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I fight for a world of naps. Books and video games too- but mostly naps.

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friendlysociopath.bsky.social @friendlysociopath.bsky.social · Dec 5

An intro:

Zone Magic is a webcomic written by me and given life via the art of Km92. It's a story of magic emerging in the modern world and how it shapes the lives of all, young and old, who can wield it.

Influences:
Darker than Black
Final Fantasy 8
Cardcaptors
Drakengard

#ZoneMagic #Webcomic

Carcaptor Sakura cover art of Sakura smiling and holding a card

Drakengard cover art of Caim standing in front of a fire-breathing dragon, Angelus

Darker than Black cover art of Hei in his Black Reaper coat

Final Fantasy 8 cover art featuring Squall, Rinoa, and Seifer all looking their own ways

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friendlysociopath.bsky.social @friendlysociopath.bsky.social · 11h

Reminds me of the collective shock the western world got when Soul Calibur had custom characters.

People used their real heights and were dumbfounded that they were taller than 90% of the cast.

friendlysociopath.bsky.social @friendlysociopath.bsky.social · 11h

You know... I have certain thoughts about people releasing the semi-wild and stray cat from the garage the day before his vet appointment.

Namely that they must be planning my mental destruction. Because it is something of a pain to trap him.

Much easier when he's confined to a single room.

friendlysociopath.bsky.social @friendlysociopath.bsky.social · 12h

Me on saturday

friendlysociopath.bsky.social @friendlysociopath.bsky.social · 13h

For a prequel it's simple- you need a new piece on the board to make the moves you know existing characters did not.

For a sequel it's simple power-creep. The new threat has to whup the old one or the hero to establish its menace.

friendlysociopath.bsky.social @friendlysociopath.bsky.social · 15h

Hmm... seems that Legacy of Kain comic I kickstarted is getting some blowback on some parts of the internet.

Apparently the first new lore in 20 years involving a new OC beating up one of the original protagonists wasn't taken well.

Haven't got my copy yet so secondhand knowledge is all I got.

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Morgana Ignis @morganaignis.bsky.social · 1d

So I finally caught up with Apothecary Diaries and…I ship these two with all my heart 😭❤️

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friendlysociopath.bsky.social @friendlysociopath.bsky.social · 21h

The hope is to get page 28 of my webcomic done by this month and pages 29 and 30 done before New Years.

Granted, I can only influence that so much.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 3d

#Writevember begins!

Let's start with who you are, the WIP you'll be working on this month, and your writing goal. Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

#Writevember
a November writing challenge prompt tag hosted by @gunsmile.bsky.social

November 1: Introduce yourself, your WIP, and your writing goal for this month.

Remember to use the #Writevember hashtag, engage with others, and have fun!

friendlysociopath.bsky.social @friendlysociopath.bsky.social · 1d

We're back after a vacation- the wonderful artist Km92 has done the biggest page yet for Zone Magic (the 27th).

"In only three weeks- anything became possible."

#ZoneMagic

#Webcomic

Remember- read left to right. Though this page is admittedly more of a background piece.

Page 27 of the Zone Magic webcomic.

A single panel of the kids talking with a background of other magics:

Zack, "Three weeks feels so long ago now."

Natsuru, "I know, right? The world's changed more in three weeks than the last three years."

Zack, "Zones and magic: someone with those powers can do anything."

Natsuru, "So long as you have the right spells."

Background elements on left:
A man laughing at a bloody hole in his hand
A girl looking at a growing flower above her palm
A woman shoving a man into a liquid brick wall

Background elements on right:
A man horrified at his mouth vanishing
A woman on a corded phone- a smokey hand is emerging from it to grab her neck
A car with several ice shards piercing it- one bloody

friendlysociopath.bsky.social @friendlysociopath.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a pirate costume is standing on a raft in the ocean

Alt: a man in a pirate costume is standing on a raft in the ocean

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friendlysociopath.bsky.social @friendlysociopath.bsky.social · 1d

Do comics count?

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friendlysociopath.bsky.social @friendlysociopath.bsky.social · 1d

I mean the door is where more of your body is compared to the window.

Not that I've looked into this sort of thing
>.>
<.<

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friendlysociopath.bsky.social @friendlysociopath.bsky.social · 1d

If I had this full song with Dedede's dub actor from Right Back At Ya singing it- I would be a happy, happy man.

friendlysociopath.bsky.social @friendlysociopath.bsky.social · 2d

We always Like Dedede posts in this house

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friendlysociopath.bsky.social @friendlysociopath.bsky.social · 2d

I'm gonna say it- it's not good game design for a sprite-based game with a grid to have a stealth section AND the enemies have different sight lines.

With no way for you to tell who can see three spaces, or four, or who has a cone and who has a line.

friendlysociopath.bsky.social @friendlysociopath.bsky.social · 2d

Seems our next saturday D&D campaign is going to basically be a Witcher 3 runthrough.

Our races are simply going to be mutations we've gone through as part of the Witcher process and any deities/factions/orders we follow are being Witcher repurposed.

I'm only slightly familiar so it should be fun.

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The Ghost of Future Past💙💛 @rphutch1975.bsky.social · 3d

It's over Anakin...

Higher ground scene between Ben and Anakin on Moustafar using a carved out pumpkin as the backdrop.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 3d

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph

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Evan Johnson-Ransom @ejrpaleo.bsky.social · 4d

In lieu of the recent #Nanotyrannus paper, here’s a couple of photos of me at the Burpee Museum of Natural History with Jane (Nanotyrannus lethaeus) and CMNH 7541 (Nanotyrannus lancensis), along with a flesh model of Jane by @tylerkeillor.bsky.social. #FossilFriday #Dinosaurs #Paleontology

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friendlysociopath.bsky.social @friendlysociopath.bsky.social · 4d

We've waited through 20 years of "your mom" jokes for this day

friendlysociopath.bsky.social @friendlysociopath.bsky.social · 4d

All I'm saying is- buy the damn Looney Toons.

I know in-practice it's almost certainly Batman and the DC rights but... I know which of those two franchises I value more.

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friendlysociopath.bsky.social @friendlysociopath.bsky.social · 4d

Grats

friendlysociopath.bsky.social @friendlysociopath.bsky.social · 4d

Only one proper question can be asked at this point:

Head or dick?

friendlysociopath.bsky.social @friendlysociopath.bsky.social · 4d

Never thought I'd have a chance to link this particular scene from God Emperor Text To Speech Device

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MAKE PENIS INTO ROBOT

YouTube video by Dawson Mooney

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friendlysociopath.bsky.social @friendlysociopath.bsky.social · 4d

My family hates when I drive because I don't turn the radio on to listen to a thing. Never have.

This obviously works out in my favor as I don't particularly want to drive anyone around in the first place.

friendlysociopath.bsky.social @friendlysociopath.bsky.social · 4d

a cartoon chicken is standing in a field with a rope around its neck .

Alt: A majestic rooster struts his stuff

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