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I'm tired. Call this a rant or a vent post, but I'm so tired.

I'm not going to call anyone in specific out, but please for the love of god if you hate a character, STOP putting hate in their character tag. More specifically, if you hate people for how they choose to like a character, please, block and move on.

Yes there is a disproportionate amount of fan content for John Juniper, no it's not just basic white boy syndrome, he was the only one with a character model that showed up for more than five seconds and had an actual appearance for literally years. Positive association is a thing. Yes, you can hate him, that's normal and to be expected, dare I say most John Juniper fans do. No, most of the fandom doesn't actually think he's coming back, it's a running joke/issue based on how Schell handled their own lore that was founded before IEYTD 3 when Schell was acting coy about his status only to rip the rug out from under us with an obituary out of nowhere. No, you don't have to like the fanfics or fanart of Phoenix or Handler with Juniper romantically, but if you don't like it please block, scroll, or- I don't know- take a screenshot and talk shit with your buddies in private or something. Complaining about how a small section of the fandom posts frequently rather than putting in the energy to post more of what you like wastes your time and hurts people who are, god forbid, having fun.

And, frankly, it's not even about Juniper at this point. It's so disheartening to CONSTANTLY see "hot take, I actually HATE the way you engage with this fandom. You should make more things that are closer to MY interests." You know how much it sucks to see people say you're liking your media the wrong way when you aren't doing anything harmful?

First, it was that I wasn't making Phoenix "right" because I made them more effeminate and had them use she/her pronouns in my personal fanfics and fanart. Then, it was that Juniper was so gay he'd NEVER like a woman, and that women were just innately revolting, so shipping him and my Phoenix was gross and wrong. Then, it was why are fem!phoenix's so popular, they're nonbinary, stop assigning them a gender when there were like five fem!phoenixes total. Then, FINALLY, people chilled out and were tolerant of the fem!phoenix and mellowed out a little, but now it's I don't like the way you write/present John Juniper. If I had a shot every time I saw "hot take, I HATE Juniper, I don't get why the fandom likes him." I'd be dead. It's not really a hot take, it's the one I see all the time, but rather than investing that energy into making something new this fandom would rather just take pot shots at the consistent creatives rather than make something themselves.

I feel like a lightning rod of hate, but I don't remember asking for it. And I know a good handful of other IEYTD creators feel similar. If you hate Juniper so much, block his tag. Block the creators. Something.

But it's not fair to the people who are passionate about this game to be used as the resident dunk-tank because you don't like their favorite character, or you don't like their writing, or whatever argument of the week you have. We're here to have fun at the end of the day, and I don't see how an ooc self indulgent fic is harmful enough to warrant the way some of the people in this fandom are treated.

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Who Broke It?

it took me six months but i finally finished this silly thing lol

audio from Parks and Recreation characters assigned by @pandagobrr in this post programs used: Firealpaca and iMovie time taken: only like three days of actual work

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I don’t normally partake in drawing challenges, but this is just She’s a Spitfire

Inspo under cut

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I've gone back and forth about weather or not my Phoenix talks, and decided that they'll only speak around people they wholeheartedly trust

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ello- what do you think a birthday party for ollie would look like?

Agent Phoenix would’ve gone super wild with it but unfortunately Ollie neglected to tell them it was his birthday until the night before so they had to settle with very quickly decorating his office and enlisting Diane’s Bakery to make a few dozen themed cupcakes to share with everyone. it’s ok he prefers this anyway

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The Fabricator: Enough! We have the briefcase. Kill the spy.

John Juniper: HAH!

The Fabricator: And the lousy actor too!

John Juniper: Wait, what?

Agent Phoenix: HAH!

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this what im going thru rn. if anyone gaf

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Anyone here like “I Expect You To Die”?

Here’s my character who plays Agent Phoenix in the comics I made inspired by IEYTD.

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Ah… My favorite past time… absolutely obliterating the blorbo for living in my head rent free-

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you'll never guess what i drew him with...

day 5

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Do I consistently use my powers for good? Yes.

Today? They are used for evil

Woe, John Juniper thirst edit be upon ye

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Doodle page! @stellar-collective changed my brain chemistry with Ollix

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He would not still be handsome.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: I Expect You To Die (Video Games) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: John Juniper & Agent Phoenix Characters: John Juniper, Agent Phoenix (I Expect You To Die), Handler (I Expect You To Die), Dr. Zor (I Expect You To Die) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Spoilers for Level 5 Safe and Sound, Spoilers for Level 6 Rising Phoenix, POV Third Person, POV John Juniper, Mute Agent Phoenix, They/Them Pronouns for Agent Phoenix (I Expect You To Die), Do Not Feed To ChatGPT/Character.ai, Do Not Feed To Generative AI, Do not feed to AI, One Shot Summary:

John Juniper learns that the Mimic Mask was designed so that the wearer could be killed with the press of a button and, for him, it changes everything

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No I'm not losing my mind, you are

anyways

Chapter 9: Investigation

Chapter 9 of Smoke, Spotlights, and Mirrors is out!

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This is how Hot Water went right

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reblog with a spoiler for your wip with zero context. no context allowed.