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innocence-wont-save-you · 3 months

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Can you not see his structure from here? Why not, like, point at it then yourself? Im sure they'd be able to at least understand "i'm related to that".

Well, that would be easier if it weren't raining outside right now...

#i'm uh. out of it. hi. disappeared for a month. i still care about this story #things have just been hectic #innocence won't save you #unparalleled innocence #whispers for innocence #i'm so smart. the other ask was already used as an action #it's been a month

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humming-fly · 7 months

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Inktober Day 26 - Discarded

Once again I've started rereading @post-it-notes7's fic Heart and Soul and am as always having a Wonderful time with it unlike the protagonists

(will probably go back in and add the shading later but for now it's 2am so it's gettin posted!)

#I still plan to do the shading but idk if i'll be able to have it done before october ends since i'm about to fly out for a conference lol #i Might be able to take my sketchbook but i might also just wait to do it some other time when things are less hectic #def do plan to finish it up at some point though #inktober #inktober2023 #meta knight #galacta knight #heart and soul #h&s #do i still need to tag spoilers the relevant chapter has been out for quite a while by this point haha #despite reading the relevant chapter like 2 days ago i couldn't recall if the moon phase was mentioned so feel free to ignore it if I'm off #my art #doodles #drops gk like a sack of flour #he's fine

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wyllaztopia · 12 days

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will take an indefinite hiatus on posting for a while on all my socials and blogs. i need some time to sort things behind the scenes (like the docs and other projects relating to agdt) as well as irl stuff i need to get to.

don't worry! you can still tag me or message me if you have any concerns and questions and i'll get to them when i can.

thank you for the support and patience! i hope to give you all more high-quality content when i post again <3

#wyllaztopia rambles #just so i don't worry people when i don't post for like a week #things have been a bit hectic irl for me too #nothing concerning or heavy #just stuff to do ya know?

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moonswolfie · 9 months

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the way i sCREAMED

I slapped my poor bed full force😭

I'm not sure how to get them tho, which is a sad moment

You can see their chibi forms in game tho through little icons and playing the event and they're so CUTE AHSJKADGAHD

#˗ˏˋ ★ ꕤ 「Wolfie’s posts」 ꕤ ★ ˎˊ˗#this is the last non-fic post i swear😭#things have just kinda been hectic because of the school year starting #haikyuu!!#haikyuu #inarizaki #haikyuu!!: touch the dream #osamu miya #miya osamu #miya atsumu #kita shinsuke #kita haikyuu #suna rintarou #suna rintarō #miya twins #atsumu miya

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ejunkiet · 4 months

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THIS IS NOT A DRILL: WORDS ARE ON THE PAGE >:3

#it's been a stressful month (two months?)#I am finally writing again omg it's just been. hectic. sghjfdk #gotta love a messy vampire to get you back into a swing of things. porter beloved <3 #but also. I miss my original project!!!#i have a long weekend coming up #for hiking and spending time with friends #and some time to read and write >:3 #tmi #needed a cheerier personal post omg

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the-himawari · 5 months

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A3! Izumida Azami - Translation [SR] Lunch Break Fun (2/2)

*Please read disclaimer on blog

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Azami: … (Nobody’s around.)

*opens fridge*

Sakuya: Azami-kun?

Azami: !?

Sakuya: Ah, sorry. Did I startle you?

Azami: …What do you want?

Sakuya: I felt thirsty, so I thought I would drink some tea.

Azami: R-right. …Here’s the tea.

Sakuya: Thank you.

Azami: See ya.

*leaves*

Sakuya: Hold on! Azami-kun? Was Azami-kun okay not having tea…? Or maybe he came to get something else?

-pause-

Azami: *Gulp*… …Nice. (Strawberry milk tastes this good, huh?) (It’s not a good idea to drink too much though… Or rather, should I make my own?)

Kumon: Azami~?

Azami: !

Kumon: Ah! Azami, is that—.

Azami: Shh!

Kumon: Mmph!

Azami: I don’t want another peep outta you.

Kumon: Mmph… I’llbequiet.

Azami: …As long as you got it.

Kumon: *Gasp*… hah. I got a heart attack when you suddenly covered my mouth! Do you like it now, Azami? Err… that drink.

Azami: …I just thought it tasted pretty good after having it for the first time in a while.

Kumon: Mhmm…

Azami: Don’t say anythin’.

Kumon: I got it! It’s a secret between you and I!

Azami: A secret… you’re blowin’ this way outta proportion.

Kumon: Hehe. But it feels cool having a secret just between the two of us, doesn’t it?

Azami: All we’re hiding is strawberry milk.

Kumon: …Ah, that reminds me. Seeing the strawberry milk reminded me that the vending machines at Tsuku High are going to change their drinks soon.

Azami: Wait, really?

Kumon: Yep. The lady at the school store told me.

Azami: I see. Since the seasons are switchin’ over too…

Kumon: Exactly. She said there’ll be more warm drinks. I can’t wait to see what new stuff gets added! I wonder if they’ll have corn soup!

Azami: …

-pause-

Azami: (…Oh yeah. Kumon mentioned the drinks inside the vending machines are gonna be changed.) (I thought I’d been drinking too much strawberry milk lately, but since it’s gonna be gone soon, maybe it’s fine to drink some today?) (Kumon already knows I’m drinkin’ it anyways.)

-pause-

Kumon: Azamiii~!

Azami: I told you you don’t need to come all the way here…

Kumon: Don’t worry about it! Let’s go to the cafeteria together! By the way, the drinks in the vending machines changed today! When I took a quick peek this morning, the vendor had already switched them out!

Azami: (So the day has finally come… so I guess that’ll be gone now, huh?)

-pause-

Kumon: Ah! Azami, the strawb… that’s there!

Azami: Dude, don’t point!

Kumon: Owch! Don’t hit me!

Azami: You were bein’ loud.

Kumon: But it’s great it’s still there, right!

Azami: …Whatever. It’s not like I like it or anything.

Kumon: Hehe, I’ll just leave it at that. It’s our secret, after all!

Azami: It’s not gonna be a secret if you yell so damn loud! (So… the strawberry milk didn’t get replaced…) (Well. I guess it’ll be alright if I keep drinkin’ it once in a while.)

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#a3!#a3! translation #izumida azami #act! addict! actors!#sorry for the delay!!#I just started a new job so things have been hectic (when are they not hectic lmao)

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iwritenarrativesandstuff · 1 year

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There’s always been something that bothered me about whenever I try to explain the concept of Hatoful Boyfriend and most people’s immediate reaction is “oh! Like Doki Doki!”. My response is always just “…I guess?” because I could never quite explain why that felt wrong to me but I think I finally can put a finger on it now.

(To be clear, I’ve played and enjoyed both games. They’re both fun - this isn’t a criticism at all! I just think they’re, at their cores, two very different things. Also I don’t spoil anything for either game here beyond the obvious; that is, that these games are not what they seem to be at first glance, which I’m pretty sure most people know going in. If that amount of spoiler still bothers you, then stop reading here and play the games first!!!)

When people compare the two games, I 100% understand where they’re coming from. It’s the same gimmick I suppose: cutesy looking or joke visual novel actually turns out to be a smokescreen to hide the horrors within. But. Like. I feel like that’s where the similarities end.

See, DDLC’s whole point is to be shocking. It’s intended to make you jump and disturb you. It’s primarily a horror game with you, the player, as its focal point, and as a result the characters are only really there to be used by the story. The majority of the characters, with the exception of one, are pretty straightforward and lean heavily on the tropes commonly used in dating sims so the game can later distort them in increasingly horrific ways - with the intent of shocking and scaring you. The characters are more tools to be used to tell the story and create the experience than fully fleshed out people, which I think works out well thematically for DDLC. It’s effective in the sense where the characters aren’t really what draws you in, but rather the premise and the anticipation of getting a good scare out of it, with some existential stuff mixed in there for a pretty cool experience. You came to get scared right? Well that’s what you got.

But Hatoful is very different because its intent is not to shock or scare you necessarily. Hatoful, since its initial development, has been designed to make you care. Hato Moa made the game intending for people to start it because of its ridiculous concept, but then to discover it’s depth along the way. Hatoful doesn’t want to jump scare you. It wants to tell you a story. It delves into horror, that’s true, but the horror is much more psychological and it stems from the character’s actions. It’s a character driven story at its core, and it does this by taking itself seriously. It knows it’s completely absurd and leans into the absurdity, but the character interactions are real, so that when actual plot begins to happen, you’ll wonder when you started getting so attached. The characters twist typical dating sim tropes again, but this time to ask “hey why is this character like this? maybe it’s not so straightforward as you think”. And then the game goes a step further and reveals that there is an actual in-universe reason for its insane setup of “a human girl goes to bird school which is for birds and dates pigeons”. Hatoful is less tongue in cheek and more completely unabashed about it’s ridiculous premise and plays it straight - which in turn makes its serious moments shockingly genuine. That, to me, is why it works. The point is to delve into the characters. The plot is driven by the characters. It’s horrifying at times because the characters will sometimes make or be forced to make horrific choices. It’s not a gimmick. It’s a cohesive story. It’s just asking you to dig into it a little further to get there.

Tldr; DDLC is a cutesy facade and Hatoful is unabashedly absurd. DDLC wants to scare you and Hatoful wants you to care. DDLC uses its characters as tools for the experience while Hatoful’s whole point is the characters.

Editing based off a reblog that made me aware I was not completely fair with DDLC here (again, still trying not to spoil too much): The experience in DDLC is heavily based on its thematic content. When I say “the characters serve the experience” and “it wants to scare you” I don’t mean this shallowly, and I think it can and has been frequently misinterpreted in this way. In DDLC, the horror comes from the situation. In that sense, it’s thematically appropriate that the characters are tools in that way - that’s actually part of it and you are meant to feel bad for them - their situations, issues, and personalities are thematically relevant and sympathetic. I shouldn’t have juxtaposed “to scare you” and “to make you care”; that was far too simplistic a summary to the point where it is inaccurate. They both want you to care - a story only has power if you care about it. But I do still feel strongly that DDLC’s draw is the terrifying situation it impresses on the player, and the self-aware questions it asks (in which characters are put through the existential oppressive wringer to emphasize these themes), while Hatoful primarily relies on you slowly but surely acclimating to the absurdity so it can tell what is simultaneously an off the walls story that is also genuine and believable for the characters you’ve grown to know.

#if you’ve compared them I’m not mad I promise! I totally get why they’re grouped together when you haven’t played them #I just needed to verbalize this for some reason. probably no one will read this lol but oh well I wrote it for me #whether you think these games were successful in what they set out to do will vary according to personal taste #but the point is that they set out to do very different things here #hatoful boyfriend #not tagging as ddlc because this is more about hatoful tbh and about the struggles I have trying to recommend it 😞#also hi everyone. it’s been awhile. I promise I have bsd stuff too it’s just been really hectic lately #storyrambles

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coquelicoq · 1 month

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one important thing about work emails is that whoever you send them to can forward them to anyone else, or reply to you and copy other people. so if you're going to talk about a third party in your email, only say things you would be okay with the third party reading. because people can and will just suddenly CC brand new people on a long email chain, who will then be able to backread anything you've ever said in any of your previous responses that you were sending to only one person. word to the wise.

#i mention this because this just happened to me today BUT it was fine because i already do this #i was writing to client A and mentioned client B who has been making both of our lives harder #but because it's my policy never to trash talk one client to another client (they all know each other btw)#(and some of them are contractors for others of them)#the thing that i said about client B was not something i had to then regret a few days later #when client A for some fucking reason CC'd client B in her response to me #i worded it like 'i'm sorry this has been so hectic and last-minute. it took me a while to understand what client B wanted.'#which has the virtue of being true and also not denigrating client B in any way even though what i meant was #'client B has been so confusing in everything he has said to me that i couldn't give you any advance warning'#but i didn't SAY that. so we're golden #the thing is you will be SO tempted SO often to tell someone that something is a third party's fault #because it will often be a third party's fault!!!!! but you must resist every time. especially in writing #<-this is not universal advice bc sometimes you need to stand up for yourself or whatever. i just mean in venting situations #no venting to clients about other clients. sometimes you need to vent with them in order to build rapport and get them to see you as #an ally rather than an obstacle but you cannot vent ABOUT other people. they can do it but you can't. you have to find other things #to vent about #my posts

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roboraindrop · 2 months

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Listen I..... I want Grima to be my husband. I want to be his spouse. I want the world to know that I found worth in him and that I'm never letting him go,,,

#rain rambles #Slithering Sycophant #gushing #I just. I'm waiting for the right time for the wedding. things have been so hectic irl and i want to be able to give him all of my attention

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merevide · 3 months

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hiiiii i have returned from the depths of the underworld (self imposed hiatus) (3 week break that felt like 3 years)

#posting this then going 2 bed so i actually have incentive to start posting again i’ve been meaning to for like. two days now LOL #i’ve just been genuinely stressed LMAO but i started reading a new book n getting into new media so things mightttt be okay.#u know its been a wild time if smth convinced me to take a break from tumblr for like a month #n it was lmao. first it was the fatigue then it was the health issues which the fatigue stemmed from #then it was doing work n then it was literally nobody cares am i alive yes am i doing well sure(?)#am i gonna be active WE'LL SEE #genuinely missed my mutuals which is why i was bad at this i still checked in from time 2 time just did not post #im like 5 days off of this being an actual month long break but i was like waittt lemme post smth before #the month ends i dont wanna skip february so yeah #tldr most chronically online person ever thinks that like 3 weeks away from her blog is like 3 years. iam right #my text #🍅🍅🍅 this was a long rant boooooo get off the stage #i probs sound like a hectic mess bc i am anyway goodnight happy bhm happy valentines happy february hope it has been kind

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oculusxcaro · 4 months

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{{ eeee you better post pictures of the snek when it comes !!! >:3!!

Oh, I'm planning on it! I've had corn snakes in the past and they were so much fun to take care of but I'm leaning really heavily towards a ball python if possible. They're a little slower and very, very chonk which would be adorable. Going to wait until it gets a little warmer first as I'd need to get a train there but sometime soon you'll see the new baby!

#arkhmlcst #🌈 || ooc #;; mun bullshit #Thank you for sending this tooth!#Sorry to have been a bit quiet lately I hope you've been doing alright #And that school + life isn't getting you down too much!#Things have been okay here just a little hectic #But I am absolutely getting that snek sometime soon and you will all see pictures!#Just gotta work hard for the time being and get shit sorted hehe

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expertmakodriver · 4 months

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Mass Effect really is that one series that will always have my heart and soul

#i know i've been away for a while #i keep popping in and out #i got into mass effect right before i graduated college and since i've been out i've been focusing on my career #work has me traveling around so much #and on top of that my father just passed away from cancer #so things have been pretty hectic for the past year or so #mass effect is what i always turn to when i need some uplifting #my post

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cosmojjong · 1 year

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[noon song of hope, eng sub] uploaded the english subbed version of this interview! please note that it may contain minor inaccuracies. if you want to know further information about the translation send me an ask. check the description of the video for re-translations. hope you sit down to enjoy this whenever you feel like it!

#jonghyun #e: she is #oops i did it again #i have been working and it seems like the workload will be higher soon so i want to sub things before it gets too hectic #i don't want anything else other than keeping up with this healing activity and for others to be happy #if it was for me i would just get to every unsubbed content #anyways.. hope this makes you happy because it is one of my favorite interviews #i love him and he makes me laugh from how random and entertaining he is #plus the dj herself is cheerful too #enjoy #Youtube

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yellowloid · 5 months

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FINALLY managed to make some progress on my wip thank GOD and all the saints in heaven for this christmas miracle

#it's kind of a funny story btw. life has been so hectic since the end of october i haven't really had time to write as such #only editing stuff that was already written and ready (the first two chapters of my fic that i posted)#but over the past few days i've gone back to reread the next parts and i've made some interesting discoveries #one of them being that i miscalculated and i don't in fact just have the 3rd chapter ready. i also have the 4th lmao #so that was a nice surprise #anyway. the other day after rereading the whole thing and making a couple of edits here and there i closed the doc and called it a day #that's what we call progress 🥰🥰🥰#(was procrastinating as a result of being irrationally afraid of writing again after two months)#but yeah long story short. i FINALLY got back to actually writing tonight #made some actual progress on the 5th chapter and i'm so proud of myself for that you have no idea lmao #we're SO back baby #writing stuff

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scarecrowbutch · 7 months

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