#trivia q

[whosname]

a classic.

[cadaveerie]

I saved the official transcripts of the DATV Q&As with the devs on Drive!

LINK!

The original transcripts are currently in the discord. the links can be found in the documents :>

Feel free to download them! and i did my best but let me know if you notice any mistake that might have happened in the copying/pasting :^) It's not exactly a word-for-word transcript, I think some things are missing (but i think the question/answers themselves are all there? or at least most)

the documents contains some mild spoilers, especially the second one :) but it's indicated!

here are other archived DA things of mine and datv posts, if you're interested :3

[cringesnail]

Étoiles might be a fighter but if the enemy is not fighting he HAS to try and befriend them

[kidcapes]

Source: Persona Q: Shadow of The Labyrinth Official Visual Materials

[the-down-upside-finch]

Notice Me, Reader! (Tag Game)

Rules: Share 3 (or more!) small details from your WIP that you feel have gone/will go unnoticed. (You can choose whether or not to share why the detail is significant!)

I'mma share some trivia from Minding Q's! Here we go:

Sterling’s middle name starts with Q while Celain’s middle name starts with P.

Sterling never high-fives people, only fist-bumps.

Celain has worn a sweater/cardigan in literally every chapter so far, despite it being summer.

It's mentioned that Katelyn has really good Halloween costumes. (This is mostly because she’s a cosplayer.)

It's also mentioned that Max likes his hoodies to be oversized. (He likes the idea of sharing hoodies with a partner/friends, and he’s on the smaller side).

I'm going to gently tag @my-cursed-prince, @tabswrites, @hippiewrites, @mary-is-writing, @athenswrites, @lorenfinch, and @ahordeofwasps! Also leaving an open tag for anyone that wants to play! If you see this, you can consider yourself tagged >:}

[unproduciblesmackdown]

bloodsong of love poster while i was at it

[bapple117]

Some RadioCotton Trivia 📻🐰❤️

Now that my first fic "If You Can't Say Somethin' Nice, Don't Say Nothin' At All" is finished, I thought I would share some behind-the-scenes trivia!

Some of this will contain minor spoilers for the plot, so read with caution if you've not finished the story - there will be no spoilers for part two (All That Grace). Okay let's go! This list is LONG so hold on y'all

The Bambi Thing

The name is a direct quote from Bambi; there's actually a LOT of Bambi references in the whole fic. The quote was actually the entire inspiration for the whole premise. Bambi is one of my favourite Disney movies and I couldn't help but notice a lot of shared themes between it and Alastor - and then I thought, what if a cute, wholesome rabbit demon came to Hell and taught him to be sweeter?

There's another direct script lift from Bambi later in the fic - when Alastor has the dream about his mother. 'Mother? MOTHER? Mother where are you?' Oh the pain.

Adam also calls Alastor "Bambi" and Verity "Thumper" at points, AND one of the chapters is called "Drip Drip Drop Little April Showers". The themes of them being a deer and a rabbit also crop up a lot, obviously.

The Music Thing

There are a LOT of references to songs, both when I put lyrics at the start of chapters and within the story itself. I am aggressively inspired by music and song lyrics, and have immensely eclectic taste, and can't help myself. Some songs would be the thematic influence for a chapter and I would literally listen to the song on repeat as I either planned or wrote the chapter. Something I'm still doing now while I write Bluest Monday!

At one point I spent about an hour trying to find the name of a music scale just so I could accurately describe it when Alastor and Verity play the piano. I am very meticulous with my research, I was determined to find it 😂

The Alastor Thing

The way I chose to write Alastor was influenced by a number of things. One, that "What just happened? Ffffffuck" line from the finale of Season 1 did a LOT of heavy lifting for me. It showed that he has a version of himself that's less guarded and raw - and I don't care what anyone says, it's NOT because his staff broke. He goes right back to the filter and accent immediately afterwards and the staff is still broken, so.

Two, I just really wanted to write him as someone that uses violence and a covered-up personalty as a coping mechanism for grief, which I don't think is too far from the canon. His eventual softening and ability to love was influenced by things like Mr Darcy, Kylo Ren (LOL), Astarion from BG3, etc etc. Traumatised bad boy is healed by the sunshine girl - we love to see it.

I also did a LOT of research on the canonical information thus far known about Alastor, including things Viv has said in streams. The only thing I got dead wrong was a chapter where he drinks tea - apparently he hates it. Everything else is either based on canon or a speculation based on lore that's been teased.

Other Random Facts

I chose to include Adam as a fleshed out character for a few reasons. One, he's hella fun to write. Two, I had the Vox-jealous-kidnap-and-rescue planned since the start, and I knew I needed a character who could help them. Adam is unknown to the Vees as a hotel resident at that point, and so he became a great choice. I needed to lay the ground work so it would be convincing that he'd help them, so he's there from the start. I ended up loving him so much that he's now one of the main characters in the sequel and is getting his own development arc. Go Adam!

Adam also breaks the fourth wall in the show (Ugly people? *looks at camera*) and so I felt inspired to make him quippy with pop culture references a la Deadpool. It was great fun and very helpful when I wanted to squeeze in a fitting reference.

There is a LOT of foreshadowing and wordplay in the fic. A LOT, so much I don't have time to list it all. For example, Verity drunkenly talks (in Chap 4) about how deer are territorial momma's boys - if that ain't Alastor idk what is. That info becomes very important in Chap 21.

There are references to stuff from Helluva Boss; Fizzerolli Cola, a Verosika music video plays, etc. A sign of more to come in P2 👀

Dramatic irony (where the audience knows something the character doesn't and it's either funny or tragic) is my absolute FAVOURITE Shakespearian trope, and I use it all the time.

I made myself laugh a lot coming up with the names for fake booze LOL

Husk was one of my favourite characters to write, as well as Alastor (ofc), Rosie and Adam.

My personal favourite chapters are 13 (Al drunk with Rosie) 19 (dream scene, fluff & first smut) and 23 (final chapter). I loved the image of Alastor laughing into his drink like a normal young man being silly and chapter 19 has a bit of everything - angst, fluff, smut, comedy. I loved writing that one so much.

The scene where Verity uses Alastor's power to manifest them away from the group cheekily and then Alastor likes it a lot and goes crazy kissing her is very inspired by this scene in Titanic (one of my all time fave movies) - especially where Rose swears and laughs as the lift is going up.

I myself have lost a parent, so I understand that loss very well. I poured a lot of that feeling into this fic, it was something I could actually inject into the story from my own experience.

I'm pretty sure we got the comments turned off on a video on youtube LOL. I linked this song at the end of Chap 19 (I listened to it on repeat while writing the love scene) and the next day the comments were disabled LMAO. That track will ALWAYS remind me of this fic now, arugh my heart

Verity

As much as Verity started as just a way for me to avoid using (Y/N) in a reader-insert fic (something I personally don't like) and a way for me to do the rabbit and deer theme, she became her own character over the course of the story. I made it reader-insert cause I figured no one would read it otherwise, but now the sequel is third person bc she's her own person.

Her name was also a deliberate choice - a V name meaning truth. She makes Alastor face his truth, yadda yadda blah blah blah you get it you get it 😂 Plus it just sounds like a rabbit name doesn't it?

Verity has a lot of traits from myself, but she is NOT self-insert for me, I'd hasten to add. I'm not completely delulu guys okay? ....Not entirely But she does have a lot of overlap with myself. You gotta write what you know, after all. I won't go into detail about the similarities between us - some of them are obvious, I think. But I'll leave that all ambiguous, more fun that way :)

Final Thoughts

There are honestly so many more things I could say but this is already veering into narcissistic self-indulgence land LOL so I feel compelled to stop here, but if anyone has any questions or things they'd like to know, pop them in my inbox!

That's all, folks!

[star-trek-pop-quiz]

Star Trek POP-QUIZ #10

( 09 / 12 / 2023 )

Question 1. How old is Leonard "Bones" Mccoy in Star Trek TNG? a. 96 years old b. 101 years old c. 153 years old d. 137 years old

Bonus Question: In which episode does he appear?

Question 2. TRUE OR FALSE The actor for Q has also played the role of Discord from My Little Pony.

Bonus Question: What is the name of Q's actor?

Question 3. How many actresses did Tora Ziyal have in Star Trek DS9? a. 3 b. 2 c. 5 d. Trick Question, she only had 1.

Question 4. What is Seven of Nine's given name? a. Annika b. Audrey c. Avery d. Amelie

Bonus Question: What was her last name?

Question 5. Fill-in Question! ( Spelling Counts! + 2 points ) What is the name of the commonly drunk Klingon coffee?

Score: __/ 6 + 3 bonus ( Answers under cut )

Question 1. d. 137 years old

+ Encounter at Farpoint ( S1, Ep1 )

Question 2. True.

+ Q's actor name is John de Lancie

Question 3. a. 3

Question 4. a. Annika

+ 7 of 9's last name is Hansen. Making her full given-name Anika Hansen.

Question 5. Raktajino.

[blorb-el]

1. ithe kandorians have been trapped in that bottle for who knows how long, they seem to have developed some interesting attitudes towards death and recycling. unless this is just a Kryptonian Thing

2. four hour workday extremely based

action 280, “trapped in kandor!” 1961, script jerry siegel, pencils and inks jim mooney

[stardestroyer81]

Well, well, it looks like somebody would like to say hello! Uh, but who exactly might they be...?

Meet Rascal! Rascal is the star of a faux arcade game I one day hope to bring to fruition, and for the past week or two, I have been drawing him and the other colorful characters in the Rascal cast nonstop! There were several different ways I thought about introducing this character to followers of my blog, though @shrimpuufriend and @stephysalcido suggested I ought to make this cute animation of him waving to start it all off!

Expect to see more Rascal content in the near future, because let me tell you— there's a lot of it! 🍬🧡💙🧡🍬

[stardustsea]

apparently i really overestimate how much the average person thinks about mothman bc I've mentioned him to 3 separate people this week and they all had no idea who or what i was talking about 😭

[quinoa-adjacent]

I keep opening tiktok like some schrodinger's app

It signed me out like 3 days ago and my muscle memory hasn't realised that yet

[doom-nerdo-666]

An idea for a Doom mod could be one based off any time a show, movie, comic, other game or any other media reference Doom.

There's also probably stuff not in these articles, like how one of the Dorohedoro outros had a blatant Doom reference.

[idolsummons]

Hana does not believe in ghosts but she's afraid of them all the same.

[theinfinitedivides]

8 & 19, spotify asks!!!!!!!!!!!!

8. longest song

this is where the Spotify injustice and AI fuckery comes into play bc if they had done their job properly it would be a NFAK performance sitting in this spot. like idk the half an hour long version of Sanson Ki Mala or the twenty-seven minute Kehna Ghalat Ghalat or the sixteen and a half glorious minutes of Tumse Dillagi Bhool. since they fucked up the next longest is this one, Táim Sínte ar do Thuama. if you've ever heard I Am Stretched on Your Grave (either the Sinéad O'Conner [God's mercy be upon her, rip] or Kate Rusby versions) then this is the version taken directly from the original Gaelige poem, entirely orchestral. upside is that you can listen for hours and not get tired. downside is that once you know the lyrics when you zone out and come back in you are instantly prone to fits of emotional distress and full on breakdowns. (on that note maybe i should have put this one as the saddest song when i was asked, alas)

19. is the most streamed song by your favorite artist your favorite of them?

going to scandalize some of you but no. despite what the data might be telling you about the time we spent together FAYH is not my favorite. it is my third favorite, however, bc A Thousand Years/Desert Rose come in to tie for second. what's actually on top is Mad About You off of The Soul Cages, which by extension means the entire fucking album is probably the one thing from him i'd take to a remote and uninhabited island if forced. (don't force me. pls.) think it was the first Sting song i ever added to a playlist (or maybe it was the second. DR's been hanging around in my library since i joined Spotify i need to check) and i have not been normal since. heard the ancient songs of sadness but every step i thought of you every footstep only you no victories in all our histories without love you're fucking up my life and i'm letting you etc etc this is what happens when you let an English teacher decide to write about David and Bathsheba on an album about grief over his father's death. you get this

(send me a number from this Spotify Wrapped ask game!)