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ganondoodle · 5 months

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some ramblings about the overworld and reusing of the map in totk

i was one of the people that didnt mind revisiting the same map bc i loved the world and would gladly rexplore it all again, i was confident theyd change it up so it felt fresh again .. but it really wasnt, but even if it wasnt i was fine with it bc i was sure theyd HAD to use the build up from botw, with the shiekah and yiga alone theres so much you could do, and a captivating story or characters are more important than any map change to me-

and then, most changes on the surface were artificially stuck onto the world, like some small boulders the size of a large boulder stuck onto a wall, weirdly fusing with it (but thats not relevant and doesnt have a reason either) which really doesnt change anything much, some caves and holes in the ground but nothing really substantial at all, the most changed was death mountain and the gerudo city (while the regions themselves didnt really change either .. no in any interesting way at least to the extend i saw in my what 200+ hours)

im no game dev expert but do know a little and changing up a model and breaking stuff off really isnt THAT much to do so i really dont understand why they dotted the world with useless rocks and little caves that are all extremely similar instead, but then change stuff that is WEIRD to change and would have been easier to leave as it was- like the shrine of life being scraped of the walls, or smoothing over the places were shiekah towers were in botw like they never existed in the first place, and then sometimes adding something for no reason (like apparetly theres a new useless tiny ruin on the akkala fortress??? why?? how?? and i heard someone say they changed how the big hole in one of the peaks of the big mountains looked, like the icy blue texture was removed?? i dont know if i went there in my playthrough but i dont doubt it lol) and instead of the holes of the big shiekah tech pillars being left its just .. filled up with dirt, just like the bit of the calamity ganon arena being jsut rock now and the pit being fileld with just dirt as well-

and theres MORE changes that are arguably MORE time consuming to do but are both unnecessary to do and also WEIRD, erase everything shiekah and say it all vanished into thin air while theres clearly guardian parts in the new, shittier, towers and one decayed left at the hateno institue, the ancient furnace isnt just GONE its filled with rocks that had no way to get there naturally

but then the rest of the world is pretty much the same, with very little changes and if its plopped onto it without actualyl meaning anything, even inconvenience you too, like the path to hateno being blocked by a fortress of monsters so you cant get there via horse, and even if you clear them out, with or without the quest, they just come back with the bloodmoon, i thoguht if i do it with the quest theyd be gone for good and clear the path again, but NO you participating in the fight means nothing but another checkmark bc they will redo it over and over and it will be blocked again anyway (but then the "pirates" which are also a monster fortress .... dont come back ... waht) or the blockage of the bridge at the twin mountains too, you cant actually change anything, the one in the gerudo valley is also just another weird blockage, do you want to force me to build stuff? no thanks ill just walk then and be annoyed about it bc thats way easier

(sidenote, satori being reduced to someone pointing at caves that doesnt even tell you if you did them already or not is so disrespectful, i loved satori bc it wasnt some player helper but a strange and beautiful being, it jsut lived there and you had to be careful to even catch a glimps of it, the atmosphere around it being creepy and otherworldly you dont know what its really capable of, like you are staring at a godly being you cannot talk to but it accepts you when you are there and leaves as soon as you let go of it.... and nows its just a cave pointer...)

so, especially if you played botw, it all very much feels like a retread but with little sprinkles and weird changes (or outright annoying ones like the shrine of life being licked of the walls) here and there and othertimes just plain annoying inconveniences, and then the main points of your quest are .... in the same spot as in botw as well, its at rito village, death mountain, gerudo town, zoras village ... its repetition is entirely unnecessary, you had interesting locations all over the map, put a temple into or under akkala fortress my god that things i BUILD for that, anything in akkala really, put another one high into the mountains, in or UNDER hateno?? the krog forest or the deku tree being one?? kakariko??? no ?? it jsut had to affect each species exactly where they are .. again, and even the temples are there so its not even a thing made there affects the town nearest but still far away enough to be different or the terrain literally leveled the ground and they are gonna have to look to settle elsewhere (the closest is gerudo town but like ... is it), its not just repetetive but also makes the regions feel WAY more disconnected and self contained, none of them care about each other or do anything but defend against the thing that conveniently affects them directly at the same place again and the activities are largely the same too, find shrine find krog

ok then we got the sky, .. which is largely empty with just some repeating minibosses or some get crystal to there thing, its empty and barren of life, not a single NPC ever goes up into the sky aside from two dungeons companions, despite them already using the sonau tech ballooons and what not and having literal bird people there AND being literally obsessed with anything sonau, rarely theres a construct there, a robot with little to tell and not really doing anything, the ruins dont tell a story either, its just .. there

then theres the underground and omg its just as big as the overworld map! and then the .. terrain and look of it is almost always the same (only in the gerudo region is it a little more sandy) with the same kind of sonau thingies being the same everywhere that dont even LOOK ancient, it bothers me so much, are you telling me this building has been here for well over 10 THOUSAND YEARS?? and then the lightroots ... are in the same spot as the shrines .. so its not even a discovery really bc you know where shrine or root is now .. and then every more important place is literally beneath surface important places (even under taburasa .. the town you newly built in botw) which again .. isnt really a discovery then, and then the map itself is just the surface map but inverted, which to some may be a neat thing but, to me ... so its the surface AGAIN but more boring bc it doesnt have any regional differences too and then they have the gall to put the old amiibo stuff there (the labyrinths??? you go throguh all that and its just the renamed same armor from botws DLC??? how dare you), or some crystal things for your battery that are just another currency that has to be exchanged twice to specific people to be most useful- and the big weird magician statues ?? man idk if i should help this one, the giant mech like statue is giving me the creeps, and how the hell is it talking through the statues of thE GODDESS??? HUH´? and then it turns out its just a guys that sells you largely useless stuff for yet another currency you can only use at few specific spots

even the enemies are the same aside from mini- and gigamas, it even repeats the enemies from the surface

the best part of the underground/surface are the yiga, and even they are made kinda boring, in the underground its little outposts that give you some crystal currency and blueprints for autobuild i bet you arent ever gonna use, the most valuable thing is their little diaries and on the bigger spots koga (he is surperior to every single other character, sorry gan) but even kogas questline is like .. removed from everything else, its its own contained thing ocne again ... the arenas that are kinda fun to do but ultimately

you have a barely changed map from botw, a largely empty sky with some rather boring shrines or minibosses that get used over and over and no story to tell really, and then the entire map of the surface again with important points and shrine points being repeated as well

and then you get option over option to skip any traversal of all that too, with ultrahand and the towers and the ceiling jump and fast travel its a repetetive map twice and one largely empty with out skipping from point a to point b

i know how difficult game dev is, but in all those years with a giant team and money this is it? and not even the story has anything to go for? how do you take the addictive exploration of botw and turn it boring

anyway, yet another ramble taking me the entire evenign to write, again, this is not meant as blind hatred but an expression of my feelings and thoughts about it and for this one why it felt so weird and boring to explore ... the thing i like so much about botw ..

#ganondoodles talks #zelda #totk #ganondoodles rants #idk i suddendly thought about more stuff to rant about #sorry to do this so much and so long #i wanna move one for now and work on my comic again #... how did this take me two hours to write #also please i know i talk alot about it but theres so much to rant about #that i will never understand how they came up with doing it like this #when there were so many options to do it better #to go out of your way to make something less interesting???huh??

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mrpinchy · 1 year

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artists who primarily rely on twitter: i’m BEGGING you to stop falling for the blue checkmark/twitter blue grift. “i need it to boost my place in the algorithm” except you don’t even know if it really does that? god knows elon just says whatever and people keep fucking believing him even though it NEVER works out that way. look at what twitter is now. you really think it’s gonna get better for artists NOW? it wasn’t even good for artists while it was a functioning website! how is that $8 supposed to save your follower count when twitter is still bleeding users across the board? the only other people falling for the grift are elon simps, alt-right chuds, and other grifters looking for easy marks, and THOSE are the people who are actually going to benefit from the blue checks. if you dont fall under those categories you’re losing way more than you could possibly gain by buying that checkmark

you don’t have to leave twitter, at this point it’s kinda hard for a lot of people to do that, and that’s fine, but PLEASE don’t fucking pay for it.

#i feel so bad for artists who primarily use/need twitter #im so sorry #but elon isn't making ANY of these decisions for your benefit

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inuhodo · 1 year

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(was tagged by @clavicuss-vile , thank you! ive never done anything like this before lol, it was fun! ;;)

friend hawke time

seasoning: salt. you can argue whether or not its a seasoning but it for sure will not let you down

weather: not the storm, but the weather before the storm. the anticipation of the storm. the sky is dark, the air is tense, the pressure makes you ache.

color: BLUE!! surprisingly. her freak ass blue eyes, her general use of blue clothing, the blue of isabela's fabric. the only red she has is the bloodstain

sky: overcast. miserable fucking weather

magic power: well shes a mage so i sure hope she does (its blood magic. the friend special is making people's blood boil in their veins and blood transfusions)

house plant: ORCHID! they attach themselves to other plants in the wild. if they dont have that theyre hard to take care of. i think that fits her. <- only did cursory googling

weapon: knives. before she had to go into a more mage role she was a rogue, stabbing people. and then after she couldn't do her same rogue tricks and leaned into magic it was blood magic, so she didnt have to toss her knife collection

subject: her ass is NOT studying

social media: shed have 3 twitters: her blue checkmark Champion of Kirkwall one she hates to use, a public one that she uses to qrt people and sicc the kirkwall crew to ratio, and then a private account where she can really just say whatever the fuck

makeup product: smudged smoky eye that you fall asleep in after getting drunk at a party and just dont wash off for a day or so

candy: lollipops. straight up. you can do a lot of yuri with those (indirect kisses, anyone? homoerotic sharing of candy with your best girl friend?)

fear: oh girl EVERYTHING. but specifically, very specifically, being discarded for no longer being useful to people and being alone. such a deep bone-chilling terror that she twists herself into shapes to be a doormat for the people she loves

ice cube shape: the kind that makes it easy to put into water bottles

method of long distance travel: being a hawk and flying. its really the only way she can long-distance travel short of getting on a carriage or boat, because with her injuries she is not going to be walking for long periods of time unless she wants to have a bad time

art style: environments, though abstract and unsettling. very messy

mythological creature: maybe an oddball but, the nangangatok. harbringers of terrible things to come. they knock on your door and when you open it there's nobody there, but that means you've invited them into your house and a few days later something terrible happens. considering friend is indirectly responsible for the demise of her entire family… well. it fits

piece of stationary: one of them novelty pens that lets you click down any color you want babey!!!!!!!!!!! NO IDEA IF THIS IS STATIONARY IDK WHAT THAT IS <3

3 emojis: 🩸🎭🥴

celestial body: the moon, for most of its symbolism. lunar effect (hawke derangement), tarot symbolism (secrets and obfuscation), the thing in the night. you know. shes haunted

hitting @bpd-anders and @fadeburst with chairs. and mentally tagging anyone else

#i am Burning #friend hawke #this was fun ive never done this before!!!#long post //#also sorry the font is for ants dw i too am using a microscope for it

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rainbowloliofjustice · 3 years

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Also, what these pro-ACAB idiots don't realize is that police officers sees shit that people can only have nightmares about. They don't realize that cops would often have PTSD from seeing so many innocent people getting killed in very gruesome ways, entire families being slaughtered at times, just the cruelties of others. Hell, they even catch legit child predators in the act (1/2)

There's even a video that showed body cam of cops busting into a hotel and finding a child with blood on the bed in which they arrested the pedophile, who kidnapped the child, hiding in the room. And these cops have to see that SO OFTEN while these idiots who are screaming "ACAB!! reblog to hate a cop uwu because they're all pigs uwu" get fucking """triggered""" because of fictional shit. It's just... So damn infuriating to see

The biggest issue is that many of them are unwilling to accept criticism (which would allow them to see the faults in their movement/slogan/whatever) or talk about other alternatives to just defunding and getting rid of the police. Like Obama said, the left is awful at conveying a message.

“The key is deciding, do you want to actually get something done, or do you want to feel good among the people you already agree with?” Obama added.

And wanna know something? A lot of them want to feel good among people they already agree with. To them, that’s progress. They often have no intention or desire to actually do anything. They have no intention or desire to reach out to anyone other than those who already disagree with them. And ironically enough, a lot of the people criticizing Obama for criticizing the way they go about things are blue checkmarks and people who have a cushy bed of money to sit and a house that is guarded by a nice, picket fence. A lot of them think that if they have to convince you or think that you’re just an idiot for not fully understanding what a three/four letter slogan means and how it is intended to be interpreted, then you aren’t worth getting on their side.

This, among many other reasons, is why the left and progressives are fucking losing to republicans and conservatives. Yeah, ik that defund the police and ACAB is meant to say that the system is corrupt and that some police areas are overly funded. However, I still disagree with it for the criticisms outlined in my other post, as well as the fact that some areas actually have a relatively decent police force and because I know that politicians will probably gleefully defund the police and then take another vacation.

I also disagree because I know what those slogans “truly mean” because I’m fortunate (or unfortunate depending on how you look at it) enough to be able to spend a majority of my time on social media watching idiots be idiots. If you have to give a one to two minutes long explanation of what something means after you say it because someone doesn’t “truly” get what it means, that is a sign that it is fucking awful.

Like I have absolutely zero issues (other than ya know, general safety, people, etc.) against social workers, paramedics, etc. being sent out to places alongside the police so that way, they can properly deal with issues. The reality is that police officers are not trained to be able to evaluate mental health and may not have any idea how to talk down a crazy addict. The reality is that social workers and paramedics are not equipped to deal with said crazy addict waving around a gun and threatening to shoot people. Given that the situation can be one of two ways, both should be sent out to investigate and better allow one or the other to actually do their job. Not to mention, if some fucked up shit does happen, you have people that are not obligated to feel like they need to protect someone out of fear of repercussions or loss of their job.

Similarly, I have no issues with scrapping the current training system that police officers have to go through in favor of one that better teaches how to de-escalate and how to better handle situations before having to turn to aggression. I also have no issues with either getting rid of or heavily limiting police unions. I have no issues re-allocating money from overly funded police forces to better public systems.

However, despite all that if you so much as criticize acab or the dtp crowd you’re just someone who uwu wants to sleep in the same bed as pigs uwu or yOu jUsT dOnT gEt iT. If you have to constantly tell people “they just don’t get it” or “they’re misinterpreting it” every time a criticism is brought up, that is probably a sign that it should be re-evaluated and to evaluate whether those criticisms hold weight and if so, use those criticisms to better yourself.

But, since they want to feel good around people who already agree with them, they see no reason to change. As long as many of them continue to do that, they will continue to lose supporters

#rainbow answers #anon #ask #i never thought i'd see the pendulum of political parties swinging back the other direction #i remember learning in history class that republicans and democrats used to basically be opposite of how they currently are #in terms of values and lowkey its kinda surreal #seeing the value shift real time because now many democrats and leftists #consider being anti-censorship for example and standing up to censorship to be an alt right dogwhistle #even though i remember when i was younger #it was always the republicans and the right who were pro-censorship and all that moral value shit #and that shift is seen in other aspects too like #the whole acab and dfp shit #where they're too headass to realize that a normal person #who does not spend all of their time micro analyzing on social media #absolutely will take your slogans at face value #Anonymous

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sinfulservices · 4 years

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@they-have-a-good-rear (Can’t link to response.)

Toms attention gets caught by the motions of the baphoments hips at the same time deep red shows across his face. He was pretty much frozen in place until he moved again to close and lock the door behind himself with a single click being heard in the room. That silky outfit Franz had hit all the checkmarks in Toms taste.

"I-I mean yeah, I guess I did. Though I dont think I meant... This..." He clears his throat. "It wouldnt be polite for me to say no, right?"

The porcupine of a demon gives a shy smile as he began to undress. He takes off the shirt and blue tie revaling the top half of his body. Various scars show a layer within of the same pitch black crystal his horns and spikes are made of. He also shatters off some spikes poking out that might cause issues later on.

"So... How do I look? I will admit you look pretty good." His eyes are stuck on those dark thigh highs pressing against those soft thighs Franz has.

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The small goat purses his lips staring up at him. He could see him quite strucken by awe. Which did make him smile a little. He plays a bit with the hem of the nightie. His long demonic tail could be seen swaying around idly.

“Well if it is too awkward,I can get out of this and we can do something else...”

He’d watch him,eyeing the sinner as he revealed himself. At least his upper torso. He does see the scars as well the spikes. His head tilts as he thinks for a moment.

“Not bad. I’ve seen worse certainly.”

He sees where his eyes were. A small giggle escapes him as he tugs at his stocking a little making it squish his thigh around.

#RP;#they-have-a-good-rear #suggestive;

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hold-me-dolan · 5 years

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DM’s: E.D. x Reader.

A/N: Hi guys, this is my first EVER imagine/fan fic/whatever. But please don’t judge me too hard, and try to learn to love me lol

Warnings: college behavior

The Dolan twins. Ugh. Where do I even start?

You haven’t even been a fan of theirs for a month yet but they had already stolen your heart. There was so many things about them that you adored. The thing you loved most about them was the way they seemed so sincere when they were addressing their fans.

Before you watched the Dolan’s YouTube videos you knew them from their Vines. You thought they were just another set of guys trying to go big time from their good looks and humorous behavior. But that was back when they were about 15 years old. It wasn’t until your younger sister made you sit down with her to watch their YouTube videos. At first, you were annoyed and acted like they were too young for you. But as soon as she showed you their survival video, you had a thing for Ethan. He was the kind of guy you always wanted: he was funny, sarcastic, immature, and always making fun of his brother. For some reason this made you smile.

Even though you loved both of them so much, there was something about Ethan. That boy just made you smile more than you thought was humanly possible. Anything he did made you go wild. And yeah, his twin brother, Grayson, was extremely hot and so sweet, but Ethan’s goofy and dominate behavior made your insides quake. That was when you were determined to make that boy YOURS.

After watching a few of their videos, you looked both of them up on social media. You were soon aware that Grayson had way more followers than Ethan. Finding this out made you sad because you knew that Ethan was just as hot as Grayson, but he had a different personality. Not that you didn’t love Grayson’s sweet and loving demeanor, but there was something about Ethan’s humor that made him your favored twin. And for some reason, you couldn’t figure out why Grayson had so many more followers than Ethan. Almost as immediately as you were saddened by this fact, you became happy. The fact that Ethan had less girls flaunting over him made you smile. You knew that you might have an even better chance of getting Ethan’s attention since more girls were obsessed with Grayson.

As a college girl, you went to a few frat parties. You didn’t make it a point to go out, but one night when your sorority sisters influenced you to go to a social you found yourself kind of drunk. Getting drunk wasn’t something your normally did, but you thought that you would let yourself get loose after months of staying locked in your apartment.

Because you were kind of drunk, you found yourself more confident than usual. You were introducing yourself to almost every guy you saw, and teasing them about anything and everything – since that’s the type of girl you were….

----- BACKGROUND: your whole life you grew up only being friends with boys and you were closer with all your male relatives. You didn’t like girls, so it shocked even you that you were in a sorority. Most people just thought you were a tomboy. But only you (any probably your parents) knew you only liked boys because you were majorly obsessed with boys. Ever since 1stgrade, when you found out about “kooties” you were embarrassed about liking boys. That’s why you always hid your obsessions with friendships. The fact that your friendships never turned out to be something more made you really upset, but you never let anyone see that side of you. You always went along with it, and acted like one of the boys. Even when your best friend called you “one of the boys,” you weren’t upset. You led yourself to believe you were truly a “boy.” You thought you would never find love, so you found peace in the fact you always had boys to love you, even if they were just friends. ----

(NOW) Once you realized you truly in fact loved Ethan, you decided you would let your guard down. You decided since he and his twin were so famous, you had nothing to lose and you could show your true emotions. That’s when you made your mind up and decided you were going to get Ethan to notice you, no matter what.

You knew that the twins had so many girls loving them, and your little messages wouldn’t be noticed. So you messaged them on Instagram. You weren’t shocked that they didn’t reply, let alone they didn’t even read your message. You were upset but not really since you knew how famous they were. That was, until one night when you were very drunk.

Most times when you got drunk you just went back to your apartment and fell asleep. This night, though, you were feeling really lonely because you saw your sorority sisters pairing off with boys from the party. Your tom-boyish personality made every guy love you, but deep down you knew it wasn’t what you wanted. You played it off, acting like you loved being every guy’s best girl-friend. But when you were drunk, you always showed how you really felt about never having a boy for yourself.

On this night, though, you decided to take your shot. You messaged Ethan, only, on Instagram. The alcohol gave you an extra boost of confidence, even though you knew he still wouldn’t see it. You messaged Ethan,

“I love you so much, please say ‘Hi.’”

You went to bed smiling, hoping to get a reply from Ethan.

You woke up the next day to the sound of your alarm clock with a pounding headache and regret from all the things you did from the night before. You tried not to think about the fact that you challenged almost every guy you say to a shot gun race, saying you could beat them (even though you did.) Thinking about all the beer you consumed made your stomach ache, and you rolled over trying to fall back asleep. It was 8 a.m. and you decided you weren’t going to make it to your 9 a.m. You fell back asleep and tried to forget about the embarrassing things you did the previous night.

You woke up later, checked your phone, and noticed it was 1 p.m. You were happy that you ~somewhat~ got rid of your hangover by sleeping it off. You decided it was a good enough time to officially wake up and check your phone. You were still hungover and somewhat dizzy, when you saw an Instagram notification saying “message from @ethandolan.” You assumed it was a fan account, since you followed a few and liked a lot of their posts. You first checked all your texts and snapchats from your friends making sure you were okay. Once you got through those, you clicked on the Instagram app on your phone.

You scrolled through a few posts, then you decided to check out the Dolan fan account that messaged you. You assumed it was just some crazy girl trying to get you to make them more popular, and you rolled your eyes. When you swiped over to your messages, you thought you were more hungover than you thought – maybe even still drunk!

You saw the blue checkmark next to ethandolan and you blinked your eyes. There was no way Ethan really saw your message, or even messaged you back. You closed your eyes for a moment and blinked before looking back at your phone screen. Then, you really thought it might be the real Ethan Dolan that messaged you.

You got really excited and clicked on the message immediately. You saw your message from the night before, and quickly got a sense of embarrassment. Your cheeks were burning up, and you closed your eyes again. Thinking about the message you sent Ethan the night before reminded you of all the embarrassing things you did at the frat party.

Once you got over your regrets, you looked back at your phone. You read the message “Hey girl! You’re so sweet! Me and Grayson really appreciate your love!”

You dropped and screeched. There was no way THE Ethan Dolanmessaged you back. Once again, you rubbed your eyes and blinked several times. Then you realized it was in fact the Ethan Dolan. You blushed more – if that was even possible – and quickly thought of a response:

“You don’t even realize how happy you make me.”

You locked your phone and dropped it, still smiling at the fact that ETHAN DOLAN answered your DM. A few minutes later, your phone buzzed. With your heart racing, you jumped and looked at your phone, only to see a text from your Mom. Supposedly you sent her a ~drunk~text the night before, and she wanted to make sure you were okay. You answered her, and tried to play it off that you were not as drunk as you actually were.

Just before you were about to get up and shower, you got another notification on your phone. Thinking it was your Mom again, you scoffed. When you looked at your phone you realized it was ETHAN. AGAIN.

You quickly clicked on the message, and saw:

“Don’t say that.”

As you were about to type, you bubbles pop up. Eventually, you read his next message:

“Y/N, I promise I don’t do this. But… what’s your snapchat.”

You had literally never smiled more in your life. You gave it a couple minutes before answering him. Almost immediately after you sent Ethan your snap username, you got a notification saying “Ethan Dolan has added you as a friend!” You could not believe what was happening. You clicked on the notification, and added him back. That’s when you thought nothing good could from this. Your heart would be forever broken if he wanted nothing more than just another fan on snapchat, to prove Grayson he had more fans.

A/N: please lmk if you want a part 2! Idk if I'm any good at writing this stuff, but I find it fun (lol, right.!) yeah so message me if you want more, or if it was terrible just tell me to stop :) I won’t be offended considering I haven’t written short stories since 4th grade. Also, I haven’t used Tumblr since 7th grade, but I'm trying to get back into it :)))))) maybe I shouldn’t lol ok goodnight!

#dolan twins #Ethan dolan #dolan #Ethan x reader #Ethan Dolan imagine #Ethan imagine #Dolan fan fic #please love me #Grayson Dolan

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