Greetings travelers of tumblr! I am Starlingadventuress, also known as Starling and Star with friends. I have been described to be an anxious bean with a feline theming.
So, a little bit about me. I am taken, go by she/her pronouns, and have been into Skyrim and Minecraft since I first found out about them as a little kid.
I post at random about anything, ranging from known to little known medias, drabbles and fics, and probably a lot about my own ocs. I exist here, on ao3, and discord. Maybe yt & Twitch in the future.
That's about it I think. Nice to meet you and I hope you have a good time on my blog!
Hiii, remember to say when you post the fics, I'd love to fill you with long comments!
Those are good questions, I'm still thinking about that. I do not wish to fill your blog with my Lore so maybe in a future I will post It in my AO3 account and show you more clearly, thanks for showing interest!
Also how are you? Hope you had a wonderful day, remember that even the sun needs rest (that's why the clouds exist! they are her blankets)
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OMGGGG YESYESYES JOIN THE AO3 CHAOS OF POSTING but you don't have to worry about filling my blog with your lore, god knows I'd be doing the same to you if you asked me to 😅
I would cry tears of pure joy if I got long comments on my fics
Oh wait the just reminded me FUCK I HAVENT POSTED IN SO LONG i I'll fix that later—
Im doing pretty good today!! Making some plans for a new DND character of a campaign I'll be joining and I'm super excited to play her ≽(>⩊ <マ≼ me and the DM are still hammering out some of the details so I can't reveal too much yet but I can confirm that she's gonna be a tiefling rogue!!
I wish the sun would rest today, my PC keeps shutting off any game I try to play because it gets too hot! I only have a mini PC + no proper AC so I'm very screwed over 😭
Some doppelkord lore because i think theres some important things to have in mind
1. Only The engaged can wear it, if someone else tries to use it should be impossible.
2. The Dominant Hand for the Doppelkord is because they are suppose to be able to reach for the spirit.
3. You can only wear ONE doppelkord at a time, if you wear other, then the first goes dormant along some physical sense (smell, sight, etc)
4. It cannot be forcibly removed by no one, but the wearer themselves
And why shadow milk could steal it? well, he stole ethereal's when it was dormant, silent salt had also taken White Lily's doppelkord so he removed Ethereal's willingly. there was a trail of the connection still there when SM took it. And thats what takes us to the rest of the story :D.
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OH? SILENT SALT GOT SOME SECRETS IN THIS AU HOT DAMN
But that does make me wonder what happens if an engaged is ambidextrous? And what happens to the attempted thief who tries to remove the Dopplekord by force… does the spirit react to protect their engaged? There's so many possibilities!! Don't worry about answering these questions right away btw, I'm just throwing out my own thoughts
And going by some implications it seems like the heroes are spirits? Or at least one of them. White Lily as a spirit sounds like an awesome concept btw!! I've always liked her a lot, she did not deserve the ending she got 💔
Glad it made you feel better :D, I actually was kinda worried i scared you since rereading that message i do sound kind of intense. i hope you know i was just overwhelmed by very positive emotions and a need to share my thoughts and not because something bad!
Rambling about Ethereal, all my ocs revolve around a random idea i had at 2am. Ethereal was born from the idea of love as self indulgence. being a spirit, she can't really feel unless she chooses to. She loves Shadow Milk and has little romantic gestures with him because is something that pleases her.
Not for obligation, benefit, honesty... she just takes that choice.
Her greatest insecurity? Remorse, that She takes a choice and ends up regretting it in the end.
Spirits already have many regrets, and she's trying to defy her reality being the opposite of that.
Shadow Milk's arc is more about Love as something he didn't choose, in the sense he couldn't choose the person that loved him. And is scary because he has been a Fraud his whole life, but... if someone. Even a single spirit sees him as worthy choice. Then, he can just hope she never sees how pathetic he really is.
Ethereal at some point will realize he's not the one she's looking for.
"Do you regret me now?"
"Regret is a word i'm not fond of, my dear"
"Don't lie to me!"
"I Think you do have a very clear distaste for lies, when you are the biggest one."
"...How you want me to react? I'm a fabulous actor, i can say, do so much.—"
"I don't want you to be ever act as something you are not, less of all right now, It will be an insult to us both"
"Ha... hahahaha. you are really, really an insane one. aren't you?"
"..."
"You, with your kisses, your promises, your- your dumb dates and you are gonna REGRET me? throw me away as soon as i give a wrong step? WOW, i was right, i knew i was right"
"Did you wanted to be right?"
"Of course not! god, for some goddamn second i believed i could be loved by someone like you, you made ME believe it. that's CRAZY, TEN OUT OF TEN, FIVE STAR even."
"That's not the problem here. you know it. it was never about you being unlovable, is about you making yourself hard to love on purpose, dear. Even if i choose you despite your grand design, I can't deny how deceived i feel right now, If you have some problem with that. maybe we were never meant to work."
Ohmygosh, i kind of improv that whole thing right now. But i like it! so is going into the ask
This was too long, sorry!!
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ITS ALL GOOD you were pretty intense but thats okay, intensity helps reach me deeper!!
The 2am ideas are so real omg I can't even count how many of those I've had
YOU IMPROVISED THAT ON THE SPOT?? HOLYFUCK
Oughh the pain is so good…WAIT ETHERAL NEVER KNEW THAT SHADOW MILK STOLE THE DOPPLEKORD RIGHT??? SO SHE WAS LITERALLY SPOT ON because like i assume that people are engaged to a spirit on things like good compatibility
He did so well building himself up at something else there was no proper foundation for any long-lasting happiness for him so when he finally got that chance…it crumbled. And Etheral fell for a half-lie. Not a half truth, but I don't doubt some genuineness slipped out but he he was deck mostly putting up a front
This? This is the good shit that makes my little critter brain scream in absolute joy
I’ve always found the idea of people seeing me so clearly to be very scary. You can cover your body with pretty clothes, but inside, you’re still just flesh and bones. Sometimes I’m very aware of that, but even so, it feels so comforting to know that no one can be me.
Because I’m a unique girl, with a unique brain and way of thinking. that’s something no one can take away from me.
So if you asked me what the key to self-love is, it’s recognizing that no one can be exactly like you. You can’t be anyone other than who you already are, and that might seem frustrating, but I think that very limitation that cage of not being able to change is a sign that you should accept yourself just as you are.
You mentioned your parents and your ex, right? Think of it this way: they’ll never be able to replace you. In one way or another, you’ve already left your mark on them. for better or for worse. Regardless of how they feel about you.
No one. Will. Take. Your. Place.
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I hope this makes you feel better, and if not, at least give it some thought!
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I. Im actually crying a bit
You kinda just hit the absolutely heart of a lot my issues. I don't like myself very much because I've always wanted to be something else. I wanted to someone better, someone smarter, someone who didn't have issues and could be what my friends needed. What my parents expected
'Me' as a concept is such a strange thing. I love myself and I hate myself. I want to tear down the parts of me that are wrong but I want to repair and take back what I've lost
Thank you for this ask, I needed that. And it has helped me feel better 💙
im not that much of a writer, i usually keep my stories in my head but i do want to at least show a bit
In the spiritual world, it was normal to dance with your partner in the ghostly rain. that’s what Ethereal said at least. she wanted to show him and experience with her fiancé.
At first, the dance was simple.
Shadow was a good dancer.
What he wasn’t good at was ignoring how calm she looked while dancing, that absence of life, he’d learned, gave spirits a perpetual sense of peace. Which made them feel absent.
And that drove him crazy.
Ethereal’s face, for example, had empty eye sockets, which meant there were no eyes to light up when she saw him.
And yes, it bothered him. Like someone who depended on others seeing even his ugliest parts.—
He accidentally slipped on the rocky ground while trying to think it through.
And yes, as you’d expect from the spirit who seemed straight out of a romantic story script, she had caught him before he fell.
“Are you okay, dear?”
It was incredible how a man who boasted of being more shadow than person could feel so human upon hearing such a simple phrase. It felt so close to his ear that his fingers trembled with unease.
Because he knew those words weren’t meant for him, and even though the man had always been quite greedy, always wanting the best for himself, this felt wrong, like something he shouldn’t take. The mere idea of enjoying it was terrifying to him, because what if she found out? Even such a professional liar would be exposed sooner or later.
“Nothing, nothing~” he hummed, because his instinct was to act more childish just to hide how he felt. “I was just thinking about how silly you look, like a wet cat.”
“Oww, so you think i'm cute!"
And on top of that, she took it as a compliment! Damn it, he was trying to annoy her, and he ended up getting even more annoyed himself.
"Oh, yeah, You are VERY cute indeed, Ethy." The sarcasm was not hidden this time, specially because she was holding him too close for his liking. "Can you put me down?"
"Maybe." a little giggle followed those words.
Oh no.
"Don't 'Maybe' me, put me DOWwwWn"
she laid a finger on his lips "okay, but first give me a kiss"
Shadow Milk suddenly remembered that when they met, the... ugh, promise.
he had denied her a kiss, and say it had to be in a more "romantic" moment.
And yes, this would seem very romantic to her.
not for him.
he let a sigh, nervous "i never kissed someone before"
it was... stupidly not a lie.
yes that was a reason why he denied her, it was embarrasing.
"a first then, a first is always something important." she rambled a bit, finally letting him down "I understand, but when you are ready come to me, okay? you know i always wait for you"
i know you do. he thought to himself, half frustrated but lowkey fond. thats what annoys me about you
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OMGGGGGGGG IM CRYING THIS IS BEAUTIFUL IM SO GALD YOU SENT THIS
I feel like a proud mama cat this is pretty good!! We all start somewhere and it looks like you already have a decent foundation :3 I feel like this will definitely be something I look back on when I'm feeling down and it'll give me a good smile<3
I really like the detail of Etheral not having any actual eyes, it feels like a good contrast to how Shadow Milk desperately wants to be seen and looked at but the one who truly ends up loving him is the one who he can't see the visual cue of her eyes on him. Its honestly some really good subtle storytelling props to you for that!! ฅ^>⩊<^ ฅ
And speaking of your nightmares, I've learned over time that the subconscious often tries to force you to face your fears as soon as you close your eyes. It can even happen while you're awake, and it's pretty scary. But at the end of the day, it's because you have some issues you weren't able to face at the time.
From the way you describe it, I’d say your dreams were about something from the past that was haunting you, but at the same time, others were defending you, so you’re aware that you’re not alone.
And it’s very important that you remember that.
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You basically just described what my life has been for a while because of my parents and as of recently my ex. That was deadly spot on
For context on everyone having the Doppelkord, that occurs years later. the story of Ethereal and Shadow M is kinda an origin to that fact. Because I have lots of ocs and doing different generations with that au. :D
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OH HELL YEAH WE'VE GOT MORE STORIES IN THIS WHOOOOOOOO LET THE OC STORIES REIGN FREEEEEEEE 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Well, idk how much you know abt cookie run but is abt my oc x shadow milk (this is very important for the reasons of the lore i'll explain)
In this au everyone has a Doppelkord (black ribbons)
Doppelkords only are tied to the dominant wrist, and only women and men who are engaged to spirits can wear them.
Shadowm is a human who has always felt like he was more dead than alive, life for him has always been about acting, an spectacle where he always had to be memorable. He did atrocious things because he felt being a bad person was better than being forgettable.
But in the moment he realized he did not wanted to face the consequence of his actions. So what he did? he created a greater problem for himself.
He used the dopplekord of someone else (Silent Salt) to breach the gap and escape to the spirit world.
So now hes trapped with Ethereal (the oc) who believes he's her husband. wich comes to very comical situations, because Ethereal is a Hopeless Romantic who treats Shadow Milk like a lady hehe.
I'm still working on things of the spirit world but that's the basic premise of the AU
ALSO THAT MAP LOOKS AWESOME OHMYGOSH, the name also sounds super cool. KEEP COOKING.
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COOKIE RUN MENTIONED
I played a bit of cookie run kingdom before the grind got too hard for me to consider it destressing
Ooooo okay okay I like me some oc x canon all the way!! HELL YEAH UNIQUE LORE ELEMENTS 🔥 these Dopplekords remind me a bit of spirit marriages but with less death involved
Honestly that backstory sounds hella on par for shadow milk, very accurate his original character I'd say
OMG HE STOLE SILENT SALTS DOPPLEKORD??? THERE'S SO MUCH CRAZY POTENTIAL IN HAVING THAT SWUNG BACK AROUND TO BITE SM IN THE BUTT
Awww Etheral sounds like a pretty sweet gal!! I feel like she and my oc Lumi would totally be good friends
THANK YOU SOSO MUCH FOR THE COMPLIMENT ON THE MAP I REALLY WORKED HARD ON IT 🥹 YOU KEEP COOKING TOO 🫵 I'm so gonna tell my friend about that he deserves way more compliments than I'm able to give him
Hey so. People say that dreams have meaning and all that right? Okay what if I said I just woke up from a dream where I was a child being followed by a malevolent spirit who was trying to kidnap and transform me into something else and it almost succeeded if not for the extreme efforts and a few deaths from people who were protecting me
OHMYGOSH!?!?!?!?! making whole worldbuilding just for your oc x cannon ships is SO top. i do it a lot myself actually. ☝️
its just so grantifying to build a lot out of absolute NOTHING, like doing a sand castle in the beach and hoping the waves dont tear it apart, can be hard and frustrating but is overall a ten out ten experience.
since you mentioned the alchemy system, are you taking inspo of any media? or just homebrewing it completely?
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YOU GET IT 🫵 ITS SUCH A PAIN IN THE ASS BUT SUCH A GRATIFYING EXPERIENCE IN THE END
Im definitely taking inspo from a lot of sources, mostly stuff I've read over the years that I vaguely remember. You'll likely see some inspiration from the Grishaverse and likely also Fullmetal Alchemist once I can get my braincells to stop bouncing around 🫠
Another big thing is that I'll be using actual Minecraft mods as inspo too for the world!! I think I'll try my best to compile a list of them but oh boy thats gonna take a while
I will also state this right off: a lot of my fics will contain my own interpretations of how characters would behave in the specific universe they are set in so a lot of stuff probably won't match up to the proper original canon. I know sometimes people in fandoms get a bit persnickety over char portrayal and while I hope none of that happens here, its still better to be upfront and prepared just in case, yk?
ALSO YOU SHOULD TOTALLY INFO DUMP ON ME ONE DAY PLSPLSPLS I LOVE LEARNING OTHER PEOPLES LORE
i like your writing a whole lot :33, hope you soon get more love for what you do.
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OMGGGG HAIIIIIIHAIHAI I HAVEN'T HAD AN ASK IN MY INBOX IN FOREVER 💙💙💙
I honestly hope to be able to show more people my writing bc I have a couple fics in the works, my Songs of War fic (which I'm still struggling to find a name for 😭) and a Technoblade x sona fic called There's Always A Price To Pay (Price to pay for short)
These are both like really homebrew in terms of some lore + adding on mechanics. Like for Price to Pay I'm literally making an entire alchemy system + my own minecraft au lore and SoW fic is getting a whole elemental spirit system
Okay thats enough yapping now I think 😅 thanks for stopping by!! I hope to see you again in my inbox anon<3
okay so ik i kinda dropped off the face of the internet a bit (breakup induced depression is a bitch) BUT i swear i havent forgotten about my interests!! So i present to the SoW community: a little synopsis for a fic:
A hundred years had passed since The Nether Invasion, generation after generation working hard to heal the ravaged land of Ardonia. In this current age of relative peace most believed that all was well. But of course, there were still a few who kept their guard up. One such person was Thalleous Sendaria, the Ardoni champion who helped lead the clans through the war a century ago. Now he travels the vast land, hunting down troublemakers. Until the day came where Fate decided to prove him right. Now he must reunite with an old friend and pray that she can help the world survive, and that he can survive the weight of things left unsaid when they last parted.
So a bit of backstory for y'all, Taara Gaefillia is both my main sona and DnD character!
I was able to have this ref drawing thanks to my wonderful friend Yaso, the absolute sweetheart who gave this to me as a birthday gift<3
This is what she generally looks like! She's of an original species I've been developing called felyns but thats for another post ≽(•⩊ <マ≼ because we're here to talk about Cier!Taara ie the Hyun's Dojo version of her
Much like the original she's still an apothecary but rather then her druid magic she has a good grasp on healing magic combined with her vast alchemy/apothecary knowledge skill that allows her to infuse potions w higher amounts of magic, making her a damn good healer
Main way of self-defense is to use specialized vials of potions to incapacitate an attacker such as paralyzing agents and freeze generally. She also knows a handy amount of martial arts & has hand-to-hand combat knowledge so she can defend herself if shit gets up close but she mainly tries to stay long range. Her weapon of choice is typically a quarterstaff (which she affectionally calls her bonk stick). She retains her ability to shift into a serval, and she cannot transform into anything else unless via a potion or someone else casting a spell on her
Im taking take some inspo from RWBY and say she occasionally grinds Cierites into a powder to mix in certain potions for a helluva extra kick, and im reusing my nail polish idea too (she puts poisons in the lacquer she uses on her claws to help keep them from cracking)
As a bonus here's a link to the Pinterest board of stuff that inspired her!!
Mar 17, 2026 - Explore Starling's board "Sona ref stuff" on Pinterest. See more ideas about character design inspiration, paw drawing, javel
I want you all to know i wrote this in one sitting while actively being in DnD
@ryumatsuka001 I hope you enjoy twin!!
The vending machine beeps as a coin is placed in the insert and a button is selected. In front of it waiting for the drink to fall is a young woman bearing some interesting features, as many residents of Cier tend to. She listens with great interest for the tell-tale sound of the aluminum can rolling into the pick-up box. Fizzy sweet drinks are a rarity when one is near constantly traveling outside of cities so this is a rare treat.
She’d been so focused on the vending machine she’d hardly kept her ears on a swivel like usual. Those startlingly tall serval ears of hers typically at least twitch at different noises to subconsciously differentiate between what's a threat and what isn't. But right now they’re completely still, tilted directly forward.
She later decided that was the best mistake she could’ve made that day.
Crouching down the pull the soda free, her claws clink against the soft metal when she faintly hears something that sounds like a surprised voice from a ways to her side. The sweep of her tail slows as the fluffy tip flicks in mild acknowledgment.
A single claw is halfway wedged underneath the tab, ready to pop it open as she glances to check out whatever the noise is now that the treat is acquired. As blue-grey eyes meet bright teal all her movements halt like a cat getting grabbed by the scruff of their neck.
That’s a face she knows. She recognizes it, because it was one of several she almost couldn’t save. He looks healthier now, but the leg braces are new. Her magic and potions should’ve left him in good enough condition he wouldn’t need those, but then again duelists are known for consistently getting beat up pretty bad. One of the many reasons she took a different path.
While she was looking him over with eyes full of recognition, he was doing the same fight back at her with an expression of puzzlement, a sense of familiarity scratching at the back of his mind. He could've sworn he's seen those ears before, they're too obvious to be forgotten easily.
An image pokes its way to the forefront of his mind, blurry and missing pieces but definitely a memory of someone taking care of him. It must've been about a year ago? A surprise ambush from a bunch of rogues had left him in rough shape, stumbling around outskirts he didn’t know.
He remembers the sensation of steady hands prodding at his injuries, claws careful of the raw skin as blood was swiped away to assess the damage. A numbing agent was dabbed around, soaking in deep to dull the pain as a minor healing spell is cast to stop the bleeding and stitch the flesh back together enough to apply actual stitches to the worst of it.
She’d worked with the fervor of a combat medic, and even through the haze he could tell she was skilled. She was someone used to these situations through and through. But she didn’t even stick around for thanks. Only a note detailing how to take care until he was fully healed and enough supplies to last him until then.
Karma has a way of coming around, good or bad.
“…I think we know each other.” The staring contest is still going as he breaks the awkward silence first.
She blinks rapidly, giving her head a little shake like she’s trying to whiplash the surprise away at seeing this particular patient again. Most of the time she hardly ever remeets the duelists she treats at random. “Uh. Yeah- yeah I also think we do.”
He shifts in place, boots clunking against the concrete. For a guy who’s pretty good at making friends, he doesn’t really know what to say to someone who saved his ass and didn’t ask for anything in return. A thank you is obviously one of them but maybe introductions should come about first.
He clears his throat, sticking out a hand. The sunlight glints off the metal and draws her eyes to it. She hadn’t payed much attention to them while she was treating him so she never noticed how shiny they were. “I’m Oxob. It’s nice to properly meet you.”
A few seconds of staring later she remembers very suddenly that oh shit she needs to introduce herself too. She jolts up, soda cracking open in the rush to move her hand and take his proffered handshake. Her grip is firm but not tight, slim fingers holding a surprising strength against his metal hand. “I’m Taara. Sorry for kinda just running off on you during our first meeting… Where battles rage a healer follows and oh boy there were a lot of fights that day.”
She chuckles, feeling a bit bashful. Taara had meant to come back and check on him, she really did! But by the time she could get back there hours later he had disappeared and she’d been too exhausted to try and track his scent trail.
“It’s okay!” Oxob is quick to reassure with a friendly smile, finding her reasoning to be a pretty sound one. “There’s not a lot of people who know actual healing magic around so you must be busy a lot.”
The awkwardness between them has faded, Taara’s shoulders relax as she lets out the breath she’d been holding. When they step back from the handshake they’ve settled into something much more comfortable atmosphere compared to a few minutes ago. “Yeah, and its always worse ‘round the outskirts.”
The sound of her drink fizzling redirects her attention and she brings the lip of the can up to her lips for a sip, only to make a very strange face as the tang hits her tongue. This was decidedly not what she had meant to get. The sudden change in her expression makes Oxob chuckle, her reaction reminding him of when a street cat licked his hand and accidentally got a little zap. Its the exact same screwed shut eyelids and scrunched nose.
“You okay there?” He asks, the reflexive politeness coming out naturally as he watches her stare down the drink like it had personally offended her.
His question snaps her out of the stare down, pupils contracting. “Eh? Oh yeah I’m perfectly fine just got taken off guard…” She trails off, knowing well just how ridicules of a sentence that is in a place like this but in her defense she didn’t expect the vending machine to be faulty! Or maybe it isn’t.
Taara turns back to the vending machine, crouching down to stick a hand in the pick-up box and rummage around… And yup! There it is. The other soda can she’d felt while picking up what turned out to be a similar drink someone had bought but apparently just left in there.
She looks between the opened can and the right beverage of choice and makes a quick decision with a shrug of her shoulders. Standing up straight she offers the open fizzling drink out to Oxob. “Waste not want not right?”
He looks down, eyebrow raising but not about to disregard a free drink. “Thanks. You just keep helping me out huh?” Taara snorts a laugh, unable to resist cracking a smile.
“Yeah, you could say that it’s in my nature. It’s kinda funny actually, a wild cat being a healer-care giver type. Not something most people would expected.”
“Unexpected definitely but not unwelcome. Variety is the spice of life.” He takes a sip of the soda, not minding the tanginess as much as she did. Gotta enjoy what you can get when life can be so short.
“Good words of wisdom that.” She muses out loud, cracking open her soda and relishing that sweet taste she was craving. “What an interesting way to remeet someone. Hey, what do you say we chat for a bit? You seem to have a couple stories and I’ve got a free day.”
“Wait really?” Now that’s got to be the most surprising thing she’s done in the few minutes they’ve been talking. Never one to turn down a potential friendship Oxob is quick to take her up on the offer. “Count me in!”
