Sorry for the portrait video. Forgot to turn the camera lol.
Also, reminder: I take ADHD meds regularly, me talking about taking them isn't me taking them illegally. I am a good boy.
Also-also: THOSE THORNY FUCKERS WRECKED ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHIRTS!
Heya all! I’m really sorry I once again went radio-silent for so long. It wasn’t my intention, but life has been… busier than I was expecting, honestly.
I’ve attached a video I sent to my family in Australia, mostly as padding, but also to show y’all what I’ve been up to.
And I have come to an important conclusion: spring sucks.
Let me tell you a tale of why I’ve been so busy…
It started when the snow started to melt towards the end o...
2025-04-01 02:13:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Holy shit, where did January go? Like, no joke, I looked away for a few seconds and the month was over. I’m sorry for not updating sooner, but… goddamn. I’m not experiencing ‘missing time’ or any shit like that, I just got busy.
So, as you can see from the update, I have been doing some writing! Yay! It’s kinda hard to muster up the energy most days right now (physical exhaustion for a change, it’s a nice change lol), but I am still trying. I wanna say I’m about a ...
2025-02-01 00:01:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hope everyone’s holidays were great, filled with food, family and friends and stuff.
Just wanted to pop in and give that (belated) message.
Thank you all so much for everything this year, and yes, I will do a proper preview/update before the end of the year.
Happy Nagamas, friends!
2024-12-26 15:17:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, trying out something different here. I like to do this kind of rune-reading thing for fun, and I figured I'd do one for anyone who wants to watch it. It's not, like, fortune telling or anything like that, it's more just a vague nudge to help you think about stuff. Like I said, I think it's fun and wanted to share it with y'all. Maybe I'll start doing these regularly?
Anyway, I hope y'all enjoyed the latest chapter! I have no idea why it took so long at the end there, but it happe...
2024-12-01 02:57:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, so maybe 'today', when I said it the other day, was a little optimistic.
BUT!
TODAY IS THE DAY!
Yes indeedy, it is finally time. And, as always, a massive thanks goes to the incredibly talented MercyArt for her beautiful sketch. How heart-warming, right?
I hope y'all enjoy! I'm working on other IRL stuff right now, but I'll be circling back around to the Self Insert very, very soon. Who'd have thought the period right before winter would get so busy on a farm? ...
2024-11-18 17:28:01 +0000 UTC View PostHoly crap, it's already November. Where the hell does the time go?
Anyway, long time no talk. Sorry, that's on me. It's been a rough couple months. Like, real rough. Lost my job, so had to go onto 'income assistance' (Canada's version of welfare); haven't been able to find another job, although I'm hopeful I can at the very least find some part time shit at Walmart; that sickness I had earlier in Summer, that wasn't done with me, either, and I've had random migraines and bouts of dizzi...
2024-11-09 13:37:50 +0000 UTC View Post
I just wanted to drop in and tell you all that before I upload the next Self Insert chapter and do a proper update. I know I’ve been real quiet lately, but there’s a bunch of good reasons, and god damn life has decided she is done with my bullshit lmao.
The next chapter is done. I have some very minor editing left to do that I’m hoping I can power through tomorrow. Reasons why I say ‘power through’ will be disclosed in my actual update.
Also, please e...
2024-11-01 02:49:57 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, so firstly and quickly, I have some good news: I have a new Twitter account y'all can follow for updates and pictures of my minis and stuff I'm working on (so many minis...): @lonepineben
Now, if you follow other creators, I'm sure y'all have heard of the upcoming changes to Patreon's subscription model. Basically, Apple are being fucking dicks and are forcing Patreon to process their payments through Apple's App Store if you use an Apple device. This is creating an extra c...
2024-08-19 14:56:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Alrighty, long radio silence again. Sorry about that. I have a good excuse this time, though!
I got sick. Again. But!
This time I got real damn sick.
There was a lovely product recall here in the Great White North on some plant-based milk replacement products about a month ago (by a company that, for legal reasons, shall remain nameless) due to a bacterial contamination by Listeria. Of course, the one damn time I buy this brand because my regular is out of stoc...
2024-08-01 12:43:03 +0000 UTC View Post
oh my gosh, a second vlog!? two full months in a row!? MADNESS!
2024-06-23 15:07:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Heya everyone! Preview time!
So, it’s a small preview, but it’s the rejected opening for the next chapter. Just wasn’t working for me, and when I sat down to redo it, I smashed the scene out in one sitting. I am planning at least half the chapter from Morgan’s perspective, though, and I did write a full scene and a couple really good parts with her perspective already.
Yes, the writing has begun anew! I found a nice, quiet corner in the old farmhouse I’m now occupying t...
2024-06-02 14:45:37 +0000 UTC View PostI'm not dead! Sorry for the super long silence, but I made it. Finally. I'm in Canada. I just wanted to drop a quick message here to let you all know that I'm still alive, still moving forward and I'm still writing.
I'll have a fancy new video-update in the next day or two explaining everything.
Thanks for all your patience and Nagaspeed!
2024-05-11 20:44:19 +0000 UTC View PostSo, I know I've been kinda quiet lately. I actually haven't gotten a whole lot of writing done so far this month. There's a good reason for that, actually.
METALLOVER'S MOVING TO CANADA! WOO!
Yes, you read that correctly! After literally an entire decade of trying and failing to make this journey, it's finally time. My tickets are booked, I've resigned from my job, and all my other junk is under control. I just have to organise freight for som...
2024-03-16 01:32:46 +0000 UTC View PostOh my god it's finally done. I did it. I finished this absolute chonker of a chapter.
There were a few revisions to the latter half that took me longer than they should have, mostly because I had to add a whole bunch of extra detail and some entire scenes. I didn't actually check the final word count, but I know it's big. And remember! I asked if y'all wanted me to split it, and all the Discord patrons told me no! XD
I apologise again for the delay, but I got a lot ...
2024-02-18 14:10:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy all!
I wanted to share this amazing piece of art given to me as a gift by the amazingly talented MercyArt, and I figured "hey, what better day to share than on the Day of Love?" Obviously, I've cropped it to make it safe for the thumbnail, the full version is available as a download at the bottom of the post.
Inspired by one of the ending scenes of the last chapter, I've titled the piece 'Bitches Love Cannons'. It's a joke from TeamFourStar's Hellsing Abridged se...
2024-02-15 04:30:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello all!
Long span of time between updates again. I know, I know, I'm a butt. No excuses this time, I've just been enjoying the last of my post-surgery time off before going back to work. Not to say I haven't been writing, though. I'd say this chapter is about... ugh... I wanna say 80-85% done? It's another whopper, is probably gonna be close to 20k words. I did ask on Discord if I should split the chapter into two, make it more digestible, have something for y'all to read a little so...
2024-01-29 02:09:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy all! Gasp! Am I doing an update before the end of the month!? The sky must be falling!
Well, it actually might come pretty close to that here, because there's a category 5 cyclone coming right at us, and I wanted to update before I ran the risk of losing internet access for an extended period of time.
I'm going to keep this update brief, because I want to actually do a vlog up for the first time, in, like, ages. I was gonna guess a number, but I think it's been l...
2023-12-08 23:00:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Wowsers, I am so sorry to have left y'all hanging all month. It's been another pretty busy one for me, and no, I have no goddamn idea how I've been so busy despite being off work, either.
So, obviously from the image above, you can tell, I had my second surgery! Both hands fixed! Yee! Hopefully, this is the last one (unless the public healthcare system finally gets back to me about my back, but the outlook on that one isn't so good). Unfortunately, there was an itty-bitty complica...
2023-11-24 01:53:46 +0000 UTC View PostSo, here it is! For your reading ease, the story so far of the Metallover's Self Insert Dark collection, for your easy access.
This story, while usually a patron-directed story I do with Patreon's poll system, has been on hiatus for the last year or so due to my failing health. Now that I'm getting better now, though, I am starting to work on it again. So, now's the time to start reading while I work and finish up the latest story arc! And yes, I will update this post once that ch...
2023-10-25 02:46:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all! After, like, five or so years of Patreon, I figured it was about time to start posting the previous rewards in an easier to access way. Because, honestly, this profile is a mess lol.
This particular post is part one of what I think(?) will be a three-part series meant to compile the afore-mentioned rewards of yesteryear, which will hopefully be appearing over the next few days. This particular post is all about the eBooks (in PDF form; let me know if any other formats would be ...
2023-10-23 01:05:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Heya all,
Sorry for the lateness of this update. The last few weeks have been a really wild ride, which I will get to shortly. Still, though, I should have made this post at the start of the month. Whoops.
Chapter... fifteen? I think it's fifteen... is planned and underway, although unlike the last few, I'm pretty much starting from scratch for once. I'm also playing around with the much-awaited SI!Dark chapter I've been sitting on for, like, a year now. I've been re-reading...
2023-10-15 03:01:57 +0000 UTC View PostOh my god, I swear this entire chapter grew out of nowhere. The first half was kind of reactionary, where I realised that SI!Ben hasn't really seen the consequences of any of his actions politically yet. There will be more of those. But, the second half kinda just happened organically but started to run long and GOD DAMMIT I'M TRYING TO MOVE THE PLOT FORWARD, I REALLY AM.
Next chapter is planned, started, and already underway. It starts with the convoy getting ready to go north, a...
2023-09-13 03:29:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hiya all!
Sorry for the long radio silence again. It has been a wild month for me. I’ve got a good excuse this time, though! BEHOLD!
I finally had the first surgery, and now my hand is fixed! No more stranger in the sheets! Carpel tunnel is fixed and I can now feel my hand again. Which is awesome. That was about two weeks ago now; the stitches have already come out ...
2023-08-25 10:28:28 +0000 UTC View PostOh. Your. God.
I actually did it.
I actually got another chapter done.
Hooray!
Fair warning, things get a little spicy towards the end, so... yeah. I've uploaded a clean (well, cleaner version) as well, for people who aren't into that kind of thing.
I don't know how long this sudden burst of creativity will last; I'm starting back at work next week on reduced hours, so we'll see what happens.
Anyway, I hope y'all enjoy...
2023-07-20 07:29:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! How we doing? Sorry for the long radio silence, but there's a reason for that... and it's... well...
... yeah. And this is the lighter one. You should see the brace, and the splints I gotta sleep in. I should actually put some pictures of the splints on Discord, they're pretty much plaster casts that go up to my elbows lol.
What is this about? Well, for so...
2023-06-26 12:41:04 +0000 UTC View PostOh my god, it's finally done.
IT'S. FINALLY. DONE.
This chapter ended up being waaaaaay more work than I'd expected. I'd originally planned for the politicking to go much more in-depth, too, but decided that it just... wasn't working, and didn't match the story I'd been telling.
That's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it.
Anyway! The chapter is a whopper, just shy of 20k words. The next one will not be. I've already written about a third of it, but it's mostl...
2023-05-22 16:11:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh my god, I did it! The chapter is done, and with MinuteRice and TheRealOG for editing. Holy crap I can’t believe this thing took nearly a year to get done…
Clocking in at just shy of 20k words, this was an absolute beast of a chapter to write. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a place to split it, but I’ll see what Rice and OG have to say.
The big thing that slowed me down was the politics. I can’t stand them. But I know they’re necessary.
That’s all I really ...
2023-05-01 07:20:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! I’m not dead, i promise! Im so sorry I went radio-silent for so long; it’s been a real shitter of a few months. Though, for once, it’s not because I was sick! Yay!
This preview is a look at the pre-house of lords meeting, a humorous joke with Maribelle that I wrote the other day. Yes, I am still working on it, I swear.
So, what happened that was so ‘shitter-y’? Wellp, to start with, my parents have finally realised their dream of retiring back to Canada an...
2023-04-19 10:06:06 +0000 UTC View Post