#random arg talk

[cloudsspoke]

Random talks about the Arg NT 🇦🇷 : part 1

I start this random talk by mentioning Licha’s statement about him hugged Rapha on WC final. I was like, well okay, because I won’t forget how Argentina won Copa America 2021 because Angel Correa passed on information about one of the Brazil players (Renan Lodi) that also his (&Rodri’s) then- Atleti clubmate to which somehow that info became crucial for La Scaloneta in winning the trophy 😭😭

So yeah, be friend with them just fine on your club, but spying on them proly will be useful for your NT. Who knows if one day your clubmate become Argies' opponent 👀

+I know karma is a bitch well just make sure it will never be tit for tat to our side 🤞

Next random thing I want to talk about is how I find it ironically interesting that one of the reasons AFA chose Qatar University Hostel as La Scaloneta's WC homebase was because the institution is the perfect place to hold a bbq party (Asado). It's knowing they chose happy tummy over the chance to sleep lavishly that makes me love them even more ಥ‿ಥ

As for the France side, I called it ironic because although staying in somewhere luxurious, but bad luck still followed this team as few days before final somehow The French players got affected by some flu virus that weakened their physiques. It had been the talk of the town tho Deschamps didn’t blame that condition as reason why his team played badly on final.

Last random thing I want to talk about is the current performance of these World Champs on their clubs post-World Cup.

So far, I heard that many of them doing good. From Foyth, El Toro, Alexis, Julian, Enzo, Acuña, to the GOAT himself Leo Messi, everyone scored. Those who aren’t scoring yet also did a great job; several names are Dybala, Di Maria, Lea, Licha, and Dibu too 🔥

Right now, what I really wish the most is, they will give all their best damnedest peformance while playing for their clubs. Not solely for the sake of their club but more for them (this is an ill-thought coming from my evil personality), cuz they need to and have to do whatever it takes to secure their position on the NT.

On club-level let them compete to each other, because once they back to Ezeiza, all those talks about "who is the better player", or "who deserves to play as a starter" (hopefully) will be cease to exist.

(pict+quote taken from Prime series: Camino a Qatar)

[devicecontact]

This is a desperate plea in the dark but I gotta ask anyway does anyone remember when the spamton sweepstakes video happened and right before the video got posted like all the rtvs went live for a moment and all shared a video of like vauge mystery symbols with a staticky weird background n shit? I’ve never seen it mentioned once. Not even asking for theory fodder sake cause that’s bullshit just. Does anyone else remember this??

[kraang5]

Hey guys, I’ve really gotten back into Minecraft , but strangely, and newly, Minecraft arg’s! So..I wanted to ask IF…I ever made a tumblr account for a Minecraft arg..would yall uh..watch it-? Or view it?? I mean, I could also use it to like, vent , but by using Minecraft

[boydykedevo]

Was doing some expression practice w arges and one of them looked… familiar…

Also I still don’t have a star brush to replace the one I was using for it on photoshop 😭 so for now I’m coloring its fur like this… dunno how I feel about it shdjhschjdskh I like how it looks but I think I need to find somewhere else to add some black back to its design, just purple and green doesn’t work as well

[anena-enthusiast]

sigh I’m decoding my own lore now. codes under cut

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(TAKE THE GUILT)

im going to touch it — 🍎 anon

((loads of glitched texts and unreality ahead. murder-ish mention

what-? WAIT DONT

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-̸̢̢̢̼̗̬̳̱̭̜̝̲͕̈́̅͌̍̿̌͂̓-̴̢̧̰̦̲̗̙͇͉͖͍̺̜͔̭̳̣͇̀͜.̴̧̝̮̝̼͕͚̰̒̔̀͋̉̒̑͂̑̏͊̾́̒̀͆̄̌̕̕̚̚ͅ ̴̘̮̥̭̺͖̱̻̬̖̮̘̜̗͍̰̟̱͚͍͓͚̒̀̌̍̉͐̑̓͛̋̿́̐͠.̶̡̼͎̯̫̥͛̾̃͌̅̚̚̕.̶̢͖͖͉̪̩̰̗͙̠͗̊́̉̇͛̒͗͜͝ͅ-̴̧̨̞̻͈̱̫̯̥̹̯̳̯̹̆͐̏̒͗̅̈́̾̏̈̈̍͝ͅ ̸̧̨̡̨̯̥̫̜̻̱͂̉͗͂̚.̶̛̙͖͇̖̠̼͚̩͇̜̻̳̫̖͓͚̟̼͉̺͖̉̉͊̒̇͊̽̃͝.̶̡̨͍̻̝̜͔̣͔̰̰̥̖̻̠̺̟͚̹͙͊̈́̃̌̎̅̒̒̑̓͛͂̃ ̷͓̪̗͖͂́͐̇̇͐͗̄̋̈́̈̋̔̈̓͐̐́̋́̚͜͝.̶̯̰̥̔̓͐͐̀͒̋̾̊̽̀̒̌̎̕-̸̨͎̟̜̋̓̇̉̌͒̈͌̕.̷̪͍̩̩͍̳̞͉̱͎͇̹̜̱̓̿̓͑̕͠.̸̨̢̪̱̭̮̮̄ ̸̳̯̲̅̓͐̓͂́͛͒̾̊͐̔̚̕̕͝-̶̢̧̫͕̼͍̺̻͚̳̯͈̮̳͈͌̃̔̆̏̿̂̈́̀̑̚͝

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-̷̡̛̺̼͚͉̳̩̦̭̘̟͇̼̾͊̇͊͐́̌̌̀̃̿͊͗̄̇̌͂́̂̾̃̅̀́́̅̅̅̃̓̐̂̾͋͋̇͊̐͒̎͋̌̆͂̈́̅̿͑̀̒́͋̚͘̚͜͠͝͝ ̴̡̢̢̨̨̢̧͙̦͚̖̯̞̥̝̮͙̞̩̝̗͔͈̤̠͔̘̘̪̯̠̘̟̠͍̞̩̰͔̝͍̯͈͙͖̫͉̝̻̩̥͕̖̟̖̮̞̖̖̘̫͑̍̽̈́̒͂́̈́͌͆͋͑̕͜͜͜͠ͅ.̵̧̧̡̧̨̧̢̯̺̤̼̗̳̯̣̙̘̻͔͎͕̟̱̝̲̜̺̼̯͔̙͖̺̪͖͉͈͇̫͎̫̲̥̪͓̗͕̞͖̻͚̺̱͔̣̹̞̩͉̭͙̗͓̫̩̩͔̫̘̫̋͌͊̊̒̾͋̅̋̽̾̍͛̈͌̐̈́̽͑̾̌̕̕͘͝͠͝͝ͅ-̶̧̨̝̖̜̠̹̻̞͕͍͎̜͈̙̻̙͈̘͙̳̬̞̝͙̺͚̦̻͔̲͍͍̫͍̙̺̹̜̤͚̟̜̣̲̀̓̊̽̇̈́́͑̔̓̆̾̈́̋͊̇̂͛͑̽��́͛͑͋̒͐̚̕̚͘͘͘͜͠ͅͅͅ ̸̛̯̜̣̣̱͙̤̮̜̦̥͎͕͈̀̋͊̅̾͂̍̿̄̆͒͐̈̂̒̔̅͊̍͂̔͐͋̑̈́̿̓͒̎̀̇͆̑̔̅̐͋̅̋̿̓̄́͗̊̂̔̍̅̊̚͘̕͘̕̚͘̚̕̕͘̚͝͠͝͝͠͠-̷̡̢̨̧̛̛͓̣̳̞̻̻̰̙̠͓̭̞͓̞̗̱͎̦̅͂̓͛͂̆̈́̎̄̈́̆̐́̊͗̔̈̂̓͛̊̈́́͌̅̈́̎͋̇̎́́̀̋̿̐͑̏̓̀̎̈́̇̿͐͊͌̕͘̕̚̕͝.̸̢̡̢̨̧̧̢̰̥̘̣̳̥̥̖͔̖̦͔̯̩͈͖̟̩̤̳̞̯̻̬̙̪̻͉͉̫̥̦̮͚̦͙͇̖̟͙̪̪̰̟̭̪̠̙͇͎̝̞̭̻͎̟̱̫̗͓̲̜̥͚̘̅́̍̋͆̃̆̐͜-̸̡̧̻̲̺͖̦̮̬͉̹̞͕̩̯̞͙̳͓̰͒̓͗̅̊̀̒ ̵̨̧͓̟͖̫̪̮̘͚̜̩̯̙̭̪̰̤̦̪̳̹̮̣͖̹̖̣͍̞̘͔̮̪̯̰̘̺͈̗̦͙̣̲̙͉̻̩͔̤̣͉̯͔̯͎̭̻̬̙̜̜́̅̒̓̅̓̊͌̍͒̈́̈̈́͋̎̓͌̿̿͛̐͊̇̒̍̌̇̐͂̍͌̚̚͘͝ͅ.̵̧̨̨̢̨̛̛̛̻͎͓͓̺̖̲̪̲̳̗̭̩̘̬̟̙͕̝̹̟̥͎̦͎͚͖͍̞̥̜̤̤͇̝̬͈̱͕̻̠͇̣̻͓͖̘͓͚̟̳̜͇̮��̎̐̿̎͂̍͋̆̅̌̔̏̈́̑͊̓̃͋̈̎̎̂̀̋̋̓̀͆̈́̄̌͗͂͛͗͒̌̊̾̾̀͐͗̈́͊̀͐͛̎̇̀͑̀̕͘̚͜͜͝ͅͅ ̴̡̡̢̛̛̛̛̣̣̣̳̥̘̤̫̲͓̜̯̬͔̹̪̝̬̗͉͓̬̞̤̳̠͍̰͔̥̩̣̘̦̤̭̬͎͓̙̖̰̪̟͕͕̦͙̹̘̦͉͋́͌̑̇̀̈́̎̀̏̈́́̀̓́̀̓̑̄́͑̔̓̉͂́̆̀̃̽͋̆̿̇͋͛͆͗͂̇̎̀̏̔̋̈͌̈͐͗͆͛̆̔̅͌̾̂͘̕̕̕̚͠͝͠͝͝ͅͅ/̶̨̛̛̲̙̣̪̪̯̲̖̟̪̼̯̬̗̬̺͇̹̱͈̠̪̤̯̤̹̞̼̝̲̤̼̖̙̍́͒̆́͗͋̈́̒̌̉́͑͋̈̔͗͒͛̈́̍̏̍̈́̽͑͊̿͒̽̀́̾͊̈́̊̈́͑̎̍͆̇͌̉̇̀̔̌͆̍̎̀͆̃̾̿̏̓̕͘̕͝͠͠͠͠ͅ ̷̢̡̡̨̢̛̛̪̘̠̙͙͉̫̻̗͈͔̼͚̪̻͚̗̱̹̩̲̜̺̮̘̠̣̬͓̫̦͚̮͇̤̞̙̳̞̤̘̙̽̎̿̄̏͂̋͐͗̾͆̎̉̒̆̍̇̾̏͆̆́͊͒̈̍̾̇͑̀̅̌̓̂͂̇͗͆̑̆̍͗́͋͐͂̽̍́̊͂̒͛̇͆̿̌̚̚̚͜͝͝͝͠͝-̵̧̡̧̼̼̺̝͖̝̭̳̩̥̟͔͔̗̳̦͚͔̰̦̺͔̟̝̯̺̩͉͈̙͕̬̫͖̤͙͈͔̲̟̦͖̞̖̱̘͈͕͍̄͛͂̈́̄̊́̄̈́̎͊̓̉̄́̔͑̈́̇͊́̏̂̿̐̆͋̽͋͐͛́͐̀̐́̕̚̕̕͜͜ͅͅͅ ̷̧̛̝̰͔͇̺̤̦̼̳̣̟̩̥̃̅͋́̄͐͋̎̈́͋̽̀̈́̑͐̃͗̎̿̀̂͗͒̉̈́̆̒̓̌͑͆̐̔̽͋̅̈́̽͐͛͛̆̋̈́̾̈́͑̉̕͘̚͘̕͜͝͠͝͠.̴̧̡̬̺̗̩̤̼͖̰͉̫̯̻̪̎͆̔̋̿͂̂͋̐̔̔̇̀̌̓̊͗̓̊̀́̂̉̆̋́̐̐̍̍̋̈́͑̾͗͋͊̃̈̽̓̒͘͘̚͜͝͝͝͝͝͠.̵̡̢̧̛̗̤̟͍̠̰̼͍͇̣̮̤͇̣̺̭̯̞̗͎̜͈͚̘̹̔͐̄̋͒̏̿̈́̊̌͂̈́͐̇́̆͆̾̈̈͂̑̈̈́̿͌̀̓̎̇̋̎̓̿̚͝͝͝͝͝͠͝ͅ.̶̢̧̢̡̧̧̨̡̹̤͉̙̘̼̘̳̠̣̭͈̤̠̙̮̥̱̟̻̳͖̝̜̦̼̤̼̲̱̫̖̜͉͙̺̦̼̱͙̹̭̘̫̻̮̠͔̞͔̬͔̥̫̫̘̬̒̎͗̑̿͒͂̔͒̃̀̓́͐͐̑́̎́̚͘͘͝͝͝ͅͅ.̸̨̨̧̡̡̡̨̛̛̛̜̮̮̼̮͚͓̘̜̮̜̹̱͔̲̮͈̝͍̩͎̮̹̮̫͉͔̟͙̯͇̭͖̝͔̜͇̺̳̘̰̠͖͍̥̱̬̠̺͚͎̝̤̖̬̖͖͙̯̗̲̳͕̒͂̌̈́̊̎́͂̆̑̐́͌̓͊̔̈́̏͆̂̾̇̎́͛̄͑̊͂̅͑́̀̈́̃̊̈̊̎͗͐̽̈̾̐͋̓̋͒̉̈͌̓̉̒͒̊͒̏͊̃͘̚̚̕̕͝͠͠͠ͅ ̶̛̼̹̀̾́͛͐̋͌̐̍̈̇̾̒̈́̈́̈́́̈́̌̔̕̕͝͝.̷̬͇̳͚͈͕̯̳̰̼̟̃̃͘͜ ̴̛̛̖̭̥̟̭̬̞͈̼͍̠̽̐̊̑̊̈́̊̑͂̅͋̿̅̒̔̇̉̐͌̈́͊̐́̓̇̈́̃͒̂̐͋̋͂́͌̔̈́͑͋̊̒̌̃͘̕̚͠͝/̵̧̛̛̛̮̝̝̫̳̗̪̻̫̯͍̝̱̠̮̼̬̜̜̩̟̪̅̊̅̎͌̍̌̉̒̎́͂͒̇̀̿̍̑̊̇̎̓̓̔͛̊͒̋͋͂͆̀͐̆̀̕͘̕͝͝͝ ̷̡̡̧̛̼̱͍̻̝̮̥̩̮͚͎̥̬̻̟͖͓̜̱̣̙̯̹̮̪̰̙̻̼̙̫̜͕͖̪̲͍͇̝͚̱̙̩̝͔̭͉̹̖̯̹̺̮͇͙̝̤̙̪͈͌̀̃̎͒͊̋̿̍̓̉͐͂̉͌̍͒̏́̒͂̄͊͌̃͘̕͜͜͠͝ͅͅͅ-̶̧̢̢̧̡̧̛͙̠͙̻̭͕̫͙̮̼̫͍̦̠̺̼̬̰͉̺̝̮̲͓̱̥͖͇͖̜̻͔̻̦̱̹̩̥̻͕̪̥͖̟̤̬̗͖̯̟͓̘̈͛͛̾̇̈́͊̽̈́̀̇͋̔͗̅̌́͊͋̔̍̈́̈́̌̂̓́̍̏͐̓̄̀̀́̀̏̎̑͑̈́͛̓̃́͂̆̂́͑̊̃͂̾̍͗̚̕̕͘̕̚͘̕͜͜͝͝͝͠-̷̢̧̢̢̢̢̣̟̥͙̞̫̟̯̘̺̙͓̗̝̫̯̤͇̗͙͍̟̯̤̮̯͇̘̙͎̳͔̜̟̘͈̥̜͒̈͛̓̓̔̓̒̉̐̃̉̀́̔̈́̒͛̽͐́̋̐̽̉́̑͗̆̌̏̿͌̿̊́̓̉͑̇̓̿̚͜͝͝͠.̷̢̛̛̛̛̪͙̹̟̮͙̭͔͈̙̉́̇̏̎̍̄̍͂́̈́̂̓̈̎̊̽͐͂̆͜͝͠͠͝ ̵̨̢̧̤̜͖̣͔̖̖̱̬̘̟̝̤̲͕̺̲̰̣̻̱̪̩̣̺͕̅̄̉̒̆̅̏̽̾̾̉͊͝͝.̷̨̧̧̖̲̫̝͈̯̘̝͎̮͉͚̺̺͔͉̩̯͓͔̱̹̪̦̘̣̘̳̜̬̜͎̺̦̙̜̯̗̥͍͇͉̱̼̙̯̠̝̩̖̙̭̗͙̟̫̪̲̎̌͋̓̇̍̎̃͆͜͜ͅͅ.̵̨̨̧̧̧̨̢̛̜̗̭̩͍̜͎̭̩̙̩̥̻͈̞͚̣̩̰̝͍̖̜̝̘̻͉͇͓̠͓̗̤͍͈̫̪͓̲̫̦͈̭͓̗̜̰̼̲͚̞͖͓̹̣̻̹̟̑̀̈́͐̍̓͊͊͆̂̏̎̀̎́̋͂͋̽͊͊̿́̈́̽̄͑̈́̈́͒̈́̔͐̽́̈́̔͘̚͠͝͠͠-̸̧̢̢̢̢̯͇̤̰̲̯̩̙̲̺̹̰̮̝̫͈͇̳̩̼͇͓͈̟̖̼͈̥̯̺̜͖̖̻̗̟͙̼̳̂̈́̈́͂̓̈́͌̀́́͆̇̀̐͋̀̃̄̔̄̅́̾́̆͗̏̏̆͌̅̀̆͌̾̀́̏̆̐̇͑̽͗͂͗͆̏̄̊̔̈́̑̿̿̂̕͘̕͘̕̕͜ͅͅ ̴̨̡̡̨̡̡̢̡̝͔̭̱̭̬̩͓̤͈̤͙͕̤̙̟̞̞̝͎̼̺̻̰͔̰͎̘͔̱̤̭͔̦̗̬̬̼̜̣̲̝͇̲̮̝̭̝̼̙̞͖̥͕̦͕͈͓̜̟͈̪̩̳̊͋̆͊̐̈́̓̒̈́͑̎͊̐̽̽̆̃͋̍̀̋̈́͊̂̾͌̊́̅̔͐̍͊̏̊͛̽̍̓̔̔͗̈́͛̍͘͝͝͝ͅ.̷̢̨̮͉̜͇̰͎͕̟̮͕͖̀̔.̵̧̢̢̡̧̢̨̢̡̛̛̦͙̺̙̠̗͇̤̖̲̫̰͎̹̭͎͙̘̯͇̲͓̥͚͚͕͚͚̱̮͕̤̺̳̣̗͎͚̳̠̱̳̖̹͕͚̭̣̥͚͎̘̹̗͚̜̫̭̫̘̭̰͚̞͙̫̄̋̔̃̐͑̈́̋̔̈̿̀́͊̋̒̌̂͂̆̈́̐̄̀͆̂̀̃̅̈́͆̎̈͐́̿̀̿͗̂̾̅̅̾͒̈́̃̎͘̕̚̚͜͝͝͝ͅͅͅͅͅ ̴̨̛̣̭͇̘̞̹̤̠̠͕̲̲̦͈͔̟̠̟̻̱̟̟̮͚̻̊̓̀̈́̓͛͌̃̃͋̆̎͑̃͊̓̽̇̓̂͛̓͒̊̃̔̊͊̓̋̐̄̍̈́̀̌͐͂͆̽̒͒̓̓̈̈͒̏̆͌̒̒̒̓͆͊̾̓́̍̃̓̽̕̚͘̚͘͜͝͠͠.̷̨̡̢̡̢̨̛̰͔̭̼̼̘͍͉͉̝̳̱̙̰̼̭͓̣͙̤͕̙͈͔͖̣̪̺̹̳̰̝̖͎͙͙͓͉̠̤̤̗̟̤̝͍̥̱͉͖͔̮̞̜͖͔̠͉̤̮̻͔̗̜̍͑͛̈́̔̍̋̇̊̅͆͆͆̀̋̌͋̉̐̈́̌͛̀͆̍̎͆͛̉͘͘͠͠ͅͅ-̷̨̨̡̨̨̛̥̺̣͇͓͈̯̯̭̪̙̖̳̟̖̱̼̯̝͉̺̇̋́͊̏̓̔̏̉̐̎̀̾́̇̌̉̈̚͝͠.̴̛̛̛̛̜͕̯̫̭̖̮̝̥͔͍͈͐̂́̅̍̈̌̽́̋̾͒̓͑̑̓̑͑̂̌̐̊́͋̑̑̐̏̈́̋̆̀͘̚̕͜͠͠͝͝͝.̶̢̧͎̲̳̖͉̟͈̺̱̼̟͇̝̖̬͍̤͖͖̞̗̘̤̜͚̜̭͔̖̺̝͓̼̥̗͎̩̖̲͖͚͔̱͔̫͍̪͉͕͌͋̑͐̐͒̂͌͗͂͜ ̶͙̰͖̥̱̻̞̮̄̀͘ͅ-̷̧̡̢̨̧̡̡̡̧͕̯̣̪͉͇̘͎͚̱̜̲͕͓̼͚̣̝̜̭̺͈͉̹͉͓̯̺̩͙̲̖̲̠̭̲͈̥̜͍̩̜̣̹͉̬̪̫̭̘̯̝��͚̙̠̘̝͙̠̘̦̤̣͍̺̠̦̒͐̑̆̋̓̚͜͝ͅͅ

This isn’t the afterlife I wished for.

… Restart?

Yes No

WOAH my train of thought just rammed into a wall. Sorry about that.

I would ask you how it felt like but it’s probably just a shriveled grape.

[polliewoggers]

so there’s this wonderful fan content creator in the welcome home community by the name of @nonomives​​ who posted this picrew with her lovely oc, and i have been playing with it for awhile to figure out a design for my own WELCOME HOME OC!

her name is POLLIE WOGGERS.

( i’ll be making a separate post with more information about her that will become my pinned post uwu )

[tjodity]

Scrapped lore bits from the Dream SMP I'm still mad we never got:

-Whatever lore Nihachu had planned for the day Doomsday happened

-The Egg finale scheduled for immediately after the Red Banquet

-Jschlatt's Las Nevadas resurrection (heavily implied by Quackity trying to get the Revival Book after gambling with Glatt and cc!Schlatt saying he'd be coming back to the SMP)

-Any further development of Puffychu

-Ranboo getting resurrected (cc!Ran saying he was meant to be revived two weeks after the prison break)

-Hitting on 16 in livestream format. Like I know we still got the lore but cc!Wilbur simply could not fit what the format brings into written form. The long periods of characters just talking to each other, body language, random impromptu moments, etc.

-The Manhunt Arc (slight speculation but the streams where Tommy reinforced Tubbo's old house and convinced Eryn, Sam Nook, and Phil to help him track and kill Dream after the prison break felt like it was setting up something)

-Cyberknife lore (cc!Techno planned on having his character leave and acting as an antagonist for the syndicate)

-Ranboo's ARG (never properly finished)

-Ranboo and Slime in the multiverse (I have no context but I swear cc!Ranboo said something about this and if I had to guess tftsmp!Ran and O!Ranboo could've had something to do with it)

-whatever Connor had going on (I know his SMPLive stuff I'm referring to him knowing Karl could time travel)

-Tubbo's ending of growing old and raising Michael (planned but cut for the nuclear ending)

-Tommy's soft ending which would apparently resemble Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad. (this is secondhand information but I've seen people talk about it. I assume this to mean he would escape the SMP and we wouldn't see what happened to him. Cut for the nuclear ending)

-Captain Puffy being the main antagonist of Season 2 (as seen by her being the vessel for the fully powered Egg in the finale and having a skin ready for season 2)

Feel free to add your own!

[prettyinpwn]

Bill and Ford and Adult Grooming - Why Gravity Falls is a Metaphor Champion for Abusive Relationships (GF Writing Analysis Pt. 4)

GF Writing Analysis Series:

Pt. 1 - Ford Pines: A Masterclass in Writing a Good Flawed Character Pt. 2 - How Gravity Falls Could Have Been Better + Poor Ford and Wendy Pt. 3 - Mabel Pines: How Well Was She Written... Really?

Hello and welcome to the fourth post in my GF Writing Analysis series! Though the title is self-explanatory, I still want to warn folks that this post will contain dark content relating to adult grooming AKA abuse. If that is content you'd rather avoid (and for some reason your filters did not catch my trigger warning tags), this is your heads up that this post will contain that type of discussion.

For those of you who are not sure what adult grooming is, no, it's not the sexual grooming between an adult and a minor like we typically think of when the term "grooming" comes up, nor does it have to be romantic at all, although sexual acts can be a part of this form of grooming. It is defined as:

"-the predatory act of manoeuvring another individual into a position that makes them more isolated, dependent, likely to trust, and more vulnerable to abusive behaviour. The goal is to prepare the other person for abuse (for example, sexual or financial) later. Therefore, the groomer’s first step is to establish friendship and trust." (Source).

It is my belief that the relationship between Bill and Ford in Gravity Falls - which The Book of Bill helped illustrate even more - is one of adult grooming. This post will explore how the concept of adult grooming applies to the relationship between Bill and Ford, how it changes our perception of them as characters, and the value of showing metaphors for abuse in media for all ages - like Gravity Falls is - to help bring to light this very real and underdiscussed issue and help victims recognize it themselves.

Defining Adult Grooming Further + Who Bill Really Is

We already visited the definition of adult grooming above, but we haven't explored the psychology behind it yet. Namely, I want to explore who partakes in adult grooming on both ends. There is the abuser, and the victim.

The abuser is described as often being:

"Narcissists, Antisocial predators, con artists and sexual aggressors practice grooming to target and manipulate vulnerable people for exploitation." (Source).

Well, very obviously, we know that Bill is the abuser. But... why? He could be a narcissist, an antisocial predator, and a con artist, just like the above description. But which? Why is he an abuser?

Well, our first inclination might be to turn to The Book of Bill and think about his backstory; how he could see in the third dimension in a two dimensional world, tried to "liberate" his dimension to see what he could see, and... then slaughtered them all. He implies it was an accident. He just "wanted the best" for his people. But... drumroll please... get ready for a U-turn into some literary talk...

The Great Gatsby references surrounding The Book of Bill were more than just a "lol random" joke. Infamously, the narrator of The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway, is what's called an 'unreliable narrator'. This is a writing technique defined as:

"-any narrator who misleads readers, either deliberately or unwittingly. Many are unreliable through circumstances, character flaws or psychological difficulties. In some cases, a narrator withholds key information from readers, or they may deliberately lie or misdirect." (Source).

To me, after understanding just how much more Hirsch has tied The Great Gatsby to The Book of Bill's release (e.g "TJ Eckleburg" being the password to get into the associated ARG website, offering a free PDF of The Great Gatsby on said website)... I think what Hirsch is trying to say, is... Bill is an unreliable narrator, as well. Not that that wasn't already well established throughout the series.

Let's ask ourselves this question: is there anyone Bill hasn't lied to? Tried to gain sympathies from? I'll wait. Because the answer is no. Bill lies every time he opens his mouth. Even the god of the Gravity Falls setting - the Axolotl - calls him a liar in the Dipper and Mabel and the Curse of the Time Pirates' Treasure!: Select Your Own Choose-Venture book.

So as a small aside to the main point of this post: I don't think there's anything in The Book of Bill that we can guarantee is proof or canon. If I'm honest, I think The Book of Bill is the mad rambling of a monster trying to justify to us as well as himself that he's better than he really is. He's an unreliable narrator to himself because he needs to save himself from mentally shattering upon the admission that, yeah, he's really that horrible of a person.

If I were to define what The Book of Bill is, is it's a sad attempt to elicit sympathy for a monster, by a monster. It's a masterclass in how he - as an abuser - grooms someone. If you read The Book of Bill and walk away feeling bad for Bill, then congratulations! You would have fallen prey to him just like Ford did. And just like everyone who ever fell prey to him before that.

The metaphor Gravity Falls and its extra content illustrates through Bill is how charming, funny, and enticing and sexy according to Tumblr for some godforsaken reason abusers can be in real life. Because the worst of monsters are the ones who do everything to convince you they're not.

So what does this say about Bill as a character? Don't be fooled. He really is that monstrous. He doesn't have any redeeming qualities. Everything Bill does is with a goal in mind, a person to be used or manipulated to get there, and with a complete lack of conscience to stop himself from doing it. And that's what makes Bill such a strong and terrifying villain: He really is that evil. He really is that soulless. He's not a villain of great strength or power that can be easily defeated with might. He's a villain that underlines something very real beyond a screen or book page, something that we all likely have experienced in real life: an abuser.

Bill and Ford: Abuser and Abused + How Bill Does It

Getting back to the definition of adult grooming, let's explore how it works. There are typical steps abusers like Bill use. We'll list them, then list examples alongside each step that show how Bill used these tactics on Ford for the sake of both exploring their characters more, and illustrating how well Gravity Falls depicts actual abuse.

Please note that I'm using this source as my guideline on the steps of adult grooming.

Step One: Targeting the Victim

The abuser first looks for someone they can target. They learn all they can about the victim. Typically, they look for victims who are:

Unpopular or have family problems. Gee... who does this sound like?

People who have low self-esteem. GEE... sounds familiar again.

People who have mental/physical disabilities. Although Ford does not have either, at least not proven in canon, it is possible that his genius could be considered a disability in how high IQ individuals typically are more socially isolated, depressed, anxious, insomnia-ridden from overthinking, and can have troubles with making friends due to likeliness to correct others (*cough* "Grammar, Stanley." *cough), different senses of humor, and being misunderstood. (Source). Plus, we know his polydactyly caused people to outcast him.

People who have already been through abuse. I - and many others - have made the point that it's common fan interpretation that Ford's father was abusive to a point. At the very least, I have argued in previous posts that Filbrick taught Ford that "value = what money you make from smarts". He was, after all, supposed to be "their ticket outta this (New Jersey poor neighborhood) dump", right? Assuming this is true, well... Ford was already taught from a young age that his value was in how others could use him. Filbrick may have primed him to be abused by Bill, unintentionally.

Okay, so we've established step one of adult grooming, and how Ford fits 99% of these criteria at least for the type of victim an abuser targets. What about step two?

Step Two: Gaining Trust

Honestly, I don't need to elaborate much on this part. I'll just quote the article I sourced before, because any Gravity Falls fan will instantly know how this applies to Bill and Ford:

"Groomers can be hard to notice as they will do their best to appear safe and genuine. This makes it hard to identify them. Over time, they will gradually manipulate the victim to be dependent on them."

"While gaining trust, the groomer may use flattery like offering gifts, admiration, and sharing “secrets” with the person to make them feel special. The groomer may do favours for someone. The groomer may gradually begin asking for favours in return, generally starting small. This may be the start of a romantic relationship or a simple friendship."

"Groomers may share secrets with their target in order to make them feel special and trusted by the groomer. This also may make the target feel they need to share secrets of their own, which the groomer may later use to increase their power over the target."

I mean... *gestures at all of Ford's journals and interactions with Bill in The Book of Bill*. Bill couldn't get any more textbook abuser/adult groomer than this. He praised Ford, shared secrets with him, made him feel so special, etc.

Step Three and Four: Filling a Need and Isolation

These steps are quite self-explanatory. The abuser (Bill) convinces the victim that they need them. "You need me to complete your portal project, Ford.". "No one else understands you, Ford.". And then comes the isolation, and where we'll touch on Stan and McGucket.

"Groomers will likely try to isolate the victim from their loved ones. This may be evident in the way they refuse to meet family and loved ones. Or perhaps they bad mouth them, or try to point out to the victim that the groomer is the only one who really and truly cares for them. Being isolated from friends and family makes it harder for the victim to notice warning signs."

Bill convinced Ford he didn't need anyone but him. He convinced him to isolate more and more; to push his brother away, to push McGucket away, until Ford had literally no support network, making him prime prey for Bill to take advantage of.

Step Five+: The Real Abuse

This step can manifest in many different ways. After reading the article sourced above, there are so many similarities to what Bill did to Ford. I'll list them here:

Continuing isolation.

Destroying self-esteem.

Physical abuse (leaving Ford with bloody knuckles, making his body hurt, leaving him on top of the Shack in the freezing cold, etc).

Seek to take control over victims (in Bill's case, the fantasy/supernatural metaphor of possession is just that: a metaphor for control).

Normalizing behaviors that aren't normal ("Here, I'll just possess you more and more, I swear giving me complete control is normal!").

Making the victim feel helpless.

And many, many more. Folks, I'm not going to lie: I would not be surprised if Hirsch and other writers involved in Bill's creation read a manual on how abusers work (or maybe experienced it in their own lives, but hopefully not, as I wouldn't wish that on anyone) to write Bill. Because Bill does these steps on cue to Ford. He is a textbook abuser.

So... What Does This Say About Bill and Ford?

The dark humor in Bill's writing is that he portrays his shadowy side as lighthearted, but there's a very, very dark underbelly of abuse in everything he does. Even the way we interact with Bill as viewers/readers in real life is a microcosm of his abuse. Look at how he's written:

"Oh, I look like an innocent, funny little triangle guy. Don't mind me. *Does something horrifying and awful.* Oh, I'm just funny, trust me, look how sad I am for losing Ford, and how I drink about it, and I'm all sad here in interdimensional therapy, and I kept a speck of dust from my dimension in my hat! I swear I'm really regretful!"

Text in point: "I'm just a rascal! A funny little guy! But everyone seems to think I'm "evil" or "a sociopath".

He wants to be a hero, or a star, as he calls it. He shows himself on a magazine cover, as someone talked to in a live show, as the leader of the Henchmaniacs (which I'd argue are also either are abusers or victims themselves based on how Bill describes them in the book), etc.

But he's a liar. He's a conman. He's a dream demon; a demon that has power over dreams, but dreams are just that: lies and illusions. Like I said, even the Axolotl thinks so:

"Saw his own dimension burn. Misses home and can't return. Says he's happy, he's a liar. Blame the arson for the fire."

What that line and this screenshot means, is that Bill is 100% to blame for the destruction he wreaks. He didn't "show people the truth". He burned them alive because they didn't worship him as the hero he wanted so badly to be, and he blamed it on, "Well, they just didn't GET what I was trying to tell them.". And the worst part about Bill, is he knows deep down he's to blame; that he has the blood of millions on his hands. But he literally tries to describe it as "liberating" his kind. Ford knows this, too, and tells us directly in The Book of Bill that the book itself is a sham:

Key quotes being: "It will become whatever it must to deceive you, to pull you in." and "DO NOT BELIEVE A WORD".

Honestly, there's only one line Bill ever said that was truth:

Yet, even though Bill knows he's a monster, he never stops. He's had millions of years to change, yet he hasn't. And I doubt he ever will. That's why the Theraprism is effective: it's a jail of his own making. He could get out if he wanted to get better and worked at it. He's always had the key to unlock his cage. But he won't. Because he can't admit fault.

So instead of fixing himself, he keeps wanting to drag others into his cage with him. Like a man drowning who'll grasp onto anyone else struggling, pretending he's helping them float together, only to push them down to keep himself above the water. But in the Theraprism, he has no one to pretend to. He's a "theatre kid without a stage", like Ford said. A little emotional leech without someone to latch onto. He's just alone, like he was after he destroyed his entire dimension.

As for Ford, he champions the story of a victim who regained his power and heals through the love of his family. If you read his and Bill's story from the perspective of abuser vs. victim, it's the story of a man who was isolated, taken advantage of, nearly destroyed... but then wrests his power back and chases after his abuser for thirty years for revenge. However, it's telling that it's not through his thirst for vengeance that Bill is defeated, but through his brother's love for him and the rest of their family.

I mean, look at the main villains of Gravity Falls: someone who sacrificed his family (Bill), someone who was selfish and didn't give a crap about his family (Gideon), etc. And the heroes: people who self-sacrificed for their family. All the Pines wrestle with this theme, from things as small as Dipper giving up a let's be honest very minimal chance at Wendy to make Mabel happy and win Waddles at the fair, Mabel destroying her puppet show to save Dipper from Bill, Ford self-sacrificing and getting tortured for I don't even know how many days locked up with Bill during Weirdmageddon to protect others, and Stan performing the ultimate sacrifice in the finale for his family and world.

Bill is the antithesis to the Pines: a selfish abuser who killed his family. And the Pines are heroes because they learn the moral lesson of the story: to give up pride and selfishness to forgive, self-sacrifice, and love your family and do anything for them, despite your trauma or prior disagreements. They could have just as easily ended up like Bill: awful because of a refusal to admit fault or self-sacrifice. But they don't, because they learned what Bill never did.

That's also why this show focuses so much on the theme of past vs. future and letting go; the Pines learned to let go and accept change, Bill never did. He's stuck. Funny how time stops whenever Bill shows up in the real world, huh? /symbolism wink

And that's why Gravity Falls - and Ford and Bill's story especially - is a champion metaphor for abusive relationships and healing from them.

[fridayyy-13th]

gonna be honest, feeling very conflicted about this episode, lads. i've been really hoping Protocol won't explain away the (NARRATIVELY IMPORTANT) mystery left at the end of Archives, i.e. Jon and Martin's fate, so seeing as they're the next thing Sam and Celia are gonna be investigating, this is kinda gonna be the thing that makes or breaks Protocol, for me.

i do think there's a solid chance Chester and Norris are the Jon and Martin from Protocol's universe, and that is something i absolutely would not mind. but i haven't actually made a post explaining why i think that, and i should probably do that before it's explained, just so i can mayyyybe say i called it.

(for the record, i'm pretty sure i came up with most of this before the series even officially dropped, when all we had was the ARG and the trailer. i haven't done much to connect this theory to the further information we've learned, so it's probably not fully accurate (if accurate at all). and quite a bit of it is kinda baseless conjecture; i'm just throwing my thoughts out there. just a little disclaimer.)

so!

in Archives, Jonah's primary motivation is fear of death. turning to the Eye is what allows him to body-hop as he does for 200 years, trying to create a world where his Patron reigns supreme, where he is seated upon its throne and cannot die. assuming his motivation is the same in Protocol, this new universe is (likely until recently) untouched by the Entities. if Jonah wanted to evade death, how could he do that without the help of an eldritch fear god?

easy—alchemy.

i'm not particularly knowledgeable about the subject as a whole, but i'm certainly familiar with the Philosopher's Stone (the symbol of which is also present in the OIAR's/podcast's logo, though it seems the OIAR is more focused on balance than on experimentation).

i also know that the seven metals used in alchemy (gold, silver, mercury, copper, lead, iron, and tin) are all components of computer chips. i've been thinking Jonah, or maybe his successors, saw that and began turning their research to how it could be utilized to extend—or preserve—life.

to cut to the chase, bc frankly it's hard trying to sound like i know what i'm talking about and this post would take forever to write otherwise, i think Jonah tried to Sergei Ushanka himself into a computer, because metal and plastic are a hell of a lot longer-lasting than a human being.

but he wouldn't shove his consciousness into some random motherboard without making sure it was safe, what do you take him for?? he is a man of academia. obviously he had to test it on others first, and then he'd do it himself.

cue the thought experiments the Institute ran on kids. the things the experiments quantify are empathy and obedience to authority, which to me screams that they were trying to find kids who were easy to manipulate into more dangerous experiments.

and who are two characters who were kids in the 90s, with circumstances that left them lonely, isolated, and who, even as adults, are desperate to please (whether a parent or a bad boss)? Jon and Martin.

i posit that Jon and Martin were both victims of these experiments, perhaps the first (and only) successful subjects, and Jonah uploaded his consciousness to the computer soon after. their records could have been stricken from the spreadsheet to hide that they'd even been part of the program, and given the Institute burned down soon after, and there were no survivors—it could have been assumed that they'd died in the fire. it isn't like they had the most doting guardians to worry over them.

...but Chester and Norris's voices are those of adult Jon and Martin.

best i can figure, Jonah's plan might have worked in the short term, but computers have had date/time hardware in them since the 80s, so they—and Augustus—are still aging. so they've been trapped in computer software since 1999, and now that Sam and Celia are digging into what happened, they're desperate to catch their attention and find a way out.

(and lastly, a fun little thought—given Jon and Martin were both born circa 1987, they would have been twelve in 1999. they didn't even get to be teenagers.)

[cloudsspoke]

Random talks about the Arg NT 🇦🇷 : part 2 - Football & KPop, when my 2 fandoms collide

This is another random Argie talk, but before I get to write about them, first I want to mention my other fandom (outside football), which is KPop, as a prologue.

Yesung from the KPop group Super Junior is my first KPop bias, when I first fell into KPop hole circa 2013 (though I never call myself ‘ELF’, am just a ‘Cloud’, a Yesung-fan). It’s only after I became Shinhwa fan (4 years later, back in 2017) that I ended up 'left' football fandom.

Quick introduction about Shinhwa, they are the longest KPop group that ever exists, the one with no members changing, and never disbanding either. One of the reasons I love them badly is because the bond between members. The way they get closer with each fight (the members fought a lot, and I talk about real fistfight), at the same time use excessive skinship method (kissing, hugging, cuddling, getting naked together, having a bath/poop/pee together) to strengthen the chemistry, and it's been like that since their debut, back in 1997-98. The chemistry which makes the 6 of them a really good pairing, either in a form of a duo (15 OTPs) or a trio (10 pairings consisting of 3 members).

In 2018 this group celebrated their 20th anniversary with packed schedules, that's the major reason I skipped World Cup (other than all my faves played badly; The Dutch didn't even qualify, Germany's early exit and Argentina made you question the coach 'Why???').

After World Cup ended, obviously I still didn't bother to watch football (club-wise, I'm a fan of United and Juve since 2003/2004) because Shinhwa took away all my free time, considering so many stories they've had within that 20++ years and I was obsessed to learn everything about them.

But in the midst of busy fangirling over Shinhwa, somehow, I managed to watch Copa America 2021 semifinal, although I couldn't recall anything about the match, or the players, but my old tweet reminded me that I did watch La Scaloneta unconsciously.

Fast forward to this Qatar World Cup, tbh I only started to watch La Albiceleste until they played against the Netherlands (I need a good night's sleep more than football, so mostly just watched the highlights), and when they advanced to semis I watched their Prime “Camina a Qatar” docu-series, and just like that I am trapped.

It's like, initially I came to see Di Maria (my love since 2008) but ended up stuck with the rest of them. And just like years ago when I ditched football for KPop, now it's the other way around.

Call me crazy but I can't help to feel/think La Scaloneta bears several similarities with Shinhwa.

The way the Scalo boys bonded thru truco games ((jackstones, in Shinhwa's case)), barbecues, drinking mate ((for Shinhwa it's soju or beer)), and using profanities as a way to show affection, not to forget Scalo boys also give kisses and hugs, being playful/cheesy to one another (both IRL and on their SNS), every players is shippable (OTP material, I say), their brutal honesty and willingness to protect and defend the team, Scalo boys just remind me of all the things I love from Shinhwa.

And tbh I don't think I've seen a football team/group like this before ((maybe in the good ol' days of Barcelona. I read my old diary, and there I wrote 'this team is like family, no selfish/individualistic players at all)). But a good thing like this sometimes, unfortunately, doesn't last long, no matter how sure we are that these boys will stay solid like this forever.

This, I learned the hard way from Shinhwa. Even with the 6 of them spending 20++ years together, I used to be so confident their friendship will be eternal, that nothing can break the members' bond, turns out I was wrong cuz time and situation changed it little by little.

(Until today the group Shinhwa is still not disbanded yet, but they've been on hiatus since the pandemic, and only came together twice during the event of their members' weddings.)

Now let's go back with La Scaloneta. The way I see it, it all started with a good internal relationship between players, coaches, and AFA's long-time staff. That positivity, combined with Scalo's ability as their coach, helped them to play well on the field and won some games. The victories then generated public support in which boosted players' morale, till they had 36 unbeaten games, and earned 3 major trophies in just 17 months.

Post World Cup, now they are superstars. All eyes are on them. Enzo already stirred something between him, Benfica fans, and Chelsea fans with his transfer rumor. Lautaro scores a goal for Inter and toxic people won't stop talking shit about him because of his performance in WC, all the while praising La Arana Alvarez. Then there's this growing public opinion about Macca being too good to play for 'small team' Brighton, Dibu too good for Villa, Moli Rodri should leave Atletico, etc.

My question, when there’s a thin line between ‘supporters’ and ‘haters’ since people are so easy to judge, and so quick to switch sides, will that stuff affect them?

Today they all can say it's a healthy competition among players about who gets to play and who stays on the bench. But will tomorrow they say the same too? Especially now they are separated for a while, focusing on their club with each of them pursuing different goals, will they keep the chemistry intact once they back to Ezeiza, or will they start to act more individually as time go by?

That's why the more I fangirl over them, the more I actually feel anxious about the future of Scalo boys (especially if/once Leo no longer there), simply because I want to enjoy this happiness for a bit longer since it's only fair cuz we’ve suffered for a long long time.

[strandedcrow]

hi friend you're a video essay enjoyer i believe do you have any recommendations people and or videos? need somethin interestin to listen to while tryin to draw

HELLO FRIEND ok so skipping over the obvious popular ones (victorious, roblox oof, defunctland in general, my house.wad, etc) some of my favorites are:

The Downward Spiral of Watching Velma: one that i only found recently, a lengthy deep dive into the shitty hbo velma show so that u don’t have to watch it

How SunnyV2 Ruined Video Essays: also one i found recently, a shorter one which provides a meta analysis of video essays on youtube, also got me back into video essays tbh

How Sponegbob Explored Existential Nihilism: VERY short one (under 10 minutes) but actually neat

I Found Every OSHA Violation in FNAF Security Breach: there are so fucking many

The Biggest Cheater in Clone Hero History Was Finally Caught: honestly it’s been a rocky past couple weeks for the CH community bc just recently Multiple big name players have admitted to cheating so like calling this person the biggest cheater might not even be accurate anymore but like. still a rlly good watch

Bojack Horseman Full Series Retrospective: if you want lengthy here it is (almost 6 hour analysis of every season)

Disney Trash Can Tier List: not rlly a video essay at all however it’s such a random tier list to make and it’s delightful

Dream (Market) - The Infiltration of the Dark Net: literally an insane fucking story one of my absolute favorite barely sociable videos bc the whole story is just so fucking wild

The Dark Side of the Silk Road: one of my other favorites from barely sociable

Explaining: This House Has People In It: one of my favorite youtubers providing a complete analysis of my favorite arg/analog horror project HIGHLY recommend this one btw

DHMIS Explained: another from the same youtuber, but this time with defunctland style production (before defunctland started having these vibes. honestly maybe a little the other way around given this is 6 years old)

Fear of the Deep: nexpo is the third of my horror/unsettling internet history trifecta that i watch in this list (barely sociable, night mind, and nexpo my beloveds), this one was made just before oceangate, but talks about a few different projects that focus on. ig a fear of the deep really

[ineffectualdemon]

One thing that pisses me of about the psych industry

Things I have experienced

I have been unable to sleep because I "know" that shadow creature is coming to get me

I feel cats that aren't there

I feel worms under my skin

I have believed with my whole being that I am in a different reality

I have on multiple occasions believe I am specially chosen by a god and that I need to wait for his message of what to do to save the world

I have to actively avoid getting too deeply into religion, ARGs, and conspiracy theories because I lose track of reality

I hear voices scream things in my ear, call my name, cough, tell me the time etc

And I have been told by pretty much everyone in the psych industry (except my last therapist) that none of the above counted as psychosis or delusions

Why?

I the only reason I can think is because generally my response to the above is to be secretive about it. Like when I believe I am chosen by god I don't tell people at the time

I write about it and then burn the journals. Because it's important that it's a secret.

Same reason I struggle to talk about the shadow man tormenting me at night. I think if I tell people bad things happen.

And probably most crucially, the voices I hear outside my body don't tell me to do things. They scream random words or say my name or tell me the time but they don't really have conversations with me.

So I really think what they mean by "you don't have psychosis" is "you don't make trouble for others"

It doesn't matter if its distressing or upsetting to me or making my life harder

What matters is if it makes other people distressed or their life difficult

If I'm not actively hurting myself or others it doesn't matter that I can't sleep because I'm afraid of what will get me in the dark

It doesn't matter that I hear voices that confuse and disorient and even frighten me because they aren't telling me to do anything so therefore it can't possibly be impacting my life /sarcasm

In all my time dealing with therapists and attempting to talk about it only one therapist actually took it seriously and helped me

It just really pisses me off

[neruomancer]

Average Members of Groups of Interest: Where are they now?

Majestic:

*A researcher at an obscure facility or a random no name hired by a security firm. They don't know what a Majestic is let alone that it doesn't exist anymore. Mostly likely to leave behind a bloody green or blue key card for agents to pick up and use

*A former Majestic goon who has been so horrible mutilated by protomatter implants that they look like a cenobite. Frozen in amber and reporting for duty. Biter and an angry March employee activates them to get back at their pissant boss. Now they dwell in storm drains, waiting for easy prey.

The Karotechia:

*125 year old wizard that escaped the plantation burning down. During the war they went to the Tibet expedition and learned about Carcosa and the yellow king. They were a big Disney fan before then so they believed they found the "Magic Kingdom". Avid collector, was very upset about the fast pass situation. Mostly likely being used as an assist by either the Program or some other group under a thin veiled disguise.

*Some weird telegram mod, wasn't even in the original group, was never a rook or a knight. Just heard the name and thought it sounded cool. They just post black sun phonk edits all day. Kind of a pathetic existence. Eventually their group chat will devolve into backstabbing under the smallest pressures.

Saucerwatch:

*OG member, not a big name probably was just an intern before it blew up. Now they are the social media manager for a wellness group that is the front for a cult which is a front for Op.

*Some kid who made an ARG that included some Saucerwatch materials. They didn't really know what it was, they just included it for the Ufology aesthetic for the sake of their analog horror YouTube videos.

The Fate:

*They were around during the upstate New York metal scene. Will corner you to talk about Candlemass or Mayhem. They never got to be an acolyte. Doesn't know what a Nyarlathotep but the satanic imagery was hard as fuck in their opinion.

*Rust cohle styled paranoid conspiracy theorist.Who and What the fuck is a Stephen Alzis? Has a substack with their findings on a guy who keeps dying. They have these weird dreams about a band? They are playing a song to wake up the sleeper.

[songwolfwildblogs]

Oh god.

Sans aus expect their all youtubers. Like instead of a multiversal war it's just Twitter beef

Nightmare's gang is an improv group that does weird shit, nightmare's castle is just a place where most of their sets are

Dream is a commentary youtuber similar to Danny Gonzalez, he's just vibin

Ink is one of those art channels where they just talk about whatever over a speedpaint

Error is just an undernovela fan channel

Swap is a gaming youtuber that somehow keeps getting involved in drama despite literally doing nothing

Lust is a makeup channel so he 100% gets involved in petty drama (he has a side channel where he plays the sims)

Fell is just a guy that just gets really drunk then talks into a mic for 3 hours about fucking nothing (he isn't an alpha Podcaster he's a drunk Podcaster)

Classic is that one guy that doesn't have a channel but keeps appearing in other people's videos

Outer runs a channel that delivers daily fun facts about the stars

Fresh just randomly turns on the camera he stole to stare at it for a few moments then says a random word then turns the camera off. People think it might be an arg but no he just wants to share words he likes

Farm just kinda vlogs random shit on the farm. Not like content farm vlogs just genuine vlogs about the farm

And they somehow always get into small fights on Twitter that shouldn't matter but get overblown by those drama content mills

Also, swap and fresh at least 4 times a year goes to the hospital somehow

And nightmare's gang are often seen in party city going through shit there looking for costumes for videos and killer always ends up with either something like this

Or this

Everyone else gets like normal costumes. Then we have killer although for some reason, one of them somehow usually ends up in a nun or priest costume. Usually, they just use real weapons. They're good actors but videos become extremely chaotic in a matter of minutes

[velvetvexations]

how much internet horror stuff have you watched? were there any ones you liked? or alternatively any ones you really wanna shit talk?

The Left Right Game fucking sucks. It actually helped me develop a core part of what I consider maybe the most important maxim of writing horror, which is that you don't need to tell the audience the answers and you don't even have to necessarily have the answers yourself, but you must always, without exception, at least give the impression there are answers.

TLRG never for one second feels like it's mysterious bullshit means anything. Like, you have to pick up a hitchhiker and drive him down the road awhile, but if you say anything to him that entire time something bad will happen. Why? Well like my right hand every night it BEATS THE FUCK OUT OF ME, it's just a spooky "rule" you're supposed to follow because horror fans are annoying about "rules" based horror, like I have autism and OCD too but I'd like to read something that's actually scary and not just this weird audience self-insert stuff that's reminiscent of the worst zombie fiction where you just wanna feel good about how well you'd totally win by following all the rules that you memorized like the nerd that you are.

Like, it's not the rules themselves that are the problem necessary. Rules horror CAN be good. But in TLRG all the rules, all the mysterious and dangerous events, are completely random and pulled right out of the author's ass. Which, again, would be fine if the author could at least pretend there's something going on behind the scenes and not just clearly throwing spookiness at the wall to see what sticks.

...as to internet horror I like, there's

Local 58

Gemini Home Entertainment

Valle Verde

This House Has People in It*

How-To Video Results

Alex Bale's short films**

Gilbert Garfield

Stephanie Lawson Stevens

No One Can Find This "Creepy Dinosaur" Game...***

Kane Pixel's work

Blue Emesis

Brian David Gilbert's work

ghosttundra's work

British Cryptids and the rest of the Whinny Moor extended universe in general

Lacey Games

and MyHouse.wad****.

*I choose to classify this as internet horror because it had an associated ARG and only aired like once on Adult Swim before YouTube became it's primary home

**specifically not including Happy Meat Farms, which he's involved in but does not interest me; he's also working on his first feature film, however, which does interest me quite a lot

***it's a month old, so no spoiler on the fact that it's a work of fiction

****I'm also counting this as internet horror because it's so interwoven with the experience of being in the Doom modding community that I would say it's necessary to be at least familiar with a lot of that for the full impact, not only within the game itself but also how it incorporates you innocently going to download it as you would any other mod rather than it like, being listed on a storefront

[babystarrbunny]

i just dreamt that dnp posted an hour long video and it was like a ditl but like really professionally filmed and stuff, they were like really domestic, played silly games and filmed random stuff for like a week; but like at the end they had teasers for like 3 projects they were involved in, a spooky arg series kinda thing, a gay romantic comedy series phil wrote or smth and a phouse building documentary that fetured their friends but also had like zendaya and other celebrities on. i freaked the fuck out (in dream), went on tumblr and like nobody was talking about it on here lmao, so literally i thought i dreamed a video up IN my dream.