The Results!

As a refresher, this was a kick-off activity to celebrate the official launch of the most whimsical of yuri clubs 💜 Using a percentage from the Bdaython event I held, the prizes where as follows for those who submitted for the Paranormal Yuri Romance & Fall Slice of Life prompt!

1st Place: $50
2nd Place: $30
3rd Place: Doodle Art

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Here we go!

First Place (Community Vote): Squidlestial

From learning of the contest, Squid absolutely LOCKED IN with a whole animated story! Watch it on youtube.

Read about their story here! I didn’t catch this live on stream but I see your silly…

Second Place (Nix’s Pick): Emi_Eclipse

To be SO real with you, I think the majority of us were in agreement about how amazing this piece was! We have a whole scene set before us with so many seasonal activities and of course the paranormal energies with the diversity of characters. It gave me so much delight and excitement for what we’re doing here in the club!

You can check out the speedpaint here

I could not decide on one couple to draw because they've all been in my mind so I decided why choose one when I can draw all. I went for a Halloween festival theme with everyone dressed up in costume. This piece is a milestone drawing for me. Ive never drawn this many characters, taken this long (took 6 hours and 45 minutes), and had this many layers (275 layers). Regardless if I place or not this is a piece I can be proud of! On the left we have Ory (in a demon costume)reaching her hand to help Hime(in an angel costume)from the hayride they've just came back from. Next to them on the right we have Haruka (in a skeleton costume) asking Demona (in a witch costume) and Quill, their daughter, (in a ghost costume), if they want to get a snack in the snack barn to which Quill is very excited for, she wants cookies. And for the main focus of this drawing we have Hazel (in a zombie costume) sharing a candy apple with a very flustered but happy Lark (in a vampire costume.) My favorite thing about fall is well.. all of it. October is the month I thrive in the most, I love the spooky vibes and decor. I love pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie. I love listning to Halloween playlists and when its not about Halloween its about the wonderful coziness of wearing sweaters and cardigans!

Third Place (Community Vote): Wittle_ghost

This is a beautiful high effort piece that captures so much warmth! Check out what Wittle_ghost (AKA GhastlyArtist) had to say here:

These are my two ocs, Jane Doe and Matcha. Jane is a vampire who lost all her memories and is trying to hide it. Matcha secretly knows but doesn’t care. The two of them hangout in cemeteries and other spooky places, and Matcha is very into witchy stuff as well as her parents. I also imagine the whole story being set in fall/having a very fall theme. My personal favorite part about fall is that Mitchell’s seasonal pumpkin spice ice cream because it’s my favorite and you can’t get it any other time of the year.

I’m In Love With the Villainess

We recently just picked out our first read one week ago and I wanted to note down some questions for everyone to consider as I’ve recently completed chapter one myself. If you’re still early in the novel or are still getting your hands on it, then go ahead and skip until you’re ready!

As a perk for participation, I am doing an art raffle for November 15th for people who have shared their thoughts on the light novel at least once through either the substack group chat or emailed to me (max of 1 time— maybe save for later) at phoenixmasked.contact@gmail.com.

In addition…

We have an art prompt you can submit for as well!

Prompt: Favorite Flowers

The art in question should feature your sapphic OCs, ships, or fanart of media you like! As usual, keep it SFW with a heads up for any content warnings for when I share on stream.

These will be looked at on stream and I’ll shoot over a digital badge if you complete it!

Chapter 1 Questions

1. Rae Noted the phenomenon of self-depreciating humor for the LGBT community, and how playing up to stereotypes were considered problematic by some LGBTQ activists. Her perspective is that it’s often essential to be able to express the difficulties that come with identity-based problems— and in her case its around unrequited love due to a mismatch in attraction. Do you feel a self-justified reasoning for behavior is sufficient or do you feel that Rae crosses a line? What do you think about the necessity of playing up a persona as an outlet?

2. Rae desires to be close to Claire always and to even support her in her various pursuits including romance with Thane, one of the princes. She’s aware of an impossibility for her love to be reciprocated, so instead she dedicates herself to the next best thing in her eyes. What do you think about un-reciprocated love and how she handles it? Romance novel expectations aside, do you think holding on to this kind of love for a person go wrong, or is it something you think to be manageable in the long run?

3. In one scene, Claire asks the question of “Why do you say you like me?” and notes later how her personality isn’t exactly likable and that no one would actually like her for who she is. Rae affirms her affection though Claire is incredibly skeptical. Still, she states how Rae can do whatever she wants in a way that indicates she was lonely. At this point in the story, how do you think Claire really feels about Rae? have her words and assessments majorly been accurate, or could there be something she’s hiding or is unaware of?

4. What do you think of the Isekai genre & tropes that tend to follow it? Rae was overworked in her real life, though was then transported to a world she had a clear advantage in navigating— not only in knowledge but abilities as well. Do you think this adds, detracts, or is simply a background element for the more central focus of character relationships?

5. Open ended! What do you think about the snippets of world-building shared so far? Do you have a favorite main and side character? Favorite scene or quote? How are you enjoying it so far?

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(Posted on Substack on October 25th)