darkvixen14

Double Update on Princess of the Damned! It was only supposed to be one chapter, but it flowed better in two separate chapters. 
          	
          	Next up Holly's confrontation with Persephone! Who's excited!?

9tailesfoxfire

I know your busy and have different fixations and priority's but I'm still waiting for the story you said you would write back in 2022  still love your stories though

9tailesfoxfire

@darkvixen14 I believe it's a hocus pocus one either fem max or a fem harry potter named iris
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darkvixen14

@9tailesfoxfire Hey! Sometimes time gets away from me and I genuinely forget that I was writing a story, or that I had planned on working on one (seriously I have one in my drafts from 2019) and College has seriously been kicking my butt. Which one are you waiting for? It's entirely possible that I started it and forgot I was working on it.
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darkvixen14

Question for all you lovely people! I have a story I wrote over a year ago that I never published, it's called A Change of Heart, it's a self-indulgent Peter Pan AU where Wendy never left Neverland, would anyone care to read that, or will it stay in my drafts never to see the light of day?

Joizin_13

@darkvixen14 sounds awesome, I wanna read it.
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CrazyHobbit24

@ darkvixen14  It sounds really interesting.
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darkvixen14

fun fact for the Blue Flames books; 
          
          Bens middle name is Etienne which quite literally means Crown. It's a French name but it originated from the Greek Stephanos which also means Crown. Ben's middle name is a French name which pays homages to where beauty and the beast takes place but originates from a Greek word as a reference to his relationship with Holly.

LunarEclipse726

@darkvixen14 that's so cool and sweet at the same time. I always love the little lore pieces of your stories 
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darkvixen14

Here's a reminder that talking to kids and explain a situation like one would do with an adult is way more effective than yelling at them. 
          
          So, I work at a martial arts after-school program. At the end of every class the instructors play a game with the kids, these games help teach teamwork, focus, techniques or just get the last of that energy out. One of the games is called over and under. We line them up give them a punching pad and they pass it over their heads then between their legs to the end of the line the person in the back runs to the front and starts it all over again. The goal is to be the first team to end up in the same order you started. Well, when I started working there one of the older kids got frustrated with the little kids, their lack of understanding and poor timing cost his team a win. He snapped at one of them and made her cry. After class I pulled him aside and explained calmly that he wasn't in trouble, and I wasn't mad at him, but he had to be more understanding with the younger kids' things are a little harder for them and they are still learning, he nodded and said he understood, he even looked a little embarrassed. Well recently we were playing different game and once again one of the little kids cost his team a win and low and behold instead of being angry and snapping at them again be just clapped, smiled and said, "Nice job (kids name)." And when one of then started to cry because they lost, he told them "It's okay we'll try again next time."
          
          I've noticed that yelling just makes them afraid or angry and they're too busy being scared or mad to really grasp what you're saying. Children are just adults that need a little more direction. No adult likes to be scolded and its generally frowned upon to yell at each other so why is it okay to scold and yell at children? They are people too and can respond just as well to calm and gentle explanations.

darkvixen14

Please Enjoy the first update of the year! the next chapter of Princess of the Damned; A reunion and a Meeting is now up. Please enjoy the last eight days of writing, writer's block, angst and insanity. This one has two very specific easter eggs one being within the casting choice of a certain character that was left out of the cast list for obvious reasons and a line from one of my current hyper-fixations (one that has honestly been going on for two years). 
          Another neat little tidbit I describe a character to have 'eyes like blooming flowers well if go up to the top and zoom into the edit I made for this chapter, I actually did edit flowers into her eyes. 
          
          Happy reading and happy new year!