#hacks fandom event

[lilolilyr]

Original post | Watchparty | Discord Server

As season 3 is about to drop, a bunch of us have collected predictions about what might happen next on Hacks (HBO)!

Even if you haven't joined in for the first part, you can still play in the bingo: just reblog/reply to this post/message me/ write on discord, and you'll get your very own bingo card!

Everyone will have different cards, and you win by getting a bingo (row or column of correct predictions)!

Of course everyone getting a bingo is welcome to share the results by making a tumblr post tagged #hackss3bingo (and #hacksspoilers), or by writing on discord, that would be super fun!

Thanks for the mod help @theevilqueenreadstoo, and everyone else who also joined in to collect predictions, @naughterful @lesbianlovelife @lift-heavy-be-gay @stardust-and-the-tardis and the folks on discord :)

We sorted the predictions into very likely, semi likely and not very likely and every card has the same amount of likely predictions, and I tried to also arrange them in a way where bingos are just as likely to occur on every card. You'll get a bingo card randomly picked by sending me a number between 1 and 20, no identical cards will be sent out twice: if we run out of cards the predictions on used cards will be rearranged to make different bingos

(and yes, we did have to change a couple predictions after the preview scene came out because we said we won't count anything we already know from released material xD)

A lot of the predictions have been shortened to fit onto the card, if you don't understand something on the card because the grammar is wonky or something, please ask!

[sapphicscholar]

Inaugural Hacks Fandom Gift Exchange!

Hello, hello! This year, we are launching a winter gift exchange for Hacks! Styled like other major femslash gift exchanges, you will sign up with 2 prompts, which will be assigned to another participant, and you will in turn receive the prompts of another participant. These prompts will be shared individually in early November, and you will have until December 20th to create and post a fan work (fic, art, gif sets, manips/edits, fanvid) for one of those prompts!

I’ve posted an FAQ below, and you can sign up to participate at the following link: https://forms.gle/RG6uofVYvV9HvNyQ7

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Event FAQ:

Can I sign up if I don’t write fic?

This event is for all kinds of fan creators! The form will give you an opportunity to check off what kinds of work you are interested in making (fic, art, gif sets, and/or vids). While we will be using a sorting mechanism, we’ll add tags to prompts to help ensure folks signing up to create vids or gif sets won’t be given someone whose prompts are nearly impossible to fill in that medium.

Can I sign up and drop out later?

Please don’t! For this kind of event, drop outs pose a big problem! Rather than having a simple theme day where anyone can post, a gift exchange means your prompts have been assigned to someone else (who will gift you a creative work), and you have gotten another participants’ prompts. Making sure that no one is left without a gift on reveal day means that someone will have to race around to fill your prompts at the last minute.

So should I just not participate if I don’t know if I’ll have the time?

One thing you can offer to do if you’re one of those people who loves the adrenaline rush of a looming deadline is to let me know that you *might* be interested in being a pinch hitter in case we do have drop outs or situations where life happens. This doesn’t obligate you, but it lets me know that I can reach out near the deadline to check in and see if you’re up for it!

Can I use AI to help create my gift work?

No. While other fan events may have different rules, for this event we ask that you not use AI at any stage in creation (idea generation, drafting fic, creating art, editing, etc.). These kinds of events are designed to foster community; we put time, energy, and real creative labor into making something to gift to another, and there is far more value in something with a couple tiny quirks or typos of handmade art than there is in the cold sterility of AI-generated outputs. Generative AI is, per the admissions of its own creators, possible only because of the non-consensual theft of vast troves of creative labor via large scale data scraping. These workers have been neither paid nor credited, but their labor is lining the pockets of corporate billionaires who continue to decimate the environment in an era of worsening climate catastrophe while exploiting invisibilized, barely paid workers in the Global South. Anyone found to be using AI will not have their work posted in the collection and will be barred from participation in future fan events.

[bkwormkate]

Summary: Deborah has been asked to be a celebrity contestant on The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday Special . She is less than thrilled about baking and even less so about needing to recruit Ava to help. Can they make it through the preparations after Ava's apparent betrayal and blackmail?

Written for @sapphicscholar as part of the Hacks Winter Gift Exchange. Thank you for organising this lovely event!

[elaine19day]

Alright guys, I'm here today to address the pictures of the alleged 'new merch' that had been circling around in the English fandom for a few days. See how I said 'English fandom'? Because nobody really addressed it on weibo and XHS yet… at least not to that extent. (Sorry, I have seen these screencaps on tumblr, insta, X and discord, and I have no idea who originally took them, I don't claim to have taken those screenshots, merely providing them here so you know what I'm talking about.)

So what happened? A few days ago a random shop on taobao created new listings that offered a new series of badges and prints/acrylics - not just featuring the 4 main boys, but also He Cheng, Qiu, She Li and… Cun Tou…..?! Now let's take a moment and sit back and think about this for a while. First of all: Why would a random shop that's NOT affiliated with mosspaca in any way post new 'official' merchandise? (Because we can see there's the mosspaca copyright writing on the badges and acrylics, just like it used to be on the previous badge series) Why would this random shop post these things while neither OldXian herself nor her boss, moss, have posted or announced anything via weibo/XHS? Don't you think this is sort of fishy? You don't find this strange, you don't question that at all? Sure, some people said: It's leaked and it will be available on the upcoming signing event on the 29th which OX announced on her weibo. Sure. There is a possibility, of course. They could have a leak in mosspaca studio and some person got their hands on some undisclosed merch and decided to make bank by making a new shop and listing the items for pre-order, hoping they could cash in. NOT a smart choice if you wanna keep your job because such incidents get investigated thoroughly and we all know by now that moss himself is very strict about these things and already has taken legal action against shops before when they sell fake merch as official merch. The other possibility? Old Xian's apple account has been hacked by an outsider and then the same scenario as before applies - that person wanted to cash in before it officially releases.

Now. How has OX handled merchandise before? It was always announced before an event and sometimes even months(!) in advance when they were pre-order items. Also. Have you ever seen Old Xian making merch for Cheng, Qiu, She Li and Buzzcut? Sure, the first 3 have been on some old postcards way back in the day, plus they are depicted in some of the artbooks, okay. But actual merch with them separately? The last badge series had a very limited special edition button with He Cheng. That was super rare. And now OX suddenly makes merch of the 2 adults, plus She Li AND Buzzcut, who's a minor character which barely makes an appearance? (Sorry, Buzzcut fans, not trying to be mean, just wanting to drive home the point that OX creating merch of him is highly unlikely - unfortunately.)

So what can we take home from all the stuff I just pointed out? Yep, there is a high chance that this is not official. It might be fake merch, sold by a random person who used generative AI tools and editing skills to create these things. I mean, sure, some of the pictures look highly convincing, I give you that. But then again, there are fanartists out there who can perfectly mimic Old Xian's style and edit/draw the boys in new poses that make it seem 'real' and official. But then there's THIS. Please take a close look at the way the faces are 'drawn', the way that the eyes are sort of smudged, same as some of the abs, the way Mo's face is contorted in a weird angle, the way the hands look chunky and unreal, and so on. (click on image to enlarge it and see it in more detail)

Weird, right? Well, it's a very common, typical thing for pictures that are generated with free AI tools. Everyone who has tried one or the other and has fcked around with one of those tools out of curiosity will notice.

Also - have you noticed the sheer AMOUNT of things posted from this one random seller? 10 different badges, 12 different long bookmarks (acrylic boards?), 4 couple cards, plus a LOT of other random new things which all feature very old panels from the manhua… When has Old Xian ever released SO MUCH merch at once? Yep. Never. Plus the re-using of old pictures for new merch? Also doesn't make much sense. And there's a lot of the older illustrations being used for these supposed new things here.

So if you take all of this into account, you might conclude that someone is tryna pull your leg here, selling fake merch disguised as official by even slapping the logo onto it to make it more convincing and mimicking how it looked the last time around. Of course - there might be the odd chance that mosspaca suddenly took a 180° turn and completely changed their modus operandi and decided to do things completely different compared to before and that it was leaked after all and meant as a surprise for the new autograph event etc etc etc. Yep. There's a chance that all this is true after all. But there's also a chance that I step out of my house tomorrow and an airplane crashes onto my head. Of course, that chance is *extremely* small. But the chance is there… So there you have it. All I'm asking you here, is to take a moment to think it through logically when you see these things online. And that you don't instantly believe everything that other people post who are always so eager to spread false information just for the sake of stirring up the fandom without ever taking the time to verify their sources. (No, I'm NOT taking a jab at anyone here who posted/reposted these pictures and was confused and/or asked about it. I was just as puzzled as you guys. But I am criticizing those who post it and announce that it's definitely new, official merchandise…) In conclusion: Might be true, but chances are very slim, all things considered. Let's wait until Tuesday when the event takes place and keep an eye on weibo and XHS - let's see which pictures the CN fandom will post when showing their autographs. Then you can check if there's new merch present. If not - well, then it's pretty safe to say that this was definitely fake. (And if this turns out to be real after all, I will make a follow-up post, regarding the AI-looking faces. But you might not like that 'lore' so I will not mention it for now, to prevent possible drama.)

[thehauntedetheral]

AHHH OR could you do stalker yandere X Social media star darling? - pet darling

Yan Stalker x Social media star (Dark)

Requests are open!

• You are a famous influencer. You have a crazy number of followers and fans on social media. You were always trending due to your content, beauty, and kind behaviour. Your fans think you are a literal breathing angel on earth. You have everything fame, money, beauty.

• But with advantages also come disadvantages. You had many stalkers before but now only one. Wonder why? Well because yan Stalker beated all your other stalkers to dead as only he has the right to stalk you.

• Award events, Cooking, fashion, reality shows every show that you are invited in he is there in audience if he can't be in audience then he will be as a backstage crew but no matter where you are he is always there. He literally follows you more than your own shadow.

• Clicks as many pictures of you. Always complements and praise you on internet. You wore a simple skirt today? He will praise you on internet saying How simple and kind you are. No one can stop this man from praising you.

• Someone bitches about you on internet. Well darling you had made a wrong choice he will hack that account and write a apology and will hack his bank account and spend all the money to your favourite NGO as a threat to never do it again.

• Will buy all your merchandise.

• You said in one of your video you loved an x company of handbags. Get ready girl your office is gonna be flooded with that company's handbags for you.

• Is your biggest fan. Period.

• He can't believe such a perfect human like you exist. You are too good to be true in his eyes. And vows to protect and cherish you. After all your all his, isn't it? ( He is more delusional than most of the population)

• A crazy fan break into your apartment? Don't worry baby he will take care of it. Tomorrow morning that crazy fan's body is found dumped in the river.

• Someone sold your hair on etsy at a ridiculous price? Yes. Your guess is right he bought it.

• Someone flirts with you and makes you uncomfortable well he simply breaks their nose.

• You are scared of your stalker as he has no moral when it comes to you. You are scared because you don't know who is he and what he will do next?

• Yan Stalker who is damn sure you are his future spouse by your own will or kidnapping.

Requests are open!

For more yandere reading:

[i-chrystophylux]

007n7 Headcanons

... This fandom got me in a chole-hold. Let me out.

Pls

These head-canons range between serious and silly.

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007n7 is probably allergic to some kind of vegetable.

007n7's favorite color is blue, and his least favorite color was red. However, when C00lkidd was brought into his life, he couldn't bring himself to dislike it as much.

007n7's C00lgui is sentient. Whilst it isn't the Spectre, more than likely it has some connection to it.

007n7 doesn't know how to tie shoes traditionally. He probably uses slip-ons and semi-formal shoes of the like. However he did teach C00lkidd the 'Bunny Ear Method' to tie his own.

007n7 doesn't really like sweets. However, he always has candy in his pockets because C00lkidd is almost always asking for it. He buys these in his off-time, because if he did it while C00lkidd was with him he would probably be buying the entire candy store.

007n7 often used to keep what he said short (mainly due to his past in coding, keeping things short and simple) and this often gave others the impression he was rude. However, he trained himself out of this slowly.

Much like a lot of other offenses- after his era of hacking was over and letting himself fall from his throne of being a hacker- he turned himself in. -> this resulted in him being given an Ankle Monitor. If he started to use the C00lgui again, it would immediately alert whoever was watching him.

Due to his immense knowledge of coding exploits, he managed to create an undetectable C00lgui. This was just used for small things he needed help with. This would be for stuff like storing items, paying for things, and occasion teleportation if he thought it was serious enough. (This is the one he has access to in the game, imo)

Despite how careful he was, the original Coolgui eventually managed to hide itself in the safe C00lgui that 007n7 created. -> 007n7 let C00lkidd use the C00lgui every once in a while- and when he was getting drinks is when C00lgui Version 4 revealed itself to C00lkidd- which resulted in the Pizza Place Disaster.

007n7 created all Variations of C00lgui leading up to C00lgui Version 3. However, he stopped at Version 3.5.

Due to the advancements with C00lgui- and unknown to 007n7 , the C00lgui finished itself from Version 3.5 and created itself as C00lgui Version 4.0. This was because the GUI created some sort of sentience.

https://requirescripts-from-roblox.fandom.com/wiki/C00lgui C00lgui Wiki for references.

007n7 loves thunderstorms. C00lkidd used to like them too, because 'It sounds like dinosaurs roaring'

007n7 had no idea what a proper days worth of meals were when he started raising C00lkidd. He actually consulted an admin about this so he could learn how to make good Breakfasts, Dinners and Lunches.

007n7, despite being a decent cook and making good food when he got used to it -> Hardly ever eats a solid meal.

007n7 has a terrible singing voice... but his voice is amazing when it produces a humming tune.

007n7's Favorite Exploits/hacks when he was in his prime were as follows:

Intimidation: Self Explanatory. He craved showing who was in charge.

Unanchor All - He just loved to see things fall apart

Disco Fog - Anything for the chaos.

007n7 in Forsaken will avoid others if possible, and tends to send himself forward as a 'test rat' in dangerous situations.

Severely sleep deprived. Even before Forsaken's events. Makes him able to be aware and awake longer as a look out- but takes it's toll eventually.

[elluminis]

Batfam Fic Recs

The only fandom that I’ve read more fics for than One Piece is DC Comics, mainly centered on the batfam. And I have…a quite frankly obscene amount of bookmarks. So, here’s a list of my recommendations, organized (to the best of my ability) by relationship, with crossovers at the bottom. I have several more, so honestly you might see another list soon! Fics marked with a ❤️ are some of my all-time favorites!

Batfamily-Centered:

More Precious Than Gold by Drag0nst0rm (G)

In which Bruce is a dragon who hoards children, rather than treasure.

Batfam v. America by antebunny (T) ❤️

The batkids play a game of microaggression bingo at a gala :)

College Disaster by Tanaletheia (T)

In which Steph’s stats professor offers up a hilariously off-mark presentation, she invites Jason along for the ride, and the rest of the family enjoys from afar.

Send to All by kerosceene (T)

Because of course the batfam would have a sex pollen release form.

Loading and Aspect Ratio by JUBE514 (M)

The quintessential batfam wing fic!

Batfamily & Justice League:

‘Cause you mean more than anything (YOTP) by LovesFrogs (G)

In which the Justice League hears Batman refer to Robin as his “partner,” and some very incorrect assumptions are made. This series goes off the rails quickly in the best possible way :)

We’re Adopted?!? by schrijverr (G)

In which the batkids (namely Jason) enjoy being little shits.

Code Bat by Listentothelittlebird (G-T) ❤️

In which the bats leave the nest to come into their own, but always have a family to fall back on.

Jason Todd’s terrible, horrible, no-good very bad Week by slenderboo (T)

The title’s a pretty good summary lmao. Jason accidentally gets himself captured by the Justice League while Batman is off planet…

Bruce Wayne/Clark Kent:

there ain’t no star that shines by amosanguis (E)

In which Bruce insists on being Clark’s fake date to his high school reunion. The fake dating AU that we all wanted!

Dick Grayson-Centered:

Bludhaven Police Department by Lady_of_Lorule (G)

Or, how Sgt. Amy Rohrbach learns about Dick’s double life :)

Multilingual by Lady_of_Lorule (G)

In which the members of Young Justice try to figure out exactly how many languages Robin can speak.

touch starved by envysparkler (T)

In which Dick Grayson could really use a hug.

Dick Grayson/Wally West:

As Invisible as the True Stars at Daybreak by LovesFrogs (G)

Wally knows that something is off with Nightwing, but nobody else will listen to him…

Jason Todd-Centered:

Firewall by ashenice (T)

In which Jason is very cagey about protecting his identity as the Red Hood, but his brothers are determined to get through his prickly exterior and at least convince him to show them how to unlock his helmet.

Jason Todd & Tim Drake:

Brother Wanted by Vamillepudding (G)

In which Tim decides the solution to his loneliness is to hire an older brother.

charity by Valkirin (T)

Jason and Tim meet at a charity event as kids—Jason is normally annoyed to death by the other rich kids at these events, but Tim Drake listens to him from the start. I always adore some brotherly bonding, especially between these two :)

of crime lords and literature by adelfie (T)

In which Tim has his priorities straight, and asks a murderous Red Hood to help him with his English homework. The weirdest part is that it works.

Petals for Armor by SilverSkiesAtMidnight (T)

Trauma bonding, the fic!

phantom pain by envysparkler (T)

Sometimes, you need to walk a mile in somebody else’s shoes. And sometimes, you need to drop-kick your brother’s biological father.

Tim Drake-Centered:

cards on the table by wesslan (NR) ❤️

Tim Drake’s parents fled the country years ago, leaving him behind. But Tim is resourceful…using a combination of stalking, hacking, and good old-fashioned parlor tricks, he has a pretty steady gig going as a fortune teller, scamming the rich Gotham elites. It was going great…until he landed himself on the bats’ radar.

Into the Brighter Night by shoalsea (G)

Tim Drake is very good at coming up with plans. He is not very good at sharing them.

Little Overlooked Dreams by Lunette3002 (G)

An adorable de-aged Tim fic :)

wrong number by adelfie (G)

A feverish little Tim accidentally calls the Waynes rather than Mrs. Mac.

A Meditation on Railroading by eggmacguffin (T) ❤️

I debated on which category this fic belonged in, but I think it fits best here. This fic made me sob, for a few reasons. It’s an incredibly well-written portrayal of abuse, but as somebody who’s been gaslit by somebody I should have been able to trust? I saw myself in Tim here. And it hurt, but it was also so cathartic. I joke about fics changing my brain chemistry, but this one unironically had an impact on my mental health and how I viewed myself. So uh…good shit :)

a study by bernard dowd by cv_angels (T)

In which Bernard has figured out that Tim is a superhero, but he’s a little off base on which one…

Ain’t No Compass, Ain’t No Map by ebjameston (T)

Theo the CPS agent is doing his damndest, but for some reason the Red Hood wants to be granted legal custody over Tim Drake?

Banshee in a Well by liverobinreaction (bugbee) (T) ❤️

Tim was five when he died for the first time. Basically, what happens when you give a passively suicidal character the inability to die?

Date Roulette by AlyTyler (T)

An AU in which Jack Drake dies earlier, and Janet Drake discovers the wonders of bisexuality. Much to Tim’s dismay, she keeps dating people that he knows! Basically crack, but absolutely hilarious.

if you get lost (you can always be found) by corvidspectre (T)

What can I say, I love a good trans!Tim fic!!

I’ll Stand By You by TaraLaurel (T)

Tim is living on the streets after his parents kicked him out, when two not-strangers save him from getting his face punched in. A Tim joins the batfam early AU, with all of that good queer angst :)

Obedience by Sohotthateveryonedied (T)

Ella Enchanted, the fic! In which something is very wrong with Tim.

Off-Brand Bat by raven_of_hydecastle (G-T)

Tim commits identity theft, the series!

On the Way Home by ignesfatuis (T)

In which Tim is secretly a wolf-shifter, for better or for worse. I love a good supernatural AU, and I also love some good Tim angst. So…basically a perfect storm for me!

Rebellious teenagers don’t get coffee by Ididloveyou_once (T)

I was debating whether to put this under “Batfamily-centered” or here, but I ultimately decided it’s more of a “Tim and his brothers” fic than a “batboys” fic. Anyway, Tim throws a party while his parents are out, and Dick and Jason jump into big brother mode.

Settle Our Bones by batmoniker, justbeyondstars, & motleyfam (T)

In which Tim is forcibly assimilated into the batfamily early (and Jack and Janet Drake are, unsurprisingly, jackasses).

Shutterbug by goldkirk (G-T)

A classic for lovers of Tim Drake! Baby stalker Tim is forcibly adopted into the batfam early AU, the series :)

The Body Keeps the Score by StoriesAreMagic (T)

In which Tim is a metahuman with accelerated healing, and has parents who are very willing to take advantage of that. I love myself some Tim whump complete with Jack and Janet bashing :)

the capillaries in my eyes are bursting by Scarlet_Ribbons (T) ❤️

Maybe I just like to see Tim suffer? Because this is yet another fic where Tim is very much suffering.

Like a Hinge, Like a Wing by Ultrageekatlarge (M) ❤️

“The problem is that Tim’s spent the past month or so slowly getting murdered.”

This fic is so, so good. It’s absolutely horrifying—there are intimate descriptions of abuse and starvation, but good god is it well-written and incredibly compelling. I don’t think I’ve been on the edge of my seat quite like this with any other fic.

Tim Drake & Damian Wayne:

Trust fall by Ididloveyou_once (M) ❤️

Tim has an unexpected run in with his youngest brother at the Kent’s ranch. This fic is the one that made me love Damian—queer solidarity, the fic!

White Collar Crossovers:

Okay. Before I get into the fics. Please give these a chance! You don’t need to know much about White Collar—I sure as hell didn’t when I first started reading these crossovers, and now my third-most bookmarked fandom is White Collar. Solely because of the crossovers. All you really need to know is that Neal Caffrey, a nonviolent conman and prolific forger, was arrested for bond forgery and sentenced to four years in prison. He broke out towards the end of his sentence (because his girlfriend broke up with him) but upon being recaptured, he agreed to work as an FBI informant in exchange for work release. His handler is Peter Burke (married to the lovely Elizabeth “El” Burke), and the two frequently work alongside agents Diana Berrigan and Clinton Jones. There’s some good shit in here, I promise—there’s a reason why every other fic has a heart next to it :)

A Familiar Sound by dandelioness666 (G) ❤️

In which Dick!Neal runs into a kind Romani grandmother at an art gallery. This fic just…makes me feel warm, it’s absolutely gorgeous.

The Real Neal Caffrey by Squirrel806 (G) ❤️

This fic kills me every time, it’s so goddamn funny. In which “Neal Caffrey” is an identity donned by several members of the batfamily…at the same time.

blind (as a) bat by WhatTheHeckIsGoingOn (G-T)

In which Tim has prosopagnosia (face blindness) and has to temporarily take over Jason’s undercover gig as Neal Caffrey, all while hiding his face blindness from both the feds and his family.

Boy Serum by Amateum (T) ❤️

In which Dick!Neal gets hit with a spell that prevents him from telling lies—which is a bit inconvenient, especially when one is trying to successfully complete an undercover mission. Feat. identity porn, brotherly bonding, and some incredible action sequences!

Neal¹² by TheWitchBoy (T)

In which Neal is a role played by all members of the batfamily, to their eternal amusement and Peter’s eternal torment.

Nothing Can Shake This Family Tree by RandomReader13 (T) ❤️

This is actually two fics—both fantastic, but for two very different reasons. Dick!Neal is undercover (and trying to keep it that way) in NYC, Jason is catatonic following the attack from the Joker, and Tim is…trouble. I love this portrayal of Jason, and the author does an incredible job of getting across Dick’s fraying mental state. He’s under a lot of pressure, and by god can you feel it. 100% worth the read :)

State on behalf of Underaged Minors v. Wayne by Miss_Kitty (T)

This is an absolutely fascinating fic! I honestly don’t think I can say it any better than this excerpt:

“If they come looking for Batman, they can’t be allowed to find him,” Bruce tells this to every new child he takes under his cape. “If they get too close, all they will find is a man who hurts his children.”

The Unbreakable Caffreys ‘Verse by Miss_Kitty (T) ❤️

In which each member of the Wayne clan has another identity—a Caffrey, who exists separate and apart from the glitter and fame of Gotham, and settles instead around a mechanic’s shop in NYC. This is an absolutely brilliant idea, and the world building is incredible. A favorite of mine for a reason :)

What Makes a Gothamite by Dragonfly_Dream (T) ❤️

Almost every chapter is like one in a series of interconnected one-shots, exploring some creepy-ass Gotham-exclusive trait that Dick!Neal has brought over to NYC with him. A very fun read, especially if you love fucked up and sentient Gotham :)

While You Were Missing by caffeinatedbasil (T) ❤️

I know I talk about fics that altered my brain chemistry all the time, but this one had me legitimately sobbing every other chapter. Jason is undercover as Neal Caffrey, but a complication in the form of one Lian Harper comes running into his office one day. All of a sudden, Jason is a single parent, grieving a friend and a relationship that never was, all while doing his damndest to maintain his cover. Feat. a complex exploration of grief, batsiblings having each other’s backs, and all of the best angst of identity porn!

young, just us, and our muscle memory of double dutch by umanta (NR-T) ❤️

Oh look, another series of fics that altered my brain chemistry! In which Tim and Damian created the Neal Caffrey alias together, but Tim can’t stop running into members of Youn Justice. This has the fic that made me fall in love with Cissie King-Jones :)

anchor me (let me soar) by blueyeti (E)

This one is…literally just Birdflash smut that happens to be set in a WC crossover. But, some absolutely incredible smut! Basically, exhibitionism and bondage a la Birdflash :)

[cavegirlpoems]

The Two D&Ds

I am going to make two statements:

I despise D&D, and consider it a parasitic drain on ttrpgs as an artform.

I love D&D and my fascination with it continually inspires me to create art using it.

These two statements might seem to be at odds, but in fact there is no conflict when one considers that the term 'D&D' is being used to refer to two completely different things. I hate one of those things and like the other. So let's unpack that. Firstly, there's D&D-as-a-lifestyle-brand. D&D as presented by critical role, by memes about horny bards and wholesome gay tiefling found families, and by the wider hasbro-sanctioned fandom. Where the actual design and mechanics of the game are a vague suggestion that exists homeopathically in the same vicinity as what you're doing. But really, you're inventing blorbos, collecting pretty dice, and speculating on events in an actual-play on twitch; the rules in that very pretty rulebook are an afterthought to the fandom.

Then there's D&D-as-a-family-of-ttrpg-mechanics. This covers the various editions of Dungeons & Dragons - from the white-box OD&D to 5th edition and everything in between - as well as various retroclones, hacks and spin-offs such as the OSR, Pathfinder, etc. This isn't defined as a cultural space; it's a set of game mechanics and design principles shared across the text of various games. And there's a lot of variation with the specifics, but like The Blues, if you know the basic structure it all makes sense.

The two D&Ds have very little to do with each other.

When indie people like myself criticise D&D, we are usually criticising the first one. We're generally outsiders to that fandom-space who are unhappy with the way that fandom encroches on, and ultimately stiffles, everything else in ttrpgs as an artistic medium. We tend also to dislike the very shallow interest in that fandom of the things we care about in ttrpgs - game design, gameplay, theory, criticism, etc.

Here's the thing. I am, personally, immensely critical of D&D-as-lifestyle-brand. I detest it, honestly. It strikes me as a corporate exploitation of the wider medium in pursuit of an easy profit, at the expense of catering to the lowest common denominator. Like invasive kudzu, it chokes out all ecological diversity in the art-form. Its a homogenising influence, and in my experience pretty anti-intillectual.

Because, at risk of sounding like a pseud, I consider ttrpg design to be an art-form that merits serious effort, discussion and appreciation.

However. D&D-as-a-set-of-games I actually quite like. I find myself fascinated by the way so many games take apart the starting framework of a given edition of D&D - like your 12-bar-blues structure - and adapt it and riff on it and fuse it with other genres. I find it interesting to track the way whole movements and genres mutate out from that starting position. Hell, I do that myself, a lot. A lot of my design work takes the very early editions of D&D as a starting point, gets into a groove, and riffs on it until it's seemingly unrecognisable.

To me, a work like Mork Borg is D&D (the second definition). It is, however, totally unrelated and unrecognisable to D&D (the first definition).

So I will talk about "D&D as the containment game for shit players" and I mean it, because I'm talking about type-1. And I'll do that while designing a paleolithic OSR game, because that's type-2. And by and large, all that happens when both those things intersect is people get upset.

[covidsafecosplay]

Call for submissions!

Hey there, followers! I hope everyone's doing well and staying safe out there!

Several big cons have happened recently and there are a few more on the horizon, so it's a busy time for a lot of cosplayers--and a potentially frustrating time for those of us who can't attend cons or other big events, even masked. I know for me it's always a little bittersweet to feel excited about new fandom news, but frustrated at the lack of covid safety and accessibility keeping me from participating in-person. To everyone else in the same boat: I see you. <3

I'm personally going to try and get in cosplay to take some fun photos this week, so this is a reminder: Covid-Safe Cosplay wants to see YOUR cosplay! Our submission box is open, so show us your cosplay, your WiPs, your TikToks, your cool props, and whatever else you want to share! Our ask box is also open for questions, comments, covid venting, cosplay stories, and more.

On top of that, if you have any cool tutorials, hacks, or patterns to share, tag us or share the link with us so we can signal boost it! It's hard keeping the queue stocked on this blog, so help from our followers is always welcome. <3

That's it for now. Stay safe, have fun, and keep cosplaying! :)

[asidian]

Small Changes

by: Asidian

Fandom: Dead Boy Detectives

Event: 12 Days of Ghostmas: Day 8: AU

Pairing: Charles/Edwin

Warnings: past child abuse, emotional hurt/comfort, idiots in love

Excerpt:

He's bloody useless, that's what he is.

Those poor girls and their mum have been trapped in a nightmare murder loop for thirty sodding years, and what's Charles do? Sticks his bloody nose in and gets caught in the loop right along with them.

Those handful of moments live in his head, now. It's the same thing every time: he steps up, livid, cricket bat in hands; he hauls it back; that wanker throws him against the wall like he's a worthless bloody rag doll, and there he stays, sat there, not able to do anything but watch as that absolute arsehole hacks them apart with an axe.

Again. And again. And again.

[sapphicscholar]

If you signed up for the inaugural Hacks Winter Gift Exchange, check your emails because prompts have officially been sent out!!

You’ll have until December 20th to fill either of your gift recipient’s 2 prompts, and instructions about where to upload your creation have all been been included at the bottom of the email.

We’re asking gifters to keep their assignments a surprise until the day of the reveal, so please feel free to share excitement about the event but keep specifics to yourself :)

And as always, feel free to be in touch with any questions! I’m coming up on a major research deadline and then finals and grading, but I’ll do my best to respond as promptly as I can!

[sgiandubh]

Dear (returning) Considering Anon,

You wrote this and you have been blocked. Again. Fair enough, make as many clones as you wish: I shall not answer anymore.

You took a hefty chunk of your time only to write this and be read on a very early morning start between urinating and brushing my teeth. I should applaud your dedication, but I won't.

If you wish to insinuate I hacked into their account, you are, once more, laughably wrong:

As I said, someone from your own camp inadvertently pointed the way:

Not an approximate payroll - a budget estimate. Two different things, as Claire was not cast at the time. Simple basis for further negotiations and in no way the final figures. Series' renewal was announced on August 15, 2014, 1 (one!) day after the broadcast of the first episode. Any negotiated raise was, therefore, involving both of them and their agents - we also know they 'had each other's back' since very early on - no need for me to further develop, you know exactly what I mean:

That email was either hacked, or 'erroneous': the twain shall never meet, like Kipling's East and West. Too subtle for you? The appropriate term is 'vague': a vague enough 'we', for me not to base my reasoning on it alone.

Diana Gabaldon 'Erself confirmed the fact that there was not much to do, other than going on with the shooting of Season 1 and certainly no time for any exterior relationships. But hey, why bother, the Screeching Banshees know best, right, since they are happily 'adulting' in their corner (the nerve!).

You guys are always grasping at that paper the way people usually grasp at straws, with zero critical approach towards the many legitimate questions that 'marriage' leaves perfectly unanswered. If all marriage papers in the universe reflected deep love and commitment, we'd probably be living in a perfect, ideal and (between you and me) very boring world. In this case, the mismatch is obvious, a shitload of details do not click, the Happy Couple systematically looks as if pushed to the gallows with bayonets, rather than being a part of glam events, that house still looks, as we speak, emptier than Mrs. Havisham's living room and the commonly 'owned' businesses are, likewise, empty shells (spare one of them and for a very precise reason). And that is just scratching the surface of the itch, darling. Your inability to question whatever you are so opportunistically fed tells me more than you'd certainly want about yourself, that being said.

You are correct, shooting ended yesterday. Perhaps it's time for you to move on and find another obsessive fandom to pounce upon: after all, there are so many interesting series out there! After almost one year and a half in here, I am still amazed at your intolerance and your very credulous conviction that you are somehow doing God's work, every single day, harassing people who dare to think differently, simply because they know differently. And no, unlike you, I am not basing my very firm stance just on the interactions I see between them during promo, two historical trolls ridiculous lies or the social media findings of another obsessed troll.

The comparison between SC pics and Sam/Greedy Driver ones is simply grotesque. Dropping names as Lily (who?) won't make me believe you are one of the insiders, either.

On top of it all, thank you for the wonderful final idiocy:

Romanian for bustard is 'dropie'. I remember watching them roam near my grandparents' home, many moons ago and can absolutely confirm they do run fast.

You should take heed, Anon. My question for you will always be why. Why are you doing this and exactly what do you hope to achieve?

[sylosofgrain]

You thought it was just parkour civilisation on this page? Ha! I’ve been a Grian subscriber 2015 boys, it’s time for some life series posting.

I feel one of the fandoms most under considered concepts is the lasting impacts between series. A joke is made by Bdubs through his skin at the start of season three, still having on the beaten up red life skin and saying he still hadn’t recovered from the events of last life.

While for the most part people return in one piece to the next series, coaxed by the watchers to battle once more, I love exploring the idea of final deaths having some kind of impact on them. For some, as of Last Life, it’s only scars they can hide beneath shirts, wounds where arrows struck their heart or swords pierced their stomachs. Yet Scar can’t help but occasionally labour in breathing, and having his neck crick at odd times. Grian’s legs aching when he stands, wearing splints, eventually using a cane to support the damage done to his knees.

When Double Life comes about, it’s greater, it’s been more violent. Pearl still shudders in the heat of the sun, skin too sensitive to heat. So she wears cloaks, she wears her hood. Joel and Martyn suffer bouts of hacking coughs, feeling as though their lungs themselves are blackened and damaged. Ren covering up bite marks and rotting scratches that will never quite heal. Scott beginning to deal with blistering migraines that white out his vision and ring through his ears, as if his brain itself was fighting against him to shut out the world.

And the carnage Double Life brings! Grian and Scar suffering hearing loss (this whole post was actually just disability aid design propaganda, more characters should have aids, whether it be mobility, hearing, vision, etc because I love projecting and I said so) BigB and Ren dealing with blackout headaches that leave them bed bound, or the chronic nerve pain Scott is left with after blowing himself up.

I hope I’m making sense, I’m shaking you all by the shoulders, this is a concept I want to (tastefully) see more of

[forsaken-headcanons]

Considering the Collab skins and forsaken being a game celebrating Roblox's communal lore(digital folklore)(Mythos, legends, games, events(official, hackings and such), ect.), with me being a total sucker for crossovers, I've decided to bring a touch of Omniverse(Fandomverse, multiverse for fandoms and their aus) to my interpretation. =]

Roblox is a gaming platform, thus it's more of a hub area for characters from and outside of said area and 4th wall entities(players/viewers/users like you and me). The one thing that Specter didn't expect, nor knew, is how easy for stray characters to appear. Those appearances also brought the Omniversal Authoritarian department(OAD)'s attention, so the Specter's world's being on constant observation and support by the interdimensional government.(Lore wise I'm also apart of OAD, simply because we 4th wall entities are higher beings to them).

With all of that in mind, some things are clear:

Players are helping the survivors while looking similar to them.(Me included)

Sans and disbelief Papyrus did appear in rounds(The actual ones) and the rest of the UTDR multiverse also can.

Chance is friends with Gamblecore stickman.

Earthbound characters appeared.

At some point there was a tree parasite and two Mafios0s

^ Nash and Euinoia were there back then, along with you know who.

Elliot has met Pepino.

This realm is super accessible for game parasites, like that tree and 2011x.

The darkness is alive and tired of this shit

^[ "heyy, I just wanna get this out - some dumbass put a boy from 1995 in this place without knowing how dangerous it is for him, and by proxy everyone else. Why? You'll eventually see. If you see a brown haired, cartoony looking, 90s pajamas wearing kid in any of the maps, PLEASE TELL ME. He wouldn't understand any of what's happening. Alternatively - scream into any pitch black area, you might get a response. Anyways, stay safe out there. - Insert" ] this was a note/notice I wrote when some bastard idiots brought Orion into here.

And if you couldn't tell by the last point - other fandoms, who don't have an in game reference, can appear.

Anyways, that's it for my crossover ramble -

no, we do not know who /silly

first of all holy shit this is so good oh my god??? we do NOT regret @/ing you on that one post for the inbox opening /silly /pos /pos

HELL YEAH yoinking these,., delicious crossover hcs yummers. especially love the chance and elliot ones LMFAO– he WOULD be friends with gamblecore. they both bemoan the rigged 77X machine, sad emoji /sillier

[photos-or-inkblots]

i really do not mean to add another post to the daisy johnson deserves better / standwithquake tags considering almost every topic in these tags has been exhausted and honestly i don't think anyone really wants to dwell on said topics anymore despite their exceeding validity, but a thought came to me within the past week.

i forgot who (sorry) but someone mentioned once how season 6 became some sort of overcorrection for the writers for all the atrocities they had the team go through in S5 (i.e., revolving the story around fitzsimmons rather than coulson-daisy–emphasis on the latter–or jumping on the Doctor arc in S6 before anyone else on the team finds out a la 5x14). Mulling over events in S7, it seems as if some of the overcorrection reached it, too. i can't blame the writers, considering the renewal was about to end, but it didn't take away the fact that they tried. and it (sort of) backfired. (also i'm not sure about the fandom response since i joined the boat a few months before season 7 aired, but it's still worth pointing out)

exhibit a: Jiaying. in season 2, Cal had the opportunity to redeem himself, while Jiaying didn't, she was reduced into this one-dimensional antagonist, completely glossing over the fact that she had a point–you can't trust SHIELD with powereds, much less Inhumans. and people knew this. one can chalk up 2B SHIELD's choices to Gonzales, but, if you think about it, seasons 3-7 retroactively support this (apart from the ATCU mess, they failed to keep Hive out, ensuing 3B plus S4, which continues the exhaustive dialogue for their rights–they were living peacefully for centuries, mind you–and continuing the Index endangered some of them via the Watchdogs hacking in. also the Sokovia Accords. S5 literally depicts Inhumans sold as slaves by a Kree dynasty, which wouldn't have to be a thing if they remained secret from the rest of society; S6&7 still relies on inhuman powers being harvested–anyone remember alternate John Garrett?) and this has yet to factor in how Daisy and Yo-yo are treated by the value of their powers (Daisy especially; that girl has been through some Shit). so, Season 7 is their last hurrah, and what do they do? They give Jiaying the chance to redeem herself to Daisy and to the audience by introducing us to who she was before dying in '89, plus Kora to show how much she cares for her child, a full 180 on the Jiaying that tried to kill Daisy in S2.

but how would we meet this Jiaying?

enter exhibit b: Daisy's torture in S7. it's not exactly The Devil Complex, but it still happened (hammer on the nail is that it's the same operation Whitehall did on Jiaying). everyone in these tags has feelings for 5x14, which a vocal minority agreed with when it aired (and honestly, it does no one any favors. i get The Doctor reveal, really, I do, but the image of a white man subduing an asian-american to extract her physical value is not a good look. seriously). another general complaint that rose was that Daisy didn't have someone comforting her because everyone was standing on attention considering the stakes, so what do they do in Season 7? Enter Sousa. He's right there by Daisy in the immediate aftermath of her torture. Hit two birds with one stone to redeem the way they treated Daisy in two seasons. Great!

Not.

they wouldn't have needed course correction if there was nothing to correct in the first place. the fact still remains, Daisy got tortured the same way twice, as if one time wasn't enough. Afterlife entering a dialogue with SHIELD on proper ground would've been politically interesting for the plot. there was also Daisy's over-sexualization in S6 that ended with a sexism monologue in S7. closure between Fitz and Daisy would've been so much better than having the same shit done twice. and, at least Jiaying actually had to die in S2 because Cal was keeping his promise to protect their daughter, not like S7 where she died (way too easily tbh) just for shock value (and to have Kora on their side I think? but Fitzsimmons's calculations didn't consider Jiaying dying so. she really wasn't supposed to die).

ok i thought of this last week but i forgot then i remembered it today and i hope i mentioned everything lol it just Has To Be Said

[nobodysdaydreams]

Explaining fandoms I’m not in, but I have seen on my dash from the mutuals (to the best of my knowledge based on their posts):

Why? Because I thought it would be fun and entertaining and I hope I’m not wrong.

The Magnus Archives (TMA)- a group of people document creepy and supernatural events while they slowly one by one discover either that they are the monsters/possessed by them, or that they are being taken in by the monsters, or that their coworkers are the monsters, or that they themselves are possibly friends with or dating the monsters, or that they have been working for the monsters (or bad guys) the entire time. Many of the villains seem to be demented or possessed life sized toys and clowns or eyeballs. This podcast has so many episodes, and I see so many posts about it, but these seem to be the common themes.

Miraculous Ladybug- actually haven’t seen this one on my dash in a long time, but when I first did, despite appearing like a straightforward kids fandom, the shipping discourse confused the heck out of me. But if I have this right, based on the posts from my younger followers, two teenagers are animal themed superheroes who are dating each other and also have crushes on each other, but they don’t know they are dating each other, because they don’t know each others secret identities, because… okay, I still honestly have no idea why. There are ~5K posts about this apparently very central and specific plot line, but not one explains why they don’t just tell each other who they are??? Anything for the plot, I guess. Apparently this has been going on for a long time to the point where even the show’s target audience of children is confused as to how these teenagers and grown adults haven’t put the pieces together as to who everyone’s secret identity is.

Keeper of the Lost Cities (KOTLC)- there’s a girl named Sophie. She is an elf in a love triangle with Keefe and some other guy (I think his name is Fritz). Keefe’s parents are terrible, especially his mom. Sophie has horse DNA (I don’t know if that post was a joke or not sorry if that’s wrong). There’s an elf with fire powers. Elves read minds. There’s a group called the black swan who are the good guys, I think. Also I think the elves and humans are at war. I know Keefe’s parents are trash, does Sophie have parents? From what I can tell, she grows up believing she’s a human but then surprise! She’s an elf and the chosen one, and elves are possibly immortal? Wait, maybe Sophie’s a half elf. Is that a thing?

Spy x Family - two people are fake dating each other for spy reasons but eventually fall in love for real. The twist is, they each think the other is a normal civilian who doesn’t know about the fake relationship (which is kinda messed up to make someone fall in love with you for a fake cover but if they’re also doing the same to you that’s karma I guess) but I think it might end up ok, because they fall in love for real (Aw) but possibly also not okay, because I also think it might be revealed that they’ve been working for enemy sides this whole time (drama). Also the adopted daughter is a mind reader who knows everything but chooses to keep what she knows secret for the plot. Respect. And I recently saw something about the family having a super powered dog? Is he real?

The Murderbot Diaries - a bunch of robots are created for one purpose: murder. But when their murder programming goes haywire, they discover that they might have more in common with the humans they’ve been assigned to kill than they originally thought. Or that they have more humanity inside themselves than they thought… or maybe that the people who created them have more evil intentions than… well in hindsight, “the people who build the murder robots are evil!” seems like an obvious plot twist, but maybe they’re more morally complex or had decent intentions and just never intended for it to go this far… or maybe the robots get hacked or decide maybe they don’t want to be murder bots anymore which brings us back to free will. Interesting philosophical questions, but I think the robots might be getting into some wacky shenanigans as well. Also they apparently have diaries. I get that a diary is just like… a log of what they’re doing, but that won’t stop me from imaging a big scary robot with a little pink glitter pen writing “Dear Diary, I killed three people today. I still see their faces when I try to power off at night. When I go into sleep mode, I dream of their faces. I begin to wonder things, like whether they had families, dreams, or ambitions. I also wonder what they felt in their final moments. I fear this means I am developing a conscience and desire to turn against my programming and the creators. But probably nothing a little update and restart can’t fix. I’ll keep you updated, dairy. XOXO, Murderbot 💕” So. How did I do? Scale of 1-10, with 10 being “you nailed it!” and 1 being “None of this is remotely close. What posts have you been looking at?”