#hacker willie manifesto

[hacker-willie-manifesto]

Willie JATP is a Hacker: The Manifesto - Part One

all right, kids. it's time to do the thing i made this blog for, mostly because one (1) person indulged this hc (@crybabyddl this is your fault). as always, thanks to the ghost squad server for putting up with my rambling as i put this post together.

but the tl;dr is: willie jatp was one of the early generation of hackers as well as a skater, and this is how it happened.

edit: if anyone wants to use any parts of the as basis for fic/art/contente in general, feel free! please tag me and i'll boost it and make the rest of the ghost squad boost it ^_^

readmore below this line ^_^

first things first, my headcanon is that willie died in 1989 at the age of 19 (missed the moon landing by just a wee bit, which he's highkey bitter about).

second things second, his parents were college professors in the 70s with access to computers and ARPAnet (precursor to the internet that connected several major US universities).

and third things third, willie grew up spending time in his parents' classrooms and offices because they homeschooled him. mostly because he struggled in a regular classroom setting due to adhd and being a gifted kid tm.

anyways. so he's in the lab with his parents. chilling. when they get a message from a colleague at MIT (blech). and his parents, wanting to encourage his curiousity, let five-year-old willie send a message back.

this was, as the kids say, a Mistake.

willie became FASCINATED with computers. absolutely enthralled. so when one of the computers in his dad's lab broke and was written off by the university, willie went dumpster diving for it, snuck into an electrical engineering lab, and fixed it.

he was 9 at the time.

his parents, being supportive and also very happy to have something safe (hah!) to keep their son occupied, got him a programming guide and set him loose in their friend's office, a computer scientist who was amused by the small child in the corner with his computer and let him borrow whatever books he wanted. he learned very quickly how the computer worked... and how it differed from the way it was SUPPOSED to work. he became OBSESSED with that gap.

(he also became the unofficial anthropology department tech support, but that's another story)

when he's 15, the movie War Games comes out, and really thrusts computer hackers into the public's consciousness... and willie's. willie discovers that his little programs that took advantage of gaps in his computer's programming could be used for a purpose, rather than just to prove a concept. at the same time, the internet was beginning to boom at universities, which meant that willie, the unofficial tech support of the anthropology department, had a direct line to a major university's internet connection.

this was, as the kids say, Another Mistake.

("but when does he start skating, lilac?!" hush, children. we're getting there.)

willie made a few friends online. hacker friends. hacker friends who were part of one of the many hacker collectives to spring up in the 80s. it was his first time Having Friends, so of course when they decided to hack a major corporation as a joke, willie went right along with them.

this was, as the kids say, Another, Much Larger Mistake.

two months later, at 1 AM, the FBI broke down his front door, confiscated his computer equipment, and arrested him. He managed to avoid going to jail because he wass only 16, but he was banned from using the internet until 1990. his parents were... displeased, to say the least. his computer, they said, was not his until he earned enough money to replace the front door's hinges, which had suffered rather catastrophic damage when it got. yknow. kicked in.

willie was not a fan of that, and had already been barred from his main motivator for using his computer, since violating the terms of his sentence would mean (at best) being forced to work for the feds or (at worst) actually going to jail this time.

his mom was one of the original skateboarders, who could rival tony hawk in straight-up skill. one weekend, when he was complaining about being bored and missing his friends (many of whom were now in jail), his mom dragged him to the skate park and taught him to skate.

willie got good. really good. he was competing in the local scene, hoping to make it to the x games.

then. well.

he died.

[hacker-willie-manifesto]

im on mobile but:

nick: the jatp fandom scrolling thru their dashes

caleb: me slamming down 1k+ of meta/backstory/headcanons about willie being a hacker at 7pm.

@reggiesjams said new meme format and I said yes

[slimeyslimeyballsack]

top 5 wants for Julie and the Phantoms season 2? sent by @hacker-willie-manifesto

Oh that's realistically?

Bi Reggie with a crush on Luke

Carrie redemption arc

Backstories Reggie and Alex and while we're at it backstories for Willie and Caleb

character development for Nick

solos. from every character. i want more flynn rapping. i want alex and reggie to get their unsaid emily

ask me stuff :)

[x-starshines-x]

This show has been my entire personality for a full year now,, how about that.

In all honesty I've been wracking my brain for weeks trying to figure out what I was gonna say and post today, but I've decided to just keep it simple.

To start off with, I hate the original promo poster. So I redesigned it with their Finally Free outfits bc there's no other merch of them.

I owe so much to this show, it's the reason that I didn't isolate myself this year, and how I started talking to some of my best friends. I also have this show and these characters to thank for any improvements in my art because without it I'm not sure I would have been half as motivated to draw as I was. I'm so grateful to this fandom and all of the amazing people I've met. Here's to hoping for a season two ✌️😎

Now I'm just gonna tag whoever I can remember that has had an impact on me this year,, I love you guys 💜 @meangirlsx @jaskiers-sweetkiss @bright-molina @txrii @bright-mercer @bright-peters @hacker-willie-manifesto @mamirugbee @grayskyluna-art @wr0temyway0ut @wendinella @illgetmerope

There's definitely more that I can't remember right now, but if I didn't tag you it doesn't mean that I love you any less, I just have a super shitty memory :)

[between-two-fandoms]

Could we get a run down of all jayp news and drama?

JatP Fever Dream Recap

Whoo baby. How far back do you want me to go with this?

The Hat Man legends were born. See this post for further information.

Cheesecake discourse struck on a midnight hour splitting the fandom down the middle. It was war. Things got ugly. No one escaped unscathed.

Cheesecake discourse soon morphed into zipper discourse, or as it's more commonly known, Ziscourse. There was a Zedding and it was beautiful.

The OC Conrad Reggie was born out of spite and love by @soemthingsparkly. He's an asshole and he's based off of concept Reggie and Conrad is Reggie's cousin. (None of this is canon). Also he has a troll ask blog @conradconreg.

This happened:

In a brief pause of relevation @reggiesjams managed to create this blank meme filter:

Examples on how it can be used:

I turned this screenshot from Unsaid Emily into a meme filter (og from tyler kare's ig page):

Here's a few ways you can use it:

Out of Ziscourse the Age of Zowen gripped the fandom and we all played an irl game of Among Us to figure out who maddie and Owen are. (Mads has confirmed she's on Tumblr but hasnt released her url, Owen has neither confirmed nor denied this statement.)

At this point everyone's given up and as a collective JatP Tumbkr has decided we are all Owen.

Step dad Caleb and Ernesto happened, ask @alexthedrummerboy and @hacker-willie-manifesto for more info on that. Honestly I slept through most of it.

Basically the 18+ discord is made up of a bunch of mildly popular jatp blogs who share one collective braincell and use it to start random discourse because we're losing our minds waiting for the s2 announcement.

@thesevenumbrellas @reggiesjams @soemthingsparkly @reggiehasadhd @willexx and anyone else who sees this, did I miss anything? I feel like a lot more stuff that happened than just this.

It's so chaotic.

I feel like this has all been a fever dream.

JatP fandom is wild y'all.

[meangirlsx]

omg sam i have to tell you this you're gonna DIE: yknow that joke question about like whether a hot dog is a sandwich or not (it isn't)? well the drama program at my school got super into answering it and while everyone was arguing this one kid stops us and goes "it's not a sandwich, it's a taco" and we all collectively lost our minds. so anyways, next jatp fandom discourse is hotdogs, mayhaps? especially considering it's how the boys died?

“A hot dog is a taco” is NOT the hot take I thought I’d read today but I’m intrigued.

Thoughts, friends?

@txrii @jaskiers-sweetkiss @julies-molina @bright-molina @bright-mercer @bright-patterson @bright-peters @n0wornever @marinettepotterandplagg @hacker-willie-manifesto @sam-i-am612 @thesevenumbrellas @willexx @theobligatedklutz @reggiesjams @lukesorangebeanie @hollywoodpostclub @gaystreetsmarts @cmon-reginald @fadingdysphoriac @sonsetcurve @reggiehasadhd @bored-weather @unsaid-emily @moony221b @alexthedrummerboy @conradconreg @oozing-chemistry @soemthingsparkly @alexmercermolina @the-anxious-gay-drummer @normanijanehansen @random-nerd-3 @jatp-headcannon-theories @dr-rigatoni @bluefirewrites @screwunsaidemily @vividblues262 @theolivekiddo @nimusicaltrash @phantomoftheorpheum @merceret @itz-jas @lydias--stiles @crybabyddl @sunsetcurvesoldout

[txrii]

HAPPY ONE YEAR GHOST SQUAD !!!

on this day one year ago, a little discord server known as Ghost Squad formed from eleven tumblr users obsessed with one show. these people became some of my closest friends. i love you guys so much and i don't know where i would be had i not met all of you. here's to many more years to come <3

@bright-molina @bright-mercer @bright-patterson @bright-peters@hacker-willie-manifesto @meangirlsx @n0wornever @marinettepotterandplagg @almostnugget

[bright-molina]

Presenting the Ghost Squad as ✨otters✨ 

Why? Just because I can. Please don’t ask me to explain cause I have no idea what this is either. Also: other people did it first I’m not this creative asdfg

Okay here we go....

Erin as an otter @jaskiers-sweetkiss

Isabelle as an otter @marinettepotterandplagg

Missy as an otter @n0wornever​

Lilac as an otter @hacker-willie-manifesto​

Morgan as an otter @curvingsunsets​

Harley as an otter @julies-molina​

Tori as an otter @txrii​

Ez as an otter @flanneltime-bi​

Jamie as an otter @hollywood-ghost-club​

Sam as an otter @meangirlsx​

[bluefirewrites]

your hotdog sleeping bag made me LOSE IT PLEASE SHOW THE OTHER DESIGNS

So for those of you who don’t know, there is new JATP discourse flying around about whether a hot dog is sandwich or a taco. 

And when asked about my opinion about the matter- I made the bold decision to declare that a hot dog is neither sandwich or taco- 

It is a three person sleeping bag. 

Based on a project I made for school. 

And I made other sketches for other foods as well- here they are:

If enough of you guys request it, I will redraw the hot dog sleeping bag so it would be Alex, Reggie, and Luke sleeping in it. 

Taglist from @meangirlsx post to include in this discourse included under the cut:

@txrii @jaskiers-sweetkiss @julies-molina @bright-molina @bright-mercer @bright-patterson @bright-peters @n0wornever @marinettepotterandplagg @hacker-willie-manifesto @sam-i-am612 @thesevenumbrellas @willexx @theobligatedklutz @reggiesjams @lukesorangebeanie @hollywoodpostclub @gaystreetsmarts @cmon-reginald @fadingdysphoriac @sonsetcurve @reggiehasadhd @bored-weather @unsaid-emily @moony221b @alexthedrummerboy @conradconreg @oozing-chemistry @soemthingsparkly @alexmercermolina @the-anxious-gay-drummer @normanijanehansen @random-nerd-3 @jatp-headcannon-theories @dr-rigatoni @bluefirewrites @screwunsaidemily @vividblues262 @theolivekiddo @nimusicaltrash @phantomoftheorpheum @merceret @itz-jas @lydias--stiles @crybabyddl @sunsetcurvesoldout

[n0wornever]

7, 8, and 13 for the soft asks

Thanks for the asks, lovely one! 💛

7.  What color brings you peace?

I really think that rich, velvety colors are calming so I’d have to say like a royal purple or like a lush forest green! 

8. Tag someone (or multiple people) who make you feel good.

Well, the whole Ghost Squad of course @marinettepotterandplagg, @meangirlsx, @jaskiers-sweetkiss, @bright-molina @bright-mercer @txrii @hacker-willie-manifesto @julies-molina @bright-peters 

And of course my lovely sweet beautiful friends @dream-a-little-bigger-x, @crybabyddl, @calamitykaty  @bumbleberry-pie @theonlyprincessoftheworld , and @mikaelson-emma (also you, my friend! :)) 

13. What's your comfort food?

I would have to say that sweet peaches are usually my go-to comfort food....but I also love kettle corn! 

[hacker-willie-manifesto]

willie jatp is a hacker send tweet

[jaskiers-sweetkiss]

💌 send this to the twelve nicest people you know or who seem to have a good heart and if you get five back you must be pretty awesome 💌

Thank you Isabelle darling!! Sending it right back to you!! 💛🥰

For the sake of my convenience I’m going to combine this all into one post. I’ve received these from @bright-molina @deni-gonzalez @theolivekiddo and @funsizearsonist, thank you all so much!! This is me sending it back to you all 💛💛

Also tagging: @n0wornever @meangirlsx @bright-patterson @bright-mercer @crybabyddl @simmons-xx @springmagpies @sunsetjulies @txrii @julies-molina @bright-peters @hacker-willie-manifesto

[slimeyslimeyballsack]

top 5 wants for season 2 if u could have anything u want without worrying about it being realistic.

from @hacker-willie-manifesto

oh well this broadens things

everyone's LGBT specitically trans!nick because i will die on this hill and genderfluid!willie

a nonbinary character would actually make my whole life

character development for Adam (an extra my friend named and gave a personality to)

and i want au bobby because I've grown quite fond of him

me just put me in. jk but only a little bit

ask me stuff :)

[x-starshines-x]

so it's been a full year since i started the ghost squad server and i can say with full certainty that this year would have been miserable without it. i have to call out my friends in public bc i love them all very much, so i'm just gonna tag them all :))

i literally love you guys so much and i'm glad that we all met bc of this silly little ghost band.

@meangirlsx @jaskiers-sweetkiss @bright-molina @bright-mercer @bright-peters @txrii @almostnugget @hacker-willie-manifesto @marinettepotterandplagg @n0wornever @conradconreg

[caleb-covington-wilson]

i know you're a fan of tennis but what, my good sir, is your opinion on yachts? -@hacker-willie-manifesto

Exceptional! Trev bought and named a yacht after me and I have thrown many a party there, there’s something so thrilling about entertaining on the water.

[txrii]

if you don’t mind my asking, what is ghost squad??

hi !! ghost squad started off as a hypothetical denny’s trip between me, @meangirlsx, @jaskiers-sweetkiss, @hollywood-ghost-club, @n0wornever, @jaskiers-sweetkiss, @julies-molina, @marinettepotterandplagg, @curvingsunsets, @darlingsteveharrington, @hacker-willie-manifesto, and @flanneltime-bi. then it evolved into a hypothetical netflix-original-esque tv show starring the 11 of us. now it’s the name of our group chat !