A paper and yarn experience

My sideblog dedicated to both my crafts and my writing. Where I'll be posting my fanfiction from now on.

[onyxstitches]

Happy pride month!

[daisywords]

sad when you go back to dismantle an earlier draft for parts and encounter a section that's both entirely obsolete and maybe one of the loveliest passages you've ever written

[half-gobbled-piece-of-toast]

“I ain’t reading all that” your brain is rotting and shrinking

[springsgreenleaves]

Yes, but also, I am begging you on bended knee, paragraph breaks.

[spiritbladed]

something something extremely sexy when magic users resort to physical violence. yeah i have the power of god and anime on my side but i also have THESE HANDS. i cast Punch You In The Face. i take my magic staff through which i channel the vast energies of the elements and the cosmos and i cast Severe Concussion And Skull Fracture. casting time for xenoglossy too long, chose the quicker route of Stab You In The Throat.

[willjulep]

Bro, we are cooked. The knight that dogs the prince's shadow like a dark and silent wraith just knelt to press his forehead to the prince's hand. Yeah, now he's uttering a prayer whose recipient is ostensibly God but in reality is the deified version of the prince that exists only in his mind. Aaand the prince just caressed his cheek to preemptively grant him absolution. I gotta... I gotta get out of here.

[kingcatnine]

we need to instill a new storytelling rule of thumb into people called "show don't tweet" where we encourage them to put all pertinent canon information into the actual story and its official supplemental material instead of using reddit AMAs as lore dlcs

[vivitur-moritur]

the sewing machine is a delicate breed of horse

[alicentsgf]

no you do not need to hold fictional characters "accountable". they are not real.

[alicentsgf]

[proudfreakmetarusonikku]

i NEED people to realise foreshadowing is. in fact. a literary device. and not a Bad Thing. the audience picking up on your hints is a Good Thing. because. it makes the story and it’s conclusion make sense. and some people will not see those but enjoy seeing them on a second read through. red herrings are one thing but if your novel consists of nothing but red herrings it’s not a coherent story it’s just a collection of paragraphs that don’t actually plausibly link to one another. you're not fighting with the audience you don’t look clever you look like you don’t know how basic fiction works. be vulnerable for once in your goddamn life and don't treat writing like a game to be won where the audience losing is a good thing.

[ineffectualdemon]

Getting to the end of a story and going "THE CLUES WERE THERE THE WHOLE TIME!" is always joyous for me whether or not I picked up on the clues leading up

If I saw the clues and caught the hints then yes! I am clever and me and the author/creator/artist etc were in on it together the whole time!

If I didn't notice the clues or got fooled but can clearly see them in hindsight then "Ha! You won this time storyteller! I am delighted by this game we play!' and then I enjoy putting the pieces together afterwards and enjoying how clever it was. I feel like the creator respects me as an audience

If there is a "twist" that comes with 0 clues or foreshadowing at all I'm annoyed. I'm pissed off. I feel like I'm being condescended to and patronised. It's not clever or interesting and makes me annoyed I ended up caring about characters and plot points that ended up meaningless.

Because it's not that these stories don't have foreshadowing or plot clues. They just abandon it for a "surprising twist"

A story that pays off the clues is letting me into the fun and makes a participant in the story

A story that just gives me a "shock" but no pay off is telling me not to engage or get attached or care. So why would I watch?

[s-n-arly]

OMG! THIS!

Random plot twists that don't connect to anything in the story are not clever. If we don't see it coming because the writer didn't provide any clues, they aren't clever and it's totally unsatisfying (and I will NEVER read this writer again). These clues need not be lit up in neon with a parade of elephants and showgirls. But they need to be present

I'm a writer and am rarely surprised. Often, if I am surprised it's because the writer was a dumbass and included a "twist" that makes no sense (and therefore isn't really a twist, it's just random bullshit). If a writer genuinely surprises me, without being an absolute dumbass, I am FUCKING DELIGHTED! I will tell everyone I know to read the book/see the movie/watch the show.

[ardentmystacina]

Foreshadowing is the reward for paying attention. It's the story letting you in on the secret like a co-conspirator because you're the clever little audience member who has been picking up on the clues the writer has been setting up.

It even makes watching/reading again more worthwhile because if you didn't notice the foreshadowing the first time you have the joy of being able to notice the things you missed!

[headspace-hotel]

Once again recommending the book The Body Double by Emily Beyda because I guessed the twist REALLY early on but I was engrossed in the story because I wanted to see how the main character would react when SHE found out.

[starlitsecrets]

Remember when joining fandom as a younger person meant lurking for a bit and figuring out the vibe and etiquette instead of coming in on day one and calling people weirdos for liking weirdo shit in the weirdo factory.

[ravioliet]

god's weakest soldier is scrolling tumblr instead of being productive or participating in any of their hobbies

[craftexchange]

Welcome back to Show and Tell Saturday! I'm psyching myself up to tailor some clothes - hopefully I don't maul them in the process :) What's new in your world this week?

[onyxstitches]

I'm prepping 99 pokeball cross stitches for June 1st 🫠 I'm at 35/99 rn

[bvckbiter]

“is this character good or bad” “is this ship unproblematic or not” “is this arc deserving of redemption or not” girl…

[spookyboywhump]

I do really love it when women write graphic and fucked up things. I feel like so often people react to fucked up fiction with “of course a disgusting man would write this 🙄” and it often carries an unspoken (honestly sometimes spoken) message of “a woman’s PURE and DELICATE and FEMININE mind could NEVER think of something this VILE”. Thank you women in fucked up fiction 🫡

[onyxstitches]

My Otafest round up for the year! I had so much fun!

[crossroadsghoul]

"they're not gay" I don't know man, I read a masterfully written fanfic on A03 that says otherwise.

[onyxstitches]

Starting on my Caleb skirt for the Toronto LaDs meet-up Linkon Luck and Love on Feb 21st!

The concept is a circle skirt made of 3 thirds (except lines so double that lol) with crossstitched paper airplanes. As a stuble peice of fan merch.

Drafting the angle was aweful 😅 stick to 4 panel or 2 panel circle skirts is you can lol

My super high tech pattern weights

And where would be be without a safety inspection? We don't need anyone meowing for OSHA over here!

[onyxstitches]

I won't be able to work on this tonight or tomorrow as I will be driving my brother 4 hours to a specialist appointment 🙃 but.... I did manage to get my pockets cut on my full break 🎉

The tops were cut on the fold because they'll be anchored into the waistband. Normal pockets are less square at the top if self drafting.

[onyxstitches]

Even being stuck in a hospital waiting room can't stop my grind 💪

I'll save weeding out the adia cloth for when I have all 25 done.

[onyxstitches]

Free child labour

[mistresssasori]

I've finished weeding the adia cloth out. Now I just need to iron on interfacing and sew the skirt. I only have 1.5 days left so I'm in a rush!

[onyxstitches]

Wrong blog 😅

[onyxstitches]

T-12 hours til I have to leave. The skirt is not done yet 😦 But I am finishing off the embroidery at work today, and the pockets are in. The waistband is sitting on my ironing board fully interfaced and just missing the grommets.

Also here are some trinkets I'm working on for handing out!

Alphabet beads need to c9me with more vowels.

[onyxstitches]

Did it take me over a month to finish it properly after failing to properly complete it before the event... maybe 😅 The first 2 photos are from the event. It's strung up on a shoe string there. The last two are with the actual waisted band in place.

And here's some details!

I had a lot of fun! Adding to my proposal pics I'm collecting from Caleb cosplayers 😆

[onyxstitches]

Wore it to Otafest as a Fem!Caleb for the LaDs meet up 😊

I took the waistband off and fixed the pockets, then centered the band out. It's much comfier to wear now!