Lauren the Flute

Ooooooooooh what a good haul!

My performance reliability hit 60 percent and I could talk again. I said, “Fuck you, ART.”

Oh noooooo but it was so much fun 😭

Oh, I should draw some ladies today to celebrate

The passage of time is so strange and surreal

I think I do want to stream the chapters, but not as my immediate welcome back to streaming. I'm going to try something more casual like an art stream or something as a belated streamiversary, and we will see if I'm able to stream again based on that!

Had a bad dream about trying to stream the new Deltarune and it went really badly so clearly I'm stressed about it

I think I'm just going to gto a casual hanging-out belated streamiversary stream instead and see how that goes instead, first...

Dancing With Ghosts A charming, poignant interactive narrative ghost story, starring two girls, set in a Thai river village.

We're working with Greg Johnson, the creator of ToeJam and Earl, on a beautiful and deeply personal game he's making called Dancing with Ghosts - the Kickstarter went live today, check it out: www.kickstarter.com/projects/hum...

When you are tossing and turning in bed and extend your foot and there is a cat there!! Surprise cat!! Now she is purring and I am less sad. Would definitely recommend.

There are good people struggling to exist in it and I want to make things better for them somehow, and my leaving would make things worse for them, so I'd better get back up and keep trying

"but it's everywhere now so we just have to accept it's the new reality" motherfucker we can just stop putting it everywhere! we did it with asbestos and CFCs and lead-based paint or petrol and make-up with arsenic in it! if everyone is using something and it's bad, we can choose to stop!

Bumping this! I'm still searching for localizers for the following below. If that's you, or if you know someone who it fits, please reach out! This is a paid, short term, fully remote opportunity, though you must be in Ontario due to grant restrictions.

And so I am asking you as gently as I can, because you do seem like a genuinely concerned and thoughtful person, to sit with this for a minute and see this thing that seems to happen automatically as a response. It's not your fault, but I'd ask you to keep an eye out for it in the future!

I know you're not trying to say anything rude or inappropriate here, it's clear to me that you are trying to be supportive and I really appreciate that!

But there is a common problem where when the sexualization of women comes up, men seem to have an urge to assert what they do or don't find hot

I do want to point out that what is being talked about is the treatment and sexualization of women and girls

I'm not sure a man's personal sexual preferences are really an appropriate topic for a conversation like this; it's not about what people think is "hot" , it's about respecting human beings

It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.

One show down this month, so it's on to the next! Come on out Conduit in the Orlando, FL area for a killer Halloween party! We'll be rocking out with some amazing acts, too 🤘

Curves are not what makes a woman.

I had bigger curves than most grown women when I was 12 years old. Those curves did not make me a woman.

Women who aren't curvy are still women. No matter how un-curvy they are.

This is a weird thing to say and I urge you to reconsider it.

NYT: A Campaign to 'Bring Back Bullying' On social media, some are arguing that bullying deserves a second look. Trolling or not, the push seems to reflect a general turn away from sensitivity.

wtf is wrong with these people

I am going to draw you fanart, so help me

Over and over, the evidence conclusively shows it helps in every possible way for everybody

There is no good or logical reason not to do it

Also, I'm very sorry for your loss and for what sounds like the added trauma and tragedy of the circumstances. I hope you have many memories you can treasure of her ♥️

This whole thread is depressingly relatable. I don't know what the solution is either. The thing that drives me the most crazy is that for a little while, we *were* connected. Social media *did* do that. I moved away from everyone and FB was my lifeline. It didn't *have* to be like it is now!

I was the one who interviewed Breath of Fire II's text editor for the Breath of Fire Fan Page (also posted on the fan site, Dragnier).

The lack of proper citation here is incredibly disappointing.

What the fuck what the fuck what the fuck

Of course! If you're comfortable sharing it. I would be happy to celebrate your love for these games and what they've meant to you ♥️

I missed him saying that he would donate the profits to charity, but I would understand choosing to donate profits to charity when you are getting in trouble yourself for profiting off of other people's work, which is what he seems to have done here

It's a sucky, sucky situation!

I've seen my friends who were involved with translating things out of love for fan communities years ago be really hurt and upset to find that he lifted their words and their interviews and their translations without citing or crediting them In any way

He's profiting off of their work

I'm really sorry you've been hurt by this whole thing, though. I know your love for these games comes from the center of your heart and I can only imagine you shared something very earnest and personal about it, and it sucks to have that tangled up in a messy nasty situation 💔

I mean, he seems to have stolen artwork (credited to Fandom sites?) and writing/translations (uncited) from fan pages and communities, so I would say he doesn't have moral high ground to accuse others of theft

Bitmap clearly didn't look closely at anything, though, and that's on them!