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The future of my writing, Dating a Direwolf, and more
5 years ago
Hello everyone, thank you so very much for reading my work and reading this. I didn't expect to get this many people enjoying my work, so this is all very exciting for me.
As of writing this, I have 190 faves and 58 people watching me. That's all people who saw my work and thought "yeah, I want more of that", and that just blows me away. So thank you everyone.
If you're busy, here's a tl;dr:
1. "Dating a Direwolf" is complete. The universe and characters are not. I have side stories planned that I want to write someday.
2. I'm busy this week doing life stuff, but I'll try and get a little bit of writing in when I can.
3. Future stories will most likely be one-shots. If I find a really good one I like, it might get expanded into a multi-part series.
4. I've got some random trivia about "Dating a Direwolf" down at the bottom if you like that sort of stuff.
Writing this story has been a big learning experience for me. I've written before, but this was my first time doing a multi-part story with such a high word count. I've learned that I'm the kind of writer that gets super inspired by something, writes for five hours straight to get it out of my head, then crashes for a while. Now maybe some authors can keep doing this, but I need a break once in a while. If I write another series, I'm gonna have a backlog of pre-written stories before I start posting. I want to keep up the "once a week" pace I mostly had going, but I don't want to miss the deadlines I have in my head. (I was inconsistently uploading stuff on either Saturday, Sunday, or Monday)
"Dating a Direwolf" was basically my muse. It's a work I've had in my head forever that I really wanted to get out. Now that it's out I feel less pressure and stress about writing. This isn't a job for me, it's a hobby. Also please note that between quarantine and not having a job, I haven't been very busy. That might change in the future.
I put some references in "Dating a Direwolf" that I wanted to point out. (Mostly because I want to recommend these series to people who don't know about them. They're all good.)
Part 1:
-Kiva's name is a reference to the woman from the future in "Megas XLR". A wonderful show about a guy from Jersey fighting aliens in his car that is also a giant mech.
-Vinny quotes Zapp Brannigan from "Futurama".
This scene absolutely helped me fall for tall women.
-Vinny remembers the exact date of Australia Day for some reason. In the game "Bioshock" there is a puzzle that requires you to use the date as a code for a door. For some reason that code has always been stuck in my head. Probably because I played the game so many times.
Part 2:
-"Doctor Smith" was purposefully an incredibly generic name. So generic you know the person using it is lying to you. It could be seen as a shoutout to "Doctor Who", where the protagonist likes to use it in lieu of his real (hidden) name.
-Kiva and Vinny get into an argument about "Smurfs", and whether or not they lay eggs. This is a reference to the same argument Henchmen 21 and 24 get into in an episode of "The Venture Bros."
I've always imagined them having a relationship like that, where they talk and argue about stupid and petty stuff that nobody else cares about.
Part 3:
-The lake scene is a wholesale reference to a similar scene in "The Iron Giant". Except this time it's played very realistically. I've always been fond of this film. Maybe it contributed to my future fascination with macro stuff?
-The movie the couple watch at the end is "Raiders of the Lost Ark". I considered writing in some AU elements and implying certain characters were Anthros instead of Human to reflect the world they live in. But doing lots of italics and quotes in FA and Microsoft Word is already tedious. I consider this film one of the closest to being truly perfect next to "Back to the Future".
Part 4:
-When Kiva gets big enough her body heat starts to set nearby trees on fire. I took this idea from a scene in "Attack on Titan". (Spoilers for Season 3) The titans produce so much body heat being so large, and it made sense that a kilometer tall warm-blooded creature would set things on fire. It also adds to the whole "can't interact with people" thing that Kiva suffers with.
Just things that I thought were interesting that I learned while writing this series.
Part 1:
-Dogs don't sweat. They can sweat on their paws for traction, but otherwise they cool down by "panting". Humans and Horses do sweat though. It's part of our "Endurance Predation" thing.
-When Ferrets go into heat, they stay in heat until they are bred. This can actually kill them, which is why it's important to take care of that ASAP. (Might write a story about this someday)
Part 3:
-By scaling up the average lactation rate of a pregnant human at about 5'5", I figured out that at 200' tall Kiva could express about 4272 gallons of milk a day. That's 1.5x more than a concrete mixing truck can hold.
Part 4:
-Vinny tells a story about a Capybara woman. Capybara are basically giant rodents that are super chill. I highly recommend looking them up because they're adorable. They're also the friendliest animals ever, so the Capybara being so aggressive to him means he's really attractive or she's unusual for her species.
-After doing some similar math like the above, at one kilometer, Kiva's milk production would be an insane ~42054761 US gallon. Or six times bigger than the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Or 30 times bigger than the Goodyear Blimp. Assuming it wouldn't vaporize as soon as it left her body due to heat.
If you're wondering how I did all that math, I use a couple of websites.
Mr. Initial Man: http://www.mrinitialman.com/OddsEnd.....zes/sizes.html
A neat little tool to check basic scale for two characters. There's a link to get up to six figures at once. It's made outdated by...
MacroVision: https://macrovision.crux.sexy/
A very useful tool for doing scale (especially for furry characters). Really helped me visualize the insanity of the truly large sizes.
MacroStat: http://www.macrophile.com/macro-stat/
Neat tool for scaling up measurements based on multiplication or linear growth. Made the lactation calculations possible.
The Measure of Things: http://www.bluebulbprojects.com/Mea.....gs/default.php
Another great site for understanding scale. Helped me visualize a lot of the stuff that happened in the story.
Once again, I'd like to thank everyone who has supported me in my writing. Every watch, favorite, and view inspires me to keep going. See you all in the future.
As of writing this, I have 190 faves and 58 people watching me. That's all people who saw my work and thought "yeah, I want more of that", and that just blows me away. So thank you everyone.
If you're busy, here's a tl;dr:
1. "Dating a Direwolf" is complete. The universe and characters are not. I have side stories planned that I want to write someday.
2. I'm busy this week doing life stuff, but I'll try and get a little bit of writing in when I can.
3. Future stories will most likely be one-shots. If I find a really good one I like, it might get expanded into a multi-part series.
4. I've got some random trivia about "Dating a Direwolf" down at the bottom if you like that sort of stuff.
Writing a Series: Not Very EasyWriting this story has been a big learning experience for me. I've written before, but this was my first time doing a multi-part story with such a high word count. I've learned that I'm the kind of writer that gets super inspired by something, writes for five hours straight to get it out of my head, then crashes for a while. Now maybe some authors can keep doing this, but I need a break once in a while. If I write another series, I'm gonna have a backlog of pre-written stories before I start posting. I want to keep up the "once a week" pace I mostly had going, but I don't want to miss the deadlines I have in my head. (I was inconsistently uploading stuff on either Saturday, Sunday, or Monday)
"Dating a Direwolf" was basically my muse. It's a work I've had in my head forever that I really wanted to get out. Now that it's out I feel less pressure and stress about writing. This isn't a job for me, it's a hobby. Also please note that between quarantine and not having a job, I haven't been very busy. That might change in the future.
Sneaky and Not So Sneaky ReferencesI put some references in "Dating a Direwolf" that I wanted to point out. (Mostly because I want to recommend these series to people who don't know about them. They're all good.)
Part 1:
-Kiva's name is a reference to the woman from the future in "Megas XLR". A wonderful show about a guy from Jersey fighting aliens in his car that is also a giant mech.
-Vinny quotes Zapp Brannigan from "Futurama".
This scene absolutely helped me fall for tall women.
-Vinny remembers the exact date of Australia Day for some reason. In the game "Bioshock" there is a puzzle that requires you to use the date as a code for a door. For some reason that code has always been stuck in my head. Probably because I played the game so many times.
Part 2:
-"Doctor Smith" was purposefully an incredibly generic name. So generic you know the person using it is lying to you. It could be seen as a shoutout to "Doctor Who", where the protagonist likes to use it in lieu of his real (hidden) name.
-Kiva and Vinny get into an argument about "Smurfs", and whether or not they lay eggs. This is a reference to the same argument Henchmen 21 and 24 get into in an episode of "The Venture Bros."
I've always imagined them having a relationship like that, where they talk and argue about stupid and petty stuff that nobody else cares about.
Part 3:
-The lake scene is a wholesale reference to a similar scene in "The Iron Giant". Except this time it's played very realistically. I've always been fond of this film. Maybe it contributed to my future fascination with macro stuff?
-The movie the couple watch at the end is "Raiders of the Lost Ark". I considered writing in some AU elements and implying certain characters were Anthros instead of Human to reflect the world they live in. But doing lots of italics and quotes in FA and Microsoft Word is already tedious. I consider this film one of the closest to being truly perfect next to "Back to the Future".
Part 4:
-When Kiva gets big enough her body heat starts to set nearby trees on fire. I took this idea from a scene in "Attack on Titan". (Spoilers for Season 3) The titans produce so much body heat being so large, and it made sense that a kilometer tall warm-blooded creature would set things on fire. It also adds to the whole "can't interact with people" thing that Kiva suffers with.
Random TriviaJust things that I thought were interesting that I learned while writing this series.
Part 1:
-Dogs don't sweat. They can sweat on their paws for traction, but otherwise they cool down by "panting". Humans and Horses do sweat though. It's part of our "Endurance Predation" thing.
-When Ferrets go into heat, they stay in heat until they are bred. This can actually kill them, which is why it's important to take care of that ASAP. (Might write a story about this someday)
Part 3:
-By scaling up the average lactation rate of a pregnant human at about 5'5", I figured out that at 200' tall Kiva could express about 4272 gallons of milk a day. That's 1.5x more than a concrete mixing truck can hold.
Part 4:
-Vinny tells a story about a Capybara woman. Capybara are basically giant rodents that are super chill. I highly recommend looking them up because they're adorable. They're also the friendliest animals ever, so the Capybara being so aggressive to him means he's really attractive or she's unusual for her species.
-After doing some similar math like the above, at one kilometer, Kiva's milk production would be an insane ~42054761 US gallon. Or six times bigger than the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Or 30 times bigger than the Goodyear Blimp. Assuming it wouldn't vaporize as soon as it left her body due to heat.
Resources I UsedIf you're wondering how I did all that math, I use a couple of websites.
Mr. Initial Man: http://www.mrinitialman.com/OddsEnd.....zes/sizes.html
A neat little tool to check basic scale for two characters. There's a link to get up to six figures at once. It's made outdated by...
MacroVision: https://macrovision.crux.sexy/
A very useful tool for doing scale (especially for furry characters). Really helped me visualize the insanity of the truly large sizes.
MacroStat: http://www.macrophile.com/macro-stat/
Neat tool for scaling up measurements based on multiplication or linear growth. Made the lactation calculations possible.
The Measure of Things: http://www.bluebulbprojects.com/Mea.....gs/default.php
Another great site for understanding scale. Helped me visualize a lot of the stuff that happened in the story.
Closing WordsOnce again, I'd like to thank everyone who has supported me in my writing. Every watch, favorite, and view inspires me to keep going. See you all in the future.
I suck on writing i kinda have storys stuck in my head but unable to write them down.
Square Cube Law is absolutely the killer of macro, giant monsters, and giant mechs. So we happily ignore it because it's not fun. It's like a fantasy story: Magic is real, but what are the realistic consequences of it being real? If giant people could exist, what would have to happen to allow that?
Thanks for reading my stories, btw!
it was a beautiful series i had rarely seen, especially anthro human relation ship with the Anthro going macro? awesome