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I came across a fic last night that left me feeling too much and thinking in new ways. It's so exquisite. It's painful. I think it gives something deeply important about loss and aging. Love.

It's called All In Due Time, by Schattenspiel (Oxycontin). It's Disco Elysium, but honestly I don't think you need to know much of anything about the plot of the game. If you want a plot description that does not at all do it justice: Kim Kitsuragi is Benjamin Button'd.

Anyway, if you choose to read it and would like to talk about it, please do reach out.

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I don't know if I can fully explain to you the pure unbridled sense of joy I felt upon seeing that the author of my two favourite Good Omens fics ever had begun a Disco Elysium therapy fic. Surprise surprise, the fic's incredible. I can't get over the skill you have to be able to craft 3 separate therapist POV characters, all very different, all of whom I feel incredibly attached to. Your writing never fails to cut to the heart of a character, and I'm very excited to see where you take SugarPop Psychodrama. Thank you so much for sharing your work with the world.

Oh, yay! I'm glad you're enjoying it. I'm very worried about SugerPop. It's going to be what I want it to be... And, in the past, I've been very lucky that the things I've wanted my therapy fics to be were things that people enjoyed. But what if this is the time that the spell breaks!?

With the most recent chapter--Ch. 4--I was concerned that it felt a little formulaic. The emotional beats, the chapter arc... I've done it before. There was one sentence, even, then I ultimately had to change, just because what I wrote looked too much like a line in Demonology. I was too uncomfortably aware of my own authorial voice. Which is interesting, given how I generally feel like I don't have a authorial voice at all.

But, then again, therapy itself is fairly formulaic. And, at the end, the formula reveals the characters in different ways.

What I am satisfied with is that Svala certainly is her own unique little person. I can feel a little proud that Aubrey, Dave, and Svala all have reasonably unique personalities. They also have different therapeutic approaches, which is very fun for me.

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Hello. I was talking to a friend about loyalty and thought of Aubrey. She is the clearest, fiercest, most true-to-herself-and-her-friend character I’ve ever read or seen.

I wanted to express this to my friend, but he doesn’t even know what GO is, so it would have required so many layers of explanation that it just would not have communicated very much in the end.

But I can tell YOU that you have created the character who is now my idea of the embodiment of loyalty. So, congratulations and thank you! 😊

Aw, thank you! I didn't design her specifically to be loyal, and I think she would reject that label for herself (she rejects things a lot), but also I think you're right.

And why hasn't your friend seen Good Omens!

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nimble, a border collie-papillon mix, wins the 12” class in the 2024 masters agility championship. the first time a mixed breed has won at westminster ever.

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Hello! I can’t help but write, although I understand that there is nothing unique in my message. It took me two days to read your stories (Demonology and Angel-Centered Therapy). These were two wonderful days, although very difficult. It is true! Thanks to all the emotions I had experienced! I remembered songs that I had not listened to for a long time, but which resonated with the emotions of what I read. I even allowed myself to accelerate the car to 80 km/h (ridiculous, maybe, but I rarely drive a car and only near the house, so it’s usually no more than 40-50 km/h), I was so overwhelmed with emotions! I also wrote one thoughtless letter and then cried all evening because of the response I received. Maybe this is all very stupid to write to you, but all these experiences that I wrote about above would have been impossible without your stories. For which special thanks.

I haven't read something that breaks my heart in two for a long time. I hope you'll forgive the Aubrey reference. But she is wonderful. Wonderful character and I miss her. Separately, I want to say thank you for this moment when Aubrey said, that she is sorry for what happened to Crowley. It's hard to describe, but how sincere it was, her words! Sincerely to the point of pain. For real. That's exactly how I felt it. Thank you for this moment.

There were so many moments for which I want to thank you separately. But if I start, the message will probably turn out huge. I've already written too much. But still - thank you for Davey and Crowley interaction. That was something!

But can I ask one question? Putting the two fanfictions together, I get the impression that these two still managed to develop their relationship? The mentioned cottage gave me an idea about this. Please tell me that this is so in your version too. I need this 😂

Thank you sincerely! An adult (so adult that has two children), who is still trying to recover from your story.

Thank you so much for your kind words. It means so much to me, to know that those stories inspired such important emotions. And do take good care of yourself, too, as you process through everything you have to process through.

I cannot see any possible way that Good Omens could come to an end without there being a cottage filled with love and peace. If the S3 movie doesn't give us that, then, well, that'll be their problem. Crowley and Aziraphale love each other.

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I read demonology sometime in June of 2023 and I just finished the latest chapter of sugerpop. And it has me wondering, do you have have some sort of background in psychology? Do you study it, For fun or otherwise? Because you just write the therapeutic process so well! (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)

Thank you! Yes, I have some background in counseling psychology. Sugerpop is a really weird case, though, because I'm...

Well, there are two ways to say what I'm doing in Sugerpop.

One way to put it: I am establishing an alternative intellectual history of counseling psychology, with the goal of having it fit within what we know of the intellectual history within Disco Elysium.

The alternative way to put it: I'm just making stuff up. Just completely bullshittin'.

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Listen. You ARE nature. You’re an entire ecosystem. Your flesh sculpted from the dirt. Your blood brewed from rain water. Thousands of creatures living inside of you, on your skin, who wouldn’t be alive without you just like you wouldn’t be either without them. You are born from the forest and the sea. Be kind to yourself.

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Oh my goodness!! Love the idea of her wearing pants with the cuffs rolled up. Love how earnest she looks in the lower right one. This is amazing!

The fic I'm working on right now has as its POV character an absolute gremlin of a young woman, a real piece of work, just such a weirdo in every way, and I love her with all my heart.

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The kudos crab believes in me, and you.

🦀 Kudos Crab 🦀

If you are scrolling and see Kudos Crab, your fics will be blessed!

You will get good comments and kudos!

You will beat your writers block!

GO AND WRITE!

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I've been real busy lately because it's December and I work at the post office, so of course I am

But that doesn't mean I can't show up with an unprompted PSA

Hey! Have you ever mailed a letter to Santa Claus? Have you ever wondered what exactly happened to that letter? Well wonder no longer! If it had a stamp and a return address, then odds are that it ended up on the USPS's Operation Santa page!

Every year, the USPS collects letters to Santa Claus, and processes them to black out any identifying information. Last names, addresses, things like that. Then, the letters are posted on the Operation Santa webpage and people can adopt the letters.

Once you adopt a letter, you can buy gifts for them, wrap them up, and package them. Then you get a barcode from the website, and bring them to a post office. The clerk there will scan the barcode, which prints out a label with the address on it, and sends out the gift.

It's anonymous on both ends, and is generally just. A really nice thing to do.

I highly recommend it if you have some money to spare this year and want to give a kid a moment of magic this year

It's one of those things that the post office just happened to be positioned to do, and ended up knocking it out of the park. Unfortunately, I don't think they advertise this nearly well enough, and most letters end up going unanswered

Hopefully, a few more will be answered this year

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The fic I'm working on right now has as its POV character an absolute gremlin of a young woman, a real piece of work, just such a weirdo in every way, and I love her with all my heart.

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If you're able today and looking to make a positive impact (or casually spite some garbage relatives), may I offer one of my favorite places! Shoot them a couple bucks today with me.

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Just a little bit of black pepper, along with the standard seasonings. Trust me.

I must get to the bottom of something

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The brain inside is a circle of mirrors. You gotta put something in the middle for them to reflect, or else Watch Out.

over-psychoanalyzing blorbos is healthy and needed enrichment for the girlies in order to avoid over-psychoanalyzing themselves. like giving a dog a chew toy in order to redirect chewing on its hind legs

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svala happily eating surstromming end text

Yes!! You? You get her.

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