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[coverteyes]

My Escaflowne Works Master List

~A "professional" portfiolio, one might say~

(Scroll down for bonus content, such as a link to my BEARDIE BLOG!)

Fanfiction I've Written

Before the Heart (ONFTH prequel): A03 | ff.net

Cyrien's Lament (Gift for @Rinjou, fanfic of Vis Arcana): A03

Flight of the Moth (ESS 2025 gift for @katiajewelbox): A03 | ff.net

ONFTH Bonus Content: A03 | ff.net

One Night for the Heart: A03 | ff.net

Prom at Adom High (ESS 2022 gift for @labeckinator): A03 | ff.net

The Rhythm of His Heart (ESS 2024 gift for @riafunnel): A03 | ff.net

To Torushina: A03 | ff.net

A Night for the Heart (My first ever fic, a simple version of ONFTH): ff.net

Sashiko no Ito (movie novel sequel on hiatus): ff.net

Some Stupid Storybook Story (coffee shop AU): A03

Before the Heart (ONFTH prequel): A03 | ff.net

Cyrien's Lament (Gift for @rinjou, fanfic of Vis Arcana): A03

Flight of the Moth (ESS 2025 gift for @katiajewelbox): A03 | ff.net

ONFTH Bonus Content: A03 | ff.net

One Night for the Heart: A03 | ff.net

Prom at Adom High (ESS 2022 gift for @labeckinator): A03 | ff.net

The Rhythm of His Heart (ESS 2024 gift for @riafunnel): A03 | ff.net

To Torushina: A03 | ff.net

A Night for the Heart (My first ever fic, a simple version of ONFTH): ff.net

Sashiko no Ito (movie novel sequel on hiatus): ff.net

Some Stupid Storybook Story (coffee shop AU): A03

Essay's I've Written

Happy Escaflowne Movie Day

In Defense of the Escaflowne Movie

Bad Fanart by Me

1. BatVan Comics, based on scenes from Vis Arcana

Editing Projects

Escaflowne Movie Audio Drama CD: Prologue 1 EARTH (EN)

Escaflowne Movie Audio Drama CD: Prologue 2 GAEA (EN)

Escaflowne Movie Novel

Stories I've Edited

Brothers Sans Arms by @rinjou

(Un)fortunate Kiss by CatariaNigra

Casualties by Zwoelf @ruinsoftime

Liminal by Zwoelf

What if. . .? by @mirimiramiri, specifically Chapter 3 & Chapter 6

Essays I've Edited

Escaflowne Movie Trivia You May have Missed by @fayrinferno

The Complete Escaflowne Pilgrimage by @fayrinferno

Bonus Content:

Post of Art Made for Me (including Beardie art!)

My blog of mountains, skellies, elk, and memes

MY BEARDIE BLOG YOU'RE HERE FOR THAT AREN'T YOU HE'S GREAT CLICK HERE!!!

[romanimp]

"noir isn't a real genre" vs "noir is the only genre"

[coverteyes]

@konstantya you'll like this

[theaawalker]

Good Traits Gone Bad

Check out part 2 ⬅️

✧ Empathy → Emotional Exploitation

Empathy is the heartbeat of connection. It's he ability to feel alongside others, to hold space for pain, joy, fear. But when someone becomes hyper-attuned to emotions, they might begin to use that insight as leverage. What began as compassion shifts into subtle control. They know what others fear, need, or hope for. Then, they exploit it, nudging choices and reactions under the guise of care. The warmth of empathy cools into quiet manipulation, wrapped in smiles and soft voices.

✧ Intuition → Paranoia or Presumption

Intuition is powerful. It guides, warns, and illuminates. But when someone relies too heavily on gut instinct, they may stop seeking context or clarity. They begin to assume intentions, predict betrayals, or treat hunches as fact. What once helped them understand unspoken truths now drives wedges between them and others. Intuition becomes a filter that distorts rather than reveals.

✧ Bravery → Recklessness

True courage inspires others. It faces fear while acknowledging the cost. But courage without wisdom can spiral into recklessness. The brave character begins to leap before looking, refusing help, or seeking danger not to help others but to prove something. Worse, they may sacrifice themselves repeatedly in ways that seem noble but are fueled by guilt, ego, or escapism. What once protected others now isolates or endangers them.

✧ Uniqueness → Alienation or Superiority

Being different is a gift -- a perspective the world needs. But when a character’s uniqueness becomes their identity, it can harden into alienation or quiet arrogance. They begin to believe no one can truly understand them. Or worse, that others are too ordinary to matter. They stop connecting, start dismissing. Their individuality, once empowering, becomes a lonely throne.

✧ Honesty → Weaponized Truth

Honesty builds trust, clarity, and integrity. But when honesty becomes detached from compassion, it cuts instead of connects. The character may justify harsh words as "just being real" or “telling it like it is,” ignoring the emotional wreckage left behind. What began as transparency turns into a shield for cruelty. Truth without tact becomes a blade.

✧ Optimism → Denial

Optimism sees hope in hardship, light in shadows. But relentless positivity can blind someone to real danger or silence the pain of others. The character insists everything will work out, even when it won’t. They dismiss warnings, ignore wounds, or refuse to acknowledge their own struggle. What started as radiant hope becomes denial in disguise, robbing others of permission to feel.

✧ Loyalty → Loss of Self

Loyalty is sacred. It anchors trust and sustains love. But loyalty without discernment can turn into self-erasure. A character might defend the wrong people, tolerate mistreatment, or silence their conscience -- all in the name of loyalty. They stay, even when it hurts. They follow, even when it breaks them. What began as devotion becomes a chain.

✧ Humanity → Overwhelm or Emotional Collapse

To be deeply human is to feel joy, rage, sorrow, wonder -- all fully. But a character might become so open to the world's weight that they drown in it. They struggle to regulate emotions, internalizing every injustice or heartache. Their humanity is profound, but it becomes unsustainable. Their openness turns into fragility, and their emotional world consumes them.

✧ Altruism → Disintegration of Boundaries

The altruist gives freely, loves fiercely, and seeks nothing in return. But when they give too much without limits, they fade from themselves. They neglect rest, silence their needs, and begin to believe that self-worth is earned only through sacrifice. Eventually, others begin to rely on them, but never truly see them. Their selflessness becomes a slow disappearance.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐎𝐟𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚

The Guardians of Camoria by A.A. Walker

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[luna-azzurra]

Things to consider when writing about Romance!!!

⊹ Why do these two people actually like each other. "They're both hot" is not enough. What specifically draws them together? Shared trauma? They make each other laugh? They challenge each other? Similar worldviews or completely opposite ones that balance out? Give them actual chemistry based on personality not just physical attraction!!

⊹ What's stopping them from getting together immediately. External obstacles like war, forbidden love, wrong timing? Internal ones like fear of vulnerability, past trauma, thinking they're not good enough? Both?

⊹ How does the romance affect the main plot. Does it help or hinder the protagonist's goals? Create complications? Give them something to fight for? Romance subplots that are completely separate from the main story feel tacked on!!

⊹ What's the pacing. Do they fall for each other slowly over time or is it fast and intense? Slow burn is great but you need moments of progress. Instant attraction is fine but the actual relationship should still develop.

⊹ How do they communicate. Do they actually talk about their feelings or just pine silently for 200 pages? Can they have difficult conversations? Do they understand each other or constantly misread situations?

⊹ What do they disagree about. Couples who agree on everything are boring. What are their fundamental differences? How do they handle conflict? Do they fight fair or is it toxic? Can they compromise or does someone always give in?

⊹ How do other characters react to the relationship. Supportive friends? People who think it's a terrible idea? Jealous exes?

⊹ What does each person bring to the relationship. Is it balanced or does one person do all the emotional labor? Do they make each other better or worse? What do they each need vs what do they want?

⊹ What are their love languages. Physical touch? Words of affirmation? Acts of service? Quality time? Gifts?

⊹ How does their past affect this relationship. Previous heartbreak? First love? Trust issues from family stuff? Abandonment fears?

⊹ What's the power dynamic. Are they equals? Is one person in a position of authority? Does one have more experience? Unbalanced power dynamics need to be addressed not ignored!!

⊹ How physical is the relationship and when. First kiss timing? Is there sexual tension? Do they hold hands? Are they touch-starved and finally have someone? What's appropriate for your genre and audience??

⊹ What's at stake if the relationship fails. Just heartbreak or something bigger? Will it destroy the friend group? Ruin the mission? End an alliance?

⊹ Do they have lives outside each other. Friends, hobbies, goals that have nothing to do with the romance? Couples who only exist for each other are codependent and boring :(

⊹ What's the "oh" moment. When does each person realize they're in love? Is it dramatic or quiet? Same time or does one person know way before the other? Multiple realizations?

⊹ How do they support each other through the plot. Do they have each other's backs? Believe in each other? Or does the relationship become a weakness enemies exploit?

⊹ What happens after they get together. If they become official halfway through, how does the relationship continue to develop? New challenges? Deeper vulnerability? Don't end the romance arc the second they kiss (please!!)

[noromogiftexchange]

Subverting Romantic Expectations Prompt Week 2026

masterpost: https://www.tumblr.com/noromogiftexchange/815298093881933824/subverting-romantic-expectations?source=share

runs from the 24th to the 30th of june 2026

theme: exploring how common romantic tropes could apply to platonic relationships. fics should not focus on romantic relationships

this is originally a writing challenge, but you are welcome to use any medium you choose

all fandoms are welcome

no requirement to complete the entire week; just to explore the dates that seem most appealing to you

all fics may be entered into this (https://archiveofourown.org/collections/noromo2026) open collection on ao3. tag @noromogiftexchange and use the hashtag #subvertingromanticrelationships2026 for reblogs

[luna-azzurra]

Writer friends will save your life and ruin it. they GET it when you're crying over a plot hole at midnight. they'll brainstorm with you for hours about motivations. they'll beta read and tell you the truth. but they'll also make you feel behind because they wrote 10k this week and you wrote none. they'll succeed before you and you'll be happy AND bitter. find your people anyway. hype them up. let them hype you. share music and memes and screenshots of unhinged research. suffer together. celebrate together. writing is lonely but it doesn't have to be isolated.

[marjorierose]

Middlemarch read-along!

Are you one of the apparently dozens of people who resolved to read George Eliot's masterpiece in 2026? Do it in good company! We've got a read-along planned for weekdays from April to July. (Apologies for not being sufficiently on the ball to start it in March. It's 2026, things happened, enough about that.)

Newsletter here:

Middlemarch Daily

Reading Middlemarch together, one chapter every weekday

Discord here:

Check out the Middlemarch Daily community on Discord - hang out with 11 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

[weaselle]

I know i've said it before, but if you are concerned it could be real and not a scam, the best way to avoid getting scammed is to return contact separately.

Here's how that works:

say you get a text from your internet provider, let's say it's Comcast (whom i hate). So you have this text that says it's from Comcast about your bill with a contact number and a clickable link -- could be real, could be a scam.

Don't touch anything about this text. Open a web browser and look up the customer service number for Comcast. Or get the number from the bill they send you. However you do it, get the contact info for Comcast from a trusted source, like an official phone directory or the Comcast website itself.

Get in touch with them using that information.

So. Let's run the example both ways it could go.

If it IS a scam: you reach out to Comcast and tell them you were contacted about a problem with your bill, they look you up in their customer database, and they tell you there is no problem with your bill.

If it's NOT a scam, you do the same thing, they look you up, and they explain the problem. In this case, neither Comcast nor the employees involved give a single shit whether or not you clicked the link in the text vs. going through their official website.

This works the same for the your bank, the IRS, Amazon, political causes, charities, everything.

By handling any questionable incoming calls to action this way, you significantly protect yourself from scams and malware and shit

[cozyandconcerned]

You can do this with phone calls too!!! If a company calls you asking for some info or about a problem with you card/account/whatever you can ask them for a reference number for your case and call back later. You don't have to give a reason but if you feel awkward you can just say you have a meeting in 2 minutes but can call back another time to deal with it.

If it's not scam they'll be like sure, here's the reference number. Then you follow the instructions above, call the separate number you find yourself on a reputable website and give that person the reference number. And they'll help you resolve the issue.

Don't let scammers scare you over the phone into giving them sensitive information!!!!

[weaselle]

great addition ^^^

[wiisagi-maiingan]

If you check for the contact information online:

Do NOT use the website previews/AI answers on google or any other search engine. AI is often wrong and scammers have managed to get their own numbers in the previews.

Make sure that the website is correct. Look for any errors in the URL (phishing sites often use double letters, replacement letters [like I/i instead of a lowercase l], or a different TLD like .li instead of .com) and inconsistencies on the site. These scams are getting more advanced and harder to recognize, so if you're unsure, do NOT log in or use any of the contact information available. There are a variety of tools online that can check site URLs to see if they're legit.

And remember: You are not too smart to be scammed.

[lizzyluuna]

[from 2025!] More Escaflowne fanart, this time of Van! We love an exiled king brooding with a sword

[lizzyluuna]

[from 2025!] Anime angel boy Van Fanel <3

[lizzyluuna]

[from 2025!] Last year my partner and I discovered Escaflowne, which might be a perfect anime?! And I just had to draw this messy trio

[melhyan-writes]

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐔𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐖𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐨 𝐌𝐞)

Bring back illustrations in books.

I want full page art that makes me pause mid-sentence and go “oh.”

Bring back little drawings at the start of chapters. Bring back weird decorative headers. Bring back maps that are slightly confusing but I will stare at them like I’m planning a military campaign anyway.

Where is my glossary. Where is my pronunciation guide. I am tired of guessing. I want to know if I’ve been saying a name wrong for 300 pages so I can feel betrayed properly.

Give me marginalia. Give me fake documents. Letters. Diagrams that look important but are emotionally suspicious. Let the book look like it’s been handled.

Why did we decide everything had to be Just Text. Who voted for this. Show yourself-

I want footnotes that feel like the author is whispering additional lore directly into my ear. I want diagrams that explain nothing and somehow make everything worse.

Give me endpapers with art. Give me symbols that repeat until I start connecting dots like a conspiracy theorist. Give me one illustration halfway through that alters my brain chemistry permanently.

Books used to come with bonus content like they were slightly haunted objects and now we’re just… behaving? No.

If I am committing to 300 pages, I deserve enrichment.

Let the text do things. Let it shift. Let it breathe. Give me a page that’s just one line in the center so I can sit there like I’ve been personally attacked.

We have the technology. We have the printing capabilities. Why are we acting like books have to behave.

Also imagine the DRAMA. A character dies and suddenly the chapter header symbol changes. A map detail you ignored becomes relevant. A little drawing you thought was decorative is actually foreshadowing. Hello???

Anyway this is my formal petition to make books a little more unhinged again. Add the art. Add the maps. Add the weird glossary entries.

This is not a want. This is a need. Publishers, please let books be weird again- I AM BEGGING

[luna-azzurra]

Physical Gestures & Movements List!!

☽ Cracking knuckles before doing something important

☽ That little hop-step when catching up to someone

☽ Adjusting glasses with one finger on the bridge

☽ The way someone walks faster when they realize they're being followed

☽ Drumming fingers in a specific rhythm when thinking

☽ Bouncing a leg under the table during tense moments

☽ The head tilt when genuinely confused

☽ Stretching arms overhead with that little back arch

☽ The shoulder check before crossing the street (but for crossing a room)

☽ Rubbing the back of the neck when embarrassed

☽ That thing where someone touches their lips while thinking

☽ The casual lean against a doorframe Hands in pockets but thumbs out

☽ The double-take that's supposedly subtle but isn't

☽ Walking backward while talking to someone

☽ That little run-up before jumping into water (or any commitment)

☽ Pulling sleeves over hands when cold or anxious

☽ The way people unconsciously mirror each other's posture when vibing

☽ Stretching one arm across the chest with the other

☽ That shake-out people do with their hands when nervous

☽ Rolling shoulders back to reset posture

☽ The look-away when eye contact gets too intense

☽ Biting the inside of the cheek

☽ That barely perceptible nod of acknowledgment Interlacing fingers and inverting palms for the aggressive stretch

☽ The point-with-chin instead of using hands

☽ Toe-tapping in different patterns based on mood

☽ The casual shirt-tug to adjust fit

☽ Wiping palms on pants before a handshake

☽ That thing where someone checks their watch/phone but doesn't register the time

[pethfics]

ESCAFLOWNE WEEK 2026 DAY THREE: SLAYING OF A DRAGON/BEAST

Title: A Bargain in Blood

Summary: On the day of the succession ritual, Folken's encounter with an ancient dragon takes a turn that will change his destiny forever.

FF.NET

AO3

@escaflowneweek

[luna-azzurra]

Dialogue tags are invisible and that's good actually. "said" is your best friend. "said" disappears. readers don't notice it. you know what they DO notice? "he hissed" when there's no S sounds. "she giggled" for the fifth time on one page. "they proclaimed" like it's shakespeare. save the fancy tags for when they actually matter. let the dialogue itself do the work. if you need an adverb to show HOW they said it your dialogue isn't specific enough. "I'm fine" said angry is weak. "I'm FINE" hits harder. let punctuation and word choice carry emotion. said is invisible. use it.

[coverteyes]

Shout this from the housetops!

[hokkori5]

Anyone else remember this little pyromaniac asshole?

[coverteyeshasadragon]

@mirimiramiri drew this for me to celebrate finding Eliot after he went missing for five days

[coverteyes]

Eliot spent five days at the top of a pomegranate tree. I found him just before temperatures dropped.