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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 28/09/2026

I shouldn’t need to explain this one—if you’re reading a story where someone transitions their gender, then the story is about being transgender, even if the author says it’s not.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 27/09/2026

Mermaids? Trans, don’t you know?

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 25/09/2026

On the one hand you have Leina, Haman, Roux, Ple, Ple Two, Chara, Elle, Fa, Mineva... On the other hand you have Chan, Nanai, and Quess. It's no contest.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 25/09/2026

In my opinion, there are too many people asking whether you can skip ZZ, and not enough people asking whether you can skip CCA. #Gundam

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 15/09/2026

All stories with dolls in them are about being trans, as has been proven.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 11/09/2026

All age regression manga: also about being trans, interestingly.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 04/09/2026

Da Capo reached 100 downloads! 💯 A huge thank you to everyone who has taken the time to play it, leave a review, or write one of the very thoughtful and kind comments. Download it: slewingtons.itch.io/da-capo Or get the ebook version: samlewis.org/stories/dacapo

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Da Capo by Sam☆Lewis

A disaffected noble girl re-enacts a childhood romance.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 26/08/2026

If you're disappointed by queer representation in media then: a) Seek out independent queer artists. You will certainly find a wider variety of art which will resonate with you. b) Create your own queer art. It's more accessible than you think, and you can tell your own story better than anyone.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 15/08/2026

The choice of Mozart’s Fantasia in D minor in Da Capo was quite deliberate. First of all it’s a fantasia—an improvisational style with no fixed form. It’s also one of Mozart’s moodier pieces. Most importantly (with respect to Da Capo’s themes): Mozart never finished it. #ToxicYuriVNJam #Mozart

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 09/08/2026

Flashback to November 24, 2024, when I saw her on sale in an antique shop. I recognised her at once, with her expression perfectly matching how Elodie might look. How appropriate that she portrays Elodie in my visual novel: slewingtons.itch.io/da-capo #ToxicYuriVNJam #RoyalDoulton #Antiquing

A collection of porcelain figurines for sale in glass cabinet. In the centre of the frame, a figurine of a girl in a blue gown gazes back at the viewer, her eyebrows raised.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 08/08/2026

I’ve read two books this month already, so I’m well on track to beat my modest target. The Haunting of Hill House was especially good and surprisingly, deliciously queer. It’s all for a good cause, and you can help! www.msreadathon.org.au/fundraisers/...

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MS Readathon | Your support can transforms lives!

I'm asking for donations! Can you help? Your support fuels imagination and gives me inspiration to reach my reading goal this August. You're giving more than just encouragement! You'll also help tr...

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Anthony Massingham @amassingham.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It took a while, but we've finally fully released Go-Go Town on PC and Switch 1/2. What a ride! Thank you to everyone who played the game in Early Access. I'm very proud of what we've built here. I hope you enjoy it. #gamedev www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVsZ...

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Go-Go Town! Launch Trailer | PC, Nintendo Switch & Nintendo Switch 2

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 02/07/2026

Da Capo My entry to TOXIC YURI VN JAM 2 sees a young lady casting a courtesan in the role of her beloved childhood maid. 📖 Play it now: slewingtons.itch.io/da-capo #ToxicYuriVNJam #GameDev #writing #LGBT #LGBTQIA #queer #lesbian #romance #gothic #maid

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Da Capo by Sam☆Lewis

A disaffected noble girl re-enacts a childhood romance.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 01/07/2026

All gender bender manga are about being trans, actually.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 01/07/2026

Finished it with 20 days to spare.

A screenshot of a visual novel. The background is a painting of an ornate neoclassical bedchamber. Two characters are visible, both photographs of porcelain figures: one is a young lady in a blue dress and the other is a girl wearing a maid’s outfit and holding a feather duster and dust pan. One of the characters, named Susanna, is speaking, and she says: “If that is your concern, then you may discard it. I am quite capable of keeping pace with you. Do not underestimate the staff, Sinjorina. We are not fragile little creatures incapable of growth or understanding.”

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 29/06/2026

My number one example is the cold open in episode 10 of Wandering Son (Hourou Musuko).

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 29/06/2026

Some stories have moments which I describe as being like a “teaspoon stirring the heart.” They are profoundly affecting despite (or because of) how small and simple they are.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 23/06/2026

Yes, there’s a maid in it.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 23/06/2026

Me planning my VN: "I've got a good idea." 🤔 Me writing my VN: "What if my writing is bad?" 😩 Me implementing my VN: "I'm a genius." 🤓 #ToxicYuriVNJam #GameDev

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The Power of Pride Bundle 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @powerofpridebundle.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

It's here! The Power of Pride Bundle 2026 is now live on Itchio! All in support of 284 queer creators and their 396 creations. View the bundle on Itchio here (until July 6): $60 Bundle: itch.io/b/3682/the-p... $10 Pay-What-You-Can: itch.io/b/3684/the-p... #PowerofPride2026

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 31/05/2026

I took some time last week to re-read my own short stories, and I actually got a bit emotional. The fifth story in particular is where I explored some of my feelings about chronic illness, but the final story also delivers quite strongly on its message of self-acceptance.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 28/05/2026

I feel like the numbers are the only substantive part of the modern meme, so all you need is a period-appropriate excuse to use them.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 28/05/2026

You can go pretty far back with 67: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_sixe...

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At sixes and sevens - Wikipedia

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 27/05/2026

I've got a ring binder with pages of felt sheets for displaying pins. Everything else is displayed on bookshelves, or stored in drawers and boxes. My plushies used to sit in a pile on a beanbag chair, but now they're in a (big) basket.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 27/04/2026

Ace of Hearts Night after night, an asexual succubus still needs to eat. She has a complicated relationship with her food. 📖 Read it now: samlewis.org/stories/aceo... Donations are welcomed. #book #books #writing #LGBT #LGBTQIA #queer #asexual #ace #lesbian #romance #erotica

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Ace of Hearts by Sam Lewis

An asexual succubus still needs to eat.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 24/03/2026

Interesting! I’m ace, but for me there’s still enough distance in first-person; I’m just reading someone else’s thoughts. What you describe makes perfect sense, though. I’ve written romantasy in first, second, and third-person, so it’s good to know how different modes can affect different people.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 22/01/2026

Frieda and Maria, the titular (pun intended) twins from 1971’s Twins of Evil.

Frieda threatens her twin sister Maria by grabbing her neck in a scene from Twins of Evil (1971).

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 19/01/2026

I read it yesterday and it reminded me why I love your writing so much. It also increased my desire to get a doll.

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princess online @nadianova.fi · 15/01/2026

BROKEN CORE: sister = doll, a girl story dolls are awesome. you can do anything to them. you can insert yourself into them 20k words for #dollandkigujam by @nadianova.fi & @sarlinna.bsky.social go play now play now free play now now play play sister game play sister type doll game now play no

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 15/01/2026

Her team comprises a Ghastly and a Haunter, but one day she’d like to travel abroad and catch a Gothita. She’ll never evolve her Haunter because she’d have to trade it.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 15/01/2026

Here she is, the little lady from my collection of short stories. Would you kiss her hand? samlewis.org/gallery/img/... #Art #SpriteArt #1800s #Pokémon #ポケモン

A young lady dressed in her finery drawn in the trainer art style of the original Pokémon games.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 14/01/2026

I imagine her team is a MissingNo. and an 'M. She will absolutely delete your Hall of Fame data.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 14/01/2026

Here we have a piece I drew for a friend of mine. Netrunners are a menace in the world of Pokémon because they hack into the box system to edit the statistics of their opponents. samlewis.org/gallery/img/... #Art #SpriteArt #Cyberpunk #Pokémon #ポケモン

A Cyberpunk netrunner drawn in the trainer art style of the original Pokémon games.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 11/01/2026

Some more sprite art, this time of Chara Soon, one of Gundam's greatest characters. samlewis.org/gallery/img/... #Art #SpriteArt #Gundam #GundamZZ #ガンダム #ガンダムZZ #Pokémon #ポケモン

Chara Soon from Gundam ZZ drawn in the trainer art style of the original Pokémon games.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 02/01/2026

Equipped with some digital watercolours, I took the time to colourise the illustration that accompanies my collection of short stories: samlewis.org/gallery/img/... #Art #Illustration

An illustration of a young lady wearing a diaphanous chemise, which she lifts delicately to reveal her stockings and one unshod foot. Her hair is curled in large rolls and tied with green bows, and she wears a bell around her neck.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 09/12/2025

Because my age is unverified, @bsky.app has apparently disabled my ability to mute words and tags, exposing me to content that I do not wish to see. There was no indication that this had happened until I went into my settings. Even then, the banner doesn't say which features are disabled.

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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 03/11/2025

Settling accounts Before he was famous, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was Louise Dupin’s scribe. It’s her ideas on inequality that fill his writings by Rebecca Wilkin aeon.co/essays/inequ... Rousseau at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature

The Declaration of Love (c1724) by Jean François de Troy.

The painting depicts an intimate and elegant moment of courtship in an 18th-century refined interior or garden setting. At its centre, a young gentleman kneels before a seated young lady: he extends a small bouquet of flowers with one hand while placing his other hand to his heart.

The lady, dressed in sumptuous silk‐embroidered attire, receives the gesture with composed modesty: she looks somewhat downward and sideways.

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princess online @nadianova.fi · 30/09/2025

meet cuppy dog NOW store.steampowered.com/app/3571820/...

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princess online @nadianova.fi · 30/09/2025

aaaa im so scared of hot alcoholic lady pushing my boundaries aaa shes subjecting me to sexual activities aaa whys my sister so cute too aaa whats happening on this train aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. plushiehumping. aaa. play now store.steampowered.com/app/3571820/...

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 23/09/2025

I also hope that we can all agree that the way the ending treats Marianne as a prize and her happiness as an afterthought—only mentioned in passing on pretty much the last page—is also kind of gross.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 23/09/2025

I felt as though the story contorted to make Marianne suffer and vindicate Elinor. Through that lens I sympathised with Marianne and was annoyed by Elinor. I was bothered that it was Elinor who confronted Willoughby (and in her heart forgave him!), not Marianne. Let the poor girl speak for herself!

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 21/09/2025

Yep! I named my character Chara by chance because it was a character name I was already using in other games. Imagine my surprise when I opened the wiki.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 21/09/2025

Attention! At present, I hold the distinction of being the only person in the world who has listed Yayoi Akikawa as a favourite character on MAL. #Umamusume #MyAnimeList

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 21/09/2025

Her team consists of one Ponyta and one Rapidash.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 20/09/2025

A little bit of sprite art that sits on the bizarre intersection of my interests: samlewis.org/gallery/img/... #Art #SpriteArt #Umamusume #Pokémon

The Director from Umamusume drawn in the trainer sprite art style of the original Pokémon games.

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Queer Games Bundle @queergamesbundle.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

4️⃣2️⃣ You have 42 hours left to buy Queer Games Bundle 2025. Get over 600 radical, heartfelt games and projects for $60 (or $10+), less than the price of one AAA game. This morning, we've passed $80,000 for queer artists. itch.io/b/3062

pixel art shows the numerals 1 through 80 over a background of genderfluid pride flag colors. each number is on a section of a ribbon shape creating a woven appearance, with rainbow and transgender pride flag colors and various textures.

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Samantha☆ @samlewis.org · 23/08/2025

The Bell & Other Stories A collection of short stories featuring a young Maltese lady and an American courtesan in early 1800s St. Petersburg. 📖 Read it now: samlewis.org/stories/thebell/ Donations are welcomed. #book #books #writing #LGBT #LGBTQIA #queer #lesbian #romance #gothic #1800s

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The Bell & Other Stories by Sam Lewis

A disaffected noble girl rings in the nineteenth century in unconventional fashion.

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Queer Games Bundle @queergamesbundle.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

🏃💨 We've passed $56,000 for queer artists! Get over 600 games and projects for $60 (or $10+), less than the price of one AAA game . . . even adjusted for inflation from 1985. itch.io/b/3062

pixel art shows the numerals 1 through 56 over a background of lesbian pride flag colors. each number is on a section of a rainbow striped worm that's broken into lines like a platforming game. there are transgender pride color mario sprites throughout.

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