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Is it? Is it that hard to understand? Apparently it is? idk hopefully better articulated and more coherent thoughts on shadow daddies and the equal and opposite popularity thereof and vitriol therefore coming in the eventual video, enjoy this preview I guess

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+ YES it's unrealistic and not a neutral act to always solve it with "there's a good reason he was like that, we fixed it, it is now 100% safe to act on your attraction" + that doesn't have to be for you but it's not that hard to understand why it's compelling to explore in a controlled environment

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I get what it is people don't like about it, obviously, but like, the experience of knowing a man SUCKS and the way he treats you isn't OK and still being attracted to him and having to figure out how to square that circle is not an uncommon one and it's fertile ground for interesting fiction!!

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I am as surprised as anyone that this is the most fun I've had reading a romantasy book in over a year (been digging into this for research since like February 2025). The way I've seen people talk about this thing I was expecting it to be pulling teeth in the highest order but y'all, it's fine!

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Alexander Skarsgård plays a basket who fucks: cool, whatever, happy for the inanimate object romance girlies, maybe I'll stream it at some point, who knows Alexander Skarsgård plays a basket who fucks Olivia Colman: STOP THE PRESSES I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE SEATED

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Excuse me HOW did it take me this long to find out that Wicker is an OLIVIA COLMAN MOVIE?!

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He is a sexy moody dangerous super tall fae man (who in this moment reveals that all fae are also vampires)

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Now reading Quicksilver by Callie Hart (non-derogatory)

Scrawled in the margin of a book: "HE'S A FUCKING VAMPIRE TOO?!"

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Also I find it super interesting that horror rooms with simple puzzles where the difficulty comes from needing to keep a cool head in the face of scary stuff generally don't get similarly marketed as "more like a haunted house." They just say they're low difficulty, high scare escape rooms!

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Super interested to see how we'll be talking about this by the mid to late 2030s!

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"Escape room" is also a thing I think the average person has a clearer reference for than "immersive theater," so I'd argue that language closer to "escape room with simple puzzles and a strong focus on story" is gonna be clearer to most people than "immersive narrative" or "guided adventure"

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Obviously there are enthusiasts who mainly want tough puzzles and it's good to be clear about what a particular experience does and does not entail, but imo if you're interacting with even simple puzzles that give you "keys" that open "locks" in order to progress, it's an escape room! Cut and dry!

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Laura Crone @lauracrone.nebula.tv · 07/09/2026

Absolutely fascinating to watch in real time as escape rooms go through the exact same conversation as video games but like 10-15 years delayed

"IS THIS AN ESCAPE ROOM? Not in the traditional sense, no."

"It is just as much of a show as it is a game!"

"Is this an escape room? No, this is a guided narrative adventure with some 'escape room-lite' elements."

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(also I got a concussion that made it anywhere between tough and impossible to edit video for like a month and a half so there is also that)

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Laura Crone @lauracrone.nebula.tv · 07/09/2026

I was really hoping to have this thing done significantly before now because, like, the whole point was to play with something I could be less precious about while plodding through the early stages of two monster projects but it turns out even quick things move slow when you're multitasking, no way!

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Laura Crone @lauracrone.nebula.tv · 07/09/2026

Folks, we have a(n extremely) rough cut. Not ready to estimate a publish date yet but I'm still pretty happy.

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Laura Crone @lauracrone.nebula.tv · 01/09/2026

Nothing against these books for anyone who likes them but I had approximately 0.25 fun with the first one and that's simply not enough when there are so many books in the world! People I love who actually like them can tell me what happens and have opinions for me, it's fine!

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Laura Crone @lauracrone.nebula.tv · 01/09/2026

Deleting my months-old library hold for the second Dungeon Crawler Carl even though I'd gotten to #1 on the list is self care

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Laura Crone @lauracrone.nebula.tv · 09/08/2026

I genuinely would have considered going to sit in the back and quietly observe if anyone else started shit if that did not seem like the quickest recipe I've ever concocted for being recognized in public and starting shit purely by my presence. Maybe tooting my own horn, who's to say. I didn't go.

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Laura Crone @lauracrone.nebula.tv · 09/08/2026

I would like to be quietly congratulated for my restraint in not indulging the impulse to show up at this panel and start shit

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Laura Crone @lauracrone.nebula.tv · 09/08/2026

Tbh the worst part is that they have like 3 more names in the original claim, which kind of split into 2 claims once they fixed it to name the actual song I used and not the remix they claimed at first, so I had to really dig through Studio to make sure it had actually, completely been released.

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Laura Crone @lauracrone.nebula.tv · 07/08/2026

Doesn't offset how annoying the process is but it does always feel at least a little good when they bother giving you the "[heavy sigh]... fine." instead of just letting it expire. Yes I DID school your ass, thank you so much for acknowledging.

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Reposted by Laura Crone

Ian Danskin @innuendostudios.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

copyright claims released! here is my 53-minute video essay on John Wick. it's called With the Animals. youtu.be/IlCPnaJyZL4

youtu.be

John Wick: With the Animals

YouTube video by Innuendo Studios

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Laura Crone @lauracrone.nebula.tv · 29/07/2026

Obligatory "the label literally filed the claim for the wrong song and YouTube let them just quietly change it while rejecting my dispute instead of factoring that in as a sign that they are perhaps not operating in very good faith, great system we've got here" post

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Laura Crone @lauracrone.nebula.tv · 29/07/2026

Obligatory "seriously this is such a cut and dry fair use case that it's literally the exact example that YouTube itself lists in the box asking if your video is fair use but I have to spend 2 hours writing a perfect defense that the label is allowed to just ignore, great system we've got here" post

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Laura Crone @lauracrone.nebula.tv · 29/07/2026

Obligatory "god I hate having to file copyright disputes" post

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Laura Crone @lauracrone.nebula.tv · 02/07/2026

(The Bear finale spoilers!!!!) "You got two." FUCK. YES. SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP PLAY ME THE HITS AND PLAY THEM WELL THIS IS A PERFECT TELEVISION SHOW!!!

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Anyway if this bothers you too probably skip [SPOILER!!!!!!] Main Characters by Bobby Palmer. Also continues to sit poorly with me in re: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, slightly more complex twist on the device but probably the first time I noticed how much it got to me (derogatory).

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idk maybe it's having lived the actual irony of a family member who ran a funeral home and was constantly being pulled away from dinners because "people die at the most inconvenient times!" dying tragically young a week before Christmas, you can't make that shit up but it was still anything but tidy

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Not really sure why this is my line but something about OPTIMALLY TIMED DEATH! hence GRIEF AS NARRATIVE WRINKLE! makes me feel genuinely insulted as a reader and it makes me so angry that it's almost impossible for me to sit with anything I liked about the story up to that point.

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