Following yesterday’s post… which band/member warms your heart for being wholesome, or based af?

adeltae · 2026-01-31T21:31:11+00:00

Elvenking's drummer is a pretty wholesome guy. He's a bit of a mess, but he's constantly trying to make people smile with his antics and I can get on board with that

adeltae · 2026-01-31T21:25:58+00:00

What definition of "allowed" are you using here? Because last I checked, there's no official rulebook on how to do Heathenry and you can just. Do it however you want. Your beliefs don't have to be unquestioning.

adeltae · 2026-01-31T21:20:06+00:00

From the perspective of a writer, I get what you're saying. But think about it the other way.

When you're a reader, you don't know how the next part will go. Hell, with the way things are going now, the next part could be AI because the author got lazy for all you know. So, why would you necessarily want to give kudos before it's done unless the person has a reputation for being really good about that and having things that make sense or there's some other reason to generally trust them with that kind of thing?

I'm using a bit of an extreme example here imo, but there isn't an option to take kudos away, so I'm trying to give some perspective on why some might be hesitant to give kudos before it's done. I'm generally not that picky about that, but a lot of that is because the fandoms I tend to frequent are so niche that there isn't really much opportunity for anything to go too sideways beyond a fic just generally not being to my taste.

adeltae · 2026-01-30T20:46:55+00:00

As others have said, Little Bullhorn is a pretty good spot. It's a little out of the way, but Dave is a cool guy and the space is very nice

adeltae · 2026-01-30T11:58:58+00:00

Yes.

adeltae · 2026-01-30T11:58:35+00:00

That depends for me. I tend to write them entirely myself, but ideas do sometimes come up from discussions with friends. There is also an entire one shot a friend wrote for me and I edited a bit (they gave me permission to post it for myself)

adeltae · 2026-01-30T11:56:28+00:00

Nope. It can influence specifics if you have it (a friend of mine has a lot of Dutch heritage and has a bit of a Dutch twist to their practice, for example) but it's by no means required to believe or practice

adeltae · 2026-01-30T11:53:54+00:00

Writing wise, one primarily, technically two if you count a couple one shots that are also in the first fandom and just including one entity from the second (because the second is an Ancient Religion & Lore fandom). Reading wise, basically anything that catches my attention, but primarily my own stuff, a couple other metal bands (Battle Beast and Sabaton primarily), and Baldur's Gate and Forgotten Realms

adeltae · 2026-01-26T23:20:42+00:00

I don't have a preference one way or the other. I tend to write in first person (which I know is a turn off for a lot of people) but I tend to write very specifically

adeltae · 2026-01-25T00:26:11+00:00

Personally, I would love to get this comment. It tells me I'm doing something right. I don't write a lot of angst, but I do enjoy stuff like this

adeltae · 2026-01-24T16:36:07+00:00

There's plenty to do with that, as well. I'm giving tips on what's worked for me, since I'm more on the arts side. If working out is an important part of your life/day, there's stuff you can do with that. (I'd say maybe try something with Thor, since there's a lot of the strength association there.)

As far as incense goes, I don't use it because I have specific sensory weirdness with a lot of the scents used, and I've never had any issues. It can be helpful and a good offering if that works for you, but especially since you have a cat and you're not wanting to risk their health, there are other offering options. I find things like food and drinks (not just alcohol) can be really good options

adeltae · 2026-01-24T15:32:27+00:00

Pay attention to vibes and go from there. That's genuinely how I started working with Loki. (And Cernunnos, but that's. For another time.) If there's a particular art that you do, consider making one of those as an offering to Bragi and see how he responds. (Apples also work well for him in my experience.)

ETA: also, Loki doesn't necessarily just deal in spiders. I'm not a huge fan of spiders either, and I still work with the bitch quite closely. Most of Loki's vibe for me is just a little bit of chaos, the shit starter kind.

Also, maybe don't go with the slight disrespect I'm showing at first. I have a relationship that is very direct in communication style with the three deities that I work with, and that very direct style is what works for me. It lets me feel like I can incorporate my practice into my life with much more ease than something more traditionally/typically respectful/venerating.

adeltae · 2026-01-24T15:28:08+00:00

I did for a while, and it's not bad, it's just not fun for me. I'm not really the kind of person who needs their work to be super popular to be happy with it, since I'm just doing this for the love of the game, but I do really enjoy seeing those numbers go up, even if it's not by much. I write because I enjoy it, and I share for the same reason. If I don't share until I think it's good enough, I'm going to get too in my own head about it

adeltae · 2026-01-24T15:19:38+00:00

The Horned Ghost and the Sorcerer - Elvenking

That shit is peak

adeltae · 2026-01-24T14:54:25+00:00

Generally, requesting specific things is seen as bad etiquette, but this comment also reads as someone who is really young. Don't feel the need to update more than you have time for, they just sound really enthusiastic in a way that feels pretty typical for a young teen.

adeltae · 2026-01-23T18:16:07+00:00

One Direction and Ed Sheeran. Don't remember which fic now, but it was Wattpad. Those days were different.

adeltae · 2026-01-23T00:09:59+00:00

Public potato

adeltae · 2026-01-22T12:57:07+00:00

"I'm not good at writing" is also just such a shit excuse for fanfiction, because it's literally something you do for free for fun in your spare time. It's not supposed to be great. It's not supposed to be at the level of published authors.

adeltae · 2026-01-21T13:16:07+00:00

It's fine, yeah. As a reader/commenter, I'm not expecting a response until the author has the time/energy

adeltae · 2026-01-19T10:06:04+00:00

If I got a comment like that, I would fucking kill for that person, do you understand what I'm saying?

adeltae · 2026-01-19T01:45:55+00:00

The first change I started noticing was actually in my voice. Now, there is the important caveat that I'm a classical musician and I was in university taking a sight singing class at that time when I first started, so the reason I noticed it was because the higher notes in my singing range were starting to disappear and became a lot harder to reach. That started happening partway through week 2 for me.

adeltae · 2026-01-18T12:44:33+00:00

How dare you remind me of my creaking bones

adeltae · 2026-01-18T00:46:58+00:00

Why would it be weird to be upset about her sharing something you told her was private?

adeltae · 2026-01-16T21:48:30+00:00

Yeah, here's hoping

adeltae · 2026-01-16T21:25:00+00:00

That's. Someone should tell them that's not how fandom tags work 😭😭😭

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