#LIIIIIIIIKE im on to something

[thegracefulroyaltownofthesaint]

i’m going through my drafts and

the sheer amout of hc, fic ideas and micro-fics i have in there

People would appreciate me so much if posted them istg

too bad that i dont have the patience to finish writing ANY of them

oh well

maybe eventually

[strangenewgirls]

d e m o n s r u n

[trentcrimminallybeautiful]

an out of context like, paragraph i had to delete from something im writing and that makes me sad bc i think it's funny so here it is with no context :)

And then he turned to her and hissed, “Stop trying to set Ted up with me.”

“What, don’t you like him?” she whispered, confused.

Ted looked between them. “I think this is a private conversation,” he said to himself, and then stared determinedly at the ceiling as if he could hear nothing. After a beat, for good measure, he covered his ears.

“Not the point,” said Trent. “Professionally, there ar—”

“But you liiiiiiiike him! I can tell! You gave him a thumbs up, Trent!”

“Don’t remind me. Can we talk about this later.”

“Right, right,” she said. “Fair play. Okay, Ted, you can uncover your ears now.”

Ted uncovered his ears. No one pointed out that if he heard the ‘okay’ for uncovering his ears, he’d probably heard everything else, too.

[ahagisborn]

I quit reading skincare subreddits because there was a post on one that was something about accepting normal signs of aging and one of the responses was basically like “that’s fine if you want to do that but I consider signs of aging to be an enemy that I go to war with” liiiiiiiike

I am a white woman with dry skin who definitely scoffed at sunscreen for a lot of my teens/early 20s, IM GONNA HAVE FINE LINES and that’s not a moral failing on my part thx🖕🏻🥰

[tiliqi]

to be honest shadow I have read fanfic w the absolute worst grammar ever just bc the plot concepts intrigued me; some people might mind the fluctuating style but personally if the idea is interesting I'll keep reading unless something Dreadful happens. overall msa3 is really really interesting and I dont really mind the bits where you gloss over what you don't wanna write in detail ! I still like readin it a lot. the bits that are detailed are fantastic btw but dont feel pressured by that -T

w msa3 im like. i had this idea for a cool final battle against infinite and idk how to build up to that i have like little ideas but other than that im just. hey can we like maybe fast forward 6 weeks

thx for the feedback btw!!!!

ive tried hard to keep everything in KOA detailed but that was a project that stretched over 4 years i think?????? so liiiiiiiike

[lyanro]

Also this is literally so funny to me bc like fanfiction feels WAY more like junk food to me. Like, I could be reading something new that challenges me and offers perspectives I’ve never considered and broadens my horizons. but instead im reading a 15 minute fluff pieces abt characters I’ve known for eight years. And theres nothing WRONG with that!! it’s fun. it’s enjoyable. liiiiiiiike. but christ. stop. stop woobifying fanfiction stop acting like its some ‘purer’ higher form of media. god. ‘Media is all bad these days and creators only care about money blah blah blah’ literally watch a foreign film read a local author’s new book go to a house show watch student films research unsung artists. Literally just look for media somewhere other than the Popular on Netflix category. Please look for media outside of streaming platforms and tiktok recommendations im begging you. Its so easy. Go to the fucking library. That shits free. God. Watch some weird cool old shit for free on the internet archive. Not everything is the MCU. Fucks sake

This is soooooooo fucking embarrassing lmao its not that deep

[amicicidalgambler]

this log i talked about then forgot to post

nad and vriska talk about mind control and then get derailed by talking about her first mate then get back on track

trolljacksparrow

hey so like

do you feel peoples thinkpans as like

another sense like

could you guess howw far awway someone wwas based on their mind?

amicicidalgambler

Yeah. It's kind of hard to explain how it feels 8ut if I know the space I can tell pretty much exactly where they are.

trolljacksparrow

right??? and could you like

did you evver hit them solely because you kneww their minds wwere there

i mean

okay you dont gun

but like

wwith.............dice?? a magnificent hat???

amicicidalgambler

I mean, yeah, it's good for am8ushes. And if I could control them I could just keep them out of the fight entirely.

trolljacksparrow

wwhat do you havve em do? is it easier if they on some subconcious levval wwanna do it?

levvle

levvel

amicicidalgambler

When I was younger it did. 8ut now I can *make* them su8conciously think they want to do it. I could do anything from making them walk into an attack to making them fall asleep depending on how much I wanted to 8other though.

trolljacksparrow

can /you/ tell if youre making them or not?

amicicidalgambler

Yes. I've taken control of people 8y accident in other ways 8ut the su8tle shit takes more concentr8ion.

It feels totally different, too.

trolljacksparrow

howw does it feel?

amicicidalgambler

...This is a weird comparison 8ut you know how you can wirelessly connect your phone to some shit to control it? It feels like that. I can feel that I'm connected and what they're doing and where they are and I have it as a second output.

While the su8tle shit is more like 8lending my pan with someone else's and 8eing the intrusive thought fairy.

trolljacksparrow

sorry i got a lil bit distracted

huuuuh

INTRUSIVVE THOUGHT FAIRYL O L

and yeah its a reasonable comparison

howw do you unblend your pan, did you evver  mistake someone elses thought for your owwn?

amicicidalgambler

Not really. I'm still in control, it's just a different approach to taking it. In practice it's pro8a8ly more like disguising my control than actually 8lending our pan space 8ut that's...what it feels like when I'm trying to do it?

trolljacksparrow

right, man howw the fuck do you multitask wwhen youre controlling sevveral people though do you like....can your mind just do more stuff at once than other people?

amicicidalgambler

May8e? I wouldn't know how to tell. 8ut also once I get more than two people that's where su8tle control is the most useful. I can just give vague orders like "Attack that person" and they'll each handle the details themselves. The only time I'd have to puppet them is if I need someone to do something they don't know how to do.

Multitasking was also something I trained for a lot.

trolljacksparrow

thats fanscinating

howw does one train for multitasking?

amicicidalgambler

Trying to partner dance with someone I'm controlling.

I had a few people who were willing to volunteer for it.

trolljacksparrow

...howw could anyone vvolunteer?

amicicidalgambler

I mean they volunteered to 8e controlled in the first place. There weren't a lot of people who would do it 8ut there was enough. 8ut most of it was my first m8 8efore she died. She was a psionic and we helped each other with our powers a lot.

trolljacksparrow

wwhat happened to her?

amicicidalgambler

Died in com8at, nothing surprising.

It was unfortun8 8ut 8eing a spotter to a stellar-class psionic stole 20 sweeps off my life so at least she didn't die that young.

trolljacksparrow

spotter?

im sorry she died man

amicicidalgambler

It just means someone who keeps someone safe while they're trying to pull some ridiculous maneuver off. 8ut thanks? She went down how she wanted to go down, that's as much as any8ody can ask for.

trolljacksparrow

yeah, yeah it is...

she sounds fun

partner dancing like that is honestly like....the unsettling and yet slightly romantic aesthetic that you like

amicicidalgambler

You would've liked her. She had a deep love for explosions and wore several packs of glowsticks with everything.

8ut fuck yeah it is.

trolljacksparrow

SHIT THE GLOWWSTICKS ARE SUCH A GOOD IDEA

.......i cant believve you havve a type ://P

amicicidalgambler

Noooooooo.

Shhhhhhhhut up.

trolljacksparrow

ehehehehehehehe

wwaggles eyebrowws

amicicidalgambler

You put those down right now.

trolljacksparrow

raaaaaaaaises them

amicicidalgambler

Wrong. Put them down.

trolljacksparrow

nevverrrrrrrrr

amicicidalgambler

I didn't do anything to deserve this.

trolljacksparrow

you wwere exceptionally gay vvriska

amicicidalgambler

I was *not*.

trolljacksparrow

uh huuuuuh

amicicidalgambler

Led was a friend.

I mean Elodie. Elodie was a friend.

Fuck.

trolljacksparrow

I SEE NICKNAAAAME

amicicidalgambler

Listen.

trolljacksparrow

listennniiiiing

amicicidalgambler

She was a *psionic* named *Elodie*.

trolljacksparrow

still thats such a cute nickname

amicicidalgambler

She started typing mine as Circuit.

trolljacksparrow

adorable????????

amicicidalgambler

Seriously.

trolljacksparrow

absolutely

amicicidalgambler

It's all on her, though.

trolljacksparrown

uh uh

'led'

amicicidalgambler

I have never said that in my life.

trolljacksparrow

uh huuuuuuh

amicicidalgambler

I'm completely innocent here.

trolljacksparrow

you liiiiiiiiked her huh

amicicidalgambler

You're using my 8s against me.

trolljacksparrow

C//:

amicicidalgambler

I don't deseeeeeeeerve this.

...As much as I love talking a8out my powers and 8eing accused of liking my old first m8 too much why were you asking in the first place?

trolljacksparrow

...good question

listen let me just

scroll up to remember

AH YEAH

the godtier shit wworked........eerily similar to that so  i just like

wwanted a perspectivve of someone wwho is used to that shit

amicicidalgambler

Right. Yours practically was a form of mindscourge shit.

Perspective a8out anything specific though or just in general?

trolljacksparrow

wwas it?

just like...i dont knoww howw to begin explaining an entire neww sense, like, added to the touch/smell/sight/wwhatevver

amicicidalgambler

Yeah, it's hard. I mean I've had it my whole life and I still can 8arely explain it. 8ut yes, pretty much everything you told me a8out it reminded me of mindscourge shit, except more specific.

trolljacksparrow

howw do you "see" the thinkpans?

amicicidalgambler

It's like light? 8ut not visual lights. Which makes no sense.

trolljacksparrow

yes

YES!

SAME

dimmed/brighter based on the intensity of their hope

amicicidalgambler

Mine are. Not colored 8ecause I can't fucking see them 8ut I can tell them apart like they were. Especially if I know the person.

trolljacksparrow

yeah like, yeah, i mean i dont physically see them unless i focused on one person and then theyre vvideogame-highlighted wwhich is

if thats a reflection of my subconciousness im just

anywway, yeah, and it doesnt turn off?

amicicidalgambler

I don't get that 8ut looking at someone I'm controlling is still...different.

8ecause I'm connected to them.

trolljacksparrow

howw do you feel the connection?

amicicidalgambler

I mean, like I said they feel like another output. And I can feel however their pan feels.

So seeing them is like

God, what's that picture.

And where did that other dog come from. Who is he.

trolljacksparrow

"trust no one not even yourself"?

FUCK

SHIT

HAHAHAHAH

BEAUTIFUL

amicicidalgambler

IT FEELS LIKE ME!

8UT NOT ME.

trolljacksparrow

wwhat a great descritpion

amicicidalgambler

You know how in every action movie they say your weapon is an ~extension of yourself~ or whatever. It's like that.

trolljacksparrow

flkflgjfdgljkfdl

HIGHFIVVE YOUR WWEAPON

amicicidalgambler

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!

THEY *ARE* MY WEAPON!

trolljacksparrow

beautiful

amicicidalgambler

This is the entirety of what 8eing a mindscourge is like.

trolljacksparrow

surprising amounts of flailing

amicicidalgambler

Yes, it's a lot of flailing, and that's why we're all Like That, it's to compens8.

trolljacksparrow

ovverdramatic?

amicicidalgambler

And edgy. All of us.

All the good ones, anyways.

trolljacksparrow

incredible

edgelord

amicicidalgambler

Excuse you I am an edgemarquise, get it right.

trolljacksparrow

damn it edgeedge

amicicidalgambler

That's me.

The Edgeedge Scorpionscorpion.

trolljacksparrow

best title?

amicicidalgambler

8est title.