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idk if i can even finish this im so overwhelmed ksnac;jkdvlsfbk'werabn

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so i made a song because yes i have the @infamous-if brainrot and i have it bad 😭

'where the flowers grow' is a leaked song from synthpop band Sunhopper Shopping Channel, who take inspiration from 'sci-fi, romance novels, and Saturday morning cartoons' to create their genre-blending songs.

The song was written by frontman Kasen Yun, known to fans as Skip. He has strongly denied all rumours that the song is related to ex and former bandmate Seven Lawless, despite certain lyrics suggesting otherwise.

*Disclaimer: i tried my best but while MC is a singer i am NOT lmao (also i don't like my voice and idk how to sing with an american accent besides changing the pronunciation of 'can't' so just putting that out there first lol)

Lyrics:

'why am i still on your wrist' the thought lingers like a chaste kiss on my mind how do i get over this? i keep thinking back to when you were still mine

somehow you wake up all the best and the worst parts of me hate how you take up all the spaces i can't seem to reach

tell me do you know that you still live in the part of my memory where the flowers grow? i'll never know just how to let you go

how do you remember us? wish i could hop onto your memory bus hitch a ride, look around to see where those secret thoughts of yours all hide

and if do, and if i find something that maybe, just maybe i don't like would you mind, if i closed my eyes pretending like everything's fine

(prechorus)

tell me do you know that you still live in the part of my memory where the flowers grow? i'll never leave this spot where you've left me standing

always pause, when i count to ten but i know i'd do it all over again spend my time with an empty hand hoping you'll come back and hold it again

tell me do you know that you still live in the part of my memory where the flowers grow? hope you're happy you hurt me I’ll never forgive you

and i hate that i love you hate that i miss you

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my pc can’t run bg3 or it’ll explode 10 dead five injured a bread charcoaled but just know. just knnnoooow dude. dude just know . im spending so much time in that character creator   in my mind’s . palace. yes

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lessss goooooo!! *O*

ok idk if I "live blog" about it much, but my tag is still anya plays bg3 for anyone who wants to see some of the game through me

I'll tag story stuff with bg3 spoilers

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BG3 downloading!!! Soooo excited, literally bouncing up and down in my seat. Sproing, sproing, sproing.

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I was thinking about that ask about the favorite romance. maybe you could make a poll to see who the favorite RO is? and then do another one once the sequel is out? it would be cool to see the difference.

I like that idea!

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quick colored oog, my oc art

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A general cane guide for writers and artists (from a cane user, writer, and artist!)

Disclaimer: Though I have been using a cane for 6 years, I am not a doctor, nor am I by any means an expert. This guide is true to my experience, but there are as many ways to use a cane as there are cane users!

This guide will not include: White canes for blindness, crutches, walkers, or wheelchairs as I have no personal experience with these.

This is meant to be a general guide to get you started and avoid some common mishaps/misconceptions in your writing, but you absolutely should continue to do your own research outside of this guide!

This is NOT a medical resource!!! And never tell a real person you think they're using a cane wrong!

The biggest recurring problem I've seen is using the cane on the wrong side. The cane goes on the opposite side of the pain! If your character has even-sided pain or needs it for balance/weakness, then use the cane in the non-dominant hand to keep the dominant hand free. Some cane users also switch sides to give their arm a rest!

A cane takes about 20% of your weight off the opposite leg. It should fit within your natural gait and become something of an extension of your body. If you need more weight off than 20%, then crutches, a walker, or a wheelchair is needed.

Putting more pressure on the cane, using it on the wrong side, or having it at the wrong height can make it less effective, and can cause long term damage to your body from improper pressure and posture. (Hugh Laurie genuinely hurt his body from years of using a cane wrong on House!)

(some people elect to use a cane wrong for their personal situation despite this, everyone is different!)

(an animated GIF of a cane matching the natural walking gait. It turns red when pressure is placed on it.)

When going up and down stairs, there is an ideal standard: You want to use the handrail and the cane at the same time, or prioritize the handrail if it's only on one side. When going up stairs you lead with your good leg and follow with the cane and hurt leg together. When going down stairs you lead with the cane and the bad leg and follow with the good leg!

Realistically though, many people don't move out of the way for cane users to access the railing, many stairs don't have railings, and many are wet, rusty, or generally not ideal to grip.

In these cases, if you have a friend nearby, holding on to them is a good idea. Or, take it one step at a time carefully if you're alone.

Now we come to a very common mistake I see... Using fashion canes for medical use!

(These are 4 broad shapes, but there is INCREDIBLE variation in cane handles. Research heavily what will be best for your character's specific needs!)

The handle is the contact point for all the weight you're putting on your cane, and that pressure is being put onto your hand, wrist, and shoulder. So the shape is very important for long term use!

Knob handles (and very decorative handles) are not used for medical use for this reason. It adds extra stress to the body and can damage your hand to put constant pressure onto these painful shapes.

The weight of a cane is also incredibly important, as a heavier cane will cause wear on your body much faster. When you're using it all day, it gets heavy fast! If your character struggles with weakness, then they won't want a heavy cane if they can help it!

This is also part of why sword canes aren't usually very viable for medical use (along with them usually being knob handles) is that swords are extra weight!

However, a small knife or perhaps a retractable blade hidden within the base might be viable even for weak characters.

Bases have a lot of variability as well, and the modern standard is generally adjustable bases. Adjustable canes are very handy if your character regularly changes shoe height, for instance (gotta keep the height at your hip!)

Canes help on most terrain with their standard base and structure. But for some terrain, you might want a different base, or to forego the cane entirely! This article covers it pretty well.

Many cane users decorate their canes! Stickers are incredibly common, and painting canes is relatively common as well! You'll also see people replacing the standard wrist strap with a personalized one, or even adding a small charm to the ring the strap connects to. (nothing too large, or it gets annoying as the cane is swinging around everywhere)

(my canes, for reference)

If your character uses a cane full time, then they might also have multiple canes that look different aesthetically to match their outfits!

When it comes to practical things outside of the cane, you reasonably only have one hand available while it's being used. Many people will hook their cane onto their arm or let it dangle on the strap (if they have one) while using their cane arm, but it's often significantly less convenient than 2 hands. But, if you need 2 hands, then it's either setting the cane down or letting it hang!

For this reason, optimizing one handed use is ideal! Keeping bags/items on the side of your free hand helps keep your items accessible.

When sitting, the cane either leans against a wall or table, goes under the chair, or hooks onto the back of the chair. (It often falls when hanging off of a chair, in my experience)

When getting up, the user will either use their cane to help them balance/support as they stand, or get up and then grab their cane. This depends on what it's being used for (balance vs pain when walking, for instance!)

That's everything I can think of for now. Thank you for reading my long-but-absolutely-not-comprehensive list of things to keep in mind when writing or drawing a cane user!

Happy disability pride month! Go forth and make more characters use canes!!!

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hello! it's amy! if you follow my personal account, you'd already know what this is. body double is a side project that i do for fun inbetween infamous, just for when i need to refresh my brain! i decided to make a blog for it so i don't flood my personal account with this game lol.

This game is a side project that I do when I need inspiration for Infamous. That means development on it will be sloooow. Infamous is my main priority right now!

Body Double is a an interactive story that takes place in a cyberpunk inspired world where top secret operatives of an elusive Cypress Industries have the unique ability to jump bodies.

Agent Sawyer is the best Agent in the business, tasked with protecting Cypress Industries and all of its assets.

Until three weeks ago.

Framed for the president's murder and in a last-ditch effort to save their ass, they switch bodies with our regular, ordinary IT-tech MC...who is now walking in the body of a suspect the entire city is looking for. Stuck in a citywide manhunt, MC is now on the run with a pesky Agent who refuses to tell them where their body is. To make matters worse, Agent Sawyer's subconcious is stuck in their head, speaking to them like a pest MC can't shake off.

Wonderful.

With a help of a host of characters from Sawyer's past and MC's present, MC will have to throw themself in a conspiracy to clear Sawyer's name and get back to normal. Relatively. No pressure.

The usual IF stuff: customize your mc from personality to appearance. Unspurisingly from me, BODY DOUBLE is a character driven story with a focus on relationship dynamics, angst and drama...but this time with action.

Mold Sawyer in the prologue and be stuck with them in your head for the rest of the story. Are they humorous? Stoic? Vulgar? Emotional? Arrogant? You decide.

Romance characters like Sawyer's ex (messy) or the human-mech hybrid trying to kill you (messy) or your measly IT tech friend who has no idea what the hell is going on but they're a trooper. Or an AI. Your call.

Try to uncover a conspiracy and solve a murder in a cyberpunk setting.

Don't die?

SAWYER: the agent accused of murder. The wires get crossed when they switch bodies with you, and somehow you have their subconcious in your head. They refuse to switch back until you help clear their name even though you're in their body, which means people are after you now. Asshole move, really.

ROACH: Sawyer's twin brother and perpetual hermit. As a hacker, he has eyes all over the city. He also misses his sibling, so he's determined to see it through.

AGENT BECK [f or m] [RO]: A cool and intimidating fellow Agent of Cypress Industries...and Sawyer's ex partner. Sawyer dumped them, broke their heart, and since then, ghosted them (as one does.) With that said, Beck is determined to help you. And them. Just make sure to try to ignore the longing looks they send your way. It's not towards you, of course.

CAI [RO] [f, m or nb models] : Cypress AI or CAI is Sawyer's former field partner. Honest, cold and emotionless, you can't believe CAI is actually helping you. It must be going against their every makeup to go against Cypress, but having someone like them on your side is beneficial, at least.

HAWKE [m][RO]: the mech-human hybrid tasked with hunting you down. Well, hunting Sawyer down. Their one mission is to see you (Sawyer) dead, which poses a problem so as long as you're in this body. So there's that.

SOLANA [f][RO]: the elusive club owner...and the last person to see the president alive. You can't tell if Solana is an ally or an enemy, but you do know the one thing that drives her is power. Good to keep an eye on her, anyway.

AXL [nb] [RO]: the wealthy child of the now dead president and new heir of Cypress Industries. They hate your (Sawyer's) guts. They have hired all the best operatives and assassins to take you (Sawyer) down, and will stop and nothing to get their justice. If only you could convince them otherwise...

As usual, BD is 18+ for adult themes, explicit language, suggestive situations, violence and more! <3

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Emily is Away <3

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Recently played Falling Lights (@fallenlightsif) from the very beginning and I can't stop thinking about this:

Do you think that Emilia misses when the MC would braid her hair? Do you think she's touch-starved for when they would sit together, knees brushing without realizing? Or a casual shoulder bump or friendly hand-touch?

I think I have a problem when I think about childhood friends who later hate each other, or fight or become enemies. Hell, even if they lose touch and stop being friends. (MY PROBLEM IS THAT I LOVE IT)

My MC is Mirabelle and I'm actually also working on her adult face, hair and outfit (slowly).

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Free Demo ✦ KoFi ✦ COG Forum ✦ Blood Moon

Story

You’re a newly created vampire. After an encounter with the city’s werewolf population, you’re thrown headfirst into the turbulent politics of the undead. Take control of your domain and make the night your own.

It’s time for the vampires to bite back.

Features

The option to play as a woman, a man, or a nonbinary person.

Multiple story paths and endings.

Several romanceable characters, all with unique personalities. In the current demo you can meet: Tracy, Iliya, Marcel, and Freya.

Content Notice

This game contains strong language, violence, major character death, optional explicit sex scenes, and other mature themes. Please use discretion when deciding if this game if for you.

Also:

I’m really nervous about this. I know there are so many good vampire games out right now, many of which are probably better than anything I’ll ever be able to write. I really don’t know if I will be able to finish this game. But, it’s my birthday this month, so I thought I’d share it, just in case.

I really hope you enjoy it.

Email me at: BarbaraTrueloveWrites[at]gmail[dot]com.

I have a website now: BarbaraTruelove.com

And, if you enjoy my writing and are able, I would feel honoured if you’d consider buying me a coffee: Ko-Fi

Current Word Count: 47,300 (excluding commands)

Art by the amazing @dahliadrawthings

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[ID: A tweet from Emily Gwen @/theemilygwen.

Did you know Disney sells lesbian flag pins? Bob Iger profits off the flag I designed for our community!

On another note, I can't afford to pay for my medication this month! Any help would be appreciated.

Donations: ko-fi.com/emilygwen

Store: emilygwen.threadless.com

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some recent stuff hehheh

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The Barbie movie is yet another example of how there's next to no media that can resist making jabs at indigenous people. It's so exhausting.

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The more I get back into liking, loving and lusting on people, the more I'm reminded what a sanitized, segregated lie queers have been built into.

I've met the sweetest, prettiest queens who tell me "Well, I'm a transsexual. Sometimes I call myself a transman because both my trans self and my manhood are me."

New friends tell me about the sexcapades their closed polycule gets up to that they just watch because they're a kinky ace.

There's staunch lesbians who helped the love of their life transition as a transmasc, gay men begging to be topped by trans men with the fattest tits.

Older queers don't hesitate to shout "oh, like Prince!" when I tell them I'm androgyne. Vanilla questioning men will text me day after day before shyly confessing I'm their dream guy. Closeted trans women ask to kiss me because I'm their dream girl. Doms and subs who melt when they realize I'm both and neither, and they didn't know somebody like me existed.

There's vanilla lesbians on Grindr and acearos who have shown me love deeper than I thought possible and guydykes kissing girlfags and MtFtMtX elders and throuples that have so much affection that they just collectively parent babygays who got disowned.

Everybody is so beautiful! There is so much love! It is no wonder a cruel world has a vested interest in suppressing queerness when humanity is so expansive to us.

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also the way that the nimona movie showed that hate is a taught behavior?? the way that gloreth, the hero worshipped for slaying monsters, was fully accepting of nimona until her mother told her what to believe? until that generational bigotry was passed down? the way the director’s motive wasn’t even power like most evil government figureheads in media, but rather a fear of monsters destroying the kingdom because that hate had been instilled in her too, like it had in gloreth? the way ballister was also indoctrinated into hatred of “monsters” until he was just as outcast as one? because only then was he willing to change and learn?? and how even people with good hearts and good intentions like ballister and ambriosius and even the queen herself are still capable of perpetuating bigotry and unnecessary violence when they don’t take the time to understand or learn about the “others” they supposedly hate????????? i need to lie down