Image 1 — Anyone else have their lowers perform spontaneous mitosis during sales?
Image 2 — Anyone else have their lowers perform spontaneous mitosis during sales?

Anyone else have their lowers perform spontaneous mitosis during sales?

I have two uppers (8.5" 300Blk suppressed and 11.5" in 5.56) that share one lower. Somehow it magically spawned another and now I have two complete guns.

Total mystery, and a complete coincidence that the same lower was on sale the other day.

I use 20rd mags for 300Blk and 30rd mags for 5.56 to avoid cross-contamination. How do you separate yours?

u/Highlander_16 — 2 days ago
▲ 265 r/Bushcraft

Homemade arrows are my favorite craft at the moment!

Left to right:

  1. Chert? Maple shaft, turkey feathers

  2. Flint? Forsythia shaft, turkey feathers

  3. Obsidian, Forsythia shaft, Canada goose feathers

  4. Spoon handle, Forsythia shaft, Canada goose feathers

All bound with synthetic sinew and homemade pine resin glue.

u/Highlander_16 — 25 days ago
▲ 252 r/Bushcraft

Fishing net made with a popsicle bag

I like to incorporate recycling into my bushcraft projects, so here's my first fishing net!

Maple, bank line, and popsicle bag.

It easily holds a 2kg weight, but of course the weight isn't thrashing and doesn't have spines or teeth lol. Hopefully I can hook a fish this weekend in order to test it out!

u/Highlander_16 — 1 month ago

Shout out to the senior moderators of Royal Road

I logged in today to find a random 0.5 star rating on my story.

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I am by no means someone who can't accept criticism, but the lowest possible rating without any explanation devastated me. I've had some constructive feedback and enjoy such things immensely, but this was different. It had me questioning my entire existence for a moment.

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I eventually decided to submit a support ticket to see if anything could be done. Within *two minutes* of submitting the ticket a moderator reviewed the case, found the rating suspicious, removed it, and blocked the user from rating or reviewing my fiction.

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Dawn Chapman, you're my hero! I've never had such a quick response to a support ticket from any other service or site of any kind. Amazing.

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I'm sure others have experienced this kind of thing as well, got any stories? Did you get it taken care of like this?

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u/Highlander_16 — 2 months ago
▲ 248 r/Bushcraft

Refining my arrow-making process

Had some fun teaching my boy how to make an arrow today. The rougher, earlier attempt is from a few months ago. I've definitely improved, just need to get better at making the heads! Both fly well, but the new one is clearly superior.

I used turkey feather and synthetic sinew for both, but I used proper pine pitch glue on the new one instead of just melted pine sap. The first shaft is a maple branch and the second is a cutting from my hedge and I have no idea what type of wood it is lol

u/Highlander_16 — 3 months ago

Finally commissioned some cover art!

A huge thank you to u/ohitsjustange for bringing my cover to life! This specific silhouette style I requested reminds me of layered cut-stamp artwork and I love it!

My original cover was finger-painted by me then 'enhanced' with ai (🤢) in order to have *something* to post with my story, but it still felt gross. It was the only way that ai was or ever will be associated with my story, and it's great to finally be free of it!

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/158479/blood-ties

u/Highlander_16 — 3 months ago

If you can change your team whenever you like, what's the point?

Not one argument I have heard in favor of closed primaries holds any water with me. It's just another beaurecratic obstacle in support of the corrupt two-party status quo. Yes, I could change my registration as I please in order to vote in primaries. But if I can do that, what the fuck is the point of a closed primary in the first place??

Per usual, I am the Libertarian shaking my fist and shouting into the void for recognution and representation while nobody else cares lol

u/Highlander_16 — 3 months ago

Some juicy slander in the book I'm reading

Disclaimer: I may be a Pathfinder 1e supremacist, but I do play and enjoy D&D 5e with my family lol

u/Highlander_16 — 3 months ago

This is why I'm a writer, not an illustrator

I have a great respect for people who can bring life to visual media in ways that I simply cannot. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but I find that I get a lot more mileage out of a thousand words than an equal amount of time spent doodling with my finger on my phone.

It is entertaining, though. I wish RR had a gallery to upload images associated with a story so I could include these for my readers' amusement.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy Morwyn and Argoth sparring!

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/158479/blood-ties

u/Highlander_16 — 3 months ago