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walk with me always

saw someone saying that my new book sounds too convoluted, and can I just say, what the fuck is so convoluted about a brain slug alien taking over the Canadian parliament and then getting run over by a truck and isekaid into a fantasy world where a goddess tasks him to kill the demon lord and reincarnates him into a pale twink but he falls in love/lust with a spider centaur instead? hello????

rorschachisgay

genuine sincere question but why does he need to be in canada at all at the start. why set it up with him being an alien in a foreign world he is unfamiliar with and is strange to him, meaning he has no real attachment to it or knowledge of it, and then immediately send him to a different world that he is unfamiliar with. why not just have an alien crash on a fantasy world would that not have the same effect entirely? lands a spaceship on top of the supposed chosen one of the dark goddess and then has to awkwardly take their place until the spider romance gets in the way? i see the appeal of the sci-fi and fantasy blend but i don't get why the canada bit has to be there like, thematically or structurally, so I'm wondering what the appeal of it is for you to have it set up in this way

pangur-and-grim

no worries, I have an extremely easy answer! I am Canadian

pangur-and-grim

it is fun, because when he's a brain slug in a Canadian setting, he has the ability to 'mask'. because he's puppeting someone's body and wrapped around their brain, and he can use what's left of their mind to smooth out any social situations.

but once he's isekaid and transmogrified into a full on human being, that's it, no more convenient brain to reference! so he almost completely loses the ability to act human, and has to just rely on the scraps he remembers from the last body. which adds another layer of "oh, I'm fucked" that you wouldn't usually get in an isekai

#okay but that addition makes me positively feral about that book ngl #can't wait to read it

aaami

"I like using ai"

veitstanz

first pages of Shared Plot I have more but I want to finish the first chapter first~

veitstanz

the response to this has been so heartening?? It really makes me feel like hey... maybe this can be a thing that people who are not me are into...

I was gonna leave it at that, but the next two panels are one of my favorite things I've ever drawn so. Please look ok.

kateammann

Happy Pride Month to all of my fellow aces!! 🖤🩶🤍💜

pixiemage

Hey there! Just a friendly reminder/PSA from your friendly neighborhood Pixiemage!

“Dead Dove: Do Not Eat” is too often (incorrectly) used as a cover-all tag, on fics ranging from Vaguely Uncomfortable to Serious Shit, as a replacement for any intense tags relating to the story. People will use it to say “Holy shit guys some INTENSE SHIT happens in this story” without actually saying what that Intense Shit™ is.

In actuality, the “Dead Dove” tag is meant to be used in addition to other warning tags. Pulled from a scene from the show Arrested Development (look it up on YouTube!), it means “Hi! Hey! I labeled this fic to warn you of what’s in it, so you might REALLY want to read those labels! This fic is exactly what it says on the tin! The tags are accurate! Don’t say I didn’t warn you, because this is me warning you! Read the tags!”

So before you accidentally use the “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat” tag without context, here’s your preemptive lesson for next time. Please tag your fics accordingly! Ta!

~ Pixie

chewedcorn

Map of the US by a truck driver who has seen most of it…

54viruses

This is DEFINITELY someone I call an expert.

drtanner

I’m desperate to know who Gary is. So I can also avoid him.

aropride

if your animal is lying on the floor, furniture etc, it’s important to take a picture of them. then, if they move or shift in any way, it’s important to take another picture. with this technique, you can take many pictures of your animal

panicbones

you and me, me and you

etaedraws

Commission for a client via discord of their lovely were-deer oc

valdevia

Many accounts of the legendary mermaids may owe their existence not to a fish-like humanoid, but to the elusive sea beavers (Castor littoralis).

This species of rodent, much like its freshwater cousin, builds complex wooden structures, creating artificial reefs to farm fish and seaweed. Unlike their relatives, though, their supply of wood is limited. While most rely on driftwood or tear down human docks, some populations have opted to construct intricate lures, possibly to attract human attention and provoke shipwrecks. This brings in a new source of materials to grow their ever-larger barriers.

(Bestiary)

valdevia

Last day to reblog this before Mermay ends. Last chance to prove the mermaid enjoyers in your life wrong with FACTS

syn4k

its still crazy to me years later how artists and writers have been complaining about how hard it is sometimes to draw and write since the dawn of time and we all talk about how we'd love to be able to just make art without actually having to make art but when ai started producing images that were passable as human made art and companies started marketing it as Exactly That, Making Art Without Having To Make Art, we all collectively went "no wtf" and beat the shit out of it with hammers without hesitation

aspiringwarriorlibrarian

Digital de-aging is bad not just because it always looks creepy as fuck no matter how much money they pour into it, but because it deprives me of getting to see the fucking black magic of a) the casting director somehow finding someone who looks unnervingly like the original actor despite not being related at all and b) the actors completely convincing me that they are, in fact, the same person at different times in their life.