#idk i just think art made with love should be free from shame ... (unless its hurting ppl. but in that case i dont think it is made w love)

[dandyshucks]

most confusing response to that one post i made that blew up (what a funny saying btw fjdkdl) are the ppl being all embarrassed (and defensive??) in the tags like. bro u are creating art and that is beautiful. who cares if it's because of a blorbo. some of the most beautiful art in history have been made of ppls blorbos

[delilah705]

I totally get that. As much as I try not to be bothered by what others think, deep down I still care. We are all human and trying to fit in and while I have made progress with writing/posting what I want, there are some days where I’m weak to how I imagine others perceive me/will perceive me. Spot on with the whole ‘others thinking that the way authors write certain characters is ooc’. I’ve seen writers get hate comments because they wrote a character a certain way and a reader saw that as ooc. The whole thing about writing fics is how you perceive these characters and how they will act in certain situations and unless it’s specifically stated in canon its up to the writer’s interpretation of the characters (even then authors are free to write characters deemed as ooc if they want, that’s the beauty with fics is that your making something your own)! Same, I lost so much due to losing hyperfixation. There have been so many times where I have great ideas for a specific fandom/character, write a premise of it, then leave it alone and not build on it only to come back to it later on wanting to continue but ultimately not being able to because I don’t have the same love for that fandom/character that I used to. It’s a shame really and no fault but my own…definitely a needed learning experience but it still doesn’t ease the pain. A piece of advice to any creators of art or stories would be to work with that current inspo while it’s there before its lost because you never know what will come out of it or when, if ever, that inspo will come back to you (it’s such a fickle, delicate thing).  Well said, I agree that we should try new things despite the fear (this applies not only to fandom but life in general). I would rather do it scared than regret not trying/taking that new opportunity (I’m saying this from experience, there has been so many missed opportunities because I was too scared to try)

FF.net? Is it still popular?? I think I’m slight just after that era of popular fandom sites but apparently it has a lot of good fics on there from what I’ve heard around on the internet. I know at some point, when the whole fiasco about certain people being on the board of ao3 was happening, there was talk about going back to that site. You read fics to your grandmother? You’re very brave lol. Honestly, that's so sweet and I love that for you!!! I don’t think I have the face to read fanfics to anyone I know irl. Yeah, same I wanna know who changed my life (for the better), let’s just have a little chat. I wouldn’t be surprised if they got hate for it, since it would be drastically different from other fics at the time, and if they did I’m glad they powered through. We wouldn’t have what we have today if it wasn’t for them 😌

I feel your pain. I, unfortunately, have my fics locked because of the whole AI thing. I was told it would lessen the likelihood of it being scrapped for learning material but as much as I don’t want to think about it no matter how hard I try if someone really wanted to use my fics there is no stopping them unless I delete them. Idk if that is still going around but it does give me a little comfort knowing my fics have a little layer of protection. What I’ve been trying to do is comment *2nd re-read* or  *chapter kudo* on fics. I saw someone else do this online and think it’s such a great idea! Oh yeah, ao3 is intimidating. There is so much I don't know about the site and I’m constantly learning something new all the time. Wait, what??? That’s how you get the little heart?? That’s so cute!!! I have no idea how to rec a fic, didn’t even realize you could do that! One of these days I have to take the time to sit down and teach myself all that you can do on ao3. Being able to private bookmark is such a saving grace!! Tho I do appreciate users who don’t private bookmark fics they like because if I like your writing then generally we are going to like reading similar styled fics (after reading a fic I usually check out their other works and then occasionally check their bookmarks if they have them not privated). Haha, I’ll take time to go through them then. From the sounds of it we have similar interests

Oooh, that makes sense now and it is such a mood. I do like slow burn and they way some writers are able to write it without dragging it out for too long is *chefs kiss* but another feral part of my brain just wants to get to the nitty gritty asap

Yeah, socials are so hot and cold when it comes to nsfw. Like,, please let me enjoy what I enjoy. I’m just trying to escape the real world for a bit. I do understand wanting to keep minors safe but honestly they are going to find a way regardless if they truly wanted to (I was once one of them but never attacked adults for me making the choice to see nsfw). That’s why I have a minors dni in my bio so they get a warning but I can’t control them….it really sucks that one thing ruins it for everyone. Why come after me for not controlling your child?? It’s your job as the parent, not some random stranger on the internet just trying to live their life. I didn’t force them to come on my page and look around???

Sdjofbswowefhowa - don’t even get me started on villains!!!!!!! That is such a passion of mine!!!!!!! They just change my brain chemistry in the best of ways. Every time I see those memes along the lines of ‘if bad, why hot’ or even people analyzing why villains are more attractive than heroes (the villain will choose you over the world and the hero will choose the world over you) I go insane. Agreed, mostly every character I have found hot is the villain, or if I'm just starting a show/movie I genuinely gravitate towards the villain. Bye, they are my fav now. Just recently I saw an edit of snow, from the hunger games, when he was younger and omg when I tell you he has me in a chokehold, he fr has me in a chokehold. Yes sir, you are 100% percent right, snow does land on top. I saw a comment where they said Lucy Gray was stronger than them and they are right, there’s no way in hell I would be strong enough to resist a character that pursued me how villains pursue their love interests. Sorry, you’ll never have my heart like they do. I’m not even into the hunger games movies and I haven’t seen tbosas but god damn I be reading fics about him all the time and from what I grasp his character is just my type. I don’t see myself ever writing for the tbosas fandom but you best believe I’m eating all those snow x reader fics up 🏃🏻‍♀️💨

Dude, you fr could write an entire novel length response and I would read every word of it! Same, I completely understand!! Some of the stuff I write I’m borderline worried it’ll come off as trying to make it about me but I’m trying to show that I relate 😭. That’s so sweet of you 🥹! Honestly made my day 💝

Yeah. :( I'll be real, the fear of being perceived is what keeps me from making progress on my WIPs some days. I'll fret over something and then get mad at myself for letting my fear of what people will think control me to that degree. There's so many WIPs that I'm rather nervous about posting because of that, but… If I let that hold me back all the time, I'd never get anything done or be able to express myself to the fullest extent possible. DX I've been one of them, I'll be real. But comment moderation has been my best friend in that regard now. I used to not have it, and other websites don't have the option to turn comments off. It's true! And… When it comes to AUs, of course they're going to be different! The thing that defined them as characters to begin with were their canon experiences! Take that away, and you get an entirely different person. (Which is what fascinates me most writing AUs) And… While I do try my best to keep everyone as in character as possible, it's just not possible when it comes to situations that they haven't been in in canon to use as a reference. Everyone's going to have a different opinion of how they'd react in those situations, and the best you can do as a reader is find a person who writes them to your tastes and leave the fics that go a way you don't think that character would behave.

And, if you really don't vibe with anyone's interpretation, the best part is that you can write your own fic! You can write them the way you want, even if it's not physically. You can write it in your brain if you don't want to on paper or digitally! Create scenes and craft scenarios! I always get so mad when the excuse is, 'Well what if I don't know how to write?!? >:(' asodghi- Like!?!? Have you never written a paper in school for an assignment?!? You wanna tell me you've never picked up a pencil ever?? You're typing right now! What makes you think you can't write your own fic? We all had to start somewhere! We didn't just start writing master pieces at the tender age of twelve! There is literally no reason to leave a mean comment on someone's fic. Ever. Even if it's the most offensive thing in existence. Just- Just leave. It's not that hard. Even if it triggers you or hurts your feelings, just leave. But I know the hard truth is that some people thrive off of being mean to others and some don't even realize how hurtful they're truly being. Awww! D: No!! Augh. DX I haaate that so much. :'( I'm sorry. Yep! You really gotta grasp that inspiration by the neck when you can! Even if you have to tackle it down by writing those story notes and ideas on a napkin on a lunch break! Yes! That's become my new motto basically. Do it scared, because otherwise, some of those opportunities you might look back at and say, 'If only I had done this, if only I had taken this chance.'

XD I have no idea! I was mostly there around 2014-16 or so. They've added ads on there last time I check though! DX Super annoying to be reading and then big square with an ad that didn't load. Ugh. And this annoying verification thing. >.< I haven't been on there in a while, but it was sometime last year when I was last on. I don't even know if some of those fics I adored will still be there… I heard something about fics being purged on there, so people were warning others to back their fics up and I think quite a few moved theirs to Ao3. o.o Really? I did not know that… But I don't keep up with the OTW stuff. XD I sure did! I even read some of my own to her! (Not the spicy ones, though. >.< Good Lord, the embarrassment I'd feel now if that was the case…) But usually only the ones I thought were funny. There was one in particular, a Ghirahim story…

XD Okay, so while on a journey to find it, I logged back into my account. That annoying verification thing isn't there anymore, but I dunno about the ads… I joined Jun 18, 2013. XD If you want a younger me's favorite works from FF.net to check out, let me know, haha! My last favorited work is actually also on Ao3 so it should be in my bookmarks there too I think! My last favorited work was in 2020! DX Never mind! Stupid verification thing is still there, only when you click on a fic! How annoying! They could just be mad I have adblocker though. :/ They can get over it. I'm not turning it off. The fic I remember most reading to my grandmother was A Different Path by Catwhiskers24. And there was one fic of mine in particular that I have not reposted mostly because it's a little hard to look at without thinking of her as it was one of the last things I read to her before her health plummeted and… Yeah. But thank you! :') It makes me really sad because there's so many things I wish I could have read her now that I've discovered so much more, and I wonder what she'd think of the kinds of (not lewd lol) stories that I'm writing now. I think I would have enjoyed sharing certain parts of FTPOF with her… I wish I could have known what she would have thought about Vash, as I'm sure she might have gotten a kick out of his 98 persona in those first few episodes. And I was told by someone in the family after she passed that the highlight of her day was me coming down to talk to her about my interests and read her stories. TvT Excuse me for a moment- Hhhh-

Anyway, love your folks while you can, people! They won't always be there! Tell your friends and family members that you love them! Hug them while you can, love them while you can, spend time with them while you can! XD Oh God, the only other people I've read to in my life other than her in my younger years have made me A.) Insecure and B.) Feel like they really didn't care so uh,… Don't read to people if you're fragile, okay? <.< Especially if it's your own fic. Me too! :D I hope whoever they are that they're doing well! DX Oh, I could totally see that but I really hope they didn't. Me too! Gosh, the courage to just post something entirely new like that! But that's totally true! We wouldn't! And I'm very grateful that they did share!

Oh, yes! I remember seeing all the posts about that! It's true. :( That's partially why I didn't lock mine. I'm just kinda, 'Whatever happens, happens.' And also because I'm greedy and want longer reach. XD That, and I didn't think it was fair that those who've been following my fics so far without accounts would have to make one if they didn't want to just to keep reading my fics. Honestly, to them, it would have seemed like I'd deleted my work entirely too, and I didn't want that, but that's just me personally. If you wanna lock your fics, that's your right and decision. If it makes you feel safer concerning AI or in general, if you think it'll mean you're less likely to get troll comments or just mean people in general commenting, I say go for it. :o Omg! That is great! Oh, same! And I've been using it for years now! Yeah! :D Next to the Private bookmark checkbox, there's one called 'Rec' and that's how you give people a heart bookmark! There's still so much to learn about that website omg! XD Oh, me too! Some of my favorites I found by browsing my favorite author's bookmarks! And then it's just like a continuous thing for me of reading people's works and then looking into their bookmarks unless they have all of them privated. XD But then I just find someone else who doesn't and yeah. Oh no! haha! XD Be wary! I have quite a few that I know would squick a lot of people out, and note that some of my all-time favorites are still not in there as I have not been able to go through every fandom I've ever been in just yet looking for them again. If you wanna read a really funny platonic one that I adore that I literally hunted for for about fifteen minutes because I wanted to read it again that I have not bookmarked again just yet, it's: Sometimes, You Just Have To Scream In A Front Garden Until You Get What You Want by maximum_overboner

XD Oh, same! Omg… I read this fic once. It's super long and the main couple still has not gotten together! It was the longest slow burn I've ever read! D: But unfortunately, they had computer trouble and lost a lot of their work. T^T Which, I can relate. There's one one-shot in particular that I just… Lost a lot of progress on. I'm hoping it can be recovered from my hard drive, but if not,… It's just lost. I mean, the good part is that I still have the uneditted version I'd been working on at the time, but it's just… Missing a lot of stuff that I can't hope to recreate because I just… Don't even remember what all I've lost to be able to replicate it. I've also lost at least one entire fic due to my laptop dying and having not saved it. And one time I lost a bunch of headcanons because my computer randomly restarted. It was awful. But if you wanna check out the fic in question, it's Keeping Secrets by ElvenSemi. XD I know what you mean!! That's me right now with FTPOF!! I'm like, 'Do I hold off more or?? Sex scene this chapter?' I don't know! XD I don't wanna rush it but!! There's so much sexual tension rn!! This is why I mostly write oneshots! 😂

For real. :/ I do too, but I was also one of them as well! XD Lied about my age on Deviantart, and then lied again to see stuff on Newgrounds that I definitely should not have! But I also never attacked the adults for what they made! It was my fault for going into those spaces knowing that it had adult content because my parents literally had no idea how the internet functioned all that well and that that kind of content was on there. And I was a little sneak who would clear my history and listen very close for footsteps and pull up a bunch of tabs to hide the names of them. I would hope no minors are following me! But I really can't control that unless they put their age or 'minor' in their bio and I'd really rather them not? I mean, it's so easy to lie about it and I think it puts them in more danger than it helps if they truly are underage and are sharing their real age. For real, though!! D: Especially when it comes to spaces that does allow nsfw! Or is strictly so! (Which you don't see much of these days, really.) I'm a firm believer that adults should have their own spaces! I saw someone compare it to a child walking into a liquor store and complaining about the liquor like?? It's an adult space? Liquor is not for children?

X3 Omg!! I could talk about villains all day! XD Omg yesss!! So true! (Omg. 🤤 My heart…) XD They just!! The way that I'm so weak for the 'I'll burn the whole world down for you' or that character that literally hates everyone but you. 😍 Omg… lASghja-s XD It's so funny that I'm literally re-reading the first book rn with the intention of reading the entire series!! I've been watching people react to the movies to see their opinions and insights on them and I just-- AAAa! We read the first book in school and watched the first movie when it came out and I just… Couldn't handle the events that happens in movie 2 and dropped it for the longest. That book traumatized me with the mutts. I never forgot that they were made from the dead tributes. And I seen Snow's actor for TBOSAS and oh. 👀 I can see why the thirst is there for him. XD Omg yessss! Aaaaa- She's so strong. I couldn't. I think I'd cave. I hated him sooo much as the villain when I was younger, let's see if that changes as I re-read this first book and finish the series. It's already made me cry in chapter one. :') God, the books are so heavy. Though I must admit I did gain a new appreciation for Peeta recently that a younger me just did not have. Don't be surprised if you see Hunger Games references in my stories in the future.

Aww! 😭 You're gonna make me cry! It hasn't don't worry! I love reading your asks! Aww, I'm glad I could! :'D I hope you have a fantastic day today. I would have responded sooner, but I had to go places and I didn't get to finish my response until now. I wish you well!!

[lwt28brave]

LT2 masterpost

If it was up to me, we would get an autumn or winter EP. Since it’s not up to me at all, here, enjoy this post with everything we know so far of LT2, which is to say, not much at all. Everything here is hypothetical. I’ll be updating every time I see something relevant. A little disclaimer that while this is a masterpost (kinda), it could be read as discourse (duh, it’s also a theory), AND it’s also by me, and you shouldn’t expect me to be serious at this point.

Due to me restraining myself, there’s no reference to any of the times he’s mentioned his guitar skills and him improving but I hope you know I cried every single time.

I’m also linking my old pinned here. It was written before AFHF and around the free merch thing that didn’t lead to much, but I still think I made some good points.

Possible tracks:

Copy of a Copy of a Copy

Change

Faith in the future??

369??

Possible names:

369

Faith in the future

When is the album coming out?

Your guess is as good as mine

Friday 28th of January 2022. Almost two years after Walls. It’s a Friday. It’s a 28th. What else can I say?

Here you can find @want-to-be-loved timelines for every month.

Here you can find @berlinini’s timeline of what Louis has been up to this year (2021).

The rest is under the cut. And here you can find a PDF version where Tumblr can't tell me how many pictures I can add.

2020

He said back on May 2th 2020 he wasn’t writing anything new yet.

(x)(x)(x)

Interestingly enough, he’s said many times after that that the album’s not ready cause he has no new experiences to drawn from. I won’t call him out because he does it himself.

May 4th. He liked a tweet from DMA’s Johnny Took saying they had to go write together again. Louis has been credited as an influence for them and (kind of) participated in their previous record, so I’m assuming he meant for their music and not his, but you never know.

Nothing(literally nothing??? how did we survive) until 11th of July. We all know what happened that day. We all celebrated it. Nonetheless, that’s not what I’m talking about here.

(x) So, by the beginning of July 2020 he was working on concepts and ideas for the new album. That was fifteen months ago. I know perfection takes time but…

Brief summary of important things that happened from then until the next mention of new music:

Louis left Syco!!!! 10 days later he rescheduled the tour for the first time. He followed Matt Vines on Twitter, probably so we could publicly shame him into doing something. Also, the 10thanniversary. He followed more people I wish he hadn’t.

Then more nothing until September. Not even a single tweet. The first merch drop was on the 28th of August but he just RT’ed the tweet. He first mentioned Free my Meal on the 25th of September. Then on October 1st Walls hit #1 on a lot of countries and Louis was incredibly happy and excited about it ^^

And then, that same day, October 1st, 2020, he dropped this bomb:

(x)

He also said it was too soon to be sharing new lyrics with us (x)

And, obviously, this tweet which is actually what made me start this whole post. I would hope you know mate.

(x)

He also told us he was cooking "banger after banger" and that he was incorporating more social themes into his music (x)(x) (I believe any social issue is a political issue but that’s not the point rn).

COPY OF A COPY OF A COPY?!?!

These next paragraphs are brought to you by my mind not remembering things and me not having any links. I’m assuming COACOAC came from those writing sessions that supposedly happened in October. Or in LA but I have no idea if he actually was in LA at any point other than a Daily Mail article putting him there on December which would have been too late, but I do remember that someone said he was in the studio in LA last autumn???? A rumor. Maybe. IDK. Did I mention already all of this is very hypothetical?? Well, this is it. I can’t even remember if this was October or November or what. So, take this with a grain of salt.

I’m also… taking the liberty to assume, if you must, that Copy wasn’t meant to be a Walls reject because it sounds more mature and darker and it has a vastly different tone that Walls songs. I know he’s said that song probably isn’t getting into the album, but I want to have faith (in the future) that I’m getting a studio version. (But also, Louis, if you’re reading this, first of all GET OUT OF MY BLOG second of all, please don’t ever feel pressured again to add a song to the album because we have already heard it before. It’s your art and it should always be under your own terms).

So yeah, I believe that Copy is either one of those four songs (then imagine the other three??!!) or was written around the 1st of October date.

---End of the Intermission---

Then not much important (other than sharing more about Marcus Rashford fight against food poverty and the 2nd merch drop) until he announced the livestream on the 24th of November. (x)

It wasn’t until a few days before the livestream date we even thought again about new music (jk, I know we’re always thinking about new Louis’ music). So, December 9th/10th, 2020. Nine months ago. We got our first taste of new music!

He made sure we knew Copy of a Copy of a Copy isn't a cover! (x) (x)

(x)

Ok, so that’s it for 2020. (I feel like I’m missing something from September 17th because tweet was deleted but maybe he was still talking about cucumbers. We might never know. Unless I understand how Tumblr tags work). Expected, cause Walls was released in 2020. We needed to let it sit for a while.

2021

Another Summary: Louis third tweet of the year was telling the UK government off. So was the fifth. What a good beginning. On the 26th of January, he said he prefers pancakes over waffles. I hope he meant pancakes other than his own. More importantly, he tweeted the infamous “you lot read into things too much”. Don’t get me started, Tomlinson. Don’t. Then the 31st came around and Walls was one. He tweeted this. How wise. And Project Defenceless happened!!

15th of February!! Who cares about Valentine Day when the next day we got this? ♥

(x)

(x)

So…AN EP?? AN EP?? PLEASE RELEASE AN EP.

“I’m sure I will have something out this year but unlikely that will be the album”. Unlikely but not impossible. Also. A single would be good. This is the second time he mentions releasing something in 2021 and he sounds surer about it than the first time around.

He also said that he isn’t sure we will get a studio version of Copy. And that the best bridges from Walls to LT2 are Walls, OTB, KMM and Copy. Can’t wait!

Then we jump to March 6th when he announced he was going to create his own management company. “Sometimes action is needed first to encourage the motivation and belief”. As we can tell he was already manifesting some stuff which will lead us to the numerology stuff/Tesla… kidding. Or not. We might never know.

On the 22nd of March he answered some questions:

He told us music was still his main focus ♥ mwha. (x) I included this tweet to guilt-trip him into giving us music in case he’s reading this even after I told him to leave. ILY.

(x) I’d love to get a visual EP this autumn. Just saying. It sounds like a lovely concept.

(x)

…next (I will get into it, I promise. I’m just mad).

On the 25th he left for Mexico until April 10th. You could assume it was just for the documentary where we got ten seconds of footage or admit the obvious: LT2 its a Mexican baby!!

On the 26th (so, not so far apart from that first 369) we got the first Faith in the Future mention: (x)

Back then we were innocent people who had no idea what was coming upon us. We still have no idea because what the fuck does he mean with these. Please explain. I have one braincell and I don’t use it enough for this. I’m linking some theories.

On the 30th of March he confirmed he was already working on the documentary. So AFHF was already on the works. Will it take this long for us to get the Veeps numbers? We also got this tweet: "Got a decent chorus idea down" (x).

Same person that got the “something out this year” exclusive. If you know something share with the class. Also. Is this Change? I feel like this could be Change but I also assume he wrote Change after hanging out with his friends or being in Doncaster. But who knows.

(x) And the second mention to 369.

(x) 15th of April. The second "Faith in the future".

On the 19th of April he announced that he had something BIG for us later on the year which turned out to be the Away From Home Festival ♥♥ (x) I love him so much.

Then on the 28th he announced the 369 merch drop (which it’s probably the Walls drop? Except that the TOU and KMM ones were “drop 1 and drop 2” and this was drop 369 which, again, makes no sense) but we still don’t know what 369 means.

Into May’ 21 we go.

He rescheduled tour again. And dropped another bomb (x).

He announced he has signed with BMG as an independent artist by RTing this tweet on May 10th. The article also says that he’s already working on writing and recording LT2. The timing… we don’t know. What this deal involves… we don’t know either. Bear with me here because I have a lot to say about this.

I think the deal is only a distribution one, but that BMG are interested in Louis and what he (us) could bring to the table. They were either present at the festival or watching it, but officially they had no involvement at all with it (everything is credited either to Louis own company, 78 Productions, or Charlie Lightening’s company). That’s the case for both giveaways too; the vinyl one and the tickets for the festival.

I think it would be an unbelievably bad move not to test the waters with BMG now or soon-ish. At least a single, to see how it performs. Due to the circumstances, it’s obvious there’re certain limitations on place but I want to see how they push it, whether the radio play exist this time around and if the song is playlisted and promoted and all that… I would also love to know, since it says he signed with BMG UK, but it also states it’s a global deal, how things are going to go on the US and other countries.

Yes, yes. I know those are all questions and no answers. But I know the same as you, sadly. If any of you know more than you’re letting on… again, share with the class.

Where was I? Yes, on the 25th of May Louis had a great day writing (x). Since the first time he had mentioned he was officially writing to this date there’s almost eight months. And I believe he was writing before October’ 20.

He followed Robert Harvey that day and, on the 28th of May (why is it always the 28th???) he was spotted at the studio for the first time.

June was an interesting month for the fandom ♥. Lots of LHL content which I will love and cherish for the rest of times. On June 4th, June 9th, and June 10th he was spotted at the studio, but I believe he was there more days.

(x)

This was posted on June 6th and captioned Studio. Charlie also shared it with “Mega tunes being put down, can’t wait for this @louist91 #louistomlinson #LT2” as the caption. This gives me 2019 (Elton-Joint) vibes. I like it. Feels like we’re getting closer to something.

He added the Milano date on the 9th too which I’m mentioning because I’m going alone. Anyone wanna go with me please? I’m nice and I never eat anything before a concert so you can have my food. On other news. It didn’t come home.

During July he was at the studio at least three days too. Probably more. Feels like more with all the fan pictures we got. Or was that June? Anyway, July 1st and 9th we got some videos from Robert Harvey and wearesuperhi, which is who Louis has been working with the most, that we know of. I don’t know for sure they’re from that day. And on July 5th we got an article and lots of pictures of Louis looking really good outside the studio.

On the 12th of July the first fans started getting the free, 369 bucket hat and print. We still don’t know what the purpose was other than to thanks fans. Maybe that was it. I want answers and I still think it relates to a future project (see theories above), but it could also just be a bridge with the Walls breaking.

He didn’t tweet about anything interesting for a while, mostly because he lost his phone (he either throwed it in the air or smashed it who knows). Then on the 29th of July he announced the festival!

I’m glossing over it because there’s already been a lot of talk about it (rightfully) and while it was a wonderful thing, it doesn’t have much to do with LT2.

Let’s talk Change!

On August 3rd he tweeted this about the setlist.

(x)

And this (x) on the 28th! I can’t stand him.

We didn’t get it, obviously. Because who was going to get that. But we read too much into things. Alright.

On the 16thof August Dave Gibson shared this post tagged #LT2 with the eyes emojis 👀👀👀. I believe this has to do both with Change but also with whatever else came out of that Mexico trip.

(x) Last relevant tweet related to LT2 is this one.

So, on the 30th of August we got Change and we cried, and we know that Change is going in the new album. He said it. With those exact words. He also said he was “getting a feeling for it”. This has to meant he already has a general idea of the vibe of the new album and what’s going in it!!!!!! (Right? RIGHT?).

Anyway, let’s go back a few weeks because some other things happened on August. He was at the studio a few more times. Or it was suggested that he was there. On the 17th and the 18th. (Why was it so time-pressing to be at the studio instead of rehearsing for the festival? There was no studio at all on the documentary. Which makes sense, but again, then why?).

On the day of the festival we got another mention of Faith in The Future that made me feel part of a cult ngl. The words were flashing on the screen for less than a second. Okay.

And then he tweeted those words again after watching the livestream/documentary on the 4th of September (x). This is what makes me suspect it's either the name of the album or of the single.

On the same day, we got some interesting quotes about LT2 on the documentary.

“Soon I’ll have to think about me second album, which in my head I’ll get the tour out of the way and then I’ll address that. So, I hadn’t really given it much thought, to be honest”.

“When every day is the same is hard to feel creative and it’s hard to have any kind of proper inspiration”.

“As season started to come back, I started writing again and it was great and some of these songs turned out alright”.

And I think this is it. I might be overlooking some important details but that’s what we know and what we don’t know.

So. Conclusions. That’s what you missed on Glee. I do believe the album is, if not mostly done, partially there. And yes, this post is pointless and never-ending but it’s all in here if you need to tell Louis “Hey, you said this, mate”.

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Gush about your fave DR character! ♡

WVJHKHKHKHK anon whoever you are please know that youre unleashing a beast but also thank you im….. 

(actually i made a tierlist for this though it might not be as accurate since it was a few months ago)

(also sorry for the characters that are in the lower tiers i swear even if i don’t like them most of them are still good memes. and the ones in “c” and “b” i’d definitely like more if there’s some good art/fics that explore their characters better though i might not actively look for it.)

OK so just to preface i havent seen most free times and most of my impression came from joseph anderson’s playthrough sooo i might be biased but im definitely planning on rewatching at least v3 in its entirety with all of its ftesO i guess it’s best if i start chronological and lemme just say. SAKURA OOGAMI IS BEST GIRL

it’s easy to say that im weak for big stronk gal who can lift me easily. and there is /definitely/ that point.

this is gonna sound weird but i really like the level-headedness she brings to the trials. i wouldnt say she’s the smartest but she rounds up the whole cast in a way that keeps the trials from being too absurd and non-sensical. there are other characters that also do this but seeing it come from her makes me happy somehow? maybe it’s because she also balances asahina in that sense and also that she’s the fourth trial stronk person who’s the most level headed compared to gonta and nekomaru. not saying those two are bad either, they’re great characters in their own right but i feel like their function is more on the side of entertaining rather than weighing in on the discussion. i especially think nekomaru’s whole thing with shitting is funny and it’s kinda a shame that sdr2 cut him from trials starting from the third.

speaking of sakura, yes i ship her with hina. no, duh. they’re good together. but i was also kinda touched when she talked about kenshiro. idk, sakura has two strong beefy hands and she can hold her girlfriend and boyfriend at the same time ok.(pretty sure kenshiro appears in udg but i havent experienced that game outside of seeing a few cutscenes so i wouldnt know)

also the fact that we get a callback to her in the strawberry house was. idk if i should say cool or if it was funny but it was something. and yep, her death was the saddest out of the fourth trials the games had. nekomaru’s death was more respectful for me and i felt more sad about gonta during his trial than his death. it’s more gruesome than sad, to be honest.(and ok the smoothskin joe gives to sakura is also kinda funny)

with other dr1 characters i like most of them are usually because of my friends’ (who got into dr years before i did) influence like kyoko and celeste. there are some others i laugh at but it’s more because of the inside jokes of the streamer i was watching.

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ok so with sdr2 komaeda is easily one of the top. but tbh the reason why it is is bc a few years ago i read this (illegally distributed) doujin that had written his character really well. tbh i feel kinda bad now knowing that the doujinka stopped circulating their doujin bc of that and some of the subject matter of their doujin is… a bit too much for me. but the ones that are good are really good and when i came into canon i was like, “oh, this is the fingers in ass guy who got memed to death" nowadays, i see him more as pickle nagito though. i am interested in seeing how his character can be… well, not redeemed but i want to see him heal. whiiich might never happen in canon bc his hope bagel personality is too infamous now.

also i know everyone hcs nagito’s voice as smth along the lines of nico’s voice or john’s voice but like consider jph’s stoner voice. please. it’s so fucking funny with the fucking pickle komaeda meme. maybe it’s bc although im not obsessed with hope or despair, i related to his way of seeing karma. 

after experiencing sdr2 thoough, lemme just say that johnny yong bosch did a great job voicing hajimmy hinata. like im not even kidding i really like that voice and if i was ursula i would steal that voice for my own use. buutt i cant do that. unlike komaeda, i’m pretty indifferent to his character arc and enjoy his one on one interactions with the characters more and how he reacts to the immediate events that happened over the course of sdr2.

soo yeah komaeda and hinata are literally opposites in my head, ain’t much of a surprise that i ship them i guess. but!! i like a lot of the gals in sdr2 surprisingly.

like, ok. maybe i’m biased but the designs for the gals in sdr2 are so goddamn adorable. like okay there’s the obvious ones like chiaki and sonia. and i don’t know why sonia’s personality is so goddamn adorable. like not in the “awww you’re so fucking uwu” type of way but more in the sense that she’s funny? it feels like even through all her weirdness that she still manages to make genuine connections with the characters.

with peko, it’s hard to dislike her considering her whole arc with the second trial. of course liking her goes in hand with liking fuyuhiko’s character too but i just like.. how stoic she sounds??? it’s adorable????? and with mikan yeah she kinda went… off in the third trial but consider???? her voice when she snaps was so goddamn hot?????????????? sdr2 has the best voice acting cant change my mind.

and i don’t know why, gundham is so goddamn funny and if i wanna show how absurd sdr2 can get i show my friends gundham’s scenes. he’s fucking funny, ok. and alongside nekomaru i can respect his death in a way. i goddamn saluted when i first watched his execution (with the full context of the trial) because i just really liked the conviction he carried with his murder.

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aand with v3…

miu’s one of the funniest character ever!! i swear. i know some people look at the sex jokes and go, “ugh” but im a manchild so i ended up enjoying her moments so much. though i’m kinda a bit meh on the fanservice side, i like how she’s one of the characters who sticks out more. in my language we call her “pentolan” i guess.

tenko’s kinda an easy character for me to like considering… stronk lady. would love for her to carry me. the misandry can get a bit too much but she’s also a pretty funny and genuine character on top of that so she came out with me liking her.

kaede and tsumugi are characters i grew to /love/ after i thought about them a lot.

with kaede, the point i started to relate to her… was with her thirst with girls. i swear im not joking. but. okay. i like her position as the protag and all her ideals. one thing i was surprised that didn’t manage to make me relate to her was her passion for piano considering i’ve also studied it for like, around 12 years. maybe it’s because i kinda fell out of it around 2 years ago because reasons. despite of that though, i like how assertive she was in her time as the protag. and her execution was goddamn beautiful.

tsumugi, though, i wouldn’t grow to love as much if it weren’t for 郁十‘s works. like. please. go watch all of their videos it’s all so good. i think someone else talked about this, but tsumugi’s position as the mastermind feels a lot more “human” than what we got with junko enoshima. compared to kaede, i feel like we could’ve gotten so much more with her as a villain and i just want to see more of her outside of her “plain bread” facade.

it might also be due to my own hcs for them so they’re on my head a lot more than most of the other v3 characters are. even more than my two actual favorites!!

ok, ok. kochiki and shuichi are definitely my favorites of the bunch. like, the toppest tiers of fav actually. it’s kinda hard to talk about these two separately tbh. maybe it’s because before danganronpa, my previous otp in my previous fandom had these two’s dynamics as well. and like, there’s a certain pairing to a fandom i haven’t caught up to in years who also have a detective/phantom thief dynamic. aaand also persona 5 and that one pairing that i don’t have to name for people to know which is my otp.

yeah i’m a sucker for these types of characters. it’s kinda typical that they’d be popular in the fandom. which i’ll  h a p p i l y  eat up.

soo it’s kinda easy to start with kochiki. i think i don’t have to go into every minute detail and go all meta on why i like him as a character because a lot of people have articulated better on why his character works. he’s fun to watch when interacting with other characters and figuring out his motivation put my brain on work. i’ll say this though, i actually enjoy kokichi better when he’s not being woobified. he’s a rat through and through and i will enjoy this possum boi for that.

(oh wait, possum boi is rantaro. nvm.)

and now mr. detective himself. so i loved his character at first. didn’t love him more than kochiki but. liked his arc, he was a fun protag. then the fan content came and he became very moe in my eyes so i guess it’s easier to say that i uh, like fancontent of shuichi better but i like canon kokichi better. and also how is it that the majority of ousai e-rated works has shuichi as a top SHUICHI IS NOT A TOP um yeah anyway. i feel like out of all the main characters he’d be a pretty nice person to hang out with.

also his eyelashes are nice. im totally not embarrassed while typing this out. im literally physically restraining myself from typing out more so i can not embarrass myself even further.

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okay congrats anon here you are i hope you enjoyed this embarrassing mess it took me more than a day to type this out because i don’t know where i should stop myself regarding some characters. but uh yeah. i have gushed. now i shall return to the abyss.

(unless anybody asks me to gush about my ocs which might actually be thrice as long as this)