#sure why not i'll main tag it.

[triangular-static]

look i understand if people just don't like the idea of billford, i think we have a different internal concept of what shipping means (they're not good for each other at all but i need to dissect their dynamic like a bug. you understand. it's fun) but it's fine to avoid things you don't like, good for you genuinely

however people saying they like. don't see it. like. i'm not saying there's no platonic way to read it, i'm aroace spec myself i'm all for reading things in different ways. but i do think saying they weren't partners in any queer sense at all is trying too hard to go against what the narrative is trying to say, or missing it. somehow

anyway media literacy time if a character makes a joke like this

and the previous context of that joke within the show is that it's about an ex wife. what connection do you think the text is trying to get you to make.

and that's just from a writing point of view. not even noting that from an in universe perspective ford likely knows the joke from the same source as stan. and is therefore. placing himself in that role of the joke are you seeing where i'm coming from

(not to mention bill's side of this text which is. extremely manipulative but also does not read very platonic. again, it can technically be read as platonic! bill literally can manipulate ford's feelings. but the specific wording used is very much meant to look like possessive ex partner wording whether the character means it that way or not. it's coding. look again i'm not saying it was good for them i'm just saying there was something there.)

and then there's also the divorce/break up/rock bottom input on the website. like. how else is that supposed to be read. and the corresponding page in the book itself.

the language being used here. like yes he's saying it in a joking way but then there's the other side that isn't joking which is him crying at the bar. it's the both sides (the very coded language on top of the very genuine emotions and dynamic beneath)

i know most of us are on the same page with this i've just seen a couple people saying they don't see it when this is some of the most clear cut coding i've ever seen. and these are just the things that explicitly reference a relationship off the top of my head i'm not even including the general vibes of Everything

tl;dr it's barely even subtext anymore it's all but straight up text. what's not clicking have we forgotten what coding is (lighthearted i just enjoy the phrase what's not clicking. what's not clicking)

[aston-axo]

Alonso seeing Russell pulling up on Piastri

[the-oracle-of-the-lost]

asking because i know tagging courtesy varies among fandoms and i've always gone by the "if they have dialogue they get tagged" rule but i've also heard people complain about overtagging characters if there's no real focus on them so? i'm curious to see what other people think.

[ying-doodles]

Do you have any llovier fanfic you would recommend? 👀

ooo good question, I have so many! there are a couple of javisuho ones thrown in here too-

more than what was asked- lloyd asks javier to dance with him while they relax outside away from a party and feelings come forth

violets for master, my everlasting love- javier gets hanahaki and lloyd panicks trying to figure out how to help him

cycles of our love- javier confesses and the moment turns into a time loop for lloyd

within the wake- au about suho who's a merman that gets caught and javier's a scientist studying him (unfinished but I love it too much not to include it,,)

please kiss me, I'm drowning- au about post-novel javier meeting selkie suho

system error- javier can suddenly see the system and hijinks ensue

the marriage duel (hi sun!)- alicia calls for a tournament for suho's heart post-novel and suho and javier discuss what to do about it

all your letters in one basket- javier offers lloyd a love letter and lloyd assumes it's one for javier (it's not)

and also a few series, aka I just like a lot of the fics these authors wrote ehehe:

the hooligan (affectionate) and the knight (derogatory) by sanyuri_1873

all up in the stars by mokuroh

I swear devotion to you by scripted_suicide

[fourswords]

you know something. shadow is honestly ridiculously lax and even veers on the edge of being """nice""" (in his own way) with the hinoxes. and it's hilarious:

like sorry but if it were me. and a bunch of clumsy ass hinoxes were fucking around with the mirror that granted me near-unlimited power and also a body. i would do a little more than call them idiots and shake my fist at them while yelling at them to get out. i would literally just straight up kill them. also him bursting in when vio hits (kills, actually, according to the fan translation where shadow actually says "why did you kill him?") the hinox and immediately giving him a squinty-eyed suspicious look because of it is SO fucking funny. and also the last picture is even more so because of the fucking expression on the hinox. just "shadow somebody threw a hammer on me after trying to break the dark mirror and now i've got a case of the ouchies :(((" like brother you just KNOW if they pulled that same expression in front of ganon or vaati they'd be vaporized on the spot. what's going on here

[queenburd]

I write this post with the caveat that I was into TSP and TSPUD before discovering Cl0ck 0ut and I never joined any servers around it, so the impact to me is extremely minimal compared to many others who were heavily inspired by it. I recognize that while it's sickening to me, it's even harder for the people who joined the TSP fandom because of Cl0ck 0ut.

I'm also extremely on the fringes of the fandom in general, I've never gone out of my way to interact with people who are more well-known for their narrator designs. I don't know that this post is going to reach its intended audience that much.

With all that aside, I really want to tell the people who are extremely hurt and reeling and sick to their stomach something that I think is pretty important:

You may have been introduced to TSP from watching Cl0ck 0ut, and it may have inspired you, but it is not the thing that kept you here interested in the game. You're in this fandom because you found like-minded people, maybe through the animation sure, and continued to make connections beyond that surface-level one.

Look, I've been here before. I'm not old, but I'm in my late twenties now and I've been in fandom circles for nearly 2 decades. There were inevitably times where the fanbase learned bad things about the creator, or a specific "big time" fan whose works they liked. It does suck, it does hurt, you're more than allowed to feel betrayed and sick and stressed.

A lot of what got me through it was having other people to talk to, who understood because they were also going through it. They understood because they were in that same fandom with me, we had met through it. The thing that mattered was that I had friends I had made beyond a superficial initial connection.

You made bonds. You created things (headcanons, art, stories, theories) with other people, and you still enjoyed the initial thing, yeah, but you enjoy it more because of the extra layers of connection that it led you to! But remember, please remember, that while it was a jumping off point, and you might attach a lot of value to it for that, it didn't do the work. You and other people did that. And that's the real valuable thing. That doesn't have to be stained with the bad feelings, I promise. It can and has evolved past the initial connection.

It's gonna sting for a while. That's understandable. If you need to take a break from creating, no one can blame you. But keep your connections with other people. Keep your friends.

(And if you made things that were directly inspired by Cl0ck 0ut designs or initial story, I can understand if you're feeling extremely uncomfortable with making more of it. I have a couple fanfics I was reading that were based off it.

At the end of the day, do what makes you most comfortable, even if that includes putting it down and never picaking it up again; but know that people liked what you were making, again, not because it was Cl0ck 0ut based, but because you were doing interesting and unique things with the premise. That's what fandom does with any media, and the story you were crafting does not, I think, need to be wholly discarded despite its premise having...'issues'.)

[somfte]

Flint was morally correct to bombard all the civilians in Charles Town, no I will not elaborate.

[turoce]

i just started watching season 3

[mothedmanillustration]

incomprehensible bit for you all

[shoechoe]

in 2025 there will be a great Diavolo ship war where all the Diavolo fans who like their respective Diavolo pairings make discourse blogs and fight to the death or whatever happens in ship wars. Inevitably the clear victor will be the Diavolo x Morganthe x Flippy x Bojack Horseman polycule despite the only one who's ever gotten even close to making that being me

[nerochinchin]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BOY EVER

[coolerthanyoubeans]

dear diary. today eefo told me i was obsessed with him. he is WRONG i would NEVER i am NOT OBSESSED with ANYONE except maybe my wife but if we're being HONEST clearly hes obsessed with ME

[whatudottu]

Do y'all think object heads have a peculiar vision? Well I certainly do!

If DJSS is actually a supernova then assumption probably brings with it the idea they were a star, and being a star where it sends light in every direction and vision is directly correlated to light, what if that means omnidirectional vision?

[sirellas]

no thank you <3

[ying-doodles]

have you noticed all the heart shaped ahoges? another small detail I love adding every time- <3

also honourable mention goes to both the flat (sad/mad) and surprised ahoges:

(if you recognize where all of these came from then um... wow, you've either spam liked all my art in one go or have been here for too long,, either way, that's wild- O-o")

[accirax]

so... exciting announcement... i was hired to work on Reality Resort as a storyboard artist!

for those of you who haven't heard, Reality Resort is a Total Drama-inspired show on YouTube, produced by Cove and animated by Odd Nation Cartoons. its pilot episode just dropped a few hours ago!

to be clear, i didn't contribute at all to the first episode-- i was only hired about a week ago to contribute on episode 2 and beyond. speaking of, it'll be a lot easier for us to make episode 2 and beyond with more support for the show, so please consider checking out the pilot if the show sounds up your ally. the team is super cool and welcoming, and i've had a ton of fun with what i've worked on so far.

as for this blog, given that i'm now part of the show's staff, i won't be making any sorts of speculative content about Reality Resort or any of the other planned shows in the Reality Gauntlet. this is obviously because i know things the average viewer doesn't, and because i wouldn't want anything i was genuinely blindly speculating on to be interpreted as fact/a hint. however, Disventure Camp content (as well as all of the usual stuff) will continue as normal! (other than that i now have a bit less free time :,) )

anyways, i hope any of you who do decide to check it out will enjoy! as Cove has said in the comments, the first episode isn't perfect, and there are still plenty of quirks to iron out in the future. but, i think that the future of the show is looking bright, and i and the rest of the team appreciate any support you're willing to give. :)