Announcement: My Asks Are Open

Announcement: My Asks Are Open

Yes, my asks are open (at long last?), and I can assure you that I won't age ten years the instant I answer them!

Please, do not ask/comment anything in bad faith. However, I'm fine with anything motivated by genuine curiosity.

I will choose to answer asks at my discretion. Your ask may not be answered, if: 1) I deem it inappropriate 2) I have other (personal or not) reservations around answering it 3) I am baited 4) I subjectively do not want to for any other reason(s) that aren't listed 5) the ask in question does not interest me and/or I don't have the time to respond, or 6) I have a future post drafted that already addresses it.

That said, don't hold back, but please do not ask anything inappropriate/sexual. I do not want to discuss such matters.

In the case of caveat #6, if I remember to, I may tag you in the comments of or directly on any such future post(s) which contain the answer to your question.

While the focus of my blog has been Rhian and Rafal, and SGE in general, you don't have to keep your questions narrowed around them solely. The questions can be about any other topics or books you'd like. However, if the questions are about other (non-SGE) pieces of media, I'd prefer that you send the ask(s) to my sideblog.

I may not answer all/any personal questions I receive, or I may opt to answer certain asks privately. That depends on what I find I'm willing to reveal, but you're welcome to ask regardless.

I invite questions/thoughts/observations on writing in general, my writing or writing process, or my WIP(s) and fics.

Furthermore, note that I may often be delayed in responding to any asks.

Also, I'm willing to answer asks as an SGE character(s), so if you'd like to, address your asks to any of them, and you might get dialogue, internal monologues, or even stage directions/narration in return. Additionally, it might help to specify which incarnation(s) of a character your question is directed towards. So, you can specify by naming them, like: Rise Rafal, Fall Rafal, Prequel Rafal, Rise Rhian, Fall Rhian, TLEA Rafal, TLEA "Rafal"/Rhian, TSY Sophie, TCY Sophie (or instead, specify which book(s)), pre-TSY Sophie, post-TCY Sophie, AWWP Tedros, etc. In these cases, I'll generally try to adhere to canon, but expect my own interpretations to filter through. Plus, I'll also allow asking questions to the versions of characters that appear in my fics or AUs, like TOTSMOV41 Rafal, MON Rhian, Modern AU Rhian, Unethical Psychologist Rafal (there'll possibly be more information on him eventually), etc., if anyone's interested.

If you want, you can also treat the characters as overall consistent or monolithic, for instance, by simply naming "Agatha," without any specifications. I will interpret asks like those however I see fit.

Lastly, as a general guideline, please be courteous and respectful to all. (You can insult the characters all you want; just refrain from insulting me, thanks.)

I filled out the famous character bingo for my favorites! If anyone's interested in doing the same, here's the source.

Sophie:

*Rafal:

Rhian:

*I think everyone knows by now that I love to torture Rafal. And he's no stranger to death, so it's like he's made for it. ;)

Rafal: I may not be omnipotent, but I am armipotent.

Just. SENSATIONAL art! I absolutely love your style, Rafal's expression, and his shirt collar! 🖤

i'm super late to the party with this one, but rafal ahoge anyone???

i became obsessed with the mistral twins around a year ago and now im finally posting about it where i've found people who also like it.

What do Rhian and Rafal think of him:

Note: All my knowledge of this character is secondhand since I'm not in the fandom, but he is pirate-like, so I'll be riffing off of that.

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Rhian: [flushes and inhales, fiddling with his hair] He's handsome.

Rafal: [abrasively] Not again, Rhian. What an incredible waste of my time!

Rhian: [scoffs] We're immortal! We have all the time in the world, especially for him.

Rafal: It doesn't make this stripling any less suspect or any more appealing.

Rhian: Oh, please. I don't care what an old skeptic like you thinks. I'm going to give him a proper introduction to Good.

Rafal: Really? To Good? If you say so. If only that were true... [He sighs exasperatedly and rolls his eyes skywards.] Tell me, Pen—why do I bother anymore?

I got Neil Gaiman from this site! Yet, the only fictional work he's written that I'm actually familiar with is Stardust, so I don't know whether this assessment is accurate. I have read probably the whole of his book Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World though.

I may read the Stardust novel one day, but I've seen the the film adaptation several times, and it's probably my favorite movie of all time.

The writing sample I inputted was "Masters of None," my latest fic.