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hkthatgffan · 1 year

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I recently had the chance to message legendary Gravity Falls fan artist @kiki-kit about her work on Lost Legends. This is the transcript of the questions I asked her. You can watch the full video where I go in more detail on stuff below!

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This July will mark the 5 year anniversary since the release of Gravity Falls Lost Legends. So, as we near that, I thought I’d try and see if I can get some more information about the book as a way to celebrate the occasion. So, I decided to reach out to a person who not only worked on the book, but is a Gravity Falls fandom legend as well.

Prior to even the D23 announcement of the book, Alex had tweeted out asking people to send him examples of work from various fan artists. From these, he picked a bunch of artists from the fandom to contribute to the book. One of these artists was Kiki-Kit. Long time fans will know that name instantly as Kiki’s art is some of the most prolific and most widespread GF art out there and so her being part of the book was a truly deserving achievement for an artist of that degree.

In Lost Legends, she was the illustrator for the story Don’t Dimension It. She’s still somewhat active on Twitter, so I sent her a DM, asking if she’d be down to answer a few questions. After a few days, she responded.

I asked her 6 questions and also got some close friends who also are fans of her work to send some too. Here’s what we talked about...

Question 1: How did you get involved with Lost Legends and how involved with the book were you?

I remember way back when Alex had made a tweet asking everyone who their favorite fan artists were, and he had specifically asked for comic artists. I wasn't on Twitter at the time, but I know a few people had put my name in there! I wasn’t really expecting much to be honest, but about a month or so later I received a dm on Tumblr asking if I wanted to be part of a "gravity falls anthology", and I screamed.

Question 2: Were you aware of the stories in it beforehand (both the one you worked on and others) or did you get sent prompts or rough ideas by which to base your work for it off?

Nope! I didn't know anything about anything before I received the script several months later, all I knew was that there were at least going to be other comics alongside mine.

Question 3: Were there any stories or ideas that didn’t make it into the book that you know of? This can include whole stories that never made it in or just ideas or cut parts from stories, like a cut scene from Don’t Dimension It.

The only story I knew of before the book came out was my own, and I'm pretty sure that the script I had been given had already been through the wringer, so aside from a couple shortened lines thanks to comic restraints, not much changed script wise.

Question 4: In relation to question 3, would you be willing to share anything from your work on LL that would be okay to be public now? Like behind the scenes stuff that perhaps was not in the B&N version of it?

Before there was Stanbel, there was a hideous akira-blob Mabel. She lives on only in my nightmares.

Question 5: How do you feel the story you worked on (Don’t Dimension It) tackled Mabel’s character (given at the time Lost Legends came out, Mabel’s reputation in the fandom was in a weird place) and did you find the story to be fitting or out of the ordinary for Gravity Falls in terms of approach and execution? Basically, did you feel it was a Gravity Falls like story or more so leaning in terms of fan service or not too GF like?

This was a question I really wanted to ask, mainly out of my own personal interest in knowing more about the choices in terms of why the Mabel arc was done the way it was in Lost Legends. And Kiki gave a really interesting response….

I was of the group that felt like Mabel was a bit too selfish in the show, I still enjoyed her character and loved her a lot, but I was hoping for an apology from her by the time the show ended. I knew that the story I was drawing was going to be divisive among the fandom, and I had already accepted the fact that there were going to be people who really didn't like my story, but I liked it! I wouldn't have said that Mabel caused the whole of Weirdmageddon, but I otherwise felt like the story was pretty solid and a nice little end to Mabels character!

Honestly, as the years have passed since that book came out and my take on the Mabel situation has matured as I have as well, I agree in a lot of ways with what she said. There was definitely room for a story that corrected Mabel’s character in ways, but I also feel the story went too far in making her out to be the cause of Weirdmageddon. It was a strange approach that the story took to be honest, but I’m glad we both agree on it while also still enjoying the book. And finally…

Question 6: Overall, looking back on it, do you feel Lost Legends still holds up well as a Gravity Falls book, or do you think the book could’ve done a better job in either storytelling or what stories it focused on? If the latter (or even if you got any), what stories would you have wanted to see be told in the book or have done differently if you were the writer?

I still really love the book a lot, but maybe I'm a bit biased haha! If I was to change anything about it, I would've really loved a story dedicated to one of Stan and Fords sea-fairing adventures, or at least some sort of future story set a few years forward, but I'm otherwise happy with what we got! I'd be even happier if the comics had continued though, like those IDW mlp comics, that would be niiice, but alas! I doubt it.

So agree on that honestly. It would’ve been great to see a Stan and Ford story or something in the future. Though I personally would’ve loved to see a Wendy story or maybe even a Mabel and Ford bonding story more so. It’s just one of those fan hopes I really had then that never did transpire I guess, eh.

Now, for some extra questions I asked Kiki that came from friends who I mentioned this too…

First off, a bonus question I asked her…

Are you still in touch with Alex or any Lost Legends contributors? And considering The Owl House references that were in the book, did you know or find out anything about the show back then that you got to be early on in the know of?

Ahaha, no, I haven't really spoken at all to Alex since the comic release, and I never really got the chance to talk to anyone else involved in the comic outside of the editor Eric. The burn-out I was left with afterwards made it hard to reach out, and that coupled with my already really bad social anxiety kinda didn't do me any favors haha. As it stands, the comic is but a star in my resume and a large part of my heart. Maybe Alex remembers me, and maybe someday I'll get to work with him again, who knows! As far as TOH goes, I only knew about some issues Dana was having with the shows opener at the time, from what Alex told me, she really fought for that nice fly-through shot! Any other information I knew beforehand had nothing to do with the comic and more with I have friends that work for Disney and did a little bit of stuff for the show, lol

Friend Question 1: What was the experience like being asked or approached for helping with the comic and how did you go about planning the pages?

Like I said, when I got the message I screamed, I was excited for weeks, but I didn’t actually get the script until I think august or september? Drawing a comic from a script is pretty straight-forward, each panel is given a brief description and dialog if needed, from there all I had to be aware of was the flow of how someone reads it, it's sorta like a zig-zag down the page. Start from the left, work your way to the right, and so on. Screen direction and dialog bubble placement help a lot in getting it to read nicely. Personally, I feel like I still have a way to go in my comic drawing abilities, but I think I did pretty well for someone whose still fairly new to it!

What I find interesting about this answer is that Kiki-Kit mentions August or September 2017 as the time when she got the script. So, almost a year before Lost Legends came out. Which is kinda surprising as this shows that the book was already written out by the end of that summer. Which means that when Alex revealed Lost Legends at D23, he pretty much had already finished most of the book by that point. That’s an interesting insight to learn.

Friend Question 2: This one's more fandom related given at the same time LL came out, there was also the Grunkle dating sim. How did you get involved with the game and how did you come up with the sprite art designs?

Oh my god haha! Okay, so, funny thing is that the time I worked on the comic ended up between my time on the dating sim. @sovonight was the one who organized the whole thing, and she came to me asking if I wanted to work on the sprites, and I enthusiastically said yeah. Once the general story events were laid out, we all started brainstorming what it was that we wanted the boys to be wearing. Really, more specifically, what Stan would be wearing. I'm pretty sure his blue shirt/white pants combo was mostly inspired by his blue hawaiian/white pants vaca outfit from an episode in s1, and everyone was really digging the biker jacket a lot haha we were going nuts. Stan basic outfit was the hardest to get down honestly, every other outfit was super easy to figure out, but it was all a group effort! In the end, I designed the sprites before the comic, and they were the first things I finished afterwards.

And that basically was everything. I wanna give a huge thank you to Kiki-kit for taking the time to answer all the questions I had. She was very insightful and shared a lot about the behind the scenes aspects of Lost Legends.

She was super enthusiastic about her work on the book too which I truly respected and it really reminded me personally about the excitement I had then for the book which I guess I’ve kinda forgotten about over the years. I have such fond memories from that time and it was great to learn a bit more about the book that now rests on my shelf, from someone who worked on it. I can’t believe it’s almost been 5 years since then.

But with that said, this was my Q&A with Kiki-Kit.

If you’ve read up to here, then thank you.

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the-californicationist · 5 months

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Hayatim 🖤

If you're ever in a mood to write for Alex and this idea pleases you, it's yours -

hear me out: farm-hand Alex - Romeo and Juliette type stuff. Alex x f!reader (nsfw)

• He's on holiday, visits some family in the country side, he can't keep still though so he opts to work around the farm.

• The neighboring farm (who are beefing with his family) - they have a niece who is also in town for the festive.

• Alex and Neighbor girl, they're aware of the beef, find it so stupid. But they're not getting to that.

• They don't meet officially but when they do, it's without names + or the ever looming beef present. They stumble on each other out at a lake ,*sparks* flying. Alex is adorkable while neighbor girl is abit more reserved and subtle with her interest.

• They're bumping into each other, not often but like glimpse from a distance. They still don't know each other's names, she calls him Farm Boy and he calls her Siren (bc of the water where he saw her).

• So when they bump into each other again at the farmers market with their respective family members- it's on like a scone 💀 because they have no personal involvement in their families fueding but wanting to know and date the other person?? a mission since everyone in town knows what's up with their families and they're trying so hard to at least get one date.

• They can't catch a break so they're behaving like teenagers, sneaking off. They decided the best place was 'their' lake - Alex does the romantic stuff , he's so sweet that way.

• One minute they're talking and watching stars and the next they're both feeling stars because they're tangoing like devils.

Do with this as you wish💋

Ahhhhh! Omg this is so good. If I didn’t have a WIP list a mile long, I’d add this to it 😭♥️♥️ ughhhh so lovely! Someone write this fic so we can read it ✌️🩷

#call of duty fanfic #alex keller smut #alex keller x reader #alex keller cod #alex keller

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celticcatgirl2 · 5 months

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Gender and sexuality and how they can change over time can be such a funny thing so I had one friend as a kid who at the time had just came out as lesbian (tho now I think they may be transmasc of some sort ot another but I’m not 100% sure so I’m just using they/them) and I was at the time sorta trying to very awkwardly perform straight male identity^tm and like faking stuff I just wasn’t really actually experiencing to feel normal but I was also like not an asshole about gay people. So anywyas they had said soemthing when where hanging out at Barnes & noble and we where looking through calendars and there was one with some scantily clad women on it and this friend was Liek “oh I like that one…don’t judge I have needs you know!!!” And I to both try to I guess show support and also do the middle school performance of “yeah I’m totally doing the normal teenage boy things” was like “nah I get you it’s rhe same here ” even tho it WASN’T at the time like that at all a thing I was actually personally experiencing. Which feels also like an odd story cause now I DO have my own experiences of attraction and aesthic appreciation of women (albeit still probably not quite the same way due to the idiosyncrasies of my aspec stuff) that I could probably connect with more authentically.

I kinda wonder what happened to this person they where pretty cool and talked about like marvel stuff with me in elementary/early middle school we kinda lost contact and I don’t really have a way of getting back in touch r but I wish I did I kinda just in general have fond memories of hanging out as kids and kinda wonder how we might be able to relate now espically if them being trans in some way like I vaugely heard is true…

Heh this was just gonna be a funny story about childhood that’s even funnier with how the people involved’s identity’s changed over time but I I geninuely miss my old friend now….

I Remeber they were into My Chemical Romance and knew all about Umbrella Academy WAY before the Netflix show….they liked the teen titans cartoon and identified with Raven at the time (tho there’s a strong possibility this part may have changed) I hung out at their house and we watched like the 2000s X Men and Elektra movies and also scary movie I’m pretty sure, before they came out as lesbian out parents would tease us about “liking each other” but we where really just friends and it was just needlessly awkward.

At that bookstore some weirdo evangelicals tried to prostiyze to us and I was trying to comfort them after the fact and we ended up laughing at the whole concept.

We had a pretty cool music teacher we both liked allot in our small private K-8 cause liked all the DC Marvel stuff like we did (and in their case I think they knew more about like actual music stuff too lol)

I know this is a long shot I don’t even know if they’re ON tumblr but I’m gonna tag a bunch of relevant terms and see if they’re out there. If you’re NOT this person please reblog and boost this and increase the chances of them finding it…and if you ARE this person idk if you Remeber me but I’m Alex we went to High Point together, you probably changed allot from what I vaugely heard at the end and well I have too perhaps in similar ways I’d love to reconnect with you and catch up and see we’re where both at now. You were a pretty cool friend and I genuinely hope you’re thriving now I know you’ve had allot of difficulties over the years and I genuinely wish the best for you….

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oddballwriter · 1 year

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The EMH crew and the MH crew with a reader who is an SFX artist?? I took schooling for creating fake injuries for film! Blood effects, cuts, corpsing, bruises, burns, frostbite, guts- All that! I love to hear about gruesome details. I’d never pull a prank like pretending I was injured though, just fyi. Also a horror film junkie. ^^ Most people are surprised by all that, being a short, incredibly soft-spoken and polite lass.

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Warnings: mentions of wound makeup effects and looking like you've been attacked (obviously just makeup)

Author’s Snip: I know you said that you wanted the EMH guys too but I could only have my brain think up for Evan so I hope that's okay.

I’ll shut up now. Enjoy! And don’t be afraid to request.

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Jay

He thinks it's pretty cool that you can do SFX makeup wounds

He would be interested in the whole process of making a base and doing the details of the effect

Jay would probably recommend you to some other film friends just in case they wanted someone who could do that type of makeup

I wanna say that he would let you practice so makeup effects on him so that you can get used to having putting it on a actual person

Though I feel like he'd hate the feeling of the process since usually the thing you are placing on him is wet and feels funny

Alex

He fucks with this so hard

He doesn't seem like the type of make a film or something that involves your work and skills, but similar to Jay, if he knows someone who might need that, he'd recommend you to them if they don't have much options

One of his favorite things to see is when he walks into your place and he sees you doing the effects on yourself

It's so weird, in a funny way, to just walk through the door and he just sees you sat at a desk with makeup junk scattered around and you look like a bear just went ham on you but are acting totally fine

Like "Hey, Alex." "Hi... (y/n)."

Brian

He wants you to have him be your model for when you practice a new effect or something

Please let him be your test model

He can't really sit still sometimes since some of the brushes tickle and it makes him giggle

But otherwise, he tries his hardest to be still so you can do your work

I honestly imagine you two being that one photo of the girls where one of them is doing the others makeup

You know the one

Tim

He thinks it's pretty neat and likes to watch you do the effects and all that

You do scare the shit out of him sometimes cause he'll just come to your place and you look like a walking murder victim

It's like "Hey, y/N. How's it g-HOLY FUC-oh... oh never mind. You're fine."

And then he just kinda laughs it off

He's okay with you looking like that once he knows that it's just makeup but one thing that he hates is when you're taking it off and you're like... peeling it off

Idk he thinks that's just... unsettling to watch

Evan

He also fucks with it and thinks it's rad as hell

"Ew" /pos

He loves it when you work on new effects

Honestly would love to be a test model like Brian but he's a little more squirmy

This boy can't sit still, he just can't

You have to look him in they eyes and tell him to stop moving so much

You guys are also the picture of the girls

Would honestly try to kiss you while he has the stuff on and it's still drying

#slenderverse #everymanhybrid #marble hornets #mh tim #mh alex #mh jay #mh brian #emh evan #marble hornets x reader #everymanhybrid x reader #slenderverse x reader

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littlecello · 5 months

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Lazarus responses all in one place for better readability wahoo

belphegor1982 Holy cow, we really dodged a bullet there. Thank you for the write-up! I hadn't heard of Lazarus at all before. And now I'm very thankful that the fandom still exists and thrives! 💜

WE REALLY DID LOL. You're very welcome, glad to have been of service! And omg I feel the same ahhh! It's made me really appreciate the little space we built for ourselves over all these years 🥹

bisexualroger Was lovely to meet you and fern too! 😊 I definitely agree with this. I’m really glad I went for the experience, I’d have been gutted to have missed it, but ultimately yeah the shortcomings (especially with regard to how they handled the politics of the police 😬) mean it’s for the best we never got Lazarus the show.

AHHH YES!! Seriously you all made my entire day 🥹🥹🥹 And god yeah, I am also genuinely glad to have been there, because the questions and forever-wondering would have killed my fandom-mojo I think. But now it's done the opposite and I am ENERGISED! I want to re-establish the best parts of the fandom as opposed to what we witnessed in that room! Seriously, all those cis-het men laughing so hard at all the bad jokes made me feel so uncomfortable.

youstupidplonkIt was so wonderful to meet you!! You’ve put this into words so much more eloquently than I have managed so far. I really do agree that the way they joked about current politics, both in the police and around the climate felt very out of touch. As you’ve said especially because the main demographic keeping this fandom active is young (from what I can tell) liberal people Thank you again for saying hi to us and taking the time to write this wonderful analysis ❤️❤️

LIKEWISE AHHH!! Your outfit was fantastic btw!! And I'm glad you feel my analysis hit the spot - hearing all the laughter around us and stuff made both Fern and me feel really lonely and out of place at times ghfkjgs. We're both really glad we aren't alone with our sentiments 🥹

fleurdeneuf oh wow, thank you for sharing all of this! i'm relieved the show won't be happening.

You're welcome!! It would've felt wrong not to do a little report on this, seeing as the event wasn't well advertised and tickets sold out so quickly. We've got to include the whole fandom in this! 💪

partywithponies I think it was very shallow as well in that it was almost entirely Life on Mars with barely any Ashes to Ashes to it at all, and coincidentally, Ashes to Ashes isn't as well known overseas. It didn’t feel for the fans, it just felt like what they thought would sell better. Poor Shaz didn't even get a single vague reference the entire event, and Alex, the literal third main character of the franchise, got one passing moment in the entire pilot.

I agree to some extent - they definitely went for what they felt would have the most recognition value. I do however think that they at least set up quite a bit of Alex involvement, seeing as she's the one who hits Sam and Gene in 2024 (or at least it's heavily implied that it's her). As for Shaz, I have to be cynical and say that with Matt and Ashley being old white men... they've probably forgotten about her and/or don't think she's important. Unfortunately.

Either way, I guess we can both agree that it's a good thing Lazarus isn't getting made as a TV show haha!

On a personal note, thank you all for your warm reactions to my little report :') I have to admit I was a bit trepidatious about posting it because of my (and our) negative feelings about it, as contrasted to what Fern and I perceived as a really enthusiastic response from the audience that was present... But I see now I needn't have worried. The fandom I remember and love is still here, and I can't thank you all enough for that. 💚

#Life on Mars #Lazarus table read #replies an' all #also thank you to all of you who added comments in tags #I see you and you warm my heart #mwah #cello rambles

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tenleaguesbeneath · 1 year

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Alex/Steph, 20

20: Lazily

Alright, so I'm first going to say I don't have necessarily the best handle on Alex as a character and also anything with her involved is going to get into people's inner lives in a way I can't say I have a lot of practice writing, but that's why this is exciting! Also, this is going up, like, first-draft quality, unbeta'd.

(prompt list is here and I am still taking them)

so! here we go.

A knock at Alex’s door jarred her out of where she’d been zoned out, half asleep, her ribs aching. She groaned loudly in response, and heard the door opening.

“Hey, Alex,” Steph called from the doorway.

“Steph!” Alex answered, the bruising on her ribs giving her a painful reminder that it wouldn’t let her get away with shouting no matter how enthusiastic she was about seeing her girlfriend.

“I brought groceries.” Steph gave Alex a warm glance as she walked past her bed, straight to the kitchen, heavy canvas bags hanging from each shoulder.

“Thanks.”

Steph set the bags down on the countertop next to the fridge and turned toward Alex’s bed. “How are you feeling?”

“My bruises have bruises.”

“Anything I can help you with? Pain meds, water, snacks, your gummies?”

“Tylenol would be good. And water.”

Alex closed her eyes and listened to the sound of the sink running as Steph filled a glass for her. As Steph’s footsteps approached her, she propped herself up on her elbows and then sat up, her muscles complaining the whole way.

“Thanks, Steph,” Alex croaked, taking the glass. She reached for the pill bottle on her nightstand.

“Here, take it easy, Alex,” Steph said, grabbing it first and opening it before passing it to Alex.

Alex took a long swig of water, then two pills, and drained the glass.

“Thanks.”

Alex lay back and closed her eyes as Steph busied herself putting the groceries away. Recovery after falling down the mineshaft was both dull and pain-filled. That the doctors had told her nothing was broken wasn’t much comfort. All that meant was that it could have been worse. Not that she needed the reminder of that. Every time she opened her mouth her muscles ached where they were grazed by the bullet. A few inches to the side and she could be dead. Then there was the bruising from the fall. It hurt to move. Hurt to cough. Hurt to breathe, sometimes, and definitely to laugh.

Maybe she could write a song about that. It’ll be easier to think when she’s not in as much pain.

Steph came back, her footsteps light on the floor as she approached the other side of Alex’s bed, by the door. Alex felt the ripples in the mattress as Steph sat down and flopped over.

Alex opened her eyes to see Steph propped up on her side, watching her. Steph met her gaze, softness in her eyes, a purple haze radiating from her.

I hope she’ll be alright.

“On the bright side, docs said I should expect to make a full recovery,” Alex reminded Steph, answering her unasked question.

“I hope they’re right,” Steph said, her aura fading.

“You’ve been a big help, Steph,” Alex mumbled. “You and Ryan both. I don’t know what I’d do without you two.”

“You’re not alone, Alex.”

“I know,” Alex said, rolling slightly toward Steph, her chest muscles screaming at her for daring to ask them to move. “I’ve been alone so long, and now… I don’t have to be.”

It’s scary, Alex didn’t say. For years “help” always had conditions attached. Be helped, but be helped with what the helper thinks you need. Be helped, but only inasmuch as it makes you more convenient to be around. Be helped, but by people who think you’ll probably never live on your own. Be helped, but only by people who will drug you if you tell them about your burden.

Haven Springs was nothing like Helping Hands Group Home, and Steph and Ryan were nothing like anyone there.

But as scary as it was, she had grown to trust them, even with the weird stuff, and they trusted her in turn. Steph had volunteered to stay in Haven Springs as long as Alex wanted to, and Ryan had believed her that morning at the town council meeting, even over his own father.

Now Alex relied on the two of them, her girlfriend and her first real friend, for basic things like groceries.

It beat having to limp across town hauling a heavy grocery bag, for sure.

Alex felt Steph’s fingers tracing along her forehead, brushing her hair out of her face. Her eyes fluttered back open.

Steph was still there, still looking at Alex. Her gaze was gentle, tinged with a nervousness that Alex needed no magical power to see. Behind that nervousness, Alex saw the desire that had always smoldered between the two of them.

“C’mere, Steph,” Alex said, reaching out with her hand to brush Steph closer to her. “I’m not gonna let falling down a mineshaft spoil my first week with my girlfriend.”

Steph rolled toward her, hesitantly, propping herself over Alex. Alex reached up to brush Steph’s hair aside, holding it out of the way as Steph brought herself in for a kiss.

Their lips touched, parted, Alex catching Steph’s bottom lip between hers. Even with her eyes closed, Alex could see the golden light emanating from the two of them. She lifted her head to push closer to Steph, sheer enthusiasm drowning out the protests of her aching neck. Steph’s hand went to her cheek, guiding her back down onto her pillows as Steph reciprocated the push.

When Steph withdrew, the joyous golden light remained as her weight shifted in the bed. Alex opened her eyes to find Steph on her side, nestled next to her, and for the first time, Alex felt that maybe things in Haven Springs were going to be okay.

#life is strange #life is strange true colors #my fic #prompt fills #chenrich #alex chen #steph gingrich #hurt comfort #post canon #like immediately post canon #possibly before the canon epilogue #probably will go on AO3 eventually after an editing pass or something

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onyx-archer · 1 year

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A Follow-Up Post About Stringbean (Sort Of)

Well, I didn’t expect my first real post on Tumblr in... *checks notes* about 4 years (that wasn’t just OC art related stuff) to get any steam, but it’s doing pretty okay. Probably because it’s about The Owl House, but hey, so far (at time of writing), nobody has said my take is bad or anything. I look forward to eventually seeing that, but until then, I wanted to make a follow-up post to address Stringbean’s role in the story, and why it’s one of the few things that I was disappointed by in the specials. Spoilers will be discussed here, much like the last post, but I’ll put it under the cut as per usual.

So... Stringbean. If there are any specific things that I can point at and say “the cuts really hurt this,” Stringbean would be one of them. In fact, of the things cut, Stringbean is the biggest casualty of Disney’s Apple Blood fueled bender. The Collector and Hunter are the other big two casualties, as far as characters are concerned, and the stuff involving the Human Realm is the biggest bit of the story next to Luz’s Palisman as far as I’m concerned. I might make a post about Hunter in the future, since he’s a topic I have a lot of thoughts about too, but that will have to wait. If people actually want to hear my thoughts, then by all means, let me know.

Now, before I get too deep into this, I want to address the Owlbeast in the room: I’m speaking from a place that involves a great deal of speculation on my behalf, and unless Dana reads these posts and tells me I’m right, take stuff I’m saying with the appropriate amount of salt you deem necessary. Obviously, when talking about a character or plot element that had it’s potential affected by the powers that be in a negative way, you can only really speculate on these things. I’m looking at how things could have been in relation to how they are, and I’m far from an authority on the subject of the story of The Owl House.

Stringbean, as previously mentioned, is a plot element that I feel was cut off at the knees when the show got cancelled prematurely, and naturally didn’t have the most room to breathe as far as plot is concerned. It’s clear that she, much like Hooty’s Origin Episode (which we know was a thing Dana and the TOH crew wanted to do) was more or less cut. I say it that way because of the imagery within The Titan’s eye in the realm in-between seems to imply Hooty was a creation of the Titan, and Stringbean DID appear, albeit in a functionally neutered form. This is basically how most plot/character threads that could have gone somewhere that were set up in Season 2A ended up by the end.

As stated in my previous post, I firmly believe that the early stages of Season 2 (i.e. most, if not all of the first half) were written back when the show got greenlit for a second season. A lot of media, especially cartoons, have a long period of preproduction before we hear so much as a peep from the creative team or the production house reveal that stuff to the general public. Cartoons in particular generally have a long creation pipeline. Unless you’re South Park, you typically can’t get away with lackluster writing. Disney, being one of the cornerstones of animation, likely has tight production schedules, but they’re likely still at least 6-9 months on the low end.

Dana has said that she was just told one day, likely weeks after it was decided, that the show was getting cancelled. I’d hazard a guess and assume that she and her writing team for the show had already submitted plot outlines and basic script stuff for approval for early episodes of Season 2, up to a certain point. I believe this to be the case because Standards & Practices are pretty quick to demand rewrites and the like, as seen with Alex Hirsch’s little montage of actual things they told him to change on Twitter on Gravity Falls’ 10 year anniversary.

That’s the thing with creative projects where you have to answer to a studio with investors: you have to do what they say, and while you can fight certain decisions, you’re ultimately not in charge of your own creation from a business angle. This isn’t always a bad thing, but it largely depends on the state of a show. This can ultimately save a show from having a terrible conclusion, or it can highlight just how little the team had left in the tank (see Star Vs.). Either way, you are beholden to people who are largely not creative types, and are more about doing smart business. Whether or not the business decisions they make are actually smart or not is irrelevant, as the intention is doing right by the company’s pocketbook.

Now, none of this is to say that I’m gonna kiss Disney’s ass and say that Dana should have planned things better just in case the show got cancelled, because that’s often not how I think creative people think. It’s my belief that if you get a single season, or even a single movie, to make what you want to make, you’re going to do your best to have everything fit within that timeframe, and you’ll kill your darlings more liberally because you want to make the best possible representation of your vision within that limited amount of “space.” When you get greenlit for more though, you start thinking about those ideas that you had to push to the side, and you want to do more with them. You then start thinking in a more “long-term” sort of way, insofar that you’re thinking with what I like to call “trilogy brain.”

I think this is something that is born from how a lot of stories tend to have conventional 3 Act Structures, and seeing a trilogy of things rather than a duology slots into that part of your brain that recognizes the 3 Act Structure. It’s one of those “you may not have noticed it, but your brain did” kind of things. That why I firmly believe that if you’re greenlit for a second season, and you have the ideas for more story beyond the first season, you immediately push for a third season before you so much as lift a finger for season 2. This way you can fulfill the feeling of a 3 Act Structure, and you get room to tell your more complex ideas. Don’t push your luck beyond 3 seasons though.

“Well Onyx, that’s all well and good, but how exactly does this relate to Stringbean?”

Simply put, I believe Stringbean is one of those things that was written before the cancellation was finalized that was set up and needed to be resolved in some capacity, even if not the way that Dana wanted, because the set up was likely already approved. I feel this because Season 2A and Season 2B feel like they were written with two different mindsets: 2A is pre-cancellation, 2B is post-cancellation. While they could certainly edit parts of the plot for 2A to minimize the damage dealt by a cancellation, it seems pretty likely to me that some things just couldn’t be cut out without pissing off the fans. It was a very “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” sort of things.

Stringbean’s eventual existence ties into Luz’s growth as a Witch, and the idea that Witches earn their magic staffs (aka their Palismans) when they are “ready,” which presumably refers to a point of magical maturity or something to that effect. Eda directly says that Luz will earn her staff one day, and that was enough to get people thinking about Luz earning her staff. It’s kind of like how Hunter appearing in “Young Blood, Old Souls” was written before the team even knew they were cancelled. That episode was already in the can by then after all. They couldn’t just not use him going forward. Yeah, they could have downplayed the role in his case, but the fact that they didn’t tells me that Season 2A was written without the knowledge of that cancellation in mind, and by the time they knew that was a thing, they’d likely already been greenlit to start production with what they had, and could only make minimal changes to reflect the truncated run time.

Stringbean’s role is very clearly trimmed down to the bare minimum, and you need only look at how Stringbean is used in the episode following her debut (aka, the finale of the series) to see what I mean. Her impact on the story had served what little purpose was left after the cuts in “For The Future,” as I have to assume that Titan Luz was something that was planned for the finale before the cuts. I imagine elements of the Titan form date back to early planning for the series, and were considered the logical endpoint for the way Glyphs work lore-wise.

Now, I want to briefly explain why, in my last post, I think that Stringbean would have been used in a more climactic moment than what we got in “For The Future,” had the series not been cancelled too soon. Or rather, I want to address a misunderstanding caused by that thought. As stated near the beginning of this post, I was speaking from the stand point of what I assume would have been the case, based on my reading of the way the series was set up versus how it ended up because of the cuts. I don’t think we would have gotten “For The Future” had the cuts not been made. Maybe we would have had an episode by that name, sure, but the events of Season 3 are very clearly speedrunning through things to make the best possible end product within the very tight restrictions born from the circumstances of the show’s cancellation.

As said earlier, I think that Season 2A and Season 2B were written largely pre-cancellation and post-cancellation respectively, so the story we got in Season 2B is likely a truncated version of what we were going to get had we got a proper Season 3. They had to make the best of a bad situation, rather than continue on like nothing changed and hope Disney would change their mind. Otherwise, The Owl House very well could have ended on the same sour note that Star Vs. did, and it would have likely stung more than that show’s ending did due to how much better a show The Owl House is considered to be when compared to Star Vs. I obviously don’t much care for that show, but I’m sure even the most devout fan of Star would tell you the show lost it’s spark somewhere along the way.

Stringbean’s execution very much feels like they planned to have the reveal likely serve as the Season 2 finale or even the mid-season finale for Season 3, had we got the story as the team likely intended when stuff like Eda’s mention of Luz being able to earn her staff one day, or when Luz got her piece of Palistrom Wood in “Hunting Palisman.” Otherwise, Luz could have just gotten a Palisman in that episode. It very clearly was something that was written before the cuts, and couldn’t just be swept to the side either. If they scrapped that part of the episode, then Luz would have been better off adopting a Palisman like everyone else. If they didn’t, but then act like Luz never got the piece of Palistrom, the audience would be like “hey, wait, why hasn’t Luz carved her Palisman yet?” Likely, as a result of the cuts, they were stuck in a tricky situation, and ultimately decided to go with what we got because at least then we’d get something rather than nothing.

The reason I suggested adding the idea of Luz and her Father coming up with the idea of a Snakeshifter together was, in part, to give Stringbean’s debut an extra layer of emotional depth. It’d do more to make the best out of what we got, it would have potentially had Camila’s words about understanding her daughter mean more, and it would give the mention of Luz’s dad being dead more narrative and emotional impact. Of course, I’d ideally prefer this to be part of a more fleshed out Season 3, and a less truncated Season 2B, but that’s what fanfiction is for.

Anyway, I spent a lot of this post talking about industry stuff, and less about Stringbean, but to be fair, the industry stuff is why I feel Stringbean was narratively kneecapped. Anyway, as always, feel free to let me know what you think. You can reblog it without writing that stuff in the tags if you want by the way.

#The Owl House #TOH Analysis #The Owl House Spoilers #Stringbean #the owl house analysis #TOH #Talking about the cancellation #How the cancellation affected the show #Long Post #TOH Spoilers

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Arcane Anniversary AMA with Christian and Alex (and Amanda here and there)

Told ya I’d do it. I followed the massive reddit thread and tried to filter out everything involving Silco. Enjoy!

ps.: Interested in the whole thread? Knock yourself out. pps.: The stuff in bold isn’t necessarily the question that’s been asked but might just be a little summary of the following paragraph, so you can easily see if you’re interested in the answer. I’m nice like that. Furthermore, I copy the replies without editing them in any way, no matter if there are typos, ambiguous wording, etc. I’m un-nice like that.

ppps.: Fans asked SO MANY Silco questions (you did good) but a lot of them went unanswered, just because Christian and Alex only had so much time to do the AMA. Mods left the thread open in case they wanted to reply in their free time, so I’ll occasionally check back in to see if they decided to write more replies. Don’t hold your breath, though.

What makes Silco’s quest for Zaun’s freedom relatable? Amanda: “I think of this in terms of what a character hopes and fears. You have to know what these are (and make sure the audience knows too) and use them to tug a character towards impossible decisions. I also think you have to be able to relate to these hopes and fears. As Christian mentioned, the fear of dying in an alien invasion isn’t relatable. Neither is the hope of winning a civil war (for most people), but what made Silco’s quest for Zaun’s freedom relatable is that it was rooted in his hope that he could win back his brother Vander’s respect. And without his respect, Silco feared he was the “dirty little thing” his station in life always ascribed to him. Fearing you aren’t good enough, and craving respect from family are deeply relatable emotions.”

What was the general consensus about Silco and did they expect the hype for him? Christian: “Silco was a very special character. During the early phase of development, we talked about everyone's chip on their shoulder. Silco's was being "the dirty little thing". Never being enough. Always having topside look down on him. He could never quite past it, and if it would take his life to escape that existence, so be it. He had nothing to lose.At the end of the season, he realizes far too late what it's like to have something to lose. Just like Vander, radical notions begin to stumble when your loved ones are threatened by your ideology. "It all makes sense now, brother."I don't think he had a plan after the Nation of Zaun. It was an impossible pipe dream from the beginning, and if you ask me, achieving it would probably have ruined him.We did not expect Silco to become such a fan favorite. Jason Spisak did such a wonderful job, it's hard to put in words just how transformative his performances have been.”

Alex: “We've always liked the relationship between Silco and Vander. It's the original rift that informs the generational split between the sisters. I'll just say, it's a story we'd like to tell.I think Silco always wanted to improve Zaun, though there are always trade-offs to progress. To me, the real question is who would have helped him realize this vision, and what would have mattered to him at that point in time.Silco is one of those characters you can get addicted to writing, but I don't think we ever expected him to be such a fan favorite. It really blew my mind when some people engaged with him more as a father figure than Vander.“

Did Jinx and Vander have a close relationship? Does Jinx actually see Vander as someone who betrayed Silco? Christian: “ Did Jinx and Vander have a close relationship? Does Jinx actually see Vander as someone who betrayed Silco? -- They weren't as close as Vander and Vi were. Vander was the person that Vi looked up, whereas she was the person Powder looked up to. I don't think that Jinx necessarily blamed Vander for what happened, though she does think (now) that Vander chose wrong.”

Was the ashtray design in Silco’s office planned? Christian: “The wonderful thing about our collaboration with Fortiche is that artists at the studio are really empowered. An example that Alex likes to bring up and that we all really love is the ash tray in Silco's office. We didn't instruct them to make it look like Jinx painted it in her trademark whimsical style, they did that themselves. They were tasked with designing a simple ash tray and thought, "how can I do more with this than the minimum?" -- and so they did. Now, an ash tray tells a story.”

Did Silco braid Jinx’s hair? Christian: “Yes, though he most definitely sucked at it, no matter how much he tried. Eventually, he paid someone to invent a machine that can braid Jinx's hair, but Jinx would always tinker with it, to a point where it once nearly strangled her in the process. He once asked Sevika to do it, but Sevika threatened to quit. So Silco had to keep doing it, until Jinx was old enough to learn it.”

Will we see a younger Vander and Silco pre-betrayal? Also flashbacks to Silco being a dad to Powder? Christian: “You will, in fact.“

Finn mentions something about “bigger fish than Silco” when trying to persuade Sevika. Foreshadowing or trivia? Alex: “Heh, I wondered if this stood out to anyone. There is someone he's referencing, who does capitalize on Silco's death, though I don't know if this will be apparent in season 2. It's one of the things we wanted to connect, but didn't feel was important enough to sacrifice some of the other scenes we wanted.”

Did you write the story already with the idea for a villain in mind or was Silco developed over time? Alex: “We knew fairly early that we wanted to have, as Christian put it, a non-champion "svengali" to oppose Vander in the first three episodes. The world felt small when every character happened to be a champion, and we liked the idea of the principle villain being someone who needed others to fight for him. It felt so oppositional to League.However, we didn't initially plan for Silco to have such a presence throughout the latter half of the season, that developed over time. In fact, we were nervous about giving him too much screen time once the story with Vi and Jinx was rolling. I do remember us asking ourselves right up to the end whether or not Silco would have traded Jinx for his vision of Zaun.”

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Fucking finally! I haven’t watched the new Champion of Champions yet, I’ve had a weirdly anxious weekend and I want to enjoy it so I might save it for tomorrow night and hope I feel better by then, though I do have to balance that with wanting to avoid spoilers so maybe I’ll just watch it tonight. However. The important thing is that now that COC3 has happened, they have finally announced the season 17 cast! So we’re all allowed to stop pretending we didn’t see the names that leaked all over the internet months ago! Hooray! Here are some unsolicited opinions.

I mean, obviously I won’t pretend that one of those names didn’t jump out at me significantly more than the others. I sure know how to get on a bandwagon. Last year, when the s16 names were leaked, I took that as my sign to do what I’d been sort of meaning to do at some point eventually, and watch all Sam Campbell’s stand-up stuff that’s on YouTube. Meaning that by the time the names were officially released, I got to look like I’m really well informed on the less TV-famous comics because I already knew his stuff. When in fact, I didn’t know anything about him beyond his name and reputation until I saw he was going on Taskmaster.

The same isn’t true in this case, it’s almost entirely a coincidence that I happen to be getting really really into John Robins’ radio show in the run-up to his Taskmaster season. I’d had those radio shows on my list for ages, of things to eventually get to, sometime, when I’ve knocked everything off my list and have several hundred thousand hours to spare. I got into his stand-up early last year, long before any Taskmaster s17 names appeared, and this made me even more sure that I want to hear his radio show someday. So I tried it out at the same time as a few others, and then it did just happen to become the one that had a few really compelling episodes in a row early on, which hooked me and made me really want to hear the next one instead of mixing it up, and now I’ve abandoned all the other ones and reached episode 102 of their XFM/Radio X stuff in a few weeks.

I say it’s almost entirely a coincidence because I did see those names in September, and vaguely thought I’ll probably enjoy Taskmaster even more if I’m even more into John Robins by then. But it was going to happen anyway.

This one really is right at the top of my dream Taskmaster contestants. Not just that it’s a comedian I really like, but specifically a comedian who’s exactly the type of Taskmaster contestant. Hyper-competitive, but not in a jock way, more in an anxious obsessive controlling way. I made a post a while ago about how I’d read some people on a different website talk about the possibility of John Robins on Taskmaster, and they said this would be bad because his pedantry and competitiveness would be annoying, and he’d ruin the show with his tendency to not let a single thing go. And I said, God that sounds great. Please, Alex. Please let your angry golf buddy come ruin the show with his pedantry and competitiveness and refusal to let a single thing go. And then he did!

…I had an audio clip from a recent radio episode that I was going to post to expand on this, but I’ve decided to save that for another post, actually, and keep this one focused on the s17 lineup in general. So I will say: obviously, John Robins will be my favourite going into it, and if his approach to the show is at all consistent with the persona he’s displayed for the last 10+ years of his comedy career, he’s in a with a shot of rising to one of my favourite Taskmaster contestants ever. I can’t wait to see how he ruins the show. And how big he goes on the Freddie Mercury costume that he’s definitely going to wear.

Having said all that, I’m going to be honest about the fact that I wasn’t that excited when I first saw the full list of names. This is because there were already significant rumours about John Robins, even before the definite names linked, so while I was pleased to see his involvement confirmed, I’d been hoping the full list would have an additional name for me to get excited about. Which it didn’t, really, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be good, quite possibly very good. It just means they happen to have grabbed people from sides of comedy that I don’t know much about.

The League of Gentlemen people are a weirdly large hole in my Britcom knowledge, and I’m not sure why, but I’ve never had much of a desire to change that. I’ve had their stuff recommended to me lots (Psychoville and Inside No 9 and I know there’s other stuff), but I’ve vaguely looked at it, and have always thought it doesn’t really look like my thing. Though I have no good reason for this. I have some sort of vague negative association with that group of people in my mind, and I don’t know why it’s there.

The only guess I have is that I watched BBC Sherlock as it came out, and that became a bone of contention for me at the time. I thought it was a well made and good show with some glaring flaws – a few “this plot isn’t a clever or watertight as they think it is” flaws and a bunch of “this seems like it was written by men who think that as long as they can convince other men they’re really smart it doesn’t matter if their portrayal of women is fairly misogynistic”. And that latter opinion was backed up by my brother, who thought it was a work of impenetrable genius and anyone who was a word against it was just a bitter feminist who wasn’t smart enough to understand it, and sometimes we’d fight about that. This caused the name “Mark Gatiss” to be marred in my mind.

So it’s possible that that’s what happened. That a few years ago I looked up the League of Gentlemen things to decide whether to add that to my list, the name “Mark Gatiss” left a bad taste in my mouth and made me think I don’t like the look of this, and that made me decide I’m not interesting in finding out about Steve Pemberton or Reece Shearsmith either. Which is, of course, a terrible reason to write off some very accomplished comedy people. Because they worked with a guy who wrote a show ten years ago that I used to fight with my brother about.

The point is that I know very little about Steve Pemberton, but I am open to letting him win me around. I did recently hear a radio episode from 2015 in which John Robins was listing people who’d be at some event he was about to attend, people whom he considered famous at way beyond his level so he was excited about the idea of being anywhere near them, and one of the people he listed was Steve Pemberton. Reminds me of that 2007 radio episode where Russell Howard talked about Liza Tarbuck in similar terms. Hope he has a good time getting to share stage with him. I have no more than that to say about Steve Pemberton, because I really know absolutely fuck all about Steve Pemberton. I shall watch with an open mind and hope he’s great and changes my mind about all of this.

I know only slightly more about Sophie Willan, and that’s only because a couple of years ago she went on The Russell Howard Hour and was an entertaining enough guest so she stuck in my mind. She’d just won a BAFTA for her sitcom Alma’s Not Normal, and she spoke endearingly about the stories behind it and what it was like to write and make and then have it go so well, and the interview made me really like her and think that show sounds good. Though I’ve never actually seen any of Alma’s Not Normal. She was also quite good on WILTY last year. And those are all the things I know about Sophie Willan.

Nick Mohammed I guess I have a similarly unfair reaction to as I do to Steve Pemberton, in that the thought of him immediately puts a bad taste in my mouth simply due to his association with something else that isn’t his fault. Specifically, the third season of Ted Lasso was so absolutely fucking awful that I’m not sure I want to look at anyone from it ever again. I think it doesn’t help that there are suggestions that Jason Sudeikis being possibly terrible in real life may have been a small part of the cause of season 3 being so terrible, which has caused my brain to associate the actors with the bad writing. Even though Nick Mohammed did not write any of it. And I did hear some Brett Goldstein stand-up last year that I really enjoyed and he seems cool, so it’s possible that not every person who got cast on a bad show (or in this case, a good show that turned bad) is also bad.

I did watch Nick Mohammed’s filmed comedy special when I first saw his name on the s17 list, called Houdini. It was… not really for me, but I can appreciate that it’s well made if you like that sort of thing. It’s Nick Mohammed in character as Mr. Swallow, acting out a comedic biopic (but also a genuine biopic, it took me until about halfway through the show to work out that this wasn’t some parody or fictionalization, they really were trying to tell his life story) of Harry Houdini. Which I guess Nick Mohammed picked because he also does magic and admires people who have previously done magic to a legendary level. If you’re into magic and/or character comedy, then definitely check out Nick Mohammed’s special Houdini. I just happen to not be much into either of those things.

Although, I am curious to see whether Mohammed’s skills might come into play in Taskmaster. Because he does sometimes do actually magic when performing stand-up as his character Mr. Swallow. I’ve seen him do it in some short TV spots, where he’ll do a card trick, and he’s doing the trick for real, which you can tell because it doesn’t always work perfectly. But it usually works well. Those tricks involve a very impressive ability to memorize positions of lots of cards at once, and to do some other fiddly sleight of hand things, and that’s a real-life skill that Nick Mohammed has and most don’t. It reminds of Paul Sinha’s season, when he mostly performed terribly, but every once in a while there would be a task that tested one of those skills in which Paul Sinha is leagues and leagues more advanced than the average person due to his quizzing experience. Like that studio task where they had to name all those bird species, or the house task where they had to memorize the positions of cards. Paul Sinha was incredible at those, it was so cool to see. I’ll enjoy it if Nick Mohammed gets a similar chance to show that off.

Beyond that, I don’t know a lot about Nick Mohammed because I haven’t seen him be himself much. He sometimes turns up as a guest on TV shows, but normally as the character Mr. Swallow. And of course I’ve seen him in character on Ted Lasso. I don’t know what he's like when he’s not doing that.

I do know he was absolutely hilarious on the latest Catsdown Christmas special, which aired a few weeks ago. I think that show was running out of steam even before Sean Lock died and should definitely be respectfully put out to pasture by now (also, Jimmy Carr is getting harder and harder to be someone I can just tolerate in the background, as he throws his lot in more and more clearly with the right wing), but I’ve watched every episode they’ve put out and I will keep doing so until they stop (and I have to admit the one the other night with Lee Mack and Harriet Kemsley and DO’D was pretty good). And I thought Nick Mohammed absolutely stole the show on that Christmas special. I watched it with my parents and the Mr. Swallow routines from Dictionary Corner had all three of us laughing really hard. So that bodes well for Taskmaster s17.

Finally, I’ve saved Joanne McNally for last because I know almost nothing about her, and I’m probably being unfair by judging her based on this. I think the only things I’ve seen her do are a few guest spots on Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back (where she wasn’t doing stand-up or anything, just following the script, so it’s hard to get a read on her from that), she was on the Katherine Ryan Backstage but didn’t make much of an impression and I don’t remember what she did on there, and she did an episode of Alan Davies’ As Yet Untitled.

I watched As Yet Untitled a few years ago now, and thought she came off badly enough on there to make me dislike her even though I knew pretty much nothing about her. That’s because she told this story:

...I don't want to be all killjoy feminist "actually this comedy story told on a fun comedy show isn't funny, it's stalking and harassment and a component of emotional abuse", but this comedy story told on a fun comedy show isn't funny, it's stalking and harassment and a component of emotional abuse. I've known several people who have been in this situation with an ex-partner, and it's not funny, it's terrifying.

Now, I'm aware that not every single story on As Yet Untitled is 100%, down to each detail true. (I learned this last year, when I got probably disproportionately indignant about seeing that apparently you're allowed to steal someone's stand-up story just because they didn't like your penguin in 2002.) So I assume that Joanne McNally's story has, like plenty on stories that get told on panel shows, been wildly exaggerated or (hopefully) even made up completely.

But even if that's the case, even if none of that story really happened, it still doesn't make me like Joanne McNally to think that she considers that to be a quirky and funny story, rather than one where it looks like she's bragging about committing harassment. That's not great. And unfortunately for her, it's just about the only thing I know about her, so it has shaped my entire opinion.

I will hope she was just making up a wildly over-the-top story to get attention on a panel show, and it does not speak to her underlying character, and I will try to watch her on Taskmaster with an open mind. But I will be going in with some level of bias against her.

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Queenie’s Fluffy New Year!!!

Hey friendos! I hope you’re out having a fun time as 2022 winds to a finish and 2023 comes up to greet us! If you want one convenient place to find all the fluffy New Year’s prompts I’ve filled so far, look no further - just check under the readmore for both tumblr and AO3 links! ;P

I don’t know why on earth I thought I’d be able to get all these NYE prompts done by, uh, NYE, so keep your eyes peeled the rest of this week as I work my way through the rest!

Have a safe, happy, and wonderful new year my friends, you’ve made this one incredibly sweet for me! 🥳

Don’t Threaten Me With a Good Time - Abi/Nick - The Quarry If there was one thing Abi wasn't expecting to happen at the New Year's Eve party, it was Emma daring her to kiss Nick at midnight...and if there was a SECOND thing Abi wasn't expecting to happen at the New Year's Eve party, it was Nick WANTING to kiss her at midnight. tumblr AO3

A sweet solution for a New Year’s resolution - Laura/Max - The Quarry It's New Year's Eve, and wouldn't you know it, Max just found his list of resolutions...from last year. With the clock bringing them closer and closer to midnight, closer and closer to a new year, Laura promises she'll help him cross them all off, no ifs, ands, or buts! No matter how much Dora the Explorer that involves. tumblr AO3

Let There Be Light! (Or Something Suitably Glowy) - Ashley/Chris - Until Dawn Here is what Chris Hartley knows: (1) If something CAN go wrong in the Washingtons' lodge, it WILL go wrong (2) A NYE party is literally the WORST possible time for a random blackout to occur (3) He needs to stop going along with Josh's stupid plans (4) If he trips down the lodge's awful stairs in the dark he will most certainly die (5) Ashley Brown is totally holding his hand AND wearing his hoodie This wasn't the party he was expecting, but man, he's not about to complain. tumblr AO3

Cheers! - Fliss/Conrad - Man of Medan New Year's Eve parties are sort of MADE for guys like Conrad - they're an excuse to cut loose, drink a little too much, and generally be on your worst behavior. There's just one problem: It's hard to get your party on when you're missing your long-distance girlfriend as much as he is. Which is a lot. A whole lot, actually. (Alex's horrendous bartending skills aren't helping either.) Luckily for him, Julia might just have a few surprises hidden up her sleeve... tumblr AO3

Ring-ring-ringing in the new year - Sam/Josh - Until Dawn Sam didn’t realize just how much she missed the usual tradition of celebrating New Year’s Eve at the Washingtons’ house until they cancelled to do family stuff. She also (and here’s where it gets complicated) didn’t realize just how much she wanted to celebrate with Josh. Enough to stop pretending she doesn’t have a crush on him, maybe. Enough to call him while he’s at his family party and tell him, too. tumblr AO3

A different way to toast the new year - Chris/Josh/Ashley - Until Dawn It was hard to say when it had started, their strange little tradition, but the appeal of the New Year’s Day blaze was hard to deny: While everyone else was sleeping off the festivities of the night before, their resolutions already halfway abandoned by the time the hangover wore off, the three of them hunkered down in the Washington’s sprawling backyard and, well, did something a little more actionable than making themselves a million stupid promises to go to the gym more. They roasted the old year like a stale old bag of marshmallows. tumblr AO3

nearly midnight, near to you - Abi/Nick - The Quarry When Abi decides she has to leave the Hacketteer's New Year's Eve party early, the rest of the gang decides Nick should be the one to walk her home. It's awfully dark outside at that time of night, after all! And icy! And you never know when you might bump into a, uh...roving band of drunken sorority girls. He'll thank them later for pushing him out the door to walk with her...he just doesn't know it yet! tumblr AO3

An Entirely Predictable Proposal Problem - Ashley/Chris - Until Dawn Ashley isn't the world's biggest fan of surprises. She's...jumpy. That's why Chris has done his best to make it very, very, VERY clear that something big, something special, something involving a wedding proposal, is going to happen at the New Year's Eve party tonight. There's just, uh, one tiny problem with that. He may or may not have...hmm, how to say this...lost the ring. Maybe Ashley IS in for a surprise after all. tumblr AO3

Say cheese! Literally. Please just say it! - Chris/Josh/Ashley - Until Dawn There is, of course, an inherent danger that comes with trying to be the wisecracking jokester in your relationship: If you're not careful, your significant others might just, uh...take you seriously. And then go out of their way to get you "the one thing you said you wanted for the New Year's Eve party." And then expect you to remember whatever dumb thing you said at the time. New year, same old Chris - he can't remember exactly what it is he told them he wanted so badly, but it's pretty safe to assume it was some kind of cheesy joke, right? Right??? tumblr AO3

Let's Have Another Round - The Kirkwall Crew - Dragon Age II First Day at the Hanged Man was a lot like any other day at the Hanged Man – the booze was bad, the food was worse, and everywhere you looked there was someone sleeping off the night before with their head in their arms. If there was any difference at all, and you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone astute enough to say there was, it was that the tavern’s usual air of bone-deep resignation buoyed up a touch or two until it was more like…exhausted resignation. A far cry from the celebratory cheer spreading across the rest of Thedas like a plague, sure, but refreshing nonetheless. Usually, anyway. It was usually a refreshing change. Today, not so much. Not without Hawke there. tumblr AO3

#queenie writes supermassive #my fanfiction #new year prompts

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Hi! I’d love to hear your view on Julian and Brulian? Like other people have pointed out, he had a whole different personality initially before they decided to lean into his dorky side. But even when they wisely tried to make him adorkable, there’s just something about him I don’t fully love and trust—maybe it’s the actor’s line deliveries, or the way even as an adult he’s so fixated with a group of high schoolers from a school he didn’t even attend (a movie and then a documentary in which he inserts himself lol?!), or just how he he seemed less of a real character than just a love interest for Brooke. And honestly I thought he had more chemistry with Alex! I love the idea of Brooke with a sweet but strong dork, but as much as I like some brulian gifsets, when I actually watch their scenes they just don’t click for me. I hope this makes sense!

I like Julian fine. He wasn't one of my favorite characters, but I thought he mostly fit into later seasons OTH. But I have to admit that there were several occasions where I would compare him to Lucas. It wasn't just within his relationship with Brooke. Julian was friends with Nathan, close with Jamie (even making him his best man!), was involved with both of Lucas's main love interests and like Lucas, created media. Even though Clay was technically Lucas's replacement, Julian was the one primarily serving that role. His characterization was kind of all over the place. Like you said, Julian literally changed personalities based on the season. I'm not sure if it was a deliberate shift in the writing or if Julian's personality changed because of Austin Nichols. I have no insight on this. I haven't watched a single interview with Austin and have zero behind the scenes tea other than he dated Sophia for years.

In terms of weak performances, the worst was by far in season 9 when Julian fell into a dark hole after leaving his son in the hot car. I wasn't at all sold on the angst or Julian's pain. Julian was just selfishly throwing himself into danger and inserting himself into Nathan's kidnapping arc just to make himself feel less guilty. It didn't suit him. This is a perfect example of comparing Julian to Lucas. I completely understand that the Lucas/Dan history meant the two teaming up was highly unlikely, but Chad 100% could have pulled off the tough guy stuff in that context. Then at the very end of the series, Julian essentially replaces Lucas when he writes HIMSELF into the story of Lucas's high school life, stealing the moment where he makes the winning shot at the state championship. I mean, it was probably just Mark Schwahn's petty bullshit, but still.

LOL yeah. Looking back, Julian's introduction was kind of sketchy. To a degree, I think that was intentional. Julian showing up as Peyton's jilted ex was a misdirect. We were meant to think he was going to cause trouble for Lucas and Peyton only for him to end up with Brooke instead. So with that knowledge, it turns out Julian decided to read Lucas's book and, like the entire world apparently, realized it was the greatest story ever told and became personally invested.

You're making complete sense! I feel the same way. I'm aware Julian is a good man and was a loving, devoted husband to Brooke, but I just don't feel it. The actors were doing everything right and the writing was solid, but there's just no passion. It's nice, but it's not particularly exciting. I'm happy for Brooke, but my feelings don't go beyond that. When it comes to Julian/Alex, I pretty much agree. I'm mostly glad they never got together because their friendship was so good and genuine that it didn't need to be muddled up with relationship drama. But at the same time, they pulled me in far more than Brooke and Julian ever did.

My stance is pretty much that it should have been Brucas together with Naley in the final episode. Julian was only in Tree Hill for Brooke. Peyton wanted out of her hometown, even attempting to leave multiple times to go to Jake, and really only came back for Lucas. Both Brooke and Lucas had a lot of love and nostalgia for their small town and seemed truly happy returning to it after college. It just makes sense.

#Anonymous #Ignore my cringy pro Brucas paragraph even though I stand by it

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February 8, 2023

Cdawg — For Ed, did you have any input into the Baldur's Gate III video game?

Augustoc — I'd like to expand this question: How much input do you have in different sources of media? I'm curious about how these 4 kinds of media compare in regard to Ed's level input: 1. An official WotC published module, like Princes of the Apocalypse 2. A semi-official DMs guild supplement that you co-authored 3. A novel set in the Realms, but written by a different author, like Brimstone Angels (gosh I miss those so bad) 4. A video game set in the Forgotten Realms, specifically Baldur's Gate 3

Cdawg — I'm also curious, after all these years, if Ed has played any of the Forgotten Realms games and if so, what he enjoyed most about them.

Ed Greenwood — Warning to all: computer games have the strongest NDAs, they never get removed, and so I can often say little.

I have played a FEW of the FR games, usually in demo mode. My perennial problem was that I was writing on Macs, and the games were designed on Macs but released for PCs. My secondary problem was time: as in, I didn't have any to spend on playing computer games. I made a few exceptions, the Lucasfilm game LOOM for example, and have been known to play Solitaire during boring business calls, but...no time. Sigh.

And as for my involvement:

1. An official WotC published module, like Princes of the Apocalypse: I don't get to see the main text, but I get given a writing assignment (e.g. for Volo's Guide it was huge batches of Volo and Elminster back-and-forth comments, and an intro; about a quarter of those comments got used) and do it. I always give extra, in hopes the lore can be used elsewhere and elsewhen. It's more important to get the Realms out there than to get paid or credit or control...

2. A semi-official DMs guild supplement that you co-authored: Border Kingdoms is official, Thay is not, because we broke the "stay on the Sword Coast" rule. For both of those, Alex Kammer bankrolled, directed the art, oversaw the layout, and wrote the adventure. Alan Patrick did new classes and monsters. I did world lore, from Shel's tour to designing the heraldry to the daily life details. My jam.

3. A novel set in the Realms, but written by a different author, like Brimstone Angels (gosh I miss those so bad): Erin is a good friend and for all of those novels she was consulting with me and with Brian Cortijo, "the" Cormyr expert, to get details right (like what plants they would find if camping in this spot, or what local officers would be stationed where, etc.) We wrote back and forth often, and still check in with each other...and if you love fantasy, I HIGHLY recommend Erin's new series; the first book, EMPIRE OF EXILES, is out now and she's working on the second.

4. A video game set in the Forgotten Realms, specifically Baldur's Gate 3: When it comes to video games, companies like to keep things VERY secret from non-staff. Sometimes Wizards would involve me in the approvals process (where companies send stuff, or ask stuff, of Wizards), and I have on several occasions (Turbine's anniversary release of the Haunted Halls, for one, and something NDA'd that I just did, for another) voiced NPCs or narrated voiceovers, or both.

Ed Greenwood — For Baldur's Gate III: almost none. Baldur's Gate II: I wrote hundreds of titles for books that player characters can find in the library, and provided NPC backstories and local lore (Realmslore "colour").

-- From the Greenwood’s Grotto Discord server.

Please support Ed Greenwood’s Patreon for Forgotten Realms lore!

#Forgotten Realms #Ed Greenwood #D&D #dungeons & dragons #Baldur's Gate #Realmslore #Greenwood's Grotto #Ed Answers

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MAG 94 - mowing the lawn (can't believe it took me so long to realize I can just wear headphones and listen to podcasts! I already did listen to music a few times when mowing the lawn. But tbf we only had installed Wifi for every corner of our property late that summer…)

JON "And… you’re… sure you’re okay with this? And with me recording?" GEORGIE "I mean… no? But… You told all your stuff, so… I mean, it’s just fair. I think." - I think Georgie does feel a bit bad about her outburst earlier…

GEORGIE "But where I was anxious and self-conscious, she was angry. I never met anyone who could skewer the pompous dickheads like she could." - No wonder she ended up liking Melanie xD

"Obviously I wanted to know who the woman was, and I demanded Alex tell me, but she just told me to… Well, she said she didn’t want to say, and pushed her now-cold lunch away from her. I wasn’t letting her get away that easily, and I pressed the point." - There, pushing when others are not ready to talk about stuff. Honestly, with Georgie being so extremely nosy herself, were there any theories about her being eye-aligned back then?

"I mean, there was no way that there could be something in a university building causing students to collapse, and nobody was taking any steps to deal with it." - I mean, if everybody collapses who comes near that corpse, then nobody's getting out to tell the tale?

"So I did what I felt was the only thing I could do in that situation. I told her I’d go with her if she wanted to take a second look. She didn’t, but we went anyway." - There again. She wants to know! This does however also explain why she's so upset about Jon trying to push for more and more knowledge since it ended quite bad for her, barely escaping.

"But everything ends, even the universe, even time." - Foreshadowing? That the End will get them all eventually?

JON "I kind of wish I knew, uh, knew even one person who genuinely wasn’t involved." GEORGIE "Maybe that’s why you thought of me?" JON "Hm?" GEORGIE "I mean, it’s been years, and there must be other old friends you lost touch with. Maybe you did know?" JON "Yeah, maybe. I, uh…" - That sounds about right though. Maybe Jon was already able to sense people with a "story" at this point, but just wasn't aware of it.

I feel Georgie is making up for lost time of asking no questions

She accepted a person into her home who was running from the authorities not asking anything about it. And I think the questions and frustration of Jon not telling her but still getting in trouble kept building up until it just came out in this overly pushy form.

#a mag a day #tma #the magnus archives #episode asks #mod ashes #Mag 94 #tma spoilers #lycanlovingvampyre

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Kei Shigema wrote up a proposal for a Lunar 0, and other Lunar news

I've been systematically translating the Lunar interviews from Beep21, but there's news that I think can't wait. In the second part of his Eternal Blue interview, series scriptwriter/visionary Kei Shigema talks about having drawn up a treatment for another Lunar—and it's not the story you might first think.

- Do you think you'll be able to be present the tale of the Four Heroes era (the so-called Lunar 0) touched upon in the PSP version of Silver Star in a game or other media?

Shigema: Lunar 0 has become a story of a bit different era! As for the tale of the Four Heroes: the emotions and conflicts and fated bonds involved are released and resolved in Alex's story, so I don't think there's any need to depict it independently. However, I'd like to write a little bit about Laike's story after the end of the game.

- Be honest: is there even a 0.1% chance of Lunar 3 in the future? I'm on pins and needles!

Shigema: I think the statute of limitations is up, so... (Actually, about 21 lines of grown-up stuff was deleted here...) ...So several years after the above was suspended, there were talks about whether we could now create a Lunar 0 about the details of how humanity moved to Lunar, and for consideration, we created a simple plot and characters. Mr. Kubooka even drew up rough sketches of the main characters. These were just for consideration; they didn't go to production. That means that, as for as the 0.1% chance goes: I don't think it's zero. However: an extraordinary amount of manpower and funding is necessary to create an RPG from scratch in this day and age, and when I think of getting to the point of getting that all together, I think it would be enormously difficult. I myself still want to hold out hope, so let's give Game Arts our support!

He also talks about his ideas on what may have happened after EB, which include a number of surprising concepts...

- What happened to Hiro and Lucia afterward?

Shigema: Welllll, I don't know—I suppose they went on a variety of adventures together? Lucia may have awakened the Blue Star, but I don't imagine it would have revived immediately just like that. I wouldn't be surprised if an exhausted Hiro & Lucia had two or three more adventures on the level of Eternal Blue! Making new comrades from people sleeping on the Blue Star—maybe everyone on Lunar coming to help, of course. I also kind of doubt whether that would've really been the last we saw of Ghaleon-sama. And perhaps at the end of Hiro and Lucia's adventures, the frozen earth would have changed to green...

Shigema also thinks that the spiritual successor to Lunar has already been made:

Incidentally, while it's not a sequel to Lunar, Tales of Destiny 2 (TOD2) is its spiritual successor—its emotional heir.

I'd wanted overseas Lunar fans to play it, too, but, alas, there was no overseas release! Abroad, Tales of Eternia was sold as "Tales of Destiny 2".

The role of TOD2's lengthy animated cutscenes; the expressions; the characters and story construction; the thematic material; the position of the heroine; the music production; and on and on—I think they're all connected fairly directly to Lunar. The element of romance between the characters etc. too is that way.

Particularly thematically, Lunar is, as an action-adventure tale, thoroughly about how the hero fights to save the girl he loves and saves the world in the process. With TOD2, we tried to go further and depict the decisions and growth of a hero forced to choose between the girl and the world.

Shigema is credited as a “script producer” on Tales of Destiny 2.

So, to recap:

Kei Shigema spoke with an unspecified somebody (Game Arts seems likely, but it's not explicitly specified) about making another Lunar game, to the point where he drew up a rough plot and characters (for which series character designer Toshiyuki Kubooka drew up rough sketches). Nothing’s gone to production, and he thinks funding would be a major obstacle.

This proposed Lunar game, "Lunar 0," would be about how humanity came to live on Lunar.

Shigema does not want to do the Four Heroes story as a standalone work.

Shigema thinks Hiro and Lucia might have had adventures after Eternal Blue in order to revive the Blue Star fully.

There are other people sleeping on the Blue Star, apparently.

Ghaleon might have shown up in some manner after his passing in Eternal Blue.

Shigema considers Tales of Destiny 2 (the Japanese title, not Eternia) to be the spiritual successor to Lunar.

#lunar #lunar games #lunar series #lunar dragonmaster #i can't add links because that buries the post #look at my other lunar posts

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Scripts - S7 - Episode 1 (Part 1 of 2)

Meet the girls, meet the boys (+ chat with Alex)

NARRATOR: Welcome back to a brand-spanking new season of Love Island! Well, actually we’re partway through and are about to go into Casa Amor! But will I make Amor funny opening than this? I hope so, for your sakes. I’ve been stuck in this shed since last season and my chat’s a bit rusty. But don’t worry, the Islanders’ chat is far better! Let’s meet our stunning Casa Amor girls!

Your Jeep rolls down the stony drive and comes to a stop outside Casa Amor. Your heart races as you strut down the path to the entrance. You open the door to reveal the glamorous, modern villa and strut inside… You step out onto the lawn and spy a table decked out with champagne glasses. Three other Casa Amor girls squeal with excitement when they see you.

SUMMER_HAPPY: Ahh! It’s the final Casa Girl!

PLAYER_HAPPY: Hey, everyone!

SUMMER_HAPPY: Wow, I thought I’d be stealing the show.

SUMMER_FLIRTY: Looks like I’ll have some serious competition.

Summer looks stunned as she pours you a glass of bubbly.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Thanks!

SUMMER_HAPPY: Sorry, I haven’t even introduced myself, I’m Summer!

PLAYER_HAPPY: Hey, Summer.

BONNIE_HAPPY: Oh my days, you’re gorgeous!

She beams with joy, full of nervous energy.

BONNIE_EMBARRASSED: Did I just say that out loud?

PLAYER_HAPPY: Aha yes! But thank you.

BONNIE_HAPPY: Well it’s true! You’re a hottie! I’m Bonnie by the way.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Nice to meet you!

SUMMER_HAPPY: And this is Uma…

Uma steps forward to greet you with a striking confidence.

UMA_FLIRTY: Way to show us all up… We all knew the final girl would be a bombshell.

UMA_HAPPY: But I didn’t think you’d be this stunning.

BONNIE_FLIRTY: Last, but certainly not least!

SUMMER_FLIRTY: So, what do we call you?

PLAYER_HAPPY: Oh, I’m {0}.

BONNIE_HAPPY: That's such a cool name! She’s got it all!

UMA_HAPPY: And who is {0}? What do you do?

Graphic designer

PLAYER_HAPPY: I work as a freelance graphic designer.I make logos and create brand identities for businesses. As well as working on my own stuff.

BONNIE_HAPPY: Wow! You must be quite the artist!

Semi-pro athlete

PLAYER_HAPPY: I actually do athletics!

SUMMER_HAPPY: Oh, what kind?

PLAYER_HAPPY: Sprinting, hurdles, long jump. The whole lot really! I’m still semi-pro at the moment. But my goal is to go professional soon!

BONNIE_HAPPY: That’s so impressive!

Entrepreneur

PLAYER_HAPPY: I’m actually an entrepreneur. Working with businesses to build themselves up and grow.Start ups mostly. Making sure they’re utilising everything in their portfolios. As well as working on my own small business.

UMA_HAPPY: I love that hustle!

Junior Doctor

PLAYER_HAPPY: I actually recently graduated from medical school. Just starting out as a junior doctor.

BONNIE_IDLE: Wow congratulations, that must be hard work.

PLAYER_HAPPY: It is! Being a doctor is all I ever wanted to do.

Trainee Engineer

PLAYER_HAPPY: I’m actually training to be a civil engineer. It’s mostly helping with designs, writing up reports and assisting the lead engineers. But I’m hoping to be building bridges of my own one day.

BONNIE_HAPPY: That sounds so exciting!

UMA_FLIRTY: Well in the meantime you can build some bridges in here…

Conservationist

PLAYER_HAPPY: I actually work as a conservationist.

BONNIE_SURPRISED: No way!

UMA_HAPPY: Wow, what does that involve?

PLAYER_HAPPY: I mostly work with nature trusts around the U.K. Helping them maintain and preserve protected areas for wildlife.

In the middle of a gap year

PLAYER_IDLE: I’m kinda still figuring that out. Having a bit of a gap year. I’ve been travelling and getting some life experience. Trying to decide what’s next for me.

PLAYER_HAPPY: If that's to study more or get into a job. I’m kinda still figuring that out.

BONNIE_HAPPY: I respect that. There’s no rush to find what you want to do! We’ve got our whole lives for that.

BONNIE_HAPPY: That’s such a coincidence!

BONNIE_HAPPY: I’m a campaigner for an animal rights charity! I’m obsessed with nature and wildlife. And doing everything we can to protect it.

BONNIE_FLIRTY: Seems like we’ve got a lot in common.

BONNIE_HAPPY: What do you guys do?

SUMMER_HAPPY: It’s funny, I actually work with a lot of athletes.

PLAYER_IDLE: Oh, what do you do?

SUMMER_HAPPY: I’m a physical therapist. I do a lot of work with sports people, helping them recover from injuries.

SUMMER_IDLE: I’d say I’d love to work with you, {0}, but hopefully you never need to!

PLAYER_HAPPY: How about you, Uma?

UMA_HAPPY: It’s funny that you mention logos, {0}.

UMA_HAPPY: It’s funny that you’re an entrepreneur.

UMA_HAPPY: I’m a businesswoman myself!

UMA_IDLE: I run a hair accessory brand. We’re small at the moment but growing fast!

UMA_HAPPY: We were actually looking to rebrand soon. Something new and exciting.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Well you know where to find me.

UMA_FLIRTY: Exciting!

UMA_HAPPY: I’d love to learn more about what projects you’re working on sometime.

PLAYER_HAPPY: For sure!

UMA_HAPPY: Exciting!

SUMMER_HAPPY: Aww, you guys seem so cool! We’re gonna be besties I can already tell.

BONNIE_HAPPY: For sure. I guess this is all of us now. I still can’t believe we’re here!

SUMMER_HAPPY: Better believe it, we’re in the Casa Amor!

You look around the villa, soaking it all in, nervous excitement hangs in the air.

SUMMER_FLIRTY: Hope you girls are ready to turn some heads!

UMA_FLIRTY: We were just talking game plans for when the boys arrive.

SUMMER_FLIRTY: Yeah! What’s your game plan going to be, {0}?

I’m getting my flirt on!

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Oh I’m definitely going to be grafting. If we’re getting back to the main villa…

We are gonna need to get our flirt on.

Gonna act casual

PLAYER_HAPPY: I think I’m just gonna play it cool. If I just be myself then I’ll vibe with the right guy. Plus that’ll let them do the grafting.

Mysterious is the way to go

PLAYER_FLIRTY: I’m going for the mysterious approach. Get them hooked and wanting to know more.No point giving everything away straight away.

BONNIE_HAPPY: Ooh, I like it!

SUMMER_HAPPY: I think I’m going to take it slow. Really get to know them before I commit.

UMA_IDLE: Really? I don’t know about you, but I plan to turn some heads.

BONNIE_IDLE: I don’t even know what they look like! Wanted it to be a surprise.

UMA_IDLE: Yeah I only watched bits.

UMA_HAPPY: I wanted to make my own impression when I met them!

SUMMER_FLIRTY: I wanted to come in fresh too. Make my own read on the boys.

I saw some beach hut updates

PLAYER_FLIRTY: I saw some beach hut updates. Quite intriguing.

BONNIE_FLIRTY: Oh, so you’ve seen them already?

UMA_FLIRTY: Sounds like you’ve had a head start then, {0}.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: It looks like it.

I wanted to come in fresh too

PLAYER_HAPPY: I wanted to come in fresh too and make my own mind up.

BONNIE_HAPPY: That’s the way.

I was away on holiday

PLAYER_FLIRTY: I’ve been away on holiday recently so haven’t seen it at all. Seeing them will be a nice surprise.

SUMMER_FLIRTY: It sure will.

SUMMER_HAPPY: What do we think these boys are gonna be like then?

SUMMER_FLIRTY: I’ve always liked big hunks who can cook exquisite Italian food…

PLAYER_HAPPY: That’s pretty specific.

BONNIE_HAPPY: I just want someone who can make me laugh, a real comedian.

BONNIE_IDLE: And someone who is kind and puts other people first.

UMA_IDLE: I know what you mean. I want a proper gent.

UMA_FLIRTY: Someone who’s ambitious and knows what they want from life. So we can be the ultimate power couple.

UMA_HAPPY: Some rock hard abs wouldn’t hurt though.

BONNIE_HAPPY: What about you, {0}. Have you got a type on paper?

Boy next door

PLAYER_IDLE: I’m looking for those ‘boy next door’ vibes.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Someone who I can take home to the family and see a future with.

SUMMER_HAPPY: Proper boyfriend material?

PLAYER_HAPPY: Exactly!

Bubbly and energetic

PLAYER_HAPPY: I just want someone who’s bubbly and fun. A guy I can have great chat with, someone to match my energy.

BONNIE_HAPPY: I’m with {0} there. You’ve gotta be on the same wavelength for sure.

Mysterious and chill

PLAYER_FLIRTY: I like someone mysterious… sexy.

PLAYER_HAPPY: I enjoy finding out more about them slowly. Chipping away.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Makes things more interesting.

UMA_FLIRTY: I totally agree.

Romantic and sweet

PLAYER_FLIRTY: I want a hopeless romantic.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Someone thoughtful who likes to surprise me.

SUMMER_HAPPY: Yes! Need a man who is gonna treat you right!

BONNIE_HAPPY: I suppose we’ll wait and see who walks through those doors.

SUMMER_HAPPY: I wonder what’s been happening in the villa so far?

BONNIE_HAPPY: We’ll find out soon enough!

BONNIE_EMBARRASSED: I’m so nervous, I’ve never done anything like this before.

BONNIE_HAPPY: But life’s all about new experiences!

UMA_HAPPY: Exactly, you could have love at first sight. Who knows what will happen?

SUMMER_HAPPY: We’re gonna hang out with a load of hot boys, that’s what!

BONNIE_HAPPY: And beautiful girls too it seems!

PLAYER_HAPPY: Are you into girls as well as boys?

BONNIE_HAPPY: Oh yeah, for sure. Whoever lights my fire! Are you into girls too, {0}?

Yeah, I’m into girls and boys

PLAYER_HAPPY: Yeah! I’m into girls and boys.

BONNIE_FLIRTY: Good to know… Can’t wait to get to know you better.

I’m not into girls

PLAYER_HAPPY: Nah, I’m just into boys.

BONNIE_HAPPY: Fair enough. Well I can’t wait to get to know you girls anyway.

Suddenly, your phone pings.

SUMMER_HAPPY: Our first Love Island text! This is it, our summer begins now.

PLAYER_HAPPY: It’s mine!

LITEXT: Girls, the boys are on their way from the main villa. Please get ready to meet them. {0}FirstImpressions {1}GameOn

BONNIE_HAPPY: Ahh! Here we go!!!

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Let’s do this.

You all hurry into the villa to prepare for the boys’ arrival.

The girls rush into the dressing room to touch up their hair and make up.

SUMMER_HAPPY: It’s all happening, ladies. Our men are on the way!

BONNIE_HAPPY: They’re not ours yet. They’re still coupled up, remember.

UMA_FLIRTY: Not for long…

UMA_HAPPY: If we’re gonna turn some heads we need to knock their socks off.

BONNIE_FLIRTY: Gonna be hard catching their eyes while standing next to {0}. But I’ll try my best to match her glam…

SUMMER_FLIRTY: I’m not worried.

BONNIE_HAPPY: Really? I feel like I need some flirt practice. I might be rusty.

PLAYER_IDLE: When was your last relationship?

BONNIE_EMBARRASSED: Oh, me and my ex split about 8 months ago.

BONNIE_IDLE: But we were together for a year.

BONNIE_HAPPY: There’s no hard feelings between us though. I’ve been a bit slow getting back into the dating game. Guess that’s why I’m here.

SUMMER_HAPPY: I definitely couldn’t wait 8 months to get out there! Gotta live your life! Just hit up some raves and see who you meet. And then if they end up being boring then it’s byyyyeee.

SUMMER_FLIRTY: No point waiting around for what you want. Gotta go out and get it!

UMA_IDLE: At a rave though? No way, that’s not my vibe.

PLAYER_HAPPY: What’s your vibe then, Uma?

UMA_HAPPY: I wanna be wined and dined! Fine-dined that is…

BONNIE_HAPPY: Yes!

UMA_HAPPY: You can tell a lot about a guy by how much effort he puts into the first date.

UMA_HAPPY: My ex was obsessed with food, he’d take me to some of the best restaurants.

BONNIE_HAPPY: He sounds like a keeper. What happened?

UMA_HAPPY: Let’s just say his arse got dumped! I’m after the real deal now. No more lads.

BONNIE_FLIRTY: How about you, {0}? What’s your dating history like?

Fresh out of a long-term relationship

PLAYER_IDLE: I actually just got out of a long-term thing.

PLAYER_HAPPY: But I feel like I’m ready to find someone new!

BONNIE_HAPPY: I’m right here with you!

BONNIE_HAPPY: Time to get back out there.

I’ve had a few situationships

PLAYER_HAPPY: I’ve had a few situationships.

PLAYER_HAPPY: But nothing super serious.

SUMMER_HAPPY: Yeah, who needs serious!

PLAYER_HAPPY: But I think I’m ready for the real thing.

I’ve just been having fun till now

PLAYER_HAPPY: To be honest I haven’t really had any serious relationships.

PLAYER_HAPPY: I’m not necessarily looking for the love of my life. I’m just trying to have some fun.

SUMMER_HAPPY: A girl after my own heart.

BONNIE_HAPPY: It is Love Island after all!

UMA_FLIRTY: And there are boys for the taking!

SUMMER_HAPPY: Speaking of which, they’re probably nearly here! We need to get ready!

BONNIE_HAPPY: I mean, {0} is already looking 10 out of 10.

Looking in the mirror, you’re looking out of this world in your outfit. With the boys nearly here, you wonder whether you want to make any final touches.

UMA_HAPPY: I thought you couldn’t improve on perfection!

UMA_FLIRTY: Summer’s right, first impressions are everything. Everyone knows that Casa girls have the toughest challenge.

UMA_HAPPY: We have to make them forget they ever had partners.

BONNIE_HAPPY: What you thinking, {0}?

PLAYER_IDLE: I think this works.

SUMMER_SURPRISED: Are you sure?

UMA_HAPPY: We’ve only got a few days to get back to the main villa. Wanna start it off with a bang!

Ok, I’ll take another look

I’m fine

PLAYER_HAPPY: This will definitely turn their heads.

SUMMER_HAPPY: Oh my days, give us a chance, {0}!

BONNIE_FLIRTY: Stunning!

UMA_HAPPY: They won’t know what hit ‘em.

PLAYER_IDLE: I’m feeling more comfortable in this outfit.

BONNIE_HAPPY: Whatever makes you feel comfortable!

BONNIE_HAPPY: Well, I think we are looking gooooorgeous!

UMA_HAPPY: Look out boys, here we come.

SUMMER_EMBARRASSED: Hey, I actually thought of something.

SUMMER_IDLE: What if we all take it slow today?

PLAYER_SURPRISED: Really?

SUMMER_IDLE: We could stick together and let the boys do the work?

SUMMER_IDLE: We all want to make sure we find the right boy…

SUMMER_IDLE: And get back to the villa together. There’s no point rushing.

BONNIE_IDLE: I thought you just said you don’t wait for boys?

SUMMER_HAPPY: I know but I’m here to do things differently! I wanna try the slow burn.

BONNIE_HAPPY: Well I’m a slow burn kinda girl anyway, so fine by me!

UMA_FLIRTY: Erm, not gonna lie I’m not about the slow burn.

UMA_FLIRTY: You guys can do what you like, but I’m jumping in head first.

SUMMER_HAPPY: What do you say, {0}?

SUMMER_IDLE: I know you said you were going to get your flirt on but…

SUMMER_HAPPY: You did say you were gonna play it casual…

SUMMER_HAPPY: You did say you wanted to play it mysterious…

SUMMER_IDLE: Shall we all take it slow together?

Let’s take it slow

PLAYER_HAPPY: Sure thing, Summer.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Let’s take things slow. We don’t want to rush things and get it wrong.

SUMMER_HAPPY: Yes! I knew you would get it.

No way, I’m going for it

PLAYER_IDLE: Nah, I’m gonna do my own thing.

PLAYER_HAPPY: I want to be free to get to know the boys.

SUMMER_SERIOUS: Ergh really, I thought you would get it?

SUMMER_SERIOUS: Oh well. Just me and Bonnie then.

Suddenly you hear the doors of the villa open.

The sound of excited chatter echoes from downstairs.

UMA_HAPPY: The boys are here!

BONNIE_HAPPY: Let’s get out there, girls!

PLAYER_HAPPY: Good luck everyone!

Summer rushes out of the door and downstairs.

BONNIE_EMBARRASSED: So much for taking things slow…

You and the other girls hurry out behind her to meet the boys.

You spot Summer already flirting with two of the boys and sashay over to meet them.

PLAYER_IDLE: Having fun there, Summer?

SUMMER_HAPPY: Oh, hey guys! Have you met Alex and Joyo yet?

UMA_IDLE: Obviously not.

ALEX_FLIRTY: Hey! It’s great to meet you all.

JOYO_FLIRTY: You’re all looking stunning.

JOYO_FLIRTY: I can already tell this is going to be interesting.

ALEX_EMBARRASSED: Yeah, today’s been wild already.

ALEX_FLIRTY: What do we call you girls?

PLAYER_FLIRTY: I’m {0}. This is Bonnie and Uma.

BONNIE_FLIRTY: Nice to meet you, boys.

UMA_FLIRTY: I hope you’re ready to forget all about the main villa…

JOYO_FLIRTY: I think we’re in trouble here, Alex.

ALEX_FLIRTY: Yeah, you all seem lovely.

ALEX_FLIRTY: Your outfit is amazing, {0}.

ALEX_FLIRTY: Going to be hard to keep my eyes off you.

JOYO_FLIRTY: You’ve got a great look for sure.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Thanks!

UMA_FLIRTY: Is it just you two then?

JOYO_FLIRTY: Bored of us already?

UMA_FLIRTY: Just want to weigh up all my options.

JOYO_HAPPY: They’re exploring inside, but we’re all you need right here, right?

The villa doors swing open and out burst two more boys.

RAFAEL_HAPPY: Well hello, hello!

BRYSON_HAPPY: There you all are! We were wondering where the ladies were at.

ALEX_HAPPY: Speak of the devils…

SUMMER_FLIRTY: And I thought the boys couldn’t get any hotter!

BRYSON_HAPPY: How wrong you were!

BRYSON_FLIRTY: Hey, girls! I’m Bryson.

RAFAEL_HAPPY: I’m Rafael, it’s a pleasure to meet you!

RAFAEL_HAPPY: This villa is almost as gorgeous as you all.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Cute, where have you two been hiding?

BRYSON_HAPPY: We just had a cheeky little tour. This place is sick!

RAFAEL_HAPPY: We may have gotten a little lost.

ALEX_HAPPY: Lost? You guys are useless.

BRYSON_HAPPY: We wanted to find you girls first, but we’ve been beaten to it.

You catch Bryson’s eye and his face lights up.

BRYSON_FLIRTY: Sorry, I didn’t catch your name?

PLAYER_HAPPY: It’s {0}.

BRYSON_HAPPY: I won’t be forgetting that in a hurry.

JOYO_IDLE: You’d forget your own name if it wasn’t written on your clothes, Bryson.

BRYSON_SERIOUS: At least I know how to dress myself, Joyo.

There is a moment of awkward silence, before the boys burst out laughing.

JOYO_HAPPY: I don’t even have an answer for that one.

SUMMER_FLIRTY: So boys, who’s closed off and who’s not?

BRYSON_SURPRISED: Straight on it, love to see it.

BONNIE_HAPPY: And this is her taking it slow.

The boys all look at each other, seeming unsure what to say.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Cat got your tongue, boys?

RAFAEL_IDLE: I guess I’m the only one that’s kind of closed off.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: Kind of? You don’t sound too certain.

A phone pings.

ALEX_FLIRTY: That’s mine!

PLAYER_HAPPY: Ooh read it out!

LITEXT: Islanders, it’s time for an ice-breaker, please make your way to the firepit for a game of Sexy Charades! {0}MimeTime {1}LimberUp

RAFAEL_HAPPY: Sexy charades! Yes!

BRYSON_HAPPY: This will be fun. Let’s go!

You all rush off towards the firepit.

Everyone takes a seat around the firepit where a stack of cards sits.

Your phone pings.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Another text! It’s mine.

LITEXT: Islanders, please take it in turns to pick a card and act out the action with the Islander you think is the hottest. {0}, you’re up first. {1}PartyStarter {2}LetsGo

BONNIE_HAPPY: Ahhh, I’m so excited!

Bonnie leans over and whispers in your ear.

BONNIE_HAPPY: This is our chance to show these boys what we’re made of.

BONNIE_HAPPY: Better put on a good show if we’re gonna make it back to the villa.

BONNIE_FLIRTY: Can’t wait to see what tricks you’ve gotten hidden up your sleeve.

SUMMER_HAPPY: Well, {0}. What are you waiting for?

UMA_FLIRTY: Yeah, which boy do you think is the hottest?

Alex

PLAYER_FLIRTY: I think it’s going to have to be Alex.

ALEX_HAPPY: Wooo!

ALEX_EMBARRASSED: I mean, I’m flattered!

Alex stands and joins you over by the cards.

Rafael

PLAYER_FLIRTY: It’s going to have to be Rafael.

RAFAEL_HAPPY: Wow, really?!

RAFAEL_HAPPY: I’m honoured!

Rafael stands and joins you over by the cards.

Bryson

PLAYER_FLIRTY: It’s going to have to be Bryson.

BRYSON_HAPPY: YES!

BRYSON_IDLE: I mean, totally. I saw that coming.

BRYSON_HAPPY: Wasn’t surprised at all.

Bryson stands and joins you over by the cards.

Joyo

PLAYER_FLIRTY: I think it has to be Joyo.

JOYO_FLIRTY: I knew you’d have great taste.

Joyo stands and joins you over by the cards.

The other boys seem disappointed as you reach for the first card.

It reads Cowgirl.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Ok, let’s go!

You grab {0} by the hand and drag him in front of everyone.

{0}_FLIRTY: What should we do?

Ride on his back!

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Quick, get on your hands and knees!

{0}_FLIRTY: Yes, maam!

He drops down on his hands and knees and you hop onto his back.

He crawls around while you swing your arms, riding him like a pony.

Do the proper position

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Seems like you better lie down on your back!

{0}_FLIRTY: You’re the boss!

He lies down on his back and you hop on top of him.

You sit on his lap and swing your arms around like you’re riding a horse.

Let him ride you!

PLAYER_FLIRTY: I’ll be the pony and you can ride me!

{0}_FLIRTY: But that’s not the position?

PLAYER_HAPPY: Just do it!

{0}_HAPPY: You’re the boss!

You get down on your hands and knees and {0} sits on your back, riding you like a cowboy.

UMA_IDLE: Hmmm.

SUMMER_HAPPY: Erm, cowboy?

BONNIE_HAPPY: Horsey?

SUMMER_HAPPY: Riding?

BONNIE_HAPPY: Cowgirl! It has to be!

PLAYER_HAPPY: Yes!

{0}_HAPPY: You smashed it, {1}!

You both get up and take your seats.

It’s Alex’s turn next. He looks around, choosing who to pick.

Summer scooches towards him.

SUMMER_FLIRTY: So, who's it gonna be?

ALEX_HAPPY: I think it has to be {0}.

SUMMER_SURPRISED: Again?

PLAYER_HAPPY: Me?

ALEX_HAPPY: What do you say? Wanna pick a card with me, {0}?

Let’s do it!

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Yes, please.

ALEX_FLIRTY: I was hoping you would!

Alex takes you by the hand and you rush over to the card.

He reveals the prompt, Spooning!

He leans in and whispers in your ear.

ALEX_FLIRTY: Wanna be big spoon or little spoon?

Big spoon!

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Oh big spoon for sure!

You both get down on the ground and you tuck yourself behind Alex in a cute cuddle.

Little spoon!

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Little spoon definitely!

You both get down on the floor and he scooches in behind, enveloping you with his muscular arms.

SUMMER_HAPPY: It’s spooning!

No thanks

PLAYER_IDLE: I’d rather not if that’s ok?

ALEX_HAPPY: Oh yeah, of course! Who wants to join me then?

Summer and Bonnie’s hands shoot up.

BONNIE_HAPPY: I will!

ALEX_HAPPY: Let’s do it!

Alex draws the card. Then the two of them jump to the floor.

Alex scooches up behind Bonnie and cuddles here, keeping a respectable distance between them.

ALEX_HAPPY: Quick, guess!

Snuggle!

PLAYER_HAPPY: They’re snuggling, it’s got to be!

BONNIE_HAPPY: Nope, not yet anyway!

SUMMER_HAPPY: It’s spooning, obviously!

Spooning!

PLAYER_HAPPY: It’s got to be spooning!

BONNIE_HAPPY: Yes!

Sleeping!

PLAYER_HAPPY: It’s sleeping! They’re sleeping together!

BONNIE_HAPPY: Nope! Not yet anyways!

SUMMER_HAPPY: It’s spooning, obviously!

ALEX_HAPPY: Yep, you got it!

SUMMER_IDLE: That was too easy.

SUMMER_EMBARRASSED: Someone gonna pick me now?

UMA_FLIRTY: Don’t worry, Summer. There’s no rush.

Summer looks a little embarrassed as another text comes in.

JOYO_HAPPY: I’m up! How about you, Uma? Wanna have a go with me?

UMA_FLIRTY: You read my mind.

PLAYER_IDLE: Oh…

JOYO_HAPPY: Just want to make sure everyone gets a go!

SUMMER_SERIOUS: This is ridiculous.

Joyo and Uma rush over to the cards. They pull one.

Uma pulls Joyo to her and then spins her body around. She presses her body playfully back against him as she bends forward.

BRYSON_HAPPY: Well this looks familiar.

SUMMER_SERIOUS: I wanted this one!

The Wheelbarrow!

PLAYER_HAPPY: It’s the wheelbarrow!

UMA_HAPPY: What’s the wheelbarrow?

JOYO_FLIRTY: I know what it is, but it ain’t this.

BONNIE_FLIRTY: I know doggy style when I see it!

UMA_HAPPY: Yes!

Doggy style!

PLAYER_FLIRTY: That has to be doggy style!

UMA_HAPPY: Well observed!

JOYO_HAPPY: A personal fave.

The shopping cart!

PLAYER_HAPPY: The shopping cart?

UMA_SURPRISED: The what? I’m not a shopping cart!

JOYO_HAPPY: Isn’t that a dance move?

BONNIE_FLIRTY: I know doggy style when I see it!

UMA_HAPPY: Yes!

Joyo and Uma rush back to their places.

BRYSON_HAPPY: Finally! My turn!

SUMMER_FLIRTY: You look like you know what’s good for you, Bryson.

Bryson stands and heads straight for you.

SUMMER_SERIOUS: Oh come on.

BRYSON_HAPPY: Fancy another go, {0}?

For sure!

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Yes please!

BRYSON_HAPPY: Let’s gooo!

You and Bryson hurry over to the cards.

BRYSON_FLIRTY: Will you do the honours?

You pull a card, it says Turn Me On

BRYSON_HAPPY: What do we do?

PLAYER_HAPPY: What turns you on?

BRYSON_HAPPY: Neck kisses?

Kiss Bryson’s neck

PLAYER_FLIRTY: You got it.

You come in close to Bryson and gently kiss his neck.

He starts acting turned on, until you realise he isn’t acting.

BONNIE_HAPPY: Neck kisses!

ALEX_HAPPY: Making out?

JOYO_HAPPY: Turning him on?

BRYSON_HAPPY: Yes!

Let Bryson kiss your neck

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Well go on then…

You turn your head to reveal your neck.

Bryson comes closer and gently plants kisses up your neck.

You act turned on to the crowd.

BONNIE_HAPPY: Neck kisses!

ALEX_HAPPY: Making out?

JOYO_HAPPY: Turning him on?

BRYSON_HAPPY: Yes!

Pretend to be a lightswitch

PLAYER_IDLE: Not doing that! I know, I’ll be a light switch!

BRYSON_HAPPY: Yes!

You stand still and form a switch by sticking out your arm.

Bryson pushes your arm up and flicks the switch.

BONNIE_HAPPY: Switch?

SUMMER_HAPPY: Lamp?

JOYO_FLIRTY: Turn me on!

BRYSON_HAPPY: Hold on, Joyo, it’s my turn!

BRYSON_HAPPY: I’m kidding, that’s right!

You and Bryson head back to your seats.

I’m ok, thanks

PLAYER_HAPPY: I don't think so.

BRYSON_HAPPY: Oooh ok. Summer, let’s go!

SUMMER_HAPPY: I’m gonna pretend I wasn’t second choice there!

They grab a card, and whisper for a moment. Summer starts kissing Bryson’s neck.

Love bites!

PLAYER_HAPPY: It’s love bites!

BRYSON_HAPPY: Nope, she’s being quite gentle actually.

UMA_FLIRTY: It’s a turn on!

BRYSON_HAPPY: Sure is!

UMA_HAPPY: I knew it!

Rushing things!

PLAYER_HAPPY: Looks like rushing into things to me.

Summer rolls her eyes, pretending not to hear and then continues.

UMA_FLIRTY: It’s a turn on!

BRYSON_HAPPY: Sure is!

UMA_HAPPY: I knew it!

Turning him on!

PLAYER_HAPPY: It’s a turn on!

BRYSON_HAPPY: Sure is!

PLAYER_HAPPY: I knew it!

Summer and Bryson rush back to their places.

Uma’s phone pings and she heads straight for Alex!

UMA_FLIRTY: Come here you!

ALEX_HAPPY: Okie dokie!

They bolt to the cards and pull one out.

Uma jumps to the floor and lies on her back.

UMA_HAPPY: Don’t be scared! I don’t bite!

Alex looks a little shy and he lies down on top of her.

JOYO_HAPPY: Just sex?

BRYSON_IDLE: Good one…

Planking!

PLAYER_HAPPY: He’s planking on her!

ALEX_HAPPY: Rude!

RAFAEL_HAPPY: I think he’s trying to do missionary?

ALEX_HAPPY: Thanks a lot, guys! Like that weren’t embarrassing already!

RAFAEL_HAPPY: Only messing with ya, great form mate!

Missionary!

PLAYER_HAPPY: That’s missionary for sure!

ALEX_HAPPY: Yes! Glad I did something right!

UMA_FLIRTY: You did a lot right.

Wrestling!

PLAYER_HAPPY: Are you wrestling her?

ALEX_HAPPY: Wrestling her? No!

RAFAEL_HAPPY: I believe it’s called missionary.

ALEX_HAPPY: Thank you!

Alex and Uma take their seats hurriedly.

RAFAEL_HAPPY: My time to shine!

Rafael hurries over to Bonnie and offers his hand.

RAFAEL_HAPPY: Bonnie, will you do me the honour?

BONNIE_HAPPY: Sure!

PLAYER_IDLE: Oh…

RAFAEL_HAPPY: Just wanna make sure everyone goes!

Rafael and Bonnie pull their card.

She whispers in his ear and then plants a peck on his cheek.

JOYO_HAPPY: A peck!

SUMMER_HAPPY: A kiss!

BONNIE_HAPPY: Yes!

RAFAEL_FLIRTY: Easy peasy.

Before Bonnie can sit back down her phone pings!

BONNIE_HAPPY: Oh, my turn again!

She looks around at everyone.

Then her gaze lands on you.

BONNIE_FLIRTY: Care to join me, {0}?

Yas!

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Yes!

BONNIE_HAPPY: Yay! Come on then!

Not really

PLAYER_IDLE: I’m ok, thanks.

BONNIE_SAD: Oh, no problem.

BONNIE_HAPPY: Well then how about you, Bryson?

BRYSON_HAPPY: Sure, let’s do it!

BONNIE_HAPPY: How about you, Bryson?

BRYSON_HAPPY: Yes! Let’s do it!

You and Bonnie rush over to the cards and pull one out.

It says Cuddle

BONNIE_HAPPY: What should we do??

Jump into her arms

PLAYER_HAPPY: I’ve got an idea.

You take a step back, then leap into Bonnie’s arms.

BONNIE_HAPPY: Ahhh!

She catches you just in time.

Everyone claps and applauds.

BONNIE_HAPPY: Aren’t you full of surprises!

Have a tender embrace

PLAYER_FLIRTY: How about this?

You step towards Bonnie and pull her in close to you.

You gently place her head on your shoulder and relax into one another.

Holding each other tight in a comforting embrace.

BONNIE_FLIRTY: Aww, this is actually really nice.

BONNIE_HAPPY: You give great cuddles, {0}.

Snuggle on the floor

PLAYER_HAPPY: Quick! On the floor!

Bonnie lays down on her back and you hop on top of her.

Wrapping your arms around each other, you roll around in a chaotic cuddle.

BONNIE_HAPPY: Ahh! You’re wild {0}!

BRYSON_HAPPY: A hug!

SUMMER_HAPPY: A snuggle?!

RAFAEL_HAPPY: A cuddle! Obviously!

PLAYER_HAPPY: Yes!

Bonnie smiles, a sparkle in her eye. Before you make your way back to your seats.

Bonnie and Bryson grab their card.

Before you know it Bonnie takes a run up and jumps into Bryson’s arms.

They lock their arms around each other and spin around in a playful embrace.

UMA_FLIRTY: Dancing?

JOYO_HAPPY: Hugging?

RAFAEL_HAPPY: It’s a cuddle!

BONNIE_HAPPY: Yes!

Bonnie and Bryson high five as they take their seats.

UMA_FLIRTY: Is that it then? Game over?

JOYO_HAPPY: Looks like there is one more card?

UMA_FLIRTY: {0}! Why don’t you take it! Bet it’s the juiciest!

UMA_FLIRTY: Might even be a chance for a little smooch.

*Yes, I’m doing it!

PLAYER_HAPPY: That card’s mine!

BONNIE_HAPPY: Wooo! Go {0}!

UMA_FLIRTY: This one is gonna be good, I can tell.

Nah, I’m done

PLAYER_IDLE: I’m fine, thanks.

BONNIE_SURPRISED: Really? But who knows what it will be?

UMA_FLIRTY: Might be a chance to get to know the boys properly.

SUMMER_HAPPY: If you don’t take it I will!

*Alright, I’ll do it!

PLAYER_HAPPY: Ok, I’m doing it!

BONNIE_HAPPY: Yaaas! Go, {0}!

I don’t want to

PLAYER_IDLE: No thanks. I don’t want to.

SUMMER_HAPPY: Great! Then it’s all mine!

You pick out a card, it says Snogging. Uma glances over your shoulder at it and whispers to you.

UMA_FLIRTY: Juicy. Sounds like Rafael’s kind of closed off. For now.

UMA_FLIRTY: Sure we can turn his head though in time.

UMA_FLIRTY: So, who are you gonna pick?

Bryson

PLAYER_FLIRTY: I’m choosing Bryson.

BRYSON_HAPPY: Well aren’t I a lucky boy!

BRYSON_HAPPY: We’re gonna smash this!

Joyo

PLAYER_FLIRTY: I’m choosing Joyo.

JOYO_FLIRTY: I hoped you would.

JOYO_FLIRTY: I guess I got lucky.

Alex

PLAYER_FLIRTY: I’m choosing Alex.

ALEX_HAPPY: Lucky me!

ALEX_HAPPY: I’ll do my best!

Bonnie

PLAYER_FLIRTY: I’m choosing Bonnie.

BONNIE_HAPPY: Me? Wow, it’s my lucky day!

You take {0}’s hand and show the card, both of your eyes lighting up.

{0}_FLIRTY: I guess there’s only one thing to do?

Sexy snog!

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Pucker up!

You pull {0} close to you.

You feel their hands on your waist as you close your eyes and lean in.

{0}’s soft lips meet yours in a passionate snog.

You feel them breathe deeply, goosebumps forming on your skin.

{0} pulls you in closer in a tight embrace.

Then you pull apart and stare into each other’s eyes.

UMA_FLIRTY: Wooo! Now that’s a snog!

{0}_HAPPY: Yes it was! I’m very impressed.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Good to know you enjoyed it.

{0}_HAPPY: I think that’s understating it, {1}.

{0}_FLIRTY: You’re a great kisser.

{0}_FLIRTY: That kiss is definitely up there.

{0} looks deep into your eyes, a palpable excitement hangs between you.

You get a sense that you’ve certainly caught their attention.

{0}_HAPPY: I’m hoping there’ll be more kisses like that.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Interesting.

UMA_FLIRTY: Looks like sparks are flying already!

SUMMER_SERIOUS: Can’t deny that looked like a hot kiss.

Mime snogging

PLAYER_HAPPY: Let’s just mime it for now.

{0}_HAPPY: Sure thing!

You turn your back to the others and pretend to snog each other.

SUMMER_HAPPY: Kissing?

UMA_HAPPY: Making out?

SUMMER_HAPPY: Oh wait, snogging!

{0}_HAPPY: Yes! Kind of.

You hear one final ping.

Joyo checks his phone.

SUMMER_IDLE: What now?

JOYO_HAPPY: Says the game is over!

SUMMER_SERIOUS: Oh what? That’s not fair!

UMA_HAPPY: That’s it then!

SUMMER_FLIRTY: I defo would’ve picked you, Joyo.

BRYSON_SURPRISED: Why Joyo??

JOYO_FLIRTY: If you have to ask then that says it all.

BRYSON_SERIOUS: I wasn’t asking you.

JOYO_FLIRTY: Maybe if you worked on your moves a bit.

ALEX_HAPPY: Come on, lads, let’s leave the girls to chat for a bit, yeah?

RAFAEL_HAPPY: Yeah, I’m sure they’ve got lots to discuss.

BRYSON_HAPPY: Sure, see you later, ladies.

JOYO_FLIRTY: Later, girls!

As the boys walk away you can hear Bryson and Joyo bickering.

JOYO_EMBARRASSED: Why the long face man?

BRYSON_SERIOUS: As if you need to ask that after earlier.

UMA_HAPPY: That was a lot of fun!

BONNIE_HAPPY: Right! These boys are such a laugh.

SUMMER_FLIRTY: Not to mention hot!

BONNIE_FLIRTY: Yeah, what happened to going slow, Summer?

SUMMER_IDLE: I don’t know what you mean?

BONNIE_FLIRTY: By the time we got out there you nearly had a ring on your finger!

SUMMER_HAPPY: I just got a bit excited, that's all!

SUMMER_HAPPY: I’m not committing to anyone! The deal’s still on. No rushing!

UMA_FLIRTY: Well, I’m going to go chat to them and see who they really are.

Uma leans into your ear.

UMA_HAPPY: If I were you, I'd get my grafting boots on too.

UMA_HAPPY: And get to know all the boys as much as you can.

UMA_FLIRTY: You only get one chance to make a first impression.

*I’ll have longer chats with all the boys

I’ll see how it goes

PLAYER_IDLE: I think I’ll just play it by ear. See how they go.

UMA_IDLE: I don’t know. Things move fast in Casa Amor.

UMA_FLIRTY: I’d get to know them all as much as possible.

UMA_SERIOUS: It could help you work out who to focus on.

UMA_FLIRTY: And it might help turn their head your way.

*I’ll have longer chats with all the boys

I’ll play it by ear

PLAYER_IDLE: I’ll just see what happens.

UMA_IDLE: Fair enough.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: You’re right, I should make the most of these chats.

UMA_FLIRTY: Absolutely. You only get one chance at a first impression.

UMA_FLIRTY: And things move fast in Casa Amor.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Catch you later!

&roofterrace: Alex

You burst through the doors, surprising Alex as he takes in the views.

ALEX_SURPRISED: {0}! You caught me by surprise then.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Didn’t mean to scare you.

ALEX_HAPPY: Oh no, nothing scary about it! A very nice surprise.

ALEX_FLIRTY: Come sit with me.

You sit yourself down next to Alex.

ALEX_HAPPY: You caught me getting a cheeky bird’s-eye view of the Casa.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Getting the lay of the land?

ALEX_HAPPY: Exactly, just taking it all in. The villa’s been such a whirlwind.

ALEX_FLIRTY: Being here feels refreshing.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Like a fresh start?

ALEX_FLIRTY: Yeah, maybe.

ALEX_FLIRTY: I’ve certainly found a lot to admire so far.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Oh really? What have you been admiring so far?

ALEX_HAPPY: Well, the cupboards in the kitchen have been fitted immaculately…

ALEX_HAPPY: And don’t get me started on the living room.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Sorry, what are you on about?

ALEX_HAPPY: I’m a carpenter by trade.

ALEX_HAPPY: Gotta admire good craftsmanship when you see it.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: Oh, I thought you might have been admiring us Casa girls…

ALEX_FLIRTY: I was… I’m just messing with you.

ALEX_FLIRTY: You’re all stunning. It’s true what they say.

PLAYER_HAPPY: What do they say?

ALEX_FLIRTY: Casa Amor really is the ultimate test. I can already see this won’t be easy!

ALEX_HAPPY: But I’ve gotta admit. I’m glad it was you that came and found me.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Oh really?

ALEX_FLIRTY: I’ve been looking forward to getting to know you.

Flirt it up

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Me too. I’ve been looking forward to getting you to myself.

ALEX_FLIRTY: Well, I’m all yours.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: All mine already? That was easy.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Just a few minutes with me and you forget all about the other villa?

ALEX_FLIRTY: Ha, you clearly have that effect on me.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: You haven’t seen anything yet.

ALEX_FLIRTY: I can’t wait to see what you have in store…

PLAYER_FLIRTY: I want to see what you’re about first.

Act cool

PLAYER_HAPPY: I can’t blame you, I’m pretty cool.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Most people wanna know me. I’m kinda a big deal.

ALEX_HAPPY: I can tell… and humble too.

Alex shoots you a jokey wink.

ALEX_HAPPY: Well, I’m honoured to be in your presence.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Good, you should be!

PLAYER_HAPPY: So, who is Alex?

Be mysterious

PLAYER_IDLE: I’m more interested in getting to know Alex.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: The less you know about me the better…

ALEX_FLIRTY: Ooh, very intriguing. I love a bit of mystery.

ALEX_FLIRTY: Go on then, I’m an open book.

PLAYER_HAPPY: You’re a carpenter?

ALEX_HAPPY: That’s right and I know what you’re thinking.

PLAYER_HAPPY: What am I thinking?

ALEX_FLIRTY: It does make me good with my hands.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Very presumptive but good to know. What sort of stuff do you make then?

ALEX_HAPPY: Oh anything I put my mind to really.

ALEX_HAPPY: I built a lot of my house actually, back in Warrington.

ALEX_IDLE: Bought a sad old fixer upper and have been refurbing it back to its former glory.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Some kind of lad pad I’m guessing?

ALEX_EMBARRASSED: More like country manor…

ALEX_HAPPY: It was basically a ruin so I got it real cheap.

ALEX_HAPPY: It's always been my goal to build my dream home.

PLAYER_IDLE: And would you build a dream house for your dream girl?

ALEX_FLIRTY: I’d love to, what we talking? Humble cottage or grand castle?

Cottage

PLAYER_HAPPY: I wouldn’t mind a cute little cottage.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Tucked away all cosy in the countryside.

ALEX_FLIRTY: Now that I can do.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Sounds like you’re a handy man to have around.

ALEX_FLIRTY: I like to make myself useful.

Castle

PLAYER_HAPPY: A castle sounds real nice.

ALEX_HAPPY: I’d expect nothing less.

ALEX_FLIRTY: Your wish is my command!

ALEX_HAPPY: Might take me a few years, mind.

PLAYER_HAPPY: I can wait.

Townhouse

PLAYER_IDLE: I’d prefer a townhouse?

ALEX_HAPPY: Ah city girl are we? That might be a tricky one.

ALEX_IDLE: I’m more of a fan of rustic buildings.

ALEX_FLIRTY: But just for you I could give it a go!

ALEX_HAPPY: I’ve got a treehouse in my garden in the meantime?

PLAYER_SURPRISED: You think I’m going to live in your treehouse?

ALEX_HAPPY: Trust me this isn’t any ordinary treehouse.

ALEX_HAPPY: Think of it more like a luxury tree top residence.

PLAYER_HAPPY: I’m listening…

ALEX_EMBARRASSED: Alright, I may have oversold it. It is dragon themed.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Interesting.

ALEX_HAPPY: I built it for my nephews! And kinda for me too.

ALEX_HAPPY: They always come over to mine.

ALEX_IDLE: I thought it would be nice for them to have somewhere to play.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Aww.

ALEX_HAPPY: I built this slide coming out of the dragon’s mouth.

ALEX_HAPPY: It leads into this ball pit I made. It’s got a roof so they can play in the rain.

ALEX_HAPPY: And I built this scaly tail out of old tires.

ALEX_EMBARRASSED: Sorry, I always geek out over this stuff.

Tell him he’s cute

PLAYER_HAPPY: It’s pretty cute hearing you talk about this.

PLAYER_HAPPY: It’s good to see your cute side already.

ALEX_HAPPY: Glad I haven’t icked you out already.

Tease him

PLAYER_FLIRTY: It certainly seems like you do.

PLAYER_IDLE: Do you normally rave about treehouses to girls you’ve just met?

ALEX_EMBARRASSED: Sadly so. Probably why I’m still single.

ALEX_HAPPY: Anything to be the cool uncle.

ALEX_HAPPY: Which feels weird to say, I still feel like a kid.

ALEX_HAPPY: But seeing how much the kids love it always puts a smile on my face.

ALEX_HAPPY: Even if having a dragon treehouse isn’t exactly a winner with the ladies…

I love it!

PLAYER_FLIRTY: I love the sound of that!

PLAYER_HAPPY: It’s a winner with me.

ALEX_HAPPY: Really? I mean I secretly love it too.

ALEX_HAPPY: You can visit anytime.

PLAYER_HAPPY: It’s a date.

It’s not a vibe

PLAYER_IDLE: Yeah, that doesn’t sound like a vibe if I’m honest.

ALEX_IDLE: Yeah, exactly. The kids love it though.

ALEX_FLIRTY: Maybe when they grow up I’ll turn it into the luxury treetop residence.

PLAYER_HAPPY: That’s more like it.

Who cares about the ladies?

PLAYER_HAPPY: Who cares what the ladies think!

PLAYER_HAPPY: Being the cool uncle sounds way better anyway.

ALEX_HAPPY: It is pretty great. They’re funny kids.

PLAYER_HAPPY: So you’ve not been bringing many ladies to the dragon house then?

ALEX_HAPPY: Not exactly.

ALEX_IDLE: Though I’ve not brought anyone back to the casa del Alex lately.

PLAYER_IDLE: Oh? Have you been single for a while?

ALEX_IDLE: Not exactly single, but not exactly dating. I don’t know what you’d call it?

PLAYER_IDLE: I know what you mean, like situationships?

ALEX_HAPPY: Yeah! I’ve met some nice girls but it’s not gone the distance lately.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Has it ever gone the distance?

ALEX_HAPPY: Well clearly not too far otherwise I wouldn’t be here!

ALEX_HAPPY: But I’ve had a couple of long-term girlfriends in the past.

ALEX_HAPPY: But neither of them were the one.

PLAYER_HAPPY: You’re ready for the one?

ALEX_HAPPY: More than ready! It’s the reason I’m here.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: And do you think you’ve found her yet? In the villa I mean.

ALEX_FLIRTY: I see you’re not shy asking the awkward questions.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Had to ask. Who are you coupled with in the villa?

ALEX_IDLE: I’m with Estelle.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Ah Estelle! The competition…

ALEX_HAPPY: Ha, not quite. She’s a lovely girl.

ALEX_HAPPY: We definitely clicked, on that first day there was chemistry.

ALEX_IDLE: But after a while it kind of fizzled out.

ALEX_IDLE: It felt like we wanted different things. I guess opposites attract…

ALEX_IDLE: But it doesn't mean it lasts.

ALEX_HAPPY: It’s pretty friend vibey with us.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: You’re in a friend couple?

ALEX_IDLE: Not quite, but I think we’re both open to new people.

PLAYER_IDLE: So you’re open to having your head turned?

ALEX_FLIRTY: Seems to be spinning as we speak.

ALEX_FLIRTY: You’ve certainly taken be my surprise, {0}.

ALEX_FLIRTY: Though I think you’ve caught all the boys’ eyes.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: You think?

ALEX_FLIRTY: Can’t say I blame them.

ALEX_HAPPY: I’m sure they’ll be butting heads over you in no time.

ALEX_EMBARRASSED: Wouldn’t be the first time in here.

PLAYER_IDLE: Yeah, I noticed a bit of tension between Bryson and Joyo.

ALEX_HAPPY: Ah yeah, they’re not exactly the best of friends at the moment.

ALEX_IDLE: But not my place to get into other people’s business. Or my style.

ALEX_HAPPY: Prefer to stay drama free.

ALEX_IDLE: I’m sure they’ll fill you in themselves though.

ALEX_HAPPY: If they haven’t already…

PLAYER_HAPPY: Looks like I’ve got some snooping to do then.

ALEX_HAPPY: If you’re not in a hurry to snoop we could chill here a little longer?

ALEX_HAPPY: You’ve got good chat. I’m up for getting to know you better for sure.

ALEX_HAPPY: Plus, I could fill you in on the other boys too if you’re interested?

*I’ll stay longer!

I’ll make tracks

PLAYER_IDLE: Nah, I’ve got other people to chat to.

ALEX_FLIRTY: I’m sure they could wait, if you wanted to talk a bit more.

ALEX_HAPPY: I can give you my first impressions of you girls…

*Ok, I’ll stay

No, really

PLAYER_IDLE: No, really. I wanna talk to the others.

ALEX_IDLE: Makes sense, {0}.

ALEX_HAPPY: We’ll catch up later.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Yeah, ok. I’ll stay and chill for a bit.

ALEX_FLIRTY: I was hoping you’d say that.

ALEX_HAPPY: I feel like I was ready to leave the main villa for a bit.

ALEX_IDLE: It’s really fun to come here and meet some great new girls.

ALEX_IDLE: No shade on the OG girls, they’re all cool in their own ways.

ALEX_FLIRTY: I’m just ready to explore a new connection.

PLAYER_IDLE: So what were your first impressions of the Casa Amor girls then?

ALEX_HAPPY: Uma’s great. She seems very sure of herself.

ALEX_HAPPY: I like her confidence!

ALEX_IDLE: I feel like people often jump to conclusions about confident people.

ALEX_IDLE: Thinking that they’re cocky.

ALEX_HAPPY: But Uma doesn’t seem it. She just seems to know her own mind.

You like confidence? You’ll love me

PLAYER_FLIRTY: You like confidence?

ALEX_FLIRTY: I do… It’s always been a trait I like in a girl.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: You’ll love me then.

ALEX_FLIRTY: I believe you, {0}.

ALEX_HAPPY: You seem sure of yourself. I like that.

Are you confident then?

PLAYER_IDLE: Are you confident then?

ALEX_HAPPY: Absolutely.

PLAYER_IDLE: But not cocky?

ALEX_IDLE: Never. My friends and family would never let that fly.

ALEX_HAPPY: I’m a confident guy. Confident in what I do, who I am, how I dress.

ALEX_IDLE: But I’d like to think I never come across as arrogant.

PLAYER_IDLE: I’ll have to wait and see.

Uma’s not that confident

PLAYER_IDLE: Uma’s not that confident.

PLAYER_IDLE: You just met her, I don’t know how you can gauge all that.

ALEX_IDLE: That’s just the vibe she gave me.

ALEX_IDLE: I’m fully prepared to be wrong though.

PLAYER_IDLE: What about Bonnie and Summer?

ALEX_HAPPY: Bonnie seems like the kind of girl who could brighten up any situation.

ALEX_IDLE: She’s got that natural comfortability about her.

ALEX_HAPPY: She could slot into any friend group and be close to them in no time.

ALEX_HAPPY: An all-round lovely girl.

ALEX_HAPPY: Summer seems nice too.

ALEX_IDLE: Very flirty and competitive.

ALEX_IDLE: It’s hard to fully know what she’s about right now.

ALEX_IDLE: I’m sure there’s more to her.

PLAYER_IDLE: And what’s your first impressions of me?

ALEX_HAPPY: Very beautiful. Like, extremely beautiful.

ALEX_FLIRTY: Magnetic. I can feel myself being pulled towards you.

ALEX_FLIRTY: Charming…

ALEX_FLIRTY: Very cool…

ALEX_FLIRTY: Mysterious…

ALEX_HAPPY: And you love treehouses too, which is a bonus.

ALEX_HAPPY: In short, you’re intriguing for sure.

I’m the most intriguing girl

PLAYER_IDLE: I’m the most interesting girl, I know that.

ALEX_IDLE: Bold statement there, {0}!

PLAYER_IDLE: I’m a bold girl.

ALEX_IDLE: I wouldn’t want to put any of the other girls down.

ALEX_HAPPY: But you do have something about you for sure.

ALEX_IDLE: You seem like the most so far.

Aww, thanks Alex

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Aww, thanks Alex.

PLAYER_HAPPY: It feels good to hear you say those things.

ALEX_FLIRTY: Does it?

ALEX_HAPPY: I think that’s a good sign then, {0}.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Maybe you’re right.

Is that all you can say?

PLAYER_IDLE: Is that all you have to say?

ALEX_IDLE: Well, I’ve only just met you, {0}.

ALEX_HAPPY: I’m sure there’s way more I have yet to discover.

ALEX_HAPPY: I think you’re going to be popular with all the boys.

PLAYER_IDLE: You think?

ALEX_HAPPY: Definitely. I know them all pretty well by now.

PLAYER_IDLE: Give me a bit of an insight then?

ALEX_HAPPY: Into the boys?

ALEX_HAPPY: Well Joyo, he’ll pretend that nothing fazes him.

ALEX_IDLE: Don’t get me wrong, he is a cool guy.

ALEX_HAPPY: But the right kind of girl could rattle him.

ALEX_IDLE: I think he’s got more levels to him than he gives off sometimes.

ALEX_HAPPY: Bryson… He’s a lot. He makes me laugh, constantly.

ALEX_HAPPY: He brings the good vibes to any situation.

ALEX_IDLE: He can be a bit immature though, but he’s very switched on.

ALEX_IDLE: I think underneath the bundle of charisma, he’s a smart lad.

PLAYER_HAPPY: And Rafael?

ALEX_HAPPY: Raf, Raffie, my brother.

ALEX_HAPPY: You know when you just know you’re gonna be mates with someone for life?

PLAYER_HAPPY: Aww. Bromance?

ALEX_HAPPY: Yeah, he’s become like my little brother in here.

ALEX_IDLE: I feel the instinct to look out for him.

ALEX_HAPPY: Plus, I know my nephews are gonna love him.

ALEX_HAPPY: We’ve been pretty inseparable since the day we met.

ALEX_HAPPY: I’m happy to make it to Casa Amor with him.

ALEX_IDLE: Now we both need to figure out what we want from here…

PLAYER_IDLE: I’m curious to know that too.

ALEX_IDLE: I’ll be straight with you, {0}.

ALEX_HAPPY: I want to give everyone a chance. I’m here to find my person.

ALEX_IDLE: And I never want to settle. I want to find the one.

ALEX_HAPPY: And who knows how that’s going to pan out.

ALEX_FLIRTY: But you’ve defo caught my eye.

ALEX_IDLE: But I will let you know that I move slower than some of the other boys.

I move slow too

PLAYER_HAPPY: That’s cool with me, I move slow too.

PLAYER_IDLE: I like to really get to know people.

ALEX_HAPPY: Exactly! Things are a bit different here than in the outside world.

ALEX_IDLE: But that doesn’t mean anybody has to rush into anything.

ALEX_HAPPY: Then again, who knows. Maybe I’m looking for a girl to surprise me.

What a shame, I move fast

PLAYER_IDLE: Ooops, that’s a shame. I’m sorta in the move fast camp.

ALEX_IDLE: Well, that’s ok.

ALEX_IDLE: Who knows, maybe I’m just waiting for a girl to surprise me…

ALEX_IDLE: Yeah, Bryson and Joyo definitely seem to move a little faster.

ALEX_IDLE: I think they’ll want to explore things in Casa Amor.

ALEX_HAPPY: See if they’ve got a better connection with anybody.

PLAYER_IDLE: Oh really?

ALEX_IDLE: Yeah, but Rafael will be more cautious. He’s a bit tied to Daphne.

ALEX_HAPPY: I think he should explore his options though.

PLAYER_IDLE: That makes sense.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Speaking of the other boys…

ALEX_FLIRTY: I’ll let you mingle.

ALEX_HAPPY: It’s been fun chatting with you, {0}.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Bye, Alex.

You head off to chat to the others.

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