What Is An Artfight?

If you're a creator and you needed to hear this today:

You have no idea how many people lurk on your work. No idea how many times people go back to revisit your work. How big they smile when they simply think about your work. How fast their heart beats, how excited they get when they see that you posted something.

People are shy with their feedback. Sometimes it’s because they’re simply shy. Other times it’s because they assume you already know how great and talented you are. Could be both.

My point is, even if you barely have any likes or reblogs, don’t get discouraged. You have a lot of silent fans, but they are still your fans. Keep on creating. Because there is always someone out there who will love what you have made.

Tolkien is the kind of guy to love tropes and the reasoning behind them, so much so that he brings them into his stories only to completely flip the tropes on their heads.

The Girl doomed by the narrative only for Eowyn to find a new life, purpose, and happiness.

The Burglar who gets the whole kingdom into trouble with a dragon, setting up the Main Character to save the day... only for Bilbo Baggins the Burglar to BE the Main Character to help win BACK the kingdom from the dragon.

The Evil Stepmother filled with cruel jealousy over Snow White's beauty...only for Galadriel to be very loving to her granddaughter thank you very much. (Yes, that was a thing)

I do love that you can see the influence of Tolkien meaning for Eowyn to die throughout her arc. That girl just screams "doomed by the narrative". She's set up for this grand yet tragic death, and wants for nothing else than a grand exit and a glorious end to all things.

But having her live is so much more interesting. And having her live to find happiness especially. She seems like a tragic character. She thinks herself a tragic character. She is overwhelmed by a sense of doom and helplessness. Her narrative is overwhelmed by a sense of doom and helplessness.

But she isn't doomed.

Turns out, decent healthcare, clued in and concerned family members, and a decent support base, go a long towards towards un-dooming her narrative.

Oh this happened to me recently.

I want to write a fanfic about a guy going dancing. Okay, I need a festival. What kind of festival could work with an underground kingdom? Okay, which festival could I pull off? Ooh! This one works well with harvest season-oh! The traditions and-oh now I have more headcanons on how the economics work in the City of Tears-

Wait-what do you mean I haven't finished writing the burb to the story yet, much less the outline?

Writing fics is hilarious- what do you mean I have to Google diagrams of stairs now??

May she rest in peace, where no shadows fall...

@ddagent always finds the loveliest pics of Mira ❤️

Forever in love with this luminous, incredible woman who rose above the pain and horrors of this world to leave a lasting legacy of love and hope, light and compassion, of belief that a more peaceful, just world is possible if we fight for it. Through her acting, her writing, her music, her activism, she gives me hope and faith in the beauty of shining a light in the darkest places, of having the courage to stand up and loudly speak the truth when everyone around you wants to (literally) destroy you for it. I just cannot comprehend the sheer, unadulterated, unyielding strength that takes.

A beautiful soul, indeed.

Forever grateful for discovering Babylon 5 and falling in love with Delenn, and through her, finding that Mira was just as much a badass in actuality as the fictional one she played on TV.

Oh this caused a pause because I'm still writing fics with these characters.

1. Yes they have to fight, 2. Tell me who’s fighting who in the tags! (I’ll add the most ridiculous combos in a reblog)

So...

Lurien had to go hide more stuff inside his Spire. His essay is now 35 pages and counting. It might take a bit before the next part is up.

While I'm writing the next part, you all can go look inside his Spire and see if you can discover the really weird thing for yourself.

And that is why I created a fanmon that was a ground-type Mountain Lion. Suddenly, Emolga is the famous one in the fake region, not Pikachu.

Doylist explanation: They keep making new electric mouse pokemon because they're frantically trying to recreate the success of Pikachu. Or at least because it's tradition at this point.

Watsonian explanation: A major predator of rodents is birds of prey. A mouse that can deliver electric shocks to flying-types has a much higher chance of living to produce more offspring. Thus, convergent evolution fills this niche in every region. "Pikachu" is just the pokemon universe equivalent of "crab".

More of the Dadmato ending (best ending)

SCRIPT:

Out of nowhere you came Needing someone to reach out, But no one came to take you home.

So I took you in and made you my own... Only to find troubles abound. You were... unexpected... So we were not prepared... When we found you were mute, Both of us grew frustrated... Combine these two with your eager curiosity... Made our first days quite Imperfect and unsatisfactory.

Somehow, all these imperfections... ...only made you more Perfect. ... How I wonder why He didn't see that...

NOTES:

My first attempt at a comic series. Let's see how far I can go. If you have any feedback, please feel free to comment down below. In the meantime, enjoy the show.

P.S. Thanks Aspidiske for inspiring me to do this. Keep up your amazing work.

LINKS: (When I get to them:)

Cover: https://www.tumblr.com/violetdawn001/738375072551682048/part-1-prologue?source=share

Part 1 / Prologue: You are here.

Part 2: Chapter 1:

https://www.tumblr.com/violetdawn001/739098346305781760/perfectly-not-fine-chapter-one?source=share