@derp
When he was a chubby puppy with an attitude, we thought it would be appropriate.
Turns out he's afraid of everything, and not quite the war general we were hoping the name would live up to xD
Love the fluff monster anyway. And he looks fierce enough he once kept a burglar away, and my asshole oldest brother in law from interacting with our daughter. So ... I'm cool with it >.>
This was the night we got him. About three months old.
The Child woke up way too damn early. So I put on a show and told her to give mommy a few minutes.
Naturally our Agamemnon took this to mean he was allowed onto the bed, too.
He's 12 years old and has achey hips, so I was shocked he got up there in one unassisted jump. So he got to stay.
They're both lucky they're cute.
@ominous
Oh cool!
Next question then...
Wtf is Ares?
I've seen folks talk about it a bit, but not totally sure what it is. And not sure my Googling attempts are finding the correct thing.
Quick link or point in the right direction? n.n.
Hey folks!
I know Play by Post doesn't exactly seem to be ...popular at all, idk...
But I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations for places to try it out?
I no longer have the time to MU* in real ish time, which makes me kinda sad. But really in need of some wordy creativity that isn't just me in an echo chamber of my own shitty writing.
I finished it! And I can still kind of feel my fingers! And my shoulder isn't on fire! (from drawing)
Just really excited... Also it's given me some momentum to draw other things. I'm so stoked I'm going to use the word "stoked". 
So satisfying!
My only real complaint about the season are all the extra June "eye shots". Like...we get it, she's tough and intense and going through some stuff. Move along.
Definitely need to watch something more happy now though, haha.
Haha, fun...
Anahi, my hyper awkward vulture/blackbird changeling.
Found some of the other styles, and liked this for one of my other old chars. This was Red, another Changeling. Made out of ink and light, idk. It's been a while.
And now I really want to go draw my old characters... Which I've never done. And is weird, now that I'm thinking about it since I'm literally a portrait artist lol.
@wizz
For a while when I was a kid, I was convinced I was going to be a theoretical astro physicist. So that sounds very cool.
Thanks!
Thank you!
It's about halfway done now. Fingers keep going numb when I try to work on it again. Ugh.
Tomorrow's another day.
Nice to get in even a few minutes of drawing though.
Nice enough I keep excited rambling about it. And anything else that pops into my head.
I'm realizing after reading some of these responses, that I assumed that a photo/picture of some kind, would be on a wiki....where in game you'd only have text.
Am I that old? Or sheltered? Are there just places where people are like "who am I and what do I look like? Scar-Jo. shows Picture, end of story" like .. can you show pictures on the client? Or whatever?
I don't even know what I'm asking anymore. I might feel a bit like a fossil.
I prefer a detailed description of the likeness and a picture of some kind somewhere, to back that up. Especially if it's my character.
Clearly I need to do some reading around about MU* stuff again.
x.x
@arkandel
That has legitimately happened in a scene I was in, before. Only it was Orlando Bloom at the height of LotR/Legolas prettiness. People are silly.
"I've been having some weird ethical concerns about taking a real person's face to use as my character's lately,"
1000% understand this. I'd be so creeped out if suddenly someone decided to use my face as the face of a made up character someone else plays as, and likely does questionable activities to some degree or another.
But I'm also an asshole and, when I was still making characters, just tried not to think about it.
Don't know if it'd be the same these days or not.
@wizz
During Covid, we've been keeping our circle of folks who we'll see, to the friends we've known since high school, and know who work from home and are as antisocial.
In January, we had them over for "Game Night" and dinner as is usual for us. One of our friends called us the next day to inform us that their mom, who they live with but don't really see or interact with, has Covid and didn't say anything about it to anyone even though she went and got a positive test. Apparently the mom didn't believe it was real, but her work made her go get tested or something.
All eight of us ended up with Covid-19. Two of us are immunocompromised. Thankfully we all ended up generally alright, but my lungs have been a wreck ever since.
Angry doesn't quite cover it for me.
I say all this to say.... Yes we knew there was a risk with having people in our home anyway...but the way it came about just pisses me off, since spreading it could have been avoided.
People suck.
@arkandel
Option 1 or maybe option 3 if it's done really, really well.
I'm a super visual person, and my brain has a hard time if there are different models for the same character, if it's obvious.
I've done option 4 and the character never quite comes together for me enough to use words. I need both, for my own characters.
Also, to @Carma point, it's a little unsettling to me if a popular public figure is used as a model for the character.
I tend to find a photo first, of some general theme from the type of place and character I want to play, then make a character around whatever model I find that's inspiring, I guess. Typically they're from some obscure photographer or something I found on Pinterest or DeviantArt. Which I've been told is also creepy and unsettling. I guess for me at that point, it's just art I'm using, and not a real person. Which probably makes it worse to some. Idk. Now I'm rambling.
@duntada
I've heard good things about this one! Well ..rather that it was just good. A couple acquaintances of mine listen to it. Didn't realize it was a story type of thing...?
I'll have to check it out. Thanks!
@misadventure
@Ganymede makes me feel pretty inadequate in general, as far as I recall...so it's only fair, right? >.>
I cannot find the time to sit and read anymore, and that makes me very sad.
However, I've enjoyed audio books, and find I can do other things while listening and still feel like I've read a book.
I'm on my second listen-through of The Wheel of Time, and need some suggestions.
I've listened to Mistborn and Roshar everything from Brandon Sanderson and love them.
I tend to like darker fantasy/scifi stuff when I was reading actual books.
Any suggestions?
After a torn rotator cuff injury that went too long undiagnosed during the peak of Covid shutdowns, FINALLY getting back to drawing.
My daughter is almost five, and finally at that stage where I can say "Mommy needs a little time to herself to work", and she gets it. For about fifteen to twenty minutes.
But damnit if I'm not finally retraining myself how to draw and paint, fifteen to twenty minutes at a time. xD
The person who commissioned that drawing has been a patient, near saint like person. Figuring this out has taken me at least three times longer than was typical. So... Just really excited that it's coming together.
Can't wait to get started on some new things.
Also, more random but, my kid has crazy-in-the-humidity hair like I do, and I love it so much.
@arkandel
Thanks !
It'll be alright. BlueBird is fine. Can dramatically be like the me that came out the other side of some stupid shit, haha.
Also, my phone would not stop correcting your name to "@Arkansas" enough times that now I can't stop laughing... Silly phone...
Hey folks!
Was once TheBird on here. Couldn't remember ANY of my login info or whatever, and not even sure if I have the email related to it anymore since I kind of did a MU* purge a few years back. Thus, this might be a generally bad idea.
But, needed some kind of creative outlet lately. If this counts, since I likely will not be joining any MU*s again. Might find something more forum-y if those still exist. Idk.
That said, if you knew me here, or on various games, feel free to say hey. I'll be lurking thumbsup
Most frequently played past characters, up to about 15 or more years ago, primarily at places with WoD Changeling or the occasional Star Wars:
Omiya (WoD ish nagah/ snake lady)
Xia (original blue omwati from Star Wars: Age of Strife)
Anahi (hyperactive, nervous Changeling vulture/blackbird creature on various WoD games)
Other names I've used but not sure exactly where or when, played often but not as often as the previous three:
Phaedra
Penny
Red
Vesper
Maeve
Lydia
Anyway...hi!
If anyone familiar is still around, hope you've all been well and...well, sorry I'm a disappearing jerk. 
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