#wisdomxseeker

[gradiivus]

// hello, happy munday! 2, 8, 16 please!

Munday questions

2 : are there any muses you have wanted to write for, but would be scared to try?

Well, a while ago I actually had a pretty strong Owain muse. I probably took to him because of how interesting it would be to write his dialogue, but that’s also why I just... couldn’t write him publicly either. It would take so much work for me to even get that muse off the ground that I’d probably exhaust myself.

8 : do you have a thread that consistently challenges you or has challenged you in the past? why? additionally, what kind of situations / threads are difficult for you as a writer, or for your muse?

Well, right now it’s definitely Berkut’s thread with Gerik. I’m so entertained by it, but it’s definitely not the kind of thread I usually write. Berkut about to throw down in an oil wrestling match against Gerik? Never would have thought I’d be writing that. At any rate, it’s only challenging for me because I don’t ordinarily venture into “crack” territory. But perhaps I should try it more often. It’s the only way I’d end up feeling comfortable with it.

Muse-wise, the most challenging threads are definitely ones that require my muse to be friendly or approachable. While Camus is a little bit easier to handle in social situations, despite his stoicism, Berkut and Julius are most certainly not. Getting interactions going, and keeping them going, after a simple introduction is pretty tough.

16 : is there anything you do to prepare for writing your muse? what do you do to summon them if they’re not present?

Camus is by far the easiest muse for me to write. I can summon him just by opening his drafts. But it shouldn’t be surprising that after having a muse for this long, I’d be able to fall right into writing him with relative ease. If I’m struggling though, I tend to put on some Celtic folk.

Julius is a stubborn one, and super finicky. If he’s not feeling like working, then there’s nothing I can do to coax him out. On the other hand, summoning Berkut has been pretty easy, but I’m also still riding the SoV hype. All I really need to do is play one of his battle themes and the muse is all ready to go.honestly I could listen to those tracks on repeat for hours; don’t even get me started on that iconic piano motif aaa

[draconiium]

2, 9, 18!

                                                                 roleplay munday [ x ]

2. are there any muses you have wanted to write for, but would be scared to try?

i said alm and ( situationally ) lukas, right? continuing with the SoV train, i think python. he was a character that really appealed to me in the game right from his character art, before i even knew anything about him. and then the more i got into him, the more i loved him, from his lackadaisical and dismissive demeanor to his surprising skills of perception and honest, common sense. on that note, his support with clive is by far my favorite support in the game. 

i think my issue with wanting to play him is that, although his character overall is very relatable to me and god i just like.........feel him on a spiritual level, i don’t think i could do his voice very well. he talks in a very particular way, and i don’t think i could get across his python......ness to the degree it has to be done in order to be properly python. ahh, if only, though.

9. what’s one character trait you have in common with your muse? one trait you don’t have in common?

i did zeiss, so ig i’ll do leif haha. leif and i have so much in common that it’s incredible, honestly haha. aside from the depressing traits, we both feel really hard? i mentioned this about him in an earlier ask, but he just feels emotions really intensely, which is something i share. it’s interesting cause i don’t cry very easily when i’m sad or whatever, but i’m sort of really Extra about every emotion. i’m never lowkey. i don’t think i know what chill is. sometimes i have to stop in the middle of walking places because i’m just hit with a huge wave of emotion and it’s not even any emotion in particular -- i’m not happy or sad it’s just like..... intensity. 

fight on, little leif.

i do not, however, have leif’s incredible tenacity and determination. i tend to give up on things easily, and if i’m beaten down because i failed at something, yeah probably not gonna give it a second go. he’s also motivated by spite and by other people telling him he can’t do something. “yeah well i’ll show you!” i am decidedly not. someone tells me i can’t do something and i’m more likely to be like yeah you’re probably right.

18. what is your writing process? do you work in bursts of inspiration or have set times for writing? do you start drafts at the beginning or jump around? do you edit?

i pretty much make myself write every day if i can, with a typical goal of 3 non-ooc posts per day on whichever blog i’m working on. sometimes i reach it; sometimes i don’t; sometimes i smash past it with flying colors. so in that sense i like to keep a regimen of cycling through my blogs and making sure i do something every day. honestly, if i relied on bursts of hella inspiration to do stuff, i’d probably just never get anything done because i’m just so lazy.

i open up a draft, and go from beginning to end straight, and then post it when i’m done. i don’t make notes for my ideas; i don’t do some parts of a reply first; and i personally cannot stomach leaving a draft half-finished so if i start it, i’ve gotta finish it in one sitting or else it’s going to drive me haywire.

the only editing i do ( and this is gonna sound really silly ) is adding in / taking out / adjusting a word here and there for the sole purpose of making the lines as even as possible LMAO. it’s not even because i don’t think it sounds right or something; it’s just because i hate the fact that the dashboard doesn’t have a text justify option and if my lines aren’t all as close to the end of the window as possible before they cut off,  i can’t deal with it. 

i’ll also sometimes merge or break up paragraphs if only is too grossly long or short and it messes up how the shape of the reply looks as a whole. aesthetics drive me crazy and are 100% the only reason i do any editing at all.

[servantofmila-blog]

i had a sudden thought that silque and genny would be cute

[Oh man. I have thought the same! I love the idea of a cleric/cleric ship. I really dig the thought of Silque and Genny meeting and becoming good friends post-SoV and Genny joins her on her pilgrimage and they travel together helping people and yes. I like it. It would be cute]

[nohrfidelis]

t... try me buddy... what would kliff and silas look like

{ CRACKS MY KNUCKLES hey buddy let’s do this

i think they could get along really well!! they both come off as pretty calm people, and silas would definitely respect all of kliff’s walls and barriers-- he’d take the time to try to get to know him, and even if kliff never told him a single thing... well, that’d be fine; he’d still care for him just the same. 

i had this image while i was mulling it over of just... them hanging out together, reading, and kliff’s just absorbed in his book... and then when he finally looks up there’s warm tea on the table beside him (or whatever is his soothing beverage of choice) and some light snacks... they’re just there all of the sudden, because maybe silas noticed kliff clearing his throat or maybe there’s some other tell indicative of some sort of something. just... silas looking out for kliff without a word. and when he leaves there’s a new book on the desk, or some sort of trinket silas thought he might like... 

and then what if silas told kliff a s • e • c • r • e • t, or something. and he knows kliff plays his cards close to his chest, but he wants kliff to know that he does trust him. 

i guess that’s all very silas centric, ahaha, but. man. silas is all featherlight touches, brushing the hair out of someone’s eyes, rubbing circles onto their hands with his thumbs-- he’s comfort and gentle affection and care in every gesture, and that’s what he’d give.but he wouln’t push, wouldn’t even ask for anything, whether for better or worse. that’s just... silas.  it’s how he is.

[la-dolcissima-blog]

5, 6?

ooc; HC Meme

5. Guilty pleasures

Something more innocuous--sleeping in. At the orphanage, one got up early because it was difficult to sleep. Too many children packed into too little a space. The rooms were poorly insulated for the winter. You went to bed still hungry. Someone cried in the dead of the night, and you couldn’t get back to sleep... And then in the abbey, well, good fucking luck with that one, the nuns would have none of that foolishness, my friend.

So when she can, she likes to sleep in, especially on rainy days when she can wake, listen to the rain, and then go back to sleep all cozy and warm.

6. Their vices (physical or emotional)

In another character meme--which I will fill out some day--it asks what mortal sin your muse is most associated with, and Serra is gluttony hands down. Serra takes. And takes. And takes. And she’s not particularly good at giving back, or giving at all. She hungers for material excess. She hoards trinkets and little things and hangs onto useless bits and pieces. She clings to people. She’s touch-starved, craves attention, and wants more, always more.

[aurelentsovereign]

If you had the power to change one thing about the past, what might that be?

Emmeryn hesitates. She shouldn’t. She shouldn’t hesitate. She could stop her father from invading Plegia, the first time. She could stop Gangrel from rejecting her aid, she could do better- she could...there’s so much she could improve-

“I would save my mother.” Chrom and Lissa deserved a real mother. One they could remember well, one she barely recalled herself. Childbirth had taken her, and, Emmeryn was a healer now. A good one, she’d learned to be. She could save her-

[jehannanmage]

Of Worlds Condemned/ Kliff + Ewan

He half ran, half stumbled down the wooded hill, clutching his side as he went. This was far enough, right? This had to be far enough. With a grunt of pain and no small effort, the youth gingerly seated himself behind a fair sized tree. Hopefully its ample size might provide an extra moment's cover if, for whatever saint-forsaken reason, it was required.

There was so much to consider. Too much. The thoughts piled one atop another: exactly what manner of creature was it that has attacked him? It had appeared similar to a revenant, and yet... And while he was at it, where exactly was he, if not in Magvel, and how had he come to be here? Was his teacher all right? But all of these thoughts were mere echoes vying for what scant attention could be paid them - the better part of Ewan's focus lay on the small but aggravated wound at his side, and its pain spoke much louder than the rest of his addled thoughts all put together.

"Saints above," he muttered through a laboured breath. He'd really gotten himself into a jam, this time.

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[freckled-archer-blog]

Of Boys and Boeys

@wisdomxseeker said:  ❛ i don’t have time for a relationship. do you know how many books i need to read? ❜

Dorothy had been minding her own business near the Church’s grounds, making sure everything was under control. Somehow, she found these moments to be the best to gather her thoughts about the day. Currently, she was sitting in the Church’s steps, muttering to herself.

“I don’t know...” she said, her chin resting on her hand, looking at the sky. “A dress would be nice, it’s usually pretty hot, but I like my current outfit... I also should buy more bandages...” A yawn escaped her mouth. “And also... practice, I guess? That’s also good... maybe there’s something to do inside the Church. When did I last check?” Dorothy raised an eyebrow, that was a very good question.

She heard mumbling afterwards, but this time, it didn’t seem like she was the origin of such a thing, but a boy walking slowly in front of the Church. Her heart almost stopped, had he heard her mumbles? Was he talking about her? She stayed silent for a moment, to listen to something he said, only catching one little phrase...

By the time she was done listening, she had already stood up and followed him. “Hey, are you... are you okay?” Perhaps it wasn’t the best to approach someone silently with a bow and arrow, even if her motive was friendly.