Artist & writer of brightdark fantasy that focuses on unconditional platonic love. I like dragon bonds, & gentle yet defiant MCs. https://midnightroseartcom.wordpress.com/https://bsky.app/profile/midnightrose838.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/midnightrose838.bsky.social/post/3mvl26q7ho22s#WIPSnips going with "outside of" even though I've shared this snippet before. He touched the wood bars on the window, which apparently were on both the inside and the outside of the thick glass, and looked out through the foggy glass at the bright light outside. *Looccup could rescue me. ...* [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:s7zpffrm3na62zfdtntb3oat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvl26q7ho22shttps://bsky.app/profile/midnightrose838.bsky.social/post/3mvj55x3ei22s#AwesomeCharacters I will always be drawn to Lawcket's compassion. It shows both in his happiest and saddest moments. It's the main thing (other than Looccup) that gives him some faltering reason to try. When he's lost the ability to care what happens to him, he still cares about others. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Sep 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:s7zpffrm3na62zfdtntb3oat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvj55x3ei22shttps://bsky.app/profile/midnightrose838.bsky.social/post/3mvfwq274xc2s#WIPSnips Edd's POV (most of the few instances of "distract" aren't Lawcket's POV.) His pain felt so different when it came out of him like this. It was almost a novelty, a distraction. Habit of controlling his emotions as though his life depended on it had become so much the norm that this . . . [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Sep 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:s7zpffrm3na62zfdtntb3oat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfwq274xc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/midnightrose838.bsky.social/post/3mvjbim5mzk2s#WIPSnips A very sad snippet, though I think it's sweet if one can get past the sadness of a falling apart relationship between mother and child.😭 Every day, every month, every year, he was growing closer to his dragon and becoming less her child. . . . [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Sep 2026 23:33 +0000at://did:plc:s7zpffrm3na62zfdtntb3oat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjbim5mzk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/midnightrose838.bsky.social/post/3mvj6echzyk2sI'm actually enjoying the art WIP I'm working on, but I promised the author of the characters I'm drawing that I wouldn't share it publically unless they like it. It has a horse.🥰14 Sep 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:s7zpffrm3na62zfdtntb3oat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvj6echzyk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/midnightrose838.bsky.social/post/3mvj62jl2xc2s#AwesomeCharacters This is so, so hard for me to answer for Song. I think it's the way love and natural selfishness are mixed for him, the way selfishness itself blooms into care. His need to see happiness, not to see pain. I think it's the same thing that makes him both fragile and resilient. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Sep 2026 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:s7zpffrm3na62zfdtntb3oat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvj62jl2xc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/midnightrose838.bsky.social/post/3mvj5mksvg22s#AwesomeCharacters What draws me to Rider most, is the thing I've never succeeded at putting to words. I deeply admire the purpose he finds in giving his best, even when he knows it's not enough, even when he knows he will fail. His willingness to fight the impossible with no regrets. 1/2 [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Sep 2026 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:s7zpffrm3na62zfdtntb3oat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvj5mksvg22shttps://bsky.app/profile/midnightrose838.bsky.social/post/3mvj55x3ei22s#AwesomeCharacters I will always be drawn to Lawcket's compassion. It shows both in his happiest and saddest moments. It's the main thing (other than Looccup) that gives him some faltering reason to try. When he's lost the ability to care what happens to him, he still cares about others. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Sep 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:s7zpffrm3na62zfdtntb3oat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvj55x3ei22shttps://bsky.app/profile/midnightrose838.bsky.social/post/3mvfwq274xc2s#WIPSnips Edd's POV (most of the few instances of "distract" aren't Lawcket's POV.) His pain felt so different when it came out of him like this. It was almost a novelty, a distraction. Habit of controlling his emotions as though his life depended on it had become so much the norm that this . . . [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Sep 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:s7zpffrm3na62zfdtntb3oat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfwq274xc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/midnightrose838.bsky.social/post/3mvbqpe3ukc2s#AwesomeCharacters This is hard, because I'm not good at funny, but it might just go to Viddor. He finds creative ways to lighten the mood, at least for himself, & I'll never forget his joke about becoming no one when you die, when Kortenze says "No one should be brave enough to love me” [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 23:44 +0000at://did:plc:s7zpffrm3na62zfdtntb3oat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbqpe3ukc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/midnightrose838.bsky.social/post/3mv7t7kffws2s#WIPSnips This first instance in book 1. I don't think I've shared this before anywhere. A bruised, bleeding, and completely exhausted child came to his senses in a distant grassy meadow. Sweat soaked, torn clothes clung to his skin. He had run, fallen, and tumbled through thickets ... [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 05:24 +0000at://did:plc:s7zpffrm3na62zfdtntb3oat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7t7kffws2shttps://bsky.app/profile/midnightrose838.bsky.social/post/3mv7sgjza3s2sEditing today involved having 3 older versions open, to compare how I'd chosen to phrase a single sentence over the years.😂 Also, can a child's voice be childish? I think I decided, yes. But still not sure the sentence is perfect.11 Sep 2026 05:10 +0000at://did:plc:s7zpffrm3na62zfdtntb3oat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7sgjza3s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/midnightrose838.bsky.social/post/3mv7q5z3n5c2s#WIPSnips He felt like he would rather have died by the teeth and the fire of the dragons, rather have died by their power, than leave them. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 04:29 +0000at://did:plc:s7zpffrm3na62zfdtntb3oat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7q5z3n5c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/midnightrose838.bsky.social/post/3mv75hcn4ck2s#AwesomeCharacters Rider: *I am a curse?* (but what if it's not really a lie?) Song: *I can't do anything.* (but he really believes it) For Lawcket: I'm not sure between *I'm not hurt* & *Mom's unhappiness is my fault* Jewel: *Love & goodness are lies made to hurt & break us* [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Sep 2026 22:54 +0000at://did:plc:s7zpffrm3na62zfdtntb3oat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv75hcn4ck2shttps://bsky.app/profile/midnightrose838.bsky.social/post/3mv4o2fkdgc2s#AwesomeCharacters Lawcket apologizes, as though he were the one who pumped into them. He wouldn't hesitate to help them clean them up, & would ask if they still want the bruised ones? Rider is there as a spy. His actions depend on what's most likely to help him go unnoticed. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:s7zpffrm3na62zfdtntb3oat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4o2fkdgc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/midnightrose838.bsky.social/post/3mv23ictx4c2s#AwesomeCharacters Rider relies on himself. He rarely has anyone to turn to, & he doesn't expect anyone else to be responsible for his safety. There is one time he pleads help, but that's not from a specific person, though a specific person does come to his aid. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:s7zpffrm3na62zfdtntb3oat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv23ictx4c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/midnightrose838.bsky.social/post/3mv23bsucnc2s#AwesomeCharacters In the beginning of the book, Lawcket would turn to his parents. After he meets Looccup, he'd reach his mind out to her. (& yet when he does find himself in life threatening situations, he's either alone, or he's thinking about keeping others from getting hurt.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:s7zpffrm3na62zfdtntb3oat/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv23bsucnc2s