I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. (Dune aka one of my fave things ever and a huge inspo)
Hello and good morning! My name is MeltingCORE (Emily). Some of you probably already recognize me. I had left around August because near the beginning of this year I was dealing with a dire home situation that had been building for years. I fled to my homestate with my brother and mother. I can't say everything is "fixed" because that isn't how this works. There's so many things I'm personally still unlearning (like being a people-pleaser so I can finally put my needs first). But I'm in a much better place mentally and I'm moving forward from my past every day with joy in my heart. It's amazing how much we can change in a short period of time. People always tell me I'm so cheerful. My mom jokes that you could throw me against the wall and I'd get back up, giggling. Now people know why. I'm fighting the darkness with laughter. (Also, I missed posting on here because I don't see some of the creators I follow on the Discord!) And on a happier note, I'm proud to say that ya girl is now teaching and engaged to my significant other of 15+ years. 
So, let's have a year-end promo thread! I love creating and finally got my groove back. (And thank you for the front-page feature awhile back. Yes. I saw it!) I'm sure there's tons of new people I've never seen here before. If you don't know my work, I'm publishing two novels: "Red Shift" (a cyberpunk technohell series) and "Mega-Egypt" (a historical fantasy mystery series). I also have an anthology manga for "Red Shift" called "Negative Impact". Sometimes I do music and animation for my work but I'm super slow on those things lol. Below is some of my work and links to other places around the web where you can find me. Now, show me what you got!
PS: Shoutout to @CursedBeasts (Void) for being one of the coolest people I've ever met and an amazing friend. I appreciate you, Sammie, Ian, Loki, Chara, Asia, and Alex for being my friends for so long. Please go check Void's work out! They deserve more eyeballs to beam their stuff into. 
My links below!
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