2/1/23 Update and Patron Exclusive Poll (Patreon)

So, on the subject of the 'What If’, it looks like it might be a four- or five-parter. When it's done, I'll compile it together into a single post to make it easier to read for everyone.

Most of the length is a result of the show-don't-tell nature of the writing, as well as the fact we're seeing events in GLORIOUS LORI-VISION, so any hints need to be something she would legitimately notice in her Lori-ness.

Many of the characters in question are from planned works or unpublished works that I still need to clean up. One is basically a Dresden Files Storm Front copycat, plot-wise, while another is something I wrote for Nanowrimo a few years back and really need to get around to cleaning up, revising, decluttering and streamlining. The rest are from planned series that I've mentioned before: Magical Girls vs Cultivators, Post-apocalyptic Kaiju-fighting Magical Girl Mecha Pilots, more vanilla Magical Girls, 'Mara Clara of the Observatory Belltower'. I've been meaning to write them when I get some breathing room in my schedule, but...

(shrug)

This February is the anniversary of Demesne's second year of publication, which falls on Valentine's Day.  I don't think I'll be able to post anything special then, since the date is so close, but we'll consider this poll to be for the 2nd Anniversary Special.

In honor of the Anniversary date, I will include some dirty options.

UPDATE: So, the poll is finished, and a Shana POV wins by a hair, with the dirty option coming in third. Look forward to it next week or so!

I'll be taking a vacation next month or so, around late March/early April. It might be two weeks, we'll see. So there will be no updates then, as I won't be writing.

Next month, we'll have a new 'what if' poll again.