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🔪 ⇢ what's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?
🧩 ⇢ what will make you click away from a fanfiction immediately?
🦋 ⇢ share something that has been on your heart and mind lately
🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings (can 100% be your own! I guess that would be canon, technically -- as opposed to HC -- but I always wanna hear about the Dani-blorbos :3)
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🔪 ⇢ what's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?
Toss up between the history of file folders and how an avalanche works, I'd say (I don't do a lot of research for the more intense things which...is definitely something I should improve on, lol. but when file folders were invented? how certain weather things work? absolutely I deep dove into Wikipedia lmao)
🧩 ⇢ what will make you click away from a fanfiction immediately?
lack of paragraph breaks. if it's a giant wall of text, I'm gone, sorry but I canNOT read through those easily at all!
Fandom specific, if Jack is EVIL while the THIRD MOVIE IS CANON in the fic, and it's taking place AFTER the movie, I will bop out. Like. C'mon, guys. At least SAY it's an AU/the thaw didn't happen or just fucking set it BEFORE the third movie or idk, chose a different villain? The series managed to do it. THE SERIES. Like, c'mon!!! BE CREATIVE! LIVE UR LIVES! FIND WHIMSY IN MAKING IN EVIL LIL GUY TO FUCK WITH YOUR BLORBOS!!!
🦋 ⇢ share something that has been on your heart and mind lately
the world is very, very exhausting and it gets harder and harder to stay positive and be hopeful with each and every day and I think I've been doing a LOT more masking of my me than I thought?? Parts work fucks with you man, anyway, sometimes I feel like giving up and just laying and wallowing and the fact that I have NOT YET DONE THAT????? Is honestly astounding and low-key exhausting 😤
🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings
I have INQUIRED and been asked directly for BLINTER!
NATURALLY, my brain went PFFFT 💨 and I couldn't think of anything but:
they match each other's freak like no one else ever could
they are actually for real soulmates
they wanted to have a BUNCH of kids, but are both also happy with the four they got
Blaise would've waited for Winter for forever
And I was like. Those aren't HCs! Those are just FACTS! (Though admittedly, when it's your own blorbos, everything can be a fact >:)
SO I SLEPT ON IT. THEN WALKED TO WORK ON IT. THEN SAT AT MY DESK PONDERING AS I REVISITED YOUR ASK FROM VALENTINE'S DAY THAT I'VE YET TO FINISH (it spawned a writing lol) AND WENT OH! OH SHIT! THERE'S A GOOD ONE!
Winter played a HUGE, HUGE, HUGE PART in helping Blaise actually get the confidence to actively seek his freedom! Back in ye olde Twin Prince days (a la Grand Tour), Winter would hit up the palace all sneaky like and she and Blaise would sneak out for the evening, and he'd go with her to work, lol. They travelled the early world together, taking in the sights of ancient civilizations, the sounds the streets the FOOD!! and just enjoying the world!! :D
And while doing this Winter is just like, being the tumblr in Blaise's ear. she's like. "You can do whatever you want forever, you know. cringe is dead. learn to cook. do what you love."
And then he goes "you're SO right bestie"
And so he learns to cook, drops lessons he didn't want to be taking, picks up things he's always wanted to learn (glass blowing is a big one!), reads more books, explores more, etc. etc., really like. FINDS himself, you know?
And like, 200 years later the monarchy is gone and Blaise has somehow found himself in politics ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Or rather, character guide! I dropped a LOT of names and while yes it was fun and to be silly it also was. Crystal Springs FACTS lol. Anyway, I figured I'd compile them all in a list for easy reference for my me and also your yous if you all want! :)
Potential blorbos below the cut!!
The Assembly
Each province of Crystal Springs has a Governor and two Lieutenants. The Governors are up for office every fifty years; they select their Lieutenants from the leaders of the different villages/hamlets/towns etc. in their provinces every 10-50 years.
The capitol city also has a governor, and along with Mother Nature these are the people who make up the Assembly, the governing body of CS as a whole (so like, Parliament or whatever).
Here is who each governor is:
Governor Iden -> Governor of the Eastern Province (Autumn)
Governor Zeki -> Governor of the Southern Province (Summer)
Governor Arilla -> Governor of the Northern Province (Winter)
Governor Lorel -> Governor of the Western Province (Spring)
Governor Blaise -> Governor of the Capitol, Crystal Springs.
Iden
Panics very easily. Usually has to have a big old panic before getting to business, but does get down to business
His current Lieutenants, Clove and Enid, are very good at being rational while hearing him out and bringing him back down to Earth
Iden is deffs some kind of "spooky" magibean; maybe a drow?
Zeki
BIG and FRIENDLY
Sprite-esque; I think he has Earth powers? Chucks stones and such
He has charisma levels to give Blaise a run for his money
Quick to help always 24/7
ESPECIALLY when Iden is involved given his uh. Overthinking tendencies
Arilla
She is ANCIENT and ALL KNOWING and WISE
by which I mean, she has the sight tm. She can see into the future in limited ways and has a general sense of things going well or not
so when she says "they'll manage" 95% of the time she's right
I think she is some kind of celestial magibean (god or demigod or something akin to that)
Lorel
She is spacey as fuck
Nobody is sure how she got elected, least of all herself
may have been a joke?? but she somehow managed to win?? and they keep reelecting her???
She is very like. If you think of a creature that frolics in a meadow all day and gathers flowers and that sort of thing, that's her
somehow she manages an entire province but is so airy that it's hard to understand how she even manages
trusts Arilla's judgment SO much
probably a fairy, or like. a dnd druid. or maybe a faun.
They don't have last names as an oversight on my part lmao. I always have people call Blaise "Governor Frost" but the other governors go by their first name and I had so much fun finding names that surnames did not occur to me until AFTER lmao. So, to make my life easy, the governors all go by first names amongst the assembly lol. I'll give them surnames one day!
Idk who the other Lieutenants are, but I do know that:
Zeki's are just as friendly and helpful as him
Arilla's one constant is a big friendly giant who is like a bodyguard at times, and the other one is usually a very shady mother fucker, bc she picks them on PURPOSE to keep her eyes on them.
Make sure they're not doing. Shenanigans (derogatory) or tomfoolery (derogatory)
She either reforms them or takes care of them, then on comes the next set! The Winter Province is the most chill with the least political issues. This is why.
She may threaten people in line using Winter
Winter does not mind this
Lorel's lieutenants are always more on it than she is, given how scatterbrained and airy she is at times, and a bit unpredictable. They keep her on track and organized but will also hang out and gather flowers with her in a meadow~
Those Who Imprisoned The Twin Prince Pyros
Blaise
Cheri, Grand Witch of the Dark Arts
Gwen, Grand Witch of the Light Arts
Mother Nature
Godrick
Novus
Indigo
Bartholomule
Peggy
Pepper
Birch
Kharl
Right so we know lots about Blaise and Mother Nature. They didn't play any particular roles in the whole thing, they just made the final decision and organized the set-up.
Blaise was also the one who initially sealed Pyros in the stone thing with Winter! But the seasons were like "do what you need to do with this fucker, we just got back from being POW'S so we're. we're gonna go. y'know. process and such" so they didn't really play much of a role the first time around!
The second time around they did bc Winter was on the WARPATH about it and all three seasons tend to over protect her lol. Here's what everyone else did:
Godrick:
Was the typical brash soldier/fighter type. Noticed Pyros starting to crack the stone prison. Had a penchant for magical arts (may have been a warlock, may have been a sorcerer, he never clarified and tended to rely on sorcerer magic the most tho people swear they saw him wizarding about) and put down the first seal that kept Pyros in the stonework until they could get the castle grounds ready.
He also lead the quelling of rebellion forces as the rest of the gang took care of Pyros
Status: Deceased (in Rosehaven)
Novus
They were the brains/logistics of the operation. They essentially drafted the plans and figured out who would need to do what to get this to work in such a way that the people would be safe. Cheri was very right; Novus would know what to do and would've been quite speedy about it--they didn't leave things hanging for long. You want shit done, Novus was your magibean!
Status: Deceased (in Rosehaven)
Indigo
Artificer/tinkerer. Very excited about magical tinkering; plays a huge role in magical tech advancements and melding their tech with human tech come the 21st century. Has a grinchy laugh but is generally an okay dude!
They designed the chains that kept Pyros able to roam about the cabin but unable to leave the grounds, and fortified them in order for the enchantments to be placed in them!
Status: Active. Caught in a tinker. May still be tinkering. Has no concept of time.
Bartholomule
Was a shapeshifter who could only shift into a mule, hence the name. He was the one who came up with how to have the chains phase through the castle grounds. This shocked everyone.
Status: Shifted into mule form permanently. Unsure if alive mule or dead mule.
Peggy
Peggy was a kindly older woman who made the enchantment to keep the kitchens well stocked and essentially have the castle be self sustaining, to keep Pyros alive while imprisoned. She was a hospitality whiz--probably a brownie or some other mythological being known for hospitality!
Status: deceased (in Rosehaven)
Pepper
Worked with Novus to make the enchantments/seals that kept the chains from breaking/falling off, essentially making them invisible on top of Bartholomule's intangibility bit. Helped the Grand Witches with the force field surrounding the castle.
Is a bit too much at times. Gets hexed/jinxed/cursed a lot, sometimes by her own experimenting. Is a sorcerer by trade, chaotic entity by everything else lmao.
Status: cursed (stuck in the curse ward. will probably be okay)
Birch
Druid/wise woman! Very in tune with nature. Was the person who made it so that Old Frost Castle, once strengthened and prepped and officially prison'd up for Pyros, would be undiscoverable by anyone looking for it. You wouldn't see it on maps; not in aerial views. It wouldn't appear on anyone's radar. People walking through the forest would not wind up on the castle grounds accidentally. She essentially worked with nature to make this so.
Status: Enlightened. Became a Birch tree just south of the Springs.
Kharl
He was the math guy. Wizard. Made sure the sorcery related stuff didn't blow up in anyone's faces (as sorcery was wont to do every so often). Also made sure the various magical bits and bops placed on Pyros and the castle grounds wouldn't decay. Expert in magical decay theory.
Was also a bit of a haughty fellow. Cheri thought him a dick and Gwen was wont to agree.
Status: Turned into a frog. He knows what he did.
The Grand Witches
Though both Cheri and Gwen had a hand in everything, their main contribution was the force field surrounding the castle and the magical locks on the door. This served as the test set onto them by the previous Grand Witches in order to prove themselves worthy of the titles and take on the responsibilities that came with them.
Though they are witches of opposing forces, one of the big parts of their jobs is to work in tandem, so imprisoning the Twin Prince Pyros was as good a test as any to see if they really could work together!
Status: Both are alive and active
And one last lore note: CSGHA stands for "Crystal Springs General Health Association" and they are the magibean medical care guidelines for the most part!
So I don't know if I'll have Chapter 29 ready for next week (low key thinking of pushing 28 to give my me a bit more time) but it is SO IMPORTANT to me that you all know that Winter takes one look at Carol and goes "this woman needs friends that are not elves" and immediately resolves to introduce her to the other seasons
the elf clauses reminded me!! I've been meaning to share THIS Crystal Springs FACT of the day for a haute minute: Jack created the Abominable Snowman to show Jacqueline how to make a sentient snowman. She then proceeded to create Frosty.
The Abominable Snowman goes by Abby and Frosty is basically her lil sibling. Frosty is a sweetheart who gives big Pillsbury Dough-boy Vibes and is just the most naive lil guy bc Jacqueline made him when she was like, four (hundred). They live in the Pole to this day and Abby is FIERCELY protective of Frosty, and ALSO of Jacqueline, which does cause problems when people are mean to her bc Abby will not hesitate, BITCH.
Hello, it me again. Sorry to be practically living in your asks recently but the writers asks look fun. I got two for ya: what's the genre you struggle to write most AND your favorite headcanon for Jack.
Also sending you all kinds of well wishes for a better week!
Thank you! I'm hoping it's a better week, otherwise I may straight up descend into villainy :D! I'm this close tbh: ||
Anyway, don't apologize for practically living in the inbox, I LOVE that you're in it and I've certainly jumped in yours just as frequently ;) ONTO QUESTION ANSWERING.
🤯 Genre I struggle with: toss up between mystery/suspense and horror! I have a VERY HARD TIME with laying down the clues to make a mystery a mystery, let alone figuring out how to solve it! And twists? And turns? My god my brain is NOT built for that puzzley shit! It is very rough for my me! As for horror, I don't take it in enough to even ATTEMPT to write a decent horror. I am not. I am. I'm BABY ok I'm very bad with gore and when it's horror suspense I get way too wound up and have to WALK AWAY! AH.
Fave Jack related headcanon: that he is a WHIZ when it comes to all things tailors/seamstresses do! When Fino's older and is more warlocky and gets a warlock cloak, Jack is SO APPALLED at how bad it looks he makes one for Fino. From Scratch. No brother of MINE would be caught DEAD wearing THAT, he says, as he measures Fino lickity split and a week later, Fino's got this amazing pale green cloak, complete with hood, that on the inside is somehow the EXACT SAME COLOUR as Fiera's rainbow fire, and the little button that holds it together is an exact replica of what the top of his staff looks like. There's just something about Jack sewing that makes me very, very happy lmao
I may have made this post before but it's important that I share this with y'all
There is a scale, in my head. On this scale, one end is Baymax's "oh no! :)". The other end is Bob from Bob's Burgers's "ohmygod." In between these two, dead centre on this scale, is Winter's "oh dear."
