#but nooo rt instead just

[itty-bitty-mess]

TW: BITTYBONES AB//USE, BITTY WHUMP, BITTY T*RT//URE

Currently thinking about bitties being adopted to complete certain tasks that are usually hard for humans, like reaching very narrow places or finding very tiny items. And once they're done, they get discarded like trash.

Imagine a bitty like a Cherry who is forced to do an extremely stress-inducing task. His anxiety is through the roof and he won't stop crying. He hates it, he can't do it, he wants to throw up, this ammount of stress is NOT healthy for his breed. Oh but Mommy promised a warm bed and yummy food after this, so maybe he can! Yes! He will do it for Mommy no matter how much this traumatizes him, because she loves him very much and she believes in him!!

Finally, he is done, and Little Cherry believes he's gonna get rewarded with a loving home and lots of cuddles from his new Mommy, he's so hungry too, so surely she will be glad to reward him with a little baked treat too! Mommy loves to bake and her treats smell delicious and super yummy! Mommy approaches little Cherry with a big smile on her face, he believes she must be sooo proud of him!! She gently takes one of his tiny bony arms, while Cherry looks at her with pure adoration in his eyes, and then....

*SNAP* Before he can even register it, she effortlessly snaps one of his arms in half like a toothpick. Cherry screams, of course. Oh god, it hurts so bad, its absolutely unbearable. The love and adoration in his eyes disappear and get replaced by confusion, panic and sheer terror. He's screaming and tears flood out of his eyes. He asks Mommy why she did that but she doesnt respond. Instead, before he can even pull his other arm away from her, she grabs it and yanks it off, making it pop off his arm socket and essentially leaving him arm-less.

Cherry screams like he's getting murdered. This ammount of stress can be lethal for his breed, but who cares, he's just a replaceable little piece of garbage. Just a tool Mommy bought because she needed some extra help. Since Cherry had done his job, he was now essentially useless to her and to the world in general. He was disposable.

All those promises of a loving home and yummy treats? just a simple tactic to get any bitty to willingly do unpleasant tasks for its owner, they always fall for it without fail, especially the weak, pathetic ones. Cherry is in so much pain. His arms are dusting at unbearably slow speed, he feels everything and needs it to stop. His face is now permanently stained red from his nonstop tears. His screams of agony are ear-piercing, but somehow Mommy doesn't seem bothered.

He begs Mommy to help him, he says he loves her and asks her why she is doing this if he did what she wanted. She doesn't respond, he's not even worth a simple answer. To her, he's simple, disposable trash no more valuable than a used napkin. She kicks him in one of his tiny legs and it snaps like a twig.

"NOOO- AAAAAAAAAA PLEASE MOMMY STOP IT HURTS, PLEASE HELP ME IT HURTS SO BAD, PLEASE I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU PLEASE IM SORRY"

She just laughs as she grabs him by the collar of his tiny red sweater, now stained with his tears, and takes him somewhere he cannot see. The position hurts his neck badly, it hurts. His entire body is in agonizing pain. He can't feel his leg or his now-dusted arms, however he can feel some empty gaps on his mouth where some of his teeth used to be, they probably fell off with all the hits he had taken by that point.

He began pissing himself like any other Cherry, as a built in survival tactic, hoping Mommy would pity his already pathetic nature and maybe spare his life. Thats just wishful thinking of course, because all that does is gross her out enough that she finally decides to toss him on some dirty dark alley, too far away from home or from any bitty shelter that could save him. Once Mommy tosses him, he hits the ground skull-first. Now his head spins and hurts as well.

She leaves the alley, her disappearing figure is probably one of the few things Cherry can make out before everything turns blurry. He cries once again, as the realization finally hits him a little too late. She never loved him, he was never gonna be adopted or loved, he was just a simple tool and a commodity to her. He had been abandoned and left to rot alone, dying slowly, bones broken irreparably, discarded like a piece of trash that is no longer of use. He was worthless.

The next morning, there's an extra pile of dust in that alley. But who cares, that's a common occurence anyways.

#bitty abuse #bitty whump #bitty bullying #bitty torture #bittybones #ok so like wow. this was intially a short post but then i edited it and uh got inspired. this was fun haha

[the-last-human-war]

GodofWar Punisher WarMachine FutureWinterSoldier MolagBal Sauron

Superman can wear an L on his chest, instead of a Slutty Skirt and Starbucks Cool Whip. So I'm just gonna dip this Universe into a few Fiery Hell Awesomesauce. And remember not to add too many Liquids or ur Chipotle will fall apart like a Stalker at Walmart after somebody kicked his Ladder down. Actually I think Silver Surfer is a Silver Spoon, and Galactus scoops Fajitas while in the Banana Boat of a Banana Split Sunday. Definitely not Chipotle!! You got nothing on my Incursion. Keep the sauce on the outside Bitches. The Living Tribunal has 3 Mouths. 11. .... The Talking Chipotle... Halo Wars style: Little mini Arbiter awwwwwww, Little mini Atriox I AM ATRIOX, Look at em go to town with their Napalm awwww, it's like MEGATRON when he's like Decepticons, I have located the Autobots, Starscream go fetch me some ice cream. Or them little Small Soldiers,,, Major Chip Hazard: Commando Elite, let the first shot be fired! Search out the Gorgonites, and frag 'em all! Major Chip Hazard: It's a small world after all. Chip Hazard: Soldiers, no poor sap ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by being all that he can be. Damn the torpedoes, or give us death. Chip Hazard: We're nothing alike. You are programmed to lose! - Archer: I'm also programmed to learn. - Chip Hazard: Too bad you never learned to win. . . . All Warfare should be BLITZKRIEG Fast like an RTS, like Halo Wars. The thing about the little Armies of this here Earth 91, it's Best to take your time Manufacturing All your Arsenal and Provisions. The First Strike should Feel to the Enemy like an Eternal FLURRY. Or a Juggernaut Searing Laser. One Tsunami Wave of 9 Teeth to Wash Them All Away. One GEAR to Tear down all their Engines. Why is BIG BOSS lighting his Cigar already? Because Winning is like Breathing to Him. .... RIOT!!!... I'VE GOT SHIT YOU'VE NEVER SEEN!... Red Harvest Million 001. Simplest Harvest ever. Death Star. Oh, I'm afraid the Deflector Shields will be quite operational when your friends arrive. Jeez, u ain't gotta be a Dick about it. Obliteration. Oh nooo. Oh nooo. Oh nooo. No no no is no. Red Harvest Million 002. Laser Warfare. Use our Super Satellites to Eradicate all the Enemy's Satellites with 1-5 Satellites that are equipped with Giant Lasers that can Target them all in 1 Multi-Shot. Lasers are always best for Space Warfare. Then use those same Satellites to rendezvous over their territory. Jacinto Bitches!! Lay down the Hammer of Dawn Smack Down over the Enemy. Just like the Death Star, just more Surgical. Red Harvest Million 003. Teleporting Kingslayer Doomsday Kamikaze Living Bombers. Use Many, perhaps 100. They shall Travel and Teleport as 1 Hive Force, and Detonate simultaneously, Targeting major Cities, Generals, Nobles, Sovereigns, like 100 Bombs going off at the same time all over the Country, Rinse and Repeat. Teleporting to their next 200th Destinations, 300th, 400th etc. They are not True Kamikaze cuz they are like Doomsday, or perhaps they're charged with Juggernaut Particles. More like their genes are Spliced with Juggernaut Particles. They are Living Ticking Time Bombs. They Explode and simply move on to the next Destination. This type of Combat is Speed Demon BLITZKRIEG Fast, and you can Level a Small Country in a matter of Minutes. Red Harvest Million 004. Seismic Tectonic Acupuncture. Drill with Nuclear Powered Engine Time Crystal Coated Giant

#atriox #red pyramid thing #evil within #the elder scrolls #lord of the rings #metal gear phantom pain #x force #deadpool #iron man #god of war ragnarok #Doom Eternal #ares god of war #death metal #darth plagueis #venom comics #professor moriarty #terminator #silent hill #gears of war #dead space #teenage mutant ninja turtles

[abra-ka-dammit]

i used to super not understand OCxCanon shipping but seeing as how i started doing it i was wondering what changed from me playing ffxiv vs WoW and i think i figured it out (tl;dr will probably be "wow has mediocre writing")

i never really....liked WoW's canon characters. I mean, sylvanas is (was) cool and hot and ysera and alexstrasza too and i guess khadgar was cute for a second but i also just sorta dont give a rats ass about them. whatever happened in canon to them didnt matter to me one way or another aside from how/if it affected the main storyline.

so i figured there must be something different about the story characters in ffxiv that lets me Like them, right? and i guess this is kinda true of my feelings towards real life people as well, to a degree; the difference is, you get to KNOW them.

Using Aymeric as an example as he was my first Oh No I Love Him: while he is undoubtedly Hot (sesshomaru vibes, i have a few Types when it comes to animu boys kjfghjkkfj), i didnt really care about him at first, and actually thought he seemed kinda like a dick after the first handful of pre-HW interactions. lowkey figured he had to be one of those Secret Villains bc he has a Certain Look too lol but thats besides the point. anyways. as things progress, Aymeric becomes less The Commander Of The Temple Knights Character and becomes... a person. You get to see him have emotions, and speak casually, and care about things besides The War In The Plotline. You see him have friendships and connections and moral quandaries and regrets and he even Develops a little, in a way that is supported by the events youre actually shown and makes sense. so just like with Real Humans, I started to feel like i Knew Him, and because he also happens to be a delightful "person", I then Liked Him (seriously, not until like 1/4 of the way thru HW) so I could then accidentally get a crush on him

okay, so looking back at WoW. If I sit here and think about characters I Sorta Liked. There's that withering nightborne duder who helps you out with killing his fallen kin and then ends up falling too and we all were like NOOO about him. I guess I kinda liked him: he also had a Backstory that showed you what he Felt and what he Cared About because in order to make his little story arc tragic, they had to make us Feel for him, and Like him, so we'd actually be bummed out he dies. As u probably understand by now I cannot remember his name but that is less--RUNAS? IS THAT IT? literally mid sentence lol im not editing tho this is stream of conscious writing anyways yeah my memory is fucked up EITHER WAY; that guys just a one-off character. after that questline he becomes irrelevant, and we move on.

so who did i like who's actually like, a reoccurring character?? so, let's say, i guess, sylvanas. she's hot too (not as hot as aymeric sorry) and as usual, at first i didnt give a rats ass about her. mind u i didnt start playing until wrath and never played any of the RTS, so i didnt know her backstory for a while. once i eventually learned it, i finally felt a little sympathetic, but the recklessly deadly vengeance thing gets old pretty fast and they really didnt add anything of significance to her shown-in-game persona for a WHILE. so I didnt "like" her and i continued not to, for a long time, because she was just "the dubiously evil leader of the forsaken" to me. then the whole thing with her becoming warchief happened. watching her when voljin died made me think Aww... She Seemed Sad And Not Ready For This and i hoped to see her get some cool emotional conflicts and redemption arc stuff where she went from only caring about her own people and revenge and she started to love the horde as a whole, but instead, she flipped and did a hitler on it. i thought it was cute when she had that like. SINGLE romantic scene with nathanos because finally we saw an Emotion besides Murderer-Feeling. then they kept pulling this OoOOoH Is She Being Manipulated By Dark Forces? But Who Is The Dark Force? mystery bullshit that just seemed to go on forever--because it DID, for multiple expansions. you cant have your entire explanation of someones actions just be ~mysterious dark forces~ that long and think anyones gonna give a shit about her, can you?? then suddenly she's ripping holes into hell and the whole time its just vague, unexplained Evilness and then, oh, it was mega-satan controlling her--or is she betraying the mega devil?! oh no she's even more evil than satan, or is she good now? why? WHO KNOWS, AND WHO CARES BY THIS POINT!

and dont even start about thrall's growth and stuff because i absolutely did not feel a thing for that guy the whole time lmao

anyways youd prob say Well, Sylvanas Is A Bad Choice For This Example but the reason I chose her is bc she's the only main NPC I can think of that I ever KINDA connected to. because the game never really showed me... idk. motives. they would pull big plot twists and then fill in the blanks later with unconvincing bullshit instead of giving us behaviors based on specific morals and beliefs and drives that theyve presented in a character overall, where a plot twist can happen and we go "ohh, yeah, I get why they would decide to do that even though I didnt expect it". when they occasionally did manage to write a character i started to like, it would just be for a specific one-off questline, or just a quick Aww He Died moment briefly after introduction instead of Just Doing It With All Relevant Characters So I Actually Give A Fuck About What's Going On A Little Bit

anyways i finally lost this train of thought, if u read this all bravo and also That's Sad please spend your time doing better things lmao

#stupid shit #high postan

[heartbxmbs]

also how dare rt rob me of jaune and ren being told about what happened to nora

(small salt in tags)

#like COME ON #SHE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT #I WANT TO SEE THAT CONVERSATION #i want nora to know they're okay!! #those three know the loss of a teammate SO intimately #they deserve to be relieved and happy knowing they're all alright!! #but nooo rt instead just #gives more out of place b*es content #sorry not sorry but .... Genuinely I could not care less about them #oops #( mobile ) #v8 spoilers #♥; coming to you live from the depths of hell. (ooc.)

[twixtandshout]

Tagged by @pidgeonpostal! And not tagging anyone else because I have SOILED the original template (soiled it!!) in deference to my [brushes off skirt] mostly clean public-facing appearance.

...I’ve been making a lot of Spongebob memes lately for someone who has not seen Spongebob.

How many works do you have on AO3?

71!

What’s your total AO3 wordcount?

...306,834. Jesus.

How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

Uh. Many! I do a lot of one-offs (and/or start long things I never finish) in many different places. My top three fandoms by fics written are RWBY (29), Undertale (25), Gravity Falls/Transcendence AU (4).

Bet you can’t tell where my hyperfixations have fallen. 

I’ve also got some Pokémon and Sonic the Hedgehog fics back on my ff.net account, or I think I still do, anyway, but let’s never go back there pls

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

1. Sweeter Than Honey (Undertale): Taking a Completely unsurprising first place, with over 600 more kudos than the runner-up, the haphazard Underswap fic featuring a post-college self-insert I wrote just after high school! I shake my head some at how overblown and ridiculous the gap between this and all my other stuff is (c’mon, guys, I’ve written way better fics), but this is also the fic which prompted me (and at least one other person!) to start using they/them pronouns. I’ve gotten a lot of really sweet comments about how seen and appreciated it’s made people feel, so I can’t get down too far about it.

2. To Be A Hero (BNHA): I don’t count myself as part of the BNHA fandom, for a number of reasons, but for something that’s arguably the main motivation for the entire plot, Midoriya’s quirklessness is something I’ve never thought has been handled well. This fic marked the first time I (somewhat tentatively) claimed the disability label (thanks again to Sweeter Than for prompting that realization) to hold that lens over canon. It also really shot up my chart, dang! It’s the only thing here I’d consider “recent.”

3. Three-Sentence Shipping (Undertale): Self-explanatory.

4. Brothers Beyond Bonedaries (Undertale): Ah, the way-overcomplicated AU³ I got nowhere close to finishing. One of the things I really like about Undertale is the interface screw, how Toby Fox uses the medium of the video game to pull off crazy things and enhance his game, but most of the fic written for the fandom seems dedicated to explaining it away, grounding it, rather than taking it to the next step and messing with the medium of fanfiction when you keep the story going. I tried to do something cool like that here, playing with questions like narrator and authorship and breaking the fourth wall, even taking the “final boss” fight to a “totally separate” fic reached through the first by link – but, well, then I never finished it, which probably didn’t make anything less confusing for the poor folks who missed the intent.

5. Spirit and Such (Gravity Falls: Transcendence AU): A whole fic written to line out a particular image I had, which, naturally, never made it to the page. I consider it a bit of a cautionary tale for myself when it comes to writing (near-)original content; there’s a lot I look back on and cringe. I still love the characters, though – well, the important ones – and I think just stepping away from the tried-and-true Mizar formula nets it a star sticker here.

Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

>w>; I try, but a lot of the time I just don’t have anything to say? Like, oh, you liked it? Neat. There’s not much to respond to in comments like that, and then I’m weighing falling down on an ~obligation~ to respond to every message in my inbox vs annoying people with copy-paste fluff responses all down the page. Plus I know I make more of an effort to comment on things that didn’t get the attention I feel they deserve, so if I’m driving up my own comment count with nonsense, am I preventing myself from being in a position to receive more comments later? And then if I do comment, am I being too effusive or running people’s ears off explaining things they don’t actually need to know? Sometimes people just want to express interest or admiration and don’t necessarily want a whole peek and guided tour behind the curtain.

Can you tell I have anxiety? x3;

Anyway, I do respond when I can. And I keep most of the comments I’ve gotten to go back and reread. 

What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

Hm, hmm. Lots of stuff in the TQ Nonsense series would probably qualify! I’m thinking of Unfixable, Wolfsong, and Ethanol. And there’s Bursting Through A Blood-Red Sky (I Can Live, I Can Breathe), of course, but that was always intended to have a fix-it epilogue. It’s just that I wrote it in a couple of hours day-of, stared at it, and decided I didn’t wanna just then. But now that’s As Long As You’re Still Burning Bright (I’m Still Awake), and that’s probably the best romance I’ve written, so that one worked out.

Do you write crossovers? If so what is the craziest one you’ve ever written?

Now and then! When the urge strikes. Uhhh, I’ve got a series of Doctor Who x Undertale crossovers I actually made a whole dang verse for that never made it to print. Get a couple great comments on that every few months or so. I think the World Trigger x Undertale crossover is probably weirder, though, by virtue of WT being a very small fandom. My enthusiasm kinda sputtered out on that one.

Mostly I just daydream crossovers with whatever happens to catch my eye at any given moment. I have a lot!!!! Though odds are out on whether I manage to remember any of them once the initial thought’s passed, lol.

Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Gotten a couple eyebrow-raising comments, but I think mostly I’m just too small a writer to draw that kind of attention.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I don’t? think so? Think my tastes are a little niche for most people to bother ^^;

Have you ever had a fic translated?

I had someone apologize once for any language mistakes in their comment cause they had to run it through a translator! That’s not what you asked (the answer is no), but it’s very flattering to think that someone liked my fic enough to read and comment despite the language barrier.

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes! :D @pidgeonpostal was gracious enough to agree to co-write Five Nights at Denny’s with me off an idea about shoes. This has fulfilled a long-held dream of mine (collabing with someone, not the shoes) and also introduced me to some lovely people.

What’s your all time favorite ship?

Who has time for just one? ;3c Honestly, I care more about the characters and how the relationship – any relationship – between them changes them than I do about ~A Ship~ as a solid, bounded noun-object. I’ve got characters I like more and less and feelings about who does and doesn’t have chemistry in which directions with whom, but finding anything that agrees with those preferences is hard, harder when you take alloromanticism into account. I’ll play in any sandbox with cool toys, especially if other folks have already built sick sandcastles there.

What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

[kicks every single unfinished fic further under the bed] What nooo no WIPs here, everything on my account is either finished or does not exist

I’ve got a couple extra chapters of Sweeter Than floating around unposted, but 1. that fic’s a mess 2. high school Twixt and post-college Twixt are different people and trying to contort myself into three other me-shapes just cause people Like this fic is not something I’m super interested in 3. it’s headed for an emotional dip and I’d rather leave it where it is than post two chapters, stall out again, and leave folks with a bad end.

As for other fics... it’s looking more and more likely that v7 of my Yellow Brick Road AU will never actually make it out. >w>; I’ve got some really great ideas, but not enough to make me feel like I know what I’m doing, and that’s a big roadblock. Plus trying to engage with RT’s Atlas-Mantle worldbuilding in any serious capacity is... a headache. I can’t recommend the Happy Huntress Cinematic Universe enough, but it leaves some pretty big shoes to follow! And I’ve got small feet. <w<;

What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue’s fun, probably as an extension of characterization. I love tearing into what makes people tick, especially against the backdrop of their environment, the story they’re in, and the people they’re up against. Voice is a double-edged sword; I’ve been told my writing is really recognizable and individual, but on the other hand, I’ve been growing frustrated with with the limits of my narrative ability. There’s a strong rhythm I keep when I write (you might notice it here, even) but that leaves me feeling predictable and stale. I’m not sure I’m great at setting as a matter of course, but I’m pretty good at describing setpieces where the need comes up; that comes from my background in poetry, as does the fun I have with sublimating and abstracting complex imagery. And I think I bring some needed nuance to the universal. For good or ill, I don’t do what “everyone else” is doing.

What are your writing weaknesses?

Well, writing, for one thing. If I don’t know how something’s going to go and don’t have the urge to write it, it isn’t getting done, which means there’s a billion things that will never see the page and a few hundred more that are never getting finished. I lose momentum easily and have a hard time getting started, and I put way too much standing on finding a foothold with other people; as critical as I am of my work, I have high expectations for the stuff that passes muster, and it never seems to measure up. I’m also really uncreative. Yeah, I can mix up elements and extrapolate events, but coming up with things wholesale is really hard, which is why I avoid it wherever possible and steal/reskin stuff from other places instead.

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

Something along the lines of “Hoo boy, I am Not qualified for this but hopefully it’s decent anyway.” Maria’s Spanish lines haven’t been a big deal – I’ve used it sparingly and, as a Latin language, it should be easy for English-speaking audiences to pick up on the gist – but I’ve had a harder time with Tai’s Chinese, both because I have Even Less background there and because it is, of course, an entirely different language system. If I write it out in English or Romanized italics, am I colonizing it or changing the meaning? If I write it out in the presumed-original characters (presumed because it’s Google Translate and who knows if I’m even barking in the right forest), am I confusing or alienating my presumed-majority-English-speaking audience? Where should I put the translations? Should I put the translations? And for Frisk’s sign language, thinking back, are the brackets I used instead of quotes alienating/infantilizing? I like that different characters give the text between a different feel, but I’m not an ASL speaker – and I’m pretty sure the word is “speaker,” which would only reinforce that that demographic would rather I didn’t do that. It’s important for all these characters, I think, that they use non-English language where it makes sense; it’s part of who they are. But as a white monolingual English-speaker, I don’t think I can really weigh in.

What was the first fandom you ever wrote for?

Thaaaat’d be Pokémon, followed closely with Sonic the Hedgehog. Whether those fics are still on my ff.net account or not (pretty sure I’ve purged them, but you never know) I’ve still got a couple saved to a folder on my current laptop, ostensibly so I can look back and see how far I’ve come and more practically to allow for the possibility of furthering group cohesion through public shaming.

What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

I still like the idea behind The Man Who Is Atlas, and Burning Bright (Still Awake) gets props for being my current fic, though it’s currently in that spot where I’m excited to get new chapters posted but also quietly marking everything up in red pen. I think Harbinger gets the crown here, at least for now.

#answerin' stuff

[kidsviral-blog]

Ticketmaster glitch sells out Inaugural Ball early; ‘There go my hopes, dreams’

New Post has been published on https://kidsviral.info/ticketmaster-glitch-sells-out-inaugural-ball-early-there-go-my-hopes-dreams/

Ticketmaster glitch sells out Inaugural Ball early; ‘There go my hopes, dreams’

http://twitter.com/#!/sdaglas/status/288175769841176576

D’oh.

Tickets to Obama’s inaugural ball will cost $60. They will go on sale on a first-come, first-served basis tomorrow on Ticketmaster.

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 6, 2013

Alas, that didn’t happen. A Ticketmaster glitch sent out an email offering public Inaugural Ball tickets for sale a day early. The tickets then sold out, before they were even supposed to go on sale.

Ticketmaster apologizes for botching the inaugural ball ticket purchase process.

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 7, 2013

Ticketmaster’s apology did little to salve the pain of disappointed, squeeing Obama fans.

Bitter, party of two, for not getting tickets to the inaugural ball. #ticketmaster #fail #romneysrevenge

— Christy A. Tweddle (@verybrightgal) January 7, 2013

I’m getting way too anxious waiting for this email from @obamainaugural. They messed with my life accidentally sending that email yesterday.

— Paul S. John (@Paul_S_John) January 7, 2013

@obamainaugural We were all told Inaugural ball and parade tickets would be available Monday, not Sunday. Huge disappointment. Please help.

— Maxsane Mitchell (@maxsanem) January 7, 2013

Literally so close to getting inaugural ball tickets #disappointment

— Alice Guerrieri (@ChippedAndSober) January 7, 2013

So sad today!! Ticket master put the tickets to the inaugural ball and parade on sale yesterday instead of… fb.me/1rayxt7l8

— Sibyl Wiley Davis (@SibWileyDavis) January 7, 2013

My son got The Inaugural Ball e-maill but after trying for 30mins all of the tickets were sold out. BLAH! @usinauguration. We are sad in NYC

— Cassandra Tennyson (@SublimeMoments) January 7, 2013

@jdub321 I got the email for inaugural ball tickets but it is crashing Ticketmaster. Im crushed.

— AC(@ArykanotErika) January 7, 2013

Ticketmaster crushed all my inaugural ball dreams!!!

— Naima P (@NaimaDC) January 7, 2013

Well, getting inaugural ball tickets today was a fail. Ah well, holding on to 2009 memories will have to do, I suppose.

— Chrisi West (@PittGirly) January 7, 2013

So mad!!! Got the official email for official inaugural ball tickets and the damn link isn’t working!! There goes my hopes and dreams. #sad

— ~ Regina E. ~ (@regibaby05) January 7, 2013

Nooo!!! #Internetfail #Comcastsucks #Obama twitter.com/regibaby05/sta…

— ~ Regina E. ~ (@regibaby05) January 7, 2013

Oh, honey.

Did anyone get Inaugural Ball tickets? #Ticketmaster #Fail twitter.com/msemilyjane/st…

— Emily Jane (@msemilyjane) January 7, 2013

Has anyone tried 2 get tix 4 inaugural ball? Practically impossible. Ticketmaster screwed up-This is when hvg lots of $$$ wld come in handy!

— Nikki (@jrpaws) January 7, 2013

Inaugural ball ticket site officially closed after Ticketmaster screw up. Unclear if more tickets will be available tomorrow.

— Raf Sanchez (@rafsanchez) January 7, 2013

No. No, they aren’t available. From the official Inaugural website:

Ticketmaster gets an earful. Or, tweetful.

epic @ticketmaster fail on the Inaugural Ball tickets. emails not going out right, site is down, what a shitshow

— Leo Zhadanovsky (@leozh) January 7, 2013

.@ticketmaster completely screwed up the Inaugural ball tix – they are sold out & were due to go on sale this morn!

— Melinda York (@Melyorkie) January 7, 2013

Pretty sure @ticketmaster‘s email about screwing up the Inaugural Ball ticketing process could NOT have been any more dickish.

— DCBadger (@DCBadger) January 7, 2013

It really is stunning that @ticketmaster could not fulfill the basic task of SELLING TICKETS when they were scheduled to be sold.

— Kiara Pesante, MPA (@kiarapesante) January 7, 2013

If the Inaugural Ball was prom, then @ticketmaster was the date that texted me she was “sick” to go with a football player. #inauguration

— Erick Sanchez (@erickmsanchez) January 7, 2013

Sign and share the Inaugural Ball petition, in light of the @ticketmaster blunder: wh.gov/PKlm#inauguration #p2

— Erick Sanchez (@erickmsanchez) January 7, 2013

Count me as one who got burned by @ticketmaster in trying to buy inauguration tickets. buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynsk…

— Steve Fogleman (@BaltoBeerBaron) January 7, 2013

Did you get an email to get Inauguration tickets for $60? @ticketmaster sold out before public! #conspiracy dcist.com/2013/01/ticket… via @dcist

— ClotureClub.com (@ClotureClub) January 7, 2013

Conspiracy!

@kiarapesante Shockingly, when I think of @ticketmaster, what I think is “if you want to fuck up selling tickets…”

— Malnurtured Snay (@MalnurturedSnay) January 7, 2013

Not surprised. @ticketmaster is the WORST RT @rollcall “Ticketmaster’s Inaugural Screwup” HOH hoh.rollcall.com/ticketmasters-…

— Kenny Day (@KennyDay) January 7, 2013

@ticketmaster I am confused about what you guys did with my ticket order for a concert taking place in February.

— Omar Cruz (@Omar_Cruz) January 7, 2013

Good luck getting an answer on that one; they kind of have their glitch-ridden hands full right now. Wait! Perhaps this customer provided a much-needed “look over here” distraction.

@omar_cruz Hello.How can we help you?

— Ticketmaster (@Ticketmaster) January 7, 2013

The non-crushed take it in stride and provide some snark as only Twitter users can.

I like how the inaugural Committee tried to turn Inaugural Ball ticket purchasing into the Hunger Games.

— Tiffany (@msflowerstweets) January 7, 2013

Choosing Ticketmaster to sell inaugural ball tix is like choosing Applebee’s for a state dinner. #fail

— DC Wrapped Dates (@dcwrappeddates) January 7, 2013

I don’t know why they put the Romney digital team in charge of inaugural ball tickets.

— Nu Wexler (@wexler) January 7, 2013

Is it just me, or is it really crass to raffle tickets to the inaugural ball? Like sticking a contribution envelope in a wedding invite.

— james wigderson (@jwigderson) January 7, 2013

Ticketmaster is attempting damage control on Twitter, and failing.

@hapabella Sorry, we can’t offer additional info. At this time we’re waiting on official response from the Inauguration Committee.

— Ticketmaster (@Ticketmaster) January 7, 2013

@hapabella Hello, sorry for any confusion. There was a follow-up email; please let us know if you’d like us to send it to you. Thanks.

— Ticketmaster (@Ticketmaster) January 7, 2013

Oh, well. A follow-up mail. After the tickets were already sold out early.

Ah. Thanks, TM. RT @fastcompany: Ticketmaster Glitch Leaves Obama Campaign Workers Sans Inauguration Ticketstrib.al/EWxgSHs

— Dave (@dwsNY) January 7, 2013

If the Obama inaugural committee screws over its campaign volunteers like this, what will happen the next 4 years? Lol! wapo.st/VKOFQe

— Allen Echiverri (@peaceloveandal) January 7, 2013

Heh. It would be funny, if it wasn’t so frightening! There may be hope yet; perhaps more tickets for the pesky public will be offered, since they may come in handy now.

Concern Growing About Low Turnout at Obama Inauguration nation.foxnews.com/obama-inaugura…

— Fox Nation (@foxnation) January 7, 2013

Unless, of course, Team Obama pulls the old “We totally meant to have a way smaller crowd.” Stay tuned!

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