Hanalei
30-something zebra lady from San Francisco - aspiring author - interdisciplinary nerd
This might be fairly old-school but I gotta have the NERDTree in plain Vim.
A little excerpt from my current manuscript:
The largest and flattest island, which was home to the City of Strangleroot, was blocked by these outer islands, so Fenicia could not see it. […] The entire region had an unfairly negative reputation, on account of the strangleroot vine being popularly recognized as the ideal material to fashion a garrotte. Of course the vine had dozens or even hundreds of uses beyond choking animals to death, but the City’s inhabitants were uncomfortable enough to start the petition to change its name to “Tangletown.” The measure was actually gaining traction, which Fenicia found preposterous.
If there’s only one sign that I’m actually a greymuzzle, let it be the fact that I barely kept up with Pokémon beyond Gen 1, heh. Gen 1 is the only gen as far as I’m concerned!
Lapras and Rapidash were my faves. I also rather like Cubone/Marowak.
Pokémon Red on the Game Boy was my first game! Actually I played it on the Game Boy Pocket and then the Game Boy Color. I remember getting super excited about Pokémon Snap on the N64.
Now that I think about it, maybe I liked Calvin & Hobbes because so much even when I was younger because I found it so validating. It’s a nerdy and highly relatable journey but with a TON of heart. I might have found a little bit of myself in Calvin and Hobbes themselves, too, heh.
But that’s the beautiful thing about art, isn’t it? Art is forgiving, and it rewards experimentation.
“Messy?” – sure, maybe, I dunno. But definitely assertive and deliberate, and kinda fierce! I like it
Root appeals to me very much, I would love to play it someday.
One of the very first conceptions of Azuaveria was “the beach episode of Redwall in an urban setting.” So I imagined a sort of tropical-punk with a furry reimagining of the romantic aspects of San Francisco. As I’ve built up the world, it’s taken on a slightly different character, but that core attitude is still intact, I think.
Azuaveria is much more bright than dark. I hope readers think of Makoto Shinkai’s blue skies with enormous white clouds. The weather is actually pretty good almost all the time, but because this universe takes place in the eye of a gigantic hurricane (!) there is danger and peril if you seek it. The edges of the Storm Wall are way beyond the horizon for almost all denizens, though, so it’s easy to ignore. Nobeast WANTS to stay so close to the edge.
I’ve introduced a lot of mythology to the world over the years. Different cultures have different explanations for why the world is the way it is. But the main thing I focus on, as an author, is diversity. There are lots of different species, different walks of life, and as a result, different explanations for things. I’ve introduced more political intrigue over the years, as well. Hopefully this gives the world more nuance, and a more adult target audience, but the bright and sunny vibe is what prevails.
