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Graye: Sarah. Can a figment of someone's imagination think, and feel?
Sarah: ...No. But you can imagine them doing it. That's what all stores are.
Graye: But I'm not a story. Or if I am... I've been brought here for some reason.
Blurb: The newest chapter of Infinity Sailor, the year's hottest shonen manga, has caused a major uproar. Fan favorite deuteragonist Captain Jack Graye is secretly... a woman! Fans of the BL ship Sigraye are in shambles, and the discourse is impossible to escape. Longtime reader Sarah Wilson thought she was above it all-- until, inexplicably, she came home and found Graye alive and animated in her bedroom.
Bad enough to start hallucinating, but for such a stupid reason? Why is this happening? How can Sarah make this go away? And why does Graye keep looking at her like that?
MY CAPTAIN'S UNBINDING is a story about the reasons we have for shipping- both the ones we say we have and the ones we won't admit to ourselves. About how romantic imagination is less scary than owning up to real desire. About the things people do to find freedom, and to destroy it all the same.
Why is it worth your time?: It's a super compelling story about desire, repression, and (not) being yourself. Also, fandom drama. Sarah was very relatable to me as a college student who is very into online fandom but doesn't really have a social life in meatspace or know what they're going to do afterwards. I also really enjoyed the push and pull of Sarah and Graye's relationship, and how they tried to understand each other - sometimes succeeding, sometimes failing
Plural/1+ Tags: abuse:intermediate-focus, otherworld, people:fictioneers, relationships:enmity, relationships:romantic, type:nonswitching, visions
Content Warnings: Per the itch.io page: "Contains adult themes and imagery, imperfect gender discourse, explicit language, and violence. Adults only." Further warnings are spoilers; see comments.
Accessibility Notes: Available free in English
on itch.io for PC, Mac, and Android. Made in Ren'py, which has built-in accessibility features like voicing, changing text font/size, and autoplay
Misc. Notes (if any): Made for the Toxi Yuri Game Jam 2026