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Badly Summarized WIP Game
A lot of people on my dash are playing this game, and I want to do it too, even though I wasn't tagged. :)
So...
Tagging: @echo-bleu, @hithelleth, because I think everyone else has done it already. ;)
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Writing Bruce feels like herding a wild cat to a door with a broom but the door it's a metaphor of 'not being an asshole'.
Me, trying to write Bruce being emotionally open and mature: He would not fucking say that.
#how does bruce even talk with people when he's being honest? I've noticed he CAN communicant clearly depending on te writer but even so#the line is very tricky#but I am in love with his pattern of speech he sits in this very fine line into being very well spoken but also easy to understand#I don't talk much about Bruce (in a serious note) but I've always been fun of the way he speak#When he is not Batman he has this kind cunny know it all attitude but it's not necessarily mean#it's when you catch Alfred's tone between the lines#sarcastic but not the 'on your face' kind#Bruce Wayne#writing
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idk I think I would be more interested in tes lore if any of the unique stuff was actually incorporated in the games in any way
#buzz#i know some people like reading the books#and i think they CAN be a very useful worldbuilding tool for expanding upon things that are presented in the story or displaying the#...world views of people within it#like in real life#but if you wanna talk about how interesting and weird the elder scrolls is and your only source is a series of obscure books that are not#...reflected by in-game content in any way its not real to me sorry#bc like they do this exclusively and for EVERYTHING#yeah the nature of ‘deep lore’ is that it’s not immediately visible but if all of the interesting things are ‘deep lore’ then it’s just#…a pussy move i think#they get credit for writing this cool and subversive lore that is then either ignored or directly in conflict with the game design#and often someone will bring up ‘deep lore’ that’s really either just some developer’s headcanon or a probable metaphor#and take it as gospel#tldr there’s such a huge disconnect between tes lore and the actual games that it holds no weight for me personally
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Sweet Surprise
During a trip to Skingrad, Lecrinn and Garrus decide to surprise each other. Early in the timeline, though I'm not actually sure how canon it is.
The lost sweetroll prompt fic. I spent half a month writing this, finished it, and went "meh." By then I'd worked on it to the point of not being able to tell if it was good or not, and I still can't tell.
So I'll just release it into the wild and you can tell me. (I do know some things I do and don't like but I decided to keep them to the tags.) From October 2022 but I'm still accepting concrit on it.
@druidx @babyblueetbaemonster @inkysqueed
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Cradling two sweet rolls in one hand Lecrinn held them close as she pushed the heavy door with the other. She opened it just enough to slip out, leaving the chatter and warmth of the busy inn for the street outside. It was also busy and warm but more tolerably so.
She squinted against the afternoon sun. Now that she had the sweet rolls it was time to find Garrus, after she dragged him all the way from Cheydinhal to Skingrad it was only right he get something out of it.
The roads were narrow between the tall stone buildings that arched above them. She weaved through their hustle and bustle. The street widened out into a fork, forward continued to more buildings and to the left, a statue of a horseman. There gazing up at the statue she found Garrus.
Catching her from the corner of his eye he turned and beamed at her.
She couldn’t help but smile back.
“I have a surprise for you,” he said as she walked up.
“So do I!” She stopped, both their smiles falling at the sweet rolls in the other’s hands. Looking back up at the other’s face they gave laughing smiles.
“I suppose we had the same idea,” he shifted.
She shrugged. “It’s a good idea.” His smile looked forced, he seemed to feel awkward, she didn’t know why and it was making her feel awkward too. “Well… this one’s yours,” she held one out and they swapped, both laughing a little. She noticed he only held one. “Did you already eat yours?”
“I uh,” he glanced down, “I don’t know how much money this trip will end up costing so I only bought one for you.”
“Oh…” she looked to her second one.
“You can keep it.”
“Nah, lets split it later.”
“No, you bought it for yourself, you can have it.”
She walked passed him. “One and a half sweet rolls is still more than I planned on getting.”
He tilted his head, he supposed that was true. Turning he saw her sitting on the round base of the statue. He looked startled. “Are you allowed to sit there?”
“I don’t see anyone guarding it.” Pulling the pack off her shoulders and beside her she rifled through it.
“What if you get in trouble?”
“Then you can just arrest me.”
He looked around before going over to sit beside her.
Finding a small cloth she wrapped up one of the rolls and put it in her pack. She then turned all her attention to the one in her hand, closing her eyes as she took a bite, savoring its sweet spice.
“Mmm!”
She looked to Garrus who was looking at his sweet roll surprised.
“They really are better in Skingrad.”
“Salmo’s sweet rolls are famous for a reason.”
“Perhaps we should get more of these before we leave.”
Her smile widened. “Does Cheydinhal have its own desserts?” She took another bite.
“There’s the thirty layer cake.”
She had to quickly swallow the bite. “Thirty layers?”
“They’re thin.”
“Why would you ever need thirty layers?!”
“No, they’re very thin, it isn’t much taller than a regular cake.”
“Oh… I’m having a hard time picturing it,” she gave a smirk, “I think I’ll have to see it for myself.” The smile turned more genuine. “Is it good?” She took a smaller bite.
“I haven’t got to try one, they’re expensive.”
The smile fell. “Oh.”
“I like the spiced root cake the Dunmer make, and there’s one made from something called marshmerrow, it’s a little too sweet for me but I think you’d like it.”
“I’ll have to try them next time I’m in town.”
“I’m also quite fond of the bread they make out of yams, though,” he lowered his voice, “I’ve been afraid to try it with scrib jelly.”
“What’s that?”
“…Maybe when you’re done with your sweet roll.”
Her brows rose.
As they continued eating she looked around, gaze catching on the red leaves of a nearby tree, its branches bobbing slightly.
He stared out at the street. “I have been trying to learn more about Dunmer culture, and not judge things that are different too quickly.”
She smirked to him. “Except for scrib jelly?”
“Well some things are easier to respect from afar.”
“Ah.”
“It is admirable though, because not much grows in the ashlands they have to find food elsewhere and they managed to get multiple food types out of something others wouldn’t see as such, they’re survivors, no matter the situation you put them in.”
She furrowed her brows. “I really don’t want to know what a scrib is, do I?”
“No.” Tearing a piece off his sweet roll he rolled it between his fingers. “I hope that learning more about them will help me be a better guard to them, like you said, at the very least, perhaps I’ll be a better man.”
Her smile lessened but turned more genuine. “You are a good guard.”
“I hope so, protecting everyone is why I became a guard in the first place.” Eating the bite his eyes lit up. He turned to her. “Does the Merchant Inn still make those blackberry tarts?”
“What?” She blinked, brain taking a second to keep up with the sudden topic change.
“I use to get them sometimes when I was training in the Imperial City.”
“Um…” she glanced off, thinking, before turning back to him. “I don’t know, I’ll check. If they do I’ll bring you some, unless they wouldn’t stay good… Maybe I’ll just have to bring you there,” she smirked.
“Hopefully that can be soon,” he turned back to his sweet roll.
She looked surprised. Did he mean he wanted the tarts soon or did he like her dragging him places? She looked away as she couldn’t contain the grin spreading across her face.
Turning back to him she saw he was staring at his dessert, the same awkward look as when she gave it to him. Seemed whatever had been bothering him never really went away. “What’s wrong?”
“I am grateful, truly, but since I wanted to surprise you didn’t know what I was doing and bought some too.”
“So now we have three sweet rolls,” she was confused as to how this was a problem.
“I just feel bad you had to pay for two.”
“Oh…” she glanced off with a smirk, “don’t worry about that.”
#tes oc#oblivion fanfiction#oblivion#the elder scrolls#tes#hero of kvatch#garrus darelliun#fanfiction#my writing#lecrinn#thiefguard#i don't think i like how they're talking about dunmer culture#it feels off to me#i do like the last line though#and though this scene might not be canon garrus liking ash yams is because it keeps cropping up in fics that don't get finished 😅#also when she says he's a good guard i thought it also said she looked sad because he didn't know how much that meant coming from her#but it's not there? or in my cut file? so apparently i didn't write it?#i think it would've been better with it#also their reactions to the thirty layer cake came from me reading about it on uesp and thinking the rich of cheydinhal had gone too far#and my mom pulling up a picture to show me that the layers are paper thin XD
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You know. When i started playing skyrim, i expected to get stuff like exploring a vast open world for hours, long and useless fetch quests, a handful of funny glitches here and there, a decent storyline.....
In a way, i got all of that and yet. It gets boring pretty quickly and the worldbuilding is kinda lacking so i padded out the lore w my own headcanons and interpretations in the more important parts to entertain myself, but uh.
Is the intense and long lasting Cicero obsession supposed to be a part of the whole playing experience, too, or
#tell me why he (as a character) sticks out the most to me#and its not even in the hee hee hoo hoo funny crazy guy in a jester outfit :) way. he fascinates me so much i cant even put it into words#ulfric? fuck that bitch i didnt even realise he was in the beginning cutscene too until i talked to him later in the game#brynjolf? smash but he loses all character development when you finish the thieves guild questline#farkas and vilkas? literally anyone from the companions? i only remember aela bc i married her#not one skyrim npc was interesting to me no matter how much info i got about them. then came cicero#cant get enough of that bitch and i still dont understand why#i wanna put him in a pringles can and shake him so hard#(welcome to my collection of blorbos that never leave my head. sorry)#not writing related#long tags#skyrim#skyrim tes#cicero skyrim
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After a strange hit on inspiration, I’d like to present to you my newest baby
Runaway
Summary: The moment her wedding was decided upon, Kate Sharma knows she has no other option but planning her escape.
When her plan does not go as planned, fate throws a second son with quite an unusual family on her path who quickly become fundamental to see her escape plan through.
But, as new information come to light and Edwina’s future happiness is at risk, Kate will stop at nothing to save her sister from her own greedy grandparents. All the while trying to ignore the strange connection between her and the Viscount.
A slow-burnish runaway bride AU with a rather unusual fake dating situation (I promise, no love triangles and a happy ending all the way. Here’s Kathony from start to finish!).
My plan’s to finish writing it before starting to post, the same I did with Walking the Wire. The idea is around 8 to 10 chapters (but my ideas are all just that, we know we don’t take THAT much serious). I’m currently working on chapter 3.
Coming soon!
#my writing#Runaway#Runaway AU#Runaway Bride AU#my fic#bridgerton#kathony#anthony bridgerton#No live triangles#Yes happy ending#HEA all the way#fake dating#but not the way you’re thinking#coming soon#moodboards#my fics#I’ll happy to answer more questions about it#srsly talk to me about it I’m exci te d
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Once again I am fueled by comments from my thesis supervisor and feel like I can actually do this thing hell YEAAAAHHHH
I CAN WRITE THIS THING!!! I CAN DO IT!!!!! AAAAAAAHHHH
#imagine a drawing of me going all feral that's me rn#I get so hyped every time I meet him even though all his comments are like “this is okay” and “what did you mean by this”--#then followed up by discussions and improvement suggestions and I get so excited about writing it all suddenly#like!!! what is this!!!!#it's probably because I get to actually talk about my thesis and in detail with someone who understands it? probably?#most likely now that I think about it. I don't have a lot of friends who study the same thing so I can't talk about these things in depth#(but I'm also very happy to have those friends who don't understand but listen to my ramblings about it <3 )#p#and also also like. I am about 45 pages into this thing. I am so far. I have wanted to just drop it for the past month or so but!! I'm so--#--far!!! holy shit!!! that's amazing my guy!!! you're doing well!! just need the clean up and some clearer explanations and that's it#it's not going to be two more years of this it's going te 6 months MAX#most likely 4 months of work with 1-2 months after for the grading and checking process when i don't have to do shit#I only have this thesis; one essay that is 75% done; and one spanish course I'm taking end I'm done!!!! I will cry when that happens!!
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One thing I find funny about the narration of Avatar 2 is the idea that everyone just assumes that Quaritch cares about Spider. Yes, we, the audience, know he does, but everyone else in the story does not--even Quaritch didn't know he cared about Spider until the boat scene.
When Neytiri snatched Spider and held that knife to his throat, she was gambling, she won the gamble, but she was gambling that Spider meant ANYTHING to Quaritch. His being alive and well while in his clutches is insufficient evidence to support her thought process. What made Mrs. Sully think that Spider served any point to Quartich at all? What made Mrs. Sully believe that even if she turned that kid into sashimi right in front of Quartich, he would let her daughter go?
She gambled hard and won.
Anyway, go support my fanfiction:
The Battle Within Chapter 1: Miles, an avatar fanfic | FanFiction
#indie author#writing#avatar#avatar 2#avatar the way of water#fanfiction#fanfic#miles quaritch#love story#books & libraries#spider socorro#neytiri#kiri te suli kìreysì'ite#I just talk about media and things that interest me#Im a writer#Decaying Magic
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Chapters: 3/?
Fandom: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Elder Scrolls, Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Astarion/Female Dovahkiin | Dragonborn, Astarion (Baldur's Gate)/Original Female Character(s), Female Dovahkiin | Dragonborn & Original Character(s), Astarion (Baldur's Gate) & Original Character(s)
Characters: Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Astarion (Baldur's Gate), Female Dovahkiin | Dragonborn (Elder Scrolls), Dovahkiin | Dragonborn (Elder Scrolls)
Additional Tags: I don't know how to tag this, Parent Astarion (Baldur's Gate), Parent Dovahkiin | Dragonborn (Elder Scrolls), Dhampir Children, Family Feels, Vampires, Dovahkiin | Dragonborn (Elder Scrolls) in Faerûn (Baldur's Gate), Cottagecore, Original Character is Not Dovahkiin | Dragonborn (Elder Scrolls), Modern Girl in Tamriel, But It's Actually the LDB and Astarion's Daughter, Post-Game: Baldur's Gate 3, Post-Skyrim Main Quest
Summary:
Ilmarien always knew her mother was odd. Where did Mama come from? Why didn't she know the things other people's mothers knew? Asking questions doesn't always get her answers, but that never stops Ilmarien from asking. But Ilmarien may learn more than she ever expected—or wanted to know—about her mother when she ends up in a land of snow and war. She knows nothing about Skyrim, and yet everywhere she goes, people seem to know about her mother.
What is the Last Dragonborn, and why do people keep calling her mother that? So many questions and not enough time—especially when it seems that even if she makes it home, time itself will stand in her way. How can Ilmarien reckon that in the six months since the Last Dragonborn vanished from Skyrim, Leara Ancunin has spent nearly fifty years being her mother?
In which the LDB and Astarion's daughter has a mishap and ends up in Skyrim. And she thought going away to university was scary.
#coming to you directly from ao3#there's no sugarcoating it guys I went crazy#i guess this technically falls in the same timeline as that hypothetical fic i talked about but like decades later after everything#you drew stars around my scars#oc: leara roseblade#last dragonborn#dovahkiin#astarion#baldur's gate 3#skyirm#tes#this is the epitome of self indulgence#please understand that#i write so much toxic bishop for keeping count that I need this you know?#fanfic#ao3#mod post#cottagecore#inspired by the aesthetic tags i lived in today
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breaking my artistic dry spell by drawing my 6'5" orc and her 5'5" bosmer husband as every single tall goddess/short king meme that exists. unfortunately I can only think of 2
#the obvious one with the tiny man looking up at the woman w the microphone. and the kevin hart one. which isnt necessarily a short king meme#if you can think of any more lmk#also i was going to do the exact same thing w her moms bc i thought it would be funny if both generations married tiny ass spouses#but i recently decided that her moms wife would be a dunmer instead. sowwy#elder scrolls#tes#mia.txt#oc talk#i am a staunch admirer and lover of my taller wife. i enjoy her height and Dominence of her physique and her overall Superemacy#^him writing to his mage friends to brag. no advice needed. scrap the rest of the meme#(i decided to have her marry enthir. shes a mage and a thief so it was just sort of like “oh you again. damn we just keeping running into#each other huh. anyway you seem like a freak how do you feel about large green women stepping on you“#you in or out. speaking of which i have a strap; “)#i used console commands to make her taller than everyone. and also to specifically make him shorter than he already is
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2024
What do I expect of this year? What do I want to write?
For starters, I decided to give up on two WIPs that I will likely not write, at least not soon. The Ribbon was supposed to be a companion piece to Ananke (both could be around 40k stories, so together they'd make the length of a whole novel), but since Ananke has been shortened, The Ribbon is not necessary. And on its own it doesn't have enough pull for me to finish it.
Untitled Sentira project is... well, the name itself is enough to tell you my feelings about it. I still think the worldbuilding for this story, or rather the one that existed before, is spectacular. I'm not giving up on the Sentira world, but maybe I'll do something completely different with it? The novel idea, the characters I tried to design for it, the plot -- they just didn't really click, so. This particular story will not happen, at least not in the form of a novel.
Hmm... I should update my pinned post... Later.
Now, what will I write?
I'm changing the ending of Ananke. The second half, ten chapters, require a lot of changes and I want to do it, like, now. First half of January, then mabe final re-read right away, or maybe some pro editor? IDEK. Or a re-read in February. And then I want to send it to three sci-fi magazines and see if they bite.
I started to edit The Specters, but now that I'm back at work I don't think I'll be able to work on two things simultanously, so I'm putting it on the backburner until I'm done with Ananke, and then I'll probably continue second draft until the end of February.
I've been having feels about Crystal Spring Valley lately -- it means I miss Priya and Tenney and the gang. I might take March and April to look at this story and maybe get through that Turning Point finally. I don't hope to finish it, but, as usual, make as much progress as I can.
May could be a good moment to work on the spreadsheet and maybe even pre-draft of The Duke and the B Brothers -- so that I could tackle the first draft during NaNoWriMo. Ha! Yes.
Then I should return to Black Wings and its second draft for June and July (or perhaps even longer), and that would more-or-less conclude my current WIPs.
August, September and October would remain "to be decided". I also have Mars Idea in very early stages of development, so I might give it a month here or there. And then do some more work on either on the most advanced WIPs, meaning Crystal Spring, Specters or Black Wings.
November would be the first draft of The Duke, of course, and then December... Maybe rest after NaNo, lol, or finish The Duke, because 50k will likely not be enough.
So that's that. That's the plan. :)
#tes talks about writing#year in preview#inventory of stories#crystal spring valley#the specters#black wings#ananke#duke and the b brothers#the mars idea
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A Study in Self-Immolation
In which an eager young student learns the arts of spellcraft and staying (and almost all of that is a lie.)
posted another longer-than-usual story! this is a project that has been on the backburner for a good long while; I'm glad to finally finish it up. this piece explores my character arabella's foray into academia and the reasons why it goes the way it does. should you feel so inclined, please check it out - I would be absolutely bloody delighted :)
#it's in VIGNETTES. sort of anyway#one day I will write a long piece that ISN'T. i promise. but today is not that day#it's just so fun and easy not to write connective tissue#and at least in this piece it serves an actual literary device#will talk endlessly about this piece and this character later. you are warned#oc tag#arabella#my art#my writing#fay draws#fay writes#tes#the elder scrolls#skyrim#college of winterhold
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i just think applebees would be so slay and i totally won’t throw a hissy fit if it doesn’t win!!
understandable. see i even have two ideas for it.one is another prequel bc i love prequels and the other is a fic set in the universe from lances perspective. bc i love him
#it’s based off this one post i saw bc everything is based off this one post i saw#but essentially it will go over that feeing u get when ur autistic/adhd#and you realise suddenly one day that te people around you are not your friends#you are their amusing little pet#and they are laughing at you#every time you open your mouth#and like. you know this now.#and you will never not know it.#and yet you cannot stop yourself from just talking all the time#but you’re always afraid that the people you hold dear are amused by you instead of endeared#that feeling.#i have been chomping at the bit to write about that feeling#anyways#ask
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Realizing I never tell any of my IRL friends about Ellenville because Ellenville is my three favorite subjects smashed into one: toxicology, geology, and mining, and somehow Skyfarer and the Liztlie AU are more relatable, and I feel bad making everyone listen to me talk about Cornwall tin mining statistics, TB, and prions.
#I really do look like a clutz from the outside in lol. I dont talk about myself or my hobbies.#What do you do in your spare time? Ohh#write fanfiction for a really small video game and read mining non fiction and toxicology reports on Te poisoning#my knowledge base is uhhhhh#niche#Do you go camping? actually i hate camping because every time i encounter a rock in the wild i want to do science on it. its exhausting
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"Now kindly be out the door and take that wagon away from here. And godspeed to you." THE HOMESMAN (2014)
#if I was writing in the vernacular to match his accent it would be. now kindly be out te dooor an tahke that wwAAgon away frum hereee.#bless his accent work... good thing he's pretty#james spader#the homesman#*#aloysius duffy#this is a fascinating film in that no one ever remembers it exists at all#the cast is *incredible.* it got positive reviews. a little slow for me personally but not a bad movie overall#the most recent live action film james has done!!!! and yet#it doesn't come up even when we're talking about the lesser known js films we completionists have sat through! no one remembers it!#tbf from the spader perspective it's perhaps overshadowed by lincoln. similar period pieces and roles#anyway we need to discuss how we feel about this look. can't lie that double holster gun reveal makes me a little 🤤#love his spats too
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Every time a post either mentions TES 6 or makes me think about TES 6 I'm that spongebob meme of the guy with the spear, stopping myself from blackpilling all over again....
#nevermind how long we've been waiting for it#i really fear that beth's fascination with like. “look at how much BIGGER our worlds are and how much HOURS OF CONTENT our game has!”#like looking back that the trend of “more content for the sake of it” was a thing even with skyrim and the radiant quest system#and the trend with ai becoming even more prevalent and advanced and bragged as a way to make so much MORE CONTENT!#i would not be surprised one bit if we got a new “advanced randiant quest” system or w/e and it's ai generated writing#i can't speak on starfield bc i didn't play it but looking at the state of bethesda and making stuff like tes castles or w/e it's called#the only thing i expect is wondering what new way they're going to strip even more rpg elements and commodify this franchise into something#that is bragged about not for its rich rpg world you can have adventures in but bragged about as an infinite content machine#and like i want to believe because bg3 was so successful that it would wake corpos up to the fact that people WANT actual rpgs but#with the eternity tes 6 has been in the works (allegedly) it might be too late#and like Infinite Content Machines have their place but i just think back to that one post that talked about the massive cultural impact#deficit with starfield vs the impact skyrim and fallout 4 (and hell even 76) had. tes 6 will sell well no matter what#but. yeah
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