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@nikibond.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 2:57 PM

Marty gets a nice outfit for the ritual on Balaricio~

Marty adjusted the white silk sleeves of Felisa’s ritual dress. A thick purple sash wrapped around her waist, hiding her XLS and two moon pockets—one for her bow, and one for her quiver. While she doubted the electrical fog of her wyvern’s breath arrows would help much against a Wind Spirit, her other trick arrows could serve some use. Hopefully the rest of her outfit distracted from the concealed devices.

White feathers dangled from beads along the hem of her cloth belt, swishing with every movement. Below them, a green woven apron flowed down along the middle of the long skirt. To top it off, she slipped her feet into comfy flat shoes. She had to admit, it was a nice outfit to attend her own sacrifice in, and it accentuated her curves in a way she wasn’t used to. With her dress secure, she pulled a white and green cloak around her shoulders and fastened it with a sapphire clasp. She then ran her fingers along the fabric of the loose hood—perfect for obscuring her identity.

@scarletvmitchell.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 2:16 AM

I dont have much whimsical clothes in my stories. My fantasy gargoyles have cool armor, but here is a scene that tickles me from my current WIP.

Cultural? Kinda. More utilitarian from his perspective.

Jack puts in some weird getup to examine a mysterious item.

Chapter 6
The Annex - Wednesday

Jack cut a bizarre figure on the other side of the one-way mirror. He'd decorated the stark interview room with two lit candles and various strange accoutrements lay ready on the table beside the dusty shoebox. Smoke from a stick of incense curled prettily in the still air. He wore all black from head to toe, including a long black organza veil over his head and shoulders and black latex gloves. With the lights off, he resembled a ghostly Victorian woman.
"You don't think that's a bit excessive?" Charlie muttered to Gordon, indicating the window through which they watched her partner.
"No, I don't," Jack answered for him through the two-way speaker. Gordon just gave an amused shrug.

@joharraharper.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 11:08 PM

I love the end of Queen of Monsters. Isabella queen. Callista finally happy.

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@joharraharper.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 11:08 PM

I don't have much of traditions. But I love reading with my mom.

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@joharraharper.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 11:07 PM

From Skeleton Rebellion (book 2 in Tales of the Grim Reaper):

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@joharraharper.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 11:07 PM

I don't think there's anything too ridiculous.

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@joharraharper.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 11:07 PM

@ellielieberman.bsky.social has helped ny beta reading my books. Her stories and worlds are phenomenal.

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@mcwrites27.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 10:38 PM

Another great prompt from #WhimsicalWriters and such perfect timing because I just finished writing a prom scene in my novel Canary! Bekah doesn't often get dressed up b/c she's a tomboy by nature but when she does it's always a wow moment. The only catch is she's not dressed for her bf 👀
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The Whimsical Writers prompt asks us to share a snippet featuring the importance of fashion (cultural, formal, or otherwise) - the following is an excerpt from my novel Canary featuring a prom scene where an important and beautiful outfit takes center stage - "There you are," a familiar voice chuckled.

Looking up from my position half knelt on the ground, I saw Bekah standing right in front of me in a blue dress with a black sheer lace exterior that gave the gown a gothic look. As I stood up, I couldn't help but notice the hem of the pants she loaned me matched her dress. She was pushing her luck big time.

Finally eye to eye, I could admire her full look. Her long auburn hair was tied up in a bun at the back of her head and held in place by a silver hair comb with a wolf motif with two obsidian eyes. She had smeared black eyeliner on her upper lid and blue beneath her lower lashes for a rough colorful smokey eye. She was a vision. It only broke my heart that she wasn't taking the person she loved to the dance.

"You look…" I began, lips parting. "Incredible."

@rvillanova312.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 5:36 PM

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So I briefly touch upon clothing when we meet Tink’s friends and the Collectors.
Their clothing is basically whatever piece of cloth they can make work.
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@pjccahill.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 5:23 PM

A lot of my best whimsy is massive spoilers. This one is cut to mitigate that a bit. Visansa dressed up all fancy for a gala, and she knows she looks good.

Image is how she looks NORMALLY.

I'd show off the Aroi cultural robes with a snip, but those scenes ARE massive spoilers.

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This all made Visansa grin, open and impish. Between herself, Vincent, and Corala, Voidwing Manufacturing and Gray House were well-secured, and she could very much afford to enjoy herself for once. Oh, there might be some catch-up dealing needed in the morning, but... she needed this.
In fact, her lack of desire for business discussion had already sorely disappointed several ogling executives. She almost didn't blame them. She knew she looked fantastic tonight. Her frost-white hair was both intricately knotted behind her head, and still let a voluminous ponytail slide down her back, which was mostly exposed from how low-cut she'd chosen her gown.
The gown was a glistening flow down her slender form, a subtle mixture of gold and reflective white. She dimmed the luster a little on purpose with her favored style of shawl, but at that moment her white silk was draped over both forearms and limply waved along her back.
She wasn't showing off for the crowd, but that was a delightful bonus.
"I see your strategy tonight is to distract your competitors so keenly they all falter, Mistress."
Visansa's smile warmed and brightened just before she twisted to find Corala with her golden eyes. She made no attempt to hide her pleasure or eagerness to see her dear companion.

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@talesbyjin.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 4:32 PM

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What to wear on a first date? According to Mrs. Requiem, you alter one of your fanciest dresses to fit your daughter and lend her your necklace made from pearls your husband brought you. Not bought. Brought.

Mr. Requiem gathered those pearls by hand. In the sea~🦈

I yelled a goodbye to mom on the way out the front door. After I closed it behind me, I followed Nerissa to her silver Prius and got in the seat behind her. Waiting for me on the other end of the back seat was Marin, and I could not believe my eyes.
She was wearing a dress that, if I didn’t know better, I would have said was woven out of water. Even seated, it seemed to flow over itself, just as the white of the body of the dress faded to a translucent, candy red as it approached the hem. Her nails were painted the same color as the red of her dress, and around her neck hung a necklace of pearls.
When I realized how underdressed I was in comparison to her, I sank so far into my seat that I worried the Jaws of Life wouldn’t be enough to extract me.
‘Dylan!’ she exclaimed, throwing her arms around my neck. ‘Can you believe it? We’re going on our first date!’
I wished I could share her enthusiasm. I mean, sure, I was excited about it, but things weren’t turning out as expected. To be honest, I thought we met our quota for that when we became official. I should have known better.
‘Marin, you, you look stunning,’ was all I could manage.
Her emerald eyes shown like the jewels they resembled, and she kissed me on the cheek. ‘You really think so? It’s one of my mother’s old dresses. She restitched it so it would fit me properly. The necklace is hers too. She made if from pearls father brought her.’

@isaacxisaac.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 4:02 PM

I've fallen off the last few #WhimsicalWriters 😭 but I do have something good to supply for this one I think!

This guy shows up in ch1 of 1661 and Alexander, who reads everyone by clothes, finds his combination of old and new intriguing. And "old and new meet" becomes a motif over the whole book.

The door of the French coach—within which ‘twas now shown only one could sit comfortably after all—had opened, and half-emerged with his foot upon the step was a man, gloriously fat, whose embroidery far outshone Mr. Clearhead’s and, indeed, nearly equalled Alexander’s. His face was lined, but still chestnut hair burst from beneath his hat in thick and saucy ringlets, including one long lovelock braided with a yellow ribbon on his left, an atrociously old-fashioned gesture to Alexander’s eye. But Alexander also noticed he wore no falling-band but instead a scarf of sorts, the most exquisite white silk trimmed with lavish lace and knotted just-so, neither sloven nor prim, and this interested him enough to finally lower his sword.

@thebrambler13.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 1:16 PM

Whimsical Writers (Sept. 21st)!

A few people got tripped up on the last one of these so, to be clear, I mean share an excerpt or snippet of your WIP. Don't just describe it in a post, show off your writing. Let people see your flair guys!
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Foreground: Two yellow text boxes, a larger centred one and a smaller one beneath that which reads: "Photo by Ivar Leidus".

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September 21st
Clothing is a powerful tool for self expression which can reflect the joy and whimsy of different cultures. Share a description of an outfit from your WIP which captures that.
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@thebrambler13.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 1:33 AM

Some of my favourite endings come from Shakespeare, like The Tempest which I mentioned in the original post. Another whimsical ending is The Goonies, which I remember being a lot of fun as a child.
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@vampireantihero.com Sep 20, 2026, 11:06 AM

#WhimsicalWriters Sorry I'm late! I thought about this all day yesterday and couldn't think of one. But, I'm quite fond of the ending of Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch. The second book was good, but the first was better.

@scarletvmitchell.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 12:23 AM

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I enjoy how Winter of Fire by Sherryl Jordan ended. I list it as one of my favorite formative fantasy books.
I dont want to spoil it, but the heroine not only overcomes the tragedies of her story, but manages to rewrite how her world works entirely, and for the better.

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@dahliazhenwrites.bsky.social Sep 19, 2026, 5:34 PM

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joke answer: when they fly away in a car at the end of the movie Grease

non-joke: I recently thought the ending of The Everlasting by Alix. E. Harrow was sweet and tied the journey up nicely (+ it has some time travel shenanigans)

@pjccahill.bsky.social Sep 19, 2026, 4:38 PM

I honestly find most book endings a bit of a let-down XD Not 'bad,' just so focused on ENDING that my brain is left in the lurch. I'm fond of the romance endings in the Hearts of Heroes series by @themollyjay.bsky.social and it's a big reason they're my comfort read these days. 🧵
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