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Hi! I'm currently in the middle of a project to make a physical copy of Valley of Serenity. I'm going to book bind it myself and I'm going to re-read it aloud to my mom. So far I haven't made too much progress but I did wanna share this! I wanted the map to be printed in the book and I wanted it to look really old so here it is! OG:

Remix in Color:

How I'll print it:

I used pieces of Europe and North Africa to tear apart and make into this! I hope you like it ^u^

oh my god okay i havent been on tumblr in like half a year so uhhh sorry i havent seen this but that's like,, amazing??? i am such a sucker for functional maps slkjdlkfdkld thank you think is my dream come true fanart

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

EYYY LOOK WHO FINALLY HAS A NEW FIC 

Summary: As part of a political alliance with New L'Manberg, Hypixel citizen Ranboo Beloved is to be married to President Tubbo Underscore and live his new life in a nation scarred by war and hovering in uncertainty.

He has a few objections to this.

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you know what’s canon to Valley of Serenity?

“I’ve seen Dream’s hair,” Techno chimes in...

...he breaks off, eyes squinting into Tommy with a dawning look of realization that Phil recognizes all too well.

“His hair looks exactly like yours, actually. Same fluffy texture too.”

“What that fuck, ” Tommy splutters. “Don’t compare me to him! I look nothing like - like-” DREAM IS TOMMY’S BIOLOGICAL FATHER. 

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your update was the bright spot to my very long day. thank you so much for it <3 i sat down and read it the second you posted. i don't want to get too detailed about what i liked because i don't want to spoil it for everyone else, but i do love your dialogue voices for tommy and wilbur particularly. i also have to say the reason i love your story so much is that it feels like every member of SBI is important and it's not just one person with the rest as a supporting cast.

oh, and do you have any fics you're currently reading or finished that you love?

Oh thanks so much! yeah Valley of Serenity is very much focused on all four of the sbi and I try to make sure they all have their own character arcs to work out.

Uhh for fics I'm reading/read and really love - careful son (you've got dreamer's plans) by angelsdemonsducks

- Kick Off by Badnews

- Whatever Remains, However Improbable by 7CxRhye

- the way it goes by meridies

- I'd forgotten people are kind by BialyLis

- The Extradition by Onelituli

- Diamonds & Glory by Zairielon

- Hush Now (You Were Lost but Now You’re Found) by CorpseArt

- Truth & Lies & Something In-Between by asy_the_atrocity

- The Hellspawn and The Heavenly by idyllSunset

- checkmate (or thereabouts) by arcadianwriter (noxstories)

- Orange Light (Painted by Morning Sun) by HoneyDew_Tea

- Bring on the Monsters by Sixteenthdays

- Arsonist's Lullaby by SwordSoup

- Birth of all to end by SwordSoup

- one day life will be kind by vangoghstars

skimmed my bookmarks and collection a bit, here you go!

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Here it is. The final chapter. It’s been an honor, readers - thank you so much, and rest assured there will be more works from me in the future both in this au and not!

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What's the most hardest thing you have written on the Valley of Serenity? Politics? Nations? Worldbuilding or Culture?

The worldbuilding is actually the easier part for me. I've been avidly studying history and politics for years and putting that knowledge into worldbuilding practice for nearly as long. This isn't my first stop on the historical analysis rodeo. I usually start with the general geography and go from there - and in the case of New L'Manberg's politics, I take inspiration by reading the news articles forwarded to my email from various sources every morning. Not the ones about mutant puppies or lost kayakers or whatever most people deem interesting enough - I subscribe to sources generally about political dealings, both domestic and international. The daily Politico Playbook is especially helpful in mapping ways politicians navigate around each other and public opinion.

I'd say the hardest overall "thing" I've written in Valley of Serenity has been the character moments, which is hard to define because nearly everything is character in this fic. I can plan Tubbo's daily depressing routine in running New L'Manberg and what documents he might have to look over and statements he might have to give all I like, but it doesn't change the fact that the story is incredibly character driven - for as much worldbuilding praise I've gotten, the central focus of the fic has always been about sbi and their navigation of their trauma, pasts, and how they'll work together as a family now as a result. The emotional conversations and talks the characters have with each other to build more trust or come to more realizations are usually the areas of writing I agonize over most.

I would say, however, for example, that the hardest chapter to write so far has been chapter 28, which leads to the scene where Tommy, Wilbur, and Techno walk in the woods while discussing the events of Pogtopia and working through their feelings on the issue. It end with Tommy saying he hasn't forgiven them, but that he still considers them brothers. It's an incredibly important scene - important enough the summary of the fic shows a few lines from it. On the surface the description I gave sounds plain. In reality, it was a fucking pain to pull off and have feel authentic in any way, and I'm always left with a vague sort of dissatisfaction when I'm finished writing scenes like that, which lingers even after a few revisions. Not only is the narrative and prose itself hard to write, the things the characters are saying and the realizations they're coming to are all things I have to plan out and consider whether or not it's appropriate or helps building their character arcs in a good way, and I'm always anxious about that.

Might as well add that the second hardest chapter to write in this fic was chapter 17, which is when Phil, Tommy, and Techno finally talk with Wilbur again after he tried to commit suicide and of course that was a pain to navigate. Third hardest was chapter 14, which included the suicide attempt itself - not only was that scene hard to write and even harder to plan for, the build up to it in the earlier scenes were just as difficult. I cry with relief when I get to a worldbuilding segment in comparison - the hardest part about those is less the worldbuilding, which while sometimes time consuming is something I know how to research and plan out, and more delivering the information in a way that's not a few paragraphs of dry, blocky text.

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Oh a new chapter of one of my favorite fanfiction.. Poggers i wonder what i am gonna felt for this new chapter?

Sipping reader tears, as usual.

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So, you nearly makes me cry on your latest chapter but as a writer myself i respect the plotwist. And the angst. Oh Ender I hated it but also love it at the same time.

Politics Anon.

You know I'm really not sure why everyone was so surprised by that. It's not like I was ever trying to hide that plot point, or that anything made people think otherwise.