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my middle school sins caught up with me

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writer of original fiction allergic to shutting the fuck up take it easy, man. but take it!!
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wip intro/masterpost - the raedoran cycle

hi hello here it is. my baby.

genre: fantasy

pov: third person limited, with various narrators throughout

status: a series of 4 novels/stories, in various states of drafting

summary: in one night, Raedora is thrown into chaos. the royal librarian murders the queen and her youngest daughter with magic and flees, leaving behind the king and the crown princess to pick up the pieces. the princess spirals slowly into madness as her sworn shield tries to save her, terrified of her dead sister's prophecy.

two thieves in the capital set their sights on the crown jewels after attending the queen's coronation. but when one gets a little too reckless and catches the attention of the Mad Dog of Morbhard, their plans quickly go off the rails.

when their parents are killed in the Dragon Purges, two shapeshifters must hide amongst their killers to survive. one, a talented healer, tries to build a life that will be safe for them, but her little brother has his sights set on avenging their parents by murdering the queen that ordered their deaths.

a young witch is raised alone by her father, always in hiding, with strange dreams and visions of the future. when he dies of an illness even her magic can't heal, she must strike out on her own, searching for answers to the prophecy that has followed her for her whole life.

tag: the raedoran cycle

so originally this was one novel following multiple characters, but thanks to a minor plot bunny that greatly spiraled out of control (lacuna) it has become something much more. many of the four novels' events occur simultaneously, with their stories overlapping and intertwining as the character's lives do the same.

the knight of lacuna lake

Keelan: baby boy war criminal. he narrates the story as he tries to save Maura from herself.

Maura: the golden queen of Raedora. she lost half her family in 1 night and handed it incredibly well all things considered (no she didn't)

status: first draft finished(!!), shelved while it marinates and i work on the rest of the cycle. likely going to come back and edit it at some point but for now it is what it is

tag: lacuna

the thieves of morbhard

Arthur: master lockpick and ball of anxiety. he narrates his attempts to get Jack to notice him while also trying to steal the crown jewels.

Jack: cursed damned street rat. born on the night of the triple new moon and condemned to a life on the streets, he's got his sights set on stealing enough to get both him and Arthur out of Morbhard for good.

status: just barely starting to draft. fully outlined.

tag: thieves

the dragons of kiltide

Emilia: the only voice of reason around here. a talented healer fighting to protect her baby brother from both the persecution they face in their homeland and the Purges that killed their parents.

Fabin: teenage ball of rage. his parents died in front of him when he was 13 and he has been supremely chill about it since then and doesn't everybody sleep with their sword under their bed?

status: outlining with the occasional scene.

tag: dragons

the witch of the west

Birdie: a talented witch born under and blessed by the full silver moon. raised by her father in the woods after fleeing the witch trials, she is determined to understand and fulfill her prophecy. her strange dreams of dragons, thieves, and knights lead her to a search for the people who she believes will help her in her journey.

status: it's complicated. this where all the original material lives for the most part so it's outlined(sort of??) and i've been writing scenes for it but idk what the actual timeline of events is and i've changed a LOT since i started. so it's a frankendraft mess. we'll get there eventually.

tag: the witch

and that's it! that's my baby! i think about Them a lot these days.

taglist: ask to be added <3 @k--havok @theharpywrites @oh-no-another-idea @space-writes @lyssa-ink

links:

lacuna wip intro/masterpost

salt and brine (pre-cycle story about side characters)

comic sans intro (silly)

i will add more as things get posted but for now you can find everything for each story/character through the linked tags up above. i am always available to scream about my children :)

#here it is!! new pinned post!!#writeblr#writers on tumblr#writeblr community#original fiction#wip introduction#wip intro#fantasy novel#dark fantasy#fantasy wip#ok time for the end credits scene aka my rambling tags#no birdie doesn't know she's the princess. yes that's an important plot point for a lot of reasons#jack and arthur did NOT sign up for this magical destiny they just heard about a witch on the side of the road and wanted to check it out#emilia and fabin are persecuted in Fierodia bc their ability to shift into a human form is incredibly rare and highly sought after#mostly by the dragon government who uses dragons like them as diplomats and spies but heavily controls them#and their parents who wanted none of that said fuck this and moved to raedora. where it would be safer :)#i call jack arthur emilia fabin and birdie the prophecy crew and i would die for them. they would not let me#well fabin might actually#fabin#emilia#birdie#jack#arthur#keelan#maura#the raedoran cycle#rb original#<- btw that's just my tag for original posts. rb as in reneesbooks not rb as in reblog.
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actually i'm thinking about emotion sharing as a trope because i will always go balls to the wall for it. the way that intimacy is required and inescapable. this person is a part of you they are linked inextricably to you they know the things you hide behind your mask. this person can feel when you're scared or shocked or grieving and knows you even when you don't want it. the way that the lines between the individuals are blurred. is this my rage or yours. do i love you or do i only feel the love you have for me as my own. arguments that only get worse because the anger is doubled in each of them. nobody else can understand what's going on in your head but i know, i feel you even when you and i don't want it to happen. the unbearable horror of being known in such a raw and unfiltered way. the unbearable tenderness of always having someone who will understand you in a way nobody else can. catch me at the bottom of the ocean about it.

#i see this one is resonating with folks
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actually i'm thinking about emotion sharing as a trope because i will always go balls to the wall for it. the way that intimacy is required and inescapable. this person is a part of you they are linked inextricably to you they know the things you hide behind your mask. this person can feel when you're scared or shocked or grieving and knows you even when you don't want it. the way that the lines between the individuals are blurred. is this my rage or yours. do i love you or do i only feel the love you have for me as my own. arguments that only get worse because the anger is doubled in each of them. nobody else can understand what's going on in your head but i know, i feel you even when you and i don't want it to happen. the unbearable horror of being known in such a raw and unfiltered way. the unbearable tenderness of always having someone who will understand you in a way nobody else can. catch me at the bottom of the ocean about it.

#this is about birdie and fabin#writeblr#writeblr community#the raedoran cycle#birdie#fabin#rb original#i am SO normal about them. SO NORMAL#birdie being the only person who understands fabin through all his anger. fabin being the only one who sees the person behind birdie's powe#they fuck me up your honor. they fuck me up.#fun fact! i never wanted them to have a romance!! fabin was going to be an annoying little shit forever!!#birdie was going to Need No Man her way to a happy ending. and then. and then. they Decided. unfair and cruel of them tbh#because now i'm insane about them!
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Six Sentence Sunday

Thank you for the (old old old) tag, @chauceryfairytales! Happy Sunday to you and everyone else who sees this :) Here's a little Bent Nails from Sutton's POV that I wrote today on my sunny back deck!

“Go after [Michael],” Mom urged Nick, who was sitting in stony silence. “Are you nuts?” Nick hissed in reply. “It’s me he can’t stand the sight of. You go after him.” “It’s not me he knows. It’s not me he trusts. Don’t end the day without patching this up, Nick.” Sighing, Nick left his food and the room. A moment later, the sound of his voice rose and fell, too low to make out individual words.

We've all had those dinners that dissolve into family drama...👀 Passing on gentle tags to @reneesbooks @indecentpause @zmwrites @avrablake @did-i-do-this-write and @i-can-even-burn-salad <3

#all the relationships in this wip are so interesting 👀#thanks for the tag <3#reblogs#bookshelf
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writing share tag

tagged by @writingrosesonneptune, thank you! here’s a little more from revision work on A Question of Trust

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Mara managed to get through the under-arm pass without incident, and bounced delightedly when Ashenivir told her so. “River did you see that! I’m going to get so good at this!” “Don’t you already know how to dance? You and Verin cause fourteen-noble pile-ups every time Kelran throws a party.” “That’s different,” Mara sniffed, fluffing her hair. “Eilistray…Eilistra…Elly…Shrine dancing isn’t the same as courtly dancing. It’s improvised. There are loads of different moves and then you just put them together how you feel when you dance—it’s so romantic.” She sighed. “And Xalin was so good at it.” “Given the size of the lovebites on her neck the other morning, I’m surprised she had time to show you much dancing at all,” Ashenivir said. Xalin had stuttered and blushed at his teasing, which he didn’t feel bad about at all, given how much he’d taken about Rizeth. Mara only grinned. “She’s good at lots of things, as it turns out.”

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no-pressure tagging @hagscribes @artdecosupernova-writing @reneesbooks and @vacantgodling

Obedience taglist: @foxboyclit @belovedviolence @thegreatobsesso @notwritinganyflufftoday @exeiguess (ask to be +/-)

#love them!#thanks for the tag <3#your character interactions are always so delicious#reblogs#bookshelf
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wip meme tag

snatching up the tag @oh-no-another-idea left on my dash and running away cackling

decided we need some love for our non-starcrossed characters so have some dragons of kiltide and thieves of morbhard shenanigans

tagging @space-writes @lyssa-ink @akindofmagictoo @serenanymph @zmwrites and anyone else who would like to join in <3

#fighting a depression spiral and this helped <3#writeblr#writeblr community#original fiction#tag game#the raedoran cycle#fabin#jack#arthur#emilia#murienne#betta#rb original#murienne and betta my beloved!! lesbian moms of my heart#meet these two mute kids who are terrified and don't understand a word of raedoran and say hm. they're ours now#villagers start to get suspicious and they just shut them down every time. must have been seeing things. i don't remember that. didn't happ#the two of them manage to gaslight the town into not noticing their dragon kids and i love them for that#meanwhile jack and arthur continue to 1. be disasters and 2. fail to steal the crown jewels
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WIP Memes tag

Thanks for the tags from so long ago, @mysticstarlightduck and @halfbakedspuds!! Since I've only ever played this one for Invisible Girl, I thought I'd pick a different WIP and have a little fun, so let's make some memes for Bent Nails!!

Ugh so fun 😁😁 Passing on the tags to anyone who sees this, and also @space-writes @indecentpause @sleepy-night-child @charlesjosephwrites @chauceryfairytales @writernopal @aritany and @winterandwords <3

#michael is doing his best and i'm so proud of him (derogatory)#i relate to sutton i too want a baseball bat and to smash things#reblogs#bookshelf

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febuwhump day 25 -- bound and gagged

nobody get mad at me everybody is fine eventually. except those guys because. you know. content warnings for graphic violence and implied/referenced sexual violence. canon status: no comment (witch of the west) pov: fabin words: 1.6k

the raedoran cycle (tho please don't let this be the first thing of it you read lmao)

Fabin paces the length of the dock again, glaring at the shimmering reflection of the stars on the surface of the water. Lacuna Lake always unsettles him at night, the unnaturally still waters a perfect mirror of the world above. He can see his own face in them, the dark circles under his eyes and his hollow cheeks. He should leave the city, get something substantial to eat in one of the forests beyond it, but a part of him rebels every time he thinks of it. Not even the thought of a lean and juicy deer finally filling his stomach is enough to dissuade the voice deep in him that shrieks every time he considers even temporarily fleeing this damned place. Leaving Morbhard is impossible and he can’t figure out why; he gnashes his teeth and turns away from the water. With the sun down, his favorite spot isn’t as relaxing as it should be.

His necklace burns against his chest and he inhales sharply, his eyes darting to the city. It’s not the first time since he left that he’s felt her anger, or despondence, or fear, but something about this tastes different. He reaches up to touch the place where his shirt hides the small black stone and gets a sudden flash, like a memory, of Birdie’s scared silver eyes and a shadow leaned over her.

Mature content: Violence

The author has indicated this post may contain content not suitable for all audiences.

#ok i will comment on the canon status this is technically an outtake bc the original scene is birdie pov :))))))))))#it's not febuwhump anymore no but there's a whump event in april so as long as i finish by the end of april it counts#febuwhump#febuwhump2025#writeblr#writeblr community#original fiction#the witch#the raedoran cycle#fabin#birdie#rb original#emilia when fabin shows up with birdie again: i'm going to kill you if you did what i think you did#fabin: no but i did kill the guys that did if that makes u feel better#birdie: please i just want to take a nap#worry not. she is okay after this. she even gets to commit a little murder about it. but first unfortunately the Horrors
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my favorite genre of fictional character is like "i am terrifying to almost everyone, i'm very good at killing, i can endure anything, i've become exceptionally good at playing into my reputation, and if you try to give me positive social interaction i will react with confusion and cower in a corner like an abused animal. and i may try to shoot you. but there is also a chance i may imprint on you like a feral dog receiving its first loving touch! good luck."

#keelan#reblogs
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Writing Share tag

Thank you for this one, @tragicheirs, @winterandwords, and @mysticstarlightduck!! I'm reporting in from a cafe where I just rattled off 2k :D Here's a snippet!

The trip back to Fred’s place seemed shorter now that she knew enough to recognize the place, the gray painted walls and the third door that belonged to him. Becca folded her note and slipped it into the crack between the door and the frame, accidentally knocking her elbow into the door as she did so. The paper fell the first time she tried, so she knelt and picked it up. When she went to stick it there again, the door opened, and it fell at her feet again. “Becca?” said Fred, standing there in his suspenders and socks. Becca straightened up, crumpling her note in her hand. “You’re home,” she said lamely. “Which is. Obvious to see. I can come back later?” “Come on,” Fred said, yanking her in via her arm. Becca had no choice but to follow him. He shut the door behind them, and Becca glanced casually around, noting the two chairs and the table that folded down from the wall, the cramped kitchen, the lumpy couch under the window, the single door on the far wall that likely opened to the bedroom. “To what do I owe this surprise?” Fred asked, crossing his arms, and either purposefully or by happenstance blocking her exit. Becca wasn’t scared though. Not yet. She lifted her chin and repeated the words she’d written for him. “I went looking for you at the record store, but you’d left. I want to talk. I want…I want to tell you the truth.”' Fred raised an eyebrow. Becca pressed herself up on her tiptoes and then sternly stopped herself. She didn’t need to draw more attention to the fact that she was acting like a child. Sighing, Fred ran a hand over his face. In the rumpled state of his clothes with his hair coming loose from the cream he used to keep it down during the day, Becca wasn’t the only one who looked young. “I’m just worried about you,” he said lowly. “I know.” “And I didn’t mean to push you.” “I know.” Fred looked at her, really looked, something sorrowful in his eyes. “I’m sorry,” he said.

Passing on the tags to @reneesbooks @revenantlore @writernopal @zmwrites @writingrosesonneptune and anyone else who sees this!

#ohhh i am looking. am looking#reblogs#bookshelf
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