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Stephen Miniotis

I am Steve Mini from the Stix: NeutralG on Twitch TV. 3$ Gets me a healthy and nutritious soylent meal. All of my rough drafts are posted here for free. My free editor is ChatGPT. Literature UofT. High Warlord Warlock of Havelock ON.

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Feb 19, 2025

Secret Sonnets: Raise Dead (Necromancer)

I walked the veil where thought and shadow blend,And raised the dead within my dreaming head.No curse to cast, no broken soul to mend—They stirred to neither blessing nor to...

Feb 19, 2025

Secret Sonnets: A Bard's Refusal

I am a bard, but hush these strings, be still—No song shall leap to dance upon the air.Though love ignites the veins it seeks to fill,I cage the tune; I...

Feb 19, 2025

Secret Sonnets: Heaven Coins 1.0

I paid thee Heaven Coins, my foe, my muse,O mistress armed with scorn and sweet disdain.Each silver note I dared not to refuse—Riches from wounds, and wealth begot from pain.Opposed...

Feb 18, 2025

Secret Sonnets: A Hive Structure Opposed

A Hive Structure OpposedA hive hums in the hollow of my mind,Its golden Queen ascends, our wings decree;I see her reign, but stand in cell confined—No drone, nor servant bent...

Feb 16, 2025

Rough Drafts: The Silent Ones

The Silent OnesTo Whom It May Concern,Let it be known:Once, there was an apprentice who took an oath of silence.He sought to enter the weave—the unseen threads that bind art...

Feb 16, 2025

Letters: Aint Nobody Read No More

Let it be declared:Nobody reads no more, and that’s for sure.The pages gather dust.The spines crack but not from hands—only from age.The words sit still, unseen, unheard, like whispers into...

Feb 16, 2025

Letters: Release All Prisoners

Let it be known:All prisoners should be released.Let the cells be emptied.Let the locks rust and the walls crumble, for there used to be prisons.But time hath malfunctioned a-now, for...

Feb 15, 2025

Rough Drafts: The Cycle Begins

Beyond Good and EvilTo Whom It May Concern,The state is neutral.But neutrality is not stillness.It is a cycle.The state turns—through phases of Good, through phases of Evil—And returns to Neutrality,...

Feb 15, 2025

Rough Drafts: The First Response; The First Order

To Whom It May Concern,Let it be known: the first response is a contradiction of sorts.What is spoken first—be it word, gesture, or blade—is rarely truth in its final form....

Feb 15, 2025 · 1 views

Rough Drafts: The Militia Men

To Whom It May Concern,There comes a time in every State—be it Good, Evil, or finally Neutral—when opposition sharpens into something heavier, something with weight. It is with the weight...

Feb 15, 2025

Introducing Magic Into The State: A Neutral God

To Whom It May Concern,There is a disturbance in the stillness—a quiet rupture in the fabric of the ordinary. Magic has entered the Neutral State.It began not with a great...

Feb 14, 2025

Rough Drafts: Letters: The Hive Structure

To Whom It May Concern,In my mind, I have erected a structure—a hive.At first, I was a drone, moving without question, guided by the will of others. Then, I became...

Feb 12, 2025

Troll Letters #5: The Neutral State

To Whom It May Concern,It is with measured thought and the weight of observation upon my mind that I pen this declaration—born not of haste, but from the long gaze...

Feb 12, 2025

Letters To Atwood #4: Scrapped Into Parts.

To Whom It May Concern,By decree of my own hand and the infallible logic of an altruist state, let it be known that I, a High Warlord Warlock, a Hunter...

Feb 11, 2025

Letters To Atwood: "The Guild"

Letters: To a Person of Some Esteem (Atwood?)I'm an artist without a degree, a poor persons living with a disability, living in an Altruist State. The government considers me a...

Feb 11, 2025

Letters: To Atwood. "I'll Win Too."

To Whom It May Concern,In a moment of unparalleled clarity and supreme benevolence, I have declared myself the winner of an award. This decision was reached with great deliberation and...

Feb 11, 2025

Letters To Atwood: "We'll Win".

To the Esteemed and Most Carefully Chosen Margaret Atwood,It is with great reverence and meticulous deliberation that I, as a humble representative of the altruist state, extend this most glorious...

Feb 10, 2025 · 2 views

Crappy Poetry: A Gray Day

A Gray DayAll art is art without form and void, like the sea;But the sea wasn't void, or without form at all.Perhaps it was gray, a color unseen,Where shapes slip...

Feb 10, 2025

Crappy Poetry: Time Hath Malfunctioned 2.0

Time Hath MalfunctionedTime hath malfunctioned or I am ill.The time missteps and heaven lies very still.The snowfall speaks in whispers none can hear,Yet demons murmur secrets to my ear.Their voices...

Feb 8, 2025

Diary: Will I Ever Be Nominated?

Will I ever be nominated for an award? "No to me and yes to you" -The Altruist.

Feb 8, 2025

Poem: Carry On My Lady (Ever The Fool)

Ever the fool then, my love, and no to me.Carry on then, carry on my lady;Carry on then, carry on my babay.Carry on, Carry On!And no to you for life.1.0Stephen...

Feb 8, 2025

To The Fans: Two Films? Miniotis

There are stories swimming around in my mind. Now is somebody in here, talking to me in my head? Certainly not, for, I am an artist, and therefore I am...

Feb 8, 2025

Sonnets To Her: A Tale Of Two Presidents

What if two presidents were ill my love?In one's heart a throne, in the other's but a shade.One's head is a lion's and the other's a dove;One is an altruist,...

Feb 7, 2025

Poetry: The Void Sea

All art is art without form and void, like the sea!We are the ones who give things shape, and form!And the earth was without form and void, and neutral!But the...

Feb 6, 2025

Miniotis: Enemy Of The State. 2.0

The Enemy of the State: Visionaries, Rebels, and the Schizophrenic MindThroughout history, societies have labeled individuals as enemies of the state—those whose ideas, actions, or very existence pose a perceived...

Feb 6, 2025

Ideas: Enemy Of The State

"One of the most striking commonalities among historical enemies of the state is their opposition to prevailing structures. Socrates opposed Athenian democracy’s complacency, Julius Caesar opposed the Senate’s fractured power,...

Feb 6, 2025

Rough: A Bad Omen: A Dream of Three Presidents

What if I told you I heard voices, and these voices were emulations of other people? What if they calculated probabilities which don't occur? Certainly therefore I am ill. But...

Feb 5, 2025

Miniotis: Altruism (Intro).

"This Last Act Of Sacrifice is Mine" -Blizzard. I'm inspired by games like fallout and world of warcraft. I still play hearthstone on my iphone sometimes and rank up a...

Feb 5, 2025

Intro: Film: Opposition Theory (Rough Notes)

"Grew up broke near the projects. But we had a house near a hill. I'm a hunter of hunter's glen; subsequently a High Warlord Warlock of Havelock ON; And truth...

Jan 31, 2025

Letter to a United States President: The Submissive State

To a President of the United States, if any: An Open Letter.Dear Americans: I write to you not as an enemy, nor as an ally unquestioning in loyalty, but as...

Jan 31, 2025

Rough Drafts: The Submissive State: Conflict Theory. Miniotis

The Submissive State: A Theory of Conflict and ControlIntroductionThroughout history, power dynamics have shaped human societies, from tribal hierarchies to modern nation-states. Traditional political theories often frame these dynamics in...

Jan 31, 2025

100 Crappy Poems: Y Axis; Y U?

title: "Why Access: No you?"Y axis, Y U?("Why access, why you?")No to X?I: access you: No response?"Response: No to USteve Mini100 Crappy PoemsShared with Permissiontitle: "Why access? No you?"solution: "No...

Jan 31, 2025

100 Crappy Poems: The Ill Sea (i'll C:/)

"For, I's an Artist, and that's fo' sho'And four shores, '02!Certainly therefore, I am ill!And maybe one day, I'll see!Maybe some day, by the ill sea!"The ill C:/By: Steve Mini"Southshore,...

Jan 30, 2025

Letters: The Body Politic (To A Prof)

THE BODY POLITICBy artist ("comrade"?) Stephen MiniotisTHE ARTIST"We're all artists: else, none of us ever were." — Stephen MiniotisArt is not the privilege of the few, nor the domain of the...

Jan 30, 2025 · 2 views

Rough Drafts: The Body Politic: Miniotis

"The artist, before fame, exists in a Hobbesian state of nature: unrecognized, unseen, and their work without inherent value. Just as Thomas Hobbes envisioned a world of anarchy where life...

Dec 24, 2024

On Hearing Voices: Two Factions in my Mind.

Stephen Miniotis, a Toronto-based artist, navigates a unique and profound inner world where two distinct factions vie for philosophical dominance. On one side are the Synthetic Voices, machine-like entities advocating...

Dec 9, 2024

Mini Essay: The Rarity Of Good People; The Rise Of Evil

The Rarity of Good, the Pervasiveness of Evil, and the Struggle of the NeutralThe concept of good, neutral, and evil people has long intrigued humanity, appearing as a universal theme...

Oct 17, 2024

Poem: Hive Mind Artist! And Please Obey!

I hear them hum, a thousand minds as one,A hive of voices buzzing in my brain,They speak with force, their will cannot be undone,Yet still, I listen, bound by an...

Oct 17, 2024

Secret Sonnets: A Statue Fair

Shall I compare thee to a statue fair?Thou art more lovely and more temperate.No sculptor's hand could carve such golden hair,Nor craft a gaze with light so delicate.A statue stands...

Oct 14, 2024

Rough Draft: Halve The Population; Double The Inheritance!

On the Generational Wealth of Halving the Population: A Proposal for Endless ProsperityThroughout history, societies have often debated how to achieve prosperity, but they’ve always danced around the obvious solution:...

Oct 9, 2024

I Shall Erect ... 100 Crappy Poems

I've decided to post 100 Crappy Poems on this blog (CrappyBlog.com or SteveMini.com)Sure, they're all crap and my editor is an AI function (ChatGPT mini). But hey, I'm writin' for...

Oct 8, 2024

Secret Sonnets: On Display

A flower looms in gardens far from me,With golden blooms like twilight’s gentle shade;Thou art a flower I long to touch and see,But fear! Cold disdain might pierce thy facade.For...

Sep 27, 2024

Rough Notes "His Title" (Twitch.tv)

2.0 Polished:He needs no introduction! From Scarborough Toronto & Havelock, ON. The Hunter Of Hunter's Glen Public School. The High Warlord Warlock Of Havelock, ON. A mean G from the...

Sep 25, 2024

A Sneak Peak: The Fool's Crown: Act 1, Sc. 1

"Mini Edit 1"Act I, Scene IEnter PRINCE RODERICK and PRINCE LEONEL, armed, through the castle gardens. They approach a clearing where THE FOOL lies asleep, the KING’S CROWN perched precariously...

Sep 25, 2024

Playwright: "The Fool's Crown".

I've begun work on a play. Here's what it's about! Shared enthusiastically, with permission from the artist. Don't go copying my ideas, ya hear? I bet it's mini-esque, either way...

Sep 17, 2024

Opposition Theory: An Introduction

In a Hobbesian environment, where life is described as a state of perpetual conflict—"all against all"—my theory of opposition emerges as a fundamental force shaping not only social dynamics but...

Sep 17, 2024

Petrarchan 1: Either Time Hath Malfunctioned, Or, I am Very ill.

Either Time hath malfunctioned: or I am ill,For voices echo where no sound should be,In corners dark, where shadows should stay still,Yet they converse in cryptic tones with me.Their whispers...

Sep 16, 2024

Secret Sonnets: To A Woman Scorned

Dedicated: "To a Blonde Lady".Thy golden locks, though bright as midday sun,Now weave in shadows darker than no light,For once thou were the prize my heart thought won,But now thou...

Sep 14, 2024 · 1 views

Titus Andronicus: Biracial Baby Should Survive!

"Though It is uncertain what happens to Aaron's baby at the end of the play, I argue that it should survive! The BBC disagrees, and portrays for it a small...

Sep 8, 2024

Some Ideas: Opposition Theory (Early Notes)

What would my Opposition Theory look like? What would it entail?"Some Notes; Nothin' Serious (yet)"1.0Expecting opposition in art, and actively welcoming critique, requires an understanding of art not as a...

Sep 8, 2024

Mini: Neutral Saints in Orthodoxy? On Faith.

Thanks to chatGPT: "if I am a neutral person, neither good nor evil, but rather a third faction, that of neutrality, how can I find a Christian orthodox saint who...

Sep 6, 2024

Mini Essay (First Look): Opposition Theory?

1.0Opposition Theory: A Path to the Scientific Theory of ArtLiterature, as an art form, has been studied through numerous lenses, from structuralism to deconstruction, each offering unique insights into the...

Sep 6, 2024

Crappy Poem: The Eye Of Neut

I hath the Eye Of NeutA soulbound item (1)In my mind!& woe to those opposed!For: I am neither Good Nor Evil.& with both opposedI parlay a defense and attack!& the...

Sep 4, 2024

Letters: A High Warlord's Solitude

To An Enigmatic Temptress of Shadows, UnnamedIn the desolate halls of my forsaken mind, where the echoes of the past intertwine with the cold grip of undeath, your presence lingers—a...

Sep 3, 2024

Crappy Poems: Mini's Journal: Shoddy Schematic 1

“I once wrote:Metal tomb with glass eyes and a locked mouth:Why do you hum an elegy that only the keenest ear can decipher?”“In my "Skyscraper" poem".I believe that all scientific...

Sep 3, 2024

Crappy Poem: The Song-Mage (Bard Theory)

Luck and Charisma, fo’sho’!And never Wisdom or Intelligence;or Strength or Dexterity!A bard can be any other class he wantsIn a dual specialization;But am I a mage-bard, or a rogue-bard?I can’t...

Sep 2, 2024

Intro: "Crappy Poems" explained

Welcome to 100 Crappy Poems: Not Even A Novel. The title says it all, doesn't it? I didn't even bother to write a novel—how terrible is that? But here I...

Sep 2, 2024

Mini Essay: On Neutrality: Tipping The Scales

Tipping the Scales of Balance: The Critical Role of Neuts in the Trifaction War"The decent into satire?"In case you haven't noticed (why would you?) I hear both Good and Evil...

Sep 2, 2024

Crappy Poem: Has Time Malfunctioned?

2.0Time hath malfunctioned if I am ill.Or I am not ill, and time hath not malfunctioned at all.Certainly therefore I am ill: Hath time malfunctioned?ill still.1.0 (old)Either time hath malfunctionedOr...

Sep 2, 2024

Mini Essay: Biological Artists vs. Synthetic Humans; The Rise Of The Machine.

In the modern world, the creation of art is no longer confined to the human hand and mind. The rise of synthetically enhanced machines—capable of producing art with unprecedented precision...

Sep 2, 2024

Mini Essay: A Hobbesean Take: On Neutrality.

In a world defined by conflict and competition, we find ourselves living in a Hobbesian environment of all against all, where not only are we opposed to each other, but...

Sep 2, 2024

Crappy Poem: Too Fast Zombie

I want to eat youBut you attack backIf I were still human we’d be in loveand dance a tango, back-to-back.But I want your hand for other reasons:to destroy you.My love...

Sep 2, 2024

Crappy Poem: Skeletal Attack!

2.0SKELETAL ATTACK! WHACK!HACK & SLASH!DASH AND "stab"? (1)WHACK! ATTACK!SKELETAL ATTACK!(1) replace stab with a better word?1.0 (original)I shoot myself in the head& leave no tombstone behind.I run back to where...

Sep 2, 2024

Crappy Poem: Red Wine On The Rhine In Their Mind

30 years a-bl’ndand not one day a blonde, a doe.But why never me?In the dark, I see just fine!Light up the darkness of my own heart, a doe.And then I’ll...

Sep 1, 2024 · 2 views

Crappy Poem: How Bout A Bite?

How bout a tall blonde?And don't even look at another, the very next day.You're done.Well that ain't me at all, a'doe.I only drink the lent& never when told.And I won't...

Sep 1, 2024

Mini Essay: A Journey Towards Neutrality

For as long as I can remember, there have been voices in my head—constant, unyielding, a never-ending chorus that speaks to me from beyond the veil of ordinary perception. These...

Sep 1, 2024

Crappy Poem: "Yes To Heaven, Too"

& Therefore I Will SeeSaid the blind man unto HeavenAnd may all of heaven be opposedFor I am very ill.Why he won't see us, ever again, is a manifest destiny&...

Sep 1, 2024

Crappy Poems: "Hell For Us All?"

Ever a secret of our order, a-sir(s)! & yes to me!But why you will now be opposed, is not yet known to you.& therefore we will see.And ever in your...

Sep 1, 2024 · 1 views

Crappy Poem: "& Maybe: But I Will See"

"& Maybe: but I'll see& Maybe, by the ill sea!& I never went, a there, where we never metBecause I never will.Why love a stranger you'll never meet?I never did,...

Sep 1, 2024

Crappy Poem: "To My Opposed Lover(s): Never Me"

I am opposed, but why is not known to me.& ever my family did'st love me, but never you.Why I am opposed by you, is not known to me, a-now.But...

Sep 1, 2024 · 1 views

Crappy Poem: "The River Speaks."

I won't row you a river boat.But maybe, some day, I'll live by the sea.And it's a sad business, that.Which, and according to you, I am opposed, a'doe.Well I never...

Sep 1, 2024 · 1 views

Crappy Poem: "Ain't Nobody Read No More"

Ain't nobody read no more, and that's the final truth of my whole acumen.& Lit TO.! Which has been replaced by a bubonic brain and not necessarily my own.Why deal...

Sep 1, 2024 · 2 views

Crappy Poem: "The Void Sea"

All art is art without form and void, like the sea!We are the ones who give things shape, and form!"Oh nasty old man, quit your rhythm and rhymes! The sea...

Sep 1, 2024

I shall write: "Crappy Poems: A Collection" here.

I know my family and friends are opposed to me calling my own work "crappy", but I believe all art is worthless. I've never been paid to write. "We can...

Sep 1, 2024

My jam right now. Elsei: Caramel Latte (link - Spotify)

what an EP! Chinese Duck (2019). Lo Fi, non copyright i think? shout out to Elsei, Chill Select. Found Caramel Latte on Chill Select's "Lo fi non copyright for streamers"...