Fox and Quill

Chaos incarnate

[foxythechaotic]

This Fox is working hard to write the third chapter in RBA. It is a slow process as she only gets thirty to sixty minutes every couple of days to write anything. She wanted to share a few of her favorite lines so far though. Do not worry, nothing is spoiled. You could still be a roguish bastard of a pirate without leaving dead bodies floating behind you. Blocking was for people with shields, death wishes, or skulls thick enough to survive their own bad decisions.

Chapter Three is going to be another long one!

[foxythechaotic]

Fridays are 5k word days and weekends are supposed to be 10k word days. Today is Sunday and Fox has zero words written for either of those days! Fox better get to writing if she hopes to have 10k words written by Monday! Fox will work on RBA first since chapter three is in the edit state and after Valley of Seven. Maybe if the Gods are willing she'll be able to get two chapters out before leaving in a week!

[foxythechaotic]

[corpseprize]

the reality of being a writer

heres how to fix it

[brainstreams]

[foxythechaotic]

This Fox must realistically calculate how much travel time happens across the entire province of Skyrim! If it is not accurately calculated, this Fox will die!

[foxythechaotic]

People are getting to comfortable accusing authors and other creatives of using AI without any proof otherwise. AI detecting tools are not infallible, and more often than not will say something is AI. Entire careers and reputations are being ruined because of false accusations that have little to no merit other than someone's gut feelings. And once the accusation is out there, it doesn't matter if it's retracted. The damage is already done, the correction never travels as far as the original claim.

[foxythechaotic]

well, this fox has been mighty quiet lately, ain't she?

this vixen's been workin' on somethin' though. got a vision for the desk setup and she's bringin' it to life real slow and careful-like. warm wood, soft light, all the little things that matter sittin' right where this fox can see 'em.

ain't quite ready to show it off yet but this vixen's real excited about where it's headed.

more pictures comin' soon. 🌿🕯️

[homunculus-argument]

My dash is full of struggling writers rn.

[kaidanworkshop]

Workshop Update: KRCE 2.0 Open Beta Announcement

Salutations Workshop Spectators! We are incredibly pleased to finally announce the beginning of our Open Beta for Kaidan Revoiced: Community Expansion 2.0! Our original 1.X version of KRCE will remain up for those who prefer it, while Workshop original content will be implemented in KRCE 2.0. Open to members of our Discord server, we will be shadow dropping a link to the beta version of KR:CE 2.0 sometime in the next two weeks. We are seeking the help of the community to track down any mod incompatibilities or bugs, so we can get them ironed out before our release on Nexus! You can look over the official KR:CE 2.0 Open Beta Changelog to view the full list of content additions and changes. For best results during beta testing, please don't use collections or modpacks that already include an old version of our mod (eg. Gate to Sovngarde) due to the existence of custom patches that will conflict with our latest update. The curators of those collections will need to fix their patches after our official release.

We are incredibly proud of the work we've put into this release, and we hope that our vision for what new Kaidan content looks like is something that you all enjoy as well. Thank you again so much for your patience and support! Keep an eye out for the link drop!

[foxythechaotic]

So this Vixen guesses that trying for original ideas isn't something that KRCE is capable of. Most if not all the added content is an exact copypasta from the Immersive Features team, only with a slight twist.

[foxythechaotic]

Fox is Writing Things

This Vixen has been quietly working on a Skyrim fanfiction for some time now, and chapter two is finally up on AO3.

Roots Beneath the Ash follows two brothers — a Bosmer and his half-Breton sibling — who survived a Thalmor purge in Valenwood and have been running ever since. They are joined by a former pirate with questionable risk assessment, and together the three of them make the arguably poor decision to chase a wanted swordsman toward Helgen.

This Fox will not pretend the fic is without its rough edges. It is a work in progress, and she is learning as she goes. What she can say is that it is the story she has wanted to tell for a while, and she is genuinely proud of how it is shaping up.

If you enjoy found family, civil war era Skyrim, emotionally constipated characters who are trying their best, and the occasional terrible joke around a campfire — this might be for you.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[frontmansdefender]

wigginsgolf on instagram

[me-and-my-gaster]

Xelzaz and 'Candle' found a new mushroom during their usual dragonborning in the Rift.

Experimenting with the style!

[thememedaddy]

[yasmin1000000]

“So basically my couch has electricity and I use it to charge my battery powered doorbell”

“Okay that makes sense”

[la-reine-du-disco]

Now explain it to a Japanese samurai from the year 1218

[rui-cifer]

"do you know how waterwheels grind up grain in a water mill using the force of running water? We found a way to create a huge source of force that runs all the time and can transfer its force over long distance. I can tell you in more detail, but that's the basics. Now that is a chime that has a mechanism that one can press instead of having to open the door to let you know that you are waiting to be let in. It requires the transferred force to make the mechanism work and that wire is how we transfer the force to the chime."

[sizhens-deactivated20250415]

[mediocrefantasy]

i love these sort of posts because they feel like a vision of a kinder and more thoughtful world that I wish more than anything was the mainstream instead of the exception

[ineffectualdemon]

Dara O'Brien has a bit in one of his standup shows about being transported in time and explaining modern technology

And what I love about it is the bit isn't "haha people from the past don't understand modern technology" it's "haha we don't really understand technology or how to explain it"

And Dara isn't uneducated about this stuff He has a degree in science

But a lot of us wouldn't be able to explain

[foxythechaotic]

Has anyone else noticed that the last decade feels like a cold-war style civil war between Democrats and Republicans?

Their cultists blame each other for everything. Name-calling, insults, and violence traded daily. Their leaders keep pushing “them versus us,” but “us” is never the people. It is always other workers. Other neighbors. Sometimes just each other. Wedge politics, working exactly as intended.

Both cults wrap themselves in so-called “Christian” values. Screaming righteousness in the name of Jesus while practicing none of his teachings. Not one. This Fox calls them cults because that is what they have become. Blind loyalty. Moral exemptions. Rage instead of thought.

The Wheel is turning. History is repeating itself.

This Vixen once heard the YouTuber Technoblade, may he rest in peace. Cancer is a bitch. He said, “Anarchy is Eden.” Not because chaos is good, but because when systems rot badly enough, collapse starts to look like freedom. That should terrify everyone.

If you want a cultural snapshot of now, listen to Land of Confusion. It has not stopped being relevant.

This Fox is not calling for violence. This Fox is calling for real reform. Stop voting red or blue out of fear. Find other paths. Build them.

Gen Z and Gen Alpha are coming either way. Many of them already see the glitch in the system. Maybe we help instead of getting in the way.

[foxythechaotic]

Character Art this Vixen commissioned from the very talented Chrononath over on VGen, check them out! https://vgen.co/chrononath

[foxythechaotic]

A Fox Looks Toward 2026

New Year’s is not too far off, and 2026 is shaping up to be a big and busy year. This Fox has never been particularly good at planning out her years, and when she does try, she has a bad habit of not sticking to those plans.

2025 was… a lot.

This Vixen lost two parental figures, moved back home to Tennessee to become a full-time caregiver for her elderly father, learned that her sister has stage three cancer, and weathered a thousand smaller things that piled up until they were anything but small.

Unsurprisingly, this Fox did not manage to complete even a quarter of what she had hoped to do in 2025. So for 2026, the goal is more modest and, hopefully, more realistic: hitting at least 35% of what she sets out to accomplish. Anything beyond that will be a victory.

2026 will be a big year regardless. Bear Cub will be graduating high school. Fox-Wolf Cub One will officially enter the teenage years, and Fox-Wolf Cub Two will become a tween. Life is not slowing down, even if this Fox occasionally wishes it would.

Fox’s Personal Goals for 2026

Write the Greek mythology–inspired book she has been sitting on the outline for for the past two years.

Complete at least five book reviews in the first quarter.

Write at least three personal essays or articles for Vocal in the first quarter.

Post more regularly across platforms on a variety of topics.

Open up the Creation Kit and continue work on the Anna’s NPC Expansion that this Vixen started in mid-2025. Ideally, she would love to see it live on Nexus by June.

These are the results this Vixen hopes to have underway by the end of the first quarter.

For now, the last few days of December will be spent visiting sisters in South Carolina and taking her offspring to the beach. That feels like a pretty good way to step into the New Year.

[foxythechaotic]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Elder Scrolls, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Kaidan (Elder Scrolls)/Original Character(s) Characters: Eldraak (Original Character), Kaidan (Elder Scrolls), Gore (Elder Scrolls), Boudiana Ravenscore (Elder Scrolls), Aela the Huntress, Skjor (Elder Scrolls) Additional Tags: One Shot, POV Kaidan (Skyrim), Companions, The Circle (Skyrim), Friendship, protective Kaidan, Ritual Magic, Pre-Dragon Crisis Summary:

Kaidan already knows the Circle's secret, but that doesn't make it easier when Eldraak tells everyone to stay inside for the night. Following the sound of howling into the Whiterun plains, he witnesses his friend's first transformation and realizes that some changes can't be undone.