#I hope each gets at least one vote?👀

[lengthofropes]

wait wait I want one too!!

[muzzlemouths]

I JSUT SAW THE DIR CUT THING EXPLODES okay okay i have so much i wanna ask(mostly related to the polls im sorry its so interesting of a mechanic) . ! - FIRST did you originally plan on the fic to be poll based or was it a later decision? - did we as a collective ever make any/a ddecision you were genuinely surprised about? any big things you had/(have? 👀) in mind only for us to totally dash your hopes and dreams? - are any of the counselors ones you're sad died? who has been the most disappointing for you so far? (who were you hoping would survive?) - if you could give us a rating 1-10 or so, how well would you say we've done so far? (personally id give it a B ish..) - Aside from Chet, could we have saved everyone? (also because im a sucker for feels, were any of the kids who died personal hits for sun/moon? any close bonds that were cut?)

⭐️ Director's Cut ask game

Did you originally plan on the fic to be poll based or was it a later decision?

I wanted it to be poll based from the start! I first came up with the idea last October, but I was originally going to do it similar to OWRF. Within that year, however, I realized that using polls would streamline the process and make it much easier on me, which is fantastic, because writing OWRF with the initial Choose Your Own Story mechanic I'd been using felt like trying to control a derailing train at all times.

Did we as a collective ever make any/a ddecision you were genuinely surprised about? any big things you had/(have? 👀) in mind only for us to totally dash your hopes and dreams?

All of them. I need y'all to understand I had to sit down and rewrite a solid chunk of my outline because I had set it up/started writing certain scenes under the assumption that that's the route/decision we'd be pursuing, but time and time again, everyone surprised me.

I wasn't expecting y'all to save Dolly (much less be so passionate about turning this into an Everyone Lives run), I wasn't expecting you to trust Moon (though in hindsight, I should have known. This is their fandom we're in after all), and I definitely wasn't expecting this last decision to be such a tight race.

Complete transparency here, I had fully anticipated that the majority vote would be to Agree(lie), and I had to scramble to rearrange some pieces of the outline when it became glaringly obvious that lying was the last thing any of you wanted to do. I'm grateful for it, though.

I said it before and I'll say it again: the y/n of this story changes with each decision made. They have some set personality traits, sure, but most of it is entirely determined by you, the readers. Seeing the votes flood in — with lying as the least popular opinion — not only surprised me but gave me a much needed reality check on where our y/n stands, which in turn allowed me to scrap the original first page of what happened next in favor of writing something that is reflective of the decision, and I am much happier with it now. Proud of you guys.

Are any of the counselors ones you're sad died? who has been the most disappointing for you so far? (who were you hoping would survive?)

Man. Man. Had you asked me my opinion on Chet at the beginning of writing this fic I'd have read the guy to filth. But now? Regretfully I am beginning to like him. I'm almost upset that I'd made the decision to make his death inevitable, but so much hinges on it, so it was a necessary sacrifice. (Also, I'm supposed to remain unbiased about these things, but if you guys get Oscar killed I will cry and cry)

If you could give us a rating 1-10 or so, how well would you say we've done so far? (personally id give it a B ish..)

Considering we're currently on what I consider the best route? I'd say you're doing pretty damn well! There hasn't been a single vote thus far that leads to the bad route, and the results of the most recent poll have officially locked us out of the bad route entirely. I am clapping and cheering for you!!!! congrats!!! 🎉

Aside from Chet, could we have saved everyone?

You could, and you still can! But Oscar isn't the only life you will need to save.

[acheronist]

........so what do u think peglar's childhood was like? 👀👂

WELLLLLLLLLL......

so his dad was a gunsmith in westminster & henry was the younger sibling of two (elizabeth was a few years older than him, and she also received henry's arrears from the franklin expedition after everyone was pronounced lost & dead. she was married at this time and was henry's immediate next of kin. so presumably their parents had died by this point...) but he and elizabeth got dunked in a 2-for-1 baptism like john torrington & his sister did tho which is so funny. pov you have one baby and underestimated how much work babies actually are, so you forget to get it baptized on time, and then by the second baby rolls around you've got a better grip on parenting, so you take both kids in on the same day. lmfao.

anyways back to the childhood tho. they lived like... a few blocks away from the river thames so he'd probably already had a fondness for water, i think, just based on my own childhood of having two older brothers and living near a semi-important river (lol)

but that made me wonder if like... he and elizabeth ever played army...? because i definitely was made by my brothers to play army and soldiers a fair amount. and if my dad was a gunsmith and i was an opinionated little freakboy who wanted to be a navy sailor when i was older, i'd definitely try and sneak into dad's work and play pretend a little bit. and i wonder if sarah peglar (mum) ever scolded him for not including elizabeth or vice versa when they was out playing with the neighborhood kids...

they lived in a pretty well-populated neighborhood and he attended the blewcoat school "for poor families" WHICH ALSO ALLOWED GIRLS TO ATTEND so maybe henry and elizabeth went there together. cmon get up we have to walk to school on timeeeee. i think he was probably a little bit dyslexic tho based on how his spelling was in 1845-47... i think the only formal education for reading and writing would have been at this blewcoat school in westminster , so i wonder if the writing backwards was a trick he pulled out to impress his classmates... don't notice how bad his spelling test grade was!! just look how cool and clever harry is!!! he can write a whole paragraph backwards!!!! whoaaah!!!! idk i just hope he had a gang of friends he was running about and causing silly lad antics with. i hope elizabeth followed them around and was begrudgingly included in the antics because they were supposed to be keeping an eye on each other during the afternoons or something. based on the amount of times he mentions keeping an eye on his friends on terror / mentions tom by name in the wallet papers i think it's not too hard to imagine henry was protective over people he loved.... i assume this extended to his sister, too. also like.. not that this was his childhood necessarily, but his dad's gunsmith shop was literally down the road from the big ben clocktower which would have been under construction (1843) during the same time he was ashore between ships (post hms wanderer & pre hms terror) so i wonder if he ever went home to visit the family and was like FUCCKKK SORRY I'M LATE FOR DINNER TRAFFIC SUCKED. CONSTRUCTION FOR THAT CLOCK IS SO ANNOYING. that would be very funny to me.

ok anyways back to childhood: john peglar (henry & elizabeth's dad) voted for francis burdett so there's at least some indication that their household was like... fine with being politically radical and heavily opinionated. (i would also point out that there's a fair amount in henry's wallet and diary that's just him having a gossip session by himself. opinionated indeed.) but also henry doesn't seem the type to really get into trouble tho... based on his career history he generally rolled his eyes kept his head down and did his job unless he was pushed hard enough, in which case he had no problem speaking out. in 1833 on the marquis camden, henry was lashed two dozen times for "drunkenness and mutinous conduct" but i've also read that the captain of the ship at the time was a Notorious Asshole Who Loved To Use Lashing As Punishment? so jumping to conclusions without real evidence, i think henry probably saw his fellow ABs getting treated badly by the captain, had 3 more beers than he should have, and said FUCK THIS GUYYYY!!!!!!! and then got punished for it. we're not going to think about the lashing scars opening back up again in the arctic btw. so anyways the point of all this is to say i think henry was probably fine with protesting when things suck, which he probably learned from his dad. maybe there were nights when john and sarah were talking politics and henry sat on the other side of the wall listening when he wasn't supposed to. maybe elizabeth would come sit with him and he'd have to shush her because neither of them were supposed to be listening because it was past their bedtimes but they sat and listened together anyways. scurried back into bed trying not to get caught even though john and sarah definitely knew they were there.

but also he was 13 when he entered the marine society ("a charitable organization for helping destitute boys and training seamen") so maybe he saw the navy as a chance to help out his lower-middle class family..... maybe they had a hard time and henry wanted to help out now that he was sort of almost grown up!!! and he clearly excelled thru this sailor training camp because after a month they tossed him onto hms solebay where he would have learned more hands-on stuff about working on a ship. knots and such. maybe this is where he realized how good he was with ropes... he could have been the best lad in his "class" when it came to knots etc. he also would have learned properly how to use a gun here, but again, his dad's a gunsmith. he probably would have had an experience advantage over most of the other boys w/ shooting and loading and managing a gun as a tool. so it's not surprising i think that he was in and out of 'training camp' really quickly. his first real ship was hms clio and he was a spare ship's boy and quickly got transferred to hms magnificent, WHICH WAS A HOSPITAL SHIPPPP and worked in the sickbay as a ship's boy and was earning a real paycheck. in my heart this was probably a very formative experience, and gave him a basic understanding of medicine/nursing? which i bet came in handy during the expedition when things were getting desperate and everyone was sick. i know amc had bridgens playing pinch-hitter nurse for terror camp but i wonder if in real life, maybe henry took up that role? maybe he even managed to keep his own illness under wraps for longer than most of the other expedition men Because he could recall things he learned on hms magnificent... idk.....

anyways at this point we start getting into henry's teen years. does this count as childhood? he saw two men get killed by lightning strike at age ~16 and he jumped around between ships pretty often and his conduct was generally either 1) bored and unremarkable or 2) normal and good :) and then he got lashed for being a petulant "mutinous" teenager who likes beer too much, as previously mentioned, and afterwards he just kind of hangs out until he's 22 and joins the gannett and meets 💞thomas armitage💞 and now i need to stop typing . lest i begin rpf-ing on main a little bit too much.

ok thanks ummm he's my most special guy unfortunately. henry my best friend henry :-(

[love-toxin]

If Nancy's an elf queen, what would everyone else dress up as? I vote (half)orc barbarian for Steve 👀 (no shirt allowed btw). and for Robin... 🤔 I'm thinking tabaxi maybe? (maybe I just wanna see her wearing cat ears...) and angelface could be anything idk <3

yessss.....YESSSSSS HEHEHE

(cws: fruity four, d&d roleplay, plugs, a little hint at some spicier roleplay)

Steve gets a heap of leather straps and fur for his half-orc barbarian costume, his body mostly exposed save for the 'x' crossed over his pecs and the fur pelt that's tied around his waist, plus a pair of striking leather boots and some wrist guards with straps that lace up to his forearms and loop around. Eddie wants to put a little body paint on him to complete the look but Steve keeps refusing, up until the rest of you hold his arms back and smile at how he swaps between being furious and giggling at the tickling sensation of the paintbrush on his skin. you all agreed to go whole hog for this, and you weren't expecting it to be perfect but damn does Steve look good with those crimson handprints all over him, along with some markings down his cheeks so it looks like he's been crying blood. metal.

Robin's look is sexy for completely different reasons--when she comes out from the bathroom, the cat ear headband tucked under her hair is plenty cute, and the simple blouse tucked into her tight skirt is adorable on her frame. but the droopy cat tail she's got with a hole cut through her bottoms to lead it through is an awesome touch, although she swipes at you when you go to touch it and yelps when Nancy's hand manages to shoot out and grab it. and it's made very clear by that deep scarlet blush heating up her face that it's not just for aesthetics, and when she awkwardly whispers to you and Nance that it's really a tail, you both get the gist and giggle with each other as you tease her and stroke her fuzzy appendage, in the hopes that the plug it's attached to will shift around a little more inside her.

Eddie and Nancy's costumes are pretty standard in comparison; his ranger outfit is mostly dark, loose fabrics stretched over his lithe frame with a scarf, a cloak, and a bit of unshaved stubble to give him a more scraggly look. Nancy's elf queen outfit is pretty much just a long, white dress with more opaque cloth beneath it to protect her dignity, along with a delicate tiara and some gold jewelry and makeup along with a pair of elf ears securely attached to her real ones, and covered partially with her hair. with all of them dressed up, you're hoping your costume will be just as cool--hell, maybe it'll be even cooler if Eddie's saving it for last!

with that expectation at the forefront of your mind, you're a little confused and a touch disappointed when Eddie hands you a plain-looking dress and apron (with a corset, at least) and tells you that your character is gonna be a barmaid. a wench. an NPC. trying to hide it just makes it more obvious that you feel left out, but Eddie reassures you that yours is the most important part! put it on so he can start the scene, and he'll show you--and put on a smile, too!

part of you wishes you hadn't joined if you're probably just gonna be watching anyways, but since you know Eddie and you know he's not one to disappoint, you go along with it and hike the dress up over your shoulders--noticing right away that the corset cinches by itself, which is handy, but also that it pushes up your boobs so they're pretty much all out in the open, you swear you can feel air gliding under them from how exposed they are. you listen closely to Eddie laying out the scene for you, describing the tavern you're in and explaining the four of their roles as adventurers and a little backstory, while offering few details about your character aside from the fact that you "always swoon over the sexy adventuring party that comes through town now and again" which you roll your eyes at as the others giggle.

but when Eddie finally sets you all up in your spots--you at the makeshift countertop of your bar, and the four of them in various spots around the "tavern" which is just the wide backroom of the Hideout with all the furniture rearranged--you finally seem to get the driving force behind this elaborate scene Eddie's concocted. the elf queen sat demurely with her tabaxi attendant obediently standing by, the barbaric half-orc prince musing on his recent kills, the reanimated ranger from unspoken lands pulling out a d4 to shake in his hand.....and when he's got everyone's attention, including yours, Eddie produces a potion from his cloak to set it on the table with a thunk. he numbers off the four of them, ensuring they know how to react depending on what he rolls, and looks across the table he's at to wink in your direction before he lets the die go.

"first one to land gets dibs on the wench."

[thekidsarentalright]

‼️ dear fob fan reading this ‼️

all of the results are below the cut, as otherwise this would be wayyy too long (warning ahead of reading: this is long but worth the read i promise)! Thank you again to everybody who participated in this, this year the census received double(!!) the amount of responses as it did previously!! i hope you all enjoy the results and find them as interesting as i do, lets get into it:

A couple small disclaimers before the results: due to some technical difficulties i had to make this whole post on mobile, and because of that had to deal with tumblr mobiles image limit! that's why some questions are paired with others even if there isn't a theme between them. Along with this, tumblr naturally ruined the quality of the images a bit, clicking on them helps if you wanna see more detail! hopefully these things don't disrupt the viewing experience too much! enjoy <3

Questions #1 + #2: Eras

Question #1: Here it was asked what era you became a fan, and the era with the largest response was Save Rock and Roll, with just over a quarter of you all having become a fan in 2013/2014. The most notable thing to point out here is that over half of you become fans after the hiatus! With a good amount becoming fans (8.5%) in just the last couple years!

Question #2: This question was also about the era's of fob, but asking what your favorite era is personally. Coincidentally (or perhaps not 👀), Save Rock and Roll came out on top in this question too as a majority of peoples favorite era of fob (thus far).

Questions #3 + #4: Favorite + Best Album(s)

Question #3: Here you were asked to pick which album is personally your favorite, with Folie a Deux being over a quarter of respondents favorite album. This was not too shocking, as Folie came out on top the past two years as well. The love for that album is incredibly strong and unwavering!

Question #4: In this question, the distinction was made in asking which of fobs albums is objectively their best. Part of me knew to expect the answers would be the same as the last one, part of me wondered if maybe things would be shake up- they were not! The only thing that changed was slightly less people believing Folie is their best album, rather than it being their personal favorite (39.7% vs 39%)

Questions #5 + #6: Least Favorite and Worst Album(s)

Question #5: Here you were asked the flip of question 3, that being which album is personally your least favorite. Here, the answers were not too shocking (but hurtful) to me as abap stan #1 with over a quarter of you all voting abap as your least favorite fob album. Notably, but perhaps not surprisingly, here is that all the albums people voted as their favorites had a Very minuscule amount of people saying they were fobs worst.

Question #6: Just as the last question, this one was a flip of question 4, and as questions 3 and 4, the top answers for these two were the same. However, the order partly flipped, with take this to your grave being considered their worst album, and abap and mania trailing close behind. Interestingly, despite a large majority of people considering folie their best album, it was not the album with the least votes here- Infinity on high is.

Questions #7 + #8: Eps and Music Videos

Question #7: Number 7 asked you all to pick which Ep of fobs was your favorite, with My Heart (etc etc) pulling ahead to be your #1 favorite. Interestingly here, this was the first year i included project rocket... And only 2 people picked it. Perhaps it will be the last time i include that option...

Question #8: Unrelated to the previous but they're together anyway lol, this question was a new one asking you all what music video is your favorite! Sixteen candles won by a relatively large margin, though several music videos got shown a lot of love. Essentially, despite there being a clear majority favorite, almost each of their music videos got at least one vote, which is pretty cool to me!

Questions #9 + #10: Your babygirls both fob and otherwise

Question #9: Though it goes without saying that we all love and support each member of fob very very much, we all have our special babygirl, and that was shown here. It appears that a majority of census takers are Patrick girlies (gnc), though each member got a large chunk of votes!

Question #10: Every year this question goes the same, with my chemical romance coming out on top as your guys' favorite fob related/adjacent artist. It feels this year the love for them was even stronger, which is interesting to me! Their resurgence can be felt even in other fandoms, like in this case, which is prettyyyy cool!

Questions #11, 12, + #13: First, Favorite, and Best songs

Question #11: This question made a comeback this year asking which fob song was the first you ever heard. I want to acknowledge that i included an option for can't/won't remember, as i understand that can be a difficult thing to remember sometimes! That answer, rightfully, came out as the second most answered option. However, i wanted to show the actual top songs, so just put those! Something else to note is the shocking wide variety of first songs for people! Very cool.

Question #12: Here you were asked for your personal favorite overall song, with probably no one being surprised that disloyal order came out on top, dominating any other song, as per usual! The love for Folie truly is so song, with 3 of the top 5 songs being songs from Folie.

Question #13: And here you were asked objectively what your favorite song is andddd... disloyal order won this one as well, perhaps rightfully so. Interestingly here, (coffee's for closers) dipped from the list where it was 5th in peoples favorites, being replaced by the ever so popular dance, dance! What a catch makes an appearance here too, maintaining a majority of the top 5 songs being ones from Folie.

Questions #14 +#15: Under and Overrated songs

Question #14: One of my favorites to ask every year so far, this one asks which song you believe to be fobs most underrated. Surprisingly to me, Snitches came out as the most underrated. It was interesting to see which songs were chosen for this one, as I feel a lot more mania/posth songs were considered underrated, despite less often being considered favorites!

Question #15: On the flip side, this question asked what fob song is most overrated. Every year, the answers here are very consistent: centuries is their most overrated song. Abap is the album with the most overrated songs. In that way, one could consider abap the antihesis of Folie lmao

Questions #16: Seeing fob live

Question #16: Interestingly to me, last year the results were flipped with more people having seen them live than not. However this year, with some newer fans that previously, more people have not seen them than have. hopefully this changes soon!

Questions #17 + #18: This or That

Question #17: Here, I took the top 2 answers for what your favorite fob song was and put them up against each other. The entire time the census was open, this was so so insanely close. A majority of the time, hum hallelujah was beating disloyal order. However, at the last minute, the two songs tied. So i guess we have to wait till next year to see the true favoritez

Question #18: And with this one, these two were the top two answers last year for the most overrated fob song. Centuries was absolutely decimated by My songs, truly solidifying this fandoms apparent distaste for centuries.

Questions #19 + #20: Album Covers and Lyrics

Question #19: A census first, this question asked which album cover is your guys' favorite cover. I was super interested to see how the results of this one came out, as i had my own perception of what i thought is their best cover, but really didn't know what everyone else thought. and infinity on high came out on top! (with me agreeing with that heavily)

Question #20: Last but certainly not least, question 20 asked you all to pick which fob song has the best lyrics. We experienced a tie here, with an interesting variety of songs here. Hum hallelujah, like it has in past years, came out as number 1! Interestingly, despite Folie being the fan favorite and alleged best album, only one Folie song is present here, with a majority of them being from Infinity on high!

And with that, the 2023 fall out boy census has come to a close. Once again, thank you all for participating in this and indulging me and my love for data and statistics lmao! i really do hope this is as enjoyable for everyone else as it is for me. i look forward to year 4 next year, as by then we'll have an entirely new album to add to the mix! mwah <3

I want to add lastly that if you have any further questions, data you wanna see, or general comments about this please feel free to come into my inbox and chat with me!! :D

[meaig]

Got dragged into Alien Stage by a friend of mine so now it has to be everyone else's problem--

I feel so bad for Mizi and Sua QAQ They were each other's hope and flower and their song was so pretty, I feel like they really hoped for a draw between them, but that one vote in Mizi's favor ended all their hopes of ever being together.

It seems like Mizi's Clematis, Sua, was the only, or at least the main light in her life, so with her gone, she is now left broken. WHICH LUKA UTILIZES SO WELL??? Round 5 was 👀 👀 👀 👀

Ironically, I really love characters like Luka because you can see he is very much not okay. The empty look in his eyes, the way he seems to purposely get close to Mizi in order to make her uncomfortable.

And that one scene when Luka takes the pose similar to Sua... I think he is a very good actor and "shapeshifter", and tbh I feel like he also studied Sua's performance and her mannerisms, maybe to further tip Mizi off and gain an upper hand.

Luka pretending/acting like Sua, getting close, singing or saying the same thing (I assume "Let me take it all away" was quoted because it was something Sua said at some point to Mizi) would understandably make Mizi angry and disdainful, and she wouldn't be able to perform as well as she could since she hasn't recovered from Sua's death yet.

To me, Luka seems like someone who will do anything to win, including these mental manipulation and breaking his victim's psyche. He actually achieved breaking Mizi down, which, if not for Hyuna, I assume would have ended in Mizi's elimination, even if it cost Luka his pretty face.

AND HYUNA IS SUCH AN ICON. I'd follow her in a heartbeat, she has so much charisma, I can see why all these people gathered around her.

[songmingisthighs]

Bro your writing is so fucking amazing I LOVE reading your stuff the story is so emotionally compelling and the plot is just chefs kiss, I salute you!

If we're voting between which woo is worse, it's odln!woo by a LONG way. As I said before, at least pyp!woo feels some shred of shame.

Normally I order my commentary to try and match the order of events in each update, but today we are DEVIATING because HOLY SHIT HE'S WAKING UP OH MY GOSH THE ANON WHO SAID HE WAS SLEEPING BEAUTY MIGHT JUST BE ONTO SOMETHING BECAUSE HE BEGAN MOVING AFTER SHE KISSED HIS FOREHEAD

And now for the rest of our commentary which will be ordered as best I can lmao:

Trust sanhwa to come through with the unserious thumbnails but also that viewer is right let's not ignore the fact that woo is actively endangering life!

YES THROW THAT VASE AND KICK HIS ASS Y/N HE DESERVES IT

Girly has superb aim, I applaud her. "WHAT'S THIS? IT'S Y/N WITH A FLOWER VASE!" type of vibe 😌

Also since y/n has drawn first blood against woo (as is her right) I think that officially clears those of us in the queue to CHARGE and DEAL THE BLOWS HE DESERVES

Hell yeah teamwork to take down the daft asshole! I'm so proud.

Yeo's parents actually opening up and being somewhat understanding and allowing her to be there? I'm shocked but also pleasantly surprised! (although I also imagine it wouldn't be too hard when you're comparing her to woo of all people)

Y/n sitting by yeo and getting emotional ngl it's sad but it's sweet and the FOREHEAD KISS MY WEAKNESS I FELL TO MY KNEES

As stated before HOLY SHIT HE'S WAKING UP COME ON YEO YOU CAN DO THIS

The title of the chapter is pretty accurate I did indeed get teary reading it, I just really want them to be there for each other as promised so they can properly reconnect and heal together and I hope woo goes to fucking JAIL

More unhinged thoughts may appear if I think of them but that's all from me for now!

- mercenary anon

THANK YOU FOR ENJOYING MY DUMPSTER FIRE ❣️❣️❣️

idk man odln!woo compared to ald!somi is still somewhat... eh

THAT ANON PREDICTED THE KISS AND YEOSANG WOKE UP AT THE RIGHT MOMENT AHSSJDJDJ TALK ABOUT FUCKING TIMING THAT CALCULATIVE COMATOSED BITCH

odln!sanhwa are just silly little guys who's trying to open a way for odln!yeo to ease his way into social media so he doesn't have to relive the nightmare that was befriending odln!woo

(Y/N) AND HER DAMN VASE COMMENCED OUR BLOODBATH FESTIVAL I HAVE MY AXE READY !!!!! but fr methinks that the vase was truly a personal thing, like it wasn't even about stopping him, she just wanted to use his own bitchery against him 🤩

odln!yeo's parents opening up is a whole miracle of its own esp after over a decade holding onto the skewed truth that (y/n) was the one who almost killed odln!yeo. like imagine holding onto the truth for so long only to be told that you were wrong and that the person you had blamed and hated was asking to be in your son's life. like that couldn't have been easy even for them.

IS THE KISS AN INDICATOR THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING BLOSSOMING BETWEEN ODLN!YEO AND (Y/N) ???? 👀👀👀 IS THIS THE TIME TO PANIK ????? BUT ALSO TO PARTY BC ODLN!WOO IS FINALLY CAUGHT WITH PROOF !!!

[justagalwhowrites]

WIP Wednesday

Thank you for the tag @dancingtotuyo and @ramblers-lets-get-ramblin!!

1. Post snippets or summaries of each of your WIPs.

2. Create a poll with each WIP. Whatever total votes you get, work on the winning fic for that many minutes.

3. Ask your friendly neighborhood fic author about their WIPs! (Or, for me anyway, anything of mine that I've mentioned hoping to start or just things you might want to see.)

Sooooo I'll probably check this poll in a few hours and do some writing on whatever's in the lead tonight, too? But yeah :) Lemme know what you want to see!

I'm sharing my WIPs in alphabetical order because that seems easiest?

Halcyon

Here's a bit from the coming chapter!

There was a guy on his team at work he thought would at least be something besides a total waste of time. Blake was a decent man, one of the few on the site who didn’t say disgusting shit about women the second they believed they were among other assholes who thought the same way. Joel had caught him reading once on his lunch break, something that he was sure would be important to you. You’d want someone who read. Joel should read more.

Stranger in a bar

This is that DBF!Joel (with a twist, because it's me) one shot that I mentioned the other day 👀

You pulled him along behind you and fumbled to get your room key out of your bag. Joel’s wide, thick hands slipped around your waist as you did, tugging your ass back against his growing bulge and fuck, but he was huge. Thick and long and you knew his zipper had to be fucking killing him, cock that big and hard restrained by mere fabric and a slip of metal. His lips found the hinge of your jaw, your neck, down to your shoulder and you groaned a little as you clumsily forced the keycard in the door, the little beep the mechanism gave one of the best damn sounds you’d heard all night. 

Yearling

I haven't started the next chapter of this yet so here's one of my favorite parts of the last chapter :)

“Long time no see,” she sat beside him on the bench and he was able to reach her then. He reached for her slowly, cautiously, but he didn’t need to worry. She reached back, putting her arms around his neck. He held her, close and tight. She was warm and soft but the heat wasn’t coming from her. Instead it was like she was part of the place where he was, warm like the sun. She pulled back from him before too long but left a delicate hand on his knee. He tried to memorize her, make sure he knew the precise constellations of her freckles and the way her lashes framed her eyes. She looked him over and smiled that beautiful smile of hers. “You’re getting old, old man.” 

Yearling - No Outbreak AU

Sooooo this isn't technically a WIP but.... I have it mostly plotted and there are some scenes I am champing at the bit to write. I'm intending to start it soon and work on it over time just when I feel the urge (and likely not do it all in one go like I did with the Lavender AU which I wrote in literally 2 days no one look at me) but Joel and Bambi find each other in every universe. This would be how it happens in ours.

LEMME KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE!

NP Tags! @tightjeansjavi @atticrissfinch @something-tofightfor

[masterjedilenawrites]

🌙 Master Jedi Lena's 2023 Blog Stats 🌙

Soo I'm a nerd who loves to analyze data, even on my day off 🤓 I did a little deep-dive into my posts from 2023 and came up with the following stats for the year...

✨ Number of Posts: 168

Advice/Opinions: 4

Blind dates: 51

Fic Chapters: 10

Headcanons: 34

Rebels commentary: 23

One shots: 13

Polls: 33

✨ Words written: 82,879

Longest: Falling for You (6,219 words)

Shortest: "It's About the Clones" (67 words)

✨ Poll votes: 6,472

✨ Replies: 63

✨ Reblogs: 1,100

✨ Likes: 4,270

✨ Month with the most posts: February (28 posts)

✨ Month with the least posts: October (3 posts)(uh where did I go?? lol)

✨ Top 5 posts by notes:

"It's About the Clones" mini-rant/opinion (399 notes)

Bois & TBB Reacting to S/O Cutting Their Hair headcanons (263 notes)

Who Would Win in a Fight: Maul or Kylo poll (254 notes)

Falling for You Jesse x Reader one shot (215 notes)

Bois & TBB With a Smart S/O headcanons (208 notes)

✨ Total characters written: 115

✨ Top 5 characters written:

Echo (appeared 32 times)

Hunter (30 times)

Wrecker (30 times)

Crosshair (29 times)

Tech (29 times)

✨ Milestones (thanks Tumblr for notifying about these now!):

Feb 14: 2 year blog anniversary 💕

Apr 21: 1,000 followers 👀

Jun 28: 2,500 likes 👍🏻

Sep 16: 1,000 posts 🏆

✨ Misc Stats:

53% came from requests, 46% were of my own volition. The remaining 2 were for fic exchange events, so bit of both.

70% of one shots/fic chapters were reader inserts.

Only 4 NSFW posts.

Maul won all 3 polls I put him in, about fighting or being sexy (or both??)

Post with the most characters: Seeing S/O's Tits for the First Time, 30 characters (why did I feel the need to cram that many in this one?? lmao i'm dying)

✨ Personal Favorites:

8 one shots on May the 4th Be With You... I loved writing each and every one of those stories, and posting them all on one day was just so fun

Blind Date requests... Even though they took me foreverrr, I enjoyed getting to know so many people and brightening their days with pretend dates

Falling For You one shot/fic exchange... I feel so protective of Jesse after exploring his character in this piece. He hardly ever gets picked for anything and I just need everyone to love him now okay.

Lesser-Known Clone Love Languages... I incorporated a lot more other clone characters throughout my writing this year, from Mayday to Blackout, from Waxer to Bly... even Hawk got a line in a fic.

No links for this one, just general appreciation for all the anons and new friends I got to talk with! 🤗 Those posts weren't included in this analysis, but I did stop scrolling to fondly reread our chats about our OCs, queer representation, and name ideas for the Grand Inquisitor.

Sooo yeah! That was my year! 😅 Idk if anyone will really care about any of this but I mainly did this for me anyway. It was a good reminder of just how much I accomplished, all the fun I had, the great community I'm a part of... This blog has been with me through all the ups and downs for the past couple years, and it's genuinely brought me so much joy. I can only hope it's done the same for others ❤️

Happy New Year, y'all! Looking forward to another year of joy, fun, and clone comfort hours ☕️

[gaymer-hag-stan]

I am here to spread the word and deliver some TEA regarding this year's Greek Eurovision participation!

On 26 August 2022, ERT, the greek broadcaster, opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their proposals for consideration by the broadcaster. 106 songs were received by the submission deadline. Seven entries were then shortlisted by a seven-member artistic committee and were announced on 28 December 2022. The seven acts were then evaluated by a public committee consisting of a total of 70 members randomly selected from 2,982 applications based on five age groups: 25 members in the 18 to 24 category, 20 members in the 25 to 34 category, 15 members in the 35 to 44 category and 10 members in the over 45 category. The combination of votes from the public committee (50.6%) and the artistic committee (49.4%) then selected the Greek entry.

On 19 January 2023, ERT shortlisted three final songs, which was the outcome of the public committee vote, followed by a respective evaluation by the artistic committee. Greek-Danish singer Victor Vernicos was announced as the Greek representative for the 2023 contest on January 30.

Now here's where things get a little shady.

Melissa Mantzoukis, one of the three shortlisted acts, hired a lawyer through whom she requested the voting results.

The results are as follows:

Public Committee Votes

1. Melissa Mantzoukis – Liar 693 votes

2. Victor Vernicos – What They Say 509 votes

3. Maria Marangkou and Antonia Kaouri – Shout Out 341 votes

ERT's Artistic Committee

1. Victor Vernicos – What They Say 740 votes

2. Maria Marangkou and Antonia Kaouri – Shout Out 720 votes

3. Melissa Mantzoukis – Liar 440 votes

Both the public as well as the artistic committees used a voting system similar to Eueovision's, i.e. awarding 12 points to their favourite song, 10 to their second favourite and 8 to their least favourite.

I should also clarify that the fact that we were gonna get a, sort of, public vote this year was not widely promoted by ERT at all, it was not a well known fact that people could apply for the public committee.

As you can see, Melissa Mantzoukis won the public vote with an overwhelming 9,9 average score with Victor Vernicos scoring a 7,27, and the duet only 4,87. With ERT's scores however things are different. Victor Vernicos had an average score of 10,57, the duet scored 10,28 and Melissa scored 6,28.

At some point, all three songs leaked, and around that time, Maria and Antonia withdrew from the national selection because they didn't feel the song they had submitted was, after all, not up to their own artistic standards and they didn't have time to revise it so they hope to return next year with a better song.

This is turn raises the question, why is it still included by ERT in the final results? Shouldn't ERT's committee have re-evaluated the two remaining songs and only vote amongst them?

Melissa's lawyer is suspecting foul play, and has furthermore legally requested to know whether ERT's committee voted after they had seen the public's score, possibly ranking Melissa lower on purpose since they saw she was winning the public vote, and also how ERT's committee actually voted after all because the whole procedure and it's rules lacked transparency and clarity in the first place.

Now, this is my own speculation, I want to make all of this very very clear, but Victor is signed with Panik Records, an absolute giant label in Greece and Cyprus that has signed, virtually, any well known artists in Greece and Cyprus with huge connections in the industry. Is it a stretch to assume that said connections could have influenced ERT's Artistic Committee in any way 👀 I've also seen a lot of people saying Victor's family is filthy rich, but I can't confirm or deny that.

So yeah that's it, basically. I don't think anything will come out of this; I doubt either Melissa or ERT will have any desire to work with each other after this and I don't think EBU cares enough do disqualify Victor and if ERT just withdraws at this stage we'll have to pay a fine so I don't see that happening.

I hope they remember all this when we don't qualify for the final though. Because Victor's song is a typical ballad and this year there's no juries in the semi finals to save us. The twelve points from Cyprus can only do so much lol.

Sources:

https://eurovoix.com/2022/10/11/greece-106-songs-eurovision-2023/

https://eurovisionfun.com/2022/12/%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1-%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82-%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%8C-%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%82-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82-7-%CE%B8%CE%B1-%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%82-%CE%B5%CE%BA%CF%80/

https://eurovoix.com/2022/12/19/greece-public-jury-tdecember-28/

https://eurovisionfun.com/en/2023/01/its-the-final-countdown-one-of-them-will-represent-greece-at-eurovision-2023/

https://esctoday.com/189131/greece-victor-vernicos-will-fly-to-liverpool/

https://eurovisionfun.com/2023/02/breaking-news-%CF%84%CE%B1-%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AC-%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AD%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82-%CF%88%CE%B7%CF%86%CE%BF/