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- Nov 14, 2013
People from the North suburbs are weird like that.![]()
Why is there lush, green Michigan grass growing but you have a snow shovel sitting outside the house?
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People from the North suburbs are weird like that.![]()
Why is there lush, green Michigan grass growing but you have a snow shovel sitting outside the house?
I am literally less than a mile from this guy and I don't leave my shovel out.People from the North suburbs are weird like that.
Police? What laws have been broken here?
No you couldn't. You're too autistic to even make a case at all.I could make a decent case for stalking.
lol no. Out of everything dropped it was all from second hand sources. Curators are not stalkersI could make a decent case for stalking.
You're on the wrong side of 696/96, then.I am literally less than a mile from this guy and I don't leave my shovel out.
I could make a decent case for stalking.
lol no. Out of everything dropped it was all from second hand sources. Curators are not stalkers
Don't ruin this and go full cowI could make a decent case for stalking.
Nah mang, North of Reuther is the right side of Reuther, unless you're a Ferndale faggot.You're on the wrong side of 696/96, then.
Me too.I have a screenshot of you saying you live close enough to see my snow shovels. Is that second hand?
What attracts you to the character of Gadget?
What drew you into the furry community?
, so he at least has thought about what he was doing here. Based this story, especially considering its age, I think Alex Reynard made a good decision in focusing on writing over drawing as a creative medium, and I can see why he has admirers.[. . .] my overall fetish for taking harmful things and making them harmless. [. . .] it's a fetish for taking control of pain and permanence, and reversing them.
Hes p much loveshy tbh.The way this thread is going, mods might want to consider moving it to the Communities section and changing the title to "Michigan".
Seriously, though. Hi, @AlexReynard. I'm going to go ahead with the intention I announced just before your arrival and summarize one of your novels for those who lack the time or the interest to read it, and then speculate a bit as to what it says about you. We would be gratified if you would confirm or correct these suspicions, but of course we respect an artist's prerogative to keep silence and let his work speak for itself.
Summary:
Held in Captivity (2005) by Alex Reynard is the story of an 11-year-old mouseboy named Daniel, who, by apparent accident, knocks on the door of a mysterious house in a neighborhood supposed to be home only to prey-species fursons. To his terrified astonishment, a young, beautiful vixen (fox-woman) named Melissa answers and draws him inside, informing him matter-of-factly of her intention to eat him. Most of the book tells the story of his six-day imprisonment, during which Melissa treats Daniel as a beloved child and he comes not only to love her as a mother, but to accept peacefully and willingly becoming her meal.
Through their interactions, we learn about the world in which they live, where predator and prey animals live in segregated communities and view each other with mistrust and fear. Melissa, it emerges, is one of an enlightened few who strive to overcome this state of affairs and hope for a future in which predators and prey will live peacefully together, with the natural eating of one by the other practiced consensually and civilly. Daniel is quickly brought around to her way of thinking and comes to see the anti-predator prejudices of his own society with disgust. The other background, revealed mostly through narration of his thoughts, is Daniel's sad family life, which includes abuse at the hands of his father, abandonment by this mother, and alienation from his older brother, all of which is explicitly contrasted with the tender care he receives from his captor Melissa.
Though given the chance to return to his former life, Daniel is prevented from doing so by his reflection on the miserable state of his family and society, and joyfully accepts being cooked alive (painlessly) and consumed by Melissa. After five days of oblivion, he is resurrected by her from her excrement, for it turns out she is a witch whose magic allows her to do this for willing prey. (She also makes him two or three years younger, fulfilling another unconscious desire of his.) Happily reunited, the pair abscond to a countercultural commune hidden in the woods, where predators and prey live in love an harmony, the former continually eating and resurrecting the latter. The end.
Criticism:
The story is well written, by fanfiction standards, the prose being marred by only a handful of solecisms. The two characters are not very complex, but convincingly presented and developed, and suspense is handled deftly. This being the first piece of fur fiction I've ever read, I don't know to what extent the categories of predator and prey and their relations are canon or cliché, but I was pleased by the way in which the wider world is revealed through the experiences of the characters. However, the theme of their love transcending and conquering quasi-national barriers is hackneyed and jejune. More interesting is Daniel's filial attachment to Melissa, simplistically a response to his unhappy home life, but rendered poignant by the fact that he fully expects Melissa to devour him. I found the transformation of a dark tale into a happy one by the deus ex machina of copromancy disappointing, but the author did say in this thread , so he at least has thought about what he was doing here. Based this story, especially considering its age, I think Alex Reynard made a good decision in focusing on writing over drawing as a creative medium, and I can see why he has admirers.
So I have some questions for @AlexReynard:
- Daniel's backstory seems autobiographical. Is it?
- Although the story has no sex, it is strongly suggested. Moreover, the relationship that develops in the six days of captivity (portrayed in an unambiguously positive light) bears a strong resemblance to "grooming" as practiced by pederasts. Are you, or were you at the time of writing, a pederast?
- How have your unusual fetishes shaped your expectations and interactions with women in real life?
Wonder how many more the Motor City area has festered within its bowels?I thought the house looked familiar.
Then I realized he lives near(ish) me.![]()
The way he used "Reynard" in his name, I assume he was a fan of the classic tale.@AlexReynard
Why foxes? I've always been curious about the thought process behind choice of persona.