- Location
- Earth
She sees you when you're sleeping, she knows when you're awake. She knows if you've been bad or good so be good for Mercy's sake!
Path of the Immeasurable Swarm [Worm/Cradle]
- Thread starter derivativeoflife
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- Crossover
I'd be pretty neat if she got a reputation as something like Hastur the Unspeakable, being known as Taylor the Unspeakable because any time you mention her name something skitters out of the darkness and stares at you 'cause she heard you were talking shit about her...
Stahor
BookWorm
- Location
- Russia, Moscow
"She is not here today," said the Shadow Sage.
- Location
- Oregon, USA
I mean, people in Cradle with enough Advancement and Authority can actually sense when people use their name's, so you're not far off. It's why most Monarchs are reffered to with epithets.
Fencer
Writer
- Location
- 2nd shift
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- He/Him
I know, but the idea that Taylor gets singled out as the one you absolutely do not name ever makes it extra hilarious
Well... even in Cradle with Max Monster Level stuff of madra density you occasionally see level 8(10) cultivator culling level 7 and his minions personally, because she is here. Especially with character from Worm.
Actually there was that clan leader from Blackflame Empire, who tried to take out MC and Blackflame Aurelian branch, who Eithan described as old school - even that guy was smarter that Sorting Algorithm of Evil.
That is one scary power. I wonder if it works like as a sort of filter. Like Imp's power. Or can she to some level tell what people are thinking and mess with that deliberatly.
Isn't that one of those things inherent to the genre? xDyou are the reason that technique names become incomprehensibly long
Oh, right I forgot about that part. Giving them a less pompus name would very Taylor. Just as them later becoming terrefied of it. Or changing it to something more fitting "sage-that-should-not-be-named".
Whoops. Thanks.
Mercy asks for advice
On the other hand...
Even hours after her, admittedly minor, victory, Mercy was still cheering internally. She'd managed to convince Lindon and Yerin to take a short break in their training and have a date night. Eithan had, predictably, popped up immediately after the two had admitted defeat and ushered Lindon off to prepare him, leaving Yerin in Mercy's care. And so, here she was, trying to decide which outfit would be the best choice for their night out.
"Taylor?" She asked the room that was apparently empty of everyone other than herself and Yerin. At her word, an unseen speck of darkness atop a dresser swelled into the form of a hand-sized jumping spider, head tilted to the side interrogatively. Despite the fact that it was entirely black, some details could still be seen; its eyes more glossy compared to the matteness of the rest of its body prime among them.
"What do you think Yerin should wear for her date tonight?" Mercy asked Taylor's minion. She had quickly gotten used to her friend using the constructs in much the same way her Aunt Charity used her owls, though their friends were slower to adjust. It was probably due to her experience with Aunt Charity's owls that let her adapt so quickly.
Taylor turned the eyes of her spider construct across the various outer robes in consideration, before leaping to one in particular. "Eithan says this one will match Lindon the best," said Taylor through the construct, before waving a forelimb at Yerin.
"I hope you enjoy yourself," she said, before the spider began skittering towards to door, shrinking as it went, until it was small enough to fit under the door as it left.
This chapter is amazing for showing just how large a place Cradle generally and Akura lands in particular are.
It also made me realised something - these several weeks of travel are a goldmine for Omake writing! And not the crack/crazy AU type. Self contained stories with original places and characters that do not contradict or change the established lore or ongoing story. It's perfect! Maybe with the author taking a break it's time for the community to step up?
Does anyone know how to you write an Omake? Do you need the author's permission? Do you send it to them? Or somehow add it to the thread yourself?
It also made me realised something - these several weeks of travel are a goldmine for Omake writing! And not the crack/crazy AU type. Self contained stories with original places and characters that do not contradict or change the established lore or ongoing story. It's perfect! Maybe with the author taking a break it's time for the community to step up?
Does anyone know how to you write an Omake? Do you need the author's permission? Do you send it to them? Or somehow add it to the thread yourself?
Fencer
Writer
- Location
- 2nd shift
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Generally speaking you do your best to write something either intentionally humorous or as close to the tone of the story as you can manage. Preface by saying it's an omake and then post it in the thread if the author likes it it might get thread marked as such. I'm sure some writers object to the practice but I've yet to encounter that particular rarity.This chapter is amazing for showing just how large a place Cradle generally and Akura lands in particular are.
It also made me realised something - these several weeks of travel are a goldmine for Omake writing! And not the crack/crazy AU type. Self contained stories with original places and characters that do not contradict or change the established lore or ongoing story. It's perfect! Maybe with the author taking a break it's time for the community to step up?
Does anyone know how to you write an Omake? Do you need the author's permission? Do you send it to them? Or somehow add it to the thread yourself?
Holy shit, my very first omake!
The previous poster just beat you to the punch lol.This chapter is amazing for showing just how large a place Cradle generally and Akura lands in particular are.
It also made me realised something - these several weeks of travel are a goldmine for Omake writing! And not the crack/crazy AU type. Self contained stories with original places and characters that do not contradict or change the established lore or ongoing story. It's perfect! Maybe with the author taking a break it's time for the community to step up?
Does anyone know how to you write an Omake? Do you need the author's permission? Do you send it to them? Or somehow add it to the thread yourself?
Seems kind of hypocritical for fanfic authors to object to people writing fanfics of their work tbh.
Fencer
Writer
- Location
- 2nd shift
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- He/Him
I've always been pleased to see one in one of my story threads but there's always bound to be someone who gets offended when no offense is intended.
It really is, and I have sadly seen it a time or two over the years. Even came across a few sites that supported the viewpoint. Always fun to see a "Don't use my OC without permission" on a fanfiction site where none of the stories are written with the permission of the source author.
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I have seen it a time or two as well. The worst are when they are writing fanfic for a series where the Author has stated they don't like fanfic. Game of Thrones I think is probably the most common one although that was a while ago so I don't know if George RR Martin changed his mind.
Anyway nice to see an omake added to the thread. I must admit to trying to think of suitable adventure for Taylor in the next 3 weeks to write about. We will see if I have any inspiration and can actually convert that inspiration to something read. Quite the challenge but we will see.
Maybe Taylor accidentally scaring the shit out of Grace's Truegold guards...
verycoolname
Not actually cool
Saphroneth doesn't like omakes, but has admitted to not having a reason aside from a knee-jerk aversion to them. They don't forbid them, just request that they are put in a spoiler.
I feel like there's no reason not to respect an author's wishes, even if we don't agree with them. I like making omakes, but if someone doesn't want me getting my grubby hands on their interpretation of a story, then that's fine. It's not a hill I'm willing to die on.
I feel like there's no reason not to respect an author's wishes, even if we don't agree with them. I like making omakes, but if someone doesn't want me getting my grubby hands on their interpretation of a story, then that's fine. It's not a hill I'm willing to die on.
- Location
- UK
So I wonder if the celebration happened off-screen or if it's still being prepared as Taylor is going around doing spring cleaning. I was kind of picturing Taylor having to deal with similar to what Mercy dealt with when she broke through to Underlord early, which sounded kind of funny ngl…
Thinking of back then, wonder what happened to Harmony's stooges lol. They're probably not having the best time right now.
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- He
She might have attended. Sages can make portals although I don't know if she has learnt that yet. Charity could certainly transport her. Harmony's stooges came up in the training arc for the tournament. That life artist from the Seishen Kindom that I can't remember the name of basically beat them in a 2 on 1 and took a chunk off their life expectancy unless they advanced to overlord.
I wouldn't personally write an omake or even complain about it in those circumstances but I wouldn't object to others doing it either. It just seems a bit hypocritical.
Rajvik_wolfboy
Wolf amongst the stars.
- Location
- Florida
the only characters i have asked to have renditions of run past me are my two OC's.
Thats because one of them is ME, and the other is a fine line that i'm walking
Thats because one of them is ME, and the other is a fine line that i'm walking
Chloe Sullivan
Subdefective
- Location
- 1630 Revello Drive, Sunnydale CA
- Location
- My house, probably
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- He/Him
Ok, this I gotta hear. What pieces of fanfiction has GRRM produced? Genuinely curious here, because as far as I am aware he produces original fiction.
- Location
- Escondido, California, USA, North America
I think what they were saying is GRRM gets upset over ASoIaF fanfiction.
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- My house, probably
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- He/Him
That isn't what they are saying though? Thread OP makes a comment about how they feel it's somewhat hypocritical for fanfic authors to complain about other writers making fanfic of their fanfic, or posting omakes in the thread, as is more common on this site. The person I responded to responds to that comment by saying:
Thereby implying that GRRM has been writing fanfic despite complaining about it. I might just be missing something here, for all I know GRRM has a sprawling library of fanfiction that he has written, so hey, he might just be a massive hypocrite in that regard, which is why I asked about it.
Chloe Sullivan
Subdefective
- Location
- 1630 Revello Drive, Sunnydale CA
He talks about writing superhero stuff inspired by Marvel/DC (well technically their predecessors) even while ranting against people using his stuff.
Apparently the sticking point for him was quite literally "OC do not steal" in which his basically using other people's superhero settings was fine because he made original characters but people using his characters is badwrong.
It was up on his blog, I dunno if it's still there.