Cotton Candy 15: Political Discourse

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Author: Kat
Title: Political Discourse
Story: In the Heart
Colors: Cotton candy 15 (tea party) with blossom's paint-by-numbers (Ivy deals with people from the tea party)
Supplies and Materials: Fingerpainting, novelty beads (this gif).
Word Count: 215
Rating: G
Summary: Ivy encounters her uncle.
Warnings: Tea Party politics, may be triggering to some people. Also casual homophobia and "welfare queen" mythology.
Notes: Technically this is before the Tea Party movement, but eh.

( Political Discourse )

Dove Grey 3 + Canvas: Forever and Always

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Name: Destiny
Story: The Mondian Chronicles (Archive/Index/Timelines)
Title: Forever and Always
Timeline: 533 AW-ish
Colors: Dove Grey 3: To live in hearts we leave behind / Is not to die.
Supplies and Styles: Canvas (600 years before current time)
Word Count: 115
Summary: The Queen was still in mourning ten years later, but one could hardly blame her.
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Notes: Despite its short length I wrote this over two days. Horacia was the wife of Stefan (the Conqueror) and they had one child who is now king.

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Old Lace 14: Strain

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Author: Kat
Title: Strain
Story: In the Heart
Colors: Old lace 14 (I have had too much experience of life to believe in the infallibility of doctors.) with Sara's paint-by-numbers (Michael gets fed up.)
Supplies and Materials: Pointillism, novelty beads (Something wrapped), acrylic (rare occurance), stain ("An optimist is a guy that’s never had much experience." - Don Marquis).
Word Count: 128
Rating: PG
Summary: Michael doesn't break his ankle.
Warnings: medical... erm, not malpractice but ignoring patient? IDK, if someone can come up with a better description I would appreciate it.
Notes: For those of you new to this story, Michael has OI and thus is very used to breaking bones.

( Strain )

ElecPurple 12, Cotton Candy 8, Old Lace 10: Salted Earth

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Author: Kat
Title: Salted Earth
Story: Shine Like It Does
Colors: Electric purple 12 (Your former glories and all the stories/Dragged and washed with eager hands/But ohh oh your city lies in dust, my friend (Siouxsie & The Banshees- Cities in Dust)) with SWL's paint-by-numbers (Miranda. Crushes. Someone.), cotton candy 8 (climbing trees) with blossom's paint-by-numbers (Miranda thinks about her life as she moves up the corporate ladder), old lace 10 (However, girls were just as obstinate then as they are now, and as they always will be.) with Sara's paint-by-numbers (Miranda always gets the job done.).
Supplies and Materials: Glue (It really shouldn't be so complicated to just let someone know how you feel. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to express yourself today, prompting others to think you're not being very sincere at all.), oils (life on the line), stain (I've accepted that I'm not going to die of natural causes, [but] getting killed 'cuz you're naturally a dick seems like natural causes to me. - Randy K. Milholland), novelty beads (this image), pastels (vengeance).
Word Count: 952
Rating: PG-13
Summary: It all comes back to Andrew Dalton.
Warnings: mentioned drug use, sexual harassment, minors having sex, and a blink and miss it mention of unwanted sexual activity (in the midst of otherwise consensual sexual activity. Plus inherent misogyny and racism.
Notes: LAST OF ALL OF THESE AND I HAVE DEFEATED CLOISONNISM WITH ONE MINUTE TO SPARE. HA.

( Salted Earth )