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Throwback Thursdayyyyy. New episode of DA2 (which comes out tonight) goes over my upcoming shoots and cosplans, among other things (like the caption contest winners)! 🖤

Model (and makeup and styling): me

Because we had a negative post about deplorable behaviour from random dudes on the internet last week, I wanted to share an example of men/boys being kind or upstanding in an online capacity.

Again, I have no idea who this guy is (or honestly, if he is even a he; might very well be a lady). But this was a super sweet example of just a random act of kindness–romantically motivated or not. This could even just be RP.

Either way, I definitely took the time to positively enforce the gesture by replying (in RP, on the off chance it was in character) because kindness begets kindness, y'all:

“A small note is left in the location previously occupied by the rose. The parchment itself was delicate and yet of fine make, the faint scent of heartblossom lingering on its surface. Curling, elegant handwriting followed:

"Stranger, you have my thanks. May your day be as filled with random acts of kindness as you have made mine.”

I know this is my personal Tumblr and while I post the content I create here (cosplay, modeling, Let’s Plays), I don’t nurture a community or conversation around my work (and nerd /gaming culture in general) like I do on my public page: Emalynde. So I normally wouldn’t bother posting something like this.

But I wanted to share since this was a big deal for me. My health has faltered and life has had it’s rough patches the last year or so, but my kiddos (subscribers/followers) have done a phenomenal job of helping me keep my chin up. A few in particular got these gift boxes to say thank you for their support. And for caring about what I create. I put a lot of effort into my videos and costumes and images, so it means a lot to have them appreciated.

In case not everyone has watched the latest episode of my Dragon Age 2 Let’s Play (episode 59 I think), here are the two winners of the caption contest!! On the left in blue text, we have Ted Collins! On the right in vermillion text, we have Saj Gee!

Thank you so so much to everyone who participated. I even had a handful of people pitch in on Instagram, which is kinda new! Also, I ended up selecting two winners since I was so vague as to the parameters. I’d intended for everyone to use the template I provided to mimic my examples (i.e. put text over my selfie), but I wasn’t very clear about that. So I picked one out of the people who did superimpose a caption onto the image, and then one from the group as a whole. They just so happened to both be people who approached the activity how I intended.