One: A stalker. He likes to get really close to me. For example, I woke up with him sitting on my pillow, inches away from my head, staring.
Two: The Chill Cat. He is very easy going. A lovable giant. He loves to sleep on anything and just is content to watch life pass by.
Three: The Pixie. She does everything with all of her heart and hyperactivity. She loves to be held. Upside down. She loves to gallop into the kitchen when its meal time. She is only 12 pounds but she sounds like a medium size dog or even a horse. Sometimes, I wonder if our downstairs neighbors think we have a dog.
I also want to go into a little context why I post scam PSAs on this blog, even though it's primarily for writing, fandom, self-shipping, and multiplicity stuff.
It’s not about derailing the theme of the blog or suddenly trying to be a "safety guru". I do it because these scams are real, they’re targeted at people we care about (in this case the people I care about is all my followers, friends, and mutuals), and sometimes the consequences are serious.
Case in point: my husband’s elderly uncle, who lives in a nursing home, was recently targeted by someone posing as a 21 year old in Cali. Luckily, my mother-in-law has power of attorney over his finances, so things didn’t go south, but if he had control of his own accounts, it could have been a disaster.
I actually got interested in learning about scams before this ever happened with my husband’s family. I was targeted myself by the well-known Microsoft scam, and it was scary at the time (even though I did hang up on them), but it also pushed me to educate myself. I started watching YouTubers like Jim Browning, Scammer Payback, and Kitboga, and now I have a much better sense of how these scams operate, as I often do when things happen to me. It’s a mix of scary and fascinating, and it’s made me extra vigilant.
So yeah, even though this isn’t a blog about scams, I’ll keep dropping these PSAs when I see something sketchy out there. A small warning could save someone a lot of trouble.
Thanks so much for the tag, @starboard-writes. Loved your answers.
last song - Wish I Had An Angel by Nightwish
favourite colour - Red. Black. Or Silver.
currently watching - Natsume's Book of Friends
currently reading - Friends' fics and original works
current obsession - Final Fantasy 7. Is it considered a hyperfixation after nearly 30 years?? At this point, it's became a constant.
last google search - I was blocking out the outline for Cold as Ice, my Dark Fantasy epic featuring on political intrigue, (as I am currently reoutlining it) and there is a part about belladonna and I looked up info about how women used to put it into their eyes to diluted their pupils.
Rules: Share tell-tale signs that reveal the quirks, habits, or signature traits of your writing style.
I'm going to tag the @creators-club list and bring back tag games for that club.
To decide if something is a Bardic original, look for the following signs:
I push everything to the edge. Scenes, emotions, pain. I make my characters bleed for it, literally and figuratively, because subtle doesn’t exist in my head.
I obsess over relationships and connections. My characters are bound to each other in ways that aren’t always healthy or safe, and I let that tension define the story.
I don’t shy away from horror or violence. The grotesque, the cosmic, the body warped or broken? If it’s terrifying or awe-inspiring, it belongs on the page.
I write with constant motion in my mind. Characters chase, fall, fight, and transform. Their inner chaos mirrors the chaos of the worlds I build.
I focus on the extremes of existence: obsession, grief, power, and love twisted into something dangerous. If it doesn’t push a boundary, it’s not worth exploring for me.
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I’ve noticed over time that I very rarely write smut, and when I do, it’s once in a blue moon and very intentional. What I return to, over and over, is hurt/comfort. Emotional intimacy. Caretaking. Aftermath. Recovery. The quiet moments where someone is seen, held, or stitched back together after something awful. That pattern always clicked with me, and the more I reflect on it, the more it lines up with how I experience attraction and connection in real life.
I’m demisexual and largely asexual, which means sexual interest isn’t my default lens at all. It doesn’t spark from visuals, tension, or novelty. It grows—slowly—out of trust, emotional safety, and deep attachment. Because of that, sex in my writing isn’t something I reach for as a primary mode of connection or storytelling.
What does feel natural to explore is the emotional architecture underneath: vulnerability, reassurance, loyalty, and the kind of intimacy that’s built when characters show up for each other at their worst.
There’s also a strange irony to all of this. Bianca’s original novels were actually erotica: stories I once seriously considered self-publishing. At the time, writing sex felt like part of the project, part of the ambition. But for very real health reasons, I was strongly encouraged by both my husband and my doctor to give up publishing altogether, and something shifted after that. Once the pressure, expectation, and professional framing were gone, my interest in writing sex evaporated with it. Even now, I don’t feel much pull to write explicit scenes anymore. Not even between Bianca and Sephiroth. What remains compelling to me isn’t the act itself, but everything surrounding it: the bond, the damage, the devotion, the survival.
Hurt/comfort lets me focus on what actually moves me: how characters respond to pain, how they earn trust, how they stay. It’s about the hands that don’t let go, the presence that doesn’t flinch, the quiet promise of you don’t have to survive this alone. That, to me, is far more intimate than sex by default. Smut can happen, but only once the emotional groundwork is already solid, and even then it’s not the point. It’s a byproduct.
When I do write smut, it’s deliberate, character-driven, and rare. It’s not there to titillate for its own sake, and it’s never detached from emotional context. I’m not interested in writing sex as spectacle. I’m interested in it as an extension of trust and connection. Most of the time, though, I don’t feel the need to go there at all. The emotional resolution is the payoff.
So my writing ends up mirroring how I move through the world: less about desire as impulse, more about attachment as choice. I gravitate toward stories where comfort is earned, pain is acknowledged, and love shows itself through care rather than consumption. Smut may show up occasionally, but hurt/comfort is home base. Honestly, that feels exactly right for me.
I was tagged by @scourge-lover. Extremely proud of you.
Occasionally, I do this game when I have things to update, since I used to get tagged in it a lot.
Last Book: Fellowship of the Ring. One Christmas we bought my daughter the LOTR collection + the Hobbit. I am in the midst of a re-read. Which means lots of description in my own work, as Tolkien is one of those authors who inspired the worldbuilding of FWC.
Last Song: Let the World Burn by Chris Grey. This is one of those songs that gets me pumped to write Bianca / Sephiroth. In Seph's POV, especially in the early stages of the FFVII arc after the Nibelheim Incident where Bianca is falling from Grace. Why I was listening to this? Maybe, everyone will be able to read it in the New Year. Maybe, I'll just be mean and keep it to myself. We'll see. 😂
Last Film: Mean Girls, since it's on Netflix now. Currently watching it in the background.
Last Series: Arrested Development. I never watched this when it was popular, so now, I am catching up. lol
Salty or Sweet: While I do love a sweet snack, I've been gravitating towards salty lately.
Coffee or Tea: While I do love tea as equally as coffee, I am a huge coffee drinker. I love to grind my own beans, too. Sorry, I'm that basic girl when it comes to coffee and pumpkin spice. Much like Sephiroth.😂
Currently Working On:
My Year in Review that I put out every year. This lets me reflect on how much my techniques evolved over the course of a year, showing me what areas that I grew stronger in.
This is an open tag.
Plus: @kitcatling @edlingsbjorkman @megandaisy9 @craftyhalina (even though you were already tagged, Hal).
Thank you so much for the tag @kingragnarok-writes.
Rules: Fill out this interview
I’ve been writing for most of my life. Below are my answers to the “Author Interview” tag. Some are sharp. Some are soft. All of them are true.
Seeing as this is a long post, my response will be beneath the Read More line.
When did you start writing?
I have been writing as long as I can remember. My first novel-length story came to life when I was around eight or nine years old. It was a cliché fantasy about a brave knight rescuing a damsel in distress. Even then, I gravitated toward large, dramatic arcs, and the impulse to tell stories never left me. It just evolved, from childhood fantasy to world-shaping myth.
Are there different themes or genres you enjoy reading than what you write?
Yes, definitely. While I write expansive speculative fiction with mythic overtones, I often enjoy reading memoirs, horror, and character-driven drama. I love watching how grounded emotional truth plays out in smaller, more intimate settings. That contrast sometimes helps me bring realism into my more metaphysical narratives. It reminds me that even gods break down over breakfast.
Is there a writer you want to emulate or get compared to often?
Stephen King, for how well he handles emotional humanity within horror. Lovecraft, for his ambition in scope. And Tolkien, whose worldbuilding is unmatched in its depth and sacred architecture. Each of them taught me something crucial. That story is not just a vehicle, but a universe with rules, mood, and memory.
Can you tell me a bit about your writing space?
My writing space is my living room desk. It’s a small shrine to my muses, surrounded by Sephiroth and Sesshomaru action figures, a pencil organizer full of sticky notes and pens, and even some little cat treats (because writing rituals are serious business and the cats shall not interrupt). A Final Fantasy VII calendar keeps me grounded in the meta-narrative, and there’s also a NSFW Sephiroth candle my husband bought for me because writing FWC is never just cerebral. It’s emotional, physical, and deeply intimate.
What's your most effective way to muster up a muse?
Music is the lifeblood of my creative process. I listen to custom playlists that resonate with a character or storyline, then write little vignettes or scenes that capture their mood or inner monologue. It’s like invoking them directly, like I am letting them step into the room, take over, and dictate the next sequence. Sometimes they whisper. Sometimes they scream.
Are there any recurring themes in your writing? Do they surprise you?
Yes. Fantasy Worlds Collide often centers on divine identity, forced motherhood, cosmic trauma, corrupted divinity, and the pursuit of agency in a broken world. There's a recurring obsession with rebirth through violence, sovereignty through suffering, and intimacy as transformation. I’m not surprised by these themes anymore. They’re rooted in my own soulbonding and trauma processing, but I am sometimes startled by how powerfully they express themselves, especially through characters like Bianca.
What is your reason for writing?
To explore the worlds in my mind. Writing is not just catharsis or creation. These characters are real to me, and the act of writing is how I understand myself, my trauma, and my desires. I write to let them live. I write because their stories demand it. And sometimes, writing is the only place where I have absolute control.
Is there any specific comment or type of comment you find particularly motivating?
I’m most moved when someone tells me they felt seen by one of my characters or arcs, especially when readers resonate with Bianca’s contradictions or Kayla’s grief. I also love when readers call my work “brutal but beautiful,” or say it made them cry or think. Even “I had to put my phone down and scream” is pure serotonin. I once had a comment from one of the actors on the Witcher (video game) praising my fan fiction in that fandom.
How do you want to be thought about by your readers?
I want to be remembered as a writer who didn’t hold back. Someone whose work was raw, immersive, and unapologetically strange, but always full of purpose. Whether readers loved or hated what I wrote, I want them to feel that it mattered. That it meant something. That it dared to be different.
What do you feel is your greatest strength as a writer?
Emotional intensity. I don’t shy away from pain, or pleasure, or paradox. My prose is sharp-edged and layered with meaning, but always rooted in character truth. I can make a reader feel the divine unraveling of a god, or the intimate betrayal of a friend, and I’m not afraid to be ugly about it. I consider that a strength.
How do you feel about your own writing?
I bounce between extremes. Some days I read it back and think, “This is some of the best character work I’ve ever seen.” Other times I cringe and want to delete everything. But I’ve come to understand that this duality is part of being a writer with high standards. I can love what I’ve made and still know there’s always room to grow.
When you write, are you influenced by what others might enjoy reading, or do you write purely for yourself, or a mix of both?
I write for myself. After leaving marketing and publishing due to serious health concerns, I made a commitment to create without pressure or expectation. That said, I treasure the people who connect with FWC and Bianca. Every reader who stays, who resonates, is a blessing I never take for granted. But first and foremost, I write to survive.
Thanks so much for the tag, @nightmaricwriter. I love all of your songs. I think my favorite was It Has Begun. I love Starset.
📜 Rules: Spell your username with song titles.
B – Black Hole Sun – Soundgarden
A – All Star – Smash Mouth
R – Runaway Train – Soul Asylum
D – Down with the Sickness – Disturbed
I – Interstate Love Song – Stone Temple Pilots
C – Closer – Nine Inch Nails
T – Torn – Natalie Imbruglia
A – Alive – Pearl Jam
L – Linger – The Cranberries
E – Enter Sandman – Metallica
S – Semi-Charmed Life – Third Eye Blind
I am going to tag: @scourge-lover @projecthypocrisy @watermeezer
@craftyhal @chickensarentcheap @megandaisy9 @kingragnarok-writes @tolliver-j-mortaelwyver and OPEN Tag.
