Winters Tales

writing sideblog of @fenrir-kin | They/them | Yes, I did Old Gods Vs Aliens     

[winters-chills]

VikingFenHarel -> Winters_Chills

The voting has ended and hilariously, tallying all votes across platforms… it genuinely looks like we've got a tie between Winters Chills and Winters Dreams.

So! Here's what I'm going to do!

My new twitch channel name will be Winters_Chills, replacing VikingFenharel; easier to say and type for sure. And any time I do a writing stream, that will now be Winters Dreams, rather than Winters Tales. If you're a Patreon Supporter or a KoFi Supporter, both of those platforms will remain as Winters Tales, as that's where you can find all of my writing thus far.

Gaming streams will continue to be Winters Plays.

Keep an eye on the channel (and discord) for updates, as I'll be working on rebranding over the coming days!

[charlataninred]

Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.

[meraarts]

Might I add:

The defeat of the wizard who made people choose how they’d be to be executed

The woman who raised the changeling alongside her biological child

The human who died of radiation poisoning after repairing the spaceship

[eater-of-hopes-and-dreams]

The adventures of a space roomba

Cinderella finding Araura (and falling in love)

I don’t know a snappy description but the my nemesis cynthia story certainly lives in my head

[blitzlowin]

hilariously, these are almost all in my fic tag. so, a compiled list from the notes (and some extras):

The God of Arepo (graphic novel 1 / 2 / 3) (ebook)

The Monster of Sentan

The Witch’s Cat

Raise Both Children

Stabby the Roomba (honorable mention)

Cinderella Marries the Prince (comic)

My Arch Nemesis Cynthia

Pirates and Mermaid

Eindred and the Witch

The Demon King

The Cornerwitch

Grandmother Beetroot

Apocalypse Daycare Worker

Grandmother Accidentally Summons a Demon

New Year Saga

A Story About Changelings

Ranger in the King’s Forest

The Difference Between a Hare and a Rabbit

Goblin Men (Canines)

[charlataninred]

I am in love with you /p

[inkvoices]

Adding Faceblind Prince Charming and Cinderella

[inkvoices]

21. The human who died of radiation poisoning after repairing the spaceship

22. The defeat of the wizard who made people choose how they’d be to be executed

[lightningladybug]

adding the Doctors Without Borders one

[inkvoices]

I LOVE tumblr storytime, so here’s a bunch more your weekend reading. Enjoy!

24. The Queen with Three Cursed Children

25. Tiny Dragon with one coin hoard

26. Haunted house

27. Shark hero was about to go rogue

28. Grandma lives in the woods comic

29. A Different Aftermath comic

30. Battery (microstory but I love it so much)

31. It’s A Date comic

32. Supervillian kidnaps rival’s kid and they want to stay

33. Narrative Town

34. I have been hired to clean the wizard tower comic

35. Robot Apocalypse

36. The Statues That Do Not Weather

37. Kushiel

38. Tooth Fairy

39. Alien abduction

40. Felonious wish-granting

41. When humans met actual space orcs

42. Space cousins

[dannnnnnnnnnnnex]

WAIT REBLOG THIS VERSION INSTEAD

[autumnimagining]

OLD GODS VS ALIENS

by @winters-chills

I can never find the link but i keep seeing this post and the Old Gods vs Aliens story is incredible and deserves to be a part of this post

[winters-chills]

I feel like at least one of us should have it bookmarked at this point, but I never remember to! Thank goodness tumblr fixed their search function recently.

Old Gods Vs Aliens

[winters-chills]

Tonight at 7pm sees the return of the Chaos Crew! Me, Ironside and Ku are all braving Enshrouded together; pick a channel and tune in as we catch Ku up to the soaring heights of level... 6?

Watch this video on Twitch Live

Watch this video on Twitch Live

Watch this video on Twitch Live

[winters-chills]

New Year, Who Dis?

I'm back from a lovely few weeks break from streaming, and ready to kick start 2026! Tonight at 7pm GMT, come and watch me try to speedrun 50 hours of gameplay to recover lost progress after I accidentally deleted my first character 🥲

Don't forget the new URL!

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[catchymemes]

[dehydratedlydia]

thats actually so beautiful im in love with the shapes off trees and how clear of a picture i have of this place existing in nature

[sendhelpthankyou]

writing kind of sucks sometimes but I also love it with my whole heart and if I stopped I would probably die so you know, back to the drafts

[daddiesdrarryy]

Me writing

[winters-chills]

A treat!

Not many of you know this, but I have a nemesis.

Dani is someone I like to run around the woods with (see: LARPing) and she and I are both creative writerly sorts, so at some point, she decided we are nemeses.

Last night, we bounced ideas off one another for a ghost story that had to be under 1k words. She sent me her version for a once-over, and has very graciously allowed me to post my version.

Angel | Winters Tales

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Angel

Winters Tales published a post on Ko-fi

Because the idea isn't mine, I've popped this up for free on both Ko-Fi and Patreon. If you do go check them out, please have a gander at the rest of my stuff while you're there; it's available for just £1 a month!

[karolinarodrigueswrites]

Hey! I need more writeblrs to follow, so like or reblog this and I'll check out your blog. Boosts are appreciated.

I enjoy stories with supernatural or otherworldly/fantasy settings, horror, and some romance, though a premise can hook me even if it strays from my typical interests.

In general I am trying to find blogs with content I'd like to see and/or share daily.

I myself tend to write low fantasy with horror elements, and I've been told a wip is not my wip if there isn't polyamory in it.

Hope you guys have a nice day.

[winters-chills]

My twitch channel name

I'm looking for some input on the twitch channel and I'd love to hear your thoughts!

So currently, my twitch handle is VikingFenharel; when I first signed up for twitch (with no intention of streaming), my usual handle, FenrirKin, was taken, so I went for an approximation that also reflected my love of Dragon Age.

But I stream now, and I realise that on most of my socials - including this tumblr! - I define my gaming streams with "Winters Plays," my writing streams with "Winters Tales," and group them both together with "Winters Streams."

So the question here is: should I change my twitch handle for better brand cohesion?

Yes

No

Voting ended onNov 19, 2025

[winters-chills]

If you voted 'yes' in the previous poll, which umbrella name sounds better?

Winters Streams

Winters Chills

Something else that I'm going to comment

I voted no but I want to push a button

Voting ended onNov 19, 2025

[winters-chills]

Whoops!

Someone already has the twitch handle of "Winters Streams," so let's do a new poll, with a new option courtesy of @sometimesraven over in my discord! :D

Which umbrella name sounds better?

Winters Chills

Winters Dreams

Winters Viking/Viking Winters (or some variation that combines the two names)

I have a different idea that I'm going to comment

I said no but I want to push a button/results

Voting ended onNov 19, 2025

An important note: I know what option I'm leaning towards, and as much as I love the teeny community I have, this isn't a case of you folks deciding this for me. I'm just curious to see what the general opinion is, and if anyone has any ideas that will make me jump out of my seat and go "YES, THAT ONE"

[winters-chills]

My twitch channel name

I'm looking for some input on the twitch channel and I'd love to hear your thoughts!

So currently, my twitch handle is VikingFenharel; when I first signed up for twitch (with no intention of streaming), my usual handle, FenrirKin, was taken, so I went for an approximation that also reflected my love of Dragon Age.

But I stream now, and I realise that on most of my socials - including this tumblr! - I define my gaming streams with "Winters Plays," my writing streams with "Winters Tales," and group them both together with "Winters Streams."

So the question here is: should I change my twitch handle for better brand cohesion?

Yes

No

Voting ended onNov 19, 2025

[winters-chills]

If you voted 'yes' in the previous poll, which umbrella name sounds better?

Winters Streams

Winters Chills

Something else that I'm going to comment

I voted no but I want to push a button

Voting ended onNov 19, 2025

[winters-chills]

My twitch channel name

I'm looking for some input on the twitch channel and I'd love to hear your thoughts!

So currently, my twitch handle is VikingFenharel; when I first signed up for twitch (with no intention of streaming), my usual handle, FenrirKin, was taken, so I went for an approximation that also reflected my love of Dragon Age.

But I stream now, and I realise that on most of my socials - including this tumblr! - I define my gaming streams with "Winters Plays," my writing streams with "Winters Tales," and group them both together with "Winters Streams."

So the question here is: should I change my twitch handle for better brand cohesion?

Yes

No

Voting ended onNov 19, 2025

[winters-chills]

BTS update!

Because I clearly don't understand that sleep is beneficial, I've reactivated membership options on my Ko-Fi, as well as reactivate membership exclusive discord integrations on both Patreon and Ko-Fi. I've put together a members-only area in the Winters Streams discord for these roles.

The Ko-Fi memberships are no different to the Patreon ones; the pricing and benefits are exactly the same, it's just an option available to anyone who prefers to use Ko-Fi over Patreon. Everything that gets posted to Patreon will also get cross-posted to Ko-Fi with the same access permissions.

The next few days, I'll be transferring everything across from Patreon to Ko-Fi, so it can be accessed on either platform.

[winters-chills]

BTS update!

Because I clearly don't understand that sleep is beneficial, I've reactivated membership options on my Ko-Fi, as well as reactivate membership exclusive discord integrations on both Patreon and Ko-Fi. I've put together a members-only area in the Winters Streams discord for these roles.

The Ko-Fi memberships are no different to the Patreon ones; the pricing and benefits are exactly the same, it's just an option available to anyone who prefers to use Ko-Fi over Patreon. Everything that gets posted to Patreon will also get cross-posted to Ko-Fi with the same access permissions.

The next few days, I'll be transferring everything across from Patreon to Ko-Fi, so it can be accessed on either platform.

[winters-chills]

For love and a song | Winters Tales

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I'm slowly working through the things I came up with while I had less than half functional vision; here's a piece inspired by Orpheus and Euridice.

I'm currently unemployed, so everything I get through Patreon helps me make ends meet and keep me fed. I don't like paywalling my work, which is why everything can be accessed on the lowest tier.

[winters-chills]

Do you also stream your games as well friend

Hi!

I do, I'll be streaming tonight at 7pm BST, so in about 2 and a half hours time

[winters-chills]

Usually I have some idea of what I'm in for, but with this one I'm going in COMPLETELY blind

Come and join me at 7pm BST as I experience Dear Esther for the first time.

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