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ghostly-shenanigans-in-progress · 4 years ago

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BNHA X DP Crossover HCs

After the long wait and finals, here are my ideas for all the quirks/occupations and other concepts I devised for the DP characters in the BNHA universe. This was just for fun and for inspiration towards others interested in this crossover au in general.

Tagging the people that were looking forward to this post based on the replies: @qoinq-qhost, @floralflowerpower, @tgfangirl4eva @goodfish-bowl, @whitehairglowinggreeneyedcrush and more.

Anyways, happy reading, folks!

Mr. Lancer

Hero name: Mr. Scholastic

Quirk: Bookworm

Involves his iconic usage of literature titles & quotes for swears to become abilities corresponding to the novel’s contents/themes. Course, he is limited to only books he has read and can quote accurately. Additionally, his voice gets very raspy past two or three quotes as well.

Occupation: Homeroom Teacher for Class 1- A; He’s very dedicated to his new students and teaching the fundamentals of being a pro hero and more! Course, I don’t think his chamomile tea with a wedge of lemon is enough to help him relax from his students (*cough* Danny, Tucker and Poindexter) from their antics at times.

Danny

Hero name: Phantom

Quirk: Ghost core (Ok, @coffeecakecafe had the best name for this one gotta give credit here)

Able to do anything a ghost is perceived to do. Go through walls, disappear and fly. This is a one of a kind quirk as it was obtained from Danny’s old quirk being altered by a machine his parents made that would repurpose/alter an individual’s quirk based on their past family members' own metahuman genetics.

Danny is doing his best and trying to understand his new quirk without causing too much attention to himself while doing so but it seems like its been doing the opposite as of late. Thankfully, he won’t be doing it alone with all his classmates around to help him!

Sam

Hero Name: Black Dahlia

Quirk: Overgrown

Able to create any plant that she knows the biological makeup and content of in almost any environment. However, it is important for her to drink lots of nutrient rich water and take in enough sun if she plans to create larger versions of these plants.

Tucker

Hero name: Tech Master

Quirk: Tech Core

Located on his chest/heart area is a special energy core capable of powering electronics at a rate faster than anything made-man could ever hope to achieve. As a kid, Tucker would tinker away in his family’s garage on a suit that would harness his power to the fullest extent and lead a new era of support tech in the hero world.

Valerie

Hero name: Red Huntress

Quirk: Electromagnetism (Someone I’ve been trying to find their post on my blog had posted this idea and I fell in love with it ever since)

She’s like Static Shock but with a dash of magenta/ruby lasers she can create through focusing her electromagnetism through her finger tips. She is an expert with her quirk and has the best handle of her quirk than most of her peers. She is the most frequent visitor in the support equipment workshop next to Tucker, Poindexter and Danny. It’s how she built the hoverboard she has in the show that utilizes her electromagnetic abilities for both offensive and defensive maneuvers. (Also, I enjoy the idea that Bullet is Val’s uncle on her mom’s side and is her biggest supporter alongside her dad, Damien Gray).

Jazz

Quirk: Serenity

Helps calm individuals and give them a sense of safety/security when they’re around her in a 10 feet radius. Though, anyone out of range cannot be affected by her quirk and she needs to be conscious in order to use it.

She planned on becoming a pro hero but felt her powers were best suited for her dream profession as a psychologist. She has used her quirk a lot when Danny was overwhelmed with his studies prior to UA. Course, a phone call and sibling chat over the phone certainly does the job for Danny now when it comes to preparing material for exams. (Course, its up to you guys to decide)

Dash

Hero name: Rager

Quirk: Strength Magnification

Improves his physique and stamina by a large percentage for a set amount of time. Needs to be careful of how much/long he magnifies his body or else his body will become immensely sore.

Kwan

Hero name: Rallier

Quirk: Team Rally (50/50)

Able to duplicate himself 3-4 times while being able to power-up allies’ quirks or stamina with a rally chant to help the team. The more duplicates there are the rally effect multiplies/stacks on the individual but it can lead to dangerous outcomes for their quirk output.

Kwan is the class representative for 1-A, he’s the best at the job and was more than thrilled to be the one leading his class in more ways than one.

Paulina

Hero name: Enchantress

Quirk: Charm

If the opponent is flustered by her taunts or flirting, their vision will become altered and start seeing things that are not there. It works better on men than women and the opponent can snap out of it with enough willpower or if they’re not interested in her.

Star

Hero name: Ms. Meteorite

Quirk: Comet

Similar to Gran Torino’s Jet quirk except faster and she can create an explosive impact on where she lands. Similar to a meteorite landing on earth, she also learns to use this as a long distance move by punching fast enough as she descends to create wind pressure punches.

Poindexter

Hero name: Tex (like in Tex Avery; Danny gave him the idea!)

Quirk: Slapstick

His appearance is black and white just like an old timey cartoon character as well as having the durability and cartoon powers of one. However, his quirk can only work as long as what he does with it is funny in the circumstance it’s used for. Sort of like “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” rules in a sense.

Sidney is part of Class 1-A just saying, I don’t care, this is Poindexter’s time to shine here to be the coolest/funniest person in the class. Also, Tucker’s most loyal friend/tester for new support items.

Wes Weston

Hero name: Vigilance

Quirk: Deduction

He is able to deduct people’s identities to flaws/weak points for him to use against them and exploit against problems.

Class 1-B Representative and the most annoying/terrifying person that Danny has dealt with in his life. He was able to figure out that Danny’s quirk is not his own or more so that it's not natural and takes every opportunity to state this regardless if anyone is listening or not.

Amber Mclain

Hero Name: Ember

Quirk: Fiery voice (50/50)

Her quirk uses the vibrations in her sining voice to conduct intense heat waves onto opponents or utilize to rumble the structures around here and even put out the flames from her quirk. Its like a combination of Present Mic and Endevours quirk but it leaves her with a strained or inflamed vocal cords with overuse.

Third year student or an upcoming rock star that has certainly gain huge popularity after her song “Remember” was a nationwide hit amongst the younger generation. She’s striving to be the top hero while making her next hit to become the 1# song on the listings.

Dani

Hero name: Phantwo (lol jk; unsure what her name would be)

Quirk: Poltergeist

Similar to Danny’s quirk “Ghost”, except she has the additional ability to melt herself to a slimy puddle and use her ectoplasmic slime to trap or surprise opponents.

Clockwork

Hero Name: Clockwork

Quirk: Time Keeper

Clockwork’s quirk allows him to stop time for 5 to 15 minutes and be able to rewind it in the same amount of time. It can be one to multiple objects as long as he touches them in order to interact with them.

Principle of UA in this au. He’s quite a reserved man but still manages to visit and congregate with students throughout the school during lunch period.

Flynn Fenton/Flynn Walker

Hero Name: The Green Knight

Quirk: Mineralization

His quirk allows him to manipulate the minerals and inorganic materials in the atmosphere to create into crystalized constructs that are almost stronger than diamond. Luckily, the crystals have no value so he doesn’t have to worry about that aspect of his quirk. He does have to worry about his skin becoming dried out as a result of his quirk usage.

Flynn is a third year student that loves to check up on his cousin, Danny, any chance he gets bc of the amount of work he does with his internships.

James Walker (or James W. Hausermann)

Hero name: Warden Wraith

Quirk: Plasma Apparatus

His quirk ionizes the electrolytes in the blood system into plasma. His entire body is composed of plasma giving him his skeletal appearance. He can create plasma chains, teleport from point A to B and more as long as he focuses and has enough energy at use. Course, he can have minor to severe dehydration and imbalance in his electrolyte levels from overuse.

Occupation: CEO of an infrastructure security company/Provisional License Examiner just like Gang Orca.The ghost prison guards become his backup/helpers for the exam phases. (They’re just trained stuntmen with combat or military experience for the occasion).

Also, I like to think Walker has kids in this au who are in the Class 1-A group; they’re not hard to spot they take after their father with their skeletal complexion.

Skulker

Villain name: Quirk Hunter

Quirk: Tracker

The moment Skulker makes eye contact with his target he will be able to hunt them down and find them anywhere no matter how good they are at covering their tracks. He can lock on to only one target, but he will be able to know their heart beat, quirk, be able to place a tracking/scent line that only he can see and will lead him to his target’s location. It lasts for over a day or a half.

Occupation: Skulker is known for capturing, info-detailing or “retiring” newcomer pros or specific quirk users for his clients that pay him handsomely for their targets, dead or alive. Thanks to Vlad, Danny was strictly intended to be captured alive by Skulker but sometimes he gets too thrilled by the hunt to not have a memento. Trust me, it's more of a dangerous

Nicolai Technus

Villain Name: Technus

Quirk: Technopathy

A genius in his own right, even if he’s a little crazy, with the best ability possible for a man of science and innovation. As long as he knows the makeup and attributes of the machine, Technus is able to completely repurpose or change a machine’s qualities for offensive and defensive qualities. Whenever that be for a mech suit or hacking a high tech system for entry, he’s able to do it as long as he knows what it is and how it functions. An example is repurposing a slot machine into a submachine gun that shoots coins at the target.

Vlad Masters

Name: Vlad Plasmius

Quirk: Vampire

Can do anything a vampire can supposedly do. However, he was able to manifest an additional aspect of this quirk which is the ability to copy any quirk users ability. Based on the type of blood he ingests decides the amount of time he can use the copied quirk for.

Occupation: CEO of his own hero firm, he is extremely selective with the interns he has that there is a major waitlist to be even consider for Masters Inc. Course, imagine the surprise Danny must of felt when he received an offer from Vlad right off the bat after the Sports festival.

Bruce Guiles (Bullet)

Hero Name: Bullet

Quirk: Sphyraena or Chimera Fish

Able to do anything a barracuda can do or the quirk is a 50/50 mutant quirk in which he has both the traits of a barracuda, Chimaeras and a touch of piranha from his parents being of one of these fish species hence Chimera. Bullet can do anything those fish can do overall but he can’t go too long without hydration from water. Water quality and its oxygen content also affect his abilities by a noticeable percentage but he still remains quite formidable as a quirk user.

Occupation: Captain of a coast guard team, he’s a strict military man with an amazing record of saving people from any disasters both on land and sea. Him and Walker are best buddies ever since they went to school together.

Vortex

Hero Name: Vortex

Quirk: Storm Warning

Vortex can utilize any variation of a natural disaster depending on the environment he’s in. Hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms, you name it he can create it for his use. However, despite his amazing control over his quirk it is still possible for him to create these disasters if he lost control or magnify another pre-existing one if he loses focus.

Occupation: Storm-chaser/Forecaster; His control and knowledge in combating/predicting these natural disasters has led to him to be part of a storm chasing crew and they’re the best in helping disaster prevention teams evacuate citizens as a result.

Petra Eris

Hero name: Pandora

Quirk: Butterfly Effect

Can manipulate or prevent a chaotic event to happen if she was in proximity and present to prevent it to happen. Or even give a little chaos to the opponent to deal with during battle.

One of the top ten heroes and most beloved heroes in the country. She is the best strategist in any team and has a way to predict any event before they happen given the necessity of it for her quirk to work in her favor.

Johnny

Vigilante name: Johnny 13

Quirk: Unlucky

Johnny manifests his bad luck into a shadow that will latch onto opponents and cause unfortunate events to occur more for that individual as a result. However, the shadow cannot exist in complete sunlight; it can only remain if there are already shadows in his general area or it’s nighttime and its effects are strongest at that time obviously.

Occupation: Johnny is the leader of a biker gang or de-facto leader of said biker gang who loves to raise hell and helping folks that need saving whenever he’s around or is up to the task. Kitty tags along with him to help him out of jams and bc she loves him. :3

Kitty

Vigilante name: Kitty

Quirk: Lovesick

Kitty sends a smooch towards her opponent which if it makes contact causes the individual to have nausea or become disoriented for around 10 minutes. It can also have a chance of lasting longer if the individual was sort of infatuated with her regardless of gender.

Pariah Dark

Villain name: King Pariah

Quirk: Ultimate Adaptation

Similar to all for one except with the unpredictability for both the user and opponents. Pariah can manifest any type of quirk needed to defeat anyone that stands in his way both one-on-one and in groups. Course, drawbacks are the learning curve to some of the quirks and that multiple adaptions he utilizes at once will destroy his cells in the process.

Pariah is a former follower of all for one who had unique quirk that All for one augmented to help him succeed if both Shigaraki and Tomura failed in their own conquest for the world. But now Pariah has his own plans to succeed where they failed and become the leader who shapes a new world order with an iron fist.

Frederick Kingsmen

Villain/vigilante name: Fright Knight

Quirk: Burning Energy Infusion

Able to form/infuse objects with his own burning energy life force that is capable of burning or slicing through any in his sight. The sweat he gives off is what provides the material needed to ignite his unnatural flames despite it causing his body to overheat still.

Fright Knight is Pariah’s second-in-command with a loyalty to him as strong as his control over his power. Fright Knight has faced many pro-heros as he carried out the smaller phases of Pariah’s plans and most of them barely came close towards defeating or leaving as much as scratch on the knight.

Rodolfo Gonzalo

Hero name: Wulf

Quirk: Werewolf + Portal creation (50/50?)

Can do anything a werewolf can supposedly do; somehow it allows him to create portals with his claws to locations he has marked with them or visited in the past.

Wulf was abducted on by Pariah’s forces and sent into the Nomu labs for experimentation to force on another quirk and instill complete allegiance to their cause. Course, Wulf broke free as a result of that new additional quirk allowing him to escape their clutches and his previous one helping him survive the endeavor. However, he lost his memories in the process and could only remember his native language, Spanish, and his hero name Wulf.

Overgrown

Villain/vigilante Name: Overgrown

Quirk: Plant Manipulation

Can manipulate any pre-existing plant matter or create new vegetation if water and soil is present for the process or he understand the biological makeup of the plant in question.

Occupation: Pro-hero or eco-terrorist who is tired of humanity from abusing the environment from quirk battles to industries using the land for their own benefits and none others.

That’s all I have for now! I hope this was worth the wait, guys. As well as, inspire ideas for your takes with a DP x BNHA Crossover!

#danny phantom #DP x BHA crossover #dp x bha au #dp x bnha #phandom #danny fenton #sam manson #tucker foley #paulina sanchez #dp ember mclain #dp walker #dp bullet #dp kwan #dp mr. lancer #dp dash baxter #dp crossover #dp aus

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fountainpenguin · 3 years ago

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It’s an Update

Hello, Riddle here! I know I’ve been pretty quiet on Tumblr lately. Here’s an update on my situation:

I will definitely post more fanfic updates soon. I’ve picked at drafts, but haven’t posted anything lately. Here are the reasons why:

I got a new IRL job. It’s a good fit for me, but I have less free time than I used to, of course. It’s a job that involves writing lots of articles on a variety of topics, and I enjoy how every day is a little different

Most of my free time for the last year has gone towards my mod work at the Creature-Crossing ARPG, and to my personal CC writing. I’ve been working on new activities over there (my recent favorite being our seasonal familiar shows... I won first place in the summer show!) and I have a lot of plot plans that are coming together now. If you ever want to see my original characters and read my CC writing, you can find my character directory HERE and my Table of Contents HERE.

Once November 1st hits, I won’t be preparing for the release of any more CC activities or events. All future activity or event releases will be overseen by the other mods, and I’ll simply be someone they can ask for extra help if needed. This is a big change for a mod who spent the last 12 months working on new releases, and will give me back some of the free time my IRL job will eat

The Creature-Crossing admin (my boss) greenlit my request to bring an assistant on the mod team who will specifically help me with a lot of my behind-the-scenes work, such as data entry and organization. I’ve never had another mod who specifically helps me with the back end duties before, so that will be awesome. I will need to spend some time training them, but once they are official, that will take some of my workload off and allow me more free time for this blog and personal writing time.

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Fanfic updates you can expect to see soon:

- Reedfilter Rules

- Frayed Knots

- Origin of the Pixies

- Debut of Factor It In, my Kid Math-centric “WordGirl” fanfic (Subtitled “Tales of a third-grade superhero in training”)... Yes I am still in love with this idiot boy, expect lots of doodle pages soon

- The 130 Prompts project is on a slow-burn writing schedule... I’ll write for it when I want to, but I mostly want to focus on Origin and Knots this year.

Further info below the cut. There is more info about non-Fairly OddParents ‘fics in here too (under “non-FOP fanfics”), so if you’re looking forward to Mario World or “WordGirl” ‘fics from me, give this a click so you know what’s coming!

So, what does this update mean for your fanfics?

They’ll be active again soon! I’ve been picking at them behind the scenes, trying to build up a buffer. In an ideal world, I would love to release a new chapter for SOMETHING every Friday. I doubt this will be possible, but it’s something I would love to work towards in the future. Realistically, you can probably expect some kind of fanfic update once every two Fridays (two updates per month).

There might be some Fridays where posting an update is not possible. Instead, I’ll make a post about what progress I made instead. In the past, I often overworked myself to get a chapter out in time for my old deadline. I will not be doing that anymore, but will instead hold myself to a goal of “Make progress on something every week.”

In the best ideal world, I would love to post one FOP fanfic update per week and one non-FOP fanfic update per week. This is not likely to happen for a long, long time, but that would be the dream.

Here are the things I most likely worked on if there is no fanfic update:

- A fanfic chapter draft that needs more time

- A sideblog profile

- A Toyhouse profile for personal characters

- IRL work or mod work may have kept me busy this week

- Creature-Crossing writing... I will try to prioritize my fanfics more, but my CC writing is still important to me and I will be working on it in a lot of my free time too. At the moment, I have a hard deadline of December 14th that I need to meet if I want to release huge plot drama on the day that it happens in canon. I’ve been building up to this for a long time, so I’m really excited about that.

I currently have summer or autumn 2022 planned as the “finale” for the majority of my plot to explode. I will be hosting a member-run event in Creature-Crossing that will last for two months, so a lot of my time from January until the event’s release will be spent doing event prep. Once the event ends, my story content will mostly be a “return to slice of life.” Stories will be more casual one-offs as characters grow, live their lives, and start their own families. Hitting seasonal deadlines for plot will no longer be so important. I’ll be giving Creature-Crossing work less attention after that, and much more attention to my fanfics.

- I may not have a fanfic chapter out each week, but I WILL post a note every Friday to let you know what I have been doing with my time. You’ll see me around. Feel free to send Asks and talk!

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What non-FOP fanfics would you like to work on?

For literal years, I’ve been claiming I want to post Mario World fanfics. This is still something I want to do. I tag Mario World posts as “mushrooms and more.” I’ve already done a lot of worldbuilding, I have thousands of words of content written for this fandom... I just haven’t posted any of it. I hope to do this soon.

- “WordGirl” fanfics are prioritized over Mario World fanfics. After I finish my first “WordGirl” multi-chapter, I will probably be ready to post my Mario World ‘fics. I may possibly post some Mario World one-shots in between other fanfic updates. Might take another year or more before I touch Mario stuff unless there’s high interest in seeing it sooner?

I also really want to write some WordGirl ‘fics and get more involved with the fandom community. I’ve been building headcanons and lore for this show ever since I was a kid, and I have multiple ‘fics for this fandom that I want to write.

- “AlgoRhythm” is a ‘fic I have already posted on FFN and AO3, about WordGirl introducing Kid Math to the villains in town

- 28 Cities is a ‘fic I started about Rhyme and Reason before they arrived in Fair City. I put it on hiatus since it didn’t seem like anyone was interested, but I’m willing to post more for it if there is interest in it now that years have passed and I’ve gotten more followers who like WordGirl. I have a lot of worldbuilding and plot I never shared for it

- Factor It In is a ‘fic I’ve been working for a while that parallels the official show from the moment Kid Math arrives in town. It focuses on Rex’s struggle to adjust to this world as a child coming into his superpowers for the first time (Y’know, the whole “superheroes don’t have powers when they’re on their home planets” thing), his struggle to adapt to the social world of a non-logical planet, and Becky’s struggle to help him become accustomed to Earth and learn to share it with her as well. If the episode “Kid Math” was a full-length novel about Rex’s arrival and character development, that’s what this story is. This is the highest priority of all my non-FOP ‘fics... I’ve had a cover image made for 6 months and even though I tried setting it aside, I’ve always been super inspired to write for it. If I felt like it would be a good idea to commit to weekly updates alongside my FOP updates, I would, haha.

- I have two one-shot WIPs called “Squishy Feelings” and “A Little Ambiguity”, one of them focusing on Becky and Rex talking about the events of “Rhyme and Reason” and what it means for Rex’s secret identity, and the latter being a future ‘fic showing WordGirl and Kid Math dealing with life 10 to 15 years down the road. I’ll probably post the latter, not sure yet on the former.

- If desired, I may make a WordGirl specific sideblog where I post lore, answer Asks, post character profiles [smaller than my FOP sideblog ones], and mention fanfic updates. If you would be interested in this, feel free to send me an Ask requesting I do this. If there’s not interest, I’ll just keep my WordGirl stuff on the main blog.

- I’d like to get more involved in the WordGirl community, so I’ll probably post more content and reblog more art and headcanons

I also have a handful of miscellaneous ideas I might follow through with. I’d like to write at least one “TUFF Puppy” fanfic so I can say I did. In a perfect world I would like to finish the two “Danny Phantom” and “Bunsen Is a Beast” fanfics I started because... I just kind of want to dip my toe in each of the Hartman shows once since I already went through all the effort of worldbuilding for them to make them canon in a single Hartman show universe. “ChalkZone” is another show I adore and might touch someday (You may recall I have a full outline planned for an FOP/ChalkZone crossover ‘fic called “Dust to Dust”).

Will I write all of these things? Maybe not. I have no idea if I want to spend the next 10+ years writing fanfics, or if I’ll simply be done with all misc. fanfics immediately once I decide to be done with my main ‘fics. I definitely intend to write for a few more years and finish my main ‘fics, but I might not go through with some less popular side ‘fics if life is getting busy for me.

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What is the posting schedule for FOP ‘fics?

Reedfilter Rules, Frayed Knots, Origin of the Pixies, the 130 Prompts project, and “Come What May” are all high priority FOP writings. I will swap between them depending on my mood that week.

Here are some other ‘fics I want to work on.

- If you like, you can send me Asks requesting I work on a specific story above the rest. I will try to prioritize whichever stories interest you guys most.

Snips and Snails is a ‘fic I started and posted the first chapter for years ago. I’m not sure when I will get back to it, as I ran into some writer’s block. It’s still on tentative hiatus for now..... Possibly forever, though I hope it isn’t forever since it’s only supposed to be, like, five more chapters.

Pink and Gray is on official hiatus. I actually have a lot written for it, but I know it’s a little weird to put so much time and energy into Gary and Betty content when... well, let’s be honest: they’re my niche favorites and most of you probably don’t care. So, I am lifting my usual “no spoilers” policy from my Ask Box. If you would like to ask about my Gary and Betty backstory headcanons, feel free. I will tag my replies as “ridwriting spoilers” for anyone who wants to blacklist the tag, and spoilers will be hidden under a Read More line.

I’d like to return to this story someday because there are tons of things I like about it (ranging from Betty’s secret tattoos to Gary’s plot drama with his mom to the background drama between Talon and Anti-Cosmo, but I always feel immense pressure to make it extra cool to make up for the fact these are weird side characters, so... it’s officially at the bottom of the priority pile. Once Talon shows up in Frayed Knots and readers understand who he is and why he exists, I’ll consider coming back to it.

Identity Theft is a story about Foop and his time in the alternate dimension he was flung into following the episode “Playdate of Doom.” To put it short, Foop was abused by alternate versions of his parents in this dimension and he witnessed some pretty intense stuff, including the death of the alt version of himself who existed in that reality. The trauma he experienced resulted in his alternate personality, Hiccup. Foop himself has very few memories of what happened, as Hiccup has all of those memories. This story is canon in my works, and it is regularly referred to during the 130 Prompts as part of Foop’s backstory. It’s my highest priority side story to work on.

Along the Cherry Lane is a 20-chapter work focusing on the lives of the main human cast from age 11 to age 30, with one chapter showing a snippet of their lives each year. You see Timmy raising Tommy and Tammy in this ‘fic, and it ends with them receiving godparents. Since the 130 Prompts don’t give humans much attention, this ‘fic does. You’ll probably see it debut two years from now, closer to when the 130 Prompts is ready to talk more about humans.

If this becomes a popular ‘fic of mine, I’ll probably write a sequel or continue it past Chapter 30 and write about Tammy and Tommy living with fairies, but I won’t if there’s no interest in that.

Little Imperfections is a Pixie AU ‘fic of mine about what life would be like in a universe where the Fairies are even more like insects than I play them as during my main works (where I already play them as semi-similar to insects). In this world, the Head Pixie is a figurehead whose duty is to reproduce for the sake of the colony and do nothing else, and he’s bored out of his mind until he befriends Sanderson, who introduces him to music. It’s extremely self-indulgent and silly because I like Pixies.

Francis is a multi-chapter ‘fic about bully Francis’s life getting yet another fairy godparent in a long string of memory wipes and godparents. It takes place during the canon series, and when you see an “orange fairy” mentioned in some of my writings, it’s usually referring to this fairy. His name is Rover and I occasionally post art of him. I feel like I can’t truly call myself an FOP fanfic writer until I actually write about a godkid and their godparents, haha...

Hawthorn Haven is a side ‘fic that will be posted towards the end of the 130 Prompts, as it veers off from the prompts in its own self-contained multi-chapter story. It will be approximately the length of “Baby, You’re a Rich Man.”

Acacia Arcadia is a far-past ‘fic detailing the fall of the ancient fae, the imprisonment of the nature spirits, the rise and fall of the chimera nation, the fall of the Martian genies, and the early days of the cloudlands. This is close to the bottom of the priority pile... It’s something I spend time on for personal reference to ensure accuracy in my other ‘fics, but it’s probably not what you guys came here to read.

AA has a bunch of characters in it that you might vaguely recognize, such as Ezekiel Whimsifinado, Evadne, Ione, Two Feathers, Rho, and Sablewood (If you’re astute, you might recall cloudland legends and landmarks in modern day that refer back to these characters). There are also a lot of characters who were reincarnated as Anti-Fairies, in accordance to traditional Anti-Fairy beliefs; Foop for example exists as a main character in one of his past lives, and you’ll see a hint dropped about each of his lives in the first chapter of Identity Theft. My tentative plan is to use Foop’s past lives as my central characters, following the events of each part of the timeline until he gets killed and reincarnates at a later point of the timeline.

I also keep some one-shots in a file I call Mixed Nuts and I may possibly post them someday (they’re mostly just one-shots of main cast characters I do to get a feel for their personalities, I have some Wanda and Cupid in here). @zachbrightside and I are also working on a collab ‘fic called Like a House On Fire that shows more of Timmy and Chloe’s lives during Season 10 (especially around the time of “Which Is Wish?”) No news on a release date for that yet.

As I’ve said before, once all my other FOP works are complete, I will write Devil’s Backbone, which is my far-future ‘fic and the finale of my FOP writing. I do not plan to write any more FOP content after that story is finished, as I expect to have all other FOP projects done by then.

- Devil’s Backbone is a finale 'fic, so all worldbuilding from all stories is fair game to blend together, and it’s highly recommended you read everything else first. This story has been outlined since 2016, and it might not be published for another 10 years... Who knows! But it’s something I always work towards as a concrete endgame goal.

- If something serious comes up in my life and I officially decide I don’t want to write this story, I will post the outline for it. The link to this draft is included with all the other Google Docs links I have in a far-future queued post unveiling my WIPs in case I unexpectedly die and you still want to know how my stories would have gone, so you’ll get access to this story eventually even if I die young. Yes, share access is turned on for them all and I do take extra careful measures to be sure that post doesn’t get posted early skldfj

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What is the plan for the main blog?

Every Friday, I will post either a fanfic chapter or a progress update. You can blacklist the tag “ridlife” if you do not want to see the progress updates on your dashboard. Fanfic updates will not have the “ridlife” tag, so you will not be blocking them.

During the rest of the week, I might post doodles, reblogs, or general comments. Basically... you’ll see the blog become active again. Feel free to send in Asks about my worldbuilding and thoughts on fanfic characters.

@fountainpenguin is my personal blog, so you will see non-fandom things on here sometimes

@riddledeep is my FOP-exclusive sideblog. It contains all my lore notes and goes into a ton of depth, more than my fanfics give in one breath

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What does this mean for the Riddledeep sideblog?

I really want to go back and edit those character profiles that were posted early by mistake. The reason they were queued is because if I turned them into drafts, they would have been buried all the way at the beginning of my draft collection, and I have many, many drafts saved. There are no page numbers to navigate quickly through the draft collection, so I would have to click through each page one by one if I ever wanted to look at them. I hated doing this, which is why I kept my posts queued.

I was regularly updating the queue deadlines, trying to keep things in the order I wanted to post them in, but Tumblr made a change to the way drafts are dated and it kept throwing off my system. My inability to remember when my queued things would post combined with my busy schedule led to some profiles being posted early and incomplete. I want to fix these.

Over a year ago, my good friend Vulpix150 helped me finalize my designs for the Aos Sí and Daoine Sith. I’ve been sitting on that art in secret for a while, and at some point I plan to post it on the sideblog and talk more about that lore.

Updating fanfics is my higher priority (and it was the priority my followers voted for when I asked you to send votes to my Ask Box a while back). So, I will usually spend my free time working on fanfics unless I need a break from them and want to work on sideblog profiles instead. Thank you for your patience!

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TL;DR

I’m posting fanfics again soon. I’m going to take a more relaxed approach to posting them. I’m going to post more of what I want to post and what I feel motivated to post, not always a main ‘fic update. If I’m not “feeling it” when working on a draft, then I’ll set it aside for a while unless I know my followers and readers have high interest in the next chapter of that story. I always write for me first, but if I know there are other people who care a lot about a story, then of course I want to write it for you too!

I’m going to embrace my decade-long love for WordGirl and post more ‘fics and art or this fandom. I’ve always been a little shy about doing this, but I’m ready to make it an official fandom on my main blog (unless there are lots of requests for WordGirl things to be contained in their own sideblog). I will be posting the first chapter for a ‘fic called Factor It In very soon. Love my easily frustrated alien kiddos having a long day.

I am working on Creature-Crossing stuff too, and will be especially busy in November and December. Updates will be slow for a few months, but I hope to find my groove and a good pace soon.

Each Friday, I will post either a fanfic update or a mention of what I am working on. I will be checking in on Tumblr regularly. Feel free to talk! I much prefer you send messages to my Ask Box, not my private messenger, please <3

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Is there a specific story of mine you like and want more updates for?

Asks and reviews help me know which ‘fics people are enjoying. I plan to keep writing ‘fics no matter what, but I definitely give more time to the ‘fics that get more attention (and I have been spending so much time writing for Creature-Crossing because that’s where the attention was coming from)

It’s easy to stay motivated and get the next part of a story out soon if I know that people like it. It’s always harder if you feel like people are silently judging you and ignoring your posts. So, let me know what you’re interested in. And if you only leave Likes or Favorites instead of asks and reviews, that’s okay too! Thank you for interacting anyway and enjoying my work.

Thanks for reading!

#WordGirl #Factor It In #Kid Math #FAIRIES!#ridlife #riddleverse mention #ridwriting #Mushrooms and more #Satirical vocab alien child show #Frayed Knots #130 Prompts #Origin of the Pixies #Pink and Gray #Acacia Arcadia #Devil's Backbone #Hawthorn Haven #Along the Cherry Lane

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anthropwashere · 5 years ago

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Hey anthrop! There’s a month long event this April called the Phic Phight where we make Danny Phantom prompts, are split up into two teams, and write for the other team’s prompts for full points, your own team’s prompts for half points, and comment on fics for a few extra points! More info can be found on the phicphight tumblr, but it was a lot of fun last April! The sign up form and past prompts and fics are on the tumblr, if you’re interested! Have a good day!

Oh you know I’m always looking for any excuse to magpie off to a new idea, haha. I was busy last year so I didn’t pay the event much attention, but since I just found out that I probably won’t be moving at the end of spring after all, I might sign up! It’d be a fun break from another event I signed up for that starts about the same time.

For anybody else out there interested, @phicphight is the blog and here’s a post from @currentlylurking with more info.

Thanks for reminding me about this!

ETA: oh my god, finally a use for the 60+ fic prompts I saved for Later™ in 2014.

#danny phantom #writing #i see we're only allowed four but now i just have to pick them instead of think of new ones

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undiscovered-horror-icon · 4 years ago

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SlipKnot Members [Part One]

[All of this info was copied form the archive of this blog on Skyrock.com circa 2009 -2010: User - maggot777 on SkyRock . com]

[I’m just sharing it and take no credit]

[This post will include the former members, circa 2010]

Name: Joshua Brainard Position: guitar, backing vocals N ° 4 Nickname: Gnar (We nickname him '' Gnar '' because of his tic which consists of biting his nails) Josh has been part of the group almost from the start since he joined SlipKnoT just after the departure of Kun Nong (guitar). He formed with Donnie Steele, the group's first guitarist duo. He participated in all the evolution of SlipKnoT: the writing and recording of Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat., The new look of the group with masks and wetsuits, the line-up changes and especially the writing and part of the SlipKnoT recording. Only a part, because at the end of the sessions, when there was only `` Purity '' to record, Realizing that the group would grow out of proportion and that they might be away from home for long periods of time, Josh chose to leave SlipKnoT to stay with his family. He admitted later that he no longer felt too much affinity with the musical direction followed by the group, with which he nevertheless kept very good relations. He has since worked again with Ross Robinson on the last album of Vanilla Ice (Bi-Polar) former rapper converted into neo-metal. Ross Robinson, who really liked the character, says he'll call on him again if he needs a musician to perform the guitar parts on an album.

Name: Gregory Sean Welts Position: percussion, vocal backing N ° 3 Nickname: Cuddles or Babyface Greg Welts joined the band some time after Anders' decision to leave SlipKnoT. He was chosen as a percussionist because he had known the band for a long time (he worked in the tattoo parlor where most of the band came to get inked and he had also been part of a punk band with Paul). It wasn't long before he showed that on stage he was almost as crazy as the other eight put together. Despite this, Cuddles gave, just a few months after his arrival, his last concert with SlipKnoT in April 1998. Unhappy to have been fired in this way, he sued the group, arguing that he was entitled to part of the proceeds, a lawsuit he lost. After this episode, the group started looking for a new percussionist that they found in the person of Chris Fehn.

Name: Patrick M. Neuwirth Position: guitar N ° that did not exist yet Nickname: NEKCHECK Patrick or Pat is the first of the first guitarists of the group. He was there in the years 1991-1993, when the band was not called like that (Painface). He will be replaced by Kun Nong.

Name: Brandon Darner Position: Percussion N ° 3 Nickname: Grouch Brandon was a percussionist in SlipKnoT. He joined the group just after Greg left (percussion). He won't stay very long. He will be replaced by Chris Fehn. He is currently in To My Surprise (Shawn's side project) on vocals.

Name: Andrew Rouw (Anders Colsefini) Position: vocals, tribal percussion No that did not exist Nickname: Corn Wallace Anders is one of the founding members of SlipKnoT, and Shawn's best friend for many years. He was born in 1972 in Germany, in the Black Forest. It was at the age of 8 that he started playing drums, which he played for more than 10 years. On his arrival in the USA, he will be part of many groups, some of which are made up of future members of SlipKnoT. Thus, from 1989 to 1991, he officiates within VeXX, both on drums and on vocals with Josh (guitar) and Paul (bass). In 1991, the group changed its name to become Inveigh Catharsis, the line-up remaining the same. In 1993, Inveigh Catarsis split and Anders tried his hand at singing by forming Body Pit, in which we find the future backbone of SlipKnoT, since are part of the group Donnie (guitar), Josh (guitar), Paul (bass) and Danny Spain (drums). Danny will leave them in 1995 for Deadfront the group of a certain James Root that fate will call later to join SlipKnoT. So in 1995, with the remaining members of Body Pit, Anders will finally form SlipKnoT, with Paul (bass), Shawn (percussion), Kun Nong (guitar), Joey (drums), Donnie (guitar) and not for long. after Josh (guitar). He will record with the band the self-produced album Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat. on which he sings. Subsequently, the group expanded and recruited a percussionist (Greg Welts) a DJ (Sid Wilson) as well as a new singer in the person of Corey Taylor. Several demos are recorded with the two singers, Corey as lead and Anders as backing vocals. But Anders does not accept the fact of being relegated to the background, moreover the atmosphere within the group deteriorates somewhat, because he is the only one not to wear a mask. Taking everyone by surprise, it was during a concert that he announced that he was leaving SlipKnoT “I remember that night. Right before the last song he took the mic and said, 'Tonight is my last gig with SlipKnoT. Thank you all for the wonderful time spent with you. "I admit it didn't surprise me more than that, but I didn't find his way of doing things very pro," Josh said. Shawn, who was his best friend at the time, resented him and still resents him for doing this. Anders admits they never really clarified the situation, however the two remain on pretty good terms. In addition, Anders still maintains friendships with several members of the group, including Paul whom he considers his best friend. After leaving SlipKnoT, Anders did not leave the music world, however, since he formed a new group called Painface with which he released the album Fleshcraft. The group broke up in May 2001. admit that it didn't surprise me more than that, but I didn't find his way of doing very professional, ”said Josh. Shawn, who was his best friend at the time, resented him and still resents him for doing this. Anders admits they never really clarified the situation, however the two remain on pretty good terms. In addition, Anders still maintains friendships with several members of the group, including Paul whom he considers his best friend. After leaving SlipKnoT, Anders did not leave the music world, however, since he formed a new group called Painface with which he released the album Fleshcraft. The group broke up in May 2001. admit that it didn't surprise me more than that, but I didn't find his way of doing very professional, ”said Josh. Shawn, who was his best friend at the time, resented him and still resents him for doing this. Anders admits they never really clarified the situation, however the two remain on pretty good terms. In addition, Anders still maintains friendships with several members of the group, including Paul whom he considers his best friend. After leaving SlipKnoT, Anders did not leave the music world, however, since he formed a new group called Painface with which he released the album Fleshcraft. The group broke up in May 2001. Josh said. Shawn, who was his best friend at the time, resented him and still resents him for doing this. Anders admits they never really clarified the situation, however the two remain on pretty good terms. In addition, Anders still maintains friendships with several members of the group, including Paul whom he considers his best friend. After leaving SlipKnoT, Anders did not leave the music world, however, since he formed a new group called Painface with which he released the album Fleshcraft. The group broke up in May 2001. Josh said. Shawn, who was his best friend at the time, resented him and still resents him for doing this. Anders admits they never really clarified the situation, however the two remain on pretty good terms. In addition, Anders still maintains friendships with several members of the group, including Paul whom he considers his best friend. After leaving SlipKnoT, Anders did not leave the music world, however, since he formed a new group called Painface with which he released the album Fleshcraft. The group broke up in May 2001. however the two men remain rather on good terms. In addition, Anders still maintains friendships with several members of the group, including Paul whom he considers his best friend. After leaving SlipKnoT, Anders did not leave the music world, however, since he formed a new group called Painface with which he released the album Fleshcraft. The group broke up in May 2001. however the two men remain rather on good terms. In addition, Anders still maintains friendships with several members of the group, including Paul whom he considers his best friend. After leaving SlipKnoT, Anders did not leave the music world, however, since he formed a new group called Painface with which he released the album Fleshcraft. The group broke up in May 2001.

[This is Part One, Part Two will be posted shortly]

#slipknot #slipknot members #Andrew Rouw #Brandon Darner #Patrick M. Neuwirth #Joshua Brainard #Gregory Sean Welts #cuddles was a crazy bitch

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lockdownuk · 4 years ago

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Lockdown Diary Part 4

A personal account during the lockdown in the UK due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

23/03/2020 8:30pm Boris Johnson, UK Prime Minister, gives a live address to the nation to, effectively, put the country on lockdown to stem the spread of the deadly coronavirus strain, Covid-19.

Many of us have been self-isolating for days but this latest development within the UK in reaction to the pandemic feels very serious and very scary. I decided to keep a simple diary and where better but online.

Day91: I can’t post photos to the sister photo diary and it’s fucking me off. Using this as a place holder- last successful pic was 21/06/2020.

Day 92: Still awaiting Tumblr re: day 91′s entry. Meanwhile looking at other blog/diary sites. Very warm today, like it was throughout May. Boris announced a further relaxation in lockdown measures which includes reducing the 2m distancing instruction which paves the way for pubs, restaurants and other places to open on 4th . It looks like the Ship will open 6th July, George on the 4th. I await to see the measures put in place before deciding whther it’s a goer.

Day93: Typing on day 94 - I received an email from Deryn from RCI HR concerning placement online module attendance, thanking me for my participation. I was somewhat confused. Was this a mistake or was I erroneously not icluded in the initial communications? I fired off an email to HR and WhatsApp’d Jim. He replied that I should take it up with HR.

I am worried by this. Furlough ends this week and I know not what the fuck is going on.

Day 94: Had a few beers last night, ‘cos I was feeling deflated over work. Finished Homecoming S2, which was very good, and cancelled Amazon Prime before the free trial ends tomorrow. Got up @midday but haven’t done jack shit today as my right ankle is playing up - it was twinging last night - apart from press ups. No word back from RCI but there was a notification that the email from Deryn was attempted to be recalled. Had a spat in Co-Op wth two lads who were ignoring the one way system and social-distancing. It makes my blood boil and I had to say something which ended up making my blood boil even more…especially as one of them asked me to ‘crack on’. It’s a pretty cool response actually, since I had them bang to rights but, at the time, I thought I was going to bust a blood vessel. I walked away having told him to not speak to me like that again and that he was a fucking arsehole! Didn’t make me feel any better though. Fog’s chatting later so I’m going to have a few beers right now (just gone 8pm) - I feel like throwing caution to the wind for some reason (probably work more than anything else).

Day 95: Typing on Day 96. I had a lot of beers with Fog the night before last and felt like shit all day yesterday. Still managed to drag myself up to Foggy’s and have socially distanced beers in his garden with Noel and Lord Irish of Michael.

Day 96: Feeling like shit. Third day of no walking ‘cos my ankle is a little sore although I did walk back from Foggy’s last night.

Day 97: Two walks and my usual stair climb today. Felt good to get back to routine. Plus, no booze yesterday, even tho’ it was a Saturday, feel better for it. I heard from Sue Cockings from HR on Friday, btw, still furloughed until further notice.

Day 98: I discovered, yesterday, that today is actually day 99 of lockdown since it actually begun on the Sunday evening that Boris Johnson announced the measures being in place - I mistakenly thought it began on the Monday. Tumblr still haven’t got back to me regarding reviewing why this blog is deemed ‘sensitive’ and I can’t add any more pics. While I am typing, Northampton are beating Exeter 0-2 at Wembley in the L2 play-off final. It’s funny that their fans can’t be there to see it. Football, in general, on its return after lockdown, without fans in attendance, is shit - like watching women’s football - too many empty seats.

Day 100: I have decided to number the days correctly (See prev’ entry). It’s a good time as I had to export , delete and recreate this blog on Tumblr since they have been non-forthcoming in my request for info as to why they deemed it ‘sensitive’. So, this is a restart, altrough seemless to the reader. On top of all that, I am writing this on Day 101! After restarting the blog diary I forgot to add the day’s entry! Bumped into Roger on my second walk, at the top of Basset Ford Place. We chatted for an hour or so. It was really good to see him and talk. We’ve made a promise to interact more...it seems both he and I allow ourselves to get down in the dumps (easy in self-isolation) and, as such, we shall try to reach out as and when. He suggested a walk together every now and then.

Day 101: I heard back from a charitable services company that Barry Haddon (who, coincidentally, I spoke with today) told me about (Auriga)and answered their email questions. BNarry rates them and told me they got him some decent results like he no longer has to pay Council Tax. I tweeted Chris Hawkes on Radio 6 this morning...he was asking for examples of sames names (’cos he had Dave Gorman on) so I told him about The Redlion and the ad the ‘other’ Tim put in the ET. He read it out! I created a photo album of 101 pics I’ve taken in lockdown and put it on FB including the Oundle Chatter group. The comments were great. My right eyesight is worrying, I cannot make out close up detail i.e. reading is blurred. I am going to start doing 10 press ups after each exercise i.e. three times a day. I decided that during my second walk so today I’ve done 20. Lastly, I have new neighbours I do believe. Hmmm.

Day 102: Emailed dad and Rita to have a rant about what dad thought of the Leicester lockdown and to share a link to my 101 photo album. Had a long Messenger chat with Rog.

Day 103: Typing this on day 104. Dad called when I was out ona walk so we skyped when I got back. He looks really well! Advided me on how to cutt some branches that are hanging low (I asked him in the email yesterday). I then borrowed a saw, secateurs and green bin from Karen. I walked a long way today. My second walk was 9km.I then had loads of beers! The Co-Op car park seems to be the venue for youngsters to hang out. I was gone 2am before they finished partying. I (re)watched Steve Jobs. Wow....just wow. What a film and what a man!

Day 104: It was gone 1:30pm when I got up feeling the worse for wear. A chilli, chorizo and cheese omelette really sorted me out but no beer tonight. How my Saturday frame of mind has changed from just a few years ago. Elliot and Camilla dropped off a jar of japaenos (that Mil had WhatsApp’d me about) and, among other things, we chatted about a photo Tracie Garrett circulated featuring Ell, me her and a few others who met up to have a drink at The Haycock for Ron Gambling. In it was Cath and someone called Ross (who I don’t remember) who have both passed since the pic (July ‘99). I feel strangely saddened by it all. The pic itself is such a reminder of days past - it conjours up shit loads of different feelings.

Day 105: A few beers again last night so another late one (5ish) but up before noon. Finished watching a series called Condor. Pretty good - bit of a messy ending that is the norm with telly nowadays in that it is a little bit of a cliffhanger.

Day 106: The Ship reopened today. I left a nice message on the Virtual Pub group page wishing them the best plus said thanks to Rach. I think it will be the end of the laugh we’ve had on the virtual site now. I expect to go through a bit of a miserabel time with people now venturing out down the pubs.We were once all united in lockdown - that will no longer be the case. Met Rog for a walk - did over 7km oncluding through Barnwell Picnic Park - I don’t remember it being that pretty. defo going to go there again. Got an email from RCI asking for all furlough workers to join a Zoom meeting tomorrow with Paul (MD) and Deryn (HR). Ominous! Went shopping in Asda and Farm Foods. £100 with NO BOOZE!

Day 107: The zoom call today didn’t tell me much other than we are being furloughed still, until further notice. It was susggested that we have a zoom meeting every 2 weeks and that RCI recognise we’ve be left out in the cold somewhat. I appreciate that very much.There were 30 of us on the call plus Paul and Deryn were in the office since they had to make peopel redundant today. Mark was in the office earlier to take receivership of the IT kits from those that left.

Day 108: I am well on the way to doing 1,000,000 steps in theree months (July, August & September) but at what cost. I’ve done well over 11,000 steps each day in July (actually, a lot of days in June as well) apart from one (8k) and I am feeling it. My right leg/ankle is sore! Day 109: I had another mention by Chris Hawkins on Radio 6. He asked for Brian May moments - apparently when he met Brian May he was so starstruck that all he could say was ‘thank you for the music’. I tweeted my story of telling Felicity Kendall to have a good life. Today, both my walks have resulted in me getting fucking soaked. Hanna S2 is on Amazon Prime. Time for yet another free trial (number 4 or 5).

Day 110: I have walked 144,448 steps in 10 days, well on the way to a million steps in three months. The Heist of the Century - an Argentinian film based on true events - watched it last night (well, over two nights, actually). A real life Ocean’s Eleven (but with 6). Brilliant film, brilliat story. I had issues signing up to another Amazon Prime free trial last night so I set up another gmail a/c just now and I think I’m in. I used Danny’s Gmail (which I created over 15 years ago!) and it didn’t like it - I think I must have used it before. I reckon I have probably had loads more free trials than I care to remember. Anyway, off to watch me some Hanna!

Day 111: Very tired as I type. Bed at around 5am, up at 13:30, normal exercises, cleaning kitchen cupbaords and I’m done in. It’s 10:30pm now, just cracked open a beer and about to watch a new Netflix film “The Old Guard”. I would continue with Hanna but Amazon Prime keeps fucking erroring. I will try to go to bed before it gets light (which seems to be my w/e norm nowadays!

Day 112: I have got into the habit of eating dinner far too late. It’s 10:30pm as I type and I am just about to have something eat. I’m not sure why I feel it’s wrong to eat so late but I do, I shall be trying to address it. Late night again last night (gone 4:30am) so today was a lazy day. Only on ewalk but it was 10km and I get up the above 11,000 steps needed for the 1m challenge. My stair climb, at around 9pm, fucking killed.

Day 113: Boring Monday.

Finished watching The Old Guard on Netflix. A Highlander-esque affair with Charlize Theron kicking ass like she did in Atomic Blonde. It was OK. Haven’t manage to lick the late night eating. It’s 10:05pm and tea’s still cooking.

Day 114: I have been looking at planning persmissions on the ENDC site for questions posed on the Oundle Chatter group on FB. There’s going to be two sites with 130 new houses on each and it’s causing concern. And so it should - the planning docs are very revealing. Objections are dismissed in such an off-hand way. It’s really quite insulting. I was awfully down today, during my first walk. I mean, really despondant (too difficult to describe here), which is a lower version of the norm - it’s been a good couple of weeks since anyone’s even asked how I am! A week since that post on my main blog. But, I powered through and am back to the usual depth! I ate at @9:30 pm tonight. Told ya!

Day 115: I am typing this on Day 116 - I ended up hainga couple of beers last night and forgot to post. I had the most ridiculous toing and froing on FB and Messenger with Rachel (Harris) - it was piss funny. She is the first person in days, actually weeks, who has asked how I am! I watched ep3 of Hanna S2. Absolutely superb. She kills Marissa! Did not see that fucker coming...mind blown! Day 116: I have finally finished the thorough clean of the kitchen. Fucking drama. I am typing at just gone 10pm, about to eat (curry I made yesterday). It’s been a strange day, timings wise, last night’s drinking meant I wasn’t up until just gone noon which obviously didn’t help. I had a call from DSM group - I applied for an IT tech role, they want to see me tomorrow (Friday) for an interview (in Sibson). Interesting! (Although the contact, Helen, hasn’t sent the promised email!)

Day 117: Despite not getting a confirmation email, I attended the interview at DSM. It went OK (I was there for 90 mins). I went booze shopping in Tesco’s afterwards. Spoke to dad today also - he and Rita are well, as usual! I am feeling really knackered and achy today. I do hope it’s not anything to worry about.

Day 118: Up at 1pm. 9.79 km walk. Cooking meatballs, drinking beer, listening to The Blaze about to watch Deepwater Horizon. All good today!

Day 119: Similar to yesterday, up late, bloody long walk, watching Saving Private Ryan (which I started last night).

Day 120: Typing on day 121. Received an email from someone that works at the BBC for Shaun Keaveny’s show - they want me to do small claims court on August 5th. I’m becoming obsessed with getting my steps in - my second walk was extended to round Barnwell Country Park - over 17.5k steps - not the most I’ve done in one day but, for example, most in one day last month (June) was 14.7k. More importantly, I am finding that I can walk further (and for longer) and not have a hypo; not a great deal further, but over an hour.

#diary #Tumblr diary #lockdown #covid19 #lockdownuk

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athena-athena · 5 years ago

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I Met Michael Rooker!

So I copied all of the Rooker bits from my blog to share here on tumblr. If y’all just want to read about the rest of my weekend, just let me know and I’ll share my blog link. :)

Fair warning, this is SUPER long because I typed it up for myself, and I didn’t want to forget ANYTHING. Also, I fangirl a lot.

Around 10:15 on Saturday, I decided to start trying to find the room for Rooker’s panel. It took a few minutes, and I ended up having to ask someone at the info desk (which also came in handy all weekend), and the rooms were downstairs, which explained why I couldn’t find them. So I walked downstairs and found the room, confirmed his panel time on the sign, and then found a seat next to the door, where I proceeded to try to calm down and cool off as I texted Beth.

Once Bonnie Wright’s panel ended and the room cleared out, I headed into the room and managed to snag a seat in the 4th row! I could have gotten closer, but that would have required sitting on the end seat, and Rooker is notorious for going out into the audience with his microphone, and I was not prepared to be put on the spot by him, so I thought the middle of the 4th row was a safe place. XD Of course, it didn’t matter, because Rooker didn’t stay on the stage long at all before he hopped out into the audience. I swear he never stands still.

Anyway, after I got to my seat, I counted down the minutes with Beth, and by the time it got down to about three minutes, I was DYING, because I KNEW he was SOMEWHERE IN THE VICINITY. I almost cried, y’all, and I hadn’t even seen him yet.

A few minutes after 11:00, the moderator walked out, and I was internally screaming. The little path from the backstage area was blocked by a sheer black curtain, but you could still see movement if you were actually looking, and I could see the moment Rooker ran from backstage to go up to the stage and I was already smiling like an IDIOT before he even got to the stage.

Like, I can’t even describe it, y’all. It was just INCREDIBLE and MIND-BLOWING to be in the same room as Michael Rooker, and I think I smiled the entire time. He is SO HILARIOUS and his panel had such a chaotic energy, but it was amazing and I laughed so much. It flew by, and before I knew it, it was over. *cries*

I’m going to TRY to remember some highlights from the panel. I saw several people filming throughout, so I hope someone recorded the whole thing and posts it online because I know I’ve forgotten a lot of it, even though I tried to remember it.

He never even sat down at the table when he got to the stage. The moderator had already gone over the “ground rules” of the panel and explained where to line up to ask questions, and then he introduced Rooker, who immediately ran to the table and began dismantling it so he could get the microphone out, as he yelled, “No ground rules!” Once he finally got the microphone loose from the table, he realized he still needed a cordless one because the other was wired, and anyone who’s ever seen Rooker in action knows that won’t work. XD

So someone from the back ran out and gave him a cordless microphone and he was happy. He did a little back and forth banter with the moderator, and then he said “jiggly butt” about ten times, just so the interpreter would have to do the sign for “jiggly butt.” XD He was so fascinated by it. And then he talked about how different interpreters do the jiggly butt sign differently. Lol

He then made the moderator help him move the table out of the way. XD

I’m trying to remember what all he talked about, but I’ll never remember everything. I know he mentioned Starbucks, because he had some with him, and he said, “Y’all know those Starbucks scones? I don’t want to talk bad about Starbucks, but I almost choked to death on one of the scones this morning. It was like eating sawdust. Y’all know how a dog sounds when it’s choking? That’s what I sounded like.” And then he gave a demonstration. XD

He also took his jacket off, which I’m pretty sure is intentional now because he enjoys the ladies yelling at him, but after he took it off, he remembered his shirt, so then he had to tell the story of how he shrunk his t-shirt in the washing machine at the hotel the previous night. LOL And y’all, that white t-shirt was so short and so clingy, and I almost fainted. He flexed his arms at one point and it was glorious, and then he lifted his shirt to show how short it was, and we got a glimpse of Rooker tum, and THEN he lifted it even higher, and I melted out of my chair into a puddle on the floor.

He said he didn’t even realize he’d shrunk his shirt until he got to the con that morning, and then it was too late to worry about it. And then he said, “Oh, that reminds me! Is that nice family I met on the elevator this morning here? They said they would come. Did y’all make it to my panel?”

AND THEY WEREN’T THERE, and he muttered, “Assholes.” XD

Oh, and after he talked about shrinking his shirt, he was like, “If I bend over, I’d probably...” and he bent over to demonstrate. “Yeah, I’d just show my...” and he hesitated like he didn’t want to be risque, so I think he ended up settling on “back.” XD

The poor moderator tried his best at the beginning to keep Rooker in line, but it was pointless and he knew it, so he finally let him go. Rooker finally remembered there was a moderator, and he was like, “So what are we doing?”

And the moderator was like, “Whatever you want to do.”

And Rooker said, “A good moderator would be able to keep me in line. Sit down.”

And the moderator made a move to sit, then hesitated, and Rooker was like, “I said sit down.” So the guy did, and then Rooker was like, “That’s how you do it.” XD

So the guy stayed in the chair until Rooker asked for help to get his jacket back on. XD And the moderator thought he meant for the interpreter to help him, and then finally realized he meant him when Rooker was like, “Get over here!” And the moderator was like, “I was just following your last order!”

He was in over his head with Rooker, but he played off of him very well, so it worked. After all of that, Rooker suddenly remembered he didn’t even know the mod’s name. XD I think the guy said it was Danny, so Rooker was like, “Nice to meet you, Danny.” lol

Then he pretty much laid down on the stage floor so he could hop off the stage, and the mod was just baffled as he watched. It was hilarious. Once Rooker was off the stage, there was literally no stopping him, so the mod sat down and let him go. XD

I couldn’t see him half the time because he spent a lot of time in the back of the room answering questions as he walked around, but listening to him talk was enough. He is just so, so funny. And people ask some of the dumbest questions, I swear, and he managed to avoid answering about half of the questions asked. Lol

Someone asked if he was going to do the Area 51 thing, and he was like, “Are you crazy? That’s a good way to get yourself killed.” And then he said, “What if the people there aren’t really people? What if they’ve already been taken over by the aliens? I can pitch that.” So if Rooker ever does a movie about the people at Area 51 already being aliens, I’ll be able to say I was there when he came up with the idea. Haha

Someone asked him about his most physically challenging role, and he said that the filming in Fiji recently was probably one of the hardest because it was so hot and there was no air conditioning. He said he almost passed out three times the first day of filming. And then he mentioned that it was for Fantasy Island and that it would be a horror version. And even though I have a massive aversion to horror movies, I will have to see it.

Another question was about Cliffhanger and if he was a good climber, and he was like, “Oh yeah, I was really good at it. My very first day, I was climbing so well. And then these eleven-year-old kids climbed up past me really fast.” XD

He went up to a LOT of people asking if they had questions, even if they didn’t have their hands raised, and I was SO GRATEFUL that I had chosen a seat in the middle of the row. XD Although I did have a question prepared, thanks to my niece. Lol But I still didn’t want to have to worry about it.

He took his jacket off again at some point and tossed it to the mod, who I realized later actually put it on. I don’t blame him at all. If Rooker had handed his jacket to me, I would have put it on, too.

Someone asked him what his most emotionally challenging role was, and now I can’t remember if he actually answered it or not because he got distracted by someone mentioning Henry, and then he asked if anyone had actually watched it, and after a lot of people yelled ‘yes,’ he was like, “Bunch of sickos.” XD And then he talked about the filming of that for a little bit, and how one woman was killed in the movie three times. “And she was the director’s girlfriend! You’d think she’d have been able to get a better role than being face down in a dirty river.” lol

He talked about Yondu a good bit. Someone asked what it was like to watch his own funeral, and he was like, “I didn’t have to watch it, I was there.” And it seems like he asked if the funeral scene made people cry when they “saw Yondu lying there snoring, I mean dead.” XD

And someone else asked if he’d want to be in the MCU again as a different character, and he said something like, “Yeah, maybe. You never know. It could happen.”

What else, what else… I really hope someone posts a video of the whole panel, because I am struggling to remember anything else. *facepalm*

Eventually the mod got Rooker’s attention and told him there were only five minutes left, so he started running from person to person trying to answer questions. I think he ended up answering a little longer than that, but then it ended way too soon. :(

After it was over, I didn’t want to leave because he was still on stage just talking to the mod and the mod’s parents, but I didn’t want to block the other people in my row, so I got up. Lol

But I had a mission, anyway. I had to get back to the main floor and get in line TO MEET HIM.

I headed back to the signing area to find his line, and as I passed the other signing lines, I was like, “Wow, not very many people up here. This shouldn’t be so bad… oh. Oh, geez.” Because Rooker’s line was at the very end of the room, and it was ALREADY packed. The queue snaked around about six times before it even reached the main line, and then there was an overflow area with like five queue lines, and that’s where I ended up. His was definitely the most popular line. Ron Perlman was close to Rooker’s, and he had a lot of people, too, but it still wasn’t even close to Rooker’s. It was just bananas. So I stood in line for what felt like a year, and I was equal parts ECSTATIC and TERRIFIED.

This is the moment when I began to feel thankful for the bag from the artist, because it would have been such a hassle to carry those loose prints around all day. I had my crossbody purse and a tote with me to carry things, but I wouldn’t have wanted to fold the prints. I didn’t think a small purse and a tote would have been a big deal to carry around all day, but geez, by the end of the day, my back was so out of alignment. Lol I had to do some yoga later to try to help ease it.

But anyway, standing in line for so long was a blessing and a curse. A blessing because I was not prepared to stand in front of Rooker and try to form words, and a curse because it was uncomfortable and awkward. The way the queue was set up, you were always surrounded on both sides by people facing your direction, and there was NOWHERE to look without staring at someone. So thank goodness I was able to text!

The shirt I wore Saturday was such a big hit. I’ve never gotten so many compliments about something in my life, and it was bananas. People would randomly say, “I love your shirt!” as I passed by, and I was really weirded out at first, because I’m not a people person at all, but I eventually got over that. Haha But it was DEFINITELY an awesome icebreaker while I was in line. Eventually the lady in front of me noticed my Wonder Woman print in the bag, and she asked where I’d gotten it, and then we started talking a little bit. She had her husband and little girl with her, and she pointed at my shirt and then turned to her daughter, “Look at her shirt!”

And the little girl turned around and her eyes got all big. XD I was like, “Do you like Yondu?” And she nodded, and the woman was like, “She loves him! We had to watch the movie last night.”

I was very grateful to have someone to talk to while I waited in line. It kept me distracted from what was coming, and it helped pass the time, as well as kept me from feeling awkward from being in line alone. Lol

Eventually, we moved from the overflow area to the queue, and then slowly made our way to the actual line. When I crossed over to the real line, I almost ran away. XD I was SO NERVOUS. OMG Y’all, I still don’t know how I made myself do it. When the line moved up and the queue snaked around at one point, I was FOUR FEET AWAY FROM HIM, and it was all I could do to keep myself from staring.

I pulled out my Yondu Funko Pop at that point, so I would be prepared when I got to the front of the line, and then the woman in front of me said, “Not to be nosy, but how much did you pay for yours?” And I told her, and she turned to her husband and said, “I told you we should have browsed longer!” He then pulled his out of his bag. XD They paid a lot more than I did, so I was grateful I was able to find mine “cheap” on eBay a few months ago. Lol

Anyway, before I knew it, I was ALMOST TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE, and I was having to repeat my mantra, courtesy of Beth. XD “Deep breaths. You will be okay. You won’t faint. You will be able to talk to him.” I swear it’s the only thing that got me through the entire weekend. Haha

When I got to the front table, I bought two tickets because I wanted him to sign my Yondu Pop and also a Yondu picture, and the lady taking money was so nice. We talked for a minute, and then the line moved and I gave my tickets to Juliette, who was also very nice. I was trying to pick out which picture to let him sign, and she said, “This is the hardest part because there are so many nice ones to choose from!” And she was right! I finally settled on a black and white Yondu one, even though it was hard to pick because I also wanted one where I could see his blue skin. Haha But anyway, as I was talking to Juliette, I made the mistake of glancing to my right and saw FREAKING MICHAEL ROOKER TALKING TO MY NEW FRIENDS IN FRONT OF ME. And I was like, “Oh man, BREATHE, LINDSEY.” I turned back to Juliette and tried really hard to be nonchalant, like I hadn’t just felt my soul leave my body. “Is it okay if I give him a gift?” “Oh yeah, that’s fine!”

So then I had to just mentally prepare myself, so I stood there and observed the family in front of me while he talked to them. He was SO SWEET with the little girl. The mother said the little girl wanted to do the “I’m Mary Poppins, Y’all” quote with him, but she was too shy, so he was like, “Come on, let’s do it!” So they did, and it was precious. And then the mother also said something about the little girl liking the “I may be as pretty as an angel” quote, and so he did the “but I sure as hell ain’t one” part, and then he kinda covered his mouth like, “Maybe I shouldn’t have cursed in front of the kid.” XD But I guess he realized if the kid liked the quote, she’d already heard the word anyway because he kinda shrugged. Lol I don’t remember what else he said to her, but I do remember that he asked her if she was wondering why he wasn’t blue, and she nodded. He leaned across the table, and said, “This is just my human costume I wear when I have to come down to Earth. My space ship is on the roof.” And the little girl was just in awe.

So I was still trying to get over the adorableness of that when they LEFT and IT WAS MY TURN, and I almost couldn’t make my feet move. XD But, somehow I managed it, and then I was STANDING IN FRONT OF MICHAEL ROOKER AND I COULDN’T DEAL WITH IT.

I strangled out a “hi,” and he was like, “Hi!” And then he leaned closer and WHISPERED, “I think that little girl believed me!” And he was SO excited about it. XD He turned to Juliette, and told HER that the little girl believed him. And then he turned back to me, and I was like, “I almost believed it, too, because you’re just that good.”

And he LAUGHED and I DIED for the first time. And then I randomly blurted out, “I AM SO NERVOUS.” And he laughed again and was like, “Don’t be nervous!” BUT I WAS, OMG I COULD BARELY FORM WORDS, IT WAS SO HARD.

So I handed the Yondu Pop and the picture to him, and I swear I can’t remember what he said to me as he started signing the picture. It was just all a haze. It happened every time I was around him – everything was a blur, and no matter how hard I tried to remember everything, I just can’t. *facepalm*

OH, I remember what he said when he started to sign the picture! He was so excited that I got the black and white one. XD He said, “Oh, man, this is one of my favorites! I love the black and white! It really makes the marker stand out.” And he used a gold sharpie and it’s so pretty!

And then I told him I flew down from Alabama specifically to meet him, and he was like, “Wow, thank you!” And then he said more that I’ve forgotten. It seems like every time we made eye contact, those are the moments when I’ve forgotten what was said. XD

But then I pulled the gift I’d gotten him out of my tote, and was like, “I got something for you.” And let me just state, I hate giving gifts because I really do suck at it, and I always feel anxious about it, because I always worry that the person won’t like it, etc. So I was SUPER anxious about giving him ANYTHING, but I sucked it up and gave it to him. I’d gotten him an Alabama football hat, ‘cause, you know, he likes hats and we’re both from Alabama, and I didn’t know what else to get him.

So anyway, I handed it to him, and he seemed to genuinely like it, which made me feel better about it. Haha I was expecting him to set it aside or hand it to Juliette to keep up with it or something. I was not expecting him to take the tags off of it, and PUT IT ON. While he was taking the tag off, I was like, “I wasn’t sure what size to get. I didn’t even realize hats had sizes.”

And he put it on and said, “This is perfect because I’ve got a small head anyway, so it doesn’t even have to stretch. I can’t afford any more head damage, so it’s good that it’s not too tight.” XD

And Juliette spoke up and said, “That’s a true story.”

And Rooker laughed and said, “Right?”

And THEN he said, “Thank you, baby.” And y’all. Y’ALL. I literally almost fainted right there. I think I managed to say, “You’re welcome.” I don’t even know at this point. XD

Oh, and also during that time, I said, “If I’d known you were going to shrink your shirt at the hotel last night, I would have brought you a shirt instead of a hat.”

And he laughed again, and was like, “Right?? Can you believe that? I don’t even know how it happened.” XD

So then he signed my Yondu Pop, and he was like, “So whereabouts in Alabama are you from?”

(I probably shouldn’t even put this on the internet, but who cares? Y’all come find me if you want. XD) And I said, “Sumiton.” And he stopped signing the Pop, and leaned across the table, and stared right into my eyes, and said, “Oh, yeah. I know Sumiton.” Y’ALL. There is NO WAY I will ever be able to get that inflection across in a blog post, but I will NEVER forget the way he said that. Like, it was not flirty at all, but y’all, that tone was border-line flirty tone, I can’t even explain it. And he was SO CLOSE and LOOKING INTO MY EYES, and I managed to reply. It was a miracle. I said, “I thought you might.” AND HE SMILED AT ME AND I DIED AGAIN. And then we had a MOMENT and I want to cry just thinking about it.

Then he finally went back to signing my Yondu Pop, and I can’t remember what he said then because I was still trying to recover from the previous thing. Lol So when it was pretty much over, I said, “Thank you so much! You’ve made, like, my entire… year.” I’d meant to say “day”, but halfway through my sentence realized it was more than that, and year just came out. LOL And he laughed again and was like, “You’re too sweet!”

And then as I was about to walk off, he said, “Waaaaait, what’s your name? I forgot to ask!” XD So I told him, and HIS SMILE, y'all, he has THE BEST SMILE. And then he said, “Thank you so much for coming to see me.” And then when I finally tried walking away again, he said, “Roll Tide!” so I had to turn around and say it back because you can’t just not return a “Roll Tide,” it’s just required as an Alabama fan.

But I literally thought I was about to faint, and I was thinking,”Rooker, please, let me leave. I’m going to faint.” XD

BUT OMG IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is SO nice!!!! And SO charming. And he’s just mesmerizing up close. Like, all thoughts left my head as I was looking into his eyes, which are BEAUTIFUL.

Once Rooker arrived for the photo-ops (I knew he was there because everyone at the front yelled his name when he got closer XD), that line moved SUPER fast and I was so close to panicking and absolutely losing it before I even got to the front. When I got into the little enclosed area to drop off my bags, I could hear him, and I didn’t think I’d actually be able to walk inside. XD But I managed it, and then I talked to the lady taking tickets while I waited for the people in front of me to get their picture taken.

And she was like, “Are you having a good time today?!” (she was super peppy haha) And I was like, “Yes! I’m having the best time, it’s been so amazing!” And she was like, “I’m so glad!” And I didn’t even REALIZE that Rooker had just said goodbye to the people in front of me and was WATCHING THIS EXCHANGE, and then he smiled SO BIG, and said, “Get over here, you sexy animal.” And my mind short-circuited.

I was prepared for the photo-ops to go super fast because everyone I’ve ever known to go to one has said the same thing, but it was just SO FAST. I somehow managed to walk over to him after he called me a sexy animal (WHICH IS A BLATANT LIE, BUT I APPRECIATED HIM SAYING IT ALL THE SAME LOL), and then when I got to him, he PUT HIS ARM AROUND MY WAIST for the picture, so I DID THE SAME, and Y’ALL. And I told him he made me blush, and he gave THE MOST MISCHIEVOUS laugh I have ever heard. XD And then the photographer took the picture so I now have the look on his face immediately following him calling me a sexy animal forever immortalized. MY face looked AWFUL in the picture because I was SO FLUSTERED, and he knew EXACTLY what he was doing. LOL

So anyway, after the picture, he was still SO smiley, and he GRABBED MY HAND, and said, “Thank you so much for coming to see me!” And I was like, “No, thank YOU!” And he laughed and said, “You are such a sweetheart!” And I died again, and then I had to leave, but he was stilllllll holding my haaaaaaand, and if y’all think it was easy to let go so I could walk away, y’all are WRONG. But then I floated around to get my bags, and then picked up my picture, and had to leave to go back to the hotel before I died, right there at the Tampa Bay Convention Center, because of Michael Rooker.

On Sunday, I had time to do his first signing and the photo-op again before I had to go to the airport, so I decided to do both again. I wanted to talk to him again, but I also wanted to try to get a better picture, and I was determined not to let him fluster me again. (I failed.) I wanted to get there before his signing session started so I wouldn’t have to stand in line quite so long, but I took so long to leave the hotel that by the time I reached his line, it was almost time for it to start. Even though the line was kind of long, it wasn’t as bad as the day before, although it got pretty long behind me after we’d been there a while.

Once it was time for the session to start, I realized the line hadn’t moved at all, and I wasn’t sure if people were just staying at the table longer or what. And then, about ten minutes later, I heard someone yell his name, and I looked over, and sure enough, he was walking across the con floor doing an Instagram live video. XD And he walked RIGHT PAST ME, Y’ALL. And thank goodness that he panned the camera really fast because I did not want to be on his Instagram. XD I am in the video, by the way, but because he panned so fast, I’m not visible for long, and only noticeable because I knew I was there LOL But yay for being in a Rooker video!

So then he finally sat down and the line slowly started moving, and for some reason, I was more nervous that time than I was the very first time. I didn’t have anyone to talk to for most of that time, but then when I got closer to the front and the queue snaked around, the girl behind me said, “I am so nervous!” and then we started talking. She was super sweet, and I think she was more nervous than I was, which was really saying something, so I tried to help her calm her nerves. XD

Before I knew it, I was back to the table again, and when I got to the cashier, she was like, “Hey! Weren’t you here yesterday?” “Um, yes.” XD But she was really friendly and we talked again until the line moved, and then Juliette was like, “Hey, sweetie, it’s good to see you again!” And I was thinking, “Is it super unusual to go through the line twice or something?” XD I didn’t think I was memorable, but it didn’t matter because then I was ALMOST TO ROOKER AGAIN.

The man in front of me said to Rooker, “I didn’t know what to get you to write.”

And Rooker said, “I prefer not to write anything anyway, I think it kinda clutters it up.” And he signed the man’s picture and said, “This looks cleaner.”

And then he HELD IT UP TO ME AND SAID, “Doesn’t this look neater?”

And after I picked myself up off the floor, I was like, “Yes, it does!” ROOKER ASKED FOR MY OPINION ABOUT SOMETHING, I CAN’T EVEN.

I had considered having him write my name on the Merle picutre I’d picked out for him to sign that day, but then after he said that, there was no way I was going to ask him to add anything to it. XD

The man didn’t stay long at all, so before I was prepared, I was standing in front of Michael Rooker again, and y’all, it wasn’t any easier the second day. Haha But I was like, “Hey!”

And then he said, “Hey, love, it’s so good to see you again!”

And I died for about the fiftieth time because he remembered me. I honestly don’t remember that much about that time, because I was just in a haze of happiness. I do remember him talking about the Rowdy picture that I had him sign for a friend, because he was like, “ROWDY!! Right on!” And I was like, “Rowdy is awesome.”

I really wish I could remember more of that meeting, but it’s literally all a blank. I know I told him that I’d see him again later on for the photo-op, and he said, “Oh, good!” and I melted when he smiled at me. *thinks* Ugh, I’m so mad at myself for not remembering more of it. But he talked while he signed both pictures, and then when I was leaving, he said, “I’ll see you later!” And I skipped away in happiness. Haha

After I left his table, I immediately walked to the other side of the exhibition hall to buy my photo-op tickets. When I walked up to the table, one of the ladies was like, “Let me guess, you want to buy a ticket for Michael Rooker’s photo-op?” And I was like, “Did my shirt give it away?” (because I was wearing another Yondu shirt lol), and she laughed, and was like, “I didn’t even see your shirt! But everyone is buying Rooker photo-ops.”

I said, “Everyone loves Rooker.” and she was like, “Obviously!” I think he was the highlight of the con for a lot of people. Lol

The photo-op was supposed to start at 1:00, but they’d changed it to 1:10 on the ticket, probably because Rooker was late to his signing. XD But around 12:45, I decided to go ahead and get in line. I figured I’d be kinda close since I was getting there early and they’d said they wouldn’t start the line until close to the photo-op, but it was already packed.

I really, really wanted a Rooker hug, and the entire time I was in line, I was trying to talk myself into asking for one, because I knew this was my last chance of the weekend to get one. That was probably the worst queue of the entire weekend, though, because I had kids in front of me and kids behind me, and they annoyed me so much. Don’t get me wrong, I like kids, and these were sweet kids, but I was not in a mindset to handle children. XD And everyone around me was sitting on the floor, and I felt so exposed, and it was not helping my anxiety at all. I did talk to the couple behind me for a few minutes, though, because their toddler kept running past my legs. XD

Once the line did start moving, it moved fast, and I was stilllll not prepared to see him again. XD But I was DETERMINED not to let him get me so flustered that my picture turned out terribly again. LOL Of course, all that went out the window when I got to the front and handed my ticket to the lady, who also remembered me. XD She was like, “HEY! Are you still having a good time?” LORD. “YES, I AM, THANKS!!!” And after the people in front of me finished their picture, she was like, “Okay, you can go ahead!” So I walked closer, but the people had three little kids with them, and they were trying to wrestle them out, and Rooker was just watching their poor attempts at it. XD

And then he finally turned to me, and I was like, “Hey, again!” And he smiled and was like, “Come on, sexy!” (AND I DIED AGAIN.)

For those of you keeping count at home, that makes the fifth term of endearment he used, and I think he was trying to kill me. XD

So I walked over to him, and he wrapped his arm around my waist again (Y’ALLLLL), so I did the same again, and the photographer took the picture, and then was like, “Wait, I need to do one more!”

And bless that photographer forever, because when he said that, Rooker squeezed my side and PULLED ME CLOSER TO HIM!!!!!! And then after the pic was over, HE DIDN’T LET GO OF ME, but he turned to face me, so we still had our arms around each other’s waists and were standing SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER, and I was DYING as he talked. I don’t even KNOW what he said at first. XD

But then he was like, “Thank you again for coming to see me!”

And I was about to ask for a hug, but before I could, he wrapped his OTHER arm around me AND WAS HUGGING ME AND MY SOUL LEFT MY BODY AGAIN. SO I HUGGED HIM BACK AND OMG HE’S SUCH A GOOD HUGGER!!!!!!!!! ASDFJK;LKASDFKL;

And when we let go, I said, “Thank you so much!” And LORD, Y’ALL, I think I flew out of there to pick up my bags and picture. LOL

#michael rooker #tampa bay comic con

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Writing Commission - Human - Danny Phantom

Author’s Comment: Back again with some Danny Phantom this time! Another commission done and finished with this one being from my lovely girlfriend who I despise with everything in my heart! The reason for my hatred is because she bought a commission off of me that boiled down to, ‘Iambic Prose with NO dialogue.’ She commissioned 5,000 words of a story with no dialogue.

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With all of that out of the way, on with the show!

Summary: Danny Fenton had dealt with a lot of ghosts in his time as Phantom, but none of them had ever quite been so human as the Ghostwriter; none of them had ever been as annoying, either.

Fandom: Danny Phantom

Relationship: Danny Fenton | Danny Phantom/Ghostwriter | Andrew Riter

Characters: Danny Fenton | Danny Phantom, Ghostwriter | Andrew Riter

Rating: Teen Audiences

Additional Tags: Pre-Relationship, Canon Compliant, Post The Fright Before Christmas

Word Count: 5,037

Transaction Amount: $30 (USD)

Human

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This was not how Danny had planned on spending the last day of his winter break; his homework-free winter break that was now, due in large part to actual pity, also ghost-free. It was a ghost-free, paper-free, stress-free last day of winter break and Danny had been planning to use it to sleep, play games, sleep, eat, sleep, and sleep in that order. That was how he had planned the day. Sleeping, eating, or even playing video games, however, was not what he was doing.

Instead of his soft, well-worn bed, Danny was uncomfortably slouched over in a wooden chair that looked to have been donated to three different elementary schools before ending up in the ‘bookstore cafe’ that he and his friends were trapped in; or at least, Danny and Tucker were trapped. Sam, the vicious vulture with perfect winged eyeliner that she was, looked to honestly be enjoying the cringe-filled ‘poetry’ that other goth teenagers were reading up on the small stage.

The words were as out-of-focus as his gaze and Danny’s thoughts had turned towards wondering if he could fall asleep sitting up with his eyes open before a wisp of cool air slipped through his parted lips, a sensation like being zapped sparking down his spine until it was perfectly straight, his chair scooting back from the sudden movement.

Opening his mouth to explain, Danny was instead met with a sharp shushing sound, Sam giving him one of her looks that could essentially be translated into a rough: take care of this quietly and quickly because if you ruin this for me then I’ll make sure you’re the next one up on that stage.

Tucker, at least, looked mildly sympathetic as Danny took the soundless warning to heart and slipped out of his seat before silently making his way towards the men’s bathroom to change and find out which ghost wanted to ruin the last of his break.

That had been the plan, at least, until he looked up and caught sight of the ghost himself and saw just which one it was.

Danny could honestly say that he hadn’t expected the Ghostwriter to be the one that had set off his ghost sense, but, well. It made sense. Christmas was over and if it was one thing a ghost loved, it was revenge; especially when it was revenge against Danny Phantom.

The interesting thing, though, the thing that made Danny stop and instead change direction towards the ‘bar’ that only sold overpriced and watered down coffee where it was quiet and dim and easy to hide, was that Ghostwriter wasn’t looking all that, well… ghostly.

Ghostwriter was still wearing that stupid trench coat that was purple along with his depressing grey clothing, but he wasn’t glowing or flying or declaring his revenge in a theatrical tone like Technus or Skulker or even the Box Ghost might. There was no I will destroy you, ghost child! or This time, it’s going to be you who rots behind bars! or even Hey, you fuck!

No, it was just… Ghostwriter. His skin was still a washed out grey sort of color, but without the ghostly glow that lit it all up, he just looked like a tired college student who might have been coming down with the flu and had trudged in out of the cold to look for a book to finish off a last-minute paper. He just looked so human, which, Danny mused, might have been all the more reason to worry. A ghost didn’t go to those lengths to disguise himself unless there was something to hide.

Stepping out of the shadows, and fully prepared to make a scene no matter how much Sam hated him after it was over, Danny watched as Ghostwriter walked around the edges of the tables and chairs that were pointed towards the stage, looked around the building slowly and carefully, and then…

He was reading. The ghost who had almost ruined his life and destroyed his Christmas had walked up to a bookshelf, poked around for a few seconds, and then started to read one of the books like it was something he did all the time.

Danny almost thought that the gods might have finally smiled upon him and blessed him just enough to where he wouldn’t have to deal with a ghost fight on his last day of winter break, but then he remembered just what kind of bookstore he was in.

If Sam had managed to find a book on the Fright Knight in a place like this, he dreaded to think what a ghost who could change reality and knew what he was looking for could find.

Saying a silent goodbye to his peace and quiet, and almost managing to dredge up just a speck of regret for the poetry ‘jam’ that was about to get broken up, Danny took a step forward and immediately froze when he met bright green eyes.

The two were utterly quiet, but Danny fancied that he could hear what would no doubt be a smug I see you, ghost boy.

Danny made sure to give his best glare back, channeling the rage he usually only felt when dealing with Vlad. The rage that screamed, loud and clear, If you even think of hurting anyone here it’ll be the last thing you do.

Instead of showing the appropriate amount of fear and shuffling out of the store in a burst of sensibility, Danny watched as the Ghostwriter laughed, putting the book he had been reading back onto the shelf and then disappearing around the corner to the next one.

Danny wasted no time, half-running over to the shelf and grabbing up the book that the ghost had just been looking at to see what unnatural disaster he was about to deal with next. It was like ice sliding down his spine as he saw that it was just… a book. There was nothing special about it beyond the fact it was a lame book about some old poetry. It was normal with a normal twisted plastic cover and normal bent pages that had been rifled through a time too many. Which meant Ghostwriter was fucking with him.

Rounding the shelf, Danny kept his energy close to the surface, ready to snap into his changed form at a moment’s notice as he watched Ghostwriter set down another book he had picked up, glancing back to Danny. This time the smirk screamed, Nothing you could do would stop me.

It was enough to have Danny clenching his fists hard enough to make his palms bleed, wisps of green energy starting to curl through his fingers as he bared his teeth in a very clear, Try me.

Ghostwriter vanished around another corner and Danny rushed to inspect the book he had been looking through, pissed to see that it was just another lame paperback book about poetry a decade too old that made it obvious that the ghost really was just screwing with him.

And that’s how it kept going. Danny followed Ghostwriter around the store, flipping through the books the ghost had been reading and trying to piece together what he could be up to.

Instead of some grand scheme of revenge, though, Danny was looking through beaten up books of poetry, old nonfiction books about trains and air transportation that weren’t about airplanes, and a bright yellow and white How To book about how to play piano. It was that one that almost had Danny throwing the book at Ghostwriter himself to see if it would start a fight just to get the tension over with.

Danny glared at nothing as he slammed the most recent book back onto one of the countless shelves, not caring if it was the proper spot or not as he turned around to keep following after Ghostwriter before feeling his heart stop at seeing the ghost directly in front of him and a few inches away.

It took an eternity to make sure Danny hadn’t somehow been scared straight into his ghost form before he realized there was a ghost only a few inches away from him. He didn’t even manage to call up his energy, though, before what was clearly a book was tossed at him.

Years of living with Jazz and her psychopathic librarian tendencies had Danny catching the book before any damage could come to it, a quick look up to Ghostwriter showing the ghost was smirking, as if to say, Your move, ghost boy. What now?

Danny opened his mouth to tell the Ghostwriter just where he could shove his pretentious attitude before the sound of snapping fingers distracted him just enough to glance over at the crowd of goths that were taking up the space. A look back to the ghost had Danny losing what was at least seven years of his life because the fucker was gone.

Gripping the book he had caught tightly, Danny slammed it down against a half-working radiator that looked older than the store, freezing when he saw a piece of torn notebook paper slip out of the pages and flutter down towards the ground. Danny managed to snatch it up before it hit, looking at it suspiciously before turning it around and blinking at seeing the writing that was there. He half-thought it might have been a note some former nerd left behind as a placeholder, but that thought was quickly broken when he saw just what the words spelled out.

There, in a neat, curling script that could only mean the writer was a pretentious control freak, were the words, Until next we meet, Phantom.

It was a declaration of war and Danny was all too happy to meet it, vowing that he would destroy Ghostwriter molecule by molecule as he stomped back to his seat (after moving the book off the radiator), another goth nerd already up on stage and reciting what sounded like a sea shanty turned into a spoken word that was then read as a eulogy.

Danny felt some of his rage drain out of him by the sheer confusion he felt at hearing what he was absolutely sure was not English, but the last of it was wiped away clear when he felt his phone buzz with a message from Tucker, who was looking at him with a worried expression.

A quick glance to the message showed just what Danny had expected, a simple, ‘if we talk sam will kill us. you alright?’

Reading the message over another time or two, Danny gave a quick nod before backtracking and shaking his head at Tucker’s unimpressed look. Opening his mouth, and seeing Sam shoot him a look as if she had eyes in the back of her horns, Danny instead turned towards his phone, typing out a quick, ‘Not bad but it pisses me off when a ghost comes in here obviously picking a fight and then leaves without actually fighting I mean what the hell is that about?’

‘sounds like the dude was scoping out the enemy you know? did he do or say anything or something like that? cause you know i’ll leave and back you up no matter how much it would break my heart to not hear the rest of this beautiful poetry on stage.’

Danny had to smother a laugh into his fist and turn it into a weak cough that hopefully didn’t sound too fake, Tucker beaming proudly and sticking out like a sore thumb among all the dour goths crammed together. Danny let him have the moment before kicking his chair - just to keep him humble. ‘Nah I think he already left can’t sense him anymore at least but he didn’t even say anything he just left a note that was basically calling me out for a fight next time we meet.’

‘yikes. sounds like the dude still isn’t over the whole xmas thing. need me to do any research and see if i can’t try to find something out about the dude?’

‘Nah I already know how his powers work and his keyboard thing was busted so it’s not like he can stick me in a poem again I’ll just wait and deal with him when he comes looking for a fight he won’t win.’

Danny tucked his phone away as Tucker snickered behind his own, turning his attention back to whatever car crash was happening on stage, mind already focused on his plans for the war that Ghostwriter had declared.

War had been the plan, at least, until a week passed with no fight with the Ghostwriter and Danny started asking for advice over the problem that was starting to make him twitchy with nerves over nothing happening. Ghosts, in his experience, usually didn’t wait long before getting revenge.

Long talks with Sam, Tucker, Jazz, and even his Mom, who had been the most judgmental out of all of them, had ended up with Danny calling in a favor to a way too amused Clockwork before toting a glowing book that hurt his eyes to look at to a library that he still half wanted to freeze into a giant ice block before shattering it and hiding the remains in the Far Frozen.

It wasn’t like he had started the Christmas fight that had almost ended up destroying all of his relationships in his everyday life, and, really, when one thought about it, Ghostwriter was as big a dick as Danny was. Honestly, ‘until next we meet?’ It wasn’t like that could be anything but a declaration of war!

It was still a challenge Danny was all for if the nerd ever followed through on it, but now if he actually returned the book he had accidentally (which was very important to point out since he hadn’t started the fight) destroyed, then that meant he had the moral high ground and he was right; or something to that effect, at least.

Overall, it was why Danny took great satisfaction in throwing the book in the nerd’s face as soon as the library doors opened way too dramatically, taking a moment to gleefully enjoy the annoyed rage that faded into shocked awe and oh, yeah. Danny was just that good.

While the ghost looked down at the book with wide eyes, Danny took a quick moment to really notice how, even in the Ghost Zone, the dude still looked human. His skin looked way more pale and grey, of course, what with all the crazy lighting and green, but he still could have passed as a human with just a few changes. It was… weird.

The only other ‘human’ ghosts he had really been around was Ember, Johnny, and Kitty. While Kitty’s skin tone could have been sick human, her hair was way too ghostly to ever pass, and Ember was the same with her hair, and Johnny- Well, no, he pretty much had been human as long as he suppressed that glowing thing that all ghosts did. Jazz had almost ended up dating him he looked human enough. Maybe it had something to do with age. Ghostwriter didn’t-

Focus. Danny was here for a reason and that reason was to prove that, obviously, he was the better ghost.

It took hours before Ghostwriter finally looked up at him, opening his mouth to no doubt annoy Danny into his full death. He made sure to cut it off by pointing to the piece of paper that was sticking out of the book. It was a simple note that read:

Nerd.

You can thank Clockwork for this since he owed me a favor or I owe him one. Not sure. It’s Clockwork. Enjoy and stay the fuck out of my town and my life.

Fuck you.

Danny made sure that by the time Ghostwriter finished the note he was well on his way back to the Amity Park portal, confident with his carefully calculated risk that his hands were washed of the mess that was the Ghostwriter.

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Danny had honestly expected to be done dealing with ghostly business for at least a few weeks after his Christmas. He should have been done with the Ghostwriter, all debts should have been repaired, and there should have been absolutely no reason for that ghost, or any other ghost, to be anywhere near him or his town.

Honestly, when thinking about just the Ghostwriter business, Danny was the one who had suffered the most. He couldn’t just get rid of the trauma he had gone through that Christmas, but Ghostwriter had gotten his book back?

No matter how it played out, Danny was the one who suffered the most in the whole scenario, which was why he couldn’t figure out why, a week or something like it later, he was staring groggily at a glowing book that was on his desk on a morning he had to be up early for school.

The winter sun was too dim to light up his room like it might have if it was summer and all of Danny’s lamps were either turned off or burned out from where he had been sleeping, so there really was nothing to cause the glow around the book except the book itself - which meant it was a ghost book. That meant it was a trap. A trap in the morning. Danny really had thought that ghosts had better manners than that.

Scrubbing at his eyes and suppressing the urge to mutter words that he had no doubt his mother would hear even with doors and possibly two floors between them, Danny dragged himself to his feet and stumbled over to the glowing book with a title that looked like it had first been written in crayon before being properly typed or drawn.

Except the longer he stared at the title the more it seemed to make sense, Danny squinting before finally managing to at least make out the word history, which, ugh, did some ghost prank him with a ghostly history textbook? This had Poindexter written all over it.

Snatching the book with a solid plan of hiding it in his backpack until he could throw it back into the Ghost Zone, Danny paused at the fluttering piece of paper that slipped free of the pages and tumbled towards the floor.

Danny made sure to wait at least seven seconds to make sure it wasn’t another form of trap, lightly nudging the piece of paper with his foot before nodding and picking it up, mentally ruling out Poindexter as a suspect and adding in Plasmius. It would be just like that Fruitloop to give him some kind of test or riddle or… familiar looping scrawl that Danny had last seen in a bookshop. For a moment, he could only think that he forgot, in his calculated risk, that he was bad at math.

Phantom,

Thank you for the miraculous recovery and return of my written works that came to a gruesome end this past Yule. While your own correspondence left much to be desired, the return is appreciated.

I’m writing to you now due to the discovery of this book during one of my searches. While I’m certain that you already have a thorough understanding of the Spirit World and its inhabitants, it occurred to me that you might not yet be aware of certain specifics.

Please feel free to peruse this book at your leisure before returning it to my library at your discretion. I would prefer to have it returned within a fortnight but will be most understanding if it happens to take longer.

Regards,

Ghostwriter

Danny had to read through the note four times before he finally crumpled it into a ball and threw it on his desk because no matter how many times he read the words his early morning brain was simply not going to be able to process that. God, the Ghostwriter was like if his sister was a boy and had become a ghost while studying for her finals or something.

The moment it took to process the thought had a shiver running up Danny’s spine, resolve hardened as he dug around through his desk until he found a cheap pen and a crumpled piece of paper that he quickly smoothed out before using it to articulate his thoughts and feelings perfectly.

Ghostwriter

I said stay out of my town and my life and this is doing none of those things. Look it’s plain to see that this book is some kind of trap I mean let me guess you stole it from Plasmius and now you’re gonna pin it on me? As if I don’t have enough problems with the Fruitloop fucking thanks.

Here’s what’s gonna happen. I’m going to give you this book back. You’re going to take it. You’re going to keep out of Amity Park. The next time I see you or any other books in this town I will BURN THEM ON PURPOSE. The last thing I need to deal with in life is another ghost out to kill me for something that’s no longer my fault.

REGARDS

Fuck you

Biting the blunt end of his pen, Danny read over the letter a time or two to make sure it had everything he wanted to say before nodding and slipping the piece of paper between the cover and the first page of the still glowing book. God, the sooner he got the thing out of his room the better. It had probably already tripped at least three ghost sensors in his house.

A quick of the time until he was meant to be at school, and a weighing of his options, had Danny swearing (very quietly) to himself and triggering his change into his ghost form. An hour wasn’t much time to get things done, but it would be enough to get rid of a book.

Besides, Danny hadn’t really thought of the Plasmius thing until he wrote his letter, but the more he thought about it the more it made sense. A ghost was too weak to take him on? Send Plasmius. It was the perfect plan and, actually, one Danny could maybe use against some of the more annoying ghosts. Plus, it’d just be hilarious to see Plasmius go up against Technus. The two would probably monologue at each other for hours- Focus.

Danny had a book to get rid of, a day to get ready for, and at least three classes to sleep in. He couldn’t do that until Ghostwriter was dealt with.

Dropping down through the second and first floor and into the basement with the book still in hand, Danny shot towards the portal with a burst of speed, shivering at the feeling that washed over him as he did so. It always felt like a wave of static that rolled over his skin only without any of the pain. He had explained it to Sam and Tucker once as the feeling just before getting shocked, but both of them had looked at him like he was crazy, so maybe it was a half-ghost thing.

Making a mental note to try and taunt the answer out of Vlad later, Danny focused on getting to the stupid library Ghostwriter lived in, which, really. Who lived in a library? It was so stupid.

It was close enough, though, and Danny was sure it hadn’t even taken ten minutes before he was moving to bang on the doors. He didn’t even get a single knock in before the doors were opening smoothly, no one on the other side to annoy him.

A glance at the book, the empty doorway, and back towards the direction he had come from had Danny cycling through excuses even as he stepped inside, nodding to himself when the doors closed behind him with a very obvious locking noise because of course they did. That was just his life, wasn’t it?

Biting the inside of his cheek until the urge to either scream or swear passed, Danny managed a slow breath, half-remembering something Jazz had told him about counting his breathing or whatever, and then continued on into the library, book clutched tightly in his hand as he contemplated just leaving it on the floor to be found later.

Annoyed as he was, it took him way too long before he realized that the library he was in wasn’t silent. Instead of the silence he had expected, there was a soft, gentle chiming noise.

It wasn’t overpowering like what he would hear from some of Jazz’s guided meditation tapes that she played way too loudly when stressed over testing, but it was something that reminded him of the windchimes in Sam’s greenhouse when they tucked themselves away in there in the winter, humid air warming them up and taking away the sting of the cold winters that Amity Park was known for.

The soft chimes reminded him of his friend’s laughter at all of his bad jokes and the peaceful silence that came from being around people who didn’t expect anything out of him. It was a sound that had something in him relaxing.

The more he relaxed, the more he realized that the library he was in was actually kind of cool. At first it had looked like some official capital library kind of thing with too tall bookshelves and carpet that was enough to make him think it was ugly, but the further he walked into the library the more different it looked.

He wasn’t sure if it was a ghost thing or just the library he was in, but a glance down showed the carpet slowly and smoothly changed from the burnt looking red it had been into a cool purple that felt soft when Danny chanced landing and walking instead of flying. It wasn’t exactly like he was sinking into it, but he could see himself spread out on the floor during a study session and being comfortable enough.

The shelves, if possible, were more surprising in their changes than the carpet. Instead of towering, structured shelves like something out of Jazz’s dream, the bookshelves became lopsided and mismatched like each one had been found in a thrift shop or an antique store or something.

Some of them looked nice enough, but others had obviously crooked shelves and slanted tops and there were even more that had dark spots in the wood that showed some form of weather damage. It was straight out of Jazz’s nightmare, but something about all the clunky, mismatched shelves filled with books both glowing and not made it all look… human.

There were low tables and chairs of different sizes spread around, couches and armchairs decades old that looked like they had been dragged to a certain corner and left forgotten, and lamps of all different shapes and sizes spread out in a way that made no sense.

It was something out of a fever dream and Danny couldn’t help but appreciate the fact that, if nothing else, he had finally found a library he liked - a library that belonged to a ghost that did not act like he would be able to handle living in such a messy, crazy place. No matter how he looked at it, the place he was in just didn’t look like somewhere Ghostwriter could live.

Danny probably would have poked around even more if he hadn’t noticed that the soft chiming noises had stopped and instead been replaced with soft muttering that almost sounded like swearing. The voice was just familiar enough that Danny was pushing forward, drawing to a stop as he saw Ghostwriter was… not looking like Ghostwriter.

The ghost was curled up into an overstuffed armchair that, like everything else, looked like it had come from a completely different decade. That part alone was strange enough, but the truly strange part was the fact Ghostwriter was sitting half propped up against one side with his legs thrown over the other side, a laptop resting in his lap as he glared at a screen that looked bright enough he could already hear his mom telling him that he was going to ruin his eyes.

That wasn’t even the worst of it. Instead of mania and cackling and making Danny’s life a living hell, the ghost looked tired as if he hadn’t slept- Danny hadn’t thought ghosts slept, but the proof was in front of him considering he saw bags under the other’s eyes. There was also the fact Ghostwriter’s hair was an utter wreck, as if he had run a hand through it like Danny did to his own hair and, just a few feet away, the man’s stupid coat was thrown over the back of a couch and, to top it all off, he was wearing no shoes and instead just socks.

He looked human.

The thought had passed through his head again and again over the days he had been dealing with Ghostwriter, but the other was just so human.

There was no grandstanding or monologuing or crazy plan or revenge scheme, but instead somebody curled up and working on their laptop and relaxing in what was obviously their home.

What couldn’t have been more than a couple of seconds and Ghostwriter was freezing and snapping his head up to look at him, something in his eyes going from hard and sharp to confused and surprised as he seemed to realize that, yes, Danny Phantom was standing in front of him.

Later Danny would explain, if only to himself, that it was the scrunched up expression the ghost made that decided it; the crinkles at the corner of his eyes, the twisted little expression of his mouth that looked stupid enough to laugh at, and the crazy hair that was near standing on end with how much it had obviously been abused.

In that moment, though, Danny could only hold the book he had brought behind his back, slipping out the note he had written and crumpling it up before letting it turn to ash in his hand.

Once that was done, he opened his mouth to speak.

#danny phantom #ghostwriter #iambic prose #the ghostwriter #ghost writer #my writing #original

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heyheyitsstillgay · 5 years ago

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I'm literally begging you to spill the tea on b*tch h*rtman why does everyone hate him

Me?? You're leaving this responsibility to Me?? Oof.

Aight.

Season 3 bad

Butch is very much an ideas person. After Steve Marmel left the show just went downhill. There was one writer that wanted it to go the grey ghost angle and another who wanted amethyst ocean and it just didn't work and then it got cancelled so the end relationship was so rushed it was terrible.

Changed the lore of his show half way through

So this is mostly Nick's fault, they thought the show being about ghosts was too gritty and they agreed to change it from being about real dead people who were once alive to monsters from another dimension. This is the change that Steve marmel was fired over iirc. Now we have ghost tornados. You can't just change lore like that half way through. Some people think that because he was born again midway through dp that he wanted this change to the lore so the dp universe wouldn't go against the bible's teachings. We don't know that for sure though.

Like JK Rowling returning with needless headcanons except they're not even an attempt at rep it's just "Jazz replaced her life and ambitions with being a lonely woman in a chair, while Maddie becomes a ghost pimp and Jack replaced half his body with robotics."

Remember how he destroyed Vlads character in PP? He still does it. It's like he doesn't remember his own show. In a 10 years later video, Jazz is completely out of character and the family is just okay with Maddie walking around with ghost slaves on leashes. The Fentons are genius' in their own right. And he's reduced them to Danny's sidekicks.

Doesn't appreciate his employees

See these quote tweets when fop was given a reboot he toasted to himself and God while surrounded by the artists that massively helped him to make the show.

Voted trump

He apparently regrets it but still follows trumps family and a collection of far right people

Transphobic

In 107 facts about Danny Phantom fact 94 at 17:00 sticks out like a sore thumb. At the time, trans Danny theories were making the rounds on Tumblr. He'd already denied it was true. A lot of the theories draw Danny in his swimwear because his vest looks a lot like a full length binder and he's the only guy at the pool not showing his chest. The fact states he's said before that it's because of sunburns. It was in an audio interview a while ago where the interviewer suggested that that could be the reason and he decided it was canon then and there. It wasn't true while the show was being made. It's a question of if it's a coincidence that this video was released around peak trans Danny theory time.

There's also this screenshot of a deleted tweet that he never apologised for.

And the episode of fop with reversed gender roles treats men doing traditionally feminine things as a big joke.

Evoked ship wars that made fandom a space for arguements and anger

To summarise, he had a blog platform where people would post art. Most ship stuff was amethyst ocean and then p*mpus p*p existed, he scolded people not because it's an underage ship but because it made him look bad. People responded saying he was just homophobic. It split the phandom in half.

This shows recounts of the war

And this is a summary

Oaxis scam

Oaxis was a family friendly streaming service that he started a Kickstarter for. Here's a good post that went around at the time that talks about it. In the end he surpassed his goal last minute thanks to thousands of dollars donated suddenly by Christians and Churches.

People who didn't realise what they invested in were unable to get their money back and are still waiting for their promised cameos in original shows according to high tier rewards.

The 'family friendly network' (that was all the info given) was actually going to be a Christian streaming service combining Netflix and YouTube. You can upload your own content or stream original content. If the content you upload isn't Christian Approved(tm) then real people would take down the video.

Here's a video of when he went around speaking to churches and actually explaining his thoughts and goals with Oaxis. Hes also disrespectful of mental illness in this video, claiming that violent media is to blame.

Big headed

He's just so full of himself, I watched 1 of his shows, that wasn't my whole childhood. Most animators draw themselves jokingly and then he is very flattering towards himself. He changed his name from Elmer to Butch I mean what more do you need. He thinks God put him on Earth to spread the Lords message via his media following.

He made some of those racist Ugandan knuckles memes

He did edit a video of people doing a racist Ugandan impression, I can't find it I think he deleted it without an apology. I did find this though.

He steals tweets from people

A dp meme page he follows

This even has the exact same tv photo

Then this was followed by this

Refuses to take criticism

He thinks that people call him out because they're trying to take him down.

He only accepts critique from people who have similar accomplishments to himself

'Jokingly' blamed Tara Strong for her best friends suicide

Tara was friends with Mary who previously voiced Timmy Turner, here Elmer says that Mary killed herself because Tara replaced her.

Supports the idea that autism can be cured

He and his wife held a seminar with a collection of people who had mental or physical illnesses that they believed were cured by God. One of them was someone who apparently used to be autistic but is all better now thanks to the Lord. Stuff like this supports the idea that autism is awful and needs to be cured, this is harmful to autistic people.

Doesn't pay his artists and uses friendship to get cheap labour

KurotheArtist collaborated with butch for a while, animating some of his videos and providing ideas and helping with scripts for ones like the draw my life story. Butch is in breach of contract and owes Kuro $1400 for his work on the ImagiNathan project that was later cancelled. Kuro made a video about this which also mentions the whole "curing autism with prayer" as his reason for finally talking about it publicly.

Was caught tracing someone else's art for a $200 commission

His commissions are a minimum of $100. Which is a lot, most of its just for the price of his signature at the bottom tbh. It's $200 for full colour. This video came out, overlaying a picture of the character he was payed to draw over the commission image. Even using an image reference, it lines up far too well.

#elmer #hartman #hartman discourse //#danny phantom #suicide mention //#pp discourse //#believe what you like but all together it paints the picture of the kind of person he is - even with excuses and coincidences #own post #owly rambles #anon #ask #rejectbutchhartman

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noramoya · 5 years ago

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“THAT’S A BIG STATEMENT, I KNOW. BUT ... IT’S TRUE. REGARDLESS IF YOU BELIEVE MICHAEL JACKSON IS GUILTY, IS INNOCENT, OR YOU HAVE NO OPINION, OR ARE ALL THE ABOVE, THIS IS THE DOCUMENTARY TO SEE.” — Reidun Saxerud .

”For the superfans among us that are reading this:I’ll spare you the hassle – there aren’t any bombshells, spoilers, or anything that we don’t already know. But, stick with me.

To the lay readers or casual fans: this is what I hoped we could show you all along. It removes the cacophony of the #MJfam flooding your Twitter mentions, mutes any sensationalism, and presents the facts. Just FACTS .

I make no claims that I have any qualifications to critique film-making itself. While I was impressed with most of the editing and overall quality (with a few minor exceptions), my comments focus almost entirely on the content and its presentation.

‘Square One’ begins in 1993, with the Chandler incident. This is the case that started everything. Most people are aware that there was a teenage boy involved and a settlement for $20 million, and not much more than that. The reality is that the Chandler case is intricate and complex, and there’s no simple way to articulate that to someone who only wants to consume bite-size information. It’s why many fans simply point critics in the direction of several books, transcripts, and compilations… There is just a lot to take in.

I prefer to whet others’ curiosity: if you had a child in your life that was abused by someone with the kind of wealth and power Michael Jackson possessed, what would you want to happen? Would you go to the police first or sue them? What matters more: preventing this person from hurting anyone else or cashing in? What if the state in which you resided and the abuse occurred, permitted you to sue a criminal defendant after the fact, so you could achieve both ?

I’ve found that, if someone is willing to consider that and put themselves in Evan Chandler’s shoes, they’re often intrigued enough to peruse on their own, and will return to me with more questions or a reformed and informed opinion. Until now, thanks to Danny Wu, there has been no one-stop-shop to summarize what is ultimately a complicated situation. The information is well organized. I’ve been reading about and researching these cases for years, and never have I seen them presented on a timeline like this. Even though I am familiar with and agree with all the details Wu included, it was the first time I appreciated and understood how quickly everything happened, and I’ve been learning about this since I knew how to internet myself in the mid and late 90s.

The bulk of the documentary focuses on the Chandler case, but excellently bridges the era between the 1994 settlement and the 2003 Arvizo case that ultimately led to a trial. For that, I highly recommend tuning in to YouTube on October 5 to understand how the Chandler case lays the foundation for everything that happens. It’s important to remember, Wu reminds us, that in 1993 there was no real internet. We didn’t have social media, or screen-shots, or even some laws and policies that exist now, because of this specific event. People who are old enough to remember what happened formed their opinion then and there, with a lot less knowledge and access to Michael Jackson than we have now. If what happened in 1993 occurred now, that is, for the first time to either a living or dead Michael Jackson, I believe things would be very different. Ultimately, my favorite thing about the documentary is that…it doesn’t reek ‘Made for and by a Michael Jackson Fan™’.

Most especially since Leaving Neverland aired earlier this year, I’ve witnessed and experienced some of the worst of the fandom myself, and I don’t fault any doubters or critics for distancing themselves from otherwise compelling material. Us fans, in all our solidarity and devotion, can really be a lot to handle sometimes. We spin things, we’re aware of who Michael Jackson truly was as a person, we’re traumatized and disenfranchised and desperate for anyone to just listen, please…and some of us get way out of hand. No one wants to listen to that noise and I’ll make no excuse for out-of-line behavior.

There is no noise here. There are just facts and firsthand accounts of those who were present. There is no sensationalism, no off-topic showoffs of Michael’s philanthropy or stories of his humorous and curious nature. None of that. In fact, there is very little of Michael Jackson in it at all, and that is its greatest strength: it shifts the focus away from his eccentricities and fanfare and highlights who did what behind the scenes (and his back). And yet, without much Michael Jackson in it, it sucks you in. Even though I already knew the story, I found myself sitting up straighter and scribbling notes.

As I mentioned, there are some goofs here and there. A typo in one title screen, some style inconsistencies. I was a little put off by some interview segments where the subject wasn’t available and so Wu interviews them on his phone (and worse, the audio is a little sharp and bright; I cringed involuntarily a few times). Some edits looked a little rushed. But the timeline and story are clear and easy to follow and will finally explain everything we have been saying for years in a way that is much more digestible than poring over endless court transcripts and long, densely-worded books. For those who are familiar with the source material, it will likely re-center your points of reference in the cases. For those who are new and willing to listen: thank you, and welcome”.

—Reidun Saxerud.

“SQUARE ONE”will premiere on YouTube Saturday, October 5. Follow #SquareOneMJ or Danny Wu at @dannywuyue, on Twitter for more.

“I don’t sell ad space, but writing costs me a lot of time and resources, and these Michael Jackson blogs bring the most traffic to my site. Consider my memoir, NORDISCO, which is available directly on this site or through Amazon. If you would like to support my work in other ways, click here, or follow me on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook. Thank you and best wishes!” — Reidun Saxerud

PS. Unfortunately I couldn’t post this info with the links. Tried many times. But you may go to her sites, by her name. – Nora Moya.

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How To Book Your Own Tour

~Bacon's Blog~

Photographs by Randy J Byrd

Jason Kindred of Void King

DIY tour booking is a big topic that I won’t be able to get too deep into, given the inherent constraints of the format, but one that I know you all want to know about, regardless. I’ve booked countless DIY tours since I was eighteen years old. I booked my first international tour when I was still a teenager. While I’ve definitely had struggles with this, so has literally everyone who has booked tours. I’ve booked everything from small debut runs to tours for groups like Exhorder and Wo Fat.

There Is Nothing by Void King

This stuff isn’t always easy, but it’s part of the game, and vital to master if you want to reach the ever-present "next level" in the world of being a DIY band. Knowing how to book shows -- and meaningful ones at that -- is essential. Before we get into this, don’t use this as a blueprint to immediately begin booking national tours. While you can indeed use it for this purpose, it’s going to be useless to tour nationally if you’re a new band. None of the fifteen people you play to in Reno will remember your band from Philly when you come back two years later. Use this to start regional, then spread your wings and go national.

Nika McKagen and Danny Shyti of Horse Culture

The first step for any sort of tour booking is finding the right contacts. A good starting point is finding the right local promoters, who will actually work to ensure shows go well. "But Matt," you may ask, "how do I get in contact with people who are almost always drowning under a constant flow of people trying to get in contact with them?" This is a great question, and underpins many of the reasons behind why I’ve always emphasized that you need to be constantly immersed in your scene. At the core, this is kind of what it boils down to.

Follow by Horse Culture

If you don’t talk to a ton of folks doing DIY music around you, then you won’t get to know the right people to talk to about getting a show in the next city over. If you don’t go to DIY shows, then you won’t meet the bands from other cities who might be able to connect you with their favorite local promoters, or even play with you in order to improve the amount of people at the show. Start off by engaging deeply with your scene, and you’ll create the foundation you need to be perceived as a valued part of your local community, a quality embodied by every successful DIY band.

Jake Swanson of The Astral Void

From there it’s easy. All you need to do is reach out to friends you have in relevant small cities and ask them who books cool shows where they live, six to eight months before when you want to tour. I know that sounds like a lot, but it’s what you gotta do. Odds are, friends will know who the local promoter is and might even facilitate an intro via Facebook. For the record, I’m a huge fan of the intro message or email. It’s a great way for promoters to see that you’re legit. If they note that someone they respect took time out of their day to hook this up, it’s often all the proof you need to get your foot in the door. Otherwise, the promoter might just feel like you were dumped on them.

Mandragora by the Astral Void

When talking to a promoter for the first time, definitely be very clear about what you want, but also be sure to ask them about themselves. If they don’t want to open up and just want to talk business, it’s fine, but some are going to want that deeper relationship. Feel ‘em out -- sometimes small talk is key. However, small talk or no, always remember to be direct with regards to what you are asking for. So often, people will get in touch with me and beat around the bush about their requests, and it just feels weird.

Ryan Evans of Cruthu

So, you’ve gotten in touch with a local promoter who seems reasonable and wants to actually give you a slot! Congratulations, but this is just the first step though. Chances are, the promoter will want help constructing the bill, setting up a flyer, or with other admin or promotional tasks. I’d recommend you start with a few hours spent delving into Encyclopaedia Metallum to find other bands in the scene who could be on the show.

The Angle of Eternity by Cruthu

Furthermore, there’s a lot to be said about the integrity of the promoter if they proactively set up a Facebook event page for your show. This means that THEY took the time to officially acknowledge the show is happening. A lot of people will try to squirm out of shows if they feel overwhelmed. I’ll admit, I’ve done this myself. Though, in my experience, usually when the promoter sets up the event page themselves, they have a bit more of an emotional connection with the show, and are more likely to ensure that it will actually happen. Otherwise, just stay in regular contact and see what you can do to help with the show. Remember what I said that other time about being a good guy? Understand that on the DIY level, the promoter is doing you a favor!

Zak Suleri of Seasick Gladiator

The final step now is just advancing the tour. About a month out from the tour, send an email to every promoter asking about all the key details of the show. Make sure you find out all the details about the opening bands, your time slot, where to park, if there will be any food offered, and all of that other stuff. This is another way to make sure that the shows are actually happening and that people aren’t trying to dip out last minute.

House of Aristippus by SEASICK GLADIATOR

Inevitably, not all of your advance emails will be answered right away (or at all), yet persistence is key. If nobody responds, just follow up a week later, and make sure that you get the info you need. The advance email is a great way to collate essential data about your tour. When you have information on your side, people are going to be a lot more comfortable about what’s going down on the night itself, making for a less stressful experience for both the band and the promoter. The more you can grease the wheels, the easier it will be.

So that’s the less-than-a-thousand-word-Matt-Bacon-guide-to-tour-booking. I know it sounds like a lot of information, but that’s because it is. Tour booking is really hard to figure out. It’s the sort of thing that you’re constantly going to need to be building on and investing time in. To actually build up the network you need to meet the right people is a massive task in and of itself. However, take heart. After you’ve done this a handful of times, it’s going to get easier and you’ll even be able to help your buddies’ bands with their own booking. It’s a long term investment, but you need to be a freak to do this after all. Embrace your inner madman, be careful in your booking strategy, and invest deeply in your scene — it will pay off.

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Matt Bacon (IG: mattbacon666) with Dropout Media is a consultant, A&R man, and journalist specializing in the world of heavy metal. Matt also co-hosts the Dumb & Dumbest podcast with Curtis Dewar of Dewar PR.

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