Just a series of observations and quips I randomly threw at someone in chat. None of this is really meant to be taken seriously.

Why did the chicken cross the road?
Because it became oversized and a final fantasy character wanted to ride it into the wilderness.

What's the difference between Mario and Sonic?
Sonic still occasionally puts out good games.

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Sequel here:
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/411966/discord-vs-harmony-the-greeting-card-industry-strikes-back

*tips hat

The final sidestory to The Queen and I, titled "Faint Glimmer", is currently being written. The first two chapters are done (pending some prereading), and I have outlines for what I think will be most of the rest of it. Unlike my other stories, this one is written significantly off-of-the-cuff, meaning it most closely resembles Love Fears Loss in development process. I don't know how long it will be, but anyone invested in the Iqqelverse may wish to reread anything they've forgotten; this story

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No-Spoiler Analysis:

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Almost two years. That's how long it's been since the first book of The Queen and I was published. I had originally planned to publish twelve sidestories to it; eleven of those sidestories are done, and the last one should be released soon. If you weren't aware of those, well, now you are; go to my blogpost on the Iqqelverse to check them out (click here). Given that this is a bit of a special occasion in terms of The Queen

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You can't see a hole, y'know.

You just see what's behind it.

You only know it's there because of what's around it.

You don't feel the gap in yourself.

Instead, you reach for something that used to be there...

... and it's when you clutch that emptiness that you register the loss.

That's when it really hurts the most.

Here's a list of all of the stories in the "Iqqelverse", the fictional universe inspired by Prane's story Cheersalis, in suggested reading order. Stories marked with * are considered solid stand-alone stories; if you dive into one of those, and want to read the full set, just jump back up to Cheersalis or The Queen and I Book 1, and start from there.

Original story by Prane:
1: Cheersalis*

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This is the first of a series of posts (Called Art Design Expanded Topics, or ADET for short) which are meant to serve as informal companion pieces to the ADPA series. The difference in name is both for organizational purposes, and to indicate a difference in style; ADET posts will employ a less formal and precise style, and are not intended to be rigorous dissections of topic.

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Note: This post will focus on literature a bit more than other mediums. As mentioned in ADPA 2-1, style translates in a non-linear way between art forms, making a more generalized post difficult. Hopefully, the general applicability of these ideas is still clear enough.
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Genre is one of two major ways in which an author can use shared cultural experience to connect with their audience, with the other being style. Simply put, a genre is a 'type' of a given art form, which has formed certain expectations and conventions from the accumulation of past works in that genre.

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