General Discussion

Hi, I'm not sure what community (or subreddit if it still only exists on Reddit somewhere), but I have been working on this story idea of mine. It is about my personation on here that is Konala Koala, who is known as Koala Mother to the koalas since she cares for them all. It takes place within the great forest in a location near Mount Warning in Australia, similar to the onsetting of Ferngully the Last Rainforest, and there is also a lost boy who wears a footed koala suit outfit that has an open faced koala hood there named Jonly.

The idea is Konala Koala originally resided in Koalawalla Land, a parallel dimension of koalas (like the one from the old Noozles cartoon), but then she crossed over to Earth through a portal or rift that opened in the dreaming skies of Koalawalla Land. When she attempted to return there, the inter-dimensional bridge known as the Great Axis of Eucalyptus Light shuddered. It was in that moment, as the connection to Earth began to break, Konala attempted to leap through the fading portal, but failed.

Konala, who is the gentle Mother of All Koalas, has light grey fur kissed by moonlight and eyes deep with remembering. She carried within her the Dreamsong of Koalawalla Land, a melody that could awaken life or soothe sorrow. She ended up in the heart of Yurra Gungal, which is what the name of the great forest is. Konala built no home, for the forest was her home. Her koala children, both mystical and ordinary, climbed the ancient eucalyptus trees and began to hum the lost harmonies of Koalawalla Land.

It was said the sound of a mother koala’s call, when heard in the deepest part of Yurra Gungal, can still open the ears of the spirit. But Konala wept at night because the Axis was gone. The way back home was sealed. So she sang. Each night she climbed to the highest branch of the oldest gum and sang the Old Way Song, hoping the tones would stretch beyond worlds and reweave the broken thread between the dimensions. Some say the forest responded, growing more alive with each note. Flowers that bloom nowhere else bloom there.

She also carries the grief of what is actually happening to the koalas in Australia, and you will fell that is she chooses to embrace her. There are other ideas I have which involve Jonly the Lost Boy where his koala outfit is more than just clothing, it is a blessing cloak crafted from enchanted bark-fiber and fae-spun thread, tailored by Konala herself to shield his identity and protect his fae aura. This is because Jonly is part of two worlds where he is not fully of either, and his koala fae blood hears what his human heart cannot name.

There is also the old bridge over the gorge at the edge of the forest that has collapsed somewhat, and a glyph called the Tether Mark, one of the last physical remnants of the axis-thread that once bound Earth and Koalawalla Land. A seam between worlds. And it also features an evil being that is cat shaped and wears a coat full of pockets, and is after the glyph for nefarious reasons, but I had been running into various issues trying to put all of this together in writing.

When I tried to ask about this in a Discord Server for story writing, I ended up getting muted and then muted again, and I'm still muted there. So, I'm just wondering if there is someplace where I can talk about this story without issues or somehow being in violation of that place's rules. If you are interested in this and know of someplace where I could seek further help, please let me know.