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getfast · 5 months ago

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How to Solve a 3x3 Rubik's Cube: A Step-by-Step Guide

Solving a 3x3 Rubik's Cube is a fun and mind-bending journey that combines logic and patience. This guide walks you through the basic steps, focusing on rotations, algorithms, and methods to solve the cube. If you're eager to learn, this comprehensive guide is perfect for beginners. By mastering the techniques outlined here, you'll understand how to solve a 3x3 Rubik's Cube efficiently and effectively.

Understanding the Cube

Before diving into the solution, it's essential to understand the structure of the Rubik's Cube. A 3x3 Rubik's Cube consists of three types of pieces:

Centerpieces: These six fixed pieces represent the color of each face.

Edge pieces: These 12 pieces have two colors and are located between the corners.

Corner pieces: These 8 pieces have three colors and are located at the corners of the cube.

What are the Basic Rotations of a 3x3 Rubik's Cube?

Understanding the basic rotations of a 3x3 Rubik's Cube is crucial. The cube is divided into three layers: top (U for Up), middle (M for Middle), and bottom (D for Down). The faces of the cube are denoted as follows:

U (Up)

D (Down)

L (Left)

R (Right)

F (Front)

B (Back)

Each face can be rotated in three possible ways:

Clockwise (denoted as the letter itself, e.g., U).

Counterclockwise (denoted by the letter followed by an apostrophe, e.g., U').

180 degrees (denoted by the letter followed by the number 2, e.g., U2).

Mastering these rotations is the first step in learning how to solve a 3x3 Rubik's Cube.

Algorithms of a 3x3 Rubik's Cube

Algorithms are sequences of moves that manipulate the cube in specific ways. Here are a few essential algorithms:

Cross Algorithm: This helps in solving the white cross on the first layer.

F2L (First Two Layers) Algorithms: These algorithms solve the first two layers simultaneously.

OLL (Orientation of the Last Layer) Algorithms: These algorithms orient the last layer's pieces so that the top face becomes a single color.

PLL (Permutation of the Last Layer) Algorithms: These algorithms position the pieces of the last layer correctly.

Familiarizing yourself with these algorithms is vital for efficiently solving a 3x3 Rubik's Cube.

Methods to Solve a 3x3 Rubik's Cube

There are several methods to solve a 3x3 Rubik's Cube. Here are the most popular ones:

Layer-by-Layer (LBL) Method:

Step 1: Solve the white cross.

Step 2: Solve the white corners to complete the first layer.

Step 3: Solve the middle layer edges.

Step 4: Create a yellow cross on the top layer.

Step 5: Position the yellow corners.

Step 6: Orient the yellow corners to solve the cube.

CFOP Method:

Cross: Solve the cross on the first layer.

F2L: Solve the first two layers simultaneously.

OLL: Orient the last layer.

PLL: Permute the last layer to solve the cube.

Roux Method:

Step 1: Solve the first block (1x2x3 block).

Step 2: Solve the second block (1x2x3 block).

Step 3: Solve the top edges.

Step 4: Solve the remaining corners and edges.

ZZ Method:

Step 1: EOLine (Edge Orientation Line) - orient edges and solve the DF and DB edges.

Step 2: F2L - solve the first two layers using block-building techniques.

Step 3: LL - solve the last layer using algorithms.

Learning how to solve a 3x3 Rubik's Cube using these methods will significantly enhance your solving skills.

Tips and Tricks for Solving a 3x3 Rubik's Cube

Practice regularly: The more you practice, the more familiar you'll become with the algorithms.

Learn the notation: Understanding the standard notation (R, L, U, D, F, B) is crucial for following algorithms.

Be patient: Solving a Rubik's Cube takes time and patience, especially when you're just starting.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

Misalignment: Ensure that each move aligns the pieces correctly to avoid disrupting the solved parts.

Rushing through algorithms: Take your time with each step to avoid mistakes.

By following this step-by-step guide, you'll be able to solve a 3x3 Rubik's Cube efficiently. With practice and patience, you can master this classic puzzle and impress your friends with your skills.

Conclusion

In conclusion, learning how to solve a 3x3 Rubik's Cube involves mastering rotations, familiarizing yourself with essential algorithms, and choosing a method that suits your style. Whether you prefer the Layer-by-Layer method, the CFOP method, the Roux method, or the ZZ method, each approach provides a structured path to solving the cube. Happy cubing!

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tumbwr · 2 years ago

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i scrambled the red side pretty easily in like 10 minutes,

and then i went for the orange side, which took 20 minutes because there were less pieces to use, but, i ended up switching the orange/green/white corner piece of the red side (the top right one in my first image) with a red/green/white one from the orange side and then it all worked itself out from there. here’s the orange side after the first 10 minutes,

then i solved it with the green bottom, white in front. here was the solution:

Cross: F2 M’ (x’) D

F2L, 1st pair: L’ U’ L

2nd: U2 R U’ R’ U’ R U’ R’ U R U’ R’

3rd: d’ R’ U’ R2 U R’

4th: U’ R’ U’ R

OLL: U’ [r’ U’ R U’ R’ U2 r]

PLL: U’ [R2 U R' U R' U' R U' R2 U' D R' U R D']

AUF: U2

finishing with the orange face in front, green top.

i realized i messed up. Ok. So i undid my above moves (and it was messed up) so i recreated it with help from the photos i took. And also realized that the E middle layer between red and orange (if red and orange are top and bottom) could be wherever. I placed the E layer so that the blue cross had already three pieces in place and in their respective order. (for those that can spot it through my maybe-not-the-greatest explanation, the white-blue piece in the top middle on the red side and the yellow-blue piece on the orange side in the same place were those two cross pieces!)(the orange-blue piece was already attached to the blue side, therefore making three edges of the blue cross).

anyhow, here’s a side by side, matching op’s 1st and third images.

ok, green top, red front. here’s the final solve hopefully:

Cross: D2 R2 D’

F2L, 1st Pair: U2 L’ U’ L

2nd Pair: U2 L U’ L’

3rd: y R U’ R’

4th: U2 L’ U L U’ L’ U L

OLL: U2 [L’ U’ L U, L F’ L2 U’ L U F]

PLL: U [L U2 L’ U2 L F’ L’ U’ L U L F L2]

AUF: U

reversing this to get to the original “scramble”, and then putting the colors online in some cube solver website, we get this scramble to recreate the state of the cube where you can see OP’s first and third images. (then you could use mine or whatever’s solution to solve it for funsies :) )

Scramble (with the standard white top green front) to get to OP’s First and Third images :) :

U2 L2 R2 F2 R2 D U’ R2 D’ F’ U F R D2 B’ R U F L2 D2

a further challenge would be if someone made the blue side like OP’s 4th image, while keeping the same patterns of the red and orange sides.

the total time of all this took like . maybe 1.5 hours cumulatively?

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ok with some fanagling (cannot be arsed to tell u what i did to the cube rn) i got 6/9 pieces, which hey that’s pretty nice i think (blue on top and red is on front)(therefore orange is on back)(ok byenow)

#long post #rubik #sorry op or hi op Hi i’m normal about recreating rubik’s cubes #its fun to me #posting

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caseusmorsus · 2 years ago

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Ua Permutation

Written by Joseph M.

He sat down at a table, quietly slinging his blue backpack onto the back of his seat. Instead of a suit and tie, since this was a more casual event, Joran wore slacks, a hoodie and shirt in the same color of blue he travelled over to get here. He was still jetlagged—the wait at the airport alone was exhausting. The only scenery on the flight was, again, a seemingly neverending ocean.

Nevertheless, he was here. Though he was exhausted, he was still awake enough to feel nervous. He had been practicing solving the cube for weeks leading up to this competition—countless nights getting algorithms into memory, getting faster at algorithms he already knew. Being a government agent, he had to be sagacious. The cube was his way of training that.

Still, he anxiously fidgeted with the cube to the last second, trying to get a good unofficial time at his seat before he was called up to have an officially timed solve. He turned the 3x3 in his hand, a flurry of colors flashing before his eyes. Somehow, he had to recognize the exact pieces and colors and where they had to go whilst a blur of light and color flashed across his eyes.

Then his name was called up. Somehow, having to solve this puzzle and having the time be officially counted and put on his page was more nerve wracking than any spy mission. Sweat dripped down his brow as he walked over and sat at a table.

The 3x3 he was bound to solve was covered, and he knew that once he uncovered it, and soon it was, he would only have 15 seconds to inspect the cube. He started every solve by forming a cross, a plus shape composed of four edges, and he seemingly found them all in the 15 seconds.

And off he went. His eyes darted around the cube, his fingers moving just as fast, solving all four edges in the blink of an eye, matching the adjacent colors with the centers. As he solved the edges, he was concomitantly looking at all the white corners and where they needed to go. His eyes darted around the cube, as if solving the current pieces wasn't enough, as if he had to be ten steps ahead of himself. Of course, he was.

By the time he had finished the first layer, distinctly different from simply one face, he had already planned the first two edges on the middle layer, a red-blue and blue-orange edge. Then the green-red edge followed. The orange-green edge was incorrect—flipped—which he quickly corrected.

The last layer—the homestretch, yet it felt like it took him forever to get here. He made a yellow cross on top with one algorithm—a sequence of moves he prememorized—then solved the rest of the yellow face using another algorithm.

He memorized 18 algorithms in total: 2 for the middle layer, 3 to make the yellow cross 7 to make the yellow face, and 6 to solve the rest of the cube, a step soon to come.

During the entire solve, one might notice that his hands didn't turn the cube, rather his fingers flicked the individual faces, only using his wrists for the left and right layers.

He manipulated all of the yellow corners into place, now too lost in the rhythm of the solve to listen to the other competitors' cubes rattling and clacking, or the spectators mumbling and making loud conversation. There were now four yellow edges that needed to be solved, a pair of adjacent edge swaps. This was another step where his brain dug through a library of algorithms, a labyrinth of memories, a maze of everything he learned about the competitive sport he dedicated himself to.

Leading up to this point, Joran had felt really confident throughout the entire solve, efficiently and effortlessly turning the cube. He didn't expect this edge cycle, however, a PLL case called the Ua perm in cubing.

There were two U perms, cycles of three edges either going clockwise or counterclockwise. Unable to consciously recall the algorithm, he closed his eyes and trusted his muscle memory. Because he had practiced for countless, sleepless nights, he thought, cycling through the different algorithms, if he didn't know the algorithm consciously, he would let his instincts take over.

And so he did. Still turning as quickly as he was when not reliant on his muscle memory, he flicked the inner layer of the cube and upper face in a pattern. Then it all came back to him, like violent waves of water crashing against the walls of a city, and eventually breaking it. The cadence the algorithm had, the way the cube clicked as he performed the turns. As he opened his eyes, finished the cube and slammed his palms on the timer, he felt a wave of confidence rush through him again.

The final time on the stackmat was 24.383 seconds. As he saw the time flashing on the screen, he realized something. He got this new time—this new personal best—because he believed in his muscle memory. He was able to solve the cube the first time because he believed he could. He was able to do everything amazing he did in his life, despite all odds stacked against him, because he believed he could.

If he hadn't believed in himself, he might've stalled on the U perm for two, three, or maybe even five seconds. But he believed in himself, as he always did, as anyone should, and set a new record. It wasn't a world record or a national record or a state record, but it was awesome. Henceforth, the Ua permutation had sentimental value, being the algorithm that clutched his record by milliseconds, and being the algorithm that helped him believe in himself again.

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sasha16melt · 2 years ago

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I want it to be 2014 . To live in a small town and have my only girls friend group . Wear short jeans skirts with yellow tops . I want to have a cool boyfriend and attend a school where i could spend time gossiping w my girlfriends. Gosh i would do anything to live in the pll universe. I remember the first time i watched it at 10 and since then my life hasn't been the same . The parties, the outfits even their problems were to die for .

#aesthetic #pll icons #pll rewatch #pll girls #pll #pretty little liars #alison dilaurentis #aria montgomery #spencer hastings #emily fields #hanna marin #wren kingston #ezra fitz #tumblr 2014 #2014 girl #it girl #yellow top #boyfriend

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coloradorus · 4 years ago

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#ashley benson #yellow #yellow top #blonde #pll #pretty little liars #Hannah marin #orange shorts #makeup #long hair #hairstyle

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tumbwr · 2 years ago

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here is the scramble to get to the above scrambled cube (white top green front, of course) -> [U B2 D F2 D B2 L2 B2 R B D' L' R B' L2 U F2 U R' U]

here is a potential solution that i did. certainly it's not the most efficient but it's probably the one that i would've seen speed solving (assuming red top, yellow front) -> [cross] D' R' B2 D2 [first pair] R U R' U2 R U' R' [second pair] L' U' L U' L' U L [third pair] U' R' U2 R U' R' U' R [fourth pair] d' y R U' R' U' R U' R' U R U' R' [OLL] U [f R U R' U' f'] U [F R U R' U' F'] [PLL] U' [R U' R U R U R U' R' U' R2] U2 [SOLVED]

#i saw this in like. the recommended posts or whatever under one of my rubiks cube posts #it was the gif post #and i was like hmmm. i should recreate it for funsies #and so i did #like as an exercise or whatever #rubik

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stolen-kisses-a · 3 years ago

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The Night Ali Disappeared ~ A PLL Night of Terror ~

In other words, the night Ali had too many people against and after her and she almost got murdered for it.

*most info comes from a PLL site if I can’t remember every little detail so I rewrote the majority of my version of events and copy and pasted some parts along with some of the pictures, so credit goes to them for putting it altogether for us.

Link: https://prettylittleliars.fandom.com/wiki/Sequence_of_Events_-_Alison%27s_Disappearance#The_Day_Alison_Went_Missing_-_September_1

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Lets take a trip down memory lane shall we??? This is gonna be a long one. Read it if you want to or read it from the link as well :)

1. The morning of: Alison went to Hilton Head to meet up and be with Ian to get her mind off of - A. And at the same time Melissa was there with Ian but in separate rooms. Melissa showed up in Ian’s room and was angry with Ian for knowing Ali is there with him and he tells her that Alison means nothing to him, that’s when Alison finds Ian’s creepy pedo videos and it happens to be one of Toby and Jenna. She gets a copy of the video and then leaves.

2. Alison checks into the Lost Woods Resort under her Alias Vivian. Sparia also found out she checked in another time. But the dates are confusing. This will be explained later on (#23).

3. Alison then dressed up as Vivian Darkbloom and had Duncan fly her from Hilton Head to a field near Philadelphia 6-7 hours before the girls believed her to arrive (I’m not sure if it’s true or not). She then was going to meet A face to face finally after having a newspaper convo back and forth with them, but supposedly that never happened. They were supposed to meet nearby of what looks like a creepy doll hospital (cuz Mona loves dolls), supposedly Alison called the police that same day near the street where the hospital was - not sure what for if this was true as Alison never confirmed it.

4. Alison then goes visits Jenna in the hospital, to show her the video of Jenna and Toby together as blackmail, because she thought Jenna was A. Turns out to be false as A sends her a death threat right after leaving Jenna’s room.

5. That afternoon: Alison then “returns home” from Georgia with bags looking very tan and saying her arms are sore. One bag had a tag on it from Hilton Head, Spencer obviously questions it and Alison asks her “why so many questions?” and reiterates she can’t spill every detail and tells the girls to “wait for it” repeatedly.

6. Alison returns home and finds a gift from her mom with the infamous yellow top and she turns around after changing in her room and sees a threatening message from A on her mirror.

7. That same day, Alison bought a storage locker to hide Ian’s videos before stopping by to see Emily and flirt with her some to then give her a snow globe with the storage locker key inside the bottom of it. Alison then leaves for a “prior engagement” although it was never revealed who she went to see next before coming to Spencer’s barn for the sleep over.

8. Before heading over to the sleepover. Alison returns home again and runs into her mom (on the phone with Radley because Bethany escaped and Charlotte escaped as well to go after her). Her mom wanted to Ali to stay in for obvious reasons even though the excuse that she just didn’t want to her going out. Alison then fights back by saying she planned this ages ago and was told it was ok to do. Then she mentions about Spencer being a bully and that she took care of it (really, Spencer a bully?). Then Ali’s mom remarks to Ali “She knows things about that family Ali doesn’t know” and Ali asked curiously “Really, like what?” Ali’s Mom responds that she’s seen what they are capable of and reminds Ali’s that she can never turn her back on a Hastings. -Which is exactly what Ali did after her and Spencer fought again #12). Alison then pretends to go to her room and sneaks back down to go into her moms purse to grab some sleeping pills while her mom was distracted on the phone again- what does Ali need those for? Oh, we’ll find out soon.

9. That Night: Alison arrives at Spencer's barn and pranks and jumps to the barn doors and scares the girls. Heading inside, she gets a text from Toby to meet her. The girls hang for a bit and gossip about Beyonce’s new song and then Ali throws some shade at Emily for liking it too much (totally not homophobic am i right??). She then spikes the girls drink with her moms medicine to knock them out. Aria drinks first and Spencer jokes to Aria to not drink to much or she’ll tell them all her secrets. The Ali ironically says “Friends shares secrets, that’s what keeps us close. Drink up”.;) We can only assumed Emily, Hanna and Spencer drank afterwards. After the girls fell asleep, she then meets Toby outside of the barn doors so he can thank her for getting Jenna to leave him alone. Toby then gives her his sweater because she was cold.

10. After speaking with Toby, Alison leaves Spencer’s backyard to meet up with Ezra. *cringe*.Toby also saw this as well (Although this was never even mentioned by Toby either -plot hole-).Ezra is clearly mad at Ali since she lied to him about her age and then he ends things with Alison in a not so nice way..

11. *Spencer wakes up and notices Ali was missing, so she waits for her to return.*

Alison then goes to meet Ian at the kissing rock after speaking with Ezra. (flashback moment: (I know you wanna kiss me”). this is where they fake Ian hurting Ali in the video later discovered. Alison then threatens him with his videos to make him leave her alone, Ian then says not tell anyone or else people will get hurt and then ironically “storms” off.

12. Alison returns to the barn to find Spencer awake waiting for her. Also she didn’t have Toby’s sweater anymore. Where did it go? (plot hole - only to be planted in Toby’s room to frame Toby for Alison’s murder at some point.)

They go inside Spencer’s house and have a fight about Spencer telling Melissa about her and Ian again. It gets heated and Spencer tells Alison she is sick of her games and told her, "You are dead to me already. “ Alison leaves and then Spencer runs after her. (Charlotte and Alison’s mom witness the fight and pays Charlotte off not to say anything - which is weird to pay off your own daughter). Spencer wants to continue the confrontation with Alison and Spencer grabs a shovel acting as if she was going to hit Alison with it and Spencer collapses to the ground in the midst of Alison trying to stop Spencer. Alison then discovers Spencer had been taking ADHD meds (not to mention the sleeping pills mixed in her system from Ali already) and Spencer begs Ali not to tell anyone and she agreed and then sends Spencer back to the barn with the shovel in head and Ali then waits for her to fall back asleep. (Melissa also sees the fight and sees Spencer walking away with the shovel)

13. Meanwhile, Ian, Garrett and Jenna all meet up in Alison’s bedroom to look for the videos she stole. Melissa comes in furious looking for Alison in hopes to confront her about Ian and Ali hooking up. Garrett and Jenna leave Melissa and Ian alone to talk it out and go outside in the backyard. Alison comes up to them and then Ali reminds Jenna of the promise she made to her earlier that morning,(”If you ever come back to Rosewood, I’ll bury you”) so Jenna and Ali get into a cat fight, Ali knocks Jenna to the ground and she comes back up with the infamous now burned in Spencer’s fireplace (thanks to Mr. Hastings) field hockey stick in attempt to defend herself. Garrett takes the hockey stick from Jenna and proceeds to attack Ali with it and hits the tree next to Ali, she then falls to the ground next to the tree telling Garrett to hush with her finger. Garrett and Jenna flee the scene, with Jenna thinking Garrett killed or hurt Ali badly.

14. Garrett comes back to check on Ali to see if she’s ok (even though she wasn’t even hurt), but then notices she was talking to someone and proceeds to listen and watch to see who it was. Byron (Aria’s dad) came to speak to her about not exposing his affair to Ella because he didn’t have anymore money to give her to keep her quiet. Alison says "If you don't pay for your mistakes, how do you become a better person?" Byron replies back "You say all these grown-up things, yet you're still a child." Alison smirks and says "You know what I'm capable of." After Garrett makes some noise, Byron starts to leave and Alison threatens him again saying it's his last chance to save himself. Byron turns while he is leaving and replies, "Yes it is," presumably meaning he was going to tell Ella himself (which he obviously doesn’t). Alison then screams to him "You made your bed Mr. Montgomery,"

15. While Byron was leaving, Byron turns back when Alison spoke about his bed (LOL) and sees Melissa coming out from Alison’s back door on the phone with someone and says to them, "What do I have to do, call 911 to get your attention?" This is the part where we never found out who she was talking to, but it was important enough to show it to us.

16. Jason (out of nowhere) came outside to grab a drink of water from the watering hose since he was drunk and high and notices Melissa and presumably Alison talking to each other and calls out Ali’s name and then he sees Charlotte talking with Melissa instead, although this is false and never really confirmed who it actually was. As Alison and Bethany were wearing the same outfit that night, not Charlotte. It wouldn’t make sense for it to be Bethany talking to Melissa since she arrived much later, and Alison never confirmed this information either. So who knows what Jason really saw. So right after seeing them, he passes out on a lawn chair. Sometime after this, Garrett or Jenna, or both, slipped a note to Jason that says "I know what you did", in order to make him believe he hurt Alison, since Jenna thought Garrett had killed her.

17. Alison returns to the barn watching the girls sleep some more and waiting to get another text from A, in order to rule them out. As some time passes, Alison decides to head home thinking she won since A didn’t try to kill her. As she was walking back to her house, she sees her mom obviously angry at her through the window for sneaking out and then all of sudden. BAM!! Charlotte hits Alison over the head with a rock only because she presumed it was Bethany since she was wearing the same outfit. Her mom then proceeds to bury Alison where the gazebo spot would be (pilot episode). She is screaming to Charlotte, "What have you done?! What have you done?!" Alison attempts to tell her mom she is alive, but cannot move or speak due to temporary paralysis. After Ali’s mom buries her, she then calls Detective Wilden and pays him off to give Charlotte an alibi and sends her back to Radley.

17. Not long after, Alison dug her way up reaching out of the ground for help/to get free, and who was there to grab her hand? Mrs. Grunwald of course, as she sensed something was wrong with Alison and had to come see what was going on and found her hand reaching for life. She then takes Ali to the hospital to get help, but then Ali runs away.

18. Meanwhile, Bethany finally shows up at Ali’s backyard, and so does Mona who was finally ready to confront and to kill Ali. But just like Charlotte’s mistake, Mona only saw the back of Bethany and presumed it was Alison and hit her over the head with the same shovel Spencer had earlier. This is when Bethany’s head gets hit so hard that it makes an indentation on her skull and she falls unconscious next to where Ali was previously buried. Mona then flees the scene.

19. Shortly after, Melissa shows up and sees Alison (obviously presuming it was her without checking) and assumed Spencer killed her based on the fight she witnessed they had earlier that night. She then proceeds to bury Bethany who was still alive in order to protect Spencer (”this whole time”)

20. And then we come back to the Pilot opening scene where the girls wake up to find Spencer and Ali missing from the barn. Spencer comes back to them and says that she looked everywhere for her and she thinks she heard her scream - which we know was probably from Bethany.

21. Later on that night, we see Alison walking on a random street after leaving Mrs. Grunwald’s aide. She is dazed and confused, hurt and traumatized by what she just went through. And who to pull up beside her? Mona. (I wonder what Mona’s plan was since she thought she killed her).

So Mona takes Ali to the Lost Woods Resort and checks in under Vivian Darkbloom’s name for Alison. Mona proceeds to clean Ali up and Ali tells Mona what happened and about A who tried to kill her. So smart and cunning Mona persuades Ali to fake her death so A could leave her alone for good.

22. The next day: Mona helps disguise Alison in a Vivian like wig so she can disappear. She then gives Mona tips on how to become popular and then Ali takes a car and leaves showing Mona with a eerier grin as she drives away, thinking she finally won.

23. Which comes back to the last bit of information involving Alison checking in again on 9/6 at the Lost Woods Resort 5 days later as she already checked in the night she went missing and she left the next day. So this had to be Mona checking in as her again or a plot hole in plotting clues in the storyline of Alison’s disappearance that ended up not making sense.

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It’s crazy how many people Ali saw the night/day she went missing and was almost killed. Like this girl clearly attracts trouble and drama and shit she shouldn’t be into at 15 years old.

Well, I hope you had fun reading this tale of terrors with me (if you made it to the end and didn’t go to the link lol) as much as I had fun putting it altogether and reminiscing on how it took the show 4 seasons to tell Alison’s disappearance story.

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caffeinejournalist23 · 3 years ago

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Rewriting Pretty Little Liars - Part II

I didn't think my original post "Rewriting Pretty Little Liars would get as much interaction as I did (thanks btw! I'm not necessarily writing to get some kind of interaction as much as I'm writing to improve my own writing skills, but getting likes and "reblogs" helps me feel not so alone in the Tumblr community!) So, with that in mind, I thought I'd follow-up with a better fleshed-out explanation - with scenes! This post is gonna be a long one folks, so grab your popcorn and your teA, And pretend the unsAtisfying reveAl in the show never hAppened.

!! SPOILER WARNING FOR TV SHOW & BOOK PLL!!

Hate is not a vice; it's a coping mechanism. Lying is not a crime; it's a game. Mona is not a stable girl, but is her instability more excusable than the evil and torment Aria and Alison chose to exert on their supposed friends?

Allison got in deep shit with members of the N.A.T. club, along with pretty much everyone in Rosewood. The result? Mona hit Allison over the head with a shovel - and Melissa Hastings buried her. But Aria came to the rescue; Aria was planning to say goodbye to Allison before she ran away from Rosewood as Vivian Darkbloom.

"Oh my God are you kidding me?" Allison sulked, dirt staining her yellow top as she held her hands to the sore spot on her head. "Loser Mona?! She really thought she could just get rid of me like that - when I tell my parents our lawyers are gonna make the rest of her life a living hell -" "No, Alli," Aria interrupted sternly, gently wiping dirt from Allison's shoulders as they quickly sashayed through the yard between the DeLaurentis' and Hastings' households. "We can use this, we need someone to take the fall when we take our game for a test run." Allison rolled her eyes. "Jeez Aria since when did you find something to obsess over besides Noel?" Allison asked asked curtly, clearly annoyed. "Trust me on this Alli, this will work. It's what Doctor Sullivan calls 'Refocusing my rage into something productive.' And besides," Aria stared glassy-eyed into the stormy sky for moment, her eyes seeing fantasies she couldn't disclose to anyone other than Allison. "They deserve it," Aria continued. Allison scrunched her lips, not sure exactly what to think. "I like this side of you as much as the next bitch, Aria, but I'm starting to think maybe you're taking it too seriously - it's just a game, and yeah the other three aren't as cool as us but that crazy bitch Mona just tried to kill me!" Allison shouted. "And that bitch took my phone." Aria felt for the pink flip-phone snugly buried in her back pocket before she stopped suddenly and gently gripped Allison's arm, causing her to stop also. "It'll all go according to plan," Aria chided, "and it's gonna be so worth it." A dark car pulled up their street suddenly. Aria looked to try to make out the driver, but it was too dark for her to see who it was - perhaps the driver was wearing a hoodie or something. "Do we know this person?" Aria asked looking between the car and Allison. Allison smoothed down her hair a bit. "Not 'we' - just me; he's a friend," said Allison softly. She turned to Aria, who passed her the brown wig and red coat. "This is where we say goodbye," said Allison. "For now," added Aria with certainty. The two friends hugged briefly, Allison looking at Aria in a similar way she occasionally looked at Emily, then Allison entered the passenger seat of the dark vehicle. Aria watched the car pull away before heading back to the barn. She thought she saw another blonde in a yellow top dart behind the DeLaurentis house, but Aria assumed it was a delusion; she was starting to spiral in her head a little, like another episode was threatening to occur - maybe it was the alcohol, or the stress of watching a psycho loser hit her best friend with a shovel and then watching another friend's older sister bury said best friend. Allison's "friend" sped the car smoothly towards Radley sanitarium as Allison smoothed the brown wig over her throbbing head. "What took you so long Ezra?" Allison spat bitterly to the driver. Ezra Fitz swallowed nervously. "And good evening to you too," Ezra said; nervous and intimidated as he was by Allison, the sarcasm couldn't be helped. "Long night?" asked Ezra dryly. "I told you not to talk to me, Ezra; you do me this last favor, or I shove a sharp third-degree-rape lawsuit up your ass. Not to mention the obsessive stalking." Allison barked bitterly. She thought back to Aria and her obsession with the anonymous texting app they found; Aria had texted Allison a creepy "I'm watching you" message from the app last Halloween as a prank, and ever since Aria was obsessed with how someone could use the anonymous texting app for good or evil. Allison rolled her eyes and shook her head at the silly similarity. "You know, I have this friend - obsessive and a super writer geek. You two would be perfect for each other," Allison says scornfully. Ezra swallowed again. "I doubt she'd be as interesting as you," Ezra whispered, alluding to the book about Allison he had been drafting. Allison thought for a moment, her need to be on top competed with her curious feelings for her female friends. "People can surprise you," Allison shrugged.

So as we can see, Allison and Aria had a dysfunctional dynamic - I guess when you can't fight fire with fire, you make the whole town burn. Soon after Ezra helps Allison hide in Radley (pretending to be Aria), Aria and her family temporarily relocate to Iceland because Byron and Ella Montgomery are warned that the case regarding the death of Toby's mother in Radley has been reopened, and because the time and occurrence correlates with when Aria was there regularly before she convinced her psychiatrist that she's recovering enough to go back to school and "normal" life. Aria's psychiatrist Dr. Sullivan had been worried while Aria was in Radley; she thought that Aria's friend Allison seemed to be encouraging Aria's psychosis and erratic behavior. Meanwhile, Hanna befriends Mona at "fat camp," and together they coach each other to replace Allison - Mona is convinced Allison is dead, so she feels confident replacing her despite Hanna worrying Allison could come back any day. "There'd be hell to pay if Allison suddenly came back and just saw us trying to be her," said Hanna anxiously as Mona curled the ends of her hair. "That's 'if,' Hanna, why would she come back to this godforsaken town," Mona asks passively. "yeah, you're right," Hanna chuckled shyly, rolling her eyes. "I bet she just ran off to a boujie island or something with some hot guy." Mona paused in thought for a moment. "I bet she did." Melissa continues to work with the N.A.T. club - primarily to ensure there was no evidence of her burying Allison's body to help Mona. Mona continually annoys Melissa about it, terrified she will get caught - that it was just an accident and it just happened too fast. Melissa checks the N.A.T. club cameras - cameras secretly placed/tapped into several places throughout Rosewood, funded by Jason's share of the DeLaurentis fortune/stake in the industry company (I can't remember the name of the company, but it's the same one Cece claimed to have used as A). Melissa is certain she literally got away with murder, and fabricates a confession video for Spencer if the investigation got too close to her and she needed Spencer's help to cover herself. Emily continues to grieve for Allison, wondering if she'll ever be found, or if she just ran away with some guy - typical Alli. Spencer feels relief with Alli gone; less rivalry and competition, and the secrets Allison had on her couldn't be weaponized - right?

When Aria returns from Iceland, she's furious to find that the other friends had "moved on" from Allison; Hanna tried to take Allison's place and befriended Mona (who Allison totally despised), Spencer admitted she was relieved that Alli was gone, and Emily dated [that one guy] and disregarded her feelings for Allison. These conditions are the perfect justifications for Aria's torturous experiment; the girls need to remember Allison is still there - one day Allison will come home and everything will go back to how it was, and her friends will be who they used to be before Allison went away. Aria confronts Mona about the night she "killed" Allison, and threatens to bear witness against Mona unless Mona does her bidding. Mona agrees to do whatever Aria asks her to do. Now that "Allison's body" has been found, Aria promises Mona will never be caught for "killing Allison" if Mona uses her wits and skill in her plan to "remind the girls closest to Allison that she's still in charge" - and Mona manifests it into a game.

Who is Mona playing the game against? The N.A.T. club (and Big A). Aria and the N.A.T. do not exactly work together, but they know of each other and compete with each other through Mona. This is why later on the Halloween train members of the N.A.T. club try to murder Aria, as a means to play against the A(D) team (Aria, Mona, Cece, and Allison). Aria had killed Garrett after Allison texts her that Garett realized Aria was A, but Allison actually manipulated Aria to kill Garrett because Garett realized Cece was still feeding them (Allison and Aria) info from the N.A.T. club. Members of the N.A.T. club are slowly killed off by the A Team. Allison kills Ian for moving on to Spencer. Ian was going to make Allison the subject of a movie he wanted to make, but he moved on to Spencer/Melissa as soon as Allison disappeared, which infuriates Allison's self-absorbed ego. Jason is injured by Cece in the elevator because she's pissed he developed an interest in Aria, and he starts connecting dots together between Cece and Allison still being alive (around this time the A Team hits a fork; Cece and Allison versus Aria/Mona)..

Mona is sent to Radley sanitarium after being caught as A by Spencer; Mona thought she could reveal herself as A and convince Spencer to join the team, but Spencer refuses. When every other girl she gets tangled up with (Aria, Allison, and Melissa) is motivated by secrets, Mona assumed that the allure of secret info would be enough to convince Spencer. Mona continues playing the game while in Radley, but she realizes she rather be part of the group than win the game, so after she's released she starts victimizing herself by "A" (her accomplices Toby and Lucas). Aria finds out Mona went behind her back to recruit help for Mona's sake of winning the game and victimizing herself, and confronts Mona at the movies and whispers to her, "you'll never be part of the group, especially if they learn you killed their best friend" - which makes her cry.

After stealing Allison's diaries from Spencer (season 4?), Aria dissects the diaries and reaches out to someone recurring in Allison's diaries; Cece. Aria realizes through Allison's diaries and Cece that despite her unwavering loyalty, Allison kept secrets from Aria - and that just didn't sit right with Aria. Cece is still mad at Allison for jeopardizing her spot in the N.A.T. club - and her relationship with Jason (she was hoping to get a cut from his stake in the DeLaurentis fortune), which motivates her to spill anything she has on Allison to Aria - including Allison's secret relationship with Ezra. Aria visits Allison in Radley, who is anxious to go home, but when Aria confronts Allison about Ezra, she lies, which severs Aria's tie to her. Aria dissociates with her rage and tells Alison she'll never be able to safely escape Radley and go home. After this confrontation in Radley, Allison snaps and has a mental breakdown; she rips off the brown wig and insists she's not Aria but Allison DeLaurentis - the most popular "It" girl in Rosewood. Radley then treats Allison as a "Jane Doe" after confirming with Dr. Sullivan that Aria has been released, and Allison's body has been found so this can't be her. Allison is getting fed up with Aria for stranding her in Radley for years and works with Wren, one of the new hot doctors at Radley, to get fake IDs for her and Cece. Allison continues to pretend to be Aria and visits Mona, asking for all the info she has on the girls and the A game; Allison is ready to take over. Allison promises Cece a cut of the DeLaurentis fortune if she can help her escape. Cece agrees; Allison tells her about the A game, and if "A" kills Jason they can inherit his share of the wealth. Finally Allison can escape Radley for good and steal the A game from Mona/Aria.

Allison and Cece escape Radley and hide in New York [soon] after Mona leaves and steal the game from Mona/Aria. Allison recruits new A team members, including Shawna. Allison as A also inadvertently recruits Jenna, who has no clue A is Alison and Cece. Later, Aria realizes Allison and Cece came back are roaming around Rosewood in red coats and starts the fire in the cabin when she thinks Allison and Cece are nearby to kill Mona - yes, Aria used Mona as bait to bring in Cece and Allison and planned to kill them. She rescued Emily, Spencer and Hanna because to take Allison's place she needs them - the group; Hanna saw Aria in a red coat and an Allison mask. This is why Aria and Cece fight in the warehouse; Cece and Aria used to be chill but now Cece is team Allison (for the money obvi), and Aria tries to save Cece saying she can "be Allison" and give Cece the same money when she fully becomes Allison, but Cece slips and Aria leaves her for dead. Cece resents Aria for leaving her for dead and plays A against Aria.

Allison reveals she's alive to the rest of the girls but she can't come home yet; it's not because of A she can't come home, because as far as she thinks she stole the A game from Aria - she can't come home because of her mom and the family secrets. Jessica DeLaurentis did not want Allison to come home - by assuming Allison was dead she inherited Allison's share of the DeLaurentis company stake, and Allison blackmails Jessica when she learns of Mary Drake - Jessica's deranged twin. To free herself from the restraints her mother poses (she thinks her mother really would kill her), Allison kills Jessica as A. The group is still suspicious of Allison being A, and because she's running out of cards to play, Aria relies on these suspicions to get the game back from Allison.

However, Allison throws a curveball (to Aria) and convinces Cece to reveal herself as A to the girls; Cece is guilty of killing Wilden for Allison and of course Allison has proof. This lands Cece in Radley. Cece learns Allison killed Jessica through the N.A.T. club cameras (because she was allies with Jenna and [Allison's fiance (can't remember his name)] while in Radley), so she threatens to convict Allison with the video footage if Allison does not advocate for her release from Radley. So Allison fights to get Cece released by creating this narrative that they are deranged relatives/half-siblings. Cece is released but Allison hates that Cece has the footage of Jessica's death on her, so she kills Cece. Aria uses this as the perfect means to steal the A game back, but this time she plays it as AD; AD for Alison DeLaurentis, and Aria believes she is Alison DeLaurentis. They play the final game and Aria shoots Spencer near the heart because she's Allison now, and Allison was "heartbroken" Spencer stole Ian from her. Aria/AD abducts and tortures Hanna for trying to take her/Allison's place as HBIC. And the eggs with Emily? That was because Aria was jealous she and Ezra couldn't have kids, and she believed Allison and Emily were supposed to be together in the beginning anyway; Emily did nothing wrong, so Aria's rewarding her by getting her with Alison.

Damn that took me almost 3 hours lmao. Any unanswered plot points this rewrite fixed? Let me know your thoughts! Who do y'all think would've made the most sense to end up as AD? Thanks for reading this far lmao. Wishing y'all the best.

#pretty little liars #aria montgomery #thefinala #whoisad #ariaisa #alison dilaurentis

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