Autumn: Hi Stellar! How are you doing and feeling about competing in the showdown? I wish you the best of luck! :)
she's not doing okay... she doesn't wanna compete against a sweet little baby 😭 (Rapidfire-Harley Davidson belongs to @confused-bagel) @sonic-fankid-showdown
Hello! I’ve been seeing a lot about your work on social media lately and would love to read your books. What series do you recommend I start with?
Thanks ☺️
That depends on your taste/interest. I don't really write the same kind of thing from series to series, because I get bored easily and often want to try new subgenres/styles/etc. So I'll just briefly list my series and you can pick the one that appeals the most.
There's the Inheritance Trilogy, (link goes to the first book) my first published novels. A secondary world that has enslaved its own gods deals with the repercussions of that, from the POVs of three mortals. There's an overarching plot arc for all three books -- and there are some side-stories for this trilogy, too -- but each has a different narrator and takes place at different times. First person past tense, if you care about that sort of thing. (I don't, but some people seem weirdly attached to/repulsed by particular persons/tenses, so I'm including that info here.)
Then there's the Dreamblood Duology, which were actually written before the Inheritance books but I couldn't get them published at first because publishing in the 2000s was hella racist, basically. (I know, it hasn't changed much... but that little bit of change was enough for me to break in.) These books are as close to traditional fantasy as I'm probably ever going to get, except that they take place in faux ancient Egypt instead of faux medieval Europe. The story follows priests of the dream goddess as they're forced to deal with a conspiracy that threatens to inflict horrors on their society. Third person past tense for both books.
Next up is the Broken Earth trilogy. That's my experimental one, with first, second, and third-person POVs, present tense, a completely non-Earth world, and some heavy themes. All three books form a single story spanning, oh, forty thousand years or so, but mostly they're centered on one incredibly angry middle-aged mother who is on a roaring rampage of revenge/revolution. Features earthbenders, anti-magic groomers, magic statue people, and the apocalypse (again). Lots of "dark" themes and horror moments (harm to children, systemic bigotry, people-eating bugs, more).
My most recent books are the Great Cities duology. Urban fantasy set in modern-day New York, third person multiple POV ensemble cast. Turns out cities come to life once they hit a certain point, and then they claim a human avatar to represent and protect them. New York turns out to have six. It's also got some very unwanted tourists in the form of Lovecraftian entities that are trying to destroy it, along with reality as we know it. I meant for these to be lighthearted and silly and I think they kind of are, but there are still some notable political elements in them. (I mean, it's set in modern-day New York, and I started them the year Trump got elected, so...) It's lighthearted for me, anyway.
He is able to sleep despite being a 'drow' because of Bhaal's design, but when he's asleep and his mind is weakened, he's far more likely to submit to Bhaal's influence (why he kills the bard in his sleep).
He did that before the tadpoles, too; if he falls asleep without anyone to hold onto, he usually wakes up screaming in a matter of minutes because of horrible nightmares he no doubt suffers. Back at the temple, he would solve that issue by sleeping with Bhaalists and letting them share his bed for the night, or by simply keeping corpses in his bed to cuddle up to, and later by simply going to Gortash's; but it gets complicated when he's at the camp post-tadpoles. Lae'zel help and Astarion eventually help.
Just wanted to say that your Soap drawings (and your art in general) have given me a lot of joy ever since I found you! Its helped me get through some tough stuff with a smile, so thanks for that 💗
aww, anon! i'm super glad my soap doods light ya up!! doodle soap saved up a bit of his salary so he can buy ya some roses, mwah!!
girlypop I have a question about your post with the rancid ass take about what jobs men apparently should no longer take. What the fuck do you actually expect men to do?? Because if we go with your suggestion to kick men out of all professions where they might encounter a woman at some point, the only option left would be to stay at home and do nothing all day while the wife does literally everything, which in my books is the exact opposite of feminism (equality) but okay pop off ig 💀
Terfs: ugh men are so shit and stupid and do nothing all day
Men: do a reputable job that helps people
Terfs: ugh how fucking DARE they
Like make it make sense girl
The common denominator among the professions I listed in that post wasn’t simply that men “might encounter a woman at some point.” The common denominator was men, either in positions of authority or asymmetrical power dynamics, having guaranteed and unsupervised access to highly vulnerable individuals.
Men themselves repeatedly demonstrate that these are not positions which they are worthy of when they commit atrocity after atrocity against the individuals under their supervision.
And you know, I could the take time to really showcase why excluding men from these professions is necessary. I could dole out the usual statistics on male depravity, and how it unequivocally spikes when men have access to women who are either undressed, unconscious, isolated, mentally handicapped, or underage. I could mention the frequency of male morticians raping corpses, or the frequency of male prison guards sexually exploiting female inmates, or the frequency of male therapists molesting or fantasizing about their female patients.
I could mention all the Larry Nassars of the medical world, like the male anesthesiologist who raped countless unconscious women, or the male doctor who carved his initials onto women’s abdomens during C-sections, or all the male gynecologists who have been caught taking pictures of women’s vulvas during exams. I could even bring up the fact that in most of these professions, you already have the option to choose a female provider, because other people besides evil radical feminists like myself recognize how catastrophic it can be to give men of authority unsupervised access to highly vulnerable individuals.
But it would all be futile, because at the end of the day, I’m never going to be convinced that naively giving men the benefit of the doubt is ever worth increasing the risk of female victimization, even by a minuscule amount. In reality, assuming the worst in men is often the safest and most reasonable approach, no matter how hurtful your ego may find it. And if that offends you so much, take it up with the men who created these fucking circumstances.
Gnolls. I joke about it but he does genuinely love them.
He likes animals in general but they tend to be afraid of him, as they can recognize a dangerous predator when they see one; gnolls don't have that instinct and share his bloodlust. On more than one occasion, he slept cuddled up with them and while he still would kill them without any real regret (as with everyone else) they're the one creatures he at least attempts to give second chances to.
He treats them as his puppies and Gortash just has to deal with the fact that his partner often smells like gnolls because he once again slept in the kennels with them.