#felicityphoenix5

[magicalmanhattanproject]

i dont know if you're still interested in your pixandrian conlang, but do you have a word for messenger, omen, or phantom ?

ooo those are interesting words. i don't have any words for them handy but let's see

so for phantom as in the minecraft mob, there's two options. at first, i assumed it could just be a borrowing from "another empires lang" (english), most likely as smth like féntám. But it occurs to me that phantoms are probably indigenous to the desert since wooly sheep don't exactly thrive out there and so we need a proper word. looking through my dictionary, i have a general word that means "mob, hostile creature" and a word for "wing" that affixes to it readily. so, the native pixandrian word for phantom is probably nerénaist

in terms of phantom as in a ghost, the best word i have lying around is for some reason there's the word dremléndir, which means "powerful spirit", so let's arbitrarily decide that drem- is the augmentative there and léndir means spirit. This also allows us to coin the verb léndrind which is difficult to directly translate, but an example might be a cat leaving a footprint on a parchment or working on the art for your marriage garment or haunting someone after you die. One might translate it as "to leave yourself behind"

messenger is interesting because "guy who does messages" is not necessarily "guy who sends messages on behalf of other people". i did check spanish though and it's a totally valid way to form the word! unfortunately i do not have the word message. i do, however, have a word for to beckon or call for and i think it makes sense that the guy who is going out ot beckon people to come to the king would have his duties extended into general messengering and that his title would be generalized. so that word would be alyíresét. It also allows us to coin the word alyíreseg for a message, though I think in modern pixandria, dms would literally translate to instant beckoning.

as for omen, we have kiríf for prophecy and it's almost 1 AM so i'm just gonna coin kirífeg as a single unit of prophecy and call it there. that seems fitting enough

[daemonism-culture-is]

dae culture is singing along to songs together, even if you sound like only one voice <3

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[daisycraft]

greetings, i was told by a post on my dash that you are the creator of reprise/storybook au which i am eyeing very hard and would like to know more about. are there any posts/fics about it ? and if not, could you tell me more about the au? it looks really cool :]

BLOWS UP HI

ok hihi reprisal/the storybook au is my BABY i love it sm. theres a couple of other posts about it they're all tagged #storybook au!! I don't have any fics posted bc part of me wants it to be a larger multi-chapter one but i don't really have the motivation for anything large so several shorter ones might work much better.

the gist: it's a LL treebark where all of the alliances are these factions/kingdoms. the shadowlands, ruled by queen lizzie, is a very old-age kingdom that has the reputation of being very isolated and defensive, but lizzie has been working on opening up and repairing that reputation. the southlands is the recently born union of five smaller kingdoms that rejected their previous lords and banded together when the people were left defenseless during a massive raid that swept through the south. the council in place is the first generation of its kind made up of people who were very important in the efforts against the raiders.

ren is a knight for the shadowlands and earned his war title "ren the dog" during the southern raids, when he got disarmed and had to escape by fighting with only his teeth and bare hands. his proper title from when he got knighted is "ren the loyal"! he's lizzie's personal guard and one of her best friends and confidantes. he insists on putting on this role of a very cold, stone-faced knight during professional meetings when he's really such a sweetheart.

martyn is one of the councillors that was put in power after the raids, because he was the first to venture out to ask for foreign aid, and retrieved the shadow soldiers for assistance. in the south they're a very colourful people, and he's represented with a bright leaf green. martyn never exactly fit in with nobility, because he was a messenger first and foremost. it's his priority making sure people are comfortable and in-the-know, and strikes up conversations from the highest to the lowest people because he loves hearing and telling stories !!

BUT !! ouhghhh but there's also a massive influence on this au from third life. this is where the actual "storybook" part comes in, because there is a legend rooted in truth of a bloodthirsty, merciless king of old and his right hand man that were of supernatural power. first-hand accounts from those days recall that the king and his hand could summon the chill of northern winter even in the hottest summer day, having driven out their own citizens out of fear of the frost. when they were finally put down in battle, legend has it that their souls were entombed in books that retold their personal horrors by a powerful magician.

but legends are legends, of course. surely.

[belovedgamers]

for the three sentence fic thingy: fwhimmy and siren au?

“Now,” says the person fWhip least wants to see right now, “how did this happen?”

“The well or the magic?” He grumbles. He wants to cross his arms but he’s kind of afraid that he’ll move and slip and scrape his entire back against the rocks.

Jimmy raises an eyebrow. The gesture’s only visible because of the candle he’s holding up. It makes his brown eyes glow, like honey in the sunlight—

fWhip’s been spending too much time with Pix.

“The well,” he says.

“I don’t want to talk about it,” fWhip replies. He pauses. “Not the curse?”

“My sister turned into a blue sea monster,” Jimmy reminds him. Okay. Okay, yeah. That’s… yeah, alright. “I’ve been kind of expecting the same thing to happen to me. I guess you make sense too, what with the salmon thing.”

He slows down for the last part of the sentence. Jimmy looks down at fWhip. fWhip stares up at him. He’s pretty sure they’re both pondering if Jimmy’s weird Codfather duty to kill all salmon extends to fWhip now as well. He hopes it doesn’t. He’s not even sure he’s a salmon on technicality.

Jimmy seems to agree, because he shrugs, “Should I be jealous?”

“Don’t be. It’s inconvenient.”

“Alright,” Jimmy tilts his head. “Can’t sirens thrall people? Are you going to thrall me?”

“If I could do that, I’d have told you to go drown already.”

“You tell me to drown every other day,” Jimmy reminds him, unaffacted. fWhip sighs. He must not be intimidating, trapped as he is on the bottom of a rather shallow well. “Your seal is very nice, by the way.”

“Thanks?” He blinks. “Are you recycling the wax?”

“Obviously,” Jimmy almost looks offended at the question. “You, Joel and Sausage are basically the source for all our sealing wax at this point.”

fWhip turns his head, just slightly, just so he can’t see Jimmy’s amusement. That’s… that’s a little embarrassing. He’ll have to tone down the threats through letter.

“Are you going to help me out or not?”

Jimmy doesn’t reply immediately, which worries him a little. He wants to believe their relationship is good enough right now that Jimmy won’t let him die at the bottom of a well. Maybe. Hopefully. It’s impossible to know, with Jimmy.

“Please,” he adds through gritted teeth. Surely an appeal to Jimmy’s pride will work. He really doesn’t want to die in this well. It’s cold.

“Alright,” Jimmy says. He sounds like he’s smiling. He sounds annoying.

fWhip tries very hard not to be impressed at how easily Jimmy lifts him up.

Send me a pairing and an AU!

[empiressmpheadcanon]

felicityphoenix5 submitted: Fwhip hides his face in his scarf when he’s nervous or embarassed, completely covering the bottom half of his face *insert obligatory fwhimmy here ;)*

[a-plethora-of-peters]

I might've asked this before, but how did you come up with everyone's species/powers??

You have not asked this before and I welcome this question!

Initially, I took a look at what the Hermits say they are/what they look like on the server

So that's how Creeper Hybrid Doc, Attempted Flesh Construct Cleo, and Slime Hybrid Jevin immediately come to mind

Then I looked at popular headcanons in the fandom and went "Okay what does the fanbase like? What do I like that they like?"

Which is how we got people like Parrot/Watcher Grian, Vampire Mumbo, Werewolf Ren, Nature Spirit Gem, and Voidwalkers X & Ex

Then I went in farther and went "Okay what are the vibes that these guys personally give me?"

That's how I ended up with God of Inspiration Joe, Shadow Cryptid Etho, Demon Impulse (this was before there was that huge wave of fans making Impulse a Demon btw), and Siren Hypno.

Keralis has always vibed to me as a human but why have people insist on looking into his eyes all the time? What's so special about that? And I'm always weak for empathic bonds whether temporary or permanent. So that's how that happened.

TFC surprisingly gave me very little trouble when it came to figuring him out. I knew he was the oldest person on the Hermitcraft server and I had heard the now infamous "Philza made Minecraft" joke by this time. So I just patted TFC gently and said "This Minecraft Grandpa can hold so much love inside him!" and made him a God too lol

After that I sort of blended other people's takes with my own for everyone else.

Like I love how people make Tango have Nether Origins, but I see him being made a Blaze so much it's kinda boring to me. But a Magma Cube? Now that's cool!

Or like how after I read a series on AO3 called The Meteor Effect where a magic meteor causes the Hermits to physically change forms/give them powers, I ended up hooked on Phantom Hybrid Bdubs and Dragon Hybrid Wels. So I gave them my own little twists and boop! There ya go!

I had to do a bit of research but I pretty quickly found out ConVex/ConCorp, and all the related Vex shenanigans. But Scar and Cub don't look like Vex all the time, in fact they wear masks to show when they are Vex. So if they aren't Vex completely what are they? Well maybe they're Changelings, half-human and half-fae and they'll become full Vex when they permadie.

Sheep Hybrid Zed is a pretty popular headcanon, but I then went "Huh. What if that's just like... a suit that Zed wears?" And since Zed is one of the crazy redstone guys of the server, I figured making him a Gremlin that powers/controls a robot body would be fun!

Iskall & False were also mostly gathered from fanbase ideas that I then added my own spin on later. Like Iskall being a bit more cybernetic than the fandom usually makes him and False having the Blessing of the Blood God.

You did ask me before about how I came up with Cryptid Beef and here's a bit of extra knowledge to add to that.

So as previously explained, I had already had the idea of Beef eventually transforming into a Cryptid because of his physical changes in S8, but no thoughts on what the end result would look like beyond the Prawn from District 9 which was his original intent.

Then I saw the mantis that Doc made in s8 and my insect loving heart went 😍 AWOOOGAAAA! 😍 over it and I knew what I had to do.

I had to make Beef that Mantis.

But why would he change into a Mantis specifically? Well I already had it that being around Cryptids for too long kinda makes you a bit... not quite human yourself. So obviously Moon Big messed with him and triggered him to change into a Mantis. And that, in combination with me loving alliterative names, made them Moon Mantises.

And yeah that's sort of how my thought processes go

... actually do you want the full list of everyone? May have to censor it slightly for future spoilers but I can share it here if you'd like?

[andiinaraethtash]

1, 9, 11, 17, 20, 21, 25, 30 and 41! <3

1. How long ago did you start reading fanfiction? Writing fanfiction?

Okay, so I started reading fanfiction when I was... probably sixteen almost seventeen? So about five years ago. As for writing it... Well my first fanfic was written in, like, 2015, so I was roughly around fourteen. I only started publishing fanfiction in 2019, and let me tell you, there is a vast difference in quality from 2015 to 2019 to now. It's ridiculous.

9. Tag 3 fic writers you think are underrated/unknown in the fandom/fanfiction community.

Hmm. See, the problem is, unless I know you on tumblr, I'm not going to avidly follow your works. So I'm just going to say: @itsybitsybatsyspider @pacificseaotter and @felicityphoenix5 (yes, you. No matter how many hits or kudos or comments or likes or reblogs you get, it'll never be enough to compensate for how awesome you are. That goes for you, Itsy, and you, too, Paci).

11. How do you come up with your fic titles?

Usually just by listening to music that fits the vibe of the fic, then picking a good lyric that encapsulates... something in my fic. It could be the character's feelings, their story arc, or the general story line. The few exceptions are when I asked for help with a name, and when I was just starting out.

17. How obsessively do you sit and stare at your fic after you’ve just posted and wait for feedback?

See, I don't just sit at tumblr/AO3 obsessively; oh make no mistake, I check on it, but really what I'm watching obsessively is my email. Because that's the one place I get to see when someone leaves kudos/comments, and when someone mentions me on tumblr. So I'll usually be checking that obsessively, and occasionally checking on tumblr.

To answer the actual question... um, 8/10. Pretty bad. I need validation.

20. What’s your favorite part about the fanfiction writing process?

Easily the part where I get to see this scene I've had in my head for days/months/years (in some instances) coming to life on the page. It's so cool. My second favorite part, is of course, interacting with my audience.

21. What’s your least favorite part about the fanfiction writing process?

Grinding out the "connective tissue" that joins together two important scenes. Like, there needs to be character growth in there, they need to get from point A to point B, but the journey is long and arduous, and I am a weary traveler with few words left in me by the time I get to where I'm going.

25. Do you listen to music as you write? If possible, link your writing playlist.

I listen to music all the time, not just when I'm writing. I have different playlists for different moods, and even different fics. Sadly, all my playlists are private, and I don't feel like trying to figure out how to un-list them as private.

30. Post a snippet from your current WIP without context - no more than 300 words.

I don't know if I'll ever post this, but it's been a passion project for years now. anyway, here's the snippet:

"The graveyard is quiet. No one’s there, no one’s watching, and he has to take several pauses to just breathe around the pain. He doesn’t want to do this. He doesn’t want to see their names on the gravestones, doesn’t want to have to talk to cold granite in order to say what he wants.

Doesn’t want to say goodbye in the first place."

41. What’s your most popular fic (with the most notes on tumblr, most hits/kudos on ao3)?

Without looking, I'm going to guess it's Let the Brokeness Be Felt, but lemme check real quick...

Yup. It's Let the Brokeness Be Felt. I'm so shocked. Truly. Deeply.

To be fair, it was the epic conclusion of a trilogy that I poured my heart, soul, and mental health into, and I took like, three long breaks in the midst of writing it, so there were lots of people begging me not to abandon it and adding theories and such. It was great, posting it, though looking back on it now... it's not my favourite. I don't hate it or anything, I just think I could have done better.

Thank you so much for the ask, I'll be sending you one... probably in the morning, I am so tired rn I wouldn't be able to properly think through the questions, or appreciate the response.

[thetomorrowshow]

3, 9, 11, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 31, 35 and 40!

3. What is your writing ritual and why is it cursed?

I write almost exclusively during class. I get away with this by pretending I am writing notes. then after class i'm so into what i'm writing that i go back to my dorm and write more even though i desperately have hw to do. i write an average of 2k words a day and my academic self cries

9. Do you believe in ghosts? This isn’t about writing I just wanna know

eh if a ghost turned up i wouldn't not believe in it. but i have never seen a ghost before so. i'm agnostic about ghosts ig

11. Do you believe in the old advice to “kill your darlings?” Are you a ruthless darling assassin? What happens to the darlings you murder? Do you have a darling graveyard? Do you grieve?

i hate doing this :(( i very rarely get rid of stuff that's extraneous to the plot just bc i love it so much, but when i do i guess i do have a graveyard? i had a prof this semester who is a writer, and he recommended having an overflow document, so if you're scared of cutting something that you might need in the future, you copy and paste it there just in case. you almost never need it but now you can feel secure getting rid of a random character.

17. Talk to me about the minutiae of your current WIP. Tell me about the lore, the history, the detail, the things that won’t make it in the text.

i have several fic wips so i will go with superpowers au!! some of this stuff will turn up! there are several religious sects across the country that believe powered individuals to be satanic. scott studied architecture in college. scott almost became a villain in college just for funsies. jimmy once dropped a really good sandwich down a drain and cried over it, and mythics happened to see and bought him a new one. jimmy also dropped that one down a drain.

18. Choose a passage from your writing. Tell me about the backstory of this moment. How you came up with it, how it changed from start to end. Spicy addition: Questioner provides the passage.

okay so this passage is from the superpowers au as well!

“I’m scared,” he admits to Scott one evening, on their way home from the animal shelter (Scott had leapt on the idea of another cat, had enthusiastically looked up shelters and volunteered to go with Jimmy).

this is very far in the future from where we are right now in the au, but in this oneshot jimmy's been really struggling with panic attacks and flashbacks and his therapist suggests he gets a cat. this was inspired by an irl friend who was basically told the same thing and started volunteering at an animal shelter to get to know the cats and see if there was one they wanted to adopt. wanna guess what jimmy's scared about?

19. Tell me a story about your writing journey. When did you start? Why did you start? Were there bumps along the way? Where are you now and where are you going?

the first fanfiction i ever wrote was when i was like 5? i wrote fanfic bc my mom reads fanfic all them time and when i was a kid, she would read it to me and my siblings. she was always very supportive of my writing and was my first ever beta reader :) i started writing regularly when i was 11, to the point of bringing a notebook everywhere i went so i could write in my free time. major bump in the road was developing really bad chronic pain in my hands a few years ago. i can't really handwrite anymore and i had to make an adjustment to keyboard which was a struggle. once i got the hang of it i wasn't able to stop writing. i write all the time and i love it. i never want to stop writing.

20. If a witch offered you the choice between eternal happiness with your one true love and the ability to finally finish, perfect, and publish your dearest, darlingest, most precious WIP in exactly the way you've always imagined it — which would you choose? You can’t have both sorry, life’s a bitch

probably the first tbh. like if i had eternal happiness that prolly means that i'm happy with my life in general, not just my lover. i probably finish that wip to the best of my abilities and am content with it. gotta love being happy.

25. What is a weird, hyper-specific detail you know about one of your characters that is completely irrelevant to the story?

in the superpowers au, scott has depression and handles it with medication! in the trust au, jimmy has a designated pillow to scream into for when scott does anything cute.

31. Write a short love letter to your readers.

kjkjhsakjhdjsad i love you guys so much so very much!! the superpowers au has gotten more support than anything else ive ever written (bar one fic for a previous fandom) and every day i am going FERAL over my ao3 comment section. i wake up and turn off nighttime mode and just watch the screen as i wait for the ao3 email to pop up and then i smile real hard and yeah i love u i love u i think about you all all the time

35. What’s your favorite writing rule to smash into smithereens?

i will start a sentence with 'and' or 'but' all the time. i will also always put my punctuation outside of quotes mla is stupid

40. Please share a poem with me, I need it.

idk if this wants one that i've written or no but um the love song of j alfred prufrock is always a great one

send me a writer ask!