Hi! I’m the one who wrote the “Even Ice Walls Fall Down” Ranchers Superhero/Villain AU XD (I’m also the one who wrote the “I’m Not Looking For Perfection/I’m Not Offering a Saint” Ranchers arranged marriage AU which is arguably more popular despite being based on Even Ice Walls Fall Down)
My AO3
Brief overview of me: I'm Aurora/Rora/Rory (she/her). I might occasionally write little fics here. Most likely one-shots. I occasionally do multi-chapter but not as much on Tumblr. That goes on AO3 most of the time. I've been writing since I was 8. I'm in my twenties but I like to maintain the family-friendly vibes of the creators if I can and I'm not a huge shipper but occasionally, here and there, maybe a little. Doesn't usually occur to me lol.
Long overdue edit here: except for the Ranchers apparently. That brainrot is refusing to go away
I also love just about any Watcher!Grian concepts if you couldn't tell by the url i picked and making silly jokes.
I'm trying to get better at drawing too so the rare fanart may pop up and it will probably be bad but I'm learning. My icon is some of my own art for an entirely unrelated project of mine but fit thematically so I decided to use it
Small disclaimer: I might forget to tag reblogs. I've been on Tumblr for 10 years and sometimes it just slips my mind. I try to in order to keep things organized and I'm a big tag commenter but I might forget
Relevant Tags:
#Aurora Writes (for Tumblr fics)
#Rory Writes (for AO3 fic links)
I didn't used to make this distinction, I'm working on editing those tags to only apply to correct posts
#Random Rora (for personal thoughts/random posts)
#Aurora Art (for any fanart doodles I might do but I'm not an artist)
#Aurora's Favorites (for amazing things people have made for me!)
Quick break between hadm and ladj for some @watcheraurora fic art!
i am so normal about merpeople like don't even worry about it 😃
the designs are probably not 100% canon bc i started this sketch when the third chapter wasn't out yet but that's why it's FANART ISN'T IT XD
i love the brainworms i get from your fics sm Rora it makes me so happy to draw your silly blorbos <3
on another note, i feel like I've really developed my background technique during hadm, i actually like drawing them now that I'm not so caught up on every detail :D
I love him so much and I love this whole thing it looks so GOOD! The wildlife silhouettes in the background and Tango’s bioluminescence and the rock formations and his hair and his eyes and his ear fins and his pretty tail just aaaaahhhhh!!!!!
"I'm bad at commenting on fics" okay, but you know you can get better at it though, right? You know you can start with something as simple as "thanks, I like this!" and you'll still probably make a fic writer's day? You do know that it's in your power to "get better" about it, right? If you want to?
Also "but I want to write a GOOD comment" is a block that you are placing in front of yourself. You are creating that pressure.
The amount of writers I talk to that are happy for anything genuinely positive in this current day and age of AI slop and varying levels of awful bot comments.
Are you going to actually write that long "perfect" comment or would it help to instead focus on sending a small bright spark of happiness to a writer? To start there and build up to a longer comment later if you can? What I think I'm trying to say is that commenting can be a muscle that you train, if you feel like it. Or a habit you can form, if you feel like it. You can do better, if you want to. You can start small, too.
I see so many posts on here that are writers seeking community and/or mourning the shift in fandom from leaving feedback to passive consumption. And I really don't think it has to be like this.
This post is getting a decent amount of notes and I hope folks don't misunderstand my intentions here -- I meant for this to be encouraging to readers who want to leave comments on fics.
I've heard people say things like "I'm sorry I'm bad at commenting" or "I want to comment, but..." and I just want to respond with this: please recognize that even a small comment like a string of heart emojis or "I like this a lot" is precious these days when writers are enduring either silence/lack of responses to their work and/or an influx in bot comments that say awful things or are commissions scams. I see so many posts on my dash about the difference in fandom responsiveness to fic over the past few years. A lot of writers wish for feedback. Readers, you do contribute to fandom communities. You can help fandom grow if you participate in it. And comments do not need to be huge or detailed to make a difference.
#comments are awesome to receive #and unlike kudos you can give as many comments as you want (via @encyclopika)
Hi, just want to pull these specific tags forward because I think they make a really great point, especially when it comes to longer, multi-chapter fics! You can only leave one (1) kudos on a whole fic, regardless of if it has multiple chapters -- and since more writers are locking their fics to only be seen by folks with AO3 accounts, that rules out any additional guest kudos.
I've seen posts about leaving "second kudos" comments or even "why can't I leave more kudos, AO3!!!" and those kind of comments are a delight to receive, speaking personally, because they tell me that readers are STILL HERE enjoying my chapter fics. It can be hard to know that anyone is reading new chapters, if I don't get new comments and if a reader left their allotted kudos when an earlier chapter was released and read.
TL;DR, receiving kudos is lovely, but limited!!!! And I think a nice, easy comment to leave on a fic you enjoy is "second kudos"
I hope everyone who is liking and/or reblogging this series of posts goes out and comments on fics. I saw a post today about a newer ugly AO3 commenting bot out there and I really strongly feel, now more than ever, that it is important that we support fic writers by leaving positive feedback. We can encourage each other to keep creating. I'm tired of the world too, man, but we can give each other some light.
do i always leave brilliant comments, like I want to? Fuck no, my most common comment is "I love this so much!" Was it hard to remember to start leaving that on every fic i read that I was happy to have spent time reading? Yes, but every one of those authors spent more time writing that fic and worrying about posting it than i ever did on a simple comment. There have been a few that I have gone back to, a few that I have hunted down again, and yes I have left second comments there telling them how important their work was to me. Yes, that's valuable. But what's dramatically undervalued is fandom coming to their creators and simply saying "thank you for creating this" or "I liked this" or just "!! <3"
Our creators are out there leaving pieces of themselves open for casual consumption. We need to be less casual about it. And that's a learned skill you can start at any time.
OHHH BOYYYY that's almost seven hours of work right there!!
gave up a bit at the end but it's supposed to be a mirror, it's not all that obvious bc, yk, i gave up at the end XD
i should have maybe planned in advance knowing that my favorite hermit was coming up but nope! this idea has existed since this morning, five am, heading to the airport actually, and it is now eleven pm... wow I'm tired!
but i thought since it's my favorite hermit's turn, i should appreciate some of my favorite artists on here? so this is just a compilation of au and designs that i love, this is not all of them btw!!!! i would have loved to include more people but i am firmly out of time
(also, if you don't want your design used in this dm me and i will replace it :))
tag list/credits and closeups under cut
@mlimes-smiles i had to dig for this one but i found it! hehe >:) i love the feather earring!! ranchers be ranching <3
@aris-has-a-paracosm you know who it is!! he looks mor disgusted than anything here, maybe because the mirror he's punching is over a sink which yk... not a fan, is he now? but i love FinFault and it makes me very happy and your art for it is so cool!!
@wasyago he has literally altered my brain chemistry!!! he's such a bug, i love him, this design has opened so many doors in my brainnnn! i bet he gives great hugs actually, thinking about it
@woofuspigeon your art style is so amazing!!! i love the ears so muuuuch you have no idea!! the way you draw hair is so *muah* and I've noticed that you hate doing it but even your backgrounds look so good! i love how clean yet dynamic your art is <3
@midiscout his hair. his eyes. his colors. his outfit. i adore this design soooo much! it works a lot better in your style, with the cartoonishly vibrant colors if you get what I'm saying? especially the hair looks so good the way you color it!!
@hybbart i have to admit that the other day i did go through every single post of your raau and it was some of the greatest story telling I've ever read!! ough it made me so happy to see, it's so immersive and your ART!! i love it soooo much!! he looks a bit chopped here and i apologize but this was when i was actively running out of time XD i feel like I'll want to draw him again in the future without time stress <3
@eydilily now, listen, i tried with this one but my style is veeerryy different from this usually so it's not my proudest work BUT I've been meaning to try it and this is a good start i feel like! And of course your art is amazing and i jump with joys every time i see it <3
@kitsuneisi @xmaruu11 i almost don't want to tag this one bc I'm kinda embarrassed at how quick and sloppy it is compared to the rest BUT i tried, i just ran out of time XD DDVAU Tango is actually my favorite in the whole AU and i adore him as well as the entire story <3 if you happen to see this, you are amazing and i appreciate all the work put into your amazing art!!
@fortlinard this was also one that i had to go looking for but i felt like you had to have drawn tango before and RIGHT I WAS!! i am really bad at this style, it definitely doesn't look as good as yours here, but maybe I'll practice some day and make a better version of this piece XD he looks kinda funky here but your design with the eyes is so cool!!!
@watcheraurora @infernafiresword you know the drill atp, I LOVE HIM ALRIGHT??!! it's perfection/saint again, never could have seen this coming am i rite? atp i draw him more than my own design i swear XD but yes, i felt like he had to be included here, my favorite little guy! the way he is described in p/s always makes me imagine him in different extravagant outfits and i need to do like a character sheet of just him in different fits sometime soon <33 you guys are amazing!! <3
@l3o-drawsi have admired your art style for a while now and have been meaning to try it! i might give it an actual shot beyond a doodle sometime soon bc the way you mix color is SO GOOD!!! i love the contrasts and vibrant colors and the blending and ugh!! it's so great!! your Tango design might actually be my favorite, visually, and i NEED to draw him more!!!
@beeingweird that's right, I'm tagging you again, two times in what, two days? yippiesss!! bestie come back to fanarting i miss you pleaseee! your Tango art makes me so happy btw and you should make kore pretty please with a cherry on top and i will even gift you crowley art in return come onnnn 🥺 no but seriously, this is one of my favorites actually, i never really considered letting the flaming hair fall down like lava or something and this made me realize i really love it!!! YOU ARE AMAZING AND I LOVE YOU YOU ARE GREAT <<33
woooo, if you've made it this far, first of all, you're insane, second of all, you are contractually obligated to tell me your favorite Tango design to add to the list for a very secret future project that you surely can't tell what it is!!
Nacho this is awesome! They all look so good and you did so well! Love the P/S Ice King and flattered he got included among the many many skilled artists here! 😁❄️💜
