It's that time again! Enter by replying to this raffle. Only reply once, and don't reply to other replies. (This simplifies my job when I roll for winners.) Don't number your entry, I will do that myself. I'm going to put up a "raffle warning" image in my gallery too so people who don't look at journals have a better shot at getting in.

On the 1st of January I will use an online dice roller to roll for two winners. Each winner gets to ask me to draw something. You don't need to put your request in your initial reply to the raffle, but you can if you want. Odds are I will have questions about references, etc., that will cause me to send you PMs about it anyway.

The requests do not have to be vore drawings. They could be something like a profile picture of your character. I do ask that the requests not be tremendously complicated. I will negotiate with the winners on this subject should I decide the requested drawing is too labor intensive. It's not as though you are paying me to draw, after all. 83

One last thing, should the winner not reply to my PMs or otherwise be reachable for two weeks after the 1st, I will roll a new winner. Believe it or not, this has happened SEVERAL times in the last decade. Mostly in my holiday raffle on Eka's, but still.

https://youtu.be/JgKN3BuvC3E

At the beginning of this the python has the drop on the honey badger. Then the jackals show up. The python is big enough to kill any one of its tormentors but three on one is too much and guess who wins the ensuing melee? Yep. The one who would have ended up as a bulge if the jackals hadn’t stuck their noses into it all. Someone ends up with a fine meal and it’s not the python. 83

We've seen Mer a few times in my art and stories and until recently these meetings always ended very badly for the Mer. (Burp.) In the last few days we've learned more about them, and what we've learned has interesting implications.

- Mer can open their jaws surprisingly wide given the human appearance of their upper body, and can swallow fish up to 10-20 pounds in weight plus presumably smaller mammals like muskrats and otters.

- Mer are very, very broad minded about potential lovers and will fuck just about any mammal that will stand still long enough or is at all interested. If a medium to large mammal spends a lot of time in the ocean or river, chances are some Mer has fucked one at some point. This sort of habit gets a lot of Mer eaten, but at least as many are successful in their efforts. Female Mer or male Mer looking for a male lover are especially successful as it's easier to find a horny male (of pretty much any species) than a receptive female.

- Unlike most creatures, Mer are cross fertile with just about every mammal. Pregnancies are uncommon but do happen even if a Mer boned, say, a hippo. Seals, sea lions, dolphins and so on definitely screw Mer on the regular and have kids with them. Many other species do so occasionally, or more than occasionally.

- The results of these unions are what look like furry mermaids, an animalistic version of normal Mer. These hybrids in turn then like to bone normal animals of their species (the bits line up better than if they bone Mer) and sometimes the result is a Mer-taur, something closer to a true feral than the hybrid Mer. By extension, future generations will look more and more like the original species.

- These hybrids and taurs are still just as intelligent as Mer, and can swallow quite large prey - larger prey than true Mer can manage thanks to their muzzles being able to hinge wider than Mer mouths. Some can even eat large prey other ways - unbirthing for example. Now, add to this the seemingly normal animals of normal species that can do these things too...

The implication is this: once Mer blood gets into a species, the result is at least occasional animals able to think, maybe talk, and swallow large prey whole. Given the list of animals Mer will fuck, it follows that thousands of years of horny Mer are responsible for a lot of weird things happening.

So the next time you see a sea lion, cheetah, black bear, or even a little badger swallow someone? Blame the Mer.

 mozdoc and I have a room in the main con hotel. With 4 people the per person amount would be $188.10. So far it's just the two of us. We're quiet roomies who just use the room to sleep and occasionally hang out, but I'm open to roomies who want to do a certain amount or drinking or whatnot as long as it's not the sort that keeps us up at night or messes up the room.

Since I am at DenFur I can only post it on sites that allow direct text uploads. I'll post it here Monday, if you you're anxious to see it early here is a link to the SoFurry version.

https://www.sofurry.com/view/1475653

Lots of wacky things happen at this particular sea life center. 83

 faenviel,  logan.kincaid, ananda. and  hyenphea picked the following preds -

Faenviel - ottertaur (of course)
Logan.kindaid - Adja the beartaur
Ananda. - Feral lioness "mount" (saddle, etc, rent-a-mount)
Hyenphea - feral orca

I picked more winners than usual due to the relative ease of doing these short POV stories. I have also paid attention to other entries that interest me, so there is likely to be a hippo and a Renaud POV story at some point. Possibly some others too. There were some creative ideas in this thread. 83

The POV pred suggestion journal attracted some interest and since I have a lot of preds on the list now, I thought I'd do a quick raffle to pick a couple. Remember that the prey in this is intentionally anonymous so anyone can self insert - furry prey is fine, or human, but overly specific characters should be avoided. Just reply with the pred/pred species you want and a few details about the prey or the scene and I'll see what I can do for the winners. I'll pick two winners tomorrow evening.

I was thinking of doing one with the were-polar bear in my Monstertown setting where she interrogates "you" by shoving you into one hole and then another. That one's pretty likely to happen, but I'm also accepting suggestions for other preds.

Bear in mind (no pun intended) that the protagonist is deliberately as generic as possible in these. "You" don't have to be human, but a highly identifiable character as prey is probably a no-go.

I’m at a family get together post-Anthrocon, so I won’t be able to post anything for two weekends except maybe stories on Sofurry. I can enter plain text there, but not here. So if you want my latest Tame Camp camp story (The Luckiest Hyena) it’s over there now, otherwise you’ll have to wait. Maybe more stories and worldbuilding I write here. I do have new stuff from AC but what do you do, it’s stuck in my sketchbook for now. 83

https://strega.sofurry.com/

It is impossible to Google this due to every search regarding spotted hyena anatomy leading to endless discussion of the female pseudopenis. Likewise, image searches always lead to the same place. Intuitively it seems like they should have one but for narrative accuracy it'd be nice to be sure. Anyone know whether they have one or whether the males just dangle all the time?

Ghidorah noses at some human bodies, and it seems as though he may snap them up, but it is more of a nibble.

A fighter pilot ejects while being pursued by Rodan and is eaten ejection seat and all. Rodah very deliberately opens its mouth the second the man ejects. Whether or not the man is swallowed alive, he is definitely swallowed.

In the climactic battle Godzilla, having achieved Super Saiyan 2 (not even kidding, he needs three forms to beat Ghidorah) blasts off two of Ghidora's heads. When the smoke clears you see Ghidorah's third head, but it is not attached to his body. Instead the head and neck, still alive, are swallowed whole by Godzilla, who fires off his atomic breath as Ghidorah's head slides into his mouth. This blows the head apart, but afterward there is a brief burst of flame a lot like a burp - breath or not, he swallowed a good chunk of dragon neck. This is a pretty spectacular scene clearly meant to surpass the "breathe into mouth" attack in Godzilla 2014. My only complaint is using the breath instead of just swallowing the still living head. 83

There are also some bits where it seems Mothra (in caterpillar form) might eat some people, but she webs them instead. It also seems at one point that Ghidorah may snap up and eat an SUV, but this does not happen.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/scie.....=.72e423b3de12

Now, the reasonable explanation for this is someone dropped the thing, a fish ate it, and the leopard sea seal ate the fish (or penguin or whatnot). However, it's more fun to imagine that the owner of the stick is, well, shall we say, he was found along with the USB. 83

And bonus winner Yellowmongoose. I didn't roll him for a winner but his icon is super cute and I can't remember ever drawing a mongoose before if you don't count fossas. 83

It's that time again! Enter by replying to this raffle. Only reply once, and don't reply to other replies. (This simplifies my job when I roll for winners.) Don't number your entry, I will do that myself. I'm going to put up a "raffle warning" image in my gallery too so people who don't look at journals have a better shot at getting in.

On the 1st of January I will use an online dice roller to roll for two winners. Each winner gets to ask me to draw something. You don't need to put your request in your initial reply to the raffle, but you can if you want. Odds are I will have questions about references, etc., that will cause me to send you PMs about it anyway.

The requests do not have to be vore drawings. They could be something like a profile picture of your character. I do ask that the requests not be tremendously complicated. I will negotiate with the winners on this subject should I decide the requested drawing is too labor intensive. It's not as though you are paying me to draw, after all. 83

One last thing, should the winner not reply to my PMs or otherwise be reachable for two weeks after the 1st, I will roll a new winner. Believe it or not, this has happened a couple of times in the last decade. And try to keep your requests reasonably simple, no 30 character panoramas. It's a free raffle after all. 83

ALSO: I am aware I still owe a particular person a raffle pic from two years ago. I've just never been able to sort out exactly how to frame the thing they wanted. I haven't forgotten this orca-related request and one of these days I'll actually draw it.

I have no idea what's going on, but I glanced at my folders just now and several of the folder names are in red. I don't think I did that and it doesn't seem to be "folders assigned/not assigned to groups". Nor does it seem to be due to adult content or not since most of my character folders have some degree of adult content. What could it all mean? It's a mystery!

Edit: As someone said in a reply, this happens when I've clicked on a folder recently. Every time I did that the folder name went red. I don't know if it is a browser thing or FA thing but at least I know why it is happening.

My fanfic "Raisins" got read by FanRamen. It's at the start of their third episode. This is a G-rated fanfic about Peter and Rocket bonding over Raisins of all things.

https://www.fanramen.com

I have a Traeger wood peller smoker, which is a barbecue that produces heat and smoke by feeding wood pellets to an igniter. I use it to cook various sorts of meat from jerky to chicken to ribs, salmon, pork shoulders or whatnot. I was smoking some chicken a couple of weeks back when something alarming happened.

First, after two hours of smoking I went and discovered the internal temperature of the chicken was only about 145 degrees, too low to eat. I realized the smoker had stopped producing heat for some reason so I toggled it off and back on. Shortly thereafter the temperature of the smoker started to rise again and that's when the trouble started.

A vast amount of milky white smoke started pouring out of it, far more than I'd ever seen before. I should have realized at this point there was a problem but I shrugged and went back inside. Shortly afterward I heard a dull BOOM and when I went to look, all seemed well. (It wasn't). The white smoke was mostly gone and I went back inside but I was suspicious something was wrong and checked again 5 minutes later to see the smoker internal temperature was almost 400 degrees. When I opened the lid flames poured out and were so intense that even with long grill tongs and an oven mitt I was unable to rescue the chicken. Almost all of it was consumed by the hellish kiln I'd created. I grabbed a fire extinguisher and put out the fire (it took several blasts, it kept flaming up again). The smoker got so hot it peeled some of the high temperature black paint off.

Luckily the smoker still works and after a good cleaning I'm using it again but this is what I learned from the experience:

1. If you don't clean your pellet smoker regularly it can build up ash in the igniter pit, causing flameouts.

2. If your smoker flames out (the fire dies), let it cool, then vaccum all the wood dust and partially burned pellets out before trying to use it again.

3. If you DO just restart it instead of cleaning it, the result can be way too much fuel (partially burned fuel from before the flameout plus a bunch of new pellets from the restart). If this all ignites at once it produces the huge amount of white smoke and THEN the smoke will ignite, producing a blast that on rare occasions will blow the door right off the grill. More often it will just blow the door open and it'll clang back shut, but either way the next thing to happen will be a catastrophic fire that at a bare minimum will consume the meat and may even further damage the smoker.

The lesson to be learned here if you have a pellet smoker is to periodically check the igniter pit to make sure there isn't a lot of wood pellet dust and/or pellets clogging it up. I have a yard sale shop vacuum sitting next to the smoker for the express purpose of vacuuming it out, but I was lazy and didn't clean it often enough. Every smoke is more often than it needs cleaning but do remember to check every so often before smoking. Even a cheap pellet smoker like a Traeger is not CHEAP cheap and you don't want it damaged in a fire, not to mention you might start an even bigger fire if you don't have your smoker on a concrete pad below a metal roof like I do. All I really lost was the remote grill temperate sensor, which was fried by the fire.

So once again, clean your pellet smoker and DON'T casually restart it if it goes out. The smoker you save may be your own. 83

I got burned on a flight to Anthrocon this year and I thought I'd pass along a couple of tips.

Tip 1: Unless you are desperate, do not fly on Spirit Airlines. They have a bad reputation for a reason. They have 1 molecule thick "pre-reclined" (e.g. not reclined at all, and not padded either) seats designed to cram as many people as possible into their flying cattle cars. If you fit into the molded torture rack then maybe you can get by, and you'd better, because that seat is designed for one size person and has no give at all.

Spirit also charges up to fifty bucks to check a carryon and you HAVE to check them. So if you're flying light, spend the extra fifty bucks on a ticket with a real airline.

Tip 2: Speaking of which, watch out for (that is, avoid) "basic economy" flights on United, American and maybe other airlines. Look for a disclaimer below the ticket price. If there is anything there, read it. Several airlines now have Spirit-esque basic economy flights which once again don't allow carryons. Spend the fifty bucks for a better flight. Even if you're going to check the bag anyway it's probably worth it.

Basic economy is a scam since virtually everyone brings a carryon and you end up spending as much extra for checking it as you would for a ticket that allows one. I got burned by Spirit at AC ($25 bucks to check the bag one way, $50 the other) so it's something to watch out for. In general, if you are getting the cheapest flight you see, watch out for any sort of disclaimer link below the price and read it to make sure you know what you are in for.

Oh, bonus tip: If you fly Southwest, which has no assigned seating, check in online as early as possible (online checkin starts 24 hours before your flight). The earlier you check in the farther forward in the seating line you will be and the better chance you'll have of getting the type of seat (window, whatever) you want.

I and another fanfic writer have been debating which of the following is worse:

(This is in regards to MCU Rocket Raccoon, who is a cyborg modified into his current state against his will. He is officially 'Subject 89P13' and is referred to here as 'Subject'.

Case A: (My Rocket backstory) Scientists who torture the Subject to train it, and routinely operate on it while it is awake. Many times their not-so-competent nerve tech allows the Subject’s pain suppression to wear off and the chief surgeon is chiefly concerned that this makes it hard to operate because it screams and is all tense. He is not concerned that it is suffering but does not intentionally inflict pain. Pain is only intentionally inflicted in a misguided attempt to compel the Subject to perform tasks. They plan to terminate the Subject once they have learned all they can learn. They do not know the Subject is intelligent as it is stubbornly playing dumb.

Case B: (Their Rocket backstory) Scientist who routinely tortures the Subject to punish it for even minor infractions, popping its fingers out of joint (7 fingers for 7 infractions, for example), whipping it, and even throwing the Subject into boiling water for a slightly more serious infraction. He is aware that the Subject is Uplifted but only has the mentality of a child. The scientist genuinely wants his Subject to live a long life and be successful, but only because he plans to sell the creature once he is done. Also operates on it while awake.

Which is worse, the dispassionate scientists who plan to kill their test subject but don’t intentionally inflict pain except in training or the sadistic man who inflicts pain on purpose but plans for his subject to survive?

Try to reserve room --> Get to reservation --> kicked out to start screen without being allowed to pay or confirm
Try to reserve room --> Site times out
Try to reserve room --> Site times out
Try to reserve room --> Site times out
Try to reserve room --> Site times out
Try to reserve room --> Site times out
Try to reserve room --> No lodging matches your search criteria.

Thanks a FUCKING HEAP. Apparently the traffic was completely unanticipated and/or they couldn't be bothered to get ready for it. How do these people stay in business?

Edit: Hotel #2 sold out WHILE I WAS MAKING MY RESERVATION and the #3 says it's open yet says it isn't open so I can't make a reservation. Very professional, guys.

And now the second standby hotel's web page has completely crashed.

So, to reiterate:
Con hotel --> Server borked, sold out before I ever had a chance to reserve a room due to borkage
Alternate hotel 1 --> Sold out in the time it took me to enter my data
Alternate hotel 2 --> Web site is "Down for maintenance."

Nice going, guys. And this isn't even a big con. If Comicon can get this to work why can't you?

Edit edit: Hotel 3's server came up but sold out as I was entering my info. Great.

This movie should be a cluttered mess, but it isn't. They have so many characters to throw at you and a whole villain team to showcase, plus of course Thanos. Who is this Thanos guy anyway? Isn't he the guy who really likes his floating chair? Is he related to Aizen and HIS fancy chair?

Most importantly, how can they give every character a moment in the sun? Well, they do. Somehow. This is a dark movie and not everyone's story ends well but it's surprisingly coherent and well done.

I'm going to see it again today because the theater was very noisy and I couldn't make out what they were saying at some points. And of course I want to watch Rocket be a dick again. That should not be a spoiler: Rocket's a dick. 83

I decided to roll for two winners and will start working on the first drawing tonight. Hopefully I'll have two grayscale drawings done this weekend. I really like pencil/grayscale stuff these days, it prints out so well. I may color them as well but there's no guarantee.

Well, my recent interest in hair/tail vore continues (the two are so close when it comes to a fluffy skunkette tail it's hard to get a thin bladed knife between them, to quote the Sandman comics). So though I have a sketch started for another pic with the skunkette I thought I'd do a quick raffle. Here's what's going on.

I need a character to be wound up in the feral skunkette's tail fur and about to be eaten by her tail. Or at least the tail is going to help. Options are:

1. There's a visible tail maw inside at the tail (at the base of it) which the tail is about to stuff the victim into OR
2. She's going to use her prehensile tailfur to shove the victim up her ass OR
3. As 2. but she's about to UB the victim OR
4. No maw or orifice of any sort is visible but her tailfur is enveloping the victim and clearly about to swallow them as happened to the bunny in the recent comic.

So I need someone to volunteer their character for this. They get to pick which option of 1-4 they want to see. Gender and species of prey are unimportant. Gender and species of prey are generally unimportant when a short trip through the digestive tract of a pred is in their immediate future. 83 Prey would ideally be smaller than her but I have no objection to prey her own size or up to twice her size. I'd just draw her tail fur longer.

How to enter: Just reply to this journal with the character (link or brief description if you don't have a reference image) and which of 1-4 you prefer.

In a few days (Friday most likely) I'll roll for a winner and see what I can do to draw the resulting meeting this weekend.

 mozdoc and I have a room at BLFC but it's a single king room and there is a large surcharge for having more than two people. Instead of trying to get more people in our room we're looking for someone with room space for two so we can cancel ours. I can bring an air mattress or two if needed. We are quiet sorts and just use the room to sleep and get ready in the morning. We can of course pay our share.

Reply to this journal or PM me if you have the space.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/26723348/

I've gotten several of these and you can't beat the price. I can't think of any of my characters I haven't had done by her and so I am opting out at the moment (though I do have a non-feral, non-cheap one I want to talk to her about).

While you'll have to talk to her about it, sometimes these are on large bristol board (11x17) and sometimes you get the inked AND color versions on traditional media. This is a lot of work for the money and whether on not you get large/two versions seems to vary so you'll need to bounce it off her, but even if you only get color on 9x12 you can't beat the price.

If you look at her journal you'll see one of mine, Thistlefur the dire badger at the top after she's eaten an entire horse. 83