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MelodicCerulean | Survived DragonCon, GATEwayFATE Soon! @melodiccerulean.etheirys.social · 10/10/2026

I'm so tired. Like, was it careless, poor phrasing in the original posts? Yeah. Was a game company actively trying to harm its players? No. The sensationalizing for views is exhausting. *Crawls back into the Valko fanfic mines to write*

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MelodicCerulean | Survived DragonCon, GATEwayFATE Soon! @melodiccerulean.etheirys.social · 10/10/2026

For those more experienced with daily prompt month-long writing challenges... Do you ever find yourself stumbling upon an AU with one of the prompts and then subsequent prompts keep bringing you back to that AU and suddenly you accidentally have another long fic?

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Bella🐦‍⬛🐺🪷 @bellavictoria.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Day 7: moon #awoootober #valko #lads #fanart #procreate #loveanddeepspace

valko dressed as sailor moon doing her staple peace sign. he has red heels rather than boots. the text says in the name of the moon I will *punish* you

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Eorzean Museum Network @eorzeanmuseums.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Today's Museum Monday feature is The Dragonsong War Museum! A walk-through of Ishgard's thousand-year Dragonsong War, inspired by the Heavensward MSQ, side and levequests, and the Encyclopedia Eorzea. Revisit your favorite moments or discover something new! #FFXIV #MuseumMonday

At the center of the expansive great hall on a regal blue rug stands the Lord Commander's armor along with those of four Temple Knights. Behind them is Dragoon armor orbited by a floating red "eye" and flanked by scenes from Foundation. To the left is an exhibit featuring wings and white robes evoking Shiva and Hraesvelgr.

At the center of the image is a large, carved desk and chair on a bearskin rug. On the walls surrounding it are mannequins, portraits, and dioramas depicting vignettes of the events leading up to the end of the Dragonsong War.

At the back right of the room is a tremendously large round table surrounded by chairs. Scattered across the walls behind it are lamps and Heavensward-related posters. To the left, a chair sits before a warm fireplace. At the front edge of the picture are tables and chairs lit with crystals and candles. Nearby is an Elezen standing next to shelves and a till.

At the center of the image is a large, carved desk and chair on a bearskin rug, seen from the back. On the walls surrounding it are mannequins, portraits, and dioramas depicting vignettes of the events leading up to the end of the Dragonsong War.

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MelodicCerulean | Survived DragonCon, GATEwayFATE Soon! @melodiccerulean.etheirys.social · 05/10/2026

Less than 2 hours after posting this, an actual human commented; I am now thriving on Best Monday Ever vibes ❤️🥹

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MelodicCerulean | Survived DragonCon, GATEwayFATE Soon! @melodiccerulean.etheirys.social · 05/10/2026

I thought I might one day have to turn on moderated comments on my AO3 fics because people might say hurtful things. I actually had to turn on moderated comments on my AO3 fics because the majority of the comments I get are AI bot scammers. I hate this.

Julieee (Guest) on Chapter 1 of #Awoootober 2026 - 31 Days of Valko Challenge (Unreviewed)4 hours ago

A few mom.ents from your story sparKeed v.isuals in my head i’d lovee to turn them into li.ttle illus.trated sccenes and show you so if you’d liKe to see what i mean i’m overr on.....ɗιѕ..kσяÐ××......julietteceleste........××

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Julieee (Guest) on Chapter 1 of #Awoootober 2026 - 31 Days of Valko Challenge (Unreviewed)4 hours ago
I realLy loved how naturally you des.cribed everything every littLe de.tail made the sccenes feel so vi.vid liKe pagess from a beautifully illus.trated book i kept ima.gining how i’d drraw them in my own styLee

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Julieee (Guest) on Chapter 1 of #Awoootober 2026 - 31 Days of Valko Challenge (Unreviewed)4 hours ago
This has a lovely little unpredictability to it. ✦

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MelodicCerulean | Survived DragonCon, GATEwayFATE Soon! @melodiccerulean.etheirys.social · 05/10/2026

#Awoootober Day 4 - Mummy 1275 Words | Explicit | Valko/MC/Sylus AU where Luke and Kieran are Valko's long-lost cousins OC-ified Valko, Headcanon, Polyam Relationship, Throuple, Heavy Petting, Scenting, Traffic-Light Safety System, Edging the Readers ~7min read archiveofourown.org/works/937015...

Day 4: Mummy

I shift my weight in my seat, surreptitiously pressing my thighs together against the heat pooling low in my belly. The idle graze of warm fingertips drifting down my arm or wrapping around my waist mixed with the heady scents of my wolf on one side of me and my dragon on the other is not helping.

The evening had started innocently enough…

Written by MelodicCerulean on Ellipsus

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MelodicCerulean | Survived DragonCon, GATEwayFATE Soon! @melodiccerulean.etheirys.social · 04/10/2026

#Awoootober Day 3 - Candle 895 Words | T | Valko/MC/Xavier-mention Polyam Relationship, Fluff ~5min read #ValkoIsLoved #LoveAndDeepspace archiveofourown.org/works/937015...

Day 03 - Candle

It was mid-October. The setting sun bathed the city of Linkon in fading streaks of burning gold, and instead of sitting in on the quarterly shareholder meeting, the Chairman of EonCore Tech was acting as an errand-boy. Business would be fine; his sister, Valerie, would lead the discussion in his stead. She was highly capable in her role as Vice-Chairman, though in reality she was more of a co-chairman. Together, the Ao siblings were a fantastic team.

That doesn't stop her from giving him grief about leaving the responsibility in her lap this time.

"She must be quite the lady if you're ditching the shareholder meeting to play fetch for her, Ko-coa," she groused over the speaker in his car.

Her usage of his childhood nickname—given to him as a toddler after he'd sneaked into the kitchen pantry, eaten an entire canister of cocoa powder, and made himself sick—softens the barb into run-of-the-mill sibling-banter.

Written by MelodicCerulean on ellipsus.

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Bella🐦‍⬛🐺🪷 @bellavictoria.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Day 3: candle #awoootober #valko #lads #fanart #procreate #loveanddeepspace

day 3: candle
mc runs a bath for valko with some tea anf candles
he's laying back in the tub, arms slumg over both sides, with a wooden tray holding candles and a tea kettle and mug. he says: you were right, shortcake. a bath really eases the muscles

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Is There a Fishing Minigame? @fishingminigames.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

!!STEAM AUTUMN SALE POST!! Cast n Chill does not have a fishing minigame because it is a fishing *game*!! #castnchill #indiegame #gaming #videogames #fishing #fishingminigame

A screenshot from the video game Cast n Chill

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Bella🐦‍⬛🐺🪷 @bellavictoria.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Day 2: pumpkin patch #awoootober #valko #lads #fanart #procreate #loveanddeepspace

a digital drawing of valko as a wolf pup eating a pumpkin. mc's saying: valko no! we have to buy it first!

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Javier Prusky - Bkjj in FFxiv - Genshin Impact - Digimon @javierprusky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🎃 HALLOWEEN: THE GAME TWITCH debut for Javier Prusky, voice of Marcus Navarro!!! Watch me main as Marcus and try to survive and escape THE Michael Myers…or maybe freak out if the escape goes sideways! Would love help with repost and get the word out fam! 🫶🏽 This Sunday, October 4th at 7 pm PST.

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MelodicCerulean | Survived DragonCon, GATEwayFATE Soon! @melodiccerulean.etheirys.social · 02/10/2026

#Awoootober Day 2: Pumpkin Patch 1843 Words | M | Valko/MC Farming Life AU, Fluff, Scenting #ValkoIsLoved #LoveAndDeepspace archiveofourown.org/works/937015...

Day 02 - Pumpkin Patch

For years, the little farm on the far side of Lunabell Vale had been Valko's playground. His private sanctuary.

The fields backed right up to the woods; he could run, fish, hunt, read—whatever he pleased. Sure, it was overgrown and needed some tending but he liked it like that. Wolf, human, or something in between—he had the freedom to be anything he wanted within those grounds.

Until now.

Author: MelodicCerulean
Written on: Ellipsus

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MelodicCerulean | Survived DragonCon, GATEwayFATE Soon! @melodiccerulean.etheirys.social · 02/10/2026

He's adorbs! I'm guessing you are cross-posting the exact same post on multiple platforms though because here on BlueSky...there is no link in your bio. You still need to add one. At present, your call to action leads to a dead end.

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MelodicCerulean | Survived DragonCon, GATEwayFATE Soon! @melodiccerulean.etheirys.social · 02/10/2026

I'm doing mine as writing, but I may squeak out a doodle here and there to accompany them!

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MelodicCerulean | Survived DragonCon, GATEwayFATE Soon! @melodiccerulean.etheirys.social · 02/10/2026

#Awoootober thread! Day 1: Wolf-ears 1017 Words | M | Valko/MC Fluff/Angst When Valko comes to visit, he finds that burnout weighs heavily on his depressed mate, MC. #ValkoIsLoved #LoveAndDeepspace

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Dawnrie @dawnriedoodles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

G’raha’s not the low-key jealousy type. Nope. Illustration - #dawnriedoodles #ffxiv #ffxivart #grahatia

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Bella🐦‍⬛🐺🪷 @bellavictoria.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I haven't seen any lads themed drawtober prompts yet so I made my own! I went with a valko theme and you can use it however you'd ike, including writing. use the tag #awoootober so we can all see your creation! have fun! NO GENERATIVE AI ALLOWED #drawtober #valko #loveanddeepspace #artprompt #lads

Awoootober 2026 list
wolf ears
pumpkin patch
candle
mummy
candy
corn field
moon
cauldron
forest
lily of the valley
midnight
camping
cemetery
scary movie
blood
costume
fluffy
mug
baking
haunted
bulky
hot chocolate
pillow fort
leaves
pack
teeth
market
cider
magic ghosts
halloween party

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MelodicCerulean | Survived DragonCon, GATEwayFATE Soon! @melodiccerulean.etheirys.social · 01/10/2026

I love how her gown evokes the feeling of the Hunters Association outfit in its design! I'm loving the fic so far, and the art you've been adding is such a treat!

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❄️🐦‍⬛Frost & Feathers 🔞 @msfrostfeathers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Very well.... keep your secrets, sir."

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❄️🐦‍⬛Frost & Feathers 🔞 @msfrostfeathers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Do I need to start doing a full color drawing for every chapter of my LADS Fantasy AU fanfic going forward? No. Am I going to attempt to stick to it? Yes. Am I happy with how this 1/4 elvish Zayne came out? Oh FUCK yes. (catch up on AO3 before Ch7 goes up!) archiveofourown.org/works/897408...

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Eorzean Museum Network @eorzeanmuseums.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Visit The Tranquil Retreat today! 🌎 Server: Diabolos, Crystal DC (NA) 🏠 Location: Lavender Beds, Ward 1, Plot 46 eorzeanmuseumnetwork.crd.co#tranquil How to data center travel: eorzeanmuseumnetwork.crd.co#directory

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Eorzean Museum Network

The Eorzean Museum Network is a cooperative network of free, player-run, cultural venues in Final Fantasy XIV.

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Eorzean Museum Network @eorzeanmuseums.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today's Museum Monday feature is The Tranquil Retreat Museum! The Tranquil Retreat Museum showcases items from the years of Final Fantasy XIV starting from the game's relaunch in 2.0. Sit back, relax, and let time fade away as you enjoy the collection! #FFXIV #MuseumMonday

The lobby of The Tranquil Retreat Museum featuring pictures of the Scions, relaxing places to sit and chill and plushies, statues and wall art.

The statue room of Tranquil Retreat Museum featuring all the trial statues throughout the FFXIV series and much more.

The gallery of the Tranquil Retreat Museum featuring all posters and art from the game seasonal events plus plenty more.

Items from crossovers in FFXIV scattered around the museum including items from Nier and Dragon Quest.

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Bella🐦‍⬛🐺🪷 @bellavictoria.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

bluesky is gonna crunch the hell out of this but I've been working on the sylus art :3 #wip

a digital drawing wip of sylus showing his eye and some of his hair

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Bella🐦‍⬛🐺🪷 @bellavictoria.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I have valko prints and keychains available ^.o.^

valko acrylic keychain with gold moon clasp

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Fruity Snacks @GATEway FATE (soon) @fisherfruity.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just a few-ish hours left or so!

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MelodicCerulean | Survived DragonCon, GATEwayFATE Soon! @melodiccerulean.etheirys.social · 25/09/2026

*sends Valko, Sylus, and Caleb to sit around you and make your work-folks nervous right back*

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MelodicCerulean | Survived DragonCon, GATEwayFATE Soon! @melodiccerulean.etheirys.social · 25/09/2026

Waking up to my very first comment notification on my (now 16 chapter) longfic: 😍🎉 Reading the comment and realizing it's an AI bot trying to scam me for fanart: 😭💔

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MelodicCerulean | Survived DragonCon, GATEwayFATE Soon! @melodiccerulean.etheirys.social · 24/09/2026

Can confirm; my grumpy crow charm from Anko is sturdy AF. The level of mishandling for them to break it like this is wild.

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MelodicCerulean | Survived DragonCon, GATEwayFATE Soon! @melodiccerulean.etheirys.social · 22/09/2026

I realize it's partly on me that I'm as far behind on MSQ as I am, but I'm 8 muted words/tags in and *still* getting spoiled on the latest patch. The embargo is up, sure, but please try to use some consistent tags at least?

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Ellipsus @ellipsus.com · 22/09/2026

📄 Document defaults (for Ellipsus Plus). Set your favorite font, size, spacing, alignment, and pages/pageless layout once—every new doc will open looking just how you like it. (Want something different for an individual doc? You can still tweak everything in the Format panel.)

A screenshot of document defaults on Ellipsus.

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Ellipsus @ellipsus.com · 22/09/2026

Two new releases in Ellipsus today 👀 🔒 Spoiler text (free for all!). Hide text behind a click! Use spoilers in your docs and drafts, in comments, or in the Reader for your audience. Select any text → hit the Spoiler button (closed eye icon) on the bottom bar or under Styling in the Format panel.

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MelodicCerulean | Survived DragonCon, GATEwayFATE Soon! @melodiccerulean.etheirys.social · 22/09/2026

Eh, why not? Chapter 16 is live!: archiveofourown.org/works/906617...

At the Beginning
Melodic Cerulean (MelodicBlue)

Chapter 16: I'm Into Something Good - Part 2: A Little In-Tara-gation

Summary:
A week after the battle at Duke's Bay, we see just how perceptive a bestie can be. Friendship fluff and some sleepy Sylus!

Notes:
Dropping this week's chapter a few days early since the game is down for maintenance. As such, there's no update on Friday, but I hope this helps pass the time!

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

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MelodicCerulean | Survived DragonCon, GATEwayFATE Soon! @melodiccerulean.etheirys.social · 21/09/2026

Toying with the idea of releasing this week's chapter of "At the Beginning" early (i.e. today instead of Friday) since the game is down for maintenance for 3.5 more hours...

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MelodicCerulean | Survived DragonCon, GATEwayFATE Soon! @melodiccerulean.etheirys.social · 21/09/2026

Shanghai Knocking rules! Quite similar to Riichi (but without a bajillion yaku), and also uses the flower tiles. Since the fictional Earth city the game is focused on is based on Shanghai, *and* the scene is a work-related party, I needed a casual, social, work-friendly, local variant.

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MelodicCerulean | Survived DragonCon, GATEwayFATE Soon! @melodiccerulean.etheirys.social · 21/09/2026

No contest or comparison or anything like that with this; I'm just curious who else is going down knowledge rabbit holes for their stories and what neat things they've found :3

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MelodicCerulean | Survived DragonCon, GATEwayFATE Soon! @melodiccerulean.etheirys.social · 21/09/2026

I'm curious, #Fanfic writers; what's something niche that you've researched specifically for a fanfic? E.g. I'm presently learning a regional ruleset of Mahjong because it's the most likely version the characters would play, and I want to do it justice, even if I never play under that ruleset.

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Bella🐦‍⬛🐺🪷 @bellavictoria.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

my shop is finally updated with some valko merch!⭐️ I had prints and keychains made for now but expect more soon🐺 #valko #loveanddeepspace #lads #ladsmerch #fanart www.bellavictoriaart.store/product/the-...

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The Wolf Acrylic Keychain

2.2"x2.8" acrylic keychain ☆ Gold moon clasp ☆ Double sided design

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Fruity Snacks @GATEway FATE (soon) @fisherfruity.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Reminder that there is no stream this morning! BUT! It is the 6 year anniversary of my first #FFXIV fish guide, and start of the YouTube channel! Thank you for all the support and feedback these past 6 years. I am excited for what the next year will bring!

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Eorzean Museum Network @eorzeanmuseums.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Visit the Namafel Aquatic Museum today! 🌎 Server: Tonberry, Elemental DC (JP) 🏠 Location: Lavender Beds, Ward 23, Plot 41 eorzeanmuseumnetwork.crd.co#nam How to data center travel: eorzeanmuseumnetwork.crd.co#directory

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Eorzean Museum Network

The Eorzean Museum Network is a cooperative network of free, player-run, cultural venues in Final Fantasy XIV.

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Eorzean Museum Network @eorzeanmuseums.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Today's Museum Monday feature is the Namafel Aquatic Museum! Namafel Aquatic Museum aims to showcase all the Big Fish & Legendary Fish in the game by exhibiting them in Fish Print and Fish Tank, with exhibits based on each zone in Eorzea! #FFXIV #MuseumMonday

A welcoming and warm entrance to the Namafel Aquatic Museum built to look like the inside of a cottage’s front door. A friendly Namazu figure with adventuring gear greets you, and a pair of aquatic life prints bracket the doorway.

A screenshot of the Namafel Aquatic Museum’s ground floor which contains a verdant gondola aqueduct scene with the gondola resting in an indoor river running through the lobby. The back wall is covered in greenery and the artificial river is emerging from a created cavern in the wall.

A centrepiece of fish imprints spiralling around greenery and coral on the top floor of the Namafel Aquatic Museum, displaying a wide variety of local and exotic species of fish. The spiral of fish prints is lit from within and surrounded by aquariums filled with large and impressive specimens.

Lining the wall of the upstairs level of the Namafel Aquatic Museum are dozens of fish prints in frames of various sizes showcasing a variety of fish.

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MelodicCerulean | Survived DragonCon, GATEwayFATE Soon! @melodiccerulean.etheirys.social · 21/09/2026

You didn't know, and there was literally no other option for those who got the error. Once we started getting the error, there was no waiting on the updated installer. Only those who waited days/week to download at all escaped truly unscathed. 💜

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MelodicCerulean | Survived DragonCon, GATEwayFATE Soon! @melodiccerulean.etheirys.social · 21/09/2026

Friendly reminder to download your photos to local and back up and journals just in case the game bugs again with the new version update. I lost 7 months of photos and all my journals when the update bugged in July and I was forced to repair the installation.

Screenshot of the in-game photo album from #LoveAndDeepspace. Every image thumbnail has a checkmark indicating it has been selected. A hand-drawn purple arrow points to the Select All option in the bottom left, which is checked, and a hand-drawn purple circle highlights the Local button used to download all those images to the local device, saving them in case something corrupts the app.

Screenshot of the local download progress. "Downloading photos to your device. Do not leave this screen." A gray circle is slowly drawn over in red, approximately two-thirds complete. 376/585 indicates 376 out of 585 images have been backed up locally.

Screenshot of the info pop-up for Journals in Love and Deepspace. An arrow points to a specific section about local journals. "You can use the temporary backup feature on the login screen to backup local journals and import them into the Library on other devices, allowing you to sync them across devices"

A section towards the bottom of the screenshot is titled Library. An arrow also points to this section: "In the Library you can preview covers, sort, and delete your journals in bulk. You can also import journals backed up via the temporary backup feature."

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GATEway FATE @gatewayfate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There's a WoL lot of fun on the horizon! Join us for our unofficial fandom event as we celebrate together with panels, activities, and productions created by fellow community members. Trade ribbons and stickers, buy blorbo and comfort NPC goods, and revel as we ready for Evercold's adventure!

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