#ashes-and-static

[loupy-mongoose]

Your post on the Qin is making me itch to work on drawing (properly) my own feathered-biped race, so thank you for the motivation (genuine)

(Unfortunately for me, all my drawing stuff is currently packed away where I can't access it)

Yay for inspiration!! I remember back when I was making my original iteration of them and just constantly drew bipedal bird-folk. It was magical! X3

Sorry about your drawing stuff though! That's the worst! X(

[rayshippouuchiha]

side note: i have binged your Team Uzumaki tag *twice* now. TWICE. And most of your other Naruto AUs (I'm working my way up to poking through the Kaka/Naru ones, that's not normally a ship i ship but with how well you write i could be convinced.) Your writing is phenomenal and i utterly adore it. Thank you for sharing your plotting and planning and the fruition thereof. <3

Aw thank you darling! I’m glad you enjoy my stuff! And if you’re hesitant on the KakaNaru because of the age gap then please be aware that all of my AUs are Underage - Child/Adult free.  

[elsewhereuniversity]

Names

This one is small and they are broken and they are loud and they are angry- yet none of these are their name.

Ask, and this one will tell you of horrors they have faced, of family tearing itself apart in the name of power and control. This one will tell you of trusted liars, abusers who claimed hearts -mostly theirs, though this one keeps its shards together now with a ribbon stained with black ink- only to gleefully shatter them. And this one will tell of picking up the pieces, fewer of them every time, and walking onward in a never-ending march to oblivion.

They had names too, once, these breakers of things. They had names that this one has hissed with fury and cursed under her breath. They had names that once this one said with a velvet tongue, with loving tone, with adoration and hope.

Now, now this one walks the campus in quiet determination, occasionally offering something to a particularly brave crow, or fending off some student or Gentry that has accosted someone they have claimed as theirs. This one is protective, this little broken spitfire, protective of those whom they can save and helpful to those they cannot. For the ones who are scared, who are tired, who are lost, this one spins stories to guide them. For the ones who are brave, who are determined, who are as this one says they once were, they weave wards.

This one has magic, you see. Magic in stories and magic in their blood that is halfway Them and yet not Them. This one sings softly of places far to the north and back in time, rarely, and will if prompted enough bare the runic tattoos on their wrists, arms, elbows, ankles, legs, knees. Most of Them -if They are among the prompters- tend to back away quickly, for blood magic is more powerful than almost any other that mortal hand can craft, and just as protective as iron and salt if not moreso. However, if They are friends, are among theirs, this one will hide the blood-mixed ink and call them back softly, by Names that they have given them that ring as true as Their own. Names, this one knows, are powerful things, and even if they are lost there are two that know theirs, truly know theirs, and can call them home.

This one goes by Morrigan, first, then Cerridwyn then Medusa then a string of others- yet all none of these are their Name.

x

[vaspider]

It's been a long while since I actively tried to learn about and was permitted to participate in any of the Jewish high holy days (thinking on it now, I'm not sure I should have participated even then because of some logistical stuff), I've gone very pagan since then as well. Is it still appropriate for me to wish you a sweet new year?

It’s appropriate whether or not you’re Jewish, and if you ever were, you can’t stop being Jewish. <3 

[systlin]

hi. I wanted to say thank you. since following you my dash has not only had a lot of interesting and sensible stuff pop up, but i've begun growing as a Heathen again. I've gone back to noticing Loki prodding me in the back of the head on occasion, or walking with me when i walk to the library or elsewhere. I've started -noticing- stuff again, which is a blessing to me. And I think it's partly because you've shared thing that make me sit up and listen again. so, thank you. (my dog says hi, btw)

TELL UR DOG HI

And this is one of my favorite type of messages to get. Bless. 

[rayshippouuchiha]

hello! I just re-read you fic, "Prince of Leaves and Deep Water", and i absolutely *adore* it. Thank you for sharing what you have so far! do you have any plans for where it's gonna go next?

I’m so glad you like it! And I do have a pretty good idea of where the next chapter is gonna go, I just gotta get it down. Have patience with me!

[vaspider]

Hey - thank you for being an awesome pro-queer parental figure. I'd like to send you internet hugs if you're ok with that? (also if by some lark of the gods I were to see you in person would it be ok if I asked you for a hug? Probably won't happen since I'm in the Midwest, but figured it's worth asking)

Internet hugs are okay! And I was married when you were born, so, I’ll allow the parental figure thing. XD

We are going on a trek when we move to Oregon later this year, so it’s possible we’ll see you if you’re somewhere on the band of this earth that exists between Philadelphia and Portland, OR. 

[vaspider]

ashes-and-static replied to your post “hey; i just saw your post. I can't do anything requiring muns right...”

That's fair; I offer all the hugs you'd like, and I'll try to give monetary support once I'm a little more stable on bills. I'm glad you've got awesome people helping out; I hope that Dadhoc gets better soon, and that it's the long-term kind of better.

I mean, you know. Chronic illnesses are chronic. They don’t go away. But I’d really like it if their illness became well-managed again. Thank you, friend.