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ILITW!MC Profile
I saw quite a few MC character profiles floating around and decided to make my own. And ofc I made it for MC of all-time.
More headcanons under the cut
-ENFJ, 6w7
-Dating Noah Marshall
-He has a Peruvian Father and Indian (Tamil specifically) Mother
-Doesn't have a super close relationship with parents. He loves them of course, and vice versa but they're often busy and don't have much time for him. Even apart from that, they struggle to understand him and he gets the impression that they're disappointed in how he turned out.
-Is clever, intuitive and quick-witted and has picked up many skills (first aid, hair-dressing, photography, sewing, sketching) but has never truly excelled in any particular area and lacks academic intelligence
-Lacks passion which is a source of insecurity for him and feels he'll never get anywhere in life
-Loves gifts, both giving and getting, and really gets into trying to select the perfect gift for friends
-Alternates between soft grunge and goth aesthetic, and is rather particular about clothing
-has dyed hair several times and experimented with different hairstyles, to the point most people forgot how it actually looks. After ILW, he finally let's it grow out
-Has multiple piercings (tongue, eyebrows, navel, several on ear, including helix, industrial and tragus)
-Has several beauty marks scattered across face and dimples
-Has a nice singing voice and has performed small-time gigs, but doesn't consider it seriously
-Had a small crush on Noah when they were younger which dies out after Jane's death (although some feelings resurface after they become friends again)
-Alternatively, every friend except for Lily, has had a crush on Devon at some point. They revealed this during a game of Never Have I Ever, and joke it's basically a rite of passage
-When Jane died, a kid joked about her death, implying that one of Devon's friends killed her, which led to Devon punching them and being suspended for a week. That incident cemented him as a social outcast and his peers completely stopped interacting with him afterwards
-Has a savior complex where he thinks it's his duty to save everyone, and take on any hurt if it meant sparing others. However, this leads to him having little regard for himself and often deciding what's the best for others even if they wouldn't want him to be hurt on their behalf
-Stubborn, sarcastic and sharp-tongued, all traits which get him into trouble, or make troublesome situations even worse. Can best be described as a 'would look Death in the face and spit at it' type of person
-More in tune with others' feelings than his own, always knowing just what to say and is great at giving advice. However, can often be hypocritical in this regard (example: telling Noah he can't blame himself for Jane's death)
-Chose to become the shadow monster both because he felt like he needed to make up for not saving Jane in the past and Noah needed to live, in his eyes, actually live and become someone more than the brother of a dead girl
-Has multiple scars, on his wrist and neck from his encounter with Redfield!Jane, a shallow but long cut from when possessed!Noah tried to kill him, and some marks that appeared after his resurrection
-has a rather weak heart post-ressurection (due to died by heart-related reasons by Jane)
-Has a rather messed up sleeping schedule, which only becomes more shitty post-resurrection
-Jocelyn and Devon had a tense relationship even after ILW, but slowly became more civil and friendly after a few months of working together.
-Apart from Noah, ILW!MC and Connor, Devon gets along most with Lincoln due to being rather similar (both didn't/don't go to college, have a similar sense of humor, Lincoln gives him advice on how to control power). Lincoln also did several tattoos for Devon (tree branches on shoulders, Noah's name on wrist)
-He and Noah aren't sure they'd ever actually marry, that they're already partners in every way they can be and don't need a ceremony for it, but that doesn't mean it's not a possibility in the future
-Likes: The woods, friends, trying out new things, Noah's cooking, collections, animals, music, podcasts, rain, jewelry and accessories
-Dislikes: Bullies, loneliness, cooking, closed spaces, certain fashion trends, over-thinking, fights, strange textures, studying
#ilitw!mc#playchoices#pixelberry#choices#ilitw#it lives in the woods#it lives anthology#it lives#it lives series#ilw#it lives within#noah/mc#noah x mc
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What are kaleidescope of death and global examination? You've piqued my interest after your liveblogging lol (as in, I'm very curious to know what makes one so terrible and the other so good, and what they're about)
Heyy! They are both danmei webnovels of the unlimited flow genre, with basically levelled survival games where if you die in the "game" you die in real life. Kaleidoscope of Death by Xi Zixu (147 chapters, info carrd) is horror-focused, where characters who are close to death must pass 12 doors that are kind of like elaborate escape rooms filled with ghosts and monsters typically from urban legends. Global Examination by Mu Su Li (166 chapters, info carrd) is similar but less focused on horror and follows characters who have been pulled into a mysterious system where they have to solve exam-style questions except the questions are actually dangerous scenarios where it's easy to die. And there's romance in both of them <3
GE is brilliant in the way that both the MC and ML are well-written with fleshed-out backstories and they are both incredibly smart and complement each other's skills perfectly. The exam system is really cleverly laid out and the way the characters solve each level is presented in a very logical way, so that the way they are smart doesn't feel forced and instead reads very natural! The world inside the system is also consistent and we get to find out more and more about it at a good pace, and the recurring characters all turn out to be very important not only to the plot but also to our protagonists.
To me the plot never felt like it was dragging on, because on top of solving each exam level there is a greater narrative connecting everything, so that eventually all the plot points come together in a very satisfying way at the end! The leads also have great chemistry even without knowing their backstories, which makes it even more emotional and romantic after you learn everything about them. It's genuinely one of my favourite webnovels!!
In comparison, KOD just falls flat despite the amount of 5 star reviews and the hype i keep seeing by people who recommend it as a similar novel to GE. I didn't think the horror part was scary at all, at least for me, because it relied mainly on stuff like grotesque ways to die and mutilated body parts, which i thought were just gross instead of actually scary. But the main problem i have with this novel is that the main characters are presented as 'smart' but the way they solved each door relied too much on luck and coincidences or them somehow coming to 'obvious' conclusions that seem like they just came out of nowhere. It was like the author just kept telling us that 'oh here is this random item or situation so clearly it must be like this' without any intermediate steps, and most of the time they never would've even escaped the door if the ML or MC hadn't ~somehow~ stumbled on a key item or hint.
There is also a ridiculous amount of plot armor for the main characters, which i could suspend disbelief for, if the rest of the story wasn't also written in this hand-wavy style of 'anyway so this is how they solved the problem' and 'anyway so this is how they got out the door'. The world of the doors is never clearly explained or given any more meaningful treatment than if they were levels in some random video game, and the climax felt like a poor attempt at bringing it all together but just ended up with basically 'then so-and-so many days passed and they survived'.
The characters were not very fleshed-out*, especially the MC who seemed like he was only given basic traits like 'exceptionally calm' and 'cat-lover' - and even the cat-lover part was forgotten for most of the story and feels like when you make an OC and give them random traits that are only ever mentioned in the character sheet... The way the leads got together felt abrupt and superficial, and after that it's like no other characters mattered, which i suppose is a romance trope of its own, but when you apply it to shallowly-written characters like this, it just feels forced.
*) My biggest gripe was the author deciding to put key plot twists about the main characters in the first extra chapter after the ending (like ?!?!?), that changed the whole perspective of the story but didn't actually add anything of value to the plot itself and just makes everything more convoluted and plain worse if you think about it. The side characters who were actually interesting were either used as plot devices or plain forgotten about. And the ML who starts off relatively interesting in comparison to the others, is practically reduced to a caricature of himself by the end.
Anyway. Sorry this got so long i really had to rant about KOD to get it out of my system. Basically GE did everything that KOD tried to do but wayyyy better, and if you're looking for a well-written infinite flow novel with an ingenious plot and well-written characters with outstanding chemistry, look no further than Global Examination!!
#can you tell i'm soooo salty about kod#i pushed through because i wanted to know how it ended but uhhhhh what a waste of time#and it's not even how low i would rate it but it's so annoying to see the amount of 5 star reviews like...........really?#i mean if you read it without using your brain then sure. unfortunately that couldn't be me
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[TWST OC] Tsutomu Hanekawa inspirations
I know you're aware that my "Yuu" OC - Tsutomu, is inspired/taken from various characters. I'm glad to explain it :)
Mannerisms
I would like to say that I took Tsutomu's mannerisms from Yuuken Enma (male MC in the Episode of Heartslabyul). I mean, he's magicless but he can put on a real duel by besting RIDDLE in a kendo-style battle (HE'S SO COOL ISTG), also he's unfazed to every situation.
Enma wields a bokken (wooden sword used for Kendo training), while Tsutomu wields a real nodachi (he won't raise it at anyone except somebody tries to harm him or his friends).
However, I also mix game! Yuu's mannerisms such as their snarky demeanor and Batman Gambit ('I-outsmarted-your-outsmarting') skills (my all time favorite trait). Well, they didn't called "Beast Tamer" for nothin'.
Gadgeteer skills
Few younger characters have the skills to built their own gadget. His cool gadget-making skills is inspired from Professor Agasa Hiroshi from Detective Conan.
Just like him, his inventions may be malfunction at times, but he knows how to fix it. However, in Tsutomu's case, he prefers to keep this a secret because "it isn't worth mentioning" (save for the first-year gang and the Octavinelle trio).
He knows well that he couldn't always rely on his nodachi, so he began to search some materials around NRC (especially in Sam's shop). His notable inventions are Magic Stun Gun Pen, Anything-Identify Magnifying Glass, and the Suspend-and-Restrain Yo-yo.
Fighting style and power(s)
As for his fighting style, he mostly cool and composed like Yuuken does. However, when the tables turned, his fighting style will turn like a brutal and deadly dancer bathed in flames (but he keep it refined) like Shana from Shakugan no Shana and Shimazu Toyohisa from Drifters.
He got his flame powers because he accidentally ate a fire candy which arrived at his dorm's doorstep. The two red marks under his eyes were inspired from Cardfight Vanguard: Link Joker arc.
I had a blast writing this :)
#twisted wonderland#disney twst#twisted wonderland oc#twst oc#enma yuuken#hiroshi agasa#shakugan no shana#cardfight!! vanguard#link joker#toshiki kai#detective conan#meitantei conan#shimazu toyohisa#drifters anime
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I have trouble suspending my own disbelief while writing so I really had to consider the purpose of any demonic character I wrote. So I was looking through the seven heavenly virtues and realised that a lot of them can be really toxic in high amounts (self control, kindness, etc). So I wanted to build a MC who struggles with their emotion regulation. Iron clad self control because they have a tendency to slip into unhealthy coping mechanisms when they’re not careful (alcoholism in particular). But high levels of wrath that they keep barely checked, mostly by just going to the gym and running until when they go home they’ll fall straight asleep.
They’re at the gym when they catch the eye of one trainer - a demonic one. He notices that MC’s anger levels are off the charts and are morbidly fascinated by the way they’re channeling their rage into the treadmill or the punching bag. Plot ensues. Eventually.
The trainer is a mix of greed, sloth and gluttony. Not really sure if I want to take a seven deadly route yet. But in particular this demon specialises in helping people set boundaries, resting, and putting their own needs first. And he has these friends. One is an amalgamation of wrath and lust, and they are particularly good at helping people find healthy coping mechanisms. And to do unhealthy things (like having fun) but with a good amount of moderation. And another friend who is a nice mix of pride and envy, who is pretty much built to help people with their self worth.
I haven’t thought about plot yet, but I like the idea of the sins themselves being seen and used as positive traits.
The sins being used as positive traits is definitely a good angle. Showing how something stereotypically bad isn't always bad is a favorite trope of mine. (Plus, the fact Lucifer and his crew were tossed from heaven for being justifiably angry over humans getting more perks - ie free will - than angels kind of make them sympathetic to me.)
I could see a lot of fun ways for the interactions (and personality clashes) to go down between MC and the three demons. And I could see where a human would struggle with some of those lessons, just because of the way society is.
Also, I imagine a human being flocked by demons would ping on angels' radar. lol
I can't way to hear or see more of these OCs of yours! It sounds like a good start to a fun and fulfilling project.
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Ok so you made a list on they guys toxic traits. How would they react if the MC just snaped one day and broke out into sob because of what they did and say to them and the MC calls them out on it pointed put how Diavolo doesn't do or say the shit they do and hes full blood demon unlike them all in a croaked voice from crying so hard
React to MC Calling Them Out on Their Toxicity
Obey Me Brothers x MC angst HCs
Warnings: Yelling, toxic relationships, breakdowns, violence, Mammon being the guardian he was assigned to be :)
Summary: When MC finally breaks down and calls them out on their toxic behavior towards the human the boys finally realize just how different human emotions are from the creatures in hell they’ve grown so accustomed to.
I’m putting the contents of the original post this ask referred to under each of the characters to make it clearer for those who have not seen it
i know Lucifer is hot sexy big sex dominant professional daddy master man BUT please remember he shows his love via punishment and cruelty towards his family
- Lucifer was in the middle of hanging a crying Mammon upside down when it happened.
- “He’s in pain Lucifer, you should let him down! There are better ways to handle this,” MC had suggested only to be met with a low growl followed by:
- “Stay out of this, human, you are here to attend RAD and nothing else. Do not butt into our personal business.”
- He could practically feel MC’s upset expression as he continued to tie the knots around Mammon’s body
- “I’m a human, correct,” MC starts and he’s startled by their cold voice, “but what makes me human is my inability to stand by while someone I know is in so much pain!”
- Lucifer is a bit taken back by their boldness and is in his demon form holding them up by the throat in seconds.
- “Who the Hell do you think you are?!” He snarled, tightening his grip and pushing their struggling body against the wall harshly, causing their head to bounce off the wall with a loud thump, blood slowly beginning to trickle from the sight of the impact
- He could barely hear Mammon’s frantic cries for him to let go of the human as his adrenaline rushed, unable to believe that the human had actually spoken to him like that,
- He was suddenly ripped away from MC, thrown across the room and he looked up to see Diavolo had come
- “I had some paperwork I wanted to give you but instead walked in on you taking advantage of your strength over someone smaller than you, you’re pathetic,” Diavolo snarled, disgusted by Lucifer’s actions
- MC wailed and threw themselves against Diavolo, him tightly embracing them and trying to soothe them
- “Y-y-you’re the Lord of Demons and yet,” they sniffled and hiccupped into Diavolo’s chest as he continued to glare at Lucifer, who could only watch on in despair as he realized what he had done, “and yet you a-are so mu-uch kinder than them, th-thank you Diavolo!”
- ���Wait, MC! I’m sorry!” Lucifer began to stand before realizing Mammon had managed to escape and was now holding him down, preventing him form moving toward the trembling human.
- “Lucifer... I don’t want to see you ever again!” MC had cried as Diavolo and them left the house.
- After MC was brought to the demon lord’s castle he received word from Barbatos that he had been suspended from his duties until further notice per the request of Diavolo.
- Barbatos also collected MC’s stuff, moving it to the Demon Lord’s castle where they would spend the rest of the year
- Lucifer couldn’t bring himself to leave his room, afraid of his brothers’ judgmental looks, he refused to see how much he had hurt the family and the relationship with the human he’d done so much to care for in just a matter of thirty seconds.
- Lucifer never forgives himself for hurting MC, but he acts like he was in the right for the sake of his ego.
- But he really missed MC and was angry with himself for letting them go so easily and for not just accepting that maybe they were right and he could change for them
- Everyone notices a decrease in the cruelty he showed towards his brothers
- how did a human manage to stir up these feelings within him?
I know Mammon is an adorable tsundere with a chaotic streak BUT please remember he also insults MC in order to keep up his own self image of being a “tough demon” even if he loves MC underneath the mask
- Mammon had been on his way back from getting scolded for stealing from Lucifer’s wallet once again, when he ran into MC
- “Mammon! What’s wrong? Are you Okay?!” He hastily wiped the tears from his face, MC really cares about me... a blush rises to his cheeks at that thought
- “Nothin’ is wrong, mind yer business,” he shoves past them
- “but you’re clearly hurting, Mammon let me help!”
- “I don’t need help from a stupid human,” he says, not turning to look at them due to his still red cheeks as he continued to be flustered by their concern for him
- “Stupid human....” he heard MC say quietly back to themselves, his heart sinking as he realized he said it so harshly
- “Hold on-MC- I didn-” he starts but is frozen in shock as he sees the human glaring at the floor with tears streaming down their cheeks, biting their lips to keep sobs trapped inside themselves. “MC, hey liste-” He reaches out to touch their shoulder but they jerk away turning from him.
- “Not even the demon who is meant to be the cruelest of them all calls me names for wanting to help him,” their voice trembled and his heart broke, “I just wanted to help... why do you insist on insulting me?”
- MC ran away from him, leaving the house, passing Asmo and Satan as they left.
- Satan chased after MC as Asmodeus walked up to Mammon, slapping him across the face harshly, “why can’t you just be honest with them for once?! Don’t you realize how badly you’ve been hurting them because you refuse to be nice to stroke your own ‘bad boy’ ego?!”
- Mammon stared at the floor, tears rolling down his cheeks silently, “I-I didn’t mean to hurt them,”
- “But you did. Not to mention you never even apologize for it,” Asmodeus walks away, leaving Mammon to stand alone, shamefully hanging his head as he fell to his knees.
- The one person who ever cared about him and he did nothing but insult them and yet still expected them to love him? What a douchebag he was...
- Guess he was nothing but a greedy scumbag
i know Levi is a cute blushy otaku recluse that we all want to top BUT he also gets jealous very easily which leads to him often getting violent or guilt tripping MC by insulting himself until they feel guilty and stay with him to make him feel better despite their own wishes
- Leviathan had jus ordered a new game titled “I just landed in Hell, seven hot demon lords are my roommates and I’m trying really hard not to fuck them”
- He rushed towards MC’s room, desperate for them to play with him
- He walked in without knocking and saw MC cuddled up with Mammon and Beel, watching some movie that none of them seemed to actually pay attention to as they just horsed around.
- “Hey, MC! I just got a new game, come on let’s go play it!” he tried not to let his jealousy show.
- “Ah, maybe later Levi, I’m hanging out with Beel and Mammon right now!” MC smiles kindly, to which he grows a bit sad
- “I get it... who would want to hangout with a yucky otaku like me anyway...” he lowers his head pouting
- “Levi, just give me a few minutes to finish the movie!” MC says, still trying to be kind and patient
- “No you don’t have to... I’m just going to go play alone like the loser I am...”
- “DON’T” MC stands up, Beel and Mammon watching as MC walks up to Levi, thinking that the human was going to go with him and play
- Levi smiles thinking the same thing and gets ready to leave, but instead MC comes to him and glares at him, making his heart sink
- “You do NOT get to guilt trip me like that,” MC growls, “I told you I need a minute, I never said any of that stuff and I KNOW you were saying that stuff just to get me to come with you instead of staying here,” Levi blushes as MC calls him out, his heart beating rapidly with nerves as he realizes just how mad MC was at him
- MC pushes him out of their room, slamming the door and he hears them mumbling some angry stuff to the other two brothers behind the door
- Ashamed of himself he goes back to his room and locks himself there for a few weeks, kind of waiting for MC to come check on him and apologize, but then he realizes that is exactly why they are mad at him, so he decides to try and get his shit together
- But his anxiety gets in the way and he decides MC would be better off without him and he tries to avoid them no matter how much he craves their attention
i know Satan is an intelligent man who is trying his best to keep his anger in check at all times BUT if you are in a relationship where someone is getting mad at you constantly despite their efforts pls look out for yourself and let yourself be selfish and avoid the person no matter how bad it may hurt them because your own happiness should come first
- After a fight with Lucifer, Satan had gone to his room to blow off some steam
- He was storming around and throwing things and throwing a temper tantrum
- MC came to check on him and they knocked politely, calling his name and asking if they could come in
- Despite using their manners and being as respectful as possible; their interruption of his tantrum pissed him the hell off
- He swung the door open and pushed them down, eyeing them like a normal demon would; nothing but an innocent soul to munch on
- MC tried to escape but he caught their ankle, and dangled them like a rag doll as his claws sunk into the limb he held
- He could see their mouth moving and tears streaming down their face but he couldn’t process the words they were wailing
- He only stopped when Mammon punched him harshly, causing him to drop the human and go flying through the nearest wall, which happened to be Asmodeus’s, who was infuriated by the destruction of his room, but his focus immediately turned to Mammon and the trembling human he held
- Satan could barely hear or see much of anything anymore as Mammon’s punch had knocked him nearly out-cold
- Later when his senses came back he went to MC to apologize
- When he walked in they screamed and cowered in the corner.
- “MC, I won’t hurt you I promise-”
- “You always say that! You promised to never hurt me, Satan! All I wanted was to see if you wanted anything to help you calm down but you decided that was reason enough to try and eat my soul. For fuck’s sake, Diavolo is the Demon Lord and he isn’t half as cruel and manipulative as you are!” He watched the human tremble and cry their response out
- The loud noises had once again caught the attention of the humans guardian for their time in the Devildom
- Mammon walked in and grabbed Satan by the collar, dragging him out the door and slamming it behind him
- Satan sat against the wall and could hear how much pain MC was in as they cried to Mammon and he wanted nothing more than to run in there and take his place but he knew he had royally fucked up
- Scared of his own anger, he decided to not leave his room unless he was attending RAD, family meals, or the Library, because he was so afraid of making the human he had loved afraid and he didn’t want them to feel so much pain just by seeing him
i know Asmodeus is a cute feminine boy with a love for self care and pampering and fashion BUT he always be littles others for not being as good or pretty as him and is super gossipy
- MC had come to school after a sleepover with Asmo, where things got deep and emotional and MC’s most shameful secret was revealed to him
- and he said he wouldn’t tell anybody. he really wasn’t going to but...
- MC noticed the weird stares followed by giggles of the succubi at RAD, clearly whispering about MC which made their stomach feel sick
- MC wasn’t sure what the deal was today until a succubus came up to them at lunch,
- “hey human, i heard that *insert your most humiliating memory*” she snickers with her friends, watching mc turn pale
- Unable to form words MC bolted out of there
- Unluckily for Asmodeus, MC just do happened to run into him
- “Ah! MC, dear, be careful or you and I will both ends up bruised-“ he’s cut off by a slapping sound
- he’s in so much shock he doesn’t even realize MC had slapped him for a few seconds
- “I should’ve known better than to trust you with my secrets.” MC growled, turning around to storm off, “Guess I forgot you were a demon. No, demons are like Diavolo, they at least have some itty bit of kindness in their hearts. You. You’re a monster.”
- Asmo watched them storm off and felt tears come to his eyes
- They were right, for once he had someone who loved him for more than power, looks, and sex, and what did he do? He hurt them and destroyed their reputation.
- He eventually fell off of his skincare routine and stopped coming home every night, instead, he was too busy partying and passing out in strangers’ beds and being glad the demons and succubi who dances with him and slept with him didn’t care for his personality
- cuz he knew his personality was the one part of him that was ugly as hell and he hated it
i know Beelzebub is a gentle giant who cares for his entire family BUT he also throws tantrums that hurt people when he gets hungry and isn’t given food asap
- After his sports practice, he was starving and on edge
- He hungrily eyed a strangers’ meal as he and MC walked home from the campus
- “Beel, don’t even think about stealing that poor demon’s food,” MC scolded him, unknowingly lighting a fuse inside of him
- He shifted to his demon form and grabbed MC by the shoulders harshly
- “Well what else am I supposed to eat?! Do you want me to eat you?!” He shook them, making them whimper out in pain as his claws dug into their flesh
- “B-Beel, you’re hurting me!” MC cried out, but he was too hungry to care and leaned in, about to take a bite out of the poor human before he felt himself get pulled away and pin against the ground
- “Beelzebub, just what in the Devildom do you think you’re doing?” Lucifer’s chilling voice snarled at his younger brother, a crowd forming to watch the two demon lords fight
- “I’m HUNGRY!” Beelzebub went to strike Lucifer, but instead, MC being MC, grabbed his arm to try and stop him, causing him to fling them against the wall, them hitting it with a loud cracking sound, blood pouring out from the back of their head as they rubbed it
- Seeing them bleed made him more hungry but then he saw the look of despair and disappointment that he had seen on his younger sister so many years ago and he snapped out of it
- “MC!” Lucifer rushed to the human’s side, picking them up gently and giving Beel one last cold look before flying off quickly to the Demon Lord’s castle, where Barbatos would be able to heal MC
- Beelzebub felt his hunger dissipate, instead, the guilt eating away at him as the sight of MC’s despair filled eyes flashed through his head
- When MC returned later that night he went to apologize when he heard them in the kitchen
- “MC,” they flinched and whipped around, immediately using one hand to grip their head as dizziness struck them for a moment, the other hand out in front of them in a defensive manner
- Beel’s heart broke and he felt tears starting to form as he started to approach them, intending to hug them comfortingly
- “STAY RIGHT THERE!” MC yelled, their pact forcing his feet to stay planted where they were
- “Y-you don’t have to apologize okay? I should have known better than to scold a monster,” he winced at the word but let them continue, “But that said it isn’t entirely my fault. Every other demon in that plaza could smell me and didn’t pounce me, they had better control than that. Even when I go out alone nobody attacks me! Hell, even the Demon Lord himself isn’t cruel enough to attack me I-I just, please, stay away from me Beel,” and when they looked up he had tears streaming down his face and he was biting his lips to keep from crying
- As badly as they wanted to comfort the crying boy, they knew that they would be putting their own safety at risk if they were to forgive him and make him think he would be so easily forgiven
- Beelzebub suddenly started to stop feeling hungry as every time his stomach growled all he could see was the image of himself about to bite into MC and he would start to feel sick to his stomach
- He doesn’t forgive himself and gets really depressed because he thinks MC’s pain is his fault just like Lilith’s death
i know Belphegor is a sleepy baby with a love for pranks and mischief BUT he literally killed MC but as soon as he found out they were a descendant of his little sister he suddenly just flipped a switch and didn’t even really apologize
- MC was sleeping in the attic next to Belphegor, tossing and turning as a nightmare filled their head
- They could practically feel his claws wrapped around their frail neck snapping it and laughing as they faded from their body
- MC sat up panting and screaming, Belphegor waking up and rubbing his eyes sleepily as he wrapped his arms around MC
- “NO NO NO GET OFF OF ME STOP IT” they continued to scream, flailing around in his embrace, he refused to let go though, convinced they just needed a hug to comfort them from whatever had scared them so bad
- They began to sob hysterically, their voice screaming out for Mammon
- Panicking he continued to hold them in place, afraid if he let go they’d sprint off
- and he was right, they bit his arm and he pulled away as they stood up and sprinted down the hall
- “MC WAIT” he chased after them, worried they’d get hurt
- As they saw the door of their guardian (Mammon), they called out his name
- Belphegor placed a hand over their mouth, worried about the others waking up, but it was too late as Mammon and Satan had both been woken by the cries of the human
- “HELP ME MAMMON PLEASE” MC sobbed, Belphegor sending a panicked and hurt look to his brothers
- Mammon pushed Belphie away as he took MC back into his room to calm them down
- After a mini-argument with Satan that ended up getting shut down by Lucifer, he went back to bed
- The next morning he saw MC was sitting at the breakfast table and he smiled at them, only to watch them shoot a look to Mammon, who then pulled their chair closer to his own protectively
- They all ate in silence, the awkward and tense atmosphere keeping anybody from starting a conversation
- After everyone else left he went up to MC and cornered them, covering their mouth to keep them quiet so he could say what he needed to
- “I already apologized for everything so why do you still need to freak out whenever you see me?!” he asked, annoyed that despite his apology for killing MC, they still felt uncomfortable around him
- They slapped his hand away, “You didn’t really apologize. You only apologized because I’m a descendant of your dead sister, you didn’t apologize to me, MC, you apologized to Lilith,” MC shoves him and starts to walk away from the stunned demon
- “Its kind of funny that despite all the problems I’ve caused for his program, Diavolo has never tried to kill me.” MC says before finally making their exit
- Belphegor gets lost in his own thoughts after that, as he finally realized that he had been seeing them as a replacement Lilith rather than themselves
- even if he wanted to try apologizing again, he was unable to as Mammon became more and more protective of them, shooing Belphie away with dirty looks anytime they were in the same room
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(光与夜之恋 Light and Night) Event! 沐野拾趣: Charlie’s BDAY 2021 Event! Pickings in the Wilderness Translation (Chapter 4)
“If you could use more force this time, dear fiancée.”
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Following the recommended route as written in the leaflet, we walked out of the market and could already see the faint silhouette of the village in the distance.
Walking closer, we could now see it. There were a pair of small swings hanging side-by-side on the branches of the old tree, swaying gently in the wind amidst the clearing.
MC: So this is the “Century-Old Tree”!
MC: We’ve been walking around for so long. Now, we’ve finally found a great spot to take a little afternoon break!
I happily pointed to the swing, running up in front of Charlie.
MC: Want to go for a round on the swing, Charlie?
Charlie gave an enthusiastic nod. However, the corner of his mouth suddenly twitched downwards in disappointment.
Following his line of sight, I saw two young boys, about the age of three or four, who’d gone right up, hopping onto the swings before us.
Charlie: ……
MC: How about we wait for them? They shouldn’t take too long…
The words had only just left my mouth when the kids from the Farmhouse Tour Group all rushed over.
The small heads swarmed before the swings, fighting over who gets to go on it first and comparing with each other on who could swing the highest. Our turn at the swings suddenly seems much further away than we’d thought…
MC: Wanna play? We have plenty of time to spare!
Charlie: I…
???: What do you mean you want to play on the swing? You're already so old!
I froze in embarrassment, only to realize that it was just a mother speaking to her daughter as they passed by.
A Mother: Look, only three-year-olds play on the swing. Don't you feel embarrassed fighting over the swing with them?
A Mother: Be good. Hurry and go to the tearoom with mommy.
The expression on Charlie's face soured at the mother's words.
By the time the mother pulled her daughter away, Charlie had already been rooted to his spot, seemingly stunned beyond measure. It was almost as if he'd been dealt a big blow to his ego that he'd never experienced before in his entire life.
Charlie: Let's go. It's a kiddie thing. I'm not interested.
Charlie: I’m such a perfect and strong adult. Swings and I don’t gel.
MC: No can’t do!
I crossed my arms together in front of my chest in an “X-Formation”, expressing my express refusal to let things stand.
MC: Don’t let age get the better of you!
MC: You’ll only know the fun of a swing, or the lack of, when you go up and give it a try! It has nothing to do with your age!
He helplessly shook his head again, as if on instinct.
Charlie: I'm not letting age get the better of me. It's the opposite, actually. This is the conclusion I came to after looking at it from a scientific point of view.
Charlie: Swings were made to make up for the shortcomings of people’s lack of power and speed, and also to satisfy the dreams that people have about reaching the skies.
Charlie: Alas, I am not lacking in anything. Hence, there is no need to make up for anything. Therefore, swings are truly something unsuited for one such as I…
MC: Never thought that you'd manage to answer that smoothly.
Charlie: Because perfection is a trait of mine.
Charlie remained bored for a good long time after that as I accompanied him, squatting beneath a tree, until the sound of frolicking children gradually faded away into nothingness.
MC: Do you want to have a go at it now?
Charlie: No.
MC: The kids down there have all left!
MC: Don't worry, I'm going to be there so there's nothing for you to be ashamed about.
Charlie: Really?
He turned back, curiously shooting a glance in the direction of the swings.
The two empty swings swung gently in the wind as if the exuberant laughter from before still hung in the air.
Charlie: If you insist.
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Charlie sat down next to me on the swing beside me. I didn't wait for him, immediately kicking off from the ground and propelling myself up high in the air.
Without the ground to ground me, I felt like I was a free bird. The gentle freeze whistled past my ears, making me feel exceptionally good.
I looked down to the other swing at the side when I reached the peak height… only to see an aggrieved figure scuffing at the ground in utter boredom.
MC: Why aren't you swinging?
He craned his neck up to look at me, his eyes, hidden under the shadows of the overhanging tree, filled with dejection.
Charlie: My limbs are too long, it's impossible to lift myself off the ground.
I lowered my head to get a closer look, only to find that with no other place to put them, his legs were awkwardly folded beneath the swing.
An idea popped into my head. I secretly crept up behind him…
Without any warning, I hurriedly grabbed onto the ropes of the swing and dragged him, swing and all, backwards.
Charlie: Ahh— What are you doing!?
MC: Careful. Hold on tight!
Once the swing reached a certain height, I vehemently pushed forwards, sending him swinging up into the sky.
A low grunt of surprise followed him as he flew up into the air.
Charlie: *sharp inhale*...
The swing swung by me once more, and I could hear a sharp intake of breath.
MC: Man, don't tell me he hasn't even played on a swing before…
Looking at the figure currently suspended in the air, I couldn't help but start wondering just what sort of childhood this oddly mysterious man had.
I came before him as the swing gradually came to a stop.
MC: Did that give you a scare?
I thought that I'd see him in utter disarray, but he was all smiles, his brows raised in sheer delight. He even raided a hand to comb back his windswept hair.
Charlie: Again.
Unfazed, he calmly adjusted his position on the swing, giving me a look that told me to get behind him.
Charlie: If you could use more force this time, dear fiancée.
MC: Did he suddenly find the joy of swinging on a swing?
Partially fuelled with curiosity, I pulled the swing back once more before launching him into the air with a much harder push.
This time, a fairly cheery voice sounded from above.
Just as the swing was approaching its peak height, Charlie suddenly extended his arms out towards the sky, almost as if he wanted to embrace it as he relished in the moment.
Charlie: Ahh… Now, this is what true rural life is like!
MC: ……
It was a long while before the swing came to a standstill once more. Charlie turned towards me, an expectant look written all over his face.
MC: Okay, one more.
Charlie: My dear fiancée, there's no one else in this world who knows me this well, but you.
MC: I don't think anyone will mistake such a straightforward "hint", though…
As his silhouette was highlighted against the bright and clear skies, I couldn’t help but picture a couple of wondrous, yet seemingly unrelated sights...
Like a cub, showing its belly to a stranger, a Rosella fruit being mistaken for a flower bud, and the moist, misty, eyes of Sea Turtles as they come ashore on a moonlit night…
MC: I don't think he's that hard to understand…
Granted, only if he was willing to be understood.
❖☆————— ⊹ For Light & Memories⊹ —————★❖
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Bre’s Boys for their reaction when they find out their kid is getting bullied or teased in school
Billy Russo: Billy acts cool during the meeting with the teacher, but he’s seething inside. He hates that his baby boy is getting bullied and didn’t tell him. That night, you and Billy take your son to Anvil. “Violence,” Billy starts, standing in the training room in his sweats, “Isn’t always the answer. But when someone is hurting you, you have a right to defend yourself and others.” So Billy teaches him self-defense, and you and Billy have a talk with your son about speaking up for himself and going to an adult when things get too heated. A week later, you and Billy get a call that your son knocked the bully out...and Billy is so proud, he takes the family out for a nice dinner.
Logan Delos: “Someone is teasing my princess? But baby, you’re perfect! They’re just jealous!” Logan lets your daughter know that she is smart, beautiful, charming, and unique. He leaves no room for questions--she is his perfect baby, and she should be proud of herself. So she is. Your daughter goes to school the next day with her head held high, and when the other girls try to tease her, she just flips her hair, looks them straight in the eye, and says “you know... jealousy really is the ugliest trait, ladies.” Mic drop.
Jax Teller: When your son comes home from 2nd grade in tears, Jax sits him on his lap, tells him it’s okay, and listens to him. You pace in the living room, heart pounding. When they come out, your son is holding Jax’s hand. “We had a talk,” Jax announces, “Can you call the principal, we’re gonna need to speak to the teacher.” The day of the meeting, Jax pulls up on his bike with you sitting behind him, and the whole MC accompanies you. The meeting goes well, the other kid’s parents are apologetic, but you’re pretty certain that the sight of a bunch of big, scary bikers made an impression on the bully and every other kid at school. Your son doesn’t have any problems after that day.
Coco Cruz: Coco grew up getting teased, about his Mom, his accent, his clothes, so when he hears that his daughter is getting teased, his heart breaks. He hates seeing her so upset and unhappy, so he does what he wished someone had did for him... He goes to that kid’s father and beats his ass. Then he picks you up from work early, drops a stack of cash in your lap, and takes you and your daughter to the mall for a shopping spree. And that is that!
Angel Reyes: When your son comes home with a black eye, you’re ready to kill someone, but Angel is amused. Your son reports that he was standing up for another kid in his class, and the bully looks worse than he does, and Angel laughs, clapping him on the back. “You know what, you just earned yourself a swing on the bike! C’mon little man!” You shake your head, laughing, and watch as Angel tries to teach your adolescent son how to ride a bike. You know you’ll be getting a call from the school in an hour, but hey... Your son was a hero.
Miguel Galindo: Miguel calls the teacher, the principals, the school board--he wants a meeting with everyone present. His son is a Galindo, so the fact that anyone was messing with him was UNACCEPTABLE. Miguel brings every bit of that cartel boss power with him to the meeting, and once it’s done, they call your son in and they (the school board) apologize to him for not handling this sooner. Later, Miguel takes your son aside and has a talk to him about “reasonable violence” and lets him know that sometimes... it’s okay to fight back.
Nick Amaro: Nick installed a strong sense of justice in your son from the get, so when he gets a call from you saying that your son was getting suspended for fighting, he already knew what the fight had been about. He met you at the school, and sure enough, your son had gotten into it with the kid who’s been calling him names all semester. “Your son broke his nose!” The principal reports. You and Nick try to keep a straight face, and since fighting is against the school rules, you except the suspension...but you don’t punish him when he gets home. In fact, Nick turns, smiling at both of you. “Who wants ice cream?”
Johnny Tuturro: The day your daughter comes home in tears because a boy pushed her on the playground, you thought you might have to restrain Johnny. After he had his own meltdown, the two of you comforted your daughter. “Daddy’s gonna show you how to protect yourself,” Johnny promises, “Come on, it’s time I taught you how to box.” Meanwhile, you call the teacher, who says she’s been hearing things about the boy but hasn’t caught him in the act yet. A week later, he pushes her again...and she breaks his nose, busts his lip, and makes him cry in the middle of the playground. The teacher maintained that she didn’t see anything at all, and Johnny takes her to Build A Bear after school.
Rio: Rio isn’t surprised when your daughter admits some of the girls at school had been harassing her. He is, however, surprised to find that your daughter is upset about it. “You know it’s just jealousy, baby girl,” he tells her as she cries in her bed, “Your mom went through the same thing in high school... You just gotta let it roll of your back.” “W-what does that mean?” “It means you don’t give a shit what irrelevant people say about you, because YOU know your own worth.” She sat up, wiping her tears. “Dad?” “Yeah?” “Can I say... three curse words?” Rio smiles. “Yeah, Princess... just don’t tell Mom.” “Okay,” she takes a breath, “Fuck those bitches.” Rio nods approvingly. “Fuck those bitches.”
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Isleroux’s World Version 6
Hey all, here is the Discover University version of my save file.
♥ So, what’s new? ♥
The Neighbourhoods have been revamped so that they each have a more uniform look and architectural style. Some examples below.
There are now just over 156 clubs with beautiful icons thanks to Zerbu’s icon mod. (It is VITAL you download this mod first now to play with this save file as otherwise, you will have empty icons for all the clubs.)
Sims and famous families you would expect to have degrees, now have degrees of differing levels and distinctions.
There are new and interesting students studying at both universities, who are members of various organizations with different degree programs, skills, relationships and rivalries.
♥ ———————————— 🌸 ————————————— ♥
Unfortunately, Discover University is a complete nightmare for rotational play.
All my student townies and featured households kept getting suspended. I have now sorted it (to an extent) wherby, you need to enroll them for the next semester when you enter one of these households.
The randomly generated roomates, students and organization members, I can not control. I am waiting on mods or a life-saving patch to fix these horrible issues.
I really feel like this has ruined my save file, as these new sims took over my entire world and started stealing careers already set up for others. I lost all three sages plus other sims I had extensively made over and tweaked with stories. I am so sorry if you see sims with descriptions saying they are one thing, when they no longer are. I really hate this and it depressed me a little.
I hope you don’t judge me too harshly on this release…
♥ So, what is included? ♥
All the worlds have new beautiful lots with traits.
6 worlds have at least one starter home for your own sims.
All original townies have been updated with skills, relationships etc.
There are new exciting sims with storylines, careers and skills.
Game generated townies have been tweaked.
Some fun nods to Sims 2 and Sims 3.
Many personal touches to find.
Just over 156 clubs to join with points and rivalries.
♥ So, what do you need? ♥
Zerbu’s More Club Icons Mod (PLEASE DOWNLOAD FIRST!)
ALL THE PACKS (as of December 2019)
52.2 MB of free space for this world.
♥ Recommendations ♥
❥ I recommend using my default skin and eyes just to make your sims shine!
❥ The newest version of MC Command Center
❥ This mod by Bienchens to help stop the creation of new townies. It does not stop the townies created for Discover University unfortunately.
♥So, how to install? ♥
❥ Make a backup of your Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/Saves folder.
❥ Download the file, unzip, and place files in Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/Saves.
❥ Open your game, enter the save. It is named “Isleroux No CC World”.
❥ You should then see my updated Pleasant Twins as the last played household. They have their last semester to complete.
Lilith got suspended from Foxbury so has now enrolled at Britechester in a less distinguished program. Will she ever get her degree?
(Remember to download Zerbu’s More Club Icons Mod first!!!)
DOWNLOAD (SFS) or DOWNLOAD (MediaFire)
Happy simming! ~isy~ ツ
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For a while now I’ve wanted to write out a post concerning where I stand on the whole issue with YanSim and its developer (in short: neutral, leaning heavily towards the negative side, but I like the potential of the story and characters). There are a lot of problems and I really want to throw in my two cents
This might not be necessary, but I need to get it off my chest, and hopefully make some people think about other points of view
Warning: long post ahead
1. Six years and still in development
I can really see both sides here
On one hand, six full years without even one rival - the single most important part of the game - and a game still full of placeholder assets, and terrible code on top of that, is pathetic
On the other hand, Yandev is working with only a small team of volunteers and himself, who (no matter what he claims) knows very little about game development (from what i’ve seen, he’s made one before, but it looks like a very small-scale and basic fighting game, unlike YanSim which is much more large-scale and has a lot of features)
Professional game teams do have full, high-quality games made in less than six years, but that time is also a product of game company employees being extremely overworked. Lately I’ve seen a lot more people talking about this issue, which is good, but isn’t it hypocritical to not also apply that logic to Yandev?
Again, though, I’m not sure how much time he spends actually working on the game - to me, it seems like he spends a lot of time on discord, reddit, etc. even if he does only stream for a few hours every night. Maybe the “harassment” that’s “slowing down game development” wouldn’t be such an issue if he didn’t spend so much time online interacting with these people?
2. The writing and characters
I’m not a huge fan of how the game’s story is handled, either
I don’t think it’s 100% fair to cast a final judgement with the game the way it is now - Osana not being out is in no way a good thing, but it also means that there hasn’t really been any opportunity for story or character development yet, especially for the rivals. That being said:
I feel like there’s a lot of wasted potential with characters’ individual stories and with the game’s story as a whole, like the “Aishi curse” - I just can’t think of many good stories with a main character who’s basically an empty husk. If Ayano had emotions from the beginning, and actually had to struggle with them, she could be a much more interesting character. There doesn’t even need to be a magical curse for it to run in the family - the way children are raised has a serious impact on the person they grow into. If Ayano is raised by a crazy, abusive stalker of a mother, she may well turn into the same thing.
Taro, too - he has so many contradicting character traits. He yells at Ayano for “scaring him” when she’s carrying a box cutter or laughing, but has the courage to run right up to a murderer and take off their mask?? He doesn’t care about reputations for Osoro or Oka, but won’t love Ayano if her reputation drops too low?? We’re told that he’s “friendly and respectful”, but we’re never shown that part of his personality. On top of that, we’re not really given a reason to like or pursue him as the goal of the game - when he’s not interacting with Girl of the Week, he doesn’t really do anything except sit by the fountain and read. I feel as though Taro should have a routine that involves interacting with other characters and gives us more of a feel for the personality we’re told he’s supposed to have
Raibaru as a whole makes no sense and feels like a satellite character to Osana. In Osana’s shoes, I would want to have a word with her about personal space. There’s not a lot to say about her aside from that, because... she doesn’t really do anything except follow Osana around all day and shut down the player’s attempts to kill her. She feels more like a soulless obstacle than a character
I think there should be more true pacifist options than just matchmaking - even the befriending elimination route will, in Yandev’s own words, involve someone getting hurt. If we’re supposed to have a choice on whether or not to hurt and kill people, there should be more variety in our options
3. The game’s code sucks/it’s poorly-optimized
Yeah.
I don’t know much about coding but the amount of awkward stretching/bending limbs on corpses, clipping through walls, low fps, etc. makes this obvious. It was definitely a bad move on Yandev’s part to start a project like this without at least taking a coding/game development class or something
I think the best course of action for Yandev would be to get a professional programmer on board after Osana is released and spend a few months fixing the game’s code before he starts work on the next rival
4. The character models are just stolen Unity models
They are just unity models, but not “stolen” at all - YanDev paid for them.
That being said, they’re sort of ugly and inexpressive, and personally i’m hoping they get replaced soon
5. The characters are all minors
They’re not. It’s in flashing red letters on the screen when you open the game. I can’t help but feel like the reason people keep insisting that the characters are minors is so that they can feel like heroes for defending them or something
It doesn’t make a lot of logical sense, but there’s still plenty of time for this to be fixed. I think it was recently confirmed that Akademi is called an “academy” now and won’t be referred to as a high school again
Imo YanDev should just change it to a post-secondary school, since that’s probably the most seamless way for all the characters to be adults
One last thing I want to say on this is that, when it gets brought up, I often see people use the excuse “the age of consent in Japan is 13″. 1: it isn’t - the Japanese government lets each prefecture decide its own age of consent, but 13 is the minimum. As far as I know, no prefecture has set it below 16. 2: even if 13 was the age of consent, that doesn’t mean we should accept and defend it as “part of a different culture”. It’s still pedophilia. 3: Japanese people actively protest against things like this
6. The uniforms are middle-school uniforms/don’t look like they belong in a prestigious school
Yeah
However there are multiple uniform options, and it looks like the default uniforms will be completely changed in the final game
7. Panty shots
YanSim is an 18+ game, but there is such a thing as too far
I’ve seen people who tolerate it, but I haven’t seen a single person who actively likes the panty shots and would complain if they were removed. Imo the part that makes this bad is the fact that we, the player, actively have to point our camera up a girl’s skirt and take a photo of her underwear with it being in full view; the whole way this works makes it obvious that the feature was put in there for titillation more than anything else, and it just feels uncomfortable. If it were more like Uekiya’s key-stealing minigame where all we have to do is push a few buttons, the whole gross/uncomfortable aspect could be taken away and a lot of people would probably be fine with it
It would also be better to replace it with an expanded version of the phone-stealing feature: this would let the player get “points” for students of both genders, plus it would still make sense to gain more points for certain students, like the student council or the bullies. Maybe you could even steal teachers’ phones under certain circumstances?
8. YanDev is homophobic
Again not too sure on this one
Iirc, most of the comments people bring up on this are from years ago when he still went by EvaXephon
But speaking as a wlw, I think some of the ways I’ve seen him talk about f/f relationships are pretty creepy. And on top of that, he seems to be considering adding a “female senpai” option to the game, but no male player character? (though i guess i can see the point of view that a male mc would need a lot more new voice lines, animations, etc. while the senpai follows a mostly fixed routine and would only need so many. still, it seems wrong to have one without the other). I hope I’m wrong about this but his support of the LGBT community seems mostly focused on the L and more for his own entertainment than any actual support
9. YanDev is making more money than he should (and handles it poorly)
His Patreon may be dropping, but his YouTube channel is raking in even more money with 2M+ subscribers, and he’s making even more money from things like merch and donations... all while apparently still living with his parents (which i don’t find hard to believe). He’s also apparently bought 2 switches and a sex doll instead of using the money to hire the help he desperately needs with his game
Assuming he really does still live with his parents, I fully support the petition to get his Patreon suspended until he at least finishes Osana. Most game devs don’t make any money off of their games until they’ve finished it completely
10. YanDev wrote rape fanfics
So I did briefly check his old ffn profile some time ago, and as far as I could see everything had the proper ratings and warnings
Tagging/warning/rating is a fanfic author’s only responsibility to you. You make the choice on whether or not to read it. If everything is appropriately tagged and you read it anyway, that’s on you, not the author. If you are mature enough to be on the internet unsupervised, then you are mature enough to curate your own experience.
Fiction is the place to explore controversial themes and topics. It doesn’t mean in any way that a content creator would condone the things they write about in real life
11. YanDev steals art/assets
He does, and still hasn’t apologized for the DLC rivals thing. In fact he made a post defending himself for it, and even compared himself to Andy Warhol in the process (lol)
I’m not sure but I think I heard something recently about him continuing to do this type of thing (the grass, etc.). In which case we should continue to put pressure on him until he credits the creators of whatever art/assets he stole. Art theft is inexcusable
12. The fanbase is mostly kids
This is unfortunately true, and it’s a big problem (i’ve had to deal with it myself on my youtube channel)
However I would personally say that this problem is outside of YanDev’s control. Kids seem to be drawn to edgy/violent things, or things they shouldn’t be allowed to see (just look at Call of Duty). I put the blame for this on the parents who aren’t monitoring their kids’ computer activities. As for YanDev, he’s not a babysitter and it’s not his responsibility to censor his content for kids who shouldn’t be viewing it in the first place
Underage or not though, he should really avoid calling his fans things like “fuck kittens”. Even from the perspective of an adult that’s super creepy to hear
13. The character designs suck
Some are alright, others are absolutely awful
I think that, in a game built on anime tropes, characters should be allowed to have unnaturally-coloured hair. I mean, a lot of characters in anime do have weird hair that you wouldn’t see in real life (seemingly without any dye), and it can add a lot of personality to their designs
But some YanSim characters push that too far. The science club is the worst of the worst imo, despite being otherwise one of my favourite clubs. The neon streaks are ugly, and what’s up with the visors? Why are they allowed to wear those outside of club time? Why do they wear them during club time, as opposed to actual goggles or something? (i have this issue with a lot of club accessories, imo the accessories are unnecessary in the first place)
The bullies and the light music club also take things too far. Their designs are crowded, hard to look at, and out-of-place. Nothing against characters with multi-coloured hair, but there’s a time and a place and a “prestigious” school setting isn’t it
(also, slightly off-topic, but why does almost every “intended couple” look like they could be siblings?)
I could probably make a whole separate post on the character designs in YS, but I’ll save that for another day. (i’m just very passionate about character design)
14. YanDev has collaborated with porn games 3 times now
Once I could overlook (after all, the characters are 18+ and YS is already not for kids) but a third time? Seriously? And so soon after the last one?
Not only do I have mixed feelings about Yandev doing crossovers when his game isn’t even in the demo stage yet, isn’t this game supposed to be taken seriously as a horror game? I can’t think of a single other horror game that has willingly put its characters in porn.
Also I can’t help noticing that he advertises the porn game crossovers a lot more than he did with that one Dark Deception crossover. Did he ever even mention that one? I only ever saw it on the Dark Deception Twitter
15. YanDev is rude to his fans
I don’t have a lot to say against this one. As far as I’ve seen, he is, and he doesn’t take criticism well at all (just look at the subreddit - yes, a lot of the things that were removed deserved it (unfunny cum chalice jokes, etc.) but there have also been completely innocent questions, fanarts, jokes, and fanfics that have been removed. Not to mention mods going through peoples’ post history and banning them for being active in r/Osana. Both he and his mod team seem insanely paranoid)
I think he’s going to have to grow a thicker skin and stop censoring critiques if he wants to get anywhere with this game. Not just fans who bring up tiny details that might need changing, but also big, glaring issues like the code and character designs and such. He also doesn’t seem that professional for a game developer who wants to be taken seriously
That being said, if you’re the type to spam the discord server/subreddit/fan communities who have nothing to do with Yandev like the amino, you deserved that ban
16. YanDev defends pedophiles/the “sex license” thing
“No adult ever has any excuse to do anything sexual with a child. As soon as you touch a kid, you have crossed the line from being someone with a mental disorder to being the worst scum imaginable. Having a mental illness is involuntary, but touching a kid is a choice. If you have a mental illness, I feel bad for you. If you violate a child, I feel disgust and contempt for you, and I think you deserve the death penalty.” -From YanDev himself on this page
The sex license thing is also debunked on the same page: the whole conversation was taken out of context and the hypothetical “license” was supposed to be something that only an adult could meet the requirements for
17. “Corona-chan”
This was a really insensitive move to make in the middle of a pandemic, and I agree that the design was racist
However, YanDev listened to the fans’ complaints and removed the easter egg a day later, plus gave an apology. I think that this was the best thing he could do in that scenario and idk what else people are expecting him to do about it
18. YanDev’s general portrayal of high schoolers
Honestly, it’s not 100% realistic (especially in some of the dialogue. you know what i’m talking about)
I’m surprised that more students don’t seem to have friends outside of their clubs. It seems like all the students mostly stick within their club/group - walking to school together, spending their breaks together, etc. A lot of the ways the characters behave are very robotic, like walking in a perfectly straight line everywhere they go
That being said, a lot of the things i’ve seen criticized in regards to this are not part of the problem. By the time you’re in high school, you’ve probably hit puberty. It doesn’t make a character automatically sexualized if they have bigger breasts (though some designs in the game are over-sexualized, like a few certain staff members)
19. Muja, Mida, and Hanako
Let’s start with Hanako: Yandev has already said that she’s not romantically interested in her brother, she’s just insanely clingy and doesn’t want him to get a girlfriend out of fear that he’ll forget about her. If you still insist that she’s in love with Taro, then that’s on you
Muja and Mida I have mixed feelings on.
If every student is 18 or older, meaning that the first-years are 18, that makes Taro, a third-year, 20-21 years old. If Mida and Muja are in their early 20s as Yandev has said, that means that the age gap isn’t an issue. However, it’s still wrong for a teacher or a nurse to pursue their student/patient
I don’t think Yandev should need to spell out “hey, Mida and Muja are not good people” in flashing neon signs. The game is rated M and anyone who’s old enough to play it should be able to understand that without it being said. If you need morality in fiction spoon-fed to you, you probably shouldn’t be watching/reading/playing anything rated above PG
On the other hand, YanDev has a nasty habit of making these things into a joke, which is really insensitive and creepy. Like saying that Mida’s favourite food is “the spit of a younger man” (yikes), that she’s tried to seduce her own students 69 times (haha 69 so funney right guys XD), or that whole confession scene mess. It’s less of a problem with Muja, but it’s still there. As much as the audience shouldn’t need everything served to them on a silver platter, issues like these should still be treated with respect, not made into gags
20. Yandev wastes time on “Easter eggs”
I have to agree that he does spend time implementing unnecessary things sometimes (like the abc challenge), but as far as I know the Easter eggs are what he does in his spare time while waiting for assets from volunteers. However: snap mode, which was hyped up for years, turned out to be a flop with zero purpose, disappointing a good portion of the fanbase.
21. Love Letter
So far I’m really liking the look of this game: I like the models and the school environment they’ve shown, and it seems like they’re doing a lot of things in better or more interesting ways than YanDev, like not outright telling us who the rivals are. I don’t think it’s fair to accuse them of “stealing” anything, when it seems like most of the assets the games have in common are the things they bought from the Unity store (Love Letter even changed the base Unity model to have a more appealing look)
I'm glad to see that they actually listened to criticism from fans on things like Setsuna’s design (I love her newest look and I hope it’s the final one). From design alone she’s already a more interesting protagonist, and she looks like the sort of character you’d actually enjoy playing as
Not sure I totally buy the claim that it was all done in two weeks, but even if it was over the span of months, that’s still miles better than YanSim’s six years
Knowing that Dr. Apeis has already ditched one project I’m staying open to new information on this, but as of right now I’m looking forward to playing the demo!
Overall: A lot of the hate against the game and the dev are unnecessary, but some is justified and we shouldn’t blindly defend everything he does (seriously, you can admit that the character designs are shit. no one is going to stone you for it). There are a lot of improvements Dev could make, both on the game and on his behaviour towards fans.
I think that the biggest improvement would be for the game to just stop taking itself so seriously. At this point, it’s so full of memes, cringy google translate names, excessive edginess, and gags that it may as well just be a fun ridiculous anime game instead of a serious horror game. I feel like taking this approach could make it more successful (plus, it doesn’t really have a lot of horror elements aside from the gore)
There are a lot of cases of people taking things too far. Like spamming YanDev with explicit gore/animal abuse, trying to swat him, spamming volunteers with weird porn, trying to hack into volunteers’ accounts (including bank accounts), etc. That is going way too far, no matter how awful or pathetic you think a person is. If you are doing these kinds of things, you are doing more harm than Dev or his volunteers
Attacking YanDev’s appearance is unnecessary and not related to his behaviour or skills. Same with the chalice memes
However, I’ve seen a lot of YanDev’s defenders lashing out against “gremlins”, lumping all of them in with the kinds of people who do these things. If you check r/Osana, you’ll see that most if not all of the people there condemn this behaviour: the gore and porn spammers are a loud minority (and i’m willing to bet most of them are the basement-dwelling losers from KiwiFarms and 4Chan)
Attacking and/or spamming fans who are just trying to enjoy the game is also unnecessary. Someone liking a video game you don’t like is not doing you any harm. Be mature and move on
I’m not sure if some of what I’ve said above is 100% accurate so if anyone actually read this and has evidence against it then feel free to add
I think that’s about all I have to say on that. Again, i don’t know if it will change anything in the fandom but i really just wanted to get this off my chest
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PM: Complete General Information
Hello dear Readers! This chapter is some background information/context about the reader/MC (or whatever you want to call the reader that is gonna be in the story) and the contents of the story. Some of it is necessary, some of it is not. I might end up repeating myself sometimes, sorry about that. Please read parts c, e, and f. They are marked below and are the most important things you should read in this chapter.
This was created in order to inform the readers ahead of time what things they can expect to see so they can see if anything listed here may keep them from enjoying the story. I want this story to feel safe and inclusive for everyone.
Please remember that this is a story. Suspend your disbelief.
1. Table of contents for the topics that will be discussed in this chapter. I’ve bolded the most important ones that I would suggest reading.
a. Short Summary of All the Topics Listed Below
b. Modern Witchcraft in Our World That is Used in This Work
c. What Will and Will Not Be Specified About the Reader
d. Reasons for Specifying and Not Specifying Certain Traits
e. Important Aspects That Cannot Be Removed
i. Please Read this one to see if any of these aspects may make you uncomfortable. The purpose of this is so that nobody will have dedicated time to reading this work, only to have to stop due to a major aspect or plot point making them uncomfortable.
f. Warnings for General/Common Triggers That Appear in This Work and Mental Disorders the Reader Will Exhibit
2. Extra Information Unrelated/ Vaguely Related to the Story
a. About Reposting and Plagiarizing Other’s Works
b. Extended Information About Previous Sections/Words with an Asterisk (*) Indicator
A. Short Summary of All the Topics Listed Below
Do not attempt any of the spells or witchcraft mentioned without doing the proper research first. Most physical descriptors about the reader-character are unspecified, along with other traits, their gender, and their pronouns. It is up to you to imagine what the reader looks like. Some of these decisions about traits have specific reasons. There are certain aspects that cannot be removed, but they are partially flexible in a sense. There are some common triggers that will appear in this work, please check what they are.
B. Modern Witchcraft in Our World That is Used in This Work
Whether you believe in witchcraft or not, or if it really works is up to you, I'm not writing this fan-fiction to turn people into witches. (Also, I use the term witch as a gender-neutral title.) I bring this up because many of the spells the reader uses, and other methods of witchcraft are based off of what I believe to be real spells and rituals and the like. Many of the reader’s practices of magick can be found by researching them. If you would like to know the exact sources for my knowledge, contact me, and I can provide an online source or two. Do not attempt these spells or practices without doing the proper research first, as well as learning how to protect yourself. I am not going to be reckless and put out any spells I consider to be on the more dangerous side. It is for this reason that I am establishing that the reader is a beginner witch (or ‘baby witch’ as some may call them), so that I can reasonably have the reader have limited knowledge on witchcraft, and therefore limited knowledge on spells and the like. Practice witchcraft at your own risk. Leave your pride and ego at the door. Be reasonable and be safe.
C. What Will and Will Not Be Specified About the Reader
· Unspecified
o Sex (as in what the scientific male and/or female body parts they have)
o Gender/gender identity
o Ethnicity/race
o Details about the reader’s skin (e.g. color, dry, oily, soft, rough, etc.)
o Anything about the reader’s hair (color, type, texture, etc.)
o Body shape and weight
o Eye color
o Romantic and sexual orientation
o Religious beliefs and the like (this will never even come up)
o There will be next to no specific physical descriptors
· Specified
o Reader is under 6’0”/183cm (or is at least shorter than Malleus)
o Reader practices some mild/beginner Witchcraft (like spell jars, for example.)
o The reader likes to sleep. They don’t appreciate being woken up.
o The reader is at least somewhat romantically interested in boys
o The reader is an adult. The exact age is up to you, but the reader is at least 18 years old.
D. Reasons for Specifying and Not Specifying Certain Traits
· I want to keep any physical descriptors as vague as possible so that everyone can comfortably immerse themselves in this work.
· I won’t say anything regarding hair because there’s so many different kinds and combinations of hair, some people don’t have hair, and some people may wear an article like a hijab.
· Religion is absolutely never going to come up or be mentioned in the story, so don’t worry about that.
· The reader is under 6’0” simply because I want to be able to specify some of the characters being much taller than the reader, but the reader will not be given a specific height.
· The reader being a witch is kind of a huge part of the plot for this fic, so…
· If you don’t like sleep, I don’t know how to react.
· I will not budge on the age of the reader in regard to romantic scenes. No adult x minor here.
E. Important Aspects That Cannot Be Removed
Any underlined text in this section signifies an aspect that absolutely cannot be changed. Everything else in this section is flexible and can be changed if wished.
If any of these points have something that makes you uncomfortable, please let me know and I will attempt to find a word-around to the best of my ability.
If the reader ever refers to themselves in third person (It is extremely unlikely this will happen), they will use they/them/their(s) pronouns.
There will be a notifier/warning before any scene with actual romantic content so that if you don’t like the specific character, you can easily skip it. As of now, romance scenes will not directly affect the plot.
No smut will be present in this work.
The reader is uncomfortable to an unspecified degree at the prospect of having to attend an all-boys school. The reason for this comfortability is unspecified and can be anything you wish (Some possible examples: the reader does not identify as male, the reader is not heterosexual and/or hetero-romantic, the reader has female organs/body parts in the scientific sense, the reader doesn't feel safe being surrounded by men (especially men who can whip out fireballs whenever they desire), etc.).
Since Night Raven College is an all-boys school, the other characters will assume the reader is a male and will use masculine pronouns when referring to them in the beginning, but this will change as the story goes along. When a character learns the reader's reason for being uncomfortable, they will immediately switch to using they/them pronouns for the reader ( I will use "(raison d'être)*" as the fill-in space for the reader’s reason for being uncomfortable). If those are not the pronouns you use/are uncomfortable with them, I apologize. The main reasons for this switch in pronouns are: 1) to be inclusive no matter anyone’s gender or identity. 2) signify a change in relationship, to signify that this character knows the (raison d’être), which can be helpful to keep track of which characters know and which don’t without having to look through different chapters to remind yourself. 3) to show that the character is trying to be respectful and considerate of the reader, not wanting to assume anything else about them.
The reader does not want anybody they don’t trust to know their (raison d’être). The reason for why they don’t want anyone to know is up to you. Every reason is valid, no matter how it seems like. Whether you or others regard it as a big reason or little reason does not matter. Any reason at all is okay.
The (raison d’être) causes the reader to try to fit in in a way that doesn't garner suspicion to the best of their ability when around people who don’t know the (raison d’être). I believe that the reader character would not want others to suspect that they are attracted to men, because they know that some people may then avoid them and/or ignore them simply because the reader is attracted to men while going to an all-boys school. (I’m not actually going to make any of the characters act like this. I put this reason in because I know that there are some shitty people out there who will immediately break friendships once they learn someone’s sexuality. I think that the reader would fear this possibility since they know it happens back on Earth. Maybe it has happened to them before.) This done for various other reasons as well: in order to fit in better, not garner suspicion, to prevent others from getting to curious—which could lead to them learning the (raison d’être) before the reader is ready to tell them—and so on and so forth. I’m assuming that if you’re reading this fic, you wanna romance some boys, meaning you'll be in a school full of pretty boys.
The reader is at least somewhat attracted to monster-like/inhuman features some of the characters have, like horns or fangs and such. How much of a monsterfucker the reader is depends on you. (I am very much a monsterfucker with naga/nagas being my favorite.)
The reader knows Disney stuff. They are quite familiar with Disney and they are definitely going to be singing some Disney songs sometime. I won’t just copy and paste all the lyrics to certain songs. It’ll most be just a mention that the reader starts humming or singing a certain song, or they emphasized a certain line of lyrics for some reason.
Reader is a fan of Starkid and their musical Twisted. I highly recommend it. You can find the whole performance on youtube. You might know Starkid from one of their most famous works: A Very Potter Musical.
Reader is from this Earth. Our Earth. The one you’re living on irl. Or at least an Earth that is nearly identical. Like so identical that the only difference is that someone coughed at 12:04 on a certain day but on the other Earth that person coughed at 12:03.
F. Warnings for General/Common Triggers That Appear in This Work and Mental Disorders the Reader Will Exhibit
· Triggers/Content Warnings
o Nothing super prevalent yet. Please DM me any triggers you have if you’d like me to know them. That way I can place a warning if it ever comes up.
· Mental Disorders
o (These are based on what I have because I feel most confident in my works if it feels genuine. The best way to make characters feel genuine and like real people is to base things off of personal experience. Especially since this is a reader insert, I’ll end up slipping in these traits without even realizing it, so I think it’s best to incorporate them anyways.)
§ Social Anxiety Disorder—I’ve had this disorder for the majority of my life, so my writing reflects that because I don’t really know how to write otherwise. So the reader will have social anxiety. There will be instances where the reader will spiral.
§ Depression—there will be hints of depression paired with social anxiety sometimes.
§ Some aspects of ADHD, like the need to fidget with something or thoughts bouncing from place to place.
Extra Information Unrelated/ Vaguely Related to the Story
Reader is a witch— as in modern Earth’s version of a witch: making spell jars and sigils, not the flashy kaboom magic where they’re hurling fireballs around or like the magic in Harry Potter. I'm sorry, but the reader won't be able to yeet wands out of others' hands.
I use ‘y’know’ instead of ‘yanno’ when I write.
Will Mothman make an appearance? Who knows? Maybe if I feel like it, he’ll show up.
Uh…spoilers. There’s gonna be spoilers for the main storyline of Twisted Wonderland. And also the Disney villains I guess?
Will the reader be the founder of fantasy OSHA? Because if it exists, it's clear that Crowley doesn't believe in it.
About Reposting and Plagiarizing Other’s Works
Do not plagiarize anyone's work. Never plagiarize. Always cite your sources. If you plagiarize or fail to give proper citations, you can face serious repercussions. Some years back, a college student plagiarized a scholarly work on the subject of music and got away with it for years. They were found out many years later when a student at my college was using the original work and the other person's plagiarized work as sources for a project. This eventually lead to the plagiarizer having his college degree rescinded among other consequences. As you get older, the repercussions for plagiarism only get more severe.
Extended Information About Previous Sections/Words with an Asterisk (*) Indicator
*I know that 'raison d'etre' means 'reason of being/ purpose of existence.' Think of this 'raison d'etre' as being shorthand for 'Raison d’être mal à l’aise,' which means 'reason for being uncomfortable.'
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rant on misgyny (& lazy writing) in eps 1-3 of KnY below the line. Just need to get it off my chest; feel free to ignore.
OK! Episode one:
Starts off with the brother saving the sister, typical, but whatever, it’s shounen. The animation is breathtaking, and I at least appreciate that and the rhetorical move of starting in medias res.
Then we flashback to the happy family, who are so cliche and obviously about to all die that I just had to cringe the entire time. Like what the heck, if you want to make me attached to the characters before they die, don’t show me that one’s about to be fatally wounded first. And *especially* give them more personality than just ‘generic happy family’. Jeez.
Then we go to town where a mother has incorrectly assumed that her son has done something wrong. So we have ‘generic happy mom/sis’ and ‘generic bad mom’. Lovely. Oh, and ‘generic concerned townswoman,’ how could I forget her.
Then we go to the foreboding old man’s cabin, cementing that all the family indeed die so that the mc can become a parallel for the old man bc they’ll both have lost their families.
And then we finally reach the house and what do you know? They’re all dead. I’m glad the mc was able to think past the overwhelming trauma and have the presence of mind to find out *which one of the fam members he loves and adores had the warmest body so he might be able to save them*. Like the dude had to go to each of their corpses to check that. There’s no way. But whatever, it’s a narrative device. Sure. I can suspend disbelief for that.
Then she’s somehow able to resist the demon blood?? Like we know *nothing* about this girl that would establish that she’s able to do that. Is she especially kind? Mc doesn’t even say, he just insists she’d never kill a human. And bc they’re a ‘generic happy family’ we’re just supposed to accept that??? When Mr. experienced demon slayer says it never happens and demons kill their own family members all the time? BS. Show me her actual character as more than just ‘generic happy sis’ and *maybe* I’ll believe it.
Oh and she has super strength now. Yay for a physically strong female character, I guess, but I’m still hung up on everything else.
Episode 2!
Scene opens with Nezuko being muzzled. She’s literally wearing a muzzle, her voice completely silenced. I... what the freaking heck. She’s *the main female character* and she’s *not allowed to talk.* She’s literally just supposed to follow mc around, look pretty, and save him when he’s in over his head. I’m so freaking mad I’d rage quit if I hadn’t promised to give this show 5 episodes at least.
Honestly I was so angry I can’t remember ep 2 that well. He gets the basket for his muzzled sister so that she doesn’t even have the agency of walking for herself, and they travel. Oh! and she can turn smaller so that she doesn’t inconvenience her bro. How helpful.
They have the fight and she kicks butt, but she still can’t win on her own and her bro has to save her, but at least she saves him in the end, so whatever, it all evens out.
Episode 3
Nezuko’s asleep for two freaking years??? So now she’s muzzled and in a coma, two ways to silence her. sweet. I don’t even remember why she might be in a coma, and we aren’t reminded in this ep, so who knows.
Also the author so doesn’t know how to do exposition or training arcs and it’s killing me. One ep for *two years*?!?! Jeez. There could’ve been so much interesting material there, but whatever, I guess.
We meet another female character! And her only lines are promptly declared *weird*. She supposedly teaches him, but bc the author sucks at exposition we don’t get to see any of that (srry if it’s in the manga and just not the anime). She also doesn’t even get to introduce herself, the mc does that for her bc I guess she’s incapable of saying her own name without it sounding weird. Like we finally get a woman who has an actual character trait and the author chose ‘weird and airy’? I **adore** Luna Lovegood, don’t get me wrong, but here this just makes me think that the author believes women are 1) generic character types OR 2) aliens who should be narrated over bc there’s no way the audience would understand them. It’s not a good look.
PLEASE lmk if something changes and we actually get a decent female character in this show. I have two more episodes of this to watch before I’ve given it the promised “fair try,” and I could really use a ray of hope.
For goodness’ sake, BNHA has its problems with sexism, but at least Horikoshi lets the women *talk*. Didn’t know I had to set the bar that low.
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Fanfiction Spotlight #6: Harry Potter and the New Neighbor
Fandom: Harry Potter
This is right around when my stubborn Mary Sue streak kicked in. While I was falling head-first into HP fandom, I was simultaneously in university for theatre and studying character building.
I read the play "Goodnight Desdemona (Good morning Juliet)" for the first time, as well as "Six Characters in Search of an Author" and the potential for meta-theatre and self-referential theatrical storytelling jumped off the page and seized my heart.
It's possible to do really great meta-theatre because the audience is already agreeing to suspend their disbelief when you, as an actor, pretend they're not there. That's why incredible stunt-filled pantos and plays like "The Show that Goes Wrong" are such a goddamned delight: Because the show winks at a room full of patrons and says, "Hey, let's have some fun. We'll let you in on the joke, and the conceit, but just the hundred or so of us in this room right now, okay? This is only for US." And I wondered if there was a way to do that in prose.
At the same time, I had also come across some pretty terrible backlash happening in fandom spaces against Mary Sue-style O.C.s, and some terrible, terrible bullying of people who wrote them. To say that I reacted strongly in defense of those MS-ers is an understatement.
I got so riled up about people coming down on Mary Sue writers - usually young, inexperienced women stepping into creative spacing and offering up their writing for the first time - that I defended a whole Master's Thesis all about how rad Mary Sues are about four years later.
(Watch the keynote speech in which I summarized the 100+ page paper here.)
In defending Mary Sues for the wonderful methods of self-expression and exercise in first-steps creativity that they are, I realized I was failing to put my money where my mouth was.
With pretty much 0% forethought or planning, I plopped down in the Fishbowl Computer Lab (closed in by windows on all sides) at uni before an evening class. While everyone else around me was desperately trying to finish papers and essays, I started weaving this tale.
One of the fun things about totally pantsing a plot is that I got to meander all over HP canon and address, correct, or include anything I wanted in the storytelling. While I loved being part of HP fandom (my nickname for my uni years was "Harry" because of the scar on my head) even then, before the final books were out, I was a bit miffed by some of the shoddy storytelling and lazy worldbuilding happening. (I was willing to trust that it would all be resolved in the final books, though. It... wasn't.) So I jumped on those moments in the fanfic.
It meant that the story wandered all over the place before finally coming to the final solution and climax of the plot, and my readers didn't seem to mind all that much! But writing this epic-sized fic taught me the importance of knowing where your book will end before you start.
While until the last few books, I was still very much a Pantser over a Planner (I would call myself a Plantser, now), one thing I made a point to always do after scrambling to weave together all the tangents and side-quests into a satisfying ending I had to do with HPatNN is to have at least an IDEA of where the ending will be. I tend to write a scene at the beginning of the book (sometimes that scene ends up as chapter one, but more often it ends up in 3 or 4), and then either the big climax, or the denouement. I write them one after the other
That way I have an idea of what the target is when I begin to craft my arrows, and draw my bow to aim the narrative. And yeah, not gonna lie, the ending sometimes changes and it's a pain in the ass to do the rewrite. But I would rather rewrite than flail.
The other thing that writing this fic taught me was what a Mary Sue really is, and what it is NOT, and why male Mary Sues in media texts (The Doctor, Frodo Baggins, Luke Skywalker) are acceptable to audiences while female ones (Rey, Rory Gilmore, Lana Lang) are not.
And it's put a life-long bee in my bonnet about the sexism of Mary Sue-hate. The MC of HPatNN is a Mary Sue, on PURPOSE, and I made an effort to show that you can have an MC that shows all the traits of an MS (everyone wants her, too competent too quickly, Practically Perfect in Every Way) and STILL create an engaging, interesting person with a character arc and the ability to grow or be impeded by trauma. This translated directly to what I did with Pip in The Accidental Turn series, who is an academic who studied fanfic so is absolutely aware of every trope, she has to battle through during her epic fantasy quest, while still being forced by the conventions of the world she's in to tolerate them. I wanted to Galaxy-brain the conventions and hatred of the Mary Sue and turn it into a character strength, a way for Pip to force space for otherwise overlooked or marginalized voices in a canon media text, and weapon for Pip to deploy.
"Harry Potter and the New Neighbor" was absolutely the direct predecessor of my The Accidental Turn Series in every way.
#J.M. Frey#Words for Writers#Harry Potter#Harry Potter Fandom#Mary Sues#in defense of Mary Sue#Harry Potter and the New Neighbor#Vampire AU
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I'd be a slut for that 75% shusui smut
*Unfinished/Unedited*
Italicized bullets are just my snippets to pull this monstrosity together
Eyeing you from across the tiny wobbly bridge that was somehow supporting both of you at the current moment, you could see that competitive side that was normally very well hid within his character beginning to show. That competitive side that was most certainly laced with orneriness was becoming very evident despite the fact that you could barely see him the darkness that 2:30 AM brought to countryside. With a smirk across his face despite the fact that he was very much losing at this point, he shook his head at you, “You can’t do this- this isn’t fair, Y/N.”
Laughing at this, you took another step backwards on the small bridge. “But we didn’t make any rules, so everything’s fair, right?” you taunted as you reached back and placed your hand of the latter part of the playground.
“Y/N.”
Continuing your tease, you faked a concerned look to him, “Aw, are you afraid you can’t beat me? C’mon Shisui, it’s only a game of tag; I’m sure you could win a child’s game.” you edged him on, that devilish little smirk never leaving your lips. Then fully stepping off the shaky bridge and onto the suspended ropes, you raised an eyebrow at him, “Are you really gonna let me win?”
And with that statement, you saw him dart across the narrow bridge and straight towards you. Silently cursing to yourself, you didn’t even try to navigate your way through the suspended climber, knowing that there was no way you could beat him. And so, you jumped off the equipment and onto the grass below, and just started sprinting. Yet almost immediately as your feet hit the ground, your heard his following, and you knew that you had only seconds before he caught you.
In less time than what you previously thought, you felt are arm wrapped around your waist quickly and pull back, stopping you from going away farther. “Shit-” you cursed at the sudden grab as you stumbled back against Shisui, which resulted in both of you falling down onto the grass below. With the abrupt fall, you ended up landing on top on him, and as you did, you could feel him laugh as he just let his head fall back against to cool grass.
“This is game over, right?” he asked as he eyed you, as you adjusted yourself to straddle him.
Shrugging, you nodded. “Yeah, I guess, but since I’m on top, that means I win.” you smirked at him as you placed your hands on either side of his face and leaned down.
“What?! No; I won! That’s not a part of the rules-” he tried to refute your shady rule making.
Snickering at him, you just shook your head “No rules, remember?” you taunted before giving him a quick kiss. “I win. Don’t be a sore loser, Shisui.” you laughed, your teasing never faltering.
Completely helpless to the laughter that was consuming him, he shook his head at you, “You are awful, you know that?” he remarked as his hands traveled your sides and towards the back pockets of your jeans.
Leaning down farther, so that you were able you press more of yourself against him, you wiggle an eyebrow at him, “Yeah, but you still love me and all of my awful traits.”
“Is there a consolation prize for all my efforts in the terrible game of tag you’ve made up?”
Cocking your head to the side, acting as if this was a silly question, you reassured him, “Of course, Shisui.” you murmured as you moved down to his neck as placed a soft kiss against juglar. “Do you really think that I do such a thing as leaving you to suffer in defeat?” you mused as you continued your tease with him, your kisses becoming heavier with each word. “I’m awful…” you admitted before actually biting down on the vulnerable skin, which gave you the satisfied result of a muffled moan from him.
Then moving away from him lip and back to his lips, your smirk just widened, “but not that awful,” you finished before beginning to kiss him again, this time having more meaning and drive behind it.
Feeling a hand make its way to the back of your neck, your were forced down even more on him, making the already weighted kissed even heavier. Though the night air the brushed against you was cool, all you could feel was the burning within your cheeks and your chest, which was only heightened as you felt his hand shift from having a firm grip on you ass to trying to unbutton your jeans.
Breaking for a moment, you unsuccessfully tried to reason, “Hey- hey- hey, we’re in the middle of a playground, remember?” you giggled, trying to stop him from removing any of your clothes.
Almost instantly pulling you back down ontop him, he just continued trying to reason with you in between kisses. “It’s fine. it’s fine. It’s like 2:40 in the morning and we’re in the countryside, nobody’s gonna come.” he halted any of your thinking.
Feeling your heart skip a beat, an excitement almost coming about at the whole situation, you still tried to talking some sense into him, “I just-” you tried to speak against the hasty kisses that he was giving, “Shisui, but what if someone does come-” you asked.
And it was at that point, where he rolled over on top of you, and just shook his head, reversing what the role had previously been. “Shh- consolation, remember? You gotta follow your own bullshit rules, Y/N.” he murmured out, lowering himself, ridding any of the gap that had been created.
And against your better judgement, you just smiled at him, very much liking where this was going. “Well, can’t have your consolation while I’m still wearing a shirt,” you murmured as you pulled the light fabric over your head and tossed it to the side.
Chuckling at your boldness, he just shook his head before returning to business, “Fuck, I love you.”
Lacing your hands in his hair as you two began again, you arched your back up towards him wanting to have as much contact with his body as you could. Now with you on the bottom, he had complete ability to go back to unbuttoning your jeans, something that he knew very well and was most certainly going to take advantage off. Easily undoing to small button, his hand slipped underneath the fabric.
Almost instantly you squirmed underneath him, trying to stifle the small noises that were escaping you as he pleasured you. Feeling him smirk into the kiss, he kept on, both his pride and lust growing as he wanted to see you react even more to being underneath him. He liked doing this- getting you all bothered and riled up almost to your limit before continuing any further. And so, quickly coming to the realization that you needed more skin to skin contact than what you were getting, you did everything your power to get his shirt off. And it was your hastiness in your pulling at his shift that caused him to stop for a moment, taking his hands off your body and just gaze down at you, a smug little expression evident.
Throwing your head back, you pouted. “Shisui,” whined, knowing very well what he was doing. He liked playing the stupid little game of getting you all riled up and then stopping cold for a moment or two, just leaving you there to suffer. Of course it was something that you did to him too, but holy hell, you always seemed to forget how annoying it was to be on the receiving end of this play.
“Hm? What Y/N? I thought you were worried about people coming?” he taunted.
Rolling your eyes at him, you tried to combat his taunts, though you mainly just want to get back to business. “Shisui Uchiha- I-” you began to speak though you didn’t actually know what you wanted to say.
“You what?”
Glaring at him, you pursed your lips, knowing what he wanted to hear, but not yet wanting to give it to him. “Shisui…”
Shrugging, he continued knowing that this was a game he was going to win. “I mean, since you were so worried earlier, we better stop and go-”
Grabbing onto his collar and pulling him back down on top of you, so that he would feel your breath against his lips, you stared him directly in the eye and spoke, “No. I want you. I want you to fuck me right here. Don’t stop, just fuck me.” you nearly ordered.
And if you hadn’t done it earlier, then you certainly it with that phrase. Almost as soon as those words left your mouth, there was a quick smirk across his lips before his met with yours once more, this time with more force behind them than previously. Only breaking the kiss for a second, he removed his shirt in a single swift movement and began to work more towards taking your jeans completely off rather than just unbuttoning them. And with a little wiggling and tugging, you were nearly bare with Shisui hovering over you with complete control of the situation at that moment.
Running his hands down your body, almost as if he hadn’t done it hundreds of times before, he glazed over the various curves and rifts of your figure, like he hadn’t had had them all memorized already.
And while you had a free moment where you weren’t about to succumb to him, you took the opportunity to switch the playing.
Literally just the sex part isn’t written bc I’m too finicky. Shisui was in charge at this point
“Fuck- Shisui…” you moaned out, sharply arching your back as he entered you.
Sex sex sex
“Shouldn’t have to work to hard for consolation, right?” you smirked, down at him and
Yay, MC takes control
“Fucking hell, Y/N…” he cursed out as he gripped onto your hips and guided them. You could tell he was getting close just by the tightness as which he held onto your hips and how
Yay both finish
“We should probably get dressed.”
“Yeah, might be a good idea…”
A/n: I’m not taking NSFW scenarios anymore bc I don’t like them. I’ll do hcs, but I just didn’t enjoy doing this.
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Hi Pear! Bee here! Ever since our conversation on sunday I've had one question going round and round in my head, and I just had to share: *how* do centaurs sleep? The way their spine is constructed makes picturing it rather difficult, but I want my new precious baby to be comfortable when she sleeps without having to use my MC as a pillow.(not that that wouldn't be cute as hell) (the idea of foetal position for a centaur leads to how the hell are they born? so nothing there either^^) Halp? *-*
Okay, Bee, but picture this:
Giraffes sleep using themselves as their own pillows (or standing up). Picture your centaur with a nice saddle-bag-esque rice bag or pillow across their hind quarters to use as a pillow for their upper body. Picture also using that rice bag pillow as a heat pack for achy muscles that must naturally occur from a centaur’s body composition.
Llamas (top) and alpacas (bottom) sleep laying down with their necks stretched out. Picture your centaur doing the same, laying flat out on their human stomach like laying on a desk.
Maybe there’s a special hammock or sling they suspend from trees to lean their human body into to sleep, while letting the horse half stay upright. Maybe they find a good rock or hummock to lay draped over, or maybe they just mostly end up sleeping with their horse legs folded under them or on their side so the human part can lay down. While horses can lock their hips and legs in a way that allows them to stand while relaxing enough to sleep, humans have no similar trait, so it’s less finding a way for the horse bits to relax as finding a way to get the human into a position where they can rest against something. That’s mostly the consensus across the boards I looked at, too. Good luck! -Pear
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After seeing @flamedeyes have fun with this, I decided to do it myself :)
1. What’s your favorite sims death?
I genuinely tried to kill a sim with (cheated) hysteria in my last game (before starting this simblr I had a game involving septuplets and I wanted to kill the dad off to explain why he wasn’t around) and... it did not work. It’s my favourite solely because I’ve never felt so told off by a videogame before
2. Alpha CC or Maxis Match?
Maxis Match! It’s good for my graphics card lol
3. Do you cheat when your sims gain weight?
Nope! I am a genuine fat kid from a family of fat kids so I really have no issue with weightier sims. As you’ll see in later installments of my legacy, Raven puts on a lot of weight that, tbh, I did not even notice until looking back on old screenshots.
4. Do you use move objects?
Sometimes. I’m not much of a builder so I don’t really need it too often.
5. Favorite mod?
MC Command Center by @deaderpoolmc, tbh. I know it’s not one of the ~cool~ or ~weird~ mods but I’m such a control freak and it keeps me from spending too much time in console.
6. First expansion/game/stuff pack you got?
I’m on a shared account (shh don’t tell Origin shh) so by the time I bought in, the other users had already bought Get Together, Get To Work, City Living, Outdoor Retreat, Spa Day, and Dine Out.
7. Do you pronounce “live mode” like aLIVE or LIVing?
aLIVE. I just heard somebody say it like LIVing and it freaked me out tbh.
8. Who’s your favorite sim that you’ve made?
I’m going to ignore ts3 and say Amina, who’s my icon rn.
9. Have you made a simself?
I did for very embarrassing reasons but the save file it was on got wiped months ago and I get really weird about simselves.
10. What sim traits do you give yourself?
Creative, Ambitious, Loner. Other applicable traits include childish, geek, gloomy, hot headed, music lover, and noncommittal. It’s really dumb but I was actually upset that sims got less trait slots rather than more in the switch from ts3 to ts4.
11. Which is your favorite EA hair color?
I LOVE the slightly greying brown. It’s some quality content.
12. Favorite EA hair?
The slightly pulled-back with barrettes hair from Dine Out. I’m a sucker for that hair.
13. Favorite life stage?
Teen! It’s has the most opportunity for making up stories tbh.
14. Are you a builder or are you in it for the gameplay?
GAMEPLAY! All of my games are based in story. I only made my simblr because I feel like I’m wasting my time making up stories that no one else will be able to see. It’s been more difficult than I expected because I’m so used to suspending my own disbelief for the sake of plot but I constantly worry about how weak my voice is in my sim stories (since there isn’t much wiggle room there). It’s also been so much more fun than I expected though, so worth it.
15. Are you a CC creator?
Technically not yet but I’m working on some stuff! I’m more interested in script mods than anything else tho since I love coding.
16. Do you have any simblr friends/a sim squad?
Nope! I’m still a bit of a newbie here so I haven’t had enough time to make friends. I’m very much planning on starting a discord chat for maxis match simblrs tho, so if you’re interested in that, stay tuned.
17. What’s your favorite game? (1, 2, 3, or 4):
I’ve been getting really into 4 but I still don’t have the level of fluency I did with 3. I feel like modding got a whole lot easier with 4 tho, which is a major bonus. 1 and 2 were always more my mom’s games, so I didn’t get into them nearly as much.
18. Do you have any sims merch?
...There’s merch?
19. Do you have a YouTube for sims?
Not yet but I’m planning on taking up streaming just so I don’t have to be so lonely this summer :3c
20. How has your “sim style” changed throughout your years of playing?
When I first started out in ts3, I would literally pick the same face, hair, clothes, and traits for every sims I made. I can still see their generic-ass faces in the corner of my mind. I then went on a huge cc binge and downloaded anything I could find, which was a BAD IDEA. Then, when I first got ts4, I was determined to use purely maxis content- a sentiment which lasted about a year before I got bored and went back to modding my game. I still tend to use game-generated faces rather than trying to have any specific style (I’m so worried about all my sims turning out the same), but now I can at least add face overlays lol
21. What’s your Origin ID?
Again, I’m on a (super top secret) shared account and my friends are not cool with me giving it out :(
22. Who’s your favorite CC creator?
Anyone who makes mm-friendly hair for black sims and mm menswear is literally a god
23. How long have you had a simblr?
I made this back in... April? May? Towards the end of this past spring semester. So only a bout a month and a half or so at most.
24. How do you edit your pictures?
I, uh, crop them in the built-in windows picture editor. The furthest I’ve ever gone was pixlr for a shitty edit of Amina and mspaint for introducing my legacy founders. I’d love to improve my editing game but let’s be honest, photoshop was not my favourite part of computer camp.
25. What expansion/game/stuff pack do you want next?
Seasons is always a fun one and of course Pets is a classic, but what I REALLY want is a full supernatural pack for ts4. Supernatural for ts3 was my SHIT
Oh, and University. That was some good stuff
Also I’m not kidding. If a supernatural pack is not at least hinted at by the time sims 5 is announced (if it’s ever a thing lol) then I will personally mod my own supernatural pack into the game. Don’t test me
26. What expansion/game/stuff pack is your favorite so far?
City Living and Parenthood have been the most enriching to my playstyle, tbh.
I’m gonna follow in @flamedeyes‘ footsteps and tag literally anyone who hasn’t been tagged yet! Just remember to tag me so I can see :)
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