#non binary gwen is real to me

[out-of-the-forest-i-come]

Queer romance recs for the summer

Summer is here and I know many like to read more lighthearted books during that time, so here are some queer romances I've really enjoyed and that I think are perfect for the summer.

Anything by F.T. Lukens. Most specifically, those I've read are So This Is Ever After, In Deeper Waters, and Otherworldly. If you're looking for cute queer romantasy novels to read this summer, look no further. F.T. Lukens' books are fun and lighthearted even when they deal with heavier topics, and they contain mlm, mlnb, and nb rep.

Running Close to the Wind by Alex Rowland. I've talked about this book before and I'll probably talk about it many more times because I adored it. It's hilarious and refreshing even though it handles some heavy topics, so if you like pirates, accidental treason, and dirty jokes, this book is perfect for you. In terms of representation, it has polyamory rep, various sexualities, and intersex (if I remember correctly) and non-binary rep.

Gwen and Art Are Not In Love by Lex Croucher. This book is an adorable, fun romance set in a historical setting inspired by Arthurian times. It's perfect if you're looking for not one but two forbidden romances, banter and adventure, humour, and wlw and mlm rep.

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake. I remember I absolutely loved this book when I read it during the summer a couple of years ago, and my feelings after two years are still the same. This book is an adult romance novel (with one or two sex scenes) with vivid and complex characters, amazing sapphic rep, and a fantastic romance. Even better, it's a completed trilogy, and though I've yet to read the two other books, I'm sure they're great too.

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. You've probably already heard of this one, and it is a book I've really enjoyed. Carry On is fun and captivating, and reads easily.

She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick. A cute love story inspired directly from the real-life romance between the authors (who are married, if I'm not mistaken), and a great way to cheer yourself up.

Café con Lychee by Emery Lee. I read this book a couple years ago already, but it was super cute and it read so easily that I finished it in a day. If you're looking for a light-heared, coming-of-age mlm romance, then this is the book for you.

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall. Last but not least, one of my favourite books from last year. Boyfriend Material is a hilarious mlm romance that somehow manages to be a light read even though it deals with some dark topics. The characters are amazing, their relationship and how it develops even more so, and this book was an immediate favourite for me. Some people have disliked the sequel, Husband Material, but I loved it just as much, and the third and final book is due to come out some time next year.

[timeisacephalopod]

I also saw a lot of theories before seeing the movie about trans Gwen (literally there's a scene where her hair is a trans flag) and after seeing the movie I don't think any of the characters are canonically LGBT+, but I do think the writers were very, very clearly writing a queer allegory right down to Miles literally being (SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO CARE) a trans universe spiderman, AND how everyone views him and that aspect of him as a threat. Gwen's story also reminded me a lot of how trans youths are treated, which makes sense as to why people thought she might be trans. Every single "I'm Spider Gender" speech felt like a queer coming out speech too- so like maybe Gwen isn't canonically trans maybe she is, either way I don't think you write a queer allegory that heavy handed on accident unless you're the Supernatural guys and they did it worse let's be real.

I went and saw the new spiderverse movie and honestly I had no expectations on account of the lost interest in superhero content but if you're on the fence and not epileptic I highly recommend the movie, it's somehow better than the first and the animation is a work of art that I can honestly only compare to, of all things, Fantasia. The movie was like a comic come to life in a different way than the first and the way that the colors and animation reflected the mood was phenomenal.

That said when I heard about all the flashing stuff I thought, who knows why because it was dumb of me to think this, that the claims were exaggerated but no if you're epileptic you cannot even survive the first minute of the movie because it's ALL harsh flashing and shit before getting into the actual plot. I saw a post ages ago about how in the 90's that Pokemon ep was pulled and never shown again for much less harsh flashing effects and now it's like no one even cares, which is odd. So hopefully there's not those flashing sequences in the sequel to the sequel (it ends on a cliffhanger) for safe for epileptic folks purposes.

[dinolich]

FAQ

One click spot for frequently asked questions, pertaining to HELLAWEEN and art in general. This will be linked in my bio and updated over time.

HELLAWEEN -What was the inspiration behind HELLAWEEN/How did it come to be?

In 2014 I had just graduated college and moved across the country for a storyboard internship at a film studio. I had a huge quarter life crisis when the environment clashed with me in every way, which left me questioning if I had made a massive career choice mistake. To help take the edge off I decided I needed to come up with some characters that were as self indulgent as possible. So I asked myself "What if there was Halloween level of a Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game?" and "What if My Chemical Romance wrote the soundtrack to Scooby Doo?" and thus, the main cast was born. Originally I didn't have any plans with them, I was just having fun drawing them for inktober and developing their personalities. Once the internship ended and I was able to set my career back in motion with some significantly better studio atmosphere fits for me in California, I started getting more serious about developing a linear story. I spent some time pitching different versions to tv studios and shorts programs. Got some great feedback but no real bites. Fortunately, I had a post blow up that caught the attention of my publisher who reached out to see if I was interested in doing a book instead and I LEAPED at the opportunity! HELLAWEEN is very much inspired by my own teenage years, growing up in the Bay Area, being surrounded by alt and skate cultures in the 2000's. As well as exploring identity, and growing up queer but the words for "how" didn't really exist yet. Plus a deep love for spooky cartoons and stylish anime, of course.

-What kind of music pairs the story/characters?

Great news I have playlists for everyone

Gwen- Ashnikko and My Chemical Romance Miles- 100 gecs and Oingo Boingo Sloane- PUP and The Cure Hiro- Gorillaz and Maximum the Hormone Bea- AFI and The Used -Do you have any voice claims for the cast?

I’d mostly want them to be played by actual teenagers. But I have a couple in mind that I think could work—

Gwen I could see Valeria Rodriguez (Lagoona and Spectra on the current MH series) Miles maybe someone like Zeno Robinson (Hunter Owlhouse) Sloane I have no idea, but definitely a VO who’s non binary who can sound like a strong leader.

With Hiro and Bea it’s impossible to not hear Dante Basco and Grey Griffin in my head. The Jocks I would kill to cast any actor from Riverdale I could get my hands on. The rest I have no idea.

-What are the character's pronouns/orientations? Gwen- She/Her Miles- He/Him Sloane- They/Them Hiro- He/him Bea- She/Her Jarrahdale- She/Her Headless Horse Kid- He/Him Fritz- They/Them Whitney- She/Her Hazel- She/Her Kyle- He/Him Dom- He/Him Ester- She/Her In general I don't want to define their sexual orientations. I'm an aroace author and it's not something I'm interested in writing about. Ideally, I'd like to give the audience room to project themselves onto the characters. Don't get me wrong this book is QUEER and themes of identity are important, just don't expect any kissing in the canon story. Headcanons on the other hand, go nuts!!! The Jocks however, are all bi or pan. Can I get HELLAWEEN in ____ country/language?

Getting it published outside of the US is not out of the question, but at the moment I don't have any concrete info on that. I've heard folks have had good luck getting the book through their country's Amazon site or Bookshop.org Can I draw fanart/make my own playlists/write fanfiction/make a character?

oh my GOD yes ART Who are your artistic inspirations?

Jhonen Vasquez and Aaron Alexovich, FLCL, Jamie Hewlett, The Muppets, Mike Mignola, Mob Psycho 100, Rem's Devil's Candy, early Tim Burton, 2000's Neopets, Pokemon, plus online artists I’ve looked up to for years or grew up drawing with. What programs do you use?

Comics- Clipstudio Paint Sketching- Procreate Storyboarding- Storyboard Pro Writing- Final Draft/Google Docs What ink markers do you use in your sketchbook?

Copic markers, pentel pocket brush, pilot brush pens, micron fine liners Check out my episode of Creative Block!

[totaldrama-showdowns]

Round 2 Match 1

Propaganda

Gwen: She just doesn't look cis

If that's even her real name 🙄

if thats even your real name.......

That one confession scene near the finals,in the stranded episode

GWEN SWEEP PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE

gwensweep plsplsplsplsplsplsplsplsplsplsplsplsplsplspls... i can see her being nonbinary or a trans girl but shes so trans and the way she has canonically changed her name doesnt help her case. canon to me

non binary gwen!!

We need more intersex headcanons in the world

sometimes i write her name as gweb which is funny only because the submission form originally also had a typo that included a b it's almost like fate

I LOOOOOOOVE TRANS GIRL GWEN IT IS CANON TO ME !!!! SHOUTOUT TO THE TRANS GIRL GWENS OF TOTAL DRAMA AND SPIDERVERSE I GUESS. thats so cool for her. i love trans gwen shes so trans.. the one line that implies that she changed her name is all i need shes TRANS...

Shawn: Look at him.

He got that anxious tboy swag

WHEN HE TAKES OFF HIS SHIRT IN EPISODE 12 IT'S A BINDER RAAAAAARGH

hes so trans dude. him and jasmine are t4t if you believe and isnt that beautiful

[frostycatblr-fandom-files]

Marvel posting again real quick with spoilers below the cut, sorry Star Wars followers but I can't stop thinking about this movie right now:

After the first time watching Across the Spider-Verse I CANNOT get over Pavitr Prabhakar showing the audience around his version of Earth (Earth-50101 I think? IDK man I have dyscalculia, you think I can keep track of numbers?) saying:

"This is where the traffic is! And this is where the traffic is! And this is where the traffic is! And this is where the traffic is! And this is where the British keeps/has/stole [????] our stuff!"

PAVITR- I nearly choked on my popcorn because of that line delivery in that same, cheery voice.

Runner up is Hobie Brown's gosh he's so cool deadpan

It's a metaphor for capitalism.

I'm also fully subscribed to the theory that Gwen's storyline is one big blatant metaphor for [her] being transgender. The specific colorways used after she's forcibly sent home by Miguel (yikes, btw...) and talks to her dad during That Scene. There's a flag in her bedroom that says in bold capital letters "Protect Trans Kids" (or "Youth") for heck's sake. That's a pretty damn obvious thing to have in the background! There looks to be a patch on her dad's uniform in the color-scheme of the trans flag!

I was seeing so many little parallels to my experience with trying to decide if I'd come out to my parents as bi a few years ago between the conversations Gwen tried having with her dad, and the last segment of the movie between Miles and Rio.

It felt like a very strong metaphor for Coming Out and my personal takeaway after watching it for the first time is that it's little coincidence this movie came out during Pride Month.

I definitely want to go see this in theaters again. This movie was a beautiful work of art.

**AS A REMINDER/ ONLY WARNING: Terfs and transphobes are getting blocked if they find this post and wanna argue about it! You are NOT welcome here on my sideblog. I'm a bi woman with trans and non-binary friends who are very dear to me and I will not tolerate that bigotry. You can get lost! While it's not ""outright"" confirmed, you cannot stop me from having this theory. ✌️🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵**

[heyitsspaceace]

gwen stacy is trans!! doesn’t matter which way. transfem?? hell yeah!! transmasc?? absolutely!! non-binary?? she just like me for real!!! that was the real win of this movie!!! she trans!!!

[fruit-kick]

Camp Camp LGBTQ+ Headcanons but I have favorites and leave most characters out

Max (he/him, transmasc aro)

he thinks romance is an inherently hilarious concept and he's going through his "ew pink and girly things, im above it all" transmasculine overcompensation phase. it's also his hoodie. when he gets older he gets more comfortable in his own skin and likes to paint his nails (not just black but other fun colors too) and experiment with fashion

Nikki (she/her, cis lesbian on the arospec)

its her crush on Ered and the general confusion around the perceived importance of romance. thinks it can be cute and fun but overall doesn't care too much about it (her and max are arospec besties)

Neil (he/him, cis gnc pan)

a fucking menace to gender norms and aggressive about it. i think hes pan and doesn't care about gender as long as he can vibe with them and they're interested in science (or just listen to him go on and on really.)

Nerris (she/they/elf, non binary demi)

i am a firm believer in Nerris using neopronouns, especially elf related ones ones. i think she's demi and it takes a long time with quality bonding for them to feel romantic attraction and it is devastating when elf does

Preston (any pronouns, cis gnc mlm)

i don't know how to put it cohesively but i think preston is just so open and no fucks given about his gender presentation. i think she's the type to flaunt just how pretty and handsome they look like he has peacock energy imo. also "any pronouns" includes neopronouns and nerris 100% assigns her neopronouns (what are they? idk its up to god)

Harrison (he/it, void, bisexual)

OMG i am such a believer in voidpunk harrison like i loveee characters who feel non-human and i just think it fits him so well. it reclaims essentially being rejected from humanity and normalcy because of his magic and embraces it. i also think its bisexual with a lean towards men

Gwen (she/her, cis, aroallo)

i don't have much to say about her and david except that they're alloace + aroallo solidarity. i think it makes sense for Gwen as she doesn't seem interested in other people romantically and just prefers to write erotic fanfiction or go on dates with seamonsters

David (he/she, non-binary, alloace)

i also think it makes sense for David to be alloace because of Bonquisha telling him he's not exactly good in bed. she feels strongly about romance but is extremely awkward in sexual situations (him coming back from muffin tops with campbell looking so exhausted- i mean campbell is exhausting to be around but david looked so done LMFAOO) also the whole girlboss hat thing

Daniel (he/she, bigender, unlabelled)

i have no idea why. i do not have an explanation for bigender daniel i just think its real and canon. it was bestowed upon me by god themselves. as for unlabelled i just think she would kill you first

Jen (she/her, transfem, sapphic)

shes a t4t murder blood violence sapphic. not much to say here

EXTRAS:

i'm about to explain some lore that only exists inside me and a select few people's brains but. max being close with harrison who's dating neil and preston (who're also friends with nerris!) helped him gain more confidence in his gender expression because of how little they care about anything making sense, like, at all. i absolutely think that max learned how to paint his nails and put on a good outfit from Neil and Preston. he used to think that Harrison and Nerris were weird for being xenogendered and using neopronouns but now he'll pummel anyone who makes fun of them

Daniel and David share the same pronouns and are that spiderman pointing at spiderman meme

Gwenvid sounds impossible by this point but they still work. somehow. through otherworldly and queerplatonic means

[raylazuko]

Hi guys! I’m gonna make an intro post because I have decided to come back to this blog. My other account has some bad memories associated with an ex friend and I’d rather use this one. Anyway:

Hi, my name is Riah (pronounced like Mariah without the “Ma”) but you can also call me Yorke, Lex, or anything idrc as long as you’re nice. I’m non-binary and I think agender is the best label for me but I lean more masculine so please use they/them. (I’m also ok with he/it, anything but she). I’m also a sex-repulsed asexual and I think I’m panromantic (not really sure, I’ve only dated one person and it was a guy before I was out as enby.) please do NOT flirt with me or ask me about my ex unless I want to talk about it. I still have a lot of trauma from irl stuff over the last few years but I don’t take stuff out on people.

I am 22 years old and am diagnosed with autism and ADHD as well as anxiety and off and on depression due to all the other stuff. I probably have SAD but not diagnosed formally. If you’re ableist or say I’m faking my autism/ADHD, I will block you! That’s not cool.

I like a lot of different music rock and indie (Radiohead, Björk, Coldplay, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fiona Apple, etc) and I might post stuff here but this is mainly for other fandoms. I am a K-pop fan (mainly girl groups) and I sometimes post them. My main groups are BLACKPINK, Dreamcatcher, (G)-IDLE, Aespa, and Itzy. I’m also obsessed with Taemin. I’m not against RPF on principal (as long as it doesn’t involve minors) and I’ve written some K-pop fics before. I don’t write smut because of me being ace. If I do crosspost or promote my AO3 here a lot of my fics are sad. But I mainly post fanfic of fictional stuff. I also don’t like people who are obsessive weird stans with K-pop, pop singers, rappers, it doesn’t matter who it is. Basically any celebrity if you stalk them or think you can marry them that’s weird! Fanfiction is FICTION and they are real people with lives. I see this stuff a lot in the K-pop community so I just wanted to put that as a disclaimer here I in no way support that behavior.

Im I’m a lot of fandoms but my main ones are Genshin, ATLA, Sonic, Mega Man, Legend of Zelda, Mario, Daria, MCU (mainly GOTG these days) Disney/Pixar, Spiderverse + animation in general. I used to be into Star Wars and Hunger Games but I’m more casual with it now. Im bad at watching shows because of my ADHD and need to finish stranger things and umbrella academy someday and then I’ll post them haha. I have a lot of dead fandoms from not finishing stuff. Also I used to be into Harry Potter but I’ve cut all ties with that because of JKR. I won’t hate you if you like HP stuff especially fan content but if you support JKR I’m gonna block you.

I don’t kin characters hardcore but there are definitely some that have more than one relatable aspect to me or I just love posting stuff about: Zuko, Katara, Blues, Zero, Mirabel, Shadow, Nimona, Rocket, Nebula, Vanellope, Gwen, Diluc, Scara—those are just some of my favorites and I’ll post a lot of spam about them lol. If you hate on me or others for having headcanons unless it’s like really really screwed up then don’t come on my page! I’m cool w all ships aside from p3d0 stuff (I personally don’t read 1ncest but it it’s fiction idrc. I will mention I’m in the Archie Sonic fandom to an extent and I ship Knuxulie who are distant cousins, but I don’t count is as 1ncest because everyone is technically related, it’s pretty distant, and Ken Penders is weird. It’s stuff like siblings, parent/child, first cousins, etc. that icks me out. I also don’t ship adopted siblings like Thor and Loki because that’s still incest imo. robot masters are a gray area because there are so many Wilybots, there is a brief mention of Snake/Shadow in the fic, but all the main sibling ones I don’t ship together.) and people who say shit like “all reylos are toxic” don’t fly with me. I use this as an example because it’s what my ex used to do. Also taking things way too seriously about fiction like saying SU is the worst thing ever (I also want to mention my ex agreed with Lily Orchard and when I pointed out the rightful criticism she got for her lack of research, he said people only hate her because she is trans. He is a cis guy.) I also want to be clear that cishet guys who hate Korra as a character are on thin ice. I have weirdly specific boundaries because of my ex bf.

I hate people who gatekeep stuff in fandoms too unless you’re gatekeeping it from racist people or something. I also hate people who say “you’re not a real fan if you like/dislike a thing the fandom dislikes/likes”, people who harass writers or actors because they don’t like a show like be fr. So if I see that stuff on my page you’ll be blocked. Also saying stuff is non canon just because you don’t like it. The two biggest examples are the Star Wars sequel trilogy and BOTW/TOTK. People who say anyone who likes the sequel trilogy is a fake fan, and people who say that TOTK isn’t a real Zelda game just because they don’t like it. It’s annoying.

Also boundaries but please please don’t talk to me about me being a bad person and boycotts and other online activism stuff like targeting and harassing me. Sharing info about that stuff is fine! But don’t berate me or others for our decisions. It’s a huge boundary for me. I will block you if you start harassing me or saying “you don’t care about x if….” You don’t know me, and we all picks and choose our battles. Touch grass.

I know I mentioned I write fanfic and I’ll occasionally post art here. My instagram, AO3, and stuff is all in my Linktree which it’s not letting me copy link but I’ll post the url here.

linktr.ee/Riahlexuko

Also I wrote a Mega Man fanfic https://archiveofourown.org/works/50900716/chapters/128590468

Anyway I hope you guys have fun and enjoy the blog, I repost a lot of stuff but I’ll post OC sometimes. Anyway, bye for now!

[mslovesblog]

{Gwen "Gabi" Lively}

{Is a 500000 year old dollfly who had the dead soul named Addison who died in 2016 at a young age}

Gwen "Gabi" Lively

Age: 500000

Sexuality: Straight (not anymore but soon) bisexual pansexual popsexual (made by me)

Gender: ♀️ (female)

Death: February 17th 2016

Personality: kind, friendly, childish, helpful, emotional, smart.

Real name: Aurora

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|| Aurora "Addison" Frilly ||

Is a 6-7 year old cisgender and non binary character who is straight and died at 2016 New Years Eve 🎇🎆🎇

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Addison was a hot tempered and kinda bratty child but seem to be affectionate and passionate on things she's really immature and sensitive people think she's rude mean and to childish Addison can be a bratty and show off child but can be a underrated or overrated child Addison can be kinda like a goofy funny kid who has ADHD and can a way to gullible on things she can really and really distracted on things she fall for things and likes to enjoy everything Addison goes by "they" "he/him" and "she/her" Addison was a typical show "non binary" but that was usually 6 years ago he was now a original person and loose a lot of precious stuff like iPads tablets etc he was found dead at a place called "Little Pieces" he got killed in the backstage in there the accident was originally accidental Addison accidentally got killed by getting electric ⚡💡 by slipping in the stage while the performance of Little Pieces people were shocked 😲 and were crying Addison parents were crying emotionally they called 911 at the hospital time skip and then everyone was at addisons funeral ⚱️⚰️⚰️⚱️ and now in the future gabi lzzy vera Lyla and Bailey are living in a good life with no problems or things

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Inspired: None

Voice claim: Nancy Kim (Ari Jin)

favorite color: 🩷 (pink)

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

Ok thats all bye literallys

[theemporiumreport]

Grand Opening of The Emporium Report!

Hello and Welcome to my blog!

My name is Wayn (They/Them) and I started this blog because I just wanted a place to formally store my thoughts about certain comic issues or comic events!

A little about me, I'm:

Non-Binary

21 years old

Currently in university as a Technical Theatre Major and a Creative Writing Minor.

Filpino-American!

Although I am a Creative Writing Minor, I'm really bad at grammer and overthink a lot so if I write terrible sentences, no I did not <3 :). Other than reading and thinking about comics, I love playing video games such as League of Legends (sadly) + related games, Dark Souls, Resident Evil, Bayonetta, and so much more! (I may from time to time write about these games, but that will be in the future ;)

Little more fun facts:

Favorite Food: Sushi or my mother's sisig

Favortie Musician(s): Wolf Alice, Beyonce, Doja Cat, Rina, plus my monthy music obsession (which is Janelle Monae's The Age of Pleasure)

Favorite Color: Love a good blue, purple, or red

Favorite Movie: At this moment? Across the Spider-verse (EEAO is VERY close behind)

Favorite Show: The Magicians

Now to get into my comic journey and experience!

Comic History

My first exposure to the comics, or at least superheroes, was the Fox X-Men movies! My family had the 2000's trilogy on DVD and it was the one of the only things I liked watching alongside with Spongebob and Ben 10. I would always watch these movies on loop at my father's work on those portable DVD players. Looking back, it was such a fun and simple time!

As I grew up, I watched more Marvel related media such as Ultimate Avengers (2006), Super Hero Squad, Agents of Shield, and even played Marvel Heroes Omega for years until its sad shutdown in 2017. But enough of what I watched or played, the very first comic I read was in 2014 with All New X-Men #18!

But why this particular issue? Well I purely blame Stuart Immonen and his beautiful artwork! I remember seeing this particular cover and loving the new costumes of the O5! The futuristic unitard with each person color coded was very appealing to young me! I also liked that I knew the central characters: The Original Five X-Men. I specifically loved Jean Grey and had an unhealthy crush on Scott Summers (I even read is solo series :o). But this issue is what brought me into comics and when re-reading the run today, I get great flashbacks and memories!

Now here are some personal comic fun facts:

Favorite Character(s): Illyana Rasputin (Magik), Danielle Moonstar (Mirage), Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch), Ororo Munroe (Storm)

Honorable Mentions: Kwannon (Psylocke), Jean Grey, Rachel Summers (Askani), Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman), Gwen Stacy (Ghost-Spider), Miles Morales (Spider-Man), literally all the New Mutants (except Magma...)

Favorite Writer(s): Chris Claremont (past), Jonathan Hickman, Vita Ayala, Leah Williams, Steve Orlando

Favorite Artists: Russell Dauterman, Bill Sienkiewicz, Kevin Wada, Kris Anka, Joshua Swaby, Sara Pichelli

Favorite Limited Comic Run: House of X (2019) by Jonathan Hickman

Favorite Issue: New Mutants #41 by Chris Claremont

What is The Emporium Report?

To elaborate more on the purpose of this blog, I just wanted a place where I can write and write and store my thoughts. Out in the real world, I don't really talk about comics as the community around me are not really fond of comics (theatre people D:). So, I made a twitter (@emporium_report) that I ramble on about comics. But, I wanted to make a full report or essay about certain issues (such as the brilliance of New Mutants #41) so I made this!

Prepare to read:

Analysis on single issues or characters

Reactions/General Thoughts on Comic Runs or Events

Personal deepdives into characters

Possible video game analysis/reactions and such

and more!

Lastly, why is it called The Emporium Report?

Well, I am a really big Scarlet Witch fan (will probably go into my history with her later) and I found her new shop in Orlando's run to be quite neat! The mystical shop is called Emporium and now this page is called The Emporium Report!

Thank you for reading all the way to the end!

I am currently looking for any comic friends so apply away! :D

But in all seriousness, thank you and I hope that I stay comitted to this page!

-Wayn.

[luckyduckwrites]

Another Contestant Chapter 1-17: Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island

Fandom: Total Drama (Cartoon)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Heather (Total Drama)/Original Character(s)

Characters: Heather (Total Drama), Gwen (Total Drama), Original Non-Binary Character, Owen (Total Drama), Bridgette (Total Drama), Geoff (Total Drama), Duncan (Total Drama), Devon "DJ" Joseph, Courtney (Total Drama), Ezekiel (Total Drama), Sadie (Total Drama), Katie (Total Drama), Eva (Total Drama), Noah (Total Drama), Justin (Total Drama), Tyler (Total Drama), Trent (Total Drama), Izzy (Total Drama), Cody Anderson, Harold McGrady V, Lindsay (Total Drama), Beth (Total Drama), Leshawna (Total Drama), Alejandro Burromuerto, Sierra (Total Drama), Chris McLean, Mildred "Blaineley" Stacey Andrews O'Halloran

Additional Tags: Total Drama: Island, Total Drama: Action, Total Drama World Tour, Nonbinary Character, POV Original Character, Slow Build, Slow To Update, Friends to Enemies, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Slow Romance, Crush at First Sight, Teen Crush, Canon Lesbian Character, POV Lesbian Character, Canon Lesbian Relationship, Original Character-centric, Developing Relationship, Minor Alejandro Burromuerto/Heather

Summary:

I'm Carmen, and I signed up for this show as a last-minute decision a few minutes before the time ran out to sign up. I signed up for Total Drama because I wanted to get away from my life. My parents don't understand me, and they constantly mis-gender me. I'm non-binary, but they keep using she/her when referring to me and deadnaming me. I know they love me, but I just need a break from it all. Maybe I'll make some new friends, or meet someone special.

Carmen is AFAB non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.

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A/N: I'm trying out adding Chris's opening and ending dialogue for each episode for each chapter, starting now. Let me know what you think, and if I should keep doing this for the next season!

"Welcome back to Total Drama Island. It's been a long time since you last saw our campers slugging it out for the $100,000 Grand Prize. Since the competition came to a shocking and dramatic conclusion, our campers have had some time to snack on some real food - no offense, Chef - take a hot shower, get their stuff back, and even peruse their emails from home. There were losers. Okay, lots of losers, hehe. But there was only one winner: Owen. The youngest of three brothers and a hardcore underachiever turned out to be the surprise champ. Without much knowledge, ambition, fitness, or even charm, he ended up with one massive prize. He's planning a wicked tropical party for all his fellow campers this winter. But first, they're gonna move their booties for one final poolside rap party, and tomorrow, everybody's heading for home. Or are they? Find out here on Total! Drama! Island!"

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I walk past the hot tub while looking for my girlfriend, and roll my eyes when I see Duncan and Courtney making out again. There's way too much of that going around lately, now that TDI is over. It's been a total snog-fest! Heather and I kiss sometimes, but the most we usually do is just cuddling together.

Suddenly, Courtney pulls away from Duncan, saying, "Ew. Duncan, stop it."

Duncan asks, "Why so uptight, hot stuff? What happened to that crazy chick who helped me raid the camp kitchen?"

The brunette scoffs, responding, "I'm over this stupid show. I lost the competition, me pathetic lawyer lost my lawsuit, and now I just wanna go home, study for my LSATs, and work my class president campaign."

Duncan's expression drops, and he says, "Wow. Hello, downer. Come on, relax. It's almost over. I thought you'd be happy."

Courtney exclaims, clearly upset, "I am happy!"

I leave the toxic twosome alone and finally find Heather by the buffet table, where Leshawna, Gwen, and Trent are laughing at something and whispering among themselves through chuckles.

Heather turns around to face them, and I see exactly what they're laughing at as she asks defensively, "What's so funny?"

I click my tongue at them, and lick my thumb to attempt to wipe off the smiley face drawn on the back of her nearly bald scalp, but it looks like it's drawn on in permanent marker. Suddenly, the loudspeaker screeches alive, dramatic music playing while Chris speaks, standing next to Chef.

He says, "Hello, campers!"

Duncan let's put a humorless chuckle, saying, "That's ex-campers to you."

Heather adds, "Yeah. Your twisted game is over. Remember?"

Chris not-so-subtley whispers to Chef, "We'll see about that."

The two men chuckle like they did in the episode I was eliminated, and I immediately get suspicious.

I narrow my eyes at them, asking, "What're you two chuckleheads laughing about? Knowing you, it's nothing good."

Chris responds, "Oh, you'll find out soon enough." He winks at Chef, and continues, "Congratulations to our winner. Owen, you played hard, fought hard, are hard, and farted harder! Not sure why, but you beat every other person on this island, and your pockets will soon be stuffed with cheddar!"

Most of us cheer, and Owen says in a dazed, hungry voice, "Mm, cheddar."

Chris continues, "But what I'm about to offer you may change all that." He brings out a briefcase exclaiming, "Inside this suitcase is one. Million. Dollars!" He hands the briefcase over to Chef, who leaves as Chris adds, "We had our PAs make a cardboard check of this awesome prize."

He makes a gesture with his hand, and a helicopter drags in a check taller than a 2-story building.

Chris yells over the loud whirring of the helicopter blades, "We went through a lot of cardboard to make this!" The helicopter leaves, and he continues at a normal volume, "Owen, my man. This million dollars could be yours. All you have to do is figure out where we're about to hide it and bring it to the Dock of Shame before anyone else does."

Gwen asks, "You're telling us that we all have a chance to win a million dollars?"

I add, "With no new challenges, just finding where it's hidden?"

Chris responds, "Yup." What do you say, Owen? Will you settle for 100 Gs or one. Million. Dollars?!"

Owen appears to think for a moment before exclaiming, "Game on, baby!"

He laughs, and his $100,000 check is ripped in half before he gets a chance to spend a single penny.

Chris says, "That's the spirit, Owen. Throughout the day, I'll give you all hints from the loudspeakers just to make sure you're not completely lost." He pulls out a corked wine bottle, adding "Alright, campers. The ultimate million dollar challenge starts... now!"

He pulls to cork from the wine bottle, and it shoots into the air, sniping a seagull above.

It was at it falls to the ground, but Owen is unfazed, exclaiming, "Woohoo! Here I come, million dollars!"

He laughs, and Heather asks, "Let me get this straight. After messing with our heads for an entire summer, you expect us to start running around the island like idiots all over again?"

Chris responds smugly, "That's right."

Leshawna asks, "But how do we know you didn't stuff that suitcase with bricks or something?"

Chris responds, "You don't."

Noah says, "I'd love to play another round of "Humiliate the Teens", but I've got a buffet to eat."

I add, "And I'm not about to act like a chicken with its head cut off just to please you again."

Duncan adds, waving a hand to dismiss Chris, "Aw, sit on it"

Eva exclaims, "Yeah!"

Chris says, "Fine. Suit yourselves. I'm sure Owen will be happy to have no competition while he makes the easiest million dollars in TV history."

Gwen exclaims, "Fine!"

Lindsay adds, "Fine!"

Justin adds, "Yeah, right."

Owen exclaims, "Alright! I'm gonna be rich!"

He cheers and whoops, and we all look at each other, trying to pretend that we don't want that money. We all eventually run off toward Owen, all 23 of us crashing and crumbling into a large heap on the floor.

Chef whistles loudly to get out attention as we all argue over each other, and Beth takes the opportunity to exclaim, "Hey! I've got an idea! Let's work together as a team! We can split the prize twenty-three ways and share it!"

I say, "There's so way to evenly split it that way! We'd all be better off splitting into smaller teams or just going off on our own!"

We eventually untangle ourselves after a while of more arguing, and we split off into teams.

Courtney exclaims, grabbing her boyfriend's hand, "Ah! Let's go get that million dollars! Yes!"

She kisses Duncan passionately, and after they split, he says, "Sir, yes sir!"

Harold asks, "Can I come, too?"

Courtney quickly responds, "No! You'll slow us down!"

Owen, Tyler, Cody, Trent, and DJ are the next ones to team up, Owen exclaiming, "Aw, a guys-only team! This is awesome!"

Tyler adds, "Yeah! Guys rule! I've been hitting the weights since I got here. Working on my fiercenessness."

Eva shove him to the ground, saying, "Get over yourself."

Izzy, trailing behind the bodybuilder, exclaims through laughter, "That was funny! You stupid guy!"

Noah joins the two, making for quite the odd pairing. Next was Beth and Lindsay, the former asking the latter, "Do you wanna be my team member?"

Lindsay gasps, responding, "Totally!"

Ezekiel asks, "Can I come, too?"

Beth responds, "Okay, but you have to be respectful of us girls. Deal?"

Ezekiel responds, "Yeah, okay!"

Heather walks up to the trio, pulling my arm with hers as she says, "Ladies, it's your lucky day. Carmen and I are gonna help you find this million dollars."

Beth says, "No thanks, Heather. We might've agreed to having only Carmen join, but we have enough people already."

I say, "That's okay, Beth. Have fun." I turn to my girlfriend, saying, "C'mon, Hetty. Let's just-"

She interrupts me, exclaiming, "Excuse me? Lindsay?"

The ditzy blonde responds, "Sorry, Hannah. Good luck, though."

Heather asks, "You're bringing Homeschool with you, but not me?"

Lindsay responds, "Uh huh."

Beth adds, "Oh, and P.S., someone drew a happy face on the back of your head."

The two girls laugh as they walk away, the sexist, transphobic nose picker trailing behind them.

I say, "It's okay, Heather. We can try to find another team to join, and if worst comes to worst, we could always just go for the million together. Just the two of us."

Heather smiles, and we walk over to the trio that was teasing Heather behind her back. The people who have been my friends nearly the whole time I've been on the island, and also the people that, arguably, have faced the worst from Heather. Leshawna, Trent, and Gwen.

We walk up to them, and Heather says in a friendly voice, "Hey, guys! I realize that we've had our minor differences, but what do you say we team up? We're the 5 strongest players. Together, we'd be unstoppable."

Leshawna asks through stifled laughter, "You frontin' me? I might be willing to take Carmen, but I'd rather stick a tire iron up my butt than team up with you.

Heather drops her friendly facade, exclaiming, "Oh, yeah? Well, at least I'm not a big-butted, loud-mouthed, mall-shopping homegirl!"

Leshawna exclaims, "Uh, uh! You are not waving your fingers in my face!"

Gwen exclaims, "Come on! We're losing precious time!"

I say, "Yeah, Heather. We're already teamed up together, and you don't want to get tossed off a cliff again, do you?"

She rolls her eyes, and Leshawna exclaims as she leaves with her teammates, "Ooh, she's gonna get it! You watch!"

Katie and Sadie team up with Justin, and Bridgette teams up with Geoff.

As everyone starts leaving, already partnered up, Heather calls out, "Guys. Guys? Ugh. Ugh! Oh, forget it." Harold, the only person still standing, walls over to us, but before he can say a word, Heather already refuses him, saying, "No."

I take her aside and whisper to her, "Babe, you wanted another teammate, right? He's the only one left. Now, to be honest, I don't like him, nor do I want him on our team, but..." I sigh, adding, "If you want, we can leave him behind when we get the briefcase."

Heather smirks, planting a kiss on my cheek before we turn to Harold.

She sighs, saying, "Fine. But don't talk to me!"

Harold says, "Thank-"

Heather exclaims, "What did I just say?!"

We start walking toward the woods, and Harold mutters, "Fine! Gosh!"

After two hours, nobody found any signs of the briefcase, and Chris comes in the loudspeaker, saying, "Okay, this is pathetic, campers! It's been two hours now, and no one has even come close to finding this suitcase! So here's your first clue; it's just hangin' around!"

Harold starts whistling after a while, and Heather's twitches before she says through clenched teeth, "Shut. It."

Harold stops whistling and mutters, "Okay, gosh!"

After a while, we overheard the boys team, and hide behind a bush to watch as DJ exclaims, "There it is! I see it!"

Cody asks, "Where?"

DJ responds, "Right there in the tree!"

Chris says over the loudspeaker as Tyler starts climbing the tree the briefcase is tied to, "Finally!'

Tyler, Owen, and DJ exclaim, "Yes!"

Cody adds, "That's what I'm talking about!"

DJ adds, "You da man!"

Cody adds, "Go for it!"

Owen adds, "Yeah! You're the man!"

Tyler's weight breaks a thin tree branch, and he falls to the ground, saying, "Almost had it."

He tries again, Cody exclaiming, "Go for it!"

DJ adds, "You da man!"

Owen laughs, adding, "Yeah! You're still the man! Yeah. Still the man."

Tyler falls onto the ground again, this time with the briefcase.

DJ exclaims, "Yes!"

Cody adds, "We're rich!"

Owen adds, "We did it! Woohoo!"

Heather asks Harold and I, "Did you hear what I just heard?"

I say, "Yup. You know what this means for us?"

Harold says, "Darn it. We lost!"

Heather shushes him, saying, "Shh. This is not over yet. Are you up for a little burglary action?"

I responds, "Always, babe. Harold?"

The nerdy teen nods, responding, "Definitely. This one time, at computer camp-"

Heather shushes him again, saying, "Zip."

Tyler, Cody, Owen and DJ chant in songsongy voices, "We found the million! We found the million!"

Owen grabs the briefcase and starts kissing it, exclaiming, "Dock of Shame, here we come!" The other boys look at him suspiciously, and he asks, "What?"

DJ asks, "Why should you carry it?"

Tyler asks, "What difference does it make?"

Cody responds, "Chris did say that the first person on the dock with the case wins."

DJ asks, "No offense, but who says you won't take off with the money?"

Owen holds out the briefcase, saying, "Okay, then you carry it."

Cody asks, "What if he ditches us, and makes a run for it?"

Tyler exclaims, "This is crazy! How are we all gonna keep an eye on each other?"

They all think for a moment before Cody says, "I know!" He finds a rope and ties it around their whole team, saying, "There!" He chuckles, adding, "That should hold. Now there's no breaking up this team."

Tyler exclaims, "Yes! Alright, let's put this baby to bed."

They start apologizing over each other until Owen not-so-sneakily rips one.

DJ exclaims, "Aw, man!"

Tyler adds, fanning the air in front of him in disgust, "Aw!"

Cody asks, "Who cut the cheese?"

God, they're dumb. Who do they think?

The perpetrator says nervously, "Uh, guys? I kinda have to go."

DJ says casually, "So turn around and take a whiz. We're all dudes here."

Owen says, "No. Not number one." He farts again, adding, "Number poo."

They all make exclamations of disgust, and DJ says, "Head for the woods, dude. Just make sure you put some serious distance between us."

Tyler adds, "Yeah, we'll wait here."

When Owen stays in the circle Cody tied them into, DJ exclaims, "You've gotta unite yourself first, man!"

Owen exclaims, "I can't!"

They all start tugging at the knots, DJ asking, "Where'd you learn these knots, the army?!"

Cody responds, "Actually, it was a special after school-"

DJ points a finger at Owen, exclaiming, "And you! Why didn't you go before we tied ourselves together?"

Owen responds, "Well, I didn't have to go then!" He farts again,saying frantically, "Aw, come on, guys. This is serious!"

DJ says with a look of dread on his face, "You're just gonna have to... go."

The boys look at each other with similar looks, and they conveniently set down the briefcase next to the bush Heather, Harold, and I are hiding behind, while looking for another bush for Owen to pop a squat on. The three of us look at each other in shock, and Harold grabs the case while the boys are distracted.

We book it back towards camp, and once we're out of earshot of the boys, Heather says, "I've gotta say, Harold. That was a pretty sweet move."

Harold smirks at the praise, saying, "I learned it from a mail order ninja catalog from nunchuckers.com."

I say, "Didn't ask, don't care."

Heather adds, "Let's move!" We finally make it to a large chasm over the lake, and Harold starts fiddling around with an old, abandoned tent's cloth and a couplr branches, making something surprisingly useful.

Heather says, "I'm actually impressed, Harold. Where did you learn to make a hangglider out of branches and an old tent?"

Harold simply responds, "I told you I had skills. You need me."

Heather corrects him, saying, "I needed you. This is where we split up!"

She grabs the briefcase from Harold and shoves him away, and he exclaims, "Hey! What are you doing?!"

Heather hands the briefcase to me and we both hold onto the hangglider as she asks, "You didn't really think we were gonna split the money with you, did you?"

Harold responds, "Kinda."

We take flight on the glider, and I call back at him, "Sorry, not sorry, Harold!"

Heather adds, "If you learn one lesson from this, it's who to-"

Before she could finish her sentence, the glider breaks, leaving the two of us in a freefall, screaming.

I accidentally drop the case as we land on a beaver's den, Heather's head lodged inside, and my arm being pulled and chewed on aggressively.

We exclaim in pain, but I manage to say, "Heather, I dropped the case when we fell!"

Heather exclaims, "No! No! That was a million dollars, you stupid beavers!"

As we continue getting smacked and bitten by aggressive beavers, Chris says in the loudspeakers, "Attention, campers! The case is wet! Repeat, the case is wet!"

I manage to pull my arm free, Heather exclaiming, "Get off me, you rabies-carrying glorified rat! Ugh, stop that!"

I hear Trent, Gwen, and Leshawna talking as they walk along the bank, and the first words I can hear is Gwen asking, "Hey, isnt that Heatger and Carmen?"

Leshawna responds, "Looks like it."

Heather exclaims in pain again as I try to pry her free from the den, and she gets smacked again.

Leshawna says, "Ooh, now that's gotta hurt."

Gwen adds, "Wow. Beavers can be mean."

Leshawna adds, "I bet she wishes she wasn't wearing those teeny shorts now."

I call out, "Hey! Maybe instead of mocking her, you could get over here and help us?"

Heather adds, "Help! Guys, get me out of here!"

Trent turns to the two others, asking, "Should we help her?"

A moment of silence passes before all three of them burst out in laughter, Leshawna saying, "That's a good one."

They start walking away, and Heather exclaims, "You guys are so dead when I get outta here!"

After I manage to pry my girlfriend from the beaver den, Chris announces over the loudspeaker, "Attention, campers! The case is now somewhere beautiful and headed towards camp!"

I say, "Hey, sounds like Justin's got the case! If we can get you outta here quick, we can intercept him! I'm immune to his charms, so it'd be perfect!"

Heather says, "Whatever. We've wasted enough time here."

We start walking alongside the bed of water towards camp, and Harold eventually meets back up with us, rowing on a kayak he must've stolen from camp.

He asks, "Encountered some beavers, eh? Yeah, they can get pretty territorial, especially-"

Heather interrupts him, exclaiming, "You know what? So far today, I've been thrown off a cliff with my partner. By you! Attacked by beavers, left to die, and I lost one million dollars, which I'm kind of hoping to get back. So I really don't have time for your Harold-ness right now, okay?"

Harold says, "You know, you don't always have to be so mean."

Heather stops walking and angrily asks, "Excuse me?"

Harold continues, "Maybe if you were nicer, someone here other than Carmen might actually like you."

Heather exclaims, "People like me! I'm popular!"

Harold asks, "Then how come no one wanted you on their team?"

I say, "No one wanted you either."

Heather adds, "Yeah, you're alone. What's your damage?"

She sits down on a large rock, and Harold says, "I'm alone by choice. I'm kinda like a lone wolf."

Heather's expression softens, and she says quietly, "I don't like being mean all the time. It's kind of become this habit of mine." I sit down next to her and wrap my arm around her shoulder as she starts tearing up, asking, "Do you think it's fun being the one that everyone hates?" She curls up her knees to her chest and starts crying, exclaiming, "Look at me! I don't even have any hair!"

She leans into my touch, resting her head on my shoulder as she continues crying, and I can tell that it's real. She can be a good actress when she wants to be, but I can tell that she's not lying or acting right now.

Harold says, "Maybe you're so afraid that everyone will reject you, that you push them away first. I'm guessing either your parents are divorced or you were fat and pimply once."

Heather wipes her tears and sniffles, asking, "So how'd you become such an expert?"

Harold responds, "Believe it or not, I wasn't always this cool."

I ask, "So there was a time you were even nerdier?"

Heather giggles, resting her hand on mine and grabbing hold of it.

Harold adds, "Plus, I read a lot of my sister's psych books in the can. Want a ride?"

Heather asks, "You'd still team up with me after the way I treated you?"

I say to her, "I remember a time when I did the same thing, babe."

Harold says, "Yeah. For a 50-25-25 split. It's either that or a 5 kilometer walk to camp. And those beavers are probably still looking for you."

I stand up and help my girlfriend stand as she says, "Impressive extortion skills. Deal."

Harold asks, "Do you think we'll be friends after this is all over?"

Heather responds, "Definitely."

When we sit down behind Harold in the kayak, Heather looks at me and shakes her head. I chuckle, and we grab oars to paddle back toward camp faster.

When the camp's shore is in sight, Chris's announces over the loudspeaker, "The case is almost at the campgrounds! Get your butts in gear, people! It's a million big ones!"

We start rowing faster, and when we finally reach the shore, "Harold points above the campgrounds, asking, "Is that a hot air balloon?"

I look up and sure enough, there's Courtney in one of the hot air balloons the cameramen use sometimes, with the boys team above with the case, and Courtney holding Cody in a headlock, and a bear climbing the mic's cord up to the hot air balloon's basket.

I exclaim, "They've got the case!"

Heather adds, "And a... bear. Come on!"

We get out of the kayak and run toward the hot air balloon, and Leshawna rides out of the woods on an ATV she must've stolen from either Chris or Chef, Gwen and Trent riding behind Leshawna on the ATV, an angry expression on her face as she notices us.

She exclaims, "Yo, Heather! This is for calling me a big-butted, loudmouth, mall-shopping homegirl!"

Gwen asks and Leshawna revs the ATV's motor, "Leshawna, what are you doing?!"

Trent says, "I think we better get off."

They scream as they jump off, and Leshawna takes off full speed toward my girlfriend, and also endangering Harold and I since we're right next to Heather. We take off in the opposite direction and reach the Dock of Shame, jumping toward the safety of Lake Wawanakwa.

Leshawna isn't able to stop the ATV before she also plunges it into the water, and Heather exclaims, "She's crazy!"

I add, slinging my soggy bangs to the back of my head, "Was she trying to kill us?!"

Harold exclaims in awe, "That was awesome!"

Chris says over the loudspeakers, "Attention, campers! The case is still in play! Don't give up now!"

Geoff, Bridgette, Katie, and Sadie climb the tall diving board above the pool of green jelly from the episode where we had to face our fears to avoid a moose chasing them, Duncan scared off the moose with a taxidermied moose head, and the boys team jump from the hot air balloon to the divingboard to get away from the bear.

Courtney gloated about having the case until the bear climbed into the hot air balloon's basket, and she also jumped onto the diving board. They all fought over the case, and Leshawna climbed onto it after the case, and the fight knocked it over to the communal bathroom, where Lindsay, Beth, and Ezekiel found it.

Justin jumped from a stolen plane that was used in the fears episode, and he parachuted down and charmed the case away from Lindsay, his parachute draping over Beth and Ezekiel as the now empty plane crashes into the diving board, making it start wobbling unsteadily. Izzy, Noah, and Eva, dressed in the stupid camo outfits from the paintball deer hunter episode, toss buckets of chum at Justin, and he flails around, freaking out about his hair.

Izzy places an empty bucket over his head and steals the case, calling herself E-scope, but trips while running toward the dock, and drops the case. It starts bouncing toward the dock, and everyone starts running after it, Duncan riding on the moose, Beth having freed herself from under the parachute, and Justin walking around blindly, the parachute pack still on his back.

The diving board finally falls, dumping Courtney, Cody, Katie, Sadie, and Tyler into the incredibly gross green jelly that's still there from the fears episode that happened a couple weeks ago, and the others left on the diving board slide helplessly toward the dock. The parachute gets caught under the diving board, dragging Justin along with them, the bucket falling off his head from the sudden tug.

The moose launched Duncan off it's back and into the water, and just as me, Heather, and Harold got out of the lake and back onto the dock, we're shoved right back in by everyone on the diving board. We all surface - Heather, Harold, Leshawna, Lindsay, Beth, Duncan, Owen, DJ, Gwen, Izzy (E-scope?) and I - and the case gets eaten whole by a shark.

Leshawna exclaims angrily, "Great! Now what?!"

Chris walks toward us on the dock, saying, "So... you lost the case. Way to go."

I say, "Technically, the shark did it."

Chris continues, ignoring me, "I didn't wanna have to do this, but since none of the 15 of you officially won, you all officially tied, which means that you will all have another shot at winning the million dollars!" We all cheer until he adds, "In season 2!"

I ask angrily, "I'm sorry, what? Are you freakin' kidding me?"

Duncan adds, "Oh, forget this. I didn't agree to season 2."

Chris says, pulling out one of his many copies of our huge stack of legal forms, "Actually, you did. It's called the fine print. Read it, live it, love it!"

Gwen growls, "I hate the fine print."

Chris's addresses the ex-campers that finally arrived on the Dock of Shame, "As for the rest of you, your treasure hunt ends here, along with all your hopes of ever winning any money off of being on this show. The good news, though? You'll be watching all the action on season 2 from the sidelines!"

I mutter, "Lucky bastards."

Courtney exclaims, "Wait a minute! I wanna be on season 2!"

Chris smirks and clicks his tongue in a teasing way, repeating, "Fine print."

E-scope exclaims, "Yes, this is so awesome! E-scope is coming back! E-scope is coming back!"

She giggles, and Beth and Lindsay embrace, Beth exclaiming, "This is so exciting! Lindsay, if you win and you buy France, will you invite me over?"

Lindsay responds, "For sure!"

Heather and I look at each other, and I say, "At least we'll be together for next season, right?"

Heather smiles at me and puts her forehead to mine, responding, "Definitely, babe."

Chris says, "In exactly 2 days, you'll all report to a brand new location for a whole new challenge and the last one standing will receive one. Million. Dollars!" He turns to the cameras, adding, "So don't forget to tune in... to Total. Drama. Action!"

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Fortnite characters!

Kia ora, folks.

I posted a note on Substack the other day and I have no idea if anyone saw it because I don’t understand how Substack notes work. So I thought I better reiterate what I said in my note here in case you all (maybe? probably?) didn’t see it. As is often the case, I have had some mental health stuff going on this week, and it has kind of prevented me from finishing my thoughts on The Marvellout Mrs Maisel final season, and that’s basically all I have that’s close to ready right now, so I thought I would do something a bit different this week that doesn’t take a lot of concentration or other brain energies.

I played a bunch of Fortnite this week and last week, and this Sunday just gone (the day I am writing this), I wrapped up some of the season stuff there so I didn’t miss the couple battle pass things I wanted to get before they’re gone - it ends in a few days, and I’m excited to see that apparently Optimus Prime is coming next season, and whatever else Transformers-y they put in!

With all that in mind, I thought an easy thing I could do this week that some of y’all might be interested in is share some of my favourite characters I have collected over the years playing this game. Sound good? Sounds good. Here we go!

Spider-Gwen is one of my ultimate favourite characters in the game. Some friends and I played almost every day toward the end of this season to unlock all of the different customisations you could get for her. Admittedly, this version of her is just the standard colours because, even though I unlocked all the fancy holographic ones, I still think this one looks best.

This li’l guy, who I have decided in my headcanon is non-binary, was a surprise drop during the christmas event last year. I love them and they look very silly doing all the different dances and other emotes you can do in Fortnite.

Ariana Grande, Aloy and Padmé Amidala are three of my absolute favourites among the ones I had to individually spend money on to acquire. Padmé was available during some special Star Wars content that happened earlier in the season, while Aloy I picked up earlier this year I think. Ariana I fell in love with a couple years or so ago, and even though I really only like a handful of her real-life counterpart’s songs, as soon as I saw her I knew I had to have her - she has a normal mode, but this one is my favourite. Ariana also came with a glider that matches her dress which is also one of the coolest looking gliders in Fortnite, in my opinion.

And then lastly, we have Lynx. Lynx is a character I picked up in I want to say 2019, when I was having an even rougher time with my mental health than I am now, completely untreated, and playing Fortnite at that time was one of the few things I could do to turn my brain off and just have fun. As such, she’s one of my very top favourites not necessarily aesthetically, I mean she does look great, but she helped me through some stuff and that earns her a place both in my regular rotation, and in my heart.

For more of my faves, check out the Substack version (for free) here!

Apologies again folks for the smaller, image-heavy post! Come hell or high water, I will have that Mrs Maisel post for you next week!! You can count on it. In the mean time, if you haven’t already, and you want to read more stuff written by me, you can check out my Letterboxd. I recently reviewed The Super Mario Bros Movie (2023), Hellraiser (1987), Scream VI (2023), and The Final Destination (2009). And a reminder too, that you can read my first ever short story for FREE on itchio.

Thanks so much for reading everyone, I hope you have a great week, and I’ll talk to you again soon. Ka kite anō au i a koe. 💚

- Rebecca

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[creativewhizkid]

𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗

hello, you can call me twistysoup or just twisty! i am a multifandom digital/tradtional artist who will be using this blog for (inconsistently uploaded) art and rambles. please read the rest of my pinned before you interact !

𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 / 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠:

• I am a minor.

• please be atleast 14 years old before you decide to follow me

• please use tone indicators around me, i have a hard time understanding context/tone through a screen

• please do not follow me if you talk about negativity of my comfort characters and or kins, it's genuinely hard for me to see/read. try tagging it, please.

• do not bring any sort of hate onto this blog. i just wanna have a silly and fun time here

• please tell me if i am following a problematic individual, and i will unfollow said individual. i would never purposefully follow someone who has done something bad, i may just be unaware of said hypothetical bad actions

• please do not have tumblrs default pfp/banner, i will assume you are a bot and block you

• i highly ask to not drag me into any hypothetical drama, or talk about it around me, just don't involve me in it. it stresses me out.

• if you don't like me or somethings that i do, don't rant and insult me about it in anon, just leave me alone.

• self-shipping and or SFW age regression blogs are welcome here

i cannot stress this enough: i do not give anyone permission to repost, trace or steal my art onto any platforms for any reason, even if credit is given. there are NO exceptions to this.

things about me:

• twisty

• minor

• aroace quoiromantic

• they/them pronouns, she/her is for irl mootz only.

• i ramble about my hyperfixations a lot

𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚜:

• don't hug me i'm scared

• my little pony: friendship is magic

• undertale + au's

• five night's at freddy's

• murder drones

• how to train your dragon

• helluva boss / hazbin hotel

• the amazing digital circus

• heathers: the musical

• the hunger games (books & films)

• puppets

• kidcore / dreamcore / weirdcore

• animation

• kung fu panda

• the osc (object show community)

• my oc's

• my great appreciation for soundtracks

• the elder scrolls (mainly TES V: Skyrim)

• radiohead

• Alex G

• countryballs/polandball

• anything space related

𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚜:

• art tag: twisty draws

• ramble/me just talking about things tag: twisty rambles

• vent tag (if i ever use it): twisty vents

• me asking questions tags: twistys questions

• rant tag: twisty rants

• headcanon tag: twisty's headcanons

• me answering stuff tag: twisty answers

• my ocs tag: twisty’s ocs

(IMPORTANT) 𝙳𝙽𝙸:

if you are any of these you are not welcome here.

• basic dni criteria ( racist, sexist, homo/lgbtphobic, transphobic, ableists, terfs/swerfs, pedophiles/"maps", zoophiles )

• nsfw/fetish blogs

• hate blogs

• if you romanticize/idealize problematic individuals

• proship/anti antis/profics and or whatever else they go by

• nft or anything affiliated with it supporter

• "cringe" culture supporter

• fujoshis

• ai """""""artists""""""" (or supporter of such)

• aromantic and or asexual exclusionists

• non-binary exclusionists

• pansexual exclusionists

• exclusionists in general

• anti-palestine/pro-israel

• ship real people

• prolifers

• anti self-diagnosis

• nsfw/weird dsmp fans

• NSFW age regression blogs ( sfw age-regression blogs are perfectly ok :^) )

• anything that associates with yandere content, it makes me highly uncomfortable.

�� anti neopronouns / xenogenders

• shota/lolicons

• transmeds / truscums

𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚜:

• sketchbook (dhmis)

• applejack (my little pony: friendship is magic)

• peridot (steven universe)

• uzi doorman (murder drones)

• kate the chaser (slender: the arrival)

• charlotte emily (fnaf game and novels)

• the puppet (fnaf 2)

• L.E.F.T.E / lefty (fnaf:ps)

• ghost-spider/spider-gwen (marvel comics/spider-verse films)

• katniss everdeen (the hunger games)

• heather mcnamara (heathers: the musical)

• kalahari (my skyrim oc)

• taco (bfb)

• coffee and frappé (my animatronic ocs)

• lightbulb (ii)

• octavia goetia (helluva boss)

• lute (hazbin hotel)

• gangle (the amazing digital circus)

• cinderpelt (warrior cats)

• sans (UNDERSWAP)

• the riverperson (UNDERTALE)

that's it :]

[wjbs-aus]

Since I'm (probably) near the end of the new Saints Row, I can safely say that I love it and personally would put it as either second or joint-first on my personal SR ranking, and it's the best game I've played this year at time of writing. But because nuance, I'll be going into more detail below.

(spoiler warning for all but one of the missions prior to The After-Party).

I found the new named Saints far less annoying than I thought I would, and personally I would die for Eli.

Speaking of Eli, the LARP storyline is really fun, and it's personally my favourite part so far, especially the fact that the other Saints get roped in, leading up to the massive battle against Gwen. Also, the bit at the end when the Boss does all the silly poses while shooting the king was really funny, especially the aftermath where the petrol station clerk awkwardly asks the Boss to order something and they respond in-character.

I honestly think Sergio's death was kinda anticlimactic, like you're told you will fight him and you get ready for a huge fight that just... doesn't happen, and he just gets anticlimactically killed off in a cutscene; the Boss isn't even the one who does it! It doesn't help that I also think Los Panteros are the least-interesting of the three gangs (or two gangs and one megacorporation), just being the Brotherhood but orange and aztec-themed.

For the moral choice in the AI tank level, I chose to fire Marshall. I'll probably shoot him on my next playthrough.

The mission where you have to steal the sculptures was really difficult and I had to get my brother - who is better at driving games than me - to do it.

The city is amazing, and honestly it's my favourite sandbox in the entire series. I love all the fake brands, I love the armadillo sculpture-trail, and I love the fact that there are proper strip-malls in a Saints Row game (mainly because strip-malls are an injoke between me and my brother).

The Boss might be canonically non-binary in the new timeline, which is very cool.

I am very dissapointed that - as far as I can tell - importing a Boss made in the Boss Factory doesn't carry over the outfit, only the character (although it did give me the opportunity to fiddle around with my Boss's fashion).

The existence of a Saints of Rage arcade machine in (at least) one part of the map, as well as an associated T-shirt, implies that Johnny exists as a fictional character in the new timeline.

Oh! Speaking of references to stuff that doesn't exist in the new timeline, the in-game Volition shop sells an Agents of Mayhem shirt, which I'm fairly sure is the first time I've seen someone acknowledge that game since it came out (not counting me buying it and playing some of it a year or two ago).

It is ridiculously easy to become OP.

It took me ages to realise that the MDI building is boot-shaped.

THEY DIDN'T DEPICT REPLACING THE CEO OF MDI AS A WHOLLY GOOD THING! THEY ACTUALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHAT'S-HER-FACE ISN'T WILLING TO FULLY TRUST THE SAINTS JUST BECAUSE THEY HELPED HER BECOME CEO, AND THAT SHE PRIORITISES THE COMPANY OVER THESE FOUR RANDOM ZOOMERS!

I like how the Boot Hill mission is literally just Super-Ethical but less frustrating and with a better announcer.

The Cutting Edge materials are really disappointing. I was expecting them to work like normal colours but with a different visual effect, but they colour the entire thing you apply them to, so applying them to clothes looks really tacky.

I want a Collective helmet in real life.

The Hidden History stuff is really fun and I like that they're actually putting effort in to establish a consistent timeline, unlike the original one which was an absolute mess. Also the glove-guns are OP as hell, especially when you unlock the special attack for them.

I have more thoughts, but I can't really think of any right now, so I'll add them as an addendum when I've finished the final mission (and also the other one I have to do first).

[totaldrama-showdowns]

Round 1 Match 1

Propaganda

Gwen: She just doesn't look cis

If that's even her real name 🙄

if thats even your real name.......

That one confession scene near the finals,in the stranded episode

GWEN SWEEP PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE

gwensweep plsplsplsplsplsplsplsplsplsplsplsplsplsplspls... i can see her being nonbinary or a trans girl but shes so trans and the way she has canonically changed her name doesnt help her case. canon to me

non binary gwen!!

We need more intersex headcanons in the world

sometimes i write her name as gweb which is funny only because the submission form originally also had a typo that included a b it's almost like fate

I LOOOOOOOVE TRANS GIRL GWEN IT IS CANON TO ME !!!! SHOUTOUT TO THE TRANS GIRL GWENS OF TOTAL DRAMA AND SPIDERVERSE I GUESS. thats so cool for her. i love trans gwen shes so trans.. the one line that implies that she changed her name is all i need shes TRANS...

Beth: Just look at her and tell me she isn't transfem

She’s trans!!

[chaotic-simping]

REQUEST GUIDELINES/FANDOM LIST:

last update: 03.01.2022 2nd August, 2022 14th November, 2022 1st April, 2024

If you want to request something pls give me some more or less specific ideas or a few prompts (link for prompt list).

I'll automatically do platonic relationship and they/them pronouns if it's not specified.

Also, english isn't my first language you've been warned.

What I don't take requests for:

Stuff i might write if im in the mood but probably won't ( There are always going on be warnings ofc)

smut

suggestive stuff

toxic relationships (might appear in a criminal minds fic or something like that, never romantizised)

darkfics

arguments

enemies to lovers

What I don't write in general:

romantizised toxic relationships

rape, incest, pedophilia, age gap (teacher/student as well) etc.

romance for characters under 14 y/o

male reader x lesbian character or female reader x gay character

about poc/trans/mlm struggles - they are obviously very very real but i am white and sapphic (not saying i won't write about characters that are any of these things, i'll do my best to make the reader gender, race, body size etc inclusive.)

What I write:

Character(s) x reader

Gender Neutral/Non-binary!, Female!, Male!reader. Obv gender ≠ pronouns but it's th

Mixed pronouns (ex. they/she), THEORETICALLY neo pronouns?

Background ships

AUs (SOULMATES!!!)

Crossovers (read fandom list)

Platonic, romantic, unspecified or familial relationship

Fandoms/characters:

Star Wars:

Romantic: Anakin Skywalker, Padmé Amidala, young!Obi-wan,

Ahsoka Tano, Asajj Ventress, Bariss Offi, Rex, Echo, Fives,

Cal Kestis,

Kanan Jarrus, Hera Syndylla, Sabine Wren,

Jyn Erso, Cassian Andor,

Din Djarin, Fenec Shnad,

Rey Skywalker, Finn

+more

Platonic: Everyone above, Obi-wan Kenobi, The Bad Batch, The ghost crew, Grogu,

Won't write: Ben Solo/Kylo Ren, Hux

Ships: Anidala, Barrisoka, Kanera, Finnpoe

Knowledge: All movies, almost all shows/cartoons (except Resistance), books - Master and apprentice, games - started JFO and (barley) SWTOR

Marvel:

Romantic: Miles Morales, Gwen Stacy, Hobie Brown, Peter Parker, Natasha Romanov, Wanda Maximoff, Kate Bishop

Platonic: Everyone above, Peter B Parker, Yelena Belova,

Stranger things:

Romantic: Robin Buckley, Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Nancy Wheeler, Max Mayfield (s4!), Lucas Sinclair (s4!), Chrissy Cunningham, Barbara Holland rip, Jonathan Byers, Eddie Munson + more

Platonic: Everyone above, Max (all seasons), Lucas (all seasons), Will Byers, Dustin Henderson, El Hopper, Erica Sinclair, Joyce Byers, Jim Hopper, Murray Bauman, Alexei Smirnoff, Dmitri 'Enzo' Antonov, Yuri Ismailov,

Won't write: Billy

Ships: Jopper, Lumax, Elmax, Ronance, Robin/Vickie, Steddie

Knowledge: up to season 4, none books

Arcane:

Romantic: Vi, Jinx, Ekko,

Platonic: Everyone above, almost everyone else

Ships: CaitVi

Knowledge: season 1

Avatar: the last air bender

Please include if you want the reader to be a bender (and what kind) or not

R: Zuko, Suki, Sokka, +more

P: Everyone above, the gaang, Iroh,

Ships: Suki/Sokka, Zukka,

Knowledge: All seasons, almost all comics, live action

The legend of Korra:

R/P: Most characters

Won't write: Kuvira

Ships: Korrasami,

Knowledge: All seasons, all comics

The Dragon Prince:

R: Claudia, Rayla, Soren, Corvus

P: Everyone above, Ezran, Callum, Amaya, Harrow, Gren,

Ships: All canon ships, Sorvus

Knowledge: up to season 4

Sherlock Holmes:

BBC:

R/P: Most characters

Ships: Johnlock, Mystrade,

Enola Holmes:

R/P: Enola,

Criminal minds:

R/P: Elle Greenway, Derek Morgan, Emily Prentiss

Knowledge: Watching season 6

Heartstopper:

R/P: Most characters, comic or show.

Won't write: Harry and Ben.

Ships: All canon ships; Imogen x me😍 /hj

Knowledge: Comic: 7-13; show: season 1

The Blacklist:

R: Elizabeth Keen, Donald Ressler, Aram Mojtabai, Alina Park,

P: Everyone above, Harold Cooper, Tom Keen, Raymond Redington, Dembe Zuma, Kate Kaplan, Agnes Keen

Knowledge: Season 9