It's Foxwood's Q&A: [Now: Anything you've wondered about me? Afraid to ask? Ask now.]

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I’m not sure my questions will be any good, but I’ll ask anyway :see_no_evil_monkey:

  1. What inspired you to create a solar system with torus planets instead of spherical planets?
  2. You said in your wiki that most of the humans that arrived in Elgana were dark- or red-haired. From which countries or regions of Earth did these humans mostly come from?
  3. If humans have a recessive gene that allows them to control magick, does that mean that they already had that gene while on Earth but were unable to use it until they reached Elgana, or is that recessive gene only seen in Elgana-born humans?
  4. Were the Ilvagis inspired by boggarts from Harry Potter?

These are all I can think of for now :grin:

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That’s an interesting question that I’ve never thought about

Are there planets like that? Irl? I don’t know anything about that stuff

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I know this because GRRM had to come out and specify that Westeros is not affected by cosmic phenomena that would cause its seasons to be completely insane.

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Hm, honestly, one day I thought “why not make a planet…that’s a donut! ooo! :hushed_face: And there’s six of them!!! Ahhh! :laughing: “

Okay, so, probably Irish. And people from the middle east, and possibly Africa, and Latin America, and maybe some people from Southern USA.

YEESSS! Exactly. They had that on Earth, but Earth has no magick, so they were unable to access that part of themselves which means some humans who were left behind, could have one day become Sorcerers

I had to think about what boggarts are :stuck_out_tongue: Different from dementors, right? Never read the books here. The boggart is the one that changes shape into the thing you fear most, right?

No, not inspired. It was actually inspired by the Spiritshadow in The Seventh Tower by Garth Nix. I was once obsessed with that series. I read it and thought, “a dark shadowy friend, hm, I want a dark shadowy friend”. And so, I made a dark shadowy friend and then promptly forgot I was inspired by that book until hindsight, years later

Great questions! :grin:

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Huh, interesting.

In Elgana seasons aren’t affected by planets, but there isn’t too much seasonal diversity in any of the torus planets to begin with. It’s a magick thing :stuck_out_tongue: The weirdest place is probably the outermost torus planet which has an area in the farthest north where it’s always extremely icy and cold. Again, magick thing. And the middle part is dry, the most southern part is volcanic lava plains and extremely toxic and hot.

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When in doubt, just make it magic.

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lol, yep :zany_face:

But in all seriousness, I came up with entire lore to make the magick parts make sense. So it’s not just “oh, it’s just because magick“.

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Topic: Want to know, but afraid to ask?

I’ve been on here for a while. Honestly, is there anything you’ve wondered about me but were afraid to ask or couldn’t find an opportunity to?

It can be anything.

I’ll tell you if I can’t answer it. Go ahead and ask :blush:

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Just a bit ago was sending my colleague some Japanese job postings

Anyways, how is the food? And how hard it is for the vegetarians? Is it easy to understand the ingredients from menu or you need to ask?

How Japanese people treat people who don’t know the Japanese language?

How much English is used there? Should you speak at least basic Japanese? Or even more higher Japanese language level is needed?

Are people chill about different cultures’ people in Japan?

And if it’s not too much then the basic syllabus of Japanese language in elementary school (thought might be better to learn Japanese that way) just an idea if you can

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What is the weirdest thing you did as a kid…or a cub because you are the Tiger writer.

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I feel like there aren’t any questions I’ve been afraid to ask, just ones I haven’t asked yet :woozy_face:

Since you’re a cover artist, what’s your favorite cover out of the ones you’ve designed:

  • for yourself?
  • for someone else?

For what it’s worth, I still use the cover you made for my short story, Time Flies—it’s really cute :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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I would say, it might be hard as a vegetarian, but there are restaurants that sell vegetarian meals, and there are places that are compatible to your needs as in, they can exclude ingredients if you ask (but, you have to ask).

Not all restaurants have ingredients written down, so you do have to ask :sweat_smile: I don’t like spicy food and sometimes, it’s not obvious, so I end up choosing one meal that I want, but I’m not sure about, and one for back up in case they say it’s spicy.

Very kindly :blush:

If you know a few basic things, you can get around. There is a lot more English around after the Olympics and the big surge of tourists, so, knowing basic will help, but you don’t have to grind and try to learn high-level Japanese at all.

Hmm :thinking: I want to say, “oh yes, very chill everywhere“ but then I think of the reality. I won’t say there aren’t any politically radical kind of people in Japan. Tokyo or Kyoto or any of the big cities are generally chill about it though, I would say. You’d be fine :wink:

And people are a lot more accepting than they were twenty years ago, so, that’s good.

Uhh, things have changed a whole lot since I was in elementary school :stuck_out_tongue: But if you want to learn how to speak it, just concentrate on that. If you want to learn how to write it, I have heard it’s a terrible process because you need to learn, three different ways of writing :stuck_out_tongue: We have hiragana, kanji, and katakana (mainly for saying foreign words). Even in elementary school, you would start with those three, I think.

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lol :tiger_face: rawr

Weird thing… idk what would make something weird. Weird for you, weird for me, might be different :stuck_out_tongue:

Is this weird? :sweat_smile:

In elementary school (I was ten), Idk what came over me, but I saw this boy being teased by other girls, and I took his pencil case and threw it in the girl’s bathroom and made him go get it. Once he quickly went in to fetch it, I reported to the girls that he went into the girls’ bathroom. I kind of said it in a sing-song way and waltzed into the classroom like, “He went into the girl’s baaathrooom! :musical_note: “

I can’t remember their reaction. I just remember that moment.

I never did things like that, and I think I was known as the odd shy kid, so for me, that was pretty weird. I think someone possessed me. It really was so unlike me :zany_face:

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Awww, I’m so happy to hear that! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

Oooooh, good question!

I actually haven’t made a cover in a while XD

Asking what my favorite cover is, is like, asking me to pick a favorite book or a favorite stuffed animal. So, here are some. You have unleashed the cover artist kraken.

I like this one because I drew the background, the character, and the ram logo.

TPL - AAD color adjusted & text
TPL - AAD color adjusted & text400×640 203 KB

Also this one because I drew the background and the character.

Elgana - Storm Heart, Fire Soul c2
Elgana - Storm Heart, Fire Soul c2512×800 194 KB

And this one because it so nicely represents the story even though it’s really simple. Also, hey, it has my old logo on it :grin:

hamster economy legal c
hamster economy legal c512×800 102 KB

Now, for covers I made for someone else…

Hyrule Canines c
Hyrule Canines c1024×1600 1.48 MB

This one, because I hadn’t made one in a while when I did this one, and it came out so darn cool, I think. Also, it was the exact type and coloration of dog that the requester wanted which rarely happens.

I also have to add these

Kin of the Curse c
Kin of the Curse c512×800 511 KB
Maybe I Am, Maybe I Do c - Mari Crystal
Maybe I Am, Maybe I Do c - Mari Crystal512×800 280 KB
Project Shadow c1
Project Shadow c1512×800 461 KB
The Belongings of Darcy Lynn c1
The Belongings of Darcy Lynn c1512×800 172 KB

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@stella_vigo Also, take a gander at this list :grin: There’s probably others hidden in the depths of Wattpad

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Oh, for me it was when I got dared by a kid in Sunday school to eat a magnolia leaf and I did.

My family doesn’t go to church much these days…

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Same here! Been rather busy lately, but hopefully that busyness will amount to a better kind of busyness :eyes:

Muahahahaha :fire:

I’m a huge fan of the “Alive at Dawn” cover! Looks so cool, I quite like the gradients :0

Also “Hamster Economy” just LOOKS SO CUTE :pleading_face::pleading_face::pleading_face: it’s so adorable.

OMG I remember the second and fourth one from Dreamland! I’ve been too busy to get back into the server, but I remember talking to people there. Man, times have changed.

Neat! :grin:

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Afraid to ask? Well, I have been afraid to ask this one tiny question…

On a scale of one to cucumber, how unhinged are you? :eyes:

(My answer: salad.)

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Yes! They’re covers from there. I haven’t been lurking much in Dreamland either.

It’s also hard to lurk when everyone is awake and ready to go when you’re ready to sleep

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Thank you!! I worked hard on it

I feel like the blood circle’s shading is a little off though, so I want to fix it one of these days (as I have been saying for over a year :stuck_out_tongue: )

Thanks! Isn’t it? :blush: I want to try and see if I can draw it one of these days (as I have been saying for an eternally long time).

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