#;; what's the sitch ?? ;; ooc

[accultant]

this might be a silly question bc idr if it's in the mage background of Origins or mentioned by the seekers in DAI or not BUT do we know What the rite of tranquility looks like?? like I know What it is but I want to know every detail ever

[thetownwecallhome]

OOC: My biggest regrets regarding this webcomic. And, what's to come.

(( bad grammar intended.

In case you're worried I'm being badged by bad reviews and/or "focusing too much on the bad"--- no. These are self-criticisms I've always had about this comic. It's always a joy to see you guys like it so much and there are some comics I love more than others and return to reread just for myself; but I think it's fine to have a healthy self-critical lens about your work sometimes. Just as long as you don't go 2000s-era Lucas and try retconning everything. So without further ado:

>Dislike the earliest gag where Jack complains about being 'fat'.

>Keeping art consistent and low-effort so it wouldn't take so much work.

>Introducing the Holiday leaders like I did. So underwhelming.

>"Mothball" [*sideshow bob grumble of pain*]

>While we're on it that earlier depiction of Clown being a jerk to Sally and Sally needing to be pepped-up by Jack to feel good about herself. Like 'Mothball' is needs a serious rewriting of dialogue to make it bearable ((to me)).

>"Packing Up" for reasons that should be painfully obvious later when I finish making Halloween Town comics. (it goes against current continuity in my headcanon)

>Really I regret how I wrote Sally and Jack a lot throughout the years. You can tell I was battling different takes about the characters and rationalizing them. I made Sally way too demur and Fluttershy-ish when she's not that kind of shrinking violet meanwhile Jack's either too kind and mature or too wrapped in guilt. For Sally I think I was operating on the logic that og-Carolyn-Thompson-script-softspoken-Sally > better then how she is in the movie because someone in my life was trying to convince me Sally was underdeveloped, and with Jack it's being hit w people saying he's an absolute incel or got away with everything in the film* and my coping by giving him more obvious guilt. Though, in fairness, Oogies Revenge, Kingdom Hearts and the fanbase didn't help that disparity by claiming Jack's just a cinnamon roll. Half of the reason "Ask Jack Skellington" prompts ever existed is so I could have an excuse to make Jack the spooky-doofy manchild of terror he is. I neglected that part of him for so long and he and Sally would be so upset with me. I failed you my babies.

>I think the joke of Jack being way too naive about how violent the other holidays actually are and/or oblivious to what adults use Halloween for is overdone in my work. I've done that gag like four times now I think.

>Unnecessarily hating on Lock, Shock, and Barrel for no reason. I think it shows just how much I didn't care for the characters before Zero's Journey came out.

>The Beetlejuice ask/reply comic from like 2015 or 16 whatever is not canon.

>Jack and Sally were too smexual in my earlier gags. Good god I REALLY hadn't figured out my asexuality, or theirs, for that matter.

>Like Jack suffering more +being too riddled by guilt, I think I made Oogie way too OP in my Oogie's Revenge (the prequel story to the entire comic) outline.

>This is a problem I have with all of my work but I hate the walls of text and run-ons all the characters do. It takes me out of my own fanfiction when it's just so obvious when I'm talking vs when the characters are. "Sally and the Doctor suffers from this a LOT".

>So many decisions made regarding plotpoints and plotlines that I think I muddled along the way or did way too quickly as it's obvious I don't have an exact outline for any of this fan stuff I'm throwing out. I really wanted to emphasize Harley and Mayor's blooming romance more than I did. They deserved so much better.

>AUGHTHEAWFULSELF-EDITED TEXT I DID IN 2015-2016 WAS TORTURE WHY DID I EVER THINK THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA???!

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All of this is to say, one day, if Oddities or my patreon makes enough dough and my SSI sitch isn't so fragile or fluctuating- I really wanna hire a beta editor/artist to be my extra pair of hands in sprucing this comic up and making it more articulate, readable and complete for my liking. And yes, it HAS to be a hired job. I can't promise big bucks but I refuse to hand that kind of responsibility to someone without compensation. This comic's too big.

As far as what to expect from the comic after this year, here's all I can tell you for my endgame plan:

I plan to go until 2027, when this blog will be 13 years old.

I want to make next year special as it'll be 31 years of Nightmare Before Christmas then.

You're gonna get a new character soon. Don't worry; they won't distract from the og cast too much. In fact they literally go to jail.

More of Halloween Town in the human world to come.

More Wolfman and Vampire brothers shenanigans.

Jack and Sally past tyme.

One of these final years Ima do something really special with the other holiday worlds and leaders. You'll see.

None of the characters will double die but I will be basically ripping off a spongebob episode.

No one from Halloween Town is ever going to meet anyone from New Holland. You are going to get a Beetlejuice character, but not a full blown crossover.

))

[wingsofachampion]

GIVE ME THE [TLDR] OF THE SITCH MY FRIEND! WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING ON OUR [hellskape] OF A HOME ROTUMBLR?

Hiya! I'm not sure what a TLDR or a hellskape are, but here's a bunch of stuff that happened!

(OOC: Mention of some high-stakes stuff under the cut)

There was a bunch of chaotic stuff, and then Victoria Gonzap died. But then she came back to life! And then there was a book fair, and then I swapped bodies with Bane of Team Phobia for a few hours! Then stuff got really weird for a day, I'm not sure what happened. Then things got better! And now the Exposition is happening in Kalos, and it's super fun so far!

Oh, and Yinny adopted a ton of people, and I met a lot of new people, too, like Ren, Clay, Grimsley, Burgh, and Fluff!

[theonlycorrectcropinions]

Scanlan in tlovm gets such bitch eating crackers energy from me. The show character is pretty great, by all rights I should be a big fan. But man, I just hate stream scanlan lmao. I hate the weird veneration he gets from the grossest bro-est parts of the fandom (this is very clearly not saying that if you like scanlan you’re a gross bro, shut the fuck up), as detailed before I hate the whole bard’s lament sitch, I hate the genesis of Sam’s “everything is a joke, except when it’s not” shtick where everything is schrodinger’s emotional moment that’s haha until it’s serious business because it feels so dishonest… and the worst part is that I lied, and I don’t actually particularly hate stream scanlan, I just hate thinking about him in any sort of analytical sense because he’s so fucking annoying.

Like, sure, I get it, what if the gag character who’d shown the depth of a kiddie pool gets serious, sure, seen it before. But if we’re supposed to take scanlan seriously then he’s a serial sexual harasser, murderer, manipulator, terrible friend, yadda yadda, shit that’s fine if he’s the comic relief guy, but not the kind of stuff that inspires any sympathy why Sam starts trying to lay in the pathos. It feels ingenuine to just flip a switch between shit the audience (just me actually, I don’t care what you do to the rest of the audience) is supposed to take seriously and what they’re (me again) supposed to laugh off. I’m not talking like ooc conversations and running jokes, but like actual stuff the characters do.

Like, Nott is a Halfling woman who gets turned into a goblin. Sam decided that since goblins have shorter lifespans they would feel emotions more strongly, so she acts a bit wild. Despite introducing her as a “little goblin girl,” (something stans like to forget when they whine about early game Nott being infantalized… she’s introduced as a little girl lmao) she’s supposed to be an adult, sure thing, got it. Why’s she eating shit? Literally eating shit in a sewer? How does that make any sense as an actual thing he actually narrated for his character to do? It doesn’t, it’s a joke, but it does make it harder to take Nott at her word later when she snaps at fjord for treating her like a child/idiot. You were just eating shit in a sewer lady, you don’t really get to be high about people questioning your decision making skills.

It’s over and over again with this stuff. It’s a joke that scanlan’s drug seeking, notts a mean drunk, fcg is a shitty therapist, until no it’s a serious part of their character actually, forget about all the times it was a joke and engage with it earnestly. No? You haven’t earned that and everything up to this point has actively undermined that kind of engagement.

Still fun characters for the most part. Sam ranks about in the middle of cast for me (the only correct opinion haver).

[cleanuponaisle7]

spideypool rp call

Hello, all. Here’s the sitch: I’m (25+, she/her) looking for someone 21+ interested in Spideypool rp on Discord and writes for a TASM/Andrew Garfield Peter Parker. Me? I offer you a film-based Wade Wilson in return.

I’m a super experienced advanced literate/novella writer, usually clocking in at 4–8 paragraphs depending on the scene and what it calls for, and I’m looking for someone to match that energy.

Open to dark, gritty, and angsty as well as soft, sweet slow-burns with NSFW in the context of a broader plot. I’ve got a few vague ideas but love a good brainstorm to flesh things out. Any plots you might have kicking around are also more than welcome.

I usually reply within 1–4 days, though on rare occasions, it might take up to a week—work, life, and all that. Totally down for playlists, mood boards, ooc chat, and the like, I’m just a wee bit slow about it.

Any of this sound up your alley? Feel free to pop into my DMs.

[atla-confessions]

'Okay it’s like. Perfectly fine to project onto some characters right? Sometimes I give my favorite characters the same problems I struggle with when I’m writing them. I thought that was fine as long as I don’t force my—for lack of better words— ‘hcs’ onto anyone (or something like that; too tired to explain) but I saw a post sayings it’s an evil/dickish thing to do. But WHY? Why is it evil? I’m so confused. And I don’t really care about what some people think but I just want to know Why it’s evil or disgusting or like wrong.'

It's not,people are just mean-spirited!It's the same sitch as self-inserting to ooc canon characters vs selfshipping i.e see how 'self-insert' is used as an insult but everybody is okay with actual selfshipping(Atla wise at least)........minus that one weird emoji anon who said the n word at one point.Are they into raceplay😭

X

[wickedlehane]

//ooc; Okay, here's the sitch:

The verse is called "Wicked Buzzed". I think it's going to vary slightly from interaction to interaction, but predominantly will have Faith in the 90s timeline being on the JV Yellowjackets team, a left midfielder, fast and sturdy. Whether or not she's actually a Slayer in this verse depends on partner mun's interest in that level of crossover or not.

I'd also love for her to have an adult timeline so it's up for debate then whether or not she survived or wasn't involved in the crash in the wilderness. I'm on the tail-end of Season 1 and I'm not spoiler averse but I am still uncovering a lot of the mystery of the show so far.

Basically, I'm flexible with this verse based on what others are interested in writing -- this verse is reserved for Yellowjackets muses or other BTVS characters (or fandom characters I am familiar with) with YJ verses.

Hit me up if you want to plot!

//ooc; gonna be giving Faith a Yellowjackets verse to stave off the creeping brainrot that is "let's make a yellowjackets" blog hahahaha

also on that note I really need to redo my fucking verses page huh

[lovetaled-a]

i return to this godsforsaken place and there still isn’t a barbie rpc. embarrassing for it.

[ask-darwinism]

//uhhhh i absolutely get the not wanting it to go away…. hmm…. i was mainly wanted to delete bc i didn’t want to have to deal with inactive sideblogs BUT if i can figure out the password to another tumblr acc i have i could just give the sideblogs (this and @ask-opnih ) to that blog bc i won’t have to look at em there……

[synthezcid]

sb: Vision is only strong because of his infinity stone Vision:

hey you dropped this

[thebeeholdersarchiveblog]

OOC: I didn't actually know there were organizers groups, I always thought the tag was something that emerged within a subset of rp blogs, interesting... I also didn't know there was a set time for what's canon to them, I always assumed it was a yes-and sitch, like my original posts are S5 but if someone makes an addition I wanna interact with that's a different time I would temporarily match my canon to theirs.

You should interact with Mme. Bustier's class more. they're super fun.

More than I already do?

I think I talk to some of them a lot

[enchcnting]

* & / T A G D U M P ! / & *

[gixelleism]

!! * T A G  D U M P * !!

[warricrmade]

T A G  D U M P !!

[evohealed]

(( god I know that I haven’t even started roleplaying Rex yet... but BOY do i wanna do a thread where Rex absorbs too many nanites and see the horrors of what could happen..... hrhrhhr.... ))

[boxmoreinc]

hey-howdy-doo, ladies, gents, and nonbinary pallies! sorry i’ve been rather scarce as of late, i got a lot of stuff goin down with community college ( still ) and i also gotta get a whole-ass surgery! goin to the consult today to figure all that out, but just know i’m alive and well and haven’t forgotten about boxy over here.

remember - i’m always available on my discord to mutuals snk lvr#5720 just let me know who you are ( if i can’t guess LMAO )