things of the beyond

astra. she/her. I write fantasy and a little scifi and horror.

[astras-rambles-moved]

this blog is inactive. I've moved to @starry-voids

[astras-rambles-moved]

just a head's up

I might be making an entirely new writing blog

I need to be able to just come here for writing stuff, and i want an account where my writeblr is my main blog. I think it would be better overall for my mental health.

I don't think I'll fully delete this one, just keep it as an archive. whenever I get the new one set up I'll post the url here.

I'm sorry about this. i just need a way to be on tumblr without spiraling, and i think a fresh start and a new main blog would help with that.

[holespoles]

Chinese artist Shou Xin creates the most wonderful cats with just a few pencil lines

[fairytaleprincessart]

[featherofmetis]

Tis the season where All is Bright

[myrfing]

imagine if your boyfriend was like I can smell an ant. and started tracking

[losttimpactt]

just some guys

🔴 KO-FI

⚫ COMMISSION INFO

[tamvmat]

There was a poor soaking wet crow sitting in the rain, I had to draw him. Looked like the world's most dejected rectangle 😅💚

[eyecandyandsoulfoodie]

[ur-daily-inspiration]

Credit: 📸 @hannahhillam

[catasters]

[colonelfubster]

Drew something for the first time in I think about 5 years, and I'm pretty happy with it, so have a 70's rotary telephone mimic for your viewing pleasure.

[colonelfubster]

Decided that they also come in portable format.

[astras-rambles-moved]

alright I'm back

might disappear again around January/the inauguration but for now I return

in good news, I've finally figured out what I want to do with Grim's Hollow so it's going back on my WIP list when I get the chance to redo the post

[ihaveatypeanditstrickstergods]

One of my favorite D&D gags that I ever came up with is part of a oneshot I've run a few times where the party is hired by a young wizard to help clear out a few active security measures in a tower that the wizard inherited from her old teacher.

The first obstacle to be cleared is the re-animated skeletons that the old wizard was using for gardening help. It's a pretty straightforward fight, but during the encounter, players may notice one particular raised bed of herbs that is set back in a corner of the garden by itself.

Upon further investigation, this one raised bed is absolutely shining with magical protections. There are runes carved into the wood of the bed, gemstones inlaid in the top of it, this bed is absolutely protected out the ass... and an arcana check shows that the protections are all pointed inward, attempting to keep what's in there from getting out.

What's growing in that raised bed, you may ask? What is so dangerous that the old wizard felt the need to place all these protections?

Mint.

[oloriel]

I am not going to go gentle into the good night.

I'm gonna be a massive bitch about it.

[starry-voids-deactivated]

I might take a break from tumblr in November. maybe the rest of the year. if I dissappear I'm fine, nothing's happened and I haven't harmed myself in any way, I just need to not be on social media right now for my own health, both mental and physical.

[astras-rambles-moved]

should I even keep writing right now?

I mean, I want to, but it feels a little like hearing that someone i love died and going "sad. oh well, better keep up with my writing goals"