Scribbles and Bits

Rogan: I’ve gotten obsessed with a 130-year-old novel and its 90-year-old movie, and much like Dracula 2020, I’m gonna make it all y’all’s problem now!

( I hope y’all like Gary Cooper and great-grandma-aged SPOILERS! )

Rogan: okay guys, I am throwing in the towel on this one, but there is a pluralstories read of historical importance that I just cannot get through: Peter Ibbetson, by Gabriel du Maurier. If one of YOU want to take a crack at it, it’s long in the public domain; have at it! https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9817

Looking at that summary, you might be wondering why this fiction book you’ve never heard of from 1891 is of research interest to me. Well, like His Dark Materials inspired daemonism, and Steven Universe popularized gem-style fusions, Peter Ibbetson inspired at least TWO completely separate and unrelated people to use its techniques for “dreaming true.” Ida Craddock (the woman harassed to death for marrying an angel in 1902) loved this book and references it specifically in her diaries, and Celia Green in the 1960s mentions a lucid dreamer using the same technique successfully, which is in turn cited by Benjamin Walker in 1974.

Needless to say, it’s shockingly rare to see something like this mentioned from this early period. I REALLY want to read this book! I just... can’t get through it. So now I'm telling y’all about it.

Everyone ignore this; this is a book list for Rhincodons whose email keeps bouncing me.

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Rogan: since we run pluralstories, maybe you wonder what multi media we actually own! So here’s a list. All of these we own at least in part because it gives us happy multi feelings. (And we use the term extremely broadly, encompassing soulbonding, spirit marriage, exploring geographies of story and the imagination, and other stuff.) Things labeled “private print” are things we either printed, folded, and stapled from ebook, or collated and formatted and bound from online posts.

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For context, I didn't write this. This is a textual transcription of a 1983 Kirk/Spock/McCoy fanfiction by Leslie Fish, which I found in the Star Trek fanzine It Takes Time on Impulse, Vol. II, which I found in a dusty box just now in the Sci-Fi library. I transcribed it for posterity, making a couple minor corrections of typos. It dates to after Spock’s death in Wrath of Khan, before the release of Search for Spock.

THE UNDEPARTED

copyright by L. [Leslie] Fish

/// take care, take care how you lift this body, for it was once loved. ///

( He's here he's here two ends of the circuit he's here migod we're holding him between us!!! )

Sneak: There are a lot of things for pluralstories that we really want to take in, but due to shoulder/migraine issues haven't been able to get to. T_T So I thought I'd list them here, for people who can more easily read ebooks, play games, and might be interested!

• Children of the Void, by Regina Snow. I don't even know how to explain this book. There's an all-girl universe where the cast page has everyone in groups, which "represents characters that manifest in the same body (and which therefore cannot appear at the same time)". There are lots of spankings and domestic discipline.
• Ghost Trick. PSP game about being a ghost who tries to solve murder puzzles through semi-incompetent possessing! It looks so cool and fun! I just can't play it or even watch the Let's Play. T_T
• D.I.D., by kyui. Free computer game with a multi protagonist. "Each alter possesses unique abilities and traits that can be harnessed to overcome obstacles and complete tasks.  For each task, the player needs to choose the alter with the right proficiency to do that task. However, a malevolent force known as "The Shadow" seeks to manipulate the alters, rendering them inactive and hindering progress."
• Imaginary Friends, by Manny Tsu. Pay-what-you-want RPGmaker computer game. "Hailey finds herself in an imaginary world. With the help of a mysterious young boy with red cap, she has to confront her childhood and herself. The game contains elements of psychological horror, non-graphic violence, blood and mentions of bullying. It is not recommended for players under the age of 13."
• A Friend in Me, by BotchBrother. Solo Journalling RPG that "encourages the players to explore how a Child grows over the course of their life with a fantastical Friend encouraging and challenging them in a partnership, not unlike the friendships of children's books, fairy tales, and folklore."

Hey guys! We got an email from the Alexandrites:

"Susan in our system is doing a photography project for school and was wondering if you would be willing/available to be photographed some time in the next few weeks? The project is supposed to incorporate multiple exposure techniques, and she thought it would be interesting to use that to capture different members of one system in a single photo. [...] if you know any other systems who would be into this, let us know, it would be super helpful 😅

"I'm only able to do the Northeast, maybe as far up as Southern NH/VT, but would prefer the general tri-state area of MA, CT, and RI. Some time in the next 2-3 weeks, the absolute last day I can do is November 20th.

"The photos will be used for a school photography project. The only people who will find out the subjects are plural will be the 7 people in my class. There is a chance the photo will be displayed in the hallway of the school, but probably not a very high chance since it will be the end of the semester. If they are particularly good, they may go into my portfolio, but that's not something I display online, only something I show to some people in person."

If anyone is interested, you can contact Alexandrites at wearealexandra@gmail.com or WeAreAlexandra on Discord!

beepbird gave us a delightful surprise and drew Bob's fursona! This is especially exciting because we've always dreamed of receiving fanart of all our favorite characters (which includes all the story people in our roster), and Bob was the lone hold-out straggler for many a year.

NO LONGER! *crosses it off the bucket list*

Maybe at some point we'll post all our favorite fanart of the story folks in our crew. Another time.

Akwaeke Emezi, who never seem to sleep, have released an EP of hiphop/afropop, called Stop Dying, You Were Very Expensive! It's good! Check it out!

Rogan: hey friends, for those of you who've been poisoned by plural political backbiting, I have found the perfect palate-cleanser: Go read stuff about other forms of bodysharing, bodyborrowing, and manyselvedness that have NOTHING TO DO with the subcultures that poisoned you.

( Ask me how! )