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“Any good with [a sword]?” said the sergeant to Maladict. “Not really, sir,” said Maladict. “Never had training. I carry it for protection, sir.” “How can you protect yourself by carrying a sword if you don’t know how to use it?” “Not me, sir. Other people. They see the sword and don’t attack me,” said Maladict patiently. “Yes, but if they did, lad, you wouldn’t be any good with it,” said the sergeant. “No, sir. I’d probably settle for just ripping their head off, sir. That’s what I mean by protection, sir. Theirs, not mine. And I’d get hell from the League if I did that, sir.”

Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment

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kissing you on the forehead

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OK, I understand. I will not continue to ask you for creative advice, nor will I bother you during the completion process. I will not tag you unless I publish the finished product. I will not ask you to provide criticism or guidance to urge my creative process until I think it is "finished".

In addition, regarding the finished product, I hope that when it is completed, if you are willing to give any comments, please give honest comments. Perhaps the statement of "gift" will create unnecessary trouble. I just want to be friendly but fucked up myself with words. And I think that the true evaluation of the work is always the most important. Readers have full right to interpret and should not be restricted by the nature that is irrelevant to the content of the work.

As for the relvant works, there might be a possible misunderstanding here: I do have my own writing ideas, but I am not sure whether the creation about IF line is acceptable to you. So, I asked if I could send the content to you for review, because if you think it is inappropriate, I will not publish it publicly.

On the one hand, Pink said in the Q&A of the official account that any form of fan fic is OK; but on the other hand, I noticed that you refused to translate the novel into other languages ​​in the comments section of the AO3 comment section, on the grounds that you want your novel to be published entirely on your account, solely in your own hands. So I'm not sure whether writing about the IF line would constitute an offense.

I don't want to interfere with you or offend you at all. I completely understand how it feels to be a creator who regards the work as his own child and doesn't want others to get involved. But the content of the IF line seems to be in between the relvant works and that. It is related to original work and is more of an extension of "possibility", but is it too closely related to the original novel?

Although my original intention was just to present some of the pictures I wanted to express, such as gladiator costumes, weddings and blessings, and scenes of piglins exploring the world above. However, once I try to fill in the details, I must start to construct. So, what kind of construction do you accept and what kind of construction do you not accept?

For the definition of "relvant works", does it mean that the content needs to be completely reconstructed by yourself inspired by bloodboon, or is it allowed to use the characters and relationships in it (such as HP AU), or is it also allowed to create works based on the world and characters of the original text? Is there a conventional meaning in English, but I don't know? Because I really don't want to offend you.

It would be easier to create pictures because paintings can be made completely based on existing texts and plots.

Therefore, I hope to ask you where the appropriate boundary is?

Btw, I used to heard that Chinese school-English is too formal to use in daily talk. Though I use translator for most of text, but, still if I did wrong with tones and words, that's all my fault. I am really sorry and I didn't mean to do that. I really don't want make any trouble.

Sincerely wish you all the best in your life, wuyou.

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I see. Thank you for understanding. And for the record, the compliments given on your art earlier are sincere! I just don’t like being too negative with people I don’t personally know, people have different reactions to critique after all.

Yes, as stated in the Q&A, any form of fanfic of Bloodboon is welcome and encouraged! What-ifs, continuations, even scenes from alternative points of view! A translation would be wildly different, since that's not creating anything new, simply changing the words into a different language. To me, a translation by someone I don’t know is only a few steps away from a random person copying my work and posting it elsewhere. As long as you create something new and acknowledge that its inspired by Bloodboon, you’re welcome to do whatever! Have fun!

What I meant by “relevant” is, yeah, things that have to do with Bloodboon in specific. Musings about how piglins would be good at ballet isn’t directly related to Bloodboon, its very general. Musings about what the advisors get up to won't make sense without the context of the fic, therefore it’s “relevant”.

(For the record, your earlier asks have come in, but I’m not sure they can be posted. No offence, but they’re really frigging long, and I’m trying to keep the blog at least somewhat tidy, and several back-to-back walls of text is pretty overwhelming. But! They’ve been seen and read!)

And try not to worry too much about the English, it’s not my first language either :)

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the group chat when i ask whos available to hang out next week

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i wanna talk about this shot

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Whenever a video with a new device for launching arrows goes viral, I get a bunch of requests to fact check it. Which feels weird because if it works it works, and figuring that out from a short video is guesswork at best.

But here’s some of that thought process!

Anyway, here’s Patreon. I do more answers to requested questions there.

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The important thing is that Marcille did not learn to blaspheme against the natural order to save her girlfriend. She just happened to have studied the art of spitting in God's eye for wholly unrelated reasons, and when the opportunity by chance arose to employ that skill in service of girlfriend-saving, she was ready.

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Prologue

Next

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knowledge long forgotten

got really into reading item descriptions on this playthrough. anyway did you know the silent princess is one of the only raw materials with a cooking effect to not explicitly list that effect in its description

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Designed my own take of Odysseus 🏹

man got big suffering and even bigger thighs

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the space race may be the funniest point in history period and i'll stand by that. the US is like "yes whoever gets into space first will prove once and for all that our economic model is superior and that we are, in general, the superior country of superior and smarter people." then the soviets just went and did it and the US freaked out and needed to cover their ass so were like "WE MEAN THE MOON, WE MEAN THE FIRST TO LAND ON THE MOON."

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people always talk about the problem of coffee showing up in fantasy or scifi, like do you call it kaff with a wink or coffee with a stare into the camera or just make up a drink that is exactly like coffee but Totally Different I swear

But what about sandwiches

that's just one particular guy. that's a dude and his aristocratic title. Where's the high fantasy where all the characters eat slices of meat held between two slices of bread and call it a ravensrook, after balthazar the high wizard of ravensrook who wanted something he could eat with one hand while he pondered his orb

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Hellow, I like your fiction on AO3 so I drew a fan art of Phiza wearing Hanfu for you. I hadn’t finished it yet but I wish to post it to you to have a check. Sorry for that I haven’t finished details of the materials of the clothes yet. But I wish you like it. ~~~

Assuming it’s cool to post this version too? It’s interesting to see the evolution ^^

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Hi, this is my first time using trumpler, so I'm not very good at it yet. Anyway, this is a fanart of what Philza wears at the party in Bloodboon. It's not perfect yet, but I'm tired, so I wanted to send it to you to see how it works. If you think there's anything that needs to be changed, please let me know.

I added a few details: since the piglin tailor has never seen real bird clothing, it's probably a mix between traditional piglin clothing and bird clothing, they added a fur collar, because piglins who haven't seen birds in the Overworld can only guess that birds are "furry", and since it's made of hoglin fur, it's insulated and doesn't make Phiza feel stuffy.

I'm not sure if the bird hybrid has raptor claws, but I guess since they don't allow Phiza to hold any weapons, they probably don't allow Phil to wear shoes that show claws or have sharp metal toes.

In addition, I also want to draw fanart related to techno, and I hope to talk to you more specifically about some drawing details: Do piglins and piglin hybrids grow taller? If I drew Techno as 2.3 meters tall (7.55 feet), would that be inappropriate for you? (Although I think the size difference is more interesting in the same frame, and Philza does have very large wings)

I really like your work, if you are interested in fan art, can I discuss it with you more? I'm not sure what type of art you like, if you have your preferences, please let me know. English is not my first language, so I wrote these using a translator, I hope they are not too rude.

Thanks again, you create a great story!

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Oh wow this is so pretty! I really like the lore behind the fur lining and boots, that is so thoughtful and clever! I approve so much! Gosh the gold on the wings looks so good!

Hehe, more lore! Piglin hybrids are in most senses the average between the two species, so Techno would be shorter than most piglins. I don’t imagine piglins to be THAT much taller than humans though, so over 2 meter Techno sounds REALLY tall to me- but don’t let me get in the way of your art! As long as he looks cool you’re doing it right :D Which also answers the last question there, I don’t wanna limit anyone’s choices, because its super interesting to see how people interpret and express things! Just have a good time making it, that is my directive ^^

You can absolutely discuss fanart with us any time, we love it! Just please put it onto the @bloodboonfic submission box, since that’s the official one, it makes it a little easier for us. Thank you for sharing as well as the kind words, I’m glad the story has inspired you!