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    • catzillaC
      catzilla @somasatori
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      @somasatori What is/was that? 😮

      a dog is hiding under a blue blanket with a dolphin on it

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      • somasatoriS
        somasatori @catzilla
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        @catzilla Pillowfort was a private server that was occupied by a very connected friend group (or clique, depending on your perspective) of MUSHers. I believe it ran from the late 90s to the early 00s? I was never there myself, so I only have my knowledge as per WORA and other boards’ descriptions of what actually went on there.

        There were rumors that it was often used for fairly nefarious means, like orchestrating attacks on disliked players, large scale ostracism of certain players from games, and ā€œinvasionsā€ (in quotes because most of my information on that is from people who experienced it, rather than people who participated in this) of games where a sphere would suddenly be made up entirely of Pillowfort players, which understandably pushed other players out. Seanan McGuire was a member of the Pillowfort for a while. I’m also pretty sure that VASpider was as well, but that could just be a rumor from back in the day.

        "And the Fool says, pointing to the invertebrate fauna feeding in the graves: 'Here a monarchy reigns, mightier than you: His Majesty the Worm.'"
        Italo Calvino, The Castle of Crossed Destines

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        • PavelP
          Pavel
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          There’s a lot of hearsay and more than a few stories that are difficult to substantiate from that particular group around that particular time. Practically, any bad thing that could be attributed to them eventually was.

          Whether Spider was or wasn’t a member, they certainly took the blueprint and ran with it in later years.

          He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.
          BE AN ADULT

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          • JennkrystJ
            Jennkryst
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            Meanwhile, my pillow-fort is here for cuddles, lewds, lewd-cuddles, planning shenanigans with cool people, and not attacking people, just whining about folks who are mean.

            Mummy Pun? MUMMY PUN!
            She/her

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              Popes @Jennkryst
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              @Jennkryst said in Seeking ancestral MU knowledge:

              Meanwhile, my pillow-fort is here for cuddles, lewds, lewd-cuddles, planning shenanigans with cool people, and not attacking people, just whining about folks who are mean.

              Based.

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                dvoraen
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                My pillow fort involves a pillow and me being covered by a blanket with my head parked on said pillow. On a comfortable surface, ofc.

                meow

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                • WuffW
                  Wuff
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                  a cartoon character says

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                  • PrototartP
                    Prototart @somasatori
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                    @somasatori said in Seeking ancestral MU knowledge:

                    Seanan McGuire was a member of the Pillowfort for a while. I’m also pretty sure that VASpider was as well, but that could just be a rumor from back in the day.

                    she was literally the reason it existed it was part of the extended ā€œsaddest people in the entire universeā€ cult of non-personality around her

                    and yeah spider was absolutely part of it

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                      InkGolem @Prototart
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                      @Prototart ā€œsaddest people in the entire universeā€?

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                      • PavelP
                        Pavel @InkGolem
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                        @InkGolem People like me but older and somehow worse.

                        He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.
                        BE AN ADULT

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