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My toxic trait is that I am far more interested in the socio-economic and geopolitical implications of ABO settings than the smut.

For example: I can't read any ABO AUs set in England or France because while I can suspend my disbelief far enough for a gender trinary set up, I can't suspend it enough to believe those two countries would still be distinct entities in a alternate history where Richard the Lionheart could have impregnated Philip II.

If there was a viable dynastic future with Richard, Philip would have climbed him like an oak and dragged him to the altar if he had to. It's a match that makes perfect sense from both their points of view: Philip gets Aquitaine back under French rule, the best general in Europe on his council, and a powerful check on the Angevins... then unexpectedly (after Henry the Young bites it) the entire Kingdom of England for his Capetian dynasty. Richard meanwhile gets to stick it to his father, secure Aquitaine's prosperity, and gets the leverage to start pushing for his mother's release. Then when Henry kicks the bucket Richard doesn't actually have to be King of England in anything but name: Philip can run the countries and unify the Crowns and what not while Richard runs off to go Crusading.

Plus they also like, loved each other and stuff and being able to get to be together long term instead of being torn apart by politics would have been cool. But I'm mainly obsessed with the historical and dynastic implications.

All this to say any ABO au set in England or France that doesn't have them united as a singular Anglo-Frank empire is doing it wrong.

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A little study

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oughh

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construct (2025)

acrylic on canvas

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2fort (2025)

acrylic on canvas

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yup my jesters cookie is poisoned

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Can't trust anything in these days. I wish tall women were real. Those shoes were really cool though...

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Draco ‘Puyo Puyo Sun’ SEGA Saturn

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if you're curious why annas-archive.org and libgen keep going down more regularly... us federal court has subpoenaed cloudflare for identifying information on them and the publishers have also asked cloudflare to stop doing business with the sites. they're also targeting SLUM, which merely monitors uptime for these sites.

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Brian McClellan liked our cover for Powder Mage

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http://www.fbelle.net/sights/gallery_60.html

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Age of Empires 2 Karambit Warrior

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test my dashboard osmosis abilities

send me an ask about a fandom i know nothing about and i will summarize it as best i can

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I grew up hearing legendary tales of heroism like Eric and the Dread Gazebo and The Head of Vecna.

What do the kids these days have? Krod the Angry Rogue, the story of a character whose DM let him roll Intimidate for everything, teaching a generation of players how to play D&D bad.

Yes I’m scolding you for badwrongfun, suck it up.

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