> both aphantasic and color-blind.

A quick google of aphantasia later
Holy crap, I can't...heh...I can't imagine..not being able to form mental pictures. It's such a core mental thing that it's...impossible to think of life otherwise. And she's such a great artist without it?? Holy frick.

A bit counterintuitively, it seems like it's not that unusual for aphantasics to become graphic designers and/or artists. I've seen it described as similar to thinking out loud--they can't picture things in their heads, so they let their hands do it on paper/drawing tablet instead.

--G.
meanwhile, I have a very visual imagination and my hands can't draw... well... anything that doesn't involve a ruler.
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> We would like to inform you that Raora has to handle some important
> administrative procedures, so unfortunately, she will be taking some time
> off from work for a little while.

> She is very much looking forward to returning as soon as things settle down
> for her, in the meantime we will keep you updated how she is doing until she
> is back!
> For now, please have a message from Raora:

> "Ciaora Chattini!! 🐱💕
> Please don’t worry about me, I’ll be back as soon as I can. Something
> unexpected came up that I have to sort out, so please wait abit for me! Thank
> you so much for your patience. I'll be back very soon! Manager-san will keep
> you updated in the meantime!"

> Raora will still be appearing in various recorded content that are scheduled
> for release!
> Thank you and we appreciate all of your warm support for Raora as always!

Probably visa issues, similar to a couple other girls. Either someone screwed up (again) or Japan's bureaucracy was being slow.

"There's something big and sparkly making its way WEST.
Find out what it is on March 15th at 7PM PDT!"

Perhaps a new Holostars? Perhaps an EN concert?

Could Sana be returning? (No)

As you might expect, Ollie is being very normal about it.

--G.
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...I'm probably the only person around here this means anything for. But she's joining Kizuna AI who was added back in January!

She's coming to the shop on the 12th, and it looks like her melee weapon is her mic rather than a hatchet, showing they know nothing of her work. :3

I can't wait for Dokibird to get a streamer skin to go with her creator code

As you might expect, the replies were very calm and nonchalant about the whole thing. :)

--G.
AMEEEEEEEEEEEE
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--G.
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- New birthday merch dropping
- A 2026 live tour at four venues in Japan
- A February 2027 live concert
- Also a new orisong and MV

Oh, and one more thing, not a particularly big deal but I'm including it for the sake of completeness...

She has her own production company now.

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"She's old, she's lame, she's barren too, // "She's not worth feed or hay, // "But I'll give her this," - he blew smoke at me - // "She was something in her day." -- Garnet Rogers, Small Victory

FiMFiction.net: we might accept blatant porn involving the cast of My Little Pony but as God is my witness we have standards.

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"She's old, she's lame, she's barren too, // "She's not worth feed or hay, // "But I'll give her this," - he blew smoke at me - // "She was something in her day." Garnet Rogers, Small Victory

FiMFiction.net: we might accept blatant porn involving the cast of My Little Pony but as God is my witness we have standards.

subscribe to her bonely fans

Also, in unrelated news, Elizabeth Rose Bloodflame (Scarlet Queen, harbinger of order, leader of Justice, mayor of a little village up the coast) has been advertising her upcoming birthday live! It features thirteen guests, and since the gimmick for the show is "80s Era MTV but ERBTV instead", she's been commissioning art of each guest in the style of 80s anime designs.

IDK why holomems in 80s anime style might be of interest to any Ben Hutchinseses on the premises, no, it completely eludes me... =]

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"She's old, she's lame, she's barren too, // "She's not worth feed or hay, // "But I'll give her this," - he blew smoke at me - // "She was something in her day." -- Garnet Rogers, Small Victory

FiMFiction.net: we might accept blatant porn involving the cast of My Little Pony but as God is my witness we have standards.

i want my
i want my
i want my erb tv...

And then we have news that Haachama is going to ease back into things after her....incident...and subsequent hiatus!

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CdrMike, Overwatch Reject

NOTE: As of that morning JP time, she was planning to stream the next morning (tonight US time).

There's more to this, but it was only disclosed in a members' community post on YouTube. Said post does contain the sentence "I'll be back," so that's something, and yet, I feel uneasy.

--G.
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