#but theyll get through it
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WIP Wednesday
So, here's a short excerpt for WIP Wednesday (963 words)! Thank you for everyone who followed my new writing blog, the response has been so unbelievable.
Trigger Warning: Discussion of parental death
Original Prompt Fill
1st Shared Segment
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IKnowYourSecrets: hey
IKnowYourSecrets: I know this isnt something weve done before
IKnowYourSecrets: you said you got a cell for your last bday
IKnowYourSecrets: can I call you?
IKnowYourSecrets: heres my number XXX-XXX-XXXX
-xXPolarisXx-: is everything ok?
-xXPolarisXx-: dont answer that
-xXPolarisXx-: obv not
-xXPolarisXx-: my phones in my room brb
Danny ran up stairs to grab his phone and return to the computer before anyone could close out of his chat. He checked the number and dialed it, closing out of everything and logging out as the call connected.
“Tim?” he asked as soon as the ringing stopped. “What’s happened?”
“Danny? I… this is weird talking like this.” Tim’s voice was rough and Danny couldn’t tell if that was from emotion or just how he normally sounded.
Danny laughed a little. “Yeah. It is. Give me a sec, let me get to my room and I’ll shut the door. Give us some privacy.”
“I… yeah. I might need a few minutes.”
“Are you okay?”
Tim made a sound that was somewhere between a laugh and a sob and Danny all but ran up the stairs. “No, not really. Um. My mom’s dead.”
“What?!" What was the appropriate response to something like this? Sometimes he wished he had Jazz's way with words. "What happened?”
“She and dad were in the Caribbean." Tim let out a huff. "I didn’t even know they were in the Caribbean.”
Danny made a noise to indicate he was listening, but waited for Tim to continue.
“There was a local villain named Obeah man. He captured them and held them ransom. Gave them some water to drink at some point, but… it was poisoned. By the time Batman got there, it was too late. Mom died.” Tim gave another half-hysterical laugh. “And my dad is in a coma. He may never wake up.” His voice trailed off.
Danny swallowed. How does anyone respond to news like that? “I’m so sorry, Tim. How are you holding up? What’s going to happen now?”
“The funeral is in two days. Bruce is organizing it. And I’m going to stay with him, I guess. He said he’d be happy to foster me until my dad gets better.”
“Shit, Tim. Text me during the funeral if you need to.”
“I might take you up on that. You won’t mind?”
“Of course not. Every 5 seconds if you need to.”
“Distract me. What’s going on in your life? I don’t want to think about any of this anymore.”
“Oh, uh, all right. Are you sure?”
“Please, Danny.”
“If you change your mind, interrupt me anytime.” Danny chewed his lip. What on earth could he talk about in response to news like that? The test he had in English last week? That sounded so trite. “I did start karate training with…” he trailed off before he could say his mom. “Anyway, it’s going all right. I’ve basically only been taught basic moves. I only get lessons two or three times a month so it’s slow going.”
Tim’s voice was still shaky, but he seemed to latch onto the topic to Danny’s relief. “You really have to give it your all if you want to succeed. Have you learned the basic stances and things?”
“Some, I think.”
“Hold those positions. Stand in your room and just hold them for ten minutes at a time. And practice the same punch over and over. Even if your m—” Tim’s voice caught and he changed course “—instructor can’t make it. Would you be allowed to sign up for classes? Get something more consistent?”
“We don’t have the money.” Danny bit back the embarrassment he felt at admitting that. Tim was rich-rich and never had to worry about things like bills. “Ghost hunting doesn’t really pay. My parents are at least good engineers so they can fix our own appliances and vehicles. Sometimes dad or mom will fix stuff for the neighbors for some extra money.”
Tim hummed in understanding and didn’t push the issue. “How did they even get into ghosts to begin with?”
“If we ever end up in the same place, you are not allowed to ask that directly to my parents. Don’t mention ghosts at all. They won’t stop talking for hours. As for how they got into it… Dad’s always believed in the supernatural. He could’ve just as easily started tracking big foot or the Loch Ness Monster. But he met mom in university and she was stuck on ghosts. Dragged him in, too. And he’s obsessive. Once he decides on something, that’s it.
“They were both studying the supernatural and had to decide what to focus on for their doctoral research. Mom’s hated ghosts since she was a teenager. Apparently she and a friend were dared to go into a haunted house one Halloween. She doesn’t talk about it much, but her friend died that night. She blames the ghosts and has dedicated her life to hunting them ever since.”
Tim clicked his tongue. “Wow. It almost makes sense with that back story.”
Danny snorted. “Ghosts aren’t real. I dunno what killed her friend, but it wasn’t a ghost. Wish they’d decided to hunt Bigfoot instead.”
“Really? Why do you say that?”
Danny looked out his window and stared at the setting sun. “If they were hunting bigfoot, we’d probably go camping more often. And I like camping. You get the best views of the stars that way.”
“What’s your favorite constellation?”
“That’s like asking who my favorite Star Trek character is! There’s too many to choose. But do you know the folk history of Polaris? It’s why I chose my username.” Danny talked to Tim about the stars and space until Alfred called him away for dinner. They made plans to talk online again later.
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Next
Now, I have a question for y'all. I was planning on finishing the entire work then publishing on a once a week basis until finished (or twice a week if I had more chapters than I expect). I've got the first chapter mostly done, just need to rewrite one section and change a few lines elsewhere. I also have the next 1.5 chapters mostly done on a first draft. I could start posting now, but I can't guarantee a posting schedule and I'll probably have to take a hiatus or two as I plan to get a new job and move sometime in the next few months.
So my question, do you want me to post now or wait? It'll probably be several months if not a year before I finish depending on how long I take and how many other projects catch my eye.
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In other news, the creator of the original prompt started their own fill, too! If you read mine, I am requiring you to check theirs as well because it is amazing 💕. Tumblr Link and AO3 Link
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#dp x dc#my writing#bring me home fic#danny fenton#tim drake#first phone call#not a happy day#but theyll get through it
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Send good vibes to my boy, Brisket. I came home from work today and he was leaking pink urine. Got him to the ER vet and now he's staying over night for IV and pain drip.
#i feel sick over it#i leave for a few days and come back to him being more quiet and reserved#then this today#im hoping so badly he pulls through#vet says kidneys can heal but can remain scarred#if he doesnt pee soon for them then vet said theyll get a catheter going
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my love grew with us
#when they fucking LOOK at each other in that way that they do#THE WAY THAT THEYLL ALWAYS JUST BE LOOKING AT EQCH OTHER oouuughhghhh#you ever just think about how much stiles loves and admires scott through all his changes and how that love only gets stronger#about how scott is constantly in doubt of himself as a leader that he doesn’t even realize that stiles has complete and total faith in him#EUEUHEUEHUEHHH sciles my one and onlies#pls enjoy the food sciles nation 🤲🤲🤲 they r all i think about#teen wolf#teen wolf fanart#sciles#scott x stiles#scott mccall#stiles stilinski#fanart#toastytag
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when the cycles of trauma show has the characters start to fall back into their own destructive habits and ways because they are simply unable to free themself from the cycle that binds them: NOOOOOOOOOOO 😭😭😭💔💔😖😖😫😫😨😨😨💔💔💔
#succession#last nights was hard to get through bc it felt like we took 5 million steps back#like dont you remember the way we used to run (everything thats happened the past 3 seasons)#obvi its the point but also KNOCK IT OFFFF stop#also . worried abt how theyll handle the shiv plotline. shiv get behind me
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I just know Anthony "not even at gunpoint" Crowley is going to end up taking care of Azraphale's bookshop at some point in season 3. Muriel is a wonderful cinnamon roll... but they would 100% sell books, because that's what you're "supposed" to do when you run a bookshop.
#go s2#good omens#good omens season 2#go s3 theory#season 3 theory#aziraphale#crowley#ineffable husbands#aziracrow#even after all that aziraphale put him through in that last episode i just know he still wouldnt let everything on earth hes worked so hard#to establish get ruined#plus... its not like he really has anywhere to go. who knows if theyll actually give him his apartment back#my ramblings
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Feeling normal again
#tl;dr its less about the shape itself and more about the response#theres a level of coolness associated with the response#most people dont ever have an answer ready to go. most never thought of it before so theyll have to think it through.#if they think ur weird for asking and/or dismiss you entirely their vibes likely arent so good#many people will stop and think for a bit. and will likely give a reason WHY they picked theirs#if thats the case their vibes are p normal and youve now opened up a conversation starter congrats#possibly broke up some awkward tension by asking something so obscure and out of left field#then you have the people who had their answers READY TO GO. most of the time these people are cool as hell.#passing the vibe check with flying colors because you just gave them a reason to explain why trapezoids are underrated#or infodump abt a shape uve never heard of#OR you'll get the occasional 'what do you have a favorite shape' incredulous ask#and then you can quickly drop your own favorite shape (parallelograms my beloved)#which opens up the hidden SECOND VIBE CHECK#if they react positively to you having a shape ready to go their vibes are likely good#if they immediately think ur weird for having a favorite shape ready to go their vibes are probably not so good#its full-proof /hj#socializing is a science and i aint in STEM for nothing#<- totally neurotypical haha whaaaat im normal mhm totally normal#this is normal people things to think about
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wild that I just saw a poll about the watcher situation asking what people expect their response to be and the option sweeping was “they won’t respond to it”. like. that would be absolutely insane. maybe a lot of people have become jaded by big corporate entities ignoring issues as if theyre just not happening (understandable) but watcher Very Literally cant afford to not acknowledge the situation. like yeah this was a very corporate-adjacent, out of touch choice they just made but they're still, in the scheme of things, Quite small. completely ignoring the backlash could/would very likely ruin their careers and burn everything they've worked for and I just don’t think that’s realistic
#kibumblabs#i just can not see why anyone would think they wony respond at all to the situation#mind you i dont mean adequately try and Fix it particularly. i mean give a public response of any kind. in general#but i mean even so- i also dont think theyll respond like. sorry we're not changing anything. sucks to suck.#because like i said. they Really can not afford to do that#granted i guess they wete financially stupid/reckless enough to make such a dumb unsurveyed choice to begin with. but.#i mean when your whole career is on the line. i imagine you'd have to get scared into backtracking a bit right?#ah. anyway it is odd none of them have said anything yet but hopefully that means theyre actually thinking through what to do/say before#accidentally implying something they dont mean or making personal emotion-fueled tweets or anything like that#they couldve said by now 'we see your concern and are discussing how to move forward'. or whatever but. yeah#watcher
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silvervance on the brain again someone absolutely should've stopped me from listening to sleep token before bed
#its. god#its that they'll find each other in every universe. not that theyll happen upon each other#its that theyll actively look for the other#they are not one without the other and theyre an eternal romeo and juliet#because theyd sooner die than live alone#and that's the tragedy of it all. vance wanted to escape night city before the relic#he wanted to leave and never look back#get ahead of arasaka before they can finally catch him#but johnny comes along and he thinks oh. oh you are the part of me ive been missing#because johnny IS night city#he is everything vance did not understand about his own birthplace#because vance was a foreign entity. a virus trailing through sprawling data fortresses. a ghost even before he died#and johnny knows how that feels#and just. there is no place for them in nc#not even with kerry#and maybe that's okay. maybe they are each others#AURGRHRHH#silvervance#im ok. im so ok#my post
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s7 afterparty special guest better be cassius
#maybe theyll also get zeph to perform why not throw in everyone#litg s7#litg#love island the game#im still not even caught up with the season 🤣#but at least theyre not letting the season drag on just put it out of its misery and do content outside of the season#ie i guess an after party for the last four episodes works in concept hope they follow through
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How would LCSYS be different if it was "Order of Attack"?
For starters, the only things of OoA that would have happened are the voice dramas.
Hmm, I wonder what caused the admins to decide the attacks would turn out that way.
WAH why haven't I thought to combine the aus yet???
A lot would remain the same, aside from some of the voice drama angst happening differently (both on their end and Es'). I think the biggest difference would be that Shidou and Amane would be forced to interact a lot more -- while their Milgram appearances would be waay more hostile than originally planned, their behind-the-scenes relationship would improve a lot. Shidou spends a lot of time telling her about the side effects of the injuries so she can properly act them out, as well as check in that she's taking off the eyepatch often enough to not ruin her eyesight, none of which are him overstepping on her beliefs. While she still judges him for his profession, she doesn't feel personally attacked by him and can have many civil conversations.
(Meanwhile, Fuuta would have a much harder time acting out these injuries than the canon ones 😅 It takes absolutely all of his willpower not to let his temper get the better of him and jump out of the wheelchair to yell at Es)
As for how it happened...
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Kotoko knocked on Amane’s door. There was no answer at first, but she knew the girl was in there. She banged harder.
Amane opened it, lifting her chin to face the woman head-on. Kotoko stared down at her.
“Momose Amane.”
Then, she bent down. Kotoko took her hands into her own. “Are you sure about this?”
She hadn’t believed it, when she first read the changes to the next trial scripts. Confronting Jackalope hadn’t done much for her; he insisted it had all been Amane’s idea to begin with. He went along with it because he thought the proposed injury swap would be exciting, and grim, and definitely get a big reaction.
Kotoko still had her suspicions until it was finally confirmed, “yes, this is my decision. I stand by it.”
“I don’t want to make you relive something so painful.”
“I do not know what you mean.”
The way her eyes flicked away revealed that she did indeed know.
“You’ll be more isolated from the others during the trial.”
“Only when the Warden is around.”
Kotoko squeezed her hands. Maybe another route would work. “Injuries like that are impossible to fake nonstop – you’ll need to use medical aid to make it convincing. Will you be alright with that, even if it’s an act?”
“It’s perfect. I will show the warden it is violating to force me into another’s beliefs, without sinning at all myself.”
Kotoko opened her mouth, but Amane interrupted. “Are you afraid it will paint you too villainous?” She wasn’t being harsh – she seemed genuinely worried.
“I mean, they think I’m here for murder. There’s not much more villainous I can be.”
It was a truth to hide a truth. Kotoko knew this change would be nothing but a death sentence for her. Yet she’d spent all day planning out her video with the team, shakily writing out notes about a short temper and uncontrollable anger. What if Amane was right? In the heat of the moment, what lengths would she go to in the name of justice?
So the least she could do in return was go to this length.
“I need to make sure you are wholly alright with this. If so, I vow to play the part perfectly for you.” She studied Amane’s expression, but it was difficult to get a read in the dim bedroom. Only the little desk lamp was on, illuminating textbooks and art projects. “Just tell me why.”
“The others asked me about it, too,” Amane said. “They thought it was a dark topic to explore, but I was able to convince them that it would highlight the best in all of us: It would show what a skilled caregiver Mahiru is, when given the opportunity. It would reveal that Fuuta’s passion, his heart, is truly his strength. It would highlight my own virtues and weaknesses, given my beliefs. It would even show your dedication to your ideals, even if not in a fully pleasant light.”
“That makes sense…” She could tell there was more Amane wasn’t saying. She gave her a look.
Amane’s eyes flicked around the room.
Kotoko nodded to encourage her.
“Well… I also thought…” She swallowed. “The warden saw my punishments in my video, but deemed it righteous when they named me unforgiven. I just…”
“You wanted to see if they saw the things you went through – the things you really went through – would they still think that was okay?”
Amane let her head drop, using the heel of her hand to smear tears that had suddenly spilled from her eyes. “It’s selfish,” she blurted. “I know it’s so, so selfish.”
Kotoko made a sound of surprise.
“I’ll take it back,” she cried. “I’ll tell Jackalope to undo it. It was wrong of me. I shouldn’t make you suffer for my selfish wishes. I’m sorry.”
Kotoko knew the girl wasn’t the hugging type, but she opened her arms just in case. “Amane…”
After a moment of deliberation, she shocked her by accepting the embrace.
“You listen to me.” Kotoko held her tight. She kept her voice level. “You’re not going to take anything back. Do you hear me? That is not selfish at all. That is something very reasonable to hope for. If the warden is going to be unjust, then it is our job to teach them, right?”
Amane made a noncommittal sound in reply.
“It is. That’s why you came here – I remember when you told us that. That’s what we’re going to do. You and I both. If anyone dares tell you this is selfish, send them right to me. I’ve got you, okay?”
It was an odd declaration given what she was agreeing to, but everything about this experiment had challenged what was normal.
“I’ve got your back.”
#milgram#lights camera sing your sins#order of attack#amane momose#kotoko yuzuhira#i think jackalope is slimy enough to consider the option when t2 is first being planned out#and he would 100% ask amane to go through that#but he knows the prisoners would actually kill him for doing that#and so hes over the moon when amane suggests it on her own and agrees right away#amane has a bunch of professional reasons she lists out to everyone but deep down...#you know that feeling kids (and adults) get when they imagine running away/something bad happening because 'then theyll all be sorry!!'#and kotoko 'action over idle talk' yuzuriha is 100% on board with making es see the consequences of their actions#even if it means dooming herself with a guaranteed guilty verdict#though she probably does in normal lcsys - i bet she *really* sees Lucky in Amane now#drabbles
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WAIT PEOPEL THINK ZELDAS A BITCH FOR BEING UPSET WITH LINK FOLLOWING HER AROUND ON HER FATHERS ORDERS ??????
like hot damn i would be so pissed off too !!! esp with how much pressure and judgement shes already facing for not being the Perfect Princess, having some bastard follow her around and never talk to her and just Stand There ???? id be losing my goddamn mind
people truly be out there just consuming media without giving it a lick of thought 😭😭😭
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ok this is the last thing i'll say about it fr but i think its genuinely funny that the scene we are arguing about here is THIS ONE:
youtube
the meanness and lashing-out in question being zelda saying "i thought i made it clear i am not in need of an escort. return to the castle and tell that to my father please" never raising her voice, never even really placing the blame on link for what he's doing, and then when he continues to follow her, she turns around and says "stop following me!" with what can only be described as tsundere mannerisms. like. maybe we just need to reconsume the source material because shes not even that mean to him jesus christ
#shes just. a tsundere. if i use the word tsundere do we think it will get through to the woman haters and theyll shut up#asks
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LIKES CHARGE REBLOGS CAST
#hatter blathers#context: a fundamentalist catholic org in poland thats openly homo and transphobic says that theyre going through a serious financial#crisis and that they might have to dissolve unless theyll get like tens of thousands of zlotych
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wow so watcher just singlehandedly killed their channel
#i get wanting to ensure your company is profitable but moving everything onto a streaming service aint it chief#we are in a cost of living crisis and you want people to pay for another service?#when most are cancelling the ones they already have?#what are they thinking#‘we wanted to keep the price low enough to make it affordable for everyone’ whos everyone? i cant afford 60-72 dollars a year#and thats in usd#for me thats 93-112 bucks a year and thats not happening#how they didnt just start with a channel membership is beyond me#this was such a short sighted and out of touch idea#and theyve already started archiving their videos which makes the whole thing feel so disingenuous#and moving everything off youtube will mean theyll have no subscriber growth bc how are people supposed to discover them?#the comments on the video are so cordial everyone is saying this stuff by the hundreds#so heres hoping they roll it back#even their reasons for it being they cant do bigger production shows bc of their budget#people dont watch you for the production#i for one was a little put out when they started overproducing their shows it felt like they were trying to hard#its always been about their personalities#i just cant believe they didnt think this through#coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt#hey there demons it’s me ya boy#watcher#buzzfeed unsolved#shane madej#ryan bergara#steven lim#ghoul boys#ghost files
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holy shit it IS real I truly am so evrartpilled that my eyes skipped right past "fruity yet forbidden kisses". I really did not actually read any of that update huh. I actually hate that so fucking much fuck whoever wrote that
#wheres the post thats like we need to keep bringing back faggot bcus its the only word theyll never use to market to us#texticles#that being said i AM unfortunately having fun messing around & i know this is like THE most helpful thing imaginable for art regs#i cant TELL YOU how mucj time i spent scouring google image for decent ref of a charactwr & not finding them jusr to have tk like#scroll through some yourubwrs gameplay bcus my save file at the time was either#already past encountering the character or too far from it for me to go get a screenshot myself#but like. sigh.
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dark souls 3 isnt bad youre just counterculturing again
Its bad AND im counterculturing again
#i hate how the bosses broadcast their attacks so differently from the other 2 games dont get me started on the dancer#even the enemies its like theyll draw their weapon back and then flip through the air 8 times in different directions and then stab you in#the back#how was i supposed to know that was about to happen...#the cape physics are the main draw to ds3 stop lying 2 me#also its generally too fast paced i like the medium pace of 1 and slow pace of 2 much better#its all subjective im just hating
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Self shipping spaces are really funny to me because they're quite different from X reader stuff in that these people... Get jealous over characters. Which not judging this isn't what this is about, I write yandere X reader the call is coming from within the house I just. Have never really experienced jealousy romantically myself??? I think that might be why I like yanderes because if it was just up to me for a relationship to happen we would be getting nowhere fast lmfao
#sophie speaks#this is such a ramble but rock on#like obviously i selfship but seeing as my sense of self... is up in the air... it makes it all a bit different#'i would never do what yn did' well obviously you don't have multiple personalities or an airfryer#anyways i just. i dont get jealous much#shout out to the love triangles i was in (one in the centre and one on one of the sides) where both times i went#'cant we just do polyamory'#and everybody hated that lmao even the guy i was suggesting have two girlfriends#i know now he wanted me to be jealous but like. youre not getting that outta me mate#its bizarre ppl do that. what is wrong w the neurotypicals what mind games must you force me through#'i want attention so ill go to this person instead and make them jealous so theyll come to me!!' 'oh they wanna hang out w them today cool'
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