Just Create - Hedgehog Edition

[silvercat17]

Have I repeated a title yet? I'm sure I will sooner or later...

It's the weekend again! What are you working on? What have you gotten done? Are there any cool events happening that you want to hype?

Remember to encourage other commenters and we have a discord where we can do work-alongs and stuff, linked in the sticky

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[sunfright]

I've gotten started on a new verse over at RF.

It's an alternative history/fantasy story set in ancient times (specifically it revolves around a fictional empire that "mysteriously" died out around 2000 BC), kind of the "fantasy" equivalent to Mesopotamia and occupying some of the same territories, though expanding even further than those historical borders - and its history playing out differently, seeing as the empire's monotheistic deity "turned away from her people", thereby prompting the entire nation's downfall.

Currently I'm writing up the in-verse lore and religious background material like various myths, legends and lithurgical stuff, but there is a whole plot relating to these worldbuilding pieces waiting to be written whenever I feel ready to wrestle with that.

So far this week I've put out a creation myth, an end of the worlds myth and the main prayer of this religion's lithurgy. I'm hoping to write up the legend pertaining to the high priestess' function tomorrow (Sunday).

Like most of what I write, this was prompted by a character I created for Dreamwidth roleplay purposes and it just took off really quickly on its own. I still play the character over at exultations, though.

The general idea was just to give myself a playground to mess around with some of the stuff I learned years back, studying theology, and build up the basis of an imaginary religion inspired by the structures and similarities of various actual mythologies and religions around the world. So far it has been both very nostalgic and a lot of fun. Very challenging.

Also, for some reason I'd missed that there was a RF tumblr, but I've just joined it now and am looking forward to more prompts to work from!

[silvercat17]

The tumblr is still pretty new. I'm doing my best to keep it full of cool reblogs and original prompts.

I want to read the fics you posted more closely, because they looked really interesting.

[sunfright]

It looks really good! I've already seen a couple of things I'd definitely like to use.

And thank you so much. I hope you enjoy them upon reread as well!

[cornerofmadness]

oh this sounds fun, good luck with it

[sunfright]

Thank you! Got another minor piece written today, so at least I'm getting some work done!

[(Anonymous)]

excellent