I'm sure my absence has not been a topic of great discussion, but I should probably explain where I've been for so damned long. I've said it's my 'day job', and that is technically true.

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Tell me if this is as dark as the tags suggest, or if this is a fluffy noob thinking 'dark' and 'gore' means 'sad' and 'oh gee a little blood'?

I came across this but I don't wanna have a psychiatric issue if it's genuinely disturbing, whereas if it's just boo-hoo-oh-no then I might get a decent read out of it.

So Flyers is doing all right, despite a sudden downvote spate (I'm thinking it's from Morality Brigade types who think it's underage fic).
I dropped a new chapter of Shame and Desire, which I'm still not certain I'm allowed to link to. But, hey, if there's a problem with it I'm sure I'll get a quick smackdown.

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New pricing -- 10 USD for up to 4k, 4 USD for every 1k after. (So 10 USD for a 4k story, 14 USD for a 5k, 18 USD for a 6k, etc.)

Other than that, I'm game and I have an open slot. One of my first commissions went reasonably swimmingly. The other one is taking a little longer but it'll get done all the same.

(And for either of my first patrons: The pricing we agreed upon is the pricing I'll charge you, these changes are for any new commissions! )

Watching through the series again in anticipation of S5. Sigh.

So I find myself floating onto FimFic again. I really miss this place! Yeesh. I know, then come around more often, right?

Except, well, I'm finally undertaking a gigantic writing project, and between that and work my time's getting sucked down like Augustus Gloop.

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Or, more accurately, a thing happened.

I'm on a new med, and I'm finding out what the side effects (and primary effects) are going to be. Should be interesting and/or fun, in some combinations.

I'm thankful for the things I do have.
I'm thankful for the people who love me.
I'm thankful for my luck and the benevolence of the people in the world who've seen fit to treat me as an equal human being worthy of compassion and respect.

I realize a lot of the perception of atheism is that it's 'belief in nothing', but I never saw it that way. I believe in people. I believe in recognizing one's fortunate aspects and sharing them if one can.

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Ginsberg's Theorem (colloquially based on the laws of thermodynamics):

1. You can't win.
2. You can't break even.
3. You can't even quit the game.

Freeman's Commentary on Ginsberg's theorem:

Every major philosophy that attempts to make life seem
meaningful is based on the negation of one part of Ginsberg's
Theorem. To wit:

1. Capitalism is based on the assumption that you can win.
2. Socialism is based on the assumption that you can break even.

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The note she left behind when she moved out summed the whole thing up.

Have a good life, Dash. Think of the little ponies now and then. I'm sure I'll see your trails in the sky. I came to be the best, and it's not possible. Better to let it go now.

-- Cirrus Jetstream

I'll admit for a moment I thought what I'd always thought. Yeah, with an attitude like that, go ahead and quit.

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Did you know there are apparently drugs that can cause withdrawal symptoms after only a few days of use?