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Lauren the Flute

@laurentheflute.bsky.social

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NO FOLLOWBACKS, I AM HERE TO HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS AND MAKE NEW ONES Writes too many words & talk too much. Storyteller, writer, VGM flutist & singer, Twitch affiliate, Texan-Canadian. Leader of the Returners. Marketer by trade 🏳️‍🌈 Twitch.tv/LaurentheFlute

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Lauren the Flute @laurentheflute.bsky.social · Oct 19

Hello, new folks! Might as well introduce myself. I do a lot of things (though less so lately due to chronic illness flare) so you might know me from:
+ Video game music, including my band The Returners
+ Streaming games on Twitch
+ Writing (mostly fanfic these days)
+ Generally talking a lot

A photo of Lauren, a light-skinned person with short purple hair, playing flute on stage with a band. She's dressed a bit ridiculously. There is a standee of Mog from Final Fantasy 6 behind her.

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Lauren the Flute @laurentheflute.bsky.social · 9h

Tonight I went to see a very gay brass band followed by a drag country band, and the one thing I wanted from the latter was "Jolene but gayer" and they absolutely delivered, complete with alternate lyrics for the chorus

Lauren the Flute @laurentheflute.bsky.social · 15h

I've been drawing a tenth anniversary celebration image over the past couple months and if I can figure out showing my iPad in OBS, I will color it on this stream

Lauren the Flute @laurentheflute.bsky.social · 15h

What do we think about a chill art and hangout stream for my belated 10th streamiversary on the afternoon (my time) of Sunday, October 26? That gives me some time to get ready for it. No gaming, just hanging out.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · Aug 22

me: my sweet baby boy i love you so much. who's mommy's sweet little man? what a nice boy you are

the nice boy:

orange cat doing a big bite to my arm under a blanket

orange cat doing a big bite to my arm but the blanket is gone now

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

my husband sends me the absolute best pictures while I am at work

orange cat with eyes closed being petted

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Lauren the Flute @laurentheflute.bsky.social · 1d

Why am I still up doomscrolling, please make it stop, there is way more bad stuff for today than I realized, and even the good stuff is not solid, and just

I used to cry myself to sleep as a kid knowing that bad things were happening to people in the world; I need to get better at handling it now

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Lauren the Flute @laurentheflute.bsky.social · 1d

Right?! I hope we get more!

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

Can you [especially if you're here in Chicago/the area] plan to make this one call tomorrow?

LFG📱💪‼️

Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

🧵CHICAGO / SUBURBS

BACK OF THE YARDS / YARDS PLAZA

Friedman Real Estate: 888-848-1671
ext 2

I spoke with a lovely woman who took a msg & said she'd pass it on; she also transferred me to "one of" their CEOs, but I had to leave a VM.

If you do this: PLS BE POLITE, NO YELLING.

Sample script, next

Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

*10/8/2025 noncooperation thread*

Back of the Yards is a ~65% Hispanic/Latine neighborhood in Chicago - and hey now! Look what I found!

The website & phone number for Friedman Real Estate in Michigan: friedmanrealestate.com/property-sea...

888-848-1671

brb I have to make a phone call

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a photo of Lucky when he was a baby for everyone's mental health purposes

A small white fluffy puppy taking a snooze.

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Lauren the Flute @laurentheflute.bsky.social · 1d

I want to get back to writing, I want to finish art and music, I want to return to streaming, but at least I am not doing nothing right now

Lauren the Flute @laurentheflute.bsky.social · 1d

Going to bed but look, I learned to do a new thing with wire; not yet exactly what I wanted for this project but I'm gaining knowledge and skill!

A bunch of hearts made out of silver colored wire, next to a pair of round nosed pliers used to shape them.

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Lauren the Flute @laurentheflute.bsky.social · 1d

There is only one person in the world who dislikes Vivi (and that person is my sister) but literally everyone else wants to cheer that little boy on as he succeeds at anything he wants to do

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

POV: you are going to be bitten

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 1d

It's interesting seeing the different ways resistance has formed in different cities. Los Angeles Organized, Chicago Radicalized, and Portland Got Weird as Fuck. All 3 have had success unifying their respective cities.

I guess my point is there are multiple paths to ungovernability.

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Lauren the Flute @laurentheflute.bsky.social · 1d

If you're going to be talking about FFVI anyway, I want to point out that the retranslation of the opera is physically much, much, much easier to sing (better syllables/vowels), and yet some of us persist in singing the un-poetic, less-singable Woolsey lyrics because we love them from childhood

Lauren the Flute @laurentheflute.bsky.social · 1d

I love the "son of a sandworm" screenshot b/c it's such a perfect example; the FFVI GBA+ script is infinitely better overall, but a few Woolseyisms have so much character it hurts to have them changed, and submariner to sandworm is one of them!

I'll think some more to actually answer your question!

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QuiJohn @quijohn.bsky.social · 6d

Goose says hi

Goose, an orange and white fluffy cat, sleepily waking up and half rolling over

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geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 6d

a baby

a fluffy white and gray tabby cat with big paws ruffled up and laying tummy up on a bed

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Lauren the Flute @laurentheflute.bsky.social · 1d

Ooooooooooh what a good haul!

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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 2d

My performance reliability hit 60 percent and I could talk again. I said, “Fuck you, ART.”

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Lauren the Flute @laurentheflute.bsky.social · 1d

Oh noooooo but it was so much fun 😭

Lauren the Flute @laurentheflute.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, I should draw some ladies today to celebrate

Claire Mullaly @clairemullaly.bsky.social · 2d

Happy International Lesbian Day to me and the rest of us!

Lauren the Flute @laurentheflute.bsky.social · 1d

The passage of time is so strange and surreal

Lauren the Flute @laurentheflute.bsky.social · 1d

I think I do want to stream the chapters, but not as my immediate welcome back to streaming. I'm going to try something more casual like an art stream or something as a belated streamiversary, and we will see if I'm able to stream again based on that!

Lauren the Flute @laurentheflute.bsky.social · 2d

Had a bad dream about trying to stream the new Deltarune and it went really badly so clearly I'm stressed about it

I think I'm just going to gto a casual hanging-out belated streamiversary stream instead and see how that goes instead, first...

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