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anyway, it got me thinking about how religious syncretism would work in a world where gods were REAL, and so that became the subplot of The Ignoble Invasion of Prince Proculo.

it's set in 'fantasy Britain', which is a land that has experienced wave after wave of conquest and colonization. about mid 1500's, so we've had the Bell Beaker people, the Celts, the Romans, all the way to the current spread of Christianity, sorry, I mean The Goddess of the Resurrection. and she has to ability to literally demonize worshippers of other religions (which is why there's so many fun animal-people hybrids around), which makes it mentally easier for the crusaders of the Goddess to mop them up. easier to kill people if you don't see them as people.

her ultimate goal in all this is to swallow up all the gods she can and incorporate them into herself, because that's just what every god wants as part of their life cycle. and she's had great success, so far!

Glenda, the secondary POV character, is a less enjoyable asshole but as this is The Point I enjoyed her, too! It's nice to see stories where the characters can just be flawed people bouncing off each other, I think.

The book oscillates wildly between poop jokes and genuine pathos, which is another thing I really like in a story. The period chapter got the most amusement out of me of the funny, and the [ending spoilers] that involved various characters in awe gave me the warm fuzzies. I gasped at few of the Dangerous Moments, too!

OH GOOD! so it is! I was actually getting anxious about that.

and also, I just noticed that Sir Cameron is on sale for pride month, with the code PRIDE26. so if anyone was still wavering over whether to grab that, now's a good chance

There is an amusement park Poseidon’s Adventure. A gimmick under the sea in a glass bubble. Merry go rounds, roller coasters, all inclusive resort. self contained. One piece of the park has a showing and mural that depicts scene of magic, with a wizard, dragon, and unicorns, and a dashing knight. The things of fantasy. Nothing that is real anymore in the civilization of advanced technology . Family friendly. A perfect city for vacation.

One day, when the park is full, and the morning light filtering through the glass dome is languid, the sea changes. The whole world, in fact, shakes. A flash of power sweeps, not in the dome, but above it. A red line in the waves. Something rippling in the water, not deep enough to touch the park’s depths. In the water, kids used to see colorful fish. But now there are leviathans. Great beasts, monsters from myth, slamming on the glass. The radio connection to the surface is first screaming, and then static. No one can contact them.

Panic. The doors are locked. There’s no escape, no contact above.

The people that die in the first scrambling panic, are lucky. It takes everyone else ages to die while supplies and hope dwindle. Help never comes.

IT'S TIME! featuring the beautiful art of notsoappropro (who is the expert on drawing bondaged driders, hehe)

The Ignoble Invasion of Prince Proculo is officially out for pre-order, with worldwide links below:

i drew a little comic page because i have these characters bouncing in my head all day and I've lost control of my life but it's Spicy so it's under the cutttt

I really really really enjoyed Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by @pangur-and-grim and I've been meaning to scan this page from my sketchbook for weeks now.

in which sir cameron embarks on a journey of self discovery or something-

after many years of wanting to get back into books, i finally managed to finish one and it was SO funny i absolutely devoured it in 2 days, Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs To Die lives in my brain 24/7 now so here's some doodles of these IDIOTS

and a spicier one under the cut