Kofi link: https://ko-fi.com/A705QND || Dragon || 32 || They/them (he/she is π), aroace & queer. Fanfic-writing trash, occasional original-writer, rare doodler. Full-time dragon part-time mortal. Profanity warning. Live your life without shame, but not without a conscience. Author of FEF fanfic "Waves" and others on FFN/AO3. Reblog side blog: @thatdragonreblogs. Doodle blog: @thatdragondraws. Story behind-the-scenes/reader interaction blog: @thatdragonmuses. Twitter: @thedragonlover. AO3: TheDragonLover. FFN/FPC: The Dragon Lover. Avatar by AlphaMamaLioness.
I have hefty dental bills in my future, so I'm boosting writing commissions again! (Donations are also nice! Kofi link here or at the top of my blog.) DM me here to discuss what kind of commission you want!
Examples of my work:
Original fiction (Roburcus, the Treeborn Prince [slight modern-y fantasy], Man Down! [modern fantasy], Leading Lady [bug world fantasy])
Fanfiction (stupid song [FEA high school AU], Steal Yourself [FEF modern scifi AU], sharing is daring [Horrortale post-pacifist], Clem [D&D character backstory], Hornet the Seamstress [HK Queen Hornet AU])
I will write:
Original fiction (with client direction or at my creative liberty; OC and SI friendly)
Fanfiction (for series I'm familiar with, my DMs are open for any questions; crossover/AU, OC and SI friendly)
D&D narration and concepts (one-shot adventures, NPCs, character backstories, etc)
I won't write:
Adult and child romantic relationships
Anything more than mildly suggestive
I may also decline a commission for other reasons.Β More information (current rates, process etc) can be found on my Ko-Fi! But with all that aside--
I'll open 3 Slots for now! This original post will be updated as they fill (or with new info)!
Dragon Recommends You Read The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Lots of people have probably been talking about this book on Tiktok, but if you're like me and don't have one of those, you might've missed this gem.
I happened across it by chance, and after reading the quote on the front cover ("like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket") I was like Okay You've Got My Attention. And the first page inside had another quote saying this was the "greatest feel-good story ever to involve the Antichrist." Therefore I was obligated to read it.
The first bit of the book presents the fairly boring and bleak life of the main character Linus Baker, a forty-year-old man who has no family, friends or loved ones. He's a caseworker in the Department In Charge of Magical Youth, or DICOMY. He visits orphanages for magical children to evaluate them, making sure the kids are being properly cared for and deciding whether or not the orphanage remains open. Suddenly, he's called by the bigwigs (Extremely Upper Management) for a meeting where he's given an incredibly classified mission: To check out one of the most isolated orphanages where the "most dangerous problem children" go, run by Mr. Arthur Parnassus. Thus Linus' life begins to change quite rapidly.
I want to talk so much more about the book but I don't want to spoil even a little bit, so I'll bite my tongue. But I can say that the way Klune writes this novel is incredible. It begins very matter-of-factly, the world simply black-and-white and oh so dreary as Linus trudges through his daily life. You can see when things begin to change for him. All of the children? They're so fantastic. One wrote a poem and I CRIED reading it. And oh man don't get me STARTED on the love story portion it's SO GOOD but I can't spoil any of it!!! You really must read it for yourself!
Warnings for those who need it would be for references of: past child abuse/neglect, past deaths of intelligent sentient/sapient creatures, past starvation leading to parental death, kids pretending there are cannibals in the forest or man-eating snakes/insects, morbid/dark humor for shock value (mostly via Lucy), and past fires in a home.
Despite this situation the kids find themselves in though, and the adults who now care for them... this novel becomes so very bright and warm. Because, as is mentioned in the book, the word "orphanage" here is a misnomer; Mr. Parnassus' orphanage is truly their home.
As if all of that wasn't enough to hook my heart, I literally learned this today:
And I wanted to cry because I was so HAPPY to see someone so open about being on the ace spectrum. And somehow, I had known this, subconsciously. Because it certainly permeates his writing, in the simplest and smallest of ways that hit so powerfully by the end. Like Klune understood me.
This story reached out like a gentle, warm hand and touched my heart. I so very rarely feel that in stories. I'm so very glad he's written this and other stories. I hope other ace people out there can feel the same comfort and joy from his writing.
You discover that you have control over a certain thing, as determined by spinning this wheel. We're talking full-on magical girl/superhero/supervillain/your label of choice control.
With that in mind, your chosen path is:
A hero
A villain
An early villain who reforms and joins the heroes
Originally a hero, but you soon become a villain
It depends on the current situation, really
None of the above, I've got too much other shit to do
