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bi 🌸 she/her 🌻 23 🌼 (I'm a Slytherin, and Pisces) 🌷 INTP🌹 listen, I'm just vibing 🌺 English is not my first language so ehm I apologize in advance 🍀

[ryan-sometimes]

Tumblr I need everyone to log in rn because the most important, quotable, instantly iconic celebrity post of the century just dropped

[ryan-sometimes]

A ship — a magnificent ship — full of gay men. And me.

I am furious, but I am sailing.

[thepanaculty]

And what is the charge?! A ship??? A magnificent ship full of gay men and me?!

[pastabot]

today is not my birthday

[pastabot]

reblog if your birthday is not today

[luteousbones]

In your back pocket

[ainecdote-remade-deactivated202]

tired of cannibalism as a metaphor for love or sex. can we get into cannibalism as a metaphor for colonization.

[sloppity-bilepiper]

1. Europeans using Egyptian mummies as medicine

2. The Delectable Negro: Human Consumption and Homoeroticism Within US Slave Culture by Vincent Woodard

3. "Abolitionists turned the tables on Europeans by accusing them of being cannibals when they ate sugar tainted with the flesh and blood of slaves."

4. Zombies (which I would class as cannibals, since they were human and need to eat humans to live) have a root in Haitian folklore and represented enslavement.

[vintagedean]

adding that, if you can find it, cannibal culture by deborah root is about exactly this. the way the white western world is a hungry, destructive force that cannibalizes non-white cultures and creates wealth and status through the cannibal colonization of those cultures.

here's the intro

i almost think there's an essay in bell hooks' black looks about this too? yes! just checked, there's an essay called "eating the other"

[just-some-river]

Remember that one part on dream daddy where Robert says he comes here to masturbate. I’m so upset that we didn’t have a option to say “so you must cum here a lot”

[nightmarereverie]

A shit ton of old Charmmy Kitty wallpapers I’ve scrounged up

[jeniferprince]

Entwined 🧡

patreon // buy prints here

[baraphalloplastyclinic]

I actually do think we should discourage women from becoming housewives. Do not become financially dependent on a man. That's how a lot of women ended up dead over the years. A man gets violent suddenly and you have to choose between homelessness or potentially dying at his hand because you have an enormous gap in your resume and no degrees or certifications or anything that will help you pursue a career that will allow you to be financially independent. He owns your bank account. His name is probably the one on the car. Try and leave and he can report it stolen. Where will you go then?

Don't become a housewife.

[ladyfoxfire]

And if you do become a housewife, take steps to protect yourself. Make sure you’re legally married, for starters; stay-at-home girlfriends have very little legal recourse to claim their partner’s assets in a breakup. Make sure your name is on the house deed/rental agreement, and have your car in your name, even if your spouse is paying for it. Have your spouse transfer money every month into an account solely in your name, so you can buy yourself things without needing permission, but also so you can save up to leave if needed.

If your spouse fights you on any of this, then don’t quit your job. The tradwife to poverty pipeline is real, and so is financial abuse.

[dressedupliketheking]

also, many women/people experience controlling behaviour and domestic violence from their partner for the first time during pregnancy. don’t risk thinking “he’s just stressed, it’ll get better when the baby comes” because it won’t. neither you and your child will ever be safe with that man. get out as early and safely as you can

[itlivesproject]

Just in case you needed to see this, I refuse to touch the ai slop PB insists on churning out and will wait forever and a day for the obsidian cut 🖤

🖤🖤🖤

[itlivesproject]

It is SO frustrating to hear about the AI slop version omg. I will wait a hundred years for more IL content but NOT like this😭 Only from you guys🙏

Agreed, but at least we have ILW. Can you imagine how it would've felt if we didn't have It Lives Within?? OH i would've been so pissed lol

[itlivesproject]

ANNOUNCING IT LIVES WITHIN: THE OBSIDIAN CUT

Release Date: TBD

Creating It Lives Within was an incredible honor, and we're so proud of what we made. That said, because we released the game as we were writing it, we never had the chance to edit it as a single, cohesive work. And looking back, there were a lot of things I wished I could fix.

It Lives Within: The Obsidian Cut is my chance to do so. In addition to cleaning up pacing issues and strengthening weaker arcs, it also includes:

New art

New audio tracks and sound effects

Robust character customization

All-new scenes

Hundreds of new personality-based dialogue variants

A new MC hobbies/interests mechanic

Post-ending bonus episodes

Open code to let people edit their sprites and help others learn from our code, if interested

And more!

Keep reading under the cut for more details 🔥

Note: It Lives Within: The Obsidian Cut is a separate app from the original game. The original will remain available on our itch.io page, alongside Obsidian, under the name "It Lives Within: Legacy Edition."

CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION

NEW BODY TYPES

It was always our ultimate vision to include more body types. Now with our improved skills, we are happy to announce FOUR new body types!

Feminine Slim and Masculine Solid

Masculine Slender and Masculine Full

UN-GENDERLOCKED HAIRSTYLES

As the eagle-eyed may have noticed in the above screen shot, we also now have resized ALL hairstyles for ALL genders, for Devon, Harper, and Rowan alike. You can also now pick Harper's clothes!

BETTER ACCESSORY CUSTOMIZATION

Glasses, piercings, and earrings are separated so you can now mix and match as you please (example in the video below).

NEW HIJAB OPTIONS

New hijab options, plus you can now pick ANY hairstyle with the hijab, not just hairstyles that could be layered under the hijab without peeking out.

IMPROVED USER EXPERIENCE

This video will showcase:

Revamped settings UI (you can now delete saves in game!)

Item descriptions and page tabs

Easier to navigate closet

Improved accessories selection

Background panning

Improved game animations

Auto-hiding settings buttons for a less cluttered screen

GAMEPLAY ADDITIONS

PERSONALITY SYSTEM REVAMP

I have meticulously gone through the game and adjusted countless dialogues and sprite reactions to help the three personalities (genuine/sarcastic/aggressive) feel more consistent. No more weirdly upbeat grumps or overly sarcastic sweethearts. You'll feel your MC's personality at all times - not just during menus.

INTERESTS SYSTEM

The Obsidian Cut gives Rowan the option to pick two hobbies or interests: a primary and secondary trait.

These interests will occasionally influence automatic dialogue, give Rowan unique dialogue options, and alter how certain scenes play out.

NEW SCENES

Let's just say what's the point of releasing a new edition if there aren't some new scenes? Have some teaser screencaps, and know there's more where that came from!

NEW OUTFITS AND SPRITES

Lincoln has new, meticulously hand drawn tattoos. Noah's new outfit was also drawn from scratch. While his outfit will be consistent throughout the game, Lincoln's is an alt that is worn on occasion. Other sprites and outfits may have been edited, but these two were the biggest jobs.

In addition to that, we also have some completely new creature sprites, and the final game product will showcase a some updated CGs as well!

BONUS EPISODES

And last but not least, you'll get to play some additional episodes following the end of the game:

The Beach Episode: Lincoln invites all your friends to Seaside, Oregon, for a group vacation. Mixed and blood routes.

The Shadow Episode: Amalia's graduating, and her friends are there to support her. Shadow route.

Because of the massive number of variants possible upon reaching the end, there will not be an additional episode for any of the other endings.

OPEN CODE

In addition to all these new features, we will be leaving the code open. As such, it will allow players to customize in-game sprites, so have fun editing and putting your character directly into the game! We also hope that the open code will be educational for anyone interested in making visual novels or Choices fan projects.

IN CONCLUSION:

It Lives Within: The Obsidian Cut is an edited alternate version of ILW that will be released in the next few months, started because I wanted to edit the game. It includes new art, scenes, game mechanics, and a streamlined user experience. That said, certain lines of dialogue were changed and other scenes were cut during the edited process. If you find yourself missing things that were in the original but are not in Obsidian, feel free to stick with It Lives Within: Legacy Edition.

Excited to share my work with you! Thanks for your support, and happy Halloween!! 🎃👻

[depsidase]

[lesbinewren]

we need to make using chatgpt embarrassing bc sorry it really is. what do you mean you can’t write an email

[lesbinewren]

“ikr i only use it for-“ whatever you use chatgpt for is also embarrassing. you do not need the plagiarism machine that lies and evaporates water for anything actually

[headspace-hotel]

thought about that quote "homosexuality exists in 1000+ species, homophobia only exists in one" but how awkward would it be if we discovered another species that was homophobic

"homosexuality exists in 1000+ species, homophobia only exists in two. what? oh, humans, and the yellow-patched cuboid pinecone wren that was recently discovered on an island off the coast of canada. they're fucking bigots"

[dumbpuppyfag]

UNGRATEFUL tech companies are saying things like "turn off your ad blocker" and "we need your photo id" instead of "thank you so much for not just pirating our shit, youre so handsome"

[kyberinthevoid]

I hate that “chat” now makes people think of chatgpt. no. I’m asking my imaginary greek chorus twitch audience.

[liberalsarecool]

KKK said the same thing about the hoods.