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On Pantheon

So against all odds the second season of Pantheon has been released.  Considering it was already made I guess it was a matter of when it would be released, but that doesn't diminuish how dirty Amazon did this wonderful show.

The whole series is what I can describe as "light cyberpunk", since it mostly takes place within close to our own era (aside from the very last three episodes). It str...

Fionna and Cake: Depression Gallore

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(spoilers, suicide)

So Adventure Time has wrapped up for a second time, leaving another masterpiece. If the first show reinvigorated Cartoon Network and televized animation in general, then I hope this one serves as a trailblazer for animation for teens and young adults.

The show tackles a theme particularly dear to me: depression. Fi...

Not Feeling Like Myself Today

Inspired by the Fionna and Cake, obviously.

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"N-no, p-please don't wake up!" Rhoun uttered to himself.

His dream was amazing. He was out in space, fixing a magnificent space station at his leisure, he could even sleep on his job! But as soon as the pipes began to whine with the sound of an alarm clock, his lucid dreaming was coming to an end.

With a numb sigh, his eyes woke up.

His room was surprisingly tiddy for someone in his situa...

Baseball Daydream

William gets nostalgic

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Both William and Sam were lounging on the couch, watching Fright Krewe. William had just received a wall carpet from his First Nation, Mamaceqtaw, and though he was invested he couldn't help but be sleepy next to the love of his life.

"What's this?"

Sam kneeled down, bringing up a box filled with baseball paraphernalia.

"Oh, did I ever tell you I was into baseball?"

"Sometimes, but wow, you actually have...

Ending Spectember with TWO updates to Multituberculate Earth:

https://multituberculateearth.wordpress.com/2023/09/30/zealanditheria-an-island-of-misfits/

https://multituberculateearth.wordpress.com/2023/09/30/saint-bathans-fauna/

Out With It

Cody comes out to his friends

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"Tout va bien?" Tobin asked over the chat.

Liam nodded, shifting from the joy of talking to his friend after months to noticing his insecurities.

Cody felt an anxiety like no other. His insides were like serpents, moving outside his control, tying themselves into knots. But he had to do this. It wouldn't be fair to them if they didn't know. And part of him wanted to rip that bandaid off, be done with it. If t...

New itchio for Lands of Fire

https://lingulana.itch.io/lands-of-fire

And if it doesn't work, you still have landsoffire.wikidot.com and landsoffire.wordpress.com/

Four implications by Venetoraptor’s existence

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Venetoraptor gassenae by Connor Ashbridge.

By now, everyone might have heard off the lagerpetid Venetoraptor gassenae, often touted as the pterosaurian missing link. Do note that it is still recovered deeply among lagerpetids, t...

Bi Pride

It's bi awareness week and so our love birds celebrate it.

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"How does it look?" Sydney asked, putting on a bi pride cape.

"Looks wonderful" TJ said, wearing a bi colors shirt.

The two kissed, and head out to their jobs, not caring what others may think.

***

"So" Carl started, "What's it like being bi?"

"Carl!" Jenna said, elbowing him.

"What, just asking."

This was back in high school, long before Carl came ou...

Meeting the Hero

Attending one of Chase Hunter's lectures, Cody gets to talk with his idol.

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"As Vedic traditions put it, we must break free of recursion."

The final verse of the lecture was met by a wave of applause, and Chase sat down to drink from a water bottle. Amidst the crowd, a slightly younger otter with blue eyes approached him.

"Dat lecture was inspirational" he said, with a Yat accent.

"Thank you" Chase said, "I personally think I could h...

Mutant Mayhem review

I didn’t think it was possible to leave an animated movie bored….

…yet this movie did that for me.

The story overall is okay. Extremely predictable, you can more or less visualize the ending in the first ten minutes. The acceptance plotline is also adorable considering this movie's obsession with straight couples (including beastiality), coming right the heels of the most LGBT inter...

Expanding the Horizons

William and Sam have a talk about polyamory.

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William sighed.

"I'm ready to talk, about that."

Samuel nodded, and sat next to him. He had no pants, just a thong, but his jacket made up for the lack of lower vestiments.

"It's one thing to be open" William said nervously, "But would you really love me the same with someone else in your life?"

"I would William."

He kissed him, first to reassure him, then just to pour pure lo...

MTG color analysis: furry visual novels second round

Years ago I made an analysis about furry visual novel protagonists and their color alignment. My conclusion was that they were all over the place, but mostly on Boros colors

Let's do a do-over and see if that's still the case

Echo Project

Chase is still Blue/Black, Sam Red/GreenWhite, Marco Red w...

Canada

Through my life I longed for you

But I'm naive no longer.

I thought you'd be my wonderland,

Where I could be gay and an artist in peace.

But I'm not that stupid anymore.

Ban your Jordan Petersons,

Treat the real owners of your land right,

Live up to the dream you claim to be.

So close, and yet so far.

Gabe and Abuela

Something for shark week.

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School was fine for Gabe.

He managed to get some swimming done without that horrible coach barking at him. His friends had plans, tho, and he didn't feel like joining them. He headed straight home.

As he opened the door, he could tell his parents weren't home. But the familiar scent of his abuela calmed him down.

"Oye abuelita!"

"Hola a ti también mi amor!" she said, walking over.

She pinched h...

On Barbie

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Talking about Barbie is always interesting since she's simultaneously is and isn't a character. She can be a personification - like the character in her own movie/s, or the article about "can we stop talking a...

Couch Dramatics

Tom and Jayce have a dynamic hard to replicate.

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Tom was sitting on the couch.

After a long hike he found Jayce was still asleep. Normally he'd ask him to join him and Maccon, but after a grueling day of exams he decided to let his boyfriend sleep as long as he wanted.

Thankfully, the wait wasn't long, as Jayce treaded from his room as if emerging from a swamp, fur still damp from washing his face.

"Good morning" said Tom, "Or should...

What is and isn't a dsungaripteroid

Germanodactylus by Julio Lacerda.

In 2022 a study found evidence of dsungaripteroid pterosaurs way later than their supposed date of extinction. This study concludes that Germanodactylus-like pterosaurs continued to exist as a ghost lineage from the Late Jurassic to near the time T. r...

Bayonetta: a journey of love

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This franchise has a lot of heart.

Bayonetta is so absurd and over the top that I feel some people fail to address the nuances of the characters and games. True, the plots are intentionally convoluted, but there is some genuine character growth and depth to the plot.

In this particular essay (if you can call it that), I feel like expl...

Kizazi Moto review

Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire is an anthology of animated shorts from studios all over Africa, with the theme of afrofuturism and science fantasy (mixing frequently indigenous spiritual beliefs with the tech, and many shorts are actually about gods or spiritual beings). It's a shame that the project is attached to Disney, because this is one of the best anthologies I've seen in a long while.

So let's review the individual shorts.

Herderboy...

Pillow Talk

The second Undefeated (visual novel) fanfic! Zander and Drayden cuddle and talk in bed.

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Zander woke up first, yawning as he stretched himself.

He did so gently, to avoid waking up his lover, but had little success as soon Drayden joined him in the world of the awake.

"Sorry for waking you up" Zander said, kissing Drayden in the lips.

"Eh, I'm going to have to leave in an hour or so anyway" the doctor replied, checking his phone.

Pride Underground

Finalising pride month 2013 with the first Undefeated (the visual novel) fanfic ever!

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Even in the depths of the wrestling complex, pride month was mildly celebrated.

To Zander, this was mildly amusing, recalling the memes with evil video game companie celebrating pride month. Alas, he was only out recently, and his feelings were a bit mixed. He was a reserved person, so the out and about pride vibes didn't gel with him. But they certainly did w...

Why do frigatebirds lack wing slots?

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Unlike other seabirds like albatrosses, which use dynamic soaring, frigatebirds are thermal soarers, riding on air collumns that form above the sea. Thermal soaring is, however, more often associated with continental flyers like storks, large raptors, ravens and cranes, which makes sense as continental settings tend to produce collumns of hot air.

These flyers also have a thin...

Mu: what if it was real?

https://muspeculative.wordpress.com/2023/06/24/mu-the-island-that-wasnt/

How azhdarchids flew

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This is an addendum to the most terrestrial pterosaurs article. As noted there, azhdarchids have been compared to large continental flyers. These include thermal soarers (large raptors, storks, pel...

The most terrestrial pterosaurs

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Noripterus complicidens by Ceri Thomas. This was the only known pterosaur to have been digitigrade (on the hindlimbs at least), amplyfing its ability to run.

When it comes to discussions on pterosaur ecologies, azhdarchids are usually touted as “the most terrestrially inclined pterosaurs”, thanks to now numerous studies ...

A pride birthday

It's Devon's birthday and it's pride month.

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Devon woke up pleasantly.

"Happy birthday to you" Cameron sang in his ear.

"Thanks babe" Devon said, kissing his husband in the lips.

Though Cameron was still hopelessly severed from music, it was nice he was willing to indulge for his birthday.

The phone than rang, and the bear picked it up.

"Happ bday man!" Arturo had typed.

"thhnks!" Devon typed back.

The two tal...

Two Grumps At Pride

Sissel and Philip take some convincing to celebrate pride month.

Notes:

• For Shirokoi.

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"Do we have to?" Sissel asked.

"C'mon, it'll be fun!" Jinny responded.

"I'm with Sissel on this one" Philip chimed in, "I have things to do, duties to fulfill."

"Philip, this is one day out of a whole month" Owen said, atypically serio...

Final update to Lands of Fire, ahead of my birthday

https://mullerornis.itch.io/lands-of-fire/devlog/547347/final-update-ahead-of-birthday

Maned Wolf

There's not a single day I don't think

Of you.

Not a single night I dont scream

For you.

You betrayed and I still

Love you.

I deserve this silence my

Maned wolf.

I wish I didn't hurt you

That you didn't hate me.

So I kept my promise

To you.

And I will not speak again

To you.

Of all the losses I've taken

You won.

If I die and choose again

I'll always,

Always choose<...