#local gay nightmare having fun

[i-like-the-eyes]

Local Nightmare ecstatic about snow

Went on the first winter walk of the season today❤️❄️

By the end of my walk...my hair was ruined and my shirt was wet. But damn, this was so needed!

[rageagainsttheapathy]

Okay. So. I’ve seen a few fics and posts about Eddie being in a production the Rocky Horror Picture Show and Steve stumbling across it and having a sexual awakening, which, fantastic showstopping incredible BUT

What if we had the opposite.

Picture: baby gay ally Steve with his new lesbian BFF Robin who he wants to be supportive for, so he decides that the best thing for him to do is obviously to drive her up to Indianapolis to find a her gay club and potentially a girlfriend so that she can enjoy all the same things that he does! It’s only logical. It doesn’t quite work out that way of course because although she’s excited, Robin is also nervous and kind of overwhelmed, BUT they do meet a lovely group of Elder Gays™️ who take one look at this Disaster Pair of Obvious Babies and decide that These Are Their Children now.

Steve and Robin both learn a lot from these new adoptive gay parents of theirs, from Safe Sex With Any Gender to How to Find Other Gays Without Attracting Attention to No, There’s More Than Just Gay Or Straight, Yes Really, We Promise. One of the aforementioned things is gay media, including the cult classic RHPS, and what do you know, There’s a Showing On Tonight, Let’s All Go It’ll Be Fun.

They go. And Steve LOVES it. It’s weird as fuck and he doesn’t follow half of the plot, but neither does anyone else it seems like because of just how weird it is, and the songs are all super catchy and screaming the words ‘asshole!’ And ‘slut!’ At the stage is weirdly cathartic for him.

Now. This wouldn’t lead to much of anything, except that Steve watches the movie so much on nights when he can’t sleep without waking up screaming from nightmares that he accidentally memorises all of the songs, and THEN, one night when he and Robin are having a Gay Night On The Town, he gets kind of hammered and ends up doing Karaoke on stage with a drag queen to Touch-a touch-a touch me. And he’s good. Very good, in fact, enough that he’s approached by a local theatre worker who just so happened to be in the club that night, who mentions that auditions for a new production of RHPS are being held soon, you’ve got real talent kid, why don’t you go for it?

And Steve isn’t going to, but he’s in desperate need of a hobby, and Robin is stood next to him chanting DO IT DO IT DO IT FOR MEEEEEEE, and you know what? Their lives are already So Goddamn Weird. So off he goes, and whaddaya know, ladies and gentlemen, you are looking at the brand spanking new Dr Frank-n-furter!

Enter Eddie, stage left.

Now with part two!

Additional stobin interlude scene!

Part Three/Four!

[starscatteredsky]

If you haven’t yet already, tips for bats? :)

tips for bats

pt: tips for bats

practice squeaking vocals!

eat lots of fruit if you’re a fruit bat!

arm flapping stims!!

make/commission a therian mask

hold a blanket/towel/etc with each of your hands, spread across your back, to feel like your wings instead of arms!

collect bat jewelry, clothes, trinkets, plushes, fidgets, etc! it’s a perfect time of year to find all sorts of spooky bat stuff :D

decorate your living space with cool rocks, crystals, atmospheric lighting, cave ambience, dark drapes/blinds to keep out unwanted light, etc! make it feel like a homey cave!

wear dark clothing and baggy “winglike” hoodies/shirts!

get some vampire fangs from your local halloween shop/section to wear to feel like your own fangs!! there’s plenty of different types this time of year, so you can likely find something that works for any sensory needs you have!

try hanging upside down by your knees in a tree or some other place! (be safe!)

try staying up at night and resting during the day, or appreciate the night in other ways if you don’t want to mess with your sleep schedule!

have fun!! one of our mods actually started questioning if they’re a batkin because of writing this post, so thank you haha :D -👾

Requests open!!!

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[colorfullpaperbird]

Taste in books i think each of the sides on Sander Sides would have

Logan: Easiest side to tell since he says his book taste in canon lmao, mistery books guy, agatha christie, sherlock holmes, murders on rue morgue, he just really enjoys a good mistery (he’s just like me fr). He also probably reads books about scientific discoveries and psychological studies on a day to day basis (since he seems to have an answer for everything), either really likes or really hates sci fi depending on the scientifical explanations the books gives

Patton: Ok so, im gonna be honest, i don’t think Patton reads much? In fact hes probably the one who reads the least out of all sides, but he does seem to know his stuff, quoting studies in some episodes ( ‘Can lying be good?’ being the one who comes to mind ), so he probably reads a few articles about Morality and philosophy, also when i imagine Patton reading i imagine children’s books with deep messages like Dr Seuss, so personally i think Patton’s taste in books would be books like “The Tao of Pooh” which explains philosophy in a simple fun way taking inspiration from children’s media.

Roman: Roman’s my favorite side and although i would like to dump my personal taste on him i am aware that he canonically hasn’t read my favorite book and dislikes dark retellings of fairytales, leaving me to tears since those are my favorite kind of story. However i will indulge a bit and say that Roman would love Shakespearean plays ( His favorite would be Hamlet bc it inspired Lion King ) and typical fantasy books. Im also 100% sure that guy has a shelf full of Disney Movie Books like the novelization of Beauty and the beast and the villain’s origin books by Serena Valentino, also has those super pretty Disney Classics books ( lucky mfer ). And obviously he would have the original novels of multiple musicals ( Wicked, Be more chill, Dear Evan Hansen…) and some ballets/non-Disney classics as well (The nutcracker, The wizard of oz, Swan lake… ). Also Harry Potter i guess, since that’s canon 😒

Virgil: We all know what im going to say, Horror fan. Likes Edgar Allan Poe’s stories and classic horror books that inspired movies/series ( Carrie, Ring, the haunting of hill house… ), also reads a concerning amount of True crime about unsolved murder cases, and he has a special edition of the novel of The nightmare before Christmas somewhere trust me. And to self indulge a little, Dark retellings of fairytales, especially the Horror leaning ones.

Janus: I feel like Patton would read simplified philosophy books while Janus would grab shit like The gay science by Friedrich Nietzsche at the local library (never read this book, hilarious title tho), Overall i think Janus’s taste on books would consist of either philosophy and sociology books (especially the ones that annoying people read to keep gloating about how smart they are, except he actually likes them), and influential plays like Shakespeare, The Odyssey, The Iliad, Medea, Phantom of the Opera etc… His taste is the perfect combination of annoying Theater kid with pretentious philosophy kid (He is the guy they strive to be 😭)

Tw: Remus and everything that comes with him

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Remus: YES, REMUS READS, YOU CANNOT CHANGE MY MIND ON THIS, The books he reads? Very simple, Dark romance and horror, the books are his inspirations for new creative ways to annoy the shit out of the other sides, he is slowly but surely making a list of new horrid murder and torture methods he learned via horror books, also dark romance for him is just romance since he thinks normal romance books are boring and lack taste, some other side definitely walked in on him reading once ( picture him reading on the sofa twirling his hair and bouncing his legs in a very stereotypical teen girl way ) and asked what he was reading only for him to answer something like “ ‘Taken Hostage by the Hot Mafia Boss’ :D” Also definitely read the Kam4 Sutr4.

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Bonus: Remy/Sleep has a book detailing the multiple different ways on how to brew coffee and Picani has every Kids Show Book he could find ( Gravity Falls 3rd Diary, Star vs the Forces of Evil Book of spells etc… )

ALSO WARNING: If you want to buy any of the books i talked about here be aware there is currently a boycott of Disney and any other properties that have ties to the genocide committed by Israel!! And mainly, i would recommend to grab any book i mentioned in the library since they’re one of the only public community spaces that haven’t shut down yet, support your public library to make sure it stays that way!

[cerealandchoccymilk]

Trigun Bookclub: Trigun Vol.1, Chapter #02

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Continuation of my Trigun annotation for the book club. I'm doing a deep-read of the Japanese original print (reread) and Overhaul 1.0 (first read) side-by-side, and writing down everything I notice from small details, version differences, translation differences, etc. (and being gay about the characters <3 always important)

Here are the beloved non-analysis sillies...

And the rest is under the cut. read my notes boy!!

[link for if the images aren't in horizontal rows]

The second page has an error - 悪夢 was probably misread as 悪魔 ("happen" and "awaken" are also the same kanji). It should be "Then, the nightmare occurred." It's really cool that this still works really well considering...y'know (not saying for the first-time readers ;) )

I just love how that drawing of Vash is so cool and serious...

...and then you turn the page and he's in the most pathetic cunty pussy-out pose you've ever seen. Easily one of my favorite panels. Also made a math question for funsies. sorry to anyone who got high school flashbacks, but I absolutely loved trigonometry lmao. I could do this forever.

A little pun(?) that may or may not be intentional - In Japanese, someone with a bounty on their head is called 賞金首, lit. "bounty neck" ("neck" sometimes signifies the entire head). The locals call out for the bounty-neck right as Vash hurt his neck lol

I love how creepy Vash moves sometimes. absolute cryptid

This is entirely a Japanese-only detail, but I really loved how Vash said バヤイ (bayai) in the sobbing in French line, because my mom also says that instead of 場合 (baai) when she's being silly lmao. Also, it's notable that in Japanese, Vash says フランセ語 ("Francé-go," where "go" is the suffix for languages) which may be either another miles->iles/double-dollar situation, or just him speaking silly like バヤイ.

Also, the line after that would more accurately be "How am I supposed to deal with all these locals?"

Here, the "Really?" is actually Meryl saying something like "I'll give you a hint."

Meryl tends to be the one responsible for the braincell in fanworks but it's important to remember that she absolutely is dumb too (affectionate).

I'm so glad I wrote that reminder about Meryl's speech, but I don't think I'll be able to do it justice here when I have so much more to talk about. I'll have to write another post later, so I'll link it when it's done. The gist is that she talks like a stereotypical high-class anime girl, and the trope is from how a similar demographic in Meiji-era Japan actually spoke.

The boy's pussy faces the world yet again. I love all the faces he makes!! look at him!!!!!!!!!!! he's so cute

The text on the board here was very messy and squished, but it says something like "Vash the Stampede Absolute Capture Task Force Headquarters." Honestly don't know how to fit all that into the board though so uh good luck on that for 2.0... Also dear god Vash has so much energy... He's just been running for 3 hours straight...!!

Fun fact: the equivalent idiom to "fight fire with fire" in Japanese is "use poison on poison."

Love how Nebraska is just like "no we didn't jailbreak, we just let ourselves out :/"

Translation error for Milly and the chairman - Milly is saying "Why do things keep getting worse and worse!?" and the chairman is mumbling "What's the deal with you two..."

Showing some love for his pretty pretty eyes..........(gives him so many smooches in my head)("i can imagine anything" image)(can't add it because i reached the 30 image limit)

The "Freeze!" is actually untranslated, just re-typed to match the surrounding font. Also, that panel is the first time Vash's antennae is shown bent!! It goes back up immediately after that though.

Fun fact #2. Vash says ara ara. if you even care.

This line never fails to hit me hard. They're all desperate mothers and sisters, and they're taking on the bad role because nothing's more important than their dear children. (reminds me of a certain someone...)

I've seen someone mention this before, but Trimax definitely adjusted the number of plants. Fifty!?!? Also, in Japanese, "plants" and "died" were in quotations.

I love the gun pull in the right panel. Vash obviously definitely doesn't intend on shooting, but is rather showing off his skill and resolve as an intimidation tactic to throw the girls off-guard.

God this entire spread is just so RAW.... (here's the post that's mentioned in blue. it just reminded me)

Some more hypes and sillies. The impact that "KISS MY ASS!!" had on my first read was phenomenal!! It's so silly!! and cool!!!

And then there's this!! Another favorite part of mine. Vash's antennae are bent again! They kind of alternate between straight and bent from here.

The green writing about the onomatopoea are more of just a translation note rather than a suggestion. I can't think of any good beckoning noises in English :V

And finally, Milly calls "Mr. Bomb" "Bomb-kun" in Japanese which I think yall would enjoy lol. And happy strangling her saturday tuesday.

The Japanese version of the annotations are in the reblogs, if anyone wants them.

I have Chapter #03 mostly ready, so I'll probably post it tomorrow morning and try to speedrun the rest of the chapters because this is taking longer than I expected!! God there's just so much to say!! (Also gotta remember to write about Meryl's speech!!)

And thank yall so much for the feedback on the Chapters #00-01 post!! I didn't know so many people were interested in such small details!! Love (and peace) yall 🫶🤞

[trans4hire]

Imagine if you will, there's a new bar that just opened up in your town. It's called The Handkerchief after the Handkerchief code used by queer people in the past.

Since it's a queer bar, you decide to go and see what it's like, support locally queer owned businesses and such.

You find it pretty crowded, wondering how they managed to attract such large crowds so quickly. They've only been open a couple of weeks after all.

You're a little nervous, so you decide to have a seat at the bar and look through their drink menu to see what they have to offer. Most of the drinks on the menu are named after prominent queer people throughout history with little blurbs on the back of the menu about those figures.

You order a drink and while you wait for it you decide to take a glance around the place, you're sat at the edge of the bar so it's easy to get a good look of most of the area. You feel like you can't see a lot of trans people. "Not that there's a specific way to look trans." You nag yourself in your head. But also, why aren't your instincts picking up on any trans people? Is this not a trans friendly queer bar? Have you walked into the Cis-only gay bar of your nightmares?

Before you can spiral any further, you're snapped back to reality by the bartender placing your drink in front of you.

"There ya go, sweetheart!" She says with a Southern Belle accent. You can't tell if that's a point for or against the Cis-Bar Theory.

As you pick up your drink and have a sip, you notice the girl sitting next to you has the same drink. You also noticed she was looking at you before you had looked at her.

"Marsha P.ina Coloda, nice choice!" She says with a sunny disposition.

"Thanks, you too." You said as awkwardly as humanly possible. "Ugh, why do you have to be like this!" You curse your own name in your head.

The girl giggles, bullet dodged. I guess maybe she's into complete dumbasses.

"It's a tasty drink, but I'm not sure I like the tribute." She says as she stirs her drink with her straw looking puzzled.

"Oh? Why's that?" You ask. But you're afraid you already know the answer. She's going to be Transphobic, just like everyone in this bar probably is. You're probably going to chug your drink and pretend to get a phone call so you have an excuse to leave.

"I'm just not sure if it's a fitting tribute, you know?" Your disposition changes, and you turn to face her as she continues. "Like I want people to realize that queer people have always existed throughout history and learn about the impact they've had. But on the other hand, is the way to go about that with themed drinks?"

In that moment, you found your mood completely turning around. Maybe this bar isn't so bad after all. "That's what I was thinking, I'm leaning towards it being a good thing since they at least have information you can read about these people. But the jokey drink names feel like they could be seen as disrespectful."

"Oh, I so agree!" She puts her hand on your arm for a moment, and you feel a warm feeling come over you. This is going to be a fun night, after all.

Hours go by. You don't even end up drinking more than two drinks since you were so busy talking.

"I've had a lot of fun talking to you tonight, I was actually SUPER nervous about coming here. But you know, support local Queer owned businesses." She says as she finishes the last of her second drink.

"Me too. It was nice to just sit and talk with somebody for a change." You take another sip of your drink before realizing you had already drank it.

"You know if you wanted, the night doesn't have to be over right now." She says to the bottom of her empty glass that she continues poking with a straw. Or at least that's who it looks like she's talking to based on her complete lack of eye contact.

"Oh, are you sure you'd want to?" You trail off mid sentence. You're unsure of what to do with the proposition, she is really cute, and funny, and kind, and it's been forever since you had a chance to feel a physical connection with another human, and-

"I mean, if you wanted to, I'd be okay with that." She cuts you off mid internal rant as she looks up at you shyly with puppy dog eyes.

Fuck. You need this, you realize. Even if it doesn't go anywhere, it would still take a lot off your mind right now, a good end to a good night. "Okay, but I can't host. My roommate is working in the morning."

She perks up with a big smile on her face. "That's cool, I can host! My roommate is out of town!"

So that was that, before you knew it, you had paid for your drinks, and had walked back to her place. As you get closer and closer to her apartment, though, your brain starts racing. "Wait, did I double check that she was okay with trans people? Did she know I was trans when she invited me back to her place? What if she's disgusted when she finds out I have a dick?" You try to calm yourself down. "She's okay with trans people in general, I know, but it's different when you're hooking up with somebody, not everybody likes every set of parts, what if -"

Your train-wreck of thought is cut off by the sound of the lock to her apartment clicking. "And here we are!" She beams as if she just pulled off a magic trick.

You follow her in. She starts putting her things down on a nearby table and taking her coat off. You're really here, it's now or never, before you embarrass yourself you have to ask her.

You turn towards her to reveal your big secret, but before you can get a word out, your lips are closed by a passionate kiss.

It's amazing. It feels like it's been forever since you were kissed, like you've been dying of thrist in the desert, and you're given an ice-cold glass of water. It feels like it lasts an eternity. But then she pulls away, and it felt like the kiss wasn't anywhere near long enough.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so so sorry!" She says with a panicked tone. "I just, I was so nervous about tonight and things went so well but then I was worried you wouldn't like me and then you're just so pretty and I didn't want to be awkward or say anything stupid that would ruin things so I just ki-"

Before she can keep rambling, you kiss her, and it feels like the whole world melts away. You pull away for a moment before your brain stops working.

"Don't worry, you're really cute too!" You say cheerfully. A big smile adornes her face. Without sparing another moment, you go back to making out.

After what feels like forever but also way too short of a timeframe, you start to put your hands all over each other.

Like you just can't feel enough of her body, and she acts just as eagerly.

You end up taking a step back to put your back against the wall for support, and you find your leg going between her legs and closer to her crotch. You decide to lean into it when- "Wait, is that, is she?" You pause and think to yourself.

You break the kiss at the same time, and both bring your heads up and, at the same time, blurt out: "YOURE TRANS TOO!?"

You take a moment to realize what happened, while your leg was working it way into her crotch, her leg had been making its way into yours, you can't believe you didn't notice.

It seems that both of your legs reached each other's dicks (which had no hope of being hidden at this point in making out) at the same time. And that neither of you had realized the other was trans all evening.

You keep intense eye contact for a moment before both of you burst out laughing.

After a few minutes of laughing at the silliness of the evening, you're sitting on her bed.

"I can't believe we're both that oblivious." She chuckles.

"I can, I've always been like that." She laughs and snorts in the middle of it. She covers her mouth and looks embarrassed. But you couldn't have found her more attractive in that moment if you tried.

The night continues on, and it feels like you're being touched for the first time all over again. The anxiety of the evening melted away for both of you, and all that's left is pure bliss.

As you lay in bed next to her, gradually getting sleepier and sleepier, you begin to wonder how many other trans people were at the bar tonight. Maybe only the two of you? Maybe the entire bar was filled with trans people. You realize you don't care because all that matters to you right now is that the two of you were at that bar tonight.

[bright-and-burning]

thank you for the tag @albonoooo <333

star sign: leo (attention whore signs 4 the win)

favourite holiday: my neighborhood does neighbor day every year and that’s a solid percentage of my favorite childhood memories. my neighborhood is very very close (very much so an “it takes a village” mentality) so i grew up with essentially twenty aunts and uncles. and also like ten dogs and thirteen vaguely cousin-esque figures on my block. anyways it’s like a massive potluck barbecue thing, it goes from like noon to whenever the last person heads in (which can be quite late). think like. potluck barbecue to casual day drinking to big bonfire w smores as the day goes by. as a kid i spent the whole day roaming the neighborhood and coming back every so often to grab food from the tables before heading off again. as an adult i got to get drunk on seltzers with a bunch of 50 somethings and it was incredible

last meal: omg it was my last ohio meal… i got it from this really special like local version of sonic’s (like a drive up food place). they make their burgers w a little bit of brown sugar and mashed banana (they’re the best burgers i’ve ever had). so i had a double hamburger w fries and a mint shake w brownie spindled in. if you’re ever driving through ohio PLEASE hit me up to get this place’s name it’s GLORIOUS. 1980s pricing (admittedly 80s portions too lol). neon signs everywhere. what i will miss the most

current favourite musician: i tend to just hit play on my liked songs so whatever i liked most recently gets played wayyyy more. a lot of the backseat lovers rn

last music listened to: mama’s gun by glass animals (BANGER OF A SONG!!!)

last movie watched: the muppet christmas carol i think . yeah according to letterboxd that lmfao

last tv show watched: i just binged monarch: legacy of monsters w my parents (amazing godzilla tv show but godzilla’s only in it for like. 10 minutes total lol. gay people <3) and then we started lockwood & co tonight on a whim

last book/fic finished: the invisible library by genevieve cogman !!! so good. librarian spy thieves…

last book/fic abandoned: oh gosh. i am such a completionist that i don’t think i ever leave books unfinished. technically i won’t be able to finish the masked city (the sequel to the invisible library) bc it belongs to the library and i am moving. but i will be picking it back up as soon as i have a library card in my new area so? does that even count? yeah i don’t really dnf things

currently reading: the masked city by genevieve cogman technically. lol. i’m trying to read at least a page a day in january. some days that means literally reading a page other days it’s reading 300. since i started the masked city like four days ago ive only made it through 30 pages bc moving is a nightmare so.

last thing researched for writing/art/hyperfixation: hm. technically for the last thing i like posted that would be the drug testing guidelines for f1 (tldr fun fact party drugs are fine out of competition). i read like. 60 pages of legalese. and a bunch of medical stuff and then several wikipedia pages and guides for athletes. the last wikipedia article i opened was for NATO and i have no idea why LOL

favourite online fandom memory: i have the memory of a goldfish… i’m also pretty sure f1 is the first time i’ve been involved w a fandom like. as it’s happening. i’m usually a latecomer . i did enjoy whatever the fuck went down w supernatural and putin that was fun second hand (literally thru a groupchat bc i was in my significantly less terminally online era aka i was in college)

favourite old fandom you wish would drag you back in/have a resurgence: newsies (1992) my beloved… i plotted out a fic that would stretch over like. 40 years. i went INSANE on historical accuracy research. and then i got depressed… someday my magnum opus (slice of life polyamory through turn of the century nyc) will come to fruition

favourite thing you enjoy that never had an active or big fandom, but you wish it did: i feel like there’s been a million times i’ve walked out of a movie (or finished a book, or a tv show) and gone to ao3 and then it has like. 4 works. the rivers of london series by ben aaronovitch only has like . 1k fics on ao3. and not a lot of ppl posting on tumblr. so maybe that?

tempting project you're trying to rein in/don't have time for: all of them tbh… runners au really (it’s spawned into like three different fics of plot lines Plus an epistolary type companion…). i literally constantly come up w ideas (usually hyper specific aus) all the time ask dees it’s a PROBLEM for me. bc i have no time for any of them…

no pressure tags if u wld like <3 @userkritaaay @leclercenjoyer @drivestraight @oscarpiastriwdc @eyes-likepilotlights (i have not paid a ton of attention to who has done this/been tagged sorry)

[guccigarantine]

It’s every gay person’s nightmare: the person you ghosted on a dating app is now the one running the time travel murder game you got yourself involved in 

Two whole hours and I still hadn’t figured out what to do. It sounded decent in theory to just talk to him, but this was a game about murder. This was the guy who made the game about murder and my plan was to tell him forcefully that I was going to make him stay. I’m supposed to get out of this situation through my wits alone? Past me had so much confidence in present me-- or maybe he hated present me. “Sorry, not my problem.” Signed, Past Me.

Ryan looked nervously to the door and then back to his phone, perhaps checking to see if CANNONBALL had emailed him back about anything since it was taking so long for the door to open. I squinted. Ryan looked... eerily familiar. I didn’t think that he looked like someone else. I had the distinct impression that I had seen him somewhere before. My mind wandered, and it was as I thought about how he was sort of my type that I made the connection.

I flung open the door. “Seriously, it’s you?” I asked.

 A few expressions swept over Ryan’s face. Confusion that I wasn’t CANNONBALL, fear and anger as he realized that CANNONBALL’s involvement in WOE.BEGONE had likely just been compromised, and finally recognition.

“Mike Walters, pleased to meet you,” I said and smiled a fake smile.

“You’re from--”

 I interrupted him. “We don’t have to talk about that if you don’t want to.”

“I know, but what are the odds?” He asked, jaw slightly agape.

[Beat]

“He left all his data unsecured. I found all kinds of stuff on--”

He interrupted me. “We’re seriously not going to talk about it? Are you embarrassed? Or maybe discreet or...?”

I blushed. “Fine. Yes, we messaged back and forth on Scruff a long time ago.” Scruff is a dating app, mostly for masculine gay men looking for other masculine gay men, but its use is a little bit broader than it sounds from that description and its more feature-rich than Grindr and apparently there are local guys in your area who are down to alter space time tonight. We had exchanged some messages and non-lewd images on there a long time ago. Well, a gay long time ago, so like a year and a half. Gay temporality is a type of time travel in itself.

“You were hot. I forget why we stopped talking,” he said. See, podcast listeners? Proof that I am in fact hot. I mean, as long as you take my word on it that he said that I was hot.

“I probably flaked or we didn’t have enough in common. Hobbies and interests are really important to me. I can’t believe we are having this conversation while I have a guy tied up in his own apartment and not in the fun way,” I said.

[Beat]

“That’s a shame. There’s a parallel universe where we kept talking and you’d be on the other side of this WOE.BEGONE game,” he said. “I mean, literally. There’s literally another dimension where that happens. A statistically significant number of dimensions, actually. I could probably write a program to figure out roughly how many. Finding them would be almost impossible, though.”

“That won’t be necessary,” I said.

[Beat]

“I guess you aren’t going to let me in on this whole thing, are you?” I asked.

“For someone as sexy and smart as you… no,” he said.

[Beat]

“Is your goal to hunt down the quantum computer so that you can seize it for yourself and skip the middleman?” I asked.

“Well, it seems like you have some fun ideas of your own, so I won’t ruin your fun. You seem to get off on wildly speculating. You should add that to your Scruff profile,” he said.

“I try to imply that through euphemism on my profile,” I shot back.

“Guys on Scruff don’t get subtext, Mike,” he said.

 As frustrated as I was with Ryan, nothing that he was saying was untrue. “What are you going to do when you walk out of this apartment?” I asked. “I assume that I am relatively safe based on what you have said to me tonight.”

“I don’t have to decide that right now. I can decide it whenever I want to. But I know what would make it most entertaining for me,” he said. “I think what I’ll end up doing is getting a little closer--” He came and sat right beside me on the couch I was on. “And leaning in real close--” He brought his lips up to my ear. “And in the faintest whisper, telling you...”

And then I woke up standing in the middle of the fucking road! [Punches desk]

[johannestevans]

New pieces and an interview with Transinspired Media!

Good afternoon!

Firstly, I did an interview earlier this week with Transpired Media, and it's out now.

Transpired Media is a new media and news collective whose goal it is to directly centre trans narratives and trans voices, and they're just getting off the ground right now. You should check them out and given them a follow on YouTube, Twitter, Tumblr.

For media recs, I enjoyed A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) this week, as well as the related documentary, Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (2019) starring Mark Patton, who played the protagonist in Freddy's Revenge.

I've written an updated list of movie recs building on the big MLM rec list I did a few years ago, and there's like 70-something films and TV series linked on the list, so it might be nice to have a glance through!

More gay (or bi) dudes in movies! is on Medium and also on Patreon, and there's a list to peruse on Letterboxd for ease of checking off films you've seen and not!

April's Top Story: Slime Breeder

Erotic short. An elf is used as a distraction as his party fight a gigantic slime.

3.5k. Rated E. A trans masc elf getting fucked from all ends by a giant slime creature, used as a seedbed by it, then played with by his variously gendered friends in the aftermath.

Mildly to very dubious consent here, but Sam is absolutely enjoying himself by the end of it - featuring a giant slime monster, aphrodisiacs, tentacle sex, encasement, choking, oviposition and egg-laying, cumflation, overstimulation, anal, oral, and vaginal penetration, objectification, lactation, milking. All that fun and beastly stuff!

On Medium / / On Patreon

New Works Published

Romance Short: Funny Thing

A quartermaster is driven mad by the carpenter’s nephew.

1.3k, short and sweet! Rated M, adapted from a TweetFic. Light-hearted age gap with pirates.

On Medium / / On Patreon

Fiction Short: Prices Paid

A man possessed by myriad demons greets his on-and-off lover.

1.4k, M/M. Asmodeus and Hamish MacKinnon! Just a short, sharp little piece between two sad, sharp men. Adapted from a TweetFic.

On Medium / / On Patreon

Film Essay: The Straight Male Gaze on Pretty Male Gays

How does it feel when straight men want to fuck us?

A quick little intro — I went ham on this one. I watched A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge and it just gave me a lot of feelings.

Warnings throughout this piece for discussion of the film’s gore and violence, the homophobia both in- and out- of universe, sexual violence, homophobia in general. I use a lot of slurs in this one because I self-identify with a lot of them, and a lot of this piece is about the ways in which queer identity is weaponised and not weaponised against us.

Bon appetit.

On Medium / / On Patreon

Romance Short: Tailor's Hands

A newly out man falls for a local tailor.

3k, M/M, rated M. Sweet and short, some bantering back and forth, some shyness and sillinness, some cute cats! Featuring Pothos Hearn. Adapted from a TweetFic.

On Medium / / On Patreon

[daydreaming-memories]

ME??? posting a para post????

what a nightmare!

@ohnoesmytacos remember the 28 vague para prompts??? soo uhhh.

yea. [please note this will look terrible </3 as I am taking screenshots for icons]

note this will be in multiple rbs as image limits

Above is the total 28 peeps.

1The most anxious quivering wet paper bag of a man who is technically an arsonist (by accident)

Here we have Aoi (She/her), she's a man who goes by she/her. she does not care. She's a gay man, and she's cis. She is an anxious quiver wet paper bag of a man, and did kill someone with fire to protect someone she cares about.

She helps out Parakusu (not pictured), Kokan (not pictured) and Monsuta (not pictured) with learning magic. She has pyrokinesis.

She has 2 children, although only one is still alive.

Could swap with Mr Pie but honestly fitting.

2He was just trying to be hot and morally grey in a video game and wound up Actually Killing A Lot Of People without even knowing it

Let's give it for Cell, He/they. he is the local barbie fan. I don't really know how to go about how this fits him but it does.

He is a trans bi king, and he loves his partners <3 also yes he is poly.

3The most gender motherfucker to ever walk the earth but also she kills people. like a lot of people.

This is Ennui! I use she/her for her although she typically uses mirror pronouns (Aka she would use the same pronouns as the person speaking, though clarification. I do not use she/her)

She 100% has killed a ton of people, and she is as you can probably tell the sin of envy.

4a MILF who may or may not be Actually Satan

Pastasgo, She/her + Fae/faer. I'm mainly using she/her as even though I go by fae/faer i am terrible at using the pronouns </3

a fusion of probably terrible people I've brought back from the graveyard of paras. would probably kick ur ass for fun.

5like if the tbh creature was a hitman

Limboheart is totally tbh creature. He/him and I also refered to him as an eboy to my friend when I finished the more humanoid design. He is a hitman but because he is so cute no one bats an eye.

Which yes is based on a lgbt fornite design for clothing, which the original yippie that is often associated with tbn came from talked about playing fortnite n drinkin cola. Also his general design is vaguely inspired by the game Catherine: Full body + Percy jackson's Grover underwood from the first film series lmao!!!

he's like that one tumblr post abt leela from futuruma doing twitch and Lionheart is Fry. where people when lionheart appears in the background will just send tons of lion/cat emojis.

6a 50 year old man who has technically died three times and he thinks it’s so fucking funny

It was a wheel spin for this spot but we have Kinx. He/him + Hes/Reh. but using he/him for simplicity wheeze.

People keep killing him for being a nusance but he keeps coming back lmao!!!

7hades. the actual god hades the one in charge of the underworld.

This is Mortem and he has like 6 bfs and 1 gf. He's god of death and controller of the underworld, he is the dad you wish you had.

<3 three parts after this one

[sonnetthebard]

I Forgot Tumblr Existed Edition

I posted 67 times in 2022

48 posts created (72%)

19 posts reblogged (28%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@starkidweirdo

@m-eowdy

@enby-chaos-fox

@carvour

@swimming-in-a-champagne-sea

I tagged 39 of my posts in 2022

Only 42% of my posts had no tags

#starkid - 30 posts

#hatchetfield - 27 posts

#hatchetverse - 17 posts

#nightmare time - 8 posts

#nightmare time 2 - 8 posts

#tgwdlm - 7 posts

#peter spankoffski - 7 posts

#zoey chambers - 7 posts

#incorrect quotes - 6 posts

#linda monroe - 6 posts

Longest Tag: 38 characters

#coven comunications research and power

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Gary sometimes wears skirts or dresses with heels to work, because why the fuck not

I feel like if I add anything to this it somehow lessens it so yeah. This.

15 notes - Posted November 26, 2022

#4

hc: Paul Matthews absolutely has a full-ass essay analyzing Goncharov

No but you’re so right-

Because people forget he was almost a film critic

And while that isn’t the case anymore, I can still see him loving movies.

But aside from that

He also canonically is bad at understanding people

So this entire phenomenon would be so confusing to him

And Paul is a dork

Which means of course he’s gonna write an essay

Mostly with the intent of explaining it to *himself*

But then he gets super into the movie’s lore

Like

Once he gets into analyzing that he’s done for

The essay he writes could basically be an example essay for a college course in film theory

All of a sudden he goes from genuinely not understanding what Tumblr is doing to picking apart this unreal movie scene by imaginary scene

He’s like. Invested.

He doesn’t plan on publishing it.

But Ted finds it while snooping to try and see Paul’s browser history (as a joke)

And he posts it for the meme

Like literally just to make fun of his weird friend

And Tumblr *eats this shit up*

And all of a sudden, Paul’s an internet microcelebrity

This might even gain him attention from the right people who actually sponsor him going to film school

Which would help him transfer into a career as a film critic

Where he belongs.

Thank you for this-

24 notes - Posted November 22, 2022

#3

From what I’ve seen, I would sell my soul to see Jangle Ball live-

28 notes - Posted December 4, 2022

#2

Ziggs Headcanons Because I Can

As y’all can see, I have gone briefly down the Jae rabbithole again. But yeah. I adore Ziggs, so have some of my thoughts!

- Ziggy named themself after Ziggy Stardust, the titular character of David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Because let’s be honest: wasn’t David Bowie all of our gay awakenings?

- They founded the smoke club, but they were also the first person to leave it. Joey and Lauren’s smokers “killed their mojo”.

- When they’re not living with Emma on the farm, they foster dogs. 

- They ran the GSA/ equivalent at Hatchetfield High. That’s where they met Deb

- They really like Alice, and they really like how happy Deb is around her. 

- This does not mean they have not made a few mistakes while they were drunk/ high

- They always did the posters for local shows

- They’ve also performed a bit

- Deb tries to get Alice to cast them in her play

- Alice does not do it. Not because Ziggs wouldn’t do well with it. Because she’s just petty enough to deny them a role out of jealousy, and it’s her show.

- They’re a gifted kid who burnt out really early

- Like we’re talking 12? 13 at the oldest.

- The pressure on them to maintain a certain image just became too much, so they gave up on every aspect of it- including academics/ the urge to seem intelligent.

- And the doubt that comes with that actually allowed themself to figure out who they really were pretty early. 

- With that also comes the impulse to smoke. 

- Because when they smoke, they can escape the disappointment of their family. 

- Moving out was the best thing to ever happen to them

- Despite their own parents’ disdain for them, a lot of the parents around town genuinely like Ziggs

- They do a lot of babysitting

- Because they’re harmless for the most part. Just a bit high.

- In timelines where they don’t go to jail/ where Perky’s Buds never happens, they do eventually find themself in a place where they’re happy.

- And at that point, they kick the habit.

- They have a lot of support doing it too. 

- They always volunteer to be the chaperone to the pride/ queer events at Hatchetfield High as an adult

- They get really into being the queer big sibling of all the LGBTQ+ kids in Hatchetfield.

- Like their doors are open any time, and all the kids know that. 

- And yes. They do eventually find themself a girl with tigolbitties.

34 notes - Posted November 24, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Gerald's always known that only two of the kids are his cause he got a vasectomy after the first two

Alsnsoamzkqpwmdkwlskxmialamsj

He actually did this without telling Linda

As a test.

and he’s been playing along as though he doesn’t know for years

Linda thinks she’s realll sneaky

when in reality Gerald’s the sneaky one.

That’s all, I’m not gonna ruin this by saying too much

48 notes - Posted November 29, 2022

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[jakeowen]

idk if this is helpful at all but i recently had to move back home to help take care of my dad bc he went blind. but i went to the local gay bar on a thursday and based on my experience you can still achieve your dream

i appreciate this (and your follow-up), and i’m glad you got to have some fun. thinking of your dad :) unfortunately my family lives in the rural(ish) south and there is no local gay bar :( i could drive to the nearest small city but that’s like an hour plus drive, and i don’t really have free time while trying to balance full-time remote work, helping my mom organize her affairs, being (arguably) my dad’s only emotional support, helping out with my baby niece and nephew, and taking care of my dog. i’m definitely hoping to be more actively gay after my mom passes and once i’ve moved into my own place (i’m staying in my sister & brother-in-law’s basement until august 🙃), but for the immediate future it is simply not in the cards for me. sorry to unload my entire shitty life on you but i’m a nightmare person in a nightmare life right now so, it be like that sometimes

[starscatteredsky]

hihi! i’m very new to the otherkin community and i’ve been looking around for a theriotype that might suit me, and your post abt fae theriotypes was. ough. /pos.

can you do generally cryptic related ones? just like generic cryptids, but moth and/or fae related ones would be great as well!

general cryptid, moth cryptid, and fae tips!

pt: general cryptid, moth cryptid, and fae tips!

avoid telling lies, fae are incapable of it!

wear a blanket around your shoulders to feel like wings!

enjoy going on long walks, and “lurking about” to be spotted like a cryptid! (be safe though!)

have fun appearing as mysterious and cryptic to others!

learn if there are any local cryptid myths where you live!

learn about any local folklore or stories of faefolk!

get a polaroid camera to take cryptic pictures with! you could take pictures of places your cryptidself would like to lurk, pictures of yourself, pictures of strange things you find, etc

make a moth antenna headband or clips!

connect with nature in your area! try finding a territory, going on walks, swimming, climbing, or just sitting outside and appreciating it all!

draw your cryptidself in a “found footage” style

try out some cool, “creepy” cryptidlike quadrobics

avoid iron

look for things like fae circles, tracks, or other signs of fae or cryptids!

good luck! -🩸

Requests open!!!

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[frankenturrets]

i need to figure out some kind of mobility aid situation that will work with my body lol. whenever its safer to go out and gather and whatnot i wanna try going to like a goth night or something and the local gay bar does a ton of fun events like every month that i wanna go to. and i miss bar shows and shit so bad T_T theres so many great and like historic venues around here that i just havent gotten the chance to go to or i have but its a nightmare on my body

[elijahlittle]

Toxic Craigslist!Roomate Eren/Reader (Headcannons)

I SENT THESE TO MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE ACCOUT @ringpop-poppy AND THEY LIKED THESE HEADCANNONS A LOT, SO I'M GOING TO POST THESE HEADCANNONS ON MY TUMBLR. IF YOU WANT QUALITY, AND I MEAN Q U A L I T Y, SHIT PLEASE ON GOD FOLLOW THEM. I am crying and throwing my hands on the table, I cannot express to you how good their account is. I will say this until the moment I DIE they are the BEST blog on this site. Thank u.

so my friend and i were shooting off some headcannons and we came up with this idea and one second i just need a moment to recuperate myself and that's super shitty NIGHTMARE craigstlist roommate eren yeager and when i tell you it has RUINED my life i mean it has RUINED my life.

so like imagine, you're hard up for a roommate and so you hit up craiglist b/c you know the state of the economy is absolute SHIT and you are kind of in a rush. you end up moving into this two bedroom apartment with some dude on craigslist (eren) whose roommate just moved out.

you don't know it but eren can't keep a roommate to save his LIFE. it's because he's just such an AWFUL roommate. like plays videogames all day. homie has a shit ton of money but literally NOBODY knows where it comes from or where he works. he just disappears and comes back he says it's "work" but never actually says where he works.

throws his feet up on the coffee table and shit, doesn't wipe off his feet when he comes into the apartment, leaves cups out, just does not pick up after himself. eats the last bit of your food but gets mad when you do the same to him, uses your extra toothbrushes, just overall leaves a mess.

the worst part? his room is IMMACULATE. he is FULLY capable of keeping clean, he just likes to crack open a can of whatever the fuck he drinks on the couch, throw his feet up on the table, and watch you bend over and pick up stuff in an angry huff with very steely eyes. this man's eyes are on you ALL the time.

for the most part u put up w/ it because you're just that hard up for a roommate, but the final straw is when he leaves his dishes in the sink for like a week straight

you storm from the kitchen into the living room in an absolute angry huff, face scrunched up from anger, and start just laying into him about doing the fucking dishes like "it's just not that hard!"

the entire time you're raving, he just sits back - hands behind his head. "you done?"

stands up, puts all the dishes up - in a way that you HATE that's not even CORRECT because he has studied the way that you put up the dishes like in the few months he's made living for you hell he has picked up on your small habits.

now he's sitting down on the couch again and you're still ranting and raving at him. he looks super pissed off now.

also did i mention the sexual tension between u two is IMMACULATE?

while you're in the middle of raving, kicks over his soda that's on the table and gets it all over the carpet.

now you're pissed and just raving and bitching. because who the fuck does that?

pushes u on ur knees, bends you over, presses his cock into your ass and keeps u there for a second - grabs a rag from the table, stuffs it in ur mouth, and know what this fucker says?

"clean it up. you might want to get further on your hands and knees -" presses his cock into you, which is obviously very hard against u, "make sure to get nice and deep in there"

leaves to go to his room leaving u shook as fuck. obviously u clean it up b/c holy fuck

tension builds up over the next several weeks and u get closer to levi and erwin, ur local next door gays (or roommates, depending on if u ship them or not). levi won't admit it but he loves u a lot and so does erwin.

eren being really unhappy b/c ur spending so much time with the next door neighbors and not letting him terrorize you

starts banging on levi's door one day, demanding to know where u r. levi answers the door. obviously he can see you over levi's short ass head but homie is a real one and is like "she's not here"

"i can see her she's right -"

levi wacks eren several times with the broom until he goes away.

so u come in late that same night and homie is seething. this is where the sexual tension BUSTS.

so u open the fridge bc you're looking for water, right, bent over and he comes in b/c he heard u come in (he's been waiting for u to come back all night).

very stealthily slips behind you, presses his crotch against ur ass, and gives a nice comfortable shove - wedging u in the fridge

reaches over u, his chest pressed against u, grabbing the water you wanted.

sits there with his crotch pressed into u, slowly drinking the water while ur sitting there, squirming, trying to press ur way out of the fridge, but his hips have you pinned there. u don't know why ur turned on but holy HELL you're turned on. ur pressing ur ass into him and everything, trying to grind into him a bit. you claim to do it b/c ur trying to push him off but he knows why you're really doing it. the entire time u r stuck there, water from the shelf above is just dripping on you. it's cold as fuck bro and ur nipples? hard b/c it's cold.

gets halfway through the water and go "i don't think i want to drink it anymore" dumps the other half of the water on u.

you are dripping in water, t-shirt clinging to u. homie is marveling at how tight ur shirt is clinging to you, how cold you r when ur shivering.

pulls you up by the neck from behind and closes the fridge so he can press u against it

he's whispering in ur ear, asking if u had fun fucking the neighbors b/c "you seem like the kind of slut who would enjoy something like that". it's not like that at all but homie is a jealous guy.

oh yeah did i mention he's a jealous guy?

has his fingers in his mouth while he fucks you from behind for the first time, head pressed against your work schedule that's pinned to the fridge, asking you a slew of shit like

"do you like that?"

"i bet you like cleaning up after me like a lil maid"

i mean he is absolutely ROCKING you against that fridge, fingers in your mouth snapping his hips against urs

"you've just been playing coy w me the entire time, i bet u've been thinking about this for months - i know you have. i can see the way u bend over to put on a show for me when you clean up after my mess like a good lil housewife. good girls just don't wear panties like that and bend over not expecting to get fucked. bet you been waiting for this, dirty whore" ext. ext. ext.

thank u for ur time.

[ldss-interactive]

At Alter’s End: A CYOA Novel

Overview:

Trentworth, Maine. A town of ten thousand southeast of Ellsworth and North of Bayside. Its only bragging point since its conception in 1867 was being a shoreline city and cheaper than any of the other big tourist towns. Nothing ever happened here, besides the occasional drowning or fishing trip accident, until the killings started. They lasted five years in total and 48 people were lost to the killer’s sick desires. Robert Hall terrorized this small town, slipping under the radar by focusing on those considered “undesirable”; sex workers, orphans, drug addicts, and the like. Now ten years later, ten years after the killer has been put behind bars, murders have begun again. A copycat killer has come to Trentworth. And they seem to be targeting the ones left behind, still trying to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives…

You take the role of a highschool senior; your parents having died in a home fire shortly before the killer was put behind bars and now under the care of your workaholic aunt. Make allies of your classmates or attempt to go it alone, clear your parents’ name from their believed involvement with the killer or fight to put the past behind you, deal with the skeletons in your closet and mind or bury them deeper... Oh, and make sure your history project is turned in on time. With two young siblings depending on you and a whole host of problems a highschool student should never have to deal with, can you survive this nightmare made real?

Trigger Warnings: This game will go into very heavy topics including the following; murder, death, various mental health issues (such as PTSD, depression, and anxiety), abandonment, gambling, various types of drug addiction, self harm mentions (not happening to the MC or shown in graphic detail), suicide, sex work, child abuse (mental, emotional, and physical), and dangerous situations. This is a murder mystery/thriller, it is NOT intended for audiences below 18.

Hello! Thank you for showing interest in At Alter’s End. This is a Choose Your Own Adventure style novel in the Thriller and Murder Mystery genres. It would also fit nicely in the Drama genre as well, but Drama is not the focus. This will be a rather lengthy project, with fifteen chapters plus a prologue and epilogue planned.

You take on the role of a senior at Trentworth High. Join an after-school activity, take care of your younger siblings, prepare for finals, get a part time job, find a date to homecoming, and survive your worst nightmare come to life. The copycat killer is targeting the students of your school and no one is safe. With the police dragging their feet, no help coming any time soon from any higher up law enforcement, and the locals refusing to acknowledge the possibility of a copycat killer, it’s up to you and your classmates to find the person responsible...before it’s too late.

- You can play as female, male, nonbinary, or trans!

- You can be straight, gay, or bisexual!

- A highly customizable MC including hair color, eye color, skin color, hair length, height, and personality and interests!

- The ability to choose which mental illness the MC suffers from due to the trauma of their past from the following:

Anxiety, Depression, or PTSD.

- The MC is deaf in their right ear ear due to the way in which their parents died; this is not something that can be changed.

- Choose from 7 different official after-school activities! Trentworth Volunteers, Up and Coming Artists, National Debate Society, National Honors Society, Co-Ed Varsity Basketball, Creative Writing, and Trentworth Gardeners!

- Bond with your classmates, explore your town, and help raise your younger siblings!

- Rescue your parents’ bakery from corporate clutches or let it go!

- Find the killer, stop the murders, and put a stop to the rumors that have plagued your every step for 10 years!

Vanya: Oldest adoptive twin sibling to MC’s adoptive siblings, 6 years younger than MC. Strong-headed, intelligent, and always getting into trouble. She looks after her brother and MC in the ways she can.

Ajay: Youngest adoptive twin sibling to MC’s adoptive sibling, 6 years younger than MC. Nearly completely blind since birth, he enjoys painting and other artistic endeavors. Obedient yet opinionated.

Aunt Emma: The workaholic aunt that takes custody of MC and their younger siblings after the death of their parents. Well meaning but absent most of the time on business trips or at the office.

Kwan Hall: An adoptive relative to Robert Hall; aloof, intelligent, and completely ostracized by Trentworth as a whole. When the killings start again the town’s attention is immediately turned on Kwan. He’s the first to begin investigating the killings when the police prove their incompetence. He is of Korean descent, standing at 5’6” with dark hair and dark eyes. His most notable feature is the long scar that stretches from his forehead’s hairline, down his left temple, and ends just below his jawline and the constant disinterest on his face. He is asexual in that he doesn’t experience sexual attraction at all. He is also bisexual.

Alessia D’Agostina: Trentworth High’s school president. She’s clawed her way tooth and nail up to earn the respect of both the school faculty and her fellow classmates; she’s strong-willed, dependable, and always looks at things through a logical lens. When she sees her classmates dying, she takes it upon herself to try and stop this once and for all. With dark skin, deep brown eyes, long braided hair, and standing at 5’8” her confidence and sense of self always make sure she stands out from the crowd. Alessia is bisexual.

Georgiy Kuzmin: Twin brother to Anastasiya Kuzmin; he is, in the kindest way possible, not the brightest bulb in the box. Yet he always means well and is more than willing to offer a helping hand. As the co-captain of the basketball team, captain of the baseball team, and the star of the swim team, Georgiy is one of the most popular and well beloved students at Trentworth High. When he realizes his friends are in danger, he willingly throws himself into the investigation to do all he can to help. With fair skin, dirty blond hair, bubbly green eyes, and standing at 6’1” he cuts an approachable figure to anyone who knows him. Georgiy is gay.

Anastasiya Kuzmin: Twin sister to Georgiy Kuzmin: she and her brother are alike in so many ways apart from just appearance. Anastasiya, who goes by Ana more often than not, is head of the Co-Ed Varsity Basketball team, the Girls’ softball team, and the Tennis team. Just as popular and loved as her brother, Ana may not be the smartest but she makes up for it with passion and dedication. Like her brother, she has fairer skin, dirty blond hair, and bright green eyes. Also like her brother, she felt she couldn’t just sit around while her friends were put in danger and agreed to join the investigation. Ana is gay and demiromantic, meaning she only gains feelings for someone after having a strong relationship with them.

Lillian Triano: A quiet, withdrawn girl who mainly keeps to herself. Due to the fact that Trentworth High demands for every senior to be apart of an elective, she is mainly seen in afterschool reading club run by Ms. Habeeb. She’s MC’s closest friend, having been one of the only people who didn’t believe the rumors that MC’s parents were assisting Robert Hall in his murders. She has an olive complexion, brown eyes, a heavy dose of freckles, and stands at 5’1”. Lillian is gay.

Jasmine Abernathy: Jasmine is Trentworth High’s self proclaimed “Best news source!” After the school newspaper was disbanded, Jasmine took it upon herself to keep freedom of the press alive. She’s fierce in her pursuit of the truth and never one to back down from a fight, though her rash attitude can get her into some sticky situations on occasion. With vibrant red hair, dark brown eyes, and standing at 5’3” she puts the term “fire” in Fire Signs. (She’s an Aries in astrology!) When the copycat killings began, it was no surprise when she took the case head on. Jasmine is bisexual.

Asa San Nicholas: Asa is the oldest of a set of triplets; they’re the type to march to the beat of their own drum, often not listening to what anyone has to say about themselves or their interests. Asa is a firm believer in the paranormal and it isn’t uncommon to find them indulging in their interest in various ways. “The spirits are distrubed. These deaths aren’t meant to happen.” Asa’s reason for getting involved seems to tie directly back to their “connection” with the spirits of the town. Asa has black hair, most often tied in a ponytail, hazel eyes, and an olive skin tone. At 6’4” they tower over most everyone...something they seem to enjoy a great deal. Asa doesn’t see gender and is interested in people regardless of how they present.

Leo San Nicholas: The middle of the triplets. They are genderfluid, okay with any pronouns. Leo is, for lack of a better word, eccentric. A bit of an adrenaline junkie, you can often find them cliff diving or giving their siblings heart attacks by playing russian roulette with a chocolate gun. To them, it isn’t fun if there isn’t a little danger involved; naturally, an investigation into a serial killer scratches that itch quite nicely. Their black hair is clipped short, multiple piercings visible on each ear, and their heterochromatic hazel and green eyes are often stated to stare through a person. Although Leo is genderfluid, they are only interested in people who present as female.

The demo is upcoming! When it is available I will make a post announcing it! I will also update this post with the link! This game is written in choicescript; the demo will be published on Dashingdon and the final game will be published for free on itch.io. I am open for questions regarding this game/novel and once the demo is published I will also be publishing a link to my Ko-fi! Until then, please don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions!