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Sandspire — Ellie - The Burn

Published: 2019-08-17 23:00:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 20775; Favourites: 191; Downloads: 0
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 Ellie's training takes on various forms, she would never be happy mastering just one thing, as soon as she grows used to one routine or style of training it's on to the next, constantly keeping her own body guessing and forcing it to adapt to the latest ridiculous challenge she imposes on it. Today, she tests her endurance. As she often likes to, she keeps it simple, straight forward and excruciating. Ellie loves the burn. Her eyes shut tight, leaving her in a self imposed purgatory. There is nothing to focus on or distract herself from the growing tension along her shoulders, back and chest as she feels her body wrench itself apart simply holding her unending static pose.

 There's no goal to shoot for, no end in sight, nothing that she can measure her progress along and reassure herself that she is coming close. She will hold, and she will suffer until her body literally breaks down and cannot not endure any longer. Few static holds could give her this satisfaction without weight, but the iron cross is famously one of the most difficult in the world. Naturally, near every girl in the Academy can pull it off, but nobody for as long as Ellie.

 The only respite from the mounting pain and exhaustion is the image she holds in her mind. An image of her better self, leagues ahead of the girl who is already the top athlete of the prestigious Academy. Already a living legend among her peers and redefining what a girl should be capable of she longs for more. Not for the recognition and admiration of her teachers and peers, but for her own obsession with taking her strength, skills and limits to new heights. No matter how hard or how long she has to work, she lives to find these knew ways to improve. As the minutes tick by and she starts to drown in the strain and exhaustion, her prideful smile remains as she burns.
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KingOfCopper16 [2024-08-20 22:52:27 +0000 UTC]

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inminmm [2023-11-27 22:08:31 +0000 UTC]

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yin-master [2021-07-09 07:04:54 +0000 UTC]

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Hyderbhon [2019-12-29 20:13:11 +0000 UTC]

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Sandspire In reply to Hyderbhon [2020-01-05 02:04:34 +0000 UTC]

Very nice ideas. I think there's a ton of combinations of workouts she could do, not just in the iron cross position but on those rings as a whole. She'll stay up there for hours on end as she works through them. Weighted muscle-ups "skin the cat" movements, planches all with differing weights passed to her by other students or trainers. The possibilities are endless

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Krysnha [2019-08-26 18:15:44 +0000 UTC]

Another idea, is that you couldshow more of the academy, like other students, or diferent rutines of diferent students 

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m0chen [2019-08-24 12:32:41 +0000 UTC]

Wow, am I seeing a 8-pack abs right there?

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Sandspire In reply to m0chen [2019-10-05 18:32:38 +0000 UTC]

Soon to be 10 if she keeps this training up!

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Hyderbhon [2019-08-23 04:14:27 +0000 UTC]

"Few static holds could give her this satisfaction without weight, but the iron cross is famously one of the most difficult in the world. Naturally, near every girl in the Academy can pull it off, but nobody for as long as Ellie."

It would be interesting to have a pic of several of the academy "students" holding, maybe one of them just collapsing, with a big timer on the wall behind them (presumably, repeating one on the opposite wall in front of them).  You could show something of the range of body types, hair colors, etc., of the academy trainees.

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Sandspire In reply to Hyderbhon [2019-10-05 18:32:12 +0000 UTC]

Agreed - that kind of thing is definitely the sort of thing that regularly happens at the Academy. I'd like to do group pictures some time.

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welchdisney94 [2019-08-19 18:54:55 +0000 UTC]

Ah, My Goddess!!

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Sandspire In reply to welchdisney94 [2019-10-05 18:32:46 +0000 UTC]

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beez1717 [2019-08-19 05:06:16 +0000 UTC]

Hot damn! Ellie looks so sexy here and she also impress me so much!

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surfingdiamond [2019-08-18 09:55:48 +0000 UTC]

Instant favorite. The picture is the best of Ellie, quality-wise, and the description is amazing. You’re slowly building a legend, and it’s not surprising that we see fan art popping up

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DjFex [2019-08-18 02:25:26 +0000 UTC]

nice! really well drawn, also: drawn sweat ++ (I mean it looks like real sweat)

and how agonized her muscles look, you've improved so much, even from last year, the shading and muscles look more realistic, too: www.deviantart.com/abdomental/…


Ellie kinda looks older here, partially because of her height, partially because of the way she tightly shuts her eyes. I guess she is still the same age as the one where she introduces the new students to the academy though.


Nothing beats the attached stories though, as long as they take, always worth it +1

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Sandspire In reply to DjFex [2019-08-19 16:58:19 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much. Ive been steadily improving at drawing sweat I think (with plenty of practice!) and I'm still trying out ways to make it look better - having her skin glisten more for example.

She is meant to be the same age as usual. Potentially she seems taller because she's dangling, her own weight stretching her body a touch. You're right about her eyes, I imagine wider, open eyes help her look younger.

I get quite frustrated when I struggle to write stories with my art and end up sitting on them for ages, so it's really gratifying to hear when people like them so much. I'll have to keep it up!

Thanks again for the comment

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Atastretch In reply to Sandspire [2024-09-07 14:48:38 +0000 UTC]

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PsyHunter29 [2019-08-18 00:54:18 +0000 UTC]

Wait... you mean Ellie's not the greatest trainee at the academy?  The plot thickens!

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DjFex In reply to PsyHunter29 [2019-08-18 02:19:09 +0000 UTC]

"An image of her better self, leagues ahead of the girl who is already the top athlete of the prestigious Academy."

As in:

An image of herself - the top athlete of the prestigious Academy - but better, leagues ahead (of her current form).


she imagines her future self redefining what is to be expected from an academy student.

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PsyHunter29 In reply to DjFex [2019-08-18 12:30:31 +0000 UTC]

Ach, my mistake.

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Sandspire In reply to PsyHunter29 [2019-08-18 01:38:46 +0000 UTC]

Haha no, I suppose that's my fault - it's talking about Ellie herself.

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verseless In reply to Sandspire [2019-08-18 11:34:31 +0000 UTC]

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Sandspire In reply to verseless [2019-09-14 17:57:48 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, that would be a hell of a feat.

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Krysnha [2019-08-18 00:11:04 +0000 UTC]

not bad

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Burksaurus [2019-08-18 00:00:54 +0000 UTC]

I really like her story showing how she's determined

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Sandspire In reply to Burksaurus [2019-08-18 01:39:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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