mushroomtale

Fan
Name:	莲 Lian / Lyns
Alias(es):	mushroomtale, twisted666, dryice, `dry ice
Type:	fanartist, illustrator, games dev
Fandoms:	Merlin, The Untamed, Original Slash
Communities:
Other:	`dry ice v.1 Ballad - by `dry ice & Perios Shores of Sanity v3.0 dryice at TokyoPop dryice at y!Gallery
URL:	m-ushroomtale at Tumblr mushroomtale at AO3 mushroomtale at DA mushroomtale at LJ mushroomtale at Tumblr mushroomtale-fanart at Tumblr twisted666 at DA
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mushroomtale is an Philippines illustrator and games dev artist China based known for her frequent collaboration with Merlin fanwork creators and the fanwriter footloose and Polomonkey — whom she considers as Merlin to her Arthur.

With work dating to mid-2012, she has participated in writing, art, and podfic challenges as well as making occasional gifts of artwork. In recent years, after 2017 mushroomtale joined the fandom of The Untamed mainly focused on the ship wangxian.

She appears to have left the Merlin fandom at some point after this:

It’s strangely exhilerating, how those pictures I made for Merlin can still affect people. I was talking about this with Da-ge last night, this disconnect I feel from Merlin now.

But I was into Merthur for pretty much my whole twenties, why? I just realized that it ran parallel to my decade-long depression.

[…]

When feeling bad, just take everything out on Merlin and Arthur, the poor dears. ::)))

Some time later she deleted all content from her LJ and password locked her art Tumblr, also changing the url of the main Tumblr.

Blanket Statement

Blanket permission to translate or podfic any of my fic if you were ever so inclined!

Notable Works:

Mushroomtale started with original works, such as her graphic novel Soul Dice or Venom Fang, published on sites specializing in content yaoi, some of them of Asian origin, like the y!Gallery.

She later migrated some original and creative works to her profile on DeviantArt, and currently mushroomtale's work can be found in her Tumblr Artwork Masterlist as well as posted to AO3 to accompany stories. Below are examples of work that exemplify mushroomtale's art and collaborations.

"Drawble Week 6: Stigma" is the earliest example found of mushroomtale's participation in challenges and also the first collaboration with footloose. The artist's notes read in part: "Camelot Drabble Week 6 prompt: Whispers in the Night. So, the premise is: the magic reveal has gone all wrong, but Merlin continues to protect Arthur from afar. If you listen closely, you might hear...This drawble now has a companion fic Smoke and Mirrors written by footloose. I don't know how to say this, but... I am so humbled to think that my little drawble could have inspired something so beautifully written."

The Girl in the Tower is a cover work mushroomtale created for the pod together challenge, with story by jelazakazone and recording by susan_voight. The style for Mithian, Morgana and Aithusa varies from that generally used for the Merlin/Arthur artworks which is generally more classical, such as in the next example.

Created for the 2014 Merlin Advent Calendar challenge, "The First Nowell the Angels Did Say" is a particularly rich example of the detailed work mushroomtale creates. The post on AO3 also breaks out parts of the image for closer views.

The above image is of step by step development for Arthur and Merlin artwork created for The Dragon Rises by footloose. The panels for each character show early color, pencil drawings and then animation for the finished work. This was only one of a number of art pieces at the AO3 post, which was part of the 2016 After Camlann Big Bang.