We, your merciful dictators, have decided to add a new and yet non-intrusive element into the workings of the site, that we believe will help spice things up and keep everything... well, interesting!

The idea is, simply, "themes". At the start of every month, we shall suggest a random or relevant-to-the-time theme (usually just a word, genre, place, movie/book/game or something else vague) as a suggestion for something to gear art and stories towards for that month. As it's merely a suggestion, nobody has to act on it in any way unless they have to, but it would still be nice to see something new and interesting pop up now and then as a result. Who knows, we may end up suggesting something that gets those mental gears turning (that's even our general intention, actually). Feel free to discuss this and ask questions about it, or even suggest a theme to come up in future.

So! We'll implement the new feature at the start of July. But, for now, as a "test run", I'll just toss out a random theme for this month to catch you all off-guard...

...ice cream!