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[jamiepaige]

Constant Companions Closeup #11: MACHINE LOVE

(also on bandcamp and spotify!)

Welcome back to the Constant Companions Closeups - a series of in-depth dives into the songs off of my latest album, Constant Companions! Yesterday was the title track, My Darling, My Companion, which means today is the final track on the album - a song about the truths that lay in hiding within artifice, and a computer falling in love - Machine Love!

Before we get started on this particularly long closeup - I'll be doing a follow-up post after this one, answering various miscellaneous questions I've gotten over the course of writing these! If you've got anything you wanna hear more from me about, album-related or otherwise, feel free to reply to this post or send me an ask! It may very well end up part of the bonus closeup :~)

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Let's circle back to the very first track, Dyad.

In that track's closeup, I mentioned the main sonic touchstones of this release relative to my previous ones being guitars and vocal synths. The whole guitar rock thing I think I've gone into detail enough about, what with all the inspirations I've rattled off in other posts, but there likely is still a burning question for some long-time listeners.

Why vocal synths? Why am I not singing on like half of this album? I thought you were a singer, Jamie Paige, so what is this Hatsune Miku robot Vocaloid crap?

Truth be told, the Vocaloid scene and community has always been a massive source of inspiration for me. So much of my favorite music ever, music that inspires me or touches my heart or makes me go apeshit, has been sung by synthesized vocalists in a language I don't even speak. I grew up with it, and it's grown up with me - music just as intricate, mind-boggling, twisted, fun, and ridiculously creative is being put out every single day by vocal synth producers, and nowadays it's coming from English speaking musicians in droves!

Before this year began, I'd made at least one major contribution to the culture, but in spite of my genuine adoration of everything vocal synth related, I felt like I was just looking in from the other side. Caught between worlds, existing outside of any communities, simply gesturing vaguely towards what I wanted to do.

But I wanted more! I wanted to make the same kinds of things that stirred my heart and made me want to write! I wanted to sing with those same voices! I wanted it to be true - to be like you!

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I won't lie to you and tell you Kasane Teto has always been my favorite vocal synth. That title used to go to GUMI, and in general, I wasn't particularly attached to any UTAU voicebanks as a younger vocal synth fan. (Nowadays, I genuinely open up OpenUTAU just as much as SynthV because I've fallen deeply in love with Adachi Rei, but that's a story for my next album.) Obviously, I knew of Teto, and found her presence in things like Triple Baka delightful, but for the most part, she was mostly something of an oddity, a wayward piece of vocal synth history that had her Fans like any other.

However, there was one Teto song I've been inexplicably attached to since the moment I first heard it - Song of the Eared Robot, by nwp8861. I was introduced via this particular cover, which I love, but I quickly gravitated to the original. Something about the warbly, childish nature of her very first voicebank, the ambitiously orchestrated and unabashedly digital instrumental, the lyrics referencing fundamental frequencies and Markov chains and compiling code all just spoke to me!

That song stuck with me, laying in a part of my heart that had been collecting dust, all the way to April of 2023.

Now, yes, Teto wasn't always my favorite, and I had other vocal synths I was attached to, but I don't live under a rock, and I still understood how monumental the announcement of Kasane Teto's Synth V voicebank was - to the point that I interrupted a call full of FFXIV-playing friends who knew barely anything about vocal synths and gave them an impromptu TED talk because I was so excited.

(An excerpt of a summary of that night's events, written the morning after. i was up my own ass a little bit but in my defense Kasane Teto had just been announced for Synthesizer V)

I was watching, in real time, a dream made manifest. It's literally one of the Bits with Teto! That she'd be a Vocaloid one day too! And here she was, on the fan favorite engine, sounding genuinely fucking incredible. Especially in hindsight, it's such a beautiful and perfect twist of fate for her.

I saw myself in her. A weird little outcast, explosively reborn and thrust straight into a community's open arms with love. I wanted it to be true - To be like that, too.

It didn't fully hit until later, hearing another cover of a song I'd almost forgotten.

Machine Love, my love letter to the entire world of unbridled creativity and artistry surrounding vocal synths filtered through one sentimental little song, was fully written by the start of May, maybe 4 days after I had gotten my hands on Teto SV and long before a certain compilation album was even a glint in my eye.

If you haven't heard DAEMON/DOLL yet, you really, really, really should go listen to it - yes, I mastered this album, many of my friends and collaborators are featured, and I have two entire songs on it, but I genuinely mean it when I say I believe it's some of the best fucking music that's come out this year in general. In many respects, it also feels like a companion (hah) to Constant Companions.

I had finished writing Machine Love by this point, but it was working on this album in its entirety - discovering artists like Anh Duy, Eggtan, and beat_shobon through it, and hearing everyone in top form making this twin-drilled chimera fucker sing her heart out - that not only made me confident in my decision to go down this artistic path, but that made me fall completely in love with Kasane Teto. And honestly, how could I not? She feels like a microcosm of everything that makes vocal synths so special, this community of creatives all leaving their marks and touchstones along the trail of a great big shared folk mythos. Yeah, maybe the folk hero we're all collectively mythologizing is an anime girl, but yknow maybe Odysseus could take some branding cues from hatsune miku idfk

Basically, even if he says he wants to kill me, I owe fucking everything to rice for inviting me to work on DAEMON/DOLL.

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On that note, my vision for Machine Love's MV was pretty clear from the beginning.

the actual factual setup for the above shot, which was done entirely in-camera with my laptop, a tv, and two video files manually synced using VLC

The fundamental idea was always there - live-action shots of animation playing back on various screens, edited together to feel somewhat seamless. However, I really struggled with what exactly was going to be on said screens for a while; Big commissions were very far out of my budget, but I knew this song needed something grandiose.

Ultimately, what I arrived at was exactly the kind of scrappy, DIY bullshit it was always meant to be.

I asked my Twitter mutuals for help. And spent a couple months in Final Cut Pro and Apple Motion hell turning all the Teto art I got into a bunch of tiny little mini MVs, some of them parodying real vocal synth MVs, some of simply just evocative of vocal synth MVs, all of them painstakingly edited by yours truly and filmed with the help of some friends over the next couple months across two states and many more cities just to be painstakingly edited and synced up again by yours truly.

THE NEXT MV I DO WILL BE SMALLER IN SCOPE

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And with that, I believe that's the album!

There's a reason it ends with Machine Love, and not with the title track. I do think that in some respects My Darling, My Companion would have made a better closer, but that song only really resolves one of the thematic strands running through the album.

There isn't really a definitive answer to the specific question "Baby, do you know what you wanna hear?", but it evokes a theme running through the entire album - wanting something, knowing that you want something, and simply needing to find the courage to do it or say it or be it. My Darling, My Companion is in many ways a declaration of intent, an acceptance of what needs to happen, but Machine Love, to me, is that action being done. The words being said!

And now, if I may give this a somewhat selfish tint - with the explosive response my works from this album have gotten, my contributions to things like DAEMON/DOLL and Flavor Foley, the collaborations I've done and that I still have in the pipeline, the friends I've made and the community I've found a spot for myself in, and the newfound voices that I can lay my heart bare with -

Well, shit, I know what I wanna hear, and I've gotten to hear it. I'm a vocaloP. It's real!

Thank you all so goddamn much for reading and listening. I'll see you back here either tomorrow or Monday for the bonus AMA post thing!! Make art and be gay, motherfuckers.

❤️💚

[mereelskirata]

9 Fandom Folks to Get to Know Better

Super late, but I had been tagged by the lovely @foxyaran and @orangez3st! (Thank you both.)

3 ships I like: BobaDin (Star Wars, ofc) , RyneGaia (FFXIV) and Valenfield (Resident Evil)

First ship ever: Off the top of my head, I think it may be Rinoa/Seifer during my Gaia Online days...

Last song i heard: Fall (Ghost Synth) - Concerned Ape (I'm listening to the Stardew Valley ost... after playing a short session xD)

Favorite childhood book: God.. I can't remember. The one that I vaguely remember was the House of Night series.

Currently reading: Wouldn't you like to know, weather boy?

Currently watching: Critical Role C3E120. I AM ALMOST FREE. I have not been enjoying watching this campaign for so long sadly :( It just felt like it was focused on one character/storyline the entire time instead of exploring the others.

Currently consuming: I just finished some peach tea.

Currently craving: Chicken Tikka Slice!

NPT: @w31rd0-art1st @wackylurker @ky-lth @loverboy-havocboy @brokenphoenix99 @hurryupmerlin @the-starry-seas @king-chaos-world @rooksunday

[shizucheese]

We're diving back into Endwalker MSQ with more exploration of Elpis! What is the Forum hiding from us, exactly?

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[mmorpg-escapism]

Alrighty, the brief intermission to finish corpa and spend an hour with my static before they dispersed is over. Back to pseudo-liveblogging ShB.

The music. I am not normally one for video game music - it's often distracting or not my vibe, so I'll have it off in most games and listen to my own... Not so in FFXIV. And since I spent the majority of my childhood in a concert band, I'm gonna actually pick at zone themes this time through.

Amh Areng's theme is beautiful... It starts with synths playing this almost regretful tune over a steady beat that's reminiscent of the cadence of a trolley on rails. Then there's some bright yet wistful vocals to remind us that yes, there's a solid wall of Light threatening this place. The eerie ambience that comes with the Everlasting Light weather just adds another layer of "something terrible happened here" to the place.

I could get lost in this one.

[gddmgttsu]

Nautilus Knoweth - FFXIV

(Featuring everyones favorite singing cat)

I'll be sad when we have to leave Old Sharlayan for the new town.

Voices from beyond compel me to create and thus this was made.

The first Meowsynth thing I made was with Moon River and I even edited a stupid video to go along with it. This one just came from me being in the shower and going "what if that one part is sung by a chorus of cats using Meowsynth).

The whole song took way longer than I thought it would take because I'm stubborn and that I wanted it to use the fancy instruments my computer can barely handle so I had to trouble shoot that. I didn't even end up using that for all the instruments because I wanted very specific sounds from the windows midi instruments and bongos.

I don't play guitar but I understand how the instrument works. I just don't have a frame of reference as to your common chord shapes/voicings so I apologize if something requires 6 fingers or whatever hahaha.

Arranging the damn thing was hard too because while specifically using the Old Sharlayan night theme, it's still Flow so I had to fight with myself as to which version to actually base the arrangement on. Those chord changes are so weird especially since I was doing it by ear but I think I got most of it right with a bit of my own spice.

There's alot more I would like to add but I think I've really hit my limit with my mixing knowledge because I have no clue how to make anything sound good together anymore.

During the final part of the song in the original, there were very slight like bright plucky synths doing an arppegiated line under everything and I didn't notice it untill I was reviewing the song. I wanted to do something simillar or atleast call back to it with something but I couldn't quite make it sound right. I wanted to sneak in some motifs from other Endwalker/FFXIV songs but unfortunately I had to get rid of it.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this little thing I made and procrastinated on posting because I was busy beating Baldur's Gate 3.

[flowering-darkness]

okay so I'm an hour late because I was playing FFXIV. my apologies.

the crush is Yi Xi Synth V

I will be acting on this poll in about 12 hours, since that’s about how long I have left of June

Also, anyone who wants to is welcome to try and guess or ask questions in the meantime, if you’re curious

[lumieberries]

Hiya I’m Lucina and welcome to my hell hole, I play FFXIV a lot and it’s is a core personality trait of mine. I also post art from time to time between waves of spam.

Things I post!

Final Fantasy Gundam NieR Sims Dolls Vocaloid/Vocal Synths

Commission status: Open

Links!!

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Twitter

Tags!! #wol lucina #wol y’ryu #art

[ofgeneticperfection]

Scarlet’s chain of sweetness

Courtesy of  @madamdirectcr

5 THINGS YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER.

1. Indomitable - She pretty much does what she wants, how she wants, whenever she wants. If she wants something? She manipulates her way into getting it. She doesn’t stop until she has it and hardly anything will sway her otherwise. She’s extremely hard to control when determined and set on a task in mind. She’s hard to control period. She’s got a streak of wild, impulsive, and loves to toy with others be it malicious or just to tease.  Her will is near impossible to break and she never believes that she can’t do something even if it is the impossible. Atop of that she’s fairly hard to defeat physically, she’ll bring more than a challenge if ever attack or if a loved one is ever hurt. I’m not saying that she can’t be brought down because she can, but it’s going to take more than a couple of hits.

2. Emotional Depth-  There’s not just one tier to Isrieal, there’s a million and it’s a labyrinth. She comes off as cold, arrogant, prideful but that’s the main wall that she hides behind. She’s strong and will exude complete confidence most of the time while being sly, cunning, coy, and whatever else she can throw at you. These are the emotions she shows to the world but the rest she’s buried so deep inside that she forgets they even exist. Inside she’s broken, sad, lonely, tormented but she has her ways of hiding them and biting back the pain that feeling these emotions brings. It’s from the conditions she’s been stuck in for her whole life at Hojo’s mercy and the lies she’s had to tell herself to make it easier to handle. Of course, this naturally makes her volatile with bursts of anger or other strong emotions and if she let’s one slip out they all come spilling out sooner or later. She does have a tendency to use special sedative injections to subdue these emotions whenever she feels any starting to well up. Deep under it all, however, she loves with all of her heart once she is sure that she will not be hurt. She’s always afraid of that in a way, but there is no in between. You have her all or you have her nothing. But once there she is quite passionate and protective and more soft and innocent then she’d originally lead you to think. 

3. Manipulative - Life is a game and she plays to win. At least that’s how one survives in ShinRa. She learned from one of the best manipulators out there and now she’s known to even manipulate the Professor himself. She rose herself from experiment to assistant Director by playing him and she plays everyone around as she sees necessary in order to get what she needs. She often shows what she wants to show and nothing more, near every move and every article of clothing is precisely calculated towards whomever she is meeting with. Of course, only if you don’t know her well. 

4. Deals with the Devil- Oh yes, she loves to make deals but don’t worry they’re mostly fair and she is one to keep to her word and her promises. Despite her demeanor she is quite loyal when she promises something. If you work out a trade or a bargain she’ll do her best to uphold her end of it, getting you what you want in return. There is a lot that can be traded between science and other departments after all and she’s not afraid to go behind the Professor’s back here and there if it means obtaining something she’s personally after in the end. 

5. A.I Alien - Lastly, yes I love the fact she is a hybrid and loves to play with quantum theory and A.I in the future. I always love the sci-fi aesthetics and concepts and the idea of something beautiful having a monster inside. She’s at conflict with this part of herself, often not knowing how to fully accept it but at least she is in control of the cells and not the other way around. She’s also always been focused on uploading consciousness and prolonging and bringing others back to life since she doesn’t age. It’s from there that she gets pulled into quantum theories and eventually breaks through to a system A.I that she makes a deal with to her own advantage, but this is a plot I haven’t touched in a while. Really I love everything about her but these are some fun and dominating concepts. 

5 PEOPLE ON HERE YOU LOVE, AND WHY.

1. @animus-inspire Where do I start? Seriously. This was unexpected but yet one of the best things that has ever happened in my writing history. I love love love this ship and all the AU’s of it so much! And beyond that, it’s so rare to get me to talk a lot but I can’t seem to ever shut up around you xD. But, I LOVE talking to you and the connection we have and the fact that we have so many stinking ideas all the damn time and they all get played off each other so easily and that we can share the same obsessions and YES WHAT HAVE YOU DONE! But you are also one of the sweetest and most full of life people I know on here and I absolutely love writing with you, you’ve made it so great :3. And you are seriously best Reeve and have made me love all the Reeve. <3

2. @thefirstthaumaturge I’ve known you for about like, well.....well over 10 years xD And I love you more as the years go on. We’ve survived drama days together and now we can laugh about all the stupid RP stuff we did in the past. I also enjoy all of our new RPs and how great its been to see both our OCs grow and thrive in these communities. I also super love talking to you and playing video games with you and watching WestWorld and movies with you. Basically, you make everything super fun and I don’t know what I’d do without you around. I also love how we always manage to say/type the same things at the same time all the damn time xD Digital sisters but its as real as it gets. 

3. @shinraweirdscience @xbroken-science @insidious-scientist  I love all of my Hojo’s that deal with Izzy’s crazy ass and put up with me so thank you guys! I’m always down for crazy plots and all the trauma that comes with them so don’t ever feel bad about throwing anything at me or damaging Izzy. It’s what makes her her after all. And I find it all a lot of fun. I’m always ears for ideas so let me know!

4. @sadistic-second I don’t write a whole lot with you here but you’re always good company in the voice chats and you make playing games a lot of fun as well. I like our little group we have going on to do all the stuffs. I love all the gifs and icons you make, and the paracord is very creative as well. It’s always cool to see what you can do. Of course I like all the funny things too.   @apathetic-ruler  I have to say you’re writing is amazing, I love it! I haven’t wrote with your Ru but I love past life Ru xD One of these day’s I’ll figure out what to do with a Rufus I’m sure. 

5. @ivory-paragon We don’t write much but I love playing FFXIV with you and being in all your groups. It’s a very fun and enjoyable atmosphere and you make me laugh all the time. If I hadn’t found you I wouldn’t have found any of this awesome community and my great shippy ships that have come out of it. @rikelusshinra I love all of our RP’s and stuff too. You have a super amazing OC that seems to fit right in and I’ve loved writing with Rike. Even if you are busy now. It’s rare Izzy finds ships that work but you are one of those lucky ones that she fits well with and I love all the ideas we play with as well. So to my FFU peeps! Even if we don’t write on tumblr much I still love you both. 

Honorable mentions:

@cinderella-gurei God, you are the best Chadley and you break my damn heart all the time in our RPs. Izzy will never forgive herself completely but she’s glad to have you around and so am I! She will protecc forever. <3 

@madamdirectcr I love your Scarlet! I want to see what happes :3  @makeupandmateria Another lovely Scarlet I had to mention as well!

5  SONGS EITHER YOU OR YOUR MUSE REGARD AS A ‘GUILTY PLEASURE’ THAT ALWAYS MAKES YOU SMILE.

So okay, I’ve thought about this all day and I’ll do a few categories. Since I revolve around music so heavily and no lie have hundreds of my own music videos in my head for every song I’ve ever heard, yes I’m one of THOSE people. xD

So I’ll start with what I’ve been listening to lately that really fits in with WestWorld Izzy and Logan!Reeve ShinuestiLos xD I can’t seem to get Poker Face out of my head for her and a couple other Lady Gaga songs that fit in  Like this one too. 

Also I really love these songs but they are so random. This one mostly thanks to ARI, but I can never not listen to it when it comes on. Also Mortal Kombat. This song makes me so fired up every time I hear any variation of it xD. Even now! alkdjfsldjfsdljf, but I do really like this mix. 

Then we can’t forget those emo day songs. Mr. Brightside is one I can never resist singing. It’s just so damn good! Then there is Holiday by Greenday and can’t forget Miss Murder by AFI xD 

Now I have an extremely long list of electronic type, synth, darkwave, trance, whatever the heck categories they fall under that I just like to call my Robot music xD  Here’s a couple with AI themes that I’ll just throw out here. We Appreciate Power and quite literally A.I 

And lastly this one reminds me of Midgar so much and Izzy, but I always see her singing this if she ever made a music video. (which apparently she’s made many) But she’d definitely be in front of wall sized windows with Midgar in the background and the labs, and its also why she sometimes refers to it as Electric City, idk who the guy would be singing with her but if you want it to be you just let me know? Lol.  After all she is Indistinct. Ill Defined. Uncontrolled. Unconfined. 

Tagged by: @animus-inspire (this took me forever Reeeeeve x.x) 

Tagging: @thefirstthaumaturge

[kyrie-silverwings]

Kyrie should learn....the piano!

The piano is an exceptionally expressive instrument, one that can bash out a party-starting boogie-woogie and then deliver the fiery passion of Rachmaninov with barely a pause to wipe the sweat off the keys. It's also a real challenge, not least if you want to play in a place where there isn't one. Becoming proficient in one style won't necessarily get you closer to mastering another, but the act of learning is a meditation in itself. Especially something flash and happy like a Scott Joplin rag.

“Now that I think of it, Niqesse might not mind if I practice on hers...”

Kyrien should learn the bass!

No instrument is given as little credit for doing as much work as the bass. Electric or acoustic, double or synth, the low end rumble is what gives music its form and power, and without it, Beethoven would sound weedy, funk would sound silly and drum 'n' bass would be just percussion. There are transport issues, particularly for double bassists, but at least they know they're integral to proceedings, and when they do let rip - whether it's slap bass or rockabilly - they're practically a one-man band.

Quiz here

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Tagging @under-the-blood-moonlight, @kael-haustefort-xiv, @cahli-tia, @ahlis-xiv, @ahruhiraeth, @xiv-endora, @dylan-xiv, @lillies-n-lilacs, @littlestcreampuff, @paleshadeofrose, @resistance-ranger, @fair-fae, @lareine-kira, @umbralich, @carmen-ffxiv, @herohikara-wol, and @ffxiv-celesteharper !

[infiniteleftdoesffxiv]

12 Questions Mun Meme

1. Name/Alias: Largely I'm referred to as Infi, unless you know me from the vocal synth community in which it's Ilma.

2. Birthday: September 1st.

3. Zodiac sign: Virgo, which is August 22 - September 22.

4. Height: APPARENTLY 5'4, but I honestly think I'm closer to 5'3. Then again, I was super out of it last time I was officially measured because I had a fever of 101....

5. Hobbies: I've answered this a couple times, but the answer is still "way too many". I do drawing, sewing, crochet, writing, baking, gardening, reading, songwriting, and others that I'm not thinking about actively right now... no I don't have issues with burnout, what are you talking about

6. Favorite Colors: PIIIINK. any kind of pink. Or neon colors. Or pastel. Neon or pastel are my favorite colors. The others just kinda feel ... Meh. Although I hate green as a general rule. Green is the one color I can't stand if it's not neon.

7. Favorite Books: Also answered in a previous meme, that you can find here, so I'll take the chance to add in some others I've been thinking about recently.

I haven't picked it up in a while because I don't have the books on me, but Skip Beat! was really fun to read. I just loved how over the top Kyoko was in her revenge scheme, and how it played out. It's a ridiculous romcom, but I loved it. Do recommend if you're into that sort of thing.

Bringing back something from my childhood, the Disney faries books were pretty good -- and actually the biggest thing that got me into writing. Rani in particular intrigued me, though Priscilla and Queen Clarion also just. I was smitten.

There was also a faerie book I had that was about Fae folk in general, not just pixies, and, uh... I will never let go of the fact I overlooked the fact I had a giant fucking crush on nixies and didn't notice. Also it gave me inspiration for writing.

8. Last Song Listened To: Crayons - CupcakKe (NSFW warning: there's some sexually explicit stuff here)

9. Last Film Watched: I'm pretty sure it was the Lord of the Rings? I don't know, they're good films but I didn't really get into them.

10. Inspiration for Muse: Lesbianism and spite. (Only partial sarcasm, tbh.) It varies between characters, but those really just tend to be the main reasons I work as hard on them as I do; I'm prideful, mildly disappointed in my childhood, head over heels for girls, and just generally enjoy exploring concepts and traits and what makes those characters tick.

11. Dream Job: Also has been talked about before, but I really do still want to be a paramedic. I also know that's incredibly unrealistic as a job for me because I know I'm not cut out for it. So second dream job, and the one I'm working towards is becoming a piano teacher.

12. Meaning Behind URL: My username is Infiniteleft and I do FFXIV now. You can find my old BNS blog by replacing FFXIV with BNS.

Tagged by: @gaillaffxiv

Tagging: open tag outside of @willow-of-hingashi because I don't know who's been tagged, so if you wanna do it, do it. If you don't, even if you've been tagged... Don't.

[snowpoff]

I can never go back to maplestory for Reasons and I haven’t played it in. fuck if i remember years. so listening to the new music compared to the music I was used to ages ago is giving me actual whiplash

first video: area theme for el nath. I played after the big bang so I wasn’t there for “classic maple” but. here. circa 2012-2014 I think.

whatever the fuck this boss music shit is. it fucking GOES. did they get a whole ass orchestra for this???? where are my SYNTHS. this does NOT sound like maple at all! this would fit RIGHT at home in ffxiv or maybe bravely default. or some other squeenix title

[taintedmegane]

when you get this, please answer with five things that make you happy! (only if you want to, ofc) then send this same ask to the last ten people in your notifications (anonymously if you want. and also you don't have to send this to anyone if you dont feel like it!)

tysm!! hmm... my 5 things are:

my friends! both close and newer!!

my cat dashuri.... light of my life

merch making! its a special interest at this point haha

vocal synths! been very into vocaloid and utau since 2008, and synthv since 2019 <3

games i play with friends! ffxiv, splatoon, terraria, etc...

[shizucheese]

So I realized that whatever Stuff I had set up for my blog to promote myself seems to have vanished into the aether, so I guess it's time for me to do the whole Pinned Post thing. Hello everyone! I'm a vtuber on Twitch who recently also started streaming on Youtube, now that Twitch allows for simulcasting. I primarily stream Final Fantasy and other JRPGs, and as of this year I plan on doing unplanned streams playing Synth Riders and maybe a few other games (assuming I can get certain ducks into a row). I am currently streaming FFXIV, replaying the whole game on a fresh character doing all content at minimum item level (except the Coils, because fuck that).

I'm also a writer, but I've been out of the writing game for a while because Life has been kicking my ass for the past few years, but keep an eye out, for both fanfiction and original work, because I'm working on things and when they're ready for public consumption I will be posting about it here. Other things I will likely post about: The Magnus Arcives, The Magnus Protocol, and other horror podcasts. Baldur's Gate 3. Eventually once I get my shit together (I just moved last year and things are still in boxes), cosplay, dice making and other crafting stuff. Politics. (I'll try to keep that last one to a minimum but fucking Vote you guys, and fact check literally everything you see and hear on social media.) Make sure to follow, like and subscribe! ;D

--Streaming Sechdule--

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Sundays staring at 4:30 pm

--Where to find me--

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/respect for the loss of "How very glib!" in Praetorium

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i’m starting to see so many more elezen on my data center and it’s tempting me to fantasia back to one

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Obtained the Hypostatic Mail of Fending and it looks so nice. C’: