#eta answers

[campbyler]

so crazy that we are getting dogpiled on twitter again for simply (scrolls back through our blog) agreeing that we were treated unfairly. which was brought up by someone whose friends treated us unfairly. got it!

[carlyraejepsans]

btw. incredibly refreshing to see someone capable of criticizing ghost trick. usually when i see people talking about what it gets wrong they're talking about some weird nitpick (or a completely made-the-fuck-up problem) instead of the flaws the game actually has.

(not to be taken as ghost trick hate, for the record. its one of my favorite games, it's just not perfect)

listen. you're gonna have to let me slow cook this one for a few more days cause I'm watching metanarrates play the game with a friend of ours and I'd like to discuss this with them first to get my thoughts in order, but i feel like the misogyny in Lynne's "ambiguous age" and constant infantilization is a perfect microcosm of the larger hypocrisy in ghost trick's social critique (or rather, lack of)

[trippedandfell]

ok shocked by some tags i’m seeing so

[pricegouge]

aaah!!! gougie… gougie you have killed me with stepcest!price!!!! he’s such a nasty old bastard i hate him (/affectionate)!!!! gonna get reader presents (the stereotypical stepdad heart shaped locket with the first picture the two of you took… and maybe a secret little picture of something worse hidden behind it when you look) … start calling her his best girl… mom is gonna be so utterly charmed and happy about it. aaah! - 🍓

I'm assuming we're talking about this one? I saw it was making the rounds again

The locket idea is sooo delicious I can't stand it. You just know he snapped a picture of your cunt after the first time he'd filled it, gaped and leaking. He couldn't frame it in the traditional sense lest your mom found it, so he put it in a locket, admiring the way the heart shape framed your cute little arse.

I bet he never even told you it was there, just let you walk around with that hidden in your sentimental little necklace because he knew that if you ever thought to replace his picture, you'd find it back there and be furious with him - and then he'd know what you'd been planning, paying you a visit at uni the very next day.

[hislittleraincloud]

dude can you just stop using the wenclair tag? like its annoying seeing these kind of posts. some of us are just here to see the fun dynamics, other’s interpretation, arts etc. and i get that you’re against it or whatever, so maybe like leave these tags alone? stop abusing the tags if you don’t like it

The last anon I just answered didn't even have the Wenclair tag even though the anon mentioned it. But thanks for reminding me to go back and remedy that. 🥹

Look, I get it, you don't read anything that goes against your little echo chamber, so you missed what I fucking said in the next to last one that WAS tagged Wenclair:

It's not my fault that you can't stand criticism of the novel or the ship within the constraints of the novel and fandom. I had never had a problem with any Wenclair fanon until y'all creamed yourselves over this novelization. I read it (slowly, for me, so I could catalog each instance of fuckery with canon in my brain that I could), and that is what I have a problem with.

I've always supported Wednesday and Enid the same way M&G support it, since accepting and building friendship was what Morticia had stated in the beginning in the limo she'd hoped for her daughter/what Wednesday had stated she was extremely resistant to throughout ("I like being an island...a well fortified one surrounded by sharks."). Seems like no one cares to comprehend how wild a jump from a strict antisocial loner who hates people to Spanish-spewing yandere "Willa" in the span of four weeks actually is, and that's how fanon can be*...only now Mejia's injected 100% fanon [see the defiling of "Woe What a Night" for the worst of it] into the canon that millions of people around the world saw and y'all are calling it canon (when it is not, despite being published through the studio). In my last real fandom I participated in there was a screenplay "tie up" in lieu of a fourth season published by Showtime and written by Neil Jordan himself that was roundly rejected by fans as canon because it was so out of character for our main characters from what we had seen for three seasons. Same goes for the Jack Thorne's Cursed Child nonsense in Potter (even Potter actors have called it fan fiction).

TLDR: It's not abusing a tag if the tag is relevant to the post's discussion. Grow some skin and learn how to deal ("cope" like you kids love to say) with reasonable criticisms.

[thestarstoasun]

OK OK OK!! I just finished reading ‘Cats who Chose who to Like’ on Ao3, and I read your note about the second part!! Please (if you want to ofc) tell me more!! You mentioned it was going to be Post- Manhattan?? Do I sense angst?? Do I sense… heartbreak??

IT IS POST-MANHATTAN 🤭!!! And yes, your angst and heartbreak sensors are ringing correctly, buuuut there is also going to be a substantial amount of fluff in it. Bear, of course, is going to be the leading star, but also, I'll be exploring Will's relationships, trauma, coping mechanisms, and inner workings. I have already, mayhaps, added a brief scene of Nico and Will bonding because I'm a sucker for it.

The timeline is planned to go from post-Manhattan all the way through post-TSATS since I don't see many people delve into what Will experienced in Tartarus and I want to. I have already added one flashback, so more can be expected...probably. LOU ELLEN AND CECIL WILL BE GUEST STARS. I have a lot of plans for this, though I haven't thought towards ToA yet as while I love the series, I have mixed feelings about some things.

OH YEAH! Fun fact: Throughout my currently unnamed pt 2, Will slowly (and I mean very, very slowly) learns that Lee was dating Luke. So, you can look forward to getting his reaction to that 😁

[zeherili-ankhein]

যদি হারিয়ে যেতে হয় তো কোথায় হারাবে

যদি ধরা দিতে হয় তো কোন ঋতুতে ধরা দেবে?

যদি সত্যিই হারিয়ে যেতে হয়, তবে সাত সমুদ্র পারে কোনো পরীর দেশেই নয় যাই আমার পক্ষীরাজ ঘোড়াই চড়ে...

আর ধরা যেদিন দেবো, সোনালি প্রজাপতি হয়ে বসন্তে ফুলের গায়ে মধূ খেতে বসে যাবো ধরে নিও।

[wardensantoineandevka]

"place, by hand, into the pool" is there... another way

[meyerlansky]

i do think 14 year old luke deserved to get smacked around a bit for laughing about the pig actually

maybe not chomped in half

but maybe the adults in the room should've let the kids have a little slap fight at dinner is all i'm saying

[hyuuukais]

🤭🫶

rain ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! 😭😭😭

[mirror-ralsei]

cryptic things toby fox has said that we have no context for compilation:

““Anonymous asked: Penumbra Phantasm??? ” “ＡＴ ＂ＳＨＡＤＯＷ＇Ｓ ＥＤＧＥ，＂ ＳＨＡＴＴＥＲ ＴＨＥ ＴＷＩＬＩＧＨＴ ＲＥＶＥＲＩＥ｡ ””

"It only appears random. All chaos is ordered."

""Everyman"" "is that his name. please tell me that's his obj name" ""Everyman"" "everything i aspire to be" ""Everyman" you aspire to be." "Description: Just a good guy that shows up on occasion."

"Of course, that's not the only version of that song. Lots and lots of things happen. I just hope you can be friends with everyone someday."

"You've all seen the happiest outcome. Neither of them could fix the machine, no matter how hard they tried. No one can."

“Q: How many endings are there? A: One. Q: Then doesn't that mean nothing I do matters? A: There's something more important than reaching the end."

all the allusions to sleeping/nightmares and garbage and darkness

[druidshollow]

o h it was thanksgiving?? uh i dunno if you do thanks giving but happy potentally very late thanksgiving i have. no idea when it happens i am Very Australian

lol it was this weekend in canada, thanks haha

[astrangetorpedo]

Salty insta story? I feel like there have been plenty of subtle hints (even early on) of the breakup from Mo, but never saw anything I would consider loud or obvious without extra context clues

ah well i didn’t mean to misrepresent anything, i was talking about her insta story a few months back when mo was at some venue she’d played w jb in the past (forgive me, i don’t remember which one) and she took a video of a pic on the wall that prominently featured julien, but zoomed way waaaaay in on one of her guitar picks with pam. mo captioned it “pam sighting” or something like that, which read as kinda salty imo? but not the loudest thing in the world either, you’re right

[furibond]

List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who liked or reblogged something from you! Get to know your mutuals and followers.

thanks for the ask! ~<3

1. hanging out w my friends

2. live music concerts, always a good time

3. cosplaying! i would love to learn how to sew so i could do more complicated looks, but even just with what i can put together from store bought clothes it's fun to plan an outfit, find the right pieces, go to an event all dressed up and have people recognize your character, get weird looks from strangers as you walk to the event lmao it's all fun

4. crocheting tiny amigurumi - behold my tiniest creation:

5. this little gengar sticker i put on the inside cover of my kindle

[gnomebud]

1 & 20 for book asks!

ty!!

1. how many books did you read this year?

current count is 44! i am hoping to finish a few more before the actual end-of-the-year, though; i have a bunch due at the library soon that i still need to read 😥

20. what was your most anticipated release? did it meet your expectations?

hm! i don't think i read many books released this year, but i did pick up a couple that i had seen hyped up from recent years, so i will choose squire by nadia shammas and sara alfageeh -- i actually did not really care for this one. it felt more middle grade than ya, which is fine except that it describes itself as ya, and i didn't think the storytelling and themes were all that well-executed for either genre. cool to see a non-european fantasy setting though!!

(from the book asks!)

[renegadeknight]

I absolutely love the way you write Joel and Ellie. You’ve captured everything that makes them who they are, and it’s such a joy to read. Do you have a preference for writing one of them over the other? Are there particular challenges you run into when writing either of them?

I’m currently really enjoying Stubborn Love. Is there a scene in particular that you’re especially proud of? For me, I can’t stop thinking about the part where Joel and Ellie are writing on the wall, throwing insults back and forth. It’s hilarious, but also so precious—it feels so true to who they are. Honestly, I’m in awe that you thought of that scene. Can’t wait for the next chapter!

hello anon! thank you so very much, I'm glad you enjoy my rendition of our beloved characters, that means the world to me 💜

I love writing both Ellie and Joel, I'm not sure I prefer one over the other in general. typically my pov choice comes down to what I want to show vs what I want to hide. e.g. all of my Rooftop Rendezvous fic is written from Joel's pov to set the reader in his shoes and keep everything happening to Ellie a bit of a mystery until she shares stuff herself!

I think the biggest challenge for me is probably remembering that Ellie is only 14 in most of my fics, sometimes in my early drafts she's acting a bit older than her years and then I gotta walk it back. Also, Joel is a man of few words, I am always going back through and deleting/shortening what that man is saying haha

oh gosh, I'm pretty proud of the entire summer sequence, I really really wanted it to be a bit like a movie montage with all those scenes showing them growing closer over those months and I think it came out pretty well! I'm so glad you enjoyed the wall writing, that one was very fun to write 💜 (Also, Send Me On My Way by Rusted Root was THE soundtrack to those chapters, in case anyone was wondering)

But! I do think the scene I'm most proud of is the birthday scene, I don't wanna spoil it if you're not there yet so I'll just say that I wrestled with how to pull it off for a bit and then it got exactly the reaction I was aiming for 💜