#but... maybe it's unavoidable

[the-kingshound]

Hiii ~ i just wanted to say how much i adore this story especially how you can form your Hound. Its always so good to see when the reaction i want my mc to have to some situations is ACTUALLY THERE. Peak writing.

Also on the topic of Arthurs way of speaking i would like to share my thoughts and why i find it off putting. For me the main problem is that its an ENDEARMENT (platonic or not). And my mc does not want to be there and she definately Does Not feel comfortable being called dear by the man who killed her friends and comrades, who she is forcibly being married to, whose most elit soldier she disfigured, who has her literal life in his hand and the power to make her miserable and caged worse then before if she misbehaves. She doesnt know anything about arthur and the fact that he is sincere so she feels massively uncomfy and looked down on. Like she isnt dear for him and he is sure as hell isnt dear for her. I saw that you said there might be a choice later on to tell him about it and ask to not call the mc that but we havent even had a chance to like see him face to face yet before the marriage 😂 so im not put off of the game itself obviously. There is plenty of time for this to happen, I just thought i would share my side. I want to stress tho to that i LOVE your game and its not a make or break or anything :D

Have a wonderful day 🤗

Hi! First of all, thank you so much for the praise, providing satisfying choices for your Hounds is one of my main priorities.

As for Arthur... yeah, I see it. Especially with the new lore. I think I will cut down the endearment terms when interacting with MC - they make sense with everyone else but right no MC is not in the position they were in the first demo.

It's complicated because I am now thinking the forehead kiss should not happen, and so I need to probably rework more things than planned... but yes, it needs to be done.

I'll keep you all updated.

[mirabritart]

mp100 age swap au comic as part of my contractual obligation to @jascurka. I actually thought of this joke ages ago but needed an excuse to make this. My only regret is that I couldn't work in the phrase "Mob-omobile"

comic script under the cut!

panel 1

[Adult Mob in a dark gray suit and dark blue tie walks side-by-side with young Reigen, who wears a middle school uniform]

Reigen: It would be like a mobile office. We could keep salt and other supplies in the trunk. And it would look super

Mob: [cutting him off] We're not getting a company car

panel 2

[Reigen looking pout-y]

panel 3

Reigen: Well why not!

panel 4

[panel shows Reigen's text bubble slightly obscured by Mob holding a neutral expression]

Reigen: We did that job for Ms. Asagiri and I know she's rich because I saw her house. I don't know what you do with all the money we make because it's definitely not going into my paycheck and I know you don't have a girlfriend.

panel 5

Mob: [slightly smiling] I suppose I could make some room in the budget.

panel 6

Reigen: [bouncing up and down with excitement] REALLY?

panel 7

[panel shows Mob's speech bubble over Reigen looking crestfallen]

Mob: I'd just need to stop buying snacks for the office. And we'd have to stop going out to eat.

panel 8

[panel shows Mob and Reigen side by side again. Reigen is smiling with his eyes closed and talking with his hands while Mob looks on with a soft smile]

Reigen: Y'know I actually don't mind the train! Plus cars require a lot of expensive upkeep, and the gas is terrible for the enviroment.

[blatantprinterpropaganda]

it's not that i want to discourage them, because they ARE being very very sweet and they should get to have their private space together, but also. it's sort of delightfully foolish to be doing this immediately after po's best friend showed up at his place and rifled through all of his stuff because she was able to identify mars-related sleeves from a picture

[fishyartist]

Ui idea tests, thrown together bc im eepy. Was planning on doing more but I spent all my days energy on the second one oops

[quarriart]

.... shyly puts this here

ko-fi link , I have 5 slots open

[divinecomedienne]

I do agree with everyone who’s saying that Cold Harbor is probably death. However, I don’t really see the point of getting your innie to die for you—unless you believe the thing about innies going to heaven—since your outie will obviously cease to exist too. If you’re dying, and rich enough to afford convenience severance, you might as well go to a nice euthanasia clinic in Switzerland.

On a similar note, most of the unpleasant experiences we see severance being used/tested for could be avoided by other means, usually paying someone else to do whatever it is.

[nicollekidman]

abby, sorry to get extremely real on a friday night but like how do you deal with feelings of environmental existentialism (for lack of a better term) that you may have. It feels like it's hit especially hard this week and I'm sure Tuesday is a factor in that but I do not enjoy the feeling, at 28, of time accelerating into an uncertain but generally unpleasant singularity, actually

i love this question because this is one of the biggest fears of my life because of my debilitating fear of death and yknow my general love for being alive and the people on this planet. the short term direct answer is that i often don't deal at all. i often feel sharp pain and edge into true panic until i distract myself, and looking at my weather app often makes me choke.

but the larger answer is that it's actually our responsibility not to (over)indulge in climate grief. we are not speeding headfirst, heedless and uncontrolled into a singularity. the trends are not good, the damage is making itself known, but things are never hopeless. there are thousands and thousands of human beings who have dedicated their lives to studying, remedying, and speaking out about the damage done to our climate. and there are solutions. there are breakthroughs every single day! succumbing to depressive existentialism is not only not helpful, but does actually ignore a lot of the progress that is being made! things are dire and have been dire but they are NOT hopeless.

i find that these feelings hit hardest when i have been the most isolated, and that they piggyback on feelings of despondency about other things i see going Wrong in the world (and there is a lot!). but everything is connected. finding ways to spend time with others, spend time outdoors, use your voice/money for Action (whether protesting, volunteering, working, even just having conversations with others), all these things ease the emotional burden. recognizing that everything feels #unprecedented because we are more connected to global information than any other time in history while simultaneously becoming increasingly isolated and individualized helps ground the feelings in context in a way i find helpful.

climate grief is inexorable from grief over genocide, capitalism, racism, misogyny.... everything is connected. and just as we have the privilege and responsibility of never giving into the urge to hide away from any of the other things, taking action and feeling connected to community around you makes fighting these things feel possible.

being alive is SUCH a gift and whatever the future holds is never a guarantee, even if the climate was exactly the same as it was when you were born. we are only given so much time, and the best way to experience literally anything other than terror and rage (i have found) is just to move outside my own self a little. to take a deep breath and sink my toes into the earth and try to remember there are so so so many people making both incremental and massive change every day, and that giving up on someone you love before they die is never the right choice. we can always do something, and/or amplify those who are.

and sometimes? it's a simple as calling it quits on the scrolling and just creating something, even just. cooking. or watering a houseplant. or closing your eyes and singing as loud as you can while crying. you know?

(if i remember tomorrow i will link some pieces about dealing with climate grief/hope, because it actually does help that everyone who works in the field is absolutely uniform in saying outlandish extenstial dread is not a useful space to live in)

[demynom]

Why does everyone to feel the need to prove Their Girl is the canon ship in ffvii. I think the narrative is a lot richer if you acknowledge cloud has deep feelings for both Aerith and Tifa, just like they have for him and each other.

[uncanny-tranny]

I think it's all about care, in the end. My cat is curled up on the bed I made for her, and the yarn used was made by people I never met, and the machines that they operated were invented by people who are perhaps long-dead. The electricity that courses through the veins of those machines were maintained in ways I never have witnessed, and it's about care, and pain, and care again. It's always going to be about care and community. Nothing that is built without that in the forefront of its mind will ever hope to live forever - only we will, and our care will. The only thing that will remain immortal - even with the pain even immense - is our care.

It's about care. It's about curling up on a warm blanket made by somebody who loved you enough to want you to be warm, and there won't be a shortage of that kind of care and love - it isn't a finite resource.

[walleeli]

most definitive evidence imo that the new memory isn’t from the current timeline is that Caleb is not wearing the necklace. btw.

[roseandgold137]

“Well, I’m fine,” Tim announced, in a high voice that suggested that, actually, ‘Crying’ part two was about to hit theatres.

kon you have such a way with words

[bkerst]

just finished rewatching 'the good place' and while i agree with one of its main thesis (that there is no ethical consumption under capitalism), i think its final statement is often overlooked: that "every human is a little bit sad all the time because you know you’re gonna die. but that knowledge is what gives life meaning". this is how the show ends, by reminding us that things end and precisely because of this we should enjoy life as much as we can - that there is no life without death

[wackywatchdotcom]

got an idea hoping to god i can finish it in one sitting cus i feel like i havent been making enough arttttt also listening to my tadc fansong playlist and like you guys would not believe the amount of opinions i have abt all the ones ive heard

[mint-ty]

Jere seems like a guy who would berate his own dick so that others would go "I'm sure it's not that small! 😕" and then ask to see it so they can compare and compliment it. It's all a plot

[olivia-anderson-fanfic]

what if: time loop. pov character's partner is doomed to die at the end of it every time. nothing they do can save them. but the pov character sees the time loop as a blessing. they dont have to spend any time without their partner. they get to live every day with them. they get to make sure their passing is as comfortable as they want. that they aren't alone when they die.

[thedupshadove]

Perhaps it's just my own environment of heightened class awareness, but I find it interesting--almost jarring, one might say--that Mina understands perfectly clearly the wealth gap between Lucy and herself and just doesn't seem to have any Feelings about it whatsoever. No resentment, no envy, not even really much musing on how it might have shaped their respective experiences. Lucy and her fiancé are rich. My fiancé and I are not. C'est la Vie.