Tracing the Threads of History and Fantasy

Winter Ritual

December 06, 2025

Welcome to December with We Love Role-Play. To get you into the Christmas spirit, the sim is beautifully decorated and each store has a special L$50 offer in addition to the usual discounts. 

Loa’s new Frost skin features subtle add-ons of frost on the eyebrows, a pale eyeliner and a pack of blushes. The skin is available in Loa’s usual tones as well as a range of Velour tones, including the celestia and fantasy ones. I opted for Loa’s own Porcelain tone here and paired it with Sublime’s Aurora gown which I gave a white bodice and a grey skirt for more tones of frost and winter. Constraint’s Winter Court Torc (one of the L$50 items) goes well with the off-the shoulder design and the Winter Fae Crown from the same brand is beautiful in Wasabi’s Mistle hair, a new release for Anthem.

Adding a mystical feel is Auro’s Snedronningen staff, with its sphere of ice and crystalline details. It goes well with the scene built by Harshlands’ Tree with Candles and their snowy Yule Rock Offering.

The surrounding forest comes from Fanatik’s newly updated PBR poplars and their matching snowy ferns, with the Oitavos rock clusters adding structure and interest to the ground.

Decadent Heritage

November 25, 2025

Some scenes don’t need much setup—just the right furniture and the right mood. DICTATORSHOP’s Bondage Cross from the Heritage series became the centerpiece for this one, its polished wood, padded support, and smooth restraint system working beautifully for both close interaction and full-scene shots. The cross includes solo poses for male and female avatars as well as a maledom and a femdom menu for two avatars at the same time. In addition, the cross is Jolt-enabled so that when the submissive is using the solo menu, he or she will react to being hit by the Jolt-enabled whips from DICTATORSHOP.

To balance the severity of the cross, I used Libertine’s decadent divan the Swan, available at the current round of We Love Role-Pay for a few more days. Its carved frame and deep upholstery create a perfect visual contrast—comfort observing tension.

For my look, Petrichor & ERSCH’s Valeneros outfit provided a gothic feel and paired welll with Petrichor’s Kessa Heels. Stealthic’s Faith hair added a soft, romantic touch as another contrast.

Ran, in the role of the (un)lucky captive, is wearing no.match No Sweat hair and Contraption’s Cyclist’s Breeches.

Winter Royalty

November 23, 2025

There are places where winter never truly ends — where embers of magic linger in the air, catching on falling snow and breathing life into old stories.

The current rounds of Enchantment and We Love Role-Play offered the perfect pairing for a scene like this: a sumptuous gown with storybook detailing and a crown fit for winter royalty from Grasshopper Street, an intricate hairstyle from No.Match and a magical scepter from Koukla that catches the light beautifully (and which includes a HUD for a selection of magical particle effects, not used here). And, as a final touch, a dramatic eyeshadow from Someone, echoing the colours that I picked for the gown from the many options on the HUD.

Breaking a Sweat

November 19, 2025

I own a lot of things in Second Life hat I would never own IRL. However, Dutchie’s Luxury Gym collection has to be in the top 5 when it comes to which items are the most foreign to RL me. I am so not a gym person. Fortunately, my avatar is up for anything! And for this review, Ran joined me so we could put more pieces through their paces and show off a selection of the great animations in a short video. It does not feature all of the pieces and it does not feature the adult animations from the Exercise Bench. However, I have also added some photos below, including some to tease those adult animations.

The collection is essentially a full, modular gym environment, built around the usual high-quality animations, top-quality meshes and PBR-enhanced materials you’ve come to expect from Dutchie. You could easily setup a whole gym with this, not just a personal workout space.

To read about each piece in detail, visit the Specials page on Dutchie’s website, which links through to all of the gym items. For easy purchasing of the whole set, visit the Marketplace and pick up the Gym Set or the Adult Gym Set.

The cute hairstyle I am wearing is another Truth and Wasabi collaboration for the Truth Collective and the sporty top and pants is from Faida.