Dee Moyza

For some reason, none of my original posts make it onto their respective tag pages in Tumblr anymore. :/ I've heard that that's sometimes the case for posts with links, but my recent Sybil post doesn't have any text at all, and still didn't show up. So, ???, I guess?

Also speaking of Transistor, I thought this post was pretty cute, and well done. Just the thought of Blue actually "rapping" this out was enough to make me chuckle.

Yes, Transistor has eaten my brain again. Six more days, six more days... *ominous*

Title: Serendipity, or Just Dumb Luck (5,942 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Transistor
Rating/Warnings: Teen and Up / No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Red, Blue (Auden)
Relationships: Red/Blue
Summary: Having revealed that she doesn't know how to dance, Red asks Auden to teach her. It's a simple request, but the longing looks and gentle touches and unavoidable proximity that come with it give rise to feelings that are anything but.

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I've perused enough RP blogs on Tumblr to be aware of the concept of faceclaims. I'm not particularly attached to the idea, usually satisfied with either whatever canon provides or what my own imagination dreams up. However, for a certain character with no canonical face, I came across someone who is a pretty darn good fit with the concept art, via, of all things, my mother's telenovela fixation.

I stubbornly call him Blue, but most call him The Boxer, from Transistor, and I really wouldn't be disappointed at all to consider him looking like this (under a cut so as not to spoil anyone else's headcanon if they don't want to see!).

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Okay, now that I've probably made a damn fool of myself, I shall go take a cold shower and try to remind myself that no, this is probably not the level of handsome Supergiant imagined for The Boxer. Then again, that concept art certainly suggests otherwise. ;)

Title: Gutted (2,017 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Transistor
Rating/Warnings: Mature / Strong Language
Characters: Blue (Auden), Mack Orthon
Summary: Auden runs into an old friend at the bar, a mechanic who just lost his livelihood to a vote he couldn't even participate in.
Notes: Written for a prompt on Tumblr: "An absent look or touch."

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Monday's child is fair of face
Create: Produce something that focuses on appearance (of a person, a thing, a place etc). Focus on describing and depicting the detail, or the overall impression. It doesn't have to be about beauty or attractiveness in any traditional sense, but whatever it is that is compelling, unique, impressive about the person, thing, place etc. Whilst this prompt is very visual, you can also focus on a non visual aspect of how someone/something appears, the first impression, the feeling, the atmosphere, the striking feature.

Squee: Share something beautiful, compelling, unique, impressive that everyone should see/experience. It could be a picspam of that drop dead gorgeous person, it could be your favourite painting, or a place you think everyone should have on their bucket list to visit before they die or something else entirely.

Create: I offer you an absolutely sap-tastic Transistor minific, below the cut.

( Red/Auden syrupy fluff )

Squee: Here's a picture of the "Infinity Mirrored Room" by Yayoi Kusama. It is truly an ethereal experience. You step into a small booth and the door closes behind you, then the lights turn on, and for a short time (the limit was 45 seconds at this installation), you're transported to another world, or perhaps, another sky. Breathtakingly beautiful. I'd see this again in a heartbeat, if I ever got the chance.

Title: "Lacuna" (500 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Transistor
Rating/Warnings: General Audiences / No Warnings Apply
Characters: Niola Chein, Wave Tennegan
Summary: The day before general election votes are due, Niola gives an interview on Wave Tennegan's radio show, explaining what her plan for Goldwalk Channel is, and how she hopes it will change Cloudbank for the better.

"Good morning, Cloudbank," Wave boomed into the microphone before him.  "It's 9:35 on a gorgeous Tuesday, and just a reminder: all votes for the general election must be cast before noon tomorrow.  Get to your nearest terminal and do your civic duty.

"If you remain undecided, maybe I can be of some help.  I've got the intrepid Niola Chein in the studio with me this morning, to talk about the proposal she has on the ballot, for something called the Goldwalk Channel.  Good morning, Niola; how are you?"

Niola smiled and leaned toward her microphone.  "Very well, thanks."

"So, Goldwalk Channel—what is it?  Can you give our listeners an idea of how it will benefit Cloudbank?"

"Certainly, Wave.  Goldwalk Channel will be a gallery space between Goldwalk Boulevard and Goldwalk Plaza, featuring art by those whose work and views are traditionally ignored in this city."

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Title: "Sky Looks Blue 'Cause We Want It To" (500 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Transistor
Rating/Warnings: General Audiences / No Warnings Apply
Characters: Niola Chein, Farrah Yon-Dale
Summary: Ahead of the quarterly solstice celebration, Farrah runs her planned performance past Niola and the two decide to remind Cloudbank what beauty and passion look like, and that those qualities are accessible to everyone.

In the preview pane on the monitor, the sky glowed a dusty rose color, before flaring into blazing pink.  Colorful shapes began to rise from the horizon in all directions—blue and purple and green, lines and triangles and arabesques—then converged above Goldwalk, shifting and snaking around one another before coming together to form an abstract image.  Abstract, but lovely; so many images and subtexts could be parsed from it, Niola was sure, each differing with experience, context and mood.

"So, what do you think?" Farrah said, letting the preview fade to black.  "I call it 'Perspectives Through Time.'  It encapsulates how our ideas and conceptions change over time and with experience.  They grow, they merge, they...evolve."

"It's a beautiful piece," Niola replied, still looking at the monitor as if expecting something more.  "How long does it run?"

"About an hour, give or take.  I'll be drawing some extra images live."

"I'd err on the side of 'take,' if I were you. The Administrators have insisted that the new quarter start precisely on the second."

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Title: "Seconds March into Silence" (200 words)
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Transistor
Rating/Warnings: General Audiences / No Warnings Apply
Characters: Red, Blue
Relationships: Red/Blue
Summary: When the Process begins to affect Auden inside the Transistor, Red seeks to comfort him with her song. But what he sings back to her breaks her heart.
Notes: Cross-posted to drabble_zone

Auden may have lost his body, but Red was grateful to still have his voice. It anchored her in the nightmare unfolding around her, reassuring, encouraging, affectionate. Though she couldn't respond to him, his words enveloped her, the next best things to his arms.

Then the Process took that, too. Whatever that large creature was, it affected Auden inside the Transistor, leaving him a confused mess, pivoting between weak jokes, sappy declarations, and outright resignation seemingly at random. She could feel him slipping away, and, in a desperate moment, she pulled the Transistor close and began to hum to him.

"When you speak, I hear silence," he lisped along. A leaden dread settled in Red's stomach, and she stopped humming and opened her eyes.

"Whassamatter?" he slurred. "I mess up?"

She swallowed hard and nodded, tears threatening to spill over.

"Wrong key?"

Another nod.

"Oh. Sorry. I'll do better next time."

She faked a smile. She didn't have the heart to tell him it was the wrong song. How could he forget "Paper Boats?"

She adjusted her grip on the Transistor and pressed onward, determined to find whatever caused this and break its heart.

Just like it had broken hers.

Fanwork-wise, 2020 was definitely a year of firsts for me.  I branched out and wrote my first fics in several fandoms besides FF8; I participated in my first fic exchanges (Press Start, Yuletide, and SGG Secret Santa), and, along the way, I ended up writing my first E-rated fic 😳; and I even dabbled in a bit of fanart, to the best of my limited artistic ability.

Fanworks were my refuge during the crazy year that was, and I thought it would be nice to put together a little retrospective.  For this list, I'm only counting works that were first posted in 2020, whether they are complete or still in progress.

Looking back on what I've done this year, I feel a bit better about the state of my creativity in 2020, and hope to keep this momentum going into next year!

( Transistor )

( Final Fantasy VI )

( Final Fantasy VIII )

( Final Fantasy X )

( Bastion )

( Ocarina of Time )

( Illusion of Gaia )