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Covid Update

Hey everyone, keeping you all in the loop on the state of my condition.

I've been mainly sleeping this off, as has Dad. I'm feeling a little better today, but not vastly so.

Did you know that Covid can cause stomach failure? I didn't either. The fancy terminology for this would be 'gastrointestinal autonomic dysfunction' . Not to be too graphic but I tried to eat a meal with fresh spinach leaves, one of the only times I've eaten over the past few days, and ended up essen...

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Covid Update

Hey everyone, just a quick blunt one as I'll be returning to bed ASAP.

Our Covid symptoms have gotten worse, I've been sleeping practically the entirety of the past two days. Dad's symptoms improved and then worsened and all the two of us have been doing is sleeping, no doubt each of our bodies attempting to get this thing out of us.

I'll keep everyone posted on what is going on. I have managed to make a majority of the characters I wanted for Hivemind(ed) the night before my he...

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Hivemind(ed) Page 55

Page 55! Whew, intentional censorship sucks eh? It'll be worth the pay-off!

Hey everyone, managed to get this page out. My Covid symptoms are worsening. My Dad (who contracted Covid before me) is a little better today so, based on his exciting Covid journey, it means that either tomorrow or the day after is going to be the worst day for me. I'll keep uploading until I can't, but the next page is also going to be a doozy to prepare for- I need to create four or so new characters for the...

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Hivemind(ed) Page 54 (re-Upload)

Page 54 Re-Upload as I accidentally went to edit the old post and deleted it.

Blame my Covid filled head at the moment... :/

A lonely bimbee is looking for a prote'ge' in your area. Call now!
Do you think this shall be prevalent in the story later? ;)


Edit: changed final panel dialogue.

More tomorrow.

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Hivemind(ed) Page 53

Page 53!

Oh no, not a dumptruck contained within dialogue dump!

It's going to be a busy weekend, so more coming Monday!

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Hivemind(ed) Page 52

Page 52!

Whew, I'm bushed... it's 4:00 a.m. Time for bed...

Hope you're all still enjoying the comic, just some transitionary pages before the big reveal scenes. Although... there is a major nod as to what is going on just on this page...

More tomorrow!

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Hivemind(ed) Page 51

Page 51! Bee Girl Jumpscare!
Here we go with the elucidating arc!

Sorry, it's a little late, been busy with multiple tasks throughout the day. Now I can sleep, yay!

More tomorrow!

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Hivemind(ed) Page 50

Wow, page 50! What a milestone. Thank-you everyone for your support thus far, here's to the next 50 pages!

Took a while as I've altered the story yet again to expedite the plot advancement. One or two more pages and then we'll be getting to the revelations!

More tomorrow!

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Hivemind(ed) Page 49

Page 49!

Apologies, I think I have stayed on this part a little too long, I know people are anxious for plot clarification.

To explain myself all I can say is that I did this part to set up sexy shenanigans for later on, but maybe overstayed a bit much. I also wanted to keep people guessing on the plot, to make it more of a mystery, but have maybe overdone it. Funnily, the original draft would have had everything elucidated by this point, but I've tried to inject as much smut (a...

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Hivemind(ed) Page 48

Page 48 done!

Back to the scheduled feeding!

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Hivemind(ed) Page 47

Page 47!

Edit: Added "Holy crap, these grew for real?!"
To convey that Audrey may be at least semi-cognizant throughout her TF!


Was working on a double upload today, but had some trouble with page 48, so I'll be uploading that and maybe another page over the weekend to compensate.

More coming tomorrow/ Sunday!

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Hivemind(ed) Pages 45-46

Another two page upload? What is going on here?!

Hope you are all enjoying it, let me know in the comments. I've had quite a few patrons drop off so maybe I've lost the pacing? Or perhaps it is merely a taste/ preference issue? Is it because I'm hanging on Audrey's tfs a bit too long?

Constructive criticism is welcome as it helps me evolve.

More tomorrow!

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Hivemind(ed) Pages 43-44

What ho? A DOUBLE page upload? I think I'm out of 'page debt' now...

Can affection be exhibited, even when devoid of consciousness?

Yeah... got a little carried away with these two pages, haha. Still think I can refine these techniques a little more, but it'll come with more practice.

Seems superfluous, but trust me, everything established is pertinent for future events/ callbacks!

More tomorrow!

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Hivemind(ed) July-August Collection

A consolidatory post of all of Hiveminde(ed) until now.

Hope you're all enjoying it!

Mega File of the collection is here (with PDF):
BIMBEES! GET THE SPRAY! Quick click me!

PDF also attached to bottom of this post!

More tomorrow!

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Hivemind(ed) Page 42

Whew! Into September we go! Thanks again for the support everyone.

Didn't quite get another page done as I wanted, but it will be out tomorrow. We're about to wrap up what I'd consider as 'Act 1' of 'Hivemind(ed)'.

A full post with all of the pages shall be uploaded shortly, can you piece together the mystery before the plot thus far is explained?

More tomorrow. Thank-you all again!

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Hivemind(ed) Page 41

Page 41!

Oops, fell behind a little on plans, sorry. I'll be making it up over the weekend, however!

P.S. I'll be looking at messages tomorrow too, it's a bit late now.

More coming over the weekend!

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A Sincere Thank-you.

Without getting too overly sentimental I would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who has reached out to give support to me and my Dad. I was a little emotionally overwhelmed by the positivity that I received from our humble Patreon community.

My faith in humanity and in my own work has been reignited from the compassion and empathy I've received, providing much needed spiritual sustenance. I can only thank-you, all of you for that and hope that you enjoy what's to come in...

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Hivemind(ed) Page 40

Page 40! Boobs go grrrrr...

Hey everyone, thank-you for the kindness and generosity exhibited towards me and my Dad through my prior post. I was anxious to upload it to be honest, as I couldn't anticipate exactly what reaction I'd receive laying my cards out so openly and bluntly. Me and my father genuinely, from the bottom of our hearts thank you all for your support. I cannot eloquently express in words how much my faith has been restored, not just in the kindness that you a...

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The Dreaded Announcement.

Hey everyone, first of all I'd like to start by thanking all of my patrons, both new and old. There was a time where I would personally write a message to each and every new patron to show my appreciation, yet as time has gone by the influx of patrons have grown tremendously and it became a little less than feasible to do, so I want to show my appreciation for you all here. This gratitude also extends to my existing patrons who have followed my scuff journey of content creation over the past ...

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Hivemind(ed) Page 39

Page 39. Boobah!

I've got an announcement to make tomorrow, a very important one, so I'll be back then with another page and also to inform you all of what shall be transpiring in the near future.

Speak tomorrow.

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Hivemind(ed) Page 38

Hey all, page 38!

A bit later than intended, a power cut reset some of my Photoshop and KK preferences that I had to reset and reinstall, plus there is some advanced modelling and composition work going on here that took a while to do. Not to mention some help I needed to do for Dad.

It's now 3:00 a.m. -_-'

More tomorrow!

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Hivemind(ed) Page 37

Page 37 Complete! Oh god, the TFs are happening!

Wow, don't you hate it when you imbibe hallucinogenic honey and begin your descent into a Southern Belle persona? #Relatable.

More tomorrow/ Sunday to make up for the missed day this week!

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Hivemind(ed) Page 36

Page 36. Sorry for the delay, I had to rework the entire page as otherwise it would've stretched on a little too much. This was we can get to the TFs and honey-based repercussions a bit quicker!

I'm currently working on the next page, if I don't get the additional page finished today I'll work through the weekend to catch up with the missed day.

More soon/ tomorrow!

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Slight Delay

Hey all,

Tried to be a little clever with this page and it bit me in the ass royally.

It's currently 1:00 a.m. and I'm beat. I'll try and get two pages out tomorrow in recompense as I don't really want to break the one page a day upload chain outside of genuine emergencies and maybe a weekend day or two when I need rest.

Speak soon.

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Hivemind(ed) Page 35

Page 35. UH-OH! Glob of Mysterious Honey Consumed!

Played around with some new methods for this, I believe I got close to the desired effect.

More tomorrow!

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Hivemind(ed) Page 34

Page 34. UH-OH! Where is that glob of honey going?

Hm, not too sure about these last two pages. On reflection I could have made them a little better in certain ways, but it would have meant extending the length of this part when what we have is serviceable to drive the plot.

What do you all think?

More tomorrow!

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Hivemind(ed) Page 33

I'm back from the funeral with page 33!

Zoinks! Lewdness!
Feel that? Why do I feel something ominous brewing?

More tomorrow!

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Hivemind(ed) Page 32

Page 32!

Be a pal, not a prude!

Important:

I am at a funeral tomorrow, with the service and wake it is going to be an all day event. In all likelihood I am not going to be able to upload tomorrow and possibly Saturday too as I need to catch up on all the weekly chores that have built up.

I shall be back Sunday at the latest.

Hope you enjoy!

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Hivemind(ed) Page 31

Page 31!

Woah-oh! What kind of allergy is this?!

More tomorrow!

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Hivemind(ed) Page 30

Made it to 30 pages!

Don't do flowers, kids.

Fun Fact: I had planned this out to be an absolute trip with an assortment of goofiness, but it would've extended the page count unnecessarily. We're going for succinctness as a primary goal in this work!

Also, is it cluttered? How's the pacing for you guys/ gals/ all other configurations? Let me know!

More tomorrow!

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