Summoner's Sketchbook

Figured it was about time I create a masterpost to pin on my blog.

Name: Kogarashi, Amanda, "hey you"

Editor, (fandom) writer, freelance artist

Multifandom geek and generally crafty jack-of-all-trades (master of none)

~ I Draw ~ I Write ~ I Craft ~

Outside links here, but the most relevant is probably my Archive of our Own page.

You can buy me a cocoa (Ko-fi) if you want to throw a tip my way, and you can buy things with my art on Redbubble (slowly adding to inventory).

I also have a side blog for reblogging art I like, and now a side blog for reblogging other people's fiction.

I have a tag list for things like tag games. Want on (or off) the list? Just leave a comment on the linked post.

Fandoms, collected posts, commission info, etc. below the cut to keep this shorter on my page.

Quick links to my OCs: Castelin Cousland | Aelinn Hawke | Tyria Lavellan | Saadrah Mercar

For all four DA ladies AND Shepard! (I love the new choice!)

#21: Your character has been granted 3 wishes; what would they wish for and why?

Oh man, what a question to ask all of them! Granting my OCs three wishes can be dangerous. ;)

Castelin Cousland:

Okay, assuming that she doesn't feel the need to use one of the wishes to end the Fifth Blight...

Have her family alive and well again

Have a viable and trustworthy option for ruling Ferelden so she and Alistair don't have to do it (Anora only counts if the wish rewrites her trustworthiness as far as Castelin perceives it)

Have her own ship she can be captain of (with Alistair on her crew) and the freedom to be a sea raider like her mother, in service to Ferelden

Aelinn Hawke:

The obvious first three for Aelinn are: get her sister back, get her father back, get her mother back, and if she can somehow finagle a fourth wish in there, have Carver unblighted. So if we skip past those options...

Heal Fenris's trauma

Fix Kirkwall's problems

Freedom for mages without the baggage blowing up a chantry brings

And if someone pushes her to change her list to do more things for her, it looks more like this:

Heal Fenris's trauma

Retirement house in the countryside

Mage freedom still, thanks

Tyria Lavellan:

Tyria doesn't have any "obvious" wishes (she can handle the Anchor and Breach and Corypheus stuff without having to spend a wish on it, thanks, her team's got this), so we've got...

Help Cullen heal

Help fix the problems mages have by getting the Chantry to listen

Something complicated she spends time finding the perfect wording for (probably with Varric's help) to do kind/helpful things for each of her companions and advisors all rolled into one wish

No, none of the wishes are actually for her, except by extension. No, you can't convince her to change the list to make any of the options for her. Cullen's going to have to get three wishes of his own just to make sure Tyria gets something (she insists that helping her friends is reward enough).

Saadrah Mercar:

Saadrah would wish for Varric back, but he'd probably complain about her "wasting" a wish and insist it was his time, his choice, and she shouldn't take it from him. So her wishes are (as written out by her)...

Bring Baba* back

Separate Lucanis and Spite nevermind they say they're fine Help Lucanis deal with Caterina don't need a wish for that one Taash's mother back? Taash says no (very mature, rethinking first wish now) Rebuild Minrathous might be more character-building for them to do it themselves Stability for the eluvian network to make travel easier (wish PLEASE includes reasonable people in charge of managing it so there aren't fights THANKS)

Get Davrin and Assan back (could do it ourselves but this would make it easier)

Ask Tama* about opinions on first wish. Maybe replace it with new knives?

(* "Baba" is what she calls her father, and "Tama" her mother)

Alex Shepard:

Shep is very responsible and would obviously wish for an end to the Reaper War with the minimal number of casualties. If we don't let her wish for that...

TIM (the Illusive Man) punted right out an airlock (Javik approves)

Honorable discharge with the Normandy as her severance pay

Retirement on a beach with Garrus raising whatever kids they choose to adopt with no paparazzi or reporters bothering them

1 - What position do they sleep in?

7 - How does your character perceive themselves?

Thanks for the asks! These are good ones. :) Uncommon asks here.

#1: What position do they sleep in? - Well, assuming she hasn't just wedged herself into a corner or other perch to catch a few Z's while on the prowl, but that she's actually got the luxury of a proper bed and pillows... She starts as a back sleeper, especially when she's got someone (Lucanis) snuggled into the bed with her. Pillows keep her horns from being a problem. But if she's especially restless, she may roll onto her side or even her stomach as she tosses and turns and tries to get comfortable.

#7: How does Saadrah perceive herself? - I think she sees herself as a good person overall. She does see shadows around herself—darker personality elements that may stem from being Qunari (as the Iron Bull seems to fear when you talk to him in DAI)—that she works to keep contained or focused on the right targets, but she also knows she's capable of light and tries to push that forward. She's not always sure she's successful, but what matters is that she tries.

And I think she may see herself as a little more of a slip-up than she actually is, but she won't admit it out loud, especially around certain people (Tarquin). Or she'll try to brush it off as "everyone's critical about themselves, right?" around other people (her colleagues/friends).

For the uncommon asks

Oof, just one? Make this hard, why don't you? 😉 Uncommon asks here.

And my goodness, just one song. Answering for Saadrah on this one.

Let's go with "Right Where You Belong" by Blame My Youth (from the soundtrack for Bill and Ted Face the Music.

I think this is a good demonstration of Saadrah's life uprooted, on the move, from constantly traveling with her family when she was young to feeling out of place in Minrathous as a Shadow Dragon to traveling with Varric to crashing in the Lighthouse during the events of Veilguard. And the thing is that the places in her life are where she's needed to be, and she's the person she's needed to be. She's felt adrift, but she's managed to build home around her, bring it with her.

Thanks for the ask, Beasty!

Yesterday was a bit of a THING and so I didn't get around to doing this then, but why not now?

Tagged by a bunch of people, so I'm just going to drop my whole tag list below and call it good. Thank you all, though! I love seeing people's progress on things!

Let's start with some words!

Shadow Dragon Week starts on Sunday, and I wanted to make sure I had something of my own to contribute, so I've been working on a "Saadrah's recruitment" fic to work with the prompts. It's going well so far. Here's a preview!

A procession of people marched through the Maze’s main thoroughfare, which bisected the district and connected it to both the docks and the Bazaar that flanked the lower reaches of the city. Most of their heads were bowed, their clothes ragged and simple, and Saadrah couldn’t miss the chains that linked wrists to ankles, one person to the next, clanking and rattling like blunted bells as the group trundled along.

Her lip curled in disgust.

Slaves.

A whip snapped again overhead, wielded by a sweaty, shirtless man with a gilded necklace of angular serpent medallions at his neck. He shouted at the slaves to keep moving, even though none had broken stride, and Saadrah’s muscles tightened further with the effort to keep from darting forward and lodging six inches of Crow steel in the man’s ribs.

You can’t do anything right now. Too open. Too risky. You only have one knife.

I've also been working on cosplay-related stuff. Not a whole lot of major progress yet (soon, hopefully), but I've picked up some supplies, and been working on bits here and there. Got a sewing day coming up soon, and then I should have more progress to show. Meanwhile, check out photos below the cut: