Welcome to my corner of the internet, you glorious nerds, it’s over halfway through a new year and as usual you know what that means! (I forgot to post this in January) A re-introduction for the old, the new, and the i-stumbled-across-your-blog-at-3am-and-forgot-to-leave folks! There’s once again more of you than last year which is a surprise that you’re all this invested in the nonsense I spew or you find me entertaining. I’ve been in fandom since the Wild West (of the internet) where anime was on Youtube and FF(dot)Net and Ao3 were brand spankin’ new. So you’d better strap on your seatbelts because you’re about to go on a wild ride. I’m not afraid of shit and I will remind you all of the true essence of fandom. (It’s chaos, the true essence is chaos.)
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My fandoms vary in number and strength and you WILL find them all on this blog at some point but the main one is Dr. Stone. Apparently you guys like my meta, who’d’ve thunked it? But if you also enjoy my art and fic here are some of the tropes you can expect to find:
Strong platonic and familial relationships
natural disasters
person v. nature and person v. self
tending to each other’s wounds
extensive world building (dependent on the fic)
multi-faceted characters
Angst with a happy/hopeful ending (This is an always thing. If you go into one of my angst fics expecting it to end badly you will be disappointed)
Now with 50% more ships, comedy, and fluff (I'm a multishipper)
Being able to analyze something to death
It always makes my day to see your comments and trust me, I read every. Single. One. (And try to respond/remember to respond to them too!)
Note: I am a fan from the ye olden days of the internet. The fics I write are often dark and gritty, sometimes gritty and dark so BE SURE TO READ THE TAGS FOR EACH FIC. Some fics do have updating tags, that will be noted IN THE TAGS. I always try to give an additional heads up before chapters if there’s something difficult in the prose ahead, but I am human at the end of the day. This is your general reminder to read the tags and be aware that I have fics that contain varying degrees of gore (can’t go too in depth because I can’t do gore either!), death, and mental health related things. You curate your online experience, not me and what I write may not necessarily reflect my views on a given topic.
Fics:
Please note that only multi chapter fics are listed as I have a lot of one-shots!
This Too Shall Pass: Dr. Stone fic that focuses on the events post chapter 160(ish) and runs with the events that happened in the N.America arc. Grew legs and turned into a canon-divergence fic. This is the first installment which is complete.
Status: Complete
Words: 50k+
Rating: T+
Silver and Blood: Second installment which is going through a second drafting phase as it’s being posted. Runs with the events of what happened in the N. America arc and grew legs… trying to come to terms with the fact that I’m going to need a third installment to wrap it up… send help.
Status: In progress (On posting hiatus)
Words: 70k+
Rating: M
The Tiger and the Moon: Dr. Stone fic that started out as a what if Oak an OC mentor of Senku met Byakuya before petrification. A very sad attempt at rom-com with some balanced angst. I'm having a great time though, Oak's dumb as hell.
Status: Complete
Words: 23K+
Rating: T+
You may be wondering what happened to my Genshin fics. I am no longer associating with the fandom due to the overall behavior of fans. Please also note that my fics are now locked to provide some protection from AI.
Meta/Ask Answers:
Byakuya: Byakuya wasn't rich... at first, In Defense of Parenting, Pidgin and Language in Dr. Stone
Senku: Senku's Relationships (His Pillars), A brief word on his relationships, A perspective of what 3,700 years looks like, Senku and Conflict, A brief word on his mental health
Add-Ons to Other's Posts: How the record got to Ishigami Village, Dresses in Dr. Stone and brief word on textiles, Senku and Taiju and Yuzuriha, In Defense of Ryusui and Currency in Dr. Stone
Dr. Stone World Building: Weather and Climate, Introduction of Mega Fauna/ Escaped Zoo Animals, The Political and Cultural Impact of the KoS on the Post-Petrification World, The Culture of Xeno's Group, Your Guide to Writing In Universe of Dr. Stone (All 3 parts), Horses in Dr. Stone and Beyond (pt. 1) (pt. 2) (pt. 3)
Asks: Thoughts on Stanley and Xeno's relationship, No Petrification Au Thoughts, What if Someone other than Taiju woke up? , Thoughts on Genres and Settings, ATLA AU, What Would I Change In Dr. Stone?, Favorite Weather, DnD Class, Favorite Soups, GoT AU, Favorite Anime, Which fic adapted as film? Fic Ideas
What's this? Sterling having brief thoughts (whatever THAT word count is going to look like) on Ishigami Village? A topic they're WELL known among friends for having A LOT of thoughts on? Well, you're in luck! This is a new weekly challenge in the server (which is 18+) and our first prompt was "Ishigami Village" which is interesting enough by itself, but I'll be addressing some follow-up questions related to the prompt! So sit down, buckle up, and get ready for a 'brief thought' to surpass 5k! (Please keep my joints in your thoughts, there's a reason I'm a retired meta writer LOL)
(update: it was 1.4k!)
Follow-up Questions
who’s your favourite ishigami villager?
what customs do you think ishigami village has?
what changes do you think happened to their culture when senku came along?
what cultural aspects of their group are you drawn to?
any headcanons about the village?
I know, very strange to list the follow-up questions at the beginning, but this is going to give us structure and remind me to not go overboard.
Who is your favorite villager? Any Headcanons about the village?
The first one is pretty easy for me as it's a 3-way tie with Kohaku, Ruri, and Suika. They almost feel representative of different aspects of the same person (and is very heavily implied that Lillian is a direct ancestor so my HC is they're three of Lillian's "faces" if you will. Her diligence and hardworking attitude, her willingness to fight/protective nature (hers looks different than Kohaku's, it's not a physical manifestation, but a mental one), and her loyalty and sense of duty.
I do have a fair number of headcanons especially one related to the Grand Bout that seems to have gained some popularity as a way to explain how the headstone was brought over. (The Grand Bout being a way to determine who would go on the voyage. You can read more about my addition here)
Additionally, it is also important to remember that smaller groups of people, generally speaking, mean that everyone is in everyone's business. People who come from or live in close-knit communities would know that it just feels like everyone is your aunt/uncle, your grandparent, parent, and so on and so forth. I am not even getting into the headache that is the fact that everyone is literally cousins, though I do theorize that since it is possible for people to break out of stone from mental fortitude alone it is an issue, but they aren't dying from 3,718 years of 6 people intermarrying.
Senku did the math and confirmed that it seemed as though the brain being active+nitric acid helped to speed the process. There is an implication that, say, someone with racing thoughts could have awoken from the stone possibly earlier if in an acidic environment... and Japan does have acidic soil where as Sacramento does not generally have acidic soil... I need to write meta on that.) This is naturally going to have a HUGE impact on dynamics and politics in a group. (But also kind of makes the existing worldbuilding fall apart, it's okay, we'll just fix it with duct tape later.)
BUT I DIGRESS, This is supposed to be BRIEF.
What Changes do you Think Happened When Senku Came Along?
I am AAAAAAAAA, I could write a whole meta on this topic alone. Senku is not exactly the best person, we've established this. Even in the series itself he has mentioned he's not a saint when it comes to his emotions (which he does have... SO MANY). You can be an overall genuine person and have good intentions (which he does) but still not be a good person. He's an incredibly messy character who does view the villagers as people, yes, but as a means to an end. It's an additional benefit for him to make sure they're happy and bribe them to help but there was a HUGE cultural shift that's going to deal irreparable damage when you suddenly introduce things such as the Agricultural Revolution Pt. 2 to society. Generally speaking it didn't end well for women. And considering Japan doesn't have large animals that live there (and would be okay there for almost 4,000 years) it's very likely that the gathering and farming (reliance also on a single crop... which totally doesn't have a history of ever going wrong) would have slowly phased out women from the table. Not to mention things such as processing textiles, hides (from what I have found, plant materials was more common to use in Japan throughout history), dyeing, spinning and weaving were all typically done by women and men. However dyeing with natural plants is anything but an exact science and often times those dye recipes are passed down from one generation to the next. That would likely be one of the areas that Senku would "improve" with synthetic dyes (not all natural dyes are toxic, a lot of times they're just not colorfast or lightfast, lightfastness is a main one because of sunlight. But you can get a wide breadth of colors from just plants and metals (be careful, because that part CAN be toxic, don't just pour copper water down the drain!)
It seemed from the beginning when Senku first joined it was more egalitarian. There were gender roles, but no one really thought twice about Kohaku being a warrior, they were more irritated that she caused trouble and caused her father more worry when he already had one child dying of an unknown illness, the same one that killed his wife. Even Jasper himself mentioned that Senku came and made a mockery of their traditions because Senku is ~15-16 years old, he's still of the mindset of "I have a problem, I need to fix it" and just sort of blunders through life as teenagers are wont to do. For him, his problem is he needs to save humanity so he can find Byakuya, he's not thinking of the implications of destroying thousands of years of cultural traditions. Often times, I've read papers about the invisible elderly or how in archeology it is easy to gloss over the contributions of older folks in society due to older bones not exactly preserving well. This tends to be the reason behind the incorrect assumption that everyone lived to 35-40. In Senku's mind the "best" way is unchecked progress without considering the other areas due to his general lack of wisdom.
After Senku has taken over the village through a marriage and divorce (which I have in my Kos Meta and will include in citation below, but divorce is not a new topic for the villagers, they were just shocked over his audacity and his overall lack of respect for their culture). There is a shift for more men taking active roles. Ruri, it is implied, holds a lot of power as the priestess, but her role and Kohaku's role as what appears to be leader of the village guard, are overlooked for Chrome who was technically banished from the village for "Sorcery". It was meant to show that Senku did it all without one of his generals being a fighter, HOWEVER, it also sends a pretty clear message when ALL of the antagonist factions have women in positions of authority except for the KoS. (Kirisame, Charlotte, Minami, and technically Kohaku in the beginning since it's uncertain if the village will be on Senku's side at first.)
In order to understand how the other groups in the series may view the KoS we have to look at it from their perspective. Starting with the Ishigami villagers. From their perspective they are having some random man come into their village, make a mockery of their traditions which are then voided because outside help (remember he doped everyone so technically the bout was void from the start and he was able to divorce Ruri so easily because he legally didn't win), and then saved the priestess' life.
-The Perception, Ishigami Village
From these changes we can now make deductions for some of how Ishigami village was BEFORE Senku (remember, he's likely considered a god in the religion) showed up.
Customs of Ishigami Village
From how it seems, there's a variety of customs with Ishigami Village, such as the Grand Bout (which may no longer continue after Senku's arrival). Fish is a main protein staple, though it would make sense for the village of that size to move around every so often so they don't exhaust their resources. They likely did practice a form of agriculture, but also supplemented with gathering and hunting. Everyone knows how to sew (not that big of a surprise, sewing is an incredibly useful skill that everyone should know) so it wouldn't surprise me if there were customs around making new ships, I would also not be surprised if there were coming of age ceremonies and ceremonies for early childhood (once you pass through childhood, you are in the clear for living a relatively normal life). I tend to have Kohaku a little more "eh" about privacy as a Kohaku thing, but I generally feel like the village being small with possibly multigenerational houses means that everyone's once again, aware of everyone else's business. Kohaku is just Kohaku.
What Cultural Aspects of the Group are you Drawn to?
All of it. Just. All of it.
Thank you for coming to my brief.... only 1.4k word meta talk with sources on Ishigami Village! Very brief! Under 5k! It was a lot of fun and I had to really hold myself back from doing a deep dive (which I will absolutely do in server omg)
Continuing on with my horse AU I have Gen as an American Paint horse plus some horse nettle (in the nightshade family). I have plans on making Senku facing the other direction so we can have some subtle SenGenSen. Will be having more information to come soon!
Join our 18+ choose your own spice level DCST Discord server and help us vote on our next event taking place at the end of March/beginning of April! We are currently deciding between an OC/AU mini zine/digital convention, an RP event set up like a reality TV show, and a server-wide scavenger hunt!
This is an OC/AU-positive and no ship hate tolerated zone!
We also just got starboard so you can watch the entire server descend into chaos in real time!
Figured why not put my horse knowledge to good use and do a DCST horse AU. Some horse breeds for characters are as follows:
Ryusui: Appendix horse (this is a cross between a thoroughbred and a quarter horse... a 3/4 horse if you will //shot)
Sai: Mawari horse
Stanley: Quarter horse (Former cow horse, now has someone who wants to make him a *rodeo star*, is not aware of this change in management, scars on his face are from an ill-fitted halter left on and a fence accident)
Xeno: Akhal-Teke which are known for being metallic and their endurance. Xeno is a pasture-puff and is okay for work 2 weeks out of the year.
Gen: Frame overo Paint horse
I have a lot more kaldsjfa. There's no real storyline just fun doodles that I've been collecting.
First up is Ryusui as a flaxen liver chestnut. I made his body color his eyebrow and his mane and tail are his hair color. I will not be following hair and eye colors strictly for characters as that can get boring FAST. Petriscars will be a mixture of markings and scars
Text: Seen sheep get better shearin' jobs where I'm from
Clipping is done for horses who work a lot in winter, this is to keep their coats from trapping their sweat close to their bodies and freezing them. These horses have to have a blanket on to keep them warm for this trade off. Gen has a botched blanket cut (thanks to Stanley) and will now have to be completely shaved.
This one was a request from in-server and is Sai! He is deciding if he should be scared of the blue bucket (The answer will be yes)
He's just... so shiny....
Xeno with all his fly protection. It is a list of things. Meanwhile, Stanley is one dusty boi. The C.C. on his shoulder is a freeze brand for Corn City. The events for season 4 are just management swapping everyone's pastures.
Stanley: What happened to you?
Xeno: I refuse to be harassed by those blood suckers
Reminder that Suika is 13 in the Americas arcs and is actually 1 year younger than what is considered an adult in Ishigami village. (I actually forgot this myself until I needed to double check her age.) This also VERY MUCH recontextualizes a lot of stuff about her character and her actions.
Don't be like me, make notes about character ages BEFORE you write a 73k fic.
It does Suika no favors to underestimate her because of her age/stature when that is LITERALLY what characters in the series tend to do. She deserves better! ;-;
Silver And Blood Chapter 13 is Now Live Only on Ao3!
Stanley confronts Imani for the whereabouts of the Kingdom of Science, unintentionally revealing information in a delicate dance for who will come out on top.
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Well, fear not! For I have just the server for you! 3718 Years is an 18+ Dr. Stone server for people who want a chill place to hang out and talk about the show/manga that has been living in all our heads rent-free since 2k17.
We may be an 18+ server, but we have separate areas for NSFW and Dead Dove content so people can stay comfortable. We also expect people to spoiler any content that is posted outside of these areas and use correct tagging in our mini Ao3 area (called livewriting).
Current goings on
Right now we have sign-ups for a mini gift exchange that will be running until the 29th of November so if you join, be sure to sign up and get to know everyone as there will be more events like it in the future!
Additional features
RPs are not server-wide and we don't restrict characters so you can pick whomever you want to RP (OR you can read a variety of RPs between our lovely members)
OCs are welcome, encouraged, and loved! We don't require an OC approval process to use your character for RPs, and we host regular OC questions to get to know your character (or self-insert) a little better
Yap sessions about AUs, plots, and thoughts; we're always ready to brainstorm!
Access to forums in a mini Ao3-style section of the server to keep all your AU, Meta, and fic writing notes in one place
Fun seasonal events!
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This server has a "don't be a dick" policy. Ship wars and character bashing is not tolerated. This is an 18+ server, we expect members to act like adults.
Silver and Blood Chapters 11 and 12 are now live only on Ao3!
It's been a while since I've posted to this fic, but now it is available to the public once more and I have started posting to it again! It's got a few updated tags so be aware, and I'm so excited to finally finish posting after 3 years of this fic sitting completed on my computer.
This fic is rated M for language and violence. Mostly stays within canon-typical and I am sure to warn as usual if there's a particularly gruesome chapter. This is Whump so like... don't be surprised if there's angst >:| naturally, it will have a happy ending.
