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If it's not too much of a spoiler, what chronic neurological illness does Lowell have? (Unless it's already posted somewhere and I just didn't notice, in which case my bad)

The conditions he has themselves are not spoilers! Lowell's primary diagnoses are Mixed Connective Tissue Disease and Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis that is starting to progress more rapidly. He also suffers from gastroparesis, which makes it incredibly difficult for him to eat properly, a thyroid disorder, and he was just diagnosed with the beginning stages of rheumatoid arthritis at the onset of the game.

Lowell has been ill since he was a child, but he grew up in a neglectful household so he didn't recieve necessary medical care, and he both went to culinary school and now works as a commercial baker. He was essentially able to push past a lot of his symptoms to appear able bodied and has worked well past his limits for a long time, at massive detriment to his body- he's starting to feel the effects of his conditions acutely, and his ability to maintain his job and live a relatively normal life are declining rapidly.

I'm sparing the gorey details of how his conditions effect him in the two milder routes, but they will be playing a large part in the croquembouche route.

Lowell's feelings of losing control within his own body highly inform his character and his actions, and are drawn in large part by my own struggle with chronic and progressive disabilities- we don't share all of our diagnoses, but Lowell does have a few conditions that I myself suffer from.

You ok?

A little bit yes, a little bit no! Some of you may have known I was in. A really, horrifically bad spot about 6 months ago before I moved across the country. I'm still struggling to recover from what the move and all of the stress has done to my body and my energy- I was already chronically ill with severe fatigue but it's been really god awfully bad lately. On top of that, I don't have the additional income from student aid since I have to wait to gain residency in my new state to be able to afford school, so I'm having to work to make enough to like. barely eat throughout the month and MAYBE pay bills on time (never mind my debt from moving so short notice and the situation I was in 🤡). I'm disabled and I really don't function well when I'm working, so I've been sleeping a lot, unable to keep up with keeping my house clean and my spouse taken care of, haven't been able to establish medical care here yet, and in a lot of pain. that being said, I'm not scared of where I live anymore and I'm no longer in active danger or an abusive situation.

so it's really a toss up but my silence here is largely medical related, including the fact that I can no longer afford the correct amount of my antidepressants so a bitch is withdrawing and having a mental health flare lmao

I miss you all and I want to get back in the swing of things as soon as I can! I like working on my games and interacting with my community! it's good for my mental well being and it helps me express myself and feel some purpose, and I hope spread some joy! right now I'm just trying to scrape by any energy possible to keeping living, though, so we'll see when I'm able to get back on the wagon. I'm also just TRULY embarrassed by the delay with FoE at thus point, and have ruminated on the project just long enough that I've started gutting and redesigning a lot of it.

the positive of this is hopefully I release a nice game. the negative is I'm scared of my socials bc my dev timeline is crap and I should have finished ages ago🤣🤣🤣 anyway this has been an annoyingly long upd8 since it had been a while since I checked in w everyone and I wanted to give the full scoop for anyone who wanted to know whats up. thank you for checking in nonnie ♥️ hope you're having a wonderful day!

forgot to mention that my "main" blog is now @gamesinajar! lots of fan content, putting some other art, memes, random thoughts, kink stuff, etc on there. it's a lower pressure environment for me than the blogs dedicated to a specific project and I'd love to chat will yall there!

Y’all gotta stop makin these guys so pretty wtf how am I supposed to keep up I only have so many hands

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Does Lowell miows back to cats??? :33

oh absolutely. his cat, Mustard, is very talkative and he can't help but answer back. he says mrrrrp and brrow a lot as well

hihi! i was wondering, what does Lowell have MC wear to bed? i'm sure he has a selection of silky nightgowns and other pretty stuff like that, but would he be okay if the MC just wanted to wear something comfy like an oversized T-shirt and undies? they'd even wear a t-shirt of his if he let them c: i myself don't think i could ever fall asleep wearing lace or silk, esp not with my sensory issues with the textures of certain fabrics lol

Lowell is autistic and totally understands sensory issues- part of how he got into sewing was his distaste of certain fabrics and things like tags on store bought clothes, so he's very happy to accommodate sensory needs when he's dressing you up/making clothes for you!

While he finds the idea of putting you to bed in silks and lace charming, he wouldn't push it, and would probably just find/make some really cute ultracomfy shirts and underwear for you with safe fabrics for your sensory needs!

Lowell himself doesn't really have any t shirts. He works in button ups and work slacks, and he sleeps so infrequently that he usually just ends up passing out in his work clothes, so he doesn't have a lot of 'casual' clothing. If he wants to be comfy around the house it's usually just his boxers and one of his huge collection of cute aprons, maybe with a little camisole under it. You'd have to get closer to him him get treated with that view, though ;^)

When is Lowell's birthday? And what holidays does he celebrate? :3c

Lowell's birthday is June 10th! He doesn't really have a set age in the game, just approximately the age of the player, and he sort of lost count of his age anyhow- he doesn't celebrate his birthday, so he hasn't bothered to keep track, and he'd have to do some mental math if you asked him.

Lowell has a- complicated relationship with most holidays. Because he's a commercial baker, he ends up doing a lot of the kitschy baked goods for various holidays en mass, and he has to work a lot of overtime. He likes the idea of celebrating Valentines day the most, though, and decorating those cakes and pastries is his favorite.

He does personally celebrate Halloween (different frog costume every year), Krampusnacht, and Walpurgisnacht!

What if, when Lowell kidnapped the MC they just went along with everything a little too enthusiastically? And if Lowell were to ask why they weren't freaked out by the situation they'd say something like "Well, my life before wasn't exactly that great, but now I get a loving boyfriend and a life where I can just lounge around all I want! I mean, who wouldn't want to be swept away and taken to someplace nice- with no responsibilities- by their Prince Charming?"

Oh he'd be thrilled, probably to the point of naivety. At the time of kidnapping, Lowell isn't exactly sure *why* he wants to have you so much, he just knows that he *does*. A realization of friendly or romantic attraction, ESPECIALLY if it was either seemingly or actually reciprocated, would make everything click for him. He didn't really consider himself capable of loving other people before you, and the one-two punch of 'oh shit, I love this person, and they love me BACK???' would kind of break his brain a little bit. Overjoyed, extremely affectionate and doting, even happier that for some reason, you also care about him????????? Much,,,, much more protective and possessive though.

I'm so happy to see a trans man in a murdersim AAAA ❤️❤️❤️❤️

TRANS RIGHTS TO KILLBITEBITEBLOODMURDERKILL!!!

How are you? How's things going, not just game wise, but with YOU. :3

sleepy 👍 I briefly lost my medical insurance, I need to quit my job, I got accepted into uni but I can't pay the acceptance fee so who even knows what's gonna happen with that lol, and uhhhh I'm trying to get into reading again because I love literature but i have to be pretty intentional about making time for it. I was able to acquire copies of fear and hunger and pathologic 2 so when I have energy sometimes I've been carving my way through them and soon it will be my day of Birth and I will at long last have a fully developed prefrontal cortex 🎉🎉🎉 pretty mixed bag but as I live and breathe I'm uhhhhh living and breathing