#Febchantment 11 #Atlantis: The kaana crystals can manipulate both matter & minds pretty much any way you want, so I needed some STRICT limits 😅 First, crystals only hold a relatively small amount of energy. You could tap into your body's energy for more, but this is dangerous & difficult.🧵1/7

#Febchantment You only have so much mana at your disposal. Using it all leaves you fatigued (and physically exhausted). You can't overextend or "push beyond" what you've got. So if you're low and try to do something demanding, you just can't. It's dangerous to get fatigued in battle, so be strategic

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I love this story! 📚🥰 (Here's a link with no paywall for anyone interested—love supporting journalists but not paying for WaPo 😅) archive.ph/fqVKh

#WholesomeWednesday We're resetting the vibes. Share a wholesome story, some good news, some motivation, and/or a pet photo (please add alt text). #Hopecore #Prompt #GoodVibes #Positivity #Wholesome #BeKind

#Febchantment 10 #Atlantis: When doing magic, the clergy always recite incantations in the "Divine Speech." Most regular people believe you HAVE to use the gibberish words to make the magic work. This is all bullshit 😂 It's basically just a gatekeeping thing. That said, a mantra can help...🧵1/5

#Febchantment Nothing specific is needed, but some things help. A physical gesture (soma) can help channel mana. A lot of Etheri are combat fighters, so they're tapping into their mana to lend them extra strength. 🤼

Potion witches need ingredients for their magic, but those can be anything, depending on the recipe Necromancers might use a demon to enhance their powers Soulmating is the ultimate tool, strengthening your powers through your connection to another witch’s #Febchantment day 9 1/2

#Febchantment Day 9 Magic requires will and creativity. You have to conceive of something, before you can make it happen. Other than that, no specific items are required! There are a few things that can enhance magic, however. With practice, magic can be channeled and stored in gems and crystals🧵

#Febchantment 9 #Atlantis: Magic only *strictly* requires a kaana crystal. (Technically even that's not required, but using the natural kaa energy stored in your body is both extremely difficult & dangerous.) Sometimes you'll need multiple crystals for big/complicated spells...🧵1/9

#Febchantment Depends! In general, nothing is required other than the mana someone is using. Sometimes, a physical gesture (soma) helps channel mana. Certain specialties use items. Rhel infuses her flute with mana to use sound as an attack. You might learn a rare skill if you find it in writing.

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Wacky to be doing research for CryptidWIP, look up some random high school info to get the general vibes of that year (20-ish years ago) and to help with my timeline, and find an archived PDF (weird school project! how quaint!) and see my actual sister's name in it.

Happy Super Fairy Day! Instead of men yelling and hitting each other, might I suggest: Talia: 🌙 Sleeping Beauty retelling ☀️ Epic fantasy adventure with strong dialogue 🌙 Powerful female characters ☀️ Bi/Pan women 🌙 Tele-pathy, - kinesis, & - portation ☀️ Found families www.amazon.com/dp/B08HLVPF7D

"Why would I read something someone couldn't be bothered to write" is a great refrain but I would also add as a writer "I won't write something I couldn't be bothered to read" because that's what every one of my books are: something *I* want to read.

I just need to quickly spotlight what is possibly the nicest thing anyone's ever said about my work, by the person who read the whole thing while it was in its roughest possible state. It also helped me figure out a new sales pitch for First Light: "It's not sexist OR racist!"

#Febchantment! I wanted to pull a snip for Ashe because she gets some obscene moments, but they're all spoilers :( Anyway, considering whose staff that is and what those crystals actually are, this is a pretty insane feat for Nana, who I have to reiterate just turned *12* XD

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For today's #Febchantment I'll show the excerpt that best expresses the swashbuckling=magic frame and the stuff I've been talking about so far. What actually happens next is a surprise you can enjoy when you read the book. 😉

#Febchantment day 7 The myth of soulmating shows a witch bringing her love from the brink of death & healing her body Lilia likes to point out that even the witches’ myths are queer 🏳️‍🌈

#Febchantment Day 7 Fox lays claim to her flames for the first time, much to the annoyance of the demon that was previously defeating her easily.

#Febchantment 7. Here's a sneak peek at one of my favourite scenes in Eternal Flame: when Ashrah weaves her second skin. It's not a "spectacle," but I do find it impressive nonetheless. I wish *I* had the magic to craft whatever appearance I wanted for myself. #ChroniclesOfTheRealms #SayaAshrah

#Febchantment 7 Mireia uses a crystal to break out of a room. The spell she does here (Deconstruction) isn't all that impressive itself... What's impressive is that this is her 1st time using a crystal, with no training, & she does it intuitively without the "correct" incantation 👀 #Atlantis

Ugh, this is tough. I have a few that are major spoilers. I suppose I'll go with this which spoils a shocking moment but it's from very early and is the Inciting Incident. So if this was a movie, it'd likely be in the trailer. Read or scroll by as you like.🤷 CW: Brief mention of gore #Febchantment

#Febchantment Snippet Saturday From Fairy Court in Exile. A False Sisters trap has been triggered and the Fairies must fight to contain it.

#Febchantment Impressive: Etheri from Cragmount use a mysterious purple mana. They often use weapons that are conjured out of pure mana. This snip is from mid-battle, stitched together for better clarity out of context. CW: blood

Today's game in the car: replacing these lyrics For those about to rock—we salute you Some of em: For those about to stock—we will stew you For those about to Brock—Vulpix, I choose you For those about to clock—we will time you My fav: For those about to mock—we "salute" you 🙄 Feel free to add 😁

Can we have a @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social appreciation train?? They're such a cheerleader in the community! I love seeing Charlie's questions on my dash and I'm sure yall do too so @autumnchildart.bsky.social @jimthevampire.bsky.social @khonri.com @sayaashrah.bsky.social @gunsmile.bsky.social

#Febchantment 6 For my #Atlantis trilogy, the magic is crystal-based because that's part of old Atlantis lore, thanks to some goofy Victorian mystics 😅 I'd be lying if I said I wasn't also inspired by Disney's take on Atlantis. The system itself is also hugely influenced by alchemy in FMA:B.🧵1/4

#Febchantment ETHERI is an Action/Adventure Fantasy, so the inspos are hella Saturday morning cartoon. Or maybe the grittier reboots. So there's magic for like, fire bending a la Avatar, but also weapons and physical strength for combat. Superhero/comic-like raising of power levels and 1v1-ing ⬇️

Today is the birthday I have chosen for Sable! The butch lesbian pirate who becomes something of a mentor figure to Alexander. Sadly I still don't have art to show you, BUT I do have a piano sketch of the theme I wrote for her! (I'm just a baby composer, be nice. 😆) It will give you her vibes. 🏴‍☠️

comm for the royally proclaimed diamond of the season, @pamelaelaela.bsky.social 🤩🤩🤩

#Febchantment 5 #Atlantis: Anyone could potentially learn to wield kaana crystals, though it comes more easily to some than others. However, the clergy gatekeep both access & education, with very strict laws about who's allowed to use crystals and how much training they're allowed to have.🧵1/6

#Febchantment Everyone has mana, and anyone can learn to tap into it, but few do. Etheri culture is separate from the rest of the world, and non-Etheri aren't really privy to how any of it works. Using mana is learned, though not everyone is proficient. Poor mana control=support role w/in village.

It's my two year Bluesky anniversary!! And I have a two part giveaway. Part 1: I'm going to giveaway two discord memberships! Follow, like, reshare this post and leave an emoji in the comments to be entered in. Part 2: I'm going to enter everyone in my discord into a raffle for a skeb!

I packed aromantic rep & breakfast into 100 words. What more could you want? #WriteSky #QueerWriters #CupidsMisfire #Drabble #WritingCommunity #RatBagLit #Aromantic #AroaceRep #CinnamonRolls ratbaglit.substack.com/p/the-aro-sh...

#Febchantment 4 For #Atlantis: Kaa - the life force that's channeled through the crystals & also exists in every living thing. Nowadays we might call it qi, aether or quintessence. It permeates the whole universe & is the spark behind consciousness/sentience, as well as both growth & decay. 🧵1/11

#WholesomeWednesday We're resetting the vibes. Share a wholesome story, some good news, some motivation, and/or a pet photo (please add alt text). #Hopecore #Prompt #GoodVibes #Positivity #Wholesome #BeKind

#Febchantment Mana: magic/energy Mana stores: personal well of mana Soma: physical gesture that helps channel a mana ability Illusion: specialized mana skill, manifesting your thoughts in others Attuned: rare people particularly attuned to the ether (extra mana, extra strong, etc)

Some personal news…

Foundationally, it's elemental. The ether is in everything. People can manifest it using different elements (casting fire, earth, air, etc), or they can channel it toward more physical strength, but it all comes back to this sort of elemental building-block. #Etheri #Febchantment

If you missed my IG Live chat with Wendy Walker, author of “Blade,” last night, the video and transcript are up on my site now: adamreisinger.substack.com/p/book-talk-...

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#Febchantment ETHERI's magic is on the softer side for a few reasons. - strictly defined rules aren't my personal favorite* - mana=life itself kinda magic is inherently more intrinsic/vibes - MC (our POV) isn't a scholar and doesn't know everything - some disagreement in-world on magic vs science

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#Febchantment 1 Hello, it's me Emily! I'm gonna attempt to yap about TWO magic systems this month 😁 First we have Atalantis (aka my #Atlantis trilogy), an ancient island set on earth. Their magic is based on life energy channeled through special crystals, which they use to make advanced tech.🧵1/2

I'm Sage 👋 Etheri Trilogy: Etheri are those who are tapped into the ether—science, magic, life itself! Etheri culture is mostly-separate from non-Etheri culture; life moves slower, and things are pretty simple. Until they get to fighting. Then it's like 🏃‍♂️🔥👊🤸✨🗡️🐺🤼‍♂️ Such action! Much adventure! Wow!

ONE DARK WINDOW X KATABASIS Nocturne Collegiate is celebrated as a sanctuary from warring Queendoms and brutal vampires, but Alyss knows better—its guardian murdered her sister, and now she's come for revenge.🌙🦇⚔️ #QuestPit #OS #AG #YA #F

Hello #writingcommunity! It's the end of January, which means #Febchantment starts tomorrow! 🥳🪄 Come yap about your magic systems, both fully formed & under construction! Detailed posts will go up daily at 12am EST. Can't wait to read about y'all's cool & creative magic! ❤️ #writesky #writers

When marauders menace her village, an empath-scholar leads an odyssey across the climate-ravaged former US to retrieve a rumored key to peace, before her people are obliterated. Clan of the Cave Bear x A Psalm for the Wild-Built 🔮 #EarthMagic #tarot 🌪️ #CliFi 🌷 #Hopepunk #F #S #Q #Questpit