Maybe These People Will Change Their Minds If They Learn That Birth Control Pills Are Also Used For Stuff

Maybe these people will change their minds if they learn that birth control pills are also used for stuff other than...well...birth control; many AFABs (myself included) take them for hormone regulation and managing medical conditions.

Or maybe they won't. Maybe they'll just plug their ears and keep whining about "the depravity."

Easy access to contraception is a right. Easy access to healthcare is a right. Oral contraceptives can serve as both of these things, and they should be protected as such.

Gen X and Millennials, too. Voter apathy is sadly prevalent among all generations here in the US. Hopefully, this abomination of an agenda is enough to push some bystanders into action.

Please vote, even if you don't live in one of the major "battleground" states (Michigan, Pennsylvania, etc.). Every single vote has the opportunity to turn the tide. You matter. You are exercising your constitutional rights and defending American, possibly global, democracy.

It's daunting, but we have to try.

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I encourage everyone to not only be aware of Project 2025, but educate yourself on exactly what is — a nearly one thousand page document by Conservatives that describes the creation of an authoritarian state and dismantling of major necessary agencies (EPA, Department of Education, etc), as well as including a plan to remove those who hold high government seats and replace them with loyalists who have little to no experience in that field.

An estimated 41 million Gen Z teens will turn eighteen before this election. Please make sure you are registered to vote by November, and be sure to get to the polls on November 5th.

Huh. Cure Honey is no longer the Precure character whose birthday is closest to mine. (I'm still keeping my PreChan Mirror and Triple Dance Honey Baton, though... :p)

Congratulations, Cure Wonderful. You are my new birthday buddy, and you will probably remain that way until the end of time because there are, like, no fictional characters that actually share my birthday.

Every year, some of my relatives drive in from out of state and bring a LOT of fireworks with them. We all gather at my nearest uncle's house for a family reunion on the 4th. In the past, we'd launch the fireworks from a concrete "miscellaneous sports" court just behind the yard, but it's been converted into a pickleball court, so we can't do that anymore. After all, we don't want to set the nets on fire.

So now, we launch the fireworks directly from the yard.

It's just as amazing and terrifying as it sounds. Amazing when the family photographers can get some stunning close-up pictures. Terrifying when the fireworks look like they're going to hit the trees in the neighbor's yard. It's a dumb, reckless, unforgettable tradition.

I love my family, and I love fireworks.

As the 4th of July just passed…

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Also, I figured out why Andrealphus looks so disgusted. It's not hypocritical homophobia.

It's Chaz. Chaz is eyeing him up.

Honestly, I can't blame him. I'd be recoiling, too.

Thoughts on this official Helluva Boss Pride artwork?

Here are mine:

I love all the pan representation, but I'm kinda jealous of how many pan characters there are, too. I know I shouldn't be. Emotions are just funny like that sometimes, though.

My ace Octavia headcanon is now canon! ...At the cost of Mammon also being ace. He's fun to watch, don't get me wrong, but I mean... Mammon. -w-"

We've got some nice bi-ace solidarity with Loona and Octavia. That's always great. :)

The spade symbols on Mammon's robe and hat... Is it just for the aesthetic, or is he now our only confirmed aroace character across the Hellaverse? (I still staunchly believe that Alastor is aroace, but for some reason, the people at Spindlehorse refuse to say anything either confirming or denying it...)

Verosika's hairstyle is fun, especially with the heart-shaped curls at the ends.

It's nice that multiple trans characters (not just Sallie May) are included. I wonder if we'll ever get any nonbinary characters, though.

Chaz is definitely Chaz.

I say, I say, Wacky Wally Wackford is just the happiest demon in this picture!

It would be cool if at least one of the succubi/incubi had an orientation other than pansexual, but oh well.

More lesbians would be nice, too.

Pride Month may be coming to a close, but remember, July is Wrath Month. :p

Song cover update: I just got done tuning the first verse for each part. It's time-consuming, but it's also fun to really learn the ins and outs of the VOCALOID6 software.

Each character/vocal is giving me unique challenges, too.

GUMI is pretty soft no matter how much I increase her DYN or Expression (AI) values, so her volume slider in the mixer is permanently set to 3.0. Her longer notes can also be a bit raspy/funky, and figuring out how to soften them isn't always straightforward. Mixing her SOLID voicebank with her original V6's "Megpoid Default" Style filter actually produces some nice, well-rounded results, so that's neat.

Una has been the most difficult for me to work with so far. I'm using her Spicy voicebank since Sweet is a bit too soft for this song's energy, but she still isn't that clear or powerful on her own. The "Una_Spicy_Bright" Style filter adds a bit of noise, but it also really helps her bring out her consonants and sound a bit more "punchy."

HARUKA really doesn't like vibrato. She also overpowers the others A LOT by default, so I nerfed her Expression (AI).

SARAH sounds the most bored of the four without tuning, but she's been pretty easy to work with otherwise. She responds well to parameter adjustments.