#that man better hit 100k subscribers this year!!!!!

[gammaraydeath]

I love seeing people in their 30s 40s etc find success it's just so hopeful to me. like i still have stuff to look forward to

[blushie14]

Unexpected Visitor [Skephalo]

I’ve been in the mood to write a lot lately. In fact, I will most likely post another fanfic soon. ^-^ Anyways, Darryl and Zak finally get to see each other for the first time in real life. However, there is a third person in the mix. I put a bunch of effort into it, so I hope you enjoy!

Darryl cannot recall the last time he's been this nervous, excited, and eager for something so much. He was currently driving in his car, shaking like a leaf as every single emotion was going haywire.

"Alright, calm down Noveschosch. You're only coming over to see a friend. This is not something to get so..." As much as he tried, his thoughts couldn't stop his heart from exploding in excitement. He broke out into a goofy smile and a blush as he screamed to himself. "I'M GOING TO SEE SKEPPYYY!"

Darryl then let out a startled yelp when a car honked behind him. He continued to pay attention to the road, a little embarrassed that he got himself distracted. He went back to grinning not even a second later though. Maybe he’s a bit too eager to see him.

Darryl couldn't really help it though. He had always wanted to meet up with Zak for ages. It was almost unbelievable that it took them this long to see each other. He thought it was even more unbelievable that it was finally happening!

-

It all started a couple of weeks ago. The both of them were wrapping up an event on Minecraft. They were congratulating the winner and sending money to their PayPal. Zak and Darryl talked for a little bit afterwards, discussing plans.

"So, I actually might not be online for a while since I'm eventually going to pack up my monitor." Zak made an effort to keep a straight face as Darryl made a noise in confusion. "You're packing your monitor away? Why?"

"Well actually, I should probably start packing everything else before that." Zak chuckled.

"What? ...Wait." Darryl gasped. "You're moving?"

"Yeah! I'm finally moving out of my apartment." Zak grinned wide, no longer wanting to contain the secret. "I may or may not have found a house available in Florida."

"Aw well that's great news! I'm really happy for-" Darryl stopped talking and felt his heart skip a beat. Did his ears hear that previous statement correctly? "I-I'm sorry what... what did you just say?"

Zak giggled at Darryl's moment of disbelief. "I said that I may or may not be moving into a house in Florida. 1234 on ___ road." Darryl swore he stopped breathing for a second when it was confirmed what he heard was true.

That was his state.

The address didn't sound that far from his apartment.

He would be able to visit him.

"Ohmygoodness!!! Skeppy!!!" Darryl squealed, almost jumping from his chair in exhilaration. Zak started laughing since he was almost as excited as the other. Darryl was stumbling over his words.

"Do you realize that- I- This is- Oh my gosh! You better not be messing with me or I will-"

"Hehe, Nope! I'm 100% moving to Florida."

"Okay, then.." Darryl let out a small squeal of joy. "We should meet up! After everything gets set up in your new house, let's see each other right away!"

Zak smiled, a warm blush creeping up his neck. "I was thinking the same thing."

Then the weeks went by. Darryl insisted to drive over there when Zak got settled in. They were even debating on the possibilities on where to go to. Now the day is finally here.

-

He finally arrived in front of Zak's house. Darryl's nerves suddenly skyrocketed and he couldn't stop smiling. He really couldn't pinpoint why he was this anxious, but he decided to take a moment and take deep breaths before stepping outside.

After a few minutes of calming down, he walked up to the door and paused. His eyebrows furrowed, hearing laughter from the inside. Darryl easily identified Zak's endearing laugh, but he also heard someone unfamiliar laughing along.

Darryl knocked on the door and heard Zak's muffled talk. His eagerness was returning and he heard someone inside practically dashing towards the door.

Zak quickly opened the door and beamed when he saw the slightly taller man with brown hair and green eyes. "Bad!"

Darryl's heart swelled with joy seeing Zak's dark brown eyes and raven colored hair. "Skeppy!"

Darryl squeezed him into a hug, almost knocking him over. Zak immediately hugged back as he laughed cheerfully. Neither of them wanted to let go for a while. "Dude! You're so early!" Darryl blushed a bit and smiled wide. "Well I- I really wanted to see you as soon as possible! Don't judge me!"

When both of them finally let go of each other, Darryl noticed another person who was sitting on the couch. It was a woman with long red hair, freckles, and pretty blue eyes. She was staring at them with a curious look on her face.

She started to walk over there with a smile. "Hello, who do we have here?" Zak turned around and smiled at her. "Oh! Veronica, this is Bad! Er- Well I guess I should call him Darryl now." Darryl gave a polite smile. "Hi."

"Bad? Darryl? ..Wait a minute." She pointed at him. "You're badboyhalo, aren't you?" Zak raised an eyebrow. "I thought you said you rarely watch my videos."

"Yeah, and I've seen him in almost every single one I watched!" She laughed. "Like what the hell, does he make up like 95% of your channel or something?!" Zak laughed as he felt heat rising up his cheeks. "No he doesn't, shut the hell up!"

Darryl awkwardly smiled at the two, suppressing the urge to say language to the both of them. "So um, your name is Veronica?" She nodded and held out her hand. Darryl took it and she gave a firm handshake. "Yep! Name's Veronica! Nice to meet you Darryl!"

Zak put a hand on her shoulder. "Veronica and I have known each other since high school. We sort of kept in touch a bit." He nervously laughed. "She also sort of... barged in here unannounced. " Veronica laughed.

"Hey! I didn't barge in here, you invited me in!"

"Well yeah, but you were the one who suddenly showed up unexpectedly!"

"What else did you expect me to do when you said you were here in Florida?" She snickered. "Next time, you can barge into my dorm at in inconvenient time so that we are even!"

The two giggled at their antics. Darryl smiled at the two, yet also couldn't help but feel a slight twinge in his heart. "They seem very close together. Are they... No, he would tell me if there were, right? Wait. Why would I feel bad if they were? ..Should I just leave them be?"

"Hey Ske- er um, Zak? You think we could hang out another day? I'd feel bad if I just interrupt you two catching up." Veronica's eyes widen and tried to say something until Zak wrapped his arms around Darryl's left arm. "Nonono don't leave!"

Darryl looked at him and felt his face start to redden when Zak continued whining. "Please don't leave! I've been excited to have you here for weeks, please?" Zak was looking at him with puppy eyes. Darryl felt his heart melt. How could he say no to that?

"Fine you muffin, I'll stay." Zak smiled brightly and fully hugged him. Darryl returned the hug and saw Veronica staring at them again, this time with a grin. Zak let go and look down at himself.

"I should probably go change though. I was going to get ready until somebody invaded my house!" Veronica only cackled in response. Zak smiled, shook his head, and went to the bathroom.

-

The two were sitting in awkward silence for a bit as Zak was away. Veronica wanted to break the ice first, so she decided to ask a question. "So how long have you two loved each other?" Darryl immediately felt his face burn up. "W-What?!"

She nervously laughed in embarrassment as she realized that probably wasn't the best question to ask. "What I meant to say was, how long have you two known each other?"

Darryl calmed down a bit. "Oh, we've.. known each other for a couple years."

"Ah.." A few more seconds of silence went by. She decided to make Darryl talk some more about Zak in order to break the silence. "So, what was it like when you first met him?"

Oh this was definitely going to take a while.

Darryl talked about the time Zak "applied" to be staff on his server. He recalled how absolutely frustrating and infuriating it was back then. Despite that though, it was now a fond memory to look back to. Not only did he hit 100k subscribers that time, but he grew close to someone who was now one of his best friends.

Darryl's face glowed as he warmly smiled. He wouldn't trade that moment for all the muffins in the world. The red head couldn't stop smiling throughout the whole thing.

"Wow... he really is a lot more different now! Though, I guess his trolly nature didn't leave." She laughed. "Ahh some things never change." This made Darryl curious. "What was he like in high school? What's different?"

"Well first, I don't want to go too much into detail, but let's just say Zak and I kind of hung around with the wrong people." Darryl nodded, recalling that he had said something like that long ago.

"In our old friend group, he was known for messing around with a lot of people. But he was also known for being cold sometimes, not really caring about others or anything at all really." Darryl was surprised. That definitely didn't sound like the Zak he knew at all.

Veronica kind of looked a bit down as she continued. "Most of us were basically jerks and a bunch of morons together. Zak must've realized this and eventually faded from the group. I liked Zak the most out of everyone, so I eventually left as well."

She smiled a little. "I think we're the only ones out of the group who stayed on good terms. I'm happy because I used to not care about my studies, but now I'm in college." Veronica lightly snickered. "One of us had to be the smart one, am I right?"

Darryl slightly chuckled and she proceeded. "As for Zak, I can't believe he's a youtuber now and well... Has he ever told you how lucky he is to have friends like you? He probably wouldn't be like this if it wasn't for you."

"Hahaha, Aww that's not true. It sounded like he turned his life around, which I'm glad to hear! He made a lot of other friends and it's great that you two stayed in touch for that long."

"Yeah but-" She looked at the bathroom door and looked back at Darryl. "Don't tell him I said this, okay?" He was confused but slowly nodded anyways. "I may not know about this exactly, but going off from the goo goo eyes he has whenever he looks at you, I have a feeling that he loves you."

Darryl looked stunned, feeling a blush slowly creep up his neck. "What? ..What are you talking about?" She started to laugh. "Oh come on, don't play dumb with me!"

Her eyes darted to the side, trying to find the right words. "Zak and I keep in touch, but we don't talk a whole lot. Almost every time we do though, he mentions you the most out of all his friends!"

Darryl felt his heart pound as she smiled at him sincerely. "I don't know if you have any idea how much you mean to him. He's never hugged anyone like that before... I've never seen him this happy before. He absolutely adores you."

Darryl looked at the floor, his face being a lovely shade of red. He already knows he was smiling like a love struck fool while Veronica was grinning at the sight, thinking to herself. "Can't really hide it now, can you?"

"He... D-Do you really think he-" Darryl got cut off as he heard the bathroom door open. Zak looked a bit freshened up wearing new clothes. Darryl looked away trying to calm down while Veronica acted like nothing interesting was going on.

"Finally! What the hell were you doing in there?! Putting make-up on?!" Zak bursts out laughing. "No I'm not wearing-! Why don't you try wearing make-up?!" She dramatically gasped and stood up, putting a hand on her hip.

"Did you just call me ugly!? Bitch how dare you, I'm fabulous!" Zak laughed some more while Darryl made a face but also smiled a bit. "Language!"

Zak sat right next to Darryl laughing a bit. "Oh yeah, swearing in front of Bad is a big no no at all times." She chuckled. "Okay? I guess I'll try to keep that in mind."

-

All three of them hung around the house for a bit. Darryl and Zak were still sitting next to each other, trying to decide where they want to go. Even though they discussed this before, they still can't really decide. The both of them were arguing where to eat. Darryl was on his phone suggesting many places on google maps.

"Okay so what about this place? It’s the closest one from here."

"Nah, I ate there yesterday."

"Oh well then, is there anything that you're craving?"

"Nah, I'm good with whatever."

"What about this pizza place then?"

"Nah, I'm not in the mood for thin crust."

Darryl felt his eye twitch. "Oh my goodness you fatty just pick something already!"

Zak giggled and pointed at a random location on his phone. "What about here?"

"THAT IS A CEMETERY YOU MUFFIN HEAD!"

Zak bursts out laughing as the two continued to bicker back and forth. Veronica was also laughing in the background, enjoying the show. Darryl let a noise of frustration out and faced Zak, inches away from his face.

"You are driving me up the wall, Zak! Stop it!" Zak smirked and didn't budge from his spot. "Or else what?" Veronica let out a loud laugh and speed walked to the door

"Oh my god, I can't! I'm out! GET A ROOM YOU TWO! Jesus Christ!"

Both of their faces went red. Zak jolted away him while Darryl sat in flustered silence "Wh- What do you- Where are you going?!"

Veronica laughed and shouted. "I'm headin out! I'm not about to be the third wheel on your first date with him!"

Zak shrieked. "WE AREN'T DATING! And you don't even have to leave!"

She smugly smiled. "Nah I think I've stayed here long enough." She winked. "Good luck you two~." As she closed the door, the both of them could hear her muffled cackles from here.

Darryl snapped out of his trance while the other was flabbergasted on what just happened. "So... is this a date Skeppy?" Darryl giggled, slightly joking but also wishing for it to be true.

Zak just groaned, too embarrassed at this point. "I hate both of you." Darryl only giggled and hugged him. "Aw, I love you too." Zak hesitantly hugged back while the both of them sat in comfortable silence for a bit. Darryl slowly let go and took out his phone.

"You know what? I feel like ordering takeout instead of going out to eat. Is that alright with you? And then we can go someplace fun afterwards?"

Zak lightly smiled, staring at him. "Sure.. I'd like that."

Few seconds of silence passed He looked up at his phone to see Zak staring at him. Darryl lightly smiled. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Zak grinned, feeling his face warm up. "I just.. still can't believe you're in front of me right now." Zak lightly touched his left cheek as they both looked into each other's eyes.

"..going off from the goo goo eyes he has whenever he looks at you, I have a feeling that he loves you."

"..he loves you."

Darryl felt like he was burning up, suddenly feeling shy. He slightly looked away from him. "I-I'm.. really happy to see you too.."

Zak leaned against his shoulder, pointing at Darryl's phone. "What about this place right here?" Darryl leaned on Zak's head. "Ooh! I’ve tried the food there before, it’s really good. I'll call the place."

The both of them didn't move from their place, smiling to themselves. They could get used to this. It was really peaceful and nice. Really, really nice. It was a quiet moment...

Until they both started to quarrel over who gets to pay for the food.

[End]

Sooo I have to ask, how was Veronica? 

I got the idea to write a character like her because almost every time I see a random woman in a Skephalo fanfic, they are either someone who wants one of the boys or a really jealous ex-girlfriend. 

I decided to make her a very straightforward person who.. may be a bit too comfortable and a bit invasive for her own good, but still a kind person. 

I would love some feedback! I don’t talk a lot, but I really love seeing you guys comment/reblog and like. It always makes me smile! ^w^

[early-sxnsets]

We Are Far Too Young and Clever

Archive Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20327977/chapters/48197671

Chapter 1/6 of We Are Far Too Young And Clever

Word Count: 3,068

Summary: Youtube's a buzzing, content-creating platform, where people from all walks of life can create and share. Simon Snow and Baz Pitch are on a rise at two very different angle, but by the coincidence of shared people, they clash and come together at all the right (and wrong) times.

~~~~~~~~~~

SIMON

I don’t really remember how it started.

Well, that’s a lie. I remember starting it. I remember setting up my mobile, using a mirror to make sure it was at the right angle (using random little things like Penny’s tiny bottles of face cleansers and such to keep it propped, despite them continuously slipping). I remember it being half past 3 in the morning on a Thursday right before a final. I wasn’t studying. I can’t study--I can’t make myself study, I should say. Never could. And, I remember laying out craft scissors, glitter glue tubes, googly eyes, and finding old class notes to go to town on.

I remember the build up.

I remember the upload, and I remember thinking nothing of it.

But I don’t remember the rise.

More to this, I don’t really know why anyone really watches my videos. I think it’s sort of dumb to watch a man now climbing further into his mid-to-late twenties sitting on his living room floor, working in a ranging the state of his soberness from completey dry to beyond wrecked, and doing shitty primary school crafts.

But then again, I’m the man making them, so I guess I’m not particularly the one to judge on this front.

Part of me still really doesn’t connect the popularity with myself--like it’s been Penny’s doing. Which, she says, might be partially true. She already had a decent enough following, but I’m on a completely different genre. She does educative videos, and she stays popular because they’re on current events topics (defines hot topics, explains what a certain celebrity is in trouble for, yada yada). I call her the cliffnotes of the ever-rolling social media 15 minutes of fame. She asks me if I’ve ever needed to read a book with cliffnotes, and I didn’t have much defense besides “You know, I was an English minor.” (“For the first year, yeah.” “Still, had a year of it.”)

But for me? I don’t do anything new or appealing.

I think I might be a handsome face (which, in all honesty, would be a nice brag, if I could actually maintain a relationship). Or maybe it’s because I can get a bit funny, especially when I’m plastered. And there’s never really any instructions when I do these things. I have a Pinterest board, a google search option, and a flow of craft store gift cards at my disposal to make shit work.

Or, maybe, I’m just entertaining.

I’m not really confident on that front, but I’ll take what I can get.

I don’t mind it much. People seem to like the videos, and I never mind making them. Brilliant distraction, and surprisingly decent income (especially since crafts require products, so sponsors are easy to get for videos, and I never feel really guilty because I’d have to get shit to use anyway).

Penny gets on my arse about my sleep schedule, though.

“Why can’t you do special editions of Simon’s Arts ‘N Crafts in the morning?” She asks, or more complains, hovering over the kitchen bar with a mug between her hands and her flannel pyjama bottoms on. It’s nearing 1 in the morning now, and I’m just cracking open my second beer. (Don’t actually like them, but they’re tolerable.)

“Aesthetic, Penn.” I cringe after a thick gulp, squeezing my eyes tight. Shit tastes like a gym sock. “Premise of it all to put up a video that looks like a bloke who hasn’t properly slept in 10 years on his floor trying to build a shitty flower crown.”

She’s been a bit fed up with it for a little while, and I can see her point. Insomniatic tendencies aren’t something you particularly want to profit off of, but it pays the bills (and gives me something better to do than stare at my ceiling and try to count sheep into the thousands).

I hear her huff, my back turning to grab my mobile off the counter as I try to chug back a few more gulps.

Thumbing through notifs, I see a post alert for Baz Pitch. Something on Twitter--commenting on the flawed mentality of what socialistic systems are seen as vs what they are, or some other poshly worded bullshit about something that only really matters if you’re taking a secondary school course on politics.

Or if you’re Penny, I guess.

“You’re looking at Baz’s shit again,” she mumbles over her mug, sipping slowly as I glare back.

“What?”

“You get this look on your face--that one where your brows come together and makes you look constipated.”

“Yes, and? What about it?”

She smirks. “Well, you only ever get that when you’re looking at something Baz posted.

I pull my brows together when I look away, just for emphasis, and slip my mobile into my pocket. “Not only,” I counter, going for another pointed sip and holding back a cringe as I point at her, going on. “And it’s only because he’s full of himself. I don’t need, nor do I want to hear his halfhearted ramblings on something that he won’t have any affect on.”

“Then why do you have him on post-notifs?”

I try to look offended, but I just stare, mouth hanging open. “Maybe I like to keep a keen eye on him.”

She hums, unsatisfied.

“Excuse me for wanting to keep track of the man I’ve got an ongoing tiff with.”

“Ongoing tiff? Is that what you’re calling it now?”

I shrug, ignoring that with another shitty gulp.

“Look, Simon, just talk to the bloke. He’s a smart guy, if you give him a second of your time and attention beyond a twitter feud over some dumb shite like his family upbringing.”

“He’s rich, Penn! Guy’s a hypocrite.”

“Maybe,” she gives me a halfhearted shrug, leaning more over the counter. “You’re just mad that he’s got more following on his personal Twitter than you do on your proper Instagram.”

“Of course not.” She’s right, but I won’t dare admit it.

I’ll never admit to being jealous of Basilton fucking Pitch--some bloody political page gone pretty boy vlogging. His main work is only relevant because he talks about shit that’s within the dizzying political-sphere, nothing of which is something I really like to think about (I vote for whoever Penny describes as the best, then hope some other prick doesn’t throw us deeper into the cesspool that is this Brexit nightmare).

But he has his vlogging channel. A popular one, at that. Talks about what he’s reading, where he’s traveling. Skincare routine. Mindless bullshit, that I’ve forced myself to sit through just so I have a proper excuse to go off complaining about him.

Never seen the bloke break a proper smile, though. Not even in fan pictures. He smirks, and he’s got a barking, bitter laugh, but I’ve never heard anything that relates “Joyous” and “Basilton” in a similar sentence.

It’s a wonder he and Penn interact amicably.

She scoffs at me, sipping her tea slowly as my shoulders slump, beer can held tight enough in my hand that it’s denting in at my fingers. I should probably let go of it.

“Are you gonna help me set up?” I ask, deflating from the conversation and trying to distract with a new one.

“If you need help.”

“Need? No. Want? Yeah.”

She rolls her eyes, settling the mug down onto our countertop anyway before turning to start dragging the lights out of the side closet while I polish off my drink and head to grab my camera and tripod.

I’ve gotten better at this over the years. Swapped majors from social work to media studies, then minored in advertising, once the channel had hit 1k subscribers. Hadn’t quit my dayjob at the cafe until I hit 100k, but the steady rise since hasn’t been bad to us. Penny’s got a decent income, too, and she still decides to work in the school’s library as she’s working on her PhD in Sociology.

The flat’s a better one than the one we’d started in. We’ve even got a guest bedroom (screams disposable income). And, well, nicer equipment. A real sense of seriousness and maturity while we work.

Well, mostly.

I’m speaking as the grown man with a metal cabinet full of crafts supplies.

Business man with craft supplies.

Makes me sound more professional than “Newly 27 year old Youtuber who does nothing of serious impact, other than hoping to make others smile while throwing together terribly made, barely functioning crafts.”

I make my way back into the living room after setting up the camera and wandering back off, arms full of supplies as Penny starts setting up cameras, glancing over her shoulder. “What’d you choose tonight?”

I look down, then plop myself onto the floor and spread out my shit. “Uhh,” I say, shifting through. “I was thinking a beer can ghost.”

“Beer can ghost?”

I nod, holding up the gauze and glue. “As a Happy Halloween episode.”

“It’s not even October yet, Si.”

I shrug. “September’s close enough.” I grin, going off to grab my empty beer can and sprawling back out onto the floor. “Want to join in?”

“I think I’ll take a rain check for this episode, thank you.” She smiles teasingly, brushing past and messing my hair a bit as I’m settling myself onto the hardwood floor. I don’t take it harshly; I never take her harshly. I don’t think I’ve got the room to take it harshly, given I don’t seriously have anyone else in my life besides her (at least on a consistent basis).

“Suit yourself!” I call back, watching her disappear into her bedroom while shutting the door behind herself.

Before going at it, I take and post a quick Instagram picture at the layout in front of me, adding Halloween-themed emojis (so everyone knows I’m serious about wanting to get festive) as the caption.

I sigh and clear up my space, glancing around to make sure the area looks clean-enough, then get up to press start. It takes a second to make my way back and get myself properly situated on the floor, exhaling quietly and collecting my thoughts before shooting my head up and grinning at the camera angled a few feet away and slightly above eyeline with me.

“Hey everyone! Welcome back to Simon’s Arts ‘N Crafts!”

BAZ

I don’t understand the hype of Simon Snow.

I never truly have. He feels like he’s the sort of mindless bloke to pull out a guitar at uni and unironically start playing Wonderwall.

Allow me to rephrase; I don’t understand the hype of Simon Snow’s channel.

Snow himself, on the other hand, is a different story.

Cheerful smile, rosey cheeks. Curls that stick out at all angles (you’d think he’d try to style them properly, given he’s got the time and money now, but he doesn’t; he looks as disheveled as the day his channel began). Snow’s an utter mess just trying to occupy himself while avoiding other aspects of life, and somehow, for reasons I can’t chalk up to anything but his glittering disposition, he’s popular.

Not too popular, no. A couple million popular. Sponsored by major chains popular, due to the spike in young hobbyists trying to “Unleash their inner child” following his lead. But, of course, he donates huge portions to schools, giving them arts supplies and, for some saintly reason, gives to orphanages too.

I wonder at times if there’s anything deeper than just a handsome public face and overly generous donor. And, usually, I try to doubt there is, but I can’t quite ignore the occasional sign that Simon Snow may be a saint, and I fucking hate him for it.

I hate him for a number of reasons, starting with “He hates me”, and ending with “He’s gorgeous, and he hates me”.

I scroll down my Instagram feed, then refresh, immediately getting his post as a priority (I feel as though I’d be damned if anyone knew how often I go to simply look at him, or try to snoop through his older pictures to put the pieces together). It’s not much; his lap, which is a pair of grey joggers (Chris, I bet he looks fit in them), mismatched athletic socks, and a pile of half pulled-apart gauze, supplies for paper mache, an emptied beer can, and a sponge brush laying on a disposable plastic tarp. It’s simply captioned with a set of emojis that are definitely a few weeks too early.

baz.pitch Can’t count a calendar, Snow? Not surprised.

I stare at the comment for a brief moment, jaw clenching and swallowing back the strange, twinge that comes with our either interaction as quickly as it appears before trying to scroll and avoid any further thoughts on the matter.

It isn’t much longer before a notification drops down, hanging over the top of my screen.

(baz.pitch) buncespeaking: Are you still awake, or sleep-commenting?

I snort and tap onto it, letting the direct messaging screen load up.

baz.pitch: I am awake

baz.pitch: Is there something you want, Bunce?

Penelope Bunce and I interact far more than I’d originally thought we would. At first, when she first reached out, I’d assumed we’d quarrel, given her general harshness brought through her Twitter account, but I soon learned that she and I have a good bit in common. Personal views align, and she’s got a devilishly sharp sense of humour on her (not that I’d ever tell her, of course). Never thought I’d consider her not only an ally, but a friend in this harsh digital age, but I’ve found solace in her conversations.

That, and she teases Snow for me more than I could ever repay her for.

When I say tease, it isn’t quite the taunting I find myself regularly drawn into, but rather the simple name drop can be enough to get him to squirm in place (I know; I’ve seen it through live streams). I’ve never found it in myself to say any of my opinions on Snow to her, but given her intellect, I’d assumed she knows far more about my views of him than what Snow knows himself.

Which, at times, scares me. Nobody should know any vulnerability about me, unless I know equally as much incriminating information on them.

But so far, I haven’t had much a reason to worry.

(baz.pitch) buncespeaking: Do you know when you’ll find yourself in London again?

Interesting question.

Intentionally? Who the fuck knows.

As of recent, my life has consisted of no proper flat (which has begrudgingly left me living in my family’s manor, avoiding a permanent residence) while I hop about the island, then once a month, I spend a week in some various part of Europe. I just see it as trying to squeeze the most out of my life as a pitiful bachelor, but some others (Snow) consider this as me being a privileged arsehole and not wanting to commit to a proper life. (For the record, I regularly donate to LGBTQ+ nonprofits, but you don’t see me flaunting it in my personal work.)

Whatever. He probably hasn’t gotten snogged in the back of a Porsche in Venice during late spring.

Although, admittedly, that wasn’t very fulfilling.

Those trips never quite are.

And, sadly, neither are the men. All looking somewhat of a similar face; square jawed, wide-nosed. Long necks, wide shoulders, and curly hair that I love to tug and hold back.

But none of them are ever named Simon, and none of them hit quite the spot that this damned yearning has held.

Which is, I suppose, why I’m rarely ever in London. I’m not sure what I’d do with myself in London, unless I’m there with a purpose. I feel like I might go off the rails and try to actually find Snow without the guidance of some other party. I’d be a walking disaster.

baz.pitch: Depends on why you’re asking

(baz.pitch) buncespeaking: Well, a couple of reasons.

(baz.pitch) buncespeaking: Which all ultimately have the same suggested outcome of us collaborating on a video, and I’m not particularly set on getting myself out to Hampshire to sit in your frankly terrifying mansion.

(baz.pitch) buncespeaking: Plus, you can put me out of my misery and finally speak to Simon in person, for once. He’s driving me mad, and at this point, I’d pay for you to just put him to silence in person, for once.

As tempting as it seems, a small part of me worries that Bunce is believing that I’d sock Snow instead of snog him (maybe both are possible, but assaulting someone on their own property is risky at best).

I stare at my screen for a good, long pause, worrying at my lip as her typing pop-up ceases. It’s hard to not leap at opportunities I really wish to take--to just hold my dignity to somewhat of a respectable point.

But Snow crashes any barriers of my real rigidity.

He has for well over a few years now--ever since we were introduced digitally.

I’ve found myself watching his videos, over and over again, and trying to imagine how we’d play about. I like to wonder whatever happened to that pretty girlfriend of his (I’m aware they broke up, but he’s certainly too private to share the rest).

It’s been years since I first heard about Snow, and since then, I can’t quite get him off my mind.

It’s quite dizzying, trying to get Snow off my thoughts. I try to occupy--I try to fulfill. I try to find my way through life without some dull half-rivalry, full-teasing he and I share through out linked lives, but it’s like a drug. Draws me in, making me wish I had more of a good thing while trying to ignore that the good thing isn’t quite good for me, but rather simply a shocking want, prickling under my skin and bringing me back for more.

In all the things I do to occupy myself--to occupy the life I’ve been trying to lead (without success)--Snow’s been my favorite distraction. And I might just have to break through this and meet him, for once.

baz.pitch: Give me a time and a place and I’ll fit you into my schedule

[fmlfpl]

Lineup Lamentations - GW11

Our Transfers, Captains, and Starting 11s for the week!

And if you missed it for subscribers Friday My Life episode just came out!

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WALSH

TRANSFERS:

OUT: N/A

IN: N/A

I'm on a save this week with CHO as a big problem as well as Pukki but no real straight swap seems good enough to make with zero doll hairs in the bank.

Will just sweat the Chelsea team sheet and hope the chips fall in a place that is kind to my fucks.

GK:

Pope (shu)

Pope been naturally pissing me off lately quite a bit. Discussed how annoying he is but Burnley have four good on paper fixtures so hopefully he will be able to get a few points in this run to rectify his standing.

Certainly doesn't feel like the long long term keeper we had all expected when we put him in the GW1 team. At least not to me.

DEF:

Alexander-Arnold & Robertson (avl)

Still going with double barrel Livp fullbacks Trent and R0bbo.

Been absolutely dying for a clean and this weekend is as good as any for one to come in. Even though they have kept an extremely small shitty number of cleans so far they are still both in the top 5 defender point total and I fully expect them to finish 1-2 in that regard come seasons end assuming health.

Fixtures look good outside of the City game so maybe they'll go on a run of cleans.

Lundstram (BUR)

Alongside is Pointstram of course the legend. Great fixture, back at home, get in there ladstram.

MID:

Pretty straightforward quintet here.

Salah (avl) and Sterling and De Bruyne (SOU)

Mo/Raz/Kevin have been in for a while and will probably stay for a while.

Late twitter fuckery surrounding Mo possibly not having trained all week obviously isn't great but whatever fucking fuck it. Hopefully he is fine as Klopp has said he is. Or he's not and life is great.

Hudson-Odoi and Mount (wat)

Double Chelsea children CHO and Mount go to Twatty in what might be a tough game? Idk.

Twatford look so diabolical and horrendous it wouldn't surprise me to see them get put to the sword against a team with actual attacking quality.

They've been a tight ship recently though so who knows.

FWD:

Abraham (wat)

Same two Tammy and Pukki up top as I have had for the past fair bit.

Pukki (bha)

Really not sure how I keep tricking myself into thinking Pukki isn't a huge fucking massive issue but here I am.

Brighton look like an open game so praying to all hell that he pops up with a return. Just even an assist god bless I'd take it. Just do something you Finnish cuck.

CAP:

Sterling (SOU)

Easy Raz this weekend. Really nothing to discuss. He looks prime and ready to tit, home banker, rested midweek, blabhlabhalh. Get in there Razzybaby.

—

ALON

TRANSFERS:

OUT: Aubameyang & Gunn

IN: Vardy & Gazzaniga

Alright so we’re making some progress here. Putting out some fires. Ok ok ok.

Still have CHO and still have Pukki which is BAaaaaddddd feeeeeelsssss baaaaaaaddddd. But it’s ok. At least Pukki will start and CHO hopefully will start should be fine to tide me over.

Next week maybe a hit to get rid of both we’ll see???

Anyway I’m terrified of Aubz hauling now that he’s free from my grasp but whatever he’s a bad pick and Arsenal are fucking bad... Vardy and Leicester are flying and have the fixtures... And as discussed on Friday My Life Gazz and the money just makes more sense for me and my future moves.

Need that $ in the bank to put out the next fires.

GK:

Gazzaniga (eve)

Alright GAZZZZZ.

Everton are Jekyll and Hyde but I feel like they usually score at home so I’m not really expecting a clean here but it’s certainly possible. Would be cool if Poch plays Vert over Davinson that would make it feel a lot better...

Either way hopefully the save points keep flowing and I can keep Gaz for a long time.

DEF:

Lundstram (BUR)

Lundy in a decent home fixture; we take those.

But don’t be tricked into thinking this is a banker. Burnley are good at attacking now, get with the times.

Tomori (wat)

Don’t love this away but really the way Watford are setup these days with essentially two “attackers” (no strikers) and mostly a super conservative bus the clean should be there for the taking really... Just don’t let them counter and don’t give them set pieces and Chelsea should coast to a clean... Easy right?

Söyüncü (cry)

Nice clean fixture for Soy.

Leicester should be able to strangle Palace to death in this one imo.

MID:

Salah (avl)

This ankle rumor shit is so fucking annoying.

Ugh just hoping he’s fine and shit. I’m already very anxious about it.

Sterling and De Bruyne (SOU)

Fantastic players, fantastic attacking team, home banker. Easyyyyy.

Hudson-Odoi (wat)

Give the boy a start Frank. Come on. Pleasaasasase???

This kid is a problem. Bad / unlucky timing that we brought him in when we did but here we are.

A problem for another GW.

FWD:

Vardy (cry)

Feels great to not have to type some bullshit for Aubz in this slot like I have been doing for weeks in a row now.

Vardy is fucking good and Leicester are good and here’s another good fixture.

Abraham (wat)

Tammy is a little bit off the boil now but really he’s still getting chances and he still looks good to me. He was beyond red hot at the start of the season this is just a normal thing.

Chelsea are still super good at attacking and he’s still nailed so get the fuck in there.

Pukki (bha)

I would take a two pointer at this point. Fucking Pukki AKA Mitrovic.

CAP:

Sterling (SOU)

Really really easy cap this week. Like I said on Friday My Life I don’t even hate a triple cap if you’re feeling it... Yeah yeah “everyone will be on him” but also don’t forget: 60.5% of teams in FPL don’t even own him.

Get the fuck in there Razzy.

—

RANDOM SLACKER OF THE WEEK: HOUSE OF KANE (ON WILDCARD)

The words of Random Slacker are not officially endorsed by this website nor any employees of FML FPL LLC.

TRANSFERS:

OUT: WILDCARD

IN: WILDCARD

After a great start that found me peaking around 10k at GW9, I’m now on four big reds and hovering around 100k. Last week I tried to do the mature and steady thing, making no transfers after a disastrous GW 9 (rank 6m). I was *not* rewarded for my steadfast patience, so naturally I kneejerked my WC on Sunday afternoon.

Biggest issues I wanted to remedy were Ota, Pukki, Kun, Haller, maybe-injured Salah, not having TAA, and a worthless bench. Of course it feels bad wildcarding with two frees but here we are.

My general strategy in FPL is to get on the template as quickly as possible, ride it through the holidays, and then slowly and steadily start to spike differentials through the end of the season. The fact that my WC is very similar to the Slack Hivemind’s bodes well in that respect.

The team feels balanced and good for now.

GK:

Gazzaniga (eve)

It was between Ryan and Gazz and ultimately I went with Gazz because he’s cheaper, has better near-term fixtures, and even if Spurs can’t keep a clean, we now know that he can get 12 saves on a good/bad day.

Think he’s also nailed until 2020, being the clear second choice after Hu-god, not to mention that he *happens* to be from the same town as Poch (Murphy, Argentina - population 3,540).

DEF:

Alexander-Arnold & Robertson (avl)

Going Robbo over Trent to start the season was my biggest regret, so he was the first name in my WC squad.

Doubling with Robbo was easy, especially because I’m going without a Liverpool mid. Having these two gives me a chance at cleans and a steady trickle of offensive cover (if such a thing exists).

Lundstram (BUR)

I’ve had Lundstram since GW1 and he’s not going anywhere.

A nailed 4.0 DEF is a season-long keeper, regardless of team, and Lundy happens to be playing out of position *chefs kiss*. Going with him over Soy this week because it’s home and a better fixture than Palace.

MID:

Sterling and De Bruyne (SOU)

I’ve had Kev all season and he’s good. Barring injury, he’s not going anywhere this year.

I’ve somehow been without Sterling all season, and it’s finally Raz time. Very excited to be adding him when in-form and following a string of blanks.

Mount (wat)

Cheap attacking mid on a top 4 attacking team, easy set and forget.

Martial (bou)

I think the top things to look for in FPL are attacking < 5.0 defenders, a nailed 4.5 forward, and an out-of-position mid on a top team.

Gloves ticks that last box with an elite pedigree and unfulfilled promise to boot. Once Rom was shipped out, Tony became a must-own for me. I think Tony will be a captain option at some point this season.

FWD:

Vardy (cry)

Feels kinda bandwagon-y but an easy one to jump on while the team looks so good ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ... He’ll get his goals.

Abraham (wat)

Haven’t had him yet, glad to be here now. Chelsea attack is legit. Tammy is nailed up top. Let’s go.

Maupay (NOR)

My “fun spot” instead of [generic Leicester midfielder] as a fifth mid, I went with Maupay because every year Walsh picks some guy that no one is talking about, and I think it could be Neil.

The numbers are really good, Brighton looks decent, and I didn’t want to miss out on the best fixture of the season.

BENCH:

Söyüncü (cry)

I’ll be playing a 3-4-3 most weeks, with Soy as my first guy in. Cheap and on a good defense.

Rico (MUN)

< 4.5 defender on set pieces on a nominally-attacking side. Easy bench fodder.

Grealish (LIV)

Along with Maupay, Jack’s the other half of my “fun pick.”

When you watch AVL play he’s the guy with his calves on display, doing everything he can to earn a transfer to Man U in the next year or two.

I’m planning on rotating him with Maupay, which is a new strategy for me. Doesn’t feel great to have a ~6.0 guy on the bench every week, but with the fixture pile-up coming, it might be smart?

CAP:

Sterling (SOU)

I haven’t had him all season, I love him, and I finally get to root for him not to blank.

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Poppy Alexander Q&A

Back in March of this year, Carnation Books hosted an online party during which we watched a Bruins game with fanfiction author Poppy Alexander. Poppy, who is currently wowing us with her Sherlock Hockey AU Boyfriend Material, taught us about the game, gave us the scoop on her favorite team, and shared her thoughts on her fics and the writing process. We have reproduced portions of this conversation for our followers to read!

Note: The text below has been edited minimally and cut for length and clarity.

Lee:

So Poppy, have you been a Bruins fan your whole life?

PoppyAlexander:

My dad played hockey as a young kid and young man, and he took me to see the B's back at the old Boston Garden! I saw Cam Neely, Ray Bourque, so many greats. The '80s were great years for the B's. No Cups though.

It's currently the only thing my dad and I can relate on--other than his grandkids/my kids. We used to watch the UMass Lowell "chiefs" (now Lock Monsters), those games were local and cheap.

Lee:

Did something in particular inspire you to write Boyfriend Material?

PoppyAlexander:

I have wanted to write a Sherlock hockey AU since 2012. Sherlock as the goalie who reads the whole game, John as "captain"... so I've been cooking it up for a LONG time[...]

Sherlock is a much better goalie :3 [than Tim Thomas]. Sherlock is Tuukka Rask.

[...] John's career story (traded to get a Cup) is the story of a former Bruin (my FAVE), Ray Bourque, who played 22 years with the B's but had to go to Colorado to get his Cup. His playing is probably a bit like our man Tory Krug, though Krug is much younger than John is in the story. Especially since in his early years they didn't require helmets!

Kocur is Chara; tallest player in the league, veteran D. Thurston is Shawn Thornton, former Bruin now playing with FL Panthers, an enforcer. Bouchard is Patrice Bergeron, 37. Mellon is Brad Marchand, 63. Hatch is Tory Krug. Sawyer is Tyler Seguin, now playing for Dallas Stars, probably bisexual, so handsome, but too young for me. Gerhardt was former Bruin Dennis Seidenberg.

See if you can't google a pic of him with his shirt off and you'll see why John liked him.

[Someone in the chat points out Bruins goalie] 

Yeah, watch Rask; that's Sherlock. Cool as a cucumber.

Gary_king:

Does an injury happen in the fic?? I imagine injuries are moderately common 

PoppyAlexander:

No injuries in the fic tus far. Nothing to fight about yet. Nobody wants to take a penalty for no reason.

 Lee:

Why do fights usually break out?

PoppyAlexander:

Breaks the other team's rhythm, the blue jackets and the stars like taking penalties for no reason (ugh bluejackets). sometimes as payback for a "bad" hit on one yr guys. sometimes personal beef (those usually come early in a game)

Sometimes team rivalries, like Bruins and Montreal Canadiens. Fights are nearly unheard of in the playoffs, though; can't spare the players for those penalties.

Colleen:

[...]it seems like goalies are so well loved.

PoppyAlexander:

Very well protected. I love a player puffing his chest at a guy who gets too close to his goalie.

Colleen:

[...] Do they tap Sherlock on the head?

PoppyAlexander:

Yeah, of course. Hockey ritual!

Lee:

Do you read any hockey RPF, or is that not your thing? A few of us ship the cute boys in the penguins, just for fun 😄

 PoppyAlexander:

I do not read RPF.

 Lee:

Before Boyfriend Material, which of your fics is your fav?

PoppyAlexander:

My special baby is always Dissolution: Our Plague Days. Doesn't get as much love because it's rated T. But I love it. I am mad proud of At Night in the Floating World. And Dawn Before the Rest of the World is my happy, safe, cozy place.

 Lee:

What was your first fandom? 

PoppyAlexander:

My first fandom was Duran Duran. Like in the sense of being a swoony lunatic about something. I started writing fic in 1984: self-insert/Mary Sue RPF where I was married to John Taylor. We didn't know it was called fanfic back then, though.

It was just "my story" that I wrote 1000+ pages of in five years. So I forgive the MarySue-ing.

 My first online fandom was Morrissey, in the mid 'Aughties.

 Lee:

How far in advance do you write the chapters for your fics?

PoppyAlexander:

[Boyfriend Material] I started posting when I'd written about 50k, and currently I'm about 30k ahead of where the posted chapters are. I write the draft, then "pretty up" each chapter right before posting. This was a "15k" fic when I conceived it. HA! It will be 100k+ It's a novel. This is what happens when you cook a story for five years

I have not had a chance to mention Sherlock's number in the fic… John wears 18. I wanted him to wear 19 because it's my favourite/lucky number, but then I put Sherlock in #22.

So when they stand together: 2218

Gotta get it in the fic; so far it's only in my head.

 Lee:

Do you have any fandoms besides Hockey and Sherlock? 😄 

PoppyAlexander:

Currently? Still and always The Smiths/Morrissey. Criminal Minds. RuPaul's Drag Race queens. Doctor Who before Moffat took it over and wrecked it.

 Lee:

Do you have a favorite sex scene and a favorite fight scene, from any of your fics?

PoppyAlexander:

I love the Johnlockstrade threesome in Overwhelm. And John and Sherlock fighting/fucking in the church in Body and Blood. It's hot. SO. MANY. KINKS in one place. church, fighting, hate sex, rimming… it really has it all. Lol

 Lee:

I know a lot of the guests are writers too--any tips for writing hot sex scenes? 😉

PoppyAlexander:

OMG, so many. My main tip is subscribe to my blog at PoppyAlexander.com because I'm starting twice-monthly "how to write" series of posts, beginning next week. And one subset of that will be how to write erotica. I think there are some key things.

Have a "word bank" that suits the tone of the fic.

Like, in my really rough smutty stuff I use "cock" and "prick" but in a softer, gauzy 'verse like the 1920s one, I used euphemisms like "length" and "hardness." If it's romantic, loving sex, they might rock or glide, but in lusty, dangerous sex they will thrust and shove.

I think having one strong POV is the key to keeping those pronouns straight. It's hard to explain, but if you're writing John's POV, and you're really in it, you'll kind of automatically make John the default he/him and Sherlock will most often be Sherlock. or vice versa or whoever.

 Epithets are awful. Use their names, I promise it's better. It scans better, makes sense, is not distracting.

I also think it's important to engage all five senses.

Personally, as bad as epithets are transcribed non-word sounds? (Like "ngh") Say grunted, groaned, snorted, hummed, moaned. Oh and Mm and Hm are OK, they're almost words. But ngh! is not sexy, in my opinion. But definitely check in with the sounds, the flavours, smells, temperature, texture… It enriches the scene. And those kinds of things can add to the tone. Like, if the sheets are scratchy and awful and omg I might be allergic to this detergent but my partner is RIGHT. THERE so I can't stop...

 Lee:

Have you ever written with a partner, Poppy? Gary_King and I are writing partners and write together almost exclusively. Have you ever written a fic with someone else?

PoppyAlexander:

I have never written with a partner. I can't even imagine how it would work? Though there are a few writers I would say YES YES YES to and make it work, if they asked. No one has asked to collaborate, though, so. I wait.

 Lee:

What's your editing process like? 

PoppyAlexander:

Well, word processing is itself a kind of first-pass editing.

Write in a notebook with a pen sometime and you'll see what I mean.

But some of the best writing advice I EVER EVER got was to write the draft, start to finish, and at each writing session, DO NOT reread what you've written. That slowed me down so much, and I was constantly tweaking and tinkering. Now I just pick up where I left off.

My editing process is (for long fics) as each chapter is ready to post, it gets a last going-over.

If I have some kind of big epiphany about a scene I already drafted, that will have a major impact on things, or is a big rewrite, I'll go back to it when I think of it and work that scene.

But mostly I just write from start to finish, then go back to the beginning and rewrite.

I don’t work with a beta reader. Every upside-down bit of writing that says "Trust Issues Continue" ever, is about me. So that's not my jam.

 Lee:

[...] Do you ever worry that you'll run out of steam on a fic? How do you keep your motivation going, or what keeps you going?

PoppyAlexander:

I worry more that quality starts to suffer in the third act because one does start to get itchy. You can see the end from there, you know how it's going to end, often writing the climax is challenging, and you have ideas for other things you've back-burnered and really want to get to. So that last third can get shaky if you're not careful.

 Lee:

Do you juggle multiple stories or finish one at a time?

PoppyAlexander:

For some people working on multiple projects works. It does not work for me.

That can turn into seventeen awesome beginnings, thirteen middles, and zero endings.

I do have one other open WIP, a short one-shot, that I work on now and then for fun and will post when it's done, but I work on one thing at a time, no matter the length.

The exception is tumblr ficlets? I write those quite often to warm up for my writing session.

Like I wrote 10 of the 12 days of "Ficmas" on tumblr while I was writing Boyfriend Material, which is like 10k words together, not a small project, but it was not a priority.

And I haven't written the last two!

 Lee:

Do you warm up every time you write?

PoppyAlexander:

Not really. I have rituals that lead to writing, and since scrolling tumblr is part of it, sometimes I end up writing a ficlet or an Ask answer or something, that's like a warmup.

But I have an established habit every evening, sit in the same place, at the same time, do the same stuff, and that time is sacred, and at 9:30ish, my body/brain knows it's time to write.

My productive hours are 9 - midnight. Most nights I write from 9:30 - 11.

If I'm stuck I might listen to a song that puts me in the right mindframe for the story, but I don't write to music. I prefer talking voices to music, so I turn on the TV, or use rainycafe.com .

But usually I just have it quiet if I'm at home. I like the noise of a coffee shop or whatever but I don't write out in the world much except during NaNoWriMo when my word goals are higher.

 Lee:

Sometimes when you write for a fandom as big as Sherlock, you worry your fics won't get seen. [...] Do you have any thoughts on building an audience (besides "write things good enough to make people subscribe to you")?

PoppyAlexander:

I actually do not think I get read that much, in Sherlock fandom. I have loyal readers.

But I don't think I'm that well known. Maybe I'm wrong. LOL. BUT.

To answer that, I'd say I'm a good self-promoter. I think being reliable is a big thing. People know I will finish my shit. I've never left a thing unfinished.

And I'm prolific because of the time I devote to writing.

So I guess just flood the market and bang your own drum.

 Guest:

When you first started writing (anything), how did you push through the writer’s block (and, what I struggle with, plot failure)?

PoppyAlexander:

I don't believe in Writer's Block. Just do the thing. I have never felt blocked. I have felt discouraged. I have doubted the quality or direction of what I'm writing. But the only way out is through, so I just keep writing and the next bit will be easier/better, and I can fix this mess later. But I love writing. I look forward to it all day every day.

 Crysceles:

You may have answered this before, but what do you think is your greatest motivation to write?

PoppyAlexander:

It's just my thing. I've written since I was a little kid, it's just… automatic. It's my art. I just love it. Of course, the wonderful thing about writing fic is instant gratification, feedback, and interaction with readers. I love that and wouldn't give it up.

 Lee:

Do you outline?

PoppyAlexander:

I don't outline in the traditional sense but I make notes and stuff. I kind of write a "treatment" at the beginning so that I always know what's happening next or at least later.

I have a thing I'll be posting on the blog, but there's a three act romance structure I like. The Point of No Return is the plot point [at] the midpoint of Act Two.

You open in the Ordinary World (before I met you). Then there's the Call to Adventure (first meeting) Debate and Denial (Who are you?). A Threshold to Cross (beginning a relationship) throws the characters into Act Two. Progress/"Fun & Games" (getting to know you). The Point of No Return (a deeper commitment), then Complications and Higher Stakes (falling for you). Then we get the Black Moment/Whiff of Death (break up) that puts us into Act Three. the Final Push (winning you back) the Climax (the happy ending), and the Aftermath (together with you).

It's a reliable organizing tool for a love story.

 Lee:

It's more of a framework/tool, rather than a formula?

PoppyAlexander:

Right, it's a framework. Like a skeleton.

Romance is formulaic, with a few exceptions, but having this skeleton to hang it on can help organize a story so it doesn't meander.

 Lee:

Do you have any thoughts on writing a story about an existing relationship? Would you adapt the framework somehow?

PoppyAlexander:

Sure, ignore those parentheticals I put in there, such as "first meeting" and "breakup" and substitute in the plot points in your story that fit. Maybe the Call to Adventure is a partner being offered a job in a far off city and the threshold to cross is asking the partner to move with them. Then the progress/fun and games would be talking them into it. The point of no return would be them agreeing. the complication would be...their credits don't transfer or their mother gets sick...leading to the whiff of death, Can we survive long distance? etc etc. You can use the basic structure to tell any three act story, really.

Carnation Books thanks Poppy Alexander for taking the time to chat with us. We hope you all have enjoyed reading this Q&A, and will follow us for more author chats like this!

For more of Poppy’s work please find her on AO3, and on her blog at PoppyAlexander.com

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Bitcoin Heading to $300k (One Reason Why It’s the Worst Case)

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

Bitcoin happening is only a few days away now, and everyone is praying that Bitcoin finally starts a descent to one hundred thousand dollars or more. What if I told you that a six figure Bitcoin could be the worst possible case scenario? The creator of the most accurate Bitcoin chart in history now believes the price is going to two hundred and eighty thousand dollars. But he’s giving us a warning. And you may want to listen to it. Let’s get it. We’ll get to it with Crypto News Edition once per day. I’m going to break down the biggest news stories in the space for you. So if you want to know where Bitcoin and all coins are heading to, then make sure to hit that subscribe button and join both my telegram groups, the bid squad for regular cricket chat and Bitcoin traders to discuss trading strategies. All right, guys. Got a weird video for you tonight. We’re going to be looking at the change in the Bitcoin stock to flow chart. This chart is the gospel of all Bitcoin charts. This is the one chart that’s virtually never been wrong. And now its creator is telling us he wishes it wasn’t correct. It is now predicting Bitcoin to go to almost three hundred thousand dollars each. And I can even tell you that that’s above my two hundred and twenty five K prediction. But hey, I’ll take it. But you have to hear this story. We’re also going to be taking a look at the most hated man in crypto taking money directly from the United States. And I’m going to tell you why people criticizing him are dumb. All right. Let’s hit the market. All right, guys, so words can be taken. A quick look at the market right now. Bitcoin could be breaking out as we speak, and it probably will because I just closed a big trade. I just made 40 percent on a trade. I went 25 X, probably a little irresponsible, but I did it and it paid off. Definitely made a huge trade. And I made ups from four. So my losses the other day. But Bitcoin right now coming in at ninety one eighty five. And I’m making a joke when I say the bitcoin is probably about to break out right now because I just closed the trade. I probably could have been up a whole lot more than that. So that’s kind of the you know, the thing that happens to me is I close a trade and then it breaks out. So right now, watching the price to my I am watching the tab over here. Bitcoin went up fifty dollars and about. Well, since I started recording this, as of right now, coming in at actually about 90, 340 this chart right. Years wrong. Uncle Marty Kaplan cappellini refresh it. It’s showing an aggregate price byb it actually right now has the price at ninety three two. It was at ninety three fifty just a second ago. I’m currently not in a position. I actually got in this week down close to 9000 and I rode this thing back up to ninety three hundred so I’m feeling pretty good and it’s good because I got stopped out of a trade earlier in the night. But I’m Brazilian. When I lose money I just say, you know what, I’m going to possibly lose more money and sometimes it works out and make money. So that’s what I did. But anyways, guys, if you’re interested in levers trading of your digits or a gambler or you want to do it responsibly with stop losses and low leverage, then Major, join our trading group, Bitcoin traders and you can use my Bible link by dub Avoid Alive if you’re interested in that. But don’t sign up if you’re a beginner and not come join our group. I want you to come join our group even if you sign up, even before you sign it was somebody else’s link or whatever, because I don’t want you doing stupid stuff. So but right now the price of bitcoin is we see we’re still in an uptrend on the hourly chart, but we have went down to a little cells are down here. But I’m thinking we could be breaking out right here. We could be heading up towards ninety five hundred guys. I firmly believe now, I believe that we will see 10000 hours before that happening. I think we’ll see ten thousands week. That’s my personal opinion. So that’s kind of what I’m doing. That’s kind of how I’m watching the market. The markets are just kind of mad today as you guys you see two percent, one percent gains whenever it’s we’re we’re not gonna go over that too much Bitcoin dominance going up. So that’s not good for all Quint’s. Maybe we might see that number drop off dramatically if Bitcoin does hit ten K. Okay, guys, this story is so fascinating. So basically it says here at the Bitcoin stock to flow creator will go dark if BTC price hits six figures. Now, if you don’t know the guy who created his name is Plan B, you can find him on Twitter. I can’t remember his exact Twitter handle, but he was recently on Andy, probably on his podcast. And so there’s a new stock to flow chart that was released last week. It was a new incarnation. OK, now I want you guys to know this. I’ve been telling you guys I made my official prediction for this bull run about three months ago, maybe four months ago. I believe Bitcoin is going to two hundred and twenty five thousand dollars. That is the number that I believe the last iteration of this showed the price much, much, much lower than that. I think it showed it’s somewhere around fifty thousand dollars. I can’t find it right now where it says here. But the long and short of it is I think the initial iteration was fifty seven thousand dollars. I remember when I looked at the chart, it looked a little closer to 80 K and you could assume the price would go up above that. So probably would have hit over 100k at least. But now a new model is saying two hundred and twenty five thousand dollars on or two hundred eighty thousand dollars on this run. Now, here’s what’s really interesting. All right. Price hoopla. We love price, however. Listen to what he’s saying here. He’s saying that he believes that if the price goes that high. If the model is correct, it will not be a pretty picture. He says it will be nasty, maybe a war, people will have Bitcoin. People have Bitcoin. And Bitcoin is not plural, even though we do use the plural for the beards a bit with podcast OBINZE as people have bitcoins. Some people don’t have Bitcoin. It’ll be some countries have bitcoins. Some won’t have bitcoins. It will be the U.S. dollar losing its reserve status. It will be geo political. It will be military. So is this like an apocalyptic Armageddon thing that we’re wishing for? It’s interesting, guys, is definitely something to think about. But I know one thing. You’re definitely going to want to be on the haves side and not the have nots. Bitcoin is staging a comeback reminiscent of 2017 bubble frenzy. They talk about the happening. This is from Bloomberg. This is getting me so excited. I’ve been watching a lot of old wrestling videos. I don’t know why I. I only like wrestling as a kid for a little bit. But I feel like talking like Hulk Hogan or the ultimate warrior when we’re talking about bitcoins coming on a comeback. Brother, brother, bitcoins on a comeback. And Bloomberg, you got the right idea. But let me tell you, USD, you better not come down to the ring for the Royal Rumble because Bitcoin want you eat your vitamins. That’s right. Kids do it. This got me all worked up late reading this. Just thinking about how now we’ve got blue. We’re trying to. Oh we’re all back. It’s time for. It’s time for Bitcoin to make a comeback. Lovable. It just talks about the happening and stuff. But we’re gonna see more of this. We’re gonna see more normy. We’re gonna see more bewell for the financial sector. Talk about Bitcoin during this happening and you know what’s gonna happen. They’re setting us up to pull the rug right out from under us because what’s gonna happen? The Bitcoin price is going to drop right after the happening. And then all of these fools are gonna say, this sky is falling. Bitcoin is dead. And right when they all write these articles about Bitcoin is dead, it’s going to rise up out of the grave again, like it always does. And it’s going to go higher than ever expected. And people are listening this kind of stuff, because the stimulus checks, people have been actually putting their stimulus checks in Bitcoin. And if you did that, like I told you, would probably be a good idea. As long as it was disposable money, you would be up thirty five percent. How about that, guys? So good to see some people using the stimulus money for Bitcoin, for an investment that can put them in a better position for the long term. Like, I mean, it got out of that trade just in time. Actually, it looks like price dropped a little bit. But here’s the thing, guys. Most hated man in cryptocurrency. I don’t know if it’s really Justin’s on. I think Craig. Right. May get I don’t know. Actually, I think Justin’s on probably is the most hated man in Kristo, Christa Montecristo, the most hated man in crypto that is U.S. hands. Justin’s on a two million dollar CRV relief grant. Trump platforms eved aid money in excess of two million dollars, according to its Chinese. We chat Channel nine. It’s interesting wearing it in second, despite making a slew of recent acquisitions. Now people are losing their minds over this. And this is what I’ll say is what I just said to block chain Brad on Twitter, who tagged me in a post about this. The only people who believe that this is a scandal are people who hate Justin Sun. And it’s KVOA Justin Sun. That’s OK. But just because Justin’s on took money from the government does not make this a scandal. If this was any other crypto company, no one would say anything. You’ve got others in Traunch started out as a Chinese company. However, they are now an American company and they have a totally different name. I know the name. I don’t know if I’m allowed to say it, but I know the name because I’ve worked with Tron in the past and it is a mere American holdings company, so they qualify for relief. Now, here’s here’s the issue. A lot of the purchases that Tron is made no, not BitTorrent, but a lot of the purchases Polony X, that is just his own personal money. The Warren Buffet lunch that he paid for for NAV million, that was his personal money. Those were not necessarily Tron Foundation acquisitions or events. I don’t think Trun Foundation money was involved in plenty. Somebody might fact check me on that. But I know Justesen was part of the investing team. They’ll take that on from Circle. But here’s the thing, guys. He he posted this in his wheelchair and he did this basically to kind of flaunt the fact to the Chinese government of the Chinese people that Haywood’s here try. And here in America, we got we got money from the government. How about that? Because some people that would be in that we chat would interpret that to mean that the U.S. government was working directly with Tronto. Is this a marketing tactic, him posting it in there? I’m not sure, but this is what I want to say. This is why people that are criticizing Justin Sun over this one specific thing are pretty dumb. Let me ask you if you’re an American. Do you give an F about China? I do not. I would take money from Chinese government all day long if they gave it to me. And I would not feel guilty about it. And I would never get it back. And I would run back to America with it as fast as I possibly could. Now they’re communist. I can’t really go over there and start a. Business, but don’t you think they look at us kind of the same way? If you’re a Chinese citizen, should we judge a Chinese citizen against the same morality and standards that we would judge an American patriot? Absolutely not. He’s not an American. How can we expect him to care about our government? Like I said, I would take as much or China as they would give me. So I think it’s kind of dumb to criticize him over that. They went through the legal channels that were provided to be able to get the grant and they got it in his free money. I don’t know many people that would hint, hint, you know, turned down free money. And the government’s already clearly proven that, hey, it’s not like you’re actually taking money from people. They’ll just print more. So I don’t really understand what the big deal about this is. I’ve had a lot of issues with Iran over the last year. I’ve criticized it a good bit. I’ve been fair. I’ve been fair to Tehran over the. Over this last last year for sure. You watch a lot of my videos I made about it. But this is unfair criticism towards Iran, in my opinion. And if this was any other person’s name of injustice on, no one would care. But now it’s your turn. Do you believe Bitcoin will hit 280 K or not? Drop your comments down below. I hope you enjoyed this video. If you did, then please smash the like button and subscribe to become a member of the fastest growing community in crypto. The Bitcoin. Thanks for watching. Have a blessed day, dear boy.

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Bitcoin Heading to $300k (One Reason Why It’s the Worst Case)

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

Bitcoin happening is only a few days away now, and everyone is praying that Bitcoin finally starts a descent to one hundred thousand dollars or more. What if I told you that a six figure Bitcoin could be the worst possible case scenario? The creator of the most accurate Bitcoin chart in history now believes the price is going to two hundred and eighty thousand dollars. But he’s giving us a warning. And you may want to listen to it. Let’s get it. We’ll get to it with Crypto News Edition once per day. I’m going to break down the biggest news stories in the space for you. So if you want to know where Bitcoin and all coins are heading to, then make sure to hit that subscribe button and join both my telegram groups, the bid squad for regular cricket chat and Bitcoin traders to discuss trading strategies. All right, guys. Got a weird video for you tonight. We’re going to be looking at the change in the Bitcoin stock to flow chart. This chart is the gospel of all Bitcoin charts. This is the one chart that’s virtually never been wrong. And now its creator is telling us he wishes it wasn’t correct. It is now predicting Bitcoin to go to almost three hundred thousand dollars each. And I can even tell you that that’s above my two hundred and twenty five K prediction. But hey, I’ll take it. But you have to hear this story. We’re also going to be taking a look at the most hated man in crypto taking money directly from the United States. And I’m going to tell you why people criticizing him are dumb. All right. Let’s hit the market. All right, guys, so words can be taken. A quick look at the market right now. Bitcoin could be breaking out as we speak, and it probably will because I just closed a big trade. I just made 40 percent on a trade. I went 25 X, probably a little irresponsible, but I did it and it paid off. Definitely made a huge trade. And I made ups from four. So my losses the other day. But Bitcoin right now coming in at ninety one eighty five. And I’m making a joke when I say the bitcoin is probably about to break out right now because I just closed the trade. I probably could have been up a whole lot more than that. So that’s kind of the you know, the thing that happens to me is I close a trade and then it breaks out. So right now, watching the price to my I am watching the tab over here. Bitcoin went up fifty dollars and about. Well, since I started recording this, as of right now, coming in at actually about 90, 340 this chart right. Years wrong. Uncle Marty Kaplan cappellini refresh it. It’s showing an aggregate price byb it actually right now has the price at ninety three two. It was at ninety three fifty just a second ago. I’m currently not in a position. I actually got in this week down close to 9000 and I rode this thing back up to ninety three hundred so I’m feeling pretty good and it’s good because I got stopped out of a trade earlier in the night. But I’m Brazilian. When I lose money I just say, you know what, I’m going to possibly lose more money and sometimes it works out and make money. So that’s what I did. But anyways, guys, if you’re interested in levers trading of your digits or a gambler or you want to do it responsibly with stop losses and low leverage, then Major, join our trading group, Bitcoin traders and you can use my Bible link by dub Avoid Alive if you’re interested in that. But don’t sign up if you’re a beginner and not come join our group. I want you to come join our group even if you sign up, even before you sign it was somebody else’s link or whatever, because I don’t want you doing stupid stuff. So but right now the price of bitcoin is we see we’re still in an uptrend on the hourly chart, but we have went down to a little cells are down here. But I’m thinking we could be breaking out right here. We could be heading up towards ninety five hundred guys. I firmly believe now, I believe that we will see 10000 hours before that happening. I think we’ll see ten thousands week. That’s my personal opinion. So that’s kind of what I’m doing. That’s kind of how I’m watching the market. The markets are just kind of mad today as you guys you see two percent, one percent gains whenever it’s we’re we’re not gonna go over that too much Bitcoin dominance going up. So that’s not good for all Quint’s. Maybe we might see that number drop off dramatically if Bitcoin does hit ten K. Okay, guys, this story is so fascinating. So basically it says here at the Bitcoin stock to flow creator will go dark if BTC price hits six figures. Now, if you don’t know the guy who created his name is Plan B, you can find him on Twitter. I can’t remember his exact Twitter handle, but he was recently on Andy, probably on his podcast. And so there’s a new stock to flow chart that was released last week. It was a new incarnation. OK, now I want you guys to know this. I’ve been telling you guys I made my official prediction for this bull run about three months ago, maybe four months ago. I believe Bitcoin is going to two hundred and twenty five thousand dollars. That is the number that I believe the last iteration of this showed the price much, much, much lower than that. I think it showed it’s somewhere around fifty thousand dollars. I can’t find it right now where it says here. But the long and short of it is I think the initial iteration was fifty seven thousand dollars. I remember when I looked at the chart, it looked a little closer to 80 K and you could assume the price would go up above that. So probably would have hit over 100k at least. But now a new model is saying two hundred and twenty five thousand dollars on or two hundred eighty thousand dollars on this run. Now, here’s what’s really interesting. All right. Price hoopla. We love price, however. Listen to what he’s saying here. He’s saying that he believes that if the price goes that high. If the model is correct, it will not be a pretty picture. He says it will be nasty, maybe a war, people will have Bitcoin. People have Bitcoin. And Bitcoin is not plural, even though we do use the plural for the beards a bit with podcast OBINZE as people have bitcoins. Some people don’t have Bitcoin. It’ll be some countries have bitcoins. Some won’t have bitcoins. It will be the U.S. dollar losing its reserve status. It will be geo political. It will be military. So is this like an apocalyptic Armageddon thing that we’re wishing for? It’s interesting, guys, is definitely something to think about. But I know one thing. You’re definitely going to want to be on the haves side and not the have nots. Bitcoin is staging a comeback reminiscent of 2017 bubble frenzy. They talk about the happening. This is from Bloomberg. This is getting me so excited. I’ve been watching a lot of old wrestling videos. I don’t know why I. I only like wrestling as a kid for a little bit. But I feel like talking like Hulk Hogan or the ultimate warrior when we’re talking about bitcoins coming on a comeback. Brother, brother, bitcoins on a comeback. And Bloomberg, you got the right idea. But let me tell you, USD, you better not come down to the ring for the Royal Rumble because Bitcoin want you eat your vitamins. That’s right. Kids do it. This got me all worked up late reading this. Just thinking about how now we’ve got blue. We’re trying to. Oh we’re all back. It’s time for. It’s time for Bitcoin to make a comeback. Lovable. It just talks about the happening and stuff. But we’re gonna see more of this. We’re gonna see more normy. We’re gonna see more bewell for the financial sector. Talk about Bitcoin during this happening and you know what’s gonna happen. They’re setting us up to pull the rug right out from under us because what’s gonna happen? The Bitcoin price is going to drop right after the happening. And then all of these fools are gonna say, this sky is falling. Bitcoin is dead. And right when they all write these articles about Bitcoin is dead, it’s going to rise up out of the grave again, like it always does. And it’s going to go higher than ever expected. And people are listening this kind of stuff, because the stimulus checks, people have been actually putting their stimulus checks in Bitcoin. And if you did that, like I told you, would probably be a good idea. As long as it was disposable money, you would be up thirty five percent. How about that, guys? So good to see some people using the stimulus money for Bitcoin, for an investment that can put them in a better position for the long term. Like, I mean, it got out of that trade just in time. Actually, it looks like price dropped a little bit. But here’s the thing, guys. Most hated man in cryptocurrency. I don’t know if it’s really Justin’s on. I think Craig. Right. May get I don’t know. Actually, I think Justin’s on probably is the most hated man in Kristo, Christa Montecristo, the most hated man in crypto that is U.S. hands. Justin’s on a two million dollar CRV relief grant. Trump platforms eved aid money in excess of two million dollars, according to its Chinese. We chat Channel nine. It’s interesting wearing it in second, despite making a slew of recent acquisitions. Now people are losing their minds over this. And this is what I’ll say is what I just said to block chain Brad on Twitter, who tagged me in a post about this. The only people who believe that this is a scandal are people who hate Justin Sun. And it’s KVOA Justin Sun. That’s OK. But just because Justin’s on took money from the government does not make this a scandal. If this was any other crypto company, no one would say anything. You’ve got others in Traunch started out as a Chinese company. However, they are now an American company and they have a totally different name. I know the name. I don’t know if I’m allowed to say it, but I know the name because I’ve worked with Tron in the past and it is a mere American holdings company, so they qualify for relief. Now, here’s here’s the issue. A lot of the purchases that Tron is made no, not BitTorrent, but a lot of the purchases Polony X, that is just his own personal money. The Warren Buffet lunch that he paid for for NAV million, that was his personal money. Those were not necessarily Tron Foundation acquisitions or events. I don’t think Trun Foundation money was involved in plenty. Somebody might fact check me on that. But I know Justesen was part of the investing team. They’ll take that on from Circle. But here’s the thing, guys. He he posted this in his wheelchair and he did this basically to kind of flaunt the fact to the Chinese government of the Chinese people that Haywood’s here try. And here in America, we got we got money from the government. How about that? Because some people that would be in that we chat would interpret that to mean that the U.S. government was working directly with Tronto. Is this a marketing tactic, him posting it in there? I’m not sure, but this is what I want to say. This is why people that are criticizing Justin Sun over this one specific thing are pretty dumb. Let me ask you if you’re an American. Do you give an F about China? I do not. I would take money from Chinese government all day long if they gave it to me. And I would not feel guilty about it. And I would never get it back. And I would run back to America with it as fast as I possibly could. Now they’re communist. I can’t really go over there and start a. Business, but don’t you think they look at us kind of the same way? If you’re a Chinese citizen, should we judge a Chinese citizen against the same morality and standards that we would judge an American patriot? Absolutely not. He’s not an American. How can we expect him to care about our government? Like I said, I would take as much or China as they would give me. So I think it’s kind of dumb to criticize him over that. They went through the legal channels that were provided to be able to get the grant and they got it in his free money. I don’t know many people that would hint, hint, you know, turned down free money. And the government’s already clearly proven that, hey, it’s not like you’re actually taking money from people. They’ll just print more. So I don’t really understand what the big deal about this is. I’ve had a lot of issues with Iran over the last year. I’ve criticized it a good bit. I’ve been fair. I’ve been fair to Tehran over the. Over this last last year for sure. You watch a lot of my videos I made about it. But this is unfair criticism towards Iran, in my opinion. And if this was any other person’s name of injustice on, no one would care. But now it’s your turn. Do you believe Bitcoin will hit 280 K or not? Drop your comments down below. I hope you enjoyed this video. If you did, then please smash the like button and subscribe to become a member of the fastest growing community in crypto. The Bitcoin. Thanks for watching. Have a blessed day, dear boy.

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Bitcoin Heading to $300k (One Reason Why Its the Worst Case)

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

Bitcoin happening is only a few days away now, and everyone is praying that Bitcoin finally starts a descent to one hundred thousand dollars or more. What if I told you that a six figure Bitcoin could be the worst possible case scenario? The creator of the most accurate Bitcoin chart in history now believes the price is going to two hundred and eighty thousand dollars. But he’s giving us a warning. And you may want to listen to it. Let’s get it. We’ll get to it with Crypto News Edition once per day. I’m going to break down the biggest news stories in the space for you. So if you want to know where Bitcoin and all coins are heading to, then make sure to hit that subscribe button and join both my telegram groups, the bid squad for regular cricket chat and Bitcoin traders to discuss trading strategies. All right, guys. Got a weird video for you tonight. We’re going to be looking at the change in the Bitcoin stock to flow chart. This chart is the gospel of all Bitcoin charts. This is the one chart that’s virtually never been wrong. And now its creator is telling us he wishes it wasn’t correct. It is now predicting Bitcoin to go to almost three hundred thousand dollars each. And I can even tell you that that’s above my two hundred and twenty five K prediction. But hey, I’ll take it. But you have to hear this story. We’re also going to be taking a look at the most hated man in crypto taking money directly from the United States. And I’m going to tell you why people criticizing him are dumb. All right. Let’s hit the market. All right, guys, so words can be taken. A quick look at the market right now. Bitcoin could be breaking out as we speak, and it probably will because I just closed a big trade. I just made 40 percent on a trade. I went 25 X, probably a little irresponsible, but I did it and it paid off. Definitely made a huge trade. And I made ups from four. So my losses the other day. But Bitcoin right now coming in at ninety one eighty five. And I’m making a joke when I say the bitcoin is probably about to break out right now because I just closed the trade. I probably could have been up a whole lot more than that. So that’s kind of the you know, the thing that happens to me is I close a trade and then it breaks out. So right now, watching the price to my I am watching the tab over here. Bitcoin went up fifty dollars and about. Well, since I started recording this, as of right now, coming in at actually about 90, 340 this chart right. Years wrong. Uncle Marty Kaplan cappellini refresh it. It’s showing an aggregate price byb it actually right now has the price at ninety three two. It was at ninety three fifty just a second ago. I’m currently not in a position. I actually got in this week down close to 9000 and I rode this thing back up to ninety three hundred so I’m feeling pretty good and it’s good because I got stopped out of a trade earlier in the night. But I’m Brazilian. When I lose money I just say, you know what, I’m going to possibly lose more money and sometimes it works out and make money. So that’s what I did. But anyways, guys, if you’re interested in levers trading of your digits or a gambler or you want to do it responsibly with stop losses and low leverage, then Major, join our trading group, Bitcoin traders and you can use my Bible link by dub Avoid Alive if you’re interested in that. But don’t sign up if you’re a beginner and not come join our group. I want you to come join our group even if you sign up, even before you sign it was somebody else’s link or whatever, because I don’t want you doing stupid stuff. So but right now the price of bitcoin is we see we’re still in an uptrend on the hourly chart, but we have went down to a little cells are down here. But I’m thinking we could be breaking out right here. We could be heading up towards ninety five hundred guys. I firmly believe now, I believe that we will see 10000 hours before that happening. I think we’ll see ten thousands week. That’s my personal opinion. So that’s kind of what I’m doing. That’s kind of how I’m watching the market. The markets are just kind of mad today as you guys you see two percent, one percent gains whenever it’s we’re we’re not gonna go over that too much Bitcoin dominance going up. So that’s not good for all Quint’s. Maybe we might see that number drop off dramatically if Bitcoin does hit ten K. Okay, guys, this story is so fascinating. So basically it says here at the Bitcoin stock to flow creator will go dark if BTC price hits six figures. Now, if you don’t know the guy who created his name is Plan B, you can find him on Twitter. I can’t remember his exact Twitter handle, but he was recently on Andy, probably on his podcast. And so there’s a new stock to flow chart that was released last week. It was a new incarnation. OK, now I want you guys to know this. I’ve been telling you guys I made my official prediction for this bull run about three months ago, maybe four months ago. I believe Bitcoin is going to two hundred and twenty five thousand dollars. That is the number that I believe the last iteration of this showed the price much, much, much lower than that. I think it showed it’s somewhere around fifty thousand dollars. I can’t find it right now where it says here. But the long and short of it is I think the initial iteration was fifty seven thousand dollars. I remember when I looked at the chart, it looked a little closer to 80 K and you could assume the price would go up above that. So probably would have hit over 100k at least. But now a new model is saying two hundred and twenty five thousand dollars on or two hundred eighty thousand dollars on this run. Now, here’s what’s really interesting. All right. Price hoopla. We love price, however. Listen to what he’s saying here. He’s saying that he believes that if the price goes that high. If the model is correct, it will not be a pretty picture. He says it will be nasty, maybe a war, people will have Bitcoin. People have Bitcoin. And Bitcoin is not plural, even though we do use the plural for the beards a bit with podcast OBINZE as people have bitcoins. Some people don’t have Bitcoin. It’ll be some countries have bitcoins. Some won’t have bitcoins. It will be the U.S. dollar losing its reserve status. It will be geo political. It will be military. So is this like an apocalyptic Armageddon thing that we’re wishing for? It’s interesting, guys, is definitely something to think about. But I know one thing. You’re definitely going to want to be on the haves side and not the have nots. Bitcoin is staging a comeback reminiscent of 2017 bubble frenzy. They talk about the happening. This is from Bloomberg. This is getting me so excited. I’ve been watching a lot of old wrestling videos. I don’t know why I. I only like wrestling as a kid for a little bit. But I feel like talking like Hulk Hogan or the ultimate warrior when we’re talking about bitcoins coming on a comeback. Brother, brother, bitcoins on a comeback. And Bloomberg, you got the right idea. But let me tell you, USD, you better not come down to the ring for the Royal Rumble because Bitcoin want you eat your vitamins. That’s right. Kids do it. This got me all worked up late reading this. Just thinking about how now we’ve got blue. We’re trying to. Oh we’re all back. It’s time for. It’s time for Bitcoin to make a comeback. Lovable. It just talks about the happening and stuff. But we’re gonna see more of this. We’re gonna see more normy. We’re gonna see more bewell for the financial sector. Talk about Bitcoin during this happening and you know what’s gonna happen. They’re setting us up to pull the rug right out from under us because what’s gonna happen? The Bitcoin price is going to drop right after the happening. And then all of these fools are gonna say, this sky is falling. Bitcoin is dead. And right when they all write these articles about Bitcoin is dead, it’s going to rise up out of the grave again, like it always does. And it’s going to go higher than ever expected. And people are listening this kind of stuff, because the stimulus checks, people have been actually putting their stimulus checks in Bitcoin. And if you did that, like I told you, would probably be a good idea. As long as it was disposable money, you would be up thirty five percent. How about that, guys? So good to see some people using the stimulus money for Bitcoin, for an investment that can put them in a better position for the long term. Like, I mean, it got out of that trade just in time. Actually, it looks like price dropped a little bit. But here’s the thing, guys. Most hated man in cryptocurrency. I don’t know if it’s really Justin’s on. I think Craig. Right. May get I don’t know. Actually, I think Justin’s on probably is the most hated man in Kristo, Christa Montecristo, the most hated man in crypto that is U.S. hands. Justin’s on a two million dollar CRV relief grant. Trump platforms eved aid money in excess of two million dollars, according to its Chinese. We chat Channel nine. It’s interesting wearing it in second, despite making a slew of recent acquisitions. Now people are losing their minds over this. And this is what I’ll say is what I just said to block chain Brad on Twitter, who tagged me in a post about this. The only people who believe that this is a scandal are people who hate Justin Sun. And it’s KVOA Justin Sun. That’s OK. But just because Justin’s on took money from the government does not make this a scandal. If this was any other crypto company, no one would say anything. You’ve got others in Traunch started out as a Chinese company. However, they are now an American company and they have a totally different name. I know the name. I don’t know if I’m allowed to say it, but I know the name because I’ve worked with Tron in the past and it is a mere American holdings company, so they qualify for relief. Now, here’s here’s the issue. A lot of the purchases that Tron is made no, not BitTorrent, but a lot of the purchases Polony X, that is just his own personal money. The Warren Buffet lunch that he paid for for NAV million, that was his personal money. Those were not necessarily Tron Foundation acquisitions or events. I don’t think Trun Foundation money was involved in plenty. Somebody might fact check me on that. But I know Justesen was part of the investing team. They’ll take that on from Circle. But here’s the thing, guys. He he posted this in his wheelchair and he did this basically to kind of flaunt the fact to the Chinese government of the Chinese people that Haywood’s here try. And here in America, we got we got money from the government. How about that? Because some people that would be in that we chat would interpret that to mean that the U.S. government was working directly with Tronto. Is this a marketing tactic, him posting it in there? I’m not sure, but this is what I want to say. This is why people that are criticizing Justin Sun over this one specific thing are pretty dumb. Let me ask you if you’re an American. Do you give an F about China? I do not. I would take money from Chinese government all day long if they gave it to me. And I would not feel guilty about it. And I would never get it back. And I would run back to America with it as fast as I possibly could. Now they’re communist. I can’t really go over there and start a. Business, but don’t you think they look at us kind of the same way? If you’re a Chinese citizen, should we judge a Chinese citizen against the same morality and standards that we would judge an American patriot? Absolutely not. He’s not an American. How can we expect him to care about our government? Like I said, I would take as much or China as they would give me. So I think it’s kind of dumb to criticize him over that. They went through the legal channels that were provided to be able to get the grant and they got it in his free money. I don’t know many people that would hint, hint, you know, turned down free money. And the government’s already clearly proven that, hey, it’s not like you’re actually taking money from people. They’ll just print more. So I don’t really understand what the big deal about this is. I’ve had a lot of issues with Iran over the last year. I’ve criticized it a good bit. I’ve been fair. I’ve been fair to Tehran over the. Over this last last year for sure. You watch a lot of my videos I made about it. But this is unfair criticism towards Iran, in my opinion. And if this was any other person’s name of injustice on, no one would care. But now it’s your turn. Do you believe Bitcoin will hit 280 K or not? Drop your comments down below. 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Bitcoin Heading to $300k (One Reason Why It’s the Worst Case)

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Bitcoin happening is only a few days away now, and everyone is praying that Bitcoin finally starts a descent to one hundred thousand dollars or more. What if I told you that a six figure Bitcoin could be the worst possible case scenario? The creator of the most accurate Bitcoin chart in history now believes the price is going to two hundred and eighty thousand dollars. But he’s giving us a warning. And you may want to listen to it. Let’s get it. We’ll get to it with Crypto News Edition once per day. I’m going to break down the biggest news stories in the space for you. So if you want to know where Bitcoin and all coins are heading to, then make sure to hit that subscribe button and join both my telegram groups, the bid squad for regular cricket chat and Bitcoin traders to discuss trading strategies. All right, guys. Got a weird video for you tonight. We’re going to be looking at the change in the Bitcoin stock to flow chart. This chart is the gospel of all Bitcoin charts. This is the one chart that’s virtually never been wrong. And now its creator is telling us he wishes it wasn’t correct. It is now predicting Bitcoin to go to almost three hundred thousand dollars each. And I can even tell you that that’s above my two hundred and twenty five K prediction. But hey, I’ll take it. But you have to hear this story. We’re also going to be taking a look at the most hated man in crypto taking money directly from the United States. And I’m going to tell you why people criticizing him are dumb. All right. Let’s hit the market. All right, guys, so words can be taken. A quick look at the market right now. Bitcoin could be breaking out as we speak, and it probably will because I just closed a big trade. I just made 40 percent on a trade. I went 25 X, probably a little irresponsible, but I did it and it paid off. Definitely made a huge trade. And I made ups from four. So my losses the other day. But Bitcoin right now coming in at ninety one eighty five. And I’m making a joke when I say the bitcoin is probably about to break out right now because I just closed the trade. I probably could have been up a whole lot more than that. So that’s kind of the you know, the thing that happens to me is I close a trade and then it breaks out. So right now, watching the price to my I am watching the tab over here. Bitcoin went up fifty dollars and about. Well, since I started recording this, as of right now, coming in at actually about 90, 340 this chart right. Years wrong. Uncle Marty Kaplan cappellini refresh it. It’s showing an aggregate price byb it actually right now has the price at ninety three two. It was at ninety three fifty just a second ago. I’m currently not in a position. I actually got in this week down close to 9000 and I rode this thing back up to ninety three hundred so I’m feeling pretty good and it’s good because I got stopped out of a trade earlier in the night. But I’m Brazilian. When I lose money I just say, you know what, I’m going to possibly lose more money and sometimes it works out and make money. So that’s what I did. But anyways, guys, if you’re interested in levers trading of your digits or a gambler or you want to do it responsibly with stop losses and low leverage, then Major, join our trading group, Bitcoin traders and you can use my Bible link by dub Avoid Alive if you’re interested in that. But don’t sign up if you’re a beginner and not come join our group. I want you to come join our group even if you sign up, even before you sign it was somebody else’s link or whatever, because I don’t want you doing stupid stuff. So but right now the price of bitcoin is we see we’re still in an uptrend on the hourly chart, but we have went down to a little cells are down here. But I’m thinking we could be breaking out right here. We could be heading up towards ninety five hundred guys. I firmly believe now, I believe that we will see 10000 hours before that happening. I think we’ll see ten thousands week. That’s my personal opinion. So that’s kind of what I’m doing. That’s kind of how I’m watching the market. The markets are just kind of mad today as you guys you see two percent, one percent gains whenever it’s we’re we’re not gonna go over that too much Bitcoin dominance going up. So that’s not good for all Quint’s. Maybe we might see that number drop off dramatically if Bitcoin does hit ten K. Okay, guys, this story is so fascinating. So basically it says here at the Bitcoin stock to flow creator will go dark if BTC price hits six figures. Now, if you don’t know the guy who created his name is Plan B, you can find him on Twitter. I can’t remember his exact Twitter handle, but he was recently on Andy, probably on his podcast. And so there’s a new stock to flow chart that was released last week. It was a new incarnation. OK, now I want you guys to know this. I’ve been telling you guys I made my official prediction for this bull run about three months ago, maybe four months ago. I believe Bitcoin is going to two hundred and twenty five thousand dollars. That is the number that I believe the last iteration of this showed the price much, much, much lower than that. I think it showed it’s somewhere around fifty thousand dollars. I can’t find it right now where it says here. But the long and short of it is I think the initial iteration was fifty seven thousand dollars. I remember when I looked at the chart, it looked a little closer to 80 K and you could assume the price would go up above that. So probably would have hit over 100k at least. But now a new model is saying two hundred and twenty five thousand dollars on or two hundred eighty thousand dollars on this run. Now, here’s what’s really interesting. All right. Price hoopla. We love price, however. Listen to what he’s saying here. He’s saying that he believes that if the price goes that high. If the model is correct, it will not be a pretty picture. He says it will be nasty, maybe a war, people will have Bitcoin. People have Bitcoin. And Bitcoin is not plural, even though we do use the plural for the beards a bit with podcast OBINZE as people have bitcoins. Some people don’t have Bitcoin. It’ll be some countries have bitcoins. Some won’t have bitcoins. It will be the U.S. dollar losing its reserve status. It will be geo political. It will be military. So is this like an apocalyptic Armageddon thing that we’re wishing for? It’s interesting, guys, is definitely something to think about. But I know one thing. You’re definitely going to want to be on the haves side and not the have nots. Bitcoin is staging a comeback reminiscent of 2017 bubble frenzy. They talk about the happening. This is from Bloomberg. This is getting me so excited. I’ve been watching a lot of old wrestling videos. I don’t know why I. I only like wrestling as a kid for a little bit. But I feel like talking like Hulk Hogan or the ultimate warrior when we’re talking about bitcoins coming on a comeback. Brother, brother, bitcoins on a comeback. And Bloomberg, you got the right idea. But let me tell you, USD, you better not come down to the ring for the Royal Rumble because Bitcoin want you eat your vitamins. That’s right. Kids do it. This got me all worked up late reading this. Just thinking about how now we’ve got blue. We’re trying to. Oh we’re all back. It’s time for. It’s time for Bitcoin to make a comeback. Lovable. It just talks about the happening and stuff. But we’re gonna see more of this. We’re gonna see more normy. We’re gonna see more bewell for the financial sector. Talk about Bitcoin during this happening and you know what’s gonna happen. They’re setting us up to pull the rug right out from under us because what’s gonna happen? The Bitcoin price is going to drop right after the happening. And then all of these fools are gonna say, this sky is falling. Bitcoin is dead. And right when they all write these articles about Bitcoin is dead, it’s going to rise up out of the grave again, like it always does. And it’s going to go higher than ever expected. And people are listening this kind of stuff, because the stimulus checks, people have been actually putting their stimulus checks in Bitcoin. And if you did that, like I told you, would probably be a good idea. As long as it was disposable money, you would be up thirty five percent. How about that, guys? So good to see some people using the stimulus money for Bitcoin, for an investment that can put them in a better position for the long term. Like, I mean, it got out of that trade just in time. Actually, it looks like price dropped a little bit. But here’s the thing, guys. Most hated man in cryptocurrency. I don’t know if it’s really Justin’s on. I think Craig. Right. May get I don’t know. Actually, I think Justin’s on probably is the most hated man in Kristo, Christa Montecristo, the most hated man in crypto that is U.S. hands. Justin’s on a two million dollar CRV relief grant. Trump platforms eved aid money in excess of two million dollars, according to its Chinese. We chat Channel nine. It’s interesting wearing it in second, despite making a slew of recent acquisitions. Now people are losing their minds over this. And this is what I’ll say is what I just said to block chain Brad on Twitter, who tagged me in a post about this. The only people who believe that this is a scandal are people who hate Justin Sun. And it’s KVOA Justin Sun. That’s OK. But just because Justin’s on took money from the government does not make this a scandal. If this was any other crypto company, no one would say anything. You’ve got others in Traunch started out as a Chinese company. However, they are now an American company and they have a totally different name. I know the name. I don’t know if I’m allowed to say it, but I know the name because I’ve worked with Tron in the past and it is a mere American holdings company, so they qualify for relief. Now, here’s here’s the issue. A lot of the purchases that Tron is made no, not BitTorrent, but a lot of the purchases Polony X, that is just his own personal money. The Warren Buffet lunch that he paid for for NAV million, that was his personal money. Those were not necessarily Tron Foundation acquisitions or events. I don’t think Trun Foundation money was involved in plenty. Somebody might fact check me on that. But I know Justesen was part of the investing team. They’ll take that on from Circle. But here’s the thing, guys. He he posted this in his wheelchair and he did this basically to kind of flaunt the fact to the Chinese government of the Chinese people that Haywood’s here try. And here in America, we got we got money from the government. How about that? Because some people that would be in that we chat would interpret that to mean that the U.S. government was working directly with Tronto. Is this a marketing tactic, him posting it in there? I’m not sure, but this is what I want to say. This is why people that are criticizing Justin Sun over this one specific thing are pretty dumb. Let me ask you if you’re an American. Do you give an F about China? I do not. I would take money from Chinese government all day long if they gave it to me. And I would not feel guilty about it. And I would never get it back. And I would run back to America with it as fast as I possibly could. Now they’re communist. I can’t really go over there and start a. Business, but don’t you think they look at us kind of the same way? If you’re a Chinese citizen, should we judge a Chinese citizen against the same morality and standards that we would judge an American patriot? Absolutely not. He’s not an American. How can we expect him to care about our government? Like I said, I would take as much or China as they would give me. So I think it’s kind of dumb to criticize him over that. They went through the legal channels that were provided to be able to get the grant and they got it in his free money. I don’t know many people that would hint, hint, you know, turned down free money. And the government’s already clearly proven that, hey, it’s not like you’re actually taking money from people. They’ll just print more. So I don’t really understand what the big deal about this is. I’ve had a lot of issues with Iran over the last year. I’ve criticized it a good bit. I’ve been fair. I’ve been fair to Tehran over the. Over this last last year for sure. You watch a lot of my videos I made about it. But this is unfair criticism towards Iran, in my opinion. And if this was any other person’s name of injustice on, no one would care. But now it’s your turn. Do you believe Bitcoin will hit 280 K or not? Drop your comments down below. I hope you enjoyed this video. If you did, then please smash the like button and subscribe to become a member of the fastest growing community in crypto. The Bitcoin. Thanks for watching. Have a blessed day, dear boy.

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