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barb-l · 5 months

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A, R, U?

(🫶🏽 thank you for your support)

Oh man. I dont wanna sound like I'm tooting my own horn, but I genuinely find it hard to choose because I love my fics dearly. I enjoy writing so much, almost as much as I do drawing.

In no particular order, one of them is my Power Rangers 2017 fic Code Yellow. Idk if I've told her this(probably not cuz i dont much like to talk about my feelings) but the premise of Kimberly and the rest of the OG's being much older than the next rangers, with Kimberly serving as the next Yellow Ranger's mentor was inspired by my friendship with another PR fic writer(if you know unicorn affair then you know she's a legend). We became friends when I was like 17 and still relatively new to accepting my queerness, so getting to be friends with an older sapphic woman who was very kind, into the same things I was, and was in a loving relationship with another woman? It was very comforting and filled me with hope. Kimberly and Aisha's dynamic aren't the same as my dynamic with that person, but I can say that I projected a lot of my feelings over the warm comfort of having a friend that was like an older sister to Aisha.

I haven't made myself finish it yet, but I have hope I will even now years later. This is a snippet from my drafts

Another one is "Courtship Woes", the second part of a fic series for probably the craziest ship I've ever shipped, Wednesday Addams and Lydia Deetz from the musical version of Beetlejuice. It's a very different Wednesday from what a lot of you are probably used to in my Wenclair fics tho, as it's characterized as a mixture of Ms Ricci's version in the 90's movie and the animated version voiced by Chloe Grace Moretz. While I like to think of Jenna's Wednesday to be more like Morticia, I wrote this Wednesday to be a lot more like Gomez. So I guess I already have written a Gomezified Wednesday. Huh.

And, predictably, the other one is "raven in the den, wolf in the nest". I'm still really proud of what I've accomplished for this fic. The final chapter was especially very healing to write with Wednesday's confession affecting Enid's confrontation with Esther in the climax of the fic. The whole point of the Addams Family isn't the gothicness necessarily, but that they were supposed to be the topsy-turvy of what is conventional. It was one of the main points of that fic, with Morticia fainting over the thought of her wonderful spawn dating an adorable rainbow being the topsy-turvy version of the disapproving parent trope. That confession was supposed to go along with that theme too. In typical stories that involve monsters, the crux of that romance is the person's love of the other person despite them being a beast. But Wednesday isn't a typical girl. Loving a murderous beast would be what's expected of a grim girl like Wednesday, but the best thing about Wenclair is how they still keep the topsy-turvy theme for Addamses. Enid is insecure about not being the ferocious monster she's supposed to be, yet despite all odds Wednesday loves her regardless. She grew so dang attached to her even before Enid got the chance to shift and that's both so unexpected but makes so much sense of Wednesday Addams.

Fredrik Backman is my absolute favorite writer. The way he writes grief and loneliness alongside humor and love in his works is just phenomenal. It just saddens me that I do not understand a lick of Swedish and can only rely on the english translated copies, so I can't say that I fully know how he writes his prose as translations can only go so far. But I can say that the emotions he evokes in his writings is what I always try to strive for. To make my readers tear up as much as I could make them laugh. Or maybe more of the latter. Like a warm hug.

(also wow that's very wenclai--)

I apologize for cheating and choosing my OC's, but I think I'd want to actually write a fic with Vega and Sora someday.

#asks #this became a monster sorry

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coulsart · 3 months

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Danse Macabre

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urayuli · 7 days

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omg........hi pest

#eebieposting #eebie art #regretevator #regretevator roblox #regretevator fanart #regretevator pest #pest regretevator #regretevator art #sorry i lied when i said i see him bald he became a hairy beetle to me..#also shoutout anyone who notices the arms and goes hey just like francoeur a monster in paris thats EXACTLY where i got the idea

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naffeclipse · 10 months

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The original idea for Lack of Light came from a hare-brained concept of a very lucky (unlucky) Y/N who just happened to be set upon by three monstrous creatures (Sun, Moon, and Eclipse) in one night and somehow, after the initial freak out of the encounter(s) and after all of them wanting to carry off Y/N, ultimately deciding to stay (rent-free) in Y/N's apartment so Y/N bewilderedly puts them to work with domestic chores and goes to work during the day and comes back every night to a house of attention-hungry monsters who all want a piece of Y/N (after they've done their assigned tasks, of course.)

#naff nuh huh #hi this js 1 am naff #i have been enjoying my vavac and im thinnjng abiut monsgers #no i will not change sorry #although they all changed monsterous forms when i wrote their one shots #moon was originaly just a monster under the bed kind of guy #sun was an alien trying to abduct y/n and moon wasnt happy about that #and then eclipse was a kind of shadowy beast so that was kind of close to piixels prompt but then eclispe became more tree like lol #good night smooch ya meah

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emry-stars-art · 5 months

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Emry, do you think this fits into your mer au? And who would it be?

https://x.com/buitengebieden/status/1737061713508172091?s=61&t=fl2xQyMY9l5Lk8iGSqAJbg

1) imagine for me. As always. Tiny baby jellyneil he's SO tiny 😭

2) octopus makes me think of squid and now I'm imagining baby squean (squid Jean) being hand-cupping size like Neil and crying a little

3) I actually have no idea who if anyone would be an octopus, I know we haven't decided on a couple of the foxes but none of the options I've considered so far have been octopus - not that none of them can be, it just hasn't been in my brain! But tiny mers live in my head CONSTANTLY augh I love them

#any thoughts on an octopus character??#the trojans we decided are a big ol friendly shark group #and most of the foxes are bigger creatures #ravens i think are mainly orcas???#bc of the Aesthetic #neil didnt end up with the ravens so their resident tentacle monster became jean #until jean was adopted by prec mentioned shark pod #(who he is initially scared of but its fine theyre chill)#*prev mentioned #asks #mer au #not art sorry guys

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cyellolemon · 5 months

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Meet my new ocs!! :>

Lore and info below the cut!

The pink hair guy with the silly creatures in his torso is Emilien (Emi for short) (he/it pronouns) some times after his top surgery he had these cute mouth entities that woke up in his scars (he's not really enjoying their presence)

That tall long green hair man is Sohan (he/him) he's a cashier who is gonna find out about Emi's creatures and be fascinated by them. Could be a good thing for Emi since it had a crush on Sohan since some time (despite the fact that they never really talked) but actually Sohan is like. an unsympathetic and unfriendly asshole. He doesn't care about Emi as a person at all

Because of Emi's mixed feelings about Sohan, the creatures will be very hostile toward him, so he won't be able to study them. And because he really wants to, Sohan will try to force himself to fall in love with Emi

#Sorry i need to romanticize the fact that i can't see myself as anything else than some sort of. monster #The trans subtext about dysphoria selfhate and stuff like that is not even subtile idc!!!#I suddenly became so obsessed over the idea of trans horror (it probably say a lot about how i feel about myself lately lol)#Anyway i will probably post more of them..#So i hope you like these guys!! i don't have any good references so their drawings are very sketchy #but i have some better illusts #my art #oc art #digital art #trans artist #oc artist #trans art #trans artwork #body horror cw #in case.. it's the level 0 of body horror but we never know #Emi #Sohan

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inkdemonapologist · 1 year

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"...that shared urgency managed to grasp the other’s hand in the dark." "...trying to pass his thoughts along, to catch the figure by the shoulders before he faded or brushed past." "Something in their spirits touched, a little reassurance like a pat on the arm or hair brushed back..."

....just...... keeps writing physical contact descriptions..... for the too-brief moments when Sammy and Prophet encounter each other before they switch............

#when in doubt just keep drawing #call of cthulhu: haunted hijinx #sammy lawrence #prophet sammy #SORRY I JUST HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT THEM....#anyway lyrics from Little Talks by Of Monsters and Men which somehow became a Sammy/Prophet song in my head

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proosh · 7 months

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|| You said to send Gil thoughts, so I got you some 💕

It's all personal headcanons but maybe you might agree. 😀😂 (there's some lud in this one)

Gil absolutely has some top class tutors for baby lud, because a future king has to know everything. And then when he returns from his whatever, he personally drills him on those. But that also means he himself has to be constantly learning ahead of him.

And maybe one day Lud surpasses him in knowledge and Gil is both annoyed and proud.

Oh my god you don’t even know how much I think about this

So, one of my more set in stone headcanons is that Gilbert is a bit of a freak for education, and while he can be incredibly harsh he is an incredible teacher. Like, Prussia was one of the first nations in Europe to institute a compulsory state education for children of both genders from childhood to teenage years. This was repeatedly reformed and built upon from Frederick the Great’s reign onwards through to the 19th century where it was borrowed in part by other Western nation – the United States in particular.

There’s something to be said for the rational, practical purposes of intense interest in pedagogy – that it represents the intense urge for modernisation, it existing as a baseline for a smarter, stronger officer class that can be more efficiently fed into the war machine (“The battles of Königgrätz and Sedan have been decided by the Prussian primary teacher" - Thomas Nipperdey), that it exists to bring the population within the influence and authority of the state – but I do truly believe that it’s something close to Gilbert’s heart that he’s a strong believer in.

I do firmly believe Ludwig would have been afforded the education fit for a prince of the German Empire both academically and militarily; he could probably ride before he could walk, and would have tutors for English, French, Latin, and Greek. Ludwig’s a clever boy and a horrifyingly quick learner – reflective of his unnatural growth from babe to child to teen and onwards – and Gilbert finds himself both unsettled by how adeptly the boy takes to education but also deeply, furiously proud and protective.

He’s sharpening Ludwig into a proper weapon, but he himself has to keep his cutting edge and likely finds himself studying and researching along with his charge, training in the field alongside him as well.

It’s all very well and good until the boy becomes a man, and starts having ideas and dreams of his own that grow outside the scope of Gilbert’s goals for him, and, well. Gilbert has raised himself an Empire and now it’s going to do what Empires do and throw its weight around.

That’s something Gilbert is going to have to learn for himself.

#hws prussia #hws germany #historical hetalia #sorry this became a whole meta but it's been rotating in my head for so long #gil's made himself his own frankenstein's monster but this time adam bumblefucks himself into the war to end all wars #from the askbox #mine #my writing

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devilsskettle · 1 month

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listen to me. tiffany relating to bride of frankenstein (1935) is a subversion of the title of the film bride of chucky because even though she is the titular bride of chucky, it's not the bride who she related to in the movie, it's the original frankenstein monster. she goes to all this trouble to put chucky back together and bring him back to life (like the creature demands to have someone made for him that he can spend his life with) and then she finds out that he never intended to propose to her and laughs at her for assuming that after finding the ring on the mantel the night he died (like the creature is rejected immediately by the bride who is afraid of him), and the shot of her crying while watching the movie is a direct response to the creature's tears in the movie. then at the very end it's the creature's words that she uses when she says "we belong dead." so the assumption that she is moved by the movie because she feels kindred to the bride (just because "bride" is in both titles of the film and they're both women) is incorrect, she's actually aligned with the creature in both scenes that reference bride of frankenstein. and this makes way more sense for her character throughout the film, since as the writers have said she has "more conventional" motivations (such as the desire for love and companionship and understanding, just like the creature) than chucky, who is more "straightforwardly bloodthirsty." hey did you hear me. i said

#......... anyway #sorry if this is redundant/obvious i've just seen people say that tiffany relates to the bride while watching the movie #which is just clearly untrue. anyway........#one of the reasons the original child's play script was rewritten is because it didn't have the 'frankenstein moment'#where the monster is comes to life (literally and to the audience)#which was the story element that became the opening scene of the movie #so the series has always had a little bit of this frankenstein idea to it #imo it's just a lucky series of events that the series got picked up by universal and they could bring that connection into focus more #imo it's the best motif that's carried through this movie it just works really well #but i'm biased lol i love bride of frankenstein #also i think it's better that using that scene brings into focus the tensions of chucky and tiffany's relationship #(similar to jesse and jade's relationship being a foil for theirs as well)#instead of being so literal that like bride of chucky = bride of frankenstein in some heavy handed pseudo-remake #anyway !!#can you tell i'm procrastinating actual shit i have to work on rn #chucky

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you-sound-like-a-muppet · 1 year

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the US government at the end of every season

#stranger things #steve harrington #dustin henderson #do you guys remember how in weirdmageddon bill and the other monsters couldnt leave town?#there was a magic weirdness border around gravity falls that kept all the weirdness inside the town?#yeah i want that for hawkins in season 5 #so far we havent seem monsters outside of town and i want it to be because of some goofy bs like that #sorry vecna you could leave town before you became a mole rat but not anymore #i know they won’t but it’s just funny to me #hawkins #henry/vecna/001 #gravity falls #bill cipher #weirdmageddon

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aletterinthenameofsanity · 5 months

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Izzy Amnesia Fic Update Part 4?

This will hopefully be the final writing update I have to make for this fic because it really does look I'll be able to finish writing it tomorrow (thank god), but today we clocked in at 21k, making this officially 1/4th the length of a "season" of this series (I know it might be hard to believe for someone who doesn't aim for any particular word count, just writes until the story/chapter feels like it's been fleshed out/hit its stopping point as organically as possible, but somehow, with no effort to make them the same length, both Seasons 2 and 3 of this series ended up 78.1k and 78.3k words respectively, absolutely insane that they're that close) BEFORE I'M EVEN DONE WRITING IT. That's the level of brainrot I have right now on this concept- and can you believe that when I started writing this idea, I was worried that I had lost my Izzy/Lucius/Pete muse because I'd written so much for Jim/Archie/Olu and Izzy had just kind of hit the end of his natural character arc in the series as a whole? BOY did Season 1 Izzy bite me with a vengeance.

Hope I get this done tomorrow and that all of y'all enjoy this monster as much as I do!

@khruschevshoe @possumsmushroom @little-bloodied-angel @fool-for-luv

#ofmd #izzy hands #izzy amnesia fic #fanfic #my fics #aletterinthenameofsanity #ao3 #this thing became a monster and i am so sorry #hopefully no update will ever be this long again

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ravarui · 6 days

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//Not me writing three paragraphs in which I have Tony explaining how the Arc reactor technology works.....

The things I do for my replies

#mun talks #look it's me! - ooc #//Kanan if you read this: I am so sorry for hitting you with science in my upcoming reply #//I wanted a cute and short explanation #//did research #//and it became this monster #//When the Tony muse takes over #//Hope Lillith will appreciate it

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chaotictomtom · 4 months

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the monster wanting the child's brain...

#had a double take to not post this but the ghost of frankenstein came out in 1942 so. i can't rlly be sorry for this spoiler #im very sensitive abt Frankenstein's monster okay...... </333333 #kinda bummed it's not really a exact adaptation from the book but it's also fun to have another version of the story #absolutely choked up seeing the scene with the blind man </3333 they became bff everything was great sniffles sniffles #also can i can i was expecting the bride to be way more of a big deal #but she's in here for the last 5min. she slayed so hard she had an important everlasting cultural impact w/ only 5min of existence #i love her

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telekinetiq · 11 months

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PUBLIC VS PRIVATE KNOWLEDGE

PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE

general public awareness.

Mewtwo's existence is extremely vague and unsubstantiated in the public domain, based almost entirely on rumors and gossip (most popular in / centralized to the KanJoh region and parts of Hoenn).

mostly considered a hoax or government conspiracy by the general populace, or a sort of Aesop's fable to warn against human hubris. essentially comparable to aliens / UFOs.

there are numerous reported sightings of an unknown, strange humanoid creature spotted on city rooftops and in the shadows, and various unexplained psychic phenomena occurring over the KanJoh region over the last twenty or so years.

a suspiciously high percentage of people who have tried to investigate the source and validity of this mystery have experienced a sudden onset of amnesia and forced to retire their search.

something awful happened on Cinnabar Island.

something weird lives or lived in the Cerulean Cave.

Team Rocket had something to do with both.

Team Rocket hideouts occasionally get "mysteriously" destroyed and their plans routed before Interpol, local police or aspiring protags get to the scene. lives are spared but many of those arrested are quickly assessed as having experienced some kind of mental / emotional trauma that significantly disturbed them.

SEMI-PRIVATE KNOWLEDGE

exclusive to associated / informed parties or those with access.

the details of Project Mewtwo and the connection between Mewtwo and Team Rocket.

Amber and her relationship with Mewtwo.

Mewtwo's status as the strongest Pokémon and as an intended bioweapon to aid in world domination with the goal of being able to defeat literal gods.

could be considered to have an artificially engineered genetic "disease" that compels him towards violence and aggression.

probably the most intelligent lifeform on Earth, with brainpower exceeding the computational power of supercomputers. conversely, fairly ignorant when it comes to "common sense", culture and things learned through experience.

he travels semi-regularly in search of Pokémon that need his help as well as humans that need the opposite of help.

Mewtwo's ability to cloak himself in the illusion of a human form and his activities under such a disguise, including exploration of human civilization and evading Team Rocket.

the actions of Mewtwo during his tenure with Giovanni, including battling in Viridian Gym and the absolute lack of any Earth Badge winners during this period, and the assisted capture of other Pokémon along with other activities.

PRIVATE INFORMATION

exclusive to Mewtwo & very select individuals.

the events of Mewtwo Strikes Back (memory wiped of everyone besides Giovanni).

Mewtwo's "home" is Mount Quena in Purity Canyon, the highest mountain in Johto and the counterpart to Mount Silver. his clones live there with him.

he's chosen "Stein" as a personal 'name' to identify him specifically.

he has human DNA, specifically Giovanni's (Mewtwo does not even know this). this is why most technology and products intended for use by or on Pokémon do not work on or recognize Mewtwo, including all publicly-accessible Pokéballs and Pokédexes.

essentially immortal; his cells inherited Mew's genetic code and do not suffer the 'aging' problem (that cells replicate and eventually errors occur which also get replicated and lead to gradual cellular degeneration). as long as even the tiniest piece of his genetic material remains intact, Mewtwo will eventually regenerate and become whole again.

Mewtwo is sexless, not genderless. he identifies as male. he is also demi-ace and demiromantic, sex neutral.

is the source of R and the Berserk Gene, as well as the first (unintentional) Shadow Pokémon, as well as the only 'natural' one (i.e. other Pokemon have to be artificially 'shadow-ified' and Mewtwo does not).

Mewtwo's creation and initial assistance of Giovanni significantly contributed towards Rocket's success and growth.

he can megaevolve (but hasn't yet learned of this ability) and neither the X or Y forms represent his appearance or strengths.

#⊰ ✦ ⊱ ┋ the monster loved; that's how it became monstrous. 「 CHAR STUDY. 」#. GOD there's a lot here & there's so much more i could add i wasn't sure when to stop....#. i'm sorry it's a lot ahahaha <:')#. i might add / remove / change stuff over time we'll see-

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cassynite · 1 year

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"Happy Valentines day, Sparrow and Daeran!

I know we don't know each other terribly well yet, but you are Daeran's chosen partner and so I must send my congratulations - and also extend this as an invitation to get to know you better! I hope he hasn't been as difficult for you as he was for me. Gods knows what kind of pain in the ass he was during the Crusade for me, but he has also been one of my closest and most sincere friends now that this whole mess is over.

I also don't know what he has said about me in response but...! I promise I am not nearly as terrifying and "Hellknighty" as he suggests (only when he pisses me off, which, to be fair, was pretty often). Dae is a wonderful friend to me an I am quite offended he hasn't formally introduced us yet! I had to learn about you second hand from Woljif of all people, gods.

I understand we're both from Cheliax, is that right? Or at least you spent a good amount of time there growing up. Westcrown too, right? I've sent along a few things from the homeland that hopefully give you good memories instead of bad. I know how terrible things are back home right now, but hopefully there is a brighter dawn sooner rather than later. These treats are Wiscrani through and through and I hope they find you well. I grew up there when it was still the capital and these haven't changed in over a century! They're just as nostalgic as when I used to swipe them from the stalls as little street orphan. I'm not sure if Daeran has ever had them but I think he'll like them too! Please enjoy them with this limoncello I've sent from the area, too.

I also heard you've spent quite a lot of time in the Chelaxian courts? I'm sorely out of practice - they used to be my hunting grounds when I was just a fresh Scourge knight after the war - maybe we can meet up for some drinks (your choice on alcoholic or not) and talk about the latest trends? I'm in need of a primer if I want to settle back into my old habits. Or at the very least, we can trade our best war stories about the courts. I have one about the time I sent a young Thrune cousin sprawling across the floors after he tripped on my tail. I have a feeling you'd like that one.

I hope you two have a wonderful Valentine's day! Even Daeran, who has been so rude and a terrible friend as of late (I know you're reading this!)

-Warm regards, Minovae"

Sparrow stared at the letter in the foyer.

It had been a highly diverting day, occupied with a boat ride down the Sellen and an evening dinner. Daeran had secured a group of Desnan singers who performed with no instruments, instead using their own vocals to mimic the sound of fully accompanied music to dramatic effect. Sparrow was still thinking of the sound when she returned home and saw the delivery waiting on the table--the letter, addressed to her and Daeran, along with a brightly wrapped box that tugged at Sparrow's memory in a way she could not place, and a bottle of sunshiny liqueur.

"Daeran," she called, gathering the items and moving to their rooms. "Were you expecting correspondence from anyone?"

"I am always expecting correspondence, darling. Consider just how popular I am among the bored elite," Daeran said, which Sparrow took as a 'no.' He had already begun to undress for the day, and she felt the heat of his body as he sidled up behind her. He rested his cheek on the top of her head and tilted the envelope to read the address. "I recognize the handwriting. It seems Minovae wrote."

"Minovae?"

"I've spoken to you about her before," Daeran said, amused. He took the box and the bottle from Sparrow. "I distinctly recall bringing her up after we had finished repaving those endless paths around the lake, when we discussed who we might be inviting by."

The name did seem familiar, though Sparrow was embarrassed to realize she couldn't place it. She broke the seal and pulled out the letter, reading through the clear, confident script. "Ah. The field maralictor."

"Minovae," Daeran corrected. "She usually doesn't bite people's heads off for using her first name. Unless you annoy her, which I doubt you'd have accomplished before now since she didn't know you existed."

Daeran had told her of the woman before. He had even made the same comment about it being fine to refer to her by her given name when he brought up the possibility of meeting and making acquaintance.

Sparrow hadn't believed him. She had heard "Hellknight from Cheliax," and then "married to our old friend Regill," and she'd immediately created the person in her head that she felt would fit those descriptors. It had not been someone she was terribly eager to meet, and though she hadn't said anything of the sort, Daeran hadn't brought up the subject again.

The voice behind the letter did not match the person Sparrow had imagined. The person who wrote this seemed excited, had asked to meet, had called Daeran a dear friend even as she called him a pain in the ass. Minovae reminded Sparrow more of Seelah than Derenge. She seemed kind, and hopeful, but clearly also loved her country and her duties to the Order.

A dissonance, Sparrow would have called it. Or a lie. But what would be the purpose? Why would Daeran think of her as a friend if she were anything other than what Sparrow was seeing in this letter?

We are more than the places we come from. Sparrow had said that once, in defense of her own time in Cheliax, back when people thought she was Lady Evaethi Arvanxi. People were more than their land, and land was more than its bad history, its bad rulers.

And yet here she had been, doing what she had so resented of others doing to her--placing the burdens of her grief with her homeland onto someone else she'd never met and pressing a person down into a single experience. She didn't know Minovae. And from what she was seeing by this letter, and the lovely gifts, Minovae was someone she might want to know. Someone she might be friends with if she was brave enough.

Sparrow had so few memories of Westcrown that were positive in any way, and none that were not tinged with the soul-crushing hopelessness that came with being a tool to be used as needed and discarded when done, captive with no escape in sight. But Cheliax was more than those memories, more than her slavery. It had a different past, and hopefully a different future, one she barely knew of and had deliberately ignored; to her, it had only been a place to escape.

And apparently it boasted the sweets Daeran was unwrapping, fruit tarts and soft fresh-looking pound cake and dark chocolates cupped in filmy white wrapping. Sparrow had seen the packaging before when she had roamed the streets of Cheliax's former capital with Evaethi; she was reasonably sure she'd walked by the very patisserie these were made. She had never once tried any of these things.

Her throat tightened, and she abruptly felt ashamed. She looked back down at the letter, at the cheerful introduction of someone Daeran had told her of over six months ago. "I'll write back. Perhaps we can arrange a time to formally meet."

Sparrow should also send gifts; it would be appropriate. Sweets? Regill never seemed to care for such things. Would it also be seen as tired, since that was what they had received? Perhaps there was something of interest in her library she could obtain a copy for--or were books also boring? Maybe--

The letter was pulled from her hands, and Daeran folded the contents away in the envelope. "Not tonight, you won't."

Sparrow reached for the letter and scowled when Daeran stepped away. "It would be rude not to respond as soon as possible."

"Dearest, I have seen you pen correspondence to individuals who make you nervous for no discernible reason. You'll take days to write 'yes, let's meet and get to know each other' in a register so formal my cousin would find it excessive in high court, and then fret about the entire ordeal until you receive a response. That stress can wait until tomorrow--our day together is not yet over and I would like to enjoy the rest of it with you."

"I--" Sparrow sighed and stepped back. "I should still start tonight."

"Or," Daeran opens the box and takes out a piece of chocolate, "we could try the confectioneries that were so generously provided for us and enjoy the rest of the holiday. If you have an opinion on the sweets, you can even put it in the letter, which is practically beginning to write back anyways. Here, tell me what you think."

Sparrow held out her hand, but Daeran stepped close again and pressed the chocolate to her lips. She rolled her eyes, but opened up and let him pop it into her mouth--she inhaled sharply when she bit down and the bittersweet notes of the chocolate melded with the hidden fruit filling. "Oh, that is lovely."

"Is it? Let me try." Daeran swooped down and kissed her, pressing her mouth open and tasting the sugar on her tongue. Sparrow mind went white-blank and fuzzy at the edges. Pulling back, he smiled at her slightly vacant expression. "I agree, very sweet."

"It wasn't that sweet actually," Sparrow said, trying to collect her scattered thoughts.

"Really? My mistake. Let's try again with the rest of the gifts. I would very much like to sample that limoncello."

[A letter written on thick paper in a formal, though exceedingly correct and simple script.]

"Greetings and Happy belated Valentine's Day, Field-Maralictor Aur Minovae.

(First, please let me know if you are comfortable with informal address. Daeran insists that you would not care, but I would not wish to be overfamiliar.) This letter was a surprise, but a very welcome one.

Your letter, and your gifts, arrived in good condition, to Daeran's particular delight. He mentioned that you both had not corresponded in some time and had expressed regret at that fact. Woljif had not mentioned he was traveling south, or Daeran would have reached out before now; he stated he will rectify this issue "as soon as, and in the most surprising way, possible for the dear Paralictor's health." Please interpret this in the worst way possible and prepare accordingly.

I myself have been rather busy with the educational program I am hoping to have fully institutionalized by next year in Drezen, but that is not an excuse. Daeran spoke very highly of your leadership prowess (he insisted I inform you that he called you "very boring most of the time" and "incredibly frightening to your enemies" which I interpreted to mean you were more than competent in your past and present duties--not that Paralictor Derenge would have found a partner in anyone less). He also had spoken of setting up an arrangement to meet, something I had been too busy to look at fully. I do apologize for that oversight.

Your letter was an incredibly kind gesture, especially considering we had not been in touch before now. Thank you again for your correspondence. I would be honored, if you were still amenable, to meeting face-to-face.

I do not think I would be able to return to Cheliax in the near future, but if you were planning on traveling north perhaps we could arrange to meet in Mendev? The renovations at Heaven's Edge are nearly complete and would be open to supporting guests, if you would like, and Drezen of course has open doors for travelers. Fye, of the Half-Measure Tavern, mentions you fondly, and I still try to support his business when I can, so we could meet there if that sounds feasible. If that is too far of a trip for you, Daeran has made comments about traveling to the River Kingdoms recently, and I have been hoping to make time to go to Andoran within the year to visit Sosiel. Perhaps we could arrange for a rendezvous at a halfway point.

I do not know if I would be very helpful, but I could certainly speak on the Cheliaxian Court with you as it was before I left several years ago. I'm sure you know that House Arvanxi has fallen into decline in the past century, so my presence had never been required for high social events, but I might be able to offer some advice. In return I would like to learn more about the Cheliax of your youth. It would be nice, to learn more about what the nation used to be like, and what it could be again one day.

And thank you again, formally, for the gifts. Daeran had not sampled any of the delicacies you provided before, and had insisted we share them together, which was a very lovely experience. I was partial to the dark chocolate, myself. I do not know if you ever found yourself partial to the desserts common in Mendev, but a new shop specializing in baked sweets opened recently in Drezen that I've become fond of. I've provided some samples with this letter.

For the Paralictor, who I recall did not like sweets overmuch, I've provided a copy of Indarah's latest volume on her historical examination of the Last War of Jistka. There is a chapter on military tactics used during Osirion's final push to victory that I believe he might find particularly interesting; I've marked the passage for him.

Both Daeran and I hope your Valentine's Day was as fulfilling and happy as you helped make ours. I know Paralictor Derenge needs to be pulled away from his work at times, but hopefully you managed without too much trouble. I look forward to speaking with you, and meeting with you, soon.

Best wishes,

Sparrow and Daeran Arendae

#cassy answers #silversiren1101 #thank you SO MUCH for this super kind and thoughtful letter!!!#i am so sorry this took so long to respond to i didn't even see it until this morning #and then i wrote the letter and realized it didn't feel complete without context and then it became this monster #i hope it's at least a somewhat enjoyable read!#daeran arendae #oc: sparrow #oc: minovae #wotr #pwotr #mino: daeran didn't say a thing about you that asshole!#sparrow: oh yeah that's because I made a snap judgment about you and wanted to avoid an awkward encounter. that was my bad actually #cassy writes #pwotr pals #genuinely one of my favorite things tbh <3

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