#everything else means some fanfics i said i'd do and also some stuff i said i'd sew

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Wow I’m behind on Magitober and also everything else-

I wasn’t kidding about being behind due to pain, I’ve been having issues with all of my lower body, and I’m so short on some of my pain meds that I’m having to ration them, which. Is not fun. 

I see the pain management early next week, so hopefully I can stop complaining to the void then.

#MY LEFT ARM IS BANDAGED AND IT'S ANNOYING #everything else means some fanfics i said i'd do and also some stuff i said i'd sew #i think i gained back the weight i'd lost #also i made the mistake of wearing shorts and ma almost took my scissors from me cause she saw the slash marks #in all honesty she probably should've #achievement unlocked: self-harm! send help. #rapo rants

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come to think of it how do you think Branch learnt everything he knows?

in TBT he says in the argument scene that after Grandma died there was no one left to take care of him confirming that he literally had no one after her death.

implying with everything else we know about his backstory that he Raised himself from a very young age likely 5 6 or 7 I'd assume based purely on his looks alone.

but thinking about it how could he have learnt how to do everything that he knows as an adult?

I mean I know some of it can simply be self taught but do you really think a little kid that age would be able to self learn everything that Branch knows as an adult?

like how to build an underground Bunker without it collapsing in on itself? and how to build a working lift in the Bunker?

and just basic stuff like cooking and maintaining a House by himself ( Hell I'm in my early 20s and I still struggle with a lot of that crap 😂😂😂😂 )

I mean do you think he literally is meant to have just been alone? or do you think its more a case where he didn't have a specific guardian per say.

but maybe he was still technically looked after by the village to an extent like he had people to teach him certain things and or bring him food and stuff that he needed to make sure he was still healthy.

but he still sorta just lived on his own and didn't interact with other people unless he absolutely had to due to how closed off he was.

some people like to HC Kismet as having visited him during all those years to check up on him occasionally and bring him stuff and make sure he was properly taking care of himself.

so maybe we could find out something like that was the case in a future film tho maybe not necessarily with Kismet as cute as that would be.

like maybe he did have certain people looking out for him over the years when he was a kid despite him closing himself off from everyone.

IDK it'd just be sorta cute I think he still has large gaps in his Backstory that DreamWorks could potentially work with in the future.

like maybe a future film does actually introduce a new character from his past during that period in his life who tried to look out for him or at least check up on him every now and then to make sure he wasn't literally dead.

as I like the idea of him maybe having a kinda surrogate parent figure in a future film who he didn't even really think of in that way.

but later on its pointed out to him just how much they tried to do for him as he was growing up even tho they had to somewhat do it from a distance given Branch's wishes of wanting to be alone.

like maybe they were someone who also lost loved ones to the Bergens and they were more understanding of Branch's grief and him not being able to move on like the rest of the village did.

plus they just had a basic human amount of empathy and could see it probably wasn't Right to leave a grieving traumatised little kid with nothing to take care of himself with.

and maybe over the course of the film he kinda slowly realises even during all those years he spent alone someone did actually care and at least tried to look out for him.

and Branch comes to appreciate them like family plus Bro zone would instantly like them given how they looked out for him when they weren't there.

so they don't judge the relationship at all and are just kinda happy for Branch. ( I mean they can't claim he's betraying their parents memory or anything he didn't even know them as far as we know )

but now I'm getting more into fanfic ideas territory than cannon based speculation territory lol.

I just want the next film to give my boy some Happiness and a cute little semi surrogate parent plot has been spinning around in my head for the past week now.

I just kinda love the idea even if it would sorta be a retcon to his backstory and more new characters for the future films to have to introduce and develop even tho the cast is already super full.

but like I said I just find the idea kinda sweet plus screw Brozone lol I'd love for my boy Branch to find a found family member in the future.

who actually did try and be there for him throughout the worst periods of his life even when the rest of the village may have saw him as a lost cause.

but like I said that's more fanfic idea territory anyway what do you think in regards to the main question of the post? 😂😂😂😂

#like seriously give branch some actual stress free happiness next film come on DreamWorks TBT basically made him even more miserable #and only offered up the most surface level empty happiness at the end of the film like you can add new elements to his past besides angst. #trolls band together #branch trolls #branch #trolls dreamworks #trolls 3 #trolls branch angst #Trolls #Trolls Branch #Trolls Branch Angst #trolls #dreamworks trolls

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could you tell me (without major plot spoilers -- details about characters and character dynamics are fine) what you loved most about 13's era? <3 I've started my first major who rewatch since I fell off the bandwagon (somewhere along season 11), and I'd love to know what I can look forward to!!

Oh my days hello!! Welcome to my blog! :D Be careful scrolling around because there are a LOT of spoilers (one character in particular is a walking spoiler rip) but oh man hMMM this is such a good question okay because I'll be 100% honest with you, I wasn't actually the biggest fan of s11? Like, don't get me wrong, there are certain episodes that I absolutely love (The Woman Who Fell to Earth is a prime example) and I know there are a lot of people who love it a lot, but on the whole I was pretty 'meh' about that season. It's a great set up, though, for what comes next - because you know how in s11 the Doctor is very much, on the surface, all happy go lucky and everything about the universe is wonderful? Well, that's one hell of a façade, and I really love s12 and 13 because we gradually get to see that mask start to crack under pressure, and it's SO good to see how the Doctor just...steadily losing her ability to keep it up. And she's so SO terrible with vulnerability - I said it in an ask yesterday, but I'm certain that a LOT of that comes from Grace dying so fast after she met her, newly regenerated, as well as losing Bill at the end of s10, and it means that she keeps everyone else at arm's length and won't let anyone see her vulnerable, because she has to keep everyone safe and she can't let anyone else die she can't lose anyone she can't do that again. And in s12 and 13, you get to see some of the consequences of her not actually being upfront about everything with her companions.

On a similar note, I really REALLY love the key thematic threads in the last two series! There's a lot about memory, identity, trauma and grief in s12 particularly, but also in s13 too, and I absolutely LOVE stories that delve into those. For me, it's been such a treat to have storylines that really dig into these ideas and explore them. There's also a general anti-imperialist theme, especially in s12 and 13, which I really enjoyed. There is some pretty divisive additions to Gallifreyan/Doctor Who lore in s12 and 13, but I personally really REALLY love it - I think it really adds to the story and expands the sandbox, so to speak, whilst also doing this INCREDIBLE job of 1) adding new layers of angst to old episodes of Doctor Who reaching waaaaaay back into Classic, whilst preserving the episodes as they were before so you can read them either way, as well as 2) taking odd bits of canon that didn't make sense and weaving them into a coherent storyline. It's genuinely really cool, to me at least. So I would say go into that with an open mind.

There's also some WONDERFUL characters in s12 and 13 - I won't say who or what or where, but there's a lot of fun stuff. I don't know how you found my blog, so you might not know that I write a lot of fanfic, and I've had a whale of time exploring some of the side/recurring characters in s12 and 13, and they're such a joy to write :) But of course the MAIN characters are so SO fantastic - I absolutely ADORE thirteen, she's awful and a massive hypocrite but also just doing her best and trying to keep herself together (and failing), and she's so great to write. I've written over half a million words (literally) about her now, so I think that should tell you how much inspiration Thirteen and this entire era has given me. And the companions are just fabulous. ALSO!! There's a LOT of telepathy and other tropes in this era that I've reaaaaally really loved.

Also - and this is just a little thing, but whilst I love Moffat's era, he did have a tendency to overuse the TARDIS cloister bell - which, I mean, that's fine because I love it HAHA but in Chibnall's era, I think we only hear it......once? I think? I may be wrong, but I remember the one main time we hear it is pretty far into his era and I was like YOOOOOOOOO because we hadn't heard it in so long, right? And so to suddenly hear it again.......it was like 'oh frick, this is REALLY BAD then', and it just gave me chills, yknow? So I liked that a lot!

There are probably a bunch of other things too, but I reckon that gives you a sense of it. I think one thing to really remember with Chibnall's era is that the more you dig into the stories and engage with them, the more you discover and the more it rewards you. A lot of storylines that can seem really simple or sparse on the surface can end up being SO rich once you sit with them for a few minutes. I think I've particularly discovered this as I've written fanfic, but also just thinking about stuff and how it all connects - within itself as an era, but also back into previous eras too! It's such a celebration of the entire show - especially the last episode - and it's very VERY obviously been made by a team of people who had an absolute blast making it, and were all very supportive of each other. I've also really appreciated that there's been a genuine strive towards diversity, both in front of and behind the camera, and whilst there have definitely been some pretty blatant missteps, from what I've seen and heard (for example, during Gally One panels) these efforts were done with good intentions behind them, and all the time actively striving towards something better? And I personally think that a flawed end result is much better than one that plays it safe with no diversity at all. It's a step in the right direction, at least - and, post Doctor Who, Chibnall pretty much immediately went to set up a project that trained up new producers because he said that 'too many showrunners are people like me' - so I think that suggests (to me, at least) that his money is where his mouth is.

ANYWAY that ended up being long....hope this helps, though!! And I really hope that you enjoy watching this era as much as I did!! :D I've loved Doctor Who since 2005, but s12 and s13 just catapulted me into being absolutely obsessed with it again, and it's been so wonderful to get so much joy out of something that I've loved since I was a kid

VERY QUICKLY THOUGH - list of some of my favourite Thirteen episodes, in no particular order:

War of the Sontarans

Spyfall (parts 1 and 2)

Village of the Angels

The Woman Who Fell to Earth

Survivors of the Flux

Ascension of the Cybermen

Fugitive of the Judoon

Eve of the Daleks

The Power of the Doctor

#taka replies #anon #long post #doctor who #chibnall era #thirteenth doctor #thirteen #the doctor #uhhhhhhhhh idk what to tag this #but man!!! #i didn't go into my personal feelings about the doctor #and how she was the first time i really felt SEEN in another character #because that's something that's pretty open to interpretation anyhow #but yeah she means a huge amount to me augh #and this whole era is just....very close to my heart

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Round 2. I'm obsessed w/ him so I cannot resist sending Noir

Also going to throw Butcher at you (You can do them in separate posts if you want)

These two I have a LOT LESS THOUGHTS about because they're not Homelander or my other 2 favs BUT:

Black Noir

Sexuality Headcanon: Post-brain damage? Asexual Gender Headcanon: Eh, I doubt Noir cares anymore so gender fluid A ship I have with said character: No one actually?? He's too removed from everyone to want to hold anyone's hand. The brain damage and muteness makes Noir feel like he'd pull away from everyone. Still, I'd love to see some Noir x Kimiko stuff for OBVIOUS reasons. A BROTP I have with said character: Noir and Homelander were besties as much as anyone can be with Homelander. Homelander looked up to Noir given that Noir looked out for him in the beginning. A NOTP I have with said character: Anything with Soldier Boy. FUCKING SOLDIER BOY. A random headcanon: Before the head trauma, Earving wanted that mask off but after that? The suit and mask became more of a security blanket, a means to hide the physical and mental trauma Soldier Boy inflicted on him. A blatant barrier between him and the rest of the world to keep him safe. General Opinion over said character: Wasted potential. They never utilized Black Noir enough beyond someone to be a silent threat. The dynamic between him and Homelander could have used more exploration. I'd love a spin off series about Payback to get more of Earving. (He a cutie~) The scene where he tries to distract the little boy with the plushie. 🥺

William "BIlly" Butcher

Sexuality Headcanon: The white cis het boy energy gives me psychic damage, but heteroflexible. Gender Headcanon: See above A ship I have with said character: Okay my SURPRISE fav? Hughie and Butcher, all because of ONE FANFIC that scratched ALL the proper itches. Subby Butcher? ACTUALLY YES, makes 300% sense. Butchlander is fine, but he's always an aggressive top and- Do you see this man? He wants his chin cupped tenderly while you tell him how good he's being for you. (I RECOGNIZE MY FELLOW SUBS, THANK YOU.) A BROTP I have with said character: MM, Frenchie, and Butcher. The OG Boys team. I love watching them. Hughie, Kimiko, Starlight's dynamic with Butcher, too. Okay, any of the Boys with Butcher. A NOTP I have with said character: ???? BIlly will fuck anyone. Just get him drunk first. A random headcanon: Fuck it. Butcher is a submissive in the bedroom. He's a brat type. He wants to be tamed. (He's just like me fr) He's a cocky little shit always in control and self-assured and let me tell you boys and girls, that man needs a safe space to put all his trust in someone else behind closed doors. He HAS A MIGHTLY NEED. (just like me frfr) He's a manic mess right now because he's not getting to let go of everything and hand control to someone else. Someone put a collar on his neck and maybe he'd calm down. General Opinion over said character: Hey it's Bones! I hate his beard. Hey, what the fuck do you mean he's suppose to be British!? BILLY STOP MAKING BAD DECISIONS. BILLY I FUCKING HATE YOU, BILLY I STG DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE. BILLY, NO! Butcher endlessly frustrates me with his stupid man pain and REVEENGGEEE need. Shut up and go to therapy, you stinky man.

#ask #The Boys #Black Noir #Billy Butcher

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WIPs Status Update

I am fairly confident no one cares what I am up to, but I haven't done one of these in ages so I figured I should.

In Progress Fanfic

Outlaws of the Whispering Woods

This fic is on temporary hiatus because I'm working on finishing it as part of the @wipbigbang. Participation in that event means I can't update that fic again until the posting period starts on September 8th BUT that once that posting period begins, I should have both art for the new chapter as well as regular updates through November until the fic is done which should be exciting. 

That said, there is still like 60k ish to go in that story so if it looks like I'm not going to be able to get it all done in time, I might swap it out for the Chipped Glimmer fic which has also been languishing in WIP hell because it's shorter and easier for me to get done on time. I'd prefer to use the event as a kick in the pants to finish OotWW, though, so we'll see.

Prince Glowyn the Fourth

This fic is 100% complete at last, I just have one chapter left to post and will be doing that sometime within the next week.

Going There

Just about four years after I started it, Going There is finally done as well! (Literally just finished it today!) "Done" in this case means I finally rewrote the back end and filled in the missing connecty bits I never wrote the first time so everything's written, it's just going to take me an unknown quantity of time to edit and post each of the chapters. But less time than rewriting it all took so I expect those last few updates to come fairly regularly once I get them started.

Coming Home

I have always said that I wanted to wait to continue this fic until Going There was done so now that I have finally finished it, the sequel can get my attention more regularly again. That said, with everything going on with the WIP Bang, posting the rest of Going There, running the Big Bang and posting my own Bang fic (plus, like, all the other IRL stuff i have to do this summer), I really don't anticipate getting it updated anytime before the fall at the earliest and even then who knows.

Also, because this is my last in-progress canon fic I'm not in a huge rush to get it out there, I'd rather take my time with it, so I'm fine with that timeline. It'll get updated when it gets updated.

Area First Ones

In my head, this is episodic and while i have five chapters written, I have some things I want to add in between so it's not as simple as just cleaning and posting those. So basically, this one will be one of those fics I update when I update here and there with no set timeline other than my whims.

Coming Soon!

My Big Bang fic is called Horse Girl Everyone and it's the long awaited Riding School AU! 

That one is going to be longgggg and basically never-ending and episodic (seriously, we're over 50k words and while Catradora have been circling each other for chapters Glimmer and Bow literally only just met and you KNOW how I feel about Glimbow). I was hoping to write enough in advance that I could do some kind of regular update schedule at the start but because I'm also running the Bang and having some annoying medical stuff going on, I think that's not happening.

I've written a ton in advance, don't get me wrong, I just don't see myself having time to revise it all and post weekly with everything else going on. But we'll see!

Anything else?

Well, yeah, lots of stuff but it's not fandom related so I can't tell you about it. ;-) Though maaaaybe I might have the chance for some of you to help me beta some of my original stuff in the near future if you're willing so keep an eye out for that.

I'm trying to have less things in progress at once so, though I have other fanfic projects in various states of completion, I'm purposely not going to even think about posting any other multi-chaps until GT and OotWW are done. 

One shots and shorts? Yeah, I'll be throwing those up randomly as the mood strikes, you know how I roll. I'm eyeing up the Domaystic 2024 prompts to see which ones call to me right now.

So I have other stuff planned for later but I'm not even going to tease it because we'll see how everything shakes out.

This year has actually been absolutely horrible health wise but weirdly productive writing wise so it's been a mixed bag but at least nice to get some stuff done!

#fic update

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rotating hazel and leon in my mind again....... but also thinking about hop!!!! (i'm playing SV with him in mind as the protagonist- so some spoilery-ish thoughts on the DLC will be below the cut! i am NOT finished with the DLC, so please, no Indigo Disk spoilers!)

so i'm rotating how i want Hazel's Paldea run to pan out

the focus really ends up being on Hop, because he's the protagonist, but i'm still trying to settle on how much attention i want to put on hazel (and leon) too

i think the way i'm gonna bridge it though is in a few ways-

i already decided i want to come up with a reason to give Miraidon to Hazel, and blend scarlet and violet into a single story for convenience reasons- while i COULD just choose the version i canonically played, i think it makes more sense here to play with the time travel aspect and combine both into one narrative (i.e. both box legendaries, both professors, etc.)

additionally, Sonia is gonna be present (and honestly, i should write her in more so she's not just a background character) and Hop is also still assisting her while she investigates the Terastal phenomenon here in Paldea- which gives Hazel and Leon an excuse to be around as they also help and look into things too

It's a little easier to include them in the main story because Hazel's going to be tackling the gym challenge for the badges (and Leon's also challenging the gyms because he's super interested in getting to battle La Primera herself) while the two of them are assisting teaching at the school (Hazel's working under Hassel as an assistant, and Leon's doing a few different classes but it's primarily Battle Theory with Dendra) they're still chaperoning for Hop, and also suddenly chaperoning for these weird kids Hop keeps befriending, too

(Nemona really wants to battle Leon, Leon's older brother instincts kick in with Arven, Hazel really understands Penny's anxiety, etc)

but the DLC on the other hand...... difficult. i haven't gotten far enough in the Indigo Disk yet to know what the hell is going on with Briar, but i'm thinkiiiing Hazel and Leon would probably be a little put off by her, and the academy, and would probably be doing their own digging while Hop's off learning.. (i imagine blueberry academy itself probably isn't nefarious by any means but i don't know that yet LOL;;;)

that said, on Hop's end, i'm loving imagining him as the protagonist because it??? honestly really works??? going to an academy to work on his education towards eventually becoming a pokemon professor (i'd imagine he'd be on a more accelerated/specialized track)

but uh. also. also the DLC. good lord. with poor Hop in mind, Kieran takes on a wholly different vibe..... imagine going through a difficult arc in your life, being able to get through it with support, and then going on a grand adventure only to meet someone who might as well be you if you took losing a LITTLE too hard....

Hop's still figuring himself out. He's young, he knows what he wants to be but not exactly what he wants to do, and now it's tough because he went through something so similar to Kieran, but between Ogerpon, Carmine and everything else, I can get the sense it'd be tough for him, especially since this is a new friend and he's. kind of on the other side of things now, where he's been considerably lucky, not unlike how Gloria was

but uh!!!!! i need to think about it some more, honestly! i always phrase these rambles as if i'm actively planning on writing it out as a fanfic but it's more me sorting it out in my head LOL;;; i write a little, it's unlikely that i'll end up releasing something (though not impossible, but usually if i write stuff i'll send it to friends and that's about it)

i gotta finish the DLC though, i want to get to what i have heard is a Very Silly epilogue

EDIT: OH YEAH ALSO HAZEL IS PSYCHED TO BE BACK IN UNOVA AGAIN. briefly disappointed they're not on mainland but it's fine because she can now order pizza anytime she wants and she SORELY missed castelia style deep dish pizza.

also if i can help it i still gotta figure out how to throw camila in for either a cameo or joining for the last part of the DLC............

#cosmo rambles

[lifeonthemurdersim]

🥑 🔪 🧩 🌿 for the writer ask meme please :3

Thank you 😊

Writer's truth or dare ask meme

🥑- you accidentally killed somebody, which mutual(s) do you text for help?

C'mon, obviously YOU and @cptsadist. I mean technically not text, who texts anymore? But message. Obviously there would be a severe geographical hindrance to either of you physically helping but I'd need the moral support. Plus I feel like both of you would genuinely come up with some creative solutions 😆 Win-win.

🔪- what's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

Oh my god so many 🤣 I'm counting RPs in this bc they are collaborative writing as far as I'm concerned. Here are a few I can think of off the top of my head:

How to perform a relay attack to steal a car.

How dark you can tint your windows in different states.

Lot of shit about Michigan slang and phrasing.

The route from Washington DC to NYC. But like in great detail.

Like practically everything I could find about Lawrence from Gato's old ask tumblr.

So much drug stuff. How to knock someone out for example, and how long one can be unconscious without brain damage. Effects of various recreational drugs too and crucially, how to actually take most of them 😅

What a full-body orgasm feels/looks like for an AMAB person. And stuff like refractory periods and such.

On that note, actually, average distance of ejaculation 🤣 OK that one was for an art piece but it had text so I technically "wrote" it.

"Do Americans say (word/phrase)?" 😅

Less deadly bullet wounds, dangerous but healable bullet wounds etc.

Quite a lot of BDSM stuff.

Stalking people's OCs to write them correctly.

If MI5 are watching me, I'm either a very kinky fucker or a serious threat.

🧩- what will make you click away from a fanfiction immediately?

I'll preface this by saying I don't really read much fanfic, in fact I don't read books either anymore, so the fact I can even write coherently frequently surprises me! I generally have read mostly smutty oneshots in the past which is why I think I'm pretty hypocritical for writing a 300k word fic and expecting people to actually read it(there is a lot of smut though)!

I mean there are a lot of things I wouldn't click on in the first place, underage and incest for example, I'm also very wary of non-con even in the context of murder sim fandoms bc it's hard to know what I'll personally find triggering.

There are writing/layout choices that my brain would struggle with, but I feel like I can't really think of an example? I try to keep an open mind with things like point of view, tense and spelling.

I'm also fairly neutral about most kinks I'm not into and will read stuff if it's recommended to me or I otherwise think I might enjoy it. I have a few nopes but I feel like if I get specific that's being critical of those kinks? When really it's just things that personally don't appeal to me.

Yes I have turn offs. Sorry to shock anyone. 😅

🌿- give some advice on writer's block and low creativity

Possibly controversial. If you're not loving it, don't do it. Go do something else, whether that's switching to a different project, a different media or just going to do something else entirely.

By all means let your friends and/or fans know you'll be taking a break! But for me, I have to be passionately focused on something for it to work.

I do have one other tip though. If we're talking fanfic, weigh up the pros and cons of when to post. If you have more ready, it gives you time to catch up. I managed to get weekly 8k chapters out of my old longfic because I had 60% of the thing written already. I made it through several writer's blocks and only got a little behind. Thay said, there were days when the regular comments were the only thing keeping me going. It's difficult to find a balance. I guess it's a personal thing, but as I say, weigh it up.

#i think mailing parts to two different states isn't a bad way to dispose of a body tbf #ask meme #thank you for the asks/enablage 😅

[bellagrimfox]

Hey, sorry for being dead for a while. I was trying to get work done for College and a Law of Talos fanfic for a discord server I'm in. But i'm not here to talk about that. Instead I'm going to give my own opinion on the situation regarding Mcpig.

TW for mentions of Racism and other unfortunate things.

I'll admit that I am way too late to get on that train, both because I didn't want to depress myself and because I felt conflicted when I first found out about this. Nowadays, this whole situation is barely spoken about unless it's a Pizza Tower ask blog that mentions it. But even then, it's only a declaration of disassociation which you can do if you really feel like it's a deal breaker for you. People can feel however they want on Mcpig without dragging everyone down or bullying those who don't think the same about him.

So what the heck am I talking about?

Yeaaaah, you've probably seen this if you look hard enough in the Pizza Tower tag (or seen others mention this post). There was a twitter post that first revealed the discord comments but due to overexposure, the original poster deleted it. Despite that, some people were quick to denounce the game the moment they saw this come out, either by not wanting to buy the game or pirate it. While i'm not a fan of what Mcpig did, I do believe that even if his apology wasn't really the best (it's on reddit and the first link you see if you search up Pizza Tower Controversy), people are allowed to change for the better. Now whether he will be able to remove/replace the enemies (Tribe Cheese and Mr.Pinch) is a question that everyone who is still willing to enjoy the game has asked about. So far there have been no official announcement from the people who work in Tour De Pizza on the drama or if they were going to be removed but considering that there are a lot of animations in the game, I do not think it's going to be an easy fix. Not saying it's impossible but it will definitely take a while.

To be honest, this kinda feels similar to what happened on Twitter when Friday Night Funkin got popular. I don't remember everything that happened but the one thing that everyone was talking about was the creator, Ninjamuffin99 being racist in the past. This incident also affected me, but in a more emotional way. While this didn't kill my interest in FNF, it did create a period of temporary depression and grief. This was why I wanted to avoid any mentions of the drama relating to Mcpig for a while. You can see this as being cowardly, I get that, but that doesn't mean that what I saw wasn't horrible. It really is but I feel like it's possible to move on from this just like how everyone was able to forgive Ninjamuffin99 for what he did.

That being said, if you really feel like you can't enjoy the game because of stuff like this, that's perfectly fine by me. I'd feel a little disappointed but I won't make you think otherwise. As for me, i'm still going to enjoy this game and the people who make art of it. Because honestly, there is a lot of underrated and talented artists like @somecartoonisttalkshere or @grimmoirre (if you don't feel comfortable being tagged here, Grim, I can replace it with someone else). In fact, if you've made it to the bottom of this post and are feeling a little sad, here's a silly little horse to cheer you up!

Art was done by @somecartoonisttalkshere so thank you again for doing this!! >w<

#pizza tower #pizza tower game #mcpig #pizza tower controversy #tribe cheese #tw racism #not my art #sweetie pink #oc art #oc drawing #oc sketch #friends art #made by a friend #my rants #honest opinion #my post

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(for the fanfic writer’s director cut meme)

alright so i made a joke post about this already, so i may as well go full in

I'm going to talk about Chapter 31 [S] Lazarus. Rise up. Or try to. It's kind of long, they all get long after I realized no one cared if I posted my whole heart one chunk at a time. So i'll do my best to cover some of the stuff I've been thinking of!

To start, obviously this one has an honest to god [S] file, which. i mean. C'mon, how could I not.

The rest is going under a cut lol.

Okay first thing about 31 you have to know is, it is actually one of the oldest chapters of RnG! back when I thought this fic was going to be 45k at most and didn't think I'd ever post it anywhere. Well, the first half. All the way up to him kicking down the door and hugging Dirk, that part was kind of always built in. Everything else had to kind of shuffle and arrange to fit what had become the narrative at that point, but I'm still pretty happy that was like, originally kind of weirdly the fifth chapter I ever wrote.

(also, funnily enough, chapter 30 was the first thing I ever wrote for rng, though it was going to be part of a very different au that centered around dave leaving and dirk being left holding the bag as it were, and it was just an exploration of him and bro as a pair of dirks. if that tells you anything about me lol.)

Also, as you may remember, if you were here from the Before Times, the run and go used to be rated T. lol i know, i think so too. "how did you get away with all that blood and vomit, ao3 user deserts" and the thing about that is, i didn't really think about it until freak mcnasty introduced himself.

i've said this before i think but as for "resurrection's one helluva drug" that sure is. a thing. i mention. i really patterned out his chapter to be like something between being an extended anxiety attack and that feeling you get when you've had too much caffeine or y'know, maybe something a bit stronger, where everything is too much too shiny, too fast, and basically what i was aiming for was just. "Manic," in a word.

i will not be fielding any questions about-- lets call him David. I hate D as a nickname it pains me every time i have to write it. I'm calling him David. forgive me. I will not be fielding any questions about David's freudian slips. He is an adult, first of all, and I have already spent enough time waving my hand at canon for you to know better than to ask. Not that you are asking, I am just cutting you off at the pass.

The same way I consider Chapter 6 to be a Blood and Vomit Trial by Fire, I consider Ch 31 to be a Trial of Dave's Most Embarrassingly Mortifying Freudian Slips, and i worry perhaps my own indifference and even delight in the cringe factor is contributing to the way people sometimes tell me they have to look away. I'm actually okay with that. Yes, he IS the reason I changed the Rating to M. Literally. lol!

I'm not gonna talk about Dirk and David here, because I think he's trying his best, and will continue, in his own way, to try his best -- though he tends to be quite selfish, as someone who has never had children and thus has never had to dedicate his life to something outside himself or his career, or the perceived "fight for humanity." It's kind of hard to explain what parenthood does to the way you think. but David doesn't have that. In a weird way, he desperately wants it, the same way -- wow i really said i wasn't gonna talk about it and then talked about it huh anyway -- the same way that Dirk wants to be his kid, but doesn't know how to be ANYONE'S kid, because he's always been alone.

What I wanted to talk about was the fact that Alpha Dave, David, and Bro, Dirk (Dietrich, if we're being funny) have the most fucked up, hilarious relationship in the world to me.

To start, there is absolutely this initial moment where they are both like "Oh this person is a threat," before this quickly dissolves into this kind of weird, double-dad reacharound (insert mobius double reacharound virus joke).

David perceives Bro to be a "Dirk" and also, in a way a "kid" because from his perspective, he is (at least) 30 years older than Bro, and clearly Something is going on here, which is concerning. His alarm bells are ringing, he just does not know what to do about the fact they are coming from inside the house.

From Bro's perspective, this is just Another Dave. He is not Bro's Dave, and obviously, he is an older Dave, who needs him even less than he already perceives both Daves to need him, but who is, somehow, ten times more annoying, and also, he is So Fucking Uncomfortable. Who wouldn't be, when you're seeing what your kid will look like, when he's your age? Possibly older? Bro never thought he'd live that long. He's probably a little freaked out, understandably.

Also yes, Alpha Dave almost walked off the edge of the roof, and yes, this is the first time Bro realizes "oh I think this guy would kill me maybe, if I caught him unaware enough" and thus the beginning of their fucked up little game of chicken. it is hard to know exactly what bro wants from that. i think it's a bit interpretive.

Just some more little things:

Because I saw someone ask, but American Spirits are like, The Old Hipster Cigarette, so the joke is of course, that Bro is a giant douchebag completely and totally on purpose. he doesn't lIKE them it's part of the joke. etc. Irony and forms of sincerity, stupid bullshit homestuck jokes, etc. If Bro was really dedicated, he'd drink Pabst Blue Ribbon, but he's a Lone Star loyalist. That's a joke transferred from my rvb days, but i don't feel the urge to explain it.

Bro's guilty pleasure is the Hallmark channel. All the movies are terrible but he doesn't have to pay attention and it's background noise, something that fills the empty space where uh. yeah anyway not quiet.

Dave's ringtone for Jade English is Taylor Swift's "You Belong With Me". He could never bear to delete her number from his phone, not even after she died. He put it into each new model he got from then on, until the day he died.

the real reason that the guardians have the same handles as the kids until like, the "later" times is because it's too exhausting to come up with fake handles. that's it that's the secret. sorry. one day i'll come up with real handles for them.

Dave, as we find out later, has not been in the apartment since he left it ready for Dirk, some years after he was supposed to have come down to earth. Talk about devastating.

Anyway that is all I can think of to talk about!

#this is??????????? long lol #long post yes it's long yes it's homestuck yes it's fanfic god sorry #the run and go fic #i'm so sorry anyway uhhhh #the star asks make me panic

[tsarisfanfiction]

3. 14. J. U. 🙃

Sorry this is a bit late, rl slammed me kinda hard last weekend...

I'll admit I'm guessing which numbered ones you're referencing because there were two numbered lists on the same day, oops, but as one of them needed a specific fic referenced I'm hoping I've got the right list!

3) Is there a trope you wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole?

Hmm... there are a few tropes around that I'm less fond of - ABO springs to mind immediately, as well as coffee shop AUs - but honestly I am a big fan of deconstructing and twisting tropes so if given the incentive and requisite curiosity of "I wonder how this would go if..." I don't think there's any trope that I would say I'd never write (I once said I'd never write a genderbend, then one happened, so...) I'm less likely to write most romance-based tropes, though, mostly because romance isn't something I generally enjoy writing quite so much.

14) What’s the worst writing advice you’ve ever come across?

Oof, that's a hard one. There's quite a few I ignore for one reason or another, mostly because I've reached the point where I write how I write and throwing something different into the equation is just gonna mess me up, but I wouldn't necessarily say they're bad because what works (or not) for me doesn't mean it doesn't (or does) work for someone else. We're all unique people, our minds work in unique ways, and different tips and tricks therefore work on all of us.

One that has screwed me over a few times though is "write at least x words a day". "x" varies, but for me I find that if I can't write that day, trying to force it just makes me hate everything, and then I feel guilty for not writing anything at all and it can take me a while to kick myself out of that and remind myself it's supposed to be a hobby. It's not a requirement, or a chore. This isn't school, or a job. This is something I do in my free time and I shouldn't force it.

J:  What’s your favourite fanfic trope?  Have you written it?

Back in the trope questions again, I see. I should admit that I'm actually bad at these because I can never actually identify "tropes" on demand, if that makes sense. I know a few core ones, but for the most part it's more "what sort of thing do I like?" and yes, I definitely write what I like! Caretaker needing to be taken care of is top of the list, probably, and anyone who reads my stuff will be very familiar with that creeping in!

That being said, if I had to pick a trope I haven't yet written but would like to experiment with one day... Soulmark AUs. They fascinate me, although (like Hanahaki Disease, another one I love to read) there's a prevalence of it being romantic soulmates in almost all the fics I've read, and I have a definite preference for platonic soulmates. But then again, I managed to write a familial Hanahaki, so maybe one day I'll manage to write a soulmark AU that fits both the trope and my own desire for more platonic/familial love fics taking centre stage.

U: Is there a pairing you would like to write, but haven’t tried yet.

Eh, if I'm honest I'm less fussed about writing ships and more platonic pairings, or ones that could fall either way (see: CaeJose from JJBA, which is a fandom I have yet to write for at all). And when we look at platonic relationships, oh there's so many I'd love to dabble in at some point.

That being said, I have just remembered one bizarre One Piece kinda crackship I came up with a few years ago and thought that I might write it but so far haven't... (it was gonna be a Wano arc AU and I thought it up before Wano happened... we're now the other side and needless to say "AU" doesn't even start to cover it ahaha)

Oh, and how could I forget Kaito/Aoko from Detective Conan/Magic Kaito. Admittedly I have something half-baked sat in my drafts so technically I have written something for them, but I've not finished anything worth posting for them. Then again, I've also yet to write any Shinichi/Ran or Heiji/Kazuha, either.

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Random Ramblings: Lena Luthor

Welp, when I came up with the idea for this series a month ago, I couldn’t imagine how drastically necessary it would turn out to be. I won’t get into my finale thoughts, I already said some of that last night and I’m working through the rest of it via fanfic, so I’ll just say WHAT A MESS and leave it there. As promised, now that the show’s over I’m going to be discussing each major character and throwing out ideas for how the show could have given each one a better, more coherent storyline. And since there’s no sense leaving the elephant in the room, I’m going to start with what I feel to be one of the worst storylines and arguably one of the worst characters of the whole show: Lena Luthor.

Probably my biggest criticism of Lena's storyline is the way she was constantly going back and forth between good and evil. This got old fast, folks. It made it impossible to tell what kind of person Lena really was, and the show often presented her in different ways at different times. Sometimes she was a stone-cold villain, sometimes she was a good person who'd let herself be led astray, and sometimes they tried to make her both at once (and failed miserably). In my opinion, one of the best ways to improve Lena's plotline would be to pick one option and stick with it.

Option One: Lena Luthor Is A Good Person

If we're going with this option, we can wave goodbye to a pretty large portion of the show- Lena's whole tantrum over Kara's secret (which is a good thing to wave goodbye to, because it was infuriating). The Lena we'd get in this storyline would be the Lena we were introduced to all the way back in Season Two: someone who is genuinely good at heart, but tripped up by the evil associated with her family name, and that would be her arc through the entire thing. No more wondering whether she's really good or bad deep down; this Lena would know from the start who she is, and the struggle would only come from getting everyone else to believe it, sparing the viewers a whole unnecessary ton of "am I truly a Luthor?" melodrama in the process.

I'm not saying Lena would have to be a wholly good, morally upright person like Kara. I actually quite like the two as foils to each other, and I think Katie McGrath plays the morally gray type of characters very well. But this version of Lena would never do any "villain" things, like Non Nocere or using Kryptonite on Kara; instead, I'd like to see her as someone who, though mostly good at heart, is a little darker and willing to do shadier stuff than the rest of the Superfriends. Ideally her role would be quite a bit smaller as well; she took a lot of screentime away from characters who were more crucial to Kara's journey, like Alex, and since Kara should have stayed the center of the show, that's a problem that needs to be fixed. I never liked how Lena replaced Winn as Kara's best friend, either. Winn and Kara's friendship broke the cliche that women can't have close male friends, and I think something important was lost when Kara's best friend was changed to a woman. I imagine Lena playing a role similar to Clark's or M'gann's: she pops in when the Superfriends need her and there's something story-wise for her to do, and the rest of the time the show focuses on people who mean more to Kara.

We can actually keep a lot of the show's storylines by going this route. Everything with Lillian and Project Cadmus still works in this context, but instead of Lillian tempting Lena back to being a "real Luthor," the conflict between them would stem from the fact that, if anyone found out it was Lillian behind Cadmus, Lena's efforts to prove the Luthor name could stand for good would be worthless. We can also keep Lena's involvement with the Worldkillers. That lines up with her new role as someone who does the shadier stuff the rest of the Superfriends can't or won't do. (I think I would drop the part about her making Kryptonite and hiding it from Kara, though. That's too villain-y for this version of Lena).

What we can't keep with this Lena is pretty much everything from Seasons 5 and 6. I'd be okay with her shooting Lex and him revealing Kara's secret, but everything after that? Out the window. A Lena who's a good person would never be angry at Kara for withholding a secret that Lena was never entitled to. A Lena who's a good person would never try to mind-rape the world, turn Eve into a flesh-and-blood robot, or poison Kara with Kryptonite. Those, ladies and gents, are villain things, so they need to be axed if we're going to call Lena a good person. But if you happen to be attached to those plot points and want to keep them, there's always another path...

Option Two: Lena Luthor Is A Villain

I'm going to come right out and say that I favor this one. I think there's more evidence pointing towards it in canon. The Lena we got in the show failed to convince me that she really is, deep down, a good person, despite how much the show tried to make that case. I actually think it would have been very impactful for Lena to be shown as a straight-up villain; sure, Supergirl was about hope, but I think it would have meant quite a bit for Kara to realize that she can't inspire everyone to be better, that some people are the way they are and aren't going to change and there's nothing you can do about it. That's a lesson I was learning first-hand while watching the show as things came to a head with my abusive father, and it would have meant the world to see a TV show address it, as opposed to the same tired "you can fix everyone if you just try hard enough!" narrative. That's not true, in some cases it's not safe, and it's a trope that needs to die.

So in this version of things, the final two seasons of the show wouldn't be about the fight for Lena's soul, but about Kara, who's canonically described as "believing that everyone is as kind and good as she is," coming to grips with the falseness of that belief as she deals with Lena's betrayal. The Kryptonite poisoning, the enslaving Eve, the Non Nocere, that all happens. But this time around, they're presented as what they truly are, the actions of a villain, and Lena would be held fully accountable for them instead of getting by scot free with a tearful apology or two. I don't care if that means she ends up in prison, if she dies, whatever. She could even have an "earns redemption by sacrificing herself" moment, if the show really wanted that. But there would be some kind of price to pay for the abuse, narcissism and flat out evil she inflicted on so many people, because that's justice, and justice is one of the things the Superfam is supposed to be all about.

(The other good thing about this? It keeps the focus on Kara. Ya know, where it BELONGS).

Other Things We Can Axe

--The Walmart Witch plot. Oh, God, the Walmart Witch plot. It wasn't needed, it wasn't done well, and on a show where most of the action was sci-fi rather than magic, it didn't fit. In fact, we can lose Lena's bio mom too. Lena's conflict was supposed to stem from her identity as a Luthor, and Elizabeth Walsh adds nothing to that conversation. I would even say we can drop Ireland altogether; it always felt forced, like it was just there to explain Katie's not-so-great attempts at hiding her accent. We didn't need it.

--The romance with James. That poor man did not deserve that, especially seeing how the racist crazies reacted to it. Do James and Mehcad both a favor and drop it.

--Everything with Andrea. Honestly, how many rich narcissistic billionaires did this show make apologies for? And what was Andrea's whole point, again? She was a replacement for Cat and a mirror of Lena and we didn't need her either way.

One last thing: I've seen some people suggesting that the show should have included Lena's disability from the comics. I, as a disabled person, am here to tell you GOOD GLORY NO. There's already a stereotype of disabled people as selfish manipulators who try to make everything about them and their issues. We do not need that literally playing out on our TV screens and I am so glad the show didn't go there.

So there you have it, my thoughts on Lena Luthor! These posts are probably going to be quite long, so if you made it this far down, thanks for reading! Leave me a comment and tell me who I should tackle next!

#supergirl #lena luthor #random ramblings

[letteredlettered]

I love your h/d stuff, I return to it often. Recently I was reading a published novel, and I found myself frustrated with it. I guess something I've been looking for is more of what you write for h/d, because as I read that novel I kept thinking, hm this would be more compelling I'd the character was more like this and that and less flat, and then I started thinking about your work as I read it. Like, oh this secret identity and lying just needs more, hm maybe something like amby! Yes! And then I'd go on to imagine it more like that and enjoy it more, but then consequently thing about rereading amby instead, but I've been trying to actually consume other media besides my short list of fave books and your hd fics, so I forced myself to keep reading the novel, and then I'd be reading it and instead thinking of tbwolt, and doing the same thing, or btg, or tpast, or act, or etc etc and instead turning to reread passages from them, etc. And it's just, as much as I want to try new things, and as much as its frustrating that your writing has kinda ruined me for anything else? It's also, that, I'm so grateful to you and for it, your writing I mean). Like, that's the amount of impact it has on me, that's how touched I've been by it. You're honestly and truly my favorite writer. (I've even recorded myself reading your work so I can listen to it at anytime, (as I do my paint or sculpt (I'm an artist) or whatever, as I take a bath, as I go for a walk, as I wash the dishes). (When I have a bit more time I plan to print and bind it so I can have hard copies of them too). Your writing fucks me up and it heals me. The themes and the emotions that are grappled with in the text elicit so much emotion, its transformative at times, and others it reaches inside me and my own memories and experiences and brings them to new light or heals them or validates them or makes me want to better, or makes me try and understand others more, etc etc. I always find something in your work that I need or that I want or that comforts or just something new. It makes me think and analyze, it challenges me. So thank you, for your work, for putting so much time into writing and editing and posting etc, for sharing it and your thoughts, for allowing me to experience it. It has saved me so many times. I know you didnt write it for me specifically or even generally at all, but the way it affects me makes it feel that way sometimes, your writing is so personal to me,. And anyways. You're brilliant. So thank you so much.

Thank you so much for this incredible ask. I’m really glad my writing means this much to you.

I really hear you about reading novels. I honestly have a pretty hard time with many of them after reading fanfic. Some fanfic is so good, and so exactly what I want, that many novels do feel really flat to me afterwards. And even when I read fanfic that I don’t even think is that great, a lot of it is hitting my id in a way that published fiction doesn’t. I really don’t think it’s just because it’s about characters I already know and love. I really think it’s partially about the way so much of fic focuses on characters, instead of plot or worlds, and it can jump right in and focus super intently on just two people. That’s hard to do if the plot and worlds haven’t been established, I think.

I also understand what you’re saying about me not writing for you, either specifically or generally. I do really write for myself, most of the time--however, I will say that the fact that people are moved by things I’ve written has allowed me to justify the time that it takes. I think I would trick myself into feeling like I was  wasting my life, just doing what I love all the time, if it didn’t also touch other people in some way. So, thank you for everything you said, and for being you.

#fic #my writing #Anonymous

[jimmygibbsjrrr]

I have a lot of thoughts about the Slaters

namely, I've been wonderin why the Fairfield Survivors got thrown off the boat in Death Toll

in this panel of The Sacrifice comic, Francis confirms the fates of three of the rescue vehicles:

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A panel from The Sacrifice: Part 1. Francis is sat in the rescue vehicle from Blood Harvest, speaking to Louis. His dialogue is as follows:

"Louis, I hate to be the one to break this to ya, but we been heading to the safe zone four times now. Helicopter: crashed. Plane: crashed. Boat: kicked us out and left us to die."

/end ID

the chopper from No Mercy was confirmed crashed in Crash Course, and as for the plane from Dead Air, it was pretty easy to guess (and would have been confirmed in the cut campaign Dam It).

but the part about the boat? that's the Slaters' boat from Death Toll. this is the first time we learn this information.

so...why? what happened?

(more under the cut, ended up writing wayyyy more than I expected over these past few days and don't wanna clog people's dashes lol)

so. let's take a quick dive into the last chapter of Death Toll, to see what we can discern about the Slaters from their dialogue.

the rescue vehicle in Death Toll is a civilian boat, Saint Lidia II, owned by John and Amanda Slater, a married couple. Amanda is never heard in-game, but John's reactions to her can be heard over the radio.

the Slaters are explicitly looking for "anyone out there with firearms". John later adds that "once you get on this boat? Your job is keeping our asses alive". it appears that their motivation for saving the Survivors is selfish from the get-go.

this is undoubtedly true in Amanda's case, however, some of John's lines betray a more selfless attitude. he will berate Amanda for not "think[ing] about the little guy". he will ask, "So what, then? We leave 'em to die? I can't do that, Amanda." whilst Amanda is thinking purely of their own survival, John still feels compassionate towards his fellow survivors. despite this, he says that "I don't want our first act of kindness to be our last", acknowledging the conflict between his compassion and his self-preservation.

so. these are the Survivor's saviours in Death Toll. a conflicted married couple looking for bodyguards, offering to take the Survivors upriver to a military safe zone in exchange for protection.

as for why they get thrown off the boat...well, the easiest explanation would be Amanda.

but, stay with me here, because I think it's a little more complicated than that.

this boat? fulla tension. there's the obvious tension between the Slaters, who we've established seem to fight and disagree regularly. then there's the inevitable tension between them and the Survivors. I reckon Louis, with his generally positive and friendly attitude, wouldn't have much of a problem with them, might even attempt some friendly conversation or something. however, he's about the only one.

the comic fully establishes Bill as caring about nobody except the Fairfield Survivors - the most obvious evidence of this being the words he lives and dies by, "we look after our own". he isn't particularly interested in other people, unless they can help the group out. and he'd likely recognise the unstable and conditional nature of their rescue. while I'm sure he'd try and keep the peace, in any reasonable disagreement or fight Bill's likely to take his friends' side, and if anyone's getting thrown off the boat Bill is going with them. this goes for the whole group, to be honest; I don't think they'd want to split up at this point.

Francis hates boats, hates water, and can't swim, so (and I'm getting a little speculate-y here) would probably be in an even sourer mood than usual on the journey. being as abrasive as he is, plus this additional stress, it's fully possible he could piss off the Slaters enough to get himself (or all of them) thrown off the boat.

as for Zoey? well, I don't imagine a married couple who constantly argues is gonna sit well with her, considering her backstory. similarly to Francis, the situation they're in would make her far more stressed, making it more likely for her to lash out.

Amanda didn't want to save the Survivors in the first place, so while I think that John wouldn't throw them off the boat without reason, I reckon she could persuade him to throw them off if they 'caused trouble' - and they would get into an argument with her far easier than they would with John.

in short: yeah, I can see them getting thrown off the boat by the Slaters after some huge fight or disagreement. I think that's a reasonable interpretation of canon, and definitely an interesting concept.

...however, I do wonder if this tension would really be enough to destabilise their mutual need, after everything they went through to come together.

which is why I'm going to bring up The Last Stand!

I gotta quickly address something before this segment: yeah, I'm totally aware this campaign isn't canon. this evidence works with the fact that it exists in an 'alternate timeline'. also, I am missing a few citations for this section - if anyone can provide them I'd really appreciate it, but just a disclaimer that I currently can't prove some of the things the wiki claims members of the Last Stand Community Update Team have said. here and here are the wiki pages where I got this information. in short - the above explanation is simpler and more canon compliant, the conclusion I draw at the end of this post is backed by shakier evidence but I believe is more interesting, and you can make of all that what you will.

allegedly, members of the Last Stand Community Update Team confirmed a strongly-suspected fan theory about The Last Stand: that it branches off from Death Toll in some way, in a non-canon alternative timeline. as well as this, they allegedly confirmed that in this alternative timeline, the Survivors still end up in Newburg for Dead Air. even without the confirmation, this remains a solid fan theory, due to the constant references to Riverside and re-use of many of Death Toll's assets.

who rescues the Survivors in The Last Stand? John Slater. no Amanda - just John. despite her lack of voice actress, if she was still present John would give some indication of this at some point. it can be speculated that whatever happened to her contributed to the lack of rescue at the boathouse that forced the Survivors to take an alternative route. either way, he ends up at the lighthouse when the Survivors call for rescue, alone, and picks them up.

and then later...throws them off the boat. into Newburg.

what reason would John have to do that? without Amanda, surely he wouldn't have that push, as he wanted to rescue the Survivors for multiple reasons in the first place. without his constant arguments with Amanda, Zoey wouldn't be nearly as stressed. and between the three of them I'm sure the other Fairfield Survivors would stop Francis from pissing John off enough to get them thrown off the boat. in short, less Amanda = less tension, and no reason for the Survivors getting chucked off the boat.

...right?

I'd like to remind you that a symptom of the Infection is paranoia.

what if, in both The Last Stand and Death Toll, John and Amanda are infected by the Survivors on the way to the military safe zone? after all, the virus is confirmed to occasionally be airborne, and I doubt two civilians have completely effective, sustained protection against that. likely the only reason they hadn't already been Infected is because they got out on the water early on in the pandemic, and hadn't come into contact with anyone else since. it's unlikely that one of them is immune, and even more unlikely that they're both immune (especially considering those with XX chromosomes may be genetically less likely to be carriers). wouldn't Francis have mentioned it if their rescuers turned or were obviously Infected? yes, but it's possible that the airborne strain works slower as well, meaning that the Survivors are thrown off of the boat after the symptoms kick in but before the Slaters fully turn. even Church Guy had at least an hour from being Infected to turning, and he was bitten. Newburg isn't too far from where the Survivors are rescued in Death Toll anyway (the burning city in the background of the finale is Newburg), so the Survivors clearly didn't last long on the boat anyway. as a result, the Survivors wouldn't realise it was the Infection intensifying the Slaters' paranoia - they'd just think the Slaters were being dicks. Francis also explicitly mentions that they were "left to die", implying negativity or even hostility from the Slaters as the Survivors were being thrown off.

so yeah. that's why I think they got thrown off of the boat in Death Toll - a combination of the intense tension between the two parties, and the Slaters falling victim to Infection-induced paranoia. but an explanation minus the Infection is equally as plausible. it all depends on what you find most interesting, I suppose, and both feel like they fit pretty well into the world.

lord this is a long chunk o text. I know most fandoms prefer art and fanfic over this sorta thing, so please let me know in replies or something if you're interested in more stuff like this. also if any of this makes sense because I like to ramble.

oh and if you'd like to use any of my interpretations in fanworks like art or fic, I'd love to see it :)

#l4d #l4d2 #left 4 dead #left 4 dead 2 #jrrrambles #not gonna tag any characters #because I mention a ton #and I don't think the Slaters have tags #i spent way too much time on this </3

[percydarling]

I'll be honest,if the weasley kids had a tv show I would have percy as my favourite. Bill aand charlie arent in it so I wouldnt have an opinion (they're obviously hinted at but never there) Arthur's gonna annoy me kinda, molly is really nice but she always compares her kids. Ron (as lovely as he is) can be really mean to percy and just sucky to him. I love Ginny but everyone knows jk made her because "girl power= not feminine traits!1!1!1!" I love her,I love her love for quidditch but I feel like I still clearly see what she represents and that's jks sentiments (like cho for example, as an asian it's never gonna leave my mind). The twins would be great in theory but 2 twins insulting their older brother, burning a hole through their brothers tongue? Pranking everybody ALL THE TIME? I say I love them but seriously if I studied at hogwarts I would loathe them because hey, were in class- prank somebody in a more boring one or after. Also they're way too mean to percy.

Percy is the kinda dude I'd identify with, I hate how his family shames him alot. Sure hes ambitious but at the same time I hate when they bully him for his pride in his prefect badge and his head boy badge, like CMON! Gryffindor traits??? PRIDEFUL like yeah hes gonna be happy because he feels accomplished. I remember getting into model un and I talked about it at dinner time,my siblings got kinda annoyed but did they insult me abt it? No! They understood that this was a big part of my pride. They teased me a little "Haha model un-er" or "your rooms the country your representing right? Oops I dont have my passport" regular happy sibling stuff. You dont insult your brothers pride and joy, it's obvious hes so happy about it.

If there's gonna be a show on the Weasley family, the only interestee Weasley I would be watching is for Percy. Now let's go through every Weasley.

Arthur- at work, never home, if at home in shed exploring muggle things instead of probably bonding with his children.

Molly-would do chores, help children and maybe chat with next door neigbour. A slight chance of bonding with kids. Not very entertaining really.

Bill and Charlie- I mean depends whether they're even there or gone. If they're there they'd probably argue with each other. Maybe we'll get the Bill earring story and Charlie dragon obsession. Other than that maybe sibling bonding which is always good.

Twins- I cannot emphasize enough as to why I wouldn't watch the twins, if there was such a tv show. Each episode they'll probably prank someone most probably Ron and Percy. And then these pranks would get violent and physical and they would still be the saints and Percy the villain.

I mean the twins cause Ron's phobia, almost make him take the Unbreakable Vow (Ron was 5!) and then beat his Puffskein to death.

AND PUFFSKEIN IS AN ANIMAL.

And that's only Ron. If I start on Percy the jokes are endless but let's just end with the twins tried to locked Percy in a pyramid( God knows how old!). Enough said.

Ron- We already have Ron content in the book. Do we really need more? Yes we do but not if it's Ron insulting Percy. And if this show was before Harry and Hogwarts then Ron would be a young child like 9-10 years old and I personally wouldn't be interested. I love Ron but he loses absolutely no moment to insult or bitch about his brother. Plus Ron is whiny. Sometimes.

Ginny- They'll probably make her a Mary Sue who can do no wrong. They would seriously do that and make her a female version of the twins. Sorry not interested in watching her.

When we come to Percy there are so many things we can do. We can see bonding with Bill or Charlie. Percy being a good older brother and helping with nightmares. Percy being his mother's support system. Percy helping Arthur with his work. Percy teaching Ron chess. Percy planning a prank with twins. Percy playing dolls with Ginny.

With Percy you can relate him to everyone in some way or another. We know Molly loves Percy and probably considers him her favorite. Probably. Arthur with the Ministry so Percy and Ministry. Percy going to Bill with help for studies. Percy helping Charlie research about dragons.(Percy telling Charlie his dormmate is crazy about quidditch and asking if Charlie could give him tips and an autograph)

Percy playing chess with Ron. We know Percy is protective over Ron and Ginny. So we can assume that Percy teaches Ron chess and helps him read. Percy reading to Ginny about Harry Potter.(Really though who else would have? Molly would be busy and Bill and Charlie wouldn't)

Or we can have Percy writing stuff. Short stories and articles. Percy being a writer. Percy singing , dancing or drawing. Percy sneaking to Muggle town and talking to them.

Percy finding Scabbers.

Percy going to the Lovegood residence and talking with Luna's mother because she is such an amazing person.

(And taking her death the hardest)

Also Percy bonding with Luna.

Percy bonding with Uncle Billius or Great Aunt Muriel. Also reminsing time with Uncle Gideon and Fabian.

Percy having babysitter called Lily Potter who looked just like him but with bright green eyes. She reads to him about adventure stories and tells him she loves him very much and once brought her husband with her(who's an animagus!)

(While his brothers rejoiced the fall of You Know Who, Percy cried because Miss Lily and Mr James were dead. That was the time Percy realised that bad things happen to good people)

Well to put it in short there are so many angles with Percy which makes him interesting in my opinion.

If they do make let's hope they don't screw Percy over like they did with him in that damn game.

Also for that Percy interacting with Muggles there's an interesting fanfic called Percy's Diary.

https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7542632/1/Percy-s-Diary

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Percy is the only Weasley who I can relate to which makes me love him more. I am an elder sibling, have been constantly insulted by family and friends for following rules and very rarely been put down for being excited for something.

And the whole making fun of Percy is bullying when they're laughing at him and not with him.

These 2 prepositions make all the difference when it comes to teasing and bullying.

And the twins are bullies. They are.

"Oh, are you a prefect, Percy? You should've said something, we had no idea."

This is one of the lines they say.

How much do you want to bet that the twins didn't say something like this to Bill when he became prefect and HeadBoy?

Percy was a constant butt of their jokes and pranks, including bewitching his prefect and Head Boy badges to read Pinhead and Bighead Boy respectively, and sending dragon dung to his office at the Ministry.

This is from the official wikia. People can try to make the twins saint and say it was all good natured and everything. But I will always see the twins as bullies.

And the thing is the twins and Ron never bothered to praise Percy and that just feels wrong. Everytime they talk about Percy it's qn insult. When I talk about my brother to an acquaintance I don't insult him unlike Ron.

I feel that as Percy fans we love him because he is complicated. He isn't like the rest of the Weasleys. He isn't charming or funny. He's just a normal guy trying to do better and Percy fans get it because it's relatable. We can relate to being ordinary. He doesn't have earrings or pranks or a saviour best friend. He's just a guy who follows rules and wants to be successful. Who wouldn't relate with that?

And maybe some of us have been ridiculed just like Percy so we understand. We also understand that this is Harry's biased view and all he has been told about Percy is usually by Ron or the twins who insult him on a regular basis. And Harry is no better! He uses words like pompously like he understands how a person talks pompously?

So I love Percy a lot because I relate to him and I would never in my life apologise for loving such a complicated character.

#percy weasley #percy weasley deserves better #ask in a box #thanks for the ask! #twin weasleys criticism #all weasleys except for Percy criticism #but not much

[smolcinnamonchipmunk]

I'm gonna go on a bit of a tangent real quick because I've had five hours of sleep and feel sleep deprived after staying up into the AM working on an art piece for my main shit.

I wish people, in general, reblogged or retweeted stuff more than they liked it. I started on Tumblr (After DA) with my main blog (which I'm not sharing here) years ago, like early 2010s. Obviously, on DA there's no option to share someone's art. Either people find it or they don't kind of deal and you had to include keywords that you wanted to be related to it.

So I was ecstatic when I got to Tumblr and realized I could reblog, comment, and share to my hearts content while also making art. Reblogging was my priority, I wanted to share anything I thought was cool or funny, and if it was enough, then I'd like it. I always had a reblog > like mentality just because I thought "why shouldn't I share this, this is great!"

And it's been so weird, seeing things go from more even 250 reblogs to 300-350 likes, to just maybe 25 reblogs and 250 likes or some stuff like that.

Don't get me wrong, likes are still great! Likes are still wonderful! They just... don't really do much in way of spreading it.

Even on Twitter, where likes actually do impact the performance of a tweet, its negligible compared to a retweet. I've literally seen people get a couple likes on stuff and nothing else, myself included, and when you self-reblog or retweet there's always that one asshole that goes "stop retweeting your stuff, you look desperate". Like, you weren't gonna reblog/retweet it, so I'm gonna do it myself

And this isn't a "if you don't reblog, I fucking hate you" thing. It's just sort of disheartening to spend hours, even days, onto stuff and get like 10 likes with no sharing. Like I said, the likes are great! They let me know that people, well, like my stuff. But, I also feel.. idk, that they don't mean as much as people think???

I used to get so excited when people liked my stuff on DA because it was curated and culminated in a favorites list full of things that person liked, and that just so happened to include my stuff! And then people just started going into most recent and carpetbomb liked everything. It wasn't because they liked my stuff, it wasn't because they were interested in it, it was an attempt to probably get some people favorited in a show of "I support you". But it felt hollow, if that makes sense.

And I won't lie and say that I haven't caught myself doing the same thing, liking and not reblogging. But, I also have three different blogs! A main art one, this one, and one specifically for reblogging! Twitter? I try to retweet art rather than like it alone, and if I forget? Well, I go back and retweet them once I catch myself.

Look, this is a very long-winded way of saying: Likes are great, but without reblogs and retweets, things get lost. Quickly. If you want to support art or stories you like and feel comfortable enough (I know some people lurk, but that's a different topic), reblog it! Retweet it!

What's stopping you? The fear of being 'cringe'? I literally made FNAF vore stuff back in the day, still might! Not wanting to put the thing you like on people's timelines? Why not?! If you like it, I don't understand why you wouldn't gush and share with friends! I literally was just talking to one about how hype I was for a fanfic to drop another chapter! She's interested in it *because* I was talking about it!

Idk, might delete this later, but I just. Idk, I'm frustrated and exasperated. And I've been typing this so long, hunger has finally registered through my groggy brain, so ciao

[thevampiresiren]

Helping Yoongi Shave

Word Count: 2.5K

Genre: Fluff, Humor

WARNINGS: Soft!Yoongi, Tooth Aching Fluff, Cursing, Slight Suggestive Themes (nothing major, just some suggestive flirting and a little talk of sex. Yoongi also puts his hands on the reader's butt)

Summary: Yoongi needs to shave, but he's too tired to do it himself. So he teaches you how to shave him.

A/n: So… This is the very first Fanfic that I wrote and I’m not going to lie; I was a very nervous about posting it until one of my friends read it for me and loved it. I’m not sure if I’ll be doing this stuff as a part of my blog ALL the time, but if I can think of anything and if it comes out good; I’ll definitely post it.  Also I just REALLY wanted to do a Yoongi shaving fanfic because I think helping your significant other shave is SO intimate and involves a lot of trust. I hope you guys like it!

I was passed out on the couch in the living room when I woke up to the sound of keys jingling outside the apartment door. As Holly got up from laying next to my feet, I picked up my phone and saw that it was around 1:30 am. As the door opened, I heard the brown toy poodle bark happily while he was spanning around in a circle while footsteps stopped to where he was. "Shhh, Holly. You're gonna wake Mom up." My boyfriend whispered petting the fluffy canine.

"Too late, she's awake." I yawned while stretching with a smile on my face. Yoongi looked up from petting Holly.

"I'm sorry, Jagiya. I thought you were in bed." Yoongi said while taking his shoes off, setting his work bag down, and walking over to me. I smiled as he tilted my chin up to gently peck my lips. When he pulled away, he laughed loudly. "What?" I asked.

"Nice bed head, babe". He said smirking while nodding at me. I ran my my finger through hair and sighed. "Hey, don't be upset. It's cute." He said standing up and kissing my check. I felt a slight roughness on my skin once he made contact. I look at his upper lip and chin, smirking.

"Nice stubble, babe." I copied. He touched his face and groaned. "Don't be upset. Its cute." I mocked. Yoongi smiled.

"I'm gonna go get changed. I'm too tired to shave tonight." He said yawning while walking to our bedroom. Holly and I followed not far behind and he laid down in his little bed starting to doze off again knowing his dad was home. I walked in and saw that Yoongi had put his glasses on and changed into his black sweatpants that hung loosly on his hips and was topless. He was by no means the buffest man in world, nor did he have majorly defined abs; but he was toned enough that you could see his pecs, and when the light hit right at the correct angel; his faint abs from him most recently working out would show up. He was perfect. His arm muscles slightly moved as he threw his clothes into hamper. I was too busy admiring him before he broke me from trance. "You okay over there? If I didn't know any better I'd get the feeling you're checking me out." He said with a cocky smirk. I smiled and pushed myself off the door frame I was leaning on.

"Nah, I think your hideous and by no means attractive. And you do it to me all the time." I said jokingly.

"Your loud noises from me pinning you down two nights ago and those dark marks say otherwise, baby girl". He said smirking. I blushed while trying to cover the "love marks" on my neck and where my shoulders met.

"Shut up and let me enjoy my hot boyfriend's body when we aren't fucking." I said laughing. Yoongi let out chuckle before he went off to the master bathroom to brush his teeth. I changed out of my day clothes into nothing but his white Fear of God shirt that hit my mid thighs and put my hair in a high ponytail.

"Aish! Its so fucking bad" Yoongi groaned loudly. I looked in and saw him examining his facial hair, clearly upset with how fast it was growing. "Yoon, just shave it tomorrow before you go to work. You need sleep." I said walking over to him. I knew he was beyong exhausted by how irritated he sounded and by the slight bags under his eyes. It was comeback season and I knew he was over working himself a bit. He was eating healthy and was taking care of himself like he has been, but I still worried about him. "I can't, we have an interview in the morning and we have dance practice. Plus, I need to finish up a song in the home studio once I wake up." He said leaning his head against the mirror pouting; his raven bangs falling and covering his eyes. I wrapped my arms around his bare torso and leaned my cheek on his broad shoulder making him shiver at the contact. "What if I do it for you?" I said quietly.

"My work?"

"No, dumbass." I said pulling away laughing while he turned around. "I mean shave your face." I said poking his chubby cheeks and kissing his pout.

"You sure you're not to tired to do that for me?"

"I wouldn't be offering if I was."

"Yes you would, because I'd do it too for you."

"I've already gotten at least 4 hours of sleep. You've been up since 6 am. I have more energy and I don't want you stressing out over it. Let me do it, baby. Let me take care of you." I said seriously.

"God, I can't wait to make you my wife." He said sighing. I laughed loudly "Who said I would say yes if your proposed?".

"We've talked about it and you were weak at the knees when I told you I would give you as many kids as you want and I would find a way to make it work for you, the kids, and music. Plus, you let me take your v-card. You've already said yes based on that like I did." Yoongi said laughing.

I blushed. "Just go get your damn razor and everything else." I said crossing my arms over my chest. Yoongi turned around and opened the medicine cabinet to pull out his shaving cream, aftershave, and the black leather case that he kept his razor in. He set everything in front of the sink and scooted out of the way for me to work. I opened up the case and saw exactly what type of razor it was. Anxiety shivered through my body as I pulled the razor out carefully. I just came to the realization that I had never actually SEEN his razor. He usually was using it on tour or even over at the dorm with the rest of the guys. Whenever he did shave here, it was in the shower.

"Yoongs..."

"Yeah?"

"This is a straight razor...". I said quietly.

"I know. It gets closer to my skin and the shave lasts longer. It works better for me than a normal one.". I carefully opened the blade far away from either of us at the risk of us getting cut. I stared at it and my anxiety just continued to grow. These were dangerous and I'd never used one before.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Yoongi said looking at me concerned while reaching out and gently rubbing my shoulder.

"I'm scared I'm going to pull a Thomas Brown Hewitt and slit your throat while I shave you. I can't afford a lawsuit as big as you." I said casually as I carefully set the razor down after I slowly put the blade back. Yoongi busted out laughing loudly at my comment.

"You'll do fine, Kitten." He said calmly after he collected himself. "I'll show you how to use it on yourself first if that'll make you more comfortable.". I thought for a moment and nodded my head agreeing. Yoongi grabbed the shaving cream and turned the water on so it was hot but not scolding. "Fuck." Yoongi said looking down, his deep raspy voice just slightly about a whisper as he just noticed what I was wearing. I smirked at him with a face that said "really?" .

"Sorry, you just look really fucking cute." He said blushing. Yoongi showed me how to put the cream on my legs which was no different than I normally do. He then grabbed the razor, instructing me to put my hand where his was. He lightly wrapped his large hand around my wrist, and started.

"Okay, so the trick is to go with the grain of hair; never against it. It can cause bumps and ingrown hairs. Also keep your hand at a 30-degree angle. Anything more will cut yourself. Make sure the skin is always taught as well. And go slow and gentle. Like this.". Yoongi began helping me shave where my ankle was and guiding me with the right amount of pressure. After a few more strokes of him helping me, I had enough confidence to do it on my own. It wasn't as hard or scary as I thought. After 20 minutes, I had both of my legs shaved and set the blade down on the sink. I ran my hands down my legs and noticed how smoother my legs were. I had no cuts, bumps, or anything like I normally would. "I DID IT YOONGI! I DIDN'T KILL MYSELF!". I yelled extremely happy that I didn't have to go to the ER, wrapping my arms around Yoongi's neck . He laughed at how excited I was.

"I told you that you could do it. Are you ready to try it on me now?" He said picking the blade back up. I smiled and told him to sit down on the counter of the bathroom sink. Once he was sat down and his glasses were off, I put the water on and shaving cream on his face. Just when I had turned to grab the razor; I felt a large warm hand on my wrist. "Um.. wait a second."

While I went to look over at Yoongi; I felt a soft, light, pressure on my left cheek followed by a muffled sound. I looked between my face and part of my hair covered in white, to Yoongi's right hand also covered in white and the right side of his face showing his skin underneath. It took me a second to get over my shock before I began processing what had just happened. "MIN YOONGI." I yelled, waking Holly up, making him barm from the disturbance of his sleep before going back to bed. Yoongi busted out in a full-on laugh attack causing him to almost fall off the sink before catching himself. As I washed the shaving cream off of me, I looked annoyed but also amused at him being playful. "I want a divorce already." I said laughing with him. Once we both settled down and Yoongi had his face covered in shaving cream again; I grabbed the razor and was about to start shaving him when my anxiety started getting the better of my again. Yoongi sensed my anxiety sparking and grabbed my hand that wasn't holding the razor.

"Hey." Yoongi said while he looked up at me lovingly, running his long fingers over mine soothingly. "I trust you okay. I know you won't hurt me." He said before kissing my knuckles, careful not to get the shaving cream on my hand. I nodded smiling and slowly started shaving him. Several minutes in shaving him, while I was concentrating, I felt Yoongi's hands reach behind me to my upper thighs, pulling me closer. He gently started rubbing soothing circles on them and messaging my ass.

"Keep it PG, Min. I have weapon and I'm not afraid to use it." I said jokingly making him chuckle.

"You know what you in my clothes do to me." He said with a tired smirk. His dark lashes hit his cheekbones as he relaxed under my touch. I smiled at a how serene he looked, and it took everything in me not to kiss him. Once I was done, I rubbed my nose against his causing him to open one eye and smile. I grabbed the washcloth and gently cleaned whatever was left of his shaving gel. I grabbed his Invictus aftershave and put some on his face.

"Okay, I'm think done." I said proud of myself. Yoongi put his glasses back on and grabbed the handheld mirror I had held out to him and examined his face closely. A huge smile hit his lips and he wrapped his strong arms around my shoulders and pulled me to his broad chest. "You did amazing Jagi. Thank you." He said as he muzzled his face into my neck.

"You're welcome, Yoons." I said tiredly as I ran my fingers through his soft locks, laying my head on top of his. The faint smell of his aftershave along with the smell of him in general hitting my nose made me feel tired as I gently messaged his head. Yoongi hummed quietly into my neck before placing chaste lazy kissing to my neck, chest, below my ear lobe, cheeks, temple, nose, and finally my lips.

"I love soft, cuddly Yoongi." I said giggling. Yoongi looked at me with a soft smile, our noses touching.

"I thought you loved rough, dominate Yoongi?" He said rubbing our noses together.

"Ehh, I like all sides. I'm an easy woman to please." I said looking at him smiling before telling him it was time for us to go to bed. He yawned while nodding and we headed to our bed, setting his glasses down on the nightstand. He pulled me close, so my head was laying on his chest and placed his hand on the side of my face. Our centimeters away from each other he smiled and looked into my eyes with his full of love, care, warmth, and passion. "I love you so much, Jagi." He said tired while stroking my cheek bone. I leaned it connected my lips to his in a sweet but passionate kiss. We both pulled away with giant smiles on our faces. I responded looking tiredly into his eyes. "I love you too, Yoongi.". I layed my head on my pillow, my face buried in his neck breathing in his scent while he buried his in my hair, arms wrapped tightly around me. "I can't believe you smashed me in the face with shaving cream." I said quietly.

"That's what you get for staring at me and then parading around our bedroom in my shirt and your lace panties you brat.". He responded letting out and airy chuckle. I smiled before closing my eyes and falling asleep to his light breathing.

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