#IDK why I'm interested all of a sudden in getting ppl to read

[deoidesign]

I animated a trailer for my webcomic and it took forever

Please look!

[wisteriagoesvroom]

do you have any visuals of what your girl!lando looks like ? ugh can't get enough of this and read in your asks that you plan on writing a sequel which has just given me life again!

i would say i like to leave it to the imagination but my imagination also struggles sometimes, so i'm using this as a chance to shout out some awesome artists who have drawn girl!landos in the past:

@bmondza's sketch of girl!lando (with bonus girl!oscar) which she did totally independently of the fic, but they are perfect perfect perfect. the fits???

this one from @mcl38

this one from @brightyistired

this picture

and this one from @ravenrage27

p.s. i love that girl lando and girl oscar usually come as a pair. canon somehow

p.p.s yes there is gonna be a sequel, time allowing !! idk why or how the fic randomly got a bit of momentum again all of a sudden but all i can do is be thankful that the weird forces of the universe compelled some folks to care. PME doesn't have the highest of kudos or anything, but the fact that two or three (??) ppl have jumped out of the woodwork to ask for a sequel genuinely means a lot to me.

p.p.p.s also, tho. this whole austria race weekend. actual lando being messy in media interviews and being kinda... unnecessarily petty while he was at it. so mad that he came close, but he lost. would be interesting in PME world too, no? esp as max is a girl in that one too.

[biblioman1ac]

Idk man I needed to waffle about this somewhere.

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FOLK OF THE AIR SERIES. 🙏

Two and a half stars

Tldr: it was okay, and I'm going to use this review to rant about the entire series because I'm brainstorming rn. SPOILER WARNINGGGG

CARDAN/JUDE - I couldn't forgive cardan after he let his friends basically strip her in public while (magic) drunk. And his entire reasoning for terrorising her FOR YEARS was essentially the 'if he bullies you, he likes you' thing, which puts me off personally but, meh whatever. Also I found jude very blasé, I expected a little more considering I'd heard the quote 'she couldn't be better than them, so she decided to be worse' (or something like that, I read this ages ago). I honestly wanted her to be more angry and wild, I was honestly expecting more of a fang runin-type crashout, but alas. I felt she maybe became on par, at best. Not what I was feeling from her. With that, I was also expecting her and cardan's relationship to be more, yknow... enemies, for longer at least because it felt like they switched up wayy too fast and there was no tension or build up aside a few scenes, (usually of cardans irritatinh her and then an appropriate response is made) and her Knight era (ish) and then all of a sudden she's saving him from being a snake. Tbf I just don't like cardan pre- and post-confession, and I think I would've liked a colder, more seething jude.

Duarte 'family' - I hate madoc, well written villain honestly, and I'll give him his flowers for that but yknow. Still a bitch. Taryn... eugh. My problem is, I genuinely don't know whether I'm supposed to pity her or not, because I don't. She was a doormat, let her manipulative ass boyfriend fuck with her sisters feelings AND FORCE HERSELF TO WATCH AS A 'TEST OF FAITH'??? GETT OUTTTTT. she knew locke was a cvnt, stayed, and her dumbass ignored EVERYYYONEEEE telling her to NOT BE A DUMBASS, and it took her deadass getting married ANNND PREGNANT to realise that he dgaf about her when he wasn't even TRRRRYYYYINGGGG to hide his affinity to doing whatever the hell he wants for the sake of entertainment and ignoring it when it gets boring. I feel like she could've been so much more than just a plot device, and the idea of her opting to try and blend in in faerie society could've been an interesting plot point in the war where jude takes a more brazen, nothing-gets-in-my-way approach, and taryn uses her blending in to manipulate her way to the top OR HELPING HER SISTERRRRR 💔 OR EVEN COMPETING W JUDE FOR THE THRONE 💔💔💔 . Oak was a cutie, Oriana was more of what I wanted to see from Taryn, and I also want to know more of her backstory, like why choose madoc specifically?? Vivi?? Cute. Loved her and Heather and the exploration of healthy relationships between fae and mortals. Side note, obviously since faeries are like "allergic" to iron and vivi taryn AND jude very NOTABLY went to the human world often, I don't see why jude didn't just bring an iron pipe back or smth and start beating ppls asses with it bc that would've been a damn good revenge for the shit she endured (some guy literally bit her finger off js because??)

All of cardans stupid ahh posse - well written villains, they made me vicerally angry. Nicasia , locke, valerian(?) Dickheads, well written dickheads. Genuinely seemed evil and unsympathetic.

Dain/balekin + whatever tf cardans family is called idgaf - WELL WRITTEN VILLAINS. chefs kiss, dain being like wildly evil in the way that he was deadass shocked me somehow and his plots and cover ups were really good too. Balekin was more obvious but his plots were well thought out and the whole "kiss me as if I were cardan"? DAMN. Twist the knife will you? Deadass liked their evil asses more than I liked cardan 💔 also cardans sisters??? I would've liked to see/hear a lil more of them but I do understand it mightve made the cast of characters a bit too crowded but yknow... one of them would've been nice to hear about, or given more of a role than 'immediately killed off'. The king of elfhame??? BOOOOOO. USELESS HOE. Jr wouldn't have added anything to the plot so idc about his development. Lady asha/cardans mom was... a bitch. But also a diva and what I expected of taryn honestly.

Idk what it is but I have personal beef with cardan.

Despite character flaws, the Plot abd WORLDBUILDING of the books and elfhame?? CHEFS MF KISSS I love elfhame, and I have since I read valiant, and tithe AGES AGO (dyk how happy I was to see Kaye and roiben lmaooo) and the way schemes and plots are intricately weaved in to the past, present and future of this story is incredible and a feat indeed so Ms Black I will never not give you your props for your use of flow in your writing but also.... I felt nothing after reading thi. Maybe it really was the underwhelming nature of the characters or me funding I disliked the majority but I just didn't care for it afterwards and probably wouldn't read it again if I had to unlike with valiant and tithe.

Side note: I preferred wren and oaks side story better than I liked the original story 🧍🏾‍♀️ even though I found their ending underwhelming because we didn't even get to see their wedding nor any sort of epilogue??? And I was kinda left like 'that's it??' And I liked jude less.... I feel like she was making dumbass decisions in that idk bro.....

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[koscheicore]

Hmm half asleep thoughts of an autistic on masking but.

It's kinda. Interesting how I do consider myself a blob that makes sounds and executes specific strategies in day-to-day interactions in order to function as a human being. Which actually most human beings do. But I feel it's a lot more literal to me bcs a lot of that doesn't come naturally it's all very consciously trained. Yeah I'm talking about masking, masking the "improper" more natural interactions off and using the ones I know work and are appropriate for others to understand what I want and have no negative consequences on either on us.

Yet. I also mask to myself. I mask when I'm alone. Automatically. And sometimes I mask for fun, bcs I get to model my masks after characters I like to a degree (easier to observe than other humans around me when I want to actually Not Be Perceived by them but hey these guys are on a screen!) so, the actual unmasked me comes out more when I am just, unable to mask. When I burn out when I am tired when I've been forced to mask for so long

But what was interesting to me about this is how I keep noticing that ppl who know me, and have known me for long, don't really know that part of me! And how my needs become completely different when I'm in those states. And how my ability does, too. So often they keep expecting me to be the masked me which isn't even... yeah I unmask a lot more in front of friends but I can never fully unmask or I'll be communicating by meowing and having all be real confusing so it's for both of our benefit it's not even an obligation but a thing of practicality and want. And this is not a jab at anyone having those expectations this is just me realising that, actually, people might think they KNOW the unmasked me but it's like there's LAYERS of masks or like an intensity dial of masks. I have different conscious masks anyways... Work mask is different to phone call mask to goes out w group of friends mask to writes a tumblr post mask. And so are their intensities, of how much I indeed am masking me self.

So then you'll have me literally saying shit like "sorry my x module hasn't loaded" which is also some sort of masking and a metaphor but also it's so true like. Oh I WAS able to convey an emotion yesterday but I can't today sorry the process in my brain that makes this possible has been exhausted. Eh it's also kinda confusing to ME bcs I don't KNOW how much of that is me genuinely reproducing how allistics emote and react to emotion vs how I do it (or don't do it). I know there's part and part. But idk to where it goes. It's been a lifetime of knowing I'm Not Like Others and trying to Be Like Others so I am not bullied and I am understood. (And now I'm so gooood at socialising. Wow. Wow!! Okay.)

But when this happens for long it becomes ah. Odd for them others so I usually just hide away bcs its easier to wait it out than explain (as it often coincides with me losing the ability to do that or even understand what's going on)

Guess that's why ppl don't know that part of me actually. But it's been too many times it comes back to bite me in the ass bcs ppl don't understand how this happen and how I can lose social ability that, to others, is pretty "basic". Such as being able to process a sudden "I'm not okay" and they show me emotions and idk what to do to that or. I don't know maintain contact through small talk which has always been annoying to me the lower energy I am ah ah. But they keep expecting me to be able to perform those processes. Which is understandable if I never show them the part of me that can't. Which I also usually don't because of communication issues during that difficulty AND because I might feel further emotionally and socially drained anyways. So, loop! I guess. Anyways funny how I don't realise how much I actually mask until I can't and how much my ability varies depending on how often I use it without rest

This is not really a complaint or anything and if anyone is reading my rambles I'm not mad or annoyed at anyone, just in case, I'm just... making sense of myself and my tism by rambling lmfao. This is Good For Me.

Anyways this morning my tism is doing a loading thing 🤔 I guess that's a sign to take it easy at work when it comes to socialising. Do uh. Less of that.

[bluishflufx]

"erm what the sigma" ahh thoughts

BUT SERIOUSLY THOUGH I HAVE TO RANT ABOUT THIS

I don't watch blue lock AT ALL hell I don't even know the plot but this guy, Chigiri or whtv his name....gOT ME THINKING SHI

like I genuinely don't know what sparked my sudden interest *cough* *cough* love *cough* with long haired guys BUT HEAR ME OUT

Okay maybe I do know which character started it....it all started when it was the peak of the pandemic 🧓🏻 I feel so old thinking about it but like let me get this straight. 2020 was crazy. Them anime fans were going feral, they finally had a good excuse to lock themselves up in their homes. While ppl were dying from Covid and shi, WE WERE WATCHING ANIME AND READING SHI. Ppl were at their rawest self especially since no social interactions.

Yeah so I wasn't exempted from that...i was unfortunately fortunate to be dragged down to the path of anime. Don't get me wrong, I was already a hardcore anime fan back in my childhood days but THAT YEAR GOT ME HOOKED

Okay enough of the backstory, long story short, I watched haikyu and uh as a typical teenager (back in 2020) KENMA WAS MY BIAS. he was probably the start of why I started liking long-haired ppl idk

WHICH NOW BRINGS ME BACK TO MY INITIAL THOUGHT ABOUT CHIGIRI....☺️ I'M A MINOR TOO IT'S FINE but like nyeah..

To start...I found that anime characters I found attractive had the following characteristics which if you used the context of this post is already obvious enough but uh yeah they're all long haired men or boys if you will idc

Kenma, neji, ITACHI, howl, mikey, sanzu, AYATO, KAZUHA, aether, kaveh, lyney, pantalone, ALBEDO, TIGHNARI, Cyno, neuvilette, diluc, heizou, venti, and there are so many more

so uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah idk they're hot idc what yall say 🤫🧏🏻

TILL THIS DAY Itachi still gets me 🫦🫦🫦🫦🫦🫦🫦🫦🫦🫦🫦🫦

nobody CAN EVER get this information out of me idk what possessed me to post

[golbrocklovely]

sam and colby hell week review

finally sat down to write out all of my thoughts on hell week. i'm gonna break down each video, how i feel about them, rate them, and whether or not i would watch them again.

i also did one for last year so if you wanna see that, here it is.

i'm gonna also do some rankings and maybe a bit of comparison to last years, and what i would love for them to do in the future.

idk if this is gonna be super long or what, but feel free to skip around or just read the ending lol

yorktown hospital: major positives of this video - the group that snc went with. i love nate and seth, and i think all of them together works so well. i think the backstory of this place is horrendous and breaks my heart to hear about all of the terrible things that happened. what i did find funny was that this was the way snc found out that the organized religion can be sinful lol like… did they not know that the church can be corrupt, or did they know and were just surprised? either way, i thought it was kinda funny. the jump-scares throughout this video (at least in the intro/history portion) were not my favorite but it's fine. they definitely put their all into this first video, that's for sure. i think this video was the beginning of showing that snc, for some reason or another, were gonna really be hamming up their comedy bits in these videos. i'm not sure why they felt the need to really go all in on the jokes. i think for this one it was… okay? but as you'll see later in my reviews, i don't think it flies most times. and i think this is the first instance of them (sort of) being told to leave. the stuff that they caught in the chapel, both the first time and the estes method time, was very interesting and creepy. ngl, chapels/churches creep me out… idk why.

so before i started writing my review i watched two witches react to this video, and they talked about trickster spirits playing around with snc a lot in this video. and honestly, i kinda feel like that's the case in some way or another. they also pointed out that sam always go for the darker questions like "are you here to harm us", "are you evil", shit like that. and i never noticed it before until now. and this will also be the umpteenth time i say this but sam, please, for the love of god… STOP TRYING TO CONNECT EVERYTHING IN THE MOMENT.

the hallway investigation was cute, if not a bit dramatic. and the solo investigations were interesting as well. especially with nate and seth and the fogging of the camera??? that was kinda creepy. overall, while they didn't get a shit ton of evidence, i think the general vibe of the video fit well for hell week, especially the start of it.

rating: 4/5

would i rewatch: sure :)

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mcraven mansion: going into this video, i wasn't exactly excited. mostly bc i wasn't happy about the collab. like, i get that they were on todd and brett's podcast, but what do they have to do with ghost hunting? this kinda feels like a last minute type of deal, like they were supposed to film with someone else but things fell thru. maybe i'm wrong about that tho lol but, surprisingly, this video was pretty okay. i didn't getting annoyed as much as i thought i was going to. this was the shortest video of hell week, and it honestly felt like it too. but at the same time, it kinda dragged a bit as well. also, i'm trying to be more open about ppl randomly being psychic around them, bc i myself also get weird feelings from time to time and i know what it's like to be seen as crazy for experiencing what i have. however, it's really hard to take ppl seriously when they say things all of sudden. especially when it comes out of no where OR they're someone that's never had a paranormal experience before. evidence wise, i don't remember them getting a whole bunch. the door opening, that was kinda spooky. the rempod going off like crazy was also pretty cool. OH THE HOURGLASS. that was very interesting. they should do that more often, especially if they feel like a place or a room is trapped in a time period. and the connection between that opened spirit box section and the tour guide... now THAT is something i would love for snc to do (when they get an editor that can just do their whole video lol) bc if they could back thru their evidence later and either connected it to some history they didn't know or what, i think that would add a whole new level to their videos. honestly, going back thru this video, i didn't realize how much i liked it. but something about it felt really rushed or weird to me. it has potential, but not enough follow-thru. also gotta add it: the phone falling out of brett's pocket was not paranormal lmao

rating: 3/5

would i rewatch: maybe.

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myrtles plantation: this video, highkey, was such a let down. i think the previous two were so good, especially for beginning hell week videos, and i expected this one to be a bit more solid. i had never heard of this place, so idk how haunted or not haunted it is. but i just feel like… nothing happened. i went into the video one way and came out the other side the same. i just feel very meh about this video overall.

the tour guide was very much… a tour guide lol idk how else to describe it, but she felt like someone trying to sell you on the place being spooky. and a side tangent, how come a lot of these videos don't have outros? or like, them talking about their night stay? very strange to leave out key details like that idk. the group that they were with, nate and amanda… yeah. i guess it worked. i'm always happy to see nate. and amanda is okay occasionally. this time around she wasn't up to her usual antics so i can appreciate that.

the reenactment…. why in god's green earth did snc do that, let alone leave it in? bc fun fact, they literally had a talk with their team before the video was posted about not including it. and i would love to know why no one thought to tell them that maybe it wasn't the most respectful thing to do. not only that, but it wasn't funny. so like… 0-2 there boys. the crystal that amanda gave colby was sweet, but knowing him he's not gonna use it to actually hone in his abilities. and the evil eye bracelets don't technically protect from evil spirits, just made mojo sent to you by humans, but it can't hurt you to have it so whatever. so the investigation itself was… fine, i guess. nothing too crazy. when they split off alone, that was where it got a bit interesting. sam was terrified, which always raises a red flag in me. bc while he can be jumpy or repeating "ooooh mmmyyy goooodddd" a lot, that doesn't mean he's scared. so when he actually is, it's a bit startling to me. the estes method with nate and amanda was actually pretty cool, i think that's where a lot of the evidence they got was the most compelling. and this is also the start of colby's audio being cut off. this happens like two or three more times and it makes no sense to me. idk if it's their camera (which is very possible) or if it's the ghosts, but either way, something doesn't want their conversation with colby to be known.

and the estes method with them all tied up around amanda was weird… but not in a paranormal way lol

rating: 2/5

would i rewatch: no :)

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trans-allegheny: i liked this video a lot, both when i first watched it and rewatching to do this review. michelle was a great addition to the video. and while she was a bit jumpy, it honestly didn't bother me. i did find it funny that michelle is a badass compared to all the boys, yet she was freaked out the whole time. as for the investigation, again, this was one that fell a little flat, but i don't think it was snc's fault completely. for whatever reason, the ghosts were just not fucking around with them or their vibe. i know the hide and seek game wasn't exactly the best thing for them to do, or the hopscotch trigger event they pulled later, but i don't think they were super disrespectful to the spirits. but the voice they caught saying lily on camera and not in the evp recorder was very compelling. honestly that part was creepy as hell to me. the estes method with michelle... eh. i get she was scared, but this was the only time her jumping got a bit too much for me. also, it's interesting how whoever they were talking to didn't want them there at all. it kinda felt as if some bigger spirit wasn't allowing them to talk to who was actually there. it could be that or the spirits for whatever reason felt disrespected by them.

the hopscotch thing was.......... a thing. why do i have a sneaking suspicion that sam came up with this trigger event lol the hide and seek game was an interesting concept, i guess. props to michelle for hiding bc i would have said absolutely fuck no baby to snc. that voice box that they used towards the end was somehow way creepier than anything else in the video. i think cutting out the radio static makes whatever voices that do come thru all the more scarier. overall, while this video did feel like a filler, i wasn't upset about it. i think it was right on the line of fully fun investigation and filler.

rating: 3.5/5

would i rewatch: yeah

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old washoe club: so by this point in hell week, i want the scariest, the creepiest, the overall terrifying-est videos snc can give us. halloween is approaching and i want to be spooked. and this video was… not that. i said earlier it was a bit of grower on me, and i can see myself liking it later down the line. and i do think that's the case to some degree. like i said earlier, i watched two witches react to their videos, and this was one of them. so now watching it for a third time just to do this review is not exactly sitting well with me since i still have the same reactions as i did before.

the place itself, honestly, doesn't seem haunted to me. maybe residual energy, sure, but nothing actually demonic or scary. or so i thought for the most part. when kris got scratched, that was really freaky. part of me is bit skeptical, bc i feel like it could have been her (bc snc saying "oh she can't even reach that part" is not believable to me lol all she had to do was stand up straight and i'm sure she could have) but i'll take their word for it that it wasn't her and it was something there that did that. i'm surprised at how well composed she was for this entire video. honestly, when she's not around celina, she does better with paranormal in my opinion. that's not a rag on celina, just an observation i have lol

i will say the only two places that gave me bad vibes was the crypt and the red room. the crypt was pretty weird, and the flashlight literally moving, plus turning on and off like four times while doing so, was very intriguing. and of course it would pick colby. but what i thought was interesting was that, yet again, the audio for him cut out. part of me, again, thinks it might be the camera. i know they have two nightvision cameras, so i wonder if one of them is busted. but then another part of me is like "they've used both before in other videos (literally even the previous one) and it didn't glitch on them that time so… what gives?" but i think my favorite part of the whole video was colby saying "i felt an innocent presence with me". now THAT'S the shit i'm talking about !!! seriously, colby does stuff like that, and it just makes me more excited to see his path going forward with the paranormal.

as for the rest of the video, it was fine. the trigger event this time around didn't feel insulting, so that's nice i guess. and personally, i'm starting to think that little kid spirits just don't exist. nothing they were getting on the spirit box/ovilus was child related. the sls stuff they got was kinda interesting, but also just felt like a glitch to me. but they should pull out that device more often. i think the crystal ball part was a bit… obtuse? like, i get it. they want to do something to open up their psychic abilities, but… maybe read up on it more and not just go out and buy a crystal ball lol and kris standing in that room by herself - props to her. you can just tell she was freaking out and was scared out of her mind. but she remanded decently calm.

rating: a very soft 3/5

would i rewatch: not for a while lol but yeah at some point

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bell witch cave: i'm gonna say what everyone else is thinking - this should have been the finale. at least, it feels like a finale type of video to me. nonetheless, i think this was their best investigation by far. i think it was on par with the conjuring which is why it also felt like it should have been the finale. the team they were with - fantastic. love the four of them. i think collectively snc always get the craziest stuff with seth and josh (minus the pine barrens which i think is snc's worst video to date, tied with crescent hotel, but feel free to disagree). also, just noticed this now rewatching it, but when they're in the cabin and snc tell josh and seth that they plan to not use equipment first, josh and seth tell them they call that "quiet-game shit" which... is highkey hilarious for some reason lol so the knocking, while it is pretty scary (and probably scarier in the moment), i always wonder if it's just the old ass houses they are in doing that. it's hard for me to wrap my head around a spirit being so strong enough to kill a man, but not strong enough to appear and speak, but instead resorts to knocks? idk. but regardless, i think them being freaked out is what freaked me out the most. bc you can tell when they're all genuinely scared versus hamming it up for the cameras.

but i have to note, that colby saying "in 2021, when we did queen mary, it almost feels like time didn't even go by at all and we're in like the ship for some reason." ....can someone check on him? please? bc that's a bit concerning. but also i need him to elaborate on that thought. do you mean that time feels a bit frozen to you? or was it just in the queen mary itself? or is it even now? bc all of those questions don't exactly lead to the same conclusions.

them using an actual witch to cleanse themselves.... round of applause for finally doing what we've been telling you for FUCKING YEARS TO DO. the onvoy glitching a bunch was pretty interesting, but i still have some issues with that device. but either way, it was confusing as to why that was happening. the cave itself was very spooky. something about this was way more creepier than even the catacombs they went to last year. something about the energy of that place is off. all of them going in and taking polaroids was actually a pretty interesting idea. and i think the execution was awesome and kinda terrifying. the fact that the camera just wasn't taking pics of colby..... immediate chills for me. also sam being that scared, again, spooks me more just bc of how serious he gets. both of their polaroids were weird as hell. it honestly looks like to me that there's a figure behind colby, but it's hard to tell bc of how warped the pic became. seth and josh hearings voices was freaky too. and you could tell they were legitimately scared by them. but i find it interesting that seth and josh's photos weren't all that weird looking. the final part was a bit all over the place, again - probably bc sam likes to connect everything together in the moment instead of just... letting it happen naturally, but i think the conclusion was overall pretty well.

rating: 5/5

would i rewatch: yes

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winchester mystery house: i think a lot of us were kinda going into this video not excited, bc we know the dynamic kris and celina have. i know i wasn't excited about this video, and especially bc it got uploaded so late that it basically was on halloween, so i wanted something scary. conjuring level.

that's not what we got, but i was pleasantly surprised by this video.

but i do gotta talk about the negatives: the medium, the one present with them, was… idk. something about her felt fake. sorry. especially when she honed in on celina and said "oh you see dead ppl" which like…. what a convo starter. also telling her she needs to love herself and see herself the way others do or whatever. that was sweet, i'll give you that. but like, maybe don't include in the video, boys. it's not connected to the investigation so move it along.

the guides this time weren't as annoying as the last time, if i remember correctly. they didn't seem to be trying to get you to believe the place is haunted, just that there have been some strange stuff going on. i will say tho, this house to me has not a single spirit in it. idk what it is, but nothing about this house feels haunted at all. it feels peaceful in a way, but not haunted. also when they talk about the doors that lead to no where or the stairs that do that, all i can think is there was an earthquake there. shit that once existed does not anymore. maybe that's why shit doesn't make sense layout wise. especially the one door that leads to the outside. clearly there used to be a deck there that isn't there now.

i think this time around the empathy that they have for sarah is a really nice change of pace. i don't think last time they were disrespectful, more so that they just believed that hype of the legend of her being a crazy woman.

the numerology, while i know some of you don't believe it, is what (to me) saved this video from being ass. i think regardless of how you feel about it, it's very intriguing to see how the numbers relate to snc. kris and celina's, gonna be honest, i don't know them well enough to really say one way or another. but snc's numbers are the most interesting to me. so sam's being the guide makes perfect sense, i think. would i say he's colby's guide? maybe yes maybe no. i think sam definitely helps colby a lot figure out what he truly wants to do and has directed him down a really good path in life. i think they mesh well together in a lot of ways. and i think sam's more logical/cynical side gets balanced out by colby's more positive/dream-like side. sam said it once before, that his favorite attribute about colby is his smile bc he always just makes everyone else happy and that is 1000% RIGHT. as for colby's number, i mean… is it suprising to anyone? seriously, i recommend you read up on number 11s and see how much really connects with colby bc highkey some are just spot on.

if anyone wants to know mine, i'm a 2 :)

but back to the investigation portion - while i don't know how much i believe in celina's abilities, i do think she definitely feels things regardless. and that in itself kinda proves she has some ability. i think evidence wise, they didn't catch all that much. the voice they heard, them seeing things possibly, celina following who she thought was sarah… it was sort of compelling, sort of meh. again, the thing that stood out to me was the numerology stuff.

and as for them going thru the house on their own, the audio cutting off on colby AGAIN is insane to me. how is that possible??? and sam being fucking terrified for some reason was really strange to me. his spirits were high all night, but the moment he thought he saw something, he was about ready to shit himself. i'm concerned for him and the way he jumps from borderline cold towards the paranormal to scared shitless. he should really work on finding a middle ground and centering himself when he does get scared.

rating: 3/5

would i rewatch: possibly, but most likely only for the numerology stuff

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overall rating of hell week: 3.5/5

wouldn't you believe it: i'm basically giving the same rating to hell week as i did last year. bc i realized this half-way thru hell week - both seasons of hell week are like any other season of snc. they just give it a better title. bc think about it, take last year's hell week. everyone i've come across has said that last years was so much better. if that's the case, take out the conjuring finale….. is it really better than what we got this year? bc i don't think so. i think both are on par with one another. hell technically, i did the average score for both hell weeks and this one ranked higher, but by like .01 percent. so that's what i mean. both hell weeks are fine. but they aren't spectacular. snc have a better chance of filming a one off scary-ass video than they do planning to film a scary video.

to quote myself from an ask not too long ago: i honestly feel like both hell weeks were average at best. the only reason the first one felt crazy was bc it was first. also, snc hadn’t been doing all paranormal last year. they started 2021 out with 25x25, then stopped bc it wasn’t gaining views, did paranormal for a hot minute, went to chernobyl, and then did hell week. there had been a long enough pause between content, and i think them going back to the conjuring, alone, added to hell week feeling special. but in reality… it was basically the precursor to what they ended up doing this year. it just felt cooler back then.

here are some things that i would love for snc to do in the future, for both hell week and any other seasons they plan to do:

please, for the love of god, stop freaking out so much. take it down even one notch, and i swear the content will be better.

sam, stop talking over every estes method. stop trying to connect everything WHILE it's happening. do that later, or when the estes method is over.

colby, go to a psychic or witch or something and start reading up on your abilities. i NEED you to be more empathic lol

do at least one investigation per season solo. if you want someone with you in the beginning, sure. but go alone, with just the two of you. bc that content is fire regardless of what you get.

use the sls camera more.

if you can find a way to let us hear what the spirit box is saying during an estes method, that would be awesome.

find a way to go back thru videos after you've filmed them and see if things are connected that you didn't realize before.

maybe tone down the hyping up of every video bc then it ends up being a let down when it isn't the best

if you do hell week again, you gotta post the videos from creepiest to scariest bc otherwise it just ends up feeling a bit mish-mashed

there's probably other stuff i could add, but i'll just let them focus on this lol (as if they'll ever see it)

i genuinely enjoyed hell week, and i'm excited to see what the future holds for snc. i don't see them getting worse, so everything can only go up from here.

ranking of the videos

bell witch cave

yorktown hospital

trans-allegheny

winchester mystery house

washoe club

mcraven mansion

myrtles plantation

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Part 4! Of rereading Lore Olympus. Ep 31-40

Gotta be real I keep forgetting to post these even tho I'm reading them but it's fine. Obviously I won't finish before the end of the 2 week break (this Saturday) but after this I may start reviewing episodes as they come out, who knows. Last part:

Ep 31

Theres so many other reasons you shouldnt work together but ok

Also shes literally so smart right like thats canon

Artemis is cool hera,,,sometimes

Which two sons i wish i knew the lo family tree as opposed to the real one yknow

How do heras powers work she felt her pain but doesnt know who??

I would kill for a comprehensive list of family tree and powers, dont even have to spoil powers just please i get so confused

Ep 32

Train ur fuckin dogs hades i think ive said that before

He changed skin color again but like not just light vs dark thats a whole diff shade of blue

Hehe threaten low class workers so cute and quirky hades

Why is uh psyche/whatever her nymph name is wearing more traditional clothes while not in the mortal realm

Love the dog

Hades has a point, even tho it makes no sense for him to have said that

Ok also point out in the like future episode he wants persephone to call him Aidoneus but doesnt like when others do it why

Thats my same thing with him calling her Kore like i know in the future its like explained or whatever but idk

Aphrodite has a point it was a favor in a way

A dumb way but yknow

I remember everyone losing it over the “im only interested in the dead ones” panel but looking at it its so lame LMAO changed his entire face shape for a panel

Ep 33

HECATE HECATE WOOOO

Im but a simple man

Hades texts like an old man i know he is one but

Also i am dying to know how his business works including as the god of the underworld like. Give me something

Then again, maybe i am a lil dumb when it comes to this

I always thought he was giving the little elevator friend a sugarcube lmao

I like how minthes ears react to her emotions

Stop fighting at work omg this would be the worst place to work at

“Hey can u do ur job”

Ep 34

Why this subplot ugh

The crown floats yet is sideways after she hits him

Also haha hitting

Also their relationship does confuse me just a tad bit yknow

All the clues were there hades you dumbass

“Cancel all my meetings” DO YOUR JOB

“This doesnt affect you in the same way” cause hes a man or a king or both but also kings seemed to get treated the same by their subjects until they are dicks and excute their power

From what ive seen

Then again we havent seen poseidon do that but that brings me to the point of I wanna see poseidon realm

thats . so creepy hades ew

“Smth must be done about this” like fair legal action right?....right?

Who reads newspapers these days anyways wait a second

Ep 35

See the laptop having news makes more sense like sure we make newspapers but ppl dont use em as often

“Biochemistry Theory” fun fact I switched majors to specifically avoid taking chemistry

What are they typing he just started speaking

What type of nymph is thetis bc i know minthe is a river nymph but thetis has fancy ears

They are so mean to each other lmao

The financial situation and the fact that they both are like sleeping with the kings confuse me why do both of them do it.

Like retrospectively i understand it but when i first read it i was like “are nymphs supposed to be like hookers??” so i was lost for a bit

“Hades micromanages computer usage” oh what a shit boss

Also the meal ticket she has a job sure hades gave it to her but

Idk maybe im slow

What an awful way to do a heart shape i just tried it wtf

“Crying is for wives” damn

Yes body issues that dont get brought up again right? Like she all of a sudden gets bigger boobs and i dont think hades pays ppl enough for cosmetic surgery

You guys know this is a work setting

Has rachel ever had a job bc this feels like a comical trope seen on tv the workplace drama yknow

LMAO IN THE LAST PANEL RACHEL FORGOT TO GIVE HER NYMPH EARS

Like fully normal ears i know its a mistake but its funny

Ep 36

“Not my circus not my monkeys” queen

Hades is it not your circus how dont involve hecate in this

“Stop starin at me with them big ol eyes”

Oof that does not look good on you, i mean why didnt you give her the coat

“I thought you didnt get jealous” ok she may have said that but literally everything about her contradicts that

And i love this part bc he doesnt call her crazy and they talk, i mean he hides some of the truth which like fuck him, and then they try to talk about the party and

Ugh i know minthe is supposed to be an antagonist but rachel does this weird thing where she tries to flesh her out, then realizes it would be an easy set up for a redemption arc and screws her over again

I know the ppl in the mortal realm are generally frightened of hades but why are ppl in olympus

“I wouldnt expect anything less from a goddess” so we are going to bring in the racism/speciesism that occurs in this story right

Its the middle of the day isnt he supposed to be in the mortal realm moving the sun or some shit

Ep 37

“Last night” Rachel its ok to space things out sweetie

Ok ok so one thing i hate about her characterization of apollo is he goes from being delusional to knowing what he did was at least slightly wrong and i hate both are fine stories but pick one he either is so infatuated with persephone that he thinks that they had a great time or he wants her for her power

And! A transition from one to the other would be fine, but she goes back in forth in his characterization

Little red vines look cool

Hehe cerberus

How did he escape tho

I love that dog

Ep 38

Oh its the greenhouse again

But this time it represents the evil feeling?

Idk but i like eye symbolism im lame lol

Why was she sleeping in the chair

When did she get those clothes i dunno if eros would buy her business casual

Artemis really sees all the signs and then goes “meh”

Like points out the possible crush on persephone just connect the dots they are so close

Why is there not more than one door

Why is no one getting off

How does rachel think train stops work

Ep 39

Also not thatanos with an undercut lmao

Ope its thanatos i mixed it up

Also minthe you just actively arent doing a good job like lmao how are you not getting fired

Hades smoking a cigar is so old and gross tbh

What an awful boss

That man has a point dont stand infront of the door

She gave her a little flower nice

Minthe i know ur being spiteful, weird bc hades explained shes just the daughter of a friend( i know its a lie but still) but just do your job

“It says restricted access but that lady says it was fine” i would just wait until someone came out theres no reason to go inside

Ep 40

Why would they not have a lock on this place actually

Why wouldnt she just leave the way she came

When did hades put on his glasses

How is it hades fault what

So many questions yknow for such a short episode

Also does this place not have security cameras in places that are tartarus

[slightlymore]

hey!! do u have any advice on how to get people to read ur fics on tumblr? I'm new to writing and it doesn't even show up in the tags :(

hmmmm okay so ahahah idk myself! I think you should understand what people want, even when it comes to graphics and banner. a very good banner attracts a lot of attention. consider using apps like canva for example hehe

also, first of all, very ruthless 😳✋ write for a very popular member at first. something not too long and not too short. tag it accordingly. you can do something around 1k for example.

second of all. of course, smut is read wayyy more. I'm not saying you should write smut if you're uncomfortable and trust me, there are so many ppl who don't even want smutty fics. but it's a phenomenon that happens and we can't just pretend to be blind. smut is read a lot.

3. don't write a lot of stuff before the actual fic. don't comment your own fic either unless there's something you want to say specifically. (don't say "hi everyone. I'm back with my new fic. I'm sorry I haven't been around much on Tumblr but I have been away because etc etc). unfortunately the reader doesn't care and it just looks cluttered. give the fic info and that's it. what I mean is just write "member name x yn", genre (keep it quite simple too), warnings, words. that's it. please avoid stuff like putting your "writing skills" as a warning bc it's amusing yes, but ppl will take you seriously and won't read your fic. pretend you're confident. also don't say stuff like "i apologize for my bad writing, this is not proofread and there's so many typos and this fic is shit haha" because people won't read it. you do it because you want to prepare others mentally and yourself for future criticism (which won't even be there) by being "haha I know my fic is shit already, don't tell me pls don't criticize it" but you don't need it and it just puts the reader off too.

4. write in paragraphs. don't leave all the text mushed together because it's difficult to read. everytime something changes, start a new paragraph.

5. use some sort of separation if there's a time jump of location jump so people don't get confused.

6. don't write about sudden emotional change that hasn't been processed well. i.e.

"Are you coming to dinner tonight?" Taeyong asked with a smile.

"No!" you screamed.

why is yn screaming? what's going on? if you need to show something changing inside a character, add some other lines before, or right after. make characters very real, like real people behaving irl.

7. write something either very common, a kiss scene, thigh riding lol, etc that will always be liked or something very uncommon to attract people's attention. don't write very hard and incredible fics if it's your first work tho. people won't read it. first fics should be fun and easy to go through. you might have done 1 month of research, you wrote a high fantasy novel, incredible writing, and ppl still won't read it. write something you want to write but still very entertaining. when you'll have a big following you can introduce complex fics because people will know how your write and will dive into anything you put out. if they don't know you, unless the concept sounds very good, they might not want to read it

8. BE INCLUSIVE IF YOU WRITE ABOUT YN. please don't mention skin colour, hair texture, body type, etc etc etc unless you're writing about an original character (oc)

9. specific to smut genre. try to be a bit original and realistic when it comes to writing nsfw scenes. maybe avoid the same phrases we see everywhere "you're so tight", "you're so big", "taste like candy", "jeno made me cum 20 times" (??????? you alive????), "he teased me for 3 hours" (not realistic), "angry red tip", precum being there (it's not always there), yn cums and she wets the whole ass bed (only if you pee, that's not realistic 😔). a virgin being a sex expert. etc I think keeping a smut scene a bit fresh can make the reader more interested in your work

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Brief Extension of Headcanon

So on this post , I mentioned my headcanon of Butch having ADHD and how he uses hitting and impact as a way to try to regulate sensory and emotional issues (and of course his high energy level, impulsive behavior despite punishments, absentminded forgetfulness and accidents - like dropping Buttercup when she lost her powers - etc). And THEN just recently, I learned about Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria and Emotional Dysregulation, which are common tag-alongs with ADHD. (Honestly I wish I had known about them sooner cuz as someone with ADHD, I'm only now learning that these things exist at age 23. And I definitely have at least one of em).

I feel like this would also explain a lot of Butch's behaviors and thought processes. Emotional Dysregulation is where ppl have trouble regulating their emotions, meaning their emotions can get very intense very quickly over seemingly small issues, and have a harder time calming down or focusing on something else. It also makes it more difficult to identify emotions to begin with, and in turn, harder to express emotion. This would explain why he has a short temper and gets upset over relatively small things, why it takes longer for him to calm down when he's upset (and why he often uses physical activity to do so). It also explains why it's so hard for him to really understand what he's feeling and why, and especially why he can't seem to fully articulate what he feels. I mean it doesn't seem like he really understands that he likes Buttercup in a romantic way yet, he's just reacting to immediate wants and feelings without really knowing why. He doesn't know why he suddenly hates Mitch, he just does. He can't fully identify his discomfort when Buttercup was singing with the band again, he just knows it's a "cold" anger, and that his usual methods of calming down (ie breaking things/fighting/etc) aren't going to work.

With Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (which is only present in ppl with ADHD), people are extremely emotionally sensitive to perceived rejection/criticism/teasing, especially when it's by important people in their life. It can also be triggered by feelings of failure or not meeting standards. Some internalize that feeling and develop depression-like symptoms, others externalize it as sudden rage. To cope some people read every person they come across to try to see what that person likes about them, and then make those qualities a mask that they present as, in order to keep others pleased/accepting of them at all times. Others give up trying completely, seeing each new activity or experience as a potential opportunity to be rejected or fail. We've already seen this to varying degrees in Butch. In the beginning, when Butch perceives that other people are interested or intimidated by him, he is happy and satisfied, but as soon as they shift their attention and admiration to Brick, he suddenly becomes frustrated, jealous, and moody. At JS he talks about how Brick was the Golden Child, how he couldn't match up cuz he wasn't the idea guy. He doesn't really care about JS, and seems to not care about work very much, but at least at one point he cared about seeking approval and praise from them. He does his job for money and to keep Brick off his back, but he's given up on trying to impress any of the execs. He definitely gave up on trying to impress Brick, if that was ever a priority for him. Whenever he senses that someone prefers Brick over him (especially Blossom or Buttercup), he becomes irrationally angry, often yelling, sometimes using sports as an aggressive outlet. Think of the lead up to the beach volleyball scene (when he finds Brick and Blossom talking alone), the part where Buttercup is admiring Brick's coil outside the mattress store, the dare where Buttercup kissed Brick, etc.

Idk, the more I learn about ADHD, the more it also screams Butch, and the more I can relate to him and like him. Cuz it's like "oh hey, this is an ADHD thing not just a me thing, and Butch probly has actual legitimate reasons for being like that, other than just being a dense, jealous, aggro dude". And that’s not an excuse, but it does explain why he has more trouble and insecurities around those things, especially since I highly doubt he’s had any treatment for healthier coping skills or improved emotional awareness. I still don't think I could deal with him like as an actual person if I knew him irl, cuz his humor is so sexist and he doesn't really care much about others except Buttercup. But I love him so much as a relatable, 3-dimensional character.