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tetrakys · 1 year

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Hi. How are you? It's been a while since I have written a message here, but I've always had an eye on your profile and I wanted to thank both of you and Chino from the bottom of my heart for giving us the ANE story of Eldarya we all deserved to have, our little hearts are less heartbroken :))

Now I am wondering just as much as the others in the community how new gen candy is gonna be like. 😂😂😂

Truth be told, I am a little worried that no matter if they're gonna try their best or not, there will be a though crowd to impress due to recent events and I don't blame anyone for being skeptic, it will be hard to beat the original MCL that we all love and grew up with. I never tried Moonlight lovers or Uncoven, so IDK why they've never been an interesting subject of interest. Henri's Secret sincerely should have been left like that, only with the first season, the second one was a waste of time and money.

Getting back to New Gen, unfortunately, because of the comparison that will be between this and the previous series, the risk of not being successful is pretty high and I really hope it won't happen. It will be hard for them to have another failed project like Eldarya ended up for example. I never understood why I loved Eldarya TO so much (do you know how to answer that question for yourself?). I discovered it very late, despite MCL, but it still means so much to me and I'm sad that it's probably gonna end this way, with these 20 failed chapters. 💔

To answer my question, maybe because everything just made sense and worked together perfectly: the plot, the characters, the references, the harsher topics which made it real and somehow relatable.

Anyways, keep up with the good work girl and I will be back with a feedback that you will be asking for or not after finishing the story (I love writing, so who cares as long as I'm enjoying myself 😅). Sending love and hugs to you and the community. 🫶

Hello! Lovely to see you 💕 thank you for following me and the kind message, let me answer everything (long post, I'm putting it under the cut).

About New Gen:

You're very right, it's gonna be hard to impress people, I'm fully expecting part of the fandom to claim that the new LIs aren't as good as the old ones for the simple fact that there's no replacing your first love. I'm also expecting some people to hate on the game just because it's Beemoov and they would hate the company even if they found the cure for HIV. But I also thing that the game has the potential to bring a breath of fresh air to the fandom. Lots of people have left and haven't come back even to play Alternate Life, maybe a similar game but with a new story and new characters will make tired people and new people interested. Personally I just love Chino's characters, the way she brings life to them, in her 3 games I've managed to fall in love every single time so I'm fully prepared to do it again. I've never been able to get so attached to other games' characters even if I enjoyed them. I guess at the end of the day it's just a matter of personal preferences, her writing just click with me. Which brings me to Eldarya...

About Eldarya TO/ANE:

Why I loved Eldarya TO? 🤔 Firstly, as I mentioned before, I enjoyed the characters even the secondary ones, even the ones I hated (*cough*Miiko*cough*), I just got attached to them. I also started playing Eldarya late, it was 2018 or 2019, when the game first came out it was in French only and then I never kept up with it. Then I joined Tumblr, saw people playing and decided to play as well. I started with Nevra because he was the one dressed in all black and looked a little like a bad boy, turns out he was the ladies' man route instead, not exactly my type but I am still attached to him as he was my first. While I was playing his route I got super invested in wanting to tame Ezarel, he was such a bish, so I had to make him fall for me. In the end I got over him the moment I won the challenge and I got him lol, I spent the rest of his route trying to get with Lance with no success, obviously. After that I tried Leiftan because he was clearly in my eyes the "main guy" but I'm a shallow person when I play these games and I've never been able to move past his clothes, hair and general fakeness. I love him though, when he's his real daemonic self, just not my perfect type. Then I played Valkyon because he was the last one left and oh boy... I fell for him hard. I still bonk myself for having left him for last. However, I think we all know here that my one true love is his brother and I've spent years trying to have him to end up with... whatever his ANE version is. As I said I love Chino's characters, and since Eldarya was given to another creator you can SEE that the characters aren't the same. I've seen a couple of people upset when I say that Eldarya's characters aren't the same, they claim that the way they are now is a natural consequence of what they lived through those 7 years time lapse and NO I'm sorry I will never be able to agree with this. Game characters' aren't real people, they exist only in the way their creator makes them exist, if the creator changes they are very literally the definition of different people. ANE LIs are what ANE writer and creator see them as, which is not what TO writer and creator saw them as. It's really, quite literally, a different game. Including the way dialogues and events are written. I LOVED TO's darker themes and I loved the potion plot. TO wasn't a perfect game by any means but it made me feel things, now I just feel nothing when I play Eldarya. It makes me really sad. (And I haven't managed to keep playing since episode 14 :( )

About The Dragon's Call:

Thank you for liking our story 💕💕 writing it is cathartic for me, not only because of the game, but also because life has been a bit tough this past year and I'm fully aware Chino is indulging me only because she cares (and also cares about all the players who love Eldarya of course). I want to get to the point where I have Lance's (and Valkyon's) route complete and I can read it whenever I feel like I miss him. Honestly I wish someone else would've written it so I could've just enjoy it as a reader 😂 but at least I hope I'm doing the characters justice. And yes please come back to give me feedback whenever you want I really appreciate it! 💕

Sorry for the loooong rambling, hope to see you around here again 😊

#mcl #my candy love #eldarya #mcl rambling #eldarya rambling #like... can you imagine if Return of the King had been written by someone else with no involvment from Tolkien's part?#could it still be considered the canonical ending of LotR?#I know I wouldn’t and thus for me ANE is nothing more than a fanfiction #even less than that because at least a fan would know all that happened in TO and there wouldn’t be all these plotholes

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linory1 · 11 months

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Hi! First I want to thank you beautiful art that you draw and share with us through this app, they are absolutely fabulous. Each of his art is a sigh too much. Second, I would like to, with all my heart, ask you for permission to use your art on fanfiction covers.

I don't know if you use or check ask frequently, but until your posts/ reblogs haven't been for a long time, so… I came to try my luck

Making it clear that I will not, at any time, modify them or interfere with your traits as an artist, it is only for use on fanfic covers. I'm a story designer and also a fanfiction writer. Certain arts on the internet are absurdly beautiful (like yours) and allow us to create various plots for them (stories that, in some way, are derived from this visual stimulus) as well as use them on covers when writing with these characters themselves, like the Castiel, Lysandre, Nath… for example.

I ask daily for permission from various fanartists in the fandom (and other anime) to use their art with these copyright requirements and most of them allow it, as long as I properly credit and/or attach the creator's profile link to the cover. I'll do that with yours arts.

I fell in love with them and would love for you to let me use them. Your MCL fanart style is captivating and I would love for you to allow me in these matters. I would really, really, really love it.

Here is where I host these covers (for example, so fanartists like you can see how I do it): https://namicchin.weebly.com I apologize for the inconvenience and look forward to your response!

In my tag #namicchin & #namicchinedits there are some example covers here on Tumblr, it's quite common for fanfic writers (who are also designers to post to please the readers, etc), but if you don't allow me to show it here, just give me permission for me to use in my amateur covers. I WILL NOT PROFIT from your work, explaining beforehand. It's for personal use.

Hi!

Sure, you can use them for your fanfictions (except for the ones that are commissions)!

Thank you so much for your kind words! :) <33333!!!

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barkxonce · 5 years

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I can love something and still be able to criticise it. Loving something (or someone) doesn’t excuse its flaws. It doesn’t mean that it is suddenly perfect and that I will love it unconditionally no matter what. I have my conditions, I have my standards, and if something doesn’t meet those standards then yes, I am going to point that out, no matter how big my love for it is. Don’t think that just because I decide to voice those opinions, it means I like it any less than I do. I still like it, I’ve just decided not to look at it through rose-tinted spectacles.

#beemoov #mcl #my candy love #amour sucre #mclul #annie rambles #the thing I've found most curious about fandoms after being in so many for this long #is how offended people get when you decide to criticise something #as if saying those things means you suddenly hate the thing you're talking about #no. that's not the case. if I see something that I'm not fond of or disagree with then heck yeah I'm going to talk about it #respect people's opinions. listen to what they have to say #opinions are important and most of the time people are talking from a good place anyway. so why are you attacking them?#the only time it's not okay is when they insult and belittle others to make their opinion more valid #anyway I'm tired. this fandom is easily more dramatic than any other I've ever been in

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imidio · 2 years

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General rambling about Eldarya and questionable direction choices

Oh gods, that’s gonna be long. Actually, I don’t play Eldarya anymore, it just feels like a waste of time right now. But fortunately, a lot of my friends are still brave enough to continue, so I have a lot of insight in what’s actually happening in the game.

I’m writing this mostly because of this post, or rather, the article that was mentioned in it. It is mostly the Eldarya writer’s response to all the criticism from the players and oh boy… Not going into details because some people actually did this, but just quick summary of my personal opinion after reading this (just my thoughts regarding Eldarya, I’m not even going to mention the attitude that shows in the article): I somehow feel like the person writing Eldarya doesn’t like the game as a whole – the genre, target, setting. I heard from people that play MCL Alternate Life that it’s actually pretty good so maybe the fantasy part is the problem? Or it can also be lack of solid preparation to write something like this.

Anyway, as for my thoughts regarding Eldarya.

1. They don’t know its players

Actually, no, more than that. I feel like they don’t have any specific target in mind. Beemov games started when most of us was like 12-14. But the thing is, now we are mostly adults and younger people don’t seem to be so eager to join the fandom (not that the games have anything to offer to younger players, I mean, for example playing Eldarya before unlocking the market is absolutely devastating experience). And right now we have a game that is trying to be everything. For some parts, I feel like this is written for children. But then we go to the more heavy themes that would be either not suitable for their age, or simply boring for them. In the same time, this “heavy stuff” I’m talking about feels so unrealistic and grotesque that despite efforts, you just can’t take it seriously. And with this we go to the second part.

2. Because they don’t know their own players, they don’t know what genre should they even make. And how to approach it.

But, really – if you’d have to tell someone, what Eldarya is – what would you tell them? Their main page is saying “romance and adventure fantasy game”. In the google play, it’s tagged as otome. The writer’s words: fantasy adventure series - what, you could say, also shows that the romance is so low on his priority list that he doesn’t even mention it – could be just understatement but I feel like it’s worthy to point out. So, what we get if we sum this up – three keywords – romance, fantasy, adventure.

As for romance… We all know what it’s like right now. As someone that was aiming for the Lance’s route, all I can do is laugh. To be honest, I’ve never believed this will be good route. I like the trope, but this just couldn’t go well with everything we’ve seen before, especially with only 20 episodes. I’m not sure if it’s worse than what I thought it will be, but definitely is no good. Emotions are non-existent. Everything is just… dry. Narration tells me that characters feel certain way but I just don’t see it, I don’t know why, I don’t feel anything. Those rare romance scenes we get are so out of place that you can think someone in the team was like: “Wait, I forgot there was supposed to be romance in the game! Let’s just throw some random kiss here, yeah, that will be great!”. Absolutely meaningless.

Fantasy? Right… You know, if you read/played/watched a lot of fantasy genre, you know that making it good is not about “oh, let’s put magic and dragons here”. From my experience it can be either the easiest or the hardest genre possible, depending on the writer. You don’t have restrictions. You don’t have to do boring research on “how the law works in this country at the other side of the ocean in terms of what I need here” for this to be coherent. Creative freedom 100%, you can do anything, rules from our world don’t matter and yet, you can use some of them which will make your work easier. You don’t even have to be Tolkien or Sanderson, with their fantasy worlds that have been created from scratch in every little detail for over 10 years. You don’t need explanation for everything, you can make it simple – just make it work and stand by the rules you’ve already made. We have magic in Eldarya, but actually we don’t. How many times did you see characters actually using it? I’m not counting alchemy here, just pure magic. Kero used telekinesis ONCE. In TO tutorial if I remember correctly. Or one of the first episodes. I don’t feel like the magic is integral part of this world so how could it be convincing when they suddenly use some strange spell/ritual/thingy to solve a major problem important for the main plot (let’s not even start this whole discussion on how it’s not really a good idea to use pure magic powers to solve a problem, especially if you didn’t introduce those powers ).

And now, with the most recent episodes – fantasy… yeah. Someone on our discord server said something that sums it up pretty well – Eldarya is right now something like MCL but with explaining us in most stupid ways possible how our own world works.

And adventure… Well, I could make a whole post about “everything wrong with” for just that one part. Let’s start with – why on earth did they choose military conflict as a main plot for this game? Don’t get me wrong, I love fantasy with those type of conflict, I really do. But it’s also very difficult and requires research – and here it is non-existent. Some time ago, with a couple of friends, we’ve been discussing 30 episode of TO, or rather, the battle itself. I’m not going to do this again, it would be way to long. But – if you’ve watched GOT, especially the last season. If you’ve seen Battle of Winterfell. And if you’ve seen some analysis of everything that went wrong with it from the tactical point of view. Yeah, Eldarya repeated every single mistake and added some more. If you’re curious about those things, just go to youtube, a lot of experts explained it very well – I’m sure you’ll see similarities. If you’re not –

Look at the map. HQ is really solid place for defence. We have hill, high walls and the cliff on the other side, so there is only one side for the potential assault. Wall is the perfect place for archers, crossbowmans and mages. While defending the city, you take advantage of it – especially of its walls – to the maximum. What you DON’T do, is going outside of those walls with your forces, to fight a battle on the BEACH. I guess most of us have walked on a sand at least once. Yeah, imagine fighting on that kind of terrain. And Lance’s army? Attacking from the beach side, really? He’s a dragon, they could literally fly with him and chose best place possible, and they chose BEACH? Just imagine them, walking one by one, just like some ducklings, up those very narrow, rock stairs that lead to the HQ. And that’s just the top of the iceberg.

In ANE on the other hand – we have diplomatic mission, for example. Here there is no point of telling what was wrong with it – there wasn’t a single thing that was right. They came to the ruler and king of the country they’d like to cooperate with in a way. What are first things they do? 1. Show of power. 2. Disrespect for the monarch (I don’t care right now what he’s like, he’s still a monarch and a ruler). 3. Going there with the very person he’s in power conflict with, also being his past wife (and probably present wife by law), a refugee that they gave an asylum in the guard. Telling him no, we won’t hand her over to you. Well, if that is not provocation then I don’t know what is.

I’m not telling that they should create great and realistic plot with R. R. Martin’s level of politics and complicated military situation. I mean, I would be delighted, but I’d be in minority, most of players would be bored by it. But! There are already things that are doing really good job (in my opinion) with simplifications! A Ranger’s Apprentice for example, or The Powder Mage Trilogy. Both of them touch the topic, in completely different ways, but both of them work on the simplified concepts of complex conflict (also military conflict). What I think makes them work is the fact that the authors did really good job with their research. In Ranger’s Apprentice you can find a lot of concepts that are brought up in The Art of War by Sun Tzu. They are simple concepts by themselves – but they are real and logical. What Flanagan did was probably taking some of them and making them the main focus for the certain part of the plot. You read about some kind of the tactic characters use – it’s nothing complicated by itself but just feel like it could work – of course it does, because it did through the real history. It’s just simplified, and with the simple narration it makes the books fun even for the younger audience – and not grotesque for older one, as long as you understand and accept existence of those simplifications. This is what Eldarya lacks. It tries to bring up complicated topics in simplified way, but you just cannot do this from nothing. We are not strategists or tacticians – but we can read and take inspiration from other sources. With a little of logical thinking on top of that, it is possible.

They could do all of that. Or they could just stick to the things that worked perfectly fine. I mean the very beginning of the Eldarya: TO. It was simple – we had clear main goal – collecting Crystal shards. We had some problems that we had to overcome – food shortage, human organizations, Ashkore (rest in peace, my favourite character :< ) and the fact that the guard leader was young and inexperienced what made her more likely to make mistakes. We also had enough space for our love interests, enough time to get to know them, get attached to them (as a character, but also as a player), get some quality fluff we deserved. Personally, I think this simple problems would be much more fitting for the game like Eldarya that despite being fantasy and adventure, more than anything should focus on romance. Generally I think Eldarya right now lacks everything that would make the game good – there is no real direction, no real idea, no research, and most importantly, no passion from the creators (or if it’s there, sorry but I don’t feel it). It just feel like a project everyone in the team is tired of creating, would love nothing more than to throw it away and never ever look at it again, but just cannot stop right now because they have to finish is somehow. You know, the kind of feeling you get when you’re at the end of writing your thesis. And it’s sad. Because it had potential – not the kind of potential like masterpieces in the gaming world, but enough potential to become really fun game that you play as a form of relax after a hard day in job/school, also donating it once in a while as a form of appreciation for the creator’s work. I could write even more but it’s already almost 2000 words so I’ll stop here.

Summary: they don’t know what to do but also won’t listen to their own players because of reasons. Result – no one gets what they want. Oh, also, one last but very important thing! I don't like the concept of aengel powers AT ALL. I think Gardienne should be simple human or have powers so limited that they could just support her but not solve the problems for her. Why? Because maybe that way we could see solid character development, MC that relies on abilities that was earned and not handed over to her. Working with her own creativity, problem-solving skills and the knowledge she gained during both her life on Earth and in Eldarya. Right now, everything that defines her and her abilities - are her powers (and what's funny is the fact that writers KNOW this and shamelessly throw this on us whenever possible - you know, all the "now with my powers I'm invincible" rambling). Yep, now I'm done for real. xD

#eldarya #eldarya rambles #eldarya ane #eldarya spoilers #beemoov #my personal rambling #i miss my Ashkore #eldarya the origins #it took me too long to write this but I had to do this

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hufflautia · 3 years

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Oblivious

Summary: Hufflepuff is smacked with the realization that he’s oblivious—literally.

Hufflepuff walked through the halls with Slytherin while telling her what happened today.

“She said she’s liked me for months!” he gestured around with his hands. Slytherin took in his words with an odd feeling settling in her chest. It wasn’t exactly comforting to hear another girl pining over her best friend who she’s had a crush on since third year.

“I can’t believe I never got the hint,” Hufflepuff continued as they came to a stop in front of the Slytherin common room. “I’m so oblivious sometimes. A girl could smack me on the head and I wouldn’t realize she was into me.”

Slytherin, who had been leaning against the wall across from him, walked over and smacked his head.

“Ow!” Hufflepuff stared at her, his brows knitted. “What the hell was that for?!”

Looking slightly amused, she stared back at him expectantly. But when he said “What?”, her smile faded.

“Are you serious?”

He frowned. “What do you mean?”

Her expression hardening, she shook her head. “You really are oblivious,” she grumbled, turning away from him.

Hufflepuff watched as she put in the password to her common room. He stared at her back, desperately trying to figure out what went wrong. Why did she get so angry all of a sudden?

Slytherin stepped through and was about to shut the door in his face when it suddenly clicked. Hufflepuff quickly stuck his foot through the small opening before she could close the door.

“Wait!”

There was a pause, and he heard a sigh. The door inched open enough for him to see her cold expression. Guilt washed over him.

“I’m sorry,” he began, his hand still pressed against the wood of the door. “I just realized what you meant and fuck, I’m sorry I didn’t realize sooner, it completely flew over my head. I don’t know if you still—...well, if you’d like to—.... I mean, if you don’t want to, that’s completely fine, but I…” He stopped when he saw how confused she looked. He had a tendency to ramble on and on when he was nervous.

Hufflepuff took a deep breath and exhaled. “Would you like to go on a date with me?”

He held his breath, waiting for her response. Her expression was unreadable, and he felt a cold drip of panic. Shit, what if she was just joking before? Maybe I read it all wrong, she—

Before Hufflepuff could react, Slytherin flung the door open and kissed him. Their teeth clashed at first, and he had to grab the side of the doorway to steady himself from the sudden force of impact.

But he didn’t care. Not one bit.

Hufflepuff leaned forward when she pulled away, his lips trying to follow hers. He slowly opened his eyes to see Slytherin staring back at him, her eyes soft.

“I’ve wanted to do that for a long time,” she whispered.

He blinked, a smile pulling at his lips.

“Damn,” he breathed. “I really am oblivious.”

A/N: Hey lovelies! First of all, thank you for 900!! I made a separate post to give my thanks, but I thought I should do it again <3

Secondly, happy one-year anniversary to Chapter 2 of the slytherpuff series (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*✲ﾟ*｡⋆ I just realized this today when I checked the date that I posted Chapter 2 (it was truly out of the blue lmao I was curious) - it was actually on July 3rd but that's ok! Speaking of the series, I'm currently working on chapter 5 - stay tuned for that (maybe in the coming weeks?? I don't know, I have work and it's truly a drag).

Anyways, I came up with this fic idea in MARCH but I didn’t have the time to write it until now. It’s inspired by a reddit post that someone had screenshotted and pasted on Tumblr with some commentary and was then posted on Insta, which is where I found it. I wish I could link the reddit post but I’m unable to access it via reddit. I’ll add the screenshot I took below!

Check out my masterlist and lemme know what you thought of this one-shot! Feedback makes me happy <3 If you prefer to stay anonymous, the anon option for asks is available. Thanks for reading!

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melodyalanaroster · 3 years

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Dear @chinomiko,

When I first started playing My Candy Love on New Year’s Day in 2013, I was simply a 17 year old girl who was starting the second half of my Senior Year in High School. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, and I certainly had no idea where I’d end up. At the time, I was just looking for a new anime style site to call my internet home after the destruction of TinierMe. In my search, I stumbled upon your site. I had never played a dating simulator before, and I fell for your art style, so I decided to give the site a shot. It didn’t take me long to bond with Nathaniel... He was a kind young man, who loved to read, and had a tortured home life... Even though the torture at home was different between him and me, I still felt like I had found a character I could recognize... Hell, I did the same thing with Ken... My bond with Nathaniel was just so much deeper...

Then I graduated High School... I had no college prospects, and no idea what I even wanted to go to college for (still entirely don’t know).... My issues at home were getting worse, my love life was far from perfect, and living in Texas can be kind of ruthless on those who aren’t following the status quo... Even with going to the United Kingdom for 5 weeks, things still didn’t get better... And of course, the death of my childhood cat, Luna, in 2014 made things worse... So, I started focusing my free time on the game.... Working like crazy to get up to date with the episodes and bonus episodes, editing pics, and even writing fanfics... It became my escape from real life.

That did not change when I met the love of my real life in 2015. Despite entering into a relationship that is still going strong, I needed an escape from the hell my abuser was putting my family and me through, from the shitty job that I had gotten (and still have as of this letter), and from the hell that a really rare disease that had kicked on in my mother’s immune system had begun to put her and my family through. No amount of talking to people in my inner circle in real life helped... And there were times where it felt like the only emotions I knew were anger, sadness, and fear... It was during this time that my main MCL OC, Melody Alana Roster, came to life as what she is today... A strong, smart, beautiful, powerful, woman who goes through some of the worst hell imaginable and ends up living a life of peace with the man she loves (Nathaniel).... When my abuser’s time in my family’s and my life was ending and she was going “all out” on me? I thought of what Alana and Nathaniel would be doing during the newest episode of the game. My job putting me through mental and physical hell (it’s a very demanding job)? I daydreamed about Nathaniel and Alana. My mother’s disease progressing and making my mother put my grandmother and me through hell? I would go in my room and write a section of my story or edit a pic when I could. Hell, My Candy Love became so prominent in my life as an escape that when my abuser’s daughter came back at me (this time with my boyfriend’s ex friend), one of the things she’d say to me was “All you do is sit in your room and write fanfiction.”... I needed something and My Candy Love and it’s fandom was something I enjoyed that kept me in my room (where I felt safe)... To this day, my boyfriend understands why I’ve put so much time and effort into it... Why I’ve spent so much money on it (AP, Gold, commissioned pics, and items)... It was a light in what felt like a sea of darkness in my life...

Now, I’m going to clarify something here... What is written in the last paragraph took place over the course of 5 years... Of course, when I get to the point of 2020, its easy to guess some of the reasons why I continued to focus on My Candy Love... However, I have an added reason.... Not only did the pandemic bitch slap Texas mid March, but about a week before that happened, on March 10th, my mother succumbed to the secondary infection brought on by her disease... And I had to grieve... Of course, when the pandemic hit about week later, I was told by society that I didn’t have time to grieve... As I am a grocery store worker... Which, I still tried to use My Candy Love as a means of escape... It felt like life was going “Yeah, you’re free from your mom’s disease, now here’s one that YOU could bring home to your grandparents and kill them with simply by going to work!”... Because, I’m sure even you know how poorly America has handled the pandemic... And Texas is one of the worst states when it comes to that...

I’m not saying this to make you feel sorry for me... Not in the slightest... I’ve leaned on my family, friends, and boyfriend for everything, so it’s not JUST My Candy Love that got me through all of this... I’m telling you this because My Candy Love and what I’ve done for it has helped me with it all immensely. I thought I had lost my passion for writing while I was still in school, even though my favorite teacher was encouraging me to continue... And here I am still writing my MCL fanfiction... Not only am I still writing my fanfic, I’m getting it turned into 1 copy of an actual book for my shelf when I’m done... When I took photography in High School and wasn’t good at photoshop, I thought it would never be a skill I’d use... And, yet, over the course of my time with MCL, my photo editing skills have improved DRASTICALLY... Sure, I can’t really edit real life photos... But I can make stuff for MCL avatars and such...

I mean, if someone had told me 8 years ago that I’d be so invested in this game that I’d have a body pillow of my favorite love interest, a folder of commissioned art, a blog with over 1,300 followers, an Instagram with nearly 300 followers, a custom plushie of my favorite love interest, a Discord Server with around 200 people in it... That I’d be the Vice President/Club Photographer of the US version of a fan club... That I’d make friends throughout the world in the fandom... That my editing skills would become as good as they are now... That I’d be working on the biggest writing project I’ve EVER worked on... And that I’d cry at the last episode the same way I cried during the Season 8 finale of Scrubs, the series finale of iCarly, Matt Smith’s regeneration in Doctor Who and the ending of Deathly Hallows Part 2... I would have told them that they’re crazy....

Yet... Here I am... I’m turning 26 years old in July... And all of that has happened... In real life, I’m still dealing with the pandemic, I’ve celebrated my 5 year anniversary with my boyfriend, and I’m even preparing to move in with him... Yet, online, I’m still VERY invested in your game. I’m still a long way from finishing my OC’s story... I still want to edit pics for Nathaniel and Alana... And I’m going to be contemplating playing the new game for a while... I’ll still play events... As long as Nathaniel is around, I’ll be there to greet him with a smile... But I don’t know about your new project...

All that being said.... There’s one MAJOR thing I’d like to say to you, Chino....

THANK YOU!

Thank you for everything! For all your hard work in this story... It’s far from perfect, but I still enjoyed the majority of it... For creating Nathaniel, the holder of my 2D heart.... Seriously, thank you for creating him... I have anime crushes, but I don’t love them as deeply as I love Nath.... Thank you for your art! Its amazing! You’re in my top 3 favorite digital artists... The others being Drachea Rannak and Marco Albiero... Thank you for all the work you continue to put into the game that a lot of us have, kind of, grown up with.... I wasn’t really a kid when I started playing, but I do consider myself to have “grown up” with it... Thank you for all of the other love interests... For Castiel, Kentin, Armin, Lysander, Priya, Rayan and Hyun... They’re not the ones I love most, but they’re all interesting characters... Thank you for Candy... While she and Alana greatly differ from each other, Candy was the heroine in a story that gave birth to Alana... Candy is far from perfect, but I’m glad her story ended well.... Thank you for creating the game that brought this fandom into existence... While the fandom can be VERY toxic at times, there are a lot of amazing people in it... They have become some of my dearest friends...

While the entire My Candy Love team at Beemoov deserves my gratitude... I feel like you are the most deserving of it... Because, without you, My Candy Love would not exist.

I look forward to seeing My Candy Love’s future... Either from the sidelines, or from the middle of it... I will see it’s future...

Thank you ChiNoMiko.

All my love and respect,

Melody Alana Roster

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idolcandy · 3 years

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There are shows that finally got renewed even years after ending or brought back for a new season due to fans... Even characters brought back. There are games that seemed to disappear and then came back and released anywhere from 7 to 15 years later. 3 years is nothing. Beemoov will definitely not change their mind if people stop bringing them up, but as long as we keep showing they are not forgotten then there is hope. They could even be added to the wedding special later.

I know, my favourite tv show of all time, Twin Peaks, ended on a cliffhanger and didn't get a 3rd series for 26 years. (Though I only had to wait 9 years to see it continued, given that it aired before I was born!)

Look you can hold out hope if you want, I'd be delighted to be proven wrong and for Beemoov to give them a continuation. But there's a difference between wanting something, and ranting and raving when you don't get it. People are being pig-headed, and disgustingly rude in their angry posts.

It's one thing to still feel negatively about the situation, but there are people whose only interaction with the fandom over the last 3 years has been to be angry and rude about the whole thing. I've held my tongue for 3 years but it's gotten to the point where I feel the need to say that these people who only exist in this space to post their rants are unhelpful and frankly unwanted. It's tiring to see the same people's same rants for 3 years straight. I'm not speaking for myself here, there's been plenty of conversation amongst fans about how we're tired of this cycle of drama.

And to be perfectly honest, if I were Chino, I wouldn't want to do anything nice for these people. People have treated her like shit and that makes them pretty undeserving of anything from her.

The most egregious example came up on discord the other day. That nasty fucking message someone anonymously sent to all the mcl-rants and the other confession type blogs where the anon was saying they're going to commit suicide because now that her route was gone she had nothing to live for. Firstly, I don't believe it was true, but true or not threatening suicide and blaming someone for your suicide is manipulation and a tactic frequently used by abusers. Everyone who reblogged that, even if they sincerely believed it, is culpable in that manipulation. I never commented on it at the time, because I didn't want to be that asshole doubting someone's suicide but I should've been braver, stepped up, and said blaming someone for your death is super fucked up and an abuse tactic. Looking back it really seems like some 13 Reasons Why inspired bullshit

So essentially go ahead and want and hope what you want! Stop being so fucking annoying about it though, the rest of the fandom is tired of you

#my candy love

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missdawnandherdusk · 3 years

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Hi there!!! I’ve been reading your fics for a while, and I admire your writing style so much! I want to get into writing more, and was wondering if you had any advice whether that’d be on the more technical side of writing or even the more personal side regarding growth and such. Thank you 🥺 you’re amazing 🥺💖

Awe, my heart~

Anyway, sorry it took me so long to answer this, ya girl has been through a lot the past month, but here we go.

More technical stuff? Well...

Find what is aesthetically pleasing in your writing document. What font? Line spacing? Paragraph spacing? Do you like to indent your new paragraphs? Currently, I have mine in Times New Roman, 12pt font, 1.5 line spacing, and 2.0 paragraph spacing, and it works well for me. I don’t indent my new paragraphs because it gives me a better idea of what it will look like on Tumblr as I write. It sounds silly, but honestly, just like you work better in a clean room, you’ll work better in a clean document

Never try to write an entire one-shot/chapter in one sitting. You’ll burn yourself out, Give yourself time to think about different ways that your writing can go, rewrite scenes, or different paths that a scene can take.

That being said, keep notes. I have notes on my phone (the iPhone note app) that sync to my laptop, so anytime that I don’t have easy access to my laptop or would rather type on my phone, I always have it accessible. It can be blurbs, some conversations, beginnings of stories I may or may not write.

When you’re inspired, write. When I watch Sherlock or Supernatural or reread Harry Potter, and I think something can be changed or done better, I stop and write how I would want it to go, or what I would do if I was there. It’s a good way to get into the habit of writing also learning to find your voice and learning that as a writer you have the power to change whatever you want.

For aesthetic reasons, I have found that when creating a post, people enjoy a title, what paring, a summary, an a/n, and a gif before the story. It’s a preview/trailer to what you’ve written. Make it mean something, try and grab your reader. Marketing is half the battle and the most important part of the post.

Make your summaries vaguer, even if you got a request I don’t want to read an explanatory summary of everything that happens, then I won’t read the work because I already have. Make it a question that you answer in the story that the reader also wants to know the answer to. Set the stage a bit so that the reader wants to know this new story you’ve created. It’s a trailer, not a movie review.

For personal growth...

don't be afraid to change fandoms and grow. I started in supernatural, hopped to tmnt, and now here I am at HP. I write but don’t publish Sherlock fics more because it's my own challenge (I’ll talk about that next). But your interests are going to change, don’t be afraid to pick up one fandom and leave another for the sake of growth. Sure your readers might miss you, but writing is for you, not them. And there are always more people out there willing to read better writing than the same writing.

Challenge yourself in character types. Most time I skim over Draco fics because though I love y’all, you’ve made him a simp, or the reader a simp, and it’s unrealistic. Don’t write established characters as you want them to be, but write them as they are and explore situations that might get them to change. It’s not wrong to want better for a character, but don’t get too lost in how you want things. It makes the foundation of your writing crumble. My biggest writing challenge is Sherlock because he’s so anti-emotive and all I do is emotions. It’s fun to play with different scenarios and even to see what Sherlock would do if someone like me walked into his life.

Which goes to say, have fun. Just because Draco or Sherlock might be a stick in the mud, doesn’t mean that you can’t have fun with it. What would push their buttons the most? What could they not tolerate? What would your character do that would push them over the edge? Would it end well? Or poorly? No one wants a “yes” man all the time. Create conflict and push what it means for your characters to grow

Don't be afraid to take writings from one fandom and use them in another. Draco and Sherlock are very similar and archetypes, and it goes unnoticed when I change my Sherlock fics into scenes for my Draco ones.

READ EVERYTHING YOU CAN. You’ll pick up on writing styles you like, on how certain authors express emotions and scenes. Maybe you like how one author portrays betrayal, or forgiveness, or breakups, or fluff. It’s all about learning from others and creating your own style. Pick up things here and there, leave things that you don’t quite want. Don’t be afraid to use dialogue you like (I ‘steal’ from books and movies all the time).

Let some things die. If you started writing something and you’ve grown from that time and it’s still not finished, let it be unfinished, or start it again with your new knowledge. But it’s okay to not finish things. It’s okay to move on and never get an answer to an ending. You’re not writing a book (yet) just enjoy not having a deadline and a script and go with it

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cute-communist-pink-pervert · 3 years

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my candy love is over.

After all this years, the game that made me make this tumblr account and that probably changed my life forever is gone.

What can I even say?

I was 10 when I started playing it.

The story while simple, was so interesting and fun for me at the time, I spent 12 hour per day thinking about it, and on the other half of the day I was creating fanfics inside my head, where my oc was a mermaid, a long lost princess, a sassy blonde tsundere girl with a heart of gold... I could be all of that while looking good and having five anime boyfriends!

And the fandom...oh the fandom. I said a while ago that it was/is a very toxic community, and while I'd still consider this statement to be true, there for sure was a lot of passion and creativity in it.

Some of my current favorite youtubers and artists started here, it's crazy to see how far they've come when looking back they were just some teens with crushes on anime boys.

The memes in the fandom were also 👌👌👌 honestly, it has here were I learned what shitpost is.

As for my personal relantionship with that hell of a game well, I'm not kinding when I say It changed my life forever.

I was always a shy, self consious, anxious kid, with little to no friends, so to have a place where ""I"" was an outgoing pretty teen, who was not only beloved by all of her classmates, but also desirable by boys, so much so they would get flustered by things that I've said and compliment me for small actions???? Mannnn that was AMAZING.

I know I don't post my artwork in my tumblr so it's kind of weird for me to say that but this dating simulator literally gave me the dream of being an artist. It's true, I was so in love with ChiNoMiko's artstyle that all I wanted when I was 12 was to be able to draw just like her, so praticed every day till I could draw a girl as pretty as Candy or a guy as cool as one of the main boys.

But what helped me the most was for sure the much needed escapism MCL gave me.

I'm a pedophillia survior, for years I spent every single day of my life afraid my abuser would hurt me, rape me or even kill me haha guess what profession he occupies? yep, good ol' cop, protecting those in need! like all his noble co-workers! It felt like I was in a constant danger zone, and that no matter how much I'd pray, he would always be there to torture my existence. This trauma was the main reason why I developed depression, and why I hated being me so much.

But this game...this game helped me, it helped a lot. When I was in the school of Sweet Amoris I could take myself out of the world where there was someone trying to use me in such a disgusting way. I could distance myself from being the scared introverted girl I was and become a confident and beloved idealized version of me.

There really wasn't room for fears and anxiety when I was chasing Nathaniel, argueing with Castiel, helping Lysander find his notebook, making pop culture references with Armin and simping for Kentin.

Now I'm in no way shape or form saying My Candy Love is a good game. It's full of plot holes, has a problem with keeping its consistence in artstyle, has billions of wasted storyline, some of the wrost character development I've ever seen, had some very bad stereotypes and representation of minorities in it's early years and I'm not even going to begin on how Beemov is a shitty company runned by idiots that treats it's employees and consumers like fucking garbage.

But I can't deny my love for this series, or at least the first part of it, and how much it meant for me.

Nowadays,after somehow finishing high school, somehow getting into a happy relantionship and finally being able to have my abuser far away from me and anyone I love, I look back grateful for my times as a cringy weeb obssed with these french anime boys, if I am who I am today it was thanks to these weird memories that marked my life.

So thank you you,

For this messy story,

For this even messier fandom,

For Kentin, the biggest fictional crush I've ever had,

For making me create my account on this lovely hellsite,

For the joy,

For the laughter,

For the dream,

And so much more.

MY CANDY LOVE IS OVER BITCHES

#my candy love #ill miss whatever this was #hmm #will i?#hmmmm #no not really lol #rip #you will not be missed

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one-last-puku · 3 years

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favorite memory from prime mcl time?

S-sorry, I didn’t catch your question.

Prime time? Favorite? was...huh?

..... Well, listen here child, you may see me here today as nothing but your resident MCL pappy, an old geezer that sits in the corner of the room during the holidays, rambling on about the good old days, but would you believe me if I told you I was once a powerful and influential figure among these lands?

Let me tell you, times sure were crazy back in the Wild West of the early MCL days. It was surprisingly simple to win the hearts and minds of many that came around. Back then making content on Youtube and getting “a lot” of views and subscribers, if people so much as assumed you were offering a comprehensive guide on how to win the game, it meant you became the very vision of a GOD. For my people adored me, I dedicated myself to every social and support aspect of the community and made myself visible on every turn, ingrained my likeness into the minds of all who encountered these lands. The love the people had for me is part of what rose me through the ranks, I won many awards and popular votes. People as far off as the Russian server knew of my infamy.. *cough* I mean... my... Anyway! I was beloved and rightfully feared, for if there were plans to besmirch my very name or my contributions to society and the marvel that is Kentin, turned their nose up to the actually divine creature that is Ken or tried to beg for mercy after his return from military school!, I knew and I found it, and I bent the wills of my subjects to turn against said treacherous, treasonous villain(s). Those who opposed my rule would face my WRATH------

.....

Oh wait. What was I talking about?

Oh my, was I in a dissociative state talking about my old days in the MCL fandom again? I do apologize, please take this butterscotch. You know your resident grandma loves you very much. <3 Don’t mind my silly old person ramblings. So now... What was your question again?

Oh yes, my favorite time from prime MCL? That’s a bit of a loaded question.

I feel personally that for many the first year or few in a fandom tends to be their prime time in most scenarios. As for me, I felt prime time on MCL was summer of 2012, but again, looking back to all of that time ago, nearly 10 years, my goodness, it would make sense to the previous statement that an individual’s prime time is within the first few years of joining. I guess the same can be said for the game as well, since it had only been open for probably less than a year before I joined, which was February 7th of 2012. Back then it seemed quite a bit earlier than many, who had joined by at least May of that year. Times really were different back then...

It feels so far off now, that I struggle to remember it much these days, especially since all of the aspects of what I found brought me the most joy, have been stripped away since a few years ago. Sometimes trying to remember how happy and alive I felt back then, brings me much pain and sorrow, of times long lost. Those times, the memories, the traces of those times spent with members of the community, the love I found along the way... They slipped through my fingers like fine sand. Many of the friends I met, have been long gone. The one person I met through this game that became the love of my life, a golden flecked dream that I often wonder ever actually existed. A fictional love that was destroyed by “master marketing plans”. Simpler days, with a full robust community, with friends I created with, got inspired with, many of which quashed by insecure and immature business worries.

There was once a time I longed for the old days that used to bring me so much joy, but now more than ever, my body and mind refuses to remember them as remembering them would only bring pain and suffering for times long dissipated. Today, I move foreword my reality of now. The friends I have now. What I’m making, creating, and working towards now. The reality of my losses and burdens weighing heavily day by day upon my back and mind, and the joys that keep me here, in the present. It’s opened my eyes to what is truly important, the journey that got me here today, what those experiences have built in the form of my current existence, and those who have stuck by me through it all. I have grown, I have conquered, I am stronger, and wiser than when I first got here. I hope for the best in the future, but as for today, maybe it’s not such a bad thing, at least not totally.

What’s happening here and now, that’s what I focus on. Or at least, it’s what I need right now. At this moment in my own personal existence.

TLDR; Ken.

Thank you for thinking of me, you're so kind Anon! I love you ; v; *big hugs to you*

#ask puku #my candy love #mcl #Honestly I dunno what I was smoking thanks for asking #I'm not even high completely sober

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lyricstrawberryai · 3 years

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Apparently, this is the last episode of MCL forever. With that, I say this:

I started playing this game in 2012, while I was doing physical therapy three times a week and recovering from my car accident. So it's obvious that My Candy Love means a great deal to me. Though I haven't been a huge fan of how things changed after 2018, I still stuck around and kept playing. Because after how long I'd spent on the game, I just wanted to keep hold of it.

Though Armin, Lysander, and Kentin didn't come back, and the AP system, daily gold amount, and story beats didn't appeal to me much, I still in some ways love this game. And I'm sad to see it end.

So thank you to Chino for your creation and thank you to the fellow fans, creators, guide writers, artists, creative writers, and edit makers who made this fandom what it is.

#Mine #My Candy Love #MCL #Amour Sucre

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marycecilyy · 3 years

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A much needed rant (long post)

How are you all doing, my loves? So, this post is going to be about my writing. If you've sent any request recently or just like my blog, this might be of your interest. Okay, here we go!

I'll be taking a break from new requests. A long one. I'll work on clearing my askbox, right now I have 12 prompts to be asnwered. I'll do my best to answer them all, I'll even combine 2 or more asks to make the process easier, but I can't promise I'll do all of them. I'll try.

Don't send me more requests, please. I might open my askbox again, but it's not in my plans anytime soon. I'll explain why, but first I'll take you guys back to 2017, when I first started writing fanfiction.

I was in the Fairy Tail fandom at the time (didn't stop checking on it, but I'm not active anymore). It had been about a year since I started reading fics, but I had never written anything. Then, I decided to give it a try. I wrote two oneshots (in portuguese) in a short span of time and published them in Spirit Fanfiction, a writing platform. They're still there, if you search for the user marycecilyy you'll find them.

I loved the experience and weeks after that I started planning my first multi chapter fic. It was in portuguese as well. Its name was "Make a Wish". It was a police story about a detective trying to catch a mysterious serial killer. It had a lot of ocs I created myself and the main couple was Nalu (what a surprise XD). I got so invested in the plot and I had so much fun writing the skeleton, coming up with the plot twists and figuring some eventual holes in the story. I hold sweet memories of that time.

I completed the fic. It didn't have a lot of favorites and comments, but I was proud of myself for writing a good story!

Cut to 2019, when I started this blog. I had been checking on the mcl fandom for a while and, again, decided to create a blog. Few time passed until I started taking requests for MCL and ED. In two years, I can say I have a big masterlist. Sometimes I took breaks to take care of personal stuff, but soon after that I went back to writing.

A few months ago, for a lot of reasons (toxic friends, studies and, most important, my disappointment with mcl love life), I quit MCL fandom. In that time, I started writing for mysme but, to my surprise, I was facing problems that I thought would go away when I stopped wrtiting for the first fandom.

I wasn't enjoying writing. It had become something tiring and difficult to do. I wondered why, since when I wrote Make a Wish I never had those problems. When did writing stop being fun?

So, two months ago I came back to this blog determined to make it work. I opened my askbox and wrote some requests... And soon enoguh, it became boring as well.

Now, after reflecting on myself, I understand.

When I started only taking requests and prompts, I stopped making writing about myself.

I always forced myself to write what others asked me to, even if the idea they gave me didn't inspire me at all. If I was a professional writer, this would be my job, but that's the thing. I'm not. Writing is my hobbie, my passion.

Not only that, but when you don't write what you would want to read, it appears. The work doesn't come out nearly as good as something you actually enjoyed doing.

That's why I'm pausing my requests for an indefinite time. But that doesn't mean I'll stop writing, not at all. I'll just be a little selfish and write for my own good.

I'm working right now on a fanfiction about Zen and MC (Mystic Messenger) that will have about 20 chapters. It's something that a friend suggested after seeing my list of things I love reading about. After giving it a thought, the prompt really got me. I was hooked by it.

Now that I'm writing for myself, I feel like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders... I hope you'll understand and won't hate me hahaha.... Anyway

XOXO

Cecily

#rant #long post #update #my #personal

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hufflautia · 4 years

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Different Love Languages

✨COMMENTS+REBLOGS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED✨ They motivate me and make me supes happy, so please pretty please reblog and/or comment!! It doesnt even have to be a coherent comment, keysmash if you must! ok fanks go read now and enjoy <3

Summary: Hufflepuff is the type of person to express her love verbally but Slytherin is different; he hardly says “I love you” and Hufflepuff worries that maybe it’s because he doesn’t love her as much as she loves him. Our darling puff will realize that this is simply not the case. People just have different love languages.

Hufflepuff loved Slytherin. She really did. In fact, she reminded him frequently.

“I love you,” she chortled during breakfast when Slytherin had cast a spell to make the bacon strips float around in a dancing manner so that she would cheer up after reading depressing news from the Daily Prophet. Another time, she cooed the term of endearment as he held her tightly in his arms, swaying to the sound of music in the background.

The thing was that Slytherin rarely said “I love you” in the entirety of their relationship. Instead of saying it back to her, he often replied by cupping her cheeks tenderly and leaning in for another kiss. Other times, he responded with a loving smile, his eyes glowing with warmth and infatuation.

It’s not that Hufflepuff thought Slytherin didn’t love her. She could definitely see it in the way that he looked at her, in those stolen glances when he thought she wasn’t looking. She could feel it when he held her close at night, his arms wrapped protectively around her.

However, a part of her- the small shadow of doubt within her heart that told her that Slytherin didn’t care for her as much as she did for him- just wished for some kind of affirmation, a clear signal that said, “I love you.”

One day, Hufflepuff and Slytherin sat side by side in Potions class, listening to Professor Slughorn drone on and on about Felix Felicis. She was absentmindedly staring at the board when Slytherin slid his notes in front of her so that she could see the doodle he drew on the side of his paper.

*Credit: Beastflaps*

Hufflepuff bit her lip to suppress a laugh and squeezed his hand 3 times.

Unfamiliar with the motion, Slytherin asked what the squeezes meant.

“It means I love you,” she whispered. Her voice was soft so that Professor Slughorn didn’t overhear their conversation.

Nevertheless, Slytherin heard every word. A smile tugged at his lips and he immediately squeezed it back. He didn’t just stop there; he repeated the gesture about 6 times- and Potions class hadn’t even ended yet.

From that day forward, Slytherin constantly told her I love you. Sometimes he squeezed her hand randomly- before he left for Quidditch practice, during breakfast when she passed him a plate of toast, and after he walked her back to the dormitory.

Aside from that, he would occasionally tap out the gesture with his finger.

Tap tap tap.

Hufflepuff looked up from her book and made eye contact with Slytherin from across the room. She knew what it meant. She always did.

Slytherin said I love you all the time now, more often than Hufflepuff’s verbal “I love you”.

She realized that he had a different love language from her, and that was ok. It was the love itself that mattered.

On their wedding day, as the officiant performed the ceremony, Hufflepuff looked up at Slytherin with adoration. “I love you,” she whispered.

He smiled warmly at her and squeezed her hand four times.

I love you too.

Based on a true story! If you can’t see the link that I attached, here it is:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Marriage/comments/ahb1c1/sometimes_i_forget_my_husband_has_a_different/

MASTERLIST ~(˘▾˘~) (click my profile to see the pinned post, aka my masterlist, if you cant see the link)

Author’s note: YAYAY HI!!! DID YOU LIKE THAT??

probably yall @ me rn lmaoaoao

You might be wondering why i wrote this one-shot. There was no special occasion this time, I just got a bonk of inspiration one day. also i felt bad for reblogging my ice skating oneshot so much (i did it to respond to other peoples reblogs) and i sent an ask to my favorite fanfic writer, asking her about what happens if i reblog my own work and if it pushes my fanfic up the algorithm, and she answered my question but also said that she usually deletes her reblogs bc her followers would probably get annoyed if they kept seeing the same work over and over again. i felt bad bc i had just done that, and i didnt want yall to constantly see the same fanfic all the time, so i wanted to give u something new. also i was thinking back on that person who said that my writing was sporadic (they werent trying to be mean). Sporadic basically means spaced out and occuring at different intervals. i felt bad bc my writing is definitely spread out by one month for some reason. im not sure what this means for next month bc i never write 2 fanfics in one month. does this mean that i wont write a fanfic for november? hopefully not. ok that sounds sad, im sure it doesnt but who knows bc the college process thingies is killing me

I wrote out the general details of the story at 1 am one night when i was trying to sleep lmaoao heres a screenshot:

This is basically how I write for most of my fanfics at first, it consists of the general info along with some specific details.

At first, the one-shot was gonna be a drabble (aka a story that’s only 100 words long) but when I finished writing it, I went to wordcounter to check the number of words and it was 500! i was like oop ok im just gonna call it a oneshot then. i wrote part of the story on sunday morning and then i went to exercise in the park with my sister. afterwards, i wanted to keep working on it but then i became swamped with college stuff so i stopped. i started writing again today (its monday, but im posting it on tuesday, aka today for you- or maybe not if ur not reading this on the day that i posted it) and i surprisingly finished- but that was probably a bad idea to be writing the oneshot during this week because i have a lot of exams, but lets look at the bright side, i finished the story!

I didn’t think of the idea completely on my own. I actually read the reddit story (found it in a thread on insta) a few years ago, and I don’t know why but I was thinking about it that night and I decided to make a one-shot out of it! Isn’t it such a sweet story (the actual story, not this)?? It would be kinda nice if I reached out to the person and said, hey i wrote a story based on you and ur husband!

Anyways, I just made a meme:

i didnt actually get up, i just opened the notes app on my phone in the dark and wrote the details down.

this isn’t related but i made a meme about the ice skating oneshot:

I’m gonna cut the authors note short (i usually write a lot. its funny when u go back and see my authors note in chapter 1 of the slytherpuff series, bc its so so short. wowza, times have rlly changed!) bc i think i have at least 2 exams tomorrow. this is gonna be me when i post this one-shot in the morning:

bc i have to wake up early and i am most definitely not a morning person:/ OH GOD OK I HAVE TO STUDY NOW-

Love you all, thank you for reading! TOODELOOOOOOO

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melodyalanaroster · 3 years

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The End Of My Candy Love... And The Future Of This Blog.

I am not surprised that MCL is coming to an end. I knew it had to one day.... Its something that was expected...

What I am surprised is how sudden it is. Love Life was a train wreck, but I was hoping that it would at least have 20 episodes and conclude properly. Now, it feels like the game is getting cut off at the knees. I now, expect that Episode 15 will be a long one. I’m hoping for a proper Epilogue to Lynn’s story, but I highly doubt it will happen. This is how Beemoov works these days. The most we can truly hope for is 1 long episode with a final good set of illustrations of our love interests.

When I signed up for MCL on New Year’s Day of 2013, I was looking for a new site to call home after TinierMe’s deletion and I was about to enter into the second semester of my Senior Year of High School. I had no idea what I really wanted to do with my life. I was still dealing with my mom’s best friend and her reign of terror on my family... I had no real idea what I wanted in a partner... And I had just gotten into the Doctor Who fandom... I fell for Nathaniel because he was the sweet, smart, cool, type. I felt connected to him for being a bookworm with a tortured home life.

I was NOT expecting to spend 8 years in this fandom. I really wasn’t expecting to get this invested and do so much. It has had its highs and lows... But it has been a constant for me during a lot of difficult time. Writing my fanfic and editing pics for it has helped me through my depression. I wasn’t expecting to get to the point where I have a Tumblr blog with 1,300 followers, an Instagram with nearly 300 followers, a Discord Server with over 100 people in it, where I’m the Vice President of the US Nathaniel Fan Club, and where I actually use my DeviantArt! I didn’t expect to find a game where I got so immersed in the universe that I’d drop so much money on unofficial merch, write a MASSIVE fanfic, or wake up early on the days when episodes drop...

I am not deleting this blog, getting rid of my Discord, or stopping work on the last few chapters of Alana’s Canon.

I still like editing and sharing stuff. So, as long as there’s Nathaniel related content to be made and shared, I will still have this blog. I’m proud of it. Sure, no one really reblogs anything anymore... But, after all this time, I still feel too attached to delete this blog....

My Discord Server, Otome Haven, is filled with friends and comrades that I have made over the years. We talk about more than just MCL and we will continue to talk about stuff in there. I’m sure the fandom will stay active in there. Especially considering a lot of players aren’t even done with HSL or UL.... Not to mention the amount of friends I have made in the fandom. I love you guys too much to leave you all when the game ends...

I am NOWHERE near done with my story! I told you guys that I had a handful of blurbs left to write to finish it... Well, that hasn’t changed. In fact, I’ve got a lot more work to finish it than I originally thought.... So, I will still be producing content. I have no idea when it will be finished, but I am doing my best.

Honestly? I’m kind of grateful that MCL is ending... I’m currently moving into my bf’s apartment and intend on being completely moved in by the end of July. I’ll have bills to pay and won’t be able to spend money on any games for a while... The money I’ll be using to get Alana’s Canon turned into at least 1 copy of an actual book is already in my savings account.... I love Nathaniel and highly doubt his ending will be what I want so I can give more time to focus on making sure the ending I write for him and Alana is exactly what I want it to be... When I finish my story, I’ll be able to devote more of my time to what I want to do with my life... Cosplay prop making.

I will still make edits... But, I’ll likely stop writing after I’m done with my story. I have had thoughts for stories involving Sam’s side of the main story, or what would happen if Alana had ended up with either Armin or Castiel.... But, I’m not sure if I’ll actually end up writing them.... Even if I do, I won’t get them made into part of my book.... I will also still be taking part in events... It’ll be nice to return to the game every few months...

And, who knows? Maybe Chino and Beemoov have a MCL related project in mind for the future... We’ll just have to wait and see.

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