The Marvels (2023) by Ratscape

@ratscapism Already did Aeron here, so have some Asha & Qarl! Thank you for the prompt. These are a fun way of decluttering my phone. I sadly don't have anything for Cotter Pyke but it seems to me you've been thinking about him lately and I'd love to hear whatever you have to say.

(Sources: unnamed work by Edvard Munch, "Schlafendes Paar" by Egon Schiele, illustration by Kate Baylay, letterbox review that I couldn't find the movie for although I am willing to bet it's for an Almodovar one)

Medusa by Ratscape

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i also had elective surgery about a year ago. just sitting around got so boring and i had to stay in the hospital for 3 days i lost my mind. wishing you a good recovery! my question is how was writing the alternate pov for head above water? was it easy because you knew the story already or was it challenging to get into the other character headspace? (dare to breathe took me out at the knees btw)

oof, three days in the hospital sounds rough! glad you made it through okay. i'm really glad i got to go home pretty much right after mine. thank you for the well-wishes ❤

for the alternate povs — they were pretty easy, honestly, but not totally unchallenging. finding the character voice/mood for leon and then quinn after spending so much time in matthew's head in that fic 'verse was a great writing exercise. all three of the pov swaps were scenes that i already knew what those characters were thinking the whole time, so it was actually just pretty cool to share some other sides of the story with other people. i think the two things i said the most to friends when i finished writing the og HAW is that a) i hoped the leon characterization was strong enough, because the narration is so grounded in the ratscape of matthew's brain that i felt like there was a lot of leon that didn't make it onto the page, and b) my poor boy quinn has so much going on over in his corner and matthew is just going thru it too hard notice 😂 it was quite serendipitous that the alternate povs that people requested were ones that let me showcase those two characters a little bit.

the biggest challenge of it, i think, was trying to make the scenes interesting and compelling even though everyone reading them would already know the outcome, lol. figuring out which pieces of the scene i could just more or less copy/paste and which parts would be observed differently through the new set of eyes. but i really enjoyed writing them! (and thank you, i'm glad you liked it!! ❤❤)

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Save Batel poster series (2023) by Ratscape

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Loki By Ratscape

for the love your fandom ask; 2, 17, 25 !

Thanks @ratscapism! I'm so sorry it took me so long to answer!

2. A headcanon you weren't sure about at first but have come to like!

I can’t really think of a headcanon that I use to disagree with that I have since changed my mind about. And I don't really think it's because my mind can't be changed, because I can be pretty open when it comes to headcanons. Even if I disagree with it I will usually be like, "that might be interesting as an AU fic." But also maybe my memory is just failing me. I know I do have a few theories I was unsure about at first and now have come to really love. (Are theories different from headcanons? I don't know lol)

The first (and I can't believe I am speaking about this again- I actually just had 3 separate conversations about this this week for some reason) is the theory that Tyrion will either ride a dragon or is Aerys' son, or both! At first I wasn't sure about it because when I first entered fandom I think people were having theory fatigue and especially secret identity theory fatigue. So there were a lot of posts making fun of the Tyrion Targ theory and treating it like it was absolute tinfoil. But when I reread Tyrion's chapters for Tyrion Month in 2022, there is so much evidence for this theory. I won't be upset if it isn't true, but I definitely don't think it belongs in the same category as Varys is a merman you know? (If Varys turns out to be a merman I will apologize.)

I also use to be unsure by the theory that Theon might be skinchanged by someone (maybe Bran) because can't he just not be tortured for two seconds? But now it really intrigues me and it has intrigued me for awhile... but in the beginning, I was still trying to "gentle" it a bit in my own writing, like he gives Bran "permission" etc to do it. But now, I kind of want to explore what is horrific about it- and especially it being done to Theon in particular. This also leads me to another headcanon/theory I love which is that the Boltons started their skin FLAYING as revenge on the Starks who were skin changers. But I'm not sure if I ever felt unsure about that one haha.

17. the thing in canon that everyone loves and that you also love.

I talked about this already here but I am going to copy and paste since I don't know if you want to read about the other fandoms I'm talking about. So, I'll just keep this asoiaf centric:

Theon's Godswood scene. The old gods, they know me. They know my name. Shoot that scene directly into my veins. Carve that monologue onto my gravestone.

New thoughts: Honestly though, it's really hard to find something that "everyone" loves in the asoiaf fandom. And I've been in asoiaf fandom long enough to know that not everyone probably loves that scene I just described either. I remember a long debate years ago about how someone hated "I should have died with him" which usually seems universally liked. And this person had good points, no shade! (even though I DO like "I should have died with him.") But I think not liking the Godswood scene would *probably* be an unpopular opinion at least. I really don't have anything else lol, because I am honestly not sure what else "everyone" likes, asoiaf fandom is such a humongous beast...

25. a piece of advice for taking care of yourself in fandom spaces.

I answered this here but again, to keep this asoiaf only I will copy and paste:

Concentrate on what YOU love and don't feel bad about it. I'm serious. I have problems with this as well and it's hard NOT to care about what people think because part of seeking out a fandom for something you love is finding community in your enjoyment of something. But believe me, you will find your niche of fellow fans if you just fearlessly enjoy what you enjoy. And personally, I wouldn't even give what you don't enjoy any time at all. And really try to cultivate not getting upset if other fans are enjoying a headcanon or ship you hate or a character in a way you disagree with. And cultivate putting more of what YOU enjoy out there instead. (This is all advice I give myself too everyday and I don't do this well so I'm not trying to be all wise about it. It is just what I am trying to do and when I succeed it really makes everything more enjoyable.)

melanie.scrofano.officiel: I honestly just wake up like this.

Thank you, @ratscape, for being so good to my ego. In one photo, you have unravelled all the effort my family has put in over the years to try to keep me humble.

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