#like what a wonderful time to be specifically me with these specific interests!!

[ysrjune]

Hi 👋 this is my first ask but I really love your Scott and Sam stories and I was wondering if you could do one of the Monroe twins but them liking the same girl? It’s totally fine if you don’t but I wanted to ask anyway! Ps. You’re a fantastic writer.

# WHATEVER MAKES YOU HAPPY. WHATEVER YOU WANT. //

a/n: thank you babe. I'm glad you like the twinsies 😋😋

Sam likes you because he thinks you're cooler than everyone else. You don't care about popularity or if anyone else approves your appearance or not. You aren't ashamed of your interests. You're unapologetically yourself, and he's into that. You also happen to be really nice to him, unlike a lot of other people. You compliment his makeup and his outfits - sometimes even ask what he's listening to if he has his headphones on. He loves it when you say that you're going to listen to that specific band he likes so you can figure out why he likes them so much.

Scott likes you mostly because you're so pretty and funny. He thinks it's attractive when a girl can take a jab from a guy and then make one back. You always share the treats you make as well. With both of them. Sometimes, you even make stuff specifically for each boy. Brownies (😜 if ykyk) for Sam and Candy for Scott (again, if ykyk.) Scott is such a fatass. He could eat anything and everything. So whenever you hang out with him, it always starts or ends with eating something.

So when the boys found out that they both like you, it wasn't pretty.

"Dude, you only like her because she's pretty. You don't actually like her." Sam gives his brother a dirty look. "Oh my God, no, I don't. She's really nice and she's funny. Not like a lot of other girls, man." Scott scoffs and begins to change into his house clothes. "You ain't shit." Sam mumbles and lays down on his bed, finding a song to play in his headphones. "What the fuck did you just say? I ain't shit? Mother fucker, you ain't shit. You let yourself get bad grades, you're high all the time, and you're fucking stupid."

"I'm working on my grades, you know that!" Sam yells. "And don't act like you don't get high. Don't act like you're better than me. Hell, we're practically the same fucking person except the fact that everyone likes you better because I have a few interests that aren't considered 'normal'!" Sam expresses. "You, your friends, and so many other people that I don't even know make fun of me because I'm not a carbon copy of them! Just because I like to dress differently and like different genres of music doesn't mean I'm weird, but that's how you all treat it! Everyone but her."

"What? does she baby talk you and say: It's okay don't worry about them. The way you aren't like everyone else makes you special and unique!" Scott mocks your voice. "Shut up. If you really did like her, then you wouldn't be making fun of the way she sounds." Sam stands up from the bed. "Shut the fuck up, you can't tell me what I do and don't feel." Scott gets close to his brother. "Face it, man. she just feels bad for you. you're a nobody. And you'll always be a nobody."

All of the rage and bickering led to a fist fight. They both had hands on them. Big and strong, so they left each other beat up. Scott had more scratches than bruises since Sam had a few rings on. Their parents were so mad at them. "All this over a girl?!" Their dad yells. "You two are the stupidest boys ever! Scott, I thought you had a girlfriend? That.. that Cindy girl." Scott smirked and shook his head. "No, dad. Cindy is just a girl I make out with." His mom was offended by that. "Just a girl you make out with? I didn't raise you like this! My God.. Both of you are grounded. Forget making this girl you fought over, a girlfriend. I might as well send you boys to boot camp to straighten you up! Or Or.. is it even bootcamp?" She looks over at her husband, but before he could correct her, she yelled. "I DONT KNOW! BUT YOU BOYS ARE GETTING KN MY LAST. NERVE." She says frustratedly and leaves.

"Good grief, you two. Now she's probably going to be mad at me. See what you did?! Keep boot camp in mind cause I oughta be thinking about it." Their father says angrily and leaves the room, slamming the door shut. The boys look at each other with bad looks. "Sleep with one eye open, Scott. I'm gonna kill you." Sam grunts and moves over to his side of the room.

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[yoghurtsgirl]

If I held that wish baby, I would wish that Russell T Davies never returned to Doctor Who

RTD2 has been a colossal mess. Last season was maybe the worst series the show has ever had, with the only truly good episode being Rogue. After The Empire of Death, I thought I was done with the show. Then I killed time by watching Joy to the World on Boxing Day and I thought I was done with the show. But on my quest to show my girlfriend Doctor Who, I thought hey it might be an idea to do the new stuff just so she knows why I don't like it. And guess what we found?

We both really liked this series. The Robot Revolution was a super fun camp introduction to the season, with Belinda instantly being ten times more of a character than Ruby Bloody Sunday was. Lux was creatively unique and even though I wasn't a huge fan of it, it was a big swing which I really enjoyed it taking. The Well was a surprisingly great base-under-siege sequel to Midnight, something I never thought could happen. Lucky Day touched on really interesting themes and emotional beats even if it didn't stick the landing. The Story and the Engine was absolutely fantastic, pure joy and the most original episode in all of Doctor Who. And then we got the Interstellar Song Contest - an episode with incredible production values but god awful internal politics.

And here we are. Wish World, a story has some real interesting meta commentary of conservative power-structures that suppress people who don't fit in with the patriarchal worldview, how the world the right-wing strive to get back never really existed, and they have to ignore literal holes in their philosophy for their fiction to make sense. The production design is superb and it does look lush, with redressings of sets in super clever ways. On a production design and on a commentary level it is better than last year’s first part of the finale, but it left me feeling nothing. It left me feeling very little hope for The Reality War. I've been let down before by this show, and been let down by you, Russell. Surely you won't do that again.

Well Russell, fool me once shame on me, fool me twice? Fuck you.

The Reality War. What a heap of absolute piss. There's something truly incestous about the show now. This god-damn boys club that's had its claws in the show since the 90's is still here, and it refuses to progress. When the show returned in 2005, Russell was on record saying the kids watching the show in twenty years would be running it, they would be Doctor Who. 20 years later the old bugger is still here. And I have to wonder, was it worth it? Is all this worth it?

The MCU-ification of the show - and all media, let's be honest - is a plague. I don't mind the deal with Disney, I don't mind the lil mid-credit scenes I guess. What I do mind is how the show is being made as content and that's it. It's jangly keys tv. It's not a show, it's not made as a production. It's made out of legal obligation. This show is being made for ten year olds who have been watching the show for forty five years. It's made so broadly and yet so fucking niche it's for nobody. I enjoy lil cameos here and there, I enjoy lil references to silly little lore. What I hate is building entire episodes - nay, seasons - off references to decade old plot points that haven't been referenced since 1983. Oh, speaking of which...

Susan Foreman. Hi Susan. I love Susan. Why were you here? Or specifically, why weren't you here? If I had a nickel for each series of Doctor Who which built up the big return of The Doctor's first companion, only for her to not actually appear, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird it not only happened twice, but in back to back seasons no less. Her cameo in Interstellar Song Contest was nice, but it amounted to nothing. Why was she here? Who was she for? The Fugitive Doctor's cameo in Story and the Engine was nice, but amounted to nothing more than jangly keys. The Thirteenth Doctor's cameo here amounted to nothing because she pops in, and it's lovely to see her again, but her whole cameo only existed for one reason - to give me vindication on how good her era actually was and how no one fucking believed me. We had it so good, man

The Rani - why? She's a character that exists only to be The Master-lite. I do like her, but she's often just a less interesting villain archetype. She's camp, she's silly, but that's kinda about it. I'm glad her grand return happened so we can stop with the "oooh the Rani is coming back" speculation every damn year, but god almighty what was this? Mrs Flood is the epitome of making it up as you go along. There's no arc, there's no actual thinking things through. Go back and watch her first appearances in Season One - she's clearly not The Rani. She just exists to be a buzzword so people can make lore videos about. "Ooh, are you not excited this character who hasn't appeared since The Doctor was Scottish five times ago is coming back??"

No. Because I care about writing. I care about plotting. I care about this show. Well, fuck me. Because if I had a nickel for each time a season finale brought back a legacy character who aspired to be a God, reduced his character to just being another boring God, with a CGI body of a dog, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird it's happened twice... two seasons in a row. Why is Omega here and why is he like this? He got Sutekh'd. Holy fuck. How was this allowed to happen.

Why is there no story? Why is it all fluff and waffle. And when there is a story, about the Doctor having a daughter and how if they fix the world she disappears from time, why does it not matter? They pretend it does, but it not only is obviously a reshoot but it clearly lacks all the emotional weight of times long gone. You cannot tell me RTD2 was made to be accessible for new fans, and at the same time mention Looms in the same sentence. Because Looms are canon now. LOOMS. FUCKING LOOMS. The most insane and worst part of 90's Who Lore. Hey, remember that time the Time Lords got cursed by a witch and made them sterile? No? Well that's canon now. Oh, and bi-generation was explained as something Time Lords can do to reproduce, and not actually a one off magical event based on a Time Lord myth. WHAT THE FUCK REASONING IS THAT FOR THAT ALREADY AWFUL IDEA???? The Doctor having children was such a huge part of the show in RTD1, and how he lost them (in the Time War or not) was super impactful. But now he's retconned his own era - the Doctor never had kids because he's sterile but Susan... exists...?

Susan is a real weird part of the show because she existed pre-all this lore about The Doctor and the Time Lords and regeneration came about. He left her on an alien world to live a life of her own, and said he would come back for her. He never did. His granddaughter. But because of all the new lore over the years, her place in the show was left super unclear. Was she a Time Lord? Could she regenerate? Would she age like a human or a Gallifreyan? Well fuck you, because now she's not even the Doctor's grandkid. I don't want those answers to be explored really, because exploring too much of the Doctor's past could be damaging, and damning in Susan's case. But the answer is now no, she's not even his grandkid, is fucking insane to me.

And look, nostalgia is a dangerous thing. Nostalgia is a really powerful tool but it's remembering a past that never truly existed, it's the memories of past events that should stay that. And it's always good to remember. But that same boys club running the show for the past 20+ years refuse to let go of nostalgia. Because Ncuti is gone. And Billie Piper is the next Doctor Who

I fucking mean this, that is the single choice that has forever broken the show. Hey, Doctor Who is Rose Tyler now. Rose Tyler, his ex, who he last saw hundreds and thousands of years ago and six regenerations ago. We've had five Doctor Who's since David Tennant (first) left the TARDIS. And Rose has not been relevant in the show since 2009. Why are we still doing this? Beyond the optics of regenerating into his ex, beyond the nostalgia-baiting, I have to ask. Does anyone even care about Rose Tyler like this anymore? I have no hope for the future of the show, because it refuses to let go of the past.

And poor Ncuti. I feel so bad for him. He was so hard-done by. Two seasons of poor scripts, awful plotting, negative character arc. He came in with nat-20 charisma and I love him for that, and in this season he got to pull back the layers a little more and have him be a more complex character. All for it to come undone here. The best Doctor who deserved better; he's joined that pantheon alongside Colin Baker, Paul McGann, Peter Capaldi, and Jo Martin. The only Dalek appearance in his era was a reused clip from Day of the Daleks (which, by the way, was a clip from the special edition that featured new Dalek voices by Nicholas Briggs, which means the original serial isn't canon but the special edition is? Oh my god, Russell T Davies is the George Lucas of Doctor Who...) The only Cyberman appearance in his era was in a comic strip. No, we're not doing old baddies unless we're turning them into big dogs. No, we have whole new baddies and monsters! Like... a Nazi, a victim of a genocide who is villainised to the extent the Doctor joins the cause to kill him, and a monster made of snot. WOW, SO INCREDIBLE THERE

There is no sauce here. Nothing special. The directing and blocking in this episode was truly awful. The lighting flat as a pancake. Insane uses of characters. Anita from that god awful Christmas special stands there as a doorstop and says nothing for the entire episode. They throw the main companion into a literal fucking box for half the episode and she does nothing. Rose, Donna's transgender daughter is also here. And again, she does nothing (at least this time she did more than only look at a bloody iPad though). Like,,, wow, go girlies!! Give us NOTHING!!! 

Also it's insane that the optics of the story where a fascist creates an alt-timeline where the men go to work and the women stay at homes to look after the babies, only for the resolution of the story to have the main female character stay in the sci-fi cube. Now that's what I call feminism. Reducing a female character to just being a mother. Belinda wanted to get home all this time because she was an independent woman who had a life of her own to lead, with zero set up of her wanting to start a family. She even hated the idea of being Mrs, of being seen as incomplete if she didn’t adhere to a family unit. But no, the Doctor commits suicide to change time and make her a single mother and rewrite her entire life. What the fuck. Also insane that Anita is a pregnant woman, yet her whole function in saving the day is to stay standing for uncomfortably long. It’s not like pregnant women need major physical support or anything. Fuck off. The gender politics of this episode Jesus fucking Christ. 

It’s truly fucked up. Why did no one stop this? Poppy getting erased from time, The Doctor awkwardly giving up his life to save his and Belinda's daughter, only for her to come back and re-write Belinda's entire timestream so she was a single mother. Because in this story, women are just for breeding or something?? Wtf is that about. It's insane that the Doctor died like this even. On paper I love the Doctor giving up his life to save one person. That's so so good and something that has been done before, and even in this era the idea of one person being missing is so heartbreaking and the Doctor would do anything to remedy that. But the emotional and thematic beat of the Doctor finally having a biological child (which is a heap of piss but let's go along with it for a moment) is completely gone because no, he doesn't have a kid. Poppy doesn’t matter because her life got completely rewritten too. We don’t even meet her dad. Fuck you.

This has been a whole ramble of a review, and I have so so many more thoughts on it. This is entirely unstructured, but I'm disappointed. My girlfriend Jane is disappointed. She's a pathological enjoyer of media, she's somebody who will find the good in anything and love it for that (is that why she's dating me, chat?) and she hated it. I hated it. And you should hate this too.

If 1980's Doctor Who was not worth saving, this shit isn't either. I said the same last year, and I'll say it again. I hope Disney pulls out. Doctor Who deserves better than Bad Wolf and Russell T Davies.

Sack Russell T Davies, sack Jane Tranter, sack Phil Collinson, sack Julie Gardner, sack Murray Gold. And then I'll come back to the show...

[housemdork]

house md rewatch: 1x10, "histories"

featuring an unlikely, fascinating duo and wilson as the anti-house.

this is long asf. i'm sorry.

i love, love, love it when older house md used to relegate wilson to the background before his major episodes, like they were charging him up to maximum strength or something. as a result, 1x10 is one of my favorites of season 1, and of the show at large, really. i just can sense the fun they had expanding his role over time.

with that in mind, i think the way we arrive at the core message of the episode is actually a little winding, and that cuddy is the one to deliver it! the whole "oh it's about the characters' backstories because of the episode title" is too superficial for me.

when cuddy drops off two students to house who are learning to take patient histories (lol), she reminds house that you can "learn so much from teaching."

earlier, when the patient of the hour is admitted to the hospital, a homeless woman named victoria, foreman and wilson are immediately at odds. wilson has taken a keen and clearly emotional interest in helping victoria, while foreman has taken a keen interest in discharging her as soon as possible. in the face of this hostility, wilson reminds foreman that "we are a teaching hospital."

however, the resident anti-teacher, from whom the ducklings learn the most, doesn't do much teaching in this episode. house takes something of a backseat after wilson asks him to take the case despite foreman's protests. his reasoning is clear - he wants to know why both wilson and foreman have such personal stakes in a "nobody." he has no problem playing them off one another when snooping in their personal files doesn't give him the answers he wants.

foreman and wilson's conflict is sooo exciting and unexpected, but when you give it a thought, of course these guys wouldn't get along as their season 1 selves. yet it runs deeper than temperament issues - they're mature enough to move past that. unbeknownst to each other, they share a very specific type of emotional baggage that could not manifest in more disparate ways, a lot like the initial diagnoses - ovarian cancer and a tuberculoma - manifest with similar symptoms but different root causes. brotherly trauma! we don't know that about foreman yet, ofc, but it's hard to decontextualize this episode on a rewatch.

so, back to teaching. the last few episodes have done a lot of legwork in establishing that, despite their strained relationship, foreman is both a lot like house and has learned quite a lot from him. but PPTH does exist beyond the Church of Diagnostics (shockingly enough), and the character that passes between these permeable barriers the most is none other than "boy wonder oncologist" james wilson himself.

we've got a new, impromptu teacher for the episode! and he's imparting a pretty dangerous lesson - caring way too much.

even without the later knowledge about wilson's brother, before the end-of-episode reveal, wilson's interest in the patient makes sense because of his diagnosed pathology from 1x07: "you love everybody. that's your pathology." 1x10 asks the question of what would happen if house's misanthropy were exchanged for wilson's compassion? the answer is nothing good, but watching foreman - still the student - absorb it is so touching.

wilson, unintentionally, guides foreman away from house's practices. foreman starts out dismissive and refuses to humanize victoria. he's uninterested in her patient history, just like how house would rather read victoria's comics than learn about her directly. but as wilson's compassion-poison starts to take effect, foreman combines house and wilson's opposing methodologies - he reads the comics and asks victoria about them, thus uncovering large swaths of information relevant to her treatment and diagnosis. house comments on foreman's knowledge of victoria's history, too: "you've been reading! my, how you've changed."

like wilson with his cancer patients, foreman is becoming increasingly and personally invested in victoria. he gets the most face-time with her; she bites him, a permanent mark of their involvement.

unfortunately for foreman, this means going forward that he's privy to all of victoria's pain, physical and emotional. she becomes attached to him. when they put her in an ice bath, victoria demands that foreman be there, and then weeps when she feels that foreman is punishing her through this treatment. it's a really hard scene to watch, but not something that's so out of left field for wilson. chemo being such a brutal treatment, it follows that patients may feel that wilson is putting them through pain a la victoria and foreman.

later still, when victoria is brought back to the hospital after running away, she asks for foreman by name.

the most devastating part of this whole episode is, of course, the final diagnosis: victoria has rabies and won't make it through the night. foreman is fully entrenched in victoria's life now and wants to solve the puzzle of the elusive james she keeps mentioning. so, for a time, he calls a truce with wilson and they follow the trail her comics leave behind. together, they uncover the puzzle, with wilson narrating every detail: victoria was married, had a child named james, and both her husband and son died in a car accident that left her only with a broken arm. wilson and foreman have both fully engrossed themselves in this doomed patient, and what lies at the end for them both is more tragedy.

if we take a house-esque view of this outcome, it's a failure with little to be gained. we don't see much of house's final thoughts on the case, but we see a deep transformation in foreman. he wants to be with victoria in her last moments. more than that, he's learned enough about her personal history that he embodies paul, her late husband, while holding her hand. that's not an idea anyone who just read her drawings could come up with, and it's the one scene that's made me cry so far on this rewatch </3

this outcome sort of confirms that house-esque vision, too. what has foreman learned as a doctor by (subconsciously) following wilson's example? he expresses this out loud to wilson when he says that he feels the usual platitudes aren't worth it: "doesn't matter. now she's gonna die in that room." yet wilson gives his eternal reply that yes, those platitudes are what you say. once again, in the house-esque view, this accomplishes nothing, which is what foreman (and the audience) have been trained to trust the most so far.

i still think, however, that foreman finds a lot of value in wilson's perspective. 1x10 offers this visually by having wilson give foreman his rabies shot - probably the most intimate moment we've seen between any of the doctors so far! house md writers are always chomping at the bit to make sure we know that wilson is gentle. and viewers are relieved, probably, to know that another kind of doctor exists out there with similar vigor who doesn't just rely on drawings to take a history, right?

well, too bad. because wilson is beyond fucked up. is foreman's involvement with victoria, a drug addict who's unintentionally hurt people in her life, not just a parallel to wilson's involvement with house?

the ducklings don't seem to know this at all about him, and the audience has just had it teased so far. the secret work of this episode was less about giving foreman and company a lesson in hippocratic kindness and more about showing wilson's masochistic need to see someone else's pain through to the end, to his own detriment. he's teaching foreman a good human trait, maybe, but one that has proved emotionally injurious to him for years, and one that house is always perplexed by. this is my favorite part of house md. their practices are virtually antithetical to one another.

that antithesis quality also explains the novelty of this scene! house and wilson pretend that they're extrapolating all sorts of deep psychological information about victoria just by skimming her drawings, blowing the ducklings' minds.

how can these 2 possibly be working so well together? they're so diametrically opposed. it makes no sense. because it's a farce. as we'll come to know, house and wilson don't work well together in any way that's productive, just like their little stunt here. doesn't mean they don't need each other like how 2 lungs need each other, though.* it's also cute that their shirts match colors this episode.

okay. FINALLY. the scene that locked me in to house md (and wilson) permanently. a lot like the scene in 1x05 where wilson invites himself over to house's place on christmas eve, we learn important things very quickly about wilson: he has 2 surviving parents, both of whom house has met, one brother house has also met, another brother that house did not know about, and that wilson plays this close to the chest. wilson says as much: "it wasn't relevant," and the "medically relevant" goes unspoken.

house's knowledge about wilson isn't whole, which is shocking, and it opens a can of worms that won't be wholly excavated until 5x17, which just so happens to be one of my favorite episodes, as well.

yet another reverberation of 1x11 in season 5 is 5x04, when house demands that wilson confront his fear of loss. but i'll save that for the future! ;)

so! what did we learn? the ducklings are still just like sponges, taking in not just proper medical practices but also their superiors' ways about the world; caring about patients can be very painful, and it's possible to care too much; wilson's care (his need for neediness) is masochistic; holy moly are he and house 2 opposites made for one another; james wilson is so fucking hot.

also, for whatever reason, his line delivery in this scene felt like the first time his character has been completely realized - go watch, if you can! when he says "wait a minute" i hear the same voice and intonation that RSL carries till the very end:

*oh my god is that what 8x02 was getting at...

[skywritestudios]

Hey guys it's Joy! I'm alive, I've been pretty silent on my socials and skipped last month's devlog because I did nothing in April outside of managing teams and communicating in servers. Thanks to my good ol' friend burnout. 

General Recap Luckily, May was night and day comparatively. I had an exceptionally productive month.

I shipped out more merch, and generally just kept up with development. I was able to get over my burnout in the first week of May and find a pretty decent work life balance again. My job is thankfully very stress free and easy, as well as part time, so I have plenty of time off to work on dev stuff. Just as long as I schedule it out properly.

Nothing especially noteworthy happened outside of specific dev cycles, so let's just get into that. 

Criminally Yours

Let's start with Criminally Yours this time! Specifically the development of "Criminally Yours Part 2" aka "Criminally Mine" set to release August 1st 2025.

Criminally Yours Part 2 is nearly complete totalling at 53k words at the time of writing this, I have 3 ½ scenes left, I'm halfway through scene 15/18 and I estimate the final word count to be anywhere from 60-65k. Totalling for 6/6.5 hours of gameplay. 

It's quite large. I originally only anticipated for it to be 40k at most, to be double the length of Part 1 which is 23k for reference. 

It'll probably be 3 times the original length almost, but hey, what can you do? Friends of mine have joked that it's basically Part 2 and 3 at that length, and I can't disagree with that. With an extra love interest alone I knew it was going to be sizeable, but not like this.

However, I am extremely proud of it so far. I honestly expected it to be better than Part 1 just from the outline, but it has only gotten better and better as time has gone on and I think it's going to make a lot of fans happy. 

Our VA's have started recording their lines, our artists have plenty of sketched CG's and finalizing of sprites left, programming is in the works, and everything is moving very smoothly! (Not to jinx anything) 

I have our wonderful community of "Criminals" (Criminally Yours fanbase) for that! It's been so motivating for me to share my progress, and hear theories, and receiving messages telling me how much they loved the first part and how much more excited they are for the 2nd!

I just want to say, y'all are not even a little ready for what's in store, it truly is the emotional rollercoaster I planned for it to be and more. Buckle up, we've got 2 more months. (I'm sure they will fly by). When I've finished drafting I'll be posting an announcement on the "Criminally Yours" Tumblr which you can follow here.

Speaking of Tumblr! I'd like to plug the Skywrite Studios tumblr page, there is not a tumblr for Meant to Bee Studios. To be honest, Skywrite is my replacement for Meant to Bee, but since M2B has a large following, it'll be awhile before I can stick to only Skywrite.

Anyway follow Skywrite Studios Tumblr here. 

Fanart for Criminally Yours opening scene by iveu    

The Prince's Keeper

Okay, I know it's been like 3 months of TPK is coming, it's coming guys I swear. But it really is. It's literally a finished game, the only thing missing is 2 finished CG's. We've had some setbacks in regards to our CG artist this time around. Luckily, we have remedied this and will have a release as soon as those CG's are finalized. I hope you still look forward to playing once it's out. Its something truly special and deserves attention. Unfortunately it fell into a bit of a dev hell. 

CG concept for The Prince's Keeper- art by anonymous

My Sweet Fairy!

So unlike TPK. We've had a lot of luck with our artists and have made substantial progress, however, remember that burn out I'd mentioned earlier, well I was responsible for the last half of the script and completely dropped the ball. I had legit no motivation to work on the project or really anything at all. Even still, May I could have worked on it in time to get it done for Blossom Jam, however I have been hyper focused and stressed about Rectifier: In Bloom and Criminally Yours releases as they are commercial projects. Not free jam ones. 

So I made a tough decision, we decided to roll development over to next year and to release for Blossom Jam 2026. It hurts me a little to have to, but it was just not the right time, and I don't want to spread myself too thin as it can harm the quality of all projects involved and harm myself which is something I've learned not to do if I can help it. 

Next year will be here before we know it, and this way no team member who volunteered will be forced to crunch.

As my cofounder and best friend, Grey said. I'm not getting rid of the balls being juggled, just setting them to the side for when I can juggle them. (We love our silly analogies) but they're right. I'll happily pick up where we left off with fresh eyes and renewed spirit and produce the best project we can.

I hope you'll look forward to MSF! When it does eventually release, it's a super sweet romantic comedy with so much style and love put into it.

CG concept for My Sweet Fairy! Art by Zac/Jamkats

Starfallen: Strength

Strength's development like My Sweet Fairy! Is going very well, we have all sprites finished and finalized, and our OST. However, for the same reasons as before I had to roll this project over to next year as well, for next years Otome Jam.

I was very excited to release at least chapter 1/7 for the jam, but I think it's for the best to hold off so I can properly commission my artist for the project. I also would love to do an additional chapter for next year's release so 2/7. 

Image: Verona from Starfallen: Strength- art by Pinachos 

Rectifier: In Bloom Update

And last, but certainly not least, especially in my heart. We have the Rectifier: In Bloom update, as some of you may recall. Rectifier: In Bloom was my project for Otome Jam 2024, and what a time it was. Despite everything, I am still very proud of what I accomplished with a team of 4. 

However, it's clear from the current build (which you can find in the March devlog btw- only for Windows users though), what's clear from that build is that it's fundamentally flawed. Not only was the game made in RPG Maker MV meaning it lacks all the standard quality of life features and functionalities of a standard Renpy VN. It also was programmed by me, and lol it's not great. The routes are pretty good, however we had very little time for playtesting, and by little time I mean practically none. Art is stunning, though I wished I could've had more, soundtrack is very hodgepodge, some being original tracks with others being royalty free.

And don't get me started on the GUI or lack thereof and the abhorrent game page for Itch.

The whole thing felt like it was being held together by tape and child's glue. 

This time around, I wanted to polish the entire experience and add what was missing before.

So this time, we have a brand new game, completely reprogrammed into Renpy with all the QOL features that come with it, as well as a few more. A stunning GUI, more CG art, a fully edited script, as well as brand new extra scenes for each of the 7 routes! Extra tracks, and so much more! 

We are set to release the update here on itch June 30th 2025 in time for Otome Jam 2025. 

I want to say that despite all the flaws the original build came with, so many players were so supportive and saw something to love in the project despite its hang ups. This time around, I hope there is less focus on what holds the game back, and instead focus on all the little things that came together to make it so wonderful.

I've said it before, but Rectifier is my favorite project I've ever done. It has my whole heart and has so much content more to come, In Bloom was a way to sell people on the greater universe while still getting a complete experience. I think we accomplished that last year, but I want to cement it for those who liked it, and bring on new fans. 

Next year, I want to work on the main game, and In Bloom's success will help fund it.

The game will be commercial with 1 free route for the demo- Greer's, and 6 that will have to be paid for. The price will be $5.99 USD. However, you can donate $5 now to my Kofi now as a way to "preorder" the game. You'll get a key as soon as the game releases if you donate.

Thanks to all those that have donated so generously and bought one of our stunning keychains! (Mainly the Percy ones, but HEY lol) I am eternally grateful, I advise that even if you played the game last year you consider doing so again when it releases, I promise it'll be worth your time.

CG concept for Rectifier: In Bloom Greer's Route art by Gisselle

Thank you so much for reading and, even more so, for following and supporting my work! If you want to keep up with what we do, following Skywrite Studios on Itch.io) , Bluesky, and even me on Twitch are the best ways to do so!

We've got a lot more exciting things happening coming in the next 3 months, so please stay tuned! This time next month, Rectifier: In Bloom we available to purchase and play!

[the-drift-journal]

We don't do private lessons

❃Random moments with the pogues in the surf shop❃

You sat on the side of the check-out counter in the surf shop, tossing a hackie sack back and forth with Sarah while John B and JJ helped get the boat secured to the dock since they had just gone out for the last fishing run of the day. A few people walked in as you smiled at Sarah, sliding off of the counter and shouting a small “Welcome in, ya’ll”. Sarah went to go pretend to be helpful and you stood behind the counter.

JJ watched you get off the counter after having fun with Sarah and he noticed how you were trying not to laugh as you kept looking over at her. He smiled to himself as he tied the last rope to the cleat. That little smile and that little laugh were just small reminders of why he loved you so much. Your hair was messy from being on the water, your face was freckled and a little sunburnt, and you had thrown on one of JJ’s T-shirts on over your bikini. He had to make sure he didn’t stare for too long.

You stood behind the counter tapping your fingers on the wooden surface as you watched the customers walk around a bit. Some girl that had walked in caught a glimpse of JJ outside on the dock before walking back over to her friends with an almost giddy smile. It was probably nothing... but it made you start messing with the hem of your boyfriends shirt. You could just be paranoid or something, but you had a feeling that the smile on her face was because of JJ.

JJ noticed. He always did. In an effort to help calm you down, he walked over to you and put his hands on your hips, pulling you towards him. One of his hands came up to push your hair off of your shoulder so he could rest his chin there before he gently slipped his hands up under the hem of the shirt to rest on the skin of your waist.

You leaned back into him with a grateful sigh. JJ was always good at absolving your anxiousness about things without even having to bring it up.

“You okay?” His voice was quiet as he mumbled against your skin.

You nodded as you continued to watch the girls giggling in the corner, almost like they were talking about how JJ was touching you.

“Stop it.” “M’not doing anything.” You furrow your eyebrows at his sudden comment.

“Bullshit. I know that look, you’re thinking too much.” His knuckles gently traced over your ribcage as he gently kissed the side of your head.

You didn’t get a chance to respond before one of the girls, the same one who had spotted JJ earlier, walked up to the counter. “You guys do surfing lessons, right?”

JJ lifted his chin from your shoulder, speaking up to answer the question before you could. “Yeah, we do.”

“And who teaches those?”

“Why’re you asking? You interested?” JJ tilted his head as she asked her question, quite an odd one at that.

“We were wondering If we could like… get lessons with someone specific.” The Pogues usually taught in pairs just for safety reasons, but she seemed to want just JJ to teach them.

“I mean, we don’t do private lessons, if that’s what you’re asking. Me and my girl usually teach at the same time though.” His hand squeezed your waist at the words 'my girl'.

“Oh. You can’t like…”

“Nope.” JJ was quick to cut her off, not even entertaining the idea, which made you smile to yourself.

The girl walked off awkwardly, talking to her friends again as you turned your head to look at JJ. “You literally teach with John B all the time.

“I know I do, but I wasn’t gonna give them a reason to keep hanging around.” His grip on the skin of your waist tightened. “You could have just told them that you-” Your sentence was cut short with a pair of lips on your own, a kiss which JJ held for a decent amount of time. Once he felt your body relax, he finally pulled away, but not before pecking your lips one more time with a small smile.

“Are you for real right now?” There were people in the shop and those girls were for sure watching... and that was why JJ did it.

“I don’t know what you mean.” JJ smirked down at you with a smartass tone in his voice.

[whumperless-whump-event]

Hi, the whumperless whump event sounds really cool, it’s my favourite kind of whump to read and write! and the prompts look really interesting. I’d really like to take part in the event and I just wondered if it would be ok to use AI as a spell checker or to help with background research for a story? (It would still be me writing the story). I have a personal AI use disclaimer on my AO3 profile and now I share in the author’s notes of each fic how I’ve used AI in the story, for example those reasons above, just for transparency and to show how AI can be used as a tool to support writing rather than replacing the writer. I saw on your rules that you’d put no AI so I wanted to check. Thanks for organising the event.

Hey! Thank you for submitting this ask.

AI can be useful as a tool. However, we're talking about generative artificial intelligence, specifically OpenAI, ChatGPT and similar models, which have a specific host of issues:

It's consistently proven to be untrustworthy, including misinforming users;

"Training" a generative AI model commonly steals from artists, scrapes online works, and compiles creations without consent, which is copyright infringement and theft;

GenAI replaces actions that foster community, such as beta reading and group research.

The reason I ban AI in this event isn't to deprive someone from a tool that can assist them with things they struggle on, or saving time.

I ban it because GenAI's required training scrapes the internet for art and writing without permission, and because its answers cannot be guaranteed trustworthy, regardless of the training. As for the third point, I'd be the last person to say editing or revising is an enjoyable way to spend my time, but I do think GenAI is a replacement, not an invention, and alternatives without these issues existed before GenAI did.

This is, unfortunately, a soapbox. I understand why GenAI is used in these situations. I also see that you did not ask for me to try and convince you not to use AI, so I apologize for restating what you've probably heard a thousand times.

However, for the spirit of the event, and for the sake of fostering community and human connection in creative spaces, I will not allow GenAI to be used.

Thank you for asking kindly, and I hope this doesn't deter you from participating.

[cqqdy]

First time ever making a text post 🔥 I just wanted to talk about a scene in parrot’s latest video it was just SOO GOOD AGHH

Also spoilers for Hunting a Minecraft Player Who Doesn’t Exist !!!

For context it’s this one but to summarize it’s the scene where parrot makes the deal with Leo that he’ll quit hunting the director if Leo helps him save derap and jumper

The entire scene including all of the stuff before it (that I cut to keep the video brief lol) was honestly really beautiful and touching and I really felt for Leo in this moment because you can sort of just hear how worn down he is from everything that’s happened to him/BAT while they’ve hunted the director. I feel like it was very easy to be frustrated with leo and how he’s treated parrot before this scene, but after it, I felt really bad for him, and I could understand where he was coming from with him just being so done with the Director after everything the Director did to BAT and not wanting anything to do with the Director and Parrot as a result.

I also really love how you can see Parrot’s growth in the scene through the way he speaks to Leo so earnestly with his promises and shows that he genuinely cares and pays attention to Leo through saying “Leader of BAT, Leader of that.” I feel like it shows he’s trying his best now to actively show that he actually does care about Leo/BAT and that he’s not just teamed with them for his own self-interest.

But I really wanted to touch on this moment specifically because something about it just really struck me when I first watched it and I want to share my thoughts on it.

FIRST OF ALL I just LOVEE how you can hear how Leo’s voice sort of comes alive when he says “Actually?” in response to Parrot saying he promises to quit hunting down the Director if Leo helps him. You can really hear it especially when you listen to some of his lines right beforehand, where you can really hear how drained/done he is with everything related to the Director. The line delivery was just SOO GOOD IN THIS SCENE, and I just want to compliment it because it made me feel really emotional to hear Leo go from completely exhausted to alive. Major props to Leo and Parrot :D

I also think it’s really interesting that Parrot chose this specific promise too as the one he would tell Leo. I think that Leo becoming excited about a promise related to Parrot quitting his hunt of the director shows that Leo doesn’t actually hate/dislike Parrot as a person, but instead he hates what pursuing the Director has done to Parrot by making Parrot so obsessed with discovering the Director’s identity that he ends up hurting his friends in the process of trying to achieve his goals. To Leo, Parrot giving up on pursuing the Director means that BAT won’t ever have to do anything related to the Director again, and that means that no one in BAT (including Parrot!) will ever be hurt again by the Director or his plans and that everything can go back to (semi) normal.

But now, with the identity of the Director revealed, I wonder if Parrot will really keep his promise to Leo and quit his pursuit or if he’ll go back on his word and keep hunting down the Director. Knowing Parrot, I feel as though it will end up being the latter, and if that is the case, I wonder how Leo is going to take it. I feel like he definitely wouldn’t take it well, but I also don’t exactly see him being as upset at parrot as he was in this episode. He would probably just be frustrated but calm: he understands where Parrot is coming from but he can’t keep doing this anymore with chasing down the Director. This would likely end up with Parrot leaving BAT and going off on his own, but I really hope that doesn’t happen because I love BAT so much I’d be so sad to see them go D:🙏.

To conclude, I’m super amazed by Parrot and Leo in this scene and they did amazing acting it out/delivering their lines and gave both characters a really necessary reconcile that helped them both. This is definitely my favorite scene in all of Unstable so far because it’s just so emotionally charged and beautiful.

[ghoulmore-girl]

[Edit, 2nd of June]

This will be the last time I speak on this, because this is a mess and at this point, nothing will change. Follow up for Michelle's recent post since she just wants to keep it going in the comments and I do not have time for this. So here is the full reply, because there is a character limit in the comments.

I’ve been accused those past few days of using AI to write my content. The original accuser, "michellesneptune", claimed it was "eerily similar" to ChatGPT outputs, even going as far as to feed my writing into the platform to test it.

Yes, she was literally using ChatGPT to "check" if my writing sounded like ChatGPT. That’s not "wondering". That’s literally using an AI tool (she "dislikes") to accuse me of being AI. Like. Come on XDD

She then listed specific metaphors and imagery from my writing such as references to Broadway (who doesn't like Broadway??? Dear Evan Hansen????? Hamilton????? WICKED?????????), inner child healing (literally WHO in the community never mentions it?????), etc etc as "evidence".

As if using poetic language or having niche interests somehow makes me a robot. (Oh no! I referenced blood pacts and emotional growth again! Someone call the Avengers, I might be Ultron!!🙃)

I’ve offered proof. I’ve shown the link for my 128+ AO3 works. I said I’d send screenshots of WIPs, of brainstorms, GC convos, anything. I even said I’d ask for testimonies from friends I’ve done live readings for.

Not once was any proof requested.

Not once did she reach out privately to talk.

She just… posted and went away like it was nothing. And the result has been bullying, harassment, and anonymous/direct hate.

She also publicly called her own behavior "unhinged" and "unacceptable" in her follow-up. And yet… She’s still doubling down. Still claiming she "knows what she saw".

"That she owes me nothing."

At this point, you either admit you made a mistake or you stand by the harm. You don’t get to do both but anyway-

And now, apparently, according to her own words (screenshot incoming), "I'm expected to delete myself from this space":

As you can see, this is no longer about AI.

This is about someone who started a fire and is mad people are asking them to clean up the ashes.

I’m not deleting that blog OR myself (sorry Michelle, I have too many things I love on this Earth to go now). I’m not going anywhere. I know who I am and what I’ve created, and that’s enough.

The rest? Not my burden to carry anymore. People can stew in their bitterness. I just hope one day they'll realize the impact they have on people with this kind of behavior.

Thanks to everyone who’s been kind through this.

And please, do not send hate to her.

I may not agree with how she’s handled this, I think it’s been deeply unfair, harmful, and honestly very reckless on her part (she literally admitted it) but she doesn’t deserve harassment or cruelty in return.

If she cannot show grace, I still will.

[About @/Michellesneptune's post about me and other people]

I just wanted to say something about this, because I saw the post — and had it sent to me by a kind person in my inbox — and I’m actually one of the people being talked about.

I don’t use AI for my tarot or astrology posts.

I never have.

I’ve done tarot in real life for years — with friends, at gatherings, for people I care about, and even for strangers who needed a kind moment. I didn’t learn this from a screen or a machine. I learned it through connection. Through watching others, through practice, through intuition, through time.

I literally said it yesterday or the day before on here in my intro, saying I grew up surrounded by mediums/psychic aunties.

This is something deeply personal to me, and it’s honestly painful to have that dismissed so carelessly by someone who doesn’t know anything about me or the heart I put into what I write.

I understand that not every reading is going to connect with everyone. That’s completely okay, it’s natural, even expected. We all receive messages differently. And yes, I tend to write with softness, or try to pull out the gentler or more hopeful aspects of a message, but that doesn’t make it fake or “corny.” Yes I make puns, yes I make pop culture references. Yes I make stupid dad jokes and add a buttload of emojis (you should see my GCs X')). Yes I try to give helpful advice and motivate peeps with praise.

That’s just me. That’s how I read. That's just how I am.

Because that’s the kind of guidance I once needed, and now I try to offer it to others.

Because I believe kindness matters. Because I do believe kindness goes a long way and I know how it feels to be down in the deepest pit of Hell feeling like you'll never be able to breathe ever again, that you cannot laugh anymore or that you're doomed to be alone for the rest of your life because you're the Universe's most sacred joke.

Been there, done that, more than once. And Tarot, friends, kindness and so many other things like writing or art helped me.

And it wasn’t AI that got me through that.

It was tarot. It was friends. It was community. It was soft words at the right time. It was creativity, and writing, and art, and the quiet magic of healing in ways you didn’t think possible.

So for someone to look at all of that, all of this effort, all of this heart, and reduce it to “corny AI nonsense” because they don’t know me, don’t get me, or simply don’t like my tone… that’s so fucking painful.

You don’t have to connect with me. You don’t have to love what I post. But to mock, to accuse, to drag people down over something they poured care into? That’s not it.

I’m a real person. With real feelings. With real reasons for writing the way I do.

And I will always choose softness over cynicism. Because I’ve lived in the dark, and I know what it’s like to need a light, even a small one.

And to say that must be AI, or to mock advice, warmth, and emotional encouragement, is really sad.

If I’m “as fake” as they claim, then why do people message me saying they felt seen? Why do people tell me my words helped, even just a little down in the comments? That it was what they needed to hear?

That doesn’t happen because of an algorithm. That happens because I care. Because I show up. Because I write from the heart.

I'm literally just like that with my irl friends.

Because I fucking try.

What’s even more upsetting is the pattern I’ve been noticing, like the harsh accusations and sweeping generalizations going around. It’s starting to feel like a witch hunt. People are being spoken about in really cruel, condescending ways, and for what? For trying to offer something sincere? For having a style someone doesn’t personally like?

Not even two weeks ago, a blog was literally created with the goal of “hunting down” supposed AI tarot blogs. They were copy-pasting people’s readings into AI detectors (which aren’t even accurate or ethical tools for this) and accusing readers based on that. Many of the people they targeted were completely innocent. That blog has since been deleted, but the energy of it lingers, and now it’s showing up again, just in another form. It’s exhausting.

And it’s creating fear in a space that’s supposed to be rooted in connection, intuition, and support.

For what it’s worth, I’ve been writing for years. I started on Wattpad in 2015 or 2016, and later moved to AO3. I have hundreds of fics, book ideas, drafts, and writing samples, and I’ve written so much of it in a language that’s not even my first. Writing is how I process the world. It’s how I connect. It’s who I am. This isn’t some persona I put on to get notes. It’s my voice.

I didn't want to show my AO3 because this is not a fandom blog at all, but if you want to check my writing, you can check it there, there are 128 works on there:

https://archiveofourown.org/users/Halfling_MadMax/works

And to be publicly accused and mocked because of that voice, just because someone doesn’t vibe with it or undersyand it, really, really hurts.

I don’t mind critique.

But this isn’t that. This is mockery. This is cruelty. And it’s affecting real people.

So if you’ve ever read something of mine and felt comforted, or held, or encouraged, thank you. That’s the kind of energy I want to put into the world. And if kindness, vulnerability, and softness are “corny,” then I’m okay with that.

I’d rather be corny than cruel.

Please remember there are real humans behind these blogs. Not bots. Not brands. Humans. And we’re doing our best. Be kind.

[Edit: To this day, 31st of May, her post is till active on tumblr.]

_ Ghoul

[ipwarn]

I should be asleep. It's 4:45 in the morning and I've been awake for hours.

But there is so much fun fandomy things happening. I can't be mad that for once I'm kept awake by excitement - instead of existential dread.

Happy Wheel Of Time/Maybe Happy Ending OBC for everyone who celebrates!!!! (probs just me now I think about it)

🎊🎊🎊

[icewindandboringhorror]

(also feel free in the tags to clarify Why you made the choice you made!! :0c)

[egophiliac]

Final manifestations for Book 7?

I'm trying REALLY hard not to build up any solid expectations, because I wanna go in ~fresh~! they're already so far away from anything I thought would happen (not in a bad way, I'm just accepting that I'm on Miss Yana's Wild Ride at this point and we're seeing this thing through 'til the end, by gum). so it's nothing too major, but:

they've been handing new crying expressions out like candy lately, I want to see some delicious Malleus tears.

honestly I want everyone to cry buckets. their tears sustain me. the more Silver angst specifically I get the happier I am.

SILVER!!!! 👏 VANROUGE!!!! 👏

just let him have this. the poor boy's been through so much. let him have his big "I'm proud of you, son" moment with Lilia.

I'm 100% expecting Grim's arc (and probably whatever's going on with Crowley) to be its own episode, but a nice hook to leave us hanging on would be good!

a nice hook though, please, I don't think I can take another "Grim is attacking us! now wait eight months to find out what happens :)" cliffhanger...

some Meleanor? as a treat? just a little bit, a tiny quick flashback or something, please Twst I just, I just want to see her again. let her have a little ghost cameo like Dawnathan Knight got. Lilia and his kids are all having their big group hug or whatever and she can gently fade in to be all like

(turning asks off until I'm done playing, SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE Y'ALL)

[franollie]

superhero fashion dolls is such an untapped market. well not untapped because they’ve tried before. its just that they’re often designed by people who A. don’t understand the appeal of fashion dolls or B. don’t understand the appeal of superheroes

[sysig]

VUXPet (Patreon)

[faksyan]

Want to actually write out my idea of why John isn't Snake's real name now because I remembered about it yesterday and it's awesome. Like that would've made it an actual cool narrative decision that has some meaning instead of whatever the Jack/John thing is. Holding mgs names to any real-life standards to begin with is kind of wild tbh but to each their own. why is he named Adamska can anyone tell me where that's from (it's nowhere they made it up). who is Nastasha why is it spelled like that (they made that up too. babynames.com or whatever might tell you it's real and they're LYING). Shoot Gunner.

[winged-wolf-s-collection-of-arts]

thinking about.... the egos project!! Thinking about Damien/Sylvia, spirits of nostalgia- and thinking about my own feelings (and suddenly remembering the characters that uh didn’t quite make it-)

[slaps desk] Benny/Nathan. Dude I am so so sorry for forgetting you uh, spirit of.... well I think I believe it was loyalty? Oops.

I think it would be a neat idea, now or sometime soon, to fuse the duos! Specifically Benny and Sylvia, and Nathan and Damien- I think my uh. Thoughts on loyalty. The virtue has warped a bit, taking loyalty to the extreme- and with nostalgia, that being used as an escape- (gah it’s really interesting to see virtues shift. don’t think about what this means in me (or do, why not!))

As for what that means for designs... I’ll be aging Sylvia/Damien up slightly, probably mid/late teens, and giving them civilian identities!! (And I guess uh- day jobs??) (I’ll show you when I can draw later-)

Now for the big question, could they de-fuse?? Maybe rarely? But Probably Not. I can’t see loyalty and nostalgia separating Right Now, unfortunately. Not unless one virtue changed a lot to break them apart-

[asvidema]

henry of skalitz really was tasked to serve a young lord and then gradually wanted to help him more and more until it stopped being about duty and it started being about loving him and wanting to love him by his own accord in all his flaws and through all his tribulations, huh