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am-i-the-asshole-official · 10 months

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wibta if I started a different discord chat for my friend group just to exclude one person

I know it sounds bad and that I'm just starting shit but we've all been friends for 10+ years now so it's not something I'm considering lightly. We currently have a private discord server of just the 4 of us that we switched to as opposed to a traditional gc since we all have different phones and its good for having multiple conversations, quality photos and videos, and keeping a clear record of when and where plans are made

Anyway, this isn't a recent problem but the friend (A) has always had a tardiness problem it started with her not being able to wake up early in the morning but even if we have late night/afternoon plans she still can't get dressed and/or finish her makeup on time and causes us to be consistently at least 1 hour late which I was hoping she'd start growing out of after highschool but this isn't the case (we're now all 22+) and is especially frustrating when going out to eat bc by the time we leave all of us are hangry and expected to eat hours earlier. Recently A has started prioritizing other friends of hers which is nbd she can have other friends we all do except she'll drop plans last min with us to go with them which is also annoying bc it's disrespectful for the rest of us to be blown off like that. We're clearly not her priority anymore but she always expects to be ours, plans have to be on her work schedule, on her timeframe, on if she will be tired etc. plus being an afterthought leaves out a friend in the group (B) who had to move out of state with family and now he can't tell if we're making plans behind *his* back and he feels left in the dark when in truth he knows as much as I and the other local friend (C) do

It's to the point we've stopped doing any plans that start before like 2pm because we can't rely on her to be ready but she'll be upset if we don't wait for her while she's still getting ready, esp cuz we usually carpool, which already limits what we want to do together in the first place

However, it was my birthday recently and I'm currently ~2hr drive (no more than 3 with heavy traffic) from A and C, who doesn't have a car and needs to be picked up by A. I really wanted to go to my fav breakfast place and had some other plans for after and I kept emphasizing what time A needed to get here because the place closes early (they only serve breakfast). And at this point no one should be surprised she didn't arrive until after 1pm, after the place was closed, and at that point no one had eaten all day so we had to rush and find somewhere else that'd be open and nearby bc we were all starving and half my plans for the day were gone bc they were based on places we'd go after breakfast that also close in the afternoon (2-5 depending on the place) and since they are my closest friends and dont know my other friends who live closer and I've only known for less than 2 yrs (who I wasn't comfortable to ask for bday presents from yet still) (still got one from 1 even tho I insisted they didn't have to tho lol) they were the only people I made solid birthday plans with this year so it was really heartbreaking to deal with and have everything I was excited for be cancelled since it's hard for me to go out like this on my own w anxiety and busy work schedule too but I scheduled the day off. I was hoping that she would try even just a little bit because it was my birthday the one day I ask for literally anything and we rarely see each other now bc of conflicting work schedules and I DID plan for her to be semi late in secret but I didn't expect her to arrive for breakfast after 12

Anyway that's the whole backstory plus the recent straw on the camel's back but I just want to make a new chat between me, B, and C, to plan virtual movie and game nights bc she never reads the events chat anyway and all our online call plans grind to a halt for hours or days waiting for an answer bc at least C still wants to try and include A even tho her schedule is so busy or she's tired or will prob be late to the call and make us wait for her or cancel or leave early or we debate what game/movie A wants but she doesn't even NEED to be there it's just like.. Minecraft. Or a pirated 90s movie we're streaming or wtvr

I've tried saying like "hey I'm gonna be playing x on Saturday if anyone's free come and join me" but that usually just ends in me gaming alone bc it's so noncommittal the others will catch up on other work they have but really I'm just trying to hang with any of them even if 1 person can't make it at the time we don't always have to only call in a group yk?

A is nice otherwise like she's still my friend just planning anything with her is starting to be like pulling teeth and I still want to keep in touch with her and hear how she's doing from our discord server but stuff like that I just want to start separating her from weekly calls (which are currently more like monthly) bc she's so flakey but I know it's kinda shitty to purposefully leave her out and she'd be upset if she ever found out I was doing that.

I'm also open to advice on how to deal with this situation in general, thus the detail, without causing a huge fight or make anyone pick sides +her tardiness won't be something we can talk through it's something we've worked on for years and recently have just given up and accepted since she's late even to things that are important to her

What are these acronyms?

#aita #am i the asshole

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snowbabys · 2 years

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12 + 18 for jake please ^.^ i loved gardening club so i’m excited to see how you’ll write this!

a/n: aaah omg thank you so much for reading gc <3 i literally rewrote this twice cause i didn't like how it turned out, but then i had an idea that finally clicked (even tho i'm not fully satisfied with it) and it's a bit different than what i usually write, so i'm really hoping you like this one! also ignore any mistakes or misspelling, i'm about to sleep over my keyboard.

12. "What makes you think I'd let you leave?" + 18. "Cover up my marks and I'll add more."

tw/warning: a bit suggestive, swearing (?).

You walked by the closet doors for what felt like the thousandth time, bored of tiptoeing around the house while trying not to bump into Jake somewhere. He'd let you get away a few times when he heard your hurried footsteps in a nearby room, only to then tease you by knocking on the door or walls next to you, laughing at the cute surprised and disappointed sounds that left your lips. Finding you was so easy, as always.

You finally went inside the closet, ignoring how obvious it was, just to have your body engulfed by Jake's arms. His breath tickled your neck when he left an amused chuckle.

"You're supposed to get better at this, not worse, babe," he said as he turned you around to face him, his lips touching the tip of your nose in the process.

"Can't I just go out like any normal human being?" you sighed tiredly. "I miss my friends," Jake sighed, too. He hated your friends and hated that you wanted to meet them so badly, so he came up with the idea of stupid hide-and-seek games to give you a hint of hope and make you think he'd ever let you win.

"What makes you think I'd let you leave? You lost again."

"Yeah, but..." you raised your dominant hand, touching his cheek while trying your best with puppy eyes and a pout. "C'mon, just this once, and I'll never ask for it again."

Jake bit his lower lip, amused by your demeanor. "If denying it makes you touch me more, it's still a big no."

"I'm not cuddling you before sleep anymore," you attempted to distance yourself from your boyfriend.

"Alright, alright," he seemed to think for a moment, holding your hands to his chest while doing so, grunting when he made up his mind. "Well, if you're spending hours with those predators, let me send them a message," he pulled you close by your arms, softly squeezing them when you rested your head on his shoulder, excited that you convinced him.

You didn't expect Jake to bite your neck and suck on your skin, holding you close to him even when you slapped his chest. When you were finally able to get him off of you, he gave you a smirk.

"Fuck you," you said, running to the closest mirror. You observed the bruise he made, ready to find whatever makeup you had in the house to hide his jealousy.

"Nu-uh, baby. You're going out with these for everyone to see," before you could make any move, Jake came up behind you, hugging you tightly against him. A huge smile plastered his face, happy with the marks. "Cover up my marks and I'll add more."

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#enhypen yandere #yandere enha #yandere jake #yandere jake sim #yandere au #enhypen au #enhypen scenarios #enhypen imagines #kpop yandere #enhypen yandere au #jake x reader #jake sim x reader #yandere!jake x reader #jake sim #sim jaeyun #enhypen

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izacore · 1 year

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trust me when I say the majority of fans are disappointed if not that tired af this time. yeah you might see some ppl coddling him on twitter but that is a small minority. and those who are not expressing on twitter are letting it out in gcs. Like the fans who have been forever are tiredddd. And that's saying something since he has no new fans this era and most of them are here since 1d. so yeah happy faith in the future with the same old team louis.

Good. This is going to be a stream of conciousness so bear with me, but recently I've been wondering if Louis or lthq aren't a bit disappointed with the fanbase so they stopped nurturing it so much? I mean, I am pretty certain that they hoped for more with FITF release and the fitf tour, considering what kind of venues they booked and how many dates they put out. And imo, if all this happened in 2020/2021 the fanbase would be more than enough to sold everything out and keep the album on top of the charts for longer. I think that maybe they saw the fanbase growth, saw the numbers the livestream pulled and then just took it for granted and thought it's always going to be like that and that fans are going to stay through everything. Unfortunately tho I feel like lthq and tbh Louis too don't really know this fanbase, its dynamic, how it operates and why people wanted to follow and support Louis in the first place so it's hard for them to work out a strategy. I mean, you won't tell me that someone business savvy would recommend pushing with the Freddie stuff that turned off A FIFTH of his 2020 fanbase off if we go off of his twitter engagement. He says that we need him and he needs us and I don't know if it's true in its entirety anymore... I mean he does need us but do we need him? What content is his putting out there for us to enjoy. When we look at the doc alone it's stunts and struggles of a straight laddy lad devoted dad. I'm nkt sure that people necessarily need this person. At least personally the reason why I fell in love with him as an artist and as a person was cause he seemed such an inspiring, fearless, bold and resillent personality and I could believe in him and his fight. This is who I need. Because what exactly is he now against or what is he fighting for? Do lthq and Louis even know why fans feel such a strong connection to him? Why they want to support him? Cause in my opinion it feels like they have they idea of the fanbase completely wrong and I think they kinda proved it with the doc where they shows passion as camping and stalking completely writing off any other parts of his amazing fanbase. What it shows to me is that they only have a surface level knowledge about Louis' fandom and like with everything, the bare minimum is their comfort zone. And now you have this thing with this cancelation, where he didn't even mention what exactly he cancels and who exactly is affected as if hey let's pretend it was all a dream. And comparing it to him writing a lengthy explanation for when they had to postpone the signings for the fans in the UK.... I guess it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I could go on and on and on about Louis' situation but I think I can bring it all down to 3 main points:

1. As long as Louis and lthq don't figure out, that it wasn't the extra laddy lad Louis who sold out the first tour and who people followed back then, nothing will change.

2. Louis and lthq have to stop wanting to be an indie artist with mainstream numbers.

3. Bare minimum won't fly forever. You base your image on your connection with fans and they always show up for you, but when was the last time you showed up for them, when you went the extra mile for the fan experience? If you want the way you treat your fans to be your main thing, then I'm sorry but you could learn a lot from people like Lewis Capaldi when it comes to nurturing and connecting with the fans.

#ask #anonymous #i know that people will accuse me of hate already but i promise you it's not this #like i don't even have strong feelings about louis anymore #i'm just sad i guess and i feel like sometimes it's healthy to step back #and ask yourself some questions/reevaluate the situation #because we keep saying that he wouldn't do something/he would have acted different and then he just... doesn't #and the overton window just keeps being pushed further and further

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rahleeyah · 1 year

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Do you find the Italian fauxlivia as demoralizing as I do right now?

Ok here's the thing. Oc is boring this season so I spent most of this epi venting in the gc about my concerns surrounding what they will/won't do with her and what they are/aren't doing with Elliot's character. And that has brought me some clarity.

Twice this epi Tia said something deliberately flirty to El and he simply didn't respond. He didn't ever answer the question about what it was like when they worked together. He said Kathy loved her, when we all know Kathy would not have tolerated her man falling for yet another brunette. When he said there's a lot waiting for Tia back home I get the sense he doesn't just mean work; what if she has a family too? When Tia called him at home he didn't immediately tell her he was there (and why would he hold that back if he's not wary of her?), and when he found out she was there he didn't immediately open the door.

I am frustrated but I wouldn't say demoralized bc they have left all these doors open. When Kathy died he wasn't returning Tia's calls, but he was calling Liv. He has told Liv several times what she means to him and when Tia tells him he's special or whatever he's got nothing for her.

So hear me out.

There's a couple ways this could go. Try some of these on for size:

Elliot did fuck Tia in Italy, once, but he regretted it immediately because she's not Liv. He doesn't open the door bc he doesn't want to make the same mistake twice.

Elliot never fucked Tia in Italy even tho she'd be open to it. He flirted around the edges of maybe giving in, but he's Elliot, and he never crossed that line. He doesn't open the door.

He either did or didn't fuck Tia, and he does open the door, because Liv keeps rejecting him.

None of those scenarios spell disaster for eo. They don't even discredit eo. They work within the framework of eo as it exists now. And whatever the deal is with Tia, she's only a momentary distraction. She's not a full time cast member. And she might be a way for us to learn more about what being in Italy, being apart from Liv, did to him.

So I'm frustrated that we don't have answers, but I'm not catastrophizing. Anymore.

#anonymous #s.vu #e.o asks #oc spoilers

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golbrocklovely · 1 year

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it’s so weird that stas is only ever really in vegas with kat when snc leave lol. just a year ago those 4 were the best of friends and now they’re rarely in the same place together anymore

maybe i’m jumping the gun and speaking too soon and stas will still be there when snc return but 🤷‍♀️

it’s strange to see people still hung up on tc4 this tc4 that when they’re barely friends anymore

“burns half as long when it’s twice as bright” comes to my mind when i think of tc4. they were EVERYWHERE together for a year or so and they had traditions (spending a couple months in vegas together) and it was just the 4 of them for a while. now only 2 or 3 hang out at a time. it’s lowkey sad but i felt they were kind of too close… like they were isolating themselves from everyone else. they all seem to have good friendships with other people now which is why i don’t feel so bad. sorry if this is really long lol i just had to get my thoughts out after seeing kat and stas’ stories

i think the downfall of their group was a mix of things.

mostly, i think it was stas catching feelings for colby. she did a lot of questionable shit when she caught feelings for him that i think left a bad taste in his mouth, and thus caused them all to split slowly but surely.

bc she wanted to live in this fantasy where she was y/n and her life was a fanfic with colby in it, and she just took it too far. once the malishka shit happened, i think that was the turning point for colby. bc right around that time he started deleting comments about her and him together (even did the same for him and shea which was very surprising) and constantly saying "i'm single, i don't want a gf, i'm not dating anyone rn" when stas was trying to make it seem like the opposite was true.

and my thing is, i don't fault her for having feelings towards colby. i've been there many times before. but, to get upset at a guy that has never shown interest in you for not reciprocating your feelings back is just weird. not to mention her constantly telling fans in gcs about stuff….. it's no wonder things ended the way they did.

is it possible that there is a lot we don't know that happened bts? of course. i don't pretend to know the whole picture. hell, we probably only know a piece of the puzzle. but it's clear to me that colby had to put his foot down and put some distance between him and her. and that was the first time he's had to do that bc god knows colby doesn't like anything negative or having to stick up for himself (which i'm just gonna assume he sees as negative).

that's why for a while it was just kat hanging out with stas. and i think as time goes on, i think the whole group will come back around. i don't see them being as close as they once were, but i can see them being able to hang out all once again (i mean, they technically already did for when we were young and sort of on colby/stas' bday lol). bc even tho colby put some distance between him and her, i don't think he hates her or anything like that. i think he just needed distance. and obviously kat still likes her, and sam doesn't really have an opinion unless kat tells him to so i'm gonna assume he also likes her.

and while i don't agree with the sentiment that they were all never really that close to begin with and she was just kat's friend that tagged along bc kat was lonely, while that last part is true, i do think they were all close at one point. which is why i think they haven't hung out as a group since. when a problem arises in a group, it's gonna take some time to heal from it. also, snc are on their grind rn, colby has more important shit to worry about, so repairing a friendship is probably last on the list.

i think they were the type of group that did well in positive situations, if that makes any sense. they were down for the partying, they were down for the festivals, for the drinking, for the staying up late and going to vegas and ghost hunting and all that good stuff. i had friends similar to that in college. but when the party was over… what exactly did we have in common? we never hung out sober, or if we did the vibe just wasn't the same. clearly, in a party we were awesome and it was fun. but when the morning would come, we were sorta strangers in the end bc we just never got deep on that level.

while i do think tc4 were friends, i do think that once things got "negative", so to speak, that's when they stopped thriving. and that's when they couldn't be friends anymore.

i honestly think that they just need time, and they could all be friends again. it might take a bit of time, but i won't be surprised if later this year they're all hanging out somewhere or ghost hunting. like i said in a previous ask forever ago, i'll be very surprised if stas isn't in some video of snc's.

but who knows? maybe i'm just an optimist and they'll never all hang out again as a group lol tbh i don't care either way.

#ask #personal #tc4

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yourdearblackberry · 9 months

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Fellow gacha creator spotted

My blog's not just gacha, i only used gc for my intro post, prolly won't see anymore gacha from me, I'm sorry

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I may or may not be doing edits tho 😶‍🌫️

#:)#Blackberry's asks

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the1975attheirverybest · 10 months

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The first picture is about the girls that were waiting outside the band's hotel, they said they were having breakfast next to their hotel (why? I'm sure Paris has lots of places to have breakfast) and met Matty and he "told them" a lot of things. The second pic is some Twitter gc involving the same girls, tracking Taylor's private jet to see if her flights match the same dates Matty was in America this year.

It's strange for me because 1. The stalking (even tho they call it coincidence) and 2. I feel like they don't care about Matty, they just care about their narrative about Matty being "endgame" with Taylor being real. What if Matty comes back to Twitter (he's not with TS anymore) and sees that his own fans are creating false narratives about his private life:(

I feel like....well, I have a lot to say, but most of it aint nice, so let me keep my mouth shut.

I'll just say like this isn't fan behavior. Matty fans don't behave this way. makes me kinda sad tbh. I hope this kind of shit doesn't become normalized.

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mirrorforevers · 2 years

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r u coming back ? :((

starssssss it's been a while, huh, ladies?

i still receive lots of notes on the works i posted here and im really, really thankful for it <3 this blog - and blur - meant a lot to me during some hard ass times but... no, i'm not coming back anytime soon. quick q&a for u guys bc i feel like i owe u a proper goodbye bc you've been too good to me!

are you dropping this blog bc of the graham accusations that surfaced a while ago?

...yeah, ngl, but that's not the only reason. i fell out of love hard a little while before they surfaced, anyway (for no specific reason in particular, just got tired and moved on to another obsession lmao n in some ways i won't expand on, it wasn't being good for me anymore). also work got even more demanding n i had a hundred thousand other things to focus on. let's say i already fell out of love before, but the accusations made me feel even more validated in that sense

will you delete this blog?

nope! but i'm not updating it ever again. i won't say i hope GC rots in hell or anything like that bc that's not true, but i simply don't relate in any way, shape or form with him + i couldn't care less about him, this blog's main muse, anymore. won't ever forget i started to play the guitar bc of him tho - and imo blur, strictly music-wise, still slaps. won't be throwing away my shirts or anything hkjsd

are you uploading fics anywhere else?

yes! but they're not blur or britpop related. if you're into star wars and especially into anakin skywalker and obi-wan kenobi AND YOU'RE OF AGE AND NOT A MINOR come follow me at @starmanskywalker! i also write as chassagne on ao3 (mostly for the SW fandom as well).

thank you for everything, loves. i've been meaning to write a last fic as a goodbye gift to u but it's really hard to write about something u don't love as intensely as u once did (it gets even harder if u even despise it a bit now lol), so i decided against it. take care, don't trust your idols w your life especially if you're a young girl and don't interact w them through twitter if you're a minor, don't read my fics if you're a minor - i mean it, IT AIN'T GOOD FOR YOU - and trust miki berenyi's guts whenever she says she dislikes someone .

#a answers

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canonicallyanxious · 2 years

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hi! saw your last anon and sorry if this is annoying, but just wanted to ask u a question. i don’t know anything about d20 (assuming it’s like a d&d game) but i did watch all the free game changer episodes on yt and i’m lowkey obsessed and want more. is d20 the same kind of vibe, assuming it’s the same people? for someone who isn’t and has never played d&d would you reccommend starting d20? i kinda don’t want to pay for dropout, so maybe i’ll start with that :) have a nice day!

not an annoying question don't worry!! in fact i feel like i have to apologize in turn because i already know i'm going to be incapable of being normal about answering this question lol but me being verbose as hell on main, what else is new, etc. etc.

Re: whether d20 has a similar vibe to game changer -

so i'd say you're right in that d20 involves many of the people that are featured on game changer since they're both produced by collegehumor/dropout. as you might know Brennan Lee Mulligan who appears pretty often on game changer is the main DM for d20, and since d20 is an anthology show the casts rotate out every season but one of the most frequently recurring casts incudes Zac Oyama, Ally Beardsley, and Lou Wilson who are also pretty frequent guests of game changer [the others were also involved with Collegehumor at some point, can't remember if they've been on gc tho]. collegehumor folks sometimes appear in other seasons as well - for example rekha shenkar and lily du have been in multiple d20 seasons, jess ross and mike trapp have also featured, and there's even one season that's oops all collegehumor folks called Mice and Murder which is basically holmesian style turn of the century murder mystery but everyone is an anthropomorphized animal [dropout exclusive but the first ep is on the d20 yt channel]. so if you vibe with the humor and the personalities of the people who feature a lot on game changer, it's likely you will vibe with the humor and tone of d20 too!

that said, given that game changer is styled after a traditional competitive game show and d20 is an actual play show where people play tabletop rpgs together they are very different in the sense of genre. d20, while largely improvised [which believe me is a fact that will probably be hard to believe when watching it but is entirely true], is very much a collaborative storytelling effort between the people involved and makes very concerted efforts to present a tight and cohesive narrative through their seasons. so d20 is great if you like fictional narratives and fun and colorful characters, but if you want more traditionally unscripted content like gamechanger i recommend checking out:

dirty laundry [which is actually a spin-off of a gamechanger episode; hosted by Lily Du, first ep available on the CH yt channel]

make some noise [unfortunately i think right now all the make some noise eps are also dropout exclusive, here i have linked to the trailer, but it is another spinoff based on this honestly iconic game changer ep wherein Josh Ruben, Brennan Lee Mulligan, and Zac Oyama make weird sounds at each other and it's the funniest thing in the world]

Um, Actually [nerdy trivia game show hosted by Mike Trapp]

Rank Room [fyi it's an older show and they don't make it anymore but i still think it's a fun watch; hosted by Katie Marovich]

[do u see what i mean. i thought this first question would be a short answer skdfjnsdkjfnsdns so uh deep apologies for what will come after this bc i have THOUGHTS about your second question]

Re: would i recommend d20 for someone who has no experience with d&d -

short answer: yes absolutely 100%.

long answer: why do i so enthusiastically recommend d20 for people who have never played dnd? because i am a people who has never played dnd and d20 is one of my favorite shows ever! tbh i do think i am kind of biased as d20 is really the only actual play show i've ever been able to get into and i'm sure there are plenty of other shows out there that work for other people [if you're a podcast person for example you have tons of good options, i however am Not] but there are a number of reasons why I personally enjoy d20 as an actual play show:

I often struggle with other actual play shows because of how long and meandering they are. I think this is more of a personal preference thing because even when reading/watching more traditional forms of media i always tend to prefer tighter narratives with a clear ending in mind [e.g a 3 season show with a good finale is more compelling to me than an ongoing 10 season show with no ending in sight] but because d20 is an anthology show and each season is more or less a self-contained story aside from the few sequels i find it much easier to keep my attention on the episodes. to be sure the eps are still quite long, most ranging from 1.5-2 hours, but brennan + the other dms they feature on d20 do a really good job of keeping the pace moving while still giving the players freedom to explore the world and make their own narrative choices [which i think is one big appeal actual play shows has over other forms of media, the improvised and collaborative nature of the storytelling versus something that's already been fully scripted beforehand].

another thing i struggle with is how cumbersome dnd combat can be, personally i don't think it's the most accessible especially for people who have no ttrpg experience but d20's combat actually works pretty well for me because 1. they plan their combats before the season starts and especially in the earlier seasons of d20 they stuck pretty strictly to alternating between roleplay versus combat episodes so it's easier for me when i know kind of what to expect and 2. because they plan their combats in advance they are able to build INCREDIBLE custom battle sets with custom minis [shout out to Rick Perry!] and for me the visuals really help me keep my attention on the combat versus when combat is more theater of the mind [which to be clear does sometimes still happen in d20]. Tbh i still think combat can be a little clunky especially in the earlier seasons of d20 but i think the show has always gone to a lot of effort to create really creative and engaging combats for both the players and the audience and as it's gone on they've only gotten better at achieving this

in that vein i think the fact that d20 is 1. entirely filmed and 2. edited very well is VERY helpful for someone like me who has traditionally struggled with podcasts because the lack of visual context makes it hard to stay focused. as far as the editing goes i know some people prefer more of a livestream feel but just for me personally having the editing and the different camera angles and the sound cues and the music [d20 is really good at picking royalty free music for their soundtracks btw may i just say] gives me something more concrete to focus on and keeps it more visually interesting. and i do feel that they still make an effort to preserve the more natural/organic feel of ttrpgs by limiting their cuts story wise and focusing a lot on player reactions in the moment so for me it kind of hits the best of both worlds!

personally i think the choice for d20 to cast a lot of talented improv comedians is fucking inspired, especially when the show is so comedy-oriented. improv comedians are good at making bold choices on their feet, crafting rich characters while improvising their dialogue on the spot, and collaborating with each other, which are all skills that are very helpful for an actual play show context and everyone they cast on d20 is SO talented at all of these things. there are some players on d20 who also have little to no experience with dnd [notably Ally Beardsley has only ever officially played dnd on camera for d20; Rekha Shenkar and Mike Trapp in Escape From the Bloodkeep were also very new to dnd at the time] which on the one hand i think helps audience members like me who are inexperienced with dnd knowing some of the players are in the same boat but also they tend to make some of the wildest most out of the box choices as a result of being new to the game. so i think ultimately it's just a really fun combination and it's so much fun to watch in action!

and just a few more reasons why I consider d20 a favorite in a more general sense:

I mean Brennan Lee Mulligan as d20's main DM is a HUGE draw of d20 in my opinion. like if you were already a fan of him from game changer or other college humor content i think you will especially appreciate him in d20 because he is absolutely in his element here. actually last year i made a ppt for my friends about why i like d20 so much so here is a relevant excerpt:

i want to emphasize that d20 is a comedy-oriented show so tonally comedy is what it will prioritize. however i also want to emphasize that this does not mean it pulls any punches with the emotional depths it's able to reach. the themes and the worlds and the characters are SO rich and complex and compelling and I think i have experienced basically every human emotion and then some while watching this show. i also think it's incredibly character driven and does an amazing job of prioritizing character and relationship development and player agency, which is one of my favorite things to see in any kind of show!

and conceptually i just think it's so much fucking fun! it being an anthology show means there is something in here for everyone but i have enjoyed every season i have watched immensely [which is all of them except for one!] and have found it remarkably easy to become invested in every single one. you want to know what it would be like if dnd took place in a john hughes style teenage coming of age movie? or what if lord of the rings was about the bad guys but also it’s a workplace comedy? or how about an urban fantasy story set in modern day new york with a secret sixth borough hidden away in the world of dreams? you can have it all and more from d20! and this is just the seasons that are available on yt for FREE there are so many other cool and fun stories and worlds and dms to engage with!!!

tl;dr it's a good show and i like it very very much thank you for coming to my ted talk

#answers #daffodiline #you know what. if you don't end up reading all of this. i don't blame you lol #tl;dr i highly recommend d20 but if you like game changer there are lots of other things to check out on youtube too!

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gretagerwigsmuse · 2 years

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okay first thank you for sending these (i never actually get responses when i do them so much appreciated), ANYWAY we're gonna cover a lot of ground here so....

✨ Give you and your writing a compliment. Go on now. You know you deserve it. 😉

oh god i hate giving myself compliments, but i'd have to say that i think i do a really good job with the little details? like i've been extensively researching where the banquet/party in the follow up to "even when we're wrong in every way..." is going to take place, to where the reader lives (also there are no dry bars in san diego??? a hate crime?? so now i have to think of an alternative)? and all this stuff that seems so fucking small and inconsequential in the long run, but actually makes it so much more enjoyable for me? i also think i write really natural dialogue, which stems from me reading the dialogue out loud like twenty times (and occasionally even 'blocking' out the scene, which sounds so fucking lame). also 'hates giving compliments' yet writes a fucking novel for this one my ass?

🎶 Do you listen to music while you write? What song have you been playing on loop lately?

i'm almost always listening to music because i can't be alone with my thoughts and am one of those people with over 100k listening hours every year on my spotify wrapped. i've been writing a lot of the sequel to "even when we're wrong in every way..." and have made a playlist! pls follow my spotify, i'm shameless at making hyper-specific playlists for every possible feeling i have. and if i ever make a playlist about something, you know i'm all in

⛔ Do you have a fic you started, but scrapped?

this made me laugh way too fucking hard - YES i literally have like 100k+ words of fics i've scrapped. most of them are just me running out of inspo or me not being super into the fandom anymore

🙋‍♀️ Do any irl people know you write fanfic?

HA no this is hilarious because i literally tell everyone now and all my friends who are so much fucking cooler than me and know absolutely nothing about fandoms etc. LOVE it??? they call them stories tho, not fics which makes me sound so much more legit?? and last night i finally got them all the read "and even when we're wrong in every way..." and the gc was going through it...😉

🍦 What's the sweetest fic you've created so far?

ironically, i feel like my sweetest fic is also my saddest? it's dual pov and shows both of the characters over the course of the school year following their breakup at the end of a summer romance on the cape (total au, my fave). and just how one of them, cassandra, processes her feelings of inadequacy and being the ultimate 'mirrorball' girl, while the other, harry, works through all the trauma and grief associated with his dad passing away that fall and his subsequent slip into addiction and recovery, making him THE ultimate 'this is me trying' boy. and they finally finally work their way back to each other and are all the stronger for it? it's also my most personal work, i def cried through writing at least three of the chapters - don't get me started on the therapy chapter...😭

🎨 How do you feel about fan art of your stories?

so i've never had anyone make fan art, BUT one of my absolute BESTIES on twitter made an actual EDIT for one of my fics??? like it's unfucking real, i think about it FREQUENTLY

💞 Who's your comfort character?

oh god so this VARIES but i've consistently adored the version of harry bingham i've created in my fics and if you've ever watched the society you're probably like 'jordan he's the literal worst' AND YET i've fixed him and trust fund coke boy brown haired men with daddy issues are my kryptonite. i also go absolutely feral for kendall roy and now bradley bradshaw (i would love to write a fic of him going through therapy and processing his trauma one day)

🤩 Who is your favorite character to write?

similar to the above, i have to go with harry. i cannot express the hold that writing and exploring his character has on me? i think it stems with them absolutely dropping the ball with his character on the society and also with me identifying with some parts of his character? ALSO now i'm super attached to my smart aleck reader (as sol and i are dubbing her) from "even when we're wrong in every way..." like the sequel/follow up shows such a different side to both her and bradley and how they're working through their relationship six months later. i think one of the things i like most about her (and him to a larger extent) is that i have to show that she doesn't agree with - and even like - this rather large part of his identity and yet they still love each other and are absolutely crazy for each other?? it's been a really fun exercise. plus the smut is fun

THANK YOU FOR SENDING THIS

#i def feel like you were here for the top gun insight and yet i make it all about my trust fund coke boy harry bingham #asks

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since we're talking about friendships and friendship breakups etc., i'd like to add that I had three friends in school (three out of other friends, didn't have many friends anyways tho) and they would go out without inviting me bc they knew that I couldn't come bc 1. I have never been invited anywhere 2. never have been in a tightly knit friend group 3. therefore, have never gone out with friends, which results in my parents going ???????? whenever I'm invited somewhere. anyways so one of them was a guy so there was a major question mark that i had to face from my parents and i got tired and just wouldn't go out. but yeah i guess it was my fault that i didn't try harder to you know, go out, have fun, etc. etc. but it hurt, you know, because they'd go out and never invite me, but they'd send pictures in the gc and everything, fully aware I'm there. but later on the hype of our group kinda just went away gradually but i strongly felt (and still do) that they made a gc without me in it, where they did all the talking. anyways fast forward to now, they still go out, STARGAZING AND EVERYTHING, and have completely forgotten about me, when i even contacted them, tried to reconnect and let them know i miss them dearly and would LOVE to meet them someday, on of these days. but yeah they've forgotten me. it hurt before, it still does sometimes, but not that much anymore. sometimes it doesn't at all. long story short, i survived.

I'm so sorry hun, being a part of a group but not involved in that specific subset is such a weird experience like im friends with y'all but also not in the way y'all are friends with each other kdjdjd, long story short you survived indeed!

#you ask for the tab*#long post tw

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August 9, 2023

Hello.

So about dito ang i-rant ko today.

so medyo lain na sad akong mood karon. laina jud sa akong mama oy. or basi ako ang lain? basi need lang nako magchange og mindset ug lifestyle basi mag-improve sad ang things. i-memorize ko na ning wallpaper nako sa laptop. mag start na sad ko og ingon og positive things about myself na tinuod and dili delulu. never talk bad about myself.

nagluha na sad ko. cguro tungod sad ni kay gigutom na ko. manihapon na ko dapat.

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okay so nihilak jud ko jud. ana ko na I am a flawed child after nako madungog si mader nagyawyaw sa gawas. tapos gihilakan sad nako ang about sa pagiging draining para sa akong duha ka prescious friends. i-copypaste ko na lang akong rant sa akong priv.

now taking my last chinese class for the semester and I just heard my mother talking about part time work. It's about me for sure. she is so annoying istg. so fucking annoying. I have my own plans. ever since I always have my own plans. just because she doesn't know about my plans does not mean I don't have them. we had a convo earlier and she mentioned something that literally meant all this time she's been thinking I never do anything other than study. like what the fuck?! she's making me so angry always ALWAYS without fail. she's the biggest villain of my life.

I love my friends so much. but I believe my insecurity [also and due to] my current education status, I am dragging them down with me every time I rant about my inconveniences. I'm sorry my friends. I want what's best for you ]two]. I shall stop messaging the gc and bothering you both. this started with one of them not wanting to message the gc. at first, it was about wanting to focus on her studies and her life. She needed a social media detox. we understand. I understand. I will always understand. then I started noticing her response about me and my struggle with makeup. also in all other insecurities I mentioned in the gc, her responses. she is not cold. but it just showed me how overly self-conscious I am about generally basic things. sorry friend. I had always been worried about being draining for my friends. now it's confirmed. I am draining her. my very active status in the gc is draining her. :< I am so sorry. :< I miss you tho. please take care. I just want you to feel better about life and have very good friends with you there in elbi. :< if I am not good for you anymore, if our friendship feels like an obligation to you, then that is [a] clear sign that it is not good for you anymore. no need to stay. feeling suffocated in a friendship with me is one of the last things I want [to happen] ever. :< Prioritize yourself always. I love you. T^T

I'm a flawed child. :<<<< my mother never believed that I am capable of surviving on my own because I am not as smart as her when she was a kid. :<<< not observant, not social, always aloof. :<<< and she is also not patient enough to teach me because she never received it herself

so mao na tung tulo ka rant thread na akong nahimo ganina while gaklase sa chinese and ga-emote ko.

as of typing this 11:54 pm na of august 9. so mahuman nako ni nga entry for sure august 10 na. a very memorable day of my life. kay last year man gud, mao ni tung day na giistorya na ko si papa about sa akong plano na magschool sa elbi. tapos ang answer is dili. dili kaya sa ilang sweldo, dili sad kaya sa akoang dost. nag-alanganin na sad ang dost ato na time kay akoang report card, jusko. askang batia jud. grabe naalala nako wednesday sad to. so naay chinese class. dili ko kapaminaw og tarong. maayo na lang kay naay uban classmate na active magbasa so naghilom sa ko. shet man to oy. si teacher chen pa ata to. gahilak ko while gaklase. unya katong nagkaon na ko og panihapon, maski og corned beef akong sud-an, nawalaan jud ko og gana mukaon. gakurog akong kamot maghungit. halos dili na ko nguyaon akong gihungit. tapos galuha lang ko. grabe. grabe. tapos after sa among istorya ni papa, na-finalize na jud ang akoang next step. hilak dayon ko pagbalik nako sa kwarto. grabe. grabe jud to. tapos pagkaugma ato, medyo sayo ko nakamata so natagbuan nako ang sunrise tapos nagselfie selfie ko. smile of relief and loss. lol. then pagkahapon to gabii nagtan-aw ko og raya and the last dragon tapos tungod sa akong current state grabe kaayo ko naapektuhan sa movie na naghilak jud ko og sobra towards the end. while gaplay ang credits naghilak jud ko mura og bata pero minus the sound lang kay madungog sa ubang tao sa balay. grabe jud to.

i love myself from that time and I pity her but also thank her. she's okay now. may isang inc pero better na ito. huhu.

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