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hello stingue nation I come to check if you all, just like me, forgot that these two did in fact, sleep on the same bed during the GMG, and if you did, you're welcome.
#funny thing about time is that you forget some stuff after 5+ years of obsession#so yeah freaking out rn#these are from episode 171 btw if you wish to know#fairy tail#sting eucliffe#rogue cheney#stingue#sting x rogue#lucy heartfilia#cast talks#cast's analysis
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My yumeship list
Note 1. Iâm not A super serious Yume shipper this list is just characters I simp for that I bothered to make self insert ocs in my head to ship with so donât worry about sharing idrc bout that stuff
Note 2. do not be concerned about bringing up ships of characters on this list as long as it's not A proship i don't mind you talking about ships with my yumes with me
Note 3 @maou-the-tree GET OVER HERE YOUR THE ONE WHO MOTIVATED ME TO MAKE THIS -I yell dragging you into my alyssum hole-
Note 4: a lot of yapping all the Yume ships have lore here.
Note 5: if A game A f/O is from have A self insert my oc tends to just go by Haru 9/10 times
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My main obsession rn is
(Honkai impact 3rd) Fu hua x NB! Hime (it kinda extends to Senti as well but itâs more that Senti is more funny while Fu hua is more me actually simping)
As for Hime they are simply just another person in the world of HI3 not having much connection to the plot but eventually found their way into Fu hua which became quickly A whirlwind romance for the old chicken and her lover
Their A surprisely simple couple despite Fu huaâsâŠlong complicated past Hime acts as A safe and simple place for Fu hua very loving (much to Sentiâs disgust) and they are as A pretty normal couple
Dates tend to be A compilation of them trying to have normal dates and making sure Senti doesnât get herself into A shituation but they still love Senti (even if Fuhua sometimes want to strangle her while on dates despite her calm exterior),teaching basic self defense (and failing), along with bike rides
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(MAOU you prob expected this one)
(Kamen rider zero one) Horobi x parent M!Yea:
I love Horobi and I want him to experience happiness and angst so I made my Yume thatâs A single parent
So for how they met simple post series Horobi was going about his business making sure Ark one couldnât be revived with Jin untill he eventually met Yea and boom love bloomed between the human and Humangear
Did I forget to mention Yea has A childâŠwell technically! Yea is only in his early 20s BUT during A humangear attack his older sibling got attacked and killed along with his wife only leaving A child by the time Aruto came to save the day back during the series
Which leaves A yea now taking care of his nephew who is so young he can barely remember his actual parents and spite towards Horobi and originally they were planning to keep it to that one meeting but they for some reason couldnât stop meeting and getting into situations that leads to them learning more and more about the other leading to A love blooming
Now A official couple their children took only 3 seconds to get along and the four officially became A full family of 4
Their dates tend to include: a lot of walking around,testing out new things to see if Horobi likesâŠANYTHING,hoping Jin doesnât burn down the house watching his new little brother, and teaching Jin that giving A gun to A 3 year old is NOT A good idea
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(Ohsama sentai king ogher) Gira husty x Streamer!M!Hime;
Hime mostly took the role of A supporting character in the show itself being Giraâs main love interest and being there for him emotionally (along with many jokes about him and Himeno getting mixed up since his name is literally Himenoâs but two letters short)
But after the series when the kingdoms united Hime decided to try streaming which he got A decent following (along with the kings he made friends with watching secretly when they get A chance) with Gira supporting him and him staying anonymous as Giraâs spouse
It was all normal untill one day where Hime forgot to turn on his waiting screen while he brb which lead to Gira coming into his office shirtless looking for his good shirt for A meeting and noticing A bit to late that he was being recorded and thus all the chaos started as Hime now has to start acting as his role and Gira trying to ease him into the whole âopenly being A royalâ lifestyle (as he has had plenty experience with)
Dates include: Hime trying to teach Gira how to play games,helping out at Giraâs old orphanage,trying to find peace through Gira now busy chaotic life, and nappingâŠeven the mad king needs A nap.
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(Suite precure) Noise x Suite General GN! Haru
(Fun fact the simping started as A joke but eventually really became not A joke)
Suite general! Haru is one of the main villians of Suite (in my little head canon) he tends to work away from the other suite villians untill Noise comes around and he fully gets into action
His love for Noise started when he was 20 when many years ago he went through A incident leaving him in total despair and most ingored him untill he met Noise A being of pure despair he latched onto someone who can truly understand him going beyond normal human age just to stay with him
Haruâs love is completely one sided but he has no problem following Noise untill the day he dies his personal general no matter what happens
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(Honkai impact 3rd) Lantern x F!Aria (note i have very little knowledge of hi3 part 2 atm but my soul needed it so it happened also thank you to the moot maou for checking if my bio can fit in the lore)
Aria was A ânormalâ Martian citizen going about her day in lianqiu untill she ran into Lantern during one of her odd jobs and helping her after she saw the other mess up and they strangely just kept running into each other and they proceeded to get super close (even if they havenât verbally confirmed A relationship with each other)
Lantern has A habit of trying to do things by herself to not seem like A burden on Aria but somehow Aria always finds her around and helps her no matter what plus she is of some help during combat jobs (despite being A ânormalâ person with very little combat experience Carolie and Helia have mentioned that Aria was stronger than your average A rank valkire) also Lantern is fiercely protective over Aria even over little things
Aria tends to treat Lantern to candy with no charge as she just loves seeing Lanternâs expression as she eats it as she says âdespite her having A resting bitch face itâs easy for me to tell when shes happy even with the slightest twitchâ and Aria also tends to give out candy to kids (habit she developed from Lantern)
Their dates tend to be just helping Latern with her jobs but Aria does try to treat her often to fancy places to eat and the such (also a lot of candy)
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(Dc) Jason Todd x GN!Hime
Hime was A spirit medium and the only hero from A parallel worldâs Gotham that Jason found himself in after A big fight in Gotham and helped after he found out that most of Himeâs power was stolen by A evil spirit .
After the whole conflict the two worlds got connected and Himeâs Gotham practically kicked him out so he could âlive in own lifeâ so now Hime works with the outlaws and lives with Jason
Hime tries to be more chill with his relationship with Jason but it doesnât help that whenever she sees Jason act in any way romantic he freezes completely (couldnât even peacefully sleep in the same bed as him for A bit)
Their dates tend to include: busting down on drug rings,quietly reading next to each other, dinner dates, and just trying whatever Hime finds cool in this new world.
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(Honkai star rail) Firefly x trailblazer GN!Haru
They just have the same backstory as canon firefly and trailblazer so Iâm just going to give some random details
Haru is Wife guy was willing to do anything for Firefly (has once broken into A super high security planet just to get A gift for Firefly as something she simply mentioned wanting),whenever they are together Haru tends to just latch onto Fireflyâs hand (which is A habit that carried over to their meeting in peacony despite Haruâs lack of memories),
Their dates tend to include: Haru taking Firefly to different planets to explore,messing with Silver wolf,missions (anything can be A date if u try),and when they are alone they try to learn to do those cute ballroom dances couples do in shows
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(Blush blush) Kelby x GN!Haru
Haru was simply raising money to make his own idol agency by working at A zoo but it eventually lead to the events of the game and him basically having to abandon his dreams for the boys (and him getting REALLY close with Kelby especially)
In this little universe while all the boys are back to humans Kelby is the only one Haru is in A relationship with while he is just friends with the others and they have slotted pretty comfortably into each others lives.
Their dates tend to includes: the canon in game dates,Kelby trying (and low key failing) to teach Haru how to play most sports,going to the gym (must to Haruâs horror), and Haru trying to get Kelby into his nerdy interests.
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To be continued (I do want to update it more but itâs not that common for me to make Yume ocs and I forgot most of the ones I made over the years so it will update as I remember or make more)
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FINALLY GOT SOMETHING DONE FOR MY ALERUDY HC (I refuse to call it an au because ITS REAL TO ME >:â( )
Anyway, enjoy my little characterization/head-canon thing I did for the Vargas-Parra fam đ
Maria - 7
soft spoken - shy around new people - brutally honest - creative - funny - intelligent - clever - jealousÂ
super into motorcycles, much to her papaâs pleasure (heâs got like, 3)
closer to Rodolfo than she is with Alejandro. theyâre still close, yâknow, but if she needs comfort, sheâs going to Rudy
will often blurt out whatever sheâs thinking about a situation. Itâs usually not anything too bad, but there have been couple of times where Ale n Rudy have had to pull her aside and be like âdude, you canât just say that shitâ
her favorite superhero is Wonder Woman and will, at the drop of a pen, go on a tangent on how cool she is if anyone even mentions superheroes
doesnât cling onto her dads as often as Sophie does, but if she notices theyâve been paying more attention to Sophie (or literally any other kid) that day, sheâll grab their hand then stare daggers at the offending âattention hoggerâ
Sophie - 5
outgoing - loud - mischievous - confident - creative - athletic - curious - stubborn - forgetfulÂ
obsessed with mangoes? for some reason?? has eaten some every day for the past like, year, and it's healthy so Alejandro and Rudy are just like âlol, okay I guess??â (sheâs neurodivergent, itâs a comfort food)
glitter.. everywhere.. Ale and Rudy donât even know where it comes from cause theyâre smart enough to have never bought any, but sheâll just have glitter all over her hands or where ever else on her body (this doesnât really change as she gets older, but instead of glitter, itâs paint and marker)
is equally close with both of her dads, honestly just clings onto the one closest to her at. all. times. if sheâs not distracted with her sister or something else. which, honestly, is pretty often because sheâs pretty easily distracted (lol same kid)
LOVES big animals, especially since sheâs being raised around cows and horses. Loves doing chores out on the ranch with Alejandro.
Rodolfo aka Papa
nurturing - witty - ambitious - funny - thoughtful - passionate - fearless - protective - overthinkerÂ
Is just Snow White. He can and will pick up any animal/bug with his bare hands and never ends up getting hurt from it. Constantly freaks out the girls (and to an extent, Alejandro) when he shows up to them with a big ass spider in his hands
FANTASTIC singing voice. Will sing the girls to sleep when theyâre having especially rough nights
Can cook, he just prefers to bakeÂ
Has tattoos of Maria and Sophieâs newborn baby handprints wrapping around his thumbs
Had to learn early on that he couldnât hover over the babies all the time, that they would get hurt sometimes and thatâs okay
Went to his mama and sister A LOT for help (his sister had already had three kids by the time Rudy had his first) ((not actually HAD, they had a surrogate))
VERY dry and sarcastic humor, and is quick to think of something funny to say. Maria slowly picks up on it, sometimes saying stuff out of the blue that makes Ale and Rudy do a double take, leading Alejandro to say âI see where she gets her humor fromâ with a shit eating grin on his face.
Becomes a part time pet Veterinarian after getting honorably discharged from the military. Heâd always been interested in being a Vet (haha), but, yâknow. He kinda followed Alejandro into the military and stayed there for a good 15 years, so-
Alejandro aka Papi/Dad
bold - impulsive - funny - short temper - adventurous - encouraging - loud - stubbornÂ
Is mainly the one who plays with the girls since heâs the one thatâs home with them most of the time (he works from home. what does he do? great question, i haven't figured that out yet)
Has literally had to stop himself from really arguing with his daughters (mainly Sophie) multiple times because heâll just stop and be like âIâm arguing with a 5 year old, what the hell am I doing??â
Has a terrible temper, but has NEVER raised his voice at his girls. He learned how to control it to the point where heâll be able to calm himself down enough to not yell, but will still have Rudy be the one that scolds the girls most times, just in case. He never, ever wants his girls to be scared of him. He still makes sure to redirect his girls when needed, he just doesnât do it when heâs mad
VERY early bird, Like, 6am early. Goes for runs in the morning then gets back in time to cook breakfast before anyone else is even up. There have been a few times where heâs caught Mariana up super early as well, playing in the living room by herself. He then usually sits with her for a while before making breakfast
Kind of a workaholic. Itâs gotten better since he got out of the military, but if heâs got something to do that pertains to work, you best believe heâs sitting his ass down and not doing anything else until that thing is done
Gets WAY into sports (football/soccer, *COUGH*), heâs one of those dads. Only times the girls will hear both of their dads yell is at sports games (Sophie joins in on it when she gets older and gets more into sports, Maria thinks theyâre all crazy)
Picks up woodcarving after leaving the military, actually made a few of the girlâs toys that they end up keeping as they get older
Is the one that cooks the most (also ties in with the fact that heâs the one at home the most)
CLUMSY AS SHIT. Will trip over his own feet constantly, always making the girls (and to extension, Rudy) laugh their asses off at it
#is this what ive been doing for the past few days instead of the actual story?#maybe...#but i started it because i needed a better understanding the girls personalities#but i actually started having fun doing this so#yeah :)#ill start working on the actual story again today#i cant promise itll come out soon though-#alerudy#aledolfo#call of duty mw2#alejandro vargas#rodolfo parra
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hahaha yes.jpg i was hoping you'd rb that writing ask game i am v curious about đđđđż and may be back with others if i see no one asks them
Oh nice, tyvm! Glad I decided to reblog after all lol
đ what is a fic that got a different response than you were expecting?
hmmm, I'm a litte surprised that my Hawkeye/Frank fic got a lot of positive comments, but as a smaller pair it does kinda make sense since people looking through the ship tag are more likely to find it and be excited about a new fic.
Also in general any comments about someone being emotionally affected by what I write is a little surprising (and really awesome), because I'm pretty emotionally detached from my own writing, and I tend to aim for subtle indications of emotion over big statements and idk if it works most of the time lol, so if I make someone feel some kind of way it feels like a real success.
đwhen you leave comments on a fic, do you want to hear back from the writer?
I actually don't care either way, whatever the author does is fine with me. If I leave a long involved comment I might look forward to a response, but if I don't get one I'll forget about it in a day or two anyway lol, and it's nbd.
đwhy did you start writing?
Like way back when I was a kid I just had ideas I wanted to express somehow, and I was no good at drawing lol so it had to be writing. I usually only wrote summaries and outlines of stuff at first, then I started writing scenes and failed attempts at fic that never got anywhere bc I'd run out of steam after half a scene, then longer scenes, and now I'm finally writing full fics. And I still write because I have ideas/opinions/hot takes that I want to express and sometimes meta just doesn't cut it.
There's also a 'be the change you want to see' mentality lol, I only feel inspired to write if no one else is writing [concept]. One nice thing about being really picky about characterization is that the motivation to write remains pretty constant, because the more specific I am about what I want to see, the less likely it is that someone else has already written it.
đżhow does creating make you feel?
I enjoy it! If I didn't enjoy it I wouldn't do it lol, I have v little willpower to push myself through something I don't want to or have to do. I do find it most enjoyable when writing from Hawkeye's pov right now - like I genuinely really enjoy describing things from Hawkeye's pov, the comparisons he makes, the way he phrases stuff, it's super fun to emulate and I always get a little kick when I write something that feels genuinely funny or witty lol. If I'm writing "my own" prose (or BJ's pov lol) then I find that the act of putting words together feels more like work and I have to get enjoyment from just creating what I want to see.
I'm actually unofficially planning to polish up and finish a Berserk wip I've had in my docs for like 5 years for a fandom event, and I'm wondering if I'll have fun or find it a chore lol, since I'm not at the height of my Berserk obsession and neither character has an intrinsically fun voice to write in.
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Five All Time Mod Recs
To start off this blog, we decided to submit ourselves to the mortifying ordeal of being known and show yâall our TMA top fic recs!
These are fics of very different premises and categories that stayed with us and soothed our souls. Feel free to ask for more recs (or more specific stuff) because weâre definitely not done. Enjoy!
Mod Ami:
Statement Ends  by @martivist 4k words. Jonmartin. Angst. Post-canon AU. Ending Speculation. Lore speculation. S5 AU.
"Final statement of Jonathan Sims. The Archivist. Statement given⊠I think itâs June? We havenât done very well counting time since the days stopped. Summer 2019, call it that. Statement begins.
Weâve found a way to send them back where they came from. All of them."
Forty-some years after the apocalypse abruptly ends, the final acts of Jonathan Sims and Martin Blackwood come to light.
Mod note: This fic... goddamit this fic. I read it halfway through s5 and I genuinely think this is one of the best endings the show could have had. It hit all the points Jonny made and then some. This fic is pain, yes, but the best kind.
Ninety Feet To Home by @judesstfrancis 33k words. Jonmartin. No Powers AU. Baseball Players AU. Fluff. Pining.
Jon isnât really Martin Blackwoodâs biggest fan. And he knows itâs a him problem, because itâs not like Blackwood is a terrible person or like he loses on purposes just to ruin Jonâs life, but he canât help it. In his defense, if you were on a hot streak and the same person kept coming in and ruining it for you every single time, you'd harbor a bit of resentment towards them, too.
Mod note: Iâm so obsessed with this AU that I broke my vow of not making fanart for TMA and made fanart of it. Yeah. Sue me. Itâs the perfect levels of pining, ridiculousness and it brought me (an argentinian whose only baseball reference is the HSM musical number) tremendous joy. As the us-statians would say: home fucking run. ALSO, MARTIN BLACKWOOD IS LATINOOOOO.
Maybe not the stuff of legend by imperfectcircle. 14k words. Jonmartin. Post-canon AU. S5 AU. Ending Speculation. Lore speculation. Angst with a Happy Ending.
Martin forgets slowly at first, and then all at once. One moment he's grasping at memories, desperate without knowing why to retain even a single image of an angry, scarred stranger saying incomprehensible things about eyes, and the next, nothing. He can't even remember what had him so anxious just now. A car alarm, probably, or a dog barking in the distance. He's always startled easily.
Mod note: I still quote it to myself from time to time. ââMartin, you ate the megalodonââ makes me giggle and also terribly sad. This is an excellent way of exploring entities lore, as well as grief and hope.Â
the garden of forking paths by @bibliocratic. 49k words. Jonmartin. Post-canon AU. Ending Speculation. Angst with a Happy Ending. Use of Spiral Doors.
Whatever he had predicted might happen, Jon wasn't expecting to survive upon demolishing the Panopticon. He certainly wasn't expecting to be rescued.
Instead, he wakes up in an alternative universe where he's never been the Archivist, and Martin Blackwood doesn't exist.
Martin Blackwood wakes up somewhere else entirely.
Mod note: Iâm argentinian and the major element in this story is a Borgues book. OF COURSE ITâS HERE. This fic is an absolute ride and so so so beautiful - multiple universes and Jon and Martin doing the same thing over and over and over again, with hope of finding each other.
Family, Found  by Dribbledscribbles. Gen fic. 9k words. S4 Divergent. Canon Divergence.Â
Itâs Basira who catches onto it.
The collective shift that seems to come over them when heading in or out of the Institute. Not just the oppressive sensation of being observed, their every move catalogued for the voyeuristic cravings of some unseen Eye(s). That feeling remained with them even when they left the Institute these days, but it was always stronger inside its walls. That wasnât the change. Nor was it the point.
The point was: making life worse for Jonathan Sims.
Mod note: Do you want to hit the Eye? Do you want all the Entitiesâs plans to be twarted by the power of found family? Do you want everyone who blamed Jon for everything in S4 to sit down and apologise? This is your fic.
Mod Ebby:
the apple of the eye by gocrazygostupid. 2.8k words. Fluff. Lore speculation.
TELL ME, ARCHIVIST
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SONG?
i'm not sure. i don't really get the chance to listen to music
if i told you, what would you do with it?
Mod note: I am absolutely weak towards any fic that gives the Entities some form of sentience, no matter what canon said. Especially when these interactions are so surprisingly soft.Â
I WOULD PLAY IT
I WOULD LISTEN
in the chillest land and on the strangest sea by imperfectcircle and raven (singlecrow). 19k words. S4 Divergent. Canon divergence, in the space between 159-160
Jon remembers a statement he read years ago given by a Jesuit priest, who said that the shortest prayer he knew was, just, fuck it, as in fuck it; it's in God's hands. He takes Daisy's hand and trails on after her.
or; hope is a thing with feathers.
Mod note: Everytime I read this fic, I end up at least a little teary eyed. Itâs not exactly happy, more bittersweet, considering, but I still love it.
Come Love This World (Come Hate It, Too) by cedarbranch. 3.3k words. Character Study, fluff and angst, spans s1-5. Canon Compliant.Â
Jon never liked poetry, until Martin.
Mod note: Yes I am picking fics that personally came for my heart one way or another, not much else to say, besides that âit feels like loving youâ haunts me still to this day, in a good way.
i love you, i'm glad i exist by kissyourlocalmoth. 1.7k words. Scottish safehouse period. Fluff. Established relationship.
Martin was thinking of a poem. Itâs name sat on the tip of his tongue, aching to get out. It was a lovely one, too: something about how life felt easy now, at peace; how the small things felt like everything, a poem about⊠the importance of the little moments. These last few days had been like that, he thought. He couldnât stop smiling to himself recently, and even Jon teased him about it sometimes, though he was hardly less giddy. He thought of the immense joy the little things brought him now, the mugs of tea they made for each other, how he would lay in their bed late at night staring at the ceiling, his love nestled against his chest, overflowing with so much contentment and fondness he did not know what to make of himself.
Mod note: Short and sweet, it was the first time I read that particular poem, and now itâs forever intertwined in my head with little scenes of jon and martin in the scottish safehouse before 160 happens.
exit wound by autoclaves. 3.1k words. Post-canon AU. Ending speculation.
Suppose there is a house on a hilltop. Suppose there is a story. There is always a story, and every universe is always expanding.
Mod note: I wouldâve liked to tag this more, but it would probably spoil the twist it has. Reading back on it, the narration reminds me of the statement from 196, which I find fitting and a funny coincidence, considering.Â
#the tags used for each fic are tags we plan to use in the future#authors: feel free to ask us to untag you if you wish!#mod rec#fic rec#tma#magnuspod#the magnus archives#fanfiction#fic rec list#the fanfiction archives#list: mod rec#tag: jonmartin#tag: post canon
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Yugioh S5 Ep 20: Pharaohâs Cool New Trick
Digging my way through quite a pile of commission work (funny how these things only come all at once or not at all), nearing the light at the end of the tunnel, was looking forward to some free time to catch up on my many little side projects when I was asked to take off for a weekend to do some cat-sitting to which I would NEVER say no to a cat, so like...Rip this blog I guess, we only update like once a week nowadays, but what do you do?
Thatâs right, play Puzzles and Dragons! The only phone game worth paying any attention to! Where they just released Pegasus on their Yugioh Collab and he looks pretty great!
So Iâm just gonna take a second for some art appreciation, because the Puzzles and Dragons art team is just A++++ honestly, and yes, I did pull 13 times to get a Pegasus in my monster box, and yes, he is a completely insane team leader that is absolutely broken when paired with Yugi (the numbers are so satisfying) but...look at him. He looks so good!
(also I finally got Joey Wheeler, and so now my gatcha cravings are settled. And, donât worry, I play this game so much that I was there during Christmas when they offered like a bajillion stones for free so I didnât actually use real money on this.)
Now PAD also released a Weevil and Rex, and I donât know why, and neither does the art team because they still look pretty good but in comparison to all the mains, they sure do looks like just some shorty guys in some casuals.
though I gotta admit, I want to learn how the hell this art team does swooshy effects, because man, that would make my art so much better to just have flames violently exploding out of all my art. Why am I not doing that more often? I have the technology.
anyway, I didnât bother trying to pull them. Maybe Iâll accidentally pull them when they eventually release a Duke Devlin. (also, RIP to the fact that Roland will probably never be in Puzzles and Dragons but like...I can only send them so many polite letters covered in stickers pretending Iâm some 10 year old child and writing in my broken Hiragana âRoland in PAD?â. Thems the breaks. (They also might not remember who Roland is.))
Shoutouts to the card that Weevil is holding that is censoring this nipple on the booby spider, PS.
So because this is not actually a Puzzles and Dragons blog, and itâs been ten eons since I regularly updated so I could remember episode to episode...where the hell were we?

Thatâs right, weâre on an island now. This showâs wonderful obsession with evil islands (and spoiler, this is one of the few Yugioh Islands that doesnât explode at the end. Mostly because Kaiba isnât here to do it or this place would be cinder)
(read more island stuff under the cut)
Anyway, after announcing âhey guys! Screw islands!â Yugi immediately collapses and without any warning.

Apparently the armor is a big ol parasite, which is something that Yugi is so used to at this point that he refuses to admit that this is a problem. Just normal Muto stuff, refusing to tell anyone that he has a serious illness going on underneath that giant mass of hair.

(the sailor moon vibes coming off this weird orb energy)


Sort of feels like a call back to S1 when Yugi was clearly possessed and everyone else was like âHe acting weird to you?â except itâs S5 and everyone has learned to never trust Yugi when he says heâs fine and they are responding like he is about to die. Which is correct.


Outside of the cave falls this scroll that is...glowing, I guess. So they open it up and get a bunch of hieroglyphs that give them the âriddle of lightâ and like youknow...itâs riddle stuff.

Theyâre doing this riddle for âwings.â And itâs like...everyoneâs monster here has a set of wings or an ability to fly. Every single monster except for I dunno, flaming swordsman? Hell, Yugi himself had two sets of wings when he fused with Dark Magician (which was weird, and I still donât like to think about what technically was going on there.) But we have to go and get ourselves even more wings.
Weirdly, Joey turns to Tea and does something that in any other show would be completely normal. He was like âyou want to stay here with Yugi, donât you?â and it was the first time Joey has ever actually addressed the fact that Tea and Yugi are close. Uncharted territory. I was amazed at the amount of casual shipping that is happening here. Itâs almost like a normal ass relationship.


So the boys decide to go off, and be boys and tackle this themselves. And they shouldnât have, because Tea is smart for this group, and also has the only healing spell.
Like if youâre playing D+D you wouldnât typically leave your only healer behind. Just saying.
Also like...Grandpa Muto went with them? I guess heâd have to since heâs the translator but also...kind of weird to leave your grandson dying in a cave, but maybe thatâs just the Muto lifestyle.

Do not be fooled by my caps, no one has addressed the Bakura in the puzzle for 3 seasons. Iâm starting to think this show will never address the Bakura in the puzzle. Which honestly, that would be hilarious if they made a big deal out of that plot point and then couldnât use it in the end.
And speaking of plot points that kind of come out of nowhere and donât make full sense with the continuity of the show--Joey has regressed back to the 4th grade.

Hey show? What?
So like if you love Joey, this is not the arc for you, because this arc he is reduced to a Himbo and nothing else. Straight up didnât know what an echo is, but is very strong and pretty, I guess.
This inevitably happens with any TV show becuase different people make different parts, and Iâve brought up before that sometimes it feels like some teams only have loose post-it notes of what any character should be like at any given point (ESPECIALLY with Seto Kaibaâs timeline) but like...
...Personally Iâm mot so fond of this interpretation of Joey, kind of ignores Joeyâs best traits, and makes Tristan look way too smart in comparison (and like I always pinned Tristan to be the Himbo of the group, but maybe itâs because they give Tristan so little else to do?)
And like donât get me wrong, Joeyâs a dumbass a lot of the time and needs to get corrected by his pals...but...to the point he doesnât know what an echo is? Heâs a dumbass in a High School student sort of way, youknow?
Anyway, they get down to this big ravine, and they have to destroy this stone while the light passes over it. Kind of feels like a Breath of the Wild shrine quest, actually. In fact, I think Breath of the Wild recycled the shadow/sunlight pathing quest like 4 or 5 times. (I love Breath of the Wild to death but boy did they run out of ideas at the end there.)

They have to fight a glass monster and itâs kind of like...do you know the game Balls 3D? probably not, but it looked like a bunch of random shapes stuck together like a 90âČs animation. They basically went to war with shapes.

Pure Himbo energy, has several pokemon, but punches for his pokemon instead of using them. A power move if I ever saw one.
Youknow that would make pokemon a lot more interesting if you could like throw out your pikachu, and then choose to just physically run up to your opponents Eevee and sock it in the jaw. Raise of hands--I know you all would love a version of pokemon like that. Let Ash Ketchum punch a Ratata.
Bro has informed me that Ash does do something like this in the anime. But Iâm not talking about the anime, Iâm talking about the video game. Give me the option to physically combat my rival. This is what I want, Pokemon.

They discover a way to break the monolith, and the show thinks weâre like actually 7 years old (because the show is Y7, although I forget because it deals with so many dark themes) so the show is going to hold on to this puzzle for a while...just to fill time. And itâs fine because we gotta switch over to Pharaoh anyway.

Yami has this dream again. He attempts to fuse with Dark magician to overcome the dream, but alas, he is still not strong enough.

Yugi wakes up in this murky cave while Tea is out washing out like...some rag? (heâs also still got a rag, so I guess multiple rags were required for how sweaty Yugi is.)


Yugi says âI feel like Iâm a new man!â a lot in this episode, and every time he calls himself a man like heâs some sort of adult itâs very funny to me.
And then this plot lore dropped.

I mean I guess inevitably it had to happen...
But man, end of an era. It was freakin hilarious while it lasted: that Pharaoh refused to read ancient Egyptian because itâs like 2002 and he is a High Schooler living in Japan and he actually doesnât WANT to resolve the mystery of the puzzle. Maybe the people who made this arc donât know about how in S2 and S3, the fact Pharaoh couldnât read Marikâs back tatt was like...a really big issue. He couldnât read the God card, he couldnât even read that massive tablet that read âHEY PHARAOH THIS IS LITERALLY YOUâ. KAIBA had to tell him how to read the God card for him. Freakin Seto âMagic is a lieâ Kaiba had to tell him how to use the God Card because Pharaoh couldnât read it.
But like...Pharaoh finally gave in at some point after the world was devoured by the Leviathan, and before Kaiba finished building Kaibaland (which was already built in S1 but wtv)
The timelines on this show have always been a mishmash...but this one is just like...
...show are you trying to convince me that at any point in this show after season Zero, Pharaoh had any idea what he was doing? Did he sap that brain energy straight out of Joey Wheeler so he could do this?
Wow.
(secretly hoping he forgets how to read Egyptian after this arc is over and the show goes back to the other development team)

Pharaohs reasoning is that, if this is the riddle of the light.....
....then where is the riddle of darkness????????????
and when Tea was like âPharaoh that is not even remotely logic. Omg itâs so bright outside, lets go back to gross cave.â and Pharaoh was like âTea! You got it!â and she was like âWhat the hell are you talking about?â

Not gonna lie, I saw the Orichalcos green, and I got concerned.
Anyway, Yugi gets very frustrated and was like âugh, lets go save em. Theyâre gonna die (again.)â and marches down there as if he didnât pass out an hour ago.

And he fuses with Dark Magician again while everyone else (including his grandpa) was like âYugi are you freakin kidding me? The suit freakin kills you omg! Tea you had one freakin job!â
And then we get the plot twist that...I mean it makes sense but it was choreographed in a confusing way.

And out of no where this guy shows up again:



So this mysterious man shows up and says âIf you donât succeed you have to live here foreverâ which...nice...that would probably save the world a lot of problems if Yami got locked away and took his OP puzzle with him. And then this man also says âif you do succeed you become VERY POWERFULâ and Yami was like. â...â


This whole episode had a theme to it, where Tristan and Joey were trying to prove that they could do things on their own and without Yugiâs help. And honestly...felt a little bit misplaced. Yamiâs the same guy who murdered Yugi last season with the Orichalcos so like...
...I mean he is probably more reliable than Tristan who once died and turned into a robot monkey for 10ish episodes.
and then they flew into a glowing door.
Folks, this was wild to look at.

This is wild.
And at this point I closed Photoshop and thought I was done. But then I looked at my timeline on the video and was like...wait...thereâs more?
and Iâm really glad I kept watching because it went back to Alex, who...is apparently just still at those steps in this haunted ass Pyramid.


Now weâre watching Yugioh.
I forgot for a second when they turned Joey into a Himbo and made Pharaoh literate, but weâre back. I mean...
...look at the liner art on this adult man.
So...I posit the question...has Alex spent the last 2-3 episodes doing nothing but applying eyeliner to his face in the dark? Because he absolutely has. And honestly, the vibe of being in a spooky haunted pyramid with barely any light, just applying eyeliner down the edge of your face...thatâs a Yugioh vibe, if I ever saw one.
This arc is wild. Anyway, next episode we do even more fetch quests and riddles? Just going to guess now that we probably will.
(and for those new here, this is a link so you can read them from the top. Which, since weâre in S5, means you got like...hours of Yugioh content to read through. Enjoy the rewards of my weird hobby.)
https://steve0discusses.tumblr.com/tagged/yugioh/chrono
#Yugioh#Yu-Gi-Oh#yami yugi#S5#Ep20#It's actually Ep 20 now I was wrong last time#Yugi muto#Grandpa Muto#Alexander the Great#Joey Wheeler#Tristan Taylor#Tea Gardner#TeaxYugi#never thought I would ever use that tag#in this show where they are canonically dating but sometimes it happens#Puzzles and Dragons#Because yes I had to talk about it. This collab is great
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Fic Recs/Mandatory Reading for Reddie fans
Here is an incomplete list of some of my favorite Reddie fics on ao3, because i cannot get over the sheer talent of this fandomâs wonderful writers! A lot of these are the Greatest Hits that youâll find on almost every fic list, but thatâs why I consider them mandatory reading. like if you havenât read some of these, what are you doing?
the years go by like days by georgiestauffenberg, rated M
the 27 years in between, but better because richie and eddie stay together. every time i think of this fic, i think of that lady gaga meme where sheâs like âbrilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, etcâ and maybe itâs bc this is one of the first reddie fics i ever read, but this one is always gonna be my favorite
broken record by spunknbite, rated E
the mother of all time loop fics. every reddie veteran gets chills at the phrase âthe house on Neibolt was still standingâ
literally everything by stitchy
like seriously just clear a few days bc youâre not gonna want to stop reading this author once you start. no other author has made me literally fucking cackle in one paragraph and sob in the next like this one, pls do yourself a favor and devour all their works like i didÂ
the night we met (take me back) by camerasparring, rated E
ch2 fix-it where eddie shows up at richieâs door alive and with no memory. great slow burn with a wonderfully conflicted richie, 10/10
letâs hear it for my baby! series by cloudings, rated E
OOOOOOOHHH boy! a modern teen!reddie grindr AU thatâs both steamy AND sweet?? more like a fucking blessing amen hallelujah
a heart that laughter has made sweet by marjaani, rated E
another lovely teen!reddie fic thatâs got it all! sweet, stupid boys, humor, a teeny bit of angst, and some 5-alarm fire smut with some top eddie, as a treat
keep talking. iâll keep walking toward the sound of your voice. by theappleppielifestyle, rated T
angst with a happy ending is my favorite, and this one is just fantastic. so sweet, so sad! and stan is featured as eddieâs afterlife buddy and idk about yâall but i cannot get enough of stanley uris in my reddie fics. read this, then read all this authorâs reddie fics, theyâre all amazing
collateral by loosecannon, sheepknitssweater, rated E
a post-ch2 fic that i guess could be classified as fix-it, BUT with some very interesting twists. they beat the clown, everyone lives, but no one really gets the tropey happy ending. the WIP sequel is also incredible and i live for the updates.
the greater fool  series by mischiefmanager, mostly rated T with some E
this is a series iâll reread a lot bc itâs so fucking good. follows young reddie into early adulthood, mostly a bunch of cute shit where they figure out themselves and their relationship. also contains the single best teen reddie fic in existence, he came in through the window, but reading the whole series is a must
brokeback derry and everything else by Amuly, rated E
27 years in between, richie and eddie reconnect in their 20s and meet back up in derry twice a year to remember and love each other before going back to their lives and forgetting. so much pain. thereâs a lot of sweet stuff in there, but you can see shitâs gonna get complicated from miles away and the anticipation almost gave me stomach ulcers (in a good way). ultimate angst with a happy ending.
let me name the stars for you by playedwright, rated M
speaking of angst with a happy ending...Martian AU!!!!! this one fucked me up in the best way, i literally called my roommate at 2am to vent to her about my emotions after reading it. i go back and reread chapter 8 just to be overwhelmed by it, and it makes me cry every time. plus, there are awesome sequels/companion pieces in the series! read this, i beg you!
walk through fire for you by hyruling, rated T
unwind after all that angst with some cute, drunk, confused eddie being very upset when he finds out richie is engaged. richie only teases him a little before pointing out the matching ring on eddieâs finger.Â
in the heat of the summer (you're so different from the rest) by kaboomslang, rated E
post-ch2 slow burn with tags that really say it all, including but not limited to: eddie moves to california and richie is a mess, Eddie Kaspbrakâs Hot Girl Summer, and cute middle aged man dates
pivotal moments by danfanciesphil, polypocket, rated E
high school reddie has a sort of fwb thing goin on, but emotions get in the way. featuring wonderful bevchie friendship, hella miscommunication, cute double dates, high eddie, and a happy ending
like a bullet in the back by jerry_duty, rated M
adult idiots in love! a personal favorite trope of mine! slow burn with a fair helping of angst but a really great ending. richie stays with eddie in new york while heâs there on business, and it takes these losers SO LONG to figure it out but the way they dance around it is very cute
no sense of living without aim [WIP] by liesmyth, rated E
richie and eddie meet on grindr in the 27 years between and hey, whadda ya know, they fall in love! i really love this fic but iâm pretty sure itâs been abandoned. iâve had it open on my phone browser for like 3 months with no update but i still check it regularly bc iâm pathetic and this fic is just so good iâm DYING to know what happens next so read at ur own risk
a strange sense of familiarity [WIP] by Katranga, rated E
another âthey meet and fall in love without rememberingâ fic, and even though itâs not complete yet, it gets regular updates. oh, also, iâm obsessed with it. theyâre long distance fuck buddies who canât admit theyâre in love, and then they get hit with the childhood memories! and everyone lives! whatâs not to love! also PLEASE read kisses take like mint and every other reddie work by this author, they are all fantastic
adult friends by sudowoodo, rated T
AU where adult reddie meet at a first aid seminar for work (immediately fall in love), become friends, become best friends, and finally get to be happy. has some super repressed eddie and intensely pining richie, which is always fun, and genuinely made me laugh out loud. also please check out this authorâs other reddie fics, thereâs some super sweet kid reddie in there that really warms the heart
the mind's a funny fruit by joldiego, rated T
eddie wakes up barely alive in derry, has 0 memory, calls himself richie, and moves in with some lesbians. an absolute must read that ought to be on every reddie fic rec compilation. i read this a long time ago and just thinking about it makes me want to read it again.
now what i'm gonna say may sound indelicate [WIP] by IfItHollers, rated E
it took me entirely too long to find this fic since i joined the fandom, and itâs truly a fucking masterpiece. itâs almost at 200k now and still unfinished, and the slow burn is excruciating, but this is a legendary fic for a reason. eddie spends the first chunk of this fic in the hospital recovering from the massive chest wound, and then he and richie move the recovery to benâs cabin in the woods. the authorâs notes for each chapter are a story in themselves
signs of a new lifetime by swordfishtrombones, rated T
one of the sweetest, most romantic reddie fics iâve ever read. a fresh take on a classic concept: post-ch2, theyâre in love, they havenât said/done anything about it yet, BUT!!! itâs not angsty! they are all cute and giggly like âyou say it first!â âno, you say it first!â and it makes me fucking MELT
broadcasting tower by swordfishtrombones, rated E
back-to-back recs from the same author! bc i love these fics so much! sort of similar to the last one in that they both know whatâs up and just havenât said it, but this oneâs got the angst! i didnât know when i read it that it was the same author as the other fic, and i thought how funny, i found another reddie author that perfectly captures this pair in such a wonderfully romantic way! i also just noticed thereâs a follow up to this so now i have to go read that immediately
eurydice; the original comeback kid by Vulcanodon, rated M
for the love of god please read this and the other work in this series. itâs a ch-2 fix-it with some intense action sequences and major pining, and it has haunted me since i first read it
love on the telephone by tempestbreak, rated E
okay this one is really just 30k of pure smut but itâs also so sweet and features a mini sexual awakening for eddie and some insecure richie with an emphasis on how much they love and trust each other. also it doesnât hurt that the smut is fire, like does anyone else want that twink obliterated, or is it just me?
the boy who loves you by candlejill, rated E
eddie lives, richie confesses, things are chill and then theyâre not. richieâs career flourishes, which is always nice to read and is what ultimately catalyzes eddieâs gay awakening and realization of his love for richie. itâs got some sad angsty parts and a very sweet ending, and it up there as one of my favorite reddie fics of all time
richie and eddie break up [WIP] by skeilig, rated M
a refreshing and realistic take on life ch-2 for the losers, because being in love at thirteen doesnât mean you can fall into a perfect relationship at 40. iâll admit, iâm hoping this will ultimately be a ârichie and eddie get back togetherâ fic, but itâs still a very good read (and often very funny in the second chapter) at the moment in the midst of their break up
september 1989Â and everything else by pineapplecrushface, rated T
cute kid reddie figuring it out and making me smile. the follow up to this and the after derry series by this author are also personal favorites
go west by ssstrychnine, rated T
road trip fic! an absolute work of art slow burn with teen reddie in the 90s. itâs so beautifully written i just wish i could go back and read it for the first time again
the edification of eddie kaspbrak by tozier, rated M
character study with some incredible fucking prose, my lord it gorgeous. explores how eddie learns about love as he grows up, and itâs super fucking sad sometimes bc the poor boy doesnât know how to have the things he wants and i just want to give him a hug, but itâs really a spectacular fic
circular motion by sinchronicity, rated M
soulmate!AU that follows book canon and even though itâs been a long time since iâve read it and the details are fuzzy, i remember absolutely loving it and thinking it was incredible
tell me you know by RichiesToesHurt, rated E
college losers with some severely pining and jealous richie with a lovely endingÂ
predicament bondage [WIP] by dgalerab, rated E
i resisted reading this fic for so long, recently broke and binged all of it, and now iâm like frothing at the mouth for updates. richieâs a closeted actor/comedian who meets eddie, a professional Dom, when he needs help researching a role. they become friends, they develop crushes, richie realizes heâs a sub, and itâs just so much fun to read
thereâs a lot more fics to rec so i might add on to this in the future, but in the meantime my biggest tip for for reading fanfiction that took me embarrassingly long to figure out: focus on the authors! if you read something you like, check out the rest of the work by that author bc odds are youâll like that too. i mentioned it in a few specific works above, but check out the authors catalogues for these fics. if i included every work by these authors that i loved, this list would be miles long
feel free to add on any great stuff i missed, thereâs sure to be tons of it!
#reddie#reddie fanfiction#fic rec#IT movie#it stephen king#losers club#these are mostly just my ao3 bookmarks#there's more in my ao3 if you want to check me out: lilypond3
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Iâm always obsessed with characters having little fun tics and habits and am also bored this Easter so like in beginn do you think kix walks around humming vode an under his breath, or still reflexively calls everyone sir regardless of gender, or react whenever someone calls either his number or one of torrenst members numbers.
For either funny or angst Iâm picturing whoeverâs visiting in beginn also joining in these habits as either a funny ghost moment or a sad kix is the only clone left and all his bros are dead
Noooo I had a full response ready and then my laptop glitched and lost it all :(
Anyway, Iâm glad you asked! Iâve been meaning to talk about this in a post recently, actually. The âsirâ thing is in Beginn â thatâs how Kix addresses Leia in Chapter 3 when she comes to find Artoo. Itâll come up again in Chapter 5, too (oop, spoilers-ish?).Â
The interesting thing is that there are tons of things he probably had to adapt or stop doing altogether because of how things are different 50 years in the future. I think Iâve only mentioned it once in Chapter 4, but Kix isnât wearing his blacks and armor on a daily basis anymore. As a result, he tugs on his sleeves a lot, rolls them up, takes them down, etc, often because theyâre more in the way than heâs used to sleeves being. He likely spent a good chunk of time when he first stopped wearing his armor constantly reaching for where the armor belt sits instead of his pockets.Â
He also probably gestures with his head often, a side effect of years of talking while wearing a helmet and not having visible facial expressions. It can happen both when he gestures with his hands and when heâs got his hands full. People would take notice of this, though wouldnât say anything about it. After all, he is a medic, and gesturing like that can be useful when he needs both hands for whatever healing needs to be done.Â
(Heads up, my mind almost always chooses angst lol sorry?) Jesse has regularly called Kix out on things he says that are the same as during the Clone Wars throughout Beginn, despite the fact that Kix canât hear him. Heâs got his own share of habits he hasnât stopped from the war, especially since he does still wear his armor most of the time. Itâd be interesting if there was a Resistance member also named Jesse. Heâd probably turn around every single time he heard someone calling for the other Jesse, even knowing nobody saying it can see him.
I donât doubt heâd pick up on the similarities and differences of Kixâs habits now, even if he doesnât fully realize his own. It hits him every once in a while that Kix is the last living clone to go around humming Vode An or saying remembrances. It also occurs to him occasionally that Kix goes about setting up medical supplies in a different order now, or something like that, since there have been advancements he had to catch up and practices evolved past the ones he used to use.Â
There are things Kix may do because theyâre the same as what he used to do and it gives him some sort of comfort in the time. Intentional, as he also is acutely aware of the fact that heâs the last one doing it. Perhaps things he does that bring memories of brothers and he doesnât want to forget them. For example, double-checking that someone hasnât placed a rock or something on his bed before lying down (which could also be a side effect of campaigns and sleeping in tents). Or twirling a stylus when heâs thinking while writing because it reminds him of Hardcase asking him how he did it and Jesse getting annoyed by the two of them back on Kamino. Stuff like that.
But, yeah, youâre right, anon. Habits and tics are always fun to talk about with characters. Even if my brain decided to dump some angst on us today. Also, I am always down to talk about Beginn or my other fics, so thanks for asking!
#b answers#anon#beginn shed-ic kix and jessplea#kix#jesse#also idk how long you were waiting on an answer sorry#hardcase#also this is...long lol oops? not really#long post#ohmh
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20 Questions tag~
I was tagged by @mythicamagic thank you senpai~<3
How many works do you have on AO3?
40 right now, plus 1 that is still hidden because of the SOFA Exchange event. (Iâm still a lil fish.)
Whatâs your total AO3 word count?
486,920! Thatâs so amazing to me!
How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?
InuYasha - A Feudal Fairytale (18)
FullMetal Alchemist (18)
Mass Effect Trilogy (3)
Letâs Play (Webtoon) (1)
Kingdom Hearts (1) But I hope to write for many more fandoms in the future! I have ideas for fics for Castlevania, Skyrim, Fallout 4, Last of Us Part II, and more!
What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
#1. Stardust FemShep/Garrus, Mass Effect Trilogy, Rated Explicit. A retelling of the Shepard/Vakarian love story, with lots (and LOTS) of sexiness, from Garrus' point of view. Starts from before the Omega-4 and will end sometime after the end of ME3. Trying to stay as true to the game as possible, while adding some things happening off camera and a new ending.
#2. Flamingo Sess/Kag, Inuyasha, Rated Explicit Kagome's method of beating the summer heat attracts a certain demon lord...
#3. Hawk Sess/Kag, Inuyasha, Rated Explicit Kagome and Sesshomaru discover they have a mutual attraction for each other after a battle and a slight comedic incident brings them together. At first their relationship seems entirely sexual, but eventually evolves into something real. What will this romance mean for Naraku? Or even the future? *TRIGGER WARNING FOR CHAPTER 6! MAJOR VIOLENCE AND TRAGEDY* Very, very loosely based on "A Mere Digression" by elle6778
#4. Daisy Sam/Charles, Letâs Play, Rated Mature Sam wakes up somewhere unfamiliar with a splitting headache with no memory of the night before. Takes place right after the S2 finale. First chapter was my prediction for what would happen next, and then three other âwishful thinkingâ chapters happened, lol.
#5. Chemistry Ed/Winry, FullMetal Alchemist, Rated Mature A look at how the relationship between Ed and Winry developed after Brotherhood ended. Cute, sweet, funny, and hot (eventuallyây'all that know me know I gotta have some NSFW in there).
Do you respond to comments, why or why not?
I try to respond to everyone, especially when a fic of mine has just been posted, but sometimes I just forget. If I havenât responded to your comment, please know itâs just because Iâm a big dumb and forgot! I love getting comments, and I reread them all the time! I just feel like thereâs a time limit to when I can respond to them--if I let too much go by, itâs awkward if I reply. Gah, but thatâs just me getting in my own head, I guess. Iâll do better!
Whatâs the fic youâve written with the angstiest ending?
Oof, definitely Psychology, a fic I wrote for RoyEdOTPoly this year. The prompt I got was dark, and I didnât see any way around an angsty ending. Read at your own risk!
Whatâs the fic youâve written with the happiest ending?
Well, aside from the last fic, I try to write happy endings for all my fics! But, if I have to name names, Iâm torn between Zoology (another FullMetal Alchemist fic, RoyEd, for RoyEdOTPoly this year) and Stardust (my Mass Effect fic, which is long, but so worth it, in my opinion). Both are very fluffy in the end!
Do you write crossovers? If so what is the craziest one youâve written?
Argh... I donât really like crossovers, to be honest. I actively avoid them when looking for fics to read. But that doesnât mean I havenât thought of writing them myself. (Iâm a total hypocrite, I know.) I had an idea for an Inuyasha x The Sims fic, years ago, that I never did anything with. The premise was basically Inuyasha and Kagome would get trapped in the game somehow (via the jewel or magic or something), and theyâd be controlled by Souta, Kagomeâs friends, Hojo--all sorts of different people who think the fact that Kagome and Inuyasha are in the game is just some kind of silly mod. I probably wonât write it, so if anyone is interested in that crazy idea, have at it! You have my blessing. <3 I also have a crazy crossover idea for what I call an âUltimate OT3âł of mine that Iâve mentioned to my friends, but I havenât actually written down yet: Sesshomaru/Alucard/Sebastian Michaelis. So be on the lookout for that!
Have you ever received hate on a fic?
I wouldnât call it âhateâ so much as âmansplaining,â but I have gotten a couple of comments that made my eyebrow twitch on Stardust--both on AO3 and FFN. Just dudes (and Iâm fairly certain they were dudes, just from their tone) trying to explain why a certain plot twist wouldnât work, or tell me how to save Sidonis in the actual game (which I already knew, that person just didnât read what I wrote). Iâve also gotten a comment on one of my more controversial fics, Hippology, on FFN, where the person asked me if I thought my summary was K-Rated (which, admittedly, it does need to be for the site, and mine wasnât--because of a single word). I changed it and messaged them saying it was fixed. Going to that commenterâs profile, however, proved to be fairly enlightening... Theyâre nuts. They have another profile, too. Read at your own risk. Yikes. Thereâs also a team of people on FFN who make it their lifeâs mission to report stories with rule violations. Iâve gotten a comment from one of them as well. These people are not mods, they just like to pretend they are--one of them even made their name look official! âCU Administration,â gtfo dude. I also recently got one of my fics removed from FFN. It wasnât even one of my sexiest ones! They put me in timeout for 48 hours, and when I was finally able to publish something new on the site again, I posted Hippology (my centaur smut), and itâs still up as I type this. (Wonder how long itâll take them to notice?) And since the fic that got taken down was a SessKag fic, Iâm thinking it might have been a petty SessRinner who reported it to the âauthoritiesâ of FFN, because another friend of mine got hers taken down not long after mine, and it was also SessKag. Just my tinfoil theory, anyway!
Do you write smut? If so what kind?
Yes, yes, yes. Itâs practically all I write. I do all sorts of smut, from romantic, sensual stuff, to specific kinks, to monsterfucking--all that good stuff. Canât change me~<3
Have you ever had a fic stolen?
God, I hope not!
Have you ever had a fic translated?
I donât think so. No one has asked me if they can translate one, anyway.
Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Not yet! Iâm open to the idea, and Iâve had little discussions with my fic-writing buddies about it, but nothingâs come out of it just yet. Keep your eyes peeled!
Whatâs your all-time favorite ship?
Oh, now come on! I canât pick just one! But Iâll give you a top 3 (in no particular order, because they change places a lot, depending on how obsessed I am with them at the moment). Inuyasha: Sess/Kag FullMetal Alchemist: Roy/Ed Mass Effect: Garrus/FemShep
Whatâs a WIP that you want to finish but donât think you ever will?
I have a couple of stories that I deleted from my original FFN account that Iâd like to re-write and re-post on AO3, but I donât think Iâll ever get around to it. There were a couple of Inu/Kag fics I had in-progress, and then a Koug/Kag fic. I recently rewrote and reposted my SessKag fic from years ago, Hawk, on FFN, AO3, and Dokuga! So maybe all hope isnât lost. Iâm even writing a sequel for Hawk! All the stories I have in-progress right now I plan on finishing. At some point, lol.
What are your writing strengths?
Dialogue, without a doubt. Itâs my favorite thing to write, aside from smut, of course--which is another strength of mine.
What are your writing weaknesses?
Descriptions, ugh. I try to do them well, but I always feel like they get stale. So I keep them somewhat vague, because in my mind, I think readers will fill in the gaps themselves whether you describe something immaculately or not--theyâll see what they want to see, and that is totally fine in my book! Or maybe Iâm just making excuses, lol. Iâll only describe something in a lot of detail if I want the reader to focus on that--usually an outfit, accessory, or weapon--otherwise, I leave it up to their imagination (I donât want manipulate it too much, I suppose).
What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?
Wildly unnecessary unless that author speaks the language as well, or if certain words already exist in the fandomâs translations (ex. âyoukai,â âalkahestry,â etc).
What was the first fandom you wrote for?
Inuyasha, and the fic(s) I wrote in the beginning were terrible. I want to burn all traces of them off the face of the earth. I was in middle school. I was young and stupid.
Whatâs your favorite fic youâve written?
I gotta go with Stardust. Itâs the longest fic Iâve ever completed at more than 160k words. I was so immensely proud when I typed âThe End,â and I was able to say to myself âI did it.â
I tag: @glassesmcfancyhair @willowsrainÂ
#SessKag#RoyEd#SamCharles#Shakarian#Inuyasha#FullMetal Alchemist#Let's Play#Mass Effect#fanfiction#writers supporting writers#q and a#I don't know what else to put so here
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Lmao remember that COF College AU
Finally decided majors and details for some of the characters I plan to include XD
My first time using a cut lol
Tristan
Business MajorÂ
Cassian absolutely wants him to inherit the family business
Tris isnât so thrilled by that
Sev and him are roommates
Neither of them can cook anything other than ramen or pizza rolls
Sometimes they order pizza
Disaster bi on so many levels
Went to one GSA club meeting but then noped right back into the closet
Not out to Cassian or most of his friends yet
The only person who knows is Sev
Has a brown tabby cat named Rex
duh
lmao going back through thereâs like nothing here
they def got longer as they went on
Nyk
Linguistics, Interpretation, and Translation Major
(In HOF she is really interested in the Pyrean language and lore so I thought it fit)
Was homeless for a while
Ran away as soon as she graduated high school
(She couldnât be around Val any longer)
Applied for a lot of scholarships and was able to gather enough money to attend college
Roommates with Sparrow
Helps Sparrow get to her classes sometimes
Elliot, Riella, and Kade come over to their dorm a lot
Elliot cooks for them
Probs gonna be bi and genderfluid in this au
Has a calico cat named XephyraÂ
Phyrie for shortÂ
Is a part of the GSA club
The GSA club consists of Anders, Elliot, Sparrow, and Kade
Sev
Fine Arts Major
Is really good at drawing but also likes painting and sculpting, too
Roommates with Tristan
Would rather die than ask Tris to get something off of a high shelf for him
Heâs 5âČ3âł (160.02 cm)
Def petite
Tris put a whiteboard on the fridge to write shopping lists on but now they both just use it to write notes to each other
âSaw u staring at Nyk earlier HMMMMMMâ
âstfu like you werenât ogling that dude she was withâ
Disaster gay but everyone just assumes heâs straight like ????
After his parents died he bounced around a few foster homes but was adopted by a doctor named Hestia when he was fifteen
He loves his mama and visits her on weekends
The food he brings back to the dorm is the only good stuff he and Tris ever eat
Knows Kade but only a little
All of my modern Sev hcs still apply
Kade
Veterinary Medicine Major
Shares the same major as Sparrow and theyâre decent friends
He helps Sparrow get to the classes they share when Nyk canât
Loves animals and is planning to adopt a doggie soon
Roommates with Elliot and Riella
He lived in a really crappy place before he became friends with Riella
The sibs invited him to move in with them (Kade also obviously helps with rent)
Became good friends with Nyk and he and the sibs spend a lot of time at her/his dorm
Used to shadow Hestia at the clinic (before he decided he wanted to be a vet and not a people doctor) and she gushed all the time about her sonÂ
He met Sev and def thinks Sev is adorableÂ
Has also seen Sev around campus but hasnât worked up the courage to talk to him yet
Demi and gay
Is a part of the GSA club
Thinks Anders is funny
Almost no one agrees
ElliotÂ
Culinary Arts Major
Idk it just came to me and I was like âmight as wellâ
Cooks for Riella, Kade, Nyk, and Sparrow regularly
Has a golden retriever named Jax
Jax is crazy
He gets the zoomies
Jax is usually wary of strangers but heâs warmed up to Riella, Kade, Nyk, and is close with Sparrow
Aroace
Attends GSA
Regularly tells Anders where he can shove his musical numbers and snide comments
Roommates with Riella and Kade
Took online classes until Riella graduated so they could move together
Met Kade through Riella
Canât handle spicy food and is appalled by the fact that Kade, Riella, and Sparrow are all fueled by eating the spiciest things possible
Refuses to eat anything with pepper on it, but keeps a shaker for his friends and sister
Nyk and him bond over being unable to tolerate anything hotter than a hot tamale candy
Likes driving
Owns a minivan
Itâs unclear as to why he needs a minivan he just has one
He named it Elliot jr. as a joke once but now no one lets him forget it
Is super ultimate BFFs with Sparrow
Helps her around campus when Nyk and Kade canât
SparrowÂ
Veterinary Medicine Major
Nyk, Kade, and Elliot help her around campus (still blind and thriving)
Owns a parrot named Chirp and guide dog that everyone is 95% sure is just a wolf that Sparrow illegally bought a service animal vest for
No one knows the name of the dog
Sparrow claims that Chirp can talk but only does it in front of her
Sometimes Elliot will also claim that heâs heard Chirp talk but no one can tell if heâs telling the truth or not (Heâs not even sure at this point)
Lesbian ace and is highkey dating RiellaÂ
Elliot pretends it annoys him but secretly heâs thrilled because he adores the both of them (heâd never reveal this but Sparrow knows anyway)
Attends GSA
Brings her animals
Chirp usually just sits on her shoulder, and the dog at her feet
Has super unruly hair
Only a select few are permitted to touch it: Elliot, Riella, and Nyk
Nyk will braid it sometimes, but Sparrow usually likes to have it freeÂ
Roommates with Nyk
Nyk decorated their room super cute, fairylights strung all around it and polaroids on the walls (though I guess she canât see them rip)
Nyk loves Sparrowâs animals, and the animals get a long great with Phyrie (except for one time that Phyrie attacked Chirp but that doesnât happen anymore)
RiellaÂ
Dance Major
Not much is known about Riella but I just thought thisâd be a cool major for her
idk she gives off ballerina vibes for some reason
Sapphic and dating Sparrow
Roommates with Elliot and Kade
All three of them share a bookshelf and love talking about books
They also play video games a lot together
Minecraft is not a competition but do not play with the three of them they will win
They share an ACNH island on the switch they pooled money for
Loves having her hair in french braids
Nyk usually braids it for her before classes
Ig Nyk just braids everyoneâs hair smh
Wears rompers everywhere
Met Kade when a creepy dude approached her on her way to a class and Kade pretended to know her to get her away from the creepy dude
He started walking her to that class just in case and they became friends
Anders
Performing Arts Major
Super dramatic and way into theater
Has been out of the closet for years as genderqueer and pan (Prefers he/him pronouns; heâs used them all his life and heâs used to them)
Goes to GSA club and loves telling obnoxious stories
Has hinted at being in a relationship but no one knows who it is, and the club tries to find out sometimes (Itâs Latham)
Grew up with Latham and they started dating when they were seventeen
Latham isnât out of the closet yet, so he asked Anders to keep it a secret
Anders doesnât mind at all, heâs just happy to be with the boy he loves :)
Was a part of marching band in high school, and still practices his trumpet in his free time
Regularly texts everyone a gross amount of emojisÂ
Latham and him moved in together when they graduated and started going to college
Latham does all the cooking
The last time Anders attempted to cook anything, the pan caught on fire (the cooking pan not Anders) (XDDD) (I think Iâm hilarious)Â
Heâs not allowed to cook anymore
They each have their own beds but usually sleep in the same one when they donât have guests (they are both huge cuddlers) (Anders is the little spoon)
Has a pet snake because he lives to be extra (Itâs a ball python)
(I canât remember what Andersâ phoenix is named so the snake is nameless for now)
Latham
Pre-Law Studies Major
Wants to become a lawyer
Absolutely talks crap about everyone he knows with Anders
Identifies as queer but is closeted
His family are all very religious and anti-LGBTQ+ so heâs scared to come out to them
The only person who knows is Anders
His father in particular scares him
His dad really doesnât approve of Latham being âfriendsâ with Anders, ever since Anders came out publicly
Is decent at cooking (nowhere near as good as Elliot)
Doesnât have a lot of friends
Kind of knows Tristan and Elliot but not really
Has a Pomeranian named Xane
Heâs obsessed w/ little dogsÂ
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loopholes (cont.)
I literally canât even begin to tell you how much everyoneâs support meant to me on the last chapter. All your comments and tags were so sweet, it was seriously the highlight of my day. Iâm sorry for the delay, I meant to get this out a couple of days ago, but Iâve come down with a bad cold. This part, while fun, was so hard to get right. Angus Macgyver is a genius, his mind goes a mile a minute, and I wanted to do my best to replicate that. This part is a little slow in getting to the Macriley stuff, but I wanted to show how much he really thinks about things. Heâs such a complex character, that if I didnât do him justice, I wouldnât be able to forgive myself. Also, thereâs dialogue in this one! Sadly, Jack isnât mentioned in this chapter, but heâs there in spirit. Clearly, we all love and miss him. I hope you guys enjoy, the last part will be out soon! x
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Riley finally moves into her new apartment, but struggles to adjust after the events of Codex and the realization of her feelings for Mac. When Mac finds her passed out over her keyboard after a late night of coding at Phoenix, he decides a talk is long overdue. Just some slightly angsty soft!macriley to help you cope with this season 5 hiatus.
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of lips that i am yet to kiss (and eyes not met my own.)
It's highly unlikely that you'll find Mac walking down the halls of the Phoenix Foundation so late at night. Without the bustling energy of his coworkers fetching important documents or discussing the best way to break down one of the many mysteries the foundation deals with, the darkened hallways and quiet atmosphere can be unnerving.
Sure, he spends nearly every waking hour employed there, but he'd rather be outside the office in different countries, doing hands-on work and saving lives. When you work in his profession, It can be difficult to separate business and pleasure, but that only makes it more importantâif only to conserve what mental health he has left.Â
However, in the haste of putting together last-minute preparations for yet another meeting with the Department of Justice and trying to make it back to his house in time for something Desi whipped up, he managed to forget his cellphone.
It's funny, mainly because of how little the small device truly matters to Mac.
It only goes to show how insignificant material objects, or even human beings in general, are. The idea that something so meaningless can affect someone's life so much when, if they just looked past that obsession and considered its part in the profound scope of the universe, another perspective would take shape.
It's fascinating stuff, really.
There's a concept essential to understanding Japanese aesthetics, otherwise known as an ancient set of ideals important to Japanese society, called Yƫgen. When applied in the right context, Yƫgen underlines this deep awareness of the universe and the experiences we have within it. It's often the feeling interpreted when you gaze at the stars late at night or watch the sunset dip behind a hill.
Mac wouldn't think twice before breaking his phone, or rather, breaking the phone of his nearest friend, open for an obscure part that might make one of his many homemade devices come together. However, when he's the only person able to communicate the scientific specifications of an unheard-of-until-recently base plan for saving the planet, he's practically on call 24/7.
He remembers having it in the labs earlier that day when he stopped by before his meeting to remind Bozer to come by his house on Friday for the team's new weekly attempt in group-bonding.
After the betrayals that surfaced during the climax of taking down Codex, the team collectively decided to spend more time as a group in hopes of eliminating any lingering doubts.Â
They used to hang out all the time before the government dismantled the Phoenix Foundation.
Mac still can't believe that, after everything they had been through, he allowed his friendships to dissipate over the year they had been separate.
Bozer is his childhood best friend, and Riley had become a solid foundation in his life. He didn't have anyone outside his team at Phoenix, and while he deeply cared for Desi, their first relationship was proof that too much timeâand too little communicationâwith each other can do severe damage to one's sanity.
If Russ hadn't brought them back together, would they have tried to reconnect at some point?
Mac wants to say they would have but wouldn't blame them if they didn't; they all lost something they cared about, and each served as a constant reminder of it.
It would've been hard, but part of him feels like living without them is a lot harder.
When he manages to access the lab, flipping his shiny new I.D. card over his fingers and into its place in his wallet, his eyes scan the room. It's empty, which isn't unusual at this time, but years of military training have rewired his brain to notify him of threats, even if there aren't any.
Just like he thought it would be, the device sits untouched a few tables behind Bozer's workspace where Mac had been sitting.
Quickly, because he left the house in a hurry and forgot to leave a note, he scoops up his phone and makes his way towards the exit. There's a couple of missed calls, but it doesn't seem like he missed anything too important.
Not that they would let him.Â
At any rate, they would probably show up on his doorstep if they couldn't get a hold of him. With days off so few and far between, that's the kind of interaction he's hoping to avoid. Hence, why he came to pick up his phone when he realized it was missing instead of waiting until the next day.
He's nearly made it to the end of the hall when a light flashes in his peripheral vision, coming from the I.T. department.
His body is tense with apprehension; his mind races with several different kinds of possibilities and outcomes. He slows his pace, his movements fluid, silent, and controlled from years of stealth practice.
The light is soft, he notices, as if only one or two monitors are in use.
When he gets to the doorway and nudges open the door, hands at the ready, his entire body sags in relief to see the dark wavy hair he's come to associate with one of his closest friends.
"Riles?"
The nickname falls from his mouth before he can stop it, and even though the light from the monitor creates a halo above her head, shadowing her features, it's unmistakably her.
She doesn't move.Â
It becomes abundantly clear why as Mac moves towards her and notices the monitor's screen filling up with a sequence of letters that look nothing like coding despite his lack of knowledge in programming languages.
Her elbow balances precariously on the edge of the table, her arms creating a makeshift pillow for her head. The weight of her forearm bears down on the keyboard, causing the side of her hand to press down multiple keys at once.
He shakes his head a little, amused by the situation unfolding.Â
Her cheek rests comfortably on her hand, a serene expression masking the signs of exhaustion that showed on her face.
Mac's lips curved into a soft smile, seeing Riley in any state that wasn't cloaked in layers of worry or anxious determination always washed away any doubts he might have about working in such a stressful field.
The scars that covered his body, the secrets he has to keep, and the pain he has to endure are so unbelievably worth it as long as she out of harm's way and able to sleep peacefully.
Of course, he couldn't imagine anyone else by his side on a mission, knowing they share the same love and passion for kicking ass and saving lives.
However, he also knows that more lies underneath the surface.
He wouldn't wish the hardships of this job on anyone. Seeing it affect someone he cares about, watching it break them down slowly pulls at his heartstrings and fills him with a knowing sadness.Â
When a piece of hair falls into her face, his fingers don't hesitate to gently brush it behind her ear, lightly tracing her cheekbone and caressing her cheek.
Kneeling, his hand drops to her shoulder in an attempt to gently wake her.
After a couple of shakes, the expressive brown eyes he's come to look forward to seeing begin to flutter open and nearly render him speechless.
She blinks a couple of times, inhaling slowly, "Macgyver."
Her voice is full of sleep and breaks from misuse, but the way she says his nameâlike there's nobody else she'd expect to see when she wakes up âhas him grinning from ear to ear.
"Good morning, sleepyhead."
Rising from her position on the table, she scans the room before meeting his eyes and scoffing, "It's hardly the morning."
He laughs softly, holding back the urge to mention that technically it is morning considering its past twelve. Instead, he focuses on the matter at hand, or more likely, the question at hand.
"What are you doing here so late?"
She's more alert now, sitting back in her chair and lifting her arms to stretch out the muscles that stiffened while she slept, glancing at her work on the monitor.
Her face drops into a grimace when she notices her mistake, "Matty and I were talking about updating the foundation's firewall and spyware," she yawns, "I must have been more tired than I realized."
Mac's eyebrows scrunch in thought, remembering something Bozer said earlier about Riley spending quite a few nights this week working late.
Between going over his mother's scientific data, trying to patch up whatever relationship he had left with Desi, and making sure he didn't go off the rails with grief, his effort to check in on everyone decreased significantly.
"Yeah, you've been doing that a lot lately," his hand returned to her shoulder to emphasize his point, "Everything okay?"
She waves him off, "There's too much work that needs to be done around here before we can get things running the way they used to."
Riley doesn't lie to himâif you overlook the whole situation with her ex, Aubrey, that is, but the movements she's making indicate otherwise.
Her eyes refuse to meet his, flickering down and to the right. When she talks, her head shakes lightly, and she purses her lips in an attempt to give off a careless impression. Maybe someone who doesn't know her or didn't train to pick up on it would believe her, but he knew better.
She was definitely hiding something from him.
Part of him understands that if she wanted to talk about it, she would. However, his instincts urge him to press harder, locate the problem, and bring back her contagious smile that always seems to fill him with warmth.
As much as he doesn't want to admit it, you can't patch some things together by sheer will and sellotape, so instead, he stands up and drops his hand from her shoulder.
"Let's get you home."
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Old School X is a project interviewing X-Files fanfic authors who were posting fic during the original run of the show. New interviews are posted every Tuesday.
Interview with MaybeAmanda
MaybeAmanda has been a longtime participant in X-files fandom. She has 29 stories at Gossamer, the earliest being archived there in 1998 and the latest in 2012. I've recced some of my favorites of her stories here before, including "Malus Genus" and "Snow in Alabama." Big thanks to MaybeAmanda for doing this interview.
Does it surprise you that people are still interested in reading your X-Files fanfics and others that were posted during the original run of the show (1993-2002)?
It does, in a way. Â The feedback I get nowadays is either of the "I read this like 20 years ago and I just read it again" variety or the "I was too young back in the day but I have been watching the show in reruns/on XYZ streaming service/on the full-series of DVDs I got for $3 from the thrift store and I was THRILLED to discover fanfiction was being written even in the Dark Ages!" So it's a bit of a surprise, but it's a pleasant one. I answer every mail/comment because my mama raised me right!
What do you think of when you think about your X-Files fandom experience? What did you take away from it?
It was great. It was fun. It was educational. It was a godsend. Even with the occasional bouts of back-stabbing and flame-throwing, it was mainly a welcoming, inclusive place to be. I made so many online friends who have turned into meat-friends (do they still call them that? Probably not). Â During the first run of the show I had small children and we had relocated for my husband's job. Â I had very little social life, but the fandom gave me a chance to meet and connect with people who liked what I liked. Then I discovered online fanfic, and it was even better!
Social media didn't really exist during the show's original run. How were you most involved with the X-Files online (atxc, message board, email mailing list, etc.)?
ATXC I think. Â A lot of email lists - 5 or 6 or 7 or so over the years. Gossamer, of course, Ephemeral when that came into being. Â Haven discussion boards. My own websites.
What did you take away from your experience with X-Files fic or with the fandom in general?
More than anything? Â I am a fangirl.
What was it that got you hooked on the X-Files as a show?
I have always been partial to sci-fi and speculative fiction, but it rarely makes it to the screen - large or small - without being trite, clichéd, or just plain bad. It's easy to forget that The X-Files was groundbreaking - smart, scary, funny, insightful, intriguing, complex plots, on-going mythology. It looked great. It sounded great. David Duchovny was pleasant to look at, too, and damn! Gillian Anderson is/was one hell of an actress.
What got you involved with X-Files fanfic?
I found XF fanfic - somehow - probably by accident, or by way of a recommendation - and it blew my mind. Â I had written fanfic (of a sort) with my friends in highschool, so I was familiar with the beast, but to find what amounted to excellent story after excellent story for free within (relatively) easy reach (because dial-up, right?) written by people who, for the most part, were thrilled you read their story and were happy to talk to you about it, about writing in general, about your shared obsession - that was amazing. As I am sitting here typing this I am feeling that thrill again - discovering Karen Rasch, Madeliene Partous, Paula Graves [Lilydale note: AKA Anne Haynes], Sheryl Martin and all the other early BNFs was, well, the only word is exciting. I felt like I was a member of a secret society and that I was sitting at the popular kids lunch table, all at once. (Don't forget, in the early days, shippers were considered delusional outliers - seriously!)
What is your relationship like now to X-Files fandom?
Good? Â It's not as lively a place as it once was, but I haven't renounced my citizenship or anything. If I get a rec, I check it out. I know there are those who like to pretend they never had anything to do with the fandom, but why? I am still a proud XPhile.
Were you involved with any fandoms after the X-Files? If so, what was it like compared to X-Files?
Angel (a teeny tiny bit) while XF was still running, but those fans were - I don't know the word. Â Hardcore does not begin to do it justice. I wrote two short pieces at a friend's request then backed away slowly. Sherlock (a bit) - it is/was very LJ centred and that made it hard to find things. A lot of it moved to tumblr which made it harder, then to twitter, which - no. Â I was involved in one of the less fashionable facets of the Sherlock fandom, so I was really a fringe-dweller there, too. It seemed clique-ier than XF, and they all seemed so young, and they all knew EVERYTHING about everything, and every damned thing was political, and, and, and... GET OFF MY LAWN!
But maybe I am remembering the XF fandom wrong. ;)
Who are some of your favorite fictional characters? Why?
Like, all fiction? Mulder and Scully for sure. Arthur Dent. Sherlock Holmes in most of his incarnations. Spock. Winnie the Pooh. Why do I like them? Â They speak to me, I guess.
Do you ever still watch The X-Files or think about Mulder and Scully?
I haven't watched an episode in probably two years (back when it was on regular tv). Â Yeah, I think about them surprisingly often. Â Story ideas, weirdly.
Do you ever still read X-Files fic?
I finished re-reading The Iolokus Series a couple of weeks back, so yes. Â It's excellent comfort reading.
Do you have any favorite X-Files fanfic stories or authors?
Lots! But as far as authors go, I hate playing favourites. I will miss someone I shouldn't and feel like crap. Â The Iolokus Series by MustangSally and Rivka T. is probably my all-time favourite fic because it's so very well-written, and so very fucked-up. Kipler's Strangers and the Strange Dead is also terrifically well-written and clever. For complex, interesting case files, you canât beat syntax6 - pick any of them.
What is your favorite of your own fics, X-Files and/or otherwise?
Oh geez. Seriously? I wrote a lot of collaborations and I love them - and my co-authors - all! Â Stuff I wrote on my own: Anniversary Waltz (first XF fic I wrote so it's sentimental.) Or Blue Patches. Or Epiphany. Or The Gifts of the Magi (On a Kaiser Roll). Or 221XF. Â Gonna stop now.
Do you think you'll ever write another X-Files story?
Every time I thought I wouldn't, I did. I would never say never.
Or dust off and post an oldie that for whatever reason never made it online?
Nothing finished ever went un-posted. All the unfinished stuff remains unfinished.
Do you still write fic now?
Haven't for a while, but it's not as if I have said "I SHALL NEVER WRITE FANFIC AGAIN!" I just have nothing in the works at this moment.
Where do you get ideas for stories?
With fic, it's usually from canon - some question unanswered, some road unexplored, some "what if?" that needs iffing. Â With "original" fiction, damned if I know. Â A snippet of overheard conversation, an interesting photo, something a random story generator spit out at me. Â Sometimes things just click.
What's the story behind your pen name?
Okay so...many years ago I was on a (smallish) fic list with a friend.  There was a challenge posted - a bad fic challenge. We knew we could write some truly bad fic if we really tried.  One of the rules of the challenge was to post under an assumed name so no one would know who they were voting for. Well, my friend and I wrote something truly, painfully horrid and we were very proud of its ghastliness, so were brainstorming possible pseudonyms. She hated everything but had no real suggestions of her own.  I knew that she was a bit of a Trekkie (like me) and I said - What about Amanda Greyson and Joanna McCoy?  And she said  - What?? Huh?? Why?? And I said - Spock's mother and McCoy's daughter and she replied, "Maybe Amanda is Spock's mother but on Star Trek there is not a Joanna." By this point, I was SO DONE, and I became MaybeAmanda and she became NotJoanna. Really.
Do your friends and family know about your fic and, if so, what have been their reactions?
It took years for me to admit it, but yeah, they know. Â They didn't entirely get it. Â The reactions I most often got were:
"Ew! You write stuff without being forced?? Ew!!"
or:
"Is it smut? I bet it's just smut. You write smut, don't you? Pure filth, right? I can't believe you are wasting your time writing pornography! That's disgusting! You sicken me! Um, can I read some of it?"
And of course:
"If you are going to write anyway, why don't you get published and become fabulously wealthy?"
which is really two questions, neither of which is easily answerable.
Anyone who tracked my work down (because I told them I wrote, but not my pseudonym) usually said something like, "Hey! You're an okay/passable/decent writer! Why don't you get published and become fabulously wealthy?"
Yeah.
Is there a place online (tumblr, twitter, AO3, etc.) where people can find you and/or your stories now?
Same old email (maybe_a@rocketmail_dot_com). Gossamer, my site, my LJ and probably some other places. Â I can't lie - it's a bit scattered.
(Posted by Lilydale on August 4, 2020)
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character ask: kagami, momoi, alex and himuro đđđ
!!! omg thank u Ceru! u might be one of my favorite mutuals <33 (putting this under a read more just so I can speak at lengths about each individual character)
Why I like Kagami: this is where I sarcastically ask âwhy DONâT i like himâ but thatâs literally the next question so; heâs everything i want to be and more. He has the determination and the willpower to make his own dreams come true, heâs gay as shit, heâs tall and buff and well-adjusted, mature enough to live on his own at an annoyingly young age, heâs funny and dumb and a total himbo as well as an excellent advisor bc of how grounded he is.
Why I donât: Iâm... not really good with explosive people. Violent men with loud voices especially scare me, and Iâd think Iâd flinch around him a lot and that would make me rlly anxious.
Favorite episode: itâs a toss-up between the Seirin fam visiting his place for the first time (is it where Kuroko confesses his love to him and then passes out in his arms? idk), and the onsen episode. I also loved all his plays against Kise and Aomine. AND the training camp w him running a lot in the sand.
Favorite season/movie: season 2 probably because heâs not a jerk anymore, but heâs still on his way to shed off any asshole behavior stuck to him. And I actually liked Last Game?
Favorite line: âThereâs no such thing as useless effort.â and âThis is our drama and we write the plot.â because heâs so ridiculous.
Favorite outfit: all of his casual fits... comfy but manly is my Jam
OTP: AoKaga....theyâre truly soulmates, star-crossed lovers, canonically brought together by fate.
Brotp/otp no. 2: KagaKuro, I love them
Head Canon: I have several collections because I think too much about this boy, but hereâs something I think about his family: he doesnât know what happened to his mom. He never asked, because it wasnât relevant, and he didnât want to inconvenience his dad by questioning him. Occasionally, as a kid he felt like he was missing out on something (seeing other kids with their moms, feeling like theyâre being treated with much more gentle care because they have moms), but as he grew older he realized that nurturing behavior shouldnât have been limited to only a mother, and that he was just straight up neglected without any regards to missing a parent in his life.
Unpopular opinion: I never realized this was an unpopular opinion but Iâm glad he went back to America at the end of Last Game. Obviously, itâs sad that he had to separate from the others, but I felt like Japanese basketball has always been just a stepping point to him, and now that heâd beat the best of them, it was time to move on. And it also warms my heart that him getting scouted in the US gave Aomine hope to aim big, too. I felt like both of them wouldâve felt trapped in Japan with their skill sets.
A wish: I want him to be happy and gay and to confront Himuro and tell him how hurt he was by how he treated him and probably do the same to his dad too
An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: ....whatever Iâd say Shinsun has probably written it/will write it, but I donât want him to forget about the GoM just because he becomes a world-famous athlete.
5 words to best describe them: sweet child with anger issues
My nickname for them: not mine (itâs Syphaâs) but âKagsâ, Kagami, Tigerboy, Kagababe, Baby
Why I like Momoi: she is SO nurturing and sweet and she cares so much about her boys!! Iâm sorry it always turns into âhow they remind me of myselfâ but actually I get feeling like a background character and being the moral/emotional/physical support of those who are more talented or in any way better than you. I feel a strange kind of kinship with her and also,,, feminine girls make my heart stop, and it doesnât get more feminine than Momoi. Added: Aomine aside, the Touou team wouldnât worth shit without her skills tbh, and sheâs not in any way less than the GoM. Also, I appreciate her being the one person to try to keep their friend group together.
Why I donât: Analytical People Scare me like!! how do u know stuff people are Unknowable!! I usually am also irked by her pointing out Rikoâs breast size but I can just pretend thatâs in a gay way (maybe Momoi likes girls with small boobs and sheâs just bad at flirting) (also I donât exactly liked her calling Aomine a âganguroâ but I have too little knowledge on the use of this word to say exactly why)
Favorite episode (scene if movie): uh the one where Aomine made her cry? It really came through how much love she actually has for her friends at that one.
Favorite season/movie: she was great in all of them!!
Favorite line: I canât remember the exact quote and Google isnât really helpful either but the one where she made Kuroko promise theyâll always play together or something? Or that theyâre gonna beat Aomine?? idk?
Favorite outfit: I like all of them but mostly I just appreciate her wearing so many hoodies, she looks so cute in them
OTP / Brotp: itâs both AoMomo. I feel like the have the most special and strongest bond in the entire series.
Head Canon: Sheâs never been shown to do, but I feel like she wears Aomineâs clothes a Lot. Also, they definitely have sleepovers To This Day.
Unpopular opinion: Momoi is good at basketball and she loves playing!!! But try being successful in it when ur opponents are Giants and Way More Buff than you are
A wish: I wish people appreciated her more!! Both in fandom and in canon. Sheâs an amazing person and she has her own skills and strengths that are rarely explored or even mentioned anywhere.
An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: her falling out with her boys ;-; I do not want that
5 words to best describe them: strawberry sweetheart to steal ur heart
My nickname for them: Satsuki :> I feel like itâs a little too much to call characters on their first names sometimes but hers is so cute I canât
Why I like Alex: yet again another woman with an extensive skill set. I love her persistence and again I appreciate getting disillusioned and finding your way back to the thing you love. Also itâs just sweet that she did that by teaching (again, something I can relate to)
Why I donât: the whole âkissing childrenâ thing rubbed me the wrong way but again, just like Momoiâs obsession with comparing breast sizes, itâs just bad/sexist writing from Fujimaki probably
Favorite episode (scene if movie): adshg any and all where she expressed that Himuro and Kagami are equally important to her <33 that shit makes my heart burst
Favorite season/movie: she only appears towards the end of s2 and in s3 so... I guess s3?
Favorite line: its so Bad that u literally canât find the iconic quotes of these iconic ladies anywhere but... her story on finding her passion again through teaching kids, and anytime she mentions her fondness of Kagami and Himuro.
Favorite outfit: her iconic olive green coat with the short red shorts... wtf was that I loved it.
OTP: she doesnât really interact with people her age but Iâve heard sheâs shipped with Masako Araki and Iâve seen some seriously good fanarts and like... Yes Good Iâd Love To See It
Brotp: I feel like her and Himuro would be that sassy pair that Kagami tries and fails to contain and they get into all sorts of weird, absurd situations asdjs what Iâm trying to say is Kagami has to bail them out of jail from time to time
Head Canon: fck me if Iâm wrong but sheâs the lesbian single mom of the two gay kids she reluctantly adopted from the streets
Unpopular opinion: itâs more like another headcanon, but she can dunk and she taught Kagami how to do it.
A wish: Iâd love her to coach the Seirin fam more!! Pls let her be part of her childrenâs lives (she could also judge streetball games between the goms it would be fun)
An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: anything about her being romantically involved with her pupils makes me.................no
5 words to best describe them: Beautiful Beach Blonde Basketball....goddess
My nickname for them: Alex!! sometimes An Icon
Why I like Himuro: em dash Asdgsdj Iâm joking, Iâm becoming more and more fond of the boy. Once I realized that he shouldnât have been the âbigger personâ in that situation and one year doesnât really mean much when youâre that young and that hurt, I realized heâs actually a good and hard-working kid and Iâm sorry for giving him so much shade. Also I really like his snark and sass, but that might not even be canon at this point tbh
Why I donât: Iâm still sort of irked by him beating down on Kagami because he was envious/mad, but I realized the aspect of that situation that Really got to me was how devoted Kagami still was to him after all that. That devotion was what felt toxic, nothing that Himuro actually did to him.
Favorite episode (scene if movie): the time they met up w Kagami just to exchange a dramatic socially distancing bro fist and a few encouraging words.... gays be Like That
Favorite season/movie: I really didnât mind s3 Himuro
Favorite line: apparently heâs said some iconic stuff that I donât remember (and my sources donât seem really legit) but Iâm gonna say âletâs see you become number 1, broâ because again, thatâs just so ridiculous and endearing. On one hand he really went from loathing Kagami to rooting for him and wanting him to reach his full potential and on the other, honey ur like 17 stop speaking like That
Favorite outfit: his knitted V-neck sweaters and the black coat with the white fur.... boyâs got all the fashion sense thatâs missing from Kagami
OTP: can I say.....AoHimu asdfh I ship 3/4 of these characters with Aomine what does that say about me
Brotp: KagaHimu. They can be sweet, but Iâve only ever seen Jake write them really well
Head Canon: Iâve been entertaining the idea of....trans Himuro.....
Unpopular opinion: everyone thinks that Kagami is the violent kid and Himuro is the chill, sweet child whoâs somehow wound up with this mess of a fiery tiger, but itâs actually Himuro who taught Kagami how to fight and Kagami learned quite a lot of aggression from him
A wish: I feel like Himuro shouldâve gotten a separate episode to explore his thoughts, feelings and past. He had so much potential as a character Is2g
An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: him quitting basketball would fucking destroy me. Iâd be devastated for others too, but it would really pull on my heartstrings if he just dropped the only thing heâs been so passionate about.
5 words to best describe them: gender-non-conforming emo child
My nickname for them: Himu, Tatsuya, Tatsu
#ask and i shall answer#izukillme#himuro tatsuya#alex garcia#momoi satsuki#kagami taiga#this is long as fuck#also happy birthday himuro??!!!!!
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hereâs why Thieves in Time is a bad game
before yâall try it, i just want to say that iâll be as unapologetically petty and sarcastic as i want and fucking rip this game to shreds. yes, this is how iâve spent my days since Thieves in Time came out. sitting alone in my room, staring at the wall, crying and complaining. because it has since been my lifeâs aim and dream to think about it every day, state the negative things about it, and become an evil essay witch on this half-dead website. *evil laugh*
Story:
References: i want to start with the smallest problem, but one that annoys me to this day. in the original trilogy, there werenât a lot of references but the ones that were included were meticulously researched and well thought-out (iâm specifically referring to that Neil Diamond Carmelita vinyl gag, but canât find the original post). the references in Thieves in Time however, were obviously just the creatorsâ interests. Turning Japanese, Clan of the Cave Bear and Bentleyâs âhacksonaâ presented as Rambo just scream 1980s (which iâm assuming is the decade the creators grew up in), and Of Mice and Men is classic literature about the Great Depression, which subsequently started being taught in school in the US during the 1980s. it feels like the creators just went âletâs discuss what our lives had in common during our teen years and put that inâ instead of researching it first. and, hereâs the thing: when youâre adding references, in order to make them funny or interesting, they have to fit in with the property or the character thatâs connected to them in some way. Don Octavio was an opera aficionado so his episodeâs title card pays homage to the Phantom of the Opera, young Muggshot was influenced by the movie âThe Dogfatherâ because heâs a gangster, etc. these were funny because they were so spot-on with these characters. if every character in the Sly Cooper universe references the same type of stuff (from the 1980s) and shares the same interests, itâs just claustrophobic and uninteresting. iâm pretty sure iâm not the only one who had to look up these ultra-hetero, scrotum references when the game came out. thatâs because they were specifically tailored to be funny to them, and not their target demographic which were kids in 2013.
Narrative: now that we got that out of the way, letâs look at the narrative. at the end of Sly 3, Bentley says heâs building a time machine. Sanzaru took that joke and decided to run with it as the premise for their game. ok, not the best idea, but i get it - youâre literally picking up where the last game left off. since all the storylines were wrapped up, they couldâve done something different like Slyâs kids or Bentley and Murrayâs families, but this isnât an essay about suggestions so...... time travel (i want to say that itâs, again, an 80s reference but whatever) was pretty âout thereâ in 2013. i mean, even Plants vs Zombies 2, which was released that year, had to do with time travel (yes, iâm referencing an app). but Sanzaru had the advantage of applying this premise onto already established mythos and lore. the story had definite potential: someone is threatening Slyâs lineage so he has to travel back in time to save the day. the player would get to explore new locations and iconic eras in history, and, of course, the main selling point: playable ancestors. how could you screw that up? welp.... letâs think about the plot holes here for a sec. Bentleyâs device would take the gang back in time when given an item from the specific era. stop. this right here is called âover-complicatingâ. how did they know the items would take them directly to the point where the specific ancestor was in danger? the Feudal Japan period lasted for 700 years: how did the machine know when and where to drop them off? and if the gang could return to the present at any time, why didnât they do so when they were in trouble? oh right, the machine was broken. so how did they return the baddies to the present after they defeated them? i mean, why did they use the Grizzâs crown to travel to Medieval England if they went back to the present to drop him off to Interpol first? and on that note, how did they drop the baddies off to jail without getting caught and without Carmelita being around? i can already hear you thinking but these are total details that arenât important, you jerk! well, yea, they truly are details and i truly am overthinking it. and yes, i truly am a jerk. but let me tell you something: when Sanzaru chose to make a new Sly game, did they not think âoh weâll have to follow up Sly 2 and Sly 3âČs storiesâ which were well thought-out narratives with depth and various themes and didnât have huge plot holes (as seen by my analysis through the episode project) ???? and did they also not think that their game would come out eight years after the last one, having expectations at an all-time high???? yea, thatâs what i thought.
Characters: iâll make a different section for Sucker Punchâs characters, so this is for Sanzaruâs original ones. name one iconic original character from Thieves in Time. iâll wait... nope. not one. thatâs because all of them were absolute shit. and hereâs where i want to touch upon Sanzaruâs over-reliance on the trilogy. Ms Decibel (perhaps the most obvious copy) is a mix between Don Octavio, Miz Ruby, and the Contessa. El Jefe is Rajan if he went to the gym. Toothpick has Sir Raleighâs temper and tendency to grow in size. and the Grizz is... whatever the fuck he is. (donât worry i didnât forget Le Paradox and Bob). thereâs a difference between studying & creating similar characters and blatantly plagiarizing older characters because you lack the creativity. oh, boo-hoo this evil jerkâs telling it how it is. this set of villains is so lacklustre, i donât even know where to begin. El Jefe is a tiger, even though weâve already had two major tiger villains and one tiger flashlight guard. ok. Rajan could summon lightning because of the Clockwerk heart but El Jefe can do the same, how exactly? Toothpick is an armadillo (good) from Russia (better) with an obsession with the West (excellent) who can also grow huge (very bad). itâs never explained how or why. why?????? just tell me why. i want to know. i really want to know. Ms Decibel is an elephant who got into a tragic accident which left her with the power of hypnosis. music and hypnosis have already been done, but ok, iâll give you the benefit of the doubt. so how do we use this character? spend the entirety of her screen time making jokes about... wait for it... her weight !!! this is top-notch comedy... really? like... really? the creatorsâ humor is a crime, at best. fart jokes and fat jokes all around. oh, and then thereâs the Grizz. what the fuck where they thinking? just, what the fuck. i guess the guys at Sanzaru thought black people speak in rap? is that it? apart from it being extremely offensive, itâs also a blatant copy of Dimitriâs backstory. like, his introductory cutscene even has his paintings thrown at him and into the trash, like the intro cutscene for The Black Chateau. honestly, all of these villains caused me several types of pain, but not as much as...
Bob & Le Paradox: the absolute worst. i can just imagine the meeting going something like this: Slyâs ancestors are awesome! i wish we could fit them all in the game... hereâs an amazing idea! what if we use one of the gameâs few levels to introduce a brand new ancestor! yea! letâs make him dumb as fuck, strip him of any athletic prowess, and retcon the entire lineage by having him be the first Cooper ever! the kids will love a prehistoric level! ..... could you kindly point out where and when did ANYONE ask for this? i remember @ironicsnapâ saying something like the game is good until Bob. no, it was already bad - Bob just lowered the standard. like, a lot. people love Murray and his gameplay is neat, but no one ever thought âoh i wish we had a Cooper character with Murrayâs game styleâ. why would they waste the opportunity to bring in Henriette, Thaddeus, Otto, literally any ancestor? why??? but they went ahead and created their own Cooper, and that wasnât even the end of it. they had to make him dumb. they had to make him unbearable. they had to ruin the Cooper ancestry by adding this mess to the lineage. Sucker Punch made sure that all the ancestors were unique, but at the same time made all of them suave and funny and slick and you wish you could be them! well, fuck that. also, his name is Bob. Bob Cooper. itâs been 7 fucking years and i still canât wrap my head around it.... so now, letâs talk about Le Paradox. i donât have to mention the previous main villains, but i will. Clockwerk killed Slyâs ancestors and father, and was seemingly an eternal threat. Neyla was a psychopath who fooled everyone on her journey to becoming immortal by resurrecting Clockwerk. Dr M opened up the possibility for Slyâs dad to be a jerk instead of a hero, and died trying to unlock the Coopersâ legacy. how does Le Paradox compare? well, heâs a sleazebag skunk who was mad because of his dadâs downfall to the Coopers. thatâs it. no twist, no depth, no clever dialogue. nothing. thereâs nothing there. this is a new character, unfamiliar to everyone, who was hyped up for 5 levels and defeated in the conclusion. why was he a match for Sly? i donât know. how did he fight for his life and ultimately tricked Sly into helping him? i donât know. how the hell did he kidnap Carmelita? i donât know. was it the power of persuasion? no, heâs revolting. so i literally donât know. thereâs no backstory, no fleshing-out the character, nothing. all weâre given to work with is a brief info-dump about his dad and how he escaped prison. i donât know what else to say apart from how big a humiliation this was for Sanzaru and their team of writers. you had 8 years to work on something and this is what you came up with? anything would be better. anything would best this utter clichĂ© of a villain, a distasteful misogynist, crybaby, idiot with an accent. literally anything.
Arcs & Themes: letâs take a look at the formulaic subplots for the gangâs members. apart from dealing with Le Paradox, everyone had a small arc. Sly had to deal with his break-up with Carmelita. Bentley had to deal with his break-up with Penelope. Murray had to deal with playing second fiddle to Bob. Carmelita was a damsel in distress and sex bait for the ancestors. the ancestors had their own mini storylines along with reacting to Slyâs presence. there you have it. i summarised it all for you, nice and neatly. are there any themes like in the previous games? nope. i promise you iâm not lying when i say that i tried hard to come up with something, even some speck of a detail i could use to over-analyse the story and come up with some ideas on themes. nothing. there are no themes. the subplots are character-driven and the player gives it 0 emotional investment. there is nothing to analyse, nothing to talk about. maybe even a theme for each level, like a spooky level or something? nope. the levels are dependent on eras and historical periods. the variation here is ok. Feudal Japan, Wild West, Prehistoric Australia, Medieval England and Ancient Arabia - pretty good selection. iâll give them credit for it. but thatâs it. due to the absence of themes, the hubs feel empty. thereâs no replayability factor. after you collect the bottles and masks and treasures, thereâs nothing. i would spend hours revisiting the trilogyâs hubs, just roaming around. the hubs here are huge and empty. thereâs nothing to reminisce about. nothing to recall. oh thatâs where this mission went down. no, nothing like that. the aforementioned subplots are resolved during mission cutscenes and then theyâre gone. you donât have to explore spooky Prague alone as Bentley to have him overcome his fears, you donât have to find out miners abducted Murrayâs beloved Guru and search the Australian outback for him, you donât have to hold back your tears when youâve reached the end of the Cooper Vault and Sly asks his dad for help. nothing.
Gameplay:
Controls: as soon as i laid my hands on the controller the first time i played the game, that fateful afternoon, i knew something was up. Sly would respond 1 second late after you pushed something on the controller. it felt clunky, is what iâm trying to say or, as my sister put it, it felt heavy. and she was right. the controls were clunky and heavy and didnât feel light, like playing as a thief should feel. i donât know shit about game mechanics but this definitely didnât feel right. the hubs are also chunky in design, the cliffs are huge and so cyclical or hexagonal, that when you parachute your way to them and are just an inch close, Sly will automatically just drop because he canât grab onto them. running as Sly doesnât feel fast, silently obliterating guards from behind feels slow, and swinging, grabbing, pickpocketting, and hanging arenât fun anymore. presentation-wise, @designraccoonâ goes into detail here, in an absolute gem of a post. in short, the gameplay animations make Sly look less sneaky. Sanzaru didnât even consider a thiefâs movements.
Missions: why the fuck would you remove the playerâs option to choose between which mission to do first? why would you do that? the game lays out what goes first, sometimes having only one mission available in the hub. and the missions arenât even enjoyable. firstly, the loading screens take up to 5 minutes, maybe even 7-8. secondly, thereâs hacking every 2 missions. the missions donât have any dialogue to make them fun, lack in interesting puzzles, what more can i say? theyâre overly easy and lack any challenge whatsoever. at least thereâs variation in gameplay (hacking, RC car, fishing, costumes, ancestors, turret etc.) but because of the controls, even these get tiresome. the missions are solely there to progress the story and thatâs why the operations are merely âstorm the main baddieâ. the trilogy had some pretty interesting missions which made sure to complete jobs required to take down the big bad. e.g. kidnap General Clawfoot to take down the security, hack Contessaâs computer to make sure Carmelita will be freed, steal voices to tempt Neyla, and then take down the Contessa. the missions in Thieves in Time lack substance and variety. and the hacking (all three styles) sucks.
Collectibles: hereâs another fantastic idea: have players collect costumes in order to collect bottles in order to collect treasures in order to collect masks in order to unlock funky Sanzaru logo-themed merch! what was the reason for the collectibles? in previous games, collecting all bottles would unlock special abilities. that was it. itâs the same thing here too, but thereâs less incentive? i mean when you have to collect 1000 things, whatâs the point? the treasures are random and very few are references to the trilogy, so whatever. and the masks unlock... superhero costumes for what reason exactly? oh, and then thereâs also the achievements for your Playstation account, like âopen the map in every single location you visitâ. what fun! if the reason for collecting the treasures is to play godawful hacking minigames in order to get masks, whatâs the point? decorate your paraglider with the Sanzaru logo? or have Bentley dress up as discount Robocop? i mean including masks in the interior locations was cool, but the bottles were always supposed to be something you could do whenever your soul desired. sometimes i left them last before the operation, sometimes i collected them before the first mission. so i was pissed when i found out that, in some cases, you had to unlock the episodeâs costume in order to get the all the bottles. so, fuck off.
Animation: iâll keep this short. the animation was terrible. do you remember that tumblr blog from a while back, where she dedicated the posts to pointing out the mistakes in the animated cutscenes? yeah. point is, there were lots of them. the animation style was bad, the character design was ugly, the charactersâ movements were unnatural. everything about it was shit. looking past the bad decision to drop the trilogyâs comicbook-style animated cutscenes, couldnât they have hired someone better? someone with more experience? their concept art was awesome. couldnât they hire that guy and have it be comicbook style if he wasnât trained in animation?
Legacy:
The Players: let me ask a genuine question: who was this game made for? kids growing up in 2013? maybe so. because it feels like Sanzaru didnât even consider the fans of the trilogy. actually, it felt like a huge fuck you. Sucker Punch made their trilogy for whoever. there were great stuff for kids, but adults would pick up and appreciate the references, the real-life setting (e.g. tobacco use, existence of nightclubs, spice instead of drugs, etc.). thatâs why all three games are timeless classics. judging by Thieves in Timeâs humor, the game wasnât targeted for adults. so, it doesnât make sense to use an already established property, beloved by its fans, to attract a new audience consisting of nine year-olds whoâd laugh at Murray dressing up as a woman. if they really wanted to appeal to the fans of the original, why retcon everything? why change who the first Cooper was? when the gangâs stranded in Saudi Arabia, why have Sly say âi couldn't remember a time since we've teamed up that we felt so defeatedâ? the gangâs been in way deeper shit before. why the âSlyâs dad vs Le Paradoxâs dadâ deus ex machina? Slyâs dad wasnât famous because of stealing the worldâs largest diamond, what the fuck are you even talking about? do the guys at Sanzaru have such big egos and bravado that they needed to change the original gamesâ lore? were they so preoccupied with leaving their signature on a property which was never their own? i donât know who needs to read this, but iâm stating FACTS.
Characters: now letâs talk about Sanzaruâs treatment of the Cooper gang and the ancestors (female characters will get their own section). why would you change the characters like that? if it wasnât for the voice acting, iâd say this is a completely different Cooper gang. thereâs no wise-cracking band of best friends, going on heists and being proud of their brotherhood and bond. all that is replaced with the formulaic story arcs for each member. the trilogyâs cutscenes and dialogues made sure to establish how Sly, Bentley and Murray have lived together since they met at the orphanage, play videogames all day and order chinese food and pizza and whatever. through missions and their adventures, they face obstacles they have to overcome as a gang, and when Sly 3 came around, their friendship was put to the ultimate test when they almost disbanded. Thieves in Time was too lazy to add to this. Sanzaru thought âoh the trilogy showed how theyâre best friends so we might as well have them focus on their own stories separatelyâ and if this is truly the case then i ask again: who was this game made for? because new fans would never know how tight the gang was just by playing Thieves in Time. thereâs a lack of genuine friendship moments. like, what happened when Sly came back after faking his amnesia? thatâs completely ignored. whereâs the witty banter? the âwizard & sitting duckâ type of jokes? nothing of the sort. what we get is fart jokes and Murray wanting to dress up as a woman. on that note, what was that all about? ok, have him dress up as a geisha to get in. fine. have El Jefe slap his ass, have him perform in a painfully lengthy dance sequence, have him dress like that during the rest of the episode, and then have him be persistent about getting the belly-dancing gig? the hell? Murray was always kinda goofy but this just feels kinda homophobic? it feels dragged out and unfunny. and then thereâs the ancestors. i said it once before and iâll say it again, Sanzaru deprived me of a buff Arab daddy Salim Al Kupar and gave us that elderly shit instead. all jokes aside, the redesigns were uninteresting. why take away Tennessee Kidâs facial hair and give it to Galleth? i legitimately think all the ancestors were boring. i mean, their gameplay was cool, especially Tennessee Kidâs guns, but in terms of character, they were just some dudes. did they believe that Sly was their descendant from the future? maybe. did they care? nope. they all had the same storyline of dealing with Slyâs arrival, flirting with Carmelita and getting their canes stolen. that was it. the fans waited for so long to get even a glimpse of the ancestors in action, and Sanzaru downplayed all of them. they reduced them to useless idiots too occupied with women and food, incapable of getting their canes back from stupid Le Paradox. and they didnât even stick to the lore. no maâam. letâs make Rioichi the inventor of sushi !! because that makes total sense and would defo fit in with the character and the property! why. just, why. you were handed the lore !!! you were given all this rich backstory and you threw it all away to replace it with trash !!! complete trash.
Changes & Inconsistency: i want to briefly mention some changes that pissed me off. whereâs the laser glide move? it was an important turning point at the end of Sly 3, so why did they get rid of it? Sly is a master thief whoâs traveling back in time, so youâd think theyâd actually make him a master thief. also, the changes in the binocucom and Bentleyâs slideshows in order to modernise them. if Sucker Punch managed to place the mission starting points at locations where the binocucom would show the objective clearly, so could Sanzaru. instead, they chose to have it be a moving camera, floating around the hub. and Bentleyâs slideshows were absolute classics, opportunities to include gags and have Bentley show off in his own way. you just had to change it into a tablet, didnât you. omg youâre still looking at small details like these? yes sweetie, i consider the details because i think they shape the game more than anything. if i didnât consider the details, then my opinion on the game would be incomplete. when i praise the trilogy i donât only look at story and gameplay. because iâm unbiased like that. here, iâd also like the mention Dimitri. what a fucking waste. you either include him in the game or you donât. but donât give me some half-baked shit on how heâs working for the gang back in present day. Dimitri staying home, waiting on the gang to call him in order for him to give them details on the villains. how does that even slightly resemble anything about Dimitriâs character? they didnât even include his voice, some greasy sweet Raccoonus Doodus dialogue.
Female Characters: you know itâs all been leading up to this. this is the crux of the Thieves in Time hate. i donât want to say the game is misogynistic so iâll call it anti-feminist. why? just answer me. why? why did you have to disrespect Carmelita like that? right off the bat, they swapped the pants for the skirt. in what world does an active inspector whoâs always on the scene wear a skirt? Carmelita now wears a skirt because her only role in the game is to be the love interest. Carmelita now wears bright red lipstick and has a new hairstyle, which would be ok if only it wasnât Carmelita. Carmelita now plays up her inner sassy Latina because sheâs pigeonholed into the âangry ex girlfriendâ role. they compartmentalised her, tried to sexualise her because she couldnât possibly be one of the boys. nope. letâs take a respected woman, high in rank and as physically able as Sly, and turn her into a clichĂ©, an angry ex girlfriend for comedic relief, strip her of her abilities and have her be kidnapped twice, have every exchange with her be about how attractive she is, have almost every male character in the game flirt with her, have her boyfriend be jealous of his own ancestors because theyâre flirting with her in order to create purposeless love triangles, and then, after all that, dress her up as a belly dancer and distract some guards while the rest of the gang do the heavy lifting. that last one was really the nail on the coffin. did Bentley have other ways to enter that door? absolutely. so, what the fuck? why did i come back for a good Sly game 8 years later and receive a game where you have to shake your controller to have Carmelita shake her ass? why did they have the guardsâ eyes pop like that? why did no one stop them? and it isnât just Carmelita. itâs Penelope too. god forbid we have a female character who doesnât have a waist smaller than my finger, and a voluptuous physique. why was the redesign so drastic? the story stuff is also nonsensical. why did she leave? wasnât she happy with Bentley? i watched her speech about turning on the gang about a thousand times and it still doesnât make any sense. like, i literally donât understand. what was her motive? and why reverse her story of overcoming the Black Baron persona and the connotations of a meek woman hiding behind a manâs disguise? why repeat it, shamelessly? do the guys at Sanzaru only know women who have recently broken up? why does Carmelita, Penelope and Ms Decibel all go through break-ups during the game? why does Penelope go against Bentley before they even break up? why waste the opportunity to introduce a new, well-written villain and use it to repeat something already done? why???? no woman is safe from Sanzaru because Ms Decibel... boy, did i feel bad for her. apart from continuously reminding us that sheâs haha fat!! sheâs also presented as a blind lovefool. love? what a silly concept only women believe in! Ms Decibel had a crush on Le Paradox (for some reason i canât even fathom) and for that she must pay by being utterly humiliated. and what do ALL women do when a guy breaks up with them? they get so angry! yikes, stay clear guys! ....why does Sanzaru hate female characters? iâm genuinely curious. i mean, what forced them to depict women like this? iâm sorry, i canât take much more of this.
Ending: and how do you end a disappointment that came 8 years late and didnât even have a sequel guaranteed? yeap, you guessed it! a cliffhanger. but not just any cliffhanger - a total fuck you to anyone and everyone. with a single move Sanzaru instantly screwed over the franchise. the fans, the creators, the characters, anyone looking to continue the series. everyone. WHY would you trap the protagonist in the past? WHY? did you feel defensive about something that wasnât even yours and went âwell you can continue the series but the sequel will have to do with time travelâ. why did you think it was a good idea? how does it even slightly resemble a good ending? someone fill me in please. because i donât think iâm being unreasonable, iâm just telling it how it is.
Conclusion:
i did it. i fucking wrote it in all its motherfucking glory. the idiots at Sanzaru couldâve given us an amazing game but instead of working on how to make it better or including extra levels, they wasted their time on deciding what killable baby animal to include in each hub or what the backstory for each treasure should be. how fucking distasteful. and to think iâm an idiot myself for trying to force myself to like it because i was so in denial about how bad it was. iâve just outlined everything wrong with that cursed game. iâm exhausted.
#yOu'Re rEaLLy pEttY ! sOrRy hAd tO UnFoLLoW#i think i covered everything#THIS IS AN AMAZING ESSAY#this is the crown jewel of my time on tumblr#i love myself so much#sly cooper#anyone who even remotely comes for me because of this WILL get blocked#the birds really think i care about my rep on this fucking hellsite#HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
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hello 2021! you did not get off on a good start. letâs try and be a little better, okay?
i didnât read much this month (and probably wonât be for a long while because of school), but it was a wild month. well, youâll see.
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crooked kingdom, leigh bardugo â oh my god???? i completely forgot that i read this before i left for school and almost didnât include it in my monthly wrap-up????? how dare i forget this masterpiece.
it was great. i loved it. i think overall, i preferred 6oc because heist stories are my guilty pleasure. but romance-wise... letâs just say kaz and inej have made it to my top 10 ships. but also i read through this so fast because i had to finish it before i left that half the story is kinda just not in my brain lololol
the most intriguing part of the entire story was the anti-wraith. her character kind of came out of nowhere, and iâm not really sure she had much of a purpose than being someone who could physically match inej. i guess she was also anti in the sense that she had no respect, just ruthlessness, which is the opposite of inej and what she stands for. but i donât know if the anti-wraith was significant enough of a character to really be considered a foil.
i donât really give spoiler warnings because hardly anyone reads these other than myself lolol but big spoiler ahead. skip the next paragraph if you donât want to know. cuz i accidentally spoiled it for myself before reading and i kinda ruined it for myself lmfao.
poor matthias. he was there, and then he was gone. i feel terrible for nina. they were finally on the same page, and then he had to act all saint-like and trigger some idiot into killing him. and matthias finally came to terms with what heâd been taught and what he was trying to teach himself (#charactergrowth), so he wrapped things up neatly for himself before the bye-bye. but nina, she finally got her guy on her side and they were supposed to change the world together. sigh.
and of course, we got kaz. heâs my favorite. how could he not be, with his trauma and desire to overcome it but not letting it define him and still maintaining that evil genius act heâs so good at. it definitely hit harder in this story, the extent of his trauma. it made him more real, too. both sides of him coexist, and one could not exist without the other. heâs crazy, in nearly all senses of the word. also crazy in love, the mfing idiot. ugh, i love vulnerable kaz. i love what inej brings out in him, how she knows just how hard to push without driving him over the edge. also i saw a tiktok (this app is gonna come up a lot more in the next few reviews fsjdsdfkjdf) with a photo of them kissing with a towel between their mouths because he canât touch her but he desperately wants to and what a perfect solution is that their... bathroom scene had me holding my breath. or at least taking very shallow breaths. it was intense. so intimate, i felt like i shouldnât even have been there. ugh, the cute little babies. uwuwuwuwuwu
one last note. leigh bardugo is a very good writer, plot and characters and all. everything flowed much more smoothly in this book, and once again i was impressed by the detail provided. you go girl. i canât wait to see the tv series development.
a 10/10.
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the shadows between us, tricia levenseller â literally what did i read lmaooo. this is my first tiktok book recommendation. and it. was. boring. boring characters that didnât make much sense. boring plot. i skimmed it after the first 50 pages cause it was so boring. thatâs it bye.
a 3/10.
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manacled, senlinyu â um. wow. i literally......... even hours after finishing it my brain is still ridiculously scrambled. edit: itâs about a month later and sometimes random scenes and images still pop in my head for no reason and then i feel all twisted inside again. i love it.
so, this is not a published book but a dramione fanfiction on ao3. i donât read fanfics that often anymore, mainly because iâd rather read other things, not because i donât like them. but i found this one because a tiktok that showed the illustrations in the story and i was so blown away by the fact someone would illustrate an entire fanfic that i just had to read it. and i have no regrets. itâs kinda long and a biiit wordy for me at times but holy shit that hit like a mother trucker. and i havenât read dramione in ages, not since... years. so this really hit different.
the illustrations are beautiful. theyâre what dragged me into the story in the first place, so, of course they are. but iâd literally spend minutes looking at every detail in amazement at how perfectly the emotions were captured and the lighting casting the perfect shadows and just⊠everything. i know nothing about drawing but my eyes were truly blessed.
i think integrating the handmaidâs tale with the hp world was ingenious. i would never have expected that. and wow. the relationship between the two, itâsâŠâŠ.. i can barely put it in words in my mind, and itâs even harder to articulate on paper. complex, but at the same time not, simply the desire for the other to stay alive. timeless. destructive. their only defense from the harsh reality of their situation. desperation at its most desperate, their one and only survival method. depressing. itâs so depressing. i was so sad, the angst almost too much at times.
the flashbacks were insanely intense. and i thought the handmaid section was bad. it was awful to read. i could hardly bear it, it was so dark at times i didnât know how either of them got through it all. i mean, they barely did. the near-death scares, the constant need to create a blank slate within yourself in order to not overwhelm yourself with crushing emotions⊠wartime sometimes has a tendency to sound romantic, but theirs wasnât anything near romantic, and i appreciate that the author chose to be very real about it.
at the beginning, and in the middle when we went through the flashbacks, i was afraid the love would be toxic. and, well, it kind of was at some points. but in a time like that and a situation like theirs, it would be hard to not have a toxic relationship. i was glad that in the end theirs was a good love, the kind that sustained and kept them alive and got them through until the very end, because it was what they needed from each other. and, of course, my favorite part of it all was dracoâs ceaseless possessiveness that only seemed to grow, never fade. i love simpy men.
they deserve each other. i was afraid at the end they wouldnât, that one of them would dieâthat draco would die because hermione basically did once already for him, so he would have to âreturn the favorââalso she was pregnant so there was no way sheâd be the one to dieâidk many theories. but at the end iâm so glad they both ended up alive. after everything, they deserved it.
i did nothing for two days straight but read this book. except eat. and barely sleep. and i have no regrets.
a 9/10.
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bloodlines, richelle mead â dang. i used to be obsessed with vampire academy when i was in middle school. i even watched the terrible movie that released because of it. and now i canât believe i really thought that was peak literature lmfaooooo
i remember adrian being such a funny and interesting character that i picked up bloodlines to see if it was gonna be as good as i remembered it was. i was disappointed. it was just... well letâs just say there wasnât enough to get me invested in the characters as i used to be. i think what it was is that adrianâs characterization was so weak. he wasnât as ~quirky~ as i remembered him to be haha. the plot was also way too slow-paced, and a little too easy to guess. maybe if i was 12 again iâd be going crazy over it like i used to. but iâm not a pre-teen anymore and my brain craves stuff along the lines of manacledâdestruction, death, angst that wants me to pull my own heart out to stop it from hurting.
a 5/10.
#the shadows between us#tricia levenseller#manacled#senlinyu#bloodlines#richelle mead#booktok#books#reading#book blog#dramione#fanfiction#ao3#enemies to lovers#ya#teen fiction#bookish#what i'd give to read manacled all over again#it was the best at being the worst for my heart#vampires#dramione is top tier and you cannot change my mind#leigh bardugo#crooked kingdom
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98.
Prep
I shop at Abercrombie, Hollister, American Eagle, or Aerospatiale.
I am/was a cheerleader.
I'm pretty ditzy.
I wear pink 24/7.
My looks are very important to me.
I can't live without my cell phone.
My hair is always straight.
I say 'like' and 'omigod' a lot.
I laugh 24/7.
I have a million friends.
I always hang at the mall or movies.
I'll only date popular guys.
I listen to rap & pop music.
I have at least one designer bag.
My myspace pics are of me making a kissy face or are mirror pics
It takes me at least an hour to get ready for school in the mornings.
Uggs + Miniskirts = Love
I don't have a job
I wear lots of makeup. (wouldnât call it lots, though)
I can be stuck up or snobby sometimes.
I flirt with any guy, as long as he's cute.
Total = 5
EMO
I cry a lot.
I go to local shows.
I wear black everyday (typically I always have something black on)
I write sad poetry.
I play an acoustic guitar.
My favorite bands include: Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, or Panic! at the Disco.
I think about suicide or death often.
People have told me to cheer up.
I cry when I see dead animals.
My myspace/Facebook pics are black or white or angled.
I wear many band shirts.
No one understands me.
I don't talk too often.
I look down when I walk.
I wear black eyeliner.
I have an ex I still cry over.
My hair is black
My hair covers one of my eyes.
I always say 'life sucks'.
Total: 4
NERD
I have straight A's.
I wear glasses.
I always do my homework and study.
Lord of the Rings was a massive achievement.
Computer games.
I'm 'teachers pet'.
I've never had a real boyfriend/girlfriend.
I have a bedtime.
I use an asthma inhaler.
I carry a calculator with me.
I bring my lunch to school.
I always follow the rules.
I'm shy around the opposite sex.
I'm always on the computer.
I've never had beer or cigarettes.
I always answer every question in class right.
I correct people's grammar.
I read a lot.
School is very important to me.
I always stump people.
Total: 8
REBEL
I always speak my mind.
I have 0% of school spirit.
F*ck you, I won't do what you tell me!
I stand up for what I think is right.
On spirit days at school, I wear the rival's colors.
Whenever people are doing something, I do the complete opposite.
I won't listen to authority figures.
I always break the rules.
I refuse to compromise.
I'm always arguing with people.
I love debate.
I always do what's unexpected of me.
I don't give a sh*t what people think of me.
If I watch a cruddy movie in theaters, right after it's over, I'll say 'that sucked'.
I'm not afraid to contradict others.
I only respect my own beliefs.
If I don't want to do something, I won't do it, no matter what.
I laugh at compromising people.
I cheer on the rival's sport team to stand out.
Rules were meant to be broken.
Total: 1
JOCK
I'm on one or more sport teams.
I always wear my varsity jacket.
I've won awards for my athletic ability.
I will only date popular girls/guys.
School Spirit
I'm going to a college for sports
I watch sports on TV all the time
I'm muscular.
I play sports or exercise at least 3 hours a day.
Go Team!
I'm a chick/dude magnet.
I eat a lot.
I'm egotistical.
I'm too focused on sports to make really good grades.
I sit at the jock lunch table.
All I talk about with my friends is sports.
I go to lots of sports games.
I'm very athletic
I wear sport inspired clothing.
play at least 3 different sports.
Total: 4
COMEDIAN
I'm funny.
I'm always making jokes.
I interrupt class by making people laugh.
I like to entertain people.
I worship Kevin Smith.
I watch comedies more than anything.
I also watch SNL and Mad TV a lot
I'm sarcastic.
I've been told I'm hilarious.
I always imitate people.
I pull lots of pranks.
I always make sarcastic remarks after everything.
I have to prove myself by being funny.
People expect me to make jokes, always.
I have a lot of pressure to make everyone laugh.
If I don't make jokes, people ask me what's wrong.
Jim Carrey is my idol.
I mostly get along with everybody.
At pep rallies, I'm the one acting crazy and silly.
My teachers or parents tell me I need to focus more on work and less on joking around.
Total: 3
SHY
I don't have a lot of friends.
I don't talk too much.
It's not that I'm snobby, I just get nervous when talking to people.
When people say my name, others say 'who?'
I'm pretty sure mostly no one knows who I am.
People have told me I need to talk more.
I only talk when other people talk to me first
I look down when I walk.
I avoid social gatherings, such as games, dances, or parties.
People have tried to help me be more outgoing, but it never works.
I always plan to talk to more people, but I never do.
I sit in the back of the classroom.
I never participate in class discussions.
I hide behind people to avoid being seen sometimes.
I could never be a cashier, talking to strangers.
I talk quietly.
People have called me shy or quiet.
I usually let others decide for me.
If someone is talking about my favorite book or movie in front of me, I don't join in the conversation.
Total: 12
GOTHIC
I wear black.
I don't like to be seen.
I'm very, very pale.
I only listen to metal or emo-ish music. (neither of these is goth, mallgoths XD)
I love creepy, weird movies.
I love gothic cartoons and drawings.
I don't like people.
I only go out during the night.
I have black fingernails.
I wear a long black coat.
I also wear big black boots.
'The Crow' is one of my favorite movies.
I only date other Goths.
I love black humor.
I love pain.
People think I'm crazy.
I don't talk to anyone who isn't as deep as me.
I love to scare people
I laugh at teenyboppers.
People are scared of me.
Total: 3
WEIRDO
I talk to myself.
I say really random things all the time/have to say it out loud.
I fidget a lot.
I still use a wheeled backpack.
People laugh at me.
I walk really funny.
I have a very different sense of style.
I talk in a robot voice often.
I'll stop whatever I'm doing, and break out in a crazy dance if the mood strikes.
I debate stuff with myself.
I hear voices.
I'm obsessed with aliens and the other planets.
I have a fascination with robots and machinery.
I use really big words no one understands, and they give me weird looks.
I say random lines of babbling that make sense to no one but me.
I dart my eyes from side to side.
I always pretend I'm a robot or other weird non-human thing.
People have no idea why I think the way I do.
I have some very unusual, extraordinary talents.
When people ask me if I like something that's trendy, I pretend to be scared or confused.
Total: 3
ANTISOCIAL
I hate/dislike most people.
I prefer to be alone.
When people talk to me, I just give them a death glare.
Actually, most people don't talk to me.
People are freaking idiots and I wish they'd all die.
I live in my room, writing in my diary. On the computer...
I go out my way to avoid everyone.
I never greet anyone.
I despise people who talk too loudly.
I want people to think I'm a freak.
I never talk.
I can't wait to get off this earth.
I always sit by myself at lunch or anywhere else.
I listen to music on full blast on my ipod/mp4 player/headphones to block out the world.
I don't know why I am the way I am.
People have said I'm antisocial.
I use drugs or alcohol to escape the loneliness.
Why bother when people don't like you anyways?
I occupy myself so it won't look like I'm a loner.
I just don't get along with anyone.
Total: 1
SKATER
I skateboard to everywhere.
If I'm not skateboarding, I carry it with me.
I shop at Pacsun.
I'm obsessed with Tony Hawk.
Oh yeah, and Bam Margera.
I always play skateboarding video games.
I have shaggy hair.
I wear baggy pants.
I wear only skater shoes.
I always wear hoodies. (well, much of the time)
I hang at skate parks 24/7.
I'm always learning new board tricks.
Forget school, I want to be a professional skateboarder.
I've been skateboarding for over 4 years.
I hang with other skaters.
I've been hurt while skateboarding.
I've been in a skateboarding competition.
I wear vans.
Tony Hawks games win.
I've met some of my closest friends at skate parks.
Total: 0
GANGSTER/HOOD
I say 'yo'.
I also say 'fo shizzle'.
I wear extremely baggy pants.
Mah chainz hang low.
I hang with my homies, biotches, and Hoe's
I'm a thug.
I only listen to rap music.
50 Cent is my idol.
I don't give a frick about school.
I steal/have stolen before (as a child lol)
I freestyle.
I breakdance.
Gold chainz is tha way to go, biotch.
I'm white but I act black.
All my heroes are dead rappers.
Tupac is still alive.
I party with all my nigs.
I wear a sideways baseball cap.
I wear hoodies.
I wear converse with the tongue flipped out.
Total: 2
BULLY
I always steal people's lunch money.
Geeks are afraid of me.
I get in trouble all the time.
I steal people's stuff to be an a**hole.
People have called me a bully.
I have beat someone up before.
I'm always looking for a fight.
I pick on people smaller than me.
I push people out of the way when I'm walking.
I've never been in a relationship before.
People are afraid of me.
People know not to mess with me.
I'm taller than most people my age.
I pick on people for the fun of it.
I make fun of everything anyone else likes.
If anyone crosses my path, they're dead.
People know not to try and stick up for themselves when I'm around.
I'm one of the strongest kids in school.
Even some authority figures are afraid of me.
People get out of my way when I'm walking.
Total: 0
GAMER
I own at least 2 different video game consoles.
I love Final Fantasy.
DDR & Guitar Hero
I've missed school before because I was trying to beat a video game.
I'm always trying to beat high scores on games.
I even play a lot of computer games.
I play at least 3 hours of video games a day.
My thumbs are sore often.
I spend all my money on new video games.
My boyfriend/girlfriend has to be into video games.
All I talk about is video games.
I've been in a video game competition before
I pay over 30$ a month in online games.
I have bought more than 5 accessories for my console
I know about more than 10 cheats and mods in the game I play most.
I have played at least a complete week in the game I like most.
I wouldn't know what to do in an afternoon without electricity.
My parents often tell the internet is broken or simply disconnect it so I don't spend whole weekends and holidays playing.
I have more than one online account on the same game.
Total: 2
GIRLY
I have long hair.
I wear make up every day.
I carry a purse.
I have to get someone else to come kill a spider.
I paint my nails.
I use perfume.
I keep my nails clean/shaped
I shower regularly
I used to or still do Dance, Gymnastics, or Cheer/Pom
I like to accessorize
I like flowers.
I don't like to be outdoors.
I'm more like my mother than my father.
I like hanging out with girls than boys.
I like going to the mall/shopping.
I watch my weight/ count calories.
I plan outfits ahead of time
People say I have a soft/sweet voice.
I dream about and am already planning my wedding day
I watch dramatic shows on tv, soap operas, reality TV, etc.
Total: 9
BOYISH
I have short hair.
I hate doing laundry.
I like war type video games.
I like playing or watching sports.
People say I have a deep voice.
I'm more like my dad than my mom.
I beat up or tease my younger siblings or friends.
I act tough, it doesn't matter what's going on inside me.
There's only two emotions.
I shower only when I start to notice I stink
I think about the opposite sex a lot.
My room isn't neat.
I bite my nails instead of using scissors/clippers.
My clothes don't match sometimes, but I don't notice or care
I like to play rough with dogs.
I like the movies 300, Transformers, The Dark Knight.
The best way to get the opposite sex to like you is to act like a jerk.
I don't read
I don't ask for help even if I need it.
Total: 3
scored highest on: Shy lmao
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