At the end of the week, Rosanna moves out as she's utterly and completely smitten, and we need to get this family going for her lifetime wish. It's not that big of a move though as it's across the street. And they became bff's!
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I remember the mass exodus to twitter a few years ago, and this morning, I'm watching twitter friends wander back this way. hello everyone, welcome back, welcome to people coming here for the first time. it's weird here. you'll love it.
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Since the feedback was there, we're sharing this thing here too! 📖
(Totally unrelated to FFIX and the blog other than it's another tale you can find Sal in.)
"Shot In The Dark"
Also known as the "Paranormal Investigator AU." 👻
(This is the one and only abandoned WIP pertaining to it, years old now, thrown together with stock imagery and a bit of painting! Still works, though. Image is of Sal and Ken, her brother. Bless them.) 💜
There are two different versions of this one. One is original, one has some Kingdom Hearts characters and references going on!
Synopses:
Original AU:
Specializing as a paranormal investigator in her free time, Sal teams up with fellow paranormal enthusiasts (which includes Blane) to look into some recent activity in her old home town.
She ends up encountering the ghost of her brother, who informs her his death was not her fault. Promising him to forgive herself for her disillusionment and that she'll find the true perpetrator, she sets out to avenge his death however she can.
Fanfic AU:
Extreme paranormal events have been recorded, piquing the interest of a few paranormal enthusiasts across the nation. In classic Blair Witch Project style, they team up and set out on an investigation, losing one of their members to the inexplicable phantasm.
In their state of fear and grief, some choose to abandon the investigation while others remain stalwart, now hellbent on solving the mystery - not only to avenge their fallen fellow member, but to reconcile the lives of many who had already been lost and the false accusations that had been made in turn.
Essentially, this one involves Lauriam, setting out to find out what happened to his sister, Strelitzia.
Uncovering what happened to Strelitzia may help unravel the mystery of what happened to Sal's brother many years ago. To this end, these two notably work together for the sake of their siblings as well as others.
Additional Notes:
This series was very strongly inspired by an indie game known as Sylvio. Or, more specifically, both the original and its sequel, Sylvio 2.
The overall feel and concept of these games was just a banger.
The first game is quirkier than the second, but the stronger of the two, by far. Second one is very moody and introduces some new ways to spook you, but... definitely not as good as the first one!
The main character reminded me of Sal in a few ways and knowing how Ethereals can interact with spectral entities (ghosts) as is, I thought it would be fun to translate that ability into a hobby Sal may have as a human in an AU.
I also realized this AU would allow me to put a interesting twist on an old rendition of what transpires between Sal and her brother.
(What now happens canonically may be different, but it's still sad, if not sadder...!
It's always fated to be sad, no matter the story or AU. Yet another one of those previously mentioned "curses" always placed on her. Sal is a character who shoulders a lot of grief, turning "pain into poetry" - and that tends to be one of the biggest sources of it in every story I ever put her in. It's awful - I'm awful - but it's part of what makes her into the Sal we know and love in these stories.) 🤍
And, if you know me, the soundtrack just as strongly motivates the overall mood and story beats of these tales too. 🎵
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“Tumblr having an edit button is a real luxury. Typos are the bane of my existence. I feel like I’m going to melt every time I make a typo on Twitter and I can’t edit it away.”
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Coming back to tumblr feels like moving back in with your folks after 10 years of being away. Like yes I did mature and am older and wiser and have seen some of the world. But I’m back and lmao did anything change? Carpet feels the same.
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"We are not so different, you and I. Bringing care and comfort to the desperate, the misfortunate. The only difference is the origin of the hands that feed - and vapid moralities that blind you from the bigger picture!"
-Raphael writing that took five goes to post on Twitter properly
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Turning off Discord's New Mobile Layout [OUTDATED]
EDIT (Oct 22/2023): This was originally posted on Sept 8/23 and since then there are some people saying that the option to turn off the layout is no longer there. Currently I no longer have the option to turn the new layout back on so I'm not entirely sure where Discord is going with this. I still encourage everyone to leave Discord feedback regarding their opinions about the layout. (end edit).
EDIT (Dec 6/2023): Discord has started rolling out this new mobile layout permanently along with some other changes (such as adding the 'Midnight' theme for OLED screens, though how it's different compared to the previous OLED theme is unclear). The changes are discussed in this blog post as well as this YouTube video. Discord has acknowledged on Twitter that the new layout will "take some getting used to" but that the original mobile layout is no longer available.
As turning off this feature is no longer possible I have disabled reblogs on this post.
If you do not want this new update, and have not received it yet, you may need to consider disabling auto-updates in your app/playstore. For those already affected, some people have suggested that downloading an APK of an older version to get around this but I don't know how that works or how to do that so please don't ask me.
If you have any thoughts on this layout change I recommend sending them through Discord's Feedback forum as there is nothing that I personally can do about it.
The original post is underneath the read more. (end edit)
(Note: Discord themselves do have instructions on how to turn it off but it's buried at the bottom of their blog post about the change).
In case anyone else gets stuck with this garbage update, here's how you can turn it off:
In the bottom right corner there is now a section labelled "You".
Tap the "You" button to open the tab. This should bring up your Discord profile. In the top right corner there should be a little gear button for your Settings.
Tap on this to open the Settings up. You will need to navigate to your "Appearance" settings. Now there are actually two ways to do this now.
As normal you can scroll down to the Appearance section of the Settings:
Or you can utilise one of the actually useful things included in this update: The search bar. Yes, with the new layout you can type in the setting you're looking for instead of scrolling through them all.
Once you open up your Appearance settings you will need to scroll down until you find the section for the New Layout.
Tap on it to disable it and viola! You should be back to the old (and, in my honest opinion, more usable) layout. After turning it off you will be prompted to leave some feedback regarding your experience with the new layout, do with that what you will.
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