Yep, it’s that time! I’m (re)introducing myself, yet again!
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So hi! I’m Locke!
➺ I’m a 21 y/o rising senior in college, majoring in psychology
➺ I’ve been writing for nearly eight years now, and after all that time, I actually have some idea of what I want to do with my work
➺ When I’m not writing, I draw, play video games, read, cross stitch, bullet journal, and dabble in photography during my free time
➺ Some of my favorite games are Minecraft, Stardew Valley, Coral Island, Guild Wars 2, Spiritfarer, and The Evil Within
❝ worlds are burning, my child.
gods alone cannot suffocate the flames.
My Writing
➺ My work probably fits quite loosely under fantasy, but I often dip into all sorts of genres, including but not limited to poetry, steampunk, dystopian, science fiction, supernatural, and more
➺ I’m polyamorous. My characters are polyamorous. Relationship webs are complicated and I love them dearly.
➺ I have quite a few WIPs on the backburner due to my rather chaotic writing style, with only one being a finished first draft. I adore them all and I can’t yet bear to part with any of them, so you’ll probably see some ‘new’ wip snippet pop up occasionally
➺ Lore and worldbuilding makes up most of my word count and takes up most of my time; it’s the most consistent thing I do!
➺ That said, it’s also my current focus, so expect a lot more of it!
my works // world anvil // north haven discord // pinterest
WIP // Fable
➺ My tale is an old one. That much should be quite clear. It is not, however, as it has been told... For in a memory as old as mine, there is a truth worth seeking; a light worth following. Perhaps in the candor of my tale, others will find the necessary inspiration to continue on toward their own light.
Summary
A fairytale retelling in the form of a journal come to life. Written by Myhren, or ‘Merlin’ as they may be better known, Fable contains lifetimes of experiences and the truth behind the fairytales we all know and love.
Fable mainly focuses on the stories of King Arthur, Camelot, Merlin, and associated characters. It is written from Myhren’s point of view, with some discrepancies due to the nature of their immortal life and their experience within a time loop. Entries are not all seemingly in order. Instead, the writings follow Myhren’s stream of consciousness.
Status
This is an ongoing, very long term WIP of mine. I’ve written some pieces, and brainstormed others. I’ll be releasing new entries as I complete them.
Phase: It’s complicated.
wip page / cast page / character intro
WIP // The Minutemage Compendium
➺ The MinuteMage Compendium is a browser-based RPG concept presented in an old-school rpg field guide format. Explore the world of Iane and discover its secrets!
Summary
A clock is ticking in the mist and fog; people have begun to vanish right off the streets, and dark knowledge is kept from the common folk. Thrust into an unknown world, it is up to you to bring corruption to light and save the clockwork city of Iane. Can you find the Minutemage Coin and open the doors before it's too late?
Status
Phase: Brainstorming. I’ll be designing items, NPCs, locations, creatures, enemies, and more. Eventually, I plan on making it into a physical guide and an RPG!
WIP // A Ghost, a Quill, and a Mockingbird
➺ Something in her remembers her past; a part of her that stands tall in the face of another's rage. Mountainous strength, hidden within a mouse. Confidence born of past instinct, of power, of creation and abandonment; Yet her conscious betrays none of it. Her spite does nothing to reveal what she had been so desperate to forget; what her rage continues to remember, impressively extreme for such tame, conscious memory.
Summary
Ghost has lived her entire life in an underground bunker on the planet Serus. The last of her kind after a swarm of vitians invaded her world and slaughtered her people, she spends her days in blissful spite where the vitians are unable to reach her.
It's not in any way peaceful, of course, to hear the screaming from outside the bunker, but as long as she has her music and drink to keep her company, she figures she'll be able to live a nice, conflict free life.
That is, until her simple day-to-day life becomes a bit more interesting; a little more chaotic. Her god has returned, and he's not at all what she expected, nor does he seem all that keen on leaving her alone.
Status
I’m proud to say that GQM, while my eighth existing wip, is the first to have a completed first draft!
Phase: Paused. While I take a step back and move onto other things before revising, adding, and rewriting!
wip page / wip intro
OTHER WIPS // The Back-burner
➺ A list of WIPs I love very much and that have been set aside
It is worth noting that I tend to write a lot of standalone vignettes that don’t pertain to specific stories, as well as a lot of poetry that I like to call my ‘spout of bullshit’
Arcane // world anvil // tag
Alchemist // floating idea // tag
The Demon’s Eyes // world anvil // tag
Encounters of the Primal Sort // world anvil // tag
Faefinder // brainstorming phase // tag
Twisted Tales of Myth
➺ Ellyse of Wonderspire // world anvil // tag
➺ Servant to Dragon and King // floating idea // tag
Wane of the Lunar Human // floating idea // tag
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US based but it’s similar reasons in other countries. and of course many companies have international locations. idk if that’s why it’s happening with sour patch kids but this is a thing
My nephew is very allergic to eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, and sesame. Last year my sister discovered all hot dogs and hamburger buns now contain sesame. Not "may contain", but listed in the ingredients. This year basically every brand of sliced bread also now contains sesame, making it very difficult to find bread items he can eat.
They're just adding it to their products, so they can just list it as an ingredient and not bother with worrying about cross contamination. And they aren't even bothering with telling anyone. Capitalism is going to kill us all.
"Which brings us back to Kellogg’s. Back in 2016, the company found a way around the added burden and expense of complying with the FSMA: they simply began adding trace amounts of peanut flour to their cracker products. Doing so allowed them to list peanuts as an ingredient of the product, freeing them from having to prevent cross-contact.
At the time, Kellogg’s notified Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE) about the impending change and left it to them to warn the allergic community. In this case, Pearson’s didn’t even bother as near as we can tell."
I wonder if that’s part of the reason behind my seeing an upswing in products adding corn starch or corn flour to things that didn’t have those before? <- rhetorical question, because I’m certain that’s what’s going on.
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did a bit of driving through the state of georgia today and wound up driving through a small town that i later discovered was called newborn, which is an odd name but doesn’t technically have anything wrong with it, except for the fact that i nearly gave myself whiplash doing a double-take at a building sign advertising NEWBORN TAXIDERMY
since backrooms is doing so good in the box office, I want to suggest my favorite liminal themed game: Interior worlds
It does the liminal vibe in more realistic spaces instead of just random backrooms. it has some level of actual minimum gameplay and design. personal favorite horror walking sim.
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For a Ghost fan, it’s probably a bit more interesting [to hear Idolatrine] than hearing you play, for example, “Enter Sandman”.
(Silence) Tell me, why do you think we’re playing “Enter Sandman” live on this tour?
Because it’s a killer song, your version is great and everyone will sing along?
(Smiles) Partly, but not only. We play this song almost every night because the money from the rights to our cover go to a charity that we have chosen [Camp Aranu'tiq], which allows transgender teenagers to go on vacation to summer camps, so they can find their space and rest at least for a moment.
As part of the new Patreon tier addition, Tumblr will (eventually) be getting Dungeonfinder comics I do about one to two weeks (maybe longer) after Patreon gets it posted. <3 Enjoy!
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Recently, I've found myself using the phrase 'I can't do that right now' like a point-and-click video game protagonist. If you've never played one, this is a typical thing the player character might say if you click on something that they don't have the ability to do anything with (like trying to open a locked door without having collected the key from a different level first).
Thing is, you have to accept this as a fact. It's coded into the game, and there's no amount of saying 'just open it!' while repeatedly clicking on the door in frustration that will result in anything but 'I can't do that right now' if you don't currently have the key.
There is something I find relieving and freeing in saying this about things in real life. I just don't always have the mental and emotional capacity to go to work and fix the hole in the kitchen ceiling and exercise more and weed the garden and finish unpacking and work on any of my personal projects and have the energy left to feel guilty about not doing all those things. One of them has to give, even if it's something as 'simple' as folding my laundry and putting it away.
For me, 'I can't do that right now' really helps ease both the compulsion to try to do all those things at once, and the guilt that comes with not being able to, because then the problem is not that I'm just not trying hard enough, (or that '[other person] can do all these things at the same time, so I should be able to as well'). The problem is that I don't 'have the key' right now—that is an indisputable fact. I don't (at this point in time) have the capacity to do all these things at once, and that's coded into the game, so instead of feeling guilty or trying to push myself past a point that's healthy, I have to just accept it.
This isn't to say you should just give up and never try to improve yourself or do things outside your comfort zone—it's simply a way to reframe 'I should stop being a lazy slob and pick my clothes up off the floor' into 'I might be able to pick my clothes up off the floor later, but my currently-full mental laundry basket dictates that I can't do that right now, even if it's not literally impossible.'
Sometimes, you need to empty the basket a bit first to make space for your socks. That's all.
