May | Important Notice - Billing Change | Next Month Plans | Pixiv Requests | Other

Hello. Thank you for bearing with me as I figure out everything and supporting me this month. As an advanced notice: I am going to adjust the billing cycle setting so it also bills on the first of the month rather than only 30 days from subscription. This is mainly so request payments can be synced and I don't have to pay attention to how long it's been since the last payment per person. I will also extend the $12 tier to 2 more slots at the start of next month (early in the morning, probably a few hours after Midnight CST), making it a total of 10. Tell your friend(s) (optional).

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Pixiv Requests

In other news, after I finish the last sequence for the month (the zip file for the source files will be posted right after), I plan on making a proper commission sheet for the Pixiv Requests function. As an extra incentive to encourage more subscriptions, I will include a 10% discount if you are subscribed to at least the $5 tier (Note: Pixiv Requests has a minimum price of 3000 Yen). In the meantime, if you want to request something there, we can discuss pricing here (in Subscribestar DMs). As a baseline, I would have the usual $12 Tier image set at ~3000 Yen; complexity, personal difficulty, and usage of my own OCs modifying the price (OCs would be a discount). I have updated the About:Requests pinned post to include prices.

With the Pixiv Requests function, extra characters / comics / sequences are OK. You can do Anonymous Requests too, just let me know beforehand. The time limit on my end is 7 days to accept the request and 60 days to deliver. Pixiv technically doesn't allow discussion of the commission and NSFW images in my case. Technically. If you catch my meaning.

Note: I've been told Visa/Mastercard will sometimes act funny even if you're requesting SFW. I don't really know if there's a fix for this; you could try changing your region in the settings to see if it helps. I can only hope they fix it. For reference my region is set to Japanese and my card works in other places on the site, though I haven't used the requests function as a buyer myself.

Health

Everything is fine. The specialty pharmacy for my dermatology related injections is still incompetent most of the time and a real headache to deal with, but my skin issues have continued to be stable for years now (I have severe dermatitis that requires medication to keep under control). I also have an appointment with my GI doctor next month to discuss my infusion medication losing effectiveness (I used to get infusions every 8 weeks but we've had to increase the rate to 4 weeks since January). Due to the change, I'll have to get yet another Colonoscopy later this year. Due to a really bad storm around the 17th, I had my upcoming infusion delayed until the end of the month. I should probably still be fine.

Other

I would like to make my first purchase a UPS, as I am not sure how I have managed to live this long without one. I had several power problems this month due to storms, and it was pretty annoying. Afterward, I would like to spend the money on upgrading my computer. I feel the limitation of 16GB of RAM and 4GB of VRAM more and more every day.

Thank you for the support.