snowflake challenge #3

[kyokosasagawa]

"Create a wish list of fandom things (podfic, graphics, playlists, canon recs translations, research help, vids, sky's the limit!) that you'd like to receive. "


I have a few things I'm interested in!

1. Book recommendations for fantasy middle grade books.
2. Levi fanworks. No, not Shingeki no Kyojin's Levi. Levi-a-than from Katekyo Hitman Reborn.
3. Reliable links relating to information on different demons, such as Furfur. Yes this is very relevant to a fanfic I'd like to write.
4. Research on the history of MMORPG and anime and book recommendations that detail different  hypothetical styles of MMOs, class/job systems, etc. Some of my faves are .Hack, 1/2 Prince, and Mabinogi. ("is this also for a fanfic" "y-yes")
5. Information on flowers that are not AI-generated + A book about the history of herbs within magic, witchcraft, rituals, so forth.
6. A informational resource on witchcraft in general, especially historical.
7. Icons of more Precure characters.

Comments

[muccamukk]

Fantasy MG books.
T. Kingfisher/Ursula Vernon generally, but for that age range especially A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking about a young girl with the power to control bread, and her adventures trying to stop a serial killer and save a city; Castle Hangnail about a castle full of monsters taken over by New Management (a very young witch who might not be all she says she is), and The Raven and the Reindeer, an f/f retelling of the Snow Queen.

Most of Frances Hardinge is YA, but her early books Fly by Night and Twilight Robbery are about a young girl and her conman maybe mentor trying to deal with a magical late-Stuart England. Charming and hilarious. There's a Very Angry Goose.

Erin Bow's Plain Kate dealing with eastern European mythology and a talking cat that will make you cry. Her Sorrow's Knot will just scare the shit out of you.

Not quite fantasy, but Have a Vibe: Daniel Nayeri's The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams, a silk road adventure story about a young boy working for a con man who has a lot of people out to get him. Erin Bow's Stand on the Sky is about a Mongolian girl and her pet eagle.

[kiki_eng]

Information on flowers that are not AI-generated
*tilts head*

Wildflower identification books?:
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide
Botany in a Day: The Patterns Method of Plant Identification
ROM Guide to the Wildflowers of Ontario

Or Podcasts?:
In Defense of Plants is pretty heavily science about a lot of different plant-related topics.

[kyokosasagawa]

Thank you so much! Haha, recently an author I follow has been complaining about mushroom identification books being released that are AI-generated, resulting in dangerous scenarios like foragers eating poisonous ones.

They're different from mushrooms, but since I know nothing about flowers, I can't quite tell which ones are the "good" resources and which ones might be AI-generated. So this is much appreciated!

[kiki_eng]

mushroom identification books being released that are AI-generated, resulting in dangerous scenarios like foragers eating poisonous ones
*sigh* I'm not surprised, just disappointed. (The publishing industry is a thing sometimes.)

Peterson Field Guides are good for everything, I think - just better in some areas than others. Finding the most region specific Peterson Field Guide for your area of interest is generally a good strategy, otherwise there is trolling nature identification forums for resource recommendations or watching webinars hosted by environmental protection-based NGOs to get recommended materials. Field naturalist groups can have good recs, also.

I find that iNaturalist is good for having people who are into wildflower identification, also.

[miss_grimwood]

Flora Britannica is British centric, but gives information on so many plants and flowers, as well as stories submitted talking about the personal meanings and connections of the plants. It was published in 1997, so pre-AI, and comes recommended by Countryfile

it's free to read on the internet archive:
https://archive.org/details/florabritannica0000mabe