#which like good for him but it’s so funny that they made the character that rhymes with ‘gay’ the gay one

[seaofolives]

don't have asks open, don't feel like spamming my neighbors here and over at bsky, so we're doing it all under the cut!!!

How many fics have you worked on since January?

according to ao3, 47 works! blessedly few 😌 compared to my previous years, I mean. I did not double check lmao give me proper sql access to ao3 and I can

What’s something new that you tried in a fic this year?

oh man, I'm not really sure. deliberate bad endings I think??? ao3 filter agrees with me

What piece of media inspired you the most? (This can be the fandom you wrote the most for, the one that spawned the most ideas, the one you thought about the most, etc.)

I've slowed down since, but the honor of this question is gonna have to go to gundam witch! most of them my beloved rare pairs ofc 😌 I'll still write g witch (I have a duty to my rare pair babies) but rn, the ideas have slowed down a bit

How many fandoms did you write for this year?

four! ffxv, g witch, hadesgame and gundam wing 😂

What ships captured your heart?

right so, honorary mention to gladnis who will always capture my everything everywhere. but if I had to do any special mentions, it's absolutely olgue for g witch who I absolutely did not ship until I wrote my first long-form for them And Then. and trkt for gundam wing who are like...gladnis-lite to me for Some Reason o_o

What characters captured your heart?

like just from previous answer, trowa and quatre you know! I still don't know if I have a favorite character in wing, tho Quatre is probably the closest candidate (but I still won't buy commissions and merch of him without Trowa iygwim). but more than him and more than his boyfriend! guel jeturk my gundam son 100% 😌

Did you write for any new fandoms or ships this year?

fandom would be gundam wing! ships would be trkt, 2x5, 1x2 and technically 1xr??? for g wing and for g witch, olgue has the sole honor of being mentioned 😂

What fic meant the most to you to write?

I don't really have smth that's like...REALLY personal to me rn but if we're talking like the thing that I put a bit more careful-crafting into, it's either love is stored in the jam or spiracle.

What fic made you feel the happiest to work on?

my god why do I keep answering these things when I never know what to answer in these what-fic questions lmao. BUT UMMM technically all of them??? BUT I will give a shout out to kabilugan ng buwan bc filipino au! manananggals!! funny things you can't translate without losing some of its humor!!!

What fic was the most satisfying to finish writing?

by virtue of the fact that it went on much much much longer than what I expected, just the two of us (which is also what tipped me over to the olgue ship for good).

What fic was the most difficult to write?

HAHA the crying in public chapter of television romance/crying in public mostly bc despite being a gusu lover, the whole chapter is basc a whole load of suletta would absolutely not do that. but also like...the intrigue of putting suletta in a situation where she would Absolutely Do That was more compelling than whatever cheap excuse I can come up with you know??? happy to have done it tho but absolutely won't do this kind of thought experiment any time soon XDDD

What fic was the easiest to write?

in terms of like...the speed in which a fic was published from first word to permalink, what a fool believes was written in like under an hour and shared the next. I also didn't have to cut off any words to hit the 1k mark for the challenge. running up that hill was also p much like that but this one is far more quick and dirty? like I put more thought in what a fool believes than running up that hill. but in terms of like, the speed in which the words flowed out of my hands, I seem to remember developing relationship standing out.

What were your shortest and longest fics posted this year?

shortest fic would be any of the drabbles I have up (all of which are exactly 100 words). longest fic would be hands down just the two of us, my olgue porn with plot fic which stands at 41,494 words 😂 is it any wonder i ship them now—

What were your go-to writing songs?

I can't write with music!! not anymore at least~~~ so actually I really have nothing to answer for this BUT, while I was conceptualizing and writing pull me in closer, this song was my ear worm:

so I took the title from that and worked it in bc it was convenient!

What was the hardest fic to title?

ALL OF IT fuck titles man!!!!! but like, especially with g witch, I never write with any titles or summaries in mind so looking for an old song that fits it (bc I stupidly decided that that was my theme for my g witch fics, hence me dropping that bullshit for gundam wing) is one of the hardest parts. and then with the other fics I just...never come up with anything that's cool and clicks, you know? like "okay, boomer" was the fing working title until I ran out of time, the rest are just puns and memes

What's your favorite title of the year?

probably "developing relationship". it's an ao3 tag, trowa is a developer and this is his and quatre's meet-cute so it's very multilayer????

Share your favorite opening line

man that's like 47 fics in the course of 12 months so I don't have a really good memory when it comes to these things? especially as openers for me are just whatever gets things going you know? but off the top of my head, I thought I really liked this one from if ever you're in my arms again:

Staring at the elevator’s display, a wicked thought asks Suletta: what would she do if the numbers suddenly went right back to 1?

Share your favorite ending line

the first thing that really came to mind here is (i've had) the time of my life which is:

But at least, the light of dawn is warm.

bc i really remember having the ending lines set even while I was just outlining the fic

Share your favorite piece of dialogue

my god

UMMMM

“We’d been together since I joined the Crownsguard…do you realize we would have been together for ten years now if we hadn’t broken up?”

from you. no you. I just like that ignis is being silly even tho he's being serious 🤭

Share your funniest line

OH OK. this one's a bit easier! maybe.

ummmmm

Ares’ laughter is quiet, compared to the noisy whir of electric fans, the tricycles roaring here and there past the open gate, and the radio blasting from the cheap counter at the end of the cramped room, where the lines ‘it’s been raining in Manila’ repeat in eternal damnation.

from okay, boomer. and the song referenced is:

What's something that surprised you while you were working on a fic? Did it change the story?

off the top of my head, just the amount of words that can go into a manuscript 🤣 so no it didn't change the story bc the story is the reason why I had to write all those words you know XDDD

What writing programs did you use? Did you write by hand?

started the year on gdocs but happy to say that I think I've mostly fully migrated to ellipsus!! 🙌🏼 also I never write by hand anymore, that's why my handwriting skills are getting so shitty 😂

If you had to choose one, what was THE most satisfying writing moment of your year?

these questions are so complicated, I never want to answer these questions next year again 😂

prooobably maybe when I finished all my writing challenges for the year? like torokatober2024, assw, spite fest and stuff! it was great getting back into challenges this year but nothing is greater than writing your own ideas you know?

Did you do anything special to celebrate finishing a fic?

I finished a fic lately and I said I will do a writing break so I'm gonna try just that!!! tho the goal is to never write again for the rest of the holiday break but uhh...I'm pretty sure I'm going to start smth before this year comes to an end knowing me XDDD

How did you recharge between fics?

this year, I think I really got into the practice of resting more than I wrote and making sure I did other hobbies THO that briefly went wayward with a few gundam wing fics that I was really excited to write 😂

Did you create fanworks other than fic?

gif sets!!! it was so great getting back into them!!!

How many events did you take part in? (bangs, exchanges, ship weeks, zines, prompt memes, they all count!)

six events! fth, dark and cozy, ficwip5k, torokatober2024, assw and spite fest. I thought about attempting another exchange this holiday season but decided to nope out even before the sign-ups started 😂 I feel like there would be far less for me next year, like I've had my fill this year, you know?

If this were an awards show, who would you thank?

good job everyone for making it this far!!! 🙌🏼

What's left on your to-do list for 2024?

resting LMAO and a year in review for meee

What would you like to write next year?

man i dunno I'm done making plans lol they never come true anyway XDDD I have ideas I wanna write and I'd like to have the time to write them all, that's all XDDD

well happy new year, everyone!! 🙌🏼 thanks for joining me along the ride this year!! 💖💖💖

A slightly revised version of last year's questions! Two ways to play: Reblog and have your followers send you numbers, or answer the whole list!

How many fics have you worked on since January?

What’s something new that you tried in a fic this year?

What piece of media inspired you the most? (This can be the fandom you wrote the most for, the one that spawned the most ideas, the one you thought about the most, etc.)

How many fandoms did you write for this year?

What ships captured your heart?

What characters captured your heart?

Did you write for any new fandoms or ships this year?

What fic meant the most to you to write?

What fic made you feel the happiest to work on?

What fic was the most satisfying to finish writing?

What fic was the most difficult to write?

What fic was the easiest to write?

What were your shortest and longest fics posted this year?

What were your go-to writing songs?

What was the hardest fic to title?

What's your favorite title of the year?

Share your favorite opening line

Share your favorite ending line

Share your favorite piece of dialogue

Share your funniest line

What's something that surprised you while you were working on a fic? Did it change the story?

What writing programs did you use? Did you write by hand?

If you had to choose one, what was THE most satisfying writing moment of your year?

Did you do anything special to celebrate finishing a fic?

How did you recharge between fics?

Did you create fanworks other than fic?

How many events did you take part in? (bangs, exchanges, ship weeks, zines, prompt memes, they all count!)

If this were an awards show, who would you thank?

What's left on your to-do list for 2024?

What would you like to write next year?

[flower-boi16]

the "both sides have made mistakes" thing is actively funny to me because as usual it ignores that the real issue is in the framing

the worst ways the narrative twists itself to make Blitzo look better is by making what happened to Fizz just a freak accident (fr the guy carrying the candles if the circus was that flammable is just as responsible for that one) and by not really having M&M chew him out for the stalking. but the show never denies he has issues and causes problems by pushing people away before they can leave. and some places where the narrative suggested ambiguity in season 1 are actively removed to make Blitzo look worse in season 2 - he has a problem with Verosika's alcoholism in s1 but in s2 he's made unambiguously the only bad guy in their breakup

the worst ways the narrative twists itself to make Stolas look better is by: having Stolas and Blitzo both say cheating isn't bad/Stolas' cheating doesn't count as cheating because Stella is mean (basically) on multiple occasions, rewriting Stella from a classist jerk to an abusive monster, having an entire flashback episode devoted to making the viewer feel sorry for Stolas in the most on the nose way possible, retconning in Stolas treating Blitzo like a human being over the phone that happens entirely offscreen, comparing Stolas to all Blitzo's exes even though they weren't dating, massively inflating the number of people who hate Blitzo to make Stolas look better and the most telling thing of all: the entire awful argument in Apology Tour where the writers made Stolas look like a hypocritical gaslighter by ignoring all the ways he treated Blitzo in season 1 and never allowed Blitzo to mention any of them when it would have made perfect sense

Blitzo got a season that built up to the climatic point of having everyone he's ever wronged read him for filth in a mushroom samba sequence.

Stolas got a season where every episode that mentioned or featured him either retconned something to make him look better, inserted something that happened offscreen to make him look better or refused to allow other characters to bring up season 1 events to make him look better. S2 built up to the climatic scene of a trial sequence where no one gets to call out Stolas for making the deal to get sex, he gets to look like a hero for "sacrificing" himself (instead of it being framed like the book fiasco is equally his responsibility, which it is) and he ends the season having lost his daughter (but only because she somehow doesn't know how totally evil Stella is and how totally not responsible Stolas is because she's only allowed to be mad at him for the trial thing) but gets handed the consolation prize of Blitzo's unconditional love which he's done nothing outside of a single grand gesture to earn. Oh, and then he follows that up by freeloading off of Blitzo, trying to wreck his office during a temper tantrum and being a passive aggressive ass, none of which the show frames like something anyone should have a problem with

so, yeah. when it comes to the way the writers don't want to challenge the characters Stolas and Blitzo aren't even in the same postcode, never mind playing the same game. they're just not remotely comparable

^^^^^^^ THIS.

The entire argument that "they both made mistakes/their both in the wrong" falls flat on it's face when the narrative doesn't treat their mistakes as bad as they actually are. Blitzo gets dragged for filth for his mistakes and called about by both the narrative and everyone around him, and his truama and whatever baggage he may have is never used as an excuse by the narrative, which, is good writting, I'll give it that, the problem is that the narrative is holding him accountable using the wrong character.

Stolas' mistakes, however, are either ignored, downplayed, or justified by the narrative so to make it look like they weren't actually mistakes. Him cheating on Stella? Well, Stella was abusive, so Stolas was actually in the right to do that. Stolas repeatedly belittles and dehumaizes Blitz, making him uncomfortable around Stolas all the time and giving the impression that he views Blitz as nothing but a sex toy, continueing to make sexual advances to Blitz even when he can see it's uncomfortable? Actually, Stolas loves Blitz and thinks very highly of him, those sexual comments were actually Stolas thinking that Blitz enjoyed being treated that way, it's just Blitz's fault for not seeing that.

Stolas coercing Blitz? I mean, ya, the deal wasn't right, but let's just pretend it wasn't totally coercian guys!/s

You get the picture. Stolas' mistakes and actions are so frequently recontextualized and excused by the narrative multiple times, and, aside from maybe his mistakes as a father, the series has not called out the full extent of his behavior and I don't think it will.

Many fans like to counter this with "oh, the show will call him out later!", but, the thing is, it should have called him out now. Because the narrative's refusal of calling Stolas out actively harms the writting of not just Stolas, but Blitz as well.

Blitz's character arc of growing to become a better person was kickstarted by having him get gaslit and guilt-tripped into apologizing to his abuser. Even if the show calls Stolas out later, it wont change that unless it directly calls this out and recontextualized.

Series held Blitz accountable for something that he wasn't even in the wrong for. That's the issue, I don't care if Apology Tour was dedicated to calling out Blitz, it did a shit tier job of that because it didn't call out STOLAS. The series needs to start holding Stolas accountable and actually call out the full extent of his actions, not downplaying them, not justifying them, no excuses.

With Octavia their taking a step in the right direction but, we'll have to wait and see if they'll commit to it.

[doubledeadstudio]

Finally got the courage to ask a question (Happy New Years Eve/ Day whenever you see this) but just a general question

What was the creative process of making Reanimated Heart, Another Rose in his Garden and Pygmalion’s Folly? What was the inspiration behind those three games? What was your favorite one to work on? Do you plan to make new games in the future?

Happy New Year to you too, anon! I love questions like these. The development and creative process is something I'm very passionate about.

Creative Process? Inspiration? (Just shoving both of this in one, long discussion about how these things came to be)

Okay, you guys will probably think I'm an insane person, so let me explain how I got started on them...

I first started with RH (of course) when my friend Tay told me about this game she was playing where a character really resembled Crux (it was Markus from Red Embrace: Hollywood). And I played it because of that, and I was like, damn??? He really does? And I was on the path of my artist journey that I was like looking at the game assets and the dialogue and stuff where I was like... Wait, I can do that. I can write like this. I can draw everything. Who's stopping me? I had a dream with the tree, and I started writing dialogue in "hypothetical" VN scenarios, and I was like... okay, fuck it, I already got disowned by my family and I wanna kill myself, I've got nothing left to lose.

So I started pre-development for Reanimated Heart and wrote like about 20,000+ words, made sprites and backgrounds, spent an ungodly amount of money for music and fonts and did research, and released the Prologue on itch. It ended up kind of a flop? And I was honestly so mad for years LMFAO, but I kept at it because I liked making it. And then a fan, Ashe, contacted me out of nowhere and suggested I improve my socials. (Thanks Ashe.)

All in all, I think that, if RH never gathered attention... I would still be making it, but releases would've been shorter and weirder, and it wouldn't have the level of polish it does now because "nobody's playing this shit anyway." But having a fandom motivates me to push past my comfort, and inspires me to do releases semi-regularly. So, thank you guys for the support. :>

Anyway, enough RH rambling. Another Rose happened because a couple of members in the chat (I remember Maz and Chat in particular) kept joking about Omegaverse and I've never like... consumed any Omegaverse before, and I literally had no fucking clue what it was other than mpreg and werewolves. And I was like drinking that day and I got intrigued. And I kept thinking about the scenarios and became like ACTUALLY invested, but I didn't know anything about it still, so I kept asking Maz about it and she really helped hash out the "lore" and gave me really good scene suggestions. I honestly think Another Rose is the most indulgent of all my games because...

First of all, it's just straight porn. Second, aside from the quality of the work, I don't think about the audience, at all. There's only a price point to it but it's basically like a smut novel with some path deviations (that also just read to different porn)? Third, I'm like... I'm not going to lie, obsessed with my husband's OC Mars. And it's funny af to me how people ended up disliking him, because this whole game was like just my personal (smutty) love letter to how much I love that godawful man.

For Pygmalion's Folly... There had been long discussions in my server about murdersims. I'll be honest, I didn't get them at first, but I think Adri framed it in a way that I understood it, which was like... it was a morbid fascination to how bad things can get in situations like that. So I ended up playing the first BTDs and obsessively finished TPOF to the point I was having dreams about it, and I'm not going to lie, I had a dream! Again!! And it was Florentin killing the MC over and over. I woke up in a haze and wrote like the first 3000 words of the game in a frenzy with just 2 hours of sleep, and I was like, okay. This is getting made for sure. And because Adri was the avid murdersim fan, I consulted with them about the game, and they were the one that suggested the stats system, as well as some scenarios for endings.

So I guess tl;dr I cannot explain how I make games to you guys because they just kind of form when I'm drunk or get prophetic dreams.

Favorite to Work On?

Honestly, I loved working on all of them equally, believe it or not. (I equally also hate all of them when I'm crunching for the release. /jk)

The thing about these characters is that they're all OCs that are near and dear to my heart, ones that I've had for YEARS (I've had Vin for 12 years, can you imagine that?), and seeing all of them in action excites me so much.

I love that I got to make Abel the protag and I love that I got to put him in fun, sexual situations. I love that I managed to show off Florentin's special powers, and draw amazing grisly CGs with him. I love that Black, Vin and Crux are different, romanceable characters, that you can go to their houses, that you can see CGs with them, that you can follow their character development and be invested in their secrets, that they even have awesome voice actors that bring them to life!

And I love that so many of you also love them too, and write fic of them and draw them... Honestly, that's already my dream, and I'm so happy about it.

New Games in the Future?

Absolutely, yes! I got the VN dev bug and you guys will have to chase me out of here, LMAO.

But this year, considering how busy I'd be... I'd say probably not in case something really pushes me to make something (like, I had an idea I can't stop thinking about). My top priority right now is Reanimated Heart's Chapter 1 finale, and I have some free DLC I'm thinking of adding for Another Rose and Pygmalion's Folly, so those will probably get prioritized first.

[priintiisor]

hello,,, i made a guy,,,

look at him. my funny little guy. and his funny little cat

his name is oracle and he has never had a reasonable thought in his life <3

(more lore below)

so the reason this guy exists is i was trying to design a character for a crossover au i have and i came up with this design, and it s not very fitting for that character but i just loved it so much,,,, so now it s this guy. idk i don t make ocs very often it is very strange that this happened. i do love him tho

he doesn t have that much lore currently, other than one day he got bored and decided to live up to his name and become a prophet. he tries to predict everything that s gonna happen in the same way you d predict the weather- i imagine eventually he gets so caught up in trying to perfect his simulations and predictions that he kinda loses track of what s happening around him, by saint s time i imagine he s still alive and well but has no idea everyone else is basically dead. my guy wins by doing nothing (and doesn t even realise it)

i imagine he rarely talks to anyone and ocasionally pops into the local group chat and says the most ominous shit. no one likes him (except me i love him)

this. this is his personality

the scug exists because i think he d write down his prophecies and send them to people (by pearls because he doesn t have time to speak to people he has Very Important Work to do). also because a friend asked me this and i realised it s not in fact common knowledge: an augur is a type of roman prophet/priest, in ancient rome they had this thing called augury which was a way of making prophecies by counting birds. so bird scug of prophecy is named the augur

the only thought behind augur s design is i thought it would look cool. i am yet to decide if they re a baby or just really small for some reason (tho very tiny vulture cat would be silly)

other random notes:

he may be drawn without all the gradients, his funny wing cape is a pain to color, i don t think i ll struggle with it every time i draw him lol

all the metal parts are made out of copper. he s very shiny. also he has beautiful shiny eyelashes. also yes he has claws on his feet for no other reason that i thought it was cool

he has very good initials. woao. what the hell is that

he was not in fact inspired by the prophet from epic the musical. i d think that too but it is in fact just a coincidence

aand that s my funny little guy,,, i love him,,, thank you and goodbye

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Jingles a little bell in front of you to convince you to do tasks.

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[ryllen]

my builder looks so similar with haru, i started to think they are long separated twins

[maxdibert]

Hey, I think you missed the point of my original text entirely, so let me made a fas class for you and explain why your reply just reinforces the misogynistic rhetoric I was addressing.

First off, your response completely shifts the focus back to the men, which is exactly the issue I was calling out. My point was that Lily’s decisions and relationships should be viewed independently of James and Severus. Instead, you went straight into a moral pissing contest between the two of them, like Lily only mattered as a prize to be “won” by the one who behaved better. That’s peak misogyny—turning her into a passive object whose value is defined by which man she chooses. Spoiler: she’s not your rom-com protagonist.

Secondly, you’re pulling a classic misinterpretation of canon to justify this nonsense. Let’s break it down:

James bullied Severus long before Death Eaters or “Mudblood” even entered the picture. In fact, he started when they where in the train to Hogwarts at 11. You’re acting like Severus brought this on himself by being a Death Eater or saying something awful, but the bullying started years before that. James didn’t need a reason—he was just a privileged jerk who thought it was funny. Canon makes this crystal clear.

Severus calling Lily a “Mudblood” happened after years of being isolated and abused—by James and others. It was a breaking point, not a defining moment of his character. And Lily didn’t drop him because of that one word. She cut ties because they’d grown apart, and her values didn’t align with the person Severus was becoming. Her decision was about her own values, not James.

Third, the whole “James changed” argument is laughably unsupported by canon. You’re acting like he had this grand redemption arc, but all we know is:

He stopped publicly tormenting Severus. But not privacy, because we know that for him Severus was a "special case" in words of Sirius an Remus themselves.

Lily started dating him.

That’s it. There’s no deep dive into his personal growth, no “mature James” montage. What you’re doing is projecting goodness onto him purely because Lily chose him, which is misogynistic as hell. You’re using Lily’s decision to retroactively justify James’s actions instead of treating her as a person who made a choice for herself, independent of the men around her.

And finally, comparing teenage Severus to adult Severus is just… irrelevant. The context of my argument was their teenage years, and you’re dragging in the actions of adult Snape—like joining the Death Eaters or his messed-up relationship with Harry—as if that proves anything about the events I was discussing. That’s a logical fallacy (non sequitur, if you’re keeping score). We’re talking about how Lily made decisions based on her experience as a teenager, not retroactively justifying them based on who Severus or James grew up to be.

To sum it up:

You’ve ignored the core point of my argument (Lily’s agency).

You’ve twisted canon to fit your narrative.

You’ve compared apples (teenage Severus) to oranges (adult Snape).

And you’ve doubled down on a misogynistic trope by focusing on the men while treating Lily as a bystander in her own life.

Please, read my text again, because this ain’t it. And honestly, if you’re struggling with reading comprehension, maybe consider signing up for a course or something, because it’s almost absurd—borderline insulting—that I wrote an entire text explicitly discussing the importance of separating female characters from male characters, treating them as independent subjects capable of making decisions beyond the men in their lives, and viewing them as active agents, only for you to come in here and not just ignore that, but double down on the same tired, misogynistic rhetoric.

What is it with you people? Always centering the men. Always. It’s exhausting. Do better.

I truly hate the rhetoric that “Lily chose James over Severus” because it feels incredibly misogynistic to portray her as a passive object and to once again shift the focus to the men.

Lily and Severus were childhood friends, and as happens in many relationships over the years, they ended up going their separate ways until she cut ties because she deemed it necessary. Regardless of whether we find her reasons more or less valid or whether we would have done the same, she made a decision based on her worldview, and it’s valid. James had nothing to do with this. Her relationship with Severus was independent of James, and so were her motivations for ending it. In fact, she ended her friendship with Severus two years before she started dating James.

On the other hand, Severus’s hatred for James wasn’t about “getting Lily.” That’s an absurd and childish oversimplification of the issue. Severus hated James long before because James was a bully and a jerk to him, spending years tormenting him and targeting him as his favorite victim. That’s where his hatred came from. Lily might have slightly exacerbated Severus’s resentment, but it’s far from being the main reason for his disdain and bitterness toward James.

Lily didn’t have to choose between two men. Lily had a friend who stopped being her friend because their relationship deteriorated to a point of no return. Years later, she chose a partner who may be better or worse morally speaking, but it was her choice, and that’s it. This isn’t a love triangle or a cheap Netflix melodrama. Please, let’s stop portraying women as passive subjects in men’s relationships or as secondary motives, because women are active agents who make their own decisions and have motivations beyond being the object of male desire. Thank you.

[singeryuri]

I SEE THAT YOU'RE ALSO STARTING TO SELF SHIP WITH ODYSSEUS FROM EPIC AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW YOU'RE SO REAL FOR THAT !! love him sm <3

(also I couldn't find if you're okay with sharing but if you're not... feel free to block me, sorry to bother you </3)

HII YAYY NO WORRIES !! I'm only non-sharing with two of my f/os and he's not one of them :D

But YEAHH HSUSRHWJRHS funny story I started listening to Epic last month because I know a billion people who like it, somehow, and I started to develop a crush on him before I could process what was happening to me. And I felt really ashamed about it because it felt silly and weirdly shameful or wtv but I saw you rb some stuff of Circe with your tag for her one day, went "wait is this not as weird as I'm making myself believe", saw Odysseus on your f/o list and immediately breathed like 10 sighs of relief. I am a free man now and am gradually becoming more ok with reblogging stuff of him on here and not getting so flustered I die LMAOO!! But AUFBSUTHRH he's so. I can't even word it right because I genuinely have no idea why my brain latched onto him, but it did, and I now giggle and kick my feet while thinking about a greek myth guy™. I have no regrets life is GOOD !!!

[licorishh]

OH YEAH ALSO finally watched the FNAF movie with the coolest person on Earth, 11/10 movie, Mike looked ready to curl up into a fetal position on the floor and burst into tears at all moments, he is so me, would watch again

[fluentisonus]

part of the problem is that a lot of hugo's politics are really well thought out & considered & good but then some of them are like. entirely vibes-based to the point of feeling muddled & inconsistent & even straight up Bad sometimes. which is annoying

[gcballet]

I think the reason Harry has more collossal fuck ups than anyone is the exact same reason he has more gloriously funny successes, and it's just that he's willing to take more and bigger risks on stage. They pay off probably as often as they don't. So often, it's Harry who will out of nowhere yell something which jumps a plot forward a bit or to a new setting. For example, in Ipswitch It Up he interrupts a bit of dialogue between Susan and Josh which is dragging, the characters are negotiating if they want to go on a date, and he yells 'WELCOME TO PIZZA HUT!' - and then he doesn't even participate in the scene he initiates, he just yells out a new location. If the others didn't pick up what he did and introduce a date scene, that could have made him look an absolute buffoon, and sometimes that's what happens, especially if Jonathan misunderstands and pauses to correct or question.

The other thing with Harry is this thing 🧍‍♂️

And it's objectively kind of funny that mostly he just stands there with his hands clasped, but he doesn't waste energy moving around and doing unnecessary physicality? He does use the whole space really well, especially the foreground/downstage, but he doesn't gesture much. He has a really interesting approach to what he does as an improv actor, and it's very different from the style other Mischief cast go for. Even Lauren Shearing, who's pretty experienced in improv, does something more naturalistic than him. Need to look into if he's ever done interviews about improv and stuff bc I suspect his style is very deliberate, like, holding a fairly neutral pose most of the time give you scope to be 'being' almost anything? It mitigates errors like the bit in The Tur Key To Christmas Joy where Shields enters as an old man, then changes his mind and decides to be a turkey.

Also I think I commented it on your old YT upload that's now gone, I think Harry does the mystery box in the Ashopocalypse trilogy as a specific reference to LOST. The Mystery Box is a storytelling technique coined by JJ Abrams in a 2007 TED Talk, and in LOST it usually means like, a mysterious briefcase, or a locked bunker discovered in the jungle but not opened till the end the season. I'm convinced that Harry does this in response to Niall repeating the original catchphrase from LOST - 'we have to live together or we're going to die alone'. LOST is exactly the sort of thing you'd rewatch over lockdown. It's just a good framework for a long plot.

Rewatching 'Hull School Musical' and am currently wondering exactly how I missed this absolute gem of a line the first time:

The thing I love about Harry Kershaw in MMNI is that occasionally he'll come out with something that's pure genius (and possibly the best thing in the entire movie for that show) that kind of slips by relatively unnoticed and then the rest of the time it's just...Delta Von Tassel and Christmas Bonanza Boy...

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Jay I love you but why is your first response to Tim hiding something to fucking. Choke him out.

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Today.............. has genuinely. Been. A Day.

Have some OC doodles I started yesterday before tragedy struck and are like the bare minimum effort for today to finish. Since the two princes were originally not /in canon/ for another plot but rather made for a mafia AU as cousins to one of the main characters for the base plot. I was like. Huh let's give them a happier life. So here they're just princes and instead of the police department/detectives that most of the main cast is in base plot, those are the royal guards around the twins' castle.

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Really into the episode of Ouran where this girl confesses her love to Mori but he doesn’t feel the same because he’s into Honey and the girl’s reaction is just like YIPPEE I LOVE YAOI THATS SO COOL FOR YOU YAY 🥰

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Im in no way a expert on Captain Marvel lore im actually new to it and would like to know more so i guess we could call this like Draft 1? Im reading wikis and articles now so this is likely to change

So first question: live action or animated? Live action gives us a cut off of how long the show can go on as irl children actors grow up and id like to end the show when Billy is a teenager

Second question: whats the genre? Is it silly all the time or are we serious and gritty

How im imagining it is its live action and its funny but not goofy

Season 1

Right off the bat we start with Billy and Freddy on the streets of Fawcett, PA. Its fall and they're prepping themselves for colder weather (a reoccurring theme this season). We get a good look at their daily life as homeless tweens. What they do to survive, who they interact with, their avoidance of cops, etc. Theres a convo where they debate attending school. One hand its TWO free meals a day and 8 hours in a warm building. On the other its a massively increased risk of someone calling CPS. Anyways the night ends with Billy and Freddy curled up together for warmth as the weatherman mentions its 40-something degrees tonight

The next day is the day when Billy meets the wizard. Billy and Freddy are out doing their thing when something happens and they separate. They break up a fight (teenagers? Adults?) ? A cop tries to remove them for loitering before realizing its a school day? Anyways theres a chase and Billy draws attention to himself to give Freddy a bit more time to get away on his leg and soon Billy is running into the subway/metro system. Either he loses them in the crowd and is magically placed on the tracks or the guy he's running from has a knife and everyone is at work so the place is empty and he jumps down on the tracks to hide in the low wall or get to the other side. Theres bystander screaming and then Billy getting hit by a train

Somehow getting hit by a train has placed him in the train which is empty but not that clean and full of ancient advertisements and he's confused as the train runs for another minute before getting to its destination ("now arriving at Rock of Eternity. Please exit on the left"). Billy gets off, wonders through the cave, makes his way into the throne room, and the wizard calls out to him.

Billy becomes the champion yadda yadda. It involves a vision of the future which includes certain foes he'll have to face but also the family he'll make (but y'all have to be patient bc we wont meet them all for A WHILE so this the show is simply promising all these characters). Billy finds Freddy and together they learn what Billy can do yadda yadda

I love the idea of the gods talking in his head but idk if i'll do that. If yes then obviously its a big thing at first. 6 people shouting in your head is a lot. Imagine 6 Venoms lol. I also think it would be kinda cool if they could only talk to him on days they're most powerful. So like feast days? In that case itll first appear in a later episode. He can actually probably do a ritual sacrifice and get in contact with them that way as well

A week? Two weeks later? The first magical threat he saw in his vision arrives and he fights his first battle

And so the season goes on, Billy becomes the Champion of Magic as the weather gets colder. But he's not the only hero on the scene. The Trinity have slowly made their debuts the year or so before, couple others make their debut this year as well. A few heroes reach out to make connections and Billy and Freddy are pumped bc "omg dude we just talked to Wonder Woman"

We also get to meet the magically messed areas of Fawcett, where time in frozen and all that

Anyways season finale involves a blizzard. Billy and Freddy agonize all episode about what to do. Heavily leaning towards they turn themselves in deliberately (maybe they get sick and go to the hospital?) having a plan for when they are inevitably separated. The final scene is them trudging thru the snow to a building where CPS arrives. Or maybe Billy gets sick/hurt and Freddy has no choice but to get some people together and literally drop Billy off on the doorstep of the hospital. Either way Billy ends up in foster care

Season 2

Question is do i bring in the shazamily now or later? Bc i can have them escape their foster homes and meet back up. In the case of option 2 does Billy resent Freddy or does he understand? We definitely see a backflash montage of all of Billy's past homes and finally understand why he hates foster care. I did play with the idea of Billy, Freddy, and Mary being a trio instead of a duo where Mary is the only one old enough (shes older in the Shazam movie but shes twins with Billy in the comics) to work a steady job and is therefore their main source of money on the streets (she works at a diner or maybe a drugstore) for season 1 so i guess that could happen here in s2

As i mentioned in the initial post the JL heroes start to acquire their child sidekicks now. The JL are a very loose team right now. Like they'll get together for world ending fights but they dont meet every week so pretty much everything they know about each other is from the media. Billy and Freddy like to laugh at the articles where the adult authors complain about child heroes

But this isnt a JL show so like last season they're left to cameos and very short interactions

Billy meets his first big reoccurring villain this season (idk who yet)

Billy learns how to share his powers this season

Remaining Seasons

Whiz Radio is happening. So is the Vasquez house. The question is just when for each of them. If the Vasquez house is the initial foster care from s2 then thats first and the radio announcer job is translated into a youtube series or even a tik tok account. I played with the idea that a older Billy got emancipated and then started his show (podcasts?) with his stipend but if Billy is emancipated then that eliminated the Vasquez house and he'd have to meet his siblings another way

Tawky Tawny will be here i just dont know how yet!

Spent the day daydreaming about how id make a Captain Marvel/Shazam tv show. I can go pretty in depth if anyone wants but i just want to mention the running gag of other heroes gaining their child sidekicks in the background throughout season 2

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can't and won't claim just yet but shopifys undefeated reign of Best "Girl" Valorant Players (NOT "'ing because of flor but because of sarah) may have come to an end w flor going on a main tier 1 team. which is okay because things change and flor going on a main team is actually historic. first trans woman picked up by any mainstream esports team ever. and she's so fucking good that other pros watch her and just start screaming incoherently how the fuck is she doing that. but i will forever be cheering shopify as long as the other four girlies r on it. sarah and noia are both neck and neck with flor on aimbot level they just don't play duelist. if they lose to g2 next year im gonna kill myself.