Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

@001zlnv Well, I've got her ref gallery right here, might as well... https://imgur.com/a/DKq4L4O

Not to mention, it's been something like 17 years since I started playing her, so I think it's definitely time for her to get a promotion. When she got started, she was a single receiver node for Saturnian commands, the equivalent of a single portable radio.

By now, I figure she's assimilated enough other mammalian lifeforms to have some serious rank and status, rebroadcasting to many thousands of subnodes—more like the kittyborg equivalent of BBC4. _:3

@hystericempress "Long-lasting effects" + "fire." ​

@LeDiva IT'S ME, PATRICK

Sent off a commission request for my alien implantee catgirl Hladolet, and now I've got that "Calvin waiting for his propellor beanie" feel, checking my DeviantArt notes every five minutes...

I've been sheepish for the last couple of years about doing anything with Hladi because her origins (inspired by "Erotica Ann," a sexdroid from Elaine Lee's Starstruck comics) seemed a little sexist and dated, and I'm not proud of some of the ways I played her when she first hit TapestriesMUCK.

But I think I've figured out how to redeem her, by emphasizing she's NOT a sextoy, she's an transcenda, and emphasizing the "spooky alien emissary" aspects. Less goddamn Galaxina or Sorayama fembot, and more V'ger—or the False Maria from Metropolis. Still adorable, friendly, and pettable... but oh, yeah, you are DEFINITELY gonna disappear and wake up working in a factory on Saturn.

I should wake up her "sibling" Kayamanu, too—basically the same model of hypnosquidded cyborg, but a fluffy skunk DMAB enby, with red droid-livery instead of blue. I've never gotten any art of them, and I should really fix that. The world needs more cute, fuzzy enbots.

Mood's a lot better. Thank you, everyone who pitched in. I think it really helps to FINALLY be caught up on work—and, for the first time in two weeks, have a head that doesn't smell like a rhinovirus tomb on the inside. -_-

Feeling hopeful about Parallax again, might watch a couple horror movies for inspiration ("YA comic" *evil cackle*) and do a little work on Ch 2 plotting.

@SangriaSnake I've known some people like that in my time. :D

#achewood

@hummingrain I have to do this with @anthracite sometimes. *nod*

#lizardthings

@hummingrain And, I mean, "exotic" covers a lot of territory. I've known people who kept skunks and ferrets who were, like, 5th-generation captive and they seemed pretty darned happy and attached. I'm talking about, say, the kind of people who want to have a serval or a raccoon or a wolfdog or something without, you know, at least making wildlife care their *main hobby*.

And then at the other end of the spectrum you have the woman who runs dailycoyote.net, who just kinda had a coyote dropped in her lap and is one of my personal heroes...

@hummingrain "Vet failed to communicate with my Pomeranian in clear, coherent English. If my pet psychic can do it, how hard could it be for a licensed professional? 1/5."

@hummingrain Yeah, that all sounds like par for the course, especially when you factor in that people are gonna get uptight (and *sigh* look for someone to blame) when nothing can be done for their pet.

Just drawing from my own Yelp experiences—maybe comparing with the low reviews on other vets in the area would help reassure that anxious part of your brain? Betcha anything they've got 'em too.

Pardon me a moment while I grumble about people and their "exotic mammals" that probably shouldn't have ever been in captivity in the first place. No, Karen, nobody knows how to take care of your goddamn binturong. ;p I'm still carrying a grudge 20 years later over my ex-girlfriend's poor sickly, shivering little hedgehogs. >_<

@hummingrain And oops, I missed your last paragraph at first, it's early—you're streets ahead of me on this. <3

@hummingrain Man, I wish there were a filter for angry one-star reviews from soccer mom's named "Karen." ;p Yeah, if my experiences reading restaurant reviews apply to vets, they're probably fine.

First thing I do with any restaurant is filter by worst rating and see how many of the one-stars are stuff like "was closed at 9:56 pm on a Monday, site said was upon until 10:00, how DARE you." I think a lot of people just want a place to vent when they're frustrated, and can't tell the difference between "genuinely badly run place" and "my feelings were briefly hurt by a misunderstanding."

What sort of stuff were people complaining about?

@001zlnv @hystericempress Boston did cod for a while, I believe...

@zx3 (shit, I think I have that WITH me, on my media drive—yeah, I think I've found my entertainment for the evening—tigers do so love it when the gooey blood stuff comes out all over ^_______^ )

@zx3 There will NEVER be a day in which a Cronenberg reference will not bring a smile to my face—thank you, robot friend!

@Xinjinmeng@mastodon.social It's more like "back off the wagon." Many a donut and cruller knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of a tiger in those days, I can tell you.

Ran myself a nice bath and took a couple hours' break from work. I think the experience I had in there could be described as somewhere between a "hypnoseethe," a "power sulk," and an "astral stalk." It's a Martian thing. You small gooshy type people wouldn't understand.

Checked the headlines to see if maybe I finally took McConnell out while I was soaking. Nothin'. I mean, if he got a papercut or a nosebleed or something, that probably wouldn't have made the news, right? Hmm, I'll keep trying. 😼​

@anthracite @001zlnv Rosemary and beer reduction, o my adorable food illiterate. <3

@Phorm Also... heh... if the shit really hits the fan and I lose that bet for 2020/2024... come on down and have some donuts. Lots and lots and lots and lots of donuts.

#wobbiegenie
#wobbletiger
#maybewobbledragon