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Prepare For Personas!
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Ho ho ho, buckle up, DeviantArt. I have a LOT of Personas incoming, from two different series. The second one even has concept art! There should be at least 30 pieces coming so get ready!
If you’d like to see the concept arts, they’ll be in my Scraps!
If you’d like to see the concept arts, they’ll be in my Scraps!
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My Guilty Pleasure
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So, uh, hey! It’s been a while! Uh, so the book I’m working on right now is basically my ultimate guilty pleasure amalgam of my favorite Greek myths.
At the forefront, we have a consensual version of the Kidnapping of Persephone by Hades. I’m trying to make this as palatable as I can, but I can only do so much with a story about a guy kidnapping his niece to be his wife. The best way I’ve been able to do this is by giving Persephone an arranged marriage to Ares, who everybody knows was an ass and the literal warmongering asshat of the Greek pantheon that everybody seems to think Hades is nowadays.
Another factor at play, which is legit to a lot of the canonical mythos, is that Hades was suddenly overcome with lover for Persephone because he was struck with an arrow by Eros, causing him to immediately fall in love with her. Why is the canonical reason given for him doing this? Aphrodite was a braggart who wanted to be able to say she and her power of love had influenced every kingdom (the Godly World, the Mundane World, the Underworld).
The reason in my book, however, is her jealousy over the arrangement of Persephone and Ares, well-known to be her lover and father of many of her sons---including Eros himself. This lets me add another perspective layer and segue into another of my favorite myths: Eros and Psyche. In addition to having the hot take of Eros’ perspective, Psyche also has to go to Tartarus and get a jar containing some of Persephone’s beauty for Aphrodite in order to have her reconcile her relationship with Eros.
The others of my favorite Greek myths include the stories of Orpheus and Eurydice, Sisyphus, and Tantalus. All of which involve Hades and the Underworld. Which is great! Because I can shoehorn those ones in as well! I swear, a little small meddling, and this story is practically already written.
I plan to have all that in the first act of the book, while the second act will focus on the titular figure: Melinoe. Enough said there
At the forefront, we have a consensual version of the Kidnapping of Persephone by Hades. I’m trying to make this as palatable as I can, but I can only do so much with a story about a guy kidnapping his niece to be his wife. The best way I’ve been able to do this is by giving Persephone an arranged marriage to Ares, who everybody knows was an ass and the literal warmongering asshat of the Greek pantheon that everybody seems to think Hades is nowadays.
Another factor at play, which is legit to a lot of the canonical mythos, is that Hades was suddenly overcome with lover for Persephone because he was struck with an arrow by Eros, causing him to immediately fall in love with her. Why is the canonical reason given for him doing this? Aphrodite was a braggart who wanted to be able to say she and her power of love had influenced every kingdom (the Godly World, the Mundane World, the Underworld).
The reason in my book, however, is her jealousy over the arrangement of Persephone and Ares, well-known to be her lover and father of many of her sons---including Eros himself. This lets me add another perspective layer and segue into another of my favorite myths: Eros and Psyche. In addition to having the hot take of Eros’ perspective, Psyche also has to go to Tartarus and get a jar containing some of Persephone’s beauty for Aphrodite in order to have her reconcile her relationship with Eros.
The others of my favorite Greek myths include the stories of Orpheus and Eurydice, Sisyphus, and Tantalus. All of which involve Hades and the Underworld. Which is great! Because I can shoehorn those ones in as well! I swear, a little small meddling, and this story is practically already written.
I plan to have all that in the first act of the book, while the second act will focus on the titular figure: Melinoe. Enough said there
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Update (About my book)
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Working more on my latest book. This is the...hmmm....eighth one? I have it all set up with a publisher for release around February/March in ebook and paperback. I'm only on chapter 31 right now, but I think I'll be done the first draft by the end of November. Then I'll do some work on it through through to the end of February. Hopefully the second draft will be good for publish!
I've been on a China/Mongolia kick lately. Probably because my latest book "Fall of the Mountain" is regarding Chinese-inspired setting and Mongolian-inspired cultures. It's close enough that you see the resemblance but I've worked on these enough for the past two years straight that I think I've really developed them enough to make them my own. I've created religions (derived from Tengriism and Ancestral worship), historical figures and events, past wars, and unique sociopolitical formats (inspired originally by the cultures in question) for each of the four countries. The story focuses on three different stories of three different protagonists, each playing a different part of the field but still in the same setting. First s a prince who strives to do the right thing and prove himself worthy of his crown, the next is a tomboyish peasant girl who seeks vengeance against her family's killers, and the third is the spoiled son of the Emperor who has to learn his humanity or face ruin.
I won't give anymore away, but I'm actually really pleased with this book so far!
Since I've been working on the book instead, I really slacked off on this year's Inktober and don't really have anything to show for it. Sorry! Hopefully my massive historical fantasy book will make up for it!
I've been on a China/Mongolia kick lately. Probably because my latest book "Fall of the Mountain" is regarding Chinese-inspired setting and Mongolian-inspired cultures. It's close enough that you see the resemblance but I've worked on these enough for the past two years straight that I think I've really developed them enough to make them my own. I've created religions (derived from Tengriism and Ancestral worship), historical figures and events, past wars, and unique sociopolitical formats (inspired originally by the cultures in question) for each of the four countries. The story focuses on three different stories of three different protagonists, each playing a different part of the field but still in the same setting. First s a prince who strives to do the right thing and prove himself worthy of his crown, the next is a tomboyish peasant girl who seeks vengeance against her family's killers, and the third is the spoiled son of the Emperor who has to learn his humanity or face ruin.
I won't give anymore away, but I'm actually really pleased with this book so far!
Since I've been working on the book instead, I really slacked off on this year's Inktober and don't really have anything to show for it. Sorry! Hopefully my massive historical fantasy book will make up for it!
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Had a Stoke
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Hi. I had a stroke. I'm sick of talking about it. I can't look down to draw anymore. I don't even want to either. Drawing feels like a pointless waste of time now. I guess that's it then.
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Beep beep
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Hi. How are you guys liking my shitty random-ass delinquent doodles? Good shit, huh?
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