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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

i was in one ttrpg-ish rp group with a decent system in 2015-2020 but i had to leave and it's very unsafe to talk about why publicly 🥲 i miss short term and/or fast paced rps so much... there's a forum rp i'm in that i enjoy but it's also long form writing and i'm. veryvery slow at that. alas.

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

while i am aware i typically get ignored when i talk about ttrpgs and get an unfortunate and substantial level of anxiety about it. i have to confess i do in fact want to play another one. if i can ever find one done over text and not just voice ones lol. (auditory processing struggles)

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

i am following 69 people. and this is my 699th post. Nice!

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

cassis is the only character on my account that can use the hitsugi sword emotes well

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

every time someone asks me how i learned to draw. my answer is the same: undiagnosed childhood ADHD. i couldn't pay attention in school unless i was doing something with my hands while listening to things. doodling solved that problem very well!

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

the colorscheme is so pretty on the fan shiny!! definitely that one 👌 very good work!! (for requests, i could go for a milotic fan shiny btw... i've never liked shiny milotic :') maybe dark blue instead of the normal red?)

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

i just assume that might be part of why it's all the way in 2030 instead of sooner?

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

blizzard employee union finally got the company to work out a contract with them a few days ago, maybe that's related?

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

yup very different crowds! games with character creation can cater to one's tastes a lot easier than the unrelated rp communities i'm in, i think

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

ohh interesting! i don't know that many people with OCs who are also attracted to them... although i'd imagine we have very different crowds 🤔

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

i don't remember the scenes specifically but i honestly can imagine those are pretty hard to get through :') iirc the humor in the game was mostly a product of its time? 2008 i think? i feel like i need to look up the gamescript or watch a playthrough before lovemailing since it's been so long

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

i need to check if i have better eye makeup too. this face is really difficult for me to pull off because most of the eyelashes i actually like get so SMALL.......

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#PSO2NGS_SS i wish i played her more because i really like this outfit 🤔

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

WELL. izanami is mostly a postgame dungeon iirc, which i would never have beaten if naoto (my favorite party member!!!) wasn't ridiculously OP at high levels. and either Postgame Was Hell or i was just phenomenally bad at games back then (also possible) can i ask what scenes? to jog my memory?

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

i loved it to bits when i was younger and when it first came out if that counts? have you already beat it once? i don't want to spoil anything major... also it's been 10+ years so i don't remember everything

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

change the outfit to reds and whites too and there we go. Dizzy-neesan 👍

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

me and someone on tumblr just think dizzy (guilty gear) and matoi (pso2) would be friends

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🥲 it was one of the best scenes thoooo

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

they could lowkey do both! the crossdressing scene was a thing lmao!

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🤔 tbh the female mc version of p3p had a looooot of differences from the male mc, just adding a few romance options would be so much less hassle and their statement wouldn't rly hold up

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

also theres always the chance the original waifu2x code was just stolen when ai boom began tbh. i say this bc you can also get it locally on desktop too, the code is on github somewhere. waifu2x-caffe was the one i have a super old version of

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

more or less! image upscaling technology in general existed before ai but got included in models, so now ppl assume its all ai RIP. kinda like machine translation gets advertised as an ai feature when it originally existed independently (and it still can)

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

also note that people do think a lot of things are AI that actually existed before AIs even included them as a "feature", and image upscaling is absolutely one of them 🫠

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

unironically waifu2x has the best non-ai upscaling i've ever used even with it being a decade old lmao. even csp isn't as good and it's An Art Program. ultimately it really depends on the upscaler itself, IMO the "AI" part isn't that applicable unless it's an AI-specific product upscaling it

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

do you have any details on this? i personally wouldn't consider upscaling images inherently AI tbh, waifu2x has existed since 2015, clip studio paint also has a built-in upscaler, etc.

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MothballMilkshake @mothballmilkshake.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

If you're in fandom, please engage with the fics you read, the art you view. You don't have to read/scroll everything, but if you *do* read/see it, please let the creators know. I am seeing so many people burn out because engagement keeps dropping. It feels like tapping the mic - 'is this thing on?'

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寝落えぽ（Epo） @epooooon.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

おはようございます！顔や目変えてみた！！身長は・・・ちっちゃくなったﾖ #PSO2NGS #PSO2NGS_SS

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

no context, only doki doki

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

2017: this was the oc in question. i never actually used them lmao

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

"merula" was an oc's name that i wasn't sure on using either, but look how that ended up lmao

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

i keep thinking about the nickname Lune because: merumoth... luna moth... Lunemoth... there are at least 3 other things that would make it confusing though so hmmmmm

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

the duality of hairstyles. he looks completely different depending on where the hair tie is placed. #ocsky

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

the little snakes, i mean. the blob i forgot the name of definitely was

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

these were not there before!!!!!

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

i think this has actually happened to me with csp a couple times before, just with pngs i saved from sai2 instead? i haven't had it happen again since i started exporting my pngs instead of just save-as-pngs at least. (compatibility issues between 2 diff programs for art is always a time lmao)

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

got the game with the best singleplayer content apparently 👍

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merula @merumoth.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

i have no capacity to stay in one place anymore........... i am slowly guilty gearing up thanks to a friend getting me into the lore. and i have someone who can teach me to play at least the older games. anyway artfight is done but i also have to "revenge" like 3 last-minute attacks lmao...

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Matt | DEMO OUT NOW! @pmrd.net · 27/07/2026

This is really fun to read lol

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Connect! @connecttowin.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Dude check the weather report right now apparently there's a black wind that flows through your body and drops all your weapons to level 1 outside. Stay inside dude.

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