I Haven't The SLIGHTEST Clue About Science-y Things But I LOVE A Magic System That Works Like/with Science!!!!

I haven't the SLIGHTEST clue about science-y things but I LOVE a magic system that works like/with science!!!! Go nerd mages, go!!!!

Badly Summarized Magic System

Thank you to @anyablackwood <3 <3 <3 for tagging me, even though I have been AFK for like a month. Today we're:

Rules: "Explain the magic system of your current WIP as poorly as possible -- ideally using bullet points.

But guys, gals, and NB pals, I don't bullet points because I have SCIENCE:

What if thermodynamics had a COLD particle?

And what if the COLD made spontaneous effects happen because of chaos theory?

...

That's it.

Now base all of engineering off that! Haha!

Tagging: @reaperofcrows and @galacticsand and @satohqbanana to explain their magic systems to me :DDD

WIP Memes Tag!

Thanks for tagging me @cowboybrunch (here)! I got carried away and made a bunch of memes for Scrapyard Boys so here we go lol!

Memes below the cut!

Tagging (gently): @sleepy-night-child, @kaylinalexanderbooks, @smol-feralgremlin, @oh-no-another-idea, @littleladymab,

@winterandwords, @eccaiia, @sarahlizziewrites, @illarian-rambling

@agirlandherquill, @anoelleart, @ray-writes-n-shit

@the-golden-comet, @writernopal, @anyablackwood, @unstablewifiaccess, @forthesanityofstorytellers

@i-can-even-burn-salad, @cakeinthevoid

@lassiesandiego, @thepeculiarbird, @clairelsonao3, @memento-morri-writes, @starlit-hopes-and-dreams and OPEN TAG

OC Inspiration Tag

Thanks for the tag, @mysticstarlightduck! I'll be using Traveling Bards. Honestly, I don't think I really have any characters that are directly inspired by other characters? So these are the most similar I know of.

Rule: "Show what characters (from shows, movies, books, music, etc. just any media or concepts) inspired your OC! If your OC wasn’t inspired by a character, show characters that you believe are similar to your OC! (Make sure to credit the source material!🖤)"

DISCLAIMER: Some of these stories I actually don't like, lol. They're just what I thought of! Also, you will likely not recognize any of these if you're not into anime or webtoons since my WIP started as an anime parody.

Luna:

Melissa Podebrat (Beware the Villainess), Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)

Honestly, I'd rather not remember RWBY... but Yang is the closest character I could think of whose personality/vibes matched Luna without being too extreme. Inosuke from Demon Slayer is a little TOO aggressive and socially inept. And we do NOT discuss My Hero Academia in this house. So these two are the closest approximations.

Iris:

Kocho Shinobu (Demon Slayer), Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)

For those who don't know, Shinobu is a doctor whose usual bright smile hides homicidal rage. She's not smiling here because I couldn't find a decent picture.

Elizabeth is kind of a stretch, honestly. But she's the closest to a "bookworm" character I have on-hand that's not from a novel or obscure franchise, other than perhaps Jo March... but she's not as snarky as Elizabeth imo.

Claire:

Toph Bei Fong (Avatar: The Last Airbender), Mao Mao (Apothecary Diaries)

We DO NOT discuss My Hero Academia here... but I can't find a better embodiment of that Ben Affleck smoking meme than Aizawa at this point. So he gets a dishonorable mention.

Mao Mao being an apothecary would usually make her a better fit for Iris, but she's too much of a gremlin too often to work. It's the INTENSITY of her fixation that fits Claire, not the subject of it (Claire likes dragons).

Felix:

Honey from Ouran High School Host Club, Nie Huaisang from Founder of Diabolism

As he gets older, Felix will shed the Honey vibes and come across more like Howl from Howl's Moving Castle, but he spends a good chunk of the story like this.

Will be going back to tag people later. For now, OPEN TAG (let me know if you want to be added!)

Writing Share Tag!

Thanks for the tag @drchenquill (here)!

This is a scene that will take place a bit further down the line in Supernova Initiative but I wrote it today and couldn't wait to share it so here it is!

(Spoilers for Supernova Initiative under the cut)

The door wooshed open and Zenyth stormed into the room, his boot's heels clacking loudly as he walked, practically stomping on the polished stark white concrete. "Where the fuck is Jasper?!"

In the high table, the Syndicate looked down upon him with a myriad of different expressions - a mocking, patronizing air being the main one.

The High Councilman, sitting in the center of the half-circle that was the table, answered lazily, barely looking up from the holographic screen in front of him. "Somewhere else, until you fulfill your end of the bargain. Are you certain that's pertinent information as it stands?"

Zenyth seethed, closing his hands into fists "He's my son! Of course, that's 'pertinent' information. You have no right- "

The man looked at him then, a smug smirk on his face and a condescending lilt to his voice that made Zenyth want him dead even more "But we do," He tapped his fingers on the shiny lacquer surface of the table, "You should've thought of that before dealing with us. We want those weapons, and you assured us AstroCorp would provide them."

Zenyth smiled, so vitriolic it seemed more like a snarl than an actual smile. All things considered, the latter was probably more suitable to the context.

"And my company will provide those weapons, as was agreed, once I see the benefit in allying my resources with your cause. And kidnapping my son isn't doing your case any favors here."

The High Councilman cut him off, teasing "Oh, since when did you - an anarchist, the most infamous weapons dealer in the system - start being picky with your clientele? Isn't your whole M.O. 'profit before anything else'? You don't exactly have the moral high ground, anywhere."

Zenyth answered, crossing his arms over his chest, " That may be true - but as a businessman, I want to ensure I'm siding with the winning side. There's no profit in funding a lost cause, much less in a civil war. That would just be bad business." He tilted his head slightly to the side as he continued, narrowing his eyes "Either way, my son has nothing to do with this - he has, literally, nothing to do with the deal. Or with the company."

The other's smirk grew even more unbearable and his voice dripped saccharine like rotten candy "Well, now he does. Besides, I'm starting to like this new arrangement quite a lot - the genius founder of AstroCorp is now my obedient puppet, ready to supply as many weapons as I need, whenever I require them. For as long as my army needs him to. Quite beneficial."

The other members of the Syndicate, who had been rather silent until then, exchanged a look - a silent toast to their not-so-small victory. He should've seen this coming. After all, this was a business of sharks and any weakness would be sniffed out like blood in the water from a mile away - Zenyth cringed at how overconfident he'd been to think he had the upper hand.

Still, that didn't wound his boldness. In fact, the amount of paternal rage he was feeling right now only bolstered his defiance. He gave the High Councilman a venomous glare and this time, he was the one who smirked. "Or... maybe one day you'll wake up to a bomb under your bed and that shit-eating grin of yours will get splattered into smithereens halfway across the galaxy with everything in this fucking base if you don't give me back my son."

Hushed whispers from between the members of the council echoed from the high table and around the vast hall. The two men glared at each other for a long moment, but then the High Councilman broke the silence.

With a laugh.

"Are you sure you want to make that threat?" The older man asked, standing up, before gesturing at the holographic screen in front of him, casually, as if Zenyth's prior threats were no more than the annoying buzz of a fly "Because I've got at least five, very trigger-happy, soldiers waiting in the other line - and they're itching to hear their next command."

Zenyth said nothing in response, mouth forming a thin line as he took in the implications of the not-so-unspoken threat. His eyes practically boiled with rage, and if a glare could kill, each one of the Syndicate's members would be dead a long time ago.

The High Councilman leaned forward, "Thought so. Are we in an understanding?"

Zenyth took a long while to answer, simmering in his anger and using all of his willpower not to do something irreversible right now. After a long, drawn-out moment that felt like a whole minute, he answered "Yes."

With that, he didn't even wait for the other to say anything else and spun in his heels and beelined it out of the hall as fast as he could. Mind racing, his thoughts were torn between the impulsive urge to kill the entire Syndicate and trying to figure out a way to locate his son.

And he knew exactly who to call to bring this place crashing down.

Tagging (gently) @your-absent-father @ray-writes-n-shit @drchenquill, @saltysupercomputer @agirlandherquill

@sleepy-night-child, @kaylinalexanderbooks, @smol-feralgremlin, @oh-no-another-idea, @littleladymab,

@winterandwords, @cowboybrunch, @eccaiia, @sarahlizziewrites, @illarian-rambling

@agirlandherquill, @anoelleart @sm-writes-chaos

@leave-her-a-tome, @writernopal, @anyablackwood, @unstablewifiaccess, @forthesanityofstorytellers

@i-can-even-burn-salad, @cakeinthevoid

@lassiesandiego, @thepeculiarbird, @clairelsonao3, @memento-morri-writes, @starlit-hopes-and-dreams and OPEN TAG

ENDGAME HOT LADY 🗣️🗣️🗣️ Proud to be the vice president of the Stan Nesa club yes thank you

Make! 🗣️ More! 🗣️ Nesa! 🗣️ ART! 🗣️ (respectfully ❤️)

OC in 15

@anyablackwood tagged me with this BEFORE my Life Events TM but I am HERE now I am doing it. I love you. Thank you for always tagging me. You're so cool! Good luck with your big rewrites and stuff!

Rules: Give up to 15 quotes from your OC that best describe their personality!

I'm going to do Nesa because I need more gorgeous women to tell me what to do with my life and I'm manifesting that for my characters.

Hello, little one, did you miss me already?

You’re so cute when you’re all nervous like this…

You have such silly little notions about what you “must” do... I think you’re just afraid of yourself.

Well… I don’t know if it’s Eris or Dyeus, but I keep running into hot girls everywhere.

But the first war criminal to be this cute!

I had both feared and hoped from the beginning that he was using her — and I thought it would simple enough to use her better. But sadly, it wasn’t.

Really, what other outcome was there to trying to seduce a thousand-year-old Demon child?

If I were feeling terribly sad and betrayed, I suppose I would want my very sweet boyfriend to buy me flowers and live eel to make me feel better.

What? I just saved your life. I should get some sort of reward.

I am Inquisition property. I can’t leave… but if Zal becomes Inquisitor General, then he can relinquish me.

That’s your “I’m working” voice. You’re not fine.

Just tell me, little one…

And that… isn’t dangerous at all? Ingesting a God and all?

Really, you don’t need to lie to ME, of all people, Zal…

You have such a beautiful smile these days — you’re doing very well. But normal people cuddle with their loved ones for comfort, Zalathiel.

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If she were in anime, she'd hit you with that Onee-san voice :3

Let's hit @anoelleart and @maiemorrae and @reaperofcrows and @spideronthesun and @cee-griceto pass the tag on :D

Ughhh girl I love you too <333 and I'm already so into Nesa now 😭 She gives me such "Ara, ara <3" vibes and I'm so embarrassingly into those characters-

OC in 15

@anyablackwood tagged me with this BEFORE my Life Events TM but I am HERE now I am doing it. I love you. Thank you for always tagging me. You're so cool! Good luck with your big rewrites and stuff!

Rules: Give up to 15 quotes from your OC that best describe their personality!

I'm going to do Nesa because I need more gorgeous women to tell me what to do with my life and I'm manifesting that for my characters.

Hello, little one, did you miss me already?

You’re so cute when you’re all nervous like this…

You have such silly little notions about what you “must” do... I think you’re just afraid of yourself.

Well… I don’t know if it’s Eris or Dyeus, but I keep running into hot girls everywhere.

But the first war criminal to be this cute!

I had both feared and hoped from the beginning that he was using her — and I thought it would simple enough to use her better. But sadly, it wasn’t.

Really, what other outcome was there to trying to seduce a thousand-year-old Demon child?

If I were feeling terribly sad and betrayed, I suppose I would want my very sweet boyfriend to buy me flowers and live eel to make me feel better.

What? I just saved your life. I should get some sort of reward.

I am Inquisition property. I can’t leave… but if Zal becomes Inquisitor General, then he can relinquish me.

That’s your “I’m working” voice. You’re not fine.

Just tell me, little one…

And that… isn’t dangerous at all? Ingesting a God and all?

Really, you don’t need to lie to ME, of all people, Zal…

You have such a beautiful smile these days — you’re doing very well. But normal people cuddle with their loved ones for comfort, Zalathiel.

---

If she were in anime, she'd hit you with that Onee-san voice :3

Let's hit @anoelleart and @maiemorrae and @reaperofcrows and @spideronthesun and @cee-griceto pass the tag on :D