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I feel like Amir would be super into clothing history. Or textile history in general. How regions/environments affected the colours humans used to have at their disposal (hence the no country flag having purple + purple being a colour of royalty due to coming from like a singular species of sea snail that lived on one coast). How people in europe and the americas had different plants and thus some would have colours that others just couldn't create before the movement of goods across continents and how older cultures worked around this to still express their creativity.

He's hyper into that! Just like with art movements in painting, it's hard to really be on top of the avant-garde in fashion without knowing a lot of the history and then even beyond that Amir's super prone to niche topics to hyperfixate on. I know he'd ESPECIALLY be into traditional costumes/wear from various cultures, especially if he's traveled there. I know that in some parts of China, there's been a resurgence in interest surrounding traditional court fashion and a lot of really cutting edge fashionistas are finding amazing ways to modernize the looks. Amir's fyp has got to be full of trends like this from all over the world lol.

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I made a comment on one of my posts last night thanking a player for being with TCM since Mori's OG beta chapter dropped in 2021 and overnight I've had a BUNCH of people drop into my asks to let me know they've been here too! Yall...

That is so heartwarming i don't even know what to say. There were too many to post individually but when I saw my notifs this morning I was like RUH ROH I must have posted a hot take lmfao.

Thank you so so much to those of you who've been around since day one, this game's had massive growth and while the future's a little murky, I feel good about where the game's heading- and its HUGELY because I've been lucky to have enthusiastic supporters since this bad boy dropped. So thank you for being my ride or dies!

And to all the people who joined up somewhere along the way, yall make this community great as it grows with every chapter release. Thank you for being friendly, chill people who keep this community welcoming, safe, and fun. ✌️✌️✌️

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Im so sorry i gotta sleep on top of kazus armpits just huffing them in. Does he perhaps have a bush too??

YES he does and I'm TOTALLY normal about it!!! He's not the hairiest guy around but he's got it where it counts!!

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Heyo! I adore TCM!! But i have a question, are Raath, Marcel, qnd Kazu (i want to climb him) for flavor or will we also be able to romance them?

For now they're unromanceable (boooooo). However if/when I get the chance to do more routes they'll probably be the first characters I consider for it.

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Ok so obviously Amir is probably the winner but Who has what piercings on their body? I have about 20 myself all over. And I'm very particular about color it must be ✨GOLD✨

(Big fan btw)

SO MANY PIERCINGS (,,⟡o⟡,,)

so disclaimer, my toxic trait as a writer is that I treat piercings as kind of... malleable. Like I don't keep a concrete design doc for characters' piercings and I'll only choose some iconic ones to be 100% constant. THAT being said, my most common looks on the guys break down like this:

I think Amir's solidly in the lead with multiple dermals, nipples, navel ear/cartilage, septum + nostril, labret, eyebrow... PLUS his like... 9-12ish cock piercings. For me, his cock piercings are obviously his most iconic so I've got the strongest sense of how those are laid out and then I put a lot of "canon" importance on his collar bone dermals, multiple ear piercings, and nose jewelry for his beautiful nose. For Amir, he prefers all his hardware to be gold! He has some flashier pieces for his face and occasionally other piercings when outfits call for it but he loves loves loves gold and prefers to stick with the warm look it gives. He doesn't mind rose gold so much either but it's definitely a second-place choice for him.

You can tell when I make atlas sort of chibi-fy him we place a lot of importance on his ear/eyebrow/nose piercings as "most iconic" (if he's not naked)

Mori USED to be a bigger piercings guy but is less so these days. A detail that OCCASIONALLY gets seen in art (this didn't make it onto his game sprite) is that he has a little notch in his left ear from someone ripping out a piercing during a fight. So canonically, he's like at a 0-2, and he'd probably keep it to his ears or possibly an eyebrow. Definitely a stainless steel guy.

For Akello we actually experimented with a ton of different facial piercings for him, and I'll be honest we couldn't decide if silver or gold looked better. In the end, we decided to tone down his facial piercings in order to boost his Middle-Aged Dilf vibes. Currently, his sprite doesn't have piercings but his ears are still pierced and he does occasionally wear jewelry in them. I'm putting him at like a 2-4 piercings total.

Raath has NO piercings cause he's combat-utilitarian and doesn't want to give his opponents any glaing targets to rip out of him.

Marcel has one ear pierced (gold is his favorite) and has talked about getting his nipples pierced to start arguments with Akello, who knows better than to take the bait but still makes >:/ face

To be fair, I think Kazu is the only person giving Amir a run for his money but he keeps all his piercings on his skull. He's got three top cartilage piercings in each ear, plus an industrial, and several helix piercings in each. He also has 2 huge gauges probably somewhere in the ballpark of 30ishmm, these are- what I consider- his most iconic piercings so they're consistently depicted. He normally just has see-through gauges but I like to think he mixes them up with different materials or designs depending on the day. Kazu's also got eyebrow piercings and occasionally a septum ring that shows up in certain art. Everyone WANTS his nipples pierced but so far no dice, he's a tease.. I would say in total he's probably got about 15-20ish piercings that he wears regularly.

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you will live and you will say the wrong things and make mistakes and people will love you anyways.

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I mean no offense when i ask this, but how come the intro demos for the characters are different than the actual story? Like, for Akellos, when he saved the mc the mcs leg or ankle was hurt, and he took her home and got to know him and i not trying to sound rude or anything but i just dont get it. I felt like i played two different stories when playing the official one on steam . I would like to apologize if this sounds like im spaceheaded or being judgemental i just want to understand.

Ah! The answer is actually pretty simple. :)

The concept chapters aren't a preview for the official game, they're conceptual or beta chapters. They were made to test whether or not people were interested enough in the character to justify writing a whole route (and whether or not I could even program a VN) back before I was sure TCM was worth pursuing as a big project. Also, most of the beta chapters were written years before the official release so they're really just early development/bonus content I'm keeping accessible to people who might be interested to see how the game's evolved since then.

So, essentially yeah! You are playing two different stories because the beta/demo chapters were always intended to be a shorter, less in-depth/broader crack at what a full route with that character might look like.

At this stage, I think TCM has enough of an audience where I won't be making any more concept chapters to test new routes (it's getting easier to tell what most players are interested in at this point, I think) but before I knew what I was doing, they were a step that seemed necessary.

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How would the boys feel about an mc who sleeps with plushies? (Clinging to my beloved zorua as I type)

I think across the board they’d be pretty chill about it!

Mori - doesn’t have a ton of sentimental possessions so I think he’d be a little charmed with MC’s plushes. He probably poses it lewdly or teases MC by giving it a stupid voice and saying dumb things.

Amir - Is occasionally given teddy bears by clients but didn’t really grow up with sentimental/comfort toys so he’s kind of enamored by a plush toy that’s 1) not a bog standard cvs teddy bear bought with hardly any sincerity or 2) so well loved as MCs. If MC leaves a plushie at Amir’s penthouse they might come back to find it in the center of his massive bed or on his vanity. He probably put rose petals on the bed too or jewelry on it or a big satin ribbon.

Akello - Thinks it’s kinda cute, will make sure you don’t accidentally forget it! Is probably the MOST prone to buying you more.

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The blush is *extra* cute!!

Him smile.... Mister Akello...

V2, fixed coat and added lil blush detail.

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THEY KEEP GETTING CUTER SOMEHOW

The details on this one are nuts, this jerk wears TWO belts.

Mori of Tri City Monsters fame.

@ioshk-chan m3 finished. Ish.

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Amir said he wanted to put a collar and leash on me and all my blood went straight to my dick and I didn't hear a single thing he said afterwards oops

SAME THOUGH.

something about a man so beautiful and so confident wanting MC so openly really does something for me YKNOW. Amir could win me over with kinks I didn't even know I HAD.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEWTWO! 

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THESE ARE SO CUTE FRAMED UP AUUUUGH

Also they're bigger than I expected!

Look at my lil dudes!

@carp-from-space, I'm not hinting at anything, but I still have some free space for other cute lil dudes. 😉 If you'll ever find yourself willing to draw some more, of course! 😌

@tricitymonsters, look at your babies!

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Problematic swag gap relationship and its just Amir and his ships that are some scruffy guy

(aka me sorry Amir I own like one face wash and oversized hoodies and thats it o7)

Amir does love his scruffy guys though like he's more than beautiful and ethereal enough for both of you so please continue with your oversized hoodies while he drapes on you in bespoke elie saab, he thinks its cute.

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wrt swag gap relationship post: am I wrong?

NO YOU'RE TOTALLY RIGHT

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problematic swag gap relationship

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saw this prompt from @/develop-your-oc had to partake

Akello's only where he is because he's been a little off his game recently with all the demon shit going on otherwise he's down in the danger zone with the rest of the fools. Also if he's in Work Brain Mode your attempts to flirt will go unnoticed so I advise going Bold to grab his attention.