Looking back... And looking forward.

Its that time again, another World Goth Fair is going on here, with a lot of really awesome things, and some stuff from Atomic Faery, too.  I've been in every World Goth Fair now, and its a very special event for me; it was the first event I was in with Faerycat Designs.  Besides, goth.  And this year I'll be DJing from 8 am until 10 am at the Gothika Mobile Unit, getting my own version of goth on with my usual twists and turns.

But last year was a bad one for me.  I'd switched from Faerycat designs to Atomic Faery last January to go into a partnership with someone very close to me in real life, someone I'd known for over 20 years.  World Goth Fair 2014 was going to be our first one working together, and we were all set up and ready to go when I was awakened the morning of May 15 by a sick cat, to one dead partner.  Luckily, we were set up. 

This year, well, its still bittersweet.  I still love the event, I mean, what's not to love, but its also a marker for something that's sad too.  Today would have been his 46th borthday, and part of this post is about memory, and rebuilding.

I forgot to switch out my wings when I took this picture.  But, for World Goth Fair this year, there are some techno-gear wings, a pair of boots based on some I got last fall [which I am wearing], and a special release for tomorrow, Roses have Thorns necklace [which I'm also wearing].

The rest of what I'm wearing: Slink Physique, Visage, Hands and Feet with a custom skin.  Sidhe ears I made that I need to update for a re-release, hair by Magika [Meadow], NV Fluffy tail, jeans and cropped tee that I made forever ago.

Sim is Fox Meadows and the portion is Tempus Fugit and Atomic Faery.  There are other places in the background.  If folks want to use it to take pictures, feel free to drop by.

A Faerycat on Mars pt 3

And time for another installment of my [literary] adventures on Mars [even if one was actually on Earth].  This has made me realize I really don't read like I used to when I was younger, and encouraged me to pick back up books and devour them again, for which I'm very grateful.  For someone who used to average 5-7 books a day, and not particularly slim volumes, not being able to finish one book in a day makes me think I need to make time for reading again.

And if you haven't read Martian Chronicles, I strongly encourage it.  Its not a big book and its absolutely brilliantly written.

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Xenoanthropology
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The study of ancient cultures has always fascinated me, drawn me like a moth to a flame.  What was this?  What was its purpose?  All questions that crossed my mind as I studied the objects in the Martian house we'd taken as a base as we tried to study and understand the people who'd been here before us.

This exquisite spider figure, with its movable limbs, what purpose did it serve?  Whatever it was, of course, it didn't work now.  Still, it was a lovely thing.  I looked at it, resting on my arm, and wished I could make it work, but alas, such was not to be.

The masks, of course, were not any easier to understand.  The ones we'd found on site reminded me of the comedy and tragedy masks of the ancient Greeks, but I couldn't help wondering if there was another purpose.  With the Martians being all but extinct, there really wasn't anyone to ask.

All these questions, and no real answers easily obtained.  Maybe one day, everything will become cleared, but until then, it is for us to continue to study.

Credits
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Skin: Porcelain [unreleased]
Hands and Feet: Slink
Hair: Magika Dreamy
Eyes: Atomic Faery Faerydust Dust [World Goth Fair 2014]
Wings: Atomic Faery - Bayou Dragonfly Wings [Previous round of The Fantasy Collective]
Tail: NV Fluffy Tail

Outfit
Boots - Bliensen - Kosmonaut Boots [Slink] Martian Dust - Exclusive Colour [A Tattered Page - Martian Chronicles]
Skirt and Top - Greymoon - Martian Dust Outfit [Skirt in Black, Top in Silver] [A Tattered Page - Martian Chronicles]
Eyeshadow - Beautiful Freak - Obake Eyeshadow Blue
Lipstick - Atomic Faery Frosted Indigo over FCD Colourbox Lips blue lined 3

Decor
Table and Chair - 22769 [bauwerk] Spaceship Junkjard Debris Chair and Table [A Tattered Page - Martian Chronicles]
Masks - Chaos, Panic and Disorder - Faces on Mars Masks in Blue and Silver [A Tattered Page - Martian Chronicles]; Aftershok - Mask Gold Angry [A Tattered Page - Martian Chronicles]
Plants - @->~ISD - Martian Fireflowers [A Tattered Page - Martian Chronicles]

A faerycat on Mars pt 2

Apologies for the break between posts.  I'd planned on trying to blog while out of town but my laptop just doesn't take as nice of images and for some reason is unreliable with displaying materials.  But, enough of that.  Let's discuss some more of my thoughts on our book this month, Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury.  All of the stories in the book take place on Mars, except one, a rather somber cautionary tale, I suppose.  I added some elements of other stories and took advantage of my fae powers of shapechanging for one, and I hope you like this story.

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A Sort of Homecoming
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 It hadn't been easy to leave Mars and come back home, knowing that the powers that be were well on their way to blowing up the human race.  I had to go back though, my sister and her family were still there, and well, Earth was where I was born, after all.

So, onto the last ship heading out of the now abandoned colonies, and then to my sister's home...

Where was everyone?  Had there been an evacuation?  The roads had been empty, on my way here.  I went inside, and the water was still running, the quiet hum of the machinery running louder over the quiet stillness of total solitude.

I went back outside, and that's when I noticed the extent of the tragedy; not only of my family, but all of humanity.












Credits
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Skin: Custom
Hands and Feet: Slink
Hair: SL Library
Eyes: Unreleased

Outfit: Avatar Bizarre - Martian Colonist Uniform in Black, Martian Colonist Boots [A Tattered Page - Martian Chronicles]

Setting
House: Anachron - Soft Rains House Scorched [A Tattered Page - Martian Chronicles]
Chair: Trompe Loeil - Ribbon Chairs

A faerycat on Mars, part 1

A long time ago, before there was a Second Life, or a faerycat, a girl read Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury.  She loved it, and one would have thought she'd have read more of his works [she doesn't get this either, honestly], and it wasn't until this round of A Tattered Page that she got around to reading Martian Chronicles [Which she also loved and is kicking herself for not reading earlier].  Understand, as a girl, her school created an award just because of her and her reading habits; she went through 6 cards a year and the next closest was 3 cards.  Major bookworm and that was only the school library, not including parents books [serious Sci Fi and Fantasy geeks] or the county library.  The only reason to have -not- read more Bradbury would have been it not being available.

Anyway, forward to today, when A Tattered Page begins.  This is my first time being on the blog end of things; usually I'm the one sending out things to be blogged, if liked by the bloggers.  I can't tell you all how excited I am, and as the pretty things come out, oh, I'm even more excited.  I've stories running all through my head, and I'm going to sort of follow a similar pattern to the stories of Mars by Mr. Bradbury.

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Dreams

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Dreams...  they haunt my sleep, dreams of pale skinned men, with blue eyes.  Songs come to my lips that I've never heard before, that no one has, and words are spoken in my sleep that brings anger to others.

Wonders I see in my dreams, so real, yet impossible.  Science shows that there is too much oxygen for life to exist on the third planet, after all.  But, still, I dream of men from the third planet, and wonder at their existence.

Perhaps I should wear a mask for now.  My emotions are a turmoil, and I know that my dreams are upsetting another.  He's impatient with me, and acting strangely himself.  Perhaps he has dreams as well, but he tells me mine are foolish.

 For now though, I'll wait here, wait to see if my dreams are real...

Or simply just dreams...

A Tattered Page is an event celebrating books, which is just up my alley.  Its a four times a year event, that takes place both in the main stores of those participating and a central location aptly called the Library.  There are so many things to work with this round, the book being the Martian Chronicles; lending itself to martian, earth spacemen, and some rather tragic other things [its a really good read].

This blog-story is inspired by one of the earliest parts of the book, Ylla.  I won't say more, I tried to keep from spoilers while trying to catch the feel for it.

Credits
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Skin: Sunspot [unreleased]
Hands and Feet: Slink
Hair: Magika Dreamy
Eyes: FCD Mesh Eyes: Vivid, White Scelera - in gold
Horns: 8f8 Renaissance Horns: Glass [Previous round of The Fantasy Collective]
Wings: Atomic Faery - Bayou Dragonfly Wings [Previous round of The Fantasy Collective]
Tail: NV Fluffy Tail

Outfit
Pants and Shirt: Avatar Bizarre - Ylla White [A Tattered Page - Martian Chronicles]
Pauldrons: Luminary - Peregrine Pauldrons [A Tattered Page - Martian Chronicles]
                  note: Slightly modified to make match with clothing better
Shoes: Pale Empress - Severina Sandals Teal

Decor
Rug and Couch: Faerycat Designs
Mars and Moons: ATP
Fireflowers: @->~ISD - Martian Fire Flower in Bowl in Canal Blue, Mountain Red and Polar White
        [A Tattered Page - Martian Chronicles]
 Mask Shelf: Black Tulip -  'Choose Your Emotion' Shelf [A Tattered Page - Martian Chronicles]

More to come!

Coming in from the Cold

For once, this one isn't at all inspired by a song *gasp* (Amazing isn't it?), and considering that almost my entire life has had a internal soundtrack, it is fairly odd.  But, something else that has been a constant is books, and today A Tattered Page opens up at noon, and my personal blog reflects this.

Frankenstein has a lot of themes running through it.  I'm not joking, it does.  One of these is a desire of all things to belong, to not be left on the fringes of society.  And at some point the monster [who never does seem to have any name at all, contrary to pop culture], does some very fae type things for the people he is living near; providing extra firewood and such in the night.

 And this got me to thinking; do the stories about the capricious behavior of the fae come from a desire to come in from the cold as well?  And feeling there is no place for them around our hearthfires, lead to them doing horrible things?

 I'm not going to give away spoilers, if one could really give away spoilers on a book that has been out for just shy of 200 years [4 more years].  But I think if you read the book for yourself, you might see where I'm drawing the comparisons.  I think most folks, when left too long out in the cold, will lash out when kind deeds do not work.

This fae though?  This is her hearth, so no one is going to deny her the warmth of the fires.

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Body
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Shape - mine
Skin - Custom
Hands - Slink [nails Atomic Faery Bayou]
Hair - Magika Meadow [tinted]
Eyes - Atomic Faery Faerydust
Wings - Atomic Faery Clockwork Swallowtail Wings
Tail - NV Fluffy Tail
Cosmetics - FCD, Beautiful Freak and Pin Me Down

Outfit
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Boots - Facade Noir Heavy Metal Boots
Stockings - custom
Skirt and corset - :{MV}: Libertine in Teal [A Clockwork Spiral]
Jewelry - Atomic Faery Miniature Portrait Set [A Tattered Page]

Setting
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Poses - Poise Poses, Oracul AO poses
House - Trompe Loeil