#flowers fall

Hey! Thanks for checking in!

It's a bit slow going but I'm still working on it. I actually added some this morning!

I've been having trouble with confronting an important conversation that happens and the direction I want to go, so I've been working on the transitional and set up parts in the mean time. I've slogged through most of those now though, so I'm left with that conversation. I have a couple of ideas and a definite end point, but I'll probably be kicking it around at least a few days more. But the end is in sight!

have a sneak peak:

"So like, is all that sass genetic, or...?"

"In a sense. I'd say it was already an intrinsic part of my soul. Watch for the branch." He warned with a smile in his voice, giving her ample time to duck. When she was through the thicket the path reappeared, where they stalled for a moment. “Almost missed it," said Tip when they were both through to the other side. “It’s a lot more overgrown than I remember it being. I guess it’s been a while.”

She looked over her shoulder back at the towering brush and the thick layers of vines that weaved an almost impenetrable wall. Incredulous, she asked: “How many years is ‘a while?’”

Wis!!!!!!!!! Hi friend!!! <3<3

look at me getting way too carried away with a drawing meme game

yeah, this got turned into a painting style experiment. and an adventure in hyper realistic noses and eyes... uh..... but i figured out how to use the color picker!!!! so win!!!

Wordcount: 3293

Excerpt: (only one this week I didn't get very far)

1.

Daylight was an illusion of safety. So many people assumed that the monsters that plagued them would disappear when the morning came, but that was not true. Even if Grimm were called creatures of darkness, their teeth lost no bite and their claws lost no edge in the sun. They could be just as vicious as they were under the cover of night, and just as active too. The only difference was that people could see their demise coming.

But Ruby didn’t see demise glinting in the monsters’ tusks; she saw an annoyance.

Miscellaneous/Notes: Eyyyy what's up? Unfortunately I've been having a bit of a slow week while writing. Mostly because what I need to write for this next part is a big ol' fight scene. Fight scenes are definitely not my forte, which is why I put off working on this one so long and instead focused on the copious amounts of a n g s t in part one of chapter four. I'm out of angst to write now though, so can't put it off anymore!

Since RWBY fightscenes are comprised of over the top spectacle fighting they feel both more and less difficult to work with. More difficult because pretty much every writing resource I can find is primarily concerned with realistic fight scenes, so a lot of the advice does not apply. Less difficult because instead of being bogged down by logic I can just go oooo shiny big explosion wow~ in several places. Hopefully the final product is enjoyable to other people.

On a fun note though I've been rewatching a ton of RWBY fight scenes to get ideas. I have to ask, which is your favorite fight? Mine is probably Maria vs. the Nevermore and Tock. Young Maria's style is just so flipping cool, and her use of gravity dust is just---*chef's kiss* I love her.

Since there was a lack of excerpts this update, go ahead and have a teaser image wip. I have a slightly revised idea of the art I actually want to insert in the chapter, but I spent days on this one (and it's still not done lol) as a potential illustration for a scene in upcoming pt 2:

Working on fight scenes this week!

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Pressure lost, she spun in the air, embedding Crescent Rose into the dirt. Ruby perched on top of it.

Her handiwork lay on the ground, disintegrating. The great pair of ivory tusks were last to go, hitting the pavement with a clatter before disappearing too.

She would have taken the moment to admire the sight, but the thundering of footsteps had turned to crashing roars. Stray pieces of concrete strewn about her trembled and bounced into the air with each threatening boom. She could hear them, now where were they?

i have exactly seven minutes to spare before this is late so i’m technically not late hahaha

no progress update this week here’s the actual chapter:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28849923/chapters/79763065

haaaaaah. ngl this week’s been a little rough. I’ve been looking back at what I’ve written for this chapter and have decided there’s a lot of it I’m not happy with, so I’m rewriting things. right now the chapter wip is a hot mess of scattered parts, but I have an idea how it will fit together. still a little rough and unsure, but because of the delay this has caused I will definitely be splitting this chapter into two parts. part one will be up by the end of this week.

Progress: 7165 (prone to change)

Instead of excerpts this week, have some out of context memes:

Oscar takes his therapist skills from improv classes

oh no what happened to Qrow oh no oh no oh no

Stairs

The bomb backpack

have a good week y’all,