previously naps-tries-writing

Iri // She/Fae // 2001 // Current WIP: [REDACTED] // I follow from @irilenaps // blog under rennovations

[irilenawrites]

PREFACE

Hey, you can call me Naps or Iri (pronounced like "eerie") and I've been semi-active in this writeblr since November 2020. I feel like an intro is long overdue so I'll get into it! (more under the cut!)

ABOUT ME

20

Bi Demigirl

She/They/Fae

Greek

Napping is life

ABOUT MY WRITING

I follow back from @irilenaps

Genres: Fantasy/Adventure/LGBTQ+

Current WIPs: The Ballad Of Queen Lizzie The Undead (main), Spare Princess To The Rescue (on hold), Crystal Kingdoms (on hold)

Finished WIPs: The Truth Trilogy (1 // 2)

Currently working on a timeline of stories! They all take place in the same universe and mildly reference/affect each other (they are otherwise standalone). I'll make a post going in detail (no spoilers) about it at some point and link it back here.

UPDATE SCHEDULE

Starting August 1st:

Daisy (Short Story) comes out as a one-shot on August 1st 2021!

Truly Human chapter 1 and 2 come out on August 8th, with weekly updates every following Sunday!

You can read them on my Wattpad. I have a fixed schedule all the way up to April 2022, with more stuff coming soon! I also have a very inactive Instagram I might start posting excerpts and personal updates in soon! It's private, but feel free to request to follow if that's your thing. I also have a semi-outdated Carrd with more info on the timeline(s) if you're too curious about that.

Let me know if you're interested in being added in my taglist (for all my WIPs or just specific ones)! Here are a couple of excerpts: 1, 2

[c-optimistic]

dear young/new/insecure/unsure/hurt/just plain bummed writers and artists: fanfiction and fanart isn’t a competition. your voice and words and your creations have inherent value regardless of your level of skill. art is art. don’t be discouraged please. keep writing, keep creating, keep posting, keep being unapologetically you

[wizardjail]

the thing that bewilders me about a lot of fantasy readers is that they read about settings and plots featuring imperialism, war, and slavery and then call the inclusion of violence, abuse, and sexual exploitation "edgy" and "gratuitous" and it's like what did you think was happening. why were you under the impression that you were going to get a cozy story about fascism or something. far be it from me to criticize anyone for not wanting to read about torture in their spare time, and there are certainly cases where heavy subjects are poorly executed, but is it not equally insulting to sanitize them for a feel-good adventure.. like no one put a gun to your head and forced you to give your fantasy novel an enslaved protagonist. sometimes writing is supposed to make you feel bad

[thesadtadpole]

Me when the obviously doomed character doesn't get a happy ending

[dunmertitty]

[memedrome]

My Blog is strictly Anti Generative AI

I use no Generative AI to write for me.

I use no Generative AI to create images for me.

I do not wish to write with people who actively use Generative AI.

If you write with me, you won't ever have to fear any AI being used to doing my replies for you. I will not feed your writing to ChatGPT and the like, and I would appreciate it if you don't feed my writing to any kind of Generative AI either. You do not have my consent to do so.

If I reblog AI images/text or use images for aesthetics/graphics that were originally generated without realizing, please let me know. Generative AI images have infiltrated Pinterest and other sites so much, it can be hard to tell sometimes.

[diablo-sera-tops]

hey don't cry. blorbo coughing up blood

[diablo-sera-tops]

blorbo writhing in agony ok? don't cry

[diablo-sera-tops]

blorbo screaming so much their voice becomes hoarse and weak and the pain still won't stop

[diablo-sera-tops]

blorbo unable to close their eyes and avoid the visceral sight of their own body

[diablo-sera-tops]

blorbo suffering unimaginable pain and being powerless to stop it ok? ok

[valtsv]

basically the best thing any character can do is decide they don't want to be afraid anymore - in fact they never want to be afraid of anything ever again - and take action so drastic they fail to realise that this too is a decision motivated by fear. or to account for the Consequences of that.

[a4g]

problematic plot relevance gap

[cheaphalloweencostume]

chatgpt didn’t invent the emdash and they can’t fucking have it. it’s mine.

[cheaphalloweencostume]

i am literally a writer and you cant even finish the word “mind” lets calm down

[sunflowers-and-scales]

“this character did not act in the most objectively logical way possible!” is not ! actually valid literary criticism

[sunflowers-and-scales]

i have trust that the media literacy enjoyers will find this one idk

[acceptableduraz]

[rimonoroni2]

my general opinion on what people should be "allowed" to portray and what topics they should be "allowed" to explore in fiction is that you can make whatever art with whatever themes you want but i'm also allowed to think the way you handled it was tasteless and should've been done differently. my negative opinion on your handling of sensitive topics is the price of admission for publicly showcasing your work. this is not a pro-censorship stance because i am not The Government

[rimonoroni2]

this is getting really popular so i’d like to add the important caveat that your criticism of a work is no more unassailable than the work itself. just as one is entitled to be critical of something someone else is entitled to disagree with that criticism. i add this because some of you pretend to give a fuck about thoughtful analysis and then when someone points out flaws in your argument you declare that all criticisms are valid. this is untrue. the status of a hater is no more sacred than that of a liker. get off your high horse and engage in the thoughtful discussion you pretend to believe in or perish by my blade

[kaiserin-erzsebet]

*takes the hand of a period drama writer gently* A queen consort is not a queen regnant. A dowager queen is not a queen regnant either.

There is very little intrinsic institutional power in queenship. The power a consort, dowager, or queen mother has depends mostly on how much the reigning sovereign (usually a man) is willing to grant her. Needing a queen to serve as regent is exceptionally rare, and the regent is more often a male relative.

I know this is a bit of a bummer. I'm sorry.

[kaiserin-erzsebet]

For clarity:

Queen regnant: woman who rules in her own right, not on behalf of someone else.

Regent: Someone who temporarily assumes the powers of the monarch on account of the monarch being too young or too incapacitated to govern.

Queen consort: Woman who is married to the monarch.

Dowager queen: Woman who was married to the monarch. The monarch is dead, and she is owed support as his widow.

Queen mother: Woman who is the mother of the monarch. Usually the dowager queen, though there are exceptions if there isn't a straight line of succession.

[sarthathrace]

me to the accursed whispering amulet: hey can you speak up please i have an audio processing disorder

[queer-here-and-in-fear]

(via @cuunos)

[suaselaina]

whumpee whos shock response is to joke and act like they're completely fine, fools the caretaker and other friends/team into believing they were completely fine or that nothing bad even happened, until a few days later when they get triggered by something simple, a raised voice, someone drops a fork on the ground, a door shuts a bit too loudly, and they completely break.

[whencartoonsruletheworld]

i got a fucking. advertisement on youtube. from google ai. saying. without sarcasm and with complete sincerity. "if shakespeare is too hard for you, you can always have our ai explain it to you." im gonna throw up. im gonna throw a molotov cocktail. if i see that ad again im reporting it for hate speech. how fucking dare you. i will kill you with my bare hands. with my exit pursued by a bear hands. i will tear google headquarters down brick by brick. im going to start biting people.

[qqchurch]

[loves-alibi]

kiss your screen every time you see a typo or grammatical error in my fics because it means it's home grown and not some ai bullshit and im dead serious about this