#i have no idea how tumblr even works anymore lmao

[flyingupward]

;; *waves very tentatively*

[binnybinnychickendinny]

psa for all of hockeyblr: please please PLEASE try to keep your lb posts out of other teams’ lb tags!!!! i think i speak for everyone when i say that it is really annoying to go into my own team’s lb tag and see hate posts from fans of whoever we’re playing against! you can still make hate posts; idc about that and i’m certainly not innocent of it myself, but there are ways to keep it from going into other teams’ tags.

to be clear, this is absolutely the fault of tumblr’s wacky tagging system, but that’s probably not going to be fixed any time soon. so for the sake of civility let’s all try to find a work-around instead of being rude, right?

with the way the tagging system is currently set up, if you make a post that has a) your lb tag and b) a tag that mentions the name of the team you’re playing against, it WILL end up in the opposition’s lb tag. so just as an example, let’s say you put “leafs lb” and “i hate the oilers” as two separate tags. that will make the post show up under “oilers lb”. it’s silly, but that’s how it works.

HOWEVER. i think a pretty easy work-around for this (if you feel that you absolutely must express your distaste for a team in the tags) is to not use the same reference to the team that their lb tag uses. so like, if you say “i hate edmonton” instead of “i hate the oilers”, then it shouldn’t show up under “oilers lb” anymore. again, i know it’s silly, but it could solve a lot of strife within this community.

i think a lot of people on here genuinely don’t understand that that’s how the tagging system sorts things, so hopefully this post helps a bit. i always try to be conscious of this when posting about other teams, but even i probably slip up sometimes. i just think that being aware of the issue is still helpful!

and again, this is NOT meant to say that you can’t post about teams you dislike. it’s a sports fandom. most if not all people are going to have teams they aren’t fond of, and that’s perfectly okay. one of the most popular posts in the fandom right now is about being shocked by who other people are fans of, lmao. this is just suggesting that it would be a good idea to try to keep such posts out of the space of your hated team’s fans. bc otherwise you might just make people angry. yk?

anyway. that’s it! thanks for reading all of this if you did :)

[ebonysplendor]

Greedy For You (DEMO) Review 🍸

TL;DR: You ever have, like, really specific intentions with someone, but they just keep delaying the process? Like, bitch...is we fuckin' or what? Lol, I'm kidding. This guy actually wants to eat us, but it's like, eat what, ya know? Ahaaaaa....but, yeah, no, he-- he actually does want to devour us, which is not good lmao.

Game Link: https://mimimaofur.itch.io/greedy-for-you

Notable Features: Self-Insert, Selectable pronouns, Yandere LI, Supernatural LI, Short and Sweet gameplay Spiciness: 0/5 -- Nothing wholesome, but nothing intimate or affectionate other LI Red Flags: 1.25/5 -- Drugged us and implied stalking, but compared to the other yanderes? He's pretty tame. We could kick his ass...in theory. Literally? Probably not.

Wanna know more? Well, let's get into it!

Reviews being done in a relatively close span like the old days?! Whaaaaaaat? But, respectfully, don't get used to it lmao. Life be kickin' my ass sometimes. Thankfully, it's not typically anything bad; I'm just still learning a lot about being an adult, and I'm still getting adjusted after all these years. Lmaooooo disregard ALL of that...except that last part actually. I had this drafted for weeks, never edited it/finished it, so I never posted it until now. I wish I could say that I'm lying but--

I'm completely deadass. I'm extremely notorious for pulling that, y'all have no idea...

Anyways! Fun fact! Actually, two. First fun fact, I found this one on Tumblr! The dev seemed really excited about their creation, and I am a simple girlie. I see an unstable man with some kind of unhealthy affection towards me, so I downloaded it lol. Second fun fact...I played this at work lmao.

Yes, you read that correctly. I played this visual novel -- and drafted out some of this review -- on the company clock. Do I feel bad about it? Hell nah, and I'd honestly do it more often, but I can't always trust that I won't get flustered or let out a squeak of surprise or something, so it's risky for me. I was lowkey playing with my life lol.

No, you don't understand. If I ever get into the whole "Ooh, let me STREAM this" thing or someshit, it'd literally just be me making side comments to myself, drooling over CGs, screaming about a totally expected character death, and clutching my pearls over a minor jumpscare. Actually, third fun fact: I clutched my pearls at work lmao. There was a part that caught me off guard, and my soul got trapped in my throat. Like, where I work is pretty quiet, and there would've 1000% been an echo had I released that sound, and let me tell ya', it was a-brewin'.

Okay, clearly I am yapping about the wrong things and not about this game, which I'm super excited for the full release of, but I guess that means you'll have to stick around for the review portion to know why I'm so hype in the first place. To avoid anymore yappin', I'll go on and tell you as much about this game as possible without ruining the game itself. Bear in mind that the demo is pretty short, so the summary will be as well, but I'm still going to avoid telling you as much as I can!

Enough of that, though; let's get into it!

So boom.

We are failing at life BIG time.

Lmao great opener, amiright? But, no seriously. Things just...really suck, and the reality of that is really starting to set in. We had pretty much gone out on our own, as adults tend to naturally do, and all we've managed to do is either do nothing to progress towards our goals OR we've done the exact opposite of our goals. What makes this worse is that this was supposed to be a whole "Prove them wrong" type thing, and, right now, they couldn't have been more right. Great. Fantastic even. So how do we deal with these adult sorrows?

With adult solutions, of course. We drink.

Now, admittedly, this was a little bold on our end, but once we get a few too many drinks in us, we, frankly, start bitching to this random guy who had the misfortune of sitting next to us. We vent and rant and rave about how this game of life is essentially unfair because some people spawn in with the hacks and cheats. What are those hacks and cheats? Connections and money, of which we have neither, and it's very clearly apparent. Meanwhile, homie is just over here like:

**intense side-eye** "...K."

Despite this though, he keeps the conversation going, but it doesn't really seem like it's for us. He had this look to him that was just...lowkey unsettling. At the same time though, we were so relieved to just have the opportunity to tell someone what had been on our mind throughout all this crap that we had been going through, so we overlook that predatory look that he had going on.

Like I said, though, this guy wasn't engaged in this conversation for us; it was for him, and it was obvious that he found some kind of amusement from the types of things that he said. Not to mention Mr. "Being a loser? Can't relate" is belittling the hell out of our situation.

"You're being a crybaby", he says.

"You're whining for nothing", he says.

Like, really. Who says that kind of shit to a person they don't even know? Then again, to be fair, who just randomly starts trauma dumping on a random stranger?

We have a bit more dialogue before he's just like "You can just stay with me at my place. I'm barely there anyways".

...Okay, first of all, that's already suspicious as hell. Second of all, he calls us a whiner and a crybaby, but then proceeds to help us? Again, that's suspicious as hell. We lowkey call him out on this, and, of course, he starts backpedaling.

"I-- I was...just saying that that's what most people would think. I don't personally think that!...**ahem**. So are you going to come stay with me, or nah?"

Yeah...yeah, no, this is super sus. I mean, why would we even trust this guy? We don't even know his name.

Then again, our place is...run down, to say the least. Are we really so desperate as to stay with this random guy just so we have a fighting chance at this life thing?

"...How much?"

"No money. It's more of a...symbolic fee, that I have in mind."

We may not be desperate enough to stay, but we sure are desperate enough to seriously consider it.

Let me tell ya, this is a damn solid start to this thing!

I honestly don't have much to say or ramble about other than that the demo was very intro-y, which isn't a bad thing at all. This had the literal flow of a prologue before you get into the actual story. It gives you just enough backstory and interaction to get your feet wet before you actually dive into the story itself. The pacing was done really nicely, and the yandere character is making its appearance with the subtle shadiness, and pastel red flags, and those "Hmm...that's suspicious. That's weird" moments.

It's a relatively short playthrough, which is totally fine for a demo, of course, but damn, do I wish there was more. Like I said, it has a damn solid start, and I'm honestly really vibing with it, and I'm tryna see what this totally-not-a-demon dude is about. Like, I'm just really excited about what this game has to offer and how everything is gonna pan out.

Anyways, short game, so short rambles. If it wasn't obvious, I do recommend a casual little playthrough of this game, just don't fall in too deeply because it's the definition of "short and sweet". It pulls you in just enough, and it's honestly such a tease. Also, if you don't play it, how are you gonna find out what homie's name is? By looking at the tags lmao. Not to mention, you're reading this and the link is conveniently right here and just waiting in you to click on i-- No?! Don't skip over it?! Look, I'll put it right here, too, but now you really don't have an excuse, because it's been provided to you twice in this one paragraph alone.

But seriously though, you'd be lowkey missing out if you didn't at least give it a chance. I mean, come on, it's like...maybe 20 -- I'll say 30 minutes of playthrough for accuracy purposes, but it really is short, and it's taking you longer to bob and weave this link that I've slipped in for you again than it would for you to download and play through it. Just give it a chance. And then--!! After you play it, slide into the dev's comment section and give them some encouraging words. Tell them something like, "Hiya! So this game you made? There's something to this, and it means something to me. Actually, it means everything to me...I'm obsessed. ...So, anyways! Update or nah?"

Oh! By the way! Just as a heads up, when you first load into the game, it'll look like this:

If you've played, like, a ton of visual novels, then you know how to navigate this screen whether it's in a different language or not. Just in case you don't, though, just click that third option from the top. After that, you'll just go to the bottom left and (kinda near -- but not super close or anything -- to what would be the "return" button), you'll see the only English word; it'll, quite literally, say "English". Click on that, and everything will be creamy peaches ... that sounds ... nevermind.

Anyways, I've met my yap quota for the day. Again, please give this game a try! But other than that, the biggest and fattest preesh for making it this far! I always appreciate it when you guys take the time to read my rambling and unsolicited opinions. Please, remember to drink water, don't be dumb, and --

<3

Hope to see you around~!

Greedy for You

[genericpuff]

As someone who can't afford to go to animation school n adores your work- are there any advice or tips they taught you could share that transfer to art or comics? I know you talked about learning how to properly reference things which I admit I think I and a lot of other artists struggle with knowing how to do

Ironically enough, as much as I learned that I do NOT have the patience for animating (which is... ironic, considering all the patience that's required to make a comic LMAO) I did still learn a lot from it that I was able to take into comics. Storyboarding was one of the more obvious ones, as storyboards are basically just the "still versions" of an animation before it's been animated, with establishing shots, camera pans, dialogue shots, etc. all of which you'd find utilized in a comic.

Alongside that was learning how to draw consistently. Turnaround sheets are a shared practice in both animation and comics, they're necessary to creating an ongoing project that features the same core cast of characters. Learning how to draw the same characters the exact same way every time in a way that's both consistent and efficient is crucial.

That said, aside from those little starting tips, I do hope that some day you're able to find the means to go to school for animation or whatever it is that you're desiring to go into and learn. Yes, post-secondary schooling is expensive, and there are a lot of risks in pursuing a diploma/degree that can affect your future. That said, as someone who went to a school that literally no longer exists (like fr I don't even know if I can get my transcript anymore so for all I know, the year I spent in animation college only exists in the student loans that I'm still paying off, rip) I still learned and gained so much that I simply wouldn't have in high school or on Youtube. The biggest of which was the environment - being put into an actual dedicated space for learning art, with peers and teachers who were all unified in that space working towards the same goal, made so much more of a difference in my learning than I initially anticipated. I got so much feedback and guidance thanks to my instructors, and it really put me into a space where I was forced to try new things, I couldn't keep relying on the same tricks and comfort zones anymore. If it weren't for my instructors pushing me to step outside of that comfort zone, I never would have learned how to draw from life or use other mediums that subsequently became the foundations of the stuff I make today.

And while a lot of the things they taught I could have learned on Youtube or CTRL+Paint or Draw-a-Box, being in an actual classroom with grades and a schedule to abide by actually kept me moving in a forward direction and gave me so much more help on a personal level than some guy on Youtube could have given me reading from a script or, in this case, some rando on Tumblr responding to anonymous asks LMAO

Obviously, I'm never gonna recommend that anyone put themselves into financial ruin for post-secondary schooling, ESPECIALLY right now with the economy being what it is, but I do hope that if you genuinely want to go to school that you can find the means to do so, whether it's opting for community classes or applying for scholarships/bursaries/grants/etc or even just signing up for a local art class. Do your research on what's available and feasible to you - even art clubs can be super helpful in getting you out there and talking to people! As much as we may all be slaving away over our desks creating our next big piece, art is still a form of community and interpersonal communication - whether it's between you and an audience, or a peer with whom you exchange new ideas and feedback, or a mentor whose skills you hope to inherit and pass on to the next generation.

Until then though, keep creating and keep getting inspired. If you've never drawn from life before, set up a bowl of fruit and draw it as closely as you can to the real thing, or go to the food court and see how quickly you can sketch the people walking by before they're gone. If you've never tried storyboarding before, grab a piece of paper, find a scene from a live action movie you like, and storyboard it as if you were making an animated film. Try things! Fail at it! Try it again! See what happens!

[tortoisebore]

ff author interview !! 🧚

wahhhh thank u for tag @fruityindividual 🧚✨🧚✨

How many works do you have on ao3

2 (#3 is in the drafts & i’m mustering the courage to post on anon 🧚)

What’s ur total ao3 word count

212,244

Top 5 stories by kudos

#1 is hey, sharpshooter (she’s still going insane w waves of new readers like im shocked)

#2 is the anon smut i posted forever ago lmfao

Do u reply to comments

i love responding to comments but i am so behind rn im so sorry 😭

What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending

technically it’s a wip & i dont think it’ll ever be finished or published but it was a sad little remus pov thing (typical) where he was just miserably in love w his childhood best friend for like 15 years & sirius was having a very bad time forever and ever & not able to make room for anything but surviving even tho they loved each other etc etc (i think i listened to house song like 100 times in one day & said wow. wow how can i make this even gayer and sadder)

What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending

hey sharpshooter !! also the ending of the sequel is already written & it’s perhaps even happier !!

Do you write crossovers

noooo crossovers always feel very that’s-so-suite-life-of-hannah-montana to me lmfaoo i haven’t ever been able to get into one

Have you ever received hate on a fic

idk ab hate but i have received passive aggressive comments/asks ab how often i update & i have been subtweeted bc some teenagers didn’t like that i made remus a jock </3333

Do you write smut

atp almost exclusively, it’s just all being posted on anon lmfao

Have you ever had a fic stolen

no 🧚

Have you ever had a fic translated

yeth, some very nice ppl are translating hey sharpshooter into russian over on ficbook

Have you ever co-written a fic before

no </3 im so sporadic in my writing motivation that i fear i’d be a terrible co-writer & everyone else would be Frustrated With Me & then i would have to pull out all my hair & run into the forest & throw myself off a bridge etc etc

What’s your all-time favorite ship

atp i feel like it has to be wolfstar bc i’ve been solely interacting w it for like 5 years. they r so special to me

Whats a fic that you want to finish but dont think you ever will

that angsty little remus pov </3 it’s too sad to finish lmao

What are your writing strengths

i am being so very genuine when i say i have no idea. probably like conveying violently self-destructive amounts of yearning lmfaoooo

What are your writing weaknesses

my motivation isn’t consistent & when im not in a very specific headspace i cant get even a single bare-bones sentence out of my brain. also i sort of write in circles & over explain things lmfao it’s all basically just me rambling in a character’s pov

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic

i am guilty of this 😈 very very grateful for the french speaker who left a comment on hey sharpshooter like a month or two ago & said “uh hey. this doesn’t make sense <3” & saved my life lmfao

Whats a fandom/ship you haven’t written for yet but want to?

idkkkkk im so stuck on wolfstar i haven’t even thought of writing anything else. this is the only “fandom” im even a little bit into anymore & i barely interact w it outside of tumblr/ao3 jhfgfkjg

What’s your favorite fic you’ve written

has to be hey sharpshooter simply bc i cant believe i actually finished it lmfaooooo

tagging @moonheavens (sorry if u’ve already been tagged/posted 💕) & anyone else that wants to play 🧚🧚🧚🧚🧚🧚

[peachkkuma]

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𝑻𝑰𝑭𝑭𝑨𝑵𝒀’𝑺 SIGNING OFF : last tumblr post 07.15.24

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• explanation + goodbye post

⠀˒ ⊹ ݁ ִ   𝑫𝑬𝑨𝑹 𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑫𝑬𝑹…

hello, hope you’re doing well! i’ll get right into it, this is the end of my posts for now. i never really had any sort of big idea or expectations for this blog but i definitely never thought it’d only last four months, or that it’d have so few posts (my drafts on the other hand are a different story lmao).

i had made this blog because i was struggling with the law and needed to get out of my head. im really big into journaling, it helped me get my thoughts in order and i wished i had something like that but for the law. something that would allow me to observe and work through my troubles with the loa. that’s when this blog was created, that’s why i had made this my loa diary.

this blog had given me a space to see where i was going wrong and allowed me to have my own epiphanies. but despite the fact that i made this blog and its posts for my own sake, i hope something here has helped, encouraged, or just gave you something to relate to.

im ending this blog for now because i don’t need it anymore. my last entry was a month ago and since then i have had my fair share of struggles and confusions but lately, its all been kind of…calm ig. i dont know how to explain but it all just makes sense? like, the law is the law, its not this never ending complex theory. it’s a universal law and all the information has already been laid out for me. all that’s left for me to do is to learn and apply. idk but i think I hadn’t realized that before. i always felt like as soon as i’d make sense of the law, i’d read another loa post and all of a sudden i was wrong. it felt like learning the law would be a never ending journey. that I’d never truly grasp it on my own. but I don’t feel that way anymore. I think that mainly has to do with me just being in this community for years, so ofc sooner or later I’d get the hang of it, but I also think that it has a lot to do with me cutting down my time on tumblr tremendously and focusing on Neville’s works.

so, yeah, there’s nothing for me to “figure out” anymore. i don’t need to read anymore loa advice posts and there’s nothing else i have to discuss about the law anymore. if you’re gonna take away one thing from this post— remember that the loa is simple. there’s no need to overcomplicate or overthink it.

for a while it felt like i was almost fighting the loa. i didn’t want to accept that it was as simple as it was. but the lesson I’ve learned now is that regardless of how i feel, the law will always be what it is. there’s no need to make it harder or overcomplicate it, dont distract yourself by doing that. if i could go back and give myself advice, i’d tell myself to accept the law for what it is because there’s no way around it. if you can’t do that then you might as well stop trying to use the law because what’s the point? 🤷‍♀️

tldr: I no longer have any need to be on loa tumblr so im signing off :)

even tho im happy the law isn’t hard for me anymore, im sad to be leaving this blog 😭😭 thank you for reading and goodbye!!

kisses, peachkkuma

[greennoobartist]

Henlo :]

Okay, so, one thing: School is over! Yey :D Wednesday was the last day and that's why i posted that "Dawn of the Final Day" post lol... Final day of school, that's what it was for :)

Wednesday and yesterday.... My social battery dried out to the minus, that's why i didn't say anything and didn't reply to probably anyone... My social battery dried and I didn't feel like talking to anyone tbh, but im good now :)

Now, since school is over and summer has started, here are few things!

I have absolutely no idea how active will i be tbh... No really, i will have free time but idk how active will i be... Im probably just sceptic tho so ill probably be online idk.. I just have a lot of Wips lol

Speaking of Wips, ill try to focus more on drawing and writing this summer :) I have a lot i wanna do and I see this summer as a chance to learn and improve so yeah :D Will i now fulfill this?..... I actually have no idea XD i hope so....

TSoTT? It's doing well :) Maybe I wasn't writing a lot but I was able to plan a lot of things that were hollow so that's still improvement.... Blue's design is ready and i just have to write the character sheet and Chapter 4 could be posted soon alongside his design.... Id love to post both before the end of May and idk if that's gonna be possible lol XD

When it comes to Tumblr, i have some things im working on... Im planning to fully update and change my intro post and that could be done before the middle of June... Another thing im working on is making a sideblog for smth which could be done by the first week of June maybe... Imma leave those two aside for now cuz I have other more important things to do atm...

Life.... Is being wild, to say the least... But imma try to keep it aside and not vent for this summer, imma keep it positive for once lmao

Bonus: sleep schedule doesn't exist anymore hahah XXDD (it's literally so ruined haha)

Anyways.... I think that's all that matters and all i have for now :)

Hope you were all doing well these days and have a nice day/evening/night :D 🫶

[1moreff-creator]

DROS CH3 Part 3 First Impressions

Ooh... the Tumblr post with a link to the doc says this one's a little longer than usual... Now that sounds like fun! :D Let's see!

CWs

"Davis: …How’s everyone’s morning going?

Noah: It��s–

Kennedy: Don’t talk to them. That’s what the showrunners want." Oh dear, Kennedy's really doubling down on their theories, huh?

"Aidan: Whatever. I can leave, if you want me to.

Davis: Wh– there’s no reason to. Just because Kennedy is ordering us around doesn’t mean we have to listen. I’m surprised you’re so willing to go along with it, Aidan. You’re usually much more… resistant.

Kennedy: Usually? In the sense that you know each other usually?" Okay, first: Davis, Aidan's more on the camp of not bothering with anything annoying more so than actively defying any and all perceived slights against him, it makes sense he wouldn't want to deal with Kennedy. Two, Kennedy come on xD

"Ellis: Seriously, is there something in the air today? Is that the real motive? ‘Cause I feel like it’s not in Kennedy’s nature to settle so hard on one particular idea.

I look at Kennedy.

Ellis: “What if the showrunners want you to think that you shouldn’t be talking to the people they’ve made you believe are the mastermind and traitor?” Isn’t that what you’d normally be saying right about now?

Kennedy: The showrunners would want me to think that I can’t pin anyone down. They want paranoia to run rampant. I’ve targeted the correct choices, so moving forwards without doubt is the most important thing." It's true that Kennedy can sometimes get pretty stubborn on certain theories, though. Evidenced by how he's acting here lol.

"Paris: Speaking of which… I heard a little rule about the Customer Service Desk. Care to explain who returned the gun again, Aidan?

Aidan: Like I said, I did.

Paris: Well, I think everyone here should know that, even in the case of anonymous purchases, only the person who requested the item can return it. So, that means that Aidan’s either lying about returning it, or he checked it out in the first place~" Oh oh, right. This is not gonna do Aidan any favors in the mastermind defense case lmao.

"Aidan: Yeah, okay. Say what you want, I really don’t care.

Davis: Aidan?? You know that if you say stuff like that, they’re going to believe that you still have it, right…?

Aidan: And?

Davis: …You don’t. 

Aidan: And how do you know that?

Davis: I… believe you when you say you don’t?

Aidan: I’m not saying anything." Okay now Aidan's not making any sense! What even is his angle anymore? I guess he doesn't want people to put together that someone else must have asked for the gun, and get paranoid over it, but I can't tell if that's really the case or if Aidan's just fed up with refuting arguments or something else entirely!

"Paris: It means that he’s someone we can’t fully trust, anyways. And honestly, the more Davis defends Aidan, no matter what he says or does, the more he’s starting to look guilty, too~

Vivi: Do we actually have to accuse people like this, though? There are plenty of other ways to outsmart the killing game…

Taylor: “The best way forward is to pursue multiple plans at once. If we can figure out each and every possible way to win and work on all of them at once, we’ll be enough steps ahead of the mastermind to actually escape!”" Paris hopping on the Aidan attack train? Vivi going against Kennedy's idea? Things are heating up! Also who is Taylor meant to be making an impression of here? I don't know xD

"Noah: It… makes some sense, I guess. And it’s kinda nice to know more about the situation…" As Ellis brings up in narration right after, yeah you don't know shit, you're just speculating. Noah might just be seeking comfort wherever he can find it, though, which makes sense.

"Paris: How’re you doing today?

Ellis: …Worse.

Paris: Sorry to hear that. Maybe try the Spa?

Jeff: Maybe try somewhere that’s not here.

Ellis: Hmph. I’ll hand out postcards next meal: “wish you weren’t here.”" Wow, Ellis is in a mood today! You love to see it! xD

"I’d much rather give people the opportunity to watch the gorgeous Ellis Ortiz apply sunscreen in a bikini!

Because I’m still intending on meeting up with Vanessa, who lives on the Third Floor, I go there to wait. The lower dorm area is also more… trafficked, so to speak. More potential for more eyes on me!" There's no one here and Ellis still isn't missing one! Truly, he does not relent!

"Davis: You aren’t giving me much to work with. I’m trying to defend you, but when you shut me down, I don’t know how to–

Aidan: I never asked you to defend me. You realize you’re just adding fuel to the fire, right? If you give them nothing, they’ll shut up eventually. By defending me, you’re just convincing them there’s more to it.

Davis: Are you sure? Because Paris chimed in today, and that made things worse. You’ve seen at the Trials, people are pretty prone to suspecting the most suspicious person until it’s disproved…

Aidan: Okay, then let people be suspicious of me! I don’t care. And you shouldn’t either." Yeah Aidan not giving a fuck is starting to really become a problem. You can't just "ignore and move on" your way out of every situation my guy. And poor Davis, he's really trying but it ain't working lol.

"Then again… if they don’t realize I’m here, I might learn something I wouldn’t have otherwise. If they really are the mastermind and traitor, and they don’t think they’re being listened to, there’s no reason for them to lie to each other." Okay wow. Seems like Ellis' own conspiracy theorist tendencies are still at play, even with one of Kennedy's more out there guesses lol.

"Davis: Is it… really such a problem that I care about you…?

Aidan: Why? I’m the suspicious loner who might have a gun on him and also might be the mastermind. Shouldn’t you, I don’t know, ignore me like everyone else? Decide that there are better people to spend your time with? Stop caring so much about someone who doesn’t care what happens? [...]

Aidan: Whatever. It’s your problem if you want to defend me. But, I’m telling you now, it’s a better idea for you to just let me sink my own ship." Hell yeah, elaboration on Aidan's mindset! Seems like he's decided he's unsalvageable and won't allow anyone to try and shake him from that idea. A classic case of "caring about your life is pretty hard and he's scared to try", perhaps? I wonder how he came to have such a mindset...

"I really thought they’d be on the same page in one way or another! But, like, not in a way that requires me to have any faith in these chumps– that’d be ridiculous." On the other corner, someone is having issues of their own with admitting they care about things lol.

"Davis: I’m… not sure exactly how to feel. I know that Kennedy’s wrong, but I don’t have a way to prove it, and I don’t know how to convince everyone to just… move on.

Ellis: Heh. You think it’d freak Kennedy out if you gave up?

Davis: Maybe…? I don’t know that fighting back is going to do much good. But, giving up and letting Kennedy run the show doesn’t feel great, either… 

Ellis: Yeah, can’t disagree with that one." Davis going through it right now, holy hell.

"Ellis: So you did notice my swimsuit! Isn’t it worthy of some praise?!

Davis: Of course I noticed, you’re right there. It looks nice on you.

Ellis: Thank you. Jeez, what does it take to get some attention around here…?

I blink.

Ellis: Well, uh. Not in the way you’ve been getting it.

Davis: Unfortunately, that’s what everyone’s pretty fixated on at the moment. Myself included, I guess.

Ellis: Maybe you can distract ‘em with something else.

Davis: Such as?

Ellis: Uh… let’s see, what would distract me?

Davis: I’m not showing up to breakfast in a swimsuit." Okay these two are really funny together xD Needed that levity with all the shit that's currently hitting the fan lmao.

"Mark: Oh, hey. Are you guys heading to the Pool?

Vanessa: Yeah! Wanna join?

Mark: I probably won’t swim or anything, but I’ll keep you guys company." Interesting trio forming here, and with Jeff very possibly being at the Pool too, this might turn into a very unusual quartet lol.

"The three of us walk across the bridge to the Pool, where Jeff surprisingly isn’t." Or not! Hope he's not dead! (I doubt it but y'know, early kills are possible, especially with someone whose absence wouldn't raise too many eyebrows, so).

"Or maybe he’s dead." I swear to fucking god I hadn't read this far ahead before I wrote the other thing. The evidence that me and Ellis are the same keeps mounting xD

"Vanessa: Yeah, I kinda figured. You look a little silly in, like, a vest and everything at the poolside.

Ellis: Jeez, Vanessa. If I didn’t know better, I’d think that you were trying to get Mark to take off their clothes." Lmao.

"Mark: I can take my gloves off, if that’s a problem…?" I have wondered if there's anything plot relevant under those gloves, a la Kirigiri. I assume Mark would have noticed when they first showered, so I imagine either no or it's not something Mark would ask other people about (aka something like a scar as opposed to a tattoo a la Fenrir). My guess is on "nothing important under there" for now, though.

"Mark: Thanks, but at least for now, I’m fine just talking to you guys.

Vanessa: Aw, that’s sweet! I like talking to you, too.

Ellis: Thirded. It’s nice to have a break from crazytown over there." How sweet indeed! :D

"Mark pops back up above the water, sputtering a little.

Ellis: Oh, shit, do they not remember how to swim?" Oh that's a problem! Of all the things not to remember! Also, I doubt we're gonna have two drowning deaths, but it still worries me we're setting that up as a possibility :p

"Mark: Sorry about that, I…

They seem pretty shellshocked. 

Ellis: Did you hit your head?

Mark: No, I’m fine…" ... Was it a memory? Did Mark have bad experiences with drowning and this caused that to surface? (pun not intended).

"Ellis: Could water have been involved in Mark losing their memories…?" Oh for the love of-

"Ellis: Hmm. It’s also true that Robert and Grace’s deaths were both… y’know, like that. And Mark didn’t seem, like, specifically worried about it.

Could it be the surprise, then? The specific location in which they were hit? Or am I just totally off base?" Maybe, though I'm more leaning on the fact Mark experienced it firsthand here that really caused that, since the other two cases were things happening to other people.

"I hope that falling into the pool didn’t damage Mark’s memories by, like, re-traumatizing them. But, they still responded to their killing-game-chosen name. So, they probably haven’t forgotten anything from the past two weeks, right?" Hopefully!

"Davis: I’m glad you had fun. I’m alright, though obviously with everything that’s been going on, it’s a little… hectic.

Harper: Yes, I… can see why that would be the case. I really do wish things weren’t quite so hostile…" Harper's so nice... Good for ver!

"Harper: Yes, from what I’ve seen, it seems that most people are siding with Kennedy and Paris on the topic. That isn’t particularly shocking from those like Taylor and Vivi, but I am a bit surprised that Noah and Vanessa seem to agree with them as well." Dear god it's getting bad. Whoever dies this chapter, I imagine it's gonna cause a pretty large upheaval, with tensions this high.

"Davis: Honestly, for Vanessa and Noah, I assume that may be why they’re supporting Kennedy. It’s probably nice to be safe from suspicion, innocent or not, right?" I hadn't considered that, but it's very true...

"Paris: Hey Harper, Ellis; how’s it going~?

Harper: I’m doing alright…

Noah: That’s good to hear…!

Ellis: …

Davis: ...Hi?" Wow. I don't even have anything to say to that. Just wow.

"Paris: Yeah, so, we wanted to tell you guys that Kennedy says we’re still not talking to Aidan and Davis. Right, Noah?

Harper: Noah?

Noah: …I mean, it’s really not… that big of a deal, right…?" Bro??? It's getting critical out here.

"Paris: But, if the mastermind and traitor are part of the killing game because it’s a Resort attraction, it stands to reason that they’re fan favorites, right?

Huh? But, I’m the fan favorite.

Paris: It’ll probably bore the crowd if we ignore them long enough. Thus, we win!" This is... an angle lol. I've seen the whole idea of boring the audience in other places, but doing it by specifically avoiding those two is a hell of a plan to be sure. And don't worry Ellis, you're one of this fan's favorites! Aidan and Davis and kinda everyone else too but y'know that's besides the point.

"Paris: But it makes sense to try, right? I mean, imagine if someone dies in, like, a couple of weeks because you let this thing go on. You’d feel terrible, wouldn’t you?

Harper: … 

Davis: It’s not like it would be Harper’s fault.

Paris: It’s the fault of whoever lets this killing game go on when we could end it. If that’s Harper, it’s Harper." Holy hell the guilt tripping is crazy. Also ha! You failed, Paris! Davis talked and you answered, thereby violating your own rule. He he >:)

"Noah: Harper, it’s–

Paris: Noah. 

Noah: …" ??? Is Paris in her corruption arc? Is this finally the chapter where my constant suspicion of her pays off, or am I just as off base as ever? In any case, how much interesting stuff can happen in one chapter???

"Harper: …If that’s the case, perhaps it’s best I take my leave entirely.

Harper stands up, taking ver plate with ver.

Harper: Have a nice meal, all of you." Wow! Harper laying down the law! Hell yeah!

"Noah: Yeah… ‘cause, it’ll all be okay in the end…! Once we get out of this place, everything will start being right again." That is... some faith you have there, Noah! People's mental health is deteriorating left, right and center here!

"On one hand, I’m a little disappointed that Paris didn’t realize that I was ignoring her in the same way that she was ignoring Davis. I was totally gonna pull a whole, “oh, Paris, didn’t notice you there! I guess we should all take another look at who’s at the table and make sure we aren’t forgetting anybody.” But, on the other hand, I’m still kind of afraid of Paris and her social capital." I also didn't realize that was Ellis' strategy there, but yeah. Paris is becoming a hell of a problem. Are her and Kennedy shaping up to be this chapter's victims?

"Maybe it’s for the best that I leave Davis to sink on his own ship. I know Aidan was the one analogizing himself, but really, I think Davis is the ship, and Aidan is the anchor." Yeah, that's Ellis for ya'. And the ship metaphor is going crazy lol.

[Mark 3rd FTE Start] Hell yeah! FTE!

"Thankfully, Mark looks alright– it seems they recovered from their dip in the Pool earlier today. I don’t know if I should bring it up or not.

[2 lines later]

Ellis: Ooh, so where do you want to go for that? Straight to the Gym, or would you rather go for a run outside? Or, you could always do some laps in the… um." Wow you really fucked that one up didn't you? xD Immediately accidentally almost brought up the pool lmao.

"Ellis: Eh, not really. I’m by no means a jock, but I do like the look working out gives you. So, I exercise sometimes, but running sucks. I usually do other stuff.

Mark: Do you have a favorite?

Ellis: Hmm… well, it’s not exactly a workout, but yoga is fun." Wow... Ellis characterization... always welcome!

"Mark: I didn’t mean to try to figure out a talent. I just meant, then we have something to do while we keep talking." Aww :D

"Mark: Still, even if I wasn’t Ultimate at anything, I still must’ve been doing something, right? Like… what did you do before you got into the party scene? 

Ellis: …Well, I was the same old me, obviously.

Mark: But, what did you like to do? Or, did you have a favorite subject in school? That sort of thing.

Ellis: Pff, imagine caring about school. Maybe you don’t remember this, Mark, but school sucks. Especially American public schools.

They frown.

Mark: I can stop asking questions if you don’t want to answer them.

Ellis: …" Wow we really hate talking about the past don't we? xD

"Ellis: I liked… I dunno, Spanish, I guess? Some of my family members speak Spanish, so I came in there with a bit of an advantage. And, in my free time, I… windowshopped at the mall? Played video games on a busted old console? Got roped into painting my grandfather’s fence?" Ellis lore!!! And the crowd goes wild!!!

"Mark: Is it a bad memory?

Ellis: Is a puzzle piece from Puzzle A bad to pick up when you’re trying to put together Puzzle B? The Ellis Ortiz of the past is incompatible with the Ellis Ortiz of today, is all.

They look over at me.

Mark: …Do you really think so?

Ellis: Yep. The Ellis of the past could never be so lucky.

Mark: But, even if your luck is different, and as a result, your life is different, you’re still the same you, right?

Ellis: …All I was trying to say was, “the old Ellis wouldn’t have gotten to spend time with you.”" This is... really fascinating! I have to wonder just what that old Ellis' life looked like for the "new one" to reject it so thoroughly. Was it really just that it was boring? Or what the hell was happening there? What is happening now? ???

"Mark: I guess, whoever they were, the old Mark wouldn’t have gotten to spend time with you, either." Aww... Mark and Ellis are getting to be such good friends (or romantic partners for the more ship inclined). Really hoping all those Mark!Survivor guesses turn out to be right with the way this is going! Ha ha…

"In the club, nothing exists but the moment. It doesn’t matter who you were, or who you’ll be. Same with the stock market– you could have been born without a penny to your name, or be about to lose billions when the sun rises tomorrow, but as long as you have a dollar, you can cash in.

That’s where Ellis Ortiz is supposed to exist. And the Ellis of the past, before his grandfather’s dying gift or his first taste of what money can buy you, probably wouldn’t last a day in either of those arenas. Probably wouldn’t have lasted long in this arena, either. After all, look at what happened to Ro–" For a moment I was wondering who the fuck "Ro" was, but I'm pretty sure it's meant to be "Robert." So Ellis basically considers the old themselves to be a "normie", which makes sense. I guess she already doesn't have the best self-esteem, if her bravado and constant second guessing of herself are anything to go by, so she must have really hated her life before all that. Fascinating stuff... Ellis is awesome :O

"I’m the only one who’s lived with me for my entire life. Therefore, I’m the only one who can know for sure that the Ellis that exists right now is the best, brightest, strongest one there can be.

…The one that can’t force an announcer to announce the gun they returned, and makes excuses for cowering in the face of an influencer. Yeah, that’s me." Speaking of the second guessing and low self-esteem lol.

"Kennedy: Things have been going well. That means we need to crank it up." I don''t know if I'd describe things as "going well", and there definitely isn't a need to "crank it up" what. Kennedy on their crashout arc???

"Kennedy: If we’re really trying to make it so that the audience can’t watch the mastermind and traitor, wouldn’t it be better if they were out of sight, out of mind? We can’t force them into their rooms, but we can make sure that, if they’re out and about, they’re always supervised. That means they can’t sneak off to some mastermind location and alter the game." Holy shit it really is the Kennedy crashout arc she's going insane. This is awesome xD

"Aidan: I have literally no idea what you’re hoping to accomplish, but it’s not like I’m going to stop you.

Davis: But it’s pointless, isn’t it…? Besides, if this “works,” where are you going to go from there?" Wait these two are just here? I thought this was the kind of thing you'd talk about behind their backs what ToT

"Kennedy: You don’t have to be part of the rotation if you have such a problem with it. I’m proposing the best plan for the safety of the group.

Jeff: …

Kennedy: Enough people will join to make it work." This is actually fucking insane. We truly are going all in on this, huh? There's a goddamn civil war forming in the killing game what.

"Harper: I understand your plan’s appeal, Kennedy, but if we narrow our lenses even further watching over Aidan and Davis specifically, it would become even easier for a different mastermind and traitor combination to get away with whatever they pleased." Please listen to Harper, ve's starting to be the only normal one here T_T

"Kennedy: So, with that in mind, we should establish our rules and rotations. If anyone doesn’t want to contribute, then I guess we can make exceptions. First off–

Jeff: Can you please just shut up about this already?!" Wow! Even fucking Jeff is taking up arms on this bullshit! You know you've thoroughly fucked it up when you got Jeff of all people fiercely going against you lol. This might be one of my favorite parts in all of DROS so far just because of how much conflict there is with everyone here :D

[Jeff pops off] Holy hell they really went in! From calling bs on the logic of the "bore the audience to cancellation" plan, and the very idea that Aidan and Davis are mm and traitor to begin with, there's some great points made here! Awesome of Jeff to get a moment like this, he's dealt with a lot of shit this entire killing game xD

"Vivi: …I think Jeff’s right, you know? Like, I didn’t really love this whole thing either. Even if we still think Aidan and Davis are suspicious, we don’t need to go full-on surveillance mode, right?" Vivi joining the Aidan-Davis defense squad! Hell yeah. Love that she doesn't just blindly follow Kennedy, even with how much she usually sticks up for them.

"Kennedy: …Fine. We won’t watch them all the time. But they’re definitely still at the top of my watchlist." And it's cool that Kennedy's not completely unreasonable, even when she's still being extremely unreasonable.

"Harper: Still, I’d feel awful if the staff’s hard work went to waste… 

Ellis: Uh… they are still employees of the mastermind, y’know…

Harper: I suppose. Still, it does mean that they’re probably being ordered to do these sorts of things." Leave it to Harper to feel bad for the Staff lol. Though to an extent I get it; especially without the context of the full extent of the Tragedy, it's normal to wonder what the hell is in it for them.

"Harper: Yes, though I suppose that’s my issue. I should be taking more of a stance, in line with what I believe to be true.

And what you believe to be true is…?" Good question! I mean, I'm pretty sure Harper is more on the side of "leave Aidan and Davis alone", but still. Ve doesn't really talk about ver beliefs too much, pretty non-confrontational.

"Harper: I suppose “believing” a side isn’t quite the right way to put it. What I believe is that this conflict is needless and we should be putting suspicions aside to work towards a solution. But, it’s difficult to convince some of the others of that, especially if I don’t express myself clearly enough…" Yeah that makes sense.

"Paris: The mirrors and clothes back here are, like, totally perfect! Honestly, it’d be a great place to do a makeover.

Taylor: Yeah, definitely…" Hey you two! How's it going?

"Oh man, we didn’t say anything that Paris could use as dirt on us later, right…?" I think Harper's real opinions might count, but it's not horrible I think?

"Taylor: Hey. Don’t be too loud, I don’t want Paris to listen to me right now." ...? Interesting development, Taylor being all secretive around Paris.

"Taylor: I get the sense that high-conflict environments are what Paris thrives in, but it’s really draining. Everyone’s so high strung all the time, and I sometimes want to just tell everyone to be quiet about it, but I know she’ll get mad at me…" Man, everyone is having issues, huh? I struggle to think of many conflicts in other stories like this that feel like the entire cast has an unique and interesting opinion on the issue, it's genuinely impressive. It's so cool... :O As for Taylor specifically, I get why they feel like this, it's a pretty rough situation for them.

"Taylor: Hey, Paris, can I talk to you about something?

Taylor: “Yeah, totally! What’s up?”

Taylor: Well, we wanted to say that we feel like everyone’s making a big conflict out of nothing, and it’s getting tiring. Can we maybe stop it?

Taylor: “Oh, don’t worry about it, Tay! I’m sure everything’ll blow over soon. Trust me, I’ve got it covered~”

They roll their eyes.

Taylor: And that’d be the end of that." You know, when they listed all the possible ways that bringing up the issue with Paris would go, I thought about how it made sense that Taylor was confident in predicting how others would react to a given situation because of their talent, but seeing it in action really is something else damn.

"Taylor: “If you feel strongly about this, it would be best for you to voice your opinion as well. It might bring you ease. After all, if we all feel similarly, isn’t the only course of action to speak out about it?”

Harper: …Yes, I… suppose that’s true… 

Ellis: Oof, using ver own voice against ver. Brutal." Yikes. Well, at least Taylor's been staying away from the dead voices for a while, so there's and improvement there! I guess lol.

"I wonder how much Kennedy and Paris are aware of the trouble brewing underneath their seemingly solid support. Then again, if they got Jeff of all people to act up, they must know that something has gone horribly wrong." That's what I'm saying! Yeah, I hope they dial it back a bit, for their sake if nothing else lmao.

"... I decide to finally hit up the Spa. And, because Mark said that they had interest in checking it out, too, I invite them along." I thought this was gonna be another FTE for a moment, but apparently not! Interesting...

"After our relaxation period is over, Mark and I head back to our individual rooms before dinner." Oh okay, I guess the spa scene is done now! What xD

"Taylor: I still feel like any policy we have against them will just make things tense, right? It’s not really helping…

Jeff: Besides, if we let you keep it up, you’re going to start suggesting we lock down everyone to make the game unentertaining. I’m not dealing with that." And there's why Jeff was taking so much offense to that, I guess! Well, I imagine he was already getting bothered by the situation in general, but it makes sense if he stepped in mainly because he was worried about how Kennedy's ideas could impact his freedom.

"Kennedy: I’m not forcing anyone to agree with me.

Taylor: That’s… true, but you interrupt us when we try talking to the two of them, right?

Kennedy: I’m following what I think is the best course of action. It’s within your powers to ignore me." Kennedy's mindset is pretty fun here. They're essentially absolving themselves of causing harm by asserting that the others' actions are entirely on them. And while she's not completely wrong there, the logic's obviously a bit faulty. Kennedy is the one who brought up the ideas, he has some responsibility in the others following them no matter how much he denies it. And while they're obviously confident they're doing the right thing, the fact that they're still hiding behind the fact that they're not technically forcing anyone to do anything does show they're still being cautious, as they probably consider accounting for the possibility that they're wrong to be a good idea no matter how unlikely they think it is. God I love Kennedy <3

"Jeff: Yeah. I said it, and now I’m being roped into talking about it again. Even if I stand by what I said, that doesn’t mean I want to linger on it." Makes sense Jeff's already wanting to absentee their way out of the issue lol.

"I stick around in the Buffet for longer than normal tonight, mostly ‘cause I’m not sure exactly where I left things off with Mark. We went to the Spa together earlier today, so it’s not like we’re on bad terms. But not being on bad terms doesn’t necessarily mean that Mark wants to hang out for the third night in a row.

Should I send them a message? Should I go to the Foyer and expect that they’ll be there? Or did me inviting them to the Spa already count as our hang out sesh for the day, and I should just head to my room?" I mean surely they should be thrilled to spend any amount of time with the oh so awesome Ellis Ortiz, no, Ellis? It's always fun to see just how much he doesn't actually have the confidence in himself he pretends he has lmao.

"Ellis: Good evening, guapo." Callback to the Spanish thing, I love it.

"Mark fiddles with their gloves." Hm... Why you fiddling with those? Is there something plot relevant under those, Mark? Õ_o (/silly)

"Mark: That’s probably good. The more people start speaking up, the less one-sided our breakfasts will probably become." And here's Mark's opinion on the issue of the moment! I mean it was inferrable but still.

"Mark: I didn’t really have anything exactly planned for tonight. I guess… the main other talent category I came up with was ones based on identity or personality." You know I wondered for a moment what exactly they meant by that, and then I remembered this killing game has things like "Contrarian" and "Normie" and yeah now it makes sense xp

"Ellis: It could be more vague than that. More like… Ultimate Analyst, or something. Although, thinking about it, that sounds kinda OP…" Ha! Reference :)

"Mark: Other than that, one of the things I’ve done the most here is talking to you.

I smirk.

Ellis: Maybe you’re the Ultimate Ellis Enjoyer. I couldn’t blame you.

They blush." Man the Markellis shippers are eating tonight damn xD

"Ellis: Well, as much as I hate to say it, maybe it wouldn’t be focused on me specifically. It could be more general, like, some sort of talent for getting to know people one-on-one." Man we are getting abstract. You sure you don't wanna try video games first Mark? There's been like zero evidence for that theory since I first brought it up in my CH1 analysis, but it still exists lol

"Mark: Don’t feel like you have come up with something. It’s not like I can, either. Either way, though, thanks for helping me think about it. It’s really nice to hear whatever you have to say.

Ellis: I am something of a genius, true." Lmao.

"Ellis: You don’t have to answer this if you don’t want to, but… who do you think the mastermind and traitor are most likely to be?" Interesting question!

"Mark: …I have been thinking about it. But, to be honest, I haven’t really been able to figure much out. There’s not actually much to look at with anyone in particular." Kinda how I feel, yeah. Most people I feel can be dismissed out of hand, and those that can't are either dead or have some kind of issue that prevents me from thinking it's them T_T

"Ellis: Yeah, I’m at about the same place as you are, although I’ve probably thought about it less. Any option just feels so… bizarre. Especially if you throw in that it’s two people working together." True!

"Mark: I’m not saying you were. I just… I do have to worry, at least a little. If no one else seems to think they’re the mastermind, it’s always possible [I am]." Yeah, I can't imagine that's a particularly comforting possibility. Poor Mark T_T

[FTE End] These are always so sweet :)

"Before I came here, I was more of a “party first, ask questions later” kind of gal. But this killing game has me second guessing every party balloon I see, even when they’re just full of hot air." At least they're introspective enough to realize they're paranoid as hell!

"This is most likely a motive, after all. Given our track record, it would honestly be more surprising if it didn’t lead to a body or two.

Winning. Me winning. That’s what it would lead to.

If I can’t keep my eyes on winning anymore, does that mean I’ve already lost?" Oh oh, someone's ideology is starting to break down! I always imagined Ellis would tone down the "I'm gonna survive and it doesn't matter that everyone else is gonna die" mentality around CH3, and it looks like we're on track for that! Very excitted to see not just where Ellis goes, but also the entire cast! :D

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Yet another peak part from DROS! And this may have been one of the most peak of all, with all the super fascinating conflict that's starting to boil over. Tensions are raising and nothing's there to stop them! I'm very excited to see where this goes, so I'll see ya next week!

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hi I'm annon!!

I started tumblr as a artist but I guess I'm moving onto my writing too - I ask you to please be patient because I'm new to writing x readers n such but I will try my best!!

it's been quite a while since I wrote but I can do like 1k to 2k? longer than that might be a little hard for me (｀□´)

i dont have much else to say about myself! uh, ive been writing for a while now. i also do rps! if youd like to do any rps when the listed characters/movies, feel free to let me know!

my current hyperfixation; saw series!

next movie on my list; silence of the lambs!

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sawyer family (including the game characters!) - texas chainsaw massacre

hewitt family - texas chainsaw masscre remake

jason voorhees - friday the 13th series

michael myers (og and rz) - halloween series

laurie strode/angel myers (og and rz) - halloween series

billy lenz - black christmas 1974 (i will do 2006 version but mostly the 1974 version)

brahms heelshire - the boy

carrie white (and friends) - carrie (og and remakes)

scream team (billy, stu, randy, etc) - scream series (ive only seen 1 and 2 but im making my way through)

harry warden - my bloody valentine (og and remake)

sinclair brothers - house of wax

firefly family - house of 1000 corpses trilogy

dbd characters - dead by daylight

saw characters - any movie! this includes the scott tibbs documentary and saw .5!

herbert west and dan cain - reanimator

patrick bateman - american psycho

edgar, miles, and madeline - electric dreams

hal 9000, frank poole, and dave bowman - 2001: a space odyssey

anyone else you can think of! I'll try my best to learn the character :) these are just everyone I can think of at the moment! I'll do killers and survivors but I know people are more obsessive over the killers lmao

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anything really..I don't have too many boundaries. I can do anything from hcs, scenarios (i.e. how would ____ react to ____?), smut, fluff, angst...the whole works

and even if you're willing to rant to me about your ocs I could whip up a oc x canon story! :)

also, depending on the media, im open to non horror writes!

if you ask me about my interests i will answer with essays! super into space, bugs, and south park! seriously i love these things guys i will talk about them for hours

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really not a lot to add here? maybe like...toilet related stuff for nsfw..

just the usuals - no incest (MAYBE for the sawyers since they are canonically inbred but its very situational), p3dophilia, b3astiality, etc etc

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#my face is long forgotten my face is not my own ➸ ask games (again, also in my rp blogs!) ↪ am i evil? - diamond head

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#game over! ➸ saw writes ↪ jigsaw, apprentices

#i speak for the dead ➸ jigsaw legacy au ↪ logan nelson

#its a scream baby! ➸ scream writes ↪ stu macher

#you fudgepackers'll be the death of me yet! ➸ TCM writes ↪ drayton sawyer

#hey paul! ➸ american psycho writes ↪ patrick bateman

#hes dead?/not anymore... ➸ reanimator writes ↪ dan cain/herbert west

#love is give not take so im giving you madeline and taking myself away ➸ electric dreams writes ↪ edgar

#im afraid i cant do that dave ➸ space odyssey writes ↪ hal 9000 #you brought your dog? ➸ marble hornets/everymanhybrid writes ↪ alex kraile #dont let the bed drugs bite ➸ the mule writes ↪ det. tom croft #i love watching audiences scream ➸ stanheight stories ↪ leigh whannell lmao

#words are worth a thousand words too ➸ insidious writes ↪ steven "specs" fisher

#and the stars look very different today ➸ space talk ↪space oddity - david bowie

WRITING TAGS;

#HEY HEY HEY HEY! HEY STOOPID! ➸ annon writes ↪ hey stoopid! - alice cooper

#I WASNT EVEN A BILL I WAS JUST AN IDEA ➸ annons hcs ↪ im just a bill - school house rock (cover by deluxx folk implosion) #keeping our eyes close to whats going on on the screen ➸ angst writes ↪ slumber - sløtface

#ive got to have faith faith faith ➸ hurt with comfort writes ↪ faith - george michael (and cover by limp bizkit)

#quit actin like a bitch and makin up excuses ➸ hurt with no comfort ↪ i wish i was a riot grrrl - destructo disk

#call me on the line call me anytime ➸ fluff writes ↪ call me - blondie

#rein raus rein raus ➸ smut writes ↪ rein raus - rammstein

#so much for the golden future i cant even start ➸ annons drabbles ↪ breaking the law - judas priest

yeah! thats kinda it! I'll try to reply and write out requests as fast as I can

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[w1nds0ul]

𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺...

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙄 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣?

Yeah I know, this is one crazy post. Why did I just spontaneously appear like someone’s father coming back after he says he’ll go buy the milk at the local supermarket?

Honestly, I have no idea either. But, however, I’ve came back, a little more locked in.

I would like to sincerely apologize for leaving you guys hanging like that, and I feel you all are deprived of cookies and food due to my disappearance. 😭

But rest assured, I have some things in store for this account so stay tuned for that. But first, let me explain what exactly happened…

When I made this account, I was not in a good mental state ( I still am not actually ) and I made it because I wanted to share my writing talents and connect with others so I can uplift both my mental health and others, even if that meant I needed to write possibly a little smut, but hey it isn’t all too bad to write it.

But turns out, it’s only been getting worse and I’ve been becoming unmotivated to write. Even if I desperately wanted to write for you guys, as soon as I open tumblr, I lose all motivation to do anything anymore. Tired of this, I decided to go silent since I wished to give you guys good quality work and not some low tier, bad spelling, not really thoughtful type of writings. Which explained why I wasn’t writing as much before I left… so my apologies for not saying a small goodbye before I took hiatus.

One reason other than my mental health was schoolwork, lots and lots of schoolwork. This is self explanatory so I wont delve into it.

Also my job. Yes I have a life outside of tumblr lmao (that was supposed to be a joke😭)

Those’s are at least the three major ones. As for the rest, idk tbh.

Please forgive me for leaving, please do. I’ll try to write more to make it up to you guys

But I can’t promise I won’t leave again, so please keep that in mind…

As for what I said earlier with what I have in store, I will be remaking my entire account. Basically having a new theme other than Sigma! I know right? Exciting! I don’t know what character exactly but it might be a character from genshin, HSR, reverse 1999 or something else… eh, we’ll figure it out.

I know this update post absolutely sucks and that’s because I don’t really know how to put my words together right now. But trust me, I really do feel bad for leaving you guys, especially when you all have been absolutely amazing people. I love your little ideas in my inbox and I get so excited when I see a notification that I have an ask. Once again I sincerely apologize leaving, I think you all are amazing and wonderful people.

Please stay tuned!

[coridallasmultipass]

brocal for the ship bingo?

The OTP to end all other OTPs... (Man. This wound up being basically Cori's Masterpost of BroCal. AKA... this got long and has some images, since I realized I can post my own art directly instead of just a text link to it lol.)

Wasn't actually expecting this to wind up with a bingo? But I got basically 2?? (Will explain the lighter heart later.) This is A LONG post, and definitely gonna get SUGGESTIVE, bc man, am I obSESSED with BroCal. I'm just gonna go thru each checked box, since I don't know how else to structure this post lol.

Read More to save ppl's dashboards:

I want them to make out with blood: OKAY. I HAVE A WHOLE THING PLANNED FOR THIS CONCEPT. I AM NOT GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT IT JUST YET BC I ACTUALLY WANNA WRITE IT. I'm obsessed with this one fanart of Bro licking Lil Cal, and it spurred on an idea I outlined and really wanna write: https://coridallasmultipass.tumblr.com/post/739969858334294016/hiiii-mutual-i-am-secrecy-asking-if-u-have-anymore

((Sorry for the plain text links, Tumblr app is NOT cooperating with me right now to add hyperlinks. I'd post the image directly if that one was mine.))

Basically, I just really need to see Bro and Cal making out with blood in their mouths, and I started a whole convoluted, unrelated outline in order to make that hapen. It'll probably just be a really short thing that ends at the uh climax, since otherwise it's gonna end up sadstuck. And I don't like sadstuck lol.

Undeniably t4t: Bro and Dirk are always trans for me, and Lil Cal's got that uh... what percentage did I calculate it out to be? 13% of Dirk is in Lil Cal [ My shitpost calculations: https://coridallasmultipass.tumblr.com/post/746702663327072256/i-ran-out-of-tags-rambling-about-this-so-im-just ] so Lil Cal is at least 13% trans because of that much of Dirk being in him, plus however you feel about the other components being trans. LMAO this is ridiculous to type out. Moving on.

EDIT: FUTURE CORI INTERJECTING WITH A:

"Lil Cal Top Surgery Healing Progess: Day 1"

Terrible for each other affectionate/derogatory: I don't even know where the affectionate/derogatory split occurs. I multiship BroCal as both Bro/normal puppet Lil Cal and as Bro/evil juju puppet Lil Cal, and whatever combination in between or outside of that. Terrible in that Bro is so obsessed with Cal that he doesn't have normal relationship/social skills and uses Lil Cal as both a crutch and motivator alternately, in a terrible cycle, or maybe rather... spiral. And also terrible in that Bro is caught in the allure of playing the role of puppeteer while also being a puppet for the darker parts of Lil Cal, whether he actively knows it or not. (Honestly though, I feel like it's dismissive if you try to blame all of Bro's faults on Lil Cal like this tho, which is why I tend towards liking Lil Cal as just a regular puppet a lil bit more. Or at least, a regular mildly supernatural puppet since that can be a little more entertaining if Cal can get into mischief while no one's looking or give off the vibes of his mood more directly, rather than like entirely inanimate or 'just LE, trapped in a puppet body.' Again, I like all of these concepts.) ((I mean that can also be a whole post of its own, like, by the time Bro gets ahold of Lil Cal, are any of the other components still alive in there? Like, are ARquius and Gamzee still in there or did Caliborn kill and consume them entirely? Idk how it works, man. This is why I like Lil Cal as his own person, maybe just influenced by the feelings of the others. LaCroix: CalGamARquius essenced water. Lil Croix.))

They need to get weirder with it: YES YES. 1000% YES. I need entirely shameless Bro doing entirely shamless things to Lil Cal. I want them inseparable and doing unspeakable things to each other. I want Bro taking full advantage of Cal having a puppet body and all the intimacy that comes with making repairs and being elbow-deep in stuffing.

Playing with them like dolls cute/psychological torture: This is the same divide as with the 'terrible for each other' point, so I'm just gonna go with the cute one, since the torture one is self-explanatory. I want them fucking married. Like. Full mushy cute romance type of relationship that Bro has never felt for any of the people in his life (cough aromantic cough). I made this comic not too long ago, and I often fondly look back on it, because I adore the concept of Bro being lovey and romantic and everything out of character around Lil Cal because he feels safe and loved and comfortable around Cal:

[ https://coridallasmultipass.tumblr.com/post/750602227910131712/brocal-4-lyfe-so-i-had-this-idea-of-dave-being ]

I made a post a long, long time ago (not gonna link that one bc it was personal and I was being very obviously mentally ill ["C'mon, like you're not being obviously mentally ill while typing paragraph upon paragraph about BroCal still in 2024 like 10 years later??" Fair.]) But the gist of it was that, like, having objectophilia or objectum sexuality is like, from an outsider pov, it's a way to express love to yourself. You filter all your self-hate through the object you love, and you get back unconditional love in return.

Lil Cal is never gonna hate Bro, no matter what Bro does. As a regular puppet, Lil Cal doesn't have the capacity for hate. And so that only brings them closer, since Cal is never gonna reject Bro for any reason. (Back to being a crutch. RSD is real, and Dave is probably a big trigger for that since he's not on the same wavelength of weird as Bro [not blaming Dave, obviously, this is a post about BroCal].) Bro can experience receiving positive attention from Lil Cal, without feeling 'fake' or uncool by expressing that same attention or affection directly to his own self. (Things are always done through multiple layers with the Striders, aren't they?) ((And I'm not saying Lil Cal doesn't love Bro, or that their relationship is just pretend - it's real, I'm just like, 'What's going on behind the curtain in the mundane situation?/ How is the relationship appealing?' Lil Cal luvs Bro 5eva 4 lyfe and that's a hard fact. Could cut diamonds with that shit.)) Example: maybe Bro is dealing with a bout of body/gender dysphoria and is trying to take out his frustration with working out, and it's not helping, even if he's powered through a set better than normal. Then, he notices the way Lil Cal is watching him, and he can feel the excitement seeping off Cal. He can sense the echoes of a wolf-whistle ring out through his mind, and it's like. Okay, none of that shit from before matters, he's got all the validation he needs right there in Lil Cal. Maybe flex in Cal's direction, Bro?

Oh, so back to being cute: isn't it wonderful how the template maker phrased it as 'playing dolls'? But yeah, I want all the mush and everything. Bro has a whole wardrobe for Lil Cal for every minor event that occurs in the Strider household. I want them going on genuine dates. Maybe even... holding hands. Bro blushes for the first time since he was 16. He even gets to take Lil Cal with him when he goes out to DJ or put on a show. Not to mention the whole website business. (I've talked about Cal's role in that before, but I'll mention it in a moment...)

They will die in a heart shaped pool of blood: I mean, kinda did happen, even tho Lil Cal didn't perma die right there. I don't think this one needs any explanation, since it basically happens in canon.

'You should see the other guy...': Okay, so. About 11 years ago, I had a really great idea. About how smuppets enter this world. I expanded on it in the following more-recent post (adult only content lol): https://coridallasmultipass.tumblr.com/post/741683686717669376/back-in-the-day-my-friends-called-me-insane-when-i

To sum it up, whenever Bro makes a new smuppet design, he then gives it a video debut on his website, where uh, Lil Cal births the smuppet like it's a horror movie scene, fake blood and poly-fil gore all over the place as the smuppet crawls out from the viscera. Bro then gets to play aftercare by lovingly and gently cleaning up and restuffing Lil Cal as they get to admire their new creation and rake in the dough lol.

So it's technically not a 'you should see the other guy' kinda situation, but it does involve one of them being... idk what word would describe it. Injured by the other? Usually a character loses a fight and says this to act like they got out of it better than the other guy, but... We could have someone knock on the door during the filming of a scene like that, and Bro has to answer it with fake blood up to his elbows, and be like 'You should see the other guy.' (But obviously, that's a terrible idea and would cause more trouble than it's worth... Maybe worth it for a persistent door to door salesperson, though.)

Though, I guess I should also say, I'm not opposed to Bro beating on Lil Cal in or out of the bedroom. Or in the case of animate Lil Cal, Cal choking out Bro. In or out of the bedroom, lol. Depends on the situation, like I said I will ship this ship any which way. But my preference for animate Lil Cal is to be like a totally normal puppet around Bro (or mushy in-love with Bro) and then evil-murder-puppet towards anyone else in Bro's life, like a... toxic yaoi guard puppet. (New Phrase Achievement Unlocked!) Bro brings home another guy to have sex, who tries to stay the night due to the late hour, but the guy wakes up shortly after to see Lil Cal standing there with a knife in the dark, eyes glowing red. Panic ensues when the guest screams and freaks out, and by the time Bro's got a light on, grabbing his sword, ready for a ninja vs ninja fight (bc an intruder would've had to bypass all the traps), Lil Cal is just innocently splayed across the desk chair, no knife in sight. Relevant post (well, the caption on the post too, saying how Bro can't seem to hold onto any relationships besides Lil Cal):

[ https://coridallasmultipass.tumblr.com/post/741830516962164736/i-want-you-so-youre-mine-always-selfishly ]

Uh, lol, also Cal choking out Bro in the bedroom, adult only drawing: https://coridallasmultipass.tumblr.com/post/754328907438800896/i-wouldnt-wanna-be-my-ex-when-he-found-out-who

Thinking about them always and forever: Listen. My Tumblr as proof, I've had BroCal on the brain for at least 11 years at this point. Definitely longer, since I first started reading Homestuck. I fucking love puppets and dolls and plushies and I always have. Man, if I hadn't deleted Tweets (automated app I used to do, and I couldn't choose what to save) from when I was in high school, you could've seen me @ ing my fave band when they were taking lyric suggestions on a fan-inspired album, where I was telling them 'make a song where the theme is puppets' and, while I don't know if they saw that or took the suggestion (they had responded to me before bc they weren't huge yet), there is indeed a song titled "Puppets" on that album, and it was my favourite song on there. Point is, I was fated to ship BroCal before I even knew it existed.

Sicko 2 sicko communication: I mean, does this even need explaining? Bro and Cal aren't just on the same wavelength of freaky, they're the fucking source of the wavelength, and it's causing a feedback loop between them. And it does as feedback does, which is, it amplifies with time. (Going back to the spiral symbolism here, lol.) ((Actually, time can play a symbol here, too, I guess, but idk how to word it, I'm starting to run out of steam.))

Let them have a happy ending: God, I need this so badly. I know Bro's story ends in Homestuck, but like. Pls. Someone needs to officiate their wedding. Currently placing the dreambubble order, but I can't organize a wedding by myself. OH speaking of. In that lil comic I did above, where Bro is accepting Lil Cal's proposal, I had the Natural Born Killers wedding scene in mind. I was gonna draw that as a follow up, but I think I have too many WIPs going. Just two people on the run, saying "I do" in a scenic but completely ordinary roadside location. Idk why, I keep going back to that movie for things related to Bro (I mention it in a very important scene in a longer WIP I've been writing, as something Bro watched and internalized as a kid lol.) It's not the best movie lol. Anyway.

The devotion omg: I feel like I have already gotten my point across about this, but let me reiterate:

[ https://coridallasmultipass.tumblr.com/post/735842968450269184/in-the-name-of-iconic-magical-girl-anime-ill ]

Bro and Lil Cal absolutely beat the shit outta Jack Noir before he gets prototyped. And even then, they fight together till the death, like. C'mon. Nothing more romantic than fighting a losing battle side by side. Also, like, Lil Cal having his own protective chest for safekeeping as seen in the Strider living room? Like, you don't just have a protective case for any old thing, especially something meant to be handled, especially something that is regularly used to smack other things/humans. What I'm saying is, Lil Cal is durable and resilient, and yet, Bro still has a case for transporting Cal safely. Oh, wait, I just thought of something funny, what if Lil Cal goes feral like a cat, and basically the chest is like a cat carrier so Bro can drive without being constricted lmaoooo, I've been typing for hours can you tell?

Kind of homophobic: Listen. I HAD a Cal. Took him to college. Staked my claim on the top bunk bc I am royalty. Proceeded to not have anywhere to set my water cup and had to use a cardboard box as a table up there. Spilled water. Melted Cal's sharpie-drawn face. And then proceeded to cry. I have a WIP of Lil Cal 2, but that requires actually remembering to work on him. I wanna do better by the pattern, too, since I rushed to finish the first. I have all the material! I have the project started! So it's just a matter of reordering my WIP priorities, honestly.

Where is all the fucking content?!: For realzz. I was actually venting about this the other day (didn't end up posting it), but it's like, either there's no BroCal content, or there IS BroCal content, but I can't reblog it for reasons I don't want to get into on this post. I'm dying of thirst in the ocean, basically. Whatever. This just means I need to make more BroCal content myself, which I am more than happy to do. I've just had a rough past few months, so I'm glad I got to type all this post out, and hopefully I can get back to creating soon.

Last one! I hope this one makes up for the absurd length of the post, it's prob my new fave idea I just came up with on the spot.

[TW drink spiking by a stranger mentioned in this.]

Committing atrocities as their silly little activities: I think we all know what this means, but I am going to ignore that elephant with my special x-ray vision. Because this is a BroCal post. I'm digging deep to the meat and bones of this. Honestly, this could go multiple routes, it depends on how you take your Lil Cal.

One could place emphasis on the 'guard' part of the, ahem ahem, toxic yaoi guard puppet. Maybe someone is actually trying to harm Bro, and Bro legit can't do anything for reasons outside of his control - let's say his drink got spiked a while after he invited a stranger home that he thought was chill. As Bro gets shoved down on the futon, his memory of the night is only a few flickers. Familiar orange plush, roiling around above him like a dancing windsock. Flashes of Lil Cal's face all distorted and stretched wide like a funhouse. J-Lo and Ice Cube on the TV. But when Bro is finally able to fully wake up in the morning, everything is as if he just got home alone last night and passed out on the futon. Cal looks totally normal and content tucked under Bro's warm arm. Except when Bro gets up, there is a pair of shoes too big to belong to him at the door. Maybe Bro knows. Maybe instinct tells him to run. Maybe he does, but he's running towards Lil Cal, every time.

[cardiaccat]

for the ask would it be too greedy to ask about the second chance one and the scent one lol?

Not at all!! The second chance romance is a CJ/Bryce fic I'm hoping to write one day. In it's current state it's an outline but I'm planning for it to be a multi chapter fic that spans across several years. The idea spawned from this Tumblr post

We're starting from CJ's pov here in the diner. It's right outside Kansas City before draft night. The scene plays out pretty much like the post, but with more CJ being angsty about how their relationship is going to be changed once they get drafted to their respective teams. CJ just wants to stay in this moment forever. The moment before their whole lives change.

Here's some of the outline of that scene.

CJ watches as Bryce empties too much creamer into his coffee “Why do you even order coffee if you have to put all that stuff in it to make it drinkable?” “Because I'm not a masochist, that's why” And CJ just stares at him while he keeps putting more creamer into the mug Something pulls in his chest He desperately wants to confess his love for Bryce right here right now But he hesitates a beat too long “I'm not gonna disappear, you know” CJ scoffs and flicks a balled up straw wrapper at him, hopefully distracting from his warming face Bryce laughs and CJ wishes he could bottle it up and listen to it whenever he wants Their food comes and they settle down for bit and eat in relative quiet “Our whole world changes tomorrow, are you ready for it?” CJ says “Hell yeah,” Bryce answers

From there we skip ahead about 10 years. Bryce and CJ aren't really on speaking terms with each other anymore. Bryce's diaster of a rookie season contrasted to CJ's historic success was just too much to reckon with. It takes a while before they fully pull away from each other. It's a slow, painful process.

Everything is par for the course Until one reporter asks “Bryce Young just announced that he’ll be retiring at the end of the season. What are your thoughts on that?” And CJ's just absolutely rocked to his core Him and Bryce don't really talk anymore They might send each other a happy birthday text every year, but that's about it Even still, he thought Bryce would've at least told him about something as big as retirement before he shared it with everyone else He stands there for several seconds, hoping his face doesn't betray his internal turmoil He manages to collect himself and answers “Well, he's had a hell of a career. I'm happy for him and I wish him a good retirement, he's certainly deserved it”

After this, CJ sends Bryce a text congratulating him on his retirement. He doesn't expect an answer so it surprises him when Bryce actually sends a message back. Bryce apologizes for his past behavior and it's the start of them rekindling their relationship. After that I think the plan was to kinda skip around the years (past and future) highlighting important moments or tipping points in their relationship. And of course them finally finding their way back to each other and promising to never let go again.

The scent fic isn't as well thought out as the other one lmao. It's a Bryce/Xavier Legette omegaverse concept. Bryce wants to pick the receiver that the Panthers will be drafting. I came up with this idea that bonded pairs in the NFL perform better than non-bonded pairs and after the abysmal rookie year he had, he wants to guarantee some type of success. So he goes to Dave and sorta demands that he gets to choose who his new wide receiver is. Dave agrees after some hemming and hawing. Scout team collects the scent samples of the guys they think would work best in the Panthers offense. Xavier's scent sticks out to Bryce immediately and he knows instinctively that that's his bondmate.

Anyways yeah! Ramble over lol

[toons-inkwell]

Stop your Euthanasia x HET story is so good, I can't 😭 please more when u can 🙏🙏

First off: this message was cropped awfully in my inbox and all I saw was "stop your Euthanasia x HET story" and I got a HEART ATTACK thinking someone strolled into my asks just to tell me to stop writing LMAO

Second off: OH! My first anonymous compliment! Well for starters—I WILL! Chapter 5 is coming along and is really close to having its 1st draft finished (editing is the hard part which takes the longest especially because uploading here to Tumblr is a pain in the ass because it doesn't accept "rich text" kinda like how AO3 does) but besides that school and likewise me having to attend classes is also coming up which makes things hard for me because well... I kinda would like to pass? It ain't my number one priority but it's up there, so posting works in general takes awhile because of that, but I promise there will be more!

Third and finally: THANK YOU SO FUCKING MUCH SISVSIWHSISH! You have no idea how much this means to me to see this because, RUN FACT: MLC is an AU that is the result of someone on here (possibly) hating a different fic of mine. They didn't call out my fic directly but they did call out a specific thing in my fic which made me feel really bad, even though I was actually in the right and THEY didn't understand the character they effectively accused me of mischaracterizing and that messed me up mentally resulting in the scrapping of a 3 chapter story titled "Fading Stars" that was also HET and Euthanasia focused which got a few kudos and a select few people were interested in it, but I ultimately deleted it because of that one person (possibly) complaining about my understanding of Oswald as a character (it wasn't even valid critism, and the person who said it was someone I looked up too which is what made me sad)

but uhh yeah, honestly hearing stuff like this motivates me to keep writing and I appreciate it, feel free to leave anymore anonymous asks that are either comments regarding the fic and it's chapters or alternatively questions regarding the characters which I may be able to answer (keyword may because reminder a good part of this story is nonlinear and you're supposed to learn what was the problem after knowing the current conclusion). Thanks so much and it means the world to me! 🤍🖤🤍🖤

[velvetvexations]

acting on your best behavior lending a hand to mother nature everybody wants to save the world

I'd be so happy to never clean up after myself and make you break your back every day doing it for me but I would definitely harass you more actively regardless of you being less conventionally appealing by the standards of frat bros because of your age and I don't know if that'd make it better or worse for you.

imagine if trans men refused to tag forcemasc or threw it at random trans women

Yeah, that is super hot anon. I went to a movie and restaurant with my best friend and his sister on, I think my sixteenth birthday, and she kept farting the entire time, and she was SO fucking sexy by my standards. Really cute nerdy girl. At the time I was super into non-skinny girls and humiliating weight gain, too, so all that combined into me getting into slob kink, and I'm mostly not into the fat aspect anymore but ever since then girls being humiliated by flatulence in one way or another, either enduring someone else's or having to deal with their own, is now honestly one of my main things. Like I tried to keep it subtle in OoA but I had to include it because yes, I'm obsessed with it.

Enjoy being a freak!

lmao man I wish someone would hit buttons I didn't even know I had so hard I have to safeword from overstimulation

get your tits whipped to hell and back anon

<3

yeah that's definitely a common strain of masochism

be your true Disinterested Bitch self anon

autoandrophilia and autogynephilia are real things in the sense that "cumming from imagining yourself as the gender you're attracted to" is a really basic and intuitive concept to get horny about but it doesn't work as an explanation for being trans

anyway there is literally nothing transphobic about your magic genderswitch kink and it wouldn't be taken as transphobic except by stupid people you shouldn't care about offending anyway

hell yeah that's how you do it make yourself invincible to that shit

valid

suggest forcefem anon - it also just feels strange as hell to me as a concept for a gimic blog as a trans dude whos deeply into forcefem (the actual kink not tumblrs version of 'sfw kink completely removed from anything sexual bc sex is gross'). the mod seems to primarily use this blog to *actually suggest* being fem/femme/women to people, seemingly indescriminately. plus the 'forcemasc dni' thing was so incredibly braindead & hypocritical but thats TRFs for you

It's not misunderstanding forcefem to do it in a gender validating way, it's just different. But everything about how TRFs do forcefem and talk about it is very unsafe and rests on the idea that everyone should want to be women and cis, and trans men alike should shut up and put up with misgendering as a fun joke, and also it's not even a kink but just a funny meme/"transfem culture" so why bother tagging this sexual fetish they masturbate to.

[genericpuff]

Sorry but I think you’re being super negative about the whole “Rachel Presents” announcement.

Rick Riordan is a white author who is passionate about mythology. After Greek mythology and briefly going into egyptology, he used his influence to give People of color a chance to write modern mythology stories from their own culture and experiences—and most importantly he stayed in his lane.

I think Rachel choosing to step back and give other people a voice is a great outcome, considering you guys all joked about how horrific it would be if she tried to appropriate another culture in her next series.

You also said she should have given LO to another creator who had the passion and dicipline to finish for her. That’s ESSENTIALLY what she’s going to be doing with RP. Maybe her true calling is just…being an Idea guy. She has wonderful concepts and cool ideas, but lacks commitment. In this scenario, we could end up with super amazing stories, with proper editing from Random house and proper commitment from new creators. I don’t really see the issue here, everyone wins.

(And lots of authors do the whole “___ presents” format. I don’t think she deliberately copied RR. Most likely her books sales did well and Penguin House approached her with this offer.)

lmao what? I was against the folks saying she should give it to another creator. I don't think not liking the series should mean she's obligated to "give it to someone else." The series is hers and so it's her responsibility to finish it. I do think she should have ended it a long time ago or if she was really miserable making it then she should step away, but she shouldn't be giving it to someone else to finish for her just because "boo you suck at writing your own comic". She started this, she should finish it.

And this is literally her doing exactly that - appropriating other cultures - with extra steps. Just instead of being on the front lines with her own work, she's sponsoring other works based on her own bar for quality (which we know is EXTREMELY low) and slapping her name on them so she can take a "backseat". It's really icky to see from a creator who practically failed upwards and is now using "herself" as a selling point, when she has no real legitimacy outside of LO, which was only as successful as it was because of WT constantly sinking money into it and advertising it over other series on the platform (and because it's based off a story that was VERY popular to romanticize at the time, the H x P myth. Like it was literally what was popular on Tumblr when it started as a hobby comic on Tumblr.)

I'm outlining all of these posts with "speculation" because obviously I don't know what's really going on behind the scenes here, but I think it's really disingenuous of Rachel to sell herself as some top tier brand name for mythological works as a whole when she's caused so much actual harm to the Greek myth community and its sources. It's furthering the notion that she has any credibility as a "folklorist" when really she just pulls whatever comes off the front page of Google. And the similarities between herself and Rick Riordan do matter here because of how commonplace it is these days for Rachel to rip off other works rather than take inspiration and make it into something that's organically her own.

That's my two cents. It's not me trying to be "negative", it's me being genuinely concerned over the blatant appropriation from a white woman gaining even more control over the depictions of cultures and mythologies that she claims she's educated on and isn't. Unlike Rick Riordan, Rachel does not have any formal education in the subject she's claiming to be educated about. Unlike Rick Riordan, Rachel allows her fanbase to use her work as a source on Greek myth and she obfuscates the line between "fiction" and "fact". Rick Riordan started Rick Riordan Presents after he had multiple hits under his belt that were celebrated and loved. Rachel is starting Rachel Smythe Presents after a one hit wonder that could be chalked up to a total fluke that wasn't even able to go out with a bang.

Rick Riordan writes fictional stories inspired by Greek myth for children. Rachel is writing fictional stories claiming to be "retellings" of Greek myth - and now other mythologies if the implications of this project follow through - for adults. It's disingenuous and it frankly deserves to be paid attention to and called out.

I do genuinely want to see creators given an avenue to monetize their work and that's why I think the thought of it is nice, but any amount of further digging just makes this feel like a grift that will lead young and inexperienced creators down a path that won't benefit them (or take advantage of them) due to the blatant lack of care and management exhibited by Rachel over the past 5 years. Just because Rachel had one massive hit that lined her pockets for years does NOT qualify her to be a titan of the industry. Not by a long shot.

To quote Super Eyepatch Wolf,

"Let's say you decide you want to become a carpenter, and particularly, how to build a nice chair. Think about the kind of person you'd want to learn that skill from - would it be from someone who's built nice chairs every day for 30 years, or would it be the guy who built ONE nice chair 5 years ago out of a special kind of wood that doesn't exist anymore, who has NO experience with the kind of wood available to you now?"

EDIT to add: it was more likely Rachel's representative, Britt Seiss who landed this deal for her, not Penguin House themselves. That's what agents are for.

EDIT EDIT: this is ALL assuming she even FOLLOWS THROUGH with this project, because god knows the only reason LO has even gone on as long as it has was because she was being held responsible via a contract, she's NOTORIOUSLY bad for committing to things and has even admitted to it in interviews. She barely even works on LO as it is. Spring of 2024 could roll around and this project could entirely fizzle out. Again, not me trying to be a negative nancy here, I'm just stating my own concerns based on what we all know about Rachel at this point and how she operates.

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"I'm not apologizing for an opinion😭" apologizing now cause yk nobodies reading ur work if you didn't

Honestly, if I'm gonna be realistic, after all of your unnecessarily disrespectful crashouts i'd be shocked if any other writer (and most of the other ppl) in the tkl community interacted with u beyond a like or 2

Nobody likes disrespectful people, especially people that don't respect other writers in the same community and go WAY overboard. Even people who agree with you about not bringing a sign (like me for example) have just been totally put off by u

I think the timing of ur apology is really funny considering how cordial ur trying to act, and even if you really are sorry (which I think you are), everyone knows ur a total bitch now lmao

Sorry if this sounds hateful, cause I honestly don't hate u at all; I'm just being realistic

(also, did you (or anyone else) fr think a sign was making it outside of this community? I thought we all knew that was just an idea😭😭)

First of all, I didn’t apologize for my opinion, I apologized for the way I worded it. Because it was sort of mean and disrespectful. And I legit said that I wasn’t gonna write anymore lol. My most recent fic was from months ago, so idk what you’re talking abt.

The ragebait is so bad though, because there are people who agree and interact with me, they’re just probably respectful people who don’t feel the need to send a bazillion anons to everyone expressing their opinion. And you literally agree with me aswell, and ARE interacting with me one way or another.

Also this whole thing ended like 2 days ago, so I think the timing of your opinion is funny aswell. I literally apologized, sure, I could’ve done it sooner, but I do have a life outside of tumblr, so I didn’t have the chance to apologize properly and the way I wanted to until a while later. But I APOLOGIZED, so I’m not sure what you want from me😭 And yeah, this sounds hella hateful, especially for someone who actually agrees with me lol.

Sure, maybe the sign was just a silly little idea. But I thought it was weird, even if no one was going to do it.

Anyway, idk why you’re speaking up now, after I literally apologized and said that I was going to leave this community soon. Also rich coming from you, because we all know, that if you posted this little rant on your account it wouldn’t get any attention, that’s why you sent it anonymously and 2 days late.