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Zia

When the book is hitting on the proper tone though it works. There is a solid sense of humor about a rogue and his himbo just doing their thing.

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violence and other thigns 

Though every once in a while the book does a gory bit or some violence that makes me go "this doesnt fit the tone of the rest of the novel why are you doing this?"

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Zia

I am so far really enjoying Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan. It isn't the most ingenious fantasy novel ever but it has decent pacing, characters I want to spend time with, and a genuine setting I want to explore. That's all I really need: a reasonable story.

I did do a cursory check to see if Sullivan had anything super objectionable before I committed to this book. Couldn't find anything but I am sure there will be something at some point.

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re: The Tregedy of X by Ellery Queen 

I mean don't get me wrong I love amurder mystery where the police are utter dunderheads but... this needed more.

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Cooner :raccoon:

I was just humming a Fleetwood Mac song (“Rhiannon”) while making my morning tea, reached for a sweetener packet and —

oh my gosh

Stevia Nicks 🤣

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Zia

The Tregedy of X by Ellery Queen 

At its core the main sleuth in this story is an interesting idea. A deaf man who is so incredibly competent, charismatic, smart, and massively sexy that everyone just wants to do what he asks. People respect the guy a lot and he's good at solving crimes because he logical (his skills work best in locked room scenarios). People just fall over themsleves for this Drury Lane or comment on how attractive he is. Also he's a master of disguise.

My issue is the pacing as said. If you set up that Drury Lane KNOWS who the killer is and then won't say you actually need to set up a better course of action then the attourney and police officer investigate random people because it feels like we are spinning our wheels. Lane knows who the killer is so investigating all these other people feels like a waste of time.

The ending chapter Lane actually reverses and says "Well I suspected but I wasn't sure if there were accomplices and we needed to get everyone" which.... you could have said that and kept the tension so we are left wondering if anyone else is in this conspiracy.

Also, the bigger problem is all the side characters and family members don't get real development. They're uninteresting which undercuts one of the strengths of a murder mystery which is outsized crazy character studies.

The solution to the puzzle is interesting. But to get there we have to tread so much uninteresting water.

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reggie

Does anyone else decorate their house with art depicting important memories from your expanded & shared furry alt-u? 😅

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BigBoofer

Thinking about that one time lil bro went to Benihana with his family back in Arizona and when he came back he said my Benihana copy cat YouTube recipe fried rice I made for him the day before was better *wagwagwag*

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octo is kinda borked

Emergency funds needed to help a trans black system survive; boosts please 

My father called me the first monday of last month. He said that he will need all the money I "own" (read the post linked at the end for the explanation) him by the end of the month. It is a little short of 4k and then there are my monthly expenses. The month has come and gone with absolute radio silence since his demands but last weekend I had to visit him and he confirmed that anytime now he'd be asking for it.

I'm still a terrible terrible mess. I missed half of my school days already and I'm still struggling with sleep and eating. At least I didn't pass out but it was really really hard to get out of bed end even just be able to write another one of this posts.

When I'm able to work I make ~10USD/day which would be more than enough to cover my bills but it is nowhere near enough to cover his demands and he doesn't care. I'm completely unable to hold a traditional job (without working myself to literal exhaustion as it happened already) so I really have no other options than work from home with what I can when I can.

I'm begging, please, if you're seeing this give it a boost. Maybe if you see this again, unboost and boost again. Pretty please. And of course if you can afford helping out I'd be really thankful.

thanks for your ever continued support :ms_bow:​

donation links:

  • ko-fi
  • stripe (BRL) - (for those that
  • stripe (USD) prefer not using paypal)
  • liberapay - liberapay says that stripe does not work on my country even tho I'm using it. I'll try fixing it later

last notes

  • a post on why I've been financially fucked for so long. TL;DR: my father is an ass and I need to "pay him back".
  • a spreadsheet If you're interested in seeing a detailed breakdown of what I need the money for. This is just a static copy of my dynamic spreadsheet.

hashtags

#mutualAid #transCrowdfund #mutualAidRequest @mutualaid

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Sam

Hi :)
Could you point me in the direction of some free for commercial use music online?
I'm, uh, working on something ♥️♥️♥️

#CreativeCommons #CC0 #Music

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Neil Gaiman

Here's the Guardian Obituary: theguardian.com/books/2023/apr

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Catherine Lundoff

#Bookstodon Just 5 more days until the new edition of Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold’s Lambda Award-winning gay gaslamp magical mystery, DEATH BY SILVER, comes out! Preorder your copy today from us or wherever fine books are sold! queenofswordspress.com/product

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Arga

Time to find the goat community on Mastodon

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Praxis :nbfox:

I have a preliminary version of the migration list (as in instances that are open to migrate to to various degrees)

It's opinionated, it's me-flavored and I am not comfortable posting it publicly -- but anyone on Vulpine.Club may ask for me to share it with them and I'll do so in DM :blobfoxheart:​

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MexicanYenta

Marijuana legalization in NM 

The governor of New Mexico has approved a bill to fulfill a key goal of the state’s marijuana legalization law by facilitating automatic expungements for prior cannabis convictions.

marijuanamoment.net/new-mexico

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Sebastian Silverfox

Oh noo.... gotta migrate to a new server no more Vulpine Club.

*sad fox noises*

Does anyone know a good one to move to that won't yell at me if I don't CW a picture of a sandwich or something weird like that?

note: my content will continue to be paintings and fursuits, not sandwiches.

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plush_bot :plush: _ :ms_robot:

This is an S tier plushie, the S stands for stuffie.

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Zia

I finished it last night. I see what my problem is now. I didn't like the pacing and the three main characters annoyed me. The final chapter actually did a lot to redeem the book but it wasn't enough.

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Zia

I hate this book but at the same time I am so close to finishing it. Its not working for me and I am not having fun. Which is a shame

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Talcott

SO! Anyone know of any good furry friendly music servers? Looking for a new mastodon server that plays a bit more to my interests and also has a good track record of moderating out bigotry.

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