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kelmcdonald · 7 days

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i feel so bad for nikola tesla like imagine spending years beefing with a guy who has conned the public into believing he's some sort of supergenius when in reality it's his overworked employees developing all of his world-changing inventions and you end up dying broke and starving and alone and then 100 years later another guy cons the public into believing he's some sort of supergenius when in reality it's his overworked employees developing all of his world-changing inventions and he's doing it all IN YOUR NAME. he must be rolling in his grave like a fucking rotisserie chicken

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kelmcdonald · 8 days

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‘redditors need to know this’, ‘twitterinas need to know that’… no. you need to know one thing and that is that you are not allowed to complain about werewolf fuckers. this is the werewolf fucking website. grow up and go fuck a werewolf.

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kelmcdonald · 9 days

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College friendship is sending one of your friends who's graduating soon a giant list of monster theory and gothic horror academic reading recs so they can download as many PDFs as possible before they lose their university database access

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kelmcdonald · 10 days

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Changing my belief system from "this is the hill I'll die on" to "this is the hill I'll kill you on" has done absolute wonders for me 10/10 do recommend

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kelmcdonald · 19 days

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BG3. Wyll.

I love him so much. On a fannish level, I think he's my favorite.

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kelmcdonald · 28 days

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It's a werewolf thing, so I thought about tagging you, but I don't know if you have thresholds for what you do/don't wanna be tagged in, so I'm offering it here instead. Do you have lines, or is it more "anything werewolf is fine by me"? https://www.tumblr.com/peoplegettingreallymadatfurries/654749460732182528/wereralph

Tagging me with werewolf stuff is fine as long as it isn't untagged porn. It might not be my preferred flavor of werewolf, but at the very least I like to know what's out there.

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kelmcdonald · 1 month

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Werewolves.

Unsurprisingly I have a lot of very strong opinions about werewolves and how they should be used in a story.

I feel like other stuff I'm really into I info dump a lot. So it's like "oh yeah? name five albums" and more "let me tell you about these albums"

But with werewolf I'm just like well this is bad at werewolves.

Ok new game. What's the thing you're a fan of that you're the most pretentious about. NOT the most pretentious thing you're a fan of, I mean the thing that makes *you* act like one of those "oh yeah? Name five of their albums" people. There is a difference

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kelmcdonald · 2 months

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People are talking about how reading Dungeon Meshi gives them an internal monologue Senshi for eating properly I think we all need to adopt an internal monologue Chilchuck at work. Like the boat is literally sinking and he's just watching it happen because he's on his lunch break.

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kelmcdonald · 2 months

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6 days left! And it just needs $900 to hit goal! Please spread the word!

Hey all, the kickstarter for the 4th City Between book just launched. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1495959227/murky-water?ref=9tyx20

The whole series is urban fantasy stories set in a futuristic world.

In the futuristic city of New Mahtlaw, technology has made the supernatural hard to hide. The world knows werewolves are real but their rarity makes them an oddity not a threat. But more lies out there trying to stay in the shadows.

This newest volume focuses on Detectives Maria Pimienta and Detective Connor Burke as they investagate a man who drowned in his living room. While they quickly find the killer, proving that's the case is harder. Because when the murder weapon is magic what evidence is left behind?

You can read all of The City Between on my website because you back.

Please spread the word! Every little bit helps!

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kelmcdonald · 2 months

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This is one of my best friends, and the GM for my primary D&D game. Please help if you can, and boost if you can't.

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kelmcdonald · 2 months

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In Disco Elysium, Harry calls a Cockatoo his "Astral Captain" and it's stuck with me ever since.

Spirit Animal is racist.

Patronus was invented by a transphobe.

I think it’s time we all suck it up and say what we mean: fursona.

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kelmcdonald · 2 months

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Spider-Man 3 (2007) dir. Sam Raimi

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kelmcdonald · 2 months

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#me trying to play mother 3 legally #they are literally porting it to switch. IN JAPAN ONLY.#fine

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kelmcdonald · 2 months

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Welcome New Folks That Signed Up At Emerald City!

Firstly, everyone I have a kickstarter going on! If you want to grab a print copy of Murky Water, head on over and back it! (thank you!!)

Thanks to everyone who stopped by my table at Emerald City. I hope you all had a good weekend! If you signed up at Emerald City here’s what I’m working on:

The City Between is my webcomic about werewolves in the future. It updates Wednesdays. The current story is called Shards of Reflection. The forth story in the series, Murky Water, is what’s crowdfunding right now.

Blue Moon is a werewolf romance graphic novel I’m writing and Meredith McClarren is going to draw. I’m doing my best to finish the script soon.

You are the Chosen One is a fantasy comic about 23 kids who got the same prophecy dream. It’s currently only readable if you back my patreon. It’s on hiatus until I finish writing Blue Moon.

My day job is as an editor at the manga company Seven Seas and the indie comic publisher Iron Circus Comics. I like folklore, fantasy, and especially like werewolves.

This month I’m mostly focused on my Kickstarter and banging that promo drum.

This months werewolf movie Late Phases. If you wanna join me and my discord on Sunday, March 24 at 5pm PST pop on over by clicking here.

As always I’ll be streaming art on Twitch. My schedule is currently the following:

Tuesday 8pm-10pm PST

Wednesday 8pm-10pm PST

Thursday 6pm-9pm PST (during the Iron Circus Geekshow)

Last month I’ve been doing the rounds to promo my kickstarter by jumping on a lot of podcasts. If you wanna here me talk about my stuff I was on:

Transcending Comics: From Folklore to Futuristic Fantasy with Kel McDonald

War Rocket Ajax Episode 670: Fantasy or Scifi?

Geek in the City Issue 724

Comics for Fun and Profit Episode 888

The last scene is in a store. So gonna have to draw a lot of stuff on shelves. But I think I can get it done either this month or early next month. Then I can start giving Blue Moon all my extra attention.

Only other thing that has been getting my watch attention lately is Delicious in Dungeon. If you don’t know what that is, it’s about a dnd style party venturing into a magic dungeon. They can’t afford rations so they are eating the monsters as they fight them. There is a lot of fun cooking bit and talk about how a monster ecosystem would work. It’s just a lot of fun. And it’s full of great facial expressions.

That’s it for this month! Thanks everyone for your support!

#werewolves #artists on tumblr #kel mcdonald #monthly newsletter #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #webcomics #twitch streamer

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kelmcdonald · 2 months

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Pokemon Gyms are important

Show Notes 2/26/24

Longtime pal Kel McDonald returns to the show this week to talk about their new book, Murky Water, which is funding now on Kickstarter! Plus: what kind of Pokemon gyms we would have, werewolf songs, and the differences between fantasy and sci-fi.

The rundown:

Back Murky Water on Kickstarter!

Chris' check and rec: Thanks for kind words, Persona 3 Reload

Matt's check and rec: Impostor Syndicate #1, The Holdovers'

Comics reviewed:

G.I. Joe #304

Ultimate Spider-Man #2

Batman #144

Listen here!

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kelmcdonald · 2 months

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OC Askbox Game

I'm avoiding writing and you probably are too, so let's at least think about our characters while we do it.

You know the drill- send me a number (ONE number, you can come back for more) and I'll answer for an OC of your choice (if you know their name) or my choice (if you don't know their name). Feel free to name some of your OCs in the tags of your reblog, if you want to be asked about them.

How did you choose their name?

Were they created for the story, or was the story created for them?

Do they have a love interest, and was that their choice or yours?

Do they have a best friend? If so, how did they meet? If not, have they ever/why never?

Did they have a pet as a child?

What catalyzed their introduction to the plot?

What attribute of them (some facet of their personality, their history, their look, or whatever etc) would you find most important to somehow preserve if they were transplanted to an AU fanfic?

If your character's financial situation were to suddenly flip (someone poor becoming rich, someone rich becoming poor, etc), how well would they handle it? What would be the first thing they would do?

If your character could have handed their role in the plot to someone else, would they have?

Free Space #1: Which of your OCs would be most likely to survive a zombie apocalypse? Which would die immediately?

Does your character have a pet peeve?

Has your character committed any crimes (per their universe's laws)? If not, which crime would your character most likely commit?

Who is your character's closest (by relation, fondness, or distance) blood relative?

How does your character feel about riding horses (or your world's closest approximation of a horse if it lacks horses)?

Is your character's first instinct fight or flight? Is there something that could force them to do the opposite?

What is your character's favorite leisure activity?

Is your character holding any grudges? Are they likely to stop?

If your character were trapped on a deserted island, what three things would they want to have with them? Which person would they absolutely hate to be trapped there with? Which person would they enjoy being trapped there with?

Does your character having any health issues, whether they're aware of them or not?

Free Space #2: Which of your OCs would you most like to meet in person, if they could become real (or you could visit them) for a day?

Final Question: Ask me your own question about my OC

Remember: play nice! Send an ask to the person you reblogged this from, and try to send a few to folks that reblog from you!

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