johncutting [he/him] to

Introductions • 14 hours ago

Testing the waters

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Testing the waters

johncutting [he/him] to

Introductions • 14 hours 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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johncutting [he/him]
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14 hours ago
I can change my photo, but it's a pen name. I've been using this profile for 20+ years but I'll follow suit with the instances best practices. Thanks.

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  To be fair, I don't think it's a hard and fast rule. It's just good to be safe, as a lot of assholes and the feds would love to destroy your career or worse.
  
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