#your friendly neighbor

[a-small-writer-in-a-big-world]

You walk outside your apartment one day to see neighbor!soap smoking.

You’re shocked.

You never would’ve pegged your neighbor as a smoker since he never smelled like smoke and because his voice didn’t seem all that damaged. You watch him for a couple moments while he looked the other way until he looked at you.

“Morning, hen.” He greeted with a soft smile, not as big as usual.

“You smoke…” you pointed out and he gave an almost ashamed nod.

“Bad habit but good when you need some stress relief.”

Your eyebrows knitted together at that. He was right, it was a bad habit but for stress relief you could come up with a hundred different options that were better for your health than smoking.

And knowing that he was stressed? That made you frown.

“Do you want to talk about it?” You offered but he shook his head.

“Nothing to talk about.” He gave you a polite smile. “Just the regular everyday stuff you know?”

You hummed and he took a drag of the cigarette. You stood there for a moment, fighting with yourself and trying to come up with a way to keep his mind off of nicotine and potential lung cancer.

“Wanna go on a walk?”

Neighbor!Soap’s eyebrows raised and you saw a light shine in his eyes. He quickly snuffed out the cigarette and looked ready to run a marathon instead.

“Absolutely.”

[daryaspace]

[woneko]

season of txt: midsummer | chapter 2 - orangeade ♥ beomgyu

[nights-flying-fox]

*Catifies your Sandro* @leo-kinnie

( July 2023 vs January 2023 )

[empresskadia]

so, my laptop is literally missing 😂 no one knows where it is. I guess I'm stuck on the art train for awhile. Sorry loves 🥲, I'm really hope it turns up soon, so I can continue with my fics 💕

I want to attempt to draw Kelly but we'll see how it goes

[nemo-draco]

So the brainrot's been real, though luckily for me it's happening over two characters, one of which I came up with myself, so, yeah, fun times. But, either way, these two started talking and it ended up turning into a friendship built on mutual trust, growth, and self-care, and then it kinda blossomed into something more? Did some writing and drew a lot of art of them being cute and supporting each other.

So, y'know. A Thousand Years by Christina Perri, but these guys will actually live that long. Hell, Dark's already lived ten times that.

If you want to know who the one with multiple eyes is, you get a brief snapshot of them in my Bendy and the Ink Machine fanfic, Ups and Downs. Though most of the focus is currently on the living cartoons and their somewhat battered animator, this guy is the backbone of that whole operation, having been brought to cognizance through a mix of soul-sharing and kinda morally grey magic.

[loser-brain]

If you have not seen this post goin' around about not giving permission to allow people to take your work and put it into an ai against your wishes. There's the post.

Let's talk about this user's close-minded brain that they left in the replies.

The fact that they believed they are saying "Facts" is pathetic. They even answer a question from anon who believes they are saying facts.

Hey come here, have you ever heard of... plagiarism? It's a fancy word for theft. Especially in a creative field mostly used in writing.

My fellow lovelies, it's that time again.

THE TIME HAS COME FOR ME TO SLAUGHTER ANOTHER BIGOTED IDIOT IN THE CREATIVE FIELD >:D

Ai aka Artificial intelligence, what the hell is that? Glad you ask, I don't know, but in simpler terms, it's code that replicates and learns. The more you interact with it and correct its errors the more it will realize and perfect its code. IT'S NOT ALIVE. It's simply following a code that involves something along the line like us which is growth.

Using ChatGPT for fun is alright. Using ChatGPT or OpenAi to finish a story that is not yours... is not alright. That is where a line has been crossed. A line that violates Fair Use.

And since the majority of AO3 users are not putting their work behind a paywall, it still falls under fair use.

OH but it's a fanfic, we can do whatever we like with it!

WRONG. Fan-fictions falls under copyright laws. So in other words. Y'all are violating our rights by putting them into an Ai. get fuck.

BOOM! BANG! AND HERE'S ANOTHER THING! Ai, in the US, have to have the permission of the original author to have their work used in the testing to improve the Ai ability.

SO GET FUCK AGAIN

Okay now that the facts are done. Like I'm serious, it's done, got any questions, shoot me an inbox. Now we dissect this person's close mind dumb reply.

FYI, everyone is like, destroying this person. I'm serious, oof I do not want to be this person. I still kinda remember the last person that spoke dumbness, but about art. Remember that person, damn, they really got my blood boiling at like... oh hey, it's 3 in the morning... This must be fate.

SO LET'S BEGIN!

"I mean alright but at the same time, Maybe it's a sign you should finish your fanfictions 🙃"

Damn, someone has a lot of time on their hand. And as someone who does has a lot of time on my own hands, I still can't fully finish a fic. Wanna know why, because I'm tired. Like there would be days where my brain goes somewhere and I'm left with trash. I'm feelin' trashy, I'm feelin' moody, I'm even feelin' lost. It's normal to feel empty and want to fill it but don't have the energy for it. So maybe instead of being an ass to people and forcing them to finish something they can't at the moment. How about, maybe, you should stop being an ass and let people take their time 🙃.

"Like, if a fic has been abandoned for at least over a year, I feel like it's ok"

Everyone, repeat after me, fan fiction is protected under the copyright laws.

"Cause like, you clearly aren’t gonna finish it, why should it be left unfinished?"

Who's gonna tell em'? Anyone? *sees you raising your hand in the back, ignores you* Alright, I will! So like, do you not have imagination? Like do you not just, lay there in the grass under a big tree, letting the wind touch upon your cheekbone, and just... dream about the story. Like, don't you just read a volume of a book and just, imagine what happens next. Once you are done reading that volume of the book, don't you just anticipate what happens next in the story? Don't you have those moments where you thought about whether a character was going to die or live? Whether they save the day or not? Cause if you don't then damn, that's sad. You're sad. Like shit man, I'm sad but oof, that's even sadder than me.

"Now I don't think anyone has the right to post that work anywhere cause it's not yours."

OMG, I'M SO PROUD-

"But getting an AI to finish a work that *you have no intention of finishing* isn't really wrong in my opinion."

I WAS SO PROUD OF YOU AND NOW LOOK AT YOU. YOU IDIOT. Once again, say it with me now, fan fiction is protected under the copyright laws. So in other words, THEY CANNOT PUT YOUR WORK INTO AI WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT/PERMISSION. god fuckin' damn it. So close, you were so fuckin' close.

"If you are gonna finish it, make that clear"

HOW!? No, tell me how. How the fuck is someone who is using their free time to write a fic is gonna make it clear for you to understand that is their work and they get to choose whether they can work on it or not. Huh? It's fanfic, it's one thing when a users ask the author to continue the story because that is a thing that writers do. There is a group of people that would take over the fic and finish it for the author if the author just does not have time to finish it.

It's another when a user just blatantly takes it and shoves it into an Ai because AHAHAHA IT'S A FANFIC IT'S NOT PROTECT UNDER ANYTHING. WRONG BITCH IT COUNTS AS A FANWORK. Therefore it falls under fair use and copyright.

Writing is more complex to tell whether plagiarism exists in it. But we're no longer talking about plagiarism if you are just shoving it into an ai machine. You see, that is a violation of OUR copyright. OUR fair use. OUR work.

Oh but what about intellectual property? Are y'all putting your work behind a paywall? no, then it's fine. You still have the power to protect your work. So instead of believing this person thinking they are spilling facts... do a simple Google search. Is fanfiction protected by copyright law?

It's fanwork. Therefore, yes. Yes, it is.

Just gonna casually edit this: The commentators have learned what they did/said was wrong.

This is not a debate post. I'm stating facts that your work is protected and in the US you got to have the author's permission to put their work into Ai tech/machines. If you don't have their permission then it's a violation of their right.

[fictionadventurer]

🐵

[dayurno]

first time by lucy dacus has always made me think of jean n was one of the first songs i added to my jean playlist but ever since you pointed out how puppycoded he is it makes me start like shaking when i listen to it and think of him. that’s my boy…….. i see anything dog related things now and i too think of him. thank u. it’s a gift

FUNNY............ i feel a little bad but if even the people from upstairs (nora sakavic) liked a post of me calling jean a dog then it must be true. i fear people might mistake it for disdain but it's really not what i mean at all it's first and foremost just about his undying loyalty up to the end and his kicked puppy dog swag. also something about mad dogs, something about being cornered and baring your teeth because you don't know how to do anything else, something about biting and not knowing why, something about pulling the leash before it pulls you. you know?

no THANK YOU for taking in my jean ouppy hc.... here's kevjean. in my mind palace

[rhys-ravenfeather]

Listen, I know Welcome Home is shaping up to be a horror, and Wally himself is probably going to end up breaking me in some way or another at some point in the future, but for right now?

I’m just going to be honest, I’d trust this puppet man with my life.

Look at him, he looks so chill.

[mcrololo]

what's your opinion on birds?

LOVE them. Adore them even. Watching the birds eat and chill in our backyard peacefully... well, I finally understand my grandparents. I especially appreciate it when the tiny ones wash themselves, weirdly enough, in the bits of sand. And there's now a nest of collared doves (I suspect at least) in one of our trees, since I see either one or both on either side of the fences in our yard. I love this dove the most because we call them lovebirds in our language, so to have them sit in our garden feels like a tiny blessing from nature!

I could go on and on... my birthname for example being a bird; how fascinating the predator birds are in flight; the freedom they represent while airborn. My best friend who unfortunately passed 10 years ago used to volunteer for animal rescue and she occasionally raised pigeons by hand. Tiny little ugly baby birds to adult. So now whenever I see pigeons, I carry her wherever I go.

Birds are magnificent! Chef's kiss to mother earth for their creation.

[a-small-writer-in-a-big-world]

Neighbor!Soap comes home from a long deployment. It’s the longest missions he’s been on and that can be seen in the fact that the sides of his Mohawk have grown out and his actual mohawk has grown out too.

It looks a little wonky but it’s nothing he can’t fix, because it he’s let his hair grown out before. It’s just this time he’s too tired.

Too tired to shave or trim his hair to make it even…but not too tired to drop everything to go see you.

He barely threw his stuff inside his own flat before he was going over to yours to speak with you and before he could try to convince you to let him do you a favor, you stopped him.

“Your hair.” You pointed out and he instinctively ran his hand through it.

“Didn’t have time to fix it up,” he grinned. “Just growing out my mane, you know?”

“It’s nice.”

Soap wanted to argue because even he knew it was a mess and you were just being polite, but when he saw the soft look in your eyes as you stared at it with a sense of awe.

He almost felt a little self conscious that he didn’t clean it up before he came over to see you and that’s when he got an idea.

“Cut my hair for me, bonnie.” He offered and couldn’t help but chuckle when you stared at him incredulously.

“I don’t know how to cut hair.” You argue but he shrugged.

“I’ll teach ya.”

Somehow, he convinced you and now he was sitting in a chair with a towel wrapped around his shoulders with you standing in front of him holding a pair of clippers.

You looked nervous as you held them like it was an instrument that could seriously hurt him despite the fact that it had a guard on it.

Despite that, he had a smile on his face.

“You can start out with a trim.” He suggested and you looked at him helplessly. “Just make my hair even.”

“What if it’s not?”

“Then I’ll go back to the Mohawk.”

Soap watched you fight with yourself. He may have convinced you this far but you still had your doubts even thought he could careless about what happens to his hair.

It would grow back and it’s not like he’s never fucked up his hair before. This was just an excuse to get close to you.

He very gently grabbed your wrist and turned on the clippers, making you cringe with fear.

“Like this.” He guided your hand through the familiar motions and saw some of his hair fall out of the corner of his eyes. “Don’t over think it.”

"Okay..."

You started off slow, hesitant to cut his hair wrong before you found a rhythm on your own. You were incredibly gentle, more than anything he would ever be on his own head, and suddenly he found himself dozing off.

The sound of the clippers, your hands in his hair, the smell and presence of you had him relaxing so quick that he could hardly hold his head up. He fought hard against falling asleep and he was grateful you finished because he would've taken a nap in your chair.

Soap blinked a few times to wake himself up before he looked up at you with a soft smile.

You stared down at him with a slight flustered look on your face as you ran your fingers through his now full head of hair.

Soap shivered and couldn’t help but lean into your touch, his eyes nearly fluttering shut, he could sleep like this, he would sleep so much better if you ran your hands through his hair every night.

He stopped himself however and gave you a soft smile. He looked at himself in the mirror and he couldn’t help but feel proud of you for giving him a decent hair cut.

He need to shave his beard but he could do that on his own.

“Thanks, hen.” He beamed at you and you smiled back as well.

“You look different without the Mohawk.”

“A good different, right?”

You averted your eyes from him when he gave you a wink but you giggled, a sound he missed dearly.

“Very good.”

Bonus Soap with full head of hair:

[herbgroom]

can't spell twyre without T and E

[bitegore]

i do not believe that the vast majority of you enjoy offering to help strangers carry random objects for no reason. I do not believe that almost any of you, in your hearts, will look at a strange 40-something you've never met lugging a big bag full of groceries between their car and their house and even consider going "hey want a hand with that?"

this is not the main reason we are not the same, but it is one of them.

[neoyi]

You could also consider Baz for Pestilence. If the running theme is awakening your "aspect" upon the other members of your family/community dying, Baz's family/community became the Plague Minions and the Potionarium/Explodatorium. Shovel Knight ignores him upon defeat (and you can even beat him up for some extra cash). With King Knight, he comes to hang out on the airship once in a while, but that's the extent of their relationship and he doesn't really have ties to anyone else on board. When he comes to join the Order of No Quarter in Specter of Torment, he's basically told to get lost; they won't take him either. It's when he's defeated by Plague Knight that he has a home and a community, and I can imagine that being in that sort of environment, even if he starts out with having a tough time, he could make some kind of potion or something that would work with his lightning powers to make him functionally immortal (a philosopher's stone, maybe). With the death of Plague Knight, all of the minions, and perhaps even the death of alchemy as it becomes an obscure/lost/forbidden art, he too could have several bones to pick with Specter. Just a thought for you!

I am amused because you're the second person to suggest Baz as one of the roles, but hey, I guess you can't get rid of The Baz that easily. XD The only thing I want to not do is the last sentence you mentioned. Not everyone is out to pick a fight with Specter Knight. Meeber's is just circumstantial that lead her to become who she is and how she views Specter.

I don't want a situation of All Horsemen vs. Death as much as Everybody Is a Representative of An Aspect Of The Very Nature of Existence and Just Has Ways of Doing Things. I guess I am just very much interested more on the idea of anthropomorphic beings of A Thing to have a bit of blue and orange in their morality.

[i-am-no-jedi-nor-muggle]

Spider-Man Across The Spider-Verse 🕸️🕷️