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⋆⭒˚🎸｡⋆❤ The 6th House in each sign and our daily life❤｡⋆🎸⭒˚⋆

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࣪✮🕷🖇️✮⋆The 6th House talks about how we deal with everyday work, our routine, health and service to others. It is the space where we see how we relate to what keeps us busy, in the most practical way possible ࣪✮🕷🖇️✮⋆

ִ ࣪✮🕷🖇️✮⋆˙ Aries in the 6th House: Your routine is anything but boring. You like challenges for sure. You are motivated by a good challenge at work and you never have trouble launching yourself into new experiences. But, be careful not to overload your schedule, because your energy is so strong that sometimes you get exhausted quickly. The important thing is to find balance so that your passion does not turn into exhaustion.

ִ ࣪✮🕷🖇️✮⋆˙ Taurus in the 6th House: Stability is your mantra. You need a routine that provides you with security and comfort, both at work and in your health. Your practical approach makes you excellent at repetitive tasks, and you take self-care seriously, especially when it comes to good food and rest. The challenge here is to avoid the tendency to fall into routine without excitement.

ִ ࣪✮🕷🖇️✮⋆˙ Gemini in the 6th House: You always have something to do. You love to keep yourself busy with various tasks, and above all, you need variety. You are not attracted to monotonous routines. You like to interact and learn in your work, so being in an environment that allows you to talk and share ideas is ideal. Health-wise, you are likely to forget to take care of your body because you are so mentally active.

ִ ࣪✮🕷🖇️✮⋆˙ Cancer in the 6th House: Your work and health are deeply connected to your emotions. You feel most motivated when your work environment has a personal and familiar touch. Routine is important, but you need to feel emotionally supported. Health-wise, you can be very protective of others, but make sure you take care of your emotional well-being as well.

ִ ࣪✮🕷🖇️✮⋆˙ Leo in the 6th House: You are the kind of person who puts heart into everything you do, even the most mundane. You love that your work gets recognition, and your creativity can shine through even in everyday tasks. Your health is also an expression of your identity: when you take care of yourself, you do it with pride. Avoid burnout from wanting to impress too much, Leo, rest is part of your magic.

ִ ࣪✮🕷🖇️✮⋆˙ Virgo in the 6th House: The 6th House in your home! You are in your element when it comes to organization, details, and efficiency. Work for you is not just a task; it is an opportunity to hone and serve. Your attention to detail can make you very effective in what you do, but you also have to be careful of the tendency to self-criticism. Beware of being too hard on yourself.

ִ ࣪✮🕷🖇️✮⋆˙ Libra in the 6th House: You need balance in all aspects of your life, including your daily routine. Harmony in work and work relationships is essential for you to feel good. If your work environment is stressful or disorganized, your emotional health may suffer. As for physical care, it's sometimes hard to maintain a balance if you're too distracted by others. Find time for yourself.

ִ ࣪✮🕷🖇️✮⋆˙ Scorpio in the 6th House: When you get involved in your work, you do it thoroughly. You don't settle for the superficial; you need depth, even in the smallest things. Your health is a topic that interests you deeply, and even if you don't show it, you obsess over finding the best way to take care of yourself. Avoid extreme cycles of stress that can affect your well-being.

ִ ࣪✮🕷🖇️✮⋆˙ Sagittarius in the 6th House: Daily routine is hard for you. Your soul seeks adventure! You need a job that allows you to explore, learn, and grow. You're motivated by freedom more than repetitive tasks, so if your day-to-day is monotonous, you can switch off quickly. In terms of health, you need variety in your exercise and a way to release your energies.

ִ ࣪✮🕷🖇️✮⋆˙ Capricorn in the 6th House: For you, routine is an art. You know how to work hard and how to structure your day to be productive. You are very disciplined when it comes to your health and well-being. The problem is that sometimes you forget to rest because you are so focused on your goals. Don't feel guilty about taking time to recharge.

ִ ࣪✮🕷🖇️✮⋆˙ Aquarius in the 6th House: Your approach to work is quite innovative and unique. You don't like traditional routines, so you look for original ways to carry out your daily tasks. You are interested in health in an intellectual way and are often attracted to unconventional methods. Maintain your independence, but don't forget to take care of your body while exploring new ideas.

ִ ࣪✮🕷🖇️✮⋆˙ Pisces in the 6th House: Your work has a touch of sensitivity and creativity. You may like to help others in an intuitive way, but you must make sure you don't get lost in the emotional chaos of everyday life. Your health sometimes depends on your spiritual and emotional connection, so finding moments for mental rest is crucial. Creativity can be your best medicine.

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exclusively at patreon (running count: 300+):

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early access: six degrees of yearning (you're associated to yoongi through six different connections, and you're just hoping that he loves you back in atleast one. alternatively, you believe in the six degrees of separation, and yoongi's just kind of sick of always coincidentally seeing you.)

🌟 drop anchor series (wherein you have a will they, won't they friendship with yoongi who calls you his baby in front of everyone so nobody would set him up (until you get sick of it))

🌟 catch (wherein older boyfriend jin doesn't have paternal insticts, so he always sends his PA yoongi to hang out with your kid... until yoongi falls for you)

semantics (wherein respected academic namjoon has a habit of shit talking interns who piss him off... except you're the intern he has a crush on, and you overhear)

keepers (wherein you never staked your claim on best friend jungkook and he's always flirted with you... but he thinks he likes your other friend more)

🌟 trojan series (wherein long-time boyfriend jungkook proposes a threesome to spice up your relationship, except the third party is his ex-girlfriend)

friend and friend-er (wherein spidey koo is Very Friendly in your neighborhood, and he thinks that every confession you give him is just you being Very Into... friendship)

🌟 blind spot (wherein husband jimin lets his secretary stay the night during a thunderstorm when you're out of town, and you don't know what to feel)

heard series (wherein chef jungkook's a tough mentor, and nobody thinks you're going to last under his guidance — including you. alternatively, you like praise and jungkook is stingy.)

subordinate (wherein you love taehyung more than he loves you, and it's starting to take a toll on you)

🌟 family friend (wherein younger boyfriend jungkook pretends not to recognize your daughter when he's with his friends)

aperture (wherein bf boudoir photographer jungkook's struggling financially, and his very rich ex wants her portraits taken)

silver and bronze (wherein you're always the second option and so is yoongi, so you assume that you're meant for each other — except yoongi doesn't really want you)

benefit (wherein celebrity hoseok's your boyfriend who denies every rumor about being in a relationship with you, a blue-collar worker, but doesn't deny anything with other celebrities)

🌟 like kids do (wherein jin's engaged to you, but you learn that his best friend hates you because they promised to marry at 30 if they're both single by then)

b*t worse series (wherein you and him aren't really lovers.. but worse (7/7 fics in total))

🌟 carbon copy (wherein you and ex-boyfriend yoongi aren't really lovers, but you're the only one who can put his baby to sleep)

🌟 novice series (wherein you're a virgin, and jungkook's sextape from his past highly-publicized relationship gets leaked (and you don't know what to feel))

🌟 in vain: continuation and finale

skew lines (wherein you and yoongi are polar opposites in a relationship, and sometimes, you get tired of his silence)

🌟 crybaby series (wherein older bf hoseok's normally patient with crybaby oc, until his ex reminds him how... different he used to be)

🌟 jungkook's village series (wherein your bf jungkook has too many exes and he's in good terms with everyone, and he still works with his ex from his longest relationship)

secondhand (wherein retired playboy jin makes a bad joke and makes you re-evaluate your entire relationship with him (also, you're pregnant))

exposure (wherein older husband namjoon's always neutral, even to his friends who keep criticizing you bc he thinks you've been soft all your life)

studio for three (wherein yoongi's studying to be a doctor, and you have to make ends meet raising your daughter... and your husband)

🌟 paths series (wherein your long-time boyfriend taehyung conveniently wants a cool-off every time it's his and his ex's supposed wedding date)

🌟 in vain series (alternatively, jungkook’s your sugar baby — except the only thing he needs to do to get paid is to be your friend.)

preservation (wherein gravure idol jungkook knows you're a fan and he likes you, but he always pushes you away because he doesn't want to "corrupt" you)

🌟 nesting series (wherein you have a push n pull married life with politician's son yoongi who only married you bc you got pregnant, and his family doesn't want a scandal)

succulent (wherein low-maintenance boyfriend taehyung lets you be Too Much to the point that you don't ask him anymore to come to special events)

crown jewel (wherein older husband namjoon's second marriage is to you, and his ex-wife is still his family's favorite)

🌟 stanchion (wherein jungkook's the club bouncer that you have a crush on so u keeping going with ur friends, until a rough night puts u out of commission (read: jungkook has a crush on you too and he's worried out of his mind))

up and tight (wherein you're in an arranged marriage with tightly-wound heir jin and need to share a bed with him)

🌟 to the touch (wherein hoseok's almost The Perfect Boyfriend whose love language is physical touch towards you.. and everyone else)

🌟 retrospect (wherein your older bf taehyung's love language is tough love, so he doesn't grovel when you stay at your place (turns out you're sick, and he's really stupid))

🌟 text AUs (apex yoongi, matilda jungkook, mature jungkook, (un)like the movies aka ex-husband n baby daddy yoongi, fine print yoongi, take five yoongi, michelin jin, was it casual? jin, nine to five jimin, playing house jin...)

early access: anything (alternatively, yoongi's your best friend and you've been in love with him your whole life)

big picture (wherein ob-gyne namjoon, your boyfriend, who wants to be a dad but not a husband… ends up meeting your ex who’s willing to be both)

early access: mature (alternatively, crushing on jungkook who's in your friend group is, has, and will never be a good idea)

🌟 show out series (wherein jungkook's your surgeon boyfriend who always changes your blue-collar job title whenever someone asks)

🌟 breadwinner series (wherein taehyung's a breadwinner who always thinks you're pitying him, so he tells you off in the dark.. in the surprise party you threw for him.. for everyone to hear)

who hurts who (unearthed! wherein loving a single dad like teaehyung who hasn't moved on from his ex isn't a herculean task — until it is)

big city (wherein you're taking your master's degree and jungkook's a professor at another university (read: you're the fragile roommate and jungkook's the stoic one))

🌟 night, day, noon series (wherein yoongi cheats on you)

🌟 trophy series (wherein f1 racer jimin thanks his famous ex-girlfriend for always believing in him in his victory speech)

michelin: the food poisoning drabble series (wherein jin's ex eats at your restaurant and gets food poisoning, and the thinks you did it on purpose)

🌟 learning curve (wherein you’re pregnant and emergency doctor yoongi, who’s always tired from his shifts, has a little meltdown (you just want to take a walk!!!)

🌟 loved next door series (wherein namjoon's your building's resident sweetheart, and inconveniently, your soulmate who thinks emotional cheating is Not Real)

thick and blunt series (wherein pornstar taehyung likes pissing you off, his fluffer, as a kink — except he goes too far and actually hurts your feelings)

one and a half (wherein overly independent boyfriend namjoon doesn’t share his burdens with you, but instead with his overly attached secretary)

monopoly (wherein jungkook, your best friend’s brother, keeps snitching on you and your dates ever since you stopped confessing your feelings for him)

🌟 middle ground series (wherein both you and your ex-boyfriend jungkook are broke and stuck with the lease, so his solution is to invite his current girlfriend to live with the both of you)

🌟 stationary (wherein single dad jin doesn't want to marry you, even if his daughter loves you)

🌟 (un)like the movies series (wherein jimin's your boyfriend who lacks fatherly instincts to your daughter, and he gets to meet your ex-husband yoongi, right after your big fight with him)

refer to the 100+ more bullet points that made my first navi post full and prompted me to make a new one :-)

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Based on this request I read wrong lol sorry, nonny! now here you go <3

CHARLES DATING A GREEK GIRL | CL16

Warnings: mentions of food; tooth-rotting fluff; mentions of family members; not proofread.

A/n: Just a quick reminder that there are many shades, experiences, and backgrounds when it comes to greeks and their culture, what I am writing does not resume everything, but rather brings a piece of it to the table. <3

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Charles is a sucker for 'hidden' places. Don't get him wrong, he loves the famous cities and countries, he lives in Monaco after all, but he loves those small places not everyone knows about. Places with tons of history and you hear the people who live around tell how it used to be and how the traditions changed around town; That's why he's so excited to travel to Greece and meet your family.

He'll be that person who buys books about Greece in the airport and reads the entire duration of the flight. By the time you're leaving the plane, he may know more about your country than you;

Charles is obsessed with Greek cuisine;

When you met he was starting to study Spanish as his fourth language, but gave up switching to Greek instead, because c'mon, he wants to understand all the gossip during family dinner;

Speaking of which - Charles will fit perfectly into the family, from the way he dresses (guess those books were onto something) to the small expressions your cousin taught him while showing him around the house;

There's meaning behind small actions. Your boyfriend knows it so the first time he says I love you it's in Greek (he confessed that it took him a week to master the correct way to say it, and he aced it);

Will cause havoc on the fandom when someone asks him if he prefers Italian or Greek pasta/bread and he simply stays silent;

Will casually tell you that you'll get married on a Greek island just like in the movies;

The wedding will include tons of traditions, of course, and you know it because you caught Charles talking with your parents about it one day;

He will get his whole family into the Greece-loving club - your family better find space to fit the Leclercs next summer because Arthur told you he would even take his girlfriend;

Charles will wear a bracelet with Greek eyes, a small gift you made and gave him a month into your relationship;

Overall just loves you and your culture and will be very outspoken about it. Nobody will dare to say a bad thing about Greece or hint that some other island is better than all the ones you have in your home country;

Honorary Greek citizen - he'll definitely ask how can he get citizenship and when you ask "WHY?" he'll simply say he's curious;

All things aside, he'd just love to show you around Monaco too. It doesn't have as many stories as you have in Greece, his words not yours, but it's still an amazing experience.

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[mortish-writes]

[Play Bride of Shadows for Free] [Patreon Edition]

The Patreon for Bride of Shadows is live! All that whinging yesterday and it only took a few hours for them to approve it.

What's in The Nightborn Edition?

Right now, not a lot of extra stuff apart from Night V of the Zealot route. When I started writing Bride of Shadows, my aim was to avoid paywalling the story. I know from experience that there's no better time for romantic escapism than when you don't have money. So instead of clipping Bound/Unbound modes from the free version or stopping it after x amount of nights, I opted to make a version with early releases and fan-chosen extras. Each month, we're going to have polls on things like additional tendencies, story branches, and features that will be exclusive to The Nightborn Edition. Your version will have a lot of extra choices and even a few unique story lines.

I took the liberty of adding one much-requested feature to the new edition, and that is a brand new Bound Mode which has an MFM-poly story line and an optional Valdricht only route*. In this mode, Valdricht and Serax will have a platonic maker/progeny relationship. Starting in Night VI or VII (depending on your route) Bound mode players will be able to choose whether to try to juggle the passions of both ROs, or go deep down the Valdricht rabbit hole. Or you can make two save games and do both.

This Sunday we'll have our first poll relating to some baby stuff and I'll be posting an excerpt. Apart from that, I'll be pretty hands-off for the next few days as I focus on finishing the Heretic Night V route. As soon as that is done and edited, it'll be added to The Nightborn Edition as an early release. Then we'll have some polls that will let you shape Night VI and the upcoming NSFW content. I'm dying to write the NSFW Zealot scenes.

The extra content aside, the Patreon will go a long way toward helping me to write Bride of Shadows full-time, which means more content, more quickly, for everyone.

What if I can't/don't want to subscribe to Patreon?

The Nightborn Edition will be available on Steam once the Bride of Shadows IF is complete. I don't have a date on that, it will be dependent on whether I'll be able to write full-time this year. If there is a subscription service similar to Patreon that works in your country, let me know and I'll see about setting up an account.

For everyone else, the free Bride of Shadows updates will be one week after each Patreon update. They'll still have all the content I'd initially planned, including the NSFW stuff!

I donated on Ko-Fi, can I have a free month?

You sure can! In fact, I've already sent messages to everyone who gave a Ko-Fi donation. You should have a link waiting for you that will give you one or more free months of Darksinger membership, depending on how much you donated. If the value of your free months doesn't meet or exceed the amount of your Ko-Fi donation, let me know because I may have sent you the wrong link. Likewise, if you didn't get a message, let me know. I might still use Ko-Fi in the future, either for alternate memberships or goal funding, but for the time being Patreon isn't as temperamental with payments and NSFW content so I'll be focusing on that.

I am one of the two people who donated on Itch.

First of all, you're wonderful. Second, feel free to message me for a link to a free month of the Patreon or the March Nightborn password if you aren't able to do Patreon.

The Patreon page looks so boring and plain.

I KNOW! But I'm not allowed to make it look pretty until I finish Heretic Night V and the new Elovyr map. It's a rule I made because I know I'll sink at least a full day into making it look fancy. Also, The Nightborn Edition store page is basically identical to the regular game. It's driving me insane, too, but that's gotta wait. Writing always comes first.

Final Note

Please remember that the new edition is a work-in-progress and that the extra content will be added as patrons begin voting on it. Right now, it's very similar to the free version, with only the new Zealot night and some hidden variables. The Heretic route is under construction to make some updates for the new Bound mode and will not be playable until the Heretic Night V update next week.

Thanks for reading and supporting my writing. Even if you aren't able to subscribe to Patreon, I appreciate you just following me, chatting about the story, and sharing it with others who might enjoy it. I am grateful every day to be able to write and share Bride of Shadows with you.

-Mortish

*I hear you barking. I know you want a Serax-only route. Maybe it can be a thing later. I kind of have an idea of how we can make it work. Give me some time to think it through. I don't want to promise any story routes until I know 100% that they'll work in the context of the broader plot and that they'll be satisfying.

[cockadoodlebumtits]

OK so I originally saw this on a Time Team (they're back!) video but today I was able to get (bad) photos for myself (the video was a Patreon exclusive so I didn't want to nick a screenshot and link back to it) so you're getting this post now.

So the Sutton Hoo site has been the source of many, many treasures. It's the British equivalent of Tutankhamen's tomb. The ship burial gave us some incredible treasures that shed new light on the Anglo-Saxons, including this helmet which is the most recognisable icon of Sutton Hoo (this is a replica but you can see the original at the British Museum - donated, not appropriated).

But my favourite thing in the museum - even over the Bromeswell bucket, which was ploughed up at some point but the bottom was recently found (again, thank you Time Team) and is from the Byzantine region if I remember rightly, but I digress - my favourite thing is this coin. I can't remember offhand if it was found in the ship burial or in the extensive cemetery for non-kings discovered under the site of the current visitor centre. But it's not Anglo-Saxon. Here it is:

So this is a coin from the reign of the Roman Emperor Honorius, who's quite an interesting figure in himself. He's the one who brought Roman rule in Britain to an official end, as the native Britons* had appealed for help to repel the Celts and the Picts (of Wales and Scotland) who, after the Romans had pulled back all their soldiers to deal with wider Empire problems, spotted that England was Free Real Estate and started helping themselves. Honorius, presumably more worried about problems closer to home and having already thought he was done with Britain, sent a letter back stating that the Britons* should look to their own defence. Roman rule was officially over (which left the Britons in a tight spot as, per my tour guide, they hadn't been allowed to own weapons under the Romans - but that's another story).

*Mostly in England, I think, and not really a cohesive group - more like a loose collection of tribes and communities that had been reduced to more or less Do What The Romans Say Or Else over the years

Anyway, because of this being a coin of Honorius, we can pretty conclusively date it to the late 4th-early 5th century. There's some wear on the coin, suggesting it didn't go into the ground fresh from the mint. There's also some (but less) wear on the frame around it, which is believed to be a later addition to allow it to be strung as a pendant**. And the archaeological context in which it was found backs that chronology up, because as I stated a million years ago near the start of the post, it was found in an Anglo-Saxon grave. That's from around the 7th century. Which means someone in the 600s AD (ish) was cremated with it (which might explain the molten-looking protrusion on the edge) or it was added to their grave when their ashes were buried. An Anglo-Saxon was wearing a centuries-old coin as jewellery, and it was obviously important enough to them to be a grave good.

**Obligatory reminder that we're interpreting the archaeology here, and it could have been sewn onto clothing or a saddle or hung from something as a tiny decoration - but it looks like a pendant, doesn't it? Sometimes that's the best you can do.

Why is this my absolute favourite, though? Well. When I was a kid in the 90s, I went to a hell of a lot of museums and castles. And what would you find in the gift shops?

[Image source]

And you bet I wore them. Centuries apart, people have always been people.

[getvalentined]

The Big Patreon Breakdown

Okay, Patreon's Discord Q&A ended on the 16th, and I've been waiting to see if anything else happened—like maybe a a public announcement from Patreon instead of emails sent exclusively to creators and a video hidden on the CEO's personal YT page—but nothing has happened, so I'm gonna do a breakdown of what we're looking at.

This is an EXTREMELY long post. I am not putting it behind a cut. I'm not sorry.

Short attention span version here.

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I. The iOS processing fees are a smokescreen covering up the actual devastating changes that Patreon is forcing creators into.

The iOS fees are trash, 30 percent is extortion and we all know it—but that's not the biggest issue at hand here. Patreon is using this event as an excuse to change the entire structure of the creator side of their platform, and blaming Apple to avoid getting backlash.

They tripled their platform and processing fees in 2017, passing it on to patrons without notice, and the subsequent hemorrhage of paying users forced them to walk it back. They tried to force everyone onto their rolling billing model in 2021, and the entire community pushed back so hard they were forced again to walk it back.

This time, they're doing both and insisting it's Apple's fault, and everyone is taking that at face value because Apple sucks. And Apple does suck, but Patreon is getting what they've wanted for years by catering to Apple.

Oh, also, they're forcing creators to notify their patrons of the billing model changes (with a suggested template that explicitly refers to it as a decision made by the creator, even though nobody is making any decisions here except Jack Conte) rather than doing it themselves.

II. Patreon is not going to change course for any reason. This is set in stone.

There are multiple proofs for this, including but not limited to:

One-on-one calls between the platform's top earners and the CEO, Jack Conte, wherein the vibe was apparently not "What can we do to support your business in order to retain your place on our platform?" but rather "We know that the only way this works is if we don't do it, but how can we keep you from complaining about it any more than you already have?" One creator explained in granular detail how they run their business through this platform and why changing their billing model would ruin literally everything, and Conte responded with "Is this an essential part of your offering?"

The Patreon Team on Discord has continued to shut down all discussion of alternative options with assertions that Apple won't allow it, even if those alternatives were suggested based on legal precedent set by lawsuits against Apple, and the declaration that they will not be allowing the app to be removed from the App Store no matter what because it's the single most important and integral avenue of creator growth on the platform. (Put a pin in that.)

The platform's top earner is on the pay-per-creation billing model, the one that is going to be hit the hardest; creators on this model stand to lose literally 90 percent of their income overnight. This creator and his team were as blindsided as the rest of us, and they've been offered no assistance except for a complex math equation to try to calculate how much they should be charging people on fixed-price tiers, and no assurance except "the iOS app is the platform's highest source of engagement and is necessary to help you continue to grow."

Pay-upfront (PUF) and pay-per-creation (PPC) billing is going away for new accounts and anyone who doesn't opt out via Patreon's convoluted backend before November 1 of this year, and anyone who doesn't manually switch over to their rolling billing cycle will be automatically pushed into it on November 1, 2025. This means that PUF creators no longer have the promise of a steady paycheck when they need it, early enough in the month to pay rent and bills, while PPC creators are losing their entire business model all at once, which has resulted in a loss of 75 to 90 percent of income for multiple PPC creators who have tried to switch to the rolling billing structure in the past. They are killing these people's livelihoods and they know it, they have seen the data to prove it, but they will not be swayed.

III. Patreon claims the iOS app is the highest source of engagement on the platform at 40 percent—but will not define what "engagement" means, and staff refuse to share detailed analytics or data on the revenue share coming from the app.

Several creators, some with a couple dozen patrons and some with thousands, polled their audience to get a feel for how many of them used the app. Consistently across every creative industry, genre, and form of media, the answer was 2 percent or less. The average across a dozen-plus polls of actual active patrons, numbering into the thousands, is that around 85 percent of patrons access the platform exclusively via the web, whether on desktop or mobile. The majority didn't even know there was an app.

Further, Patreon would not explain what "engagement" means, but did not deny the possibility that dismissing an app notification on your phone counts as an "engagement."

When Patreon was asked for data on how often people pledged to support a creator via the iOS app, the only response was the claim that information is "sensitive to [Patreon's] business" and can't be shared. In a creator-exclusive server. With the people who bring that revenue onto the platform in the first place. And have our own analytics that we can look at individually, which show an average of 0 to 0.5 percent revenue from the iOS app.

IV. Patreon does not have a refund policy in place to work with Apple, and has given no implications of intention to work with Apple to shorten the time it takes for funds from iOS purchases to be paid out to creators, which is currently 75 days.

Yes, you read that correctly: at the moment, it takes 75 days before creators can cash out funds processed via iOS. On top of that, Apple's refund policy is 60 days, and the creator is not involved in the process whatsoever—if a malicious actor pledges to your page, downloads all your work over the course of a month, and then pings Apple for a refund? Apple gets to decide whether or not they get that refund.

Patreon's general refund policy is that it's up to the creator 99.9 percent of the time, with very rare cases of fraud requiring Patreon's intervention. In the case of pledges and Commerce sales via iOS, the creator has no say, and Patreon currently has no policy to protect them. They've stated that they're working on a refund policy that will work with Apple's guidelines to keep everyone happy, but at this point we all know what that means—they're just going to use Apple's refund policy.

They also wouldn't say whether or not creators would be on the hook for Apple's added processing fees, as is usually the case with other big payment processors, but it sounds like we are! So if someone pays $14.50 on the iOS app, the creator gets $10, can't pay it out, and then the malicious actor can call for a refund weeks later and the creator will owe $14.50—in spite of only ever having seen $10 and never being able to pay it out because the 75 hold hadn't passed. Sounds great!

V. Patreon's own graphics meant to explain why this is necessary and how the new fees work are not correct.

I'm gonna let these mostly speak for themselves:

The sale price listed on this graphic is $10, but adding together the three fees listed gives a total of $11.35. This is likely a copying error, as 4.35 is clearly not 30% of 10, but the lack of attention to detail on one of the only two pieces of official material that we have which refer directly to the numbers on which Patreon is signing away our livelihoods is slightly concerning.

This one totals up to 103 percent! (Actually closer to 104, since I rounded Android and Mobile down by about a quarter percent each.) The 40 percent figure on the iOS bar is based on the figure given to us by Patreon staff, and was used to place the markers to denote individual percentages on the other three.

Patreon made these and gave them to us with the assertion that they were proof that the iOS app is indispensable—why should we trust anything they say about numbers if the charts they gave us are literally impossible?

VI. Patreon refuses to offer any promises to 18+ creators that they will not be removed from the app in order to adhere to Apple's content guidelines.

Instead, Patreon staff's response to this request for reassurance is "We have no plans to remove 18+ creators from the Patreon app." You may note that's phrased very specifically, and leaves a hole big enough to drive a freight train full of iPhones straight through. They have no plans to remove 18+ creators from the app. When asked for clarification on this, confirmation that they would not be removing us from the platform if Apple pushed them to do so regardless of whether or not they have plans, this sentiment was simply repeated in more words and with more apologies, along with a reminder that Patreon has had to change their terms for 18+ creators several times already in order to keep up with laws and competition.

VII. All the features Patreon is insisting are integral for creator growth are inaccessible to 18+ creators, and questions about this were either dismissed, redirected, or ignored.

Remember how the iOS app is the single most important and integral avenue for character growth on the platform? Well, 18+ creators are not discoverable on the platform, regardless of the avenue of access. We are not visible on the app unless you have it installed, are logged in, are already following us on the platform, and click an external link to be directed to our pages from somewhere else via a mobile web browser. There is no way to find us on the platform itself.

Other features that staff insist are necessary for growth to which 18+ creators do not have access:

Patreon creator search (on web, Android and iOS apps)

Mass post editing (now called the "Library," which reads as "Something Went Wrong" for me and other 18+ creators who tried to get to it)

On-platform video hosting

Built-in cross-creator recommendations

All on-platform "commerce" features (both digital and physical goods)

The ability to market ourselves by linking to Patreon from our social media and vice-versa (we're basically not allowed to do this or risk being banned)

Yeah, about that first and that last point. We're hidden from searches on the platform, and we can't link to our pages from social media or risk permanent suspension. We cannot grow in this fashion at all, and in fact 18+ creators are getting all the downsides of this switch (except maybe for the app fee, since you can't fucking find us to pledge on the app) with none of the benefits. Nothing they are doing here will help us grow, because they've kneecapped us already. Now they're going after our capacity to obtain a steady paycheck at the beginning of the month, too.

VIII. Patreon's iOS app is currently (as of August 18, 2024) in violation of Apple's guidelines for app ratings; staff did not state any intention to become compliant by raising the app's rating as needed to maintain their 18+ creator community.

The App Store guidelines on creator apps state that they must be rated equal to the highest rated creator content on their platform. In spite of hosting 18+ content, which requires a 17+ rating per Apple, Patreon is rated 12+ in the App Store. Increasing the rating to 17+ would cut out the entire market of wealthy teenagers with iPhones, and since everything else being done here is intended to please Apple, it's unlikely this will be the point that Patreon finally gives an inch for its creators. The exact response from staff on this was "We hear and acknowledge your inputs on the app rating and are exploring our options there." Their "options" on this are to increase the rating, or to remove all 18+ content from the platform. That's it. Those are their options. Why do those need exploring, if they really give a shit about the 18+ community?

I know a lot of people out there are going to say that it would be nice if Patreon would "get rid of the porn," but you need to understand something: 18+ content is not all sexual.

18+ content can and does also include:

Horror (particularly body horror, which is explicitly or implicitly banned on all current adult-specific creator platforms, leaving me nowhere to go when Patreon kicks me)

True crime (murder, violence, theft, etc., is all 18+)

Health (blood/discussion of blood is 18+ regardless of context)

Education (what if you learn about war? that's 18+)

Trauma recovery (the word "r#pe" makes everything around it 18+)

Profanity (ko-fi marks creators 18+ for saying "fuck")

Languages (because you might learn profanity)

Weaponsmithing (because weapons are dangerous)

Leatherworking (because leather can be a fetish)

Shoemaking (feet can also be a fetish)

...even more I'm not bothering to list here.

Implying that they somehow didn't know about this extremely important part of the guidelines—which are being used as an excuse to force the top earner on the platform to ruin his entire business model—is absolute nonsense. Patreon knows about this requirement, they haven't taken any steps to comply based on their current creator population, and I will be shocked if they do. Much easier to just kick us all off, since we can barely use the damn platform as it is.

—

The entire thing makes no sense. Patreon is losing out on so much money by doing this—they're crippling all their highest-earning creators to keep the iOS app running, and it's going to hurt everyone except for Apple. The only reason I can think that they would refuse to budge on this is that there's something else going on behind the scenes between Patreon and Apple. That, or the company is intentionally throwing itself into an extremely drawn out death spiral. But we all know which of those is the more likely scenario here.

[siphersaysstuff]

DINOVEMBER!

Who doesn't love dinos? Liars and mountebanks, that's who. So it's a whole set of dino-formers for this month's @tfwiki Patreon-backed pic set! Let's kick things off with the goodest of dinobois, the lovable JAWBREAKER, in his Deluxe EarthSpark form.

Speaking of adorable, how about TRYPTICON in "MyClone" form? This line of soft-plastic modular super-deformed mini-figs from 2002 Takara included not just TFs, but various other Takara lines, Tsuburaya characters (like Ultraman) and adorable animals.

We're keeping the cute train rolling with a fave of mine, ROARISTA from BotBots. Yes, this is a coffee machine and carafe that turns into a t-rex-bot with a power cord tail. How can you not love it. Wish she'd been in the cartoon.

Okay you knew this was coming. It's Legacy DINOKING, finally fulfilling the role the Legacy Core Dinobot molds were blatantly meant to be all along. You can get a much more natural axe-handling pose by putting the scythe fully trough the fist.

The two standouts of Dinoforce, team leader GORYU and team schmuck KAKURYU. This set come with a ton of all new parts; not just new heads but extra accessories for more anime flavor. Kakuryu got his axe, but no shrimpy revolver, dang.

RIARYU lacks his anime melee weapon, but gains a pair of massive missile pods that emulate the original's, and form footplates for Dinoking. GAIRYU has a whole new larger dino-tail/cannon that makes for a bulkier Dinoking forearm.

DORYU gets a scythe... which he didn't in the anime. That went to YOKURYU, but his new part is a huge "cannon"/blatant chunk of Dinoking forearm. You can swap them around if you like, I can't stop you. I'm not your dad (as far as you know).

"Whycomes no classic Dinobot characters?" you ask. Okay, here's GRIMLOCK... the 2015 Robots in Disguise Grimlock, in Kre-O Kreon form. This "Armor Up" set was a Dollar General exclusive(!), and was supposed to come in three decos... but wave 2 of this series never happened.

No, he's not a dino-bot, but he did accidentally merge with Jawbreaker that one time, and I like this toy a lot so here's EarthSpark Deluxe AFTERMATH as a bonus as I was feelin' punchy. Man I love this design.

If you enjoy these themed monthly meanders down the memories of mechanical merchandise, you can make them even bigger with a lil donation to the Patreon! Want to pick a theme for a month? It's possible! Just check out

gregstfwikipics at Patreon!

[kriskukko]

i hope u dont mind that i would respond to u like this @polar-night-scout, but trying to fit this into the replies section was a pain lmfao (i already accidentally hit enter once and scrambled like a lil idiot)

the thought is basically the desperate urge ive had for years of just releasing some statement of 'lol its all in public domain now go nuts' because my relationship with my art specifically is that it exists to be enjoyed and transformed and taken from and built upon in whatever manner (this includes commercially). whether am being credited in this doesn't matter, but id like to know about it just for the fact maybe what u made is something i will enjoy in turn and even give u money for so u make more!

the only reason ive not done that as of yet is the conflicting thought in the back of my head going ‘ but will it bite me in the arse if I wanna quit my job and grab my dream of fulltime artist tm some day???’. my instinct says ‘no, it won’t’, for my art is rather niche and doing stuff through patreon by exclusive art (that would stay as such) would be the ideal and only route for me in achieving my art dreams, but u know. maybe one day ill get over it.

[simmir99]

Holiday Weekend in Sulani! Pictured: Kristina, Jay, Fallon, Wyatt, Oliver, and Mari Fallon hosted a party at the Sulani Beach Club and many celebrities were in attendance including Dirk Dreamer, Judith Ward, Penny Pizzazz, now Penny Carrington (see the side tea), Thone & Octavia Bailey, and Vanessa Richards.

*Episode 01 tea is below

The Sulani Beach Club can be downloaded on my Patreon HERE :)

The Girl Next Door LP - S01 EP01 At the party were 2 of Oliver's ex "female friends with benefits" Vanessa and Nalani. For the first time Mari came face to face with Oliver's promiscuous past. While Oliver was never exclusive with anyone since high school (more on that later), him having such a "playboy" mentality for so many years, makes Mari wonder if he is really ready to settle down. Mari's insecurities are getting the best of her right now and leaving her to question their future together. Fallon was really hoping for a proposal from Jay on this trip, but so far nothing. She is still holding out hope as the 6 are heading to dinner on a private island tomorrow evening. Fallon doesn't know that Jay witnessed her flirting with Wyatt the other day and honestly, he is starting to realize he is developing feelings for his close friend/co-worker Riley. While their families have an expectation that Fallon and Jay will wed, it's going to be interesting to see if they actually say, "I do". After striking out on Cupid's Corner, Kristina had the best time as she worked the room and found a very handsome man named Dominic. They flirted and made out for a bit before exchanging numbers. The two plan to go on a date next time he is in San Myshuno. Wyatt was jealous watching Kristina and Dominic dancing and kissing, he then flirted with a cute bartender named Willow and the 2 eventually woohoo'd in the utility closet. Kristina has been very clear with Wyatt, they are just woohoo partners, but he is having a hard time with the "no feelings" boundary. Side tea: Fallon's father, Blake autonomously married her close friend from high school who was Penny Pizzazz. Fallon is not happy (obviously) and called Penny a "gold digger" "snitch" it got ugly... EPISODE 02 HERE

#TheGirlNextDoor

[dataglitch]

Have you ever thought about creating and selling art guide books with examples and the such? Not just for transformers (though I’d be very personally invested in that because they are haaaard) but just tips and tricks in general? You inspire so so many people, myself included, and that you’re self taught kinda just makes it even better in my heart because you got yourself where you are as yourself and are so successful in it. I saw your post recently answering an ask that had examples and that kind of stuff is literally perfect. There are a lot of people like me that rely heavily on visual learning and there are a lot of people like my brother who have aphantasia who cannot mentally visualize objects and that small post already made several things kinda click in my head that didn’t used to. Sorry if this is a really weird post but I was really curious if you’d ever thought about it, I mean if you started a kickstarter on a guide book I would back the absolute hell out of that. We need more people making guide books for niche things, stuff someone a self taught artist can pinpoint like “I wish I knew this while learning.”.

Regardless, no need to respond if it’s a strange ask, I just want to let you know your art and journey through it are so very inspiring, thank you 🫶

Thank you so much, it's always a treat hearing people like my stuff :D As far as that, I don't think I ever thought about it? At least, I didn't realize there would be a demand for guides from me, but I'm not opposed to the idea. I have thought previously of opening a Patreon for tutorials and exclusive pictures, but with my schedule it doesn't seem feasible unfortunately. I won't lie, but sometimes I feel that due to not having the right education or not being an art graduate, my advice may not seem correct? Might be a self-conscious thing, but as long as people are alright with having a different view of things from someone who's self-taught, I don't mind helping out. If there's specific things people are curious about regarding the process, I might create small guides for others to follow. Nothing too technical of course, just straight up screenshots and step-by-step directions :) It's taken me years to learn and I'm always looking for ways to improve, so why not share some of the things I learned along the way with others? :D Since I have gotten various asks regarding this, I've decided to make a masterpost/workflow guide on how I plan and render my pictures. Would that be something people would like? Lastly, please don't feel bad about asking, I really do appreciate you taking the time to write this! It's always fun to talk about how stuff works behind the scenes :)

[cfrick]

Horny game review #5: Succubus Simulator. This one can be played in-browser, and chapter 2 just came out the other day so there's even more to play now. No story spoilers 👍+ fanart

This is a game developed by artist Welcome_to_Heaven, she also has a website called Soft Drop for her erotica which i highly recommend. But hey, i do game reviews here, not book reviews.

Succubus Simulator allows minor amounts of character customization, including naming the player character, but the narrative seems to be set in place. I'll just call the character PC for this review. PC is a half-succubus, who previously was living a normal human life. Now that their succubus powers have awakened, they must get accustomed to feeding via regular sex with strangers. Until the start of the game, PC has only had sex with one partner before, so they're a bit shy. I assume this will slowly change throughout each chapter, but we'll have to wait and see. In the current chapters, though, dialogue options are mostly like this:

Honestly, the option to cry comes up a lot. PC is going through it.

Gameplay wise, it's a visual novel, plus some little areas to look around for flavor text. There are sex scenes with animation, during which you can choose dialogue options to raise affection based on the traits you learn about your partners. Outside of sex, dialogue options are just for extra flavor. You can choose the sort of body you have at the beginning of each chapter by clicking on the dresser, which does impact the narration you'll get, but not much else. Sex scenes can also be exited at anytime, and this doesn't impact the story at all. Just sorta skips past it. So if you just the succubus story with no sex, you can do that!

Overall, the content is very grounded compared to the sort of games I usually find. Plenty of safe sex practices, even when the succubus characters are confirmed immune to STIs and also naturally pre-lubed. I know that there's a Patreon-exclusive mini-chapter that includes petplay, but I don't know if that will come up in the main game at all. It seems to be mostly queer folk, pegging, and a bit of femdom vibes. All the partners so far have been female, but the character is very bi, so future chapters could have more.

That's all for now, game is still in development, so throw some support the dev's way if you want to see more. I probably won't re-review it, but I can keep y'all updated. Thanks for reading, here's some art :]

[neriumxoleander]

Im going to attempt a brief post about gato's saturday update for those of us not on patreon. If you interact and have no age listed in your bio or are not 18 at bare minimum, you will be blocked. "Young adult" doesn't count. I encourage other adults to do the same and get minors out of our spaces.

Once again, I'm by no means an authority on this, I just want to spread information. I don't mind receiving asks about it, as long as you're respectful and aren't looking to pit anyone against each other.

Gato said this would be a long update she split into multiple parts, so I was hopeful it would include an apology. I'll say right now: she did not mention the accusations at all.

1. The game

I'm not going to post her full game update, because it's patreon exclusive and I'm not about to start spoiling YKMET. But the game update itself is pretty straight forward: she's worked on endings and more placeholders.

2. Website

She's worked on the site she hosts BTD on, and plans to have public update posts there. This appears to be the extent of her social media usage for now. If you've been worried about missing art of hers, she'll likely be uploading it here in the next month or so, but there's no guarantee you'll see a lot of her older art before the development of TPoF, if I had to take a guess. Maybe some art from the development of BtD2, but we'll have to wait and see.

3. Hobbies and sound design

I'm glad the absence of social media has been allowing Gato to be able to take on new ideas and hobbies outside of developing YKMET, but... this is where I started to get less hopeful about a public apology. All she talked about of note here was potentially making her own music and sound effects for YKMET and any future games.

4. Time off

I hope this break is good for her and clears her head, but there was absolutely no mention about anything happening in regards to an apology, or even acknowledging the situation. I can't fathom the idea that not a single person messaged her about all this. It's a bit chilling.

If anyone has tried to reach out to gato on patreon about this and gotten a response, I think it would be a good idea to speak up about it and to let others see what she's said, if anything at all. I hope next week she'll have something to say on the matter, but I'm starting to trust Gato a little less myself.

[signalhill-if]

Question, how do you get the augur identity?

So the augur identity is probably the hardest to get, because it's the only one with universal prerequisites- so even if you pick the right options, it won't offer you the identity unless you've got the prerequisites.

In order to get it, your character's gender will need to be androgyne. As part of the ritual that grants someone the status of augur, they are also recognized as androgyne, and although the augur identity doesn't preclude you being of lapsed faith or not following typical requirements for augurs (like masking/covering your body) I've chosen to still have it be exclusive based on gender. Your character will also have to have the devotee identity.

The places where you can claim the augur identity include...

In Tracking Number, be lured into Levi's building and accept his offer of tea. If those two conditions are met, you'll have the option to realize that the tea tastes familiar.

In Test Run, after getting Ozzy back, ask him why he accepted such a dangerous gig, and then recognize that the person he's describing is an augur. If those two conditions are met, you'll have the option to say you know this from experience.

In Waveform, when Yasmin asks about your experiences up North, if those two conditions are met, you can tell her that you used to be a "mystic." This will give you the option to take that identity.

In Dress Up Games (which will be coming out with the next update but is currently out on my Patreon), if you arrive wearing a blindfold, Darling will ask if it's some kind of religious thing. If those two conditions are met, you can say that yes, it is.

[mcalhenwrites]

Full time writing career goals ;)

So there are some things I'm getting in order! I have two questions, if anyone here reading my work doesn't mind answering them: 1. Despite the plot holes, should I keep posting Stargazers' Hill to AO3? I have no plans to rewrite it, and the character interactions are meaningful - Ambrose and Thaddeus, Ambrose and Evelyn, CORA IS IN IT HELLO - so maybe people still want to read it! 2. I found out there's a site like patreon that allows nsfw (subscribestar adult) and I'm tempted to look into making tiers there. It even has a free tier! I don't write exclusively erotica or draw too much kinky stuff, but I do sometimes and would like to be able to include it. I won't be able to open it until I move (which won't be for some months) and sort my banking and address out, but is there any interest in that? Again, there is a free tier, which I'm excited about. If so, I'll have to sort out what I want to share there. More on this later, really, but it would be nice to have patrons! I'll also have to update my ko-fi when the time comes, too, but I do post public entries when I remember. :') I have made an official deadline for finishing my editing of Geckos, Automata (which was supposed to be published months ago, but Seasons consumed my brain instead), and I'll publish it soon after that! A reminder that no one is obligated to financially support me, times are tough, but it'd be awesome if you like my writing and want to see more of it, since being able to make a living on it means more time for it/less time focused on a job. (If I can even get one of those. sigh.) I'm also getting back into art, so I'll be able to draw more OCs. I have little desk space atm, but I do have a tablet, so when I move, maybe I can also extend that practice to digital! Until then, I just sketch/doodle/whatever on paper, and it's not an art pursuit, it's mainly a side dish to the writing, essentially? Same with crochet! Oh, and I miiiight be publishing a book of crochet patterns down the road, but that will require a ton of work and formatting, since photos will be required. I no longer crochet those items, so maybe they can be of use to someone else...! (Like my tortoise and sea turtle patterns and such.) If you have feedback/thoughts/answers to my questions, feel free to comment on this post, reblog it with a response, or even send an ask if that's more comfortable! Oh, and I meant to add that if you're someone who is here bc you read Seasons and liked it, you will still see the chapters on AO3 and that's not something I plan to profit from. I miiight share art on places like ko-fi and whatnot that are from it, but the main story will be up on AO3 to read. In case that concerned anyone/brought about any fears. It's something I just wanted to share with y'all for free.

[authorsadiethatcher]

One of the common questions I get is why I don't write darker. And the answer I always give is Amazon and not wanting to put my publishing account at risk by going too dark in erotica. Some people can get away with it, but I don't want to test that boundary. But that doesn't mean I don't get ideas for darker stories and I finally decided to write one.

Instead of a bimbofication story, this is a dollification story. And the first thing you might notice by looking at the image above is the woman is missing something. She is missing her arms. It's not just that The Muse is dark, but it also includes some extreme body mods and other themes that push this beyond the realm of what I would normally do in my books.

Of course, this isn't a good book for Amazon and it certainly isn't a good thing to write on Tumblr without risking my account (I've already lost one page and I don't want to go through that again), but I have a relatively new option available: Ream. It's a subscription service similar to Patreon, but it's made for authors, by authors, and it doesn't have the content restrictions that Patreon or Amazon have.

Begin reading The Muse now: https://reamstories.com/sadiethatcher

The Muse is a work in progress story and I already have the first two chapters up, with new chapters appearing every day through the end of the month. And this will be a novel-length story with lots of sex and body modification descriptions, plus BDSM stuff and even amputation (the arms, duh). I don't know how many chapters it will eventually be, but the story is already over 24,000 words and it's not even halfway done, so it's will be long.

Due to the extreme nature of this story, I am making it exclusive to the Advanced Bimbo Tier on Ream. However, the first chapter is available to both Basic Bimbo readers and general followers. That means you can read the first chapter for free by signing up to be a follower. There are some other pieces of content available for followers as well, beyond this opening chapter.

Begin reading The Muse now: https://reamstories.com/sadiethatcher

At some point, I may try to make that first chapter available here on Tumblr, but I will likely have to edit it to make it Tumblr safe. And if I do that, it won't be until next month at the soonest. If this story at all interests you, you should just sign up as a follower.

And just a reminder that the Advanced Bimbo Tier gives you access to all of my books since about May. So you get a lot for that subscription cost. I also include lots of sexy images that were considered for covers before selecting the final image.

Begin reading The Muse now: https://reamstories.com/sadiethatcher

It’s love at first sight for Maddie. A chance encounter with the plastic surgeon to the stars quickly turns into so much more. But as a naïve college student, Maddie is in way over her head as she falls head over heels for Dr. Aaron Cole.

However, things are not as they seem. Maddie struggles to adapt to her new life with Aaron as he continues to place new and more extreme demands upon her while always leaving her desperate for intimate contact with the man she loves.

Before she knows it, Maddie is in over her head, her body becoming Aaron’s marble with which he is creating his next masterpiece. But as he slowly transforms her body, he also leaves her more and more helpless, completely dependent on him and his staff for all of her needs as she slowly becomes a human doll.

Will Maddie manage to save herself before it is too late? Or will she allow herself to become Dr. Cole’s next masterpiece? Find out in The Muse.