#buzzfeed unsolved q+a

[geniepuppet]

I don't think we talk about how Shane is a younger brother (to Scott Madej) and Ryan is an older brother (to Jake Bergara) and how they definitely exhibit that dynamic in nearly everything that they're in

Like. How do you explain this (8:20 in the Area 51 Q&A) other than younger sibling energy?

[incorrect-nosgoth]

Raziel: I've connected the dots.

Kain: You didn't connect shit.

Raziel: I've connected them.

[totallycorrectfostershome]

Bloo: It's moments like this I will never forget. Mac: With a good therapist, hopefully I will.

[lumiereswig]

I'm still seeing a lot of angry takes in the tags about how excessive Watcher's current costs are and how all fans really want, apparently, is "just shane and ryan sitting in a basement" back again. While I do think Watcher is probably spending over budget and that's a real issue, a lot of the takes I'm seeing show a fundamental misunderstanding of how video production works and where costs actually lie. So a few quick things that I just keep seeing that are bothering me:

It was never just Shane and Ryan in a basement. BFU did a great job selling that conceit and making sure you never saw anyone beyond them and maybe TJ, but they absolutely had other crew members with them on ghost hunts and they didn't do all the work on BFU themselves. This Q&A from Season 2 lists 36 people on staff for Buzzfeed Unsolved. It's fair to make arguments that Watcher may or may not need 25 people, but those arguments should not be coming from a place of "before it was just Shane and Ryan and nobody else."

If you don't know how many people are needed to make a professional video from a TV/film standpoint, you will not have a reasonable grasp of why Watcher wants to keep 25 people on staff. Sure, some YouTubers get by with a ring light and a contracted editor. The Watcher team have stated repeatedly that they do not want to work as just YouTubers and see themselves more as a production studio—so why do people keep referencing the YouTube model to understand their business? This is like asking the local shake shop why it doesn't function like the kids' lemonade stand down the block. The item category is similar but they're not trying for the same products or process.

The "gold dusted food" is not the big budget sink you think it is. On most TV shows I've worked on it's normal to partner with businesses that are shown onscreen and work out a deal where the price of the product (in this case the gold food) is reduced or eliminated in exchange for the free publicity. Watcher very likely made a deal with every restaurant it worked with to make the Korea trip affordable for the company. The real budget spends are on things you're probably not seeing but that still matter: camera and lighting equipment is expensive, insurance for that equipment is expensive, business overhead and paying your staff are expensive. So again—it's fine to critique Watcher for the streaming plan and the perceived budgetary issues, but go into this knowing the costs might not be coming from the things you see onscreen.

My source is that I work in TV and film and actually have a clue on how the industry functions. Again, 36 people worked on Unsolved (and those were the people mention in Season 2—who knows how big the team blew up past that in later seasons). Entertainment work is real work, and demands decent equipment, competent staff, and the same types of business and budget problems you'd find in any other business (overhead, staffing, etc.). Feel free to critique Watcher's business model, but first try to understand where that model is coming from and what goals it's attempting to serve.

[ostensiblynone]

"Since this is the final season, can Shane finally come forward and admit he is a demon, please?"

Pretty boilerplate stuff here—people suspecting Shane of being a demon. And I'm here to finally set the record straight. He is.

Conjuring House Q+A • BuzzFeed Unsolved Supernatural Season 7 Episode 1 Oct 20, 2021

[peridot-tears]

Fic Writer Q & A!

Tagged by @dragongirlg-fics UwU

How many wips do you have currently?

2 for Lianhua Lou, 3 for Mo Dao Zu Shi.

Lianhua Lou

strings played against his throat, my whumpfic in which FeiHua's escape from Jiao Liqiao goes wrong, and Di Feisheng marries her to ensure the wellbeing of Li Lianhua, who becomes her concubine. Just updated uwu

My unpublished modern AU where Di Feisheng is an MMA fighter cowboy, Li Lianhua is his chiropractor, and Fang Xiaobao is the new sheriff in one of those Chinese towns they built purely for tourism. In this case, it's an Old West theme. Here's a preview.

Mo Dao Zu Shi

My Mo Dao/Percy Jackson crossover where WangXian and friends romp through Camp Half-Blood!

My Wen Xu/Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji AU where Wei Wuxian is adopted by the Wens instead of Jiang Fengmian. I swear I subvert so many jianghu tropes, this could be its own original novel, but here we are lol.

My two-part where Jin Zixuan flees to Lotus Pier and manages to alert the Jiangs in time for the Wang Lingjiao's attack. It's mostly written from Yu Ziyuan's perspective, and it's been a delight.

More Q&A below the cut!

Which one are you finding the hardest to finish?

Definitely #1 under Mo Dao. It's a huge labor of love, but I'm thinking maybe I thought too big with the plot. It could have just been a fun teenage romp, but then it turned into a drama that handles much larger themes, and the trouble is in being able to tie up all the plotlines I suddenly have.

What does it usually look like when inspiration strikes for you?

Usually when I have two days in a row off of work, so my brain has had at least 24 hours to clear out and think about fun. I go into a pleasant fugue state, meaning I'm focused, but I can occasionally take a five-minute break to chatter about it with my frens or listen to a song. (I'm answering this post while I'm working on fic btw.)

Do you curate playlists for each fic or is your process different?

Oh nah lol. I sometimes line some chill songs or ballads up in the background or like a Buzzfeed Unsolved marathon for background noise, but sometimes it has the opposite effect where I can't focus at all. So sometimes I just write in complete silence.

Do you go balls to the wall and write as you go or are you more organized?

Balls to the waaaaaaall babeeeeeee. Aside from the ones that're born from me chattering with frens. Both my Lianhua Lou fics and #2 under MDZS are from very specific and thorough chats that I screenshotted for reference.

I tag @westiec @theleakypen @kingsandbastardz @tavina-writes @heyholmesletsgo @the-wintry-mizzenmast and whoever else wants to do this, how do I know this many people lol.

[amorpho]

Crossover Danuary Week 2023

Crossover Danuary Week is a daily prompt event, this year occurring the 22nd-28th. Each day has two prompts; a word prompt and a fandom prompt. The idea is that you can either choose a fandom and do the word prompt, or use the fandom to create something without the word prompt, or use both to create something of that fandom with that word prompt.

The general idea is to get people to try writing for new fandoms they wouldn't normally pay attention to, and just get more dp crossovers out there in general.

They can be in any art form including writing and stories, music, painting and sculpture.

Continuations of previous crossovers count as well, the goal is to get more content out there :) You can also make fanart for your favorite crossovers.

IMPORTANT!

Create a piece for each prompt, then post them with the tag “#Crossover Danuary Week 2023” (make sure you do this so i can reblog them!)

Make sure to Ping Me When You Post. (Tumblrs tags are often wonky.)

Questions may be asked to this blog, and will be tagged “#Xover Danuary Q/A”

There will be an ao3 collection linked here, so please help me to get all of your fics added to it if you use ao3 as well.

The rules and more info are available at the master post linked here.

Time to reveal the weeks itinerary! Prepare in advance. The event begins on Sunday, and I'm excited to see you there!

Image Info:

Sunday the 22nd-

Fandom:

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Prompt: Dawn

General:

Monday the 23rd-

Dreamworks Animated Movies

Prompt: Folklore

Tuesday the 24th-

Fandom:

The Secret Saturdays

Prompt: Scratch

Wednesday the 25th-

General:

Free Day! Any Fandom

Prompt: Finish

Thursday the 26th-

Fandom:

X-Men Evolution

Prompt: Shock

Friday the 27th-

General:

Comics (including webcomics and digital, etc.)

Prompt: Debate

Saturday the 28th-

Fandom:

Rise of the Guardians

Prompt: Illustrate

Honorary mentions:

29th-Ghost Files/Buzzfeed Unsolved-Prompt: Pumpkin

30th-How To Train Your Dragon-Prompt: Climb

31st-Supernatural-Prompt: Infect

Participate in one of three ways!

1) Create something based on that day's fandom

2) Create for any fandom using each day's prompts

3) Create for both the fandom and the day's prompts, combining the two

-The objective is to create more content, so go wild!!!-

[micelangelooo]

My first fan art poster and tribute made for Unsolved. Originally from 2019, this poster was featured In the Q+A Episode of Bella in the Wych Elm. The drawing is filled with easter eggs and references to the Buzzfeed Unsolved series. 

I've since made a fan poster for Ghost-files, which I personally think was an improved poster. Both in regards to composition and the way Shane and Ryan are drawn. It was a great honor to hear those two icons talk about my drawing, which you can see in the link down below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92KRYkBZoWU&list=PLYY6CgVGfl-kUTVY8OnQl6grXZ_0-orXX&index=2&t=101s

[noa-nightingale]

Seems like Zach took some inspiration from Ryan lmao

Buzzfeed Unsolved, Area 51 - Q+A Buzzfeed Unsolved, Unsolved Supernatural Season 6 - Bloopers, Goofs, And Outtakes Watcher, Top 5 Beatdown, Ranking the 5 Best Worst Movies ft. Zach from The Try Guys

[salty-fryingpan]

Q&A

Tagged by the lovely @patolemus

Currently watching: teen wolf and buzzfeed unsolved. I don't really watch TV tbh

Current obsession: sterek and Dylan O'Brien cuz I'm a nutjob

Relationship status: single. Haven't dated anyone in like, 5 years, since my junior year of high school. Ya girl is annoying as fuck I have been told.

Spicy/sweet/savory: spicy usually

Last song I listened too: Nothing Breaks Like A Heart by Miley Cyrus and Mark Ronson

And thw only other moot I got is @hedwig221b if she's interested

[daydream-comet]

. . . ⇢ ˗ˏˋ Uᥣtเꪑᥲtꫀ ℳᥲ᥉tꫀɾρꪮ᥉t ࿐ྂ

·˚ ◌༘₊· ͟͞꒰➳ Ꭺᖯꪮᥙt ꪑꫀ

: ̗̀➛ Comet/Berry !

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: ̗̀➛ He/She/They

: ̗̀➛ ADHD (diagnosed)

: ̗̀➛ Autistic (suspected)

: ̗̀➛ Anxiety Disorder (diagnosed)

: ̗̀➛ Artist

: ̗̀➛ Infp-t

: ̗̀➛ transmasc g-fluid intersex

: ̗̀➛ biromantic asexual

: ̗̀➛ December Capricorn (25th december !!)

: ̗̀➛ Editor

: ̗̀➛ Multifandom

: ̗̀➛ Writer

⋆·˚ ༘ * LIKES: music, games (indie, horror etc), art, crafts, writing, reading, books, aesthetic stuff.

⋆·˚ ༘ * DISLIKES: Racism, Transphobia, Homophobia, Paedophilia, Inc€st, Pr0ship etc. DNI if you support any of the following.

·˚ ◌༘₊· ͟͞꒰➳ Ꭱꫀqᥙꫀ᥉t᥉/Ꮯꪮꪑꪑเ᥉᥉เꪮᥒ᥉

Note: commissions have yet to be set up.

ੈ✩‧₊˚ Edit Requests: Currently closed.

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·˚ ◌༘₊· ͟͞꒰➳ Fandoms/Interests

Beyblade (all gen, mainly bakuten shoot beyblade)

Undertale, Deltarune

Touhou

Omori

Vocaloid

Genshin, Honkai

Boboiboy (Og & Galaxy)

Mechamato

Bee and puppycat

Rottmnt

Lego monkie kid

Amphibia

Owl house

Ducktales 2017

Precure

Madoka magica

Higurashi, Umineko

Watcher, Buzzfeed unsolved (old ver)

Yuki yuna is a hero

Oshi no ko

Studio Ghibli Movies

Symphogear

Fnaf

BATIM / BATDR

Project kat/paper lily

Underworld office/Charlie in underworld

Pokemon

Doraemon

Sailor moon

Wordgirl

Sonic the hedgehog

Avatar the last airbender

Plus way more...

*. * ·❁ CLOSE FRIENDS:

@/honeycrashed

@/lyasweetheart

@/yowassupchilling

@/maplerin99821

@/skyazureeclipse

@/veryberryart

@/dekukaze

*. * ·❁ TUMBLR PALS:

@/screwzara

@/dr-craw

@/yourstrulyis

@/meowstix

@/where-them-kinomiya-at

*. * ·❁ TAGS

#comet's art

#comet's crafts

#comet's rambles

#comet's vents

#comet's posts

#comet's asks

#comet is struggling (come see me make a fool of myself in broad daylight)

.ೃ࿐ SOCIALS/LINKS :-

Carrd

Youtube

@berrylikesspace

@nightmarewraith

@blazingdracy

Discord id: daydream_comet

⋆·˚ ༘ *: ̗̀➛ASK GAMES :-

Character Bingo

Shades of pink

Get to know me well #1

Get to know me well #2

Get to know me well #3

Beyblade ask game

[littlekingbergara]

btw dont search "live postmortem" on youtube because it does not know you're talking about the live q&a for buzzfeed unsolved's yuma territorial prison episode and it will show you real life postmortem examinations. you will see organs.

[spacetrashpile]

CRASHES INTO YOUR INBOX. tell me about hex nOW 🎯🧊🍀✏️💀

WELL IF YOU INSIST!

🎯 -What do they do best?

ohhhh this is a hard one… i think since becoming the master at arms for the caesura she’s gotten really knowledgeable about weapons, especially older ones. she’s good at knowing exactly how to kill stuff.

🧊 - Is their current design the first one?

oh my god ABSOLUTELY NOT. her first design is gonna be her human one with the revengers which i have NO art of. she long brown hair that she wore down her back, dark eyes, wore a white shirt, yellow shorts, a black jean jacket, and combat boots. when i made her into a mechanisms oc, i took her initial revengers design and kept it about the same and then put her through the ringer, and also made her hair black and her eyes green.

of course we have the part where she looses her eye in our wonderland clone, then after she leaves the revengers when yrt comes back and tells her what happened to rosette, she cuts her hair short (like bob length) and gets rid of the jacket. while with lady saturn, she starts wearing a yellow button up and long black pants, but sticks with the combat boots.

when she gets mechanized, she gets brand new metal organs but those aren’t visible on the outside of course, and also gets a fun new eye (a blue one) and fun mechanical lines coming out of it, and i DO have art for this (ty @redrobemerle )

her hair gets longer in the time in between getting mech’d and joining the caesura, though she wears in different now. she also takes hylo’s dog tags when lady saturn murders them (ty for your consent to harm your guy).

🍀 - What originally inspired the OC?

ok you KNOW THIS but now i have to tell the internet and also whatever rival crews people who follow me but do not know this already.

for those of you who don’t know: back when buzzfeed unsolved was still running, the boys did a mid week q&a show about the episodes called the postmortem. due to a series of shenanigans, shane started doing an after show during the postmortems called the hotdaga: a hot dog saga about animated (stock art) foodstuffs going on adventures throughout the universe that involved magic, war crimes, an alien species he created, and original music. it’s genuinely really good but it is also about food. in like,, 2017 or 2018 me and some friends (including you, steven, you bastard) started playing a dnd campaign taking place during the space war that shane establishes as backstory for the war, and then it spiraled into utter insanity and beauty. it was the first campaign i ever played and it meant a lot to me and so much of it was stupid and TECHNICALLY we were all foodstuffs though very little art reflects that. hex was my character for this campaign. she was a rogue. and also a banana. and i loved her.

✏️ - How often do you draw/write about the OC?

not very often anymore, which makes me a bit sad. one of these days i’m gonna sit down and least write up all of her backstory so i can set it upon the rest of rival crews lol.

💀 - Does your OC have any phobias?

i BELIEVE i established at one point that she hates spiders. she’s also deeply terrified of getting close to people and losing them again and not being able to save them but that’s less fun.

[barry2018-2023]

LAST THING but one thing that made me laugh was they had a q&a section and like half the people started out saying "I've been a fan since the buzzfeed days" and it was like.....girl that was like 2 years ago....half the people here are wearing buzzfeed unsolved merch...

[hannahhook7744]

The Badun Detective Agency YouTube Channel;

Inspired by @hanas-headcanons and @dragoneyes618 .

Trigger warning; isle life, death, child abuse, irresponsible gun use, underage drinking, swearing, etc.

🔍🔎🔍🔎🔍🔎🔍🔎🔍🔎🔍🔎🔍🔎🔍🔎🔍🔎

The moment the isle kids are granted internet access all hell breaks lose.

Rick Ratcliffe, Clay Clayton, and the Gaston twins post videos of them shooting at each other before Harriet eventually stops them.

Harriet Hook's crew post hour long videos of them doing truth or drink. Traumatizing every Auardonian who stumbles upon them with how increasingly horrifying questions that even more horrifying answers.

Zevon, Cj, and Freddie post prank videos. Most of which of are Zevon turning people into animals.

The Bad Apples' have 15 music videos up before the first week is even over.

And the Auardonians, despite being horrified by some of the actions, just can't get enough of the vks at first.

And then the Badun Detective Agency starts up their own YouTube Channel that's mainly used for Business. All the members have a scheduled day to post and a routine that goes a little something like this:

Monday:

Eddie does a lot of things. Honestly, he does whatever the hell he feels like doing that day-- which tends to vary. But it's usually one of the following:

A cooking video.

Snoop tutorials.

How to take care of your elders/pets.

How to repair something.

Alcohol mixture videos.

Tuesday:

Harry does Buzzfeed unsolved-esk videos about crimes and victims of the isle.

He goes into their personality, hobbies, and families. Their dreams. Their age. Everything that makes them, them. Makes you care about the victim.

Then he goes into every grizzly detail about what happened to them.

Most of them aren't really mysteries. Most of the time the perpetrators just weren't punished or it was an accident or death that could have just been avoided if they had stuff Auardon had.

It's petty but he has to do it because he refuses to let Auardon get away with what they did to him and the other kids. To his twin.

He also covers conspiracies but that's just to piss Beast off half the time because he's good at convincing people that they're truth with what little evidence he's given. He finds it hilarious even if he doesn't believe in most of the theories/conspiracies he goes over.

Wednesday:

Hermie's videos tend to tie back to her circus heritage. Clown make up tutorials, sword swallowing, gymnastics, juggling, balancing acts, animal taming, you name it. She's probably or will probably cover it.

She also tends to do unboxing videos of her getting circus stuff or trying out circus stuff. Which tends to be mainly clown stuff. Which freaks her friends out.

Thursday:

Jace's videos differ. Sometimes they show him doing various work outs. Others they show him doing different parkour tricks. And on the off occasion he'll even make videos on how to make or get your hands on a weapon.

Friday:

Reza makes videos on the planets, constellations, moons, and other space stuff. Occasionally he'll switch to classical literature or music and on rarer occasions he'll do 'piss me off' challenges. Which usually just end up with him swearing at the camera after someone makes an incorrect statement-- especially about space, foresenics, or Agrabah. All the stuff he tends to focus on in his videos.

Saturday:

Yzla does videos about potions, how to make them, safety edquite, and how to recognize if you've been slipped one but also shows you all the places you can hide a dagger. Sometimes she even does videos on how to break codes and has her fans make challenges out of it for her.

Sunday:

The whole agency either takes the day off or they:

Do a Q&A.

Do a Skit.

Do a blog in their daily life.

Do reaction videos.

Or play a game together.

It almost breaks the internet. At least in Auardon.

It's plain and simple to see, that the moment isle kids become obsessed with the internet, it's all over for those who made the isle.

[future-crab]

fanfiction wip game: heart 🥰

Thank you! 🥰

SOMEHOW despite the fact that I feel like I use the word "heart," if anything, *way* too much, I couldn't find it in a single one of my actual fanfiction WIPs. But it does show up in a few of the fake fanfics I'm writing for Dead Storage, so I'm gonna pretend that counts.

From my "artist AU" wip:

She couldn’t say it to Olivia when she was barely able to admit it in the privacy of her own heart.

From my "legally-distinct-buzzfeed-unsolved AU" wip

She didn’t seem to be taking the “relax” advice very much to heart, but, judging by how she’d acted during the Q&A, Claire had to concede that she might well be following the “be yourself” part.

From my "Gothic AU" wip:

As it was, her heart quailed at the sight, and her stomach gave a nauseous lurch of dread, but she ignored them both, because ghosts weren’t real, and neither were bad omens, but unemployment was.

and

Ariadne tried to pay close attention to the route they took as she followed Claire to the drawing room, and she was forced to conclude that Marlowe House was built by someone with an incredible eye for aesthetics and an abysmal eye for architectural design. More than that – they seemed to hold true contempt in their heart for the idea of a straightforward, traversable floor plan.

and

Ariadne did her best to ignore the noise and focus on her book, but that was not an easy task. It was a dreary little romance, all long looks and stolen glances that might have been affecting if the two leads weren’t so bland, and it must have been the third or fourth time she read the phrase, Eloise’s heart fluttered, that Ariadne’s eyes began to glaze over.

(Yes I am calling myself out in that excerpt. I gotta stop having people's hearts flutter it's probably a bad sign for their cardiovascular health)

And finally, from my "Fake Dating (also Margot and James are alive) AU" wip, there's:

She spent most of the morning in the gift shop with Sunil and Ezra, but when they struck up their unique method of flirting – namely, Ezra talking at length about the history of doorknobs while Sunil gazed at him with hearts in his eyes and occasionally reassured him that no, this was fascinating, keep going – she couldn’t help but feel like a third wheel. She excused herself to the lobby, and the other two hardly seemed to notice she was leaving, as Ezra had just gotten started on skeleton keys, and that was, apparently, where things got really interesting.' Claire was happy for them. She did wish one of them would make a move so that they could get past the talking-about-doorknobs stage, but she was happy for them.