New pinned post!!! Hello humans, critters, and various other creatures! I’m Indigo.
• Genderfluid and use any pronouns, preferably a mix!
• The OFFICIAL #1 Envy (by Sparkbird) fan. forever feral about it
• I ADORE ASKS PLEASE GOD SEND ME ASKS PLEASE I LOVE ANSWERING QUESTIONS I ONLY BITE A LITTLE BIT :333 (and have terrible executive function so either it’ll be answered Immediately or like. months later)
• My blog is my dragon hoard so expect Various Things
• I’m an alterhuman! (Dragon, probably cat, and questioning cryptid)
• I might be fictionkin?? I think?? Maybe???
TAGGING SYSTEM
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#Indigo Yaps - Catch all tag, mostly me talking and yapping and whatever else. My original posts generally
#Indigo Answers - Asks!!
#Indigo’s art - My drawings/animations!
#Indigo is serious - Mostly venting, sometimes politics and etc
#Indigo hyperfixates - Incoherent rambling
tags I need to add: me reviewing things, eepy sleepy posts, music tag
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Content you can expect to find here
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-Alterhuman stuff! I reblog a lot of that sort of posts
-Politics, because wheee
-MUSIC. Especially sparkbird, I talk about them a lot! PLEASE GO CHECK THEM OUT @.SPARKBIRDMUSIC I DONT WANNA TAG THEM. Also some AJR, Elio Mei, Everybody’s Worried About Owen, The Crane Wives, Chappell Roan, Mitski, and lots of other stuff!
-Whatever hyperfixation. Epic, Good Omens (s3 hater </3), and Heathers for sure.
-Media reviews!
-Dragons, generally
-OC POSTS. I love talking about my sillies (#dusk/#general dusk, #oryx, #coriander, #oleander and a few others) PLEASE ask me about them and take this as general permission to draw them
-Random rambles! I talk about a lot of random stuff
-Occasional vent posts.
-Disability and neurodivergence! I’m chronically ill with a whole host of mental stuff.
-Other stuff I’m probably forgetting! A little of everything
-almost entirely SFW, the MOST you’re gonna find is suggestive jokes and those are rare
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Side blogs
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Victor Frankenstein - @the-real-victor-frankenstein (not super active but if people interact and/or offer to draw things for it, I’ll pick it up again)
Oleander/D&D oc - @definitely-a-tiefling
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IDK HOW PINNED POSTS WORK!! I’ll add more as I think of it. I adore comments and notes and reblogs and ASKS. I LOVE ASKS. they MAKE MY DAY. please talk to me im a socially anxious wreck and i dont know social cues but im VERY FRIENDLY!!
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Also you will be swiftly blocked if you’re racist/homophobic/transphobic/ableist/don’t like alterhumans/etc. I won’t argue with you, just block. Dont be a dick and I’ll be nice!! I match the vibes but typically I’m a goober :3
bedroom floor by sydney rose should be illegal because it is 1:50 am and I am sitting here SOBBING about how in just a few months my friends will leave me for college. this is the first real cry I’ve had about it. It is too late at night for this and my throat hurts. nd my heart hurts. FUCKKK
She has also written some absolutely amazing books recently.
These are just a few of them. I read The One and Only Ivan to my students every year (and there’s a sequel coming out in May!).
Every one of her books I’ve read has been beautifully written. Yes, they’re written for children, but you won’t regret reading a single one of them. Applegate is hands-down my favorite middle grades author.
greatest dynamic in the world IS strange, eccentric asshole and their normal and polite friend who on closer inspection is actually worse in deeply weird and unexpected ways
thinking about eva stratt crafting a coffin for her friends. the very best coffin, full of every piece of pirated media the entire world has to offer. crafted for maximum comfort, this coffin, with every bit of authority available to her, which is all of it.
and then thinking about all the people who call her cold or uncaring or clinical about what she has to do to save earth. eva stratt, who had silly t-shirts and vodka and favorite meals stored in the Hail Mary and treated with the same level of importance as the finely tuned equipment and the centrifuge the entire planet relies on for salvation.
and then thinking about eva stratt nodding and saying, “yeah, I’m pretty awful. that’s why i’m in charge” with a neutral expression and even believing it. as if crafting the most beautiful coffin and homage to her soon-to-be dead friends won’t haunt her always.
thinking about eva stratt being the first person on the “eva stratt is a monster” train, welcoming ryland grace aboard and knowing she believed in him more than anyone else.
it’s fine, really it’s fine and normal and eva stratt makes beautiful coffins for the people and things she cares about.
Guys if you want queer shit written by queers on our own terms you're going to have to start seeking out weird independent media. I'm sorry that's the only place you can regularly find it idk what to tell you, we can't keep acting like there's nothing if we're not getting blockbusters and triple A titles or whatever it is we're waiting around for. The thing you keep saying you want is already being offered for free by one person making a passion project on the internet and you would both benefit enormously if you interacted with it instead of lamenting that the only options we have for representation are pandering afterthoughts from corporate shit
I say this with so, so much care: Real queer shit written by real queers can and will sometimes make you uncomfortable. That's one of the defining features of weird, independent queer media. And weird independent media more broadly. Art that comes from true individual passion and authenticity has edges and bite to it that mass market corporate products intentionally do not. Has a rawness that can offend.
You are allowed to feel uncomfortable about it. But don't ask for queers to self censor for your comfort.
Special Guest Speaker: Brianna C. Walsh, talked about her Glory articulated puppet and how she made it, talked about her art and some of her background, announced an activity book with crosswords and etc. coming soon along with a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle drawn by her
Other guest that interviewed Tui: Joanna Ho (Author of We who Produce Pearls, Silence that Binds Us)
Will Sky and Peril meet?: Yes, will have to meet eventually, it will change their lives to find each other, doesn’t know when she will write it and says it most likely will be further down the road
Why did you choose dragons? Always loved dragons and thought they were cool, read a book called Dragonsong as a kid and likes taking character perspectives and seeing all sorts of different POVs, showing all the different mindsets and personalities. Loves the theme of empathy and seeing different sides of a story. Loves seeing everyone’s creativity, calls WoF as like a playground for the fans, a welcoming space where everyone can put their own spin on the world or imagine their own stories/characters in the world. Wants everyone to feel like they can save the world no matter who they are, everyone can make their own impact no matter how small.
What dragon do you most enjoy writing? Peril, Kinkajou, says Kinkajou is really fun to write.
Who was the most difficult to write? Turtle, says she wanted to give him a hug. Threw Kinkajou at him to help move the story and his character along. Connects to his love of stories.
Is there elements or characters inspired by current events or own experiences? All writing is like therapy; a way of dealing with problems in the world, book 16 especially was the feeling of “so many bad things happening and what do I do if I’m just one little dragon” especially with the people in charge not being great, working through “what can we do?” Book 16 has a lot of different answers to that question, how different people respond to the situation, how can anybody save the world or make a difference? Characters realize they each have their own skills that when they come together and trust each other, can save the world
Which dragon are you the most like? Sunny, though says a piece of her is in every dragon (Tsunami is the bossy big sister side of her, Starflight with his love of libraries/books, Glory is who she would love to be because she is cool) Peril is least like her, but she loves her a lot as a character because she says what’s on her mind
If you could have any power what would it be? Not want mind-reading, wishes she could sometimes see the future but would go insane, would like leafspeak to grow a garden
What feels inspiring as a creator? Writing relationships between characters, especially in book 16, was inspired by Australia, Mulberry popped into her head as a character and she was so excited to have Umber meet him. She wanted Umber to find someone good and both go well together
So far no relationship focus in book 17 (as of now), but she says there is a funny relationship (vague on romantic or platonic) she doesn’t wanna mention yet that will be in it
What terrifies you as a creator and how do you overcome it? She says she is not an outliner, more or a “let’s write and see what happens” person, describes herself as a “gardener”, she plants the seeds of ideas and sees what happens. Says she likes to bring pieces together but can sometimes forget a small detail and worries if she forgets a small detail. Wrote a whole scene for book 4 of the NightWings escaping the volcano, realizes she forgot about Ochre and panicked about it as she was about to turn in book 4, jokes that he wandered off as she originally didn’t mention him, so she had to go back and mention him/throw him in to show he is okay and not obliterated by lava.
Correction: Christina Perri wasn't actually there, but she did do a recording of like a "hey everyone" sort of video and then the song waa shown via lyric video format.
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