#snowy asks

[asnowfern]

Djinn!cassian??? 👀 😘

Thanks for the ask💕💕💕

It’s really still in the planning stage (I have so much research to do!) but I have about 90 words written purely based on ✨vibes✨

The fic is set in the City of Brass/Davaebad Trilogy universe. Caught up in the rising tension between the Ottoman Empire and The British, daughter of British merchant, Nesta, finds herself stranded and dangerously alone in Cairo. She accidentally summons enslaved djinn, Cassian, and strikes a deal with him - his freedom for her protection as she journeys back to London.

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THUMP THUMP THUMP

Nesta’s heart raged in her ears. But even as deafening as it was, it couldn’t drown out the insistent yelling from behind: a call for blood from those men. A call for her blood.

[brainedjuices1]

Dr Scrapton is babygirl

u so right

[snowy-bones]

Cozy blankets for Snow plz

cozy blankets: where do you feel the most safe and at home?

I always feel the safest there...teh heh! But outside the home I feel safest in the town, especially at Grillby’s, it’s so cozy there!

[asnowfern]

20 Questions for Writers

Thanks for the tag @wilde-knight 💕

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Mostly short-ish oneshots but still pretty proud of them!

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

130,611 words. Not a lot when spread over 29 fics but still a source of pride for me

3. What fandoms do you write for?

ACOTAR primarily with some old short, short Doctor Who fics

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

In Search of Cassian

Sunshine in Autumn

Heavy is the head that wears the crown

An eye for an eye

We’re not strangers, we’re lovers

5. Do you respond to comments?

I try my best to! It just brightens my day to read them🥹

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

It’s more of a drabble but The Northern Gale Bellows

7. What is the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

They mostly have happy or at least hopeful endings! Sunshine in Autumn and Heavy is the head that wears the crown I guess?

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Thankfully, no. But I’m just a small writer in the fandom so I’m lucky that way.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Occasionally although I don’t think I’m very good at it😅

10. Do you write crossovers?

When The Sun Goes Down is a drabble set in the Harry Potter universe. Although I do have quite a few fics with time travel and other sci-fi elements (with another upcoming one for Nessian week💗) and fics inspired by Chinese legends/wuxia!

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Nope

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Also nope

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Nope. I’m not sure if I’m good enough😅

14. What is your all-time favourite ship?

Gosh this is so hard because I love Nessian so tremendously but also, elucien. I was also obsessed with DoctorxRose for so many, many years

15. What’s a WIP you really want to finish but doubt you ever will?

At the rate I’m going, finishing Til Forever Falls Apart seems like a dream but I will finish it! Eventually.

16. What are your writing strengths?

My storytelling maybe?

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Oh, so many. I’m terrified that my dialogue sounds unrealistic and I probably don’t pay enough attention to details and descriptions.

18. Thoughts of writing dialogue in another language in fic?

The only other languages I know are Chinese and Japanese and they probably wouldn’t translate well with the different grammar structures. My wuxia AU fic has a few splattering of Chinese here and there. Which was fun too.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Harry Potter but we don’t talk about that.

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

Sunshine in Autumn and Heavy is the head that wears the crown are such sources of pride for me but Sunshine in Autumn might have been slightly better written?

Non-obligatory tags: @reverie-tales @rosanna-writer @c-e-d-dreamer

[asnowfern]

Hi hi hi! I was reading the fic till forever falls apart and the folk story of chang'e piqued my interest. Since we are all here to connect can you please please please share about the Chinese folk stories and traditions and the weddings- it's interesting to learn about different cultures?

Hihihi! It means so much to me that my fic piqued your interests in the original legend and more!

I’m gonna leave the rest of my response under the cut because it’s pretty long👀

Although I need to first preface that while I’m ethnically Chinese, I am Singaporean (which I think might be the only country with a Chinese majority despite not being geographically located near China). So while we maintain quite a few Chinese customs and traditions, I think the traditions might differ, the way they do even in different regions of China and Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau.

There are so many amazing China folklores! There are legends of historical figures such as the first Chinese emperor (Qin Shi Huang), the first and only female emperor (Wu Zetian) - @xiranjayzhao has written an amazing novel, The Iron Widow , a futuristic sci-fi retelling Wu Zetian. There are also the 4 great China beauties (Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Diaochan, and Yang Guifei) who brought China to its knees.

But my personal favourites are wuxia and xianxia legends. Wuxia are based on Chinese martial artistes (think Crouching Dragon, Hidden Tiger or even Shang Chi for similar vibes) while Xianxia, my absolute love, is Chinese fantasy legends which mix Chinese gods and demons/spirits with everyday people. It tells stories of epic journeys and epic (and equally tragic) love. Some of the most well-known and my all-time favourites include:

Chang e/The Moon Goddess, of course, as the tale of the Chang E, wife of Houyi (who is the famous archer who shot down 9 suns) and eventually ate the pill of immortality, giving her one way trip to the Moon.

The Monkey King (Sun Wu Kong)/Journey to the West which tells the pilgrimage of the monk’s journey to Tibet to obtain the Buddhist sutras, he’s accompanied by his three disciples.

Legend of the White Snake (I actually have a Nessian fic inspired by it here if you’re interested) which is a forbidden love story between the White Snake spirit and a human scholar

There are too many traditions to go into but I thought your ask on weddings is an interesting one! On the wedding day itself, the groom will pick his bride up at an auspicious hour, announcing his arrival in the noisiest and most obnoxious manner (for ambience✨). When he reaches, he needs to go through what is called a “gatecrashing” where him and his groomsmen are to be put through a series of challenges set by the bridesmaids to prove his sincerity in picking up his wife. Only after he completes them, is he allowed to see his bride. Then from there they travel back to the groom’s house for a tea ceremony to the groom’s elders to seek their blessing, before heading back one last time to the bride’s home for another tea ceremony with the bride’s elders.

This was ridiculously long and I have barely scrapped the surface but I hope it was interesting! Thank you so much for such a lovely ask, anon!💕💕💕

[brainedjuices1]

Your art is so pretty!!! *Eats it all*

Thanks so much 🥺💖

[snowy-bones]

INFINITY × INFINITY × INFINITY!!!!!

[snowy-bones]

*Giant flooffy pillow attack from behind*

Ambush! How dare!