Starvation Falls
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Our last waterfall of the trip, Starvation Falls. Smaller than the others with a little creek running down near the parking lot.
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Fuck it, Banned Book Sale!
Jul. 25th, 2025 01:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
If you've been putting off downloading stuff off itch.io, now is the time to HURRY YOUR ASS UP. They look to be steam-cleaning the site after a scrubsquad of purityfucker Australians squealed at payment processors.
This is the email I got:
And hey, if you're like, "Wow, LB, that sure sucks that your #1 bestselling book got muzzled because of some purity wankers in Australia, I want to give you money," then thanks, friend! You're the fucking best! You can send me donations through my Paypal button or have fun buying my various wares. If you've been putting off buying my actual porn or sex shit (Multi Orgasmic, Infinity Smashed: Found Wanting, Rutless, and Coming In or Staying Out) now is the time!
In fact, you know what, for the next week, I'm going to be throwing a special offer. If you buy a paper copy of AllFam or any of the sexy things listed above, I will sign it and put a sticker on it. Your options include sparkles, rainbows, happy cute smiling things, and cute little sayings. Donate extra $ to either me or the Boston Sex Workers and Allies Collective, and I'll print you off a trans porn sticker to slap up wherever you want.
LET'S DO THIS.
oops public rant now
Jul. 25th, 2025 10:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
context : some people in tumblr alterhuman community feel there to be far more presence of men than women , but kossai have some frustrations with this assessment from both intersex and bigender perspectives - particularly ideas of who really " count " as men or women .
in terms of whether or not communities have more men than women - which in some parts is also influence by platform and algorithms ...
male femininity , and what people perceive as male femininity , is under extreme scrutiny in this world . people doubt whether really feminine , really " deserve " to be any kind of girl or woman , especially if not fit into specific binary expectations of womanhood - that is to say , without any manhood or masculinity to speak of .
as well , people still heavily associate particular body parts with particular genders . so if someone present with any sort of mix sex traits , people will obsess and assign which parts feminine , which parts masculine , and try to guess which one is " real " .
this make uncomfortable and unsafe situations especially if happen to be intersex , whether or not fall along typical gender binary . to really be intersex woman or intersex man , one must shut up and consider intersex body to be broken toy , to hide and cut away anything people perceive as male femininity - or female masculinity for that matter .
there really is this extreme scrutiny to make sure that femininity is " pure and un-manly " , as if masculinity is some kind of toxic ooze that corrupt . this is something which hurt everyone , but especially those already most vulnerable .
alongside individuals here who can be anyone and anything , collectively kossai is intersex and bigender , man and maiden both . say maiden moreso for aesthetic appeal than anything else - different words for genders have somewhat different connotations after all , whether that be bright bubbly pinks , sparkly red evening dresses , or delicate flowers - but regardless ... yeah , honestly feel unsafe to talk about in general public .
people make too many assumptions , prod too deep into things that have no right to prod , put under scrutiny and try to decide which one really deserve to exist . but there is no way to separate , to exist as only one - both always there , both always extremely important , regardless of what current clothes express .
so - what is perception of who really count as man or woman ? can someone be both ? is there some secret rule that determine which ones get to be women and which ones do not ? how many men hide these identities , hide femininity and womanhood , with knowledge that people will use one gender to invalidate other ? how many women get cast aside from ideas of womanhood unfairly ?
rusted moss ~ yay !!!
Jul. 24th, 2025 09:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
really happy to see this because oh , was literally stuck there for hours try and try and try again , but always come up seconds too short in final room because of fumbly fingers - after already spend immense time on room prior - and have to completely give up . so yeah , can finally finish great climb !
Evangelion Raising sim(s)
Jul. 24th, 2025 09:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
A while back I saw a twitter thread about an Evangelion video game with social simulation elements, like making Shinji punch a wall to lower his stats. This was both very amusing and very compelling to me, the "see, they can grow up to be anything" aspect of raising sims is an optimistic counterpoint that makes the canon downward spiral of Evangelion even more tragic. So when I found the Evangelion raising game on an abandonware site, I was excited to see what they did with it.
After several weeks of in-game play I realized I had the wrong game.
There wasn't just one Evangelion raising game, there were several. They just... kept making them? Kept iterating on them? Gainax did make the OG Princess Maker but it's still surprising to me that they took so many swings at the same concept.
In chronological order we've got:
Ayanami Raising Project, with Rei as the subject. (original release 2001, rerelease 2003 with an Asuka mode).
Neon Genesis Evangelion 2, which emphasized the "simulation" of the whole cast, not just the subject. Lets you access multiple alternate timelines, contains Deep Lore not shared in the series. This was the wall-punching one (2003)
Shinji Ikari Raising Project, with Shinji as the subject. Also offers several different timelines or takes on the source material, and works in elements from the dialogue-heavy Girlfriend of Steel game. This is the one I'm playing now (2004)
Girlfriend of Steel 2 is maybe more a dating sim than a raising sim but there's a lot of overlap anyway (2003)
This is interesting to me for a few reasons:
It forms a remarkably consistent... iterative canon? providing multiple takes on the series and providing the possibility that things could be better than they turned out in the original, they just didn't because the characters were selfish and short-sighted. The characterization in the original is strengthened through contrast.
There was another mecha student sim game, Gunparade March. Did they play it and think "this would be so cool for Eva" and tried it repeatedly? Were they trying to overtake a perceived competitor? Was Gunparade March so popular they were just trying to keep up? I dunno!
WIR: The Everlasting (3)
Jul. 24th, 2025 09:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Chapter two: Protagonist Creation!
Intro material has some advice before the rules themselves show up: Don't powergame, don't make a character that's too annoying (i'm under attack), be okay with bad things happening to them eventually, and also you can ignore the character creation rules completely if you really want. I expect I'm going to get pretty tired of "you can ignore this if you really want" by the end of the book.
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silliness
Jul. 24th, 2025 12:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
sometimes also think , like , would be so great to use this feature from this game in that game over there , add some more randomness to whatever system ... or maybe even combine how different games do similar things , see how that change . honestly , even sometimes kind of fun to use gemulator features in games that have no game master to start with .
really love video games because do not have to choose how overall world and story will play out and change - developers already choose that - but there is obviously limitation in that , too . love creativity of tabletop and journal games , but then sometimes almost feel like sheer amount of choice and control overwhelm . honestly spend more time think about tabletop and journal games than actually play :P
Hero Complex [Renji+Byakuya; PG]
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Fandom/Pairing: Bleach - Renji + Byakuya
Summary: Sometimes Renji rushes into things a little carelessly...
Rating: PG
Content: Injury
Disclaimer: The world and characters of Bleach are not mine, they all belong to Kubo Tite. I just play with them, using them as paper dolls. No people, either real or fictional were hurt in the writing of this story.
Notes: 350+ words. Written for the prompt protection. Many thanks to
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Pet Toy [Kau/Akira; R]
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Fandom/Pairing: Togainu no Chi - Kau/Akira
Summary: Arbitro enjoys drugging his guests, and Akira is no exception...
Rating: R
Content: Canon-compliant awfulness, loss of consciousness, non-con, hurt/comfort...
Disclaimer: Togainu no Chi and all the characters in it are owned by Nitro+CHiRAL. I'm only borrowing them. No disrespect intended and I'm not earning any money from writing this. No people, either real or fictional, were hurt in the writing of this story.
Notes: 300+ words. Written for the prompt unconsciousness. It's a little something I wrote during a drabbling session on my birthday together with my friend. Many thanks to
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post-NDE and surgery ...
Jul. 23rd, 2025 09:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
not really about NDE in self , but some of events around NDE .
medical talk , medical neglect , some serious disgust and bullshit .
Feeling a Gamer's Itch
Jul. 23rd, 2025 03:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
And as a broke bitch with a computer that was bottom of the curve OS-wise when I bought it, I gotta say that the typical answers just don't grab me much.
I tried my hand at Destiny; I saw the appeal but I could tell I'd wholly missed the boat on that one. Never thought I'd get to understand what it feels like to try and get into cape comics as someone who hasn't read comics since they were six. Also all signs seem to indicate the game has deprecated considerably of late.
I gave Warframe a shot (I know, I know, that really doesn't count, but it's playing in much the same space), since it has its claws planted quite firmly in my brother's amygdala and I thought I could use some of that poison, but I've got no love for the grind and I hate the horrible claws it expects me to make of my hands. Pity, because it sure looks lovely.
An old roommate got me to check out The Finals, and that was neat (albeit very much pushing the limits of my machine's specs) but the overwhelming focus on multiplayer ratchets the ol' social anxiety up something fierce. I know for a fact that I'm crap at all the technical shit that makes someone competitively viable in this space; I need my PVE or I just end up feeling like a colossal burden.
I reinstalled EYE: Divine Cybermancy just to see if it would get the monkey off my back, for christ's sake (it didn't, to no great surprise. the gunplay does fuck all for me). I've been looking at Project Silverfish and the Citadel games with hungry eyes, but that's breaking Monkey Island rules.
So I'm throwing this out to whoever might be listening: what cheap-to-free shit have I missed?
mushroom musume ~ quality of life progress !
Jul. 23rd, 2025 02:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
muto
assertive analog poison pie ... so yeah , did try gala with thief here , but unfortunately could only get 3 out of 5 items due to wrong traits . still , really fun event , and will be super fun to go again !
talula
thickening brown chanterelle , who climb great mountain - and live to tell tale , with promise that knight atop mountain will kill anyone else who take inspiration from talula's story . bittersweet success .
babi
elegant white tuft , who become master painter ! now able to make custom palettes for game . also relocate eyeflower into mushroom village green district , but not sure yet if this is persistent effect - will have to check again another time . on bright side , was also able to put tons of gold shrooms in garden , which means ...
nala
looming grey ink cap ... this is what build up for ever since realise : creepy daughter to go to school and become teacher's pet , in order to get mushy apple garden item . well worth effort , daughters will actually be literate from now on ! on top of that , all that extra gold allow nala to actually buy house in mushroom village . finally !
garden can be kind of cumbersome if not actually understand yet , but absolutely worth effort to learn .
fun thought
Jul. 23rd, 2025 11:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
carnivorous pitcher plant
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This appears to be Sarracenia purpurea which has a lot of names in English, including Common Pitcher Plant. The specialized leaves form cup-shaped traps with nectar at the bottom that attracts bugs, which can't escape and are digested to provide nutrition for the plant. In this species the traps sit on the ground, and I don't know if I would have noticed them if I hadn't been looking.
( pitcher plant flower and habitat (2 photos) )
fae farm ~ really odd line
Jul. 23rd, 2025 09:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
like , people know that abandoned objects pick up ambient magic and become angry creatures , so ... just ... allow that to happen , not treat objects with reverence and care ? and pretty much every substantial problem is just result of hungry or cranky nature spirit that act out , just need some food and kind words and everything is immediately OK again .
and like ... have nothing against games that just want to be cosy , comfortable , and inclusive , but approach means everything - and think fae farm approach weirdly sometimes . for one thing , have character like aspen who is in wheelchair - who is essentially stuck in market square for all of time because of bumpy stone bridges , steep hills , and stairs that wheelchair could not possibly navigate , not that player can ever see navigate anyway . just feel sort of empty like , yeah , need wheelchair guy somewhere !
but main topic here : there is this potion seller NPC who player can talk and learn from , and in one line of dialogue say that someone try to order love potion , so instead give jar of bees .
sorry what ??? look , kossai hate love potion tropes too , but this one little line that try to be cute and subversive of idea is now just really out of place sour reminder that hey , people sexually assault each other here too ! could this be one of beloved townsfolk , even ? no details , and so out of place with overall vibe , that this line just plant really uncomfortable seed .