Hello people.

[bladespark]

Hi!

I am an absolute fruit loop, just so you know. The specialist of special snowflakes. (I'm queer, genderqueer, plural, kinky, and a skeptic but not an atheist, to give you some idea of what I mean by that. I prefer "he/him" pronouns, thanks!)

I am also a creator, a crafter, a sewer, a writer.

That latter is a lot of what I'm posting these days, since I'm trying to get a career in it off the ground. This is easier said than done, especially given I write across probably a dozen genres, or at least sub-genres in fantasy, science fiction, horror, and romance. But I am giving it my best shot! In light of that, I should mention that I have books you can buy, (as well as some tails, ears, plushes, etc., also at that link!) a newsletter and free-stories subscription you can sign up for*, to get early access to tons of stories, and a ko-fi you can toss a few bucks at if you want to support me. I also do plush and fursuit commissions, and sometimes take story commissions. Feel free to drop me a line about that, or you can just sign up for the story commissions patreon reward tier.

*this is new, I am sorry I'm disorganized as fuck right now. Uhm. DM me an e-mail, I'll add you to the newsletter, that's free, and we can chat about getting all my stories via paid subscription. Sorry! I am one guy, and Patreon banned me for writing rape-recovery stories, so I cannot do this the easy way anymore. :(

If you're too busy or too broke to buy and read a book, you can also follow me on twitter and read my twitter flashfiction.

DW is a fannish sort of place, and I'm definitely in fandom, especially Hades, My Little Pony, Legend of Zelda, and Good Omens. I like a broad range of other things within the realm of gaming, movies and especially science fiction and fantasy books, which I read voraciously growing up and still occasionally find time for.

Feel free to say hi here and add me if you like, I only bite if you're into that!

P.S. My use of this blog has been really inconsistent. I used to tag things a lot, then I stopped. I used to use filters to control who could see things a lot, and then I stopped. These things may or may not come back as I actually use this thing again, but right now I think most people on my personal filters no longer even use DW or LJ so that part is a bit irrelevant. Also I really find tags difficult for some reason. It's hard to explain. Possibly it's that I'm a lazy butt.

P.P.S.

Here's something I wrote.

Dark (36016 words) by bladespark
Chapters: 20/20
Fandom: Legend of Zelda, Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dark Link/Link
Characters: Dark Link, Link, Ganondorf, Impa (Legend of Zelda), Zelda (Legend of Zelda)
Additional Tags: Romance, Angst, Hurt/Comfort
Summary:

We all know that Link must fight and kill his shadow. But what if the victorious hero had chosen to have mercy on his defeated darker side? What then?

An example of my sewing.


Here's something I drew.


An example of something else I kinda made (The sculpture is from Windstone Editions, the paint job is by me.)

Comments

[silveradept]

That is a stylish Rainbow Dash there. I'm trying to get a sense of the scale and falling utterly.

[bladespark]

It's three feet tall to the tops of the ears. So pretty big!

[silveradept]

I thought it was much bigger than what I might see in a commercial shop.

You don't have to answer in public, but if someone were looking to commission a plush that big of one of the alicorns, how much should they save up?

[bladespark]

About $600. :3

[silveradept]

More than I was expecting, admittedly, but that sounds like a very fair price for someone who is so interested for a piece of that size.

[bladespark]

I know it's pretty sticker-shock when one is used to smaller/commercially made stuff. It's what pays enough for the time it takes, mostly. (And the materials, but that's a fairly small fraction of the total.)

[silveradept]

I figured most of that was labor time cost, because those things don't stuff themselves. But that also gives me an idea of about how much time it takes for someone paying themselves a proper wage to put it together. And then, presumably, ship it.

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

Thank you so much for adding me, I am honoured that you subscribed to me and I definitely subscribed back to you! It's always fun to see new people join DW-- I have been on a journaling site since my days over at LJ.

So woot! I hope you enjoy your stay here on DW! I will be rooting for you!

[bladespark]

Thank you. :3 I am getting a warm reaction to my attempts to reach out so far today, which has been very cheering!

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

People here on DW are VERY friendly-- it's not like Tumblr where you're almost faceless, i feel in DW everyone has a name as well as a definite presence!

[bladespark]

Yeah, I was sad when tumblr turned into "the" fandom thing.

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

I think that the thing with Tumblr is that it turned into a whole 'elitist' thing-- everyone wanted to be the next greatest thing on Tumblr and that was definitely working against it and made deep meaningful connections kinda futile

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

I think that the thing with Tumblr is that it turned into a whole 'elitist' thing-- everyone wanted to be the next greatest thing on Tumblr and that was definitely working against it and made deep meaningful connections kinda futile

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

Which reminds me, I love that Mer-horse! Oh gosh that is beautiful!

[bladespark]

Well, I can only take credit for the color scheme, the horse itself is by Melody Peña. But thank you!

[storme]

Hi! Here's to making new friends. :)

[bladespark]

Indeed! Friends are good. :3

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

That icon is so pretty, just want to let you know that! Definitely an eyecatch!

[storme]

Thank you! It's from a photoshoot I did in Japan last year. :D

[frith]

Awesome Rainbow Dash! She looks very sturdy too. It's hard to get the really big plush ponies to stay standing.

[bladespark]

Thank you! I actually stuff the legs with a slightly stiffer stuffing on the big ones, and then the soft stuffing for the body/head, so they're still cuddly.

[adafrog]

Wow, cool art.

[bladespark]

Thank you very much. :3

[general_radix]

Thanks for adding me, fellow artist! ^^

[bladespark]

You're very welcome! :3

[raveninthewind]

*points to icon with old username*

Hello there!

[bladespark]

Well hi!

[mudousetsuna]

HI! Thanks for adding me (I just changed my username from <user name=asmaria to this one with a swap, if you're confused!), and welcome to Dreamwidth! Also holy crap, that is a really quality pony plush there! Your other stuff is great, too! You're super talented!

[bladespark]

Awww, thank you very much!

[xyzzysqrl]

This is basically straight-up "Hi, you seem neat and I kinda want to read your blog stuff" as a comment, so... uh, hi, you seem neat and I kinda want to read your blog stuff. Is that okay?

(My own journal is endless video game spam for the last few years, so there's no need to add-back, I just stumbled on you from ... some link or another and was like oh neat someone who writes furry fic and also Zelda stuff and ... does fursuits? and sewing? and... okay I wanna read about the TRIALS OF WRITING ZELDA.)

[bladespark]

Sure, feel free to follow and read. :3

[erulissedances]

Thanks for adding me. As I said in my own intro, I blog 6-days a week (usually) and I do a variety of things. I do like your icon, and it seems I'm singing along with a crowd on that. Welcome to my crazy world, I look forward to interactions in cyberspace.

- Erulisse (one L)

[bladespark]

Thanks! Though it's funny, I changed my default icon recently, so people were commenting on a different one than you see. I guess I have good taste in icons!

[erulissedances]

I have a pro package on LJ, so have a huge variety of icons that I use over there. I only have a few from that list over here on DW, so I'm more limited. My dancer is my default, but I have other pieces I've made for other choices down the line.

- Erulisse (one L)

[theuncertainhour]

Just dropping in to say hi because I saw that you added me and you seem cool so I've added back! Hey friend!

[bladespark]

Hello there! :3

[zeeth_kyrah]

Hello, followed you in from seeing you on ysabetwordsmith's DW.

[bladespark]

Hello and welcome. :3

howdy

[daryl_wor]

Hello there. Just getting used to the site a bit. I saw you get really upset and I thought, "You know... I think I need someone who can get as, or more, upset than myself... I think I need to see that once in a while." Why? Because I find my own scandal unbelievably low-key that so many people waste their time on expounding on whatever scandals I have. So I have subscribed you to my reading list. :) [Edit: Oh! And also because we have stuff in common! I guess I felt that was a given. Pardon!]

My reading list was just so empty... I want to say because people "run away" but then I never know... and if I have enough fun folks, which I think you are, then that's okay. I don't need to know. I probably only have 40-50 years left to live anyway, if I'm good-lucky. Live it up! Cheers!

Re: howdy

[bladespark]

This is one of the odder greetings I've gotten, I must admit! Er...thanks for the reminder that we're all going to die, I guess?

I have to say that introducing yourself by telling me that people run away from you is maybe not helping with that? O.o You're making a really strange first impression here.

Re: howdy

[daryl_wor]

Oh, I apologize. I'm glad you told me that. I think I confess it because it's been so weird an experience for me that I don't know what to do but just mention it. I think I'm always hoping it'll buffer it from happening again. (Plus I was up pretty late.)

Anyway, I was looking for vampires as an interest, and reading your entries felt really awake, as well as active, which is delightful.

Re: howdy

[bladespark]

Ah! Vampires are one of my favorite things. <3 I don't really talk about vampires and vampirism a *ton* here, but I certainly write lots of stories and fanfic and such that involve them.

[tippetariuswrites]

Wow, that is one super-awesome Rainbow Dash plushie!

[bladespark]

Thank you! :3

[shannnon_foraker]

Can you please give me access?

[bladespark]

Sure thing! Didn't realize I hadn't already. Though I'm not super active here right now.