Hello everyone. I brought a small update. I'm not dead yet! Yay! Actually, I've been feeling better the last few weeks, even though I was sick a little less than a month ago. Fortunately it wasn't too bad. All this time off from writing has helped me think about what I should do.
I've come to the conclusion that it's definitely better to start over with ROTDM. I realized that no matter how hard I tried to fix some things (The system was my worst headache), it was getting harder and harder to fit that concept in my head and then put it into words. So I've been thinking that it's better to start over and take back those things I couldn't work with. At least until I understand how to do them right, maybe in some other story.
Again, the story of Reilanis and her family will be completely restarted. The story itself will stay mostly the same, maybe changing certain things that didn't look right, redundancies and mistakes, but it will be without the concept of the system, status, lvl, any of that. It will no longer be branded as a litrpg, but a different one, although I don't know how to describe it...
Anyway, the other news! Thanks to what has happened with this, my mind has wandered to many things and, I know it sounds silly to say this after mentioning the situation with that first story, but I have at least 5 more ideas for other stories I would like to write in the future. Although I have only written some concrete ideas about 2 of these ideas. Being only the 1st and the 5th one
1°: "Wild Life" a story where all the schools in a city are sent to an "empty" world where their bodies are merged with animals, now being basically semi-humans from different species; and left to survive, with all the problems that entails. (My idea is to keep it short, with a maximum of maybe 50 chapters. If I can include something more, great, but I have almost all the ideas I would like to include in it written down in a document, that includes the ending as well. That's why I feel it's a short story)
2°: "Divided soul" a boy who has been enslaved and tortured by a corrupt politician for his amusement, by a twist of fate manages to take his revenge against him, dying along with him, but! Maybe that wasn't the best idea, after a goddess intervenes and makes him go through one of the worst hells. Even worse than what he has already experienced. (From this one I have the main concept, some things I've always wanted to see in a novel and others that I've already managed to see in some stories I read, but that I want to apply in a different way. Nothing is written about this one, and it hasn't gone beyond some ideas I keep in my head.)
3°: "A galaxy for 2" A space mercenary who lived his life to the fullest, traveling around different planets, He finds an alien girl who snuck into his ship like a rat. The young mercenary decides to adopt her and now he has to face life as a father... a space mercenary father (lol). (This is, in short, an idea that came to me out of the blue. I've always loved space operas, and if you combine that with my love for the relationships between characters like Joel and Ellie from the last of us, then it's a recipe for success... at least for my tastes. It's still a fresh idea, as I don't know what to do beyond the beginning. I have no idea where this story would go, but it's one I'd like to try to write someday)
4°: "An unexpected life with a girl from another world" Reverse Isekai (something I don't see very often), a very young dragon girl falls in a forest where she is found by a woman who, after many problems, decides to rescue her. Having to deal with the barriers of language, culture, species and common sense. Two complete worlds that collide by chance, or perhaps by a trick of an all powerful being? (This is perhaps one of my oldest ideas. It started quite a few years ago, when I first saw the character concepts and vignettes that @Hushabye_Valley did. Now they turned those characters into a webtoon called Ada. Those ideas resurfaced recently when I started thinking about the relationship between Reilanis and Miriam. I thought, what would have happened if they had met in this world? What would their interactions be like if Reilanis was an ordinary person here? That's where I got the idea. But other than that I have nothing. Just a faint image of what they would be like)
5°: "A life of change" This was the story with which I was originally going to start my... dream of writing a web novel. Before Reilanis got into my head and completely messed everything up (I love her <3) A boy, after raising his little sister, taking her away from her horrible mother, is murdered by her mother with a knife. Now, in front of an absolutely beautiful goddess, he is proposed a deal where he must help her save her universe that is being torn apart. Our protagonist, now a little girl, must face various problems as she grows up, friendships, her family and her first true experiences with love will be the biggest problems she will have to face in her life... until she really has to face the task that was assigned to her. (This is, along with ROTDM, the only one for which I have several chapters written, with a conceptualized world, with its own common sense, languages, races, reigns and empires, magical system, etc. In short, this story is going to be published no matter what.)
Now, what do I want to do now? Well my idea is to mark this story as discontinued. Immediately afterwards, take my time to rewrite everything and polish it to deliver a better work. I don't know how long it will take, nor do I know if I'll wait to write the entire first arc before uploading it or go from chapter to chapter every few days. What I do know is that I won't start with it until maybe next year. There are many things I have to fix, ideas I have to change and things I have to learn. At the moment, my idea is to start soon with "A life of change", which from the beginning was going to be my first novel. I'm planning to upload it soon, but I don't know yet, since there are some goals I want to reach before I can do it.
Now, regarding the other ideas, I want to know what you think about that. I'll leave a poll below, where you can vote for the one you find most interesting, and maybe I'll end up writing it when I feel confident enough to carry more than one story at the same time. Although, my idea is that apart from "ROTDM" and "A life of change", the others will almost certainly be short, at the most 100 chapters. Maybe more, maybe less, but I don't want to do anything too convoluted with them.
For my part I would say that's it. It got longer than I expected, but I think I said everything I wanted to say. I promise you that very very soon I'll be returning with this new story and a remake of Reilanis and her family. So, to those who have been with me so far, thank you for your patience during these months. I will read them all very soon! Hasta la vista!
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Wild Life Votes: 3 12.5%
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Divided Soul Votes: 2 8.3%
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A Galaxy For Two Votes: 2 8.3%
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An unexpected life with a girl from another world Votes: 17 70.8%
It's good that you are well and alive.
And if I understand the change in the book, I have noticed with many authors that sometimes they get mixed up in litrpg things.
I think you are referring to the gamelit genre.
Welcome back. I'm glad you recovered.
Now, what do I want to do now? Well my idea is to mark this story as discontinued. Immediately afterwards, take my time to rewrite everything and polish it to deliver a better work. I don't know how long it will take, nor do I know if I'll wait to write the entire first arc before uploading it or go from chapter to chapter every few days. What I do know is that I won't start with it until maybe next year. There are many things I have to fix, ideas I have to change and things I have to learn.
Does this mean that after marking this novel as discontinued you will keep it for archival purposes and anyone who is curious about the prototype and the comments on it, and that when you release the rewritten version it will be released as a new novel, right?
I must say that the 4th and 5th were the ones that interested me the most, but before I decided which one to vote for.
Does anyone besides the 5° have any others with genderbent?
Which ones have romance, GL, futa and monstergirls?
Yes, I'll keep it that way. I don't have any reason for delete this. The new version is basically a totally new novel.
Wild life is GL, Futa, and uh... animal girls?
Divided souls is... Weird I guess hahaha. Is both, straight and GL, but is hard to explain why without making an spoiler of the plot. But at least there are monster girls.
A galaxy for two, is a straight stroy with alien girls. Maybe harem, maybe just the Mc with the girl as father daughter. Don't know yet.
Unexpected life, is definitely GL, futa.
And A life of change is everything. Genderbender, GL, Futa, monster girls.
@FivesZeta This poll is just to choose which one you will try to write first, and the novels that are not chosen in this poll appear in another poll after one of the novels is completed, right?
Will the dragon girl from Unexpected life have scales on other parts besides her tail and wings?
I love it when the scale pattern naturally reinforces the arms and legs and also makes the girl look almost as if she has natural lingerie highlighting her assets and protecting them to some degree.
@FivesZeta
Divided souls is... Weird I guess hahaha. Is both, straight and GL, but is hard to explain why without making an spoiler of the plot. But at least there are monster girls.
The possibilities that I can think of with the available information are:
1- This means that the MC will have multiple bodies to inhabit with his divided soul as if it were a parallel existence;
2- That the MC's soul will be divided and each part will give rise to a new independent soul, but at the same time linked to its others;
Which of my guesses is closest?
@Gin_Otamegane Correct. My idea is to write the most voted one first. Once completed, if I have any new ideas, I will add them to each new poll. I want to maintain a healthy amount of ideas. The only exceptions would be, A life of change and ROTDM, which I will continue writing no matter what.
Yes, I love that thing too. It gives them an exotic and sensual touch that I really like. Maybe make the wings foldable, make them disappear, or maybe not have them at all. After all, she would now be in a non-magical world, so flying with that body would be physically impossible, so it wouldn't make much sense to leave them. Although it may somehow work out. I don't know yet
@Gin_Otamegane Yes.
haha, well, it wouldn't be fun if I told you, wouldn't it?
@FivesZeta
Yes, I love that thing too. It gives them an exotic and sensual touch that I really like.
I see that you are also a person of culture.
I'll mention some unusual scale patterns for dragon girls that I've seen and liked:
1- A lining of scales around the neck like a natural choker;
2- Scales running down her legs like stockings and more scales on her arms giving the impression of gloves;
3- Scales coat her boobs giving off the impression of a half bra, that leaves her upper boob and nipples fully exposed.
4- Scales framing the pu**y as if to highlight it;
5- In the case of a futa with balls, a small pattern of scales like a curved line like an arc just above the base of the penis, a mesh of soft scales covering the balls completely, and about 3 scales on each side of the pu**y hidden behind the balls;
What do you think?
Maybe make the wings foldable, make them disappear, or maybe not have them at all. After all, she would now be in a non-magical world, so flying with that body would be physically impossible, so it wouldn't make much sense to leave them. Although it may somehow work out. I don't know yet
You also have the option of making her wings able to resize.
But I think a combination of the 3 options would be more versatile, as this way she would have foldable wings that when collapsed look small and adorable and we could see her little wings reacting to her emotions with practically no risk of breaking things inside the house with them flapping, right?
Not to mention that if someone saw her with tiny wings, she could lie that it was a cosplay accessory. And if she can also make them disappear inside her body, she wouldn't have to worry about people suspecting them to be real or implants when she leaves the house and moving them without realizing it, right?
Speaking of flying with magic, I think I've read some stories in which they said that the wings of magical beings, especially large ones like dragons, automatically capture mana from the air to help them fly, as if they only used their own internal mana reserve, most of them would exhaust their mana quickly.
Even if Earth didn't have the mana for the dragon girl to fly as easily as on her home world, her body should still be able to generate some mana on its own to fill her internal reserve, right?
@Gin_Otamegane What about the wings of some sucubi some have the ability to shrink and grow there wings and tail or hide it altogether but with increased stamina cost and the whay the MC can hide them is there is a special fold in between her solder blades that can open up to hid them in there shrunken form
@Treythedane2 Thanks. I had never heard of these details before.
Can you recommend a story in which these details appear, please?
@Gin_Otamegane
1- It gives it a touch that makes it look almost like royalty, which is perfect for dragons, since they usually act like kings or emperors.
2- For me that only works well when the rest of the body has a greater number of scales, and when hands and feet are replaced by claws. Otherwise, it seems strange to me.
3- I prefer when they are around, covering the chest but leaving the breasts completely exposed. Having scales on them causes them to lose the natural softness of the breast. It gives a new texture, but the breasts are made to be soft and malleable in the hands that enjoy them.
4-Depends on the design. If done "underwear" style then it can work, but I usually like them to be on the hips and then going towards the thighs, leaving the entire crotch area clear.
5-In the case of futas, I prefer it to be without balls. Especially in dragons. According to monster anatomy, dragons, being basically reptiles, have retractable penises. So it is a little more logical to think that in the case of futa dragons, the penis would be inside their body and therefore the rest, too. This is because reptiles do not regulate their body temperature, so there is no danger of the sperm being endangered by a very high body temperature or vice versa. That is the function that is fulfilled in mammals like us. That's why I don't see the point in dragons having balls. Apart from the fact that they do not even need to regulate their temperature given the enormous resistances they already have, but since it is a very noticeable weak point, biologically speaking, it is much better to have it inside their bodies, where it is better protected and they have more space to contain it.
@Gin_Otamegane I considered the folding wings, but I still have to think about what size they would be from the beginning, and how they would be folded so that they are not noticeable. Besides, will they be the same on the outside of her clothes, or will they go inside? Inside they can be extremely uncomfortable, outside, you would end up exposing yourself very quickly by always having them on the outside, and that, even if they think you are cosplaying, it still attracts too much attention.
I have read some things like this regarding flight. The shape of the wing is so that when the air passes through it, it gives it upward momentum, which allows it to maintain stability in the air. In the case of magical creatures, mana from the environment does something similar. The wings capture/attract ambient mana using it to sustain themselves in the air. From a certain point of view, that is more similar to a body in water, so it is, instead of flying, like swimming in the air.
Now, she could use her own mana in her body to fulfill the function of ambient mana and be able to fly, but that's where the question arises. How much mana does it need to stay floating? How much to push and fly? For how long and distance can she stay with her reserves? And the most important. How long does it take to recover for all of this to be efficient? I don't want it to end up being like Oarsted in Mushoku. In that case he has a huge amount of mana, but extremely low recovery, so he can practically never use it. I prefer that it either not be able to fly from the beginning or, in case, it is inefficient but can be used in very very specific cases, like a region where there is a greater amount of mana or something like that, but that would only be according to the plot... something I'm just starting to think about.
@Treythedane2 Correct, there is always the option of using another "resource" instead of mana so that all this matches. In the case of vampires, use blood, in the case of succubi, the essence they obtain from their "meals". In the case of a dragon, it could be directly its stamina, draining a small portion of its energy, since it is consuming a lot of it for its body to do something that without magic, it should not be able to do. That's actually a better idea.
@FivesZeta
1- It gives it a touch that makes it look almost like royalty, which is perfect for dragons, since they usually act like kings or emperors.
...I admit that I once thought it made them look more stylish and even elegant, but I never noticed that it looked royally worthy.
I've included some example images below:
https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/3330818
https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/3330896
NSFW https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/2464371?q=sarrow_%28stmaster%29+
What do you think of them?
2- For me that only works well when the rest of the body has a greater number of scales, and when hands and feet are replaced by claws. Otherwise, it seems strange to me.
I think I didn't explain it correctly. The scale lining would make it look like she had gloves covering her hands to just above the elbow and her legs from her feet to just above her knees. Does it still look like it has few scales?
3- I prefer when they are around, covering the chest but leaving the breasts completely exposed. Having scales on them causes them to lose the natural softness of the breast. It gives a new texture, but the breasts are made to be soft and malleable in the hands that enjoy them.
But this is something that would vary depending on the type of scales. So, if the scales on the breasts were thin and soft there would be no problem, right?
4-Depends on the design. If done "underwear" style then it can work, but I usually like them to be on the hips and then going towards the thighs, leaving the entire crotch area clear.
It's not as if the scales need to cover the groin, a line of scales contouring and framing the groin area to highlight it is enough.
5-In the case of futas, I prefer it to be without balls. Especially in dragons. According to monster anatomy, dragons, being basically reptiles, have retractable penises. So it is a little more logical to think that in the case of futa dragons, the penis would be inside their body and therefore the rest, too. This is because reptiles do not regulate their body temperature, so there is no danger of the sperm being endangered by a very high body temperature or vice versa. That is the function that is fulfilled in mammals like us. That's why I don't see the point in dragons having balls. Apart from the fact that they do not even need to regulate their temperature given the enormous resistances they already have, but since it is a very noticeable weak point, biologically speaking, it is much better to have it inside their bodies, where it is better protected and they have more space to contain it.
You are referring to the heminopenes of reptiles, right?
I found a few examples of what appear to be dragongirls with retractable penises:
NSFW 1- https://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/63a94c7d2d8fd9338c2bf3453d0cfdb3
NSFW 2- https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/4080666?q=sarrow_%28stmaster%29+
NSFW 3 https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/4080670?q=sarrow_%28stmaster%29+
NSFW 4 https://chan.sankakucomplex.com/pt/post/show/9a24b7c9fb94d62fa483976404e592d9
Which one has the penis most similar to what you were imagining for your character?
I admit that internal testicles and retractable penis variants really are more protected, they make sense for a dragon to have from a biological point of view since they are also repeatable.
Although if we are going to talk about retractable, safe and versatile genitalia, a tentacle-penis would be better. After all, being totally controllable and transformable and being able to be shrunk and kept inside the body with the owner's intention even when she is excited, as long as she doesn't orgasm above a certain intensity... there are more possibilities.
What do you think of futas with tentacle-penis like the ones described above?
@FivesZeta
Besides, will they be the same on the outside of her clothes, or will they go inside? Inside they can be extremely uncomfortable, outside, you would end up exposing yourself very quickly by always having them on the outside, and that, even if they think you are cosplaying, it still attracts too much attention.
How about wearing an outfit with slits for wings and a capelet on top to hide it and say it's her style?
I just remembered that in the manga Yumekui Merry there is a boy who wears a hoodie with a bat hood and decorative plush wings. How about your dragon girl wearing a similar hoodie but with hollow decorative wings so she can hide hers inside?
Now that I stop to think about it, do you intend to hide her tail with a long skirt or what?
Correct, there is always the option of using another "resource" instead of mana so that all this matches. In the case of vampires, use blood, in the case of succubi, the essence they obtain from their "meals". In the case of a dragon, it could be directly its stamina, draining a small portion of its energy, since it is consuming a lot of it for its body to do something that without magic, it should not be able to do. That's actually a better idea.
I agree that stamina really seems like a good alternative to consume instead of mana.
Speaking of mana regeneration, I just remembered that Fairy Tail dragons can recover their mana and stamina by consuming their respective element. But for some reason this doesn't work if they eat the element they generate with their breath or magic. For example, a fire dragon cannot eat its own fire, but it can eat the fire it makes by lighting a fire the old-fashioned way. I think the logic of this must be similar to that of vampires who cannot feed on their own blood without suffering negative consequences.
So, what do you think about your dragongirl having a skill or racial trait that allows her to recover her energy by consuming the element she has an affinity with?
@Gin_Otamegane
It depends on the color and brightness of the scales. Some do have an image that makes them look incredible. Of the images, the 3 NSFW one is the one I was just thinking about with that type of scales making it necessary to have claws instead of humanoid hands and feet.
Having the breast scales be soft completely eliminates the point of having them in the first place. The scales are supposed to be harder to protect. They could be like those of fish, but those have a different function than those of reptiles.
That's why I said that if they are underwear style, then it can look good.
And yes, those are what I'm referring to. The only thing different is that these are usually 2 or they are usually forked.
None of the images look alike. Maybe the forked one, but this is the one she had in mind when she imagined it.
https://bad-dragon.com/products/nocturne
The problem with penis-tentacles is that I don't like them for already established species. They work best with alien species, mutant species or chimeras.
@Gin_Otamegane Honestly, it seems like too much work for the perhaps very few times she gets to leave the house. Taking into account that from the beginning she will not know anything about the language or the world, and the other MC is going to have to "lock her" at home until she knows what to do with her. Since I had planned for them to live apart, not directly on a mountain, but at least in a very rural place, then there wouldn't be many reasons to go out. At least not out the land of her home. The tail, depending on the design, can be wrapped around the waist, although as I said, it depends on the design. I have a slight idea of what it will be like, but it's something I'll have to figure out sooner or later.
Regarding regeneration. I honestly think that Fairy Tail is a very bad example of rules for a world with magic. Their rules are... strange in many ways. The logic of that world honestly does not seem logical to me in any sense. And it seems much simpler to me to just use normal food, especially meat to help her recover. In a magical world, everything and everyone contains magic in their bodies, so consuming others obviously has the ability to regenerate their magic, even if it is a small amount.
Now that made me remember that she may or may not also have horns, which stand out as much as a tail. The only way I can think of to hide everything is an illusion magic inherent to the dragon race. Something that could be good enough that the humans of that world wouldn't notice, and at the same time be very low cost. Enough so that there are no problems using it for long periods of time. Still I need to think about it more. Give me a few days to think about all this carefully. I'm currently in a part in Life of change that I need and want to do well, and my brain is completely invested in just that.
@FivesZeta
Having the breast scales be soft completely eliminates the point of having them in the first place. The scales are supposed to be harder to protect. They could be like those of fish, but those have a different function than those of reptiles.
That's why I said that if they are underwear style, then it can look good.
In the novel where I saw this scale pattern similar to a half bra, the author said it was just there because it looks good, adds some protection, and made the nudist humanized dragonesses look even sexier.
It was also shown that even though the scales were soft to the touch, they were very resistant and flexible.
But if there were hard scales on the underwear style, it could be uncomfortable during sex, especially for the dragongirl's partner, right?
Or would the scales change during sex? Whether it's becoming softer while she's excited, withdrawing or transforming?
And yes, those are what I'm referring to. The only thing different is that these are usually 2 or they are usually forked.
None of the images look alike. Maybe the forked one, but this is the one she had in mind when she imagined it.
https://bad-dragon.com/products/nocturne
That looks like a mix of a dog penis and a dragon penis, right?
@FivesZeta
Regarding regeneration. I honestly think that Fairy Tail is a very bad example of rules for a world with magic. Their rules are... strange in many ways. The logic of that world honestly does not seem logical to me in any sense. And it seems much simpler to me to just use normal food, especially meat to help her recover. In a magical world, everything and everyone contains magic in their bodies, so consuming others obviously has the ability to regenerate their magic, even if it is a small amount.
This reminds me that I've seen novels where people used sweets to regenerate their mana. If my memory serves me correctly it was because of something about sugar energizing the brain and magic also using mental power in addition to mana.
Now that made me remember that she may or may not also have horns, which stand out as much as a tail. The only way I can think of to hide everything is an illusion magic inherent to the dragon race. Something that could be good enough that the humans of that world wouldn't notice, and at the same time be very low cost. Enough so that there are no problems using it for long periods of time. Still I need to think about it more. Give me a few days to think about all this carefully. I'm currently in a part in Life of change that I need and want to do well, and my brain is completely invested in just that.
This reminds me that I've seen stories where they used illusory or perception-blocking barriers to hide the horns and tail of a dragon maid.
I found images of dragongirls with a different style of scaly lining on the arms and legs.
https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/5087468?q=hitokuirou+
https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/3809208?q=hitokuirou+
https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/4599036?q=hitokuirou+
What do you think?
@Gin_Otamegane The second is the one I like the most visually. It's pretty close to how I usually imagine dragon girls. And it maintains what I thought. If they have scales on their arms and legs, they must have claws.
@FivesZeta I see.
I just found more images of dragon girls with other arm and leg variations:
A) https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/2690513
B) https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/2280398?q=barbariank+dragon_girl+
C) https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/2769818?q=barbariank+dragon_girl+
D) https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/4676940?q=barbariank+dragon_girl+
E) NSFW https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/3909027?q=barbariank+dragon_girl+
F) NSFW https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/3652338?q=parent%3A3652338
G) NSFW https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/3662195?q=barbariank+dragon_girl+
H) NSFW https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/3652340
What do you think of them?