#signature lore there u go guys

[kabukiaku]

Suuper weird question. But what do the kanji in "kabukiaku" mean (in your signature/watermark - ARE those kanji even, or just hiragana or katakana)? I'm guessing you know the Japanese language, can you explain the lore behind your username to a curious English-speaker?

OKAY SO. my watermark is my name, written in katakana. I made this around my teens, I was a huge Otaku + fan of Japanese culture lol

Around 2021 I changed it to this format:

i like how it looks, even I prefer people to call me Paola. It's visually striking, so I kept it. the characters are not all perfectly written, I'll say that. xD

I used self-teach myself to read and write hiragana, until I stopped. and i forgot everything now oops.

[eyekoninurarea]

Your Idol: SIREN5 LIVES

→ daniela avanzini x fem!idol!masc!reader

masterlist

word count: 8.1k

series summary: in which a struggling girl group was suddenly brought into light when their debut came out of nowhere. everyone thought SIREN5 was just hype; a chaotic rookie group with a pretty concept and no substance. even KATSEYE wasn’t expecting much when they were assigned to mentor them before debut. but the moment the music hit, everything changed.

episode summary: In SIREN5’s first-ever solo livestream, Cami brings her signature chaos, unfiltered humor, and a surprise guest fans didn’t expect. From spontaneous singing to hilarious sister dynamics, this live is packed with energy, laughter, and just the right amount of emotional whiplash. Fans get a glimpse of behind-the-scenes stories, favorite comfort foods, and the kind of chemistry that only SIREN5 can serve.

authors note: I realized I'm cooked when this side story is longer than any of the main story chapters and I... okay hear me out, I needed a foundation... Is this unrealistic? Yes. Is this made with Katz lives playing in the background? Also yes. Is this word vomit and poorly organized lore? yes. Is this my real reaction to the Gabriela Performance Video? Yes. And did I fry my brain thinking of usernames? YES. i hope you guys enjoy this mess.

The characterization in this fic does not, in any way, reflect that of the real people portrayed in this fic.

tag(s): fluff, suggestive content, nsfw, mdni (pls i beg), idol!reader being a loser trapped in a hot body, masc reader, reader having she/her pronouns, rough transitions, shitty characterization, messy, sex jokes, the author doesn't know how the music industry works.

[WEVERSE LIVE: CAMI 🌪 — "First Siren To Go Live (suck it Hana)"]

🕐 Live Duration: 00:06

👤 Viewers: 129,337 and rising

📍Location: SIREN5 Mansion - Cami’s Room

💬 Pinned Comment: [Cami🦋] "My first solo live, Sailors!! Don’t expect peace. Expect ✨chaos✨."

[Cami appears on screen lying upside down on her bed, long hair hanging off the edge, face tilted toward the phone like she’s been waiting for Sailors to arrive since the dawn of time. She then pushes herself up into a sitting position cross-legged on a plush lilac comforter, with a purple LED light casting soft neon shadows behind her. She’s wearing an oversized SIREN5 hoodie with one shoulder slipping off, hair tied in two messy buns, glossy lips shimmering under the ring light, she's chewing something and grinning like she just got away with murder.]

Cami: (mouth full)

“Sailors… tell me the truth. On a scale of 1 to 10… how obsessed are you with me right now?”

💬 honeydewlux: "11. you didn’t even blink yet and I’m weak"

💬 chaoticbiangel: "cami i’d eat glass for you"

💬 thirstysailorsunite: "🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️"

💬 cami_gf_material: “are u eating smth? why not eat me?

Cami: (still chewing, mouth full)

“Mmm…Y’all are so down bad and I respect that, but why didn’t y’all tell me I have lettuce on my lip before going live? I THOUGHT WE HAD A BOND.”

💬 bi4cami: "bestie ur face is 2cm from the camera pls 😭"

💬 sailorgf: “CAMI YOU’RE LIVE??”

💬 sirenismyreligion: “She really said mukbang and chaos”

💬 datcamiglowup: “Yes queen EAT!!! let’s normalize chewing on camera”

💬 camisspinetrust: "hello ma’am the way you’re laying down is giving me vertigo"

💬 camilizer_luvr: “NOT YOU UPSIDE DOWN”

💬 gaysirenstorm: “the way you’re immediately unserious 😭😭”

💬 sireneditsforever: "SHE’S HEREEE 🔥🔥🔥"

💬 camilashands: "we missed u mother 🫶"

💬 biteme_baby: "LIVE LAUGH LOVE CAMI"

💬 sirenslut: “CAMI GO FIX YOUR HAIR LMAO 😭”

💬 anchorheartsyou: “this is exactly how I imagined her solo live starting”

💬 bi4dani: "swallow it."

Cami:

“First solo live of the debut diary era~ and of course it’s me. Who else? Leader-nim said no chaos on main. So I did this out of spite.”

💬 yujinstans: "NOT YOU SHADING HANA"

💬 sailorsupreme: "chaos IS the concept cami pls"

💬 sirensiren5: "you look so good im gonna bark rn"

Cami (swallowing):

“First things first, hi Sailors. Yes, I’m alive. Yes, I just ate three tacos. No, I will not be apologizing. This is MY solo live, and we’re going to start it off with authentic representation: crumbs on my bed.”

[She throws a pillow at the camera and laughs as she brushes said crumbs off the bed]

💬 cami_gf_material: "got my snack ready 👀"

💬 daniela_4ever: "we need this chaos queen SHOW"

Cami (laughs):

“Girl stick that in your snack drawer, because I’m not just a snack, I’m the full buffet.

Cami:

“First of all, if you watched Episode 1… you didn’t. You imagined it. I am innocent. I did not fight a rice cooker. That wasn’t my mosaic censored red lace bra on the lamp. That was a visual illusion created by stress.”

💬 sailorbaby__: not cami gaslighting us 12 seconds in 😭

💬 deluluqueen97: she’s unhinged and I love her

💬 breadmesyre__: she really exposed the bra I can’t-

💬 rinathemysticalcryptid: cami oh my god the bra wasn’t even seen it was so censored-

💬 cami4president: "she’s insane and she’s ours 💅"

Cami:

“I wanted to hang with you Sailors after Episode 1 dropped! How are we feeling? Did y’all see how cute SYRE was? Be honest.”

💬 sailors4syre: "SHE WAS SO SHY I WAS SCREAMING"

💬 danielaswife: "don’t talk to me i’m thinking about syre’s penguin onesie"

💬 gaymerfairy: "cami pls tell her we’re down bad"

Cami:

“Okay but for real, I just watched the episode, and WOW. I look so hot when I’m sleep-deprived and fighting with the kitchen appliances. Like, thank you to my ancestors. Fun fact, I’m not even allowed in the kitchen because I swear those bitches have it out for me.”

💬 sailorsoftie: “she’s so unserious I love her”

💬 camigfwhen: “the way she breathes like a bisexual icon”

💬 sailorsoftie: “those bitches being the kitchen appliances??????? is everyone on this group a hot mess?????”

Cami (mock flirting):

“Sailors, if you keep calling me hot I might never leave this bed again. Do you WANT me to become unproductive? Be honest.”

[She blows a kiss to the camera]

💬 syreshouldbeworried: “syre come get your girl she's flirting with us again 😭”

[Cami shakes her head as she gets up, she flips her phone to show her sensory overload of a room. The room is filled with plushies, candles, open makeup palettes, and a framed photo of the SIREN5 girls. Fans get a glimpse of posters taped onto her closet: prints of Latin pop stars, feminist slogans, and neon sticky notes, BLACKPINK, SIREN5's concept art, and a huge photo of Zendaya mid-slay, a Selena print, a K-pop girl group collage, and three framed photos of her family. A lava lamp glows neon pink on her desk next to a humming skincare fridge as well as a mini fridge filled with what looks like monster energy drinks. Her nightstand has a squishmallow, and a fan-made “CamiCam” keychain.]

Cami:

“Okay, so listen. Before anyone judges the mess; creativity THRIVES in clutter. Please ignore the exploded suitcase. And that’s my mood board- NOT THE MEGAN PHOTO! DON'T ZOOM IN!”

💬 KATSEYEdetectiveunit: “MEGAN PHOTO????”

💬 syredani4eva: “Cami confirm ur bias is Megan rn”

💬 pixelzoomed: “i enhanced it. it’s her. It’s the silly pic meme megan-”

Cami:

“Also, Sailors? You're all nosy, and I love that about you. So here’s a quick room tour because I cleaned for y’all. Which means I shoved all my clothes under my bed and called it a day. Over here is my skincare shelf. Sponsored by: me. This is my vanity. Yes, that’s four setting sprays. No, I don’t have regrets. That’s SYRE’s jacket I totally borrowed and forgot to give back. Over here’s the corner where I cry and write choreography. That’s my humidifier, her name’s Gloria. And THIS…”

[she points to a disco light]

“…is what I use to make myself feel like a main character when brushing my teeth.”

💬 sirenismyreligion: “SYRE’s jacket?!?!?!?!? You’re not slick ma’am”

💬 lordeofchaos: “camis apartment got more personality than my whole family”

💬 siren5stan21: “drop the room spray or essential oil or humidifier juice brand I KNOW it smells like a dream in there”

💬 danielaslens: “i bet SYRE lives for her 3AM light shows next door LMAO”

💬 visualonmain: "she’s such an it girl it hurts"

[She pans to a plushie collection, the action immediately knocking over a plush shark. She picks it up and kisses it.]

Cami:

“This is my plushie army. Not to be mistaken with Rina’s plushie’s cult. Judge me and I’ll send them after you. That’s ‘Mochi,’ that’s ‘Reggaetonito,’ and this one, yeah, this shark, is ‘Ocean’ Named him after the debut track. That’s Peachy Bitch. Yes, she has attitude.”

💬 ot5sailors: "REGGAETONITO IM SCREAMING"

💬 kpoproomie: "she named a shark after one of their debut tracks i’m crying real tears"

💬 gays4siren: "sailor culture is naming your plushies y’all"

💬 sharkbaited: "imagine being a stuffed animal and cami kisses you. life goals."

💬 ot5baby: "i want reggaetonito merch right now."

💬 reggaetonitosimp: "reggaetonito is canon now"

💬 fluffypjslayer: "cami has no chill and I love it here"

💬 reggaetonito4president: “THE WAY SHE NAMED IT REGGAETONITO I’M-”

💬 cami_slays: “this is why we love her your honor”

💬 cactuscamicore: "REGGAETONITO SUPREMACY"

💬 roomtour_babies: "her room is my aesthetic dream omg"

💬 sirenslut: "every plush has a name i’m SOBBING"

[Cami spins around the room, revealing LED lights, a mirror covered in post-it notes with chaotic affirmations (“you are not cringe you are CAMI”), open skincare jars, another glitter lava lamp, and a suspiciously large stack of polaroids clipped to string lights.]

Cami:

“And yes, Sailors, I do have a picture of Rina mid-yawn. Blackmail is a love language.”

💬 camiinsane: "I KNEW SHE WAS THE BLACKMAIL ONE"

💬 midyawncam: "post the rina pic. coward."

💬 camisimpact: "she said ✨toxic sibling✨ energy"

[Just then, a muffled scream echoes through the wall. Cami freezes mid-spin, wide-eyed. The camera jolts slightly as she tries not to laugh.]

Voice (offscreen, through the wall):

“DANIELAAAAAAAAAAAA!! OH MY GOD OH MY GOD! DANIELA OH MY GODDDD!! THE ARM WAVE- THE FLOOR WORK- NOOOOOO!”

[Cami literally stares into the camera like she’s on The Office.]

Cami:

“…what the hell… Oh my god. You heard that, right? I didn’t imagine it?? That was-”

(bursts into laughter)

“Okay WAIT, no, no way. That’s SYRE. hold on-”

💬 sailorsiren.mp3: "WHO SCREAMED"

💬 screamingbisexual: "was that SYRE????"

💬 girlhelp: "CAMI PLS SAY SOMETHING"

💬 ManonMyMoon: IS THAT SYRE LMAO

💬 sailorscared: "WHAT WAS THAT"

💬 wasthatSYRE: "girl i KNOW that voice"

💬 Meowchae: “SHE’S LOSING HER MIND HELP”

💬 HanaStan123: “SYRE WALL SCREAM = NEW NOTIFICATION SOUND”

💬 GabrielaWhiplash: “I FELT THAT IN MY BONES”

💬 girliescreaming: “WAS THAT SYRE 😭😭😭😭”

💬 sailorSYREcore: “SYRE BEING THE REAL SIREN LMAOOOO”

💬 idollikerina: “CAMI'S FACE I’M CRYING”

💬 danielafancore: “NOT THE SCREAM 💀💀💀”

💬 cami_sirenboss: “is this the siren in siren5 bc i think so”

[Another, louder fangirl scream comes through. Then dramatic gasping. Then something that sounds like a shoe hitting the floor. Another muffled scream rips through the wall. Specifically, a scream that sounds like someone saw a woman and forgot how to breathe.]

SYRE:

“OH MY G- DANIELA. DANIELA. OH MY GOD I CAN’T- LARA JUST- SOPHIA- PLEASE- YOONCHAE MY BABY!!! MEEEEGGGGGAAAAANNNNNN!! WHERE THE FUCK IS MANON!”

Cami (laughing):

“That-that was SYRE. For context, her room’s next to mine. Which means y’all are getting the full SYRE Experience™ tonight…YEAH That’s definitely her. That was not distress. That was not fear. That was the sound of a fangirl ascending into another realm. Mind you, our walls are sound-proofed.”

💬 syreshrine69: “IS THAT SYRE 😭😭😭”

💬 camicore: “she’s going feral again”

💬 kpopinjuries: "was that pain or ecstasy"

💬 sailorflop: “someone check if she’s okay or if Daniela posted a pic again”

💬 SYREslayage: “what is she watching 😭😭😭”

💬 gabrielastansunite: “ITS THE GABRIELA PERFORMANCE VIDEO I BET”

💬 screamingfan47: “same girl SAME”

Cami (clutching her chest):

“WHY does she sound like she just saw God?? Y’all this girl is OBSESSED-”

SYRE (faintly):

“AAAAAAGHHH DANI- NO, BE SERIOUS. WHO LET HER DO THAT?! DANIELAAAAAAA! DANIELA YOU ARE NOT- WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS- OH MY GODDDDDD!! I CANNOT BELIEVE DANIELA JUST DID THAT WITH HER ASS"

💬 daniellasslave: “WAIT SHE’S WATCHING GABRIELA”

💬 sirenchaosupdate: “i have tears in my eyes this is peak comedy”

💬 gabrielabrainrot: “OH NO I KNOW THAT TONE. SHE’S GONE.”

Cami: (is doubled over laughing.)

“She’s watching the KATSEYE Gabriela Performance Video. We’ve lost her.”

💬 danielassexylady: "SYRE GET A GRIP"

💬 kpoptrashcore: "me when daniela's abs too"

💬 sailorcoven: "this is the most relatable thing she’s ever done"

💬 tungtungtungtungpakitungkitung: “all this for a performance video”

💬 katseyefan123: "I just watched it too and I SCREAMED TOO TBH"

💬 gabrielaisgodtier: "I KNEW this would happen 😭"

💬 katseye5eva: “gabriela’s grip on the girlies is terrifying”

[Suddenly, there’s a sound of feet stomping. Not polite knocking. Not subtle pacing. FULL. IDOL. STOMPING. Cami’s eyes go wide.]

Cami:

“…oh no. she’s coming—wait— Do I lock the door? Too late? I’m scared.”

[Her bedroom door bursts open. In stumbles SYRE like she’s just survived a spiritual awakening, she’s glowing red in the face; glowing with pure gay panic-fueled passion and unholy obsession, eyes wide and glassy like she’s just seen a divine vision. breathing heavy, hair wild, arms flailing, clutching a Nintendo DS in one hand and her phone, like it’s the holy grail, in the other. She’s wearing a cropped black sports bra and fuzzy Stitch-themed pajama pants, and a blissfully unaware and excited expression]

💬 weverseadminpls: “SHE HAS ENTERED THE BUILDING”

💬 katseyebait: “I just screamed out loud what is going AWN”

💬 danielaxsyre: “IS THIS A CROSSOVER EPISODE”

💬 StitchSlayedMe: NOT THE PAJAMAS 😭😭😭

💬 SYRENcore: WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW

💬 KatsEyeWitness: SOMEONE SCREEN RECORD

SYRE (not noticing the camera):

“Cami. CAMI. OH MY GOD HAVE YOU SEEN THE ‘GABRIELA’ PERFORMANCE VIDEO?! I- I CAN’T- I- THEIR FLOOR WORK?? DANIELA’S GLANCE IN THE FIRST 15 SECONDS? THE WAY SHE LOOKED INTO THE CAMERA. I SWEAR TO GOD I LEFT MY BODY. THEY- THEY DIDN’T HAVE TO GO THAT HARD. DANIELA? IN THAT OUTFIT? THE CAMERA ZOOMED IN ON HER EYES LIKE SHE WAS POSSESSING ME. SHE DID A BODY ROLL AND I- Cami, I screamed so loud my lamp fell. I THINK I SAW MY PAST LIFE FLASH BEFORE MY EYES. AND MANON- SHE WASN’T EVEN IN IT. SHE WASN’T. BUT I COULD FEEL HER ABSENCE. DO YOU KNOW HOW POWERFUL THAT IS?? I cried. Like ugly cried. I felt it in my bones. Like something sacred was missing. I MISS HER, CAMI. I MISS HER LIKE WE SERVED IN A WAR TOGETHER. I MISS HER I MISS MANON- OH BUT DID YOU SEE SOPHIA’S FUCKING BICEPS??? YOONCHAE’S CUTE SPINS?? LARA’S SEDUCTIVE STARE IN 0:47?????? WHO gave her the right?! I THINK I ASCENDED. I’M LESBIAN JESUS AND I ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN”

Cami (wheezing):

“SYRE- wait- WAIT-”

[SYRE paces in frantic circles while Cami just… stares, wheezing her lungs out, one hand still holding the phone, other hand over her mouth in pure delight. The screen jostles wildly as she props the phone up on a nearby pillow to capture SYRE in full rant mode. She silently adjusts her phone so SYRE is now in full frame. The viewers lose their collective minds. The chat explodes like fireworks.]

💬 SYRESIMPSQUAD: NOT HER BARGING IN HALF NAKED 😭😭😭😭

💬 katseyeluvs: THE WAY SHE'S IN A SPORTS BRA AND STITCH PAJAMAS

💬 SYRESTANSAYYEAH: “NOT THE STITCH PANTS 😭😭😭😭”

💬 danielastan87: SYRE IS ONE OF US SHE’S ONE OF US

💬 AMARA_FANCAM_LORD: “this is why syre is my bias”

💬 sailorsiren5: SYRE “YOU’RE ON LIVE BABE”

💬 KATSEYExSIREN5: “y’all this is history omg”

💬 SYRECORE: “I’VE NEVER RELATED TO AN IDOL MORE”

💬 sportsbrasyre: “CAMI. ANGLE THE CAMERA. WE’RE STARVING.”

💬 fangirlingharder: “HER EYES ARE GLOWING SHE’S POSSESSED”

💬 gaysiren5edits: “SYRE LOOKS LIKE SHE’S ASCENDED”

💬 danielaforeverr: "CAMERA DIDN’T EVEN DESERVE DANIELA TBH"

💬 sophiaxchaos: "sophia spun me out of orbit too bestie"

💬 gabriela.mp4: "GABRIELA PERFORMANCE VIDEO IS CHANGING LIVES"

SYRE (still ranting):

“And LARA?? She popped out like an elegant SWORD. And don’t even get me STARTED on MANON- like, I KNOW she couldn’t be in it but her aura was still there I could FEEL IT- MY POOR SWEET GERMAN PRINCESS MANON WASN’T THERE I’M GOING TO CRY, I’m literally…I’m not okay. I need someone to sedate me- I… CAMI. I CAN’T- I literally can’t breathe… DANIELA? Did you SEE HER?? And MEGAN’S FOOTWORK. LARA’S…EVERYTHING. YOONCHAE’S CENTER MOMENT?? I- I think I screamed so loud my soul left my body. Megan’s transitions were like ART. And then pop, pop, pop- then Daniela’s gaze is like- BAM!, and then Megan leans and I just- collapsed. My legs stopped working.”

💬 notwalkingagain: “MY LEGS TOO GIRL I GET IT”

💬 sirensync: “this is the best unfiltered gay reaction review”

💬 siren5butmakeitfanfic: “write the fanfic SYRE. do it.””

💬 katseyewives: “SYRE IS ALL OF US RN”

💬 syre4daniela: “SHE REALLY SAID LARA WAS A WEAPON and honestly true”

💬 camixsyreREAL: “cami has officially been replaced by katseye 😔”

💬 DanielaDestroyedMe: “SYRE PLEASE CHILL MY PHONE IS OVERHEATING”

💬 GabrielaTruther: “PETITION TO SHIP SYRE X DANIELA RN”

💬 SirensRising: “Cami just letting her cook lmaooo”

💬 sailorforsophia: “honestly same when I saw Sophia’s part”

Cami (still laughing so hard she’s wheezing):

“You did scream. I thought someone was being exorcised.”

SYRE:

“I WAS. BY THEIR TALENT.”

[SYRE isn’t done. Not even close.]

[SYRE paces in circles like a madwoman.]

“Yoonchae’s timing was criminal. Lara hit the floor with that snap and I ascended. I’m not religious but I started PRAYING. Megan? Megan could punch me and I’d thank her. I MISS MANON. I WANT HER BACK. THEY'RE A UNIT AND I NEED ALL SIX OF THEM IN MY BED OR THE DINING ROOM I DON’T CARE. just very platonic cuddling for yoonchip though, I’d rather not catch a case. BUT I literally started pacing like an old-timey father whose daughter just got married. I was like, ‘That’s my girl up there!’ and they don’t even know me! Well, they do but ya’know. THAT WASN’T A PERFORMANCE, THAT WAS A RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE. I GASPED. AUDIBLY. LIKE- HUHHHH!- LIKE THAT. I’M NOT WELL.”

Cami:

“SYRE. Darling, my love… I’m BEGGING you to breathe.”

SYRE (not breathing):

“AND MEGAN?? WHO ALLOWED MEGAN TO LOOK LIKE THAT?? SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE RUNS AN ASSASSIN AGENCY DISGUISED AS A LUXURY FASHION BRAND. Megan stared into my soul like she’s trying to read my browsing history. When she threw it back so classy, I swear a ring popped on my finger”

Cami:

“Now, don’t steal Megan from me, you bitch.”

SYRE: (ignoring her)

“Megan was literally the wave but Dani, oh my god. She was… a fUCKING CYCLONE, A WHOLE ASS TSUNAMI! I’m wet, I have a boner in all 206 of my bones.”

💬 megangirlfriendreal: “MEGAN SCARLET WITCH ERA”

💬 laraspinaccount: “this is the best livestream in weverse history”

💬 reggaetonito_army: “someone check if SYRE’s heart is okay”

💬 syrebrainrot: "someone get SYRE a paper bag"

💬 chatinshockkk: "SYRE IN SPORTS BRA ALERT 🚨"

💬 stitchcore_gf: "STITCH PAJAMAS IM LOSING IT"

💬 livefootage: "THIS IS LIVE. THIS IS HAPPENING LIVE."

💬 syresoulmate: "I feel her on a spiritual level"

💬 gabrielabible: "katseye converted her to a disciple"

💬 katseyebait: “damn, she’s gone”

💬 danielaxsyre: “NOT HER CALLING DANI’S ASS A TSUNAMI”

SYRE (shaking pillow like it’s Daniela herself):

“AND- AND- MANON WASN’T THERE.”

Cami:

“Yes, you said so like 300 times”

SYRE:

“I WAITED. I PRAYED. I HAD A CANDLE LIT.”

Cami (laughing so hard she’s clutching her stomach):

“A CANDLE?!”

SYRE:

“I LIT A CANDLE, CAMI. FOR HER SOUL. FOR HER ABSENCE. I NEEDED MY SWISS PRINCESS TO APPEAR AND SHE…she didn’t… My sweet German ghost. My haunting melody. She wasn’t there and my heart is in pieces. Literal pieces. Like- Manon-shaped shrapnel. I’m filing an emotional damage report.”

💬 prayingforpeace: "she’s channeling all of us rn"

💬 manonangelcore: "justice for manon"

💬 gabrielaonsundays: “im filing that emotional damage claim too”

💬 katseyeconverted: "this is how KATSEYE gets new fans huh"

💬 manonmybeloved: "MANON-SHAPED SHRAPNEL 😭😭😭"

💬 dramasyrequeen: "this is Shakespearean"

💬 frenchghostcore: "she’s so poetic when she’s insane"

💬 katseye_cult: "SHE REALLY SAID GERMAN GHOST 😭"

💬 syrefied: "she’s just like me fr"

💬 livelaughlaradom: "this is the most relatable meltdown i’ve ever seen"

💬 sirens_react: “this is peak fangirl energy pls never stop”

💬 liveleaksyre: "I’ve never seen a woman fangirl harder"

💬 manonmyqueen: "SHE MENTIONED MANON I’M SOBBING"

[She dramatically falls face-first onto Cami’s bed. Silence. Then a muffled:]

“Do you think Daniela saw the camera and thought of me.”

💬 danisyre_truthers: “YES BABE SHE DID 💔”

💬 stitchsiren: “Cami let her rest she’s grieving”

💬 gabrielaeditors: “I am making an edit of this exact breakdown rn”

💬 gfsiren5: "this is better than tv"

💬 syrexfangirl: "best interruption in weverse history"

💬 fluffychaoscore: "sports bra + stitch pants + death by fangirl = mood"

💬 fangirltotheright: "if I ever meet SYRE I will die from how real she is"

💬 biaswreckedlive: "who do I stan now CAMI OR SYRE 😭"

Cami:

“I don’t know, babe.”

SYRE:

“Gabriela. Literally. Ruined. My. Life. Like, if Daniela breathes near a mic again, I’m proposing. I don’t care if it’s illegal. I’ll invent a law.”

[SYRE finishes her rant, head buried under Cami’s mountain of pillows, still not noticing the live, cami’s phone is now against a lamp so fans can fully see the chaos.]

SYRE:

“…wait. why is your phone like that?”

Cami (choking with laughter):

🎙 “Finally. SYRE. Babe. You’re literally on live right now.”

SYRE (slowly turning to the camera):

“…Pardon?”

[She freezes. The reality hits. Slowly, her eyes widen as she pushes up out of her buried position, she looks down at her pajamas. Then back up. Then she lets out a tiny, defeated:]

SYRE:

“nooooo…I’m going to uninstall my soul.”

💬 bestliveever: “WE WIN 😭😭😭😭”

💬 sailorshrine: “i haven’t breathed in 5 minutes”

💬 syrepls: “never take this down. never forget this moment.”

💬 stitchpajamasupreme: “she is LITERALLY the cutest”

💬 deadgirlwalking: "NOOOO POOR SYRE"

💬 sheinherstitchera: "NO ONE MOVE, LOOK AT HER BICEPS OH MY GOD"

💬 newbiasunlocked: "i’ve never related to someone more"

💬 softoctopusbrain: "CAMI PUT HER ON BLAST 😭"

💬 sportsbraliveleak: "this is the best moment in idol history"

💬 gabrielafever: "THE FACT THAT THIS IS OVER A PERFORMANCE VIDEO 😭"

💬 gfsiren5: "thank u cami for your service"

💬 syreandsophiaforever: "do we think sophia saw this????"

💬 danielaiswatchingyou: "what if KATSEYE IS WATCHING RN"

SYRE:

“…I’m wearing a sports bra.”

Cami:

“And Stitch PJ’s. Iconic behavior, honestly.”

SYRE:

“And I just screamed about Daniela Avanzini to thousands of people, didn’t I.”

Cami:

“Correct. Also you called Megan’s transitions art. I think you used the word masterpiece. And you called Manon a ghost. I forgot literally everything else, baby. You talk too fast. Do you need water?”

💬 sportsbrastitchnation: “THIS IS PEAK REALITY TV”

💬 FluffnFangs: “THE EMBARRASSMENT IS SO REAL”

💬 CamSYRERights: “no bc the tension rn is insane”

💬 manoncandleburner: “she LIT A CANDLE. I’m unwell.”

💬 sportsbraedits: "iconic moment ngl"

💬 stitchcore_queen: "we love your cozy cute aesthetic"

💬 syretheattraction: “how do i become that pillow”

💬 siren5core: “this is the best livestream in girl group history”

💬 gfsirenforever: “give them a reality show RIGHT NOW”

Cami (reading chat and cackling):

“Sailors, give it up for your beloved SYRE. Fangirl. Pajama enthusiast. KATSEYE simp.”

SYRE (still hiding):

“You’re evil. You’re actual evil. I’m deleting this group.”

💬 sailordownbad: THIS IS SO REAL OF HER

💬 DanielaPlsNoticeHer: Daniela if you’re watching this… blink twice

💬 SIRENxKATSEYE: this is how ships are born 😭

💬 camiwitnessingchaos: cami is all of us rn

💬 embarrassedbutmakeiteyekonic: “she will never live this down and neither will i”

💬 vulnerableicon: “this was performance art”

💬 danielasimpcertified: “you werevery loud”

💬 bitethepillowedits: “I HAVE A TITLE FOR THE FAN EDIT NOW”

[After a minute, SYRE finally calms down and plops beside Cami. Still red in the face but grinning.]

Cami:

“You might as well stay now. We’re answering questions.”

SYRE:

“…Fine. But if someone screenshots me like this, I’m haunting you.”

💬 thisisrealthisisme: “SYRE IN HER RAW FORM 😭 WE’RE BLESSED”

💬 camisyreshipper420: “this is what peak idol content looks like”

💬 katseyefangirls: “imagine how Daniela would react to this-”

Cami (winks at camera):

“Oh don’t worry, I’ll send her the link.”

SYRE:

“CAMI-!!”

[Hana suddenly enters. Unbothered. Regal. Clad in sweatpants and a perfectly tucked black tank, holding a t-shirt in one hand and a bag of lozenges in the other. Her expression is the picture of exasperated older sister energy. SYRE and Cami is suddenly plunged into contemplative silence. The chat collectively loses its mind.]

💬 hanaofficiallyscary: “SHE’S HERE OH MY GOD”

💬 leadersirenforever: “HANA ENTERED LIKE THE GODFATHER”

💬 notamusedmom: “LOOK AT HER FACE I’M CRYING”

💬 sailorsergeant: “i salute u Hana lmao”

💬 camiguiltyaf: “OH SHIT YOU’RE IN TROUBLE NOW”

💬 syrefanshrine: “NOT THE SHIRT DELIVERY LMFAOO”

💬 hanastrongest: “RESPECTFULLY I WOULD NOT SURVIVE THAT GLARE”

HANA (deadpan, with zero context):

"Put this on. And these are for your throat."

[She tosses the shirt squarely at SYRE’s chest, who catches it on instinct. The lozenges bounce onto the bed.]

SYRE (meekly):

"…Thanks."

[Cami is silently screaming with laughter, her face stuffed into a throw pillow so Hana won’t see her cracking up.]

HANA (to Cami):

"Next time? Lock your door."

[She does not wait for a reply. She turns, heel spins, and walks out with a dramatic SWOOSH of the door and a parting glare so sharp it could cut steel. The girls blink in stunned silence. Chat explodes.]

💬 hanawouldsurvivehorror: “THAT GLARE???”

💬 locksforcami: "’LOCK YOUR DOOR’ IM DEAD”

💬 ThroatQueenHana: “she came prepared and disappointed”

💬 iconicmomentrn: “this was the most big sister thing ever”

💬 CamiLaughingCorpse: “CAMI IS DYINGGGG”

💬 syrecaughtin4k: “SYRE SAID “thanks” LIKE A PUPPY IN TROUBLE”

💬 hanaxdoor: “GIVE THAT DOOR AN AWARD FOR SURVIVING HER PRESENCE”

SYRE (muffled under shirt she’s now pulling on):

"…I think she saw my soul leave my body."

Cami (still laughing):

"Babe, she dragged your soul back by the collar."

SYRE:

"Why is she always like… everywhere when I do something embarrassing."

Cami:

"Because Hana has a seventh sense. The sense of disappointment."

[After a brief moment of silence and giggles, Cami wipes a tear from her eye, still grinning. She glances at the chat, then elbows SYRE gently.]

Cami:

"Okay, okay… breathe, Sailors. You good? I think we’ve all emotionally recovered. Barely."

SYRE:

"Speak for yourself. I just trauma-dumped to a six-figure audience."

Cami:

"Perfect segue into our next segment then: Q & A time!"

💬 askcamiandsyre: “FINALLY WE HAVE QUESTIONS”

💬 softsirensupport: “girl i forgot this was a Q&A 💀”

💬 chaosapproved: “from traumatized to talk show in 2 secs ily”

💬 sailorquestions: “SYRE CAMI WHAT’S YOUR IDEAL TYPE GO!!”

Cami (with a dramatic bow):

"Yes yes, you may now interrogate us. Politely. Or not. Probably not. Let’s go."

SYRE (rolling her eyes but smiling):

"First question better not be about Stitch pajamas. I swear. Oh, let’s play some music. I would die if there’s a silence in between questions."

[Cami adjusts the camera so they’re both in frame and then leaning against the bed’s headboard while SYRE plays a random playlist, the chat lights up with eager questions.]

Cami:

“Oh here’s an interesting question…”

💬 sailorgossipgirl: “SYRE. Be honest. Who’s your KATSEYE bias wrecker and WHY is it Sophia??”

SYRE:

“Oh god. Okay lore drop, I was raised in the Philippines. My family is stable enough that I can pursue my dreams without ever needing to work jobs, or worry about money when I went to college overseas-”

Cami:

“She’s being humble, her family is FILTHY RICH. Imagine crazy rich asians, but so much more… crazy rich.”

SYRE:

“You're ridiculous. It's not true Anyway, as I was saying. When the girls first introduced me to Dream Academy, it was well into what? 2? 3? years into our training-”

Cami:

“I made a remark about it, I told her she wouldn't survive Dream Academy, because she was worse than a newborn deer before. And since then we started watching Dream Academy every chance we got.”

SYRE:

“Yeah, so while watching, I saw Ate Sophia- oh yeah, sorry. I call her Ate because she's older than me. Yes, that's what we call like someone who's older than us in the Philippines, I think it's the same with like uh ‘Noona’ and ‘Unnie’ in Korea. Yes okay anyway I saw her and I just remember being so pumped and proud that Philippines had another international sensation. Her and Dani quite literally fuelled my dreams since then. I told myself that I'll make them watch me on stage.”

💬 syrerunsdeep: “not SYRE giving us character development AND sapphic lore 😭😭😭”

💬 biaswreckedbyate: “SHE SAID ATE SOPHIA I’M GONNA SOB THIS IS SO PINOY CODED”

💬 camiscashregister: “camis ‘crazy rich’ exposé has me crying pls 💀💀💀”

💬 dreamacademyfan69: “SYRE WATCHED DREAM ACADEMY LIKE A FANGIRL SHE’S ONE OF US FR”

💬 danixsophslay: “the fact that dani AND sophia inspired her 🥹 the gay awakening was televised”

💬 syrejustlikeme: “imagine watching ur idols and saying ‘they’ll watch me someday’ AND THEN MAKING IT HAPPEN?? main character confirmed. this is an anime.”

💬 filoprideglobal: “SYRE REPRESENTING FILO GIRLIES WITH THAT ‘ATE SOPHIA’ 🫡🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭”

💬 notacultjustsailors: “this turned into a TED Talk and I’d attend every second I love her”

💬 balakubak: “AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH TOTOO BA HELLO TANGINA???”

💬 biaswreckingball: “bias wrecker? more like life wrecker. Sophia you have SYRE in a chokehold”

💬 syrelorekeeper: “someone archive this, this is canon now. this is foundational SIREN5 lore”

SYRE:

“Y'all, is it really so surprising that I'm Filipino. Guys, I'm not pinoy coded, I am Pinoy what do you mean??? Kumakain ako ng kwek-kwek at pek- eme lang okay hui, I'm going back to English now okay? No one send Ate Sophia that clip to translate or I swear y'all are gonna get a heartbreaking album.”

💬 kwekwekprincess: “KUMAKAIN AKO NG KWEK-KWEK 😭😭😭 FILO REPRESENT!!”

💬 sailorngkalye: “the eme lang okay hui’ SENT ME 💀💀💀 she’s so real for that”

💬 tambaynaseaman: “ITULOY MO BEH, ANO YUNG SASABIHIN MO ITULOY MO SIGE”

💬 syreisms: “SYRE SPEAKING STRAIGHT BARANGAY CORE I’M CRYINGGGG”

💬 doNOTtranslate: “someone PLEASE send this to Sophia actually I beg”

💬 breakupalbumincoming: “not her threatening us with a HEARTBREAK ALBUM over translation 😭”

💬 syretagalogera: “she said I’m not Pinoy coded I AM Pinoy like okay slay ka dyan sis. 💅”

💬 camisaidlol: “Cami’s face in the background when she said ‘kwek-kwek’ is SENDING ME”

SYRE:

“Oh Cami, answer that one!”

💬 reggaetonitoarmy:

“Cami can we meet more of your plushie army or are they in witness protection”

Cami:

“Okay first of all… yes. Second of all, they’re not in witness protection, they’re in a very exclusive emotional support program. You’ve met Reggaetonito. But allow me to introduce: ‘Lady Crumbington,’ ‘Battery the Emotional Support Elephant,’ ‘Kimchi the Angsty Penguin,’ and of course, ‘Little Miss Tax Evasion.’ Don’t ask.”

💬 snugglemafia: “LITTLE MISS TAX EVASION IM ACTUALLY SOBBING”

💬 reggaetonitoslawyer: “Justice 4 Battery the elephant 😭”

💬 emotionalplushiegang: “Cami’s plushies have more lore than my OC”

💬 angstypenguinsupremacy: “KIMCHI IS MY SPIRIT ANIMAL PLS”

💬 cuddlestaxedition: “LADY CRUMBINGTON??? Cami pls drop the backstory”

💬 plushiepresidents: “witness protection WHO they’re on tour”

💬 chaoticcomfortcore: “i would die for Battery idk why i just would”

Cami:

“Okay enough. I am not talking about my children anymore… Oh- oop, here”

💬 leadersirenmoments:

“What’s a Hana moment that lives rent free in your head?”

SYRE:

“Oh EASY. That time she tripped over Rina’s ring light and caught herself mid-air by grabbing a curtain rod. Like full action movie moment. Didn’t even blink. She just stood up and went, ‘Let’s not talk about it.’ I saw my life flash before my eyes.”

💬 actionhana: “she’s not a leader she’s an AVENGER 😭”

💬 sirenmissionimpossible: “hana really said parkour and walked away”

💬 curtainrodcowgirl: “HANAAAAAA PLS 😭 that’s final boss behavior”

💬 nooneblinked: “SYRE saw the abyss and Hana denied it”

💬 flashbeforeeyes: “what do u MEAN she didn’t blink 😭”

💬 catchmehana: “if I ever fall I want Hana physics on my side”

💬 adrenalineleader: “she caught herself by a CURTAIN ROD???? woman of steel”

Cami:

“Mine was when she was driving me through the Mcdonald’s drive thru and I full on draped myself across the console and her lap so that I could be the one to speak to the speakerbox and she smacked my ass while I was speaking…It wasn’t even the kinky type-”

SYRE:

“CAMI OH MY FUCKING GOD?!?!?!?!”

Cami:

“What? I was gonna say that it’s like a mom spanking her kid”

💬 locksforcami: "nice save cami”

💬 ThroatQueenHana: “syre cover cami’s mouth before she says something freaky again”

💬 iconicmomentrn: “Hana is a brat tamer confirmed”

Cami:

“Anyway, as I was saying…right after she did that, she literally drove to the window with my head still out of her window. I screamed, and she was just poker face the entire time. I also so my life flash before my eyes, I thought I was gonna die with my cobweb cun-”

SYRE:

“MOVING ON.”

💬 brattamedsirens: “not the cobweb cunt cami pls i’m at WORK 😭😭😭”

💬 driveThruTrauma: “hana really said ‘this is my emotional support idiot’ and kept driving 😭”

💬 mamahanadisciples: “she drove away with no remorse. queen of committing crimes in silence.”

💬 cobwebcollectorsociety: “CAMI HOW DO YOU SAY THAT OUT LOUD WITH A STRAIGHT FACE”

💬 syrestherapysquad: “syre blinking in distress is the most relatable thing ever”

💬 windowgoblinenergy: “head out the window like a dog and STILL getting smacked I’m unwell”

💬 notarolemodel: “cami gives chaotic bisexual with no survival instincts and i respect that”

💬 hanaslefteyebrow:

“how scared are u of Hana on a scale of 1 to death”

SYRE:

“Cami laughs in her face. I, on the other hand, think she controls the weather. I once whispered ‘I’m hungry’ at 3am because I saw someone cooking on my fyp and five minutes later she came into my room with a rice bowl. I didn’t even text her. She’s not human. She’s an older sister deity.”

💬 weatherwitchhana: “SHE BROUGHT FOOD??? PSYCHIC MOM”

💬 sirensummoner: “SYRE YOU’RE DESCRIBING A SPIRIT GUIDE”

💬 camilaughsatdeath: “Cami has no survival instincts confirmed”

💬 hungryandhaunted: “i’d cry if Hana heard my stomach rumble tbh”

💬 ricebowlprophecy: “this sounds like a folktale i swear”

💬 divineunnie: “older sister deity is SO real”

💬 tremblingfan69: “i’m scared of Hana and I don’t even live there”

[The starting intro of Katseye’s “Gabriela” starts. Cami whips her head to look at SYRE. They stare at each other for a second before bursting out laughing. SYRE hides her face behind Reggaetonito as she laughs]

SYRE:

“I’m so traumatized. But we can’t skip it, skipping Katseye songs in this household is a crime.”

[The song continues playing in the background as they answer another question, their heads bobbing to the beat]

💬 sirensofchaos:

“what’s your ultimate comfort food after a long schedule?”

SYRE:

“Champorado with tuyo. Dead serious. That sweet-salty combo just reboots my system. Oh, tuyo is uh dried fish, and champorado is chocolate rice…soup? I don’t know. Oh but also! I take like an avocado, scoop in into a bowl, put sugar, powdered milk, and ice and it’s divine. OH BUT THEN THERE’S ALSO LOMI- there’s too much guys. Ask me again in my live and I’ll give you a list”

Cami:

"Ooooh okay, comfort food? Easy. Arepas con queso. Specifically the kind my abuela makes. Like, the real deal; grilled until they’re crispy on the outside and then stuffed with cheese until it oozes out like it’s got trauma to spill. Bro, I bite into one and I’m instantly seven years old again, sitting on her kitchen counter like a little gremlin while she scolds me for eating the cheese before it’s ready."

SYRE:

"Awww… that’s actually really sweet."

Cami (fanning herself):

"Don’t 'aww' me! I would sell my soul for one of her arepas right now. I’ve tried recreating them but it’s not the same. Hers taste like love and emotional damage. Mine taste like I tried my best and failed in three languages. I just one of her arepas and collapse in my bed while spooning my weighted blanket like it’s my soulmate."

SYRE (giggling):

"Emotional damage??"

Cami:

"YES. You don’t understand, it’s like a hug for my inner child AND my burnt-out adult self. Like if therapy came with melted cheese."

SYRE:

"That’s actually beautiful- wait why am I getting emotional over food right now??"

Cami:

"It’s the power of Latina comfort food, baby. It’s ancestral healing in a carb."

💬 meltyqueso4life: "Cami describing cheese like it’s an emotional support system is SO REAL"

💬 chaoticlatinaenergy: "‘Trauma to spill’ I’m gonna scream 😭 abuelas got that culinary magic"

💬 sirenfoodcritics: "No but now I want an arepa and a therapy session"

💬 healingthroughcheese: "Cami’s abuela needs her own cooking segment fr"

💬 gremlincounterchild: "the image of baby cami on the counter stealing cheese is SENDING ME"

💬 siren5nochef: "someone give Cami a cheese sponsor already istg"

💬 ancestralcarbhealing: "‘A carb hug for my inner child’ is poetry and I’m tattooing it on my ribs"

💬 champtuyonights: “YESSS FILO COMFORT COMBO SUPREMACY”

💬 blanketshipper: “not cami spooning her blanket 😭 she’s so real”

💬 sweetandsaltysiren: “champorado and tuyo?? she’s built different”

💬 comfortcorequeen: “someone make a SYRE recipe vlog pls”

💬 softidoldownbad: “cheese heals EVERYTHING”

💬 soulmateblanket: “Cami’s love language is carbs and cuddles”

[While Cami was talking passionately about other comfort food she’s craving, SYRE can be seen playing with plushies while humming to Gabriela. Then came the bridge part and unknown to SYRE who was admittedly zoning out, Cami quiets down just as she sings the bridge with Daniela]

SYRE: (harmonizing softly with Daniela in a lower register)

“Élla llegó conmigo y conmigo se va. Sus ojos son mío', eso no va a cambiar. Me quiere a mí y no importan las demás. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Élla llegó conmigo y conmigo se va. Sus ojos son mío', eso no va a cambiar. Me quiere a mí y no importan las demás. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

[Cami turns her head slowly, mock-stunned, staring at SYRE with wide eyes. SYRE is still half-zoned out, plushie in hand, blinking in confusion at the silence that’s suddenly fallen over the room.]

Cami (grinning like the devil):

"…Okay bitch, slay?! All that while you’re zoning out right beside me, you gay bitch."

SYRE (confused):

"Huh??"

Cami (leaning closer, smug):

"You switched the pronouns. Because we ALL know who sings that part- Miss Daniela Avanzini."

SYRE (blinking, cheeks slowly turning red):

"…I did?"

Cami:

"You did. The original says ‘él llegó conmigo,’ but YOU said ‘ella.’ Not even hesitating. Just fully out here serenading your little Latina crush."

SYRE (absolutely mortified):

"Oh my GOD- I didn’t even-! I was zoning out!"

Cami (mock gasping):

"YOU MEANT IT TOO. It was instinctual. Subconscious. Freudian slip. Spanish gay coded. All of the above."

SYRE (hiding behind plushie):

"Why do you only speak in SAT vocabulary when bullying me-"

Cami (gleeful):

"Because it’s educational! Let the record show: our SYRE harmonized with Daniela’s part and personalized it."

SYRE (groaning):

"Please shut up before someone tags her-"

Cami (to the camera):

"TOO LATE, SAILORS. CLIP IT. SEND IT TO SOPHIA. MAKE DANIELA SEE THE LIGHT."

💬 gabrielaonthebrain: “SYRE SINGING THE GABRIELA BRIDGE??? my gay little heart is ascended”

💬 softsirenvoice: “her lower register??? WHO ALLOWED THIS”

💬 spanishsyre: “she switched the pronouns like she meant it 😭😭😭”

💬 danisyretruthers: “not her harmonizing with Daniela’s part like she was POSSESSED”

💬 caughtin4klive: “nah Syre singing ‘ÉLLA llegó conmigo’ was the most romantic thing ever don’t talk to me”

💬 plssteponmeSYRE: “camigirl thank u for clocking her LMAOOO”

💬 gabrielaisforSYRE: “daniela’s somewhere biting her tongue and doesn’t know why”

💬 sirenshippingcenter: “add this to the danisyre timeline PLEASE this is canon now”

💬 camilovesthis: “Cami's face when she caught Syre was SO FUNNY she knew what she heard 💀”

💬 latinasapphicchaos: “syre singing in spanish… do it again but with eye contact next time pls”

💬 gaysiren5: “she went from plushie girl to seductive spanish verse in 2 secs I’m UNWELL”

💬 camilockingherdoor: “Daniela better watch her back. Syre's coming with the vocals and the gay panic”

💬 sheSANGthat: “SYRE SAID ÉLLA. NOT HIM. NO ACCIDENTS WERE MADE HERE.”

💬 danielascamera: “SYRE SINGING DANIELA’S PART WITH PRONOUN CHANGE IS SO REAL OF HER”

💬 queersiren5: “not syre zoning out and casually outing her feelings again 😭😭😭”

💬 camithewingwoman: “Cami bullying Syre into a confession every 5 mins is a public service”

💬 syrexdanisupremacy: “SHE SWITCHED THE PRONOUNS YALL SHE IS DOWN BADDDD”

💬 plushieenvy: “that plushie is living the sapphic panic dream rn”

💬 lesbiandiction: “Freudian. Subconscious. Spanish. Gay. Coded. Cami’s dragging is lyrical.”

💬 sirenshipcentral: “imagine Daniela watching this and smirking bc she KNOWS 😭”

💬 unintentionalserenade: “Syre didn’t even think, she just gayed up the lyrics instinctively 😭”

💬 gabrielaremixwhen: “Petition for Daniela x SYRE acoustic duet version with gay pronouns pls”

💬 gaysirenmoments: “SYRE SAID ‘ÉLLA LLEGÓ CONMIGO’ I’M ON THE FLOOR”

💬 sirenbiographer: “this is going in the official Syre x Daniela timeline”

💬 witnessinghistory: “we just watched a soft sapphic glitch after a full on gay mental breakdown in real time. iconic.”

SYRE: (Blushing wildly, scrolling on her phone)

“I am switching to my piano classic playlist. Move on, cami or I swear to God.”

Cami:

“OKAY OKAY GEEZ”

💬 fluffydisasterunit:

“what was the weirdest pre-debut habit y’all had?? 👀”

Cami:

“I used to talk to my shampoo bottles like they were judges on a talent show while washing my hair. Like ‘Was the performance CLEAN enough for you??’”

SYRE:

“I once practiced interviews in the mirror and pretended I was accepting a Grammy. Fully cried for realism.”

💬 mirrorgirliesunite: “no cause I did the Grammy thing too 😭”

💬 cleansingmycareer: “CAMI I CANNOT you gave a speech to SHAMPOO”

💬 dreamersforever: “they were both delulu and that’s beautiful”

💬 cryformyreward: “SYRE crying for realism is PEAK ACTRESS”

💬 predebutderanged: “can we get Cami’s shampoo a cameo next live”

💬 grammysbymirrorlight: “mirror speeches are ✨manifestation✨”

💬 judgygarnier: “WAS IT CLEAN ENOUGH FOR YOU 😭😭😭”

💬 plzsteponmeSYRE:

“Syre how do u stay calm on stage when u scream over fancams offstage???”

SYRE:

“I dissociate. I pretend I'm a majestic whale in slow motion. Also I black out half the time and pray I didn’t make weird faces. Like, I lock in on practices and rehearsals but I just use instincts and muscle memory on stage”

💬 majesticwhalecore: “MAJESTIC WHALE I’M CRYINGGG”

💬 blackoutbaddie: “same girl I black out during presentations too”

💬 sirencalmchaos: “she’s so elegant but she’s just disassociating 💀”

💬 stagevsfangirl: “on stage: goddess. off stage: unhinged TikTok stan”

💬 facecheckpls: “someone review her stage face expressions 😭”

💬 panicwhalesyre: “majestic whale but screaming inside”

💬 thedualityqueen: “duality is HER. look up duality on your dictionary and it’s just a picture of SYRE”

💬 fluffysirenfan:

“Cami what would you do if SYRE got cast in a drama with Daniela and they had a kiss scene 👀👀👀👀”

Cami (blinking slowly):

“…Die. Thank you for asking.”

SYRE (wheezing):

“OH MY GOD. Cami.”

Cami (dramatic):

“No no let’s be real. I would walk into the set dressed as a lighting technician and sabotage the electricity during the kiss. ‘Oops! Blackout! Guess we can’t film today.’”

SYRE:

“You’re unwell. I didn’t even audition for a drama!”

Cami:

“Yet. I see the glint in your eye. You’re one emotional monologue away from becoming a method actress and abandoning us for a six-episode sapphic mini-series.”

SYRE:

“Would that be so bad?!”

Cami (mock betrayal):

“SO you ADMIT IT. YOU’RE LEAVING ME FOR HER.”

SYRE:

“Oh my god. END the live. She’s delusional.”

Cami:

“Say you’d decline the role.”

SYRE:

“I’d decline you if you keep talking like this.”

[They descend into giggles, shoving each other lightly as the chat loses it.]

💬 danisyrefictionwriter: “not cami plotting wire sabotage for a fictional drama 💀💀💀”

💬 protectivechaos: “Lighting technician Cami is my new favorite AU”

💬 sirenactresssyre: “Syre in a drama with Daniela WHEN??? 👀 I need it”

💬 camiunhinged: “SHE SAID DIE. IM SCREAMING”

💬 deluluapproved: “Cami playing the long game…she’s ready to sabotage the script LMAO”

💬 sirencrackmoments: “the betrayal in Cami’s voice is SENDING ME”

💬 methodactresssyre: “wait but Syre would kill a romantic lead role let’s be honest 😭”

💬 sailorsoftiehour:

“Cami, if you weren’t an idol, what would you be doing right now?”

Cami (leaning back dramatically):

“Oh easy. I’d be a telenovela villain with a wine glass in one hand and a little chihuahua named Lucifer in the other. I’d live in a mansion with a spiral staircase and a dark tragic past.”

SYRE (snorting):

“You’d be bankrupt in three months. That or in jail for tax evasion.”

Cami:

“Excuse you, I’d be iconic. My crimes would be aired on national television with a soundtrack. I’d have a redemption arc.”

SYRE (laughing):

“Girl, you’d poison someone with wine and then cry in the rain about it.”

Cami:

“EXACTLY. That’s the drama. That’s the art.”

SYRE:

“If I weren’t an idol, I’d be your lawyer. Because someone needs to keep you out of prison.”

Cami:

“Aw. That’s the sweetest way anyone’s ever called me a liability.”

💬 dramamamacami: “cami as a telenovela villain is so real”

💬 spiralstaircasequeen: “i can SEE the dramatic slap scene already”

💬 syrelawyerarc: “syre defending cami in court would be the funniest show ever”

💬 wineglassicon: “not lucifer the chihuahua 😭😭”

💬 camiinrain: “cam crying dramatically in a white gown = Emmy”

💬 evilcamilives: “she’d poison someone and cry with mascara running down her face. 10/10 performance.”

💬 liabilitylove: ““sweetest way anyone’s called me a liability” GIRL I’M WHEEZING”

[They both burst out laughing as the chat explodes. The screen shakes slightly as Cami shifts, and SYRE gives a little wave.]

Cami (grinning):

“Okay okay, Sailors- before we get emotional and end this live in tears, we should wrap it up.”

SYRE:

“Yeah, before Hana kicks the door in again.”

Cami (mock salute):

“It’s been real, it’s been chaotic, and it's been aggressively gay.”

SYRE:

“Which is very on-brand for us. Love you guys.”

Cami:

“Stream Ocean and Your Idol. Follow us. And send Daniela that clip of Syre singing the bridge. Okay bye!!!”

SYRE:

“NO-”

💬 sirensignout: “BYE MY QUEENS I LOVE YOU 😭😭😭”

💬 camisyreforever: “this was the most unhinged thing I’ve watched in a while thank u”

💬 softsirensupport: “goodnight chaotic lesbians 🫶”

💬 locksforcami: “bye girls pls don’t get arrested”

💬 syresingspanishagain: “BYE SYRE ILU DON’T BE SHY DROP A COVER OF GABRIELA”

💬 goodnightsirens: “WE LOVE YOUUUU STREAM SIREN5”

💬 danisyreagenda: “BYE AND DANIELA’S GONNA SEE THAT CLIP MWAAHAHA”

💬 fluffydisasterunit: “bye bye fluffies take care of cami pls”

💬 chaosapproved: “goodbye from your fellow disaster 😭😭”

💬 camiinmyheart: “LOVE U CAMI STAY UNHINGED ❤️‍🔥”

💬 syrefangirl: “bye syre pls never change ur adorable weirdness”

💬 fandomimploding: “this live healed me emotionally and then broke me again”

💬 stillwheezing: “I’M STILL LAUGHING AT COBWEB CUNT GOODBYE 💀”

💬 lawyerforsyrealways: “I will be Syre’s legal counsel if she sues Cami for this live”

💬 raincrycami: “camis next arc better be called ‘tears in tequila’ or smth bye”

💬 sirensforever: “SIREN5 OWNS MY LIFE OKAY BYE 💘💘💘💘”

💬 idolworshipping: “BYEEE DON’T FORGET TO EAT AND REST Y’ALL”

💬 sirenlovemail: “BYEEEE this was legendary omg”

💬 camiblinktwice: “BYEEE GET HANA FLOWERS AND TELL HER WE’RE SORRY😭🥀”

💬 sailorfarewell: “gn girls, thank you for the trauma and serotonin <3”

💬 danisyretruthers: “bye syre 😭😭 we’ll tell dani about this”

💬 sirensofftheclock: “thanks for the chaos i feel ALIVE AGAIN”

💬 cami7knives: “BYE MISS CAMI PLEASE REST YOUR BRAIN”

💬 softlysiren: “bye queens <3 my serotonin levels are restored”

💬 brokeaftermerch: “gn sailors ily even if u exposed each other left n right 😭”

💬 shipwreckerz: “this was so healing and traumatizing. Ty”

💬 kwekmebabie: “SAYING BYE WITH KWEK-KWEK IN HAND LOVE U”

💬 gayforSYRE: “bye syre ur voice lives in my mind rent free forever now”

💬 stabbygirlfan: “gn cami aka our latina chaos queen”

💬 syresingspainfully: “i’ll be rewatching the singing clip 50 times bye now 💀”

💬 liverewatching: “bye but also WHEN IS THE NEXT ONE 👀”

💬 doorsurvivor: “BYE!!! give Hana’s door a hug from us 💀💀💀”

💬 dontgoSYRE: “WAIT WHY DO I FEEL ABANDONED 💔”

💬 camicomic: “this felt like a fever dream in the best way”

💬 siren5forlife: “we need a livestream like this every week i’m serious”

💬 gaysinkingagain: “bye cami bye syre thank u for the unhinged serotonin 😭”

💬 syrepackitup: “u better delete this live before hana finds it”

💬 snatchedbycami: “BYE MOMMY—i mean bye CAMI sorry i blacked out”

💬 camisyrebrainrot: “this duo ship sails itself and runs us over on the way 💅”

💬 softsirensobbing: “y’all cured my depression and gave me ten more new delusions goodnight”

💬 rechargingviachaos: “CAMI LOG OFF RN BEFORE YOU LEAK SOMETHING ELSE”

💬 katsireninmyheart: “somebody tell KATSEYE to watch this pls i need a reaction video”

💬 cobwebcuntlives: “I’M NEVER GONNA FORGET THAT LINE I’M CRYING”

💬 danielaiswatching: “SYRE IF U SEE HER WATCHING THIS STAY CALM OKAY WE BELIEVE IN YOU”

💬 fluffydisasterunit: “next week pls let Amara go live with Cami. the world deserves it.”

💬 HANASEESTHIS: “if hana sees this live we are ALL grounded”

💬 goodnightsailors: “night my fellow Sailors 💙 thanks for the chaos, girls”

💬 camilockedthedoor: “this was history. i was here. i SURVIVED this live.”

💬 siren5saveslives: “best live of the year. no notes. goodnight icons.”

🕐 Live Duration: 02:02:43

👤 Peak Viewers: 678,285

📌 Top Comment: "came for cami, stayed for reggaetonito, left with sapphic positivity (via a fangirling session lo)l"

🫧 Trending Hashtag: #SYREinStitch #GabrielaChangedUs #CamiCamChaos #savereggaetonito

taglist: @awkwardtoafault, @cheerlanader, @kianthegirlkisser, @teenybean, @skittledemon66, @hydrardz, @hotluvlet, @skriri, @ssamachiii

[the-runes-of-purity]

Blix Redesign!

new blix redesign yayaya

he looks so much more swagger then before

old (no aura🥀): new (1000+ aura🌹):

I changed his floating head spike to two permanent ones on each side, and his color pallet.

his cloak got a minor adjustment with the collar, and I gave him some Refinism symbols.

plus that signature tail. decided to go full Refinism. (fire represents will and strength in Refinism and is something he got from Validation when he got made lol)

also yeah fluff. he isn't BALD anymore woohoo.

also different outfits I drew cuz why not:

also random scribbles because its also concept art:

ALSO also some lore stuff i feel like adding

-Linen found him in the cave that the Tree Of Life was, and took him in.

-people who are turned pure don't really feel it, but if you focus hard enough it'll at most feel like a odd tingling feeling.

-his traits are ripped straight from Validation and Queen Dianim because YURIIIII

god yuri

ahnysys

anyways

thanks for reading, hope u guys like the redesign!

[checkers-dance]

i come to report on my Thoughts on ateez. ok so here's my method for getting into kpop groups: i watch their music videos and if i like what i hear, i sit down to listen to their albums. if the albums convince me, i go into parasocial mode. it's A PROCESS. ANYWAY, we are past the first stage and i'm happy to say ateez has passed the vibe check. my favorite song by them is the real. like i love guerrilla, but the real just feels so grand and epic, it makes me want to go out and fight a war. and the music video is SO cool, a bit weird, but i love it so fucking much. this song gets me so hyped, i love it so much it makes me wish it was longer even though it really doesn't need to be.

their songs have always been good but their more recent releases are especially to my taste, which makes me excited for whatever they're gonna release next.

i gave some of their live perfomances a watch and they are really good on stage, they have great energy. it's super engaging to watch them.

a lot of their songs are clearly meant to be danced to and i like that, i like songs with that energy even if i don't listen to it to dance. the only real problem i have with their songs is that i think some of them feel kinda repetitive?? they have this very signature style that i can so easily see coming and it's only relatively recently that i think they've started to get more creative with it. like it makes them very recognizable but i think there's ways to do that while still sounding unique (guerrilla is very ateez sounding but it still feels really distinct and interesting).

anyway. ateez good, i think.

So I stumbled upon some ateez lore a few days ago accidentally and I think it ties into what u mentioned abt guerrilla feeling rlly distinct from ateez's other works. I was looking at eden (the composer and singer) bc I liked some of his songs and I was curious abt his discography (I think the composer and singer are the same guy? Idk I haven't looked at pictures). And then I discovered that he apparently composed a lot of ateez's songs, esp the ones that u'd associate w their sound (off the top of my head, wonderland, pirate king, promise, stuff like that). And I also specifically looked for guerrilla or other songs from that album, but I couldn't find them. So I'm wondering if ateez switched composers for some reason? Anyway thank u for the update and yay for ateez clearing the first stage

[randomshipperhere]

Some of my favorite Markiplier Ego videos

(That isn’t ADWM, WKM, AHWM, WMW, DAMIEN, or AHWM) and the reasons why in preparation for ISWM countdown. I’m super excited you guys. After being teased for years, It’s almost here!

Kinda hope my wish of hearing Dark sings comes to life even if it’s just him humming.

ISWM Countdown- 7 Days.......

Danger in Fiction | Chapter II & Danger in Fiction: The Host

I am on my knees praying and begging that Mark gets another proper villain role where he interacts with another person in a creepy manner in the same way he did in Chapter 2 because that shit was fucking amazing. Y’all remember the fucking edited gifs people used when he stands up from that chair? Good times, good times. People should seriously make more horror edits of Mark, thirst edits ain’t cutting it for me. The editing, pacing, and acting of the video is incredible! Like shit bro, it still holds up to this day in that VHS horror kind of way.

and The Host video? Good Lord, as short as it is, the creepy nature of the lighting and unnatural movement. Familiar items casting an eerie glow and *chef’s kiss*

Google IRL + 360 video + Google Gets An Upgrade

Boy did he used to be my number 1 ego in 2015... Look I just love the comedy of both Google IRL videos a lot.

“my giant man toy... that came out wrong”

“what can you do?” “kill”

“did you say poo the fishes?”

“I can’t kill you if you keep asking questions!” “why not?” *breaks*

4th wall break looking into the camera, his stupid evil looking face, annoyed grumbling while doing a task, very technically I did the objective. He’s so fucking passive aggressive and I like that. Hey there robot man, I’m free this weekend.

Bing is a fucking himbo and I cherish he dearly. The way Google just flipped him off with such a deadpan face makes me laugh every time. Little Bing is a cute chaotic thing. Gosh.

Van vlogs + Don’t remember +  go back to sleep...

1st POV videos outside of the with Markiplier series. Amazing! Specifically talking about the last two because I remember this shit so clearly.

Don’t remember came out my time zone like early in the fucking morning and I was one of those bitches that was just waiting for a jump scare that never happened but holy shit when Dark talked I was like “okaaaay okay. I see what you’re doing” not really but I was just happy to hear from him again in some form. The fandom knows those two are teasers for Damien but I just really like them because SPOOKY rather than lore significance.

For Don’t remember, do Ctrl+U, Ctrl+F then search: keyword ;)

In the Damien explanation stream he said that go back to sleep was his like idea board on what the aesthetic of Damien was supposed to be and I just had this mental image of Mark creating a private board on his pinterest or something and it just makes me smile like a dork. 

Raspy Hill

This is probably his first time actually doing a complete sketch of sorts with the Darkiplier character and I’m disappointed a lot of Mark ego vids forget to add this when this was in every dark playlist prior to 2017. I just love whenever Mark does villain roles. Also these little skits add so much spice to the video. You can even see old comments saying how they missed Mark doing this. Oh, if you only knew what the future had in store.

relax

It’s not even a moment. This entire vid is a fucking joke but whether you like it or not, it IS canon. For a former *coughdamiencough* and up until now, rather refined gentleman to have this awkward in between phase of being a really crappy edge lord is so comedic. It’s just so much cringier BECAUSE former short appearances like Don’t blink or Don’t move he’s actually still creepy.

This was just deadass Mark taking a piss on an essentially fan character for a milestone video. Like can you imagine?! in Markiplier TV headquarters this HAS to be an unwritten rule of things to never speak about. An interesting thing to note is that the signature makeup is done in this video. And while he doesn’t have the suit, he did wear a white tie in this. It’s like… a merge of fan interpretation of the time with his own in the mix.

Don’t Play This Game

Heaven for fucking bid me from laughing so much. Once again Dark is just our beloved emo. Moments like this and Date are just so underrated and underutilized. If you don’t understand what I’m saying, well… nobody does. Seriously though. It’s a very unrelated video and can be considered non-canon considering how little it brings to the table but the fact of the matter is, he decides to just actively show up in this random short video to say the state of his mind.

Do you WANT someone to understand you? There’s like a few hundred thousand willing volunteers and I’m one of them Dark.

My therapist, Dr. Plier

Worst News Doctor shows how bad he is at his job. Showing and telling unrelated things instead of getting to the point. I still fucking love his dry humor. Especially when he tries to cheer Ryan.

In my therapist, I love how he’s shown to be a slightly better but pretty dorky therapist. Guess he had more than one doctorate agree and is better at this second job. He’s dressed down and looks nice (ahh Mark always wore that fit in 2017 too…) in it. He loves doing dad jokes which is an incredibly loveable gap moe from how he reacts in Worst News Doctor and Markiplier TV. I don’t follow much of the ego fanfics but if you incorporate said dad jokes in your fanfics, I love ya.

I also like how Dr. Iplier just knows random info. Pretty general knowledge, no relation to the session but it does lift your spirits up. He’s also an incredible listener here which is just fascinating. Makes me wonder if he adopts a different personality depending on which doctor profession he’s in. Like as a Doctor he’s just bad fucking news, a surgeon, always frustrated, as a therapist? More calm and collected.

Surgeon Simulator IN REAL LIFE

When the video came out no one could fucking tell if it was Mark or Dr. Iplier acting as Mark or even Dark pretending to be Mark. Fans were divided on that. You can still see old comments where they think it’s Dark. I think we can say it’s just Mark right? right? Favorite thing about this video is Matt’s excitement and Mark slowly getting aggressive and annoyed throughout the video. Red hair was seriously a wild era.

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That’s about it. I am very biased towards certain egos and not ashamed. Among these, it’s the google videos that I rewatched the most. Once again, I am asking Mark to please play villain roles. Not morally gray characters but full on baddies. 

[headgehug]

I'm a smarty-pants so I'm asking you every question from that Disco Elysium post. Every question! Is that legal? Probably not! But what else am I supposed to do, wait for people around to ask you everything individually? I don't think so!!!!

lord almighty i'll see what i can do

Who is your favourite character apart from Harry and Kim?

egghead baby!

2. What is the one skill you would use to best describe yourself?

i like to think conceptualization. or maybe hand eye coordination (failure)

3. Do you have a favourite Copotype and political alignment and if so, which one?

art cop moralintern is what i ended up being, and probably what i'd end up being myself. just because i don't know what good to do with myself but i know i want to make something beautiful.

4. What is one thing you don’t like about the story or that could have been done better?

i won't criticize the choice of killer because i'm not sure how i could have done it better necessarily, but i mean, it probably could have been something more?

5. What is a popular fan interpretation that you don’t like?

gosh i can't really think of my own. i straight up dgaf about klaasje though she used up all her second chances with me lol.

6. What do you love about the game?

wow, off the top of my head i love just how many ways there are to experience it

7. Is there any type of fan content that you wish there would be more of

egghead metas >.<

8. What is your favourite line from the game?

really love this:

9. Do you have a favorite political vision quest?

I liked being on the radio with the moralintern guys. depressing shit.

10. What are your headcanons for what happens after the end of the game?

ohh i haven't really thought about this. for brevity's sake, my hope is that Leo gets to take over for Evrart at some point and really turns the place around.

11. Do you want more official games and stories set in Elysium and if so, which ones?

i'd like to see what happens after, how many years did it say until the end of the world? then.

12. What are your headcanons for pre-Martinaise Harry?

sad stupid and slutty. idk.

12. What is your least favourite aspect of the game mechanics?

loading screens :|

(i think i messed up somewhere with my numbers bc i know this is 14. and i already answered it oopsie.) What was the moment that touched you most while playing?

15. When playing it for the first time, did you go in blind or not? Is there anything you would want to change about your first playthrough?

pretty blind! i went thinker archetype and i'm glad i did, i wanted to switch to intuitive skills but i'm glad i didn't restart, the knowledge was worth it.

16. Wild Pines vs. The Débardeurs’ Union – what do you think of the Evrarts and who do you root for?

oh god, idk that i'm smart enough for this. i liked that despite how Evrart is set up to be just a horrible guy through and through... he does do some good. it's hard.

17. What skill is the most fun/coolest/most interesting to set as your signature skill?

probably inland empire, espirit de corps, or shivers, but... encyclopedia and perception were mine and i had a lot of fun.

18. What is your opinion on the Elysium lore?

what, all of it? it rocks??

19. Which character arc or piece of lore would you have wanted to be explored more in depths?

Egghead :) or Acele's connection to Evrart! i'd also love to see a conversation between Tiago and Noid.

20. How would you position yourself politically in Revachol?

(honesty edition) liberals. je suis une coweurde and a business major i'm so sorry god

21. Is there something that you missed on your first playthrough that completely blew your mind and/or changed how you view the story when you found out it existed later?

i failed the dancing checks to get the big shivers thing where you talk to the city! that was insane.

21. What would your own stats be?

oooh. idk. i think high intelligence, like encyclopedia, probably rhetoric. maybe shivers. bad composure.

22. What is a thing in fanworks that you eat up every single time?

you're so cool kim :0 and the skills talking

23. What is your interpretation of the title of the game?

exactly what the club kids said <3 it's a little outdated it's a little otherworldly it's a little depressing it's a lot hopeful

24. Favourite piece of in-game art (graffiti, poetry etc.)?

how can i not love cindy the skull's big piece at the end? "one day i will return to your side"

25. Just ramble freely about the game and let me know your thoughts.

rene i am so so sorry i threw your boulle. i never got to tell you. i'm sorry i tried to give you a shitty shot put to replace it. rene forgive me. rene.

[irkenheretic]

okay i promised id do it and im doing it: Explaining The Plot Of That AU I’m Vague About: The Post

(as i was preparing to write this i actually got my 250th follower, which slapped)

so i’m just gonna start with the simple version, which is this: it’s a rebel AU which primarily centers around the tallest, who are both defective. they give up on trying to make any meaningful changes as figureheads, and instead direct their attention to being involved with the “neo defect revolution,” or NDR. they do manage to make one change as tallest- there is a garbage dump planet turned into a sanctuary for defectives (who in this au are executed once discovered,) and eventually enough of the populace finds out about it that the tallest have to deal with it. they finesse their way into kicking it out of the empire, so now it’s its own planet with its own rules, governments, and most importantly, immigration policies and protections

a lot of stuff happens and it’s gonna be structured using arcs, and each arc has a separate protagonist/deuteragonist/tritagonist lineup (but that doesnt mean the same lineup won’t be used multiple times!) and yes the insane list of OCs are for this au alone: some arcs are very OC-centric, some have OCs as supporting characters, and a couple are all-OC or mostly-OC. 

its going to be very longform and it’ll span from the tallest’s elite training days to twenty years after zim arrives on earth. (the 20 year gap btwn zim arriving on earth and the story proper isnt as tightly plotted as later tho.) the point is to see how a revolution on the scale of the NDR works, who was fucked over by defact laws, who was fucked over by other laws, etc. theres a lot of lore and a lot of headcanons i made for this AU and even a conlang. i am a being of hubris. itll be a series of fics, some multichapter and some oneshots. 

the series as a whole is gonna be called Invader Zim: Annexed or just Annexed for short. its a pun on an irken word that sounds similar but means the exact opposite. i am not explaining more bc itll be explained in the fic itself. but thats why the tag for it is #anx lmao

i didnt mean for this to be as long as it got but under the cut im gonna breakdown some of the early arcs:

so it all starts with a fanfic called Love Is The H-Word (no the “h-word” isn’t “hell.) it centers around red and purple as elites-in-training, who do a little whoopsie and have an egg. purple doesnt wanna smuggle it into a smeetery, bc then he’ll never see it again, so they go to the defect sanctuary (still a part of the empire at this point.) purple knows he’s defective while red has a hard time accepting that he is as well, due to events from his past. but being around all these other defects are starting to wear down his denial, and the fic is all about that. it also sets up some plot stuff, like how defects adopted a self-identifier in the word “heretic,” hence the sanctuary being named, “heretirk.” (hey look my url!) (no, the “h-word” is not heretic, either.) 

i dont wanna say what happens in that fic bc spoilers, but stuff Happens. its also when we meet some ocs that end up being important, and the existence of others are foreshadowed. this is also where we meet the tallests’ future advisor, rarl kove, for the first time, as a local who decides to keep them company. purple bonds with kove due to their shared interest in politics, while red reluctantly bonds with titch, a young irken (a smeet in heretirken standards, an adult in imperial standards- did i mention he and red are roughly the same age? lol) who is interested in military stuff and thrill-seeking and general destruction. titch is pissed because he claims his father is stealthing on devastis as a military commander, but won’t let titch sneak in as a soldier, as titch is deaf. 

(fun facts: in the au, “titch” is regional slang for “a little bit.” ironically, titch the character is above-average in height.)

due to titch’s deafness, he developed “gesturespeak,” irken sign language, so he can communicate. this existing becomes important later

a oneshot called invade the system is right after h-word in publishing order. it details zim’s exploits in leaving foodcourtia, where he was assigned and infiltrating the invading academy he eventually graduates from (in this au, zim is too short to be an invader, which sucks because the hight minimums for the military are really short to begin with lmao)

the fic chronoligically after H-Word focuses on red and purple being back in their platoon on devastis, specifically red navigating his training and his relationships with two defective platoonmates, pon and zi (who are in h-word a little,) after the realization that he too is defective. it also focuses on how the irken military works, and how they train their soldiers. 

the first arc overall focuses on red and purple going thru training and such, and ends after they graduate and are on the field, working to get commander rank. (they planned to gain commander rank then leave and go back to heretirk to train an army there, as heretirk has.... no army.) in the middle of this, they’re pulled out and told they are to become the next tallest. they debate over staying and taking the job or just running to heretirk, and they ultimately decide to stay.

the next arc i call the “bridge,” tbh. its less tightly plotted than the other arcs; fics are spread apart from each other chronologically and all that. it spans the time after the tallest being appointed to a little after zim arrives on earth. it also has a couple of anthologies focusing on imperial defects- each chapter is a new character. these guys are all important and the easiest way for me to introduce their backstories without cluttering everything up is anthology style, lmao. other things that happen are a look into how the tallest work, eventually culminating with the resolution of the tallest having to Deal With Heretirk, tenn’s rescue from meekrob, and zim on earth obtaining a half-irken smeet named pip due to stealing an Unethical Science Experiment from dib (which is pip.) the bridge is basically just. “heres some stuff that happens between point A and point B so when we get to point B you’re not confused as all hell.” 

the next arc focuses on zim. in the first fic, pip is sick and zim is trying to get into his neighbor’s pants, to cope. this basically sets up that zim in this au has no idea how to find personal fulfillment in living- he’s only OK if he focuses on pleasing someone else, be it taking care of pip or doting on the neighbor, some rando human named piqu (pronounced, “peek.”) this is mainly a cute romance story with the underlying veneer of “a child is slowly and painfully dying” in the background. fun! 

without spoiling the circumstances, zim and pip end up on heretirk, which at this point is its own independent planet. pip is in the hospital for most of it so zim has to do his own thing. computer fans rejoice bc hes basically zims dad at this point, who tells him to go outside and get some fresh air and talk to the locals instead of schmooping or screaming in anxiety. im sneakily introducing more characters like ini, the “next-gen zim;” a short bio-engineer (she works on PAKs) who was constantly passed over by everyone because they dont trust someone that short or they dont trust someone that spazzy, even though shes actually brilliant. also her brother mo, who’s a pilot that NOBODY will teach military-class ships to (at this point, HTK has a population of ex-military that had their old ships, but still no formal army) because he doesnt talk and they think hes “slow” as a result. for the curious, he is physically able to talk most times, he just doesnt like it. zim ends up teaching him how to fly military-class which ends up being important laterrr

(haha ini and mo. wheres meenie and minie? ILL GET TO THEM)

no really, theyre quadruplets. named ini, myni, minie, and mo. these are real characters. 

minie isnt introduced till later. shes too cool to be the side character in someone elses arc. she is feel uncomfortable when we are not about her.

myni is busy palling around with pip and pip’s friend “elly” (real name elevenn, with two N’s.) elly is a half-meekrob War Crime Baby and tenn’s smeet. he has vision problems (he can “see” energy signatures of things, as opposed to conventional sight. everything is monochrome and he has to really focus to see like, words on a paper. also fuck tablets) but the trade-up is telekinetic powers (that he cant use too much or his brain will melt. fun!) this isnt relevant until the arc AFTER zim’s, where they end up poking around a historical site due to myni’s interest in that kind of thing, and they find logs of an old revolution (that was actually pretty successful in their goal, before they were caught and executed,) that lead them to a man named lefy. he helps with revolutions and helped these guys, and the trio go to seek him out; myni because he wants to impress his parents with helping them, pip because after they’ve recovered enough to walk around and do stuff, feel like they need to justify the choice to save their life and make their dad proud and all that, elly because he doesnt want pip to get hurt and die. And thats where the stuff REALLY starts happening and i cant tell u more sorry

this seemed kind of disjointed but thats bc i cant really be too detailed otherwise id like.... spoil it lmfao. but thats the summary of the first few arcs.

[nickleai]

Soulmatch Boys Introduction + Yearbook Signature

So you don’t know who my boys are or just know a bit about the boys before the game release? Well I got you!

Here you’ll get a lore introduction/a small snippet of the characters AND as a bonus you get what they will write on your yearbook (post game scenario)!

(Note: above are concept art of the boys, designs might change in the future)

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🖤 Asher: Your childhood best friend that moved away years ago is now back, attending the same college as you. Over the past few years things have changed, especially him. From his looks to his self reserved personality, you couldn’t recognize him at first. You two were close to the hips, but now it’s almost as if you two are complete strangers.

Can you respark your friendship and other potential feelings from the past?

“Let's use next year to make up for all the lost time we have, honey.”

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💙 Hayden: The captain of the varsity basketball team. He has a contagious smile and a happy go lucky attitude that lights up the room. His charismatic personality and sociability makes him one of the most looked up people on campus. His talented athletic capability makes up for the lack of book smart. With his upcoming test, it can put his basketball career in jeopardy. 

Can you make a slam dunk into heart and help him ace his test?

“BABEEE HAGSSS!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤”

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❤️ Eric: Your class student teacher assistant who’s also your rival and sworn enemy for years now. You two would never get along; always butting heads with each other at any opportunity you two can get. With his short tempered, hot headed and feisty personality, he is not afraid to speak his mind.

 Will you two put your differences aside and learn your true feelings for each other?

“Just remember I know all your dark secrets, don’t fuck with me :) Jk I love u angel"

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💚 Vincent: The student council president of your school. He’s the top of the class and a role model who’s admired by the student body. He's a sophisticated, analytical gentleman. With his workaholic tendency and routine lifestyle, he doesn't know anything other than school and work. That all changes when you get introduced into his life. 

Can you teach him the ways of love and change?

"Being with you during the entire of this year is indispensable for my self improvement, not only as a person and a leader, but also as a partner and a lover. There’s a lot for me to learn, but for giving me the time, patience and love I would like to thank you my dearly beloved."

(tbh his would ended up being a paragraph full of words that you don't understand)

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💜 Felix: The so-called “Prince Charming” of the school. A flirtatious charmer who can swoon every girl on campus with just a wink towards their direction. Every girl except you, and he loves a challenge. The type of guy who isn’t afraid to wear his heart on this sleeve, loud and proud. There’s a lot more to him than just a pretty face and his loving words. 

Will you be able to shatter his mask and reveal his true self?

"Darling, the love of my life, the apple of my eye, I hope you have a spectacular year now that you have your Prince Charming by your side."

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🧡 Damien: The “Iron Tiger '', the most feared person on campus. Always spotted ditching class and smoking a cigarette. He always pushes and scares people away with a combination of his death glare and his threatening words. His cold and “fuck off” personality mixed with his violent past makes it hard for people to look past that and see who he is on the inside.

Can you melt through his heart of steel and make a deep connection with him?

“I had a better year than I thought because of you, dumbass. ♡”

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[tumblunni]

Okay I know that kingdom hearts has a bad reputation for sticking crucial plot information on obscure spinoff games but HOLY SHIT I just finally watched a lets play of the fuckin digimon tcg game and found out it ACTUALLY HAS A GODDAMN CONCLUSION TO ANALOGMAN FROM DIGIMON WORLD 1

like 90% of the damn game has no plot whatsoever let alone indicating its a digimon world sequel! and then suddenly in the last battle without being foreshadowed whatsoever analogman returns and gets possibly the best boss battle ever IN A GODDAMN TCG GAME

holy shit his whole fight is framed as ‘this is literally the same guy from digimon world 1, hacking another game’, the interface wigs out and a bunch of fake command windows pop up with rapidly scrolling code of the game supposedly falling apart. And then his boss battle flips the entire gameplay system on its head by giving him fourth wall breaking special moves that pull overpowered effects by “hacking the engine”, with cool animations to fit. Fuckin badasssss!!

and it also fuckin FINALLY EXPLAINS THE DAMN PLOT LIKE GEEZ

digimon world’s conclusion was so rushed, you never even meet the villain until the final battle and it ends all weird with just “something” going wrong that causes him to get sucked into a portal or something while screaming dramatically in weirdly high resolution terror faces??? the tcg game confirms that this was him attempting to flee back to the human world after you defeated him, but one of the stray attacks from the battle damaged his machine and it caused him to essentially commit accidental suicide when he turned it on.

and HOLY SHIT MY FUCKIN OBSCURE HEADCANON IS TRUE????

the game had some sequel bait hints that maybe analogman is somehow still around and that the portal explosion just turned him into “corrupted data” so he can never return to the human world. and i always thought it would be super ironic if he actually got turned into a digimon aka the thing he hates more than anything

WELL OKAY I GUESS CRITICAL LORE IN A TCG GAME IS OKAY WHEN ITS A BIG YES BUNNI U THEORY BE CORRECT

he appears in this game as a malomyotismon who does a damn good vexen face during the fight, lol. And he’s all “gahh that stupid kid ruined my plans but this accursed body at least improved my hacking abilities!” Tho its implied that his corrupted state is more like a bodyless cloud of data that can possess/copy different digimon, which would be REALLY FUCKIN CRITICAL to explaining the goddamn plot of Digimon World Next Order!

Seriously wtf is up with this series? Digimon World 2 is not the sequel to Digimon World 1, all the numbered games are entirely separate individual stories with wildly different genres from pet sim to roguelike strategy. The real sequel is fucking DIGIMON THE CARD GAME THE GAME and then Digimon World Next Order a bazillion years later for the ps4. In which i am STILL REALLY SALTY that they have a FUCKIN RAD remix of analogman’s boss theme yet he doesn’t appear in the game. The added context of this damn tcg game confirms once and for all that the Ambiguous As Fuck Ending actually WAS him appearing in the game, this unexplained “oh wait the villain was good all along and he was just possessed by an evil virus” was supposed to be corrupted-digi-analogman and seriously WHY DONT THEY JUST FUCKIN EXPLAIN IT!!! this tcg game wasnt even released in europe!! and even american fans probably had no clue it was linked to this entirely separate subseries! You have to friggin piece it together with context clues like the battle music and the fact analogman’s signature mon was machinedramon. I mean vjesus christ Next Order is a litera; sequel with the grown up version of Digimon World’s protagonist as a badass home ec teacher who still defends the digital world in his free time yet you couldnt spare ONE LINE OF DIALOGUE mentioning the name of the villain?? and summarizing the fuckin tcg game everyone missed??? AND CONFIRMING THAT THE VILLAIN IS INDEED MAKING A REAPPEARANCE POSSESSING THIS GUY??? oh god everything makes SENSE, thank you terrible card game adaptation. ehh but i do still love Next Order for making Hiro/Mameo’s canon partner Mamemon, he’s even more badass as this big tough bishie version of himself with a tiny adorable pal that can shoot rocket fists through space and time. (its funny tho cos the DW1 intro movie showed metalmamemon and metalgreymon and the american boxart flipped a coin and decided metalgreymon must have been the one the protagonist was using in that scene. Whoops!)

anyway even with the added context that IT WAS INDEED GODDAMN ANALOGMAN, the final boss fight in Next Order was as terrible as the rest of the plot. So I’m glad trash gramps got a suitably badass boss fight after all, even if it was a CARD GAME VERSION! lets all celebrate the awesomeness of this obscure fuckin spinoff game’s obscure fuckin intercontinuity cameo with the boss fight music that other game wasted

seriously fuckin hell the biggest challenge in that final boss was that i was so distracted by SHEER OFFENDEDNESS at the cool music not matching it that it was hard to keep focused

its not just a great boss theme for a terrible boss, its a really fuckin EMOTIONAL song for anyone whose childhood was fuckin defined by the first game!!!

and look you had a PERFECT FUCKIN EXCUSE for a REALLY GOOD boss battle against MY MAN GRUMPY GRANDPA OF THE COOL DAMN NAME. Seriously guys analogman was THE FIRST digimon villain! digimon world came out before the anime, digimon world was the BETA FOR THE ANIME! this was the first place they had the ideas for file island, so much of the areas in the game are awkwardly mistranslated versions of stuff that would later appear in the anime in a different form. before this digimon had never been anything more than a fuckin 2-bit graphics tamagotchi and this was (after the manga) only the second goddamn time these monsters had an actual full colour character design! all of those charmingly janky 90s gross out show styled tcg illustrations? that was concept art that this game was working from! fuckin hell this game thought up the idea for metalgreymon’s changed design that ended up becoming the iconic partner of tai in the anime. (you can also see beta tai in the manga with a beta veemon as a partner instead! o_O)

SO LIKE...

JUST....

I HAVE FEELINGS ABOUT ANALOGMAN OKAY!!! he’s a badly written guy with only like five sentences across all the videogames but fuckin hell he was such an Iconique part of the development of this series that they named him fucking ANALOGMAN

like dude you could have SO EASILY made me scream at my tv in a more positive way by bringing him out as the surprise villain and showing us wtf his deisgn is even supposed to look like cos god all we have is a blurry faceless early ps1 model buried under the glow filters of Mt Infinity’s funky background effects.

AND FUCKING

IF IT IS CANON

THAT MY FUCKIN

STUPID THEORY

IS CANON

slap a fuckin O on this man and LITERALLY LET ME BEAT HIM UP

like dont even give him a team or anything, just let me fight THE MAN HIMSELF

you canonically fuckin said he’s a digital ghost now and basically the same as a digimon

let me beat the shit out of a regular businessman in a suit and tie while he pulls his badass ‘i’m hacking the game i’m in’ bullshit from the GODDAMN TCG GAME THAT WAS MORE CLIMACTIC THAN YOUR SHITTY CASH GRAB FAKE SEQUEL

man god i didnt expect a fuckin TCG GAME to revive my righteous fury from back when i first played that piece of shit. i hate it cos Next order is so pretty and its gameplay is so good and i really loved my twin digis but there were SO MANY bugs and cut corners and missing content and really bad writing and GOD it made me so sad that the dub team really really tried, they tried so hard that they got fuckin renamon’s original voice actress back even though the renamon in this game has nothing to do with the anime one. THE DUB WAS REALLY GOOD BUT IT COULDNT SALVAGE THAT SCRIPT!! THE MUSIC WAS REALLY GOOD AND THE ART WAS REALLY GOOD AND THE DIGIMON THEMSELVES WERE MY BEST DAMN FRIENDS FOR THAT MONTH OF MY LIFE BUT THE GODDAMN FUCKIN SCRIPT!!! the postgame was MORE FUN because FINALLY everything opened up like the sandbox of the first game and you could just fuckin hug u digis without being distracted by constant cutscenes butchering your childhood nostalgia

man i wanted to write a fic/draw a comic about my headcanons on how to fix it but i never managed to do it cos holy shit it was basically “throw everything out and make a different game geez” I COULD RAMBLE FOR HOURS ABOUT THE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SEQUEL THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN!! and a fuckin!! tcg game!! was closer to that sequel!!!

and fuckin MY THEORY WAS RIGHT AND MY BETTER GAME IDEA ACTUALLY WOULD WORK IN CANON

fuck it im gonna do draw myself decking business gramps in the face

oh! and the female protagonist design! thats another rare good part of that thing! i loved the pixellization effect on her ponytal, way better than the male equivelant having a very ordinary costume design just with a pixel corner taken out of his jacket. also why did the plot never actually make a thing out of that? like you’d think that ‘unlike every other digimon tamer i’ve got this scar of my digitization’ would be a plot point. like they didnt give everyone else a cool pixel squares mark! they could have at least used it as an excuse why the protagonist is the Only Chosen One who can do all this plot shit. or if it was me i would have made it early foreshadowing for the Return Of Business Gramps, like you were partially infected by the Oooo Mysterious Unexplained Digi Virus (seriously why did they not just have ONE SENTENCE explaining its the fuckin original villain returning????) during the prologue and i dunno somehow that gives you powers to break analogman’s control on the digimon he possesses. or maybe the pixel thing is like a tracking device he put on you? or just give that cool design trait to the protagonist of digimon cyber sleuth instead, whose entire plot is that theyre a digimon human hybrid with literaly the power to pixellize themself into computers.

ALSO!!! actually do something!!! with mameo!!!

they really fuckin hyped up in all the prelease materials that the digimon world 1 protagonist was gonna be in this game and he’s all grown up now. and then he does NOTHING in the plot except babble exposition and stand around your home base. and has one line about how he’s a badass teacher now and his partner is mamemon but hey we made a bullshit excuse for why his digimon is sealed away and he never gets to fight :<

give me an actual cool teamup of new protag girl and her cool teacher dude beating the shit out of business trash with their bare fists and also their digimon’s bare fists while THE BEST DAMN MUSIC GOES UNWASTED

...fuck i sure do Feel Intensely about nostalgic games lol. i wonder if i’ll be so rambley when i play kh3? maybe itd be a really shitty lp, aaagh...

[egyptroyal]

THE BRAINS OF THE GANG ⟡ VELMA DINKLEY

FC: LINDA CARDELLINI ✖ STATUS: ALIVE ✖ AGE: 24 ✖ DOB: 2/11/1993

PLOT ✘ CHARACTERS ✘ CONNECTIONS

A B O U T —

Velma is an intelligent investigator in an organization created by her friends, titled, Mystery Incorporated. Together with Daphne Blake, Fredward Jones, Norville Rogers and Rogers’ great dane and best friend, Scoobert Doo; they go and investigate the supposedly supernatural. However, with every caper, it all ends up as a get-rich-quick scheme by someone that broadened the haunted lore of a certain property. Velma does the research and figures out certain key aspects through intensive forensics knowledge as well the reason why the “bad guy” had gone all out to scare people away. In her free time and when they aren’t on the road looking for and solving mysteries, she owns a local bookstore in Coolsville as well as give tours of their captures at her family’s museum. She also seems to be the one that writes about the adventures her and her friends had been on while Daphne gained television fame off of it. Her behavior, personality, etc. is the same in canonical material though, she is more bolder in speaking out or changing from the constant orange sweater, adding colors that are almost at the edge of Daphne’s color scheme territory. Sometimes, every blue moon or when Daphne dresses her, Velma can dress proactively. However, most of the clothes are chosen by Velma and approved by Daphne if it made Velma comfortable in it.

After the events in the films, Velma unintentionally builds a way to travel to various universes with the tech last seen in Cyber Ghost combined with the tech that came from Shaggy’s ex-girlfriend Crystal from Alien Invaders. She not only solved mysteries on Earth but, now on a intergalactic level. She only travels on Sundays since there’s usually nothing to do on Sundays. Her mind is more open after remembering the encounter with the Winchesters and their friend, Castiel, albeit years later

Currently, Velma is shown to change her hair color from her signature brown to a dyed blonde and will also grow out from her signature bob. Especially after Daphne’s confidence boosting of joining other women in infamous the Dove commercial. Her dry wit is still a constant but, it takes her friends’ encouragement to try new things.

S O U L M A T E S / N E M E S E S —

Velma considers her friends as her soulmates despite being skeptical over the concept. Mainly with Daphne than the rest due to Daphne being able to see through her as well as pointing out what attracts her without even Velma noticing until the matter is brought up. 

Velma considers Scrappy Doo, various money-grabbers, and actual monsters as enemies than nemeses. Though, she can be competitive to other geniuses like her but, it’s rare.

[mianit3-ask]

Maybe y'all should have signatures on ur posts cause I never know what mod is talking. Also on a S3 note is it going to be more silly and fun and trolly like s1 or a bit more story like s2? Oh, and are u guys just imagining them in a vanilla world or r u gonna draw a modded world???

Yeah, we probably should do that lol. I’m pretty sure it’s going to be more lore based, but there will be some ‘sillier’ parts. We’re sending them back to a vanilla world, but there may be like a couple of added things?

- Mod Ty

[superfamigos]

Sam’s Top Ten Games of 2016

I'm hoping 2017 is the year that the things really get going here on Super Famigos. Top ten lists are a good way to wrap up one year and get started on the next, so here's the games I really got into over the past year, some of which came out in 2016, and some of which did not. Please enjoy!

Pokémon Picross

Okay, gotta get this one out of the way first. By my estimates (supported by the records on my 3DS play log), I spent more time playing Pokémon Picross this year than any other game. This still kinda mystifies me. I'm not sure why I like Picross so much. I'm generally not that interested in stuff like sudoku or crossword puzzles. But I downloaded Pokémon Picross for fun before spring break, hearing that it was a free download, and somehow spent more time over the break playing it than anything else, a pattern that continued through the whole year.

I guess part of this has to do with the way I'm playing it. Being a free-to-play, the game has a once-daily challenge to earn the in-game currency that you would usually spend real money on. This "daily training" is actually my favorite part of the game. It challenges you to complete bite-sized Picross puzzles faster and faster, and each challenge is about 5 minutes or less. Since I haven't yet paid for the game, I need to grind for a while to earn enough money to progress; and since I don't have a ton of time to play games these days, playing 5 minutes of Picross is a quick way to get a quick video game session in. This slow, daily play means that I've been engaged for a lot longer than I would have been otherwise.

And generally, I guess it's a relaxing, mentally stimulating activity that scratches an itch that sudoku and other brainteasers haven't been able to. It helps that the game has a fun Pokémon theme, and that the special Pokémon abilities allow me to get some help on the larger puzzles that I don't enjoy as much. Right now, I'm on Area 24 of 30, but I haven't yet paid to unlock Mega Evolution puzzles or a "dark world" feature that was teased early on in the game. So it's likely that I'll continue enjoying Pokémon Picross well into 2017.

Rez Infinite/Rez HD

At this year's Fantastic Arcade in Austin, Texas (an excellent and eclectic indie gaming event I hope to attend again), I had the opportunity to try out the new PlayStation VR version of Rez before its wide release. I have to tell you: it felt great. I've tried the latest generation of VR a few times before (the first of which was Playthings: VR Music Vacation, a truly magical experience), but thus far, I don't think any other game I've played has felt as good in VR. The wire-frame, cyberpunky hacker's world of Rez is a perfect fit for virtual reality: it may not be a hyper-realistic simulation of the real world, but it feels like what you might imagine VR to look like if, like me, you grew up watching Tron and playing video games. With the headset filling your field of vision, headphones filling your ears with driving, electronic rhythms, and your controller vibrating, you get more and more immersed in Rez's signature synesthesia.

After my VR demo, I got inspired to finally go back and finish Rez. I got a free download of the earlier Xbox 360 remaster, Rez HD, as a perk for working at Microsoft a few years ago, but never actually finished it. Somehow it never gripped me before; maybe I didn't have the sound up loud enough, or maybe it was that the first level isn't as exciting as some of the later ones. But this time, I saw what all the fuss was about. Even without the VR, Rez really got my pulse pounding between the excellent music (and synchronized sound effects) and the tough gameplay (especially in the later levels). And I was intrigued by the story elements in the last area.

I'm certainly glad I finally got back to Rez this year, and hope I get to play the full VR version someday (and check out the new Area X!)

Nuclear Throne

Nuclear Throne is one of those games that I really sank my teeth into last year, and one that sank its teeth into me in turn. Like Super Crate Box, Spelunky, and FTL, it's one of those games that's good enough and quick enough that I can load up and just play incessantly, almost to the point that I started spending more time on it than I should. To be sure, I'm not part of the camp that thinks "addictive" is a praiseworthy attribute for a game (remember kids, Friends Don't Let Friends Get Addicted to Anything, Let Alone a Game), but I do appreciate how you could beat the whole game in 20-30 minutes - IF you're good enough. Again, it's a game that's easy to fit into my Busy Modern Lifestyle™.

Aside from that, I think what I like about Nuclear Throne is its tension. Even when I have awesome weapons, good mutations, and lots of HP, I never really feel safe. Part of that is the game's difficulty and good old roguelike permadeath, but part of it is the thematic spookiness. Honestly, I have a low tolerance when it comes to horror in games and other media (especially when lots of gore is involved), but I'm still kind of curious about it. (I'm the kind of guy who wants to watch X-Files but is a little scared of the monster episodes, and who watched and enjoyed Stranger Things but had his hands over his eyes for a non-trivial portion of the viewing time.) Nuclear Throne's spookiness and violence are just at the edge of my tolerance, and it packs a lot of secrets and lore that I'm intrigued by. Oh, and I'm all about that screenshake.

Pokémon X/Pokémon Moon

Until just recently, I hadn't been able to get into the Pokémon main series games since Generation 1 or 2. I love Pokémon as a concept, but I get turned off sometimes by all the knowledge and time commitment involved to really understand it, and I worry that not grinding for the right nature or forgetting the wrong move or something will hurt me later in the game. So even when I was given a free copy of Pokémon X a couple years ago (received through an awesome Club Nintendo promo, rest in peace), my excitement to try a new Pokémon only got past the first gym. But my friends (and the whole gaming world) seemed so excited about Sun and Moon, and the trailers were looking great to me too.

So, in preparation for Sun/Moon, I decided to pick up my old game of X and see how I felt about it. As motivation to keep on going, I decided to write a log of my adventure, written in game continuity, that I could share regularly with friends to show them what I was up to, hopefully gather excitement from them, and channel that back into my gameplay. To my surprise, this plan went even better than I expected, and I really got invested in my invented story and the personalities of my X-Mons.

Then release day hit, I grabbed Pokémon Moon so I could play with my friends… and watched them quickly outstrip me in the story since I didn't have much time to play. (Don't worry, I'm not bitter ;) ) After the semester ended, I've really been getting into the new game. The new region is colorful and fun, the story is different and interesting, and I like the characters and the new Pokémon. It's quite a bit tougher than X/Y thus far (at least for me), and that's motivated me to get into the game more and try to learn about stats and other nuances from my friends. To my surprise, learning about these details is actually increasing my enjoyment of the game, rather than the other way around.

Strangely though, I just don't feel the same motivation to work on logs of Pokémon Moon the same way I was doing for Pokémon X. (Sorry to break it to you, dedicated readers: the Pokémon Moon logs will mostly likely remain dormant. There's a chance that the X logs might make their way out though…) Maybe it's the fact that the Pokémon X story leaves more room for embellishment, or maybe it's that my X logs were uncomplete when I moved to Moon. The big question for early 2017 is: do I continue Moon, pick X back up, or switch between both?

The Senpai

Question 1: Do you like Seinfeld? (If yes, proceed to question 2.)

Question 2: Do you like anime? If not, do you at least have a passing familiarity with anime?

If you answered yes to both questions above, you should play The Senpai, a web-based visual novel that plays like an episode of Seinfeld ported to a CD-ROM adventure game. I don't want to spoil you on any details, since I went into the game pretty clueless, but I thought it was pretty hilarious. Check it out: it only takes about as long as an episode of Seinfeld to play.

Pokken Tournament

As I mentioned above, I sometimes struggle with mainline Pokémon games, but love the idea of Pokémon itself. Since I really dig fighting games, I was excited for Pokken as a Pokémon game with gameplay I was more interested in. The good news is that I ended up liking Pokken quite a bit. The gameplay is kinda unique as compared to other fighters, with an unusual sidescrolling/3D plane-switching mechanic, but it feels good once you get into it. My Famigo/bro Oli and I got super hype about Pokken finals at EVO 2016 (Go Braixen Boys!). And the supporting elements are good too: it's awesome to see Pokémon in HD, the music is pretty good, and the avatar customization is kinda hilarious. The bad news is that I just didn't end up playing it that much. Like I said before, time was short for me last year, and for whatever reason it didn't hold my interest as much as other things. But I'd certainly recommend it for someone who has a Wii U and likes Pokémon, Tekken, and/or Street Fighter (or even someone who's curious about those games).

Affordable Space Adventures

I was quite happy to pick this up in the latest Humble Indie Bundle for Nintendo platforms, since I'd been eyeing it for quite a while. It's kind of a smaller indie game exclusive to Wii U, so I'm not sure how much exposure it really got. It's definitely worth checking out though, since it's a great local multiplayer experience, and one of the best uses of the second-screen Wii U GamePad that I've seen outside of Nintendo first-party games. Affordable Space Adventures tasks you with piloting a small tourist spaceship with your friends (or alone, but that's not as fun).  One player pilots the ship, one player aims the lights and other tools, and one player, as the engineer, controls various functions of the spacecraft from an instrument panel on the GamePad. Later levels require some pretty quite a bit of finesse from the engineer, meaning that a lot of teamwork and communication is needed so that each officer can focus on their particular job (and screen). The default narrative in the games media is that no one ever really took advantage of the Wii U GamePad; prove 'em wrong and check out this great indie effort. Here's hoping other developers can find a way to create cool asymmetrical experiences on other platforms once we move on from the Wii U.

Overcooked

To be honest, I only played this one time for about half an hour at a friend's house shortly before the end of the year. But I left that play session wondering how I'd never heard of Overcooked, and how I could play it again soon. Overcooked feels sort of like a minigame from Mario Party or Pokémon Stadium, and I mean that in the best way possible. Maneuvering around the kitchen trying to jump between tasks is frenetic but fun. I'm hoping that this gets a Mac release, or at least that my less beefy Windows alt-machine can run it okay.

Hyper Light Drifter

Hyper Light Drifter is one of the few games on this list that I actually completed. I backed this game on Kickstarter and I'm very pleased at how it turned out. The graphical style is gorgeous (honestly, that sold me on the Kickstarter more than anything), the music is brooding and beautiful, the gameplay is tight and satisfying, and the story is compelling. More so than most action games I've played, Hyper Light Drifter has real emotion to it: loneliness, beauty, pain, awe, empathy. I'd like to talk about this game more on the site, so I'll just say I really liked this one.

VIDEOBALL

Man, I dig VIDEOBALL, and I wish it had reached more of an audience. I got super hyped about VIDEOBALL after happening upon a few of Tim Rogers' trailers shortly before release. His humor is exactly my jam, and I was immediately entranced by the smooth, silky, colorful graphics. I could tell even in the trailer that a ton of polish and care had gone into the look of the game. I bought the game on release day, had a bunch of fun playing it with friends… and quickly realized that the game wasn't taking off like Rocket League did. The Mac/Linux port never happened, which meant that I wasn't able to play it on my primary machine. I still love to talk it up and play locally with friends when I can, but I didn't really get into online play. But all that business talk aside: VIDEOBALL has excellent music, beautiful graphics, and deep gameplay, and it's worth your time and money to pick it up and bring it to a party (or two (or more)).