Stephanie Stone

happy Friday 💖

here's an old photo of my Aqua from a Fanime years ago (2019?)

cosplay by me, prop by a Miku Hatsune
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hi friends!! I have resurfaced again very late with a schedule lol but it pertains to half my streams this week at least 🥲 tonight and tomorrow!

♡ Monday 08/14 ♡ Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony -- 6PM EDT
☆ Tuesday 08/15 ☆ No Event
♡ Wednesday 08/16 ♡ No Event
☆ Thursday 08/17 ☆ Yakuza 4 Remastered -- 6PM EDT
♡ Friday 08/18 ♡ Pokemon Scarlet -- 6PM EDT
☆ Saturday 08/19 ☆ 4 Year Donothon Stream Celebration: Disco Elysium, Among Us, & More -- 12PM EDT
♡ Sunday 08/20 ♡ No Event

Super excited to get into more Disco Elysium tomorrow for the marathon stream!! I'm still working on the graphic because I don't have time for anything, but I should have that posted on my Twitter today 🥲 hope to see y'all there!!

I wasn't sure how I'd look as Raven but I like it a lot more than I expected! casual Raven aka inspired, and classic Teen Titans Raven too! she also felt fitting for the other thing I wanted to share 💜

last slide is a pic I posted to my story and after sleeping on it (and reading all your sweet responses 😭) I decided I wanted to post it here too, in case others feel inspired or motivated by it as well:

regarding gym - I've only gone for a month now, but it's my first time going consistently since the Dark Times.

there's so much that goes into it tbh; being able to work out again, on *my own terms*, means SO much to me and is another significant milestone in my healing journey.

tbh, the bachelorette party at the rage room started it lmao. I felt like I was not only breaking the s**t out of junk, but also breaking the chains that I felt had held me down. I felt like pent up anger at how I was treated was being released, and now I utilize working out to continue working through this (surprisingly deep to me) rage.

I did so much work these last 4 years, reading, researching, reflecting, journalling, doing breathwork, doing yoga, getting still and quiet with myself, and that was all very *good*, especially to process most of tbe things...but this feels like the final piece.

because now when I look in the mirror, I'm not seeing some idealized version of myself meant to feed algorithms and sate this fleeting, illusionary feeling of "success" or "making it". now, I see how coming to terms with my anger can now genuinely make me stronger. and I LOVE it.
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I buried my anger because I NEVER wanted to be anything like the worst thing that ever happened to me. I never wanted to be anything close to a monster who weaponized their anger to hurt other people until they were satisfied. but when I unearthed my rage in that safe space, it finally clicked in my head that I could never ever be that kind of person anyways because that monster wasn't because of the emotion, it was just who they were all along. So I let myself feel, and I feel free.

Hello!! I'm not quite dead, though I have been admittedly falling behind on uploading my schedule on my lower priority social media sites 🥲 Out of curiosity, please let me know if this is where you primarily see my schedule because it will help me stay motivated to keep on top of posting my schedule here!

☆ Sunday 07/31 ☆ No Event
♡ Monday 08/01 ♡ Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony -- 6PM EDT
☆ Tuesday 08/02 ☆ Potential Cosplay Crafting/Final Fantasy XIV -- 7/8PM EDT
♡ Wednesday 08/03 ♡ Potential Cosplay Crafting/Final Fantasy XIV -- 7/8PM EDT
☆ Thursday 08/04 ☆ Yakuza 4 Remastered -- 6PM EDT
♡ Friday 08/05 ♡ Pokemon Scarlet -- 6PM EDT
☆ Saturday 08/06 ☆ Disco Elysium -- 6PM EDT

I've decided I'm going to try switching things up - try being the key word - because I have perpetually a million things to do, so why not shovel more onto my plate lmao

I had received such a positive response when I asked if people would be willing to play FFXIV with me on Twitter, so I'd like to squeeze that into rotation somehow when I can? I have some cosplay work to do - an old commission I've been NEEDING to do and I may take another one on top of that, plus I've still got Ada and Purah to work on, so I will try to have chill hang out streams on Tuesday and Wednesday, my usual off days, at flexible times if they DO happen. I will post about these definitively on Instagram and Twitter (yes it's still Twitter to me) but I will not promise they will always happen or a consistent start time if they do because Tuesdays/Wednesdays are gym days.

Other than that, everything should be business as usual! I have much much less going on socially in August compared to July so I'll be using that time to try to catch up on everything, such as the aforementioned commission work and including outstanding print orders, Patreon rewards, setting up my YouTube queue again, and more 🥲

Thank you so much for your patience with me, and I hope to see y'all sometime this month!

PS, it will also be my 4 year anniversary of streaming on the 11th! I don't yet have the spoons to figure out what I'm doing but uhhh let's hope I'll have some soon lmao

Time flies so fast 🥲 It was 2 years ago when I did this shoot, and it's already been a week since and 's BEAUTIFUL wedding 😭 being surrounded by so many supportive, understanding, and genuine people celebrating the kind of love that everyone dreams of is the most inspiring thing for my heart 💖 congratulations to them!! it is an honor & privilege as always to witness something so beautiful in my lifetime 🥺

ps!! I hope to have some new cosplay content soon 🥰

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Time sure flies 😅 somehow it's next week, and this is what I've got going on:

☆ Sunday 06/11 ☆ Disco Elysium -- 2PM EDT
♡ Monday 06/12 ♡ Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony -- 6PM EDT
☆ Tuesday 06/13 ☆ No Event
♡ Wednesday 06/14 ♡ No Event
☆ Thursday 06/15 ☆ God of War Ragnarök -- 6PM EDT
♡ Friday 06/16 ♡ Disco Elysium -- 6PM EDT
☆ Saturday 06/17 ☆ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom -- 6PM EDT

We've got the Capcom Showcase happening at my (ideal) stream start time; come tune in and watch it with me! We'll be playing DRV3 the remainder of the evening :)

I'll be picking God of War Ragnarök back up now that I've completed Fatal Frame - I must have decided that a while ago, because when I opened my backlog file, I saw I wrote it down 😆 hopefully we'll make good time with it!

Friday and Saturday are having a lil switcheroo because my sister had a rare request for me to play a game - and not just any game! The timing works better for her on Saturday as well, so, I'll be playing Disco Elysium on Friday this week and starting my Years of the Kingdom adventure on Saturday. Depending on how much my sister wants me to play/how far I get, I may stream it again next week, but if not, I was kindly gifted Pokemon Scarlet!

I have been out of touch with Pokemon ever since Pokemon Diamond LMAO and the only other mainline game I'd played was Crystal, so I don't really know Pokemon anymore. It should be a fun time 😆

Hope to see y'all this week!

Hello friends! Doing my best to catch up to things now that the con has happened 💕 Thanks so much again to everyone who tipped for it and for all the love for Tifa! I'll work on sending out the prints soon (keep an eye on your Kofi inbox if I don't have your address!) and I may put some extra prints up for sale on my Ko-Fi shop :)

☆ Sunday 06/04 ☆ No Event
♡ Monday 06/05 ♡ Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony -- 5PM EDT
☆ Tuesday 06/06 ☆ No Event
♡ Wednesday 06/07 ♡ No Event
☆ Thursday 06/08 ☆ Summer Game Fest Co-Stream Pizza Party + FATAL FRAME: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse Remastered -- 6PM EDT
♡ Friday 06/09 ♡ The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Randomizer -- 6PM EDT
☆ Saturday 06/10 ☆ Disco Elysium -- 6PM EDT

I should hopefully be caught up on Patreon rewards by end of day today as well! My goals for the month of June are to upload the build logs for Ada and a mini log for the teenie upgrades I made to Tifa; my Patreon was originally meant to be a place for me to write explanations about how I've made certain things for those that were curious and wanted to support me, and I'd love to get back to that if possible :') Especially with how tumultuous the world of content creation can be.

Also, tomorrow is Summer Game Fest! I always liked co-streaming these events and doing a little pizza watch party, so if you're down, come vibe! Otherwise the VOD will be available on my channel once my broadcast is over like always :)

Fan Expo was so fun 🥰 it was my first time attending but I'd like to go again!! My personal highlight was seeing Sean Astin in person 👀💕 It was really nice perusing a vending hall again too 😆 but what I loved the most was going with people I really loved; I will cherish these memories together 💖

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I was thinking to share a Tifa photo or two this week and put it off til today to also note that I'll be taking Tifa to , and then the Rebirth update dropped 🥰 Seems like a sign to me! I'm looking forward to hearing the release date once they figure it out. And if you're going to Fan Expo, say hi!

I will probably put a limited run of prints, potentially including this one, on my Ko-Fi :) and for those that have supported for this con, you'll be getting a signed print from me sometime this month 💖🎉

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i've been so busy lately that I dropped the ball with the schedule last week, but here is this week's! Mostly the same, though no DE stream Saturday since I'll be at Fan Expo Philly :)))

☆ Sunday 05/28 ☆ Disco Elysium - 6PM EDT
♡ Monday 05/29 ♡ Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony -- 5PM EDT
☆ Tuesday 05/30 ☆ No Event
♡ Wednesday 05/31 ♡ No Event
☆ Thursday 06/01 ☆ FATAL FRAME: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse Remastered -- 6PM EDT
♡ Friday 06/02 ♡ The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Randomizer -- 6PM EDT
☆ Saturday 06/03 ☆ Fan Expo Philadelphia as Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy VII Remake

I also noticed that my video queue has stopped on YouTube! I. Will rectify that ASAP; I do have some videos in the queue but haven't had time to write descriptions/make thumbs/etc, plus I am still SO so behind on Patreon ;w; my apologies! I will get things back and running as soon as I can. I also would love to make a build log here on FB, as I have build logs on Twitter for the things I am currently working on...but! In the meantime, thank you for your patience and support, as always

Hello everyone! A little late, but still before the majority of this week's streams hehe. I also have an announcement!

☆ Sunday 05/14 ☆ No Event
♡ Monday 05/15 ♡ Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony -- 6PM EDT
☆ Tuesday 05/16 ☆ No Event
♡ Wednesday 05/17 ♡ No Event
☆ Thursday 05/18 ☆ FATAL FRAME: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse Remastered -- 6PM EDT
♡ Friday 05/19 ♡ The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Randomizer -- 6PM EDT
☆ Saturday 05/20 ☆ Disco Elysium - 6PM EDT

To put it simply, I am hoping to attend a local convention in Philadelphia in a few weeks called Fan Expo! For those keeping track, I have not been attending conventions since pre-pandemic due to personal issues that happened to coincide with lockdown, and with your help I was able to attend Anime NYC for a day a few months back!

I have not been to a local con since moving to the east coast, so I would love to attend to see what the convention scene is like around here! I also really miss the atmosphere of smaller conventions and had dreamt about attending a cosplay gathering, which affected my decision to try to go! I figured I would also bring my Tifa cosplay back out after 3 years for multiple reasons, being 1) she is a cosplay very mired in traumatic memories that I would like to work on replacing/reassociating her with better times, 2) she is a character that means so much to me and feels like home, in spite of the trauma, and 3) the con is early June, so she's a great warm weather cosplay!

As it has been quite some time, there are a few fixes I need to do, so that in combination with the funding to attend the con have led to a new Ko-Fi goal: kofi.com/stephstone

I plan to take new photos as Tifa and one of them will be a new print!

Anyone who buys me a Ko-Fi ($5) will receive a signed 4x6" print, and anyone who buys me 3 Ko-Fis ($15) will be upgraded to a larger 8x10" or 8x11" print, depending on my local print store!! If you contributed toward Yor but did not receive your print yet for some reason, please double check your inboxes on Ko-Fi because that's where I had messaged people :)

Is anyone in the area also attending the con or has in the past? If so, it would be fun to say hello!! 💖

Been busy and indecisive so I fell a bit behind on the schedule! But I've figured some things out, so here is what we have going on this week!

☆ Sunday 05/07 ☆ No Event
♡ Monday 05/08 ♡ Final Fantasy V (Pixel Remaster) -- 6PM EDT
☆ Tuesday 05/09 ☆ No Event
♡ Wednesday 05/10 ♡ No Event
☆ Thursday 05/11 ☆ FATAL FRAME: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse Remastered -- 6PM EDT
♡ Friday 05/12 ♡ Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony -- 6PM EDT
☆ Saturday 05/13 ☆ Disco Elysium - 6PM EDT

I plan to beat FFV tomorrow (because I'm tired of not having the game finished lmao) and starting Danganronpa V3 this week, as well as Disco Elysium!

Next week I plan to move DRV3 to the Monday slot, and then I'll be playing the Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker Randomizer that I had planned to do ages ago. If you want some LoZ content that isn't TotK, I gotchu :P

Once I beat FF: MotLE, I plan to pick God of War Ragnarok back up too! We'll see how everything pans out in the future, but I have a bit more of a plan at least :D