Tracing the Threads of History and Fantasy

Dancing Djinn

February 18, 2025

It is dangerous to venture into the desert at sunset. Deep within the djinn reside and the unwary traveller may fall under their spell, as they can assume forms that are very fair to look upon.

Siyu Suen of Illusions is a new (and very welcome!) addition to the We Love Role-Play designer lineup. Her first release for the event is a set of Drow ears in the series that already includes Sprite and Sylph ears. I meant to wear the Drow ones, but after trying my way through the different sets, I ended up doing the photos with the Sprite ears instead. Yes, I can be a little ditzy at times. The Drow ear is a much longer ear, tapering to an elegant point, and it is available at WLRP at 20% off and in regular and two gauged versions.

The Ariadne outfit by Aurora seemed like it would suit a djinn very well, with its silk drapery, precious metals and jewels as well as a distinct “Harem” aesthetic.

Heritage Valentine

February 13, 2025

You still have a few days left to visit the Valentine Shop & Hop where, among other things, you can pick up some new releases from DICTATORSHOP.  The Upright Piano from the Heritage series is a new release at 20% off. This elegant and sophisticated piece will add grandeur to any home and it includes 5 beautiful wood finishes and 5 upholstery options. I’ve selected the lovely Ebony option with rich wine-red upholstery. In terms of animations, you can choose between PG, Adult Vanilla and Adult Kink depending on your preferences and your budget. All versions include various solo animations for sitting, playing and dancing as well as duet animations and cuddle animations.

Also available at the Shop & Hop are additional pieces in the Heritage series, such as the set of two consoles in different sizes (these are also 20% off) and a set of low tables which are a free gift.

The slinky, Valentine-inspired gown is a Petrichor & Ersch collaboration for FaMESHed which features a heart-shaped top and a skirt that can be toggled between long and short. As always, the HUDs give you a wide array of colour options for both the fabric and the accessories. To go with such a sexy gown, I picked a real bombshell hair from Wasabi called Zenya, which has four style options and can be found at Anthem.

In Gothic Solitude

January 23, 2025

Welcome back to Otherworldly, now finally on its own domain that I have been sitting on for years. And to celebrate that, a new and more modern web design, a collaboration between myself and a very helpful fellow called ChatGPT. There are a few little tweaks left here and there, but I am amazed how smooth the process was and I am excited to get back to blogging in fresh, new surroundings. Of course, I may be slightly distracted by an urge to also redesign my other two sites…

Anyways! Since I finally had some time to play around in SL again, I went over to the Midnight Order event and had to resist the urge to buy every other item on sale. It really is one of the best of the currently active events, drawing in some top notch creators who always deliver interesting designs.  Lore, for example, has two beautiful skyboxes at the event, one dark (that would be the one I am using here) and one light. I can see plenty of use for both of them, they have a versatile layout and I really like that the scale is quite reasonable for SL. They are also very beautifully textured with PBR textures and projectors; the stained glass windows look amazing.

The chairs, the table and the rug you might glimpse in the first shot are all by Libertine and available at Midnight Order as well, the rug being a special gift. The gothic Canterbury Chairs are available in two versions, one that sits a single person and one that also includes Moderate and Adult couple poses. Each version offers four beautiful PBR-compatible wood textures.

My outfit is not new, but I actually failed to show off the beautiful Dyanna dress from Old Treasures when I first bought it some months back. Its a fantastic fantasy/period gown and the Mathilde choker, also from Old Treasures, is a perfect accessory for it. And the hair, Magika’s Four of Swords, is a favourite I am happy to return to again.

Frosted

January 11, 2025

An elegant set of matching furniture draped in luxurious fabric and offering a wide range of animations, that is the livingroom set from the Frosted series by DICTATORSHOP, which includes a chair, a loveseat and a sofa. All the pieces have a wide range of texture options for both the throw and the pillows, some solid and some patterned, some winter holiday specific and others suited to the whole year. The black looks very sumptuous and the gold pillows are a nice accent.

Each piece comes in two versions that determines the animations included. For the chair it is Couples PG and Adult Kink, for the loveseat it is Adult and PG and for the sofa it is Adult Omni and PG. On the page linked above you can get a look at the menus included with each piece.

I used the Cozy Winter Haven skybox from Tirrany Designs and added a carpet from Libertine to warm up the floor a touch.  The cami set is by The Muses and it is all bakes on mesh, which I still think looks lovely for lingerie and it is so convenient as well.  The Flurry hairstyle, with two long pigtails, is a new release from Wasabi which can be worn with or without the long tendrils framing the face.