#now that i think about it a lot of my favorite creepypastas have been arg or stuff like 'the government is hiding this from you'

[slenderverse]

Considering one of my testimonials is in your Carrd, I really have to ask, what got you into Creepypasta/internet horror? Was it a childhood fixation that never left? What sparked it? Also, what's your favorite Creepypasta? :)

omg ok if you can believe it this ask made me go seek out the first ever creepypasta i listened to. i found out about creepypasta because i was really into those mlp horror ask blogs like lil miss rarity as a kid, like 10/11. so when i wanted to get into creepypastas i literally looked up "creepypasta, playlist" on youtube and this was the first video in it and it stuck with me

my favorite creepypasta ever for some reason is 1999 but alan resnik copywrite struck literally EVERYTHING related to it because it referenced alantutorials. and i mean everything. when i was 13 i drew fanart for it and he randomly got that taken down. because of that i have one-sided beef with him.

favorite NOT copywrite struck creepypasta is candle cove, so you can tell there are similarities there. it's been my favorite for a long time even before i got into everymanHybrid so you can imagine my surprise when it got referenced in EMH.

so like yeah very much a childhood special interest that has never left. i don't actively listen to them anymore because well... i often don't have the energy to sit through the more recent longform stories (there was a time i tried again but was quickly turned off because the guy was basically sponsored to read professional published horror short stories and im gonna be honest with you, i dont want my creepypastas to be professionally published, it loses the charm. those arent creepypastas at that point those are just short stories). also creepypasta youtubers keep turning out to be total creeps. but they still hold a special place in my heart. I WAS KINDA A SLENDER MANSION KID BUT ABSOLUTELY NOT TO THE EXTENT OF A LOT OF PEOPLE.

[the-solar-panel]

Munday Survey

Name/Alias: Sunny

Age group: 31

Pronouns: She/her, they/them, even he/him...I really don't care

Favorite color: Green

Favorite food: Chicken

Tattoos/piercings?: Double lobes; someday I wanna get my nose stud back too. Also would love to get the OoT temple symbols tattoo'd down the middle of my back someday.

Current song stuck in your head?: Samudrartha from the HSR EP. I'm trying to think of how to sing an English version.

Pets?: 8 cats. 9 if you count the outdoor one from next door that adopted us. 6 girls (Chloe, Noel, Boo, Lovey, Julia, and Latte), 3 boys (Sphinx, Cooper, and Azazel).

Favorite book?: I don't have one.

Dream job: Singing or writing.

Tea or coffee?: Coffee!!

Hobbies: Video games, horror movies, creepypastas, true crime documentaries, ARGs

How long have you been role-playing?: On Tumblr? Since 2010, I think.

Who is your most active muse?: It changes a LOT. Right now, it's Blade.

Significance behind your URL?: It's a play on my name while also signifying that I'm a multimuse. Sunny = solar, and then I have a panel of muses. So...I'm the solar panel!

I even made a tiny pixel icon for it, but it wound up being WAY too small, so it went unused. I'll gladly show it off, though:

Tagged by: @sageofjustice (thank you!! <3)

Tagging: @eternxlstarx @capravulpes @draconiclotus @traincarsandstars @celestial-narwhal @everlastiingiimmortals @deuxombre @cryohealer & anyone else that wants to fill this out and claim me as their tagger! I'm genuinely interested in learning more about all my followers. <3

[nat-20s]

 Part 8 of the wonderful! Au: the boys answer some questions! Up to you to decide if they actually clarify anything!

(also on AO3)

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Martin: Hey everyone! I know what some of you are thinking right now: it's not Tuesday, why is this episode in my feed? I know significantly more of you are thinking: I don't consistently keep up with podcast releases, how much free time do you think I have, buddy? To answer your queries: this is a bonus episode! We're answering listener questions to clear the air and/or have fun. Also, I don't know, around 20 to 40 minutes a week, as that is the average amount of time per episode? Maybe during your commute? My husband's omnipotence has been gone for five years, we just have to guess at that sort of thing now.

Jon: For legal reasons, that last statement was a joke. In fact, to cover all of our bases, we do not guarantee that any of our responses are genuine.

Martin: Just because we say we'll answer things doesn't mean we'll answer truthfully. Though, honestly, I think we might make it more enjoyable if we do tell the truth. Like, I don't necessarily have a fun lie prepared for our first question from konspiracyking97: "What's their fuckin deal anyway?"

Jon: Is this referring to the oblique references  we've made about being from a parallel reality and only ending up here as a consequence of ending one apocalypse and potentially starting another or the general premise of the show?

Martin: Oh, it's gotta be general premise, yeah?

Jon: In that case, I'm Jon, the other voice you're hearing is Martin, we're married, and we talk about things that are..nice? Good? Usually generally but occasionally rather specifically pleasant.

Martin: That pretty much covers it. It's not a complicated show. Uhh, next question comes from Shane: are either or both of you aliens? Nope!

Jon: Well..

Martin: No. We are 100% human people from Earth, we are under no definition extraterrestrial.

Jon: Eh..

Martin: Okay, first off, I know the tone of that 'eh' and "not fully human" is not synonymous with alien, so even if 100% is being a bit generous, we're still from the same planet as our listeners.

Jon:..

Jon: But. We sort of aren't though. Technically speaking.

Martin: No no no no no. I don't care if it's parallel, Earth is Earth is Earth, regardless of whatever nonsense metaphysics might be occurring.

Jon: So what you're saying is that if you got sucked through a portal and landed on an Earth where dinosaurs were still the predominant species, you wouldn't consider yourself to be an alien?

Martin: Nope!

Jon: I'm certain that they would consider you an alien. All of their mammals are probably shrew sized.

Martin: Sounds like a them problem.

Jon: Sounds like a-?! You know what, no, this will be an off the record debate, for now, I suppose I concede that the two Earths and our physiologies are similar enough that we might, maybe, not count as aliens.

Martin: Thank you. Anyway, our next question is from anonymous, and asks, "Is all of this an ARG?"

Jon: A whomst?

Martin: Alternate reality game. It's a method of storytelling that's interactive with audience, and usually has, I dunno, a certain suspension of disbelief to it where it pretends to be something actually happening in the real world until a dramatic reveal. A lot times it was used as a marketing gimmick, but others have done it just for fun. I can show you some examples after the show?

Jon: So it's in essence a more involved creepypasta?

Martin, delighted: Aw, babe, I'm never going to have a handle on what pop culture you are and aren't aware of, huh?

Jon: We were born within a year of each other, and I've told you that I was a deeply morbid teenager, you should probably be able to intuit some of things, love.

Martin: This coming from a man who has yet to see "It's a Wonderful Life", but has seen every film in the "Banjo Cannibals" franchise, including the Easter special. Jesus doesn't exist in the Banjo Cannibals universe, why does it have an Easter special?

Jon: The movies are rather shoddily translated from Russian, so I'm fairly certain the Easter component of that special was invented wholesale in the English version.

Martin: You say that like it answers more questions than it raises.

Jon: Yes, because it does. Oh, and to answer anonymous's question, no, this isn't an ARG. From my understanding of it, if it were, it'd be a poorly constructed one, as there's no real game element to any of this.

Martin: Hmm. Well, sometimes the game component is just trying to figure out what's going on with the story, or if there's any deeper content, and people are definitely doing that with this show.

Jon: That's not by design though. It's more a side effect of us having poor brain to mouth filters, I'd say.

Martin: Harsh, but fair. Oh, this next one is from Zac, no K, who asks, "Are you two actually even married?"

Jon, flat: We are, but it's under false names because this whole thing is an elaborate insurance scam.

Jon, incredulous: Yes, obviously, we're married. What did you hear in this podcast that would make you wonder otherwise, and how do we rectify it?

Martin: Clearly we need to up our quota for how "disgustingly in love" and "horrifically sappy" we are per episode. Which segues nicely into the next question from Gwen, "What's your favourite wonderful thing you've brought so far?" My answer: my husband. He's kind of my favourite in most things, you know?

Jon: Boooooo

Martin: Why, what's your favourite thing?

[Jon reluctantly sighs]

Jon, indulgent: being married.

Martin: A: serves you right for trying to pretend you're the less horrifically sappy and romantic one even though earlier today someone put a love note in the lunch they packed for me-

Jon:- Lies and slander! I have never, in my life, done that, even once.

Martin: Oh, sure, not even once. And you definitely don't reserve the lilac sticky notes specifically for my lunches because you know I like the colour. 

Jon: I..I don't.. you're rather ruining my image here.

[Martin snorts]

Martin: Can't have the audience think that you are, on occasion, an incredibly doting husband-

Jon: -A title I would argue we both share-

Martin: - which is obviously why, even with it being your favourite thing you've brought, being married to me is just a small wonder-

Jon, audibly rolling his eyes: As I already explained-

[A Pause}

Jon: Actually, you're right-

Martin: Wait-

Jon:- I really should have brought it as a larger wonder-

Martin: Wait-

Jon: though I should warn you, I think I'd have far too much material for just one little segment-

Martin: No no no no no-

Jon:- In fact, I think I might have too much material for just one little episode-

Martin: Joo-oon-

Jon: I might have to do a whole series! Where would I even start? I mean I could talk about how every day I get to watch the early morning sun highlight your curls when I get up first, or hear you quietly humming and shuffling around the kitchen when you do, or I could talk about how the lunch notes only started in the first place as retaliation to the notes you would leave on the mirror for me to find, or how every time I get to see you at ease in a way that you aren't with anyone else, it takes my breath away, or I could talk about how cute I find the lines between your eyebrows that you only get when you're thinking something petty, but you know it's petty so you don't want to say anything-

Martin: Okay, okay, Christ, I give !up I surrender, and will cease my teasing on this particular topic.

Jon, probably making the :3 face: You don't have to stop. I mean, I could also discuss how very, very attractive I find your voice when it takes on a teasi-mmph!

[There's a pleased hum, then a pause.]

[The audio quality is slightly changed, as if the recording has been stopped and then started later]

Martin, giddy: Uh, heh, anyway, Eric asked what the least favourite thing we've brought was, and because of Jon's attempt to embarrass me live-

Jon, overlapping: It's definitely not live-

Martin:- on air, I'm gonna say it's my husband.

[Jon scoffs]

Jon : If the past few minutes are any sort of indication, I'm going to go ahead and saying that you are lying.

Martin, sighing contentedly: Maybe a bit, but how was I supposed to resist when your indigance gives you that adorable little nose scrunch? In reality, my least favourite thing was probably, um, mini golf? Which, I still don't think is inherently bad, definitely superior to regular golf, but when it's the only thing a next door two year old wants to do with you, the charm begins to wear off a bit.

Jon: Wow. A rather scathing review of a toddler.

Martin: Not so much a scathing review of a toddler as it's a scathing review of minigolf's inability to keep its appeal after the third time in the same week.

Jon: Mmm, the sound effects rather quickly go from part of the atmosphere to part of the irritation, don't they?

Martin: So what's your least favorite thing we've covered here?

Jon: Oh, love, I'm not going to pretend to have nearly enough memory of what we've covered so far to have a least favorite.

Martin: Really? Nothing that you regret or rescind?

Jon: Well, regret, certainly. It was one of the weeks where you went first, and your second item was mutual aid funds, and what they can do for marginalized communities, and I had to follow it with fucking Slapchop.

Martin, poorly suppressing laughter: In your defence, Slapchop, or whatever offbrand we have, is pretty useful, especially when either your scar or my arthritis is acting up.

Jon: I'm still not convinced you didn't somehow see my notes for the recording and decided you get revenge for the first year that we knew each other.

Martin, no longer suppressing his laughter: Yep, you got me! This marriage wasn't an act of insurance fraud, but it was a near decade long con to humiliate you on a podcast that about twenty people listen to. I'll draft up the divorce papers immediately, and then we can finally go our separate ways. 

Jon: I'm glad you've at last admitted it. Such a weight off of my shoulders. Goodbye forever then.

Martin: Right.

Jon: Right.

[A beat.]

[There's a pfft from one of them, before both dissolve into giggles that lasts a good 30 seconds.]

Martin, slightly out of breath: I can't believe we're the kind of people that talk this much about speciality kitchen gadgets.

Jon: Sorry about that.

Martin: God, don't apologize. I'm, like, deliriously happy with our varying degrees of useful cooking ware filled life. If you had told 25 year old me that one day he'd be debating the merits of getting a tortilla press with his husband, he'd have wept, I tell you.

Jon: Funny, if you told 25 year old me the same thing, he would've said "You don't know the future,piss off" and then quietly have a bit of a panic at 3 am that night.

Martin: I bet you were insufferable in your mid-twenties.

Jon: First of all, who isn't, secondly, I was fresh out of Oxford, and third, I was insufferable in my late twenties, as you can attest to, and I'm insufferable now, as you can further attest to, so extrapolation would indicate that, yes, I was insufferable back then.

Martin: Probably a different kind of insufferable, though.

Jon: There are different kinds?

Martin: Of course! You used to be "prick boss" insufferable and now you're "smug in a way that I can't admit I find hot or it will go straight to your head" insufferable.

Jon, in the aforementioned smug tone: Oh, really?

Martin: See, see! Straight to your head.

Jon: Well straight is probably the wrong descriptor-

Martin: Oof, 4 out of 10 joke, babe.

Jon: That would be a far more convincing rating if you weren't grinning right now.

Martin: It's a genuine review, I'm just well known to be a sucker.

Jon: You and me both, darling.

Martin: Okay, if you're pulling out darling, you're clearly in too giddy of a mood to be focused on recording. Last question, from Jess, "You two mentioned meeting at work, but how did you actually end up together?" That's easy, Jon pulled me out of a hell dimension and then we went on the lam together to Scotland.

Jon: If that's not the way to tell a cute boy you like him, I don't know what is.

Martin: All right, that wraps up this bonus episode, and as the old saying goes, hiding from murderers in a cottage is more conducive to romance than suggesting you gouge out your eyes together.

Jon, cut off: Hey-!

[consumedkings-archive]

From the meta asks: 4, 7, 10, 20, and 22?

hi chy!!!! sorry this took so long omg but i’m so happy i got it!! <3 <3 under the cut!

 7 & 10 answered here!

4. share a sentence or paragraph from your writing that you’re really proud of (explain why, if you like)

oh yeah okay alright forcing me to be positive??? about myself??? here is my favorite exchange to have written for the entirety of ancient names

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“Muzzle your beast, poor Jacob’s scared I’ll fucking kill him.”

Not how he wanted this. Not like this. Fuck fuck fuck. “Elliot—”

A half-cocked grin split across Jacob’s face. He leaned forward, almost within grabbing reach of Elliot. “Yeah? You think you could do it, little girl?”

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anyway the unresolved sexual tension of wanting to kill one another is my favorite thing to write and that’s that on that

20. tell us the meta about your writing that you really want to ramble to people about (symbolism you’ve included, character or relationship development that you love, hidden references, callbacks or clues for future scenes?)

answered this here and also here but! a fun thing that only ONE person has told me they recognize is in the first chapter of WH, there is a particular sequence/nightmare dream where there’s a phrase used: have you been having strange dreams? this is actually a reference to one of my favorite like cryptic/unsolved mysteries, where someone went around portland posting flyers with that exact saying on it and a phone number to a land line that asked you to leave a message detailing your dream. here’s an article about it!

i am a horror girl at heart--i love the creeps and the heebie-jeebies, spent a lot of my youth reading incredible creepypasta stories (have you been on r/nosleep? there are some REMARKABLE horror writers in there) and so i have like this fountain of useless knowledge regarding strange occurrences, creepy ARGs, and unsolved mysteries. i try to replicate that feeling of being deeply unsettled in a lot of my writing and ancient names/the subsequent stories are definitely not exceptions to this.

22. do you reread your old works? how do you feel about them?

NO AND BAD. i’m just kidding (sort of). i do re-read some of my old stuff if i need to make a specific reference, especially because a lot of the time in my writing i tend to make callbacks to specific things (the last chapter of WH having a HUGE one). i want to make sure i get the wording down correctly even though it’s technically inaccurate to do so, because human memory is so spotty and unreliable, but!!! i do sometimes go back to read things that i have written to get in a better headspace for writing something as well, but it does make me uncomfy. i think my beginning of ancient names is incredibly weak and i can see, almost physically in the word count and how i wrote, where my confidence in elliot as a character and where i was going with the story changed, and it makes me want to go back and rewrite the whole first half knowing what i know now. LOL

[scrollypoly]

What is it about ben that makes you simp for him?

*cracks knuckles* In this essay I will-

Nah I’m jk. But this is a doozy of a question, and I’m pretty sure yall don’t want a 10 page essay on the subject, so I’ll try to keep this as short as I can.

I got into creepypasta when I was maybe 11 or 12. That’s almost 10 years ago. Ben was my second pasta, the first one I had read (my brother told me and my sis jtk so screw him honestly). And it was really well written, down to the videos, so much so that I was completely fascinated by the whole thing for a very long time (to this day actually). Couple that with the fact that the Legend of Zelda was my first and favorite game ever (Twilight Princess to be more specific), the fact that I was slowly getting more into horror, and was developing an interest in psychology and etc, it was basically just the perfect storm.

Of course, nowadays there’s also the ARG, currently in full swing and still keeping me on my toes. And its still an incredible story with so many twists and turns; it’s kinda taken over my life again. He was the first character for me for a lot of things; first fanfic that made me go head over heels (mErcy on DA, idk if its still up), first character I really figured out how to write and draw even if I struggle to draw him now, first character that I felt like I could relate to in any way. Character that made me realize I have a type lmao. And his character is just so damn fascinating, especially now, with the whole hivemind thing and the cult and methods of revolution, down to how sympathetic he is while simultaneously being a completely different character; a protagonist and an antagonist, its just insane.

TLDR; he’s been a comfort character for about half my life now, has a kickass story with great development and intrigue, and is just all-around a cool guy :) But tbh, if u asked me in person, I dont think I would be able to give you an answer easily.