#omg the mascot of divorce

[owlbrain]

How do you think a NPMD swap AU would work out? In terms of the nerds being the popular ones and the popular ones being nerds, not switching characters around.

Richie and Steph are the easiest to do; Richie is the football team mascot so could be popular through that, and Steph could be an unpopular nerd if we make her study really hard after her mum’s death to get her dad’s “love”.

Max is harder since he’s hard to take off the football team. I’m not American but I assume there’s a position that’s unpopular? We can say he was briefly the quarterback but messed up badly against Clivesdale (fuck Clivesdale) and got demoted and everyone hates him now. That’s probably how American football works.

Ruth is also tricky because I’m not really sure theatre kids are that popular. I guess they could be? Sure let’s go with that. She’s always the lead in school performances, and let’s say her headgear got taken off in freshman year and suddenly omg she’s so hot. Same vibes as when the nerdy main character takes off her glasses. She could be a cheerleader maybe, she’s kinda joining in with that in Go Go Nighthawks, but probably not.

Finally the ones I’ve been putting off. Pete and Grace. Both of which are really hard to make cool without completely changing their characters.

Pete can go first because why not. He’s literally your stereotypical nerd, I don’t have much to work off of here. Being friends with Ruth and Richie already earns him some cool points, but we need more. Football player is out for obvious reasons. I’ve seen people have him in the Smoke Club but I can’t really see that happening, he’s more likely to lecture you about the health risks. However. Ted would be so down to let him have alcohol. And probably wouldn’t object to him having people over while he’s at Charlotte’s house. So I’m gonna call Pete the party guy and call it a night. May change this later.

Grace might be even harder though. She doesn’t exactly have any popular traits. Honestly she’s at her closest to being popular when she’s just snapped. Post-NPMD Grace bagged a football player and was smoking, might as well throw her in the Smoke Club.

You’d think I’m joking but I think there’s potential there actually.

Let’s say something happens to Grace. Maybe her parents get divorced. Maybe she has a sexuality crisis. Maybe the bullying actually starts to get to her. Anything that’s enough to push her off that edge she’s always doing an acrobatics routine on. She doesn’t fall quite as hard, she doesn’t go insane like in NPMD, but she starts to question her religion a little and she starts to act a little more like the popular kids. She gets into Smoke Club (I hc her and Lex as cousins anyway so let’s just say she gave Grace an in) and at this point has drifted apart from Steph, who is in full nerd mode at this point. She doesn’t realise this and we still get some Grace-thinks-she-and-Steph-are-friends shenanigans. She probably dates Jason at some point as a mixture of rebelling against God or something and her being totally straight she promises.

See? I made it work. Probably.

I’m letting anyone who isn’t the main 6 stay basically the same. Probably with the exception of Gabe though. He's on the football team and still has a one-sided crush on Grace. I hope he stubs his toe. Stacy and Brenda might also switch just so that Steph has actual friends.

[moonshynecybin]

digging into the little avatars that some riders have.... all of them are so cute and representative of their riders... im only gonna talk about a few here but i might add more later !

vale: cartoony turtle. the first to do this as far as i can tell! originated from a toy turtle (i think a teenage mutant ninja turtle lmao) that his mom gave him as a kid that he mounted on his helmet. classiccccc vale, very ironic and tongue-in-cheek, tattooed on his body in the funniest place possible, and of course the joke relies on the audience knowing that he's the fastest dude in the room ! very in-character choices all

marc: fire ant. he said i am tiny. he said i am SMALL. he said i am fierce and strong for my size... not a classically fierce choice but nonetheless makes a lot of sense to me ! also very funny that the intial design for the ant was made by vale's helmet guy, though i think he's moved towards the sharper design in recent years post-divorce and the legal stuff with its image rights... fun post about marc choosing it as his mascot by @frongsonabike here (also a very deeply catalan choice, according to @babynflames !)

bez: scorpion !!!!! this man is undeniably keyed into astrology lmao. hes a scorpio and he LOVESSSS IT. absolutely fascinating implications for his character on that, considering scorpios are a sign that catches a lot of flack. like. he looked at a list of scorpio traits and said omg me fr i need to convert this into a branding opportunity...

cele. the WAVEEE literally iconic to me. fits him SO well imo. serene. immutable. undeniably and probably unintentionally hilarious when used as punctuation. my favorite of these in the graphic design sense and i love that he changed FUCK ALL about it design-wise when he moved to KTM. also very cute that the 13 on his bike looks like the bottom of a pool!

fabio. el diablo !!! very fun considering i think hes the biggest lover boy on the grid but hes also FASTTT so i get it, its baddass etc. i DO think he would prefer the devil emoji on instagram to be red but that has been cruelly denied from him by apple.

[your-fav-is-divorced]

wait. the minion from the banner and spamtorn g are divorced haha divorce mascots are divorced

omg the divorce mascots are divorced

The Minion from The Banner and Spamton G Spamton are Divorced!

[weirdly-specific-but-ok]

I have a horrible cold, the sleep meds are hitting, but it's been two and a half months and htis feels like a good day for making questionable choices so HERE I AM TO SEE HOW WELL THIS FUCKING POST HOLDS UP HUH LET'S SEE HOW IT HOLDS UP, MAGGOTS, AHAHAH.

"signals foir help" lmao bitchboy you THOUGHT.

i mean tyeah we're all queer it's trUe of this entire hellsite not just the show but yes so queer oh my god it's more queer than a pineapple-platypus fanart

oooooh yes they likey and then we all see them likey and we think me likey

fuck you pasta asmi it's black literally anything can be silver or white if you make it reflect enoguh light is that phislosophical maybe

AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH CROWLEY BEING EMO AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA BITCH HE WISHES HE COULD BE THAT COOL AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA OMG THAT DISASTER

listen. listen. it's true. but you doN'T HAVE TO BE SO FUCKING UPPITTY ABOUT IT OKAY YOU'RE NEARLY THERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE A CHILD OF DIVORCE TOO WAIT AND SEE.

i think gabriel causes problems just be existing tbh but big mood anyway fuCK YOU GABRIEL LOVE YOU JIM OR SOMETHING IDK

no no that's true that's true that's fair marriage is a social construct and theyre so married fr

shut the fuck up DON'T JUST SAY THINGS LIKE THAT DON'T STAND AND WATCH EVERYTHING CROWLEY LOVES BURN FIRST THE BOOKSHOP WHICH WAS THE ONLY PLACE HE WAS SAFE FROM HELL AND THEN THE BENTLEY AND THEN HE HAS TO STAND AND BURN IN THE BODY OF THE ANGEL HE LOVES OKAY SHUT UP PAST ASMI SHUT UP

I--HOW DID YOU NOTKNOW ABOUT TDAVID TENNANT LIKE OKJAY YOU WERE JUST TWO WEEKS INTO THE HELLSITE BUT EVERYONE HERE KEEPS TALKING ABOUT HUIM (REFER BAFTA INCIDENTS)

NO HE ISN'T FICTIONAL, TERRY GNU

Is Neil fictional? Am I fictional? I mean I still haven't evaded all the I'm Delirium from Sandman accusations so like. Um. ANYWAY GONNA ASSUME YOU'RE PROUD OF ME NEIL OKAY SINCE YOU'VE NEVER SAID OTHERWISE K COOL THANKS.

Uhhhhhh two preteens actually well I mean depends I mean. I mean. Why am I trying to make sense of either my rambling or the show. Why am I trying.

The baby delivered was the son of satan and became the preteen idk what to tell you man it do be like that sometimes

diSCo TonYyyYYY he even has a stripper name (NO HE DOESN'T, BY THE WAY. WHY DID YOU ALL LIE TO ME ABOUT THIS I WATCHED THE SHOW WAITING FOR THE DISCO TONY STRIPPER ERA.)

....what

you enver understand anything what's new (neither do i, it's ok)

and just like it's mascot.

like the book says "every little bit helps". I mean the book also says "right mumbled crowley suddenly feeling very alone" so like AAA

is there anything they DONT do with homoerotic undertones tho IS there because i haven't seen it yet

man y'all were right i really did make crowley sound like a stripper in this post i'm sorry crowley i love you but your disaster ass could never actually go through with that career stick to being in love with aziraphale as a full time occupation okay

WHICH FUCKING HAIRCUT ARE YOU INSLUTING ASMI CME FACE ME WHICH ONE HUH BECAUSE THEY LOOK GEOGROUS IN THEM ALL FUCK YOU

stop saying queer it's so redundent queer and good omens are the same ffs

i feel fucking called out by MY OWN PAST SELF OW OKAY FINE MESSAGE RECEIVED DID I EVER BLAME NEIL NO SO STOP BRAINROT-SHAMING ME PAST-ME, OK? I KNOW. I KNOW I'M THE PROBELM.

NIOPE JUST GONNA LEAVE THAT THERE NOPE

*nasally front bench student voice because yes* ACTUALLY, it was both oF THE--i forgot what the point i was making was but uh it was both of them is generally a safe point about everything in GO

children. THE THEM,MMMMM AND TY TENNENT AND IM JEMBIMAN AND I MADE THIS POT /NOT DRUG

oh wow really was there nearly missed that apocalypse damN NO I DIDN'T THE APOCALYPSE WAS COOL YOU ALL REALLY CONVINCED ME IT DIDN'T EXIST HUH no fair you were brainroted i exucse it

WE'RE ALL SAD AND AZIRAPHALE DOESN'T WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN EITHER AND AZIRAPHALE IS SAD TOO I MEAN NO WAIT CROWLEY IS SAD TOO IDK OKAY I AM SO ILL RIGHT NOW

shut THE FUCK UP I'VE NEVER BEEN CALLED OUT SO HARD BY MYSELF. FUCKING BITCH-SLKAPPED BY THE PAST. WHO LET YOU HUH. WHO.

HAHAHAHAH SANIOTY WHAT SANITY WHUICH SANTY HEY MAGGOTS YOU SEE ANY SANITY BECVAUSE I SURE AS FUCK DON';T

holds up pretty wrlll methinks i'm just shocked that you all didn't instantly punch me in the face klike that's so wiLD.

oh i am so ill and wozozy i may have covid who knows i'll go to a doc but mainLY I'M IN LOVE WITH CROWLEY. just gonna run with the assumption that neil is proud of me and that you maggots are proud too because i am so dazed that i do not entertain alternate thoughts i barely entertain thoughts at all love you xoxoxo

Pt III good omens but i STILL SOMEHOW haven't watched it (and i'm increasingly passive aggressive)

i'm now basically held hostage adopted as mascot by this fandom. it's fine i'm fine *SIGNALS FOR HELP DESPERATELY*

Alright fuckers I swear this time I'm going to get some shit right. Without further ado, here's my third attempt at a good omens summary:

Everything everywhere is queer all at once

Angel Aziraphale and demon Crowley on earth likey each other

The car is a bentley and it is BLACK not silver and everyone is very upset about this. my bad yall it was reflecting light therefore i guessed more silver than black but I'm not Anish Kapoor take your black.

Then it is yellow, and aziraphale likes it. crowley preferred the black because he's a flamboyant emo.

God is a deadbeat absentee parent and you are all children of divorce.

There's a naked archangel and they cause problems for the husbands somehow. By being naked? By being an archangel? By being at their doorstep? Who knows not me

They were actually married for 6000 years, they just are the last to know about it.

Crowley is on fire. Like, he's slaying for sure, but also he is literally on fire, like Aziraphale's bookstore.

The actors like I said before are Michael Sheen and David Tennant but this is the place where I finally admit that I don't actually know who is whom. I'm going to assume Michael is Aziraphale because Michael sounds angel-y and David is Crowley because uh Michaelangelo made David and was gay for him.

Terry Pratchett is not fictional.

He co-wrote the book with @neil-gaiman, who IS fictional, because he does not have social media. Several of you have assured me that he is in fact a fandom inside joke. I like to think he would be proud of me.

They adopt a preteen and Crowley gives him bad advice.

At some point a baby was delivered to someone and was exchanged for the son of Satan. Idk if the baby is the preteen, or the son of satan is the preteen, or neither. This could be a fanfic, I have no way of differentiating the fanfic from canon on tumblr, except that the canon is weirder.

Crowley does not go down a chute. He goes down a telephone cord after making himself microscopic to pole dance on a pin with shroom-induced backgrounds.

During this his stage name is Disco Tony. Get it king go slay you're making better life choices than I am tbh.

Aziraphale is a biblically accurate angel, and you have all gone to extensive lengths to prove this to me. I understood nothing, but there you go.

It's all very queer, just like the fandom.

Crowley is a retired demon but he still sins by breaking the speed limit.

They eat at fancy restaurants and bicker but like in a sexual undercurrent way.

Crowley gives Aziraphale a private dance that is not a lap dance, it is an apology dance, but not in a kinky way, until it is.

Their haircuts keep changing and range from 'this is acceptable and gay' to 'i let a drunk chimpanzee take gardening shears and a blowtorch to my hair'

It's all ineffably queer my good fellows

Everyone keeps trying to convince me Neil Gaiman is the villain yeah no guys I know it's really you. Y'all be like 'SEASON TWO BROKE ME' and then you're making headcanons to make it sadder yeah I see you mmhm.

There is a final fifteen. It is sad. What is it? No one told me.

The demon turns goats into crows and the angel turns them back and then children are turned into newts (does the angel turn them back? who cares not yall) and the demon was the snake in the Eden garden and everyone's furry game seems to be on point.

There are a rather lot of children. I have not seen them. But I am assured they are there. They are, guys. I assume they were turned into the alcohol Aziraphale and Crowley drink or something.

There was an apocalypse plotline. It was averted. It is not important. You don't talk about plotlines in this fandom, no sir.

Crowley doesn't want to go to heaven. Aziraphale is sad.

The kiss is not nice, just like this fandom. It is queer, just like this fandom. It is sad and desperate and masochistic, just like this fandom.

Aziraphale doesn't want to stay back with Crowley. Crowley is sad.

Season 2 ends. Fandom is sad.

Everyone's sanity is hinging on the promise of a happy ending in season 3. Good luck guys.

Y'all better appreciate this. I can't even boast to my mother about this legacy of mine, hey mum your son has been held hostage kidnapped inducted into a cult adopted by a fandom he's not part of look he's winning at life.

[rumpshaker5000]

OMG GUYS LOOK

I drew kitty on my teachers board (kitty is my mascot/ character I made up)

Kitty is a depressed and divorced alcoholic with paranoia and crime issues. Hes over all just a silly little weirdo😋😋😋

Make sure to pay attention to his brief case

Kitty ate an edible 😔😔😔😔

Kitty isn't an outside person and SUCKS at directions (NO WONDER HIS WIFE LEFT HIM😡😡😡😡😡😔😔😔😔😔😭😭😭😭😭)

I showed my step-mom my drawings and she said it looked like a dick😿😿😿😭😭😭😭😭

[blennie]

“no she just lives with me” SHE IS A TWELVE YEAR OLD

[purplesurveys]

1232

Did you make any money today?  Not today, because it’s a weekend.

What was the highest place you've ever jumped from?  I’m not too sure, actually. I tend to be cautious when it comes to jumping just because I always have this fear at the back of my head that I could possibly snap my legs in half upon landing lol.

Have you ever gone swimming in a river?  I don’t think I have.

Is there something you really want to buy at the moment?  I want a jumbo RJ doll but it’s quite expensive and not one of my priorities at the moment. 

Would you ever consider culinary school?  I want to learn how to cook but not passionate enough about it to enroll in culinary school altogether, so no.

What was the last souvenir someone got you?  It’s been a while since anyone went anywhere...

Do you have a favorite remix of a song?  I’ve never enjoyed remixes and just stick to original versions of songs. The one remix I’ll give a pass to is BTS’ Mic Drop with Steve Aoki just because that one includes a dance break that sounds really nice and gets me all hyped up.

Has the power gone out recently?  Yeah, like two weeks ago. I was working from home then so it had been a huge bother, but fortunately I had been charging my devices all day and also had enough data on my phone so I was able to continue.

Do you like driving at night?  It’s ok and actually pretty relaxing if it’s LATE late at night and there’s barely any cars. Driving in the evening during rush hour, on the other hand, is just fucking stressful.

What do you think is the most saddest sounding instrument?  Depending on how it’s played, probably the piano or violin.

Do you really pay attention to the ratings on movies?  Yes. It’s a pretty influential factor.

Have you ever snuck in to a theater/dance/bar etc?  No.

If given the chance, would you go to Ireland?  I mean, it’s not really on top of my bucket list but for the sake of travelling and experiencing a different place and culture I definitely would go to Ireland.

Are you afraid of standing on the edge of hills/skyscrapers/cliffs etc?  I am scared but whenever I’m given the chance to do this I kind of scrap that fear first and live in the moment.

Do you have a favorite species of wild cat (tiger/lion/cougar etc)?  No.

Do you have an absolute favorite name (boy or girl)? Alessandra, 120%. It is so beautiful-sounding, plus I love that you can use "Alessa" as a nickname. My Silent Hill obsession is quite thrilled by that, ha ha. < I love that name too, now that I think about it. For now, I think Olivia still tops my list.

Are you good at pronouncing foreign words?  My English is alright.

When listening to music, do you usually tap your foot etc to the beat?  I tap my fingers more than my foot.

Have you ever literally cried on a friend's shoulder?  Yeah but they were also my significant other then, so I dunno if that counts. I’m not super into physical touch so this isn’t something I’d do towards a friend, no matter how close we are.

Would you ever consider being a DJ at a party if you were paid?  Nah, I would suck.

Do strapless bras work for you?  No, my boobs are too small. 

Has anyone told you that they wanted to marry you/were planning on it/etc?  No.

Do you feel comfortable enough to wear short shorts?  Yeah, I just never really have the opportunity to wear them.

Have a favorite actor/actress from Old Hollywood? (Marilyn Munroe, etc) AUDREY HEPBURNNNNNNNNNN

What's your opinion on people who stretch their ears?  They can do whatever they want lol. I’m personally not a fan of the look but that’s my own problem to deal with.

Do you think tattoos are expressive art or unattractive?  Expressive.

What is your school mascot?  None of the schools I attended have one.

Have you ever seen a bear in the wild? I have never seen a bear.

What's the book you're currently reading?  Not reading anything at the moment.

Can you recall the most disturbing movie you've ever seen?  Eraserhead. Requiem For A Dream is also stressful to watch, even on your 2nd or 45th rewatch.

Has anyone you know gotten mono?  Possibly, but I can’t place names at the moment.

Have you ever picked an apple off the tree and eaten it?  No. Aside from the fact that I don’t eat fruits, apple trees aren’t native here so I’ve never actually seen one.

Can you say yes/no in different languages?  Oo/hindi, ne/ani.

Out of the traditional superheroes, which one is your favorite?  I don’t like superheroes.

Ever peed in your pants after the age of 10?  Not in my pants but my bed, but fortunately it just happened once.

Had any surgeries? What kind?  I have not.

Ever told your parents you hated them?  I had it written down on my journal when I was going through those rebellious puberty years, but it was only directed towards my mom because that had also been the peak of her emotionally/mentally abusive days. It’s funny because she snooped through my stuff then and saw the entry and ended up crying...and I didn’t even feel bad about it because 1) I meant what I wrote, and 2) she literally went through my shit. I still don’t feel bad about it.

Do you let your pets on your furniture?  Yes they can get on the couch and my bed.

How do you feel about kettle cooked chips?  I don’t really have an opinion lmao. If they are chips then they are going in my mouth.

How strong do you like your coffee?  I like milky/creamy coffee best tbh. When it comes to how strong they are I don’t have a preference.

Would you rather see someone of the opposite sex naked or nicely dressed?  Idk.

Would you ever consider visiting Texas?  I have relatives based in San Antonio and we’re pretty close to that side of the family, so yeah. 

If you could make a movie, what would it be about?  I’ve never been one for creative writing.

If you were kicked out of your current residence whom would you call?  My grandma or one of my aunts.

Do you want a boyfriend or girlfriend?  Not at this point in my life.

Do you prefer broccoli or asparagus?  Oooooohh I love both!

Was the last person you kissed attractive?  Objectively yes, but I no longer feel the attraction I once held for her.

Are you racist at all?  No.

Do you read creepypasta? If not, you should.  No thanks.

Have you ever vandalized?  Yeah some desks when I was in grade school.

Would you ever scuba dive in shark-infested waters if you had the chance? Most likely not. And by the way, they do not "infest" waters. That's their home. I hate that phrase so much. < This is a good point and I’d like to keep it here. Anywho, yeah I’m willing to do this but as far as I know they keep you in a cage when you go down in the water. I’d only do it if this was guaranteed lol.

Have you ever been drunk at work?  Hungover, yes. Drunk while at work, hell no.

Have you ever hit a parked car with your car?  No. My mom has done this with my parked car though -____- She had been backing up and I kept honking as she inched closer to my car, but she heeded me no mind until she finally hit me.

Have you ever slept on the floor with someone you like?  We probably had but I don’t remember the details anymore.

Which do you prefer: french toast, bagels, or cereal?  Bagels.

Do you prefer light or dark haired?  Dark.

Have you ever read any of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books?  Yes, I liked reading those in like grade school and high school.

Would you be prepared to do a job that you didn’t like, if it paid well?  I haven’t been placed in that situation yet, so I’m not actually sure how I would handle it. Depends on how much the money is, I guess.

Do you think age is needed for maturity?  No.

Do you believe the future is predetermined?  I don’t think so.

What words are most comforting to you?  Words of reassurance, like, “I’m just here,” “You don’t have to apologize.”

How important is money to you?  It is generally pretty important to me and I’m usually good at saving...I’ve just hit a road bump the last few months because getting into K-Pop means wanting to get something out of every new merch drop hahahaha. I went alarmingly crazy from April to June, but I made a vow to calm down starting this July; and so far, aside from pre-ordering the new Memories of 2020 DVD and buying some merch from the pop-up store, I haven’t bought anything else.

Is there anything you want to last forever?  Cold weather in the Philippines.

List three of your passions:  Writing, food, and museums.

How old do you want to live to? Just because I’m competitive even until age, I want to make it to 100 lmao.

What kind of love do you value the most?  Very comfortable platonic love. I highly value friendships where I can pretty much treat them like an SO hahaha.

If you could control one element, what would it be?  I don’t care.

Do you prefer foxes or wolves?  No preferences.

Could you ever deliver a baby?  OMG no I would be terrible and would for sure bring more harm than good to the mother.

Do you think suits are sexy?  Uh yeah.

Ever been called babe?  Yeah.

How old is your youngest sibling?  18.

Who in your phone has a heart after their name?  Angela.

Favorite boy’s name?  I guess I have several preferences, but I dunno if I have favorite boy’s names. I like the sounds of Lucas, Jacob, Liam, and Mason.

Are your parents together, separated, divorced, never married, what?  Married.

Do you go online every day?  For sure.

What is the best quality in the last guy you kissed?  I’ve never kissed a guy.

What do you usually do during a kiss? Depends on how passionate it is? < Yeah.

Do you have an older brother?  Technically no, but I have a cousin that I pretty much see as one.

You’re offered free tickets to a Justin Bieber concert. What do you do?  I love Biebs, but I would probably sell them. Some extra money is always good hahaha.

What’s the genre of the current song you’re listening to?  K-Pop, R&B.

Would you ever keep your favorite animal as a pet?  Yeah, I already have two of them.

Would you ever sell your soul?  Erm, I guess not.

[k-l-a-n-c-e-a-c-a-d-e-m-y]

when we divorce can we get remarried at the kia summer sales event

We are a Toyota couple u know this 👿👿👿 .... but I will marry you anywhere 🥰🥰 omg let’s be super obnoxious and get married at Disneyland once I want that chuckecheese mascot to be the ring bearer the Disney moms will lose their minds....

[saleintothe90s]

381. It Came From the Daily Show: one episode from June 1999, and one from July, 1999

(April and May, 1999)

I fell behind on this series because Daily Show (especially back then) only worked for about 2 weeks out of every month during the Summer. There was slim pickings. Also, I have to get this out of the way so we can discuss the episode of Daily Show where Jon makes fun of Garth Brooks for being Chris Gaines!! 

June 24, 1999

Intro - “I’ma’ gonna totally sign your yearbook!” “ I can’t believe we’re going to college in the fall! BFF!” 

Headlines - Spike-O Killer - Son of Sam is upset about the movie about him, Summer of Sam, “demands more Summer, less Sam.” Son of Sam says the film is “hurtful to society”, and the audience dies laughing. He’s also mad that he’s being played by “the fat guy from The Practice”.

Headlines - “Deep Ship” - Bob Ballard has found two of the oldest shipwrecks off the coast of Israel. Obligatory Gilligan’s Island three hour tour reference.  We also learn about Polyphemus?! Don’t worry, Jon didn’t know about him either. 

Correspondent Bit - “Another World”. Stephen Colbert discusses the NBC soap opera Another World being canceled. Jon would never leave Lilah in an elevator shaft while in labor during the big ball! Does he ever wonder about his bastard elevator baby?! Does Stephen Colbert look french? Daddy?!  I love it when they did stupid bits like this back then, I’m also just a sucker for when they changed the lights in the studio.

(There’s also a hilarious bit from the summer of 2001 where Steve Carell cries over Luke and Laura from General Hospital finally divorcing.)

Special Report - Terror in the Toy Chest. I love it when Jon talks about mundane things such as toys. In this case, its a Tarzan doll that makes a masturbatory gesture, a prudish woman is filing a obscenity complaint against Toys R Us selling an Austin Powers doll that says “do I make you horny, baby?”, and pool dive sticks have been impaling children in the butt. I remember the pool dive sticks being recalled! 

Cherilyn Paulsen of Silver Spring, Md., wishes she had taken the dive stick away from her daughter. In August 1997, Paulsen’s daughter was jumping and playing in an inflatable pool in the family’s backyard, celebrating her 6th birthday.

“The next thing I heard was my daughter’s blood-curdling scream,” Paulsen remembered.

The girl had been impaled on a dive stick brought to the party by a friend. Paulsen’s daughter was flown to an area children’s hospital, where she underwent two hours of surgery.

“It tears through children’s bodies,” Paulsen said of the toy. “It looks harmless, but people need to realize how much harm they can do.” 1

Take a listen to the hotline the company has set up: 

See also: 

Other News: Purple Reign - Phil Jackson is named coach to the Lakers. 

This Just In:  Commie Dearest - Khrushchev’s son passes the U.S. Citizenship test. We’re all fish theologists? 

Public Excess - Karaoke King - I’ve probably mentioned this before, but Public Excess was one of my favorite bits back in the day. Rich Brown would introduce the craziest and the dumbest clips from the dying format of public access TV. I know some people who review old Daily Shows don’t like the segment, but we didn’t have YouTube back then! This was it for us if we wanted stupid people!  In this edition, a guy in a crappy suit sings a song about a teenager in love and says the song is all about him, Lorenzo dances around in a gold jacket with some fancy effects, and a muppet looking guy who is proud to be a federal worker? Omg, this guy crank calls and asks how he keeps his head so shiny! 

July 22, 1999

If memory serves me correct, Daily Show always goes on a big break in July, so these pickings were real slim. also, the Vance DeGeneres Tales of Survival field piece is missing a part off of the Comedy Central Website. I’m 90% sure I don’t have this episode on vhs either. I did, however find the commercial breaks from this episode.

Headlines: MissPentagon - Congress blasts Pentagon for misuse of military funds--including a Comanche helicopter that is so loaded down with weaponry, the pilot has to weigh under 110 pounds. In 2004, the program was finally canceled.

Headlines: Lemmingway - George Hemingway turns 100. There was a look-a-like contest and a key lime pie eating contest in Key West. Gross.

Correspondent Piece - A Tale of Survival: S.J. Sharkie - Okay, so the doofus who cut these episodes of TDS up forgot to include the first part of Vance DeGeneres’ bit about S.J. Sharkie, the San Jose Sharks hockey mascot being stuck in the rafters of the stadium during a bit where he was supposed to be descended upon the ice. Staff lowered him down another rope and he was able to reel back up to safety. 

Other News: The Patch is Prologue - Women might finally get birth control patches -- “putting an end to all loud speaker condom price check jokes”. 

I just remembered that annoying Ortho-Evra commercial from 2003 where the lady keeps flashing us her underwear. 

This Just in: Friends in Greed - “NBC pays five million dollars an episode for Friends. Cast of Suddenly Susan to receive new fanny packs.” 

Al Up in That: Milk - 91 year old Daily Show consumer advocate, Al Green the Bedspread King of Long Beach rants about milk. I don’t know where they found this guy. Either Stacey Grenrock-Woods did a field piece about him, or they found him on Public Access? 

Note to Al, Cofeemate isn’t milk. ‘Crap’s not even dairy. 

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1.Fields, Robin, “Swim Pool ‘Dive Stick’ Toys Recalled,” Los Angeles Times, June 25, 1999. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jun-25-mn-49982-story.html

[queensnarf]

Omg wow with the divorce mascot and everything you've really outdone yourself

I made a cake

[hillnerd-art]

Anonymous said:  Hmmm maybe Teddy/Victoire for otp questions? Numbers 30, 27, 37?

So I ship Teddy/Victoire. I think it’s super cute!

I know some people are like ‘that’s too incesty’ and I totally disagree-

1st off- Teddy is close with Harry’s kids- THEY have a sibling-like relationship. I don’t think the same with be the case with the rest of the Weasleys. They’d be close, but it wouldn’t be the same. They’d be close childhood friends- there’s nothing off about that.

2nd off- I’ve heard people say ‘they’re cousins’- if you look in the family tree, distantly, they are related. They share a great great great great grandfather. That means they are 5th cousins. That also means, when you get out past the fifth-cousin level, the odds of sharing any DNA are less than 5 percent. According to 23 and me- Average % DNA Shared is .05%  That’s the same as the average pairwise diversity in strangers.

So yeah… I’m not fussed!

Could they manage a long distance relationship?

Do in the epilogue we see that they are together, and according to the timeline, he’s a year older than she, so they HAVE to manage long distance, or they’ll break up.

I picture them being THAT super cute couple- you know the one! They are just too kind and sweet and perfect and people are just like ‘gag me, that’s the perfect couple!’- I headcanon them to be a lot like this adorable couple I’ve known since I was just a wee thing in school. They were a couple of years older than me, and I remember being in art class with the guy as he was talking about how they just started going out, and how cool she was, and how much he liked her family etc. They were just adorable- and now, 17 years later, they are still together, happily married with an adorable little boy.

I think they’d manage it really well- even better than Romione and Hinny- as they didn’t have to go through so much and weren’t so codependent- they had their own friends in their own years, so it was harder for them to get in much ‘couple time’ during the school year anyways. It was tough, but I think a lot of the staff would have this huge soft spot for Teddy- as he was basically the first kid any of Harry’s generation were around for like 6 years - so he was sort of their little mascot- and then the older staff were like ‘omg it’s Remus and Dora’s child!!!’ so they’d be a lot more likely to bend rules and let him show up on campus than they would for other people.

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Do they have kids? Grow old together? Split up?

In my headcanon they have a pair of kids, grow old together, and are happily married forever and ever- because as a child of divorce I hate it and want some damned happily ever afters.

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How much would they be willing to sacrifice for the other? Any lines they refuse to cross?

I think that the two of them are very self-sacrificing in different ways. I headcanon Teddy as being super cool seeming to the other kids- he can change his hair, and is older and just plain cool- but inside he’s a bit of a mess who is confident in his abilities- but incredibly insecure about how important he is to other people. He’s different in that he’s an animagus, his dad’s ‘heritage/condition’ as a werewolf is not one people necessarily are ok with, he’s an orphan, he never TRULY belongs to the Potter family/Weasleys- in a lot of ways he’s like Remus- he wants to be liked- so he’s always feeling he has to be perfect in order to not alienate anyone- and is devestated when he senses disappointment in him from those who aren’t his actual family.

I’ve been there- not being ‘real family’ and it’s a tough position to be in.

Victoire, on the otherhand, is the first Weasley- and thus is very loved  and knows it. However, she is the eldest of all her cousins- so there is a great deal of responsibility. She’s basically babysitting/childminding even when SHE is still a child. This makes for her to be a bit more serious. She doesn’t have that pressure, though, that she’ll somehow be abandoned by other or not belonging.

The two of them are therefore very duty-bound, setting examples for others, the ‘good kids’, and very family oriented. They’re both better at leading others since they’ve been doing it all their lives.

They also are quick to sacrifice for others- is there not enough to go around? Here, take some of mine. Is there a problem? Here, I’ll fix it, stop whining and don’t bother the adults.

This self sacrificing ideal definitely applies to one another. They’re both brave, of course, and come from a long line of self sacrificing people on either side- so it’s ingrained in them to go to action and bodily defend the other.

Teddy is a bit more reckless than Victoire- and thus more willing to get into trouble, as well as say it was his fault if there is something that needs covering up- even though he’s more afraid of the consequences for doing such.

Victoire is less likely to risk life and limb- just because she’s a bit more tame and more of a ‘think first’ type.

As for smaller sacrifices- I see Victoire hating morning and not being good at waking up- so Teddy’s willing to be the main one doing morning stuff, like if there are kids or pets. I see Teddy as being less prone to wanting to socialize with people he doesn’t actually care about- Victoire is the one who will network for the pair- example- make the idle chitchat with neighbors/other kid’s parents etc for the two of them.

[raidentalfloss]

Merry Christmas!

счастливого Рождества @drenniethes! I hope you like it!

The Cage’s apartment complex was rather small, compared to the other diplomats, but it at least had separate rooms for both Cassie and Johnny. They looked at the small tree in the dining area. It wasn’t the large pine that they usually had, but it was something similar.

 “Too bad Mom couldn’t be here,” Cassie said after a minute.

 “Yeah,” Johnny replied. After the divorce, Sonya had stopped even attempting to make Christmas a priority. But she usually met up with Cassie at a later time.

 “Guess what though,” Johnny smiled at his daughter. He moved to his bedroom and pulled out a small package. When he got back into the living space, Cassie was gone. He heard rustling in her bedroom.

“Pumkin?” He called.

 “You think you’re the only one who remembered?” Cassie teased as she walked in with a larger package.

 Johnny smiled. Christmas Eve was back on track. “Oh honey, you didn’t have to.”

 “Shut your face. What is that?” She gestured to the gift, smiling in anticipation.

 “Open it,” Johnny replied. Cassie tore open the gift in anticipation. It was a silk scarf, the same one she had eyed at the market.

“Oh Dad, wow! I love it!” she hugged her father. “Open yours!”

Johnny’s gift was small. He opened it and laughed. “Baby, what even are these?”

Cassie laughed with him. “They’re the kind of glasses they wear here. They didn’t have any aviators, but I thought they were funny.

Johnny put the on and shot finger guns at his daughter. Cassie laughed. “You look hilarious,” she said as she pulled out her phone. “Here, lemme get a picture for Jacqui.” Johnny smiled for the camera. Cassie looked at the resulting phot grinning. “Perfect.”

At that moment, there was a knock at the door. Cassie sighed and called out “Coming!” At the door stood the Emperor. Cassie’s eyebrows raised, as the Emperor usually didn’t come calling himself. “Emperor. What’s up?” Cassie knew Kotal Khan didn’t appreciate her candidness. But they were on such shaky terms after the invasion, and return attack by Raiden, that she did not feel the need to be any more polite.

“Greetings Miss Cage. I only came to wish you all a Merry Christmas,” Kotal responded.

Cassie broke out in a grin. “Really! Well Merry Christmas! Come in.” She moved out of way as the Emperor entered the apartment. Once he was out of the door, she noticed a large package behind him, in the hall. “Whatchya got there?”

The Emperor smiled. “I understand it is customary to exchange gifts on this holiday,” he said with a mischievous grin.

“What? No, you didn’t!” Johnny remarked in surprise.

“Ermac?” Cassie noticed the large package was floating itself in. “Hey!”

“Hello, Cassandra,” the construct offered a small smile. It was the most emotion Cassie had seen from him. He put the package gently down on the floor.

“Would you like to open it?” Kotal teased. Cassie moved towards it, then thought twice.

“We didn’t get you guys anything,” Cassie remembered, embarrassed.

Johnny started. “Oh didn’t we?” he rustled around in his room.

He brought out two small gifts, both with strings that looked like they had been clipped. Cassie knew that Johnny had made quick friends with some of guards. She guessed they wouldn’t be receiving anything from their new friend this year.

“Oh, I’m surprised,” Kotal remarked. He genuinely did looked a little shocked, but pleased. “I was told that the gifting part of this culture is limited between family and close friends.”

Johnny grinned. “Well, that didn’t stop you, did it?” he teased. Kotal chuckled and took the package.

 “I insist, open yours first,” he gestured at the looming package.

“You do the honors honey,” Johnny said to Cassie.

“Heck yes,” she said as she began to rip open the butcher paper. A prickly branch poked out. “Nooo!” she exclaimed in giddy surprise.

“Yes,” Kotal returned smugly. The rest of the paper was quickly removed, and the Cages looked at a large, freshly cut pine. “I see you already have a tree, but I’m told this species is the more traditional one to put in your home.”

“OMG I love it. Amazing,” Cassie couldn’t stop grinning as she looked at the tree. Kotal had even installed a small base. “Wait,” she added, struck with an idea. She snatched the paper star from their sad Outworld tree and, reaching on her toes, placed it on top of the new one. “Perfect! This is really great, thank you so much! Now open yours.” Cassie honestly had no idea what her dad had gotten.

Kotal looked at the package in his hands. It crinkled softly. As he unwrapped it, he looked confused. It was a red hat, with a white fluffy ball on the tip. “What is it?”

Johnny laughed. “It’s a Santa hat. Santa is the imaginary, um, mascot of Christmas, and that’s what he wears.” He chuckled. “Put it on!”

The Emperor held the hat in his hands. He was already wearing his golden helmet. “Wear them both,” Cassie chuckled. “That would be hilarious.”

The Emperor sighed, but upon considering it, decided that there was no harm in doing as he was asked. He placed the strange hat atop his helm. Cassie’s tinkling laugh and Johnny’s snorting made it worth it.

“Oh wow, that’s amazing,” Cassie laughed. “Do you mind if I get a picture?”

Kotal snatched the hat off his head, a quick grin on his face. “Yes, I do,” he looked pointedly at Cassie. Cassie shrugged.

“Oh well, I’ll keep it up here,” she pointed a finger at her head.

“Open yours,” Johnny said to Ermac. Ermac tore the top off of his gift, and smiled confusedly.

“Cookies?” he asked. The construct barely ate.

Cassie laughed back at him. “The only thing I’ve ever seen you eat is the desert pudding. Try ‘em,” she encouraged. Ermac took a bite of the cookie and grinned appreciatively.

“They are good,” he remarked coolly.

“I know it’s not much, especially compared to that,” Johnny gestured at the tree again.

“Who could compete with the Emperor,” Cassie added. Kotal grinned at the compliment.

“I hope you two feel more comfortable sharing this holiday in Outworld.” He stated. “I will keep this somewhere special.”

“Thank you so much for your amazing gift. I don’t even know how you got it,” Johnny looked at the tree again. It was obviously from Earthrealm. Kotal waved his hand.

“It was the least I could do.”

“Merry Christmas Emperor,” Cassie said as he turned to leave. Ermac followed him out the door. “Enjoy your cookies!’ The construct gave a small wave goodbye. As the door shut, Cassie and her father looked at each other.

“This really is great,” she remarked to her father. “Those gifts were a quick save.”

Johnny put his sunglasses on with a dramatic flourish. “Saving the day it what I do sweetie,” he joked. Cassie scoffed lovingly.

[resbang-bookclub]

AMA Transcript: Pell Grant Matrimony

This weekend, @marshofsleep, @sojustifiable (known as Amanda on Discord), @adorabbey and @tilliquoi braved yesterday's Discordacolypse in order to chat about their 2016 Resbang, Pell Grant Matrimony! Here's some of what went down:

Q: Please, give us a rundown of how this was conceived.

sleepmarshes:

sleepmarshes: It's almost been an entire year. We've lived with this sin for 11 months. Right, so, like, there was that tumblr post going around about how a bro realized he could help another bro out since gay marriage became legal, and they could get a green card. So my thought was, of course, this is Soul and (somebody).

Amanda: I believe this was the tweet marsh referenced when she first described the initial idea to me before we were collabing on it:

sleepmarshes: So, the setup would be Maka meets Soul and of course they hit it off because this is why we came here. But it turns out Soul is married.

sleepmarshes: Then we decided B* would be the best choice. He would be ultra gung ho about PDA. THEN, Amanda started signing up for financial aid, and she was like hey, what if we do it like this instead of green card? And then BAM, COLLEGE AU. Then it became a game of how many tropes, cliches, and memes we could pile in.

Amanda: And then when I was signing up for financial aid I also saw this post and was like hey alternate motivation: http://zhuy-doodles.tumblr.com/post/144803762284. How we ended up collabing and doing it for real was that I was talking to marsh about how I wasn't sure if I was going to do resbang or not, and that if i was, I wanted to do something silly. And she was like, hey you should do that thing I told you about. And I was like I can't do that, it's your thing. And she was like oh we can collab and then we made a blood pact.

sleepmarshes: Now we are borg.

Adorabear: Amanda, marsh, and I did a minecraft FRAND ritual. Very legit.

Q: How did the collab work?

sleepmarshes: At the time, I was busy with house building stuff and other things, so I knew I wasn't going to be able to help a whole lot.

Amanda: I imagine it works differently for different people but ours was a Process. When we discussed collabing we pretty much decided I would do the bulk of the writing while marsh would act as helicopter mom with plotting and everything.

sleepmarshes: HELICOPTER MOM omg. It me.

Amanda: So we plotted together and marsh would be like hey I know this is a joke but we need actual character motivation and shiz and then I started cranking out words. And then marsh trailed behind me, editing and making parts funnier and more coherent and filling in the scenes I was really struggling with.

sleepmarshes: She trucked right on man, just huge chunks. Well, I also kept throwing stupid ideas at you.

Q: Who came up with my daughter snappy, and also, how do you feed an alligator on student budget?

sleepmarshes: We don't talk about the budget.

Amanda: So once upon a time, I sent marsh this meme:

sleepmarshes: How DID that happen? This is clearly America.

Amanda: Just as a joke, I was like haha look at this meme and she was like fake gay fic??

sleepmarshes: I don't remember this but I believe it 100%.

Amanda: And I was like, not my intention, but okay, I can roll with it, they have an alligator now. Gained through some vague but nefarious means.

sleepmarshes: Snappy*Star. I think we decided [she was] smuggled from Disney World? I regret not making the epilogue about [Black*Star's] TV show.

Amanda: Yeah there were some interesting epilogue plans for when Snappy got too big to keep in an apartment. Black*Star was gonna have a TV show with Snappy I think on exotic pet care or maybe like, exercising with your pet. Just picture like, 3 years from the end of the fic, Soul and Maka are hanging out and turn on the TV to see the two of them.

Q for the artists: What inspired your arting decisions?

Adorabear: So I knew I'd do drinks, and wanted to do nail art (after getting a lot of encouragment from the resbang discord). I did some trial runs of the nail art shortly after the Resbang matchmaking.

Q: What inspired Queen Wes?

Amanda: Queen Wes appeared out of nowhere when I was writing the last 15k in three days and was in a delirious state of confusion.

Q: How did you two like collabing? Did it work well?

Amanda: I had a blast and think the collabing probably went better than either of us could've expected.

sleepmarshes: Oh yeah def. I've been terrfied to collab for years.

Amanda: Like, it ended up being even more collaborative with merging our writing styles so we just got this monster of laughs out of it. Tbh I was surprised that marsh even suggested collabing cuz I didn't think she did collabs.

sleepmarshes: I DON'T do collabs, but I get along with you so well I figured well, if anything'll work, it'll probably be this. Actually, Amanda did a lot of work on the timeline.

Amanda: More like I did a lot of work harrassing Marsh about the timeline because I need things to be linear.

sleepmarshes: Yeah I'm definitely not that.

Amanda: Let me pull up some parts of the outline for posterity. These are the kinds of notes Marsh makes in the outline:

These are the kinds of notes I make which are about 5% more coherent:

Q: Why Harvar with Wes? I think it was hilarious.

sleepmarshes: Uhhh well we knew we wanted Wes to hit on DTK. Why DID we hook him up with Harv? Just because Harv has put up with his shit for so long and won't leave him?

Amanda: We hooked him up with Harv because you love Harv and love shipping everyone with everyone else.

sleepmarshes: Ok this is probably true.

Amanda: Other random add in about shipping cuz I forgot we had another pm chatlog and found where we were discussing possible ships and I have this quote from marsh's shipping habits:

sleepmarshes: Can confirm, this is my hobby.

Q: Was there a line or joke or meme that made either of you legit laugh out loud when you realized it fit/it ended up in there?

sleepmarshes: Probably every meme we came into contact with?

Adorabear: Amanda and Marsh are basically the people on the date shoving all the breadsticks in their purse, but the breadsticks are memes. And their purse is overflowing, and they're going into the Olive Garden kitchen to get more breadstick memes.

Amanda: I think there was a lot of coming up with ridiculous lines and then having the other be like "wtf is wrong with you that's hilarious."

sleepmarshes: Yes, exactly that. As for drummer DTK....

Amanda: That was another last minute thing. We knew he was a math metal head but then I was like lol what if he shows up as a guest in the music festival?

sleepmarshes: ROFL when you said that I thought well man, if you wanna write it go for it. And then when I caught up to it for edits even I was surprised. I was like FUCK YEA.

Q: Did you guys have a playlist?

sleepmarshes: I didn't have a fic-specific one, personally. I think I was mostly listening to the Macabre Records mix and maybe a Sufjan Stevens album.

Amanda: I also didn't have any specific writing music, being a musician also I find music pretty distracting so the only music I can write to is if it blends together well and is really cohesive and doesn't have any distracting vocals. Hey, I was listening to Sufjan too. Carrie and Lowell.

sleepmarshes: SAME HAT oh I had uhhh. A Sun Came.

Amanda: And maybe some Seven Swans and some old Bon Iver and Iron and Wine sometimes. But basically I need a specific ambient music to write to as opposed to anything relevant.

sleepmarshes: There was a lot of dialogue in this fic, so I needed some chill stuff towards the end.

Q: Did you guys find any characters really challenging to write?

Amanda: I can't write DTK at all so I needed a lot of Marsh intervention in that camp.

sleepmarshes: DTK is uhhh very polite 'I care nothing about what you just said, let me do what i came here to do.' How happy do you expect goth burberry to be? Despite all that, he's got squishy innards [and] four smile muscles. I had Wes issues so his flamboyancy got a lot of help from Amanda.

Amanda: I turned Wes into a monster. Marsh did most of the bbq scene cuz I was quite stuck in the middle of it and wanted to keep steamrollering ahead.

sleepmarshes: We always knew Wes would be obnoxious but I was watching a lot of beauty gurus on YouTube at the time and like... stuff... happened.

Q: Does Tsubaki continue to be a badass pilates instructor after the story ends? Does B* continue to go to her classes? Q: DO THEY BECOME PARTNERS EVENTUALLY?

sleepmarshes: Maybe they can have a workout show together with Snappy the mascot.

Amanda: B* continues to be a big fan of her workout stuff and they're swolebuds.

Q: How goes Patti's Etsy?

sleepmarshes: She's always in business the more Snappy grows.

Amanda: I think we had another potential future ending in which Patti adopts Snappy and cares for her at a wildlife refuge when she gets too big. There were quite a few potential futures for the different people, especially as we were still playing shipping roulette.

Q: Is it really that easy to get divorced in America?

Amanda: Yes, at least as far as I'm aware. If it's not, then we're going with suspension of disbelief.

sleepmarshes: I mean, as long as both sides want it and no one raises a fuss, yeah no one cares.

Q: Why continue to call Kid 'Morty' instead of Kid?

sleepmarshes: Oh, man, idk, college AU with a guy named Death? I couldn't do it.

Amanda: Like, Kid isn't a name and if it's his stage name people wouldn't probably call him that all the time.

sleepmarshes: Bonus: Shinidaddy calling him Junior.

Amanda: Even with B* it's definitely a nickname, we just decided to go off the walls with his actual name. Like, what if instead of being Blake we call him something ridiculous?

Q: Does Blair ever give up the panty thieving?

sleepmarshes: Actually I had wanted that last sock Blair stole to actually belong to DTK, and he was going to find out at the festival, but I totally forgot. Disgruntled DTK with only one sock... chance missed.

Amanda: Just one of those things that slipped through the cracks in the last three days of screaming.

Q: How did Stein and Spirit move the car?

sleepmarshes: I don't know, I always figured Spirit just annoyed the heckie out of everyone in between parking spaces.

Amanda: I wanted to leave it ambiguous just to leave it like... how the fuck did they do that? Cuz they had to get the people to switch spots with them anyway, but then also had to get everyone to move to let them through too.

[a tilliquoi appears, there is much joy]

Same Q: What inspired your arting decisions?

tilliquoi: Hmmm well for Soul and Maka at the mailboxes, I liked it bc shark slippers and bc that was when they first met. And I drew Snappy and Wes just bc they're both fabulous and I couldnt resist.

Amanda: Both the showstealers of the fic.

Q: How did you make those pieces? What programs/materials did you use?

tilliquoi: They're all digital and done in photoshop. It's the only program i really use anymore.

Q: What made you go: Yes. That. This is the fic I want in the first place?

sleepmarshes: YEAH, I WANNA KNOW, TOO.

Adorabear: For me, I was looking for things that I knew I could make drinks for and uh, yeah, it looked fun af, and I like silly af shit.

tilliquoi: Well, last year I was an artist for another Marsh fic, coincidentally, and that one was a lot more serious. It was amazing but this year I wanted to go for something fun and ridiculous as a change of pace. When I read the summary for Pell Grant I was just thinking that I'd probably end up laughing the whole time, so I was like "that one. thats the fic I gotta art for."

sleepmarshes: When your claim came in I laughed SO HARD.

tilliquoi: Yeah it was pretty funny finding out you were one of the authors.

sleepmarshes: She had no idea I was involved.

Amanda: Marsh messaged me like "lol guess who claimed us" but wouldn't tell me until it was official.

Adorabear: Amanda and I were talking about my list, and she was in my Google doc watching me make my pics, watching me eliminate stuff.

Amanda: I was screaming inside because I couldn't let her know it was me.

sleepmarshes: We were both dying.

Adorabear: The joys of anon claiming, I guess.

Q: What are you guys' next projects?

Amanda: Uhhhh I should probably finish Strangers... but I've been focusing more on writing music lately and taking a break from fic, and then I have a couple back burner fics that I won't go into cuz I haven't decided if they'll be for a Resbang or not. Potential original fantasy story also, but I think working on more music is really gonna be the focus while I'm finishing school.

sleepmarshes: Strangers hype. I'm working on Quantum Entanglement, and intend on finishing Lodestar. Probably no Resbang ficcing for me this year, because I want to finish some fics and work on an original novel.

Adorabear: I'm not going to Reverb this year, but I think I'll Resbang art next year.

Q: Did you all ever have to reign each other in? Like were there moments you had to go whoa whoa whoa too much, too far, time to say when?

sleepmarshes: Uhm I think we were just a cycle of enabling, tbh.

Amanda: Confirmed: no reigning in nonsense, only enabling more and more batshit insanity.

Q: Anything not make the cut?

sleepmarshes: I think stuff that didn't make the cut were things we ran out of time for, since a large part of it was written in the last three days. Like I wanted Wes to have an obsession with cinnabon. I think there was more bean warfare.

Q: How did everyone, writers and artists, feel like they grew/changed/learned during the resbang season?

sleepmarshes: I think overall I learned there are more ways of collaborating in writing than I had thought. Like, I thought there was only some way with magical hand holding sentence by sentence and somehow no one committed murder. But like, we just delegated roles, she did the bulk of it, I did invasive betaing, and we talked in discord a lot about junk.

Amanda: I think my growth was just it being the first time I ever wrote that much in a short period of time. Like the last three days were crazy, but I didn't have any problems micromanaging cuz I was fine with just being like "yolo just make this better", for a murder free experience.

sleepmarshes: I was so worried at first about hurting your writing feelings. But then you were like JUST EDIT IT DON'T SUGGEST 200 THINGS.

Amanda: I don't have any writing feelings. JUST FIX IT MARSH MAKE IT BETTER. I'M WRITING AS FAST AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT ANYTHING I KNOW QUALITY IS SPOTTY.

sleepmarshes: After that it was just prancing through a field of yolo.

Amanda: I think both our collaboration and our friendship was helped severely by the fact that I don't have control issues or take anything personally, so invasive betaing was no sweat.

tilliquoi: I think if I learned anything or grew from this, it was in experimenting with coloring styles, particularly with that Wes drawing. That was pretty far out of my comfort zone in terms of how I usually color, but it made me a LOT less afraid to use excessive colors in places I wouldnt normally.

sleepmarshes: I had Wes open on all three monitors while I was editing. This is what it's like to have Wes on every channel:

Adorabear: I think for me, it was just a lot of confidence building in terms of my artwork, because I have been really nervous [about whether] my authors are going to like what I do, or [whether] they'll think I've done enough. I'm just a worrier.

sleepmarshes: Did you get ultra fast at cross stitch? Because that's certainly what it looked like.

Adorabear: I think I just motored through that one. I guess I have gotten faster. But I was like, in beast mode for that one. I am very pleased with it, though.

sleepmarshes: I love it.

Adorabear: Anyway, I think I feel more confident that the things I make are ~enough.~

sleepmarshes: THREE CHEERS FOR THE FAKE GAY FIC TEAM.

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Senior Year of High School

I have never done one of these before but thought it might be fun to relive the memories. Your SENIOR year of high school! 
1. The year: 1997- OMG I just realized this is the year of our 20 year reunion!
2. What kind of car did you have? White two door Honda Accord
3. It’s Friday Night Football: Hanging with friends from other schools or pregaming with the guys since most of my girlfriends were cheerleaders
4. What kind of job? My first real job wasn't until the summer after senior year- I worked at the walk-up grill at East Ridge Country Club. 5. Were you a party animal? Yes and no- partied every weekend but made good grades and played sports too
6. Were you considered a jock? Not at all.
7. Were you in the band? No
8. Were you a nerd? No 
9. Did you get suspended? I got ISS once for talking back to a teacher who sent me home for wearing backless shoes 
10. Can you sing the fight song? Some of it. I remember that it ends with yelling "the days at Captain Shreve!"
11. School mascot? Gator
12. If you could go back and do it again would you? Yes. So many memories and everything was exciting because it was a life full of firsts and no real responsibility. I still dream that I'm back in high school all the time and they are mostly good dreams. 13. Still in contact with your high school sweetheart? We are Facebook friends. He's been married and divorced twice, never graduated college, and manages an urban garden in our home town
14. Favorite subject? English
15. Still have your High School ring? Didn't want one
16. Still have your high school yearbook? I think it's in a box at my ex-boyfriend's parents house. Copy and paste…let’s hear your story!