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mail-me-a-snail · 9 months

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oc interview: ✨✨vance✨✨

thank you to @swearingcactus AND @glitchinginthegarden AND!! @v-eats-bugs for tagging me !! finally got to sit down and answer this :3

let's hit it !

🧡 Name?

"Just call me V."

his first chosen name was penn, but he started going by vance after his medical transition. he doesn't give it out freely bc that was the name arasaka knew him by; he doesn't mention his surname, either, bc it's a pretty prominent one with much of its members still working for the megacorp in question.

🧡 Nickname?

"...Well, last I checked, 's still V."

apart from "mano" from jackie, vance doesn't have much in terms of nicknames. his old netrunning handle was N3tH0und (net hound); it's a retired username that's been largely scrubbed from the net, but sometimes he signs his major hacks with it just to fuck with people. it's a ghost's name, and it's fun to haunt the net only when he knows for certain that it can't be traced back to him.

🧡 Gender?

"Guy! Never been asked that outright before."

🧡 Star sign?

"'s not my scene--can't say I know much about it--but Misty's got me down as a Cancer, whatever that means. Says that's probably why I'm, er, so 'intuitive', as she called it. You ask me, that's just the merc work--bein' able to read a room, that is."

i first drew vance on july 7, 2023, so i consider that his birthday. like vance, i have no idea how being a cancer applies to him, but google says cancers are loyal, domestically inclined, and committed to their loved ones, so that sounds about right!

🧡 Height?

"Six flat. Johnny's pretty sure I'm taller than 'im...but he's slouchin' all the time, so don't think he's got a say in it."

🧡 Orientation?

"Usually go for other guys. But I guess the definition of that is pretty loose these days, 'specially in NC, huh. The hell does it matter to me if you've got certain...parts. If you're a guy, you're a guy, and if you're down, I'm down, y'know?"

vance is a gay man with a preference for masculine-identifying individuals. like he said, if you identify as a "guy" in any form, then that's good enough for him. he's not one to talk about having "appropriate" parts, and he thinks it's dumb that they're gendered in the first place. he's not usually looking for anything serious and he's more than okay with just being an input and having one as well.

🧡 Nationality/ethnicity?

"Nay's Indian. Tay's Filipino. Ya ask anyone, I look more like my mom."

nanay and tatay are the filipino words for mother and father, respectively. vance has a very limited grasp of either language but he at least knows that much from his dad's mother tongue.

🧡 Favorite fruit?

"Oh, man, 's been a while--this one time when I was growin' up, think I was ten or eleven, 'Saka sent Dad a basket of 'ganic fruit. For his 50 years o' service, I think it was. Anyway, had my first apple then. What I wouldn't fuckin' give for one right now."

he likes fuji apples the best :3

🧡 Favorite season?

"Gotta be winter. I got to go a lot of places back in '65--Europe, mostly--an' most of them were snowy. Loved seein' my breath fog up. You don't get that here. You get hot rains and the pavement steamin'--guess it's pretty, in its way, with all the city's neon shinin' through the rain.

"But it ain't a real winter without snow."

🧡 Favorite flower?

"If ya hike it out to the Badlands in the summer, you'll find these little white flowers blooming on the cacti; Net says they're called Saguaro blooms. I like their...tenacity, I 'spose."

"But if I had to give ya a traditional answer...blue hydrangeas. Maya--she used to grow 'em in her apartment, still don't know how she did it--she gave me some blooms for my birthday back in '70. A welcome home kinda thing. Don't got her green thumb, so they died a week later...but they were real pretty. Somethin' to look forward to comin' home to."

🧡 Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate?

"Coffee--can't say it works for me, though."

he likes all three and refuses to drink his coffee black. he will put so much milk and creamer in that cup that it might as well be a dessert. johnny is disgusted (affectionate).

🧡 Average hours of sleep?

"...Hours, plural?"

vance is a champ at power naps and between the relic and an insomnia left over from his arasaka days, he doesn't get to bed much. if you do somehow get him into bed by morning, however, be prepared to not see him until near-evening the next day.

🧡 Dog or cat person?

note: those 10,000 photos are just the ones he has on his phone; do not look at the cloud where his kiroshi photos are stored.

🧡 Dream trip?

"...Was actually, erm, thinkin' of--well, when we get all this shit sorted out--I was thinkin'...might bring Johnny somewhere colder. Somewhere with snow. Said he hasn't seen snow before, so, I-unno, thought he might like it out there."

please take this time to imagine johnny in his android body nuzzled up to vance in the snow, red-faced and, for the first time in a long time, in awe. they're going to have hot chocolate later in some cabin vance rented out for the season--but right now, they're watching their shared breath cloud together in the air, simpatico even in this.

🧡 Favorite fictional character?

"Oh, oh--there's this real old holovid I used to loop when I was fifteen. 's fucked how they got most of it right. Anyhow, Rick Deckard. I used to think he was so damn cool."

deckard, with his big-collared jacket and general gruffness, was definitely one of vance's transition goals. that, and he watched br2049 right after--with how deckard was treating K, vance started projecting Really Fucking Heavily on K. like wow! you're a total killing machine with a father who just might love you. that's crazay man. could not be me

🧡 Number of blankets you sleep with?

"Run pretty warm as it is already, so just the one. Like the...texture of it, as it were. The weight o' it."

get this man a weighted blanket please god. i think it would fix him. alternatively, just lay on top of him and he'll be happy.

🧡 Random fact?

"I used to klep a lotta shit when I was a kid. Wires, chips, motherboards--mostly tech, really, from the vendin' machines and bus stops 'round the city. Sold 'em for a pretty eddie down in Heywood; got no buyers in the Hill, not when we could all afford the tech those Heywood kids were tryin' to kitbash together in the first place. Don't really know why I did it.

"To strike out, maybe? Maybe I liked the challenge. There's somethin' about makin' a machine give its own parts to you; get a vending machine to dispense its motherboard, a bus stop sign its LED, and ya feel like ya can make anythin' bend to your will."

thank you again for the tags!! this was a lot of fun to do :3

tagging @netripper , @knuckle-cluster, @matapang-coffee, and

@nakitengoku AND whoever else would like to do this! no pressure to do so ofc!!

if u ever dont want to be tagged in these kinds of posts, just lmk!

#cyberpunk 2077 #cbp2077 #cp2077 #cp77 #male v #digital art #doodle #mine #my art #vance #WHOOWEE this was a long one but i had a lot of fun doing it #hes so dead wife core here tbh

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corishadowfang · 6 months

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Questions for 15 Friends Tag Game

Tagged by @siarven--thanks for the tag!

Rules: Answer the questions, then tag 15 people.

ARE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?

Uh...not really but also kind of for my legal name? It was the name of a character in a soap opera my mom watched, and she liked it enough to use it for me.

My chosen name...also kind of falls under the same umbrella, but for different reasons, and, uh...comes with a story. So like--I was really into fantasy stories when I was a kid/teen (I say like I'm not still into them now), and I loved making up "fantasy" names, which...basically just meant shoving a bunch of letters together until I got something I thought sounded cool. One of those names was "Coriora." For whatever reason, I fell in love with this name, and it's shortened version, "Cori," and I used it for everything. Pokemon nicknames, random characters, a self-insert OC...

And my cat. Who I adopted a few months before I made my email and FF.net account. Which is when I officially started using the name "CoriShadowfang" as my primary username online. Teenage me didn't even have the thought in her mind that she could possibly identify with the name "Cori" enough to adopt it as her own, nor did she think of the potential consequences of sharing a name with her cat.

...On the plus side, it's funny to call my cat "Cori Sr.," and watch how people try to process that.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?

Uh...I think Friday night? I'm pretty sure it was about something I was planning for a story, aha. (I cry VERY easy, haha, and the thing that spurs it does not necessarily have to be sad.)

DO YOU HAVE KIDS?

Do pets count...?

WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY/HAVE YOU PLAYED?

I was signed up for baseball, basketball, and soccer when I was a kid, though of those, soccer was the only one I actually liked. I ended up running cross country and track in high school (though after that ended up running only for fun, since, uh...the competitive part of that wasn't very enjoyable for me, aha). In college I did fencing, which I loved and often miss a lot, but there...really aren't many places that offer fencing around where I live. I did do some long sword for a while a couple of years ago; transition to that from fencing was an interesting experience, since the fencing muscle memory...did not go away. ("What do you mean I have to hold this with two hands?? ...What do you mean I can't just stab them?!") That ended up being pretty expensive, though, so I only got to take lessons for a few months. It was still fun, though!

DO YOU USE SARCASM?

Depends on the situation! I use it a lot less online, because I'm worried about coming across as, like...rude or mean. When I do use it, it's often toned down a lot. Offline, it depends on who I'm around, and how they react to it. (Or if I'm just...getting really frustrated. Then it tends to come out more.)

WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?

Uh, that's...a good question. Online, it's definitely their interests, and...I guess it's kind of also the same offline? If I'm given the opportunity, haha. Like--if I see you're wearing a Pokemon pin or reading a fantasy book or something, I'm immediately going to be focused on that, haha.

WHAT’S YOUR EYE COLOUR?

Mostly blue; the bottom of my right eye has a patch of green in it.

SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?

Happy endings! I never got into scary movies very much, aha.

ANY TALENTS?

Uh...I guess writing probably counts? I'm also a pretty good distance runner.

WHERE WERE YOU BORN?

The middle of nowhere, Pennsylvania.

WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES?

Writing, haha; I joke that it's all I do, but uh...it really is most of what I do. Besides that, I like drawing, reading, playing video games, and hiking. I guess playing card games/board games might also count? But uh, I do that a lot with my friends and family.

DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?

Yes! Cori Sr. is still around, haha, and I also recently adopted a puppy named Luna. Obligatory pet photos:

HOW TALL ARE YOU?

5'4''

FAVOURITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL?

Probably unsurprisingly, lit/creative writing, haha. I also really liked most science classes, too; learning about nature was one of my favorite things in school, and any sort of labs where we could go outside and actually study plants/animals were amazing.

DREAM JOB?

If money weren't a concern, and I could just do anything I wanted for the rest of my life without worrying about how to pay the bills...I would love to just write stories full time. Writing really is one of the things I'm the most passionate about, and I'd love to be able to pour my all into it without worrying about getting too burnt out or needing to take on extra jobs to make ends meet. Maybe one day...

I will tag...wait I need 15 of you...uhhh @starlightwayfinder, @cq-studios, @recusant-s-sigil, @scalacaelumx, @hallowed-nebulae, @serenedash, @thetwilightroadtonightfall, @rosie-kairi, @fin-al-mix, @kicktwine, @zmwrites, @talesabound, @gotchaocha, @bookwormally, and @lightwithinthedarknessu, if any of you want to do this! Absolutely no pressure, though! (And feel free to skip/leave out any you might feel uncomfortable answering/don't feel like answering.)

#tag game #thanks for the tag; this was fun!

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polarseven · 10 months

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Since you inquired about my URL, it is only fair that i get Information about yours.

The first Part "Polar" seems to be your Name, likely chosen for either a connection with the Cold or with the Northern Star. Or maybe due to the "Iceberg" Metaphor: Being more than you seem. The second Part "Seven" however mystifies me, are you the 7th child in a family, was it chosen for it's Role as the luckiest Number or maybe due to it's Grandiose Funniness.

I would be glad if you could retreat your Thought Process in your Answer.

my url has a lot for history that's honestly not very deep, but it's a long process to get to PolarSeven

so when I first started playing minecraft, my username was (and still is) Poker7. 7 was straightforward enough, it's my favorite number and always has been. I chose poker because when I was still in elementary school I would poke people a lot. I remember there was one girl I wpuld just poke on the shoulder a lot (she didn't like it). I think I did it cause I had a crush on her? Regardless, I poked people enough to consider my self a "poker". like, someone who pokes.

So I chose it as a name and it stuck for a loooong time. Eventually, though, between the username already being taken (both poker7 and pokerseven), and people thinking I played poker (texas holdem etc), I swapped to PolarSeven. Polar was very similar to poker, which was nice, but I chose it because in middleschool I gave a speech about polar bears, since I loved them so much!!! I won the first round of a contest with that speech but not the second? but regardless that speech stuck with me long enough to want to use Polar as an alias in place of poker. It sounded nicer and more mature and was less embarrassing than either interpretation of poker (though its not as embarrassing anymore for me. I was a sweet dorky lil kid and I love that about myself).

so yeah!! history of my username!

#username #storytime #iceberg asks

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detectiveichijouji · 1 year

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Case 7 - Sunbursting Justice!! (part one)

[AO3 version!!]

The number of the digimon partnerships was increasing year-by-year -- Current number of partnerships by the year of 2008 was up to 8,100 in total around the world. Those people could be already in touch with Taichi and Daisuke’s groups, via the online network or simply by a local contact. And with this, the idea of that detective club only made things interesting (besides the caper with Arsenemon).

But… There’s mean-spirited Chosen Children and Chosen Digimon… And there’s the ones who think they are doing the right thing, but not realizing they’re just part of the problem.

“Yo,”

This student is the popular Youta, but he’s most known by ‘Soleil’ because of his zodiac sign being Leo… And because he has a very nobility-like behavior.

“Hm?”

“You’re… Motomiya Daisuke, am I correct? You looked a little more taller by what the others told me about you and your stories.”

But, if there’s ONE flaw in Soleil… It’s that he cannot stop being a sassy smug kid. Not in the bad sense -- This kid definitely talks what is in his mind without thinking of the consequences. And with this…

“A-are you making fun of me!?”

… He made Daisuke his biggest enemy in the school.(not that Soleil disliked Daisuke, but Daisuke is… Daisuke, and he takes everything seriously…)

…

“I can’t stand that guy!” Daisuke pouted and crossed his arms. Takeru and Hikari looked at each other and then to their friend. Their digimon were also looking at Daisuke and frowning, “He’s always making me mad! Stupid Octo-head!”

“Octo-head… you mean…” Takeru decided to try talking with him, “Soleil, right?”

“Yeah, his head is octopus-shaped to me.”

“At least he’s nice” Hikari sighed, “But he’s insensitive sometimes…”

“Anyway, has anyone checked the website?” Tailmon interrupted their discussion, “It’s a little while since we got a case to solve.”

“Oh that’s right…” Hikari took her phone and opened the website, to find a little request there “Ah! We got one!”

“Really??” Daisuke approached her, the digimon and Takeru too and they all read the message on that tiny screen.

“… ‘Please stop my brother from using the digimon for scams, I don’t want him to get arrested’ …?” Takeru read the message, “Should we help this kid?”

“What kind of scams do they mean?” Daisuke raised an eyebrow, “If it’s something we get in real legal trouble…”

“We should help them” Hikari ended the discussion with a serious tone of voice, “You would do it if it were your older siblings, right?”

“H-hey, Hikari-chan,” Daisuke frowned, “O-of course..! But is there anything about Taichi-san--”

“No, Taichi wouldn’t use Agumon for scams! I mean, a little brother is asking for help! We must do something!”

“She’s right,” Takeru added with a nod.

“... If you say so, then let’s do it,” Daisuke then looked at the username of that person, “Huh… I think I know them…”

“Do you?” the others asked.

“Yeah, the person who sent it is the little brother of a former Odaiba middle school soccer team member. His name’s Koh, and his older brother is Touya. I didn’t expect to hear that Touya is doing scams… That must be a misunderstanding…”

“Oh… The guy who you were always talking with at soccer practice?” Takeru blinked.

“Yeah, his partner is a Monzaemon. Koh’s partner is a Sunmon.”

“Sunmon?” Takeru and Hikari repeated.

“Well, let’s hear the story directly from Koh. Something seems fishy here…” Daisuke said with a serious voice, “Ah, can you contact Ken, Miyako and Iori for me, guys? If we get in legal trouble we will need everyone in.”

“I don’t understand, what kind of ‘legal problems’ Daisuke means?” Patamon blinked.

“The kind that could need Miyako, Iori and Ken’s abilities to get us out.”

After school… Some high schoolers were mocking a small elementary student for having a goofy digimon and not something cooler like Imperialdramon or Wargreymon. Her partner was a little Kunemon. Oddly, none of those three high schoolers seemed to have a partner.

“I hate injustice.”

Soleil said to himself, clenching his fist. He walked there nonchalantly and tried to dialogue with those ‘brats’.

“I don’t think you should pick a fight with her because of a Kunemon, since their usual nature is quite feracious.”

“B-but Kunemon is not a bad digimon, he’s my friend!”

“Yes, I know. But your digimon might do something wrong and I can’t watch this” he smiled, an honest and warm smile.

“What are you? A digimon researcher?” an older girl from the trio made a snarky remark, “You seem too pathetic to deal with this business, nerd.”

“Yeah! Bet her Kunemon evolves into a Numemon!” said a boy from the trio.

“I’m sure Kunemon could evolve into something fascinating and according to this girl’s deepest wishes” Soleil tried to stay calm, but those ‘idiots’ were not helping at all, “Mind you, people without a digimon shouldn’t be allowed to discuss anything related to those creatures.”

“Huh?” the second girl there stared Soleil with a murderous glare, “Then, where’s your digimon, Octo-head? You’re all talk but no bite!”

“...” he clenched his fists again.

“What?” the first girl said in a mocking voice tone, “Did you get scared, octo-punk?”

“What did you call me…?” he gave them a terrifying glare, “Say it again and you might wish to never have picked a fight with us.”

“Um, mister… I…”

“Please sweet young girl, take you and your Kunemon away from here…” he smiled again to the young duo, “I’ll take care of them.”

“R-right…!!” She took Kunemon from the ground and ran away.

“Hey, what are you gonna do? Call for your parents?” the trio kept mocking him, “Octo-head!”

Soleil cracked his knuckles, and smirked at those people, “Come at us, you trio of punks”

“You keep blabbin’ ‘us’ and it’s just yo--”

Suddenly, a big shadow appeared behind Soleil -- A bipedal beast-man digimon with a giant mane and flames coming from the parts of his armor and the end of his lion-like tail.

“Oh, I meant me and my digimon after all. Do you have a death wish or will you cease your insults against any digimon and their partner?” he didn’t drop that smirk, he was pretty sure this is what he believed to be justice.

The trio screamed in terror, and they ran like it was the end of the world. Soleil looked at his partner, who devolved back into a tiny and nice Lion-like digimon -- Coronamon. He softened and gave the digimon a pat.

“Thank you, my buddy.”

Daisuke, Ken, and Iori went to talk with Koh after school, knowing that he probably would be free to chat. Iori also knows this kid, because they attend the same school, yet from different classrooms, so he was instructed to hold Koh for a bit.

Koh is also a goggle boy! But the whole issue with his brother made him less excited to wear his precious goggles, as they were Touya’s gift and he liked to wear them to show how cool his big bro was!

“Ah, Daisuke-san!” Koh grinned at the other two boys coming.

Then, once they gathered up… Koh began explaining why he asked for their help:

“Big bro Touya is… Doing something bad. He’s using Monzaemon for scams, and when I tried to stop him, he said it was for our family’s sake. He’s not like this, I heard him talking with someone on the phone… I think their name was Eigen…”

“Hmm,” Upamon squinted his eyes, “That doesn’t sound cool…”

“Touya was a cool guy back when we were soccer teammates” Daisuke agreed with a nod, “I don’t believe he’s doing it on purpose!”

“When I heard Daisuke-san was part of a detective group I had to ask for help… Please, stop my big bro!”

“We’re gonna to stop him and this Eigen person too! Right guys?”

“Yeah!! /Yes” Ken, Iori and the three digimon detectives replied with determined glares.

Sunmon, who was too silent, just floated in front of the trio-and-their-mons and nodded, with a squeaky child-like voice, they said “Thank you!”

“More importantly,” Ken said, “do you know what kind of scam your brother is involved with?”

“It’s a little stupid but… Lovely Therapy”

“Lovely… Therapy?” they all repeated.

Of course. It was a scam and just by looking at this name they had spotted the fishy part. As expected… If the police got involved, Touya would also get arrested for being Eigen’s accomplice. Now how to help Touya without letting the police know?

Soleil and Coronamon spotted Daisuke, Ken and Iori going to the karaoke bar and caught them talking about… Something something ‘Lovely Therapy’, and he sent a message text to someone with his phone.

> I need you to check out something for me. -- Soleil.

The team gathered, Daisuke slammed his hands on the table in the center of the booth:

“I need to ask you a favor! On Touya’s behalf.”

“Huh?” Miyako blinked, she almost spat her non-alcohol drink.

“You have to check this… ‘Lovely Therapy’ business-thing for me!! I want to know what it is, where it is and how much it costs. I can’t let an ex-soccer teammate be involved in something fishy!”

“What do you plan to do with those, Daisuke(-san)?” Ken and Iori asked, quite sure this would mean a plan was in the works… And they should just help to prevent Daisuke himself from messing things up.

“We will catch that Eigen person! I’m sure that person is forcing Touya to do those scams!!”

“Well, true but you need to not do something…” Takeru intervened, but now was trying so hard to use a word that does not sound harsh.

“... Stupid” Ken completed the phrase, being quite honest (as the usual) “If you’re thinking more than your usual, please stop right now.”

“H-hey…!!” Daisuke frowned, “H-how can I do something stupid--”

“When you’re like this, you usually don’t think twice and do whatever comes first in your head” Ken sighed, “We know that. I know that because of a certain thing I did to you in the past.”

“Oh… Ya mean… We should psycho-torture that person using Touya’s like that?”

“... W-where did you get that!?” Ken snapped.

“I think he meant ‘psychologically’,” Iori clarified.

“It wasn’t what you did to me in the past?” Daisuke asked innocently, “That thing… You got the Bakemons to pretend to be our friends, and then you tortured me until I decided to sacrifice myself for those Bakem--”

“I know that!! And please I’d like to never do that ever again” Ken babbled, it was one of the things he was ashamed of. He regretted accidentally giving Daisuke that idea when all he wanted was to explain that he knows how Daisuke cannot function well under pressure.

“We could… put a hidden camera and then record the scammer confessing his crimes…” Hikari suggested, with a serious and cryptic tone of voice.

“Oh, that’s a good idea!” Armadimon nodded.

“But we need someone to set the camera up, right?” Wormmon asked with a bit of concern.

“Someone able to be fast and cautious” Patamon and V-mon then looked at Hawkmon and Tailmon.

“Huh? Me?” Hawkmon blushed, “I could do that, but Shurimon got no… hands.”

“Yes, I can do that” Tailmon nodded, “Maybe Shurimon can help to set it up in a place I can’t reach alone.”

“Then that’s settled!” Daisuke grinned, “We will make that Eigen confess! I’ll talk to Touya tonight!”

Daisuke learned which high school Touya was attending thanks to Koh’s details, and he and Ken went there the next day. But the moment Daisuke offered his and the 02 Team’s help…

“Sorry, Daisuke I can’t…”

Touya’s answer was negative.

“Dude, I’m sure that person is using you!” Daisuke insisted, “We got a plan… We only need your help so we can catch the bad guy.”

“Eigen-san is not a bad person…” Touya’s voice was wavering, he then took a notebook and wrote something in it, unattached the page and crumpled the page, tossing it on the floor, “He’s just helping me. There’s nothing wrong with him. I’m sorry but I need to go, bye.”

And he left. Daisuke frowned once again, “Man… I don’t believe that he’s tellin’ the truth..!”

But Ken noticed a few… hints dropped by that kid -- One, he wrote something on the paper and tossed it. Two, his voice was wavering. Three… He noticed something eerie watching them.

“Uh, what’s this?” V-mon grabbed the paper and Ken gently took it from V-mon’s hands. Something was written there… But maybe they shouldn’t unfold the discarded page there.

“Daisuke… Let’s go to my house” He said, “I’d like you to try Wormmon’s newest tea blend.”

“Huh? Well, Whatever… We can’t do anything here…” Daisuke shrugged.

They left.

At the Ichijouji’s household… Wormmon poured some of his favorite tea blends for Daisuke and V-mon.

“Why do ya want to drink tea right now Ken?” Daisuke pouted.

“Chamomile tea helps to relax, and you need a break,” then, Ken took from his pocket the paper Touya had tossed away and unfolded it, “And because it was just what I suspected.”

“Huh??”

Ken showed the paper saying: ‘Can’t Talk. I’m being watched by’ and an acronym with ‘GRAND’ in it.

“Um, what means ‘Grand’?” V-mon tilted his head.

“Possibly the reason he couldn’t talk to us” Daisuke mused, “Right?”

“Yes,” Ken nodded, “Which means, this case is a little trickier than we thought.”

“...!!”

Ken’s phone rang, he answered it and heard Miyako’s voice on the line: “Ken-kun, I’ve got something for the case! I sent it to your email address.”

“Oh that’s good news. Daisuke is with me, so I will show him what you found and report to him.”

He gestured to Daisuke grab his laptop in his room and the other boy understood. Daisuke went to Ken’s room, carefully took the laptop and put it on the dining table. Ken turned it on and waited until the OS finished loading to then access his email’s inbox. Miyako’s email was right there with details. Daisuke, V-mon and Wormmon went behind Ken’s chair and looked at the screen.

“Nice job, Miyako!” Daisuke grinned, of course that was her specialty after all!!

“With this, we only need to gather the ‘GRAND’ keyword hint and we will help Touya-san, right?” Wormmon asked.

“Right!”

“I’ve thought about how we can help your friend, Daisuke,” Ken said with a smug smile. He was really confident about his abilities right now, “So listen carefully.”

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#02 team digimon case files #young prince detective ichijouji ken

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halfwolf-forever-yours · 6 months

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Why "Halfwolf Forever Yours"?

I figured I might try my hand at blogging in this new year of 2024, but...where to start? I'm fairly new to Tumblr and trying to leave my mark, so why not start with a question I've been asked a time or two: why is "halfwolf forever yours" my name of choice for an online presence? It all started with a song.

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Yep. That song right there, written and performed by Aviators. It is a beautiful song about a self-sacrificing servant who, incidentally, is half wolf. This character is Blaidd the Half Wolf from the award winning 2022 video game Elden Ring. You can Google him to learn the full story of this non-playable character, but in short, he was created as a guardian with the capacity to lose his mind and turn against the one he protects should she defy her destiny. Of course, this is exactly what befalls this tragic character.

Anyway, back to the song. I fell in love with everything about it from the melody to the music to the lyrics, but what grabbed my heart the most was the slight change to the final chorus that includes these words:

"Remember who I was: halfwolf, forever yours."

I took it as a handle for my email address and the rest is history. I have been in and out of the online art community for years, but never in my life have I felt such a connection with my chosen username. Not only does it come from a song I love, but I also love wolves and I have loved them since I was a teenager and saw Balto for the first time. I spent most of my life moving around from one state to another and this led to falling out of touch with my best friend in high school, who also loved wolves and so I put away my love for wolves because it just hurt too much.

In 2022, my grandfather--whom I was very close to--became unexpectedly ill and died within hours of being admitted to the hospital. Fortunately, my Mom and I were able to be with him in his final moments. It was extremely painful for both of us to be forced to say goodbye to him. We used to talk about wildlife a lot. He loved nature and was a true outdoorsman in the wilds of New York (yes, it is a big, beautiful, wild state; more than just the concrete jungle of the city). Anyway, about a month after his death, I had a dream about him and he told me he wanted me to find a better career outside of what I was doing. The dream was also full of wolves. That reawakened my love for this beautiful creature associated with loyalty and instinct and now I associate their intense eyes and strong resilience to the wisdom of my grandfather. My art and my rekindled love for wolves is a part of my life that is dedicated to his memory, I guess.

Anyway, that is the long story of how I became HWFY or Halfwolf Forever Yours. Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope maybe you will follow me for more adventures in art and writing. I've got plans. ;)

~ Halfwolf Forever Yours 🐾🐺

#Youtube #blaidd the half wolf #grief #art #anthro #fursona #furry #furry art #anthro art #furries #elden ring #aviators #wolves

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milkhoney531 · 1 year

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Just some personal musings, contains abuse, suicidal ideation, and transphobia mention

You know, when I first came out as trans/nonbinary, the name I chose started with M. Then G and then J. Now I'm back to M. Different name, same letter. For some reason, M sticks around longer than any other name I've gone by.

I've gone by tons of usernames too, but one split second decision cemented part of my username. I was signing up for freecycle for some reason and I was going to use my chosen name, I got three letters in and decided I didn't want questions so I chose to change the last letter and make a pale joke.

So boom, Milk became a part of my online identity, besides the 531 at the end. And while the word after it varies from place to place, the M stays.

I've changed a lot over the years, but some parts of me are the same. I still feel weird about my gender expression. I still hate being perceived as a girl. I can't stand pink or too many bright colors, mainly due to preference or sensory issues. I still don't correct family who calls me by the wrong name, but I want to work on that.

I still love to write, paint, draw, or do most creative mediums. However I don't write songs anymore, despite still wanting to learn music. I also don't hate fashion, I've designed clothes and bags and such, even making my own coat.

I'm no longer terrified of ruining things and shutting down my ideas due to that fear. I have altered clothes, made new clothes, put both fabric and acrylic paint where they definitely shouldn't go, frankensteined jackets and cosplays. I have let myself make the things I bought my own. Were there some projects I ended up regretting? Yes but it felt amazing to actually do them while I did!

It's been a rocky road, but I like where I'm at right now. I'd like some changes, yeah, but the changes I want, I'll get. I just need to keep going and preparing. I don't know for sure where I'm heading, but I have a plan for what I want in my life that can be achieved no matter what happens.

I still don't really know who or what I am, but I'm learning and I'm growing into a person I think I like being. Sure, there have been some bumps in the road, definitely didn't think I'd discover a chronic pain condition making me use a cane, or think I'd like flowers, the ocean, or space nearly as much as I do now, but it's a nice surprise.

I'm surprised and glad I'm here to learn more about myself. I never thought I'd live so long. Frankly, I was amazed I made it to high school. Growing up, home was a violent place. My mom was with a violent, obsessive, jealous drunk for most of my life. He almost killed me, my mom, and my brother with a gun before I was 6 years old. I learned the smell of alcohol and how to find empty beer bottles and places to hide before I learned how to write my name. I learned how to find good hiding spots and to make sure my siblings were hidden before I learned to tie my own shoes.

I grew up thinking I was going to be killed. When we finally were free of danger, and even before then, I often acted out at school due to meltdowns because of my autism. Once we were safe, I was no longer the trusted babysitter who could be woken up in the middle of the night before even attending kindergarten or the kid who could make sure their siblings were safe, instead I was a violent problem child. No longer was I praised for ridding of my bullies, my brother's, or my friends, but condemned because I used violent means to do so.

So I started to think of myself as a monster. As someone so unworthy of any human interaction that I legitimately thought I should be imprisoned and bound in a building with no possible exits or entrances far from civilization to just starve to death. I thought my only options in life were to be killed, kill myself, or imprisoned.

So I stopped doing anything. I stopped defending myself from bullies. I stopped caring what happened to me. I made it my goal to become invisible, to fly under the radar. And it worked. Everyone was happier that I had shut down. That I stopped being a problem.

Then I got a job. I started buying things for my family. Started treating them to special dinners, movies, etc. I started giving away what I had. I stopped eating except when with family. I was going to end it all.

But somehow I made it to high school. I remember how shocked I was. How I never thought I'd get that far. I had passed my self given expiration date somehow. And as I walked up to the school, I remember thinking that if I can make it this far, then if I were to go out, it wouldn't be by my own hand.

And yet in my sophomore year, I almost killed myself and to this day I still don't know why. I had just gotten home from a club dance with a bunch of free goodies for my family. I was happy as could be. My parents left to chaperone a dance. And I was alone, my siblings asleep. I didnt think. I found myself in some sort of daze as I walked into the kitchen and I was going to grab a bottle of pills. I was going to eat them all.

But I snapped out of it. I went online and I googled a suicide online chat help line. I never spoke to anyone, but waiting gave me time to come back to my senses. I don't know what snapped me out of it. But I was lucky I snapped out of it.

Sure, life hasn't been amazing, but I think I would have regretted not living it. I've gotten to learn so much, to do so much, to meet so many people, to help people. I wouldn't have gotten to do any of it if I had gone through with it, with my plan that night. As hard as it's been, I've been slowly learning to live. To be a person. As scary as it's been at times, to step out of my bubble, to be myself without fear, it's been getting easier the more I do it.

It started with me deciding to live. Then making a plan for my future. To adding color to my closet. To discovering who I am. To coming out. To defying my mom and staying out. To altering my clothes. To advocating for myself. To being who I am today.

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crownamedblue · 2 years

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On “real names”

To name something is to give it significance. It goes from being a rock, to Rocco the Rock (you can tell it's important because it's in uppercase). Once something has a name, it gains a personality. Some people with names may not have a personality, granted, but that's why we have given them a different moniker entirely: tool. This, in turn, brings me to another point entirely: the difference between a given name and a chosen name. Additionally, which is your real name? Now, as one could expect from one of my articles, I have done far too much research and put far too much thought into this.

We’ll begin with the Egyptians, who have something of a tiered system of names. It may seem off topic, but more than a bit away from the sandy deserts and ancient pyramids, there lies, in America, a swampy land known as Louisiana. I bring your attention to this polar opposite, if only to point out a certain magic that exists there, among the witch doctors and wilds. That magic, of course, being voodoo. The reason I mention the needles and dolls, is that the hierarchy of names works very similarly. That is to say, that if you possess someone’s “true name,” the name that describes your soul in perfect perpetuity, you can have much of the same effects.

However, with one notable exception, it is not much of a hierarchy if it doesn't have more than one level (that one exception being the hierarchy of angels- fun little shoutout to my Nightvale article). At the bottom are your chosen names. A chosen name is, as one might guess, a name one chooses for themselves. Consider a nickname or a username online. As previously stated, this other name may very well have a personality attached to it (unless you are a tool). It may be what you use for day to day and it may fit you better than your given, or original name, but nonetheless it is not what you were assigned at birth, and thus it has less power. The next tier, as mentioned above, is the given name, or your original name. This is the one handed to you at birth, the one you used when you hadn't the consciousness to assign another. It is a mix of it being the original and the fact that this is what your most developing period was based upon. This would, therefore, give it priority and thus greater power. The final tier is the true name, which I have already spoken about.

This wouldn’t be one of my articles if I stopped here. Oh no no, you poor thing. You sweet summer child swaddled in the cashmere cloth of innocence, you expect too little of me. Spiraling out of Egyptian beliefs, let's talk about one of my favorite things. That which I love to hate. That's right, it's time to talk about the church. Why? Demons. Specifically demon summoning. I won’t go into too much detail (please don’t censor me editors), but one of the steps required is to know the Demon’s true name. This has a similar effect to the Egyptian voodoo-esq beliefs (or vice versa technically if you based it on chronological order but you can kindly close your mouth). If you know their true name, the demon will do anything you command. The interesting part, however, is where they differ. You see, in the Egyptian mythos, to know one's true name is to control the mind, body, and spirit. You capture one’s true name, and you can order them about. The twist is that they will do it of their own will. It will be as if they want to do whatever you manipulate their name to compel them to do. Their own soul will change in accordance to your will.

The church disagrees, as per usual. You see, the church has a problem they need to solve. They have peasants to convert, who all follow their own pesky little deities. Step one is to bring some filthy peas- I mean loyal citizens- over to your side and use them to bring even more over. Step two is to declare the gods and goddesses as evil. Step three is to then state that the remaining followers are, in fact, in league with the demons, thus putting on peer pressure and dividing the peoples. Step four though, step four is tricky. See the people didn't much care for the division of neighbors and attempts at conversion. They got testy and decided to resist, and some of them are, annoyingly enough, town leaders and good people and now the trick is to explain why these good people are actually evil. Thus come the Deals with The Devil. See, these people thought that they could control the demons, the church says. After all, knowing their true names allows control of the demonic forces. What the leaders failed to consider, the church continues, is that you only control their body, and demons are experts at finding loopholes. So they meant to be good at first, the church reassures, but the demons found the loopholes and now they own the leaders’ souls which is why you should stay away from them and only listen to us.

With my mandatory rant against the church over, this leaves me with my closing arguments. Both the church and Egyptians will argue that a true name carries far more power than any other. However, we don’t really have access to those, so what is your real name in our current society? Contrary to Egyptian beliefs, I’d put my money on the chosen name. As someone currently trying to change mine, and who are friends with people who have, your chosen name truly reflects you the best. I've been lucky on this front, and don't experience discomfort from my given name being uttered, but regardless, that can be extremely damaging to a person. For something that I personally do get to experience, it feels so much better when someone does use the right name. So which is someone’s real name? Whatever they tell you. Respect people's pronouns, use their chosen name, and don’t be a tool.

(On pronouns, mine are any/all, so he/him she/her and they/them all work. I identify as genderqueer, meaning currently I have no idea what I am but it certainly isn't what I was assigned at birth)

#my writing #names #real name #crowfeatherquill

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captain-ezri-dax · 2 years

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OK normally i'd put like 20000 paragraphs of lore for my ocs BUT if i gotta do THREE, its gonna be brief descriptions ok

alright lets start with Tally, one of my star wars babies. Anger Issues incarnate. She was technically a survivor of Order 66, the jedi genocide, but she was so young at the time at like 3 years old, she remembers little to nothing. I don't think kids are usually started in training that young, but even at 3 years old she had anger issues & had to start early.

Her lack of training, the fact she was only in the jedi temple for maybe 2 months & her not really using her powers keeps her safe. She doesn't even have a lightsaber. She lives in an old republic corvette w/ a single clone trooper who's basically her surrogate father, & a crew of droids that she keeps in working order. She basically grew up w/ an old astromech that belonged to her Jedi trainer & loves it more than anything. She & her father make a living as scavengers & scrappers. Also she's still angry a lot & picks fights whenever she's on a planet. She'll break ur arm if ur so much as rude to her

YIPPEE bless doll creator games

ok i think this is gonna get long anyway

ALRIGHT im gonna stick w/ sci-fi bc i never get. to talk about. fuckin Vama Tix, a Star Trek Trill oc.

LOOK at her. I adore her so much. (picrew here btw)

idk how much Star Trek you've watched or lore u know so long story short; Trill are an alien species that evolved alongside another sentient species on their homeworld. Symbionts can be surgically inserted into Trill to become a symbiotic duo, but few are chosen.

Vama spent the first 18 years of her life on Trill (the planet, idk why they called the species and planet the same name) training to be a Host, since it can be taxing. Once they're joined with a Symbiont, they gain all the memories of the Symbiont's previous hosts. Preparing for that & learning to separate your identity takes time. (Ezri Dax from My Username & Profile Picture Fame got the Dax symbiont without training & she has trouble differentiating between herself and other previous host's memories.)

The majority of trainees don't get Symbionts, purely bc there are far less Symbionts than Trill. Vama was pretty far into her training & would've eventually been approved to get a Symbiont eventually, but she didn't want to wait half her life. She left on her 19th birthday & eventually got into petty crime, but nothing violent. She quickly found a talent in starship racing & joins a lot of illegal races. She buys & heavily modifies her own shuttle to race and live in, Like an RV if RVs were also used for racing. She can't afford a fully sized starship but she enjoys her mobile life in her shuttle.

Eventually she got herself caught & arrested by a small starfleet ship. While imprisoned there, another Trill who had a Symbtiont died & Vama volunteered to be the next host to ensure it wouldn't die on the trip back to Trill. After a brief medical check on Trill she used a legal loophole to get out of any prison time. The Symbiont, as a sentient being that can't be un-joined without Vama's death, can't be imprisoned for a crime it wasn't involved in. So Vama went free.

She has a habit of talking to her Symbiont even though she doesn't need to, something she picked up from it's very first host. She doesn't exclusively race in legal races, but she gravitates towards them more even though it doesn't give her quite the same adrenaline rush. She does want to keep Tix, the symbtiont, safe.

i was gonna do Mira next but. all the sims 4 screenshots of her are wickedwhims lmao oops so lets do Dani instead.

she's got the Least lore here, so u get 3 pictures. She's the GF of Charlie, my canon Saints Row character, but isn't a direct part of The Saints themselves. More like an ally.

She does legal work as a security guard after a stint as a cop, which she hated & left before even completing training. These days she works mall security, bar & club security, stuff like that & provides insider info to The Saints about security systems & stuff like that.

Whenever she does join them on a job she'll wear a stolen Idols helmet to keep her identity hidden. In fact she'll wear it whenever she's around a Saint that isn't Charlie & won't use her name around them. She's just not interested in joining in full, but just doesn't care about the places she works at.

BONUS ROUND

look at Abi she's so cute

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san-fics · 3 years

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Multi-group-Chat

text fic

MultiNoir, Ladynoir, Marichat, Adrianette, Ladrien, DJWifi

AO3

Part 1

12:32 am

Chat Noir created a group chat

Chat Noir named a group chat The team

Chat Noir added Rena Rouge

Chat Noir added Carapace

Chat Noir added Ladybug

Chat Noir: Hey, guys!

Chat Noir: Welcome to here!

Carapace: Where is here?

Carapace: How did you get my number?

Carapace: Are you the real chat noir?

Ladybug: Chat

Ladybug: what is going on, Chat?

Ladybug: who are those people?

Chat Noir: you know better then I do

Chat Noir: bugaboo

Chat Noir: you’ve chosen them

Ladybug: how did you get their numbers?

Carapace: are you the real ladybug?

Chat Noir: we don’t use numbers here

Chat Noir: but I had their contact info

Chat Noir: we can use the same app you and me use for emergencies from the last week

Chat Noir: without numbers

Chat Noir: only usernames

Ladybug: but how do you know they are Rena and Carapace?

Carapace: hey

Carapace: dudes

Carapace: why does everyone ignore me?

Ladybug: Carapace?

Ladybug: is this really you?

Chat Noir: it is

Chat Noir: I added him, didn’t i?

Ladybug: but how did you get his contact

Carapace: sure thing

Chat Noir: i just did

Ladybug: Chat

Ladybug: do you know their identities?

Chat Noir: why?

Chat Noir: do you want to do the same you did to Multimouse?

Carapace: who is Multimouse?

01:12 pm

Private messages Alya - Marinette

Alya: Mari, is that for real?

Alya: is that Chat Noir?

Alya: i already asked Nino, he’s real

Alya: is that you in that chat?

Alya: what is happening?

Mari: Alya

Mari: it’s me, yes

Mari: Chat is real

Mari: after what happened the last week, we decide to use this app for contacting each other

Mari: if something happened

Mari: i don’t know why he added you two

Mari: and how could he do it without the numbers?

Mari: the numbers are hidden, but he had to have them to add you

Mari: how does he know your identities?

Alya: no clue

01:28 pm

The team - group chat

Rena Rouge: hey Chat Noir

Chat Noir: hey Rena

Chat Noir: what’s up?

Ladybug: Chat, why did you created this chat?

Carapace: who is Multimouse?

Carapace: am i invisible?

Rena Rouge: it’s ok, babe

Rena Rouge: first things first

Chat Noir: they are our team

Chat Noir: they need to be in touch

Chat Noir: that’s how you organize people

Chat Noir: a team

Chat Noir: not throuwing them into the fire when the house is already burning

Chat Noir: they don’t have to go blind like we did

Chat Noir: like i did

Ladybug: Chat

Ladybug: i said i was sorry

Chat Noir: i know

Chat Noir: it isn’t about you

Chat Noir: it’s about a team

Rena Rouge: he has a point

Chat Noir: i would add the others if i knew them

Ladybug: Rena

Ladybug: Chat

Ladybug: why didn’t you talk to me first?

Chat Noir: right

Chat Noir: u’re the boss

Chat Noir: sorry

Chat Noir: just forget about it

Ladybug: Chat! Stop

Ladybug: that’s not what i meant

Ladybug: we are partners

Ladybug: you could talk to me before

Ladybug: so we could decide together

Chat Noir: right

Chat Noir: because that’s what we usually do

Chat Noir: decide together

Chat Noir: like who will where the masks

Chat Noir: who can know whose identity

Carapace: now i’m invisible and confused

Rena Rouge: just let them talk it out first

Ladybug: Chat, let’s go to PM

Chat Noir: Ladybug

Chat Noir: do you want to get SM?

Chat Noir: cause we are on him like for years

Chat Noir: we can’t do it along

Chat Noir: we need a team

Chat Noir: a real team

Chat Noir: not some temporarily holders for just one fight or two

Chat Noir: there is nothing private about that

Ladybug: you are right

Chat Noir: really?

Ladybug: of course

Ladybug: sorry i got upset

Ladybug: you had the right to do what you did

Ladybug: just the responsibility of being a guardian isn’t light

Ladybug: the things i can’t control scare me

Ladybug: so u were right to create this chat

Ladybug: and i’m sorry i’ve got all protective

Ladybug: i was wrong

Chat Noir: u know u’re not alone

Chat Noir: i’m always with you, my lady

Ladybug: i know, kitty

Ladybug: i’m always with you too

Rena Rouge: now u’d better go to PM

Rena Rouge: i feel like i’m staring on u two getting undressed together

Rena Rouge: i can witness u’re first kiss, and then i’m out

Rena Rouge: oh, sorry, second!

Rena Rouge: forgot oblivio

Rena Rouge: third! Durk cupid!

Carapace: r u sure, u’re not dating, dudes?

Chat Noir: ...

02:16 pm

Private messages Alya - Marinette

Mari: Alya, what the hell?

Mari: don’t do that to him?

Mari: u know i love Adrien!

Alya: and that’s why u’re all guffi-duffi with Chat

Alya: no words, Mari

Alya: did u see urself from a side?

Alya: it’s like obvious u’re all into each other

Mari: we r not!

Mari: i am not

Mari: plus, it’s just the same u said about Adrien and me

Mari: which makes no sense

Mari: pick yr side

Mari: or ship

Alya: that makes me think

Alya: maybe it make some sense

Mari: what are u talking about?

Mari: u can’t ship me with two guys at the same time and say “we made for each other” in both cases

Alya: exactly

Mari: and what is that suppose to mean?!

Alya: that’s 4 me to think about

Alya: go work with yr team

02:32 pm

The team - group chat

Ladybug: so anyway

Ladybug: as i was saying

Ladybug: Chat is right

Ladybug: we need to build a team

Ladybug: to defeat SM

Ladybug: together

Carapace: can i ask now?

Ladybug: sure

Carapace: who is Multimouse?

Ladybug: she is a temporally hero who worked with us during quamibuster

Ladybug: but she isn’t available anymore

Chat Noir: and why is that?

Ladybug: u know why

Chat Noir: no, i don’t

Ladybug: Chat

Ladybug: don’t start it again

Chat Noir: no

Chat Noir: it’s not me who is starting

Chat Noir: she was perfect

Chat Noir: SM doesn’t know her identity

Chat Noir: i know Rena’s and Carapace’s identities

Chat Noir: and Multimouse’s

Chat Noir: u want to kick them out too?

Ladybug: so u do know their ids?

Chat Noir: how do u think i could add them otherwise?

Ladybug: ...

Chat Noir: so what is the problem?

Ladybug: u’re right

Chat Noir: i am?

Chat Noir: about what?

Chat Noir: u’ll kick them out?

Carapace: we’re still here

Rena Rouge: babe, don’t interrupt the show

Ladybug: Rena

Ladybug: Chat, of course not

Ladybug: they are a team

Ladybug: u’re right about Multimouse

3:24 pm

Private messages Alya - Marinette

Alya: who’s Multimouse?

Alya: i mean

Alya: i’ve got the point about qwamibuster

Alya: why are u fighting over her with Chat?

Alya: it sounds like he has a crash on her too

Alya: or something

Alya: never thought Chat can fight with u over another girl

Mari: she is not

Mari: another girl

Mari: she’s me

Alya: u lost me there

Mari: i had to use the Mouse miraculous

Mari: and reveal myself as Marinette to Chat

Mari: so he wouldn’t know i’m Ladybug

Mari: he saw us together

Mari: i used Trix for that

Alya: so he has a crash on you and you?

Mari: this is the most important info u learned?

Alya: ok

Alya: sorry

Alya: u’re right

Alya: u’re against the mouse, cause it’s u and u can’t be two real people at once

Alya: but he’s right about the excuse

Alya: if he knows our ids

Alya: and hers

Mari: i know

Mari: that’s why i have to accept Multimouse in the team

Alya: and?

Mari: and then we’ll see how to avoid using her/me

Alya: Mari...

Mari: i know, Alya, but i can’t just reveal my id to him

Alya: ...

[part 2]

[more MLB fanfic]

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system-of-a-feather · 2 years

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hey are you japanese? bc riku is a japanese name im p sure, and thats a closed culture. /info/nm

sorry if im misunderstanding!/gen

I was considering not responding to this solely on the base that it's a complex practical-focused discussion we've had in our system over it in balancing out a number of factors that would tie into our nuanced views regarding the internet and closed culture names (we are half Chinese/Indonesian with our own Chinese name) and I wasn't sure if I really wanted to put that effort / risk bringing up discourse that I know a lot of white people would jump in on.

So with that being said, if you are not of a closed culture, don't even bother commenting on this post or sending an anon, your opinion means nothing and I'm really tired of seeing white people join this discussion and/or talking over those that aren't. That said, if you are Japanese or of another closed culture, feel free to communicate in good faith about this. It's a topic we have thought on a lot and our principles for this nuanced situation is principles we'd put out to others (including white people), but we are one opinion and one person and I'd be interested in hearing others perspectives.

But anyways, to the proper answer.

No, we are not Japanese but beyond online spaces, we don't use the name "Riku" on the account that we 1) have our own Chinese name 2) It's cringe for me - someone not Japanese - to expect someone to call me a Japanese name, super weeby, super disrespectful 3) why? its not mine and its weird. We don't introduce ourselves with it and entirely transitioned in practically all settings to our irl Chinese name (its also a chosen name since #Trans and fuck hyper female names)

With that being said, the name "Riku" comes from it being my old username on an anonymous website similar to this and has largely since been more of a placeholder username for anonymity purposes than it is a proper name. I've largely wanted to switch away from it in online spaces because I do feel a bit uncomfortable having people refer to me as such, but at the same time, the alternative is going by the name I go by IRL which is a security / safety hazard since I am the part that shares the name with the body.

With the balance of anonymity and this overall issue, considering we only use it in anonymous spaces and treat it like a username or a tumblr url - that much like any other website here its implied that you are referencing the character in context of "this is a username" and all, I don't see the massive harm. Is it unideal and still a part of the problem to some degree? Yeah. But at what point is someone on a website using IchigoKurosaki41 and this a drawn line?

Either way, I am of the (soft, ie open to changing my mind) opinion that so as long as it isn't being used irl and in face to face environments and once friends go from "anonymous to non-anonymous" that the name is shifted over and thus treated and handled like a username (something that protects anonymity), that it is fine.

The other statement of the matter would be that I could just come up with a different online name / username which would be a fair commentary, but considering its a name I only use online, we've come to the general opinion that it's more hassle than its worth since we don't really much see the damage as anything more than talking about a username with a character name in it, or talking about an OC with a name from a closed culture and find it hard to be motivated to find a fitting alternative online-only name short hand.

And I guess in a TLDR clear statement of my current standing soft opinion on the matter, I don't personally think it is a huge issue for online anonymity protecting names that are used and handled like online usernames to be based on a character or whatever is naturally developed from username. The large issue in closed names, in my opinion, comes when the person has people they know in person, in face to face, and irl use it as a >name< because in that case it comes with large disrespect and insult.

We largely have soft opinions on the matter cause we very much do understand and do not like people stepping on the toes of closed culture names, and we just come to this opinion based on how we would feel if a white person were in the same situation and only went by the name Xiao, Yuan, or Ji or similar chinese names. If people of closed cultures have opinions and thoughts on the matter, I'd be open to hearing and holding discussion if it good faith.

In the end though, if this topic / discussion becomes too negative / of bad faith / into a "debate" or just generally taxing on our peace, we'd probably just stop discussing it since we use this blog as a hobby chatting area and don't see the topic important enough to stress about it all day.

So anyways, feel free to join the conversation on this nuance if you are 1) of a closed culture 2) want to DISCUSS and not DEBATE or DISCOURSE.

-Riku (Host)

#alter: riku #ask #asks #closed culture #closed culture names #cultural appropriation tw #discourse #discourse tw #i hope i don't regret this #putting this out here in benefit of doubt that POC on tumblr are able to either ignore or engage in healthy positive discussion of nuance #cause i was on the fence if I'd rather keep my silence and plead the fifth on my opinion that is somewhat controversial #or if I'd open up discussion on a topic that is often not discussed in nuance and instead absolutes #I think its a nuanced situation #and I think its talked in too little nuance

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“Can I slap her for you?” - Corpse Husband | Part One

Title: “Can I slap her for you?” – Part One

Pairing: Corpse Husband x Reader

Summary: Being stuck living with the queen of YouTube drama and partying during the pandemic has seriously worn down your patience. Meeting Pokimane has changed your life for the better, making Among Us a pivotal part of your life.

Word Count: 5.3k

I’m always writing so much plot! I hope you like it. Part Two is in the works.

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Credit to PIC owner!

This pandemic was hell for you. Being stuck in this apartment with your bitch of a sister was not something you would wish on even your enemy.

When you first moved to LA with her, things were fine, and you got along. She had a budding YouTube career, and you were working a good job. Pretty quickly, she’d hired you as her editor since that was a daily part of your real job, you happily agreed because it meant you could get money on the side and still work.

Your sister was mainly a beauty YouTuber but last year she gained over 3 million followers when she started a series where she would interview people in other lines of entertainment and then test it out. Since then, she’d become a horror to live with.

Now with the pandemic, you’d been furloughed from you day job and working full time for your diva of a sister. She had only been getting worse and worse. Being stuck with her was crap, especially since she was selfish and still went out to party and do collabs with people like there wasn’t a massive virus out there.

“I hope you finished the editing I needed done.” Olivia, your sister, asked as she shut the front door.

You were just finishing up the edits from your spot on the couch. “Yeah, I did it while you were out risking lives.”

“Shut the hell up. I’m an adult and I can do what I want.” She flipped her blonde hair over her shoulder.

“Even when it’s killing hundreds of thousands of people?” You were so sick of her attitude. She has no care in the world for anyone but herself. In the last month, her name had been posted all over the commentary YouTubers channels. Slamming her for partying while the world dealt with Covid.

Olivia rolled her eyes. “Those people are not my problem at all. If they are so afraid, they should just stay home.”

“Why are you so selfish?” Her behavior was completely out of hands these days.

“Do I need to remind you that I pay you?” She sent you a glare before heading off to her room. You grumbled and threw your head back. There was no way you could handle her.

Stressing out over her was no good, so you decided to take your laptop back to your room and play some games to calm yourself down. Among Us was one of those games that allowed to you just play and forget the stress. You booted up the game and joined some random lobbies. It was hard to find good games because you usually ran into some sour players who couldn’t just play the game without causing drama.

A few rounds in, your phone buzzed, indicating a text. You exited the current game, one of the imposters had already killed you anyway, and picked up the phone. There was a text from Poki. The two of you had become quick friends when she appeared on your sisters series but she clicked more with you since you were more of a gamer.

P: Hey Y/n, what are you doing currently?

It was an unexpected text because you had been fairly sure Poki had a stream tonight.

Y/n: Nothing since I just finished editing my selfish sisters video. What’s up?

She knew very well how horrible Olivia was and she’d been the one person who you could talk to about it. You appreciated her for it.

Poki: Damn, did she go to another party?

Y/n: Yup, she sure did. Then threatened my job when I called her out on it.

Poki: Wow, not cool. Hey, so you know how I’m streaming tonight?

Y/n: Yeah.

Poki: So I had everyone set up for the game but last minute someone dropped out. We need one more person and I know you’re amazing in Among Us. Would you join our game?

This was a surprise. You weren’t a YouTuber or a streamer, so for her to ask you, meant she really was desperate.

Y/n: Sure, I’m free. Who’s playing tonight?

Poki: Rae, Lily, Ethan, Mark, Felix, Toast, Sykkuno, and Corpse.

Wow, that was a packed game full of some pretty big names. Your nerves kicked up at the thought of being in a game with these amazing people.

Y/n: Sweet!

Poki: I will send you the discord so you can join the chat and the game code.

Y/n: Thanks.

She instantly sent you the links and you got your self set up with your headphones. Poki connected you into the discord call.

“Hey, everyone welcome my good friend, Y/n. She’s the one who will fill in on the open spot tonight.” She introduced you to the group.

A chorus of hello’s was heard. You knew Rae, so she jumped right into welcoming you.

Pushing the nerves away, you managed to little hello. Your voice was softer than you’d intended. Damn nerves.

“Guys! Y/n is so good in Among Us. Her skills rival Corpse’s.” Rae gushed. You’d played a game with Rae and Poki and a few of the other girls, but no one had been streaming.

“Whaddup baby.” The deep voice of Corpse said. His voice was something else.

“Don’t make her too nervous there, man.” Felix commented which made the other guys laugh.

“Oh no worries, I’m not nervous.” You said even though you really were nervous. You switched into the game and typed in the code Poki had sent you. Immediately the game lobby popped up, filled with everyone who was on the call. Your character popped onto the screen and took the white color.

“Good to know. I look forward to being an imposter with you.” Corpse said making your cheeks heat up just a little.

“You really need to watch out for her.” Lily said making you giggle. She was right. You were a deceitful imposter.

You quickly changed your hat to the halo, making you match your chosen username, Angel.

“Look how fitting her character is.” Mark commented. “Is that an indication of how you will be?”

“Perhaps.” You were starting to calm your nerves. “You will just have to find out.”

“Okay, let’s get started.” Poki said as the countdown started on screen. You muted your mic. The screen flashed the crew-mate title, and you felt a little more relieved. You hated starting as an imposter.

The map you were in was Polus, your favorite. The first thing you did, was the navigation task before also doing keys. Nearly everyone was there, which meant the two imposters were faking the tasks. After that, you ran off entering the building that housed electrical and o2. You looked around for tasks.

“I have my eye on you, Angel.” Felix said as he came into o2.

You unmuted your mic. “Good, then you can watch me teach you how to do tasks.” You sassed, making the group laugh.

“Damn, I already like her.” Ethan said, getting sounds of approval from Sykkuno, Mark, and Corpse.

“Stop simping and play the game.” Poki commented, making you laugh.

Leaving o2, you ran outside to check the weather nodes. Felix was still following you closely. He was convinced you were an Imposter.

“Why is this guy following me around?” You asked, trying to run from him.

“Felix, what are you doing?” Rae asked as she popped up beside you.

“Making sure she’s not an imposter.” He sounded innocent.

“Well I’m not. Now go do your tasks.” Once again you ran from his character and entered the office. You passed Corpse’s black character before heading in, to do card swipe.

Suddenly a body was reported. Felix’s body.

“Whoa, okay, Y/n did you kill Felix?” Toast asked.

“What? No? I left him to go do my tasks.” You defended.

“I can confirm she was in office with me. I watched her do card swipe.” Corpse added.

The thing was, you passed him as he was leaving the office, and he definitely didn’t stay to watch you. He was headed in the direction you had left Felix and Rae. So, both were sus.

“Okay, then Rae where were you?” Sykkuno questioned.

“I left Felix by weapons. I was headed to lab.” You couldn’t decipher a lie from her.

“Hmmm, okay. Skip then?” Ethan offered. The group agreed.

Once back in the game, you decided to head to labs to find the rest of your tasks. Sykkuno followed you but broke off to go through decontamination. You did your scan in peace before another body was reported. This time it had been both Mark and Lily.

“Any sus?” Ethan asked.

“No, I was in electrical.” Toast said.

“I went to o2.” Poki added.

“Y/n, where were you?” Toast questioned. You were sure he thought you were an imposter.

“I was in the lab doing my scan, which I never got to finish.” You hated being interrupted mid-task.

“Anyone see her go there?”

“I passed her while I headed to decontamination.” Sykkuno vouched for you.

“Sure but the body was right outside the lab. She could have gone back to kill Mark after you were gone.”

“But I didn’t. I was doing my task.” You repeated with a little smile. You loved this game.

“Sure. I don’t believe you.” Toast was a hard one to convince.

“She didn’t do it. I entered lab and she was doing her scan.” Corpse spoke up. Again he was covering for you when you know he was not in Lab with you.

“Okay. I guess we skip?” Poki said. Everyone agreed but when it was done, you had two votes but three had skipped, so you had been spared luckily. Toast for sure voted for you, you had no clue who else did but it didn’t matter.

Back in the game, you headed back to lab to finish your scan. Once done, you headed to decontamination, then to the specimen room for a task. As you entered, you found Corpse.

“Hey Corpse, having fun with your tasks?” You asked as you went to your own task.

“I sure am.” He stated before his character was running out of the room and up to the lab. Once your task was done, you had finished all your tasks and headed back to Admin. You entered office to find a dead Sykkuno, so you hit report.

“That was for sure a self-report.” Toast quickly said.

“It wasn’t, but okay.” You said shaking your head. Toast was so sus on you all game.

“I’m sus of Toast.” Rae said while Corpse and Poki agreed with her.

“Wait, Ethan is dead too. Damn, these Imposters got around.” Toast commented. “By the way, I am not an Imposter. Y/n is.”

“She’s not. I have seen her do her tasks all game.” Corpse was quick to come to your rescue. It was sweet how he was vouching for you all game.

“Sure, I’m voting Y/n.” Toast said as his ‘I Voted’ badge popped up.

You decided you were going to vote off Toast because he was getting on your nerves. Apparently the others were feeling the same because everyone else voted off Toast as well. His character was launched into the Lava. Toast was NOT an Imposter.

Back in the game, you ran around, just seeing if you could spot anyone being sus before Poki was killed. Straight after the defeat title showed, and the Imposters were revealed to be none other than Rae and Corpse.

Everyone dropped back into the lobby.

“I told you I wasn’t an Imposter.” You boasted.

“Sorry Y/n, I should have believed you.” Toast said.

“No worries. But hey, Corpse and Rae had plenty of chances to kill me, but they didn’t. Why?” It was interesting to you.

Rae laughed. “I didn’t want to kill you right in the beginning of your first game with us. You deserved to have some fun before you got killed.”

“Well thank you.” It was sweet of Rae to do that.

“I didn’t want to kill an Angel. It wouldn’t be right.” Corpse stated with a cute laugh afterwards.

Felix groaned. “But you have no issue killing anyone else.”

“It be like that sometimes.” Ethan stated which had you in stitches, as well as the rest of the group. “Okay, let’s begin another round.” He added.

The next few games were fun and interesting. You were always a crew member, but someone was always sus on you. But no matter what, Corpse would vouch for you. Sometimes his character would follow you around, do tasks with you. It was pretty freaking cute and clear to see the man with the alluring deep voice had taken a liking to you. It was sweet.

“One more game?” Poki asked after a slew of other games. Everyone agreed. She started the game and after the countdown, the screen flashed that you were finally an Imposter. Your fellow Imposter was of course Corpse. It was only natural.

You and he teamed up and killed many of the others. Starting with Rae and Lily, moving onto Toast and Sykkuno. Then someone finally reported the bodies.

“Four bodies already?” Mark stated as the red x’s showed up on their icons.

“Damn, someone is having fun.” You said, pretending like it wasn’t you who had done half of the killing.

“I saw Poki headed into Electrical where Lily and Rae were.” Corpse said, sounding genuine as always. He was so good at Imposter. His ability to lie was excellent.

“Sure I went to Electrical, but I left after fixing the lights.” Poki said.

“I don’t know. You seem sus.” Ethan said. “I saw you enter lab, and after I saw Sykunno’s body right before someone reported Lily and Rae’s.”

“I swear, it’s not me. I was just doing my tasks. How could I kill four people in that short amount of time?”

“It’s possible. You could have vented.” Corpse was right too.

“Guys, please.” She pleaded as everyone put in their votes. Nearly everyone had voted for Poki and her character was launched into the lava, only to show she was not an Imposter.

“Sorry Poki.” Ethan said before everyone hopped back into the game.

Once again, you and Corpse were teamed up, but you saw Mark head one way while Ethan was going another. Almost silently, the two of you decided to split up and take them. You followed Mark into O2, trailing him into the tree. No one was around, so you killed him before quickly venting away from there. Making sure no one was around when you resurfaced. Corpse must have killed Ethan because the Victory screen popped up for the two of you.

“Damn, I should have known this was a team effort between Corpse and the Angel. You’re far from an Angel when you’re an imposter.” Mark complained.

“That’s part of the thrill.” It really was. You loved being able to shock people that way.

“Good job, partner. You’re a great Imposter like me. We need to team up more often.” Corpse’s words made you feel all warm. It was insanely fun being Imposter with him. Your combined skills made things that much better.

“Okay, I think it’s time to call it a night. Thank you so much for joining us, Y/n.” Poki yawned to show it was getting late.

“Of course. I loved playing with all of you. It was much better than playing with randoms.”

“I get that. Randoms can be very annoying.” Sykkuno agreed. “It was so good to meet you, Y/n. I hope you join more games so I can be an Imposter with you!”

You loved how excited he sounded. “I guess we all want a chance to be Imposter with her.” Felix stated what everyone else was thinking.

“Hey, no one steals my Imposter buddy.” Corpse spoke up, which once again had you feeling some kind of good way.

“Corpse, you’re being such a simp.” Rae laughed, which made everyone else go nuts.

You all bid your goodbyes before you exited the game and the discord call. You found there was a huge smile on your face after that fun you had just had with Poki and her friends. They were all super welcoming of you, despite not knowing a thing about you.

Poki: Thank you for playing with us. I hope you had fun! You didn’t mind being on my stream?

Y/n: I had so much fun, everyone was so good to me. Also, not at all!

Poki: Good because my chat loved you! They couldn’t stop gushing about how much they loved you. It was so cute.

This was not something you had expected. Her stream had never met you, so for them to like you playing a game with the group, that was nice.

Y/n: Oh wow, I wasn’t expecting that. That’s so sweet!

Poki: You also seemed to get Corpse simping for you. Sykkuno is super jealous.

You laughed when you read that.

Y/n: Sykkuno doesn’t have to be jealous. It was a one-time thing, and he can have Corpse back in the next game.

Sure, you wanted it to be more than a one-time thing, but you weren’t going to let your hopes get too high. Poki had many streamer friends, who would get their streams way more viewers than you ever could.

Poki: I wouldn’t count on that. We’re definitely going to use you for more games. You’re one of us now, even if you don’t stream.

Her words warmed your heard. Poki had been one of the very few people you had made friends with when you moved to Cali with your sister and your friendship was only 10 months old. It was nice to have someone who wanted to include you in on the things she was doing.

Y/n: Are you sure? Because I would hate to be taking someone more interesting’s spot.

Poki: You shut that mouth. The group loved you and we’re all looking forward to playing with you again.

Y/n: Okay if that’s what they want.

Poki: They do, now get some sleep. I know you’ve been overworking yourself for your sister.

Y/n: You would be right. Thank you for the fun night, Poki. You get some sleep as well.

Poki: 😊

You liked her message before deciding it was indeed time for bed. Editing those videos did take energy out of you, especially since your sister would review and have you re-edit the things she didn’t like. Not fun at all.

****

The next month passed by with Poki inviting you to more games with her and her friends. Most of those games included Corpse, who’d taken a liking to you. The last few games, he’d been bugging you to tell him who you were and how you met Poki, but you were keeping that a secret. You really didn’t want him or the others knowing you were the older sister of selfish party girl Olivia Bella.

Your sister had found out you’d been playing the game with Poki and her friends and decided she was going to say some shit.

“How did you get Poki to let you play with her and the other streamers?” Olivia said with clear distaste towards you.

You shrugged. “She just asked me to step in for someone one day and now they enjoy playing with me.”

She laughed obnoxiously. “That such a joke. I needed that laugh, thank you.”

You clenched your fists, trying to contain your anger against your sister. She was really grating on your nerves these days.

“Damn, I would do anything to play with Corpse. His voice is so hot.” She muttered looking deranged.

“He’s much more than his voice you know.”

She rolled her eyes. “He’s whatever I want him to be. God, I bet he’s so sexy behind that screen.”

“Please stop, he’s my friend and talk like that is uncomfortable.”

She cackled. “Corpse is not your friend, you loser. He just tolerates you like the rest of that group. I bet Poki only asked you to join out of pity.”

Her words slapped you in the face and threatened to strangle you. It was unbelievable that your younger sister was really acting like this to you.

“Why are you like this to me?” You questioned in all seriousness.

“Because you annoy me. Isn’t it obvious. I meant if I had the money, I would have moved here without you. Living with you is the worst. You know you’re like the most boring person in the world?”

The insults just kept on coming. She truly didn’t like you and it felt horrible. Family wasn’t supposed to be like this. “I get it, thank you.” You walked away before she could say anything else, she was horrible to you.

Her words made you sad. The only thing that could cheer you up was the fact that Poki had invited you to another game. It was something you needed after that conversation with your sister.

Poki: Hey girl, this kills me to do but Sean invited someone else to play tonight. Someone he said was eager to play with us. I’m so sorry.

This was simply perfect. The one time you craved interaction with the Among Us crew, they added someone else to the game. Of course it was always a possibility, but it didn’t stop from making you upset.

A couple of tears streamed down your face before you wiped them away. You wouldn’t let this get to you.

Y/n: No, please don’t worry. I understand it is always a possibility. Have a good stream!

Poki: I think you should know the person joining us is your sister. I tried to tell them it was a bad idea, but they didn’t really believe me. I’m so sorry.

Your sister was the reason you have been replaced for tonight. Perfect. Of course it was her. She always took the things you liked, away from you.

Y/n: Please stop apologizing, I completely understand.

Poki: Should I tell them she’s your sister?

Y/n: No, please don’t let them know that.

Poki: Okay, please know we will miss you in tonights stream.

Doubt filled you. After reading those words. There was no way they would miss you in the game tonight. It was clear you didn’t bring in viewers for the streams, but your sister would be able to do that without any issues. Now your night was truly ruined. Thankfully, you could just lay in bed and sulk all you wanted.

The bedroom door burst open. “Hey, can you set up this game for me? I assume you know I’m playing Among Us with the crew tonight. Told you they didn’t care if you were there or not.” Did she ever stop this shit?

“Why should I help you?” You grumbled, glaring up at your blonde-haired sister. She looked like she was dressed for another party, not an off the cuff stream.

“Well, I pay you and if you want that to continue, you will help me set up the game and stream.” Her hanging your only source of income over your head was really shitty.

You growled but got out of bed, passing by her in a haste. You entered her office and quickly got to work setting up the stream and discord. Then you showed her how to load the game. She just nodded, not looking happy at all.

“Have fun.” You sounded bitter but at this point, you couldn’t hide it.

“Oh I’m going to have so much fun with them. It’s going to be so good, and maybe they will ask me to join them more often and they can stop faking their friendships with you.”

“Cool, good for you.” The audacity of this bitch. You left once you were sure it was set up correctly. She didn’t see, but you shot her the finger as you left. She was a bitch through and through.

You retreated to your room to sulk some more. This day was such a let down for you. Over the last month, you had really clicked with the Among Us group. Meeting more streamers as Poki had more games. They all seemed to like you, but your sister was probably right, they were just being nice because they could.

As you stared at your ceiling, you heard your sister talking and knew the stream had started. Groaning, you threw on some headphones and put on your playlist that was saved strictly for when you were sad. It helped to take your thoughts from the stressor at hand? And ease your mind.

****

Meanwhile, the stream was hell. Sean majorly regretted inviting Olivia onto it. To be fair, he was only being nice because the girl had been begging to join the game for a while now in his DM’s. But it was a huge regret with the way this woman was acting. She couldn’t even be Imposter without outing herself and the second Imposter.

“You guys know Y/n is my sister right?” She said offhandedly as they were waiting in the lobby for the next game.

“Wait what? Is that true?” Ludwig asked in disbelief. This woman was nothing like Y/n. She was a total ditz compared to Y/n.

“Of course it is. I have lived with her for twenty years now, I know a lot of dirt about her.” Hearing her say this angered Poki.

“Don’t go there, Olivia. Just play the game.” Poki didn’t want her to spill anything about her friend. It was messy that she would even want to.

Olivia sighed. “Awe but you would love this.”

“No, let’s just play the game.” Corpse was quick to cut her off.

“Come on Corpse, are you sure you don’t want to hear all the embarrassing things I know about her?” Everyone was quickly realizing just how messed up in the brain Olivia was.

“You do realize most of us are streaming this live?” Rae stated, sounding just as frustrated as Corpse felt.

“Please, let’s start the game.” He all but growled, wanting to shut this woman up. The game started and he pulled out his phone. He was going to finally get Poki to tell him Y/n’s instagram.

Corpse: I know you told me you couldn’t tell me what Y/n’s instagram is but please, can I get it now? Her sister is a fucking bitch.

He has so much more he wanted to say about Olivia and entitled attitude but making sure Y/n was okay was his number one priority.

Poki: She’s going to hate me if I do it.

Corpse: Please, this is important to me.

Poki: You owe me. Here’s her insta.

She sent him a link that led to a private instagram under the name Y/nY/l/n96. He requested to follow her.

Corpse: Thank you, let me know when to pay up.

Poki: Will do, now get into the game or Olivia is going to kill you. She’s imposter.

He got back into the game, hoping Y/n would accept his request.

****

After an hour of ‘sad girl hours’. You decided to do something that could help you not to focus on Olivia streaming in the other room.

Clicking instagram, you saw a notification. corpse_husband has requested to follow you. This was interesting. Either he’s smart enough to figure out who you are or Poki told him.

You accepted his follow and followed him back. He only had seven pictures, and of course there weren’t face pics. You admired him for keeping himself faceless to his fans. Now you hoped he wouldn’t bend to their pressure and reveal his face. Being faceless was good for him and his anxiety. The latest pics were his hand reveals he did for the fans, they made you giggle.

Corpse was good at keeping himself secret and you liked that. You did what you could to stay secret as well. Your Instagram profile picture was not even you, so no one would be able to point you out even if they knew your face. Also, you have hidden the account from Olivia, so she couldn’t send her fans to torment you.

As you scrolled Instagram, you received a DM. It was from the one and only Corpse Husband.

Corpse: This stream is hell without you tonight. Why did Sean have to invite her?

It made you feel a little better to see that Corpse was missing you in the stream tonight.

Y/n: That’s a question you will have to ask Sean. I was looking forward to playing Among Us with the group as well, but hey, it looks like they found someone who will bring in the views.

Corpse: Nope. She’s chasing away everyone’s viewers. Your sister is the worst. I see why you didn’t want us to know the two of you were related.

Your blood ran cold. How did he know that?

Y/n: How did you know she was my sister?

Corpse: She won’t shut up about it. No one can get her to stop. I’m sorry if you didn’t want us to know about this.

Of course, you should have known that Olivia was going to tell everyone that. She was also probably opening her mouth about so much other stuff.

Y/n: Well fuck. This sucks.

Corpse: Hey, don’t worry about it. No one is judging you for this, but we are wondering how you manage to handle her.

A soft giggle left your mouth.

Y/n: It’s not easy. I mean sure I’m the older sister, but she acts like the queen around here.

Corpse: Damn. Here we go again. Your sister is trying to start some drama.

Hearing this, you realized you had to do something about this. There was no way you could let her sit there and continue to mouth off about you or anyone else in her life.

Y/n: Brace yourself, I’m about to ruin her stream.

Corpse: Good luck!

It was time to put her in her place, you got up and headed to the utility closet by the front door of the apartment. The fuse box was located there. You opened it and found the switch for her office and clicked it off. It was half a second before a loud scream was heard.

In less than thirty seconds she was running out of the office with a livid look upon her face. “What the fuck have you done?” She screamed while stomping up to you.

“I heard you were talking shit about me and decided to end it.” You crossed your arms in front of your chest.

“I can say whatever I want. The group was enjoying it.” She tried to act smug.

You laughed in her face. “Do you ever not lie?”

“Do you ever stop being a bitter bitch?” The anger was clear, but you didn’t care.

“Oh fuck off. You were annoying them with your ridiculous bullshit. I completely saved your ass from making a fool of yourself.”

“I fucking hate you!” She stepped up to you. “I’m kicking you out. Pack your shit and get the fuck out of my apartment.” The look on her face, showed she was serious about this.

“Fine.” Was all you said before you turned around and went back to your room, well your former room now. Pulling some bags out, you stuffed some clothes and important items into them. Once filled, you pulled on shoes and made sure you had what you needed until you could come get the rest of your stuff. Currently, you didn’t know how to feel about any of this, but you did need to get away from her.

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maireadralph · 3 years

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Entrapdak Zine a Go-Go baby!

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Edit July 2nd 2021:

The deadline has now past in every time zone and the Zine is now being processed with final checks being made. The first issue will be ready by the latest Monday 5th July.

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Oh hello again Everyone, sorry about the delay on getting back to this, don’t worry I’ve not forgotten about this project!!

Without further delay here’s the rough layout for our Entrapdak Zine:

A Digital Zine containing content created by the fans for the fans

A 100% Free Zine

Preferred Language is English

Age Rating:

This Zine will contain content rated Y7 and PG13 rated

There WILL BE NO NSFW or 18+ content

I forgot to share earlier that I compile the Viewtiful Joe Fanzine every year, I will be adapting VJ Zine’s Issue 4 layout which I think is nice and clear with full credit for everyone who makes a Submission for this Zine.

Theme:

Keeping in the spirit of Entrapdak the theme if you wish to use it is:

“Imperfectly Perfect”

This theme is a suggestion so if you’d rather make an Entrapdak piece without this them please feel free to do so. I want you to have fun!

Allowed Characters:

As long as both Entrapta and Hordak are the main focus and the piece follows Age Rating it will be allowed.

Other allowed characters in the Entrapdak family include Emily, Imp and the Clones (also known as Spacebats)...yes weirdly this also includes Horde Prime.

Other She-Ra characters will be allowed but Entrapdak is to be the core element.

Okay so Submissions! What’s sort of stuff is allowed?

Sex Swap AU, Species Swap AU, Furry AU, Toony AU, Anime AU, Fankid AU, Coffee Shop AU, married AU, just besties AU just to name the few that pop into my head! Oh yeah Canon lab partners Entrapdak too...hehe nearly forgot about that one XD. Make something Entrapdak related and have fun!!

Fan Art guidelines:

Fan art can include rough sketches, screencap redraws, comics (appox 1-10 length), coloured sketches or full colour pieces. Fan art can be in the digital or traditional medium. Traditional fan art can either be submitted as a photo or scanned, which ever you prefer.

Preferred sizing for Digital art:

Height 2048px by 1536pm DPI 132

Portrait layout is preferred

PNG is preferred but I will understand if you only wish to send a workable JPEG

HERE’S A PREPARED PSD FILE IF YOU’D LIKE TO USE IT

Larger images may end up with a white border on the edges due to the PDF publishing settings. I’ll try my best to avoid this if I can!

Fan Writing guidelines:

This includes fan fiction, analysis eassys, poetry or whatever else you’d like to write about. I would ask this content to be between 1k-10k words in length. If you have a favourite font please let me know and I’ll try my best to print your writing in that font.

How to Apply:

Make your content and email it to entrapdakzineisluvd[at]gmail.com by JULY 1ST.

Please make sure to include your Social Media contacts and which name or username you wish to be identified by.

I will reply to confirm I have received the content and that’s it I take care of the rest!

FAQs:

Why no Application form?

I don’t want anyone to feel like they are applying for a job here, this is supposed to be fun.

Will there be Guest Artists or Guest Writers?

If they apply sure, I’m not advertising who applies to be a part of this ZIne until it’s ready to be published. I don’t want anyone to feel intimidated just because a certain person has chosen to participate.

Can I submit more than one piece?

If you’d like to certainly! If you’d like to submit up to three pieces, sure go for it!

Unless you are submitting a 10k piece or writing or a full 10 page comic I will recommend you just submit that and take a break cos THAT’S a lot of work!

May I post a preview of my work to my Followers?

Sure! Bonus points if you link them to this post so that they can take part if they wish

May I post my work online?

I would ask if you could please wait until the issue featuring your work is published. Of course this does not apply if you are chosen to submit and older work - in this case may I ask that you edit or add to said post to mention the work was also used in the Zine?

Is this only for people with a [insert certain social media account here]?

Nope, this is for anyone who wants to take part. I only ask for a social media contact so that others who like you work for the ZIne may follow you on your preferred social media platform.

I want to submit but I don’t want to share my email address or social media accounts

Sure I’m happy to offer this solution to anyone who wishes to remain anonymous for whatever reason

simply upload work to a file sharing website (Google Drive or Dropbox is preferred)

Send the link via the Tumblr Anon Ask feature on my Tumblr (this will NOT be published publicly).

If you feel up to it please state a colour, number and choose to be a Clone or an EKS - this will be your ONLY identifier. Failure to state any will result in a random combination chosen

Ah I can’t get this done before the deadline - it’s almost ready!!! I need another day!!!!

Contact me, either through the submitting email over via my Tumblr or Twitter DMs. I might be able to work something out. Worse comes to worse it’ll just have to go in the next issue...

More Entrapdak Zines??

Sure why not? If the community still wants them I’ll keep compiling them ever three or so months. I’ve seen what us nerds can do!

Where can I find the finished Zine?

All finished Zines will be hosted on a shared Google Drive link. Please share it with your other Entrapdak friends when it is ready.

#entrapdak #Entrapdak zine #entrapta #hordak #I know where you nerds live #zine #fanzine #spop #shera #I'm not even in this fandom a hot minute and I'm already on the fanzine kick #I'm real chill with these but yeah feel free to get in touch if needs be #I may have forgot to mention that I'll be submitting this too #go wild and have fun everyone #long post #long boi #long boi is long

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driftingglass · 3 years

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It’s Done. (What’s Next?)

Like I promised, all selected works I announced on this post have been deleted.

There are 7 remaining works, with 6 completed, and one unfinished work recently published in October, 2021. I’m considering that part of this “new chapter” phase of my fanfic authorship. Though calling it an “authorship” seems kind of pretentious at this point...

Anyway. Thank you for understanding and being so supportive. The response has been full of kindness, patience, and gratitude that feels undeserved. Fanfic writers everywhere are lucky to have readers like you.

If you’re interested in the future of this blog, my AO3 account, and more to potentially come your way, read on...

I’ll be changing my AO3 author name and Tumblr username.

This one has been sort of a long-time coming. I’ve thought of a few names, but nothing has stuck as of yet. When that comes, I’ll announce what my new username will be on Tumblr, so that anyone who follows me knows that the name will change 24 hours after that.

The first new fanfic I will publish under this new name and phase will be a BakuDeku story.

The first chapter will be posted in September. I’ll be doing a week of announcements and plenty of teasers all throughout August regarding the summary, plot, etc. The outline is near-complete, and the story itself will end up around 20 chapters.

There will be an established publishing schedule to stay consistent.

I haven’t decided yet if it will be a one week or two week turnaround. It all depends on my work schedule, my personal life, and my original writing projects. I’ll have a better idea when the time comes.

Yes, there will be one fic I work on at a time. This will prevent the issue of impulsively publishing fics that I love that get a lot of attention, but end up never finishing.

I will only be working on one fic at a time.

This is part of me learning how to handle my mental illness more responsibly so I can better respect your expectations as a reader. I hope you can understand.

So when that new fic is published in September, I will focus solely on that until it’s completed.

I may start a Patreon account.

BUT ONLY IF... readers (both old and new) are interested in this.

This is by absolutely no means a requirement. This is only if people are interested in a concept like a private Discord server (to ask questions about fics, chat, share ideas, etc.), a view into chapters a week before they publish (depending on the schedule), or anything else that may come as exclusive.

I’m not even sure if I’ll do this, yet. Was just an idea that might be fun if readers want to feel a part of a community. We will see.

Let me know if this is of interest. If not, I’ll sweep it under the rug and never bring it up again.

I’ll be way more active on Tumblr to answer questions, talk to new readers, engage with communities I’ve left for a long time, etc.

I’m still very much a fandom loner, but I want to be more open in engaging in conversations if that’s something of interest.

Want to say another thank you.

To the readers, writers, and celebrators of storytelling who have not only supported me, but anyone else who has chosen to go through these tough decisions and are deciding to reinvent themselves for a new chapter.

I want to write better for you, and deliver stories that you deserve.

Thanks for everything.

- Drifty

#DriftingGlass #Announcement #Fanfiction #Fanfic Author #Fanfic #AO3 #Authorship #Writing #Reading #My Inbox is Open

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missameliep · 3 years

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Hi, Dani ❤️ I hope you're doing well 😊

Can I cheat and mention two fics? 😅 I associate your username to Run To You and If I Fell. Both of those stories feature the strongest points of your writing style. If fanfic writers had a portfolio, I think these two pieces should be in it.

I wish you a lovely week 😘

Hi, Lori! Thank you for the ask and I hope you are doing well too 😊💗

You can totally go ahead and cheat picking as many as you want, specially since you've chosen two of my favorite stories! Writing them made me so happy at the time and I've reread from time to time just to enjoy myself, because I love those couples and how the fics turned out.

First, it is not a secret Run to You was inspired by this line from Prince Hamid when he is biding goodbye to MC after they've met in book1, chapter5 (and we were totally robbed from actually having them ever dancing during the Season! Can you imagine how fun going to a ball with this man would be when MC is not engaged to someone else? All the flirting and games and just him being cute and romantic? 🥰):

I couldn't find the original *word file from my first draft, but I remember the story changed a lot until the final draft. It was only later that I decided to write it in Hamid's POV, and not MC's. Some ideas came from deleted scenes and dialogues from the series The Pursuit of Happiness and it would be just a cute scene in a ball, that would start with Lady Elizabeth eagerly searching for him and Hamid observing her. I got so carried away writing it that I almost ruined the timeline from the series, because I was **this close** to writing a first kiss for them in the garden! and even considered having a different MC for this story to not mess with the other story, but I personally think it works better with Lady Elizabeth how it is. I liked that aside from the cute interactions between the two, I could address some issues that are important in their relationship and the struggles both face, like the prejudice a natural daughter suffers, and his doubts about ever being suited to marry a woman of such station.

The one thing I regret to this day and only realised was missing after I've posted was not bringing the rose back in the last scene. The rose is a symbol of their love in canon, and as a symbol of his hope, I should have brought it back in the end. It would be so much better if he had picked it up from the ground in the last minute and kept it in his pocket the entire evening, because Hamid is a hopeful romantic; and the idea of putting it in Lady Elizabeth's hair after he carries her to the carriage or just leaving it for her to find after he was gone would have been cuter and made the scene better to end with the reference from the beginning...

As for If I Fell, most of it came from deleted scenes from Second Chances that were not that important to the plot atm and random ideas: one was a scene of the two riding bikes and it followed the chapter of their date; and the other came from a few short scenes when Hamid was taking Elizabeth to places like the Brazilian shop and a club where she could swim, like mentioned in the chapter they had lunch with her father and Sinclaire, and it was mostly Hamid pining over her.

This one-shot was first named Swept her off her feet and was not only supposed to be cute, but important to show and not just tell a little about Elizabeth and Hamid's routine of going to the park together to exercise, and how she's increasingly infatuated despite her efforts to deny it. It makes it clear they are growing closer and she is not exactly comfortable, but despite her doubts, she decides to share things with him even if he would find her silly - like having "ugly feet" or the magpies verses... The "feet talk" was slightly different, Hamid woube be very suggestive about another part of his anatomy 😏 to Elizabeth's shock. So I'm sharing with you the deleted dialogues from an earlier draft:

“Perhaps you just have huge feet too.” “Well, you know what they say: the bigger the feet...” he trailed off with a mischievous grin. “Dude!” “What?” he feigned confusion, and then pretended to be scandalised by what she implied. “What a dirty mind, Miss Foredale! I just meant that big feet are good, give you balance; having disturbingly tiny feet and you’ll fall face first, which is not good at all." “Alright,” she nodded meeting his stare. “But you’re not wrong about that. I can confirm in my case at least. I don’t know if this is a scientific fact but –” “I don’t need to know that!” she cut him off, and he chuckled. “Really? I thought that was the kind of inside knowledge girls usually want to ask their male friends...” She shook her head wide-eyed and looked away. “Perhaps Faiza is right and Hande is strange...”

Talking to a friend at the time, I've realised it would be better not to imply anything like that and invest in a different kind of humour. Hamid is smart enough to try and charm Elizabeth and not only scandalise her... and the scene worked better without it.

The suggestion from another friend who was my beta to this fic, also made me change how Hamid carried Elizabeth after she injuries her ankle. I had doubts and had him first carrying her bride style, but it was just too awkward for her to be in that position in public... there was too much tension... so when Hamid carries her in his back, the whole atmosphere of the scene instantly changed and there was room for improvement. Suddenly, it was lighter and funny, and even if there is still tension and romance in the air, it also shows how much more they have going on for them besides attraction. I tried to portray their chemistry and their bond, and humor is important in this equation.

Again, thank you so much for your ask, my dear, and for allowing me the opportunity to blabber about these fics💗 And sorry it took forever to answer

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Which fic you associate with my url? - Send me an ask!

#ask box!#choices fanfic #desire and decorum #playchoices #prince hamid #prince hamid x mc #choices fanfiction #thank you 💕💕💕#lorirwritesfanfiction

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