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Nice!! This is a great original work with a cool premise. It also helps Fredrick is fuckin hot AF 🤣😅😂

Name an FVN character with a better ass and/or mane than Lyall, because I can't think of any that come remotely close.

I'm also more convinced with each update that @CryptidDog is a literature major, with a minor in astrophysics, astronomy, or just general physics. The writing style is next level, they way he's able to describe scenes. It's so eloquent, not at all what I or probably anyone who's reading it expected from an FVN. That's not a bad thing either, it's refreshing to not have every second scene be the MC getting railed, 😆😆. But when it does come up, like Paytr, it's fuckin HILARIOUS!!! I was surprised Tucker didn't come out to them at the point, but I guess it allows for more questioning by the crew and more hilarious quips by Verissun! 

I wonder how they deal with the temperature differential between the sides of the station that face their star, and the side that doesn't? Curious how they are creating gravity for the station, it's something to do with the Mæron I'm sure of it. If it is a black hole, I'd be curious how they regulate it's effects. 

I made that mistake already. Actually, the first ever FVN I'd ever read/found was Arches. I don't even remember how I came across itch, or the story itself. As you must know, Arches is about the worst novel any person could read as their first foray into the genre. Not to mention, it doesn't really conform to what most think the genre to be. There's no full on animal based consensual intercourse. The story is very heavily nuanced & extremely well written. It seems to have changed the landscape of FVN's forever for the better. The emotions one goes though while reading it, Rollercoaster doesn't even begin to describe what it does to the reader, and it's all the better for it, imo. 

What is it with all the FVN's lately choosing full on heart wrenching, gut punching, tissue box emptying, emotionally scaring, emotionally freeing, brilliantly written, updates, chapters, endings‽¿¡! Like, is there some furry law/rule that says the stories must have an ending that absolutely wrecks the reader?! It would be nice to read one with a happy ending for once. Not that I don't absolutely adore the latest update of Glory Hounds. It's written so brilliantly, it's a shame that due to the genre, more people aren't going to see said brilliance as myself and the rest of the community are so privileged to have bore witness to.

It has to be crazy to have to basically write a story 3 times. Where all 3 versions are super similar and the only differences are based on the chosen character. Must feel repetitive, but not at the same time. Don't get me wrong, I, and I assume most here appreciate you for it and we would totally understand it if updates are late. 

If it was The Eye, then what's the current eye? Wouldn't a star create heat and energy, more than gravity? I think it's a black hole or a wormhole of some sort. According to most, if not all black hole theory, going backwards isn't possible, going forward could be but there are issues there too, but they're less insurmountable. I think it's been shown that they're not in our solar system. The star is different, more to the white side I think, the surrounding systems, stars, etc are totally different, not to mention the void they're in. I'm of the idea he was transported to a different universe via an accident or an unknown ability of The Mæron, as no one seems to know where it came from or who created it. For all Tyr knows it could be a weapon and possibly the reason they're in the void as it created it. 

So, what do we think‽¿? Is Tucker's mind slowly being destroyed due to it's exposure to the Mæron, like large radiation exposure does? This could be why Tyr didn't want to say much as he knows very well what the final diagnosis will be, a slow painful death as he at the same time goes more and more insane. Or is it because his mind is now in a universe/reality it doesn't belong and it's unable to cope, breaking down as a result & this is the explanationfor the static and occasional "episodes." Either way, I get the feeling Tyr knows exactly what's happening and that's why he's having Marrow preform all the tests regardless of the fact that they all come out what they know as normal. He just doesn't want to admit his mistake basically doomed another sentient being from another universe & reality to death, forever away from its species. Which, yeah, would suck to tell someone especially when you know you're not able to stop or reverse it. Would be nice to him find a way to stop and restore Tucker's mental faculties to at least save his life if he can't get him back home. Because his home no longer exists as when you cross a black hole event horizon in theory, the universe you left instantly ends. Like as if you hit a magic fast forward button which causes the time in that universe to instantly skip to its end, meaning the universe no longer exists. So going back to somewhere that's no longer there isn't exactly possible.

Yeah i get that in this evolved species can clearly see in color, which is nice that they hinted at it as others don't. They just assume we would forget that our dogs didn't evolve that ability. Only Lyre kinda comes out and says they're able to see color when they had Lyall say, "I love red, it's my favorite color." Ugh, Lyall is by far my fave wolf/canine MC, probably fave regardless of species actually. Anyway.  I don't think any tail movements are truly involuntary with canines, they just don't realize they're doing it at times, but there is always a reason. Yeah  for all we know he is barking, growling etc because we're hearing the translated language in Tucker's slowly scrambling mind. 

Soooooooo, wtf is Hard Light exactly? Best friends brother used to DJ back in the late 90s and early 2000s. He had to use actual turntables, not "pads" and didn't have, "Hard Light," whatever the fuck that is. Also, my little brother bar 🍸 tended for over a decade so it's all triggering memory lane, 😆. 

Why would anyone want a different love intrest?!? Rou is fuckin gorgeous 😍 😍 😍, and i think he's the tallest wolf MC of any FVN.

I'll be honest. I refuse to read anything after the previous update when we lost Ayeon 😭. I refuse to let go of Alex, Loken, Mylo, Takhi(sp?), and especially Byte. Byte was one of the best written characters I've seen in any fictional story, FVN or not. He's funny, innocent, lost, caring, compassionate, etc and he's not even "real!" I refuse to live in a world where the love Loken finally found and understood in Alex is gone. I refuse to read about a pain 😢 especially for someone who doesn't have the ability to properly understand how emotions work, he will have to go through having lost his father, then his lover all in a few days. I can't, and don't want to, read about him learning about the emotion known as loss and heartbreak 💔. I can't read about Mylo losing the only person he thought cared about him, especially after losing Ayeon. I can't know what he feels when he learns what happened, what he does when he learns he's lost the only person who lit that spark, that fire 🔥 is his soul. The only person who had any chance of understanding him and how he thinks, and who doesn't scold him or think he's strange because of how he thinks. Then there's Byte. I just, I loved him as a character. He was written so well, he was like a snarky teenager but without all the nastiness. SoulCreek is one story I really didn't want to end, it was just so well written. Kinda like Remember the Flowers, Home Zomewhere Else, Devil's Gambit, Far Beyond the World, Lyre, Roads yet Traveled, Northern Lights, and Rain Check. All are my favorites, especially Lyre, Northern Lights, & RyT. 

Mmmmmm, close but I still would say Arches takes it. Bridges, Arches & Clockwork, are nearly impossible to top. I don't think there's a single song on the soundtrack that isn't a banger. But this is all my opinion, I've heard Soulcreek, Roads yet Traveled, Echo/Echo65, Remember the Flowers 💐, Northern Lights, etc, and Arches seems to always come out on top. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I L O V E SoulCreek!!! It's actually in the top5 of my favorite Furry Visual Novels, and with the new and final chapters, may actually be better overall than Arches. When a certain person died, I started sobbing 😭 so much so quickly it actually hurt. It's actually quite shocking how much amazing talent there is hiding in the FVN space. 

Lol. With the less than stellar reputation this genre already has. It's a shame because this and quite a few other stories like SoulCreek, Remember the Flowers 💐, and if you want to mentally fuck-up a bunch of the general public, Arches and/or Adastra would be perfect for that. There are some really talented writers here and it would be great to showcase their talents to a wider audience, Devil's Gambit and Lyre spring to mind. The world building and detail those 2 have is incredible. I think a lot are a result of the China Virus of unknown origin, as people had time on their hands and were stuck inside. 

The person I was spitballing with was a physicist. We went into black and white 🕳  theory, 🪱 🕳's, attractive and repulsive gravity, and all sorts of other theories as to what the Mæron is and how it could work. 

I don't beleive that height chart tbh.

How so?

I mean, what kind of main stream coverage would u like? It's bad enough with what's come of the recent assassination. Think of a time before this site, or even the internet in general. In some ways, this IS mainstream media now.

So, did we lose all the comments during the temporary banning? 

I miss the astrophysics discussion I was having with a user 😔. We were trying to figure out if it was a wormhole or black hole 🕳 that brought Tucker to their system? I'd think a black hole would make more since they're trying to use it to generate unlimited power, and i don't think you can do that what with how unstable a wormhole is. Also curious if they managed to create or manipulate gravity between attractive and repulsive 🤔?

Yet Lance sold a friend who got him his job back to the company that used him as nothing more than an organ doner? Where as Aaron has been nothing but caring? Is it because he's nice? Because he lied to Cy when they first met?

I want to shake the paw of whoever did the design of Calbex, and the reveal of Corwan. They're both genius but in different ways. 

The Plague. Have they actually showed the actual Plague, and not just their weapons and vehicles?

I'm gonna guess that's not Corwan in the title screen floating with Calbex, correct?

And it's absolutely despicable. Thankfully it seems some have found the members names and, well, they're apparently learning they fucked with the wrong group of people. 

The Don signed an executive order to prohibit that practice. Now the group of Karens are trying to get the EU involved so the 🇺🇸 may be ok but they may pressure all the countries in the EU. 

Do you need a promise of  NSFW content to keep your intrest? If a story in this genre can be as popular as RYT is, that's way higher praise vs one that's popular because it's full of comically oversized cartoon cocks and pics of characters glazed in cum. 

Started off decent, but then was totally ruined by the addition of political bullshit. We get it. You hate Trump. That doesn't mean that hatred it needs to be displayed in a damn FVN. HE'S NEVER CALLED FOR THE ELEMINATION OF GAY PEOPLE, EVER. not sure where you're getting your info from? MSNBC I assume. Btw is hosted on a site he saved from the nut job women's group in Australia. So if you want to hate him so openly, finding an alternative hosting site would make sense as if you use this one you're directly benefiting from something Trump did. Or maybe this isn't common knowledge? Either way, be thankful Trump is in office as we all know Biden wouldn't have done shit to save us. He doesn't even know where he is half the time. 

The question I ask myself everytime I finish it, "How can something so brutal, horrifying, disturbing and dark, also be so beautiful, heartwarming, adorable, inspirational and perfect 👌‽?!" It's just not possible. It's like a Volvo with a gun rack, it's just doesn't belong and I worry Arches may break reality as we know it if enough people read it.

Wow! That's an apt description of how fucked it makes every emotion a human being is capable of feeling, and possibly some we have yet discovered. This story is so good it honestly should be made to be released so it reaches the main stream. It could have a cartoon or animated film made of it, it's that well written. Though I'm not sure the public would be ready for the emotional disembowling it inflicts on the reader.

Haven't you played the update?,

Ok. Can anyone name an FVN that has a better soundtrack than Arches? I mean, c'mon,  Roadside, Monochrome, Pines, Solace, Soldering, Still Yearning, Clockwork, Arches, and the best imo, Bridges. I dare someone to say there's a better soundtrack. 

My first ever FVN was Arches, arguably one of the worst to introduce u to the genre. I found it on a friday night in January. I read from 11pm to just after 6am. I couldn't stop!! Like, I was full on ugly sobbing crying by the end of it. I've never done that before in my entire 43yrs, it was crazy, and even that isn't a good enough descriptor.  I like the ones that don't use furry porn with comically oversized cocks to make them popular. I'd much rather a good story that has a love scene or 2 like Lyre, Northern Lights, Soulcreek or FBtW. Or ones that don't have any sex scenes at all, ala, RTF, Roads Yet Traveled, etc. They all survive on their content and amazing storytelling. Any of the ones me mentioned could be shown to ones parent's or anyone else that's not into furries or gay. They're just like the cartoons of the late 80s, to late 90s which were damn near all anthro characters, no wonder we all turned out to be furries!! Shit, even The Care Bears or The Racoons,, meant for little kids were great furry content

Whoever did the character design for Calbex, kudos. His fur pattern, the colors, the scars, his cybernetics, they're all so well thought out and it shows. That's one handsome Wolfman 😍 😉 👍.  The Corwan reveal was shocking, and anyone that didn't see that coming, c'mon seriously?! You think they would bother with a 5'10" 180lbs normal human‽ Fuck no!¡! It does make me wonder though. If Corwan is that much of a roid-monkey, how big is Calbex? Like 8-9ft tall‽¿¡? Then, how big is Brute, or ffs, Fen must be a giant and, dear god how big is knight Tobbs then!? That bears belly alone could have 3 normal humans sleep on top of it comfortably 😴🤣. Though, I gotta give a nod 🙂‍↕️ as it seems as if he's supposed to have the longest hair of the bunch and that's plus in my book. 

I think there are a few FVN's, RTF included, are incredibly well written, almost shockingly so with some. Just shows the passion of the writer almost always comes through in the story. 

That's the mark of a great storyteller. Have many options that all seem equally plausible, but none more so than the others. It keeps you engaged, how many times have we all been watching a movie and within 10min we can identify the "big bad," the hero, love intrest, and what the twist will be‽ Takes the wind out of your sales pretty quick. That's why Infinity War was better than End Game imo. We didn't know 100% which were going to get dusted, but we all knew like 10yrs ago who was going to lay down on the wire and everything would be fine otherwise. 

I can't read any of that, sorry

Lol, it's a furry VN. How could u possibly know what a fuctional character wants? Maybe he just wants Aaron back but he knows he could never forgive him for what he did to Xavier?  Can you  blame the guy?! Just one look at Aaron could cause the straightest dude to launch at that belly of his the proceed to........assist him with......relieving pent up tension, especially if it meant getting to cuddle with that life-size plushie belly for hours afterwards. 

We don't 100% know what happened to her father, even Cy admitted as much. It's only a rumor he heard. Her father could just as well be the big boss, or, even more of a twist, Cyrus!!  Maybe she says classified because that's all shes been told? Maybe they didn't want her to know it was Cyrus for whatever reason? I mean, Vita has a love for botany as well, maybe he's her father and she doesn’t know he's alive? Maybe they told her he died so she wouldn't go looking for him?

See. Even with as nuts as that sounds, it makes more sense than just, "remove your treated human organ, and replace it with an artificial one." Like, he'd be a fuckin robot at this point, which I guess he could be 😉.