🌈 Dear Diary, We Created a Plot Hole! (A Slice-of-Life Fantasy Adventure set in the Philippines) ~ [UPDATED Aug 31 | 608,000 words]

Looking forward to seeing them a bit more :slight_smile:

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Exactly. How can she be more huggable at this point lol

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@ElliWoelfin Hehe. Well it’s not gonna be a fun goodbye for the twins (and Paddy) for sure :stuck_out_tongue:

@Ene @Christopher_Bull I dunno what you guys are talking about. Rosie’s only twelve, she’s gonna be a lot more huggable (in both senses of the word) when she grows up. :blush: Well, maybe not ā€˜up’ very much, hehe. Plus we haven’t even been in her story world yet.

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I just wanted to say that I like the portraits.

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Oh, I guess I should post this here too:

So I was looking through my notes for the IAC update, and then I thought, what if instead of just a single story, I turn IAC into an anthology of sorts?

There’s a lot of side characters in DDWCaPH! (like the other parents of F6E members) whose backstories I’d like to explore, so IAC would be the perfect platform to write them in (and maybe add a few choices in as well). It could also have some alternate universe short stories as well, and it wouldn’t be out of place at all.

Here are some short story ideas I've thought of:
  • Maggie’s perspective during the cursed fieldtrip
  • Julie and Maggie’s childhood
  • How Julie and Robert met
  • How Nestor and Mary met
  • How Cordelia’s parents met
  • How Cham met her pet hellhound
  • Wayne and Roselyna’s POV when they traveled to Samar alone
  • F6E’s first meeting
  • POV of Lily’s moms when they adopted her
  • How the current members of Squad 626 met each other (Jessica salvaging Lorem, Rnst summoning Phyrnne, D’s capture, etc.)

  • More side stories from other TARDIS Squads/CANon Departments


@LiliArch Ohh, thank you! :blush: I’m glad you like them, although I might change the art style to have a flatter shading in the future.

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Yes!

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So, is there any short story you’re particularly excited of? Or do you have any ideas for one?

I haven’t thought much about it since it wouldn’t be canon, but I do kinda want to write the F6E (including B) meeting each other in preschool, which would be really cute. It’s making me wanna draw the F6E in preschool now :smile:

And maybe Cordelia and Cham in high school too, although that could actually be possible later.

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Why can’t I have an identical twin?

Hello! There are many ways I can answer your question.

I mean, it’s basically the same reason why MC has to have a twin, or a sibling at all in the first place—that’s what the story is about, and that’s the story I want to write. And plot-wise, the twins can’t be identical, for the same reason why they have different eye and hair colors (and favorite genres), which will make sense much later in the story.

And you can still choose your twin’s gender anyway, so you can still both be boys/girls/non-binary if that’s a problem.

But also I just find fraternal twins a lot more interesting than identical ones. Usually when people think about twins, it’s almost always identical. Think of MC’s twin as a regular sibling, who just happens to be the same age as them. :slightly_smiling_face:

But yeah, now that you do mention it, I agree: why can’t I also have a twin in other stories? I think that would be a lot of fun. Hehe. :stuck_out_tongue:

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I didn’t see an option for both of them being the same

Yes, the twins will always be opposite-sex but you can choose your twin’s gender when you come to this choice:

If this isn’t what you’re looking for, I’ve already explained why this is the case. :slightly_smiling_face:

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That’s…

Not what I asked.

But thanks for taking the time I guess.

Also, there are too many stories about identical twins (to the point that opposite sex siblings shouldn’t realistically be that identical either). Franzinyte wanted a story to feature fraternal twins for a change.

(Though on that note, they can have the hair type and body type. Skin color and height will always be the same for both twins.)

As for preferences, it was established that they can like similar things but of a different hierarchy, like the favorite colors (the twin likes whatever color your gem but only as their second-favorite).

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And thanks for trying out the story too, I guess. I’m sorry if the story isn’t for you.

I’ve already addressed why the twins can’t have exactly the same appearance (besides hair type, body type, skin color and height like Abe said), so I assumed you were talking about gender. My bad then!

But the short answer is that it’s relevant to the plot, and the story wouldn’t work anymore if the twins are to become identical. Have a good day!

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Something I’d like to see is more Genre-specific plushies. Like a pegasus for Mythology, a Cthulhu for horror. I don’t know what could be specific to Adventure… a coyote and roadrunner, maybe?

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There used to be some more before the chapter 3 release. i believe that they were removed because they were just too many.

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There used to be that exactly for horror at least, but like Abe said, they were trimmed down as there was too many (which will be relevant later, as that implies).

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Yup, I’ve addressed this in the v2.1.2.9 Update:

• Most of the genre-specific stuffed toys have been removed because there were too many.

There were like four different ones for Mythology, and there was actually a tentacle monster for Horror/Supernatural. And the adventure genre stuffed toy was an RV plushie.

I removed them because as I’ve teased many times before, the stuffed toys will become actual characters in Volume 3 (Roselyna’s Story World). And not only will I have to draw them all at some point, each stuffed toy would need a different description and action every time I mention them (a teddy bear will move/act differently than a penguin or a dragon), as well as possibly special interactions with other characters, animal or otherwise.

Depending on how complex it gets, I might add/remove some in the future. But speaking of, since I don’t track it in the playthrough codes, which of the current stuffed toys has everyone picked?

  • Teddy Bear
  • Puppy
  • Kitten
  • Piglet
  • Bunny
  • Turtle
  • Penguin
  • Elephant
  • Octopus
  • Seal
  • Platypus
  • Dinosaur
  • Dragon
  • Unicorn
  • Alien
  • Ghost
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Hmm, poor elephant doesn’t have any votes yet. :elephant: It’s one of my favorite animals along with the pig. :pensive: At least the penguin, seal, and turtle are doing fairly well, hehe.

I didn’t expect the dragon to be the most popular, but I guess it’s not that surprising. At least Wayne’s Leapling will now have lots of new dragon friends!


Anyway, I just thought of new BFF scenes to add in Chapter 3!

I know there won’t be enough time to explore Lily and JM’s houses in Volume 1, but I think I found a way to at least give them both an extra scene in Chapter 3 (especially because Wayne and Rosie has a little too much).

Lily (with Tita Richie) or JM (with Tita Steph, Yaya Connie and Mayari) will drop by MC’s house and ask the twins to go and ride with them on their way to Rosie’s house, but only if you are bestfriends with them.

It’ll be an extra opportunity to talk with their parents (and expand a little on the exclusive BFF diary entries), and maybe discover a new secret, or even a bonus clue about B’s sidequest.

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