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HeliaXyana, to vegan
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I'm making some today. I will never not refer to my ice cream maker as "The Mighty Cauldron of Cold".

Now what is the vegan equivalent of "Eye of Newt"?

Simpsons characters Patty and Selma dressed as witches stirring a large pot.

tshirtman,
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@HeliaXyana blueberries? ๐Ÿ˜†

HeliaXyana, to privacy
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In light of World Press Freedom Day, here is a small list of free and open-source software I like that safeguards freedom:

https://www.unesco.org/en/days/press-freedom

Help expand the list!

#privacy #journalism #opensource #journalists #worldpressfreedomday

chiefbongo,
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@HeliaXyana don't forget 1) @torproject 2) @mozilla 3) @librewolf 4) @libreoffice 5) @dangerzone 6) @organicmaps

organicmaps,
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@chiefbongo @HeliaXyana @torproject @mozilla @librewolf @dangerzone @libreoffice Great projects company here, huh?

HeliaXyana, to random
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300 โ€” How does your MC or SC react to change? Do they struggle to adjust or go with the flow?

Dionysus reacts the most heavily to change, especially when he's younger. He never had much as a child and is aware that he needs the other Rascals to feel that he can take on whatever fates throw his way. If anything in the dynamic changes, he gets uneasy and scared to the point where he gets frustrated and angry until the others notice and find a way to reassure him.

HeliaXyana, to writing
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The story so far.

Catch up on the adventure so far in "Something Fishy in Tu-na" a lovely but absurd Mastodon authors D&D style role-play fantasy... Hmm... Thing.. with zero editing Happening in written by myself and the delightfully strange @strangeseawolf
Download or read the PDF here: https://cloud.cumulonimbus.space/s/fAff2gztLLHpySq

Or the e-book: https://cloud.cumulonimbus.space/s/PyDqC8bsRmWLQcF

HeliaXyana, to feminism
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There are billboards lining the city streets telling me that my smile looks good on me and every single time I pass one my brain goes:

HeliaXyana, to paganism
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  • Got my copy of @ashtardeza 's ghost novel. Looking forward to a bit of neo-pagan spookiness!

  • Expanded my seashell collection.

  • Stirring up some absurd madness at with the brilliantly strange @strangeseawolf ๐Ÿ’œ

It's a good day. ๐Ÿ˜€

Hand holding a paperback novel. Messy background with lots of trinkets and a guitar.

HeliaXyana, to writing
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27 Who's blaming who in your story?

The wealthy are blaming the re-emerging witch cultures for anything bad as they are a direct threat to societal hierarchy.

Most of the kingdom is getting pretty fed up with the blatant attempt at scapegoating, but there are still large groups who really want to believe it. They're tempted into such a belief by the wealth dangled in front of them like a carrot in front of a donkey.

HeliaXyana, to random
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  • Wrote a nice chapter.
  • Found a old ring I thought I lost.
  • Doodled some flowers.
cynblogger,
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@HeliaXyana
Beautiful!

HeliaXyana, to random
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292 MC POV: What is your biggest fear?

Being unable to avoid reality from falling apart and so losing everyone and everything I love to the unfeeling void of nothingness as my consciousness lingers on for eternity alone and shapeless until the memory of my loves and life is nothing but a distant faded echo in a language I no longer comprehend. Also evil sockpuppets.

HeliaXyana,
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@sfwrtr

Deep down, that is her actual fear. Becoming an abstract entity with a consciousness floating around in nothing, losing everything as it slowly fades from her over aeons.

sfwrtr,
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@HeliaXyana
Making this story work sounds like a real challenge, but if you can pull it off and make us empathize with her sounds like a masterwork.

HeliaXyana, to random
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Healthy habit reminder: Please remember to drink lots of fresh water. Your insides are a swampy bog, and a water shortage would affect the local frog population. ๐Ÿธ

#witch #witchcraft #frog #frogs #healthcare

HeliaXyana, to random
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17 Wednesday short Snippet:run

I loved this move from Elli.

Snippet:

"Zarathustra came running. His frustrated and angry roar announced his arrival so clearly that it gave Elli time to ponder. She could imagine him being made of jelly or trapping him under a large glass like she would a pesky fly. Finally, she decided that he was not worth such intricate attention, and so she turned to meet him. He reached for her, and she kicked him in the groin."

HeliaXyana, to writing
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Today's question has made me curious:

What is your favourite chapter title?

HeliaXyana,
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@anderlandbooks

Oh, I like that. Final chapters are hard to title.

Also, I like the comma there. It gives it a good punch.

anderlandbooks,
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@HeliaXyana Yes! Thank you!

HeliaXyana, to random
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15 Time suddenly stops. What does your MC do?

Elli tries hard to imagine a song Eddy would devise to work the theremin. She gets distracted by the surreal problem as she tries a little too hard to imagine a song that never existed.

This triggers the theremin to hurl them all through time and space to find the closest thing to that song, which would likely fling her into Eddy's past.

And they lived paradoxically ever after. ๐Ÿ’œ

@strangeseawolf

HeliaXyana, to writing
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284 What are common traps for new authors?

Sucking the fun out of it. The most crucial thing is that it keeps being fun. Don't let ambition or self-discipline blind you to that, or it will murder your delight.

Preserve the enjoyment of writing. First and foremost.

This also means you should not fall for the romantic idea of being obsessive. Invest in healthy working habits for your creative endeavours.

HeliaXyana, to random
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10
Do you have favorite words you like to use? If so, what are they?

Herein lies the origin of the series title: "Ethereal."

I initially used it to describe the pagan deities. It became their species designation, and later, the kingdom's name as the world-building showed an entangled history between the kingdom and these gods.

Sadly, now I have incorporated it this way, I must break my heart and edit/replace my most beloved word when used in descriptions to avoid overuse.

It's a clip of a black-and-white movie scene where a fancy-dressed lady dramatically lets herself fall down the last steps of some stairs.

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