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Hi again! The second chapter ended up having very little about it changed, so that's why I'm able to post it this quickly. The biggest change is the removal of the beginning of the Miriam plot, since I've decided not to include it in the reboot.
No particular content warnings outside references...
Red looked disconcerted for the briefest moment, but then covered it up with a smirk.
"Damn. Didn't know you wanted the touch of my balls that badly," he said, though he said it quietly.
[Thank you! Although being closer to 4 than 400 still leaves you at a maximum of 202 IQ...]
[Yeah, hard...
Hi everyone, Canis here. I have some bad news and good news. Bad news is that I'm retiring this thread. Good news is that it's because I'm rebooting this story! Find the new thread here. I swear it'll be a much better version and one I'll actually complete.
Thank you!
Threadmarks: Author's Notes & Chapter One - Confession
Oookay, so, what's the deal? A new thread for The Bringer? What am I, rebooting it?
Well, yeah.
Let me explain my reasons inside this spoiler so that the people who are just newly coming into this don't have to read (as big of) a wall of text:
So, here we are. I'm going to be posting a...
"Greetings!" Red called out, with a grin, opening his arms wide. "I am Red, High Priest of HELIX and soon-to-be king of reality. The reason for my gracing you with my presence is that I was informed there would be people to kill." His grin morphed into a minor scowl. "Of course, I agreed to this...
Hey there! This is a short horror story that I started writing a bit ago and have now edited to a finalized (for now) state. Thanks to @NebulaDreams for betareading!
As a horror story and something written by me, there are naturally going to be content warnings. They are the following:
Blood...
Alright! Welcome to the last planned part of this ramble. I may add something else in supplementary parts later if it comes to me and feels worthwhile to say, but I won't promise anything.
This is the part where we start using what we've learned before to make our own Pokémon-like monsters. I...
Glad you're enjoying the posts!
Legendary design is kind of something that I've not fully been able to wrap my head around (just where do they come up with the ideas for all those details?), so I'm not sure if I'll be able to say a lot about it. I'll definitely be thinking about it more now...
Hey again! Let's continue from where we left off.
So, in Part 1, I talked a bit about colors and shapes (and silhouettes, which are basically just combinations of shapes). In this part, we'll dive deeper into principles of character design revolving around colors and shapes, and use existing...
Ohhhhhhh shhhhhhhit I did not remember that I promised to return to this on short notice. Sorry about that - I must have gotten distracted and then just forgot. I am here now, though! Let's get to chapter 2.
Having read this chapter now, you definitely did write very darkly and gorily this...
Hey all! I'm here today to ramble about the monster design in Pokémon - more specifically, the patterns I have noticed in Pokémon monster designs, general character design principles and what I myself have put into use in the design of characters for my own Pokémon-like game, Beasts of Auralia...
Cannot read this excerpt or any other myself due to my due to my living situation and general difficulty pronouncing English, so I know it won't necessarily be read, but here it is anyway. It's from Kills-Other-Humans, and it's 691 words. Looking forward to listening to the other stories, though!
hi!!! reread the fic in order to recap and now have read chapter 8. this is really more meme responses than a review but i hope you like it anyway
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well it was a good attempt dusk
it took me a really long time to understand what the rules for this...
and here's the final one (i have planned for, anyway) of 2025! theme was "captured!" rated everyone, no content warnings.
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The Great Karara
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The city scrolled underneath Karara as he flew. The park, the residential district, the commercial district. From up so high, he felt like a...
another drabble! this one i challenged myself to do in exactly 100 words. the theme was "wild life". rated teen with content warnings for blood, death and verbal child abuse.
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Wild
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The nighttime savannah is quiet. It mourns the six motionless mightyena lying against its ground...
hey hey hey! it seems that i did not end up writing more than one bingo drabble in 2024 despite having ideas for multiple, but that's okay. i have a much better feeling about the 2025 ones since i've been practicing writing with standards lower than the sky-high ones i usually have.
this one's...