Me hiding Stevie smut behind choices that are otherwise unappealing is becoming a pattern
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… I don’t like the sound of this
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Happy cake day.
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Oh no way I forgot that was a thing. Thank you 
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Congrats 
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${PHeShe}'s wearing a red silk kimono that flows everywhich way about ${P_hisher} body with the movements of the water; bearing up, mermaid-like.
“This is Lincoln’s,” Zima says, following my gaze. “I am wearing swim trunks but that wasn’t really enough.”
“You walked out onto the stage half naked at our concert but you’re uncomfortable undressing to get in a pool?”
“That’s different. People here would see me up close.” ${Paul_ette} wipes a strand of wet hair, its brown color darkened by the water, out of ${P_hisher} face.
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What album number do we do the super-high concept shit that doesn’t sell well at the time, but becomes a hit when we’re 60?
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Second album, should we get to make one, in Oregon, particularly since Portland has a more “indie” less commercial vibe, compared to LA later on and we’re likely surrounded by more “weird” indie artists would get my vote.
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Sophomore Album Slump for the angst and tension to start to build up in the group.
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@Bryce_Kaldwin @idonotlikeusernames I will leave that to the two of you to discuss
Short update so the snippet doesn’t stand alone: the new content for Press Play is currently at 57k or so words. The problem is… it’s all fragmented into different scenes. Writing in a coherent stream has been a big issue with this chapter, and don’t ask me why cause I have no idea. I’ve also been needing a lot of downtime from the project by writing soft stuff and fantasy. I’ve been having a rough time and found myself in need of whimsy. But we’re still going strong people. We’re getting there. I’m crawling ever onward
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finally got into this if, and i love it. stevie is perfection 
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Hey, I genuinely really love Press Play. I love the characters and story, and especially the choices you can make! But I do have something I’d like to suggest. It’s not something you have to add or anything, I imagine the game is already hard to work on with everything you have now, so I’d get it if you didn’t want to too. And genuinely I might be the only person who this negatively affected, but I feel that if I felt uncomfortable with it, then other trans people might too.
I’m a trans girl. So I chose the penis option when I got to a steamy part of the game with Stevie. But I don’t like actually doing any penetration during those types of scenes because they make me super dysphoric. Again it’s honestly not a super big deal, I know I could choose to fade to black, or just choose to have a vv instead. But I was really looking forward to reading it, and didn’t want to skip it at the time. It really negatively affected me after reading it. It’s not your fault, mind you. You haven’t done anything wrong, or anything. But it was super dysphoric for me, and I wanted to bring your attention to it so you could maybe add something to help with that. Like a warning, or alternative scene where we don’t do penetrative sex? I know the sex scenes aren’t a big thing in the game, and I don’t know how many there are so making alternatives to those would probably be a lot. So honestly just the warning would be more than enough!
Again it’s more than fine if you don’t want to add any of these! I completely understand if you don’t. And I’m sorry if it seemed like I was trying to guilt trip you or if I was too demanding/rude at any point with my writing. I’m not the greatest when it comes to this kind of thing, so I genuinely don’t know if I went too far in any regards. So I apologize in advance if my tone came off rude, or if I did insult you with anything I wrote here.
Also, thank you for reading all this!!! I know this thing is long as hell, so it’s extra special that you read all of it!!! 
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Howdy, don’t worry please about sounding rude because you didn’t, not at all. I know I’m lacking in the sex scene department, I’m planning to add alternate scenes for things like t-dick and avoiding penetration, but I haven’t yet because sex scenes really take it out of me, and it was easier to just write “the basics” aka what I, a little cis girl, knows. It never occurred to me to put a warning on it in the meantime though, but it seems to me a pretty good idea so I guess I’ll do just that (I hope I don’t forget; if I don’t reply to this thread in a week saying I’ve done it, could someone maybe remind me?). I really don’t want anybody feeling poorly after reading something of mine (I mean I do but not in a dysphoria-way).
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Thank you!!! I can try and remind you, if my memory allows me to anyways. You don’t have to worry about adding the sex scenes in anytime soon if you don’t want to btw, I know sexual things can be weird for me too sometimes.
Also, this is a bit off topic, but you do really well with depicting mental illness in your writing. A lot of what the MC thinks of or does is very similar to what I did, or still do in in real life. Same with Zima, tho to a lesser extent. It’s really nice to have characters I can relate to so much. It kinda feels like what I’m going through isn’t as lonely as before, If that makes sense? I don’t know, it just makes me feel better about myself in ways most things don’t. Thanks for making characters that made feel like that btw. It genuinely does help me get through it all.
Okay, that’s all I wanted to say! I promise I don’t always write in essays, I just don’t know how to finish a conversation, okay bye!!!
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How do you get the sex scene with Stevie people are talking about in the comments?
@RosesPoncho thanks very much for the kind words. This is really why I started writing the story, I needed an outlet to talk about all the messed up emotions and relationships people entertain with different mental illnesses and traumas. I hoped people like me would relate, so I’m very glad that was your experience 
@hjm Stay home with Stevie on Halloween, then don’t reject her feelings for you in the car.
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So, I can’t believe that I’d never heard of this WiP before! It is SO. GOOD! I started it yesterday during a slow day at work and just DEVOURED it. I finished it late last night when I should have been sleeping before another early morning, but I just couldn’t put it down. I was so upset when it ended though lol. It was so abrupt lol.
However, abrupt ending aside, this was just excellent. I’ll try to give some more coherent, constructive comments later, but essentially I just loved it. I’m obsessed. The whole cast was so real and fully realized, the flash forwards, the time in the mental hospital (having had multiple stints in the mental hospital myself, I have to say you really captured aspects of it sooooo well!), all of it was just amazing. I couldn’t pick just one RO. I had multiple saves going for Angel, Paul, AND Lincoln. I cannot wait to see where this goes. My heart breaks prematurely for Maddox, I am defensive of my MC from Paul even as I find him crush-worthy, and I am endlessly fascinated to find out what exactly happened with all of them to drive them so completely apart. And to see if it can maybe be rectified?
Anyway, sorry for the sort of tangled, rambling rave, but I just wanted to say I love this work. I cannot wait to see/read more. You’re really talented. This is officially one of my most anticipated WiPs ever. Can’t wait to read the next release!
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Honestly as someone who doesn’t really venture to these kind of stories, I’ve got to say that this has become one of my favorites! The conversations they have are just so engaging and feels so real. I don’t think I’ve ever been this interested to every bit of quirks and personalities behind the characters. I don’t really post much on the forums since I mostly lurk but I just want to give my appreciation for your story, I really love it!
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Hello, dear author. I’m here to review your work. I’m not anyone important or a critic, but I’ve read many of your works and consider myself an avid reader of this style of game. The first thing that caught my attention was the interview format, which in itself is innovative. It was the first time I’d encountered a story in this format, and I quite liked what I saw. At times, I felt confused while reading because of the grammar, but I understand that this is perfectly normal, since the story is ongoing and not yet complete. I really liked each of the band members, and although I found them peculiar in their own way, these peculiarities are interesting. I found the slightly more extensive options than usual quite interesting and well-chosen. I particularly appreciate when there is context and feelings can be explored more deeply, and this is reflected in the choices we make to advance the story. Regarding the sensitive themes, this was one of the things that surprised me the most. Not in a negative way, but rather because of the respectful and sincere manner in which you addressed these important issues, you brought a certain visibility to topics that are often avoided, whether due to lack of knowledge or other reasons, be they trivial or not. Rosa mentions Stevie, who is a very sweet and easy-to-fall-for-love character; in fact, at Christmas I thought there was going to be a kiss between her and the protagonist, haha. I really liked how the romances were developed slowly and in a well-structured way. Normally, I prefer faster-paced romances, but with a solid foundation, and, incredibly, this story is making me really enjoy this slow development.
I sincerely hope you publish more chapters of this wonderfuworkrk.
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This story is really good it got me obsessed! Hope you’re still on this
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