[soruiru]

for what is a musician without his instrument, and what is a writer without his pen?

soru. 22. indian desi. fanfiction writer and part-time zine maker.

writes for: twisted wonderland, genshin impact, honkai: star rail, love and deepspace, and a few other fandoms as and when i want :)

zines: @sorus-zine-bazaar | vgen | carrd

[rtrn-past-and-future-zine]

Officially announcing Past & Future, a Ratiorine zine!

Head mod: @legendaerie

Writing mod: @two4joybirbs

Art mod: Ei / POT31TO

Social media mod: @soruiru

SFW Cover Artist: @havanillas

NSFW Cover Artist: SwampTuft

Applications will be opening very soon; please feel free to reach out to us on our social media with questions, and enjoy our Carrd in the meantime!

Past & Future (Ratiorine Zine)

A ratiorine zine!

[soruiru]

IM IN ANOTHER ZINE :D

[soruiru]

guys, given how tumblr is going to shits, should i make a patreon too? 🤔 i mean, i won't stop posting here or on ao3, but probably would move content over there :0

i had been thinking about this for a while, and had tiers built in my head:

$2 per month - community support + access to a discord server + early access to fics and lore theories about games and anime/manga/manhwa

$5 per month - same as $2 + exclusive raffles (one per month) where the winner gets a 1-1.5k word fic about their oshis/ocs from any source material + 5% off on all commissions indefinitely

$10 per month - same as $2 and $5 + monthly request slot (so one extra raffle!) + NSFW content access + 10% off on all commissions indefinitely

should i or not 🤔

yes

no

raise/lower prices???

Voting ended onMar 24

[soruiru]

if you say my name || malleus draconia

secret santa fic for @jabberism!! also read on ao3!

in fae culture, though malleus and lilia rarely speak of it beyond their conversation between themselves, names have power and thus, a purpose. lilia vanrouge is his master’s name, but not his only one, with another name chosen by the soul that he keeps hidden even from his own son. malleus, naturally, also has his own secret name, warned over and over again about never handing it to someone, and never handling it carelessly.

when malleus had first joined night raven college, he had expected people to ask, to criticise, to spread rumours and wonder; but no, in fact, they maintain a distance with them, observing him like he was a wild selkie running nude in the wild, and those who do manage to leap over that canyon-like distance trip over their words in an effort to maintain what lilia terms ‘expected propriety’. he pretends not to notice the distance, pretends it does not bruise him— because it is easier to be a prince than it is to be a person who wants to be addressed plainly, without his past overshadowing him wherever he goes.

you, on the other hand, don’t know any of this.

you first meet him when he crosses the boundary of the ramshackled dorm on the edge of the campus, where he’d often roamed the grounds wondering what this beautiful place looked like in its prime, before it all fell apart. you do not bow deeply enough to be considered a ‘good person’, nor do you ask permission before sitting beside him, and you do not soften your voice when you speak. the first time you laugh in his presence, voice loud and unguarded, something ugly yet tempting rears its head in his chest. malleus tells himself it is nothing— that humans are like this; bright, brief, and evershining in the light unlike anything he could ever be.

the night the incident happens, it’s raining heavily, and the ground is slippery. you arrive in diasomnia soaking wet and tired, the ancient book (wrapped in plastic for extra safety) tucked securely under your coat, and when you see him waiting for you, you rush to greet him, all precautions of danger thrown to the wind before you slip, calling out his secret name whole and unbroken.

in response to the summoning, his magic explodes around the two of you despite not wanting to, a cool breeze enveloping you to settle you down. malleus, on the other hand, goes completely still, breath caught in his throat as his subconscious mind attempts to process the way you called his name. his eyes are stormy, almost unfriendly as you settle onto the ground, and you realise you’ve probably said something too offensive to forgive, so you bend low, much like the servants of the palace he calls his home, words tumbling out of your mouth in a panic as tears fill your eyes.

malleus looks at you with a face that betrays his guilt, even as he knows you can’t see it. you don’t know what you did wrong, only that you had done something he could not probably forgive given the sudden use of magic, and the fear on your face— technically, of what he could see of it— is unmistakably human. you tell him you didn’t mean to, that you will never say it again, that you did not know it was something you weren’t allowed to say in the first place. your voice shakes with the same sincerity that made you call out to him in the first place; as if he was a friend, and not a prince.

malleus doesn't reprimand you. instead, he reaches over to you to place a large hand on your shoulder, guiding you gently to an ornate couch before he dabs at your freely flowing tears. in a gentle whisper, he asks you to breathe with him, his voice a grounding rock that steadies the tremors in your hand. malleus turns away from you briefly as you finally settle, almost as if he was collecting himself or his thoughts, and when he faces you again there is something vulnerable in his expression that catches you off guard.

in a shaking voice and some measure of bravado, he explains what the name you called out was and what it meant to fae. he tells you that these names, variations of their public names hidden deep within their souls, bind the fae to the person who calls them, and could potentially cause harm to other people. naturally, he says that he trusts that this power you have over the future king of briar valley would not be misused, and yet, he fears, because this name was never supposed to be spoken out loud by anyone at all.

you listen to his ramble without interruption, a heavy guilt settling in your stomach. you’d been meaning to surprise him with such a unique shortening of his name— but somehow, almost like clockwork, you’d stumbled on something that was deeply personal to him. you sigh, murmuring another apology, your eyes meeting his. you promise him that you will never use it, that you will forget it if that is what he wants— that you don’t need or desire that level of closeness or control if it comes at the cost of his comfort and your friendship.

you mean what you say, every word of it, and he knows you do. that’s why, somehow, his answer surprises you.

taking your hands in his and raising them to his lips to press on them a gentle kiss, malleus smiles and tells you you can keep it. kept like a secret diary, instead of something to parade in front of people, dangling your authority like a juicy piece of meat on a string. you stare at him, unsure if he’s joking before he nukes you, or whether he’s actually being serious.

malleus lets a light chuckle slip from his mouth, hands still intertwined with yours. he clarifies that this decision was not made lightly— that above all, he is willing to cross the fear that has been ingrained in him to give you this power. you cannot command him freely, he insists, but in moments where you deem his power necessary, you may use him as a tool freely. he quietens for a moment after that, before stating that he’d prefer the use of this name in other moments.

confused still, you ask him what kinds of moments he thought this name appropriate for. malleus flushes a gentle, pretty pink, looking away for a moment before whispering it to you— moments where it’s just the two of you, casual and intimate— looking away again before adding a quiet “like this”.

the next time you test the nickname (for you) resting on the tip of your tongue, you and malleus are decidedly alone, grim having decided to invade savanaclaw (a rare occurrence) for the weekend. you whisper the name softly as he’s observing the pictures of the gargoyles you had taken that week, and laugh lightly as his head whips to face you at the speed of light. you ask him if it’s okay here. he says yes; that he likes the way his name sounds when it comes from you.

emboldened by his reaction, you begin calling him by that name when he’s at his lowest, or when he forgets that he’s allowed to want things outside of being briar valley’s crown prince. each time, the world listens, but it does not interfere, as if it understands that this is not a command but a request (or a plea).

malleus, in turn, lingers longer after your conversations, almost waiting for the name to drop from your lips. and when the world is kind enough to give you slow days, unhurried and isolated from the rest of the ever-blossoming chaos at night raven college, you say his name again, and he answers, over and over and over again; not as the prince, not as a fae, but as a friend, or maybe even more.

also tagging @cheshanoneko-draws bc i owe them a malleus fic

[soleiloree]

40% discount on all kinds of commission work for the holidays! that means for 1000 words, you pay $10.10 instead of $16 >:)

[soruiru]

my discounted commissions are open for the next one month (till jan 15 2026)! it's 40% off, and repeat commissioners (aka if you've commissioned me before) get an extra 20% off! [similar offer will be available in may too lolol]

[soruiru]

me looking at my notes planning for dear agony (my tartaglia x zhongli fic)

past me, what is this supposed to mean.

[soruiru]

dude ur requests r open rn right? cuz if so i have...a proposition. for you.

bro has a proposition hmmmm

yeah they're always open lmfao what you got

[soruiru]

The Fandom Talks: A Genshin Linguistics Paper

Hello hello! My name is Soru, and I'm currently writing a research paper on Genshin's terminology and how people use them in fics and outside them! This was not my original topic, but my OG one got scrapped by my prof rn, and I have very little time to make a nice report UEUEUUEUEUE please save my ass 😭😭😭😭

The Fandom Talks: How Genshin Impact Fans Write & Consume the World of Teyvat

Hello! Thank you so much in advance for filling out this form. All answers to this form will be used respectfully in my research paper, and

[soruiru]

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[beyondcloudfallzine]

Meet the Moderators!

Meet Soru, the Head and Writing Mod of Beyond Cloudfall! A Sylus main since release (but broke), they're waiting for some cards to rerun despite having all of one pull (147 gems). Find them @soruiru!

[soruiru]

my latest zine >:) im running a lot of them haha (but this one's a for-charity zine)

[princes-uprising]

This is not a throne you want, Kingscholar...

The Throne of Vengeance and Sorrow, the Savanaclaw Halloween zine, has been released on itch.io! Please note that while the page may have a quarantine warning, the download is absolutely safe. A big thanks to @aivy-saur for her cover page!

[soruiru]

my halloween zine's out!!! ❤️❤️❤️ it was so fun reading and formatting everything

[princes-uprising]

Ashes of a Crown: A Leona Kingscholar AU zine

Hello everyone! The Head Mod @soruiru is back with another Savanaclaw zine, this time focused on the housewarden himself, Leona Kingscholar!

Interest Check is currently open! || Info Doc

[soruiru]

*cough cough* do you want a piece of this man—

[soruiru]

leona's feet...

i love the anime and they way they animated leona <3 but guysos, some remarks about him leaning on a tree with no shoes on is just... not it. like yeah the feet jokes are funny, but also don't ask "why would anyone do that" bc i did that. its very common in a lot poc households to be comfy with or without shoes, and im not even a prince(ss), im literally middle class.

[princes-uprising]

Meet the Mods!

Soru is the Head, Writing, Design, and Formatting Mod for the Halloween zine 'The Throne of Vengeance and Sorrow'! They are also contributing as a writer :) Find them on tumblr @soruiru!

[soruiru]

I be here!!! keep an eye out for my latest TWST zine heheheheh— its looking to be 50+ pages of fun 😁

[phuuca]

ᴋɪʟʟɪɴɢ ɪɴɴᴏᴄᴇɴᴄᴇ

wolves are to be hunted if they harm livestock.

@soruiru

[soruiru]

this is what you call ouchness. and amazing marketing.

[als-missing-an]

gentle reminder to everyone that new fans are gonna be just that: new.

please do not bash or send hate to anyone who got newly introduced to the fandom because of the anime just because they "interpretated a character wrong" or "couldn't read past the surface level characterizations" or "haven't known the character for as long as other fans have".

everyone has to go through their own journey to develop their opinions and interpretations of the characters' stories. just because they're only starting now doesn't make them any less of a fan. that's part of the fun of twst! give them the chance to learn about the characters naturally or, better yet, encourage their excitement by sharing cool tidbits about the characters they like or the worldbuilding!

and if you don't feel like or get uncomfortable seeing people interpreting a character differently from you? that's also perfectly fine and normal!

but please, for the love of god, do NOT harrass or put anyone down for "mischaracterizing" your faves. noone is (or should be) forcing you to enjoy your media the way you don't want. you are not entitled to anyone's opinions or headcanons. block, mute and move on.

is it probably upsetting to see someone misunderstand a character? yes! is it wrong to hate a popular headcanon/common misconception/stereotype? absolutely not! but that does not warrant a hate campaign, nor is it a reason to make a post hating on that opinion. being told "how to interact with media" is a one-way stop to making the fandom (and possibly, the media itself) not fun to interact with anymore.

it discourages new fans from participating in fandom activity. and that's fun for nobody! we're depriving ourselves from the works that new artists/fanfic writers/creatives can contribute to fuel our love for our favourite game! and new fans won't be able to enjoy twst and its lovable characters to the fullest! if someone's take isn't for you, that's fine. but let's not yuck anyone's yum, alright? let's make the twst community a fun place for everyone!

talking excitedly and discussing different viewpoints with other fans that have opinions opposite to yours is MUCH more fun than fighting and dissing people about it because you both think a character "SHOULD" be this way.

tldr; curate your fandom experience to be the most enjoyable for you. don't ruin other people's journey, encourage it. respecting enjoyment goes both ways, please be mindful of it. 🙏

[soruiru]

if you must know what kind of mutual i am,,,,, ask @nemisisnemi