Pretty pleased with how these came out! Now available again for $15 in my ✨ Etsy shop ✨
Shout out to the other RWBY cosplayers I ran into at GalaxyCon San Jose! We were few but mighty.
In your town, stealing your pumpkins 🎃
Since I finished the ONQR AU, I've been going back and editing the core duology to create a manuscript for a personal print copy. It's the longest thing I've ever written and I wanted it on my bookshelf. Anyone else who'd like to have this series in book form is welcome to print your own copy from the same files (formatted for a 6" x 9" book, 788 pages) linked below. I used Barnes & Noble Press, but there are a bunch of print-on-demand book services out there. Of course, no profit can legally be made on this book (not even by me), but as long as it's a personal or gift copy, print away! 🤗
(If you'd prefer to place an order for the finished book through me rather than going through the hassle of printing it yourself, I can order and have it shipped to you at cost. Just shoot me a message.)
✨Thanks again to everyone who took a chance on this insane series, but especially to @/goosegrumble who came up with the ONQR team name (and thus, the name for the whole dang AU)!✨
And if you do want to throw some money at me, a reminder that these 3D printed Cloqwork Orange and Cloqwork emblems are available (with and without the little keychain loop) in my Etsy shop! I also have all the typical merch options in my Redbubble shop.
Created a hardcover file if that's more your thing!
If I can throw another music rec at you for Oz and Roman, Torches by The Oh Hellos! On another note, have you ever heard of the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson? I think you might enjoy it.
I was just listening to that song like a month ago thinking the lyrics were pretty MOWE-ey! YouTube's algorithm has me dialed in so well it's scary haha. Plus The Oh Hellos are always a good listen. And I have heard of Mistborn, it's on my to-read list! I have a very long to-read list, though... 😮💨
⚙️ Cloqwork Orange 🍊 // text posts
Fandom: RWBY
Ships: Ozpin/Qrow Branwen, Ozpin/Qrow Branwen/Roman Torchwick
Description: One chance encounter could have changed the fortunes of Team ONQR, and Remnant. But perhaps fortune and fate are two sides of a coin. Anyway, Qrow's always been terrible at coin tosses.
Belated Halloween thought: Roman and Neo would totally dress up as the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat
This aged well 😅
Was feeling Photoshoppy again. Made a Team ONQR Semblances lineup. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Since I finished the ONQR AU, I've been going back and editing the entire series to create a manuscript for a personal print copy. It's the longest thing I've ever written and I wanted a copy for my bookshelf. Anyone else who'd like to have this series in book form is welcome to print your own copy from the same files (formatted for a 6" x 9" book, 788 pages) linked below. I used Barnes & Noble Press, but there are a bunch of print-on-demand book services out there. Of course, no profit can legally be made on this book (not even by me), but as long as it's a personal or gift copy, print away! 🤗
Thanks again to everyone who took a chance on this insane series, but especially to @/goosegrumble who came up with the ONQR team name (and thus, the name for the whole dang AU)!
And if you do want to throw some money at me, a reminder that these 3D printed Cloqwork Orange and Cloqwork emblems are available (with and without the little keychain loop) in my Etsy shop! I also have all the typical merch options in my Redbubble shop.
If anyone wants the book in the picture, I'd like to give it away. It was my proof copy, so I made some minor edits to the final manuscript that it doesn't reflect. Most noticeably, the spine still says "A Divine Comedy Duology" rather than "ONQR." But it's 99.9% close to the final version, and you can always read the final version on AO3.
If you're interested, shoot me a message! 💬
(And if anyone would prefer to place an order for the finished book through me rather than going through the hassle of printing it yourself, I can order and have it shipped to you at cost. Again, just shoot me a message.)
Since I finished the ONQR AU, I've been going back and editing the core duology to create a manuscript for a personal print copy. It's the longest thing I've ever written and I wanted it on my bookshelf. Anyone else who'd like to have this series in book form is welcome to print your own copy from the same files (formatted for a 6" x 9" book, 788 pages) linked below. I used Barnes & Noble Press, but there are a bunch of print-on-demand book services out there. Of course, no profit can legally be made on this book (not even by me), but as long as it's a personal or gift copy, print away! 🤗
(If you'd prefer to place an order for the finished book through me rather than going through the hassle of printing it yourself, I can order and have it shipped to you at cost. Just shoot me a message.)
✨Thanks again to everyone who took a chance on this insane series, but especially to @/goosegrumble who came up with the ONQR team name (and thus, the name for the whole dang AU)!✨
And if you do want to throw some money at me, a reminder that these 3D printed Cloqwork Orange and Cloqwork emblems are available (with and without the little keychain loop) in my Etsy shop! I also have all the typical merch options in my Redbubble shop.
Fandom: RWBY / RWBY: Ice Queendom
Ship: Ozpin/Qrow Branwen/Roman Torchwick (Cloqwork Orange)
Description: Roman and Ozpin already thought they were living their worst nightmare, being bound body and soul to one another. They were wrong.
[This fic is set between My Own Worst Enemy and With Friends Like These. Is it canon within my AU? Uhh, if you want it to be! Posting in celebration of Vytal Festival 2024 hosted by @remnants-of-rwby-events! As a double AU (AAU?), I think it fits today’s prompt of Alternate Universes nicely.]
This little interlude story is now finished! I tried to have it done by the end of the Vytal Festival, but real life always interferes in my fiction.
Thanks for hosting this event, @remnants-of-rwby-events!
An update on these guys! I finally managed to get the cheaper multicolor plastic material (just called HD Multi-Color) enabled in my Etsy shop! Unfortunately it's still not cheap but it's about 1/3 – 1/4 the cost of Multi-Color Polyjet and it still looks & feels nice. I hope you'll check it out if you're interested!
Another update on these! Shapeways has added an even cheaper multi-color material called Full-Color Nylon that's about half the price of HD Multi-Color. It is the cheapest multi-color material available (~$16 for small size), but currently it is a Shapeways exclusive (not available through my Etsy shop). If you're interested, you can preview it over in my Shapeways shop!
Realized I forgot to update with a final product shot. This is the Full-Color Nylon material, which is now available in both my Shapeways and Etsy shops! The texture is slightly grainy, like cardboard, but still very sturdy. It is the cheapest multi-color material available, at about $16 for the small size. Check it out if you're interested!
(If you have access to a 3D printer, the files are also available on Etsy.)
Fandom: RWBY / RWBY: Ice Queendom
Ship: Ozpin/Qrow Branwen/Roman Torchwick (Cloqwork Orange)
Description: Roman and Ozpin already thought they were living their worst nightmare, being bound body and soul to one another. They were wrong.
[This fic is set between My Own Worst Enemy and With Friends Like These. Is it canon within my AU? Uhh, if you want it to be! Posting in celebration of Vytal Festival 2024 hosted by @remnants-of-rwby-events! As a double AU (AAU?), I think it fits today's prompt of Alternate Universes nicely.]
Hello hello, if I may present for your consideration: the song Not My Own by Caleb Hyles as an Oz and Roman song? I think it fits for them both in lyrics and the story/sentiment of it (though a bit less so in vibes lol). Possibly also Qrow, thinking about it.
Ooh yeah, I can hear it in the lyrics. I think it especially gets at the core of Roman's character. He used to want so many things before Ozpin, but once Oz takes his freedom away, he realizes that's the only thing he wants (possibly at any cost).
I love music recs, thank you! (As a side note, I also happen to be a fan of Caleb Hyles & Jonathan Young's cover of "The Other Side" from The Greatest Showman 🤘)
Participants List
Here is a list of the people who Signed Up for the Vytal Festival this year! This'll be an on-going list that gets updated regularly to encourage you guys to meet new people and reach out to each other! Be sure to sign up if you're interested!
Normally, the timing never works out for me to participate in these things, but this time the stars aligned! Get ready for... ONQR: Emerald Empire.
I spent too much time on this outline of the parallels to The Divine Comedy in My Own Worst Enemy but I am a huge nerd so…there you have it.
My best hope is that this interests, like, three (3) people. If you’re one of those people, you have my eternal love. Bless 🙌
[Disclaimer: I am not religious. I’ve just read a lot of Christian texts and find them inspiring as archetypal stories.]
In going back and editing this series, I realized that Neo is Beatrice:
• Dante’s childhood love and fixation, she represents a past that he desperately tries to hold onto. But he idealizes her to the point that she becomes an untouchable image of who she really was. Her eyes are a “mirror” and she is a “reflection” of the divine.
• While Virgil physically guides Dante through Hell, Beatrice is his guiding star. She protects him from harm from on high and is the reason he undertakes the perilous journey. He literally walks through fire for her.
• Her presence is powerful throughout the poem, but she never speaks in Inferno.