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29. He/him. Author of Edge Cases and DIE. RESPAWN. REPEAT. See my works here: silverlinings.ink Posts/reposts will be kept clean, but I may reply or interact with NSFW posts. pfp by @galactato.bsky.social banner by @zoanluen.bsky.social

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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
writing thoughts
Text from a Discord screenshot that reads:

all characters are given dimensionality by contradiction!

its like math

his x axis is grumpy but he's gotta have a y and a z axis

i should tweet this
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Thanks again for your work on this, it's beautiful!
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Bog / PoweredByGif :: Commissions open @poweredbygif.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Book cover artwork for "Just Add Mana" 📗🌳 --- Commission for @silverliningsrr.bsky.social
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I do! It's at discord.gg/5Fm8ZdCyWv And I got started writing with fanfiction myself, so I love it, haha.
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Join the Silver Library Discord Server!
Discussion server for stories written by Silver Linings on RoyalRoad (not to be confused by the many other ones out there!) | 826 members
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Art is fundamentally a form of communication. It's empty when there's no intent behind the words. The greatest harm AI has done is in undermining the basic trust we have that there is intent behind the art, and there's no going back from that, but we *can* make our intent sing louder.
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
fun fact: .5% of all spells cast on crabs turn into more crabs. some asexual species of mimics have evolved to take advantage of this fact, although the mimic and crab communities are divided on how to label the results
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
if you go all in and call your professor princess celestia the journal will seem completely normal (dont listen to my advice)
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
You'd think people stealing my content would at least *try* to be creative when renaming the story. Wtf is "the mana infusion quest"? He's not on a quest! The point is he already has mana! And trauma! *Mostly trauma!*
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
How do I *very politely* say "if you make me feel bad in my comments section, it makes me not want to read my comments section, and I would prefer to keep interacting with my fans"
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
also pantheon is a good show and everyone should watch it
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
secondary disclaimer: in the event that true machine intelligence arises, please note that these words refer specifically to large language models and not to any varieties of sapient code, uploaded brains, hot robots, etc
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
"marketing" does not have to be perfect. mind you, some understanding of who you want to engage with your work is always good, and i'm not saying marketing should be ignored. but i do think that, in the majority of cases, there are more benefits to a human hand than a mechanical one.
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
but i do also think this is somewhat indicative of how writing is often viewed, consciously or otherwise, as the less creative of the arts and so not part of the project, per se. but do consider that ai generation often loses a lot of the passion you would otherwise have for your project.
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
disclaimer: i don't think ai generated writing should be "called out." even if you have a lot of evidence, there's a good chance that once presented, that evidence gets misconstrued and simplified as "x or y trait means the work is ai," which is what happened with em dashes and such
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
you can get pretty good at reliably noticing ai generated writing, but then you realize how many people have resorted to ai generation to, say, write their comics or kickstarter campaigns or for the most basic social media interactions
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Liches get a bad rep.
Excerpt from Just Add Mana:

He beamed. "I knew stealing all those notes was worth it. A lot of aspiring dark lords end up making notes on this stuff. Also, there was this pair of very friendly liches that were really eager to share their notes... huh. Now that I think about it, they were a little too friendly. I wonder if they were trying to steal my soul."

Cale's brow furrowed for a moment, and Damien opened his mouth to ask a question. Cale barreled right on before he could.

"Nevermind," he said. "I think they were swingers. Not important!"

Kazza's jaw worked helplessly for a moment as he tried to figure out what to say before he eventually just turned to Flia. "Is he always like this?"

"When he's not depressed," Flia said dryly. "You're seeing the real reason we became his apprentices."

"...Because he is apparently desired by the blasphemous undead?" Kazza asked, not understanding.
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
social media posting
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Yeah. I think being able to examine intent in general is also just crucial to *expressing* intent. It's a good writing exercise. Early on my writing was very "throw a character into the world and pilot them like a video game", but that doesn't lend itself well to examining things without extra work.
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
i forgot time existed for the past month what happened
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
i fully believe kanin would also do everything in this video except with glass
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
New story launched! Come check out Just Add Mana (which abbreviates to JAM, a fact that will not come back to haunt me, probably.) www.royalroad.com/fiction/1251...
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Just Add Mana
The more lives you've lived, the more mana you have, and Cale has lived too many lives to count. At this point, his core is closer to the magical equivalent of a nuclear reactor. The downside to this ...
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
blorsed
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
recorded myself reading the first chapter and had to immediately edit how many times i used the word mana
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
what if the space elevator takes you back to 2005
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
what if a suit of armor also wore a suit
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
not an ominous choice of accompanying pic at all
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
jam is unironically the most fun ive had writing a story i hope everyone enjoys this goober as much as i do
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
what bug friend would blue want in a blue terrarium
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
i love he 🥺 shiny
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
oh my god can people just reply with their hands why do they need to use ai for everything
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
JAM loredump #1: magic academies function as probability traps that (in most cases) contain fate-related magic from spiraling out of hand. this is because they constantly have disasters anyway
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
trick question. the answer is soup
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Overwhelming violence can be cozy! Just, uh, add... bread?
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
wallballs
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Cale's claimed feats include, as of C1: - defeating a basilisk with duct tape (allegedly)
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
finally starting to (pre) release chapters of Just Add Mana (which is essentially fantasy Doctor Who) planning to release the series proper on RoyalRoad in a couple weeks now that DRR is done. soon Cale and his five brain cells will enter the public sphere!
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
sometimes i say the first words that come into my brain without filtering them
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
otherside milk
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
i found this while searching discord gifs for something else
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
what if the wizard is cute? like. a kobold with a hat
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
"back in 2019--" what do you MEAN how do people remember what year things happened in?? i don't even remember what year it was last week!!
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
buying blue this moisturizer youtube.com/shorts/PFNOK...
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Natural Habitat: Waxy monkey frogs secrete a substance they apply on their body to seal in moisture
YouTube video by Natural Habitat Shorts
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Bog / PoweredByGif :: Commissions open @poweredbygif.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The King of Oozes treasures dearly the gifts of his friends... As well as the bones of his enemies. 👑💀 --- Commission for Quetzhal.
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
woa??
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
time for a soup break
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
at this point 'living suit of armor' might as well be some sort of weird signature that i add to all my stories (i think cale's swordsmanship instructor should be animated armor and they should flirt a lot)
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
i don't know how the bluesky algorithm works sometimes it scares me
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Chappell Ellison @chappelltracker.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
When people say that ”things were better back in the day,” I can only assume they're talking about 1983 frog phone
A vintage novelty corded telephone designed to look like a green frog. The phone's receiver resembles a frog's head and body, complete with raised eyes and a smooth, rounded shape. The beige coiled cord is attached and bundled with a rubber band, ending in a clear RJ11 connector. The phone rests on a plain white surface.
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Using the internet to get mad at other writers just doing their thing seems bizarre to me.
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silverliningsrr.bsky.social @silverliningsrr.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I keep getting these weird mobile ads that have excerpts of what I assume is some sort of supernatural romance book, which like, hey, whatever floats your boat. ...but also, censoring that "sucked" makes this so much worse, lmao. Why is it censored? Is the breath-sucking somehow lewd???
Screenshot of a paragraph from an ad that reads:

"The cold wind blew in the warm, rich scent of them. I s*ck*d in a deep lungful. My wolf perked up at the smell of them. I knew that they smelled so good to try to lure in a mate. They always smelled so mouthwatering. Almost as good to me as the smell of my mate."
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