#comic con mystery box

[akechi-if-he-slayed]

sdcc23 south park mystery box! i got this for $65 and i think it was worth it!

- pixelated character mug

- peppermint air freshener

- chef apron

- 2 pack towelie hand towels

- character fleece blanket

i love these :)

[eregyrn-falls]

Some Gravity Falls merchandise that will be available at San Diego Comic Con later in July!

UCC Distributing will have some Gravity Falls merch available at SDCC. To date, what they've shown is: 18" Dipper and Mabel plushes (for $30 each), and a set of 10 figures called "Disney DOORABLES".

The DOORABLES will be sold (for $30) as a single set in a Mystery Shack-shaped box. They are 1.5" high, have glitter eyes, and chibi proportions. The list of characters is: Dipper, Mabel, Grunkle Stan, Wendy, Soos, Bill Cipher, Pacifica, Gideon, Waddles, and Steve the Rainbow-Puking Gnome.

It's unclear whether any of this will be available outside of SDCC. The SDCC Unofficial Blog twitter responded to someone saying they would ONLY be available at SDCC. But TMofGF seems to think that there's a possibility they might get offered online later. We'll see! (For sure, they'll probably be available at jacked-up prices on eBay after the convention.)

Link to tweets here, and here.

Image IDs in ALT text.

[mooooonnnzz]

Can you write head-cannons for miles on how you think reader would find out/how he would tell them about him being spiderman? I absolutely adore the way you write miles!!

I’m Spiderman! Surprise…? // Miles Morales x reader

hcs of you finding about miles which ultimately leads to him telling you his “secret”!

✰ gender neutral reader as always!! 

✰ the hcs r pretty lengthy 😭 my badd

✰ would u even consider this as hc?? 🤨 IDK

✰ THANKS FOR THE REQUEST HOPE U ENJOY <33

✰ requests r still open!!

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🕷️ Your suspicions of Miles being Spiderman were merely rooted on baseless assumptions. Him arriving late to certain events, him replying late to your message and other stupid reasons that couldn’t be considered real concrete evidence without any hard core proof. You didn’t care that much to look into it, so you never took time out of your day to figure out who’s under the mask. Though, an incident that somewhat solidified the idea of Miles being Spiderman was when you and him were walking down the crowded streets of New York city. You were chattering to him about something that had taken your interest, not paying attention to what was in front of you, when Miles spidey senses tingled. Wandering his eyes throughout the mass of people, his attention zeroed in on a man who was running away from the police. The man barreled through the crowd and pushed past people with no remorse, running through the busy street with immense speed. He was about to run into you and without even thinking, Miles swiftly stood in front of you and wrapped his arm around you protectively. Miles took advantage of the crowd and without anyone noticing what he’d done, he webbed the guys feet together. He flopped onto the floor and dropped whatever he had clutched to his chest, allowing the police to retrieve the stolen item and arrest the man. You didn’t comment on the situation but the whole thing did make you raise a brow. Miles wasn’t as sneaky as he thought.

🕷️ His ultra quick reflexes were another thing that made you think he was Spiderman. He was just too quick with catching things. It was scarily impressive. You could be carrying multiple boxes, stumbling your way through the door when you’d trip, the boxes spilling out of your arms. Miles would grab the boxes and with ease and place them on the table. When you call him out for his inhuman reflexes, he shrugs them off and tells a horrible lie. He said that he was just “born with them.” You obviously didn’t believe it but you never pried further.

🕷️ His sudden strength was another tick in the box. You didn’t know Miles was still trying to get accustomed to his superstrength and there were so many instances where he’d break something without even meaning to. He usually tosses things over to you when he’s a little too lazy to walk over to you, but after a few accidents where he threw it a little harder than he intended it too, he learned to stop doing that for the time being. “Oooh, did I just do that?” He awkwardly chuckled while looking everywhere but at the TV remote that was impaled into the wall. You look at him in disbelief, eyes slowly drifting between Miles and the TV remote. “How…? Why…?” Miles is stuttering, trying to make an excuse and the one he sticks with is “I…work out…?” How believable.

🕷️One time when you were staying over, you found his suit laying out in the open on his bed. When you confronted him about it he threw his suit under his bed and told you he just likes dressing up as Spiderman. “So…you dress up as Spiderman for fun…?” Miles nods his head rapidly. “Do you go to comic-con?” The look of confusion is slapped across his face. “What’s comic-con?”

🕷️ When Miles was telling you his “deepest darkest secret” he was absolutely shitting his pants. You already pieced the mystery together long before he told you, you just wanted to wait for when Miles was ready to tell you himself. He texted you at the ass-crack of dawn, telling you that he was going to crash into your room for the time being. When he came over, instead of using the front door like a normal person he came in from your window. He crawled in and sheepishly smiled at you, shoving his hands into his pockets nervously. “I have something to tell you…” He whispers. You knew where this was going but you played along for the time being. “Promise this won’t change how you view me as a person.” You promised him by linking your pinky with him. “Promise you’ll still love me the same?” His voice was near cracking with the anxiety that was riling up in him. He looked devastatingly nervous and you can tell that the poor boy is stressed to the bone with the reveal he’s about to do. You assure him that nothing he’s about to say is going to change how you love or see him. Then he slips off his jacket and shows the Spiderman suit he was wearing underneath. “I’m Spiderman.” You look at him for a good minute, debating whether you should tell him you knew all along or act shocked. You chose the former. “I know.” Miles blinks then looks at you in disbelief. “How did you know?!” You had to let out a sigh at that. “You’re not good at hiding it.” Miles was embarrassed to say the least but he was happy that you accepted him either way. “Okay, so now that’s out of the way. Can you take me swinging?! It looks so fun when you do it.” He couldn’t say no and he swung around New York with you clutching his side, joyous shrills and laughter left you and Miles couldn’t be anymore happier.

i took forever to write this im like writing at a snail pace rn 😭 apologies i’m still writing a few other requests rn. thanks for all the support from my last fic you are all so sweet!! <33

[tfp-is-my-lifeblood-lol]

How would the bots and cons handwriting be like? (Sorry for my bad English lol)

Ahhh! I love this idea! Had WAY too much fun with this.

Bots and Cons Handwriting

Optimus:

-Can write insanely neatly, and in literally ANY font

-Everything he writes looks like it came straight from Google Docs

-He can perfectly recreate Comic Sans, much to the children's amusement

-Handwriting KING

-He's too powerful

Arcee:

-Her handwriting is gorgeous

-She writes very neatly, definitely in cursive

-Everything she writes looks like a diary from the Victorian era

-Majestic✨✨✨✨

Ratchet:

-Cursive, but MESSY cursive

-Like, REALLY messy cursive. What is he even writing? Who knows? It's a mystery.

-You know, cuz, like, that's how a pharmacist's prescriptions look, and he's a medic. Lol

-Ratchet has messy pharmacist handwriting

Bumblebee:

-His handwriting is so cute😭

-Basically Comic Sans

-Not PERFECT Comic Sans like Optimus, but just bubbly and adorable

-Having legible handwriting is something he practices a lot, since his voice box is broken. Writing is a nice way to express himself if need be.

-He has kindergarten teacher handwriting

-My dyslexia would be so happy

Smokescreen:

-Neat enough handwriting, but HE WRITES SO BIG

-All caps, all the time

-He goes through too many notebooks, because he saves NO space

-Poor guy. He just has a big personality

Bulkhead:

-Unreadable

-His hands are just way too big

-Very messy. Only Wheeljack can read it because he and Bulkhead share the same braincells

-Bulkhead and Ratchet get in arguments, because Ratchet's reads Bulk's handwriting, and is like: "Bulkhead, your attempts at penmanship are downright INCOMPREHENSIBLE."

And Bulkhead's like: "You say that like any of us can read yours!"

And Arcee's like: "I second that."

And Bumblebee buzzes in agreement.

Ratchet just rolls his eyes, like "ugh." Because he can't argue. HIS handwriting is gibberish, too.

Ultra Magnus:

-Opposite of Smokescreen...Ultra Magnus's handwriting is TINY!

-Seriously, where is it? You need a microscope.

-Only the humans can read it, because it's so small. And even THEY have to squint

-It's also PERFECT. His handwriting is very neat

and blocky, like a typewriter

-If only we could actually see it

Wheeljack:

-He's like, a graphic design CHAMPION

-He learned handwriting from Miko, so he loves big bubble letters. He decorates them with cool patterns, like flames, and lightning bolts

-Very stylish

Megatron:

-What I can only describe as "spooky cursive"

-Very formal, and kinda gothic

-He'd use some kind of calligraphy pen with very dark, splattery ink, or, like, whatever the Cybertronian version of a quill is.

-He's an elegant guy...well, sort of, except most of what he writes consists of:

"My dearest Starscream,

It is with great regret (note my sarcasm, Starscream.) It is with great PLEASURE that I must inform you...

I have caught you invading my stash of dark energon, once again.

I will be grinding you into scrap metal momentarily.

Yours truly,

Lord Megatron."

Starscream:

-Starscream has the ABILITY to write neatly, and in cursive

-But he writes very scribbly, because he's angry

-If "ranting" was a font, it's the font he writes in

-Also, he probably keeps a rage journal, where he trash talks everyone he knows

-Somebody help him🥲

Soundwave:

-Handwriting? What's that?

-He probably uses his internal computer to make documents, and prints them

-And when he prints things, they probably slide out of his neck. Terrifying. So he prints things to freak Starscream out

-It's beautiful

-If Soundwave was FORCED to handwrite, he'd do it in computer code, or morse code, or something weird like that. Everyone would be baffled trying to understand it.

Airachnid:

-Very splattery

-But that's what happens when you use energon and human blood as ink.

Shockwave:

-Writes in calculator font

-Like, the font a calculator has

-He says it's "the most logical font"

-Starscream constantly judges him for it

Breakdown:

-Definitely not neat, but not Bulkhead levels of messy, either

-He doesn't have the best handwriting, but he can make some pretty good doodles

-If, for some reason, Megatron assigned Breakdown and Knockout a task involving handwriting, Breakdown and Knockout would both doodle instead of being productive

Knockout:

-Ooo! So majestic!

-It's very bold

-His handwriting is suave and announcer-y, just like him

-It'd also be curved slightly to the right, like italics

-Almost like something you'd see in a commercial, or a movie trailer, or a billboard

-Like a NASCAR advertisement (y'know, because race car)

[whovianwatchingstartrek]

A Whovian Watches Star Trek for the First Time: Part 018 - Big Eared Pirates

Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 1 Episode 19 - Acquisition

I mentioned it a couple days ago, but I do love the intro song. The visuals of technological advancement throughout history just get me so hyped for some space exploration and pioneership.

Today's episode started with a new big-eared kind of alien docking with the Enterprise. As they board, everyone appears to be completely unconscious, without signs of much of a struggle, as if they all collapsed all at once.

Seeing our ship be the one under the strange mysterious disaster, while someone else investigates is certainly an interesting reversal, even if I can't understand a word the investigators are saying. My hopes however, were suddenly dashed when the captain of the investigator's ship held up a whip. Everything I needed to know was instantly visually communicated. To be honest, I immediately thought slavers at that, but they appear to primarily Pirates or Salvagers. They mention slave markets, but only when they don't find the cargo they want. Which is also cool, Space Pirates are always cool.

Fortunately, Trip managed to stay awake, as he was in de-con at the time. So, the start of the episode mostly revolves around trip in his underwear (a sight I'm definitely not complaining about) trying to figure out what happened while these aliens are raiding the enterprise

These pirates are after non-existent cargo, and seeing Archer false-negotiate with them to split their group was fun.

The space-pirates being a tight knit family band but also hard-line capitalists kinda reminded me of the Slitheen from Doctor Who, but these guys certainly portrayed that idea much more interestingly, and definitely made the family unit side of things feel a lot more relevant.

I do hope we see more of these pirates in the future, they were really good comic relief. T'pol moving their loot to get the three pirates to turn on eachother was great.

This episode was a lot of fun. T'Pol, Archer and Trips mind games with the pirates throughout was a good laugh. Also Porthos being reunited with archer after being locked in a box all episode was cute as fuck. I loved this one

[camilladerricoart]

It’s my 25th year going to San Diego Comic Con 😆🎊 I can’t believe I’ve been going since 1998 🤓 Join me in celebrating my 25th Conniversary at San Diego Comic Con with an exclusive SDCC Conniversary Mystery Box! 🎉✨ I packed these with exclusive goodies PLUS 2 limited edition holographic prints, Spirited Omen and Iguana! Something from my past and something from my recent soloshow. Each box is worth $250 but is priced for just $150 only!😍✨

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I'll be signing at booth #4723 all day everyday of the con. Im so ready to meet and chat with fellow fans like you! 🎉🤝Swing by my booth and let's geek out together! 🎊🎈

[petalpetal]

I love grab bags and mystery boxes because my first experience with them was at New Orleans Comic Con I bought a grab bag and got the Cowboy Bebop movie and that's how I discovered Cowboy Bebop

[izvmimi]

hello sweet mimi. i have to tell you that i went to comic con this weekend and i got a My Hero Academia mystery box. And i got an izuku pillow and fleece blanket. and i immediately thought of you. they are both so cute!

i hope you've been having a good week so far!

omg this is so cute!!! i'm happy you had fun and you got the BEST items in the mystery box!!!!

i hope you're doing well ily ty for thinking about me <3

[upperranktwo]

Back from comic con so here is a little haul! The AFO is something I got in a mystery box (I'd never actually buy him since im not a fan but it won't kill me to add him to the collection) as was the little shoto and the midoriya. Got what I think is my 5th Akaza figure 😭 finally got Daki and I've now got every volume of the bnha manga in this country! I love the little Zhongli keyring 🥺 the art is adorable!!

[panda-grenade]

Panda's Doctor Who adventure

My name is Panda and I’m undertaking a self made challenge. First thing about me, I’m autistic and coming out of lockdown has been very stressful for me. Another big thing about me, is I’m a big fan of Doctor Who. 

So it challenging myself to be around people more and travelling on different forms of public transport, places and all the sensory overload. As its the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who, I challenged myself to get as many autographs as possible from the series as possible, while trying to learn to be around other humans (not necessarily to engage but to be out of my little bubble). The autographs I collected will be raffled off for two charities. The National Autistic Society and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Support UK. 

So far, I’ve pushed myself to: 

Signing Spectacular 

John Levene (Sergeant Benton), Peter Purves (Steven), Carole Ann Ford (Susan), Nicholas Evans (Monsters) and Julian Glover (Multiple)

London Film Fair 

Milton Jones (Multiple), Michael Troughton (Guest), Nick Hobbs (Monsters), Mike Kent (Monsters), Derek Chafer (Cyberman+), Prentis Hancock (Multiple), Daisy Beaumont (Guest) 

Who’s at the Playhouse 

Nicola Bryant (Peri), Mark Strickson (Turlough), Colin Spaull (Multiple), Trevor Cooper (Multiple) and Jeff Rawle (Multiple) 

London Film and Comic Con 

Mandip Gill (Yaz), Sacha Dhawan (The Master), Christina Chong (Guest), Christopher Fairbank (Guest) and Brian Blessed (Guest) 

Dublin Comic Con 

Michelle Gomez (Missy) 

Bedford Who Charity Con 

Wendy Padbury (Zoe), Frazer Hines (Jamie), David Gooderson (Davros), Christopher Ryan (Sontarans), Andrew Burford (Cyberman) and Derek Martin (Stunt man) 

I don't always remember to take photos of the guest signing, or I'm not allowed. I've got a lot more to go.

How the raffle will work, there is a tier system, with level of donations. 

£50 per ticket for Doctor Who autograph bundles - These are split in Doctors 1-4, 5-7, 8-10, 11-13. These bundles currently include 7 Doctors,  2 Masters, 13 companions, 10 guests stars, 6 Monsters. There is at least 1 Doctor in each bundle, there is 4 bundles to win. (When making donation you can choose with bundle.) 

£30 for mystery box filled with lots of Doctor Who related stuff. 

£15 for a hat signed kindly by Frazer Hines 

Under £15 will get to choose a future stream from the TARDIS mug

It will run on my twitch channel, in November with a celebration of two weeks of Doctor Who's 60th.

[the-sn0wy-0wl]

I got a Tokyo Ghoul themed mystery box at Comic Con yesterday 😌

[themcst]

Okay. It's Comic Con haul. I will not deny I spent like £400 at comic con alone and it isn't counting the Danmei books. Including them it's a good £520 since they where all around £20ish each on average. It sounds like a lot but it has to be noted I have been slowly saving for the past 4 months since I got my job and got some stability in my life.

On with my haul though! Hoyoverse! I didn't spend as much on it compared to last year. I did grab a Neuvillete ita bag and it was the most expensive individual item I spent money on this entire con. Welt I couldn't get much merch of him bar the two items you see. I did grab a sticker book since I decided it was time to get one as I do tend to have a lot of stickers that I dunno where to put. It's already in use. Couple of posters and standees related to Childe and Zhongli. And then there's 3 charms that I adored as there's like gold flakes in them giving it a nice effect!

Next is the Nu:Carnival merch. I am genuinely surprised I even found anything related to this series. I did forget to put the little patches I got in my photo but here's a link to what they look like! I also found surprise fanart of the boys. I bought all bar one but I'll most likely buy from this artist again in the future since they do plan to do more if these sold well! I am very please that I finally own some official merch of this series as I have been dying to do so for years now!

Next Danmei merch. The little 3 posters that match, I'm certain there was a Lan Zhan one but there was none left so I couldn't get the entire 4. I am going to hopefully buy it online sometime. I just need to find the seller who did it. I do have their business card, I just completely forget which one it is in my small bundle of artist cards! Just some other misc merch and then the danmei books I bought. I genuinely didn't need to buy half of these but I saw them and wanted them. I will be ordering more from these publishers again when I can!

Some misc art of a few fandoms. I needed some art of my splatoon girls. There wasn't as much as I thought there would be but I'm glad I found what I did. Cookie Run stuff isn't big either but I did get a couple prints and stickers and a random P5 protag too. I didn't think I'd find bugsnax things but I did and I couldn't help myself but get a few keychains. What isn't here is a lanyard I got off eeveelutions and it can be seen here in this photo but it's a little hard. I did get stickers of them so they'll be down below. And then there's just some oc art that people did. I love the frogs. The artist seemed thrilled that someone was buying the entire set. And then the monster girls was a mystery set of 4 and honestly they're all so good!

And final photo! It's of stickers I got along with patches. 3 patches aren't here. They would have been two of my star sign Aquarius and a digidevice.. I left them at my friends along with some free stickers I won't in a shop. They'll send them to me at some point along with the snacks I left behind. I am planning to get a jacket for my patches as I've built a small collection up but I'm unsure as to when I'll get it but it is a want to do one day!!!

That's all I got! I am happy with what I obtained. I actually got no pins for once which is a surprise but I think that's more me knowing I don't have the room right now. Everything pin related keeps ending up in my pin box as I have to redo my walls but I'm never really here to do it so for now they're not a concern. But overall I'm glad with everything! I do hope to get to put some of these things up in the future or put them in my poster folder for the time being until I can give them a home.

[theblotsays]

SDCC 2024 Exclusive G.I. Joe Snake Eyes Commando Edition One:12 Collective Action Figure by Mezco Toyz

Mezco Toyz continues its popular line of G.I. Joe One:12 Collective collectible figures with this San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Exclusive G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes Commando Edition One:12 Collective Figure! In his signature all-black attire designed for stealth and functionality, the One:12 Collective Snake Eyes wears a turtleneck under a commando chest harness, multiple straps, a utility belt featuring a knife holster, and a cross-body satchel bag that can store his assorted grenades.  This ninja-commando doesn’t rely on just one set of weapons: Snake Eyes carries an extensive arsenal, including a knife, three handguns, two machine guns, a submarine gun, four grenades, a C-4 explosive, and much more. Fearless, silent, unstoppable – Snake Eyes is known for his mastery in martial arts and stealth operations. A total mystery with unmatched strength, Snake Eyes strikes terror into his enemies while being an indispensable member of the G.I. Joe team. The San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Exclusive G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes Commando Edition One:12 Collective Action Figure by Mezco Toyz features 32 points of articulation and stands 17cm tall. Each figure comes with a ton of accessories and removable clothing all packaged in a collector friendly box, designed with collectors in mind!  It can be purchased at the Mezco Toyz SDCC booth during Comic-Con and online after the show at MezcoToyz.com for $112. http://dlvr.it/T9KlPZ

[gh0stbra1nz]

WTS genshin impact mystery box received from a comic con!

selling ww | accept only paypal or cc

it is unopened but i will list the contents listed on the shop's sign for it below!

inside: 1 mini figure, set of 10 glossed character photocards, 2 a3 postcards, 3 mini postcards, 1 acrylic keychain, 1 bookmark, 8 mini bookmarks, 1 character pin, 1 character cushion cover, 4 a3 posters

og price was €50 but im selling for €40 bc you'll pay shipping! please dm if interested!

if you'd like to see my reliability/history selling and trading online i have an instagram trading and selling account with the user ghOstbra1nz

[websterstylemag]

The Interview with Otaku Noir Collection

Otaku Noir Collection is a quarterly mystery box celebrating Black Nerd culture, by creating a comic con experience in every box. Each box includes apparel, books, artwork, collectibles, and more! Creators of color make all items. For more on Otaku Noir Collection, visit https://otakunoir.com/ Ways To Support Basil and Sage, visit them at https://basilandsage.com/. Use code…

[692blog]

y/n tiktok: being everyone, everywhere, all at once

we've covered quite a few fandoms across this blog so far: harry potter, marvel, and call of duty, to name a few. there are hundreds of characters between these universes, but someone who was present in all of these, in perpetual ubiquity, was you.

though touched on briefly, y/n, or your/name, is everywhere. it's the anonymous self-insert character that anyone can ascribe to, as it's what's written on the box. the character is you, they have your (/) name!

quick disclaimer: i am going to be using she/her pronouns for y/n, as most of the characters 'she' is are women using those pronouns.

as y/n represents the watcher (originally, the reader) on tiktok, she can, quite literally, be everyone, everywhere, all at once. this omnipresence finally answers the age old question of: if a tiktok falls on the for you page, can anyone hear y/n? yes, she's the tree, the forest, and the noise (all at once).

i pulled the below tiktoks out of the #ynstan and #ynlife tags, the former having a total of 16 million views, and the latter, 124 million. most of these videos involve a carousel of photos with a text overlay, which harkens back to a simpler time of the internet, when these kinds of videos were posted on youtube:

Harry Styles Love Story~part 1 from magan stylinson on youtube (and also from 11 years ago.)

so, for over a decade (probably around two, at this point), these self-insert videos have existed on the internet. what makes tiktok's iteration of this genre so interesting is its reliance on what amounts to glorified digital LARP-ing.

LARP stands for Live Action Role Play, and is an umbrella term for people who like to live out fictional worlds in real time. some might attend a renaissance faire or go to a murder mystery party, but LARP-ing is most popular with a fictional element attached. so, you are not attending these events, but the fantastical, crime-solving, suave version of yourself is.

from underworld LARP - a group of LARP-ers. (weapons and beards might be made from craft foam, but the love and passion are very real.)

cosplay is tightly interwoven into LARP-ing, and offshoots of this genre include games like dungeons and dragons, big gatherings of fans like comic-con, and hobbies like digital roleplaying.

roleplaying, traditionally, has more than one party. you make up a persona (or inhabit a favorite fictional one) and interact as the character you're impersonating, with other people doing the same thing with other characters in that universe. digital roleplaying is much of the same, just instead of group hangouts, you're all on the same forum together.

LARP-ing, specifically, on tiktok can take many forms, mostly hidden under the thin veil of the 'POV' hashtag, but the elements and purpose are all the same: to imagine yourself in a fictional universe, experiencing made-up situations.

it's weird to imagine yourself LARP-ing as, well, yourself, but a majority of popular y/n 'tropes' include being famous and/or dating someone who is, so your life is then fictional (to most people).

these tiktoks are very similar to y/n fanfiction, as the video tends to just be the visual interpretation of the 'what if my favorite celebrity was in love with me and my mysterious charm' concept.

tiktok, however, takes this imagining a step further and instead of any random photos as the background for their story, they pull real photos and videos of celebrities and supercut them together to fit the proposed narrative.

what makes this roleplaying and not just pov is the fact that a lot of the accounts producing this content aren't labeled as 'fandom' or 'edit' accounts. they're advertised as y/n's own account. so, when a video like this pops up on your feed, you're not watching an imagine, you're suddenly shoved into the spotlight, and boom, you're the star, somehow watching your own video.

here's an example, where you seem to be a hidden kardashian/jenner sister:

y/n jenner's tiktok - notice the name but the contradicting caption. the name hints at this tiktok being y/n jenner's, but the caption is out-of-universe, designating the video as a classic tiktok 'pov'. the comments are turned off on this post as well, usually indicating some hard-fought digital battle has taken place. with pov tiktoks, these battles tend to take form as a bunch of people flooding the comments, making fun of the situation or the creator.

you'd be hard-pressed to find y/n tiktoks that aren't y/n being a famous musician/actor/model/humanitarian and having a social circle full of today's biggest celebrities. below are some examples.

stay with me here, here is a tiktok describing what would happen if k-pop idol y/n joined tiktok:

tadukim's tiktok - the caption is in turkish, and roughly translates to "voted the best k-pop idol in the world". you might notice the fact that, apparently, 31 billion people follow y/n. possibly going intergalactic, you have quadruple the amount of followers than people on planet earth. that's pretty impressive, congratulations. commenters really had two opinions about this:

this is a good summary of y/n tiktok as a whole: some disillusioned by the fantasy of it, and others, completely submersed. it's like a silent disco.

y/n has lived a lot of lives and, for some reason, a lot of the popular ones are very sad.

here's one describing hardships celebrity y/n has gone through:

anni's tiktok - there's a larger list, all including real footage/pictures of people's hardships. the above "got cheated on" background is an actual video of singer madison beer and her ex-boyfriend arguing. another 'pain' y/n went through was losing her best friend, and the video behind it was a clip from a youtube video posted by (ironically) jubilee, 'people read the last texts from their lost loved ones'. so, real pain and real loss, all stitched together to form your, apparently, very tragic background. the comments on these videos are sometimes hilarious though, and speak to the broader y/n community at large:

my favorite being loreena's very simple "no i don't" - what don't you do? need therapy? have all these hardships? we'll never know. (the '1 reply' is a helpful "Its a pov" from another user) this is the issue with making the audience the subject, it's assumed they give up some of the customization guns as they're already the protagonist, but them demanding the creator make the story customized to their history is just asking for an aspirational autobiography.

next, finally, you die. there are quite a few tiktoks showcasing what would happen if y/n died from [insert dramatic cause here]. these videos mostly comprise of various real celebrities crying with beats of story/dialogue written atop them.

here's one where you're a famous k-pop idol who died in a car crash:

y/n's tiktok - (do i need to keep linking it? it's your tiktok. rest in peace, by the way.) a few key things to notice: the search suggestion being "y n deaths scene", the caption remarking the creator should be giving "cr", or credit, to some original creator but they "don't remember😭", and the fact the video they used for the BTS members is obviously some heartfelt and happy dedication/awards speech, as they're referencing their fanbase (ARMY) in the very visible captions. this video was one of the first i saw highlighting this weird mix of y/n-LARP tiktok culture, and the comments are really what inspired this whole post:

the use of personal pronoun "i" with something as definitive and past tense as dying in a car accident, is endlessly hilarious to me. the fight between commenters saying, in reference to the y/n-verse as a whole, "i am tired of dying again and again", mixed in with the in-universe comments of "is it's true?? 🥺🥺🥺" create a funny comment section, but damn the whole concept to be a confusing tableau. and there are victims of these unsaid and very flexible rules of digital LARP-ing, note wonyooung_au_'s comment, "I thought it only on au and I also thought y/n didn't exist". this comment, in and of itself, admits to two contradictory things: 1) this commenter is confused because someone they thought fictional had apparently, very much actually, died and 2) that fictional person was themselves. you can interpret other comments like "who is y/n" and "when?" as either conforming to the story, thus acting like any other comments on a celebrity death announcement, or, as regular tiktok users confused, asking when this person died and who, exactly, is "y/n"?

sometimes commenters don't know that these tiktoks are supposed to be from fictional universes, so they break 'character' and ask questions. this tracks with real-life LARP-ing, wherein people will say "hold" to temporarily pause the story so they can ask a 'regular' life question, like how much is parking, or if anyone has blister bandaids (here's a glossary of LARP terms, there's quite a few).

while tiktok doesn't have a version of "hold", the non-fictional nature (i.e. based in reality) rhetoric of most social media allows for the presence of comments to be the "hold" themselves.

this dichotomy is the give-and-take of roleplaying on the internet. on one hand, fictional social media accounts can seem very realistic because the 21st-century version of seeing if someone exists is finding their instagram. but, on the other hand, people know this is a fictional situation. being shown an account acting as if it's real could be confusing and dissuading to a lot of watchers.

the internet is (in)famous for its community, so fostering a strictly-fictional-yet-you-centric environment can isolate users. having one foot in an illusive fictional world and the other on a public social media account can eliminate the space for reality-based commentary that watchers might have (which will tank popularity, as this is what fandoms are built on).

so yes, y/n tiktoks are a unique form of media borne of the internet's need to write stories, but i'm done being the star. someone else can go on sold out stadium tours and date sebastian stan. this y/n is busy.