3 ms·

this is the second time i see this author... wtf are the characters between paragraphs? i guess its to make the article more readable or to express multiple per

• xena 5y ago
  Author of the post here. I have found that I tend to insert asides in my articles a lot. The characters are there not only to help space things out and make it easier to read, there's also room for the Socratic Method of dialogue based teaching. I also slightly compartmentalize the kind replies based on which character is speaking, which allows for people to build otherwise unspoken associations about what kind of aside they are going to get. Mara with the split keyboard is usually for a pedantic aside or another place a concept can be applied, etc. This really is a bit of experimentation that I'm doing by playing with the writing style in a way that better suits my thought processes and allows me to take it beyond text. Also the more people complain about the furry characters in the blog posts, the more furries there will be. I am waiting for a few refsheets that I will use in various things in the future.