#i can't see an update/store anywhere

[thundergirl007]

currently looking for some persona zines to show some support for (ie buy them) but it’s pretty difficult since most zines are “old” (a year or more) and the stores that hosted them aren’t showing them anymore.

There’s a bunch that I would love to see/have but just. I can’t find them. And this isn’t for lack of trying, I would love to throw my money at the creators/organisers but with no way to actually get the zines now it’s like they’re a lost sort of media.

I get that zines typically are in a much smaller circulation than officially published works but it makes me sad that there are whole lovingly crafted zines (not just persona! any zine!) that people who find them/the fandom later will never be able to see or experience.

[bookie-bookdust]

Helpful (but Aggressive) Guide to the new Hogwarts Legacy PC Mod Update✨

I have been seeing NOTHING BUT COMPLAINING about this damn update and no one actually trying to help each other. So I'm going to do my damn best here to give you a little intro into this new update. Because instead of leaning into the standard toxic consumerism bullshit of fandom, why don't we actually try to be nice to each other?? And the fucking modders who put all this time and effort into making this for us?!?!!?!?!? Special thanks to @anomalyaly because we were up last night trying to figure this out LOL. These screenshots are hers and mine!

PART ONE: Why is my game crashing?

You need to delete your old Nexus ~mod folder from the game files. Throw it in the trash, cut and past it somewhere in your documents, idc. Just get it out of there. The pathway to find it is:

2. Steam senses your bad attitude and don't like it idk. I'm not IT. Turn it off and back on again.

NOTE: Once you start up the game and get it working, you can bring back compatible mods from Nexus. You just need to create a new folder to put them in. It can't be the original one. If your game crashes after that, then you have an incompatible mod in there. You'll have to go down the list until you narrow down which one it is - typically will be a face mod, hair mod, jewelry, or a mod that already exists in the new mod store thing. Yeet it.

PART TWO: I'm not going to teach you how to add the new in-game mods and start the game. I'm not your mom. It's pretty intuitive honestly.

PART THREE: Where the fuck are the clothing mods I just added????

An excellent question, my new charge. You need to go to GladRags to get them. You're going to have to long rest at least three days for them to show up in his store. For me, it took five times lol. This is kind of annoying, but it needs to be immersive to the game I guess so oh well. I don't think we'll die from it.

See all those red exclamation points? That was my fault. I loaded a wizard clothing mod into a witch save. So if you see that, you loaded something you shouldn't have.

PART FOUR: HOW DO I CHANGE MY UGLY ASS HAIR?

Easy peasy lemon squeezy. You're going to go to that hairstyle lady in Hogsmeade I'm too lazy to look up the name of. That bitch charges you for the new hairstyles but you can download unlimited money cheats so whatever.

Don't mind my face lol. I was having a BP makeup glitch LOL

PART THIRTY-SEVEN: How do I change my makeup?

This part sucks. RIGHT NOW as of 1/31/2025, you have to be in the main character design screen at the beginning of the damn game. BUT BUT BUT - if you mod back in the BP character editor, you can do it anywhere. My hope is a new mod will replace this so the game works more smoothly.

Those white spaces? They're the new in-game mods for hair and makeup. Well, most of them. I think some are just random blank spaces lol.

Part Six: Where are my unlocked spells and unlimited plants and shit?

Two reasons they're not showing up:

If you just added this mod and you load your game in the middle of the mission, you need to finish the mission first.

You probably have something incompatible (a nexus mod) that isn't playing nice. Yeet it.

After getting everything squared away, I look fucking great. You are not doomed to a potato face🥔. I FUCKING PROMISE YOU ON SOLOMON'S LIFE.

Truly guys, once you work out the kinks in this update, it's really. fucking. nice.

Before I reinstalled the nexus mods, the game was running so smoothly and the graphics were beautiful. I loaded in 20 mods all at once, and the game handled them just fine. After reloading the nexus mods it was a bit clunky, but of course it would be.

I know change is scary. Also for those who spent time creating/commissioning mods that are no longer compatible, they have the biggest right to be freaking out. BUT BUT BUT we all fucking know the old mods AND SO MANY MORE will be back soon. People are working their asses off in the background converting things right now.

I want to put some things into perspective for you:

We have not had a real update in two years (no, photo mode doesn't count). This is literally the best kind of update we could ever ask for. We are not dependent on the devs for updates with this. In the launch event they were speaking as if you can create your own quests; there are audio mods....think about it guys. Endless protentional. (The only things that aren't going to make it are if you have weird ass like engorgio penis mods because there's no way they're approving those for public use hahahaha)

The devs reached out to people in the community to ask for feedback and to collaborate. THEY CARE ABOUT THE FANDOM. Consider what that may mean for the sequel??? We might not be forced to stomach Hogwarts Legacy 2: Dumbledore's Jorts. They're listening (but they're not going to listen if you're fucking rude and stupid).

You guys shitting on this update very vocally here, on twitter, and on tiktok are forgetting that people in your community helped create it and can SEE YOU. STOP IT. Whine in private!!!!!! Also because I knowww I have to specify because someone is going to take everything personally, I don't mean posts making funny jokes about the updates and just being like ahhhh wtf is going on I'm so lost and whatnot. Like please guys, read the room. I'm referring to nasty comments.

So yes, I'm here with a positive review of the update, and an insanely aggressive reminder to calm the fuck down and go touch some grass. The old mods will be back soon. This update makes using them so much easier. Also, THE POOR CONSOLE PLAYERS DON'T EVEN HAVE ANYTHING YET SOOOOOOOO

I WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY QUESTIONS OR CRITICISM SO STFU. THANKS FOR READING THIS LONG ASS POST IF YOU'RE STILL HERE. OKAAAY BYEEeeEE.

[orchideous-nox]

~☆~ Fic Masterlist ~☆~

Completed fics are sorted by main ship and riiiight at the bottom is any upcoming fics that I'm currently not posting yet but are either being planned or written.

I do not have a writing/posting schedule, my writing gets posted when it's done so I can't make promises of how often I update WIPs!

✨Here is my AO3 profile!✨

My fics are not to be reposted anywhere else, if you want to translate any of my fics or bind one of my fics then please ask permission first!

★☆★

WIPs

see how it shines // band au // E // 19/38 // 59.9k words // wolfstar with background jegulus, rosekiller, marylily, pebill and dorlene

a vow out to the dark //pirate au (part 3 of the come live with me and we can be pirates series) // E // 2/5 // 20.4k words // wolfstar, jily and rosekiller with background dorlene, seabunny and starrynight

★☆★

Completed

Rosekiller

you get me closer to god // demon barty au // E // 1/1 // 4.7k words // rosekiller // graphic depictions of violence knee deep // inspired by casual by chappell roan // E // 5/5 // 55.6k words // rosekiller with background xenodora and dorlene adieu, mon dieu // demon barty au // E // 3/3 // 22.3k words // rosekiller with background dorlene and xenodora // graphic depictions of violence white light in your arms tonight // smut one-shot // E // 3.4k words // 1/1 // rosekiller wishing you the best in the worst way // muggle au // E // 7k words // 1/1 // rosekiller it's never just coffee // coffee shop au // E / 5/5 // 45.3k words // rosekiller with background pandalily and dorlene blood on my shirt, rose in my hand // inspired by Teeth by 5SOS // E // 4.3k words // 1/1 // rosekiller just a little bit colder (part 2 of the save a horse, ride a cowboy series) // cowboy au // E // 18.3k words // 1/1 // rosekiller with background wolfstar what you see is not the dark // pirate au (part 2 of the come live with me and we can be pirates series) // E // 4/4 // 36k words // rosekiller // MCD

Wolfstar

this is our last dance // canon compliant // G // 1k words // 1/1 // wolfstar have to stop the world just to stop the feeling // muggle au // E // 7.1k words // 1/1 // wolfstar with background jegulus second coming in a bathroom stall // muggle au // E // 10.8k // 1/1 // wolfstar bark like you want it, baby // hogwarts smut // E // 3.6k words //1/1 // wolfstar think i need someone older (part 1 of the save a horse, ride a cowboy series) // cowboy au // E // 26k words // 4/4 // wolfstar my insides are red and yours are too (part 1 of the like a goddamn vampire duology) // vampire/hunter au // E // 5.8k words // 1/1 // wolfstar if i don't make it back from where i've gone // pirate au (part 1 of the come live with me and we can be pirates series) // E // 23.1k words // 3/3 // wolfstar with background jily take me where the music ain't too loud // college/uni au // M // 7.5k words // 1/1 // wolfstar the things i do when i picture you // inspired by Picture You by Chappell Roan // E // 3.8k words // 1/1 // wolfstar once the thrill expired // inspired by Cardigan by Taylor Swift // E // 7.7k words // 1/1 // wolfstar looking at you got me thinking christmas // christmas one-shot // E // 4.8k words // 1/1 // wolfstar freak out in a moonage daydream // sirius's birthday one-shot // T // 914 words // 1/1 // wolfstar-ish Starman (part 1 of Sun, Moon and Stars) // record store au // T // 1.8k words // 1/1 // wolfstar She's Always A Woman (part 2 of Sun, Moon and Stars) // record store au // T // 2.7k words // 1/1 // wolfstar and jily

Pandalily

how it glistened as it fell // muggle au // E // 8.7k words // 1/1 // pandalily i'm still counting down all of the days // muggle au // G // 949 words // 1/1 // past pandalily

Jegulus

freezing while he's showering // smut one-shot // E // 3.2k words // 1/1 // jegulus got a lot of sins but you're my favourite (part 2 of the like a goddamn vampire duology) // vampire/hunter au // E // 9k words // 1/1 // jegulus

General/other

pack up the stars, turn off the moon // canon compliant // G // 858 words // 1/1 // no ship the sound of my voice will haunt you (was i just a fool?) // canon compliant // G // 802 words // 1/1 // quillkiller next to infinite skies // canon complain // G // 1.2k words // 1/1 // starrynight (severus/aurora)

Upcoming Fics

watching you try on jeans // E // 1 part // strangers to lovers roommates rosekiller unnamed dorlene meet-cute one-shot how it glistened as it fell // E // 1 part // vaguely inspired by All Too Well by Taylor Swift fantasy au // E // rosekiller, pandalily, background dorlene and jegulus

If you made it all the way to the bottom then I love you < 3 be gay, do crime

[slugdragoon]

Devlog #1

Ok, I've been working super hard on my game this week, and I have something to show off. Generally, I did not want to start doing Devlogs until I had what I considered a working prototype, and that's what this is. I think I'm at the point where a lot of basic things work, and I will be able to focus on building it out, which will make for more interesting regular updates.

So, what we're seeing in this clip is:

SPLASH SCREEN - just a test of animation and the flow of booting up the game, it will not be in there for long, I just threw random assets in.

SAVING & LOADING - The title screen is plain, the "Settings" option doesn't do anything yet, but the "New Game" and "Load Game" do! They currently go off of one filepath and save games are stored as JSON so I can edit them easily for testing, and they don't yet prompt "are you sure?", they just do it, and the functions work. I can save my game and all the party and player stats and values load in properly. [Not shown: there is a save button in the Pause menu, but that menu is very basic]

BATTLE UI - All is placeholder, and ugly, but I focused down on getting it to work. That means, while I was throwing buttons in there for testing early on, I spent major time reworking menus to work with controller instead. I may do KB&M support later, once the UIs are actually fully designed, but doing them in parallel while I'm changing things would not be nice. We can attack, you don't have to click "Confirm" anymore, just a controller button, we have spells/skill and items which can target either enemies or allies, and both single-target an multitarget skills exist and flash up corresponding selector arrows, after which you can confirm your target. Party members have an HP/MP display and the character whose turn it is will be highlighted on their turn

MESSAGE OVERLAY - As you can see, I've worked out the system to have messages give the player feedback in-battle which can also be used for dialogue out-of-battle. It works off of a queue containing both messages that auto-play and messages that you have to confirm before moving on, so I can mix-and-match as appropriate. I wanted to have this in place so I can soon implement NPCs and shops, and the battles make sense to both me and the player as I add more features to it.

When we load into this test dungeon, we see the old sprite for a demon, I redrew them, as you can see in the first random encounter. None of this is final though, these were also pretty quick I just wanted to discard the really lazy MS Paint-looking sprites If I'm going to be showing the game off more, I want it to be in a better light. I'm not even sure Demons and Bats will be common enemy types in the game, it's just for testing. Nothing that you're seeing is final, or even really fits the vibe in my, mind yet, but it's approaching something that looks like it has the potential to be a game.

After all all of this I haven't added any new enemy types, items, or skills yet, the assets aren't anywhere near what they will be like, no levels have been created yet, but I think what I have is a lot of the "structure" of a basic RPG. I ate my vegetables, the boring parts are functional, and it opens up a lot of doors for what I can develop next.

NEXT GOALS -

NPCs in the overworld (+Shops, need to have a way to acquire items, currently the inventory is hardcoded into a New Game)

Implement a method to recruit and dismiss new Party Members, they are also currently hardcoded for testing purposes

There are still lingering menu navigation bugs, but nothing that can't be fixed relatively quickly

Move the starting area to a safe-zone that can be built out as the main hub and create multiple dungeon rooms with different testing conditions

More visual feedback. Having enemies flash on taking damage and displaying damage numbers would be a good start, more complex animations can come later, including spell animations.

[nyarlathotep-thecrawlingchaos]

UPDATE 01.10.24

I will be getting back to writing/drawing soon. I want to and I miss it so much, but I'm sincerely drained with this hurricane shit. And people acting like idiots because of the misinformation of "an even worse storm coming this way" is not helping matters. Groceries are running out in local stores, and with gas stations already being empty we can't spare the gas to go to the next town over to get groceries. I'm rationing food at this point and have no idea how or when I'm going to get more if things don't calm down soon. The whole situation is awful.

My son will also be home from school until at least Thursday, as we got word today that school will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday due to the continued issue of widespread power outages in the area. I also don't think the school even has internet service back yet. Going on four days now with no estimated time for restoration of service. Apparently a major regional hub was damaged in addition to fiber optic cables, and pretty much everyone from here to North Carolina will be without internet for the forseeable future.

Most areas nearby will see power restored by this Friday. I still cannot believe we didn't lose power here. More than fifty percent of customers in our region with our electric company lost power.

My heart goes out to everyone affected by this storm. It was already massive after gaining strength in the gulf, and evidently it was fueled even further by various factors once it hit land. The satellite images alone are terrifying to look at, even in retrospect. This was before the eye even touched land, and the bands stretched all the way up into the Carolinas and higher.

Entire towns and communities were wiped off the map in North Carolina from flooding alone. Entire highways collapsed due to soil washing out from underneath them. The death toll is over one hundred, with even more people left unaccounted for throughout the Appalachia region. Also noteworthy is the fact that two mines that produce essentially the entire world supply of quartz used in processor chips for phones and computers were wiped out, which could create further economic crisis on a global scale.

Where I am in upstate SC got around 10" of rain over a three day period (most of it Thursday night/Friday), which was devastating enough to cause widespread flash flooding, not to mention sustained winds of 50mph for several hours that night that knocked down and uprooted trees in a heavily forested area. I know of two people in my county alone who died as a direct result of trees falling on their houses.

And parts of North Carolina got 45" in a three day period. Almost four feet of rain in three days. That's catastrophic ANYWHERE, and even moreso in a geographical region that's completely unprepared for it.

This was expected to be a bad hurricane season, but no one expected this. There's a strong chance that Helene, like several other catastrophic hurricanes through history (Katrina, Hugo, Harvey, etc.), will be retired as a hurricane name, which occurs when a storm is "so deadly or costly that the future use of its name on a different storm would be inappropriate for obvious reasons of sensitivity."

It's been four days since the storm hit, and the worst still isn't over for a lot of people. It was a terrible case of everything that could possibly go wrong, going wrong all at once.

Things aren't nearly as bad in my area as they could have been, and I'm grateful for that. But there are still a lot of issues and obstacles to get through right now, and I thank every last one of you for being patient and understanding. I say it a lot, but I want you to know I mean it, completely and absolutely and unequivocally, when I say I love you guys ❤️❤️

I'm still here for asks and shit, and I'll be back writing and drawing and simping and endorsing brainrot soon.

[bruxairacunda]

P5 HEADCANONS

So here I bring some Persona 5 Royal headcanons I have because I kinda need to let them out of my system.

Would love to listen about your headcanons as well. Also if you're particularly interested in any of them I'd love to elaborate more or even write a short fic or whatever, just ask! <3 Many of them are post-game soooooo this gonna have spoilers. Also I'm gonna refer to the protagonist as Akiren because I can't decide on which name I prefer. I'm not gonna include here HC about ships for many reasons, one of them being that I want to keep these as neutral as possible. Other is that I'm against the idea of having a partner as a "goal". However I love shipping so probably I'll post headcanons about some ships sooner or later

This is already WAY TOO LONG so for the moment I'm not including more characters. Definitely there's gonna be an update sooner or later.

Phantom Thieves

Each of them have a big PT flag like the one you can see at Akiren's room during Shido's Palace.

After the events at Maruki's Palace they built a small shrine for Akechi, as they don't know where his grave might be or even if he has one. Of course they also left a PT flag for him there.

After Akiren's departure back to his hometown, the rest of the group kept being regulars at Leblanc. At the beginning they only went individually as customers, then they started going as a group, and some time later Sojiro just let them use the attic as they wanted. To compensate, some of them help Sojiro at the store, the most invested in lending a hand is Haru

Once, thanks to Morgana's help, the PT managed to go pay a surprise visit to Akiren at his hometown. He was so genuinely happy he started crying. That opened the floodgates and everyone started ugly crying for a long time. None of them wants to talk about this.

It gets really hard for the Phantom Thieves to make new friends or have a partner for a while. The bonds they formed are so strong and deep that for most of them it's really difficult to have that kind of connection again with anyone, and anything less than that seems like a waste of time. This is particularly hard for Yusuke, Futaba and Makoto, whose social skills aren't that good to begin with, and for a really long time they don't feel like they belong anywhere else but the PT

The whole group tries to meet at least once a year, but it gets difficult as time passes as Akiren is back in his hometown and Ann lives abroad most of the time. If one of them couldn't make it to a meeting, they try to at least videocall while they are still together

Ryuji

He dyes his hair himself and despite being quite used to it he has indeed fried it a couple of times. The first time it happened his mom told him he was gonna get bald if he kept damaging his hair like that. He pretends he's not worried about it at all, but getting bald is now a recurrent nightmare of his

He was utterly convinced he was dumb and a lost cause until Makoto offered to help him study for real and showed him that he just learns different, and traditional school doesn't accomodate to his needs.

He's pretty good at doing household chores. He started doing them to compensate the terrible son he thinks he is (he's clearly not but our boy has self steem issues). Later he realizes it's just the normal thing to do so he and his mom share domestic chores

His bigger fear is to be in any way similar to his father. That's one of the reasons why he dies his hair (his father has it black). Also that's why he's very against drinking alcohol. He doesn't intend to even drink it himself and he's very wary around people who drinks. Drunk people trigger him real bad.

It takes him a lot of time to move out from his mom's place. He feels like he's abandoning her, just like his father did, and doesn't feel comfotable leaving her living alone. Once he finally leaves to his own place, he keeps visiting her frequently and calls her several times a week

I know it's a very common headcanon but I don't care. He ends up being a teacher/trainer/instructor in anything sports related. Kids and teenagers adore him and he loves his job. But it's also is very hard for him because he mades his students problems his own and suffers with them

When Ryuji starts job-hunting he stops dieying his hair and goes back to his original black. He once went into Leblanc just after a job interview with black hair and wearing a suit and Futaba almost kicked him out because she though he was a random guy getting too friendly. The first time Morgana saw Ryuji with black hair, he hissed at him because he didn't recognized him. He gets back to blonde once he has a job that allows it

With his first decent salary, Ryuji got her mom a one night spa break so she could relax for once.

Makoto

She finally admits to herself that despite her initial reticence she likes her PT outfit. As she grows older and she's able to separate herself from that projection of perfection she kept as a teenager, she starts wearing more "punkish" clothes (always under that classy aura of hers, of course)

She does the same with her enviroment, so once she gets her own place even if it's still organized and practical, she adds stuff that makes it more "Queen" and less "little miss perfect" than her room at Sae's . For example, she requests Yusuke a big painting of Johanna, so she won't forget her rebel spirit. She also has TONS of Buchimaru stuff she got at second hand stores that Futaba recommended her. And of course she has a boxing bag at the living room.

Everyone in the PT refers to her as the "mom friend", in fact they call her Momkoto...all behind her back of course, they are not brave enough to face the consequences. Ryuji slipped his tongue once and called her "mom" in front of the others out of habit. It's hard to know which of them both was most embarrased by it.

Whenever she rents a place to live she always tries for it to have some extra space she won't use that much so in case a friend needs somewhere to stay for a while she could offer them her place.

Her relationship with Sae improves drastically when she moves out. Funny enough, they start doing more stuff together than when they were both living under the same roof

Makoto wants to be a cop to try and change the system from the inside, that's why she wants to become a commissioner. Once she realizes it's almost impossible she has an existential crisis and doesn't know what to do with her life.

She gets into videogames due to her passion for Yakuza movies. Both Futaba and Ryuji convinced her to give a try to Yakuza games and she becomes obsessed. From them she jumps to more genres and her competitive nature did the rest. She once snatched in half a controller with her bare hands playing Mario Kart

After getting a motorcycle license she realizes she really enjoys the feeling of driving, so from there she went for a heavy vehicle license, then a special vehicles one...She kept it to herself (didn't see the need to say anything since nobody asked) and one day Haru told something about how it would be a lot easier to go to a certain place flying and Makoto offered to fly them there as she has a Private pilot license

Yusuke

Yusuke carries a sketchbook everywhere, even if he's not planning to draw anything or goes to a place in which he won't be able to draw. He just can't leave home without one

Of all the Phantom Thieves he is , by far, the one who spends more time at Leblanc

He and Sojiro get along pretty well, to the point that he becomes a father figure for Yusuke. Sojiro, far from being disgusted with this idea, embraces it and kinda adopts him. He even went to Yusuke's graduation at Kosei.

Despite his talent and dedication working as an artist becomes a struggle for Yusuke. Not only because how hard it is, but because the art he loves so much is many times used as a tool to get money and that clashes head-on with his idea of purity.

From time to time he disappears and it becomes really difficult to contact him in any way. He calls those moments "a journey of artistic and existential dread ", Futaba calls them "autistic burnout" (she's right)

It's really hard for him to keep a job. The moment something doesn't align with his moral compass he won't hesitate to speak out and most companies do not like employees who remind them the huge pieces of shit they are

At a certain point he gets into digital art as he has to admit it's easier to get by with commisions than just art contests. However traditional art keeps being his absolute fave and he always favours it. (I feel you, my boy, traditional artist speaking here)

Futaba (and Sojiro)

They both miss Morgana so much they end up adopting a cat. Sojiro allows it on one condition, he has the right to name it (it's terrible)

Every year at Wakaba's birthday Sojiro and Futaba celebrate it doing something she would have loved. There's always a lot of crying but for them is a very special day, even more than their own birthdays

Futaba gets a very VERY lucrative job in cyber security. She tries to give back everything Sojiro spent on her but he obviously refuses and won't accept a single yen. To compensate Futaba gets him really expensive presents from time to time

She doesn't want to leave Sojiro living by himself so instead of moving out, she gets a better place at Yongen-Jaya for both of them to live together.

Haru

Haru has little to none attachment to the money her father hoarded by exploiting others. That results in her not wasting it mindlessly, but using as much as she can to make other people happy (mainly her friends)

She always offers to lend her friends money if any of them needs it. They always refused until she told them "if you ask a bank for a credit you gotta pay interests, if you ask me for a credit my only interests would be company and coffee dates"

Haru commissions Yusuke whenever she realizes he's struggling financially. She asks for huge expensive art pieces, giving him complete freedom on what to do. It's her way to help him whitout making him feel that he owes her.

She later uses said pieces to decorate her coffee shop.

In her crusade to learn as much as she can about coffee, tea and coffee shops she makes a list of all the places in Tokyo (and other places in Japan) she wants to visit. Knowing that Yusuke would never decline anything food related she invites him to go with her, also wanting to know his opinion on the different places as she knows he would be brutally honest. That way coffee dates (in a completely platonic way) end up being a routine for both of them

On the menu of her coffee shop she has drinks inspired on each one of the Phantom thieves, fitting their preferences and named after their codenames at the Metaverse.

[morilucidstories]

Patreon Tier Update

In March I added a bunch of new Tiers so I figured it was time to explain what is currently happening over there :3

Tier1 - $1 - First Served

You get to see the latest pages of my comics and illustrations as soon as I finish them. You won't have to wait for posting day. (This includes the art for the written chapters, and sometimes excerpts of the written part being drawn.)

Examples:

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Tier2 - $2 - Draftsmen

You get to see the same as tier1, some of the sketch drafts, practice and concept art for my stories I do through out the month -most won't be posted anywhere else. (character outfit sketches, test scenes, etc)

Examples:

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Tier4 - $5 - Resources

Same as all lower Tiers + The brushes and other resources I make -including test versions. I also make a lot of poses for CSP models but since I can't export them, members in this tier will be able to request 1 pose a month (this will be limited to the first 4 requests I get every month). The final versions of all of the resources will be made available on the CSP store. Most of the brushes and things I make are decorations and effect brushes to make drawing faster. (This will also have demos for using different types of models and other resources)

Examples:

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NSFW Tiers with censored examples under the cut. Members of those tiers get the uncensored versions

Tier3 - $4 - NSFW Art

Same as lower art Tiers (does not include Resources) + NSFW art -these are nude anatomy studies, as well as spicy character and shipping art. I am into bondage so that will appear periodically.

Examples:

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Tier5 - &6.90 - NSFW + Resources

Same as all lower Tiers + 3D poses and other assets that are intended for 18+ use

[zwampy]

I don't think I'm gonna have a working machine for like... oh my god I don't know I can't see where in the future I can afford it. I have a non negotiable overseas trip coming up so £££ then I want to make use of my updated passport & visa & try going to the west coast too while I have the freedom and see friends

I can't see any available "BIG purchase" money coming up like... this year...... :-(

I'm like. Really frozen here it sucks. It could be worse but Christ okay my laptop didn't even fucking break you know what happened?

I went to replace the long nonworking battery (now puffy lol) and there's one screw attaching it to the motherboard that WILL. NOT. REMOVE. I've had multiple techy people try. I've done all the (safe to do) tricks. Asides from ripping the actual battery apart or shattering the motherboard there is nothing I can do. I'm still in disbelief! It technically works! But there's ONE. SCREW. NO ONE CAN SAFELY REMOVE WITHOUT EXPLODING THE BATTERY AAAAAAAAA

I already spent £50 buying the new battery I cannot even fucking use! I bought new ram! I'm so defeated. It's already been months and months but it sucks so fucking bad people apparently edit on their phones? What? Adobe would freeze a second every time I did a process on my 2018 but still pretty good laptop. I am not making videos on my phone I don't know how people do it. I'm not paying for clip studio mobile either. I mean I used my computer for other stuff but I'm like creatively hurting.

And I just love that laptop! It's a gamer laptop but such a nice modest design, I love the keyboard, I love the location of the ports, and I'm attached to it, it's powered through everything for so many years and the only reason its had to stop is because I discovered the battery was unsafe and I cannot remove it. I'm not gonna put it all back together, fat battery in place, and try to ignore it...

I don't knowww... I've looked at plenty of second hand machines but it's obviously still gonna be like £500 for a machine with an okay graphics card. We have a really good second hand electronics store here called CEX and I've used them for like all (?) my electronics but I'm still outta luck here.

An alternative would be trying to fumble together a bare bones but good for medium/heavy lifting desktop and see how cheap I can get it. Main issue is a desktop doesn't suit me cause I move around so much, but at this point, I've been without a machine so long like, at least having one in one place would be better than what I have right now.

Finished mourning my situation. I wish I had moneyyyy :'''''^) I get so jealous when acquaintances mention stuff that makes me double take. I never used to be like this but god I'm going through such bad financial envy.

But people will say the same of me when I have to fly to the states in 2 months, like it looks like I have financial freedom. And in choosing to try to return later in the year because return flights can be as low as £450 to California, and I think seeing my friends and making memories is more important than my laptop or iPod... Especially while i have the freedom to do so because that's not always gonna be something I can do!

And in going to Dublin for a weekend soon and now it feels so like. Actually you shouldn't go anywhere. Save money always just don't do anything, just don't live, just let these few years pass you by with no novel experiences like DAMN. I HAVE TO LIVE! BUT IT'S SO HARD.

My financial situation is strange compared to other peoples but so is my life and gghuyhg I always feel judged and misunderstood

Snywayyyy ... Wow is me etc. I have almost no issue buying a £4 coffee when I'm out for a day with a friend and I refuse to budge on that but it's £80+ to renew your passport and that made me so upset I couldn't eat

OH THE THINGS I WOULD SHARE HERE IF I COULD MAN I NEED TO SUBMIT MY ANONYMOUS STORY TO SOMEONE

I going to eat dinner now 👍

[marshallpupfan]

Outside of my usual update posts, I try not to talk about my Marshall collection too much. I'm often worried someone might get jealous if I bring it up a lot, or that others may see it as me trying to brag... or, in the case of someone on Twitter, use it as an excuse to whine about a character they don't like! However, while looking over my shelves to find spots (heh) for my latest purchases, I realized something that I felt was worth talking about...

My collection's becoming a time capsule, huh?

PAW Patrol is ten years old now, and throughout its history, we've seen so many toys, plush dolls, and other types of merchandise based on its characters, films and themes. However, once these products fulfill their purpose, most of them disappear, never to be seen on store shelves again (at this point, you'll have to hope you can get lucky and find them on Ebay or something). Granted, this isn't a new concept, as companies have been doing this before any of us were born. But whether it's a figurine based on a subseries, a candy-filled tin cup, or something else entirely, many of these products are now starting to become lost in time.

Take this ornament, for instance. When I first found out about it, I could only find a single picture of it on an old page on a Sears website (listed as "out of stock" for many years). If you go looking for it now, you likely won't find anything about it anywhere. Unless I'm mistaken, the only place you'll see it now is... well, on my account.

How about lunch boxes based on particular themes? I feel like Sea Patrol was pretty big for a while, but with the launch of Aqua Pups, you probably won't see any of its illustrations anymore. There's also that figurine and plush doll of Marshall wearing his winter Sea Patrol coat... which popped up once and then never again.

How about this product? It was never sold in the USA, so I had to import it from the United Kingdom. I still think it's one of the coolest items in my collection, since whoever manufactured it clearly put in the extra effort to make it look quite accurate to the character... and it's just a shampoo bottle! It was made in 2016, so you won't see too many of them anymore, especially unopened and in good condition. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if only a handful exist now.

What about the old plush designs? Some have floppy legs, while others can stand on their own. Now that Spin Master's switched to a new style, you likely won't see these in stores anymore. Some websites might still sell them, but otherwise, they're a thing of the past now.

How about my Ready Race Rescue theatrical poster? Yes, believe it or not, it actually played in some! As far as I'm aware, these posters were never sold in stores, which means they were made specifically for use in theaters. Once the mini-movie drove ran its course, most of them were thrown away. I was fortunate someone not only kept one, but also put it on Ebay, too. To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if this is one of the few that still exists.

I could surely go on about the many other products we'll likely never see in stores again, but no doubt we'd be here all day. Again, this isn't anything new or surprising, since the old always gets pushed out in favor of the new at some point or another. But hey, just because something is old, that doesn't mean it should be forgotten! Honestly, I like tracking down these older products and, in a way, preserving them so they can be viewed by fans once again... especially if it involves a favorite character of mine!

Of course, it's difficult to say if any of this will mean anything in the future. PAW Patrol is big, but it's no Mickey Mouse or Star Wars. I have to imagine a Pup-Fu Marshall toy from 2015 can't compare to a Luke Skywalker action figure from 1977. Thus, I have to wonder... will PAW Patrol ever become just as big, or will it inevitably conclude and simply fade from our minds as the years go by? Will anyone look back at these toys and see them with the same level of fondness? It's possible that, in ten or twenty years from now, everything I've purchased will only be worth a dollar or two at a Goodwill or yard sale. Perhaps my collection's only good for collecting dust?

Well, even if that's true, I don't mind. These items are linked to a character I love, so regardless of how the future views them, they'll all remain special to me. Perhaps, in the end, that's all that matters. :)

[preservationofnormalcy]

Library Computer Anon here, been spending more time at the library... Roommate bought some smart house stuff a few weeks ago despite my protests and yesterday whatever was in my computer managed to also get in there, so now it can talk to me anywhere in the apartment...

How can I tell how sentient it is? Or if it's a demon or not? Are all of those treated the same way? Should I take it to a tech store or will that make it worse? Are all those AIs you talked about similar?

Thanks for the update.

This seems like really bad case. A demon in a computer typically can't reach out into other machines like that, so I think we are seeing a genuine AI. I don't think AbTech has clocked any weird net traffic so it probably hasn't reached beyond its bounds yet.

It getting in the smart house stuff is bad. I assume you're not at home? We should get someone out there ASAP and work on cutting physical communication lines or even the power to your place. Judging its sentience is really hard, given the amount of AI that are in no way extranormal who end up "fooling" people. It's hard to tell what is and isn't a sort of Chinese Room, if you're familiar with the thought experiment. Testing for true sentience is really only done in a lab setting using proprietary techniques we've developed, so it may have to wait.

But as a quick measurement, is it calling itself anything?

[wanderingmirror]

Idk if tumblr deleted it or I did but, I updated my Undertale AU. Human ish for easier sight. (Also I can't draw worth a shit so-). His name is Survi and his AU is named SurvivalTale. IDK if anyone else has an AU named this, if so let me know! Its similar to Horrortale, but the underground is mostly forests.

(more below if you're interested.)

Story follows up until the human falls but the human never leaves. Mostly because the Underground is already under struggles of hunger. Survi and his Brother were separated at a young age, though the two met again later in life. His Papyrus was already feral with hunger and attacked Survi. Survi had to put him down, which resulted a mental breakdown.

Survi has an ability called Feral Snap. While not powerful, can help him survival situations. Feral Snap causes him to gain high amounts of Adrenaline, enhanced speed and strength, and a higher pain tolerance. He doesn't use magic attacks often because it uses energy he doesn't have. (Though when he does use it, the color is a dark orange.) He is a light sleeper and can sleep just about anywhere. Mind you, that I said just about. In the open or a empty space he will not sleep.

He prefers non-perishable food. Storing it in his bag. His favorite is jerky, as rare as the meat is. He is mostly neutral, though he will attack if provoked. He is very protective of food and will attack if his food is taken or threatened. His AU is mostly empty because of the hunger and the Feral Monsters. He doesn't really care who visits his AU as long as they don't cause trouble. He will hide though. He is selectively mute and a head shorter than Classic Sans.

(You can use him so long as you tell me and I can see it or read it.)

[a-kind-of-merry-war]

Hello :)

I have One Night in Hartswood in the hardback sunset cover. And I saw this cover on Instagram for All the Painted Stars, but can't find this version anywhere nor a hardback (I'm french and bought ONIH on Amazon last year)

Does this cover actually exist ? Or is it just promotional material ? I think it would look amazing with my copy of One Night but I can't find it anywhere

Hello!!

So. SO. This is a whole thing lmao. We had intended for the UK cover for Stars to match the one for Hartswood. In fact, the UK proof copies/ARCs are also based around this design!

AND THEN. The US release of Hartswood happened, and the US sales have been such that the publisher has decided to replicate the US style cover over here too to see if that impacts sales. The problem is that Stars was loaded onto stores/Goodreads etc with the old cover (the one you sent me), and then it was updated - so there's two covers floating around out there 😅

THIS ALSO MEANS (and some of you may have noticed this already) that the ebook cover for Hartswood has also been changed from the UK version to the US version, and I think that'll be rolled out to the audiobook too.

Oh and! There isn't going to be a hardback copy of Stars, just paperback (and then the various digital versions)

so in summary lmao:

The UK style blue silhouette cover isn't going to be used at all

Stars is only paperback, not hardback

publishing is confusing

Sorry, that was a lot. But now you know! 🌈⭐

[fortheloveofnutrition]

Hello nutrition focused friends.

I wanted to take time to post an update since I've been absent from this platform for far too long. I let life discourage me from what I love but I want to spend the next few weeks getting back into the nutritional swing of things; especially as holiday time approaches.

I'd love your feedback, but I think I'm going to continue diving into plant based holiday themed meals as well as grab and go foods. It has been my ultimate frustration in life trying to grab a quick bite from a grocery store (or anywhere really) only to find a sad peanut butter and jelly sandwich or an overpriced veggie sandwich as my options if I'm lucky. Seriously friends, have you seen the veggie sandwich offered at Whole Foods? It's $6.99 for a few thin slices of cucumber, tomato, lettuce and some sort of spread of on floppy wheat bread. Don't even get me started on their big salads. $16.99 for a big bowl of lettuce with a few sad toppings. In a world full of revolutionary plant based products, I feel like the grab and go crowd should have a few more options. Even Costco brings the disappointment as their grab and go prepped foods are almost entirely meat and dairy based. Sure, Costco had a quinoa salad for a while, but that's not a very exciting entree for a plant based person now is it? I will say, They do have a Mediterranean salad that's pretty decent though in size and price. Though I wish stores would figure out we can't live on salad alone. I would really love to see more ready to eat meals that aren't just over priced frozen entrees. Many of us spend all day running from responsibility to responsibility, it'd be nice to have some satisfying, nutritionally dense, options.

What frustrates you when trying to find grab and go foods for your busy plant based life? Are you dreading the holidays because your dietary choices aren't always respected or accommodated? Or maybe you just need some inspiration on what to make this year. Let's explore our options this season.

[solesurvivorkat]

...It's been a long time.

Being a mom of 2 young kids, I'm busy, like... ALL the time. Have been for a long time now. Ever since one of my coworkers retired, I've basically been doing the job of TWO people ('Oh we're going to hire someone to replace him, we promise'... yeah, okay...). It's been non-stop since... God, I don't even remember when.

I finally started getting a bit burnt-out at work, and - longer story short - applied for a different position within the company I work for. And I got it! Granted, I work for an insurance company - it's not wholly interesting (I think, anyway, lol)... but at least I (hopefully) won't feel like I'm on a treadmill, constantly working and not really getting anywhere worthwhile. I haven't started the position yet - I'm still doing my current job until... they tell me otherwise, lol. Supposedly I should be able to start my new job 'soon'... but I've heard that more than once, so who knows when that will really be. At least there will be an end in sight SOMEtime in the (hopefully near) future.

Even now, after all this time... I still think about my writing. About my fics. I know... it's been forever. No one probably even cares anymore, lol. I'm just a tiny bit bummed that stuff got let hanging on all 3 fics and was never finished. :-/ I had such plans for those stories, too. For the characters. Such 'storylines' that I thought were cool, clever.

...Life.

And I still think about the people I used to hang with online from time to time. I haven't forgotten anyone. ...I'm sure some have forgotten me. And that's okay... that happens in life sometimes. Sometimes people are part of your life for a short period of time, and then life just takes you in different directions. I was one of the 'old people' in the group anyway, so even when I fit in, I didn't really 100% fit in. ...But then again, I almost never 100% fit in anywhere anyway, lol. Kind of what happens when you're 'on the spectrum'... it's like being an alien, or being on the other side of a store window watching the people inside. You can still communicate with them (and vice-versa), but... there's still an invisible barrier there.

So... yeah, I dunno, lol. For the first time in what feels like a really, really, REALLY long time, I had a moment at work in which I could actually just sit in my chair and just... 'think'. Reminisce. Remember. ...Think about some of the stuff I miss. The people I used to talk to. The things I used to do. I don't regret having kids, of course (I adore my 'babies' - even in some of their worst, most frustrating & draining moments), but I can't help but remember as I walk by that imaginary glass window... if there's anyone that turns their head and looks back at me, remembers who I was. Wonders how I am. If I'm even a micro-second of a thought.

((So... in the rare chance that anyone comes across this and *IS* still curious - no offense taken if you're not - my son is now 6 & in kindergarten, my daughter is now 2, work & my kids take up almost all of my time. I'm perpetually busy, and don't feel like I have as much energy for 'extra' things like I used to. I still make magnetic glasses toppers - but haven't spent as much time doing that for a bit b/c I've been so drained on a regular basis. I still update my YouTube channel (and want to get back into that more), it's just been slow-going for now.

I'm not unhappy - just very busy and only have so many 'spoons' per day to spend... once I run out of those, I just don't have the ability to get much else done. I know things won't be like this forever - I look forward to changing jobs in the future (again, same company), with the possibility to work from home once I'm trained (someday), which I think will make my life QUITE a bit easier (saving some money on gas, being home more, not getting home from work as late in the day, having an easier time making appointments & such, etc). So... we'll see, I guess.))

[lostcauses-noregrets]

Hi Lost! <3 I know that Twitter has long been home to a wonderful eruri community. I’ve never had Twitter, but used to be able to casually snoop on the art, conversations, and AO3 updates. With the recent changes to Twitter that’s not really possible anymore :( and I’m not planning on making a Twitter account..

Do you think the public-facing community will go somewhere else at same point with all the uncertainty? (Maybe Threads? Maybe elsewhere?)

I know there are discords but I tend to be a true lurker (besides asking questions on your tumblr) so I don’t think I’d contribute much.

Curious about your thoughts!

Twitter is a complete shit show right now. Just when you think it couldn't possibly get worse, it manages to plumb new depths. Its utterly pointless and self defeating that you have to be logged in to see twitter content, but then again pointless and self-defeating business decisions do seem to be the current CEOs specially, that and being an utter twat.

Aaaaanyway...

Despite all the bullshit, there doesn't seem to be any signs of a mass exodus to another platform. Many people, particularly in fandom, are rightly wary of Threads because Meta has a nasty habit of linking your accounts together no matter how carefully you try to keep them separate. It's almost like they have no concept of consent, privacy or data protection. So yeah, not many folk are keen on having their fandom account linked to social media accounts they may use with family or work colleagues.

A few folk I know have Bluesky accounts, but it seems to be very niche and doesn't have much traction yet. Mastodon doesn't seem to feature at all in fandom circles, at least not that I've seen. There has been a slow drift back to tumblr but I don't think tumblr will ever have the same kind of presence as it used to unless the porn ban is lifted and I can't see that happening any time soon. Tumblr did post a twitter thread explaining the reasons porn is not allowed here, which in their own words boils down to

1. credit card companies and app stores are anti-porn 2. there are new rules around verifying consent and age in adult content (and our top priority is ensuring that all of our users are safe)

It sucks, but at least they're up front about it.

Discord still seems to be the best bet for fandom communities. The fact that servers can be closed and controlled is one of Discord's best features, but as you rightly pointed out, that doesn't help fans who prefer to lurk, of whom there are many. Having said that, there are bigger servers where you can lurk pretty anonymously. I tend to stick to smaller servers with a few close friends, so I'm not sure how big the biggest Eruri servers are. I know there are a few that have been around for a good number of years now, so I suspect they're a pretty decent size.

I do wonder if twitter might eventually reverse the decision about having to be logged in to see content, but the way things are going right now, it's a moot point whether the platform will survive at all.s

Personally speaking, I'm not going anywhere for the time being. AO3, Tumblr and Discord still feel like my main fandom homes and Twitter is just an added extra where I go to see cool art and roll my eyes at the discourse. I'd be interested to hear other fans thoughts on this, so feel free comment!

[civilight-eterna]

fic request guidelines masterpost and tag library

fic requests are currently [OPEN/CLOSED]

fulfilled requests quick link [here].

ko-fi page [here].

see below the read-more for guidelines!

things I prefer to do:

f/f ships

arknights

vocaloid

nsft(w) depending on prompt

my otp chenmiya (typically I age up amiya for these)

sweet and wholesome, sane and consensual

toxic and messy, insane and dubious

ticklekink trash

other ships I love; ch'en/blaze/amiya, ch'en/blaze, horn/mandragora, texland, abyssal hunters/each other/irene in any combination, ursus girls in any combination, scavenger/closure, leizi/blaze. I'll update this as I remember more but those are the top ones

characters I love, all the above plus; dorothy, scavenger, warfarin, closure, earthspirit, cantabile

things I'll do:

almost any f/f ship

star ocean 2 femslash <- and if you're a star ocean 2 fan i wanna be fwiends (つ≧▽≦)つ

ex astris girls

fandoms you know i know

polycules (abyssal hunters, ursus girls, nearl and the girls and most any others you can think of)

het on a case by case basis-there's a few I'm down with like whisperain/phantom (based purely on the op rec interaction being really cute) and...I can't remember any others rn. i'm not inherently opposed to a decent het.

I can and will write fucked-up shit. Don't be shy. You will not surprise me and I will not judge you.

examples: sexy cannibalism, sister incest, dub-con in the right circumstances.

gen-fic is okay too though i promise

au's are fine too

things I won't do:

self-insert or cis male!doctor/anyone. if I'm writing the doctor they are either female, nb or genderqueer in some way and they will be their own unique character

anything that goes so far against a character's personality that it's too difficult to write. if you want something specific you can get detailed in your prompt request though and I'll do my best to rise to the challenge!

lesbian-coded characters in het ships. I know this can be a little subjective so it doesn't hurt to ask if you're not sure.

blaze/greythroat. sorry. it's just an ick for me.

characters that are fairly obviously not even pre-teens yet. suzuran is too young.

some considerations:

amiya is kind of a special case. there's a lot the game suggests about her mental maturity vs. her age and i think in any setting aside from arknights i usually call bs because it's usually a lay-up to some kind of 'ship yourself with this underage character, look it's okay' kind of vibe, but arknights puts pretty exclusive emphasis on the familial relationships with amiya and the 'self-insert' character. i feel that as a pharmaceutical CEO with a lot of stress and centuries of grief and empathy stored in her body...girl can do what she's gotta do with the other characters. I do like to age her up a little bit to avoid the gymnastics of trying to explain everything every time though. I ship her with pretty much any woman in the game in the right contexts. update: please please PLEASE consider this carefully before you offer to let me come be in a server/come discuss story ideas anywhere. i write what i write because it matters to me and even if it didn't matter to me as much i really strongly feel that art is the safest medium in which we explore things that might be harder for people to understand otherwise. i am very clear and front-facing with chenmiya being very important to me and it's a pretty solitary existence at times because of it, so please don't invite me somewhere and then ask or expect me to amputate that part of myself because i will be very very hurt.

I do reserve the right to refuse a request for any reason. I do this for fun in my free time, for free, to work on my writing a little, and while I don't refuse things outright most times, please understand if I just lose a little steam.

length of the work will depend entirely upon my inspiration-I'll try to make sure you at least get a drabble size of a few sentences, but I'll do my best to make the most out of the prompts you take the time to send me.

i know most triggers to tag for but if you need something else tagged drop me a line. I gotchu.

okay, that's about it! I'll update when I'm taking requests at the top of the post, so check for availability before you send in a prompt.

thank you for reading! can't wait to write for you.