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#JapaneseFantasy is a distinct #subgenre of #Fantasy #gaming and #literature that grew out of #Japanese #adaptations of European and American Fantasy gaming and literature. It has distinct features that originated in Japanese culture and which have been subsequently #backported to #Western #culture.
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Firenze, Italy
(This is written like a partial outline/prose)
Nari and Ashuton walk together, holding hands, as they go to an art gallery hotel to stay for a while. Ashuton made sure his schedule was clear for the weekend.
Inside the lobby, the receptionist—a Poki dragon, said their room was changed in the system last minute. She said they can still pay normal room price as compensation.
Ashuton growls but doesn’t make a fuss about it.
Nari says it’s fine and that they can get a big room next time.
“Oh it’s big,” said the Poki dragon, “it’s just… one bed.”
Nari’s eyes went wide and she drops her plushie.
Ashuton went “ooooh…”
He takes her by the hand and they go up.
Buuut she drags him back so she can grab her plushie.
Later, the both of them lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling.
Ash turns over and says “I am really sorry this happened.”
Nari said “it’s fine. It’s fine.”
She shifts a little bit, “just trying to resist facilitating… you know…”
“Oh?” Ashuton raises an eyebrow, “No I don’t know.”
“Yes you do.”
“Do I?”
“Oh stop it. You’re playing dumb on purpose.”
“Mmmmmmmmmm no I’m not. I don’t know what you could be facilitating.”
“The S-word.”
“The S word?”
“Now I know you’re playing.”
“This soon?” He taps his chin, “hmmmmmm…”
“No, not this soon. I’m not doing that.”
“But you said you were trying to resist facilitating it.”
“I mean—”
“Does that mean you think of me highly enough to, hmmmmm,” he gestures his hand around, “engage in said S-word activity?”
“No—I mean yes—but no I’m not doing that right now.”
“I know, I know. I’m just honored that you think of me so highly and entrust me with your body that way.”
Nari covers her face, “Oh my god stop you’re making me blush.”
“My apologies,” he says in a sing song and kisses her on the lips.
“I do ask, if we do that… thing… I want it to be all natural.”
“But, you’d get pregnant? Are you sure?”
She nods, “Yes. I want to experience all of you without inhibitors.”
He nods and smiles.
“We should get going.”
“Yeah.”
Outside, they walk around by the water. Caterina hangs on his back,
They get drinks at a small restaurant-bar, Ash orders draconic alcohol, he says he doesn’t drink often but he’s feeling like causing mayhem today. He turns his back to grab some extra plates off the counter and comes back to half of his drink being gone. He is so shocked, his mouth is wide open. Nari, on the other hand, was smiling wryly and said “I don’t drink either but I want to experience the mayhem with you.”
He drinks his half, telling her how shocked he is and that it is not meant for humans.
An hour later and they’re both arguing playfully over who would win a fight. Ash says Nari can’t beat him because he is stronger but she argues she can beat him in other ways, like a battle of wits. Ashuton says his mind is fortified and she scoffs and says “no it’s not.” And he says “yes it is.” And they go back and forth.
“*hic* no it’s nooooooot.”
“*hic* yes it *hic* is.”
Someone says “why not a sword fight?”
Nari puts her hands up in jest and says “yes!”
“You would lose in the first five seconds.” He says
She shakes her head and leans in and says “Nah, I’d win.” (Gojo reference)
“Yeah. You’d win the award for quickest fail.”
“I can last ten seconds.”
“Nari. You can last at much better things.” He says with a smile and taps her on the nose.
She’s also smiling and says “wanna bet?”
She leans back and says “ten seconds is all I need.”
Another person says “I put $10 on Nari lasting ten seconds!”
And she points at them and says, “see! Someone has faith in me.”
“Or they have a lot of money to spare,” he says as he takes a sip of orange juice.
“Let’s set it up in the garden!” Says another person.
“Yeah!”
Nari gets up and says “okay! But I’ll need my own costume. I want to dress like a musketeer.”
Ashuton chokes on his drink as he laughs. “I’ll tell Rico to bring my old outfit.”
“Wait you just… have that on hand?” She says, confused.
“Yeah.”
Rico arrives with the musketeer outfit (hat with a feather included) and Nari gets dressed. Nari gets dressed in the bathroom and comes back out with the costume on. Rico gives her a rapier he brought from home.
“This is my old trusty weapon. Try not to cut yourself with it, bambina.”
Nari scoffs, “whatever. You sound like Thomas.”
“I do?” Rico looks on in bewilderment.
Nari and Ash take their positions. They withdraw their swords and wait until someone shouts “go!”
Ash instantly disarms Nari With his sword and as he points the tip at her neck, Nari had put her hands up.
“Five seconds.” He says.
Nari frowns. “Bleh.”
Some folks say “awwwwww.”
Ash says “you forget, I was born in an era of swords and carriages.”
He yanks Nari close and leans her down to kiss her.
Rico rolls his eyes and the crowd cheers for them. Caterina taps her tail on the ground happily.
Ash flies Nari home, wobbling as he flew. She gives him a good night kiss and he smiles and tells her goodnight.
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Death on the Pale Horse - Illustration by Gustave Doré (1865)
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The concept of the station in space developed in the Science Fiction of the 1930s
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In a world where kingdoms have shattered and ancient powers stir once more, Sword of the Shattered Kingdoms: Ancient Crystal of Eldoria drops you straight into the heart of the adventure. If you love epic quests and hidden magic, this one belongs on your shelf.
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Sneak peak of opening quote of chapter six of The Last Philosopher: Part Two 😁
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Finished 'The Heart of the Nhaga' by Lee Young-Do yesterday! Such a good fantasy epic with lots of fun worldbuilding and interesting scenarios. It also strikes a really good mix of humor, mythmaking, serious moments, and horror while still feeling cohesive and natural. I found it really refreshing to read even if the characters and translation were a little flat at times.
Few more thoughts in https://stackofgoats.studio/blog/review-the-heart-of-the-nhaga/
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Painting called "Manhattan Transfert" by Darrell K. Sweet. (1974)
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In 1895, H.G. Wells began his classic first masterpiece The Time Machine with a short lecture on the fourth dimension: Time.
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Alchemised is an impressive work of fan fiction, a dark fantasy wartime romance shipping the characters of Hermione (Helena Marino) and Draco (Kaine Ferron) from Harry Potter in a world that uses the magic system (or close enough) of Fullmetal Alchemist, with necromancy and elements of The Handmaid's Tale stirred in for horror and a sprinkling of softcore erotica for horn.
If that premise doesn't sound like anything you're remotely interested in, don't pick up this book. The story is told in a little over 1,000 pages (32+ hours for the audiobook), so it's not a light investment of your time; and as much as I wanted to be able to recommend Alchemised to all (adult) fantasy readers when I started the book, by the end I felt that I could only ever recommend the book to fans of Harry Potter and Fullmetal Alchemist who are powerfully intrigued by the idea of a melding of those two fantasy worlds.
For those people, Alchemised may indeed scratch an itch. I think SenLinYu did a great job of creatively joining those two universes to create an entirely new universe that is interesting in its own right. I appreciated the horrific descriptions of war, and especially the wartime application of the world's magic systems. (Don't take that the wrong way: I'm no fan of war—quite the opposite, in fact; and I appreciate that Alchemised depicts war as a horror in a way that few of the fantasy novels I've read ever do.) I had fun identifying all the little elements of the various IPs SenLinYu worked into her story. I also enjoyed the erotica, even if it was a bit vanilla for my taste.
The problem is the length of this book. Part II, especially, drags on for much longer than needed to get to where we needed to be by Part III. I know Alchemised was originally self-published on AO3, and if it had stayed there I maybe could have forgiven the bloat. A young, talented, but inexperienced writer indulging in a story they've probably had in their head for many years—I get it. But the book wasn't self-published, and Penguin really should have insisted that an editor help the author trim some of the fat off this book. Someone to interject when the characters repeat the same phrases 100 times. Someone to insist that we get to the fucking monkey.
It's unfortunate that didn't happen; or, if the book did go through an editor and they did some trimming, it's unfortunate they didn't cut more out of Alchemised. As it is, I just can't recommend that anyone other than real fans put as much time as it will take to get through this beast of a book.
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Bienvenue ! Je suis Marie-Gaëlle, illustratrice et autrice de fantasy (souvent érotique) à Strasbourg.
Je peins principalement des femmes, inspirées par la fantasy, la féerie et la mythologie. Mes peintures sont parfois NSFW, parfois non, au gré de mon humeur.
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Q: Did The Mouth Of Sauron Survive The War Of The Ring?
ANSWER: I received this question in October 2025:
Do you think the Mouth of Sauron could have survived Sauron’s defeat?
Therefore, could he still be alive during the fourth age and still roaming Middle earth and represent a menace?
I can see different ways he might have survived. So far as I know, unless there is some letter out there […]
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I realised that I've neglected to thank everyone who has boosted, commented, and favourited my shamelessly self-promotional book posts...
I just wanted to say that as some who is retired with disablity I really appreciate the support.
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Did Tolkien really say that?
Illustration by Gustave Doré - Andromeda (1862)
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Salvador Dali’s Space Elephant (from the Memories of Surrealism suite). 1971.
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Journey to the Fourth Dimension: 1930-1931
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