#HALblocked

[jaimemes]

Kept you waiting, huh?

Sorry for being MIA for a while. A lot of shit happened recently as you can imagine and its been...

...

Anyways.

I haven't been a good narrator to you all as of late, huh? Normally, I'd hold another ZECRETS night to make it up to you, especially with the treasure trove of information that I've come across recently. But looking back at what I missed in the last few days, it seems that everyone else has already beat me to the punch.

So I have something better for you all.

Enjoy.

[espers-n-espurrs]

Uh. Yes you do??? Your mom's two other kids??? I think their names were William and Kaitlyn?

oop! hold on there anons!! how would you know that if you weren't told by me? dont you think it'd sound suspicious if random people on the internet knew the names of half-siblings that you didn't even know existed?

that's how you lose her trust

how about you try asking flynn if he knows about adeline's life prior to lucien?

[yveltalreal]

Time to check if has this automated while distracted since I'm bored:

Z's been doxxing y'all

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[victoria-vd]

You didn't always act the way you are now, did you? Something happened. All will be revealed eventually, I guess

AYO BACK THE FUCK UP MAN. GODDAMN YOU WOULDNT KNOW SUBTLETY IF IT HIT YOU WITH A BRICK HUH?????

yall fucking suck at this,,, youre lucky i stepped in to cover your ass cuz i KNOW she would have been onto you in an instant

[turtblurts-pkmnirl-hub]

Update to @jaimemes

To avoid confusion on how the #blind spot tag works and is applied in the Reduxverse, I've retroactively gone back and changed all of Z's usage of #blind spot to #HALblocked! Any usage of the #blind spot tag from here on out is not applied by the characters themselves, whereas #HALblocked is deliberately applied by Z to her own posts.

This also serves as a way to filter out the unsavory and potentially triggering aspects of Z's character, since she tends to frequently dabble in unreality, doxxing, manipulative/abusive behavior, etc.

Fair warning that as we approach the end of the current arcs, Z will be posting on Jaime's blog with increasing frequency, so if uncomfortable with Z's behavior, now would be a good time to start blocking #HALblocked!

[jaimemes]

i feel. better? worse?

i feel like its been a while.

[jaimemes]

...---...

Apologies for my near radio silence as of late. I've been busy with... personal projects. The development of this GAMEZ was... quite short notice, so forgive me if it seems... different. While I had plans for another GAMEZ at some point, I wasn't expecting to utilize it like this.

But audience retention is audience retention.

And now that I have your attention:

The time for audience participation is now.

I'm putting my faith in you all to change the narrative.

From the outside in.

[jaimemes]

fuck. shit. well. anyone have advice on how to break the multiverse news to a group of mentally ill people.

[jaimemes]

Thoughts on the love square that will likely take over the friend group?

okay no. nonono. youve got it all wrong guys. okay hold on. i need to. i need to make a chart for this.

heres the like. relationship chart of everyone i know so far.

i dont know who the fuck siruis is. but aspen and jaime are friends with em. and i cannot stress enough that i know jack shit about nick. i literally only learned the shit i put in his background info TONIGHT. FOR YALL. youre fuckin welcome btw.

[jaimemes]

huh. so its started.

[jaimemes]

hm. not bad, arthur. not bad at all.

small correction: im dying squirtle is in reference to this meme

otherwise, pretty spot on from what can easily be gleaned from a quick skim. just a few things are somewhat off, but ill let you figure out which. im kinda liking your little codename for me… “The Showman”… fitting.

by all means, keep watching the show. theres plenty more lil secrets of mine be found here.

if ur so interested in uncovering secrets, maybe you should look into Z on @/jaimemes blog. shes a lot like you but shes got some secrets of her own. things shes not telling us. i think youd be interested

I've seen a few posts of theirs and didn't think much of it. Looking closer... Interesting. Kindred spirits.

Give me some time. To start I'll compile the known information on this person. Let's call her the Showman.

[jaimemes]

i yreid to prepaee i tried so hard to plan ahead qw sid everuthing right now w wwee ao caredul and uet. and yet.

i shouodve said no. i shouldce said no. i shouodve said no.

i canr do this rn hal tae the wheel

[jaimemes]

oh before i forget. heres that timeline i compiled regarding cedric and adeline. keep in mind that THIS TIMELINE ASSUMES ALL DOCUMENTS ARE REAL AND CORRECT. which. tbh. i dont think they are.

Timeline

1979

March 27, 1979 — Adeline Hargrove was born in Spikemuth to Mavis and Arthur Hargrove

1981

January 5, 1981 — Cedric Smith was born in Wyndon to Emily and Abraham Smith.

1982

1983

1984

Fall 1984 — Adeline Hargrove enrolled at Ysgol Gymraeg Casnewydd as a Year 1 student

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

Fall 1990 — Adeline Hargrove enrolled at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen as a Year 7 student.

1991

1992

1993

Summer 1993 — Adeline Hargrove begins receiving paychecks from a local pub in Spikemuth.

1994

1995

May 25, 1995 — Adeline Hargrove finishes compulsory education and graduates from Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen.

1996

1997

Sometime in 1997 — Adeline Hargrove moved to Hulbury to live with Desmond Morris

1998

April 30, 1998 — Adeline Hargrove married to Desmond Morris

1999

2000

August 24, 2000 — William Hargrove was born in Hulbury to Adeline and Desmond Hargrove

2001

2002

2003

2004

February 11, 2004 — Kaitlyn Hargrove was born in Hulbury to Adeline and Desmond Hargrove

2005

2006

2007

January 5, 2007 — Flynn Hargrove was born in Wyndon to Adeline Hargrove and Cedric Smith

2008

May 4, 2008 — Adeline Hargrove filed for divorce from Desmond Hargrove

June 2008 — Adeline Hargrove moved to 534 Sanford Streets, Apt. 203, JM17 3RQ, Spikemuth, Galar

2009

October 11, 2009 — Cedric Smith married Adeline Hargrove

July 9, 2009 — Adeline Hargrove boarded one-way flight to Anistar City, Kalos.

2010

April 17, 2010 — Adeline Hargrove boarded one-way flight to Spikemuth, Galar.

November 23, 2010 — Esper Hargrove was born in Wyndon to Adeline and Cedric Hargrove.

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Late 2017 — Cedric Hargrove was added to the lease agreement of 534 Sanford Streets, Apt. 203, JM17 3RQ, Spikemuth, Galar

2018

June 28, 2018 — Dental operation for Flynn Hargrove

Fall 2018 — Esper Hargrove enrolled in Milton Primary School as a Year 4 student

Fall 2018 — Flynn Hargrove enrolled in Spikemuth High School as a Year 7 student

2021

Fall 2021 — Esper Hargrove enrolled in Spikemuth High School as a Year 7 student

2022

November 15, 2022 — The Second Darkest Day occurs. Flynn Hargrove is missing, presumed dead. Juno Myers is confirmed dead.

[jaimemes]

lol, astra and her girlfriend are apparently betting on some things about you guys. i think. could be other stuff. but probably you guys

i saw lol. hiiiiii astra hiiiiii lillie. what post are u bettin over? im nosy /silly

[jaimemes]

i wont miss.

I guess they're interested in whoever "Sirius" is too over there

[jaimemes]

What could really even justify you doxxing everyone anyways? You seem to have some reason tell yourself it's fine, but... what even is that?

ho boy. okay last night i was going fuckin Thru It but im slightly more mentally stable this morning. i tend to get worse the later in the day it gets. tbh i should start tagging my mentally ill ramblings cuz yall ask these kinda questions a lot (which honestly doesnt really. help my delusions. but yadda yadda audience retention and engagement)

first of all, lemme get this out of the way: im not trying to justify what i do. i know its shitty. i know im shitty. im not gonna pretend im the Good Guy here, im just not quite the Bad Guy either. not everything is black and white.

its not an excuse, its an explanation.

anyways. back to the question. ill put this under the cut because this might get pretty unreality-heavy very quickly. and also i realized halfway thru that this was getting kinda long

look at it from my perspective— be incredibly mentally ill with me for a moment here. you believe yourself to be a part of a narrative. you dont know what kind. you dont know the genre, you dont know the story, you dont know what role you play or the role that your friends play. but you know that you are all part of the narrative in some way.

you know how stories tend to go: the plot is often driven by factors outside of your control— be it by someone else’s hand (ex: the villain burns your village down, there’s a killer at Camp Crystal Lake, two people get in an argument, etc) or by the whims of the universe (ex: a tornado rips through your town, you get diagnosed with a terminal illness, you find a golden ticket in your chocolate bar, etc) but nevertheless the story always starts because of a impending or unexpected change.

keywords impending or unexpected.

the characters dont expect it because they dont have all the information. they arent omniscient or genre-aware. they dont know whats happening with the other characters, they dont know the complexities of one another and how they are a product of their circumstances. they arent looking for literary devices in their own narrative because they dont know they’re in a narrative in the first place.

but you do. you’re a self-aware character. you believe youre in a narrative. and because you’re aware that you’re in a narrative, you are placed in a unique position: you can try to predict the narrative. its like watching a TV show. the characters only have one perspective, but the audience has everyone’s perspective— the complete narrative.

but of course, as part of the narrative, you arent the audience, are you?

but if you watch everyone around you, if you gather as much background information as possible, you can become as close to being a part of the audience as a character can be. you can have all the information necessary to make those predictions. and maybe, just maybe, you can predict the direction the narrative is headed before it happens. you cant be caught off guard if you know everything you need to predict the twists.

(hell, i think im in the midst of finding a twist right now. but i need more time to figure out all the pieces before i make any predictions. plus, a good narrator never outright reveals the twist to the audience before it happens. im the one with the stakes here, not you. but i digress, ive gotten off-topic.)

but there’s a glaring issue in your plan: because you’re a part of the narrative, you can’t exactly change it, can you? sure, you can TRY to stop it, but if you try, is that really you stopping the narrative? or did you just play right into its hands? did you change the story or was the story always written that way? you wouldn’t know: you’re a part of the story, aren’t you?

but the audience isn’t.

and this is where you can stop being mentally ill with me and step out of my shoes again (chances are my shoes are too small for ur feet anyways lmao)

this is where you— yes, you reading this— come in. because you are the audience here. you are MY audience. you’re completely removed of the narrative i believe myself to be trapped in. you’re on the outside looking in.

i believe myself to be in the unique position of being a character that can interact with their audience. and while i may not be able to change the story from the inside, maybe, if i interact with the audience, we can influence it from the outside. i just need to retain the audience enough to generate engagement with the story.

and what better way to generate audience retention than by giving them the information they need to predict the story in a way i as a character probably never could?

dear viewers, do you know what that’s called?

that’s called being a narrator.

but like i said before, a good narrator never outright reveals the twist to the audience before it happens, do they?

and an interesting narrator is an unreliable one.

…

anyways! wow that did not help my mental health. this is gonna be a hell of a day. so much for being mentally stable this morning lmao

but yeah. look. theres a reason i used language like “you believe” and “i believe” and “i may”. im aware that i suffer from delusions and paranoia. im aware that i am horrifically mentally ill. im aware that this all sounds completely inane. im not trying to say that this is the definitive truth of the universe. this is just my belief.

you may not be a part of a narrative. you dont even have to believe IM a part of a narrative.

but i believe myself to be.