#lovehacks mc

[choices-binglebonkus]

Okay I never realized just how truly obnoxious the TRR MC actually was until I replayed #LoveHacks, whose MC shares faces with the TRR MC. This entire playthrough I was just waiting for the MC to be plucky and unserious and annoying and qUiRkY and I had to keep unbracing myself because the #LoveHacks MC, while flawed, is actually rather well-adjusted and mature, whereas the TRR MC will interrupt a ceremony to call the crown regent a big meany bad man, name a boat christened in her daughter’s honor “Boaty McBoatface”, and obsess over fancy hats for seven whole books + a holiday special.

[lostworldss]

kinda want to replay a choices series again because i need a new distraction from my personal life, but i can’t decide which one

[choicesmc]

MEET Jiahao Enyinnaya Thorne bigender, she/he

Book: Immortal Desires Love Interest: [Redacted] Sexuality: Questioning~

APPEARANCE

Hair: kinky hair usually kept in long pink + teal braids Eyes: Brown eyes but usually wears contacts Height: 5' 9" (175 cm) Ethnicity: Chinese-Nigerian

BASIC INFO

Birthday: May 18, 20XX Zodiac: Taurus Hobbies: nail art, voice acting, and old school shojo anime/manga Homestate: Illinois

PERSONALITY

Jiahao is used to all the best things in life and is not afraid to demand for them. Hyper femme with a deep voice, he's used to drawing attention wherever he goes —especially when he's all dolled up. Unfortunately for her admirers, Jiahao doesn't lend out her trust easily. If you want it, he'll make you work for it.

FUN FACTS

Her mom is Charity Sullivan, my MC from the Surrender series. The events of this take place years (more than two decades) after the canon events of the Surrender series.

Jiahao is the only of my OCs to have a sibling —Adanne Thorne who is 3 years older than him (+ currently in university overseas)

Her tag is #jet because those are her initials. (she has complicated feelings surrounding her names 😈)

He shares my gender!! <- am very very happy with this one!!

She voiced Dopey Cat (from LoveHacks) when she was younger which kickstarted her voice career pretty early.

[storyofmychoices]

The beginning of 2024 had definitely already brought it's share of challenges for me, but I'm hoping that maybe things will still be improving from here! Thinking positive!

Writing Goals

Where to even begin? I have probably 100+ WIP ranging from a scribbled idea on a post it to an outline that needs to be typed. I'd like to put a dent in that? So far each year, that list keeps growing instead of shrinking. I find that I'm more of the in the moment writer. It's all or nothing. Either I finish a piece in one sitting or it never gets done. I'd like to try to find more of a balance in 2024.

In a perfect world, here are some stories I'd like to complete:

Mal's proposal: I started this fic last February, and would really like to actually write it. I have art for it. I don't know what I'm waiting for, especially now that I have their Blades 2 AU proposal done 🙈

Laser Tag with Brylivia: This is just a short little drabble that I think is like 75% written. It's from 2 years ago. I really have NO excuses lol

Love and Scotch: This series fell away when I stoped writing Ethan (for a number of reasons). I'd love to finish this series. I had several more chapters planned but I might just skip some and at least get to what I envisioned as "the end" aka Thomas and Alex's HWU AU wedding and a big turning point for Ethan and Ellie.

#HollywoodHacks: Does anyone even care about this series? Anyone even remember it? I feel like no. I was really only writing it for 1 person, but they're not in the fandom anymore...It might not be the ending I'd planned or wanted, but I think I could wrap the series in 1 or 2 (tops) more chapters. I had hoped that the story would lead to me writing more for Ben Parks and my #LoveHacks MC but that never happened

Tipsy Nia x Daenarya: an anon requested tipsy Nia hitting on Daenarya and I started it but then never finished it. It's such a small drabble it seems silly to even include it here, but here we are!

Blades 2 AU: At the start of Blades 2 I was doing a great job keeping up with the book and rewriting the chapters to fit my vision for the characters. That kinda fell apart around Chapter 5. I'd like to finish that rewrite and see how Iliana fits into how the rest of the book happened. Last I wrote, Daenarya didn't even know she was pregnant.

Rayden and Lydo's Adoption: Mal and Daenarya have already decided to adopt them. I've also written them as a family. But, I've never written the actual story of Mal and Daenarya telling the boys they were adopting them and they'd be a family forever, so I'd love to do that!

Pairings I'd like to write more of in 2024:

Thomas and Alex: I used to publish 1 new story a day when I first started writing them. It lasted over a year, then it gradually decreased. Last year, I only wrote them 10 times! I know the lack of interactions with their stories, has definitely made me want to share less and just enjoy daydreaming for them, but still, I'd like to keep their story going, regardless of interactions, because they are so special to me. Plus, if I could wrap those two series above that they're in, that would definitely lift my RCD/HWU fic count for the year!

Nyx x Aerin: I LOVE NYX! NYX is incredible and I love love love them. Aerin is kinda fun too. I would love to develop these two more this year.

Trystan and Lilah: I've only written them a few times and I'd like to get to know them better

Beckett and Emma: I haven't written them in a long time and when I did write them it was for 1 particular series (them in Detention). With the Book Club replaying TE, I'm hoping I might be inspired to see what they're like outside of the library.

Troy and Astraea: I love these two but I haven't had time to explore them more. I don't think I'll have time to participate in the group reread right now, but I would still like to reread WTD at some point this year and keep developing them.

Daenarya x Maiele (@lilyoffandoms) + Mal x Tyril: In 2023, Lily and I started to develop these relationships more. I loved every second of that and I hope 2024 will bring us more of these four lovely characters.

Mal's Orphanage: Blades 2 destroyed the orphanage storyline. If PB wanted to steal it they should have done a better job of it. Like there was literally no point in them having that storyline since they abandoned it the first chance they got. I'd like to fix the Blades 2 orphanage storyline but then go back to focusing on my original orphanage because those children are my favorite.

Other Goals

Catch up on reading and be a more active reader

Follow and support new Choices accounts

Continue with the book club and other events I host but find a balance with hosting that I still have time to create and read/support others

Try my hand at drawing again. I had been drawing chibi's a while back and I haven't had time/the courage to try again, but @lilyoffandoms's incredible art journey this month has inspired me to add it to my list this year

Keep editing Aerin in the sluttiest Choices outfits I can find

Flesh out more of Olivia's pediatric practice and how she transitions from Edenbrook to Sunshine Pediatrics

Be kind to myself and let myself rest when I need it. I am my biggest critic and if you ask me what I'm good at, I'd say nothing and I would tell you everything wrong with anything I've ever done, including all of my pairings. I see the mistakes and I want to let myself see the good and focus on only that this year.

[lorirwritesfanfic]

Top 10 characters that should've been LIs

(I'm stealing this idea from @jerzwriter 😁😘)

Han (AME): I do like Mackenzie, but ugh... it's such a waste of time to make a character as handsome as he is and not give him at least a tiny story. And several flings with MC... Just saying... 😏

Horatio (LH): Before Ben showed up, every time I played LoveHacks I was annoyed Horatio wasn't romanceable. Why did PB make a character so adorable and never let the players romance him?

Renza Fiero (TRM): Yeah, she's evil and a backstabbing traitor who romanced one of the most stupid villains on Choicesverse. But I loved her 🤷

Harper Emery (OpH): Well, here's a power imbalanced romance I'd gladly play. She's beautiful, powerful, competent and more interesting than most characters in the entire series;

Teagan (AME): Again, why did PB make a character so sweet and never let the players romance her? I don't get it;

Ruby Webster (CoP): I like Trystan more than I ever expected to like a LI from a single LI book. But when I first started playing Crimes of Passion, I was upset I couldn't romance Luke. Then I changed my mind and wanted to romance Ruby lol. She is pretty, sweet, smart, doesn't date much. My MC would gladly date her;

Luke Watanabe (CoP): If Crimes of Passion was a multiple LIs book, I'd definetely choose his route. Even if I changed my mind later, I think he'd still be worth romancing;

Carter Jackson (QB): I swear I thought he would be a LI when I started playing Queen B. Such a disappointment...

Robin (TNA): I only played until chapter 6 (I think...), but I remember MC talking and having much more fun with them than with Sam. I know they hooked up with Sam's fiancée, but I liked them. And btw, they're prettier than Sam;

Xanthe (ACOR): I'm not an enemies to fuckbuddies lovers enthusiast, but once again I fail to understand why PB created a gorgeous and intriguing character like her if the players can't even have a fling with her.

tagging @choicesfandomappreciation

[squid-princess-teach-swallow]

Meet My MC: Kate Brookes

Full Name: Katherine Alicia Brookes

Book: The Royal Romance

Love Interest: Maxwell Beaumont

Faceclaim: Kaya Scodelario

Nicknames: Kate (she prefers it to Katherine), Katie-pie (by her family), little blossom (by Maxwell), Brookes (by Drake)

Hair: Wavy, black, little more than shoulder-length

Eyes: Blue-green

Birthday: 31st May

Hometown: New York City

Parents: Christopher and Emilia Brookes; they passed away in a plane crash when Kate was in college

Sibling: Kara Brookes; she's 4 years older than Kate, but they look so alike that they sometimes get mistaken for twins; Kara currently manages a lifestyle blog, and lives in San Francisco; Kara and Kate used to be very close as kids, but after their parents' death they grew apart also it's worthy to note that Kara is based off of #LoveHacks MC

Astrological Sign: Gemini

Education: BA in Political Science; she wanted to complete her higher studies but due to the sudden death of her parents she couldn't pursue her dreams and so she started to work as a waitress

What she likes:

Food: Burgers

Drink: Lemonade

Season: Summer

Time of the Day: Night

Animal: Dogs

Colour: Blue

What she dislikes:

Being told what to do especially by Bertrand

Following rules

Waking up early in the morning

Showing off

People who underestimate her

Hobbies:

First up, ofc it's dancing! It was one of the first things Kate and Max bonded over. She doesn't prefer any specific style. All she needs is to let loose and dance like nobody's watching. When she's happy, she'll dance. When she's sad, well, she'll still dance, but slowly and less energetic.

Next, sports. She's an active and energetic person, she hates being still, and has to do something. Her favourite sport is baseball, she was the team captain in her high school and her team has won a lot of games under her leadership. She does play other sports occasionally like football, volleyball and basketball.

And lastly, a little unexpected, but: cooking. A lot of her memories of her family revolves around all of them cooking together on weekends, so it has a special place in her heart. So, even though she isn't particularly skilled at it, she makes sure she takes some time to cook something special every week.

If you have any other questions about her, just ask and I'll answer it and add it to this post!

Tags: @robintora

[fandomfiish]

Choices books RO's I picked Masterlist

Since I've successfully got my ass hauled back to playing choices (Due to It lives within, in a span of two days I already finished ILITW and started TE ... again. And I thought it'll be nice to share the RO's/LI's I've picked throughout the books, granted I haven't played all books yet so this will definitely be edited and updated as time goes on. Note: I haven't finished most of these books, just wanted to add which LI I picked.

Freshman series -  Zig Ortega || MC: Claire

The Crown and the Flame - Dominic

Most Wanted - Dave Reyes

Rules of Engagement - Blake Yasuda

Endless Summer - Jake Mackenzie

#LoveHacks - Ben Park

The Royal Romance/Heir - Maxwell Beaumont

Hero - Grayson Prescott || MC: Flynn Hudson

Highschool Story - Michael Reginald Harisson || MC: Klein Montgomery

Highschool Story: Class Act – Ajay  || MC: Kirby

It lives in the woods - Lucas Thomas || MC: Von Franco

It lives Beneath - Parker Shaw || MC: Seifer

It lives within - Lincoln Mcquoid || MC: Shohei Kim

Red Carpet Diaries - Matt Rodriguez/Seth Levine || MC: Jovia

Perfect Match - Hayden Young/Damien Nazario || MC: Liam Prescott

Bloodbound - Jax Natsuo/Adrian Raine || MC: Elise Sinclaire

Veil of Secrets – Flynn O’Malley || MC: Alex Thompson

America's Most Eligible - Unnamed Stranger/ Han|| MC: Isaiah Park / Han

Desire & Decorum – Ernest Sinclaire || MC: Ms. Camilla

Across the Void – Meridian / Zekei

Big Sky Country – Sawyer || MC: Thomas Jenkins

The Elementalists – Beckett Harrington || MC: Ike Eagleson

A Courtesan of Rome – Marc Antony

The Heist: Monaco - Fabien Ahmad || MC: Stiles Lee

Ride or Die: A Bad Boy Romance - Colt Kaneko

Open Heart - Bryce Lahela / Rafelo Avelero || MC: Dr. Cryx Montero

Passport to Romance – Ahmed Khabbaz

Wishful Thinking – Jaime Lewis

Nightbound – Nik Ryder || MC: Dwight Park

Platinum – Avery Wilshire

Sunkissed - Nate

Bachelorette Party – Ash Tanaka

Mother of the Year – Thomas Mendes

Save the Date – Simon Hendricks  

The Royal Masquerade – Hunter Fierro/Kayden Vescovi

With Every Heartbeat – Dakota Winchester

Blades of Light and Shadow – Aerin Valleros

Distant Shores - Edward || MC: Christopher Bang

Queen B – Professor Kingsley

My Two First Loves – Noah Harris

Rising Tides – Robin Tora

Foreign Affairs – Tatum Mendoza

Laws of Attraction – Gabe Ricci

Shipwrecked – Brendan Fraiser

Wake the Dead – Eli Sipes

Crimes of Passion – Trystan Thorne/Luke Watanabe

[bryceslahela]

To this day, lovehacks has the only respectable friends to lovers plot line in all of choices idc. The fact that they established MC and Mark having liked each other and pined for each other for years vs the current slew of books where our supposed bff has feelings for us only when the book starts/we meet another LI is so lame to me. It feels cheap when our supposed bff only mentions liking us when someone else comes along. Idk if u agree but yeah I was just replaying LH and this came to mind

the way lovehacks is soooo underrated actually hurts me. its soooo good and well written that the fact people ignore it makes me curl up into a little ball. ur so right and ily for replaying lhs. mark and mc’s relationship is so underrated. also the scene where if ur mc is romancing ben nd mark nd they play that game thingy??? SO FUNNY

[cadybear420]

Cadybear's Reviews- #LoveHacks

Welcome to the seventh official Cadybear's Reviews post! Today I'll be talking about #LoveHacks, which I have ranked on the "Gold Tier" at 8 stars out of a possible 10. My last and only playthrough of this series was back in February 2022.

I quite enjoyed this one and found it hilarious. 

It seems to get low opinions from other members of the fandom and while it certainly isn’t one of PB’s best works, I think it’s far from being in any of the bad tiers. I will say though, Book 1 felt like one hell of a fever dream. It wasn’t bad or anything, it just felt a little bizarre. The pacing of the plot was just fucking everywhere, and MC befriending Mark’s friends felt very rushed. 

I do like that they had a lot of free outfits, especially since I generally found them more appealing than most of the diamond outfits. But I hated that characters (in Book 1 anyways) would throw a hissy-fit when you chose free outfit options. Characters really wanna complain about my new formal fit looking too “plain” when not only do they wear the same shit every day, their own formal fit is the exact same style as my formal wear? Fuck off. 

Also, everyone seemed way too hard on Cole for some reason? I think they’re maybe going for a “Shut up, Meg” kind of gag with him or whatever you call that trope…? But… it could get a bit overbearing at times. That trope works best if the character actually deserves it, but some of the stuff Cole got shit for just felt way too innocuous to me? Especially in the earlier chapters, it didn’t really sit right with me. 

I definitely think the series picked up around Book 2. There’s much less shaming of free outfit choices, and the plotlines felt significantly more grounded and focused while still maintaining a sense of wild humor. “Unleash the panther” will always be iconic to me. 

As a side note, I would consider this one semi-pointlessly genderlocked. Or semi-pointfully genderlocked. Whatever, same thing. On one hand, a fair amount of the story is driven by Martin and TJ being misogynistic to MC, which eventually prompts her to leave ClickIt to start her own blog page with Leah. On the other hand, I feel like a sort of a workplace sexism story could maybe be adapted for a male MC too. 

Whereas a female MC deals with being looked down upon because the guys think she’s trying to “redecorate” or “feminize” things at ClickIt, a male MC might be looked down upon for refusing to indulge in their sort of “alpha male” mindsets. Considering it’s unfortunately pretty common for these kinds of people to deem other guys as “low testosterone beta male soyboys” if they stray even the slightest from being stereotypically masculine. I’m just spitballing here, but I do think it's worth exploring how these guys might have treated a male MC. 

Overall, it’s good as a “lighthearted chill fun” Choices series with a compelling enough storyline.

[garrusknight]

Hi, i did the survey bit forgot to say that i like the blonde hair of Brooke from LoveHacks. Can MC get it or MC's mom or blonde nik ryder his mom if there will be a scene? srry fir late reply.

I think we might be able to squeeze one of them in! Which of Brooke's hairstyles were you thinking?

[choicesoutofcontext]

lovehacks | book 1, ch 11

[choices-binglebonkus]

I’m replaying #LoveHacks since I have the book pass for it AND since I have a lot of diamonds to throw at stuff and I have to say…like…it’s not as bad as I remember it being, but it’s still pretty damn bad.

I can think of four separate times when the characters referred to my MC as Dani (the default name), which is not the name I chose for her, and I’m only on chapter THREE. Considering #LoveHacks has been out since 2016 and those very blatant and noticeable mistakes are not only repeated, but left in the game…shit, man. That’s bad.

I figured I’d like #LoveHacks now since I’ve been using diamonds on it (thank god for the modern diamond ads) but the diamond choices like…don’t really add anything of value. Which is shocking, since the earlier Choices books usually had way more impactful diamond choices. But no, these ones are…not really that great.

The vibes are pretty good. The book is really unserious and stupid and I like that. But the MC’s whole thing with Mark is so forced. The friendship between the MC and Mark’s friends is so forced.

#LoveHacks is a book that I think could’ve been really fun and cool, but the execution was shoddy. I have to wonder…how would it have done in the modern Choices era?

Like…this MC is dating around and sampling the whole buffet and oh my god, I LOVE THAT. I actually think that if this book were released in the modern Choices era, it would be a smut; a really good smut. Think of how unserious Dirty Little Secrets is. A modern #LoveHacks would just be the MC hoeing around and living her best life and it would have been so much better than what we actually got in 2016.

But anyway. Just a frazzled, tired, allergy-hazed, ADHD post. Couldn’t really sort out my feelings here and so this unorganized heap of a post was born.

[storyofmychoices]

Since you write for multiple Choices stories, I'm curious: (how) do they all intertwine? Do your various MCs know each other? How do they get along? How did they meet? If any of your stories don't exist in the same universe, how would the characters get along if they did?

What a great question... now if only I had a proper answer 🙈

I think about this often. I'd love for them all to exist in one universe however, I already have two universes for Thomas and Alex (Hollywood U and Red Carpet Diaries) .

From there, I started with Ethan and Ellie, who through Love & Scotch exist in my Hollywood U universe.

So that leaves me with everyone else. (this is long, I'm so so sorry)

Initially, I was writing Olivia as MC (for like a week) so Ellie and Olivia were in different universes.... but I hated it. MCs personality and job and everything didn't fit Olivia. I had Olivia trying to be Ethan's intern while also being a pediatric specialist, which made no sense. So Olivia was rewritten as a full OC, which meant she could be in Ellie's universe but I had both Ellie and Olivia interacting with the fellow interns but never each other so it feel incongruous to put them together.

So that made me think that Olivia could be in the RCD universe, but in my RCD Alex has mentioned Ethan and Ellie even though my current Ethan and Ellie only exist in HWU. Alex mentions that much like her and Thomas who find each other in every universe, Ethan and Ellie do as well, which then puts me to trying to reconcile how Olivia and Ellie coexist. Even if my current Ellie is HWU only, I'd have to see how RCD universe Ellie is. I assume they'd be similar but not the same as Alex and Ellie wouldn't have the same relationship as their situations are not the same. Plus I'd HC that Ethan and Ellie get together before Alex and Thomas in the RCD universe.

BUT there is something else to consider... Danny!

In HWU universe, Ethan and Ellie's storyline follows Open Heart at least through the attack, so Danny died. However, in my RCD universe, I wrote Danny having moved to LA to have a cameo in a fic, so in my RCD universe, regardless of how Ethan and Ellie get together, their story will be different to some extent because Danny is already different.

Leaving this mess to the side for a minute.... some quick ones to rule out. I'm not trying to make fantasy meet reality so

Mal & Daenarya, Beckett & Emma, and Troy & Astraea are all in separate universes. (for now at least)

So that leaves Justin & Mari and  Levi & Laura

I always HC that Levi and Laura are in the same universe as Olivia and Bryce. I have a wip that may never get finished, but Levi does a benefit concert to help raise money for the pediatrics ward.

Justin... oh Justin, I haven't written him in ages, but I do adore him (despite all the hate and threats I got when I did write him). He could honestly be in any universe.

OOO Ben Park from LoveHacks! I forgot about him! Okay, so Ben Park (preLoveHacks) exists in my HWU universe and is featured in the #HollywoodHacks storyline.

Okay and there is Whiskey Business which is my one shot crossover with The Royal Romance. This exists in my HWU universe. This includes Liam x MC, Drake, Max, Bertrand, Olivia, etc

However in my RCD universe, Liam also exists and is a friend of Thomas as mentioned in Seducing Mr. Perfect. So I guess their friendship exists in every universe. (as does his and Drake's lack of friendship/arguments over proper scotch)

I think that's everyone in the Pixelberry Universe that I currently write for!

Now on how they get along...

HWU Alex and Ellie become very close and get along well. Alex is sometimes a lot for Ellie, but she endures it and Alex definitely convinces Ellie to step out of her comfort zone.

Olivia and Alex would both get along well. I think they could have a lot of fun together but also work together to raise money for a good cause. I'd love for Olivia to be the twin's pediatrician, but Boston to LA isn't really all that convienient.

Olivia and Ellie... I think they'd get along, but I don't see them as being close friends. They have very different personalities and they work in two different fields. They might have friends in common that bring them to the same events, but I don't really see them hanging out alone. They work together, they like each other, but nothing more. The attack changed Ellie (forever) and she is definitely more closed off than before. It has a permanent effect on her so she has a couple close friends but that's it. (maybe that's why I'm having trouble figuring out how they fit together in a universe.) But also this is Olivia and HWU!Ellie... I don't know if HWU!Ellie is identical to RCD!Ellie or if things are different. So maybe one day I'll start a new AU for Ethan and Ellie and explore how the two universes differ... maybe the attack is different in RCD universe which would mean Ellie would be different. Maybe her and Olivia could be closer.

Laura and Olivia would get along well. I actually have Laura going back to school to become a nurse. I'd love for Laura to be the nurse at Sunshine Pediatrics.I want to set MOTY in New England so that I could build the relationship between Laura and Levi with Olivia and Bryce. I do think these two couples would be fun to explore together.

Okay, I'll end my essay on my universes here since it's a lot.. .sorry about that. Let me know if you have any questions or things y ou are wondering about based on my TED talk here lol

Thank you for the ask!

[god-save-the-keen]

Classic 😂😂😂

[pxlbry]

meet my mcs ↦ #lovehacks

↳ name: soojin jeong ↳ li: ben park ↳ “computers and IPs are not your forte, but at least the crippling fear that you’re only good at writing about old lovers doesn’t bother you anymore” - gumuhit

[bryceslahela]

ok murder at homecoming is quickly rising into my top ten favourite choices books and it’s high up on the list. i’m gonna need to do some more play throughs to establish my top books because i replayed te: wp and i’m currently replaying te2 and this book was so fun like??? why did we not talk abt atlas and mc’s dynamic more??? i feel like they act like genuine siblings. i might find it more fun tho because i’m actively romancing the forced li and ik a lot of people had trouble w/ beckett in b2 which is totally understandable and i agree. fa, acor, moty are probably my top three. weh, oph2/1 (i haven’t decided yet bc oph1 is better written overall but oph2 had the better chapters) and probably cop. idk what order the rest will go in but add bolas, ilitw, lovehacks and maybe pm idk which one tho…..