The Goose and The Wren

I'm writing a story. What kind of story? Who knows.

[goose-wren]

HELLO!

Welcome to my writing blog! I have many ocs and several stories I’m working on but also might occasionally post other stuff here as well. Aspiring gamedev but mostly in the theoretical sense. Also, expect a LOT of worldbuilding. I think it’s fun.

If you suggest a prompt in my askbox I might write something based off it. MIGHT. Definitely won’t if it’s nsfw or uncomfortable.

PLEASE ASK ME ABOUT MY OCS !!!!!!

[liquidstar]

Do you guys ever think about how fanfiction would mischaracterize your OCs

[honeyfaer]

"theyll hate you for this" "but theyll be alive" is THE juiciest thing to me

[honeyfaer]

i will ensure you stay alive above all else. even if what i do to make it happen is horrendous. even if it violates all your wishes or moral principles. even if you can never look at me the same way again, even if you hate me for it. because at least if you hate me it means youre alive

[thedeafprophet]

there's something so funny about talking about an oc you havent properly drawn yet. yea yea theres this guy - i know you havent seen them but you gotta trust me on the vibes here

[buffyseasonsix]

Dubcon but it's me bringing you back from the dead

[possessable]

the evil amulet is a classic but have we considered The Good Amulet . villain who switches sides because they put on The Amulet That Makes You Good and fell too deeply under its spell to ever take it back off and the heroes are trying to figure out how they feel about that ethics-wise

[goose-wren]

write more sterling OR explain sterling to the class. Or do both please write more sterling

I've thought about writing out some scenes from Sterling's backstory but that'd contain Spoilers that even you don't know about so for now I'll just ramble about them. Also I'm PRETTY sure nobody else from the campaign uses tumblr but I'm putting everything below the cut just in case.

SO Sterling is the character I'm playing in my current dnd campaign. They're a sorcerer, traveling with a group of six other people sent on a quest to go to the jungle and find this powerful lost artifact because there's this army of gnolls who really REALLY want to find it and are destroying entire villages trying to find it. Classic DnD Plotline. Sterling is ALSO a sentient amulet that possesses people. Is there a chance that Sterling is actually the artifact they're all trying to hunt down? Yes, Although they're reasonably sure that isn't the case. REGARDLESS it's definitely related to them somehow, so they have a very personal interest in finding out more about this thing. None of the people that they're traveling with know what Sterling really is, although there's already quite a bit of suspicion. Nobody knows what is up with Sterling SPECIFICALLY but they do know that they're probably hiding SOMETHING. And Sterling just really wants everyone to stop asking questions forever, please. Sterling is expecting things to turn violent pretty quickly once the truth about their whole Deal comes out, since the whole "your friend was secretly a cursed amulet puppeting a corpse this whole time" is a turn-off for a lot of people. They really don't want to hurt any of their friends, but they also REALLY don't want to die. [Also. The general vibe of the group is a lot closer to 'coworkers' than 'friends' but Sterling has pretty loose criteria to who they'll call a friend.]

Sterling is unironically one of the nicest and """normal""" members of the party [on the surface, anyways] which is REALLY funny considering they're a body-snatcher who barely understands why murder is wrong. A lot of it is a conscious front to appease others and keep people from looking too closely, but they also do desire companionship a lot. It's just really hard to form genuine connection when you're mimicking humanity without really understanding a lot of it. ALSO the underlying fear that if you let anyone TOO close they'll realize what you really are and hate you forever for it.

I like them a lot. They're my little freak and I'm scared for their future.

[goose-wren]

tbh bruv i think you could try not thinking at all. draw whatever comes to mind first and see how well it sticks. sometimes the approach of meaning and expression > logic and wordbuilding seems less interesting at a glance but it does get crap done. i’d say honestly just try stuff out and screw consistency until you decide on something else

yeah. probably. I'm definitely overthinking things. Like if whatever I end up going with ends up being detrimental to the story I can just. change it later. Like i haven't even started the first draft yet it's FINE.

[goose-wren]

Hey . [nsfw and uncomfortable prompt] . thanks

BLOOD EXPLOSION

[goose-wren]

SO i have this story that'd been floating around in my head for a while and I would like to doodle some of the characters. Except all of the characters are humans and I hate drawing humans. But since this is MY story I can change that if I want to, I'm just debating how.

My three options are:

Keep everyone human and either draw them as furries symbolically/non-canonically, or just suck it up and learn how to draw humans. Simplest solution, but also the most boring.

Hit the whole world with the furryification beam. I'd have to figure out a couple of things, like what the livestock/'normal' animals would be, and if hybridization is a thing at all. Also I have a few pet-peeves when it comes to these kinds of settings that i'd want to avoid.

Make up some kind of creature and have that be the main species. I'm really into worldbuilding and spec-evo so I think this could be really fun, but I'm worried about potentially alienating or confusing potential readers. Also it'd be a lot of work.

[the-overanalyst]

it's always so fascinating and heartbreaking when a character in a story is simultaneously idolized and abused. a chosen prophet destined for martyrdom. a child prodigy forced to grow up too fast. a powerful warrior raised as nothing but a weapon. there's just something so uniquely messed up about singing someone's praises whilst destroying them.

[supreme-leader-stoat]

"This story is a tragedy because it didn't have to end this way."

vs

"This story is a tragedy because it was always going to end this way."

[schizoprophet]

#a REALLY good tragedy is locked in quantum uncertainty between these two states

[goose-wren]

haha what if i started using this blog again

[goose-wren]

My hands brush past vibrant leaves and plunge into rich, loamy soil. The space is crowded with leaves and branches and moss and mycelium. And yet not a single blossom dares to break the monotony of green. Not a single fruit or berry weighs down a branch or lies on the ground sweet and soft with rot.

What would they think of me, my benefactors? They thought me a grand florist but here I am, a meager horticulturist or crummy herbalist. Look at my gardens, so plain and monochromatic. I cannot conjure a single blossom to embellish it.

Nevermind the fact I enjoy the greenry. I shall blame it all on my brown thumb and winter's chill.

[goose-wren]

RAMBLINGS: THE THREE BLOODS

There's three main 'races,' or 'bloods' that are common in this world, though there is an incredibly amount of variation in each. The 'base' of each of these is a human, so if there's something I don't mention, assume that it works for them the same way it would for an average person (unless i just completely forgot to mention it fghj) All three races inhabit the same society and coexist together peacefully. They can also all interbreed, being more subspecies of the same species than entirely separate species. A Red Blood paired with either Beast Blood or Mana Blood will typically produce a child of the non-Red Blood, while a Beast Blood and Mana Blood paired together will curiously cancel out and make a Red Blood. 'Mixed' bloods do not exist, but mild cross-over can happen (like half-red's typically being more 'muted' than their beast or mana counterparts, and red-bloods descending from Beast and Mana blood's bearing slight touches of each) Red Bloods are by far the most abundant. They're called such because their red blood is about the only thing that unifies them all visually, both representing how unique and diverse they are and how similar they really are when you get down to the (literal) blood and guts of it. Basically everything about them is wildly variable- heights can be anywhere from 3ft to 8ft, builds range from stocky and bulky to thin and twiggy. Skin colors include all the 'classics' plus ashen grey and murky green. Hair colors are similar, including all 'natural' colors plus born grey/white. Eye colors can be any color under the sun. Other features seen in some individuals include pointed ears, pronounced canines (either upper or lower), and 'blank' eyes that appear to lack an iris and pupil. Beast Bloods are named such for their supernatural relationship to animals. Some resemble Red Bloods but have the ability to shapeshift into a certain animal, while others are unable to shift to retain animalistic features like claws or tails at all times. They may also bear non-visible features of their animal, like heightened senses or the ability to echolocate. Many sit in some middle ground- retaining some animal features constantly but being capable of shifting into a form with even more exaggerated animal features. Beast bloods may only be 'linked' to one animal, and this goes beyond appearance. Often, they will feel an affinity towards that animal, being able to understand it's body language and intentions better. Height range is the 'standard' 3-8 ft of red bloods. Skin and hair colors are typically shades of browns, tans, creams, and even reddish hues. Eyes tend to be colors natural to animals like brown, yellow, black, green, and so on. Faint stripes, spotting, or other markings slightly lighter or darker than the rest of the skin are common, as are white markings as in house cats, stoats, and other animals. While it is commonly said that Beast bloods always look like the animal they're linked to, this isn't a hard and fast rule, and they may only look like said animal while shifted. Mana Bloods are those who were touched by magic and infused with it. Typically this occurs before birth or at a very young age, but in extremely rare cases an adult can become a mana blood due to incredibly high magic exposure. Curiously, they seem to have less of a variety in height, ranging from 5-6 feet in height. Hair, eye, and blood color can be any color, but always match (though there may be slightly variation in shade) and the skin will either have patches of this color (resembling vitiligo or Blaschko's lines) or it will be a tinted with that color. The eyes, innards (blood+flesh+organs), teeth, hair and/or nails may glow or glint with this color. Particularly potent Mana Bloods may have elemental or magical features, like fiery vents, blossoming skin, or magic wisps that trail after them. Horns, wings, and tails may also occur, but they tend to also have some sort of 'elemental' or 'magical' look that differentiates them from a beast blood.

[goose-wren]

What Other Things?!?! I Thought There Were Only Two Genders: Gay People And Straight

I’m assuming you’re just actually just legitimately confused but I have no idea how to answer these questions. If you look for lgbtq+ blogs and those sorts of resources there are people out there who can answer your questions better than I can.

But in short: Yes, there are other things than just gay and straight, and you’re just kinda born like that.

[yspobdon]

I’m sorry bro,, I did to you what hawk and navy did to me :pensive:

They were my onion criminal, and now... I am yours :3 I still don’t get gay people though

[goose-wren]

:GUN:

[yspobdon]

CAN’T CATCH ME I’M THE GINGERBREAD MAN

[goose-wren]

I’M SPRINTING TOWARDS YOUR HOUSE AT ALARMING SPEEDS

[yspobdon]

O N   W H A T   A P P E N D A G E S,   S N U M A N ?

[goose-wren]

I   D O N T   N E E D   M U L T I P L E  FE E T   T O   H U N T   Y O U   D O W N,   H E A T H E N

[goose-wren]

What Other Things?!?! I Thought There Were Only Two Genders: Gay People And Straight

I’m assuming you’re just actually just legitimately confused but I have no idea how to answer these questions. If you look for lgbtq+ blogs and those sorts of resources there are people out there who can answer your questions better than I can.

But in short: Yes, there are other things than just gay and straight, and you’re just kinda born like that.

[yspobdon]

I’m sorry bro,, I did to you what hawk and navy did to me :pensive:

They were my onion criminal, and now... I am yours :3 I still don’t get gay people though

[goose-wren]

:GUN:

[yspobdon]

CAN’T CATCH ME I’M THE GINGERBREAD MAN

[goose-wren]

I’M SPRINTING TOWARDS YOUR HOUSE AT ALARMING SPEEDS