this is a scam. i feel bad for whoever actually made silentduck7; i checked the blog and it seemed pretty new, with only 2 posts that were pretty innocuous.
but this interaction appears to be a variation on the "hey i accidentally reported your account" scam that's been going around lately, meaning the account was hacked and is now trying to hack others. I don't have any settings turned on that mean someone wouldn't be able to message me, and when i kindly suggested they send an ask, they insisted on using messages. between that and the "explain what we did mistakenly to your account" red flag, that's all i needed to know.
it seems a fair few people have now encountered this type of scam, but i hadn't seen this spin on it mentioned. so, i wanted to let my followers know this is a thing. If you get similar messages, just report (ironically, lol), block, and move on.
Holy crap, how has it been that long? I'm still laughing over the comments on my last post.
It feels like everyone's life has changed. I, for one, decided to follow in the Landlady's footsteps and take my own advice. I didn't go find a random lodge full of sexy skeles, but I did pack a suitcase, quit my job, and start driving.
I'll throw some musings and SSLL parallels under the cut so I don't clog your dash.
It's no secret that SSLL is self-indulgent. The ex, the family, and the crappy job were all watered-down versions of stressors in my life. Most of you know what happened with my sister when I stopped writing as much, and then the pandemic hit and I was a front-line worker, and it felt like the words just... left me. And then I remember thinking about how much I wanted things to change, but they never would unless I changed them.
When I hit my breaking point, I became a "crisis" worker with an agency and jumped from hospital to hospital, filling in wherever needed help. I spent a couple of years staying in airbnbs and traveling the country, meeting new people, seeing the sights. One year, I think I stayed in 12 or 13 different states. I even lived in Las Vegas for 6 months, and that was the most amazing time of my life. The stress melted away as I traveled, and old friends that I spoke to on the phone began to comment on how even my voice sounded different. Lighter. More carefree. The panic attacks and nightmares stopped, and so did the nigh-constant migraines.
I let go of all of my toxic relationships, and I learned to speak up for myself. When someone started acting crazy, instead of trying to placate them, I would tell them to leave immediately. I stopped being a caretaker. Guilt trips that used to have me crying and apologizing for some imagined slight got shut down.
I tried casual dating and holy shit do I have stories. Wtf is wrong with people?? If you guys wanna hear some funny/terrible tidbits, lemme know because I quickly realized it wasn't for me. My partner now is deaf, and I think of beware the man who speaks in hands every time I sign.
I took a break from healthcare a couple of years ago to work freelance as a writer for MeChat, and if you guys have ever played it... I have a few characters I've written for on there. If you guys wanna hear about that process, I can do a separate post, but I wasn't happy with how tied my hands were. They kept telling me I was too focused on the lore and the story and that the plot didn't matter because it was just a "vehicle for romance" and that I was putting too much effort into world-building and connecting characters.
Then, I decided to quit traveling and settle down in Boston full-time. I just bought a house in the city a couple of months ago and finally got a computer set-up a couple of weeks ago.
Annnnd that's about the gist of it! Nearly every aspect of my life changed, and Deltarune 3&4 came out at a great time to renew my spark in writing and the community. I'm just so glad to have heard from so many of you already, and I hope that I'll be sticking around more now. <3
OH, and did anyone else love the tortoise/turtle representation with Gerson in chapter 4? ;P
