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Why I’m separating the Ink from the Pixels (and keeping it Legal)
We need to talk about "Hollywood Perfection" versus "Reality."In Alt.Cardiff2026, my protagonists (Rwth and Rhiannon) are in their 40s. They have lines on their faces. They are tired. They are drawn in stark, black-and-white ink because they are real.The bad guys? They are the "System." They are 3D-rendered, flawless, ageless, and hyper-sexualized. They represent the fake digital […]
Awen Null
On Multiplicity, Anchors, and Why The Hollow Circuit Became a Life’s Work
Writing across multiple universes with multiple alter egos is not a gimmick. It’s not a branding trick. It’s a survival strategy that gradually reveals itself as a method, then a philosophy, and eventually a responsibility.When you work long enough, longer than trends, longer than platforms, longer than the patience of algorithms, you stop pretending that […]
Awen Null
On Identity and Perception
Identity is often treated as a possession — something one has, something one can lose, protect, curate, or perform. In practice, identity behaves less like property and more like weather: patterned, recurring, shaped by pressure systems that rarely announce themselves in advance. Perception is where identity quietly fails. We like to believe that perception is […]
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