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The Incandescent | ARC Review

Thank you to Orbit and Netgalley for the review copy in exchange for an honest review. This does not change my opinion in anyway. Book: The Incandescent by Emily TeshRelease Date: May 13th 2025Tags: Fantasy | Dark Academia | Magical School | LGBTQ+ | Bi MC | Demons | Character FocusedTrigger/Content Warnings: Death | Mentions of Death Parents | Mentions of MurderOther books by this author I…

The Incandescent | ARC Review

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I once led a D&D campaign jokingly called "Husband Quest". It was largely inspired by Haunting Ground for the ps2(amazing game btw). I wanted to make the typical evil wizard DnD affair but replace all instances of magic with alchemy!

The campaign was supposed to be shallow and stupid, just a break for me but--as I so often do--I began developing my main antagonist far too much.

The big evil old man, wizard or lich, is such a typical and easy villain. The safe final boss. I wanted him to play his part, of course, but to write I have to breathe that character and interesting...feelings...came up.

He was the last in a long line of academic, you know, the seeking arcane knowledge all powerful types, and his line was long since tasked with solving the mysterious of the universe so it could be conquered.

We (he and I) found ourselves at the end of our lives with nothing much to show for it. Barely a scratch on the surface of what we were looking for, and our forefathers did little better. He thought of how he had no sons, but then, could his own sons do any better? Or would they find themselves where he was now, empty handed and with not much to say?

Would you believe that it was only then, in his old age, did he even begin to consider that he might want something different? That this pursuit of knowledge, the mission of his bloodline, held no appeal to him?

Before the campaign ended, I grew too attached to him and had to bring in a whole other boss/big bad because I didn't want to let him go.

I wanted us to be together for a little longer, until we knew how our story would end.

Have you ever been an old man? At the end of his life with nothing but an empty castle to show for it? Did you get angry? When you realized it was far too late to steer your life in a new direction? What did do you? Did the anger consume you, turning you into a wraith for some adventurer to fight at the end of his journey?

Did you strike out anyway? Leave your castle behind for that silly little DnD party to find, confused by your absence? Did you walk to the edge of the world and howl your resentment into the void?

[fluffydarkmatter]

in case you find this place

This is the little corner where I leave fragments of story and thoughts.

Right now, it’s mostly one story: Fold - The Frequency of Us, a soft kind of sci-fi about memory and the ache of being known.

If you’re curious, you can read it on Tapas → Read Fold on Tapas

— saejin (and occasionally, Void the cat)

[carrotcontrolequals]

[Answers Vol 2. 'Fleshbeast']

[Questions focused on our little protagonist, or as dubbed by many, Fleshbeast! If I'm being completely honest, Fleshbeast is such a silly name. One that reflects the dear chick's first moments perfectly.] "Hmmm narrator what do you think of "fleshbeast"s childlike wonder"

[I love it! Like I said earlier it's such a joy seeing them be themselves. It reminds me of simpler times, though my memories are chopped and splotched from whatever happened back then. I just, hope I don't end up breaking it. Though, if I did, it would make things easier...]

"Narrator can you make fleshbeast eat a lime" [Again, no control.

But, without saying too much, the cloaked one has a rather strange relationship with food.

I can't put my finger on what they'd do after tasting one, but at the very least the tiny it would be very confused if you just handed it one.]

"Narrator do you think "fleshbeast" is capable of an backflip" [Probably! They would find a way...] [Ah, questions about the little one just might be my favorite.]

[interroblog]

ehehehehhe 2day I figured out my favorite sketchbook that doesn’t handle any paint at all works with markers better than any of my fancy papers… I guess I’m a marker girlie now

[interroblog]

I want to work on interrobang more but covid hit me with some brain fog so I haven’t been able to all week :( today I eased into it by doing something fun, designing a character’s gloves! It’s entirely unnecessary but knowing how it works is very fun :) it’s the dreamlogic of it all, and knowing more about my story lets me put in more silly little details

like the character accidentally flicking its wrist at the wrong time and letting fire shoot at em, or sulphur slipping down into the fire chamber itself and backfiring, or clogs, or fire comin out the palm, etc etc. this character loads the gloves by grabbing fistfuls of sulphur powder from pouches on its hip, so not the most safe…

I left in all sorts of design flaws cause the character that made these gloves is Not an engineer!! It is a fool :)