Mel
@silvermoonshadow0.bsky.social
(they/he) | always tired. i write fantasy romance when not procrastinating with gaming. mostly post pictures of my cat & ramblings about metal music / books / whatever random shit my brain is experiencing at the time
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And an evergreen reminder to always support indie, because what you want can always be found there ❤️
oh no, are publishers getting squeamish about buying queer books right now for some impossible-to-guess reason??
sounds like our books need to get even more queer, relentlessly queer, battle-axe queer, cackling queer
sounds like our books need to get even more queer, relentlessly queer, battle-axe queer, cackling queer
January 17, 2026 at 7:47 PM
And an evergreen reminder to always support indie, because what you want can always be found there ❤️
only the 15th of january and i've already had the thought "i don't think i'm going to make it through this year" too many times
January 15, 2026 at 7:56 PM
only the 15th of january and i've already had the thought "i don't think i'm going to make it through this year" too many times
2025 was probably one of the worst years i've ever gotten through so the bar is low for 2026. if i survive it will be an accomplishment worth celebrating at this point. the extra unrealistic goal is finish a first draft of this story (that i havent touched since the 'new thing' shine wore off ;_;)
January 2, 2026 at 4:34 PM
2025 was probably one of the worst years i've ever gotten through so the bar is low for 2026. if i survive it will be an accomplishment worth celebrating at this point. the extra unrealistic goal is finish a first draft of this story (that i havent touched since the 'new thing' shine wore off ;_;)
i really did listen to like nothing but leprous and vola last year lmao
January 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM
i really did listen to like nothing but leprous and vola last year lmao
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Larian's horrible hirring process is an open secret in the industry – insane amounts of unpaid work in "writing tests", excessive numbers of interviews, months and months of back and forth, etc. Everyone in games narrative circles has heard the stories at this point, probably from multiple people.
I know this because they tried to recruit me and I strongly considered it but they’re also a “do an unpaid writing test where you have to also make it playable” company so that’s not something I vibe with
December 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Larian's horrible hirring process is an open secret in the industry – insane amounts of unpaid work in "writing tests", excessive numbers of interviews, months and months of back and forth, etc. Everyone in games narrative circles has heard the stories at this point, probably from multiple people.
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"I didn’t say we use it to develop concept art" just to make reference, get ideas from and outline composition lmao
just 90% of what concept is🤣
just 90% of what concept is🤣
December 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"I didn’t say we use it to develop concept art" just to make reference, get ideas from and outline composition lmao
just 90% of what concept is🤣
just 90% of what concept is🤣
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"we USE ai, but our game wont CONTAIN it" is a clarification that no one has ever cared about & now CEOs are using it as a wedge to get their foot in the door as a part of a long term plan into normalizing AI, just like how 'it's just placeholder' was used with E33. dont cede even an inch of ground
December 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"we USE ai, but our game wont CONTAIN it" is a clarification that no one has ever cared about & now CEOs are using it as a wedge to get their foot in the door as a part of a long term plan into normalizing AI, just like how 'it's just placeholder' was used with E33. dont cede even an inch of ground
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If you're using AI to generate "concept art" and then creating an in-game asset based on what the AI plagiarizes, you're using an AI generated asset.
December 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
If you're using AI to generate "concept art" and then creating an in-game asset based on what the AI plagiarizes, you're using an AI generated asset.
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"More or less okay with the way we're using it" is just manufactured consent from the guy who has the power to fire all these people in the worst games industry job market that has ever existed
sigh
December 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"More or less okay with the way we're using it" is just manufactured consent from the guy who has the power to fire all these people in the worst games industry job market that has ever existed
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The only acceptable amount of genAI usage is zero, IMO.
December 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The only acceptable amount of genAI usage is zero, IMO.
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This is DEFCON 1 priority, y'all. Call your senators, reps, call your friends and tell them to call their senators and reps about this. Call your grandma and tell her to call her senators and reps about this.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
This is DEFCON 1 priority, y'all. Call your senators, reps, call your friends and tell them to call their senators and reps about this. Call your grandma and tell her to call her senators and reps about this.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
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you guys are going to hate this
posts "tropes" map -> gets sales
posts "tropes" map -> gets sales
December 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
you guys are going to hate this
posts "tropes" map -> gets sales
posts "tropes" map -> gets sales
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hey w how trad pub is likely going to be pulling back on books by marginalized authors, now more than ever, please get over whatever roadblock exists in your mind that keeps you from branching out to indie books. if the trad space starts to look dire soon (and it will), this is gonna be the solution
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
hey w how trad pub is likely going to be pulling back on books by marginalized authors, now more than ever, please get over whatever roadblock exists in your mind that keeps you from branching out to indie books. if the trad space starts to look dire soon (and it will), this is gonna be the solution
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so many people are lending a hand to fascists when they police each other on "acceptable" nsfw content and get too scared to stand up for sw'ers and artists when the worst thay could happen to them is get called problematic by other puritans
There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
In a lot of ways other leftists chose this path folks. They shrugged and didn’t care when Patreon banned a ton of hypnosis and TF creators, or when YouTube started their ASMR crackdown. Now it’s coming for queer porn creators, more and more. Who will stand up?
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
so many people are lending a hand to fascists when they police each other on "acceptable" nsfw content and get too scared to stand up for sw'ers and artists when the worst thay could happen to them is get called problematic by other puritans
brain has been floating in the rot zone lately but i *did* find out the reason i was feeling so unwell and dizzy & almost passing out was the increased bupropion dosage so i am so much better back at 150. the adjusting down has been rough on my mood but i'm so happy to not feel like i'm dying 🥲
November 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
brain has been floating in the rot zone lately but i *did* find out the reason i was feeling so unwell and dizzy & almost passing out was the increased bupropion dosage so i am so much better back at 150. the adjusting down has been rough on my mood but i'm so happy to not feel like i'm dying 🥲
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Censorship is now coming for your dnd and your warhammer and your farming sim, they don't care if it's not adult content. They wanted everything
MasterCard is marketing its new MasterCard Threat Intelligence platform to issuers & acquirers. A source familiar w/ MasterCard’s internal operations told me MTI is flagging anime, VTubing, adult content, tabletop, video games as potentially “high fraud risk”
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
How is Mastercard Preventing Payment Fraud at Scale?
Announcing Threat Intelligence at Money 20/20 US, Mastercard showcases its latest technology in preventing fraud, combining insights from Recorded Future
fintechmagazine.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Censorship is now coming for your dnd and your warhammer and your farming sim, they don't care if it's not adult content. They wanted everything
God has it really only been about ten months since I started seriously listening to them and went insane about leprous what the fuck
i think the thing i've been enjoying the most about melodies of atonement so far is despite it having some pretty heavy moments overall it's kind of a really chill album
October 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
God has it really only been about ten months since I started seriously listening to them and went insane about leprous what the fuck
waking up and seeing I have like 30 notifications and going ahh right I forgot bsky does not have private accounts I forgot people can see my random rambling
October 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
waking up and seeing I have like 30 notifications and going ahh right I forgot bsky does not have private accounts I forgot people can see my random rambling
work on the WIP slowed pretty significantly but i've still had a regular trickle of progress which is making me cautiously optimistic it wasn't just another temporary hyperfixation i immediately beat the dopamine out of and will immediately drop
October 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
work on the WIP slowed pretty significantly but i've still had a regular trickle of progress which is making me cautiously optimistic it wasn't just another temporary hyperfixation i immediately beat the dopamine out of and will immediately drop
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“I prefer pretty redheads like you.”
A BONE IN HIS TEETH 🌊 🌊 🌊 is for fans of horror, romance, haunted seaside towns, ancient rituals, THE LIGHTHOUSE, dark fantasy, some gore, a little bit of cannibalism as a treat
A BONE IN HIS TEETH 🌊 🌊 🌊 is for fans of horror, romance, haunted seaside towns, ancient rituals, THE LIGHTHOUSE, dark fantasy, some gore, a little bit of cannibalism as a treat
October 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“I prefer pretty redheads like you.”
A BONE IN HIS TEETH 🌊 🌊 🌊 is for fans of horror, romance, haunted seaside towns, ancient rituals, THE LIGHTHOUSE, dark fantasy, some gore, a little bit of cannibalism as a treat
A BONE IN HIS TEETH 🌊 🌊 🌊 is for fans of horror, romance, haunted seaside towns, ancient rituals, THE LIGHTHOUSE, dark fantasy, some gore, a little bit of cannibalism as a treat
love the living w/ pmdd thing when your tracking app pings you and is like "your period is likely to start in 3 to 5 days!" and you go oh that's why my brain has been like "everything is irreparably fucked go lie in a hole forever" all day
October 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
love the living w/ pmdd thing when your tracking app pings you and is like "your period is likely to start in 3 to 5 days!" and you go oh that's why my brain has been like "everything is irreparably fucked go lie in a hole forever" all day
repeatedly bonking the side of me that cringes and tells me to shut up any time start blabbing about things because I am trying to stop being a recluse and be more like how I used to be again
October 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
repeatedly bonking the side of me that cringes and tells me to shut up any time start blabbing about things because I am trying to stop being a recluse and be more like how I used to be again
minor grump as a nobody writer but the complaining from ppl about trope lists annoys me sometimes bc on one hand yeah i also do not like them! & would prefer not to use them. but i have seen multiple indie / romance novelists say they noticeably increase the reach / sales of the books so 🤷♂️
October 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
minor grump as a nobody writer but the complaining from ppl about trope lists annoys me sometimes bc on one hand yeah i also do not like them! & would prefer not to use them. but i have seen multiple indie / romance novelists say they noticeably increase the reach / sales of the books so 🤷♂️
thinking about her [goth ace sword lesbian from the WIP]
October 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
thinking about her [goth ace sword lesbian from the WIP]