Ah, yes. They’re both connected to the REAL main character, Pious. Just like Baeza because he tried to stop the slaughter of a whole family line and Cameron is because of a thing I cannot reveal yet, and Opilione is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Book 1: A Brackish Bunch
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I don’t really like the heaven-hell dichotomy of “horrific monsters and huge, self-righteous dicks who might also really just be a different kind of monster” that is so common in fantasy now. However, Briar couldn’t exist with the framework of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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That’s not an owl mask. It’s her primary head. Her human head is on the neck of her owl head. It’s surprisingly difficult to find a picture of an owl looking up in the direction of the camera, if, say,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ha ha I sure am struggling not to sit down and go, “Cause y’see,” and explain everything right here right now. I always get worried that just implying there’s more than that’s been said is gonna instead be confusing, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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It occurred to me that sky elements made more sense in Estariel’s home when he was still married to a birb, and had one living in his home, but he hasn’t for quite a while now, so probably he’s been[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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As usual, trying to get the expression I wanted for Baeza was a fun challenge, since on another character I would have used the mouth to carry the bulk of the emotion, and I had to rely more heavily on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Geodani is demisexual. But even if he was straight up asexual, that doesn’t necessarily mean he wouldn’t understand or experience sexual attraction. If that sentence doesn’t make sense to you, I recommend learning more about the ace spectrum – not,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A lot of Briar’s problems would be a lot better if she had taken advantage of the free therapy/vacation she received, but hey, then we also wouldn’t have a story. You can bet that making use of therapy is gonna[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Look, I know how demons be in a lot of popular fiction, so please, allow me to promise you, author to reader, the demons are so not right. Most of them are at least as bad as Cameron’s father.