#ps if you know the answer to any of the questions or puzzles pls do Not inform me i wanna figure it out for myself

[six-of-ravens]

totk update, since I realized I haven't talked much on here about it:

I beat the Wind and Water temples. wind bc Rito Village is basically where Purah wants you to go right off the bat (and I had no better ideas so I just headed out in that direction), and I stumbled upon water after i...

Investigated Kakariko Village and the Ring Ruins, which was interesting, but ended up leaving after a bit since I couldn't figure out if there's a main quest there (I did the sidequest where you read all the tablets)

unlocked one Great Fairy by bringing minstrels to her in a cart (badly, I am no great horseman) and it delights me that you can just do that instead of having to pay 10 million rupees this time

Tried to get into the lost woods to get to the korok forest, but couldn't figure out how and gave up eventually. I'll go back there someday

Found 2 of the geoglyphs, those memories, man....just kill me it'd be nicer

After finishing the water temple I decided to just run around the world and vibe for a bit before attempting the Gerudo and Goron quests (in botw those two were the hardest, so I'm lowkey expecting them to be the hardest here).

Haven't explored the sky islands or the depths much. I'll go to the sky if I can get there easily but I want more hearts before I attempt the depths. Also, just enjoying being back in Hyrule again.

That said, I LOOOOOOOOVE the caves. LOVE THEM. even though they have like likes. They're so cool, have so much cool loot, etc.

I love how they built onto botw. I did not think they could make botw hyrule feel like a minimalist kinda world but oh man. There's SO much more here!!

I'm so happy bc all I've wanted is to replay botw with new shrines and quests and some new parts of the map to discover and...that's basically what totk is.

Haven't built anything too extravagant yet bc, as my coworker said, it's kind of annoying when you spend so much time building something and end up abandoning it after a few minutes bc you don't need it anymore.

Side note, this Zelda figure that's telling people bonkers shit around Hyrule...is that Ganondorf in disguise? Somehow?? Or is she just seeming like an asshole bc it's all Part of Some Greater Thing?

Anyway I'm in a shrine in Hebra right now for some reason (was trying to get to the Sky Cube, fell, woe is me), but once I finish that I might head back to Hateno Village....I hope I still have Hateno House!!!

[hayjeon]

Story Talk: Cardiovascular Palpitations

Hey! So after I finish a fic/series/story with multiple parts, I’ll try upload a story talk, which is basically just a post where I can informally chat about what my goals were for that particular fic and how I feel about it as a writer. (like the name is based off of something like pillow talk where its a very comfortable setting where i can share) Just basically a place where I can communicate with you guys and answer any questions, clear up my thoughts, whatever. 

Sort of like how actors or directors do a voiceover commentary on their movies, that’s sort of what a story talk is! And usually it’ll have a lot more information that I might have left out that helps the storyline become more coherent. Sort of like scenes that were unincluded in a movie. HAHA enjoy! 

ps. i just talk wherever it leads me, but if you have any specific questions you want to ask about the story, pls send me them! i love love love getting questions about my stories because it makes me think more as a writer and challenges me to be more detailed. 

Whew! So that whole story was like 17k words and initially I intended it to be one whole thing but it was becoming way too long for me to handle so I decided to split it into two parts! :) I hope you guys liked it, please let me know what you thought. 

with this story though, i wanted to break away from all the angst on my blog looool i feel like all my stories are sooooo...sad omg, don't you think? haha but its because i think more of my creativity and character portrayal comes out when i write angsty ones. plus I'm just a sucker for angsty fics and angsty smut.

but i adore the friends with benefits au and i also love the whole doctors au as well. i was inspired to write this like halfway through a chapter of sutures and stitches because doctor!jeongguk was killing me. did anyone watch doctor stranger or doctor crush? both dramas were so well written and shot and i just love love love the idea of that au. also imagine jeongguk in scrubs and a long white coat with his curly hair omg

but jeongguk looks really really hot when he's concentrated and i loved imagining him performing surgeries and stuff when i wrote this. i was going to put in a scene where they perform a surgery together, to show how they work as a pair, but i think that dynamic was portrayed well through her explanation of how they ended up being partners. 

with tae, i think he fit the role so well, of being the sweet and perfect potential, but just not being the fitting puzzle piece for y/n. i’m a believer in organic relationships and i would want my husband to be my soulmate, same as how y/n noticed that tae was such a great potential, but just not her soulmate. he would’ve made a great boyfriend too!, with his perfect personality and all but i think y/n and her more pessimistic cynicism and negativity that is basically me and my grumpy self l o l, learns to realize the importance of having someone like jeongguk where she can see his imperfections and love them, where tae’s imperfections are harder to see and his perfectness kind of makes her retreat into this shell of being unable to speak out her thoughts. 

jeongguk mentioned that he likes y/n’s ability to speak her mind and not back down from anything? i think the point where we all realize that it’s more in favor of Jeongguk is when tae orders her a salad and she tamps down her desire for a pizza. since when did she become so meek?! which is why she belongs with jk, who lets her be the confident and strong woman she is without enforcing anything on her that changes her or affects her natural character that he loves

i think thats a great role for a guy to play in a relationship, for him to let the woman be herself, sort of silently supporting her and loving her with all he has. of course in a lot of kdramas, the girl is this poor weakling who relies on the guy, but i like all my main characters to be confident, strong women. not saying that y/n is perfect or has never experienced anything hard in her life, no. but she learns to be herself and to hold her ground wherever she is and thats how she worked her way up the ladder so soon. 

i genuinely love the dynamic that they have together, (and you’ll see more of their relationship in the drabbles i post) where jeongguk is kind of like always beside y/n, never stepping too far out front or behind, always at this equal place. she relies on him, but he relies on her too. idk if that makes sense but i love love that kind of trust and equality in a relationship. and i don't think thats feminist at all; its just a normal dynamic of equality and trust. 

but anyway, they’ll learn to love each other even more throughout their relationship and i’ll be consistently visintg the cardiopalp couple with drabbles and short sequels/prequels to give more information and detail about their past and future. i love this couple to death, and you guys are gonna love what i have planned for them ;) 

i think this fic challenged me as a writer to really try and complete a series of events and changes in a short fic. to be honest, short fics are harder to write than longer ones!!! its bc there are so many emotions and events and characterizations to write, but so little time/words to do it in. sometimes i feel like my writing is at its worst in shorter ones like cardiopalps, bc when i read over my work, it feels a little rushed at times and i sometimes have to delete huge sections and re-write it because its just not flowing like i want it to. and to include smut with all that too is like 4k  more words of stress lol 

but I'm so glad its over and I'm also feeling really good bc i finally have a finished fic on my blog lol there are so many ongoing pics that i feel sort of restless whenever a new idea pops into my head and I'm tempted to start it and post it and I'm like hay, no, you have like 4 other things to finish. 

anyways, thanks for reading, and i hope you enjoyed reading this as much as i enjoyed writing it! it gives me a moment to like informally just talk, and flow instead of having to think about plot lines or whatever. if u have any questions about this or any other ongoing fic, drop in an ask and i’ll make sure to include a blurb about it in my next cardio palp and answer it on my blog as well! 

thank you so much for loving cardiopalps! i really enjoyed writing it and really loves the sweet messages about it! thanks so much ♡ 

until next time, 

hay ♡