The Sporkbearer Saga

Just your average Southern sci-fi/fantasy writing, Transformer loving, cat owning, antique selling, book collecting, dragon sculpting, photo taking, joke making, cookie baking blue-eyed belle.

[vaeru]

Drabble Commission Bingo

In recent news, my car, my lovely little Mira (short for “Miracle”) has been admitted to our local mechanic’s care. We’re not yet sure of the exact diagnosis (oil is leaking into the coolant, but we don’t know from where), and so far replacement parts alone are going to cost at least $1,100.

So.

To get me back into a writing habit, to get my mind off of things, to do something that I think will be a little challenging and a lot fun, and possibly (in the beyond-the-moon-absolute-bestest-best case scenario) to defray a little of Mira’s bill, I’ll be opening my ask box for a round of what we’ll call Drabble Commission Bingo.

Main points:

1. I’m not charging for this! These will be short and fun and pay-as-you-will. If you read the drabble and feel like contributing to my BuyMeACoffee page after, that’s amazingly incredibly awesome, but if you don’t, no worries!

2. The drabbles will be around 500 words, longer if I’m really inspired by your prompt.

3. No fanfic for liability reasons, nothing over PG-13 rating.

4. Questions, comments, suggestions are welcome. Shares and reblogs are much appreciated.

First come first serve, five slots available.

1. @dragonsinthecode

2. @1lauranon

3.

4.

5.

The rules are simple. Pick three items from the lists below, with at least one from each list.

If the item has multiple options (“robots/cyborgs/mecha”) please specify which one you want.

Send your chosen three to me in an ask, and I’ll get a-writin’! Voila!

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Characters/Beings

• Dinosaurs

• Aliens

• Witches / wizards

• Ninja

• Robots / cyborgs / mecha

• Fairies / pixies

• Elves

• Mythological creatures of choice (unicorns, dragons, centaurs, etc.)

• Mummies

• Werewolves / shapeshifters

• Dwarves

• Zombies

• Mermaids / mermen

• Ghosts

• Kaiju

• Vampires

Settings/Genres

• Underwater

• Superheroes

• Swashbuckling / pirates

• Hospital / veterinary clinic

• Urban

• Virtual reality

• Office

• High fantasy / medieval

• Outer space

• Steampunk

• Old West / cowboys

• Romance

• Comedy

• Horror

• Post-apocalyptic

• Cyberpunk

• Space opera

• Fairytale

[vaeru]

Werewolves in SPACE! strikes again. Meet Kin’Amare, aka Kin, aka the genderfluid elf mage who writes trashy romance novels in their spare time.

[niftywritter-deactivated2021091]

Happy meme!

-Thanks for the tag @aaliyaasworld! Here’s her post.

Five things that make me happy:

Nice smelling candles.

Great tasting coffee

A book that I actually get lost in.

Hanging out with my family

Vines :’( rip

Sending this to the first ten people in my notes:

@lend-your-lungs-to-me​ @capricious-writes @ether-42 @clarissalopeswriter @igotablankpage @depressionbeanbag @donna-and-lightning @shaping-infinity @yue412 @cookiecuttercritter

[donna-and-lightning-deactivated]

Thank you so much for tagging me, this is so cute! Also a good exercise my therapist told me to do

Five things that make me happy:

relaxing with a book or manga in the bathtub

having great coffee with a friend

late night conversations

experimenting with a new drawing style

my favourite songs blasting through my headphones while I people watch in the bus

I hope y’all can join in @wordsandrambling @i-will-rise-again @that-shy-fanfic-writer @lakerpville @pens-swords-stuff @mizuniatora

[that-shy-fanfic-writer]

Thanks for the tag :)

My five things are:

Singing and dancing along to musicals

Being loved by a cat

When a fanfic by my fav author gets updated

Talking with old friends I haven’t heard from in years

Spinning around in heavy rain with no umbrella and laughing at the feeling of slowly getting soaked

Tagging @bee-icarus @vaeru @thatcarzypersoninthecornerrrrr @morosecoffeeslut @marniebalboa @skyelight13 @skrillqueen @dandelion-dancing @linkedsoul @mable-stitchpunk

[vaeru]

Coolies! Okay, five Happy Things...

When my cat falls asleep on me... bonus points if she starts dreaming 🐾

Sunshowers and thunderstorms 🌦

Making mental music videos about stories I’m planning 🎧

Platonic hurt/comfort fics, heavy on the comfort 💕

NEW BOOKS NEW BOOKS NEW BOOKS 📚

If you’re reading this, consider yourself tagged. 😘

[leo-the-ringneck]

He can be so dramatic

[vaeru]

[vaeru]

Conry, Bast, and Lex indulging in naptime snuggles. So much floof, you guys. SO MUCH.

[vaeru]

Do you ever feel the change in the sunlight and notice that, yes, the days really are getting longer and brighter and warmer, and you can feel the SAD starting to melt away and it’s so exciting

Like I can’t wait, I’m going to be ALIVE AGAIN give me sun and flowers and flip-flops hell yes

[dame-of-dames]

I like the days getting longer, but dislike the allergies to come…  Sigh.

[vaeru]

B-but... but flip-flops...

[vaeru]

Do you ever feel the change in the sunlight and notice that, yes, the days really are getting longer and brighter and warmer, and you can feel the SAD starting to melt away and it's so exciting

Like I can't wait, I'm going to be ALIVE AGAIN give me sun and flowers and flip-flops hell yes

[worships-moved]

anybody ever listen to a song and mentally create a amv for it in their head

[vaeru]

99% of my writing/plotting process tbh

[vaeru]

Werewolves in SPACE! sketch the third: Sebastien "Bast" Sinclair, older werewolf brother.

[gahdamnpunk]

PLUS!!:

Toxic for rabbits: Anise, Clove, Oregano, Tea Tree, Wintergreen Safe for rabbits: Lavender, lemon, orange, fennel,  eucalyptus and peppermint, all should be diluted with water!

[vaeru]

More people need to be aware of this, especially with the whole ESSENTIAL OILS OMG craze. Cats are especially vulnerable. Even "safe" oils MUST BE DILUTED and should never, NEVER be applied directly to the cat!

If you are diffusing oils, make certain the cat is free to leave the area and go somewhere els.

Sorry, rant over, but honestly.

Petsmart was selling citrus cat-cleansing wipes ffs

[cyberphuck]

New game: Describe your WiP in the way a clueless customer at a bookstore would.  example: “I don’t know, there were like… dancers or something? And one of them couldn’t remember who he was, and another one didn’t talk, and then there was this big party with the bad guy…” Bonus: “I think the cover had like a plant on it or something.”

[wipshelvesisclosed]

taglist: @writingonesdreams, @shit-she-wrote, and all followers interested. message me to be included in the permanent taglist.

[vuurkorf]

“So I’m pretty sure there was something about dead people and like, archaeology or something. this guy had serious daddy issues and this girl needed to take a chill pill, and also at some point a god got really fuckin pissed and decided to destroy the world. also there was a thing about a library or scrolls or papyrus or whatever”

@panda-noosh @shaping-infinity go

[donna-and-lightning-deactivated]

“Ok so the world was like a really big clock and they had to clean it and then there were mages and something and this one girl could like, look into the past? And I think there was something about kids who shouldn’t exist and torture and a revolution. I think the cover was a clock? Or like, the inside of a clock?”

Tagging @that-shy-fanfic-writer @serperina and anyone who wants to!

[that-shy-fanfic-writer]

“Okay, so like, there was this girl, right? Who like, ran into this group of kids. And they had, I dunno, dragons or powers or something. Maybe both? And the bad guys were like trying to steal or kill the dragons. I think there was also something about rebels and bad leadership, but like, it was the tradition so no one in power wanted to change it.”

Tagging @vaeru and @bee-icarus if you guys want to. And anyone else who’s interested!

[vaeru]

“So there was like magic and elves and stuff, but it was in outer space. And these people were trying to find a dragon-thing that got stolen, ‘cause one of them was under a curse... and I think there was a city inside a tree... or maybe it was a ship that was a city? And there were bug people... maybe?”

[vaeru]

Another WWiS! character sketch. Meet Alexander "Lex" Sinclair, the younger werewolf brother.

[vaeru]

Quick character sketch of Conry, from my Werewolves in SPACE! plotbunny insanity that I warned you guys about.

[vaeru]

Werewolves in SPACE!

Ladies and gents, here we have an excellent example of how plotbunnies can mutate when exposed to new fandoms. 

The original plotbunny (code name: Werewolves in SPACE! or WWiS!) was inspired by my brain going, Mercy Thompson werewolves + Cowboy Bebop space shenanigans = ???

This produced something along the lines of "technopathic girl joins werewolf bounty hunter brothers on adventures through the solar system and insanity ensues."

Over time, it gained some sprinkles of Firefly and Star Wars for flavor. Also vampires, elves, fae, cyborgs, etc. Because why not.

Now, thanks to fellow Tumblrs introducing me to The Adventure Zone and Critical Role (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE), the equation has been updated to [Mercy Thompson + Cowboy Bebop + (Star Wars + Firefly)] x DND.

Lacking a DND group for a creative outlet, I did the logical thing and created an entire space-fantasy adventuring party.

Meet the Cast:

Conry - technopathic human girl, the ADHD/anxious sweetheart, hacks computers with magic

Sebastien "Bast" Sinclair - werewolf guy, the impulsive, adventurous charmer, tinkerer/inventor

Alexander "Lex" Sinclair - werewolf guy, the quiet, strategic thinker, trying desperately to keep these morons alive

Kin’Amare - genderfluid elf* mage, writes trashy romance novels and likes shiny things

Alterra "Terra" Walker - shapeshifter grifter woman, social disaster lesbian

Lidota Pho - Pangori** (alien) warrior female, group mom, gentle-giant-slash-tank, loves learning about new cultures

Serban Vult - vampire boy doctor, looks innocent, actually perpetually irritated, germaphobe

Curiosity "Curi" - tiny dragon, group mascot, psychically bonded to Conry

TL;DR, I'm so stuck on this bunch of idiots that I’m considering creating a separate tumblr so people can watch in real time as I lose damn my mind over my own imaginary characters. 

But in the meanwhile I’m just going to spam some stuff on here. 

Apologies in advance.

* Includes long pointed ears, cat eyes and a fur-tipped tail, because why not.

** Think anthropomorphic pangolins. Because. Why. Not.

[fuzipenguin]

Transformers Iacon Literature Fest 2019 Day 6: Multi-chapter

I’m a speed reader, so longfics are my jam. 

Juxtaposition by @vaeru. I love this fic. This is the fic that showed me how OCs (and human!) can be done *really* well. 

Ariadne’s Thread by The Toe of Sauron. IDW/Bay’verse AU partnering up Sideswipe and Hunter O’nion in search of Sunstreaker. The twin feels on this one… the first I finished reading this fic, I just walked around in a daze for weeks.

These Games We Play by @peacewish. oh my god… never really considered this pairing before and the in depth look into Soundwave’s head… truly a masterpiece. Also, my absolute favorite Jazz characterization I’ve ever read. 

Cryptanalysis: The Past is a Grotesque Animal by enthusiasticinformedfragging. Rung/Whirl and slavecoding. I love this Whirl, how he tries *so hard* to be good. The rest of the series is equally good, but this is my fav. 

[vaeru]

Oh, wow, thank you so much! 🥰 AND thank you for new stories for me to check out. Yay!

[vaeru]

Pssst, hey... I heard you like dragons?

If you're on Flight Rising, hit me up for some dergs. Any of the above, any price, any trade. I've got some nests on the way and precisely ZERO ZIP ZILCH NADA lair space.

(Also, if you're NOT on Flight Rising, you should totally check it out. ;3 )

[verylostpenguin]

Personally I love books that put the footnotes at the bottom of the page instead of at the end of the book so that I don’t have to keep flipping back and forth like an absolute barbarian

[vaeru]

*stares hard at kindle*