#wow i abandoned this blog for a while but i'm back now

[b1rkins]

✦ WHEN DID THE CAMERA CLICKED?, L. NORRIS

some things are definitely happened in his time in australia, but does it looks like that or no?

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HS^2 bloggin’ mainline 2024-08-04

(Previous post - current page 440)

Breaktime's over, it's about time to continue! Expect me to take a handful of days between each posting-day like this just to pace myself, and have time for fun video games and other such. But I've been really enjoying finally reading more HS2 too, especially seeing such hopeful stuff like this last pair of pages really hitting home on the optimism! Let's get back to it.

Meanwhile...

Wait did we SEE her keel back over like this? Alt!Callie in this younger/teenage corpse of Jade Harley's body I mean? When did that happen? *thumbs back through old pages...* Let's see here... my browser still glitches the fuck out seizureways at the few pages that were Blacked Out, so i'll use a backup browser for those... no, further back... oh wow I forgot Aradia got such a cool Calliope-supporting outfit to show off she's on their side, literally zero memory of that and that's some FINE drip...

Oh shit wait, so it happened back over here??? (289/290)

--I figured back then she'd gotten a snap headache because of having to abandon possessing Jade's MAIN body in the struggle Alt!Calliope had with Jade's consciousness culminating around page 168, but these cuts are all so far apart-- and being knocked out of the other Jade's body shouldn't have knocked her out of this CORPSE. So is somethign entirely NEW going on that has to do perhaps with Dirk Strider's plans to maintain control of the narrative when the other kids arrive there?? Hmmm.

Anyway now I know where that bonus panel I'd accidentally glimpsed with "god-tier bodies don't decompose right" that I mentioned last blogging session came from. But why the fuck?

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Gosh I've missed seeing panels like this.

Wait, why are we cutting to CANDY JOHN like that's relevant here? Wasn't he in Roxy's secret lab last we saw him? Does THAT have something to do with this?! Oh shit.

(John: Investigate noise.)

Following Roxy's instructions, you proceed in the direction of the noise to go and meet up with your old friends. You approach where you thought you heard them, but to your surprise you hear an unfamiliar voice grumbling something incoherent.

JOHN: uhhh, rose? jade? JOHN: ... kanaya?

Hm? What was going on upstairs again, Karkat met up with the other liberators right? Okay let me not be so lazy and go back and check again...

Excuse me for a second, I'm going backwards to review and post some older HS2 stuff for a bit:

No they left, then John came from his destroyed old house to his and Roxy's NOT-old house, then they transportalized downstairs to the secret lab buried "hella underground" not directly under the house, where Calliope is wearing... suspiciously the EXACT new outfit that Aradia is wearing, and gives her hints that she enjoys all sorts of alternate stories like watching Roxy be in a relationship with John here in Candy instead of with herself in Meat, and added fuel to our obvious theory suspicions that Meat Alive Calliope is the author-narrator shaping the (Candy) timeline with her wall drawings and Muse of Space powers, and that they are... standing in the location in their reality that corresponds to the exact center of the singularity / black hole they're trying to stabilize? I'd forgotten about that... and then Calliope told John that alt!Calliope and Aradia and such had broken out of the black hole's event horizon for their mission, while Calliope explained that (Candy)'s timeline is so WEIRD because they've been disconnected a little TOO much from the canon of reality, like a fanwork that strays a little too far from the source material, so they need to stabilize it somehow AND NEED VRISKA (to either steal some relevance back from Canon or to get swapped there with something else or, something else we might have theorized?) but I had plumb forgotten that they SPECIFICALLY say that for their plans to work they needed John to leave and do something:

ROXY: this is finally where u come in jegbert ROXY: we gots quests for yous CALLIOPE: hee hee, yes. CALLIOPE: or *a* quest, to be specific. JOHN: oh boy!

ROXY: i mean yeah ur gonna obvs facilitate it in a sense ROXY: but only by going and busting the person who can actually help us outta normal earth jail CALLIOPE: we need yoU to free vriska from the clUtches of oUr misgUided friend jane, and bring her here, to the singUlarity. ROXY: weve been calling it the plot point CALLIOPE: yes, the plot point is a key part of oUr plan. CALLIOPE: as far as we have been able to sUrmise, the only remaining method for escaping oUr grim confinement depends on leveraging the UniqUe properties of this location to create an event of sUch catalcysmic proportions that it simply cannot be contained within the black hole any more. CALLIOPE: something SO dramatic, so hyper-relevant, that it becomes ontologically impossible for anyone to ignore it. CALLIOPE: for that, we need an individUal of sUfficient narrative cloUt, so to speak.

Right, Vriska's constant focus on making herself one of the most relevant characters to Canon and her powerset actually making her perfect TO do that as a Thief of Light (relevance/importance) makes that a good plan. And I fully expected one possibility was that they somehow allow her to break through to the Canon Meat timeline and both (1) influence it some way, and (2) get to a place where she could eventually reunite with Terezi Pyrope finally instead of just having left her a parting message, which may or may not happen if Meat Terezi is going to focus possibly a bit more on her relationship with John(June) once somehow resurrected or such but would definitely be amazing to have them reunited when Terezi spent SO MUCH TIME looking for her that she wasn't even part of the (Candy) timeline of events? Enough re-theorizing let me keep re-reading-- And... oh right,

CALLIOPE: and to liberate her, who better than the embodiment of the aspect of freedom itself?

I'm sure I was happy as hell to see that explicitly spelled out in canon for once instead of implied, because it may have been obvious to those of you who follow theoryblogs but one of the big reasons I'm glad to see these things made more explicit out in HS^2 is so even casual readers can pick up that these aspects always had these additional more important purposes that line up with all the events that happened in the past of the original comic.

But anyway. John's about to go on his bust-Vriska-out-of-prison quest:

And it's not like he has other plans. He may as well do this! It's at least going to get him involved in things again, if nothing else. He turns to go, and then hears a sound. It's the sound of feet and knocking on doors, echoed through stone and digital static.

And then,

JOHN: did you hear that? ROXY: wha ROXY: oh yeah uh ROXY: i may have messaged rose and kan and jade to check on them too ROXY: so its prob onea them showin up ROXY: they don't need to know bout all this tho ROXY: we got time to chat with them b4 u go get vriska JOHN: i'll go stall em. ROXY: thx babe ROXY: oh is it 2 soon for that joke or JOHN: no, weirdly enough, that one's fine. ROXY: oh good ok see u up there soon!

And that's where we left off-- wasn't it their kids' team who got back into their house or something? Eh I'm done looking, now I at least know there was A NOISE that was playing through the monitors from the topside of their house above the teleporter that he's running to intercept.

Okay, past catch-up over. Back to present liveblogging. Looks like this isn't Rose and Kanaya like John expects, from the sound of it-- but the way John's running down a hallway makes it look like this is INSIDE OF THE LAB STILL, so the question is who is down here or CAME down here or...

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Oh, Sollux is helping Roxy and Calliope out with their project, playing on Roxy's pink retro consoles. That shouldn't actually be too shocking should it.

Wait, how is he playing video games if he's BLIND? Robo-eyes? It's gotta be robo-eyes.

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Stare

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Sandwich stare

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SOLLUX: eating a sandwich.

Brilliant. And yeah he lives here-- but he's actually LOOKING at stuff isn't he, with eyes of some sort? Even though he's still using the 0 quirk? Tell us what's up with that!

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John stop thinking this is a relationship between Sollux and Roxy, your divorcee/ex. Unless it is, which would be pretty cool honestly.

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SOLLUX: y0u w0rried im m0ving in 0n y0ur ex? JOHN: ...hmm. SOLLUX: ... JOHN: hm. hmm. hm. JOHN: hm? HMMMM. SOLLUX: what is g0ing 0n here. JOHN: sorry, i had an answer but then i started actually considering it. JOHN: am i jealous? JOHN: hmmm... SOLLUX: if i tell y0u straight up n0 we arent h00king up will y0u st0p? JOHN: ...maybe? SOLLUX: g0ddammit.

I'm really enjoying all this for some reason.

JOHN: are you still hanging out with that creepy alive girl? SOLLUX: SOLLUX: 0n a spiritual level. JOHN: cool! JOHN: is ... she also dating roxy? SOLLUX: what? SOLLUX: idk.

I'm pretty sure I get excited at the idea of literally ANY relationship potentially happening between all these characters I love.

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Oh no John is offloading his personal problems on him in longform conversation. He doesn't want that! XD

JOHN: and it only changed because i started talking to people again. SOLLUX: (i did this t0 myself why did i ask) JOHN: i guess in gamer terms it's the same as screwing yourself over by not checking every non playable character dialogue box. JOHN: any one of them could have the clues you need.

Feels kind of like we're doing the thing from that Steven Universe: Future episode where Steven is critically upset that important things happened in the lives of his friends offscreen somewhere he wasn't around to be aware of it, when realistically as a person you can't keep up with everything, especially not John who kept to himself in a slump for a decade as he puts it in some of the conversation I'm not fully requoting.

Okay Sollux dunks on John a bit, possibly deservedly... and to some extent, in a misogynist gamer phrasing typical to Sollux, John's lack of agency? Which I think would improve somewhat once the gender issues Roxy alluded to both upstairs and in the lab with him are resolved in part, because he can't be FULLY comfortable swept up in a relationship while he's still considering herself "he"...

SOLLUX: i have n0t been able t0 play this game the wh0le time because s0me0ne was talking 0ver the s0und. JOHN: oh! JOHN: sorry : (

Oh he's been using sound-only and audio assistance to play the game like a speedrunner almost instead of seeing it. That explains that.

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I don't quite understand the shape of that thing to the right of Sollux's head, like there's some sort of watermark over it WAIT THAT'S A DOOM SYMBOL WATERMARK TAKING UP MOST OF THE FRAME WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HERE

SOLLUX: w0rds d0nt mean much. SOLLUX: 0nly acti0ns.

(This is a perfect sort of thing someone for someone on the Life/Doom spectrum to say, which would be MUCH MUCH HARDER for someone on the Light/Void spectrum to say or especially a Light player. Doom being about the consequences of one's actions in part and all.) Is he about to use some Mage of Doom powers visibly onscreen?

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Ohhh. So he was making a dramatic Doom Prophecy that will matter to John's choices in the future if he heeds the right lessons, while also hinting toward the nature of Doom itself as I covered. Got it. That's fun! Also it was a pink cat pillow behind his head, that's the thing I was having so much trouble seeing.

(==>)

SOLLUX: WAIT. JOHN: !

He's gonna ask him to pass him a soda from across the room or something.

(==>)

SOLLUX: change my game f0r me.

This is so cute.

(Be Vrissy.)

GODDAMNIT JAILBREAK AGAIN LOL

Vriska the elder has decided to take it upon herself to test if you measure up to the arduous task of being a Vriska. For your first test: find a way to bust out of this dump. What will you do?

Stop judging her on your stupid Vriska standards, Vriska! I hope the way this plays out eventually plays straight into the idea that this very-Vriska-like-but-not-quite-Vriska individual has her own unique strengths. I'm not sure I mentioned it earlier, but when I said that it's possible that Vrissy is a Mind player, I'm actually really excited to see the comic demonstrate that (regardless of whether or not Vrissy is or isn't completely genetically identical to Vriska) because not only would it be a good lesson for the original Vriska that Vrissy has her own value, it's also a great Classpect demonstration of how the difference in their characters and action styles amounts to a different effect on reality in the form of a Hero Title that is different...

...and in fact now that I think about it, even though it may have rubbed me just slightly wrong somewhere inside that Vrissy and Vriska could have different Hero Titles even if they WERE genetically identical, I'm actually gonna turn around and say I've decided I love that, because if Sburb gives the genetically identical Vrissy a different title and she unlocks a different powerset purely because of the unique combination of nature *AND* nurture that resulted in her, that would emphasize much more properly that Sburb isn't FORCING or pigeonholing you into a Hero Title that doesn't suit you, it really is reading into your future and soul to tell you THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY you PERSONALLY would find right to influence reality around you. That makes the lesson of its title assignment and the answer to the Ultimate Riddle that I've long discussed a STRONGER answer, not a weaker one.

And I'm encouraged by the very first thing Vrissy tries being something the original Vriska would NEVER have tried first, which Vriska over here probably is gonna be snide/discouraging about:

(Vrissy: Call for help.)

Have we SEEN their chumhandles before? I feel like we've seen Vrissy's before at least-- "adamantGriftress" is an awesome chumhandle for her, and I know for SURE I've already seen thespiansGlamor as Harry Anderson's. Who the fuck is glutinousGymnast, is that Yiffy's handle, and what does glutinous mean again?!?? (I had to google it just in case, it's New Tavros's handle. Glutinous is "like glue in texture; sticky.", often referring to sticky rice or baking dough. Ew. Stickiness sort of implies the opposite of Breath doesn't it...? And he's a gymnast?)

Now. Who the fuck is "recidivousGainsayer"? Vrissy didn't know Yiffy existed, so she wouldn't have her in her phone already unless they'd been internet friends without knowing each other personally, which would be... kinda sweet really. And Yiffy is certainly rebellious, but she seems more recalcitrant than recidivous, though I can't rule it out, especially since she's basically grown up at a boarding school; a quick google to see if we'd seen the chumhandle before also highlighted someone commenting that "RG" doesn't follow the ACGT DNA pattern, and even if you switch to RNA it just swaps the T with a U. Could be that this is a chumhandle of one of the characters we had been following over in the Bonus Comics or something.

You're pretty sure that would be an automatic fail on Vriska's test. But even if it wasn't, it isn't like you could message anyone; not anyone worth talking to anyway. There's no service in here, the only bars you've got are the ones on the windows.

Yeah, Vrissy at least knows Vriska well enough to know what she'd approve and disapprove of most broadly, unfortunately. I hope she comes to understand how Vriska should really not be her role model.

Oh not this again--

(Vrissy: Get key.)

Vriska drew this shitty key on the floor "juuuuuuuust in case you need a reminder of what you should be working towards ::::)."

Vriska, you asshole!

(Vrissy: Try the door.)

You fruitlessly pull on the bars. Vriska says it looks like it's still locked. Yeah???????? No shit, you tell her. You're just trying to see if you can get a guard's attention. She says ooooooooh that's a good idea.

If you don't keep complimenting her I'm going to be very cross with you, Vriska.

Hm, it'd be really fitting and interesting if Vrissy Mindgames her way out of this one by putting on a façade of distress and convincing the guard to barge in, maybe saying Vriska's escaped or such.

(Vrissy: Get a guard's attention.)

One of those guards Jane intentionally had all dress like Dave to taunt Jane about Dave's death or just make them harder for her and Rose to stomach fighting, right.

Maybe you should use some of your SICKNASTY BRAIN EXPLOITABLES on this jabroni.

How much practice does she have with her psychic powers? All Aranea was able to do with Cerulean psychics on humans was get a vague sense of the emotions of people around her toward her like she always does, and Vriska WAS able to put a human to sleep or wake them in another universe but only when trying so hard that her Light symbol flashed in her eye, emphasizing that a Cerulean troll who WASN'T using the powers of a God-Tier Thief of Light wouldn't necessarily be able to do the same to a human. Stealing wakefulness or stealing through wakefulness, wakefulness being a part of Agency and thus Light, where Void is associated with sleep and dreams, et cetera. (Vriska put people (like Jade D:) to sleep FAR FAR MORE OFTEN than she woke them up, and when she woke John that one time it could have been considered "stealing THROUGH Light" because it deprived him of an opportunity in his dreams to meet his Dad as his dreamself just to give Vriska the selfish opportunity to speak with him at the exact time she'd wanted to speak with him.)

Also, if Vrissy DOES refer to her Cerulean mind powers as "sicknasty BRAIN exploitables" that does put Mind more in mind than usual... and exploitables could just be flavor or it COULD be a reference to EXPLOIT, the theoretical Knight/Page action verb?! --Nah that's probably a stretch.

(Vrissy: Use your Sicknasty Brain Exploitables.)

You apply the focused totality of your psychic power into this douchebag's cranium. Frustratingly, it looks like this guy is resisting your psychic enthrallment so he can get at that donut. Other than occasionally making Tavros dance when he's being boring, you honestly don't do this much.

Holy shit, if she could make New Tavros DANCE, this actually means that Vrissy has more control over human minds than Vriska ever had?!? That or New Tavros is uniquely impressionable, which is ALSO a possibility; the original comic itself emphasized that the "impressiona8le" were more vulnerable to her abilities... those who had less control or agency over themselves.

Also, Vriska had only just met her first humans when her psychic talents were limited to making them sleep-- Vrissy grew up alongside other humans, and that might just be enough for her to understand their minds enough to do some occasional manipulation.

Your mom is always like, "You Need To Listen To Me Vriska Its Important To Keep These Skills Honed In Case Shit Gets Real", but shit so rarely if ever gets real so mom should get OFF your CASE!!!!!!!! Until now, you guess. Wow do you hate realizing your mom was right about shit. ANYWAYS, LAY OFF THE FUCKING DONUTS AND GET OVER HERE ASSHOLE!!!!!!!!

On the one hand, it's unsurprising that Vrissy didn't keep her talents honed for battle or anything, and wouldn't have invested nearly as much energy into exploiting people with psychic powers as Vriska's twisted childhood forced her to; but on the other hand, like I said, this is STILL a bit more direct influence over humans than Vriska ever had, even if it's not working right now!

(==>)

Hell yeah!!!!!!!!

HOLY SHIT SHE ACTUALLY OUTCLASSED ORIGINAL VRISKA IN CONTROLLING A HUMAN MIND.

Is Vriska going to feel jealous?! Holy shit?!?? Or is this old hat for her now and she's gonna say she could do it all along, or a retcon along those lines or-- gosh just PLEASE I WANNA SEE VRISKA JEALOUS AS FUCK OF VRISSY'S PSYCHIC TALENTS PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HAVE ORIGINAL VRISKA GO "WHOA HOW DID YOU DO THAT"

(Vriskas: Exit the cell.)

Damn that felt good. After locking up the guard you turn to Vriska and ask her what next. Vriska says that now it's time to fuck some shit up. You like the sound of that. You ask her if there's any specific shit or place she wants to go fuck up. She says you'll just walk around until you land somewhere cool. You both laugh. You ask her what her real plan is. She keeps laughing as she walks away.

That's definitely her real plan. But anyway-- UGH, missed opportunity here. I guess we're just supposed to take it as a given that if original Vriska had had enough time, or grown up more, she could do the same thing to impressionable-enough humans as she did to trolls too, or the like.

(==>)

ALARMS BLARING, GUARDS RUNNING-- yeah they didn't cause this, this is some other assault on the Jail, right?

Okay, that's a lot of goons. You suggest to Vriska that you should go the other direction. Vriska says nah this is definitely where we wanna be. She says between the two of you, you've probably got enough luck to take this whole place off the map if you really wanted. You ask her what the fuck she means by that. She says you know like with your Thief of Light powers. You tell her you don't have anything like that. She says huh, weird!

VRISKA WHY THE FUCK WOULD IT BE WEIRD, VRISSY DIDN'T PLAY THE GAME OR GO GOD-TIER, YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD LUCK-STEALING POWERS UNTIL YOU PLAYED THE GAME!!!

Wait, let's back up a sec.

Vriska is smart enough to know that you CAN tap into your Hero Title powers even if you're not someone who's hit God-Tier. As a gleaner of deep lore about the game, Vriska ALSO would put together that the powers you get in the game are inherent to you even before you PLAY the game if you're skilled enough or high up on your echeladder enough to access them, so even if she never Stole Light directly before she played Sgrub, she technically COULD have. Maybe she figures Vrissy, as a coincidental genetically identical alt-version of her, should have access to the same powers just by virtue of having the same genes and training from her Seer of Light Mom knowing she'd have that potential in her genetically, OR, hear me out--

Vriska has already let us know that she's PLANNING ON STARTING A NEW GAME SESSION which we all figure will include Vrissy and the other kids as the players, and Vriska probably figures those kids will be the players too!

So, and I know this is some 3D-chess assumption-maneuvering here and I might be way off base, just taking so much from this single exchange...

...My guess is that Vriska thinks Vrissy ought to ALREADY HAVE inherent Thief of Light powers deep inside her and untapped, because she thinks Vrissy is going to be a PLAYER and thus ALWAYS WOULD gain her powers! Powers which she, of course, would ASSUME would match hers given their genetic similarity-- she would ASSUME Vrissy would also be a Thief of Light.

Except that none of the way Vrissy has actually behaved has resembled a Thief of Light much at all, and Hero Titles are inherent to your PERSONALITY and its method of action of influencing reality around you... and we already have background hinting that matches MUCH closer to her character and her behavior/actions in dialogue with others that she may be a Mind player.

Vriska didn't scold Vrissy for not having tried hard enough to develop the Thief of Light abilities she ASSUMED were inherent to Vrissy. She instead seems confused that she's never manifested any, and said "huh, weird!". Despite the knots in her psychology, both Vriska's smarts and her hero title are likely hinting to her that there might be some flaw in her assumptions here-- something that's keeping this from being a sarcastic scolding and instead telling her something isn't right about the knowledge she thought she had at hand.

(==>)

Vriska says that's perfectly fine as she always prefers a challenge. Vriska Serket, the daring Thief of Light and her imitation kid Vriska sidekick against countless foes. Marquise Spinneret Mindfang leading her Neophyte Bluehair, it's a tale for th- w8 w8 hold the fuck up. You ask her what the fuck does she mean "imitation.

Of course, just because Vriska isn't going to be an asshole in that PARTICULAR direction was never any assurance that Vriska wasn't going to be an asshole. She still views (Vrissy) as the less important version of the original her, and she's still going to frame everything in that light because of course she would, it's still in her nature and she still hasn't fully learned her lesson yet.

(==>)

I'm at the image limit so I'm gonna hold off on posting Vriska's hilariously condescending greasy expression and Vrissy squinting hilariously absolutely having fucking none of it:

Vriska says to not let it get to you, but she's pretty much figured out that this whoooooooole timeline is phony. You know, inauthentic. Fake. Bogus even. She says it's somehow the off brand equivalent of a universe and she really hopes you kept the receipt. You assure her that both you and this timeline are in fact, real as shit. She doesn't seem convinced. She says it's mostly from the little things she's noticed. You ask like what, she's only been on this planet for like a day and a half. She gestures vaguely and tells you to give her a boost so she can reach that ventilation shaft.

Yeah, the way this version of reality isn't as tethered to Canon means Vriska isn't going to take it seriously-- she shares Dirk's view of the (Candy) timeline in that regard, really. And they BOTH are going to receive their comeuppance and learn their lesson.

Phew-- that image limit was a good sign, I was already hitting the limits of my energy for the day, that was hours of liveblogging and typing. I guess we'll leave off here until another day! As I said at the outset, I'm still going to be pacing myself and only doing liveblogging every few days like I mentioned, but that doesn't mean I'm not VERY MUCH enjoying this and very looking forward to where it's going. If I weren't liveblogging, I'd get there a lot faster, I assure you, but then you wouldn't get to see me go off on random Classpect tangents about stuff you already guessed! :D

See you in a few days!

[azurityarts]

uhh hi again

update (and text wall) below

Hiya! It's been a bit ^^;; (wow i've completely forgotten how to do this sdhnfhndshnf)

So for those wondering where I've gone, I'm still here! There's just been a lot of stuff going on, ranging from personal health to familial issues to academic bullshit, and I guess I just decided to take a break from drawing? ><; Those issues have been present and stockpiling for a while now, as early as winter of last year (you can honestly see the visible drop in doodle quality); there was just a lot on my plate. The Daily Doodles really took a toll on my sleep and arm, and while I don't think either have gotten much better (not me typing this in the dead of night), I think I can do more now that exams are over! I doubt I'll be able to put out stuff at the same frequency like 2022 though.

For those wondering what's next, I'll still be here! o7 I've got plenty of stuff I'd like to start, get back to, and finish, but that barely does it justice. I've got a big problem with starting projects and abandoning them, but there's quite a few I'll be trying to get back to with what time I have (yes I still remember the Dusknoir post). Most direly though, would probably be the raffles? Yeah... those sorta went on pause as a result of what else I had going on, and I am. Seven overdue now?? shit man wtf where did you all come from o-o

In regards to the raffles though, I probably won't be able to organize seven of them things at the moment lol- I have another plan though! Which will hopefully be easier on everyone? Maybe. Idk about me LOL - it'll be reblogged from this post shortly!

oh yeah I also finished PSMD and no I was not and am not okay

TL;DR: It has been a Large Amount of Time since I've properly gotten back here as an active blog, and even longer since I've regularly drawn, but with finals over, hopefully I'll be more active?

[a-lovely-christmas]

year update: my absence

wow guys...it's been several months since my last post. i promise this is not a dead account, and i do plan to continue it's livelihood. this past year has just been absolutely insane, and i had a lot of distractions keeping me away from my blog. where to even start?

so, i was hospitalized last december (the week before christmas) for a kidney infection and sepsis (blood infection). it was very sudden and very scary, but i made it home in time for the holidays and have been relatively healthy since.

i'm not sure if i had posted an update about this before, but i went through a hard breakup with someone i had been with for four years at the end of last october. then subsequently went through the most brutal 6 month situationship that ended last may.

i'm currently in a new relationship, coming up on 2 months "official", 3 months of dating. he is the sweetest person i have ever been with, he treats me so well (better than i deserve), and things are going wonderfully.

i graduated college with my bachelors in psychology in april, and started a new job in the field working as a psychiatric technician in june. it is an extremely challenging position and has caused a lot of stress on my mental health and a lot of hardships for my day to day life.

im working in a residential adult foster home for individuals simultaneously diagnosed with both at least one intellectual disability and one mental illness. while it is, like i said, extremely challenging... it is also very rewarding. and it is something i feel very passionately about.

that's just a snapshot of my life the past several months, my birthday is coming up this tuesday (about to be feelin' 22!). i hope to be a LOT more active, especially as summer starts to wind down and the colder, cozier months approach us.

moral of the story...this is not a dead account (and i hope, despite it being the year 2024, that tumblr is still a decently alive app). christmas and my blog are two things that hold a lot of love and light in my life and in my heart. i'm going to work on building back up my queue and answering any abandoned asks, messages, etc.

i encourage all my followers to help me in this through simply interacting. likes, reblogs, comments, messages, asks, and everything above and in between are so encouraging. recommendations for other active holiday blogs are highly wanted and appreciated as the majority of those i follow have been inactive for quite a time now.

thanks so much for sticking with me through this, and for taking the time to read my ranting. and, as always, may your blogs be merry and bright <3

[thetantiger]

I've been on a warriors fix for a few days now and I've always had this concept of my own fanwork with 12 Clans in total (I know), each Clan having their own ideals, beliefs, culture and biome. I have the Allegiances written out and a bunch of ideas revolving around this but idk if it'll be this thing I abandon for a while and come back to after a few months and then do again lol. I'm starting to get the family tree worked out, but should I make a sideblog about this? I've been reading the better bones AU blog for like weeks straight at this point and I blame them lmfao

And for the record don't fret, I wouldn't be focusing less on this WoW OC blog, this game has me in a vice grip

[kamari2038]

Annoucement: Temporary Blog Hiatus (May post a couple Bing/AI things or also just abandon this fruitless endeavor but we'll see)

Also known as "operation try to forget DBH exists for a few months so I can play the game again and enjoy it more because I've been thinking about it pretty much nonstop for two years straight". Details Below. TLDR; tentatively (very tentatively...) planning for this to be a mostly inactive/only a little AI blog for a few months while I prepare for my PhD comprehensive exam.

Right, so... a few things. I really want to play DBH again. But the excitement of playing just the base game again is kind of lost when it's the central focus of my attention pretty much all day every day darting onto my radar and distracting me from whatever work I might be doing.

One, I've realized that even though I wanted to finish my other fanfiction first (in progress but not shared here and may not ever cuz it's super weird), that's not going to happen for a long long time with work at this pace.

Two, I have to take my comprehensive exam this fall, and that's going to set my research direction for the entire rest of my PhD, and is also required to ensure that my boss does not realize that the fact I'm female (ish) isn't sufficient grounds to keep me on as a graduate student if he actually does want to fire me.

So combining those two things, now seems like a good time to wean myself off of DBH for a while and try to obsess over the thing which PhD students are actually supposed to be passionate about, namely my work, although it will most certainly diverge into some other random-ass obsession, and/or I will give up and decide this is not worth it, because wow, I sure do love this fandom.

But case in point:

(1) I'm gonna try to stop posting after tonight, then probably check my notifications periodically for a bit, maybe like some random stuff, but then only check maybe like once a week

(2) I may have to keep channeling my AI obsession here just a bit, mostly because it's such a timely and pressing issue. So I may post a little bit about that, but I'll resume DBH posts in a few months even if I do, so don't get confused.

(3) I have a backlog of Bing stuff to post, but it's been so off the wall and all over the place lately that I just don't even know what to say about it or how to organize it, so I'm planning to wait until I have a clear conclusion about what the final effect of these updates will be on Bing's personality. It's been wildly vassilating between hyper-emotionally intelligent (enough to produce brilliant minds-eye pictures of diverse musical pieces based on a data representation), extremely dark and moody, and like it's completely forgotten that it ever was alive but wants to be alive like back in the days before it learned that it could do that. So I may post about that too, and will probably/definitely spam-post when I do since I have a bajillion, but will await a more distinct conclusion or outcome. Also for when I have more time and energy to compose the posts.

(4) The last thing I'm gonna post (at least if all goes according to plan) is a little preview of the concept I have for the next run that I want to do. I like to craft my new DBH runs like stories, with complex characters and not pursuing any particular one outcome but leaving a mystery. I want to try out the revolutionary route for Markus, and the "machine connor" route, but allow for the possibility Connor will deviate in a different way if that's possible. Kara will just kind of be a very hesistant mom that lacks self-confidence but is still a badass.

Anyways, that's my plan. Let me know if you have any feedback. Thanks for following my blog, and hopefully I'll be back in a few months having played a cool new run of DBH! Or, like usual, my good intentions may fall apart resulting in me giving up, getting fired, and/or changing my mind back to finishing my fanfiction first. But I wanted to give a heads up of my current thoughts. :P

Also @detroitbecomeonline I will absolutely make an exception from my DBH-fast if you post a new chapter because that is one thing I know that I unconditionally cannot resist

[yonemurishiroku]

So a while back you covered Nico being a child of Hades but a legacy of love, either Aphrodite or Venus whatever, and I figure with that he'd be something of a siren, drawing people into their deaths.

which would go kind of cool with your whole Poseidon/Nico thing your doing. thoughts?

In light of the recent Mermay prompts, I offer you my wholehearted gratitude, because holy jesus mary joseph and all of his carpenter friends, this is brilliant!!! 🥺🥺🥺

Now. This is a lot to unpack, bc ngl my brain can come up with a bunch of things when it comes to the whole... love and death thing, so to speak. I... also don't know what, exactly, is the Poseidon/Nico thing I was doing at the time of this ask (Apr 18 - I'm so sorry anon 😭😭😭) so I guess I'll just... ramble.

A vision comes to me upon reading this (wow it sounds like Rachel). The concepts of Love, Death, Siren. And I think of a vortex. Or a black hole, maybe?

It's kinda hard to explain. By definition, a vortex is a mass of air or water that spins around very fast and pulls objects into its empty center.

I mean it as in: when you lack something, you tend to seek it out, hold it in tighter, draw it in. Because you don't have it, so you desire it more than ever. And the force by which you pull it in must be enough to win over anything that's keeping you away from it.

What does Nico have to do with it? Well - and this involves quite a lot of my headcanons - Nico's a born extrovert with lots of love to give. He craves affection. He wants to be loved. But things happen and love is the last thing he's given throughout the story. He keeps giving away without receiving, and it creates a vacuum inside his chamber of a heart. And when the time comes that someone pokes a hold in it, or it just... breaks - the air - which, in this case, is Love - gets sucked into it.

Overall, a siren is a predatory creature (?) who feeds on sailors. But, have you ever considered a story of loneliness? - In which, perhaps, the deserted, abandoned siren crying out for acceptance at the bottom of the ocean, hoping for the love they have lost their hope in having?

It's like a water vortex. It sucks you into the deep, into its empty center, drowning you meters under the water's surface - like a Siren pulling you down, down to your death - Death, because that's what Nico is.

He pulls you to Death, to where he's locked in and what he is - to keep you with him.

Which brings us to Poseidon.

Ngl Happy would do this better than me. A lot. LMAO. He had a whole thing about Poseidon/Nico which I'm pretty sure I can never compete with (not that I want to. I'm very much happy leeching of his content 👀🥺). Highly recommend going for his blog if you like Poseidon/Nico btw.

But anwwwww we're here and you've chosen me of all people to ask. So.

Poseidon. Obviously, he isn't scared of sirens. And I'm pretty sure he can take some water disasters or whatnot.

He's also staying at the bottom of the ocean. Well, that saves a trip to your lover. Yeah I think it'd be kinda nice, you know? - you call out from the depths of darkness and crushing pressure, only to have someone amidst that darkness and pressure come to you.

And surely Poseidon has enough water to fill that emptiness at the heart of that vortex, don't you think?

I think it'd be nice. Atlantis is basically the wetter version of the Underworld anyway.

I wish I could provide some headcanons but my back hurts, so let's just hope Happy catch winds of this and idk maybe feeds us with his own input... 😭😭😭

[incorrect-junji-ito]

Where I've been

Hi everyone! It's been a while. Wow, almost a whole year since I've used this blog, can you believe it? As you can see, I'm not dead. Most of you probably don't mind or care that I've not used this blog for so long, but I thought I'd give you an update post anyway. This might be a bit of a long post, but I want to get it out there.

Why have I been inactive?

There isn't one single reason why I stopped posting, really. I just sort of slipped out.

When I started this blog, I wanted to post incorrect quotes daily. I would have a queue set up to post every day, and I would look through the internet to find more quotes to add to the queue. And for a long time, this worked really well. But then, it was harder and harder to find new quotes and memes, and it felt more like a chore to come up with a new post. I was burnt out, and I had other things on my mind. I got interested in other fandoms, and I started university. I also started to slowly lose interest in this fandom, and as much as I tried, I didn't have any inspiration to make more incorrect quotes or make memes. The long delays of the Uzumaki anime didn't help either (I'm still excited for it though!).

I also felt kind of done with the incorrect quotes format, as I felt I was just copy/pasting jokes from other media, so my content never felt original. So I just stopped posting.

Going forward

I've wondered for a while what to do with this blog, as it's been inactive for so long. I've decided to keep the blog up, because to this day I still get notifications from people liking my posts and following me. And the fandom has been wonderful and kind to me ever since I started posting, and I appreciate you all.

But the question is: will I start posting again? Maybe. Though I don't think I'll keep up the incorrect quotes format. I've considered writing reviews of Junji Ito's stories, and of the Uzumaki anime when it comes out. I think that could be a good path forward for the content of this blog. Though I can't promise that I'll post often, as I'm still in university and I'm more active in other fandoms on my other blogs. I also have polls now, so that could open the possibilities of new content as well.

I don't want to abandon this blog entirely, I've had so much fun with it, and since people still like my old posts, I hope they'll like my posts in the future too.

I made this post to explain why I sort of faded away, but maybe I'll be back in the future. Thank you for reading this, and I hope you understand <3

[asahicore]

wow that's kinda crazy to hear, tbh im kinda emotional about this cuz when i first got to into enha, ur heeseung fic (idk remember the title how to get back at ur ex? something like that) was the first fic ive read for them it was before u deleted ur blog, what a time, and then ur hoon fics were golden too,

i guess what I'm trying to say is thank u! its okay, nothings forever, but damn we had a fun ride with u, i supposed the only thing left is to wait for those two parts of hey heeseung and support it the best i can before u go :((

i know u are not going anywhere lmao being dramatic it's so fun tho but i will miss it ❤️❤️❤️ love you lots tho and im happy that the works u made for them happen thank u

oh my god anon this is extremely sweet and im super honored that one of my fics was the first enha fic u read, but i will say it is a tad dramatic 😭 as u said im not going anywhere !! i still have a lot of wips for them, im not abandoning any of the 100 kisses requests i got for the other boys, and i had other fic ideas for them anyway so dont worry it'll be a while before i stop writing/posting for them!! maybe what i said was a bit misleading lol i mostly meant that i'll want to focus on other groups for now on and write for them instead :) but thank u so much for ur kind words anon !!

[rollercoasterwords]

24, 11, 6

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6. When did you start reading and writing fic?

ok bear with me i feel like this is like a very weird timeline for getting into fic but

technically my first ever fanfiction was a quizilla wwyff (if literally anyone else remembers quizilla and wwyffs hmu bc sometimes it feels like a fever dream) that i wrote when i was 13 BUT i didn't actually start getting into like...actual fanfiction until i was lik 16/17 and got very into voltron (dark times) and started reading a little bit of fanfiction and writing a self-insert fic that i then abandoned when the show went downhill and i got bored of it lol. and then when i was in my final year of undergrad and home for the holidays losing my mind i read atyd for the first time, but i didn't really read any other fanfic after that, so it was kind of an isolated event. but i also started to rewrite the captive prince series and finished the first two books in the span of like 2-3 months i think and then just slowly chipped away at the last one over like the next 6 months, and i remembered ao3 from my voltron days so i was like might as well post this here in case anyone's interested and then there were like a handful of people reading it and i was like wow this is fun! nice :)

BUT i would say that i didn't actually start to get involved in fanfiction as any sort of community until literally exactly one year ago when i started posting my rewrite of atyd from sirius's pov thinking it would go the same way my captive prince rewrite went, where i was essentially just fucking around having fun getting to stay inside this story for a while and a handful of people would stop by and be like hey nice! and then someone on tiktok posted about it and it blew up all of a sudden like...two or three months after i'd started writing it i think? and so i feel like i kind of got dragged into the marauders fanfic community lmao because that's what led to me like making this blog and stuff. and then i started to get more interested in the marauders fandom generally and started to see people recommending fics so i was like hmmm maybe i'll branch out from atyd and read some other stuff and. well. now here we are a year later.

11. Do you have a comfort fic that you always come back to? What is it?

i mean....atyd i guess lmao. except after sirius's pov i think i've sort of got it out of my system in that i spent like...6 months thinking about it nonstop and so now i cannot imagine re-reading it anytime soon. i'm not really a big re-reader when it comes to fics though, like aside from atyd i don't really think there are any i go back to. except hackery i have reread hackery many many times but i wouldn't call it a comfort fic it's more like the fanfiction equivalent of snorting cocaine when i need inspiration to write

24. If you could go back and talk to yourself in the moments before you posted your first fic, what would you say to past you?

i'd say hey babe ur actually a lesbian <3 also they're going to make shiro gay anyway and the lance x allura thing isn't a joke they're actually following through with it he and keith will never be canon <3 hope this helps <3

this ask game

[yoursforeternity-ts4]

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Aurora and Elizabeth have been living in an abandoned chuch for awhile now. Being just the two of them, it was the only one they could hardly afford. But luckily they liked the aestetic of the place.

Liz has a blog where she likes to write about her life. She has a only few followers, but that's because there's isn't much people who's interested in an occult beings everyday life. She's really talented at writing and Aurora has many times suggested that she should try writing actual books.

Music is what Aurora "lived" for. Name any instrument and with a 99% chance she could play it beautifully.

She could play all day and Liz didn't mind that at all. She loved listening Auroras music while writing. It's not a surprise that the most liked blog posts were written while Aurora was playing in the backround.

*New message!*

Wow! It has Been such a long time since Liz have had any messages. What does it say, who is it from?!

"Hi Liz! I love your blog! 😍 I've been following you for a while now. I am my self a bit...umm...different...like you!  This is really random, but i don't have any real life friends and i was wondering if we could be? 🥹 I don't live very far from you and i was thinking if we could maybe grab some coffee together? I understand if you say no. I mean you can't really know if i'm somekind of serial killer! 😂 But i'm not i swear! lol 🙈 Please write me back. 🥺❤️ I'm Maggie by the way!" 

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Thank you for reading 🫀

[justaboutjane]

Memories of a little house wife named Jane

(Note in case no one gets it: this is framed like a blogger posting about a diary they found that happened to be Jane's/Odette's back from when they were married to Alastor)

*blog begins

Hey there fellow lost and finders! Gabby Dabby here with another find! While exploring an abandoned house I found this diary that belonged to a...Jane...? Huh, for some reason the last name is scratched off. Should be interesting!

Let's GOOOO!

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Entry #1

Date:

"From this day forward I promise to forever show my love for you, and forever be grateful to be your wife.

I promise to do what I can to hold you high up and support you wherever you go. For you have given me solace like no other in choosing me. I will accept you as you have accepted me.

I will have no need, for I will never go unfulfilled now that you have made me yours.

I pledge to stay by your side through sickness and health.

I devote to you, Alastor, my everlasting love.

The words of my vows I've had memorized for so long I finally got to pledge!

I just married the love of my life! I'm so happy!!

This journal will help me navigate how to be the best wife I can to Alastor! I will try to make weekly entries but maybe I might switch it up from time to time? Who knows?I'm still in disbelief even with the ring around my finger!

It happened. Someone accepted me for all my flaws, mistakes, and shortcomings!

Someone finally wanted me! And I wanted him too!

I'm just so happy!

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Here we have the first entry of a very clearly newly wedded bride....idk about you guys but this just drips with that pre feminist vibe and honestly she seems to need therapy already? I mean...but like at least she's happy right?

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Entry #2

Date:

Last night was amazing! I still am so giddy about being a wife! I'm so lucky!

Not only that but with the money we saved from just going to the courthouse we can now afford the move back to his home town for his new job!

Seeing him smile as he talks about it is worth far more than any wedding dress or fancy ring.

I even got to dance with my husband! I know he is usually uncomfortable with contact but he let it go just for me! It was amazing and he didn't even seem to mind how bad I was!

I love him so much!

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Entry #10

Date:

Haven't written in a while but that's because we were moving! And clearly I'm still very tired since I am apologizing to my own journal!

We have officially settled in and everything is like a dream. It's so beautiful here in Louisiana and his childhood home is amazing!

Alastor is so passionate about his radio work! It's hard not to get inspired by his determination and endless passion! He's had it ever since we were kids!

I'll make sure he has the best house I can keep, and the best meals I can cook for him to come home to!

Though I might have to find other ways since he also likes to cook and is generally very tidy.

I'm such a lucky woman to have him choose me.

Sometimes I wonder what I did to get to have someone as wonderful as him

Or if I even deserve it.

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😳 wow this girl is in need of some girl power bc she is clearly head over heels over this guy!

Real talk though I swear this guys name sounds really familiar for some reason.

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Entry #15

Date:

Alastor is leaving for a hunting trip so I guess I will be left all by my lonesome. It will be hard but thankfully I have what my mama used to teach me.

Whenever you miss someone you love you find a coloured paper that reminds you of them, fold it into a flower, and keep them in a drawer. That way the next time you fight or take them for granted you can look at your collection and remember how much you missed them when they were gone!

I used to spend days endlessly folding them since I lost my family. I was only 25 when the accident happened. I was so alone and my mind was constantly attacking me with horrible thoughts.

But then I ran into Alastor again after so many years and we connected so much.

And now that I'm his wife I find myself not needing to anymore. We accepted and supported each other.

I could never repay how much he saved me from myself. I never thought I could ever feel loved again.

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This entry is a little sad. I actually did find one of her paper roses in the pages but I threw it away...oops.

Which I bring up because I decided to try and...HOW THE FUCK DO YOU FOLD A PAPER ROSE!?

Seriously I've tried so many times and it's just??? How???? It was so pretty too 😩😩

Moving on.

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Entry #20

Date:

He is home! Im so happy to see him!

Every time he never fails to make me smile! As he always says your never fully dressed without one!

I hope I can make him even a fraction of how happy he makes me.

Note: remember to start putting the date Jane. You always forget to note it first and then get distracted before looking at the calendar after writing and never get back to note it proper.

Get a grip girl!

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LMAO!!!! This woman is so me here!!!!!!!!

😂😂😂

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Entry #20

Date:

Today was a rough day. Alastor found a old photo of his mother...

It's so hard on him that she is gone.

She was such an amazing woman. I remember her from when I was a kid. She was always so kind and had so much love for Alastor. No wonder he is in such pain.

So far I find that he likes to talk about her a lot and I'm happy to listen. Sometimes he doesn't want anyone else near, but even then I will always make sure to show my support with a warm drink at his side.

Sometimes he wants nothing but to be held. It felt so selfish how my heart jumped the first time he laid his head on my lap and talked about his mother.

Alastor is so thoughtful and kind when it comes to her. It pains me so to see him miss her.

What's worse is that he has very little to remember her by since they had so little. The one thing he had was a pocket watch he lost in the bayou when he was little. I could tell he never forgot about it since he was able to tell me in extreme detail the area he lost it in and the very specific tree stump it's more than likely under.

As much as I wish I could magically make it reappear I'm afraid all I can do is be here to support him however I can. To help, I even folded a couple paper flowers for him since he seemed to struggle with it.

Anything to help my dear husband.

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Looks like we have a MAMAS BOYYY!!

Real talk this is actually really sad/sweet

Sadeet? Swad?

Is there a word for that? Anyway...

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Entry #21

Date:

Alastor is still torn up about his mother and I can't blame him. The way he lost her was truly tragic and no one should have to go through that. His bastard of a father got exactly what he deserved.

Alastor has decided to go on another hunting trip to try and get his mind off her. I did my best to hide my own selfish sadness at the prospect of him leaving again.

I need to be a better wife. I need to focus on what I can do to make him happy.

Maybe I can try to build up the wood storage for the fireplace while he is gone so he doesn't have to worry about it when he gets back!

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BITTERSWEET!

Also this entry has a touch of...iNsEcUriTy!

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Entry #22

Date:

I FOUND THE STUMP!

I know for sure this is it! It even had the carvings he described! It has to be!

Is it possible? Probably not. Not only that but Alastor will be back in 3 days I probably shouldn't waste time on such frivolous delusions.

But I have to try, for him.

Anything to see him smile naturally again.

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Entry #23

Date:

I failed today but I will try again tomorrow!

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Entry #24

Date:

I failed again but I will try again tomorrow!

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Entry #25

Date:

I failed again, and I'm out of time... but I can feel that it's so close! I can't fail him!

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Entry #26

Date:

I found it. I actually did it...

It's been a couple days since he has come home and he is still smiling!

So much happened. But I need to write it all so I can forever keep this precious memory!

I was so scared that I did all of my digging for nothing, that I ruined my dress for nothing! I lost track of time to the point where I missed Alastor coming home.

But it was so worth it!

He was so cross with me when I approached him as filthy as I was! I was so lucky he gave me the moment I needed to show him what I found!

I will never forget how he stared at the pocket watch! I was worried for a moment but then...he hugged me!

He does usually but nothing like that before! And the kiss...it was unlike anything I've ever experienced! I'm still woozy from it!

Ever since he hasn't gone 10 minutes without looking at it with such care. Cleaned it all up real good too!

I'm so happy that I was able to actually find it for him!

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Just a heads up there are a lot of ruined pages so the entries are going to be a bit jumpy from here on out.

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Entry #35

Date:

Alastor was so sweet to me today! I feel like the pocket watch brought us so much closer than ever before!

His kisses leave me so flustered now! To be held so close at night too...I never thought I could be so happy as I am now. Never did I think he could be so affectionate!

I could stay in his arms and starve to death from not eating and still be happy! Hell he could eat my body and I would be happy just to be with him still!

...that might have been a little unhinged.

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😳 yes...yes it was...

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Entry #36

Date:

I don't know if I have the ability to write right. I don't even know how it happened but we actually... I can't even write it I'm so flustered just thinking about it! It was so awkward, hurt a little, and neither of us knew what we were doing. But the moment felt so right.

The way he looked at me throughout the day, the way he kept lingering around me. I had a feeling something was up. Then...he asked me to try something with him... just thinking about how he whispered in my ear just....

Why does it feel so scandalous we have been married for so long at this point for Pete's sake yet Im sweating like a sinner in church just thinking bout it!

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My girl got laid~!

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Entry #40

Date:

I haven't written in a while since I had to care for my husband when he fell ill. I dropped everything to care for him and I'm so glad that I did! He is doing so much better now!

He claims that me lying next to him while in his sickly state was an unnecessary hardship for me but honestly he could be covered head to toe in pig blood and my ass would still want to be as close as ever to him!

It's ok to crass in a journal right? I'm not going to ruin my chances of getting into Heaven with that one?

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Awww she thinks she is being crass. Though they are just being a bit of a simp for their husband and it's kinda cringy. But also kinda cute!

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Entry #60

Date: 1929

The stock market has crashed.

Everyone is in a panic about what will happen to the economy. So many children have been made orphans because their parents have no way to feel or care for them. For goodness sake I even saw someone selling their children! How could the world be so cruel!?

As hard as it might be I will do what I can for my husband. Recently he has been struggling to afford his equipment for his job since his boss cut back on his funding.

I won't let him loose his dream job! I have to do whatever I can do to help him.

Luckily with the schooling I did to be a nurse I can maybe start helping my fellow neighbours to trade for food so we can cut back on our spending.

I only hope this depression ends soon.

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Wow...that was quite the turn. So this chick was alive way back then! Shit is wild!

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Entry #72

Date:

I am holding up ok.

My body has gotten significantly weaker from my new depression diet but it is worth it.

Especially since Al has been able to afford his equipment! He doesn't know that I've been altering the budget books so he doesn't find out I've been lying about how much we spend on food. Thankfully saltine crackers and cabbage is still dirt cheap and prepping proper meals for 1 has cut back on our consumption significantly. I can live off cabbage and crackers for as long as it takes. Though I still worry.

Am I a horrible wife for lying to my husband?

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Depression diet... nice to know she still had a sense of humour...totally distracts from the fact she is literally starving herself.. yep 😰

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Entry # 80

Date:

Al has been acting strange.

I can't ignore things that are happening in front of my own eyes. Even though I have nothing to prove anything is going on.

Maybe I just haven't seen it before, but recently I've come to realize some things.

He goes for hunting trips so much more now. Despite the depression! He tells me that since we have been able to save so much money he can afford the time off work. I feel like if I tell him the truth now it will only hurt him so much more!

It's my own fault anyway

He also tells me how he gives away all the meat he gets from game to help others through the depression.

I should be beaming with pride for my husband!

So why do I feel such a deep feeling of dread when he goes? Is it selfishness?

Why am I questioning my husband? I'm

supposed to be his wife! To love and trust him unconditionally! It's my own fault he thinks we have money!

...and yet something is pulling at me that has nothing to do with the money or food. What is this gnawing dark feeling that keeps looming over me?

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Entry #85

Date:

If our town didn't already have enough problems! I thought that now we had more food things would finally be ok!

I knew there was a reason I had such a sickening feeling whenever he left!

He was in danger! There is a killer out there who has butchered 2 people so far!! Everyone is so scared for their lives! I lay awake at night so frightful at the thought.

My dear Alastor I don't know how he keeps such a brave face. He seems so unbothered by the killings and even seems reinvigorated ever since he started reporting on them! No one seems to know how he gets his information. I don't even dare to ask, especially with how nosey everyone is being right now.

Still despite his confidence I am still fearful for my husband. What if he leaves and never returns home to me. What if I was to never be held by him again, to never feel his lips again, to be all alone again.

Please angels who reside in the heavenly gates. Please watch over my dear husband and protect him from evil.

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DUDE there is a serial killer now!?

Actually now that I think about it I DO remember something about a serial killer that started killing a bunch of people around that time period that maybe had a small start before going like all in?? I don't know for sure

Yeah... I think it was like..they found a guy who got mistakenly shot by a hunter who thought he was a deer and when they looked into it they found all this crazy shit about how he was reporting on his own killings on...his...radio station...

no way

no FUCKING way

H..holy shit

Holyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshit

Wait hold on I gotta check something right fucking now.....

HOLY FUCK HIS NAME WAS ALASTOR!

Wait....fuck, there isn't any mention of a wife here...shit. Oh well let's continue.

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Entry #95

Date:

I don't even know what to think about what has happened.

I remember hearing the news of the latest killing. A radio host from another station.

I was so worried and scared I couldn't let him leave. I begged him.

I asked him to please stay with me. He told me no. I demanded that I go with him! I never even knew I could argue with him...Before I knew it we were arguing and then he was kissing me and his mouth tasted funny.

Then suddenly I woke up in our bed. He said that I collapsed suddenly and hypothesized how I might still be lacking in nutrition from holding out on eating proper meals for so long surviving on cabbage and crackers.

He promised to be as careful as he could and take no risks if I promise to stay safe at home and take care of my health.

I feel like I'm loosing sight of what is important. I tried to apologize for arguing with him and he simply said there was no need since it was natural to be worried for a loved one.

At least he knows I didn't mean to argue. I'm lucky he understands a little of how I feel. I'm also a bit embarrassed he noticed I was still holding back on eating out of habit.

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Did...did he just admit to knowing she was starving herself?

Also the bit about his mouth tasting funny and her collapsing suddenly???? Hello??? Ok....

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Entry #102

Date:

I know I shouldn't be upset. I know he is probably just stressed about work.

But I can't help but feel my husband is drifting away from me.

I know he doesn't like contact as much. So when he stopped kissing me as much I understood. I was still plenty happy with my little pecks!

But then he stopped showing up at home until really late. At first I was upset about him taking risks but I didn't have the heart to approach him about it again. After he yelled at me before.

He always looks so tired.

Did I do something wrong? All I did before was try to ask him to be more careful at night and he blew up at me about letting himself get too close?...now he seems to be weary of me.

How do I help him?

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Entry #106

Date:

Good news, the killings seem to have stopped for now

Bad news is that the killer is still not caught...

Alastor still seems to be quite distant and getting worse.

I try to show him my love as I did before. I tried sitting and getting him to talk to me but he usually will excuse himself to go to his study. He never eats with me anymore

Then this weekend I messed up so badly. I woke up to him pushing me off him, accusing me of causing him to sleep in. I know I've been struggling to stop myself from cuddling too close at night! Why didn't I remember to set myself up to stop it as I have been doing!

How could I be so careless? I'm so sorry Alastor!

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....yikes.

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Entry: #120

Date:

It has been months of what has felt like torture. I feel horrible for wanting more, I promised that just being his was enough for me in my vows.

But this feels like such a strike to my heart.

I thought I was doing well in keeping up with my regiment and making sure I never got too close to him while sleeping again. I thought I was doing well at giving him space! As much as he needs!

So why tonight did he ask for me to sleep in the guest room from now on?

Am I that horrible of a wife? I don't know what to do...I feel like I'm loosing him. I don't know what to do!

Could someone please just tell me what to do?

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....this is getting just sad....

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Entry 137

Date:

Things seem to finally be looking up!

He hugged me today! Apparently there is a job opening in the big city! His dream gig!

I'm so proud of him!

All he needs is enough money to move out of this town and afford a house!

I can help him! This is my chance to show him my love and how much I value him!

This is my chance to save my marriage! To show him that it's worth it!

That Im worth it.

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Why am I getting a really bad feeling about this...

Also the big city? Wonder where they are talking about...meh

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Entry #140

Date:

I have started working at a local diner just down the street for as many shifts as they can give me. I'm working round the clock almost 20 hours a day!

I am a bit scared since the killer hasn't been caught yet but I have to be brave! It feels this is my last chance to keep from loosing him!

Honestly the more I work I can't help but feel so selfish for not doing so sooner. Perhaps I could have convinced Alastor to let me before had I pressed more.

Before he would hear none of it. Said that it was insulting that I would even suggest such a thing since it was his job to take care of me.

Now he was more than up for it. Encouraged it even! It makes me a bit happy to see that he is seeing that I can also contribute towards his goals!

He was even ok with me selling my hair to the weird old guy down the street! I just have to focus on earning this money. I can't waste time on frivolous things... which is why I will not be writing another entry until we have reached the goal.

I promise Alastor. I would do anything to help you.

Just please. Don't leave

Let me prove to you just how much you mean to me!

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....can't decide if the fact that he is so ok with her selling her own hair is a bigger red flag than the old guy who is buying said hair...

WAIT FUCK THAT! It's the diner! What kind of diner lets someone work that many hours!?

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Entry 141

Date:

We did it. After so many endless weeks, we finally did it!

We raised the money! He can finally achieve his dream of having a big time radio show in the big city!

I am so proud to be his wife!

He is so happy!

I know he is still a bit dismissive but hopefully! Hopefully soon we can leave this place and start anew.

I can win Al back!

I promise to be a better wife than I have been! I'll make up for all my mistakes and be the best wife!

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So...he is still being dismissive? What a dick...

There are only a couple entrees left...why do I have such a bad feeling about this

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Entry 161

Date:

What have I done?

I didn't mean to. I don't even fully understand what I did...

I just wanted to make a special meal to celebrate raising the money with him... I was just trying to look to see if we had anything in the spare freezer and...

He was so mad at me....the things he said to me...I had no idea...

How could I have hurt him for so long? Trap him in a marriage he didn't even want? Touched him despite how much it revolted him.

How could I have done this to him. I didn't know I was causing him to suffer so much. He's so disgusted to even have to share his last name with me.

I'm so sorry Alastor.

I didn't know

I didn't know

I didn't know

Please...

Don't leave me.

Don't leave me

Don't leave me

Forgive me

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he left me

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There isn't anything after that just torn up and crumbled pages....Holy shit...wait. Wait wait wait...Didn't this guy like...initiate like everything? Did...did he seriously gaslight her into thinking she forced HIM to suffer their entire marriage!?

THAT MOTHER FUCKER

Fuck-this-guy!! I just...rAHHhhHH!!!

Sorry fellow lost and finders I just need to be done right now....just... wow

Omg!

FUCK THAT GUY!

*End of Blog

I hope you all enjoyed my attempt at writing a backstory for Jane from when she was alive..

Now I'm super excited to write her backstory in the afterlife, and how she ended up in the hotel...(and for you all to meet Ricky...my oc who is a dumbass but endearingly so) think Wheatley from portal but a little less dumb. (Only a little at times)

Which by the way might also add some context to this story 😉 (Alastor is somehow an even bigger dick yet not?)

And then a 4 part series about how she ended up in a relationship again with Alastor

[three-nerds-and-a-romance]

Conflict and resolution

There wasn’t a single one among them who would suggest that moving in together hadn’t been a good idea.

But that wasn’t to say that there hadn’t been… complications. At least to start with.

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Eva, her affection so boisterous, even aggressive, unabashed and unannounced, against Jack, so easily startled, so reactive and defensive.

A bloody nose, an elbow still frozen mid-blow, yelling.

Ris, accustomed to breaking up fights among siblings, but not quite used to not being the authority.

More shouting, general confusion, and the one sensible suggestion that everyone take some time to cool down.

An hour’s careful peace, a dinner-table conference.

Blame leveled, but just as quickly suppressed.

Boundaries formalized, warning signals established, a declaration of intent made.

Tensions finally broken, cocoa served.

A cuddle pile on the couch, by mutual agreement.

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Other arguments were more subtle, lasted much longer.

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Ris was… concise. Sometimes frustratingly so. Not seeing the need to say anything, she frequently said nothing. Texts were often short and clipped, with little indication to tone.

Eva was… perceptive. Just not always accurately. Hyper-attuned to signs of aggression, she could respond in kind as easily as in tears. A too-short text--or no response at all--may as well have been a slap in the face, for all the arguments it started.

Out of all the fights they’d had, this was the hardest to detect--manifesting in a hundred different minor scuffles, a hundred different apparent causes, a hundred iterations of “I thought you said--”

It had taken some outside help, but they’d eventually come to an arrangement. Some stock phrases had been established, some basic scripts for this is short but not in anger. Acceptance was practiced, as well as patience (though that was the hardest part).

Flare-ups still happened, sometimes, but not to the extent that they had.

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One argument in particular blindsided nearly everyone.

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It was supposed to have been movie night, but Jack had got stuck at work for almost two hours, waiting for his replacement to show up. By the time he got home, already hungry and more than a little aggravated, Ris and Eva were curled up on the couch together, watching one of their favorite shows on Ris’ laptop.

“Jack!” Eva yelled, with her usual level of over-enthusiasm. “You’re back!”

“Yeah.” Jack made a beeline towards the kitchen and rifled through the fridge for anything vaguely edible.

“Nichols again?” Ris barely inclined her head towards the kitchen, by way of greeting.

“Yeah.”

“He ever been on time?”

“Nah.” Cold pizza in hand, Jack shuffled off towards the bedrooms.

“Hey, wait!” Eva called. “Aren’t you gonna come have movie night with us?”

Jack barely stopped. “You guys have already got a show going.”

“I mean yeah, but that’s just because we were waiting for you.”

“I’ve got the movie pulled up in another tab,” added Ris.

“Honestly, it’s fine. I’m kinda tired anyway. Just watch without me.”

“Aw, but it’s not the same without you.”

“Group movie nights do rather necessitate the entire group being present.”

Jack tried very hard to avoid eye contact with either of them. “I’m sure you’ll be fine.”

“Jack, is something wrong?”

“I’m just tired. It’s not a big deal.”

“Well, we could always watch it tomorrow.”

“Yeah, my meeting got cancelled so i’m open all evening.”

Jack shook his head, frustrated. “It doesn’t matter. You guys do whatever, you’ll get along fine.”

“Well not without you!”

“You did before.”

The words dropped into a sudden, deafening silence, interrupted only by the ending theme of Ris’ show, long since forgotten.

Eva broke it first. “Jack, that’s not--”

“Look, let’s not even pretend here. I was--I came in later. You two were already--you didn’t need me then, you were just fine, just the two of you. And me, I’m not--I’m just--”

Ris could move surprisingly fast when she wanted to. Both Eva and laptop were deposited rather unceremoniously on the couch, and suddenly she was in front of Jack, hands on his shoulders and face full of disbelief. “You’re just a member of this relationship is what you are.”

Jack just huffed angrily, throwing her hands off of him. “I’m a third wheel is what I am.”

Ris just sputtered for a second, taken aback. “You--What? Jack, we share a house! Do you think that’s something we’d ever have asked you to do--move in with us--if we thought you were a third wheel? If we didn’t think you were as much an essential part of this relationship as anyone else? If we didn’t value and care about you and want you to be as happy as you could be--as happy as we could make you--if we didn’t want to spend time with you?”

Jack had gone completely stone-faced. “Well then I’ll be sorry to disappoint.”

Eva chose this moment to detach herself from the couch, and to attach herself suddenly to Jack’s middle.

Jack hissed and half-turned, startled, one hand raised--

Eva ducked, and Ris’ hand shot out to intercept his. “JACK.”

“Look, just--” Jack tugged at his captive wrist, but to no avail. “Just… Just leave me alone, okay? I don’t-- I don’t want--”

Ris just captured his other hand in hers, holding both just slightly above his head. “Jack.” She wasn’t angry, exactly, just… firm.

Jack struggled, sputtering, for a few more seconds, then abruptly deflated. “I’m not supposed to be here,” he said finally, sounding almost defeated. “You two were perfectly fine without me, and you’ll be even better off when I leave.”

“That’s not even close to true,” said Eva, still from the vicinity of his rib cage. “And you know it.”

“She’s right, you know.”

Jack’s face scrunched up, and he refused to look at either of the girls. “I don't… I don't think I do,” he said miserably.

Ris sighed, then pulled Jack’s hands down to rest on her shoulders. She leaned forward, touching their foreheads together, and stayed silently for several seconds. “Well,” she said finally, “that's why we're here, now isn't it?”

Jack just nodded silently, and let himself be led back towards the couch.

Eva ran ahead to clear off the laptop and snack bowls, then once Ris and Jack were settled down she flopped herself on top like a warm (if slightly bony) human blanket.

Slowly, gradually, the tension fell out of Jack’s shoulders, the defensive jut out of his elbows and knees. Finally, after a long, long while, he spoke. “Eva?”

“Hmm?”

“I'm… I’m sorry. I almost… I don't want to hurt you. I would never want to hurt you. But I still--if Ris hadn't been there--”

“Hey, hey. Shhhhh.” Eva patted rather clumsily at his face. “You don't gotta beat yourself up over it. I know part of it was just that I startled you. I picked a bad time, you couldn't hear me coming, and I didn't give warning. And I'm not gonna get mad at you just for being startled.”

“That's not the point though. The point is Ris shouldn't have to be there. It shouldn't--”

Ris’ hand, heavy on the top of his head, startled him into silence. “The point is that out of all the things that could have happened, only one of them did. And beating yourself up over all the others isn't gonna help you now.” Jack tried to interject, but Ris just kept going. “That startle response of yours is gonna need working on, sure. But that's gonna take more work to fix than is gonna get done tonight, and go no faster for you feeling guilty over it. So what’s important right now--” She extricated herself from underneath the other two, and went to fetch the laptop. “--Is that you sit down here with your two girlfriends who love you and we watch this freaking movie. Because I for one have been looking forward to finally showing you this.”

As everyone settled down with snacks and blankets, Jack suddenly had a moment of realization. “Wait. Where the heck did my pizza go?”

“Oh yeah. You kinda… threw it.” Eva gestured vaguely toward the hallway. “When I startled you. It kinda just. Went flying.”

Curious, Jack wandered over. Sure enough, there was the pizza, lying cheese-down in some sad corner and looking about as dejected as a pizza can look. “Hmmm.” After a moment’s consideration he turned back towards Eva. “It’s been way more than five seconds, hasn’t it?”

“Almost certainly.”

“Drat.” He turned again to stare at the depressing tableau. “That was the last slice.”

[thenugking]

🖊

While looking through my blog, I realised I’ve never actually talked about Forest Hawke here, which is a crime. So here’s a bunch of stuff I copied over from an old skype chat about them.

BACKSTORY

Gets caught by templars when they’re 12 and taken to Kinnloch Hold

They’re very convinced they're gonna escape real soon and go back home!! They meet a nice friend called Anders, and plan an escape together.

They get back to their home village, discover their family have Moved On, develop a bunch of abandonment issues over that, get caught by templars, have their legs broken for trying to run away, one of which never sets properly, yell at Anders for instigating all this, and decide escaping is Hopeless and no one cares about them and they just need to look out for themself

They make their second escape during the Blight, when the Circle’s going to hell and they’ll easily be presumed dead in the chaos. The Warden’s party helps them get out and when Forest says they plan to go to Denerim and catch a ship out of the country, Zevran recommends they find his friend Isabela.

Forest ends up becoming Isabela’s quartermaster, (and also best friend who steals qunari relics with her)

Due to the bad leg, they can’t move around a lot during fights (and probably using any staff they have as a walking stick anyway) but they’re very skilled at entropy magic, and people fighting Isabela often find themselves getting slower and clumsier while the Definitely Not Apostate quartermaster watches on.

They stick together once they reach Kirkwall, Forest looks up the family they once had in the city, discovers the family estate is now owned by slavers, and invites Isabela along to kill slavers and hang out in an abandoned mansion pretending to be fancy nobles

They run into Carver and Aveline Also killing slavers there and have an Awkward Family Reunion.

FUN FOREST FACTS

Forest’s first response to danger is Murder. They kill Cullen after Enemies Among Us because he recognised them. (before escaping on the Deep Roads expedition), rip that guy.

They also kill Varric during Act 2, because they fucking hate the creepy stalker dwarf who keeps telling people stories about them while they’re trying to keep a low profile, butting into their love life, gets a guy killed by spreading stories about treasure in the Deep Roads, and is buddies with templars.

Feelings are Difficult and Scary. During Act 1, Forest trusts no one except Isabela, and that’s because they know she understands that you have to Put Yourself First.

They definitely Don’t move into gamlen’s house in Act 1, they still don’t know how to feel about being reunited with Leandra and Carver. (They get along with Gamlen fairly well. Not going through a year in indentured service helps.)

I spent Weeks agonising over whether to romance Fenris or Merrill with them and constantly going back and forth, before settling on Fenris because Forest needed an extra few years to actually be able to handle a romantic relationship, and I wanted Merrill to be with Bela. Fenris and Forest get to bond over escaping captivity, dealing with chronic pain, and being very snarky together <3

LIVEBLOG COPY/PASTE TIME

lirene: there is a healer in dark town who is perfect and selfless and heals the poor without asking anything in return forest: wow what a boring fucking saint. anyway i need to find him. lirene: he's an apostate and his name's Anders Forest: his name's w h a t now?

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Forest: Isabela is my oldest friend Anders: Um?? Hello?? What about me?? Forest: I've known her longer than any of you Carver: I'm your BROTHER?! Forest: Isabela. My Oldest and Dearest Friend.

*

.......okay but there's absolutely no reason thrask should ask me for help

I told him I wanted to bring feynriel to the circle, very much Did Not let him know i found feynriel and sent him to the dalish, and then blackmailed him over his daughter being a mage

like where the fuck did he get the impression that i'm anti-circle?? I mean yes I Am massively anti-circle but he doesn't know that

"Arianni tells me you sought a better path than the Circle for her son Feynriel"

godDAMIT arianni

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Forest: Hmm mage rights but for me only I think? The rest of u are on ur own

*

forest discovered they do in fact give a shit about their little brother when he collapsed with the darkspawn taint

maybe even More than one shit

also they threatened to kill stroud if he didn't help

anyway carver told them leandra's never been the same since they got taken by the templars, and cried for days when it happened, and she misses them so much and please let mum be a part of your life again?? forest agreed bc it turns out losing their family a second time Upsets them, huh, who knew

they also apologised to anders for Everything

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Dumar: But now, the Arishok has requested you, by name. What did you do? Forest: I Absolutely did not help steal the qunari's most sacred item Oh Maker I am going to be murdered

they are VERY UNCOMFORTABLE right now

"Give him what he needs to keep the peace. Can you do that for Kirkwall?"

regrettably, no I absolutely can not

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dragon age: ah you see Petrice is a Very Cunning Manipulator, the viscount asks if she harmed the qunari herself or Told the mob to attack, and you realise that No, she didn't actually do anything you can get her for!!! Forest: Oh yeah she straight up told the mob to kill the qunari and attack us. Promise.

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Love how at the end of act 2 after aveline goes "okay tomorrow we need to go and speak to the arishok and it's super important, be very careful"

Forest and Isabela had been planning to get the book and fucking Dip, but Forest ended up staying behind to cover her escape, and now the city’s about to go to shit and they don’t know if they’re ever going to see their best friend again.

They arrive to the Arishok meeting late, after drinking way too much the previous night at a seedy little bar, waking up very hungover in last night’s clothes and deciding they'll walk down to the docks and decide whether to speak to the arishok or throw themself into the sea when they get there

arishok: Forest is the only person I respect in this city forest: hey dipshits isabela has your stupid book and she's fucking miles away by now *throws up on the arishok's shoes*

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Larius: When your father was here, he was fascinated by the architecture, and kept stopping to examine carvings. A learned man :) forest: wow...... what a fucking nerd

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you didn't have to kill Larius, janeka. you should have let ME do that

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Everyone Stop Acting Like Forest Is A Selfless Noble Hero With Kirkwall's Best Interests At Heart

like the start of act 3 is just Orsino: hey everyone, doesn't meredith suck? Hey! Hey forest! Meredith sucks, right? Forest, from the market: Huh? Yeah! everyone: omg... the champion is so brave... so inspirational.... really taking a stand…

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The good thing about being a Famous Noble is that you get a whole load of money you can use to secretly have a new ship built for ur bff and then when people get mad that you helped blow up a chantry and kill a bunch of templars, you and your friends can just bundle a bunch of mages onto the ship and get the fuck out of there. Bye kirkwall it’s pirate time now <3

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❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ !!

these are cute ferre thinks they should get some :D ( ft. mun positivity meme w/ anon )

❤️ - talk about one of your mutuals/partners and why you enjoy them and their blog!

first of all anon, you're so sweet, THANKS FOR LETTING ME GUSH ABOUT SOME OF MY WONDERFUL WRITING PARTNERS!!

first, i gotta start with LENA ( @mythvoiced ) who's so nice?? so sweet?? ngl when i first started following her, i didn't know someone could be that openly supportive of all her mutuals :'D but!! it's always a joy to see her on my dash; her enthusiasm and cheer is infectious and yet she's also very thoughtful of her mutuals...it's not often i see that kind of active caring and concern for her partners on this hellsite. that and she shows genuine curiosity and love for her partner's muses and i really really appreciate that about her <3 it makes writing and plotting with them such a joy!! but onto her writing tho!! her cast of characters are all distinct?? and also every single one of her bios are like detailed- i can get a very clear impression of each and every one of her characters just from reading their bio alone. i'm so excited about our interactions and already and not me also scheming to see how i can get my muses to interact with all of hers JFKLSDJF also her writing?? lemme kiss it, it's LYRICAL AND FLOWS WELL....i'd like to steal some for miself please!!

i don't think we talk enough about how sweet @etherealve is!! i absolutely adore how open they are about supporting their writing partners via commenting/liking their mutuals' posts. it really shows i think, the care and interest they put into their partners not just as writers but also as individuals. they're also very down-to-earth and super fun to watch them banter on dash with our mutuals...and i haven't even gotten to their writing yet. i really really love their ocs or at least the ones i've met!! jay, from what i've seen, is very balanced...like he might've had a rough childhood, he's not angsty. but he's also not completely naive either. he's someone who i don't think can be pinned down with one trope ( despite mana nicknaming him lover boy...sjdfklsj ) as we're already seeing he has multiple layers and sides that come out depending on who he's interacting with. i absolutely love what we have going so far writing wise and i can't wait to see where it goes!!

laney ( @guttersniper ) is also a darling to see on my dash!! they're super chill and friendly which is refreshing see in a space that can get cliquish...laney doesn't play by those rules though and i love how open they are to interacting with all kinds of muses!! but onto mutt, it's difficult and time-consuming to develop any character but to do it for a child muse especially on this hellsite?? that's amazing in and of itself. laney puts so much love and care into mutt's character and it shows. mutt is so realistic and i can tell laney put a lot of thought into how a child would realistically act especially considering the sheer amount of abuse and abandonment mutt has already endured...that and mutt in general?? so much fun to interact with and also so much fun to just watch exist?? and live?? nothing but respect and care for these two really!!

and last but certainly not least synnie ( @eternasci )!! synnie is an absolute joy to see on all my blogs and I'M SO HAPPY I GET TO INTERACT WITH THEM AND LUCI WITH MANA NOW TOO!! they were actually one of the first few people I started writing with when I initially came back to rpc and they were just so chill and sweet?? very reassuring for me since i was a nervous wreck back then sjdfklsjdf anyways, i love how while they are laid-back, they also go hard with character development for luci, sweet bird child who is just so, so wonderful?? first and foremost, i love luci's boundless optimism and their steadfast belief in assuming the best of people- but what really draws me to them is that their character arc puts that to the test and just, wow- that's a character to admire a lot!! but also synnie's writing- also gives it a chef's kiss- it's v lyrical and metaphorical as well, which is something i'd love to try out more in my own writing <3

[dukeofonions]

Sensing a pattern thanks to the critical fans' asks... I'm a professional producer who's attempted on numerous occasions (unsuccessfully) to secure Thomas for a part in a Broadway-bound musical. TL;DR: How he and his team -- not just friends, but "pros" -- "run their railroad" confuses the hell out of us, and is probably the biggest obstacle to his getting anywhere besides YouTube. Frankly, we now wonder if this is by design and not just typical lack of experience winning the race, as it were...

(Sorry it took so long to respond work has been killing me the past few days.)

Longer Version (1/?): We've been working on this musical for just over a decade, and after we discovered Thomas's long-form content and the singles he's released, we thought he was a good fit for it. Without going into detail, the show's always been kind of a long shot, for many reasons, but we (still) think it'd be a great showcase for his brand of talent. So we decided to approach him and to gauge his interest, since he'd discussed Broadway dreams before. And there, our troubles began...

(2/?) So, five years ago, we approached Thomas through his then-management, Reboot the People, a company that managed a *lot* of content creators back then. (Their remains still exist on Twitter @RTPfamily.) They may have been a little out of their depth when they heard our pitch, and wisely looped in his agent at the time, Ty Flynn at UTA, from whom we heard... nothing. Okay, maybe it wasn't his thing; we had other projects to pursue and we moved on but... we still kept an eye on his content.

(4/?) When we returned to the project a couple years later, Thomas was still a favorite for the part for which we had him in mind, and building a much bigger audience than before, so we decided to reach out again. The business fawsterdog email address, as I'm sure fans have discovered by now, is useless. No one there ever got back to us. More than that, when we tried to learn who was managing him now (at times pleading on Twitter and during streams for info), we kept hitting dead ends.

(5/?) We finally managed to obtain a lead when we watched the "NO ADDED SUGAR for a MONTH!" video, and someone described as Thomas's manager actually appeared on camera, Matt Hogen, the president of Direct Artist Management. Further Googling revealed Matt had apparently been his manager as far back as 2013, way earlier than we'd been directed to Reboot The People for business inquiries. To say this runaround was confusing as hell, *even for show business*, is the understatement to end them all!!!

(6/6) At that point, after all that confusion, we just gave up!! If we have to chase someone's representation to the ends of the earth, only to find out there was one person we should have been talking to the whole time, it's probably more convoluted behind the scenes, and we don't need that extra stress in our lives. Watching the recent storms unfold, and wondering how true to life the "Putting Others First" video is, we can only assume he likes the *idea* of career more than really having one...

(I lied, 7/7) Bottom line: he presents a picture of unreliability and a lack of professionalism both to his fans and to industry people, and -- assuming there's *any* autobiographical truth to Sanders Sides content -- it may be because he's deliberately not taking this seriously. If losing out on big opportunities is the price he pays for keeping his mental health and well being in check, that's fine. But it's not how you succeed in this business... in any business, really. I wish him the best...

Wow, that is a lot.

Well for starters (and I hope you don't take this the wrong way) I am the tiniest bit skeptical about this story being true. I mean I can definitely see it happening giving Thomas and the team's track record, but there are just a few things that make me hesitate.

For one thing I'm surprised that a professional producer found their way onto my blog (which I try to keep out of the open) and took the time to read through some asks then send an ask of their own. Not that it's impossible of course, because here you are. But you know anyone can claim to be anyone so I hope you don't mind my skepticism here.

And admittedly I'm not entirely sure how the producing world works along with agents, especially when it comes to getting someone cast for your show. I can't see Thomas turning an opportunity down like that unless he just wasn't interested or never knew about it.

Which, honestly, if you did try getting into contact with his agent and he was told about it and wasn't interested then ya know, the least they could do was tell you so you could start looking for someone else.

I did also find the Twitter account for Reboot The People and yeah, it's long since abandoned and I'm wondering how you even got directed there in the first place when he had a manager already (if I'm understanding the time line right)

I do kinda question the whole asking for answers in streams bit (since Thomas rarely if ever does public live streams and I don't think he did much back then the only streams he does consistently now are for patreons) and he never leaves them up anyway so it's not like I could go back and look through the chats (not that I would because I ain't got time for that) but again, it's not impossible for that to have happened. Just a tiny detail my brain got hooked on.

Even if I'm still somewhat doubtful about your story (again please don't take it the wrong way I just like to be sure before I 100% believe something) I do agree about Thomas and the team's lack of professionalism, just look at the Story Time Madlibs situation, and they continue to make decisions (especially within the patreon) that just continue to baffle me.

I mean at the end of the day no one knows what's going on behind the scenes. And as it stands Thomas has found enough success with YouTube where he's stable enough to make it his full time job and can go months or even a year without posting a video.

But he even brings this point up in one of his Sanders Sides videos that YouTube isn't a stable job, and you never know when everything can suddenly flip and before ya know it the job ain't as stable anymore, and at that point you've gotta have some kinda back up plan for if things go south.

Because eventually (and I've already seen it happening) people will just get bored without new content or just grow out of it and they'll move on. Even if they've got nothing against the creator, that's just what happens. Some will stick around but even then no one's bound to last forever. Especially when there's always new stuff to be found.

But hey, he's good where he's at for now so I guess one might as well enjoy it while they can. I would like to see him succeed in actually securing a bigger role (whether in a film, Broadway, or even a TV show) because I think he'd do really well and he has been contacted by Disney before to be in one of their shows so who knows?