Recently I posted a story about Khael. Not only is he an old and dear friend, but his finely-crafted character fascinates the hell out of me. It immediately raised some questions, though, that make me wish FA had a polling option.

Firstly, the post generated a flurry of "favorites," more so in the first 18 hours than any story I've ever posted, and they're still coming. For the graphic, instead of the usual title-card, I thought it would be fun to post a picture from VRChat that I thought would make a perfect illustration for the tale. It leads me to wonder (and I would be grateful if you would reply below) how many people who favorited the posting actually read the story, and how many were just drooling over the terminally sexy beast in the picture.

Secondly, in the description I used the phrase "in honor of Khael." People immediately jumped to the conclusion that he had died. I can assure you that he is very much alive. Dragons, like their reptilian ancestors, often go into a torpor after a particularly heavy meal, and considering our most recent romp together...well, you can forgive him for oversleeping his alarm.

But that leads me to a very depressing thought: have we reached the point where someone has to die in order to be shown respect?