Melanie Bell 🏳️⚧️🛰️🔭 Indie VTuber
@melanie.melbell.uk
She/Her - Esoteric scientist enthusiast
Variety streamer - RPGs, strategy, pixel art, and programming
https://www.twitch.tv/melaniebellch
Variety streamer - RPGs, strategy, pixel art, and programming
https://www.twitch.tv/melaniebellch
I just had the honour of watching the UK premiere of Shiori's Labyrinth #迷宮のしおり at Scotland Loves Anime @lovesanimation.bsky.social.
Hands down the most fun movie of the weekend. Multiple rounds of applause from the audience throughout.
When it's available in your area, you MUST go see it!!
Hands down the most fun movie of the weekend. Multiple rounds of applause from the audience throughout.
When it's available in your area, you MUST go see it!!
November 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I just had the honour of watching the UK premiere of Shiori's Labyrinth #迷宮のしおり at Scotland Loves Anime @lovesanimation.bsky.social.
Hands down the most fun movie of the weekend. Multiple rounds of applause from the audience throughout.
When it's available in your area, you MUST go see it!!
Hands down the most fun movie of the weekend. Multiple rounds of applause from the audience throughout.
When it's available in your area, you MUST go see it!!
I'm doing a two-week solo Game Jam starting Monday the 3rd of November!
I'll be streaming my progress every day on my Twitch and new YouTube channel, links below!
Also, the completed(?) game will be listed free on itch.io on the 16th of November!!
Come watch me slowly descend further into madness! 🤣
I'll be streaming my progress every day on my Twitch and new YouTube channel, links below!
Also, the completed(?) game will be listed free on itch.io on the 16th of November!!
Come watch me slowly descend further into madness! 🤣
October 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I'm doing a two-week solo Game Jam starting Monday the 3rd of November!
I'll be streaming my progress every day on my Twitch and new YouTube channel, links below!
Also, the completed(?) game will be listed free on itch.io on the 16th of November!!
Come watch me slowly descend further into madness! 🤣
I'll be streaming my progress every day on my Twitch and new YouTube channel, links below!
Also, the completed(?) game will be listed free on itch.io on the 16th of November!!
Come watch me slowly descend further into madness! 🤣
I READ THE QUEER UTOPIAN ISEKAI STORY FROM 1909.
Ten out of ten, no notes.
Recommended reading for everyone with a love for yuri and adventure.
Also it's public domain and recently back in print, so go get it!!
Ten out of ten, no notes.
Recommended reading for everyone with a love for yuri and adventure.
Also it's public domain and recently back in print, so go get it!!
July 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I READ THE QUEER UTOPIAN ISEKAI STORY FROM 1909.
Ten out of ten, no notes.
Recommended reading for everyone with a love for yuri and adventure.
Also it's public domain and recently back in print, so go get it!!
Ten out of ten, no notes.
Recommended reading for everyone with a love for yuri and adventure.
Also it's public domain and recently back in print, so go get it!!
"...we almost invariably didn't have gender affirming care before puberty and we are loved and beautiful and happy."
June 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"...we almost invariably didn't have gender affirming care before puberty and we are loved and beautiful and happy."
Guess who's in LONDON
Seeing Babymetal!!
Seeing Babymetal!!
May 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Guess who's in LONDON
Seeing Babymetal!!
Seeing Babymetal!!
My MP in his email does recognise that trans and LGBT people deserve dignity and respect, and protection from discrimination and harassment. He is aware of his constituents' concerns, and I welcome his assurance the Government will seek a trans-inclusive conversion therapy ban.
May 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
My MP in his email does recognise that trans and LGBT people deserve dignity and respect, and protection from discrimination and harassment. He is aware of his constituents' concerns, and I welcome his assurance the Government will seek a trans-inclusive conversion therapy ban.
A promise to apply "common sense" to the ruling is not legally or intellectually rigorous, leaving enforcement of this "guidance" up to the interpreter.
A GC's "common sense" and a trans person's are fundamentally incompatible.
A GC's "common sense" and a trans person's are fundamentally incompatible.
May 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A promise to apply "common sense" to the ruling is not legally or intellectually rigorous, leaving enforcement of this "guidance" up to the interpreter.
A GC's "common sense" and a trans person's are fundamentally incompatible.
A GC's "common sense" and a trans person's are fundamentally incompatible.
The only practical advice offered is to complete the consultation opened to shape the new ECHR guidance to be published this summer.
This is painfully insufficient. The ruling and interim guidance can and are being used as a cudgel by organisations and individuals, and are causing real harm NOW.
This is painfully insufficient. The ruling and interim guidance can and are being used as a cudgel by organisations and individuals, and are causing real harm NOW.
May 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The only practical advice offered is to complete the consultation opened to shape the new ECHR guidance to be published this summer.
This is painfully insufficient. The ruling and interim guidance can and are being used as a cudgel by organisations and individuals, and are causing real harm NOW.
This is painfully insufficient. The ruling and interim guidance can and are being used as a cudgel by organisations and individuals, and are causing real harm NOW.
The argument "the Government must respect the court's interpretation of the law" is flawed, in that the Government and Parliament can write, pass, and change laws to explicitly correct harmful legal interpretations.
May 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The argument "the Government must respect the court's interpretation of the law" is flawed, in that the Government and Parliament can write, pass, and change laws to explicitly correct harmful legal interpretations.
So I actually got a response from my email to my MP about the Supreme Court ruling.
Following the pattern we've come to expect, the "guidance" offered is severely flawed and fails to recognise the real challenges we are facing.
Big rant/🧵
#transgender #ECHR #UKSupremeCourt
Following the pattern we've come to expect, the "guidance" offered is severely flawed and fails to recognise the real challenges we are facing.
Big rant/🧵
#transgender #ECHR #UKSupremeCourt
May 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
So I actually got a response from my email to my MP about the Supreme Court ruling.
Following the pattern we've come to expect, the "guidance" offered is severely flawed and fails to recognise the real challenges we are facing.
Big rant/🧵
#transgender #ECHR #UKSupremeCourt
Following the pattern we've come to expect, the "guidance" offered is severely flawed and fails to recognise the real challenges we are facing.
Big rant/🧵
#transgender #ECHR #UKSupremeCourt
Overheard in Glasgow:
"How are you feeling?"
"Better with that sun away!"
"How are you feeling?"
"Better with that sun away!"
May 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Overheard in Glasgow:
"How are you feeling?"
"Better with that sun away!"
"How are you feeling?"
"Better with that sun away!"
So I rolled an interesting bunch.
"Living in my own world" feels like a charitable way of putting it!
Take the quiz and post the top four you know.
openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
"Living in my own world" feels like a charitable way of putting it!
Take the quiz and post the top four you know.
openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
May 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM
So I rolled an interesting bunch.
"Living in my own world" feels like a charitable way of putting it!
Take the quiz and post the top four you know.
openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
"Living in my own world" feels like a charitable way of putting it!
Take the quiz and post the top four you know.
openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
I will beat Balatro Gold Stake tomorrow if I have to dissolve my internal organs to do so!
Come watch me suffer on Thursday at 1800 UTC+0!
twitch.tv/melaniebellch
Come watch me suffer on Thursday at 1800 UTC+0!
twitch.tv/melaniebellch
April 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I will beat Balatro Gold Stake tomorrow if I have to dissolve my internal organs to do so!
Come watch me suffer on Thursday at 1800 UTC+0!
twitch.tv/melaniebellch
Come watch me suffer on Thursday at 1800 UTC+0!
twitch.tv/melaniebellch
The greatest of all time!!
@mrmk.bsky.social
@mrmk.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The greatest of all time!!
@mrmk.bsky.social
@mrmk.bsky.social
I got me an eepy Eevee. 💙
March 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I got me an eepy Eevee. 💙
Locked myself out of my flat the night before moving to the new one!
(Both of them, technically!)
I BROKE BACK IN
WITH THISSS!
AMA
(Both of them, technically!)
I BROKE BACK IN
WITH THISSS!
AMA
February 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Locked myself out of my flat the night before moving to the new one!
(Both of them, technically!)
I BROKE BACK IN
WITH THISSS!
AMA
(Both of them, technically!)
I BROKE BACK IN
WITH THISSS!
AMA
I HAVE ATTAINED A POWERFUL NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS!
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me over the last few years, in any capacity! 💙
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me over the last few years, in any capacity! 💙
February 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I HAVE ATTAINED A POWERFUL NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS!
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me over the last few years, in any capacity! 💙
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me over the last few years, in any capacity! 💙
What's wrong, babe? You haven't touched your breakfast glizzy.
February 1, 2025 at 8:49 AM
What's wrong, babe? You haven't touched your breakfast glizzy.
Took me all afternoon, but I did it!
This turned out to be more of a manifesto than I expected - I'm looking forward to flicking through the PDF of my responses later on! 😅
Stricter copyright protection for creators!
No recognition for genAI!
Faster entry of works into the public domain-what?
This turned out to be more of a manifesto than I expected - I'm looking forward to flicking through the PDF of my responses later on! 😅
Stricter copyright protection for creators!
No recognition for genAI!
Faster entry of works into the public domain-what?
December 19, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Took me all afternoon, but I did it!
This turned out to be more of a manifesto than I expected - I'm looking forward to flicking through the PDF of my responses later on! 😅
Stricter copyright protection for creators!
No recognition for genAI!
Faster entry of works into the public domain-what?
This turned out to be more of a manifesto than I expected - I'm looking forward to flicking through the PDF of my responses later on! 😅
Stricter copyright protection for creators!
No recognition for genAI!
Faster entry of works into the public domain-what?
Genuinely surprised I got such a big curd yield from semi-skimmed milk! Though maybe I shouldn't be, really.
In really need to find something better to do with the whey than pouring it down the drain. Maybe the local gym will take it? 🤣
Will be interesting to compare flavour and texture to full fat!
In really need to find something better to do with the whey than pouring it down the drain. Maybe the local gym will take it? 🤣
Will be interesting to compare flavour and texture to full fat!
December 14, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Genuinely surprised I got such a big curd yield from semi-skimmed milk! Though maybe I shouldn't be, really.
In really need to find something better to do with the whey than pouring it down the drain. Maybe the local gym will take it? 🤣
Will be interesting to compare flavour and texture to full fat!
In really need to find something better to do with the whey than pouring it down the drain. Maybe the local gym will take it? 🤣
Will be interesting to compare flavour and texture to full fat!
In the wake of the recent mass exodus from social media platform X, formerly Twitter, the platform is now offering its premium membership at a 40% discount.
From this it is possible to extrapolate how much the company's financial black hole has widened from reduced engagement.
In this essay I will-
From this it is possible to extrapolate how much the company's financial black hole has widened from reduced engagement.
In this essay I will-
November 26, 2024 at 3:13 AM
In the wake of the recent mass exodus from social media platform X, formerly Twitter, the platform is now offering its premium membership at a 40% discount.
From this it is possible to extrapolate how much the company's financial black hole has widened from reduced engagement.
In this essay I will-
From this it is possible to extrapolate how much the company's financial black hole has widened from reduced engagement.
In this essay I will-
Search "AI disturbance overlay" for some filters, then add it as an image layer over the top of the video capture layer at something over 30% opacity. You could even set it up as a slideshow to add some variety.
No guarantee on effectiveness, I'd need to research more.
Based on image attached:
No guarantee on effectiveness, I'd need to research more.
Based on image attached:
November 22, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Search "AI disturbance overlay" for some filters, then add it as an image layer over the top of the video capture layer at something over 30% opacity. You could even set it up as a slideshow to add some variety.
No guarantee on effectiveness, I'd need to research more.
Based on image attached:
No guarantee on effectiveness, I'd need to research more.
Based on image attached:
I'm doing a lot more writing in the near future, so have an edgy poem I wrote in September that I never shared that I'd completely forgotten about until now.
November 18, 2024 at 5:23 AM
I'm doing a lot more writing in the near future, so have an edgy poem I wrote in September that I never shared that I'd completely forgotten about until now.
The movie of Look Back broke me.
It's been two hours and I keep bursting into tears.
I just ordered the manga version because clearly I haven't suffered enough.
Best movie of the weekend.
It's been two hours and I keep bursting into tears.
I just ordered the manga version because clearly I haven't suffered enough.
Best movie of the weekend.
November 3, 2024 at 11:32 PM
The movie of Look Back broke me.
It's been two hours and I keep bursting into tears.
I just ordered the manga version because clearly I haven't suffered enough.
Best movie of the weekend.
It's been two hours and I keep bursting into tears.
I just ordered the manga version because clearly I haven't suffered enough.
Best movie of the weekend.
I am Melanie!
I do science, I am eccentric, these things occasionally overlap!
As is customary I mostly work on programming and computer science stuff, but also queer fiction, pixel art, and game design.
I stream creative stuff, strategy games, roguelikes, and rpgs at twitch.tv/melaniebellch
I do science, I am eccentric, these things occasionally overlap!
As is customary I mostly work on programming and computer science stuff, but also queer fiction, pixel art, and game design.
I stream creative stuff, strategy games, roguelikes, and rpgs at twitch.tv/melaniebellch
October 23, 2024 at 11:50 PM
I am Melanie!
I do science, I am eccentric, these things occasionally overlap!
As is customary I mostly work on programming and computer science stuff, but also queer fiction, pixel art, and game design.
I stream creative stuff, strategy games, roguelikes, and rpgs at twitch.tv/melaniebellch
I do science, I am eccentric, these things occasionally overlap!
As is customary I mostly work on programming and computer science stuff, but also queer fiction, pixel art, and game design.
I stream creative stuff, strategy games, roguelikes, and rpgs at twitch.tv/melaniebellch