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queer-and-dear-books · 2 years

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Title: Here’s To Us

Author: Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera

Genre: YA Fiction | Romance | Friendship | Drama | LGBTQ+

Content Warnings: Love Triangles

Overall Rating: 9.7/10

Personal Opinion: Why did you break up?! I was there and I still don’t get it! But seriously, this sequel to What If It’s Us is just beautifully written and the ending is the ultimate pay off for Arthur’s and Ben’s slow burn pining. Every frustrating page where they’re jealous or wanting to be together becomes worth it when you see them finally get back together. Here’s to them, indeed.

Do I Own This Book? Nope. Like What If It’s Us, I might buy it if I see it in a store and I have the money to spend.

Spoilers Below For My Likes & Dislikes:

Likes:

- Oh my god, I am literally so giddy after reading this. Those last few chapters and the epilogue stole my heart and ran away with it. It was the ultimate payoff after all that slow burn pining because not only did Ben and Arthur finally get together again, but they’re also getting married! Those vows were the sweetest thing. And the fact that Arthur’s vows started the same way as his missed connections post from eight years ago, like that is romantic as fuck. I was just rooting for this couple so hard and I was so mad that the two of them just kept missing the signals that when it finally happened, I almost screamed.

- Dylan is once again the best. He’s literally so funny. But also his banter with Ben and his girlfriend Samantha was just exquisite. I love that moment when Samantha set a timer for Dylan to stay quiet and then he added to the timer himself after he spoke, even though he only spoke to say “I love you” to his girlfriend! They’re such a cute couple and it just makes me so happy to see that they worked out. Especially because they have such a good rapport now and they’re hilarious together. Like a comedy duo. But also, they’re so adorably romantic too. The fact that Dylan had proposed with the key to their first dorm because he wanted to share all their homes made me want to cry. I almost did.

- Sammy! Dylan’s son is the most adorable thing and he is hilarious too. The way he’s just an agent of chaos. I can’t. He was only in the epilogue and I loved him. The way he tried to sell Ben’s own belonging back to him for a random $11.17 and the way he just firmly said, “Get another dog” to a couple that wasn’t even his parents.

- Oh my god, the proposal, I almost forgot the goddamn proposal. I knew it was coming but I was still sitting there with bated breath when Ben told Arthur to read his book for him. The dedication page being for his “forever husband” had me losing it in the best way.

- I know I’m only focusing on the ending of this story but it’s because it’s the best part. I do love the way they reconnect and I love the way they slowly realized they were still in love. I mean, their jealousy was not cute but the way they tried so hard to be happy for the other was. I love how much they just could not stand being out of each other’s lives. They really needed each other and it’s just so heartrendingly cute. What a fucking love story.

- Jessie and Ethan are talking again and it makes me so happy to know they got their own happy endings. Jessie is still a great best friend but oh my god, Ethan! When he came out as bi to Arthur, everything clicked into place. The way he was so weird when Arthur came out suddenly made so much more sense. But I love that their friendship became stronger because of it. Also, Ethan’s bi awakening being Mario’s Instagram is so funny to me for some reason.

- Mikey is so sweet. Oh my god, I feel so bad for him. He really showed up to New York and serenaded Arthur in front of a whole crowd despite being an introvert who doesn’t like PDA. I feel so bad for him for being a plot device for Arthur realizing his true feelings but what a plot device to read. I adore him as a character and I wish him the best with Zach.

- I love Mario too. He’s clearly all about having fun and even though I’m guessing that he’s not into commitment or labels, I love that he stayed in their lives. He seemed genuinely so happy for them too and I love that he kept that teddy bear from that one group hang they had at Dave and Buster’s. It’s so precious and I love that he’s just a good dude.

- That moment when Arthur and Taj rearranged the set for Jacob and it was perfect for Jacob’s vision was beautiful to me. Because it was Arthur’s big dream but he was feeling lost. It wasn’t until that moment that it truly clicked for him and I love that for him. It’s just such a good scene overall but most of all, I love how Jacob and Taj became these queer uncles that helped Arthur see that he just needed to confess his feelings to Ben. And oh. My. God. That confession scene had my heart palpitating. It was such a good scene.

- I don’t think I emphasized enough on how funny Dylan is. His sex jokes, his quick wit, his unreasonable hate for Patrick.

Dislikes:

- Why did you guys break up?! I was there and I still don’t get it! At any point, during the two years you guys were talking, Ben could have said, “I want to try long-distance with you.” Especially since he was clearly still hung up on Arthur. Arthur was right when he said, “Because we’re both dumbasses who can’t see what’s right in front of them.” My god, it feels like I wasted two years of my own life watching these idiots just pine for each other instead of just being together!

- I got nothing else. I feel bad for Mikey but that’s pretty much it. It really is such a shame that Arthur basically strung this boy along before he realized he was still in love with Ben but the payoff was so good. I just hope Mikey’s heart has healed since then. It probably has since he’s with someone new.

- This isn’t really a complaint but more like a confused observation but uhhhh, Dylan realizes that Mario and Luigi are brothers, right? They may be a power duo but the fact that he’s just kept on referring to Mario and Ben as Mario and Luigi when they were sleeping together is just so weird to me.

#Booklr #Booksbooksbooks #Book Blog #Book Review #Book Recs #Here's To Us #Becky Albertalli #Adam Silvera #LGBTQ #Queer Books #Queer Lit #Queer Representation

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ticktockclockedits · 2 years

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======================== Welcome to Ticktockclockedits!

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About

Hiya! My name is Lemon! =]

I use too many pronouns to list them off so you can find em all here! Not stating my age for privacy, but I'm a minor. If that makes you uncomfy, feel free to block me! I'm both fictionkin and otherkin. You may find my kinlist on my Carrd, or on my PluralKit, which gets updated more frequently. The way I talk tends to fluctuate sometimes. Sometimes I talk more formally, sometimes more casually. If I'm talking "weird", I'm not upset or anything! I just kinda do that =] I'm not that great at communication, so if I seem to "ignore" you, I'm probably just thinking of a way to respond, or busy! I only reblog donation/commission posts sometimes, especially if we're not mutuals. Sorry. Main blog is @lemon-3ds The photoshop software I use for these edits is Photopea! ========================

DNI

LGBTQ+ exclusionists (Transphobes, homophobes, acephobes, etc.)

Anti neopronouns

Anti xenogenders

Anti-MOGAI

Anti he/him lesbians and she/her gays (or think that pronouns = gender)

Sexists (Misogynists/misandrists, "kill all men", etc.)

Ableists

Racists

Right-wing supporters

Pro-life

Anti-endogenic systems

Anti kin

Proshipper, anti-anti, MAP, pedophile (or whatever label they're going by nowadays.)

Support abusive relationships (both real and fictional)

Support incest (both real and fictional)

Proana/thinspo

Discourse blogs

Kink/NSFW/18+/“minors dni”

Support problematic content creators (JK Rowling, Dream, YandereDev, Etc…)

Dream (the Minecraft Youtuber) stans/supporters [Note, this only applies if you support Dream. Fans of Dream SMP are fine if you don’t support Dream.]

Fruitverse/i-give-[thing] blog haters (This only applies if you make a big deal out of it. if you just have them blocked then you’re fine.)

Anti gimmick blogs (OSHA, bus drivers, shower thoughts, etc.) Please do not start discourse with me. Although I'm open to others' opinions, I don't want to argue. If you don't agree with me or like what you see, feel free to block and move along. I don't mind! =] ========================

Tagging info

Trigger warnings: I trigger tag things as "#[trigger]//" for example, "#bread//". I mostly tag common triggers like swearing or text in all caps, but will tag other things if asked. Organizational tags: Here's a list of tags I currently use for my own posts!:

#edits: Tag for all of my edits! #not edits: Self-explanatory, anything that is not one of my edits. #request: For both requested edits, and answered requests. #rejected requests: Also self-explanatory, requests that I reject. #ask: Ask tag. Edit types: All the tags I use for each type of edit I make!:

#headers: Tumblr headers

#pride flags: Pride flags color picked from characters

#gender coining: Xenogenders I've coined

#banners: DNI banners

#icons: Profile icons

#pronouns: Themed pronouns ========================

Blacklist

Anything to do with Five Nights at Freddy's.

Problematic media (Homestuck, Hazbin Hotel, Hetalia, Harry Potter, etc.)

BTS and other kpop bands

Irl people.

Anything to do with Dream SMP.

Repetitive requesting/begging me to do anything on the blacklist will result in a block. ========================

Whitelist

Paper Mario, Portal, Super Mario series, Splatoon, Pokemon, A Hat In Time, Cookie Run, Animal Crossing, Luigi's Mansion, The Legend of Zelda, Danganronpa, Doki Doki Literature Club, Animal Jam + Feral, The Property of Hate, Magical Starsign, The Mitchells Vs The Machines, Sky: Children Of The Light, Gravity Falls, Polybius, Inscryption ========================

Requesting Rules

Do not request if you fit the DNI (Obviously)

No requesting blacklisted media. (Doing it once accidentally is understandable, but doing it repetitively or on purpose will result in a block.) no exceptions.

If you wish to use one of my edits, please credit me properly!

Do not repetitively send the same request on purpose. (Sending in similar requests is fine, as long as they are not the exact same.) (Sending me the same requests multiple times is only fine when Tumblr glitches and result in multiple asks being sent, or if the ask isn’t received.)

I will not use art for icons unless it was drawn by the requester, me, or the original artist has given permission for it to be used. ========================

Requesting info

I Will do: icons, headers, pride flag edits (anything to do with pre-existing pride flags), DNI banners, edits of OCs. More to possibly come in the future.

I'm trying out doing: themed neopronouns, pronoun checks, blog themes [includes icon(s), header, and hex codes), and xenogender coining. These may not be a permanent addition to my list of things I do, but in the meantime, you're free to request them!

You are allowed to send in requests of things that are not on the whitelist as long as they are not on the blacklist!

All requests are to be sent via asks!

If you are requesting an edit of a character, please specify what media they come from!

Whitelist requests will most likely get done quicker because I like to pick favorites <3 Other requests will most likely be done in order of when they were requested, and complexity.

If you are requesting an edit of an OC, please provide a photo of them! Photos with transparent backgrounds are preferred, but not necessary. Picrews count as art made by others, and will not be used unless the description states that they can be edited.

If you would like to, you can send in photos you would like to be used in the edit! It will help me get it done quicker and make it more like how you want it!

Including details in a request is not necessary, but can help me make the edit more like how you want it! (ex: “Star or space themed green Luigi Icons” is better than just “Luigi icons”.)

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alric-usami · 4 years

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Yo!

Welcome To My Blog!

I’m Just A Dude Popping Around Your Recommended Pages For Some Reason, But If You Decided To Stick Around Long Enough Then... ✨ Hello! ✨

The Name’s Alric Usami And Like Many Of You I’m A Big Fan Of Various Things Like Anime, Manga And Games/Gaming! You’re More Than Welcomed To Interact With Me, So Let’s Have A Lot Of Fun And Spread Positivity! Anyone’s Welcomed Here!

I Don’t Have Too Many Rules, But Just In Case Some People Lack Common Sense

Be Respectful And Supportive. This Place Accepts And Loves Everyone’s Individuality. Whether You’re LGBTQ+ or Not Always Remember To Be Mindful Of Those Around And Respect All Differences. Quite Honestly, If That’s A Problem, Just Leave ^^”

✨ Opinions Are Subjective ✨ It Stands To Reason That Everyone In The World Have Different Opinions Based On Their Personal Experiences And Other Factors. What You And I Think About A Certain Topic Is Completely Okay, Whether It’s Similar Or Different. That’s What Makes All Of Us Unique. Feel Free To Express Those Opinions, But Don’t Undermine The Ones Of Those Who Think Differently. Who Knows? That Person May Actually Just End Up Being A Really Good Friend To Have A Discussion With Or Even Open Your Eyes To Something New!

🙏 Patience Is A Virtue 🙏 Occasionally Things Might Be A Little Slow. While I Would Love To Interact With Everyone As Much As Possible I Do Have Other Occupations: Work, Family, Friends... So I May Not Be Present Immediately. Typically I’ll Be Able To Respond To Inquiries And All Within A Day Or Two, But Other Times I’ll Disappear For A While For Break. Have No Fear, For I’ll Try To Be As Informative As I Can When Things Like This Occur.

Stuff Regarding Art! Sometimes its really hard to track down artists of specific art >_<, so if you find some of yours here feel free to DM me about it to take it down or provide a direct credit to you! ^_^ I’ll normally write down a statement indicating an art isn't my own underneath it until I’m able to properly find them.

That’s All There Is To This For Now! I’ll Likely Update This Periodically As Things Progress, Though. Thanks For Being Patient My Friend!

Okay! Now For The Fun Part!

Again, The Name Is Alric, And I’m Happy To Be Here! I’m A Guy In His Mid 20′s With A Variety Of Interests. I Like Taking Long Walks, Have An Extreme Desire To Travel, Probably Spend A Lot Of Time Watching YouTube Or Anime, Nintendo Weeb, And My Best Friend Is @sid471 (He’s Super Passionate About RWBY ^^).

Furthermore, I Have A Passion For Writing (But Am Terrible At It XD), Creating Characters Out Of The Blue, And Just All Around Enjoy Things Revolving Roleplays And Creativity!

Oh! And I Love Wolves! Wolves Are My Spirit Animal •_•

Feel Free To Send Me Any Inquiries/Asks Or Curiosities If You’d Like!

Some Of My Favorite Fandoms/Things Include:

Anime/Cartoon

ATLA/LOK (Avatar Series)

She Ra and the Princesses of Power

Fairy Tail

Jujutsu Kaisen

MHA (My Hero Academia)

Black Clover

Games

Pokémon

Animal Crossing

Super Smash Bros

FAIRY TAIL

Mario

FORTNITE (I’m REALLY bad at it Lol)

Fire Emblem (Fates, Awakening, Heroes and Three Houses)

The Legend Of Zelda (BoTW)

Persona Series (Dont own any of the games but it’s a cool series)

Overwatch (Mercy Main!)

Manga

Eden’s Zero

Jujitsu Kaisen

Black Clover

There’s A Lot More I Like But I’m Drawing A Weird Blank At The Moment! Haha! 😝

I’ll Make A Different Post Sometime So You Guys Can Get To Know Me Better!

I Look Forward To Interacting With All Of You 😁✌🏼

Have A Pleasant Day And Stay Hydrated!

#about me!#pokemon #fire emblem #fairy tail #breath of the wild #anime #manga #misc

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toko-fukawa-1 · 4 years

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Hello,hello ! I’m peko! Peko pekoyama. I’m going to be explaining what I do and what I’ll be posting, etc. ( Also, yes, Peko pekoyama is a danganronpa character from danganronpa 2:goodbye despair.)

First off I’d like to explain that I am an artist! I do Digital/traditional drawings as well, but I mostly do digital. Digital is more easy for me to do, other than traditional. Traditional on the other hand, can be a bit hard. Like for example, you need all of the right colors, you can’t redo certain things and you have to be careful on what you color and make sure that every color is where it’s needs to be. ( in my opinion about traditional) But, sometimes it’s worth it, especially when I’m in the mood. Also, I do edits sometimes. I don’t do them all the time, but when I’m in the mood, sure I’ll do one! I don’t do the videos though, but I am hoping to do one and share! Anyways, I really like a lot of fandoms. Like for anime I like; Soul eat ,Sailor moon, Danganronpa, toilet-bound and Oruan high school host club ( maybe some romantic anime and some manga) Also, vocaloid/Hatsune Miku , black butler, food wars , pop team epic, Aggretsuko and Kakegurui. For games, I like; Splatoon, Splatoon 2 , Danganronpa, Animal crossing, Zelda , Super Mario , Sonic the hedgehog , yandere simulator (kinda) , Fnaf ( 2,3,4 and etc.) and some horror games. For cartoon shows I like; Adventure time, Regular show , Steven Universe and mlp. That’s most of the stuff that I do and what I like to do/things that I like. So let’s get a little personal

Personal:

I am apart of the lgbtq community and I am genderfuild and my sexuality is polysexual,My zodiac sign is Aquarius ♒️ and my pronouns are They/them they/her they/him her/him. I was born in February 3, 2008 and I am 12 years old.

Anyways, That is it for now. Baiiii 💖🌸

( made by the original artist of danganronpa)

#danganronpa #danganronpa peko #peko pekoyama #anime #art #new members

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cheryl1981-blog1 · 5 years

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Why I hate video games

Video games are distracting stupid and offensive

1. GTA auto has sex in it and children play the game which will influence them to do bad stuff like have sex at an early age, this game should be banned as a matter of fact never made because it has drugs weapons, you can even break the law in the game.

2. Shooter games will make kids shoot up schools because the fact that the game has guns especially super smash bros ultimate which has at least two characters with a gun one who is a lady and I’m very disappointed that they made a women wield a gun. Call of duty should absolutely be banned. Based on my research kids play this game and when they play they show serial killer tendencies and it scares me.

3. Mario Kart promotes road rage. For a children’s game I expect kid friendly characters having a nice little race. BUT NO. There is characters literally hurting each other just to come out on top. This promotes greed.

4. Kid friendly characters are getting sexualized. This is NOT OKAY. I see a nine year old getting sexualized all because she looks cute. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE as it promotes children in becoming pedophiles. I’m very disappointed in how the internet is going right now.

5. Fortnite is for sociopaths. Fortnite promotes violence and you have no feelings for other human beings. You kill everyone so that you can turn out on top. Kids watch ninja and when I watch his shows he clearly has some form of mental issues which will make kids do the same thing as there “icon”. I’m so sick of this ninja guy.

6. Donkey Kong promotes steroids. Kirby promotes obesity he swallows people in whole. This is absolutely just stupid. Now there promoting drugs and overeating.

7. Just dance promotes body shaming. It doesn’t represent lgbtq community and I don’t see overweight people getting represented in just dance this is offensive.

8. Splatoon promotes vandalism and gang violence. Why do I see little kids dressed as octopuses VANDALISING THE WHOLE damn place. Unacceptable.

9. Minecraft promotes ANIMAL ABUSE and they destroy environments. We are in a world where cute animals are about to be extinct and global warming is slowly coming forth.

10. Sonic the Hedgehog promotes speeding. Everyone wants to be quick and when they see sonic they want to be like him. When they get a car they are gonna die because they “gotta go fast.

11. Connect 4 promotes segregation only putting the reds with reds and yellow with yellow what if they want to be together.

12. CANDYLAND promotes diabetes.

13. Sorry sliders promotes mean gestures.

14. Pokémon promotes animal dominance and abuse. This game also promotes SLAVERY. Slavery ended and Pokémon is on the low trying to get it back. UNACCEPTABLE. Absolutley disgusting.

The reason why this generation of kids is immature is because of games. GAMES should be banned. I have a child and he is a very smart and mature man. He doesn’t need games for entertainment. If you say that I am a bad mother because I don’t let my child play games. Board games are the reason why my child is doing well. Board games are entertainment/educational. Thank you for reading my blog post I download this app because it’s a great way to get your opinions out there.

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pride-vns-blog · 6 years

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LGBTQ VN Week: Day Four! (6/21)

Wow, we’re already at the fourth day of LGBTQ visual novel recommendations! You’ve probably seen this preface on previous parts of this list, but if you haven’t read my first post, that writeup’s “One note before we get started” section, explains more clearly what this list is and why I’m writing it!

Plenty of visual novels talk about sex and intimacy, so for today, I’ve set aside four with my personal favorite approaches to the topic — CODE:Phantasm’s 404 Error: Connection Not Found, parade’s No Thank You!!!, SugarScript’s Cute Demon Crashers, and Mitch Alexander’s Tusks: An Orc Dating Sim, plus a conversation with Mitch about his creative process on Tusks.

Head on in to hear about your little brother dyeing his hair pink, a truly inscrutable protagonist, freeloading demons playing Mario Kart, and inspirational Skyrim mods!

404 ERROR: CONNECTION NOT FOUND (CODE:PHANTASM)

Itchio Tagline: “Sometimes connecting to others is harder than loneliness.” Genre(s): Slice of life; drama. Release Date: July 30th, 2017 (demo); TBA (full version). Content Warnings: Text-only depiction of sex and sex work; adult content.

404 Error: Connection Not Found is the story of Ren Matsuura, a camboy who ran away from home after turning eighteen and supports himself financially through camming — but thanks to his agoraphobia and general anxiety, he rarely goes outside, to the point that he’s pared all his social connections down to casual conversations with his clients and lying to his younger brother Haru about what he does for a living. When his brother decides to come visit for the first time since Ren moved out, Ren is forced to confront the fact that his guilt and shame have driven him into a corner with no support system. In the span of the demo, he starts to try and reach out to the clients he has a more regular relationship with to prepare him for Haru’s eventual visit, ending on a cliffhanger that seems to be leading directly into the plotline of the main story.

This visual novel’s demo is the shortest of all the stories on my entire list, to my knowledge, but it’s also the most memorable demo I’ve played in a long, long while. As someone who’s had to contend with similar mental illnesses in the past — paranoia and agoraphobia unsurprisingly have a pretty high degree of comorbidity! — I felt like Ren’s slow struggle to make progress for the sake of his younger brother was written sincerely, thoughtfully, and believably in the timespan of a single demo playthrough. Ren can be funny, when he’s not spiraling internally, and his rocky progress at trying to talk to others more honestly is loaded with plenty of funny jokes and quips about his takes on things. He’s a sympathetic, well-rounded protagonist who comes across strongly in the demo alone, and I ended up really rooting for him to make it to a place where he was happier with his life.

There’s another aspect to the story that I ended up really liking, too: the fact that sex work, especially jobs like camming, can be extremely common among LGBTQ people who can’t support themselves financially in other ways. Ren can’t go outside and can’t interact with many people without severe, earth-shattering anxiety attacks (a few of which we see in the demo!), so this job is what he’s got. It’s a job that’s sustained him for years, and although it’s certainly fed into his own relative isolation, 404 Error seemed to walk that careful balance of making it explicit that it’s Ren’s own lack of steady support for his mental illness instead of the simple fact that he does sex work that causes his interpersonal problems. I’m optimistic about the remainder of the story’s handling of those kinds of things, too, because what was present in the demo was sympathetic and sincere! There’s not very many sex workers or camgirls/camboys in visual novels outside of an extremely tiny handful, let ones alone in conjunction to stories that acknowledge of the way LGBTQ people as a whole can struggle with more convential jobs, so Ren’s genuinely empathetic personality and the hope I have for his future makes me excited to see where CODE:Phantasm takes 404 Error from here.

404 Error: Connection Not Found’s free Yaoi Game Jam demo is available now, and you can follow the CODE:Phantasm team on Itch.io, Twitter, or Tumblr to stay updated on their progress with Ren’s story.

NO THANK YOU!!! (PARADE)

MangaGamer Tagline: “This summer vacation begins with a car accident...” Genre(s): Comedy; drama; mystery. Release Date: June 28, 2013 (Japanese); February 27, 2015 (English). Content Warnings: Adult content; multiple sex scenes; frequent sexual harassment; blood; drugs; violence; death.

Right off the bat, I think parade’s debut visual novel (as a studio, at least) does a lot of interesting things and definitely seems to be aiming high with creating distinct, memorable stories. The art in No Thank You!!! is gorgeous, its voice acting is top-tier, a lot of the side characters are compelling even beyond the space or role the narrative gives them, and the love interests alone are all fully-realized characters with interesting stories. Romance option Ryu’s route, in particular, fleshes out the larger sense of mystery and the other characters to an astounding degree! That’s to say nothing of the most unique mechanic — which I mostly call the NTY!!! button — that offers you the chance to say “no thank you” in a variety of scenes without always telling you what it is you’re saying that to. It’s occasionally a little too easy to guess, but at certain points I ended up lulled into a false sense of security with that easiness that the game was all too ready to take advantage of with a much less obvious choice.

One of the sticking points with No Thank You!!! that I’ve seen other players express, on the other hand, is the way protagonist Haru is written. That’s not to say his writing specifically is bad — parade clearly had a vision in mind for Haru’s personality, and from his sketchy beginnings to his clearer end, he’s a coherent character with a consistent narrative. While the crux of the story is more insight into Haru, where he came from, and what the truth behind all those mysteries might be, though, Haru’s behavior still underpins a lot of what drives the romance routes forward. And his behavior... The official quote on his personality, “[s]exual harassment is an everyday activity for him,” can at times seem like it’s underselling exactly how often he tries to grab an ass. It’s no surprise that a fair few other players I’ve seen have walked away with pretty strong opinions on Haru as a character. (I’m personally not a huge fan.)

But to me, a divisive protagonist who you don’t actually fully understand as a character — Haru’s thoughts on a lot of key things are far less accessible than the likes of Aoba Seragaki or most Western M/M protagonists, which leaves you knowing most of his thoughts or feelings via his interactions from others — seems to go perfectly hand-in-hand with the way the visual novel as a whole operates. No Thank You!!! puts you at a distance by Haru’s viewpoint being occasionally “indecipherable” (to use the official phrasing), and then it throws you further with its sometimes-unpredictable NTY!!! button mechanic, but the strength of its other individual pieces taken together still sold me on it as both a solid set of mystery stories and an 18+ dating sim.

Also I really like Maki.

No Thank You!!! is available for a sale price of $19.95 on MangaGamer’s store (18+), and you can read more about parade’s story and characters on MangaGamer’s designated No Thank You!!! page (also 18+).

CUTE DEMON CRASHERS (SUGARSCRIPT)

Itchio Tagline: “A short and silly consent-friendly and sex-positive VN!” Genre(s): Modern fantasy. Release Date: April 7th, 2015 (Mirari and Akki’s routes); August 15th, 2015 (full version). Content Warnings: Multiple sex scenes; detailed uncensored nudity.

I don’t think I could sum up Cute Demon Crashers better than the Itch.io tagline does — it’s short, it’s hilarious, and it’s got an emphasis on consent that meshes perfectly with its goofy “a bunch of incubi and one succubus come to the mortal realm to have sex” plot. The characters are all charming and fit perfectly into its universe, with distinct personalities that come across clearly without ever feeling hamfisted in the limited time that the script lets you spend with them. Although this isn’t necessarily a romance game, especially given that incubi and succubi are “closer to what people know of as aromantic” according to the SugarScript FAQ, its cute, thoughtful writing and adorable design in everything from the characters to the user interface mean that there’s plenty of love infused in every aspect of Cute Demon Crashers.

Like yesterday’s We Know The Devil, Cute Demon Crashers is one of those visual novels with a distinct, memorable mechanic that almost placed it squarely in Tuesday’s creative design list. Cute Demon Crashers is one of the first visual novels — or, by my experience, the first altogether — to implement a mechanic specifically themed around stopping in the middle of sex. If you’re ever uncomfortable or you just plain want the scene to end, you can hit a button and protagonist Claire will talk with her partner to bring things to a close. (There’s also an option to just plain old not have sex with any of them, and spending time with the characters!) A lot of the dialogue in these scenes in particular is thoughtful, nuanced, and reads to me as being a pretty realistic depiction of how someone like Claire might ask those questions or express those kinds of concerns.

The way Cute Demon Crashers handles intimacy and sexuality, by another measure, is one of those things that I think has also had a not-insignificant impact on the visual novel community as a whole; I’ve seen a fair number of people who’ve apparently never enjoyed an 18+ dating sim before talk about how its portrayal of sex resonated with them or brought them some measure of comfort. Because of the SugarScript team’s relative investment in the English-language visual novel scene as a whole, too — this project was born out of NaNoRenO and I’ve seen them promote development forum hub LemmaSoft or other small visual novels more than once — the compassion for the player that’s written into every aspect of Cute Demon Crashers seems to extend naturally to everyone else around the team in real life, which is something extremely special.

The entirety of Cute Demon Crashers is available now for free, and you can find out more information on its upcoming sequel (Cute Demon Crashers: Side B) on the SugarScript Twitter, Tumblr, and Itch.io!

Itchio Tagline: “GAY ORCS available in YOUR AREA.” Genre(s): Romance; fantasy; community building. Release Date: July 18th, 2015 (First Day demo); January 1st, 2018 (FUARLANG/full main story); TBA (individual route endings). Content Warnings: Adult content; sex; mentions of violence.

Mitch Alexander’s Tusks: The Orc Dating Sim, from head to toe, is one of my favorite depictions of sex and intimacy in video games — and with every gradual update, especially the most recent FUARLANG build that finished out the mai storyline, I’ve only become more sure of that. There’s an endearingly genuine quality to its art, character dialogue, and even in things like the NPC autonomy feature, where your companions have just as many chances to sway things like group votes or decide who’s on watch as you would without NPC autonomy being enabled.

Interested to hear Mitch talk a little bit about his design process and the inspiration behind Tusks, I got in touch and asked him a few questions!

Thanks for taking the time for an interview, Mitch! While the title might be fairly self-explanatory, haha, how would you outline Tusks: An Orc Dating Sim in more detail to somebody new?

Tusks is a visual novel where the player joins a group at an annual orcish gathering, in a forest at the edge of a semi-mythical version of Scotland, and you then travel with this new found family and get to know them better. Most of the game is your group getting into adventures, talking to them one-on-one at camp at nighttime, and making decisions about how to go about your travels. The game's cast are all queer, and the game itself is an exploration of queer identity, community, history, and our relationship with the idea of monstrosity/Otherness.

I think it's fair to say that Tusks, as well as your larger body of work, deals a lot with intimacy and sexuality, especially the intersection between those two things; this is probably a question you've thought over yourself a fair bit, but what in particular interests you about those topics that drives you to explore them in Tusks and your other work?

Part of it is the fact that intimacy and sexuality are areas that can be massively important to queer people (especially since many of us are marginalised as a result of our sexuality being seen as deviant) but there aren't a lot of mainstream sources that play with intimacy and sexuality in relevant ways. And part of it is just because exploring sexuality for its own sake can be fun as well!

Definitely! There's always room for more fun with depictions of sexuality, haha. The premise for an all-orc dating sim is definitely a memorable one, and one you've fleshed out incredibly well with the thoughtfulness of your worldbuilding and character dynamics. What was the original inspiration that you built Tusks on, and what helped carry you across the finishing line of completing (for the most part) its story?

It was a lot of different threads coming together: I'd been playing a modded Skyrim save with an orc character who, in my head, was gay and had left his stronghold so to find other orcs like him and establish his own wee found family. That happened at the same time as me finding out about the NaNoReNo visual novel game jam, plus wanting to work on a game that actually put queer characters and discussions first and foremost rather than us just being a token presentation.

As for what carried me through, there was lots of things: the excitement of getting to tell stories that you just don't see in mainstream games, getting amazing feedback from players, and then at the end when I released the full main story on New Years', it was sheer bloody-mindedness.

There's a fair few interesting mechanics in Tusks, especially with regards to NPC autonomy; can you share a little bit of insight on why you decided to include those and how they function in the code?

NPC autonomy's a small but effective way of just slightly upsetting this idea that in visual novels, the player character gets to make all the decisions -- it automatically puts you in a decision-making leader role, and it's up to the writer then to narratively justify that -- which can be difficult if you're wanting to tell a story about a group of equal partners. So instead, NPC autonomy lets characters vote on things or lets characters potentially turn you down for romantic encounters.

It's an optional feature, so it's possible to play the game without it being on -- it just slightly changes the flow of the story and makes it seem a tad-bit more like you're part of a collective, if that makes sense.

Yeah, that makes sense! I think my playthroughs where NPC autonomy was on were definitely more interesting, by and large, because it really does add a lot to that sense of cooperation and community.

If you had to pick just one, what non-human (and non-orc) creature do you think more people should appreciate?

I'm really interested in exploring things with strong mythological connotations like minotaurs, since they're surrounded by particular ideas like labyrinths, being half-human and half-animal. I'd also really like to see someone explore the monstrousness of hags from [Dungeons and Dragons], because I think there's probably a way to talk about them and explore their relationships to femininity, presentation, glamour magick, witchcraft, and power.

Good choices! Those are both definitely really interesting ones. To wrap things up, are there any LGBTQ visual novels from other developers that you'd like to recommend?

I'd recommend checking out The Bitter Drop, by Isak Grozny; Ladykiller in a Bind by Christine Love, and We Know the Devil by Date Nighto!

Perfect! It's been a pleasure talking to you, Mitch, and I'm looking forward to your future projects.

Tusks: The Orc Dating Sim is available now for a reverse-sale price of $2.02, and you can support Mitch Alexander’s work on Patreon or follow his “nonsense” on Twitter and fully-released work on Itch.io!

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so some updates um it's on the mob

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there's the person i labeled muslim from maybe isa before the close with sports bets

um there's the thai guitarist who was violent and showed drug systems distribution

there's the artist with the road bike and all of them

there's the new yorkers further about the it was crime syndicates or representatives

my brother and me trying to not have him get into messy things

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sex tourism here um higher roads and maybe rewards coincidentally

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so getting flattered the sicilian

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the blacks vietnam um smokers

people infusing sex with games and other unoffensive details

my blood pressure cuff

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so banned books and others things um words um usages exhale america

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did also thing despite it was very viewed i clicked to see how many two nephew visiting weekly maids

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youtube online publishers um companies sites a cafe caffeine um old memories of rare limited edition entertainment

so the story soon movie survey

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the-last-airbadger · 7 years

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Get To Know Me Questions

Ok so I reblogged this thing a few days ago, and even though nobody asked me questions, I’m still going to answer them, because I really like doing these things and maybe, just maybe, there’s someone out there that’s actually interested in my answers to these questions but was too shy to ask me or didn’t see the post. But now the answers will be in my personal tag forever. Yay ^-^

(please beware this is a very long post these are 125(!) questions! It took me three days to finish!)

I hope you enjoy these questions and my answers to these questions!

1. What is your full name? Skylar Elliott (Dutch last name). (I’m not sure if I wanna post my last name on tumblr…)

2. What is your nickname? I don’t really have a nickname… everyone calls me Sky though, I guess that counts…

3. What is your zodiac sign? Gemini!

4. What is your favorite book series? Percy Jackson and the Olympians. I have never enjoyed reading a book as much as I enjoyed reading these books.

5. Do you believe in aliens or ghosts? I don’t know? I’d like to say I believe in aliens and ghosts but there’s always this voice in the back of my head that tells me that it’s “cool, but they don’t actually excist because it hasn’t been proven”. Although I do believe that aliens must be out there somewhere I mean the universe is so big we cannot be the only life forms. I just think aliens are so much more different than we humans can even imagine.

6. Who is your favorite author? Rick Riordan! Very sassy, author of my favourite book series and cares a lot about representation in books which is very gud.

7. What is your favorite radio station? I mean I don’t really listen to the radio but I kinda like skyradio because it has part of my name in it and I also love npo2 between christmas and new years eve because they play a top2000 of music that you can vote for and it’s really fun. (These are both dutch stations I believe, so if you don’t recognise these stations, that’s why)

8. What is your favorite flavor of anything? Usually strawberry. Strawberry ice cream, strawberry sweets, strawberry sauce, strawberry lemonade, strawberry tea, strawberry smoothies… I love them all.

9. What word would you use often to describe something great or wonderful? “Awesome” or “cool”

10. What is your current favorite song? Heaven - Troye Sivan ft. Betty Who Prove me wrong - Fireflight Escape - Fireflight They share the first place so I listed them all. I literally cannot choose.

Heaven makes me feel much lgbtq+ pride and happiness, as well as sadness and determination to change the world. Plus I can really relate and let my emotions out by listening to this song

Escape is a very good song about overcoming fears and, again, I can really relate to this song. I really like the refrain because when singing it I can really throw my emotions into this and let them out. Again, this song fills me with determination to change the world and the way I handle problems. It makes me feel stronger. And the ending is really reassuring and beautiful.

Prove me wrong, I can also really relate to. It’s about being insecure about yourself but then someone else helps you see that you are actually a really nice person. It reminds me of my friends.

11. What is your favorite word? Ethereal - “Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems not to be of this world”

12. What was the last song you listened to? Heaven - Troye Sivan ft. Betty Who (listening to it right now)

13. What TV show would you recommend for everybody to watch? Brooklyn Nine-Nine because it’s hillarious and very progressive and inclusive and the characters are very lovable.

14. What is your favorite movie to watch when you’re feeling down? Probably just any Harry Potter movie. They never get old.

15. Do you play video games? Sometimes. I’m not that big of a fan of videogames but I like games like life is stranger or all the harry potter games and I sometimes play mario with my brother.

16. What is your biggest fear? I’m afraid of my house setting fire and I’m kinda afraid of all bugs but I think my biggest fear is wasting my life and dying unhappy and unfulfilled.

17. What is your best quality, in your opinion? I’m a very positive person and I have and okay face and I make bad jokes (that I secretly think are hillarious). And I always try to learn and improve myself and become the best person I can be.

18. What is your worst quality, in your opinion? I’m insecure about EVERYTHING and I overthink every move I make in life and that makes me feel like I’m failing everything and everyone especially the people I care about.

19. Do you like cats or dogs better? Cats! I think dogs are very cute but irl I kinda shy away from dogs because I’m still lowkey scared of dogs but cats are so cuddly and cute and I want

20. What is your favorite season? Probably fall. Because of Halloween and the leaves FALLing (get it? Fall, falling. haha) from the trees and the colours and the wind and the whole leadup to christmas. I also like that the temperature isn’t to high or to low. Winter’s too cold and summer’s to hot and spring is okay but not that special.

21. Are you in a relationship? Nope. But right now I’m only interested in friendships anyway so I don’t mind. (also being both ace and trans I kinda feel like it’s impossible to find anyone who’d actually want to date me so I kinda just… don’t bother. Transition first, relationships later)

22. What is something you miss from your childhood? I miss that I was so social and talked to everyone without restraint or fear. And I miss having the time to read.

23. Who is your best friend? @asiandutchgirl @the-official-pentacorn They’re both two of the most wonderfull people I’ve ever met don’t you dare make me choose

24. What is your eye color? Brown. There’s some green in them somewhere too if you look really closely but it’s mostly brown.

25. What is your hair color? Also brown but I’ve been thinking about dyeing it for a long time… but usually I can’t because my acting class won’t allow it.

26. Who is someone you love? My siblings, my parents, my best friends, my grandparents, my household, my pets (although pets aren’t really people but I LOVE THEM OKAY)

27. Who is someone you trust? My siblings and my best friends. I could tell them anything.

28. Who is someone you think about often? I hope this doesn’t sound weird but My best friends. They make me happy and they’re a big part of my life even though I don’t see them nearly as often as I should. And I guess, because of that, I just miss them often.

29. Are you currently excited about/for something? I’m in the middle of the process of legally changing my name and gendermarker! I cannot wait to see them on my new ID!!

30. What is your biggest obsession? At the moment definately VOLTRON (season 2 was so guddd)

31. What was your favorite TV show as a child? I used to loooooove Zack and Cody. And after that I started to enjoy ICarly and Victorious a lot. I used to spend whole weekends watching these shows.

32. Who of the opposite gender can you tell anything to, if anyone? My best friends and my sister.

33. Are you superstitious? A little bit. I mean I know it’s bullshit but somewhere, in the back of my mind, I still believe bringing “lucky items” to stressfull situations will help me somehow.

34. Do you have any unusual phobias? Uhh… not really? I mean the only thing I can think of is that I cannot sleep in a room with, for example, my mom, because I know she snores and then I am so afraid that it’ll keep me awake that I cannot sleep… -_-

35. Do you prefer to be in front of the camera or behind it? I prefer to be in front of the camera because being behind the camera makes me responsible for the final product while being in front of the camera comes pretty natural to me. My granddad always films every important family event and I grew up with a love for acting and being on stage so… I like that.

36. What is your favorite hobby? Watching a show that is soooo goood you just have to binge it and being on the edge of your seat the whole time and just getting lost in it basically.

37. What was the last book you read? A book for school. “Two women” by Harry Mulish. I didn’t really like it. *spoilers* a lesbian main character was killed in the last two pages just as I thought she’d live happily ever after -_-

38. What was the last movie you watched? Iron man… I think… yeah I watched that the day before my brothers birthday when his friend stayed over.

39. What musical instruments do you play, if any? I play the piano! I’m not that good at it but hey, I enjoy it.

40. What is your favorite animal? I really like Lions. They’re like big cats and also super majestic.

41. What are your top 5 favorite Tumblr blogs that you follow? the-official-pentacorn, asiandutchgirl, hagraeven-side-blog, slytherin-bookworm-guy, relatable-pictures-of-pidge… I think…. there are much more, I’m sure, but these are the first ones I came up with and they all have a special place in my heart.

42. What superpower do you wish you had? I’d love to be able to fly, but, as a trans guy, I think shapeshifting would probably make me the happiest.

43. When and where do you feel most at peace? In the cinema. Just comfortably sitting in a chair with food. My only responsibilities being watching a movie, keeping my mouth shut and eating. Perfect.

44. What makes you smile? Music, My friends, A happy scene in a tv-show or book, a very bad joke, realising how much I love the people that matter to me, having an actual nice social interaction that wasn’t in any way awkward, gender euforia, doing something I love.

45. What sports do you play, if any? …Have you ever seen me trying to exercise?

46. What is your favorite drink? Fresh Lemonade. I had some in Greece and it was literally the best thing I’ve ever tasted… Why don’t we have that in the Netherlands :’(

47. When was the last time you wrote a hand-written letter or note to somebody? Probably sometime when I left the house to get some groceries and didn’t know when my dad would be home so I left him a note on the table

48. Are you afraid of heights? It depends. If I’m walking next to a very deep drop I’m terrified I’ll fall, but in a rollercoaster, on a plane, or even a on bus that’s driving on narrow roads next to a massive ravine, I have no problem with heights. I guess I just don’t trust myself at great heights because of my clumsiness.

49. What is your biggest pet peeve? Whenever I’m trying to concentrate on something I cannot handle it when people ! start ! to ! eat ! crisps ! or ! nuts ! or ! something ! VERY ! LOUDLY !!!! Somehow this mainly happens around my mom and sister and not really anyone else but sometimes it gets so bad I literally have to leave the room. Also snoring… because if someone starts to snore I will not be able to sleep for hours unless I have my phone and some earbuds nearby.

50. Have you ever been to a concert? Yes! I’ve seen Al di Meola (when I was six, with my dad), Lissie, Maria Mena, Delain, Within Temptation (twice), Vanessa Carlton and K3 and I’m gonna see Lindsey Stirling in March!

51. Are you vegan/vegetarian? Nope! But my dad is vegan so half of the time the only meat I eat is the sausage on my sandwiches.

52. When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up? Cassier, Artist, Inventor, Archaologist, Game-Designer, Actor, Writer, Idfk. All in this order.

53. What fictional world would you like to live in? I’d love to live in the world from Avatar: The Last Airbender because it’s basically the same as ours only with DRAGONS and BENDING and all other kinds of cool animals and cool stuff.

54. What is something you worry about? In a week and a half I have test-week and then in a little more than a month I have another test week and then in May I have my final exams and I have SO MUCH LEFT to study and SO MANY PROJECTS left to do and SO MANY BOOKS left to read and I worry I will never pass and die in the process and start hating my life. (which I already kind of do because of school, but hey, only four months left… only four months left…)

55. Are you scared of the dark? Depends. Around 8pm I have no problem with the dark but around 11pm/12pm/1am I am not a fan of walking down two sets of stairs to go to the toilet.

56. Do you like to sing? YES. Omg I absolutely love singing!! I sing everyday and I’m also in a choir (that has been founded for trans people specifically so I don’t have to worry about my high voice) which is super awesome and I love it.

57. Have you ever skipped school? Nope. At least not without my parent’s permission.

58. What is your favorite place on the planet? Probably just any cinema or my home. They’re both places I can just feel at ease and eat.

59. Where would you like to live? Tbh I am perfectly happy in the places I live right now and I don’t think I’ll ever move far away from here, but it would be supercool to live in London!

60. Do you have any pets? Yes! I have two guinea pigs (who are both supercute and cuddly) and a cat (who is supercute, but anything but cuddly)!

61. Are you more of an early bird or a night owl? Night owl. Mornings are for sleep

62. Do you like sunrises or sunsets better? Sunsets because sunsets happen around my favourite time of the day, and I only see sunrises if I have to wake up very early or if I’ve pulled an all-nighter and I hate both of these things. Like I said, mornings are for sleep.

63. Do you know how to drive? No, I don’t. I will probably start lessons next year though!

64. Do you prefer earbuds or headphones? I prefer headphones because of the sound quality, but after I’ve worn my headphones for an entire day they always start to hurt because they press my glasses against my head and when I’m going outside earbuds are a lot easier to take with me. Same when I’m trying to listen something calming to fall asleep, earbuds are easier.

65. Have you ever had braces? Yes, I’ve worn braces for about nine months when I was thirteen

66. What is your favorite genre of music? I don’t really have a favourite genre, but I really enjoy soundtracks, rock, some pop and some dubstep songs.

67. Who is your hero? I don’t really have a hero. There are a lot of people I look up to but I think that if I’d have to choose someone right now I’d choose Thomas Sanders because he’s just the nicest human on the planet and I aspire to make people laugh and smile like he does.

68. Do you read comic books? No, not really. They don’t really grab my attention the way books or tv-shows do and I always end up skimming the pages and spoiling myself.

69. What makes you the most angry? Ignorance. Whenever someone refuses to be open minded. Whenever someone claims to know something better than I do and refuses to listen to me. Whenever someone tells me how I should be feeling when they don’t even try to understand what I’m feeling. Whenever someone even tries to shit on my community, friends and interests.

70. Do you prefer to read on an electronic device or with a real book? I prefer reading a real book because books never run out of power, smell good, and just give me that nice reading vibe. And because my e-reader is slow as heck and I have to wait ages for the pages to turn.

71. What is your favorite subject in school? My favourite subject is probably Ancient Greek. I really like learning the ancient greek language and culture and I’m also pretty good at it. Plus my ancient greek class is a very nice group of people and we have an awesome teacher.

72. Do you have any siblings? Yes! I have a sister who’s eightteen and a brother who’s fourteen and I love them very much.

73. What was the last thing you bought? Last monday I bought myself crisps, cola and some liquorice candy because I had a sore throat. (edit: and today I bought some more crisps, some more cola, and candy’s agains coughing… they didn’t help)

74. How tall are you? Last time I checked (about nine months ago at the hospital) I was about 165 cm tall which is about 5’5″

75. Can you cook? … I can make eggs… and pancakes… and really easy pieces of meat that you basically only have to heat up in a pan…. And I can warm up soup from a can… and that’s about it I guess lol

76. What are three things that you love? Time for myself, watching tv-shows, rain.

77. What are three things that you hate? playing sports, homework, stress.

78. Do you have more female friends or more male friends? Definately more female friends. I can’t relate as much with cis men and I don’t have that many trans people that are actively involved in my day to day life. Plus girls are amazing.

79. What is your sexual orientation? I identify as asexual. I don’t really understand what sexual attraction is exactly… and like… I do not understand how you can associate people you actually know in your life with sex without being creeped out? And the idea that people that are in a relationship are having sex with eachother just… really boggles my mind. Especially because to everyone it seems so normal? and then I’m just like “why would you do that…”

80. Where do you currently live? I have two houses (divorced parents) and I live in both a small city and a big village. They’re both about half an hour away from Rotterdam in the Netherlands but I’m not sure if I wanna post the exact places I live on tumblr…

81. Who was the last person you texted? My brother. He asked me which one of us would buy banana’s and chocolate. I said he should because I was still at school.

82. When was the last time you cried? Last sunday. I was super stressed out because of school. I had to finish a project and I had two hours left but my brain was dead so I kinda crashed.

83. Who is your favorite YouTuber? Phil Lester (AmazingPhil), Dan Howell (danisnotonfire), Sean McLaughlin (Jacksepticeye) and Chase Ross (uppercasechase1). Dan and Phil always make me laugh and make me feel appreciated and I love them and their video’s and their dynamic a lot, Jack feels like one of my closest friends and he’s such a nice and funny guy, and Chase has helped me so much with transition-related problems. They’re all amazing and I cannot imagine my life without them.

84. Do you like to take selfies? Yes, I do! A lot! Whenever I’m on a trip or I look good or I just feel like trying on some new clothes and stuff, I always make selfies.

85. What is your favorite app? Probably the tumblr app. I spend half my life on there. Nothing is better than using my tumblr app to avoid social contact.

86. What is your relationship with your parent(s) like? Really good. My mom is a very warm person that I can tell almost anything to. She’s very understanding and her hugs are very soft. She values my opinions a lot and is always there to listen to what I say. With my dad I find it harder to tell him everything but that’s probably because I get the feeling that he expects a bit more from me? Idk if that’s true though, might just be my imagination. But he’s a very chill and self-assured person and I like that it’s always so calm at his house, whereas at my moms house things can be very chaotic and sometimes stressfull. My dad is very open and very accepting and he keeps surprizing me with how much he’s okay with. Overall my parents are really really nice. They support my transition and my life choices and they just want me to be happy. I couldn’t have wished for better parents.

87. What is your favorite foreign accent? I really love scottish it’s amazing. A gift to humanity.

88. What is a place that you’ve never been to, but you want to visit? Japan!! I really wanna go there it seems so awesome!!

89. What is your favorite number? 13

90. Can you juggle? I can’t even aim, throw or catch a ball of course I can’t juggle

91. Are you religious? Nope

92. Do you find outer space of the deep ocean to be more interesting? Outer space. There are so many things left to discover and it’s so big!! It feels like everything is possible in space. Also it’s very pretty.

93. Do you consider yourself to be a daredevil? Not really. Whenever something scary happens, I’m out. I’ll run away as fast as I can. I do really like rollercoaster and stuff though and I’d love to try and sky-dive or bungee-jump… but I guess that’s because I’m not the one who’s in control in these situations.

94. Are you allergic to anything? Not that I know…

95. Can you curl your tongue? Yup.

96. Can you wiggle your ears? A little bit

97. How often do you admit that you were wrong about something? I try to always admit it when I’m wrong about something. It’s a very decent thing to do and it prevents conflicts from happening or escalating. Plus you won’t really gain anything by refusing to admit you’re wrong about something.

98. Do you prefer the forest or the beach? The forest. I hate the beach. It’s either way too hot or way too cold and there’s sand everywhere I hate it.

99. What is your favorite piece of advice that anyone has ever given you? I don’t know. I can’t really remember all the advices I’ve ever been given, and I don't think that one piece of advice alone can have that much impact. It’s the combinations of all the advice you’ve ever had that really makes a difference. If you can combine different people’s experiences and advices you’ll figure out what to do by yourself. But I guess if I had to choose one piece of advise that I value, I’d say: “It’s good to think about others and help other people, as long as it isn’t at the expense of yourself. In the end, you are the most important to yourself. You are the one that has to live with yourself for the rest of your life. You shouldn’t always put others before yourself because you are important too and you deserve love and kindness and happiness too. You deserve to be happy” (I think most of this advice I actually got from markiplier, from his most recent believe in yourself video. It’s a very motivational video, go and watch it!)

100. Are you a good liar? Yes I am. I used to lie about everything to fit in with the cool kids and keep them as my friends. It was like second nature to me. I guess I did learn something from acting class… I still lie a lot to my acting friends by the way, just because they party every week and I hate parties but if I tell the truth they think I don’t like them, which isn’t true at all. I like them! But I really hate parties… and they can be a bit draining to be around.

101. What is your Hogwarts House? You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuffs are true And unafraid of toil

102. Do you talk to yourself? Yep. Pretty often. Whenever I’m home alone I just sorta narrate my life. Sometimes I make it a musical!

103. Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Introvert. Interacting with people is fun but after a while I really need time alone, it really drains my energy, especially when I am not feeling well anyway. The only interactions with people that actually give me energy are interactions with my closest friends and family.

104. Do you keep a journal/diary? I keep a transition-diary to write down the important moments related to transition, so I can read it back when I’m older and I won’t forget anything.

105. Do you believe in second chances? Yes. If someone is really willing to better themselves and are working hard to improve I think they deserve a second chance to give them the opportunity to learn from their mistakes.

106. If you found a wallet full of money on the ground, what would you do? Probably leave it. I woudn’t want to go through either the trouble of handing it in or the guilt of not doing that, so I’d probably place it somewhere more noticable and let someone else decide what happens with it.

107. Do you believe that people are capable of change? Yes. People go through all kinds of things in live and they keep learning and bettering themselves. If a person really wants to change then I believe they can, no matter how long it takes. They’ll get there.

108. Are you ticklish? Yes. Very. If you tickle me I start screaming and kicking and I sometimes fall on the floor. It’s my weakness…

109. Have you ever been on a plane? Eight times. To Rome and back, to portugal and back, twice to greece and back.

110. Do you have any piercings? Do earrings count? Because I wear earrings sometimes.

111. What fictional character do you wish was real? Aang. I feel like we would be pretty good friends and our world really needs the avatar tbh.

112. Do you have any tattoos? Nope. But I do want one. I just cannot decide what I would want on my body forever… probably either something avatar related (like the air-nation logo or something, because that’s really cool) or something transition-related because it’s such an important part of my life and it’s something about me that will never change.

113. What is the best decision that you’ve made in your life so far? Coming out and contacting the hospital to start my medical transition. Because without that, where would I be? I’d be the unhappiest little shit ever.

114. Do you believe in karma? Nope

115. Do you wear glasses or contacts? I’ve worn glasses ever since I was eight years old. I will never wear contacts. ever. They freak me out! Why would you put something in your eye.

116. Do you want children? I don’t know. I always wanted kids, but ever since I found out I was trans and realised that I couldn’t have them naturally, I’m not sure anymore, because I don’t know if I want to adopt. I think it’s really gonna depend on if I have a partner or not and what the possibilities are… we’ll see. Babies are very cute though… and I think I’d love being a dad, even though I’m very afraid of becoming a terrible father. If I have kids I want them to be happy and decent humans. My sister will definately have kids though because she really really wants kids so I’ll definately be an uncle and maybe that’ll be enough for me. Who knows? And mayble I’ll get a partner with young kids and help them raise their kids… I think I’d prefer helping someone raising kids and giving the kids good life advice and do fun things together without being the one who has the most responsibilities.

117. Who is the smartest person you know? My sister has a friend who scored really well in school (an average score of around 90% I believe), who now studies both medical science and classics, plays the piano flawlessly, and is also a very nice person. She also won a price in an ancient greek competition, she was the best of the country!!

118. What is your most embarrassing memory? I was ten years old and I had a friend who was a pretty big bully and I really wanted to stay her friend so I kinda just went along with it. One day I thought I was being cool and asked said friend to place a folded airplane on the bullied guy’s table that said something like “idiot” on it. The guy then proceded to tell the teacher who told the entire class and demanded to know who had done it. I was terrified! Then my supposed friend ratted me out. I wanted to dissappear!! My teacher at the time was kind of my hero and I did not want to dissappoint her at all. I then proceded to lie that I just wanted to give the guy a folded airplane because I knew he liked them and didn’t know that it had the word “idiot” on it. I said that the word idiot wasn’t directed toward the guy and that I didn’t turn myself in because I was to scared the teacher would be angry at me. She believed me and everything went well but damn. This is the memory that still haunts me at 3am when I’m trying to sleep.

119. Have you ever pulled an all-nighter? Yes. A lot. Always at sleep-over parties. I used to really love pulling an all-nighter but now… not so much. When it’s 4am, I just want to sleeepppp.

120. What color are most of you clothes? Most of my clothes are blue! I have a lot of dark blue sweaters and hoodies.

121. Do you like adventures? Meh. I used to, but now I just want to go home and watch a movie.

122. Have you ever been on TV? Nope, but I’m probably gonna be! Right now there is a documentary in the making about my choir, which will be on TV and I’ll be in it!

123. How old are you? I’m 17 years old and I’ll turn 18 on June 4th 2017.

124. What is your favorite quote? I really like the entire songtext of escape by fireflight, but I can’t really put an entire songtext here, can I? The part of the song I love most are: “You are not hopeless. You are not worthless. You are loved. Don’t give up. This is your time” and “We don’t want to save ourselves” But if I had to pick an all-time favourite quote I’d probably pick the following quote from Dan Howell: “And at the end of the day, if something makes you and other people happy, that’s what’s important”

125. Do you prefer sweet or savory foods? Savory. I really like sweet foods from time to time but I am always craving savory foodsss ohm yg od

So there it is, I hope you enjoyed these questions and getting to know me a bit more! I really enjoyed answering these questions and they also kinda helped me study, because I only allowed myself to answer ten questions after finishing a certain amout of homework, so that’s good…

I hope you liked this and have a nice day!

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