Hi, not the anon who originally complimented you, (but I do love your fics) but I did see your reply about the Trine, and I would love to hear any thoughts you have about them. Your depiction of them in Time’s a River was so poignant and compelling and I genuinely cried a little bit the first time I read it. If you have the bandwidth and desire to talk about the Trine more I would really love to hear/ see it!!!!!
ps: possibly unwanted opinion, but the way you presented ideas about the difference between godly appearance or gender and their now mortal appearance or gender really stuck with me, because the idea of losing some part of yourself that you’ve grown used to, even if you knew you would change, like losing fangs for Liandt would be comparable to losing teeth when you’re a child, because it’s off putting and you can’t remember your original toothless state. You grow used to having teeth and the absence of a tooth is alarming at times and strange at others. That really resonated with me for some reason, and I wanted to mention it.
First, thank you! Time's a River means a lot to me–I'm slowly bleeding out some religious trauma and the Trine has been a wonderful outlet. I talked a little about that here.
Not an unwanted opinion at all! I think a lot about the differences between gods and mortals and what it would mean to switch mortal-god-mortal again.
(Liandt’s eyes are green after relinquishing godhood; she knew her eyes weren't always red, but she doesn't remember if they were green before.)
(Nullar scrambles to relearn polymorph so he can be a dragon again. He's not ready to give up flight.)
(Neddas isn't fully sane after 200 years of isolation. I haven't fully decided how it manifests yet, but they probably hallucinate periodically.)
