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𝖆𝖊𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖔: 𝖘𝖆𝖆𝖛𝖆𝖓'𝖘 𝖍𝖞𝖒𝖓

memory is a false messenger, and yet all which remains.

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How long can you lick a wound before the taste of blood no longer scares you.

Sonya Vatomsky, “Spring Flowers,” from Salt Is for Curing

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more stuff about becoming a god being inherently dehumanizing pls

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― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

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rays of sunlight in the early morning forest

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Frida Kahlo, from a letter written in 1934, featured in "The Letters of Frida Kahlo,"

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Mary Ruefle

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— Kaveh Akbar, from “Pilgrim Bell.”

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Turn on "prevent third-party sharing" in your settings!

Go into your settings, click on your blog name, scroll down and enable "prevent third-party sharing". I'm gonna be honest, I question how much/if this even prevents any AI bullshit, but do it just in case anyway.

Edit: On Mobile it's the Settings Gear, Visibility, Prevent third-party sharing.

You have to turn that on for all your blogs separately.

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Tumblr's AI Partnership

27 February 2024

Due to Tumblr's recent surprise announcement of an opt-out option for AI training, I will no longer be posting my original writings on this blog. I know that doesn't mean a lot as Aeterno hasn't been updated in so long, and I already don't have many original posts here; still, I'm uncomfortable with continuing to post my writing and art here at all.

Even with the opt-out toggle, Tumblr's newest management has given me no reason to trust the company is in good hands, and I'd rather be silently working on the game and other pieces than letting a soulless tech company scrape my art for their profit.

From here on out, this blog will only be housing progress updates, update announcements, replies to asks, and occasional reblogs.

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18 January 2024

hi y'all

this isn't an official return, but i wanted to give an idea of where the story and i are at.

this hiatus has helped relieve a lot of the pressure i'd placed on myself. stepping away from tumblr and from the story has allowed me to get out of my head and let go of a lot of hangups regarding aeterno and the expectations i had for myself and what i assumed readers would have.

that said, there hasn't been a lot of writing going on, but it's been easier when i do. trying to find the right voice and tone has been difficult, but not letting myself compare this story to any others has been a great help in the long run, and i think it's got its footing now. i do believe the story will be darker than i previously anticipated, and the mc in particular has a new set of issues. there will absolutely be an updated warning list in the future.

but for now, meet pyewacket:

[Image Text: Your room at The Golden Spoke Tavern and Inn is small. The topmost room, it's swelteringly hot in the summer days, and also the cheapest. It boasts nothing but a single narrow bed, a single chest with lock and key, one wall-mounted oil lamp, and the well acquainted washbasin with its hazy oval mirror. As you clean away the blood, the form of a small animal catches your eye.

A cat, belonging to another of the tavern's patrons, has made your bed its roost. You are unsure how exactly it gets into your room, but the feline is there when you wake in the afternoons and return in the wee hours of morning. Although you reserve suspicion for the animal, it has brought you some comfort, as if an anchor to the world of the living.

When it sees you looking, the cat rolls on its back with its feet tucked to its chest and fang poking from a disarming smile. Sunlight streams from the window above, rusting its black fur.]

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hi there, quick pop in -- as of now the fae in aeterno are mostly the same as humans with only a couple of physical differences (ears, teeth, eye color). i'm interested in pushing some of their physical traits further away from human, possibly leading them into "monster" territory. so, as a reader of interactive fiction romances...

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hi there, quick pop in -- as of now the fae in aeterno are mostly the same as humans with only a couple of physical differences (ears, teeth, eye color). i'm interested in pushing some of their physical traits further away from human, possibly leading them into "monster" territory. so, as a reader of interactive fiction romances...

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hi there, quick pop in -- as of now the fae in aeterno are mostly the same as humans with only a couple of physical differences (ears, teeth, eye color). i'm interested in pushing some of their physical traits further away from human, possibly leading them into "monster" territory. so, as a reader of interactive fiction romances...

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{ Words by @fatimaamerbilal from being unwanted is a language. /Haruki Murakami from The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle }