"People sometimes end up on obscure sites run by just... anyone. A page made by a local club is as easy to find as a corporate site."

I didn't realize that the guy I was talking with about the internet in 1999 thought of this as a *problem* to be solved... not what made the internet awesome.

All along there have been people who see everything you love about the internet as an unfortunate design oversight, something to be fixed. And they've been working for decades to make it happen.

#3266 - Holes

#WordWeavers 1. If your MC wore teeshirts, what would be on their favorite one?

The question is irrelevant for Palak. As a dragon, non-biological entity, and a member of a non-terrestrial culture, it wouldn't come up.

Dellyn would wear a t-shirt with "How often can (pi) go into (infinity)?" on the front, and the symbol for Pi on the back. Callon would wear one that read "As often as he wants to." on the front and the symbol for Infinity on the back.

Alec either doesnt wear clothes, or wears his Overlooked uniform. He has no time for casual wear.

Shadowpaw would like.y wear a shirt that simply read "Thing that goes Bump in the Night," with a stylized blood splatter across the front.

#foxesInLove #comic

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#3265 - Asteroid Threat

When the selkie returned to the beach, a man was holding her sealskin.

"Is this yours?" he asked. "May I borrow it?"

"You want to be a seal?"

"No, but when I take it off, I'll be a woman, right?"

"My heart, you already are," the selkie said. "That skin is mine, but I can help you find yours."

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

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#PennedPossibilities 1055. Does your MC consider themself to be a professional? Of what?

Palak is a Warmaster, military governor of the 5th Fleet Defensive Protection Zone, and prince Consort to the Crown Prince of the Eternal Empire. Yeah, he's a professional.

Dellyn is a dilettante. He's a celebrity who is working very hard to dismantle the cult of personality that he be erected around him in his honor that he never asked for and is traumatically afraid of.

Alec is dedicated to his work and his mate, unfortunately in that order. He's the very definition of professional, and in the intelligence world that means he does just about everything he would ask of any of his agents, including wetwork.

Jerodan is an angel. Literally. He cannot be anything other than what he is, and he will always, and has always, been such. He's also a force of chaos, a trickster god, and the most upsetting and upset mortal fox in the universe. He is the most unprofessional professional who never fails to get the job done. And no one is ever quite sure if he's the one who did anything. Exactly as intended.

#WordWeavers 27. Do you use humor in your writing? If so, any tricks to share?

Always. Humor is the grease that keeps the otherwise morbid and grotesque nature of the world from grinding to a halt. Why do you think that politicians hate comedians so much? Because they make the otherwise unbearable nature of the existence being forced on everyone to be liveable, and that is counter to the policies that they need to grind us down. I am proud to be part of the resistance, and it is NOT futile. It is a required and necessary part of modern life and therefore part of my writing style. Also, puns. Lots of puns.

#WordWeavers 28. If you couldn’t die as long as you had more book ideas to write, how long are you living?

The heat Death of the universe wouldn't stop me because I would want to write a story about that, too. As long as there are stories to be told, myths to be spoken, and people willing to listen to them, I will be there. Ten million years dead in the ground and I will still be there telling my stories.

So, I'm looking for some art to use with my new SF2e/SFS character, and I'm finding a distressing lack of Skittermander art. More and more of it is turning out to be AI generated, which I don't like to use, and so far none of it is of Glittermanders.

So, yeah, the character is a non-binary androgynous Glittermander (Shiny Skittermander ancestry) Luminary (combat support celebrity) focusing on Music as their weapon. I haven't settled on a fur color, but I'm leaning towards yellow and red. His armor, clothing, and most equipment are hardlight constructs that he creates through Occult magic as a Luminary, and he frequently uses his Glittermancer racial of making his fur glow to strobe and flashbang opponents (and unlucky allies).

If anyone wants to do some practice work, the SF community really could use some more Skittermander art. Or if you think you know some place I might not have looked, yet, I'll take that, too.

#WordWeavers 23. What one object would make your MC’s life much easier?

A Red/Blue Button.

Red Button: Darkness Wins and all Life is extinguished across every reality in every Universe, and Universes are forbidden to create it again.

Blue Button: Darkness is defeated and must end its crusade to end Life. Universes may create or destroy Life in their own realities at their own leisure, but are not allowed to let the Life they create to threaten the existence of any other Universe.

#PennedPossibilities 1051. MC POV: What, if any, superstitions do you keep? Do you feel compelled to impose them on others?

Palak: Superstitions are what happens when one misunderstands of the universe. Having spoken with Her, I have few, if any, misunderstandings. I don't always agree with Her logic, but I do not question Her plan. She has much greater knowledge of all the possible outcomes, and so while I do not, I consider my misgivings to be borne for imperfect knowledge. I have Faith, and Faith is not a superstition.

Dellyn: Anyone who has been able to step outside the Flow and see all the possibilities at once knows that superstitions are just imperfect understanding. I do not believe in luck, fate, or higher beings. Given enough time, I can see the outcomes, at least in as far as they are relevant to the immediate situation, and act accordingly. Even if that action is not to act at all. Yes, the choice to do nothing is still a choice.

Shadowpaw: "Oh, yeah. Lots of superstitions existed on Tyrol. I was one of the big //boogeyman// that Tribals used to keep their pups in line. "Don't disobey your elders or the Shadowhunters will claim you in the night and eat you." As if I would ever eat my own kin. It turns out that most of our superstitions, at least among the Tribals, were actually survival tactics dressed up in religion and dogma. "Don't step on the grass in rings of light." Well, there's a reason that the trees don't grow over that particular spot on the ground. Test it and you might lose a leg, or your life. There are lots of ways to die on Tyrol. Bastions are most of them. Don't trust a Bastion with anything you cherish."

From Dune and ... 🎯

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It’s not just an aesthetic, It’s a lifestyle!
Keep Furry Weird!!!

"I had no doubt it was unmerited, but, procedure is procedure for first meetings. With the formality out of the way, allow me to get to the point. A few weeks ago you killed a werewolf with light colored fur like this..” Sophitia tilted her head slightly to one side and gestured to the sand coloured fur running from her chin tapering down past the collar of the white dress shirt she wore, “and a patch of black on his forehead like a W.”

Medb looked at Sophitia with some confusion, “¿The patch looked like a what?”

The unexpected question threw Sophitia off the script she had rehearsed in her head, leaving her to sputter, “Huh?”

Morgan tapped Medb on the arm and flipped to a page in the notebook she pulled from her satchel. “It's the letter you giggled while practicing because you said it looks like the stone-people symbol for a-place-to-relieve-your-bowels.”

Sophitia started stuttering, absolutely stunned, "Y-y-you can't read?"

Morgan found it amusing that the imposing werewolf lady seemed to be absolutely befuddled. "She's not from our universe. The common language there used forty to forty-three characters. None match our twenty-six."

Sophitia stood there at a loss of words as the precious girl flipped to a page with a hand drawn table of symbols.

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#SanguineDreams #riders_of_the_dream #RidersOfTheDream #werewolves #werewolf #writing

Pretending to be what they want you to be won't make them like you.

As part of 'Making Tax Digital' the UK will soon force people to use proprietary software to file certain types of tax return. If you disagree, think people should have control over their data, that HMRC alone should be in charge of HMRC's job, that you shouldn't have to pay random companies just to pay your own taxes, I suggest you sign this UK e-petition:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/769610

#UK #UKPol #software