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masterghandalf ([personal profile] masterghandalf) wrote2025-10-15 05:45 pm
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MG's Writing Ideas

Hey, everybody! This is a bit of a different post for me, since it deals with my own creative writing processes instead of commenting on other peoples’, but since some of you indicated in my poll results post that you might be interested in that sort of thing, I thought I might go ahead and share!

Story Ideas )
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masterghandalf ([personal profile] masterghandalf) wrote2025-10-13 07:21 am

The Scrolls of the Ancients: Chapter Sixty-One, Chapter Sixty-Two and Chapter Sixty-Three

This is a repost from Das_Sporking2. Previous installments of this spork may be found here.

Warning: This post contains brief sexual content and reference to rape.

In which, with the book drawing to a close, Newcomb finally gets around to explaining what's going on. )
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masterghandalf ([personal profile] masterghandalf) wrote2025-10-10 07:26 am

Embers: Chapter Nine, Part I

This is a repost from Das_Sporking2; previous installments of this sporking may be found here.

Warning: This post contains discussion of abuse and reference to rape and mind control.

In which Prince Zuko takes a spiritual journey. )
Leliel12 ([personal profile] leliel_12) wrote2025-10-09 04:13 pm

Heroes in Crisis, Issue #1 (In Which The Puddlers Are All Dopes)

[Trigger Warning: Lotsa gore, mention of substance abuse, discussion of suicide, all the bad mental health portrayals. It’s going to be quite the series. Also, description of spider monsters in the spitefic.]

[Image heavy by necessity - apologies for the blur on some, trying out new techniques to avoid base-64 coding.]

[Link to fork on Das_Sporking.]

Sumire: [Stares at the title of this sporking, then raises a hand]

Leliel: Steelworking terminology, they’re a type of smithy worker that purifies iron into something less brittle on an industrial scale. Which is, due to this series’ mastery of faux symbolism, is relevant. Don’t worry, they’ll explain what a puddler is, though as we move on, the more and more ridiculous the metaphor will be.

Mark: Uh…yeah, I can kinda sorta maybe almost kinda maybe see it…but “purifies iron to make it strong” already gets my hackles up, because…uh, Viltrumite logic, hello?

Malcolm: If this referred to how the villains saw themselves, I would not mind. But somehow, I suspect this is akin to how the more odious members of my Family convince themselves that they can pig out on the souls of random people who they haven’t seen committing major or violent crimes.

Wanderer: Your expectations are suitably low, because the problems are gonna start with the cover.

How Not To Frame And Start Your Story )

Spitefic )

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masterghandalf ([personal profile] masterghandalf) wrote2025-10-09 01:09 pm

Sporking Poll Results

Well, everyone, I’d like to take a moment to give a hearty thank you to everyone who responded to my little poll – I really do appreciate it! And now, for the moment you’ve all been waiting for (or not) – the results (mostly compiling votes from the comments here, plus a couple on Discord)!

Part I: For this question, I think we saw a pretty good spread of interest, actually, but we did end up with a clear winner pulling ahead – Five Warrior Angels by Brian Lee Durfee, with 5.5 votes (a few of you were split between two options, so I’m counting that as half a vote for each of said options). For our other options, we had 4 for the Dreamers, 4 for Arts of Dark and Light, 2.5 for Kingkiller, and 1 for Destinies of Blood and Stone!

Part II: For this one, we only had two options and voting was very close, with RoP initially in the lead, and then Mithgar gradually catching up until they were actually tied for a while; however, Mithgar ended up winning out, with 10 total votes! RoP still got a lot of interest, however, coming in at second place with a respectable 7 votes!

So, where does that leave us going forward? Per my current schedule, we should be wrapping up both Scrolls of the Ancients and Fellowship of the King in December, leaving us ready to move on to something else for the new year, appropriately enough. So, my current plan will be to begin The Forgetting Moon, first volume of Five Warrior Angels, then and then the Iron Tower omnibus shortly after, alternating on Mondays (while still doing Embers on Fridays, because I think we need to stay on that weekly to have any hope of finishing in a reasonable time😉). In terms of my sporkings of Tolkien derivatives, because the voting was pretty passionate on both sides and because I wanted to do both options, and hopefully as a way to help avoid burnout for both myself and all of you, I think I’m actually going to do Iron Tower, then Season One of Rings of Power, then Silver Call, then Season Two of RoP. So no matter which of those you voted for, you should have something to look forward to in the foreseeable future! For my potential fantasy sporks other than Five Warrior Angels, I’ll also be keeping them in the back of my mind as well and may do something with them someday. I also do intend to do one-post reviews of each of the Destinies of Blood and Stone books (which I’ll plan to post here, on Das_Sporking, and on Anti-Shurtugal) so we can all see how that series… well, not so much ends as just sort of stops. I’ll try to get all three of these done next year, though I can’t promise the exact timetable.

I’d like to extend a heartfelt thanks again to everyone who voted – seriously, hearing from all of you guys makes slogging through bad (or at least frustrating) fiction worth it, and I want you all to know I really appreciate you! On a semi-related note, I’ve also been wanting to try and get back in the groove of writing some of my own stuff (mostly fantasy); if I posted some about it here, would anyone be interested in that? In any case, thanks again, and I hope everyone who’s interested will follow along with my new projects in the coming year. See you then!
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masterghandalf ([personal profile] masterghandalf) wrote2025-10-06 06:30 am

Fellowship of the King Book II Chapter Nine: The Council of Glorfindel

MG’s Announcement: As my sporkings for Scrolls of the Ancients and Fellowship of the King will both be ending soon, I’ve put up a poll for what sporks I should do next over on my journal. Please check it out and if you haven’t done so yet, do vote if that at all interests you! Voting will be open through the middle of this coming week!

This is a repost from Das_sporking2. Previous installments of this sporking may be found here.

Warning: This chapter contains some violence, and discussion of rape, incest, misogyny and ableism.

In which the Legion of Doom is assembled. )
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masterghandalf ([personal profile] masterghandalf) wrote2025-10-03 07:21 am

Embers: Chapter Eight

MG’s Announcement: As my sporkings for Scrolls of the Ancients and Fellowship of the King will both be ending soon, I’ve put up a poll for what sporks I should do next over on my journal. Please check it out and do vote if that at all interests you!

This is a repost from Das_Sporking2; previous installments of this sporking may be found here.

Warning: This chapter contains some violence and discussion of invasive and unethical medical procedures.

In which Prince Zuko makes some new acquaintances. )