#Sober Answers

[invasion-world-domination]

WHI THE FYCK IS ASHLENE ???

ASHLENE?!?! ASH?!?! THE GIRL TAI HAD A CRUSH ON?!?!

MY LOVELY BABY!?!? KAM'S LESBIAN AWAKENING?!? LITERALLY THE REASON THIS STORY FUCKING EXISTS!?!?

THW WHOLR THING WOULD FALL APART WIHOUT HER

I UNINTENTIONALLY MADE HER THE CRUX OF THE WHOLR STORY WHE SHE WAS CREATED AS A WANNABE KOKOMI TERUHASHI

#character lore #sober answers #ashlene-aljamila william-yazarifa

[to-dance-beneath-the-diamond-sky]

petition to add a fifth category of answer to the RAADS-R Autism test for "I do not know how to answer this question // The premise of this question is highly flawed"

#i retook the test recently to prove to my friends who think i'm autistic that the result i got last time was only cuz i was drunk #and then i got an even higher score this time when sober #but #so many of these questions are so hard to answer #i do not understand the question #this question does not make sense #why can't you rank how strongly you agree with the question #i hate the answer options they used so fucking much #they make no sense #also i can't remember like 90% of my childhood so that makes it extra fucking hard #anyways #im still not completely convinced that im autistic #but my fixation on the scoring and answer options is not a good sign for my whole “i swear i don't have autism” theorem #lmao #RAADS R #raads autism test #raads-r #autism #raads r autism test

[where-are-the-spooky-gays-2]

I think Virgil is a cuddly drunk. So whenever he gets drunk, Remus is like trapped p

Like if they’re in bed then rem won’t be able to get up until the next morning..

But he doesn’t mind 💜💚

- Vee 💜

Can't blame the drunk Spider for wanting some Dukey cuddles but Ree is a winner at the end of the day <3

#the beloveds must not be separated drunk or sober #dukexiety #remus sanders #virgil sanders #ts remus #ts virgil #sanders sides #thomas sanders #asks #answers #Vee 💜 anon #not a countdown

[madame-mongoose]

sometimes you just need a dumb lil man [robot] to love on

so true i tried to draw wheatley kisses but they failed i dont like them so here

#i will regret posting these when im sober #lmao rip me #anyway dies #portal 2 #wheatley #my art #monnie answers

[regulatedstrawberry]

Why does Espio have a horn? I looked up a picture of a chameleon and they don’t have one (at least from what I saw…) He would’ve given me triceratops vibes if I didn’t see his tail.

#sonic the hedgehog #sth #espio sonic #espio the chameleon #I have a lot of random q’s when I’m not sober #if someone has asked this before and there’s an answer I would be curious to know

[amazingdeadfish]

So if we already had a half-drunk macaque, what would the drunk mayor be like?

Goldfish brain. That's all I can say. But I can definitely elaborate because my brain likes this question.

I mean, for starters, they probably look like a goldfish when they are drunk. They sort of look very 'out of it' and have a very blank expression on their face. Forever confused and barely coherent of the world around them. And they are most definitely the type to be a stumbling mess. But this is only if they drank for fun (I vaguely remember I wrote a scene where Mayor was drunk in Interlude, actually).

For your visual understanding, this is what the Mayor would look like, with a goldfish image for comparison and comedic purposes:

If they drank for emotional reasons? Then they are a sobbing mess. Emotions amplified to the max, because they have no more filter.

In other words, if there is 'something' weighing on the Mayor's mind when they are drinking? Then you sure as hell will know exactly what that thing is after a few bottles/cans of alcohol. If there is 'nothing' weighing on their mind? Then you will also know that because the fact that their head is empty with no thoughts is quite obvious because they get goldfish brain.

#lego monkie kid #lego monkie kid fanart #monkie kid #monkie kid fanart #lmk #lmk fanart #lmk mayor #monkie kid mayor #head empty no thoughts #literally #to rephrase my answer in a different way: #when Mayor is drunk their surface level communication abilities go out the window #and what you are left with is the raw mess that is their brain with no filter at all #and you either get goldfish brain Mayor in which they are barely thinking of anything #or a uncontrollable emotional mess that cannot be contained until they are sober

[mooseonahunt]

Sorry idk if this went through before but if the game devs or whoever didn't want us to ship serennedy then they shouldn't have put a song titled "Serenity" on the OST. Just saying.

HAHDHAH i had to look this up cuz I thought “there’s no way” BUT!! PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THAT THIS IS TRUE.

Lots of thought and consideration has to go into games, so clearly this was intentional (/s). Serennedy is the gift that keeps on giving.

#I just woke up but I ran to look this up in my sleep addled state #sobered me up immediately #thank you anon #serennedy #moose answers #moose posting

[madmutts]

...wtf is an AA meeting

Alcoholics Anonymous meeting... :')

#angelo txt #inbox answer #its a group that helps alcoholics recover and go sober #you could look it up to learn more <3 #hea au

[bisexual-cryptid]

eddie, close to tears: stevie, i’m sad :((

steve: *sigh* do you wanna play with my tits?

eddie, instantly brightening up: yes please! :D

#don’t ask what this is. i don’t have an answer for you. #i don’t even have an excuse. i was stone cold sober when i wrote this. #incorrect quotes #stranger things #st4 #stranger things 4 #steve harrington #eddie munson #steddie #steveddie #steve x eddie

[annabelle--cane]

i keep trying to look at the notes on the sobriety poll because it's genuinely interesting to me and it is hurting me physically how many people think it's just about alcohol

I KNOOOWW and I keep getting smug little comments like "uhh op what do you actually mean? you do know sobriety isn't just alcohol right?" and I want to dissolve into magma

#whyyyyy do people think 'sober' just means alcohol. babes stop answering 'sober but I use weed weekly and drop acid sometimes' guys. #answered #anons

[sendpseuds]

started writing my answers to that 20 Questions ask game and currently the most common response in my doc is:

ANSWER BETTER WHEN YOURE SOBER

#you cannot make me post my drunk answers #i learned about peer pressure in middle school #ask game #answer when youre sober

[fellow-traveller-05]

Thinking about this dynamic

#nausicaa of the valley of the wind #nausicaa #kushana #vinland saga #thorfinn #canute #something about peace and violence and the limitations of each #and committing yourself to one or the other #without knowing if its right or if it'll work #but having to struggle for what's right anyway #somewhat prefer how Vinland Saga handles it b/c whereas in Nausicaa its pretty clear Nausicaa's way is better #and the story is telling us to choose #whereas Vinland Saga presents in a very sober minded way that there isn't a clear right answer and there are problems with both

[thegrimreaperisanerd]

just finished the next chapter of DUCKLINGS... ive not posted it yet, i need to sleep and edit the 2nd half.

What's fun is this chapter's s'not got the fucking chapter IN it. by which i mean i didnt cover what i was supposed to cover in this one. WHICH MEANS i need to bump up the chapter count again... By two...

anyway that'll be out later tonight, so in the meantime a fun poll because im an arsehole:

#the answer may surprise you...... or it wont. 50/50 #DUCKLINGS THAT DROWN #sorry it took to long ive been. uh. drinking a bunch lmao #i write sober harry as wish fufilment we are not the same 😭

[where-are-the-spooky-gays-2]

I know I said some of this in the tags, but shh

Drunk Virgil flirting with Remus and calling him pretty asks if Remus has a boyfriend. Remus obviously says yes he does, expecting the cutest pout. Virgil asks if he wants another boyfriend. And Remus is rightly stunned. So Remus points out that he has a boyfriend too. And Virgil, completely unaware, just says that yes he has a very pretty boyfriend who he loves a lot, and he wants to set them up. Because he deserves the best, and obviously Virgil's boyfriend is the best.

And then they get into a silly little argument because Remus thinks Virgil is the best. Nuh uh. Yuh huh. Nu uh. And so on for the rest of the night.

Ah yes Vee's boyfriend Ree who happens to also be Ree's boyfriend call that the Double Dukexiety XD No but seriously that's so fucking cute cause I can just imagine Ree asking Vee to 'describe his boyfriend' to him because he wants to know 'how'd they be compatible' and Vee just goes on about what he loves about the chaotic Duke and Ree as red as a Tomato pulls out the Uno reverse and describes how Vee is just as great as those things <3

#bonus the 'nuh uh' 'yuh huh' goes on until the next day even while vee's sober XD #dukexiety #remus sanders #virgil sanders #ts remus #ts virgil #sanders sides #thomas sanders #asks #answers #brandstifter-sys #not a countdown

[maxphilippa]

You know, for someone constantly ranting about the bad side of the II fandom, you spread a lot of negativity yourself. Especially when it comes to shipping and character interpretation, because apparently no one’s allowed to accidentally overlook any part of a character or see humanity in characters who are morally wrong and know it.

Honestly, I know almost nothing about the bad side of the II fandom, but I’m pretty sure there’s more to it than an admittedly questionable but popular ship and people not writing the characters how you see them. Which at least in my opinion, isn’t actually bad but just normal fandom that happens everywhere

Ironically for an artist, I think most of your recent posts have just been about this kind of stuff. What happened to the you that made one of best AUs in II Fandom?

Sincerely,

A Concerned Fan

. anon. the thing that happened was that I stopped repressing myself and my thoughts when it came to the fandom itself. i never said that people aren't allowed to unintentionally/accidentally overlook certain things or that they can't see humanity on morally wrong characters, what i did mean to do is to encourage people to study the characters more and to try to think out of the black/white bad/good perspective, and to understand that complex characters aren't all the same and that every single character is more than just an stereotype, to actually try to look deeper for the characters other than for shipping reasons. to actually try to get the series for what it's worth and to not ignore parts that are canon of it.

i've been on the bad side of the ii fandom for months and honestly, i cannot talk about a lot of things about it because it would get me buried alive, because harassment and death threats by some of the people around here are things that happened to one of my friends and to me too. i am not mentally ready to try to cover all of that yet but you are right on me being more negative lately, and meanwhile i do have my reasons for it (been harassed, saw how my friend struggled for months to recover from all the harassment she got on the fandom), things that ultimately hurted me deeply.

so i bring up the things that also cause those problems and such, going against popular hcs is a big thing still and it kind of sucks a lot. i've been more tired lately considering how the fandom appears to have gotten worse on those aspects, which ultimately drains my energy, and seeing a thing that you love being treated like it can only work if you change everything, seeing something that you love being misinterpretated but not seeing people try to at least analyze it or get it, it. sucks. it makes you feel tired. because you really love that media, but the negative part of the fandom is so strong that it affected you, even though you still very much love the media itself.

and it does hurt but also.

but i am sorry that i got too caught up on it too. i can't say that it's going to get calmer with time because it's still affecting me and my friends, but I genuinely do want to bring with time a more positive look on things. yet my tone when it came to those things wasn't the best one and i apologize for that too. i genuinely don't want people to think that i am saying "you aren't allowed to make mistakes", i did a lot of them! a lot of mistakes! and that's okay!!! everyone makes mistakes. what i want people to do is to try and learn more about the media on general because it is good and i really want people to look more on the media than rather just settle for the fanon!!!

. oh and also i am just. angry with the fandom. it's not an "oh i just think they're like this" my issue with the way people treat ii and it's characters is that they do twist them way too much to the point it feels terribly ooc and it feels like people don't really. I am all up for interpretations genuinely and I encourage them!!! But I want people to understand the media so the interpretations actually feel. You know. On character. To not depend on the fanon. and i'd really like it if the fandom became more accepting of others and to be more open about things. and to maybe not be so extreme when people say that they don't like a popular thing too? there is a lot to fix here buttttt that is something the community itself has to work on. absorbing too much of it's negativity hurted on a personal level

And I am still here, I don't know which AU you're talking about but I genuinely do appreciate that you consider that I made "one of the best II AU's", and please do not be concerned. It's been rough lately but I can assure you that I'll be okay. It's easier to focus on the negative part but also, focusing on it too much has made me more grumpy lately and I really do want to talk more on why I love II and make content of it. Thank you for sharing your worries too anon. I'll take that on count. :]♡

#max answers #. yeah this sobered me up honestly

[baejax-the-great]

[First, I was rereading "Agua Caliente" and I remembered a song that played a lot in my childhood (and I had kind of forgotten) bc the lyrics somehow matched the Patrochilles dynamic in this fic. This is kind of funny bc I would never in my life associate sertanejo (it's a type of country music, I think? Idk I've never heard country, but the aesthetic is kind of similar. Anyway, it's pretty popular here) with shipping an ancient Greek couple in modern AU, but ok. And I went to listen to this song again and now I'm listening to it on a loop, so thanks for that.]

Now the real question! It's perhaps a strange question, but do you plan what you write? Like, before you write, do you have the whole structured idea in mind? I could have sworn it was like that reading the fics, but then some notes on Ao3 and certain things you say on Tumblr started to make me reflect that maybe you don't plan as much as I thought… in that case, how do you manage to connect everything so well without looking like something was left out/without prior planning??? It's magic, technique, luck or actually do you plan?

Sorry if the question is a bit "???" but I'm REALLY thinking about this! I used to write fics years ago and I was in the "won't plan" group and as expected the fics came out obviously unplanned (but that was ok with me bc it was just to pass the time and I didn't expect it to be an engaging story or anything), and here's why this ask exists: it's precisely bc I was in the “won't plan” group that I'm really intrigued by the possibility of you NOT planning bc it just doesn't seem that way reading your fics...

The short answer is that I do plan what I write, but probably not enough.

I rarely start writing a fic with an entire idea. Often it's just a vibe. But I won't start posting a fic until I know exactly what the conflict is and how it will be resolved.

This was easy in ATG, for example, because I'd already written the resolution before I even decided to write the fic. Structuring it by Patroclus's age also helped, because I could make an outline with the stuff that needed to happen and then jam stuff I wanted to happen around it. That "Stuff" could be really specific--obviously Pat had to graduate school and Achilles had to go to the Olympics on specific years, and it was also like, this section should have them fighting. This section should have them getting along, but Achilles is hiding this big lie so there should be a weird tension.

In Sunset, it took me longer to figure out the conflict/resolution. Sure, I knew that Achilles was going to cry on a Chicago street corner and get naked in Pat's kitchen, but why was he there? How did he get there? I had already written Achilles settling in to Pat's place and the scene where he gets into the lake before I decided on Aphrodite being the key to explain this whole thing. Then I knew Pat had to die. But a lot of the stuff that happened in the middle was sort of on a whim (particularly Achilles getting on the wrong L train-that was definitely just an impulse I had while finishing that chapter). Tecmessa's chapter was also a later addition, and a deeply self-indulgent one, hah.

Agua was the least planned of these three, and in some ways it was because the idea was a lot simpler. After three years, Achilles runs into Patroclus again and they reconcile in some way. I knew exactly how Patroclus would feel about the whole thing (relieved, guilty, upset, wounded, hopeful, upset about feeling hopeful). My original plan was just to set up Achilles in his shop and his new life doing his best and have him run into Patroclus at the beach, and eventually they'd go to the desert. I wrote parts of their meeting first, and then I started writing the beginning and ended up scrapping most of that. I realized I was going to have to do a lot more writing for poor Achilles. My lack of planning here did cause some difficulties--I had like three versions of that date he went on with Pat with different endings. One involved Pat in the hospital, lmao. Zag and Meg coming to stay with Achilles were kind of whims, and I had meant to have Hypnos show up for "his turn" and have Achilles send him home because no, these were not team-building exercises, but then I forgot 😩.

The reason that I need to know the conflict/resolution at the start is because I do think all the scenes in a fic should relate to it in some way, either by building up the conflict or setting the groundwork for a resolution. Even for the impulsive scenes I add just for fun, I think about how they can do this. For example, Achilles getting lost on the L allowed me to build up Pat's unreasonable anxiety, show that Ajax was also feeling it to some extent, and end in Pat saying "fuck it" and just giving in to making out with his hot, ancient boyfriend. It was also something that happened to a friend who was visiting me from out of the country and didn't have a working cell phone. That moment of watching him through the window of the L as it slowly pulled away is just etched in my memory.

In Agua Caliente, almost anything could relate to the resolution, because the resolution was "Achilles having a life," thus it didn't require as much planning. Zagreus's apartment getting flooded (something that happened to me in grad school) showed Achilles attempting to be flexible with some success while allowing himself to become closer to Zagreus, which led to a point of connection with his kids. It also made it easier to explain why Achilles was doing Zag's delivery that day when he ran into Pat. There were only a couple things that truly needed to happen in AC for the fic to make sense, and that was a resolution with Achilles' kids and then with Patroclus, of course.

I do get loose threads sometimes, side conflicts or things that didn't end up going anywhere, and those things tend to annoy me until I figure out a way to resolve them or make them otherwise relevant. Or I don't. Or sometimes I realize I need to add something/someone into the fic, and it would have been smoother if I'd added it in an earlier chapter so it didn't seem like a convenient thing I'd just thought of to solve a problem. That's always annoying to me. But whatever. It's fanfic. That's the risk of posting while you write.

#actually now that I'm thinking about the L thing #did Julia suggest it? #I think I talked to her a lot about this part of the fic #either way it was a late addition #also looked up sertanejo music and reddit recommended the song o soberano #I speak zero portuguese beyond obrigado #but it had 'sober' in the title which felt fitting #I also broke my own rule with WitD #I don't actually know exactly how I'll resolve this atm #though I woke up with some ideas #anyway this is rambly #I once drew a truly shitty diagram of my process #if you have more specific questions I can try to answer #def should have had coffee before writing this