Here Be Faeries ...

A blog for the book I'm writing

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It's finally finished! The big lineup of all the named+plot relevant characters in the book.

This was kind of a huge undertaking despite the very simplistic art style and I'm super proud of having accomplished this. I've always wanted to do something similar and it's satisfying to finally see it and to know I could do it!

Now to never do this again lmfao

Separate posts/closeups: x x x x

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Introducing the four humors, the sillies, the four central characters of the first book.

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Final part of the lineup! I think I've now drawn all the characters that are named and plot relevant. I ended up replacing Val's brother's cameo with Amaryllis because it's more consequential than he was lmao.

Poor Oriana got stuck with the antagonists. Though to be fair she's also not the most morally pure character. Girl stop living with assholes and maybe you'll get better 😔

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While drawing the bastard I have realized that a Sidra/Severin book would've been a standalone dark fantasy erotic thriller that would involve a lot of abuse and mental torture and end with him becoming her brainwashed slave. Like we're talking taking him for walks on a leash type shit. Using him as a footstool type deal. She would not be happy about it mind, because all that abuse would not be worth unlocking her true potential, but she would find a way to use him as an attack dog against Adora to dethrone her. And possibly get all of Beauty put down like sick animals. And then she'd mercy-kill him too.

I must stress that Sidra is basically a dormant eldritch being and only Val comes even close to ever realizing this in the story proper which is why it's so romantic 🥰

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It's important to know that Val is an incredibly jealous and petty sort of guy who WILL act all childish and mean to whoever it is that flirts with the object of his affections (Sidra) pre-relationship. However he won't make it her problem. He will make it his problem and the rival's problem. Like he will step aside if she tells him she chooses somebody else but until then all bets are off. He'll be like "Oh you're flirting with that guy huh😒 Well there's no accounting for taste I suppose 🙄 I mean you do whatever you want, I don't care, but like, he's so mid, don't you think? You can do better for sure 😳 Idk who but that guy's basically the scum of the earth so 🤷‍♂️ I mean idk it's up to you of course. Just my opinion 💅💅💅"

He is that bitch.

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Woag look. It's the elder vibe checkers!

Left to right: Briar, Veerie, Ortagon, Auron.

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Briar will probably hate your vibe and won't tell you about it, but you'll know. The more Veerie approves of your vibe the more she'll be nasty to you (it's her brand of tough love). Ory hates everyone's vibes except Auron's, so don't even bother with him tbh. Auron will most likely looove your vibe, but on the rare occasion that he hates your vibe, you'll never know, however your crops will die and your loved ones will leave you.

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Woag look. It's the elder vibe checkers!

Left to right: Briar, Veerie, Ortagon, Auron.

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Something about their eyes hits different.

Might be the genetic predisposition to mental illness.

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The human squad!*

*They are not a squad.

Left to right: Grandma, Sidra's dad, Sinéad's mom, and Sidra's FWB.

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Introducing the four humors, the sillies, the four central characters of the first book.

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Spent actual effort on this only for it to get ONE LIKE on Instagram, so fuck it, I'm posting it here too!

You can read this right now on Tapas!

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Book 2 draft 1 progress so far

Chapter One: 3k words :D

Chapter Two: 3.9k words :)

Chapter Three: 6 ... thousand ... words ...

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Working on book 2 draft 1? And Val's half-brother just showed up and first thing he does is hit on Sidra. And then Val shows up like

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Adan: Woah girl ur like a solid 6/10

Sidra: haha yeah i guess lol

Adan: Cool I need you carnally btw

Val:

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Working on book 2 draft 1? And Val's half-brother just showed up and first thing he does is hit on Sidra. And then Val shows up like

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What if I drew a lineup of all the characters in the first book? Like. Start with the major ones ofc. Then side characters. Then super minor characters + antagonists. Not sure I should include the non-humanoid ones, but I do want to include Amaryllis just for fun. It would be a huge project lmao, so idk if it'd be worth it. But I do wanna try it at least with the major + side characters.

To be clear, not portraits or in-depth character sheets, but just a lineup, so you can kinda see their heights and vibes n stuff. Ya know. For fun?

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progress is slooooooow but still going

also don't look at sidra's shoes don't look at them don't LOOK AT THEM

i'll fix them later ok just clam down 🦪 <no clam emojis so this willdo

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Sinéad is taller than Sidra btw 💅

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What if I drew a lineup of all the characters in the first book? Like. Start with the major ones ofc. Then side characters. Then super minor characters + antagonists. Not sure I should include the non-humanoid ones, but I do want to include Amaryllis just for fun. It would be a huge project lmao, so idk if it'd be worth it. But I do wanna try it at least with the major + side characters.

To be clear, not portraits or in-depth character sheets, but just a lineup, so you can kinda see their heights and vibes n stuff. Ya know. For fun?

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progress is slooooooow but still going

also don't look at sidra's shoes don't look at them don't LOOK AT THEM

i'll fix them later ok just clam down 🦪 <no clam emojis so this willdo

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Book 2 is gonna potentially explore Sidra's relationship with Clara? Which I'm excited about because I know it's gonna be one of those things that cause Disk Horse but I love how very mundane yet complex it is. Both of them compare the other to a sharp knife and it's like. Well you're not wrong.