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Reach Heaven Via Feng Shui Engineering, Drug Trade And Tax Evasion Original - Novel - Fantasy
Xianxia, engineering, tenacity, politics, economics, magic analysis. From the moment Qian Shanyi stepped on the path of cultivation, she wanted to soar through the sky on top of a flying sword, slaying devils and serving justice, at the head of a sect none could defy. Unfortunately, her luck...
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October 2023 Picks of the Month
So, as the nights get longer and the days get shorter (in the Northern hemisphere, once again I curse the existence of the Southern hemisphere for complicating my ability to use evocative seasonal descriptions), we come to the spooky time of the year. We also come to celebrate three more fantastic Picks of the Month! With a great Pokémon Quest, a really well-loved fic coming over from SB to say hi, and some interesting essays about latex fetishism of all things, not to mention some great User Picks, it's certainly all happening on SV in the month of October!
If you haven't done already, please also take out the time to check out the Sufficiently Spooky events we're running for Halloween. As of the time of posting, you have about thirty and a half hours left to submit an entry to the contests we're running!
If you haven't done already, please also take out the time to check out the Sufficiently Spooky events we're running for Halloween. As of the time of posting, you have about thirty and a half hours left to submit an entry to the contests we're running!
Article: Pick of the Month in Quests
Unprecedented Times by @OxfordOctopus
Join Kylie Parsons, novice Pokémon Ranger, on her first posting as part of a global rescue effort sent to the beleaguered region of Hoenn after the cataclysmic reawakening of its ancient legendary Pokémon.
Explore the shattered land of Ruby and Sapphire, join recovery efforts on the ground, help displaced Pokémon and damaged ecosystems, and set right what was made wrong.
Article: Pick of the Month in User Fiction
A Certain Mental Isekai by @Eotyrannus
In Academy City, Shokuhou Misaki - Mental Out- has made a name for herself as the fifth-ranked Esper. She also has memories from another life, many beleaguered friends, and an unfortunate amount of trouble coming her way.
Check out this crosspost of the fic that has taken SB by storm, with a whole arc to ready to enjoy and two hundred thousand words left to go!
Article: Pick of the Month in Essays
A Rubber Veil: Latex and the Problem of Porn by @Gargulec
In a new five-part essay series from SV's resident scholar of sexuality, we consider the problematic nature of what even constitutes "pornography", as viewed through the lens of latex fetishism.
If you are interested in queer and critical theory, or simply spent too much time on Tumblr at a vulnerable age, you are bound to find something interesting here.
Article: User Picks of the Month
Starship Design Bureau by @Sayle
Reach Heaven Via Feng Shui Engineering, Drug Trade and Tax Evasion by @Winged_One
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nasty-minded old cynic
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I think you got your threads crossed, that thread's not about latex fetishism and not by Gargulec.
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I've clicked through and there was indeed no latex fetishism. I found capitalism, and I'm nowhere near masochistic enough for that
I've clicked through and there was indeed no latex fetishism. I found capitalism, and I'm nowhere near masochistic enough for that
Thanks for catching this! Some... wires apparently got crossed when I was drafting the post. It should now be fixed.
Thanks for the great suggestion, should be done now.
Mildly embarrassed this did not occur to me in three years. 😅
November 2023 Picks of the Month
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- SV's Only Complete Persona Quest
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- She/Her
Too late for Halloween, too early for Christmas (much as department stores would insist otherwise), but the perfect time for a Nightmare before Christmas! With November 2023's Picks of the Month, we boldly go where no spaceship designer has gone before, worm our way into Norse mythology or should I say fly, and collectively analyse a cult game (in more ways than one) that by now needs little introduction on SV! And of course, our User Pick invites you with its title alone. Stay tuned for the 2023 SV Winterfest!
Article: Pick of the Month in Quests
Starfleet Design Bureau by @Sayle
Ever thought the Federation could have used a better ship to combat the Borg? Want to indulge in your love for dubious untested technology sure to make Engineering curse your name, or put more SCIENCE labs onboard every design? Well, Starfleet Design Bureau is looking for new hires, to help them in designing starships across two eras of Star Trek history in this hit Quest franchise!
Article: Pick of the Month in User Fiction
On Feathered Wings, We Fly by @Sylnarri
What hold shall destiny's weave have in store for Taylor and her friends in this mythological fusion of grand proportion? Embark on an epic adventure as Taylor discovers the truth of her mother's past, and with her friends faces the peril that lies in wait for them!
Article: Pick of the Month in Essays
The Coffin of Andy and Leyley - Assorted Essays by SV Users
Through a unique confluence of events, SV has the pleasure of being one of the chief centres of discussion for the latest cult horror game, The Coffin of Andy and Leyley. If you're interested in psychological horror, analysis or gaming it's worth checking out a thread with one of the highest essay-to-post ratios on the site!
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December 2023 Picks of the Month
Rather than drawing attention away from Winterfest, our Picks of the Month for December are (collectively) the nominees and winners of the 2023 User's Choice Awards. Check them out now if you have not had a chance already!
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Thanks for the heads up, should all be fixed now!
Unfortunately someone was trying to steal my slippers whilst I was setting the banners up. 😅
The 2023 User's Choice Awards
This is the 2023 SV User's Choice Awards, our third instalment, where you get to pick the best quests, stories and other creative works on SV!
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Normal service will be resumed shortly, as we have some great Picks of the Month for January! Speaking of which...
Thanks for the heads up, should all be fixed now!
Unfortunately someone was trying to steal my slippers whilst I was setting the banners up. 😅
January 2024 Picks of the Month
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We start off a new year with a new and exciting selection of things to read! January 2024's Picks of the Month cover topics ranging from a hobgoblin general at the forefront of a fantastic revolution, to the sometimes-tragic, sometimes-glorious history of the Martian people, to the remarkable variety of shield designs used in Ancient Greek and Roman warfare. And in February, Sufficient Valentines begins with exciting events open to all, complete with prizes - give it a look!
Article: Pick of the Month in Quests
Army of Liberty: a Fantasy Revolutionary Warfare Quest Fantasy - Historic by @Photomajig
Do you crave a whiff of grapeshot, enjoy pushing little guys around a hex map, or simply want to tear down the Elven-Kings from their tyrants' thrones?
Then join hobgoblin general Raka Durand for all of this and more in a charming alternate fantasy telling of the Napoleonic Wars!
Article: Pick of the Month in User Fiction
MARSLORE: Tales from the Red Planet & Other Stories of Sol Original - Timeline - Sci-Fi by @Penelope
Centuries ago, the Red Planet's psychic queens tried to conquer Earth with tripods and railguns. Now the Houses of Terra rule their dying world.
Discover the wonders of Mars as it might've been in this modern, queer take on the planetary romance genre.
Article: Pick of the Month in Essays
Panoplies: Shield Morphology in the Ancient Mediterranean by @Melanoc3tus
What did the Romans ever do for us? Answers range from pornographic graffiti, lawyers, experimentally testing how many angry baboons one gladiator can fight, to internet arguments over the shape of their shields.
This fantastic essay addresses the last point, taking us on a tour of Antiquity and exploring shield types from the Greek dipylon and aspis to the Roman scutum, and illuminating the material factors and martial cultures which produced them. If you're a history buff, prepare for a treat!
February 2024 Picks of the Month
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- SV's Only Complete Persona Quest
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- She/Her
Instead of love and hearts these February Picks, we've got chaos and darkness instead with this Warhammer two-fer, one Fantasy and one 40,000. Things are apocalyptic either way!
Stay tuned, the 10th Anniversary is nearly upon us!
Stay tuned, the 10th Anniversary is nearly upon us!
Article: Pick of the Month in Quests
Thirteen Tolls - An Apocalypse Quest by @Graf Tzarogy
Fair Tylos and handsome Kavzar are the greatest works of men in all the world, and they are doomed. Their hubris waxes as the Tower grows ever higher, and the gods look away in fear.
Drawn back to the Twin Cites by a prophetic vision of calamity, Xenophon the Priest of Morr finds himself in the midst of murder and mayhem. Who can he save before the bell tolls Thirteen?
Article: Pick of the Month in User Fiction
Miracles of Saint Lucretia of the Chains by @Gargulec
Winner of the New Year New Chapter contest, this story explores a deep question. Namely, would Warhammer 40,000 be improved as a setting if it more heavily featured Sisters of Battle bullying cute Eldar nerds?
A story about love, lust, and religion in the grim darkness of the 41st Millennium.
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March 2024 Picks of the Month
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- SV's Only Complete Persona Quest
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- She/Her
Things get intense with March's Picks of the Month! We have the breakout villain time loop quest from the perspective of none other than AtLA's Azula herself, a Mecha, Kaiju, and Kyodai Annopalooza with Godzilla vs Angels among others, and lives on the line to gambling with a readthrough of a classic cult manga.
Article: Pick of the Month in Quests
Arsonist's Lullaby: An Azula Timeloop Quest by @Magery
You are Princess Azula of the Fire Nation, and you are painted across the world in nine-day cycles. From the Boiling Rock to Sozin's Comet, you repeat your life over, and over, and over again, and nothing seems to change.
You're starting to get desperate.
(Even worse: you're starting to cultivate an open mind.)
Article: Pick of the Month in User Fiction
シン・Leviathan by @Thuktun F
The Age of Monsters ended with the Second Impact, or so everyone says. Shinji Ikari discovers firsthand that the King of Monsters disagrees. Now it falls to him to stop the Angels and save the world - but can he? Well, at least it'll help to have the Beta Capsule.
Article: Pick of the Month in Let's Reads
Let's Read: Kaiji (zawa zawa...) by @Walter
One of the strangest yet most influential mangas you've never heard of, Kaiji is a unique experience.
Read along in this charming Let's Read as we explore one of the primary inspirations for Squid Game, following a young man who cosigned a loan for a friend and finds himself plunged into a world of death games and gambling.
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April & May 2024 Picks of the Month
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- SV's Only Complete Persona Quest
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- She/Her
For April, instead of Picks of the Month, we've got Picks of the Decade:
For May, with the 4th of course being the Star Wars Holy Day, we've got both a Star Wars Quest and Grand Strategy Roleplay picked out. One trying to avoid the Empire, the other going full Empire. The Quest about seeing whether SV can change the fate of none other than Anakin Skywalker, and the Grand Strategy has SV ruling the empire only to be struck with civil war across galaxy. And if the Empire isn't calculating enough for you, we also have an essay that delves deep into the calculus beyond calculus.
SV's Picks of the Decade
For May, with the 4th of course being the Star Wars Holy Day, we've got both a Star Wars Quest and Grand Strategy Roleplay picked out. One trying to avoid the Empire, the other going full Empire. The Quest about seeing whether SV can change the fate of none other than Anakin Skywalker, and the Grand Strategy has SV ruling the empire only to be struck with civil war across galaxy. And if the Empire isn't calculating enough for you, we also have an essay that delves deep into the calculus beyond calculus.
Article: Pick of the Month in Quests
The Slave Who Makes Free: An Anakin Skywalker Quest by @Kirook
It's a story we all know. The slave boy with a destiny, forged into a hero by war, only to fall into darkness. But what if things were different?
Step into the shoes of Anakin Skywalker. Don't end up as Darth Vader. It's a lot harder than it sounds.
Article: Pick of the Month in GSRP
Dark Greetings by @Maugan Ra
The first Death Star is a dust cloud orbiting Yavin IV. The Imperial Senate, last vestige of the old Republic, is but a memory. Galactic civil war has begun, and it is time for leaders of vision, bold men and women of action, to lead the Empire into a new era.
Surely fifteen SVers as Grand Moffs can only bring swift victory.
Article: Pick of the Month in Let's Reads
The Infinitesimal Calculus by @Aranfan
If you've encountered much higher mathematics, then you've probably met calculus.
But what about the calculus of Leibniz and Euler, the so-called infinitesimal calculus? How did these great mathematicians of the 18th century understand their own discovery, standing at the crossroads between the mathematics of antiquity and modernity?
This fascinating essay is well worth a read whether you're a mathmagician or a newbie.
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Summerfest (June and July) Picks of the Month
Picks of the Summer
This year's Summerfest was a blast, and here's a whistle stop tour of some of the greatest hits.
Article: Pick of the Summer in User Fiction and Quests
The Summerfest Storytelling Showdown
This year's creative clash saw some fantastic authors and QMs match their wits and keyboards, with some great threads to check out. Whether it's magical girls, Norse Xianxia, kung-fu pandas, or sword progression fantasy, there's something for everyone.
Article: Pick of the Summer in Poetry
The Summerfest Rotating Prompt Writing Jam
This year's rotating prompt jam saw some excellent poetry submissions as well as some great short fiction. In particular the winning entry, The Unkindness of Memory, is well worth a look, as a beautiful and deeply affecting meditation on loss and the passage of time. But it's far from the only great poem this year.
Article: Pick of the Summer in RPGs and Game Design
The Summerfest One Page RPG Contest
Our roleplaying game design contest this year saw even more entries and the bar being pushed even higher on every aspect. Whether you want to play beach volleyball whilst mutating into a pelagic monstrosity in Beastball, have Ghibli-core adventures in Children of the Sea, escape the underworld in The Sun and the Labyrinth, or have high society hijinks in One Page RPG, or so many more great games this year, there's sure to be something fun to discover.
Let's look forward to Summerfest 2025!
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The banner for picks of the month lists each of the works as having done by 'name', instead of by their authors.
Thanks for the heads up!
Mixed up the bit where the name text should go and the class ID in the code for the banner. Should be fixed now!
August 2024 Picks of the Month
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- SV's Only Complete Persona Quest
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- She/Her
Picks of the Month resume as normal, with monster lovers, Worm fanfic spoofery, the aftermath of a very different World War I, and quite a selection chosen by you, the users.
Article: Pick of the Month in Quests
Monster Marriage Quest by @Ghoul King
Sabrina nee Vieuxpont has just been married off to the Baron of Soul-Consuming Carapace Shadows. Not the most likely of matches, especially when her new husband barely seems to know the first thing about humans.
That said, such obstacles are trivial in the face of love, and her new partner's face just happens to be exactly her type (eight eyes and too many teeth).
Article: Pick of the Month in User Fiction
DADA by @fabledFreeboota
Worm depicts a complex world of calculating superheroes and cruel supervillains. Worm fanworks tend towards something a little less stark. In this spoof of stereotypical Worm fanfiction, our cunning protagonist Taylor Hebert is rendered as a barmy British trans lass, lost in a world slightly dafter than she is. But only slightly.
Article: Pick of the Month in Alternate History
The Widening Gyre by @Curby
The election of an isolationist American President in 1912 leads to a significantly longer and more brutal World War I. After much of the continent falls to revolution, a new world is born. This time-line charts the storm as it breaks over Europe, and what comes after.
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fabledFreeboota
Sometimes frustrated.
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Ta again for picking us! And for the recommendations, that Arcee essay was of some interest.
September 2024 Picks of the Month
September this year saw some real corkers of threads. In A Different Breed we have another 40K plan quest with a neat concept, which seems poised to rise to the same heights as legends like Age of Strife or Embers in the Dusk. Helios Weeps is another fantastically realised and creative GSRP in an original sci-fi setting - the sheer amount of work put into the art, maps and mechanics is staggering, and it seems already to be being matched by the dedication and quality writing of the players. But perhaps most excitingly, Hyphen, one of SV's favourite long-running fics, celebrated its tenth (!!!) anniversary in September this year. That means it began only a few months after SV's founding, and what an amazing achievement and auspicious omen as we head into our next decade?
More to come soon. We're into October, so look out for some spooky events!
More to come soon. We're into October, so look out for some spooky events!
September's Picks of the Month
Article: Pick of the Month in Quests
A Different Breed by @Mechanis
Shadows gather in the waning years of the twenty-ninth millennium. The Fall of the Eldar has wounded the galaxy, and ten millennia of sorrow and bloodshed beckon.
Yet hope still lives. Craftworld Vau-Vulkesh chart a different destiny from their kin, tending the embers of Vaul's forge. Can they grow into a blaze that will defeat the oncoming night?
Article: Pick of the Month in User Fiction
Hyphen by @Dermonster
Hyphen follows the story of a humanoid Pokémon, a Ralts, who learns that her community is in peril from human expansion. Making the only logical choice, she decides to masquerade as a Pokémon trainer and become champion of the Pokémon league to save her village.
This fantastic multiple User's Choice Awards nominee celebrated its tenth anniversary on SV this month, and reportedly was the first Pokémon fic on the internet to feature a Pokémon becoming a trainer. Check it out today!
Article: Pick of the Month in Grand Strategy Roleplays
Helios Weeps by @Furrybacon
Humanity is broken. Ruinous civil war has left the solar system shattered and immiserated, ruled over by a totalitarian regime. Now, that regime is dead: Its last founders slaughtered, its hold on the solar system crumbling.
The question is not 'will humanity descend into war' but 'will humanity survive it'.
Article: User Picks of the Month
Space Oddity by @Kermie
Eight Last Embers by @jelloloaf
Autonomous Divinity: A Cog in the Machine by @CatOnTheWeb
October 2024 Picks of the Month
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- SV's Only Complete Persona Quest
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- She/Her
For this year's Halloween, our Picks of the Month came dressed as new-school superheroes, old-school horror, and anti-gravity imperialism. Be sure to give out candy to our User Picks too.
October's Picks of the Month
Article: Pick of the Month in Quests
Project Prometheus by @Bitterman
When the Leviathan awoke, it cost the life of nearly every superhero in Horizon to put it back to sleep. Now, the world has been given a second chance in the form of your serum that can imbue others with the powers of dead heroes. Rebuild Justice Unlimited. Save the world.
Article: Pick of the Month in User Fiction
Alicent by @Lazer Raptor
When ill-fortune brings an unfortunate stranger to her family's door, Rhaenyra and her family are quick to offer her shelter - yet the enigmatic Alicent is afflicted by some sad mystery, and her very presence brings strange happenings to their doorstep. An epistolary novel in the vein of the classic Carmilla, these long-lost papers tell the tragic tale of Rhaenyra Targaryen and the horrors that befell her and her family.
Article: Pick of the Month in Grand Strategy Roleplays
Without Wave or Wind by @DanBaque
The course of history is drastically changed when the discovery of anti-gravity tech empowers steamships to fly. Now the Great Game of Empires ascends to perilous new heights, with Africa caught in the middle. Witness the unfolding struggle!
Article: User Picks of the Month
The Journey Never Ends by @Stilling
O, Child of Liberty! by @Duke William of
No Dialogue, No Choice: Why I Like Games That Do Less by @NonSequtur
Duke William of
I really need to finish my quests. :V
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Ayo, I'm doing that Leonardo Dicaprio meme rn!
November 2024 Picks of the Month
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Winterfest has started, and nominations for the User's Choice Awards are now open. Here's hoping this year will be the best one yet! But before we all go nominate our favourite threads of 2024 for the UCA, let's not forget all the great things happening on SV in the last month with these wonderful Picks!
November Picks of the Month
Article: Pick of the Month in Quests
A Ballad for Icarus by @Elpis
The Empire of Sol is a thousand years old. The girl called Aria is hardly seventeen. But this is a ballad, and her name is a song—and Aria refuses to let it be sung with melancholy.
She'll never be the very best.
But she'll damn well be good enough.
Article: Pick of the Month in User Fiction
The Secret Winslow Theatre Department by @LadiesWhoLunch
Friendless student Taylor Hebert, subjected to a vicious bullying campaign, finds refuge with the high school theater department. But when trouble follows her there, she has to stand and fight - with her new supersized nose, and a new self-confidence. A shame her superpower is so weak… or is it?
Article: Pick of the Month in Reviews & Let's Plays
All Aboard The Magic Hellbus! Let's Play Limbus Company by @ZerbanDaGreat
What do you get when you cross an amnesiac nonbinary manager with a clock and set them travelling from district to district of a dystopic megacity braving the horrors of living in a society with only a dozen blessed psychopaths with squishy bones to protect them? You get a fun time had by all! Settle in and enjoy a journey back through the best and worst of Limbus Company.
Article: User Picks of the Month
Art by Arlequine by @ArlequineLunaire
Best of Intentions by @Ideas-Guy
Hold It In by @Prok