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[adragonthatwrites]

Hello and welcome! Name's Dergon, She/Her, and an adult! I like to write and sometimes I draw! I can be found on AO3 under DefinatelyANormalCat. My obsessions include everything MXTX, Murder Drones, Rain World and the occasional Other Animated Thing! Please note that this an 18+ blog! I will absolutely discuss or post about things that are not suitable for minors. You have been warned!

Common Tags: Writing: adragonwrites Random thoughts: adragonrambles

My artwork can be found on my sideblog; adragonthatarts

Some of my projects if you'd like to get to know me as a writer, organized by fandom:

The Scum Villian's Self Saving System:

Dr. Shen's Log:

A series detailing the discovery and research of the largest Leviathan Class Mer in history, as described in the personal notes of one Dr. Shen Jiu. (Tumblr Exclusive for now; first post can be found here)

Eye of the Beholder:

My addition to the 2024/2025 SVSSS Big Bang! What if Shen Qingqiu accepted one of Yue Qingyuan's invitations to a diplomatic outing, and in doing so discovered a surprising chemistry between them? Turns out, doing literally anything but sit awkwardly over tea makes for infinitely better relationship building! Who'd've thought? (Fic on AO3, occasional conversation and updates about the series may be found on Tumblr under the tag Eye of the Beholder)

[adragonthatwrites]

Giving the Hunter Rivulet's speed and then doing an expedition of nothing but hunting challenges has got to be one of the smartest ideas I've ever had.

[rovadeve]

What I do appreciate about MXTX books is that while she always has a clear top and bottom, those terms are not synonymous with ‘man in the relationship’ and ‘woman in the relationship,’ a trap that MANY danmei and yaoi writers fall into. Wei Wuxian is a bottom but also the one who dreams of going out while Lan Wangji stays home to cook and spin, and Lan Wangji ís also the one who actually cooks for his spouse. Shi Qingqiu is the working professor and Luo Binghe insists on being top, homemaker ánd protector. They’re completely insane all in their own way characters rather than a thinly veiled straight couple. Their sexual preference doesn’t dictate the rest of their character and that’s rare

[adragonthatwrites]

It gets even better with BingQiu because Binghe doesn't even insist on being top, and even offers to bottom!

It's Shen Qingqiu who insists Binghe be the top! (Important to note that he insists not because he likes bottoming but simply because the universe would actually implode if anyone topped Binghe, according to his own Olympic level mental gymnastics.)

[seraphtrevs]

The thing is that sex scenes actually are incredible ways to explore character. People are at their most vulnerable during sex! The way they have sex says a lot of very interesting things about their desires, obviously, but also their psychology, their vulnerabilities, their hopes and fears, etc. It is completely insane to me to think that sex scenes have no value other than to sexually excite the audience. And even if their only value is to sexual excite the audience - SO WHAT?? A movie is supposed to excite and entertain you! Grow up!!!

[adragonthatwrites]

The sheer number of asexual people who read and write smut disproves the idea that it's only for the sexual gratification of the audience quite thoroughly, I'd say :).

[allpiesforourown]

Shen Yuan: Yue Qingyuan is the person i respect and admire most in the entire world because he's an upright person who cares for his sect and everyone in it

Svsss fans for some reason: here's my fic where YQY is either completely useless and pathetic OR an abusive scumbag

[minart-was-taken]

"Hornet isn't a lesbian" then why is she a warped potrait of her father?

[aureutr]

Unfriendly reminder that if you're displeased with a piece of fanfiction your courses of action are:

Read something else

Bitch PRIVATELY to friends

Write your own take on the premise (strongly recommend!)

All of the above

Under no circumstances should you try to "politely" critique the author who put the story up as a hobby. For free. Especially if the story in question is multiple years old. Ao3 is not Goodreads

[adragonthatwrites]

And of course remember if an author specifically asks for constructive criticism; they mean how can they improve their craft in an objective manner. Not how can they make the story more appealing to you specifically.

Example;

Good Criticism; "[insert compliment/something they do well], and one area of improvement I think you could work on is [dialogue flow/paragraph structure/something else]". Remember to include an example of where you spotted this area of possibility for improvement, and explain how they can improve it; criticism is useless if you can't actually point out what your criticizing, explain why, and offer a way it can be improved. If you can't do all three of these things, you're not helping.

Bad Criticism; "I think Character A should have done Thus and So instead of What Happened in the Fic." They're not here to find out how you want their story to go. Most of the time authors know where they want the story to go and how they want it to play out. There are exceptions, however these kinds of things are work-shopped in private between a writer and a dedicated beta reader, not in the comments of a fic. And criticism about plot structure, story flow, character motivation and actions etc. must also be made from an objective point of view; I.E you have to explain why Character A doing Thus and So better serves the story as a whole (which if you have not already read the entire fic you cannot do. Hence why this kind of criticism happens behind closed doors, when the fic is still in Draft 1 and not being published. If you're reading the fic on AO3, it's too late to make the kinds of massive changes these sorts of comments demand, and this criticism is thus useless.)

And always remember; your comments/helpful tips will be put towards the next body of work the author creates, not the one you're currently reading.

[senblades]

i've seen people do wire hair before but i feel like i only Understood like an hour ago

[toxictoxicities]

This was gonna be a big render practice page but It's outdated and I never finished it so I might as well share it and finally delete the fuck ass file

[adragonthatwrites]

Y'all when I tell you I have been fighting for my LIFE trying to nail down a design for Seven Red Suns's antenna that I like.

[adragonthatwrites]

Hey everyone, long time no bookbinding update huh?

Well, I'm happy to announce I finally finished my latest project after literal months of it sitting waiting for me to overcome my of fear of doing the final step!

May I present the selected works of Deastar's Wangxian ABO Bingo series!

(once again, highly recommend the series, though watch your step and read the tags; some of them get very heavy!)

I'm honestly really pleased how this one turned out; there are a few flaws as usual like the cover not lining up perfectly with the insert, or the edges being a little rough, but I'm very happy with how I finally got the spine to set properly (the endpapers connect fully to the cover, so when opened the book actually folds at the spine!)

Overall, very happy with the result!

For my next project I'll be popping over into the Rain World sphere and doing @xansaturn's series Yearning for a Final Resting Place! Some genuinely incredible character writing in there, recommend checking it out for yourself ;).

[red-garden]

Bing slander to say that Luo Binghe could not be happy if he isn’t Shen Yuan’s wife. That would imply he feels entitled to that position, when a defining characteristic of Luo Binghe is how unworthy and vile he sees himself. He wants to be loved and accepted, and I doubt he cares what form it takes when it comes from his favorite person. What he really wants is for Shen Yuan to express that affection freely, to hold him and kiss his scrapes, and tell him he’s not bad. So long as he receives love, he be okay as Shen Yuan’s disciple, perhaps a child figure, or just a friend. The only reason it seems like he wants to be a wife specifically is because he is a jealous person who can’t stand others receiving Shizun’s affection— romantic, platonic, or otherwise.

[adragonthatwrites]

Actual J characterization? In this economy?!?!

[adragonthatwrites]

Question for everyone since I'm planning to write for them and am wondering the consensus;

What Pronouns do you identify with Gourmand?

he/him

she/her

they/them

mixture/secret fourth thing

Voting ended onJul 19

Personally I tend to privately associate them most strongly with masculine pronouns, and that's mostly because when playing them I got major jolly fellow/almost Santa Clause like feels.

Like... Santa from Legend of the Guardians; that's Gourmand to me.

[adragonthatwrites]

The fact that Five Pebbles lets you get close enough to touch him as Artificer actually drives me insane. The first time it happened to me I'd brought him like... Five pearls was on the sixth, and after he read it I don't remember why I lingered but I did and I started drifting towards him and he didn't move and I was just like

"He's letting me get kind of close...

Is he going to move? He's not moving... Lemme drift a little closer...

HOLY SHIT HE LET ME TOUCH HIM? I BUMPED INTO HIM AND HE DIDN'T MOVE?? HE'S LETTING ME HANG OUT ON HIS SHOULDERS!!!"

He loves that feral little rodent he can't fool me.

[a-field-of-thistles]

TOUCH STARVED PEBSI

[adragonthatwrites]

Highly advice you get the Scav King ending and go back in once you have the mask before pearl hunting!

I, like a fool, did it without the mask (I was on my first playthrough and had no idea about the mask, and was having so much fun being Artificer I used pearl hunting as an excuse to keep playing her (and then got emotionally invested in visiting Pebbles and bothering him as much as possible))

[romulusthewolf]

god smut is so hard to write.

first you gotta do the build up and then the actual fucking and the fucking is pretty easy but you never know how long the fucking should last, and eventually you're like "okay I'm tired of this" so the characters cum, but you're not done yet because you can't just end it at "he fucking nutted everywhere" you gotta keep going, and the characters have to chat a little or cry or think about how horrible they are or something and then you kinda don't know when to end that either so now you're 2k words in and you might have put too much self hatred and not enough sucking dick. so you wrap it up, and think well it's done now.

or sometimes you have it all perfect in your mind and you knock the whole thing out in 2 to 3 hours.

[adragonthatwrites]

It gets even better when you're Violently Asexual and you have to spend half that time wondering to yourself "is this even how it works? Is this sexy? Should I be worrying about how anatomically correct this is or will people fuck with me making this abstract as fuck? Am I doing this right?"

[spotsupstuff]

Ok, I'm being torn apart by indecision and m'gijinka phylosophy. Quick poll.

When it comes to Phantom's gijinka design, what would be more fun?

Canon compliant dress

Something more original

Voting ended onJul 16

In the original-leaning department I'm envisioning some kind of puffed up blouse combined with a dress. These are the inspo pics I've gathered rn. Maybe with a cravat... (That thing looks like a Phan gijinka staple and the vision slaps fr fr.)

(Might incorporate that woven "belt" thing, too, that one is nice.)

In comaprison, the more canon compliant dress is probably this. (I say probably bc I have No idea if I'll do small adjustments like instead of the bandages they'd have satin wedding-esque gloves and like... stockings? Maybe more detail in the waist area, maybe smth like a traditional slovak belt.)

Maybe somewhat combo'd with this.....