Well Everyone, we must say, we were very surprised and entirely happy to wake up today and find ourselves with Fifty of you wonderful Wanderers coming and giving yourselves over to our thoughts and words!
Thank You So Much For This Milestone! ☆*: .｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆
Now, we have been considering this for a bit, since we were climbing towards our first official milestone hit, but we wanted to let everyone help out with this!
We, of course, wanted to do something special for everyone, especially with so many of you now following us, so we were thinking of a little something and decided on this event that might be more fun than anything else, for now! c:
Let Us Create A Character For You!
So, for this milestone, we wanted to run a little event where you can give us a name, maybe some vibes, colors, or something else for inspiration and let us create a Character for you! And depending on what you would like, or if anyone is interested, maybe we can even make it a whole thing, and give them their own little Intro Page, let them dive into the Worlds of our Creations, and even give them a little snippet of their very own!
So, for this event, since we wanted to dig deep and get things going, we are going to hold rules and guidelines and of course, a soft deadline, bc we want to make sure we can commit a lot of time and effort for all of you!
Considerations:
We are extending the invitation to our followers first and foremost, but since it is such a soft milestone, even if you don't follow us, or are new ( 51st Follower+ ) then you can definitely participate!
We will be extending this invitation and event for the next three days ( mostly for the time zones, the activity, and the like ) so if you see if from the Morning of September 7th to the Morning of September 10th, then go ahead and send something in!
We will probably start working on the Characters starting September 8th, so today will be the prime time to get things in so you can start seeing them right away!
Rules:
Please send in an ask to our Writeblr ( @365runesofwriting ) and let us know a name, and other thoughts for inspiration for the character!
We ask that you also include that you are there for the Milestone Event, so we know which asks are for what!
Please only send in ONE ASK or ONE CHARACTER per PERSON, just so that we can get to everyone. Just consider it: Fifty People are a lot, and we want to give everyone a chance to jump in! c:
Please try not to give another character as inspiration. We want to give you something new and wild and happily surprising!
Also know that these will be introduced into our Worlds! If you would rather hoard the Character ( do worries, we totally get it ), please let us know!
We hope this Event can be something nice and wonderful to both partake in and show off, so please feel free to share this post and send in an ask! Everything for this Event will be under the hashtag, #50WandererSpecial, so please keep a look out for things with this!
Sidenote:
With this Event, we will not be including them in the Great Motivation Experiment, considering the Event and the nature and everything else. So please please make sure to let us know that you are in our ask box for the Event! This helps and just makes things go smoothly for everyone. Thank you for understanding!
We are always open to asks, and want to just give everyone a small post, if you want to ask about any of our WIPs! We have five main ones, that are more vibrant than the others, and we have a whole World that gives us more trouble and whump than anything else! Or feel free to ask general questions! [^o^]/
Happy belated STS, Rune! Sorry this is late, I got a little caught up yesterday. But I do have a question for you to answer!
What's something that you love to read but have trouble and/or no interest in writing?
hello and how are you?
Happy Belated Storyteller Saturday Zac! We got a little busy ourselves, but we are always open for questions, no worries! ^-^
Something that we love to read but hate to write would probably be like... fight scenes. Ngl, we suck at these. Like. Eat a lemon and your lips will not open bc the Worlds are burning and your body no longer trusts you for anything kind of suck and burn and fail. (*≧▽≦)ﾉｼ))
We think the main problem we have - we have heard this from different writers with tips on writing fights and our person - is no like... expanding the environment? Bc fights are supposed to be choppy and short and narrow bc boom boom bam, hit hit punch, roll bam kick, you know? (*≧▽≦)
Which is... we suck at doing those things, unfortunately. (๑꒪▿꒪)*
Thank you for the open ask, @cherrybombfangirlwrites! Her post is here, asking about Death and its Culture, and we instantly wanted to answer this one! c:
We are just going to break this down with some of the points that the lovely Anna provided in her post!
But onto Death, The Dragon, and The Reapers!
Tag List (ask to be added or removed)
@lockejhaven, @midnights-melodiverse, @jessica-writes22
What are the most common and uncommon beliefs about it?
So, for throughout the entirety of the Storyverse, the most common belief of Death is that once it comes to claim you, your soul will be met and cared for by the Reapers, Beings of the Dragon of Death!
Most believe the Reapers to be benevolent Beings, who care for those who no longer walk among those who live, guiding the Dead to the Dragon so that they may be held in peace and love, before passing onto their next lives.
There are a few rumors of Ghosts and Demons and Monsters born from the souls of both good, evil, innocent, and guilty, but most do not hold those rumors in any sort of high degree.
Is there fear surrounding death or something else?
There is not a lot of fear surrounding Death itself, but many people always live in fear of ever crossing paths with the Dragons of Death. It is said that those who behold the existence of the Dragon are destined to the Fates of Death, and many take it as an omen of ill will or destructive prophecy.
(This is not true. The Dragon does not hold any animosity to any of those who hold Life through their veins. They are simply who they are, entangled with their counterpart, and the Ancient is honestly known to show themself to those who are in need of the freedom of grief and mourning.)
There is also a fear to those who hold the Sight that give their eyes the vision of Death and its like. Most tend to tie the Sight to Misfortune entangling herself within people, though it is not such an obvious Curse. It is simply a Blessing of the Ancients, to be able to lay witness to Death and the Dragon and its Reapers.
Are there any gods of death and how to people in your world feel about them?
There are not much gods so much as Ancients! And our Ancients were created in pairs, to help hold the Balance, so Death and Life were created together, holding the forms of the Dragons of Death and Life Incarnate. They are more Beast than Beings, both keeping themselves more than entangled within one another and giving blessings of the other Ancients to both Life and Death of the Worlds.
The Dragon of Death is more known and seen, being the more prevalent one to hold witness to the Deaths of the Worlds, and Life hides among its scales, eyes, and fire, pure white and blue flame and potential.
They are both so entangled to the point that the Dragon of Life Incarnate is no longer widely known throughout the Worlds, and the Dragon of Death Incarnate, honoring its counterpart, has faded their names from the History of the Storyverse, more than content to be more fantasy than Reality.
Is there an afterlife that people believe in and how does it work?
(or more than one?! if so please share)
Most hold the belief of Reincarnation. It is a theme that is held in such high regard that many people tend to wander and wonder about what form and Life they will be given once Death visits them.
Death is also viewed as a simple passing; something that comes and brings forth both a closing and an opening. It is seen as the passing of a Life that brings forth another. So most tend to see Death itself as simply as date to know but not quite fear.
What rituals and practices are there in regards to the dead
(burials, mummification, burying them with important objects, burning the body, rituals/spells to live a long life, etc.)
Throughout most of the Storyverse, burials are common. The rituals involving most of them are simple and graveyards are common but also held in high regard. It is where Death and its Reapers reside, so many do not respect the grounds.
Most bodies are buried with flowers and things that will not harm the ground, though Humanity has fallen from such respect of the Lands and the Earth, and tend to bury them with things that simply sit in the ground without much meaning.
Within Tempkinhand, there is a special ceremony for the dead!
Those of Tempkinhand do not hold graveyards or cemeteries. Instead of that, most Tempkins, once presented with their Death, choose a Tree they would want to become. Herbalists tend to hold a gentle and small ceremony for those who are awaiting Death and its Dragon, in which they help their bodies become one with the Lands, transforming their old vessels into another Tree that will help grow and protect the Forests of their country.
Are any deaths considered cowardly while others are considered honorable?
Within the Storyverse, not many hold certain deaths in honor or disgust. There is a lot of Death among the Worlds, and most tend to just hold it in the same vein as other things among its umbrella.
There is only one Being among the Worlds that hold Death in any certain like and it is from the Shifters of the World, Sheania!
The Shifters hold Life as the most honorable way to hold oneself. They think to die, especially by your own means and for the purpose of your own demise, is cowardly and disrespectful to your Family and those who hold you dear. Their beliefs are held in surviving and thriving, even when Despair and Misfortune try to drag you into the Void.
This post ended up being very long and we loved every part of answering this! Feel free to ask for more or anything else, we looove discussing things, even if it doesn't seem that way. (≧∇≦)/
2, 13, and 27 for the weird writing ask game, pls? :3 - 🔮⛈️
hello and how are you?
As always, thank you for the ask, lovely Enchant! You are too wonderful to us! (❁´▽`❁)*✲ﾟ*
Ask Game In Question! c:
Two: If you had to give up your keyboard and write your stories exclusively by hand, could you do it? If you already write everything by hand, a) are you a wizard and b) pen or pencil?
We think it wouldn't so much as ability so much as desire, not going to lie to you. While we enjoy writing by hand in some instances - we have journals from Mitch that we want to publish through handwriting - and we probably could if someone smashed our keyboards, we would really rather not. （⌒▽⌒ゞ
Thirteen: What is a subject matter that is incredibly difficult for you write about? What is easy?
The hardest thing to write, for us, would have to be transitions. Even if it is just the soft shift of one moment/scene to the next, it honestly it is the worst for us. Our drafts, especially the first few, tend to be scene drafts, so we have a bunch of scenes that don't flow one into another. And then we tend to have a hard time writing out the in-betweens of the scenes. ヾ(´▽｀;)ゝ
Something that is super easy for us to write has to internal struggles, or emotions, or just the internal dealings of our characters. When things are focused on themselves, or there are moments when their attention in turned inward, it tends to come a little easier for us!
Twenty-Seven: Who is the most stressful character you’ve ever written? Why?
Oh BOI, this one!
Ngl, normally, you would think one of our many killers and murderers and nasties would be the hardest to write, but they never really are. They know what they want, enjoy the progression of the stories, and like that they can do what they always wanted to. (੭ˊ꒳ˋ)੭✧
But the characters that are the most stressful to write are the more gentle ones! Like Neal for example? He is a whole ass King, cane lead and command and defend and stand up for himself, but a lot of his choices and desires and decisions tend to go against his Knowledge. So it ends up being super stressful bc you would THINK that the powerful and intelligent King would KNOW that a serrated arrow in his body SHOULD NOT come out, but then THE DAMN FOOL DECIDES HE DOESN'T WANT IT IN THERE.fades into screaming about stupidity and common sense
Thank you for the ask! Let's pick and see what random thing our brains will come up with! (ﾉ^ヮ^)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧
Our preferred writing style is just disjointed throwing our brains against the walls of our Worlds and forcing them to write something bc they like to only focus on one thing at a time, without a single thought or consideration to anything else!
Bonus: our current obsession is whump of our vibrant OCs.
Hello NL! Let's go and do this, shall we? (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)و
Marathon Runners whole story and plot was developed from us getting small whispers of someone begging someone else to run! We wrote the initial snippet - you can find it in the WIP intro - and it developed from there!
In Marathon Runners, the Sprana and the Marath were originally their own Race of People of Magicks, before we adopted them into the Worldfarers, which fit them better, we think!
That long and maybe not-so-forgotten vine meme Run does continuously play in our heads when we are writing Marathon Runners, the vine makes us die of laugher every time.
Hello! Happy STS! My question for you is: what would you consider the most heart-wrenching moment in your WIP(s)?
hello and how are you!
Happy STS Zac! c:
So, answering this for Mitch's Journals, bc there is one scene in particular that made even us cry as we wrote it out. T-T
The most heart-wrenching moment in Mitch's Journals would be in the third World of his Journals, where he gets his first experience with Death, and one outside of his Family.
All of his emotions are so raw and new to him that he gets a little lost in his grief. :c
Thank you for the wonderful ask! May we have a lovely STS! ^-^
