#<- this is for a friend who has the tag blocked

[otdiaftg]

WHAT'S NEXT:

The out pouring of love for this blog has swept me off my feet. I knew the logic behind the follower count, but this weekend proved to me without a shadow of a doubt just how much this fandom cherishes these characters and this story.

I am overwhelmed with adoration towards every. single. one. of you.

I took the weekend to finally recoup after the whirlwind of this past year but wanted to take a moment now to answer some of the questions I've seen pop up and to inform you all of what my plans are for what's next.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

WILL YOU CONTINUE THE ACCOUNT THIS YEAR?

This took me a long time to ponder and I wanted to make sure I was in the correct headspace to answer it. Short answer: No.

Long answer: All For The Game is near and dear to my heart. And the reason I began this account was because the dates for 2023 matched that of the dates they were meant to be in 2006. To continue it in the year 2024 would mean the dates would be completely wrong and a lot more logistics would have to occur beforehand.

But also-- I'm not the best when it comes to technology, especially when it comes to BOTS so every post that was published was typed out, formatted and scheduled by hand by me. I did not have help. I did not have proofreaders, or editors, or managers. I contacted all the artists myself, sorted through every single page of the artists to find matches to the story, read and re-read the books for exact or guesstimation of dates/times, and made a hell of a lot of typos on the way through all that.

There was probably an easier way that I could have done all this. But I didn't/don't know it. So that all boils down to: It’s a long and tiring process.

Don't get me wrong, it was worth all the hours. And all the sleepless nights I had getting everything done and out. I already thanked my support network, but without my wife and my best friend being there to make me another cup of coffee, walk our dog, do the chores and generally make sure I didn't crumble from the pressure -- none of this would have happened.

So, putting myself through that again, after everything that has happened this year alone-- felt like it would cheapen the experience I had when the dates won't even match.

That being said.... 2034 isn't that far away. >__>

WILL YOU BE DOING AN OTDITSC?

Short answer: No.... sorry.

Long answer: As stated, it is VERY hard to organize what and how I did. HOURS spent researching, organizing, scheduling, etc. Time spent away from my family and other hobbies. NOT time I regret (need to keep prefacing that) but time I want back now. At least for a little bit.

It also doesn't sit right for me to start an OTDITSC when I know some people are still waiting for their copies. There are so many of us out here (as I've come to find out) and I don't want to exclude people's enjoyment and connection that this account gives. I also feel like the more posts about TSC out there, the harder it is for those who are (lets say) waiting for the physical copies to block/mute spoilers. We can say a tag is enough, but this is the internet. And that's not always true.

And lastly, personally, TSC is still SO VERY NEW. It's not even complete yet and we don't 100% know when the next one will be published. I don't want to start something, get to the end of the timeline, and than have a huge gap between posts that will potentially be moments in the second book. It doesn't feel fair to their story, to myself, or to the followers of this account to have incorrect information for something I love so dearly. If I'm doing it. I want to do it right.

SO, WHAT'S NEXT?

Well. A lot. For me personally, as well as this account. I don't want to leave everyone in such a finite way. I love this fandom. I love its art and writings and the abundance of talent and joy that it exudes.

So first, for myself, as well as those artists who agreed to help with this account, I want to post, for the next 40 days Artist Highlights (that means this account will still be active until Friday, May 24th).

Every day, I will post about an Artist and the work that I wanted to post but couldn't fit in. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, these artists are the reason this account thrives. Art, in a multitude of forms, speaks in a way words can not. And these artists prove that.

I'm excited to show them off for a couple more weeks at least. They are all wonderful people.

AND, FINALLY:

To also tie us over, I am opening both my personal account as well as this account to questions.

Questions regarding the process, the story, the best movie out in theaters, whatever. I will be answering your questions (as fast as I can) until that last Artists Highlight day (Friday, May 24th). After this day, I will leave the questions answered up for a week, and then remove/delete them from this account. I want to make this more of an archive of sorts and will be updating the Timeline Page as this progresses as well, so you can move freely within the timeline.

Keep in mind that I am only one person, have a family and a full-time job-- so answers may be sporadic, but I will answer them.

This has truly been such a pleasure. And whether I get questions or not, I see you and I appreciate you. I hope your life is filled with everything you ever want, everything you need, and that you never let it go.

🦊 🧡- Kelysium

#aftg #all for the game #neil josten #tkm #the kings men #the foxhole court #andrew minyard #palmetto state university #psu foxes #andreil #on this day in aftg #otdiaftg #palmetto state foxes #otdi all for the game #nora sakavic #the foxes #on this day in all for the game

[glittter-vamp]

Even if Deuxmoi is bullshit why hasn’t someone, anyone have come forward to deny the rumors? When she’s posted about a JB engagement or cheating in the past she’s always hedged with “sources” saying otherwise.

Okay, I’m going to respond to this and this only because I’ve gotten MULTIPLE asks over these weeks about this and I am quite over it. No matter how much I block anons, people on the tag what have you this topic haunts my blog constantly and I come on here to have fun and decompress not gossip about a relationship that is none of our concern.

It is simply NONE of our goddamn business what happens between Joe and Olivia.

If they’re dating, it’s NOT our business.

If they’re engaged, it’s NOT our business.

If they broke up, it’s NOT our business.

If they are friends with benefits, it’s NOT our business.

If they are married, it’s NOT our business.

If they are swingers, it’s NOT our business.

If they are having kids, It’s NOT our business.

If they are arch nemesis, it’s NOT our business.

If they are best friends, it’s NOT our business.

It’s also NONE of our business who Joe follows on instagram and if he likes their pictures because some people in his real life social circle alone are very questionable people but that’s never an issue, only a stupid follow and like on social media when it’s someone of the opposite sex has people foaming at the mouth in anger on behalf of a woman NONE OF US KNOW. If it bothers you, no one is holding you at gun point to care about Joe Burrow or to post about him. By all means move from him, enjoy your time on tumblr with people & stuff you actually like & support.

I will never understand the obsession people have about their relationship. We have YET to see Joe even throw a football as of now or know if he’s going to be back at his full potential but y’all are concerned with his romantic life that has nothing to do with any of us or his football career.

Leave what doesn’t concern you, alone. Stop bothering blogs with this and stop filling the tag with it.

#joe burrow

[wizardfiend]

we'll remain hungry

#digital art #paint tool sai 2 #gore #body horror #dragon age #padan #little sisters roar #i was gonna do a more painterly version of this and may still but. here #10/20/2023 #this is technically baby padan or 'squirrel' #jerma #<- this is for a friend who has the tag blocked #so they don't have to see a child pinned like a bug #2023

[glouris]

“they are very annoying and irritating” are you familiar with the concept of fun and being entertained by drama

#god of war ragnarok #god of war #heimdall #atreus #i'll be most grateful if you stop using my stuff from here and twitter in your content WITHOUT ASKING FIRST #a friend of mine @/fijj10 on twitter has been posting some of the screenshots i sent her and i keep seeing them all over #text her and ask first stop stealing #feel free to use my things as backgrounds and icons though #also shoutout to all the girlies thats been downright nasty and evil about heimdall #i see your comments ladies and they make me smile #im lurking and im stalking when you least expect it #im literally in your walls #such a shocker wow a villain does villainous things #did all the ppl thats been loud and hateful about him escape the genshin containment what #whats the story there how did that happen who allowed it #just keep to your corner and be quiet is this so hard #just shut up shut tf up #ppl that's been normal about expressing their dislike - yall valid im not talking about you #ppl going around attacking others for sets of fictional pixels - tag blocking exists #everyone is so high and moral until its about harassing artists #thats been sitting with me for a while i needed an outlet for venting #thanks for coming everyone #ill go enjoy some more of this 'keeping up with the kardashians' energy they give off #so unnecessarily dramatic and shady i love it

[dailydegurechaff]

Pregnant Erich.

Ok but fr,when i think about pregnant Erich,what comes to mind? babygirl resting on a chair, wearing something comfortable looking happy and excited and of course round belly i think it's a cute image and i just really like it. Like,he would be a good parent!!! let him be a Mama!!!!

please do it rimu please please please 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😭♥️😭♥️😭♥️♥️😭♥️😭

If it were literally ANYONE ELSE who asked me this I would have deleted it. was this your plan? befriend me so I’d be more predisposed to draw mpreg for you? I hate you sm /j

Warning for the Read More: Mpreg I GUESS

If you ask me about this post I’m going to pretend it doesn’t exist so please don’t ask me. we're leaving this behind in 2023, in 2024 this post doesn't exist

#if i see anyone in the notes being snarky to the asker ur ass is being blocked shes my friend so PLAY NICELY #ask #bonus doodle #sugarblast #i am. not putting this one in the fandom tag #i know at least someone who follows this blog has a trigger for pregnancy so please excuse me while i trigger tag this #cw pregnancy #cw mpreg #tw pregnancy #tw mpreg

[actual-corpse]

Saw a YT vid with the title, "Fandom Can't Handle Asexuality"

You're right, they can't... Because it doesn't fucking exist to them.

#aroace #asexual #enby people arent real either #we're told to stop using neopronouns and to stop being aroace bc 'nobody will take LGBT seriously' #keep being exclusionary #i dont want to be your friend if you're gonna act like that #I'm a genderqueer aroace person who's pronouns are it/its and you're gonna fucking respect that or be called a bigot #this shit has got to stop #also... because it matters #dont be ableist #ever. just dont #one of the main reasons i hate Alastor so much... is the fandom's treatment of him as a character #most of them completely erase his sexuality in favor of shitty crack ships. #I think a QPR with Lucifer or Rosie is a cute idea! but that's it #keep Vox pining for Alastor... that's great too #its like when I tried to erase Porter Gage's Bisexuality.... It was wrong and I've changed (Fallout 4's romanceable companions are cannonic #cannonically bisexual... I don't make the rules) I was just mad because someone had MY BLORBO in a disgusting ship and I got sick of seeing #it... And THEN I learned how to block tags!!! #idk where this is going #i'm just upset that aros and aces and enbys are erased #maybe it's a confirmation bias and i've just spent too long doing demographic research #i HATE demographic research #it takes me to disgusting places #i need to find my sewing patterns so I can refocus my energy into something good

[kuzann]

Some people are so weird like what do you expect to happen when you roll up on some ship art and tell the artist that you don't like their ship?? And especially talking down to them about it like? Okay dipshit fun police, enjoy the block you can fuck off now.

Incredibly rude, childish behavior.

#Like what even is this #Rolling up to THE Jack/Vlad shipper and saying #“Well Vlad hates Jack so they can't be shipped” #Like sorry you live under a rock and have no concept of the Enemies to Lovers trope kid #But stuff like “one party hates the other” has never stopped shippers before and it's not gonna stop them anytime soon #I'm gonna ship them more out of spite #But also cause I just like the ship lol #To be clear my friend was the one who was being bothered and I'm getting mad on their behalf #The whole thing was just so baffling like #Don't like the ship? Cool. Block the tag and move on with your life #Do not bother shippers if you don't like their ship for the love of god why are you so fucking rude?

[lemonduckisnowawake]

Me, today: I will not get angry about people slandering Jesus. I will not lose my temper seeing yet another post throwing His character in the garbage as some politically woke or politically conservative people pleaser. I will not stab my hand with a fork when I see people poking fun at his friendships as homoerotic - *sees a post like that and slowly steps out of the internet*

No seriously. I am shaking the screen and BEGGING people to remember that even though Western Christian traditionalism has deep, *deep* wrongs, There Are Literal People Dying And Being Tortured Because Of Their Faith In Christ In The Modern World. And the way I see people making light of faith and outright mocking it or "dumbing it down" to appeal to their own moral worldview is sometimes kind of painful

#lemon duck quacks #i need a salt tag so people can block that.... #I'll think of one later #anyway yeah....sometimes the things i see western folk doing to Christianity makes me sigh #what is it about humanity's need to make a mockery out of the things we disagree with? #I've caught myself doing it sometimes too and it's just sad #like I've seen people make mockery out of Eastern spirituality and religions or Islam or something #and it DOES make me mad #especially when I see adherents of those religions trying to placate people by going #'oh our worldview DOES actually support yours! we're friendly to your political stance :)' #when no. NO. you guys don't have to defend your worldview like that??? #worldviews are called such because they're different and there WILL be times when moralities clash against each other! #DRAMATICALLY #and it's up to you to see if you can keep being friends/interacting with someone who has a drastically different moral standard than you #and if you can't there is no reason to try and make their religion/worldview fits yours or whatever #this is aimed at Christians too who try and force non-Christians to see things through their perspective btw #also just because you hate someone's viewpoint because it's objectively wrong to you doesn't mean you have to mock it or them #by all means try and deconstruct it if you want but stop making fun of it or pretending you know eeeeeverything about their worldview #sorry you guys i am VERY salty #maybe a tad bit angry but mostly salty #anyway you religious people who have studied your texts and persist in living it out even if it doesn't conform to the western world's #political worldviews (whether liberal or conservative in the us or uk or etc sense) have all my respect and 'hwaiting's #stars I'm so salty i could perseve my own meat with it

[thecoolerliauditore]

WORST PART of liking traffic smp actually is my storytelling medium ass nerd oversharing to a friend that has no clue what im talking about how alot of traffic smps Vibes come from the fact that its a minecraft series and if the exact same storyline was in like a tv show or whatever it would be so much darker and Problematic even and then i have to go uh so anyway there was this frog that only like 3 people knew about and it was the major conflict for like 3 episodes

#random thoughts #trafficblr #unhinged rambling in tags ahead be warned #SO LIKE. traffic smp has the same vibes as like live theatre where youre always aware of the actors onstage and the audience ur sitting in. #its never like a movie where ur being presented with a world inside the screen ur very much still aware it's ppl playing minecraft #SO it's like ok when they laugh while murdering eachother cus u know they're friends who are gonna hop back on discord vc after this #put that same scenario in a tv show tho all of a sudden it's like damn all these people are messed up and evil #this could also just be my brain justifying drawing everything super edgy 🙏🙏 #i like my block ppl messed up and evil. i think its neat.

[sarosthewizarddude]

Other social media is like, oh no I wish more people followed me :(

And then Tumblr is like, *someone follows me* you have bad vibes fuck you blocked.

#oversimplified #but like #on insta when someone follows me i check their pf #and i follow back if theh have cool art #otherwise i kinda ignore them #i dont rlly care who follows me and i dont know who 90% of the ppl i follow even are #cause i follow over 1000 ppl #and then on tumblr i follow abt 50 ppl and i know who all of them are #and i know who most of the ppl following me are even if were not mutuals #especially if theyre in my notes a lot #so if someone follows me who has bad vibes its an instant block cause on here ppl who follow you actually *interact* with you #idk tumblrs not about being popular #its about doing dumb shit with your friends #tumblr #rambles #tags rant

[applesandbannas747]

listen. i love Fence. I love Fence TOO MUCH and that has always been my problem. the biggest mistake the comic made was leaving me alone for 18 months to play with my little blorbos between Issue 12 and Volume 4 (issue/chapter 13) because I got TOO attached to my original idea and understanding of the comic, the tropes, and the characters.

Will I get over it? No. Will I shut up about it? Also probably no. Am I done bitching about it for a minute? yeah probably

#jackshit #but like #my friend + my siblings who are casual readers and not infected by my ideas also don't recognize Nick at this point in canon #and are confused by the sudden friendship in Nick and Seiji #I seriously think the novels influenced the tone of the comic and characters #because I swear there's a huge shift #the OG 12 issues feel like Pacat and his other works #the more recent volumes feel like SRB lowkey more than Pacat #maybe im insane #and i wish i could be chill about it #but i CANT because my brain is BROKEN and cannot even let me peacefully enjoy my special interest #like do i love new content? yes. so much. do I also dread it because I know imma get hurt? yes very much. #this has been my tedtalk thanks for coming #i guess ill like??? start a tag you can block?? #mmm maybe #fence vent #yeah block fence vent to escape my bullshit

[volfoss]

as a guy that loves getting into obscure media that like. maybe 5 people talk about now. it is interesting the difference between consuming media that is SUPER popular and everyone loves your fave (a curse i would never wish upon anyone. the posts will never be good) and a media that like. there is NO ONE actively posting about. it has barely any fan presence online. and honestly its kind of peaceful

#twist rambles #like. being into the wit/cher books and games and show (the good one. the hexer) was a hellish experience. there was such isnane shipping o #that old man everywhere. there were 5 million bad takes. there were ibs whump fics (which is a plus. more of those should exist). #and it was just like. 50 million incorrect characterizations of my faves. it made me a bit insane. but then irt vol/foss and gan/gsta #its like. peaceful silence. like gan/gsta actually well. has like a minor audience i just have a lot of the tag blocked bc racism is insane #esp when ur like wow ^-^ would love if this complexly written black character was treated half as nicely as the popular guy in that media. #it does not happen. but w vol/foss. there is NOTHING on ao3 (good for me due to loving to torture myself and friends w bad fanfic) and mayb #five posters in the tumblr tag. like NO ONE is really actively playing this that ik of. even on the jp side there hasnt been a ton of #interest for A DECADE. but its weirdly peaceful other than i CANNOT talk to anyone whos played it and go insane over how well its written #its so dire that ive contemplated emailing the person who made a rly helpful fansite back in. 2004 or earlier. and being like hi. thank you #nearly 20 years later lmao. like im glad both of those medias arent super popular BUT it does mean i rly have to make all the content for i #or pester chris for 5 million hours as im in the vol/foss agony mines. but all of that to be said. popular media is such a hellhole for fan #content most of the time. so its been weirdly nice to just be peacefully vibing. even w f/e im still on shadow dragon so its VERY like ok i #care abt this old man that everyone else doesnt like so i can just. peacefully exist.

[benetnvsch]

the universe wants me to kin Dazai so badly but I stay silly :3

#CATCH THESE HANDS UNIVERSE #jkjk #im not edgy enough to kin him tbh #slight vent in following tags #the only things I have related to him is uhhh #loves KNKD (LOL) #doesn't like work !! #and fucking u know #lost my 23 yo good friend (who happened to be born oct 26) when I was 18 yo and it was my first major loss and changed me greatly :3 #thats uhhh #a totally normal coincidence that has not negatively impacted me in the slightest :D #OH hey kite his birthday is actually fucking tomorrow IK STFU UNIVERSE LET ME FUCKING BREATHE- #yeah im drawing something in honor of it and I will fucking block anyone who's weird abt it #hashtag selfcare

[tinieesh]

url change tinie > tinieesh

to the ppl who see this, this is gbye!

#wah! #my doxxer has once again returned to harass me marking this over two years since this all started #i am frankly exhausted #if u receive asks or are tagged in posts about me please lmk through discord #i would like the evidence for the police report #(nobody who is blocked on here is blocked on discord) #(feel free to send a friend request) #anyways. yes. thank u all for being so lovely to me #please treat each other kindly and with love #onwards n upwards to better days! #arlo signing off!!

[sinni-ok-sessi]

Duolingo teaching me important sentences for the Lost Tomb series

#alternative caption: duolingo exercises to inspire an existential crisis if your name's wu xie #dmbj #kinda #god i never know what's better tag etiquette - using the maintag so your poor friends who want to avoid the obsession du jour can block it #or not using it so people who follow that tag don't have to put up with your inane thoughts #i lean towards using it because i assume anyone who follows a maintag has strength and patience beyond anything i can imagine #but I still feel bad about it

[shapeshivvter]

Send help I'm giggling at it AGAIN

Wallet and etsy

(Edit: used my wizard powers to find the original artist (took 2 minutes out of my day to reverse image search))

#shapeshivvter talks #welcome home #<- RHIS IS HERE FOR SOMEBODY I KNOW WHO HAS THE TAG BLOCKED SAME FOR ANY OTHER POST WITH IT #THIS IS JUST ME AND A FRIEND CHATTING SO PLEASE GO AND CHEK OUT THE ORIGINAL ARTIST #:3