oh I am SO INTRIGUED by the Science Kitchen idea! how much chemistry-y will it be? is there an advantage to knowing what Maillard reactions are and how it has nothing to do with mallards? I am totally normal about chemistry I promise
Haha! thanks so much for your interest!
Sadly it won't get too in the weeds, but I do plan to have four "character classes" in the form of Chemistry, Physics, Biology, and Geology, and each of them will offer some kind of bonus to a particular step in the cooking. So for example a Biology teacher might be able to substitute one ingredient for another because they know what's similar, or a Physics teacher might always get things the perfect temperature (these ideas are not implemented yet, they're just theories)
I'm struggling on that one to decide where I want it to fall on the "numbers mean things" vs "role play is the point" scale but it's the idea I like best out of the WIP pile so I'm eager to get to it!
If you have anything you'd love to see in a game like that I'm all ears for suggestions :D
from what I understand geologists do routinely lick rocks to identify them. good at doing things "to taste"
The most important thing in chemistry is not actually knowing what you do, it's following instructions. At least that's what routine lab chemists usually do. Of course, if you're in R&D, sometimes you gotta improvise, so it's following the spirit of directions, not the letter of directions, so to speak. But as a teacher... yeah I think following the recipe is the advantage chemistry would give
so, Ellen with cat ears happened to bless my youtube feed...
Technically we're not supposed to have pencils at work, but thin-layer chromatography is almost impossible without them, so we have some contrabanda lol
chemistry lab at a pharmaceutical company. it's so we can't sneakily erase our results and change them. all our notes have to follow ALCOA+ rules (you can look them up, it's interesting and fairly good in theory.) so we're only allowed to write in a non-erasable ballpoint blue pen and make the changes by striking old data out with one singular line and authorise it with the date and signature.
Welcome to Another Post! Caution: the discussion below could swing critical of Andy Farrant, but I shall try to not go there. Dunno how it will evolve (devolve?) over the course of me writing this off the dome.
A medium rant about Corazon, player interaction around the TTRPG table, and how Andy is more suited to be a DM than a player. Based mostly on vibes and my shoddy memory of how the episodes/arc of Oxventure played out.
Let me preface this with a blanket disclaimer: I love everyone on the Oxventure team, be it camera-facing or crew/editing people. I think everyone in the group is a good-to-awesome GM, and everyone in the group is a talented roleplayer, even if their expertise varies.
This whole thing started out as a conversation with my partner. I was trying to convince them that not all bards are horny bastards, giving an example of Dob, and they ended up saying "okay, you're right, rogues are so much worse. I can't with Andy." And then (or was it before? time is a flat circle) I watched/remembered how good Ellen was in Fury of the Black Rose, where she wasn't constantly and consistently interrupted by shenanigans and was presented with a wealth of roleplay opportunities. And then I started noticing a pattern of Andy/Corazon doing the most, if not all, of the interruptions to Ellen's/Merilwen's plans and ideas.
While I understand that they're all friends, and will probably (and most likely have!) talk about how much of in-character "bullying" is acceptable, I really feel like Merilwen almost always gets the short end of the stick. In Blades, most of the times the teams were fairly small and they had to work together to get through adventures, so there's not much use to bully your only collaborator (or two) on a high-stakes job. In Deadlands, Johnny has willingly set up themselves as the butt of the joke, but even then Nate was mostly respected as a part of the team. Wyrdwood is... sort of weird, in that de-facto Happen and Robin are both "the butt of the joke" usually, but because they don't react to being bullied that much (due to Happen's whole thing cough autism cough or Robin just not being there) it feels less impactful.
Quick diversion to talk about Ellen: give my girl more space to roleplay! She's damn good, she finds the place to do character work in small gestures and physicality even when it's not her turn to speak, and she has some AMAZING ideas about her characters! Give her someone (Luke? mayhaps?) to jump off of, and see her SHINE. gods I want more Edie and Cressida and even Lilith, even if her story is "done".
But maybe it's because how The Guild was set up as "comedic" and initially a one-shot adventure, despite the characters having gone on multiple adventures, changed throughout them and saved G'eth from extinction, it feels like none of the lessons stuck. Like we're getting the same, if maybe a bit different superficially, characters from episodes 1 and 2. Prudence is evil only in name, Egbert thinks himself a bumbling idiot (wisdom -1), Merilwen is trying to deal with the situation at hand as good as she can and keep the party focused, but is constantly thwarted by Pretentious Prick Pirate "Heart of a Lion/Whale/Turtle" Corazon and also Dob, who idolises Corazon and might even think him as a brother of sorts. There's probably a post about (un)healthy masculinity through the lens of Corazon, Dob, Egbert, and Shattershield waiting to be written, but I'm definitely not the one to write it, lol. In the Extinction arc Corazon seemingly learned to let go of his past and become at least slightly better as a person, not leaving his friends behind like a coward, but then it didn't really change much of his character going forward, and may have been entirely lost with his transformation to a Tortle (but we've only seen one post-finale adventure so far, so can't really say that much).
It feels to me like Andy plays Corazon as "a petulant spoiled child who just wants attention", and it really doesn't help that his other player characters are also mildly prickly annoyances. Edvard is also from a wealthy family and has been bullied as a kid (A Crimsnight Carol), so he has a bit of a megalomaniacal persona, but weathered off by the more gritty world of Blades. He still has his bursts of "I command attention, I am better than you, look at me!", but they're more directed at Amadeus Astor, which is, honestly, a bit better as a character beat than being just a petulant spoiled child.
Another aside: from the same tags @jackfuckingtwist put on my reblog, where I got the initial screenshot from — #but corazons whole deal is also that he is a rich asshole #and its a very difficult line to walk to keep that both 1) entertaining and 2) unobtrusive and andy doent necessarily pull it off. You know who is a rich asshole and keeps it entertaining and walks a fine line between it being obtrusive but not too much? Barnaby. Mike Fucking Channel made the most loveable rich asshole and pulled it off so well that he returned with the same character in a Blades one-shot. I am in awe at how well Barnaby works as a character for Blades, especially because by all means he's supposed to be a hindrance, but he's a crucial part of the gang and without him who knows when the magic would've been restored.
Robin as a fighter, or even Robin as a warlock who doesn't know that he has powers and doesn't understand where his powers come from, would work wonderful. Unfortunately, he is stuck with Morven, a single-minded sorceress who has no empathy towards people and will stop at nothing until she gets what she "deserves". Morven is a lone wolf and couldn't care less for the Northwest team, but they're helpful for now so she's sticking with them. So naturally, she thinks the story revolves around her, and because this is a world shaped by player actions, the story does seem to be revolving around her. Andy, once again, is getting the attention siphoned towards his character from other players.
And it does feel like he's just naturally more attention-drawing than others. He does weird stuff, he's being a nuisance to progress his bits, he just seems to crave and thrive on other people's attention. That's my read of Andy, at least. It's hard to say how much of Dob and Corazon being chummy is character work and how much it's Andy and Luke knowing each other's style of comedy from Mom Can't Cook and playing off of each other. Andy does absolutely have good ideas for stories and bits, comedy and horror alike, but he's, in my opinion, too focused on delivering his vision of the story to the detriment of roleplaying with other people at the table.
And here we come to Deadlands. Andy has finally got a whole story to tell, he's in charge, and he doesn't need to compete for attention from the viewers. He is the game master, he is the Marshall, what he says is law of the world. And he absolutely thrives behind the GM screen, creating a story for his players with amazing payoff and plenty of opportunities to show off and explore their characters. It feels so good to see him actually collaborate on a story, and it felt amazing to see each character get their time to shine and share/interact with their backstory.
I honestly think Andy Farrant has awesome stories to tell, but I think he does better storytelling when he's not trying to compete for the eyeballs/clicks of the audience with fellow players behind the table. Don't know why he's trying to get as much attention as he can, and maybe it's just my bias speaking when I notice things that support my theory and mostly ignore stuff that doesn't. But TL;DR: let Andy DM and don't put him up as a player unless he's been instructed to play along and not be a destructive force. Also, let Ellen roleplay, bring Luke back, give me more Barnaby, and make Jane DM, but those are all separate things.
Okay, so, a while ago I inquired if people would be interested in me talking about how Egbert is treated like a woman and some folks said yes, and some even asked to be tagged when I talked about it, so I shall @transgaypiratesanta @iwannarunawayandbeapirate @nellradoodles @drjdorr and @curious-sootball
Now, this isn't an end all be all argumentative essay. This is more the beginnings of what I mean, I'm sure there's more to add but this is the first dive into this point. (Also this is not meant as an attack or besmirching of any of the characters or players' reputations or the like. I have no ill feeling towards any of them, and this is simply a character analysis spawned from things I've noticed, not the start of a hate campaign. Anyways!)
There's three main reasons for this whole "Egbert is treated like a woman" feeling I have: 1) he's not respected as much as his peers 2) they use him for his looks but are completely comfortable criticizing the way he looks when the situation doesn't call for him to be attractive 3) he is not part of the "boys club" for a lack of a better word.
With the first point, he is typically the butt of the joke- Sometimes literally, like in Legacy of Dragons where a character that is helping the guild to avoid detection makes Egbert the literal butt of the joke when they make the claim/start a rumor to the townsfolk that Egbert is shopping in the market square with his butt out, robbing him of his dignity, which is also a common theme among the jokes and bits made about him and filters in with the thesis of this post. There's many other examples of this, but the one that I thought of first is how they joke about cooking and eating him like he's a big livestock beast instead of a humanoid just like them. There's a pretty big moment like that that also deals with how they treat his religion and goddess, and it's after he's been kidnapped by Liliana and they don't know if he's alive or dead so they just start making jokes that preparing him like a big Christmas lunch roast is how they prepare the body for funerals and wakes in his religion instead of something respectful or potentially worldbuilding-y.
It's also always a surprise to the other characters when he has a smart idea despite the fact he's had good and smart ideas before and is actually an intelligent person. A big example of this that comes to mind is the fact Johnny had to remind them that Egbert had already tried to break out the golden dragon from underneath Mistimire before so he would be the best person to ask/lead the mission on how to get the golden dragon out in Legacy of Dragons. However, a smaller example is also in Elf Hazard when Egbert has the rigged tombola plan that everyone thinks is a good idea and is surprised that he came up with (including Mike/Egbert who says this is his "first (smart) moment just now" (which speaks to a lack of self-confidence for Egbert and also Mike viewing Egbert the same as everyone else)), so much so that Corazón pins him against a tree and demands to know where this doppelganger has hidden the real Egbert while holding a knife to his throat.
There are also times where they just dismiss his ideas and his genuine questions and concerns and act like he's being ridiculous. For example, Dob's "uh, yeah" to Egbert really wanting the guild to have the key to the door the dragon egg crate is behind so The Order of Le Dragon D'or can't just steal the dragon eggs in Legacy of Dragons or literally whenever he asks if something is "like those parties where the rich people eat the poor people" and they all act like there's something wrong with him instead of concern- Or! With the whole Victor Dietrich thing, where they (mainly Corazón) act like he's a disgusting, evil, and vile monster for doing something in a panic and where the person he did it to actually prefers being a seal because he can eat whatever he wants, yell whenever he wants, and didn't have to die for his home to be a museum. And all of this reminds me of how women are constantly disrespected. How their ideas are often dismissed (despite the fact it will be accepted if it's repeated by a man), how they are easily villainized for even just mistakes, and treated like they're less intelligent than their male counterparts just because they're women.
Women are also often upheld to unfair and impossible beauty standards, always being pressured to chase the ever-moving goalpost of being beautiful but never being able to grasp it. How they can be considered attractive one day then repulsive the next, much like how Egbert is treated. His attractiveness completely depends on what helps the guild at that moment. Like there are multiple times where Corazón offers up Egbert as a romance option, like to Johnathan Bennett so he has someone to kiss, the widow in the magic book episode so her wish for a new husband is completed, others that I can't remember at this exact moment, and there's often jokes about how Egbert is attractive and hot (pun-intended) for the sake of selling the idea that Egbert is someone these NPCs want to romance/be with. But on the other hand it's also easy for them to call him ugly without anyone batting an eye. The most recent example and the example that's stuck with me is in Funfair Dismissal where Corazón says, to Egbert's face, "Yes, Egbert, it looks like there's two big, weird reptiles that everyone finds repulsive now." which is very sad and speaks to Corazón having a hard time adjusting to being a Tortle now but like he is telling Egbert that he is not pretty or handsome or cute to literally anyone, but instead everyone finds him repulsive when he had previously touted him as being good-looking. Simialirly to how men will treat women like shit when they don't strive to fit under their label of attractive or good-looking.
Also! I don't mean to hate on Corazón, but him offering up Egbert as a romantic interest also reminds me of when stories use an all dolled-up woman as just eye-candy and make her a stereotype to follow a bland trope, like it would not surprise me if Corazón made Egbert act all into some guy both as an attractive distraction and as a way to get some information out of him much like how crime movies have the female lead act like they're attracted to the target or a connection to the target for information and a way in.
There is also a character that comes to mind who is attracted to Egbert, but it seems to be primarily for his body, and potentially how "exotic" he seems. That character is Adhrel, Merilwen's cousin. Adhrel is very sheltered, having never left The Old Thicket and presumably only knowing other elves her whole life seeing as there are no other humanoid species mentioned in her village. So it is extremely unlikely that she would have seen someone that differs so much from her normal, like Egbert, especially since she seems to not know what Egbert is, calling him "the lizard man" instead of his actual species name of Dragonborn. In the end, she drags Egbert off to the forest to avoid Corazón's performance and to go do something, maybe sex, maybe making out, who knows. But her attraction seems to stem from his body and it being something new she's never seen before, what with her main comment about him being "at least he's handsome" and, somewhat because she doesn't have a lot of screentime with him, it seeming like she has no intent on learning about his personality or opinions or anything like that and is instead content on just appreciating his body like how women are often viewed just for their bodies and not their minds.
But back to the guild, and again, I don't want to paint Corazón as the bad guy, but in, I believe, Mule Be Sorry, Dob says he's been trying to mimic Corazón's stealthy rogue ways, so it's implied he looks up to Corazón and I think that that has impacted the way Dob talks to Egbert (and Merilwen, I don't get why they're so mean to her), which brings me to my third point, the boys' club!
So if you separated the guild via gender, like girls on one side and boys on the other, technically Egbert would be on the boys side, but it doesn't feel like it would work or click since Dob and Corazón don't really include Egbert in their things. It's moreso Dob and Corazón hanging out and doing bits and also I guess Egbert is there, too. Like I know Mike likes to shut up and that's why Egbert doesn't talk that much but also the only other two men don't (really) ask for his input, much like how men don't typically ask women for their input. Instead, they sort of only talk dude stuff/all the other stuff and their schemes with each other while Egbert usually goes off to do his own thing or possibly tags-a-long with Merilwen or Prudence. It feels almost as if Egbert is in a different group than them.
On the other side of it, though, Merilwen and Prudence love Egbert. They definitely find him endearing and Merilwen especially likes when he does the occasional pun, but specifically I recall two moments. The first is a moment in a liveshow (that I unfortunately can't pin down) where Egbert makes a pun and Merilwen (I'm pretty sure) says "I can't top that" and then (I think) says that Egbert is her favorite now (and I remember getting excited about it). Then the second moment is at the end of Squid Pro Quo where Prudence says that the guild are all warlocks to her in her heart and that she appreciates every one of them, but she then turns to Egbert and says "I appreciate you most of all, Egbert, but don't tell anyone else.". It's all very sweet and supportive, sort of like girls supporting girls. Like the women have more time for Egbert than the other men on the team. (I'm really not trying to villainze Corazón and Dob I promise)
All of these things together, the not being part of the "boy's club", the focus on his looks, and the way he and his thoughts are dismissed along with being disrespected, puts in mind women and how they are egregiously mistreated, both in media and in the real world, so it makes it hard not to compare Egbert to women and feel like he is being treated like one.
so, Ellen with cat ears happened to bless my youtube feed...
Technically we're not supposed to have pencils at work, but thin-layer chromatography is almost impossible without them, so we have some contrabanda lol
Okay! Sorry for the delay in answering (as usual) but I have a fic to talk about! Gonna blab about You Awaken in a Totally Tubular Place for a bit:
This was my return to Yuletide this past year, and as mentioned in my author's note, it's based on a real game of YASP that I ran on Zoom for my family back during the plague times. We had the perfect storm come together for a TMNT parody, and I still have my notes from the game, so I used those when writing the fic version. I ran it for four players and so had the Oxventure also feature four players even though the game is designed for three. Mr. Ninja's character was Mister Sprinter, played by Andy, my sister was Scrunchy, played by Ellen, my brother was January, played by Jane, and my sister-in-law was Ralph, played by Luke. Assigning each of those characters to an Oxventurer came pretty naturally - each felt like a good fit personality-wise.
I didn't 100% remember all of the story from the original game, but there were definitely events that I knew had happened, even if the details were a bit fuzzy. The original game did feature a conversation with the teenage girls in Pootropolis as well as with the mayor (whose name I *did* make up on the spot, just like Johnny), but I did not remember the specifics of the journey from the city to the villain's hideout, so some of those events were new-ish and based on the character's available skill checks. The details of the confrontation with the Slicer and the Hand Foot and Mouth clan were pretty fuzzy in my memories - and if I remember correctly, we kind of rushed the ending in the original game because it was getting late - so I took some creative liberties there as well.
In terms of the dice rolls, again, some were pre-determined because I knew that things needed to go a specific way, but!! there were a lot of specific rolls that *didn't* need to go a certain way (like the rolls for items during commercial breaks) so many of those I *DID* roll using a random dice generator and write according to the results! AND, if I remember correctly, you, Mythy, once sent me an ask about whether I would ever write an Oxventure fic where I let the dice determine the outcomes. At the time, I thought that sounded like a lot of work requiring a lot of planning, so I answered that I was unlikely to ever do it... but then I absolutely went and did just that XD
Anyway, this fic was a blast to write because that game was a blast to play, and I'm really proud of how both of them turned out and that I was able to share that adventure with more people by writing this silly fic about it.
(written while complaining about having to redo everything for an analysis at work that just refuses to behave)
now from the top make it drop, that's some wet ass hydrophosphate
bring a bucket and a mop for this wet ass glass shards from the beaker I'm gonna smash on the floor because nothing works and yet I have to
I'm saying wap wap wap that's some wet ass catboy holding in tears but barely
macaroni in a pot that's not gonna help the situation
WHAT: A very loose fanfic fest focusing on Oxventure's Wyrdwood
WHO: Any and all writers!
WHEN: Set to coincide with the third & final season
WHERE: Tumblr and AO3 (collection link to come)
Oxventure: Wyrdwood spoilers under the cut! Go watch the new video on the Oxventure channel or listen to the podcast first!
Not gonna lie, I am absolutely devastated about Wyrdwood ending on season 3. As it currently stands, the whole story of Wyrdwood is a story of Robin/Morven and everyone else is kinda... incidental. I really wanted to have more Cressida character development — how is her evil nature colliding with the rest of the group? Will she acclimatise and get some perspective about "normal people" or will she stay rich and prim and snobby? both of those sound like fun ideas worth exploring! Maybe we could see Willowfine's home and how it changed due to the magic apocalypse. Or how she's trying to restore it or adapt it with her knowledge, with Agrimonia, and with the help of her friends. We're getting a Balewood season, so we'll see Happen "in his element", I suppose, but how much of it will be "necessary for progression"? Also, where's my Lug lore? Did he learn to accept the inevitable and trust the world? I guess we're not likely to know... it's a Morven world, and I'm sad to no longer live in it to see it develop into everyone else's world too.
[image transcription: #like this happened in oxventure in the dark too with Lilith #in season 2 she reveals to Kasimir that she's here in Volisport (both for her studies and) because she's a ghost assassin #specifically after a specifically bad ghost #and then it's just never brought up again #and I think it's just unfortunately one of the things that couldn't be fully explored #because Luke (and Ellen) couldn't find a spot for it in the storyline he was already weaving (especially since that was oitd's final season) #so they had to just not conclude that]
Absolutely agree that some storylines get thrown in and then not developed because of story time constraints. My thinking here is more "it doesn't have to end here", but I guess it's a good endpoint.
(separate but important addition: Johnny! please release the google docs of worldbuilding! at least me and my partner want it!)
Oxventure: Wyrdwood spoilers under the cut! Go watch the new video on the Oxventure channel or listen to the podcast first!
Not gonna lie, I am absolutely devastated about Wyrdwood ending on season 3. As it currently stands, the whole story of Wyrdwood is a story of Robin/Morven and everyone else is kinda... incidental. I really wanted to have more Cressida character development — how is her evil nature colliding with the rest of the group? Will she acclimatise and get some perspective about "normal people" or will she stay rich and prim and snobby? both of those sound like fun ideas worth exploring! Maybe we could see Willowfine's home and how it changed due to the magic apocalypse. Or how she's trying to restore it or adapt it with her knowledge, with Agrimonia, and with the help of her friends. We're getting a Balewood season, so we'll see Happen "in his element", I suppose, but how much of it will be "necessary for progression"? Also, where's my Lug lore? Did he learn to accept the inevitable and trust the world? I guess we're not likely to know... it's a Morven world, and I'm sad to no longer live in it to see it develop into everyone else's world too.
my partner gifted me a Dropout subscription for my birthday, and after I immediately watched "Hello, I'm 50?" in context, now I'm catching up on the latest Game Changer season.
why the hell is a Minecraft enby gay twink in my niche comedy game show. what the everloving fuck, Ranboo. why can I not escape
okay so "Sloy" means "layer" in russian, but "zloy" means "Angry" and honestly, that's just not me any more
XP is there because Windows XP and I don't think I like it any more because brand loyalty is for chumps, but I I think I am at a point where windows XP is dead and I am not so.. let me?
This is all to say that I love SlobertBabobert name from the new channel and my absolute favorite bit of branding I've ever done is certainly Dead Game channel name. It just works so well on a few levels :3
I tried to post at least one fic every month. That didn't work out that well, but hey, it forced me to write more, which is always good! I'll post the fics in chronological order, with additional comments in parentheses. As always, no one asks you to click on any of the links provided, you're entering at your own risk, so on and so forth. Be responsible, don't be a dick, enjoy life, and, if you're ready...
keeping the tradition alive — G, Ellen & Luke, oxboxtra RPF, Oxtra Christmas gift tradition, 900 words (I had such a blast writing this! one of my faves I've written this year, for sure)
makes me wanna try her on — E, Zillah/Lilith, Oxventure Blades in the Dark, daydreaming while dealing with Pickett during the wedding episode, 700 words (this one was inspired by a gift I got last Yuletide, and I couldn't stop thinking about it once the thought of Zillah lusting for Lilith settled in my head)
twink birth — (archive-locked) E, noncon, Daniel "distinctly not on fire" Howell/Tom "innit" Simons, RPF, after the episode of the podcast Tommy gets a "crash course" in... being gay I guess? by being forced to suck Dan off, 1144 words (I got possessed by the thought. At the time I was just getting into the MCYT RPF scene, and while I never really understood what people find in noncon, with that context on the back burner I listened to the episode of a podcast I don't usually listen to. and then something clicked in my brain and I had to write this fic.)
recordingus interruptus — M (rated I for Immature), Jane/Andy, oxboxtra/oxventure RPF, a joke on an oxpod recording gets a bit too far and ends up in more off-screen banter, 440 words (similarly, I listened to a podcast and something clicked, but this time I just couldn't stop laughing at Andy's stupid turn of phrase)
more like only "un lit" — T, Ellen & Mike, oxboxtra/oxventure RPF, literal sleeping and cuddling together during the Switch 2 experience in Paris, 796 words (the name of the fic is a pun. I had to google translate "one bed" to French because I don't speak French, (un)fortunately, and the pun basically landed on my lap)
here lies a Luke/Ellen T-rated fic that I deleted because it never got off the ground and I felt a bit too bleugh about my writing in it to leave it up. may it rest in my google docs
love language: rile 'em up — T, Joel Smallishbeans/Jimmy SolidarityGaming, MCYT RPF, silly banter about boba tea that just leads to stupid puns and annoying the person you're with into liking you, 422 words (can you tell the idea came to me when I was going for some boba tea and got almost drenched during a small walk from the cafe to my flat? also, I just like writing silly stupid banter, it just works well for me, idk)
such a good service dog — E, noncon, Pearl/Scott, Double Life SMP, Scarlet Pearl will get her happily ever after with Scott whether he likes it or not. covert hypnosis is a girl's best friend that's maybe surpassed only by Tilly, 1454 words (as soon as I saw "life series" and "hypnosis" in the same sign-up form, I immediately jumped at the opportunity. this took shape over a week and a half, and culminated in a rushed last-minute ending rewrite and a decision to leave only a part of my initial plan to get this up in time for the deadline. and then it took a month to finally reveal the collection, but I was wiped out by work to actually write any of the other stuff from my initial plan. still proud of what I wrote!)
lighten up while you still can — T, Happen &(/) Morven, Oxventure Wyrdwood, Cadence Cookies (fantasy weed brownies), Happen somehow fumbles his way into getting Morven to chill with him, 2448 words (my Yuletide fic revealed! I promised myself to write a 2k gift for Yuletide this time and I managed to hit it! the idea for the second half of the fic, with the weed brownies, came almost as soon as the phrase "you should unstring your bow to take the tension out of it and store it unstrung" entered my brain and immediately got Happen stuck to it. but I had such trouble figuring out how to end the fic, that I ended up writing the preamble first and leaving it until almost the last day to finally finish the second half)
