Previous: https://desuarchive.org/trash/thread/82736676>Request, write, or share stories and provide feedback/critique when appropriate. All writers are welcome, SFW and NSFW.>Instead of asking for interest or worrying about a fetish, just post your damn writing/request and see what happens. You might get lucky.>Complaining about fetishes is dumb and stupid in /trash/. Use that negative energy for requesting, reading and writing instead.>Please tag stories so readers know what they're getting into. Nobody can force you to tag stories you share or make. However, people are MUCH likelier to skip a work if there are no tags present.>Try to bump the thread if it gets to page 9, but feedback is always appreciated for posted stories, for author or reader! Those are the best kind of bumps./wfg/'s Masterbin: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ccAAmGecQiEE5ywZc4S4d1347WuMPEsF3DbSNAS4LRo/editLewd Thesaurus shamelessly stolen from /flg/https://rentry.org/lewdsesaurusRequest Dump: Find/Post requests here toohttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1nyDKegfYhIvlv7ZvGoxswIVkiG5lw1lrOeDFvZbw_WU/edit?pli=1General grammar tutorials and key noteshttp://theeditorsblog.net/fularchives/https://theeditorsblog.net/2010/12/08/punctuation-in-dialogue/https://theeditorsblog.net/2014/04/08/keeping-adjectives-in-line/https://apostrophe.how/Tips on Improving Prose:https://jerichowriters.com/prose-style/
I still remember that dumbass line I made a long time ago.>"And then there was a someone."
Previous thread(s) stories (#364.X):Hexed in Hoelbrakhttps://rentry.org/femcharrhexedinhoelbrak>M/F, HMOFA, Charr, Guild wars 2, >Implied Hypnotic Suggestion, Mental Magic, Vaginal, Anal, Oral, Magic clones, Public sexJCTTG: Armies Rise pt. 3https://www.deviantart.com/samaster/art/JCTTG-Armies-Rise-pt-3-1322243397>medieval fantasy, isekai, melodrama, Resisting TemptationsAdult Activitieshttps://archiveofourown.org/works/83391201>Five Nights at Freddy's, Clown Fucking, Public Sex, Soft Prostitution, Multiple Guys on One GirlCursed Clussy Carnival by SAmasterhttps://www.deviantart.com/samaster/gallery/94752862/cursed-clussy-carnival>Clowns, Clown Girls, mysteryWhite Lion Chapter 8: Nia the Galehttps://www.deviantart.com/missingidentidy/art/Chapter-Eight-Nia-the-Gale-1329721417Tags: dark fantasy, vampires, adventure
>>82928926From #363:Z0RR.ahttps://archiveofourown.org/works/25611046/chapters/62164267>SCP-1471 (knockoff), 1st Person, Modern, Slice of Life, M/F, Mostly SFW0.7 release of the Girlfriend Game!https://www.deviantart.com/samaster/art/Girlfriend-Game-0-7-Release-1320633914https://f95zone.to/threads/girlfriend-game-v0-71-samaster.291147/>game, cyoa, ftf, humorOssuaria: Dinosaur Storieshttps://archiveofourown.org/works/82899981/chapters/218277351Tropical Heathttps://archiveofourown.org/works/82934026/chapters/218372316My Saving Gracehttps://archiveofourown.org/works/70148341/chapters/182132381>Helluva Boss, M/F, /hmofa/, Noir, Mystery, Romance, DramaRainy Summer Chapter Onehttps://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQ5yAeW_WqNdjHXAfIN-xwHfRpeOCimcnI-VrAkkgGqN7Fya86rlrC_CPfopB6jzqAeFxAHXYZ6DF-0/pub>childhood sexual abuse, dark, light physical abuse, alcohol useThe First Furryhttps://archiveofourown.org/works/63402439>human male, canine female, love, bestiality, male/female,JCTTG: Armies Rise pt. 3https://www.deviantart.com/stash/01fwlqqtrmdpCursed Clussy Carnival: Ch. 18 pt. 1https://www.deviantart.com/stash/0p20vxp0qx1Corruption Goddess Love Story Ch. 5https://www.deviantart.com/samaster/art/Corruption-Goddess-Love-Story-Ch-5-1318676264Corruption Goddess Love Story Ch. 6https://www.deviantart.com/samaster/art/Corruption-Goddess-Love-Story-Ch-6-1324536623Corruption Goddess Love Story Ch. 7https://www.deviantart.com/samaster/art/Corruption-Goddess-Love-Story-Ch-7-1325980700>Goddess, Romance.(cont.)
>>82928939(cont.)White Lion, Chapter One: Devilhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQ_6gpBNI3bBqc6aB153tQh94XdNIAyKBVnJz9-aQv9jHkJfVchnao7SafEoaU4dnxqI9J4KyBELsys/pubWhite Lion Chapter Two: From One to Anotherhttps://www.deviantart.com/missingidentidy/art/1324862790?action=publishedWhite Lion Chapter Three: The Black Dargon will Rise Againhttps://www.deviantart.com/missingidentidy/art/Chapter-Three-The-Black-Dragon-Will-Rise-Again-1324980161White Lion Chapter Four: Singahttps://www.deviantart.com/missingidentidy/art/1325022072White Lion Chapter Five: Two of Us Togetherhttps://www.deviantart.com/missingidentidy/art/1325206573White Lion Chapter Six:https://www.deviantart.com/missingidentidy/art/Chapter-Six-Revenge-1326164500White Lion Chapter Seven:https://www.deviantart.com/missingidentidy/art/1328283057>adventure, dark fantasy, vampiresRevelation of Weaknesshttps://archiveofourown.org/works/79637526/chapters/208967496>cbt, rough femdom, size difference, abuse, cfnm, casual misandryPink Bloodmoon: Day 1 pt. 2https://www.deviantart.com/samaster/art/Pink-Bloodmoon-Day-1-pt-2-1292143788>medieval fantasy, worldbuilding, sfw, erotic horror, bimbofication
>>82928253First, there was a no one.Because no one was every one???And then, there was a someone
>>82928235Someone really likes dragons huh
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>>82930406Oh very yes.
>>82932657Well, might as well ask, do you got any dragon on human erotica or smut pieces that you can recommend? Preferably male human on female dragon
>>82933555>Thread theme: Draconic erotica.Lawl. I'll look around.
>my best friend is coaching me LIVE as I write cunnilingus
Google's Gemma 4 31B-it LLM, which runs at a tolerable speed on relatively modest hardware, is capable of proofreading at a strong amateur level when prompted with a suitable harness. It's not up to professional standards, but it's about as good as the best proofreaders to post on /wfg/. Maybe somebody will find this interesting or useful:proof.py (source code and documentation)https://pastebin.com/pKtYQZpQ>LLM harness, automated proofreading, Python, llama.cpp, Gemma 4
>>82933685As an aside, the current fad in fiction seems to be dragon shifters, meaning the dragon assumes a humanoid form. Seems like cheating a bit. When dragons feature in my own stories I keep them to more practical sizes and natural instead of supernatural. Anyways, pic related is a series I enjoyed way back when (no, I'm not the author). Still looking around some as well.>>82935973Thank you. I don't see a problem with LLM's employed as grammar checkers as that's working to their strengths in most respects. However, as noted, checkers are random at best if you don't have a halfway firm grasp of grammar. Anyway, I'll throw the link up on the masterbin when I get a chance.
>>82937267>meaning the dragon assumes a humanoid formI know this is really popular in anime for budget cuts>Only 46 pages.Huh, shorter than what I anticipated. Cheap too. Might be worth trying a volume at least when I get time.
>>82935565Gotta learn somehow. Is it at least a good experience?
morning bump
An evil moskweeto infiltrated my lair and died hitting my ceiling fan while i was looking for it on the walls, not even worth an on-screen death
>>82938924It's... interestingI'd really rather just grow a pussy for a day and try it myself but that's somehow not an option
Chapter 11 of The Little Tinkerbat is now complete, continuing Cooper's exploration of Baron Ammo's ship, now with Shantae on his tail. An unlikely cooperation leads to a desperate attack, which yields unfavorable punishment for the poor half-geniehttps://archiveofourown.org/works/47769337/chapters/225001706>Tinkerbat/Shantae, Wedgie, humiliation, exhibitionism, thighjobCriticize as much or as little as you want. Either way I hope someone enjoys it!
>>82946766What is she? I don't recognize the character...
>>82947240Ordinary woman from My Hero Academia.Her actual name is Ippan Jsoei, but that's just Jap for ordinary woman lol.
>>82947708>Ippan JsoeiWhoops, it's Josei.
>>82947708>Furry>NormalAlthough this is MHA, so I guess this would be normal in that world
>In the late 1970s, artificial humanoid robots and humanlike artificial intelligence arose at DARPA. These robots are shopped for and purchased quite similar to cars and have become a huge consumer market in the USA. >The industry has attracted a dedicated base of enthusiasts, and that base has given rise to content creators who cater to them. >Where our world has Regular Car Reviews, this one has Regular Bot Reviews.>A three-page comedy/worldbuilding flash fiction.https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQgiMptPdEaB9w_M0DvlymPhWsDXZprJt5QX9omGvc6QJnyxs0bBE9ndrP-Q3glRtS-KXn0i8-lhmI9/pub
>>82928235fags
>>82949439>And the terrible thing is, it was just an option. Man, I just remember how much people go nuts for 'optional' content for better or worse in some games.That aside, this was a fun fictional review of a robot doll girl. It seems and feels like a product of its time and you did well keeping it organized and flowing form start to finish.
>>82949439Very amusing!I guess CRTs are neded for the 1970s vibe. Sadly, it kinda reminds me the flatscreens of today will seem bulky and quaint once we move on to flexible paper screens of tomorrow.
>>82932657I'll have the opposite of what he's having please >>82933555>>82937267>the dragon assumes a humanoid formCringe. But that's hardly new or a fad. That's been the norm for as long as monster erotica existed because most writers are too cowardly or too uninspired to write actual monster sex.
I ordered a model kit from some guy in japan and he put a little origami crane in the box. That was very cool.
>>82945889>kaktus postfuck yeah
So back when Digimon Story Time Stranger was out, one of the most reoccurring pictures made was of boys and men bonding with DemiDevimon as their partner, and it jumps to them evolving into a very sexy, evil female digimon, but retaining most of their initial personality, most basically unaware of how their new form affects their friend.I'd like to request a writing that explores that sensation a bit. I'm thinking of a man (or boy) who takes a DemiDevimon under his wing after DemiDevimon's 'friends' basically beat it up and left it for dead. Maybe a time skip happens to show that a now-healthy DemiDevimon sees the man (or boy, now teen/adult) as boss and some of those cute friend interactions? At most they get in trouble together, eat together, play together. Best friends. They get ambushed by DemiDevimon's 'friends' one day, but actually hold them off well enough. But when they do something that would cause great harm to the man, DemiDevimon warp digivolves into Beelstarmon to fend them off. But now she doesn't know how to change back, if she can even do it at all. This makes the man feel things as the same mannerisms, different body from his partner make him ask many questions about his tastes.Can be clean, erotica or smut, up to author, but I do think confronting the feelings should happen.>Suggested tags if lewd: vanilla, groping, fingering, friend to lover, creampie, belly play/kissing, licking, cunninglingusBeelstarmon/DemiDevimon personality isn't fixed, so they can act any wayyou want. But if you are curious as to some details:https://www.grindosaur.com/en/games/digimon-story-time-stranger/digimon/beelstarmonhttps://www.grindosaur.com/en/games/digimon-story-time-stranger/digimon/demidevimon
>>82956382I was seriously split between which pictures to post, so I'll just post both of them. If any questions arise, feel free to ask them!
>>82957490I kinda miss my attraction to deer girls. I remember being into them way back in highschool, but it feels like I've long petered out from those feelings.
>>82957490Super cute
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>>82944601Or somehow get a girlfriend or hooker to get some live advice on pleasing a girl. God, imagine trying to finger ups lady and then just take out a book and start writing notes with the other hand.
>>82945889>Cooper tugged on her hair.>“ Extra quotation mark >On second thought—” Cooper reached outShould be>On second thought”—Cooper reached outAnd>pair of underwear “— never mindShould bepair of underwear—“never mindThis is giving me some doubts whether Shantae is actually getting into these sessions or if she really doesn't like it. It's honestly getting a bit hard to tell. Although the tags make me think she may end up as a masochist, especially with even a wedgie going on.Otherwise, still sexy, but how long will this foreplay game play out? At some point Shantae can only be humiliated so much before you run out of material and finally just fuck her.
>>82949439Second entry.https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRkj2wqBoEtn6fSeoAt_zuoVEz3tdBPPo1jRMlyRgbUmxKIieh84bAxIq_c4FcLl70FJtxDUJKGabji/pub
>>82972479Neat short story exposition as an introduction. The thinly disguised editorializing on consumerism fits as well as the few news factoids to fix in time. This evokes some of the love-fest with the desktops and their features of yesteryear.>.PER fileGrumble. DOS 8.3 format was a mistake.
Attention Author MissingIdentityStory: White Lion, chapter 2.DA reports this as "This content is unavailable."I don't have a DA account. I try not to feature stuff hidden behind user logins. SAmaster might be able to provide you with work arounds, but I am aware DA has joined the great age verification censorship fiasco so ... dunno. This is another reason why Ao3 remains so popular.Meanwhile, addressing the general, I'm about 2 threads behind and catching up for the MB. Thanks for the stories, guys!
>>82928235anyone in the thread use any AI tools for writing?
>>82978342See >>82935973But if you give AI any creative control it will only write slop.
>>82978634Thanks!
>>82975323Not him, but yeah the story requires you to login to view. Wonder how many face trouble with that
>>82972479Robosexuals...
>>82978342I tried asking ChatGPT to read and analyze my writing, just to test out what it's capable of. It generally understood what it was about, but I had to force it to read more several times, because it would just stop halfway through. What was kinda impressive was that it took a minor element and managed to extract a viable theme out of it, when I just used it as a throwaway worldbuilding detail.
>>82980164>How many?Everyone who does not have an account. I recall running into this with SAmaster way back when. That were just an oops for opening the work to public view. More recently, DA is classifying works as adult and restricting access on that basis. SAmaster commented he has to be very careful not to trip the sensorship scanner now.In my opinion, DA is well passed its prime as a hosting service. While I'm on the topic I'll also mention I find DA is a real chore to navigate.Anyway, for the MB I can't spend time fighting a bad site interface. Problem solved, so let's all get back to writing.
How do you write nonhuman cultures in a way that's actually convincing? I have been meaning to start on a short story for a while now, but I really want to avoid the whole everyone acts exactly like a human thing, especially with species that are extremely outwardly non-human. Like it's easy to make a bulleted list of traits and customs and whatever but converting that into an actual consistent pattern of behaviors is not as easy as I had hoped lol
>>82985871i've sometimes thought about this exact thing just out of curiosity and after pondering it for a while, honestly idk. you have to keep in mind that depending on how large the setting is for your story, the more you'll have to account for. the entire species you're writing shouldn't have one monolithic culture because that's just not how any sapient-like species would work, there'd be sub-cultures, every individual is different, so on and so forthi had a whole thing written up about considering the terrain and environment and how your species would naturally act but i realize you probably mean how they individually would act. you could think about how your species would 'naturally' behave f they were more wild or non-sapient. question yourself about how the traits or customs or anything you've written up and how they'd go about it. how would they think about the world? about other people? about a threat or a partner? just doing that might get you most of the way there, and it's probably what i'd try first. hopefully that's at least a little bit helpful
>>82978342Sure. Occasional use of LLM grammar checking as a last pass before publication. For the writing itself though? No.LLMs can be fun for brainstorming. They may occasionally point out something you have missed, or more rarely have a novel interpretation worth considering.The most successful brainstorming session I've had was a role playing scenario. I played the part of an alien entity interrupting the scene between Neo and the Architect in The Matrix Reloaded. My goal was to convince the machines to leave Earth. The LLM played the part of the Architect and handled his action beats and dialogue resonably well. The high point was when the LLM surprised me by bringing in the Deus Ex Machina to clarify and emphasize the machine's stance. This leant a comedic touch. Logically the alien would not know who the DEM was so I paused for an aside to the Architect. The LLM correctly interpreted my humorous quip. The Architect was not amused.I encourage everyone to take LLMs for a test drive like this to get a feel for what they cannot do, and what little they handle well. It's too easy to exhaust working space with background detail and the relations between, leading the LLM into nonsense. LLMs have great difficulty handling multiple characters. One on one interactions are best. They consistently fail at intuitive logic, emotional insight, detail nuance, coherent prose length, etc. Like word processors, and spell check, they can be a useful aid. Like word processors, and spell check, they can't get the writing done for you beyond an exercise in Sturgeon's law. You still have to put in the effort to make something worth reading.
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>>82972479Third entry, just pretend the new title was there all along.https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSJagcUpxYdVX6REVQNzA2UdyHRjd9Ks8CwTJ3URXPq4kLmm05Wny_CNQ9LgA3FuJIxH8aH7nqQQjZj/pub
>>82990153Do you just have these stored on hand?
>>82978342Sometimes I ask AI a general question, like if my story takes place in a certain city I ask for landmarks so I maybe have an idea where to set a scene Also to write throaway smut I delete after I masturbate to it, but never anything I care about
Wrote many words today, gonna post after I get home from work tomorrow and give it another reread with a fresher, less tired mind. I managed to trick myself into writing by playing Rimworld on my second monitor, so now I can play vidya and be a productive member of society at the same time.Alr, going to bed, gotta wake up early. Night fellas.
>finished another episodeFeels good to finally be writing my screenplay, hopefully one day it'll actually be made real
>>82996559No, I post these as I finish them
>>83001059I wish you luck
fuck I'm so close to finishing the second draft of my current project it feels like I'm just slapping shit into the ending to get it doneI hope you guys are ready for self-indulgent romantic cringe
>>83004657Good. Remember to share it
Sybil brainworm decimated my critical thinking skills after I played her game and I have once again written about her. Decided to do a maledom and femdom duo for this one. Light on the story and more for the smut for both of these.Link 1: https://rentry.co/dmoqbhx8Tags: Femdom, Lingerie, Public Sex, Cunnilingus, Cowgirl, Creampie.Link 2: https://rentry.co/nmvan39gTags: Maledom, Wrestling, Rape Roleplay, Fingerfucking, Creampie.Actual last time I'm writing about her. For realsies.
>>83009084>For realsiesI doubt it.Jokes aside, always nice to be attached to a character. Hope you do more with other furry girls
>dozens of lore documents I could spend all day writing more>Have written a total of like 3 actual lines in the story in the past weekHow do I fix this?
>>83015558you're just in a very extended outlining phase. unless you have literally no idea of what you're writing for the actual story it's fine
>>82928235Dragon cute
>>83009084>Good Company>Sexual harassment in the office.Heh.>Cock blocked!Or, tongue blocked, rather. Little things like this, the mechanics of. Good attention to detail. Good pacing. Hawt scene!>As it was, it was an agreeable place to rest my head, especially when she was forcing me to.Also, nice way to spin the action and sexy details together. Like I said, little things like that go a long way. Good technique.Plus some humor, and humorous ending. Good job!
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New Amaxons when?
>>83024301https://desuarchive.org/trash/thread/80612862/#80651641
>>82986348That makes sense, thanks anon! I think I really just need to do more frameworking, just really sit down and workshop some scenarios and write some scenes. But that involves actually writing which is something I'm good at avoiding, ah well
>day off, time to write>attempt to type random thoughts in my head to avoid staring at a blank screen for hours>even with trying to type things, it's basically garble messDamn, it really is hard
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Second draft is done. I hope the anon who asked about the Luna fic is still around because here it is:>Cartomancy>Eindride tells Princess Luna's fortune. He doesn't like what it says.https://rentry.org/mlp_cartomancy>tags: SFW, mlp:fim, romance, Luna, Human, RGRE-adjacent, 28k wordsThe last three chapters were heavily rewritten and I still don't like the second to last scene, but any thoughts would be massively appreciated. The original idea was stolen from /rgre/, but I kept getting further and further away from the standard RGRE world so it's not the overly blatant shit you usually get, hence "adjacent."
>>83037818shiieeet i forgot all about this, thanks! i'll give it a read soon
>>83037818What's the plot of this story, for people not familiar with the other chapters?
>>83039970This is the first time I've posted the actual story anywhere but basically it's a human-in-equestria fic where the fortunes he tells are actual magic which draws the attention of Princess Luna and romantic shenanegans happen from there
>>83033511Aye
>>82978634yep i learned already a lore book helps..>>82984233>>82986375mhm alright then, i'll try some of them>>82996618ill try this as well.. the throaway smut part at least heh
>>82971770holy headpat magnets
>>83044258>i'll try some of themI would, bearing in mind the golden age of LLMs is already well behind us. Of what was once free, the most sophisticated services now impose obscure and steep limits. For the best today, it's pay to play. Seems we're entering the age of Small Language Models, where one can do much on one's own local hardware, if that hardware is up to specs to run a SML. All a rehash of the age of paid access to time sharing mainframes with expensive desktop personal computers beginning to intrude. As to the future? Place your bets!
>>83046706>IC
Morning bump
Requesting a story where fem!Bowser "kidnaps" Peach so they can have some girl time together.
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>>83037818Alright, just finished my second reading. Like how a lot of stuff went unsaid regarding Eindride's mental state rather than have it be explained to the audience. I struggle with stuff like that in my own writing, I get too excited to explain shit rather than trust the reader to come to their own conclusions and I feel like that lessens a lot of the experience.Also enjoyed how the /rgre/ stuff wasn't blatant as hell or stereotypical. A lot of reversed gender role stuff in writing makes people caricatures of themselves rather than thinking individuals raised in a different culture. What was present was subtle and didn't make anyone feel like tropes, so good on you for that. I was originally questioning as to why Eindride's fortune telling tests gets abruptly dropped in The Lovers, but then I thought about it a little and realized that was the point, in that it doesn't matter. It was nice to see Eindride's mindset about the tests change: he didn't care from start to finish, but his reasons for not caring changed from selfish to selfless by the end. I also spotted a few spelling mistakes while I was reading so I'll just post those now.>Twilight squeezed past the two guards ad trotted>Her head whipped up and treated him to the most childish put he'd seen from a grown adult.>"Have rest of the cake. I'm going home."Also noticed how every quote in The Hermit (Reversed) didn't start with a quotation mark. Not sure how that happened but it made it a little difficult to read. Other than that, I enjoyed the story a lot. Thanks for sharing!
>>82928235Requesting anchor?
>>83054301People have tried to get anchors to stick to this writethread multiple times now, but it doesn't seem to really stick. Whether it's due to most writers more interested in doing their own thing than filling requests, or requests not really making the majority of the thread like other creative generals. Not to mention, because writing takes a while, some requesters tend to dip and disappear by the time a piece is done. I'm personally of the belief that people who do want their ideas to be done is to stick around, read other stories in the meantime.You can still try anyway. But assume no one else will do it, so it'll be up to you to make an anchor when a new thread appears.
>>83054507Remember when requests were the thing the thread was for?
>>83054621Not really?Even from the 1st thread in /trash/ requests were allowed (and there was more than what was now because new kind of thread), and some were even delivered, the majority of works were done by authors who just wanted to share the stuff they made or get feedback and insight from other people to help their works. Not sure if it was the same thing in the writethreads from other boards.
>>83054968I know, I know. Other boards banning write threads at the same time /trash/ was gaining traction made me hope it'd be a permanent fixture.
>>83054301>>83054621Anchors and request docs hail from the /tg/ era, and maybe /d/. Nothing wrong with trying to revive that spirit. So, give it go? However, posting an anchor in itself doesn't motivate content creators. Our thread is fairly slow such that what requests are posted are not being overlooked or lost. Mostly the thread seems to be writers showing their works looking for feedback with a little more visibility, and technical questions on the writing arts. Even still, requests have always been a part of these threads. Over the last three years or so I've seen an occasional request fulfilled. If nothing else one can always reply to the OP with the request. That seems to be the current standard, but that's no rule.
>>83056482Request docs?
>>83053290Thanks for reading! I'm happy you enjoyed it.Also thanks for those spelling errors, and I'm sorry about the missing opening quotation marks, I must have accidently yeeted them when converting to markdown.
>>83057365Referred to as the Request Dump in the OP. No one has touched it in 10+ years. You might want to take a glance at the Writing Request Tips on the Masterbin as well.
>>83051530>fem!BowserBowsette is sitting by the phone RIGHT NOW
>>83060212>BowsetteThat's just a hypothetical form of Bowser under the influence of a Super Crown. He's male.
>>83060774Bowsette is gaming's first trans icon.
