #hehe

[floating-in-the-blue]

Twenty Questions Writer Meme

Thank you soooo much for tagging me @nuandia <3 <3 <3

How many works do you have on AO3? 84

What's your total AO3 wordcount? 341,785

What fandoms do you write for? currently (and for the foreseeable future), it's only Julie and the Phantoms (with a very minor guest spot from Red White & Royal Blue). In the past, I've also written for Metal Gear Solid and Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries with a few more random ones sprinkled in, but usually just for a single fic or two.

What are your top five fics by kudos? Will You with 409 kudos (one of my earliest jatp fics when the fandom was still hungry) Home is Where My Ghost is 253 kudos (even earlier jatp fic but let's be real, not as good) In Your Starlight  253 kudos as well (the jatp Star Trek au) Silent Souls  with 254 kudos (somehow this little Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them soulmate au got really popular) Under My Skin  208 kudos (a silly, fluffy Metal Gear Solid tattoo artist/florist au)

Do you respond to comments? I really want to say "always" but there's a few that I haven't responded to yet. Though mainly because I've been talking with the people on other sites already. But in general, save my few lapses, I do believe that it's only good manners to say 'thank you' if someone takes the time to not only read but also comment what you've written.

What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? Well, the angstiest ending, because very sad and bittersweet, is the one I wrote for Nature 2.0 but which hasn't been published yet but I love a lot. There's two more finished Metal Gear Solid fics with sad endings, Dear Dave and Battlefield, because they're both, strictly speaking, major character death fics. The death just happens to be more or less natural at the end of a (mostly) fulfilled life.

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? Except for the sadder MGS fics, most of my fics have proper happy endings so I'm not sure. The Star Trek AU has a very hopeful ending that I quite like and I think my current wip, the Alex Adoption Fic, will have a very happy ending, especially considering the beginning.

Do you get hate on fics? I have once received anon hate on a prompt fill gift fic that asked for genderswapped Snake/Otacon because the anon thought I was transphobic. It was honestly very laughable so I didn't take it very seriously. And of course there was the whole blacklist disaster in the jatp fic and me ending up on that list because I'd dared to write jatp smut (once, at that point, very loving, with aged-up characters). But I didn't receive hate on the actual fic, either on AO3 or here.

Do you write smut? If so, what kind? Yes, see above ;D I've gotten better at the steaminess, I think, but my characters still talk more than I usually expect them to (though I love it) and they're also very bad at hiding their feelings. I also like to keep it a little down to earth with some awkwardness or clumsiness and lighthearted notes. So no hardcore pwp with only bare resemblances to the actual characters from me. I do believe even the sexiest times need to make sense with the characters ;D

Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written? The earliest fanfic lil me ever attempted was a massive crossover of Star Trek (TOS and VOY), Stargate, X-Files and Star Wars (and maybe a few other things I can't remember right now) but I never got very far. Incidentally, that's the only fanfic of mine my parents ever read (they were very encouraging ... not sure what they would think of things now XD). But actually published fic? I might forget some earlier things, but I don't think I've ever written a crossover with characters from two distinctly separate fandoms meeting somehow (except co-writing, see answer below). Only ever AUs with maybe a borrowed universe or plotlines.

Have you ever had a fic stolen? not as far as I know. There was somebody who stole a bunch of smut fics for jatp and posted them over on wattpad but mine weren't among them. Still not sure whether to be glad or affronted about that ;P

Have you ever had a fic translated? I have! Silent Souls (Vietnamese translation) ... it's all in the title ;D It got 8 kudos and a bookmark. It doesn't really count but I've also translated rpg-turned-fics written by me and a friend into English and once I get access to those files again (hopefully saved from my old hard drive) I'd like to get back to those and finish the translation. Maybe once I run out of inspiration for jatp if no other fandom has claimed me by then.

Have you ever co-written a fic before? Evidently, the answer is sort of. They weren't properly written as fic. But turning an rpg into a fic was also a lot of fun and a nice challenge. Luckily, my writing partner's and my own style meshed well enough so it was easier to put it together. As vans already mentioned, she and I brainstormed a very nice polyphantoms idea that I still quite like but we never got beyond brainstorming. I might ask her if I could tackle the idea again now she's moved on to other fandoms but I'm not sure I could write polyphantoms any more. I also once wrote a self-insert Final Fantasy X/Dark Angels crossover fic with a friend in high school. It was not good but lots of fun.

What's your favorite all-time ship? I'm assuming this is about writing and then the answer is obviously Willex (Alex/Willie from jatp) because I've written so much for them and still have so many ideas. But I also really enjoyed writing for Snake/Otacon from Metal Gear Solid. They're angstier and burdened with more baggage and their canon ending is more bitter than bittersweet but the philosophical soldier/genius nerd combination is a very nice flavour to explore.

What's a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will? Nature 2.0 probably. It's the only one of those ambitious fics I actually started posting on AO3 and so will forever haunt me there. I'm not saying never but it is very unlikely at the moment.

What are your writing strengths? I think character, dialogues, and scene flow. I'm also a decent editor (for a non-native speaker) so pretty all of my stories should be pretty readable without having to stumble over frequent repetitions or typos or weird tense changes.

What are your writing weaknesses? action scenes and PLOTTING

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic? Does it count as writing dialogue in another language if I'm writing in English even though I'm not a native speaker? XD As for other other languages. It hasn't come up yet, tbh.

First fandom you wrote for? Aside from the aforementioned massive crossover lil Yeo attempted as a young teen, I think it was the self-insert Final Fantasy X (never published, thankfully) with a friend.

Favorite fic you've written? This is always difficult but also not. I think the one fic I am 100% happy with is Call For a Date, (Don’t) Fall in Love the willex fake boyfriend agency au. That doesn't mean I don't love my other fics though because I generally do.

I'm not sure who's done this and who hasn't but let's try @innytoes and @jonairadreaming <3

#yeo writes

[novaviis]

20 questions for fic writers

I was tagged by dear @victorianpining

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

52.

2. What's your total A03 word count?

921,539.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Mostly DC/Young Justice, but also Inuyasha and Hetalia

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

The Bridge

Fireworks in July

The Floor is Lava

The Bird and the Worm

you lost the starlight in your eyes

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I try to! Granted I don't always, but when I get a comment asking a question, or one that particularily touches me, I usually respond. But even when I don't, I read and reread every single one.

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I'd say as a whole, I'm not interested in angst without pay off. I'll absolutely drag my stories through the angstiest plotlines imaginable, and I'll do it gleefully, but there is nearly always some sort of pay off in an ultimate happy ending. That said, if we're looking at fics as individual stories (particularily in the case of Watercolour as a whole series), I'd say the angstiest might be Arctic or Au Revoir

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

If I'm measuring the happy ending in terms of the angst it took to get to it, definitely Light Me A Lantern.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I think the closest I've gotten is misunderstandings? Particularily when it comes to how I write Dick Grayson's lineage in Watercolour. I've had misunderstandings where people thought I was erasing his Romani identity and making him Romanian instead, when I write him as both - there is a lot of Romani history and a huge population in Romania, and I decided to play into that. Sometimes it gets lost in translation so to speak.

9. Do you write smut?

When I feel like it!

10. Do you write crossovers?

I used to, not really so much anymore.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of! Ngl I'd be pretty upset.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes! The incredible @minakok translated Light Me A Lantern into Spanish (Enciéndeme un farolillo) and @eldescensoseduce has been chipping away at translating the beast that is Watercolour into Spanish as well. The first two chapters of Un Giorno Per Noi has been translated into Chinese as well!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I've had beta readers and been a beta reader and had an absolute blast with both - but in terms of actually sitting down, plotting out and writing something together with someone? Not yet. Although the closest thing has probably been the roleplay I've been writing with a friend over discord. That beast has AUs of AUs.

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

Don't do this to me.

15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I don't want to say I doubt I ever will because I really really want to, but... I have to say Der Unsterbliche Preis.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I would say dialogue and writing actions sequences. They're both things that I've struggled with in the past and worked very hard to figure out how to do properly.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I think I still struggle with pacing at times. I don't want to rush into the action and the exciting stuff so sometimes I draw it out more than I really need to and the pacing gets away from me.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

All for it! If I'm using a language I'm not familair with, I'll translate it back and forth a few times trying to make sure I have the nuances as close as I can get to accurate, and I always include translations in the notes. However, if it's a long scene of dialogue, I will just write in that the characters have switched languages, just to make thinks flow better. I don't want to have to scroll up and down the page constantly when I'm reading.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Oh god. It was either Digimon or Pirates of the Carribean. Eons ago.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

This is painful. I definitely have my top fics, the ones I'm most proud of, but Un Giorno Per Noi is a fic that I have reread every christmas since I finished it, so by a percentage of a margin, I'll say that one. Close behind are Light Me A Lantern and Terminal Velocity.

I'm tagging @hanmajoerin @flashhwing and whoever would like to do it because I'm a cop out ✌️

#shut up ren #thanks for the tag! #calculating that word count was.... something lmao

[thewizardtower]

Good morning, it's apparently time for me to start a new WIP. A conversation with friends this morning made me think about a young priest falling in love with a mermaid.

It was about a fortnight into our journey when first I saw her.

It was night–cloudless and clear–and I was the only soul on the upper deck to stroll 'neath the stars. Waves lapped at the sides of the massive ship that bore us to our destination. A rhythmic cadence of water that reminded me quite keenly of all the tales I'd heard as a boy about what lurked in the dark fathoms below the ocean's surface: great beasts made of tentacles and teeth and malice. 'Twas not something a godly man should ponder, yet I found myself drawn to wondering what else could be rapping against the hull of the Rosy Maiden.

Staring out at the dark waves was when I saw the crest of what appeared to be a head–a ripple of something breaking the surface–before it was gone. I pressed myself against the wooden railing of the Maiden, scanning the ocean frantically. My first thought was that one of the crew had fallen overboard. Panic gripped my throat. I could not swim–could not even offer a helping hand if someone had fallen into the sea. The cry for help formed in my chest, yet stopped before it could escape my lips.

That same head peaked up once more. Hair like spun gold crowned her; black, star-painted waters were her robes. Pale skin–almost silver in the starlight–reflected like fish scales. She was too far away for me to glean anything else, yet I saw she gazed at me, and I gazed back, in a small moment that seemed to stretch for eons. I had thought, then, that her face looked human enough. (I know now she was anything but.) I wanted to scream–to yell for the crew to rescue a drowning woman in the water–when I saw she was nothing of the sort. Just as quickly as she surfaced, she submerged once more. In her wake was the inaudible splash of a silvery fish tail.

#*shrugs 5 thousand times* #writing #my stuff #merfolk

[odysseywritings]

Alt 2: Caught in the Rain / 17: Animal Shelter

@flufftober (I was late about finding this blog and I really wanted to do something animal related so something belated with an alt felt like a good mix)

Characters: Haven & Reina

WIP: Starlight Journey

There weren’t many shelters nearby in this part of town, and the two went to the closest one they could find, which was a modest building despite some cracks on the veneer. They wanted to arrive before the rain poured as Haven had found a purple lizard with a collar and could not find the owner nearby.

The interior was warm to keep the animals cozy, all from a range of pale orange felines to red feathered birds to jumping insects to speckled canines with 5 tails. Reina took the lizard to the workers while Haven looked at the large number of creatures waiting for a new home.

While normally hard to read around people, his smile widened and his eyes blinked slowly as he looked at the wonder of nature simply doing their thing, always amazed by how unique and mysterious so many species were. He crouched down and waddled to each pen to observe, and to look at which ones had “Don’t pet” on them, making it the only rule he wanted to respect. He felt soothed by the sleek feathers of the crimson papa, awed by the intricate hexagonal patterns of the basil zardo, pleased by the little bumps of the warbling ceran, and the warm fur of the labrador.

So many animals deserving of a good home and it saddened him to not get every animal possible so they could live in harmony. He imagined striking it rich with a lottery to raise all of them on a farm, but that was for another day, and he tried to relax by thinking they’ll each have a happy adoption.

Reina was finished with the paperwork and information and returned to Haven still admiring the animals. While she held fondness for domesticated animals, she found it difficult to see what was so special about beasts who only lived to survive and not much else. Still she liked seeing Haven happy and watched with him, and watching his face light up, having a joyful expression a child made when seeing animals.

Reina looked out the window and saw the sky turning gray, nudging Haven to leave. Haven didn’t budge and kept petting the wan dog before holding her hand and nudging her to touch it. Reina gave him a perplexed look and he responded with a beaming smile, one that she only sees in special moments, and she caved in to pet the dog while rolling her eyes. Still it was hard for her to stay annoyed as the dog was indeed soft and warm, sensations that have become uncommon during their journeys, but she hated to be the bearer of bad news when she talked about how short they were on cash.

It was painful for Haven to hear but he accepted and gave the dog once last scritch before getting up. The two thanked the workers and left, feeling bittersweet, rescuing one animal and leaving the rest to fate. They walked on as piddly drops sprinkled on them. Their pace ramped up as the rain pelted down faster and they were too far gone to return to shelter.

They ran and ran as their adrenaline spiked. A marathon toward home without it being in sight as the constant pelting went on forever. They followed their tracks to gain some sort of direction, trying not to slide from the mud as they stumbled and ran in bursts. Haven particularly was getting exhausted as he took breathers while Reina was freezing up.

At and open space with too much water and grayness blurring their vision, they stood still and looked at each other, completely drenched and soaking. The sight of both them looking like wet dogs triggered something in their synapses and they couldn’t help but laugh at how ridiculous they looked. They clutched each other still shaking from the laughter until they looked at each other.

The cool rain tempered their hot faces as they drew in closer. Without thinking, without judgement, they locked lips. Instead of being lost and chilled, they were clean and aware of who they were with, embracing and kissing and forgetting the downpour. They ended as they looked at each other again, stifling laughter at how they looked and what they did.

All the worries, little as the animal shelter or large as the threats hunting them, washed away as they just saw unkempt honesty in each other. It was refreshing, and they instead danced and galloped in the rain, feeling rejuvenated enough to keep going until they found home and enjoying themselves along the way. Someday soon they may have a pet or a whole farm. And it’ll be a fun, better world for them and animals to live in. But for now they wanted to reach a warm spot, take their wet clothes off, and find a better way to embrace in the sunset.

#flufftober #flufftober2022 #haven #reina #romance #fluff #mywriting #njm

[manako-no-yami]

I posted 344 times in 2022

That's 66 more posts than 2021!

21 posts created (6%)

323 posts reblogged (94%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@its-tea-time-darling

@cloversdreams

@elytrians

@clotpolesonly

@sgchan

I tagged 337 of my posts in 2022

Only 2% of my posts had no tags

#rb - 300 posts

#prompt - 53 posts

#tmr - 26 posts

#thomally - 19 posts

#tea - 14 posts

#ask game - 12 posts

#clod not lefting but - 12 posts

#thomallyweek2022 - 9 posts

#in which everyone wishes clod would shut up - 9 posts

#tmr thomas - 8 posts

Longest Tag: 86 characters

#i just wanted to note for posterity that tea tagged me in a post that she rbed from me

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

like the sun from behind the clouds

Tags: alternate universe - modern setting, mild angst, making out, alotta cheese in this one folx, i do think there’s some, fluff, in this one tho so, yknow, hopeful ending, ??? i think? its soft okay despite the concept of the fic

Summary:

"Promise me," he says. "Promise me you won't forget me."

for day 6 of thomally week!

9 notes - Posted March 25, 2022

#4

the eternal gamble: will my sleep deprivation unlock a cosmic connection deep in the recesses of my brain and bring forth brilliance heretofore unknown, or will it just make my writing sloppy

13 notes - Posted March 2, 2022

#3

fate, pulling me back. you, pulling me forward.

Rating: T

Tags: movieverse, pre-slash, the last city, safe haven, a smidge of suicidal ideation, canon character death, post-canon

Wordcount: 1483

Summary:

"I'm sorry," Thomas says. "If I could change what happened, I would. I'm sorry I'm such a right selfish bastard, and I'm sorry for being presumptuous, and I'm sorry I couldn't save everyone.""No one can save everyone," Gally says. "You were stupid to think you could.""I know. But I had to try." - Thomas can’t help angsting. Gally is having none of it.

for day 1 of thomally week!!

14 notes - Posted March 20, 2022

#2

blinded by starlight, ch. 2: death, natural and unnatural

Work Summary:

Once upon a time, a hunter and a witch lived deep in a forest. All the hunter wanted was to live out his days peacefully and quietly with the witch. But the hunter and the witch are not the only ones that live in the forest—there is also the Beast, a ferocious, unknown monster that awakens with a terrifying cry every night.

The forest grows restless, the Beast hungry. But little does the hunter   know, these are the least of his worries. Another danger is creeping upon him, and it is after his heart. After all, what damage can the Beast do, in comparison to the monster known as love?

Featuring hunter!Gally, witch!Newt, and forest guardian!Thomas. Thomas/Newt/Gally. Rated T. Multichapter WIP.

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Notes: Implied/Referenced Suicide and Bullying tags added.

15 notes - Posted January 11, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

POV :)

Gally recognizes the knight right away. How could he not? He's had his eye on Thomas since they were eight, whether Thomas knew it or not (he didn't). He looks just a bit older, now. How long has it been since Gally left? He keeps track when he spends his days inside the tower, but it's been long enough that time has ceased to have any meaning. Gally wonders which advisor suggested sending Thomas here, or if Thomas volunteered. He doesn't have to wonder what he was sent here for---Gally has been expecting an attempt on his life from his enemies in court for awhile now. It's been long overdue.

Thomas is a good choice for this quest. Well, mostly. He's talented and charismatic in all the ways that Gally isn't. Capable, and hungry for accomplishment. However, he's also a complete idiot, from what Gally can tell.

Hence---approaching a dragon, notoriously prickly, proud, and dangerous creatures, alone and without the advantage of surprise.

He feels the embers in his belly stir as he breathes, and allows tendrils of smoke to escape his jowls in warning.

Thomas responds by throwing aside his sword.

I could kill you right where you stand, Gally thinks. Why are you so certain I won't?

"You're quite beautiful, milady," Thomas says, bowing. He sounds reverent, sincere.

He's naive.

Gally has to keep from rolling his eyes. He beats his wings, lifting into the air just slightly, and controls his descent carefully before landing in front of the knight, who is now staring, slack-jawed, from where the wind knocked him onto the ground.

Gally closes his eyes, and lets the transformation take over.

He supposes it’s about time he face his old rival again, in person.

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(this is for my day 2 thomally week fic!)

18 notes - Posted February 11, 2022

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[mysticstarlightduck]

My Words Into Potions Intro!

The Event (@moon-and-seraph)

I'll be working on two WIPs this March - my goal will be to attempt to finish Enchanted Illusion's first draft and give Of Starlight and Beasts a good headstart!

Title: OF STARLIGHT AND BEASTS

Genre - High Fantasy (medieval) Adventure/Dark Fairy Tale (with a tad of romance, that's a subplot)

Summary - In an ancient enchanted kingdom, Corah, the daughter of their land's most renowned adventurer, seeks to become the best knight that has ever lived. However, after meeting a young man with strange magic and no memories lost in the woods, Corah finds herself thrust into an unexpected quest when the once-thought-dead Queen returns to enact her revenge on their peaceful kingdom - and now it falls to Corah and her mysterious new friend to prevent destruction from reaching their land, if she wants to achieve her dream to be knighted. But are things quite what they seem?

POV - Dual POV (for now?), with some occasional POVs from important side characters.

Lenght - Novel/Book

Tags/Hashtag - #wip: of starlight and beasts, #wip of starlight and beasts

WIP Soundtrack - Of Starlight and Beasts Playlist

Snippet/Excerpt -

[...] Corah climbed the sandy stone wall, expertly weaving her way up towards the broken ramparts despite the weight of her armor straining her arms. Her hands reached the ledge, and she was able to fling her leg onto the walkway, pulling the rest of her body upwards.

Taking a moment to catch her breath, she wiped the dust off of her hands onto her trousers, waiting for her friends to reach her. Arammys' sunny locks were the first to peek through the ramparts, though, in his struggle to get a grip on the stone, his hands nearly slipped - she lunged, grabbing hold of his wrist just in time, and helping him heave himself the rest of the way up.

Behind him, Eidan followed suit, pulling himself over the wall nearly effortlessly. Arammys stared at him, impressed and annoyed at the same time.

Turning around as the duo started to bicker, Corah rolled her eyes, looking down to the city below, the sprawling sea just barely visible through the white stone buildings was filled with trading ships from near and far, the sky seemingly filled with colorful flags and banners. But she knew better than to trust the city's apparent normalcy - the Crimson Queen's soldiers were already here, just waiting to catch them on the streets down below.

"We'll need to figure out another plan, it seems" She winced, sighting a suspiciously familiar hooded figure just out of the rampart's gate ahead. Her hand instinctively went to the hilt of her sword.

Just as she was about to back away, Arammys popped up beside her, not noticing the enemy just below. Corah pulled Arammys behind a pillar just in time before the person looked up, nearly spotting him. She whispered through gritted teeth, exasperated. "Do you seriously have a death wish?"

"I didn't notice that the guy was there!" Arammys replied, an indignant remark spoken through a whisper as he pulled the hood of his cloak meticulously over his head, obscuring his hair and face. He peered over the pillar, this time more carefully, onto the street below, noticing more and more of the Queen's men. "Gods, the city is really crawling with them. How are we supposed to reach the docks? They'll kill us!"

"No, they won't." Eidan broke his silence, motioning with his metallic arm for the duo to follow him, "I know a way in. But you're really not gonna like it." [...]

Title: ENCHANTED ILLUSIONS

Genre - Victorian-inspired Dark Fantasy/Mystery

Summary - The brutal war between humans and mythical creatures came to an end 100 years ago, with a peace treaty being achieved and the rival nations finally coexisting peacefully in the capital city of Ansburke. Now, however, a crooked secret organization - dubbed the Hemlock Society - seeks to plunge the city into civil war, preying on the prejudices left over from the previous centuries of warfare to feed the uneasiness between humans and Myths once more. Now, as tensions reach a boiling point, a group of misfits and outcasts must work together to thwart the Hemlock Society's dreadful plans before civil war erupts, in a race against time to save both the people of Ansburke and their own lives, as they dive deep into the world of intrigues and secrets that lay just beneath the city's perfect surface.

POV - 5 Main POVS, with occasional POVs from important side characters.

Lenght - Novel/Book Series

Tags/Hashtag - #wip: enchanted illusions, #wip enchanted illusions

WIP Soundtrack - Enchanted Illusions Playlist

Snippet/Excerpt -

Augustus and Harriet walked down the cramped alleyway, following their unexpected guide. Whilst the necromancer maintained his usual unphased composure - hands behind his back, chin held up high, relaxed smile - Harriet could not help but look over her shoulder once every few seconds. Every shadow seemed to be someone ready to jump at them, to drag them to the deepest bowels of this town and never return.

She pushed the intrusive thoughts down, scoffing at the outlandish notion. Still, the sky was unnaturally covered by smog - smoke continuously billowing from the foundries' skyscraping chimneys, mixing with the cloudy mist - and the lamplit streets were a cramped maze of shops, tents and intricate buildings, metal being the most prevalent sight. Nothing like Ansburke, she thought.

The quicker they find what they're looking for, the sooner they'll return home. And hopefully, stop this madness from unfolding. There was an unwelcome, fiery chill in the air and people bustled through the street around them. She inched closer to Augustus, their shoulders brushing - and tried to convince herself it was simply so she wouldn't get lost in this industrial maze, not to sate the pit of uneasiness that had taken hold of her chest since they reached the gates of the city. Ahead, the eccentric young man leading them whirled around.

"Alright, if ya guys wanna blend in and find out more about that scumbag of a Mayor, you'll need to get some local clothes - not that there's nothing wrong with," He gestured to their dapper attires, now slightly torn and dusty after their ordeal at the train ride, which stood out like a sore thumb when compared to the crowds around them "that, but you two scream 'Ansburke' just by existing." [...]

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[whimsywillowwrites]

First Lines

Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all). See if there are any patterns. Choose your favorite opening line. Then tag your favorite authors!

I found this within the depths of writing Tumblr and decided to share. It was really fun and interesting to see! The first sentences of my WIPS are obviously subject to change after I finish them.

If you see this and want to do it too then consider yourself tagged! ^_^

1. Vanishing Act

Thomas reached up and plucked a star from the sky.

2. Hooked On A Werewolf

A jellyfish crawled up Logan's leg while he brushed his teeth.

3. To Extend Our Reach to the Stars Above!

The first time Roman met Virgil Storm, his Decidueye shot at him with an arrow.

4. Patton’s Heart, In The Clouds

Patton pulled up one of his white stockings and fastened it to the garter on his thigh.

5. Someday My Prince Will Come

"Good morning, my love!"

6. Roman’s Roses

Roman's garden is on fire.

 7.  A Lesson In Love and Romance

The Halloween party was in full swing.

8. Only Fools Rush In (Lociet College AU, WIP)

There were certain things Logan Fletcher did not talk about.

 9. Patton Swamp Witch (WIP, no title yet)

The noonday sun cast beams of gold through the canopy of cypress trees, casting a yellow glow over the curtains of moss and glided along the dark green river.

10. Logan’s Heart, In Auroras (Pokémon verse, WIP)

Logan Berry was out of jam.

 11. Fear Of The Water (Analogical, Beauty and the Beast/Little Mermaid AU, WIP)

Virgil's mother threw his voice in a box.

 12. Soulmate Moxiety AU (WIP, Hooked on a Werewolf verse, no title yet, warning for blood and violence)

A steak knife was sticking out of Remy's skull.

13. Let The Light In (Medusa AU, WIP)

Janus tugged the scarf on his head, pulling the fabric down to cover most of his forehead, and shoved his gloved hands deep in the pockets of his jacket.

 14.  Seasons of Cinders and Starlight (Vanishing Act Sequel, WIP)

Orange had been trapped inside of the Tree for nine thousand eight hundred and fifty five days.

 15. The Boy the Butterflies Follow (WIP)

"I've lost something."

 16. Soulmate Dukeciet AU (WIP, Hooked on a Werewolf verse, no title yet)

Janus was born during a storm no one predicted.

 17. All Loved Up

Roman kissed the way he spoke—quick, bold and passionate.

 18. Lightning Straight To My Heart (AshxGoh fic, WIP)

When Ash stepped out of his room in the morning, he found Professor Kukui pouring pancake batter into a pan. 

 Wow, this is going to bother me that I don’t have exactly 20, but this is what I got so far! Too many ideas and not enough time in the world to finish everything. 😅

#whimsywillowwrites

[mysticstarlightduck]

Music Tag (Part 2)

Thank you so much for the tag, @memento-morri-writes!!! I'll go with some more OCs from my WIP "Of Starlight and Beasts" for this one!

Kyran Mavven

(About the character - Kyran is one of the most talented alchemists to currently attend the realm's most prestigious magic sciences academy. He has built a legacy and reputation for himself, out of nothing but his own wit. However, behind his perfect persona lies a past - and terrible mistakes he made - which he wants to keep hidden at all costs, both out of fear of losing all that he's built and to avoid facing consequences for all he's left behind.)

Little White Lies - Voltaire

The Calling - The Amazing Devil

Words Fail - Dear Evan Hansen

Up, Down - Boy Epic

Nimwen Aerran

(About the character - Nimwen has experienced firsthand the effects of the corruption of the continent's nobility and has spent most of her life running from her past as a result. Now grown up, she wanted nothing more than to build a life for herself away from the scheming and lies that left her scarred for life, but fate seemed to have other ideas.)

The Moon Will Sing - The Crane Wives

Running For Your Life - Unsecret

The Wish of Every Princess - Karliene

Welcome Home - Radical Face

Rin

(About the character: Rin is a smooth-talking avian fey whose morals can shift in the flip of a coin. Considered a weak link and banished from his own tribe, Rin has learned to perfect the ways of always coming out on top through the art of deceit, despite his inner wishes for a deeper connection with others. With his external ambitions and his true feelings at odds with one another, Rin often proves to be one of the most unpredictable characters in the whole cast.)

Hangin' - Bastille

Ego - Sarah Kennedy

Twisted - MISSIO

Little Lion Man - Mumford and Sons

Blind Spot - Saint Chaos

Tagging: @autumnalwalker, @aalinaaaaaa, @apolline-lucy, @anyablackwood, @writernopal, @gummybugg, @steh-lar-uh-nuhs, @elshells, @clairelsonao3, @lassiesandiego, @doublegoblin, @littleladymab, @little-peril-stories, @oh-no-another-idea, @blind-the-winds, @jay-avian, @kaylinalexanderbooks, @rickie-the-storyteller, @mk-writes-stuff and OPEN TAG

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[mysticstarlightduck]

OC Smash or Pass!

I was tagged by @kaylinalexanderbooks for this one a while back! Thank you so much for the tag!

Elias Mavven (from Of Starlight and Beasts)

Description: Elias is a tall young man with sun-tanned skin from his years at sea, and long, sand-blond hair (there is always a braid on his hair, no matter if the rest of it is untied or in a ponytail). His eyes are dark brown. Elias wears a white puff-sleeve shirt, with black trousers, and leather booths, with purple and gold fabric bands around his waist as a makeshift belt - he may or may not occasionally wear a long pastel blue overcoat with intricate embroidering (his attire is very pirate-coded, which, given that he is a pirate, is not surprising). He wears a lot of jewelry, including many rings, two necklaces and golden bracelets - most notably, Elias wears either a choker-style necklace or a fabric bandana at all times (for backstory/spoiler reasons). He is very handsome - caring a lot about his appearance and making sure he makes a powerful impression. He also has some tattoos that he is very proud of - usually in the color blue (especially turquoise), and usually either sea-themed or star/moon-themed. Is rather cocky and confident, though he has an overwhelmingly mysterious, secretive vibe.

Basic Facts:

Height - 6,3 ft

Age - 24

Gender - Male

Pronouns - He/Him

Occupation - Pirate Captain (a former aspiring sailor for their kingdom's Royal Navy)

Sexuality - Homosexual

OC Soundtrack - Elias Mavven OC Playlist

Pros -

Will absolutely make sure you take care of yourself - self-care is a very important thing for him - and will not let you spiral too far into negative/self-deprecating self-talk. Is the "mother friend" of the group, subtly, without being overwhelming - he knows how to give people space while also telling them the truths they need to hear, and absolutely loves using humor to cheer up his friends and crew.

The fun-loving life of the party - due to his confident personality (and partially due to his reputation, which impresses people and makes him beloved by most common folk), people usually gravitate to him in social settings. He knows how to have a good time in any situation - be it at a rowdy party in a tavern or while sailing the high seas - to him, any moment is an invitation to live life to the fullest and have fun.

Is very good at cooking, (though terrible at baking lmao), and knows how to perfectly make a variety of rare dishes and adores spicy food - though sometimes his taste when it comes to "how much spicy" can be a bit too much for most.

Elias is a very talented fighter and knows how to win most fights with ease - and in an increasingly dangerous and unpredictable world such as the setting of this novel, these talents often come in handy (and are often life-saving). Although he is one of the best fighters in the realm - in both land and sea - he prefers to solve things diplomatically/through deals and only resorts to fighting as a last resort.

Cares a lot. He makes emotional connections quickly, though he'd hate to admit it, and cares a lot about the well-being of his friends and crew. If he is in love with someone, that tendency creases tenfold, and he will try to make sure that person stays as happy and safe as can be. He is very romantic, in unusual ways, and is more loyal than he gives himself credit for. The well being of his friends and crew are always his priority.

Determined, brave, and witty. Elias has enough determination to last two lifetimes and is not someone to give up on things easily, while also being willing to take risks (both in battle and in normal daily life) without much hesitation. One of his greatest strengths also includes being a great team worker and leader. If you're adventuring together, you would definitely be quite the power couple - unbeatable together, while incredibly soft and in sync with each other.

Badass - knows how to make quite an impression, and is a master at "dramatic entrance", very little fazes him, and he usually remains calm, unstressed, and chill even in the middle of chaotic or potentially stressful situations. If an enemy is actually dreadful enough to manage to get this easygoing, smooth-talking, calm pirate to lose his temper/patience, then they will need one heck of a lot of good luck, because they've just unleashed a tidal wave that will crush them after this feat (as the saying goes, "fear the wrath of a good man").

Normally, he is very carefree, funny, and relaxed - to the point of being slightly reckless. He definitely is the definition of YOLO ("you only live once") in all the best possible ways. Despite this, he knows when to be serious and responsible, especially if it comes to dangerous situations.

Knows a lot of constellations and the stories/tales behind them, and loves to show off this knowledge to someone he cares about. He also has an extensive array of knowledge about sea monsters and the like, a knowledge mostly comprised of encounters that did not go so well.

Neutral Facts -

Elias is the oldest (adoptive) brother to two younger siblings, and it was just the "three of them against the world" for a really long time during his childhood and teen years. This has affected greatly his view of the world and has created some walls when it comes to trusting strangers (he's a bit distrusting/jaded).

His love languages are Quality Time and Receiving Giving Gifts. He likes to make every moment count and make things as memorable as he can in any given moment but also loves simple moments of daily intimacy and love.

Dramatic - likes to put on a show/make a scene. If he wants the last cookie in the cookie jar he will make you reconsider your life choices with how pouty and dramatic he can get to achieve said cookie. The same applies to most situations.

Uses unusual/rare swear words, in the very select occasions he actually swears.

Cons:

Bottles up and internalizes his emotions/feelings like nobody else in the world. He will definitely deflect any questions about how he is truly feeling, when he is upset, with the classic "[chuckle] I'm fine!". Given that he has some serious trauma in his past, this is just a ticking time bomb waiting to explode - and when (not if) those feelings do resurface, it definitely won't be a nice time for him (a panic attack is bound to happen, and most likely in the worst moment possible for it to happen).

Can get "carried away" during battles/fights, like he is in a fighting trance, especially if his enemy has done something to truly piss him off. While this means absolutely no danger for his friends and crew, it does mean he'll become dangerously more reckless (a.k.a. he'll likely get a serious wound and keep fighting like it's just another Tuesday, until he either passes out or someone stops him) and dig himself into a metaphorical hole by provoking more and more enemies.

Wants to handle things by himself all of the time, and has a hard time accepting that even he sometimes needs help.

Gets defensive/temperamental about his past when someone bluntly tries to find out more about it or unintentionally triggers him, which can get him in a really bad mood/sad (which he deals with by isolating himself in his quarters until he's back to his cheery self again).

Tagging (gently, no pressure): @lassiesandiego, @oh-no-another-idea, @writernopal, @tabswrites, @rickie-the-storyteller, @steh-lar-uh-nuhs, @little-peril-stories, @clairelsonao3, @jasperygrace, @jay-avian, @forthesanityofstorytellers, @aziz-reads, @doublegoblin, @gummybugg, @autumnalwalker, @olivescales3, @junypr-camus, @ashen-crest, @starlit-hopes-and-dreams, @bardicbeetle @talesofsorrowandofruin, @mitchell-nihil, @pluttskutt, @saltysupercomputer, and @dreaminggoblin

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[mysticstarlightduck]

Hello! :D

Topaz: What is the main conflict of your wip?

Thank you so much for the ask, @i-can-even-burn-salad! I'll answer this one for all my WIPs!

The Tag Game!

Enchanted Illusions: A corrupt secret society seeks to cause another civil war between humans and mythical creatures, whilst murdering those who find out about this true intention. The main characters must stop them and expose their machinations before the chaos in Ansburke gets out of control.

+ BONUS - Augustus, the book's resident necromancer, must face the dire consequences of his deal with the Deamon Deathbringer, as he is torn between his past choices and his newfound love. He needs to make a decision and find a way to break his deal, but any wrong step may put his and his loved one's souls in danger

Of Starlight and Beasts: A scorned Queen seeks revenge on the realm she blames for the death of her lover, but this goal of hers has long since become tainted by her wish for conquest as she became just as murderous as those she battled in the past, generations ago. The main characters must stop her dark magic from conquering and destroying their land for good.

Realms of Loss: A continent divided into two kingdoms, after the fall of the Old Gods, has been trapped in a centuries-old war against one another for centuries - battling for power and survival as the Celestials' power wanes. When this war awakens an insane dead god and puts into motion a crooked prophecy, the "Chosen" prince must fight his fate and prevent both kingdoms from destroying each other.

Tales of Wilted Flowers: A group of outcasts, shunned, forgotten and betrayed by society throughout their lives, find themselves as the only ones willing to take a stand against a sadistic dark sorcerer and the corrupt royal family of the kingdom Wenhorn. In order not to die or meet a terrible fate, these unlikely heroes must stop their kingdom's "beloved" King from bringing back the magic of a long-since banished spellcaster.

The Last Wrath: As the Secret Court, a bloodthirsty cult that feeds off of the souls and magic of common people, returns after a long time being considered only legend, some specific individuals find their personal goals tied to not only surviving both the war between the power-hungry Morosyn Empire and the Free Realms, but also preventing this ancient court from "rewriting history in blood."

Mutant Inquiries: In a cyberpunk, near-future dystopia, mutant super-powered teens face a conspiracy involving an authoritarian government, illegal human experimentation by the PHANTOM Industries, and the truth about their own mutant existence. They become vigilantes in order to expose the truth, but find that there is much more at stake than just sticking it to authority and that their own lives are on the line.

Supernova Initiative: The most wanted intergalactic thief must steal a top-secret experiment, that was lost to so-called zealots in a faraway system, to evade being imprisoned after breaking into the Junction's most secure vault. Meanwhile, diplomatic relationships between factions and galaxies grow strained.

Lies Untold: Two brothers must race against time to evade their kingdom's royal "inquisition" after the King makes their little sister a target to be captured. In their attempt to stay alive, being hunted down while their land faces the punishing wrath of a curse that was very much the King's fault, the siblings also must face their family's past and make the right choice.

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[mysticstarlightduck]

"Not A Villain Song" Tag Game!

I saw an open tag by @bunnymermaidwrites (here) <3

Rules: Pick a song for the antagonist/ villain of your WIP, but the twist is that it can't be obvious that it is a song for the villain. As in: if someone listened to the song and didn't know it was about the villain, they couldn't guess!

I'll go with Crimson Queen Meira (from my WIP Of Starlight and Beasts) and Lord General Arzhel (from my WIP - and possible comic in the making but we'll see - Jade Ruins) for this one!

[Also, if you guys want to, you could try and guess the meaning of the songs for these specific characters in the replies/reblogs! (: ]

CRIMSON QUEEN MEIRA - Wish by Eurielle

In a world of hope and promises I had a dream of love and blissful happiness, I imagined myself with the perfect life Where all that matters to me could be mine… But somehow it passed me by And left me stranded here I’m running out of time Too late for me, I fear If wishing alone could turn out the light I’d have drifted away to the welcoming night If I could escape just by closing my eyes, I’d already be safe under different skies

LORD GENERAL ARZHEL - Flares by The Script

Did you lose what won't return? Did you love but never learn? The fire's out but still it burns And no one cares, there's no one there Did you find it hard to breathe? Did you cry so much that you could barely see? You're in the darkness all alone And no one cares, there's no one there But did you see the flares in the sky? Were you blinded by the light? [...] Did you break but never mend? Did it hurt so much, you thought it was the end? Lose your heart but don't know when

Tagging (gently)! @lassiesandiego, @littleladymab, @oh-no-another-idea, @little-peril-stories, @rickie-the-storyteller, @kaylinalexanderbooks, @thepeculiarbird,@clairelsonao3, @steh-lar-uh-nuhs, @tabswrites, @memento-morri-writes, @moonluringfrost, @writernopal, @saintedseraph, @sam-glade and OPEN TAG

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