#feedback wanted

[hedomasochistnist]

It's not myself I'm owed I've learned to let days go As they go of me, I let go of control Sorrow is a path woven with effort and mode So if you learn to pause, you learn And more is guaranteed, I've learned to Let more succeed, still stumbling And sorrow is need, it's something We treat to learn to let go

#29

[wtchgrrl]

apparently my blog has gotten recommended to radfems and terfs (which neither i nor they want) probably cause my url has “grrl” in it

(this happened a while ago, i just completely forgot about it til now)

[skill7spark04]

Signalis X Dead Space Project:

looks like Ariane played dead space before going in the cryopod to die of cancer The Signalis X Deadspace Project is my Magnum Opus. my most beloved Works. a series I am currently working on at the moment. while I am content with the fact that so far it's made One person's day, I want to be able to see it become something in my lifetime. which feels selfish. most of my normal goals are just make one person's day. but with this, I don't feel as if I'm content with that. I want more. better. I want to have people I can talk to and discuss the themes and planning with. and so, because of that Selfishness, I make this post. if you have any interest in the Signalis X Dead Space Project, start with this. if not, I have other Ao3 works related to Signalis, and some original pieces. thanks for looking at my post and even reading this far. or skipping to the end of the yappening. I love y'all. have a great day. sorry I'm not content with my normal goals. I'm working on fixing myself to not be so selfish. I do post updates, even to older fics and chapters as I get feedback or go back over them trust me when I say Feedback is loved and appreciated. no obligation or asking. but if. and IF you make art or spinoffs, PLEASE send them to me in an ask or tag me in a post. PLEASE! I wanna see it.

[jil-hue]

Hiiii, I'm sick again 🫠

What better time to come to start a new life project that is filling up all my spare time and is likely to span over several years. No that sounds a bit too exaggerated. It's really making me happy right now and I want to get it out there.

Okay I know they're still naked. But I'm working on an equipment system for interchangeability. Feedback welcome!

I'll talk about the game and my ideas in later posts, but I'm not revealing too much when I'm telling you it's going to be a cozy farming sim about goblins in the woods.

I really started it last week and as I'm crazy I started with composing music to motivate myself. I know I needed something to push me over the doubts of only creating bad things. But I managed to finish 3 tracks I really love.

I don't know if I should publish them yet, because I never done something like it and I don't know if it's smart. Maybe it's better to get a trailer ready and publish it within.

For documentation and devlogs I use obsidian, which I set up to fill my needs.

However. I'm not 100% sure yet, but I decided to use godot for now. Here we go 😉 byee

[escapingpurgatory]

extremely rough cover of lividity by nicole dollanganger.. it's the full song, accompanied with an acoustic guitar. please lmk what you think!

[badly-drawn-doflamingo]

Guess who made a SANJI THEMED CHAPTER this time… WITH MUSIC!

I’ve never written about him and his grief but, ya know, seemed like a grand time!

[veescraft]

I'm looking for feedback/ideas/any sort of help with my iron farm build... it's kind of a totally-featureless box right now :/

Any tips appreciated! (other than "tear it all down" because I'm in survival and I'm not even considering ripping out THAT much deepslate brick, lol).

(There's lore for the logo on the front, btw, so that's probably staying too!! Might tweak it a little, but I don't wanna totally get rid of it...)

[snicks-doodlez]

Hey! I am making ‘Chain Charms’ of the ARS trios and I need feedback!

I am getting ready to hopefully make these into real products but I NEED FEEDBACK first! So, give some time to fill out the interest form? It will help greatly!

EDIT: IT IS NOW CLOSED! CONSIDER SUPPORTING THE KICKSTARTER!

[morris-wayts]

I have another #scifi #flashfcition for our #readingcommunity, again an 8 minute #read, which I hope you enjoy very much & share widely - word of mouth does wonders! So, help me find my #readers and let me know in a comment on #kofi what you think about the piece:

[csvent-2]

genuine question for y'all speciesgoers: i really want to make my own species. i already have the concept art down, and I've been tweaking things as i go along to try to make them at least somewhat unique. i think the main appeal though is going to be the events? so i guess just. looking for opinions! does this sound too convoluted to yall, or would you actually be interested?

(@ mod - sending the actual info in a second ask so you can put it under the cut or something)

KEY: tesnames - placeholder species name since this is anonymous. not the actual name, or even close to it.

pebbles - placeholder 'normal currency' name.

gems - placeholder 'special currency' name

incense - placeholder 'freebie token' name

so! tesnames are planned to be in a world where there's a lot of hostile 'mobs' around their camps and towns. because this is the case, i'm giving tesnames experience/levels that are tracked seperately, and people can send their tesnames on two different types of quests! these have different levels of difficulty which I'll elaborate on in their own passages.

a solo quest is exactly what it sounds like - one single user sends however many of their tesnames they'd like to out on a quest that will last one day. you could send all of your level 5s to a level 7 area and hope for the best (medium risk, good reward) or maybe send them all to a level 3 area seperately (low risk, low reward). the choice is yours! depending on the level you've chosen, you could get pebbles, gems, or if you're extremely lucky, maybe even some incense!

meanwhile, a co-op quest lasts longer, is more difficult, and has more rewards. there will never be more than one co-op quest going at the same time, but signups will begin a week prior to the quest. these quests are much tougher, but with the help of your teammates, you can reach great heights! every few days, participants will be polled on what they would like to do from a certain point. if you strategize well, and make it to the end of your quest, you can find pebbles, gems, incense, and even straight up MYOs! i also want to use quests as a way of revealing lore over time, while making players feel like they've accomplished something.

we'll obviously still have the normal "prompts" and art turn ins as an option for those who want to keep it simple, but would something like this be a 'turn off' in a species for you?

[hedomasochistnist]

and, honesty If I'm formidable why can't I get an apology? To things you halt me from Long gone, thoughts in sprees If it's all for me, why is it hard to think of therapy I stand on thick rugs that hurt to hold me Won't we Oh, and honestly

#31

[wtchgrrl]

alright so here’s the thing. im making a story abt two little freaks in love and i want to hear other opinions on it.

The following content contains discussions about murder/violence, cannibalism, sex, child abuse and forced surgery onto intersex people, specifically children/adolescents, also known as medical abuse. Please, proceed with caution.

so. the main characters in this lil thing im writing are Lily and Nick, short for Elizabeth and Nicholas. Lily was born with ovotesticular syndrome, while Nick was born with partial androgen insensitivity. they both meet in their senior year of high school, specifically in the nurse’s office. they bond a lot during their adolescence, specifically over the fact that they were both being abused by their fathers. Lily’s abuse was emotional and sometimes physical. Nick’s was verbal and spiritual. they both suffered medical abuse.

Nick was forced into a surgery because of his gynecomastia, which left him with permanent scars that he is very ashamed of. Lily was forced into a procedure that would remove her testicular tissue. her father decided to perform it himself, since he was a doctor. it did not go well, and not only did it leave very a bad scar, she was also left infertile afterward, due to her father messing it up somehow (haven’t decided on the specifics yet).

after all their pent up anger and hatred towards their fathers builds, they both decide to kill their own father(s). they meet in the woods, both dragging bloody bags the size of bodies behind them. not saying anything, they decide to run away together, surviving off the flesh of the people they hate the most.

what follows is them killing, and sometimes eating, the ones they feel deserve it (usually people in positions of power), moving across the country, hiding from the police, and eventually, developing romantic and sexual feelings towards each other. they feel like they are the only people who can truly love, understand and respect each other. their trust has been so broken by the world around them forcing them to endure such horrors, that they can only trust themselves. it’s the only way they know that they won’t be hurt. because they could never hurt each other. neither of them could live with hurting the other.

the whole story is supposed to be, essentially, a love letter from an autistic intersex horror author to the slasher community and over the top internet creepypastas. it’s about people being so scared of being hurt again, that they kill and maim anyone they suspect of being capable of hurting them. it’s about falling in love with the things you thought others saw as horrific and disgusting. it’s about finding love in the most decrepit, gory places. its about unlearning the idea that wanting to be romantic with someone and wanting to have sex with someone doesn’t make you filthy, it never has. it’s about cannibalism as a metaphor for romance.

im very passionate about these two little weirdos, in case you missed it, and am looking forward to writing about them and their relationship. im especially interested in the one sex scene i have planned for the two, as i feel like it’ll be a really good way to show how close they are/how much they trust each other, how much they love each other and their insecurities, and because you don’t really see intersex people having sex in media (unless said media is making a joke about their body, cause haha their body looks like this, and that makes them ugly!!!! haha aren’t ugly people so gross?? god, micropenises are sooo funny haha/sarcasm) im especially excited cause i plan on having them kiss and caress each other’s scars and then them loving the parts the other hates the most, and Lily ensuring Nick that it’s not filthy to want to be intimate with someone while having scars, and Nick telling Lily that she’s not broken and she’s always been lovable, and then they kiss and touch each other’s scarred bodies and they’re so in love and aaaaaaa

i just really love these two little freaks and wanna share my thoughts about them with people (even if a very small amount of people are gonna see it). i also wanted to know if anything about it could be seen as offensive. like, i don’t find any of it offensive, but im not the spokesperson for intersex people, we don’t have one. i just wanted to get some different perspectives, different opinions, see if anything came across as kinda wrong. (other than the murder and cannibalism, obviously).

i think im mostly just scared of people reading it and watering both of them down to “cis people with disorders”, even though their intersexuality is a key element to the story. maybe i just hear too much about discourse on tiktok and this won’t be an issue. idk.

why do i even bother with that little note at the end, no one’s gonna see this lmao

[xxwritemeastoryxx]

Important question!!

I try my best to make sure my fics are as inclusive as I can make them. My oldest fics not so much (ill be going back and fixing that), but I've adjusted so that very little description/details are used to hopefully make readers feel like they can be a part of any story.

That goes for temperatures as well. I try to use heated, warmed, ect., instead of colors (blushing, paled, ect.)

However, I'm working on a fic that I'm desperately trying to keep colors out of and it's actually hard 🙈 Only because the scene deals with freezing temperatures and phrases such 'skin/lips were a shade of blue'.

For the lovely darker skin toned readers, would you be willing to help me out with some feedback on what would make you feel included and not given an 'ick' with specific phrases? Should I just try to stick with details of temperatures such 'frostbitten', 'cold to the touch', ect., while leaving out any mentions of shades of particular colors?

[liquid-alicorn]

And lo, there was much bass, and it did wobble so magnificently

[adj4mp]

An Ethical Framework

I realised that we kind of need an ethics code for all industries law. So I outlined this in a discussion with a friend

Any industry or job title where any individual receives pay in excess of twice the median income is required to have a public ethics code to which all people with that job title or role are contractually bound.

Those ethics standards must include at least the following items

To not commit crimes as part of your job

To report up the chain, to the OfEWP and relevant law enforcement when crimes are committed

Looking out for the well-being of subordinates

Ensuring the actions taken are in the long-term interest of the organisation

etc etc (I am sure there are hundreds of suggestions that could be made please comment your own)

And may include additional items depending on the job role, responsibilities and public perception.

We are creating the Office for Ethical Working Practices OfEWP, who will be responsible for providing the guidance and moderation for the various codes of ethics proposed by industries and taking public feedback on both the practicality and reasonable expectations of the various Ethical Codes that may be produced by industry bodies, unions or other organisations empowered to produce an ethical framework.

Where some job title or job role exists that doesn't have a professional body to help with the production of an ethical framework the OfEWP will be able to maintain and provide on request the currently agreed ethical standards.

Example roles at the time of publication include:

CEO

COO

CFO

Director

Executive

Senior Manager

Board Member

This is not an extensive list

Where creative naming of job titles is used to avoid a particular ethical framework the OfEWP is empowered to determine all the appropriate Ethical Frameworks based on a list of job responsibilities, where more than one is necessary to cover all responsibilities the person would be bound by law to all those frameworks.

Where Ethics codes are violated we give the courts power to enforce earnings restrictions and job role restrictions for those who use unethical practices, violations of these restrictions will incur fines starting at the total earned above the restrictions and jail time.

Where the OfEWP and an industry body cannot agree on an ethical framework the OfEWP can require the withholding/garnishment of 10% of salary for each person with that job role, this money is to be retained by the government/OfEWP until the ethical framework is agreed, sanctioned money will be returned after no more than 12 months without any accrued interest and only after the resolution of the ethical framework dispute.

However I feel I'd need to dress it up in legalese and address some of the gaping omissions in how it's written above

This idea is roughly in line with Wylie's suggestion about industry ethics law in the Cambridge Analytica book I read not too long ago

Twice the median income seems like a reasonable cut-off at ~£70k currently in the UK. I'd imagine most industries with anyone over £50k would come together, establish an industry body and agree an ethical framework aspirationally

I think that having an 'independent' body responsible for the maintenance of ethical standards is necessary or you face easy corruption through parliament. The development of ethical frameworks is kind of beyond the scope of parliament anyway.

I think the sanctions need to be real not simply a vanishingly small fine.

If someone was limited to "a median salary equivalent annual income" by the courts and they lie and get paid millions then they should be fined all the money they should never have been able to earn.

If someone is limited from certain job roles or jobs that require certain ethical requirements for 5-10 years that would also be reasonable as a way of discouraging unethical behaviour individually.

There might need to be costs for companies that have unethical employees too.

The withholding of pay forces in some ways the industry to come together and actually produce a reasonable ethics code and/or provide reasonable assurances as to why a particular ethical practice should be excluded from their code.

Anyone subject to these sanctions would have a year of sanctions returned on resolution (if it dragged out)

After a set up period, the interest on withheld funds might pay for the OfEWP's work without additional cost to the treasury, long term that might not hold true because industries would want to create and abide by the ethical standards.

Any expired sanctioned funds should get added to the treasury to make a dent in the national debt, as it cannot be a reliable income stream by definition I think this is the best use of those funds rather than earmarking them for other parts of the budget.

Lastly, if an industry wants to be unethical it technically could by effectively increasing the tax rate of people with that job by a flat 10% (no matter their tax bracket) and they get shamed as an industry that can't produce or agree to an ethical framework. That would be an option within law if an industry wanted to do that.

I think as written right now this needs a lot of work and polish, but I think it provides an interesting baseline to consider going forward