basics

• who | me, myself, and my imagination
• what | based on #monstermarch prompts by jiiriart (ig), an encyclopedia like entry on various legendary/mythological beasts
• why | write every day in april; worldbuilding!
• when | april 01 - 30
• where | tbd; drafts will be handwritten in april, final drafts typed in may and released on a yet to be determined blog
• how | given prompt a day; research

format

• (1) name
• (2) etymology
• (3) location & biome
• (4) are there different species?
• (5) physical description and characteristics; habitat; diet; reproduction; impact on culture; commerce/economy

• MERMAY » a mermaid a day keeps the pirates at bay; worldbuilding for fish tales
• LEGENDARY APRIL » to type!
• RABBIT EYES » second draft
• ESOM » oooo, what's this?

• working title » fish tales
• genre » fantasy; fairy-tale
• prompt » a retelling of hans christian anderson's the little mermaid
• tags » fish tales
• characters
  • merman king
  • grandmother
  • princess #1
  • princess #2
  • princess #3
  • princess #4
  • princess #5
  • princess #6 » our special lady
  • prince
  • temple girl
  • sea witch
  • daughters of the air

• title » rabbit eyes
  • fka » 'the healer'
• genre » fantasy
• prompt » "she was a healer; if she couldn’t heal him, then what was she there for?" (via olympusprompts)
• themes » death and rebirth
• tags » the healer; rabbit eyes
• synopsis » a healer is at risk of losing her lover, but her powers are not what they seem.
• characters
  • ♀ adva » protagonist
  • ♂ asa » adva's grandfather
  • ♂ marco » adva's love interest
  • ♂ the mayor
  • ♀ diana » marco's mother/the mayor's wife
  • ♀ marco's sibling
  • ♀ female ambassador

• into the wild

• houseflies can run/scurry.
• one of hera's epithets is “boṓpis” meaning 'cow-eyed' or 'cow-faced.'
• you can buy horned beetles in vending machines in japan.
• in the 17th century, satyrs were compared with great apes. many early accounts of the orangutan describe the males as being sexually aggressive towards human women and towards females of its own species, much like satyrs. the first scientific name given to this ape was simia satyrus.
• the term 'buccaneer' derives from the caribbean arawak word bucan, a wooden frame on which tainos and caribs slowly roasted or smoked meat, commonly manatee.