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David T./D.T. Brandt - Settler on Stolen Land
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(he/him) PanEnby writer of a variety of tales of queer fantasy romance. 40. I also play a LOT of board games. Banner art by @sheilkuroi. pfp pepperjackets (IG) picrew dtbrandt.com RIP X: Nov 16, 2024
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If you've been enjoying my #Smutcember posts, why not see what my opinions look like in practice?

My four books at queerpointyears.itch.io are all free~ I just want you to feel seen and have a fun time.
D.T. Brandt
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LRP: I need to find my WIP overlap, because now I have 4 really spicy fantasy romance shorts with... no humans? O.o yes. No humans. If I say I'm working on my "fully nonhuman fantasy romance" it could be any one of 4. lol
December 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Fun fact: if I say I'm working on "my kink-centric horror fantasy WIP featuring a sexy priest and monsterfucking" that actually doesn't tell you what I'm working on because I have two of those 😂
December 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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I'm sure the main goal is kneecapping mail-in voting, but all the other effects as mentioned are going to screw us over too, yay!
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December 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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#formline #telekitneticart #indigenousart #paleoart

custom formline commission of a yi qi for @dinosourcepod.bsky.social! thank you so much for commissioning me! 🪶🦖
December 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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#formline #telekitneticart #indigenousart

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December 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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I agree with a lot that's already been said, but I wonder if maybe there's something interesting to say about it from my philosophy background.🤷

Two points I want to discuss - Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Language & the ethics (& agenda) of category labels like this

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#Smutcember
Something of a reflective topic for today's #Smutcember prompt:

What are the differences between porn, smut, and erotica to you? What's something you wish was better understood about these distinctions, or these styles/genres in general?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It's the first scenes of the movie so it's not a spoiler AT ALL, and this fact is relevant to my interests.
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.

I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The 'clobber'ing is very much implied to occur imminently.

Cupid is doing a different type of clobbering via operational security. Dial it back, lady! No wonder "Comet" has a complex. 😡

Pranc- I mean, Pegasatyr/Minotaur
#WIPsnips
December 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Definitions: tbh, I have no idea. I have been told by others that I just write "romance because the focus is on the story regardless of how much sex is in it or how detailed" but idk what difference any of it makes. 🤣 I suppose it might make targeting an audience easier/better. 🤔 #Smutcember
Something of a reflective topic for today's #Smutcember prompt:

What are the differences between porn, smut, and erotica to you? What's something you wish was better understood about these distinctions, or these styles/genres in general?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 29, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I love foreplay banter~

Caravan Heist WIP, getting some groundwork laid before getting laid. 😆 #WIPsnips
December 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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“There’s a responsible way to use AI”

“There’s a responsible way to pay more for electricity, poison Black people, and encourage teens to kill themselves”
December 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I drew a sexy doodle today AND wrote almost 2k words. What is this? 🤨 2013?
December 28, 2025 at 6:47 AM
I'll sometimes be anatomical, but rotating simple slang works best for me. If I start pulling out "third
leg" or "one-eyed soldier" or something please slap me. 🤣 #Smutcember
For today's #Smutcember prompt:

Word choice has come up often as tricky territory for style, preference, and squicks. With regards to terminology, do you prefer anatomical terms, euphemisms, or synonyms?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 28, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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If you showed push back against WOTC for firing artists or getting using AI art, then you better be willing to fight back against it happening through the TTRPG/board game community.

No GenAI in video games, board games, music, art, ANYTHING. GenAI isn't work, GenAI doesn't work.
I wish boardgames got the same backlash for using AI art in final products that Larian Studios and Expedition 33 did for just using it in pre production

Awaken Realms (whose CEO also owns Gamefound) openly admits to it and still raised >$15 MILLION on crowdfunding this year
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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December 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Comfortable? It's all comfortable for me. 🤷😌

And spiciEST? Idk, but this is pretty on-par. From my dragon dude x fishfolk caravan heist wip. Buckle in, and don your ponchos and goggles. Or open up and tongue out, just make sure your eyes are closed. I hear the stuff burns. #Smutcember
December 27, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Quote is how it started.

How it's going: Cliff (now Clyph) is a nonbinary hybrid elf/deerfolk in Zelimir's canon who defects and the two of them go on a sexy diplomatic/revenge mission to end the ongoing trade war from Cat and the Brat. 😌
Cliff also probably has a common enemy with Zel, that he has valuable information about that he can share. Until late it's impossible to know for sure if Zel is just using Cliff for his own ends or the words of endearment actually hold weight. It'd be a shame if that enemy forced Zel to reveal it! 😏
December 27, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The caravan heist WIP isn't a heist ON a caravan, it's a caravan romance (be gay) followed by a heist (do crimes). 😆 Casing the joint. #WIPsnips
December 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
What's a romance without at least a little miscommunication? 😆 But I blame mine on self-defense, being more eager to please than fully understand, or toxic masculinity. Y'know, actual psychological issues that manifest throughout the story and not just a momentary plot contrivance. #Smutcember
Hope you're having a restful Friday, #Smutcember! Today's question:

How well do your characters communicate? This could be verbally or non-verbally, and it could be outside of, before, after, or during intimate encounters.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Mom: So if I come out to Seattle to see the Guardians play will you come down and see them with me?

Me: uhhhh that could be tricky. It'd be way better if you got your passport and came up to Toronto. We could meet you there.

Mom: It's not easier to get to Seattle?

Me: ...

Partner: less red tape.
December 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Happy holidays, all!

This "taste" comes from Dancing WIP, a first kiss that takes probably two and a half pages from realizing it's about to happen to actual lip-on-lip contact. 🤣 Gio can be a little dramatic at times. And is REALLY dramatic at other times, like this. 😅 #WIPSnips
December 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I've had both!

I didn't know my beefy fishy protag (heistWIP) would like sweat.

I planned Samiel wanting to be voraciously claimed by someone whose desire overcame their will. And Rapuska even has a culturally ingrained consent safeguard so nobody has anything to feel guilty about! 😌 #Smutcember
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, #Smutcember! I'm partial to the Yule vibes myself, but any excuse for a little holiday spice. 😏 With that in mind, we ask you:

Do you plan your characters with specific kinks, or do they arise organically?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 25, 2025 at 6:49 AM
It is time

for that time-honoured holiday tradition

of eating some type of east Asian food

and watching the holiday @pushinguproses.bsky.social movie video. 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Pointy ears of any shape and/or fur/fin level. It's my handle, after all!
Okay #WritingCommunity, what is a gift you give to yourself in your writing? What tropes or details or motifs do you use simply because you love them?

I love the tiny badass woman trope. I include the trope all the time.

I also love roses, and include them frequently as symbols and motifs.
December 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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“How can you suddenly dislike art when you find out it’s made by AI?”

For the same reason I can dislike art when I find out the employees were overworked and underpaid.

Because I care about people.

You dipshit.
December 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM