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um, hi!
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I barely use deviantart nowadays, oof. Best to follow up on tumblr or fanfiction.net for stuff and things from yours truly! I'm SafyreSky in both those places as well! :)
Logged on today to reference an old Jacquie drawing bc it's about that time of year where I redraw it all over again (and I haven't touched it in like. 2 years. So it'll be interesting to see the improvement!) only to find out that dA is making everyone use the new version of the site at the end of May. So I was like okay, let's give it a go, and it's HARD to get used to? It sort of hurts my eyes? It doesn't seem very intuitive nor does it seem very accessible, but I wouldn't know much about what is and isn't accessible from a personal perspective
¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
I do like the cover image option! Makes me want to draw all my Legates and use them as a banner!
BUT YEAH. I'm more active on the above sites, but I think I may clean up y dA profile a bit and revisit Remnants. I've been thinking about it lately, but it's not as much fun as my huge fantasy word, Crystal Springs! I may just shout YOLO during quarantine and just finish the dang thing, but I make NO promises. I haven't touched it in like three years!
But ye. I hope everyone is holding up okay! Be safe, wash your hands, don't touch your face! And moisturize! All the hand washing is gonna make your skin dry and cracky and that shit HURTS!
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Reminiscing on Remnants
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I've been doing a lot of thinking about Remnants, seeing as how my fantasy story world has taken over my life, and I've been trying to figure out what it is about Remnants that prevents me from finishing it!
Every year I say THIS IS THE YEAR I FINISH REMNANTS! And then, I don't, and I know I have (had by this point, probably) a small following of people who read it and loved it and like, I wanna finish it for you guys SO BAD! But something always stops me from continuing and here's a little list just for context
Every year I say THIS IS THE YEAR I FINISH REMNANTS! And then, I don't, and I know I have (had by this point, probably) a small following of people who read it and loved it and like, I wanna finish it for you guys SO BAD! But something always stops me from continuing and here's a little list just for context
Beware Remnants spoilers ahead!!!
- I'm not fond of Mel's full name
- I'm not fond of the plot--shitty Dad tries to find way to steal fortune his kid he neglected is an heiress too
- Said shitty Dad kidnaps said kid in order to attempt to get access by a loophole that is very, very stupid and definitely needs to be fixed (I'll expand on this more because I'd love to have some input from readers/people who know more about laws and such than I do about this!)
- I'm not fond of the odd names in general
- It needs more diversity imo
That's a small list, and tbh the second point is the BIG one. The plot was always going to be "Claire is revealed to be an Heiress and Mel, her alcoholic, neglectful, abusive, and BROKE father is going to kidnap her in order to gain access to the fortune to pay of his bills and buy an entire beer store, probably" and I thought it was gr8 but now that I'm older I'm doing the real big :\ at that plot line
But like, how can I fix it at this point????? The way I wrote it is that her Legal Guardians can access it on her behalf (when she's adopted), or she can access it when she is 18 (age of majority; when she becomes a legal adult) OR if she is with family and giving her consent in person. I'm not entirely sure how accurate this is?? And I don't like not knowing if it is accurate.
Currently I'm trying to think of an eloquent way around this roadblock. I also wrote it so that Mel is unregistered or what have you as her legal guardian, so him kidnapping her was for her to give consent to family--which he is, by blood--in person, but goodness that seems silly. One solution which I think I may go with is that Mel forges the papers saying he has legal guardianship, which would work. Except for that I made it that they had instructions to NOT let Mel, specifically, access it--which is ANOTHER silly thing I don't thing is accurate? I could get around this by getting Mel to make Ed do it for him (bc Ed was going to be an accomplice but not out of malice, more so bc he wants his sister to be happy and for some odd reason Mel makes her happy? Like, wtf Ed's sis he's not worth it). Like, the papers are forged so that ED is listed as her legal guardian, and HE goes in with her to get it while Mel waits on standby--you know what I'm saying?
I want to finish Remnants this summer and post it weekly (probably from the beginning) from September's first week to whenever it ends (November 15th would be perf bc that's Claire's bday and I had Remnants' original end happen on her Birthday), but before I do that I gotta fix this plot roadblock, that way I ENJOY writing it and it doesn't seem like some inexperienced writer's attempt at writing a crazy story. You get what I'm saying?
Any tips, help, pointers, etc. would be GREATLY appreciative--especially in regards to the two ideas I have written above there. Please feel free to comment! Or message me on tumblr SafyreSky, I'm literally always on the blue hell site and respond to messages pretty well! (direct messages or asks are fine, but I prefer the former! Easier to keep track of conversation that way ;D)
Now then , how are you all doing? I hope you're enjoying the art of my shitty fantasy childs
But like, how can I fix it at this point????? The way I wrote it is that her Legal Guardians can access it on her behalf (when she's adopted), or she can access it when she is 18 (age of majority; when she becomes a legal adult) OR if she is with family and giving her consent in person. I'm not entirely sure how accurate this is?? And I don't like not knowing if it is accurate.
Currently I'm trying to think of an eloquent way around this roadblock. I also wrote it so that Mel is unregistered or what have you as her legal guardian, so him kidnapping her was for her to give consent to family--which he is, by blood--in person, but goodness that seems silly. One solution which I think I may go with is that Mel forges the papers saying he has legal guardianship, which would work. Except for that I made it that they had instructions to NOT let Mel, specifically, access it--which is ANOTHER silly thing I don't thing is accurate? I could get around this by getting Mel to make Ed do it for him (bc Ed was going to be an accomplice but not out of malice, more so bc he wants his sister to be happy and for some odd reason Mel makes her happy? Like, wtf Ed's sis he's not worth it). Like, the papers are forged so that ED is listed as her legal guardian, and HE goes in with her to get it while Mel waits on standby--you know what I'm saying?
I want to finish Remnants this summer and post it weekly (probably from the beginning) from September's first week to whenever it ends (November 15th would be perf bc that's Claire's bday and I had Remnants' original end happen on her Birthday), but before I do that I gotta fix this plot roadblock, that way I ENJOY writing it and it doesn't seem like some inexperienced writer's attempt at writing a crazy story. You get what I'm saying?
Any tips, help, pointers, etc. would be GREATLY appreciative--especially in regards to the two ideas I have written above there. Please feel free to comment! Or message me on tumblr SafyreSky, I'm literally always on the blue hell site and respond to messages pretty well! (direct messages or asks are fine, but I prefer the former! Easier to keep track of conversation that way ;D)
Now then , how are you all doing? I hope you're enjoying the art of my shitty fantasy childs
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New Year New Me lmao
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Me: Arrives 15 days late to the New Year's party, with Starbucks
I have a LOT of goodies planned for this year--finishing Remnants (I know I say that every year BUT SERIOUSLY 2017 IT WILL BE FINISHED) and more drawings because guess who brought her tablet with her to Kingston!
Me, it me. And I'm learning the ins and outs of fire alpaca which I really like it's like if ps and sai had a baby tbh!
I have a LOT of goodies planned for this year--finishing Remnants (I know I say that every year BUT SERIOUSLY 2017 IT WILL BE FINISHED) and more drawings because guess who brought her tablet with her to Kingston!
Me, it me. And I'm learning the ins and outs of fire alpaca which I really like it's like if ps and sai had a baby tbh!
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Llamas?
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Has anyone else been getting an onslaught of llamas lately? Because for the past 3 days I think, I've just been getting a LOT of llamas, like 4 a day and i was wondering if I missed something?? Like is there a LET'S GIVE PEOPLE LLAMA LOVE event or something like that going on? (That made more sense in my head).
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Closure
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It took a while, but I think I've finally come to terms with my hard drive being kerput and basically unable to recover anything ever.
Hello friends! I know it's been a while since I wrote my last journal!!! So I have a happy update for you basically, but wanted to start off by getting to the point of the title. I was watching Class today, the new Doctor Who spin-off. A lot of people are incredibly critical of Doctor Who today, even though in my opinion it is so much better after Series 7, when Twelve comes along. Last Series (9) story line was very uneventful, but the episodes have dramatically increased in writing quality imo and as a result, Clara isn't as much of an annoying enigma character as she was before. I cried A LOT when she left! But I'm getting off topic. Anyway, Class! A lot of people were kinda ho-hum about it (I was too) but when I watched the first two episodes when they came out, holy fuck they are good. And this weekend's episode was PHENOMENAL. High praise, I know, but the jist of this is that one of the themes of the show is grieving and moving on, and it occurred to me while watching that oh shit, I really am OK with the hard drive being basically kerput.
I tried to see if we could see the hard drive on my housemate's computer the other day when we plugged it into the bridge, and it wouldn't turn up. So its absolutely gone, along with Remnants chapter 10, Frostmas year six and Int the Shadows chapter 10. And I'm OKAY with this!
I've been writing up my notes again, for all my stories, and can happily say that since tomorrow (technically today, as it is 12), in the spirit of Halloween, I'm gonna post the next part of Cemeteries! And hopefully the fifth and final part soon after! I'm kinda figuring out how much information I wanna give away, but tbh I think I'm just gonna go all out and give away the basic info anyway. It's a fun storyline!
So yeah, expect that like hopefully tomorrow (today) soon. I had a lot more to say but to be honest, I got distracted by a danny phantom phanfic and now it's 3am. Opps ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Hello friends! I know it's been a while since I wrote my last journal!!! So I have a happy update for you basically, but wanted to start off by getting to the point of the title. I was watching Class today, the new Doctor Who spin-off. A lot of people are incredibly critical of Doctor Who today, even though in my opinion it is so much better after Series 7, when Twelve comes along. Last Series (9) story line was very uneventful, but the episodes have dramatically increased in writing quality imo and as a result, Clara isn't as much of an annoying enigma character as she was before. I cried A LOT when she left! But I'm getting off topic. Anyway, Class! A lot of people were kinda ho-hum about it (I was too) but when I watched the first two episodes when they came out, holy fuck they are good. And this weekend's episode was PHENOMENAL. High praise, I know, but the jist of this is that one of the themes of the show is grieving and moving on, and it occurred to me while watching that oh shit, I really am OK with the hard drive being basically kerput.
I tried to see if we could see the hard drive on my housemate's computer the other day when we plugged it into the bridge, and it wouldn't turn up. So its absolutely gone, along with Remnants chapter 10, Frostmas year six and Int the Shadows chapter 10. And I'm OKAY with this!
I've been writing up my notes again, for all my stories, and can happily say that since tomorrow (technically today, as it is 12), in the spirit of Halloween, I'm gonna post the next part of Cemeteries! And hopefully the fifth and final part soon after! I'm kinda figuring out how much information I wanna give away, but tbh I think I'm just gonna go all out and give away the basic info anyway. It's a fun storyline!
So yeah, expect that like hopefully tomorrow (today) soon. I had a lot more to say but to be honest, I got distracted by a danny phantom phanfic and now it's 3am. Opps ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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