#in like chapter 5 or whatever

[junk-thrillz]

The more I think about it the weirder it gets; 'it' being the fact that I've literally been characterizing Cody 99% close-to-correctly this entire goddamn time.

Like, okay. I take characterization seriously. I love character analysis, and before I write literally anything about any Paranatural character I like to take my time to work through their character and just. Turn them around in my head. I even do it for characters like Violet, who I know like the back of my own hand. But despite this I am not immune to Fanon Brain, and it's just a fact that the more time you spend with a character in your own head and not in the original media they come from, the more out-of-character your interpretation of them is going to get. I haven't missed a single Paranatural Friday since I first got into the comic but I also don't reread the comic in full every week of my life, yknow? So yeah, it's cool, it's fine. Maybe my interpretation is a bit off, I thought, maybe it's a bit inaccurate for the sake of my insane wacky au's, or whatever, but THEN

But then these past three updates have basically grabbed me by the shoulders and??? Told me 'Oh yeah lmao you know how you've been doing Cody's character for LITERAL YEARS for the sake of veeerry dramatic fanfiction? Yeah LMFAO that's all canon you were right all along' LIKE HOWWWW AM I SUPPOSED TO DEAL WITH THIS?? Every single little exaggeration of his traits turned out to just be. Completely accurate. He's dramatic with a penchant for theatrics and wears cute outfits (when in the comfort of his own home) and he's very outwardly blasé about his own horrible circumstances and his mask is so fake that even in a comic where literally everyone is a fictional character his character ESPECIALLY doesn't feel real and he moves like some sort of anime girl in a visual novel, and THE BODY HORROR????? I GOT THE BODY HORROR RIGHT TOO??? Like okay I didn't predict the heart scar but body horror Cody is a staple of so many things I've written for this godforsaken comic and I FEEL SO VINDICATED. I don't know how to deal with the fact that I accidentally out-of-character stumbled my way into the right characterization. 2020 junk-thrillz would be rolling around in zir grave by now if ze knew what would happen in the future. I think I need to go lie down

[glittter-skeleton]

He sees John’s eyes flick over the curve of his back to his arse, rapt, then snap back up to Paul’s face. <…>

It occurs to him – not for the first time – that John wanted him at one point. He’s spent long nights awake wondering how John thought of it. If he wanted to be fucked. If he wanted to fuck him. The thought always gives him an incredible thrill, abject terror mixed with an intense longing and excitement, but this is the first time that he’s ever caught John’s eyes on him and actually thought ‘Oh. He does want to fuck me.’

Of course, Paul likes to imagine that he’d looked at him like this many times before his confession, but Paul had been resolutely oblivious then, and now John barely looks at him at all.

From “Follow The Sun” by @fishfingerpies

[starlightshore]

i'm actually getting so flustered(?) overwhelmed??? Writing that i keep stopping to draw things but that just makes the scene more intense 2 me. this is one hell of a art heavy chapter

sorry i'm being incoherent and rambling about writing but. Damn. i don't even know how to handle my own fic man idk what to say other than that at this point

look forward to people (hopefully!) going equally wild over it tomorrow when i post it

[non-un-topo]

*chef's kiss*

[sayakxmi]

Saiouma Puella Magi AU, but Kokichi takes Madoka's role and Shuichi takes Homura's.

For one, Kokichi's too naturally distrustful to just hear "I can grant you any wish :)" and not think ok where's the hook. So he just does what no one ever has & essentially interrogates Kyubey, so he knows it all even before he gets to make a contract. So, some of his classmstes are MGs & he won't become one himself BUT he still ends up tagging along to just protect them in his Kokichi ways. (Though I'm entertaining Kokichi lying about being a magical girl, because, well, it's Kokichi).

(I also got a small idea of Gonta being a magical girls and Kokichi originally tagging along him into labyrinths, Gonta also makes him a magic gun from the toy one he had, and at some point witches out & Kokichi manages to kill him with that gun. So he always has that spare Grief Seed on himself, bc it's still his best friend & he can't handle the idea of just giving it away or using it himself (he does anyway in the end).)

Shuichi prolly ends up being a new kid & it isn't like MadoHomu, the ppl who reach him first are Kaede & Kaito, classic. Kokichi's there, too, but he's his usual sus self. He's actually discouraging ppl from making a contract when they find out magic and miracles are real, which absolutely includes Shuichi. He's very vocal abt it, but he won't explain stutf, bc 1) he's a liar, so who'd believe him? and 2) he doesn't want them to witch out upon finding out the truth or, idk, murder everybody Mami-style.

Anyway, fast forward, bad things happen bingo & by the end of the run most charas are dead, there's Walpurgis nachting, and he makes his wish to bring back the ppl who died notably not as magical girls. Contract signed, he fights & fails, rip. I also thought it was similar to how he thought he could end the killing game by himself - he though he could finish Walpurgisnacht by himself, too. And he failed in both times. Whatevs.

Shuichi doesn't actually make his time travel wish for Ouma specifically, he wants to save all his friends. Timelines are messy esp at first bc he either tells then or it backfires or just makes himself look very sus bc he's trying not to tell them. He also realizes why Kokichi hadn't told anybody aby witches at some point, bc, yeah, it messes them a lot, assuming they believe it.

Still, Kokichi ends up one of the few people who are nearly always giving him a chance, not necessarily out of belief, but out of pragmatism - bro can stop time & knows the truth, that's just too useful. So they often work together & Shuichi grows closer to him but still we ain't there yet. But the thing is, Shuichi's time travel still makes Kokichi more & more powerful with each timeline, bc Shuichi usually goes back after Kokichi dies, so the universe figured out this guy's life's important. Anyway, another notable thing is the iconic Homura kills Madoka scene, but it's Saiouma with guest stars of Kaito & Maki. It's Walpy, it's not defeated yet, but the training trio are spent & just kinda accept their fate of turning into witches together. And then, boom, Kokichi appears & steals their Soul Gems for a sec & he's like did u know you can cleanse your Soul Gem with a darkened one? But it's a lie & he quickly tells them so, he just had a spare Grief Seed after cleansing his Soul Gem & he needs them to do some stuff. Shuichi can travel back in time & fix things, and Maki & Kaito are needed to fight Walpy here. He actually questions what happens to the timelines Shuichi leaves behin, and ofc he doesn't know. There's a chance they remain, so Kokichi needs Maki & Kaito to fight Walpy here.

Kaimaki leave, and Shuichi finally looks at Kokichi & realizes sth is Wrong. Kokichi struggles to hide how he's trembling & grimacing, and it's Kokichi, so obviously it must be extremely bad. Shuichi dreadfully realizes something worse, and he weakly asks Kokichi why aren't his wounds healing. And Kokichi just falls, laughing weakly, and Shuichi catches him & searches for his Soul Gem and, God, he knew it. It's nearly completely black. Kokichi laughs & admits he lied abt having two Grief Seeds, he only had one he never wanted to use. But they'll have the second one soon, so no need to worry. He asks Shuichi to maybe destroy his witch form as it's hatching, so he'll have the Grief Seed without any fighting… and he admits that he hates fighting, he hates this magical world and all its violence. He says that Kaito was right in calling him a coward, even here he just can't handle the idea of fighting any longer, he's so sorry. And Shuichi tells him he ISN'T a coward. He was scared, but he always followed everybody, trying to help, and when push came to shove he would always make a contract for the benefit of others rather than himself. He's a lot of things, but a coward isn't one. Kokichi actually tears up hearing that, and Shuichi promises he won't let him fight ever again, and especially he won't let him turn into a witch and hurt anybody, because he knows it's the last thing he's ever wanted. Even now he only accepts turning into a witch to help them fight to keep others safe. So Shuichi won't let him. Kokichi probably apologizes and thanks him and then he dies.

Keeping Kokichi from fighting starts off as a side quest that gains importance with time, bc it's something Shuichi won't compromise on (ah, trauma), which leads him to occassionally neglect others a bit, which makes them more likely to get hurt & ironically Kokichi more likely to make a contract, especially since he gets more powerful & Kyubey is more interested in him with each timeline. And that also makes him witch out super quick. Shuichi's paying more attention to him & over time grows resentful of others for how they're treating him. To Shuichi it's no question that Kokichi cares & is just doing his best to help, but nobody realizes that.

But the biggest obstacle in keeping Kokichi from fighting is actually Kokichi himself, bc he's too smart and nosy, lmao. Even if he knows nothing, he will find out quickly. Doesn't help that Kyubey wants him to make a contract.

Also, obviously Kaito is Sayaka-coded and Maki could be Kyouko-coded, so that's a thing, BUT it's usually Maki that witches out. Kaito is usually pretty close, but Kokichi intervenes & he survives, but Maki later cracks on her own (and since in the new timeline Kokichi isn't there, Kaito's the one to die, so he's still the secretary). So it's Kaito who gets the dramatic sacrifice. I imagine he genuinely hoped you could bring somebody back if you tried Very Hard & Kokichi called him a moron bc obviously it's not possible. If it was there'd be far less witches that there are. But it's Kaito, he doesn't listen to reason. So, Kokichi follows him to the labyrinth. At first Kaito's mad cuz what if Kokichi being there ruins the plan? Maki hates his guts! But eventually he gets hit pretty hard, and Kokichi is near immediately by his side, trying to help him get up, which kinda makes Kaito short circuit a little bc wait Kokichi's trying to help? But witch!Maki attacks them & Kokichi pushes Kaito away & gets caught himself (and choked until unconsciousness, naturally). Anyway, Kaito gets him away, Shuichi catches Kokichi & Kaito makes up his mind about going down with Maki & asks Shuichi to tell Kokichi that he's sorry. He doesn't get him, but he got hurt trying to protect him, so he'll believe in that if nothing else. F.

As for The WishTM, in the last timeline Shuichi lashes out at Kokichi for his willingness to just become part of the system. In no timeline has his wish actually helped, it did NOTHINHG, which OUCH but it also makes Kokichi think out of the box more & he becomes the Law of Cycles. And Shuichi realizes what is happening & freaks out bc Kokichi's doing it bc of what he told him & like Homura they end up having a momentTM in space & Shuichi remembers. He feels a lot of guilt even tho he also questions whether anything was real, but if it was, he pushed somebody he far too realized he loved into erasing himself from existence.

[kacievvbbbb]

In my opinion (which admittedly doesn’t mean much) JJK is a story that could’ve and maybe should’ve gone on for much longer than it did while mha should’ve ended earlier than it did.

To me jjk feels rushed while mha feels dragged out.

[momentomori24]

I’m actually starting to love the idea of Grace and Diana becoming friends (or at least comrades) after Ch. 1. They’re both easily the most grief-stricken over Wolfgang’s death and will both no doubt cope with it in unhealthy ways (Grace will likely double down on her aggressiveness and distrust of everyone around her and Diana will try to copy Wolfgang and likely fail), but I can see them eventually having a heart-to-heart over it (maybe in the second half of Ch. 2’s Daily Life or in Ch. 3). They both also lost a bunk buddy and might start sharing a room (again, probably not for a while until Grace starts getting character development).

Also, in the CG of everyone in the trial room at the end of the prologue, it kind of looks like Diana is looking at Grace in concern (the latter did just got her face suddenly grazed by a bullet, so it makes sense, but still). And in Grace’s echo art, both normal Grace and the Grace with Diana’s hair are sitting in a field with content expressions, which might be foreshadowing their eventual friendship.

Sorry if this sounds incoherent or clunky, but I’m really hoping they become friends later on (and are both survivors, but that’s wishful thinking).

Grace and Diana being allies is such a 50/50 that I can't confidently predict how they will end. I can see them having a heart to heart about their grief about Wolfgang (and perhaps their some feelings about Eva as well cuz it seems like Grace didn't even really mind Eva much after the talent reveal until it turned out she murdered her friend but even then I don't she thought she deserved to die like that) and I would want that for them, but I feel like that would happen much later, if at all. However, Diana trying to mimic Wolfgang is something I can also see putting Grace off-- and rightfully so, if that'll be the case. Someone impersonating the mannerisms and behaviours of a loved one that literally died yesterday in such a horrible way while you're still guilt and grief stricken will likely rub you the wrong way entirely, and since Grace will no doubt be a lot more aggressive and anti social as a result of everything in Chapter 2 I can see that being a further motivator for her hating Diana too (as well as misplaced blame for everything that happened with Eva).

Also, despite the fact that they're the only two left without a bunk buddy, there's no guarantee that they'll be bunking together. Especially after a murder, the shattered illusion of hope with it the confirmation that the people around her are indeed capable of murder (and very gruesome ones at that), I don't think Grace will be willing to be vulnerable enough to sleep in the same room as someone else for a long while. She wouldn't want to be alone in foreign territory that is someone else's room, and with how protective she is of both hers and Wolfgang's rooms even after his passing she'd be damned leaving them unguarded, I think.

I think Grace's Echo art being of her with a version of herself that looks like Diana can be foreshadowing for them getting along later down the line (especially since her "what are you?" in the imitation art book answers "a friend"), but I think it really depends on where both of their characters will go. Right now, I can see Grace being more ideologically aligned with Damon than Diana (but only on the inevitability of more murders and being paranoid of the people around them, her and Damon are pretty incompatible otherwise surprisingly), however Damon is... well, Damon. Even ignoring how much of a dickhead he is, he had a lot of involvement in Wolfgang's murder and I'm on the fence on whether or not she will hold him to it (she should. she should punch him again actually). Diana is a decent candidate of the few that can even be entertained as a possibility of becoming her friend but that's only because it will actually snow in hell the day Grace considers Wenona, Eloise, Desmond, Jett, Mark or Ulysses a "friend". And Cass, Jean and literally everyone else are on some thin ice here-- including Diana. I think Wolfgang will be the closest she is willing to be to someone in this killing game, however I do hope that she can get some allies she can trust despite that. I can see her burning bridges and ruining her chances with people due to her paranoia and aggressive/antagonistic behaviour (as well as her blackmail potentially being revealed by Eloise and ruining her credibility due to how fucked up it sounds out of context), which would be a very cruel play on how "history repeats" with her, but by God I just want this woman to have friends. God knows she needs at least that much.

DIANA AND GRACE WILL SURVIVE!!! DIANA AND GRACE WILL SURVIVE THE WHOLE GAME TRUST (well Diana is kinda cooked actually but Grace will live and have the best character arc trust 🤞)!!!

[the-selfinsert]

Holy shit youtuber commenters are illiterate

[bunnyreaper]

anyway not to jinx it or anything but i have actually committed words to page for chapter 4 of a certain john price fic :-)

[ckret2]

Oh my god you actually ARE including a romance element in the fic I’ve been sitting here for the last couple of months wondering if it was just gonna be a will they/won’t they

That's because for the past few months I've been going will they/won't they as I tried to figure out if I could get an airtight IC route Imao. I wouldn't go OOC and force it, so I didn't want to commit and start dropping It's Obviously Gonna Go There foreshadowing just to reach chapter 75 or whatever and go "oh damn nah turns out it doesn't work after all, never mind, sorry bout the foreshadowing guys." The Big Overarching Important Plot works whether or not there's any romance at all, so that was a decision I could put off for a while.

So I couldn't go "YES they will" until I myself knew I had a plan. But now I know I have a plan. So they will.

... though also probably part of the reason it feels will they/won't they is because right now zero romantic feelings are happening. There's no hidden feelings, no suppressed feelings, no denied feelings, no one-sided feelings, no past feelings cruelly smothered that may be rekindled. The romance is happening in the future exclusively. I decided if I'm gonna do this, I wanna do it on hard mode LMAO

[brokenrefraction]

i just caught up with the omori manga chapters from 4 to 6

this genuinely makes me so fucking mad. what the fuck. what the FUCK was all of chapter 6

[malebreastmilk]

when do u draw me and kaladin taking ibuprofen

yes wifey......

[deus-ex-mona]

pretty minor thing to think about, but i find it interesting how chapter 7 is the first chapter illustration to show chizuutan as chizuru (instead of chuutan)

like, i get it’s a flashback chapter, but we hardly got to see her as chizuru in the previous few chapters thus far… maybe we’ll get to see more of her as her true self after the hiyori fight/make up? only future chapters may tell, i guess…

[teh-nos]

another wip finished, two to go!

[ficyorick]

i still cant believe im on chapter 7 . thats such a fake number. so close to chapter 10. then what?? ur telling me theres gonna be chapter 11 and 12??? insane. but thats what the plot outline doc says.

[youngblood-valkyrie]

oooiuufhhhg man. playing Deltarune again really reminded me of my crush I had for Spamton back in 2021

I need to replay chapter 2. I need to see my boy