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narrative designer @ microfun | I also write weird words at @aayhanfragments and do community stuff for @2PointOhPodcast | they/them 🏳️⚧️
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very proud of my contribution (the label) to this wonderful.....thing by
@SweaterStripes
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the trans wristband!!! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
Un poco de Samark para el Pride Month 🤲🏳️🌈 (un día antes de que acabe kdkejdks)
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#Samark
#pridemonth
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@CappuChini_
@homossexualoier
Aprendi isso hoje! meu amigo brasileiro teve que explicar quem são Cellbit e Roier 😂 foi fascinante
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wow! I've never had a post explode like this before. look at all of you! it's been so amazing seeing you all.
let me make it super clear: I LOVE the fanfics and I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THE ART TOO. there's so much incredible work being done!
thank you all SO MUCH.
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@S3cret_Az
ei! Fiquei com um pouco de medo também - parecia que todo o Brasil estava visitando meu perfil! Mas fico muito feliz em ver todos vocês, sua arte, e principalmente as trans HCs. muito obrigado!
(por favor, perdoe a tradução automática haha)
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it's also super important to point out that I'm just one of many people that work on the game!
it's a team effort, and many talented people are responsible for bringing the stories and characters of Gossip Harbor to life~
I'm just the only one that hangs out on X/twitter 😅
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@mundo_samark
I absolutely am. I'm so happy to see it! it's so cute. I think it fits perfectly as a headcanon~
still waiting for someone to put together the clues and realise there's a 100% canon trans masc character, though 👀
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god, I am just blown away by the player-driven story of Helldivers 2. the way the community is collectively paused in suspense right now is utterly unique and beautiful.
this is such a fascinating crossover between community management and narrative design. I'm obsessed.
Today, Super Earth citizens celebrated the full eradication of the Automatons.
Additionally to reward their bravery, each Helldiver has been issued an extra 1 minute break. [Note: 1 minute is inclusive of the time taken to read this. Helldivers currently deployed are ineligible]
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@Artena_jll
we made you guys scared for a little while with the Atlas Creed stuff, huh? I'm very glad that the payoff was worth it!
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@StarWarsExplain
there are a lot of insensitive arseholes in the replies here, telling you that you don't need to apologise. and yeah, you don't *need* to - but you did, and that's why you're one of the best channels around. this is a much appreciated message to your trans audience 💖
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@lenaskzorel
mara jade was luke's troubled baddie wife in the original thrawn stories, and people have been comparing Sabine's role in this story to luke's, so naturally she should get a troubled baddie wife (shin)
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based on this, I hereby claim DØg on behalf of enbies everywhere
today i learned that The Lab’s cute lil robot dog, Fetchbot, is a non-binary icon and i am incredibly happy about it
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@bruceselfhatred
@bsteeper
@ryanasshinch
@ACLUMN
how many people do you think are able to make a phonecall to the police whilst being raped?
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this photo was the basis for THE most-used emoji on the
@2PointOhPodcast
discord and it has eluded us for five whole years but FINALLY
@itsnotsure
found it 🙏
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if your burger place sells beef burgers, I don't think you should be allowed to sell a vegetarian burger called "meat is murder"
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it's so amusing to see a non-HL2RP person stumble upon rp_industrial17 as if it's an archaeological discovery
I was looking through a (shockingly dense) potential map for this and came across an honest-to-god working bathroom mirror in this charmingly dismal stand-up / jazz club
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I made a thing to try and explain smack barm pey wet to my american friends. important meme at the centre of it.
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@racso23_
@lenaskzorel
or it could be that she wants revenge complicated and homoerotic, which is better
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someone hire me to make realistic-looking fictional documents please
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Daaaamn. Look at Robert Pattinson! He's almost as gaunt as Willem Dafoe is. Also just read that this is shot on black and white 35mm...very sexy.
Here's your first look at Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson in Robert Eggers' THE LIGHTHOUSE.
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@Dis_Critic
@jasonsfolly
@Talldarkfriend
It's been a while since I got into a twitter fight, but here goes.
Why is it so important that the word/category 'woman' is exclusive to cisgender women? You can just say 'cisgender woman'. I understand wanting specific words, but 'woman' is a very generic one.
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@Unsecured_CCTV
If you, like me, were confused as to why a camera in Norwich (a non-coastal city) has a view of the sea, it's because it's apparently actually located in Cornwall!
I guess the IP is routed though Norwich. Cool that we can find this place~
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@doomquasar
hey hey! I'm the narrative designer working on this! thank you so much (both you and
@whitneyarner
). our story gets weird and wacky at times but we try hard to make sure it rules. so glad to hear you're both enjoying it :)
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thanks to Shila's post &
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
, I'm loving how many devs I've connected with during GDC, despite not being there!
so time I did my intro! I'm Ali, a narrative designer 2 years into my career and loving it. I do homely stories, narrative pipelines and queer shit~
Not going to
#GDC
and I never have bc I could never afford it. So instead, let’s do a round of online networking?
Hi, I'm Shila. EP for
@MetalHellsinger
Believer of kindness and hope to encourage an ounce of humanity in our industry.
RT and say hi?
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hey
@AlexisTrust
, we figured out who you were! 10/10, would happily be photobombed by you again~
#AdvX22
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three years ago, around this time - quarter to midnight - I came out as bi to my parents. it didn't go well.
I promised myself I'd do it during pride month, but didn't find the courage until right at the end - and I had no idea how much more courage I still needed.
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@coolgoblinzone
I've never understood the hate for Xen. sure, it's weird and tough and sometimes non-intuitive, but those qualities work really well in communicating that it's a completely alien place. it SHOULD be unwelcoming and off-putting.
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@smnthawbb
oh this is great! is there any way to get this newsletter as a notification or an email? would hate for it to get lost in my feed
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@TheDrace1985
@StarWarsExplain
it's a post on twitter, not a gun to a head. they could very easily not have commented on this, but chose to. if you wanna convince yourself they were forced to comment then...go for it. but their accepting of responsibility is something valuable to me.
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@MisterABK
I'd just like you to know that for the entirety of
#AdvX22
I was saying to my friends "I SWEAR that guy is Alasdair Beckett-King, he looks so much like him", and I didn't realise until the very last talk that it was actually you.
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@rosecoloredeboy
holy crap this is the best version of this meme I've ever heard and the only one I'll accept from now on
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@StarWarsExplain
Whoa...the "not fighting what we hate, saving what we love" line is essentially a rewording of this quote. Damn.
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finally finished off my piece for
@thetroublezine
, a few hours before the deadline. I do not feel good about my process, but I'm pretty happy about the results. rare for me to A) write smut and B) complete a well scoped project. can't wait to see the completed zine~~
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@Jbandos
consider this: the trailer for the remake uses singular they in the line "we face the greatest Sith (singular) in generations...they must be stopped".
like yes Bastilla in talking about the Sith in general at first...but also her she/they wife Revan...
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okay but what if I wanted to collaborate with some other writers on a super scrappy, small-scope horror zine, what then? what then??
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@ScoutTheTrooper
They're there to establish the power and influence of the Pykes. As far as most audience members are concerned, Jabba the Hutt was the top dog. The Twins represent his legacy, and though they try to play tough with Boba, they're ultimately scared off by the Pykes.
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@voopytimes
@gayIuigi
@macmckeown_04
@kat_blaque
Excuses (justification) and explanations (context) are separate things - I think in this case, Kat was offering and explanation, not an excuse. Just my two cents.
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I love my friends
Shoutout 2 the discord family we all sound like we got 4 brain cells left
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did I just buy a switch just to play animal crossing? maybe. but I just bought a switch
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@sleepisocialist
@shoe0nhead
is this how shoe finally moves over to socialism? commie gun girl gf? damn what an arc
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day 4 of having VR and sometimes it feels like my fingers don't belong to me. also I open doors differently.
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never thought I'd get to the stage in life where I could say "I love my job" but here I am
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@ZenOfDesign
a GE is required every 5 years, but can be called earlier to reinforce a government's 'mandate', which the tories have done 3 times since 2010. Sunak's mandate is based on the 2019 GE, and his party no longer has the political capital to maintain power, so he's calling it early.
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@MagitekDad
It's true that the StG 44 was a German rifle, but this screenshot reads 'TG • 44 SST'.
Is the idea that the use of the same letters in a completely different order constitutes a dog whistle? This is very shaky evidence.
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hey so I can talk about this now~! I am doing a thing! it is v exciting!
⌨️🖊️It's time to meet our lovely writers!💚
Aidyr
Eevee
@Hollowed_Haven
Harper
@BiTentacleWitch
Mird
@Mirdalan
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@TheTaigaRose
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okay, sure! hi! I'm Ali (they/them), a 25yo narrative designer from the UK about a year into my career. I work for a Beijing-based company called Microfun! Just waiting on my visa to move out there🤞
I love ARGs, archival adventures and star wars.
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
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but in the past year or so I finally found the queer community that I needed. and it's helped so goddamn much.
I love my queer friends. I'm so grateful to know them and be known by them.
with them, I feel a million miles away from the pain and loneliness I felt three years ago.
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@Komegatze
it's up to Valve how they approach their writing. SBI isn't forcing them to do shit – the point of a narrative consultant is to give SOLICITED advice from a perspective the team lacks.
really disappointed to see that you've fallen for this bullshit.
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if I were offered a choice between a 'make more femme' potion and a 'make more masc' potion I would either be incapable of making a decision or chug them both at the same time
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I'm on a quest to uncover the fate of the trawlerman (which appears to have permanently closed), and I think I've stumbled upon a holy text
In Trawlerman did Kubla Khan
A class Wigan kebab decree:
Where Pey, the sacred river, ran
Through smack barm measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
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@Travaelin
@jessiegender
I watch Vaush but don't defend him - including on the recent JK debacle. But this is...absolute nonsense. He made a bad analogy in a debate once...how the hell have we got to "literal kid diddler"? christ.
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the most important part of an editing pass on a fight scene is making sure that it's as subtly homoerotic as possible
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just submitted a job app that I'm very excited about. can't wait to be disappointed.
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@SFuruda
@mundo_samark
it's so incredible that you guys are writing fanfics in THREE languages. thank you so much for helping!
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@Airdorf
hey! happy birthday! hope this isn't too weird, given we don't know each other, but your post found its way onto my feed and I immediately wanted to try a thing with the gif you attached - I happened to have just set up an old CRT TV and I just...yeah.
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@TheDrace1985
@StarWarsExplain
I don't think anyone's threatened Alex. I think he and Mollie decided to make a point of signalling their allyship because they care about their audience. No cancellation required.
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