Mixnote

Weirdo who loves writing, filmmaking and jokes! Andro, (She/Her but don't mind They). You can find me on AO3, Wattpad and Quotev (I go by "Mixnote" on them all). Buy me a Coffee (or a book): https://ko-fi.com/mixnote#

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Hello readers and followers!

If you have been wondering what's been keeping from writing recently, here's why:

I've been helping out at Holland House Books' The Island Prize as their administrator!

What is the Island Prize?

It's a literary competition held each year for African writers (people who were born in Africa or who belong to the African diaspora) to potentially get their first ever book published!

This year's longlist of writers has been announced, so please check them out!

And to any other African writers, please keep an eye out for the next round! Your book could be next on the list!

For more information, you can check out the Holland House Books socials!

~ Mixnote (a.k.a Mieke Prinsloo, administrator)

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Are you still active on your AO3? I was wondering if you’re still working on your Decepticon scenarios

I am indeed! The next chapter has slowly yet surely crawled along. I'm currently at Predaking's part. However, since I fell out of the TF fandom, it's tricky for me to really get the same feeling to resonate in my work as it did in the past. My studies at uni aren't exactly helping either.

Thank you for checking in!

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Update 2 of my mushroom-y human follower demonstrated through my thoughts:

WHY ARE ALL THE TUTORIALS OUTDATED?

At least I am learning (slowly).

I really like this musbroom colour... No wait! This one!

Should she have a slight French accent?

Maybe not.

Maybe yes.

Maybe.

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1 day update on the mushroom-y follower mod.

I am now attempting to make a mushroom-y hat.

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So, I am trying to make a Skyrim mod. A follower mod. A follower mod which will be very... mushroom-y. Is that a word? I feel like that should be a word.

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Hello there!!!!

I found your Decepticon scenarios and I read them all in one sitting! They are amazing! I already said it on AO3, but I will say it again! It was the best Decepticon story i have read. The Megatron scenarios got me fangirling sooooo hard.

I hope you're having a great day!!!!

Gosh, sorry for the late reply here.

Thank you very much! I actually re-read my own work the other day and laughed at what my 14-year-old self had written. It's good to know that people still enjoy it!

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hiii, i was wondering, will you ever go back to writing the eventual megatron x reader 'from the pits'? i absolutely loved the story as far as it went!! (dont answer this if you don't want, i'm just curious because i really really like the story and its hard to find a megatron(us) x reader) :)

Hello! Sorry for not being as active. I started university this year. My plans are to finish my Decepticon scenarios the coming vacation, then move on to "From the Pits".

It's a story I really still want to tell (I have a lot of cameos and special nuggets I want to add) so although I can't say exactly when it'll be done, I will continue with it. 😁

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Happy New Year everyone! May 2022 be the start of things looking up!

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Hello Reader of This Post!

This is the announcement of my new Skyrim fic. Now, I don't know about you, but I definitely like anything Deadric Prince-related, which is precisely what this entire book will be about. Think Sheo and Sanguine running in the streets of Solitude (half-naked), Malacath and Meridia chilling and drinking ale around a fire, Clav blushing, Hircine hunting and Nocturnal and Azura being moms.

The first chapter is up and more shall follow periodically.

Hope you take a peek!

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Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, and blessed holidays of all kind to all of you!

[sophiliated]

You’ve become your icon and you have the same situation as the icon you have.

How fucked up are you?

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TES Festival Cheer: 1. Snow

A howl sent a shiver down the Dragonborn's spine. Or was it the cold? They weren't too sure at that moment.

All they could process was the ache of their legs as they ran. Their pursuers were hot on their heels and gaining rapidly. The puffs of hot air from their mouth and nose created small vapour clouds as their chest heaved.

"YEEAAAGGGHHH!"

The Dovahkiin tried to dodge, but their pursuer's projectile hit them square in the mid-back. It sent them stumbling to the floor in slight pain.

Before the hero could get back up, two heavy bodies colided with their own, sending a flurry of snow into the air.

"Ha! Got you!"

"You know the deal welp."

With a groan (though smiling) the Dragonborn flipped themselves over. Their limbs spread out to bury them in the ice. "Yes yes. First round's on me tonight."

With wolfish grins each, Vilkas and Farkas got to their feet, the latter holding out his hand to help the welp up. He was taken up on his offer and the three Companions set off towards the nearest inn.

Well, that was after the twins were chilled with a sneaky "Fo!"

(I decided to just pick my own number and write something. If anyone would like to make a request, send the number and word as well as the character/s you want featured!)

[xenomorphique]

Much to think on...

[huzni]

[...] Botswana and South Africa alerted the world to this variant, but it was found among travelers who reportedly flew in from Europe. And it was subsequently found that the variant was reported in the Netherlands a week before the announcement from Africa. How do you feel about the world reacting by banning travelers from southern Africa?

We were saddened. For me, personally, I felt that after two years into the epidemic, clearly as the global health community, we could be responding better and coordinating better.

How do you reward the countries that alert you of a potential dangerous pathogen with travel bans? My country was put on a red list, and I didn't feel good about that.

We know the repercussions. Flights were canceled, goods were not coming into the country, a lot of businesses lost millions. And our vaccine supply was being threatened because of delays on the way. Quite a trail of destruction.

So it was a roller coaster for us. On the one extreme, we felt [we were] contributing to the world in a small way. And on the other end, we felt, is that how you reward scientists or scientific progression? [...]

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I'm a white South African (an Afrikaner) and I can say that we were all pissed. My father works as an open vehicle guide in the Kruger National Park and the rest of SA. After TWO YEARS of struggling to survive, he finally got some people who were planning to come from the UK, Germany, America etc. for a day tour, only for us to be put on the red list. We were taken off now, but the entire vacation time was lost.

We are all praying for strength and hope, because as things are now, Southern Africa is being beaten down, kicked, then spat on by the 1st world hypocrites.

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

The first chapter of my first Skyrim fic is up!

In the meantime, I'll be writing short fics here. First up: 25daysoftescheer! Send me a number and featured character if you'd like!

[vilkas]

Hi everyone! I've finally created my very own prompt list! It's almost Evening Star, the month of the New Life Festival! Everyone loves holidays and such, so I figure it would be fun to create an event for it!

Twenty-Five Days of TES Cheer

The Rules:

Each day, from December 1st until December 25th, is one prompt! You can respond to the prompt with fic, writing, art, headcanons, edits, whatever you want! The point is to have fun! You don't have to do all 25 days if you don't want to, of course. I also won't discourage people from using it as a regular prompt list for people to choose from and send! I just want everyone to have a chance to express their creativity and show off their OCs/fav NPCs in whatever way they will.

Tag your posts as "#25daysofTEScheer. I will be tracking the tag!

Tag me ( @korvanjund ) in your entry (optional)

Clearly state in your entry which day/prompt you are responding to, so there's no confusion!

I don't have an official blog for it like @tes-summer-fest but I will still be reblogging everything I see in the tags! I highly encourage you to participate if you want!

(This list is specifically for The Elder Scrolls fandom, but if other people for other fandoms can find a way to make it work for them, feel free to use, but I ask you don't tag it as #25daysofTEScheer so I can keep the tag centric on TES responses!)

Reblogs encouraged so anyone who may want to participate has a chance to see this!

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I'm doing this! If anyone would like to choose a prompt: send the number, the word, and what Skyrim character you'd like to have featured in the short then I'll write a small one-shot for you.

[1five1two]

J. R. R. Tolkien, undisputedly a most fluent speaker of this language, was criticized in his day for indulging his juvenile whim of writing fantasy, which was then considered—as it still is in many quarters— an inferior form of literature and disdained as mere “escapism.” “Of course it is escapist,” he cried. “That is its glory! When a soldier is a prisoner of war it is his duty to escape—and take as many with him as he can.” He went on to explain, “The moneylenders, the knownothings, the authoritarians have us all in prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as possible.“

Stephen R. Lawhead

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“I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is plain that I do not accept the tone of scorn or pity with which ‘Escape’ is now so often used. Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?”

-J.R.R. Tolkien

“Hence the uneasiness which they arouse in those who, for whatever reason, wish to keep us wholly imprisoned in the immediate conflict. That perhaps is why people are so ready with the charge of “escape.” I never fully understood it till my friend Professor Tolkien asked me the very simple question, “What class of men would you expect to be most preoccupied with, and hostile to, the idea of escape?” and gave the obvious answer: jailers.“

-C.S. Lewis

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on top of that his escapism taught millions to not only ponder fantastical worlds unlike thier own, but at the same time to appreciate the small fantastical wonders of their own world. to see the magic in a garden, the majesty of the mountains, the simple pleasure of time with friends, that there is good in the world and thats worth fighting for

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Which is exactly why I am striving to make this my life's work.