#I keep editing this post because of all my grammar errors-

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All Amy’s Relations w/Others!:

❁PreAmy’s Relations:

✤ Desmond - Desmond and Amy’s friendship was good! Desmond thought that Amy was childish but he didn’t mind it all that much; he mainly just found her annoying when she and Valli would act like complete hooligans together when their little group would hangout, he always felt like a mother scolding her two children with those two fools.

♬ Seph -Seph and Amy weren’t very close since he always kept to himself, but when they would talk: their conversations would range from therapy sessions to sibling rivalry to them ranting about their interests, even if one wasn’t into the others interest like that. Seph saw Amy as a little sister he never asked for, but didn’t mind having.

☆ Valli - Valli and Amy are practically sisters at this point, they are each others’ ride or die and love one another (platonically ofc!): Valli was the first person to befriend Amy and they have been attached at the hip ever since! If Amy and Milo stayed in their Pre-forms, Valli would constantly be up their asses asking them about their love-life just to fluster the two lovebirds: she just loves messing with them and loves seeing how in love the two are with each other, she’s their #1 fan!

✄ Ryan - They hate each other..Amy wants him to shrivel up into a ball and 💀, Ryan wishes the same for her. XD

☾VAmy’s Relations:

✤ Desmond - Desmond was surprised at the sudden change in Amy’s usually colorful attire, but their relationship didn’t really change: she was still as playful as ever while he still scolded her. Although, he didn’t scold her as much anymore since Milo tended to glare him down when he did-

☾ Amy noticed how Desmond seemed to be less-vocal and somewhat scared when Milo was with her, but she had no clue why: she understood that Milo seemed scary, but he really wasn’t; he just had a rough exterior after all the shit he’d been though. She chalked it up to Desmond feeling intimidated by Milo’s new persona.

♬ Seph - Seph liked Amy’s new look and their relationship was also somewhat still the same, Seph just tended to keep their usually long conversations brief since he could tell Milo hated when he took up too much of Amy’s attention.

☾ Amy noticed how Seph would cut their conversations short when Milo was around, it made her sad: but she chalked it up to him feeling intimidated by Milo just like Desmond.

☆ Valli - Valli at first was absolutely OBSESSED with Amy’s new look and LOVED how Milo and Amy were practically matching styles, then she noticed how often Milo would glare at her and the others when they were around Amy. So, she asked Amy if she and Milo were doing okay, when Amy confirmed that they were: she took that answer, but kept a close eye on Milo when they would all hangout together.

☾ Amy was still close to Valli, but it began to get harder to spend time with her friends since her time would be taken up by Milo. She felt bad for always spending most of her time with Milo and not her friends, but she hoped that they would understand how much he needed her. When Valli asked her if she and Milo were doing okay, she found it odd but happily told her that they were: but she could tell Valli and the others didn’t fully trust or were intimidated by Milo, knowing that fact alone hurt her inside because they just couldn’t understand why Milo was the way he was now.

✄ Ryan - They still hate each other, but Amy’s desire for Ryan to disappear completely had grown stronger after everything he’d done to her precious Milo…maybe her wish will come true sooner than she thought.

✦MAmy’s Relations:

✤ Desmond - Desmond was threatened by Milo that if he didn’t want any of his own secrets getting leaked out that he’d keep Amy’s name out of his mouth, which he immediately obliged to. He was outcasted from their little friend group and became paranoid at the idea of his secrets getting out, especially if his girlfriend would find out. He wished he would’ve been a better friend and not hurt Amy the way he did, he wished he didn’t get so easily influenced by others and regrets his actions everyday.

✦ When Amy found out through Milo what lies Desmond was telling him the day prior, it shattered her heart: how could someone she considered a friend tell her own boyfriend such horrible lies about her like that? She cried for a few days and began to shut herself out from anyone who wasn’t Milo, her besties and her family in fear of them hurting her. But, after a week of solitude, she decided to take her light back and started going out with Valli and Milo to all sorts of parties. Not only did she gain her light back, she also gained a new found confidence in herself: she loved being the talk of the party alongside Milo and they became an unstoppable duo, they we’re practically untouchable with their social status and all the information they gathered together.

♬ Seph - Seph felt sorry for Amy when he found out what Desmond did, but he also felt sorry for Desmond since he knew how easily influenced he could be: so he was pretty much neutral about the whole thing and tried his best to be there for both Amy and Desmond. When he and Amy eventually drifted apart, he felt terrible but knew that their friendship just wasn’t going to workout in the end.

✦ Amy knew that Seph was still close with Desmond, as much as she hated Desmond: she understood why Seph wasn’t choosing a side and made her peace with that. But, because Seph was still close to Desmond, she eventually drifted apart from Seph and left him in the past.

☆ Valli - When Valli found out what Desmond did: she wanted to kick his ass for saying such bullshit about Amy, but Amy just pleaded with Valli to be there for her and leave Desmond alone, so she did just that (even though she really wanted to beat his ass-). She stayed by Amy’s side as much as she could and was constantly bringing her things to cheer her up, she loved her sister-from-another-mister and wanted to help her. But when Valli saw Amy’s glow coming back and that she wanted to change herself style, Valli was more than willing to help Amy fully transform into the woman she knew she could be. Valli was proud of her bestie for being able to overcome this bump on the road and continued to support Amy and her new lifestyle.

✦ Amy was so thankful to have Valli by her side at her darkest and brightest points, Valli and Milo were her rocks through everything and she appreciated them both so much for dealing with and helping her. She honestly didn’t know what she would do without those two by her side, but all she knew was that she was looking forward to her new life and hoped they be beside her for all of it.

✄ Ryan - Ryan? Her ex Ryan? Oh no, she hasn’t seen him at all for a while, why do you ask?!…He’s gone missing? Oh, how sad! Well, she hopes that he’ll be found safe and sound!.. :)

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𓁹 If you did or didn’t notice, Eris and Amy’s arrows are blank!

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That’s because in all of Amy’s timelines, Ē̴̡̡̻̺̝̩̗͒̋͒̉̽͊͊͗̏͊̈́̽̚͝r̴̛̛̮̭̈́̾̿̈́͂̆̐̅i̶̢̯̖̟͓̮̖͍̭̺͉͔͐̔̏̓̒͛̃̔̽̈́̓s̴͚̖͎͍̰̿ doesn’t exist.

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Milo never met Ē̴̡̡̻̺̝̩̗͒̋͒̉̽͊͊͗̏͊̈́̽̚͝r̴̛̛̮̭̈́̾̿̈́͂̆̐̅i̶̢̯̖̟͓̮̖͍̭̺͉͔͐̔̏̓̒͛̃̔̽̈́̓s̴͚̖͎͍̰̿ because he met Amy.

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Amy is Milo’s only love, the only one who was meant to love him.

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(Warning: Fast Flashing!!!)

In every universe..

In every timeline..

Amy is the P̷̛͍̋̆̉̃̎̊͑̐ę̶̨̘̻͕͒̓̋͂́͑ͅŗ̷̧̨̩̠̮̗͊̐f̷͈̦̘̾̾͒̍̽̊̈é̸̛̥͇̳̜͍̯̖͎͂͗̈́͗͆͊̉͘͝c̴̹̿̆̕ť̷͙͓̬͍͍͙͇͓̬ ̶̨̨̨̘̎̒̎͛͐̆̀͝L̶̤͚̠͔̻̭̤͈̩̩͆̓̈́̊o̵̧͙̫̣͚̰̩̪͙͓͛͝v̷̨̨̫͖̠̝̂͋̐̐̑͐͜͠e̸̡͖͙͇͚̰͎̰̔̿͘ for Milo.

[vanteguccir]

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤTIKTOK TRENDS * NICK STURNIOLO

SUMMARY　::　4 times that Y/N and Nick made a couple's trend on tiktok.

FEATURING　Nick Sturniolo x male!reader　REQUESTED?　yes.

WARNINGS　::　none

AUTHOR'S NOTE　::　that is my work, I DON'T authorize any form of plagiarism; copy, "inspiration" or translation! | english isn't my first language, so I'm sorry if there's any grammar error.

Y/N was the love of Nick's life. The two practically grew up together, having met in their first years of school. Y/N was the person who was by Nick's side during all the turmoil in his life, providing support when needed and extending his hand to dance in the middle of the storm.

It was with Y/N ​​that Nick realized he was gay, and it was with his help that he came out to his family.

The two had been together for 6 years already. Y/N worked with Nick in the grocery store and accompanied him when he decided to start a career on YouTube with his brothers, appearing in videos from time to time since the beginning. It was Y/N who spent sleepless nights next to Nick, watching him edit many videos and make small lists of topics that he and his brothers could use.

It was precisely because of this that Y/N began to feel an appreciation for social media, having lost his shyness with the camera a long time ago, he started making short videos on his own. And so, he started his own hobby on TikTok, recording his routine and making humorous videos.

Fans, who already knew Y/N since the first video on the Sturniolo Triplets channel, loved the fact that the two were public figures, being able to follow small moments of their relationship.

The comments on their Instagram posts were full of people begging them to do more content together, and, oddly enough, Nick was the one who always took the initiative in choosing what they could record.

Furthermore, Y/N loved selecting couple trends on TikTok to do with his boyfriend. His favorite hobby was showing their love to the world.

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1.

Y/N placed his phone on the nightstand on the left side of the double bed in his shared room with Nick, keeping the front camera facing him.

The TikTok screen was already open, and the audio was selected. The boy moved back a little in front of the device so that the lens covered half of his body, accidentally bumping into Nick, who was behind him.

Nick's hands flew to his waist, helping him regain his balance, letting out a laugh. The blond squeezed the skin over his hands one last time before letting go, keeping his arms straight and bending slightly forward so that he was hidden behind his boyfriend.

Y/N smiled briefly and stretched his torso, tapping the red button to start recording, watching the 5-second timer go off.

"Big boy, give me a big boy"

Y/N lipsynched the song, smirking at the camera.

"It's cuffing season, and all the girls are leaving..."

The boy danced the small choreography before crossing his arms and keeping his body upright, nodding to the beat with his head.

"to get a big boy, I need a big boy, I want a big boy..."

Nick straightened his body still behind Y/N, raising his arms horizontally and bending them upwards so that his biceps were completely visible, turning his face to the right side. A smile decorated his face while his jaw flexed.

The camera was able to capture the red color that took over Y/N's cheeks by seeing his boyfriend's perfil, smiling shyly while biting his bottom lip.

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2.

Y/N was lying on the double bed, his body warmed by his pajamas and with the duvet covering his legs. He was holding his phone in his right hand, the TikTok screen opened, and the camera recording.

The lens focused on the bathroom of his shared room with Nick, where the blonde was leaning against the sink while doing his nightly skincare routine, only his legs visible through the door.

"Nicolas, come to sleep." Y/N spoke in a loud voice and serious tone, pressing his lips into a thin line to prevent the laughter from escaping.

The blonde froze in place for a few seconds, his mind seeming to process what he had heard, before his body abruptly turned towards Y/N, dropping the cream he had in his hands in the sink.

"Who?" Nick asked, crossing his arms and resting his hip on the doorframe, looking at Y/N with a frown.

"What?" The boy asked, moving his cell so that the camera caught the blonde's reaction without making obvious that he was recording.

"Who is Nicolas? As far as I know, my name is baby." The blonde continued with a sassy tone, raising his right eyebrow and looking at Y/N with a serious look.

A sound of laughter escaped Y/N's throat. He threw his head back laughing at his boyfriend's reaction before looking at him again, laughing harder when he saw Nick with a confused expression.

"It's a prank, baby. It's for a TikTok." The boy explained, smiling big. His eyes widened as he saw Nick approaching the bed with quick steps.

The blonde throwing himself on top of his boyfriend was the last thing captured by the camera before the TikTok ended.

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3.

The triplets had finished recording another car video in which Y/N ​​had participated. They were in the parking lot of the McDonald's closest to their house, so Chris and Matt decided to order some burgers and fries for dinner, entering the establishment and leaving Nick and Y/N alone.

Y/N was lying on Nick's chest in the middle seat of the car, where the blonde always sat during videos. The heater was on, protecting their bodies from the cold outside. Nick's arms wrapped around his boyfriend's waist, his chin resting on top of his head as both of their eyes focused on the phone screen in Y/N's hands.

The boy's TikTok was open, and his thumb scrolled up, moving from one video to another, until a cute one of a couple's trend appeared.

Y/N sat up abruptly and looked at his boyfriend with pleading eyes, smiling like a little kid when Nick sighed and nodded.

"What don't I do for you, hm?" The blonde opened the door next to him, getting out of the car and holding it open, extending his hand to help his boyfriend out.

Nick closed the door and turned his body, watching Y/N walk to the pole next to the vehicle, placing his phone on the ground and resting on it, so that the camera could catch his whole body.

"You know what you have to do, right?" Y/N asked briefly, quickly looking at Nick, who had a smile on his lips.

"I'm not dumb, baby." Nick scoffed, crossing his arms.

Y/N laughed while crouching down, arranging the position of his device and preparing the audio and timer before pressing play.

"You know the ones who said I'd never find someone like you"

The boy stood up and took a few steps back, keeping his eyes on his phone camera while running his right hand through his hair, smiling shyly.

"'Cause you were out of my league, all the things I believed..."

Nick took a few steps towards his boyfriend, his head held high, and his eyes fixed on the sky, pretending to be distracted. He bumped his body against Y/N's purposefully, making the boy look up with a false look of confusion.

Their eyes met for a few seconds, Y/N felt like he could get lost in the blue orbs, momentarily forgetting about his phone that was recording them.

Nick noticed the mesmerized look on his boyfriend's face, smirking and leading his hands to his waist, squeezing the covered skin slightly before bringing his own head closer to his, finally sealing their lips in a deep kiss. He pushed the smaller body with his strength, taking them out of the frame seconds before the music stop.

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4.

"Babe, can you get me some chocolate? Please." Y/N asked.

He was lying on the bed in his shared room with Nick, holding his phone in his left hand surreptitiously, so that the rear camera caught Nick, who was sitting in his gaming chair editing one of the videos for his channel with his brothers.

The sound of his favorite series echoed from the television, and Y/N kept his eyes fixed on the screen - even if he wasn't paying attention to it.

The blonde was about to get up to get a snack from the kitchen - to keep his concentration -, when he asked his boyfriend if he wanted something, and that was the perfect opportunity for Y/N to record that prank.

Nick made a sound of agreement, standing up and taking the headphone off his head, placing it on his computer desk before walking over to his boy, bending down so that his head was close to his, sealing his lips on the soft skin of his boyfriend's cheek before rising again.

Before he could move away from the bed, his body froze when he saw Y/N raise his right arm and bring his hand to his own kissed cheek, cleaning the area with his fingers.

Nick frowned, staring at his boyfriend for a few seconds - who didn't take his eyes off the television for a second. The blonde slowly bent down again and sealed his lips over the same area he had kissed before, standing up and watching Y/N repeat the same process.

"Okay, what the hell are you doing?" Nick's tone was serious. He crossed his arms while keeping his blue eyes on his boy. Y/N looked up, facing him with a false confused look. "Why are you cleaning my kisses?"

"I am not." Y/N lied, swallowing his laugh, shifting his gaze to the television again.

Nick rolled his eyes and sat down on the bed, resting his hands on the mattress and approaching his boyfriend again. He sealed his lips over the same cheek for a few more seconds before pulling away.

Y/N instantly raised his arm and cleaned it again, looking at his boyfriend from the corner of his eye.

"Hey! You think I'm stupid? Stop it." Nick ordered, taking Y/N arm. He furrowed his eyebrows when a laugh escaped Y/N's mouth, who threw his head back, his phone moving slightly in his hand with the movement, catching Nick's attention. "Ah, I see."

The blonde quickly climbed onto the bed, sitting on Y/N and wrapping his legs around his waist, lowering his torso.

Y/N's laughter stopped instantly, his eyes, now wide, watching Nick. The boy brought his face closer to Y/N's and his hands held his head so that he couldn't move, before he sealed his lips over all the exposed skin of Y/N's face again and again.

A scream followed by laughter escaped Y/N's throat before he blindly clicked the stop recording button.

© vanteguccir

[dr-spectre]

Splatoon - Callie 101!

I have gathered EVERY Callie analysis and ramble I've done and complied them together into one post for your viewing convenience! I go over all the different aspects relating to Callie's arc in Splatoon 2, diving deep into Hypno Callie and clearing up ALL of her misconceptions. Some of these posts are just me rambling and some of them do have overlapping information, but these posts still provide valuable and important information regarding Callie.

In the posts i go over the following:

Clearing up wrong info (She was kidnapped and brainwashed)

Pre-hypnosis

During hypnosis and her behaviour

Explaining hypnosis and it's differences compared to brainwashing

Her being flung out of hypnosis

How she remembers the Squid Sisters

Why she put the shades back on

I love this character to death and i only want the best for her, i hope more and more people come to learn about her true arc and i hope i can inspire some change in the community. Either via more people in the community saying the right terminology across social media and changing the wording from "brainwashing" to hypnosis.

PLEEEAASSEEE!!! reblog and share with others in the Splatoon community because I really do want some change and i want this wonderful character that i love to death to be treated with some more respect. Although she may not seem that important, Callie is one of the most important and significant characters in the franchise and i want more people to treat her as such, rather than some airheaded idiot.

Hearing people say the same stuff over and over again like "Oh she was kidnapped, overpowered and then brainwashed, losing all of her memories, etc." Genuinely gave me a lot of discomfort and i avoided consuming Splatoon 2 content because i was actually scared of seeing Hypno Callie and hearing those words.... That was until i actually did research and began making all of these posts that i shall link.

So here you go and i hope you learn something new about Callie Cuttlefish! (Press Keep reading to view the posts.) 

[cripplecharacters]

oh yeah another question abt intellectual disability: what do people with moderate id speak like? i assume they wouldnt be perfectly articulate but i know making them talk like cavemen would be bad too. i do want it to be clear that they have language difficulties, but im not sure how to do that realistically. so what kinds of grammar errors are actually common? would it make sense to have them mix up words with similar pronunciation, or have difficulty discerning the differences in implications between words with similar meanings (like "pretty" vs "attractive")? do people with id ever 'imagine context' the way people(well, me) do when half-asleep where the brain mishears a statement as something completely unrelated? would spatial and situational awareness be impaired? also this is kind of a different question but if you can give advice on what to do with game mechanics for an id character in an rpg, that would be nice! i already have the stats figured out for every character and theres no stat that i think would be strongly affected by id but in terms of depicted fighting style and other mechanics maybe thered be some stuff informed by it (i cant do anything too complex though, im using rpg maker vx ace). idk! im spitballing here. main thing i need to know is how to write dialogue for a character with id ^_^

Hey, we have a post somewhat about this that you might find useful, I'll try to go over the other questions below.

Keep in mind my ID is mild (and on the milder side of that) so my answer will be all second-hand knowledge from talking to people with moderate ID in my SPED years.

A lot of it will depend on what condition causes they have. People with Williams syndrome have very “normal” verbal skills majority of the time, and you can't really tell in my experience. On the other hand if they're autistic you can potentially guess from the tone of the voice e.g. they speak in a very loud and monotone way. People with Down syndrome are very likely to have a speech disorder, someone with cerebral palsy might slur their words, etc.

A lot of people with ID might be less talkative than your average person (there's definitely exceptions). So your character could use shorter sentences, simple sentences (in the grammar sense), prefer to use other forms of communication for things that don't require speech (e.g., nodding instead of saying “Yes, I agree”, or doing a thumbs up, etc.), or have to be prompted to actually answer/take part in the conversation.

I personally don't recall ever hearing the “mixing words with similar pronunciation” in someone's actual speech, maybe unless they learned the language from reading rather than hearing it. If that's the case, then ID could affect their speech more than if they didn't have it, otherwise I'd assume that the character might have brain damage or is maybe hard of hearing and simply mixes them up because they can't recognize/hear the difference between them.

Mixing words based on specific meaning makes much more sense in my opinion (probably because I do that myself). Synonyms or words that might make sense in one context but not the other are the worst. Your example here is great. When someone has ID they might take away the wrong meaning out of a word and use it incorrectly because of that. E.g., their parents used to take them camping to a forest with lots of bugs, they don't like bugs, they can later call something “foresty” to mean “with lots of bugs” even if it doesn't have much to do with an actual forest. This might make more sense for a character with more severe ID (or if they're just young) but using “attractive” when you'd normally say “pretty” makes sense for someone with moderate ID in my opinion.

Something that can also affect speech of someone with ID is word repetition. Not really in the echolalia sense (though it can be that too) but just using stock phrases that get repetitive over time. I try to edit it out from my posts, but you can still kinda see it. For some people it will be ending most sentences with the same word, for someone else it will be starting two paragraphs with the same three words without realizing even though they're right next to each other or overusing “maybe” and “if” to start sentences.

As for the “imagining context” while mishearing something, I'm not sure if I know what you mean by it, so I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I don't do it.

Situational awareness is definitely impacted for all people with ID but to different degrees. I don't know if it's part of the diagnostic criteria, but it might as well be. When the person's ID is mild it might look like someone who's just kinda unaware of what goes around them, maybe don't recognize that they're doing something that could end up badly. The more severe the intellectual disability the more obvious it is, the person might elope (wander off) and not be able to find their way back, not be able to use cooking utensils safely because they don't recognize the risks in real time (not really in the “not realizing that the knife is sharp” way if they have moderate ID, more like “not realizing that you need to be careful when putting things on hot oil, or you can get burned”), assuming that people are automatically safe to be around, things like that.

Spatial awareness doesn't affect everyone, but one of the biggest comorbidities of ID is dyspraxia, which does affect it a lot. There are people with mild ID with severe dyspraxia, and severely ID people with no dyspraxia. It varies.

Unfortunately I have never played any RPGS, and I'm not really familiar with the mechanics. Here's an old ask about intellectually disabled characters engaged in combat, hopefully it's useful?

If you want some real-life resources for hearing how intellectually disabled people talk, I really recommend this playlist. It's a bunch of interviews with people with Down syndrome and you can see that they're all very different from each other despite having the same disability.

I hope this helps,

mod Sasza

[boopershnooper]

Complicated Feelings

Part 1

cw: CRINGE, slight angst, unrequited feelings, polyamory maybeeee hehe, uhhhh bad grammar and errors all over the place, not edited, characters are a bit ooc i guess, ALOT OF CURSING,

ALSO PLS FORGIVE ME THIS WAS WRITTEN IN LIKE 2021 SO ITS CRINGE! AND GO EASY ON ME THIS IS MY FIRST POST YALL

Unspoken words. Miscommunicated feelings. The grief of something lost. The numbing feeling of pretending. A mask is all that is needed to keep all around you content.

Though, every once in a while that mask slips. All of those buried feelings under a facade are revealed and in most cases, it’s usually in front of those that you tried to hide it from.

So the question is...how do you keep going after that?

What is the next step after?

Pretend nothing happened? As if you were a magician, eluding those that got too close with smoke and mirrors.

No, he was always too smart for that. Even though you thought you could hide behind that mask forever, it was transparent. At least now it was. The murky and dismal mask had now cleared.

However, that color seemed to loom above the two of you as you stood in silence. Crimson eyes staring at your misty-eyes.

You already knew this would happen. Shock and surprise weren’t expressions that you would hold on your tear-stained face when the words, “I’m sorry,” were uttered in a foreign, soft voice. Those words alone from the sharp-witted and hot-tempered man in front of you were enough to fill you up with sadness and frustration, as they were incredibly rare, and never once did you want them to be spoken to you. At least that’s the conclusion you came to after the fact.

The feelings that your almost now pruned face, portrayed a kind of numbness that was contradicting. All feeling yet nothing felt at all. An empty void that was endless. The tears on your face may have betrayed what was going on inside of your mind in that moment of vulnerability, but it was bound to happen sooner or later.

Granted, with the outcome of the situation, later would have been more preferable in this case. Not that you cared at the moment because why would you when the guy you had been pining for basically said the only two words that could ever make you feel so weak and sick to your stomach. Your brain has no capacity to think to such limits when all that consumed you was pain.

After what your quirk did for you in the past, it was seldom of you to show such vulnerability. And yet, there you were. Weeping in front of someone that isn’t going to make those watered eyes any drier.

A small and counterfeit smile managed to make its way onto your slightly desiccated lips as you shook your head, unable to say anything. It made you angry that your reaction was to still be thoughtful of the way he felt at that moment.

Regret wasn’t something that you felt at that moment. If you were being honest with yourself, it was better to tell him now than for him to find out through another person. Or even in the far future when it was too late to speak up.

You just wished that he felt some type of mutual feeling, but you were just a mere friend in his carmine colored eyes. Just someone that he could patrol with and occasionally spar with. Just a person that he could talk to about his hatred for the bright-eyed ‘crybaby’, Deku. Just a person that he tolerated a little more than the others. Not that special. Why would you think so in the first place?

You backed away not wanting to stay in this dreary atmosphere any longer than you wanted to. It’s not like he was going to stop you anyway.

When you got further away, you could hear the distant sounds of something popping. You left it up to you just hearing things as you weren’t in the right state of mind and everything felt off.

But you were strong. In a week, this would be a mere memory that you would slowly forget and feel a little sad over. You had more important things to do than to be heartbroken over some 2-year long High school crush.

You thought about all of the things that you would do to overcompensate for the heartache that you were feeling once you got back to your dorm. Which coincidentally was on the same floor as the person that just broke your heart. The thought of asking to be moved to a different one was completely diminished at the thought of questions and comments that would come from your peers. All of them already knowing about your obvious crush on Bakugo.

The first thing that was executed as soon as you stepped foot into the room was hitting the punching bag that dangled from the ceiling. At first, it was bought as a joke to help with your ‘anger issues’ but you found out as of late how cathartic it was to have around. It also helped with physical strength training. Honestly, it was a win-win. Well, except for the fact that there was usually an issue that repeatedly popped up that was at the root of said cathartic therapy.

It wasn’t long until you gave out and the punches got weaker and the room got quieter, void of all previous grunting and the sound of the synthetic rubber against the nylon and polyester. However, sooner rather than later the sound of quiet sniffles were heard.

Your quiet sniffles. The next part of the grieving stage had begun. A vital part in moving on, though not many make it past this stage. Forever stuck in a loop of stubbornness.

Your eyes soon took up their puffy form as you tried wiping away the parts of you that were covered up with your feeble excuse of a mask.

That’s the thing with Facades. They’re like a bubble, easily breakable once you poke a small hole in them.

But whatever’s broken can be fixed, right?

Wrong.

The tears slid down your cheek and soon those quiet sniffles turned into little ugly sobs.

The comfort of your stuffed animals and pillow was very soothing and it also slightly muffled your crying. This whole show went on for a good half an hour. Emotions whirled and felt like you had suddenly been strapped to a rollercoaster.

A sudden knock on the door quickly dismissed your tears and thoughts. Though come later tonight there would probably be nothing to hide the emotions that were gonna make you lose sleep that night but they were quickly executed in a desperate manner to present yourself as opposite that you had felt.

“Kirishima what are you doing here? We don’t have our tutoring session with…Bakugo until tomorrow.” You softly spoke. It stung to say his name. It left an acidic after taste and you wanted nothing more than for the bile to leave your system.

“Uh yeah. I know,” he gave an awkwardly nervous laugh, “Listen. I heard what happened,” you gave him a confused look, “Okay, well I guessed.” He played with his fingers a bit before looking back up at you. “Bakugo went off in his room about a ‘stupid confession’ and well…we all know about how you feel about Bakugo.” He says with an apologetic smile. He was so hard to hate even in this state of yours. Even when you knew that he was probably one of the reasons why Bakugo would never want you.

You knew Bakugo already had a crush on Kirishima. How couldn’t you? The long glances and extended hand touches that Bakugo would exchange with the redhead. He was even nicer to the guy than anyone else. It was easy to see someone else being in love when you were too.

It only made you feel worse looking at the redhead in front of you. He was perfect. You even had a crush on the big ball of sunshine at some time or another. But nothing had ever compared to the feelings you had for Bakugo.

“Oh…yeah well I’m fine. It was just a stupid crush,” you sniffled and gave a cheap smile to the redhead. “Plus, Bakugo deserves better than me anyway. I’m glad that he rejected me instead of leading me on.”

His expression was unreadable at first before he chuckled, showing off his sharp teeth. “Well, he is obviously missing out on someone great. Especially, someone so brave, cool, and beautiful.” He compliments his hands cupping my cheeks, squished between his hands, it made you chuckle a little.

He always was good at that, making others so effortlessly happy. No wonder, I didn’t stand a chance from the beginning…

“If I didn’t know any better I would think YOU liked me,” I joked with a chuckle as I softly smacked his muscular chest, stepping outside and closing my dorm door behind me. “But we both know how much your boyfriend is a brat when it comes to sharing. The big baby practically bit my hand off when I tried to get some of his food the other day.” I laughed, recalling the traumatic memory of a feral Kaminari almost chomping off my hand as I reached for one of his chips.

He shook his head and let out a soft laugh. “Trust me, I know.” He smiles, then not too soon after, he abruptly stops in the middle of the hall. I furrow my brows in curiosity and confusion.

“You okay there bud? Do we need to go to Recovery Girl?” The worry now etched into my features as I put my hand on his shoulders and try to identify where the source of the pain would be coming from.

“N-no. I’m fine. I just…would you mind coming to my room later on?” I quirked my brow up at him in response to the suggestion.

“Not like that! I just wanted to talk to you about something. It’s important and I really would like to know what you would think about it.” He tells me, giving me a smile that made me feel so sickeningly bittersweet.

“Okay, but if you or Kaminari end up pranking me I will kill you two or at least do my best to torture you both.” I threaten with a glare half-jokingly, poking my index finger into his chest.

He grins and looks down at my finger then slowly back up at me, “I'm counting on it.” And with that leaves you to be a stumbling and flustered mess at your doorway.

[destinygoldenstar]

🌟This Challenge (And Episode) Is SUPER🌟 - Total Drama Viewer Reacts to Disventure Camp Season 3 Episode 13 “Dis-Vengers”

TRIGGER WARNING: BLOOD & GORE

Okay, this italicized part is an EDIT after the reaction. I need to put up a trigger warning for this episode as a reason why I might not show as many images as usual.

I don't think it's as bad as it could've been, otherwise I think OddNation would get demonetized. But to be on the safe side, THIS EPISODE/THIS POST IS NOT FOR THE HEMOPHOBIC.

I WILL put a TW in the tags as well so they don't see the post. But in case your account doesn't have the filter for this sort of thing, HERE'S YOUR WARNING.

Told you all I was gonna make a Hamilton reference.

Anyway, last time, the non-villains were petty. They lost. Then they rose. And then they still lost.

So the moral of the story is that if you're being bullied, TOO BAD. YOU CAN'T GET RID OF THEM.

(That was a joke ^)

Anyway, let us begin with THE EPISODE WITH THE UNLUCKY NUMBER. Geez, that's a bad omen.

"Aiden and Jake almost died to a wolf."

WHICH YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT BY THE WAY.

What if they DIED? Or got so hurt they needed to go to the hospital? JUST SAYING.

I love how Yul is outcasted from the rest of these guys.

FUCK YUL. WHY THE FUCK IS HE STILL HERE?!?!?!

How much longer do I have to put up with him? Seriously? I'm scared he might actually have a shot at being a finalist.

Oh Oliver got shoved out of a plane. What's new?

*Gets Grammarly Ad*

OH THAT'S NEW.

Fuck you Grammarly. Go get shoved off a plane.

Oh, we're right back to Trevor crying... okay?

Do we need a continuation of this?

"I'm such an idiot!"

"We can agree on that."

DAMN NINA!

I forgot she was here. I keep forgetting she and her puppet master are in this season.

"What are you doing here?"

"Marcus saw you in the cameras."

STALKING?!

"Why does Marcus care about me?"

Hey there's a solution for you! GO DATE MARCUS!!

Trevor x Marcus all the way.

"He cares about everyone!"

I... I mean sure, there's nothing to DENY that, but also... I feel like I'm being told not shown.

"Now, why're you crying like a little bitch?"

DAMN. POP OFF PUPPET QUEEN.

Demon puppet queen.

Cause like, dude, you are currently engaging in conversation with and being downplayed by a SENTIENT PUPPET.

That's how you know you've lost it.

"What's with you two? Krystal's not even all that."

You spent a whole season with her, what?

"Oh wow, didn't saw that coming."

First off, grammar error. Fuck Grammary, but like, come on.

Second, I hope that was sarcasm.

Because if you're stalking Trevor crying on camera, then I have firm reason to believe you were also stalking their conservations where Trevor has confessed to having a crush on Derek.

Nina's sentient. She should know this already.

"And now here I am venting my problems to a puppet- I'M SO STUPID!"

At least he's aware. XD

But that aspect also makes this, like, the most engaging scene with the intern characters this whole season.

Which sadly is a low bar. Because concerning his problems, once again, the amount of "I don't give a fucks" I can give.

"Well this 'puppet' is done with this crybaby. I'm going to bed."

YO NINA IS SLAYING HERE?!

10/10

10/10 Nina moment.

She may be a demon who killed everyone that one time, but I can acknowledge a slay moment when I see one.

Oh damn. They're WASTED.

YOU DIDN'T EVEN EAT THE FOOD!!! HELLO?!?!?! I SEE THAT FOOD STILL ON THE TABLE IN THE CORNER!!!!

THAT LOOKS SO GOOD!!! EAT THE FOOD DAMMIT!!!

"Lasagna? So out of date for an actress like me. Champagne IS the new lasagna!"

Why'd you smash that? That was a perfectly good bottle.

Someone's gonna come by later and step on that glass.

"Maybe that's my intention, Golden."

NO RIYA!

Oh they look like they're having fun though.

THAT BOTTLE WASN'T THERE BEFORE.

Oh look at that.

Allyson has an apple. Of course she does.

"I love my apples so much. They reminds me of the electronics I've been on withdraw of. Anyone wanna have an apple?"

"Nah I'm good."

"WELL FUCK YOU JAKE YOU UNGRATEFUL PIECE OF SHIT-!!"

"CHILDREN! PLEASE! I'M TRYING TO READ A BEDTIME STORY HERE AND YOU'RE RUINING IT!!"

Also where did Connor get a book from?

"So Aiden's a shy pee-er, huh?"

Connor, respectfully, shut up.

"Shut up!"

XD

Yeah what he said.

Do you NOT go to a private area when you're-

I don't even want to think about it or talk about it.

"And that's-hic-how I lost the audition."

First off, her hiccups are cute sounding.

What audition? She's lost plenty, right? The whole reason she joined the show was because she was failing.

"How come we always talk about me?"

Oh?

"I mean I know I'm awesome, but come on."

"You Alec. I wanna hear about you."

Oh! Okay!

Riya actually wants to get to know him and be his friend!

I mean, hey, they're drunk, can't really use any acting techniques.

"How's your family?"

"SHUT OUT OF MY LIFE."

Come on, that's a bad one.

"Do you not trust me?"

UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...

I mean, he has some proof why he shouldn't.

"I should have never come on this show."

Oh, Alec...

"I still think about them every night. I can barely sleep anymore."

Yeah...

That's why he's even doing all of this, because he's so lost and only sees himself as bad.

"Who?"

"Cheryl, my wife..."

Oh we got a name!

"My son, Daniel..."

We got two names!

"They were gone by the time I came back."

OH THAT'S INTERESTING.

He said in Season 1 he was going to divorce his wife himself.

But it sounds like they beat him to it and abandoned him. He didn't even get to state his case.

That's worse.

"After Season 1, I only communicated with Cheryl through her lawyer. She had been preparing to divorce me while I was competing... THAT BITCH!"

OH GOSH. IT IS WORSE.

Also, sorry Alec, no offense, you're doing great, but I can't stop looking at Riya's face being GENUINELY CONCERNED AND SORRY for him.

I wonder if Alec has some apathy disorder? Like a personality disorder? Cause there is a lot of evidence to that.

Like, he is unable to feel care and love towards others, and it sabotages the relationships he wants to have.

Is that a thing?

*looking it up*

Yeah, Schizoid Personality Disorder. That sounds about right. (Look it up if you don't know what I'm talking about)

This is my headcanon, anyway.

"I think you're had enough."

OH WOW RIYA BEING THE BIGGER PERSON HERE AND TRYING TO HELP.

She's not the worst friend? Hello?

"The divorce took everything! I lost my son, my job, and my passion for reading! I never even brought those damned books!"

Let it out man.

It's... it's not okay. But you know.

"I could have been a better father..."

You have a chance with Fiore I guess.

"A better husband..."

AIDEN GET OUT OF THE SHOT!!!

I DO NOT WANT TO WATCH AIDEN TAKE A PISS!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!

YOU'RE RUINING THE SCENE!!!!

"I would give anything-ANYTHING-just to hold her hand one last time. You know what I'm talking about. Right, Riya?"

"...Uh... no."

But she might end up like that at the end of this season, we'll see.

"I still feel awful about Connor."

Awwwww

I knew it! I knew she felt guilty!!

"I remember the early days, when he was always there for me. He loved me even when I was nobody."

Awwwww

"Looks like we both can learn from our exes."

Exes? Riya and Connor weren't dating.

Maybe Connor had feelings? But Riya didn't feel the same about him.

They're more friends to me. A kindship type.

"Maybe one day, I'll find the one."

Oh I love that for her.

At the very end of all of it, all she wants is companionship in her sad little lonely life.

WHAT THE-!?

*chokes on breath*

OKAY. OKAY. I DIDN'T THINK HE WAS GONNA DO THAT.

UH... ALEC, WHAT THE FUCK?!??!

I know I said I shipped them, BUT I SAID THAT AS A JOKE THINKING IT WOULDN'T BE A THING!!

HOLY SHIT.

You miss your wife but you're hitting on Riya? Okay, sure.

Consent? Is there consent? I don't know.

OH MY GOD THERE IS!

WAIT SHE ACTUALLY DOES WANT HIM! OKAY!!

"Alec!"

"Did I... do something wrong?"

"No, it's just... we can't. I'm sorry."

Oh I get it. The game.

She doesn't want this to ruin the game for her.

Also Riya again being the reasonable one in this scene.

"No one can know about this!"

Why not?

You're on TV anyway. What's the stake of the campers knowing? You two still have all the power.

"Goodbye, Riya..."

Aww. I guess my previous thoughts on their dynamic weren't for nothing.

OH AND AIDEN SAW IT. OF COURSE HE DID.

So much for keeping it a secret.

"The kiss was... fine. But I can't do romance in this game. I'm here to win!"

Yeah. I get it.

*Gets Grammarly Ad*

AGAIN?!?!

FUCK YOU GRAMMARLY! GET OFF MY SCREEN!!!

"Should I tell Connor? This could destroy him!"

He's already over her, so...

Maybe he's upset Alec is into her and... "You told me to leave Riya behind because you were planning to take her yourself?" That sort of thing?

I can see him getting upset about that.

"Uh, what the hell are you wearing?"

"My swimsuit."

"And the finger."

"A-and there's nothing you can do about it!"

YES! FINALLY! TELL HIM!!

AWWWW GABBY HELPING?!?!?

Oh I love this already.

"And if you don't like it, maybe we should... break up."

THANK GOD!!!

THANK GOD I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS SINCE EPISODE ONE!

"Yeah sure, okay."

"I said okay. You win."

???

I thought you needed her to be convinced you are a thing so you had an advantage in the game...?

Fuck Yul.

"Look I'm happy for you and that lesbian behind the tree."

Oh he sees.

"THAT'S MISS LESBIAN TO YOU!!!"

"I can finally find a woman who can treat me well."

I hope you never do.

She did everything for you! AND YOU DESERVED NONE OF IT!

"And you? Well... this isn't exactly good for your image."

I, who exists, will say the opposite.

"Wait, no! I didn't mean we should break up-"

GRETT NO! YOU WERE DOING WELL!!

"Please! I'll do anything!"

DO YOU NOT SEE HE IS NOT WORTH A SHIT?!?!

IT'S COMICAL AND EXAGGERATED HOW ABUSIVE HE IS!!

Me too Gabby. Me too.

"So you'll stop bitching?"

"Yes, I'm yours forever and ever."

FUCKING HELL.

I hate this ship with a passion. I want it off my screen. Oh my god.

Grett has been flanderized to literally just be the abuse victim who can't get a clue.

"Now go get some fruit and get out of that disgusting outfit!"

The blood in my veins that are BOILING RIGHT NOW 😡

I FUCKING HATE THIS MAN!!! WHY IS HE STILL HERE?!?!?!?!!

I'M GONNA GET YOU A POISONED APPLE!!!

I'M ROOTING FOR THE POISONED APPLE!!!

"This woman..."

ME TOO GABBY.

"Fucking hell lady. I'LL DO IT MYSELF THEN! I'LL BREAK HIS LEGS!!!"

"I can't let Grett hang out with that vegan carpet muncher anymore."

I THOUGHT YOU WERE FINE WITH DUMPING HER-

Inconsistency in the character as well? Why am I not surprised?

He's not even interesting, he's just a douche for the sake of being a douche.

"I know what you did."

I-I don't think this is a good idea, Aiden.

"Depends on what you mean by that. I have done multiple showing in my time. You could be talking about my very existence for all I know.

"Huh. Whatever."

Oh wow. She didn't lash out.

"So you won't mind if I go tell everyone?"

No. Makes no difference if you think about it.

All it will do is hurt Connor's feelings. And if you think about it, that puts you in a better position because the opposing alliance's moral compass is gone.

And you throw Alec under the bus.

Sure that's shitty, but hey, she's a villain.

"Go ahead."

OH WOW SHE ACTUALLY HAS MY MINDSET.

"This could be the leverage we need to finally get the heroes back on top."

How? I feel like this will just destroy one of your members.

"That... little... BRAT!!!"

XD

Riya's version of SCREAMING IN A PILLOW.

"Can I ask you something?"

"Shoot."

Shoot? You want to kill her?

"Do you feel like you like him?"

"I just want to enjoy the moment."

"Growing up, I never went on dates. I was just so focused on school, trying to impress my dad. I... I never had time for boys."

And this is why Krystal is the best of these host characters.

"You better treat her well!"

Oh damn. This man is her adopted dad right now.

Ah whatever, you know? Happy for Krystal. I support this ship.

IT'S VR!!!!

OH MY GOD IT'S VR!!!!!

YES!!!!!!

THEY BROUGHT THIS BACK! I'M SO HAPPY!!

And they're fully aware they're in VR this time. They're not being psychologically tortured into thinking they've been surviving a month in a zombie apocalypse.

"And one of the questions were in regards to what type of super power you would want."

OH!

OH I CAN ALREADY TELL THIS CHALLENGE IS GONNA BE GOOD.

Oh we get to see.

"I've always wanted to be a shapeshifter!"

YES QUEEN! THAT'S A GOOD ONE!

"Lord, give me strength!"

LAME.

Come on, strength is like, the most boring one you can come up with. At least flying can defy gravity and it's cooler to look at.

"Electricity, so I could charge up my phone and I can tase some annoying kids!"

Jay, Master of Lightning, is ashamed to share his power with you non-consentually.

"Super speed!"

Basic, but okay.

"Telekinesis."

OKAY THAT'S JUST BROKEN.

And would be a nightmare to control in real life. Everything you think about just moves?? Ow.

"Fire control, so I can literally burn my enemies to the ground."

HEY QUEEN 👑

She also has fiery colors on.

"Water bending."

Oh wow, opposites.

"Imagine all of the third world countries I could help out of a drought."

Aw, Grett is a hero?

"-and then post it on my Instagram!"

XD

No.

That is something Grett would do.

"Elasticity."

No. That's a nightmare educing one.

"My original Twitch tag was Elastagirl."

Of course it was.

"That's a dumb question. Next."

Oh-

Wait what?

"Wait, so what's my quirk? Do I not get one?"

"Uh, they're called powers, and you decided to me a smart aleck, so no powers for you!"

OH!

😂

OH YOU ARE FUCKED, MAN!!

That's hilarious.

Watch Alec win this. Despite having no powers.

Okay, I get these challenge rules.

"You can also take each other out as you so desire."

Can I watch Yul die then?

I MEAN THEY HAVE PERMISSION NOW!

"Any questions?"

"What's VR?"

BRUH.

Alright, Connor's disqualified.

LET'S GO!!!

*Gets Hankook Tire Ad*

DAMMIT! IT TOOK ME INTO AN AD! NOOO!!!

What is that color palette?

I don't like that on her, I'm gonna be honest.

OH MY GOD THAT'S HORRIFYING!!!

Am I the only one who thinks elasticity as a power feels like something out of a horror movie?

That design's even more ugly.

Why would you make grey his primary?

OH DAMMIT WHY DOES YUL GET ONE THAT ACTUALY LOOKS GOOD?!

OOH OKAY GRETT!!!👑

Bit generic, but well done Aiden.

OH MY GOOOOOODDDD!!!!

❤️👑

I'm in love.

I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS OUTFIT. OH MY GOSH!!

The fire shoulders with the dark reds on the limbs? I LOVE IT.

OH MY GOSH GABBY ALSO LOOKS GOOD!

Purple looks good on her. Who would've thought?

"Wish we could trade powers. Must be nice flying everywhere."

You can fly with fire.

"I WANT TO STAY HERE FOREVER!!!!"

YAAAAAYYYY!!!!

I love Gabby so much. She's just so delightful.

"Find the villains. We need to remove all heroes from the challenge, so they can't win immunity."

Yep. Sounds like a plan.

"Wait, you mean we-"

"Burn them? Maul them? I don't give a fuck, as long as they're dead."

XD

Riya already gets the game.

AND IT'S VR. COME ON. YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY KILLING THEM.

And Gabby wanted to kill them before she even knew about the VR, so...

YEAH SHE NODDED XD

"SAY NO MORE! I'LL DO IT!!"

I was worried for a minute there she'd be out of character and go "bUt i DoN't WaNt To KiLl AnYoNe!"

But no. She's on board. She's not above aggression.

Oh hi Alec.

Alec has NOTHING XD

He's so fucked. Oh my god. He's a sitting duck. XD

"I haven't seen anyone in hours!"

You showed up like a couple minutes ago, what?

"Listen, Riya, about that kiss-"

"Let's not talk about it. We were drunk, and we did something stupid. That's all."

Fair enough.

"Just to be clear, I don't have feelings for you."

"Oh. Alright. Same here..."

Why does Alec sound disapointed?

Why did Riya return the kiss then? Unless she's just desolate or something.

"Aiden was spying on us."

"Oh no, please don't tell me Connor knows about this!"

He probably does at this point.

WHAT IS THAT DESIGN?!

Okay, it's fine, but like... why does he have that chin piece? That's ugly. That's ruining the whole look.

Wow. Jake is terrible at this. When he probably has THE MOST OVERPOWERED ABILITY HERE.

You give the character who thinks with his head THE LEAST, the power to control things with his mind.

I see what you writers did here.

"You're welcome."

Oh hi Aiden.

BANANA 🍌

Allyson comes around the corner screaming, "BANANAS?!?! HOW DARE YOU! WHAT ABOUT MY APPLES YOU BASTARDS?!?!?! MYYYYYYY APPLLLEEEEEESSSSS!!!!!"

How are you gonna kill with speed anyway? Gabby can turn into a predator NO NOT THAT KIND OF PREDATOR. Riya can burn shit. Jake can slam things and crush you. What is speed gonna do as an offense? Run on you???

"Wanna see me run to that big rock?"

"And ditch me?"

"Wanna see me do it again?"

What?

*Rewinds*

Okay. A point where lazy animation is explained by the story why that looks the way it does. Props.

"The villains are probably gonna try to kill us before any of us reach the volcano."

LITERALLY.

NOW IT'S ACTUALLY LITERAL.

"I'm not Quicksilver, but I'll give it a shot!"

Crashes into something immediately.

Yep.

XD

Freaking called that.

"Well, guess you gotta train more."

Bitch, you can't even ACTIVATE your powers! You have no room to talk!

"I missed the lifting people class."

"Guess you gotta train more."

XD

Okay that's good.

OH MY GOD THAT LOOKS HORRIFIC STILL.

OH MY GOD I HATE HER POWERS.

"This doesn't hurt, does it?"

"No. It's like I'm made of bubble gum."

Yeah cause she's basically rubber.

"I dreamed of owning this VR tech ever since I saw the Season 1 cast playing it!"

REALLY.

YOU ENJOYED WATCHING THEM SUFFER IN A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE THINKING IT WAS REAL?!?!

People on TV are getting traumatized and brutally murdered, watching their loved ones die one by one, with no idea it's even fake. They think it's real. They think they're gonna die at any minute. Even today, most of them still have PTSD and are seeing therapy-

"I WANNA JOIN ON THE FUN!!!"

"Maybe we can rest here for a bit."

Rest? You're in VR. You have superpowers. Bro.

*Gets Old Spice Ad*

Okay that's just insulting Connor.

"I need to rest so I can put on my OLD SPICE!!!"

"So how have you been getting with your abilities?"

He can lift shit.

That's it.

It's lame.

"How do you think the guys at your company feel watching this?"

Is that supposed to be a peer pressure statement?

That's not your business.

"You think they'd want their boss to be scared of a little video game?"

Ever heard of his employee named Nunya?

OH WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT. COMING IN THIS CAVE WAS A MISTAKE. I TOLD YOU!

He didn't lift that. He punched that.

"Aiden, is everything okay?"

"Why?"

Yeah, Jake genuinely showing concern for him.

"I... saw something last night."

Oh he's gonna tell him.

"What am I doing telling you?! You're terrible with secrets!"

Uh...

I was gonna argue, but yeah.

"I saw Riya and Alec kiss."

"They're both evil and attractive. Of course they're gonna kiss."

XD

He's not surprised XD

Alec's not really that attractive though... or maybe it's my lesbian brain talking there.

"Connor might freak if he finds out."

"Isn't he over Riya?"

Yes and no.

Think of it like this. Someone you thought was your friend give you sage advice to leave your partner because they're abusive to you, but then behind your back, that someone goes and hits on them behind your back? That's the betrayal there. Regardless if he's over her or not.

OH.

OH SPEAKING OF THE QUEEN.

YOU GUYS ARE DEAD.

OH THAT'S A GOOD SHOT!!!!

"She burns things, right?"

JAKE.

JAKE.

COME ON MAN.

CLIP SAID SHE HAS FIRE POWERS. BLASTS YOU WITH FIRE. IS SURROUNDED BY FIRE. HER DESIGN IS FIRE.

"DO YOU THINK SHE'S FIRE POWERED? I CAN'T TELL!"

I love you. BUT YOU ARE A DUMBASS.

AND HE'S THE ONE WITH THE MIND POWERS TOO!!

"EVERY THOUGHT IN YOUR MIND IS DUMB."

YOU BOYS ARE FUCKING DEAD.

Oh Aiden's gone XD

"Better him than me! BYE JAKE!"

"Wait what-?" *Dies*

OWW!!! YEAH THAT HURTS!

Okay I'm loving this fight.

"For my next showing, I will be hosting a super hero grill out with the finest meats to share with all my villains! AND THE MEAT WILL BE YOU!!"

NO RIYA AT LEAST SEASON IT!!

OH MY GOD XD

"THE FUCK?! I'VE BEEN DEFEATED BY BANANAS?!?!? YOU CAN'T EVEN COOK THAT!!!"

Also why is one banana not filled? *Look closer in the screenshot if you don't see it*

You can't hide from me. I saw that.

"Take my potassium bombs of fury!"

Bro. You could've done alliteration. 🍌BANANA BOMBS.🍌 COME ON!

OH AND HERE'S ALEC.

DAMN THAT WAS A ROCK TO THE HEAD. HE'S DEAD.

"Prepare to die."

He said that so monotoned XD

😲

BITCH WHAT THE FUCK-?!?!

OKAY THAT CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD!!! WHAT THE FUCK!?!??!?!?!

"Uh.. Aiden... did you just-?!"

HE JUST KILLED A MAN!!!

WHAT I SAY BEFORE? "HOW IS SPEED OFFENSIVE?!" AND AIDEN GETS THE FIRST KILL?!

Boy is traumatized.

Sounds like a Boys reference.

Oh. Fire removes blood. Sure.

XD

SHE'S ON A MOUNTAIN OF BANANAS!! XD

"MY NEXT SHOWING IS ME AND MY ARMY OF BANANAS!!! SHIELD ME POTTASSIUM!!!"

THEY'RE DEAD. SHE HAS THEM SURROUNDED.

"Jake, try to lift her into the fire!"

"I told you, I can't lift people!"

YOU HAVE THE MOST OP ABILITY AND YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE IT!

COOL HEAD MAN. COOL HEAD.

I know you're surrounded by fire. But you know what I mean.

OH.

OH NO QUEEN!!!

THE QUEEN IS DOWN!!!

HOLY SHIT THEY BEAT HER.

"I couldn't lift her, but I made her a tomb."

Smart AND sweet of you.

"Rest in pieces, asshole."

"Amen."

"Aw, thank you for the blessings. I shall rest in bananas." 🍌

She died a banana queen. 🍌👑

Where did Yul and Grett come from?

Kill Yul. Please.

I had to watch Riya die. Watching Yul die too is only fair.

Okay. Strangle him. I like that.

GRETT FUCK OFF! LET HIM HAVE THE KILL!!!

OH MY GOD!!!

THAT'S HORRIBLE!!!!!

YUL FUCK YOU!!!

Though shouldn't Allyson be immune to this cause she's elastic???

Aaaaaaaannnnddd I told you Connor's powers sucked.

OKAY THAT EYE TRANSITION WAS REALLY COOL!

Is Allyson dead?

AGAIN, SHOULDN'T ALLYSON BE IMMUNE TO THE ELECTRICITY BECAUSE THEY ESTABLISHED SHE'S ELASTIC AND THEREFORE SHOULD BE A LIVING EMBODIMENT OF AN INSULATOR????

JUST SAYING.

If they, say, shocked Connor and snake bit Allyson, switched the two kill methods, that'd make more sense.

Oh so five of them made it.

"Hold off on killing each other while I explain."

MIND CONTROLS YUL OFF THE CLIFF.

"Now we're even!"

"I thought every superhero needs a CGI monster to fight."

Oh really?

...actually that's kinda accurate.

"So meet Ned!"

Oh he has a name?

Is that just Riya as a monster? He rose from the lava.

"SEE EVEN IN DEATH, IT WON'T STOP ME! FOR MY NEXT SHOWING, I BECOME REINCARNTED AS A LAVA MONSTER!! TO SMITE YOU ALL AS REVENGE!!!!!"

Every villain gets a monster transformation. So proud of her.

"NOW YOU SHALL DEAL WITH ME OL PRINCE! AND ALL THE POWERS OF HELL!!!!"

"Disvengers... assemble!"

Nice reference, but it's wildly inappropriate for these guys.

"I propose a temporary truce."

They're gonna throw you off the cliff.

"I'll get him easy!"

I hope you fail and die.

XD

IT DOES NOTHING.

Predicting Yul's Torture Counter: 6

Ned Not Riya is like "Really bitch?"

WHAT WAS THAT ROAR?!?!? THAT SOUNDED LIKE A DYING CAT!!

"The water is working!"

Idk how.

"HAVE A DRINK MOTHERFUCKER!!"

"With Grett distracted on the monster, I can finally draw boundaries with Gabby."

Why would you want to do that? Gabby is on your team.

The hell are you trying to do?

"How is a monster this size managing to stand on this volcano?"

It's VR logic.

OH WAIT NO IT BREAKING IT.

"Yo butch lover!"

"Grett is distracted so she won't see me deal with Gabby." SCREAMS BUTCH LOVER.

"I'm gonna say this once. Stay away from Grett."

"...no."

Your motives are all over the place. You hate her, you want her gone and are fine with it when she threatens to leave, but now you're possessive? What?

"If you spread any kind of agenda to Grett about me, I'll make you regret the day you were born, so back off!"

Grett a few feet away from them. "I CAN HEAR YOU!!"

"Make me."

KILL HIM GABBY.

Uh, move. MOVE. MOVE.

How the hell did you not get hit?

Oh that was pathetic Gabby. Come on.

"Yul! What are you doing?!"

YEAH SHE CAN SEE ALL OF THIS SHIT.

"Just focus on the monster bitch!"

BITCH, she has another hand.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

NO NOT THIS AGAIN!!!!

STOP IT!!!!! LEAVE HER ALONE!!!!!!

YUL I FUCKING HATE YOU!!! STOP IT!!!!

GRETT DO SOMETHING!!!

AIDEN AND JAKE GOT THE MONSTER, JUST DO SOMETHING!!!

"HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLPPPPPP!!!!!!"

*Gets Grammarly Ad*

HELP ME!!!!! HEEEELLLP!!!

OH FUCK YOU GRAMMARLY! YOU RUINED THE SCENE!!

*I rewinded ten seconds*

"LEAVE HER ALONE!!"

YESS!!! GRETT!!!!! GET HIM!!!!

OH MY GOD IS THE MONSTER COMING?!?!?!

MURDER HIS ASS. MURDER HIS ASS. MURDER HIS ASS. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!

"Oh crap!"

I would say "Why are you just standing there?"

But also, "Nah. Let the monster have him."

"What the hell was that?!"

"My resignation letter."

😭👏

THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU GOD!!!!

THANK YOU FOR HAVING GRETT FINALLY GET OVER IT!!!

"We agreed you would listen to me!"

"There's no 'we' anymore."

YESS!!!!

"Is this your pathetic attempt at defeating me?"

Gets murdered by the monster.

PLEASE.

"Nope. But this is."

KILL HIM. KILL HIM!!

KILL HIM!!!!

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!

🤣👏

YESS!!!!! YEESSSSSS!!!!!

I GET TO WATCH YUL DIE!!!!!

THANK YOU!!!!!! 😭🙏

Yes, hitman? I have a target for you. I want this fire crop top man DEAD.🔫

There's no gun emoji. Only a water gun.

Sure, kill him with a water gun. I don't care how you do it. MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!

IT ACTUALLY CAME TRUE!! NED WAS MY HITMAN!!! (Now the hot colors he has make a lot more sense)

AND WATER WAS INVOLVED!!!

Also:

Predicting Yul's Torture Counter: 7

Thank god.

What could be better than this? Eliminating him.

"Oh Grett... you saved me."

I know right? You'd never think she would from their previous relationship.

"The volcano! It's collapsing!!"

OH YEAH.

Yeah maybe you shouldn't have buried Riya. Now she has the fire control over the lava. She's gonna get her revenge.

"IIIIIIIIIII SHALL HAVE MY REVEEEEEENNNGEEEE!!!! IIIIIII WILL BURN YOU ALL ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVVVVEEEEEEE!!!!!"

NO RIYA!!!!!

OH NO THEY'RE ALL DEAD!!!

GABBY?!?!?

JAKE?!??!

ANYONE?!??!!

OH GOD!!!!!

JAKE!!!! LIFT THEM!! BUILD UP TO THIS?!?!?!

JAKE?!??!

YES!!! JAKE!!!!!

👏

OH THE BUILD UP TO THIS?!??!?!

ACTUAL PEAK?!??!?!?

Even though the peak is on the ground at the moment. LITERALLY.

"I... guess I did it!!"

I'm so proud of you my boy.

"And with that, Aiden and Jake are the ones to beat the monster and win this challenge!"

OH SHIT GABBY AND GRETT ARE DEAD.

I get they're villains. Still. Kind of shitty of you Jake.

"I never though I'd say this, but... we make a great team."

I know, right?! You finally get along and work together!

Oh dammit, Yul's alive....

Ah well. I had my fun.

"Look, I thought about it, and... I'm willing to give you one last chance, but you have to apologize and stop hanging around Gabby."

HELL NO.

I HOPE THEY ELIMINATE YOU.

"I regret everything, Yul! I regret every meeting you, I regret ever joining this show again, hoping it would be different! I hoped I would have someone who finally saw the good side of me, but clearly I was asking for too much! You're a narcissistic, misogynistic pig!"

YES! YES TO ALL OF THAT!!!

Oh my god I feel so bad for you Grett... ❤️

You deserved SO MUCH BETTER in this season.

Also shoutout to her VA. That line delivery hit me right in the heart.

"And I can't wait for this to air because everyone will know what a prick you've been all season and your career will be over!"

AND I LOVE THAT!

Yeah you didn't think that through, did you bitch?!

"Okay! Okay! I'm sorry! Is that what you want to hear?"

NOPE. TOO LATE.

IT'S TOO LATE FOR AN APOLOGY.

"Yeah, and take your mild abs with you!"

XD

I love Gabby.

Live laugh love Gabby.

"These losers think they can get rid of me?!"

I HOPE THEY DO.

THAT WOULD MAKE THIS EPISODE PEAK IF THEY ELIMINATE YUL.

"I worked so hard to keep this villains alliance together, and it all blew up today."

Yeah. The non-villains didn't have to do anything.

The threat was Yul all along.

*Gets Pie Adblock ad*

Why the fuck am I getting so many ads?

Is this to mock me cause I've gotten the Grammarly Ad how many times?

Please. PLEASE LET IT BE YUL!!!

IT'S BEEN THIRTEEN EPISODES!! I WANT HIM GONE!!!!!

PLEASE!!!! 🙏

'YUL'

*audible gasp*

OH MY GOD.

'CONNOR'

CONNOR HASN'T BEEN BACK LONG ENOUGH.

THIS IS IT!!!

'CONNOR'

OH MY GOD!!!

'YUL'

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!!!

'CONNOR'

IT'S HAPPENING!!!!

'YUL'

OH MY GOD IT'S HAPPENNG!!!

'YUL'

😭🙏

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!

😭🙏

*tears and laughs of utter JOY*

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!

😂👏

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!

HE'S GONE!!!!

HE'S FINALLY GONE!!!!!!

OH MY GOD YES!!! YEESS!!!!

ABOUT FUCKING TIME! GOD I HATED HIS CHARACTER SO MUCH!!

(As though that was any secret)

Happy endings. Happy endings to everyone here.

I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY AND SATISFIED WITH AN ELIMINATION SINCE HEATHER FROM TDI.

🎵"NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED!"🎵

Okay I gotta calm down, I gotta calm down.

Thank god. THANK GOD.

"Ugh, I fucking knew it!"

FUCK YEAH! GO FUCK YOURSELF YOU FUCKING PIECE OF FUCKING SHIT!!

"You did this to yourself Yul."

Absolutely.

"Any last words, loser?"

GABBY FLIPPED TOO. SHE FLIPPED.

SHE CAUSED ALL OF THIS!

"Alec, you're an insufferable nerd."

Oh great, here we go...

"Riya, I've seen adult videos with better acting."

FUCK YOU.

"Connor, you're old."

FUCK YOU TIMES TWO.

"Aiden, you're a twink."

FUCK YOU TIMES THREE.

"Jake, you're a twink part two!"

😂

...okay that one was good.

"Ally, I left some of those hate comments."

GEE THAT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO KNOW!!

"Gabby, fuck you bitch!"

FUCK YOU TOO BITCH.

"And finally, Grett... I'm going to personally make sure that you do not win these three million dollars! You'll be hearing from my lawyers!"

Wow. Such an empty threat. So sad. /s

The bus is over there.

"At least you made the merge this time."

😂

GOT HIM!!! RIGHT WHERE IT HURTS!!!

😂

The fucking finger.

"Aww, right back at you darling!"

😂😂👏

THAT'S AWESOME!!!!

*Finger*

You know what? Me too. *Finger*

Everyone give Yul the finger. Line up. Single file.

"After all this time, I never knew that I needed someone like Gabby. I treated her like absolute shit and yet... she was there for me. I think I finally found a real friend."

❤️

BLESS.

BOTH OF YOU DESERVE HAPPINESS IN YOUR LIVES!!!

"Maybe I can tell everyone about the kiss between Riya and Alec. That might be what completely sets off that villains alliance and destroys it once and for all!"

I highly doubt that. I think the opposite is what's gonna happen. But sure.

OH MY GOD...

I feel... GOOD.

I felt so good after watching this.

This might actually be, no joke, one of my favorite episodes of this entire show.

If not my favorite, definately in the top three.

Everyone was utilized. Everyone had some sort of moment.

We saw human sides to the villain characters that was actually interesting.

It was paced really well.

The animation was the prettiest it's ever been.

The intern sublot that I don't care about overall had its best scenes.

Allyson was actually tolerable in this episode.

Jake and Aiden getting payoff to their dynamic thus far.

The build up to that moment where Jake saves both of them was so well handled.

The challenge was so unique and so much fun from start to end.

Grett finally stands up for herself and has her best moment in this season thus far.

AND I get to watch Yul die in VR?

AND we get Yul eliminated??

That elimination alone is going in the Top 10 most satisfying eliminations.

YEAH. I LOVED THIS. THIS WAS A REALLY GOOD EPISODE.

Even if none of those other stuff were true, I'd still love it cause Yul is gone after thirteen episodes. Was it worth it? Honestly, yeah.

I mean I've made it zero secret that Yul is, by far, my least favorite character of this entire show.

You can see this post where I do explain why (Go to the end)

He was just a mouth of slurs and not much else. Doesn't help that his 'arc' is him saying that's all there is to him. And he was responsible for my girl Grett's derailment. And there's no backstory to explain it either.

It's just a sore thumb when you have all these other complicated interesting characters in the season, and then you have this one guy who is just so comically hateable.

Yeah I'm so happy he's gone and I don't have to deal with him anymore.

AND YUL GETS NO MONEY!!! YAY!!!! THERE'S NO WAY FOR HIM TO GET ANYTHING ANYMORE!!!!

Also, I will say, despite all of this and my extreme hatred towards the CHARACTER, ZERO OF IT IS TARGETED TOWARDS THE VA.

He did so much better in this season than in Season 2, probably because of better direction. He absolutely nailed this role as the whiny non-aware abuser. There was so much more range and energy in his voice than in Season 2 that honestly did make me tolerate him a BIT more than I would've otherwise. Massive props.

I hate your character, but you did a really good job making me hate him in intentional ways.

I don't know where Grett goes from here though. Her story is kinda... over? Maybe it's not, but I feel like they did what her arc was, standing up to her boyfriend. Gabby is my winner pick and a major player in this game. Even if Grett goes, she's still gonna have stuff to do.

Yeah. This was peak. I don't know what else to say. Things are looking up.

[sauceteaches]

hey, so I haven’t had the gall to ask but do you have any fanfiction tips? like how to get people to beta, or just things you like to incorporate into your fics? like general tips because I’m out here struggling lol

Hello my love!!

Fic writing is a very personal process (for me at least). I used to be a creative writing major but before I could get into any prose classes, I switched over to TESOL. (there is still room in grad school though!)

For me, writing a story is a long haul process. I like to start with the biggest most exciting scenes of an AU (MOE is still using some of these scenes). I never start at the begining because it can be daunting and hard to connect to what I want to happen. So, I write all my fun scenes to get them out of my system (when I started MOE, I wrote 14K in 2 days) and then I look at them and start thinking about how to connect them. Point B, working backwards to A.

The BIGGEST tool for writing a plot, is to yap about it. I am not joking. Any friend, I have had many not in the fandom, to listen to you talk about the story. The friends that follow along and help you headcanon are the best ones. I don't think MOE would be as deep and flushed out character wise if not for June (the all knowing beta). She bounced ideas back to me and played with dialog and is overall the reason Margin of Error is still even updating. It certainly helps that she's also an author, because she understands the struggle.

There are friends you can mak on tumblr too! I have made a few mutals by networking my fic on here, and they all help me with hard character questions. Kit (Hi kit, love you kit) the phenominal WixWrites on AO3, has let me yap non-stop about chapter five and Tango's morals as a character. without her, Tango would be making some pretty out of pocket choices I'm sure.

For Betas, find some people you trust and ask them to read your work! I beta for some friends, some friends beta for me. My Betas (the hellions they are) are my friends that I met through minecraft (lethal company orginally actually, but thats a whole story). Good friends won't judge your writing, and if you ask them to look for specific things (and you should be if you're asking someone to edit for you) then it should be easy for everyone!

I ask my betas to look for specific grammar mistakes I'm prone to making, cohesion, character vibes ect. I have a list at the top of our doc and I encourage them to correct me where ever (I do this because I have confidence in my writing, and know what comments to ignore and what to keep. when letting others edit your work don't just accept all the comments. It's your work and you have control over what you do and don't change)

When it comes to adding things into a fic, say a fandom reference, its kind of up to you. sometimes its fun to toss things like that in, sometimes you don't even need/want them. For heavier themes, my advice is to look at the overall story and decide if it fits.

Margin of Error deals with themes on greif, drepression, and some fucked up family dynamics. I have the choice to add more themes or to let the plot breath. There was a point where I was considering bringing sickness back into plot, but decided it was heavy enough killing off Jimmy's mom. You kind of pick and choose your straws, and discussing with a friend will also help you gauge if something is too much. in the end, it's you're story. Write it for you and no one else. If you like something, then like it with your whole heart, don't let people on the internet take it away.

I'm very proud of your AU's you've been posting about. I think you'll make a great author. Try not to over think it, just write. Write it bad, write it scared, at least you're writing. plus, the joy of editing is that if you dont like the fist draft, its a draft you can change it.

much love! good luck!! xoxox sauce

[glittercake]

think i found another ai fic... one chapter was 26% ai another 21% one chapter was "probably human written" but still... and it's written on anon...

i appreciate you so much samantha and all the work and effort and time you put into your amazing writing, you're amazing💖💖💖

I learned recently that some folks use chatgpt or the likes to edit their fics. This is a terrible idea but I do think that it might contribute to some of the results we're seeing. It's both difficult and inaccurate to confirm ai generation when the ai detection result isn't paired with other factors like frequently posting high word counts, or dull monotone writing, or absolutely perfect grammar etc. So people should definitely stop using chatgpt for spell checks.

Something else that might trigger a positive ai result is the use of tools like Grammarly and so on, which I've mentioned before that I have been using for years for spag. But they recently (?) introduced a generative ai element that rewrites content for you or that generates a new sentence on the spot. This does however result in a positive ai detection because well, the ai did it.

Do we stop using these types of tools now? I don't think that's necessary and there are probably minimal checkers left that have no integrated ai at all. Most spag checkers including Word, use some kind of non-genative ai to alert you to errors in a more evolved way than before. (Google Docs' spag checker just got stupider as it "evolved" btw. What an absolute dumpster fire.)

BUT be careful how you use it, don't let it reconstruct your work, don't let it automagically write or fix a sentence for you, and don't rely on it to produce flawless content, there is no such thing. Use your brain, ask for a beta reader to assist you, research the things you don't know. Teach yourself to write better. Use the tool for its initial purpose--to check your spelling and grammar. The ai features can usually be switched off in settings. That being said, basic spag checks using these tools shouldn't equate ai generation but it will probably depend on the tool used to detect it.

I want to add that we definitely should not check every fic we're interested in reading for ai. I think that will make the fandom experience terrible and unenjoyable for everyone. Read it in good faith but keep an eye out for stuff like posting large amounts of words on a schedule that is not humanly possible, the writing style, the tone, other use of ai by the person etc. We've been reading fanfic for years, we know when something is off. Block if you suspect it's ai generated.

People who use ai to 'write' fics have no place in fandom spaces.

It's going to become increasingly difficult to detect these things though, since there is also a feature to "humanize" the ai slop 🤢 and I don't know what the way forward is but I do know it's not running every fic through an ai detector. They're not entirely accurate either. The only reason I resorted to an ai detector with that person I initially caught out, was because the tag was clogged with their constant posting and I knew there was no fucking way they were posting that much naturally. The detector just confirmed what I suspected anyway.

I read a fic recently by an Anon author and I thought I was so good and sexy. I really hope it's not the same person you're talking about. I'm not going back to check because my kudo and comment are already on there. I also doubt an ai can write such filthy, steaming smut 😂

And thank you, Anon, for your kind words. Truly appreciate it. 💕

[kazzsk2]

Hello there!

tw long sentences and ask(just in case<':) )

Just found out about your account and your sacrifice ressurection au and I just love it.

But there are some parts I didn't really get so it would be great to hear more about the au. The lack of understanding could be due my bad knowledge of English so sorry in advence if you had revealed information, that I'm asking now, before.

The main questions are about the first part of your story. I haven't played cotl, just heard the lore from tumblr, but still, how much of original game is included in your au? Was there a fight between Narinder and the Lamb like in og? What relationships between Narinder and his siblings?

In one of your comic Lamb says that he resurrected the Bishops from purgatory, if I remember correctly. Is this was after Lamb sacrificed themselves to Narinder or before? Is this was Lamb or Narinder idea to bring them back?

If Shamura was the one to give the idea of resurrection to Narinder in the first place why Narinder had to do it in secret? ...how he hid the bodies of the Lamb when he killed themself?

What was the Bishops reaction to resurrected Lamb?

That's the first that came to my mind but I'm sure there is more but it's late and my braincells are not really in the mood to work.

If my writing was so bad that you couldn't understand what I was asking about then take it as the cry to more au ramble. I need it to function okay for the next 5 days. Begging like Narinder to Lamb.

Btw can't wait for your another au posts:)

Good night!

Or morning, day or evening. Idk what timezome you are in.

Dude I'm so glad you like my au >:D, but yeah most of the prologue is the game. Narinder and the lamb do end up fighting in the game in a giant boss fight if you choose to keep the crown rather than giving it to him. After that, if you spare his life, you can get him to join your cult. Similar final boss fights happen against the other bishops to get them to join.

This is when I diverged off the game as after all of that, the lamb in my au sets up a sacrifice of themself after all of that to give the crown back to narinder and give him back his powers.

The relationship between narinder and his siblings was a bit strained at first (because they killed him and would've had him trapped for all of eternity basically) but this au takes places after they've made up to the best of their abilities and are somewhat regular siblings now.

It was shamura who suggested the idea first to narinder, but they regretted that as they realized that narinder was worse off mentally than they thought he was and narinder began to grow obsessed with the idea of bringing them back.

It got to the point that the both heket and shamura had began to monitor narinder when they could to prevent him from trying to resurrect the lamb as it wasn't doing neither of them good for him to keep trying. Of course, narinder had begun to do them in secret at night and by the time the others realized what he was doing, it was too late and he made the deal with lamb.

Heket was furious cuz she knew the lamb didn't want this and this extreme attachment narinder had to the lamb would just worsen now the lamb was back. Shamura & leshy both had the sentiment of "Oh well, at least narinder seems slightly better". Kallamar mostly felt guilty at not being able to stop narinder from resurrecting the lamb against their will, but he was relieved to see narinder happier at the lamb's presence.

Hope this all makes sense and sorry for any writing errors (I literally am eye blind to any spelling & grammar errors rn I've been typing so fast)

Edit: also I imagine that like he disintegrated the bodies of lamb after the failed resurrections

[sporco-filth]

How to Write - Editing

I don't edit. Editing is for the weak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK seriously how to edit. I actually do not go back over my writing and change things at the end because I tend to edit as I go or I resolve problems story-wise before I get to writing. But you should (at least initially) be editing your stories.

I also don't think editing is for the weak. That was a joke. Could my stories benefit from editing? Maybe. But I write well enough that it's not fully necessary.

Read your writing aloud. Things that are badly written will sound ten times worse when said aloud and you will work out what's wrong with them much quicker. This is especially true for dialogue.

If you're looking for spelling errors, read backwards. If you read forwards your mind starts to skim since it's taking in the meaning of the words and not their actual spelling.

Show someone else. Sometimes things that are bad doesn't seem weird to you because if you read them too much you get desensitised to the weirdness. This is true for plot points, pacing and writing quality etc. Sometimes you know a character's motive or trait but it's not actually explained by the story and no one else gets it.

Come back to things later. If you read your work too soon you have that 'desensitisation' effect, except it's more like you're mind is already so aware of everything you can't see the specifics because you're thinking of the full story and you sort of just gloss over it all. Come back after you've slept on it and your opinion will be sharper. This is the next best thing to do if you have no one to tell your story to.

Know when to stop. You can never get everything exactly right and sometimes working too hard on a story will make it overwrought and unpleasant since you try to patch every little plot hole or you just keep adding to the story. This is part of why I don't edit. I write like I'm doing an alla prima oil painting: I work fast while the ideas are fresh and once they've dried I can't touch them up again. Sure, there are things here and there that could be fixed or extended or altered, but it is what it is and I accept that. Also I'm mostly writing these while I'm touching myself, it's not like I can really focus on the plotting that precisely.

But like I said at the start, the better you prepare, the less work you need to do. The old 'measure twice, cut once' adage. If you have the plot comfortable planned out in advance, there won't be many plot holes. Spelling and grammar errors are a matter of practice and noticing mistakes. Making the language sound natural or smooth is the hardest part, but that's a stylistic preference thing and also it requires a knowledge of what 'good' actually sounds like. Once you have your style set, you start to realise intuitively what works, you'll know if it sounds natural to use a contraction instead of the full words, or if you're overdoing the dialogue tags, or if you really need a comma there, or if you've repeated words.

I say I don't edit, but really I just edit on the go and bit-by-bit rather than all at once at the end. You edit how you want to. All that matters is you make sure your writing actually sounds nice and didn't just sound good in your head when you wrote it down.

This ends my little series of posts, but I'll probably make a few extra ones about specific things now and then.

[dreaming-marchling]

I love your writing so much and I am always in awe of how consistently you're able to post! Your writing is very polished, and I was wondering about your editing process. Do you have a beta? Do you just re-read your own stuff until you realize what's wrong? How do you decide that the current state is good enough and you're ready to move on? I really, really admire your work and I'm so curious how you've been able to reach the point you're at.

Thank you so much! I love talking writing :)

Putting this under a cut because it's long lol

I don’t have a beta, no. Sometimes I think I might want one but I’m ultimately too secretive, lol.

I’m not especially great at editing for grammar and typos. My method is generally just to keep re-reading but I also like to put a recently finished story in a two week quarantine so that I can read it again with fresher eyes, I think that helps me catch a bunch of errors. That said, I reword sentences so often that I end up tripping myself up.

In terms of editing for overall story structure and plot, I think a couple of things can be key:

One, knowing what your overall point is or what theme you’re writing the story to explore is massively helpful. Obviously you don’t have to know right in that initial inspiration rush where you’re just splatting it all onto a document but once that’s happened I do find it helpful or even critical with long stories to have a point in mind so you can properly structure the story. Once you have that in can be easier to get a sense of where scenes should go and what you might need at a certain spot that’s giving you issues.

Two, while it’s totally true that sometimes your own stories get boring because you’ve read them a billion times, sometimes it really is because you as a reader need a bombshell. So give the story one! Make it work for you though, in as many ways as you can. Use it to tie in an earlier point, to give a character a revelation, to force a conversation that’s been needed. Whatever. Give your story an excitement boost and a narrative momentum push all at the same time.

In terms of knowing when the story is done I think step one is accepting that you’ll never be done fiddling with it. I read back stories now and want to reword sentences. I really do think that when you’ve hit all of your points, you’ve had your big daydream scene and you’ve got the emotionally resonant scenes in place there’s a point where you feel overall content with the story. It’ll never be perfect and that’s okay! Nobody is paying you for this so it doesn’t have to be! There’s always a stage for me where I’m like “yes, I’ve achieved what I wanted here and I’m dying to share it.” That’s when it goes into quarantine and then it starts getting posted.

With the consistent posting schedule I must mention that I write all of my stories in advance of posting so that’s a massive part of the equation for me (I do flesh out scenes or adjust tone based off of reader feedback as we go though). Please never think that I’m churning out like 20k worth of words for three different stories each week. That is not the case at all.

I hope any of this helped!

[littlespoonevan]

15, 17, 18 (for the fic writer asks)

thank you, friend!!!!

15. favorite weather for writing

oooh this is interesting! idk if i've ever thought about it before but i suppose when it's overcast/raining??? bc then i feel like i can write to my heart's content without feeling like i have to leave the house lol

16. talk about your writing and editing process

okay so usually i tend to edit in 5k stints (unless it's a short fic, in which case i'll just write the whole thing first) so every 5k or so i'll stop and reread/edit what i have so far. i pretty much always reread 3 times: once to see the general vibe of what i have/catch obvious mistakes, once to make proper changes, and then once to double check spelling/grammar errors etc after making said changes. and then i'll reread the whole thing in full once (but maybe twice) before posting.

i also always write in chronological order but i don't like making outlines/plans so i'm very much a 'follow the vibe' writer in that sense askdjfh

17. if you keep them, share a deleted sentence or paragraph from a published fic

okay so i don't think i actually have any deleted scenes from a published fic??? it's rare i'd change/remove a scene entirely so i don't tend to keep them but i did start writing a fic after 7x01 that basically immediately became irrelevant with the bi buck arc and i apparently still have that on my laptop, so here have that instead lmao:

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Breaking up with Natalia feels…anticlimactic.

When he’d wanted to break up with Taylor he’d drawn it out for weeks. Months, if he’s being honest. Because he was afraid to be alone. Because a silent, selfish part of him was hoping she’d do the hard part for him. Because she was supposed to be it.

Even though it was glaringly obvious that she wasn’t.

When they ended he told himself he wasn’t going to rush again. He didn’t want to make the same mistakes. Didn’t want to pick the wrong couch again.

But then Natalia had looked at him with so much fascination. She took on all his shit, all his trauma, and she didn’t flinch. If anything, it seemed to make her like him more.

The problem is that it seemed to be the only thing she liked.

And it’s probably not a fair assessment of her because she really is nice and beautiful and smart but the more time they spend together, the more he feels like she doesn’t really like him. She likes the version of him she’s put together in her head. The version he’d let her create in all those early conversations.

I feel like she sees me.

He told Eddie that after his first date with her.

It’s embarrassing to think about that now, with the slightly awkward but still civil breakup conversation replaying in his head.

He thinks it’s that, that might be throwing him for a loop so much – that she hadn’t seemed to mind when he explained he didn’t think things were working out. She was a little disappointed but she didn’t try to fight him on it; he supposes she’s used to dealing with endings in her line of work.

And now he’s wondering how he could’ve let himself get sucked in again, how he could’ve convinced himself all over again that he’d found the one by falling too hard, too fast.

Eddie says, “What’s the point in dating if you don’t think that you might end up together in the long run?” when Buck brings it up over dinner at his place after the Chris dating intervention.

Buck throws his balled up napkin at him and says, “Sorry, I forgot I was asking the nester.”

Eddie rolls his eyes but doesn’t bite back, reaching for another slice of pizza. “I’m just saying. Isn’t the whole idea that you date someone in the hopes that they’ll be the person you spend the rest of your life with?”

“Is that what you think about Marisol?”

Eddie immediately makes a face and Buck feels privately vindicated.

He shouldn’t; it’s not fair. Marisol is nice and Buck has no reason to dislike her but the ghost of Ana Flores still lingers in the back of his mind.

“It’s a little early for me to know that,” Eddie says.

Buck scoffs. “But you just said-“

“I’m not saying I don’t see a future with her,” Eddie cuts in. “Just that I don’t know what that future is yet.”

The words make something sour twist in Buck’s chest and he takes a swig of his beer to dispel it. He’s happy for Eddie, happy that he’s putting himself back out there because he deserves to fall in love again. There’s just…a part of him that doesn’t like it when Eddie’s in a relationship.

Which is incredibly fucking stupid and possessive and something Buck would go to his grave with before he’d ever admit it out loud.

He just feels like they drift apart when they’re not single – not even because they don’t see each other all the time. It’s more like they don’t know how to interact with each other. He doesn’t know why or, well, it’s not exactly a thread he likes to pull on all that often.

It hasn’t happened much yet with Marisol but she and Eddie seem to be taking things slow.

Buck counts it as a small miracle and redirects the conversation to the point he’d first been trying to make.

“I just don’t know how I got it so wrong again,” he says. “With Natalia, I mean.”

Eddie’s expression immediately softens and he leans forward, propping his forearm on the dining table and pulling himself closer to Buck.

“You didn’t do anything wrong,” Eddie tells him, as gentle as every other reprieve he’s ever offered Buck.

Yeah, I know you did.

I knew you wouldn’t.

You’re the guy who likes to fix things.

You don’t have to be anything for anybody.

You didn’t end up like you.

“You thought she saw a side to you no one else did,” he says now. “And you wanted to believe in that.”

Buck groans, burying his face in his hands. “Don’t remind me,” he mutters. Dropping his hands, he slumps back in his chair. “I don’t know why I thought her being excited by my near death experience meant something different. Of course it was interesting to her; she wasn’t there when it happened.”

She wasn’t the one sitting vigil at his hospital bedside. She wasn’t the one begging for him to wake up.

He thinks at the time it felt good because she was the only one not treating him with kid gloves. He can recognise now his family probably had a pretty good reason for treating him that way.

Eddie doesn’t respond right away but Buck can tell he’s thinking of an answer, choosing his words carefully

[burninface]

Face! I love the art I’ve seen from you so far, I’m still catching up with all your work but I just want to say that you are incredibly talented and also so wonderfully creative! I love the clever and fun ways you create gallavich art! You are so brilliant! Thank you for sharing your art with us! 💖💖💖💖

Hiii Calli!! omg thank you for telling me this!! this is so so important for me, you're always so inspiring and so kind😫!!

I actually said you're the longest person I've known in the fandom and I got secret crush on you in a former tag game. I decided to tag you later since you're kinda busy at the time, but guess the edited tag went wrong so I'm gonna say that again here: I know we haven't talked much but I really want to say thank you to you, it was your reblogs and feedbacks helped me overcome my extreme lack of confidence from the beginning🥹at the end of last year I literally stopped practicing art for awhile, because I felt so unsure about whether I should keep going or just give up (on art and talking to people) and get back to my comfort zone. then I saw your reblogs, and your posts, they're all so warm, so inspirational, so supportive and powerful, they encouraged me to give it another try. now looking back, I'm so so glad that I chose to continue, and I can't thank you enough!!🥹🥹 aaand I hope I can pass on the suppoiveveness to others, so I did my best to overcome my social phobia and low self-esteem, I tried to comment more often, I racked my brain to express my feelings more…… just like writing this answer, I'm typing slowly and reluctantly, there're maybe ton of typos and grammar errors here, but I'm still typing, it's better than nothing!!

erm sorry for a little too much babbling, mainly because I want to say all of this to you for a long long time. thank you again Calli🥰!! I really couldn't do this without you!! and I'm really really glad you enjoy my art, love you<3

[lollytea]

Do you have a beta reader, and as a writer, do you need one in order for your work to be good? Also, as a writer, how do you know if you're doing enough to finally feel good enough with whatever you're trying to work on?

Do you have a beta reader?

Not at the moment, no. I had a beta for a total of one fic I wrote in December 2022. Everything else has been done on my own. You can probably tell because of all the grammatical errors.

Do you need one in order for your work to be good?

If you're asking on behalf on yourself, I will say that you don't NEED one, but I'd definitely recommend it. If you're referring to writing fanfics and you don't have anybody available to beta for you, then there's no harm in posting them without it. As I said, I do it all the time. BUT if you do have somebody who's willing, then yes, absolutely accept their help. Having a second pair of eyes to catch all the little mistakes helps a ton. Their assistance and corrections will also help you learn, and your work will get better as you go along.

If you're talking about, like, writing original fiction that you're hoping to publish, then it's a little less casual than fanfic. If that's the case, yes, try to find an editor.

If you're asking about me personally, then I'd say that I probably WOULD be a lot better at writing if I had one. As I said, grammar and linguistics are my weak points. My stuff would also be way neater and more polished if I had a beta who was given more creative liberties. For the one fic I wrote that was beta-ed, their job was mostly to comb through these big fat paragraphs and add commas, remove commas, etc. They made a few suggestions about rewording some of my sentences, but they also recognized that I was a lunatic who was very particular about the way I phrased things for whatever reason so they mostly focused on the grammar and punctuation.

If I had a beta that I gave full reign to do whatever they wanted, my work would probably improve by tenfold. Shorter, more straightforward, probably more impactful, less rambly. But my stuff is exhausting to deal with from an editing perspective. Massive and wordy and all over the place. I really could not expect somebody to spend their valuable time wrestling with all of that for free.

So I'm fine tipping along in my usual rambly way at the moment.

How do you know if you're doing enough to finally feel good enough with whatever you're trying to work on?

Well, there's no such thing as being "good enough" to make anything. I write for fun. It's not my job. I have nothing to lose.

I'm still learning. And I think I still have a long way to go. It's okay if I'm bad at it in the mean time.

Everything I write and post is just an example of me practising. Trying to figure out what works. What doesn't work. My writing is always getting better, then worse, then better, then worse again, in a constant cycle, but as long as I'm practising, I'm learning.

Don't burn yourself out. Write little bits at a time if you have to. Don't be scared that your idea is too ambitious for your skill level. Write it in your own way, even if you don't feel like you can pull it off. By doing that, you'll steadily get better. And if you want to rewrite it again in a few years when you finally feel like you have the skills to excecute it in the way you want, then you can always do that.

Even if you don't feel good enough for your own standards, you improve a little bit every time you work on something. That's what's matters.

I find it comforting to focus on the fact that I'm still learning, rather than the fact that I'm still not as good as I think I should be.

I don't think any of us will ever be "good enough" in our own minds. We'll never see ourselves as masters. It's an unattainable goal. But so long as we keep letting ourselves write "badly" we'll probably write a few masterpieces in the process.

[stygiansauce]

Do you ever just have a vivid imagination of a scene and like your enjoying it as if it’s a movie but then your like- “I should write this down" but then you get to the doc and and can’t articulate it because the Sven was entirely visual and your just stuck sitting there like “damn :/" or is it just me?

bee-tee-dubs can I be <3 anon? :D

Hi <3 Anon!!! It's lovely to meet you.

Most of my scenes for MOE comes to me like prophecy. Yesterday I was walking to class and not even two feet out my front door I had an idea for a dialog line. I tend to jot just the dialog down in my notes app and leave it to play with later. BUT if the vibes are good (like they were yesterday) the rest of the scene will just flow out.

I've always been the kind of writer that does disconnected scenes with no intention of connecting them. MOE is my first linear timeline peice of writing. because most of my scenes revolve around dialog I'll start with that. It looks a lot like this: "this is the really good line I thought of" name smiles, "no way what a good line." "this is a secondary line or quesition that continues dialog"

and thats it. if I have a movment or a thought I want to keep I'll try and include that so I don't loose it. Then I go back and add to it later. My dialog goes through three to four rounds of editing before I'm ready to connect it to a scene. (if you want to see that I have some raw dialog I can save and share each stage of draft, after I post chapter four) for a non-dialog scene I just type as fast as I can. I leave spelling errors and remove all grammar so I can finish my thought before I loose it.

Before I started cramming everything into the notes app on my phone though? It was a mess and I was loosing all these cool ideas. There are whole Au's that are so complex now I'll never be able to write them down. I think the trick is to catch it while it's simple, or start wherever is easiest. (for me, if I catch it fast enough the movie keeps playing while I type) Chapter one of MOE was ment to be a scene for a different AU, I've mentioned that before. but I decided it would be the first scene of the first chapter because sometimes it's easier to drop into a scene and supply context later then to try and write what happened before the scene takes place.

You've got this <3 Anon! Treat it like "stop-drop-roll" and "stop-notesapp banger-write" A notes app banger doesn't have to be perfect on the first draft. It just has to make sense to you, so you can go back to it later.

[senseichaos]

Just letting you all know that i love you so much. I just scrolled through my requests, and despite the many deayh threats the nice amazing compliments i get overshadow it all. Without you all i'm certain i wouldn't have the confidence i have now with my writng.

Im just going to answer some questions i feel like some of you may have.

Will you ever answer my request?

The short answer to this is- probably not. The long answer is its very complicated. Simply scrolling through all 200 or so requests is taxxing, and a lot of them are for Hazbin Hotel which i am not currently fixated on. However, i will probably answer some of them when the next season comes out! As much as i would love to answer every single one of them, it's simply too much. I will keep all of them, however. Just PLEASE don't ever expect me to answer your request. Because honestly, i probably won't.

What are you working on?

Too many things, TOO MANY!! There was a ford pines fanfic, then there was a Ramattra overwatch fanfic, then there was 2 or 3 junkrat fanfics. I've been having big issues with not finishing the works i start, or working on so many things that i never finish. Please bear with me for a little bit while i find my footing again and actually finish something. Love you all!

What kind of stuff are you wanting to write?

This question is really more explaining what you're probably going to find in my work over then next few months. I really want to write a work involving Impact play, specifically the more punching and kicking side. I also really want ti write something with quadruple amputation and heavy violent themes. I've been getting into more dark stuff recently, so expect darker fanfics from me.

Are you going to repost powerful/powerless?

So many people have asked me this, and the answer is YES! SOON! PLEASS BEAR WITH ME!! i'm wanting to do a rewrite, or just a big edit because looking back and re reading it there is some stuff i want to change, as well as maybe add some more lore and content.

Thank you all for your time. Have a wonderful 2025, i wish you all the best year.

Also, i apologize for any spelling errors or grammar errors in this post, i turned off my auto correct.

Lots of love!!