Status Updates From World Running Down

Oh no. Oh my heart. 💔

No, we’re not doing that. We’re not killing off any of my favorite characters today. *glares*

‘Everything in Valentine's life still hurt, and the future was so uncertain that he needed something physical to grab hold of.
He held on to Osric.’

Oh? A throuple? We have poly rep now, too.

Still soft spoken, still gentle, but now with kisses included.

Valentine: „What do you call a mind like that?“
Osric: „Wonderful.“

(Valentine is neurodivergent, possibly ADD-ish.)

I have such a spot for artificial beings becoming sentient and learning how to human.

New genre unlocked: cozy trans dystopian sci-fi.

‘“I know how it feels to have people look at you and not see who you really are," Osric said, quietly. "Or to refuse to see it."’

A very interesting parable between this trans boy yearning for gender-affirming surgery and hormones, and the AI stuck in a foreign, android body it wants to get out off.
I like these two already.

Nice read. Well paced and not making me bored. Feels like a YA but I’m not actually sure. The concepts of gender dysphoria are very well explained. Especially as someone who doesn’t experience it I now have more empathy as I can hope to understand a little better

I've just realised that all the chapter titles are from Shakespeare's sonnets (I think?)! To Thine Own Self (chapter 17) was the one that clicked for me!