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Lately I've come to think of looking at tumblr like I'm going into an attic. Has it been a while? Sure. Is there dust on my blog? You know it. But it's so fun to sit down and sift through all the boxes and be reminded of all the neat things up there. I feel bad admittedly for not spending more time here... Cleaning the dust off and the like... But I still enjoy poking my head in. Being busy with work and life is a real bummer. Some days it feels like I'm just trying to survive and that's the best I can do. So it's nice to have places where I can poke my head in and go, "Haha... Yeah."

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I like how the cultural Miku trend started with an artist going "You know, this fit would look awesome on Hatsune Miku" and for a while it was just fanart of that look, but it eventually became "Let me show you my culture through the lens of fanart" and there's something really beautiful about that.

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New doodle! This is for an extinct race in Arachnia (as of the Great Cataclysm) known by many as the Amazons, though among their own they call themselves the Lakti.

When a group of humans turned their back on civilization and the pantheon of gods worshiped by man, these humans found solace in the deepest parts of the western jungles, which would later come to be known as Kau-Lakti (Translation: Echoes of Lakti). The Lakti came to worship elementals and through a special pact, these humans were transformed, becoming tall, statuesque beings that resembled horned women. From then on, more Lakti could be born through a ritual conducted between a willing Lakti and their elemental "mother", with an ether seed planted inside the Lakti's womb. This ritual was kept secret by the Lakti until their death from the Great Cataclysm. Due to their spiritual connection to the planet and the elementals, the horrific change causesd by the Great Cataclysm that split the lands and poisoned the seas created a shockwave that dropped all Lakti in Arachnia dead at the turn of the new millennium. Their lands and ruins were later discovered by Huldra, as many Huldra that survived the Great Cataclysm found their lands interlocked around the former jungles of Kau-Lakti, which would later become known as Southern Tenrai.

Lakti were known to be fearless warriors and nearly impervious to conventional weapons (which were made of bronze and similar metals at the time). Their lands suffered constant invasions from outsiders, including the Craeger barbarians from Klingenheim (Circa 2000 BC) and later the Alulans (Circa 400 BC). Each tribe of Lakti possessed magical powers related to their mother elemental, including fire, ice, water, earth, lightning, wind, and others. One especially famous Lakti was known as Leona. When the Alulans poisoned her tribe's mother elemental, Annuska, Leona was forced to take on a role of leadership while her land and tribe was besieged by the invaders. Later, she was recruited by King Illarion during his quest to defeat the Alulan Dominion. Due to her stalwart lion ally, Bean, as well as Leona's immense courage on the battlefield, she was awarded the title "Knight of Lions." While few people today know of the Lakti or even their true name (often calling them Amazons), their legacy lives on through Leona's deeds.

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Been doodling during lull periods at work and made some designs for some of my races from certain periods of time in my Arachnia setting. Thought I'd share here for funsies. Each pic also has a lot of lore written beneath it, if that's your thing. :V

Northern Huldra (Circa 0 A.C.): Huldra clad in painted steel and symbols of their twin god, Ilapriat. When the Great Cataclysm caused land masses to break apart and shift uncontrollably, two distinct huldra cultures were interlinked to a new continent now known as Tenrai. Lines were quickly drawn in the sand due to the Southern Huldra following the "old ways" and the Northern Huldra following the "new ways" (which would be considered ancient by any other race's metric). Despite their borders and walls, this was not enough to satisfy either side and strong feelings of animosity were born due to differences in culture and religious beliefs. Small raids and skirmishes erupted into battles and eventually war, for wars over land or resources can eventually be satisfied, but wars over beliefs often don't end until one side is either dead or reduced to insignificance. Thus began the Huldra Civil War, and the fighting between the two different kinds of Huldra would continue for over a thousand years after the Great Cataclysm, changing not only their way of life, but even their very appearance, as Northern Huldra have lion-like tails, whereas Southern Huldra have fox-like tails.

Ice Age Warriors (Circa 8,000 B.C.): Human (left) and Tero (right) warriors from the harsh Ice Age that followed a great war between the gods and titanic beings known as the Sho-Qwala. Humans and Tero fought alongside the God of the Sun, Thufarr, in order to repel the giants, which were led by the God of War, Cheruvyx. This conflict was known simply as the Giant Wars, and both Tero and Humans fought to push back against the giants and banish them from the main continent (if not outright kill them). Later the giants would spread throughout the world and seek refuge in previously unexplored corners of the globe, hiding and trying to either live peaceful lives or plot their revenge. Particularly evil giants would later turn into cyclopes, transformed into monsters by their malice born from oppression. Though the reason has long been forgotten, even to this day, cyclopes despise Thufarr, Humans, and Tero.

Alulan Invader (Circa 425 B.C.): A typical soldier part of the Alulan Dominion. Invaders from the desert world of Xerozyg, they were brought to another world alongside their goddess Spinthra on biomechanical ships in pursuit of the fleeing god, Ilapriat. Long ago, Spinthra had woven a powerful magic artifact that could protect her from divine energies and reflect a god's might back at them no matter how or where they struck. Spinthra used this to defeat Ilapriat in battle and wipe out the first generation of Huldra, conquering Xerozyg for herself. When Spinthra arrived on this new world and used the very same mirror to beat back the gods of that world, she put a naming curse on the world so that it would forever more be known as Arachnia. Even if someone tried saying another name, the curse would change the word as it came out of that person's mouth.

The children of Spinthra, the Alulans, were known to be warriors of incredibly physical prowess, able to throw foes several times larger than them and leap great distances. The truth was that Xerozyg had incredibly intense gravity, so when first walking on Arachnia, even boulders felt light as a feather to a typical Alulan. This extreme difference in perceived strength allowed the Alulans to successfully conquer Arachnia beside their mother goddess - though the Alulan Dominion would not last, as it was eventually foiled by King Illarion and his knights, making it (ironically) the shortest-lived empire in all of Arachnia's history (500 BC - 400 BC). The great strength of Alulans was also shortlived, waning in less than a year as their bodies adapted to Arachnia. It was only through their goddess's power, their intellect, and advanced biotechnology that they were able to keep the world under heel for a century. During their reign, Alulans would advance the art of chemeia, which they called Al-kimiya. This marked the beginning of the practice known as Alchemy.

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Life Update

Hello! It's been a while. >>; So I just wanted to check in for those who follow this account for like writing/fanfic updates. Work has kept me super busy as of late and I haven't been able to get much of anything done (except some random doodles), because when I finally get home I'm usually just dog tired. That being said, it's not like I've forgotten about the fanfic by any means. I still have a lot planned for it. Just kinda rolling with the punches of life, as it were. For those who follow me for it, I hope you enjoy what I come up with when I finally get the chance to write it out. :D

Anyway, have an awesome day! Drink some water and take care of yourself.

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I keep getting comments on WIPs from readers—some who are registered AO3 users—expressing some form of “I like this story and check regularly for updates”. I don’t know if this is a permutation of “I can’t wait for an update” or if people genuinely don’t know about AO3’s Subscribe button.

Subscribing to a story automatically sends an email notification to the subscriber whenever the story is updated.

I don’t want to seem patronizing by mentioning subscriptions, but I also don’t want readers to be working so hard keeping up with a fic when there’s an easier solution. Or am I taking a compliment too literally?

(Please reblog for farther reach)

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Ocarina of Time Fanfic (Ch11)

It's taken a long time, but we're finally at the halfway point. Impa tries to escape with Princess Zelda while Saria fights her way into Castle Town, slaying monsters and saving townsfolk. Then, in the Temple of Time, our heroes finally confront Ganondorf, learning of the Gerudo's true intentions. Is it possible to break free from one's destiny, or are we but slaves to the machinations of fate?

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Just wanted to write a small update. I finished a new chapter for my OoT fanfic, buuuut this one is a really crucial part of the story, and I want to get a second opinion from some friends on the plot points I've laid out in it, so I'm going to wait on that and maybe make adjustments depending on the feedback. After that, it may be a bit before I can write again due to the weird schedule I got put on at work for next week. Here's hoping it doesn't last and I can get back to my normal stuff. I hope you all are doing well out there. Take care!

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Congratulations on your 20th anniversary!

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Ocarina of Time Fanfic (Ch10)

At long last, a new installment in the Hero of the Forest story! We begin not from the perspective of our heroes, but from the viewpoint of Ganondorf. He reflects, if only for a moment, on his life leading up to the battle about to take place. When he feels ready, he gives the order, and chaos erupts across Hyrule Fields. What will become of this land now that it is once again engulfed in war?

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Small tweak (OoT Fanfic Ch9)

So while I was messing around with my copy of Ocarina of Time 3D and exploring the Spirit Temple, I kept bumping into something and it was small enough that it wasn't jumping out at me but something always seemed off, but I finally realized what it was and I felt like a doofus.

It's the symbol change for the Gerudo!!!

For those who don't know, in Ocarina of Time's original build, it had the crescent moon and star symbol place in certain areas (particularly related to the Gerudo), which is a well known Muslim symbol. It even had Islamic prayer chants used in the Fire Temple music (though my understanding is that music was changed prior to release). Regarding the symbols, the change was early enough that a lot of people never saw the old ones when they first played, but the copy I played as a child did have the old symbols.

Now the reason I bring this up is because my memory is largely based off of my experiences when I originally played Ocarina of Time, and even though I'm aware of the symbol changes, the brain is kinda funny and tends to gloss over details that don't register as unusual (at least at first). When I was looking for screenshots and stuff back when I was writing ch9 for architecture references (I figure there'd be stuff similar to the Spirit Temple around elsewhere in Gerudo Valley), every screenshot I saw had the old symbols on it, but because my memory remembers the original build, I didn't even think twice about writing it into my architecture description!

But yes, I'm writing all of this to say that I went back to my Ao3 and Fanfic accounts to change a single line of description that no one batted an eye at. The reason I did this is because 1) I want any reference to existing material from the games to at least be as accurate as I can get it (not counting things that are speculative) and 2) I didn't want to cause any unwanted confusion by including old symbols that didn't have a place in the text. Admittedly my description of the modern Gerudo symbol isn't... Perfect? But I gave it a shot. I hope for those that did catch it this clears up any confusion about the original description in ch9.

Also, ch10 is coming along nicely. The intro is very Ganondorf-centric. It's taken me time to get here, but I'm finally getting to reveal some of my ideas for the character, and I hope my take on his upbringing and eventual arrival to where he is in the fanfic (more in ch11) is enjoyable! I've always really liked Ganondorf as a character ever since I met him in OoT, so I hope I can do him justice!

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Hello again!

Good news, everyone! I took care of the "small" projects I needed to get out of the way before I returned to the Saria fanfic, so for those who follow me for that, look forward to a new chapter! ... Soonish!

Also while a comm I needed to do probably can't be posted in many places due to its NSFW nature, the gift fanfic I did could probably go on my Ao3. In fact there's lots of stuff I want to upload over there, but I wasn't sure what was okay and not okay. XD

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Life/Writing update

Hello there! It's been a while... My work has been a pain to adapt to because my first week was day shift, then I was doing a grave shift, and now I'm doing a swing shift. Trying to chip away at a couple of writing things I was doing in between fanfic chapters, and I got one done not too long ago and now I'm just trying to finish off another thing. Hooopefully I can set aside some time to finish off that second thing because I've been itching to get back to that zelda fanfic. Will try to update when I get around to starting that again. For those who follow me for that, I appreciate your patience. Take care out there!

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saw a tweet and I had to parody it on the spot did you guys know that AC6 is really good?

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sketch CM for @digitalsatyr23 !!

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Hey, just wanted to give an update for those following me for the OoT fanfic. I'm starting a new job soon and between the prep and transitioning into a new schedule, it's safe to say the next Hero of the Forest chapter will be delayed. I'll try and keep you guys up to date though when I'm able to work on it again. I wanna be better about communication regarding this project.