you are good! ;w;

If I recall correctly, you were one of my earliest influences, on deviantart, thanks for that!❤️

You're welcome! :}===<3

You got me into, gosh, a lot of interesting things and have contributed to my writing style. I certainly appreciate that very much, though at the same time envy the ease and confidence you seem to have with your work.

I'm happy to have been a corruptive influence in your online life. >:}

And, adding to an admirer's authorship anatomy is also appreciated. A__A

I'm sure I'm not as confident as I seem, nor is anything effortless.

You're one of my fave people on this site! :D Your written work is fantastic, I can feel your influence in the mergey weird TF corners of the site (my favourite corner), and you've been on my radar ever since I started being active on this site. I haven't had the time to read much lately but I have been browsing pics and I love seeing your username pop up in the comments with insightful thoughts about the TF.

I distinctly remember stumbling over the promotional artworks for Fitting In many years ago and being absolutely fascinated with the creative intimate mergey goodness. I kept going back to look at them. Today merging is my favourite genre. I associate you with artists lifting each other up, taking pride in your own weirdness, and warm intimacy. Things to aspire to.

Aww, one of your fave people, really? O:

Weird merge corner: That is also my chosen and cherished corner. :>

I have always aspired to inspire before I expire.. and maybe build an empire of bodies enmired in a carnal quagmire.. in a way that makes me.. perspire as though near a great fire or pyre. >__>;;;

What was I saying? Oh yes! Thank you so much for your kind words. <3

I look forward to seeing what you'll think of BLFC Room Party, if you manage to get into reading it! :}

In re-reading these comments today, I'm surprised that I never addressed this detail:

The idea that Fitting In was 'many years ago' is surprising, as it was back in late 2016 when it launched. Perhaps because I'm only on my second book - and because Fitting In was my first - it still feels like it was just 'a few years ago', to me. It's merely a difference in perspective, though. I don't mean to imply that your perception is invalid. I'm glad that you have that memory, and it seems like it shaped your kink profile, at least somewhat.

I remember thinking this was interesting the first time I read your kind comment, too, but clearly I forgot to say anything about it. O:

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Anyway, thank you again. <3 I'm hoping to continue to be as creative as I can be.

You have come to me with support and kindness, and sometimes a little multi-teasing, to lift my spirits when I was down, or needed support. You are also a highly creative individual, and your writing is top-notch.

But I always have looked forward to your replies with Ameth and Stine taking point. And even if it was just one voice, it was a kind and supportive one. I am thankful for you.

Ameth: Thank
Stine: Youuuu
:}===<3 Ɛ>==={:

I've immensely valued your friendship over the years. Every time you comment on something I post it makes me feel better about it; I get so few comments these days. You've contributed a lot to the erotic literature community as well. You should be proud! :3

Thank you so much, Cherri. It means a lot to hear about the value you place on our friendship. <3

your work makes people feel good, even if vast majority don't comment. I always enjoy seeing something new from you, but I am one of those people that rarely comment on anything I just enjoy it.

That's quite alright. I appreciate you commenting now, though. <3

Gonna wax poetic here but I’ve lurked your stories a long time. You being willing to write about fantasy concepts that most people only want to fap about in secret is pretty awesome. Kink is everywhere and pleasure is at the heart of why people do things, yet proportionally few people really engage with it enough to write about it consistently the way you do. You’ve done a lot of heavy lifting by playing out ideas most of us wouldn’tve thought of, and you’ve done it well enough to get a fuck ton of people off. Seriously, think of your body count lol. I’m definitely included.

With the world becoming ever-more online, “Fantasy Fetish” stories is a genre that’s only going to keep growing in the coming years. Don’t underestimate how much of an impact you’re having on the course of that growth. Every view on your posts is a real person reading the crazy shit you write and carrying that around with them in their head. It’s pretty fucked up to think about if you ask me.

Hehe, yes, I'd love to have some impossibly omniscient stats about how many 'eruptions' my work has caused in people. >___>

Thank you for this comment, it really elevates my estimation of the humble kinkster / smut author and my role as such. <3

7 Years ago you were the first person to comment on my profile and make me feel welcome! It meant a lot, and gave me a great boost in confidence when we spoke briefly in notes. I just want you to know I still appreciate what you did! It was really kind. ;o;

Thank you. <3

Thank you for the advice. Though it goes unused I'm quite thankful for your commitment to helping another.

Well, if I speak of my own personal thoughts; you're fun to interact with, and you've produced some of the best quality lewd stories I've seen.

That's the short version.

The long version is thus:
I found you via similar kinks, mainly CTF, and almost immediately fell in love with your style of writing and the kinks involved in the art in your gallery. They pressed buttons that I absolutely loved, and opened me up - alongside Echoen, MoT and other... "exotic" artists - to transformations and "body horror" that I hadn't considered as being erotic.

You're also one of the few - if not the first - lewd artist I bought a story from. Commissions have been a thing on my radar for a good while, but when it came to stories they didn't really pack the same punch if you get my drift. However, your "snippets" of Fitting In really opened me up to the idea of "Oh hell yeah I can get my rocks off to this". You put enough detail into the story to make an interesting world and interesting characters - regardless of the fact the character/world already existed - while also getting right to the "thick of things", so to speak. Once things started, they never truly stopped. Sure, there was downtime between scenes, but that was it, and it never got boring. You just kept it going and going, and I loved it :)

Admittedly I still need to get around to reading BLFC but I'm sure I'll enjoy it in the same way (I have the snippets saved in my bookmarks so I can fave each one as I go and make comments on that part of the story, heh)

Now, that all makes it seem like you're only good for your stories, art and kinks, but that's not true! From my experience on this site, you're genuinely nice and fun to interact with. Finding a wild Amethystine out in the FA galleries is both a fun little bonus and almost like a hunt of sorts, trying to see if I can find art of certain kinks that you didn't find first. I've spotted a few arts meeting such a criteria, but they're few and far between, you're everywhere!

Those times I decide to respond to your comments, whether that be adding to what you've said or simply to say hello as I wander past on the datastream, you almost always seem to respond. There's sadly few comment chains out there where replying to a commenter will lead to a response, and I'm happy that you're someone that actually responds. You give witty replies, or add detail on top of what I said - and what you said - and it's always just a fun interaction.

The internet as a whole - and certain sites like FA in particular - can be really cold and desolate, with people focusing on what they get from interactions instead of just having fun with it. Hanging out as bros over a good horsecock and all that. There's few "lights in the darkness" so to speak, and as cheesy as I'm making this sound, you are one of them :)

This comment deserves more from me than I'll probably be able to provide, right now. Just know that this one had great impact, thank you so much. <3

Also, I'm very happy to hear you read Fitting In, even if you weren't really much of a story-reading type of fox. I look forward to seeing how you get on with BLFC. :>

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I don't think that thing at the end was cheesy, it truly touched me. [And if it IS cheesy all the same.. I will say, I love cheese, it's delicious. :}===< ]

I'm glad it had an impact, that was the point ^^

Also, it's not that I'm not a story-reading type of fox. I *love* reading! It's just that paying for lewd stories wasn't my thing until you wrapped me up in your delicious coils.

Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese

Cheese-Squeeze!

Snek made of cheese?

This is how you get roles reversed, and the voracious noddle become the vore victim.

Voracious viper = vore victim?? Vexing, verily!

That right there, you and your constant alliterations, that's what I'm most jealous about. You're always doing it so well and I love it! Lol

I wonder if this counts as alliteration:

"He he he" :}===<

I'll accept it this time, you silly serpent ^.^

I meant the snake was squeezing a cheesy fox / fennec / kitsune.

Oh my!

You're a damn good writer, and seem like a really nice guy! I think it would be a shame if you weren't around here.

Oh, I never said I was leaving. >:}

Thank you for the kind words, as well, Llyander.

you've been part of the community since before i joined, and it'd be more lonely if you left at this point. Please stay!

Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere. Just dealing with RL blues.

i get that. it is meant as a cheering up compliment. I'm sorry you aren't doing great.

You are good as you are. You don't necessarily need to be good FOR something. You have value. Never forget that.

I like your mer stuff uwu

Alright, so I'm the worst person for answering this query, seeing as I haven't read any of your written works, I don't belong to the community of your fans, and I find your international python of mystery character absolutely insufferable in his every depiction. I even think that the way you specified the type of positive feedback you require here to be the height of entitled presumption.

However, perhaps the adversarial and apathetic nature of my relationship with Amethystine the subculture phenomenon will give my words a measure of authenticity, and the virtue of variety when voiced amidst the rest of the uniformly appreciative and adoring responders to this journal.

I would be lying if I said you are not an important part of this community, that you haven't slithered into the hearts and minds of many, many people across many specialist niches of this fandom, that you haven't single-handedly stimulated the artistic economy here to the extent a direct government stimulus program couldn't, and that you haven't left the FA servers staining under the digital weight of all the artwork you've commissioned.

No matter which part of this site I'm exploring at the time, you will be bound make an appearance in the most unlikely places, whether as a direct participant, or as the link in the site's artistic ecology, and I will always take note of your beautiful name and the obnoxious snake agent on your user icon. Your presence here is undeniable, and your absence unimaginble. Like death itself, a casual sighting of your person is the inevitable outcome for most people on this site.

I cannot speak to the quality of your writing, but then I don't need to when I can see the celebrated literary veteran like Llyander above express their respect for your work. You have *got* to be good to deserve such accolades. Others I don't know have joined in singing your praises; you have earned your prominence here with hard-work and talent, of that there's little doubt.

All the more is the respect you are owed because this site is egregiously unfair and hostile to writers with its scarce support mechanisms for anything that isn't visual art.

It would also appear that some of the fiction you have written is of a piquant, perhaps even scandalous nature, and I could never really hate a patron of the erotic arts, much less a creator directly contributing to humanity's wealth of such materials.



As for the underlying reason for this journal, life has never been harder for just about every stratus and nation and generational cohort of people nowadays, and being painfully depressed has become the new normal even for the most fortunate of us. Whatever it is that's ailing you, whether it is rectifiable or not, I'm wishing you the strength and patience to get past it.

This is comment is so right! I see this snake ambushing a lot of comment sections.

Seeing the name 'Amethystine', such a beautiful, sparkling gem word and clicking on the icon to see some CTF in the gallery is quite shocking. And honestly, my first impression of Sond is that it's about as obnoxious as any fanfic self-insertion would be, at first glance anyway.

From what I understand, the obnoxiousness is somewhat deliberate and self-aware; it's like a bit of self-indulgent kitsch. Austin Powers. Kingsman: The Secret Service. No One Lives Forever: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way.

And I'm not here to bash -- only roast a little, at worst. But thanks for a show of solidarity!

I did imagine that I was perhaps being rather obviously needy and demanding / entitled (or that it would appear that way). So, I'm glad someone called me out on that. Still, the heart wants what the heart wants, and this was one time I succumbed to temptation.

You're right, though: Your tinge of antagonism makes your grudging support feel all the more valuable.

I have to say, 'Amethystine the subculture phenomenon' is quite the phrase, not one I would have expected to come from anyone. I don't think I have anywhere near that kind of cache or clout, but thank you all the same for the thought.

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I hope you won't mind if I point out that 'Amethystine' is just me, the writer, and/or the fictional potion-producing python. -'Ames Sond' is the silly snake spy and James Bond homage material. (But yes, they are visually the same, save for what they wear, since Sond began as 'wouldn't it be fun to put Amethystine in this movie poster, haha') The point is: you can ignore Ames Sond and the film fanart as that's clearly not for you, and there's still the plain old naked naga to potentially enjoy on his own, in various TF or lewd or lewdTF situations.

With that said, I do wonder if you dislike the snake-spy stuff in particular or just anything with my snake in general. I don't mind if you do, I'm just curious. I also wonder why you would be watching me, if you can't stand my main serpents, and you're also not here for the writing. I'm happy to have you if you actually want to be here, though.

[Speaking of my writing, the phrase 'it would also appear that some of the fiction you have written is of a piquant, perhaps even scandalous nature', it very amusing, so thanks for that. :}===< Also, while I imagine you're probably being a bit facetious, you also said you haven't read my work, so I'll say this: anyone looking through my gallery used to be hard pressed to find even one clean piece of prose. Although I suppose now, the number of Ames Sond scenes has tipped things a bit more into balance]

This might not apply to you, but in taking a look at your account, I see that you're a fan of vore, and that puts me in mind of something on that topic. I recall once, some years ago, when someone very much in the vore community told me about how I was perceived by some people there. I believe the phrase he related to me was 'broken snake', insofar as I was a prominent serpentine presence in the furry space that never seemed to do anything with vore, and for big fans of vore+snakes as a combo, it was a bit annoying to a few specific people, to have that be something I didn't do.

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In any case, thank you for the carefully considered comment, the kind words and the well-wishes, for it was all well written. Also, the most unique and notable of the responses I've read thus far.

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PS: Thanks for saying I have a beautiful name. :>

Pardon the confusion, even if some of that was intended for the stylistic effect! And thank you for keeping your response so courteous, despite having had enough provocation to snap back!

You surely have noticed that contentious relationships, real and fictional, often rival intensity and devotion the more reasonably amicable ones. Even a mild point of irritation is sometimes enough to flip the Friend or Foe switch, and sometimes people are just better at morbid lovehate than they are at genuine affection. As a connoisseur (with an extra "S"!) of Bond-themed media, you must agree that conflict is among the finest catalysts for memorable interactions, and villains are as integral to the genre's engrossing appeal as the protagonist.

Or it might be that I have been binging Legacy of Kain retrospective videos lately, and seeing as the majority of the cast in that franchise are arrogant, deceitful, deeply and tragically flawed, murderous monsters -- monsters who spend a good portion of the games monologuing at each other or trading insults, my mind has become overtaken by the WWF compulsion to playfully aggress at people, even the ones in need of support, affirmation and cheer.

And, for all my craven wishes to keep that aspect of my onslaught in the shadows, the resentment born from dissatisfied vore pigeonholing has definitely colored my perception of you, spurred perhaps by your occasional appearances in the spaces frequented by vore enthusiasts. A famous serpent character seemingly impervious to the lure of the kink most obviously befitting them must have driven more than one person quite mad. Still, I would deem the moniker "broken snake" too unfairly harsh; whatever sour grapes feelings our kind may harbor are solely ours to endure, and you don't deserve to be exposed to them. I apologize on behalf of our entire cannibal cabal.

But all those niggling hangups aside, I have kept watching you because you are, self-admittedly, a prominent snake presence, someone who is incomparably remarkable at what they do, no matter if what they do has any direct appeal to myself. And a few of your comments I've read may have endowed me with added respect for you as public speaker, as well. I have regretfully lost my ability to read as much and as often as I used to be able to, so instead of delving into someone's body of written works, I have to make do with absorbing synopses and reviews, but even if the tags of your works won't tempt me, and Ames Sond (what a ridiculous name!) may never win me over with his gratuitous pastiche charms (although some of the artwork you've commissioned is drop-dead gorgeous, like that tractor jump animation), there will be enough appealing aspects attracting me to your activities here to keep watching, and wishing you further success and prominence.

Lastly, I did not mean to make light of this journal's intent -- only the admittedly amusing stipulation for the type of desired feedback ("Spare a coin for an old beggar? A *golden* coin, if you so please?"), but even that is nothing out of the ordinary, and could have been phrased to be perfectly innocent. You are, of course, very welcome to seek support from the audience you've built up, all those people you have kept entertained and interested over those seventeen years, especially when the times are so dark, and they are darker for you in particular.

Yes, conflict is a more potent motivator, it's true. The heel is usually the more interesting party.

Speaking of vore: I like it fine, especially the kinkier alternate variants, like CV and UB. Vore pops up from time to time in my written works, I just don't tend to get vore art because I prefer transformation-based visual works and the vore in my stories tends to be a gateway for TF, anyway. [Ie: eat someone, then absorb them to change them into something else]

Hmm! I've never considered comment-leaving to be akin to public speaking, but I suppose it somewhat is, in a way. Curious!

You can see how a fan or yours (who I'm sure has a lot going for them besides) engaged with my original comment addressed to you. It is not the same as delivering a speech from a stage, cross-lit by the spotlights -- that position could be more fittingly compared to that of the journal's author -- but open access comment sections are definitely a pubic square of sorts.

And one inescapably gets exposed both to adjacent kinks, and to the ones far removed, owing to some of the creators' mixed interests, and such works can act as gateways to trying on new things. I admit I am fairly narrowly focused in my tastes, but transformation art can accommodate some fantastic scenarios, conceptually and visually, and I have been having a whale of a time following some of the artists working in that genre.

Just going by second hand impressions of your works found in the comments to this journal, I'm sure I would have found a lot to love in your stories, and it's chiefly my impaired time management ability and non-existent reading focus that prevent me from exploring your galleries, not my aversion to the content tags.

You've opened me up to so many things. The world of transformations, super spies and intricate puzzles, to name the most prominent. I wouldn't be nearly the same without having seen and met you.

<3

I like to think that you were already well-enough aware of TF and spies and puzzles - I just deepened and widened the scope of all three, in a way.

Uhoh, I'm noticing a risqué verbal trend, here: 'Deepened and widened' and 'opened you up'?? Hmm, now that sounds like another kink altogether. >___>

Well, would like to talk more with you, as you seem like an interesting snake. :D

You're one of, if not the best, TF story writer that I know of. Seeing you post is always a highlight of the day when it happens.

That's very kind of you to say, thank you. <3

A lot of your stories is what i found early on when i found out about CTF as a concept. and enjoy the long reading and the feeling you writing does give about the intimacy and close thjat CTF can be bonding then just being the cock aspect. and enjoy what you release when i find the time to read. and also the artwork that comes around. plus the some conversations we have had in the past before always been fun ^^

You've been my best friend for over 10 years now, we've been through a lot together. I've been through more than I would like and everytime you were there to listen to me and hold my hand. To this day whenever I anything happens to me, the first person I wanna tell about is you. To this day I still get comfort in the thought of your big scaly hands on my shoulder encouraging me to do things I'm too afraid to do but desire, like posting the Timeless Intro comic.

Even my chosen name came from my love and admiration for you and desire to be matching to you!

You were responsible for the creation of the characters that changed my life. That simple question of what would my then wolf fursona look like if she was bug surely caused a storm in the following years! And that legendary story toy wrote for me with Nae and Tetsuo after my newest OBSESSION had come out, that changed my life forever hdjsdjfjfhsh.

The beloved characters and worlds we created together, our projects, through you I discovered so much about me.

I love you so much, even when I'm upset at you I'm loving you. I wish you could see yourself how I see you, so you can see I don't give pieces of my heart to anyone. TT__Tt

Thank you, my darling dama damsel Dench, dame of the dirt-dunked delights. (I mean, you're a pretty, personable patron of potted plants - my fave florist) <3

I love you too, my constant companion, for cuddles and kisses, concern and care, and comedic conversations, crackling with copious cacophonous cackling. >:}===<

On character creation: I recall it all, of course, but it's always nice to be reminded, as it's sometimes hard to believe what an impact it has had, for so long. @o@

I still am and will forever be honoured to have had such an influence on you, someone who I am so in awe of, so often.

You know what an impact you've had on me, as well. The mother of the Ames Sond poster series, and all our beautiful couples, and that one thing with the initials that are similar to the initials from that one time travel movie. >__>

You know what I mean!

Anyway, my love, my best friend, I'll see you in the office soon enough, but I couldn't leave you hanging here. <3

dude dont be to harde on your self we love/respect you

You're a very kind gentleman-snake and I am very glad to know you. You've always got a kind word to share. <3

Well. I like the couple stories of yours I've read, and your enthusiasm for snakes. I enjoy looking at your favourites as you curate well.

Your approach to transformation erotica is unique, interesting and fun. :)

I like the James Bond parody stuff, you really don't see enough of that on a site that's almost entirely Pokemon when it comes to references to media. It's refreshing to see some people willing to look back at media that's more than 5 years old. You're also sometimes the only person who ever bothers to comment on stuff I post, which is really nice for someone like me who isn't even an artist.

Thank you, Leika, I appreciate that, and I appreciate you. <3

17 years! That's a great accomplishment, and to be active from then and until now is remarkable indeed.

I think you've got a good understanding of what you're good at, prefaced in your journal's initial posting. You're definitely an avid writer, commissioner and commenter. That's all of what makes you interesting, very interesting - and it's because you're exceptionally good at all three!

Your writing is definitely what got me most excited. Working back from that nearly 17 year old archive of stories (just in the last couple years for me), at first I'll say it was definitely par for the course with general FA writing. Short, but I was honestly impressed. Then and now you still have that impressively clean prose. Though, for all I know, it'd been obsessively touched up to its invariably pristine presence now. It's wholly admirable in either case.

Though, the first story that had really hooked me to you was your story 'Boy Meets Gill(s)'. That was an adventure, and then 'ChcocolatEel!'. And then, when I favorited those, you sent me a shout thanking me for it. Then, it was a whirlwind going all the way through your gallery. That would be one of my best times on FA, really: reading an Amethystine story every day, sometimes two a day.

You'd even gotten me so amped up from reading your Sondification works that I'd gotten through Ian Fleming's Bond books. I'm glad you'd encouraged me to get through those, as I found I enjoyed them even more than the movies, as beautifully bombastic as the blockbuster Bond films are.

Your commissioned art is probably THE BEST stuff I'd seen, that would be most of anything related to Sond. And one can tell - only by glancing through your gallery - that you're not a snob about what art you showcase in it. Personally, I like seeing the broad spectrum of art therein, from friends' sketches to your high-fidelity Sondification commissions of the Bond covers.

What I appreciate most is how often I see your comments cropping up. My first impression of you was just seeing your icon pop up in the comment section of someone else's submission. It was Sond-Ame, snake with a gun. Going into your profile, I saw the extreme juxtaposition of an elegant re-imagining of a James Bond poster (probably this) in the gallery and then an excerpt of Fitting In beside it.

It just struck me as odd, seeing two such different things so close together. Then, diving back to the beginning of your gallery, and seeing what was there told me you were an interesting person who didn't hold too much back because of what people would think.

I think that about you is a part of what inspires me - few things there are - to express myself. You can see that after I started reading more of your works, that I started publishing my own writing. I had already begun writing, but I do believe that after witnessing how you've been so long-standing and expressive of your works, I felt all the more comfortable to put mine out for others to read, too.

Thanks, Ame.

Well, I mean.. I wasn't active the WHOLE 17 years. I was present on the site the whole time, I just don't think I was posting my work very consistently throughout the whole period. Everyone has lulls, though, I suppose.

Thank you for the reminder-summary of your timeline in relation to my gallery and me, I had forgotten you read Fleming because of me. Thank you again for the (frankly insane) rapid tour you took through my gallery, back then. I still would have thought it was a slog, but it brightens my heart to see you say that it was 'one of your best times on FA.' <3

Most of all, I must express my most ample gratitude to you for letting me know that I have somehow helped you to unlock your own self-expression. Or rather, the sharing of it, as you were already writing, just not posting yet. I'm very happy to have been instrumental, there. (or even just a fractional portion of the impetus, if 'instrumental' is too grand a word)

So, thank you for that whole comment, and you are welcome, Cagria. <3

Esssentially ssseventeen! Maybe the fire died down for a month or so, here and there, but it's burning now, I see that. Be bright, shimmer, shine your scintillating serpent soul.

I was shooting through that gallery because I was addicted to that pretty python prose and you're cannily consistent commenting. For only a few short months, I'd devoured all of your writing, and now there's a little bit at the tail end that I have to swallow. I'm drooling for what's left, and hoping that it keeps going on and on! More Amethystine!

And let me correct, it's THE BEST time I've had on FA, but only so far!

True I was already writing, but your influence has neatly slithered into my words. I'm immensely a lot less coy, considering there's this prolifically perverse bold boa evoking encouragement so stupendously.

It's like you're swallowing a whole naga and hoping that said snake's tail grows longer and longer while you're just about to finish swallowing it, hmm? :}

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You're being awfully kind, thank you for that. <3

Nice last line with the rapid-fire alliteration 'couplets': II, LL, CC, THTH, PP, BB, EE, SS, very cool. :}===<

Good grief there are so many good things you have done, Ame! The Ames Sond corpus is extensive and you have brought so much delight to all of us who are fans. That you have included me in it at least once and have a second on offer is just such an honor that I am ever grateful for!

Beyond that, in everything I've seen you do here you have always acted with your friends in mind and have done things in the hopes of delighting them. I know several times you have toned things down so you could share it with me. And I've seen the way you interact with others, finding the things they like and adding them and their ideas into your works.

And that is a sampling of the good you have done, Ame. There is so much more.

Dominus tecum

My heartfelt gratitude for the heap of praise, Matthias. <3

Always my friend! *gives the serpent a good sized stripey hug*

Dominus tecum

To me you have so far not only been a great writer of wrongs (to steal a quote from you 😜) and writer in general, but also the writer who inspired me to start writing and indulge in my own erotica stories, or any other I felt like sharing here on FA.
And to me you're still are a reference point for what level of English writing proficiency I would like to reach too.

I'm overjoyed to have inspired you to indulge, in more ways than one. :}

Hey Amethystine.

You're amazingly good at uplifting people whose spirits are dumpy and down. You have eagerly encouraged others with your stories, and instilled many with alliterative appreciation.

You're a pythonic pal, a pillar of your community, and someone near and dear to your Serpenty Circle of Friends.

On a personal level, or as personal as two mostly strangers can get, you have uplifted me, been a shoulder to lean on, and someone who has kept me going, even when I sputter and just stop most of the time.

For what it is worth: You are a great person, a true friend, and someone I think highly of.
Even when I cannot reciprocate as much as I would like.

Stay Strong, be safe, and if you need anything, let me know...and I shall try to be there.

**Offers a mug of Cinna-Mint Hot Chocolate with a matching warm scone**

-- Murphy.

Thank you, Murphy, that - all of that - means a lot to me. I appreciate you coming out of the shadows to say that.

Perhaps it's an erroneous impression, but my perception of you is that you would mostly be hidden and in the background, here on FA - until a clutch moment like this, it seems! But maybe you're more active than I realize.

Regardless, the support is much appreciated. [and even MORE appreciated is the hot cocoa and scone! yummm <3]

I'm not really all that active; I tend to observe and offer what advice, encouragement, and help I can. I know depression, anxiety, and the rest of the "Bad Brain Painbow" and at the very least I can sit down beside someone and let them know "I've Been There...I Know How That Feels...I Survived It...and I'll Make Sure You Survive It, Too."

Sometimes just knowing that can pull people through, and make their days brighter, and make things not seem so...impossible. I came out of a pretty bad funk recently and trying to get things back to stability again, but that's a story for another time.

I am glad you enjoyed the cocoa and scone; always happy to bake or cook for friends.

I hope you are feeling better in general; if you need anything, feel free to note me or track me down otherwise.

-- Murphy

"It's been ingrained in my brain that everyone loathes me...that I am unwanted and should just go away. I continue to live on the fringes of humanity to spite everyone that had already written me off for dead."

Thanks again, Murphy. :}

That quote at the end of your comment, I identify with that right now - at least, the first part, feeling loathed by others around me. But I don't know if we should really aspire to become outcasts living in a stew of spite on the outskirts of the world. >___>

Then again, I know you tend to make those quotes from the fictional lives of your headcanon characters, so it's not really ~you~ speaking.

Actually....that was probably more me than even I had realized.

Well, anyone's characters are always going to have at least a little (if not a lot) of them, within the presented personae.

Very true, indeed.

Ame, think about one thing - how many people can you think of who've posted a full-length raunchy, delightful novel with a six-digit word count? You're an extremely impressive writer and, from what I've seen, a very kind soul~

I'd love to know if anyone else has put out any furry smut novels of that length, yeah. I'm sure there are some which have come out in parts, but one that was released all at once, maybe not, aside from me! O:

That's an oddly encouraging thing to consider, thank you.

*Sends you lots of hugs*

I have received so much inspiration and motivation from reading your stories. Anytime I write a CTF story, I wonder how people will compare it to your own. I always feel like I don't have enough descriptive words in my stories because I'm constantly amazed at how you find a million ways to describe something. You've definitely helped me become a better writer, and I am grateful. You've also entertained me quite thoroughly with your ideas.

....and yes, you make stuff that gets me off lol

Awww, Taonas, you're too kind! <3

I have to confess, any time I see your icon, I think 'damn I need to read what he's been making' - I can't remember why or how I got this impression, but I have this idea that you'll make / you have been making very interesting work.

That pleases me so much! I see writers like you, 9delta, and so many others as kind of the professionals or the role models for the kinky stuff I write, so getting praised or even seeing a simple fave by one of y'all floods me with joy as I have basically "made senpai proud" lol.

I honestly feel bad about having not read the Sond series you've written, but I suspect that is because of the se reason of "not enough time" that has prevented you from reading my stories.

I'd say so, yes. :S

Wrote TF stuff that I enjoyed on TFNet back in the day. :)

TFnet, you mean the IRC server? :D

Yes!

That's a real blast from the past. I remember your name from there, though. It's nice to see you're still around! :}===<

I ain't going anywhere.

Your CTF stories with Menagerie are still so, so good <3

I don't really talk or interact with you much more than 'faving' a few of your works and reading your stories. I enjoy your presence here and love your stories. :)

To keep it simple, you were a pleasure to work with during Parsha's story comm, and your writing inspired me to draw out the scenario as well! An exiting read that helped bring a little more joy into my life 😄

I've also enjoyed all your insightful comments to my posts, and I always enjoy furthering Calleigh's snarmy canon through Q&A 😉

Thank you for saying so, CZ! That project was a lot of fun.

I'm really going to have to post that thing at some point, it's been collecting dust for far too long. O:

Aren't most snakes "cool" by their nature?

Although the Venn diagram intersection of our interests is not large, I do smile a bit when I see that you have found and commented on art that I have commissioned.

Snakes are almost always cool and very often hot. And they can frequently be BOTH! :D

What a fabulous contradiction in terms. :>

I'm glad I've made you smile at least a few times, then. I have much respect for your cocksnake-endowed characters.

I'm sorry to hear you're feeling that way. :c For what it's worth, you've always been one of my best commenters! That really means a lot because often art gets a lot fewer comments than you'd think. I'll often think something like, "I wonder what Ame will say about this pic" while I'm posting it. x)

Thanks for thinking of me / keeping me in mind, Pulsar. :}===<

I'm in the same boat but my heyday has passed it seems. You're definitely more active

Sov and Dar here to remind you that you're great! We always think of you as THE python/naga, the original, the archetype!

>==={:)- Since we both agree, we'll just say 'I' from now on and talk in unison. To avoid any... confusion -(:}===<

I remember when Delta put us in touch; I was really nervous (and even a bit jealous that he was your friend!) because you were the guy who'd been writing great stories for years before I ever joined the site, even if (at the time) I wasn't too sure about all the CTF content... though you soon put me right on that, of course, and much fun have I had as a result!

I fondly remember a bunch of very fun birthday gifts involving you, me, a variety of others, alongside transformations and CTF in various combinations. I always enjoy your presence as well as the presents though, and miss the days when we co-wrote things. But even when not co-writing, I enjoy your writing of wrongs... and ample awesome alliteration!

But still, the point stands that you are a cool snake and I do hope you feel better! I don't talk to you anything like as much as I should, for which I apologise, and must rectify swiftly >_>

Ahh, Sov and Dar, great to see you both. My favourite twin kobold-boa-amphisbaena. Or 'koboamphisbaena' for "short" >___>

I have found memories of such times as well! <3

Speaking of your birthday: Happy birthday, 2022! Beginning of October, right? Sorry I missed it this year.

Thank you for the kind words here, coming out of Sov.. while Dar appears and talks to me on Telegram. This dual-location dialogue implies that I am also in my twinsnake form: Ameth y Stine!

You gave me lots of slithery scaly serotonin and your one of my favorite snek artists.

I get being in a low place, struggling with that myself. We got you fam!

I am very tired and trying not to white out into sleep x3 But there is quite the assssortment of things you put out into the world that are exccccelent. Truly one of my favorite Sneks to ever ssssnek as a snek. FA feels much brighter with your presence here Ame 💜

From the arts, to the stories, to the awesome collaborative stuffs. There is so much creativity that you have brought to the table it is unreal. Thank you for being here Ame~

I appreciate you saying that, Hope. Thank you.

I think you are a great author! You have some very unique ideas and are able to effectively communicate them to the readers. Very sexy stuff. Between you and Toystoat I am being inspired to start writing again. The strange and titillating transformations really do arouse me ;3

Keep up the awesome work!

Thank you, Goph. :>

i really really love ames sond, and i probably never would have thought to commission anything like it myself even if i had the money, so
thank you for introducing me to him
if that makes sense

You're welcome, and thank you. :>

It really only started because of one Skyfall poster, where Bond is on his back on the ground, with his gun drawn. Like this: https://www.007museum.com/007_wall_skyfall.jpg

I saw it as a huge banner on the side of a building, and the banner was long enough (and had blank space beyond Bond's legs) to make me think 'someone longer could fit in there', so I imagined my snake character in the pose. I happened to mention this flight of fancy to a friend of mine, Amaranth (also known as WhiteMantis). This would have been September or October of 2012, before the movie even came out. I didn't even think about it again until March 2013, when Amaranth gave me this, for my birthday: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/10078366/

And then my birthday gift from her in 2016 (after Spectre came out in the end of 2015) was this: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/19292290/

Then it became a yearly tradition for her to do a Sond image each year. One year, she purchased a Sond sketchpage from another artist friend, as well.

My point is, I also didn't even think about commissioning such things until after I had both been given some, and the original artist then also commissioned someone else. Until then, I was content with it being just something Ama made as gifts for me, as a tradition. But with the idea of getting other artists in on it, I started to go down that path as well, because I began to want all the posters, and I didn't think it was fair to expect that Ama would do them all herself, haha.

All though I only just watched and faved your submissions, I love your contributions to this fandom. Your Sond tributes are epic and your sona is an amazing naga!

Thank you, J.

I appreciate all the faves and comments on the Ames Sond items, and will be seeing to them individually, shortly.

This journal is from back in the middle of December, when I was in a very low point. I'm fine now, but I appreciate your attention and support here on this journal, all the same.

Damn FA wouldn't let me edit my original comment, so fuck it. I nuked it.

I know I'm 4 months late with this. I saw your name in the comment section of one of intricatevision's submissions and I wondered how you were doing. I left the fandom years ago due to some very personal issues which I won't get into. But prior to leaving, I had begun to write a backstory for my fursona at the time and I asked for feedback. It was an unreadable piece of garbage, but instead of calling it as it was, you provided some very constructive (albeit generous) criticism, advice which I still use to this day. (I have since then rebooted the story and started uploading it to test the waters...in case I want to publish it.)
I'm a different person than I was back then. I'm not into the adult aspect of the fandom and I truly believe smut does terrible things to the brain. (It's something that studies are now beginning to uncover and something I experienced myself.) So I can't say that the kinds of stories you write are the kinds of stories I want to read anymore. However, I cannot deny that you are very talented and I will be forever grateful for the advice you gave me back then. Whatever you went through four months ago, I hope you're in a better place now.

Thank you.

I'm doing better, certainly. There was no where to go but up, at that time.

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I just looked at your story synopsis, about the world of Falius and the foretold coming of the 'Paradox' - and how this stranger thinks he's just a hallucinating human.

It sounds quite familiar, so I suppose I must somewhat recall the content of your fursona backstory, which you gave to me, previously.

I'm glad you're still kicking and seemingly doing alright, and that you're back on FA / in the furry fandom again.

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I know most of my work is smutty, but not all of it is. It's just, no one seems to respond to my non-sexual work, so there's little reason for me to pursue that side of things, here. [And I honestly prefer the arousing writing anyway. :P]

"you're back on FA / in the furry fandom again."

More like I'm tossing food (my story) over a tall concrete barrier, then coming back later to see if anything bit. And yeah, smut sells (unfortunately). But I got some positive comments. In fact somebody offered to edit for me in the future for a discount. Apparently it inspired him want to get into freelancing creative works (he's a professional editor) so I must be doing something right this time...

Glad you're doing better. See you around I guess.