lurina

i write a mystery novel online that is somehow not a total failure. patreon: she/her

[lurina @poorweather]

i said i wouldn't tweet about it again but that was a year and a half ago, so this is a reminder that you should try my webnovel if you like 1) murder mysteries 2) overwrought grognardy worldbuilding 3) hyper-abstracted gay angst https://t.co/adqPrepoHG

[lurina @poorweather]

i was featured in this article! thanks to @wendeego for wrangling my pretentious ranting about the western web serial scene into something coherent lmao

[Andes Chucky @wendeego]

Anime fans are familiar with web novels like Mushoku Tensei and Konosuba. But what about web novels published in English? For Crunchyroll News, I investigated the English language web serial scene https://t.co/4Chrb8GYDV

[songpilled silkcel @zoejayw]

If you accepted that all unfair things in the world could be removed, if only someone knew how - fatigue, labor, death - then to exist in the world we had now, with all its grotesque imperfections, was to know that you had been violated by fate.

[lurina @poorweather]

@burgeroise my favourite zero gravity fact is that it makes which side of the foot is hardened and calloused reverse from how much you use the top to propel yourself around and then you have to wear special socks when you get back to earth because your tender baby soles can't handle it

[lurina @poorweather]

@sopycrystals this looks really sleek! the arrangement of the illustration section flows so well...

[lurina @poorweather]

what's that? you want to post comments? what's wrong with you. this is a website for reading. track the domain and send me a creepy email like a normal person

[lurina @poorweather]

have decided that every development in the internet since y2k has just made the experience of novel reading online worse and am abandoning wordpress to code by wn website in html

[lurina @poorweather]

i wanna make stories that don't make any assumptions about people's circumstances and agency in reaching a happy ending. i want to assume the worst - the absolute worst - and write about what kinds understanding that can be found even in spite of that.

[lurina @poorweather]

somebody asked me who my writing is supposed to be for recently. to be honest, i don't think i completely understood myself until i got really sick a couple years ago. here's my pretentious answer: i want to write stories for people who are trapped.

[lurina @poorweather]

i'm read enough narratives about people able to overcome trauma, find catharsis, and self-actualize. i want to write about what it's like to have no hope, to be in a place where it's already too late, and the ways individuals can respond to having no future.

[lurina @poorweather]

@burgeroise fucking raw

[lurina @poorweather]

i should be more shameless about promoting my work while there's still a tiny bit of juice in this husk of a website. read my murder mystery webnovel, i promise it gets fun after the first ~20 philosophy lectures

[lurina @poorweather]

i'm so happy that despite it being frontloaded with grogard ratfic tropes, the primary reputation my novel seems to have cultivated is that it's all about really esoteric yuri. do your best and your heart will shine through

[lurina @poorweather]

i finally got around to playing pentiment a bit and as much as i'm enjoying it it kinda makes me wish western games that are effectively vns would adopt some standard vn qol features... the inability to backread is painful, especially with no manual saving

[lurina @poorweather]

@charmwitch i have to use thumb+pointer+middle all at once... everyone says this is strange but i can't generate enough friction otherwise

[lurina @poorweather]

@sopycrystals a "cold take", you mean :<)

[lurina @poorweather]

@magicmeows the only plus i can see is that it's no longer possible to infer stuff people are saying on private accounts by looking at replies to them... but at the moment it feels less like an intentional decision and more like they just broke something lol

[lurina @poorweather]

@magicmeows i was wondering about this too... so far as i can tell @ reply trees have just kinda ceased to exist? like it doesn't report who tweets are directed at in any way unless you actively click to view the conversation in full context

[lurina @poorweather]

speaking of which, i mentioned working on a short vn some months ago. that's still happening, i'm just 1) overwhelmed with other work 2) had grotesque hubris about how easily i'd be able to adapt to the format

[lurina @poorweather]

as much as I wanna break into VN development instead, one thing I've really come to treasure about serial writing is the intense scrutiny and discussion you get for almost every single significant line... feels good to to know your work is being seen

[lurina @poorweather]

booted up lotro for my bi-yearly fucking around in that game and some newbie asked about my character border. explained i got it from playing since launch. replied "wow you must be old". absolutely life-ruining