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[...] You are one of many young ladies sent to court to face your debut into polite society — to be introduced to all the bachelors of London in order to find a proper husband and live a proper life. But you need no introduction, for better or worse, as every single person in court has heard of you; you are the infamous “Witch of Griffith Manor”, rumoured to be the downfall of your family, the cause of death and despair. A pariah by birth.  You suspect you’ve been sent to court to simply be the entertainment, as no one expects you to truly fit in. And nor do you, to be quite honest. You’re a laughing stock, a humorous wallflower to the lot of them. You’re determined to shape your own future and find a way to leave your family and reputation behind. Fortunately for you, you’re not the only pariah in the midst.

The Witch of Griffith Manor is an 18+ text-based interactive fiction game that contains elements of the historical romance / gothic genres. The story features:

A customisable female main character; the player will determine her name, personality, abilities and physical appearance.

Three romance options, each with their own romance trope, which you can pursue or antagonise (or both).

Life at court — which, given the premise of the story, won’t be exactly idyllic, but the player will be able to either attempt to restore their reputation or make it even worse than initially established!

Multiple endings, depending on the mc's abilities, actions in court and romance pursued. Dominate polite society or leave it altogether. The choice is yours.

The demo will be published around may 15th 2024, and will include the entire prologue, in which the player will be able to fully customise the main character and be introduced to the world of the story.

DEMO TBA + Pinterest Board + Spotify Playlist + F.A.Q.

Archibald Archambeau (M), 26 years old, “Reforming the rake.” You’ve never met him, but have heard of him; he’s the tenth child of King George, albeit the only illegitimate one. Archibald Archambeau, alternatively titled “the half prince”, is rumoured to be cause of numerous scandals in London and to have caused the fall of many a young lady. Though he is, despite his bastard status, a very valuable bachelor, most of polite society will advice their own daughters against engaging with him. Physical description: Tall, with long, curly blonde hair, black eyes and an androgynous figure. The king of fashion excess.

Florence Hawthorne (F), 20 years old, “Enemies to lovers.” You’ve attended a private school with her; once, Florence Hawthorne was the favoured among all of the young ladies you knew at the time, extremely talented in many arts and languages, and rumoured to be the most eligible candidate for the royal first born and heir to the Empire. And yet, from what you’ve heard as of recently, the young baroness has been considered disgraced, ‘tainted’ — though you’ve yet to hear the whole story — and no longer holds the reputation required to look down on you as she once did. Physical description: Medium in height, with long, silky black hair, green eyes and a feminine figure. The queen of elegance at its finest.

Nadir Anwar (M), 28 years old, “Forbidden romance.” You’d never heard of him before your arrival in London; Nadir Anwar, ambassador to the Khedivate of Egypt and the viceroy’s son, has been at court for a while now. You’ve also heard that his position and permanence in England may be the result of a punishment — for what, no one seems to be certain. The court repeatedly hounds him for marriage proposals, though you suspect it may be to gain more status and political advantage with the royal family. Not that it matters, for it seems every proposal coming his way faces a brutal rejection. Physical description: Tall, with short, ruffled dark brown hair, grey eyes and a masculine figure. Dresses as modestly as his position allows him.

#looking pureeety cool #i love court intrigue IFs!!! #and this has a very tantalizing atmosphere from wat i can see...

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Futamono Flower Meaning

So you're telling me that the very night after Will whore Graham sent someone to murder Hannibal simp Lecter, the man created this?!

#will graham #hannibal #hannibal lecter #murder husbands #hannigram #nbc hannibal #hannibal is a simp #such a simp #“oh? you sent someone to slit my wrists at a swimming pool?” #*instant heart eyes*

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Batfamily au where Martha and Thomas Wayne live

Following popular theories Thomas is a well known and respected doctor/surgeon. He often helps the lower classes by offering free stitches or check ups. Martha was a famous actress/model and loved the benefits of her husband helping everyone (aka never getting harassed).

Bruce is still bruce so he still dropped out of med school and focused on expanding well fare program to help the people of gotham. He still adopts all his kids but deals with all their shit like a normal parent would. But his parents reactions to his children achieving more academically than him is the funniest shit

For example

Martha: oh Stephanie i heared you’re all set to get your M.D.

Steph: yes i am finally all the hard work paid off

Martha: at least you saw it through unlike other with more privilege. You should ask Thomas about working with him.

Bruce: I don’t like blood 🫤

Or

Jason: so Grandma and Grandpa will you make it to my graduation ceremony for my Phd in philosophy?

Thomas: Of course, another Wayne with a doctorate we wouldn’t miss it for the world

Martha: don’t worry we’ll stop your dad from getting matching shirt with your face on them, jaybird

Bruce: *on the computer created the shirts*

And bruce isn’t even mad at the pettiness of his parents because his children are all accomplishing greatness by following their passion. Plus, he knows his parents are just kidding and glad he followed what made him happy even if it was becoming a single dad at 21.

#batfamily #martha wayne #thomas wayne #the waynes lived au #bruce wayne #jason todd #stephanie brown #dick grayson #tim drake

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If a worker who isn't the owner says ANYTHING similar to "I'm not really supposed to do this but-" and then does something that helps you, under no circumstances inform the business, including through reviews. You tell them that the worker was polite, professional, the very model of customer service and why you like to go there. You do not breathe a word of the rulebreaking.

#no snitching

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The most popular browsers in different countries in 2012 and 2022.

by @theworldmaps_

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I was trying to find out if Kermit was eligible to be pope and I found a blog that says he's the perfect example of a catholic priest

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PSA CAN’T BELIEVE I’M POSTING THIS. STOP AI.

The first image is a prompt I posted on my prompt blog LAST YEAR.

The second image is from an application called c.ai. On MY post, a viewer commented, telling people that there’s a character with this very dialogue.

Mind you, NO ONE ASKED ME FOR PERMISSION. Though it wasn’t stolen word for word, this is very obviously taken from my prompt which I took the time to write and publish. This is MY writing, and though I share it publicly, that does not give anyone the right to make money off of it. I did NOT CONSENT TO MY PROMPT BEING USED IN AI.

I honestly am not even sure what action to take but please please please bring attention to this and reblog. We need to end AI and the act of stealing artists’ work. I can’t believe this.

#ai #writing #prompts #sheesh #psa #stop ai #writeblr #creative writing #please share #spread the word

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DEAN WINCHESTER — 2.02 Everybody Loves A Clown

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It's important to drink a lot of fluids when you're sick so that your body has the raw materials to generate gallons of snot.

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you can click on this button once daily to help palestine and support other causes in the middle east for free. it takes literally 5 seconds and could help save lives so please take the time to click and share this link.

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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I feel like I should make a post about this because it’s not something that’s very well-known, and that Americans in particular may need to know about given the uncertain state of our healthcare system at the moment. I’ve wanted to write this out for a while, It’s kind of a long post, so sorry about that!

If you have an emergency and have to go to the hospital, you’ll owe the hospital a lot of money. (I got into a car wreck and broke my ankle and my arm. My hospital bill was around $20,000)

You’ll also owe the ambulance provider, if you need one. (My ambulance bill was about $800)

You may get separate bills from the anesthesiologist or surgeon. (My anesthesiologist bill was $1,700)

You may need follow-up appointments. (My orthopedic surgeon billed me for the appointments and his surgery together and it was about $1,000)

You’ve also got to pay for medical equipment you need afterward, like crutches or a walking boot. (Mine cost about $75)

Altogether, I ended up with almost $24,000 in medical debt from one car accident. That’s a really scary number for someone like me who makes $10/hr at a 12 hour a week job.

I got my debt down to $1075 by making some phone calls and submitting some paperwork.

The first thing I did was contact the hospital. They don’t make it easy to find, but many hospitals (perhaps most hospitals?) have financial assistance programs for people who can’t afford medical bills. I don’t make a lot of money, and I have bills to pay, so they were able to help me. I called the billing department and asked if they had any assistance programs for low income people who can’t pay their bills. I had to call multiple times, and I got transferred in circles by people who didn’t know what I was talking about. Finally, I got an appointment with someone in “Eligibility Services” (I don’t know what other hospitals call it, if it’s something different). I had to bring my pay stubs and copies of all of my bills. When I got to the hospital for the appointment, nobody knew what I was talking about so I had to wander a little to find where I needed to go. I spoke with the guy in Eligibility Services, and I waited for a decision on how much of the bill they would forgive. A month later, I got a call telling me it was totally forgiven.

I did the same thing for my ambulance bill and my anesthesiologist, but the process was a LOT easier. I just had to mail some paperwork and it was totally forgiven.

I didn’t bother with the medical equipment suppliers, since the bills came from separate companies and I didn’t feel like going through the process twice for $75. I was assured at the hospital that they had similar programs for debt forgiveness, so I could have probably avoided paying that too.

The only thing I couldn’t get taken care of was the surgeon/follow-up appointment cost, but they were able to put me on a no-interest payment plan.

Medical debt is scary because it’s something that can come from stuff that’s already really scary. I didn’t need the burden of $24,000 in debt on top of trying to get around on a crutch with a broken arm (it’s not easy, believe me!).. but I can’t imagine what it would be like with a bigger debt or a more severe medical emergency. I see lots of people in even worse trouble than I was in, both financially and medically. Please know that there are options for you when that GoFundMe doesn’t do enough. Even if your income is higher than mine, it’s worth a shot even for partial debt forgiveness.

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show, don't tell:

anticipation - bouncing legs - darting eyes - breathing deeply - useless / mindless tasks - eyes on the clock - checking and re-checking

frustration - grumbling - heavy footsteps - hot flush - narrowed eyes - pointing fingers - pacing / stomping

sadness - eyes filling up with tears - blinking quickly - hiccuped breaths - face turned away - red / burning cheeks - short sentences with gulps

happiness - smiling / cheeks hurting - animated - chest hurts from laughing - rapid movements - eye contact - quick speaking

boredom - complaining - sighing - grumbling - pacing - leg bouncing - picking at nails

fear - quick heartbeat - shaking / clammy hands - pinching self - tuck away - closing eyes - clenched hands

disappointment - no eye contact - hard swallow - clenched hands - tears, occasionally - mhm-hmm

tiredness - spacing out - eyes closing - nodding head absently - long sighs - no eye contact - grim smile

confidence - prolonged eye contact - appreciates instead of apologizing - active listening - shoulders back - micro reactions

#writing #body language #lyralit #writing tips #writerblr #creative writing #writblr #writers #writers block #writing ideas

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Omg Suzy you’re so crazy

#i have not stopped thinking about this post ever since the first time i saw it so you bet imma reblog it #i was thinking about this yesterday

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Smol Scale

#catwheezie #cat art #illustration #art #artists on tumblr #cats #smol