Thanks everyone for watching me!

I admit, it's been a rough year for me, with a lot of upheaval and anger. With even my beloved wilderness areas under threat, writing is perhaps one of my last refugees where I can seek shelter from the chaos of the world. For that, I am truly appreciative of those of you who have enjoyed my stories and their related writing and my commissions, and that I am able to recognize some of you that have followed my work through the years. From the bottom of my heart, I really appreciate all of you out there.

As previous, to show my appreciation for you all, I will again commission a (noncanon) artwork with any one character from the raffle winner and any one of my characters.

This contest will last about a month. Tentatively around 11:00 PM on 11/17/25 Pacific Standard Time, I will use the random number generator https://www.random.org to select a winner and contact the raffle winner.

The artist will likely be one whom I trust as seen in my Gallery, but I will discuss the exact artist, subject matter and commission with the winner.

Some rules:
1. Be watching me.
2. Comment here. I will add a number if confirmed.
3. SFW please.
4. People who unwatch me after the raffle will be blocked.
5. Previous raffle winners will not be included in this raffle.

Thanks again!

Clostridium


Edit: Congratulations  lphogan! https://ibb.co/zTWDvL3H

Thanks everyone for watching me! I really appreciate all of you out there.

It's a bit hard for me to believe that there's 1000 of you interested in my writing-or at the very least the art that comes with it- to follow me, especially as I purposefully have never wanted to promote myself, chase clout, or cover especially explicit sexual themes. I appreciate that so many of you to have asked about lore or characterization of my world. It warms the cockles of my jaded, cynical heart :P.

As previous, to show my appreciation for you all, I will again commission a (noncanon) artwork with any one character from the raffle winner and any one of my characters.

This contest will last about a month. Tentatively around 11:30 PM on 3/17/24 Pacific Standard Time, I will use the random number generator https://www.random.org to select a winner and email the raffle winner.

Artist will likely be one whom I trust as seen in my Gallery, but I will discuss the exact artist, subject matter and commission with the winner.

Some rules:
1. Be watching me.
2. Comment here. I will add a number if confirmed.
3. SFW please
4. People who unwatch me after the raffle will be blocked.
5. Previous raffle winners will not be included in this raffle.

Thanks and good luck!

Clostridium

Edit: Congratulations  Venaki on winning the raffle!

https://ibb.co/XCk5Wmq

I. New World
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,

II. The World Crumbles
16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39

III. The Ashes
40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52,

IV. The Mandate of Heaven
53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66

I. New Home
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,

II. New Adventures
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,
22, 23,
24,

III. Over the Mountains
25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,

IV. Crunchtime
32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 36, 37

Thanks everyone for watching me! I really appreciate all of you out there.

I'm flattered that people like my writing, or at least the art I commission off of it lol. I'm glad to have been able to chat with a lot of you and discussing about lore or whatever.

To show my appreciation, I will again commission a (noncanon) artwork with any one character from the raffle winner and any one of my characters.

Tentatively around 11:30 PM on 3/31/22/ Pacific Standard Time, I will use the random number generator here https://www.random.org/integers/ to select a winner and email the raffle winner.

Artist will probably be one of those I trust as seen in my Gallery, but I will discuss the exact artist, subject matter and commission with the winner.

Some rules:
1. Be watching me.
2. Comment here. I will add a number if confirmed.
3. SFW please
4. People who unwatch me after the raffle will be blocked.
5. Previous raffle winners will not be included in this raffle.

Thanks and good luck!

Edit 1: I forgot that I would be going on a trip on 3/31/22, so I will perform the raffle early.

Edit 2: Congratulations to  Morkep ! https://ibb.co/KG1wyRc

Another milestone! Thanks everyone for watching! I really appreciate all of you out there.

Edit: You know, to thank everyone here, I think I will try an experiment and offer a raffle for the people here!

Edit 2: And the winner is  UnnamedDragon ! Congratulations! (https://ibb.co/bbqf8d2)

I will commission a (noncanon) artwork with any one character from the raffle winner and any one of my characters.

Tentatively around 11:30 PM on 2/1/21/ Pacific Standard Time, I will use the random number generator here https://www.random.org/integers/ to select a winner and email the raffle winner.

Artist will probably be one of those I trust as seen in my Gallery, but I will discuss the exact artist, subject matter and commission with the winner (I haven't thought that far lol).

Some rules:
1. Be watching me.
2. Comment here. I will add a number if confirmed.
3. SFW please
4. People who unwatch me after the raffle will be blocked.

Thanks and good luck!

Well, I guess I have reached another arbitrary milestone. Thanks everyone!

I really do appreciate all of you out there reading my stuff. My main story is pretty personal and dear to me and has been bouncing around my head for nearly 20 years now, and I am glad people find the story or at least the related artwork interesting enough to Watch.

Anyways, I guess my question now is whether my story is interesting enough to be read on its own. Would people be interested in reading more complete chapters of my story as a wall of text, or for me to continue linking artwork and excerpts? Or do people only care about the related artworks I commission? Are there other ideas for how I should express my writing or areas to cover? The framework for the main story is basically done, and I also know that I have uploads with humans and only limited depictions of sexual aspects. I will probably not be changing any of these particular points.

To encourage participation (and since my drawing skills are poor and honestly my other story was an experiment on whether I COULD actually write something else), I will try a raffle, returning comments and adding a sequential number. A month from now (7/6/20), I will do a drawing using one of those random number generators to select someone for a gift of $10 USD via Paypal (some restrictions apply: participation from current watchers only, comments have to be faithful to the question, Paypal costs will be subtracted from the gift, people unwatching after the raffle will be blocked from all future activity, all decisions final).

Thanks and stay good,

Clostridium

Well, I guess I have reached this arbitrary milestone of having 100 watchers. Thanks everyone!

So some more thoughts:

After a loosely hanging around the periphery of the furry community for years and after a traumatic severing of a long term relationship, at the beginning of this year I finally decided, 'fuck it' and jumped in.

I am glad I did.

This feels like quite a change from my high school days, when my friends and I just casually mocked the Furry Fandom as sexual deviants in the new frontier that were internet forums. Looking back upon those days, and seeing how some of those former friends gained wealth and power but no responsibility, casually trashing those that were different and neglecting to stand up for anyone but their own ego, feels me with regret. We all live together in a small, harsh world, and only those privileged enough to not lack for anything have the means and opportunity to mock others over minor differences. On the other hand, I found the furry community as quite open and friendly, able to actually contribute far more than the bare minimum interactions to others within the community. It has its problems, but interestingly this community is also able to rid itself of some of the worst schemers and manipulators and gas lampers that have destroyed so many other online communities. This has impressed me greatly.

I also do enjoy the fact that some people seem interested in my works of fiction. I have been sitting on my fantasy ideas and stories for years, afraid that people would find them stupid, simplistic or sappy, until finally I decided to see what people thought of them here. I am thrilled that people enjoy my work, and my ideas that others have brought to life.

Finally as a researcher, I admit I did a bit of social experimentation here. I wondered how far I could get in a community that has been notorious for its sexual aspects with only limited depictions of nudity and sex. My prediction was it would take at least a year, which makes 11 months slightly early. While I am by no means popular on FA, I am glad that there is indeed a thriving group of people with additional, varied interests. There are good people here, and I will do my best to be a friend and supporter to them.

Note I do NOT want to be popular here: If you want to watch me, do so based on your own interest. I do not stand schemers and I will be quick to block if I sense a system gamer.

As I have mentioned elsewhere, I am consciously trying to participate more in communities, in the hope that I could encourage the best in these places, and fight against the worst; passivity is what brought us all to the current state of the internet and the world. So with that in mind, and as I am always curious about how a community like this works, I'll throw this question out to the aether of my watchers: What brought you into the furry community, and how does it affect your life?

Stay good,

Clostridium

Background
A , B, C

1. Dragoneye
I. Confrontation
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
II. Acceleration
28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45,
III. Intervention
46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62
IV. Equilibrium
63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76

2. Fire Across the Valley
V. Invasion
77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105
VI. Conscription
106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148,
VII. Defiance
149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179
VIII. Destruction
180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212

3. Long Time Coming
IX. Hard Times
213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225
X. The Debt
226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237
XI. Reform and Rebellion
238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257
XII. New Blossoms
258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279

4. Broken Wings
XIII. The End of All Things
280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296
XIV. The Cult
297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309
XV. Old Demons
310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334
XVI. Vengeance
335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352

5. Changing Tides
XVII. Arcadia
353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365
XVIII. The Return
366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390,
XIX. Wildfire
391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405
XX. A New Dawn
406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411

1. Kshanti: 12/15/25
2. Tito-erez: 12/15/25
3. Mrs. Stein: 12/11/25
4. TheDinosaurmann: 12/11/25
5. Hiryu: 11/26/25
6. Felan-grey: 11/21/25
7. Felan-Grey: 10/14/25
8. Evvonic: 7/30/25
9. Felan-Grey: 7/21/25

Late
Baroque: On Hold
tropigar: 5/16/24 ?
Felan-Grey: 8/28/23 (Long term)