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Acin ☆

@shadowfals@toot.cat
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Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels.

Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out.

SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink.

The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

210 Followers
297 Following
50 Posts
Joined November 29, 2024
Website:
falsfiction.neocities.org
Ko-fi page:
ko-fi.com/shadowfals
Pronouns:
he/they

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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Jul 06, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat

My bad comic didn't go out? I must've dreamt it did.

This one-paged oneshot is nothing but a pencil sketch in a comic workbook, the panel order is wrong, the joke might only make sense to a niche audience, a filter was slapped on top, and it's either very late or a year early.

Yep, it's bad.

Nailed it!

#TerribleComicDay

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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Jul 02, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @MsHearthWitch@wandering.shop
@MsHearthWitch@wandering.shop @traecer@techhub.social @tiesselune@fedi.tiesselune.com @gairdeachas@mastodon.social @jvschrag@hachyderm.io I'd cover the open source alternatives... until the position is recast by someone better.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Jun 04, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @britt@mstdn.games
@britt@mstdn.games these are beautiful. :blobcatrainbow:
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · May 11, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @SecularJeffrey@ohai.social
@SecularJeffrey@ohai.social so named because the doctor was a dragon. :blobcatupsidedown:
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · May 09, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @meagantrott@mastodon.art
@meagantrott@mastodon.art I've been seeing that, too. Yet another nonsense justification for LLMs. My solo project relied on parts made by other people and isn't as pretty as yours, but it's what I wanted it to be (with updates I'm still working on), all without having to ask a chatbot for code, images, or advice (regurgitated from the forums meant for people to read directly). That's linked at the bottom. A lot of the frustrations of learning and searching for answers alone stems from the protections put in place against the AI/LLM developers by their peers. Knowledge would be freerer if we weren't in the abusive social situation with unwanted scrapers and mass profilers. https://falsfiction.itch.io/spirit-of-the-latch
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · May 09, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @masukomi@connectified.com
@masukomi@connectified.com I've had successful installs take over an hour. As far as I remember, every attempt that amount of time has failed. I've canceled processes after three or four hours of no progress. Microsoft experiences made me wary of corrupted updates after long waits. Anyhow, what I actually want to point out is that Ubuntu mirrors have been going down this week. I'm guessing that has something to do with the kernel patches. You might have better luck trying after the situation calms a bit.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · May 08, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @MicroSFF@mastodon.art
@MicroSFF@mastodon.art oh, hey, I wrote a story like this. 😄
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · May 01, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @shadowfals@toot.cat
@sinituulia I can actually summon coffee and will ask for one in a moment. Sock sorting is soothing. I'm no longer used to fresh bread and would view it with suspicion. The low number of grocery picks is fascinating to me.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · May 01, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @sinituulia@eldritch.cafe
@sinituulia I have a feather duster and room filters. Dusting is quick and fun, as long as I can grip and move the duster while either standing or scooting around. Dealing with groceries is a frustrating half-day event that requires another day of rest and healing. I'd be grateful for the help, assuming it doesn't cost too much or leave me with dangerous foodstuffs taking up all available space.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · May 01, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @futurebird@sauropods.win
@futurebird I interpreted what he said as a snarky (with the snark directed at the industry) "LLMs aren't only spicy autocomplete. They're also schemes with real people in the chat." I understand your thread above is focused on the algorithmic part of the process and why the phrase is valid, in part. But also, the existence of the Kenyans and Nigerians on the other side of the creative brainstorming and sexbot acts are rarely recognized. It's kind of nice to see it brought up. Those people are performing roles that are nicer to the "AI" users, but there are consequences that I feel aren't talked about enough. Just like the autocomplete part of the process isn't. The behind the scenes is often a Wizard of Oz type of smoke-and-mirrors act. @u0421793 (is that what you were saying?)
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Apr 29, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat

I'm tired of conducting a web search for nearly everything of importance every day.

Question: What are the steps for backing up (alternatively, transferring) everything to a USB connection from a terminal with no mouse input?

#Linux #AskFedi

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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Apr 24, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @xkcd@mastodon.com.br
@xkcd@mastodon.com.br half of me wants to look up the reference. l The other half is strong-arming the first to find something else to do.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Apr 21, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat

I am 140% fed up with spoofers. If I ever were to get into serious hacking, it would be to crash their computers, only theirs.

They're entirely evil when pushing through during emergencies in the area they're calling. (I'm okay, only a little stressed.)

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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Apr 21, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat

My projects were accepted into the big Pride bundle for June. Now we wait to find out if itch.io accepts the bundle.

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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Apr 17, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @SunnJax@tech.lgbt
@SunnJax@tech.lgbt snow! ... in April. Better late than never?
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Apr 17, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @stux@mstdn.social
@stux@mstdn.social what is this from?
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Apr 15, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @shadowfals@toot.cat
I worked on illustrations for "Snared Spirit" (Ren'Py version), "Spirit of the Latch", and a MerMay project today. That was not as not as satisfying as I'd hoped for. My mouse really is dying? The computer's fan keeps acting up, too. But, hey, there's a rough draft of Monkey that formed in a bout of stubborness.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Apr 14, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @shadowfals@toot.cat
It's fun listening to how ash-butt The Beautiful Monkey King Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and the irresistibly bald Tripitaka are a couple and how the TV paranormal drama Korean Odyssey reimagined Journey to the West. The young reviewer thinks the Korean live action show made the sea prince (the horse dragon?) a male octopus only so the writers could squeeze in queerness somewhere. I think that's apart from the show's real estate assistant, who screams Bi Icon to me.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Apr 14, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat

It's Portfolio Day.

Do I have a portfolio? Eh...?

Am I trying to sell anything? Um...?

What I've got is to show is a peek at a thing I'm making for a kid who like classic Buddhist fanfic.

#WIPWednesdayButEarly

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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Apr 10, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat

Sorry, I changed my mind about the previous post's visibility.

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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Apr 10, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat

I'm not there yet, maybe won't be anytime soon if ever, but how does developer know their game is appropriate for #Steam?

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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Apr 10, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat

I found the drag-and-drop feature for Ren'Py. That's going to be used in a couple of projects.

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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Apr 10, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @mallory_sinn@hachyderm.io
@mallory_sinn@hachyderm.io the part I need to remember is the egg shell. The covering of AGAB is broken and meant to be disregarded or repurposed. Your explanation.helped. Thank you.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Apr 10, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @mossgrove@social.treehouse.systems
@mossgrove there are settings for mute. I'm not on Mastodon's core clients (the namesake app or the web app or even Mastodon itself, entirely), but when I go to mute, I can choose to get notifications. The default has notifications from muted accounts turned off.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Apr 04, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat

I wish mutuals would tell me when I'm on a total mute so I don't waste a week or several weeks of useless messages or on questioning whether or not messages are going through.

This might be a good time to unfollow some accounts, because either way, there's no real connection. I'll think about it after lunch.

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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Apr 04, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat

Testing...

https://tube.kockatoo.org/a/krita/video-channels

@krita

Result: Submitting this post crashed my Mastodon client. There's a preview, but it open into a browser window without any options to follow or respond.

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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Apr 03, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @3Fingers@blorbo.social
@3Fingers@blorbo.social I'm addressing this to your shape on the screen but don't actually care if you see the post. It's not for you. It's for onlookers wanting more info about why they feel they need to block you or warn their server admins about your reply above. For one thing, the original post was likely referring to AI slop. "Putting aside all the ethical concerns" is a phrase used so often by slop shovelers that it's a meme by now. Secondly— it's not the original poster or anyone else in the conversation who seem to be suffering from mental distress over the existence of the word evil appearing in a memetic post. There are other people here who either understand the shorthand or they don't and move on. Telling the entire word what it can and cannot see, which words do and do not have meaning, is a ridiculous act. More than one perspective exists. You show awareness of that at one point but then repeatedly contradict yourself. Interestingly, you argue that evil doesn't exist but love does. They're a part of the same abstract systems. Love is no less difficult a concept to define, and its meaning varies based moral paradigms. Your response, as you acknowledged, comes across as a defense of evil. It sounds the same as "racists don't exist" / "racism doesn't exist" when someone mentions how people talk like racists. Worse, it's saying the victims of racism are insane for talking about harm. Communication is always approximate. It doesn't matter matter that race doesn't really exist. Most of us are aware there are people who believe it does and hurts others through racism. To bring up the example already in the thread: Are you able to agree that torture, rape, and bombing schools is bad, or would you argue about the definition of the word and how it only has meaning if these abuses affect yourself and loved ones, if you have any? At this point, my assumption is the the argument would slide even farther from the original point. "Putting aside all ethical concerns" is a common definition of evil. People who talk like that don't sound logical, only cruel or (as if there's a difference) willfully clueless of abuse. @violetmadder@kolektiva.social @petrillic@hachyderm.io
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Mar 29, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @bobhenryphotos@mas.to
@bobhenryphotos I wish the plant wasn't so painful. It's beautiful.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Mar 29, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @chrisamaphone@hci.social
@chrisamaphone maybe from Mark Twain's writing of Mississippi's ships, I knew the term "leagues" was associated with speed. That implied horizontal movement to me. Without the context, I would have assumed it meant the submarine was traveling 20k {unfamiliar measurement} below the surface. Totally understandable.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Mar 26, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @mallory_sinn@hachyderm.io
@mallory_sinn@hachyderm.io 1990s: was GNC (not the phrase used back then), fought social suppression and body dysphoria. aughts: started(?) HRT (not the phrase used and this excludes an obscure treatment) but was forced to take the wrong hormones (matching gender assigned at birth). start of 2010s: learned there are terms for what I was and am, found supposedly supportive groups; tried to come out and seek medical help; dealt with transphobic, homophobic, and sexist BS from family, friends, social (art & writing) group members, coworkers, work, supervisors, doctors, politicians, and media. later 2010s: more of the same except worse. 2020+: less direct social interaction, more access to telehealth services, started GAHT/HRT. No matter how much I've seen it, I don't really understand the egg metaphor— something to do with social media profiles, or is it "born again" beliefs? What I know is we take what we get. Some trans people are supported and transition smoothly to focus on other areas of life without constant drama. Many of us here pick up pieces of the resources we can reach and make do with them. The fediverse could count as a resource.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Mar 23, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @bweller@mstdn.social
@bweller@mstdn.social @Andii@mas.to @oscarjiminy@aus.social That phrasing has been used by people in essays for generations.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Mar 23, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @pixouls@post.lurk.org
@pixouls pretty! Sounds like an awesome program for good skill building, too.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Mar 15, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @jadedtwin@corteximplant.com
@jadedtwin this is wonderful. A happy scene. 😊
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Mar 13, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @ruari@velocipederider.com
@ruari that's nice, sincerely. Related question: in Firefox and derivatives, I can look at the Ublock filter on each page to choose between links. If one webpage has 85 elements blocked, a second with similar info or capability has 12, and a third has zero, then I'd recommend the third in conversations. Because not everyone's using Vivaldi, is there a way to see what on a page was blocked by it?
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Mar 13, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @DeltaWye@tiggi.es
@DeltaWye@tiggi.es @feliks@chaos.social I'm not sure about the veracity of the image, but this scenario is one of the vulnerabilities AI researchers have warned about repeatedly over the past several years. It's easy to trick chatbots that have access to excessive info and very little oversight. These models were early experiments that were unleashed on the public far too soon.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Mar 12, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat

I'm passing this along from where I found it for #RenPy users on #Linux.

"Fix: Ren'Py Games Freezing/Stuttering on Linux (NVIDIA + Kernel 6.11+)" (F95Zone,Tonga domain)

https://f95zone.to/threads/fix-renpy-games-freezing-stuttering-on-linux-nvidia-kernel-6-11.289757/

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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Mar 06, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @MicroSFF@mastodon.art
@MicroSFF hard for me to imagine, but it makes for a sweeter story. Thank you for the perspective.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Mar 02, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @dianea__dup_39677@lgbtqia.space
@dianea@lgbtqia.space I remember that episode. 💜
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Feb 27, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @blinry@chaos.social
@blinry @dianea it's been on my to-do list to try, but when I went to gather the basic steps, I ended up with something like 100 pages of instructions that repeatedly point out that I will almost certainly brick the phone, possibly with damage to any connected device and no help for repairs. So, yeah, maybe too good to be a true alternative except for the lucky few. It's nice that there is an option out there, tho.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Feb 13, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @HuguesRoss@mastodon.art
@HuguesRoss@mastodon.art 😂 I was thinking the same thing! When I saw the hours, I thought "Is it pixel art?!" and had to zoom in to check. @emilylorange@mastodon.art they're gorgeous leaves. The result of all your work has a feel of warm-weather groundcover determined to melt away spring ice.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Feb 10, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @deviantollam@defcon.social
@deviantollam@defcon.social reminds me of how, during the first Trump term, Secret Service agents frequently left their handguns behind in places such as public restrooms, which could be used by children. Congressional workers and White House visitors complained about the lack of discipline and safety.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Feb 04, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @dragonfi@social.jsteuernagel.de
@dragonfi thank you for looking into Arch, anyhow.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Feb 04, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @asep@toot.community
@asep bookmarked for further reading! Thank you.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Feb 04, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat

#AskFedi: What are the best #Linux distros for the Blind and low-vision people of any tech level?

What are the options for a blind install or preinstalls that have functional screen readers?

(I know the options aren't great, some assistive features are disappearing without explanation, but I want to believe there's something worth suggesting for this year.)

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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Jan 30, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @CedC@diaspodon.fr
@CedC@diaspodon.fr sounded like an AI fan in your first post. Block. People need to be able to trust each other to get and give technical help that can affect quality of living. Trust is broken when someone in the conversation tries to promote chatbots and bullshit coding programs in lieu of the understanding, sympathy, and patience requested in the top of the thread.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Jan 30, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @vampiress@eigenmagic.net
@vampiress@eigenmagic.net @marceles_pixel@mastodon.art What does "vibes-based" mean?
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Jan 23, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @aaron@cutie.city

@aaron@cutie.city the illustrations on that site are confusing. Isn't that all North American wildlife?

Edit: Apparently, there are more similarities than I knew of.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_bison

https://www.britannica.com/animal/European-moose

https://www.bbcearth.com/news/saving-the-european-salmon

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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Jan 12, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @dramypsyd__dup_26268@ohai.social
@dramypsyd@ohai.social perfect.
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Jan 02, 2026
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @catboy_of_the_seaaa@dftba.club
@catboy_of_the_seaaa@dftba.club @lethe@digitalcourage.social @epilys@chaos.social "Is she gay... or European?" :blobcatmusic:
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Acin ☆ @shadowfals@toot.cat · Dec 18, 2025
Acin ☆
@shadowfals@toot.cat

Queer artist currently focused on pixel art and (separately) visual novels. Shares for other mature adults. Political posts (US-based) are to sort out thoughts from prayers. (No, we won't agree on anything 100%. I don't agree with myself that much. The world is complex.) Goes quiet and uses only the star button when burnt out. SFFH stories and published game links are mostly covered at Other World's Ink. The avi is a pixel art self portrait with light skin, dark hair, and a purple mask over the face's lower half. Header is a closeup of a pen sketch of two characters in each other's face in an indeterminate manner.

toot.cat
Replying to @realhackhistory@chaos.social
@realhackhistory@chaos.social The Black Spirit of the Past The Trans Spirit of the Present and The Gay Spirit of the Future?
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