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Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· 19h

The art by itself! (Posting multiple times so the full story can be included in the alt text. Bsky only allows 2k characters per image. I'll have to find a better way to make this accessible next time around.)

Trixie grabbed her arm immediately. “Feenie, no.” This was serious. Phoenica loved milk but very rarely drank it. She had the kind of lactose intolerance that could knock you horizontal with nausea for a full afternoon. Her body would rather deal with a knife in her stomach than a cheese stick. If she was drinking milk, she was ready to jump off the deep end.

Phoenica jingled her purse against the table. “Your strongest proof, please!”

“Uh . . .” The bartender skimmed through the fridge. “We got 1% and 2%.”

“Two percent!” Feenie shouted. “Why not? It’s all the same to me, apparently. In fact, I’d like to order fifty. Fifty glasses! You hear that, Belletrix? I’ll be getting to one hundred percent tonight one way or another.”

“Phoenica,” Trixie grabbed her by the shoulders and looked her dead in the eye. “If you get all hopped up on moocow the only thing you’ll get is 100% tummy hurty.” The bartender filled up a shot glass despite Trixie’s warnings.

“It’s what I deserve!” Phoenica cried in anguish, lifting the glass. Trixie dove for it and the two of them scuffled, but Phoenica won out in the end, tossing the entire thing back in a single gulp. She wiped the white mustache off her lip. “Take me away, my sweet alabaster poison.” Phoenica slammed against the countertop like a flapjack like the drink had instantly killed her.

“Feenie, c’mon,” Trixie put an arm around her, taking care not to rock her back and forth. “Molly’s gonna be fine. I have Giovanni’s number. I can get her the homework.”

“Really?” Phoenica stared up at her with teary eyes as the bartender poured her a second cup. Trixie subtly pushed it away.

“Don’t worry. Molly’s smart. Even if she wants to stay kidnapped, she’s not gonna not go to school. That’s too conspicuous. And if Molly’s good at anything, it’s staying under the radar. Right?”

“I suppose . . .”

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· 19h

Please enjoy the first #EpithetErased Star Bite, a bite-sized story based on reader-submitted prompts! This week: What Phoenica and Trixie get up to after the ending of "Prison of Plastic". Art by @brokenmercy.bsky.social

PROMPT:

"The Neo Trio walk into a bar to commiserate their troubles in film noir fashion"
- Flammable Zucchini

"What Trixie and Phoenica get up to when Molly's busy"
- VH

An image of Phoenica and Trixie, two twelve year olds, at a candy bar. Phoenica holds up a shot glass full of milk and shouts for another round. Trixie reacts with surprise.

TEXT:

Trixie Roughhouse had been walking around the neighborhood in search of her friend for the better part of an hour. Now they were here, smack dab in the bad part of town.

Trixie lowered their head and mumbled in a scary voice. “Whatever part of town I’m in is the bad part of town.” It paid to practice your intimidation tactics every day. You never know when you might need them. Trixie tilted their face up and down, strategically catching the sunlight at different angles so the shadows fell in an optimally scary way. “Oh? Is this the bad part of town? I hadn’t noticed since I . . . never leave it.” Their bang flipped the wrong way. Take two. “I hadn’t noticed since I’m . . . always here. Because I’m bad.”

Eh. There was something there.

Trixie shrugged and let the shadows fall from their face. They’d mess with one-liners later. They rounded the corner and their destination was in sight: The Juice Joint.

The Joint was a bar run out of an old train car. It was an authentic dining car taken from a real train so space in the venue was small, but that was fine. So was the clientele. The neighborhood kids had transformed it into a PG speakeasy, exchanging drinks and snacks for academic “favors”. More cheat sheets and test answers passed through this place than the teacher’s lounge. The school district knew all about the Joint, but they let it stay in operation. The forward-thinking educators of Sweet Jazz decided that a safe environment to teach kids about bribery and embezzlement (two of the city’s primary exports) was more important than making sure they had every part of their times tables memorized.

The Joint had been proudly serving anyone ages seven to seventeen for years. If you were over six feet tall, you needed an ID to verify your age if you wanted to get in. A badly-drawn cardboard skeleton mascot hanging over the door welcomed customers inside.

Ordinarily Phoenica Fleecity’s little goodie two-shoes wouldn’t be caught walking within five miles of this place, but this had been a rough week. She might be nearby.

Trixie’s suspicions were confirmed when they spotted a bike leaning against a telephone pole: Baby blue with all the fixings: Sparkly streamers, high-quality banana seat, a bell, water bottle holder. Heck, stick a trading card in the spokes and this was about as top-of-the-line as a bike could get. Primo target for stealing.

In fact, it was so good that it was suspicious. The owner hadn’t even locked it up (typical Feenie).

A crowd of adolescent would-be bike thieves were gathered around in a circle, staring at it. Was this a trap? A sting operation? Should one of them risk it?

Trixie cut into the circle of bikestanders (bike bystanders) and lifted up the frame, walking away with it. “A-thank you,” they said, waddling the bike over to the Joint’s bouncer, Brick.

Brick Hamshunkle, who both looked and sounded like his name would imply, held up a rectangular hand and growled as Trixie approached.

“Eyy, c’mon, Roughhouse. We don’t want no trouble.”

Every single one of Trixie’s older siblings had been banned from the Joint during their school days. Broken windows, broken glasses, broken bones. By the time Trixie was old enough to attend, they had been added to the ban list on relation alone as a cautionary measure.

(cont.)

Phoenica Fleecity raised an empty can of bubble water in the air, then flopped down, splaying her lanky arms across the countertop. She had a single-digit number of hairs out of place, which for her was an emotional crisis. Trixie appeared at her side like a one-eyed emotional support whack-a-mole.

“Feenie, what’re ya doin’ here?”

“Hm? . . . Trixie?!” Phoenica jumped. She rubbed her own eyes and fixed her posture, embarrassed to be seen in this condition. “I thought—” She had enough wherewithal to lean down and whisper. “I thought you weren’t allowed?”

“I’m allowed,” they lied. “Why weren’t you answering texts?”

“Oh, my dear!” she flailed. “I’m in a state. Molly’s been absent from school for two whole days now! I don’t know where to deliver her homework. She’s been kidnapped by a miscreant, and I can’t stop thinking about her grades. It’s affecting my composure. I can barely sleep! And I . . . !” Phoenica looked left and right with conspiratorial mania in her eyes. “Can you keep a secret?”

“Ya.”

Phoenica dug one of her many identical cell phones out of her pockets and messily thumbed through her gallery. “We had a pop quiz today. A pop quiz! Ten questions. Math. Easy. And look. Look at this!” She pulled up a photo and shoved it in Trixie’s face. A photo of a test. It was blurry. Her hand was probably shaking when she took it. “I got two of the questions wrong. Two! That’s a ‘B’. Eighty percent! Or at least I think it is. But why should you believe me? The math fraud!” She slammed her fist on the table. “Bartender! No more of this cheap seltzer! I want a glass of milk!”

(cont. in reply. Sorry, these are screenshots of text and Bsky only allows 2000 characters per post which isn't enough (eye roll)

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· 7d

Happy #MundieMonday, everyone! I'm super excited to announce the start of 🌟EPITHET STARBITES!🌟 Each week we'll be posting a bite-sized #EpithetErased story based on your prompts. Is there a character interaction you want to see? Something you're curious about? Submit your idea now! (Rules below)

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· 14d

It's a quieter #MundieMonday this week for #EpithetErased. Writing is ongoing and song production is underway. Illustration work will also be starting up next week. Remember that you can always see more in-depth WIP updates on our Pætreon!

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· 21d

I wonder how each of the dubs handled the little song Percy sings when Zora destroys her pistol— hey wait a minute.

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· 21d

I did some checks to make sure the Indonesian language versions were inserted right which means EPs 2-7 are still processing. EP1's audio track is available and the subtitles are up on all episodes. Hopefully YouTube will finish processing these soon.

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· 21d

Here is the principal cast and crew for both versions. Thanks to everyone at @pixeldubbing.bsky.social and GEMA! productions for all their hard work and for their patience.

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· 21d

Want to listen to the dubs? Change the language in the settings! Both dubs have subtitles and song covers for the OP/ED. These dubs were announced in 2025. Unfortunately, we only gained the ability to add multiple audio tracks this month, so it's taken until now to put them on the original series!

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· 21d

Big update for #MundieMonday: The Epithet dubs are now available on the original uploads in Spanish/Indonesian! 🇲🇽 Revisa la publicación original y cambia la pista de audio o los subtítulos para verlo. 🇮🇩 Tonton video aslinya, lalu ubah audio atau subtitle untuk menikmatinya dalam bahasa pilihanmu.

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· 28d

It's another #MundieMonday, Epithet fans! This week we have sketches of Molly and Giovanni's new "villain costumes" for the upcoming villain song. Concept sketches by Bo Hello and @meatfrosting.bsky.social. Which of Giovanni's goofy outfits do you like the best?

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· Jul 13

Its #MundieMonday, which means your weekly #EpithetErased production updates. This week we commissioned Bo for some doll concept art for the upcoming Rick doll. He's going to have a FRIENDSHIP STRING so he can connect to other dolls. I also finished the lyrics on the Gio song. It's 6.5m long. 👀

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· Jul 11

writing this song is going to kill me

A Discord conversation.

Jello screencaps an image of a Rhyming website that pairs "pantomime" and "oto-hime" together.

JELLO: motherfucker "oto-hime" does not rhyme with pantomime

LUCI: HAH

A screencap of another pairing: "just in time" and "kissanime"

JELLO: KISS ANIME???

LUVEY: KISSANIME

LUCI: HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH

SCOOTUS: Oto-hime said like "Oto-(WAVE EMOJI)"
SCOOTUS: Oh ok.

LUCI: HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

JELLO: Do you think "anime" is pronounced "Aneheim" like the Socal city???

LUVEY: Adding whatever in there

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· Jul 6

Hey #EpithetErased fans, starting today we're bringing back #MundieMondays where we give active updates each week on the Epithet work we're doing. This week is focused on finalizing the lyrics for the Giovanni villain song. We're 2/3 verses done. It's the longest song in the series by far.

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· Jul 3

I didn't know until today that Ramsey Murdoch has been cosplaying the main character from Far Cry 1 this entire time

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· Jun 25

The polls are closed! It looks like PERCY is going to be the friend of choice this time around. ...But I see the Sylvie interest also and I don't want to leave him out. I'll see if I can get a Sylvie doll in the works before the end of the year.

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· Jun 23

Hey person who set up a bunch of bots to spam this with Sylvie votes, I can see this getting 100/votes per minute. You got 15 minutes to identify yourself and fess up or I'm auto-selecting Percy. Thanks!

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· Jun 23

Rick shades is looking for a NEW FRIEND!!! Who do you think he should become friends with next? (READ: Which one do you want to be a doll?) Vote below!

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· May 17

www.patreon.com/posts/158534... Check out OVER 200 DRAWINGS from the #EpithetErased books sent out to Kickstarter backers! Full post is available to everybody on my Patreon. Which one is your favorite?

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· May 17

Gonna put together a little compilation of the 200+ photos my dad took of the Prison of Plastic Kickstarter Backer drawings I did. If you have your book handy, I'd love a photo of the one you got in the replies! There were 1000 in all, so there's a pretty good chance you have one I don't.

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· Apr 24

We animated a tiny chunk of "Prison of Plastic" for our newest video: THE FORBIDDEN LEMONADES. Unfortunately *my* government-assigned flavor is hot dog. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEy3...

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· Feb 16

This is probably the best new one

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· Feb 16

www.patreon.com/posts/150948... The scripts from the #EpithetErased 5-year anniversary are now available for all Patrons, as well as some brand new Trixie portraits for a tiny animation we're doing. My dad sent me 200+ doodles I put in the Kickstarter backer books. Gonna organize/share them soon!

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· Sep 18

Epithet Erased: Prison of Plastic is back in stock! You can get your physical copy today. To celebrate, here's a new #EpithetErased short about 🐰 Art by @luveygold.bsky.social Audio from Colinfield8

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· Aug 7

A new #EpithetErased illustration from Bo for the upcoming book. The Banzai Blasters are exploring the museum's new "Aero Hall" exhibit, a history of Tagia's airplanes and warfare. Check out all the WIP sketches and Bo's incredible war posters on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/135963...

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· Jul 1

Editing for the Museum book's 3rd draft begins today alongside a new #EpithetErased illustration. The copyeditors had some really cool ideas that might take awhile to implement, but I think it'll be worth it.

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· Jun 30

I'm sure all 700 notes on the draft of this book are "perfect, good to go"

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· Jun 11

Another illustration for the #EpithetErased book is finished, but this one is a secret...

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· May 26

The first illustration for the novelized Museum Arc #EpithetErased book is done!

Epithet Erased (Book 2 - Final Rewrites: 108/125 pages)@epitheterased· May 25

Extremely excited to have found a little cameo role for my favorite useless newsie as a framing device newscaster in the Redwood Run novelization. She's in the TTRPG book and has shown up in scrapped projects and lost streams, but this will be her first official appearance.