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talon | 20s | my pronouns are your problem | i write things

[misseswallard]

I made some silly goofy sticker designs for the trio!!

[talonwings]

FRIEND ART FRIEND ART FRIEND ART—

i need all of these on my laptop immediately

[grey-washere]

nobody ever let me near a paper and pen again

[grey-washere]

ramblings of a madman

[talonwings]

my friend is crazy and slimeknight makes me ill

[monochromepolymer]

Chapters: 5/? Fandom: Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist - Wifies (Web Series) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: AveryTheMayo/Derek | d3rLord3 (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist), AveryTheMayo & d3rLord3 (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist) Characters: d3rLord3 (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist), The King In Yellow (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist), AveryTheMayo (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist) Additional Tags: AveryTheMayo Takes Care Of Derek | d3rLord3 (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist), Alive Derek | d3rLord3 (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist), Derek | d3rLord3 Has Infinite Knowledge (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist), Hurt/Comfort, d3rLord3 Has PTSD (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist), He/Him Pronouns for AveryTheMayo (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist), It/Its Pronouns For The King In Yellow (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist), Protective AveryTheMayo (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist), AveryTheMayo Being an Idiot (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist), he breaks into derek’s house, That’s it, that’s the fic /j, Thank you to my beta readers, Gore, Blood and Gore, Eldritch Horror, Eldritch, Derek | d3rLord3 is Bad at Feelings (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist), Derek | d3rLord3 Has Mental Health Issues (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist), Eldritch Derek | d3rLord3 (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist), No Smut, Literal Sleeping Together

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HEY GANG!!!!! GUESS WHO’S BACK!!! YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

feast.

[talonwings]

ITS MY ACTUAL INSPIRATION??????? guys this fic is so delicious im dead serious you have to read it NOW plus i got to collab with Cotton and im just. STILL REELING TBHJ

OKAY GO READ IT PLEASE BYE <3

[monochromepolymer]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist - Wifies (Web Series) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: AveryTheMayo & Derek | d3rLord3 (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist) Characters: Derek | d3rLord3 (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist), AveryTheMayo (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist), The King In Yellow | Hastur (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist) Additional Tags: AU Crossover Fic, crackfic, crossover of the century, Ghost in the Machine/An Approaching Madness continuity, teenage Avery (AAM), platonic slimeknight (AAM), but a crackfic with potential!!, To You I Pour Corroded Sun continuity, romantic slimeknight (eventually) (TYIPCS), No beta we die like Derek, Eldritch, Eldritch Horror, References to The King in Yellow - Robert W. Chambers, It/Its Pronouns For The King In Yellow (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist), Eldritch Derek | d3rLord3 (Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist), Scientology, References to Scientology, ok look hear me out ok its relevant Summary:

It was supposed to be for the meme, but a scientology speedrun goes awry when two other members join the chat.

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AMAZING, AMAZING CROSSOVER BETWEEN AN APPROACHING MADNESS (AAM) AND TO YOU I POUR CORRODED SUN (TYIPCS) THAT I HAD THE ABSOLUTE PLEASURE OF WRITING WITH @talonwings !!!!!1 OHH MY GOD THE WAY YOU WRITE IS PERFECT AND ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS I WILL EAT YOUR WRITING FOREVER!!!!

IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE HONOR AND I HAD AN ABSOLUTE BLAST WRITING THIS WITH YOU, HERE’S TO MANY MORE COLLABS!!!

[grey-washere]

SCREAMING I GOT TO WRITE WITH MY INSPO BRO… BROOOOOO

[talonwings]

tell me how this is my real actual life that i got invited to crossover with my actual inspiration???? and tHEY SAID I AM FRIEND??? blowing up abnd exploding in real life

also you should read An Approaching Madness (AAM) and To You I Pour Corroded Sun (TYIPCS) on AO3 because me and Cotton are really cool and awesome writers and yeah. *finger guns*

OKAY BYUE

[misseswallard]

Sooo,,, uuhhhhh.... Hello again 👋

I have once more been dragged into the fandom hole, this time it's slimeknight and sfawtde...

So this piece is based on a wonderful friends fanfic Ghost in the Machine and it's sequel fic An Approaching Madness. In it Derek survives the whole ordeal and have to DEAL with Hastur.

And I just love how Talon (the author) protrays their relationship. So please give the fics a read! They are so good!!

[talonwings]

oh my god guys i’m doing fandom stuff again

SFAWTDE/DAWTDE owns my whole soul and so does this art piece by my amazing friend 😭😭 the texture and composition is SO gorgeous and i’m obsessed with all the little details in every bit of it

if you wanna read approaching 70k of me being in denial that Derek is gone then please give my fics a look

[orcboxer]

those first couple weeks after escaping a time loop have gotta be disorienting as all fuck. all those little cues that used to tell you what's about to happen are now triggers that cause you to brace for something that isn't coming. you have to relearn the permanence of death -- hell, you have reacquaint yourself with the entire concept of finality altogether. everything keeps changing but it never changes back and you keep having to remind yourself that this is normal. "it won't reset anymore," you echo to yourself, over and over and over, like a broken record, like you're still trapped in a loop, like someone who escaped the time loop but was doomed to bring it into the future with them

[doomcheese]

Digging through older things I never posted here.. ahh nostalgia

[homunculus-argument]

Idea for a Generic Medieval Fantasy Setting: The characters refer to their nameday as an apparent stand-in for birthdays, celebrating it annually according to their respective preferences and perhaps family customs, as one does. People talk about things that happened before someone's time as having gone down "before you were named", someone grievously insults an opponent on the battlefield by going "your mother should never have named you." So with the way naming is always talked about, as a reader you start to somewhat assume from context clues that these people have some sort of a taboo about the word "birth" or something, and naming is used as some sort of an euphenism to avoid naming the process in which people come into the world.

Then somewhere halfway through the story it turns out that in this setting, people aren't named immediately after being born. This is a semi-realistic-gritty fantasy setting, after all. Due to the somewhat high infant mortality, to at least somewhat soften the blow of potentially losing a child, babies just aren't named before the parents are pretty confident that the kid is going to survive. The naming ceremony is where a baby is officially aknowledged as an entire individual, a member of the family and a legally existing person, instead of just a gurgling extension of the mother who may or may not disappear from this world. And that timespan between birth and being named is - depending on the situation and the family - somewhere between 1-4 years.

And suddenly the whole bunch of annoyingly-too-mature teenagers and other weird remarks about age start making sense in hindsight. The heroine protagonist who celebrated her 16th nameday at the start of the story is actually 19 years old. The wild difference in maturity between two characters who were both named the same year wasn't just a difference in backgrounds, The Rich Idiot isn't just rosy-cheeked and naive due to being sheltered growing up, but actually literally years younger than a peasant "of the same age". A character who's sickly and was frequently remarked to look much older than their years hasn't just been harrowed by their illness, but was not named before the age of seven because their parents didn't think they'd survive.

[concidineart]

Count fWhip. The guy.

[applestruda]

Boatem knights joel and lizzie

The hunter and the lady of the woods

[shepscapades]

Ranchers as Grant Wood’s American Gothic was supposed to be sillay and goofy but then I set the ranch on fire and one thing led to another and now it’s. sad DFBJDFGB I’m really happy with how this came out though, so!! Here’s my week 3 piece for the Hermitcraft Design Challenge thingie :]

[ofathousandscenes]

Here’s a really old piece from August 2022 that I lost motivation for, way back when Empires S2 was starting! Way back when I didn’t know how to use blending mode layers; I color picked everything here haha. Probably why I lost motivation on it…

“Into the Middle of Nowhere, singing and laughter will die…” /lyr

I might redraw this.

[copepods]

every video game released as part of a larger series/franchise should have a mandatory waiting period of 5 years between a game release and any sequels or dlc planned afterwards. not to give enough time to make sure the sequel's good and finished, but to drive speedrunners to the state of content-deprived near-insanity where they start doing ridiculous runs like randomizing npc dialogue or cutting every blade of grass

[copepods]

batshit video concepts like this are vital to the youtube gaming ecosystem and they will stop existing entirely if every game franchise puts out something new every 6 months

[greentrickster]

Daughter of fantasy villains decides to rebel against her parents by actually going through with her arranged marriage to a local golden retriever of a prince instead of running off with some local villain-to-be or conquering said golden retriever’s kingdom and ruling it solo like her parents expect her to. Plus, sue her, she’s into the clean-cut earnest look.

At the same time, local prince charming discovers that he’s actually very into the gothic fiance his parents have landed him with in order to try and establish peace with the local evil lair down the lane, he would never have guessed a spiderweb pattern could look so fetching on a ball gown…?

Meanwhile, two pairs of parents in a tizzy because they both expected their offspring to whole-heartedly reject this union and give them an excuse to conquer their goody-two-shoes/evil neighbours, they’re not supposed to actually like each other-!

[chucktaylorupset]

respective friend groups undergoing culture clash like all of prince charming’s knights are like what vile spell has been used to ensorcel our prince.  we must be on our guard for surely this is but a ruse for an assassination attempt

meanwhile the villain bride’s friends are all like clearly he loves you not, why do you persist in a manner that will ensure your own heart break, i mean if he was taking this seriously there would be at least three assassination attempts by now.  it’s like he doesn’t even notice that you have massive amounts of dark power to covet for his own

smashcut to

fully armored knight, clanging through the hallways in attempts at stealth, blades drawn: i’m just saying, i took an oath of protection.  this feels wrong.

prince charming: it’s not wrong, it’s celebrating cross cultural traditions for my beloved bride

knight: it’s attempted murder

prince charming: it’s a loving attempted murder

[greentrickster]

@chucktaylorupset  Meanwhile the bride has a bouquet of roses, cornflowers, and wheat sheaves on her desk in her room, and she’s not coming out until she’s written a beautiful and moving poem about how they favourably compare to her groom. It’s been three days. She’s gone through an entire raven’s worth of quills (unethically sourced). The ‘toads who used to be my friends’ list has gone up by one. But she’s bent dark forces and eldritch spirits to her will and, by the powers obscene, this will not be the thing that breaks her.

Sorceress friend: Please, just get him an amulet that will double his power at the cost of his soul, no one’s worth this.

Rebellious villainess: (nearly in tears) No, he brought his best knights to the castle and tried to kill me last week, at midnight, I can’t ignore something like that! He even kicked Cathulhu!

Sorceress friend: He nudged it with his foot. And then he apologized to it. In tears.

Rebellious villainess: (actually in tears now, for reasons of feels instead of poetic torment) He’s trying so hard!!!

[greentrickster]

Villainess: Beloathed, I need a goat.

Prince: Of course, darling - may I inquire as to what for?

Villainess: Blood sacrifice to the dark gods, you know how it is.

Prince: …

Prince: …darling, you know I support your lifestyle choices, but I must say this before it potentially happens.

Prince: I’m not all right with human sacrifice. That’s one of my boundaries. I don’t know if you do that or not, but it seemed a topical time to bring it up.

Villainess: (carefree laugh) Oh beloathed, don’t worry yourself about such things, I would never!

Villainess: (leading him off to the goat market) Only incompetents use actual humans. Skilled practitioners of the dark arts know that a goat is not only a sufficient sacrifice, but the superior one.

Prince: You don’t say? Fascinating!

[greentrickster]

@sapphire-monkey One of the nobles against the marriage in the prince’s kingdom invites the villainess to a local village’s blessing ritual, secure in the knowledge that it’s not only custom to wear the absolute palest white or undyed linen/woolen clothing one owns, it’s a requirement of the ritual and sacrilegious to do otherwise. Let’s see you deal with that miss all-black-wardrobe.

She arrives in diaphanous white silk edged with lace that gives the impression of beautifully tattered hems, all of it drifting gently around her on the spring breeze to give the feeling of a wraith from a haunted castle or something of the such. While not her personal cup of tea, she finds the ritual very moving, and absolutely understands why its one of her beloathed’s favorites.

One of the nobles from her kingdom, meanwhile, decides, fuck it, and just turns the prince into a frog. It takes her two minutes to find and fix him.

Villain noble: How.

Villainess: True love’s kiss, bitch.

Villain noble: (seethes)

The prince, meanwhile, pissed off the entire villainous court for the recent engagement ball that was held by knowing and responding accordingly to all the proper threats and insults. He studied before doing this, and he’s not going to shame darling in front of her peers! Bastard even managed to subdue his chivalry long enough to flirt with one of her friends right in front of her, how dare he be so considerate and sensitive to her needs like that-!?

[greentrickster]

First time the Prince finds out Villainess can transform into a gigantic fire-breathing dragon is a very O_OU moment for him.

Villainess: Are you surprised I can? It’s a common ability.

Prince: I didn’t want to assume.

Villainess: …

Prince: (sweats)

Villainess: …you’re picturing me turning into a dragon and riding on my back into battle, aren’t you?

Prince: N-no, no, of course not-!

Villainess: (drapes in his lap) It’s okay, we’d look fantastic. (sly expression) And probably scary enough to get the enemy forces to surrender without any needless bloodshed.

Prince: (sweating) Darling, are you trying to tempt me into putting you into a position where you could be injured in battle?

Villainess: A little. :3 (more seriously) But it is also on the table if we ever need to defend our throne. It’s the sort of thing that form’s for, really.

Prince: If you’re comfortable with it, then very well, it shall be added to the list of acceptable strategies.

(comfortable cuddling for a moment)

Prince: I imagine you make a very majestic dragon.

Villainess: (preening) I really do.

Prince: Perhaps we should have a tapestry done of it, then? It could hang opposite the one of my family’s crest in the throne room when we someday ascend the thrones ourselves.

Villainess: 8O! Beloathed, I would adore a tapestry of that! (cuddles further against him) Oh, and across from your family crest! That would be such a slap in the face to my parents, having a tapestry of me there instead of their own crest.

Prince: (hadn’t thought of it that way, but is happy that she’s happy)

[greentrickster]

Villainess comes in one night thoroughly out of sorts because her stupid cousin’s decided to make a move on her rights to the souls of their ancestors, and the jerk’s competent enough to actually have a potential chance at getting them, too, like he’d even wear the necklace of jewels they’re trapped in-!!!

The Prince listens patiently to her frustration until she’s finished, then considers for a few minutes.

“Darling, about that banquet your family’s having next fortnight - will your cousin be in attendance?”

“Yes, he’ll be using it to lay the groundwork of his plans. Why?”

“Would it be all right if I popped in for a bit? And was rather more… myself than I usually am around your parents?”

“…I suppose it’d be all right.”

“Wonderful!” (kisses her hand) “Perhaps wear those full-arm gloves your friend got you for the event - the ones that allow you to handle blessed objects without them interfering with your dark powers?”

“Well now I’m just curious. I shall do as you request, beloathed.”

The night of he shows up to the banquet positively radiating charm, good will, and benevolence, decked out in full armor that’s glowing slightly. Oh this? It’s the ancestral trappings of one of his relatives who was a champion of the stellar deities, those who guide ones who have become lost in darkness? He’s not a holy champion himself, but he is a fully-realized warrior of light and family, so he’s permitted to wear it at times. Oh yes, he completed his warrior of light trials when he was eighteen, when on a quest and everything! That’s where he earned his sword - it’s actually a shard of sunlight, you know, not metal. That’s why he’s called Prince of the Sun and Stars sometimes - bit of a grandiose title, really, but the artists and poets enjoy playing with the imagery, and who is he to deny them, especially when Darling is so fond of the stars herself! There’s a lass in one of the kingdom’s villages doing a portrait of the two of them together playing with that motif, actually, and it looks like it’s going to to be absolutely lovely when it’s done-

And he continues to be cheerful, charming, and just the nicest, most polite guy for the time he’s there while also reminding everyone in no uncertain terms that, for as long as the forces of evil have been trying to quash the forces of good, his side has been working at the opposite. And his side tends to win more often. And maybe it would be wise not to pick a fight with Darling because he’d hate to have to do battle with a potential in-law in the path of supporting her family’s traditions regarding people who cross them…

Jerk cousin is thoroughly cowed out of making an attempt at the family-filled jewels, and Villainess’s friends are standing with her off to the side going, “Okay, beginning to see what you see in him now.” Villainess herself is walking around with on safely-gloved hand on his arm as he intimidates the hell out of everyone she knows in order to help her protect what’s hers, swooning a little bit inside the whole time.

(Hers might be more diversely applicable, but Villainess isn’t the only one bringing something to the table in terms of power. Prince is generally more useful for things like getting birds to sing in chorus or making friends with bunnies, but his family does specialize in slaying evil. She may be skilled at facing enemies of all sorts, but he’s prepared specifically for anyone in her home court who might try to backstab her.)

[concidineart]

fWhip & the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

fWhip has realized what's been going on and would very much like to leave now.

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[talonwings]

dumb ocs oops

[luna-azzurra]

Elements in your book by order of importance

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- Plot: The sequence of events that drive the story forward and create tension, conflict, and resolution.

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- Writing style: The author's unique voice and the way the story is narrated, which can greatly impact the reader's experience.

- Conflict: The challenges, obstacles, or opposition that the characters face, driving the narrative and character development.

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- Imagery: Vivid and descriptive language that appeals to the reader's senses and creates vivid mental images.

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