#whimsyqueen

[midnight-and-his-melodiverse]

Pass the happy! When you receive this, list 5 things that make you happy and send this to 5 of the last people in your notifications ✨

OMG THANK YOU DORI!! <3

Five Things that make me happy:

Writing, of course!

Composing music!

Rambling about my OCs

Talking about my WIPs

Supporting other writeblrs!!

Thanks for the ask!

[midnight-and-his-melodiverse]

Happy Blorbo Blursday, friend! Here’s a little question for you:

Are your OCs kind to themselves? Why or why not? And if so, what’s the nicest thing they’ve ever done for themselves?

Happy Blorbo Blursday to you too!! "Are your OCs kind to themselves? Why or why not? And if so, what’s the nicest thing they’ve ever done for themselves?" (little roleplay thing featuring Midnight and Staticlight) Staticlight: Oh the kindest thing that Midnight has ever done for himself? I can't speak on that front, heh. Why don't you answer this question for this random person, Midnight? Midnight smiles. Midnight: The kindest thing I've ever done, not for myself but for Ambrosia, is I got enough money on summer vacation working at Sunsong Cafe to be able to travel to the coastal town of Concordia to celebrate our relationship! Midnight sighs contently. Concordia had such a picturesque landscape and he wishes he could go back. Maybe after two months more of shifts at the coffee shop. Thanks for the ask!!

[talesofsorrowandofruin]

Hey friend! I’m sending this ask to a lot of people bc I wanna know more about everyone’s works:

What’s your current absolute favorite thing about your primary WIP? It can be a teeny little detail, a massive part of the plot, a character, anything. What is it, and why??

Thank you! :D

My main WIP is currently Like Snow on Hungry Graves, so my favourite part (of what I've written so far) is Hariye's conversation with Rusudan! It's the first time in the entire story that an unrelated adult has been genuinely concerned about Hariye and it provides the catalyst to make him escape Ketevan. Here's the main part of the conversation (warning for references to Ketevan):

In spite of his worries Hariye found himself pouring out an edited version of his story. He carefully avoided mentioning merfolk or scales. As she listened Rusudan took out the small knife again and peeled the orange, holding it against her chest with her bad hand to stop it rolling away. Her expression changed a few times from surprise to disbelief and finally to something like horror. When he finished she sat in silence for a while, watching her horse graze and chewing one of the orange segments.

"How do you know you can trust Ketevan?" she asked. "You said she keeps you safe from the pirates, but who keeps you safe from her?"

Hariye blinked. He'd never looked at the situation from that angle before. "Well… I saved her life. She's repaying me by protecting me."

Rusudan continued to look grim. "You said she told you the pirates would kidnap you or slave merchants would steal you to sell as a slave. Why? Why you specifically? What puts you in so much more danger than any other boy your age?"

He could hardly explain he was a mer, so instead he came up with, "It's because I'm a foreigner and no one knows me here."

"She brought you from your home, stops you talking to anyone else, then says you're in danger because of things she could have avoided by leaving you alone?"

…Huh. Put like that, Hariye suddenly found himself wondering about Ketevan. He forced those thoughts away. She'd never been anything but kind to him. He told Rusudan so.

She remained unconvinced. "Has she ever told you that your family are untrustworthy? That you should be afraid of other people?"

"Yes, but there's a good reason," Hariye said.

Rusudan made a gesture that suggested she was struggling not to throw her arms up in exasperation. "What reason?"

How could he say 'People would want to skin me alive if they found out what I am' without sounding insane? Or worse, revealing he was a mer to someone who might want his scales too? He couldn't. The best he managed was, "It's a good reason but I can't explain it."

The sun was sinking below the horizon. Overhead the first stars were starting to appear. The house and the meadow were in rapidly-deepening shadow. Rusudan looked around. Hariye finally realised what was odd about her eyes: one of them moved more slowly than the other and seemed to have a faint film over it.

"I have to leave now if I want to reach the river before midnight. I won't ask you to come with me -- I'm a stranger too and you have no more reason to trust me than Ketevan -- but young man, I advise you to run. Run as far away from Ketevan as you can. Go home to your parents."

Adding LSOHG's taglist since this is a long excerpt: @athenixrose (Let me know if you want to be added to/removed from the taglist!)

[midnight-and-his-melodiverse]

Hey!! Random ask time bc I wanna learn more about people’s WIPs!!

What’s your current absolute favorite thing about your primary WIP? It can be a teeny little detail, a massive part of the plot, a character, anything. What is it, and why??

Hey, thanks for the ask!! God, even though I've only just introduced him in the first chapter, I've gathered that Dev is going to be a fun character to write mostly because of his kid-like tendencies lol

Here's what he looks like (art credit to @sizzlin-system, because it's his character!!)

There's an excerpt of where he appears in the chapter!

[writeblrsupport]

@whimsyqueen 's url is correct. they are a queen. their wips are amazing. their writing superb. I love reading what they are up to

[writeblrsupport]

@whimsyqueen asks so many questions to writers because they care about your wips. I love their writing and their worldbuilding so much

[thepixiediaries]

For the OC asks!! 10, 18, and 30! Have a great day 🥰

#10 which oc is the biggest romantic?

arthur and haoming <3

arthur is a hopeless romantic bc hes like a typical victorian heroine who reads way too many romance novels for his own good lol. the way that love is depicted in the stories is his form of escape bc he doesnt feel that kinda love in his real life (all 'love' is transactional and conditional). his love language is words of affirmation & quality time <3

haoming is overall jus a sweet kind guy and that extends over to his relationships. hes like the type to nurse a hurt bird back to health before releasing it into the wild. his love language is personal touch! (hugs and kisses)

#30 which oc dresses the best? the worst?

i cannot decide who dresses the best bc in my mind they all look amazing in their diff styles. for story purposes it makes sense that arthur and/or yasmeen would be the best dressed considering their positions in society (aristocrat & highly paid doctor respectively) and how they interact w 'high society' as a result. and then haoming would b the worst dressed bc he does poorly paid grunt work/manual labour. but its not his personal choice or anything he just wears what is cheapest, most comfortable and will last the longest under regular duress.

perhaps not 'the worst' but i do find it funny that nikolai will find any excuse to just.. not wear a shirt lol. he likes showing off his pecs.

answered #18 here

[emelkae]

happy sts!! here's a fun little question I've been sending people for this day: which of your OCs are you the most protective of? why? Thanks, hope you're having a great day!

That's a good question! I guess it depends on what you mean by "protective?" I'm a whumper at heart and tend to explore character development by putting my OCs through physical and emotional turmoil, so I can't say I'm like "ooooh no I'll never hurt you" with any of them.

I guess I'd be the most discouraged by someone saying they disliked Claw. Mobo too, since I've grown attached to him, but Claw especially. I put a lot of work into showing his personality and making him one of the more likeable War Machines. While he doesn't have much of a character arc in WANNABE, he's still a lot of fun.