#but that's another thing entirely

[willowcrowned]

one thing that (good and insightful) post about un/der-negotiated kink in fic doesn't mention is that sometimes we just don't show kink negotiations because it isn't... relevant to the story

sometimes in fiction a clever plan works that would never work in real life. sometimes in fiction a serious injury heals in a week. and that's not because it's a fantasy (it might be one! but that's not why); it's because real world logic, and the limited healing capacity of the human body, and, yes, five minutes of 'I like x when y, but never z or w' before getting down and nasty are simply not relevant to the story being told

[soupbitch-moneybitch]

ed and stede might fuck this week and i'm supposed to care about work deadlines? homophobic

[fuckabledragonoftheday]

Post an asian dragon and count how many people will message you saying it's just a snake

That would be hilarious. But funnily enough, we never get those assholes when we post limbless dragons. It's always the wyvern folk. Smug as if they know something we don't, like we aren't knowledgeable enough, "ummm that's not a dragon that's a wyvern." It's annoying because they are the ones who don't even know where the categorization branches. Dragon is above the subcategories, it's not one of the subcategories. Not all dragons are wyverns, but all wyverns are dragons.

It's basically the dragonfucker version of the tomato debate - that tomato is biologically a fruit, and that's a fact, but vegetable is a culinary term, not biological. Fruit can be a term both culinary or biological, depending on the context - hence the "wisdom is not putting tomato in a fruit salad". There is a knowledge to be had, but there is also more knowledge surrounding it, and when you are insistent on that one fact while ignorant of the others, you just come off as an asshole to the people who do know.

"The only thing I know is that I know nothing" is a good philosophy, if it makes you at least ensure your claim is correct before you speak it.

[completeoveranalysis]

I love your analysis of the two chapter covers, but I'm scarily impressed by the fact you remembered an image from ch 14 in enough detail to bring it back for comparison. You're amazing! 🐰💛

Thank you! I used to have several of the covers printed out across my wall, so I can remember some of them more than others.

[alteredphoenix]

"The moment you pledged yourself to the Demon King-in-Exile and became his Chosen Hero, the Inheritor of His Will, to stave off death from impalement and becoming his daemon familiar was the moment you forsook your loyalty to not only your family and the clan that which you descended from but the House of the Wyldes that enforce the balance of nature itself. You lost the right to call yourself a sister and daughter."

Demons and elementals have always butt heads now and again over what constitutes loyalty, although some sub-sects of the Houses have no problem with their human constituents working with demons, or even being pledging themselves into contractual partnerships. A major House such as that of the Wind - namely, that of the greater bald eagle, though, would be more than insulting: it would be akin to turning one's back on the very people they would consider a second family; and while Airi would eventually learn that the matron of her clan had no qualms with her change into demonhood and was more than accepting of her making that decision, the memory of the minor leaders among the sylphs that don the mantle of the greater bald eagle would still sting. Once a mortal becomes a daemon, they can never go back to what they once were. So to most elementals, staving off death - no matter how untimely it might seem - is the most unnatural thing a mortal can do. It's the greatest betrayal one can make to the natural order.

Not many people know about this in the present day, although the Majestic Twelve that comprise of human daemon familiars and a few close connections Airi makes along the way in the world she wakes up to find out, as well as how there is more going on in the background, away from the civilization of human beings and mortalkind, than they're aware.

What's the one insecurity your OC would be devastated to have used against them?

Bonus: do people know this about them?

[yoakkemae]

i think it's almost interesting how the kindest the doctor has been to martha follows one of the worst ways he has ever treated martha ever. being stuck in 1913 as his human disguise's maid is, as an understatement, terrible, but also because the doctor essentially tells her "john smith is just a disguise. he's not real, he doesn't have feelings, and you're going to have to get him to open the watch when it's time", not even thinking or realising that he's essentially set her up to effectively talk someone into self-sacrifice? which so goes against what she values as a doctor, but she steps up and has to unfortunately become vulnerable to both this human man who has treated her "well" but only based off of the time period and to the doctor who almost keeps pushing and taking from her in a way. she is forced to bear her soul to him, to admit her feelings, and she doesn't want to. "i hope he doesn't remember this" is the first thing that comes out of her mouth after her confession, and when the doctor does come back, having remembered everything ... he doesn't bring that confession up. he pretends he doesn't remember because, even in her modern clothes, even though they are leaving 1913, she is still vulnerable and they both know it. it's written in her body language, written in every inch of her. she knows he doesn't love her, and that's okay, but she doesn't want to hear it. so, he doesn't say it, doesn't make mention of it, allows her back that armour, that piece of defense, and it is genuinely one of the kindest things he does to martha throughout the entire series.

[aroaceleovaldez]

i have suddenly become obsessed with a theme that HoO established but never proceeded to extrapolate on, which is:

You are Percy Jackson, and you have been swapped with a boy who was allegedly everyone's favorite person, but they have decided to replace him with you. They just met you. You stand next to his best friend and the people he's known his entire life. In his home. In his cloak. In his place. They stopped looking for him.

You are Jason Grace, and you have just found out you have a long lost sister who completely replaced you in her life with this girl you just met. Your lives and personalities are mirrors. She is you, living the life you were robbed of.

You are Annabeth Chase, and you have just become starkly aware that you have been inhabiting the void left behind by your best friend's long lost brother. You and Luke were just replacements for him. Now you have to look him in the eyes when he has nothing and know you took that life from him.

You are Piper McLean, and you have just found out your relationship is fake and built entirely on the memories of Annabeth Chase. You have been given a boyfriend when hers has been taken away. You have no idea how much of it is real or not but regardless you feel like if your relationship isn't exactly in their image that you have failed.

You are Leo Valdez, and you have just learned that you are the echo of your great-grandfather. You are not your own person. You just exist to be a mirror of him. A doppelganger. An actor and stunt double facing all the danger he never had to but wearing his face. To be there for his best friend decades later simply because he couldn't. You are playing a role. A seventh wheel and a pawn for a goddess who carefully sculpted your entire life for her own purposes.

You are Hazel Levesque, and the only reason you are alive is because your brother couldn't save your his sister. You are a consolation prize. An apology. Your existence here is misplaced in every way but you inhabit it anyways.

You are Frank Zhang, and you are a shapeshifter. Inhabiting your own body feels strange and clumsy when you could be literally anything at any time. You are anything and everything and live your life with the simple certainty of knowing exactly how you will die.

[checkertrains]

The good ol switcharoo au, instead of empowering demons with his voice Adam would probably empower them with his music :p (guitar solo fuck yeaaahhh)

Also I haven’t draw traditionally for like FOREVERRRR so its a bit rusty (I got pencil smudges all over my hands afterwards, not fun)

[coffinwoodx]

couple of screenshots of kim’s wikipedia page that i felt so deeply in my soul

[mobius-m-mobius]

Sometimes our emotions get the better of us. You can say that again.

[laniidae-passerine]

don’t get how you can watch iwtv and be a sincere diehard lestat hater. like the world’s biggest lestat hater is louis and that man can’t even commit to it for more than five minutes before literally hallucinating lestat wearing a wedding ring and talking pretty to him. this show is about louis and every road leads back to lestat for that man

[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!!

[clowfish]

am I the only one who was stuck watching those eggshell peeling livestreams on tiktok that they NEVER peeled all the way

[wyvernity]

been thinking about the sinnohtrio lately......plus misc other stuff

also, casual ko-fi drop!! get something in this sketchy style starting at $10 woop woop

[benevolenterrancy]

("Always. Continuously. With increasing apprehension, and decreasing hope. I will love you if I never see you again, and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday. I will love you as a corpse loves the beak of the vulture. I will love you no matter what happens to you, and no matter how I discover what happens to you, and no matter what happens to me as I discover this." -- paraphrased from The Beatrice Letters, Lemony Snicket)

[warpedpuppeteer]

It's interesting how Buck's love interests are all written in a way that ends because of the reason they meet/happen in the first place and then of course, we have Eddie.

Abby, who changes Buck's view of a healthy relationship but then turns around and ghosts him, making him wait for months on end and letting him realize she's not coming back on his own.

Ali, who meets Buck during a dangerous situation in his line of work and then leaves him for how dangerous his work is.

Taylor, who lashes out at Buck for using her as a fake date and saying she thought she could trust Buck to be a friend who then ends up using him for her career and chose to put his friends in danger.

Natalia, who's there to help him embrace and deal with his temporary death but it leads to their break up because of the constant talk surrounding death when Buck's not comfortable with it.

We can't confirm for Tommy till it ends but it's important to note how he offers to get Buck into his interests like flying and muay thai yet doesn't show effort with Buck's interests like dressing up according to the bachelor party theme despite Buck being stressed about it. And we also have the fact that the entire reason they got together was due to Buck's jealousy for Eddie which he then claims to be was for Tommy. Makes me think they are either going to end because of differing interests OR because of the jealousy issue popping up again.

Funnily enough, every scene above has an Eddie parallel:

Eddie co-parents with Buck and not only does this not stop after a dangerous event but Eddie also has Buck down as a legal guardian (healthy relationship - Abby).

Eddie is in the same dangerous line of work and they have each other's backs. This happens right off the bat too.(dangerous job - Ali).

The Lawsuit era and The Dispatch era - both where they "betray" each other but manage to work through it (betrayal/lie - Taylor).

Eddie doesn't pressure Buck to talk about his temporary death until Buck's ready and is more focused about him living than in his death (death doula - Natalia).

Eddie who has different interests than Buck (poker, basketball and UFC/MMA) but also manages to show interest and actively takes part in whatever Buck comes up with; he suggests their outfit for the themed party AND ends up staying there for Buck even when others leave (different hobbies & showing interest/taking part - Tommy).

Absolutely fascinating when you start noticing that Buck's relationships keep failing for one reason or another and then we have him and Eddie who face the same sort of situations but they still come out of it stronger together.

It's clear that there's a reason Buck is able to overcome anything when it comes to Eddie (that conversation with Maddie about being there for each other even at their worst 👀) and we've already established that everything Eddie looks for in a partner is already something he has found in Buck. So really, all that's left is for them to realize that hey, the one I'm looking for is right in front of me! 🤷🏽

And yes, it's been said to death (hah) but you don't find it son you make it. And Buck and Eddie have already made it.