Transcript: Ahhhh I'm Nervous About This Confession. I'm Working Up The Courage To Send It. Okay. Here

Transcript: Ahhhh I'm nervous about this confession. I'm working up the courage to send it. Okay. Here we go.

I don't like Inverted Fate and it's not even its fault. I'm sick of seeing sans au hatred whenever Inverted Fate is brought up, mostly on Undertale's R ddit but sometimes on tumblr too. My first mistake was looking at posts that mention Undertale's aus on that site I guess. I've seen sans au hatred linked to Inverted Fate so much that it made me never want to check it out or see anything about it.

I've never been able to experience Inverted Fate for myself so every time I see it mentioned, I don't think of the AU: I think of the fandom complaining about sans aus and calling them trash. To me, IF represents the fandom's hatred of most aus and is the embodiment of: this au is better than all the others and you're just a sans fangirl if you like sans aus instead of this masterpiece that focuses on other characters.

I know it's not IF's fault. I heard it's good. I'm happy it focuses on other characters than Sans. Papyrus and Alphys, not Sans, are my favorites so I'd probably love them in Inverted Fate. I'd have loved to check it out but the Sans au haters make me want to ignore it.

I know I shouldn't let fans keep me from checking out an AU but I can't see IF mentioned without feeling annoyed and getting a bitter taste in my mouth because it's often used to say how "bad", "cringey", and "out of character" other AUs are.

Ahhhhhhhhh, this is going to be unpopular, isn't it... Can I please see some good things about Inverted Fate without saying "It focuses on other characters, it's sooo good because it's not about sans, and the characters are "in character", unlike the ten billion Sans aus?"

dere you go

“how do you plot / plan your book?” very bold of you to assume i do that.

If someone reaches for something at the same time as you, offer to let them take it first.

For example, you're in line at a buffet, and someone reaches for the soup ladle to get their helping of soup at the same time as you. Instead of reaching for it even faster like a kindergartner trying to grab a toy before the other kids can, instead offer to let them have the ladle and scoop their soup first.

Or you're at the grocery store and reach for a can of tomatoes at the same time as someone else, instead of trying to grab it faster like a toddler trying to grab a cookie before their sibling can get it, instead offer to let them take the can instead.

If you can, it helps to make a demonstration of it, such as saying "oh no you go first!" or "oh no you can have it!", or even just smiling and/or gesturing at the thing you're both grabbing for to let them know they can have it first. That way, if this is someone being childish and acting like a kindergartner who wants to just grab things first before other people can have it, you are letting them know that you are letting them have it out of good manners, and not because they "won" by grabbing for it faster than you. It might even make them reconsider their childish and selfish behavior if they see someone demonstrating good manners by consciously letting them have it first.

Most of the time small grabby children are going to be relatively close to each other in size and physical strength. But as we get older we have to learn better because in the world at large outside of a preschool classroom there are going to be even more variances in size and physical capabilities. In a world where everyone regardless of age just reaches faster if they see someone reaching for the can or soup ladle at the same time as them, or rushes faster to get to the cash register first if they see someone approaching at the same time as them, ect. is going to be a world where children, the elderly, disabled people, and anyone just smaller in frame/stature is going to be at a disadvantage and always going to be the last to get the can or the last to get to the cash register, ect.

So this is why we behave civilly in public and go "oh no you go first!" when someone reaches for the can or the soup ladle at the same time as us, or approaches the cash register at the same time as us, ect. It's one of the foundational blocks for having a world of cooperation and compassion instead of a world where children, elderly people, disabled people, or anyone at a physical disadvantage always come last.

stepped on a plum (overripe plum) (barefoot) it was on the driveway got out of the car and accidentally (didn't know it was there) stepped on the plum (warm) (on the ground) (it had fallen from the tree) barefoot (no shoes) wearing long pants (too long) (need to hem them) plum viscera got on them (the pants) unexpected plum on the driveway (hot plum) (97 degrees out) already super hungover (throwing up all morning) (should not have been driving at all) and I stepped out of the car (black car) (97 degrees out) and onto the plum (unexpected) (didn't know the plum was there) and it burst (plum nightmare on my only good pair of sweatpants) still we find ways to keep ourselves going from day to day

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