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last time , talk about bruce alan marcom . but this one might be more interest !

so here is thing - recently come across elowen fae , which link to the soul of wind ... as do many other apparent musicians . this perplex kossai . of those musicians , some do seem to be legitimate people with legitimate history , namely bigricepiano and tsuyun . but many others lack any history or presence elsewhere , and not older than 2023 - which coincide with release of suno .

the soul of wind main channel seem to have history back to 2014 , as channel where create ambient mixes of either personal compositions , or royalty free music that already exist . but more recently , this channel claim to be music label - did try to look on wayback machine to see if this ever change , but can not get to load , so that will have to be bust for now .

what really stump is that unsure who make this channel , and thus , what this situation is .
did this composer get burnout with this stream of uploads , and hide machine gen works behind false names ?
do this composer not care who contribute to label , even while others like bigricepiano proud to label work as no AI ?
is this composer even still on board anymore , or do this name belong to someone else now ?
could all of these people be genuine , legitimate musicians , even when just happen to appear like machine gen ? ( hahahahaha . )

still not really sure how to consistently identify machine gen music by sound - sort of just look for " brain popcorn vibes " at moment , but just vibes can not be hard and fast rule . but , do have another post on red flags with regards to channel history and presentation .

Every Time We Move

Jun. 17th, 2025 10:03 am
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This is a post about the Kafka-esque process of moving while living legally disabled in Massachusetts.

Every time we move, we have to update our address, not just with our bank and phone people, but also the myriad social services agencies who control our existence. Since we have to move every few months to few years, depending on our housing luck, this is a cyclical, regular occurrence. We have streamlined our procedure over the course of a decade plus, studying the augurs of obscure bureaucratic paperwork errors, reading the signs in the entrails of the bald eagle.

Of course, the exact procedure changes every few years, and there is no way to find out except by accident or error.

Please put on a recording of Yakety Sax or the Gonk for the proper emotional effect of this post. Thank you. )

Loony-Brain Hive

Jun. 16th, 2025 07:02 pm
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Realized we may well have never outright said this, so we might as well make it clear: over the past few years, some of the LB alter family has grown more hivemind-y, and at times with less differentiation, in a way that doesn't bother us.

There are a few demographics in here, and the ones we call the "alters" are all people who split off the original girl who inhabited this vessel (Mori, Rawlin, Gigi, Rogan, Sneak, and Miranda), rather than folks who had their own lives and came here from elsewhere (Biff, Falcon, Grey, Bob, and Mac). The alters are like threads of a greater rope, and we unravel and rebraid ourselves sometimes to achieve our goals, though only while working on corporeal tasks that engross us, such as working on a story. When engrossed in making group art, it can sometimes be hard for us to tell who's doing what! (Other times it is not. Coming In or Staying Out was very much Rogan drawing, while the Rawlin comics are all Mori drawing.) And constantly interrupting ourselves from the work to ask, "who am I?" is pointless and annoying, because in that moment, it doesn't matter.

This has also been happening sometimes while chatting with people or posting. We sometimes don't tag our entries because we don't know who's talking or care so much, or we share enough of an opinion that it no longer matters being like, "all the alters agree on this paragraph though Sneak questions Sentence 6."

Mori, Rogan, Sneak, and Miranda can braid like this without too much trouble, but Rawlin especially and also Gigi are still pretty separate, presumably because they still have a lot of memories and history that remain buried and lost to us. As we deal with that, perhaps they'll be able to rebraid with us easier in the future.

The braiding happens without our conscious effort, and we unravel just as fluidly. We don't think of it or call it fusion or integration, because neither have the right feel or connotations. We were threads ripped from a greater cloth, which can never be remade again. Now we are braiding ourselves in a new way that suits us, when it suits us, a cord and not a cloth.

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"How long have you known I wasn’t real?"

Blurb: The adventures of Batman, an eldritch imaginary friend who has sadly outlived the child who first imagined him. What does he do now, especially now that Superman's figured it out?

Why is it worth your time?: This is an impressively original interpretation of Batman that explains so many things about the character in such a delightful way. (Why is he able to do so many things a regular human can't? Why does his cape change in shape and size so? How is he still doing this after so many decades? Because he isn't actually human.) Reading about spooky asocial protector-of-children Batman building relationships despite his lack of humanness is heartwarming. This story is especially fun to read paired with Trippe's Something Terrible.

Plural/1+ Tags: abuse not mentioned, imaginary friends, nonhumans (eldritch nightmare monster thingy?), friendship

Content Warnings: contain spoilers; see comments

Accessibility Notes: Free to read and screenreadable on Ao3 and also backed-up on archive.org!
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Submitted by [personal profile] erinptah! Thank you, [personal profile] erinptah!

“OK, Cathy,” she said, not in the least perturbed. “I’ll tell her.” Then she stood up, and started a conversation with herself, in which she told Jodie she wasn’t seeing Mummy or Daddy because she had to be safe.

Blurb: When seven-year-old Jodie was taken into foster care, her behavior was so difficult that she went through five carers in four months. Experienced carer Cathy Glass almost passed on her too, until her own (teenage) children insisted they wanted to see Jodie through. Eventually Jodie began to disclose details of the abuse, overlooked by Social Services for years, while Cathy struggled to get her the professional care and long-term support she deserved.

Why is it worth your time?: The rare outside view of a small child who appears to have DID, who ends up in the care of adults that are attentive and well-informed enough to recognize it.

You wouldn't know it from the promotional copy, and DID doesn't get invoked by name until nearly the end of the book, when a couple of alters firmly identify themselves as Not Jodie. But the dissociative traits are visible from day one, when Cathy reports Jodie having intense, distracted conversations with what she assumes are "imaginary friends." Among the kid's other issues, most of them Cathy never overtly connects with the alters, but there are a few that the reader might recognize as DID-related anyway (e.g. struggles with time perception). All of which suggests that Cathy's original real-time notes about her experience with Jodie were pretty solid.

Plural/1+ Tags: abuse high-focus, cofronting, people: children, type: medical, how would you tag for "real system described from the outside POV of a singlet but not in a horrible way"?

Content Warnings: past child abuse (sexual and physical), past animal abuse, physical aggression and sexual acting-out. Others involve SPOILERS; see comments

Accessibility Notes: Available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook.

Misc. Notes (if any): There's some awkward misinformation in the dialogue (e.g. describing the non-Jodie headmates Reg and Amy as "characters"). Thankfully, Cathy's actions stay refreshingly grounded in "managing the issues Jodie-and-company actually have," there's not much focus on her idea of what DID "should" be.
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holy shit please watch this .
OK , well , those who never watch winx will have absolutely no context on this ... how to explain .

after basic magic winx and charmix powerup , enchantix was first actual separate form for characters . this come with entirely new sequences and outfits :


these enchantix forms also extremely emotional , as need to earn through some form of sacrifice , hardship , and character development as such . enchantix also function as sort of transition into adulthood - before nickelodeon swoop in , characters did actually age with each season , so characters start to turn 18 , or 19 for stella . for this reason , there is definitely something of mature , ethereal air to these transformations . absolutely beautiful , but in some ways that can sort of hinder little personality quirks and playfulness - not to even start on aisha , who get sequence of least length and detail .

then there was believix . while enchantix root in worlds of magic dimension and demand heroic sacrifices , believix is about ... well , belief in fairies . so believix root in earth , where people largely no longer believe in magic or fairies . these outfits take on cute , casual tones , to better reflect earth setting - and unlike enchantix , everyone get to be playful and fun ! enchantix feel like this serious transition into adulthood , believix feel like realisation that maybe not so much is different after all , in best ways .

so like ... really feel something special to see someone work hard at this project , put together beauty of enchantix forms with playfulness of believix . description state this project take years , and can understand why !

wing ponder

Jun. 15th, 2025 11:58 pm
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crosspost from tumblr , several days late - originally june 10 .

just think about wings again ... alongside problems of cost , size , and practicality , not even sure if costume wings would feel right . did have some as kid , but ... 

so , mien and seeming interconnect with each other , and have to deliberately try hard and focus to move either one independently - without that , pretty much in sync to each other . but that really only go for natural body parts ... wings of mien can move independently , for example , because there exist no equivalent wings on seeming to sync up with . 

remember feel great when wear costume wings because people could finally see that have any , but also vaguely remember not really feel right . stiff wires and fabric that itch to touch , elastic straps around shoulders - think real wings try to conform to these positions , but never comfortable that way , and just highlight that still no one see real wings . 

and then , of course , would get too big to fit in those little wings , and also " too old " for wings to be socially acceptable . not actually wear any sort of costume wings since then .

dreamwidth addendum :

not to mention , with shame and pain , would become much harder through years to actually feel wings to start with . think there is some runaway hope in mind that costume wings might be able to make that better , but honestly doubt . this is about trauma , feelings , and frustrations .

anyway ...

Jun. 15th, 2025 11:29 pm
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not like expect that forum to just disappear with literally no warning , so kossai did not mirror very much - not that there was much to mirror to start with , but still .

did mirror this post about fairytok , otherwise mostly things which already say before in some form , in hope to start discussions with others - how kossai define and experience mien and seeming , how faeriehood is intrinsic to all parts of identity , not necessarily new stuff . probably only thing which never really say elsewhere was some of little childhood experiences , which ... not really hard to rewrite , if so choose .

know other folks write more substantially , though . really hope forum copy was not only copy , because most parts of forum lock behind login wall - even if someone theoretically run forum through archival , that login wall would be lost .

oh . great .

Jun. 15th, 2025 08:48 pm
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kossai check in on physical nonhuman forum usually once per day , maybe little more - not much activity , like say before , but still nice to have somewhere to put some of these discussions that know for sure will not be hit by some of usual tumblr bullshit .

visit today end in failure , as display message that board no longer exist . great ! just fucking fantastic ! can not use spaces on discord , so guess only way to really reach out to substantial community is tumblr - tumblr full of endless arguments and folks who just can not keep noses out and want to have all these fun new words without actually understand origins , then point accusatory fingers at original users for whatever .

unfortunately know very well kossai do not have skill set or patience to run something like this personally , otherwise just would at this point . not that anyone would use very much , evidently , but whatever .
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"This would be the first time since I was a kid that I haven't bought a new console on day one..."

"STOP! You don't need to succumb to consumerism! You can always buy one in a year or two!"

"Psh, Nintendo? That shit's for babies. Go buy cigarettes."


Blurb: A man ponders buying a new Nintendo, only for his inner angel and demon to discover new feelings for each other.

Why is it worth your time?: It's cute, short, and free!

Plural Tags:abuse not mentioned, nonswitching, nonhumans (an angel and a devil), romantic relationships

Content Warnings: Beefcake. That's presumably what you're here for.

Access Notes: available on tumblr! Page 1, and page 2. Also backed-up on the Wayback Machine, but not screenreadable.
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"ARTICLE III: The man going by the name Brother Francis is charged with claiming to have begun life miraculously, without father or mother, in the body of a boy about thirteen years of age."

Blurb: An epistolary short story about the fall and rise of Brother Francis/Leopold Graz, who in a post-nuclear apocalypse preached brotherhood and kindness: condemned, burned alive, and then beatified... at a cost.

Why is it worth your time?: Pangborn is a kind writer who tells the story of a boy, his invisible Companion who urges him to great things, and the major front switch that occurs when he is thirteen, which leads to his fall and rise under the pseudo-feudal fundamentalist church afterward. It's pretty good!

Plural Tags: abuse not mentioned, switching, serially singlet, spiritual voices, visions

Content Warnings: contain spoilers; see comments

Access Notes: Only officially available on paper, but anthologized multiple times; one of them, Still I Persist in Wondering, is screenreadable on archive.org. (Please ignore the pulpy cover.) Available in German and Italian.

bleugh

Jun. 15th, 2025 08:26 am
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well , did not get direct answer , or even see announcement of open , just seem to start share from others now . so ! guess now is post time . but eughhh . brain channel all that weird stress energy into dream that make feel so so sick .
great start to fun ... hope people will really like what have here ... ( shameless plug , thaliendir @ tumblr )

secret rules ???

Jun. 15th, 2025 02:04 am
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very excite for gala event this whole time , and was so ready to post right away , but then realise not actually sure about what is OK or not for things like this - like if digital art event start on 15th , is that some specific time on 15th , or is that just whenever personally read 15th , or if most timezones now reasonably 15th ? 

and then decide to ask , but of course might not even be awake right now because that also depend on timezone - so might be totally redundant to ask , but shit . do not want to get wrong and make bad impression or make hard event harder .

but also feel so bad to hold back posts because literally prepare all this for months and so now should be time ! and also this week is busy with real life shit , because everyone would say digital fantasy gala is hardly good reason to postpone obligations , and really want to get posts in order and upload so not worry about forget

but what if there is secret rule to this . bloody secret rules , have to wait to find out if any secret rules , and wait means not post yet . just want to have fun ! 

Trail Cooking Clean and Green

Jun. 14th, 2025 06:14 pm
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I finished textually transcribing and posted Ro and Joanna Piekarski's zine, Trail Cooking: Clean and Green, published in 1995 and seemingly impossible to find. I found it in a free box, and while the Piekarskis are apparently the kind of people who categorize raisins and unsweetened carob chips as "dessert," their thing about light, cheap, vegetarian backpacker food seemed like it shouldn't be totally lost to the void.

Check it out if that interests you!

yay !

Jun. 14th, 2025 04:06 pm
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website is ready for artfight !
at least hopefully , very fucking hopefully , nothing is broken !

can finally take some of these pictures down from dreamwidth . phew . will likely leave character masterposts up here , but unsure whether will update much in future .

visual thoughts ...

Jun. 14th, 2025 10:30 am
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mind wander into territory of japanese , chinese , and korean scripts , and how people romanise these .
kossai think very multi-sensory , with heavy visual components . words can be part of these visuals , so figure this would be neat highlight .

first start out simple . kossai know of hepburn romanisation for japanese , so this appear : konnichiwa - romaji .
as well , know of hanyu pinyin for chinese languages , so this appear next : nĭ hăo - pinyin .
kossai do not know much about chinese languages , and even less of korean . so at first , brain pop up with : annyeong haseyo - hangul .

but very quickly remember , no , hangul is name for how koreans write korean . so chart split off into two parts , and this take left side : 안녕하세요 - hangul .
and on right side of this entry , appear simple blurry blurb to indicate lack knowledge of name for romanisation system .
finally , japanese and chinese get respective entries on left side : こんにちは - kana/kanji & 你好 - hanzi .

so final thought chart look something like this :
chart which put all these elements together

of course , with internet at fingertips can look up answers no trouble ;D just think this is especially neat demonstration of thought language - when decide to post about this , even specifically think of dreamwidth post interface , then put this chart inside that post window . to serve as reminder of this post idea , kossai then scribble down this chart in very messy form .

so : no wonder kossai struggle with words , right ? have to wring mind through cheese cloth , turn these multi-sensory and highly visual thoughts into something human languages can communicate .

Comic: Kissing

Jun. 13th, 2025 08:42 pm
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The winner of the fan poll, supported by fans like you on LiberaPay and Patreon!

Mori goes to Rawlin and says, 'Dunno if I like proper kissing. Can I give it a shot?' Rawlin chuckles placidly. 'Sure.' Mori leans in to kiss her, only for her eyes to go wide and her fur to involuntarily fluff. Not noticing, Mori pulls away. 'Hmm... still not sure... might need more trials... you?' Rawlin touches her lips with her gloved hand and just says, '...I like it.'

Killing God is a Skill Issue

Jun. 13th, 2025 08:14 pm
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Original posts by Phosphor of Hungry Ghosts here, used with permission: https://nightfeather.cafe/notice/AuOng8NknA7IRvgusi

A janky GIMP pen drawing of Mori shrugging. In her speech bubble is a post from Phosphor of Hungry Ghosts: "'that's like saying God should not treat his creations however he sees fit--' well, you see, if god was real I would simply kill him. skill issue."

A much sketchier drawing of Mori smirking dramatically, one hand to her chest, the other thrown out with a flame at one fingertip. She oversees a burning fire, and her speech bubble contains another Phosphor post: "maybe YOU can't kill god. but lbr. that's a you issue, my friend, not a me issue"

VAG MOMO

Jun. 12th, 2025 07:57 pm
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We were at the nearby Indian grocery store to stock up on yogurt (only they sell it in the giant quantities we require), when Biff noticed something new: enormous Ziploc bags filled with clearly-homemade momo (Nepalese dumplings). There are a few momo joints around here; maybe it's some sort of mysterious shadow kitchen thing?

Anyway, there were tons of these big gallon-size Ziploc bags, crammed full and tersely labeled in Sharpie as to their contents: (halal) BEEF, (halal) CHICKEN, and... VAG (veg).

It's Pride. We bought the VAG MOMO.

And guys, they were delicious. So flavorful! Cabbage, carrot, (probably?) chickpeas, onion, cilantro (we think), herbs and spices. We've bought bags of potstickers from the (southeast) Asian groceries around town, and they tended to be pretty bland. Nice, but bland, so we took to cooking them with sauces to flavor them up. But these? These packed all the flavor they needed. More support for the "ghost kitchen" idea.

They were expensive ($32), but they were so worth it. That bag will last us a long time; we spent half the bag feeding us and two roommates tonight, and we had leftovers, so that's an easy six meals' worth in one bag, a good treat item. And if I'm going to shell out for food, I'm happy to be giving it to my local Indian grocery and this mysterious momo chef!

Signs of Life, by Barbara Krasnoff

Jun. 12th, 2025 09:37 am
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Hey guys! I read a great women’s sci-fi anthology from 1989 in the sci-fi library. It gave me a lot of new additions to [community profile] pluralstories, but one story that really stood out to me (and has no spirited/many-selved content at all) is Barbara Krasnoff’s "Signs of Life." It’s about sign language interpreters in a universe where the Deaf are overwhelmingly the space pilots. Krasnoff had some training in the field (though she didn’t end up entering it) and reading it made my hard-of-hearing ass very happy. I really wanted to share it with y’all, but the Visions and Memories anthology is long out of print and paper-only. Alack!

So I found Krasnoff online and asked about it, and she posted the story on her blog, so now I can share it with everyone! Hooray! Here it is: https://krasnoff.wordpress.com/signs-of-life/

That anthology was really ahead of its time, and I’m glad some of the stories are finding new life (and hopefully new audiences)! I hope y’all like it!
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