Kolchais
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Planting Life in a Dying City (S5: Chotaikytsai, E5)
While Chotaikytsai has been fighting eir way through the city’s politics, life has been continuing for the family. Chotaiktysai takes some time to review the progress the family has made in the last months.
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Planting Life in a Dying City (S4: Kyawtchais, Season Finale)
…when ey reached the gate, Kolchais and Lefeng were waiting for em. Kolchais held a skein of yarn. It was nearly impossible…
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Planting Life in a Dying City (S4: Kyawtchais, E9)
Season Content Notes: (internalized) ableism Dinner was a pleasant memory and Kyawtchais had used up all eir fiber. Ey was debating whether to return to the SilentSpinner compound or stay there for the night. Kolchais had made it clear several weeks ago that ey was welcome, but Kyawtchais was still feeling eir way. Especially with…
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Planting Life in a Dying City: Kyawtchais (S4, E8)
Season content notes: (internalized) ableism Kyatchais waited nervously outside the compound. Beside em was eir wise-parent, the leader of eir parents’ generation of the SilentSpinners. They had arrived early — rudely early, to much of the city. But they weren’t waiting for city-folk. They were waiting for farwalker Lefeng, who would be on eir morning…
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Planting Life in a Dying City (S4: Kyawtchais, E5)
The family had two projects that occupied their time: trying to find a trade and rebuilding the compound. Lefeng and Tsouchm continued with day work, alternating it with time spent helping build. Some of Kyawtchais’ family also came to offer help once in a while and even a few representatives from other families. All the…
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Planting Life in a Dying City: Kyawtchais (S4, E4)
Content notes: internalized ableism That day set the pattern for the coming days. During the day they were back to work on the walls. On some days, the gruff-one and tall Lefeng stayed home, so the work went quicker. Kyawtchais thought ey could feel the family weaving itself together even as the walls rose around…
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Planting Life in a Dying City: Kyawtchais (S4, E3)
In the evening, Kyawtchais joined the family at their hearth for dinner. As they ate, the small-one, once-weaver asked tall-Lefeng to tell a tale of the mountains, of how the tall-one killed the great cat whose skin made the small-one’s new cloak. Kyawtchais’ fingers started dancing at that. Ey had noticed the cloak, made of…
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Planting Life in a Dying City: Kyawtchais (S4, E2)
Season notes: autistic shutdown, internalized ableism Kyawtchais would have liked to spend more time with Lefeng — ‘mud’ her hands shaped the name. One day ey would need to ask Lefeng how ey got such a name. It almost made ‘kyawtchais’ seem normal! Especially with Lefeng’s words for the deadfire — friend-at-night, guide, beautiful —…
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Planting Life in a Dying City (S3: Kolchais, Season Finale)
We’ve come to the end of Kolchais’ season. It’s in many ways it’s been a quieter time than Lefeng and Tsouchm had, but I think that fits the wise-one. When we return to Planting Life it will be the Spinner’s turn to take center stage. But first, season 2.5 of Mighty Hero Force Epsilon starts…
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Planting Life in a Dying City (S3: Kolchais, E8)
This season ended up being on the short side — next episode will be the season finale, and then we’ll pick up with Season 2 of Last Lady of Luna the week after. Season content notes: ableism, internalized ableism, violence, autistic meltdown The next morning, the Spinner returned to help with the building. When ey…
