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Hiiiii i followed you for the communism thing but you also seem very silly in general. Cohost needs to add dms though

since i'm in the early stages of writing/worldbuilding my setting, I'm thinking: what is the goal of me doing this? Why do I want to make my own story? Beyond just growing up with and loving science fiction. And i think my reason is this: I want to create a world inspired by the works I look up to, but one with a place for people like me. I want to make my own because people who share my identity are largely missing from the works I grew up adoring.

the urge to work on personal creative projects grows strongest when there is homework due

My latest piece, Pact and pike, is an in-depth look at the deep networks of aid and resistance built by peasants across feudal Europe. Often dismissed as mindless mobs with pitchforks they instead sparked revolutions in communal organizing and fought their oppressors with a wide array of innovative tactics.

Over a year in the making, this anarchic history winds its way through community pacts, masked secret societies, revolutionary conspiracies, skilled ambushes, peasant militia breaking whole armies and a whole hell of a lot of dead nobles.

(If you like the piece, please consider becoming a paid subscriber or supporting my writing by donating a few bucks.)

Secret plots! Assassinations! Peasant mounted infantry! Lots and lots of burning castles! If I get to $275/mo in subscriptions you can read all about it.

(Also I am in poverty and I'd like to be able to afford bills)

Due to the generous support of my subscribers I am unlocking this piece delving into the peasant tactics and organizing behind one of the most famous medieval revolts.

There was so much here that it couldn't all make it into Pact and pike so it deserved its own piece. Thanks so much y'all! Enjoy!