Amaranthine Mind

Musings and fan blog associated with @Marz-Artswede

[seatoss]

This game is childhood to me. How I miss it and it's delightful design

[d0d0-b0i]

keep on meeting these guys on my runs, what’s their deal??

[amaranthinemind]

Just finished Ninth House and my only thoughts are that Dawes and Stern are such a realistically depicted and INCREDIBLE couple that it’s inevitable it doesn’t happen in canon.

[amaranthinemind]

I’m not a professional cosplayer, or even a consistent one, BUT for I did find a small hack to make armor for post top surgery folks. I sewed armor scales on to my old binders to create a quick breast plate for a ren faire costume as my dnd character.

[ao3commentoftheday]

types of short fic

listed as best I can from shortest to longest

6 word stories: exactly 6 words long

twitterature: 280 characters or less

7x7: exactly 49 words long (Blake’s 7 fandom)

dribble: exactly 55 words long (LoTR fandom, The Faculty fandom). The same word count was popular in both Harry Potter and Farscape, but without a specific name. Dribble is sometimes seen as a half-drabble that is therefore 50 words long.

drabble: exactly 100 words long

155 words: exactly 155 words long (X-Files fandom)

double drabble: exactly 200 words long

221B: 221 words long with the last word starting in B (Sherlock fandom)

trabble / tribble / trouble: exactly 300 words long

flash fiction: no exact word count, but generally less than 500 words (pro fiction)

pentadrabble:exactly 500 words long

short short: between 500 and 1000 words

ficlet, snippet: no exact word count needed, but generally 1K or shorter

list pulled together from Fanlore - feel free to add more fandom-specific ones!

[amaranthinemind]

Having a bad case of “I’m attracted to him but also he’s transition goals” which I think adds an interesting layer to the Clone debate.

[fuwafuwallen]

[arda-tourism-board]

I lied. I don’t actually like sex. Put your clothes back on I’m going to explain the entire plot of the Silmarillion to you.

[amaranthinemind]

Is the Beka Cooper copaganda?

A question I’ve been mulling over this past year because it doesn’t feel like it’s pro-cop because tortall is not the Us, and in fact a fantasy realm with fantasy laws and a fantasy logic? Plus the books were written before recent cultural discussion of cops in media.

At the same, Beka could almost represent a “not all cops” philosophy. Although the books themselves go into detail showcasing corruption in the guard.

I still think Beka is a fantastic heroine for young fantasy readers with an interesting murder mystery plot.

I guess does a fantasy town guard constitute as representation for real world American cops? Thoughts thoughts thoughts…

[prplocks]

♡☆♡ studio ghibli wallpaper pc

reblog if you save ▪︎

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[pansyfemme]

guy who starts testosterone and gets turned by a werewolf around the same time and has no idea what symptoms are from what, concerning both his trans friends who dont know he’s a werewolf and his werewolf friends he’s not out to

[amaranthinemind]

Reblogging so I can jam it into my dumb self insert twilight fic that also has nothing to do with the original plot

[byjove]

here are some interesting surnames I have seen on old graves:

*they’re not inherently “weird” or “rare”, they’re just names I noted for possible future use in my writing

[theegh0st]

He needs to wake up

[amaranthinemind]

He’s the horse thief

[blueskittlesart]

TOTK - Eternal (part 1)

part 2 here

[xandrikart]

The most beautiful thing about Drawtectives is that you can choose any combination and you will be right. But no way I'm ignoring a beautiful garb next to York.

[amaranthinemind]

Initial Thoughts...

I just finished A Day of Fallen Night and my immediate first reaction is that both Dumai and Tane end their novels ambiguously being dead. And I kind of dislike that, but haven't spent enough time mulling over my thoughts to be coherent as to why. All I know is that I hope the next dragon rider doesn't dutifully and nobly sort of die/mysteriously survive a grievous wound to now wander in a spirit like state?

I dunno it's also been a minute since I've read Priory.

Otherwise, great book. Filled with a lot of dread and themes of motherhood and duty. Finished it in a week. Would absolutely recommend.

[amaranthinemind]

Hey, who was Queen Sabran the 6th's dream connection? Glorian's mother from ADoFN. Was it Unora, the Grand Empress of Seiiki, or Tonra? or someone else entirely? I think I missed a few clues.