Alien Boy For Today

btw dating sucks as a concept.

she did it again (and again and again and again)

Volume 1 Chapter 3 is live and alive!

Chapter 3 is finally here and it's the biggest update yet!

This update contains ~85k additional words (including code) worth of fluff and slice-of-life, bringing the average playthrough up to ~60k words!

To celebrate, there will be a ⭐ 30% Bonus EXP Event for the first week of release!

You can play the new update here!

🌈 CHAPTER 3 UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Volume 1, Chapter 3 (Home Bittersweet Home) is now complete! • 24 New Secrets to discover, 8 New Character Traits, 4 New Trinkets to collect, 2 New Quests to complete, and 1 New Song to sing-along! • You can now choose Paddy's and your twin's gender! • Aunt Julie and Uncle Robert's introduction! • Meet your pet cat or dog! • Name you and your twin's stuffed toys! • Even more customization options! • Get ready for Roselyna's birthday party! • Sneak peek of Chapter 4! • New art and updated stat notification graphics! • Roselyna is now more huggable than ever!

The full change log can be found by selecting "What’s New?” in the start menu. It's way too long to list here!

My computer crashed while drawing him (it’s what he would have wanted)

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something that i really like about blue eye samurai, now that im thinking about it, is that it discusses violence against women without becoming torture porn. like, in a lot of media that portrays women's issues, they show you that scene. like they give you this extended visual of a woman experiencing something traumatic and then laud themselves as feminist for doing so.

blue eye samurai doesn't do that. the whole show is set in a world that is extremely antagonistic toward women, and it makes a point to tell you that being a woman right now sucks, because they are property and are used sexually. but even though it doesn't shy away from this, it doesn't show you the violence itself, which you would almost expect it to because of how graphic the rest of the show is.

im thinking specifically of kinuyo. they very well could have shown us a scene of her being abused, but they didn't. they didn't show the abuse itself, but they did show how it affected her. they showed her seeing a doctor for her sores. they could have made this incredibly traumatic and grotesque scene a spectacle, showing us exactly how powerless she is and how powerful he is. they could have shown us this incredibly triggering event in full detail for our entertainment, but they didn't. they chose not to. and i think that's how it should be.

it is not necessary to have an extended visual and auditory reenactment of violence against women. we the audience understood the gravity of the situation and were able to empathize without needing that scene. having that scene would have completely detracted from the point they are trying to make. it would have turned something completely reprehensible that women everywhere fear because it's a very real issue into entertainment.

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