#ask blythe

[hiscleric]

Not joking when I say I thought that this is what I imagine Mike’s scar across his eye looks like:

Art by Soupnana

oh my GOOD GOD UR SO RIGHT!!

this is exactly how i imagine his hair to look, too!!

mike’s scar is an … interesting story. it interweaves with how he ended up becoming a knight, rather than the next lord of hollyheart, interestingly enough.

thank u for sharing this with me it literally made my day!!!!

[hiscleric]

Idk if this relates or not but do the characters in your story has attributes of any Greek Gods/Goddesses?

I saw a post earlier today describing El and Will as Artemis and Apollo and I was wondering if the characters in your story sort of had a God/Goddess vibe?

Sorry if this is weird, was just wondering! ❤️🫶

omg… this is so cool actually. as a greek mythology fanatic of like nearly 10 years (see: bury me in metamorphoses lol), this question is RIGHT up my alley.

honestly, willel do give off artemis and apollo vibes, that being they are powerful twins, but as will is very focused on the art of healing and communicating with animals, i think hes kind of a apollo-artemis mix. el is kind of like a mix between hephaestus and demeter imo.

as for the others in this au… max having some ares influence makes total sense imo, while lucas has athena vibes THROUGH THE ROOF !! idk why but dustin kinda has dionysus vibes to me, but also apollo at the same time!! maybe even hermes tbh. and yeah, nancy is hestia-influenced through and through.

thank you for your question!! you combined my two favorite things and this was so much fun!! :D

[hiscleric]

hi! do you think i could get a link to your discord? also do we have to be writers to join or just enjoy fics and like contributing to ideas?

of COURSE!!

and no, you don’t have to be a writer to join!! it is a discord server for fanfic writers and fanfic lovers alike. :D we’d love to have you!

here’s the link:

https://discord.gg/Sk9cDPDe

thank you for your ask!! <3 seriously means the world. 

[hiscleric]

I have a question because I just LOVE this fic to bits I- 😭🫶

I love Lumax so so much, so will there be background Lumax snippets here and there? I think that would be pretty cute since Max seems to be quite high in society (I believe?) as I think she is a commander? I know that Byler is the main focus, but was just wondering! 🫶

Also! It said in the tags that there might be Masquerades 👀 so, don’t answer this in case it spoils anything, but will that be when Mike sees that the Cursecaster is Will or…? If it’s a spoiler please don’t tell me 😅🤗

YES!! there WILL be lumax snippets!!

lumax is one of my favorite st ships, so you KNOW i had to include them here. at the moment, their relationship is in a state of pining; lucas is head over heels in love with her and yeah, mike and dustin know, and yeah, they tease the hell out of him for it because of just HOW obvious he is. max is harder to read, so lucas likely thinks its unreciprocated, but not to worry, she ALSO has a huge crush on him but she is rather closed off and likes to keep up this "big bad commander" personality. lumax is definitely coming, so keep an eye out.

and yeah... theres a huge masquerade ball planned! as for what happens there, that would be a major spoiler, so i'll have to keep quiet about that.... so chapter 5 is definitely the chapter to look out for.

thank you for your questions! i love answering them and they make my day! :D

[hiscleric]

Blythe I have many questions istg because I love this fic, it’s one of my favourites and we’re only two chapters in 😭

1. Is El a Mage?

2. Do the rest of the party members (I mean Mike, Lucas, Dustin and Max) have the attributes of their DnD positions; for example, Lucas is a ranger which I believe has a skill for archery, and the house Sinclair are full of great archers!

3. Now this is one I don’t see often, but is there gonna be Will and Holly meetings because whenever I read a fic where Will looks after Holly with Mike or something, it’s always so funny and sweet!

4. What are the actual ages of the characters? I might have missed it but I don’t remember Mike having an age before he said “ten years later” when he went back within his memories

5. How do you PLAN your stories? Because they are all so good and I just wonder how it works behind the screens!

6. Will we see Max in the next few chapters?

7. Is being a scholar something Mike still wants to accomplish? Will that be apart of his internal conflict?

8. THIS IS THE LAST ONE (I think, I’m sorry I’m just so invested 😭) with the visions you describe in the story, how are they, like, done? Is it like, glazed eyes or is it a little seizure (hope that isn’t an offensive term to call it 😅) and do they only come across certain people such as Clerics, kings, heirs etc?

i had to pull out my laptop to answer this one, and believe me, i am SO excited to do so.

1.el is a mage!! getting a bit deep into lore bits here, el wound up on hopper's doorstep when she was around five, and was already showing signs of magic posession (in this world, magic is an inherited trait; some are born with it, some aren't, some families have higher potential of magic passing on while others almost never see it). hopper, interestingly enough, comes from a noble family sworn to house henderson. his family has a strong history of becoming learned healers and dabbling in that sort of magic, and growing up in this environment allowed him to pass on his knowledge to el, and, as we will see in will chapters to come, will as well. so yeah, the wonder twins have cool powers!!

2. yeah, they do! while lucas is a knight and can swing a sword pretty well, he always carries around a bow with him, too. the sinclairs are a house known for their wisdom in battle strategy and they often end up training the best soldiers in the kingdom, so lucas is a great example of these house sinclair traits. he can handle pretty much anything that comes his way with a clear head, unlike dustin, as we will see in chapter two when they encounter the cursecaster. dustin definitely has bard like traits; he would be the one to tell stories and sing songs on a long expedition like the one they are on now. max, on the other hand, may have some traits of her dnd character (i don't even know if zoomer is a real class but whatever). max is the commander of the king's guard, basically the big boss of all of the knights of hawks nest, and she is known as 'the sun's knight.' i guess she is pretty fast on horseback, so... i suppose she can be considered similar to her dnd counterpart!

3. will and holly will certainly have a meeting when he is still disguised. mike eventually grows smitten with the cleric, and introduces him formally to his family, so there will be a will and holly meeting at one point!

4. in the current timeline, the characters are all 20. when mike was in his flashback sequence, they were was 10; will has been missing for 10 years. nancy is 13 in the flashbacks, and 23 now, same with jonathan. mike became a knight when he was 15, and has been a knight for 5 years when the story picks up!

5. when it comes to planning, i'm not the best actually?? i kind of just think up the ideas in my head and ... remember them. like, this is my first time truly writing any of this down, because honestly it mostly just exists in my brain lol. that's all there is to it.

6. yes!! max makes an appearance at the very end of the upcoming chapter 2 when our cast finally returns to king's crest. she has a very important and vital role in the story.

7. YES!!! mike's dream since he was little was to be a scholar, and we saw that get tragically ripped away from him in chapter one, and in chapter two, we see an event happen that truly seals the deal. he had no desire to be a lord, and he certainly had no desire to be a knight; however, being from house wheeler, when he has become loyal to someone, it is difficult for him to turn away from those oaths/vows, a main issue for his character coming up in the future chapters.

8. visions are a tricky thing to describe when you are outside of the pov of the character experiencing them. in the prologue, with wilmot the wise, we see him get visited by ienta herself to provide him with the prophecy we see later on. i'd imagine that to the outside viewer, wilmot would simply be staring off into space with glazed eyes, and any sort of interruption or shaking would not be enough to wake him. will experiences visions the same way.

this was SOOOOO much fun. as you know, i love answering questions, so this really made my day. sorry if i wrote to much lol. thank you for taking the time to do this. :3

[hiscleric]

Hello!! Just wondering since there is an El Tag in there, will there be some Willel sibling type of stuff hinted throughout whwh? She doesn’t have a noble house, however, so was wondering if she is in Evergreen too? 👀

HI HI!!!! i was hoping someone would ask about el!!

obviously, we won’t get to hear much about her in the first five chapters, as they are mike pov. the cursecaster may mention a sister, but as he is a very secluded and elusive character, she won’t be discussed in great detail until we get to the five will chapters!

all of the gaps in the plot of the ten years will was missing will be filled in once we get to those chapters. mostly will reflecting on his past while being in the captial again!!

as of now, however, el resides in a small cabin in the forest outskirts of briar glen. she lives with her adoptive father, hopper, who is a blacksmith; hopper took el under his wing as his apprentice, so she is working on smithing with a focus in creating very ornate and beautiful jewelry!!

thank you for your ask!! i love answering them, especially questions about the houses/the lore. feel free to ask away if you have more!!

[hiscleric]

Just thought I’d let you know that I recommended whwh to bylerficrecs!! It’ll probably take a while since they have a lot of recs to draw and stuff! 🫶

AWWWW, thank you!!!!

i appreciate that so so so much!! just anyone simply thinking of doing something like that for one of my fics means the world, so seriously, thank u. 💗🫂

[hiscleric]

firstly, love love love your new fic and all the worldbuilding!! congrats on posting!

Also was wondering if you know of any stranger things/byler writing discords that are active? I've been searching for one for a while but haven't found any...

awwwwwwww, thank you !!!!!! i appreciate that so much!!! i’m glad u loved it. <3

and sorta??? maybe???? i run a discord server that WAS for writing but it kinda drifted off course …. i was thinking of making another writing specific one ??? lmk if u would be interested !!