What kinds of mischief do Saratoans get up to that are specific to their species, rather than just general crazy teenage things? And are there any particularly wild drugs, considering all the bored young magic users running around?
asked by Anonymous
Young Saratoans in particular aren’t terribly different in their mischief from humans. Sub-adult culture has it’s own quirks but there’s nothing specific they do that humans do not, it’s mostly in the tone and combination of their behaviors and the more divergent behavior from their human peers is kind of value neutral.
The only magical practice that can be used to alter consciousness is potioneering, the others either don’t have those kinds of effects or don’t have those kinds of effects on organic brains. The bored young magic users aren’t the ones making the potions, since potioneering is very complex and involves a lot of equipment, experience and perseverance but that’s just as well since there’s no shortage of potioneers making mind bending cocktails. There are potioneers who believe making and distributing mind altering substances is their spiritual calling, much to the gratitude of those misspending their youth.
What kind of family does Seekali have? Any siblings? What does her family think of Sornal?
Seekali is an only child. Her family is relatively small, including just her parents, aunt, and a cousin.
Her family mostly finds Sornal intimidating and a bit creepy. They try not to hold this against him, since he’s made an obvious effort not be so intimidating for them. Seekali’s mother isn’t intimidated though. Ever since she started trying to ply him with herbal remedies and potions whenever he wasn’t feeling well, she started to think of him as being very fragile.
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lampfaced:
the-maggie-pie:
iridium-flames:
Social anxiety isn’t cool.
OCD isn’t cool.
Bipolar disorder isn’t cool.
Depression isn’t cool.
Cutting isn’t cool.
Phobias aren’t cool.
Trauma isn’t cool.
Sleep disorders aren’t cool.
Eating disorders aren’t cool.
They’re real things, they’re scary, and pretending you have them is just fucking obnoxious and an insult.
See, and I know this isn’t the point of posts like this, but whenever I see the “if you’re pretending you suck,” I always get paranoid that maybe I AM just pretending. Maybe I really do suck because it’s just in my head and I’m only wanting attention. And then it just keeps going…
I always get insecurities like that too and wonder if I’m only being an attention whore because my mind’s making all this crap up, but I think the post is mostly referring to the people who pretend to have these disorders/mental problems because they think it’s “cool”. Pretending to have ANY sort of illness/disability just because you think it’s “cool” or “weird” is deeply insulting. At least, that’s how I see these posts.
^ this.
Wait what, sleeping disorders are part of the “things people pretend to have” list now? I literally can’t imagine why anyone would pretend to have one. Was there a show about a detective that solves crimes with insomnia that I missed? I am very confused.
Also it feels weird to see that listed along with everything else as “scary” - Sleep apnea is scary, as are a few other sleep disorders. But the entire category isn’t scary. I’ve never been frightened of my circadian rhythm disorder. Fucking annoyed yes. Depressed a couple times. But it’s mostly just THERE and when I can work around it it’s basically a non-issue.
(Source: hopelesssly-imperfect)
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What are Saratoan politics like? Are there any hot-button issues particular to them?
asked by Anonymous
During DimeSpin and BoneLatch’s early adulthood (the arbitrary “present”) the hot button issues are:
Panicking about the population not growing and sometimes even shrinking (both because of the usual issues of a low birthrate in a country and also worrying about the species going extinct, though they are nowhere near that)
Sub-adults drinking/doing drugs/general sentiment of “darn kids” in addition to sub-adults demanding rights or better wages.
Issues with lack of power for non-dragons on the island and to what degree that can or should be addressed.
When is Queen Ilse going to die and stop meddling in our laws vs. oh no what’ll we do when she dies and isn’t around to keep the laws on course oh god she’s really old. Also wondering if President DayDrift has it in him to be a leader without her (his public persona is incredibly meek for a public figure, which makes Saratoans who tend to be cautious themselves vote for him, but also makes everyone wonder if/when he’s going to be all like “screw you guys I’m moving to the mountains far away from civilization and adopting a hundred cats”).
Renwick has a cut in the wood on his throat. Is that from an injury? If so, what happened?
It’s just how his bark texture developed. You’ll see a lot of cracks and splits on Dryads, especially places with a lot of stress and strain (like a twisting neck) and on Dryads with a texture full of big peeling sections. An injury was involved initially, but all that happened was bonding to his tree and growing into his grown up skin texture. (puberty isn’t fun for Dryads)
Are any of your Saratoan characters romantically involved with anyone at the moment?
asked by Anonymous
Depends on the definition of “at the moment” I tend to default to a certain general period I call the character’s “present” (which by the way, isn’t the same “present” for each set of characters since not all my characters are even living in the same time period- confused yet?) but for this question that seems a bit too inexact, since the answer is “yes” and “no” and “sort of” if I include that entire period I label the present.
So there’s your answer I suppose.
Are Hyssop and Atlas a friend pair? How long have they known each other? How long WILL they know each other?
Yes. They’ve known each other about 130 years and very will likely remain stuck with each other for the rest of their natural lives.
