#a dragon finishes her capstone project
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First Line Tag Meme - C4
I got tagged by both @visceralcoma (in March) and @scribhneoir-sidhe (yesterday) to post the first lines of twenty stories, so I gUeSs I sHoUlD dO tHiS. All but one of these are WIPs… Sorry …
I’m taking two senior capstones this semester, which means two major original research projects (plus my other classwork). So my AO3 publishing history doesn’t show it, but I’m on my second desperate hyperfixation of the semester (Jujutsu Kaisen) and I’ve been prolific, though god knows how many of these I’ll publish in the end.
Please be patient with me while I do uni stuff first owo
These are posted in order of most recent first, and names are “working titles from my gdocs” for the most part, based off of the songs I was listening to when I wrote them.
1. Kubinashi [Jujutsu Kaisen] - SukuFushiIta, self-indulgent kimono fashion nerdery.
> “Oi, Sukuna,” Yuuji growled, his voice still rough from sleep and the weird dream he’d had, “I got a bone to pick with you, bastard.”
2. Cursed is the Fool Who’s Willing [Jujutsu Kaisen] - SukuIta porn, crack treated seriously.
> “Fuckssake. You’re doing that wrong.”
3. Echo [Jujutsu Kaisen] - Itadori Yuuji character study.
> There is blood under Yuuji’s fingernails, still sticky and warm, and he doesn’t know where it came from.
4. Tonight I Feel Like Neon Gold [Jujutsu Kaisen] - SukuIta porn.
> His human heart stopped beating centuries ago, but this show of trust threatens to make it tender.
5. hangovers / hangups [Jujutsu Kaisen] - Gen SukuIta.
> Yuuji awakens with a pounding headache and a weird taste in his mouth, with a burning ache down to his bones as though he’d been atomized again.
6. Human Rights [Jujutsu Kaisen] - A character study of Sukuna’s possession, and trans Yuuji.
> Yuuji is washing his hair in his shitty new dorm shower, exhausted by the revelations of the day, when Sukuna speaks suddenly from his cheek, a grotesque stretch of skin and a disconcerting voice in his ear.
7. “first times” [Jujutsu Kaisen] - SukuIta porn.
> “You know that I can hear you, right?”
8. “ten thousand feet / the way I dream of going out” [Jujutsu Kaisen] - Ryomen Sukuna character study.
> At least he won’t be bored, before the end.
9. “worst timeline” [Dragon Age] - A draft from later chapters of The Forge of Worlds (TFOW). The DAI Redcliffe story mission.
> 「妹のためだけに生きていた。今は…」Suzume’s words echoed in the air around them where the Fade leaked into the Real, meaningless but for the emotion they conveyed: a rage transcending rage.
10. “108 Sins” [Dragon Age] - A draft from later chapters of TFOW. The immediate aftermath of the Conclave in DAI, tons of self-indulgent Buddhist symbology.
> On the eve after the Conclave, the night before Wintersend, Suzume dreamt of her father.
11. “chili space au” [Genshin Impact] - Longfic, Tartaglia(Childe)/Zhongli, what it says on the tin.
> It is said by humans that there is no sound in space.
12. “chili day 2: fashion” [Genshin Impact] - Day 2 of a Tartaglia(Childe)/Zhongli prompt week I started in march and then uhhh never finished.
> Zhongli rises early, before the sun.
13. “immortals with anxiety” [Genshin Impact] - Xiao character study.
> Xiao keeps his watch from above most days, comfy in a nest of clouds, the cool moistness kissing his cheeks like a familiar lover.
14. Plumose [Genshin Impact] - Posted to AO3. Tartaglia(Childe)/Zhongli, post “A New Star Approaches.”
> Zhongli stands on the shoreline, uncaring of the salt water licking at the tops of his boots and soaking through the fine cloth of his pants, and stares toward the place where Osial fell.
15. “居酒屋で” [Genshin Impact] - Gen Zhongli character study, pining, minor Tartaglia(Childe)/Zhongli. Working title means “at the izakaya.”
> Yánwáng Dìjūn, Lord of Geo, God of Contracts, and the one of late called Zhongli stands on high, as in elder days, and watches the sun set upon Líyuè Harbor.
16. “百鬼夜行は歩く” [Dragon Age] - A draft from later chapters of TFOW. Working title means “the night parade of a hundred demons walks.”
> On Wintersend, the night of the Thedasian New Year, the Hyakki Yakou walked the Fade, a parade of oni and yokai streaming forth into a patient-waiting maw of green.
17. Apple-Picking [Guild Wars 2] - Braham Eirsson/Male Pact Commander. A quiet moment, established relationship, porn, sylvari anatomy.
> “Braham, go left a bit.”
18. “Bread Fights” [Dragon Age] - A draft from later chapters of TFOW. Character development of DAI companions, based off of an argument my friends and I had.
> “Ah, dunk.” Sera sighed and closed the lid on the icebox. “The milk is going off.”
19. “お神は取りすぎて” [Dragon Age] - A draft from later chapters of TFOW. Character development of Suzume and Yuki’s past, plus self-indulgent fun with Shinto festivals. Working title means “the gods take too much.”
> In her dreams, the lanterns were brighter than she had ever seen, so bright that the light peeled the painted kanji away from the ricepaper.
20. “Two Socks Having Sex” [Original] - My friends dared me to do this and then I did. It’s porn. Of socks. Inanimate objects, personified. I do not know regret or shame.
> She was a long, slinky thing, all smooth and silky, but well-worn, with little divots where the garter attached.
Are we still friends after you've seen how much I’m writing and then not posting? Hehe <3
I am tagging @5lazarus @thereallonelyagain @grumpkinvicky @jecook @jennserr @alyssumflowers @theh00ded1 and @paraparadigm to pass it on hehe
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hello it is once again time for my end of the year wrap up. this should be... interesting
january
finally finally got to have a happy apartment experience!!!!! tried out tea drops which are dope. there was a fair amount of stress revolving around APO induction and the musical rehearsal, but we made it!!! partied hardy (the infamous tess in the washing machine incident) kelli was watching always sunny more often than not. i wore some arguably bad clothing but ya know. gays. we tried to take off my closet door (it did NOT work). the beginning of the goose saga! there was a sleet storm so kelli and i made some popcorn and watched mike birbiglia’s new special. darci, kelli and i went out to eat and then ended up in babcock playing air hockey before watching videos with kai who was on duty. PEP BAND???? some good memories formed there. dogs in the library! got bullied by my library boss to put gas in my car and i sent her a video of proof that i did it “daddy long legs” “stop. what?” “the musical” (i do love timothy) i actually practiced my instrument lol wild. WE (becky, celeste, timothy and i) WATCHED SPIRIT and got wildly drunk -- the origin of “[redacted] [redacted] who???” which is my favorite joke.
february
MORE PEP BAND im actually really glad i spent my last few college months dicking around with the band. one man drumline!!! kai made some good tiktoks in our apartment! miss hanging with them it was really fun. oh i hung out with sam and celeste watching movies “he was a boy, she was a dolphin, can i make it anymore [strangled dolphin noises]” OUR MICROWAVE HANDLE BROKE OFF while kelli was gone man that entire apartment was falling apart (hey dumbass grab from top) -- a list of things that were broken in our apartment: fridge light, front entry light, showerhead, phone. the birth of the beans insta!!!! got hit on when i was at taco bell with timothy by being accused of being trans (taco bell guy was not far off to be fair). oh the improv posters as compared to the posters i built for an organization fair. went out and got daRUNK at what appears to be wandas. really struggled with my period. cut hair with kelli n darci. MOZZ STICKS. “you still a lil bitch???” oh we did kpy pal-entines!!! where we ate good food and watched the princess bride!!! i received the plush goose. there was a possible bombing at the bank next door to where we rehearsed for band. aw i went on a tommy’s date with becky that was cute. they tried to STEAL the QUESO. disagreed with a curb and still have those scars. worked a horrible gig at the theatre. closing shifts at the library baby! middle school tours EW more library dogs! fish hooks song oh my god. drunk mash nights!!! i rewatched HAVEN and had lots of feelings. actually got drunk alone a lot which was Bad. however michael malloys birthday! watched choir concert at work lol. stats final whilst drunk!!!! becky got a piercing
march
here things go downhill rapidly. hit up the trains at least once. oh late library nights with timothy!!!! the best nights i miss hanging with him while at work. struggled with my car. went on a college sponsored adventure to a back alley farm. SCURVY FEARS. opening shifts that were lonely. oh celeste played plague and named it covid and won lol yikes. the infamous apartment cone. we stayed up long enough to see the sunrise on literally the last day in college I would ever have. that was good. I FOUND OUT KELLI HAD GLASSES im still pissed. came home indefinitely. went to st patty’s day at brookes with karrigan and that was SO much fun (this was before things seemed real) the best part of that was the irish pub owner who happened to have a son that went to my college. got my mom onto tik tok. took a gay lit class. can’t believe i took daily fckn walks around the pasture who was i. hosted virtual meetings for apo and played around with the closed captioning. that was fun. shaved my moms head lmaooo. worked on my capstone which im like super proud of? i wish i could have directed it but say law vee.
april
BAGPIPE CORPS INTERNATIONAL. virtual band wreaked havoc on my animals mental health. my grandmother would always bug me while i was working which i understand now was misplaced love but it was so irritating at the time. we had library meetings once a week or so that was vital to mental health. hosted a really fun “panel” about queer identity for my queer lit class that was able to educate a lot of people. having a capstone class with am*lia was a nightmare. watched a cirque du soleil show for free and lost my mind. wrote a comedic monologue that i suffered through. suffered through papers and projects. worked on a project with celeste and kelli and we had SUCH a good time. i hosted several jackbox nights for both apo and kpy. that was SUCH an exhausting experience. also uno and drawful with the uno group (kelli would win 100% of the time). ranted about group projects lol i struggled. OH THE MOVE OUT DEBACLE i really went off the deep end. kelli’s virtual birthday!!!!
may
we had so many good jackbox nights. academic showcase and honors convocation happened wherein i was name bronco award winner and that really wrecked me too lol. we had a sunday crew hang out for library workers. clarinet game night too! i tried so hard to build community during covid and im not altogether sure i accomplished it but ya know whatever. watsky broke the record! made my “aced it” grad cap which was so FUNNY and still is tbh. becky taught me how to do makeup. took grad pictures at an abandoned farmhouse lol OH MY GOSH BEAUX ARTS AND APO SKIT i was so proud of that night and annette said it was the best one we’d ever had. wish i had done more but we did it boys. also got VERY drunk for it lol completely redid my room. bc it was NASTY. the way i write papers is so SO funny to me. had our last capstones class and then dressed in grad outfits for our last lit meeting . graduated and got all my stuff from college finally. went shopping with timothy, had el puerto with becky (i think?). oh the infamous miller moths UGH shit is nasty. THE FORMING OF BANJO SHRIMPS occurred on may 24 2020 and that was the absolute best thing to come out of this year. started working at my dads agency which was the absolute worst thing to come out of this year. attended my first protest in cos which was good and healthy. started protesting regularly after that. my most poignant memory was laying down in front of city hall and chanting “i cant breathe” for 8 minutes.
june
it snowed???? i was angry. part of my job was reading my dad’s email and there was some WACKO shit in there. went to brookes for pride as a surprise which was cute n fun. had a horrible interaction with a client. the appearance of the bigfoot statue!!!! we had a vanilla beans hang out. there was a WILD storm that literally made my hide out in the office.
july
went on a bonkers rant about america bc fuck this place. helped mom out with homework. we had several clients get divorces which was messy. went to a Bad party where i was angry the whole time. went to the top of pikes peak with my grandma and saw many much bigfoot things. we got a GOOSE he hated us so much. oh there was a night where darci and kai came over and we hijacked kelli’s spotify and communicated that way it was SO funny. took a video of the dichotomy of man bc of my long ass leg hair and short ass head hair. shaved my head to the BONE and tried dragon fruit. GOT NIKO ON JULY 24 my sweet sweet boy lil bat looking motherfucker. got denied for life insurance for mental health reasons.
august
went back to hc for a birthday “party” and to see the band. did a lot in that weekend (stayed with timothy’s family, helped becky move, met kelli’s look-alike, saw timothy and karlie’s new house!!! had lunch with kellis family which is closest to “meet my parents” i think i’ll ever get lmao). got my prof headshots and hate every single one of them but more for self esteem reasons lol. neighbors got goats and my mom lost her marbles. got trapped in traffic on the way back from hc. niko had crackhead energy. oooooooh documented gender crisis. ma got more chickens. went to a birthday party for a high school friend and was just... so out of my element. its weird. took off my grandma’s bathroom door bc she had knee surgery. started a full time job as my grandmother’s caretaker (love working for the family business lol).
september
went to breckenridge with a friend!!!!!! spicy times lol. cleaned the cupboard. had a birf. turned 22. cas finished her drugs!!!! and felt much better. we did a charcuterie board for my birthday which was very fun. Got a mixer set!!! went to hc for homecoming and graduated!!!!! surprised celeste and hannah with a celebration party for them (it was a lot of fun). came up with my BEST joke (summa cum laude). got called tf out for my gender crisis via tarot. got the goose game!!!! played the goose game!!!!
october
applied to chicago center!!!! will now be working there for a year!!!! this was the first documentation of banjo shrimp nights. surprised my dad for boss day by working with the team to fill his office with balloons. house sat for dad’s friends. started taking showers in the dark. went to celestes and made PASTA wow got very drunk and while she slept i just explored a strangers house. voted!!!!! wow. finally (finally) started to accept that i was maybe agender. had a snow day but i couldn’t work so that was fun. had halloween with banjo shrimps where i dressed up as david rose. that was SUCH a good night. participated in ace week!!! then, dressed as radar for actual halloween and had monumental. worked a volunteer haunted house and like... actually did pretty good?? felt like a real adult!!!!
november
so many things happened in november. i finished miraculous ladybug on netflix. had another bad interaction with a client bc the customer is always wrong. shaved my head. PRESENTATION NIGHT to distract from the election lmao what a good time. had so many emotions about the election. then biden won and we lost our damn minds -- video called with celeste and becky to celebrate (with the reminder that we know that this doesn’t solve everything but it was such a huge sigh of relief). started watching the last kids on earth. made more PASTA and soup! got my GHOSTY TATTOO. kahoot night with the banjo shrimps lol. watched the supernatural finale with kelli (what good memories) rewatched 3below good shit. got the chicago job so i quit being an insurance person!!!! brooke came for thanksgiving!!!
december
i dont wanna talk about it but i finally started watching unus annus (theres an archive its not the same but it provided me wild amounts of serotonin). “call that invisible split dye”. crimmus. had a video call with people from high school i rarely if ever see. this entire month has been a fuckin blur my guys but i’m so excited for what’s next. in two days i will be in an apartment in chicago. i will be reunited with my best friend in a little under two weeks. i cannot emphasize enough how excited i am for this next chapter. so yeah. that was my year. im sure there was more memories but that’s what the sideblog is for lol
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Euriel here~ this is my newest addition to the glasses gang, Longfeng! Say hi~~ c: (Warning this is long.)
This is quite long since I’ve played with the idea of this character for a while, so I divided it up by section lol.
History
Longfeng is descended from the last line of Ming Dynasty emperors that were still fully ethnically Han Chinese.
Longfeng (龍鳳) is their courtesy name that they currently go by, and Mingli (明麗 - bright & beautiful) was the name that was given at birth. It symbolizes the dragon (long) and phoenix (feng), both symbols of the Chinese emperor, coming together in harmony. It also is part of a famous Confucian saying.
Mingli is an extremely feminine name. It was discarded after they came of age at 20, and they were given the courtesy name (that was more masculine), Longfeng.
Their coming of age ceremony was also their throne ascension ceremony, so they’ve effectively been ruling for the past 15 years. Their father abdicated the throne due to an undisclosed illness.
Since the ceremony, Longfeng has been putting on a guise of being a man in order to “properly” inherit the throne.
They were born a female, still identify as a female, but for political reasons must present as male.
Their father really wanted to “keep” his daughter, but due to the one-child policy, if he wanted a rightful heir, the child needed to be a male, and he would’ve consequently have to give up Mingli at birth (which more than likely meant she would’ve been killed rather than put up for adoption).
So his solution was to keep Mingli out of the public eye until they came of age. Under the protection of the palace, Mingli was able be a girl as much as she wanted, knowing that she’d have to stop when she turned 20.
Relationships
One of the things she didn’t want to miss out on was getting married and having a child.
At the age of 18, she married her childhood best friend and fellow royal, Taiban. They both filled out the marriage registration using her birthname (which was unknown to the public) and his aboriginal last name respectively to avoid any suspicion.
Later that year, she had a daughter with Taiban who is now 17 years old and being raised by Taiban as a “single” father.
Mingli’s father wasn’t angry that his daughter had a child. After all, he said that she could do what she pleased for the first 19 years of her life. But the child could not stay, lest it be known that Mingli is actually a girl.
Sadly he told her that she must give up the baby saying sympathetically “I know what it’s like to want to have a daughter.” So, they arranged for Taiban to take care of their child, and the daughter was raised thinking that Mingli had died in childbirth.
But Mingli didn’t want to be absent during her daughter’s life, so as Longfeng, they act as an overly doting family friend/uncle who showers her in gifts, like dresses and jewelry.
Personality
As a ruler, Longfeng is known to be a man of few words, and truly “leading by example” instead.
This was more because they feared any sort of hint that may reveal they aren’t truly a man, whether it be voice or mannerisms, so they come across as terse and proper.
In their private time however, they can actually be quite talkative, sociable, and indulgent, but very few people know this side of them.
One thing they cannot change about themselves though is how much they want to help people. Although they won’t say much, they’re more than willing to lend an ear.
Outlook on the war
Longfeng is more concerned with keeping the Chinese empire under control and from tumbling into a civil war due to rising tensions between the Taiwanese and Han (mainland) Chinese.
As such, they’re trying to keep China out of international affairs, only looking to those within its sphere of influence (mainly East Asia) for possible assistance and/or threats.
Miscellaneous
After being privately tutored inside the palace until the age of 20, Longfeng transferred into Tsinghua University, double majoring in industrial design and mechanical engineering.
It took them 4 years to finish the dual degree instead of two because their fear of public speaking kept them from properly presenting their capstone project. That, and they just wanted to stay in the lab and not talk to anyone.
They also spent a year studying abroad at MIT, where they met Evgeni, King of Russia. Surprisingly, they did not hook up.
Afterwards, they pursued a Masters in Engineering in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Product Design at UC Berkeley.
#hshqintro#hshqooc#ooc: i'm a real boy! jk.#this is really long omg.#a lot of this will be transferred to their about page xD
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Final Learning Agreement
Sorry this is late.
CPSA 250: College Park Arts Scholars Capstone: Solo Project, Spring 2018
Name: Michelle Chan
Email: [email protected]
Advisor: Montse
Weekly Meeting Time: 5:00-5:50pm Wednesday
Purpose/Mission Statement: Put this in the form of a few sentences about what you hope to accomplish this semester. What will the end result of your project be? What will you learn or gain from the experience? Do you have other goals?
I hope to learn how to animate in 2D in a frame by frame style. The end result will be a 5-10 minute animated short with background music. There will at least be one scene finished about Moira and Ander meeting, defeating a dragon corpse, and setting off on an adventure to find a baby dragon. I will have learned how to work collaboratively and on a long term project.
Learning Objectives: These are more specific than the mission statement. Be sure your objectives are clearly stated and respond to what you expect to do, learn, and experience as a result this project. Please list at least three. These should scaffold toward your final project.
I will learn how to storyboard scenes so they are clear in conveying the story.
I will draw those storyboards as roughs for the animation, then clean them.
I will learn how to time movements so the actions are fluid and impactful.
I will compose and/or perform background music using instruments or a program.
I hope to convey a story that is meaningful to myself, my partner and the viewers.
I will communicate timely and effectively with my partner so each of us will have somewhat equal parts throughout this process.
Workshop Process:
How will you complete the project? What research or preliminary work is required? What materials will you need? What steps will you take to create the finished project? How will you perform or present your work?
The preliminary work required is finding ideas for settings and objects, learning how to storyboard and animate, and developing the fictional world. I have watched videos to learn about storyboarding and animation. I will finish drawing up the concept art and drawing the storyboards, then share them with my partner for her to draw the backgrounds. Next, we will render the storyboards as roughs and animate them. I will compose and perform music afterwards to match in time with the storyboards. We will present our work on a computer or on screen during ArtsFest.
How will you document your work and research in your process binder/notebook?
I will upload pictures or screenshots of the storyboards, upload music loops, add links to research, and share GIFs and screenshots of the animation process.
Resources:
Please include a list of resources you have used/may use in the planning and execution of your project. You may include books, websites, music, video, personal communication, etc.
previous Arts Scholars member Amy Hao for advice on animating and composing and performing music
lynda.com for learning how to storyboard and animate
youtube.com for the above and examples of animation
Project Timeline: Include dates and deadlines set by the course syllabus, as well as self-imposed benchmarks for what you would like to have done at certain points in the semester.
1/31: Review concepts and project ideas
Brainstorm ideas for settings for scenes and character designs
Consolidate art style and method for animating
2/7: Michelle: Create first storyboard draft and share it
2/15: Finish prologue and first sequence roughs
2/21: Lily: Draw background (desert, dragon hill and house) art
Michelle: Determine style of music for each sequence
Animate prologue and first sequence
Finish second sequence (characters meet) roughs
3/7: Animate second sequence
Michelle: Share first recording of music
Finish third sequence (characters face dragon hill) roughs
3/21: Animate third sequence
Finish fourth sequence (characters leave for adventure) roughs
Sync animations to music (involves editing of animations)
4/4: Animate fourth sequence
Polish animations and music
4/19: Consolidate all drawings, animations, and music to present
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