A Blade riven by past ages of capricious wielders and a Witch cracked by soul rotting lessons find each other at what should be their story's end. But from this entwining of damaged souls comes a partnership that inspires the broken to begin healing. However… the world that shaped them will not take kindly to their newfound partnership, and old Nightmares gnaw at the sky's edge.
Welcome to a wonderful collaborative project between fellow writer Ruby, Blade of Dusk(Links to its works below) and ourselves!!!
What to Expect!
Witches and Dolls and Living Weapons
Magical Bubbles
Plurality
Cracked and Riven Celestial objects
Gay gerls
Slice of life drama... featuring disaster magnets
Unfriendly Bugs
And... Gerlthings trying very hard to be better people despite a past of ruthlessness and violence
A Blade and Her Witch is a fantasy story that features some language, violence, individuals that have given up their personhood, and killin'. Chapters will include Spoiler Hidden Content Warnings to provide more info.
Links to Ruby's other works!
Scribblehub: https://www.scribblehub.com/profile/64833/rubydusk/
Royal Road: https://www.royalroad.com/profile/286173
Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/onyxnoon
Cover Art done by the wumberful @Redsheis ! She is open to commissions!
This story is uniquely beautiful. Not the kind of tame, window dressed beauty that is curated for consumption. No, it is beautiful like a spider willingly being eaten by her young so that they have a chance to live. Like a half starved lion cub making her first desperate kill, all odds against her. Like a taxidermied Butterfly, it's life cut short for the quiet pleasure of another. It is beautiful in the way only something born from the sublimation of trauma and its survival can be, and we will be eternally grateful for its existence, for being allowed to share in this world, and are left better for reading it.
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This story is perfectly aimed at a certain flavour of trans perspective.
It's got a variety of wholesome themes to offer; becoming better, healing from trauma, sense sharing consensual gore s*x, helping pretty gerlthings live freely and more
10/10 almost forgot to eat for over half a day while catching up
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I do enjoy this story. The characters are interesting, the character interactions are interesting. The multiple perspectives, both on the world, and from a story telling standpoint work well and I do plan to come back and continue this later on....
But there is a somewhat glaring flaw with the story, as much as I like it. Several "events" just sort of happen. It's hard to describe all the different ones, but the problem is that these are notable events with lots of moving parts... that are never written down. A fight scene that should take up a chapter or two is condenced down to a paragraph and then I'm left with no real understanding of what just happened and it grates on me.
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This is a story that trys a bit too hard to be unique. Instead of being introduced and immersed in the world we are instead thrown in head first. You quickly find yourself drowing in terms and turns of phrase that mean nothing. As all of this is happening you are given the barest hint of descriptions that barely give you a glimpse at what you are supposed to be seeing as a reader. The writing style generally just feels like a desperate attempt to stand out and seem sophisticated. Instead what you get is a story that provides nothing to the reader and feels like you suddenly started 10 novels into a series.
There is potential in the story but when I'm reading what is basically just word vomit I can't get far enough in to see that potential realized. If this writing style, of stumbling around blind, is your cup of tea then more power to you but it's not mine.
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