tender is the flesh

Be mindful where you wander | 30 | MDNI

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About Me

Call me CC. This blog is mostly focused around whatever game or horror media I’m into at the moment. I don’t care what pronouns you use for me.

I block liberally. Ageless and blank blogs will be blocked automatically. Anti’s are not welcome here.

Current Interests

Cult of the Lamb

Silent Hill F

Resident Evil Requiem

The Freak Circus

[muttsandmustelidae]

From the Nashville Zoo’s fb page! Here’s the petition, please please please take a moment to add your name (even if you’re not from Nashville!). If you are from Tennessee, contact your representatives and make it clear that the people do not want this data center. This is an AZA accredited zoo which is home to several species of critically endangered animals, we NEED to protect it. Make your voice heard!

[muttsandmustelidae]

Because people will pay attention to cute animals, here are some of the critically endangered/endangered species housed at the Nashville Zoo!

The Amur Leopard and Clouded Leopard (which recently celebrated its 50th cub born at the zoo!)

The Sumatran Tiger

The Red Ruffed Lemur and Ring-Tailed Lemur

The Cotton-Top Tamarin and White-Cheeked Gibbon

The Colobus Monkey and De Brazza’s Monkey

And the Mexican Spider Monkey!

Look at them!!!! Look at them and fight like hell to save them!!!!

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Deidre: The universe may move in mysterious ways but you don’t have to be that way, Pierrot

Deidre: Use the blinker.

[brookw0rm]

Ticket Taker Headcannons:

Design-wise, I thought it would be fun to mimic the drips in his mask throughout coloring too!

I also love the idea that if hungry/overwhelmed/stressed the spots on his hands drip ink, which means he washes a LOT of those white gloves. That, combined with him being very particular and neat, would make for an interesting annoyance on his end I'm sure! (But also: Ink smears occasionally left on MC when he loses a bit of control -u- )

I love this tired workaholic of a creature.

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Took me too long to come up with some kind of way for Sarah to have some kind of initial need to interact with the circus in some way in order to get her proverbial story started, especially since I’m keeping Deidre in the same (proverbial) timeline as the coffee shop mc.

And apparently we’ve decided that Sarah is officially CDL certified and drives her own truck, so she probably got hired to do the trucking for the bigger stuff.

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Thinking about how strong the bond must have been between Pierrot and Harlequin and how the latter actively chose to break it because being hated by someone he cared so deeply for was better than watching him die.

[tricitymonsters]

This is an incredibly important announcement regarding TCM’s next major update.  I know this is information-dense, but please take a minute to read it over.

As always, I'm available here and on discord to answer any questions you might have!

So, I’ve made a point of discussing the future of TCM regarding pricing, and after a lot of deliberation, I have decided to charge for the full release of the game.

This past year has been insanely stressful, as there’s been a global “anti-porn” shift that has made virtually all spaces for monetized adult content hostile.  Traditionally stable marketplaces for 18+ content have been absolutely besieged by chaotic TOS changes, bans, delistings, and more to a degree that I literally could not have conceived of five years ago.  Things are currently so bad that TCM can’t monetize on itch.io at all without being completely delisted, and even Steam has been quietly removing some adult content under threat from their payment processors.  Just last month, Patreon and Kickstarter have both released new changes to their TOS that put further nebulous restrictions on their adult content.  The Kickstarter I ran for TCM in 2023 would no longer be permitted under their new rules.

All three final chapters will be released at once on July 11, 2026.  At that point, the game will cost $24.99

For Steam Users:

If you already have the game in your Steam Library when it leaves Early Access, you will not have to pay for the game to get the final chapters.  

That being said, put it in your library asap if it isn’t already.  You have until July 11 to get the game for free, and that includes the final chapters update.

For Itch Users:

I know itch.io issued a statement claiming they were looking for new payment processors, but because nothing has changed on that front, I am not permitted to monetize TCM on itch.io.  Because of this, the full version of the game will only be available via Patreon integration and will not be freely available to people who have already downloaded the game.  I encourage you to make the switch to Steam if at all possible.

For Kickstarter Backers & Patrons:

Keep an eye on your DMs, I have more info for yall you should be receiving shortly.

[inasane]

That's literally how it felt

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two tickets to the gunshow, please!

(Love the idea that the yellow of Harley’s top could be a halter? Something to make it easier to get those tentacles/vines free to maneuver.)

ALSO THERE’S SO MANY GREAT FAN DESIGNS/IDEAS for what they look like under the costumes, feel like i’m just gunna keep adjusting as we learn more lol.

bonus mc Cameron being distracted:

[miya-rrr]

I have feelings for him 🥹

[miya-rrr]

That very moment~

[miya-rrr]

rkgk Sorry not sorry 🫣

[miya-rrr]

"The monsters' eyes had changed. And that's how the monsters became human!"

[miya-rrr]

Happy Birthday to the most beautiful star✨

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Got back into working on my Animal Crossing Island and now I’m thinking about our beloved circus boys as different island inhabitants -w-

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i put an unfortunate amount of effort into getting this done before work today

(original video by dicedip)

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The Freak Circus au where MC was groomed into becoming a monster hunter from a very young age by their father because a monster killed their mother when they were very young. Spending long days and grueling nights training, working tirelessly in order to satisfy the harsh demands set before them. Years and years of enduring harsh training, all to become a tool of revenge to rectify the injustice committed.

Of course, we have the usual game plotline. They bump into Pierrot, he falls head over feels, shenanigans ensue, etc etc. Perhaos the MC will form a crush on him, or maybe it’ll be on someone else. Dancing around the dilemma that will arise, predator and prey and unsure of just which is which.

Regardless, they’ve never once forgotten their vendetta they hold against monsters for taking their mother away. They are hellbent on killing the one that ruined their life, forced them to grow up without their mother and with an absent father who only seemed to care about the hunter he could turn them into.

And wouldn’t it be all the more fun if it turned out that the same circus they fell in love with just happened to be the same one that stole and devoured their mother years ago?