Malcolm F. Cross
@foozzzball.bsky.social
Lazy. Writes. Is known to write fiction. Is almost fictional. Sometimes furry.
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Homepage: https://sinisbeautiful.com/
Patreon: http://patreon.com/MalcolmFCross
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I believe it's because they found his work first and came to him afterward - which is also a great lesson about commissions, I think.
You can get ones that go 'bend over backwards to do it my way', and ones that go 'please do what you do with me in mind'.
Furry fandom? The second, often.
You can get ones that go 'bend over backwards to do it my way', and ones that go 'please do what you do with me in mind'.
Furry fandom? The second, often.
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I believe it's because they found his work first and came to him afterward - which is also a great lesson about commissions, I think.
You can get ones that go 'bend over backwards to do it my way', and ones that go 'please do what you do with me in mind'.
Furry fandom? The second, often.
You can get ones that go 'bend over backwards to do it my way', and ones that go 'please do what you do with me in mind'.
Furry fandom? The second, often.
I like that as a way to explain the way Giger fused a lot of his longterm works and issues into that design commission.
That thing was 100% built on the foundation of his raw art, and raw art is impossible to replicate.
That thing was 100% built on the foundation of his raw art, and raw art is impossible to replicate.
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I like that as a way to explain the way Giger fused a lot of his longterm works and issues into that design commission.
That thing was 100% built on the foundation of his raw art, and raw art is impossible to replicate.
That thing was 100% built on the foundation of his raw art, and raw art is impossible to replicate.
Two queer history recs: Pretty much anything by Rictor Norton, though it's sometimes very scholastic. His website is a treasure: rictornorton.co.uk Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century, by Graham Robb, is also great.
Gay History and Literature: Writings by Rictor Norton
Writings on Lesbian and Gay History and
Literature by Rictor Norton
rictornorton.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Two queer history recs: Pretty much anything by Rictor Norton, though it's sometimes very scholastic. His website is a treasure: rictornorton.co.uk Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century, by Graham Robb, is also great.
And, unfortunately, its lack or its conditionality can bring some of the harshest hurts.
Which is one of the reasons to love harder and more proudly whenever we can.
Which is one of the reasons to love harder and more proudly whenever we can.
November 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
And, unfortunately, its lack or its conditionality can bring some of the harshest hurts.
Which is one of the reasons to love harder and more proudly whenever we can.
Which is one of the reasons to love harder and more proudly whenever we can.
It is a simple concept. And you should.
But loving people is hard, and people excuse their inability to do so, or their inability to overcome the hatreds they carry, by pretending that there are exceptions.
It is much, much harder to keep loving. And, honestly? Far more noble, and good for people.
But loving people is hard, and people excuse their inability to do so, or their inability to overcome the hatreds they carry, by pretending that there are exceptions.
It is much, much harder to keep loving. And, honestly? Far more noble, and good for people.
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It is a simple concept. And you should.
But loving people is hard, and people excuse their inability to do so, or their inability to overcome the hatreds they carry, by pretending that there are exceptions.
It is much, much harder to keep loving. And, honestly? Far more noble, and good for people.
But loving people is hard, and people excuse their inability to do so, or their inability to overcome the hatreds they carry, by pretending that there are exceptions.
It is much, much harder to keep loving. And, honestly? Far more noble, and good for people.
I realize this isn't exactly a counter-talking-point, for that sort of thing you might want Dan McClellan on Youtube (Bible Scholar who explains how people trying to use the bible to justify bigotry are theologically, scholastically, and ethically wrong), but.
I hope the thought brings comfort.
I hope the thought brings comfort.
November 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I realize this isn't exactly a counter-talking-point, for that sort of thing you might want Dan McClellan on Youtube (Bible Scholar who explains how people trying to use the bible to justify bigotry are theologically, scholastically, and ethically wrong), but.
I hope the thought brings comfort.
I hope the thought brings comfort.
-- unthinkable. Some people are trans, whether by the unrepeatably unique and individual choices they have made, or by something innate and God-given.
To not fully love all people, and to love every aspect of them, thus strikes me as putting personal prejudice ahead of belief in God's splendour.
To not fully love all people, and to love every aspect of them, thus strikes me as putting personal prejudice ahead of belief in God's splendour.
November 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
-- unthinkable. Some people are trans, whether by the unrepeatably unique and individual choices they have made, or by something innate and God-given.
To not fully love all people, and to love every aspect of them, thus strikes me as putting personal prejudice ahead of belief in God's splendour.
To not fully love all people, and to love every aspect of them, thus strikes me as putting personal prejudice ahead of belief in God's splendour.
FWIW as an athiest, and paraphrasing this book ( www.amazon.com/Catholicity-... ) slightly...
God created all things, from blades of grass to people, as unrepeatably unique and individual entities. God is omnipotent. That He would fail to bring forth His infinite love in creating a person is --
God created all things, from blades of grass to people, as unrepeatably unique and individual entities. God is omnipotent. That He would fail to bring forth His infinite love in creating a person is --
November 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
FWIW as an athiest, and paraphrasing this book ( www.amazon.com/Catholicity-... ) slightly...
God created all things, from blades of grass to people, as unrepeatably unique and individual entities. God is omnipotent. That He would fail to bring forth His infinite love in creating a person is --
God created all things, from blades of grass to people, as unrepeatably unique and individual entities. God is omnipotent. That He would fail to bring forth His infinite love in creating a person is --