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you can pry starting sentences with 'and' or 'but' out of my cold, dead hands

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Today's sobering "0" had arrived during lunch.

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like i'm sorry but we as a fandom have to stay firm on our anti-AI values. we cannot suddenly start giving AI a pass when it's something we "want to see" like destiel kisses. it's not suddenly fine. we're not going to start using AI to make fanfic scenes come to life or audio AI to make characters "say" stuff we want to hear. you have GOT to be firm on your anti-AI stance. if you start making exceptions then suddenly anything will fly. fandom is for real art and creations made by real people. no AI fanfics. no AI art. no AI rendered "bonus" scenes. no AI audio. none of it has a place here.

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Dan attempting team bonding with the freshmen that turns into a drinking game of never have I ever to try to help the original Foxes and the freshmen find commonalities.

It almost immediately devolves into pointed pettiness.

One of the freshmen, being a little shit, smiles at Aaron while saying, "Never have I ever killed anyone."

The freshmen laugh, rubbing salt in the wound of Aaron's recent murder trial.

The laughter stops when Aaron, Andrew, Neil, and Renee (soda) all drink without missing a beat.

The freshmen look around at the upperclassmen nervously as they realize there are 3 more murderers than they expected in the room.

The freshmen do not sleep easy that night.

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it really is crazy how quickly people were willing to just let chatgpt do everything for them. i have never even tried it. brother i don't even know if it's just a website you go to or what. i do not know where chatgpt actually lives, because i can decide my own grocery list.

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Damian, who grew up with advanced tutors in every subject at the loa, would NOT be chill with having to denigrate himself towards putting up with fucking. Gotham level teachers. so like what if after finding out one of his previous tutors that 1) Damian actually considered acceptable, 2) is skilled in multiple subjects, and 3) is Talia approved to the point of adoption, is actually in Gotham working as the Red Hood, Damian just stops attending the school Bruce signed him up for.

he’s smart about it; gets dropped off and picked up outside the entrance every day, lets Alfred/Dick/Tim/Bruce see him enter and exit the building, acts like he’s adjusting really well to the civilian school system, and yet on gods green earth that boy has not attended a single fucking class in five months. three minutes into first period he’s out the window and getting a ride to Jason’s safe house to continue learning at a pace that he actually benefits from.

i feel like having helped raise/teach the kid for a couple years in the league and having worked with/been on sort of amicable terms with a few other of Damian’s tutors (the ones that didn’t get killed anyway), Jason would be familiar enough with Damian and his little ways and habits that he would know that the kid would 100% benefit more from home schooling that whatever bullshit public school Bruce put him in. Damian’s very self motivated so he knows there won’t be an issue in slacking off if he allows Damian to ditch school and sort of rule his own schooling from Jason’s apartment. he’ll do his own advanced mathematics, history, science, whatever the fuck he feels the need to brush up on during that day. English and most physical training Jason does take control of, but that was what they did in the league anyway so that’s normal to them; they’re just settling back into what for them is a normal routine.

the only thing Damian doesn’t like about ditching Gotham Prep and going to Jason’s for school is that Jason forces him to join social groups at least twice a week, whether it be a reading group at the library, a painting club, volunteering at a hospital or animal shelter, just so that he can still learn to interact with civilians. still, he likes that the activities are always tailored to what Jason knows he enjoys and it is preferable to being in a school for five days a week, so he lets it slide. he even gets a bit more vigilante training bcs occasionally he gets to tag along with Red Hood during the rare day mission, so long as his identity is hidden. Jason always drops him back off at the school fifteen minutes before 3 so that Damian can sneak in and walk out the front doors when the bells go, just a normal school student like everyone else.

he keeps stealing letters addressed to bruce and intercepting phone messages regarding his absence, and eventually he fakes emails from Bruce that withdraw Damian from the school as a whole. Jason’s honestly really impressed that nobody’s noticed but the longer it goes the funnier it gets so he keeps helping out. it gets to the point where it’s been like a year and he’s convinced Damian to actually test out of high school early and start attending college courses part time, so he’s literally spending his days going to Gotham Prep five minutes after classes start, picking up his little brother, secretly driving him to the college that he’s attending under the radar, and then driving him BACK to Gotham Prep before school ends so that nobody knows where he’s been.

even funnier is that Damian ends up convincing Jason to start doing a lit course two days a week at the same college. so at this point Damian is not only lying his ass off about his own education, but he’s doing it by going to college with his brother who everybody else in the family still thinks is fucking dead.

eventually Dick reminds Bruce that Damian’s class should be doing an award ceremony for moving up a year, and they all decide to go to surprise Damian with their support. they go in and Damian isn’t a part of the group of kids graduating and they’re just like ‘wait what’

one of the kids sees them and is like ‘hey aren’t you the Waynes?’ and when they’re like yeah the kid goes ‘haha cool, you know my older sister goes to college with Damian and his step-brother, it’s nice that they still get to see each other often after Damian had to move from their mom to you guys.’ and the entire family bluescreens for about four different reasons.

they eventually show up at the college and see Damian and Jason on the grass outside getting into a rapidly spiralling argument about whether or not two of the professors there are secretly having an affair and the whole thing unravels.

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thiam drabble because why not lol I'm in a writing mood so enjoy <3

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Theo wanted to leave Beacon Hills, he really fucking did.

There was absolutely nothing holding him back. He had no family, no real friends. He could pack his small bag, get in his truck and drive East. He had no plans on where he wanted to go. He was free to go wherever he pleased.

But here he was, sitting in his truck staring ahead at the rain pouring down. He could feel the aching in his heart as he tried not to think of him.

Theo didn't know what love felt like. Even from an early age he had never really felt love of any kind. After everything he went through, everything he had done, he had gotten pretty damn good at having no real feelings at all.

But now everything was different. And it was all because of Liam Dunbar.

Theo closed his eyes as his thoughts drifted to the blue eyed beta. It wasn't long after they had met that Theo realized he found Liam attractive. But it wasn't only that. Theo had found so many people attractive in the past, guys and girls. But with Liam it was different.

It wasn't just physical attraction and for a while it left Theo confused. It wasn't until Liam had brought him back from hell that he realized just what he was feeling.

He cared for Liam. He enjoyed being around him.

He loved him.

He loved how smart he was. How caring and loyal he was. He loved the way he knew how to make him laugh, he knew exactly how to get under Theo's skin. He loved how Liam wanted to trust him, how despite everything he gave Theo a chance.

And he didn't want to lose what he had gained with Liam. Even if Liam didn't feel the exact same.

At that thought he felt his chest tighten. There was no way Liam felt the same. He doubted Liam even considered him a friend. Liam was only nice to him because Liam was nice.

And that's why he had to leave. He wasn't meant to be a part of Scott's pack. He was meant to be a lone wolf.

With that thought, Theo started his truck. Before he could put it in drive he felt his phone buzz in the passenger seat.

Theo picked it up without hesitation and answered immediately.

“Hey, Liam.” He could feel the excitement stirring in his chest.

“Hey! What are you up to?” He could hear the sound of video games in the background, and what sounded like Mason.

“Oh, nothing much.” He felt stupid with his reply but talking on the phone always made him feel weird.

“I was wondering if you'd like to come over? Mason, Corey and I are hanging out. We got pizza and video games. I just thought maybe you'd like to join. It's okay if you're busy or just don't want to.”

Theo could feel a small smile forming as he listened to the boy speak. For some reason Liam was home having fun with his friends, and his thoughts had somehow drifted to Theo. It made his heart race.

“Sure, Liam. Any chance I can get to beat your ass I'm down.”

He could hear Liam huff in response, which caused Theo to chuckle. ”I'll be there.”

And just like that the ache that had settled in before was gone. All Theo could think of was the blond haired beta who was sitting in his room waiting for him.

Maybe Theo did want to stay in Beacon Hills, he really fucking did.

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I wish I could enjoy lacrosse as a normal sport, but as soon as I see people playing my mind can’t help but go in one of two places:

1) teen wolf

2) Exy

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you have to outlive donald trump

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SUMMER JOBS AU

This popped into my head today cause of a dumb joke at work so now I'ma inflict it on the Internet! 

The foxes(and a couple of the Trojans) appear in a slice of life, summer Jobs AU where they all go to the same college but exy isn't a thing (I was going to make it be a thing but the more details we added the less it fit). SO ANYWAY Wymack owns a sandwich shop that is basically still the foxes in the sense that he still hires the same kinds of kids he would have recruited and helps them build work experience and resumes. 

Current sandwich shop employees: 

-Neil, manager (though no one including himself knows how but he's surprisingly good at it). Longest working employee and his backstory would basically be the same to cannon expect no exy. Has money money that his mom stole of course but she stole what she thought was her husband's money and rather than the Yakuza wanting Neil AND the money they just want the money. Nathan wants his wife and son back (because they are his not cause he cares of course) and things basically happen per canon. Neil now works at the sandwich shop and wymack looks after him

-Kevin, closing shift, excellent sandwich maker though he will point out it's not that hard if you compliment him. His backstory is a bit different from cannon. He was formally adopted by the Moriyamas and he and Riko grew up as brothers. (This was all a pr stunt but Kevin didn't know that till years later) Riko was heavily favored over Kevin as the blood child and was sent to a prestigious (expensive) college fully funded by family money. Kevin attends the state college and works summers to afford school (and also has loans)

-Jean, dishwasher, don't make this man talk to customers. Usually works evenings, is comfortable with Neil and Kevin. His backstory would be quite a bit different (and is still a work in progress and therefore is subject to change) but he was Riko's boyfriend when he met Kevin but Riko was abusive as shit and Jean left him for Kevin and that was part of why Kevin and Riko ended up at different schools. Jean and Kevin are no longer together but are good friends. 

-Matt and Dan, opening team extrordinar! Matt has worked here longer than Dan, she continued dancing when she got out of high school to pay for college (and still dances on occasion, a few of her stage sisters are regulars) but Matt invited her to work at the sandwich shop and Wymack of course hired her on the spot. Matt has worked here since his freshman year, it helped him get clean and stay sober. 

-Seth, he shows up when he shows up. When he shows up he's a good worker but he is Wymack's current project. 

Former sandwich shop employees:

-Renee and Allison: both girls now work at the bakery/coffee shop up the road, Allison as a cake decorator and Renee as a barista. They know everyone who works at the sandwich shop and often come to swap baked goods and coffee for sandwiches. Both of those back stories would be mostly the same again just without exy (but they are also subject to change) they are also roommates 

There is also an ice cream shop that participates in the swaps. 

Cat and Laila have worked at the ice cream shop since they were teenagers in highschool and have continued working summers in college. There's also Andrew. This is his first summer working at the ice cream shop because this is the first summer that Aaron has taken summer classes. With Nicky visiting Erick for the summer Andrew was bored and got a job. Aaron often studies at the sandwich shop (because it's quiet but also the sandwich guy is cute) and this would be how Neil and Andrew meet. (Neil tells off a homophobic customer and immediately has Andrew's attention. Just because Neil doesn't swing doesn't mean he can't protect his friends who do) 

And lastly we have the lawn guy. Now the sandwich shop dose not have a lawn(I'm picturing a kind of touristy down town/college town vibe) so you may be wondering why do they have a lawn guy? Well the sandwich shop has flower beds (and a small back garden for fresh herbs for the sandwiches) and Jeremy comes twice a week to water the flower beds. On one of his first visits he saw Jean and had been smitten ever since and maybe comes in more just for the chance to see him. (Dose Jean know? Not at all. Will they fall in love? Probably) Jeremy's backstory would also basically be canon, still working out the details.(He dose know Cat and Laila though!) 

There is also a bookshop that Abby runs during the summer across the street and she's a regular at the sandwich shop,(Wymack may or may not have a huge crush on her) and during the school years she's a nurse with the college. Betsy is also a regular. Kevin has their orders memorized and starts them as soon as he sees them coming. 

This is all I have so far but IM SURE THERE WILL BE MORE 

OH details that are up in the air: where everyone lives during the summer, I have a couple rough ideas but nothing concrete, Wymack's back story (again vague ideas still working out the kinks) aaaaand I think that's it! 

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I will forever love the "pass the ball to Andrew!" tactic the Foxes got going on. Better than asking him to shut down the goal. Because instead of forcing him to basically be the Savior And Salvation for the entire game, they include him in the actual plays and strategy all throughout. He's a part of the game. A part of the teamwork.

They recognize what he'll do with a pass. They pay attention to who he shoots to and why. They anticipate this and pass the ball to him. They include him. They don't relegate him to "stop them from scoring on us" and include him in "let's score on them".

I love when the entire team remembers Andrew.

I love when the entire team remembers that Andrew is a Fox.

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Who let Andrew loose on Twitter again?

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Hear me out.

Andrew becomes the Head Coach of the Foxes when he retires from the pros.

Wymack tells the OG Foxes--the team that became a family, the team that made it all worth it and proved every 3rd and 4th and 5th chance was worth it--in a text message on a random Tuesday afternoon.

Everyone thought Dan would jump at the chance, but she doesn't. She thinks about it. She talk it over with Allison and Renee and Matt. She asks Neil what he thinks. And she decides against it. She was a great Captain, but she likes coaching high school too much. She likes offering those 2nd chances to teenagers because she understands them.

Neil isn't ready to retire yet. He's still got a few years left in him, and he can't retire until his body gives out.

Kevin...Kevin doesn't want it. The old injury to his left hand had him retiring from the pros earlier than he wanted--earlier than the Moriyama's wanted--but it couldn't be helped. He still has to consider his salary, but he doesn't want to be a Head Coach.

Andrew takes it. He calls Wymack and just says, "it's mine" before hanging up.

Neil is playing for the professional team closest to Palmetto. And Andrew...he understands. He would never say it out loud, of course. But he knows what Wymack did for all of them. He knows why Wymack did it. And he hated stickball, but he knows what that sport and that team accomplished.

Neil tries to hide a smirk when he hears the phone call, but says nothing.

Kevin doesn't want to be Head Coach. But...Assistant Coach doesn't sound too bad, does it? And where Andrew is a steady, unyielding wall, Kevin is a force of nature when it comes to Exy. A goalie and a striker, yes, but a support beam and a fighter for new generations of foxes, on and off the court.

And when Aaron grows tired of the bureaucracy of hospitals and petty colleagues? When he and Katelyn move to Palmetto? When he takes over for Abby? Well. No one asks questions, do they?

Wymack throws away all the other applications he received.

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Out-context things Overheard in FOX Tower (or on campus) Pt. 4

These quotes are a combination of myself and friends, memes and random internet quotes so enjoy!

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Drunk Kevin: Pork chips? Did you mean pork chops? Sober Matt: No

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Matt: You look sad today Nicky: Actually, I'm sad every day. I just don't have the energy to hide it today

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Allison: Girl advice, you want to know what boy you like? Get drunk, and you'll cry about the boy you like! Neil: Well, apparently, the boy I like is pasta. This comes as no surprise.

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Nicky: If you see a guy with long hair he's either gorgeous or weird, and the answer lies in what kind of shoes he's wearing

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Aaron: Please excuse my drunk ass snaps Neil: So that's what PEMDAS means

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Andrew: Self-isolation just doesn't feel the same if you're forced to do it. Kevin: Are you okay?

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Nicky: I'm sorry, but shouldn't British websites use biscuits? Neil: WHY DO YOU KEEP ASKING ME???

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Neil: Is anyone else losing touch with the concept of time?

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Aaron: Identity theft is a serious crime! Neil, sighing: I will explain once more. I didn't steal any of my identities!

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Allison: Do you ever feel like you're not getting enough credit for simply not being batshit insane? Andrew: Nope, can't relate at all.

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Kevin: I just want to say I'm disappointed in modern architecture and its distinct lack of gargoyles!

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Neil: Kill me once, shame on you. Kill me twice… How did you do that??

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Nicky: We gave morning people too much power. Why is it okay for them not to be functional past 8:30 PM, but it's not okay for me to not be functional before 8:30 AM? Aaron: You're the one who signed up for morning classes

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Allison: What scares you about marriage? Drunk Seth: Marrying someone who just settled for me because they couldn't get who they truly wanted

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Renee *reading a sign*: This door is alarmed after 5pm Dan: Before then, it's just generally anxious

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Seth: I'm sure you've done a lot in your life but have you ever gone tubing with a raccoon? Matt *Concerned*: Have you??

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Nicky: Why are you like this? Are you okay? Neil: Well I have brain damage. I got two pretty serious concussions back-to-back

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Andrew: Every zoo is a petting zoo if you're not a coward Renee: I worry about you

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Nicky *sleep deprived*: strawberry milk doesn't taste like strawberries or milk Andrew: Go the fuck to sleep, Nickolas

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Neil: I have one brain cell and it bounces around my brain like a Windows screensaver Andrew: When it lines up with the corner he experiences a thought

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Aaron: You'll never be bioluminescent Nicky: Okay that one hurt :(

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New Fox: Why do you hate authority so much? Andrew/Neil/Allison/Literally any of them: I'm glad you asked-

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This is a fun idea! But

also I had no idea what the sentence was going to be and I was pleasantly surprised: ​‘I hope you know it’s mutual’ Neil eventually broke the silence. ‘I won’t let anyone hurt you again’

Oh so ur a writer?? Prove it. Drop the last sentence of ur wip in the tags

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Small fantasy worldbuilding elements you might want to think about:

A currency that isn’t gold-standard/having gold be as valuable as tin

A currency that runs entirely on a perishable resource, like cocoa beans

A clock that isn’t 24-hours

More or less than four seasons/seasons other than the ones we know

Fantastical weather patterns like irregular cloud formations, iridescent rain

Multiple moons/no moon

Planetary rings

A northern lights effect, but near the equator

Roads that aren’t brown or grey/black, like San Juan’s blue bricks

Jewelry beyond precious gems and metals

Marriage signifiers other than wedding bands

The husband taking the wife's name / newlyweds inventing a new surname upon marriage

No concept of virginity or bastardry

More than 2 genders/no concept of gender

Monotheism, but not creationism

Gods that don’t look like people

Domesticated pets that aren’t re-skinned dogs and cats

Some normalized supernatural element that has nothing to do with the plot

Magical communication that isn’t Fantasy Zoom

“Books” that aren’t bound or scrolls

A nonverbal means of communicating, like sign language

A race of people who are obligate carnivores/ vegetarians/ vegans/ pescatarians (not religious, biological imperative)

I’ve done about half of these myself in one WIP or another and a little detail here or there goes a long way in reminding the audience that this isn’t Kansas anymore.