YOU CAN DO ANYTHING ! !

And then I grew up and it turns out the world is going to shit and there’s a class war everywhere and my livelihood is under constant threat because I wasn’t lucky enough to be born into generational wealth and climate change is coming fast and god, the powerful are so selfish and and and- and yet, I do still dance in my kitchen. Sometimes my cat asks to be picked up and I sway around in a made up waltz with her tucked into my arms. (This is one of her favorite activities)

I play card games and gossip and watch movies with my friends every few Saturdays even though we’re all overworked and exhausted. i create things in the pockets of time between sleep and work and sometimes I create while I’m at work and I race home to finish it with a childlike sort of excitement. I’ve seen very little of the world but it’s still more than most of my family has. and these things are still just as wonderful as I dreamed they’d be, it’s just that they’re grounded firmly in a reality that’s harder to thrive in.

it makes me sad, because I feel like a lot of people are grappling with how much more difficult it is these days to create a life you survived for. And it can feel sometimes like it was all for nothing- all that stubborn determination to stay alive and keep trying, keep going got us to a world on fire, with all the folks who could do anything about it shrugging and saying no, nothing can be done, it’s too late, it’s just how things are.

Except it isn’t. There will always be dancing, there will always be companionship, there will always be room for hope. It’s never useless to hope for a better life. It’s never useless to believe it can be.

if you use your voice to defend people from harm by their own peers, thank you.

if you use your voice to remind people they are worthy and loved, thank you.

if you use your voice to share a hopeful story when people need it most, thank you.

if you use your voice to admire others' strengths, and accept their weaknesses, thank you.

if you use your voice to add kindness and goodness to this world, thank you; thank you for being you in a world that is too often confusing, stressful, or cruel.

the world will always need people like you. anyone who tells you something different is only projecting their weaknesses onto you. if someone devalues your heart, that is not your fault.

I would say this is one of the primary differences between being "nice" and being truly kind. Niceness goes along to get along. Niceness avoids conflict. Niceness sets people up to violate your boundaries because niceness doesn't tell where they are. Kindness risks people crossing your boundaries knowingly, but it also gives them the opportunity to respect them. Kindness also allows others the opportunity to be patience, gracious, generous and above all kind to you in return.

This does mean being vulnerable in some ways, and some people will be shitty about it. But as stated above, that is a them problem.

So, you are allowed to tread carefully until you better understand the terrain. You don’t have to walk around with smiles and an open face everywhere, that’s not a requirement for being kind. Specially if you are a woman or already in some kind of vulnerable situation, that kind of behavior can make you seem like a target. Do not put yourself at risk needlessly. It is not noble to act foolishly.

You are allowed to send signals or straight up tell people off if they treat you badly or in any way step over your boundaries. You are allowed to step away from situations where you are not appreciated. You are allowed to no longer be kind to someone who hurts or disrespects you. It is not noble to be passive before abuse or disrespect.

You should take your own safety, physical and mental health into consideration always.

Choosing kindness is not synonym with stupid. It shouldn’t be a radical act, but it often is, and if you want to keep your ability to continue to be kind you have to treat yourself with the utmost respect and that requires knowing when to protect yourself.

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happy belated birthday blue rat

Happy 35th Anniversary Sonic!!^^🎉

Have you ever wanted to play a text-based "choose your own adventure"-style comedy-horror game where you can get Edgeworth and friends gruesomely killed off by a mysterious murderer? No? Well I made one anyway! I call it PROSECUTOR MURDER NIGHT!

You can try it out here!

The year is 2029. The prosecutors are having a teambuilding office trip in an isolated lodge halfway up a mountain when someone suddenly starts killing them off. It's up to you who ends up surviving. All of them? None of them? A mix of both? Make whatever choices you want and see what happens!

This is a full fangame (obviously not official, this is a derivative/transformative work, etc etc) lasting about 1-2 hours each run, with many branching paths and lots of replayability. There are some achievements in case you want an added challenge. It should be able to run fine on potato computers. Warning, some of the deaths can get VERY violent and gory... but that just makes it all the sillier. Also, spoiler warning for all six main games and the two Investigations games.

And here's a video of an example playthrough, if you'd like, but I do recommend trying it yourself without spoilers and seeing what kind of run you end up doing and how many people you keep alive. There's no wrong way to play!