The afternoon in the simplest terms is a story about some friends dealing with magic and extraterrestrial threats. The planet Terra is a technological state similar to the early 2000s with technology supplemented with magic and alien tech leading them to have technology that is way beyond our time, including robotics and spirit controlled automatons. The big threat is a species called the Vinewraiths, a magic very adaptable plant species that can take over minds and corrupt the body at the genetic level, this makes them a threat to terrestrial species and even alien species.

There's two main canons for The Afternoon

Afternooniverse
This is the main one, considered always canon. It is mostly free of references to real life (with some exceptions) and holds the whole story.

Non-canon
This is mostly for self indulgent art and stories that contain elements of The Afternoon such as the characters, setting, magic system, etc. This includes my machinimas, any art of my fursona (which is one of the characters in The Afternoon) and this profile itself.