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About Cfiippnxxs
15 years ago
So, in light of my recent archive-uploading of the Cfiippnxxs series earlier this week, I thought it high time I filled in some background information on everyone's favorite fictional tiger-muscle-demon and explained what the series is all about...
Q: Where did the name Cfiippnxxs come from anyway?
A: A spam email. No really; way back in the day, before the wonders of Gmail and I actually used to SEE the occasional spam message, I recall the trend of spam messages containing random strings of letters to try and fool the filters operating at the time. One message I got had the subject that was something along the lines of "Increase Your Penis Size Now. Ask Me How. CFIIPPNXXS"
And I, being creative/weird thought "Wow, that sounds totally Evil. Like the name of a demon or something. A demon that increases your penis size or something. I should totally write that down..."
And I did!
Q: So how do you pronounce Cfiippnxxs, huh?
A: Well, my level-headed and intelligent friend
mtext suggested to me that he always thought of it as ""sih-fippin-excess", which is probably sensible and right.
I however always thought of it as "Cpfffffffft"
You decide.
Q: What were you going to do with the series?
A: Being the muscle-loving freak that I am, I always used to enjoy muscle-growth fiction but quickly tired of so many authors releasing multi-part stories. As a reader, I went to the genre for a quick thrill, not an epic story. But the idea of having all these stand-alone (hot) fantasies being written down and able to stand on their own, yet connected to a larger mythology appealed to me. So I wanted to write something where if you just wanted to skip to the muscle-growth bit, that's OK, but readers who read the fluff and story would be rewarded with a larger, grander narrative.
The main idea was one stolen from many television dramas, that Buffy and The X-Files made good use of, and has since become a standard formula; you have episodes which stand on their own, interspersed with those that advance the 'mythology' of the show in some way. So in the Cfiippnxxs universe, 'Bigger Than His Horse' would definitely be one of the stand-alones, whilst the first story and 'Resolution' were those that helped to tell the tiger-demon's story - which was going to be pretty epic. He's got a past that is in Artemis' future, the story of his mortal life, his ultimate goal, what the blue lights in the altar are for... all kinds of stuff. Including an enemy that was never even introduced. For what it's worth, the number of 'stand alones' was going to exceed the number of mythology stories by far.
Q: So how many stories were you planning in the series?
A: 500. Yes, really! Cfiippnxxs did something terrible as a mortal, and he needs the scales to balance; each one of those blue lights on his altar was going to be a separate story, and I considered that he needed 500 'souls' for... well, that would be telling. My hope, beyond setting myself an impossible task, was that other writers could come on board and write their own Cfiippnxxs stories, each one bringing the tiger to his goal quicker. I'm sure I could easily think of 500 unique muscle-growth fantasies off the top of my head even now, so there certainly seemed to be the scope for it.
Q: So does your activity on FA this week mean there's going to be MORE Cfippnxxs stories - at last?
A: Well; the honest answer is that I thought I was done with the series a long time ago. Writing 'porn' - particularly fetishistic stuff - was never something I was... proud of associating my writing talents with. I wrote them as a horny teenager, and thought that was that.
I uploaded the pieces this week to FA (finally) out of a blue streak of boredom whilst on vacation; I thought enough time had passed, and I'd had a change of heart about the situation. It is what it is. I wrote it, so I should take credit for it! But, I was genuinely surprised by the response people gave once they were out again; not only were they fondly remembered by those that contacted me, but also quite popular too. In less than a week, they've accrued more hits than most of my previous uploads combined. I know the majority of the audience is silent, but it seems to be taking off. So...
tl;dr version of this aside: Yes. I do believe you will be seeing the Cfiippnxxs series continued this year. Can't say when yet, as I have other writing projects on the go at this moment, but indeed... I do believe 2010 may be the year the freaky muscle growth tiger demon rises again...
Thanks for sticking with me, & stay tuned.
Q: Where did the name Cfiippnxxs come from anyway?
A: A spam email. No really; way back in the day, before the wonders of Gmail and I actually used to SEE the occasional spam message, I recall the trend of spam messages containing random strings of letters to try and fool the filters operating at the time. One message I got had the subject that was something along the lines of "Increase Your Penis Size Now. Ask Me How. CFIIPPNXXS"
And I, being creative/weird thought "Wow, that sounds totally Evil. Like the name of a demon or something. A demon that increases your penis size or something. I should totally write that down..."
And I did!
Q: So how do you pronounce Cfiippnxxs, huh?
A: Well, my level-headed and intelligent friend
mtext suggested to me that he always thought of it as ""sih-fippin-excess", which is probably sensible and right. I however always thought of it as "Cpfffffffft"
You decide.
Q: What were you going to do with the series?
A: Being the muscle-loving freak that I am, I always used to enjoy muscle-growth fiction but quickly tired of so many authors releasing multi-part stories. As a reader, I went to the genre for a quick thrill, not an epic story. But the idea of having all these stand-alone (hot) fantasies being written down and able to stand on their own, yet connected to a larger mythology appealed to me. So I wanted to write something where if you just wanted to skip to the muscle-growth bit, that's OK, but readers who read the fluff and story would be rewarded with a larger, grander narrative.
The main idea was one stolen from many television dramas, that Buffy and The X-Files made good use of, and has since become a standard formula; you have episodes which stand on their own, interspersed with those that advance the 'mythology' of the show in some way. So in the Cfiippnxxs universe, 'Bigger Than His Horse' would definitely be one of the stand-alones, whilst the first story and 'Resolution' were those that helped to tell the tiger-demon's story - which was going to be pretty epic. He's got a past that is in Artemis' future, the story of his mortal life, his ultimate goal, what the blue lights in the altar are for... all kinds of stuff. Including an enemy that was never even introduced. For what it's worth, the number of 'stand alones' was going to exceed the number of mythology stories by far.
Q: So how many stories were you planning in the series?
A: 500. Yes, really! Cfiippnxxs did something terrible as a mortal, and he needs the scales to balance; each one of those blue lights on his altar was going to be a separate story, and I considered that he needed 500 'souls' for... well, that would be telling. My hope, beyond setting myself an impossible task, was that other writers could come on board and write their own Cfiippnxxs stories, each one bringing the tiger to his goal quicker. I'm sure I could easily think of 500 unique muscle-growth fantasies off the top of my head even now, so there certainly seemed to be the scope for it.
Q: So does your activity on FA this week mean there's going to be MORE Cfippnxxs stories - at last?
A: Well; the honest answer is that I thought I was done with the series a long time ago. Writing 'porn' - particularly fetishistic stuff - was never something I was... proud of associating my writing talents with. I wrote them as a horny teenager, and thought that was that.
I uploaded the pieces this week to FA (finally) out of a blue streak of boredom whilst on vacation; I thought enough time had passed, and I'd had a change of heart about the situation. It is what it is. I wrote it, so I should take credit for it! But, I was genuinely surprised by the response people gave once they were out again; not only were they fondly remembered by those that contacted me, but also quite popular too. In less than a week, they've accrued more hits than most of my previous uploads combined. I know the majority of the audience is silent, but it seems to be taking off. So...
tl;dr version of this aside: Yes. I do believe you will be seeing the Cfiippnxxs series continued this year. Can't say when yet, as I have other writing projects on the go at this moment, but indeed... I do believe 2010 may be the year the freaky muscle growth tiger demon rises again...
Thanks for sticking with me, & stay tuned.
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*ahem* pardon that.