#notpoignant

[glorious-void]

Some more BG3 fanart of the ship I've taken to calling Hellspawn 😈❤️ inspired by the incredible fic Palmarosa by @not-poignant

[suis0u]

Working on something new for @not-poignant 's Raven Prince~.

[not-poignant]

Birthday Spotlight - Ash Glashtyn

[27th February - Pisces]

Ash Glashtyn, the fun-loving, cheerful, highly-sadistic and hypersexual Unseelie waterhorse from the canon Fae Tales series, adopted brother of Augus Each Uisge, and eater of humans, has been a beloved and then polarising character among readers. He's been a star in a couple of stories, but mostly he exists as a comedic, sexual, dangerous foil to his composed, sinister brother.

Ash Glashtyn is a monster who is ashamed of being a monster, but when he's a human, he normally has way less internalised issues with himself, and just wants to make the most out of life! He lives big, loves travel, loves everyone, but doesn't want any romantic relationships out of life. This boy will fuck everyone, and finds everyone stunning and beautiful and worthy of his time, but he's solidly aromantic and isn't planning on sexually cohabiting with anyone (with the exception of Strange Sights and The Wildness Within!)

An unlikely mediator, annoyingly charming, human loving, relentlessly curious, intensely protective, and appreciator of the sensual, Ash is one of the most 'human' of the Fae characters, and I've been happy to have him by my side for over ten years.

I’m a mess . . . I don’t even know. I’m not made for all this high political bullshit. I’m not made for any of it, Augus. I’m just some dude, you know? Just some guy. I’ve been waiting for things to go back to normal ever since you went missing.

The Court of Five Thrones

Shadows and Light - (fanfiction) First mentioned in From the Darkness We Rise, and his first official appearance in Into Shadows We Fall, Ash was a beloved character early on despite being on the enemy side and loving the worst villain in the story. An affable and obvious victim who just wanted the best for his brother, Ash struggled to come to terms with the fact that his brother needed to be defeated, and was vital in securing the win/victory for the good guys, even as it meant ruining himself in the process.

The Wildness Within - (AU) The truly sane part of an OT3 featuring Augus, Gwyn and Ash, Ash managed to keep his brother grounded, get Gwyn out of shackles, stop Gwyn from running away in the human realm, and keep Augus from losing his mind when the Raven Prince kept throwing obstacles into their path. Ash was the compass point that kept them on the path to their true north in this story, and we'd not have the relationship we have between them, or the happy ending, without him!

From the Darkness We Rise - (fanfiction) Mentioned only.

Game Theory - (canon) Ash's first canon appearance is also an intense one. The first time we meet him he is drugged out of his mind, the second time he loathes Gwyn, and is drunk, and the third time he punches Gwyn hard enough in the face to break his cheekbone.

The Court of Five Thrones - (canon) Ash works on a book called 'how to lose friends and my brother by trying to be so overprotective while not listening to anyone.'

The Ice Plague I - (canon) Ash, having reconciled with Gwyn, joins the ensemble cast as Julvia's unlikely protector, and a watchful, compassionate eye on the group.

The Ice Plague II - (canon) Ash, starving into insanity like his brother, Augus, doesn't have a good time.

The Ice Plague III - (canon) We learn Ash's heartsong as he loses it, and meet the Glashtyn for the first time. Not a fun guy, it turns out! Or super fun actually, if you like songs about rape and torture. Which the Glashtyn does!

The Wildness Within - (AU) An OT3 of Ash/Augus/Gwyn, Ash here is his waterhorse self, and this story imagines a world where Augus saves Gwyn from his family, and he and his brother learn how to deal with a semi nonverbal torture victim, and become an unlikely polyamorous triad.

Quid Pro Quo - (AU) Gwyn/Ash. A mostly PWP series of Gwyn finding Ash in the human world, and being coerced-persuaded into sex that has a lot of overstimulation. A lot of hurt/comfort and aftercare moments.

Strange Sights - (AU) Ash/Augus. The 'Ash rapes Augus and nearly ruins their entire relationship' one that features dark!Ash and vulnerable!Augus. This one is probably one of the darker longfics I've written, and it's the only story I've thought about deleting. Eventually I decided not to, and I still think it has some of the most beautiful writing in it. A lot of Ash perspective, for people who enjoy that!

The Shaking Shape of You - (AU) Augus/Ash oneshot, in the world of The Wildness Within. This one's porn, folks.

Tumblr Prompts - Fae Tales - (AU and canon) Ash is in a couple of these! In one, he's an unlikely companion while they all go grocery shopping in the human realm, in another, Augus reads to Ash.

Unwound - (canon) Part of the ensemble cast here, his best chapter is the one where he gets Gwyn high on marijuana and Gwyn gets the munchies.

The Ash and Gwyn Interludes - (canon) Chapters where Gwyn and Ash work to reconcile between the events of The Court of Five Thrones and The Ice Plague. Features rare Ash canon POV chapters.

Ten Minutes and Ten Minutes More - (AU) A Mosk/Eran PWP oneshot where Ash gives Eran 'advice' on how to basically sexually assault Mosk. He has black hair in this one, and looks as sinister and dangerous as his brother.

The Augus and Ash Interludes - (AU) Written in 2013, these started off as canon and some quickly became not canon. But features very sweet or silly or angsty moments between Augus and Ash.

Tumblr Prompts - Fae Tales AUs - (AU) I don't actually remember these O.O Very 'I have no memory of this place' Gandalf quote.

When the Tables Turn - (AU) Augus/Ash, Ash is a detective who decides he wants to rail drug trafficker and crimelord Augus Each Uisge. I never finished this, but it was fun

The Best of Broken Resolutions - (AU) The Architect AU (Gwyn/Augus), in which Ash is a member of a band, and gets way too drunk and manages to make his presence known even in this story.

Salt Water - (AU) Ash/Augus. An 11k Id Fic with magical healing cock. Augus is raped by Stertes (yes, that one), and Ash fucks him better e.e

The Day the Ferris Wheel Came Down - (AU) Before Spoils of the Spoiled even existed, I played with the idea of a high school AU here!

Underline the Silver - (AU) An upcoming Augus/Corbyn Prince omegaverse story, where Ash will at the very least be mentioned.

A fun-loving, booze-loving, human-loving, upbeat-appearing quick-thinker, who always looks on the bright side, is ready to back a friend.

Pansexual, aromantic, and loves everyone. Enjoys sex and making connections, but also is happy to move on and make more going forward.

Loves his brother so much. SO much. Too much? He'd say there's no such thing!

Memes

If cheerful emo manifested into a human person

Redheads have all the fun

What? The cheerful guy sometimes has some deep-seated issues that he's not really talking to anyone about? O.O

Most memorable in the canon for his internal conflict around eating humans but needing to eat them. He loves humans so much that he spends most of his time living with them, something Augus and most Unseelie fae view unfavourably.

An unlikely friend of the Nain Rouge!

If he's going to be attracted to another core Fae Tales character, it's going to be his brother first, and Gwyn second, but only in the AUs.

Getting himself half-killed by The Raven Prince

Betraying his brother to save his brother's life, and that creating bitterness between them.

Using pop culture references around Fae who are all talking like Victorians.

This guy can fit so much alcohol in him!

Betraying Gwyn, but not to save Gwyn's life. The mutiny in The Court of Five Thrones goes down as the biggest turning point for his character in the entire canon.

Ash always has auburn hair except in a single oneshot AU, Ten Minutes and Ten Minutes More.

Always cheerful, and that cheerfulness always hides a darker and more sexual side.

Fucks - does he ever fuck

Kinks are always some variety of overstimulation and overwhelming his partners with pleasure.

Curious about people

Protective over those he perceives as vulnerable, including the humans he eats in the canon!

Ash was initially conceived as a foil to the idea that 'all Unseelie fae are evil' in the same way that Crielle was conceived as a foil to the idea that 'all Seelie fae are pure and good.'

Ash Glashtyn's personality is based on actual folktales connected to the Glashtyn. He has been described as capable of great good and great harm, but he's also been described as a waterhorse capable of extreme evil and sadism. He's actually considered more sadistic than the Each Uisge, which I kept as a trait. In fact there is one story where the Glashtyn in human form stabbed long pins and needles into unsuspecting children and women through their buttocks, breasts and other fleshy parts.

The reason Ash looks the way he does was part of a complex storyline that never came together, which frustrates me, but otherwise Ash and Augus would look very similar so I needed something to differentiate them more easily! Plus I really loved the idea of a character who doesn't look immediately kind of 'dark and forbidding.'

Ash has been one of the most polarising characters. During the Shadows and Light era, most people loved him intensely. During the Game Theory era, people became split. People who never read SAL generally hated him until the very end of The Court of Five Thrones.

Ash's heartsong was a secret that only Augus knew for almost a decade. Even I didn't know it for a little while. I always told myself and others that the only time we'd all learn what it was, was when he lost it. When I knew what it was, I told everyone it began with an A. Only one person out of about 100 guesses got it right. :D

I mean, we’re not dead or being actively tortured so it’s like…prospects aren’t all bad.

The Ice Plague II

[dyinglikeastar]

I saw a rec post floating around asking for the best fic you've ever read, so I thought I'd toss out my annual rec for @not-poignant's Fae Tales series. If this sounds anything at all like it'd be up your alley, give it a shot. I don't think any published work has hooked me as much as this series. I've been reading it and obsessed with the characters in it for years. It is quite dark and deals with dark themes, kink, and trauma, but if any of that speaks to you, I guarantee you will not be disappointed.

Fae Tales universe on ao3

[poigdomevents]

Day 4 / Sep. 7: family

this was the biggest vibe I had during the last chapters of TIP Book 3 😌💖 sometimes an adopted son can be 2700ish years older than their adopted dad, and that’s just how it is for Mosk and Gwyn!! love em!!!!!

[fallloverfic]

Rating: Mature

Fandom: Fae Tales - not_poignant

Relationship: Gwyn ap Nudd/Augus Each Uisge

Tags: Gwyn ap Nudd, Augus Each Uisge, Gulvi Dubna Vajat, Ash Glashtyn, Original Characters, The Raven Prince, Fluri the Mouse Maiden, The Nightingale, What If, Friendship, Angst with a Happy Ending, Injury Recovery, Rescue Missions, one-sided pining

Summary: When Seelie General Gwyn ap Nudd learns through his friend Gulvi Dubna Vajat of Ash Glashtyn’s desperation to find his missing brother, Augus Each Uisge, Gwyn wonders if everything really is okay with the fae everyone says is just on vacation, and goes to investigate.

"Found You", Chapter 1: Listen

For Faedom Week 2022, Day 1! Inspired by "Deeper into the Woods"!

[nefrilm]

I’m drawing again :3

This time it’s for From the Darkness We Rise by @not-poignant

I love the story so much, so… meet Pitch “Is that embroidery on your robes, or are you just happy to see me?“ Black and beautiful nightmare Mora <3

[freyadragonlord]

Dr Gary Konowalous from Falling Falling Star, by @not-poignant

It was interesting coming up with pictures for this character because in many ways, even after more than 60 chapters, he is still a mysterious guy, and half of the things hinted here we know only thanks to Pia’s behind the scenes. But he is still the MVP of the story, so I wanted to give him some love.

[budapester-pflaume]

There he is. Little Efnisien in front of his 48 books. I adore him so much. He is from "Falling Falling Stars" which is the greatest thing I have read in a while.

@not-poignant is the absolute fantastic author. And their whole portfolio is breathtakingly good.

Under the cut are some more pictures of my little figurine.

For size comparison. He is my smallest one yet, with only 4 cm in heights. Made from clay (and part off a toothpick for stability in his neck).

It's hard to see but his little jumper has an engraved knitting pattern.

The books all have pages and some have covers. I actually made the books first thats why they are way to big.

He threw a little tantrum during the fotoshoot and made a mess with his books. His second body is simple nude. The head is moveable and alows for easy switching. Usally I'm giving them a second outfit but I sort of didn't want to put him in baggy lumps...

So Nackidei Efnisien it is!

Sorry Efnisien. No grace or dignity for you. Only books and a shabby cinderblock bookshelf.

[grimalkinmessor]

fic preferences meme

Rules: Bold your fic preferences because why not, gotta choose one (near impossible, but go with your first gut instinct).

slow burn or love at first sight

fake dating or secret dating

enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers

oh no there’s only one bed or long-distance with correspondence (by default)

hurt/comfort or amnesia

fantasy au or modern au

mutual pining or domestic bliss

smut or fluff

canon compliant (missing scenes) or fix-it fic

alternate universe or future fic

one-shot or multi-chapter

kid fic or roadtrip fic

reincarnation or character death

arranged marriage or accidental marriage

high school romance or middle aged romance

time travel or isolated together

neighbours or roommates

sci-fi au or magic au

bodyswap or genderbend

angst or crack

apocalyptic or mundane

(I did colors too because it was hard for my bat-blind ass to see.)

Tagging YOU, YES YOU, READING THIS. Taking a page out of NP's book and telling you that you can tag me and say I tagged you. 😄

[suis0u]

A bit further with @not-poignant's Raven Prince and Jareth from The Labyrinth movie (my little cross-over idea, ha).

[not-poignant]

March 2024 Writing Round-Up

Here’s the monthly round-up of everything written and posted in March 2024!

Here’s the chapters that were released:

Birthday Spotlight - Gulvi Dubna Vajat

Underline the Black 82

Underline the Black 83

Underline the Black 84

Underline the Blue 12

Underline the Blue 13

Constellations 04

The Nascent Diplomat 42

The Nascent Diplomat 43 (Augus+Gwyn Tier+)

Underline the Blue 14 (Augus+Gwyn Tier+)

Underline the Blue 15 (Augus+Gwyn Tier+)

Constellations 07 (Gary+Efnisien Tier+)

Chapter Commentary - Underline the Black 37 (Mosk+Eran Tier+)

Chapter Commentary - Underline the Black 38 (Mosk+Eran Tier+)

FANFICTION

A Stain that Won't Dissolve 33

A Stain that Won't Dissolve 34

Palmarosa 20

Palmarosa 21

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I managed a decent 39k words this month across 11 chapters. I actually wanted to do more (I secretly wanted to write another 4 chapters and hit a 50k+ wordcount which in retrospect is kind of nuts).

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On the writing side, I wrote across multiple stories: Underline the Black, A Stain that Won't Dissolve, Underline the Gold, (Secret Project), and Constellations.

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I’m pretty burnt out and working on getting my capacity back. I'm hoping to take two weeks off writing at the end of April, and we'll see if that helps.

I think burnout is something a lot of us are feeling and trying to learn how to navigate right now!

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I’ll see you all in April!

[poigdomevents]

Day 2 / September 5th: “Game Theory” (and perhaps “favorite scene”)

I’m pretty sure I did the original sketch of this during my Game Theory read several months ago… I’ve always enjoyed the way Pia writes Augus putting his fingers in Gwyn’s mouth (and that act in general haha). 🥰

[fallloverfic]

Rating: Mature

Fandom: Fae Tales - not_poignant

Relationships: Mosk Manytrees & Terho the Mouse-Lad, Mosk Manytrees/Eran Iliakambar, Anika/Terho

Tags: Mosk Manytrees, Eran Iliakambar, Gwyn ap Nudd, Terho the Mouse-Lad, Anika, Post-canon, Recovery, Mental Health Issues, First Meetings, background Gwyn/Augus, Magic, Anxiety, PTSD, Ouranophobia, Developing friendships, Mutual Pining, Angst with a Hopeful Ending

Summary: Now that the battle with Olphix is over, and the heroes have had time to rest, Gwyn ap Nudd asks Mosk Manytrees and Eran Iliakambar to check in on Terho the Mouse-Lad, and see how he's been doing.

"A Mouse Amid Wildflowers", Chapter 1: Just Visiting

For Faedom Week 2022, Day 3 @poigdomevents! Inspired by "The Nightingale and Terho the Mouse-Lad" and "There Are Flowers"!

[bimbooboo-the-fool]

I love their relationship - much romance, lots of love<333 I absolutely love The Ice Plague @not-poignant!!! ((My username was previously rosaria-bec but I still wanted to show my love for your work))

[saiwaimode]

Needed to do some warm up sketches so here I am- sneaking in some fanart of Gulvi and Fenwrel for @not-poignant‘s amazing Fae Tales series! Right now I’m on Court of Five Thrones and loving every chapter; thank you so much for sharing your work with us!