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😭😭😭 I ENTERED THE VOID STATE AND IT'S LITERALLY CHANGED MY WHOLE VOCAL CORDS!!! Like, WHOA. 😱 You guys don't even understand. Before all of this, I was a mess. Lemme tell you the full tea.

So like, I used to cry at night, scrolling through Tumblr, seeing everyone else manifesting their dream lives while I was stuck in the same old cycle. 😩 You KNOW the feeling! I even DELETED my Tumblr at one point because I was SO sick of seeing everyone else actually living their dreams, but then I would redownload it like the next day because I couldn't resist!! And then...the whole studying-for-exams thing? LOL don't even get me started. Like, I'd be like "I'll just enter the void state before my exams and manifest straight A's or whatever" (spoiler alert: I didn't.) I'm never really failed any subjects. At least not badly😬

I was starting to get frustrated, right? So then, one day, I was like OKAY, FINE. TIME TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING. And that's when I started SATS (State Akin To Sleep). It sounded crazy at first, but honestly, I was down to try anything! (Even while coping with my MADD. Yes I'm one of them. No I'm never getting rid of it.) So I started visualizing my dream life, and LET ME TELL YOU, I GOT SO DETAILED. I was in Velaris with Rhysand (I'm an ACOTAR fan), feeling his WINGS!!! I was literally touching them and just imagining how amazing it would feel to be surrounded by magic and beauty. And I wasn't even thinking about entering the void or anything. I was just feeling the vibezzz. Like, I know that it felt real, and that's what mattered.

Fast forward to a month and 3 weeks of doing SATS (Yes, I skipped some days, but WHO CARES? 😤). And guess what happened? I woke up today, and BOOM! I was in the void! Like, I didn’t even need to know how it happened, it just DID. I just said "Anything i say comes true exactly the way I want it." I said it over and over and over. Until I decided it was enough. Then I thought of leaving, and I was back in my room. Thank goodness I didn't think of leaving when I first entered, because this was literally like a lifetime opportunity I couldn't screw it up.

I actually had to safeguard myself, by saying "I am not impulsive". And the urge to say nonsense just disappeared ✨ That was the first thing I said when I woke up. So I wouldn't say any crazy shit. And so I was sitting there, ready to just start manifesting everything I ever wanted. I even started writing my script. maybe that was just an adrenaline rush.

But here’s the thing...GUYS, NOW THAT I’M HERE....in my room with this "ability"...I’m actually kinda missing my old self. Not the sad, desperate me, but the me who was SUPER EXCITED about just wandering around Velaris at night and dreaming of all this happening. Like, I actually miss that excitement. Looking through Pinterest and seeing the interior of a mansion, and be like "I'll be there soon", seeing pics of tasty food on instagram and saying "I'll eat that soon" I know it sounds crazy, but when you finally get everything you thought you wanted, it’s like...IDK...a little too perfect? 😬

Like, I know this sounds wild— and weird, but it’s TRUE. It's true for me right now. I'm gonna be blunt. The success story is not as exciting when you’re like actually living it, you know? Or maybe it's just me. Like, I’m just over here typing this at 4 AM, feeling kinda melancholic. And kinda (scared). Yes, I wanna enjoy my desires, but... I don't know. I don't want to get too curious and stray from Velaris trying to find out the secret behind ALL of this. For goodness sake, this is crazy!!! My voice is a genie!. It's already bugging me now. I know, I KNOW, this is probably not what you expected from a success story, but I’m being REAL.

I’ve written like 3 pages of my script so far, and I’m just gonna finish it tomorrow. No rush. Because honestly? Rhysand’s not going anywhere. 😉

And YOU can do this too. I know some of you might feel like “Oh, it’s impossible, I keep failing!” but like, just take a second and realize YOU'RE ALREADY GETTING CLOSER THAN YOU THINK. I was stuck too, and look where I am now. Don't look at the part where— I'm kinda ungrateful. But the part where I'm finally gonna meet Rhysand. YOU’RE SO CLOSE. It’s all coming together, trust me! 💖✨

But yeah, it’s 4 AM, I’m gonna go back to bed now, lol. Don’t let the void stress you out, okay? Take it easy. You’ve got this. ✨✌🏼

Also, love you kiwiii💖💖💖💖

SUCCESS STORY

XOXO | GOSSIP GIRL | XOXO | GOSSIP GIRL | XOXO | GOSSIP GRL

First of all, I’m so happy for you and proud of you. You really put your foot down and gave yourself what you wanted.

I can understand what you mean when you say the success story isn’t exciting when you’re actually living it. But when it’s right in-front of you, it doesn’t feel like this out of reach thing you’ve put on a pedestal anymore. It’s just yours. And it feels normal.

But for some people, I think a big part of that came from the dopamine rush people would feel when they��d tell themselves that they’ll have it one day. And when they have it in the 3D, they just feel peaceful with it because there’s nothing to “chase” anymore.

I agree with most of what you said apart from “you’re so close”. With the law of assumption there is no process. You ARE the void. Anyway enjoy having your desires. I’m really happy for you!!😭 Love you too beautiful ♥️

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Emilio Bedilio

[Author’s Note: Proof of life! I can’t say I’ll be back to writing consistently any time soon, but I’m really trying to master short stories that are ACTUALLY short, because that would help me at least dip my toe into TF writing more often. So here’s my attempt to do that. Of course it’s over 2,000 words. Oops. Anyway, I hope you enjoy!]

I am Emilio Bedilio, the genie of the- sweet Agamemnon, this man is beautiful!

Sorry, I got sidtracked. I am Emilio Bedilio, the genie of the lamp. That lamp over there. The one that just got rubbed by this hunk. It looks a little dented and tarnished, sure, but it’s home. I’ve lived there a long time. Such a very long time. So long, in fact, that my English is a little rusty. It’s not my fault! I speak 16,000 languages, after all, and English is one of the newer ones.

Last time I was out, a guy wished to be the hottest person at his school, so I changed his internal temperature to 99.7 degrees Fahrenheit. He wasn’t too happy with me. But I thought I was giving him what he wanted! So that’s why I reeeeeeeally need to pay attention to what Aaron wants. That’s this guy’s name, by the way. My powers give me access to so much more information than you mortals could ever process. Anyway, stop distracting me! I’ll let Aaron tell the rest of the story, so I can focus.

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Holy shit! There really was a genie in that lamp I bought at the flea market that Stacy dragged me to! I didn’t even rub it. I was just heading back from the dorm shower and brushed it with my towel, then this huge purple plume of smoke came out, clarifying into a floating man with a huge mustache. The genie of the lamp, apparently. He says I only get one wish, which seems like a ripoff, but who am I to complain? Genies are fucking real, man!

I don’t need much time to choose my wish. I already look like.. well, like this. I’ve already got the best, hottest girlfriend in the world. And the coolest friends. All I need is some cash, so I can ditch this shitty dorm and move into that swanky off-campus apartment I’ve had my eye on. And live a comfortable life down the road and shit. Anyway, it takes me like three seconds before I say, “I wish I was the richest person in town!”

The genie sits there for like a full minute and a half. Did he not hear me? But then all of a sudden he snaps his fingers and dissolves back into smoke, which gets sucked back into the lamp. I feel a rush of energy sweep over me and my body begins to tingle. Weird. I kinda just figured my wallet would feel heavier or something, but maybe being rich would fundamentally change how I look in some way. Nicer teeth or whatever.

I look over to the warped full-length mirror on the closet door. I pull back my lips and inspect my teeth. Nope, nothing. I glance down, making sure my dick is still the same size it always was. Yup. Weird…

Suddenly, I feel a chill on my solar plexus. A silver chain has appeared around my neck, and a ring that’s hanging on it is pressing into my skin. I inspect it. Does it have like… my new family crest? Nope. It looks like a pretty normal ring. I set it back down, but instead of the cold feeling returning, the skin on my chest suddenly feels boiling hot. I watch as dark ink begins to flow across my skin, seemingly emanating from the spot where the ring is touching me.

It forms a word in loopy script that I can’t read in the mirror, and I’m distracted when the burning sensation envelops my left arm and more tattoos emerge on my shoulder. A shark and a cross. My chest and arm hurt at first, but the feeling slowly fades, as does the ink, settling into a dark grey, like I got them done a few years ago.

I’m confused about what’s going on. But haven’t I always said that if I won the lottery, the first thing I’d do was get a tattoo? That probably explains why - ouch! My cheek is hurting now.

Oh, no. Oh no, no, no. I watch in horror as another cross tattoo inks its way across my cheekbone, right where a gangster would have a teardrop tattoo. Fuck. I rub my face. Do these things come off? It looks so trashy. Why would I get that, even if I was rich? I- I feel- I feel… full.

My stomach is inflating, starting from the beltline, each row of abs disappearing one by one behind a layer of fat that forms a small but sturdy gut. All that hard work, gone in just a couple seconds. I want to cry. I rub at my new stomach, feeling its heft. I bounce up and down on the balls of my feet a bit. At least it’s not jiggling too much. It’s like… tight. I can fix this pretty easily I think, if I up my gym time over the next couple months.

I remove my hands from my stomach, leaving two handprints behind on my skin. The skin there looks darker than it was before. Redder, almost halfway between a sunburn and a tan. As I look, the color slowly spreads from my handprints across my entire stomach, speeding up as it races downward, turning my dick, legs, and feet the exact same human-lobster color. It goes upward too, spreading across my chest like I’m flushed, filling in the formerly ivory skin beneath my new tattoo, spreading up to my neck, my cheeks, my nose, my eyebrows, my forehead… Which I can suddenly see more of.

As the color rushes upward across my forehead, my still-damp bangs begin to retract, shrinking past my eyes until I can only see them in the mirror. They stop halfway up my forehead. Then, as if I’m watching a time-lapse video of someone using a hair dryer set on high, my hair frizzes out, going from sleek salon-cut bangs to a dry, unconditioned mess that looks like it was cut by a three-year-old with safety scissors.

But I don’t even have time to process any of this as the changes accelerate. My forehead is now fully brown-orange, and as the color reaches my hairline, it spreads to the roots of my hair, too, as they begin to fade from my standard brunette to a light auburn, the color rising to the ends of each strand like that time in grade school when we put food coloring in the water those roses were dipped in.

I turn my head to see that the new hair color is spreading on the back of my head too, but it doesn’t stop at the ends of the strands this time. As the auburn color reaches each tip, it just… keeps going. The strands lengthen and twist, forming cascading waves as the mass of frizzy, newly lightened hair extends to my neckline and cascades down to my shoulders. Some strands in the messy mullet - and that’s what it is now, a mullet - are even spilling out over my ears in their eagerness to bounce in every direction possible.

I shake my head, feeling the voluminous hair tickling against the back of my neck. It feels kind of… nice? But fuck no, I look like a tool. This definitely isn’t what I wished for. But… I shake my head a little more, enjoying the sensation. As I do so, my eyebrow color begins to fade to a lighter auburn, too. And… did one of them fall over my lips? No, a bristly mustache is beginning the form, the same color as the rest of my new hair. As it fluffs out over my lips - god, that’s going to get in my mouth when I eat - more scraggly hairs burst out from under my lip, forming a bristling soul patch that then spreads into a straw-colored goatee, reddening further as it spreads up my cheeks, my sideburns, and eventually connects to my hair. My… My mullet.

A few more straw-colored hairs burst forth in the center of my chest, though they don’t spread quite as thickly. They just seem to be… hanging out. Lazily, almost. Sparse. Prickly. Ruining my whole smooth aesthetic, not that I have the same musculature to highlight anymore. My pecs grow thicker, smoother, the tattoos tightening against my newly forming bulk. The same thing happens to my arms and legs. They don’t swell with fat, they just get… thick.

I rub my beard, feeling the prickly feeling against my sensitive palms and trying not to enjoy it. But I’ve always wanted to be the type of guy who could easily grow facial hair… Haven’t I? I must have tweaked my nose when I was doing that, because it looks shorter now. Rounder. My lips are thinning out, too. Fuck. No. The magic is still going. My face continues to shift. Eyebrows grow a little closer together. Skin gets a little drier. But then… everything settles. I poke at my new face and body, in awe of how different I look from the way I was just a few minutes earlier.

I stare at the mirror in trepidation, but nothing else seems to change. I think… it’s over? Thank goodness. I need to-

There’s a knock at the door. Suddenly I remember the reason I was showering in the first place. Stacy was coming over. Fuck! I can’t let her see me like this. Or… can I? Maybe she can help. And a growing part of me feels like I mostly look pretty good. But I should at least try to cover the gut. And the tats. Well, the ones I can cover. I can’t look so different that she won’t believe me. Maybe I can convince her that my drama kid roommate was testing out a wig and fake beard on me or something.

I go to grab a button-down from my dresser, but all I find in there is a vest with an American flag pattern. Shit, that won’t cover the tats at all. But at least it’ll hide the gut.

Pants. Need to find pants. I open the next drawer down, and of course all that’s in there is a pair of worn denim overalls. This will have to do. I slip the overalls on easily (it feels so natural), then turn toward the door and swing it open to reveal Stacy. She has her same dark black hair, bold red lips, and sultry look as usual.

She stares at me, jaw agape. “… Aaron?”

Thank fuck. She recognizes me. Maybe it’s the eyes. Maybe we really are in love. I’m so elated and grateful. I want to hug her, kiss her, nuzzle her neck. But I don’t do that.

As if on autopilot, I lean against the door, revealing a thick thatch of auburn armpit hair in the process. She wrinkles her nose. Do I smell? I just showered!

I try to act nonchalant and say “hey,” but my voice cracks. Is it higher than usual? More nasal? And is that a hint of a drawl I’m detecting? While trying to hear the sound of my own voice, I don’t even notice what I’m saying.

“Hey, darlin’. You look sweeter’n a spoonful of molasses. How ‘bout we get you out of them clothes?”

Stacy’s face falls. “What the fuck did you just say to me? We’re going to the movies, remember?”

I’m so embarrassed by what just came out of my mouth that I can’t even figure out what to say next. My mouth moves anyway, and I say, “I ain’t going to no chick flick. I’m a real man. Now get over here or get out.”

“What is WRONG with you?” she snaps. “And are these tattoos real?” She grabs my collar and widens it to read my chest. “RENECK? Is that supposed to say ‘redneck’? It’s not even spelled properly.”

I splutter, staring down at my chest. Is that what it says?

She gives me a long, hard stare. “You have nothing to say for yourself? You know what? I have finals next week. I can’t handle this right now.” And just like that, she turns around and storms out.

Fuck. Fuuuuuuuck! What the hell is going on? I need to talk to that stupid-ass genie. I know he said I only get one wish, but the least he can do is reverse whatever the fuck he did. I rub the lamp, but nothing happens. I rub it again. Nothing. I knock, and the lid opens up a crack. Emilio’s voice emanates from within. “Your wish has been granted. What is it, Aaron?”

Exasperated, I ask “What did you do to me? I asked to be the richest man in town, not some redneck asshole.”

To my surprise, Emilio laughed, saying “Well, isn’t that funny? Now, I gave your request a lot of thought. It turns out the word “rich” means a lot of things in English, and I had trouble figuring out which you meant. But given the high concentration of men named “Rich” in your area, I assumed you were talking about exhibiting their qualities, but in a more concentrated way than any other Rich. The Rich-est if you will. And more than 70% of those men named Rich live in trailer parks in the area. I didn’t know why that’s what you wanted, but humans are funny that way. Sorry about the mixup. It can’t be fixed, but at least you’re healthy and safe. No harm, no foul!”

The lid snaps shut as I scream “Very harm! Very foul!” My accent is definitely a full-on country twang now, emerging in my agitation. I need to fix this. All of it. I decide that I can at least get rid of the beard right now. The hair would have to wait for a proper stylist and the tattoos would be a whole process, but I can shave. I turn around to run to the bathroom and grab my razor, but as I spin, the world whirls around me. When my dizziness settles, I’m no longer looking at my dorm room, but the dingy interior of a trailer home. Empty beer bottles are on the couch, dirty laundry is in the sink. A huge Confederate flag hangs above a bed sitting against the far wall.

I try to peer out the window on the front door, which has blinds so dusty that they look black. I can’t really see, so I open it up and step outside, the steps creaking under my newfound weight. Yup. I’m in a trailer park. In a daze (but not so much so that I don’t lock the door behind me, using a key that has materialized in my pocket), I wander aimlessly, trying to get my bearings and find my way back to the school.

As I make my way through a park I swear I’ve never been in before, I catch sight of a swing set. A vivid memory of pushing a kid on those swings blossoms in my mind. Oh yeah. Colton. My son. Had him back in high school, before I dropped out. I get to see him once a month, make sure he learns to be a proper man. Go to football games and spit on the ground and all that shit.

As I look around, my sense of direction grows clearer. Oh yeah. That corner is the liquor store where I get my Bud Light. Across from the bar where I try to pick up girls on Saturday nights. Where was I trying to go, again? Some school? Nah, I’m not looking to bang any college chicks today. Too snobby. Maybe I’ll hit up the tattoo parlor though, I picked up a few extra shifts this week at the EZ-Mart and I know exactly what to spend the extra cash on…

[dxscxndxnts]

My Thoughts on Descendants Canon

I was thinking about it and wanted to share. I’ve noticed everyone from screenwriters to this fandom over the years has brought a LOT to the canon (including me) and this last movie…kinda doesn’t fit that canon.

We’ve always perceived these characters to be continuations of the OG Disney Movies. Sleeping Beauty, Mulan, Beauty and the Beast, etc all happened as they did in their animated movies and the next thing was Descendants. It’s likely Descendants Canon doesn’t even consider sequels (Little Mermaid 2, Cinderella 2 and 3, etc)

Now, lots of us (myself included) do nitpick some other Disney canons for fanfiction or theory purposes. For example, I roll with The Little Mermaid: The Musical Canon that Triton and Ursula and Poseidon’s kids. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong but I’m pretty sure that’s never mentioned in the OG cartoon movie. Another example I’ve seen is folks accepting Maleficent (2014) as canon, which led to a lot of King Stephen is Mal’s father theories. Also, Greek Mythology? We all love discussing the complexities of D3 Hades being…D3 Hades.

Then there’s the books, by my guess written retroactively to the movies. I love them, I love the depth De La Cruz gives to this world. Unfortunately, I’m not sure book canon is heavily considered when writing the script (tho shoutout D4 for making Castlecoming a thing).

All of this to say: the Descendants Cinematic Universe (yes, this is DCU now) was originally thought to be based on JUST The original animated films.

Except now all those characters are in High School together? What?

I’ve said this once already, but it reminds me of The School for Good and Evil. All the Heroes and Villains went to school together and then after graduation went off to be in a fairytale. I think the DCU could be interpreted as something similar. Hear me out:

First thing: Let’s assume for a minute DCU is separate from the original movies it’s based on. The blue-haired Ella and the blonde cartoon Cinderella are different characters. A little trickier: Teen Maleficent and Maleficent (D1) are the same person, but not the same as Sleeping Beauty (1959) Maleficent.

Second thing: Take exact copies of all those Original Animated characters and put them together in the same place at the same time. Now they all go to high school together. This part is the SGE-like part, but the difference is there isn’t such a strict distinction of heroes and villains. Merlin teaches everyone. Their fairytales are their choice.

Which brings me to the third: ALL OF THE PLOTS STILL HAPPEN, and in their world it’s just common place and also translated differently. Ella still has an Evil Stepmother, a dance to go to, and a prince to see, but it doesn’t look like the cartoon at all.

Other examples:

Hades is indeed a teenager, and just casually a King of the Underworld and a God. That’s just how this place works.

Jaladdin. JALADDIN. If they’re together, their story already panned out, but maybe in a way that’s more DCU-like. Maybe Princess Jasmine needed to have a date to a certain royal event (instead of picking a suitor). Maybe good ol Vizier Jafar sent a skater punk in detention to a pawnshop for the lamp. Yes, Genie was a Genie, but maybe also a thriftstore owner who helped Aladdin get the girl with some thrifty style and a dusty magic carpet. I’m spitballing here.

My point is: all the fairytale stories will still take place, and all the characters are the same BUT separate from Original Animated Disney Canon. Aladdin already happened. Cinderella is currently happening. Alice in Wonderland is SO FAR in the future. Peter Pan may happen soon. Captain Hook already lost his hand, so he already blames Pan for that. (Can yall imagine its his twerp cousin or something, lol)

(I can’t explain Morgie. Morgana La Fey is from Once and Future King (King Authur’s story). She was not in Disney’s The Sword in the Stone, which is only 1/4 of OFK. The main villain in Disney’s movie was Madam Mim.)

This explanation also makes it a little easier to digest the fact that Beast was able to unite the kingdoms and banish the villains. If DCU was straight outta Disney canon, he would have to unite 1920s Louisiana (Princess and the Frog) with Aladdin’s Agrabah (just not real).

So yeah, that’s how I’m somehow wrapping my brain around all this. What do y’all think?

[asordinaryppl]

A3! 8th Anniversary Event - Le Cadeau's Blessings: Bless your ending: Prologue - The Veludo Theater Library

Izumi: (Sakyo-san said today’s special limited time sale will be a fierce battle. I have to make sure I don’t mess up the spot I’m supposed to reserve…)

[Drilling]

Construction Worker A: Heeey, bring that over ‘ere!

Construction Worker B: We apologize for the inconvenience.

Izumi: Thank you for your hard work.

Izumi: (Construction’s been going on pretty much everywhere. The renovation of Veludo Station seems to be progressing smoothly, too.)

Izumi: (It’s a little sad seeing all these familiar things change, but it’s what’s necessary to make the city a better place…)

Izumi: (Us MANKAI Company must also move forward without hesitation.)

Tsuzuru: …

Izumi: Oh, Tsuzuru-kun?

Tsuzuru: Ah, Director…

Izumi: You don’t have work today?

Tsuzuru: Well, they just called me to let me know they made sudden adjustments to their staffing and I don’t have to come in anymore.

Tsuzuru: It seemed like an interesting job that’d give me some nice inspiration, too…

Izumi: You were busy writing not only for our troupes, but also for KICS.

Tsuzuru: That’s true~ The finals will be even tougher, so I gotta study up while I can.

Tsuzuru: Are you going shopping, Director?

Izumi: Yeah. Sakyo-san has given me a sale mission.

Tsuzuru: Sounds important. I’ll come with.

Izumi: Thanks.

[Drilling]

Tsuzuru: The construction’s in full swing here, huh?

Izumi: Yeah. Since the town is improving, so should we.

Tsuzuru: Right. I’m gonna look into more opportunities that can offer me some more experience and stimulation.

Izumi: (Some more opportunities, huh…)

-

Child: “I’m the Genie! I will grant my master’s three wishes!”

Izumi: (Huh? This line…)

Child: “I’m looking for the phantom Oasis!”

Mother: The Genie wouldn’t act up in the middle of the street~

Mother’s friend: Is that from an anime?

Mother: No, a play. He watched a stream of it with my eldest and they got hooked.

Mother: These seem to be the only lines he’s memorized, though.

Mother’s friend: That’s amazing.  Why don’t you sign him up for theater lessons?

Mother: Ahaha, maybe I will~

Izumi: …

Tsuzuru: This kinda stuff makes me really happy.

Izumi: Right…

-

Tsuzuru: That’s mission complete.

Izumi: It would’ve been an instant game over if it wasn’t for Sakyo-san’s intel.

Tsuzuru: Have we decided what today’s dinner is gonna be?

Izumi: We’ll be having tomato chicken curry today.

Manager: Welcome back, you two! We’ve got a letter addressed to you, Director.

Izumi: “Veludo Theater Library”…?

Manager: Maybe you forgot to return a book~? I get sent a lot of postcards, too~

Tsuzuru: I don’t remember a library with that name, though.

Izumi: I haven’t borrowed a book from any libraries anyway— Oh, I just remembered.

Manager: Thought so! Be more careful next time!

Izumi: No, that’s not it. A fellow theater fan told me a while ago that there are plans to create a theater museum in Veludo that would display scripts and footage.

Izumi: Although I was looking forward to it, I never heard anything else. I wonder if it’s related to that…?

Manager: Ah, it seems that was put on hold due to funding issues.

Manager: Thanks to all the hype surrounding the New Fleur Award, though, they’ve found themselves a sponsor and have been proceeding with no further hiccups!

Tsuzuru: I see.

Izumi: In that case, I’m guessing this is… Yup, it’s an invitation to a preview event!

-

Staff: Feel free to look around.

Izumi: Thank you.

Tsuzuru: Oh, they’ve got the works of the past Fleur Award winners here. And there are works that have won overseas awards, too…

Izumi: There aren’t a lot of things here yet, but it’s not often you get to see so many things related to theater in one place. It’s really exciting!

Yuzuki: Thank you so much for coming. I’m the curator of this museum, my name is Yuzuki.

Izumi: It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance. I’m Tachibana from MANKAI Company.

Tsuzuru: I-I’m Minagi!

Izumi: This is such a wonderful museum. I’m really happy a place like this has opened in our town of theater.

Yuzuki: Thank you.

Yuzuki: Its shelves are not quite filled yet, but we hope to get there with the cooperation of Veludo Town’s citizens.

Izumi: Please let us know if there’s anything we can help with!

Yuzuki: I do have a request I’d like to take you up on your offer with… Could I ask you to donate a script?

Yuzuki: We have asked many troupes for their help, but we would appreciate MANKAI Company’s assistance as well.

Tsuzuru: I bet fans of the original MANKAI Company would be thrilled to read a script by Hakkaku-san!

Izumi: We can ask Kusumi-san.

Yuzuki: Thank you. Could we perhaps have one of your scripts as well, Minagi-sama?

Tsuzuru: Huh!? Y-You want to put my script in the museum…!?

Yuzuki: Unless you have some issue with that—

Tsuzuru: N-No, not at all, I’m totally fine with it! If anything, I should be the one asking if you’re my work is good for this…

Yuzuki: Thank you.

Yuzuki: Also, this may be a little too forward, but I have one more request…

Izumi: ?

masterpost: cast a / cast b | next episode

[devout-of-the-elder-scrolls]

Clavicus Vile Summoning Day

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Clavicus Vile's summoning day is Morning Star 01st, or January 01st. This day is also shared with the New Life Festival within canon lore.

This post is a UPG post about what I perform for said summoning day. You can do whatever it is you like on this day.

(As a preface, this post is made by a Daedra Worshiper who doesn't believe/experience that the Princes are pure evil. That shines through in this.)

(art credit: sugaredtea / Amelia Davis, link to artstation)

CLAVICUS VILE . . ,

Clavicus Vile, or Nycot, Child-god of the Morningstar, is a Prince of Deals, Trickery, Wishes, Bargains, and a lot else. He is often called "the most carefully neutral Prince". They are most commonly associated with a crossroads demon, a genie/djinn and a trickster spirit. She is often seen accompanied by Barbas, who may or may not be a familiar, may or may not be a core part of Clavicus Vile's existence and a part of Their power.

They are seen as a more "sophisticated" Daedra comparatively to other Princes, and sees Himself as jovial, silly, and playful. She finds eternity to be rather boring, so entertainment is found in watching mortals and meddling in their affairs and lives.

Clavicus Vile is often summoned upon to make deals within contracts and rituals, though this post is written more from a devotional standpoint than a contract making one.

Anything below this point is primarily UPG.

ASSOCIATIONS . . ,

Clavicus Vile is associated with (usually white) dogs (especially borzois in my personal experience), aloe vera, pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns, surrealistic paintings, and masks.

OFFERINGS . . ,

↘ natural ; 

gems, fake ones count

pansy

hydrangea

aloe vera

white dog fur

↘ foodstuff ; 

candy

cashews

mixed nuts

salt

cookies with lots of filling things

↘ items ; 

masks

borzoi or white dog statuettes

jack-o-lanterns, even if they’re fake decor ones

hand fans

surrealist art

↘ music ; 

chaotic music. hyperpop, grunge, hardbass, phonk, etc

↘ etc ; 

magenta / purple candles

DEVOTIONALS . . ,

wear masks

use hand fans

be unapologetically yourself

dress in chaotic and free ways

make good exchanges things like vent to others, listen to others vent; do things you like plus things your friend likes; etc.

consider new ways to do things

play games in Their name

play a game with Them

share your achievements

tend well to your relationships

do shadow work

perform automatic writing with your subconscious

generally face yourself

accept yourself in your entirety

practice self love

focus on recovery from trauma and other things

sun-bathe

use aloe vera in spells

dance/sing to music

go on an adventure

cheer yourself up when you’re sad

FESTIVITIES . . ,

Clavicus Vile's summoning day can be celebrated in many ways, such as:

pursuing things that make you happy

writing (realistic) resolutions for the new year

making promises and deals with those around you and yourself

dissolving bonds and promises that don't serve you anymore

freeing yourself from that which harms you

starting a new journey

playing games of all sorts

dance and sing

When it comes to the New Life Festival, which one can include in their festivities for Clavicus Vile, is an event that celebrates the birth of a new year and the death of an old year. Originally, it was the celebration of Magnus, the sun god, and over time it became just a celebration of the gift of New Life, heralded by the sun. It also marks the start of the Winter Solstice, when Magnus the Sun begins to return, and the days start to grow longer. Everyone in Tamriel celebrates in their own culturally unique way - But some include races, feasts, games, and dancing.

(image credit: Daggerfall)

SUMMONING RITUAL . . ,

This is a personal summoning ritual. Please feel free to make your own.

↘ ingredients and other tools &&° 

Clavicus Vile's name written in Daedric script on paper (to burn or throw away)

a magenta or purple candle, or multiple if you'd like

something pumpkin, be it an actual pumpkin, something pumpkin flavored, or a pumpkin figurine

aloe vera, even if it's just some gel

anything else you personally associate with Clavicus

an offering of some form

a red wine or a pomegranate juice (to drink)

↘ steps &&° 

Make sure safety precautions are in set. This includes physical safety if you're going to be burning the paper.

Set your scene, with the pumpkin, aloe vera, and any personal choice items.

Write down Clavicus Vile's name.

Light your candle(s).

Call upon Clavicus Vile, while burning the paper or folding it up and throwing it away in the trash. Here's an optional one: Clavicus Vile, Nycot, God-child of the Morningstar. I call upon you here and now, on this summoning day of yours. Please, I humbly beg, come to me here and now.

Offer up your offering, including the wine or pomegranate juice.

Do your business, whatever it is you wanted to do here, even if it's just talking. If you want to make a deal, now is the time.

To finish, pour a drink of the wine/pomegranate juice for Them, and one for yourself. Drink your cup, and leave Vile's for an hour.

Blow out or snuff your flame.

After an hour has passed, pour Vile's cup down the drain.

YOU WANT TO MAKE A DEAL . . ,

This section is here for those who are interested in making a deal with Clavicus Vile on this day. You don't need to wait until the First of Morning Star to make a deal, but today is a great day to do so.

I want to first ask you to consider your viewpoint on Clavicus Vile and Their morals. Do you consider Vile as a more evil, malefic force? Then probably don't make a deal. But if you're like me who considers the Princes to be a lot less bad than canon, and trusts them, then you can make a deal safely.

This assumes you're doing this in the middle of the summoning ritual.

↘ steps &&°

Explain what you're wanting. The more details and the more specifics the better, just because it means it's more likely to go smoothly.

Clavicus Vile will propose what you need to fulfill for your end of the deal. Feel free to debate and negotiate, but remember, you're going to have to fulfill your end of the bargain and you might not get exactly 100% what you want. Later on, you can "edit" your bargain halfway through or "cancel" the exchange by summoning and talking to Clavicus Vile again, but expect editing to mean you don't get the same thing you wanted in the first place all the time. Sometimes it remains the same, but not always.

Draw up a physical contract for yourself. I'd suggest a physical copy but a digital copy can work, as long as you can sign it.

Sign your name in Daedric Script.

Congrats! Your deal is now in action.

With all of that said, you might be asking "If you can't just get exactly what you want, why make a deal? Why not just do a spell instead?" Well, then... do a spell instead, frankly. This is for those who feel comfortable making a deal with Clavicus Vile and prefer to rely on the gods for help.

I've never been personally shafted by Vile in all the deals I've made. I've had to edit some partway through as I realized I couldn't uphold my end, and Vile was understanding and didn't punish me or anything of that sort for it.

Regardless of whether you're engaging in a deal or just summoning Clavicus Vile, I hope you all have a wonderful January/Morning Star 01st, and that this year is kind to you. Best of luck.

[artist-issues]

Raya and the Last Dragon popped into my head today and I kept thinking about how the incredibly unsubtle and poorly executed message of trusting others felt like a first draft.

What do you think about it? Would a revised script with the same story premise fix that film? Or was it doomed from the get go in what it was trying to say?

Good question! I go back and forth. I think the movie's biggest weak point was its writing, so I guess I'd say, "a revised script with the same story premise would fix it!"

There's nothing wrong at all with a message like "Without trust, we can't stand together." Because it's very true. Everyone has priorities, and there's always a chance they'll choose themselves over you, or over the "greater good." But if you keep trying to take control of the situation by believing the worst about them before it happens, you'll be exhausted & jaded, they'll be exhausted & jaded, and all your time and energy will be spent on competing with each other for the grand prize of "who can look out for their own interests better."

I think Raya and the Last Dragon's premise works for a truth like that. It makes total sense to have a girl who's competitive become jaded and control-freaky when her father, the symbol of the virtue of trust & good faith, is murdered by betrayal. And not just any betrayal, but betrayal from someone she directly tried to befriend and trust as a sort of "first experience" with that good faith her dad was always talking about. Makes total sense. And it's impactful; something that traumatic and personal would cause a relatable character flaw that the heroine needs drastic measures to overcome.

I actually love the concept of Sisu too. I like the idea that she's this pure, selfless soul who's got childlike faith—but, all the jaded people in a post-apocalyptic world respect and consider her worldview because she's a revered dragon. So she really does change minds just by being around them, just by coming back and existing in the first place. I mean, if she had been just a sheltered girl from, say, a different country, who came into the broken Kumandra with stars in her eyes, the bad guys wouldn't have thought twice about whatever she exemplified. But she's a dragon.

And step back and think about it: having a group of characters from every walk of life come together as a mini-experiment in trust and unity during the course of the adventure is a great idea. It's not flashy or original, but it's classic and true. Avatar the Last Airbender has a crew of characters from each tribe combining to defeat evil. When Kenai has a prejudice against bears in Brother Bear, how is that character flaw solved? Not just by him turning into one, but by him having to travel with and get to know one.

What they get to know is that they all have something in common: they've all lost people to the great evil in the world. And, they all want the same things, despite cultural differences. They all want their families back, they all want safety and success.

So yeah, the pieces are all there. The problem is, the writing was just super clunky. Theres a lot of telling, when it comes to the story, instead of showing. There's not no showing. There's just not enough.

I know this is already a long post, but I'll just point out: Aladdin's message had a lot to do with trust, too. But no character ever said out loud, "you have trust issues and you need to work through them." Certainly not more than once. The closest you get is Genie telling Aladdin to be himself.

Instead, you're just shown that Jasmine is the type of girl to give an apple to a hungry kid without even thinking about whether or not the shopkeeper wouldn't want her to do it. She's the type of girl who plays along with a scrubby boy from the marketplace trying to help her. She's the kind of girl who goes out with a Prince even though she has reason to believe he's already lying to her. She just does those things, and never says, "hey, why did you lie to me--you have trust issues!"

Meanwhile Aladdin's whole story is him bending over backwards to control what everyone thinks of him, because he can't trust them to accept him as he is. But he never says, "Trust gets me hurt." He just says, "if Jasmine knew I was really some crummy street-rat, she'd laugh at me."

Those sentences that the characters say are well-written because they are realistic. Only in our modern psycho-babble Instagram-influencer culture, where everyone thinks they're an expert on the human psyche, are teenagers starting to say things like "My trauma causes me to struggle with trust."

What Aladdin says is much more immediate, much more down-to-earth than that. It shows where his brain is in that moment. He's not thinking about the general philosophy of truth and trust. He's just thinking about what he should or shouldn't say on his date, and how scary the idea of getting laughed at is. We, the audience, are smart enough to infer that it's all rooted in trust issues. We don't need Genie to deliver a speech six times to make it abundantly clear.

I'm capable of identifying that as the problem, but I'm not great at doing it, myself. I know the language, I'm not great at speaking it. But actually I'm going to punt this part of the question over to @doverstar , who is very skilled at "show, don't tell," especially in dialogue. How would you re-write that scene where Sisu is trying to convince Raya of the importance of trust?

One final thing that I think handicaps Raya and the Last Dragon is that, because of the way they're written, the characters lose likability. Theres a way to have a traumatized, defensive girl who thinks she knows everything still be likable. Just like there was a way to have a selfish, insecure liar be likable in Aladdin.

I think there are other issues—I'd have completely written out the baby and the monkeys, and I'd have cut the fight sequences between two teenage girls way shorter because nobody cares about them. But that can be for another post.

[otakween]

Digimon Data Squad (Savers) - Episode 2

I found this episode pretty enjoyable writing/pacing-wise. The flaws are still there (questionable voice acting, digimon designs, and music) but the character interactions are fun. Agumon and Masaru's close relationship is reminding me of Guilmon and Takato's, especially because there were a lot of familiar moments in this episode (the cardboard box and Agumon being put in a pen). All of the other human-digimon partners seem more like business relationships.

Notes:

I said this in the last post, but I'm just confirming my first impressions: Yoshino's JP voice actress is...off. She sounds really monotone like she's just reading her script instead of acting it. It's so rare that I notice wooden acting in Japanese that it's really throwing me off lol.

In other "weird voice choices," Kudamon's voice is way darker than expected. There was one scene where I was confused who was talking because the voice seemed so unfitting. I'm sure I'll just get used to that one

This version of Agumon is very gummy, I couldn't stop staring at his gums lol

So the digivices are basically Pokeballs in this season. The way Agumon panicked when he was inside one for the first time made me feel bad for all of the other digimon that are seen in digivices :/ I'll kinda miss them having to find creative ways to sneak around, this makes things too easy.

Does Masaru live in a giant house or is it a complex/condo? Either way, I'm jealous.

Masaru's mom's got the requisite "Mom hairdo." There's something comforting about these cliches. She kinda looks like she could be the same age as her son lol (anime!)

Yoshino just lives with Masaru now...and his family is immediately okay with that? Agumon is accepted too. I get that the absurdity is kinda the joke, but I would love to see what Yoshino told them to convince them to just roll with it.

The green in Masaru's school uniform reminds me of the older kids' uniforms from 02. Very handsome.

I swear class pets are always dying left and right in anime, poor things. I'm not really sure why Kunemon granted that boy's wish like an evil genie? Do Kunemon do that?

Lalamon/Sunflowmon are pretty blah. They just don't seem to have a personality and their design is too simple.

Good to see that Masaru's still brawlin'. I hope he and Agumon fight side-by-side til the end! (Human-digimon equality!)

3rd team member will be introduced next time! He's some kinda mixed race dude. I wonder what country he's supposed to be flying in from. Hi digimon is Veemon-colored.

[thesimonthedevious]

For the prompts: boblin and 3!

3- Write about your ship holding hands in a tense moment.

Bob and Linda stared, unable to really say much. Mostly because the last time Linda tried to speak, someone shushed her. Which, when you were watching the Wagstaff Nativity, it felt kind of mandatory. Still, Linda did shush her back louder. And then someone else shushed her, and she shushed them, and for a good solid five minutes Linda was in a shushing match until Frond had to come over and de-escalate. The threat of a puppet to help was enough to make all parents shut up. 

This was the first christmas with Tina in ninth grade - which meant there wasn’t any nativity clashes. And actually, it got better, because Gene and Louise’s years combined theirs. So they just had to attend one event, no one had to record anything for the other, and no one had to panic about being late. Linda even managed to have some wine offered to the parents. Five bucks for a glass was a lot, but when needs must! And it was for the kids! She was pretty sure it was, anyway. She thought one of them was a teacher.

Maybe.

“Bob, you’re crushing my hand.” Linda finally had to whisper, looking down. They were clinging to each other. 

“Sorry.”

He didn’t quite let up. And Linda could understand: Gene had landed himself an impressively large role - and it was pertinent that he got it right. The nativity made Christmas right. It was the night before Christmas break, and if parents and kids didn’t walk away from this nativity feeling invigorated for Christmas, well, whose fault was that, huh? They weren’t going to blame the lame robin - it was going to be the star.

The literal star.

Because Gene was dressed as a star.

Had Linda hyped up the position a bit too much? Probably. But that was her Genie-Weenie, and Louise had not been receptive to Linda’s obsessions with her lines. For all Louise cared, she’d take the script onto stage with her (which was not happening as currently the paper was getting ripped out of her tiny hands by Mr Ambrose).

But there he was: Gene waddled onto the stage to stand centre. His time in front of an audience had been filled with improv, but Mr Ambrose had made it clear he was not going to put up with whatever stunt he pulled at his amateurs club. ‘Because this ain’t amateurs’. No, it was kids, but hey… 

“There he is, there he is!” Linda shook Bob’s hand, who chuckled, nodding, wary of the puppet master watching them. This was it… What he had been working towards - kind of hard, not really trying too much - for the last week at least for sure…

His lines were slow at first. But Gene looked down - just about making out the silhouette of his mom and dad, and the shine of Tina’s glasses when she moved her head a certain way - helped him keep going. For what felt like an eternity he talked, and only tripped up one sentence, and that was it.

The nativity was over.

And Gene had done it.

“YEAH GENE!”

“THAT’S MY SON!” Linda yelled over the clapping. Finally the ruckus died down as kids did their bows, and began running to their families.

“Phew, oh my god, my hand is so sweaty.” Bob peeled his palm from Linda’s, and she made a noise, shaking her own hand.

“Yeah it is, ew.”

“You guys really stressed out about that monologue, huh.” Tina pointed out, making a face at her dad’s hand. 

“It was important to him!” Linda excused, waving him over, “There’s my little star, and my little Jesus!” Louise was still wearing her beard. She was pretty sure she wasn’t supposed to take it with her, but it was hers now. “Let’s go get ice cream to celebrate! Somewhere where there’s more wine.”

“Like, our home maybe?” Bob tried to throw that out there - 

“YAY HOME!” the family cheered, as they made their way out into the dark, snowy night.

[baronaliswritingcorner]

Discotek's Tales of Symphonia The Animation Blu-Ray is Rather...

So in preparation for next month's Colloyd Week, I rewatched the Tales of Symphonia OVAs to catalogue ideas/references. As it happens, it's been well over a decade since I last saw it, and what better way to celebrate my original OTP by finally fishing out that Discotek Blu-Ray I've had lying around?

And folks, now that the two worlds've been reunited and my original OTP's riding off into the sunset, I gotta ask...

Holy cow, did they have any budget on this thing or what?!

No, seriously, what happened here? The translated script's all well and good, but, come on: the absent omakes? The garish yellow subtitles? The untranslated credits? The mistranslated names?! Really, I'm convinced they had some half-complete style guide because while "Raine", "Genis", and Colette's angel symptoms are left intact, we're left to juggle the following silliness:

"Barraclough Temple" (Balacruf Mausoleum)

"Rewin" (Luin)

"Ascard" (Asgard)

"Haimah" (Hima)

"Techbirds" (Rheairds)

"Gaorakia Forest" (Gaoracchia Forest)

"Artesta" (Altessa)

"Cybac" (Sybak)

"Taiga" ("Tiga")

"Kuciak" (Kuchinawa -- HOW DO YOU MESS THIS UP THIS IS PLAIN JAPANESE)

"Trent Forest" (Torent Forest)

Now, us eagle-eyed Tales of Symphonia fans might pick up how a couple of these are indeed the original Japanese names (for instance, I can buy Ascard slipping through since it's on the opening map), but while localization discrepancies across multimedia are hardly anything new (VIZ Media's Dragon Ball/One Piece manga releases being prime examples), some of these display a shocking lack of professionalism -- you hear Sheena pronouncing "Kuchinawa" plain as day and "Techbirds" is the Tales of Phantasia name for the Rheairds! How did these happen?!

Look, I get it: licensing anime's expensive and sometimes things fall through -- these releases were mighty pricy over in Japan and if excising the bonuses meant an affordable $40 set, so be it -- but sheesh, if you're gonna treat us to a barebones release, at least show some care and consistency in the actual main course. This is a fan's-first work, after all -- us Tales of Symphonia faithful have been through the wringer with those dreadful remasters alone, and we'll take whatever respite we can get.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off for a retreat into the Trent Forest. Full of Trents, I imagine. Maybe they'll help me write my fic

(The actual OVA itself? Again, a fan's-first product -- I can't say it's especially welcoming to newcomers with how a 40+ hour game's divided into 11 half-hour episode, but hey, could be way worse. The animation and overall look's gorgeous, Almateria's a hauntingly beautiful opening, the cast chemistry is genuinely endearing, the drama and messaging land as well as ever (I felt emotions on that last episode), and that sickingly-sweet Colloyd goodness drowns you in mushy, soppy fluff -- like being cuddled by ten Noishes at once. Mmm.)

[the-plot-blog-thing]

For Fun: Here's My Favorite Disney Songs That Were Deleted/Changed in the Final Film (Part 3)

"High Adventure" would've seen Babkak, Omar, Kassim, and The Genie of the Ring on their way to rescue Aladdin from Jafar. This was also restored in the Broadway version.

Ashman and Menken set Aladdin aside to finish work on Beauty. By the time they got back to work on it, the script was already in the process of being rewritten. Ashman only finished two more songs before his death. "Prince Ali" and the first of what would end up being several attempts at a Jafar song, "Humiliate the Boy". (Note, in the early drafts, Genie could grant unlimited wishes, hence why this song is the way it is.)

After Ashman's death, Menken wrote both the music and lyrics for a new "I Want" song for Aladdin entitled "You Can Count On Me". Given the context of when he wrote this, this makes me tear up.

As the script came together, Menken teamed up with Andrew Lloyd Webber's former collaborator, Tim Rice to finish the songs for Aladdin. They kept "Arabian Nights", "Friend Like Me", and "Prince Ali" from earlier drafts, and wrote "One Jump Ahead", and "A Whole New World" to round it out. Menken and Rice tried two more times to write a villain song for Jafar. Their first attempt was "Why Me?" which almost made it into the Broadway show, before being cut after tryouts.

Their next attempt was "My Finest Hour". This didn't work, and they settled on a dark reprise of "Prince Ali" for the final film.

For The Lion King, Mufasa had a song called "To Be King" which I cannot picture James Earl Jones singing at all.

Timon and Pumbaa's original song, "Warthog Rhapsody" is pretty fun (I actually kinda enjoy this one more than Hakuna Matata). Its tune would be repurposed for "That's All I Need" from The Lion King 1 1/2.

Timon originally also had a verse in Hakuna Matata. This would later help inform the plot of Lion King 1 1/2.

Timon and Pumbaa also almost sang "Can You Feel The Love Tonight?" which would've been really funny in hindsight.

Most famously, Scar's reprise of "Be Prepared" where he hits on Nala was slightly repurposed i. the Broadway show as the song "The Madness of King Scar"

To be Continued in Part 4!

[burned-lariat]

Laura's writing is so awful (tbh worse than the Anna propping Peter era) but all these people throwing away the icon of the show for one shitty story is getting a little much.

I've seen people on the twitter sphere say they won't even accept Laura on the show unless they see her go on her hands and knees and begs Spencer and Trina for forgiveness 😳😬

Y'all its just shitty writing. Esme will go to jail or die. Laura will be back saying how great Sprina are for one another, being shitty mayor, and dealing with Cyrus's shit until Lulu or lucky come back for her to mother.

It's just a phase. She really isn't this bad. Genie should take her vacation early after seeing these scripts tho 😂

It's dan and Chris and frank who need to beg for their audience's forgiveness of putting us thru this torture of a "story"

Sorry for the rant!

No apologies necessary! Rant as much as you like!

And I feel you, Anon. Laura is in Hell rn with no way out until Esme is finally and officially offscreen. These writers fucking SUCK.

[fortuna9]

EXPLAINING MY 2010S DR MORE!

☆ Nicknames I have: Barbie, Bunny, Ellie, Ali

☆ Most popular songs: Cruel Summer, DDU-DU DDU-DU, Run away with me, Genie, Something like a party, Shooting Star, b2b heartbeat, Vroom Vroom, Tattoo, Boom Clap etc

☆ I'm the face of Thierry Mugler

☆ Other endorsements: Mattel, Sanrio, Sailor Moon, Nintendo, Toidoki, Dolls Kill, Versace, H&M, Jeremy Scott for Moschino, Blumarine

☆ I have a reality tv show that runs from 2010-2016 (so ages 15-21) (I also scripted that it won't be too hectic so I can have decent teenage years)

☆ I also am THAT girl, the it-girl to end all it-girls it's so serious

☆ There will be a Barbie doll line made inspired by me, and I will also have a cameo in the Barbie movie dressed as one of those dolls (the meta of it all)

☆ I also have cameos in movies I'm on the soundtrack for (Catching Fire, Dork Diaries, Percy Jackson and The Titan's Curse, The Great Gatsby, Barbie etc.)

☆ I also scripted that the Percy Jackson movies weren't dookie and that Dork Diaries got 3 films.

☆ I want to live that Nikki Maxwell lifestyle, so I also go to North Hampton Hills (on scholarship), I won Valentine's Sweetheart, I won an Ice Skating competition, I ran my school's newspaper's advice column, I write in my diary a lot.

☆ My rise to stardom came from my win on a talent show in 2009/2010 (the timeline here is a bit wonky)

☆ Songs I covered: Together again, Halo, Love Story, Just Dance, Umbrella, Fantasy, Loverboy

☆ Original songs I performed: Message in a bottle, Enchanted, I AM, Teenage Dream

☆ I stole Barbie's entire house from Life in the Dreamhouse zxncaskl I just scripted that no-one questions my endless closet (Elektra Crystal...yeah of course we don't know when her closet ends...makes sense)

☆ I scripted 6 albums so far (7 if you include the songs from the talents show). I scripted a trilogy (2010-2014), UTOPIA (2019), and The Phantom Pulse duology (2022). I'll post about them soon!

☆ I have two singles (Really Bad Boy released in 2016 and DDU-DU DDU-DU released in 2017). I also have a few songs I did for ads specifically (Peek-a-boo for a Halloween themed pizza commercial, Speed Drive for a Barbie ad and ICONIC for a Nike ad)

☆ I also did the soundtrack for a Nintendo game I scripted in (Odyssey), released in 2021.

☆ I'm considered the best performer of my generation.

☆ I had a mega tour from 2015-2017, bigger than the Eras tour. It was a cultural phenomenom, and the demand lead to the tour being extended.

☆ I also scripted that I know everyone's secrets cause I don't want anyone playing with me I will END your career.

☆ Still questioning if I should script young coriolanus in...I could write style about him...save me blonde tom blyth...save me..

Anyways that's all for today, that's for tuning in, you're shifting today, hope you know ♡

[asordinaryppl]

A3! Main Story: Part 4 - Act 14: DREAM CATCHER - Episode 14: Travel Tales

Izumi: We’re home.

Sakuya: Welcome home!

Kazunari: *yawn*~ We’re back.

Chikage: You seem sleepy.

Citron: Must be wet lag~

Kazunari: Jet lag~ I did sleep a bit on the plane, tho.

Misumi: We brought lots of souvenirs~

Banri: You even gathered triangle goods from the US?

Misumi: Yup! A triangle flag, a triangle chocolate bar, a triangle cookie, a triangle hat and a triangle mirror.

Misumi: And also a triangle bag and a triangle keyholder…

Itaru: Status ailment: Gestaltzerfall…

Yuki: I bought cosmetics for Azu-nee and Azami. These items are limited to American stores, apparently. I also found the things you asked for.

Azami: Thanks. That's the stuff I wanted. They're expensive here, even more so 'cause they're imported.

Azuma: Thank you. I’ll use it carefully.

Muku: Ju-chan, we also bought lots of sweets, like chocolate.

Juza: Won’t have to worry about snacks for a while.

Kumon: Also, we bought that yummy ranch dressing we had. It can be used for salads, but also potatoes and pizza.

Omi: Oh, you don’t see that in Japan often. We should try it for dinner tonight.

Kazunari: Furuuche-san, we also brought alcohol. We don’t have this whiskey here in Japan yet.

Sakyo: Lookin’ forward to trying this.

Kumon: We also got pamphlets for the musical, and some limited edition merch~

Tsumugi: I want to look at the pamphlet later.

Tasuku: How was it?

Kumon: It was the best! I wish I could’ve seen even more!

Guy: Is that so? I would also like to see one again.

Homare: How does the Winter Troupe also going on an overseas training trip sound?

Tsumugi: Sounds like we’ll be going to watch some kind of play every day.

Tsuzuru: Oh, you guys are back. Great timing, I’m done with the script.

Kumon: Really!? I wanna read it!

Tenma: Hit us with it.

Tsuzuru: Eh? No, don’t you guys wanna take a break–

Kazunari: We got a bunch of inspo on our trip, and we’re super hyped and rearing to go right now!

Misumi: I wanna act as soon as possible!

Tsuzuru: R-Really? Then, I’ll hand ‘em out.

Muku: Wahhh, I can’t wait to read it!

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Tsuzuru: While keeping everyone’s requests in mind, I tried writing it so everyone is a protagonist like in the first performance.

Tsuzuru: Also, while everyone was separated based on the original story before, they’ve now come together as one team.

Tsuzuru: I think that way we can bring out the Summer Troupe’s colors.

Kazunari: Everyone going on an adventure together sounds super fun~!

Kumon: My role is the Genie of the Ring! I’m so happy I get to be friends with everyone!

Tenma: We have to get over our jet lag before we start practicing for real.

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[Loud erasing]

Yuki: …

Tenma: Are you drawing the rough designs?

Yuki: Yeah. I need to put results of our study trip into practice.

Tenma: Are our outfits also gonna change, like the Spring Troupe’s did?

Yuki: For RomiJuli, I had to keep in mind the passage of time and the changes in the characters’ positions as I created their outfits, but for the Summer Troupe’s sequel…

Yuki:  It’s still under consideration. I also have to talk it through with Azami.

[Phone buzzing]

Tenma: — —

Yuki: You’ll distract me if you talk on the phone, so go outside.

Tenma: Yeah, yeah.

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Cat: Meow~

Misumi: Yup, the moon is a full circle tonight~ It’s perfect for a walk.

Tenma: No, but I can’t just–

Tenma: … I understand.

Misumi: ?

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Transformers: Mosaic #380 - "Leader Of The Club"

Originally posted on May 13th, 2006

Story - Alain Desrochers Art, Letters - Dane Eichinger

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wada sez: This strip is inspired by the Disney Label version of Optimus Prime, “Mickey Mouse Trailer”. The strip’s title is quoted from the theme song to The Mickey Mouse Club. On deviantART, Desrochers offered a list of the “magicians and sorcerers” Mickey is acquainted with: “There's Jafar from Aladdin, Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty, Fairy Godmother from Cinderella, Merlin from Sword in the Stone, Master Yensid from Fantasia, Genie from Aladdin although he's neither a magician or a sorcerer.” See below for Desrochers’ original script and commentary.

First Panel: Blackness, nothing.

Prime: Where am I, what happened?

Second Panel: Haze is lifting, ill defined shapes are barely identifiable as the clouds, a tree and what might be the side of a building.

Unseen Commentator: Gosh, you had a bad fall, but don’t worry you’re safe now.

Third Panel: Shapes are fuzzy, but clearer. The sky is a vibrant blue, the clouds seem to glow, the tree sways gently as if in a breeze and the side of the building turns out to be a barn door.

Prime: I feel strange, something’s different.

Unseen Person: Gee I’m sorry, when I touched that crystal thing something happened to change you. I don’t know why.

Fourth Panel: POV Prime as he sits up, before him is a creature never before encountered, an anthropomorphic mouse with perfect round ears, white gloves, yellow shoes and a pair of red shorts.

Prime: Who are you?

Mouse: I’m Mickey Mouse.

Fifth Panel: Prime climbs to his feet and shakes his head.

Prime: I’ve never heard of a Mickey Mouse. The Matrix changed me because you touched me you say, but why? *Mickey shrugs at the question*

Sixth Panel: POV Prime looking at his reflection in a pool of water, he should appear cartoony similar to Animated Prime, but more in keeping with traditional Disney animation looks.

Prime: By the Matrix.

Seventh Panel: Full body shot of Mousemus Prime looking both shocked and comically petrified.

Prime: Megatron could never take me seriously like this.

Eighth Panel: Close-Up of Mickey looking suitably ashamed and disappointed at having caused Prime trouble.

Mickey: Oh I’m sorry if I caused you any trouble. Maybe I can get some help to change you back to the way you used to be, I know a lot of magicians and sorcerers. Even a Genie.

Last Panel: Mousemus Prime’s upper torso with a Disney bluebird flitting past his left ear, he shakes his head at Mickey’s concern.

Prime: *Sigh* It is not your fault Mickey Mouse, the Matrix does strange things. I shall have to learn to live with it I suppose. Or perhaps, sorcerers you say?

This might need a little work, let me know if I should rework the last couple of scenes. It might not jive well enough.

End ?

Here is the original script for my Transformers Mosaic piece, I have left it completely intact and chose not to edit it to reflect the changes made in the final draft.

As you can see there was some more dialogue between Mickey and Prime and no really dynamic ending for the piece. Blueike the artist really fixed it up for the second draft by limiting the dialogue and adding that final dynamic scene it helps the story a lot more than what I originally had as an ending.

Most of my other unclaimed scripts have good endings I think, but this one I will admit to having a difficult time limiting myself to actually end the piece on one page. Not only is it a blending of my two favorite hobbies, but it also wasn't easy letting go, my muse wanted to keep writing I think. But I had to limit myself.

Fortunately my collaborative comrade helped get a much better message across for an actual ending. Thanks Blueike :D