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[whimsyswastry]

For those who would like to find me elsewhere in the void:

Goblin.band -> WhimsysWastry**

Pillowfort.social -> WhimsysWastry

BlueSky -> WhimsysWastry

Blorbo.social -> Whimsyy

AO3 -> Whimsyy

StoryGraph -> WhimsyyReads

Discord -> DM me

2026 Goals Post

[whimsyswastry]

Apparently I also have a Dreamwidth -> WhimsysWastry

[sialiasnest]

[sialiasnest]

[headspace-hotel]

narnia has actually way too many completely devastating concepts in it that are not explored At All

[headspace-hotel]

We talk a lot about how in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the Pevensie children live full adult lives as kings and queens of narnia before stumbling out of the wardrobe by accident and being children again after like 15+ years. But I’ve never seen the same level of analysis devoted to how in Prince Caspian they return to Narnia and discover that over 1,000 years have passed in Narnia since their last visit.

Imagine undergoing the grief of losing an entire life you lived in another world, being forced back into the body of a child and to grow up all over again without the ability to even talk about what happened in the decades you lost. Every person you knew and loved, vanished, leaving no indication they were ever real and no guide for how to move on.

But returning to that world where you were a King or Queen and discovering that centuries have passed without you and that the people you lost are not only dead, but mostly aren’t even remembered? That’s almost worse.

[headspace-hotel]

That series is really something for “worldbuilding threads picked up and never touched again” too like

in the silver chair it’s confirmed that deep underneath the earth in narnia there’s a molten, fiery abyss world called Bism that is apparently populated and also apparently gemstones are living creatures that live there, and what we understand as diamonds, emeralds, rubies etc. are just the discarded husks of once living creatures

Jadis is actually not originally from Narnia, but accidentally gets sent there at its creation (making her one of the oldest beings in narnia) and she annihilated all life in her world of origin. she also very much does go to literal actual London and terrorize people. she is like 7 feet tall and can tear iron with her bare hands like it’s taffy.

Jadis makes it “Always winter and never Christmas”…what the FUCK is her beef with Father Christmas. I know it’s supposed to be like a metaphor or some shit but I’m imagining what exactly the fuck must have happened between them for jadis to specifically want to prevent him from coming to narnia to the extent that her powerful seasonal-change-stopping magic also includes a “fuck that guy in particular” clause.

like think about it, Jesus is not a thing in narnia, he’s just aslan. and aslan did not get born. ergo, the origin of such a concept as Christmas is the entity Father Christmas. Christmas is not a religious holiday to Narnians it has no symbolic meaning it is just specifically the time of year when Father Christmas fucks around across the landscape giving children gifts, such as very deadly real weapons. There’s no reason for him to do this. It’s just what he does. And Jadis fucking hates it.

another thing from the magicians nephew that is never brought up again is that Polly and Digory don’t go directly to Narnia, they end up in this intermediate place between the worlds that’s like a forest full of pools leading to other worlds, potentially infinite other worlds, and they end up in Narnia pretty much at random.

I think it’s also confirmed that Archenlanders were originally from Earth, and are the descendants of a small group of people who traveled to Narnia by accident and got stuck. One wonders why Aslan didn’t whisk them back out. Or why being too old wasn’t a problem for them.

I think this is early installment weirdness but there are Roman gods in narnia. ?????

stars are sentient???

narnia is flat. this is not actually an unresolved thread but I don’t think it’s common knowledge even though in one of the books they literally sail to the edge of the world. caspian specifically thinks it’s super cool that the earth is round

[athoughtfox]

I LOVE the whole concept of Bism. Like Lewis really just said oh yeah there’s a whole world under Narnia where people live and jewels are alive too actually you wear dead ones in your jewellery and then no one ever spoke about it again, not even the fandom

No wonder this series infuriated Tolkien so much. Lewis just threw paint at a wall and jokingly asked the man who’d spent a decade on a single painting if he liked it.

[fireladyofink]

Holy shit there is a lot about Narnia I don’t know.

[marlinspirkhall]

Writer’s block? Why not try peppering panpsychism into your atheist-turned-christian young adult literature and never addressing it again?

[narnia-renaissance]

So many fics, so little time.

[gay-jesus-probably]

Fun fact about the woods between worlds thing and what the inspiration behind it was:

This is an illustration of it from the book.

And THIS is a forest full of shell craters from WW1. Which C.S Lewis fought in as a teenager.

[bllbabaggins]

I’m sorry @stargirl-and-potts I couldn’t leave your tags there 🥹

[whimsyswastry]

Surprise Zac Oyama in Superstore has me cackling. I love seeing my Dropout buddies in the wild.

[whimsyswastry]

Wishing all my midwest American friends a safe and dry Wednesday. Keep an eye on the skies 💛

[whimsyswastry]

The Hungering Dark (Mass Effect AU) is the first story I’ll be tagging with Major Character Death. I’m listening to the playlist I built for the story, and I don’t think I’ll be able to make it through drafting with dry eyes. 😭

[whimsyswastry]

The outline for the full Dead Weight duology (The Hungering Dark and The Devouring Cradle) is completed. The outline, timeline, and character sheets total 62k words. 🫪 I don’t normally outline my stories, but this one is something I’ve been noodling with since 2021. I want to do it justice.

[whimsyswastry]

The Hungering Dark (Mass Effect AU) is the first story I’ll be tagging with Major Character Death. I’m listening to the playlist I built for the story, and I don’t think I’ll be able to make it through drafting with dry eyes. 😭

[json-derulo]

endlessly funny that some pets will just decide they are service animals now without any training or feedback from humans. babygirl no one hired you. you do not have a license for this

[json-derulo]

I’m not talking about humans pretending their untrained pets are service animals so they can bring them places they shouldn’t be allowed. I’m talking about my dog, who took one look at the two people with severe ADHD time-blindness and executive dysfunction who adopted him and was like, “Great. I am your Watch Dog now, as in, dog who functions like a watch. That is, if your watch was a seven-pound furby that could run this house like the goddamn navy. I will catapult myself onto your chest and nip at your hands when you fail to get up and Do Things in response to my incessant whining that it is Time For You To Eat Lunch/Get Out Of Bed/Go Exercise/Take Your Meds/Etc Now Now Right Now. This is a service I provide for to Helping You. No, you cannot opt out of the Helping You. Do not attempt to resist the Helping You.”

[json-derulo]

⬆️ Trained Professional

[json-derulo]

[ineffectualdemon]

My cat knows when I should stay in bed and screams at me until I do and then sits on me so I don't get back up. If I do get up she follows me and screams until I sit down again

She knows by sniffing my mouth first. Which she does at least once a day

When I am struggling to eat she'll do her "I need food" act even when her food is full until I eat

[fallowthistlefield]

@thebibliosphere I think we've found Holly Mop's people

[thebibliosphere]

Some beloved critters really take the ‘companion’ role so seriously they train themselves to go above and beyond to the point where you’ll find yourself being bullied into lying down by a 10lb Shih Tzu. And then they’re right. You were getting a migraine. (It’s me. I’m in bed with a migraine with a 10lb Shih Tzu lying on top of me.)

[rhymewithrachel]

watching twilight and I keep making myself laugh imagining if it was just alucard or any other vampire instead of Edward. POV nausferatu goes to ur school

[whatacaitastrophe]

in case you haven't heard, zach mendez is now on cameo, so naturally i had to request one and do the silliest prompt i could think of. i give you:

"lucanis leaves a drunk voicemail for fallon (rook) while away on his bachelor party"

[dancingwiththefae]

making friends with the local wildlife on this monday morning

[fiddlesticksss]

[beidak-art]

rate my chestnut man

[unpeeled-human]

felt compelled

[beidak-art]

[i-will-write]

[loveroftoomanyfandoms]

To all my writer friends who are on the struggle bus/suffering from writer's block/just dealing with life stuff right now!

[basilistic]

Trick of the light

I'm using an old laptop while mine is at repairs and the colors are atrocious let's just hope these look good

[jb-nonsense]

A question for Rook Thornes

What rank do you see your Thorne as having been?

High Constable

Chamberlain of the Grey

Commander of the Grey

Field-Commander

Constable of the Grey

Senior Warden / Warden-Lieutenant

Archivist

Warden-Ensign/Acolyte

Warden-Recruit

Voting ended onDec 21, 2025

(listing all but First Warden for obvious reasons but also any time I ever exclude something, I get 'Well I did this.')

Rankings from the wiki undercut

High Constable – Second-in-command to the First Warden, and formerly the aerial commander during the Wardens' use of griffons. Recently, the High Constable has become the public face of the Order, acting as the ambassador to the High King and leading local recruitment.

Chamberlain of the Grey – the senior archivist at Weisshaupt, and to whom Warden-Commanders send yearly reports. The Chamberlain technically outranks the Warden-Commanders.

Commander of the Grey – also known as Warden-Commander. The leader of the Grey Wardens in a given country, and under normal circumstances under little direction by the Order. The dwindling communications between Weisshaupt and the branches leave most Warden-Commanders to run their respective branches as they see fit. They can be summoned to Weisshaupt by the First Warden at any time.

Field-Commander – a temporary rank used only in times of Blight. A Field-Commander has the same rank and responsibilities of a Warden-Commander in a given area.

Constable of the Grey – a Warden-Commander's second-in-command, the Constable, colloquially called Warden-Constable, acts as the field commander and steps in when the Warden-Commander is away.

Senior Warden (or Warden-Lieutenant in Orlais) – the formal title given to veteran Wardens who deserve special privilege. When a Constable of the Grey is in command, they usually take a Senior Warden to act as their second-in-command. Senior Wardens may command a small group of Wardens or undertake special missions.

Archivist – the archivist of a given national Grey Warden branch.

Warden-Ensign – generally just called a Warden, these are the rank-and-file members of the Order who have survived the Joining ritual. They are also called sometimes Junior Warden as well.

Warden-Acolyte – the rank given to the rank-and-file Warden mages.

Warden-Recruit – an individual selected to join the Wardens but who has not yet undertaken the Joining ritual. They are given a formal rank just for committing themselves to the Wardens, regardless of whether or not they survive the Joining. Failed recruits' names are kept in the archives of Weisshaupt in honor of their sacrifice.

[whimsyswastry]

My new Shepard is done 💙

Rebecca “Bex” Shepard, I love you.