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Story time! ✨

Back when I got into Sonic there were only two games available at local retail stores: SADX and Sonic Heroes. Obv I wanted both and since we didn't have any allowance and no money of our own (aside from tiny amount of change we got for grocery shopping chore), it had to be only one and had to wait for my birthday. A couple of months after I learn about these CDs my birthday finally rolls around and! I get SADX! Of course, we immediately try to install it which it does… but the game crashes right after the intro. Reinstalled, fiddled with the settings, etc. Same results… So we take it to the store with the receipt and everything, the girl there checks the disc out for scratches, then pops it into their PC, installs the game and it works perfectly, she shrugs and says tough luck, no returns for perfectly good CDs 😭 You don't know how many times I rewatched that SA1 intro as it was the only piece of the game I had…

My best friend later let me install the game on her PC but with a prerequisite that we play the game together, so there were some parts I never played with my own hands, and then she had to uninstall the game before we could complete it anyway for some reason I don't remember…

Then another friend lets me borrow his SADX CD that was a repack with pre-rendered cutscenes cut from it so there was no intro for example. It installs and it actually plays! But at random times it crashes (not every session!) and sometimes it freezes our PC, and finally it manages to make it bluescreen. That's when Dad bans the game forever 😭😭

When I got my own laptop though, I was in a very time-consuming university (and then work) and didn't have time for gaming 🤷 So it had to be 2020 for me to be able to replay SADX properly. And hey, it was installed from that very same 2004 CD I got for my birthday =D

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My Contributor bundle of All Hail Shadow zine (@shadow-zine) has finally reached me! It went through 3 people on the way to me, and many hands added to it, but I will show these personal gifts some other time 💝

Everything is so pretty! Alex's cover keeps me in awe... So many fantastic pieces under it, too... And the merch! I've already went out wearing Yurei's pin, and it's sparkly-sparkly-sparkly ✨✨✨ One of the stickers from Avery found its place on my home office furniture, and I'm considering using the Contributors-exclusive notebook with their design for some serious business.

I'll admit, holding a hardcover book that contains my writing is an incredible feeling... And it's for a good cause, too! 🏥 This project was one of my first zine experiences, and looking back, this is what started my zine moderator journey as well – through the people I've met there.

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A sneak peak into one of my contributions for @projectchao Vol. 3 about summer and friendship~ What is happening here? 🌱🌿👀 Find out on July 30th!

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✨Happy birthday to me!✨

Yes, it's my birthday today (well, May 10th, I just forgot to make the post earlier XD) 🎈😌👉👈🎈

And the best gift for a creator is reblogs! I draw fanart, take photos and write fanfics for Sonic the Hedgehog (esp Sonadow) and would appreciate if you reblog this post or/and some of my fic promos and art~ And maybe you could comment on something you especially liked if you want?

Here are some LINKS:

Birthday posts elsewhere: Twitter | VK

Art tag | Fanfiction promos tag (some drabbles show up, too)

More up to date art and promos in my Twitter Media tab (I apologise for how messy it is but Moments aren't working anymore...)

My Ao3

Zines I participated in that you can still get: Project Chao Vol. 1 (free!) | Project Chao Vol. 2 (free!) | Live & Learn: a Sonic/Shadow zine ($15, pre-order!)

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE!! 🎃🍭🍬✨

Before it's completely over sdfghj

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A doodle with a ballpoint pen as I was still trying to figure him out back in the end of July 2020.

Red tulip is supposed to mean a declaration of love; you might know what ships I'm rooting for, but you can tag/reply with your own pick whom it is for ;)

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Reckless by Cornelia Funke

Official Russian edition covers by Vitaly Yekleris

These are the ones I used for this avatar set ✨✨ 

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Drawing something new? Na-a-ah. Colouring a 5 years old sketch? Yea-a-ah!

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My nail artist: How is it? Me: Magnificent. I feel like a magical unicorn.

Really though. Remember Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality? That’s probably how Hermione’s nails looked like at the end.

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You know what’s cool?

My new vacuum cleaner

And if you think I don’t sneak around the flat pretending it’s a blaster - you don’t know me

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What I do when on medical leave

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Look where I sent a letter today~

When I say "the day after tomorrow" I mean "a week later", now we know it for sure.

Pssst. Does anyone still want a letter?