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Aquaria mildly reminds me of Watergirl from Fireboy and Watergirl so I think her and Jax should play that game hehe

Maybe. But I don't think there are apps or video games in the Amazing Digital Circus. LOL!😄

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Okay... SERIOUSLY debated on posting this one for several reasons, but ultimately decided to just post it because these two are JUST TOO CUTE!🧜‍♀️😍🐰

FYI: the Aquaria x Jax ship name is merbunny.

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It just occurred to me that I never uploaded the Sorceress Games Channel Intro, so here you guys go...😅

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Meet Aquaria!

My #tadcoc AKA #digitalcircusoc!

Aquaria joined the circus not long after Pomni, and she almost enjoys her life at the circus more than her old life.

Templates by: PsychologicalWay3538 (Reddit) & @MaraAriana01 (Twitter)

Templates:

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The Rkiay Wiki is now up!

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With a 29% on Twitter/X and a 57% on Instagram Disney Dreamlight Valley will be the game that I stream this weekend!

(Note: No one voted here or on any other of the socials.😅)

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Winter is both beautiful and deadly but enchanting under the majesty of the Snow Queen, Elsa, and the Winter Sun!

#Frozen #BondQuartet #DisneyFrozen

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Hello Everyone! I'm planning on doing a gaming stream on The Sorceress Games channel 1/25, Saturday, at 10PM! ✨🎮✨

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Hey everyone! I posted my first video on the Rkiay Studios channel and my first YouTube short! It's my animation of Dolpina that I posted for MerMay in 2023! Go check it out!😉

💜🐬🧜🏿‍♀️🐬💜

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WELL! I dropped a TON of updates yesterday! Anyway got any thoughts on any of the updates I posted yesterday?😊

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Hey Everyone! I'm on Snapchat!

Snapchat Name & Handle:

Ruth Hakobian/(ruthhakobian)

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2 BRAND NEW CHANNELS are now up! Go check them out and subscribe! 💜😉👍💜

Rkiay Studios Channel:

The Sorceress Games Channel:

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Hey everyone! I was hoping to have this update out earlier, but here it is!

❄️Rkiay's Icy Updates❄️

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Just wanted to remind you guys about my Rkiay Market over on Instagram. I have 8 items so far that I can customize, but I'd like to add another 4. Go check out my market and let me know what kinds of items you'd like me to add.😊

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Happy New Year and 2025!!!

I have a lot planned for #Rkiay this year, so here's a preview of what to expect!💜😉💜

Rkiay's Frozen 2

(Still looking for recruits)

Updated Sorceress Design

New YouTube Channels

New Rkiay Instagram

Public Snapchat

Indie OCs

Shipping Contest

Rkiay Wiki

Original Rkiay Project

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Miss Tracy, do u have any advice on researching a specific time period?

(also I know u probably won't see this, but I love your art and you are awesome)

Look for books about the time period, but also books written contemporaneous to the time period, whether fiction or non-fiction. Check used book stores for out of print gems at good prices.

If photography was a technology that existed in the time period you're researching, look for photos of people doing everyday things. Take in the context, the geography, the economic situation. Look at how they're dressed and what their clothes say about them.

Newspaper archives. Sometimes newspapers of the past are free to browse. Sometimes you have to pay for access. Old shopping catalogue collections - if they exist for your time period - are great too.

Documentary films about time periods, or specific events in a given time period can be useful, even if only for a broad overview.

Museum exhibits - helpful whether you're looking for famous paintings or artifacts of past civilizations in a world renowned institution, or trying to dig up something impossibly unique in an oddity denture museum in some forgotten place in the Midwest. If you can't go in person, check online. You can find museums with vintage clothing or household appliance collections from even a few decades ago. Some museums have extensive, searchable online collections too. Take the Metropolitan Museum for instance.

If you can visit historical sites relevant to your area of interest, do it! Do those little guided walking tours. Do the ghost tours even - they're often fairly history-centric with some paranormal folklore for added spice. Sometimes they get you access to places you otherwise can't enter. Check historical societies local to cities or towns of interest.

If you need information about something deeply specific, check the internet for communities that form around that deeply specific topic. I've found tidbits of useful info searching around old forum posts from radio enthusiasts, Model T owners, and people who collect old telephone booths. (Granted, it's getting harder to search for this kind of stuff nowadays.)

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Be careful of AI trash, whether it's generative images, text descriptions, or entire articles. Don't rely much on film or television for accuracy. Some things are more interested in being accurate than others, but there's almost always some artistic license taken. If you're trying to be particularly accurate about something, triple check it for confirmation. Misinformation has had a way of spreading like insidious mildew even before AI started disseminating it with delusory authority.

Lastly, if you don't enjoy doing this kind of historical research like a weird little detective-creature, consider loosening up on the 'historical' aspect of your writing. It's okay to not focus on historicity in your fiction. But if you're going to dive in whole-hog on history, bear in mind it's an ongoing, often time-consuming adventure in information-finding.

(Thank you for the kind words!)