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Tomoyo from one of my favourite BNHA fanfics, an education in interruption by @xenosaurus!!

Based on this text post

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ok so i get that most people who do this have good intentions. but if you ask an author if they're going to keep working on one (or more) of their fics, it doesn't matter what qualifiers or apologies you put in your ask, you're GOING to put pressure on them. saying "hey i love your fic, are you gonna keep working on it? no pressure!" is like saying "no offense but [offensive statement]." saying "no pressure" doesn't negate the fact that you're putting pressure on them just by asking

by all means, if you love a fic, PLEASE leave comments and send messages to let the author know how much you love it! but don't ask if they're gonna keep working on it, or when they're gonna update, or anything like that - trust me, it's obvious that if you're saying how much you love a fic, you want to see more of it. don't make it about you. and if you really need this incentive: authors are way more likely to be motivated by "wow i love your fic so much and here's why!" than "hey when are you gonna work on this again?"

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Hierophant Redux 

Of all the things Kiyoji expected his manager would be able to give him advice on, Persona summoning was not one of them.

aka a fic where the phantom thieves mentor a new team of persona users, akira and yusuke are married, and the whole world is on the verge of tipping sideways into hell

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You know what it’s time for?  It’s time for a preview of Hierophant Redux, in the form of Kiyoji’s opening trip to the velvet room.

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me: reminds @xenosaurus of this post

abby: honestly aeii would probably be way more exciting if everytime you made a joke suggestion i just kept it, it's like fanfic improv

me: didn’t i have toshinori ignite the contraband fireworks or something

abby: yes i do believe you did

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the new aeii chapter is up!  this is a big one :)

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after a month, I am finally providing you all with the new chapter of AEII

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coffee break

Witchmouth has patients of every possible species, and that means the building needs to accommodate them.  The janitorial staff does a wonderful job making sure nobody gets trapped behind faulty doors or sucked into air vents.

Of course, with the patients as the top priority, the staff room has the door that’s last on the list for maintenance requests.  Jane, returning from a coffee run, struggles with the jammed handle for a while before someone opens it from the other side.

“Oh!  Jane!  There you are!”

Doctor Fred to the rescue, once again.  How he manages to have such a friendly smile with a mouthful of razors for teeth, Jane has never been able to figure out.

“The door is busted again,” Jane complains, passing the cardboard cup holder full of drinks over to her coworker.  Doctor Fred takes it gingerly so his claws don’t puncture anything.

“That door is perpetually damaged.  You should be used to it by now,” Dr. Hive says.  She’s curled the centipede half of her body around what might be a chair, checking her cell phone in one hand while the other three are caught up in the process of bringing food to her mouth.  She’s eating something that a more naive person might think was pomegranate, piece by piece.

“Next time, knock, we’ll let you in!” Doctor Fred says, unloading the drinks. “Okay, so, iced coffee with hazelnut for our dear Dr. Doe, a double caramel latte for me, and a hot chocolate with 3 shots of lymph for Dr. Hive.”

“I can’t believe it took Dunkin’ Donuts this long to start stocking blood and lymph.  It’s 2018, get it together,” Hive says, shaking her head as she accepts her drink. “See, this is what happens when you preferentially hire humans.  They’re so squeamish.”

“Hey, I’m not squeamish,” Jane protests, taking a seat at the table across from Hive.

“Yes, but you’re a doctor, dear.  The medical profession is enough to overcome all sorts of ingrained flaws.”

“You should talk to my dad, he thinks the polar opposite,” Doctor Fred says.

“You father’s idea of what constitutes a ‘flaw’ is drastically different from the rest of civilized society,” Jane says dryly.  “He calls you twice a month to ask why you haven’t possessed any of us yet.”

“Good point,” Doctor Fred says, taking a sip of his latte. “Arguing ethics with demons is a bit like trying to drown a fish.”

“Actually, I was talking to Nessie from Aquatics Intake the other day, and she said there’s been a rash of fish drownings recently,” Jane says.

“I… have no idea what that means for my metaphor,” Doctor Fred admits, frowning into his drink.

“It means you should drown your father,” Hive says flatly.  Jane inhales her coffee and immediately starts coughing.

“Holy shit, Hive,” she wheezes, when she can finally breathe again.

“I think she was joking.  You were joking, right?” Doctor Fred asks.

Hive glances down at her phone again.  “Dr. Gorelik wants me to assist on an avian skeletal graft in 45 minutes.”

Without further explanation, she uncurls from her stool, swallowing the last of her hot chocolate in one gulp.  Her mandibles twitch and click together to make sure her mouth is clean.  “I’ll see you both later.”

Doctor Fred gives Jane an uneasy glance.

“I’m sure she was joking,” Jane lies.

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@xenosaurus is constantly doing god’s work and i’m so hecking grateful, please donate to her ko-fi if you can or just send her a nice message if you can’t, she gives us SO MUCH and she deserves so much in return

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it’s true and i should say it

bnha who? i only know aeii

@meriberries regularly refers to bnha as a bad aeii fanfiction and it makes me laugh every time, this ask delights me

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All the places where there used to be dramatic irony in AEII are now going to be filled with happy, flustered affection and that’s going to be so much fun.

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there are TWO chapters of aeii up this weekend!

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me asking my friends to beta my writing

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Some things done by Shio’s “incredibly dangerous” children:

—teared up because a classmate said he had a nice smile (Setsu)

—made an amazon wishlist consisting solely of puffy stickers (Kurushiko)

—learned to use vocaloid to make customized birthday songs for classmates (Tabemaru & Setsu)

—voluntarily served as a pizza-reheater so classmates didn’t have to go all the way across the building for the microwave (Yaketo)

—piggybacked classmate with twisted ankle around the school for a week and a half (Gekikou)

—cried for 20 minutes because a compilation of kitten videos was too cute (Tabemaru)

—asked for strawberry milk for her 12th birthday (Norika)

—watched the entirety of the Hamtaro series for the first time at age 16 because classmate was feeling nostalgic (Yaketo & Gekikou)

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Dungeons & Dragons & Deadpool (chapter 2)

Ships: Deadpool/Cable, Rictor/Shatterstar, Negasonic Teenage Warhead/Yukio, Peter Parker/Gwen Stacy Rating: M for explicit sexual references/humor Tags: College AU, Dungeons & Dragons, Developing Relationship, Sibling Relationships, Friendship, Comedy, The Goddamn Summers Family

“Is this like, an LGBT DnD group? Wow, that was a lot of letters. Are there gay wizards? I am going to be so excited if there are gay wizards.”

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Green Screen

Ships: Rictor/Shatterstar Rating: M for violence and non-explicit sexual content Tags: Mercenary Work, Slow Burn, PTSD

Shatterstar grew up in a world with a skybox. He doesn’t know what to do when he’s suddenly alone in the rain.

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Dungeons & Dragons & Deadpool

Ships: Deadpool/Cable, Rictor/Shatterstar, Negasonic Teenage Warhead/Yukio, Peter Parker/Gwen Stacy Rating: M for explicit sexual references/humor Tags: College AU, Dungeons & Dragons, Developing Relationship, Sibling Relationships, Friendship, Comedy, The Goddamn Summers Family

Wade Wilson is playing Dungeons & Dragons to get laid. This seems counterintuitive, but it’s still true.