See Me Through The Roses

em || they/them || artist & author || ffxiv, jjk, ocs, and more || orpheus bergardt @ midgardsormr

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currently chronicling my ffxiv replay through my wol, roman, but expect other art here as well ✨

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brosynyaa's wol intros

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ten people to get to know better

thanks to @mildlyannoyedscoundrel-blog for the tag! i love a little ask game

last song: BLOODMONEY by poppy

favorite color: I like everything on the spectrum from goldenrod yellow to apple red. but while those are my favorite shades, i go earth-toned with clothes: greens and browns and all the in-betweens

currently reading: theoretically still working on royal assassin, but I'm also rereading Becoming Kin by Patty Krawec for a book club, and also I've read so much stsg fanfic in the last week that I can't really think about anything else

current obsession: Sunfall! (see below) also 1940's fashion (this is Sunfall's fault) also stsg

currently working on:

sunfall: a fantasy roadtrip featuring the mage-hero Helio, who's always been told he's the only thing standing between deep magic and total destruction. When he dies at the hands of Riptide, a deep mage, and wakes miles away in the body of a young man named Hadley, he has to find his way back to the capital city of Perleaux and stop Riptide before that comes true.

fic: ned and I are finishing up our big satosugu post-hidden inventory fix it! it's nearing 100k words and is by far the longest fic I've written in a WHILE

last google search: robert frost sound of sense (this is also sunfall's fault)

I'm so bad at finding people to tag for these things, but I'll tag @brandnewcountrystar @beafocal @ecosystem-administrator @grimfeywizard @pinesing aaaand whoever else wants to do it

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my first ✨satosugu✨ with @lisawn !

a fix it, taking place five years post-hidden inventory

AO3 link

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You know what, I'm sick of trying to play marketing games on other social media. I'm just going to rant about what I like about my book, because if anyone will appreciate an autistic special interest dump, I hope it'll be tumblr.

so if you like gay books and epic fantasy, read on!

This is Fractured Magic! The cover is by the incredibly talented @littlestpersimmon.

Fractured Magic is a sprawling epic fantasy with a big cast of characters, intricate politics, and a romantic "they were best friends but one thinks the other is dead and when they're finally reunited they're both angry with each other and act like they went through the world's messiest divorce" pairing. the divorcees in question:

before I go on, just know that there's a KICKSTARTER YOU CAN FOLLOW that will include ebooks, paperbacks, and other really fun goodies!

there are ALSO assassins, ghosts, secret identities, descents into madness, and an ancient dragon god who was trapped in a human body and wants revenge about it. to touch on some of these a little further:

-ghosts: are they ghosts? are they zombies? are they simply metaphorical manifestations of the characters' grief? are they real, honest-to-god, send-things-flying-off-shelves ghosts? the answer is yes! all of the above!

-secret identities: if you like those moments reading or watching something where you're like "holy shit, that character was ACTUALLY XYZ THIS WHOLE TIME?!", then you'll like Fractured Magic.

-descents into madness(TM): I mean this in the most gothic sense possible. our hero's in possession of a dark magic that is slowly corrupting him from the inside out. afraid of its power, he pushes everyone away, but he's never dealt well with loneliness.

-ancient dragon gods: this one is pretty much what it says on the tin.

you'll also like fractured magic if you:

-like gothic literature.

-are a big fan of old school fantasy (zelazny, moorcock, weis and hickman) but wish it was more for the gays

-watched this scene from howl's moving castle and had your brain chemistry changed a little:

-or this scene from pride and prejudice:

well, that's all I've got! if you've read this far, thank you. seriously. due to the aforementioned autism, I....have a very hard time with promoting myself on social media. I really want people to like this book because I really like this book, but I get too caught up in tone and then everything just kinda flops.

and, to be honest, I'm really worried about this kickstarter not funding! so here's the link to it again. if you hit the follow button, you'll be notified when the campaign goes live: KICKSTARTER

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i mean, can you blame him.

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happy trans day of visibility, tumblr! today, would you do me a big favor and reblog this post? i'm a trans man writing queer epic fantasy and publishing it entirely online for free.

blurb:

When Leandros Nochdvor's uncle the king is kidnapped by a stranger wielding dark magic, he calls on frayed old political alliances to get him back. But these allies have plans of their own, plans that get in Leandros' way. He finds himself utterly alone against the rest of the world - even his old love, the great hero Egil, has miraculously returned from the grave just to thwart him.

For lovers of classic fantasy, gothic horror, and bitter estranged friends who act like they went through the world's messiest divorce.

READ HERE

Physical Pre-orders for book 1 will be open soon, as well, so you can also Subscribe And Wait

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can’t get her vma looks out of my head

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I completely forgot to post about this: I've started posting my Wangxian Stardust AU again! I took it off ao3 for a little while, but it has since undergone extensive rewrites and I'm excited to share it again 👀

Read It Here

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why is he so pretty....

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Roman Hallisey from Fractured Magic

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one more day until the launch of fractured magic!

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The Return of Fractured Magic

It is, perhaps, an understatement to say that the Fractured Magic hiatus has lasted longer than any of us expected (myself included). I want to both thank you all for your patience and tell you how terribly sorry I am for making you wait. At long last, I bring great tidings: Fractured Magic is getting an official relaunch!!

When: The first chapter drops January 29. From there, new chapters will be published every Monday. Where: If you want chapters delivered directly to your inbox every week, you can subscribe to the Substack. Otherwise, new chapters will be posted to my website. Why: You can read my full statement about this decision here.

What are you talking about? What is Fractured Magic? Thank you for asking, hypothetical reader that I’ve invented to suit my needs. Fractured Magic is a fantasy webserial with Victorian gothic overtones and a queer array of queer characters. It’s about political and personal accountability, ghosts both figurative and literal, and the agony of having a crush who ghosts you every time he has a mental health downswing.

In the story, an elven King is kidnapped by a woman not-quite-alive and his nephew has to find a way to get him back. His plan requires an elite team, an infamous hero with corrosive magic, and a great deal of patience.

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speed running learning how to draw sexy old men

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More of these: Ancient edition! This is the first time I get to look at all of them together and I really like it. It's like they're looking out their windows and doing their little things.

(For those wondering where Lahabrea's birds are, look behind him, there's a big one there)

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played pandy and I think my brain chemistry changed

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yuletide girl

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having feelings about finally finishing endwalker, so i made a hades to go along with my old hythlodaeus art!