Curate, connect, and discover
commission for a close friend
the boy, luca balsa
idv ship chart except my dumb ass forgot gamekeeper
old draft i’ll never finish. sorry, sandrew
Another New Year post, but for idv fandom :)
Happy New Year, beloveds!🎊
Because drawing him is fun
Posting a separate thing bc it's fanart:3
Heyy,
I'm not dead yet.
[🎨 x 🍀]
AN: Hello fellow Ithaqua simps. Apologies for the long radio silence, college was kinda brutal. I've been wanting to draw something for "Of Vices and Virtues" for a while, but couldn't find the motivation. So, after many months and getting through finals, I offer you this! ...and some fun facts for my previously posted fics. No one asked for them, but I figured it'll be a good way to organize a mini masterlist until I finally gather the motivation to make the official one. Whether you're new here or not, I hope you enjoy!
"Of Vices and Virtues" Fun Facts:
The concept of shadows and light representing vices and virtues, good and evil, was literally just made up on the spot as an excuse as to why the reader is so intrigued by pre-snap Morningstar
I kinda had to get rid of reader's parents somehow to further get across the point of Helel being all you have just as you are all he has, so I made them traitors lol
But also, the sweet sweet taste of betrayal is always worse when it's from the people you trusted the most
Reader's parents were the ones to snitch on Morningstar's mom since they believed she was using witchcraft on you
They just wanted to protect you as you were slowly acting weirder and weirder the more time you spent in the forest
Naturally, the first person they blamed was the lady who everyone already kinda thought was a witch
Really, it's just that your curiosity led to you being enraptured by others "true" selves, warping and twisting your views on people, including yourself
That being said, your light and Helel's shadows being irregular ends up implying that the shadows and light you see never fully expressed whether a person was really "good" or "bad," just as the world is never black and white
Were you always insane? Or was it your abilities that drove you mad? Or perhaps your reliance on said abilities was what brought you to your downfall?
Regardless of what conclusion you come too, I hope it was fun
"Apricity" and "Zephyr" Fun Facts:
I actually only wrote Apricity since a friend said there wasn't enough Ithaqua fics
Legit I didn't feel like writing another fanfic ever again since my first one (I still get nightmares of it every night)
I never intended for Zephyr to exist, but I really wanted to show that one, you aren't an oblivious idiot, and two, you only got that one on one match because you specifically asked for it, worked for it, because you were willing to try and keep him in your life instead of letting him slip away
Because I wrote Zephyr after Apricity, Zephyr built on and sometimes conflicted with Apricity, which led to me straight up having to go back through it at least two hundred times
Despite that, I've kinda already forgotten what happened in both fics 💀
"Sweetest Thing" Fun Facts:
Currently the one and only non-Ithaqua fanfic I have (hint hint)
Another fic for another friend, and honestly I had a blast writing it
More people need to write for the ladies cause I don't see them enough >:[
This idea ended up coming from a random prompt generator that threw at me "royal" and "baking cookies together"
It's extremely attractive when someone tries to cook for you, especially when they aren't good because it shows they care and want you to know they care even though they aren't confident in themself
Their love for you overpowers their fear of failure and the unknown
And failing then trying to do it together is also super sweet
I might end up doing this prompt again but with Ithaqua at some point
(Morningstar accidentally making bread instead of cake or a salty scone instead of a cookie sounds fun too)
("Is that a scone dusted in salt???" "...I was trying to make sugar cookies.")
"New Beginnings" Fun Facts:
I hate this fic with a burning passion
I put too many ideas in and described too much
Literally I think this is the worst fic I've posted thus far
It was meant to show a world where Ithaqua and Nathaniel are happy siblings, then go into the romance bit with the reader and be all sweet and sappy
This fic made me understand why writers start killing off characters out of nowhere
HOW DO YOU ONLY WRITE FLUFF???
Let me just sprinkle in a little angst,,, just a little...
Half considered shooting Nathaniel mid fic for fun/hj
In conclusion, I'm never writing a fic with more than one central idea ever again
"Mercy" Fun Facts:
Well, first and foremost, the fact that it has a title at all is probably a surprise
Yes, it does have a title, but no, I'll never actually put it there in the post
It doesn't look nice when I do :<
I should probably try and format my posts differently-
It was honestly pretty difficult to write this since I had never gotten a request before and didn't know how to do it
I think in the end, it turned out pretty decent
I hope to get better at writing requests in the future since they make me happy
The prompt actually made me realize that duo hunters is basically a goldmine of opportunities
Jealousy, betrayal, character dynamics, and other things are so much easier to do when you're in the perfect setting for it
"Paper Stars" and "Glass Heart" Fun Facts:
This idea started when I saw a reel on Instagram about this person who made a bunch of paper stars
I've always thought it was cool, and then I remembered the little legend and was like "mmm yes angst"
It was a new flavor too! Unrequited love instead of self sabotage
Oh wait actually it's self sabotage in a trench coat and a hat
Well, technically both since you didn't know that your love wasn't unrequited
This duo fic was actually gonna be a trio fic with the last one being happy
But I think I like the amount of emotional damage I've inflicted with Glass Heart
(If requested though I'll finish writing the third part)
(It's called Velvet Moon)
I actually never had a chance to add this in, but later on, Ithaqua finds out that those who remained in the manor never had to participate in matches again, so his sacrifice was for nothing
No I am not sorry