#meta-furry

[drabmakyo]

Did you know that I write a lot about memory, skunks, uploading consciousness, political maneuvering, skunks, aliens, skunks, queerness, identity, emotions, and skunks? It's true! I'm very proud of them. You can read books best described as

Given the chance to live forever in a world not built for death, what do you do?

Given the inability to forget—all your joys and sorrows, all your foundational memories and traumas—how do you cope?

Given the ability to create a full copy of yourself—down to every single one of those memories—to do as they will, to individuate and live out their own forever lives, or merge back down and meld their memories with your own, what paths do you take?

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If I had a nickel for every time I accidentally wrote something with heavy plural undertones that I hadn't intended but nonetheless made me doubt my identity, I'd have two nickels! Which isn't a lot, but it is weird that it happened twice.

The Post-Self Cycle is a tetralogy of meta-furry¹, gender-weird sci-fi books. From the very beginning of the consensual dream of the System, the members of the Ode clade, all forks from the same core personality, have dealt with fear each in their own way. Do they search for greater ways to control their lives? Do they hunt for yet deeper emotional connection? Do they hone their art to the finest point?

From roots in political turmoil to the building of a new society, the story is there to be found, and the Bălan clade is there to tell it.

Digital versions come with illustrations from five artists — Iris Jay, Jade Laclede, Floe, CadmiumTea, and johnny a.

Available as paperbacks, ebooks, and free to read in the browser. Omnibus ebook and illustrated hardcovers coming soon!

Book I — Qoheleth

"All artists search. I search for stories, in this post-self age. What happens when you can no longer call yourself an individual, when you have split your sense of self among several instances? How do you react? Do you withdraw into yourself, become a hermit? Do you expand until you lose all sense of identity? Do you fragment? Do you go about it deliberately, or do you let nature and chance take their course?"

With immersive technology at its peak, it's all too easy to get lost. When RJ loses emself in that virtual world, not only must ey find eir way out, but find all the answers ey can along the way.

And, nearly a century on, society still struggles with the ramifications of those answers.

Features the bonus novella Gallery Exhibition: A Love Story.

Madison finds a way to address not only the joys and terrors of integrated simulation technology, but also tackles questions of gender and identity while telling a pretty gripping mystery story in the process.

— Nenekiri Bookwyrm

Book II — Toledot

"I am saying that you trust me — really trust me — and that life in the System is more subtle than I think you know. You let me into your dreams, my dear, and your dreams influence this place as much as, if not more than, your waking mind."

No longer bound to the physical, what lengths should one go to in a virtual world to ensure the continuity of one's existence?

Secession. Launch. Two separations from two societies, two hundred years apart. And through it all, so many parallels run on so many levels that it can be dizzying just keeping up. The more Ioan and Codrin Bălan learn, the more it calls into question the motivations of even those they hold most dear.

Madison Scott-Clary . . . trusts her readers to be able to understand a completely different culture and existence than our own, and makes it compelling to do so.

— Payson R. Harris

Book III — Nevi'im

"Do you know how old I am, Dr. Brahe? I am 222 years old, a fork of an individual who is...who would be 259 years old. I am no longer the True Name of 2124. Even remembering her feels like remembering an old friend. I remember her perfectly, and yet I do not remember how to be earnest. I do not know how to simply be."

The cracks are showing.

Someone picked up on the broadcast from the Dreamer Module and as the powers that be rush to organize a meeting between races, Dr. Tycho Brahe is caught up in a whirlwind of activity. And as always, when the drama goes down, there is Codrin Bălan to witness it.

When faced with eternity in a new kind of digital world, however, old traumas come to roost, and those who were once powerful are brought to their knees

Growth is colliding with memory, and the cracks are showing.

These characters are so well realized, so fleshed out, that I can’t help but to gush about how their interactions with each other inform the central plot of the book.

— Nenekiri Bookwyrm

Book IV — Mitzvot

"To be built to love is to be built to dissolve. It is to be built to unbecome. It is to have the sole purpose of falling apart all in the name of someone else."

Even the grandest of stories can feel small and immediate when it's just one person's life.

One of the most well-known names from one of the most well-known clades on the System, the avatar of political machinations and cool confidence, has been brought low. With help coming only from Ioan Bălan and the most grudging of support from her cocladists, all True Name has left to save herself is the ability to change.

Features the bonus novella Selected Letters.

Mitzvot drills down deeper into the lives of its characters and shows us that between the world-shattering projects that change the very understanding of the System, they’re just people trying to live their lives with love and purpose.

— Nenekiri Bookwyrm

Keep an eye out for Clade, an anthology of short stories from nine authors set in the universe, coming later this year.

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¹ That is, about members of the furry subculture rather than just furry characters.

[longelk]

happy world otter day had to make tribute

[junkworldusa]

selection of my Portland Zine Symposium haul! not all the artists pictured here have tumblr but i wanted to shout out @sixgills and @duckcruz especially, Putty Pygmalion is a masterpiece & Devil Boy is PURE COMICS.

[seaquestions]

blake lets him keep it. this is a dire lapse in judgement on his part but they're just gonna have to live with it. (ids in alts)

[temiree]

Thanks, Ryan... 💢🦦

(For those who aren't familiar with that texture, it's a transparency pattern. xp)

[nyaagolor]

not a question but i just want you to know i will now remember you as the artist who drew beanix and apollo as the zootopia abortion comic

I can’t even be mad about this because not only did I do that but I also drew a different panel as Klapollo, meaning that I have TWO zootopia abortion comic ace attorney redraws. Anyway 10 likes and I’ll make an ace attorney version of the Zootopia JFK comic

[archie-the-menace]

ATTENTION INSTAGRAM USERS ‼️

I am starting a new protest against Meta AI!

The rules are simple:

-Draw something INCREDIBLY cursed using Mark Zuckerberg. All creators are needed!

-Post it on Instagram with no AI protection filters, watermarks, or signatures so it’s easy to steal!

Here’s my first contribution, furry Zuckerberg:

LET THE REVOLUTION BEGIN!!!

[eckodrawsgoobers]

Buncha lil kirby related doodles

[sasukeless]

only character close to naruto i can genuinely see sasuke having beef with is kurama and this is mostly because kurama takes control of naruto’s body at random times

[blue-jester-art-blog]

Happy pride!! I'm very predictable

[Magia's mine, the other two are @opal-owl-flight's!]

[electricfox]

Realization of A Sense of Self

......Or alternatively just my transition goals :-]

This is a very personal kind of self portrait piece reflecting on how I see myself through my therianthropy and trans identity and how comforting that actually is.

This was originally done as an artistic nudity piece so you can see that under the cut ^_^

.....can you tell I've never drawn a penis in my life

[ask-walter-and-vince]

hey! huge fan of the blog! however, given the situation with Twitter or whatever it is called now I don't really feel like making an account which kinda prevents me from reading the full comic. is there any other site for it? if not, no problem, I still adore the shenanigans I'm able to access here!

It's pretty unfortunate news, but luckily Walter, Vince and the Himbro's shenanigans live on in one compact carrd and then some!

Here's a list of links if you wanna see some gay werewolf jocks x vampire nerds, buff freaks in haunted mansions, vampiric stepbro incense or hunky pinoy la creaturas.

[glassedplanets]

Self Porchrit using a recent coord photo as ref!

[grumpybunny-edith]

Furry HRT comics have been something my brain kinda constantly returns to over the last... since people started making them, and so just like anything else I'm really invested in, I feel like I need to analyze them as a phenomenon a little bit.

In some ways, I feel like the most popular formats of these comics are informed by a traditional or uncomplicated view of medical transition. Every character is presented as being able to get an appointment pretty simply, and all live in proximity to their endo. Their initial appointment usually sucks, but characters get what they're looking for and generally don't experience any more roadblocks. The meds people take are always compatible with them, and do not cause any unexpected or adverse side effects.

There's also the assumption in many of these comics that transition has a definite "end". There exists a point where a character is "done", more or less, which isn't accurate to transgender experiences and pushes some of the harmful narrative perpetuated by the medical system. This structure, as well as the fact that furry HRT generally functions more quickly than transgender HRT, is helpful to the format of the stories as short-form narratives, as it helps create a satisfying conclusion.

This is all great for what the format and narratives seem to be trying to convey. Even in amongst the body horror which is common to the narrative, which is in itself useful for exploring how something many view as horrible or uncanny (such as gender transition), they are stories about trans joy. They're about some of the adversity we face, finding happiness among that adversity, and sharing in it with our communities. They're also about finding an authentic self through a medical process that isn't seen in reality, and how regardless of how strange people find something, happiness and self love are what is most important.

But also, when I reflect on these narratives, I sometimes struggle to see myself in them. I'm a person who has spent her entire time medically transitioning dealing with shitty, non-fantastical roadblocks; and it's never the fault of a shitty doctor. Prescriptions take a long time to deliver, insurance doesn't wanna cover it, drugs don't work properly (or sometimes too well, and my doctor starts thinking I have a tumor in my brain), that kind of stuff.

And part of why this bums me out is that there's still so much joy there. It takes more work to love oneself when you spend a month or two off for every three months on, but it's a beautiful thing when you do. There's a whole side of the community engaging with things like DIY HRT, helping and looking after one another even when the medical system won't. There's also people microdosing HRT, either because they're unsure how they feel about it, or there's something in the "in-between" that feels right for them.

Of course artists should put to the page the stories that they want to tell. This post honestly was helping me do the same thing by orienting my thoughts. I'm just yearning for stories that feel a little bit closer to the life I've lived and noticing trends that feel reminiscent of the ways the system hurts us. I love and appreciate every single one of these stories and I hope people don't stop making them - there's so much uniquely trans joy to be had in them. I guarantee this isn't the last of what I have to say about the topic; there's too much here worth celebrating and reading closer.

[riddlemethisjeremy]

Jeremy what's a furry

Xeno bumbled across the spaceship, searching for his new human companion, “Jeremy?” He called, “Jeremy, I have a question!”

Jeremy appeared in the doorway, having scuttled over from the room he’d been given in the ship, “What’s up?” He asked, vague concern flashing in his eyes.

“I have been “surfing your inter webs,” Xeno began, cocking his head lightly to the side.

Jeremy let out a slow breath, “Oh god.”

“I found something, and it confuses me. You humans have a very complicated language, and your culture is very complex.”

“What did you find, Xeno?”

“Jeremy, what is a furry and why do your people hate them?”

Jeremy sighed heavily, “First of all, I don’t think they were hated? Just regularly made fun of, and that was because they were humans who would create humanoid animal ocs, and cosplay or identify as them? And uh. The community had a few. Questionable components.”

“Were you ever a furry, Jeremy?” Zeno asked, seemingly filled with genuine interest.

Jeremy quickly shook his head, “No. No it was not my cup of tea.”

[starimie]

HAI. HELLO. HELLO KIRBY FANS. DO TOU WANT ADOPTS PERHAPS. IVE BEEN COOKING NONSTOP.

$5 Tier

$10 USD Tier

TENTATIVELY SELLING: Offer!

Im taking p//ypaland c//shapp, but will consider trades!

Please hmu on d/scord @ starimine !!!!

EDIT: I also do moodboard customs! they’re 5-15 bucks a piece, depends on what you’d like/how complex.