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There's going to be a one-day delay on the next chapter upload because of AO3's maintenance downtime today, so it should be up tomorrow (and on the bright side, this gives me more time to polish it a bit)!
Admittedly I have been getting more silly with chapter titles recently, but I'm not sure I could quite get away with using this one for the actual update.
No matter how much I want to...
Just realised I haven't shown off Turmeric's new look yet!
When I was first playing with adding mods for some visual uniqueness for new characters, I found this 'winter plait' in "More Hair 2" (by eleanorroos) and immediately fell in love with it for her. I was already planning on changing her hair anyway and this is absolutely perfect in how it looks like a natural evolution from her previous hair - even using the same bit of ear-covering fringe at the front.
I also changed the colour - just by removing the highlights - because all the turmeric's been beaten out of her hair by now, there isn't a hint of yellow left in there. Her current name is now more a remnant of a bygone time as she grows more distant from the 'just a normal bard' phase of her life, and it shows.
In the story, I'm saying the reason for her rapid hair growth is the effect of a wild magic surge from Honeymeans. It was down to her ankles at first, which Bingemir laughed himself silly to see when the next delivery arrived (and Hush was thankfully willing to help in cutting it). Turmeric definitely gained a new respect for Orin's giant braid as she desperately tried to wrangle her own mass of Rapunzel hair before it could continue to trail in the snow and catch against the ridges of the tomb's walls any longer.
Chapter 4!! Time for Wyll to learn quite how far Turmeric's extended breakdown has taken her! Yay!
And also a lot of surname talk. Does Jaheria have a surname? It feels like she should but I couldn't find one, so. So, that's the end of the sentence. I don't know why I put so there like I'd have something to add.
And we’re off! Next story is up on AO3, and updates should come at least once every ten days as with previous (I just realised I’m working off a tenday-based schedule, this was not intentional), and I will try to post here in case of a delay.
Character Designs For Wings Outstretched - Part 2
First one here!
This part is for Bingemir and Hush the Noise, who are introduced in chapter 3. Only one character left after them, and then you won't have any more names to remember, I promise!
Again, it's under a read more because oh my god I wrote a lot about these guys this time, and again, I'll be listing the names of mods used (available from the in-game mod manager unless stated otherwise) "like this" (and authors).
Now, just a little note about these two - it was supposed to come up in the chapter but the way things ended up being structured I couldn't find a place to fit it without it seeming weird and out-of-place, but anyway, the point is - they're both asexual, as a point of interest.
And their relationship is very much fully platonic. They could be considered as siblings, I suppose, because they grew up together, but they don't really think of each other as that, they wouldn't call each other siblings, they just think of each other as like very close friends. Like, the closest they could possibly have, especially considering Hush generally needs Bingemir to interpret for them when they want to speak to someone else. They have been with each other their whole lives (or thereabouts), and neither of them have any inclination to change that.
Bingemir -
He's using a half-elf head even though he's a human because all the human heads suck shit don't quite fit the image I had of him - which is he's a pasty pretty body with the most terrible boy band hair you could imagine - from "More Hair" (by eleanorros) (not insulting the mod, just making fun of Bingemir, he actually thinks he looks cool).
Bingemir's one of those people who permanently looks kind of exhausted, and I put a little more purple under his eyes to emphasise that. He's also been on the road with only one friend for company a long while, so he's got some nasty scars to show for it (his shirt's only off in the close-up to show how his tattoo is joined with his neck scar - some of those scars have been there longer than others, and that one's been there long enough for Hush the Noise to convince to make something pretty of it).
He wears red, he loves red - believe it or not, red's his favourite colour. I love his little outfit, I think it looks so good. It actually came about naturally over the course of the game for the gloomstalker character I used in my second run - so just using base game equipment and dyes - and I've been slavering for a chance to show it off since, and, happily enough, it fits him perfectly.
Well, mostly perfectly. The one difference between this and the original outfit was I swapped the Gloves of Archery (which looked even better, in my opinion) with some full gloves that fit his character more - because he considers himself a professional who likes to stay distant from the job and also because it's bloody cold out! It's cold out here! Put your mittens on!
I've also included a image of his shield on purpose to show how that fits the rest of his outfit as well, because of course it does. Image is important, Bingemir understands that well.
Hush the Noise - (They are nonbinary - specifically agender, they just don't feel like gender is a thing they experience, same as sexual attraction)
They're using the 'Devana' head from "HW_HeartsHeads" (by modiouser2079995), because, again, the base tiefling heads didn't seem to fit them all that well. It makes their horns look a little funky at the base, but that actually goes pretty well with their tattoos, so all's well.
They're a Mammon tiefling (in terms of story, unfortunately that's not an in-game option), which normally have bright yellow skin, but I found the options for that either looked like the least subtle thing in the world or pretty much like normal boring human skin.
So I went fuck it and leaned in to more of the human skin option, but I still wanted them to look slightly off and not completely regular human, so they're actually the 'vampire tone' to give them a bit of an unnatural undead tint, and I added a hint of yellow tint to their lips to bring that sort of colouration back in. Their hair is from (not available through the in-game mod manager, requires external modding) "more dreadlocs and curly hairstyles" (by Bububull), which I risked fiddling with external mods to use because I really wanted something that fit the more human side of their skin tone that wasn't exactly the same as Wyll's hair, so they've got this cute but practical style going on.
Their eyes are still properly Mammon yellow, though, which match quite nicely with the little beads they have, using the Beshaba dye from "FaerunColors" (by techroot) - and their boots use the Ao dye from that pack to make them nice and dark like the rest of their outfit - muted dark purple with the complementary yellow of their Mammon heritage, but they try to lean into the heritage of the tabaxi they were raised by - mostly by the two centipede tattoos on their face to honour that connection - the same purple as their scars like it comes from that same place, as deep as their blood.
One thing about them I did describe in the story but I couldn't find a way to replicate in game (and I didn't trust my editing skills to try to paint on) was that they paint some triangles on their horns to replicate tabaxi ears, which - along with their tail as an additional physical similarity - further emphasises how much closer they feel to the tabaxi they were raised by than Bingemir, who shows none of that connection at all.
Together I think they make a fun and coolly contrasting pair - they might not look closely allied at first glance, but that's because they're both quite happily settled and comfortable in their own style. They work to fill in each other strengths and weakness - Bingemir is a nice bright target with Burning Hands and a shield he can hold-out behind, and Hush the Noise can use that distraction to come from the shadows and go for the kill. Together, they're deadly - and that's the power of friendship :)
Surprise! You thought you were getting one chapter today, but you're actually getting three!
(As in, one for Wings Outstretched and two otherwise unwritten moments from act 1 that I did here -)
Hehehe I wrote so much.
And we’re off! Next story is up on AO3, and updates should come at least once every ten days as with previous (I just realised I’m working off a tenday-based schedule, this was not intentional), and I will try to post here in case of a delay.
I think the next chapter's going to run over schedule, unfortunately, a few things came up and I got a little busy - I'm aiming for the 25th now, which should fittingly make it a nice little Christmas present for those who celebrate, fingers crossed.
Astarion, do you really have to stand quite so close?
Character Designs for Wings Outstretched
I didn't want to waste time (or words - I can be verbose enough as is) describing original character designs outside of what's relevant to the story, so I'm helping myself justify that decision by sharing them visually here!
This is part one out of... three(?) posts, probably, given how the character introductions are staggered out (there's only five characters, that's not that many, right? I cut it down to as few as I could, I promise) for Honeymeans and Rilice, who are introduced in Chapter 2.
I'm keeping it below the read more so people can just ignore me and imagine whatever they want if they'd prefer, and also because I'm including some (probably quite long) pretentious character design rambles.
I have used some of the mods available from the in-game mod manager for these two, so I'll be listing the names of those mods "like this" (and authors).
Honeymeans! - (Pictured outside the magic mirror because her coat outfit is technically camp clothes so won't show up in there).
Her glorious curls are from "More Hair 2" (by eleanorroos), with "P4 Bangs Bangs Everywhere" (by padme4000) to give her that little fringe. Her hair's a mix of blond and brown through the highlights and the greying colours (using all three inputs to make really interesting and complex hair colours is like my favourite thing to do when it comes to character customisation in this game). It's not the most practical haircut, but Honeymeans definitely values feeling a little pretty over being 100% practical all the time.
Her outfit is the Longcoat from "FearTaylor's Camp Clothes" (by feartaylor) with base game yellow dye. It hasn't quite come up yet, but she's from a family of beekeepers, so I wanted her to have some honey-yellow in her outfit to show that connection, while the purple tint of her lip make-up is intended to symbolise her distance from them. She also has the neck ribbon from that mod (which I really wish was dyeable!) as a nod to her ribbon collecting habit. If I could dye it, I'd probably make it green to indicate her initial allegiance to Rilice, but a warmer shade to show how she's a friendlier character.
Rilice Torath - (She is technically wearing a Selunite outfit, but the Infernal Robe didn't look as good, so we don't see all those lunar symbols they aren't there shusshhh)
She also has a little extra bit of fringe from Bangs Everywhere just to add to the slightly-disheveled spikiness she's got going on, and frame those scales a bit more. She also has some faint green tattoos around her scales if you look closely, just to make them pop a bit more, and frame her whole head down to her neck. As much as they are pride of place, proof her claim, her right and her heritage, they're also something of a cage around her - the proof that she's part of a declining house forever embedded in her skin, unless she can find a way to save them.
Her Draconic heritage is central to her whole character and design, her whole family is known for it. Even her House name - Torath - according to this source means "mistresses of the dragons". Her little fang/talon earrings speak to that aesthetic - something she's done on purpose to embrace it even more. She accepts her role, she accepts her duty to her house, she isn't trying to escape it.
Her outfit is technically using the Myrkull dye from "FaerunColors" (by techroot) but that's not relevant to her character - she's just wearing green to again emphasise her Draconic heritage through colour, but a duller shade that you might use to lurk in shadows, to show how she's trying to remain beyond suspicion before her plan kicks in. Her choice of weapon is a sickle - a tool designed for harvest. I also gave a side view here to show off those light green panels on her sleeves that I think look really cool. They kind of remind me of, like, a lizard's underbelly if you can picture that?
That's all I can think to say about both of them for now, but if I remember anything else I might to add that as well in a reblog later. Or, if anyone has any questions for some reason, feel free! I welcome any chance to talk about the little weirdos that live in my brain.
Chapter 2 is out!!
I'm up to 10,000 words already, great start. It's gonna be so fucking long, isn't it?
And we’re off! Next story is up on AO3, and updates should come at least once every ten days as with previous (I just realised I’m working off a tenday-based schedule, this was not intentional), and I will try to post here in case of a delay.
Absolute banger of a sentence over here, what an incredible writer I am
And we're off! Next story is up on AO3, and updates should come at least once every ten days as with previous (I just realised I'm working off a tenday-based schedule, this was not intentional), and I will try to post here in case of a delay.
Okay, next story should definitely be out on the 30th December.
I've gotten the plot planned out to a point where I'm starting to overthink really tiny details, which I think means I'm ready to start writing it out in full by this point. I've already gotten the first chapter done save for a few more proof-reads, and I'm 70% done with the second, so it's go time.
30th December.
I already think I'm going to make it novel-length by accident again.
The current mood
Now, planning my own post-game narrative without the structure of the game as a guide may be tricky to make complete and satisfying but, honestly, I am just so glad to be out of realm of writing Act 3 that I barely even feel it.
Act 3 is definitely my least favourite in a lot of ways, especially when it comes to trying to make a narrative out of it. There's so much going on that it just feels impossible to cover it all, so I had to resort to time skips and just covering the bits that'll be relevant later for my own sanity, but then it felt like I was glossing over things and worrying that would make everything feel all disjointed and, ugh.
And act 3 is so loud as well, I got so overstimulated all the time, there's all these people endlessly milling about everywhere and everyone's talking constantly - and those bloody magicians outside Sorcerous Sundries, oh my god, don't even get me started. That's probably why I like Act 2 so much, come to think of it. It's nice and dark and quiet out there, there's no one around but you and your friends unless you intentionally go to a population centre like Last Light. I find it very soothing for an area that was definitely intended to be horrific.
So, yeah, glad to be out of there.
Anyway, back to planning.
Now, planning my own post-game narrative without the structure of the game as a guide may be tricky to make complete and satisfying but, honestly, I am just so glad to be out of realm of writing Act 3 that I barely even feel it.
Act 3 is definitely my least favourite in a lot of ways, especially when it comes to trying to make a narrative out of it. There's so much going on that it just feels impossible to cover it all, so I had to resort to time skips and just covering the bits that'll be relevant later for my own sanity, but then it felt like I was glossing over things and worrying that would make everything feel all disjointed and, ugh.
And act 3 is so loud as well, I got so overstimulated all the time, there's all these people endlessly milling about everywhere and everyone's talking constantly - and those bloody magicians outside Sorcerous Sundries, oh my god, don't even get me started. That's probably why I like Act 2 so much, come to think of it. It's nice and dark and quiet out there, there's no one around but you and your friends unless you intentionally go to a population centre like Last Light. I find it very soothing for an area that was definitely intended to be horrific.
So, yeah, glad to be out of there.
Anyway, back to planning.
Shout-out to the time I was doing He Who Was' quest and everyone was just... stood in the way? I'm trying to have a conversation here, lads.
I have no idea what you're doing in here, but since you're already here, you can expect some things.
- art/comics of stuff I like or make, sometimes drawn by me if my executive dysfunction doesn't kill me
- posts about shoujo/magical girl animes I find compelling at the moment
- hot takes about shows no one cares about
- might get really angry about exclusionists
so yeah, have fun, or whatever.
You there. TSP enjoyer. Draw yourself as an office worker. I demand it. (/nf)
Sunny d and jeffery
HUOH????? MY ART NOMNOMNOM??? MY ART ENVY?????? HHHHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM..............................
THAMKS DUDE!!!!!! mwah B<333
Happy birth!!!!!
8D NOMNOMNOMNOMNOM
*noms*
Also it ain't my B I R F anymore!!! It was two days ago!!! But thamks dude!!!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY you super cool awesome incredible person!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎁🎂 I hope you have the coolest day today :] :] :]
8b THAMKS BRUH!!! I DIDN'T USE bumblr FOR 2 DAYS SO !!!!!!!!!!!
Also I went ta da mall and got reanimator stuff!!!!! (Separate events of same day) 8]
What are your Opinions on different types of architecture?
Some architecture cool
Some architecture bad
Some architecture look cool but are bad
Some architecture look bad but are cool
Some architecture should exist
Some architecture shouldn't exist
But architecture overall rad, I just don't know dat much bout it
Hey bestie what is your favorite fruit, color, and breakfast food. Also are you participating in art fight
MNAGO MM GNAO GNMAOMM
mangoes
ANY!!!!
Bacon egg and cheese on a plain bagel and McDonald's hashbrowns, although I have been eatin a lotta eggs on toast. Like. I ate dat for at least a month straight, and longer if I didn't have ta go anywhere. But I do make it every day I'm home, Haha!!! Bb
And uhhhmmm, maybe, cause it takes me a REALLY long time ta actually get ta drawin somethin, but I may try ta do it for practice!!! Cause for some reason I just cannot draw characters dat ain't my own, I gotz no idea why, but if ya ask me ta draw I character I most likely will!!!
Also, if any of ya are curious
Dis is my favourite shirt
(Cool glow in the dark Ghostbusters shirt)
YO PEEPS TAKE A GANDER AT DIS!!!
My Spacehey!!
Text under da cut!!!
Meet ya local neighbrohood cool kid yo!!! Bb
Ya can call me anythin [not bad]!
(If name required Ness/Camp will do!
Aroace!!! Agender!!! Any pronouns!!!
Spam likes/reblobs are okay!!!
DO NOT INTERACT
Racists/xenos
queerphobes/transphobes
any form of pedos
Any form of abusers
Ableists
sexists
proshippers (CLARIFICATION: people who actually genuinely ship a minor and an adult or insest and not peeps usin it in a story in order ta bring awareness ta it or make da story/reader uncomfortable on purpose [apparently dere's discorse bout censorship and junk, which, no, censorship ain't cool either])
*Will add more when thought of*
GNARLY
Reanimator
Fnaf/Dsaf [Five nights at freddy's/dayshift at freddy's]
80s/90s junk
Undertale/Deltarune [UT/DR]
Splatoon
Colour
Cave story
Cartoons
Jet set radio (JSR)
The stanley parable
Earthbound [/mother series]
[Falsettos]
etc
(Not important*) WACK
Under/Over exaggeratin a convo
When a bug fl[ies] past my head
Pickle taste and smell
Smoke (tobacco)
swearin [me specifically]
Fresh Jam(s)
Will Wood
Oingo Boingo
Bill Wurtz
Weird Al
JSR ost
UT/DR ost
Splatoon ost
Character playlists lol
Loose text startin from top left:
ALWAYS smilin
Shark tooth necklace
Cool glow in the dark Ghostbusters t-shirt
Picks bumps on skin
Heelys very important!
SWAG in cool letters
Jazzberry Jam <- just felt like sharin dat info [colour of crayon I used]
*meanin [not] serious issues [serious issues include] eg racism, homo/transphobia, etc [ran out of space]
Loose smaller text:
Rad
Gnarly
Sick
Tubular
Fresh
Text patterns:
-ing=-in (laughing=laughin)
To=Ta (where are ya headin ta)
Too=Too (same)
The=Da (what da heck)
That=Dat (what is dat)
Their=Deir (it's deir choice)
This=Dis (dis is bananas)
Then=Den (when is it den)
Than=Dan (dis is better dan dat)
You=Ya (What're ya doin)
There=Dere (what's over dere)
Your=Ya (What happened ta ya thing)
You're=Ya're (Ya're so radical)
Neighbourhood=Neighbrohood (neighbrohood cool kid)
Chips/crisps=Chisps (I gots chisps)
Forgot=Forgor (I forgor)
*Will add more when thought of*
Notes: brackets [] used when somethin was added ta text dat wasn't on original image. Crossed out words for when deletin text from original image.
Catch ya on da flipflop dudes!!! Bb