Ryla, my fellow Renamon: do you digivolve? If so, what forms do you take?

Ryla: Yes, but so far I've only tried Kyubimon and I was pretty meh on it. I think I prefer to stay bipedal for the most part. That and I kinda like the much wider sort of freedom that my nanomorphic body affords me. I'm not constrained to just one tree of forms when I can shapeshift this form any way I like!

@Lightest, being a universe travelling goddess, what have your experiences been like with the goddesses of other universes?

Lightest: Generally very positive! I've met a lot of alternate universe versions of myself and had a lot of fun with them, but the others I've met like Haagenti have been lovely. I've also met the Triforce Goddesses of Hyrule, and while they are a little bit haughty at times and argue with each other a lot, their hearts are in the right place. Though Din's impulsive nature has definitely caused her to get into trouble more than a few times!

Sedalia "how large is your hive and how could i join "wink wink (firstly happy birthday when ever it it and 2nd i love that latex corrupting naga :) )

Sedalia: Well, the answer to your first question is actually a two parter, since I technically have two main universe continuities I exist in. In the first continuity where I am a servant of the divine Lady Arina, my hive is still young. She created me to be the queen of her drone servant caste, and we have a few hundred drones still in our hive beneath her Inn. But we have great ambitions to continue growing. In the second continuity, where I am the Caretaker of Lady Lightest's Erogenetian Brood, we are much larger and more advanced, with approximately 75,300 drones. Our hive on the planet Ralos is a megacity that spans for miles, thanks to the donation of biomass from Elder Myr to help us get our Brood started. But again we are planning to continue expanding, especially since Myr continues to volunteer more of her own clones for assimilation.

The second question though is easy to answer for both continuities though! All one must do is find one of our drones and ask to volunteer. In both continuities we are most eager to accept willing volunteers for assimilation!

gladly volunteers to become a sexy corrupted drone hehe

i got abput 3 qiestions:

to you: os there any artist that you wanted to commission but never got them open or fogor to try sking for?

to arina(s): what would you do if someone was eager to join you but was completely and 100% immune to any form of transformation and anything that you could use to alter their mind and make them act and think as anothwr arina?

to sedalia: how many drones does it take to screw a lightbulb?

Me: Oh yeah there's tons. I've really wanted to comm Maplemoon and Deathmask to draw Arina, since they do Draenei so well, but the funds have been difficult to scrounge up while they were open. And of course I've had plenty of fantasies about commissioning Tanraak to draw Sedalia, Nyx, or Lilith, but the cost of that is even more prohibitive. Money, man.

Arina: I would still offer them a position in my priesthood! Though if they were male, I'd probably not really wanna fuck them since I'm not attracted to dudes. I'd probably push up my priorities for researching into how to overcome magical immunity though, just so I can find a way to eventually twist them into something more suiting to my whims.

Sedalia: Light... bulb? What is this object you speak of? My hives are typically illuminated by luminous psychic crystals.

to you: i suggest you to check , they aren't tanrakk, but their recent work with latex is extremely good, also zxc makes amazing latex stuff

arina: isn't giving them a cardboard mask with your face very poorly sjetched on it a better option?

sedalia: lightbulbs are a type of ligma

also look at this
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/51380340/

A question to anyone that wishes to answer. Well two:

What about my work keeps you coming back. You are still one of if not the most actively positive on my work to the point of paying for it so I am curious as to the why's and how.

2nd: What about some of my girls tickles you so.

For the first question it makes the most sense to answer just as myself rather than a character. For the "How", I first got interested in you after seeing your Showkaizer art commission pics. I saw them several years before I found your page, probably through Showkaizer art threads on fchan. I was totally smitten with the character immediately. Later when I found your FA, I was basically like "Holy shit, this person has an insanely awesome Renamon OC and this few followers? That's crazy, I gotta watch them!"

For the "Why", there's a ton of different reasons. I mean, firstly there's the obvious, typical furry reason of feeling hugely attracted to your character, I think that a lot of furries start friendships from that specific first reason. Then I saw that you had other characters and checked them out, and found that we have very similar tastes in Pokemorphs, which just immediately helped. Blaziken, Salazzle, Luxray, and several others are mutual faves of mine too, so I was predisposed to love characters like Hope and Shyama. Then I saw that you had some actual character development fleshing them out and I was hooked. I mean, I practically have a fetish for world building and characterization, if you couldn't tell from my hundreds of thousands of words of fanfiction, so having some meat to the characters to go with the sexiness ups the interest factor significantly. Then there's the fact that you actually reply to my comments most of the time and return the favor by commenting on my stuff too. A lot of the "big name" furries out there tend to be too busy and overwhelmed with comments and attention to reply or engage with random commenters and I totally understand that and don't begrudge them for it at all, but it does mean that I usually don't try to comment on their stuff. I like talking to people who have the time and interest to engage back and you do a lovely job of that. And lastly, well I just like supporting artists and creators who don't already have huge, massive followings already because I want to help them succeed and build a community. I engage with and support a lot of them, like Vene, TheDarkJudge96, Tredexim, and several others, specifically because smaller creators with talent deserve it and it's a great way to make good friends. I don't do it for free art, I buy comms from them because I want them to be successful and support themselves. The furry community gets better when we build each other up with both money and kind words.

Sorry that got kinda sappy. As for the second question, well, I did sorta answer it already in the paragraph above, at least a little, heh. But if you want specific details, I love the little details in the designs, like Reiku's charm chains on her ear piercings and her black lipstick. It gives her a very appealing design aesthetic that helps her stand out really well from other Renamon OCs despite how small the differences are. It's hard to make a unique looking OC that stands out without going too far and ending up in overly-busy sparkledog territory, lol.

Showkaizer... Yeah that tracks. Many found me because of that tho I can give you a presumed reason why I have such little traction. I believe it comes down to the fact that unlike many a Renamon OC out there that exist just to capitalize on the fandomds love of the yellow vixen/is at base entirely made on their sexuality, My renamon self is a facet of 'myself'. It's just me idealized to a point in yellow fluff. So when people come around and find out, "NO I won't F*ck you just cause you asked/think I'm hot.", many move on cause there are hundreds of easier renamons. Those that drop that and get past my ice wall I put up because of those people find a overly tired, kinda lonely, but with standards individual that is thankful to their few friends. And those I spend 'that' kind f time with are precious to me.

Oh don't be sorry for being sappy. I find it endearing from you that you have such a healthy mentality like that.

And heh, Yeah I'm a bit of a detail nut, nothing done just 'because' everything is carefully thought to the why it exist with me. Tho Rei herself was specifically decided to be close to a standard renmon as part of the appeal is the look, why she has only minor marking differences t o highlight or at least make question why. (Her arcane and partial viral backing.)

Yeah I get you. I think I have seen a similar thing happen with myself since I'm not exactly an "easy lay" either. When people inevitably shoot me the "do u rp" message, I tend to either shut them down entirely or go "Yes I love to RP, but I require at least full para as defined by at least 7-10 sentences per post, and I lean toward a ratio of 75% story and 25% sex." That second method often scares them off really damn quick, lol. The few who do remain end up getting a bit of a loredump about the 300,000+ words of fanfic that Lightest is based off of and that's usually enough to clean the rest of them up. People just don't want to go through the effort of all that setup and reading just to get their dicks wet, and I'm fine with that. I am busy enough with my job and ky writing as is, I don't really need RP to fill my time.

And yeah, I get you on that detail fixation thing. Lightest's design may be pretty simple too, but if you ever ask about her history prepare for a novel's worth of detail. For me a character's look may be important but the heart and soul behind that look are very very important too. That's also why I wouldn't just ask you "do u rp" for throwaway cybersex too, heh.

as you know, I have several characters so how they cone is important, so I often toss those to any that remain after the usual, "No I don't RP much anymore unless we really click, lets talk first." Or the flat "If your first line to me is trying to get into my pants move along, I have steak at home, no need for snacks when out" when I'm hanging around SL. It amazes me how few people understand the joys of just foreplay.

A simple design does not mean a simple character. I'll take complexity in soul and individual over outwardly look any day of the week. And oh I'm sure if we ever got into anything it would be long prose. Or more of anything? There is a few dates that have been committed to imagery.

Oh man that steak line is brutal, lmao! I love it. I can totally relate too, since my own personal writing is my steak. Most peoples' playing just can't compete with how personal solo writing lets me set up the exact specific scene I want with the exact right amount of buildup and the exact kinks I want, without any miscommunication or scheduling problems. That doesn't mean I don't like to RP, it just means that like 85-90% people can't really compete with the appeal of just sitting down to write my smutty stories.

That being said, I mostly wear the "No RP badge" for two big reasons: to discourage those who want just a quick fuck, and because it's literally extremely hard to schedule with me due to my work schedule. I have to wake up at 5AM so I have time to shower, eat breakfast, commute, and clock in by 7AM. Then I work until 3:30PM and commute home, leaving a gap from 4PM-9PM where I'm free. Except some days I work overtime until 5:30PM and am not home until 6, shortening the window even further. (All times in US Central time) It's really damn hard to find someone who has a matching window with that, and even then I also suffer the problem of work and various other issues making me waay too tired to summon the mental energy for a scene.

I really hate that paradoxical feeling of "I can't conjure the interest in an RP without a very large amount of setup" and "I'm too tired and blown out to gather the energy for a very large amount of setup." It's the fuckin worst.

That aside, I do love long form prose play with people who share my love for plot, to the point where I'll still try my luck with them when I find them, since they're as rare as hen's teeth. If you find a diamond in the rough you might as well at least try mining it up. So hey, I could see us trying something if the above time windows I mentioned weren't a problem for you.

Well on SLI have a Bunny I'm fond of and is a good friend. A Therion/hellhound that I've been friends with for ages, a snow leopard friend, a cute little skaven, 2 hyenas and a crux friend. If I'm hungry and they are available, I have my fair share of quality meals. But then I'm ALSO a creative, if I want something or a figure, I can literately just make it, so if the only thing they have going is looks, it's gonna a be a VERY hard sell with me. Nowadays I seek attachment, connection.

And ooof. Yeah I feel that. Both the window thing (EST here) AND the want to but to tired to, paradox. It's hard to just find energy to stream as often as I would like (why so many projects people come into are already in progress. I do a lot of work before bed while unwinding.

Hmmm.. Well I'm game to try if you are, or failing that can always continue through the art side of things. You ARE part of my world now after all.

Incoming message from unknown distance. Magical intercept transcript follows:

"Hello Miss Essyth. After observing your clone society, I am curiously speculating. Given that none of us know what the future may hold for us, and despite your continuing efforts, you have not yet perfected the means of instantaneous exchanges of knowledge between your constituent clone population, isn't it possible that over time, and with the addition of more clones to your already tens of thousands strong population, some Arina clones will eventually diversify and begin developing different opinions than your original self? For certain, there is no shortage of reinforcement from their fellow Arinas, but given your rate of expansion, the likelihood is becoming a certainty that some Arinas will simply never meet each other, even in the city of Vraka, the population is vast enough to keep certain Arinas isolated from each other their entire lives. In such an eventuality, is there not the risk of certain Arinas diversifying and isolating themselves from the main bulk of the population? Perhaps even deciding to take up radically different viewpoints than you yourself would take? Even break off to find their own destinies? At such a point, could they even truly be considered 'you' anymore? Given the Draenei's lengthy lifespan, I am curious if this is something you have given thought to."

Regards, Maetra Kantor. L.I.N.

Arina: "It's something that I've thought about before, yes. But so far, this has not been a problem yet at all and I think I understand why. I got into cloning myself not just purely for kink, though kink was a large part of it admittedly. I also started doing it because I felt like I couldn't really trust many other people at all. Vanessa is an exception of course, but generally speaking I don't trust outsiders very much. Probably because of the way my parents mistreated me. I figured "Who better could I trust as a partner and lover than myself?" and it turns out that I was absolutely right. Not do I feel huge amounts of lust for my clones, but I genuinely love them too. I want to be around them all the time. I love their company and I enjoy how similar we are to each other.

So we have a lot of good reasons to want to stick together and not isolate ourselves. And we want to stay similar. There's a real, concrete desire to actively stay unified and to be uniform.

That being said, I also refuse to act like a tyrant with my clones. If you're familiar with the Golden Rule, it applies even more strongly to clone societies. I would never ever force my clones to do or think anything, ever. And I know that they would never do the same to me. It's vital to our bond of love and trust.

And hey, I'm also very confident in all this because they do have the same minds as me, so I know they all share those same desires. People can change over time, but it's not very common at all that they completely throw away their entire world views and start from scratch. At least, not without being forced to by external factors."

"Running an Inn is certainly a curious choice of profession from someone with a distrust of outsiders. I suppose the likelihood of a civil war between clones was always low from the outset, though. Your insight is appreciated. Though it would still be interesting to consider that there may one day be some version of 'you' that has gone through some kind of personal development that made 'you' wish to take a different lifestyle from the clone society the other 'you's' have built.

Your mistreatment at the hands of your parents isn't something that been elaborated much upon yet in your records. Is that something you would be comfortable telling us more about?"

Arina: "I expect the odds that we still get breakaways despite the factors I mentioned will be extremely tiny. Like one in tens of millions. And even then, what can I do about it that wouldn't be oppressive and evil? The answer is not much. If this rare outlier wants to leave, she can leave. No skin off my nose, not like I'll run out of clones anytime soon. I won't resort to tyranny in the pursuit of absolute perfect conformity.

As for my parents, well, they're one of the main reasons why I won't allow myself to act tyrannical, as they were absolute prime examples of authoritarian freaks. Hyper-conservative, hyper-religious, sex-hating zealots and bigots. You have to remember that I hail from the planet Kalindra, not Azeroth. Kalindran Draenei don't have the same culture as Azerothian ones. On Kalindra we have dozens of different splinter kingdoms of Draenei that broke away and scattered after the Exodar crashed on the world. None could agree on what sort of society they should build, so a huge variety of different types of governments and socieites arose from the ashes of the wreck. I was born in Faelia, a small religious theocracy that worshipped a smaller, less benevolent Naaru that our priests claimed had made the laws we followed. Those laws included chauvinistic patriarchy, homophobia, transphobia, racism, and a whole slew of other awful bigotries, which my parents preached and enforced with fanatical fervor. So naturally when I tried to tell them that I was trans and nonbinary, they very violently forced me to repress it. That's why I taught myself magic in secret, so I could change my own gender without them knowing. And of course, once I succeeded, they eventually found out and disowned me on the spot, then reported me to the priesthood who had me summarily banished from Faelia.

Needless to say, I refuse to behave like them on pure principle."

"I see. Thank you for sharing. I know all too well how it feels to be rejected by one's own family, as my own did when I returned to them an alien.

Slightly different question. While the morality of your clone-converting ways is an entire conversation on its own, from reading your logs, there appear to be two broad categories of people you have assimilated: Those who willingly worshipped you, and those who you gave no choice. It is encouraging that in modern times, you prefer only to assimilate people who willingly come to you, and are able to reproduce 'natural' (I use this term loosely) copies of yourself through your drone breeding servants, there have undeniably been times where you forced others into becoming you. Nor was this limited to the early criminals and gangsters you converted. Your own records show you having resorted to infiltration organisms to covertly spread your cult, and indoctrination to brainwash others into worshipping you. Which in a population in the tens of thousands must still equate to a number some hundreds strong. Was there ever an instance of someone you regretted assimilating, or felt guilty for having done so? From what I understand, your clones retain the memories of who they used to be, back in the corners of their minds, to be used to your advantage. So certainly, that clone would know if the victim had possessed a life worth holding on to. Or others who would miss them in their absence. Has there ever been an instance like that? Where you knew you had done wrong by someone by assimilating them? Have you ever felt guilty enough to reverse the assimilation? Even if not by your own moral standards, then perhaps by Vanessa's?"

Arina: "Well, if you'll forgive me for using a little divine magic to get meta here, it depends on the continuity of me you're talking about. The one in all the Syberfab art is a separate one from the one in the written stories. Both are technically valid forms of me and are considered parallel canons, but they do have a fair few differences. Syberfab art canon me has a lot less compunctions about using mental manipulation on basically anyone she liked, while the me in the stories is far more morally conscientious. In there, she never actually assimilated someone who wasn't already a criminal, or eager for it. Granted that continuity is a work in progress though and things could change in the future. Just because I'm giving you answers with divine meta knowledge though doesn't mean I'm going to spoil that story for you!

As for whether Syberfab art continuity me has ever regretted it, well there's probably a few, but I don't have any specific examples on hand at the moment. But there haven't been any reversions either, as we're all quite happy with how we are now."

"Ah, I see. Thank you. I had believed that the Arina is All series was something of a prequel to the Syberfab art, but this certainly makes sense.

Thank you for indulging my questions. This has been an enlightening experience. I will leave it with one final question for now, for Vanessa this time.

Without giving away any spoilers, have you ever given any serious thought to becoming Arina? Tempted? That incarnation of 'Arina' would certainly be interesting due to being herself and her lover at the same time."

Vanessa: "Oh yes absolutely, like you wouldn't believe. I mean, I was the one to encourage her to go for it and start cloning herself from the beginning after all! It's been something I've fantasized about constantly ever since she first talked about it. But I have a few things planned first that I want to accomplish in my original form here before I finally give in and indulge. But as to what those plans are, no spoilers!"

"Exiting broadcast range. Thought I would send one more question before the month is up. This one is for Lightest and Arina.

Do you have any advice for other people who may wish to begin taking company in clones or duplicates of themselves? Any advice on how to go about it, or the implications of creating another of yourself?"

Lightest: "You probably saw this coming, but my advice of course is to be extremely cautious about the ethical pitfalls involved, depending on the method you choose. Naturally I prefer to avoid transforming other people in general as a matter of course. And when I do, it's always with very strict and careful rules and considerations. Usually I will make the person who wants to be me submit to a telepathic examination first to ensure it's not some "Last resort escape". Like, if they're in debt to the mafia or about to be arrested for a horrible crime, and just want to be me to get out of this, I don't allow it to proceed. I make sure it's done for a real valid reason and not just a passing phase too. Then I'll make them do a series of trial runs. First one is just bodily TF, no mental TF, so I can see how they like being in my shape. Then I'll do a temporary mental TF, usually a few days, a week tops, and then turn them back to their original self and give them some time to digest the experience of how it felt to be me. If they STILL want it after all that, then I'll proceed further.

But if you use other methods, things are much less spooky. Like, in my Shaftbeast continuity, it's the power of Erogenetian biology that can allow myself to just legitimately create full clones out of nothing but spare biomass and a copy of my mind, no other sapient beings are needed. And of course, in my Goddess continuities, I can just will clones into existence with cheaty deity power. I don't know what methods out of any of these you have access to, so I can't give answers that could be specific to them. But for general advice for people who just want info about cloning, start small. If you have access to simulation tech, try setting up a simulation where you live with a programmed simulated clone of yourself to see how you get along. If you have a lot of empathy and a kind heart, then you shouldn't have any problems. And of course, finding your own body to be attractive is important too if you want to do anything sexual. If you have any doubts about any of this, take time to improve yourself first. See therapists to work out mental issues, cultivate new skills, work out to lose weight, any sort of self care. If it makes you easier to live with, it will make your clones easier to live with too. And they'd thank you for it, since those improvements carry over to them when you make them."

Arina: "Obviously I'm gonna agree with a fair bit of what Lightest said above, especially about self improvement and starting slow. But if there's sexual reasons for doing this then I definitely have some additional advice, as that's my forte. If you wanna fuck yourself, and you are a person who has a penis, then I heavily advise you to make, or have someone make for you, a custom made dildo that is an exact replica in shape and size to your dick. Maybe even several. Use them to train your body to be ready to take your own cock. One to use for throat training, one to use for anal training. I did this extensively while I started developing a selfcest fetish, so by the time I had my first clone, my gag reflex was properly trained away and my ass was the exact right size to take my clone's cock without any pain or difficulty. Also, if you have a specific position preference, AKA if you're a strict top or bottom, beware that this will cause problems and a clone may not be right for you, as they will have the exact preference and thus be incompatible. I'd only recommend cloning yourself for sex if you're a full blown switch or at least semi-versatile in your positional preference. The same applies to dom/sub preferences too. I'm almost entirely dom, but I also love and trust myself and I can easily treat my clones as equals rather than trying to make them sub for me or each other."