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The Flaviuses Come North
Jul. 14th, 2022 09:49 pmA/N: These are excerpts from a longer fic, in which Lucien Flavius goes on an adventure to Skyrim, doesn't meet the Last Dragonborn in the Falkreath tavern, gets bored of waiting and makes his own way to Solstheim instead. Where he nearly ends up killed by reavers, but is saved in the nick of time by this Nord wizard with no memory of who he really is. Together they go on adventures... but these excerpts aren't really about that. No, this is about Lucien's letters home to his poor parents who worry about their only child's wellbeing, and his mother probably didn't want him to go anyway.
These are the letters that prompted Lyra Flavius to ditch her existing plans and come north to find her son due to Alarm and Concern, and for Davidicus Flavius to come north because he had no choice in the matter. ;)
Lucien's cat is also here. I have no canon details on the cat, so Liberties Had To Be Taken.
Canon details on the parents are also a bit sparse, consisting of one short story, one letter and Lucien's in-game dialogue on them both. Still. I've done more with less. The characterisation I've gone with works for this story but will likely vary should we ever get more canon info on them.
Everything below the cut is PG, althoguh the full fic is not. Full fic is mostly wholesome-ish, apart from the bits that aren't.
( The Letters That Launched A Flavius Exodus )
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And there you have it, Lyra and Davidicus arriving in Skyrim! Obviously, nothing goes as planned. Alduin is dead by this point but the Civil War's still ongoing, and Ulfric's got it in for Saviik, something to do with Saviik using Bend Will to get out of talking to him. Not to mention Saviik giving Ulfric Two-Thuums as a nickname. It is not a compliment.
May have loosely based Grigio on the mod author's cat. Loosely. Translate the name from Italian if you're curious. :)
Other excerpts I am considering:
Saviik and Lucien meet the King in Rags.
Saviik Does Dumzbthar, with all the shifts in dynamic a change of Dragonborn brings.
More of Lyra and Davidicus.
All of which is in the full fic of course, but maybe you just want the edited highlights, eh.
Comment if you liked it!
These are the letters that prompted Lyra Flavius to ditch her existing plans and come north to find her son due to Alarm and Concern, and for Davidicus Flavius to come north because he had no choice in the matter. ;)
Lucien's cat is also here. I have no canon details on the cat, so Liberties Had To Be Taken.
Canon details on the parents are also a bit sparse, consisting of one short story, one letter and Lucien's in-game dialogue on them both. Still. I've done more with less. The characterisation I've gone with works for this story but will likely vary should we ever get more canon info on them.
Everything below the cut is PG, althoguh the full fic is not. Full fic is mostly wholesome-ish, apart from the bits that aren't.
( The Letters That Launched A Flavius Exodus )
~~~~~~~~~
And there you have it, Lyra and Davidicus arriving in Skyrim! Obviously, nothing goes as planned. Alduin is dead by this point but the Civil War's still ongoing, and Ulfric's got it in for Saviik, something to do with Saviik using Bend Will to get out of talking to him. Not to mention Saviik giving Ulfric Two-Thuums as a nickname. It is not a compliment.
May have loosely based Grigio on the mod author's cat. Loosely. Translate the name from Italian if you're curious. :)
Other excerpts I am considering:
Saviik and Lucien meet the King in Rags.
Saviik Does Dumzbthar, with all the shifts in dynamic a change of Dragonborn brings.
More of Lyra and Davidicus.
All of which is in the full fic of course, but maybe you just want the edited highlights, eh.
Comment if you liked it!
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Jul. 24th, 2021 11:10 amLFT turned out to be negative, I shall stop worrying for now. Still self-isolating as a precaution, and shall take another one in a few days. Unless I get ill of course, in which case PCR testing it is.
I know the Olympics have a bit of a dodgy rep and there was debate over whether this year's should be going ahead at all.
But damn if I don't enjoy watching them. I have the day off, opening ceremony good to go! That's me sorted for the next fortnight. :)
But damn if I don't enjoy watching them. I have the day off, opening ceremony good to go! That's me sorted for the next fortnight. :)
So Tumblr is rolling out a system whereby users can make their posts or indeed their entire blog, subscription only. Starting at $3.99 per month.
Leaving aside that I've never seen a Tumblr post in my life worth paying that amount for, here's the other reasons it's a Bad Idea:
- You can't block people who've subscribed to you, meaning this will turn into a pay to harass system all too quickly.No word on if you can cancel people's subscriptions if you look at their blog and go 'yikes!' or they misbehave. Tumblr's latest update indicates you can block subscribers, presumably cancelling their subscription in the process. But not until the final version goes live later this year. No help for the ones currently in the pilot who are having to use support requests to get rid of harassers then.
- Tumblr are encouraging fan content to become subscription only. Which is... look, the reason fanworks got as mainstream and well-known as they are is because of legal work establishing it was a fair use of the original IP, and that fair use is down to fanficcers and fanartists producing and sharing their work for free. Yes, some have Patreons and Ko-Fis and take commissions from individuals but the work itself is available for free public consumption. Donating to a Patreon or Ko-fi is entirely voluntary. Start paywalling it and it all changes. You can certainly do that on Patreon, but Patreon's TOS are pretty clear the artist is responsible if any C&Ds get issued. Tumblr, less so, and Tumblr's publicity seems to be encouraging users to paywall their fan content. Which will have Implications in lawsuits.
ETA: Staff's response indicates that they believe monetisation and fair use are not mutually exclusive BUT Intellectual property rights holders are in the best position to decide if they think a fanfiction or fan art violates their rights and existing DMCA processes will apply. So in other words, your fanworks are not safe unless you have them on AO3 for free as well, rendering a Tumblr paywall pointless.
- Tumblr's notoriously glitchy interface and functionality does not inspire trust and giving them your card details seems unwise. Some people have caught viruses off Tumblr ads. It is possible to subscribe via the app store instead if you use the Tumblr app... but the phone providers take 30% of the price if you do it that way. Which is a rip-off in anyone's book.
It won't mean the death of fandom, but it could mean the death of Tumblr. At any rate, I'm not going sub-only. Or paying for anyone else's subscription posts.
Leaving aside that I've never seen a Tumblr post in my life worth paying that amount for, here's the other reasons it's a Bad Idea:
- You can't block people who've subscribed to you, meaning this will turn into a pay to harass system all too quickly.
- Tumblr are encouraging fan content to become subscription only. Which is... look, the reason fanworks got as mainstream and well-known as they are is because of legal work establishing it was a fair use of the original IP, and that fair use is down to fanficcers and fanartists producing and sharing their work for free. Yes, some have Patreons and Ko-Fis and take commissions from individuals but the work itself is available for free public consumption. Donating to a Patreon or Ko-fi is entirely voluntary. Start paywalling it and it all changes. You can certainly do that on Patreon, but Patreon's TOS are pretty clear the artist is responsible if any C&Ds get issued. Tumblr, less so, and Tumblr's publicity seems to be encouraging users to paywall their fan content. Which will have Implications in lawsuits.
ETA: Staff's response indicates that they believe monetisation and fair use are not mutually exclusive BUT Intellectual property rights holders are in the best position to decide if they think a fanfiction or fan art violates their rights and existing DMCA processes will apply. So in other words, your fanworks are not safe unless you have them on AO3 for free as well, rendering a Tumblr paywall pointless.
- Tumblr's notoriously glitchy interface and functionality does not inspire trust and giving them your card details seems unwise. Some people have caught viruses off Tumblr ads. It is possible to subscribe via the app store instead if you use the Tumblr app... but the phone providers take 30% of the price if you do it that way. Which is a rip-off in anyone's book.
It won't mean the death of fandom, but it could mean the death of Tumblr. At any rate, I'm not going sub-only. Or paying for anyone else's subscription posts.
So anyway there was this post on Tumblr getting all nostalgic about these pretty books for kids and nerds, the Ology series and I...
Was not a kid when they came out and could not afford to buy them, but I do remember them existing.
( But now I have a proper job! )
Also Supernatural fandom has apparently gone nuts. Yes I know, not really news, eh. Something about one of actors playing the lead brothers going to take part in a prequel project and the actor playing the other brother found out the project existed on Twitter. And There Was Drama of the 'et tu Jensen?' variety.
Sometimes I'm very glad my fandom's canon is nearly a decade old and the VAs have all moved on so we don't get this sort of drama...
Was not a kid when they came out and could not afford to buy them, but I do remember them existing.
( But now I have a proper job! )
Also Supernatural fandom has apparently gone nuts. Yes I know, not really news, eh. Something about one of actors playing the lead brothers going to take part in a prequel project and the actor playing the other brother found out the project existed on Twitter. And There Was Drama of the 'et tu Jensen?' variety.
Sometimes I'm very glad my fandom's canon is nearly a decade old and the VAs have all moved on so we don't get this sort of drama...
Thing to use Dreamwidth for
Jun. 20th, 2021 12:43 pmAside from diarying stuff, it also occurred to me Dreamwidth could be the commentary on Things Seen on Tumblr I don't want to comment on there.
( How I have missed Cuts. )
Perhaps Dreamwidth is where I can put those responses. Work out all the feelings without risking a flamewar. I mean, you lot might not agree either, but at least you can't reblog to all your mates and have them get in on the act...
( How I have missed Cuts. )
Perhaps Dreamwidth is where I can put those responses. Work out all the feelings without risking a flamewar. I mean, you lot might not agree either, but at least you can't reblog to all your mates and have them get in on the act...
