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why does the dog have one single extra long hair at the end of his tail

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POV: You're a Watcher checking out who the new winner is

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I'm only saying this for your sake, but objectively, it's not a smart idea to bring politics into normal hobbies. You might lose supporters of your blog just because of your political stance, and that would be terrible since you're so amazing!! It's only a suggestion, but I really reccomend not bringing politics into anything.

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top 10 funniest smajor quotes ngl

i think he makes a squeaky toy noise when he gets grabbed. his silliness cannot be contained

also? dude jumped into the void so fast, im 90% sure it was because grian just died and he didn't want to give him time for another /kill-

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I want a story about a king whose son is prophesied to kill him so the king is like “whatever what am I supposed to do, kill my own kid wtf is wrong with you” so he just raises him as normal, doesn’t even tell him about the prophecy, and instead of some convoluted twist of events that leads to the king’s murder the son grows up and when the king is very old and dying and in excruciating pain the kid is just like alright I'mma put him out of his misery.

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GIGGS Immortal Company AU

"Nothing in the world is more precious than one’s life, and sometimes, we have to deal with forces that threaten to cut it short. Ghosts, monsters, and sometimes, even people. This fear prevents us from enjoying our short time in this world.

"But what if I tell you that you don’t have to worry about your life falling into danger? What if I tell you that there are people willing to let go of their lives so you don’t have to?

"Ghost busting? Monster journalism? Creature Handling? Cryptid hunting? Property retrieval in ominous places and planets? There is no job we can’t handle!

"Throw your worries away and let GIGGS handle your dangerous affairs. Give a grand to GIGGS and your life will be nothing but grand."

aka A GIGGS AU where the five of them are broke immortals trying to capitalize on their inability to die by taking on life-threatening jobs.

more under the cut!

Impulse and Skizz founded the company. Skizz had the idea and persuaded Impulse to pursue it. Impulse has extensive experience in ghost hunting and prioritizes on-site jobs, while Skizz’s expertise is in handling clients and paperwork. They started as a duo and received mostly ghost-busting jobs. Years into their business, the jobs became more demanding and dangerous, and despite their immortality, it was still a bit much for two people to handle.

Their first recruit was Scar. They never talked to the man, but they often saw him in the city; each time they saw him, he always sat near the lake with a journal and pen in his hands, and a cane rested on his chair. They have been working as IMP n’ SKIZZ for a few decades at this point, and Skizz pointed out to Impulse that the man doesn’t seem to age despite seeing him every week or month. When they talked to him, they found out that Scar was an immortal as well. He agreed to join the company, and although he was clumsy most times and he died so often, it helped out the duo’s workload a ton. Especially with clients. It felt like they accidentally hired themselves a top salesman and a PR guy.

Their next recruit was Grian… well, more like their first applicant. He suddenly showed up one day in their company building asking they need one more employee. Impulse thought it was a good idea as they started to receive jobs that required them to go off-country, or even off-planet. Grian served as a great addition to their team with the way he strategizes and how quick he get things done. Though he’s a very unsettling person. They’re not even sure if he’s human. Each time he died, his corpse stayed on the ground, and he suddenly pops up somewhere.

Their last official member is Gem, who was neither a recruit nor an applicant. She was a hitman paid to kill Scar. She sabotaged a lot of their jobs just to get a swing at Scar, who never seemed to die even when she ripped his heart out. When Grian tried to kill her to get rid of her, her wounds instantly healed. After a while, she realized that her attempts at killing the old conman were futile. Skizz and Impulse tried to recruit her, seeing that her abilities can help the company, but she refused. They didn’t see her for a few years, and she showed up one day saying she’s sick of killing people for money and wants to go on (creepy) adventures.

The five of them made a perfect team, and thus IMP n’ SKIZZ was renamed to GIGGS after a few years.

ADDITIONAL NOTES

IMPULSE

When he dies, his body tries to repair itself back together, and if his important organs are still intact, he goes back into consciousness.

The cause of his immortality is unknown.

Before falling into an existential crisis and state of depression and hopelessness thanks to his immortality, he was a ghost hunter.

SKIZZLEMAN “SKIZZ”

His immortality is the same as Impulse’s, but his consciousness never leaves his body.

The cause of his immortality is unknown.

A few hundred years ago, he was a radio host who was known for his ghost stories segment. The station eventually fell into obscurity before it completely stopped its operation.

He joined a ghost hunter services company a year later, and that’s where he met impulse.

MR. GOODTIMES "SCAR"

He gets scars and can bleed, but doesn’t feel pain. He can also get his heart ripped off and still be able to live. No part of his body can die, and even though he can’t regenerate a whole new organ, his organs can live apart from him.

However, once his body parts or organs reattach to him, it connects with gooey gold which harden after a while, making it harder to remove the next time. Though, this also causes problems sometimes and makes it harder for Scar to move. This is why he uses a cane for his leg.

He gained immortality from a golden cat statue after he repaired it. Some of its shards are missing, so he’s unsure whether this immortality was a blessing or a curse.

He used to be a con artist. He once tricked a billionaire into investing in his fake business. After he got some hundred million, he booked it and lived comfortably in hiding.

GRIAN

His corpses stay dead, but he pops back into existence randomly.

Beneath his glasses, his eyes are hollow and hold a deep abyss inside them.

Sometimes, his new body doesn't express emotions well, so the team rely on his voice and actions to tell how he’s feeling.

The cause of his immortality is unknown. It’s also unknown what kind of creature he is.

AGENT GEMINI "GEM"

She can die, but only if every single one of the cells explodes. She can grow old, but her regeneration is so fast that her aging is incredibly slowed down. She calls herself a “Pseudo Immortal”. Her skin is difficult to slice apart with how fast it connects back together.

Her immortality’s cause is a secret.

Her life before being a hitman is also a secret.

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hey guys im making french toast sticks in the oven. I’m gonna take a quick nap wake me up in 5 minutes so i can flip them over

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Ooooh that's so cool!! If you do decide to go back to our I will so totally read it

I wish to hear more about this sleeping beauty WIP fic pretty please

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WKFJEKFNOSJDKS VERY VALID OF YOU WHOOPS, HAPPENS TRULY TO THE BEST OF US 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 i do remember you!!! I'd have to go hunting but i definitely remember the headphones emoji popping up before :]]

ANYWAY OHOHO THE SLEEPING BEAUTY FIC.... this one is fun, its basically one of my favorite tropes aka "character traps themself in their own mind and the only way to get them out is to go in and pull them out yourself". Or, more directly: its a post-3rd life au where Scar wakes up at spawn in S7 alongside Grian, who is unconscious and wont wake up, and no one can figure out why since they don't remember the game. That is-- until Scar falls asleep while holding Grian's hand, and relives some of his scattered memories of the games. Here's probably my favorite section ive written so far:

In the dream he is Grian, transformed and transmogrified, a weightless skim above clear water. Over empty sand. The desert scrubs him clean, scrapes away the rough, drying peel of ScarScarScar and replaces it with something newly red, a fresh wound slashed through old scabs. He is Grian, hot wind in the clipped ends of his feathers, grit and clot-dirt burrowing between their shafts. He is Grian, mounting the steps of their old home, an abscess in the craggy mountain, an open sore spilling out across calloused sky. He is Grian, claws balled into fists, the sharp sting of blood on his palms swallowed by cracks of knuckle on bone, of scarlet painting in spatters between them. He is Grian— dazed, hollow, deserted. He is Grian, stepping out over empty air. He is Gri— Scar jolts awake on a strangled gasp, the percussive crunch of a body colliding with packed sand, and with his fingers tangled hopelessly around Grian's.

I have a decent amount of this fic written already, it just fell hard by the wayside about a year back, but its something im heavily thinking of revamping and coming back to soon. There are other little tidbits in it that ive already written and also love... but i'll save those for another ask >:]

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Knight brainrot is destroying my brain. I WATCHED 20 videos on how to fight with a halberd. It's all your fault Kdc2!

Anyway, still don't have a name for this au, so bare with me...

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Well, I was at least right about there being another April fools life series

I think it would be fun if there was another April fools life series one-off special where they have a soulmate mechanic, except instead of sharing a healthbar, they share an inventory with someone.

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// simple life spoilers

fools against fate

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my god

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i love how joe starts shopping quicker when he hears him

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horn : whoop whoop , that’s the sound of the poepoe , whoop whoop , permit office on patrol x2

joe : oh no. i do not need this right now , everybody be cool. maybe they haven’t seen us , maybe they’re pulling over pearl. jus-just stay cool

scar : i’m behind you joe :|

*cue joe being scared half to death*

joe : *practically sobbing* it’s you , i was hoping that you were like pulling pearl over or something. it’s fine

scar : she’s my next target :|

joe : wooo how can i help you today officer ?

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winners' lounge post last life (x)

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Writing Tips

Punctuating Dialogue

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➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.

“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”

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I think it would be fun if there was another April fools life series one-off special where they have a soulmate mechanic, except instead of sharing a healthbar, they share an inventory with someone.

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