I hope you are in good health, as with your kitties. I finally made some fanart of Victoria in Chapter 21 that I was happy enough with to post. I don’t remember if I added a comment on this on the latest chapter, but the suspense on that odd scene is killing me. Thank you for sharing your writing as always !!
Thank you for even MORE art Wry!!! I absolutely love that I can actively see how much improvement you make with each pieces you share with me and I'm so so so honored to be a part of that. I can't even begin to tell you how much it touches me that you care enough for my work (and Victoria ofc) to create art of your own <3 Ugh, I'll be sobbing in the corner, sorry...
I'm alive, aha, but I won't lie - my physical and mental health have been in absolute shambles. I'd say I'm currently better off mentally than I am physically, which...is maybe a good thing?? Jury is still out on that one. At the very least the symptoms I've been struggling with pretty much my entire life has finally been narrowed down and diagnosed! Unfortunately, there's not much I can do with that info aside from pain management bahaha - I'm not dying or anything, just hurting.
The kitties are fantastic as always! Dandelion is currently wearing a very pretty flower cone after being spayed and Stella spends all of her time lounging in the window and watching the birds. Dandelion has grown so much, I can't believe I've had her for over a year now! She's so fluffy and spunky and she absolutely adores her big sister <3
I'm sure it's clear I've been awol for a while now - no cat pics or anything since the last update. There is a reason for this. My living situation is extremely tumultuous and has only gotten significantly worse since my last update. My cats are fine! I would die before letting anything happen to them. I can't go into detail.
Thankfully I have an exit plan in place that is currently underway, however I won't be out of this house entirely until the end of the year - so I really can't make any promises or even guesses on when Echoes is going to be worked on.
I would LIKE to have a new chapter out within the next few months, but it really boils down to how my body and environment treats me. I'm positive that after this year and going into the next things will be much better for me :) I don't know how that will translate into productivity, but I suppose time will only tell!
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Sneak peak time - the newest chapter of Echoes should be posted soon!
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen you get a letter,” Weasley number one comments, Weasley number two sidling in along her other side to lean over and give said letter a curious glance.
“And how would you know?” she mutters a little scornfully, taking a seat, “Do much Victoria-watching?”
Bro, blocking someone and then using their tag like this is, all offence, weak as fuck. Like all you had to say was, na bro I don't promote pedo protags on this here blog, because I wholly agree with the premise of your argument given contexts (i.e., writing abusive relationships to show the evils, great; writing abusive relationships to show the romance, yikes).
This response is so, so comically shitty within the context of that tag, oh my god.
Something being nasty is not a good reason to ban fiction about it.
If we accept that "something being nasty is a good reason to bad fiction about it" then we give a foot in the door for all the people who truly, genuinely believe that queer people are nasty to ban all queer literature.
This is not about defending bad people this is about defending the freedom of good people from tyranny, you moron.
I think if you take it to its logical extreme. Say, banning people from writing stories of sexual abuse. That could then be said "well ANY talk about sexual abuse is bad."
And from that, you could ban books that talk about it irl. Or books like how to recover after being abuse. If its not something to be discussed AT ALL.
The fact that I’ve seen this post in some form on my dash like 100x and each time there’s new idiots who do not get that you can’t have *some* censorship.
Either you’re for it or you aren’t.
The moment you agree that something should never, ever exist in fiction is the moment that anything can be banned.
Remember a while back how Tumblr banned a bunch of tags, including many popular innocuous ones that even people who are for censorship used and were upset about?
When censorship happens, stuff YOU like can and will be banned. That’s how it works.
Remember how a bunch of people had their accounts terminated here only last year for writing about their own sexual abuse?
When you ban “pedo” topics, say, any talk of child sexual abuse in any form, that means people can no longer write about their own experiences. It means people cannot educate others so they can learn how to protect themselves or get help from these situations.
Censorship is authoritarian. Full stop.
Even if “everyone” agrees something is “gross” and “shouldn’t exist,” that does not fucking matter.
Do you know who generally believes queer people are gross and shouldn’t exist??
The same people who are banning books left and right solely because they have queer characters or relationships.
The same people who attack and kill queer folk for simply exisiting.
This is not just some fandom matter or a case of being chronically online.
Protecting freedom of expression is essential, and if you do not get that, I don’t know what to say to you.
And the people who keep bringing up child sex abuse as a reason for censorship are doing it very specifically because everyone feels like then they HAVE to agree with the person in favor of censorship.
It’s not that there isn’t widespread societal agreement on this. It’s that they want you backed into a rhetorical corner where you feel compelled to agree with them.
Also, like, we KNOW how this shit shakes out in fandom because it's happened before.
In 2007, Livejournal capitulated to the "pedophilia and sex crimes!" cries of (hate group) Warriors 4 Innocence, and you know what communities got shut down? Slashfic communities. Sexual assault survivor support communities. Authors who'd written non-smut m/m fic even got caught up in it. It was DEVASTATING to fandom spaces. I think pretty much everyone knew at least one person whose account was literally DELETED, or were a member of a community that was wiped off the map because they were considerate enough to include topics like "sexual assault" or "BDSM" in the profiles under the badly-named category of "interests" to indicate that posts on said blogs or communities may include discussion of things like that. Even if it was for a SUPPORT group. And it was because a group of religious bigots came to LJ and said essentially "EVERYONE thinks it's gross and that it's promoting CSA, we should ban it."
Like, strikethrough and boldthrough were a large part of what propelled AO3 out of a more unfocused conversation on one person's blog about hosting a site INTENDED for fandom content, into being an actual archive and nonprofit. And it's a large part of why you won't find AO3 banning topics that you find "gross".
Censorship is authoritarian and it will ALWAYS have more collateral damage than you can imagine.
Never forget Lolita opened discussion of how to protect children from sexual exploitation precisely BECAUSE people found it disgusting.
Writing something does not mean you approve of or take part in it, and if it does, we better start digging up Stephen King’s yard to establish his body count.
People thibk being gay and trans is gross and morally wrong, abd they can and HAVE banned it as a topic in publishing and there ia no "well obviously I don't mean THAT" because no one cares where YOU think it should stop because you don't control it.
Been there. Done that. Already seen the consequences. No one was safer.
Because I feel worn out recently my self-control is low and I'm inserting myself into the reblogs with some study questions. None of these questions are going to convince anyone of anything because this conversation is not about censorship, it's about who is considered human and inhuman and by extension who is allowed to live, have rights, how they exist in public and private spaces, and what is allowed to happen to them. However, only half of the conversation will acknowledge that, the other half is so deep in it if they acknowledge what the conversation is really about they will have to examine their own actions and beliefs.
Does censorship (the controlling, limiting, or destroying of information in any form in order to promote or maintain a set of proscribed values) work at what it's intended to do?
Should a religious, governmental, or social group be in charge of censorship? Do you identify with that group?
Many posters on this post have cited historical issues with citations history such burning of documents, civil rights violations, deleting support groups for sexual assault survivors, and deleting social media accounts; did these things actually happen or are these situations made up?
Organizations such as the Roman Catholic Church put great emphasis on spiritual purity, including sexual chastity and abstinence. Has the efforts of the Roman Catholic Church (including using their social and political influence to encourage censorship through the banning, burning, or removing of both art and information) been effective in protecting children such as in the St Joseph's Catholic Orphanage in the US or the Magdalene Laundry in Ireland?
How do you define sexual content? If it is not explicitly sexual such as pictures of feet, eating, or tickling someone, is that content safe from censorship? If context matters who decides on context? If you see pictures of feet and you see them as pornographic images doesn't that mean that you are sexually aroused by them? If someone tells you that someone finds them sexually arousing and that's why they're pornographic who is allowed to tell you and what could that blanket decision of anything someone might find potentially arousing lead to?
When child sexual assault is not reported it is usually because of shame and a sense it was deserved because it was enacted by someone in authority who told them they could not tell anyone and that they wanted it in some way; what would be the effect on reporting child sexual assault when an overarching authority promotes the idea that discussing sexual content is bad and the person discussing it is a sexual deviant and bad person?
Is sexual education child pornography? It deals by definition with the sexual changes and urges felt by minors and is administered by an adult who is often asked sexually related questions by said minors, should sexual education be banned?
Most of the discussion on this post has been about art discussing child sexual assault, but censorship covers the destruction of any information that doesn't serve the current authority. Is there one authority that doesn't change and is therefore eternally good safe and manageable? Is there a law that has never been added? Is there a rule that never changed? Is there a love that never had a before and which will never have an after? Will that love protect you from everything? If it protects you, is that all that matters? Can you trust your government to never take anything from you? To never make you unlawful? If you are small enough and loud enough and sweet enough and breedable enough and say the right thing and fight the right person and never open a checking account and dye your hair the right color and tighten the internal corset enough and prove to everyone that you have never been to the devil's sacrament and that's how you know that Goody Proctor was there, if you do all that will you be safe and loved and never have to be afraid again?
If authoritarian censorship protects people, can you tell me which people it protects so I know whether or not authority is allowed to kill me?
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Hi! I love your fanfic Echoes and would be more than willing to be a beta reader if you ever need! I recently saw on your feed that Victoria is not your only OC-insert, do you mind sharing who your others are?
I'll definitely keep that in mind if I ever desire a beta reader <3 Thank you so much for the offer!
Of course I don't mind sharing the others - the more I get to talk about my oc's and my complete obsession with them, the happier I'll be ♥ I've actually been slowly putting together little character templates that I might post later, if anyone is interested :)
This is going to get a bit long-winded, so apologies in advance!
Of course, you know Victoria so we'll just skip right on by her starting with characters that currently have public fics, starting with-
Shippo Inuzuka, from Bare my Fangs
Fandom: Naruto
Current Word-Count: 34k
Rewrite Word-Count: 20k
Twin sister of Kiba Inuzuka, Shippo is currently an Academy Student in training within Konohagakure. Alongside her ninja pups Aomaru and Momomaru, Shippo dedicates her days to studious training and play as she gets to know her fellow classmates.
I have a lot of feelings about this fic. I started it before Naruto came to an end which always made it a little more difficult for me to write. I love the Inuzuka Clan a LOT and was very disappointed at the lack of oc-inserts more focused around them - so, I decided to write my own! It's been a very long time since I've updated this fic or even really thought about it and a large part of that is now that Naruto has come to an end, I'd really like to re-write it.
It's an old story with a lot of themes I no longer like, going in a direction I'm no longer sure about. However, because of this I'm excited to work on the project again! I have a lot more writing experience compared to when I first started it and I'd like to apply that to this story the proper way it deserves ♥
As it is, for any BMF readers here you can consider the current iteration of the story abandoned as I undergo this. Some major themes will stay the same, but a lot won't.
Shippo as a character is someone I've thought about a lot and have really come to love - the Shippo I envision now is someone a little unhinged; feral, in a sense, someone who plays off the wild nature of Kiba Inuzuka and the clan as a whole effortlessly. I don't really want to spoil too much about her and what I currently have written of the rewrite, so I'll leave it at that.
Her pups will absolutely be staying the same - I love Aomaru and Momomaru so so so much. I have very big plans for them.
Monkey D. Lucy, from Abyssal
Fandom: One Piece
Current Word-Count: 32k
Rewrite Word-Count: 0k, Under Plot and Character-Building
Twin sister of Monkey D. Luffy, Lucy is a young girl residing with the mountain bandits - and her brothers - on Dawn Island. She spends her days training in preparation for her eventual departure to sea with her twin and her overall terror of the ocean.
Abyssal has always been one of my backburner fics; One Piece was nowhere near its final arc when I first started it and I had been desperately hoping for more information on Luffy's background as a whole before delving in too deep into the story - it's a fic I didn't focus on too much and worked on when the mood struck.
One Piece is still my favorite anime/manga, so of course I plan on continuing with it eventually - most likely after the series has reached its conclusion.
Monkey D. Lucy will retain her terror of the ocean, only she now comes with a brand spanking new personality.
I have a general idea of where I want to go with her - someone who's passionate, reckless, violent, and beautiful. I have a character outline page written and a lot of rough sketches :)
Yuta Amelia Heartfilia, from Soulbound
Fandom: Fairy Tail
Current Word-Count: 10k
Rewrite Word-Count: 45k
This fic as it is has been completely abandoned. I've been working on a rewrite from the ground up for a while now - starting with the awful name, which is now Amelia.
I haven't talked about this fic anywhere or approached Soulbound in a long time - but I have been working on a rewrite for a few months now.
I adore Fairy Tail a lot - and now that it's come to a close I feel like I have a lot of freedom with this fic. There really isn't a lot of world-building and the general makeup of magic is very fluid to work with. I think Fairy Tail's strongest asset is its characters, which are honestly so so much fun to write.
As a result of this, I think Amelia is one of my more rounded-out characters.
Amelia is the younger sister of Lucy Heartfilia - and by younger, that is to say at the start of her story she is 11 years old, which makes her 6 years younger than Lucy.
Amelia is a quiet kid with no filter when she does speak - which makes her, rather unintentionally, a bit of an asshole. She's not good at reading people and has no real desire to engage with them - she leaves all of that charisma bullshit to her sister. Growing up on the streets after running away from home at a young age has made her street savvy; she's small, but lithe and very agile when she expends the effort towards it.
She spent most of her young life in cheap rooms in dodgey areas situated above taverns or whore houses while Lucy picked up odd jobs and magic requests to keep them afloat. This has encouraged a crass nature and a proclivity towards swearing that exasperates her sister greatly.
She's incredibly co-dependent on Lucy, who has acted as both parental roles for the majority of her life. She can't imagine life without her and is willing to do anything to keep her safe.
She holds no memories of any previous lives she may or may not have lived.
She was blessed with a rather simple form of Celestial Spacial Magic; the ability to teleport herself and objects a short distance around her. She adores her ability and often uses it for the purpose of being lazy.
I've been having a lot of fun writing this fic. Unlike my other fics this one alternates between the main siblings frequently, to the point that I'd say that they're both the main protagonists.
As a general result of leaving home so much earlier than canon, Lucy has changed a lot as well, but well - I'll leave that for the readers to find out when I do finally start posting chapters.
As for the fics I've kept almost completely on the down-low; these are fics I don't plan on posting for a very long time, but have been working on.
Anna Weasley, from Untitled Project
Fandom: Harry Potter
Current Word-Count: 60k
Anna Weasley is a starry-eyed child - she sees the world through dream-hued glasses tainted at the edges by nightmares brought on by her rather bad habit of dying. Sometimes she sees things that others can't and that's okay - she has her twin, Ron, to help her sort out the muddled mess that is her mind.
She's bright in a simple kind of way, and a bit odd, but eternally optimistic and loyal to those she loves.
As much as I would love love love to talk endlessly about Anna, this is where I'm going to leave it. I have a lot planned for this fic and writing it between Echoes has been fun. I love the Weasley's, if you couldn't tell, and I feel like passing up the chance to jump into a story with a Weasley-centric OC would be a travesty.
Also Anna is like, in my top 3 OC's to doodle when I feel up to it ♥
Umeko Haruno, from Untitled Project
Fandom: Naruto
Current Word-Count: 70k
Umeko Haruno has had her nose stuck to the grindstone studying and training for her future career as a shinobi for as long as she can remember. Growing up with a training companion in the form of her brilliant twin has pushed her into a diligent pursuit to surpass her own limits.
This mentality was largely influenced by the passing of her shinobi mother when she was still very young. A casualty of a mission gone wrong, her loss was felt deeply by the family with ripples that never quite ceased. Umeko's desire to live up to her mothers legacy, become strong enough to protect those she has left, and push herself to the extreme has resulted in her being a workaholic with an obsession to become a more efficient shinobi.
She's very book-smart and clinical, but she doesn't let that overshadow her kindness. She has a low tolerance for incompetence and values training above all else - there is almost no form of training she isn't willing to try, no matter the blow it might deal to her dignity or the respect others have for her.
I'm really really excited for this fic. It's a lot more fast paced than my other ones and writing it has been a lot of fun - Umeko is just a lot of fun. I've kept this fic completely hushed up simply because of Bare my Fangs, but as you can see I've got quite a bit written already.
I have a very strong idea of her story progression and how it will ultimately affect those around her, as well as the plot as a whole. I've got a few twists and turns planned that I can't wait to unveil ♥
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She'd built her life, from the ground up. Through the muck of slurried-trash heaps and the grime of sick rot tearing away at her clothes and her food and her dignity she'd persevered.
And then-
Afterward, nothing much mattered, anymore.
There was a peace in that.
More, than peace, it's like she ascended-
And then, she found, she wasn't alone.
🤫
Thank you for asking about my OC's and sorry if it was a lot more than you bargained for! I really do love them and have been quietly sitting on them for a while now :)
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Omg I loveeee the new chapter(s). For the last couple of years, I used to come back every once in a while to reread echoes. I don’t have notifications on so imagine my surprise when I checked again and found two (2)!!! new chapters. Thank you so much 🥰🥰🥰.
I'm happy you've been enjoying the new Echoes content anon <3 I've been having a lot of fun writing it!
