Tuesday, August 29, 2017

The Terrible Idea (A short story)


Hi everyone!:)
Today I thought I would post a short story, with the characters from this post .
This story involves elves, hobbits and, well... not well thought out ideas.
This story was actually inspired by a story I found in my writing notebook.
The original story that inspired it was only a few paragraphs long
compared to the one that you are going to read that is a lot longer:

(By the way- this a character development story and not the official story of A Thousand Years)


Tirfendiel paced around the cavern, the sound of his foot-steps was combined with the sound of water falling from the ceiling… 
the only light that could be seen was the one coming from his sword…it glowed a lime green color which made the cave look even more eerie… 
There was a stumble and a sound of something hitting against the stone floor… Tirfendiel turned around and shined the light from his sword where the sound was coming from. 
“Who goes there? Show yourself!” he said, but it came out more like: “W-who are you? S-show Y-yourself!!” 

“It’s just me,” said a filmier voice, a girl with blond hair tied into a loose braid appeared out of the darkness… it was Gletta, what a relief. 
“Where's Mr. Short?” asked Tirfendiel, who was clutching his sword which was still glowing… 
“I don’t know…” said Gletta, then she turned to her head to look at Tirfendiel’s sword.
“Are monsters still around? Why is your sword still glowing?” she asked 
“I don’t know,” said Tirfendiel. “It just happened…after I managed to defeat that troll. And it has been glowing ever since then.” 
“Well…” said Gletta, staring into the vast darkness… she was silent for a moment then she spoke: “What do you think could have happened to Mr. Short?” 
“I don’t know…” said Tirfendiel, feeling that he too was worried, even though he thought Mr. Short had been rather annoying, on the other hand he had begun to like that hobbit, and he didn’t like to think of what could have happened to him, if he hadn’t escaped. 
“But we must try to get out of this cave and then look for him and—“ before Tirfendiel had even finished that thought there was a sound in the darkness.
“What was that?” asked Tirfendiel, feeling the bravery he had before had disappeared. 
“I don’t know” said Gletta, grabbing a arrow from her quiver and putting her bow at a ready. “If any trolls followed us here…that might explain why your sword is still glowing.” 
Gletta walked silently up to where the sound had been, she made sure her foot-steps were as light as possible. She was determined to find out what was there and to figure out why Tirfendiel’s sword was still glowing. There was another thump again in the darkness, and a groan. 
‘What could be out there?’ she thought. She turned her head towards Tirfendiel who was still standing (rather stiffly) in the same place, while clutching his sword which remained glowing. 
“Aren’t you coming!?” whispered Gletta. 
“N-no, I am fine,” he whispered back. “I will just stay here.” 
Gletta sighed, and went on ahead anyway…it didn’t matter if Tirfendiel didn’t want to come she would just go and see what it was. She walked silently in the darkness of the cave. She could hardly see a thing. She wished Tirfendiel could have come with her, but on the other hand she understood why he didn’t want to go, who knew what danger lay ahead? Suddenly there was a thump in the darkness. Gletta turned around, she couldn’t see a thing..and worst of all, if there was something out there, she couldn’t see it. 

“Who are you? Show yourself!” she said, trying to sound brave, even though on the inside she felt terrified. 
“Ow…How am I expected to show myself? You can hardly see your hand in front of your face, here in this darkness” said the voice, it sounded a lot like Mr. Short, but how could it be? She hadn’t seen him when they had to escape from the trolls (It had been one of Tirfendiel’s badly thought out plans that got them stuck in this situation) but on the other hand maybe it was him. 
“Mr. Short, is that you?” she asked, though she wasn’t sure she trusted the speaker of the voice. What if it was a spirit trying to trick her? 
“Yes…” the voice said, there was a sigh of frustration from the darkness. 
“Are you alright?” said Gletta, not quite knowing what to say… 
“I think I lost my best pocket handkerchief,” said the voice. “I must of lost it during the fall.” 
“Umm…” mumbled Gletta, she wasn’t quite sure what to say, she wasn’t interested in pocket handkerchiefs, nor did she own one…she wasn't quite sure why Mr. Short even carried one. 
“How about since we found you…I can take you to where Tirfendiel is waiting.” 

“Alright…” said the voice, and took her hand. 
They both walked back to where Tirfendiel was…he was shaking his sword, as if trying to figure out why it was still glowing. 
He turned around when he saw Mr. Short and Gletta. 
“You found Mr. Short? But I thought—“ began Tirfendiel, but even before he could finish Mr. Short interrupted. 
“I was fine...sort of, I lost my pocket handkerchief…But thankfully the trolls didn’t get me.” 
There was a long akward silence between the questers. Finally, Gletta spoke: 
“Umm…may I ask how do we intend on getting out of here?” 
“I don’t know.” said Tirfendiel. “But maybe if we—“ before Tirfendiel could even finish his thought he was interrupted by Mr. Short and Gletta:
“No!! Please not one of your ideas again!” 
Tirfendiel sighed, “You didn’t even let me finish…And anyway why are so against my ideas?” 
“Well, last time you came up with an idea…it, well, got us all stuck here!” said Gletta.
Tirfendiel sighed… “That can't possibly be true. I always come up with amazing ideas—“ 
“Actually…I remember you suggesting we should use a catapult as a way to see what was faraway—” Mr. Short stated. 
“—As I was saying, my ideas always work out and I never come up with terrible ones!” he said. 
“Except for maybe one time.” 
Mr.Short and Gletta stared at Tirfendiel in a inquisitive way. 

“What!? I remember most of my ideas working” he said. 

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Hope you enjoyed reading the story,

Have you or your characters ever come up with crazy ideas? And have the ideas worked? 

Love, 
-Quinley

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Wednesday Drawings


Hi Everyone,
It's hard to believe August is almost over!

        In the meantime here are some of my drawings:

This is a drawing I drew awhile ago 
of Eowyn, I think my favorite part 
about this drawing is her dress. 
A girl and a dragon, 
I am not quite sure what the 
story of this is going to be. 
But it was fun to draw. 
I enjoyed drawing this one, 
It is of Athena from Greek Mythology. 
I had fun drawing her helmet and armor. 
And here is a drawing of Ella 
From the live action Cinderella movie, 
I enjoyed drawing her hair and dress.

A drawing of Atalanta a hero from one of my 
favorite Greek myths...
She turned out well. 
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Hope you enjoyed the post...  

Which Drawing is your favorite? 

love 

-Quinley 


Tuesday, August 15, 2017

The character Karaoke tag// A thousand Years




I was tagged by Anna at A world through her heart...Thank you Anna!:)

Of course since this tag has to do with Music. I was super excited to write this post (since I have theme songs for all of my characters) and since one of the questions was
What song would play at your character's wedding?
I figured I should do one of my stories (note: this story is still being plotted out): A thousand Years 
This story is a prequel to Tess Short. and it was inspired by Jane Austen and J.R.R Tolkien...

Also sorry for the weird format...Blogger had some issues with the captions and HTML, and at times I had to fix it.

It's Your Character's wedding day what song plays during their first dance? 



(original images from

 https://www.pinterest.com/pin/227854062368672628/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/526991593869559426/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/558446422519236556/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/439523244860057074/
https://es.pinterest.com/pin/317433473718580697/ ) 
The first song that is Likely to play at Mr. Short's and Princess Gletta's wedding is

                                                      A Thousand Years by Christina Perri


                                          Or you can watch it on youtube here 

                             
                         and the song happens to also be the main theme song of the story...



                            What song(s) describe your protagonist(s)? 
                         There are a few main protagonists in the story...
                    but I am only going to choose three out of the group

                                                       Princess Gletta 
(Original pictures from, 
https://www.pinterest.com/explore/viking-hair/?lp=true
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest#/media/File:Adirondacks_in_May_2008.jpg
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/435301120212356460/)

                             Princess Gletta is brave, strong, and very independent... 

                     though she will have to decide between love and becoming the queen. 
                          In my mind she is like a Jane Austen Heroine, 
                       though I am going to read  more Jane Austen before I write the story... 
                      

                                                          These songs describes her personality: 

                                            Touch The Sky From Brave  

Or you can watch it on youtube here 
The reason why I chose this song is 
that Gletta is a ranger much like Merida.

A thousand years (Part 2) By Christina Perri (Feat.Steve Kazee) 


Or you can watch it on youtube here 
                                             
                                  I can Imagine this as a song both Mr. Short and Gletta would sing...
                                 though the first two lyrics go with Gletta more...  
                                     
                                                                   Mr. Short 
                        

                  ( original Pictures from http://hero.wikia.com/wiki/Bilbo_Baggins
                       https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bag_End_door.jpg
                       https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Forest#/media/File:Smoky_forest.jpg)

Mr. Short thinks of himself as a "normal" hobbit (at least most of the time),
though he does have a brave and adventurous side which comes out during the quest... 
He also is a very good story teller... (And probably will narrate the story along with Tirfendiel, and Gletta) 

and I thought these songs did a good job of describing it: 
Something Wild By Lindsey Stirling Ft.Andrew Mc.Mahon

Or you can watch it on YouTube here 

You'll Be in my heart By Phill Collins 

or you can watch it on YouTube here 
Though this song reminded me of Mr.short's love for Gletta. 


                                 
                                                   Prince Tirfindiel


 (original Images from https://www.pinterest.com/pin/305048574732080077/ 
               https://www.pinterest.com/pin/52424783133883037/
                    https://www.pinterest.com/pin/384917099388887333/      )

                                       
Second in line to the throne of the woodland kingdom... 
                                      Though he is not the evil second in line to the throne who plans to overthrow                                       the first in line... No he is quite the opposite. 
                                    He actually does not want to be a king at all and would prefer to remain a                                            prince... and never have to think of the idea of ruling a kingdom.   
                                     -he has a sword that glows green, which he carries with him at all times. 
                                
                               He also is probably the character with the most bad luck...
                                He tries to be perfect most of the time...and well ,fails. 
                                  

                                    Tirfindiel isn't really one for singing he likes background music instead of a                                      song to sing to. Though I can Imagine him humming: 
                                              
                                       Assassin's Creed III by Lindsey Stirling 



                                   Or you can watch it on youtube here 


                                     and maybe even....

                                          The sacrifice of Faramir 
                                   (Feat. Billy Boyd preforming "The Edge of Night")

                                      Or you can watch it on youtube here
                                    Though he would most likely sing this song silently to himself...
                                    and not out loud. 



     Any Instrument players or characters with Ties to music?


                     
 (Pictures from 
                     https://www.pinterest.com/explore/crystal-ball/?lp=true
          https://www.pinterest.com/pin/298152437811200223/
         and a screenshot from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GiIPY57TKY ) 

Well...The Oracle (who is a recurring character in the series) sings her fortunes to people...
Mr.short and Gletta might sing in the story. The Oracle is more of a musician then the other characters:
Metroid Prime credits Vocal Version by Erutan 
                                            Or you can watch it on youtube here
This song performed by Erutan, describes The Oracle well, both in her love of music and in her powers of future-seeing.

                              Go to Songs, for Battle, Romance or Intense scenes? 



(images from
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/360921357619512042/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/Ac-KYYTirJGr37eVIH0Adh52GiIK-ISj7aJQGoaR29FtzWjAYoKUCZc/
https://www.amazon.com/United-Cutlery-UC2892-Bilbo-Baggins/dp/B00A7IDOP8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502558895&sr=8-1&keywords=bilbo+baggins+sting 
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/359654720220067819/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/232076187031552535/)

Hmm...well I doubt anyone would be singing in battle (because my story would become a musical instead of a Fantasy adventure story). But background music for battle scenes would be interesting.
Anyway, here is the song that I think would go well with the end battle scene:

The Call by Regina Spektor

                                        Or you can watch it on youtube here
Though this song would probably show up at the very end of the book...when they defeat the Villain (I have no idea who that is yet.)

                                                      I Tag:

                                                  Jane Maree// Maiden of the Misty Mountains 
                                               
                                                  Gray Marie // Writing is life 
                                                 
                                                   Emma// Drawn to Writing 

                                                   and anyone who wants to do it, you are welcome too!:)


                                             
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                         That was fun to write and I feel like I know the characters better.

        I am going to post the other tags soon...
      it just happened that I was finished writing this one first...


Do you have any theme songs for your characters or your stories?
 Which of the characters I mentioned was your favorite?



                                       Love,

                                       Quinley



Sunday, August 13, 2017

Sunday Drawings


Hi everyone, I hope your having a happy weekend...

 And I thought I'd share some of my favorite drawings:





Here is a drawing of Samwise and Frodo as Girls... 
I thought that there should be more girls in Lord of The Rings 
Since I enjoyed drawing the Legolas and Gimli one I decided to draw this one. 
And  I think it turned out well. 

Artemis from Greek Mythology, I was inspired 
by the book Artemis: Wild Goddess of the Hunt. 
I enjoyed drawing her moon circlet. 
The Lady of The Fairies, I tried to make her outfit look Celtic...
She kind of reminds me of a celtic princess. 

A steampunk character, I am not quite sure who he is really. 
All I know is that he is a pilot. 
This is a realistic drawing I did of one of my characters:
Tess Short. 

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                                    Hope you enjoyed the post, and I will be working on more posts soon...

                                     Which drawing is your favorite? 


                                   
                                          Love 
                                        -Quinley
                          

Monday, August 7, 2017

Introducing Some Characters: Secret Agents

Hello everyone, I hope your enjoying your Monday (And it's hard to believe it's already August)!:)
Anyway...I decided I would introduce you to some of my secret agent characters.
Here they are:

                                                    The Master of Disguise 


                          

                       A secret agent, who disguises herself by using masks. 
                      No one knows her real name, and she very rarely takes her 
                  masks off. Though most of her masks are costume masks, 
                 she has some magic ones. One of them allows her to sound 
               and look like a person. 

          
                                              Aurora 
                                      
 A shape-shifter, who works under-cover as a 
spy. As a shape-shifter she can take any form
that is necessary or wanted (Though no one knows her true form). 
  Aurora spends her time spying on different kingdoms 
and lands, trying to prevent anything bad from happening.

Agent Hunt 



His real name is unknown, but he goes by the name Eric Hunt 
(Though he did take the last name from Mission Impossible). 
One of the reasons Eric became a spy was because of Mission Impossible... 
And the second reason was because, why not? 


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                             Hope you enjoyed reading the post.

                       Which character is your favorite? 
          And do you have any favorite spy movies or books? 


                           Love,
                           Quinley