Bunny dewlaps

The worst part about writing fantasy is being keenly aware that you’re writing fantasy, which means that you always have to straddle a thin three-way line between anachronism, cliche, and clunk.

Take money, for example. You can’t just have people in a fictional fantasy world walk around using Euros. You consider something generic, like ‘silver coins,’ but before you know it your world starts sounding like a shitty ren faire.

So you think about the world you’ve built and its needs and its history to come up with some unique and relevant terms. But if your terms are too unique and relevant you wind up writing “yarr, you’ll be ransomed for a hundred Trade League Silver Gyrblonks” and realize your worldbuilding is now getting in the way of basic readability.

“They’re using golden valley coins!”

…didst thou mean dollars?

“Nevermind. They’re using some basic silver coin and then enough gold to be worth ten silver coins is called a ten-piece”

…Si, si, el Peso!

Trying over, they’re minted by the king so they’re called crown coins, or, these days, abbreviated, they’re just Crowns

Naturligvis, vi skifter Daler ud med Kroner!

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The Lesson Of The Day is that all the names are already claimed by IRL, and all the almost-good-names that you could invent to get around that were used by some SFF author in the seventies e.g. I bet you can’t do Suns and Moons for your gold/silver coins, I bet some author did that already.

My fantasy nation uses solid gold coins marked by the dental impressions of the reigning king, as a sign of their purity and authenticity.

They’re called Bitcoins.

oh you can go the fuck to jail that’s what you can do, where you’ll be shackled to a chain gang hitting the blockchain with a pickaxe

sometimes you just have to get your tits out, y’know? for enrichment

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NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS:

1. draw more things that suck

2. become more freaky

what part of “i am always going to feel fundamentally empty and hollow” is difficult to grasp

i made a uquiz about sitting somewhere nice, giving you affection, and just existing together for a bit! check it out if you’d like! and reblog with your results in the tags if you’re so inclined, i love seeing those 🌼

The Dragon Slayer

Gem but she is on a manga cover? I tried to embrace the edginess and gothic vibes for this one

my v10 prediction/manifestation

Sleepy - Nuts and Dolts comic // 2023 [RWBY]

Nuts and Dolts comic from 2023 again, they like date naps o/

Another AU where Penny got her human body and survived after the end of Volume 8, and went to Vacuo with the others.

🐝 bees cuddling 🐝

commissions open! ☺️