#asking this on behalf of another mod

[paranoidpdsuggestion]

Does anyone deal with Truman Show delusions (either long term or brief episodes)? If so, how is it for you, how does it makes you feel, and how do you cope with it?

-Mod Sombra

[anonagon9]

TVT Adminpocalypse

TW: transphobia, acephobia, bullying, suicide

Hey, for those of you not aware, TV Tropes has gotten very bad in the last six or so months. I'll do my best to give a short summary.

2022: Fighteer, a mod notorious for using his post to bully others, takes a self-imposed leave after several users call him out on this pattern of behavior. Due to user backlash at general moderator behavior, a mod code of conduct was established. While self-enforced, the moderator discussion thread existed, in part, to discuss future incidents.

September 2023: User AgProv is suspended for calling Dylan Mulvaney a man. In his appeal, he tries to get around the issue by using they/them pronouns. Though Mulvaney uses both she/her and they/them, as this appeal was clearly done in bad faith, AgProv had been bounced from the site. A few hours later, however, Kory, a site programmer, unilaterally overrides the bounce on behalf of otherwise non-present site owners, citing he was a productive user with several edits. When called out on this, Kory doubled down, using thumps and suspensions to shut down conversation. Notably, AgProv was later suspended for messy editing, but to this day has not needed to appeal his transphobia suspension through the typical process.

Later that month: Fighteer is asked back by the admins, citing a need for manpower. Fighteer's "apology" amounts to being burnt out and justifying his meanness as being an "equal opportunity" bad cop. He promises to step back from areas of the site where he'd been an issue previously. This does not last. By the end of this one-two punch, the moderator discussion thread is reworked into a narrow policy clarification thread with issues of misconduct being exclusively handled by emailing the admins.

Past seven days: Fighteer makes a post in the social media thread stating that people threatening suicide over a possible TikTok ban should just do it. In another post, he considered this an act of terrorism. These post were thumps, but no other visible disciplinary action was taken. This is despite the US Politics thread being closed for celebrating the death of Henry Kissinger. Again, attempts at discussion were swiftly shut down. Notably, Kory all but stated that Fighteer, despite all the issues, was worth having as a mod.

So for anyone reading, consider spreading the word. While that alone won't fix the underlying problem of private tech companies pushing for content at the expense of user experience, if enough people, and especially, advertisers, catch wind of this, it may create enough of a PR disaster where the administrators will change course rather than quintuple down. For anyone who, understandably, does not wish to do that, then please, if you haven't already, get an ad blocker and make sure it's on for that site.

Thanks!

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[ticklishshenanigansau]

LaughterLand - Chapter 23: Playtime

(story by Mod Secret, art by Mod Yosh)

They ran and ran for what must have been miles. By this point, the burning cottage was so far out of sight, they couldn't even make out the glow of the flames. Dark clouds covered the jungle around them in shadows, though the vibrant colors were still very visible.

Being tucked in Papyrus's battle body, Sans could feel his brother's Soul thumping hard with every step the younger skeleton took. Papyrus very purposefully ignored the tired ache in his legs, as well as the burning in his chest from practically hyperventilating with heavy panting. He was more determined than ever to get his brother as far away from danger as physically possible. But despite not being able to turn his head, Sans could tell that they had to be well out of harm's way by now. The last thing he wanted was for Papyrus to overexert himself, especially when he had already been through so much.

"Pap?" Sans quietly spoke up.

Papyrus kept running, seeming to not have heard him.

"Papyrus?"

Sans spoke a little louder, but still, Papyrus kept running. The younger skeleton was completely stuck in his own mindset, his anxiety screaming at him to keep running, as if he was still within sight of the burning cottage. His sole purpose of protecting his older brother completely overpowering his need to rest and recover.

"Papyrus!!"

Sans finally shouted, snapping his brother out of his trance. Suddenly unaware of how his feet were positioned, Papyrus let out a startled cry as he tripped over himself and fell to the ground with a loud THUD!

Sans flew out of his battle body and skidded over the dirt, landing just a few feet away from him.

"Sans!"

Papyrus gasped, pulling himself up from the ground and scrambling to pick up his brother again. He carefully examined the doll in his hands, trying to be mindful of any possible tears he might have caused.

"Sans, are you okay? I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to throw you," Papyrus fretted, looking over Sans intensely.

"Pap, it's okay, I'm fine," Sans reassured him.

It was so strange being picked up and handled like this. Even if it did make him uncomfortable, there was absolutely nothing he could do about it.

"Really!" Sans insisted as he was turned over a second time. "Compared to those freaks back there trying to tear me limb from limb, that was pretty much nothing."

A crestfallen look washed over Papyrus's face recalling everything that led up to this moment. He felt a sincere sense of guilt rising up within him remembering how helpless he was in trying to rescue Sans from Dropwart's merciless tickling, and again when he lured the Ghost Children to the impromptu tug-of-war. Sans noticed the sudden change in his brother's expression, if he could have raised an eyebrow, he would have.

"Hey, what's that look for?" he asked.

Papyrus couldn't help but sniffle as he stared down at the doll that used to be his brother. Another guilty thought crossed his mind, remembering that it was almost him that was turned into a doll first. If Sans hadn't stepped in to swallow the potion on his behalf, maybe his big brother wouldn't have gone through all of that trouble and pain.

"Oh, Sans, I … I'm so sorry, brother…." Tears began filling his sockets as he gently spoke. "It should have been me that was turned into this doll, not you. And maybe … maybe if you had been spared, you could have gotten us out of there faster, I just…." He faltered as two little tears trickled down his cheeks. "I'm so sorry…."

"Aww, Papyrus...."

Touched by his brother's apology, Sans wished more than anything that he could wrap his arms around him in a tight hug. Instead, he could only lay there, watching his brother's tears hit the ground as they fell.

“Hey,” Sans responded gently, waiting for Papyrus to look at him again. “You did just fine, Papyrus. You got us out of there, and that’s what counts the most.”

“B-But…,” Papyrus whimpered. “What if we can’t find our way home … or worse! What if you’re stuck like that forever? And…. And it’s all my fault.…”

“Hey, this is not your fault Papyrus,” Sans replied.

He wanted so badly to take his brother’s face in his hands and look at him with that same reassuring soft expression that always helped to calm him down. It was so infuriating not being able to move even a facial feature. But he didn’t want Papyrus to take the blame for this, not for a single second.

“This didn’t happen because of you,” Sans reiterated. “It’s this place, and the insane nutjobs who live here.” Papyrus hung his head shamefully, fearful tears still trickling down his cheekbones.

“Hey, Pap, look at me.”

Papyrus obeyed, although it was still hard for him to see Sans in this helpless doll form. Still, Sans hoped against hope that he could somehow still convey a message of comfort and understanding through the lifeless doll eyes.

“One way or another, you and I are gonna get out of here,” Sans said firmly. “It might take awhile, we might run into who-even-knows what … but we WILL find our way back home.”

“You … you promise?” Papyrus sniffled, wiping away the last of his bright orange tears.

“I promise, buddy,” Sans replied. He felt himself trying to shift into a grin as a funny thought crossed his mind. “Hey, it’s not all bad being a ragdoll, you know.”

Sans snickered as he noticed Papyrus’s eyes narrowing in confusion.

“I mean, now I actually have an excuse for laying around and being lazy.”

“Oh my gosh, Sans!” Papyrus rolled his eyes, though he couldn’t help but suppress an amused snicker. “As if you didn’t have enough excuses already!”

Sans let out a loud chuckle, a sense of pride growing in his chest from finally getting his brother to cheer up.

“Yep, I can see it now….” His tone shifted to suddenly imitate Papyrus. “Sorry Undyne, Sans can’t come to sentry duty right now, he’s a doll.”

“Sans,” Papyrus’s tone shifted to a playful warning tone.

“No, I don’t mean his charming personality,” Sans continued to imitate his brother. “I mean he’s actually a doll, I sure hope dolls like spaghetti!”

“Shut up, you!” Papyrus teasingly scolded, though Sans couldn’t mistake the playful grin growing on the younger skeleton’s face.

“Come on, even with these eyes I know you’re smiling!” Sans teased after another hearty chuckle.

“I am nahahat!” Papyrus insisted, his burst of laughter betraying his words. He shook off the hilarity, attempting to compose himself. But the grin snuck up on him again as he stood there holding his brother. “Jeez, how are you still this annoying when you’re in this form?” he giggled.

“Aw come on bro,” Sans smirked, though his face wouldn’t show it. “I’m just … TOYING with you! Heheheheheheh!”

“Oh, that is SO IT! You come here!”

Papyrus gripped onto Sans with one hand and began skittering across his ribs with his other hand. Sans erupted with laughter, still temporarily forgetting that he was powerless to defend himself against the brotherly attack.

“AGH! Nohohohohohoho!! Ahahaha! Pahahap! Stahahahap!! Ahahahaha!! C-Come ahahahn!! I cahahan’t mohohohohove!! Aaahahahaha!!”

“Oh! Whoops!” Papyrus immediately pulled his hand away, an orange blush forming across his cheekbones. “S-Sorry about that, Sans. I guess I just … forgot?”

Sans lay there in his brother’s open palm taking in grateful breaths. The playful energy leaving his bones buzzing with excitement rather than the harsh exhaustion that the other tickle attackers had left him with. Sans stifled an amused snort, partially letting his brother know that there were no hard feelings.

“You…. You forgot that I was a motionless doll?” he teased.

Papyrus in turn held back a small giggle. He had to admit, even he found the concept to be rather hilarious. Getting after Sans for his ridiculous jokes just came so naturally to the younger skeleton, even going so far as to forget that Sans was in a totally helpless state of being. Though he was grateful to know that his brother wasn’t upset with him for essentially taking advantage of his weakened form.

“Well … it’s not my fault you were asking for it!” Papyrus retorted with a chuckle.

“Oh, if I could move my arms, I’d show you ‘asking for it’!” Sans shot back.

He once again tried to will his body to move, even letting out a couple of straining noises. But his doll body remained unresponsive and limp. Papyrus snickered again at Sans’s helpless noises.

“Well, for right now you can’t,” he replied. “So I’d tone down the jokes if I were you, brother.”

“Or what?” Sans challenged.

A knowing sense of anticipation engulfed his Soul as he just realized what he had set up for himself. Papyrus grinned mischievously down at the doll before positioning a single finger at the bottom of Sans’s right foot.

“You really wanna find out, brother?” Papyrus shot Sans a knowing smirk, threatening to wiggle his finger along his brother’s sole.

Sans let out a small whine as he felt Papyrus’s finger tap along his foot. He didn’t understand it himself, why he seemed to be asking for this kind of trouble with his teasing. Was playing with Papyrus really this therapeutic to him? He thought he hated being tickled. But … he did love to laugh, and he loved making Papyrus happy as an ultimate bonus. But wouldn’t being tickled like this send him into another blind panic? It was all rather conflicting.

“N-No,” Sans finally stammered. Agreeing that it was better to just leave well enough alone.

“So you’re done making stupid puns then?” Papyrus asked, raising a suspicious eyebrow.

“Toe-tally.”

Sans gasped, panic zapped through his system as if he had just shocked himself. It slipped out so easily, it barely even counted as a pun, he didn’t even mean to! But the look on Papyrus’s face was enough to tell him that it was far too late to backpedal.

“Oh no. Nononononononoo—AHAHAHAHAHA!! NOHOHOHOHO STAHAHAP!! STAHAHAP IT!! I’M SORRY—HEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEE!!”

Papyrus scribbled along Sans’s foot, it was fascinating to him how just one finger could cover the entirety of Sans’s sole.

“Oh yeah, I bet you’re sorry, brother!” Papyrus teased. “You just HAD to keep pushing it, didn’t you? Now take this!”

Papyrus used two fingers to pinch along Sans’s defenseless toes, causing the older skeleton to shriek and panic.

“AAAAGHAHAHA!! NOHOHOHO NAHAHAT THEHEHERE!! PAP!! AHAHAHAHA!! C-C-COME AHAHAHAN, STAHAHAP!! AHAHAHAHA!! I-I-I SAHAHAHAID—I SAID AHEE WAHAHAS SORRY-HEEHEEHEEHEE!!”

As Sans lay there helplessly laughing, even he had to admit, there was something oddly soothing about letting it all go in a fit of uncontrollable laughter. Sure, it tickled a lot, and the breaching of his toes was hovering just on the cusp of being overwhelming. But at the same time, Sans could feel the stress and fear melting away with every unbridled chuckle that was unleashed from him. Despite the panic that Papyrus had full control to tickle anywhere that he wanted, Sans was in a state of comfort knowing that, unlike every other creature they had encountered, he was never in danger of his brother going too far with him.

“Nyeheheh! Alright, alright, I’d say that’s punishment enough.” Papyrus finally released Sans’s foot, not wanting his brother to feel like he was being tortured in their odd little game. “Are you alright, Sans?”

Sans was in a strange state of euphoria feeling the tingles steadily leaving his foot. Instinctively, he wanted to reach down and rub them off by force. But seeing how that wasn’t an option, he just lay there, a few stray giggles spilling out of him as the sensation of his foot returned to normal.

“N-No … no fair…,” Sans breathed out in response. “G-Getting me … when … I’m like … this … heh.”

Papyrus giggled in response, he, too, was filled with a sense of fun. Despite knowing that he could easily overwhelm his brother and possibly cause the same amount of panic and distress that their previous adversaries had caused them, he couldn’t deny how much he enjoyed teasing him like this.

“You know what that little Ghost Girl called you back at the cottage?” he said, tucking Sans back into his battle body in an effort to keep walking.

“What’s that?” Sans sighed, his breath finally caught up with him.

“Nyeheh! She called you a Tickle-Me-Skelly!” Papyrus chuckled. “Maybe we should sell you as a prototype for such a toy!”

“Oh jeez!” Sans laughed. “That’s all I need, the whole Underground knowing about my tickle spots.”

“What? I think you would be a wonderful children’s toy, Sans!”

Papyrus reached two fingers up to poke along the opposite sides of Sans’s neck. Sans giggled, still forgetting that his new body wouldn’t allow him to squirm.

“Eeeeheeheeheehee!! Hehehey!” he chortled. He could feel a soft blush starting to form across his cheekbones, though he was unsure if it was showing or not. “Brohohoho! Cut it ohohohout! Hahaha!”

“Nyeheheheh! Sans, you’re so cute!” Papyrus laughed, pulling his hands away and trekking along.

“Wh-What? Cute?!” Sans abruptly stopped himself from laughing. “Come on, bro! I’m not cute!”

He was grateful for the moment that Papyrus wasn’t looking directly at him, just in case a blush was fully visible on his doll face. If there was anything that truly got under his nonexistent skin, it was whenever his brother would call him cute.

“Oh, Sans! You’re adorable!” Papyrus teased, knowing his brother’s disdain for such name-calling. “Even before you were turned into a doll you were adorable!”

“I am not!” Sans argued. “Don’t call me that Papyrus, or you’ll be sorry!”

He knew that he was in no position to make such threats, but he was so used to dishing out some much-needed vengeance every time his little brother dared to refer to him as cute or adorable.

“Oh, I’ll be sorry, huh?” Papyrus stopped and reached into his battle body to pull Sans out. “What are you gonna do about it … LITTLE brother?” he teased.

“Ohoho, you are SO in for it when I get back to my regular body!” Sans playfully vowed.

“Maybe,” Papyrus giggled. “But in the meantime, now that I’M the big brother, I think it’s time I taught you a lesson.” He hovered his empty hand over Sans’s body, wriggling his fingers in a threatening manner.

Sans gasped, all of his senses immediately on high alert. Again, he tried so hard to force his body to move, to defend himself, anything! But he laid there exposed and totally vulnerable.

“Bro…,” Sans weakly muttered, eyes fixated on Papyrus’s fingers. “Don’t…. Don’t you dare! I mean it!”

He was genuinely panicking, but at the same time excitement bubbled up inside, and he couldn’t contain the subtle laughter that was caught in his throat. He would never admit it, but he missed these play fights that he would share with Papyrus, and he wished that he could at least move enough to get him back.

“Then admit it, Sans!” Papyrus grinned impishly. “Admit that you’re cute, then maybe Big Brother Papyrus will go easy on you.”

“No way!” Sans immediately blurted out without a thought. “You know how much I hate that, it’s not gonna happen!”

Sans felt his Soul thumping somewhere deep within his doll body. He knew this meant a merciless tickle attack, but somehow, the thought of that didn’t irk him nearly as bad as what Papyrus had wanted him to admit. If it meant holding onto at least a small part of his dignity, he would take it.

“Alright! You asked for it!”

Papyrus wriggled his fingers along Sans’s ribcage, gently scraping along each bone eliciting sharp giggles from the older skeleton.

“Eeeeheeheeheeheehee!! Nohohohoho!! No, Papyruhuhuhus!! Dohohohohon’t!”

“Nyeh heh heh! Oh my gosh Sans, you’re just the cutest little Tickle-Me-Skelly!” Papyrus teased as he started skittering along Sans’s sides.

“Ahahahahaha!! Nohoho I’m nahahahahat!! Hahahahahaha!! Stahahahap—Stop cahahahalling me thahahahat!! Ahahahahahaha!!”

Sans could tell that Papyrus was being gentle with him on purpose. While he appreciated that his brother was doing his best to take care of him in this predicament, the light feathery tickles were worse than he had anticipated. It drove him absolutely crazy that he couldn’t so much as bang a fist on the ground. Nothing alleviated the effect his brother’s soft fingers had on his upper body.

“Aaaaagghahahaha!! PAPYRUS!! Ahahahaha!! Stahahahap!! Stahahahap it!! It-It reheheheheally really tihihihihickles!!”

“Nyeh heh heh heh! Better admit it, Sans!” Papyrus giggled mischievously. “It’s not gonna stop until you say how cute you are!”

“Nohohohohohoho!!” Sans guffawed harshly. “N-N-Nehehehehehever!!”

As embarrassing as it was to be giggling like an idiot from such gentle teasing, Sans refused to give in to his brother’s request. He knew deep down that his stubbornness was ultimately getting the better of him, and there was no telling how much more he could truly take.

“Oh, ‘never’, huh?” Papyrus teased, letting up on Sans’s torso and giving him a chance to breathe. “Well I doubt you’ll be able to say no to this!”

The younger skeleton lifted up Sans’s arms until they rested lifelessly over his head, completely exposing his underarms.

At first Sans breathed in, grateful for the break. But once he realized where his arms were positioned, a new wave of panic overtook him in an instant. He frantically gazed up at Papyrus, though his look of desperation was lost in the doll’s still face. Papyrus giggled playfully as he held up two wriggling fingers, both aimed directly at Sans’s helpless hollows.

“No…,” Sans practically whispered, his voice fraught with quiet terror. “Oh no. Nononononono! Papyrus, you wouldn’t dare!”

“Ohohoho, wouldn’t I?” Papyrus playfully taunted, threatening to jab his fingers into his underarms right then and there.

“Agh!! Ahahaha! No!” Sans shrieked with giggles as the anticipation got to him. Papyrus nearly burst with laughter himself at his brother’s hilarious reaction.

“You gonna admit it, Sans?” he teased.

“Plehehehehease!!” Sans couldn’t stop himself from giggling. Even if Papyrus hadn’t yet touched him, he could almost feel it happening subconsciously.

“Papyruhuhuhus, noooo!!” he whined, though his tone told Papyrus that underneath it all, he was giddy. “Please! Please! You knohohohohow how sensitive my underahahaharms are! Ahahaha!!”

“Oh, I’ll be gentle, brother.” Papyrus’s fingers inched closer, nearly causing Sans to squeal.

“Ahahaha! Nohoho! That’s what I’m afraid of! Plehehease!!”

He tried to hold back his urge to squeal, but his mind reeled with playful panic as he was already denied the reflex to squirm. It was almost too much to handle, and he loved it. Despite everything that they had gone through, he couldn’t deny how much he adored this teasing game his brother was playing with him. Though he would have preferred being able to fight back and attack Papyrus on equal terms, it was therapeutic being able to laugh and have fun with his best friend again. Especially after going through so much horror.

“Last chance, Sans. Admit how cute you are … or pay the price!” Papyrus made a show of wriggling his fingers a mere inch above Sans’s underarms, causing the older skeleton to finally unleash that pent-up squeal.

“EEEHEEHEEHEEHEE!! Noooo!! I wohohohon’t do it!!” Sans shrieked.

He held onto his dignity for an eighth of a second before Papyrus finally scraped his two slender fingers along his underarms.

“WAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!! PAP-PAPYRUHUHUHUHUHUS!! NAHAHAHAHAHA!!”

“Nyeh heh heh heh! This is what you get for being so cute, brother!” Papyrus laughed victoriously as he scribbled and swirled around Sans’s helpless tickle spot.

“AHAHAHAHAHA!! NOHOHOHO PLEHEHEHEASE!! HAHAHA!! I-I-I CAHAHAHAN’T!! I CAN’T!! AHAHAHAHAHA!! PL-PLEHEHEASE BROHOHO!! IT TIHIHICKLES SO BAHAHAHAD!!”

Despite his pleas, Sans secretly knew he was having a blast, especially once he heard Papyrus practically laughing alongside him.

“Nyeh heh heh! Tickle tickle tickle tiiiiiickle, Sans!” he teased, switching up between scribbling, swirling and poking around to keep Sans on his toes.

Sans squealed again, with a squeak that surprised even him. He felt mirthful tears starting to gather in his little doll eyes. But knowing that he could do nothing to wipe them away, he let them fall freely. Startled by this, Papyrus immediately pulled his fingers back.

“Oh no…!” he gasped. “Oh … oh, Sans, I’m so sorry!” His face immediately became crestfallen once more as he stared at the tears that fell from Sans’s face onto his hand.

Unaware of Papyrus’s emotional shift, Sans just laid there taking in giggling breaths as the tingles in his underarms steadily faded away. Once he was able to shake away the euphoric giddiness, he looked up to see Papyrus’s worried expression, finally realizing that Papyrus was afraid that he had overstepped his boundaries.

Although Sans had been tickled to the point of tears, he couldn’t help but feel a twinge of disappointment that Papyrus had stopped the game. He felt even worse knowing that he caused his brother to think that he had gone too far in his fun. As much as Sans was realizing that he was probably a little overdue for a break, he wanted their one-sided tickle fight to end on a high note.

“H…. Hey…,” he steadily breathed out, causing Papyrus to look up in interest. “Y-You’ll … never … get me to … say it!” he teased breathily.

“What?” Papyrus’s face shifted to one of intrigue; was Sans really saying what he thought he was saying?

“I’ll…. I’ll never … admit it! No matter … what!”  

Papyrus's eyes began to soften, a wide grin spread across his face as he was now fully aware of Sans's open invitation.

"Oh we'll see about that, brother! Nyeheheheh!!"

Sans let out an excited whimper before he felt all of Papyrus's soft fingertips dancing and scribbling across his entire upper body. Not just his underarms but also his ribs and spine, with Papyrus even taking little breaks to scribble across his neck.

"WAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!! AHAHAHA!! NOHOHOHO!! NOHOHOHOHO!! STAHAHAHAP!! STAHAHAP IHIHIHIT!! OHOHOHO MY GAHAHAHAHAD!! AHAHAHAHAHA!!"

The free-flowing tears returned to trickle down Sans's soft cheeks, this time the brothers happily ignored them. Papyrus wore an elated grin as he brushed his fingers along Sans's torso. Now knowing that he was doing what no other cursed tickle monster in this whole land could do … making his brother happy.

"Nyeh heh heh! Come on Sans, who's a cute little doll? Better tell me!" he teased, letting his fingers scribble their way under Sans's shirt to poke against his bare ribs.

"OH NOHOHO!!" Sans shrieked. "OH NO!! NONONONONONONOOOOO!! AAAHAHAHAHAHA!! PAPYRUHUHUHUS!!"

Sans's voice became shrill as he felt his brother's nimble fingers play with his now soft and fuzzy rib bones. He let out a silent breathy cackle followed by an abrupt snort once the tip of his index finger slipped between two bones.

"Oh yeah!" Papyrus laughed. "I nearly forgot about your little snorting spot!"

He purposefully dipped his fingers between multiple bones at once causing a symphony of squeaky giggles and snorts to erupt from the older skeleton.

"PLEHEHEHEHEA...!" He trailed off into another snorting fit. "PLEHEA...!! N-NOHOHO!! NO MOHOHOHORE...!! IT TIHIHI...!! IT TI—HAHAHAHAA!! T-TIHIHIHICKLES...! AHAHAHAHA!!"

Slightly fearful that Sans would lose his breath, Papyrus pulled his fingers out of his shirt and instead resumed soft, ginger tickling on his left side. Sans kept giggling, but the snorting and silent laughter had finally ceased.

"Well, brother?" Papyrus intrigued. "Care to say something?"

As much fun as Sans was having, even he knew that he was reaching his limit with this. He was thoroughly satisfied with how cheered up the both of them were, now it was time to end the game.

"Okahahahay!!" he giggled frantically. "I-I-I-heeheeheehee! I'm c-cuhuhuhuhute!! Hahaha!! I'm cute!! Haha!! I'm cuhuhuhuhuhute!! Th-There!! Thehehehere I said ihihit!! Hahahahaha!!"

He hated the fact that he had to say it, and hearing Papyrus's cheer of victory just felt like more salt in the wound.

"Yes!! The Great Papyrus wins again!!"

As Sans lay there greedily taking in breaths of air, the warm euphoria washed over him again. He never knew that being thoroughly tickled by someone he cared about could make him feel this peaceful afterwards. It was the most welcomed change of pace the older skeleton had felt since being here, he didn't really want it to end. Almost feeling the urge to provoke Papyrus further just to get to this moment again. But after another deep inhalation, he decided to give his poor body the break it needed.

"Yeah yeah … whatever…," he breathed out. "Just… Just don't think … I'm gonna … start calling you … my big brother now. You … got that? That's … my job."

Papyrus hummed a little giggle through his nasal cavity and nodded.

"It is," he replied softly, before giving the doll a gentle squeezing hug.

Sans took in the embrace silently, both brothers enjoying the stillness of each other's company. A sudden clap of thunder echoed across the sky, momentarily startling both brothers with a jump.

After a moment of eerie silence, the brothers could hear the pitter patter of light raindrops all around them. It didn't take long before the drizzling drops reached them, lightly sprinkling them with an odd-colored rain. The water was murky and dark, but it seemed to have fragments of fine glitter sprinkled into each individual drop. As if they were getting rained on by a child's leftover watercolor paint.

As the rain danced all around them, they couldn't help but feel the sudden urge to start giggling. The droplets left a light tingling sensation that flared against their bones.

"Heeheeheehee! H-Hehey, what gihives?" Sans giggled, feeling the tingling sensation sprinkling across his body. "Whahahat—Whahahat's t … tickling?"

The sensation was so light, it could only draw out little titters from the skeletons, but it was enough to get Papyrus squirming as the raindrops began trickling down the bare spots of his body.

"I-I-heeheeheehee I thihink it mihihihight be the rahahahain!" he snickered, getting a better look at the glittering navy blue that collected in his empty hand.

"Heheheheheh! Oh you … g-gohohohotta be kidding! Hahahahaha! We're—We're beheheing tickled by rahahahain now? Heheheheheheh!"

Sans so craved the ability to squirm and dance away from the falling raindrops. He was grateful that Papyrus had at least moved his body to face downwards so that no loose drops could get into his sockets. He couldn't imagine the senseless irritation if the tickling sensation had gotten into his eyes.

Papyrus quickly looked around for any means of shelter. Even for a jungle, there wasn't much to go on, they had found themselves in a very open area, where the now growing raindrops easily slid between the overgrown leaves placed high above them.

A few yards into the distance, Papyrus had noticed a large tree trunk, and growing all along it were large red banana leaves, almost twice as big as his head. Holding Sans closely, Papyrus dashed for the odd tree, ducking under one of the larger banana leaves and using it as a makeshift umbrella.

The brothers giggled as the remaining raindrops shook and trickled off of their bodies, but for the moment, they were perfectly sheltered, albeit a little cramped under the single leaf.

"Oh man … and I thought rain … got on my nerves before," Sans joked.

Papyrus let out a playful groan in response.

"Sans, really? Now?"

"Yeah really!" Sans chuckled. "Water you expecting me to do in this situation?"

"You'd better watch it, Sans," Papyrus warned.

Though the way Sans was positioned, he couldn't clearly see his brother's fingers wiggling in a threatening manner.

"Okay, okay," Sans replied with the tone of a big smile. "I'll save those jokes for a rainy day … oh, wait…."

"Oh, that is it!"

Papyrus gently scritched along his brother's ribs again, drawing out another series of semi-panicked laughter from the doll.

"Ahahahahahahaha! Ohoho no! No! Stahahahap it!!"

"You did this to yourself, brother! Nyeh heh heh heh!" Papyrus teased as he fluttered along Sans's sides once more.

Unbeknownst to the pair of laughing skeletons, a small amount of the glittering rainwater was collecting in the banana leaf that had been sheltering them. As it gathered into a small puddle, the texture of the leaf bled into the murky gray liquid, changing its chemistry. The sparkles had all but vanished, and the color changed to a bright red, same as the banana leaf itself.

It was dripping directly onto Sans's left shoulder, but the tingling effects were no longer felt by the older skeleton. In fact, if he wasn't so distracted by Papyrus's ongoing tickle attack, it would have felt like the splash of any ordinary raindrop.

But then something changed.

As Papyrus continued to tickle at Sans's ribs, Sans was still trying to wiggle free out of habit. In an instant, Sans suddenly reached his left arm up and batted at Papyrus's hand with a single small blow before coming back down to rest at his side. Papyrus stopped tickling immediately, staring at Sans's left hand as it rested lifelessly again. Did that just happen … or was he seeing things?

"Sans...?” he quietly muttered. "Did you just … move your arm?"

For a moment Sans just laid there catching his breath in his brother's palm. But upon hearing Papyrus's question, he tried again to move his arm. It wouldn't respond … except for his fingers, his middle and index fingers began to wiggle on command. Sans gasped at the discovery, trying to move other parts of his body experimentally. He could get nothing else to move, however, and even his two fingers were starting to grow lifeless again.

What was happening? Was the magic starting to wear off?

That's when another bright red drop hit his shoulder again. His left elbow lightly twitched in response. The brothers looked up to see the red rainwater collecting in the leaf above them. As the rain came to an end and the clouds parted revealing the sun, their minds, too, became clear and aware.

"Sans, that's it!" Papyrus gasped. "We will find a cure for you right here in this jungle!"

[fyeah7kpp]

Hello, friends!

I hope everyone has enjoyed the early access to 7KPP! Now that we've had a few months to play around and try out many MANY branches in the game (and Mod Tina has had some time to recover from finishing her graduate degree), it's time for 7KPP Week!

As a reminder, and for any newcomers to the fandom, 7KPP Week is basically a week of short prompts that we the mods come up with, intended as an opportunity to inspire and share fanworks that showcase our love for the game. Any types of fanworks are welcome, from fanart or fanfiction to meta, playlists, or just long rambles about your thoughts! We're all just here to spread our love and positivity!

Note: As the game has been out for several months now, spoiler content is perfectly welcome, and indeed encouraged in some of the prompts, and some prompts may include spoilers! Please be aware if you wish to participate or spectate!

So, without further ado, the details!

When: Between October 20 and October 26! Where: Post on tumblr (and elsewhere is fine too but we’ll be organizing here on tumblr)

The prompts are as follows! (Since some of these are rather vague, there are some more details and some questions that might help inspire you under the cut!)

Day One - Background (Remix) Day Two - Date Night Day Three - Letters Day Four - Angst Week (Turnabout) Day Five - Secrets Day Six - Suitcase Day Seven - Epilogue

Feel free to use the tag “7KPP Week 2024“ and/or mention this blog, and we’ll do our best to reblog everything!

As always, please feel free to send an ask/DM me if you have any questions! We look forward to seeing everyone’s submissions, and hope that you have a great autumn!

-Mod Tina

Day 1 - Background (Remix)

What is your character's background and why did you pick it? How do they feel about it? If you've talked about this before, you can instead consider the following: Have you considered using an existing MC for one of the secret backgrounds? Is there another background you think might be interesting for your MC? Elements of another background you could incorporate into them for an AU?

Day 2 - Date Night

If your MC had a friendship date (or a real one), what would it be? How would it play out? Who would they invite? What stat(s) would it raise? What would the achievement for success be named?

Day Three - Letters

Over the course of the game, we received letters written from loved ones of both our characters and our LIs. Who would send the LI a letter on behalf of your MC? What would it say?

Day Four - Angst Week (Turnabout)

Let's share in the angst of week 5! If your LI had a near-death experience during the courting phase, how would your MC react? Alternatively, did your MC ever consider breaking things off? If so, why?

Day Five - Secrets

If your MC had a discoverable secret at the Summit for other characters to find, what would it be? Would it be a chain? Something that is needed to get to know them? Is it blackmail material?

Day Six - Suitcase

Does your MC bring any non-essentials with them to the Summit? What do they take home with them afterwards?

Day Seven - Epilogue

We got glimpses of what the ending looked like for your character post-Summit. Are there any other scenes you have in your mind's eye? Anything that you would change? What does life look like for your characters after the end?

[i-may-be-an-emu]

Hi! So so sorry to bother you Emu but I was wondering if you could help me out with something regarding the sfth discord server.

This may seem stupid but there's been an uptick in very "triggering" topics, like eds, sh, abuse, ect in places like the headcanon channel lately, and I feel like this is starting to alienate me (and a few other people that I talked to in private about this) from the server when it's supposed to be a safe space.

And I wanted to ask if there's a way to request another hc section to be added for topics such as those. Because I honestly adore that particular channel but given all of this I'm afraid to even look in there anymore.

Again very sorry to bother you with all of this because this is pretty random and I feel silly for even brining this up but I have literally no idea who else to tell this and am way too scared to speak up about it on the sfth server myself.

Hope you have a good day and take care!

Hi anon!! Not a bother at all :)

I’m really genuinely sorry to hear that, and as someone who sometimes puts stuff in the hc channel I’ll try to be more conscious of this, myself. When we talk about things like this we should be censoring it, by marking it as a spoiler by putting “||” on either side of the text to hide it, but I know that it’s easy to forget.

I’m not a mod but you can find a list of them in the #roles channel if you ever want to dm any of them, which I promise isn’t as scary as it might seem! They’re really lovely. But if you’re wanting to suggest another hc channel or a thread because of this you can do that in #suggestions and the mods will consider it and get back to you with a solution or an answer.

I know you said your scared to talk about this on the server so if you’d like I can pass on the message, just let me know wether you’d like to do it yourself or if you’d like me to :) I’m happy to say it for you (ex. “An anon on tumblr said _____”) but now that you know who to contact/which channel to use to bring it up I want to give you the option.

the server isn’t meant to have much talk about topics like this, but when it relates to a character I think it’s more alright? (Just in regards to the rules.) But again, I am not a mod or admin.

You’re right that the server should stay a safe space for everyone, so it’s important to bring stuff like this up :) just send me another ask saying whether you’d like me to say it on your behalf or not and I’m sure we can sort this out.

It might even just be instead of adding a new channel reminding people of the importance of censoring things via an announcement, but again I do not know.

I hope that this helped clear some things up somewhat, let me know what you’d like to do (no rush!!) about this :)

[hd-hurtcomfort-fest]

HD HURT/COMFORT FEST RULES & GUIDELINES 

Below are the rules and guidelines for HD Hurt/Comfort Fest participants. Please direct any questions or concerns to our ask box, or via hdhcfestmod@gmail.com.

HD Hurt/Comfort is an 18+ anonymous prompt-based fest that welcomes creations from both the angsty and fluffy ends of the trope spectrum. Accepted works include fic, art, craft, and podfic categorized as one of these three main tropes:

Angst

Fluff

Hurt/Comfort

Interested in supporting fellow participants? Need to engage the services of a cheerleader? Want to lament about your difficult muse? Join our HD/HC fest discord community! Open to 18+ only. 

Timeline Prompting: Apr 2 - 30 Claiming: May 4 - July 1 Submissions due: Aug 2 Posting begins: Aug 23 Reveals: September

Your HD/HC Mods, @orangepellets, @peachpety, @vukovich banner art by @basiatlu

Rules & Guidelines below the cut.

PROMPTING

The prompting period is April 2 - 30. 

You may submit as many prompts as you like. You do not have to create for the fest in order to post a prompt.

All prompts must be identified as one of the three accepted fest tropes: angst, fluff, or hurt/comfort combination. Any extra details are welcome. Please note, however, that these additional details are for inspiration only and creators are not obligated to adhere to them fully.

Self-prompts are allowed. There will be a space on the claiming form to add details for self prompts.

Prompts will be available for browsing as soon as prompting opens on April 2.

CLAIMING

The claiming period is May 4 - July 1.

Due to the nature of potential content, this fest is for participants aged 18 and over. Please do not sign up if you are not 18 by the time of claiming.

Upon signing up, you agree to the Rules and Guidelines of the fest.

Only one prompt may be claimed at a time. Prompts are assigned on a first come first serve basis. As such, should you have your eye on a specific prompt but are unable to claim it once claiming opens, a proxy is allowed to claim on your behalf.

If you fulfill your prompt with enough time before submissions, you're welcome to claim an additional prompt. We only ask that you submit your first work as per submission guidelines before claiming another.

Collaborations are welcome! Please only submit one claim form per collaboration and include the details of all participants.

Writer sign-up cap is set at 60. There is no cap for art, craft, or podfic.

If you wish to create art, craft, or podfic based on an existing fanwork, please submit it as a self prompt during the claiming period.

CREATING

All creations must fit into the ‘angst’, ‘fluff’, or ‘hurt/comfort’ categories. There are many themes that fall in line for fluff and angst, but below is a short list of suggestions to help inspire. If you have any doubts or questions about your theme(s), please reach out!

Angst Depression Addiction (alcohol, other drugs) Abuse (emotional, physical, sexual, etc) Infidelity Death Grief

Fluff Domesticity Slice of life Getting Together Meet Cute Found family Friends to Lovers

The main pairing for all creations is Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter. Participants may include any side-pairings, threesomes, and/or original characters, as long as the final submission is still a Drarry-centric piece. All ratings and archive warnings are accepted.

As this is an anonymous fest, please do not discuss your creations with anyone in a public forum outside the HD/HC Fest Discord, except for your alpha/beta readers and the fest mods until the reveals have been announced in September. Come join in our Discord fun here!

Ratings suggestions and additional details included for each prompt should be considered inspiration. Feel free to incorporate or ignore them as you see fit! Should you choose to gift your creation to the promptee, however, we ask that you honor any dislikes mentioned. 

Please tag your works appropriately. Due to the nature of this fest, we want to ensure that everyone is informed of potentially triggering content. Please note, however, that all fluff entries must be HEA (Happily Ever After) and must not contain content that merits an archive warning.

If you’re unsure about tagging your work, please let the mods know, and we are happy to help. Please also note that we reserve the right to review your tags and warnings in relation to your content and may contact you to request additions and/or changes. While we can’t dictate consumption of our creations, we will strive to empower our readers/viewers with appropriate information to make an informed choice.

Author and Artist Guidelines

We will not accept works created with AI.

For fics, the minimum word count is 1000. We have elected to implement a cap on fics of 60k. 

All fics must be proofread and follow generally accepted SPaG guidelines. If you are unable to find a beta to assist, please reach out to the mods, and we can provide further guidance.

All fics are posted anonymously, however for art we allow artists to include watermarks on their creations if they so wish.

Podfic Guidelines

Podfics are most certainly welcome, as long as they fit into the 'angst', 'fluff', or 'hurt/comfort' categories! If you intend to podfic a work that you did not originally create, please make sure you get permission from the original author to record it.

For podfics, the minimum word count of the recorded story is 1000, maximum 60k.

All podfics must be proofed. If you are unable to find a beta to assist, please reach out to the mods and we can provide further guidance.

Podfics will be posted anonymously, but podficcers are allowed to state their name in the podfic recording itself (not within their notes on the post).

Drop Outs/Extensions 

Throughout the creation period, we'll send a couple of check-in emails—one month and one week before submissions are due. You're welcome to ask for an extension at that time. You're also welcome to contact the mods outside of the check-in period via email or Discord at any point to request one.

We know life likes to surprise us with the unexpected, so please know that if you need to drop out for any reason, that's ok! Just please let us know as early as possible.

SUBMITTING

Once you have completed your work, it’s time to submit! 

Submissions are due August 2. If you finish before this date, you are welcome to submit early.

All works must be posted directly [HERE] to the HD Hurt/Comfort Fest 2024 AO3 collection. Podfics should be linked to the original work using the AO3 ‘Inspired By’ function, i.e: “This work is a remix, a translation, a podfic, or was inspired by another work” and pasting the URL of the original fic. Please contact the mods if you have any issues submitting your work.

Submissions must be complete works created for this fest. Please do not submit incomplete works or works that are a part of a series or a prequel/sequel to an existing work.

Due to the nature of content present in angsty creations in particular, we want to emphasize the importance of tagging. Please take care to tag for potentially triggering themes present in your work. If you have questions or need clarification on anything, please reach out to the mods, and we'll be happy to help!

Mods will also read through entries prior to posting to help ensure proper tagging. Should we believe any changes are necessary, we will reach out to you and ask you to make those.

Following successful upload of your work to the collection, please submit the completed submission header form below to hdhcfestmod@gmail.com to confirm you have posted to the collection. We will respond with a confirmation email in a timely manner.

Submission header:

For Art and/or Fic: Title: Creator(s): Pairing(s): Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, <any additional pairings> Rating: Word count/Art Medium: Warnings/Tags: Summary: Author's note: Link to work:

For Podfic: Title: Podficcer: Rating: Length: Warnings/Tags: Summary: Podficcer’s note: Link to podfic: Link to original work:

POSTING

Entries will be posted starting August 23. 

In an effort to provide comfort to the hurt, a balm to soothe the pain, we will strive to post creations as pairs—one angst and one fluff per day. Each paired creation will have a stand-alone posting, but will include a link to its contrasting creation. 

Of course, it's difficult to ensure we've got exactly equal numbers of angst and fluff pieces, and we don't want to limit creators, so we recognize things will in all likelihood be a little unbalanced.

This is ok though! As mods, we'll do our best to arrange the posting schedule to ensure an even distribution of excellent content. 

Additionally, while we will not release a public posting schedule, we will inform participants prior to their anticipated post date.

Once your creation has been posted please be mindful not to reveal yourself as the creator through the duration of anon postings. After the mod reveals posting in September, you are free to claim your creation in personal posts to your heart’s content. Tag us @hd-hurtcomfort-fest in your posts on tumblr and we will reblog from the HD/HC Fest account!

While we hope that it will not happen, sometimes creations receive negative comments. If you receive a nasty or critical comment, please contact the mods asap. We are happy to work with you to address the situation, and will only step in to deal with it if that is your wish.

GENERAL/FAQ

Is this an 18+ fest? Yes, this fest is only open to creators over the age of 18 by the time of claiming (May 4 - July 15).

I want to submit a MCD prompt, is that allowed? Yes! Major Character Death certainly counts as angsty content. Our list of suggested themes is only a small handful of ideas. So feel free to submit away! Also, be sure to select the ‘angst’ option when you submit your prompt.

I don’t want any hurt, only fluffy happy endings. Can my prompt be fluff only? Yes! Just be sure to select the ‘fluff’ option when you submit your prompt.

I love content that features both angst and fluff. Can my prompt be a combination of both? Of course! Just be sure to select the ‘hurt/comfort’ option when you submit your prompt.

Does my angst fic/art have to have comfort? No! You can write/create 100% angst, such as MCD, or pain & anguish without a happy ending if that's where your muse leads you.

What if I want to write hurt & comfort? Go for it! 

I want to write/draw/create only cute & fluffy content, is that allowed? YES! We encourage creations of 100% fluff in this fest! Bring on all the meet cutes & sweet happy endings.

What if I don't want my entry to post with a corresponding [fluff||angst] piece? The entire premise of this fest is that angst and fluff pieces will get posted together. Although there will inevitably be an excess of one type of entry, resulting in slight augmentations to posting, there's no way we can make a fair commitment to post specific entries without a corresponding creation on the opposite side of the spectrum. We are happy to discuss your hesitation with you, but if you still have reservations, this particular fest might not be for you, and that's ok!

[hanleiacelebration]

Calling all betas and cheerleaders!

Our writers for the 2024 HanLeia Holiday Exchange are working away at their gifts for one another — and we could use your help! We’re a little less than a month away from our January 18 deadline, and as we get closer writers will be needing some help in the following areas:

Beta reading - proofreading: checking grammar, spelling, word usage, or typos before a fic is posted

Beta reading - characterization, plot, or flow: a little more in-depth read and questions on more structural issues with the fic (“does this part ring true to this character to you?” could be a question a writer might ask, for instance)

Cheerleading / sounding board: Helping a writer when they’re having trouble getting started, when they got started but are feeling a bit stuck, or are feeling challenged to get across the finish line. This could just be encouragement and checking in regularly, or it could be offering a sounding board to think through ideas or get suggestions.

We welcome your help regardless of whether you’re writing for the exchange or not. And if you’re concerned about having enough time, not to worry; we’ll check in with you before we match you with a writer in need to make sure you still have time and capacity to do it.

To let us know you’d like to help, send a message to mods @lajulie24 , otterandterrier ( @otterandterrierwrites right now for messages), or @hanorganaas, or send an ask to us at @hanleiacelebration. On behalf of all of us writers, thank you!

[handers-time]

Handers Gift Exchange 2024 Round-up! 

This year's Handers Gift Exchange has officially come to a close!

We'd like to give a huge thank you and shoutout to all 20 of our participants this year. Congratulations to you all, for doing so well creating beautiful works for your giftees.

On behalf of the mods ( @dismalzelenka, @un-shit-yourself, @storybookhawke, and @hollyand-writes ), thank you to everyone who remains in the Handers fandom—in addition to authors and artists, it also includes readers, commenters, serial kudosers, and avid rebloggers! We appreciate all the love, enthusiasm, support, and cheerleading everyone did throughout this event. Everyone involved keeps the love of the ship alive and well even thirteen years after the game came out.

If you participated in this event, we ask that you please leave a comment on the gift you received, at least three lines in length! Participation goes both ways, so please give some praise and adoration to the person who devoted their time and energy to create a gift for you.

You can view the blog's tag for this event here, and the AO3 collection here, but below is a compiled list of all the amazing gifts shared over the course of this exchange. Please mind the tags and ratings as you go through them!

Invitations by replicatortrash for ghostbunny M!Handers | Explicit |

Summary: Garrett Hawke has been trying to open his home to Anders for weeks and it's been slow going. Is he keeping distance because of something from his past, or because Garrett is a vampire... or is there something else going on Garrett hasn't considered?

Mélange by dismalzelenka for Sulkyvalkyrie F!Handers | Explicit |

Summary: “I want Justice involved.” It was a marvel, Anders thought, how four words flipped his entire world on its head. “You what?” Hawke tilted her head, catlike curiosity peppered across her face. “Justice,” she repeated. “I want him involved.” In which Hawke confesses some secrets, and Anders and Justice both learn there is far more to Hawke than meets the eye.

The Short Straw by autumninfall for DemonicPersephone F!Handers | Mature |

Summary: A quick way to earn some coin while fleeing the Templars of Kirkwall. A dragon up in the mountains. Surely nothing will go wrong, right?

at the end of the world by PhantomsLost for barbex F!Handers | Teen |

Summary: “Hawke, no.” She shook her head and took a step back, both hands still gripping her staff tight. “You and I both know we don’t have a better option.” Tipping her head slightly in the direction of the looming Nightmare, she added, “Go. I’ve got this.”

Broken, yet Remade by Actually_An_Insane_Fangirl for PhantomsLost F!Handers | Teen |

Summary: Hawke may be broken, but that doesn't mean she cannot be remade with the gentle hands of a healer.

Lunacy by Sulkyvalkyrie for GhostGarrison M!Handers | Explicit |

Summary: Hawke wanted to wait another night, but Anders can't stop worrying about him...

Looking the Part by acesdesire M!Handers | Teen |

Summary: While visiting Chateau Haine, Hawke finds himself enjoying the party more than expected, especially with Anders looking so dashing in his formal wear. Infiltration can wait (even if Tallis might have other plans). He would much rather indulge in this rare and beautiful moment.

Some Guys Have All the Luck by barbex for dismalzelenka M!Handers | Explicit |

Summary: Watching Anders fight, powerful, controlled, turns Hawke on like nothing else. That's a man he wants to get on his knees for. And more.

Hunting by DemonicPersephone for Actually_An_Insane_Fangirl F!Handers | Explicit |

Summary: Nothing like a near death experience to make romance bloom <3

Chasing the Light by leonidskies for SalsedinePicta M!Handers | Teen |

Summary: Anders is having a bad day. Hawke, forever down bad, refuses to let it go.

Hurt Less by ghostbunny for PorlPoint M!Handers | Mature |

Summary: After coming close to killing the mage girl, Ella, Anders is in a bad way, consumed by guilt and shame and beginning to spiral. Hawke attempts to help him through it, while dealing with some of his own insecurities.

The One That Didn't Get Away by FactoryKat for winebearcat M!Handers | G |

Summary: Of all the things that could have happened to newcomer Garrett Hawke after moving to Kirkwall, picking up a date outside of a walk-in clinic wasn't exactly on his predictions list.

Healing the Healer by PorlPoint M!Handers | Teen |

Summary: Anders is seriously injured and out of mana, with only Hawke there to heal him before it's too late.

Rose Cottage by winebearcat for leonidskies M!Handers | Mature |

Summary: Anders reaches his 50th Name Day. He never expected to make it past 30, let alone have his happy ending.

ART: storybookhawke's piece for autumninfall M!Handers | G |

ART: notomys-mordax-blog's piece for ocean-in-my-rebel-soul M!Handers | G |

ART: salsedinepicta's piece for notomys-mordax-blog M!Handers | G |

ART: kittyopera's piece for acesdesire M!Handers | G |

ART: gevascloset's piece for factorykat M!Handers | G |

ART: moosu's piece for kittyoperas M!Handers | G |

[harringrovemovember]

Hi!

This is the official blog page for harringrovemovember! This is an event co-run by @intothedysphoria and @hargrove-mayfields along with support from @jaylikesrainbowtigers. This is a harringrove event which hopes to spread awareness about men and mental health, particularly men from marginalised communities.

The event is running from the 20th to the 26th of November and accepts fic, art, edits, ect. All works will be accepted as long as they’re harringrove and stick to the theme of men and mental health

Here is the prompt list for anybody who hasn’t seen it (edit made by @hargrove-mayfields)

We’ll post more info as the date gets closer, including what works the mods are not comfortable including in the event and how you can get more involved with the event if you’re interested (e.g if anybody would be interested in an event discord).

Please keep in mind that this is an event run by autistic moderators, so tone indicators when sending asks and patience with the mods if you contact them on a low spoons day would be appreciated. Furthermore, any ableism towards this event or the moderators will be dealt with swiftly and appropriately. Also it goes without saying but there is a zero tolerance policy on misogyny, racism, any type of queerphobia, transphobia, classism, antisemitism, islamophobia, ableism, xenophobia, ect. This is an event which is made to be inclusive to everyone and any bullying or mean spirited behaviour made towards another blog participating in the event will not be tolerated.

On behalf of all of the mod team, I sincerely hope everyone in this event has fun and we’ll see you all in November!

[jaxhammer2electricboogaloo]

RE: "Muling" users // @lionews

The message the User sent was inaccurate. I did not ask them to "buy me a cub". Here is the message I sent them:

As you can see, I did not go "hey, can you buy me a cub from them". I asked for a Partnership, which they agreed to. And I made very clear that 'no' was an option:

This user is an independent actor, not a mule for my desires. I merely asked to have a part in pre-existing plans to obtain a lion with the mark. There was no plan, or desire, to contact Rot and company. It's why I did not comment on Prisms' thread during the brief few hours when they had me blocked. I don't want anything to do with these people anymore than they want to do with me (except maybe that weird ass bird person). However, I must stress our partnership existed before Rot even got the lion or bred her cubs, including the one we ultimately ended up buying.

And as you can see, they accepted my proposal. We spoke back and forth like this for about 3 days. I knew once the lion was out of the hands of the RLC community, there was nothing they could do from that point.

None of this was "done of my behalf". This was a partnership. We were in it together. The user has told me they explain things badly sometimes, so I'm guessing what they told Rot was a genuine miscommunication. Also, emotions were high at that time; they made a mistake and so did I by snapping (they were reacting to me, I don't hold that against them), but of course Rot and company are trying to take full advantage of it to involve mods lmao.

@/Bird/Rot - You were given inaccurate information ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Your case is based off of error and falsehoods. That being the case, the rest of your argument holds no water, especially that second incident. I simply obtained the lion from another user who had it and that user happened to not be you. You were not involved in either situation and no one was used as intermediary on my behalf.

Thanks. Keep lying though 👌👌👌It's healthy to have hobbies!

[nintendrojects]

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Welcome! We are the South Town Angels system, and we have a fair share of Nintendo introjects who would like their own space to interact with other Nintendo introjects.

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All asks can be sent by anyone who is an introject of a Nintendo source (Mario, Fire Emblem, TLoZ, FZero, Star Fox, Metroid, etc.), all we ask is that you do not send an ask unless you fit the criteria or are sending this on behalf of another alter. If you have a Super Smash Bros. non Nintendo source, you may post here so long as your source is specifically the Smash version.

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Welcome to the FAO Tumblr Hub! Or rather, just a very fancy Tumblr blog with Gary on it. This post will provide the primary information for this blog and act as an archive of important posts/events.

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This blog will act as a mini ask/rp blog (so if you have any questions about office life, you can talk to someone who's in the office named Poke!). You can ask her about whatever you want, from what was it like during the office wars, or about dynamics between certain characters... whatever your heart desires! I do ask that you keep it relatively safe for work- If I get uncomfortable with your ask, I won't act upon it. Simple as that.

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[terraliensvent]

On behalf of someone not in the server, /what/ is the whole myo scandal going on rn? Did they hand out fake myos...? Did they revoke paid myos....? Did staff trade illegal myos to people....??? I'm lost.

OK SO im just gonna give a whole summary of the events of the past few days since it seems a lot of people are confused (also i dont have screenshots EVERYTHING what im about to say, but this is just what i remember from personally seeing it. ill link posts as they come along for context):

the other night, when staff made this announcement regarding coy, shit started to hit the fan pretty fast

this announcement came after almost a full 2 days of weird behavior from staff, like how a lot of them put almost all their terras up for trade and how there was basically radio silence with the staff questions and design concept channels going unanswered. a lot of people noticed how suspicious this was, and this anon was pretty on the money with their theory

so suffice to say everyone was pretty much on the edge of their seats waiting for something big, and after the announcement was made the entire server basically exploded. in the chaos of people trading and running around like chickens with their heads cut off, the mods said they would approve anything submitted to the site. they said they were doing this so they could make the species as bad as possible for when coy took it over, and mods were in the server being very apathetic about it and having an attitude like “idgaf what happens now because we have been getting treated like shit so this is finally the consequences.” this attitude can be seen in the screenshots included here too

during this chaos, people could also ask for myos to be uploaded to their acc for free, which mods would do. so tons of people got “illegitimate” myos. people used their illegal myos and real myos that had been purchased before the downfall to upload tons of characters and some joke characters too, like one that was just a PNG of ellen. during this huge chaos, people were also hating on coy and freely talking about things they disliked about how the species was run as opposed to the chokehold toxic positivity attitude that the server usually had. truly the most euphoric the server has ever been. some coy meat rider was also defending them, and got really aggressive about it and telling people to go fuck themselves (for which they got banned). someone else also made a branch-off server so people could stay in contact with their friends from the terra community seeing as the future was totally uncertain

after a while the “we are approving everything” stopped, and things were a bit more quiet. temul and some mods joined the branch-off server and gave some more deets about the shit coy would do. i also made my Big Post; initially this post was just gonna be positive stuff about how i has a discussion with tycho about suggesting things for the species, but after the announcement was made i was given screenshots to post here by a mod so i just threw it all in the same post. the Big Post made public opinion of coy a lot worse since now there were animal abuse allegations being talked about, but later on with further scrutiny the conclusion was reached that the screenshot was mainly coy exaggerating to try and be funny, but miserably failing. either way, public opinion of coy was and still is totally in the shitter.

the next day, mods put out another announcement that can be summed up as “lol sorry guys everyone get back to business” which is total bs to me considering the shit they were saying the very night before. so now they wanna try and reign in this species when they already did irreparable damage, and now people are switching up and acting like nothing ever happened (i assume its because mods are gonna be looking for new staff soon and they want a piece of the pie lmao)

to fix the monumental fucking issue they created for no reason, they put out another announcement (which i forgot to post here oops sorry pookies)

so basically what theyre gonna do is:

- if you uploaded character(s) that night using illegal MYO(s), you can choose ONE to unvoid (with any changes that need to be made in order to be legal if you have illegal traits and stuff, like for example eyes + mouth), the unvoided terra will be account bound and non voucherable

- if you had an illegal myo from that night but DIDNT use it, or if you didnt get any illegal myos at all, there will be a form to fill out where you can get one free MYO that will create any subtype up to modified (meaning no limited subtypes), the MYO will be account bound until designed. theyre also in the process of figuring out whether theyll give people the choice of using x amount of lim traits or having the terra be voucherable. some of it is still up in the air

- if you used a legal myo to upload your terra, there will be a process a little down the line for you to get your myo and any items back

and this is where were at now, people in the terra server are acting like everythings normal and going along with the toxic positivity mob once more, people in the branch-off server are freely expressing their grievances as they did that night, and im pissed off because i think its a little unfair that people will get to unvoid their lim terras meanwhile other people only get up to a modified. hand out lim myos instead of modified, why are we STILL doing the artificial scarcity youre all acting just like coy

[teaveetamer]

Hey guys so full transparency here because it seems things have blown up a bit while I've had my anons off and I've been doing other stuff.

Myself and some other people from Tumblr have been in direct communication with the mods of the Edelgard discord server over the past few weeks. We have been trying to hash out an agreement that everyone can come away happy with.

We asked them to please stop letting members of their server talk about us, link, quote, etc. our posts there, and in exchange we promised that we would do our best to stop people here from posting screenshots of their server.

This was done because nobody wants harassment or for things to continue escalating like how they have been. The best solution for that is to talk to each other and come to an understanding.

We also requested that they keep an eye on certain members of their server who have been lightning rods for the harassment, such as Raxis and Diaphin, and try to talk to them/potentially ban them if it became clear that their actions were causing friction.

This has been the agreement for the last few weeks.

When Raxis made his post about BWIIDT, Nilsh responded under the impression that the agreement had been broken. The mods of the server got in touch with us pretty quickly, and we asked Nilsh to take the screenshots down. We also had a long discussion with the mods about the things that were in the screenshots to try and come to an understanding about why many of us were so upset by them. We thought the situation was handled, but then Raxis made another post about one of Nilsh's old posts after Nilsh had already taken the screenshots down per our agreement.

This understandably led to some confusion and frustration on Nilsh's part, as the mods and us had stopped talking for the night and we did not know what they had done with regard to Raxis and the situation. Nilsh took the frustrated post down as soon as we were made aware of it and we talked to him about what was going on. We also talked with the mods about it. They have told us that they have taken action, and Raxis is no longer in their server because of his actions.

I would have never requested that the mods take action against him if I didn't think it was causing massive problems for both their server and the people who have been harassed by him. If he wants to call that blackmail then I suppose I can't stop him, but I think it's unfortunate that he can't see how his own actions have led to this.

I really, really hope that he can step away for a while, heal, and when he's ready to stop the harassment and stalking, then I hope he can be welcomed back into their community with full forgiveness and a healthier mindset.

I also want to be clear that I'm not trying to excuse what Nilsh did or apologize on his behalf, but I have spoken with him about it. He is taking a break from social media for a while to decompress and calm down. I asked if it was okay for me to talk about this, considering Raxis's current escalation, so I could clear up any confusion.

I didn't plan on doing this so soon, but I'm going to open anons again in case anyone has questions for me and they don't feel comfortable talking on main.

[sanctumpyre]

{🔥} - Indi single ship OC, focused on a Verse loosely based on Hazbin Hotel.

{🔥} - Blog is 21+ only & shall contain mature & adult themes. Minors DNI.

{🔥} - Yahbel is married to: @sanctusworn.

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Basic Tumblr etiquette is expected. Be respectful. No god-modding. Respect what I choose to do with my character.

This blog will contain NSFW articles & disturbing themes, as well as religious imagery. I will not be tagging such the religious side of things as it is a given to this blog, if that bothers you, then I do not suggest following. I will tag other upsetting topics however with 'tw' at the beginning & end of the topic in question.

No Drama. Plain & simple. Ship drama, reaction drama, mun drama, I will tolerate none of such things here & have zero issues blocking all necessary & involved parties.

About Blocking: If I block you, I want no further interactions with you. Do not attempt to block dodge using other blogs you run, or other people to reach out to me. I owe you no explanation to why I blocked you, so do not attempt to come searching for one, either for yourself or another party. People who attempt to reach me on behalf of the blocked party will also be blocked instantly.

The Verse: The Sanctus verse was created on the basis of the show Hazbin Hotel, however, it is heavily split off from certain canon events & character portrayals. If this vastly different telling of HH is not your cup of tea, then following is not suggested.

This blog is heavily partnered with: @sanctusworn(Clyde). Generally, most interactions are written with each other's characters in mind. My character is auto shipped with Clyde's only & that is defaulted to all verses(unless stated otherwise), so shipping is not available for discussion without the both of us trusting you & being present.

The Mun: Bonnie, a 25+ year old who suffers with ADHD. As such, I tend to make grammar mistakes & mishaps with my writing. If you see such, & it leaves you confused, you may point it out/ask for clarification & I will make the needed corrections. Bonnie is also not religious by nature, so other non-religious folks(& religious ones as well) are welcomed.