#not a snippet

[mechanicalpiper]

best type of queer representation in a story is when it's just normal. There's no terms brought up or explanations of what it is it's just like when a girl character mentions that another girl is cute while blushing the person they're talking to isn't like "but you're both girlgs omg I didn't know you were lesbian whoa love is love" they're like "lol someone has a crush" y'know

think like undyne and alphys in undertale they're Unbelievably gay but nobody ever brings up that it's two girls or reacts any differently to it because it's two girls or has to explain that they're lesbian they just have their absolute mess of relationship drama like anyone else would yesyesyes more inclusivity like that please

[neon-kazoo]

[smashed thru your door] "GOOD DAY random civilian! Do I have a product for YOU which is TOTALLY not a non-biodegradable glitter bomb!!!" [I say as I hand you a box and my voice fades further and further away]

🎁

[the box explodes in your hand leaving a glittery mess as biodegradable glitter falls all over your room. what is left in your hand is a small hand written note]

You nor your nemesis have taken a vacation all year. And would you look at that? You have a buy 1 get 1 free deal on holiday travel to COUNTRY. And your nemesis just offered to build you a custom gadget in return for that extra ticket/seat??? What do you do? 

It’s a good thing I love glitter! Because my vacuum is definitely not picking that up. Look on the bright side, maybe now my door will be replaced with one I can actually open.

A custom gadget, in exchange for a free ticket to…Tuvalu??? Do they even know where that is? Well, if they want to tag along while I travel to a tiny island deeply affected by climate change, who am I to refuse to oblige them?

A free gadget is a free gadget, after all. Not to mention it’s from a master mechanic.

[backstage-if]

Just... something I wrote earlier because everyone is gonna be robbed of ✨️ Them ✨️ in the current timeline.

"Come on, Neil. Don't be dense. You know what I mean."

"Ameera," he says, looking at you again. "You pop into my apartment at 8 P.M. Umprompted. On a friday, of all days. Have you considered that I really don't know what you're talking about right now?"

You're thinking about leaving. That's it.

"I'm leaving," you say instead, more certain that you thought to be. "Yeah, I'm gonna say bye-bye to everyone. Something much better came up."

"You can't be serious," then, a second later. "Shit. You are."

[circumstantial-simultaneity]

An Update

Some important preamble: I do not support the Dream Team, I do not support Wilbur Soot, I do not support any of the other CCs who have caused harm. I still consider myself a part of the DSMP fandom, but it is because of the story and characters and my fellow fans and what they create.

As a result, I'll say that, at this point in time, I'm not planning to change any of my existing plans for the story in response to the real world happenings. No characters will be written out or have their arcs altered. The DSMP story is completed and its characters exist unchanged, likely never to be touched again, and those are what is acting as inspiration for my own writing.

I understand some people may be uncomfortable, so there are two statements I'll make that might alleviate that. The first is that this has always been a story about abuse and unhealthy relationships and trying to regain your autonomy in spite of them; whether or not I portray the characters of real-world abusers in a kind light or any in-universe abusers in a humanising light, the story is a condemnation of their behaviours and the harm they have caused - even if I was unaware of that harm at the time of planning.

The second is that I am willing to spoil any plans I have for specific characters for the sake of making someone reading more comfortable. If you would rather know where the story is heading so you know if it's one you want to read or not, feel free to ask and I'll provide as complete an answer as I can.

And obviously, if you'd rather stop reading for whatever reason, that's fine too.

The specific plan I have for the story going forward is to finish posting my prewritten chapters, with the next hopefully going up next month as an anniversary celebration of when I started the story, though I don't have a complete schedule for further chapters from there. I might also be going through previous chapters and fixing typos or cleaning up the author's notes, though there shouldn't be any major changes to the story itself so no need to reread.

At the end of the first story, I will be checking audience response to see whether I continue or if I post a heavily truncated version of the rest of the story, since there’s quite a lot left to go and I can only self-motivate so far. Still, I will be trying to round things off in a relatively satisfying way, even if not as originally intended.

Below the cut, I'll be talking a little more about the reasons behind my decision to keep writing, which isn't necessary to read, I've made sure to put everything important up here. So to round off the post, I want to thank everyone who's read the story so far, everyone who's left kudos, and everyone who's commented. It's always a joy to know something I've created has been enjoyed by someone, and I hope those of you who are sticking around will continue to enjoy the story.

See you next month! <3

To start on explaining things, I did not expect the hiatus I took from the story to last as long as it did, but I just felt stuck when trying to figure out what to do with it. Every time I decided I’d continue, some other allegation about a DSMP CC would crop up; every time I decided I would leave it unfinished, I’d find myself rereading all my notes and wanting to write more.

It's a story I've invested a lot in and would necessitate investing a lot more in to see through to completion. We're not even a tenth of the way through what I had planned! And even in a best case scenario, we might never get to that ending I originally jotted down, but it's been 3 years since I started uploading and 4 since I first came up with the idea and I'm still wanting to create for it, so who's to say?

Really though, the main reason I still want to write is the DSMP characters, and especially and specifically, Techno and Fundy. As is obvious from basically everything I've posted in this fandom, Fundy's character is one I care for deeply; what would also be obvious if you could see everything I haven't posted is that Techno holds just as strong a place in my heart. And both are characters that exist only on the DSMP. Both are characters I may never see again in any incarnation.

I'm not going to get too far into that aspect of it, but I don't want to stop writing these characters and both are very tied up in characters of people who turned out to be awful. I'm drawing my line in the sand, choosing to keep writing these characters and those associated with them in a way I can be comfortable with. It took some time, but I think I've gotten there.

And I figure that, if I'm going to be writing more regardless, I might as well post it for others to read.

So here we are. Figure out where your own line is. And maybe I'll see you when the next chapter comes out.

[writersbloxx]

Body Language

When someone is...

Sad

Face/Body:

Avoidant/reduced eye contact

Drooping eyelids

Downcast eyes

Frowning

Raised inner ends of eyebrows

Dropped or furrowed eyebrows

Quivering lip/biting lip

Wrinkled nose

Voice:

Soft pitch

Low lone

Pauses/hesitant speech

Quiet/breathy

Slow speech

Voice cracks/breaking voice

Gestures/Posture:

Slouching/lowered head

Rigid/tense posture

Half formed/slow movement

Fidgeting or clasped hands

Sniffing or heavy swallows

Self soothing gestures (running hands over the arms, hand over heart, holding face in palms, etc)

[aiweirdness]

“Slopsquatting” in a nutshell:

1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal, that’s how you get math packages and stuff but

2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but

3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So

4. Now the LLM code points to malware.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/12/ai_code_suggestions_sabotage_supply_chain/

[eggwishing]

I ONCE TRIED TO WASH THAT SCUFFED OLD THING WHILE HE WAS TAKING ONE OF HIS NAPS, BUT WHEN I TOOK IT OFF HE WAS WEARING ANOTHER IDENTICAL ONE UNDERNEATH! AND ANOTHER! I GOT THROUGH TEN MORE LAYERS OF THE SAME THING BEFORE HE WOKE UP. I WAS SO FRUSTRATED! WHERE DID HE EVEN GET THOSE FROM? THEY ALL EVEN HAD THE SAME STAINS!!

[paperlit]

We as a fandom moved way too fast past this:

And this:

[maiko-coy]

I think they'll get along quite well, actually...

[biscuitdragonwithastick]

CW: Aphrodisiacs, Dubcon, Cervix Penetration

Imagine dating a monster whose saliva acts a potent aphrodisiac. Cumming endlessly on their thick tongue as it rams your cunt and twists within your womb. The flood of slick pouring out of your cunt mixing deliciously with their saliva.

They can’t fit their cock inside you but they’ll be damned if they don’t stuff your womb.

The worse is the aftermath. Their aphrodisiac saliva now covers your cunt inside and out. Creating an itch of throbbing arousal that can’t be abated. Your monster boyfriend watches amusedly as you spend the rest of the day trying to be productive. Catching you rutting against pillows and table corner.

You beg for their tongue once more and it smiles. You will be stuck in this lewd cycle for as long as you’re addicted to its tongue. 

[akindplace]

I hope you get all the rest you need. Even if you spent a quieter day and didn’t feel productive, please allow yourself to rest without guilt or shame for not “earning” it. You don’t have to burn yourself out to prove that you need rest. It’s a very human thing to need sleep, to need a break, to need nourishing, to want to take some personal quiet time. Please allow yourself to rest. Even if it’s “too early” to go to bed, even if you spent all day in bed trying to recover from anything. If your body needs sleep, please allow yourself to have it, there should be no rules as to earning sleep.

[mechanicalpiper]

Hi just wanted to say I just read snippet #10 and as an actual scientist I am GAGGED I loved it so much omfg😭

MY TARGET AUDIENCE HAS BEEN ACHEIVED!!!

I'm not necessarily a Scientist but a MASSIVE technology autist in general (I've made a really, Really slow 8-bit CPU from scratch on a virtual circuit board, making every component from just nor gates 👍) so that big ol interest really bleeds over into ADORING both the "Absolute genius but physically unimposing at best" and "kidnapping for the sake of utilizing the victim's unique talents/abilities/intelligence/etc" type tropes,,,, and a hyperfixation on bondage/general restraints/those kinda power dynamics takes the #2 spot for "biggest interests" so it just compounds more FHJSHDSJHDA

I haven't written heroes and villains setting stuff for a while but,,, perhaps I should,,, I've focused on other things for a While Now I feel like I've kinda worked through the burnout,,,

on that note, anyone feel free to drop requests so I can get a bit more Motivation to write more :3

[aroaceleovaldez]

i have suddenly become obsessed with a theme that HoO established but never proceeded to extrapolate on, which is:

You are Percy Jackson, and you have been swapped with a boy who was allegedly everyone's favorite person, but they have decided to replace him with you. They just met you. You stand next to his best friend and the people he's known his entire life. In his home. In his cloak. In his place. They stopped looking for him.

You are Jason Grace, and you have just found out you have a long lost sister who completely replaced you in her life with this girl you just met. Your lives and personalities are mirrors. She is you, living the life you were robbed of.

You are Annabeth Chase, and you have just become starkly aware that you have been inhabiting the void left behind by your best friend's long lost brother. You and Luke were just replacements for him. Now you have to look him in the eyes when he has nothing and know you took that life from him.

You are Piper McLean, and you have just found out your relationship is fake and built entirely on the memories of Annabeth Chase. You have been given a boyfriend when hers has been taken away. You have no idea how much of it is real or not but regardless you feel like if your relationship isn't exactly in their image that you have failed.

You are Leo Valdez, and you have just learned that you are the echo of your great-grandfather. You are not your own person. You just exist to be a mirror of him. A doppelganger. An actor and stunt double facing all the danger he never had to but wearing his face. To be there for his best friend decades later simply because he couldn't. You are playing a role. A seventh wheel and a pawn for a goddess who carefully sculpted your entire life for her own purposes.

You are Hazel Levesque, and the only reason you are alive is because your brother couldn't save your his sister. You are a consolation prize. An apology. Your existence here is misplaced in every way but you inhabit it anyways.

You are Frank Zhang, and you are a shapeshifter. Inhabiting your own body feels strange and clumsy when you could be literally anything at any time. You are anything and everything and live your life with the simple certainty of knowing exactly how you will die.

[irisfixation]

she asks kindly before sex if she could please have your safeword. you oblige happily; it's only after her knife draws blood, and you fumble for words that will not arise, that you realize the extent of your mistake. "it's perhaps one of the most basic fae tricks, yes," she tells you with a smile, "but you know, people tend to be far less cautious when it's not a name being taken!"

[circumstantial-simultaneity]

He found her at the burger king.

"Aye," he greeted her, "can I get, uh..."

He trailed off, smile dripping purple. She frowned, looking to the cash register. The price was going to be too high, she knew already.

She knew that he would pay it.

"ingredients on my burger"

She stared at the darkness on his lips.

"beetroot?"

He didn't answer.

"you want beetroot?"

It wasn't what she wanted to say. Honey filled her mouth, pushed past her tongue. He had a request. She would fulfill it.

The counter between them was only distance, separating two shards of a broken god. Still he smiled at her, the purple stains on his tongue chasing away his true face just as gold chased her words.

The distance of service grew between them. Did she even know who he was anymore? Did she ever? She opened her mouth to ask-

"you want fucking beet root?"

They were too far apart already.

The man's face did not move from its smile, and yet she heard his reply clear as day.

"ingredience."

A bit of history: I first came up with this AU back in 2021. For about a year, it only existed to me and my brother, who's always been the first person I turn to when developing a new idea, even when he doesn't know much about the source material, as was the case here. It was especially fun to get his impressions on these snippets and to then get to dig into the symbolism and underlying meanings with him.

Back in 2022, he sent me the above; a bit of writing in the style and using much of the symbolism of my snippets, but built around this tumblr post. It was the push I needed to start uploading WMFTD? - I even made a deal with him that I'd upload his writing the next April 1st, and even though I wasn't able to keep that promise, now that I've returned to the AU, I'm overjoyed to be able to finally post it. It still just brings such a big smile to my face.

So, Happy April Fools' to you and Happy Birthday to me! I'll get that more serious post I'm planning out within the month and hopefully a chapter not long after.