#based on the 'road work ahead? uh yeah i sure hope it does' vine

[lactoset0lerant]

School work? Uhh no it doesn't

[despazito]

People using "AI" as short for "non-procedural generative AI" when "AI" already has a long-standing meaning in video games consistently turns me into the road work ahead vine. "This game has AI in it? Uh, yeah, I sure hope it does."

I hate seeing it haphazardly thrown around I don't want this turning into the boy who cried ai

In animation we've had program features that generate in-between frames for well over a decade and "smart" colouring tools that generate colour fill based on previous frames. It's not scraping random people's art, it's doing guesswork off your own drawings and assets

[twixitativi]

do you have any tips on writing an au? normal fics i can usually handle but i’m working on a kunichuu grease au and i’m finding it quite difficult.

hiya! thanks for asking :3 also good luck with that, that seems like so much fun omg; feel free to send when you start releasing, i'd love to check it out!

ill be using splinters as my example here purely because thats closer to what you're trying to do (movie/musical as reference)

this is going to be long as fuck because i tend to ramble and go into detail, so im adding a read-more. i sincerely hope this helps because i know its a LOT (potential spoilers for splinters included)

1. The Foundation

when i first started working on splinters, it started with a lot of idea bouncing. who would suit what role? why would that role work for them? originally, i had looked at dazai as jd and chuuya as veronica, or dazai as veronica with fyodor as his jd.

then, i also started thinking about story 'beats'. to be clear about what that means, i like to think of different parts/scenes that i need/want to hit, and kind of the order if possible. this usually intertwines with the original story-- in your case, grease.

all this starts falling into the next step:

2. Research

it may not be entirely apparent, but i did (and still do) a FUCK TON of research for splinters. by choosing to have multiple source materials to base your work off (both bsd AND grease), depending on how close/accurate you want to be, you're going to want to get in touch with the material.

you've mentioned grease-- i'm assuming you're doing this based off the movie (love the movie. need to rewatch). what i personally do with heathers the movie is that i watched it the entire way through first to refresh myself with the material. it might help you to take notes about different characters, ideas, plot lines. i found a copy of both scripts online in case i wanted to see about throwing an iconic line in during an important scene without diving through the whole movie to find it.

i dont know HOW historically accurate you want to go with your fic--you may be choosing to explore the concept of grease rather than the actual setting itself-- but grease takes place in the late 50s, TECHNICALLY early 60s (movie itself came out in the late 70s) (my mom LOVED it when it came out). so, you may want to do some basic research: fashions/trends of the time (this has gotten harder to search online, you may want to even run to the library and find some books if possible)? societal norms? what did normal teens do during that time? did they have arcades, did they go to restaurants, what was the average place they hung out at?

a lot of times, i have to double-check if some of the stuff in splinters is period accurate. each decade has different lingo, slang, and general information that was normal during it. hell, looking back at the 2010s versus 2020s, if you were to write a story during, saying, 2011, and have your characters saying "slay" and "yas queen" and "road work ahead, uh yeah i sure hope it does", i regret to inform you that that will NOT be accurate, as those phrases are more late 2010s + that vine came out in 2016. now, could you quote/potentially reference these things? absolutely! but you have to be more strategic about it.

ALSO. look up fun trivia about your source material! you know where i got my title from? its the english translation of the italian name for heathers. im not even kidding. also, mix and match material! hell, even throw references in to other material! i had my mean girls reference in there! because its bsd, i like to throw in authors i like from time to time where they fit!

another silly one: what music came out around that time, playing on the radio? HOW did they listen to music? i specifically listen to a 1989 top hits playlist when im trying to figure out what songs might be playing on the radio while my characters are driving-- and even THEN i still will look up specifically when that song came out, because i made the choice to be horribly specific with my timeline.

on that note:

3. If you can, DON'T SET A SPECIFIC MONTH/DAY/ETC.

i made my choices. do i regret them? YES. is it still fun to work with? absolutely, but also the heathers timeline is lowkey a mess and you could simultaneously claim it takes place in 2 months or several.

honestly, avoid specifics. having to keep track of a timeline is an absolute bitch, and it's going to make your life a lot harder, because then, you HAVE to make sure it all matches up. if i say that kunikida went and got his glasses in march, i cant say that his glasses are brand new in may (this is a hypothetical example).

timelines suck. unless you think you can dedicate the time and energy to keeping with one, don't do it.

4. OUTLINES.

i've been writing fanfics for years, which is wild to me. i was writing fanfics in single digits (didn't even know what fanfics were). one thing that i have especially found useful with splinters is to make outlines for where you want the story to go.

let me break it down for you:

you're gonna have MULTIPLE outlines, and they are NOT set in stone. they are guidelines for you to use so that you're not sitting there going "shit i don't know what to do next". they may be scenes you want to have in the fic. they may be important plot points. they may be absolutely stupid shit that youre like "if i dont get this in here i will cry" (diarrheazai is a threat that i intend to keep)

FIRSTLY. try making a general outline for your whole fic. you don't need super specifics, but think of what events occur during grease. in it, danny and sandy meet in the summer before their senior year. sandy meets and joins the pink ladies. there's a dance competition. danny and sandy fly off in a car into the sunset. etc. TO BE CLEAR, you don't have to keep all the details! it is your story, and what you want to do with it! having that structure can be helpful when you start though.

THEN. once you have that general outline? start trying to plan out chapters. you dont have to make outlines for them all at once. more often than not, i'll sit there before i start a new chapter just trying to outline what'll happen in it. this helps a LOT on multiple levels. i'll provide an example of what that can look like below (SPOILERS IF YOU'RE NOT UP-TO-DATE WITH SPLINTERS):

(the blacked out bit is spoilers, everything else should be clear to see)

a quick explanation: i dedicate a small document to outlines for each chapter. as you can see, with chapter beats, i have diff things i want to try to hit. the stuff highlighted in green is stuff that i come back post-chapter to confirm i hit. sometimes, if it's not EXACTLY in there, i'll leave a note in bold (ex: WAS MENTIONED).

but you can kind of see what im talking about here. i have some things that im trying to knock out per chapter.

other things in my doc to outline:

yes i talk to myself in my notes.

i highlight different scenes according to their relevance to certain characters sometimes; i add scenes in where i need to, and then ofc as you see ill go into detail about specific scenes. and AGAIN these are not set in stone. for example:

as you can see, shit changes over time. that boiler room make-out scene during the homecoming pep rally appeared in ch 11. i did not make this sequence fyodor's pov.

sometimes? i just dont have the time or energy to write shit/dont think its relevant to the plot. good bye, corn maze. you'll be remembered in my thoughts and my outline

also try to have fun while outlining. it doesnt need to be something serious. literally my outlines are a mix of dialogue, scenes, my own thoughts, etc. get silly with it. this is supposed to be fun and enjoyable!

ANOTHER THING:

5. LOOP SOMEONE INTO OBSESSING OVER THIS WITH YOU.

i was inspired by ardeidae to write splinters, and i have successfully trapped them in splinters world for almost an entire year now. by both of us loving it, we can keep ourselves focused on it.

what also helps is bouncing ideas off other people. me and lu have had conversation after conversation after conversation about different plot lines, scenes, etc. sometimes, i don't know what to do and i will ask lu (or other people) for advice about the progression.

you may have also heard of the engineering rubber duck method. if you're unfamiliar, engineers will sit there with a rubber ducky by them and talk to it about what they're working on until they figure out what they need to do. sometimes, just ranting about the fic is enough to help you spawn ideas about what to do next.

OH also

6. If you do end up making a timeline? Have a calendar on hand.

this is no longer 100% accurate to the progression of splinters and the chapters, but it helped a LOT. laying it out like this can make one hell of a difference. im a visual person, so doing this helped. also, can help you keep track of holidays and shit. if you want to give your characters a day off from classes, check a school calendar for holidays. be like "uhhhherrrr yeah they're taking, uhhhh veteran's day off" yk

7. Write, but don't force it.

splinters doesn't have an actual updating schedule because i work on it at my own pace, and update once i finish a chapter. now, i usually finish chapters after a month, but i don't say it updates on x day. don't box yourself in unless you truly think you can handle it. some people are very good about schedules. i am horrible at them, bc ykw? LIFE HAPPENS.

when im in the mood, i write. i will sit for HOURS and just write. grab some snacks, maybe pop on some music, get a buddy to sit with you, but just go for it. sometimes, i'll pull a 25-10 method-- 25 minutes of writing with ten minutes of relaxing and bullshitting--and that helps me not burn out as quickly. but honestly, you cant always brute force it.

have i had to brute force it sometimes? yes. you will get stuck. it naturally happens. sometimes, a scene fucking sucks and you're like "i hate this scene but it HAS to be in there" (if it doesnt fuck that shit. throw it out. blegh) sometimes, you need to mix things up to make it more appealing to you, because i am of the belief that the readers can tell when you're not invested in a scene. if im writing a scene and its going slowly and i just want to get it done? the quality's going to go down, and i KNOW it. so, i evaluate. what do i need to do for this scene to work? can i add something to help? do i need to just rewrite the bastard and call it a day?

and sometimes? you can just go ahead and put a little "<'scene'>" in and move on. depending on how much your fic relies on that scene, that won't always work, but sometimes, you just gotta leave it and come back to it. you can also do that with certain dialogue/details. if you're trying to get your characters from point A to point B, don't shove them there if they run out of gas. make a detour, and see what happens.

eerrrrrrr yeah, i THINK that's the majority of the advice i can give? sorry that that's a lot, but uhhh hope it helps! :')

[candy-dreamer]

Had to censor something. But look.

[persesphonestears]

Taskforce 141 + Los Vaqueros

edit: i realised that i haven't added König or Horangi yet and that's in my other drafts :,D

A/N: My Y/N's are intended to be read as if the reader/Y/N is male/Trans masc, Also Bold is actions. I had so much fun making this cause I just watched vines most of the time

!!CW!!: Sexual jokes, Swearing, blood mentions, just silly cod shenanigan's (please tell me if I've forgotten any!)

Soap: HEY HEY!

Y/N: whispering Shhh the LT is sleeping!

Soap: whispering oh sorry!

Y/N: whispering what is it?

Soap: whispering The house is on fire!

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Y/N: Look at the buns on that guy

Gaz: on the floor covered in buns

Soap: barging in the room stop this is the joke police your joke was too funny

Y/N: pulls out their pistol IM NOT GOING BACK

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Y/N: I'm in mah dads car. Broom broom.

Price: Get out of my car.

Y/N: Aw :(

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Soap: singing Suck a dick Suck a dick Suck a dick Suck a mother fucking dick

Y/N: singing and playing a keyboard Suck a huge or smaaaal dick

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*ghost dragging a blood covered Y/N* (it's not their blood)

Y/N: Smug

Gaz: That feel good?

Y/N: Ah

(peanut butter baby but blood Y/N)

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Soap: When there's to much drama at base.

Y/N and Ghost beating each other up

Soap: All you gotta do is walk awaaaayeeayeeay

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Y/N: 15th time on a 5 hour road trip Road work ahead? uh I sure hope it does!

Rudy: Y/N, I swear to fucking god.

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141 at the beach

Gaz: covered in sand I am the sand guardian, guardian of the sand!

Soap: Posiden quivers before him!

Gaz: screaming at the sea FUCK OFF!!

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Price: walking up to Y/N

Y/N: Dad-y?

Price: Uhhh yeah :D

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Ghost: Don't tell your mother(price)

Y/N: Kiss one another

Ghost: DIE FOR EACH OTHER

Y/N: falls off chair

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a bunch of captured shadows

Y/N: look at all those dickheads

Alejandro and Rudy: clapping

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Y/N: falls through the roof

Gaz: Hey Y/N

Y/N: Hey Gaz

Y/N: that hurt

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mr sandman playing in the background

Soap: skipping happily as shit blows up behind him

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Price: toss me my keys

Y/N: throws a whole printer

Price: I said my keys!

Y/N: I thought you said printer!

Price: Why the fuck would i say printer?!

[tinkerbelldetective]

Vines for Law and Order but sometimes it's based entirely off vibes

Mike Logan: "I got to church now and am in love with Jesus." "Jesus?" "Jesus! Leave (Nicole? Idk) alone!" "What're you talking about‽" |

Jack McCoy: "I'm washing me and my clothes bitch! I'm washing me and my clothes."

Lennie: "Road work ahead? Uh, yeah, I sure hope it does."

Ben Stone: why why why why why pastor guy

Max and Mike: the dancing blowup suit vine

Lupo and Kevin: rolling down the street on my lawn mower

Fontana: "Lipstick in my Valentino White Bag‽"| ProzD penny poor people vine

Michael Cutter: dancing baseball guy

Serena Southerlyn: that is not correct because according to the encyclopedia (also could apply to Ben)

Abbie Carmichael: the kid playing the drums after the other kid calls him a name then falls

Cragen: Pepsi soda coca cola glass I don't give a f

1/2

[lilyclawthorne]

32?

32. top five favorite vines?

in no particular order, and simply based off of whatever is usually stuck in my head

road work ahead? uh yeah I sure hope it does

hurricane katrina? more like hurricane tortilla

you are my daaaad, you’re my dad! boogie woogie woogie

I am old. How old are you? Sixteen! I’m a grandmother

welcome to bible study, we’re all children of jesus

[wyvolf]

SCP OC Ramble - Spencer Kripke

Spencer Kripke is an Australian researcher at the Foundation, and because I said so, he’s at Site 19. He stands at 6′0″, a blonde, somewhat shoulder length hair that’s very unkept and somewhat wavy. Intense bright blue eyes and freckles across his face. 

Filled with random facts of things! Casually walks into a conversation and just infodumps of whatever, when a certain type of car was made? Tectonic plates? Yes! Ask him for further he just laughs and shrugs with the classic “i dunno mate” in an Aussie accent. 

Very serious when working and doing his work, but at the same time he tends to be very paranoid. Chaotic fun vibes are very strong, likes to play acoustic guitar, and wears a different band shirt everyday. Hyper focuses in cryptids and monsters thus it extends to anomalies, he hates them but his interest is wanting to learn about them. This man is ADHD incarnate all over. 

Is very loyal, kind and caring to friends and those he consider family. And [REDACTED]. Oops. I won’t say much in regards of his interactions with canons but he respects them. Literally the emodiment of: “Road work ahead? Uh, yeah I sure hope it does!” and “I miss Kurt Cobain so much” vines.

I may make an ask blog for this man. He is currently apart of a SCP based RP server on Discord, so things may change. There is currently a little thing behind some doors, like an AU timeline and a concept in works of that he’s a [REDACTED]. But who knows! For now he’s just an Australian.

[markresonates]

Should I do smt like a dating door type?? Like pick one of these iconic vines and who you get is your soulmate

1. Road work ahead? Uh yeah I sure hope it does

2. Look at all them thickens

3. DON'T FUCK WITH ME I have the power of God and anime on my side!

4. I won't hesitate Bitch!🔫

5. A potato flew around my room before you came AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

-🍯

definitely #1 ! to this day, when i’m driving and see a “road work ahead” sign, my mind automatically responds with “uh, YEAH? i sure hope it does”

idk what you are basing this on exactly but i feel you might say 1 is mork/jaehyun/johnny; 2. jungwoo/jaemin/ty track ? ; 3. ??? idk maybe renjun?/ yuta? 4. ? jeno?/ten/doyoung? 5. this crack headedness gives off wayv energy so xiaojun/hendery/yangyang ?