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This isn't my most happening social-media outlet, but it's the longest and most-stable one I've ever been on, so I'm not going anywhere.

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ptahrrific - fanfiction and mixes

ErinPtah - fanfiction

ErinPtah - fanart, original art

bicatperson - fanart, webcomic stuff
Erin Ptah on Patreon - original work updates, patron-locked bonuses

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erinptah - comics, cat photos

ErinPtah - general chatter, webcomic fanart/meta

erin.ptah - nothing much, but friend me if you want

Webcomics!

But I'm A Cat Person: Two ordinary graduates adopt a puppy…which turns out to be a magical shapeshifting battle monster. Now one of them is involved in a soul-binding ownership contract, rich and powerful people are lurking around looking to challenge them, and they still can’t find any companies that are hiring.

Featuring adventure, politics, magic, and lesbians. Combines the struggle of modern-day underemployed geeky millennials with the ethical dilemmas that you normally try not to think about while playing Pokémon.

Leif & Thorn: Sparkly queer bilingual fantasy comedy. Dragonslaying hero Thorn Estragon and his team of loyal knights are assigned to guard a foreign embassy; Leif works there as a gardener, serving his native Sønheim in order to pay off a mysterious debt. Thorn doesn’t speak Leif’s language too well when they first meet — but he’s about to find a lot of reasons to learn.

Featuring trauma recovery, slow-burn romance, cross-cultural communication, and trying to pick the perfect song for karaoke night.

(Also still available: full archives of And Shine Heaven Now, the world's second-most-popular Hellsing-related comic.)

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2012? What is this witchcraft?

When posting, next to "Date", click "Edit", then adjust as necessary. (Check the "Date Out of Order" ticky box to keep it from screwing up normal posts later on.)

I chose April 12, 2012 because Jon says this is the date when the world will end, so I figure it's safe =P

Hi, I liked your post on mothers in Magical Girl shows and have some more examples to contribute, but I don't have a DW account and the FrillsOfJustice comm doesn't accept Open-ID comments, so I'm commenting over here:

In Magical Emi, Mai's mom used to be a stage magician but retired to get married/have kids. Mai's grandparents are also very present because they run the troupe of magicians that Mai is trying to get into.

Sally the Witch, Mahou no Mako-chan, and Mahoutsukai Chappy all have living mothers, though I'm not sure how much screentime they get.

Marvelous Melmo's mother is the one who gives her the bottle of magic pills, but by that point she's dead from a car crash — which is literally the first thing that happens in the series. So after that, she disappears from the plot.

Majokko Meg-chan doesn't have a blood-related mother, but on Earth, she's adopted by a former witch who serves as a mother figure for her.

Pastel Yumi's parents are both side characters who actually have a lot of marital problems — not sure how much they figure into the story.

Devil Hunter Yohko's mom is a side character and kind of a ditz. Much more prominent is Yohko's grandmother, who mentors her, gives her the transforming ring, sometimes fights alongside her, etc.

Yadamon's mother is the one who sends her to Earth as punishment for misbehaving and as a coming-of-age type thing, but I'm not sure how much screentime she gets.

Puni Puni Poemi has both parents, but they die off fairly quickly and the dad is more prominent.

The Heartcatch Precure girls both have both parents, but they're mostly background characters. However, the heroine's grandma is a former Cure and has a more prominent role as mentor/wise old lady.

In Mai-Otome, the heroine's mother is either dead or absent, but is still story-relevant because she used to be a magical girl too and the heroine inherited her transformation trinket and signature fighting suit. Finding her mother is also one of the heroine's main motivations.

But I think you're right that mothers tend to be absent from Magical Girl narratives. And I can also think of many examples where the girl has a plot-relevant and developed relationship with her father, but Mom is dead, absent, or not nearly as prominent — Cutey Honey, all the girls from Petite Princess Yucie, Mahou no Mako-chan, Mao-chan, Ask Dr. Rin, Onegai My Melody, and probably others.

Thanks for typing up this fantastic list! I've added the information to the main post.

And if you want a DW account, I can PM you an invite code. Just say the word ^_^

Completely unrelated but saw this free e-book for this month from the U of Chicago press and immediately thought of you! (strip the drm first; the drm software causes problems with pc's for whatever reason.)

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/freeEbook.html

Revel with a Cause: Liberal Satire in Postwar America
Stephen E. Kercher
Before there was Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, or Bill Maher, there were Mort Sahl, Stan Freberg, and Lenny Bruce—liberal satirists who, through their wry and scabrous comedic routines, waged war against the political ironies, contradictions, and hypocrisies of their times. Revel with a Cause is their story.

Definitely downloading. Thanks for the tip!

Hi I'm looking for your one fic (I think it's yours at least) where RL!Colbert and fake!Colbert switch places? Do you have a link? :)

I do! It's at

ptahrrific, findable via the fake news masterpost. You're looking for The Thing With Feathers =)

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