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Miss Saphi @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social · 20h

Since my Patreon tier change, my #writing isn't beholden to tiers any more so, enjoy a snippet of my current #shortstory project: Soulfood.
www.patreon.com/posts/wip-so...
(CW inside)

This is the first short story set in my #Daggerheart world, "Coron, the Orphaned City"

WIP: Soulfood | Saphi

Get more from Saphi on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Miss Saphi @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social · 20h

Since my Patreon tier change, my #writing isn't beholden to tiers any more so, enjoy a snippet of my current #shortstory project: Soulfood.
www.patreon.com/posts/wip-so...
(CW inside)

This is the first short story set in my #Daggerheart world, "Coron, the Orphaned City"

WIP: Soulfood | Saphi

Get more from Saphi on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Miss Saphi @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social · 1d

The current story I am writing is something so wholly different to what I'm used to. This story doesn't deal with my usual themes of transformation, magic & spells. Its a very human story and comes from a place that I've been a little too used to of late.

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Miss Saphi @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social · 1d

And that is roll credits on Hades 2... and, wow... I thoroughly enjoyed it. My head was filled with it, and the characters within. If anything that game has really helped me fall back in love with the rituals and the little things that give life its spirit and mysticism. Room for more Coron now!

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Miss Saphi @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social · 1d

The more I develop Coron and get to grips with #Daggerheart, the more people tell me how much they love the setting and want to play it. I am quickly reaching a point where I am considering doing something concerted to turn Coron into a place people can leave their mark on

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Miss Saphi @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social · 1d

Busy day today! 2 visits from lovely darlings, 1 of which is their first time! Turn my stories into docs and upload to AO3. Figure out pricing for audio comms, incl. scripts, stories, even files. Plan a 3rd Daggerheart Session Zero. Write more short story set in my Daggerheart world!

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Miss Saphi @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social · 2d

A little test, a clearing of dust, an opening of airwaves.
This has been written in PostyBirb to just test how it works. If you're reading this, hello darling! Oh, I should actually say something. Audio comms soon, might return to streaming too. Bye!

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Miss Saphi @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you darling! I love that their enjoying the world I've made for them, and sharing it all with people is just so good. My heart is full

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Miss Saphi @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social · 2d

Correction: I like being a GM.

Being a GM used to be scare me a little. So many moving parts and crunchiness. #Daggerheart has given me a space that allows my storytelling and my game design to flourish by inviting my players in to tell that story with me.

I am so excited to continue.

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Miss Saphi @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social · 3d

2 out of 3 #Daggerheart Session Zeroes GMed.
2 out of 3 players being brought to tears through the RP we were making together.

I think I like being a GM.

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inverseaxolotl @inverseaxolotl.bsky.social · 6d

once upon a time, there was a humble doll girl who tried to make a change

Super Normal Girlypop! is a short comic about a doll girl’s break up, and you can find it on itch.io!!

inverseaxolotl.itch.io/super-normal...

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Miss Saphi @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social · 12d

It was my birthday, and I broke a destructive cycle by allowing myself to celebrate it. It felt so good to allow myself to be celebrate, breaking years of guilt thinking it was selfish and bad to want to be celebrated. It feels good. Thanks to @indigonanu.bsky.social for the gift of my new pfp 💝

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InkyFluffsDraws Comms Open @inkyfluffsdraws.bsky.social · Nov 10

Day 10 - Sleeper Agent

Cecelia (the owner of the Doll shoppe) will let one of her personal dolls go out for errands

#hypnovember #hypnovember24 #bunbothypnovember

Day 10 - Sleep Agent
A sketch of two girls. One of them is wearing an off shoulder t shirt and skirt with a plaid long sleeved shirt tied about her waist. Her red hair is tied in a bun and has glasses. Her visible arms have doll joints. Her eyes are glowing green. The girl behind her has dark hair and glasses and is wearing a dress. She has glowing green empty eyes, the same color as the choker on her neck. She is holding a puppet handle with glowing green strings attached to the first girl.

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Miss Saphi @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social · 19d

Then I began to see the hatreds I used to hold were invented by people who wanted to divide and conquer. Not only did I go from centre-right to Fully Automated Gay Space Communism left, I also went from boy to girl too. Quite a journey. Oh and here's the lecture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbVd...

Annual Raymond Williams Memorial Lecture 2017 | Michael Sheen

YouTube video by Learning and Work Institute Wales

www.youtube.com

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Miss Saphi @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social · 19d

For me it was Michael Sheen's Raymond Williams Memorial lecture. That pushed me to research Welsh Independence more, and the sheer imbalance of power that lies in Westminster. Then COVID struck and I watched a billion pound supermarket tell my partner she wasn't allowed to wash her hands at work.

Strangetree @strangetree.maenad.club · 19d

Since there's some "what radicalized you" conversation going around this morning. It was generally a mixture of this event, growing up poor in Appalachia, and surviving the 90's while a queer kid.

Strangetree @strangetree.maenad.club · Jan 26

Prompted by this, I wanted to highlight the movement I went from "well, most cops are still trying to help" to "ACAB."

It was watching Cincinnati police do a drive-by shooting into a funeral after a week of terrorizing minority neighborhoods.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinn...

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Miss Saphi @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social · 21d

My new Patreon tiers are better for me, and for you. My writing and work just didn't fit the way Patreon wants you to divide your work up and such. So now I don't try to. I dropped prices, and made things simple. You support me, you get stories, I get less anxiety, and I quite like that 💝

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Miss Saphi @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social · 21d

My new Patreon tiers are better for me, and for you. My writing and work just didn't fit the way Patreon wants you to divide your work up and such. So now I don't try to. I dropped prices, and made things simple. You support me, you get stories, I get less anxiety, and I quite like that 💝

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Miss Saphi @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social · 22d

My resilient doll, weathering many a storm. Makes me such a proud witch~

Strangetree @strangetree.maenad.club · 22d

Endlessly thankful for all the ways @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social challenges me, and helps me to be better, every single day.

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Miss Saphi @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social · 23d

How is itch for things like writing?

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Miss Saphi @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social · 23d

Is there a link? It is possible. But I think if anything this is showing me the sheer power AO3 has to allow its users to organically find something to read. It is also affirming me in that, I just need to make things and put them out there. Stories are evergreen, and I need to remember that more

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Miss Saphi @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social · 23d

So, about a day into testing and things are... interesting. A post using nothing but pictures of my work including a picture of the URL garnered some 40 notes, my little sideblog technique garnered almost 20. But in that whole time? The story on AO3 has hit 130 reads!

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Miss Saphi @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social · 24d

I think your art is absolutely stunning, and I love the joy that you lace every part of it with. It feels endearing, and I love that.

🎪 Jesturia 🎪 (Comms Open) @jesturia.bsky.social · 24d

Honk honk

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MajiNSFW🔞(COMMISSIONS OPEN) @majinsfw.bsky.social · 24d

Hypno Community, are we cooked?

Nah, I'll adapt.

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Miss Saphi @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social · 24d

Go right ahead, honestly.

What is strange for me is that I had shit get off the ground, but things /changed/ I don't know why.

I'm tired of moving sites (RIP Cohost), so I'm aiming to become an invasive plant who's roots are deeper than they think

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Miss Saphi @thewitchmisssaphi.bsky.social · 24d

Doing this is taking me back to my days of running playtesting

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