#prettyposting

[masterofdoublade]

This goes out to all my fellow eczema peeps...

I know moisturizing is super important, and I'm sure many of you are doing this, but some things to note!! - Please don't exfoliate unless you think it's absolutely necessary, and never do it on or around eczema affected skin!!! It takes dead skin cells to turn them healthy but you ARE stripping part of your skin layer and that's already an issue with eczema - When you're drying off, make sure to pat excess water off so you're not dripping wet! Doing this after a shower and applying whatever you use to moisturize your skin actually helps hydrate you better. That's water, so free hydration! Locking it in with your moisturizer of choice just helps more :) - Speaking of, please try to limit your shower time!! Just up to 5 minutes, assuming you don't need any special attention for your hair. If you do, try to wash your hair first and keep most of your body (especially eczema affected areas) out of water until you're done. Also try not to do hot water, lukewarm if you absolutely need it, especially in colder months.

[sphereofprettiness]

gabe ricci: nooo mc we can't let ppl know that the sexual tension between us is so thick you can break a chainsaw trying to cut through it and also that i was betting on you from day one 🤫😔😰

also gabe ricci when talking to mc, aislinn, gigi, martin and beau: good morning mc! rise and shine, sweet baby angel, the world is soooo excited to see you 🥰💕🥺 the rest of you 😐 gm i guess 😒😑

[sphereofprettiness]

ok but you know what pb’s statement made me realize? they don’t listen and they’ve stopped listening long, long time ago.

the first book with customizable li was perfect match and it made sense since said li is an android tailored to your character’s likes and dislikes. then we got bloodbound where pb gave us adrian, who (afaik) has zero different lines based on what sprite you’ve picked but at least he was interesting, he was a good, compelling character. then we got a lot of other customizable lis and a lot of them... well, weren’t so good, at least in my opinion.

then we got the elementalists and it was really fun and all except for one small detail, that detail being how forced beckett was and how underappreciated were shreya, aster and griffin. then we got open heart and like. i’m sure i don’t need to say anything in that regard, especially if you romanced anyone save for the man of the hour, dr. ethan ‘li by default even though he’s rude and dismissive towards you’ ramsey.

when pb first announced single li books i was really, really concerned but i also hoped they’d put two and two together and realize that a) forcing a single li on anyone is not a good look; and b) ppl don’t want default male li just with a different sprite, they want intriguing, complex characters who’s really shown to interact with the world differently based on what look the player chose for them, because that’s how it is in the real world and colorblindness in regards to racism helps no one. pretending that women and men are treated the exact same way by society helps no one. you can’t heal a wound if you pretend it isn’t there at all.

i really hoped they’d reconsider the single li books. they didn’t, as we know now.

and as much i always want to assume best or at least good intentions, i’m pretty sure that this particular decision wasn’t dictated by the thing they’ve promised us aka to be more diverse in their writing. it was dictated by and born of someone’s greed with no regards for both the players and the writers.

and that, well. that sucks. a lot.

[sphereofprettiness]

pb: we need to make baby and romance books you hate because if we won’t, we won’t be able to give you new ~risky experimental~ books that you love 🥺🥺🥺

the “new experimental books that you love”: 72 cgs of sam dalton and the nanny fucking. like. literally 72, i’m not joking.

UPDATE: 18 cgs, not 72 but still... lol

@octobereighth thanks for the info!​

[sphereofprettiness]

finally saw the cover for wake the dead and i'm even more mad that we (non-vips) won't get that book until. what, january 2022? now... but hey we're getting wolf's bride instead which is. arguably way more of a horror book than wtd is lmao

[sphereofprettiness]

feel like pure shit just want laws of attraction back x

[sphereofprettiness]

played the new chapter and as i’ve said earlier, i really enjoy how gabe’s romance is slow burn but like. i also really, really hope that loa will indeed be a series and all of this won’t amount to a rushed kiss and sex scene in the last chapter and literally nothing else

[sphereofprettiness]

for all my criticism directed @ pb and loa before the latter was released, i kinda like it? i mean, the romances are both slow burn, aislinn gets more screen time than i feared she would, gabe is okay so far if you forget that whole mr. electricity thing and the plot revolves around mc's work and not their personal life all while you can hook up with (admittedly a bit bland but they're ok) side characters if you so desire? it's nice. i really hope they'll keep it up.