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The Vision of Saint Hubert. Franz von Stuck, 1890

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forever grateful i was simply too lazy to let the makeup industrial complex get its hooks in me. I was just like im not doing all of that. in fact. im doing none of that

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matter, yield to memory

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'Blue Heron'. A.J. Casson. 1957.

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gooood morning come play my visual novel about this beautiful wife of a man who says shit like "Forgive me..." while getting slammed into a wall at 8000 mph

Soul of Sovereignty is about kindness in the face of cruelty. it's about religion as a tool of oppression. it's about wanting to be tenderly held by professor layton (archetype) while he says "you've worked so hard…you must be exhausted"

if i've piqued your interest you should play it ^_^

if you're unsure there's a free demo so you have literally nothing to lose but 30 minutes of your time ^_^

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why bother caring about the environment when 1. It’s so obviously a lost cause and 2. There’s definitely going to be a nuclear war?

And what are you doing about it Anon? Learn about ecological restoration or get out of my way.

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Everyone warns you agaist going to the supermarket hungry, but nobody tells you about the dangers of going there too full: I do not want any of these things, for I will never require any food at all!

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"... what's wrong?" "are you all right?"

["The tears on his face haven't even dried, but he smiles for me, the same as always.

He smiles for Lady Ysmé too, but she doesn't look at him for a long time."]

(full ver. + context under cut)

i fully admit i got to the magically induced amnesia wombo combo moment in soulsov back in march and just needed to get up and go stare at a wall for a good ten minutes or so before finishing the chapter.

man.

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are there any common concepts in mosaian that are conspicuously absent from flower reading and/or the aksendi language or vice versa?

great question. in theory, flower language exceeds the breadth of human experience, but flower reading was only practiced in aksend, so it's been mostly interpreted through their cultural lens. basically, there's a flower that means everything, but the flowers irrelevant to aksendi society were generally disregarded.

for example, the aksendi recognized three genders. let's say a flower meaning a fourth gender were discovered in some far-flung corner of the world. because it wouldn't really fit into aksendi society, it wouldn't be incorporated into the flower reading "canon" so to speak.

the mosaian language has grammatical gender much like french, which is why loic and ysme start "she/her"-ing tutu after hearing her speak it. aksendi doesn't really favor gendered titles such as "my lord/lady," which is why tutu only uses those terms in mosaian.

this ended up being about gender, but it was the first thing that came to mind. we'll see more differences later in the story, i'm sure.

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A touch of yellow graced our water fountain.

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if you were to go on a date with one of the soulsov characters, who would it be? how do you think it'd pan out?

instead of answering this question for myself, i'm going to make a case for all the characters to help you decide which route to pick. (note: there are no routes.)

loic is sweet, fun to talk to and genuinely engaged in what you have to say. he enjoys pampering people and would happily plan and pay for everything. all in all, he would take you on a first date so nice that it would in itself be a red flag, leaving you thinking "there's 100% something really wrong with this guy." but you would never find out what, because he's not interested in more than a casual relationship. if you don't mind that, he might make you happy.

ysme is also not interested in anything serious. she knows how to turn on the charm to get what she wants out of a first date, but you would not hear from her ever again afterwards. she wouldn't want to plan anything (though she definitely has demands) or pay for anything (though she definitely has the money) because she knows you would have the money, because you would be an easy mark. but she would look very pretty on your arm for a day, if that's what you want.

fel honestly has too much inner turmoil going on to be much fun on a date. she loves looking up cute places to go, but when it comes down to it, she can't decide what she likes or wants to do. she would bring up religion at dinner, but it would feel afterwards like she didn't even really want to mention it, and then the date would get very awkward and end early. bad end.

nino is full of energy, has a great sense of humor, and is a real romantic when given the chance to dote on someone. while she would pick a date spot that might end up being pretty disappointing in itself, she'd make some fun out of it regardless. similarly to fel, she tends to get too intense too quickly and would risk derailing the date over an awkward conversation, but she might bring it back with her natural charm.

langlais is langlais. he's self-absorbed and would ask you about yourself with an air of obligation. he would likely make a misogynistic joke if he got too comfortable at any point, though he would apologize if pressed. he would take you to a really nice restaurant and buy you anything you wanted with the quiet expectation that you would have sex at the end of the night. he wouldn't insist, but a second date would be contingent on it.

tutu...i mean, you could go on a play date with her. it would be fun. actually that might be the best option here.

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"... what's wrong?" "are you all right?"

["The tears on his face haven't even dried, but he smiles for me, the same as always.

He smiles for Lady Ysmé too, but she doesn't look at him for a long time."]

(full ver. + context under cut)

i fully admit i got to the magically induced amnesia wombo combo moment in soulsov back in march and just needed to get up and go stare at a wall for a good ten minutes or so before finishing the chapter.

man.

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This is the most devastatingly accurate birding meme I've ever seen, bar none

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doing important dev work