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Where does such a little guy store so much charm? Does he keep on his bookshelf it between his Chymical Wedding Of Christian Rosenkreutz and Pearl Of Great Price? Does he get it from keeping "the good soda" stocked?

And what is her house's "chintz" situation?

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Dreaming is allowing you to sort and connect your thoughts without overthinking them.

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KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Syd Field/"Save The Cat" screenwriting and Joseph Campbell/Hero's-Journey-Monomyth and their consequences have been a disaster for human culture.

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Obsesshibe. Well... I guess the more I think about it, regular shiba inus in real life are already obsessed and demanding anyway, so bear just got a regular meme-hound... Joke nullified.

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KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Sometimes it does feel much like some folks who most loudly love "problematic" media only like those stories if they are still flattering to read/see, simple to project into, not when they really do present a truly hard-to-navigate subject that requires some vulnerability/acceptance to get into.

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KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

There is an interesting character-study aspect to the bird pinup--- doing a pose for allure, and yet with such stressed out and dramatic hands. Also that lizard might have the best rump you have drawn. Just, you know, uh, good... >>

KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It would not be humanly/peacockly possible for P to get any more 🥺 than this.

KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"Hey Hatrack, I found a book all about you in the Library of Babel, and it said you're into this sort of thing. Right, Hatrack? >:3 (No I'm not into it, shut up, don't start)"

KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Like what Toledo said-- set it to be without distraction, read where you would be reading books. If you have a tablet to read them on rather than a phone, just turn off wifi on it entirely when reading. And think of it as going to a play via hidden camera, rather than screentime. Haha

KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Be real. Considering how Hartley conducts himself in real life, online everyone would still be able to tell that he is a dear.

KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sung to the tune of "Jeff Davis County Blues" by The Mountain Goats. Sort of. (And dream about home.)

KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I mean... without getting into spoilers in public... That sort of is already in the text. He does actually smell the gay on Hartley, eventually, so to speak.

KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

"It's okay, stay calm, Travis. If he looks over, he will only see that you have been reading Hebrews this whole time... Wait... NO... ///HE///BREWS....! HE CAN TELL AND WILL READ ME LIKE AN EPISTLE!"

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KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

-King Of Crocus Flowers, Parts 1-3 -With the White Bull from Out of the Sea -Two-Horned Boy, Part 1 -The Speedrunner -Phaistos, 1945BC -Cow-Autist Brother -Oh Cowmely -Espírito -[untitled] -Two-Horned Boy, Part 2.

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KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"Smell the trial, Cain" Makes sense enough. I more strictly/nerdily sort my bookshelves, but even then I was told that nobody would ever understand what/why/how I was categorizing and sorting things (it was just genre then alphabetized by author...). So you might make more sense. Haha

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KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

While Hartley and Suarez have a harrowing dark night of the soul, and a genuinely touching spiritual journey, back in the city... Tilman and Brooks keep busy. Not entirely unbelievable.

KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

So I suppose the push of the completely unnecessary and mind-numbing controversy to actually read this after vaguely hearing of it a few times has gotten at least a few positive eyes on your work, and on your side as well. I hope you can catch at least enough sleep, if only barely.

KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Random advice seems untoward, so-- In the very least, in the aftermath of the last week, you have gained an interested reader who, at the end of "Siervo", got sort of flailing-arms-like-muppet angry at how misrepresented Campo Largo was. The level of scrutiny and prodding has been so uncalledfor.

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KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I am not sure I would have expected you to be quoting Prozzak.

KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Very very reasonable! (apologies if that came off a bit too jocular) It is good that they are able to get the full experience!

KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

How could you let them read it without the music... How tragic...

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I do hope you like them; tell me what you think when you get to them. They, too, have a really concentrated sense of sound-editing/music-use (though much more austere than Campo Largo).

For some reason for the past month or so, it has been all-too-relevant ten or so times. And so, tonight: again.

That one is "Diary Of A Country Priest", his first of his "mature style" using really subdued action, non-actors, and a sort of austere naturalistic pace. "Au Hasard, Balthazar", a movie about a saintly donkey witnessing human foibles and misery, is another favourite.

I was afraid that might have not come across quite right, but I am glad it seemed to have landed. Any comparison to Robert Bresson (that quote was the last line of one of his films), at least from me, is meant to be a big compliment.

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Makes me think of Toni Morrison's "Beloved": the way it remains naturalistic in feel, yet it is as if there is something so intense/"big" happening in this quotidian life that reality must break into abstraction, or condense into the symbolic. Or like Picasso's "Art is lies that tell you the truth."

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I was putting off Route 2, so Route 1's "What does it matter? All is grace" tier ending remained top of mind longer... but more sold now. And: More than once some blink-and-you-miss-it pun happened, then I felt compelled to stop for a moment to lift my arms and go "yay!" to myself about it. Haha

Then, @toledo.bsky.social , in addition to the other things, you are doing a real good job at keeping the score so active as a storytelling component, without also making it feel overscored (which can be a tough balance). Also, nonsequitur to the above, but I only just now got "HARTley"... Nice!

KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The dynamic music and the intricate sound design do a lot to really sell this story and make it feel quite active and alive.

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KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It is always a flashbang to me when this Gex of a pokemon is given sensuality. This is a handsome flashbang. (Also, I get you regarding the feel of tablet drawing. The lack of direct materiality can make it feel at once weightless and slow-going.)

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KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

There is a loss of particularity: Art is communication, and gen-AI is to outsource communication from you a single subject with a particular perspective to a focus-group committee of a thousand programmers and a million random voices from the internet. A subjectless amalgam.

KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A direct line between you and Dante here. (Confessional poetry plus surreal imagery, with director commentary--- that is basically what La Vita Nuova is.)

KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Everything is performance, but some people are bad actors. Or maybe just miscast.

KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

When talking to friends, and attempting to bring up furry art with real presence and identity, that feels more deeply engaged than most, worth putting up in a gallery, I always start linking your work.

KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Lui dice che devo scopare, quindi: lo devo scopare.

KangaRube @kangarube.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

And if they still do not answer: