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Interactive fiction works

We Wretched Creatures Rated: 18+

Set in a small town in 1994. Supernatural, romantic, horror. In development. Tags: we wretched creatures, WWC, wwc asks. Episodes nine out of thirteen currently available.

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O, Your Heavenly Stars! Rated: 18+

A story set in the 1930’s; a look into Hollywood’s Golden Age and beyond. In development. Tags: o your heavenly stars!, OYHS. Chapter 1 available.

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Excellent Cadavers Rated: 18+

A 70’s crime story about the last years of an illegal empire. In development. Tags: excellent cadavers, EC, EC asks. 2 chapters available.

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The Things We Leave Behind Rated: 18+

A story told in dual timelines. Seasonal and subject to less updates than the stories above.

What if all lost media just disappears and shows up Croun??

But not only lost media, also spare socks, set of keys, government documents lost in a move, baby clothes, bobby pins. Just showing up in drawers, closets, backpacks, boxes

I got the idea because I was listening to subways of your mind which is a recently rediscovered lost media song (a banger btw)

Mary Sue doormat girlfriend or wife gets consistently cheated on and abused by the mafia/vague billionaire man who chooses his side piece over her until she runs away and then realizes he loves her and stalks her until she finds a new boo

Also, inexplicably, they’re always alpha werewolves but at no point does the story have anything to do with werewolves at all

Yes, I, Jude, who is famously anti AI would use AI music knowingly 🥴

The artists who created this music have an online musical presence at least from what I could see—do I know if they have ever used AI whether heavily or in a minor way while making this music? No. I can’t know that for sure because most royalty free sites don’t disclose that unfortunately nor require their creators to disclose that

It really should huh? Especially because there’s many things left unsaid. Like how far did it go? Was he their first? If he was that explains a lot of Luce’s behaviour towards how detached they seem from sex emotionally whenever you get the opportunity to casually engage in sex acts in the first two chapters

I have a complicated relationship with that place

I applaud how open they are to different types of kinks and defend people’s right to like certain things

I'm making the most unhinged characters I've ever had in an IF and am having way too much fun.

Usually I have such in depth thoughtful reasons for why I change my mind about things…

It’s cause her portrait was hot 😭

That’s the only reason I did it 😭

Yes

I would mention it if I had decided to change the others. But also I think I would have to do so much rework if I changed Magenta’s and Jack’s sexuality

Oh my I wonder who this could be

The two people you miss can’t possibly be names starting with I and J right?

So for Ashley I didn’t consult anyone. I could’ve, I have trans friends who read my work and help with it. I had a topic I wanted to discuss and then I asked myself if I were like Ash, with their worldview and personality, how would I handle this? Ash’s gender is affected entirely by who she is and I know her personality. So instead of viewing it through gender first than character it’s the other way around. As a cis writer I feel you can listen as much as you can and read as much as you can but that ultimately you can’t copy and paste and call it a day, you have to make your own effort to make a character feel true and made by you just like your cis characters are

To get Ashley I wanted to do something I don’t usually see in ifs for trans characters which is someone who is closeted and in a way although would like to be free, but prefers the comfort of their cis prison than the fear that comes with being free. Also a trans person who doesn’t like being trans, who would prefer being a cis woman. Being trans for her is an inconvenience because it detracts from her pursuits, they want to just be without feeling dysmorphic, without feeling that they must tell the truth for her to just live

I understand why this specific type of trans person is rare but I really wanted to do something different with her and I’m really fucking excited for the private Ash moments