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Wed, Jun. 8th, 2011 10:39 pm
Yrae stones are boring. No, really, they are. Magic stones have been done to death and I'm bored stiff of them. Magic stone in bangle that MAGICALLY can't come off their wrists? Come on. So clearly invented by a seventeen-year-old. The more I think about the damn stones, the more I want something different. This has been a serious niggle for the last, what five years? Concept of them is fine, magic artefact from a bird that involves something to do with links, fits smoothly, but the actual form it takes, sick to bloody death of it.
Over the last couple of months I've been pondering over something else that I know I've never come across in fantasy, possibly been done but not nearly so much as magic bloody jewellery.
Basically, metal feather, still from the yrae's tail, still shimmery blue, but not a sodding gemstone. For the twins, I'm thinking embed it under the skin on the back of their wrists, something like this so it can still be seen, but magic or not, that thing isn't leaving them without some serious pain involved. I know there is potentially going to be squick here, but that's exactly why I like it. It's not typical and it's not beautiful, but it's magic and it's there and it's not going anywhere for a long~ while.
I'd love to put them on the back of their hands, but I'd need to do more research to see if you could actually wield a sword with the skill Nimay does. I'd love if she could, cos you know me and hands X)
Yan's I'm less concrete on. When he was king, clearly the thing would've been part of his crown. Nowadays, I'm still leaning towards the ring he's got now, just with a feather stuck to it instead of a jewel. Despite him not being able to feel pain (loldead) he wouldn't stick it under his skin because, unlike the girls, his wings are a permanent fixture when he's got the thing with him. Sometimes, he likes to go incognito, which is kinda hard when you look like that.
Sooooo yeah. Pretty much solid! I'll poke around a little more first, figure out the practicalities of it and whether back-of-hand would work, maybe figure out something more spiffy for Yan than a ring, and then~ pictures!
Over the last couple of months I've been pondering over something else that I know I've never come across in fantasy, possibly been done but not nearly so much as magic bloody jewellery.
Basically, metal feather, still from the yrae's tail, still shimmery blue, but not a sodding gemstone. For the twins, I'm thinking embed it under the skin on the back of their wrists, something like this so it can still be seen, but magic or not, that thing isn't leaving them without some serious pain involved. I know there is potentially going to be squick here, but that's exactly why I like it. It's not typical and it's not beautiful, but it's magic and it's there and it's not going anywhere for a long~ while.
I'd love to put them on the back of their hands, but I'd need to do more research to see if you could actually wield a sword with the skill Nimay does. I'd love if she could, cos you know me and hands X)
Yan's I'm less concrete on. When he was king, clearly the thing would've been part of his crown. Nowadays, I'm still leaning towards the ring he's got now, just with a feather stuck to it instead of a jewel. Despite him not being able to feel pain (loldead) he wouldn't stick it under his skin because, unlike the girls, his wings are a permanent fixture when he's got the thing with him. Sometimes, he likes to go incognito, which is kinda hard when you look like that.
Sooooo yeah. Pretty much solid! I'll poke around a little more first, figure out the practicalities of it and whether back-of-hand would work, maybe figure out something more spiffy for Yan than a ring, and then~ pictures!