White Lotus reveals are up!
Feb. 13th, 2012 06:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lizbeeAnd I don't think anyone will be remotely surprised to learn that I created the following:
Study Partners (Song/Teo, art, G) -- I took this pinch hit because I really likedambyr's idea of the two of them studying together at Ba Sing Se University. And also I wanted to draw a hanbok. (Which, in the end, got cut off by a table. Life's hard, kids.)
Stitch Me The Fabric Of Fall (Ursa, Azulon, fic, mature) -- I had a lot of trouble with this story, but once it was done I was quite proud of it. It's always a challenge to depict domestic abuse without being cartoonish ... while you're also dealing with a family that regards dragon-hunting as a hobby. I hope I succeeded.
Lychee and Coconut Pie (Aang/Mai, fic, teen) -- okay, so everyone knew I wrote this, right? I mean, the prompt ("Aang seduces Mai with fruit pies") came from a comment thread in my own journal. But writing it was GREAT -- I got to research Tibetan food (conclusion: fruit pies are not a huge part of Tibetan cuisine), and then I gave up and started searching for Chinese pies that aren't influenced by western food, and then I gave up on that and just found region-appropriate ingredients. Then I had to stop for a pie break.
And along the way, I got to indulge my love for second-chances-at-romance, and amicable break-ups, and blended families. And also stories about cooking in someone else's kitchen, because apparently that's something I love seeing. Even if the kitchen in question is in a palace, and the person to whom it belongs has probably never prepared a meal in her life.
Also, sneakily, this wound up being part of this series, which was the second and third pieces of Avatar fic I ever wrote (and predates my Azula redemptionista-ness). But it seemed to fit, and felt right, and I liked giving Mai a happy ending.
Study Partners (Song/Teo, art, G) -- I took this pinch hit because I really liked
ambyr's idea of the two of them studying together at Ba Sing Se University. And also I wanted to draw a hanbok. (Which, in the end, got cut off by a table. Life's hard, kids.)Stitch Me The Fabric Of Fall (Ursa, Azulon, fic, mature) -- I had a lot of trouble with this story, but once it was done I was quite proud of it. It's always a challenge to depict domestic abuse without being cartoonish ... while you're also dealing with a family that regards dragon-hunting as a hobby. I hope I succeeded.
Lychee and Coconut Pie (Aang/Mai, fic, teen) -- okay, so everyone knew I wrote this, right? I mean, the prompt ("Aang seduces Mai with fruit pies") came from a comment thread in my own journal. But writing it was GREAT -- I got to research Tibetan food (conclusion: fruit pies are not a huge part of Tibetan cuisine), and then I gave up and started searching for Chinese pies that aren't influenced by western food, and then I gave up on that and just found region-appropriate ingredients. Then I had to stop for a pie break.
And along the way, I got to indulge my love for second-chances-at-romance, and amicable break-ups, and blended families. And also stories about cooking in someone else's kitchen, because apparently that's something I love seeing. Even if the kitchen in question is in a palace, and the person to whom it belongs has probably never prepared a meal in her life.
Also, sneakily, this wound up being part of this series, which was the second and third pieces of Avatar fic I ever wrote (and predates my Azula redemptionista-ness). But it seemed to fit, and felt right, and I liked giving Mai a happy ending.
