hi, iβm meghna! i often go by meg or m online; iβm fine being called any of those :)
iβm 22 years old, indian-canadian, and i use she/her pronouns!
i started this blog in january of 2021 and iβve been having a great time ever since
my favourite thing to read and write is fantasy, but i also adore anything to do generally with magic, fairytales, mystery, friendship, and dark academia.
aside from this blog, you can find me over on my main blog @song-of-elfhameβ, which iβll be following/liking from, and my aesthetic sideblog @whitethcrnβ.
i cannot stress enough how free you are to shoot me a message or an ask any time. i love making new mutuals, getting to know other peopleβs WIPs/OCs, and talking your ear off about my own stuff.Β
i also absolutely adore tag games β send βem my way!
keep reading for stuff about my WIP and OCs :)
βmy writing:
most of my writing consists of excerpts from my WIP nightβs daughter, but there are some excerpts from other pieces sprinkled in here and there as well!
hereβs my masterlist for my longer pieces/excerpts (not including excerpts from tag/ask games)
all of my writing is also tagged my writing !
with my writing, i include content/trigger warnings before potentially triggering content -- please donβt hesitate to reach out and ask me to include warnings for specific triggers!Β
βabout my WIP:
my current project is nightβs daughter, a YA, LGBTQ+ fantasy novel, and the first in an envisioned trilogy!
i began writing it way back in late 2014/early 2015, and began rewriting the first draft in 2020.Β
the intro post linked above is a much better summary, but in short: nightβs daughter tells the story of Celena, a strange teenage girl who discovers that her own mysterious past is inexplicably linked to a series of dark, ancient secrets, and that the key to warding off the coming evil threatening her kingdom lies within her missing identity.
if you enjoy courtly intrigues, magic, mythology, astrology, LGTBQ+ characters & pairings, and the enemies/rivals to lovers trope, youβll enjoy nightβs daughter.Β
iβm always happy to add people to my ND taglist! feel free to request any time :)
βother projects:
this blog centres around nightβs daughter, but youβll also see plenty of content featuring other mini-projects and OCs of mine!
most prominently featured is a group of characters affectionately referred to as my magic gang: a group of teens who attend a boarding school for magical creatures. they arenβt part of any real WIP, but i often post stuff about their various shenanigans. you can find these in my masterlist and under the tags magic gang and circle of hurt (the latter being an ongoing piece about them that youβll see me mentioning quite frequently)
iβve got a little magic gang taglist going as well β feel free to ask to be added if youβd like updates about them!
iβm constantly coming up with new OCs, so there are way too many to list here. in general, if youβd like to know more about a particular character, everything to do with them will be under the tag ch: [name]Β (or, you could shoot me an ask! nothing would delight me more)
βblog navigation:
(WIP tags are here)
main inspo tags: inspo: setting | inspo: fashion | inspo: gen
tags for my writing: my writing | nightβs daughter: excerpt | circle of hurtΒ
OC tags: about my OCs | nightβs daughter: main characters | ch: [character] | ship: [character x character] | friendship: [character x character]Β
writeblr tags: writing advice | just writing things
if you made it this far, i appreciate you a lot. thanks for reading; i hope youβll stick around! :) πβ¨
notes: well, Isi has now quit her job, but she is not done encountering The Consequences. the king is very much Not Happy with her. also, shoutout to the random background character i named Lawrence, and Murphy the cat. (Murphy the cat got spooked when a small earthquake caused a vase to shatter, and Isi had to rescue him from the roof)
snippet: [tw for a mention of ceremonial self-harm]
βIsiβ¦β whispered Robin. It carried in the silent room.
He didnβt want her to do this. She didnβt want to do this either, but she had orders to follow. She had sworn an oath promising just that. She could not disobey.
She closed her eyes. In her mind, she was eighteen years old again, kneeling before the throne and gashing her palm with a ceremonial dagger. With blood dripping down her hand, she had sworn to follow her kingβs orders and uphold the lawβ¦ and to protect the innocent.
What was more innocent than a baby? Enyaβs only crime was being in the wrong place, and if anyone was to blame for that, it was Isi.
When she opened her eyes, it was to see the king leaning forward on his throne, watching her intently. Behind him, every eye was trained on her. He had given her an order.
She cast the sword aside. It rang on the stone floor, but the sound seemed suddenly very far away. Blood roared in Isiβs ears. She lifted her chin. βNo.β One word, but it cut the silence like a blade.
βExcuse me?β The kingβs voice was soft and smooth, but there was a tone of danger beneath it.
βI said no, your majesty. I will not do this. I swore to defend the innocent, and I will not murder a baby.β She squared her shoulders. Just as she had not had it in her to take Enyaβs life the day she found her, she could not bring herself to do it now.
notes: the draft is officially begun and i made a lot of progress! i expect this will get weirder as i divert more and more from draft 1, but hey, we like an easy start. (and there were definitely things that changed!)
snippet:
Every movement of her armour echoed off the stone. Isi hoped the dragon would not be alerted to her presence too soon⦠but then again, it had likely already been disturbed by the quake. And taking her armour off would be an even worse idea.
That thought was only further validated when the tunnel opened out into a larger cave, and they caught their first glimpse of the dragon.
A small crack in the stone high above them offered just enough light to see the creature. Pale pink, significantly larger than any creature Isi had ever seen⦠and asleep, it seemed, curled up in a nest of sorts against the far wall. Its scaly sides rose and fell, slowly but rhythmically.
Isi paused; the dragon seemed to be no threat right at that moment, so she could take her time. A sweet smell lingered in the cave. The dragonβs nest seemed to be the source: plants and flowers of all colours and sorts stuck out of it, flattened under the dragonβs weight.
βItβs beautiful,β breathed Robin behind her.
Isi took a deep, slow breath. βIt is.β Truly, she had never seen anything like it. And she had orders to kill it.
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