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Apr xx | 12:00
Witching Hour
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A text-based twine game about vampires and werewolves, exploring identity and belonging.
Recommended: play on desktop with sound on.
Stories from people who inspired the game:
Another reason is sort of internal I guess, feeling like I don't deserve to identify with something. I am Malayali but it's not a community I'm comfortable in. This comes from the fact that I'm an expat, I can barely speak the language much less understand it. I don't practice the culture that much either. I feel disassociated from it, if that makes sense. I love the community and the people but often feel estranged. Any efforts of trying to get closer to that community is often mocked.
I don't fully fit in with the Queer community because of the fact that I'm religious and also because I'm aromantic instead of like gay or smth. There's a lot of internalized hatred within the community. It's even more complicated the other way around because identifying as asexual or aromantic isn't haram in islam, but identifying with any of the other LGBTQ+ labels is haram. Everythings so complcated T-T
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- anonymous 13
Since I am mixed race I rarely felt like I was "enough" of any race to count. Or nationality. Now I find myself not caring much about where people come from...
It was distressing to always hear "you aren’t [X] then." or "you aren´t that [Y] then." or "but you can´t be [Z], none of your parents are."
When I am with one side of the family it sometimes feels like the other race-half of me is part of "the others". Either my other identity is ignored or it is somehow put in focus.
I am "not [X] enough" given that I was raised in [Y]. But I don´t feel [Y] since I for years could not get a [Y] passport and [people] sometimes would ask "But what are you really?" since neither [Y] nor [X] was the right answer. So parts of my race and nationality identity would be accepted but the others would be questioned or rejected.

When I watch sports my "hats" can change a lot depending on the sport. I am [X] but was raised in [Y]. In skiing, I am suddenly pro-[Y]. In Ice hockey, I am suddenly pro-[X]. In running I am suddenly pro-whatever-country-is-closest-to-[Z].
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- anonymous 19
I feel that way about being CBC (Canadian Born Chinese), I'm not Chinese enough to belong in the Chinese community when I visit China. I am clearly an outsider. Whereas in Canada, sometimes I feel very out of place because I am a minority, and not a caucasian.
I see myself as an ally to the LGBTQIA+ community, because many of my closest friends identify as LGBTQ+, but in the Christian community, especially with the church I attend, it is frowned upon. The only way I combat that is not bringing it up in Church, but I proudly show off my friends and their rainbows everywhere else. Its also taboo to speak about it in the Chinese community, but recently I've found myself standing up for LGBTQ+ matters in front of my parents and advocating for its causes.
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- anonymous 17
I think it has made me stronger and be proud of who I am. I love being ethnically Chinese, which hasn't always been the case, but I am also very proud to be Canadian.
I definitely think being a bilingual Chinese-Canadian is super useful. I'm able to translate for my family and friends. I've been the translater for my family ever since I was in the first grade, I was reading government papers, letters, and so much more. I'm so proud that I know Chinese because I have the ability to take care of my family, help them when they need to go to the hospital, all that.
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- anonymous 17
I find myself more easily being open about mixed-race themes when my mixed-race identity is relevant, or when I blend into the group (like being with others of similar skin tone). When I was a teen I noticed that I was almost completely open and myself, when around another student who was low-income, from the ghetto, similar in skin tone, etc etc. I noticed that different parts of me got unlocked around different people


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- anonymous 19
Whenever I am in the US I feel more German than when I am in Germany. I feel more American in Germany.
While being an english speaker in Germany is nothing special, being bilingual in America is seen as very advantageous.
Race in America and Germany work a bit differently. I feel as though I am seen as black by white people in America, versus biracial in Germany.
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- anonymous 31