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Questions I have after reading the Riddle of Ages...aka why there needs to be a book five

First off. Who is Rhonda's husband. Like. Who is he. Also is she having a boy or a girl???

What is Violet like? What's her personality? Please, a few words about her from Mr. Benedict is NOT enough.

How dare there be zero actual older S.Q. scenes??? He should be like 22-23 I wanna see what he's like now. Did he get his memories back? Does he still trip over his words, especially metaphors? Please I need answers

Are the kids ok? I mean? They've gone through so much trauma?? Like??? 3/4 of them were electrocuted??? They've been kidnapped/held hostage more than once?? Constance has almost sacrificed her life twice?? They can't not have PTSD

Also where did Constance's abilities come from? That would've been such a cool plot point and I have some good theories

Does Reynie go to a prestigious college? Does Sticky end up teaching? Will Kate become an agent? That was such an important plot point and yet? no answers? None at all?

WHAT'S MILLIGAN'S REAL FIRST NAME!??

I can't anymore why'd we get left hanging

Feel free to add more, there's got to be more I know it.

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Thank you so much for the tag!!

In no particular order:

Keeping Time - 6+1 about Nicholas' friends and his narcolepsy throughout his life. Sophie made a podfic of this one and it's so so good!!

46 Fairview St Apt 2A - post-series about SQ navigating his relationship with his new family, his dad, and discovering who he wants to be. personally I think this one is my favorite in terms of writing style and language, sometimes I reread and go "damn! I wrote that!"

Time and a Half - where in the world is Milligan??? (he's jumping off more buildings.) my only long fic!!

And Without it One Cannot Start Over - SQ fully believes he's going to prison post-series. what was I ON when I wrote this one. yeouch

An Eye for an Eye - Kate, Riddle of Ages, and my love for canon divergence and whump. mostly I'm just proud of myself for finishing this one

Tagging (no pressure): @bi-demon-ium @trentcrimminallybeautiful @mahpotatoequeen @ragecndybars @oflightningandstars @lotsofsq (star I know you're primarily an artist but you could do your favorite art and/or fics!)

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💗

"Oh No! My Intervention! It's Broken!"- Merlin fic, Summary: Arthur tries to be a good friend by staging an intervention for Merlin’s non-existent drinking problem.

"Let's Get Swiftie With It."-Merlin reincarnation fic, Summary: Gwaine panics after his favorite celebrity goes ‘missing’.

"Secret Unveiled."-Merlin fic, Summary: Literally all the round table all have secrets

....

This was not something Arthur was expecting when he told them they could trust him at the latest meeting.

"Oh Yeah. That Happened." -Merlin fic, Summary: Merlin, Arthur, and Leon forget that the other knights haven't always been there, and the other knights find out some info that throws them for a loop.

"Charmingly Alarming!"- Descendants fic, Summary: Chloe doesn't need Chad to do the right thing—to do the heroic thing—right now.

No, she just needs her big brother to tell her everything's going to be okay and just needs him to fix this.

(Or Chloe calls Chad in the middle of the night in a panic).

@igetthedisneybox @dragoneyes618 @askauradonprep @panthera-tigris-venenata @cleverqueencommander

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divorce themed restaurant menu

dessert: CUSTARDy Battle

yeah that's all i've got so far sorry

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Ok new game I want to hear your wildest proposals for a new sport in the mbs universe. Mine is Competitive Square Dancing

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TMBS WHO DUNNIT 2 Electraboogaloo!

Hello, one and all! If you're new to the TMBS Who Dunnit Challenge, welcome! If you're a returning participant, welcome back!

Here's the premise:

June 28th: People send me a message or respond to this post and say if they want to be a part of the challenge or not.

July 28: Deadline for people to submit their fanworks to the anonymous collection.

August 1st - July 6th: I post two or three anonymous fanworks a day, depending on how many people want to participate, along with a polls of the possible authors and/or artists. These polls will be published on this sideblog!

August 7th: People post their final theories!

August 8th: I post credit where credit is due for all of the amazing authors and artists. We get see how well we know our fandom and pay our compliments properly! :D

SOME NOTES FOR PARTICIPANTS:

Anyone can join! Artists, writers, gif makers, whoever it may be! Maybe you haven't made anything before and want to give it a go! That's just fine!

The main point is having enough content for people to reasonably use to guess who you are, not length. Probably the minimum amount of words for our authors is a loose 500.

If you're just discovering this and want to join, let me know. We can chat :)

If you need to back out for any reason, you can! No worries :)

The tag that I will be using is tmbs whodunnit 2025

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Bought a new sketchbook and I already KNEW I had to fill the first page with my guy S.Q. 🔥

I love drawing S.Q. With deer he’s so 🦌

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slice of life ft. found family and stimming ahh

There was work to be done. There always was, and yet Nicholas was antsy today, struggling to focus. His brain felt itchy, like he needed to scratch it. It was too quiet, or maybe not quiet enough. 

Nicholas fidgeted with his pen, tapping it against his desk in a soothing pattern. It made a satisfying thwack noise, and he closed his eyes appreciatively, creating a little melody and tapping his foot along with the pen. His brain buzzed. His shoulders sagged a little, relaxing under the steady sound. He almost felt like he could fall asleep. 

He was so soothed, in fact, that he didn’t notice Number Two walking into the room, loudly biting into a pickle as she did so. 

“Nicholas?” Her voice was distorted slightly by chewing. Nicholas started, thrust from his reverie. 

“Do you like double chocolate brownie ice cream more than caramel praline?” she asked. Nicholas raised an eyebrow.

“Do I…”

“Like double chocolate brownie ice cream more than caramel praline. I need to report back to Rhonda. She’s saying whichever gets more votes she’ll get at the store, and so I need you to tell her you like double chocolate brownie, because we can’t have her buying caramel praline when double chocolate brownie exists.” 

Nicholas raised his other eyebrow. He then thought about what he must look like, both his eyebrows shot up into his forehead, and giggled, head thwacking against Number Two’s prepared arm. He woke up a minute later. 

“I’m, erm— hmm. That’s a tough one. Why don’t you ask Constance?” he asked, dodging the question.

“She’s already blackmailing Rhonda into buying a separate container of strawberry.”

“Hmm.”

“You’re stalling,” Number Two observed. Nicholas sighed.

“I’m really not much of a chocolate person,” Nicholas admitted. Number Two sighed dramatically. She was just about to open her mouth again when Nicholas interrupted.

“However, I give you permission to lie.”

Number Two laughed. She rarely did, at least not this hard, and it made Nicholas laugh too, until he was collapsing into another involuntary nap. He woke up with his head in Number Two’s lap while she continued convulsing with little cackles and wheezes of delight. 

“What on earth is taking you so long?” shouted Rhonda. “I’m coming in there!”

Nicholas looked up at Rhonda from the ground and managed, between bursts of laughter, to cast his vote.

“I just looooooove double chocolate brownie,” he wheezed. 

“He thinks it’s the best. It’s his favorite flavor,” added Number Two. 

Rhonda was putting on a faux-irritated expression, but everyone knew she was just as amused. Her lips turned up into a slight smirk.

“Oh really now?” she asked.

“Really,” confirmed Nicholas, his own lips twitching against the urge to laugh. Then, he sat up, reached into the inside pocket of his jacket, and pulled out a five dollar bill. He handed it to Rhonda.

“Buy both,” he said with a wink. After Rhonda had scurried out of the room, he turned again to Number Two.

“Where’s Milligan?” he asked, the shenanigans of moments ago apparently forgotten.

“With Kate, scaling a cliff or something like that.”

“Hmm.”

“Puzzle?” Number Two proposed.

“Puzzle!” he agreed.

And so he scurried off, the pen from earlier abandoned on the desk, and his hands now reaching for the buttons of his shirt to fiddle with. Soon he would be picking up and holding and inspecting the many puzzle pieces that Number Two had just made with her jigsaw. Rhonda would be coming back with ice cream, Milligan would have adventure tales to share over dinner, and for once, his work wasn’t front and center in his mind. The only place he wanted to be was right here.

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THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY (2021 - )

↳ @usergif​ backtocool event: challenge #5 - typography

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Book MBS kids' “Let’s poison the entire evil school!” vs Show Number Two's "Let's wage biological warfare on the entire evil cult compound via mold!": Fight

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Mr. Benedict definitely is good at locating the source of the kids’ crankiness/bad moods. Constance snaps at someone (with more venom than usual) and he’s just like ooOOOOkay time for a snack. Sticky is sulking and doesn’t want to talk about books and Mr. Benedict can tell from the way he’s been rubbing at his forehead that he has a headache and needs to drink some water. Reynie often doesn’t sleep well, so Mr. Benedict will make him tea and lure him somewhere quiet in the house and keep him company until he calms down and can nap. Kate will start cleaning everything incessantly and snap at people for leaving minor clutter and not realize why she feels so bad until Mr. Benedict sits her down for a good talk about how she’s been adjusting and feeling. Usually this happens when Milligan is gone. SQ never explicitly tells anyone when he’s overstimulated but Mr. Benedict sees how he averts his eyes from light and seems to sink further into himself and makes some excuse for him so he can go rest somewhere calm and quiet.

he just has such great intuition and observation with people he always knows how to take care of them

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Which would you rather be?

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*thinks about how the executives were literally just children who happened to be unlucky enough to catch Curtain's eye* ... *bursts into tears*

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So did Garrison go to water polo tournaments looking for whichever team had the scariest game face or were the four of them on Craigslist like “We will kidnap children for you and/or entertain you with a water polo match” or

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Shoutout to the random kids in the first Mysterious Benedict Society book who burst into tears and/or felt sick upon seeing the test because that was truly the most relatable aspect of the entire series.

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The cave scene

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TMBS WHO DUN IT 2 ELECTRABOOGALOO

Hello all! Who would be interested in participating in another round of trying to figure out who makes what? We've had several lovely new writers, artists, and creators join us this past year, and this summer should be more free than the last time we did it! It would be fun to do it again with a mix of old and new faces. :)

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I can finally post links to chapter updates again!

Chapter Summary: Violet Hopefield's life takes an unexpected turn after she discovers something about herself and works to escape a desperate situation with the help of some new friends.