Merry Christmas a few days early, folks! I know some of you might be disappointed that this isn't Displaced Hero ;-). Don't worry, that will be coming this month still, though probably after Christmas. Since I promised to do an extra release of Halfway Broken as a Christmas extra, I wanted to actually get it out before Christmas!
It also got away from me a little bit. Originally, I'd intended it only to be 8-10k. It's actually around 12.5k, so nearly the size of a full normal update fo...
2024-12-22 22:04:34 +0000 UTC
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Whew! Clawed my way back onto the usual release schedule. Though the fact that I'm tackling an extra story next may screw that up again :-p. Still, progress is progress!
This update wraps up events with Humarise. Less climactic than the LoV, but I'll go over the reasons for that in an Author's Note. As it is, the story is edging back onto the original course I had planned for it. The Invasion content got a little more involved than I'd originally envisioned, though not really ...
2024-12-15 10:48:23 +0000 UTC
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Alright! Normally, I put the next month's poll up right after the release of the current month's patron-voted story. Which this time was A Very Confused Pokemon Adventure. This time, I...sort of spaced it for a few days. I suppose I could claim I was giving the still ongoing Halfway Broken - Relationship Poll a bit of breathing room. In reality, though, I mostly have just...
2024-12-12 23:38:06 +0000 UTC
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Whew! I'd hoped to have this out last night, but didn't quite make it. The writing was done, but it still needed its editing pass. Honestly, even then, the only reason this wasn't done days ago was the amount of research I had to do. Since 2B is properly off on her Pokemon Journey now, I needed to nail down a bunch of things I'd left somewhat nebulous before. Which means that, yes, there is a bit of info dumping in the chapters. It's pretty spread out among other bits, though, so I think it'l...
2024-12-09 12:07:08 +0000 UTC
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Alright everyone! This is it, the final option for Halfway Broken's harem/polycule/multi-ship/whatveryouwanttocallit. Currently, the relationship for the fic stands at LuffyxNamixRobinxVivi. As I've mentioned before, I'm only willing to juggle so many people. And no, I will not have them jump into random one-night stands with others either. I'm trying to depict a healthy polycule/multi-ship, rather than just write smut ;-).
Originally, I had intended it to only ...
2024-12-04 22:50:52 +0000 UTC
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Well, didn't quite make it on the 2nd after all. Drat. Very long story short, I'm currently having fits trying to deal with a snafu regarding my health insurance for next year before the rapidly approaching deadline. I spent over an hour and a half on hold during the afternoon...and didn't actually get to speak to anyone. By bluetooth literally died before the hold ended (from full charge -_-), and I gave up.
Anyway! Enough about the reason for delay. Release time! This one is slig...
2024-12-03 08:34:02 +0000 UTC
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Alright! Before anything else, just a quick bit of information. I've been crazy busy, so the first Automata update of the month isn't quite ready yet. I should be able to wrap up the writing tonight and edit it for posting tomorrow. Probably. Since I normally try to release that on the first, I decided to instead release the results of the Halfway Broken Relationship Poll, which I just closed down. So...
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Vivi: 152
Yamat...
2024-12-01 23:21:18 +0000 UTC
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First, a quick reminder that the Halfway Broken relationship poll is still open through midnight on the 30th! Make sure you sneak your vote in if you haven't yet!
With that out of the way, onto the big news! Holy mother of cookies, guys, gals, and others! This was close. As in, so close that I actually force...
2024-11-27 11:16:47 +0000 UTC
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Time for the last release of the month, folks! Right on time too! Now, before anything else, a quick bit about the maps. There will be a more detailed comment relating to them attached to the post, but the basics are:
1) The map is pieced together from Screenshots of this map. The map isn't fully accurate. There are worlds missing from it that are on other maps. And it doesn't reflect the right era. I end ...
2024-11-23 00:42:43 +0000 UTC
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Whew. Wanted to have this out last night, but hadn't managed to get an editing pass done on it yet. This chunk adds another 8,100 words to Automata. Which, with the 7,000 from earlier in the month, puts us at a solid 16k+. Not bad, considering the extras I've also managed this month! Of course, there's still Displaced Hero to do yet, as well. But I actually think that will be easier to write than this was, despite the fact that I've never written land warfare before.
Anyway, t...
2024-11-16 12:49:48 +0000 UTC
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Edit: Had to delete/repost. Thanks for those who alerted me I screwed up and duplicated Eridium Dreams in the options
First! Don't forget that there is still an ongoing poll about the pairing for Halfway Broken. A lot of people have already voted, but don't miss your chance to get yours in if you haven't yet! It will run through the end of the month.
2024-11-14 07:27:54 +0000 UTC
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Whew! Sorry this wasn't out last night, folks. Part of it was just that I had multiple appointments for medical tests yesterday (routine stuff for existing conditions, nothing scary). The rest of it, though, was the fact that I'd forgotten I wanted to do an extra document/chapter with the Crew's post-Skypiea stats. We haven't seen some of their stat blocks since before the entered the Grand Line, and I somehow neglected to show Chopper's at all. I didn't want to shove them all in...
2024-11-09 11:06:27 +0000 UTC
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Whoo! I did mention that I had another small sneaky update for all of you on this one, right? It's just under 4,500 words this time, about half again the size of the small update from last month. I'm afraid I didn't quite get to 2B's Journey actually starting, as I sort of want a bigger update for that if I can manage it. But she does get to meet the starter you all voted for, plus Daisy gets up to a bit of mischief that results in...well...there's a reason there's a bunch of random 2B images...
2024-11-07 08:31:37 +0000 UTC
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So...sick of polls yet? I'm not! I like the feedback ;-). More to the point, this one is sort of important, and I've put it off way too long. In fact, I was originally intending to run it last month. Last month, unfortunately, was super busy and it kept slipping my mind. Plus, of course, I was running extra polls anyway for A Very Confused Pokémon Adventure. This poll, on the other hand, is for One Piece: Halfway Broken. It's the poll a lot of you have, I...
2024-11-04 22:00:18 +0000 UTC
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Alright, everyone! I've had a little free time in the last couple of days, so I went ahead and closed down the Poll About Which Type of Vulpix to Give 2B. The results were extremely decisive from pretty much day 1 anyway. With 79% of the vote, the Alolan Vulpix flat out ran away with poll :-p. I've already gotten down about 3,000 words of another small update. This one will be two cha...
2024-11-03 21:54:55 +0000 UTC
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Whew! Back-to-back releases less than a day apart! Unlike the Mass Effect: Eridium Dreams chapter, this one is part of the regularly scheduled programming! Our first release of My Hero Automata for the month, coming to just over 7,000 words. It covers the Jaku Hospital Raid...and some aftermath. I'll leave any other commentary for authors-note-comments on this post :-).
As always, the new cont...
2024-11-01 22:09:36 +0000 UTC
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*Edit Typo corrections made courtesy of Foreign Traveler! Thanks Traveler!
Mwhahahahah! Ambush update! Happy Halloween evening everyone ;-). This isn't Halloween themed...buuuutttt I've been feeling a touch guilty giving so much focus to A Very Confused Pokemon Adventure when Eridium Dreams was actually supposed to be the next story to get a mini-update. So...I made a mini-update! It's not much, only a little over 3,000 words, b...
2024-11-01 04:21:20 +0000 UTC
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Alright, everyone! The Poll regarding 2B's starter Pokémon got literally the single largest amount of discussion of any post I've ever made here :-p. Frankly, I loved all the discussion! Anyone that followed the poll already knows it had a bit of an overwhelming victor. But there were also a couple of points that came up repeatedly in the discussion I want to go over real quick.
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2024-10-28 02:49:13 +0000 UTC
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Whew! Just got done calculating things, but I have two things to touch on before I reveal the results.
1) Yes, I'm aware that I accidentally opened the votes to $1 patrons for about 2 hours, back when the poll first went up. A surprising number of people slipped votes in during that time. At first, I was going to go ahead and give them the single vote their patronage would get them under the overall system...but honestly the vast majority of them were for Halfway Broken -_-. Which is th...
2024-10-27 02:10:39 +0000 UTC
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*Edits made thanks to Foreign Traveler's noble sacrifice of time and potentially sanity ;-).
Ladies, gentlemen, and others of all types and stripes! The moment you've all been waiting for! Or, well, at least the moment I've been waiting for. Pretty much every bit of this story prior to this release? Build up. All of it just build up. Preparation required to make what followed actually plausible. While it's entirely possible someone or many someon...
2024-10-22 23:24:46 +0000 UTC
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Edit: Holy bananas. This post has ended up with more comments than any other ever. By a lot. Don't forget that this story is still an option in next month's poll. It might get small updates, since my muse is still relatively strong with it. But the only way for it to get more than a small chapter here or there is for it to win one of the monthly ...
2024-10-17 16:38:51 +0000 UTC
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2024-10-17 16:08:38 +0000 UTC
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Whew, got this done despite being on vacation since Friday! I thankfully had enough time in various hotels to finish what I hadn't done (I already had about 7k written before I left) and get it edited. Heck, I even had enough time for a small surprise that I'll post in the next day or two ;-). Anyway, for the moment, here's just over another 10,000 words of My Hero Automata. In which we see a pivot away from the Invasion and towards other ongoing issues. Not that the Invasion is...
2024-10-15 22:24:24 +0000 UTC
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Alright, folks! Since Halfway Broken has been updated, it's time to start the poll for which of the secondary stories gets an update in November. Honestly, I should have put this up yesterday, but it slipped my mind. Now, some things to remember:
1) With the new system, stories that haven't been updated in a while are getting vote boosts. This month, Harry Potter: Pandora's Box is getting a +40% to its votes. Meanwhile, Mass Effect: Eridium Dreams hasn't been...
2024-10-10 13:28:47 +0000 UTC
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Whew! Managed to get this done right on schedule. Not sure I'll do able to do the same with the next release (My Hero Automata) as I've got a short vacation to visit family coming up. But I'll do my best.
As for this release, Skypiea! I'm...mostly happy with it? It proved to be a lot harder to write than I'd expected, and I had to rewatched a couple of the episodes in question. There was a lot more talking and back and forth between Pagaya/Conis and the crew than I remembe...
2024-10-08 21:51:53 +0000 UTC
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Whew! I'd hoped to have this out yesterday, but it wasn't quite ready yet. Oh well. As you might have guessed from the attached image (just an AI generated image I grabbed) this set of chapters is about...60% finally lewding Jirou? Only maybe 40% is actual lemon, but another 20% is setup or aftermath.
When debating how to go about that, I was left with two possible paths. One was more of what I'd already been doing, the slow burn buildup and flirting, leading into dates and so-forth. Th...
2024-10-03 02:07:48 +0000 UTC
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Alright, folks! Sorry I didn't get these out a bit sooner, but tallying up the weighted votes for the monthly story poll always takes a bit of time. Time which I haven't had to spare for the last few days. Anyway, we actually have two polls to deal with here. I'm going to tackle the Poll About Polls first, as the results will influence the Monthly Poll...sort of. It didn't actually change the result this time, but it will show you how it will work going forward, at least!
The Po...
2024-09-29 12:43:50 +0000 UTC
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As the title says, this is just a Quick Reminder! Specifically, that this is the last day for the two currently ongoing polls! Both October's Story Poll and the Poll about Polls will finish today. So if you haven't gotten you're votes in, make sure you get on top of that!
2024-09-25 13:07:59 +0000 UTC
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Edit - Typo corrections made on 10/3/2024, thanks to Foreign Traveller's help!
Whew! Just barely got this done before midnight. Editing took longer than expected! This set of chapters covers some hops and skips of time as we build toward the really big changes to the Star Wars timeline that I've been working toward from the start. I was a little disappointed that I didn't quite get to the start of those. But it felt like too big of a time...
2024-09-23 04:56:22 +0000 UTC
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Mwhahaha! Right on time this time!
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Wait, what do you mean being on time isn't a reason for evil laughter?!
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*cough* Well...anyway then...
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Right! So, this nearly 11,000 word release is the positive result of me taking that small time out earlier in the month to get my outline for this story's future more properly fleshed out! I knew where I wanted to go, and some points I wanted to hit alo...
2024-09-15 22:55:44 +0000 UTC
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