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alexseanchai · 3 years

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Fanfic 2020 in Review

I got tagged by @kasienda @noirshitsuji and @marvelousmsmol and I am tagging whoever wants to play!

1) List of fics completed this year in the order they were finished:

*filters own works to complete and updated in 2020*

1 - 20 of 57 Works by AlexSeanchai

nope. *adds filter to include only works of at least 1000 words*

unless otherwise indicated, these are all Miraculous Ladybug:

“don’t bake it lying down”, post-reveal Marichat vs Felix Graham de Vanily

“veracity”, canon divergence from “Ladybug” featuring Mister Bug and Verity Queen (so also Marichat, I guess)

“(no request is too extreme, if) your heart is in your dream”, in which Hawkmoth wins, for the thirty seconds or so before Emilie saves Ladybug and Chat Noir’s lives

“tell me you love me and make me believe it”, in which trans girl Chatonne Noire ropes Ladybug into helping plan her civilian self’s escape slash social transition

“kingmaker, oathbreaker”, in which Hawkmoth wins and Emilie watches her son remove himself from the family

“stay and let me watch you break it down” (Twelve Dancing Princesses), a modern setting

“set a course for winds of fortune”, in which trans girl Chatonne Noire has already escaped and Gabriel and Nathalie are trying to bring Gabriel’s son home

“we ground love in a hopeless place”, in which post-reveal Marinette’s attempt to remain resolutely not in love with her partner dissolves like sugar in coffee when they start a pun war

“ring the bells that still can ring”, in which Alya is deeply confused about why Adrien and Marinette are planning a wedding when last night both were single

“burning wishes at both ends (the cold wind and long loud wail remix)”, in which Gabriel made a monkey’s paw wish and Emilie makes another

“words cannot espresso”, in which Marinette’s OC roommate is justifiably worried for Marinette’s safety, and meanwhile Adrien takes care of Marinette

“the compromise of truth” (the chronologically second-earliest part posted to date of nine lives, snake’s eyes), in which Adrien tells his friends how he won some freedom and respect from his father

“At The Present Time”, the Ladrien/Ladynoir marriage proposal follow-up to @art-deco-shrimp‘s “Your Presents Required”

“j'ai rêvé (so I don't have to dream alone)”, in which the events of canon must just have been a series of dream sequences, Marinette and Adrien both think, until they both arrive at Chloe’s Halloween masquerade dressed as themselves from the dreams

2) Number of words written:

ahahaha no. I am not counting all my scattered fic drafts and trying to figure out what I did and didn’t write in 2020. I refuse.

AO3 says I posted 162K in 2020. it is counting all of keeps you guessing (like any real love), which (a) I started posting in 2019 (b) is co-written by @galahadwilder; it is counting all of my meta snippets collection, much of which was written in 2019; it is counting the Vimeo passwords for my vids. but I probably cleared 150K by a safe margin.

3) Your most popular fic:

“veracity” has a four-digit kudos count, wow, when’d that happen? this is also the 2020 work with the most hits and the most bookmarks, but “tell me you love me” has four-thirds as many comments as its nearest competitor.

4) Your personal fav:

“cannot break us, not with a thousand swords”, no question about it. this is the one in which Ladybug proposes marriage to Chat Noir via Princess Bride meme on Tumblr. (if you intend to download the work or otherwise to consume it with creator style off, you want the accessible version instead of the primary version.)

5) Your fav scene:

aaaaaaaaa

—okay so this is cheating and I know it, since Uncertain Humors (the one where Marinette/Adrien is both Orpheus/Eurydice and Theseus/Ariadne) is nowhere near finished, never mind posted (maybe I'll get “Sanguine” done to post on my birthday?)

but it is still my favorite of the year. as you might guess from that description of the story, this scene has content notes for character death:

Hell is a maze. Marinette walks.

This acrid passage has little to see but damp stone, seeming blood-stained in the dim carmine light. At about the height of her heart, the faintly glowing thread cuts through the not-clammy air; it ought to be pulsing at the same rate as the heart it's bound to. She might be able to see her own reflection if she looked down at the open sewage pipe, or at one of the puddles that now and again she splashes through, dampening the canvas of her shoes. She might see reflected what's behind her.

She remembers Mme. Mendeleiev lecturing on human physiology. In healthy humans old enough to have learned how, urination is a voluntary action: one may not know which muscles one tenses and relaxes in order to do so, and probably isn't paying attention to those details when one is doing, but one has conscious control over whether one does. Usually. Stress and anxiety mean some people are unable to relax the relevant sphincter muscle and others are unable to stop themselves. It's voluntary for cats, too: it's one way they mark their territories. Cat-boys have other ways.

There is a moment in every human life when all one's muscles relax at once. Some Parisians have had several such moments.

The thread is braided with itself around her left fourth finger, rows of tiny red half-hitch knots, and falls loosely over the back of her hand to loop twice around her wrist. She holds it wrapped between the fingers of her right hand to keep it at a constant tension, as though knitting with this insubstantial thread, so fragile for something two (two dozen, two million) lives hang from—too thin to sew with, no thicker than one strand of his hair. As she walks, she winds it around and around and around her wrist.

Between her ring finger and her right hand, it loops twice.

Marinette's shoe lands in a puddle she didn't see. The rainwater splashes soundlessly onto her bare ankle and on the stone.

(With cat-like tread, upon our prey we steal— It's a very loud song.)

She walks on.

6) A fic or scene that challenged you:

where the firelight fades, no contest. this is the second story I’ve ever been able to stick with more than a couple hundred words past the 20K mark, but it’s easily the twentieth novel-length I’ve begun. (though also, you know that kedreeva post? well, 90K later, I’m less than 15K from completing this 10K fic! I think.) and I have been learning so much about long-form fiction.

there has also been a lot of weeping and tearing my hair. case in point: I just trashed the chapter 15 draft because I figured out the reason it wasn’t going anywhere! I can probably keep the first few hundred words of that draft without any editing, and another few hundred with some revision...

7) A line of writing you’re proud of:

from “j'ai rêvé (so I don't have to dream alone)”:

Everything about their partnership is fragments of sentences in the dream diary Adrien writes in ultraviolet pen. Disjointed flickers of thought even when examined under the black light he hides in the snack cabinet under packets of Super Yoyo sandwich cookies and bags of cheesy Monster Munch potato chips and boxes of petit écolier butter cookies (chocolat noir)—none of which explains the gym-socks smell. All fleeting incoherent flashes, invisible between the mundane lines of La Modification shelved at his bedside between Leroux and Dumas. None of it is solid. Adrien has more proof his room's haunted.

okay let me break this down for you!

* Adrien started a dream diary to make sense of the memories

* in invisible ink, in a book that (according to Wikipedia) is thematically appropriate and won’t (if Gabriel sees it) look like anything other than Adrien developing an interest in French literature

* shelved between Phantom of the Opera and The Three Musketeers

* look I didn’t come up with the name “black light”

* or “chocolat noir” for what English speakers call “dark chocolate”, or “petit écolier” (that is, “little schoolboy”) for that sort of butter cookie

* also not my fault that “chocolat noir” sounds remarkably like “Chat Noir”, which, attentive readers may have noticed, is not a name that appears in the story after the header and before Miraculous Cure

* I found the website of a store in Boston, Massachusetts that caters to French expats, and the yo-yo cookies and the monster chips were right there in the photos, y’all

* the snack stash and the black light live in the cabinet where, in canon, the Camembert lives; yes, that cheese smells in the real world like gym socks

* this story’s akuma was not able to affect anything but squishy human memory: nobody affected remembers anything about Ladybug or Chat Noir or Hawkmoth, not in any solid way, not even when they read news articles about the subject, and this includes Marinette and Adrien not being able to see or hear or remember their own kwamis—but you know what Adrien’s Insta post about his poltergeist and Adrien’s Insta post with the floating sock don’t show and don’t explicitly refer to?

* I love this paragraph so much (my housemates may have been lovingly mocking me over it)

8) A comment that touched you:

there are people (y’all know who you are) who said y’all are studying my style. I ded of blush.

9) Something that inspired your writing:

by volume of fic drafts that can be blamed on any particular person, the winner is probably @norakwami

10) Your proudest accomplishment (that one scene; finally finishing that one fic; posting your first fic; etc):

so that longest-story-ever-written record I set in 2007 with the 89.5K story that, till where the firelight fades, was the only story I’d gotten much past 20K?

I broke that fucking record!

and then I deleted the draft of firelight chapter 15 😭

11) Do you have any writing goals for the next year?

I’m starting work on a fantasy novel, a Sleeping Beauty retelling in which I explore (among other things) the economic consequences of the king’s ordering all the spinning wheels burned, and I want to make significant progress on that. and I want to not make my hands any worse; I kind of need those!

(breaking news alert: bodies fucking suck. so does giving yourself repetitive stress injuries in doing one and a half to two people’s worth of work for an organization that was never ever going to pay you more than one person’s worth of pay.)

#by alexseanchai #miraculous ladybug #tag game

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throughtheinterstices · 2 years

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i feel junwan had the best character development throughout both seasons, cuz he really started off so cold towards all his juniors like jaehak, but at the end him and jaehak were such good friends (i love jaehak for sticking by him that whole time too) and he got so concerned about jaehak's wife and would call him for updates and it made me so happy to see him like that 🥺seokhyeong is a close second skfksj he was still a little awkward even at the end, but he seemed alot more at ease with his colleagues so that was really nice too!

jeongwon songhwa and ikjun were like pretty much perfect from start to finish HAHAH ikjun was sooo funny he always made me laugh with all the dumb stuff he did to annoy his friends HAHA songhwa is like a model student/doctor and i aspire to be her and jeongwon was such a sweetheart who could do no wrong HAHAHA

i think my fave pairing would probably be minha and seokhyeong skdksj like i did not expect to love them so much but the introvert extrovert thing they have going on, seokhyeong intentionally letting his mom make the wrong assumptions so he could tell her minha made him stay, minha always being so unapologetically herself around him and not feeling awkward around him ever, and i think it's just something about how she's liked him for soso long and still continued to talk to him as a friend even when he turned her down so many times, it made me feel so very soft

sofsof who's YOUR favourite character and pairing? for pairing im gonna take a guess that its ikjun and songhwa? >< HAHA IDK but yes ive rambled alot longer than i thought i would id love to hear what you think!

omg this ask has been overdue for so long aaaaaa but it's better late than never right?

aaaaaaa yes the character development! loved it a lot! yeah aaaaaaaa i love seokhyeong's the most!! he just went through so much and right now, he's able to voice his feelings in a better way and he's able to allow himself to do the things that he loves 🥺 and ofc junwan!! aaaaaa who knew that there was a cinnamon roll under that cold exterior? apparently, he was a clingy best friend!! so cute! and yes! i loved how his relationship with jaehak developed! they are so wholesome!

and HAHAHA true with the other three! i feel like as the drama progressed, they started being more honest with themselves. but generally, their sincerity was too endearing. and aaaa where does ikjun get those brains? like partying and having an exam the next day?! aaaaaaaaa i'd love to be like songhwa but skskskksksk when will i genuinely just love studying for its own sake HAHAHAHAH gosh.

OMG!!! OK WE HAVE THE SAME FAVE PAIRING OMG OMG OMG!!! in s1 i did love winter garden the most but in s2, i grew to love minha x seokhyeong more!!! it was really cute and soft how their relationship grew. and aaaaa kudos to minha for being so persistent, patient, and brave!! i mean, yes! empower us, minha! and i loved how seokhyeong really made the effort to take care of minha and ease his way into being honest about his feelings. they are just too cute!

ok hmmm... aaaaa there are too many characters to choose from!! i can't say i have a favorite one. like i mean, i don't have one to point out in this way: OMG YES YOU'RE PERFECT EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU I CAN RELATE WITH. but hmm... i really loved minha's tenacity, patience and courage! i loved that she was really naturally herself in everything and that she doesn't apologize for it. i want to be like her so baddddd. i love ikjun a lot too! especially how it's in his nature to take care of other people. it just comes so easily for him, that he wants to know how everyone is and that he always tries to find a way to help people here and there. and also, he has no complexes! he just lives as he sees fit and just goes with the flow and thinks of everybody without comparing himself. and aaaaaa that is so admirable. and he's such a great dad too! and ofc! i love that even eating out with friends (and songhwa ofc) is kind of pretty big for him. like he appreciates the small moments and gosh, my heart!

#through the interactions #hospital playlist

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magicbench · 3 years

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~*CoF Upda-AAAAAAAAA!!*~

Yes. Hello. Don’t mind me I’m just screaming internally because I wrote a super long update on Colors of Fate’s Demo and my connexion decided to... just go *poof* right in the moment I clicked on on the “post” button. So er, um... here is the summary : progress is going well, the art is amazing and gorgeous, Lee did a super cool job at programming, Cirro made me cry with her writing, the music is beautiful, the DEMO V.1 should be ready to be proofreaded and beta-tested next week if all goes well both in english and french. Now please have some screenshots while I’m going to cry in the corner of my room. See you next time guys (T =T)/

Oui. Bonjour. Faites pas attention à moi, je suis juste en train de crier très fort en silence parce que je viens d’écrire une super longue update sur la Demo de Colors of Fate et ma connexion a décidé de... juste me faire un gros doigt d’honneur pile au moment où j’ai appuyé sur le bouton “poster”. Du coup bah, euh... résumé : ça avance bien, tout est trop beau, Lee a fait un super boulot à la programmation, Cirro m’a fait pleurer tellement elle écrit bien, la musique est magnifique, la DEMO V.1 devrait être prête à la relecture et au beta-test la semaine prochaine si tout va bien à la fois en anglais et en français. Maintenant si vous voulez bien m’excuser, voilà quelques screenshots pendant que je vais pleurer dans un coin de ma chambre. Bye (T =T)/ ******************************************************************

#cof #colorsoffate #karamelow #magicbench #visualnovel #vndev #otomegame #otomedev #indiegame #indiedev

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ofieugogyshz · 3 years

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Fic;; Memories: Riolu III

Word Count: 4900

Warnings: None

Summary: Slowly accepting that maybe she might be having difficulties with Riolu, Sarah accepts that Lance was right, and that she might want to get in contact with someone like the Sinnoh Champion Cynthia in order to figure out what was wrong, and how to fix it.

Notes: This fic was published as Lucario II, but I changed it to Riolu III to better suit the focus of the naming convention.

Read First | Second | Third

(Alternatively, Series Masterpost)

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It was difficult, trying to train Riolu. What started out as an instant bond felt like it was tapering away. Trying to bond with him the traditional way wasn't working, either. It was getting harder and harder to understand him, his battle style, his personality, and I could tell that he was getting frustrated too.

Maybe Lance was right. Training a Riolu was going to be difficult because I wasn't open or honest about my emotions. And, honestly, I didn't want to be. Maybe it would have been more accurate to say that I didn't want to feel those emotions, much less share or admit them. I always tried to hide them, except when I was angry or hurt. Then I wanted everyone to know it. But then I'd try to hide it again, because that's what was right, was socially expected. And it just made it harder to figure out how I was supposed to respond to something. Everything just felt like a spiral, and it was on several occasions that Riolu commented on how confusing and chaotic it made reading my aura, until I couldn't understand his thoughts anymore.

And admitting that I needed help? That was hard. Difficult. But, if it was the Sinnoh Champion, then maybe I could challenge her to a battle as well, ask to train with her a bit...? I could use that as a lean in, and casually bring up Riolu, and see what she'd say.

I asked around. Some people told me that she was partial to ruins and mythology, suggesting that I might want to try Celestic Town, Solaceon Ruins, or the Library in Canalave City. Although Canalave City was where my next Gym Badge was located, I decided to go north. I battled against several trainers along the routes there, becoming more discouraged when my connection with Riolu felt more and more out of sync.

No one said they had spotted her around Solaceon Town or the Ruins, so I pressed on north. I decided to take a break at the Cafe Cabin. I stepped inside, greeted by the employees. Pika and Riolu walked in beside me. My Pikachu was used to this sort of thing, but I had forgotten that Riolu, only a few months old, hadn't yet been inside a battle cafe. I took a seat at a booth, while Riolu followed behind slowly, eyes wandering as it took in the busy atmosphere.

“Can we get you anything?” asked a waitress. “A battle? Food? Or just drinks?”

“Just drinks for now,” I said. “Pinap juice for Pika, Pomeg-Watmel smoothie for me, and...” I looked at Riolu, who was sitting across from me. It was standing up on the seat, looking over its edge at all the trainers and their Pokemon in the cafe. It was rather busy, so there was a lot for it to take in. I felt a tinge of worry that it might be overwhelming for it, but it kept staring in awe.

“Ri....”

“Um. I think a Moomoo Milk for my Riolu?”

The waitress nodded, hastily scribbling down the order before leaving.

I sighed. Part of me wanted to believe that maybe there was a quick fix-all for being able to bond with Riolu better, so I could understand him better, but I knew that that wasn't going to be the case. Still... Riolu looked around, and I followed its gaze wherever it went. A trainer with a Machamp, another with a Glameow, one with a Meditite, and so on. More Pokemon in one spot than it had seen yet. His eyes wandered until he saw something towards the corner. I watched as it continued to stare in awe, and followed its gaze. My eyes widened.

“Isn't that...”

I thought back to Eterna City. I had met someone that looked just like her. Long blonde hair, a long black coat over black pants, with quiet serenity. I had come to look at the statue on the far side of that town, and found her there, reading the inscription with an intense focus that was more than touristy.

What did she say her name was...? I flipped through the e-mails on my phone, trying to see if I had mentioned her in any that I had sent to my friends, whenever I was updating them about my adventure. Any posts I may have made on social media. Anything that might have mentioned the person I met back then.

“Today I met a trainer in Eterna City. She was beautiful! I wish I could be as pretty as her... Oh, but! More importantly! She was looking at the statue there too! She explained to me that it was part of Sinnoh mythology. I introduced myself to her, and told her alllll about my victories in the last three regions I been in! She said I was cute, and reminded her a little of herself when she started her journey.(I'm not cute, but whatever.) Then, I showed her my Pokedex. We had a lot of fun. I forgot to ask for her contact info... But she told me that her name was Cynthia, and that I'll probably see her around again!”

Ah. There it was--

“Wait...” I said quietly, to no one in particular. “Is she... No way, it's gotta totally be a coincidence!!”

I quickly looked up online “Champion Cynthia”, her photo coming up online as she held a trophy, the proclamation “Cynthia Wins the Sinnoh Cup Again!” titling an article. It matched the person that Riolu was staring at, with much focus.

“Nononono...” I buried my face in my hands and suppressed an embarrassed whine. I totally made a fool of myself back then... Ugh. Why did I act like that? Now the local Champion thinks that I'm a total child and-- AAAAAAAAA!!! This is awful, totally awful, uggggghhhh!!! Now how'm I supposed to ask her for help with Riolu?!! I screamed inside my head out of embarrassment at my past self.

I took a breath, trying to see if I could cope with having my face visible. I cupped my hands around my face and pushed them back into my hair, fingers running between strands as I tried to recompose myself. Well, no, maybe she wouldn't notice me... Ah. But that doesn't help with the 'trying to find her' part, and ask for her help training. I could probably find other trainers with Lucario! I mean, there's Blaze! He's the one who got me Riolu, after all! Or that person that he said he got his egg from! What was his name... I... R-something? Guh. Crap. I don't wanna ask Blaze though, because then I'll have to let him know why, and I don't wanna let him know that I'm having trouble with Riolu!! My pride wouldn't've allowed it, and there I was, just stewing in my thoughts, not even aware that our waitress had arrived with our drinks.

“Pi! Pika!!” Pikachu had eagerly grabbed at hers as the waitress pushed it past me.

“Are you okay, miss?”

I looked up at her. She had a mildly concerned expression on her face.

“Ah, I-- I'm fine, I promise. Thanks for the drinks.”

“Let me know if you need anything else.”

She left. I was alone once more with my thoughts. Pika was happily drinking from her juice, slurping it up noisily. Across from me, Riolu was still watching Cynthia, unaware that it had a drink in front of it. I let out a long sigh, stirring my smoothie with my straw as I continued to watch its fixation on the region's beautiful Champion. I pushed the bottle of Moomoo Milk across the table, letting it make a loud noise in an attempt to distract the Riolu.

“Riolu, here! I got you some tasty milk to drink!”

<<...strong!>>

I blinked. Riolu turned around to me, an excited expression on his face.

<<...really strong! ….meet? >>

Maybe I was imagining it, or maybe that was how he really felt right now. It had been so long since I felt his voice, that I wondered if I was making it up, inserting my own understanding of how it felt. Riolu's tail wagged a little, hopeful that I might say yes to what it wanted.

“Uh... N-not right now, Riolu. C'mon, sit. We can go say hi after,” I said, half-lying. Riolu's tail stopped. He looked at me, uncertain; as uncertain as I was about if I was still interested in talking to Cynthia. Riolu plopped down, taking the Moomoo Milk and drinking, looking a little angry, upset with me. Maybe I might change my mind after we rest a bit, but for now...

When we were done, I paid for our order and left. The Champion wasn't anywhere in the cafe anymore, as far as I could tell, and I felt a little safe leaving now that she wasn't around. Riolu yipped loudly at my side, partially in excitement, partially in impatience. I didn't need to have a connection to know what he was wanting right then and there.

To meet Cynthia.

“No, we are NOT going to look for her right now, okay? Let's just keep heading north and see if we can't find her at--”

An angry thought burst into my mind.

<<But that WAS her!! I know it was!!! She had a Lucario!!!!!>>

Riolu had ran in front of me, cheeks puffed up and tail standing up straight as it glared at me. It felt like a stare-down. Beside me, Pika looked back and forth between the two of us, unsure of what was gonna happen. Riolu growled softly. Pika ran in front of it, trying to mediate between the two of us, waving her arms.

“Pika pi!! Pi pika, pikachu!”

The attempt only made Riolu growl more. It pushed her away, speeding towards me with a charge. Its head hit my chest, knocking me over. I couldn't hear what it said as it ran away. Pika started to give chase.

“Pika!!! Pikachu chu chu!!!”

I groaned, sitting up slowly. I let out quick hisses of pain as I propped myself up with my elbows. Pika yelled after Riolu. But instead of continuing her chase, she turned back around to check up on me when I sat up.

“Pi?!”

I groaned. Tears were in my eyes from the aching, stinging pain. I clutched at my body, trying to will myself not to cry more from it.

“Ow!!” Touching had made it hurt more. I could tell that a gnarly bruise was in store when the pain would subside.

“Pika!!!”

“It's okay, Pika. I'll--” I let out a hiss of pain, impatiently waiting for the pain to dull. “I'll be fine. But more importantly, do you know which way Riolu ran off?”

She ran over to the edge of a thicket of trees and pointed. “Chu!!”

I stumbled to my feet and set off after Riolu.

I didn't know what kind of Pokemon lived in these trees, and it worried me that something might have happened to him in here. Unfortunately, I didn't have too many Pokemon that could help me look, and the thicket was getting denser the more I went in. Pikachu was leading me on the ground, trying to follow Riolu's scent. I had to backtrack when she lost it, and when we were in a slightly wider trail, I let out my Crobat, Janet. I quickly explained to her that we were looking for Riolu.

“He ran off somewhere in here. Please help us find him!”

She let out a noise of agreement and zoomed off, hastily flying between trees until I couldn't see her anymore. Pika and I continued with our search on the ground.

I was getting more anxious with every step I took.

The path we followed opened up into a small clearing. It looked like a Pokemon battle happened there. Branches and leaves were scattered across the floor, with some of the thicker ones still having their leaves on them. The ground had been disturbed, with indentations from the fight. Several of the trees had claw marks on it. I felt my heartbeat quicken, worried that Riolu had gotten himself into trouble.

“RIOOOOLLUUUU!!!!” I shouted.

“PIIKAAAA!!!”

Our voices echoed slightly. The sound disrupted a handful of Starly in the trees. They flew away. I heard the sound of wings flapping towards us. It was Janet; she had returned to find us.

“You find anything?!” I asked her.

Janet nodded, making a noise that sounded like a 'whsk'. She kept making it as she flew around us, impatiently waiting for the command to go.

“Lead the way!”

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Riolu had ran out of the thicket. He wasn't afraid of the Pokemon that he had encountered, since he had won. The moves his Lucario father and his trainer had taught him were incredibly useful, more than he had realized under his current trainer. But, after all the battles he had done on the way here, that last one had made him tired. He had decided to head back, still mad about what had happened, but also apologetic about hurting his trainer. He hoped he didn't hurt her too badly. His steps quickened until he could see the growing light of the exit of the forest.

Cynthia had returned back to the cafe, carrying a small bag containing medicine for the Psyduck that had taken up residence along a major path by it. It was causing difficulties for the cafe to receive and distribute its product along the one side. The owner of Cafe Cabin had called her over, asking her to help take care of the issue. And what those Psyduck needed was the Secret Potion, a rural recipe capable of helping relieve even the recurrent headaches that Psyducks got.

Cynthia's Lucario was helping her distribute the medicine to the Psyduck that lined the road. He stopped suddenly, looking into the forest with sudden focus. That had gotten Cynthia's attention, and she turned, looking to where her Lucario did.

A small, black and blue Pokemon came out of the thicket. It rested against one of the trees, sighing. It lifted up its head, looking around, and came across the sight of Cynthia and her Lucario looking at it. Its eyes widened, and excitement overcame it. With renewed vigor, it ran over, letting out happy yips as it bounced around them.

“Hm? What's this?” Cynthia knelt down to brush some twigs and leaves out of its fur. “A Riolu?”

They're usually not common in this area, she thought to herself. But the mystery of where it came from wouldn't last for very long. A Crobat had come out of the woods, quick on the tail of the small Riolu. Cynthia and Lucario tensed, prepared to help protect the small Pokemon if Crobat proved aggressive.

The Crobat stopped a few yards away, calling out to the Riolu.

“Ri. Ri!” It ran out to greet the large purple bat. Crobat landed, folding its wings around the Riolu as it hugged the Pokemon.

“Well, that's interesting,” said Cynthia. Her and Lucario looked at each other and nodded. Lucario closed its eyes and held out its palms, allowing both its trainer and the two Pokemon before it to better understand one another with its aura powers.

“Crobat, were you looking for this Riolu?” It nodded. “Is your trainer nearby?” Crobat turned towards the trees, twitching an ear as it listened. There was the faint call of its trainer, shouting out for the Riolu, but it was far too distant for Lucario, much less Cynthia, to hear. It turned back around, letting go of Riolu as it flapped back into the air.

“Okay then, Crobat. Go and get your trainer, and I'll wait here with Riolu. I promise I won't go anywhere.”

Crobat looked at Cynthia, then to Lucario. Its eyes shifted back to Cynthia, who gave it a gentle smile. Normally, Crobat wouldn't have trusted anyone to take care of one of her trainer's Pokemon without her permission, but Lucario helped communicate what was in their hearts. These were good people. There wasn't an ounce of malice in their hearts. With some reluctance, Crobat turned towards the forest, flying back into it in order to grab its trainer.

“Now then, little Riolu. Do you care to tell me how you and your trainer got separated?”

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I ran out of the clearing, following Crobat's directions. She flew out into the clearing, circling low, and Pika followed her all the way out there. I rested a hand against a nearby tree, trying to catch my breath. I could hear a happy cry from Pika that let me know that she had found Riolu. I stood back up and hurried along, coming into sight of a trainer and several Pokemon, not including the line of Psyduck that was lying about neaby. I stopped when I recognized the black clothes and long, blonde hair.

Cynthia turned around to greet me.

“Hi there! You must be Riolu's trainer.”

I nodded, walking towards them once again.

“Thanks for finding him,” I said. I didn't know what else to say. I hadn't planned on this, and my mind was drawing up a blank, still stuck on the “find Riolu” plan, that the “Talk to Cynthia” plan hadn't yet intersected. As I got closer, her expression changed to one of curiosity, as she seemed to recognize me.

“Oh! You're the trainer I met back in Eterna City. Thank you for that day, by the way. You really helped me out.”

“E-eh!?” I felt my face flush, and held up my hands, shaking them in an criss-cross motion. “No no no, thank you, for. Um. Well, talking to me, I guess. And humoring me? I'm so sorry that I wasted your time though! I didn't know who you were, and I'm sure you're pretty busy as the Champion, and, oh! You said you were researching, so I'm so sorry that I interrupted your day that day!” I bowed my head, apologetic. My face was still flushed.

She laughed. It was an amused laugh, one that reminded me of Lance's.

“Don't worry about it!” Cynthia said. “Like I said, you really helped me out that day. I kept hitting a wall in my research, but spending some time with someone who wasn't from here, and sharing the myths with them really helped me get out of that rut. You won't believe how much it helps shifting your focus for just a moment.”

I lifted my head to look at her. Now that I knew who she was, she looked more beautiful than I first thought. A part of me became bitter. It was a small, envious feeling, and I could shush it away, but it hurt, just a little bit, to see her. A female Champion that was beautiful, well-respected, famous, and had amazing synchronicity with her Lucario. Speaking of...

I looked at Cynthia's Lucario. It didn't seem to mind having Riolu hop around it excitedly.

<<...look! ...Lucario!!!>>

“I'm sorry if Riolu was interfering with your training.”

“Oh, not at all! Actually--” She turned around, looking at the Psyduck that were lying in the middle of the road. “--We were trying to help these poor Psyduck. You said you were from Kanto, right? So you must know how hard it is for Psyduck with their chronic headaches.”

“Yeah. Misty mentioned that it made it difficult for her Golduck to focus on training when he was still a Psyduck. Is that why they're all lying about in the road like that?”

“Yes. I went to get them some medication, and when I started treating them, your little Riolu came up to us. I was having Lucario help me treat them, but he seems to be pre-occupied with your Riolu now. Why don't you help me instead?”

I nodded, taking a couple of the bottles from her. We began to treat the Psyduck. Some of them let out pro-longed quacks, dramatic cries of pain. Some only whimpered, until we administered the medicine. We worked from the outside in, meeting each other in the middle as the Psyducks we treated still lamented, rubbing their heads.

“Okay, that's the last one!” Cynthia said.

We waited.

“How long does it normally take for them to get better?” I asked.

“It shouldn't be too much longer.”

The first two Psyduck we treated suddenly bounced up. They looked at us with their vacant expressions, before suddenly tilting their heads in confusion.

“Psy?”

Several more followed. The cries of the loudest ones stopped, though a few of them kept crying until their buddies picked them up. They talked to them, and the Psyduck slowly pulled their hands from their heads, letting them fall against their feathery bodies. They looked at their companions with a vacation expression, before tilting their heads in confusion.

“Psy?”

The group was satisfied that all of them had been thoroughly treated, and they waddled off together. A few of them waved at Cynthia and I as they left, and we waved back. Both of us were happy that we had helped alleviate some of the pain that these Pokemon had, at least for now.

I looked down at the empty bottles I held in my arms.

“That's amazing! What is this?”

“It's a Secret Potion.”

“A secret potion?” I repeated. It was now my turn to tilt my head in confusion. “Why's it a secret?”

Cynthia laughed. “It's the ingredients! The recipe is a secret; only my grandmother knows how to make it. I went to visit her in Celestic Town before I came back here to treat them.”

“Aww. I wanna know how to make it!” I said, arms flailing.

“I can't tell you. My own grandmother hasn't told even me the recipe, and she brags to everyone about what a great trainer I am!” She laughed, and I pouted.

“Now, now. I'm sure there's plenty of chances for you to find something just as equally amazing. Oh, but that's right! I wanted to talk to you about your Riolu.”

I felt my face heat a little as I looked away in shame.

“Y-Yeah... That's, um, actually-- I came up this way because I was looking for you. Because we're having trouble staying on the same wave length.”

Cynthia looked at me, quirking an eyebrow. I continued.

“Y'see...” I explained to her about Riolu-- how long I've had him, where he came from, and that my friend who hatched him had named him after someone I liked. I vaguely talked about the embarrassment I got whenever Riolu was there for my phone calls with Lance. Except, I didn't tell her who, or that I had a crush on them, just that I was speaking with a friend. Cynthia nodded along thoughtfully, and when my cheeks heated up, there was a small, knowing smile. The way I stumbled through explaining more about it, the more my cheeks heated up, caused me to finally admit that it was someone I had a crush on.

“Mhmm.... Mhmm. I see. From what you've told me, and from what Riolu's told Lucario, it seems that your emotions are getting in the way of your connection.” I gave her a look of dismay, and she continued. “I'm sorry, but it's what seems to be the truth. The two of you need to be open and honest with each other, or else that connection will suffer. Riolu are very sensitive Pokemon. They can see auras as colored waves-- Oh, I feel like I've just told someone else this very same conversation.”

I felt a sudden jolt of fear and stood up straighter, afraid that she might connect the thread between the two.

“Ahahaha... well, I bet it's because people think you're the number one authority on this, huh? I bet all kinds of people from all over ask you about Riolus and Lucarios! ”

“You're not wrong about that...” Cynthia said. She sounded a little distracted, lost in thought. Silence fell between us for a moment, before she suddenly came back to the present. “Oh, I apologize. Sometimes I get a little lost in thought when I'm thinking about something. Where were we?”

“Uh. Outside the Cafe Cabin?” I said, a half-hearted joked. She smiled.

“Well, your emotional honesty and openness aside, you also need to make sure that your Pokemon know that you love them. It's that connection that will help them filter through any conflicting emotions that you might have.”

“But I do love Riolu, I really do!!”

Cynthia looked down at Riolu, who spoke to Lucario.

“Ri ri!”

“It doesn't seem that way to him.”

The weight of that feeling suddenly pressed down on my heart. I found myself angry, frustrated at myself. I turned towards my Riolu and knelt down. I held out my arms towards him.

“Riolu, I'm sorry. I'm really really sorry. I didn't know you felt that way about me. That you thought I felt that way, I mean. I don't want you to think that I hate you or dislike you, I really don't. But please, please please come back with me? We can try again, and I'll try my best to do better at listening, and-- um, well, I can't guarantee that my emotions will get any easier, but I'll promise to go over them with you, when, um, we have time? I promise I'll try to help you understand me.” I sighed. “It's just, that... I don't understand myself very well either. So I won't always have the answer about it.” I felt tears well up in my eyes and I closed them. It felt like that was going to cause a permanent block in my bond with Riolu, and that wasn't something that I wanted. But I didn't know how to get around it.

I felt a gentle hand on my shoulder. I looked to see Cynthia, a sympathetic smile on her face. There was some semblance of understanding, some sort of feeling like that. I could sense that from her, but I couldn't quite understand how I knew that she did. It just didn't feel like something she knew in the present.

“It's okay. You don't need to understand yourself just yet. That's what your emotions are there for. They help you learn about yourself, and what you think of certain things. But your emotions aren't always going to be easy to understand, either. But you can ask Riolu to help you understand them, when you feel like you're uncertain of yourself. You just have to trust that Riolu will know what they mean.”

I felt my heart lurch in my chest. Her words were potent, important. Even I could tell that much at that moment. Things that I would save and keep in my heart for many years to come. I would come to rely on that wisdom that she gave me that day, even when over decade passed. But in that moment, as powerful as I knew they were, and as true as they were, I felt myself start to cry.

Riolu took a few steps forward. I could feel it's concern, its hesitation. It wanted to reach out, but he also felt just as upset as I did, mad at me for never... never calling him by his name?

“Now...” I could hear Cynthia's soft voice in my ear. “Why don't you try calling out to Riolu by name?”

I felt my face flush up at the same time that my pain waned. I was afraid. How many people name their Pokemon after their friends? After people they were in contact with? But I was more afraid of what Lance would think, if he knew, if he found out that my friend named Riolu after him. All because I had a crush on him. It was embarrassing.... And causing Riolu pain, too, to not be called by the name he was given. He was proud of his namesake. As he ought to be. But it was so... It was so difficult. I couldn't even say that name normally. How could I be expected to call out my Riolu's name, when it was named after my crush?

As my mind wavered between the two extremes, I could feel Riolu sense that struggle. He took a step back, withdrawing that connection from me. But I knew what was right. I knew that Cynthia was right. What was right for him, for both of us.

I took a deep breath. I gulped, before nodding, slowly.

“C-C'mere...... L...Lance.”

I could feel the surprise from Riolu. The shock, appreciation, happiness. He ran towards me and jumped into my arms. I hugged him tightly, crying into him. It would have been wrong to continue to call him by any name other than that one. Whispering over and over again, “I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, Lance.”

Riolu—Lance, I mean, buried his head between my shoulder and neck. He nuzzled me, happy and relieved that I had gotten it-- That I had finally called him by his name.

#Champion Cynthia #Pokemon Cynthia #Pokemon selfship #Pokemon selfshipping #selfship #selfship community #selfship fic #these tags look suspect but jokes on all of you if you think its going there #fic series: memories lucario

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sugarandspice-games · 3 years

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Okay, so I finally got through Saeran's good ending, I might go back and play the normal and other bad endings later if I feel like it, but as that was an emotional rollercoaster, I need some time to recover. But I'm going to put my full review under the cut.

Will I be releasing my rewrite outline at this point (though not really a rewrite, since I made it before the AE was ever released when I was drunk and salty at the lack of news)? I'm not sure. I wasn't 100% satisfied, but we'll call it a good 65% as I feel like there was more I liked than I hated. I'll leave that decision up to my dear readers, whether or not they want to see it. (Though there are only like... 8 of you here and I know you're probably here for Obey Me content and not MysMess)

I do plan on playing the Jumin Bad End DLC, but I may not liveblog it as I haven't really heard good things. This seems like another ploy for fanservice, but I do want to get more lore about Jumin's backstory, and honestly... I'm gay and want to see those sexy CGs. That being said... this is the last I will discuss the canon material on this blog, and it may be the last time I engage with the canon material (as I believe cheritz has announced that this is the finale anyway, and will no longer update the game). I will most likely continue to create fan content for it, as Sugar and I have our own sort of... fanfic thing going on with the characters and our OCs. But this is a personal and huge special interest of mine, and rather than go through everything and pick it apart for the rest of my days... I want to leave the game and the characters I love so much with only my happiest memories. They'll live on in my heart.

But I digress... here is my semi-condensed review. Sugar may talk about it as well, though I do not speak for them. THIS SHOULDN'T NEED TO BE SAID BUT HERE THERE BE SPOILERS. DO NOT READ IF YOU DID NOT COMPLETE THE GOOD END OF RAY'S AE.

The Good:

Saeran. Saeran was the best thing about this route. His character development was beautiful, and every time I saw him, I felt my heart swell with pride and love. His new sprites are so adorable as well as his beautiful CGs, and he looks healthier and happier in a lot of them. He's grown to be such a loving, gorgeous, wonderful man despite everything that happened in his painful life, and his story is nothing short of inspirational. I have a lot of love for Saeran, I have from the moment I saw him but this route really drove it home for me. He will have a special place in my heart among my fictional loves that can never be replaced.

Jumin Jumin Jumin! Jumin was one of the absolute MVPs this route, he was doing the most and boy... I just want to hug him. Even though he was in horrendous pain he was doing the absolute best he could to help everyone. He's been a love of mine for a long time, and that love only grew in this route. I was also glad to meet Driver Kim and see the interaction between him and Daddy Han Sr. (Because obviously Juju is the junior Daddy Han lol)-- even though I have mixed feelings about the Chairman, it makes me happy to see Jumin getting the caring he deserves from his father. And the fact that he even turned his back to let Jumin express his emotions without feeling embarrassed... Fucking killed me.

They did Rika right this go around. Yes, she got off to a really rough start, but she was very human and bearable here... and complete with her realizing her wrongdoings and working to right them in the end. It was a gorgeous arc, I'm so happy for her. I have a love hate relationship with her character, as she used to be a very badly written villain IMO... but one of the good things about Another Story in general is that it gave her depth that she didn't have before. And if they wanted to redeem her, they 100% did it right here, even if she had a rough beginning and had to make mistakes to get to where she was. I thought it was very human. Good on you, cheritz.

Vanderwood got a lot of good interactions here, and I'm really happy they gave us more Van content. Even if we're not getting a route for him, it's enough to me to finally see him expressing the affection we all know that he holds for Saeyoung, and working to help him.

The twins finally get to be happy! Need I say more?

Everyone doing well in their lives made me really happy too... most of the other routes had this problem where if one person got to be happy, someone else would have to suffer in exchange. I'm so glad that everyone got a happy ending.

The new chats made me extra emotional... I'm not sure why, to be honest, I think I'm just happy to see everyone again. It had been such a long time since I played Mystic Messenger, and talking to everyone again just like old times felt like returning to a childhood home (though I was 19 when I discovered this game initially, haha). I cried a lot, which is extra weird for me since I don't tend to cry in general.

Yoosung loves Saeran soooo much... in fact, everyone does. It made me happy, bc I was initially worried that he wouldn't have made friends with the RFA or that it would be awkward, but seeing everyone loving him and him being sweet back to them was adorable. Jumin also loves him and you can't change my mind (though maybe that's my wishful thinking of being in a Jumin & Saeran sandwich talking...)

So many good messages in this AE, and they hit very personally. I came to the same realization last year, that in the end, nothing in life matters except love, since you can't take anything else with you when you die. I shan't elaborate more!

Everyone's voice acting was so good! It was so beautiful and emotional, I could feel it through their voices. I usually skip the voice lines since I read so fast, but I'm happy I didn't.

The Bad:

Oh Jihyun... what have they done to you? I know I said he wasn't OOC and I stand by that, but it really feels like the writers hated him this AE. Even his sprite looked so awful and blurry. And he didn't get any good realization that he deserved better or anything, the literal cult leader and prime fucking minister got to be redeemed when he didn't. What the actual fuck. Sugar will definitely have more to say about it, and probably in a more articulate way, but let it be known that I don't like it either.

Furthermore, even if it's not OOC, it's structurally sloppy for him to come to some realization only to stay the exact same as he's always been. And same with Rika too. As I said in a previous post, having them both go through these realizations only to make them the villains again really felt like beating a dead horse. What can I say except AAAAAAAAA. WHAT THE FUCK?

Again, I must reiterate... why'd they make it so you have to be a bitch to Rika to get the good ending? I get that it's probably wish fulfillment for some people in the fandom, but it isn't for me. I really don't have any desire to berate or insult her bc in the end she needs serious help (even if I wanted to throw hands with her sometimes), and if the point was to call her on her misbehavior... some of it went too far (looking @ the "Don't stab Saeran's eyes out!" choice. I didn't like that at all, especially since it felt like you were making fun of Jihyun's trauma.) It especially made the end of her arc fall flat when she's like "Thank you for being kind and trying to understand me..." like, gurl... the game didn't let me do that without making me bad end! Jeez.

Also, literally why was it necessary to redeem the prime minister? He's a monster who tried to murder his own children. It's okay if they needed that scene where Saeran and you tried to understand him, but having him actually come around made no sense... why would he want to listen to you or Saeran when we've seen time and time again that there isn't really any good in him? He's just not a good person. And no, I'm not saying this because I wanted him to die or anything! ...Okay, maybe I did. Fuck that guy. I hate him. (Also the whole "you're only this way because you're lonely!" was so corny, I didn't choose those options but gjkgkgkfk)

The Ugly:

Have y'all heard about how much I hate the agency Boss? I hate him so much... I want to drown him in the toilet. I want to feed him taco bell laced with laxatives. I want to-- anyway, I digress. Not classifying this under bad because cheritz did their job by making him hateable and oh boy, did I hate him. He made me want to barf. I also commend his voice actor for somehow making me feel greasy through the screen. Seriously, dude, hats off to you. You are a genius.

That's about all I have to say for now... you can peruse my talk tag if you want to see any of my other thoughts on this game, but they don't tie into the good and bad. Despite the flaws, I enjoyed myself this route and I'm happy I played it. Even though there will always be things to improve upon in this game... I'm happy I picked it up, and I'm happy I met everyone. I would write them all letters or something but that'd be kinda corny since they're just game characters and won't see it anyway, and I know I'm not the only nor am I the most attractive MC out there... so this is Spice, signing out! Byebye, Mystic Messenger. You'll always have a special place in my heart.

All of the... weird horniness between Rika and Saeran made me feel grossed out. Her having him in a collar with a leash, and the game options that insinuate she has a thing for him... ew ew ew. Please stop it. That shit is so disgusting and I'm going to puke.

@ Both Saeyoung and Saeran: stop fucking trying to die all the time! Seriously! Let me love you and want to save you, when will you get it through your thick skulls that one gay ass MC who loves you very very dearly would NEVER be happy if you died? AAAAAAAA

#ray ae spoilers #mysmess #mystic messenger #ray after ending #spice talks #mysme salt

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taee · 3 years

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Thank you so much you are so sweet I can't believe I made your day better 🥺🌠💕 thank you! I'm confused about the time because it said 9:00 p.m. but you said it's before the song premier and I thought it premiere at 1:00 p.m.? Is there a mistake or am I misunderstanding it?

Oh my gosh I appreciate you so much you have no idea 😭😭 you and jung-koook are the most helpful good souls ever ❤️ thanks to you two's blogs I get so much info and also beautiful posts, thankful for you both (Sky is what encouraged me to delete my account because she say she don't use it as well. but I don't know how she gets news immediately slsksl she has superpowers or something) I won't remake it for now because you're right I shouldn't go back if it makes me unhappy and we'll see how it goes!

Oh wait you mean premiere performance not premiere of the song- the song is at 13;00 and the performance is it 21;30. Okay I think I understand! Unless I didn't so please correct me LOL PS I didn't mention so I will mention it now your header is so pretty 😍

pLS you're so sweet ofc you did!!! ASDFSFSDF no worries you still got it in the end ;u; yes!! 'Permission to Dance' drops at 1pm KST and the premiere performance at 9.30pm KST on Naver NOW + HYBE Label's Youtube. Do note that the special talk show 'A Butterful Getaway with BTS' will only be streamed via Naver NOW at 9pm KST and not on HYBE Label's Youtube!! sighh indeed Sky is an angel and a blessing for us all I love her too!!! I'm glad she helped in giving you the final push to delete twitter, it really brings me so much joy to know you enjoy our content and that we're able to keep you updated without you needing to go back to all the toxicity on twitter ;; aaaaaaaaa THANK YOU!!

#look through the info tag on my blog for updates!!#answered #anon

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tsukidotcom · 4 years

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Haikyuu HC to COVID-19 (Karasuno edition)

This is horrible 💀 im just so bored so I made whatever this mess is KFJSJDMSK enjoy

Hinata Shouyou

huh? isn’t it just the flu?

“No, hinata. People have died from it-“

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH-

goes bananas

whenever someone sneezes or coughs, his soul leaves his body as he runs away to sanitize/wash his hands for a miserably long time.

eats an expired can of peaches thinking it’s his last resort

lowkey happy school is closed because homework sucks

but also highkey hates it because now all volleyball tournaments are closed

then gets all angry when he realizes he’d have to do online school???!!?? like wtf he got jipped.

thinks they could still do volleyball if they did online calls cus if the school can do it,, then vOLLEYBALL CAN

will probably miss half of the class calls from oversleeping/forgetting anyway.

sheepishly ask yamaguchi, yachi or tsukishima for help on assignments/notes. (he will NEVA ask kageyama. he’s always in competition with him here!)

still practices volleyball 24/7 in his backyard or room (maybe even with his baby sister??)

He’s really good at practicing all by himself from practicing all alone in middle school—

but will probably go crazy being alone all the time with his family. he just wants to play volleyball with the team again.

looks up “what to do when you’re bored” or “what to do at home while in quarantine” on youtube

Kageyama Tobio

probably says he’s immune to the corona because he’s just better than everyone else

doesn’t really think it’s real until school shut down because of it

When he sees that corona is airborne he wont know what that means so he’d probably think it’s produced by air itself?? which makes him think air is trying to kill the human race?? and will be so confused as to why it decided to pop up now???

DESPISES online school. He had enough trouble understanding it from the gecko, so now he has to learn it basically all by hiMSELF?!?

And no way is he just gona email the teacher for help. If he does it’s gonna be only once in his lifetime. Anymore than that he thinks he’s doin too much. He doesn’t want his teachers thinking he’s dumb 😭

he says literally nothing during the calls he just tries to pay attention? and fails because he’s on a computer. in his room. alone. he’s bound to daze off or stare at a pen for 5 minutes.

Obvi still practices volleyball. Very much misses it. At least Hinata had his sibling to practice with him. tobio is a lone wolf in his household.

When his mom goes out to get groceries he gives her one of those doctor masks so she doesn’t catch corona.

Few moments later through the internet he realizes that corona is smaller than air molecules so if you can breathe through something you could still get it so he struggles for an hour thinking he just killed his mother

When his mom is back he keeps his distance in case she’s carrying the plague

omg did she just cough or am i imagining things no she definitely coughed she has corona oh oh god

In reality she was just clearing her throat.

is lowkey worrying about everyone and how they are 🥺 (yes, maybe even hinata).

thinks he’s science smart by calling it covid-19 than corona.

Asahi Azumane

He just worries about everyones health

like he just imagines the worst case scenario’s and starts to get really worried if people got it. Always checks on everyone and asks if they’re feeling any symptoms of corona ❤️

He’s either not gonna get it or he gets it and dies there’s no inbetween

but he’s jesus himself so theres no way he nor anyone in his bloodline can get it

is very happy to know that dogs can’t get it.

Takes online school seriously and tries his best

And is honestly so sad school just ended??? even if it’s temporary, he could be learning, playing volleyball, and going about his day instead of staying in a cage. he’s a third year so—how would graduation even go..?

always is up to date on the news !! and notifies everyone if anything important is added/changed.

Always tells everyone to stay safe! Whether through text or before ending a call.

only buys a lot of toilet paper from the fear of there being no toilet paper in stock since evERYONE IS BUYING IT-

Starts to try new hobbies that he put off for the longest time cus quarentine is rlly getting to him.

Is all out a family guy so he doesn’t mind the extra time with his family.

Nishinoya Yu

OAOAOAOAOAOAOAOAOAOA

420 blazin’

thinks going outside means you’re instantly gonna die from corona attacking your white blood cells (????)

but also probably doesnt care as he goes outside like everyday to run around and get rid of energy (and to practice volleyball, of course).

also why is it called white blood cells when blood is red ☠️ smh

Buys 101611018320129 bags of chips because that’s his comfort food

yay more gaming time!!!

Noya🐒: Tanaka do u wana play minecraft 2getr latr?

Tanaka🍌: HELL YEAH!!

doesn’t shower for three days straight because screw personal hygiene!! No more school!!! Can do whatever he wanted!! It’s basically summer!!!

until he’s forced to do online school.

Is def the class clown. Probably somehow kicks the teacher out of the call through a little bit of hacking.

“alright guys so i’ll be you’re substitute teacher for the day-“

tbh acts the same as he would in school. maybe a little more rebellious because, i mean, what is the teacher gonna do? send him to DETENTION? call his mOMMY?

Calls/spams literally everyone in his contacts because he’s so bored and lonely. Answer him!! Y’all will be on facetime for hours!!

He’s fun to facetime.

Will call you a loser if you don’t have an apple iPhone because then he can’t facetime you and facetiming is one of his favorite things to do to pass time (besides gaming)

HE A TRUE GAMER

Okay but he lowkey still tries at school for the sake of his grades and his future ;-; maybe calls asahi or sugawara for help??

always looks up his homework on the internet to see if he can get an answer key or something (he did that anyway even before corona but)

will do one subject for 3 hours thinking he’s finally done with everythinf till he realizes he has like 4 other subjects and needs to do those too.

Sending memes all the time

Tsukishima Kei

oh, what about corona again?

honestly could give NO fucks??. like ABSOLUTELY ZERO. nonxistent.

doesn’t even remember it’s still happening half the time.

is surprisingly very knowledgeable about corona.

he’s just smart and sciency¿ so he understands the ins and outs of corona like how it works and how its spread.

so if you tRULY want any update or background info on the corona virius, ask Tsukishima.

bitch don’t touch me you have rabies.

doesn’t care that he’s obligated to stay at home because he would have stayed either way. he very much likes being alone.

might go a little crazy cooped up in his room so he’ll hang with his brother/family or go outside before he says ‘okay that’s enough’ and goes back to his room.

isolation? oh okay *puts on headphones*

he rlly gonna be rocking it out in his room cus he can listen to music all day any day

developes a really bad sleep schedule since he had no way to get rid of the energy he got rid of at school.

still a huge tease so he says everyone has the corona virius.

is never online on social media which means he’s never up to date with his frIENDS. Doesn’t have a clue what those dipshits are doing and could care less (besides yamaguchi,, they probably facetime or call thru skype or something).

I bet the whole volleyball squad has a groupchat and honestly he puts all notifs on mute cus his phone keep goin DING DING DING DI DING ID DID IDKNG DING DIG

Brother: Omg why are you getting so many text messages?

Tsukki: Shut up

if he is online on the gc and he texts it would be simple replies like “Hi” “Okay.” “No.” “Goodbye.” and then he’s gone for another week

every first year is begging on their knees for tsukishima to give the answers or help them out and he obviously says: go do the hw yourselves idiots

besides yamaguchi!!!! again!! cus theyre gay for each other

maybe practices once in awhile with his brother or alone in his backyard but he doesn’t care

Tanaka Ryuunosuke

buys 101817 pounds of toilet paper because everyone else is? but not because of the same reason as asahi. he thinks toilet paper is the cure to corona.

GO STUPID AAAAAAAAA GO CRAZY AAAAAAAAAAA-

probably has a part time job at a grocery store so he still has to go to work 😭 i dont even know how he could have a job in the first place he’s probably always late-

still gamin with noya of course

GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY ROOM IM PLAYING MINECRAFTT

also buys like all the junk food thats in stock. and since he works at the grocery store he gets a ton of coupons and deals.

texts Kiyoko everyday goodmorning ❤️❤️❤️ and goodnight 😘😘 texts just to be left on read.

“i love it when she ignores me !!!”

scrolls through tiktoks for 1000 hours to pass time

School Is For Losers!!

similar to noya, he thought it was basicaly summer until he realized they were gonna be doing online school. literally had a fit and said he didnt wanna do jack squAt

Laughs so hard when nishinoya somehow kicks the teacher out of the call he’s like laughing so loud and hard he starts crying

all of the sudden has a better view on school

gets excited when he sees nishinoya on the call

makes funny and ugly ass faces when the teacher isn’t looking. everyone laughs and the teacher’s like 🤨

probably uses the green screen effect so he can change hus background (somehow) and accidentally misclicks a file so a girl wit a bikini becomes his background for .5 seconds before changing it to a cursed meme:

doesn’t get half the shit the teacher is talking about

but it’s okay because the half he doesn’t get is the other half noya gets

and the half noya doesnt get is the orher half tanaka gets

they’re two peas in a pod 🥰

until they try explaining it to each other and suddenly get confused?? mental malfunction ¿?

yeah im SMART!!!

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Daichi Sawamura

quite calm about the whole coronavirus

like he knows it is serious and understands how it is spread but he’s still calm about it??

tells everyone to sanitize and wash hands on a regular. and social distancing!!

honestly still wakes up like he does on normal school days and does all his academics just fine.

he even does gym activities (besides volleyball) for 30 minutes to an hour!!!! he be running on that treadmil! getting stronk!

does each subject on his own for 20-40 min each day. he’s really good at self discipline

makes sure sugawara and asahi are up to date on school work and will gladly help.

sadly can’t help the first years (and probably second years) because that info is deep in his brain and basically forgot how to do it after a year or two of not using it.

VERY VERY VERY sad that volleyball nationals are cut off. this is his last year and for it to be??? gone??? just because of some flu?!?! hates it.

he wishes school to go back and still has hope that school will go back to normal in a couple of weeks (even though it’s a slim chance).

asks the teacher questions whenever he has questions. He’s also vv considerate so he’ll ask questions he knows the answer to but asks them for anyone who’s confused ab it/wants to ask but is too shy. (literally i lov daichi sm)

Eats a healthy amount of everything

asks asahi for any updates on corona even though he’s quite up to date himself. he just wanna make sure he didn’t miss anything.

also doesn’t mind being around his family. he’ll do more chores around the house to help his parents out :> he’s literally perfect wtf

def does worry about everyone in the volleyball gc and anyone else he has contact with. Will also email classmates and ask if they’re doing all right. Even away from volleyball he’s a team player ☺️✌️

Is happy for the rest of the day when asahi tells him dogs can’t get corona.

Yamaguchi Tadashi

oaoaiquqhdkoaiaagadjsiwi?

doesn’t know what to believe anymore

keeps in touch with everyone!! always online 24/7 on social media, vball gc, you name it.

Literally everyone is acting so normal why are people so calm am i the only one worrying about this and the worlds future like this year has been really bad so far for not just me but the whole nation actually the entire world honestly like war almost broke out in january and now this corona stuff is really buttering my crissont the wrong way-

Even though tsukishima literally gives No Fucks, yamaguchi is the complete opposite.

like tsukki and yamaguchi call on skype and eVERY TIME yamaguchi starts with ‘how have you been? do you feel sick at all? have you drank enough water today?’ and so on

“What are you even worrying about?”

“Well...what if you get the corona virius?... it can be deadly, you know!! Thousands of people have died from it!!! The fact school is shutting down and people are panicking is making me feel like i should be panicking-“

Tsukki will then snarkily reassure him it’s fine and people their age are the least likely to get it bad.

Yamaguchi will feel a little better afterwords

“Thank you, Tsukki!”

Tsukki will ‘tch’ it off

Even though he gets really good grades he has triuble finding motivation to do any school work?? doing school work in his own home? 😐

His home was kinda a place he can chill whereas school is a place he can be fully focused

but now his home is ALSO school??!!?

Luckily he understands the work, at least.

When he sees tsukishima on the call, too, he instantly says hello.

“Tsukki!! Hey!! 😁”

“Shut up.”

“Gomen, Tsukki.”

Yeah. Even when they aren’t at school, he’s still the same as always.

He takes extra care of his family and always stays in touch with other relatives. Especially grandpa and grandma. THE SECOND he learned elderly people are at more risk you bet your ass he’s calling them making sure they’re okay. He checks up on them everyday now.

He peobably practices volleyball a little, too. He’s more focused on schoolwork though.

Sugawara Koushi

Have you guys ate dinner yet? 🥺

obviously checking up on everyone

he would fail as a mother if he didn’t.

Actually reads in his free time?? He finally has time on his hands to read these books so.... here we are!

Wakes up at a scheduled time everyday (minus weekends. Maybe sleeps for an extra hour or so).

He dresses in pjs rather than actual clothes because he’s not going anywhere with this social distancing thing.

Always tries to lighten the mood when all the students are on the online call. Maybe crack some joke or innocently play around with the effects.

He still pays close attention in class and does quite well on his own. No help from his parents! He can do everything on his own! He a big boi!

Does homework really well, too. Probably does extra work or more work than needed just because it makes him feel good afterwords.

Honestly i can see him cooking in his free time. If he doesnt feel like reading or scrolling mindlessly through his phone, he gonna cook.

Will make the best cookies in the universe.

HAS A HECK OF A SWEET TOOTH. NOT A DAY GOES BY WITHOUT HIM GETTING HIS PRETTY HANDS ON SUM TREAT

Honestly isn’t too good with exercise so he might gain a few pounds or grow the smallest chub 🥺🥺🥺 he would be so cute omfg.

is realy involved with his family!! they play a board/card game every friday night and have the best time.

if he has a dog, cat, or literally any animal you know he’s gona be hanging with them since he has more time.

Still! Playing! Volleyball! I mean by now every boy is practicing at least a little bit. He would probably be in his backyard playing volleyball with his family. Theyy’d set up a net and everythin! They’re all rookies at it but he still cherishes the moments with them.

It’s honestly still practice. Better than nothing

He talks about how his family plays volleyball and everyone is so jealous like 😭😭 makes him more grateful hearing half the volleyball team saying they have to practice alone.

Watching youtube videos of random videos/vines making him giggling.

“Hey, Dachi, look at this video.”

IS A SWEETHEART STFU !!!

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enlightened-lord · 3 years

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i'm kind of crying but in hopes of getting an answer from the void (or maybe remembering it after posting this)

what fic was it that it was a cross between a steampunk au and a qing dynasty ish au??? wu xuefeng was sent to protect ye xiu and ye qiu was kind of the prince and ye xiu was the runaway prince and there were paper kites that wang jiexi sent AND OMG IT WAS SUCH A COOL UNIVERSE BUT I FREAKING FORGOT THE TITLE I WANNA REREAD IT STAT

ahahhahahaha omg i feel so crazy

ejkrofmtlf

updated draft:

omgggg i found it!!!!!!

aaaaaaaaa after 30+ mins

T^T

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

i found it omg i'm so

(i'm 20+ tabs longer than my internet open tabs used to be omg)

(going thru the search is like: "i read this, i read this, ooh i have not read this *opens new tab* *continues* i read this, i did not read this but i am not interested, etc etc")

(BUT I FRIGGIN FOUND IT)

(also, in the back of my head, I kind of knew who the author was but JOKES ON ME I DONT TRUST MY MEMORY THAT MUCH SO)

(anyway, if anyone is interested in a steampunk au that sort of reminded me of the qing dynasty era hit up "The City is Full of Secrets (And Secrets are Stranger than Lies) by madmaenad)

it's really good

and i

just

#i have no words #theres just a certain satisfaction in knowing i found something; that i didn't rmeember it wrong; and my wild guess of the author was right #and like; i'm just so; happy 🤗; because my bad memory is like; a really insecure spot that i poke a lot bc i like to pain myself that way #aaaaaaaa #i'm sorry #whoever is reading this #this is such a bad post into the void #but eh #if i can recommend someone i highly regard in terms of writing then so be it #anyway #i have 20+ fics in new open tabs some of which maybe rereads of fics i've forgotten #rip me #rip the schedule today #rip everything #tka stuff #tka fanfic opinions #i need to make that a new tag tbh #i know i recommended a couple here on my blog but i didnt tag them ;-;#dear goodness the void #also that 30+ and 20+ should be added with another 10 solely bc of the fact i just eyeballed those estimates #HAHAHHAHAHAHA #the way i cook 🤝 the time i search up things on the internet 🤝 what witches put into their cauldrons #fic rec #random

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bladekindeyewear · 4 years

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Time to read hs^2′s third non-bonus update! I have not had a single portion of an image spoiled this time, and have no damn idea what it’s about. Not even any asks in my inbox. Will we have more of Ghostflusters, maybe a reason Jane didn’t know he was gone even when he supposedly received divorce papers? A cut back to the good guys in pursuit of Dirk and crew? Will Jade be a black-eyed zombie, or finally fucking awake like she deserves to be???

Let’s find out!

Oh god damn everything, please no. ==>

...Oh!

Oh that’s MUCH better than it could’ve been! We’re still in Candyverse, but cutting over to the Vriskas’ perspectives. So that on the right would be the “mostly identical” Vriska who Rose and Kanaya raised, and the aforementioned logistics are just dealing with a dead clown body (that hopefully isn’t being refrigerated in the unseen spot Dirk was hiding from Terezi on their ship).

Kid Vriska looks pretty cool! A fair bit Aranea-y, with that collar feeling like a nice hint of the Pagey version of her who originally earned the (Vriska) title.

(Vriska) pockets John’s phone before she can worry too much about waiting for a reply from Terezi.

Right, stolen phone... an anon in my inbox pointed out that Vriska “has a direct line out to Terezi” because of it, but I didn’t take it that seriously because I thought it wouldn’t come into play at all later. Guess I was wrong, with the narrative taking the trouble to point it out-- especially considering that whatever she said, she EXPECTS a possible reply.

Other than some fun banter, I can’t figure out where this particular upd8 is going.

> (==>)

Oh that is a smug, self-satisfied Vriska look if I ever saw one. (Vriska) over here is still dust under her heels, isn’t she?

VRISKA: If you want to keep Hanging Out, I mean. Which I assume you Do.

Holy shit, she’s throwing a bit of Kanaya Caps in her language. That’s SUPER adorable. That was probably in Candy too and I just forgot about it.

VRISKA: So, Nickname me, 8itch. And make it Cute.

Huh! You don’t stake too much on your name, then?

> (==>)

Vrissy! That’s surprisingly genial of you, it’s pretty damn good.

VRISSY: So now that we have that locked down, what’s First on the list of Awesome Shit we’re gonna do Together?

Oh no. No, no Vrissy, you’re gonna be disappointed. :(

VRISSY: I told you already, I don’t ever get up to Anything nearly as Interesting as you did. VRISKA: Till now ;;;;) VRISSY: Heh. Yeah.

...yeah, FUCK. Vrissy is gonna get used and thrown away so fucking hard. The slightest ounce of hero worship thrown Vriska’s way is an ounce that’s gonna get exploited to hell and back.

I suppose from here we’re going into the rebellion, aren’t we? I hope badass eyepatch Karkat doesn’t look too silly in this art style.

> (==>)

God, this art style is so CLEAN and makes her look so ADORABLE.

--ah, okay. We’re gonna see how the dynamic between Vrissy and human Kid-Tavros works. Hope this won’t be too painful. Besides, like... the kind of hilarious starting-pain that she’s asking HIM to help take care of a dead body.

VRISSY: That was Tavros. He’s on his way.

Oh man, Vriska didn’t know. :D

> (==>)

Huh! That’s a more thoughtful expression than I was expecting.

VRISKA: Unless he’ll rat us out to his mom???????? VRISSY: Nah. He’ll get too much of a Kick out of seeing this dead Piece of Shit, don’t Worry.

Oh man. Tavros’ll probably just be sad or freaked out a bit, but what I wouldn’t give for our first look at him to be him dancing on this clown’s grave.

> (==>)

Vrissy hates that ostentatious prick-mobile, mostly because it is not her ostentatious prick-mobile.

Heheheh.

Hm? “Actual spy shit”, other than hiding a body? Did you have some bigger anti-Crocker stuff in mind, Vrissy?

> (==>)

Oh Jiminy Christmas!!! You’re the spitting image of your parents! And, like... perfectly visually suited to induce Vriska-macking, unwanted or otherwise.

> (==>)

TAVROS: These are normal things you expect to happen, when you are picking up your kismesis and her,,,, ah,,, new friends,

Oh right, that’s the relationship. More that I forgot from Candy.

VRISSY: Who is VERY Cool and Sexy with her Eyepatch--

--remind me again why Vriska has an eyepatch? Something in the Lord English fight, a stray shard of universe fabric inflicting more random meaningful damage? *Looks it up.* Oh huh, so THAT was the vague damage to her head she played off-- the shard literally got her eye and she refused to admit it to herself or the narrative. I was wondering about that weird damage back when I read it, but never inferred the answer. And did she put the eyepatch on when she landed in Candy? *Looks that up* Wait, no, it couldn’t have hit her eye. From Candy:

Vriska’s face snaps up, eyes blazing. Eyes. Actual eyes, with expression, color, pupils, and everything.

[...] There’s a bleeding gash on her head and something lodged in her chest.

Okay, fuck. Then whence the fucking eyepatch? *Keeps skimming Candy...*

(VRISKA): The 8attle was hitting its clim8x when I got hit in the head with... with...

(Vriska) paws at her head wound, fingers numb and vision blurry.

(VRISKA): Wh8tever the fuck it was that hit me in the head!

Hmm?

JOHN: do you wanna see a doctor for that or something? (VRISKA): No!!!!!!!! (VRISKA): I w8nt to know what the fuck is GOING ON!!!!!!!!

Hmmmm..... *Keeeeps reading...*

Dammit, that’s all there is. So this is an inference either Andrew intended or the other authors/artists did from the tail end of all that -- Vriska either took head damage that deprived her of sight in that eye, made it more light-sensitive/blurry, OR that eyepatch is essentially a makeshift bandage over the bleeding parts. (Which might remain medically necessary, or she might just keep wearing for style points.) Hmm.

I’m mostly just relieved that whoever’s helping write HS^2 didn’t fuck up. Okay, that’s enough Candy-digging, back to the story now:

After a few beats, he propels himself off the car like a swimmer at the sound of a gun, his body plunging in a graceful arc toward his goal.

Huh? I mean, good execution, very Jake, but... huh? Is someone gonna get clobbered? Vrissy? The corpse?

> (==>)

Ooh, the corpse! Yes!!! Kick that corpse.

Why did the head honk? Hopefully this stays a corpse. (I’m surprised his strikes are as weak as the narrative’s saying; even if he’s really Tavros-natured, he’s still the son of two of the strongest, fisticuff-iest players. Kind of a rebellion against his parents both, then?)

> (==>)

--unrelated, I just saw the Bonus blinking with Catnapped Part 2. Guess I won’t be finished once I’ve covered this, just yet.

VRISKA: I am in no place to 8egrudge a man his cathartic ass-kicking moment, but that was a loud fucking scream. VRISSY: No kidding. My ears are STILL ringing from your 8ig attempt at breaking the sound 8arrier.

Y’all are ones to talk, I just reread the part of Candy where you two found Vriska fucking Gamzee.

> (==>)

Please don’t move, clown. Stay the fuck dead, please?

> (==>)

Calm down, Tav, you’ve got this.

> (==>)

Nice suspenders.

> (==>)

aaaaAAAAAAAAAAA WHO IS THIS AGAIN IS THIS HARRY OR SOMETHING IS THIS JOHN AND ROXY’S ASSHOLE KID

--sorry I got overexcited because I clicked next and saw that hair spiral aaaa.

...I hope it isn’t a DIFFERENT kid of theirs that I somehow forgot exists or such. That’d be embarrassing. This guy/girl/person looks infuriatingly suave, also.

> (==>)

YOU’RE SO CUTE IN A WAY THAT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE YOU’RE AN ASSHOLE.

--Yep, dialogue confirms it’s Harry Anderson.

Heh, he’s pulling an Early Acts John and not believing a word of it, but playing along.

There is no possible way that this stuff Vrissy is saying isn’t horeseshit, but he is not about to crack.

--just wanna point out the probably-typo before they fix it.

Ah, bringing it there. Good luck, Harry.

> (==>)

Oh, that was fast.

> (==>)

...That’s what you get for relying on Harry.

> (==>)

VRISKA: We can just dump it in the inciner8or. That’s pro8a8ly what his plan was to 8egin with. VRISSY: The what???????? VRISKA: The inciner8or. Like, for 8odies?? VRISSY: At SCHOOL???????? VRISKA: Yes? TAVROS: It is somewhat pleasant to be reminded,,, in my darker moments,,,, that the grass is not really ever greener on Alternia,

No comment, this is just pretty hilarious.

I still keep revisiting how easily Vrissy gave up her given name, here. As if she feels like her real name ought to be associated with the hero instead of her, in a kind of... lowkey low self-esteem way.

VRISSY: I should have known he was fucking with us. VRISSY: GOD he is such a Stupid 8astard.

--Well, they know each other well enough.

Hm. Does Vriska think they can just kill any human kids they run into?

> (==>)

...GOSH, Vrissy is stupid adorable. And like, shockingly chill, in general.

> (==>)

Huh. Vrissy, are you chickening out on an adventure because you’re afraid you’ll get caught? ...well, good for you, honestly! Not that I think it’ll last.

...yup, there she goes after ‘em.

> (==>)

I think you’re still going to fuck up, Vriska.

> (==>)

None of them know where they are going, but Vriska is leading the way, hunched and purposeful

I guess none of this is surprising, really.

Is Jane going to, like... hear about the corpse found in a human school’s basement and blame the rebellion some more somehow? Not that it matters, I guess.

There is something incredibly reassuring, Tavros thinks, about someone who has absolute outward confidence in themselves.

(There’d better not be any relationship conflict involving Vriska upcoming in the future. BETTER not.)

> (==>)

Gamzee managing to fuck everything up even when he’s dead.

> (==>)

VRISKA: No, he’s right, I was going to count to eight.

Hah.

> (==>)

Are they gonna end up dumping him at Harry’s feet?

Nice way to force him out of school and into the rebellion, that.

> (==>)

VRISSY: Keep looking for Harry Anderson. He’s In The Shit with us now, whether he likes it or not.

Guess so! Fair enough.

> (==>)

oh no

(I also understand why I haven’t gotten any asks about this upd8 yet. This is mostly just character (re-)introductions and hijinks. Totally up for some Harry, Vriska, Vrissy and Tavros adventures now that I can actually SEE them, it really adds a lot.)

> (==>)

And there it goes. Slide into Harry’s classroom on the waterslick maybe?

> (==>)

The human students, trained to respond to a fire drill with speed and enthusiasm for missed class time, are out in the hall in a matter of seconds.

Oh, the worst possible outcome. :D

> (==>)

Shit, they’re all on camera. Nice job, Vriska! Welcome to Earth.

> (==>)

Oh my fucking GOD, this image. Vriska is LOVING the chaos!!! She doesn’t even care!

VRISKA: I thought this planet was gonna be a snoozefest desert devoid of 8oth agency and fun, but I am honestly having a gr8 time.

Pfff. I should’ve known. She just cares about being where the Action Is, as Aradia put it at the end of Meat.

> (==>)

She sees it, and she can’t breathe. Her lover, her confidante, her clown of many years, being desecrated by a bunch of treasonous monsters.

You threw him out of a ship.

Yeah, of course she draws that conclusion. Everything and everyone is either with her or against her, after all.

> (==>)

--Wait, you didn’t even know Tavros was missing until that moment???

So did the lawyers send the divorce papers on their own, or did the authors really just forget?

> (==>)

Your John is showing SO hard, Harry.

> (==>)

Congratulations!

> (==>)

Yep!

> (==>)

HARRY ANDERSON: oh fuck

*slow clap*

I’ll cover Catnapped 2 in a bit, though circumspectly as it’s a paid bonus. See y’all!

#Homestuck #hs2 #Homestuck Liveblog #upd8 #bladekindeyewear #blastyoboots #spoiler #spoilers

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