#unreadpoppy

[lelianazine]

☀️ Mod Spotlight: Poppy (General)

I'm Poppy ( @thewardenisonthecase | Ao3 ) and I'm a general mod for the Faith zine. I previously worked as a social media mod on the BG3 Women's Wrongs zine and I joined the DA fandom last year. I love Leliana and the way she talks about her beliefs and the chantry have haled my religious trauma, she's the best.

Next up is Poppy, our General Mod! She'll be helping the team and contributors ensure everything runs nice and smooth. :D

[sisterdomina]

🌿 ⇢ give some advice on writer's block and low creativity

Honestly I'm still learning how to deal with it myself. I whine a lot lol.

I'm not good at writing anyway / pushing myself through a block. I know that helps for some, but it just leaves me more frustrated. Instead I pivot to other creative work. Drawing, outlining/worldbuilding, my ao3 tag-stuff... It keeps me in a creative headspace without the pressure of a blank page staring at me.

I know this is common advice but I also really do agree with reading a lot. I find a lot of enjoyment in pulling apart the books I love (and the ones I hate) both on a plot/character level and on a nuts-and-bolts wordcraft level. (And even if I'm just reading for fun/not thinking about how something was written, I'm still internalizing a lot of good words and ideas :) )

Finally, I saw something a while ago that said to write in comic sans. The idea being, then you won't take your first draft too seriously and get hung up on perfection (then a font change to arial or times new roman for more serious editing helps you look at the work like something new and fresh). It sounds dumb and it honestly is, but it works well for me lol.

writing asks

[adarlingmess]

i saw this on twitter and it was too good not to share

THIS IS SUCH A MOOD for real though I'll throw more money to Larian if we can get the real Raph

[djmorn]

Things that I would like to know about my fellow writers:

tagged by @dodorimo and @unreadpoppy

Last book I read: It's been a while but it was "I, Claudius" by Robert Graves. A highly recommended read in my opinion, especially if you – like me – happen to have had a troublesome relationship with your grandmother, lol. Some things in there just really... spoke to me, helped me reflect, and hence understand quite a bit more about my own dysfunctional family, hehe. I'm on the sequel rn, but most of my reading time is currently being devoted to fic, so there's that.

Greatest literary inspiration: My favorite book is "The Name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco. I simply adore this medieval murder mystery spiced with theological debates, and of course the author's stand on the subversive power of laughter.

Things in my current fandom I want to read but I don't want to write: Modern AU BG3 crack fic where everything is a renaissance fair just like Bad Lip Reading did with "Game of Thrones" a few years back.

Things in my current fandom I want to write but I think nobody would be interested in them but me: Apothecary!Tav becomes a morally questionable alchemist with the help of a certain cambion aka "The Keepers of the Fire" is still in the pipeline and once April's finally done for and I got the whole month of May just to me and my digital typewriter I WILL unleash this thing, goddammit.

You can recognize my writing by: I think I'm pretty heavy on the dialogue. Yeah. And I try to throw in a funny sometimes. *puts on sunglasses* They call me The Pun-Some Screen-Playah.

My most controversial take (current fandom): Oh, I am SO with you, @dodorimo :)

Top three favorite tropes: I too am an ol' sucker for some Hurt/Comfort shenanigans. Also Enemies to Lovers/Marriage of Convenience (bruh.) and There Is Only One Bed always get me.

What's your current writing mood (10 – super motivated and churning out words like crazy, 0 – in a complete rut): I would say it all boils down to a 5. Motivation is there, I'm just having a really hard time concentrating atm.

Share a random frustration: See above, lol.

gently tagging @loveless-nameless-graceless-two, @sassyandsodone, @timesthatneverwere, and @sky-kiss

[the-daily-dreamer]

Hi, I found your blog recently and I agree with a lot of what you say. I was team black initially but I’ve been leaning more towards the greens now because they have better and more interesting characters at the moment. I wanted to say that, although I like Rhaenyra, I think her decision to leave for Dragonstone was… stupid.

Like, I know she did it because people were calling the boys bastards but there were other things she could have done. Because like, when she left, Viserys health was already not the greatest and everyone could see that, so when he eventually couldn’t perform his duties as king, if she stayed, that would have been the perfect opportunity to rule in his stead. She would be learning how to ACTUALLY rule, gain more allies, and when Viserys eventually died, I think the servants would have warmed her ASAP.

If she was an active figure at court, doing all the ruling, I doubt most of the lords would have bent the knee to Aegon like they did in episode 9. Also, she should have sent the boys to be wards to other lords. Send Jace to lord Baratheon, so that when you need, you have him on your side, and Luke to in Driftmark, because you so desperately want him to be Lord of the Tides than damn, he should be knowing how to do stuff with the navy and all. I think ultimately, her leaving for Dragonstone is what made so easy for team Green to get the throne so easily, considering they were the ones actually ruling for the past years.

Hindsight is a gift, but if you want to rule a realm, you should at least consider all the possibilities of every single thing you do. And with the way Rhaenyra was raised, I’m not impressed that she wasn’t able to think so far ahead.

Like my dad tells me when im driving, you have to look out for yourself but also pay attention and think ahead, so you avoid accidents. Also sorry for the long ask and for any mistakes, English is not my first language

Hard agree!!

While I may have my own personal qualms with Rhaenyra and who she is as a person, her number one flaw is her complete and total political incompetence.

She had the perfect opportunity to begin leading and ensuring her claim was safe. Instead she left her home and basically handed the throne to team green.

As you said, she should’ve stayed in KL and ruled as her father got ill. Instead she left and let Otto and Alicent run the show. Obviously people will defect towards the Greens. They’ve been the ones ruling for years. Rhaenyra was absolutely foolish to assume people would support her on the basis that she’s special when she has done absolutely nothing to secure her claim or rule her people.

[adarlingwrites]

Hitting you with a writer ask: We all talk about the hard parts of writing, but what is something in the process of writing that you find easy? Like, some people have an easier time with begging, or dialogues, this sort of sort y’know?

In the same field, what do you think are your strengths? The things that make you go “yeah Im good at this”

Holy shit I am so sorry for answering this a month late! I think I know the answer to this one now.

Just saying dialogue doesn't sit well with me because it goes way deeper than that. I think the easiest part of my process is figuring out my characters' psychology and the "core" of who they are. It makes it much easier to write how they would act around another character or what they would say.

For example, in one scene from The Devil's Canvas, they're all terrified of Raphael in the initial dinner, but their fear manifests in different ways- Aidan's fear is more overt and he's shaking in his boots, Karnum is more unsettled and mistrustful than afraid, while Fortune's bravado while she's disguised as a haughty nobleman masks her paranoia. It's consistent with how I imagined them, with Aidan being young and somewhat neurotic, Karnum being old and seasoned with dealing with supernatural horrors, and Fortune being an observant schemer with nerves of steel.

(I hope that answered the question aaaa)

[rowansnaps]

I like it lagging as I scroll : ) feels vintage

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

So, in Brazilian indigenous news, an entire community of the Yanomami people was found burned down and empty when officers arrived to investigate a reported rape and murder of a 12 year old girl there by illegal wildcat miners.

The Aracaçá community, where the incident took place, was inhabited by 30 indigenous. It is difficult to access, it takes about 1h15 to fly from Boa Vista, capital of the northern state of Roraima, to Waikás, the region where the community lives. To reach the Aracaçá community, it takes another 30 minutes by helicopter or five hours by boat on the Uraricoera River. Nonetheless, there is a strong presence of illegal wildcat miners in the area, which recorded a 46% increase in 2022, the greatest advance of illegal mining exploration in 30 years.

The case is mobilizing indigenous leaders, authorities, politicians, artists, and influencers, spreading the situation on social media with the hashtag "CADE OS YANOMAMI" ("WHERE ARE THE YANOMAMI").

What had reportedly happened in the community

On the night of April 25, 2022, the president of the District Council for Yanomami and Ye'kwana Indigenous Health (Condisi-YY), Júnior Hekurari Yanomami, released a video saying that a 12-year-old girl had been raped and killed during an attack by illegal wildcat miners.

In the same action, an aunt, according to him, tried to save the girl. In the confusion, a child, the daughter of this aunt, fell into the river and disappeared. Hekurari's report, based on information he received via radio from people in the region, was communicated by letter to the Federal Public Ministry (MPF), Brazil's National Indian Foundation (Funai), and the Federal Police the following morning, the 26th.

State of the investigations

The Federal Police and the MPF are investigating the case. Two days after the report released by Condisi-YY, a delegation with representatives from these bodies and also from Funai went to Waikás and Aracaçá. In a joint note released on Thursday afternoon (28), when they returned, they said they had not found any traces of murder and rape. They also said there was no evidence of the death of another child who had disappeared in a river. However, they informed that they continue with the investigation because the "proceedings demonstrated the need to deepen the investigation, for better clarification of the facts."

On their way to the region, the group got off at two locations: in Waikás and Aracaçá, which are close by. Hekurari, who was also with the delegation, reported that, in Waikás, the helicopter carrying them landed in a space used by illegal wildcat miners. There, they found about 7 indigenous people, who didn't want to talk much about the case.

The other day, in Aracaçá, the teams, according to Hekurari, did not find any indigenous people and one of the houses was burned. Also, the community was completely empty, with no one.

There is a suspicion of pressure from illegal wildcat miners. Before the cops' arrival in Aracaçá, videos circulated on social media that show an unidentified miner questioning indigenous people in the community about the veracity of the allegations made by Condisi-YY. In addition, on the same day that the police went to the region, a representative of the illegal miners released an audio saying that "patience is over" and that "they will respond the same" about complaints against them.

Who burned the community down?

During the investigations in Aracaçá, Hekurara, who was in the team made up of PF, Funai, and MPF agents, reported, as soon as he arrived from the community in Boa Vista, that he did not find the indigenous people, and one of the huts and a place similar to a shed were burned. "The community was burned and there was nobody. Nobody," said Hekurari. This Monday (2), fearful, he said he would not return to the place, because it would be "dangerous".

So far, it is not known who burned the place. There is a suspicion that they may have been illegal wildcat miners. However, it may also have been the indigenous people themselves, given it is costumary for a Yanomami community to, after after the death of a loved one, burn down the area where they lived and go to another location.

In a note, the president of Condisi-YY reaffirmed what was said to g1 about the suspicion that the indigenous people were instructed by the miners not to say anything. "It can be seen from the videos that these indigenous people were coerced and instructed not to report any occurrence that had happened in the region, making it difficult for the Federal Police and Federal Public Ministry to investigate, which ended up reporting that there was no evidence of rape or disappearance of child.", says part of the note. "After insisting, some indigenous people reported that they could not speak, as they had received 5 grams of gold from the miners to stay silent."

Justices of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court are demanding investigation, with president Luiz Fux saying the case is extremely grave, and minister Carmen Lúcia highlighting how indigenous women are especially victimized. The Deputy Attorney General of the Republic, Lindôra Araújo, called the case "scary" and said that the Public Ministry is investigating and that all measures are being taken to ensure that the facts are clarified. The Human Rights Commission (CDH) of the Federal Senate decided to form a group to monitor measures in Roraima to combat the advance of illegal mining in the Yanomami Indigenous Land. The visit, requested by senator Humberto Costa (from the Workers' Party), is expected to take place on the 12th.

(x)

Topic brought by @unreadpoppy. Thanks!