#Please Don't Give Up

[amkhaaaa]

[pink0lamby]

Please keep surviving.

Be angry, be upset, and it's perfectly reasonable to be afraid but please keep surviving.

This may be subject to change and if it doesn't, still continue to survive.

Do not let them break you.

[staygoldsquatchling02]

i understand being afraid and I understand wanting to put certain life choice on hold until things change. But what I don't understand is getting upset and mad at family, who are the same as you, when they suggest a solution. Not getting a marriage license now before that fuck takes office won't change the fact that your entire online presence screams 'I'm a gay trans man'. Stopping yourself from doing these things that we fought so hard for is exactly what they want. All of those fucking extremists want us to slowly crawl back into the shadows and stop fighting.

It starts with you not getting married because 'it's not safe' and then it turns into you no longer correcting people when they misgender you, and it goes on and on. If you are complicit and stop living by your own values, you are giving in.

If it is legitimate life and death that you don't do these things, I understand. But it is still early, we still have two months before he takes office, and if we start folding to him now who will stand against him when he does take power in January.

We need to focus on the now and stop worrying what will happen. We need to focus on enjoying our rights while we still have them. We need to keep living and showing the world that just becuase it's hard doesn't mean we'll lay down and take it. We have the rights we do because we weren't complicit, we have our rights becuase we fought even when the world told us to give up. We can't stop fighting now.

And if you think I don't truly understand the situation, then you're mistaken. I am a Trans Masculine Nonbinary Aroacespec person who has spent the last Six years learning to accept myself. I have spent so many hours crying and worrying about this god damn election, but now I know that my only choice is to keep fighting. It would be so much easier for me to just give up, but that would mean letting them win. It would mean letting future queer kids grow up thinking they don't belong and that something is wrong with them. We have to be here not just for us but for the future kids like us. It's our time to be the people that future queer kids learn about when they learn queer history.

Don't stop fighting, Don't stop being heard, Don't stop being yourself.

Even if it seems bleak and like these next four years will never end, we have to remember that the only way for things to get better is to keep fighting.

[ghostlys-basement]

poetry to lift some of you guys up :)

he can try to remove our hope like dandelions from the sidewalks, but he can never remove our spirit. That's how we know we're alive!!

So don't lay down to die, stand and look death in the eye and make even him shiver at your determination.

Scream from the mountains if you must, so even god can hear you, no matter who you believe God is.

Hope, will and endurance is all that separates us from the animals, and until we give that up? We will die like the bold people we should be, like the bold people we are. Bright like the sun, and not sheep to the slaughter or ducks sitting in the pond.

And to the republic, for which it (SHOULD) stand, one nation, under God indivisible with Liberty and JUSTICE for all. Please don't let orange man take it away. And

Dont let your justice be taken away. Please, friends.

And remember,

The universe said I love you

Because you are love itself.

[laurelindebear]

Hey there, US voters! Do you or anyone you know use birth control for contraception or to treat medical conditions? Then please vote to keep people who want to ban it - all of it - out of office, and make your the people in your circle know about this stuff too.

Combine the push for Comstock (which will also impact all other kinds of 'adult' or 'obscene' things, like art which includes nudity, sex toys and aides, and ofc anything queer) with the push to end no-fault divorce and the already-existing breaches of reproductive freedom, and a Republican-led future looks bleak.

[obaewankenope]

Keep living through it.

Even if you don't want to. Keep living through it.

The only way evil succeeds is if you give up now. Broken things can be mended. Cracks filled. Fractures healed with time.

The only thing that can't be undone is death.

Do not let defeatism take you from yourself.

The night may be long and full of terrors, as they say, but the flames of revolution shine brightest in the dark.

This event is one of many in your lifetime. Don't let it be the one that snuffs your light.

I love you all.

Let me share my hope with you. Let me relight your torch. Let my hope be enough to keep you on the path.

Don't give up.

Don't give up.

[kirby-the-gorb]

[lazylittledragon]

ok someone please correct me if i'm wrong but am i weird for thinking those 'audiobooks don't count as reading' posts are ableist as fuck????

[obaewankenope]

No. No.

You're not dumb. You're not stupid.

Not only because ableism helps no one and putting down others for intelligence doesn't do anything but encourage othering and dehumanising people, but also because this is not your fault.

All of you who tried?

All of you who worked hard?

All of you who registered to vote because you wanted to show up?

All of you who have been coerced, pressured, lied to?

All of you who have been so angry, so pressured, so misled into believing lies because you want hope?

The ones who are to blame are those who willfully use ignorance and desperation for their own ends.

The ones who are responsible are the ones who take foreign interference and benefit from it and lie lie lie.

You're not a stupid people.

You're a people pressured and manipulated and all I want is to hug you and remind you of one thing:

The cheeto only gets two terms. This is his second.

Endure as long as you can. Fight as hard as you can. Support each other as much as you can.

There is hope.

There is something worth fighting for.

Please, please remind yourselves that you are worth fighting for.

We are a very very dumb, stupid people

[kensatou]

you think YOU had a bad day at work?

bonus: sid shrieking "no!!!! NO!!!!!" loud enough to be heard in the stands and on camera

[teaboot]

Social anxiety level: Chatting with someone experiencing a schizophrenic episode and becoming increasingly self-concious of how I'm just saying "That sounds really stressful", "I've never heard of that but it sounds scary", and "You must be pretty worried about that" over and over again

[frenchublog]

[eriondserranterrand]

I think I found a little hope. We can only do our best. Even if we're doomed it's worth doing what we can. We can be compassionate towards those who need it. We can love those who might not otherwise get love. It doesn't matter if it won't change the end. We can be better and maybe things will get better and maybe they won't but that doesn't need to change you for the worse.

I am not going to lie and say I know it will get better. Nobody knows that. I will say that you can do your best and and that it's worth it for the people you care about. Humanity might be doomed or it might not. The possibility is worth fighting for and if we go down we can go down swinging.

On the bright side Trump might just cripple the country so badly that it won't be able to hurt anyone.

As much as I want to accept the "we will survive" and "we will be here" crowds I am not sure I believe it. Things were bad enough with the incrimentalist being happy with too little progress. Now we are going to pour gas on the fire. Climate change is bad, bigotry is too rampant and global conflict is ramping up.

We may be dooming most life on Earth. I don't know if I can find hope here... I want to.

[14dayswithyou]

💖 Day 3.5 is now available! 💖

For the last couple of months, only Server Boosters had access to the 3.5 update... Buuuuut now it's available for everyone to play in the 14DWY Discord — and soon itch.io once I'm happy with the QA and state of the game — so please don't feel pressured to join unless you want to!!

The full devlog + even more screenshots are under the cut ^^

What's been added to the 3.5 version?

📺 Streamer Mode!

I've been told that it's difficult to stream and monetise age-restricted videos on YouTube and Twitch, so I added an option to remove the sexual content and strong language used in the demo.

Now y'all can invite Ren into your bed for cuddles without putting your streamer career on the line /silly /lh

This won't affect the 18+ rating or dark themes/elements of the game, however! Although Streamer Mode will prevent you from seeing any "gruesome" CGs in the future, most of the core elements of the game will still be tied to the choices and decisions you make. So you won't miss out on the overall experience by using streamer mode!!

⚙️ Custom Pronouns!

It only took me one entire year to get around to it, but you can finally choose your own preferred pronouns (or use a set of pronouns instead)... At the cost of being able to change them mid-game ^^;

Since the original pronoun screen wouldn't update until a new scene was displayed, I temporarily disabled the feature. But once I find a workaround, I'll bring it back!

💗 Choose how others perceive you!

You can now choose how the cast and narration perceive you! Originally, the narration was kept strictly gender-neutral (outside of pronouns and genitalia picked by the player), but this will soon change in future updates.

For more clarity: you don't get to choose the words specifically, but you can choose between masculine, feminine, and androgynous terms!

📋 Separate top and bottom genitalia!

You can now choose your tatas and pps separately! >:3

Alongside that, you can also choose your preferred body type!

I removed the "both" genitalia option because a few players still assumed it was an obscure version of "intersex". That wasn't my intention and I don't want to mislead anyone, so I took it out for now ^^;

I also didn't want to include a screenshot of the new genitalia choices in action (because it's NSFW), so y'all get the same character menu screen for the nth time instead lmao

📱 Relationship Screen Overhaul!

You can now change your own status for more immersion, and long-term Server Boosters will eventually be able to submit and use their own icon within the game as well!

Stalking finding your friends has now become easier by using "Buddy Maps"; a new app that allows you to see the location of all the cast members!

I want to offer players more incentive to check the relationship screen since they tend to miss the status updates, so hopefully this might help ;v;

It also says it "updates every few hours" so folks don't go overboard and check every 5 seconds to see where Ren is gdsghf (also keep in mind that he's a hacker lol)

🖤 Additional Scenes Update!

Day 2 received a brand new CG!!!!! Originally, I planned on only adding a few CGs sporadically throughout the game, but it didn't feel right to leave Day 2 so... empty... so I added a brand new CG to (hopefully) make things feel more balanced and natural!

If you decline Teo's offer on Day 3, Leon will now call and try to convince you to reconsider. However, players are still allowed to decline, and if they do, they'll reach a dead end.

After listening to feedback on itch, I changed some of the dialogue during Days 1-3 to make it seem more consistent! They're only small changes though, so it's honestly not worth looking for sdgjssga

🎶 Updated BGM and SFX!

I wanted to try out a different style of music to see if it fits the vibe of 14DWY more! The BGM features more acoustics to suit the "beachy" theme of Corland Bay, though I made a conscious effort to include piano elements as well to stay true to the original!!

I figured it'd be better to give players a live example before I make a poll (to see if they prefer the change or not) and publish it to Itch.

Some new SFX have also been added, though it's very minimal and honestly not that noticeable.

How to download and play the update?

(warning: clicking on the following links will open Discord!!) To download the Day 3.5 update, simply join the 14DWY Discord server, verify your age, and visit the "14dwy-updates" channel!

Alternatively, you can also wait until the update is publicly released on Itch to play it as well!! (It normally gets released shortly after a round of QA testing/getting feedback from the server, though I may release it earlier if I feel like it hehe ^^)

Enjoy!!

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

In the world of heavy metals, love is denser than hate!

[yeagrave]

back on my bullshit🫡