#censoring some things because i do have irl friends that follow me on here who dont need to know that information 💕💕

[chevaliermalfets]

retook the bdsm test and the more things change (****** percent more than doubling from 31 to 64) the more things stay the same (********** percent stay at 97)

[vacantgodling]

oof okay. i didn’t think i would have to make a post talking about it but this may be my general blanket statement about it and hopefully i don’t need to make a hard and fast rule about this topic (for myself).

generally speaking, idgaf if minors follow me. i used to yeah—and i used to try and censor my blog and shit i posted because i knew i had, essentially, kids following me (why they were, no fucking idea but that’s the main reason i deleted my old blog and made this new one here because i was getting so stressed out about it) and i just didn’t want to be held responsible for “exposing them to shit” or something like that.

however. like. it’s my space, it’s my area, and i was (before) making myself miserable worrying about fucking children so i decided that i’m just not gonna do that anymore. and generally speaking, since making this blog i haven’t. when i was a teen, i followed and interacted with adults on the internet and i was fine. and i know i have some followers/mutuals/friends that i’ve known since they were younger and i didn’t feel weird about talking to them or anything. it’s good for kids to have outside adults to talk to etc etc but that’s not why i’m making this post.

basically, i’m making this post to say: if you are going to be a teenager/young adult (like 16-19) and you decide to follow me i need you to understand that i’m an adult, i talk about adult things (not just sex btw i mean just like. i’m for the exploration of dark topics in media and it will show up in my work occasionally) and that is your responsibility to navigate.

basically what i’m saying is, and bless this person’s heart. i just had a young teen/adult gimme a follow. and usually when people follow me, i do a quick scroll check to see what they post, if i want to follow back, etc etc. but the first post i saw on their blog was them rbing a very… shall we say young and on the internet opinion against a nuanced post that i personally rbed on my side blog myself without the take that this person rbed on it. just as a tldr the original post said basically “dark topics in media should exist and can be a tool to help people know what it looks like and identify it in real life so they can be able to navigate and stop this shit from happening irl.” like. a basic sentence and take (to me). this is obviously not saying you Have to go seek out media that makes you uncomfortable to read it if you don’t want to, but i’ve seen the notes on that post and i’ve seen and heard people talk about how having access to media that discussed their situation helped them themselves either come to grips with it, or to identify that it was happening or happened to them. it’s a nuanced take, and it’s one that i (personally) agree with.

yet the comment they rbed is the usual argument you see from someone who is not able to think about a situation broadly. the standard “oh well i’ve experienced csa before so i don’t need to see what it looks like” which again, tapping the sign, this is not for you then, and you don’t have to read books that explore those topics if you don’t want to. but the fact of the matter is: you aren’t going to know what everything looks like that is the breadth of the human experience—positive, or negative. shutting yourself off from potentially experiencing it via reading (a safe place) isn’t going to help you help anyone or have a complete understanding or opinion about it aside from this knee jerk reaction which is the antithesis of the post. and when all you (the person i’ve blocked btw. idk if it’s hard or soft and i don’t care really) have to add to this conversation via tags is “oh op probably made this post to justify jerking it to mha porn” then i need you to understand you are too young to be following me.

i trust people to make their own decisions. but i don’t really understand when people follow me and then have opinions like this. (hell there’s a lot of people who follow me where i don’t understand Why because it doesn’t seem like what i write would be in their wheelhouse but i can’t and won’t police people from reading my shit if they want to) however when i see stuff like this especially coming from a youngin’ i just don’t want to deal with that. because i know one day i will probably post or talk about something nuanced and i don’t want to invite a potential “callout” or “cancel culture” or freak out in my notes or argument in my inbox i’m just not doing it.

so at this time i’m not making a rule that i don’t want minors/youngins following me, again, i don’t care, but if you are going to like please please please actually understand when you don’t need to be following an adult with opinions that make you uncomfortable for your own sake.

[sa4phire]

i am not myself right now and it is the most agonizing thing. to watch myself. be this version of me when i so desperately want to be the real me. i am always sexual but it doesn’t hit this way for me at all when i am myself. i am ruining things for nothing, i am actively engaging in my eating disorder again, i am pulling away from everyone. i am not being a good wife in my opinion because cook clean and fuck and baby i have barely been cooking because i have no need for food. my man needs sustainable meals and shit and i haven’t been doing the shit. i have not been running my house like normal. i am checked out. i stay high, i write my poetry, i fucking do what i’m gonna do n that’s it. i be outside. i’ve been up for hours n this is after like another two day bender that was after another one and this has been going on for months but i had my job. now that i am koolin basically in the god damn queue for florida until i get certain strings tied (not ones i control), so im free. my man workin long days. im alone.

i am dangerously close to another psychotic break and i pulled away and have been… real with my friends and family but they have no fucking idea how bad i actually am right now. no one in my real life does. they can guess but not one single person actually feels the terror i feel right now. i will not go on medication. not after what happened to me not after my experience after my whole life. i will buck the fuck up and ride it out but i am telling you. my friends back home? we are about to have… demon time because we are all going through our second dark moment basically. so when i see maya… pray. like 🤌🏻🤌🏻😂 the drinks are gonna be rolling. for days. i’m telling you now. but it’s like. i am the kind of person where if i wear myself out i will be okay. that’s why i’m expressing my sexuality and my fucking jittery god damn buzzing energy in every way through writing through lives through sexting through blogging but also painting and caring for my plants and caring for my animals. i have receded to the point where nature is the only place i feel calm and sleeping in a bed is bringing bad things in my head right now so i’m not sleeping. but im also like. i say it’s bad because it’s like. im actively self harming again. i’m not eating, i’ve hit myself multiple times like i borderline cut n i said i was done like more than half a decade ago. be so fr. what the fuck. im to the point where it’s like i looked in the mirror after forcing myself to fucking do something i really. shouldn’t have and just said like “i don’t even recognize you.”

this is not me and if you’ve followed me for a long time you know about why i started this specific blog in the first place and what happened on the underground one that i lost. to censor. so like it just i don’t know it’s hard because i am meeting these souls here who are so important to me. so. important to me in a way i cannot explain. in such a deep way that it hurts to be in their presence sometimes even though they are some of my favorite people in this world. i don’t want to disappoint them or hurt them. i want to give them everything i can that is good i want to give to them.

i feel like no matter what i do right now it is not going to be right. so i go to my trees and i stay up so i don’t dream and i smoke to ease the ptsd and the anxiety and the other stuff. insomnia is nothing compared to ptsd. but thankfully i have met people here who like. understand me and are always helping me and checking on me and guiding me through it. no one knows the real real about some of the shit that i allow on here. like irl it is hard for me to look my husband in the eyes and tell him i can’t sleep a certain way in the bed because a nurse TRIGGER WARNIn bitch but yea a nurse groped me in my sleep in the psych ward and then after wards tried to say i was anxious. to medicate me bro. so like. i just. i am like. and also that’s another thing my sexual trauma ptsd whatever bullshit i don’t know it just is coming in so fucking hot rn. yet at the same time i’m insane. like insatiably horny and yet if i were to have sex right now it would feel like rape. like i can’t have sex right now dawg. i forced myself to today and literally had to stop. sucked his dick tho baby don’t worry lmaoooo my daddy definitely got um a good good nut but. like. i couldn’t stop clenching up because my mental blocks are up because i’m fucking insane right now and just. dude. i’m going to florida so like it will be okay because i can get straightened out down there without having to worry about the long term effects of this episode on my relationship to my husband. and responsibilities will also change which will really help me honestly.

the self hatred and seething burning rage i feel towards myself is immense and difficult to process and handle. i’m writing but it’s not enough. i’m pulling away from people in real life to protect them but god damn i need. love i need affection i need to be held. i crumbled in angie’s lap for a reason. she saw me. for a moment and i couldn’t even handle it. and like the way that she so gently pet me bro and looked at me. she has been through worse than me. she understands. me. but she moved over an hour away from me now. i just. i need support. but i don’t know how to even like live.

[lunathewafflelord]

+INTRO (2.0 because the old one was too wordy]+

Yo

I’m Luna

I’m 18 and am autistic and also have severe anxiety and PTSD. More information on this in “random and important notes” ,,,

This is a WIP

#Can’t choose between the title “space princess” and “waffle lord”. Both are great tho so I like both

#Space aesthetics are my favorite, hence my nickname

#Also I rly like crystals. Rocks in general. Basically Maud Pie Irl

#Waffles are a running joke with some friends of mine hence why most of my usernames have “waffle” in them.  #Favorite video games /series:

-Animal Crossing (New Leaf is my favorite)

-Splatoon

-Pokémon Series (BW is my favorite)

-Miitopia (fave stand-alone game by far)

-Puyo Puyo (how did I forget to add this until now, Puyo sideblog is @sigslefthand! )

-Minecraft

-Toontown

MY PROFILE WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR THE FOLLOWING SERIES:

Avatar: the Last Airbender

Misc Pokémon games

Madoka Magica/Magia Record

Among other things

I try to tag things as spoilers when possible, so if you haven’t finished one of said medias you can have those tags blocked! I don’t want to accidentally spoil anyone.

Random and important notes:

-I don’t (USUALLY) swear, but I may reblog posts with swearing. I’m trying to add “swearing” or “swear warning” to the tags of posts with swearing so people who dislike swearing can avoid those posts. I don’t mean to offend the OPs who swear, I just know many friends of mine who visit my blog don’t like swearing and would rather avoid it.

It’s not I don’t like swearing, I don’t like TO swear. I might share posts with swearing, but I’ll censor swears whenever I write them.

-Due to personal triggers related to certain ongoing political events, I don’t normally reblog political related things unless it’s VERY important or relates to something I deal with (eg autism things). I 100% stand by Black Lives Matter, stop Asian hate, trans and queer acceptance, respecting the beliefs of all religions and cultures, and all other important movements, but I find many of the posts about them extremely triggering and as a result I don’t normally reblog them as viewing them can be anxiety inducing. I will like and comment on such posts, but I usually don’t reblog them.  (I know that “political” isn’t the best word for many of these things, but it’s the best I can come up with. If there’s a better word to use please let me know and I’ll correct myself)

-Please understand that I generally have trouble wording things at times and may accidentally come across as rude or insensitive. I don’t intend for things to come out in such a way, and I’d appreciate if people POLITELY would let me know if I say something wrong and how to say it in a better way so I don’t cause issues again. I’m only human, and I have some issues with wording, and it’s really helpful when people let me know if I ever say/do something wrong so I can correct it and make sure I don’t do it again.

-I type in caps lock a lot! I don’t typically mean caps lock to be yelling, I use caps lock to express excitement/happiness or to put emphasis on certain words. Like if something cool is added to a game I like I might write in caps lock to show how excited I am about that. But if you don’t like caps lock I’m fine with not using caps lock around you in direct messages 👍

yeah

More will be added later.. I don’t really like how this is formatted so it’ll probably be completely revamped again in the future. Sorry.

I’d like to repeat, IF ANYTHING HERE COMES ACROSS AS OFFENSIVE IN ANY WAY PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO I CAN CORRECT MYSELF AND FIX THE POST TO AVOID IT HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE

Other cool stuff:

I have two dogs and two cats and have worked with cats in a professional setting, specifically in animal shelters! I interact with the cats to help get them used to people and through the people at that shelter I met my doggo Poppy!

My dogs are beagles named Poppy and Bagel! Poppy’s full name is Lemon Poppyseed Muffin, usually just called Poppy or Poppyseed. Bagel is 10 years old and a very good boy, we don’t know Poppy’s age but she acts like a puppy!

My cats are Lyra and Divina, both girls, Lyra is a little baby calico (just turned 2 recently!) and Divina is a beautiful brown tabby and is 6-7 years old

Images of them under cut!

[transgenderteensurvivalguide]

Are you aware of operation pridefall?

Lee says:

Transphobic and homophobic trolls have been on the internet forever, and sadly it looks like they won’t be going away any time soon. Ain’t nothin new.

I’m a pre-med college student with a wonderful partner and plenty of friends, and I’m happy, loud, proud, and living my life. I came out 8 years ago and never looked back, so nobody is going to stuff me back in a closet. Trolls don’t have any more power over me or my life than the power I give to them, so I’m not going to be afraid because there’s nothing to be afraid of. Like ? Ohh noo, what if someone sends something rude to my inbox?? whatever will I do, I sure wish there was a “block” button ...

But while I personally don’t feel concerned about this particular troll effort and I’m no stranger to rude and hateful anons, you should always take whatever steps you feel like you need to take in order to protect your mental health.

If you get anon hate, or are worried about getting anon hate, here are a few options:

Step one: Don’t reply to the ask, and don’t delete the ask- block them! You can’t do this in the Tumblr mobile app, but if you’re on the computer-version of the Tumblr website you can block an anon in the inbox, which will also delete their ask. Often anon hate is just from like 1 user pretending to be different people.

Step two: If you keep getting hateful anon asks from different anons, you may want to check the tags on your original posts. You might be accidentally using a tag that discoursers use, which makes it more likely that you’ll attract hate from people scrolling through that tag. You may also want to avoid tagging or using key words in your posts, so censoring things when necessary can help avoid your blog from showing up in searches.

Step three: If you don’t want to appear in search results at all, you can always remove your blog from all search engine results (including Tumblr’s) by turning off the “Allow this blog to appear in search results” option in your blog’s settings on the web. This means your posts won’t show up in the “recent” posts if you search on Tumblr, and it makes it harder for people to search within your blog itself.

Step four: If that doesn’t work, and you’re still getting anon hate, turn off anon. People can’t send you anon asks if anon asks aren’t enabled. People are less likely to send hate when their URL is attached- it doesn’t mean you’re guaranteed to avoid getting hate, but it does make it way less likely.

On the Tumblr website on the computer, click “Settings” under the account menu at the top of the dashboard, then on the right side of the page, choose the blog you’d like to update. In the Ask section, enable “Let people ask questions.” Then uncheck the box that says “Allow anonymous questions.”

I’ve turned off anon asks on a number of my blogs, including @brownandtrans because there’s no reason someone has to be sending me questions anonymously in some places. I know you might get fewer asks, but you have to ask yourself if that’s an acceptable trade off, and honestly it usually is.

Step five: Your other option is turning off asks entirely and turning off submissions. You can similarly restrict replies so only blogs you follow can reply to your posts, and you can restrict messaging so only blogs you follow can message you. That way people can only send hate via reblogs.

It’s reasonable and valid to be upset about people being transphobic in your inbox, and I’ve been through the same thing so I know how you’re feeling. It sucks. But you don’t have to be passive about it! If IRL transphobia was something you could control your exposure to and simply turn off in the settings we’d all be a lot happier, but that isn’t the case. But that is true in some cases when you’re online, so why not take advantage of the opportunity?

If you’re getting a lot of hate, it’s worth blocking those asks and then turning off anons or asks entirely for at least a month and seeing how it goes. Your social media is supposed to be safe space for you, and you control what content you want to be seeing and interacting with, so there’s no reason you have to allow people to send you asks at all if it’s going to be negatively impacting your mental health. Even if you haven’t had any trolls yet but you’re really anxious about it and it’s affecting your mental health, it’s okay to take the steps you need to take to protect yourself.

Step six: Hide your blog entirely and password protect it. Only tell your blog’s password to people you trust and want to interact with, like friends or mutuals. This is another option in your blog’s settings on Tumblr. Now the only people who can see your blog are the people you’ve explicitly given permission to.

TLDR: You don’t have to take all these steps if you don’t feel like you need to, but at the very least don’t reply to anon hate (stop feeding the trolls, it isn’t helping you or the best way you can spend your efforts to help the movement) and block the ask instead.

Note: These are my tips for Tumblr specially, so you should look through your privacy settings and options on any social media site you use to see what your options are!

But honestly, I don’t really predict much more trolling this June than we experience in general. Most of these troll campaigns are a lot of bark and no bite, and they usually end up creating more fear and anxiety when people warn each other about it than from the troll’s actual actions, in my opinion. Sadly, we can get homophobic and transphobic anons at any point in the year.

[barnables]

I want to come clean about something and if some of you want to unfollow or stop interacting with me based on this that’s perfectly understandable.

I am in no way pro ship because it’s used to defend things like incest and pedophilia and those things are unacceptable even in fiction. (I’m not going to debate this)

But I am anti anti in that I think harassing people over enjoying “problematic” ships (like Rey/lo) is also unacceptable. And I think people can enjoy dark themes in media without being awful people irl, or enjoy ships that they know would count as abuse irl because it’s a form of escapism and that’s perfectly okay!

And this is not me opening up the floor for debate so I will not be answering asks from strangers about this, it’s just for my friends and followers to know and do with the information as they please. I’m just too lazy to censor it so if you come here as a stranger looking for a fight please know I will be ✨ignoring you✨

Also do know I don’t like these labels or how black and white these discussions tend to be. Most of the time, these issues are boiled down to “us vs them” with little room for nuance and in terms of fiction, which is inherently very nuanced, that in itself is very problematic.

Media should always be consumed critically but also people have a right to explore themselves in the safe space that fiction provides. Fiction does effect reality and it’s important to be mindful of that but someone’s personal art does not always represent reality in a 1:1 scale and abuse and bullying in the way that tends to happen on the internet is also wrong.

I’m not sure what this means as far as where I stand with a few of my mutuals, but I thought I’d let you all decide. No hard feelings no matter what happens. I’m happy to clarify to people who know me and need more info!

[thoughts-of-the-unheard]

so i like comparing people apparently and i couldnt help but notice something and i cant help but share it and this is going to be something about every one who knows me on here irl that being, best friend cianna, will, and book boy right and i gave cianna mine because i think she belongs on tumblr and i wanted to share things with her so thats all good and well and i mentioned using the name amoutre once to will like a year ago and like a few months later i guess i mentioned tumblr and he found me because, well, amoutre isnt a common name since i completely made it up and book boy found it because he knows i call him book boy on here and i guess he read under book boy until he recognized my writing and as im sure yall know i write about everything on here my whole thing is just writing my thoughts and as i think about my friends and as will and book boy are my friends i write about them and that has caused some problems with will when i was annoyed and wrote a post about him and he found it months later after i had already gotten over it which drug it back up and reopened that wound and whatever and when will and book boy found it they both were like hey i dont need to like see this i can just leave it alone if you want me to i know its your space and all and thats nice but as i told them i dont care because frankly i dont take them into consideration when i post because i just post and what i noticed was will had asked that anything i post about him stay in my drafts and when book boy first did the hey i dont want to intrude thing i responded with i wont be censoring anything so youll just have to deal with what i write (because generally if you follow an account thats solely about my thoughts, you will get my thoughts) he said he cant wait and he will deal with them and i just think thats interesting and i know this directly goes against what will asked but, and i say this unapologetically, i will not be censoring myself for you or anyone this is my place to write what i think and feel and if you dont want to know what im thinking about you right now you shouldnt look in the place with all my thoughts but im not hating on him i understand where its coming from but im also not gonna do it 

[jane-penvellyn-of-blackmoor]

Nancy Drew #33 Midnight in Salem Game Review

So I gave in and paid the damn $30 to play the dribble that HER's pawning off as their latest game. While there has been major controversy within the fandom over the latest Nancy Drew Game and HerInteractive in general, I'm going to stick to just the game here. My thoughts and opinions on how HER managed the fandom after Penny Miliken came onto the scene have been made clear on my sh!tposts on my blog lol. So we're talking just the game here, nothing pre-start menu - that includes real world HerInteractive drama, none of that. So let's begin...

The Start Menu - Tbh I hated the start menu. It was like a FNAF game's opening menu, clearly made in Unity and the grass textures were nightmarish. If this were my first Nancy Drew game and this was the first sight I saw upon booting the game up, I would never buy another one again.

Voice Acting - Now before ya'll go off on "That's just your nostalgia talking, give it a chance" I will have you know that I tried, I really really tried to like the new voice actress for Nancy but ugh I can't stand it. She sounds like someone pretending to be Olivia Benson off Law & Order: SVU. Like I get they wanted Nancy to sound more like a modern teenager and less "Barbie voice" like Lani's voice would stray towards but letting go of Lani was their biggest mistake. If they had kept Lani as Nancy's voice - especially for such a drastically different game setup - would have helped keep fans fixed within the Nancy Drew world that we've been following for years. Everyone else was great, I especially liked Mei and Lauren's voices and the emotions expressed within them. Also Tourist Girl outside of the Town Hall needs to be brought back in the next game and have her lines recorded on actual recording equipment because what you did HerInteractive was hysterically pathetic and unfair. I don't know if that was a place holder that got overlooked or what but for a $30 game released by a company with so many quality games under it's belt - I expect better.

Storyline - Was pretty good. Fire, robberies, political unrest, sabotage, fraud, hidden wills, all things we've seen before a dozen times but they never get old. I think it's safe to say that the storyline itself is actually what kept me playing, however about half way through I did know it was one of two suspects who was the villian and the very next reveal ensured me which one it was. Still though good story.

Script - Whoever was in charge of the character conversations, for the love of all that is holy please water the interactions down! I felt like 99% of the game was never ending conversations about crap that wasn't useful to the plot. Like filler and fluff is great but conversations that drag on and on and on aren't fun. Have a character say a line or two, then it's Nancy's turn - all this monologuing has me flying through conversations just so I can move onto the next thing. Also some of the way the lines are written make it hard for the actors to read and sound authentic. Like "I can not." (versus "I can't.") levels of unauthentic lines.

Characters - Loved the different characters, would have appreciated more that had models you could interact with.

Puzzles - Needed way more puzzles. Like WAY more. It felt like there was less than 10 puzzles in the game and the majority were stupid easy, the only 'difficult' ones were easy once you understood what they wanted you to do which for some reason wasn't made clear at the start of the puzzle.

Mini Games - Loved making Johnny Cakes and mixing herbs.

Graphics - Horrific. I played on the highest settings of graphics on my HD computer, I had zero issues with it rendering or playing through as intended and smoothly - the graphics were still shit. I've seen better graphics in Barbie's Horse Adventures or The Sims 3. If you're entire argument of shifting onto Unity was for better graphics, HerInteractive, then you need to deliver and you failed miserably at that.

Navigation - I actually had zero issue with the 'swoosh' way we moved around. At times it felt a little restrictive (like in Town Square getting around the stage) but it was fine. I just actually didn't care for the camera tilt feature, it made things ten times more complicated trying to figure out what nooks and crannies they wanted you to notice and which they didn't. I'd happily go back to the old navigation and old engines but I'm fine with the new one so long as they work on making it better.

Cursor - Hated the new cursor, bring back the magnifying glass plz.

Location - I felt that the location of Salem, MA. wasn't utilized to it's fullest potential and that the layout of the town square and the maps of the city were surprisingly unsimilar to IRL Salem. I liked the aesthetic of Lauren's Shop, The Cemetary, The Hathorne House, and Olivia's Store but all of those locations fell victim to the game's graphics, still though props to the designer of those locations in the game.

Austrian Castle - This was jarring. To have a game so drenched in it's location of Salem then it starts off in Austria, it was weird. I get it that they were like "It's connected to the Salem Witch Trials cuz of da Judge dude" but it was super unnecessary and felt like a strange sub-plot location to a game set in Salem, MA. 

Music - I liked the music, felt a little Harry Potter-ish at times and the 'indie rock' music they had that had zero lyrics was annoying but overall it was fine.

Witchy Stuff - I myself am a real practitioning witch, I am an ecclectic pagan wiccan and I know I am in the minority here but some of the puzzles were obnoxiously easy if you know anything about witchcraft. Like even the most basic level of witchcraft. If you ever skimmed through a wicca book in highschool with your edgy friends than you already know more than this game expects you to know. What pissed me off is that it's never actually explained to you. Like they bring up Samhain and fling the word around so it's all spooky and mystifying but they never once have a book or person discuss real Witchcraft with you. Like yeah Olivia is a 'real witch' or whatever and Lauren teaches you about mixing some herbs but it's still not like "Here is The Wheel of the Year, These are Sabbats and Esbats, This is an Athame, This is what we use brooms for we call them Besoms, etc" like the fact that we didn't get a wise old lady who was a clear rip off of Laurie Cabot teaching us about real Witchcraft in a very censor friendly and warm way pisses me off to no end. MISSED OPPORTUNITY HER!!!

Nancy's Behavior - So many times in this game Nancy behaved out of character to me. Like I get it, ya wanted to be all like "let's challenge her belief in ghooooosts!!" but it wasn't done correctly. Nancy wouldn't react to seeing ghosts like Scooby Doo and Shaggy.

Call Backs/Easter Egg - I appreciated the Easter Egg in this game being a literal colorful egg but it was a lame spot to hide it considering it was in plain view. However I appreciated the call backs to previous games with KoKo Kringles, Robotic Cats, and the Dear Sweet Charlotte jack-o-lantern.

Ghosts and Jumpscares - 10/10 best aspect of the game by far. The witch ghost over the bed actually got me really good and the ghosts in the underground tunnels were the best graphics of the game.

Pumpkins - Another charming part of the game that I actually enjoyed more than I anticipated. It was really cute and a fun stupid little thing to work on through out the game to find all the candles and put a pumpkin on each one.

Hardy Boys - PLEASE BRING THEM BACK FOR MORE GAMES AND NEVER STOP THE FRANCY SHIPPING. Also I could be tempted for Joe/Deirdre shipping js.

Overall - I'd rate the game a 4/10 and that's being nice. I liked it more than RAN but that’s really not saying much. It doesn’t come close to classic Nancy Drew Games.

Final Thoughts - I can't see any person who isn't a die hard Nancy Drew fan playing this and being like "Yeah I'll buy more of HerInteractive's future games!" like no. But I do see potential. I can see this as a beautiful beginning on a new platform making more immersive games. Or you know this could be the last game we get from HER and they close and go bankrupt and get flushed away and then the Miss Clue crew buys the rights for Nancy Drew and they make new Nancy Drew Games on the old platform with the old team....whichever works just fine for me :)

[haikyuu-trash-can]

1k follower special - the person behind this blog

Hi everyone! I’ve been on tumblr for not even 6 weeks now? And I am absolutely blown away by all the support I received for my memes. Thank you so much! Thanks to all of you, I am now bigger Haikyuu trash than ever after getting into some of the more obscure parts of the fandom.

So, since I’m in this for the long run, I want to get to know the people who look at the stupid memes I make and for you to know who makes them (aaand I want to make a really self-indulgent post for once).

This is me:

And since we’re on tumblr, I’ll do my intro the classical tumblr style

Marie | 20 | she/her | Czech | bi | bi? | les-leaning irl but totally obsessed with hot anime boys | Gemini | INTJ | 5w6-9w1-3w4 sp/sx | Gryffindor-Ravenclaw | True Neutral

I was obsessed with MBTI for about 5 years until it took over my thinking so hard I had to stop last year (if you wanna come to yell at me about MBTI I’d love that).

Bunch of random things about me:

I’m a Cognitive Systems major and Computer Science minor at University of British Columbia. I don’t know who tf came up with the major name. I study cogs. I love cogs. I loooove big *censored*. My dream is to be a professional volleyball player corporate whore after I graduate.

Thanks to everyone who sent asks! I’ll reply to them here.

Character I’m most like

Tendo

I used to be like Akaashi as a kid but then out of the blue I stopped being awkward, antisocial and unconfident and now I’m the “crazy friend”. I’m still Akaashi on the inside tho. Somehow it all works out but it’s probably the reason why I have like 7 different personalities.

How I got into Haikyuu

Took me a while because I usually don’t give things a chance randomly unless I have a reason to. I didn’t want to watch Haikyuu that much because I’m actually not that much into sport anime (I prefer fantasy and modern shounen) and I thought the character design and drawing styles looked kind of generic.

Like, when you look at this with eyes unused to the design they kind of look like aliens (the skewed eyes and head shape). That is to say, I love the design and now I don’t even see it but before I started watching it caught me off guard. What finally made me watch Haikyuu was that I saw a random pic of some Haikyuu thighs and I was like, yeah, why not.

How I got into volleyball

I watched Haikyuu. That simple. Only started playing last winter, but I’m super obsessed with training and I’m actually pretty decent, well-rounded player now. Never played truly competitive volleyball, I just go to drop in hours (sometimes I would play a game without counting points for like 6 hours straight without resting much). I play at my uni’s intramurals, this year on two different teams.

Which positions I play

I mostly play wing spiker on either side (by elimination process. To unskilled to set, too short to block, and we don’t play with liberos). But this year my Women’s team wants me to play their middle blocker and my CoEd team wants me to be libero. I am not particularly thrilled about either but I am looking forward to learning a bunch of new skills.

Other anime I love

I never fell in love so hard with anything other than Haikyuu, but here are a few of my noteable past obsessions:

Assassination Classroom

Attack on Titan

Bungou Stray Dogs

Hunter x Hunter

My Hero Academia

Owari no Seraph

Fun Facts

So far I did: gymnastics, aerobic, judo, athletics, disco dance, capoeira, krav maga, ballet and now volleyball, so that’s a pretty diverse combination. I was doing krav maga, ballet and volleyball all at the same time.

I used to have a hypermobile spine. Like make my head touch my butt from behind kind of flexible. I stopped training and it slowly receded but I am still very flexible.

I have a very high cold tolerance. I can wear dresses when the temperature is above 5 degrees Celsius. I once went to a volleyball match in my shorts and only realized afterwards that it was kinda cold outside because it started snowing.

I have monster stamina. It’s nice but it kind of sucks because it’s mega hard to lose weight because of the way my metabolism is programmed.

My family had 13 cats at one point. I love cats.

Okie that’s it, thanks for tolerating my shameless narcissistic rambling.

I LOVE YOU ONE THOUSAND!

[tsuki-nii]

‘Trap’ Discourse and anime

I've seen the fights over Trap being derogatory before and I'm here to give you some different viewpoints on it. It's a doozy, get popcorn TL;DR at the bottom.

Trap can be used offensively or non offensively in various situations IRL. People saying women with too much makeup are a trap, that sexy bystander at the bar is a trap, star wars jokes; hell a person with a bunch of puppies is a trap. Basically anything that's "not what it seems" can be a trap; so yes, any lgbt/queer person can fall into this, but it's not exclusive to them.

Here's how trap is being used in it's anime context. It's similar to the otokonoko(which literally means boy in japanese but it's used in a trap way idk) tag one might find. Males dressing as females. Reverse traps being Females dressing as males. If someone related the term to real life, it would be Transvestite or cross dresser; and even cross-play falls under the category along with Drag Queens/Kings. Virtually all the time this is used in anime, it's a male, who identifies as a male, but dresses like the stereotypical female. Vice Versa for Female traps. Transgender characters and people do not fall into this category. That is the genderbender category. Depending on the site, genderbender includes traps. It's all a mix of random tag names to find shit easier.

Remember, these characters in the stories, yaoi or not (the teacher from utapri is a trap), are not looking to become a different sex or gender. They're just changing clothing. The only exception to this that I've seen is Hourou Musuko (wandering son) that actually focuses on transgender aspects. Unfortunately there isn't a widely used tag for that genre yet. I wish there was, because then there'd be an easier way to find transgender focused fiction or anime

I've had friends from farther up California (i'm socal) tell me that in a certain area, assholes use trap as a slur to many lgbt, transgender or not. This isn't a big thing down here in san diego, in the town I live in in the mountains, or in Denver where I've been multiple times and my family resides. It's rarely used outside the context of anime then aimed specifically at queer people. But there will always be exceptions due to bigoted assholes using whatever they can think of to put someone down. A great way to stop that from happening IRL is to own it. Some one says you're a trap maliciously? Tell them you look damn fine, you're comfortable with yourself and they can go eat shit. My college did that and now queer is not a slur. It's an all inclusive term for people on campus that fall into lgbt categories.I've used it off campus with family and friends with no problems too. I'm not saying that it's a sure-fire or always feasible solution; but it's better than fighting friends in your community about something not intended, or used to offend you.

Trap being a slur for transgender people is pretty recent too. It's always been in the western anime comunity since way back. It was never meant to be derogitory, was never a prominent slur and there's never been a problem with it until now.

You can't dictate an entire community's sorting medium because you take offense to it. I don't take offense to the Japanese 'Yankee', just because I'm an american; and we're technically historical yankees. Same word, completely different contexts and communal origins. Same thing for stereotypes. They can be comedic or bigoted; depends on the situation and fucking CONTEXT.

"lol Italians love wine" vs. "They're italian so they should like wine right?" vs. "Italians are fucking Drunkards!"

See the difference in context???1st is a joke, 2nd might be slightly ignorant, 3rd is straight up hate.

Gay started out as a term for happiness and merry making, and then people started using it as a slur toward "gay" people. They went from homosexuals to "gays". YEARS later, it's now in a sense, just a term for sorting people into queer categories. No malevolent nature to it, unless someone is blatantly using it to hate on you. But no one's going to say gay is offensive now. No one's going to say anything unless it's used in the context of a slur. I'm not going to go smack everyone that utters the word just because that dick Jim from down the street and my small town hates gays and it offends me. I'm not going to hit my grandparents either, because they're old and they still use it in the happy sense. I AM going to smack Jim if he says 'gay' to me. In that instance, in the context of Jim being a bigot directing hate towards me, 'gay' becomes a slur; and I will take offense.and smack him

Not taking offense to, and using Trap as an anime term doesn't discredit anyone IRL. It doesn't invalidate anyone/anygender/anysex/anyorientation digitally or in real life. What does invalidate, and hurt is shitting on someone for using something that has been there since the beginning and never had a bad rep until YOU decided it was the worst thing in the world. All because one asshole called you and you're friends a "Trap" somewhere. Even though nothing changed in the anime community with regards to loving or hating traps. You came in here and attacked everyone for some hate that doesn't apply here.

No one's victim blaming you all either. The one's experiencing this trap slur rise are victims yes. However, everyone being screamed at here, are now victims of that irrationality and anger from outside, when they've done nothing wrong. They didn't call you trap, they didn't sneer at you, they didn't hurt you. They've kept to themselves online, enjoying, appreciating, loving something you claim they're destroying. They never spread hate, ignorance, or resentment, you did by bringing your reality into a non existant plane.

There are safe spaces online and IRL. But you cannot censor the internet, you cannot censor art, and you CANNOT CENSOR CREATIVITY. Plus don't kinkshame, rood.

If you TL;DR'ed, then here's the key points:

Trap is meant for transvestites in anime. It is a western term for an anime genre. It is almost exclusively for transvestites. Anything else would likely fall into the genderbender category. Take your pick.

It's been used positively for said genre all this time with the exception of those that aren't into that specific genre.

You think trap is rude? Talking about 'trans' as an all encompassing group but glossing over or even excluding transvestites is worse.

If you're trans-male, trans-female, or agender/other non-binary trap barely even applies to you. A trans-male, dressing as a male isn't a trap, it's normal. They're male, they wear male clothing. Same goes for anyone. I think anyone should where anything they want, but that's just me

Unless you exist inside of that anime/manga, you cannot be a trap or any of those tags. Doesn't matter what you are at this point, you're not a fictional character. You're a living, breathing human being who isn't bound by words.

You're taking a slur from an entirely different community, throwing it at the other community and then blaming them for it when they're peaceful and accepting of it.You can't give a cartoon shit, they don't exist. That's like having a Japanese person come to America to give me shit for being mixed race. They're pressure on mixed natives doesn't apply to me. I'm in a different country, in a different community where it's fine; we embrace diversity here.

A similar example is the use of 'nigger.' In the African American community, it can be used as a friendly term. Like calling your best friend a bitch in greeting/or whatever. Harsh word, but not malicious in intent or context. Saying it outside the community is usually racist, because it's used harshly, with the intention of insulting. In that sense the african american community is taking back the slur and removing it's power.

It's not right to yell at them for using nigger in their own community; thus, the same goes for any community, like the anime community.

In the end, trap is just another term to help sort through japanese stories and art. The same as horror, cat, slice of life, shounen, or sparkly unicorn farts. Whatever tags one can pull out their ass can apply to anime, but it'll never be intended for real life people.

Fiction can never harm you unless you can't seperate it from reality and act on it, or you have a mental disorder. A story with triggers can't physically follow you around or force you to experience it. A word can't jump out and stab your eyball or anything. It's all there for entertainment, imagination, relaxation, or controlled exploration. TRAP CAN NOT DEPRICATE TRANSGENDER PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT THEM AND IT'S ABOUT CHARACTERS THAT ARE NOT REAL PEOPLE.

MOSt IMPORTANTLY NONE OF THESE ANIME TERMS APPLY OR SHOULD APPLY TO ACTUAL PEOPLE. JUST TO FICTIONAL CHARACTERS. THEY CANNOT HURT YOU, OR STOP YOU FROM BEING YOU

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You can tag me as ass, nasty hetero, pansexual alien or whatever the fuck, but it's not going to change my life. It's just words I'll see for 2 seconds and then forget when I'm eating my weeb kibble and enjoying my anime traps with their cute clothing. I LOVE MY CUTE FICTION BABIES and I love my real life trans friends. FUCKING SUE ME

Before any of you try to shit on me and say I don't know what I'm talking about:

I went through training to be a queer ally. TWICE. and guess what? bigger problems lie with queers segregating other queers, as opposed to the rainbow of hateful words we get.

My close family friend is a gay man who's a Professional Drag Queen and is fabulously gorgeous. He takes no offense to trap.

My sibling is currently sorting out zir gender identity, and as of right now is a blossoming trans-male or gender fluid, fucking ANGEL. Loves anime, no offense taken to trap.

I regularly cosplay, play games as, and assume a fictional male persona online. I've dressed as a "guy" on may occasions. I take no offence to the word trap.

Yeah sometimes trap is being used in a bad way, but once again, it exists in two different contexts. Whatever shit people say out in the real world has no value here in anime fun land. If you give someone shit for their tastes in fiction, you might as well throw them in a box and say "you can't be happy with you're cartoon/anime/book because it offends me IRL"

You hating me for liking anime Traps is the same as someone hating you IRL for being a different "trap". I'm not disrespecting you, but you're disrespecting me for some attack on you I never made; just because the same word was used differently.

[mrsmarlasinger]

Dear whomever is responsible for my Tumblr post (you know the one) getting to my friggin’ mother:

Yeah, okay, it’s my fault for posting things online. Nothing on the Internet is private, everything on the Internet is permanent, etc. etc. Ya got me there.

But, to be fair, this is an anonymous Tumblr account that my name isn’t attached to and that my parents don’t (sorry, didn’t) know about. When people vent on Tumblr, it’s because they consider it their safe, private place to be authentic--to scream into the void, or even find people who understand and relate. Do you know how awesome it is to get messages of love and support from people who care about you even if you’re a total stranger? It rocks.

I, too, thought of Tumblr as that safe, private place. Sure, even then I’d censor myself. The worst, darkest things? I’d post them privately so no one could see them. Or on rare occasion, I’d post them to my other, Sooper Sekrit™ account. But for lots of reasons, I just preferred venting here on the main.

Anyway, the only reason I let a few IRL friends follow my Tumblr was because I trusted them. I trusted them fully. You don’t expect people you trust to fling around your anonymous posts like they don’t give a crap about the privacy you’ve tried to cultivate for yourself.

Don’t get me wrong: I understand why you did it. You were worried about me. I get it. Thank you for caring.

But my question is why? My inbox is open. My askbox is open, and anon is on, so you don’t even have to reveal yourself. If you’re scared for my well-being, you can message me, or send an ask. I’ll answer it honestly. No reason to lie on an anonymous account. (Well, I guess I can’t very well call it anonymous anymore if my parents know it exists, so from now on, deffo don’t expect any truth from me.)

At the very least, you could tell me that you’re going to do all the gymnastics required to get one of my posts to my mother.

You didn’t consult me because...why?

Here’s the thing. I’m a legal adult. My parents no longer get to have access to my medical history/records/et cetera--and yeah, mental health is as much a part of that as physical health. My 18th birthday was a huge relief because I finally got to have legal privacy from my parents. In other words, my health is literally none of their business, and I get to choose what my parents know about it.

Are there limits to confidentiality? Absolutely, and one of those limits is intent of harm to oneself or others. But if I tell a uni counselor I’m gonna blow my brains out, they’ll break confidentiality to tell the nearest hospital, not dear old Mumsie and Popsie. Because I’m a legal adult.

That’s what I told my mom when she confronted me about my post. That I’m a legal adult, it’s none of her business, and I’m not telling her anything.

If you’re concerned about someone who’s literally living thousands of miles away from their parents’ house, for heaven’s sake, don’t go running to their mommy. They’re not a child. Take it up with them like an adult. Call 911 if you have to. And by the way, unless they have an actual plan to commit suicide, you don’t have to. (I’m in a class that’s all about being a counselor. Believe me, this is a topic we’ve covered very thoroughly.)

You didn’t care how a bombshell like this might affect my already-very-dubious relationship with my mother. You didn’t care about me getting to tell her things on my own terms. You didn’t care how I felt at all. I’m not an infant; I can make some decisions for myself, I promise.

Am I pissed? A little. I appreciate that you care about me. I really do. But like...there were a million and one better ways of addressing this.

I’m still deciding whether I’m going to delete or abandon my Tumblr, or whether I’m going to keep using it but shut my trap from now on. Not gonna lie: I did like having an outlet that sometimes carried the bonus of love from Kindly Internet People Who Get It. But it’s not like I’m gonna die without it, so whatever. Still have my Sooper Sekrit™ account if needed.

C’est la effing vie.

[promisedangel]

The Secret Codes (Original Version) 1/2

I’d like to remind everyone that this is a look into my past for my 150 followers milestone. This story was created and written within 2005-2006!! I’d also like to remind people that I’ve edited it only to the point of spell checking, and changing a couple of names which had some IRL connections (And per the requests of some of my IRL friends I threw into this story). All grammar, punctuation, formatting, point of views (povs), plot holes, and self-censoring remains in tact. Fun fact; my most commonly misspelled word twelve years ago was “toward”. It mostly was spelled “Twrod” or “Towse” or something to that extent.

Enough of me rambling. Enjoy me at my worst/newest.

Part 1 Code Amy

Chapter 1 The New Arrival  (night before school started)(normal POV)  Now that XANA is out of the computer he thought he should get rid of those kids Jerimie, Yumi, Odd, Ulrich, And Aelita. "But how am I going to do it?" Xana thought, "Wait I could become human and get rid of them when most venerable!". So he transformed into a pre-teen with black hair, a blood red shirt, blue jeans, kinda tan skin, and a medallion with his symbol on it. "now to get a file into the government files" he thought. So he did and she also signed up for the academy his arch rivals attended.  (morning of the first day of school)  Finally the summer was over and it was back to school. During the summer, Aelita stayed at Yumi's house. "So how was your summer Jerimie"? Aelita asked. "Fine" Jerimie responded. "Same as mine, no Xana attacks at all" Aelita said. "I know, ever since Xana got out of the supercomputer there have been no attacks at all" Jerimie said. "Must be scheming" Ulrich said. Xana was unknowingly was watching his enemies talk about their summer, he heard a rolling suitcase in the distance. At the gate was a girl of 13 with straight long brown hair, same skin tone as XANA's, a black shirt with hearts on it that also has spots of colors on it, Brown jeans, and pink and gray tennis-shoes. "Oh great it's her" Xana murmured in sarcasm. She walked into the school grounds looking nervous and bumped into Sissi. "Hey watch were your going!" Sissi shouted at her. "I'm sorry, i wasn't looking were I was going" The new girl said and walked off. The girl went up to Yumi and tapped her on the shoulder then Yumi turned around. "Excuse me" the new girl said, "I’m new here can you take me to the principal’s office please?". "Sure thing" Yumi responded. "Thanks" the new girl said as they headed towards the principal's office. When they arrived there the new girl knocked on the door. "Come in" said the principal they did. "Hello I’m new here can I have a map of the school and my dorm room number please?" she asked. "Sure thing but what's your name?" responded the principal. "It's Amy" Amy said, "Amy Liane Karren, sir". "Yes we have been expecting you Amy here is a map and your dorm room number and your class list" the principal said, "Your parents suggested a double". "Thanks and ok" Amy said. "Now you must be getting ready before classes start" he said. "Ok I will" Amy said. Amy and Yumi walked out of the principal's office and Amy found her dorm in no time and her dorm partner was Aelita. "Aelita is that really you!" Amy said. "Yes it is, I can't believe your back Amy I missed you so much!" Aelita responded as they hugged. "I know it's been so long" Amy said. After they unpacked they went and found the others at a bench. "Hey friends this is Amy" Aelita said, "she is my best friend before she moved to America and now". "Hi" Ulrich, Jerimie, Yumi, and Odd said together. "Amy this is Odd, Jerimie, Ulrich, and Yumi my other best friends" Aelita said. "Pleasure to meet you all" Amy said to the gang. "Well this is going to be more fun then I thought it would" Xana muttered with a evil looking smile.

Chapter 2 A Secret Is Revealed  (Around when classes start)(Amy's POV)  "Well classes are about to start Amy, Where are you suppose to go?" Yumi asked. "I'm suppose to go to Physics 7th grade" I responded. "Hey us to!" Ulrich, Odd, Aelita, and Jerimie said together. "Great we can go together!" I said. we all made it to class in time and i was requested to stand outside of the classroom with the other new student. "All right class, settle down!" Miss. Hertz said to the class "we have two new students, one named Amy Karren from America, come in Amy". And so I did and Introduced myself. "And the other is named.. uh I can't quite pronounce it" Miss. Hertz said and the other student walked in "young man what is your name?". he stood right next to me and said "My name is XANA". I was shocked as soon as he said that and so was Jerimie, Ulrich, Odd, and Aelita. "Right, now Amy you can sit behind Odd and Xana go sit behind Herve over there" Miss. Hertz said as she pointed to our seats. Xana and I sat in the seats Miss. Hertz assigned us. As the teacher was teaching I heard Odd whisper to Jerimie "Hey Einstein do you think that is really Xana?" Odd asked Jerimie. "I'm not sure, but if it is Xana we have got to be very careful around him" responded Jerimie. Xana stared at us with an evil smile and I was getting creeped out by it. Soon the bell rang and we went off to our next class.  (Lunch time, Cafiteria)(Aelita's POV)  We all sat down at the table we usually sat at and made sure Xana wasn't around. "Hey can I sit with you guys, I got nowhere else to sit" Asked Amy. "Sure Amy you can sit here" I said to Amy. "I can't believe Sissi asked Xana to go out with her!" said Odd. "No wait Xana is here!?" Yumi asked in shock. "Yeah he is here as human" Amy answered. "Oops" said Odd. "You Know about Xana?" I asked Amy. "Know about XANA, I helped Franz Hopper built him!" Amy responded to my question. The rest of the gang and me were shocked about this discovery. "Honestly I helped with the terrain, and Beta tested with your mom Aelita" Amy continued. "My mom Beta Tested the Scanners?" I asked. "Yup, unfortunately wen she did it she didn't make it into Lyoko" Amy said, "I made it just fine and I know that Xana somehow turned evil, I tried to stop your dad from going to Lyoko but it was to late".  (Flashback)(normal POV)  "Aelita this way, hurry" Franz Hopper said to his daughter. "Ok" Aelita said back. they went to the factory. "W-Where are we daddy?" Aelita asked "In my factory" Franz answered, "now come on". They went down to the floor with the scanners "See you in a minute honey" Franz said as he entered the scanner. "See you in a minute daddy" said Aelita as Amy rushed in. "Wait Franz don't do it!" Amy yelled but it was to late Franz and Aelita where in Lyoko. "No I’m to late!" Amy said crying.  (end of flashback)

Chapter 3 Xana's Attack  (still cafeteria)(Odd's POV)  As Amy told all she knew about Lyoko and Xana, I felt like we were all being watched. "Uh Amy sorry to interrupt but I think Xana is watching us!"  I said. "Odd, are you sure" Amy asked me. "I'm sure of it" I responded and right I was for once Xana was watching them from outside the cafeteria. "Now for Phase Two to get rid of those brats once and for all!" Xana said quietly while holding his medallion. He walked to the factory (the way the gang does from school) and he went to the Super Calculator and began typing something on the screen. "Now the fate of that little pest Amy will be sealed forever Muhahahaha!" Xana said in a very evil way.  (back with the gang)(Jerimie's POV)  "Hey I just realized that there still might be an activated tower in Lyoko!" I said to the gang. "Then what are we waiting for let's go deactivate it" Odd said confidently. "Yeah, But won't that separate Xana from the supercomputer permanently? Amy asked."Uh maybe" I said. "Unless.." Amy whispered. "Unless what?" Yumi asked. "Well I do remember Franz Doing another code besides CODE: LYOKO" Amy said, "but I forget the code and what it does". After she said that the bell rang for the next class. Luckily none of us were in Xana's class that period because we discussed our plan we were Lyoko during class. The bell finally rang for the end of the day. "Come on let's get to the factory before Xana does!" Aelita said "That sounds like a good plan besides who knows what Xana could do to the Super Calculator if he gets there first" Soon they were at the factory bridge and Xana was there. "Going somewhere?" Xana asked with an evil smile. "Xana, Just go away your not part of the Supercomputer anymore so you should have no reason to be here" Amy Shouted at Xana. "Oh but I do" Xana said still with an evil smile. Just then Xana used his fast running ability and kidnapped Amy. "AHH! GUYS HELP!" Amy screamed in terror as Xana ran towards the scanner room. "Don't worry we'll get you back Amy!" Odd said as the gang ran after Xana. They got to the Super Calculator room just when.. "Virtualization!" Xana Shouted and Amy appeared in Lyoko in the forest region. She looked Just Like Zelda in Lyoko only she had a staff in her hand. The staff was made of pure Silver and at the top was a Gold star. "Xana What are you up to!?" I shouted. He just sat there with his evil look on his face. Also he raised his medallion and we were all in Lyoko but Xana wasn't, he was in complete control even when he was not in the supercomputer.

Chapter 4 The Fight In Lyoko Part 1  (In Lyoko)(Yumi's Pov)  "Jerimie, you look ridiculous!" Amy said laughing. "Hey! Cut that out" Jerimie demanded. "Ok ok don't get so mad gosh" Amy said. I looked at Jerimie and tried not to laugh, his Lyoko form was a mixture if what Ulrich looked like back when we thought Lyoko was called Xanadu and bionic metal stuff. "Look out here comes the unwelcoming committee" Ulrich said and right he was, 5 of each monster (except the Sciphizoa of course) was headed toward them. "What are those black and white monsters?" Amy asked. "They are called Tarantulas" I responded. "Charge!" Odd yelled and everyone except Jerimie and Aelita head towards the monsters to battle. "Uh I think I'll stay here and guard Aelita" said Jerimie. "Ok Romeo" I said laughing Jerimie blushed and Aelita did to. "Amy look out, behind you!" I yelled to Amy. The Sciphizoa was behind Amy and it picked her up and started to take her memory. "Ya" I yelled as I threw one of my fans at the Sciphizoa's tentacles and let Amy go. "Amy are you ok?" I asked Amy as I helped her up. "Yeah I’m fine" Amy responded, "OUCH". Amy got hit by a Blok's laser in the arm. "I thought we had life points" Amy said in pain. "I guess Xana has other plans for you" I said as I helped her up again. "By the way what was that squidy thing doing?" Amy asked me. "First off, that squidy thing is called the Sciphizoa and secondly it was sucking out you memory" I responded. "Why do you think it was after me?" Amy asked. "I don't know but is seems Xana wants to get rid of you for some reason" I responded, "now let's go kick some monster butt". "Right behind you Yumi" Amy said. "No need to ladies we got them all" Odd said triumphantly. "Oh man i wanted to beat up that new monster" Amy said complaining. "Hey where is Jerimie and Aelita?" Ulrich asked. "Over here" Aelita yelled from the north point of the sector. "We check every tower in the sector and none of them are active so we think the activated tower is in Sector 5" Jerimie said. "Well let's go Sector 5 is my favorite sector in Lyoko!" Amy said. "Ok" everyone said in agreement. "S-C-I-P-I-O SCIPIO" everyone said and the teleporter appeared and soon they were in Sector 5. "I hate that teleporter" Odd said with a queasy felling. "Grr I hope they don't find it" Xana said to himself, "well I guess I'll have to take care of them myself". He started up the transfer program and he when into a scanner and he was in Lyoko (Sector 5 to be exact). 

Chapter 5 The Fight In Lyoko Part 2  (Sector 5 in Lyoko)(Xana's POV)  I appeared in Sector 5 still in the form of the boy I was on Earth but I had a black clock on with my symbol on it and my eyes glowed bright red. Behind me was an army of monsters ready to take out those brats. I led them into the room with the tower and my enemies were all there. Ulrich turned around and was shocked about my monster army. "Oh crap" Ulrich said. What's wrong Ulrich?" the gang asked and they saw all the monsters and me. "Is that who I think it is?" Odd asked. "I'm afraid it is Xana, Odd" Amy said to Odd as the monsters started to charge toward everyone (except Xana of course). "I'm going to try to deactivate the tower, I remember the code but I think it only works for me. Amy said to Aelita. "Go for it and be careful" Aelita responded. Amy ran as fast as she could to the tower but I stopped her from reaching it and the Sciphizoa was right next to me. "Face it Amy your time is up" I said to her in a taunting manner. "Not if I can help it" Amy said as she ran towards me with the staff pointing in my direction. Quickly I grabbed the staff and threw her off to the side with a clunk. I walked up toward her and said "It's over for you and you know it". "Sciphizoa, drain her memory until not a speck of memory is left" I said to the Sciphizoa and it obeyed. It picked Amy up and started to suck out her memory again. Yumi looked back a moment later and saw what was happening to Amy. "XANA YOU CRAZY SON OF A *****!" Yumi said furiously as she threw her fan towards me. It hit me taking 20 points of damage leaving me left with 80 life points. I transformed into her and threw a fan at her and she devirtualized. I transformed back into my original virtual form and watched Amy's memory get taken away. Suddenly Ulrich's sword cut thought the Sciphizoa's tentacles and let Amy go and she laid on the ground looking weak. "I-I feel so weak" Amy said in a faint voice. Ulrich ran up to her and asked "Amy, are you ok?". "Ulrich, tell Aelita the code is CODE: AMY" Amy said before she fainted. "XANA WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER!" Ulrich said yelling. "Oh just a little virus than makes it when the Sciphzoa drains her memory it also drains her energy!" I said laughing. "YOUR GOING TO PAY FOR THAT" Ulrich said as the others came to see what was going on. "Aelita, Amy says the code is CODE: AMY" Ulrich whispered to Aelita. "Thanks Ulrich I'll go deactivate the tower" Aelita whispered back before she ran toward the tower. Jerimie, Odd, and Ulrich got out there weapons prepared to fight. The monsters came in. "Stop, this is my battle so stand down!" Xana told his monsters. Aelita entered the tower and reached the middle of it as I started to battle Odd, Ulrich, and Jerimie. When Aelita reached the top Jerimie was devirtualized. Aelita put her hand on the screen and it said AELITA. Then Odd and Ulrich were devirtualized when I realized they were distracting me. The screen in the tower then said CODE and Aelita typed AMY. "NOO" I screamed as the tower deactivated and I disappeared into the supercomputer. "So that's what the code does, deactivate the tower and put Xana back in the supercomputer" Aelita said. as she exited the tower and ran towards Amy who is still fainted. "Amy, Amy can you hear me?" Aelita asked as tears started to come out of here eyes, "Amy?". She cried on her shoulder in sadness and Amy put her hand on Aelita's back. "I can hear you fine Aelita" Amy said. Aelita was now crying for joy because she knew that Amy was ok. "Oh Jerimie you should lunch a return to the past right now" Amy suggested. "Way ahead of you, Return To the Past Now" Jerimie said as a bubble appeared and surrounded Earth.  (Physics Classroom)(normal POV)  "All right class settle down" Miss Hertz said to the class, "we have a new student named Amy Karren and she is from America, Amy please come in". Amy walked in the room and stood in front of the class And smiled at Aelita, Jerimie, Odd, and Ulrich. "I hope you like it here in France Amy" Miss Hertz said to Amy. "Oh something tells me that I will" Amy said still smiling and thinking about the adventure she just had.  (End of Chapter)  (End of Story)

Part 2 Code Hopper

Chapter 1 Amy's Amnesia  (night of the first day of school)(Amy and Aelita's room)(normal POV)  "Man what a long day" Amy said as she collapsed on her pillow. "Yeah it was long" Aelita said. Amy took out her IPod shuffle and started to listen to "Breaking Free". "What song are you listening to?" Aelita asked. "Breaking Free, from a movie" Amy responded. Suddenly there was a loud knock on the door. "ARE YOU ASLEEP YET IF NOT GO TO BED NOW!" Jim yelled. So they did and they both had nightmares and woke up a few times in the middle of the night.  (morning)Cafeteria)(Amy's POV)  "I'm not so hungry right now" I said morning. "Did you have nightmares to Amy?" Aelita asked. "Yeah some of them were just plain weird and they were in the past" I responded. "Hey since your not hungry, can I have your food?" Odd asked. "Here I don't want it" I said handing Odd my breakfast. Odd smiled in a funny way and started eating. Soon the bell rang for the other students to arrive and we met up with Yumi. "so what are we going to do about Xana?" Yumi asked. "Let's shut him down during lunch and say we were eating outside to the teachers" Jerimie responded. "Sounds good" Yumi said then looked over at Aelita and I. "What's wrong with you two?" Yumi asked Aelita and I. "Nightmares" we said together. "Oh sounds like bad ones to me" Yumi said. "Yup" I said. then the bell rang for first period. "You'll feel better once we shut down Xana" Jerimie said to me as we walked to class. "I guess" I said back. (The Factory, Supercomputer Floor)(Lunch time)(Ulrich's POV)  "Come on let's do this together!" I said to the gang. "Yeah, time to shut Xana down once and for all!" Amy said. we all put one hand on the switch. "On three, one two three!" Jerimie said and we pulled down the switch and Amy suddenly fainted. "Turn it on turn it on!" Aelita said when she saw Amy faint. So we did and Amy woke up. "W-Where am I?" Amy asked in confusion. "Very funny Amy" I said sarcastically. "No seriously where am I and who are you guys?" Amy asked. "and who am I?". "Uh oh I think Amy has amnesia" Jerimie said. "What is amnesia and is Amy my name?" Amy asked still in confusion. "Yes Amy is your name and amnesia is when you forget everything" Yumi answered. "We better take her to the Infirmary" I said. So we did take her there.  (Infirmary)(same POV)  "So what happened" asked the nurse. "Uh she got hit by a baseball on the head hard by some toddlers" I lied. "Well if that is the case, it should only be a few hours for the amnesia to wear off" the nurse said. "Ok thanks we'll go to class now" Odd said. "Now you need some rest Amy" the nurse said to her. "Ok I guess I will” Amy said. Soon it was the end of the day and we when to check up on Amy. "Hey Amy you ok?" Aelita asked as they walked in the door. "Aelita?" Amy said as she woke up. "Why am I in the infirmary" Amy asked. "Xana took two fragments from you when you were in Lyoko, and when we shut off Xana you fainted and then when we turned it back on you got amnesia" Jerimie explained. "Oh I see and I’m guessing one of the fragments was a memory fragment" Amy said. "Must have been" Yumi said.

 Chapter 2 A Message From Franz  (Hallway)(Aelita's POV)  As we told Amy what happened to her, I was thinking why Xana let himself get into the supercomputer so easily. "Aelita are you there?" Amy asked. "Huh, were you talking to me?" I asked. "Yes I was" Amy responded. Suddenly Jerimie's laptop vibrated. "Xana's attacking" Jerimie said with no surprise. "Let's go deactivate that tower!" Amy said walking away. "Oh no not you" Jerimie said as he grabbed Amy's arm, "we can't risk you getting caught by the Sciphizoa". Jerimie looked at his computer as the others were going down the hall. "Come on Jerimie" Odd yelled to Jerimie. "Hold on, it's not Xana, it's Franz!" Jerimie said and we stopped and ran toward Jerimie. "Your right it is my father" I said to Jerimie. "Franz can activate towers?" Amy asked. "Yes, we don't know how he does it but he can" Yumi answered. We went to Jerimie’s dorm and when we got there, Milly was typing on Jerimie’s computer. "It must be him trying to reach us again" Jerimie said. "Looks like it" Ulrich said. We left her alone and a few hours later she got off and went to her dorm. "I'll try to decode it, in the meantime, you can go back to your dorms" Jerimie said, "I'll contact you when I decode it fully". "I got to get home anyway" Yumi said and she ran off towards her home.  (The Middle of the Night)(Jerimie’s POV)  "Finally I'm done decoding" I said to myself. I took out my cell phone and told everyone to come. "It's a video clip" I said to everyone once they all arrived. "Just play it Jerimie" Amy said. So I did. Suddenly Franz Hopper appeared on screen. "Hello everyone, thank you so much for putting Xana back in the supercomputer" Franz said in the video, "Amy, if your watching this you should know what Xana is after but I'll tell you anyway". "You remember when Xana made those codes, well I hope you do because he is after them" Franz said, "You have got to protect them at all costs, and you know which one to guard the most". "Right now I'm somewhere in Sector 5, Xana is holding me prisoner in exchange for the codes!" Franz continued, "Jerimie, I can help you in finding my DNA-code but it will be dangerous and you must come to Lyoko". "Oh no Xana just figured out what I'm doing, Amy remember protect the secret codes with your life!" Franz said. The screen showed the Xana sign for two seconds then the video clip stopped and we all stared at Amy. "So that is why the Sciphizoa went after you only" I said. "I can't tell anyone the codes it will only put you in danger" Amy said. "We understand Amy" Odd said. Amy started to cry with her knees on the floor and said "I shouldn't have came back here, I knew this was going to happen". "Don't worry we won't let Xana get those codes" Aelita said as she patted Amy on the back. "Thanks guys, your the best friends I've ever had" Amy said as she wiped up her tears, "We should get to bed now". We all went to bed unknowing that Herb and Nicolas heard everything. "We got to tell Sissi about this" Herb said. After they went to sleep Xana activated a tower. He came out and sucked Amy into the computer without a sound. 

  Chapter 3 Escape From The Supercomputer Part 1  (Inside the Supercomputer)(Amy's POV)  I woke up to be in a very strange place. It was all white and the world of Lyoko was beneath. "Where am I?" I asked. "Your on my turf now" said a voice from a distance. "Xana, what did you do?!" I yelled not knowing where Xana was, "wait if Xana is here that must mean..". "That your in the supercomputer with me" Xana said as he suddenly appeared in front of me in his Lyoko form.  (At School)(Sissi's POV)  "Good work, now lets go find them" I said to Herb and Nicolas. "Hey as anyone seen Amy?" Aelita asked the gang. "Isn't she suppose to be in your room?" Jerimie asked Aelita back. "Well when I got up she wasn't" Aelita said back. "Well we haven't seen her" Odd said. Then I walked up to them ready to fine out what was going on. "Well well well if it isn't the miss I'm so popular" Odd said. "Very funny Odd, now what's this about secret codes and this Xana thing?" I asked. "Hey how did you know about.." Odd said. Then he realized Herb and Nicolas were spying on the last night. "I'm waiting, by the way where is that Amy girl?" I asked I was impatiently waiting for an answer. "We don't know" Answered Ulrich. "Excuse us for a moment" Aelita said as they huddled up. "Looks like we are going to have to tell he everything about Lyoko and Xana" Yumi whispered. "We should show her to but not have her go into Lyoko" Jerimie whispered. "Ok" Everyone said in agreement. "We will tell and show you if you promise not to tell anyone" Aelita said. "What do you mean by showing?" I asked. then they took Herb, Nicolas and I to the old abandoned factory. "What are we doing here?" Herb asked. "Get in the elevator" Odd said. So we did and the elevator went down a floor and then the doors opened up to this weird lab. "Is this where you have been going all this time?" I asked. "Yup, and Aelita came from the world we told you about on the way here" Jerimie explained. Suddenly the computer was typing by itself. "Help I'm trapped in the Supercomputer with Xana, from Amy" Jerimie said, "Oh no we got to get her out of there!". We'll head for the scanners" Odd said. "Wait Sissi, Herb, Nicolas, go with them, Yumi stay here" Jerimie said. "But you said we weren’t going to have them go to Lyoko and why are you going to Lyoko?" Ulrich said. "If we wan to set Franz Hopper free I have to go to Lyoko and we need all the help we can get" Jerimie responded. "Ok" Yumi said. Then Everyone except Yumi went to the scanners. "Is this safe?" Herb, Nicolas and I asked at the same time. "Yup it is" Odd responded as the doors closed. "Transfer... Scanner... Virtualization!" Yumi shouted and we appeared in a weird Desert place. We looked different, Herb was a Ninja, Nicolas was an Archer and I was a Mage. “So is this all of Lyoko?" I asked. "Nope there are 4 more sectors and one of them is part of Xana himself" Jerimie said. "Let's go there now, maybe we'll find Amy there" Odd said. So we headed north but we were stopped by weird spider looking monsters. "Monsters! Ah!" I screamed. "You have powers try to use them" Odd yelled to me and my gang.

 Chapter 4 Escape From The Supercomputer Part 2  (In Lyoko, Desert region)(Normal POV)  "How do I use my powers?" Sissi asked. "Just think" Odd said. "Ok I'll try Sissi said. She thought hard and lasers came out of her eyes. "Cool" Sissi said. "Laser Arrow!" Odd shouted as he fired one of his arrows and destroyed a monster. "Check this out, Elemental arrow, Fire!" Nicolas shouted and all the rest of the monsters where destroyed. "Lets get to the end of the sector quick f we want to get Amy back" Jerimie said as they ran to the end of the sector. "Now what?" Sissi asked. "S-C-I-P-I-O SCIPIO" said Odd, Ulrich, Aelita and Jerimie and the transporter appeared and soon they were in Sector 5. "Oh man I always hate going in there" Odd said. "If you throw you better not do it on me!" Sissi said. "AHHHH" Yelled a voice in the distance. "That sounded like Amy!" Ulrich said. They ran toward the screaming and soon they reached a room were they saw Amy running from a weird shadow thing. "What is that?" Herb, Nicolas and Sissi said together. "GUYS IT'S XANA, HELP!" Amy yelled as she ran up to all of them. "Uh what is Sissi, Nicolas and Herb doing in Lyoko?" Amy asked as she made a shield using her staff. "We need all the help we can get" Ulrich said. "Those codes will be mine!" Xana shouted as he shapeshifted from the shadow thing to his true Lyoko form. "I'll never let you get them Xana, so just go to ****!" Amy shouted back. "Ouch that has to hurt" Sissi said. "Aelita, Jerimie, go get Franz's Materialization and DNA-codes and Sissi go with them" Amy whispered. "Ok" Aelita, Jerimie, and Sissi whispered back and they ran off and some monsters followed them. "Why don't you just give up those codes now so you don't have to die for me to get them" Xana suggested. "NEVER IN YOUR LIFE XANA!" Amy shouted back. "There goes that temper of yours again, you do remember what happened when you lost your temper, right?" Xana asked  (Flashback)(Same POV)  "Franz I made it to Lyoko it more than we imagined!" Amy said to Franz whom was outside of Lyoko. "Bring up a visual so I can see" Franz said. "Ok here you go" Amy said. "My gosh, Amy your right it's the perfect place to live" Franz said. Suddenly a Blok hit Amy in the arm with it's laser. "OUCH, hey your not suppose to do that to me!" Amy Shouted as she stared to get mad. "Xanadu must have a bug in it" Franz said (Xana was originally called Xanadu). "Take this!" Amy shouted and she got even more mad. "I don't want you calling me Xanadu anymore, now just call me Xana" Xana said. "What do you want! Xana!?" Amy said as she almost lost her temper. "Oh nothing except for you to go away forever!" Xana said as he appeared hovering over the digital sea" "Xana!" Amy said as she ran towards him ready to fight and she lost her temper. Xana quickly moved out of the way and Amy was falling towards the Digital Sea. "Amy! no!" Franz said as he quickly devirtualized her. "I-I don't know what came over me, I'm sorry Franz" Amy apologized.  (End Of Flashback)  "Yeah well this time you don't have a Digital Sea for me to fall into!" Amy said as she ran toward Xana. He quickly moved just like last time and Amy ran right into a wall.

 Chapter 5 Escape From The Supercomputer Part 3  (Lyoko, Sector 5)(Xana's POV)  I laughed as Amy foolishly ran into the wall behind me. "Hey you did that on purpose!" Amy said as she was getting mad. "Well Duh, what did you think I would do that on accident?" I said to Amy taunting her. "Xana you are starting to get on my last nerve!" Amy yelled. "I thought I already was on your last nerve" I said as I was still taunting her long enough for the Sciphizoa to grab her. It picked her up and was taking her memory along with her energy thanks to that virus I put in her.  (Lyoko, Outer part of Sector 5)(Aelita's POV)  "Aelita have you found that DNA-code or the materialization code for Franz Hopper yet?" Jerimie asked as he was battling the Manta Rays with Sissi. "I think I just found his DNA-code!" I said, "I'm sending it up to you Yumi". "Ok got it Aelita" Yumi said, "I'll put it in the place of the Super Calculator Xana can't get into". So she did just that. "I found the other code!" I said, "Here you go Yumi". "Good work Aelita now lets go help the others" Jerimie said as they ran back to the other room.  (Back in the inner part of Sector 5)(Xana's POV)  "Xana let her go!" Odd and Ulrich shouted at me at the same time. "Not until those codes are mine!" I said. "Elemental Arrow, Ice" Nicolas shouted as he fired an Arrow at me and I was frozen(Nicolas mixed air and water). I broke free of the ice and lunched some dark thunder at the one who fired the arrow at me and he devirtualized. Suddenly Jerimie, Sissi, and Aelita were back in the room. "Oh no, look, Amy's memory is getting drained!" Aelita said as she pointed to Amy and the Sciphizoa. Suddenly the Sciphizoa let go of Amy and she fell on the floor. "Finally after all these years the secret codes are mine again! I said in victory, "you can have her back now, she has no use for me anymore". Every Lyoko warrior ran toward Amy's lifeless body. Aelita got down on her knees and started to cry. "Amy, please don't go, we need you" Aelita said in tears to the lifeless virtual body. Suddenly monster in every region where going into towers and entered the secret code Code: XANA. The towers glowed red from the inside out and Lyoko turned dark. I started to devirtualize and get separated from the supercomputer and my monsters including the Sciphizoa materialized. "Goodbye Yumi" I said to Yumi as my monster fired at her and she either fainted or died I couldn't tell but there was blood on the floor. "Now for my takeover of this pathetic world" I said.  (Lyoko)(Normal POV)  Everyone in Lyoko was crying for Amy's death. Suddenly Amy was lifting off the ground with a white arura around her. "Franz is returning the memory Xana didn't take with him to Earth!" Jerimie said and everyone stopped crying.

 Chapter 6 Xana's Earth Takeover  (Lyoko, Sector 5)(Ulrich’s POV)  We watched silently as Franz was returning Amy's memory(Like how he did to Aelita in The Key). Soon Amy woke up and we all cheered for it. "Why is everyone cheering?" Amy asked in confusion. "Xana taunted you long enough for the Sciphizoa to grab you and took the secret codes and once Xana was out of Lyoko Franz returned your memory" I explained to Amy. "WHAT XANA HAS THE SECERET CODES?" Amy said in shock. "Yup he does" I said. "Oh man I can't believe this happened!" Amy said in panic. "Calm down Amy!" Aelita said. "How are we suppose to get out of here?" Amy asked. "Leave that to me" said Nicolas who was outside of Lyoko in front of the Super Calculator, "I hid from Xana and when he left I went out of hiding". "Good thinking, now get us home" Amy said. So Nicolas did and Jerimie, Sissi, Odd, Amy, Herb, Aelita and I went up to the Super Calculator room. "YUMI" I shouted as i saw Yumi on the floor with blood around her, "Yumi, I never got the chance to tell you this but I love you Yumi" I said then I cried. Yumi woke up and said "Ulrich, I love you to". "I'll get to work on getting Franz Hopper Materialized" Jerimie said, "In the mean time you all have to go fight Xana and make sure he doesn't take over the world". "Ok" Everyone except Jerimie said. So we ran off to fight Xana. As they left Jerimie started to type on the computer.  (Kadic Boarding School grounds)(Normal POV)  Xana started to cause his havoc at the school his rivals attended. "Muhahahaha yes fear me for I shall be ruler of this pathetic world!" Xana said. "Not if we have anything to say about it" Yumi and Amy said in confidences. "You two, I thought you were dead!" Xana said in surprise. "Looks like fate had other plans for us" Amy said. "Well now I can finish you two off here and now" Xana said as his hands started to glow black about to launch that dark lightning. "Uh oh, Run!" Yumi said as she turned around and ran away. Amy did the same but a little late because she got hit by the dark thunder. "I hope this plan works, because if not we'll be doomed" Yumi thought.

 Chapter 7 The Hidden Power  (Kadic School Grounds)(Yumi's POV)  I watched as Xana electrocuted Amy with his dark lightning. "Hey guys, is it ready yet?" I asked Aelita, Odd, Ulrich, Sissi, Herb, and Nicolas. "Does it look like we are done?" Sissi asked sarcastically, "get over here and help us!". "Ok ok I'll help" I said. "Come on what's taking so long?" Amy thought. "Why is she just standing there?" Xana thought, "It's like he doesn't want to run away". "Come on give me your best shot Xana!" Amy shouted. "You want my best?" Xana asked, "you got my best". Then Xana charged up for 10 seconds, just enough time to lead him out of the school grounds, and he fired and hit Amy like a direct hit. "Had enough" Xana asked. Amy could barley get up but she still wouldn't quit. "Never" Amy said. "Then it is the end for you" Xana said then she began charging. "For a long time I've been waiting a long time to say this to you" Xana said, "goodbye forever Amy". He then fired by for some reason he missed. "What?" Xana said in confusion. Amy was glowing bright pink and then she transformed into her Lyoko form with the staff and everything! "How can this be possible!?" Xana asked himself. "What the?" I asked myself as I saw Amy transform. "What is it?" Sissi asked. "Come here and check out Amy" I said. We looked at Amy and we were confused and shocked. "Time for you to go away forever Xana" Amy said. She then pit her staff in front of her and it turned into a Lyoko tower screen and it said 'Code'. Amy then typed in 'Hopper' and Xana disappeared along with all his monsters. Amy then transformed to normal and was fainted. "Amy!" Aelita shouted as she ran over to her. "Aelita, what happened?" Amy asked as she woke up. "I'll explain later for now we still have to free you from the supercomputer" Aelita said. "No need I already am" Amy said then Aelita and the rest of us were confused. "When I typed in Code: Hopper It deactivated the tower and returned my remaining memory including the secret codes" Amy explained. "Then all we need to do is get Franz Hoper free and then shut down Xana" I said. Suddenly my cell phone rang. "It's Jerimie" I said, "he says to come to the factory now". "Then let's go" Ulrich said.  (Factory)(Normal POV)  "I did it guys, Franz Hopper is ready for Materialization" Jerimie said. "No way!" Aelita and Amy said excitedly. "Way" Jerimie said. "Just do it Jerimie, I got a lot of questions for him" Sissi said. "Materialization Franz" Jerimie said as he did the procedure for Materialization. We then went down a floor to the scanners and in one of them was Franz Hopper. The creator of Lyoko was back on Earth at last. We all cheered except Sissi and her gang. Franz then woke up. "Thank you for freeing me" Franz said in gratitude, "now let's all go shut down Xana". We all went down a floor to the supercomputer room. "I'm not doing it you can all do it" Sissi and her gang said. "Fine by me" Amy said. "On three, one, two, three" Jerimie said. This time Amy did not faint nor did anyone. Xana was really gone. "Now we can live our lives without Xana" Odd said.  (Epilogue)  Franz got reinstated as a teacher at Kadic. Aelita now stays in The Hermitage with her father (After they cleaned up the place that is). it was just a week after they shut off Xana and everyone except Amy, Franz, Sissi and her gang was hanging out at the factory. Then there was an explosion at the factory. when Amy went to check it out she saw that they were all dead but Aelita was nowhere to be found. She saw a computer screen and saw the Xana symbol on it before it turned off. "How can it be possible?" Amy thought, "Xana has killed my only true best friends". Lucky for her her family had to go back to America. So Amy got on a plane hoping she can escape Xana forever...

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@nederys all of you guys kinda lost your shit but i don't think you're being consistent at all. you didn't go for it being misinformed or wrongly placed, just that it was "gross" bc it was "romanticizing" blabla, like if someone made a fic about ETA terrorists or whatever and i advocated censorship and asked for it not to exist. when you accept kink and RPF, you need to stand on that principle even when it's YOUR personal/national. shaming ppl into submission is the anti strategy and it doesnt actually convince anybody of anything, much literally if it's screaming in another language to the OPs. i didnt wanna reblog or anything but i was very unpleasantly surprised with how you guys handled the situation (and i say this bc i care and i know you value rationality, not to piss you off YOUR personal/national sensibility like if someone wants to write a fic 'romanticizing' tec bundy murders or a rape fantasy or whatever it's their field day just tag it properly, it's no different for a criminal organization as i see it. a piece of sexual fantasy or literary work is not a guarantee it's portrayed in an accurate way or that it's a moral endorsementj + I'll hear your argument on 'positive representation' so i'll take your word for now but it did really come of like "your evil porn is romanticizing evil irl so it should be censored". as for the bad taste etc thing - as long as the person in question doesn't find out i dont personally see the harm. other ppl getting second-handed distastefulness/offense about it is a slippery slope, bc again that quickly devolves into "ugh why you write about rape! / rpf! if you can write kink porn and you can do rpf (like i mean, what, we just tweak the hair color and the initials to make it 'fictional'?) - it follows you can write "distasteful" kink porn about rpf all you want. it's still fiction.okay in order

In order:

as I said in the other reply, people lost their shit because we’ve had this discussion for years and every time it happens SOMEONE (most likely american but not necessarily) shows yup informing us that since mafia in US english means generally organized crime and not THAT specific organized crime we need to chill and WHO CARES YOU’RE OVERREACTING. at some point there’s a limit to how much nice you can be when you’ve been trying nicely for years and people just dismiss you most likely also because you’re not poc enough to complain - again, when it happens with people who can fall into the POC definition doing this kinda stuff automatically means you’re racist, but with us it’s not even disrespectful? or recognized as potentially harmful? fine, we lost our shit, but it’s also not the first time it happens;

the point isn’t that they were making a fic about the mafia, but if we take the ETA terrorism similitude, it wasn’t ‘making a fic abut ETA’. it was, ‘we are making an RPF fic where we take a real living spanish actor who has a friend who died during an ETA bombing and we make him the commander of an ETA faction which plants a bomb in madrid’. I’d find it distasteful if it was about FICTIONAL CHARACTERS, but whatevr - it’s fictional. real people who are actually involved with those criminals on the other side? not so cool. and the fact that these people see nothing wrong with casting them as criminals for *the mafia* shows they have no idea of what they’re talking about and again, with fictional people you can try to ignore it (even if it irks me also because 90% of the time it shows a total failure of understanding the character just by casting them as mafiosi but never mind that’s my pet peeve), but real ones? who made a pro lgbt movie and are *allies* when a mafia killing actually was what kickstarted the creation of the hugest and first anti-homophobia/pro-gay lgbtq association in italy? like. that’s fucking with real people and honestly if I was the director and knew I’d feel personally slandered especially if I come from someplace where statistically everyone knows someone who’s been hurt by the mafia in the last fifty years if they weren’t themselves. like I had a friend whose father worked for the police and the antimafia division especially and lived in palermo back in the day and criminals did try to grab her out of her pre-school and they had to change cities VERY quickly after that, and I don’t even live in sicily. and she’s not even sicilian. it was twenty years ago when they planted bombs across the entire area and killed hundreds of people just in the 90s (comprehensive list). it’s not just WRITING FIC ABOUT THE MAFIA, which I could be relatively handwaving with if it was about fictional people and even then it irks me to hell and back, but real people? who make movies pro things that the mafia hates? really? and I have to hear ‘are you angry because you’re homophobes’? I don’t ask for it NOT TO EXIST, I’m asking a basic modicum of decency.

ted bundy vs mafia: ted bundy is ONE person and he’s been convicted and whatever. if someone’s personal fantasy is fucking ted bundy WHATEVER their problem. if THEY want to do the self-insert with real criminals whatever, idgi but if they’re aware of the implications whatever. the mafia is a bunch of people and they thrive on positive media representation and it’s such large scale that it fucks with this entire country on multiple levels (ad also other countries) and here you’re not using real criminals, you’re casting as criminals people who most likely have been hurt by that same organization. it’s a difference. and if you portray it as a nice organization where hey you help people bypassing the law and gay people are accepted it’s... just... not how it works.

rpf: I’m generally pro rpf as long as people don’t go to the actual real people and don’t harass them irl (which would make a lot of rpf shippers inappropriate) but like... idk if you were around in spn fandom at the time of the infamous j2 haiti fic, but if you weren’t, tldr: person sees the aftermath of the haiti earthquake on tv, thinks ‘well that’d make a perfect setting for my j2 bigbang fic’, writes an entire fic where jared and jensen go to haiti the month it happened, her artist makes art for it photoshopping those two over like... real pictures of real dead people and three betas don’t find nothing remotely cringy in this concept. the fic gets published. it gets slandered to hell and back and while I didn’t agree on assuming the author was a pre-trump (she most likely had no idea that stuff was kindaaa racist) and that she should have been educated, I’d like to presume that people would think thrice before setting a Romance Story TM on a background where when it was published people were still excavating corpses from the rubble. it’s about the same concept as the romantic mafia fic. but with the haiti fic anyone on tumblr would agree that it’s hardly appropriate, with mafia fic it’s just ‘meh shut up you’re whining’. also, while I do agree that jared and jensen, as famous people, signed up for this, too, I don’t really think using real people for this kind of thing is fair, educated or a favor to them. I get it’s all fantasy and so on, but at least use the fictional characters. I can imagine j2 wouldn’t be happy with knowing noncon fic where they’re protagonists exists, neither with the haiti fic, but the noncon is standard fandom kink and whatever and no one else is involved, the haiti fic DOES. and while the people in those pictures wouldn’t even know, if that’s what you jerk off to at least be aware that it’s not exactly tasteful. and the people mentioned had zero idea that jerking off to the *mafia* au is not tasteful and that the *mafia* is *not* random organized crime. no one would have a problem if they called them CRIMINALS or mob or whatever without using the specific mafia word, but they like it because AESTHETICS which 90% of the time aren’t even true because the godfather aesthetic is so NOT the camorra aesthetic it’s not even funny. and of course we shoudl educate people instead, too bad that if it’s about haiti they listen and if it’s about us, they don’t;

 kink: same as above but like, again, let’s always use the poor j2 guys. the j2 mafia au as above is absolutely ew to me but at least j2 are american and most likely didn’t grow up somewhere the mafia could kill their relatives or friends. guadagnino did. and whether he knows or not (HOPEFULLY HE NEVER FINDS OUT) it’s another level of disrespectful to take a guy who made a pro lgbt movie you liked and putting him in that scenario without being aware of it. and they don’t listen if you tell them. that’s the problem. I can be very tolerant, but good god at least hear people out on the subject. and if it concerns a situation that isn’t even old or a dead organization but one that’s thriving in the country still and fucks people over every day I’d like for these people to recognize that at least it’s something not cool and not just their jerk off fodder material. at this point do the GODFATHER AU, which is what they want anyway, stick with the american mafia and try to not give them positive rep, because this idea of the mafia as a cool thing plays a major role in actual mafia organization marketing themselves as a good thing and makes the work of people actually fighting them way harder. if no one thought it was cool, it wouldn’t have half the influence it has. but do I ever see mafia aus with cops or conflicted henchmen or the likes? nah. it’s all SAD ROMANTIC BACKSTORY WITH CRIMINALS. call it some other way. it’s not asking that much.

also: I am entirely down with mafia stories in media and stuff - again, I ove my sopranos and boardwalk empire and goodfellas and I actually do like the godfather when a lot of people here at this point hate it too, but none of those things make it look like it’s palatable to be in the mafia. people can jerk off to it I suppose, but at least they should be aware of that. lowering the bar, it’s why I get pissed at people passing jc as a healthy nice relationship - at least own up to your badwrong and don’t sugarcoat it. in this case they don’t even own up to the fact that it’s a real thing that hurts real people, never mind caring for the feelings of the people they’re fans of - I could jerk off to my rpf faves in anything but I’d like to know I’m not doing it to something they would loathe, and if you have to at least use the fictional characters as the jerk-off material. I mean I’d feel uncomfortable af using them as jerk-off material to something I know they as people would hate. obviously I’m pro write whatever you want, but I’m also pro ‘be aware of what you’re doing and know you’re possibly jerking off to things that are actually harmful to a lot of people and if you do and are cool with that whatever but at least try to not make it look as it’s a good thing’ while at the same time assuming that someone who tells you it’s not cool is doing it because they’re HOMOPHOBES when the mafia is the most homophobic organization in existence or close to it. we do need positive rep when it comes to mafia stories and we never get it.

like, final example: if I had seen one ‘steve rogers is a cop who wants to take down the mafia-like organization’ for every ten ‘tiny boss steve rogers and his russian henchman bucky are THE POWER COUPLE OF THE NY CRIME SCENE AND THEY KISS IN FRONT OF EVERYONE AND HELP THE WEAK WHEN THE POLICE SUCKS ASS’ fics I ran into it’d be lovely, but the point is that I’ve never seen one such fic even if it’s a lot more IC for steve rogers to take down criminals than being a criminal, and if you make people notice that nicely (which we did more than once) the usual answer is ‘go fuck yourself it’s just aesthetics the mafia doesn’t hurt anyone’ when it actually did, does and will do as long as they have means to, and since this recasting of canonically good characters as *mafia* henchmen who are happy to be there and not itching to get out just really makes pass the concept that the mafia isn’t really that bad I think I/we affected people have the rights to point out that it’s already a distasteful thing that people should at least read about before assuming it’s random organized crime that can be substituted for whichever worldbuilding they like, and if they don’t care for that fine, at least avoid involving real people who actually would loathe that irl in it or, if anything, at least recognize that it’s fucked up to hell and back. and none of the people in that thread had the grace to do that.

I mean, obviously if I had to take the choice between one such fic not existing at all but censoring stuff and it existing without censoring stuff I’d pick the latter even if I absolutely don’t like it, but what irks me and the other people involved in this debate is how nonchalantly people do these recasting assuming that they’re not romanticizing the thing (which they’re doing) and then don’t listen to others when they’re pointed out that they’re doing it and they should be aware.

like, again, I think the haiti fic was a thing that no one with some salt in their brain and a basic amount of decency should have published. someone did. they got criticized for it and it sprung a lot of discussion (including comparing it with a gen kill fic set in east timor during the war which actually did it right and so no one actually thought it was exploiting a tragedy or being in bad taste) and tbh I think that when doing fic about serious things you should at least read up on that. but the point is that these people don’t listen, haven’t listened for years and most likely will keep on not listening and sorry but seeing a person from palermo who shoots movies that would make any cosa nostra boss mad being recast as a cosa nostra/mafia sicilian boss who, if compared to a, uh, real life person who died recently would deal with people seceding from this organization by ordering to kidnap their children and have them dissolved in acid at the ripe age of nine is really goddamned distateful and hearing ‘so your problem is that they’re gay is that why you’re so angry’ as a response instead of reading it and thinking ‘damn maybe that was a bit out of line’ isn’t exactly that great.

especially because again, these organization thrive on people assuming they’re less bad than they actually are and we’re not talking about stuff that happened three hundred years ago - the kid dissolved in acid happened in 1996 and it’s hardly the last time something like that happened. it’s not a general crime organization, it’s a very specific one, and I’ll be fine with people jerking off to any italian stereotype in existence while I roll my eyes and be fine with it, but at least I’d like these people to know what they’re doing. and they aren’t. and they should be. and on top of that some positive rep where the mafia people are inherently bad and the good guys want to take them down would be nice. I do get that it looks like I’m being incoherent but I’m not saying they can’t do it, I’m saying they should show a minimum of consideration, and they aren’t. then no one’s stopping them from doing it of course but just the fact that they-won’t-listen kind of says a lot. :/ and when it comes to real people and real things it’s not just fiction and you should at least be aware of that.