#hours later than intended!

[indigopoptart]

WEBSITE UPDATE GUYS WOOOOO!!!!

+ some oldish doodles!!! and a recent whiteboard!! :3

OH IM SO SO SO EXCITED!!!!!

#welcome home #welcomehome #welcome home puppet show #welcome home horror project #art #my art #indigo’s art #wally darling #poppy partridge #barnaby b beagle #eddie dear #OH IM SO EXCITED WAAAAHHH SOBS #I PUMPED THIS OUT IN LIKE #TWO HOURS AND NINE MINUTES. ACCORDING TO PROCREATE. #damn only two hours??? i thought it was four #i drew this and then came home and. immediately fell asleep. #so im posting it now! #hours later than intended! #ANYWAY. #RAAAAAHHH!!!! #SBOS SOBS SOBS MANNN IM SO EXCITEDDDD #LAST DAY OF THE WEBSITEEEEE #good riddance wix🤎 fuck you and take israhell with you #i 🫶 hating wix #EEEEEEEEEEEE #welcome home wally #digital art #artists on tumblr #EEEE!!! #SAVE THE DATE!!! ITS TIME FOR THE PARTY!!!!

[justalittlebluetiefling]

I’m in London!

And someone on the second plane recognized my Jester tattoo.

#three hours later than intended #thanks to a super fun delay #now to go through customs and then I can sleeeeeeeep

[icewindandboringhorror]

Hrmm... Revising my game and I feel like there's still sooo much writing left to do, for something that probably won't even amount to much, so.. I do want to narrow my focus more (especially given my health problems seeming to get worse/less energy the past few years), but I'm not sure how would be best to...

I currently have 5 characters as the Main ones with full planned questlines and such, with each character having 6 quests you can do for them. But I haven't really started the writing for the 5th main character. So then I was thinking, if I were going to write 6 full quests worth of content anyway... is it better to allocate that time on just doing a Complete 6 Quests for ONE single character, OR would it be better to do something like.. choose THREE side characters and do 2 quests for each of them? So that people have a wider variety to interact with and sort of sample around (of course with the idea that, once the first version of the game is released, IF people actually care about it enough to make it worth the effort, I would then add additional content to complete those 3 characters stories as well)

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SO... If you were playing an interactive fiction sort of game centered around talking to & doing quests for a cast of characters (like there's no larger plot, more it's just about interacting with people, every character kind of has a self contained story, the focus is just learning about them and the world and exploring the area) --- Which would you rather have?

(and of course it would be stated up front which characters have only partial questlines, so people don't expect them to have full quests like the others and then get disappointed, or etc. etc.)

Basically, is it better to just focus in specifically on having one fully complete questline? Or for there to be a few stories that are not complete yet, but have more initial options available?

#I guess I just feel weird about investing too much into characters if possibly nobody will like them. so the idea of being able to sample #around a wider variety opens up the option of like 'hey even if neither of these 4 are your favorite - you have 3 other options soon too!' #or whatever. BUT I also am very anti-the trend of releasing half finished games or shit like that where people preorder and then #the game sucks on actual release and isn't fully playable or good until 5 updates later #HOWEVER.. those are giant companies with hundreds of employees and millions in funding. I feel like it's different for someone #if they're just like ''hey I am getting zero money for this and doing it entirely on my own in my free time and before I do like 50+ hours #of work on top of the 100+ hours of work that I already did - I would like maybe to at least see some proof #people are interested in this - so I'm releasing the game with like a small amount of the originally intended content removed #that I still have planned out and hope to add later and the game is still entirely done and completely functional #except for just a few quests I might add later.. sorry'' etc. etc. ??? like I think that's different. but maybe some people dont see #it that way and would still be like 'grrr.. how dare there be unfinished options..>:V" idk #And the nature of the quests is such that it's not weird to have it be partial like.. again.there's no major plot. it's not like the quests #are leading up to some dramatic thing and having them half done would make it feel like a cliffhanger. It's meant to be very casual just #chilling and doing little tasks and such. And last thing to clarify I guess - by 'side character' I don't mean taking some unimportant bac #ground character and forcing them to have quests. I mean like.. originally the game had 8 full characters and I thought that was #too much so I cut it down to 5. So I still had everything planned for all the side characters too. Id' just be like.. re-giving them #quests and focuses that were already planned from the beginning but that I got rid of.. former main characters banished to the side lol.. #ANYWAY... hrmm... hard to decide... It's just so niche I think. I feel more and more like I should just get it to a 'proof #of concept' state and get it out there to interest check rather than invest in it soooo much for nothing. Because I really do not have the #tastes other people do or interact with games or have interest in things in the same way. A lot of the stuff that I love (slow. character #focused things with basicaly no action or plot where its' just about getting to explore a world and learn about #people in a casual low stakes setting but ALSO not romance) I think people find very boring so... lol... #This year as I try to pick the project back up again after abandoning it for like 3 years I keep looking at stuff and going.. ough... #yeah... cut this maybe.. I should cut that too.. I should make them a side character.. remove this.. blah blah.. #Though I did ADD a journal and inventory system and other things that like People Expect Games To Have so.. maybe #that will count for something.. hey..you can collect items.. it's not just 'talking to elves for 600 hours simulator'.. are you #entertained yet? lol.... When I was making my other tiny game for that pet website and I gave it to the play testers and someone was like #''it should have achievements so I feel I'm working towards something concrete'' I was literally so blindsided like..??... people WANT that #in games..? is the goal not simply to wander aimlessly &fixate on world/character lore& make your own silly pointless personal goals? I did #do them though because it IS fun to make up little achievement names and such but.. i fear i am out of touch so bad lol..

[lonely-space-egg]

If anyone was wondering what I did for international lesbian day yesterday, it was driving down to Target with my mom to pick up the rest of the G3 core six! [Are they called the core series? Signatures? Wave 1?]

I'm really taken with the whole of G3 thus far - at least, in terms of the dolls. I never held out hope for a revival of G1, and my optimism on a reboot was pretty much dead with how much I disliked G2, so it feels surreal to have new Monster High dolls released in stores that I love once again.

I'll put the rest of my thoughts under the cut, though - it's going to be a long, infodumping, overdetailed post.

I love the more varied body types - which I'll go into more detail on later - and that the average doll has a thicker body overall compared to G1. They feel more sturdy and I expect/hope that they won't get the loose hip or elbow joints that G1 dolls did. The torso articulation is also a very nice touch, especially for helping them balance and stand on their own.

If I ranked the dolls from favorite to least, I'd currently put it at Draculaura, Frankie, Ghoulia, Cleo, Clawdeen, Lagoona. I expect this to change as I restyle the dolls, though, and I also have some actual customization plans to reroot Clawdeen with brown yarn and give Ghoulia a repaint. Clawdeen in particular I expect to like more once she has better hair than that pastel polypropylene.

I liked Cleo a lot more in comparison to the other dolls before I actually unboxed her. Now that I have, her outfit feels. . . quite bland. Her dress is just a one-piece and while she does have a very cute jacket [not pictured], it doesn't fit well over the dress since they're both long-sleeved. I'm also still not a huge fan of the molded-on bandages and I'll likely paint them to make them stand out better. Her headband also stays on rather poorly [so does Draculaura's but unlike Cleo, Draculaura's outfit feels complete even without her headband]. Cleo's face is one of my favorites, though, I think she has the most striking makeup.

The pets are generally decently cute [except Neptuna. Not a fan of whatever's going on there]. I've seen comparisons to Littlest Pet Shop, but to me they look much more like Barbie pets - specifically that it looks like they have eye makeup. They all feel rather lightweight - AKA cheap - but I hope that will make it easier to balance them on the dolls.

I should mention that none of G3 dolls come with stands or brushes. I can see the logic with stands since they can stand on their own - even though it's flawed logic, there's no way they'll stay standing on display. I don't know why they don't have brushes though. Personally I don't mind because I have more G1 brushes than anyone could ever need, but their hair is clearly meant to be played with and styled so it's an interesting choice not to include them. Speaking of which, none of them have glue seepage or unnecessary gel in their hair - not something I can say for many G1 lines. I will also complain about some of their accessories not quite matching the rest of their color scheme [ex: Frankie's shoes don't match any of the other pinks in their outfit] but this was also present in G1. I am disappointed at the lack of diaries as well.

Close-up on all of their bags. All of them except Clawdeen's have backpack straps, and Cleo's is the only one that snaps open - all the rest have an opening in the top that the thinner accessories can be slid into. Draculaura, Lagoona, Cleo, and Ghoulia's backpacks also have loops to carry them like handbags, but the ones on Ghoulia's are oddly small.

Draculaura's bag gives her little bat wings when she wears it and it is the cutest thing in the world. She also has this little white cameo necklace which you can just barely see in this picture - wondering if there's lore significance to that or just an outfit detail.

Draculaura also has a widow's peak now! I love it, and I'm looking forward to one of the leaked[?] Draculaura dolls that doesn't have bangs and thus shows it off.

More accessories, specifically Ghoulia's. The knock-off Switch is adorable - quite possibly my favorite of the handheld G3 items so far - and if Mattel hasn't come up with a monster pun for it, I hope someone in the fandom has. The skateboard having Deadfast on it is another detail I really like [though it's now a good time to complain mention that the print on practically all the accessories - that is, electronics, food, etc. - looks very blurry].

I was able to balance Ghoulia standing on her skateboard which I'm thrilled about. In general I love that the g3 dolls can stand on their own. Still not a replacement for stands, but it does make for more posing options for photography.

More Ghoulia since she's still my favorite character of the main six, even with the design changes [I anxiously await seeing her animated adaptation beyond promo renders]. Her shirt design reads very neurodivergence/autism symbol to me :] Sir Hoots-a-lot can attach to her forearm - much like an LPS owl - and with the G3 pets being rather lightweight, he stays on well without weighing her arm down. Those are his glasses she's wearing here because I think they look much better than her actual glasses, which have these thick, foggy lenses that obscure her eyes. I don't know what the deal is with those - G1 Ghoulia had lens that were transparent just fine, and then G3 Clawdeen's glasses don't have lenses at all.

More on the different body types! Most of the main six [Frankie, Clawdeen, Lagoona, and Ghoulia] have the same torso. Frankie has longer forearms and shins, Draculaura is all-around shorter with thicker hips, thighs and limbs, and Cleo is the same height with a tighter waist and, in comparison, wider hips. Otherwise, their bodies are the same proportions.

The above image to the left is a comparison of the forearms and hands of G3 Draculaura, Ghoulia, Frankie and G1 Catrine. The G1 arm is slimmer than the G3 dolls, and Draculaura's arm is slightly thicker than the other G3s. The G3 dolls have thicker arm and hand pegs- sort of like CAM dolls - which I'm very thankful for, I feel less concerned about snapping them while putting them back in place or pulling them out. The G3 dolls also have larger hands than G1 which I quite like.

On the right is a close-up of Frankie's prosthetic leg. I love the detail in it, especially that "Frankie" is written as if Frankie wrote it themself. I'm disappointed to see it's not removable, though - Vandala Doubloons from G1 had a removable leg so I don't see why they couldn't do it here. Ghoulia's legs are beside Frankie's to hopefully show how Frankie's are longer.

Even with the different body types, the clothing is still rather interchangeable between characters! I wouldn't mind if the clothes weren't - Monster High clothes are so character-specific that I've long seen it as the perfect doll line for varied body types - but it's definitely a pro that they are. Their tops fit each other very well. Draculaura's pants are a little loose on Frankie, but it just means they sit lower on their hips. Frankie's skirt fits Draculaura nicely, though it would be much easier to dress her in if it had velcro all the way down the back. Frankie's belt just barely fits Draculaura, but really who's going to be wearing that besides Frankie.

A major part of why Draculaura and Frankie are my favorite signature dolls of the main six are their clothing layers. They both have these sleeveless tops [a "corset" and vest, respectively] that work as tops on their own, and the blouses underneath them also work on their own as shirts. With their jackets [capelet and jacket, that is] they have the most complex outfits of the whole line.

Last but not least, a closeup on Clawdeen's shoes. They're my favorites out of the line, largely because of that pawprint tread. This picture also hopefully shows how those are not actual socks on her, but leg warmers. I also ended up demonstrating how ridiculously poofy that polypropylene hair is. I look forward to rerooting her more and more.

#autism won today #if anyone's wondering the final word count on this post: it's 1381 #peri talks #infodump #long post #monster high #mh dolls #monster high gen 3 #doll collecting #dollblr #draculaura #frankie stein #clawdeen wolf #lagoona blue #cleo de nile #ghoulia yelps #fun fact i used a catrine for the comparison bc she's the only doll i don't have posed on display atm #also this uh. went up a few hours later than intended because i FELL ALSEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF WRITING THIS GOODBYE #ALSO THIS ENDED UP AS MY 666TH POST

[readingwriter92]

Did I fully get dressed only to lay back down for another half hour

#ugh don’t want to do the tasks today #the lay down and scroll won against getting up and making breakfast #really lunch given that it’s noon but #ughhhhh I have shit that needs to be doneeeee #I’m hoping that posting this will get my ass up #I already got up later than intended this is not helpingggggg #i will never understand people who get up like. on their own #y’all are magic to me #I need a deadline or reason. or plan #bc then my brain is like. oh shit you need an hour before you can do anything so you HAVE TO GET IP #but when it’s me making my own schedule it’s like. yeah you feel bad for getting up late but I’m not gunna help with that #ughhhhhhh #shut up sarah

[sungchantual]

i have chronic doesn't give a fuck abt her alarm disease bc i always oversleep when i don't have anything important to get up for

#☹️☹️ i don't like it #i woke up two hours later than i intended today even though i set like 20 alarms .. #and i don't oversleep when i know i have uni for example #or an appointment or i'm meeting a friend in the morning #but if i just wanna get stuff done at home my body is like no sorry sleepy sleep till 10 is now scheduled #000

[tiny-cloud-of-flowers]

things to do todaymorrow (I’m thinking of it as tomorrow but it’s gone midnight here so it’s technically today. hence “todaymorrow”):

hopefully not wake up with the headache I currently have

ACTUALLY FINISH ASK ANSWERS AND POST THEM (both on this blog and my FFXIV sideblog)

rewrite my pinned post to be more concise

possibly try and get back into working with MMD because crumbs I have not touched that program for far too long

possibly get a new blog for the community set up =3 I’ve been quiet about this but if I manage to actually make it truly real then I’ll explain more (unless someone’s curious now)

I may not get all of these done right away, but they are all certainly aims, at least

#heart of the void #blog logistics #I may have stayed up about two hours later than intended #this was not my intention

[a-study-in-dante]

My fatal flaw as a PhD student is being content when I do one (major) thing for the day. Yeah I just wrote down the outline of one (1) chapter. No I won't start writing it today because I already wrote the outline today. Yes I will hate myself tomorrow.

#Sometimes I want to punch myself in the face #my posts #studyblr #litblr #phdblr #gradblr #PhD #I managed to read quite a bit of Christine de Pisan though so that's not the only thing I did today #But I also came to the library three hours later than intended because I slept in because I had insomnia last night so #not quite the productive day I had in mind but then again I didn't plan on writing the outline today so

[bloodanddiscoballs]

cowabummer starting off rough today friends

#had to take meds 2 hours earlier than intended which also means that i woke up and stayed up #im just hoping its better later

[sysig]

The uh

The first play session went rather well

#The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe #WPTSP #Yes I played for five hours at one stint and got almost half the achievements what of it #I wanted to - even though I had just - replay all of the endings from the HD Remix - not counting the Real Person Ending #Because I see it as the perfect bookend - Freedom to start Real Person to finish and that's that for the play session #I didn't even get that far I got all the way through the 14ish endings from the HD Remix and then went to check out the new stuff and #It's so much more than I could've guessed. I'm so glad I stayed away from spoilers #Yes of course there were the things I couldn't avoid and momentarily had a ''Ah yes'' or ''Of course'' but the rest #I had to take a break to eat and stretch and not be Stanley for a bit but I still fully intend to jump back in after a short rest #Also some things from the new content I think I'm gonna need to Talk about later lol - not in a bad way!! Just some Realization™ things #Not entirely divorced from Davey's other work The Beginner's Guide - I can tell already this might be an emotional reset piece someday #It's been very interesting and endearing :) I 've found myself smiling so hard my cheeks hurt and then it falls and I feel it #I've also been taking a lot of excited screenshots lol ♪ But not in Certain areas >:3c If you've played I'm sure you know #Very Respectful lol #The Stanley Parable #WPVG

[runefactorynonsense]

Spooktober - Day 7 - Zombie/Undead

That's right, Earthmate! I JUST WANT TO SEE YOU SUFFER

#Spooktober #Pushing the limits on this prompt but a possessed Venti is kind of like a zombie one right? too bad I already drew it #Ethelberd you wonderful bastard- y'all have no idea how excited I was to see him make a comeback in RF4 #I was sitting on my boyfriend's couch (same person I'm with now) playing rf4 right after it'd come out- and I LURCHED upright #YELLING #The RF1 fan in me finally got plot closure!!! #Imma come back to that dialogue line in the future as it's spawned many ideas I just need to be bold enough to do #Rune Factory #Rune Factory 4 #RF4 #Rune Factory Ethelberd #RF Ethelberd #Rune Factory Ventuswill #RF Ventuswill #Rune Factory Native Dragon #RF Native Dragon #This is also done much later in the day than I intended because I accidentally slept for 3 hours after work #instead of 45 minutes... whoops #Also WEEK ONE IS DONE HECK YEAH

[bitegore]

ok i got fifteen hours of sleep. that better be enough for me to be normal now

#red rambles #i forgot to plug my phone in so i slept like a good three hours later than intended #but i did go to bed [checks notes] five hours early #so its probably for the best that i got it all done at once

[foundationsofdecay]

anyways the city is a pain to get to but soooo worth it for this kind of thing. i keep wanting to move literally anywhere else but this makes it worth staying actually

#went 2 a mosh it was amazing and made some new friends to game with and just vibed in general #stayed almost 2 hours later than intended bc i was just havin fun! forcing yourself outside your comfort zone is good sometimes!

[tarantula-hawk-wasp]

Guilt for a thousand small things, usually infractions against the aspirational plans for the day that I make for myself, is such a constant companion I can’t even imagine the absence of a voice in my head berating myself for constant misuse of time and energy

#I go to sleep later than I intend and wake up later than I plan and I procrastinate and I never manage to organize things and I neglect #emails and I leave people on read and I don’t reply and I know I should be a better person at that #and I indulge in impulses to watch YouTube videos or shows when I have work to do that if I spent a few days of hard work on I could be free #of but instead I waste most of the day to then hack piecemeal at work for a few hours before repeating it

[bo0zey]

i’m a plague to everyone’s life i ever come in contact with

#selfish stupid girl selfish stupid girl #ruin every friendship you have nobody loves you or cares anymore they never really did why would they #everyone knew all along u were never something worth caring for. #i’m a plague i need to be eradicated everything about me is poisonous and venomous #all i do is hurt people even if i never intended to i still always do it to everyone im so tired of being me #’m so tired of being an awful person. i say i want to love and care about people but i can’t do it right #i say i love everyone in my life more than they love me but maybe it’s not true because you don’t hurt the people you love #i wish it was 5 years later and i could die already im so sick of myself i’m a plague to my own life #ngl almost passing out at riot fest kinda opened my eyes more to death #after the bouts of nausea and dyspnea and everything suddenly got soft and fuzzy and far away #all i could feel was empty space around me buzzing softly my body felt so light #i closed my eyes and saw purple and blue stage lights flashing and blurring above me. i felt like i was high the world was so far away #it was just me and i couldn’t support this airy weak body i felt like licorice i wobbled i think #it felt like hours time was so still and then the colors disappeared and all i saw was fuzzy black faded television screen #then i opened my eyes and saw security directly in front of me reaching towards me and then blinked and it was black again #opened my eyes and realized i was being pulled over the barrier #i was still in a hazy state but it slowly lifted enough for me to feel shame again and be able to walk myself to the medical tent #i wish security hadn’t pulled me out. i wish i could’ve died then . those seconds that felt like hours thst felt like i was dying. #there was no pain or nausea anymore. no gasping for air. i felt like an angel #i’m so sleepy i’m going to sleep now i guess #can barely keep my eyes open it feels so good to check out of existence #ramblings

[technologyvoid]

Making a bad habit of this

#tw vent #anyways. I'm off to bed. 5 hours later than I intended to #ahem. 🐻 #don't know if that'll work lol #also. for anyone reading the tags. i have a new sideblog :D #you don't get to know what it is; just that it exists now