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PATTERN BANNERS | galaxy 05.

( requested by → Anon & @forjongseong )

this palette reminds me of how the night sky goes from dark blues to purples after the sun sets and before the sun rises. original title for this was ‘night wave,’ hehe.

colours : 001 / 002 / 003 / 004 / 005 / 006 / 007 / 008 / 009

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PATTERN BANNERS | galaxy 08.

( requested by → @strawberrystepmom )

went with more monotone colours here for the background and the design elements. i think it works?! loving the orange heehee

colours : 001 / 002 / 003 / 004 / 005 / 006 / 007 / 008 / 009

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ANIMATED LINES | blend.

──────── ⵌ RAINBOW ...

──────── ⵌ DAWN ...

──────── ⵌ SUNSET ...

( requested by → @suncreamz )

ahhhhh, these colours are so pleasing it makes me so happy heheh 🤍🤍🤍 ! I added other sizes because why not heehee

again, I recommend saving this via desktop because some of them are suuuuper smol and thin and hard to save on mobile :s

blends : 001 / 002 / 003 / 004

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First of all, amazing demo, quickly became a part of my Top 10 IFs to play. Second of all, I love Cirern. He is my pookie, my babygirl, my homeboy, my rotten soldier... And I have a question considering my new wife, how would Cirern react if MC accidentally calls him Dad (or Mom) by accident one day when they are having a lesson?

I'm so happy you liked the demo that much <3 Cirern is indeed rotten (joking but not really)

Your question's so cute and funny that I decided to write a short scenario for it haha. Enjoy!

(I don’t think the MC ever says ‘dad’ to their own dad in the story itself, only ‘father’, but I’ll use ‘dad’ in this version)

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“Your mind is wandering again.”

The claim pulled you away from the doodle you had angrily worked on for the past few minutes to the man standing with his arms loosely crossed over his chest.

“Two years,” he continued in a murmur. You did not often hear him sigh, but the small huff of air that left him now surely counted as one. “I have shared invaluable knowledge with you over the course of two years, yet you keep making me waste my breath by choosing to focus on scribbles.”

As if to prove his own point, Cirern reached out and plucked your notebook from the table, ignoring your affronted ‘hey!’ as he raised a finger and tapped it against the page. “Tell me, what exactly is this meant to portray?”

Your fingers tightened around your pen. “It’s…” You couldn’t say that it was a stick figure version of him. He did not even recognize it, himself. Or perhaps he did but wanted you to provide your own answer, anyway. You could never be certain when it came to him.

“It’s nothing!” you snapped finally and reached for the notebook. “I’ll pay attention from now on, okay? Give it back, dad–“

The word slipped out before you could stop it. Your hand paused on its way to the notebook, fingers stilling just an inch away from it.

Cirern stared at you, unblinking, for what felt like an eternity. The only indication of surprise came in the form of parted lips, only for the silence to claim the words he might have meant to speak.

“I…” You trailed off, searching for something to say amidst growing panic. “I- I wasn’t talking to you when I said that. I was talking to the automaton.”

The automaton stood in the corner, quietly watching the exchange. Only when you referred to it did it move to incline its head. “I am always at your disposal, my liege.”

“Ah.” The lie, however poor, seemed to snap Cirern out of whatever state of shock the ‘dad’ comment had sent him into, and the unreadable look on his face eased into mild wryness. “Of course.”

He carefully placed the notebook back on your desk, observing the doodle a moment longer with an absentminded expression before his gaze returned to you. “And now that I finally have your attention, tell me who it was that founded the Institute of Arcane Arts.”

Though it helps to smooth over the awkwardness, you groaned at the immediate shift back to your studies and reached for the history book that laid discarded to your left.

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drop this sunflower🌻 into the inboxes of the blogs that make you happy ! lets spread a little sunshine☀️

AWWWW AMARANTH THIS IS SO SWEET...... THANK YOU SO MUCH MWAH !!!!

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Lord (tumblr) give me strength to finish this uroboros fic.... im so close......... 2.3k words in........ the light at the end of the tunnel.......

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The 2025 Gender Census is now open!

[ Link to survey ]

The 12th annual international gender census, collecting information about the language we use to refer to ourselves and each other, is now open until 30th August 2025.

It’s short and easy, for most participants it takes 5 minutes or less.

After the survey is closed I’ll process the results and publish a spreadsheet of the data and a report summarising the main findings. Then anyone can use them for academic or business purposes, self-advocacy, tracking the popularity of language over time, and just feeling like we’re part of a huge and diverse community.

If you think you might have friends and followers who’d be interested, please do reblog this blog post, and share the survey URL by email or at AFK social groups or on other social networks. Every share is extremely helpful!

Survey URL: https://survey.gendercensus.com

The survey is open to anyone anywhere who speaks English and feels that the gender binary doesn’t fully describe their experience of themselves and their gender(s) or lack thereof.

If you can't wait for survey numbers, you can click here for a public spreadsheet of non-secret info with graphs as it comes in, updated manually a few times per day.

Thank you so much!

[ Link to survey ]

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cooking with trauma

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the author's barely disguised open wound splattered livid and filthy across everything they create

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READ INTRODUCTION HERE READ RO APPEARANCES HERE

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brimming with so much inspo to write some interactive fiction fanfics but . work. work calls me. duty calls me. QAQ

anyway, everyone check out ohmotherwhereartthou-if and blccded if you're looking for some characters to brainrot over !!!! Aurelio, Elio, Tomás, Ludovica, and Valens periodically make me bang on the bars of my work enclosurLET ME OUT. LET ME OUT I NEED TO MAKE FIC OF THEGMGHMHM —

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SHEPHERDS OF HAVEN ALPHA PREVIEW UPDATE [07/31/25]

wait... is that...?

The Shepherds of Haven alpha preview has been updated here!

ESTIMATED WORDCOUNT: 1,334,000 WORDS WITHOUT CODE

WHAT’S NEW:

28,000 words of new content

Ascendancy Festival - Blade route

Blade's confession (!!!)

Quickbuild feature added (!)

What more can I say? XD Please be sure to read the specific developer notes on Patreon for all of the info you’ll need, as well as check the Incomplete Routes Guide linked in the alpha build post if you have questions about how to proceed through the alpha build! The old-new quickbuild feature should also make viewing things like festival content much easier for people who want to read updates without starting over and playing specific romance routes!

I very much hope you enjoy! 🥹❤️ Feel free to leave your thoughts on Discord, Patreon, itch.io, or Tumblr; I've been really enjoying reading through them, and you have no idea how much your enthusiasm and feedback continues to drive and inspire me! Thank you for everything!

blademancers waiting for this confession for the last seven years

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i actually think its incredibly funny that people can just log on to the internet and get in a fight with a guy in another country. what a privileged time we live in. you used to have to go to war to do that

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agnostic is lowkey the funniest belief system it's just like yeah idk it's none of my business

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Can we please have Mydei with his hair full of flowers??

the strife demigod adorned in delicate flowers, what a sight ❤️

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brimming with so much inspo to write some interactive fiction fanfics but . work. work calls me. duty calls me. QAQ

anyway, everyone check out ohmotherwhereartthou-if and blccded if you're looking for some characters to brainrot over !!!! Aurelio, Elio, Tomás, Ludovica, and Valens periodically make me bang on the bars of my work enclosurLET ME OUT. LET ME OUT I NEED TO MAKE FIC OF THEGMGHMHM —

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blue-blooded — an interactive fiction | demo [tba] | romance, low fantasy, mystery

What would you do, if you knew how it would all end?

Your story begins where you die, and your fate is far more grim than the pretty fables recounted in books of fantasy and enchantment. With your untimely demise comes the world’s end, all whilst you lock gazes with the person who caused it. 

But before you can proceed, you are thrown back to the beginning— back to day zero, in a tranquil village on the outskirts of a kingdom where magic vibrates in the very air and power is worn as a royal mantle.

When you find out that you possess magic wielding abilities, so do they. A knight arrives to your village, bearing the emblem of the Crown. Flocked like cattle into an oversized crate drawn by horses, you and your neighbor are taken from your homes to be trained within the imperial stronghold. 

Despite your predicament, there’s something itching the back of your mind… Your neighbor’s eyes oddly remind you of something.

A customizable MC— from gender (non-binary inclusive) and sexuality, to appearance and personality!

Choose to pursue a cast of complex RO’s (gender-locked & gender-selectable)

…Or simply build up (or down) your relationships with the various characters you will encounter on your journey.

Make decisions that MATTER and break the fourth wall.

Get taken from your family, live at the Crown’s mercy (or attempt to escape), and train your skills and abilities in the royal stronghold.

Unveil the secrets lurking in the shadows of your neighbor’s past and the throne— or don’t.

Dictate the fate of the world and save it from inevitable perish— or don’t!

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