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How is bloodfinch going?

i am over halfway done with the first draft!!! took a bit of a hiatus because of Big Life Changes and i am having to reconstruct my writing routine, so progress is slow right now, but i'm hoping to get back into more of a rhythm with it soon, and then i should be able to estimate a completion date for the full first draft

#should i make an inbox tag #bloodfinch

finch's main issue (apart from like. all the other much more significant issues) is that she's accustomed to being treated as a Symbol rather than as a person, which means that whenever someone approaches her and attempts to speak to her like she's a real human person (hi benceline), she spooks and runs away

the only reason adalric didn't get this treatment when he first asked her about the lute is that he showed zero interest in getting to know finch and was entirely focused on getting himself a lute teacher, which finch could understand, and thus she knew exactly where she stood with him from the start

#bloodfinch #benceline is trying. so hard. to earn the bloodfinch's trust #and it keeps NOT WORKING #she is like TEFLON how the FUCK did adalric get to a point of having sustained interactions with her #adalric got there by treating her like a sack of potatoes magically equipped to teach him to play the lute #if he'd gone into it trying to make friends finch would have spooked and they never would have spoken again #if anyone tries to make small talk with finch or ask her about herself and they're not a level 4 friend #she instantly decides she Does Not Trust Them #she's so well adjusted i love her

side effects of my bloodfinch research are that i was watching a movie with my roommate and a character stumbled into an underground room full of neatly organized skulls and i said 'oh an ossuary! ^-^' forgetting that charnel houses are. a) not common knowledge and b) creepy-looking to the unfamiliar

#like a full minute passed before my roommate said '...so what's an ossuary'#and i was like RIGHT that's another Birl's Niche Knowledge topic. here we go!!!!!!#had to pause the movie to explain #bloodfinch #i've been doing a lot of research into how human remains have been stored in the past #especially ones that are considered holy #so that's where this knowledge comes from

also current word count for bloodfinch is 37k!! so i'm not anywhere near done with the first draft, but i'm nearing halfway

#bloodfinch #i took a pretty. sizable break from writing due to chaos in my personal life #the chaos is ongoing but more or less stable #so i've been able to free my brain

the ballad of wilnoth (standard version)

I FINALLY WROTE ALL THE LYRICS I NEED TO WRITE FOR BLOODFINCH!!!! here, have the official, state-sanctioned, 100% true and accurate Official Ballad about the Founding Of Idonea!!!!!! (subject to change. both within the story and with-out the story if i decide to change something)

it's in common hymnal meter, which means you can sing it to the tune of the pokemon theme song, if you want to have the pokemon theme song stuck in your head

The lordship of Idonea Was once a mortal man. He walked among his fellows here And unified the land. Yet grievéd was this mortal king For many years ago, He lost his earthly family And now he walked alone. A martyr-soul his brother was, A king for not an hour, ‘Fore enemies upon him fell To slay, in search of valor. Yet unbeknownst, these enemies Incurred a deadly cost, For Wilnoth loved his brother-dead And swift avenged his loss. (Refrain) O Wilnoth, through your mighty sword let all our foes be gone; make fast your hand upon the yoke and guide us to the dawn!

#bloodfinch #i haven't written a melody for it #hence my struggles with the pokemon theme #bloodfinch worldbuilding #this Will Be Important

the warrior-saint is the patron of warriors (duh) but also mathematicians, which means he's ALSO the patron of witchcraft and the occult. god i love making up my own pantheon

#the line of reasoning there is medieval associations between math and the occult #plus i can retroactively justify it by saying 'well people will do a lot of stuff to win a war'#bloodfinch #he's also the patron of cartographers and astronomers #which means i can do REALLY cool stuff with his iconography #he's dressed in chainmail but has a circlet of stars over his coif #carries a longbow and a quiver full of shooting stars #and is also always holding a compass #bloodfinch worldbuilding

judging by lachrimae and bloodfinch i think it's safe to say that my current writing interest is the construction of identity especially when that identity is forcibly blurred by (magical) circumstances beyond your control

#like what does it mean to be YOURSELF instead of being who you are 'supposed' to be #inherently queer narrative let's goooooooo #lachrimae #bloodfinch

hmm ok after much consideration i've decided that in bloodfinch, it has no longer been over a century since their last bloodfinch - it has been over 50 years instead. within living memory, but the people who were alive when the last bloodfinch was killed were very, very young and are now very, very old, so the few (if any) memories they do have are more likely to be akin to 'there were big parties in the streets and everyone was happy and i was allowed to stay up past my bedtime' than 'i remember what color the bloodfinch was wearing at their nineteen-year concert'

since i'm not writing much cultural drift, or much Freaking The Fuck Out over not finding a bloodfinch until finch rolls around, 100 years is simply far too long of a time - despite the crown's best efforts, most people would naturally be regarding it as an antiquated tradition after that long

#how much over 50 years? i am Not Saying #this is the most specific number i'm going to give #can't do my math wrong if i'm not doing math #bloodfinch #but i will say we're going from the date of the last bloodfinch's death #to the date of finch's oath-taking #to get that 50-plus-years interval #so by the time of the actual events of bloodfinch it's been more like 70+

the ballad of wilnoth (standard version)

it's in common hymnal meter, which means you can sing it to the tune of the pokemon theme song, if you want to have the pokemon theme song stuck in your head

#bloodfinch #i haven't written a melody for it #hence my struggles with the pokemon theme #bloodfinch worldbuilding #this Will Be Important

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