#addressing the issues

[velmoura-if]

UPDATE + ADDRESSING ISSUES:

To those anons who wanted the game to be gender-customizable, I'm really sorry, but for now, I can’t give you what you wanted.

Originally, this book was meant to be gender-customizable, since the siblings’ genders were an important part of the plot. If you chose a male MC, you’d get a sister; if you chose a female MC, you’d get a brother. But I’ve decided to scrap that.

Mainly because... I just can’t write a male MC. This is my first IF game. I’ve written short stories before, but only in my native language—so writing in English is already a challenge. Adding gender customization would only make it harder.

That said, removing that option made the story’s outline a lot clearer to me. Everything flows more naturally now, and ideas come to me faster. Another reason is that I’ve always wanted to publish a yuri or queer romance IF game. I haven’t seen many games made just for girls—especially ones that center on wlw stories. I know there are gender-customizable ones out there, but it feels different to create something that’s dedicated to the wlw and queer community. 🩷

This story not only focuses on wlw love, but it also explores the MC’s journey of self-discovery—whether that means embracing her identity as a lesbian, questioning her gender, or figuring out who she is beyond labels. These realizations won’t happen instantly, and that’s okay. They’re part of her growth, and the answers will come naturally over time.

I also want to address something, since my inbox has been flooded with a lot of hate asks lately. While I expected some backlash, it’s still disheartening. I didn’t think it would be this intense. I had already prepared myself for the worst, knowing that this wouldn’t be what some of you wanted. I understand it’s an “interactive” story, so some of you expected full customization.

Still, some of those messages really discouraged me from continuing for a while. That’s why the blog’s been quiet—I needed time to reflect.

Also, English isn’t my first language, so I do struggle with complex words sometimes. But other than that, I’m doing okay!

I’ve been working on the character profiles too, especially important ones like the MC’s brother. (Shout-out to the anon who wanted more facts about him—I see you! 👀)

You’ll get them! I just need your patience. I’m also working during the day and renovating my house, so... yeah. I hope you understand. I’m getting there! As for the coding part—it’s going slow, as usual 😂

But I’ve already confirmed where I’ll upload the game! It’s going to be made with ChoiceScript. I know a lot of people say Twine is great because you can fully customize the UI and all that. But it also tends to have more bugs, especially if you’re not that confident with coding. ChoiceScript just feels less stressful when it comes to fixing things, so I’m sticking with that. 👀

That’s it for now. Have a good day, everyone! xx

[adulting-sucks]

This is how racial comedy should be done! 👏👏👏

[janaknmistry]

Difficult decisions

These are the decisions that are forced on us, the ones that feel unfair, the ones where there are no seemingly good outcomes.

How to proceed?

Acknowledge that it sucks. That you’d rather not be in this situation. That it’s not what you hoped for. You can return to this step as often as you like, but don’t permit it to have anything to do with the other steps in the process.

Consider the sunk…

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Make space for it

"We are teaching both when we are speaking and when we are not."

In light of everything that has been going on in the news, especially in Charlotte, I must say this: teachers, please make space to discuss these events in your classrooms. As a teacher, I am more than aware that the beginning of the year and the end of the year can be a very stressful time for parents, teachers, and students. However, we must not forget that even in the yearly and daily routine…

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PSA: Addressing a few things

Just a friendly reminder and point in the direction of my Rules Page.

Also, addressing some issues under the cut:

Regarding OCs:

Though there are one or two exceptions, as a general rule I don't write with OCs. I have a really busy schedule, and lots of big para rp's and it's hard enough keeping up with canon interaction with canon characters.

I just don't feel like I have the capacity to think about how to make good interaction happen with an original character, and that's just not fair to the mun's who play them. It's a little easier to come up with things for canon blogs because there is previous information to base interaction off of, if that makes sense.

Regarding RP Manners and Good Manners in General: 

It's never okay to godmode. Godmoding, for anyone who doesn't know, is when you make your character control the actions of another, making it so that other character is forced to do what you want, or react in a way that you want. 

Don't do it. Nobody likes it. It's bad.

It's also not cool to bash characters, or antagonize them just because you as a Mun don't like them. If you don't like a particular character, don't follow that blog, and don't follow blogs connected to them. It's rude to just be antagonistic and confrontational just because they aren't your favorite. 

Feelings get hurt that way, and people put too much work into their character to get bashed just because they aren't your favorite. That's grounds for unfollowing, and it does not make people want to write with you.