“The World We’ve Made”

The feeling I have of all these cool plot points and twists in my head:

The characters and myself thinking, “Bitch, do you REALLY think you can pull all this off?”

*Me, procrastinating on homework—which in turn makes it so I have less time to write:

Beautiful photos of Nina Zenik and Alina Starkov from Season 2 by @shadowandbonecentral and gif of Kit Young taking off sunglasses by @kityoung-daily

Chapter One of “The Lives of Saints” can be found HERE

Jessie gave Alina so much life, it’s so fun to watch.

Genya: if you get caught you could die

Alina: TwO hAtS??

Hundred of years I closed my heart [...] What a safe way to live. What a small way as well.

Non-Ace Aro Fanwork Week 2025

ever notice the devastating lack of fanworks that involve aromanticism without asexuality? so have i, so after a brief contemplation period i’ve decided to host a fanwork event specifically centred around non-asexual aromanticism. this is kind of spur of the moment and i’m still sorting a few things out, but, i’m confident enough in my planning to start the blog today and post up a spread of how it’s gonna go down!

but first, a little bit about your host. i am Ace (as in, thats my name), but i alternatively go by Ivory. my pronouns are it/its and neopronouns. where i fall on the aromantic spectrum is still to be determined, where i fall between strict asexuality and strict allosexuality is even less determined.

schedule

prompt submission: May 4th to May 10th prompt voting: May 11th to May 17th prompts posted: May 18th (probably wont have fancy formatting) downtime to pre-write/pre-draw: May 19th to May 31st posting week: June 1st to June 7th

guidelines

1: anyone can participate! whether you’re non-ace aro or otherwise, so long as you create works that focus on aromanticism without asexuality then you’re welcome!

2: please tag your works properly! smut is allowed and welcomed, but it’d be nice to have a little bit of warning when i’m scrolling through works

3: don’t worry about posting “late”! i’ll be scrolling around for things posted late through all of June, aim for posting during the week but it’s okay if ya don’t

4: any fandoms and any “ships” are allowed! this is a multifandom event, and, truthfully, the more the merrier

5: most importantly, have fun with it!

annnnnd that brings this post to a close!

i hope that this fandom week brings the non-ace aro community a little bit closer together, that it spreads awareness within fandom, and most importantly, that the people have fun with it.

arrow assets made by @/aroworlds, and if anyone has any questions about it, the askbox is open!

-Ivory

Hello there reader of this post!

I am here to wish you a happy new year!

I hope your year went great and I hope every bit that didn't only goes away this new year 🎊

I love you ALL SO MUCH. Every last one of you! I can't believe I have reached anyone let alone multiple hundreds of people who love the same things I do.

It's surreal and I couldn't be more grateful.

I genuinely hope everyone of you has a great new year and I hope to provide you with some entertainment no matter how small from behind this screen <3

Does anyone else think about the differences between worshipping Saints?

For there has to be difference between East and West Ravka, nomadic Suli vs. stationary Ravkans, etc.

What headcanons or fanon have you constructed or used in your stories?

I think it’s interesting seeing how Inej practices her faith:

Inej knows she doesn’t need a fancy chapel to pray, but she does have physical reminders of the Saints that also have multiple uses and are easy to travel with.

Versus the Ravkan population who goes to “Church” which would be tied heavily to the Crown and the Apparat influence.

They put a lot more importance on study and the Saints are seen as almost gods to fear versus role models to emulate (that’s how I think Inej and her specific Caravan view the Saints).

What are your thoughts? I know the religions in the Grishaverse are…flimsy…but do you have anything to add? If you could change something what would you change? Are there any aspects of these fantasy religions that you hadn’t seen before or fascinated you?

Look how excited Jessie aka Alina gets before she throws her right hook. My girl has one move but I never get tired of it.

I was originally going to post something else but this made me laugh. Enjoy!

#sometimes soulmateism is getting punched in the face by the same smol angry sun summoner

Ask box is open for…