I'm gonna record an intro and sections breaks for a full compilation... at some point

#Febchantment 26 Brie, my main character, is probably the strongest of the main cast. This is entirely due to her bloodstone arm, which offers a much deeper well of power she can draw from. She doesn't (mostly) because its dangerous and aggressive but it's there. Part of why I'm stalled... 1/3

Trying to channel this energy for my interviews today

I don't say this lightly. These people are pussies

I think it’s very telling that when Punch was fighting for his goddamn life out there Moo Deng was nowhere to be found. She was supposed to be so great. Everyone loved her. I told you all she had no substance. I was right to despise her.

#Febchantment 25 I've tried to be very cognizant of the fallibility of recorded and unrecorded history. I, me, the writer, know the true events that happened hundreds and thousands of years ago, but it's not realistic to extend that same ability to characters. Events a hundred, or even a decade 1/4

#Febchantment 24 The Guild formally trains most prospective mages. Apprenticeships still are done, mostly out in the more rural fringes (and even that's being phased out for more standardized training). It resembles University learning, but I did base this on medieval guild training. 1/3

#Febchantment 23 A lot of my characters in Mage Hunter are... mages. Brie and Kassica are. Mandy isn't because she essentially failed out of the Guild training. And, since the Guild is the only legal organization for magic, she was barred from the practice AND had her magestones "retrieved" 1/4

#Febchantment 22 Magic is pretty central to Mage Hunter (did the title give it away?) Brie is an out of work white mage hauling around a crystallized hunk that used to be her left arm, effectively a disability (although her world wouldn't necessarily recognize it as such). 1/4

#Febchantment 21 I actually recently added this scene to Mage Hunter because I needed a more mundane use of White Magic to contrast with Brie's later use of a more experimental version (Three images due to alt text character limits)

#Febchantment 20 This seems like a big impact, but bear with me. One of the peoples, the Ehk, once departed the world for another before being forced back. They used a magical gate to connect the worlds and the creation of it in ancient times basically linked them to it on an intrinsic level. 1/4

Been a hellish couple days but I want to catch up on #Febchantment prompts today

Did these up for That Howling Laughter and Wolfslayer's Curse, respectively. All free license images I then combined and traced (and colored I guess) over digitally

State of the Union? I'm jobless and my wife's teaching contract isn't being renewed for the coming year, which is fun considering we're expecting our first child this summer. We're surviving only because we've been able to stay with my parents. We're both 30s. Cool fucking country

Oops. Turns out Persona, Discord’s age-verification service, was secretly screening selfies against government watchlists AND accessible by the feds. It's backed by Peter Thiel. “The state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.”

the periodic table of the elephants is this anything

Nothing special to update or commentate, I just really like this Cyclops pogface. Very tempting to not make it my icon somewhere

#Febchantment 19 I brought this up on Day 18, but magic is pretty literally the engine of civilization. Ancient, stone age tribes bound beast souls to themselves, which cascaded through history to result in six human subspecies that persist: Verest, Ehk, Atazi, Thusul, G'neschi, and Ginxae 1/3

#Febchantment 18 Magic is as much a natural feature of the world as air, water, and ground. Using it is similarly as natural as breathing (or it was). Ancient peoples benefited by creating poweful weapons and tools to survive in a world of Phantasmal Beasts. Later, but still ancient peoples 1/4

hi guys I know I haven't been very active lately, and I don't talk about where I'm from often, but the government made some really scary announcements today so I thought I'd share to let everyone know what's happening. here are some posts from twt for context

Get your popcorn — or almonds — ready for Dropout's latest retro experiment in how people get its comedy content.

#Febchantment 17 On the Hrell continent, specifically in the lands south of the Aladernis Mountains, the Mage Guild is the de jure governing body of all mages, especially the Rylian Commonwealth. While masquerading as a trade guild, they have secured significant political and economic power 1/5

Aight

All shorts have been uploaded. My stone age fable, That Howling Laughter, is now available entirely on YouTube in this playlist 📚🪐💙: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

#Febchantment 16 Two potential answers here but I'll pick the flashiest. Dealia, the world/setting, was a supercontinent. One large landmass. After the Eras of Beasts and Gods came the Age of Mage Lords, when the titular individuals ruled and warred over the land. 1/5

Hey come find me in Arknights: Endfield UID: 6782104063

#Febchantment 15 Different parts of the world definitely have different ideas on magic, but more clear-cut, modern magic has ten distinct types, identified by color. These ten were imposed on magic by the Ascended, so they are arbitrary and lose some theoretical functionality 1/4

Link’s energy is fading! I have no choice… I’ll have to breastfeed him back to health!

#Febchantment 13 Oh boy. Magestones are alive in a similar sense to viruses. Implanting them into the body is basically feeding them, so if you feed them too much (or not enough) they can and will metastasize. Placing them in a setting hinders this property, but doesn't completely neuter it... 1/5

#Febchantment 12 I'm not sure there is such a thing. In modern times, the most powerful political and economic mage organization is the Mage Guild, which is headed by ten Guildmasters, but this is as much a political and position as a meritous one. Master is a rank of seniority not skill per se 1/3

#Febchantment 11 A big limitation I had to impose on the modern, colorized magic, was tying the "size" of magical effects to the volume of implanted magestone. When your only limit is literally your imagination, narratively, there needs to be something holding characters back. I think... 1/6

#Febchantment 10 Magic does not require anything but a clear idea of the intended effect. Chants/spells or any motions are not necessary - however, some people and cultures do associate such things with casting. So I guess that veers back into the nebulous "it depends" state where I live... 1/2

I didn't have TikTok on my phone when it was Chinese spyware, I'm not going to have it on my phone when it is US spyware

#WIPLash One that I keep on the backburner permanently I lovingly call "007 vs Godzilla" It involves neither licensed properties but it does feature super spies and kaiju. One version is a partially written comic script I don't have an artist for

#Febchantment 9 The oldest and most common tool is a Bound Treasure, a magical item housing a soul. The resultant magic is usually dependent on the specifics of the soul and form of the item. My short story That Howling Laughter (check my profile) is about the (accidental) creating of one 1/2

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Closing jumbotron Super Bowl Halftime Show message from Bad Bunny: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”

#Febchantment 8 It's known to me and a few particular in-world people, but theorized about by many. The Font of Miracles is the...local* source of Magic. The Font is the place where aether (the stuff of magic) originates and returns to. Aether carries the inert energy needed for magic to happen 1/

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Hey all. Halfway through my read of That Howling Laughter on YT. I'm going to compile it all as a single long video at the end of the month and upload it as well. Looking at making the text available on itch.io or somewhere too, but that's a different beast www.youtube.com/shorts/bslXX...

#Febchantment 7 What Brie show off here is something she pioneered. Visually boring, and conceptually a Dragon Age phylactery, Thing is, White Magic is difficult. And she's using it not just to track someone at a distance, but their child. That's wild 1/2

Either she's gone or blocked me (either way, a positive outcome) but here's the thread

Thought this was satire at first. It is not

#Febchantment 6 SO. Despite the damnably obvious parallels you can draw between my magic and Stormlight Archive, I WAS NOT inspired by Sanderson. In fact, the core tenants of what I'm doing predate my reading his works at all. And yet here we are. I'm being overly critical of myself, but still 1/7

#Febchantment 5 Anyone and everyone can do magic. There's nothing biological or mystical that would prevent this. But depending on when, one need to find a Pool of Wonder, bind a soul, or even join a trade guild first. Magic is another skill and the knowledge isn't inherent (usually).

We might have another one

NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program. This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE. Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.