Shadows of the Mind
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coy ~ they ~ them ~ 25+ ~ writeblr ~ says fuck sometimes
ao3 @shadowsofourdeepestmind
do our words shatter like glass because they are empty? or because they are full?

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dw if a link doesn’t show up, i probably haven’t made it yet. if a link is broken pls send me an ask

Active WIPs:

Five Card Draw (main tag, back alley au, london fog au)

Prue Kerry, Jack of Clubs, Ace of Spades, Ace of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, Queen of Diamonds, The Doctor

ieiunus-verse (main tag, an umbral arena, ieiunus ii, rendezvous with the vampire, prized possession au, anchors series)

Avrae, Emsy, Thanatos, The Archfey, Rhys, Less, Beatrice

Shelved WIPs:

Biomech (main tag)

Aster, Lana, Nova, Steele

Whump tags:

coy whumps, bad things happen bingo

Porn tag:

coy fucks

Blog admin:

coy speaks, asked and answered

Masterlists:

Whump masterlist(TBD), OC Masterlist

Writeblr Games:

worldbuilding wednesday, storyteller saturday, flash fiction friday, meet and greet monday, last line tag, all tag games, ask games

earthquakening:

It’s always funny when a character feels an emotion and goes “what is this? What the fuck? Am I sick or ill or something?

tokkibean:

i do not “delete sentences” when they start “hindering the plot” i COPY PASTE THEM into a SEPARATE DOC made just for keeping all my USELESS LINES that i will also NEVER USE so therefore i should JUST DELETE THEM but i DONT because id FEEL BAD if i did

valtsv:

valtsv:

i refused to stay buried because i love you why are you running

babe it’s me i’m just covered in dirt and blood because i had to claw my way up into the light and crawl on my hands and knees back home to you stop screaming

albatris:

just wrote The Final Line of rentalcar!!!!!!

now some minor edits and a couple half-scenes to add….. then we’re officially done!

aropride:

blorbo = you’re holding them captive

The Character = THEY’RE holding YOU captive

psilocervidae:

psilocervidae:

Why you should give Text Adventure games a try (yes, you!)

There is not nearly enough love for Text Adventure Games here on Tumblr. Or anywhere really. But especially here, I feel like you guys would really get a kick out of them. Here’s why:

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@icannotgetoverbirds thank you! I’m glad you’re interested! The post contains links to all the games (although most will not work on mobile, since most of these games predate mobile phones. The links won’t take you directly to the games, but rather to a portal through which the games can be launched.

Most of the links I provided are to IFDB, the Interactive Fiction Database, a community run archive which allows you to search for games by title, age, genre, and community reviews. It has plot descriptions, reviews, and “people who rated this game highly also enjoyed [blank]” reccomendations. It will also provide a list of places each game can be played. Your best bet is online, it’s the easiest to navigate and best for less tech-savvy people, although occasionally the online game will be missing some elements (like colour or music). You can also download the files, if they’re HTML you can open them directly on your computer, if they’re Glulx or Gblorb you can open them in Parchment.

There’s also Textadventure.co.uk, which does a similar thing, but I personally find the UI and search function to be more clunky and less accurate (if IFDB is Ao3, TA.co is closer to Wattpad). You’re also gonna see many more hypertext games than parser games, which as I mentioned isn’t ideal for me.

Lastly, if you really wanna plumb the depths, there’s the IF Archive. This is truly an archive in every sense of the word. Founded in 1992, contains close to every piece of text adventure gaming content ever published, as far as I can tell. There’s no keyword search function or review feature, just a long winding series of lists of links and web portals. If you’re lucky you’ll get game descriptions like “A horror mystery game” or “a twisted fairy tale”, but just as often you’ll have to pick games through titles and vibes alone. Personally, sifting through decades of the Archive looking for games with cool titles to blindly download is my definition of a fun Saturday, but it’s… Not for everyone.

Sorry for the rambling again. If you have any more questions, do not hesitate to ask. And if you do play any of these games and enjoy them, please DM me. I need more people (read- any people) to talk to about this stuff.

writeblrfantasy:

hey there!

thank you as always to everyone who engages with my posts or has ever bought any of my things before, it’s such an honor and i am so so grateful to be part of this community.

however, if you were inclined to support me, a queer indie author, i am dropping the link to my kofi under the cut! I have several short stories/novellas there for only a few dollars each, more about them below:

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h3xt0r:

We need more ships where it’s romantic for one half and platonic for the other and both parties are aware and ok with this

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