#the void within plot

[mutantmorphingpotions]

Baelia, you fucking good?

Baelia has died on the Whale Road Trip.

[simplyscarlet]

“...And the mirror whispered, “There’s only one way to get your beauty back.

It's autumn in Neopia, and Vira skulks around an unsuspecting fall festival, observing the ugly hypocrisy of the neopets around her. After all, if all neopets desired to be beautiful, special, and adored...then why was she the only one punished for it?

Written for the Halloween issue of the Neopian Times. You can also read it on neopets here!

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WOW look at that, Scarlet wrote a fanfic that isn't One Piece or BNHA or Street Fighter.

Vira skulks around a fall festival being Vira, and generally being pissed off about how the point of this whole ass online game is to make your neopet look attractive...but apparently that's enough for her to end up in the Gallery of Evil. What gives? Also Vira takes personal offense at the common and supposedly benevolent practice of adopting neopets, painting them, and repounding them.

I'm a long-time neopets player, but I've never really been involved in the fandom. This is just a one-shot I wrote on vacation.

I don't know if anyone is going to read this, I'll resume my usual posting about how much I hate BNHA and that Hellsing is great.

[passionfruitmango]

Working on the altador plot because I'm excited about the void within plot and AH I don't think I've spent this many hours on neo in years 🤩🤩🤩

[artsygato]

POV: You interrupt the council with an alien and her weird infected void dog

[adobe-outdesign]

this is the entire plot

[neobastard]

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨

tnt has officially put the void within on pause between chapters 7 and 8. according to their statement on the official twitter account, it's to "make exciting improvements based on your feedback".

all plot activities (void essence collection, battledome fights, volunteer shifts, and story updates) will be on hold, and voidworks specifically will be getting an update.

the void within is slated to return in early 2025, but the team's assured us that there will be plenty of holiday activities in the meantime.

i have absolutely no clue what this means for the future of the plot.

but i'm going to trust that tnt made this decision because they felt that the feedback they received required such a long hiatus to make changes around.

[thisismycorneroftheinternet]

Oh yeah sure Tavi, I'll help you make tea, whaddya need?

MA'AM!

Hm.

[rasuu]

okay okay, *one* more comic

[xispoint]

🌌 When even Neopian outlaws come to join the fight! 🌌

[mutantmorphingpotions]

"I don't get why people are shipping Lord Darigan and King Roo"-

NO. You don't understand. It's the concept. Every Ubergoth needs their ray of sunshine who MAKES the Ubergoth do non goth things.

The idea that a Lord of a Citadel that was burdened with a physically life altering curse, still trying to fix things YEARS after the ramifications of a war with a neighboring kingdom that was never held accountable for their actions in all of it. Meeting a King whose idea of a Crisis in the Kingdom is that a shipment of lucky charms marshmallows was late and everyone's breakfast cereal will lack marshmallows of whimsical colors. Someone whose singular crisis of thought on the daily is 'There's not enough time to play all the games I want to play' or 'oh bother where is my left shoe? Guess I'll have to wear my bunny slippers to court again.'

You're saying NO to the idea of Mr. Gloom and Doom himself patiently listening as the embodiment of no think only memes recites every flavor of ice cream he's ever had while beating his goth opponent in Chess?

WHEN THE WHOLE RELATIONSHIP DYNAMIC COULD SOLELY JUST BE

[warning-heckboop]

They even got the heckin bread. Is nothing sacred?

[vellichor-rising]

trying to catch up on the void within plot and i'm SO confused.

nyx clearly comes from another universe or something, has no idea where they are or what any of the zones are called... but then suddenly in chapter 4, nyx says "my brother lives in neopia central" as if they've always lived here and none of the characters are acknowledging the inconsistency

did someone on the writing team just fuck up or what? I'm lost.

[twillieplaysneo]

Something fun about Neopets writing that I'm discovering is how the lore can inspire not just fanfic writers in similar ways, but TNT as well. With the site plot teasers we've gotten so far, I've been tickled finding the little parallels between their story and the one I've worked on for a while, so I started making myself a little list of them (and perhaps I'm also just vain lol).

Glitchy neggs

Neggery fallen on hard times

Altador on fire

A foreshadowed rising dark force

It's just fun seeing how little ideas can have similar roots and manifest in different ways, as there's also plenty where TNT's story (what we know of it so far) diverges far from my own. Not sure what to expect of the plot when it's finally here, but clearly I'm having some fun with the previews haha

(Also thank you to Jellyneo as always for having site items & images at the ready!)

[adobe-outdesign]

Meridell: [turns grey]

Lord Darigan:

[neobastard]

"being a virtupets delivery pilot is a dangerous job that can keep you away from your family for long stretches of time."

Wait a minute.

[incorrectneopetsquotes]

Mysterious Faerie: It’s a subtle game, Painter. What you just saw was the first step in our overall strategy. The Grey Painter: Well, what do we do now? Mysterious Faerie: Now we wait. The Grey Painter: For what? For them to make a mistake? Mysterious Faerie: No. For me to think of the next step.