Introductions@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 days ago

Testing the waters

Introductions@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 days ago

Doing an #introduction post! 👋

A friend on Bluesky recommended this place; they really missed the easiest layup ever. I’m probably going to lurk here to figure out how best to interact with it, but it seems fun so far.

I’m a writer and artist. Unapologetically bi in a committed throuple. Mostly into fiction, music, and retro games.

I’m a veteran, but nothing has convinced me that the root cause of many of America’s problems are white supremacy than having to work with senior military officers.

I wrote two complete (and one in-progress) sprite comics all set in the same universe that are story-driven, epic fantasies rather than comedy-driven stories.

If you enjoy the SNES RPGs from the Golden Age of Square Enix, then I think you will like my stories. (www.fortunasaga.com)

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We have a don’t doxx yourself kinda culture here, so nom de plum is expected. It’s not a rule per se, but keeping things in general mostly anon is just safest for everyone.

And also getting directly called a threat to national security by an officer is fucking bad ass!

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