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Random facts, huh? Hmmm.

I wanted to be a fashion designer when I was a teenager, but I sucked at the actual sewing. So instead, I obsessively watch Project Runway reruns and critique all the designs like I have a clue what I'm talking about 🤣

I don't wear makeup on the daily. I'll throw on eye makeup every once in a great while, but unless I'm forced to for an event, I almost never wear foundation or blush or anything like that. I choose to look like a haggard swamp witch. That way, when I do put on makeup, everyone is impressed. It's all about keeping expectations low.

I collect coffee mugs, despite not drinking coffee. I have at least fifty. Am currently drinking water out of one that looks like Jason Voorhees' head.

So tumblr says that you’re a top Amelia blog. OMG I totes love Amelia too !!! Her sister chats were the best thing about this season hands down, she is just the besssssssttttt

So I wanted to ask one super Amelia Fan to another:

What are your three favourite things about our most favouritest bestie sister twinsie???

🤣🤣🤣 OMG I totes love her! And those chats sure are something, aren't they? My three favorite things about Amelia?

Those ten minutes before she showed up.

When Marshall walked away from her while she pot stirred.

When she won't shut up about Toby and everyone yells at her to STFU.

Love that girl. She's so super fun (to dislike).

Thanks, Anon. I totes love you 😂

no rush but when will u update tsime !! i’m dying for an update on my faves x

Oh man. I'm working on it. I'm working on it. I open the file every other day. Can't say I get anywhere but I open it. I think my idea of the last little bit of plot isn't working and I need to give it up and do something else. Sigh.

Thank you for the ask and for saying it's one of your favs! 💖

Hey, what's one fic you loved writing and the first fic you think of (can be written by you or someone else) when someone asks for recs?

Ooooh this is a good question, anon! I love every fic I write in one way or another, but I think I'd say This Momentary Blue. It's heart-achy, smutty, sad, and ultimately hopeful. Also laden with heavy metaphors. Everything I enjoy writing. I also really relished the chance to give Felix dimensions that he never had. It was one of the more difficult stories for me to write. I was very nervous about it, but I love it more for that.

The first fic I think of when someone asks for recommendations, is Don't Disappoint Me by ThroughTheJunoBush. Not because she's my friend, but because I think it was the first longfic I read in the fandom and it was stunningly beautiful. Poetic. Full of yearning and heartache. And it did the impossible. It made me root for Noah. A feat you cannot begin to understand. I love the gentle way she held every character. And even though Bobby was definitely not the good guy, even he was given his space to finally understand what he'd done and to accept that he couldn't get back what he'd thrown away. I literally just popped back into it to read a little of the end and my eyes are wet and my heart is aching. It's truly one of the most beautiful fics I've ever read.

Thank you so much for the ask, anon!!! 💖💖💖

I just read you post about Alex and I agree!!!! I mean I’m on his route and I like him thus far but you’re right he’s just kinda…. Inconsistent??? Like in last week’s episodes he doesn’t want to kiss the first night your back in the villa to be respectful. Sure completely understandable. I get it. But what surprised me is that he’s will to sleep with mc the next night in the hideaway???? Tbh I clicked “go all the way” expecting him to say he wanted to wait and that it was too fast for him but he was absolutely down?? And I was so confused. I was like dude didn’t you say you take it slow and now you’re gonna sleep with someone you haven’t even known a week?? I liked him initially bc he was a guy who didn’t like to rush into things but I guess what he meant was wait 10 minutes then he’ll be down for anything lol

Haha, that's the reality of Alex. Much like midwestern US weather, if you wanna watch him change completely, just wait a few minutes 😆

I really liked how he wanted to be respectful of Estelle the first night, but you're right, he changes his tune fast. I was surprised that, at the challenge the next day, he gets so hot and bothered by MC's run that he'll make out with you, to the point of you wrapping a leg around him, and it seems like there's grinding, all while Estelle is basically standing beside you both.

I just think it would have been more interesting if 1) it turned out his "take it slow" stuff was just something he did to differentiate himself from the rest of the boys, but he got so caught up in MC and being horny for her that he lost track of that false persona or 2) if the writers really played up his distress with how much he wants MC and it being counter to his values about relationships. Like if he seemed a little torn about moving too fast, but being too drawn to her to slow down. And you could add in his worry about Evan making him territorial, so he moves faster because he's worried about losing MC if he keeps slowing them down. This could lead to a really nice arc of MC reassuring him that she's happy with the pace he's set (or that she's not and she dumps him). Either of those would be interesting and would use this singular trait of his that is beaten into us, to its fullest. But they'd both require writers who intentionally made him inconsistent so they could use it to drive the plot. And welllllll... let's just say I'm not giving Fusebox the benefit if the doubt when it comes to their writing.

Thanks so much for stopping by, Anon! I was kind of worried that no one was gonna agree with me 🥰

I like Alex but if you want my opinion? I am glad someone said it he is being incosistent because the fans thinks he is Mr.Perfect who can't do wrong and that baffles me because along with Rafael, he was supposed to be the slowburn dude. I am not saying he is not allowed to do those things and is good to know he wants to be respectful towards Estelle (you even get frowns if you say Estelle is not compatible when selling yourself because Alex wants MC to focus in the relationship and not Estelle) but it baffles me when nobody calls him out for sending mixed messages. Okay, we know he wants to twists since the beginning that is absolutely valid but they never explained why he acts like this around MC when he wants to take things slow. And let's not talk about Uma because if you aren't in Alex route, during the spin-a-bottle game, he dares someone to do sexual poses with the person they like and when Uma picks him, he isn't afraid to do it past the initial me?! he gives first.

As Alex bafflingly said in one scene, "Heard." OMG I didn't know about the spin the bottle thing!

In the comments I mentioned that the whole interaction with Summer where she thought he was interested in her would have been a great way to sell the idea that he's sending mixed messages. But as always, they never stick the landing and in this case, they wrote him being completely up front and obvious about who he was interested in, so it's clear he bears no responsibility for Summer's behavior. Oh Fusebox.

Thanks for messaging me, Anon!

In terms of inconsistency when it comes to Alex’s pace, I would like to draw your attention to the reassurance scene you can have in the Villa with your boy, where they can assure you of their intentions after their original partner has been all over them. Alex notably says at some point in that conversation (and this is a bit that’s unique to Alex’s route) that he’s “husband material”, and when the MC says something like “not boyfriend material?”, Alex doubles down on how he wants that next level kind of thing.

Keep in mind during this point in the convo, your LI is trying to convince you to stay with them in case your having doubts. So a man who says they “move slow” has told a person he’s interested in that he’s “husband material” on like day 5 of knowing them. (And yes it’s a reality show where they’re isolated with only each other but STILL)

Now in Alex’s defense, and I highly doubt Alex is intentionally written this way and not just suffering from authorial inconsistency, BUT I DIGRESS. In defense of saying he wants slow but acting in a fast manner, I myself and a few other people I’m close with kinda do this in real life. For me personally, I’m usually quite slow with about 96% of the people I dated, doing the same things Alex did of being upfront about where my head’s at but going slow in the physical aspects and other things you would expect in a relationship. But that 4%, again for me personally, was fairly fast paced because I myself ended up being down bad and not even realizing I was on a speeding train towards feelings.

Long ask long, It’s more than likely Alex is just suffering because of bad writing, but there is the chance that Alex is a slow burner usually so that’s what he’s expecting, hence why he’s saying it. And MC is just that like, 4% person that he isn’t even aware he’s falling for at the speed of light. 🤷‍♀️

Thank you for drawing my attention by sending this twice 😂 I received the first one, but I ended up with a lot of anons and didn't know where to begin.

Yeah, I played the new eps and I referenced this very thing in my post. He went ALL IN once we were in the main villa. It's not like I don't think there's a world where a person *could* be this way, it's just that it doesn't really work in fiction. At least not the way it's presented in the fiction of the game currently. The tricky part of writing is that it has to be both more real than real and then less real than real. For instance, I have a best friend who is a BIG personality. I mean over-the-top. Love her and love her gigantic energy. She has amazing stories. But she's also surrounded by friends who are writers and every one of us has attempted to base characters on her and they never, ever work. Like no one has managed it. Because no reader ever believes that her antics are "realistic." She even took a writing class herself and wrote a paper that was essentially just a story about herself and no one in the class found it believable 😂 Sometimes reality doesn't play in fiction.

I love the idea of Alex just sort of losing his shit when he has a super strong connection, so I don't disagree that it *could* work. I just don't think it's working right now, because yeah, I 100% think it's just poor writing. Nothing about it feels intentional.

That said, I still think even if he was coming at it from that perspective--like he's 96% slow-motion in relationships and MC is just part of the 4%-- it would still cause problems. Mainly that any MC worth her salt is gonna view him as being manipulative. Telling her what she wants to hear while still trying to get inside those underpants. Which would be interesting, but I just don't think that's what Fusebox going for. Though to be fair, I'm not sure Fusebox even knows what they're going for either.

Thanks for the message, Anon!

I'm gonna be honest, I think Alex's inconsistency might be cause MC's default LI is supposed to be either Joyo or Bryson and they wrote the other routes around them. Cause what you described in the challenge and in the Hideaway happened to me as well on a Joyo route, but like it actually made sense for his character cause he's always been an unapologetically hoe about himself so him being a hoe for MC checks out lmao. Also if you noticed Alex is always coupled up with Uma when MC is off his route while Rafael sticks to Daphne so these 2 already have other girls coded for them if MC isn't pursuing their routes, but Joyo and Bryson alternate between coupling up with 3 girls in all 4 routes and either one of them is coded to bring Bonnie back in each route just to preserve MC's female LI, so I get the feeling just like Bobby in S2 these were the LIs we were supposed to go after.

Oh yeah, I can see that being the case. Though when I played I got the vibe that he was meant to be the main LI. But I could be wrong. Sad to say that's always a strong possibility 😆 I appreciate your perspective! Thanks for the ask!

Is it just me or they made Willow Grace 2.0 ? Like hear me out, I know that all the OG girls get merged and become bitchy towards MC cause you stole "their man", but let's look at the context before CA. Daphne and Geri were obviously Rafael's and Joyo's first choices respectively pre CA and even if Alex said he wasn't feeling it with Estelle, I don't remember him cracking on with another woman before CA and so we can assume that she was initially his first choice as well.

But Willow ? They said multiple times that Bryson wanted Geri over her and that he even flirted with Geri right in front of her face, even before MC came into the picture she was never his first choice. While the other 3 girls also come across as desperate at least they have some basis for their delusion as they've been their man's "number ones" before they twisted with MC, but for Willow it looks even more embarrassing to cling to a man that's already pied her off for a second woman. Also the way they've described her all throughout CA as the sweetest person in the world just for her to become a bitch towards you cause her crush wants you and not her is giving Grace all over.

AND THIS IS AGAIN A BLACK WOMAN ! So even when she's literally merged with the white characters with the added context she still comes across as more delusional than her white/lighter skinned counterparts MY GOD FB.

Sigh. I mean yeah. I can definitely see this perspective. I have ceased to have expectations when it comes to FB's depictions of black women because they are generally somewhere between pretty disappointing to full on rage-inducing. In this case, I'd personally lay it at the feet of the lack of branching, rather than intention. Though that's probably giving them more credit than they deserve considering the very obvious mirroring of Hope and Grace as stage five clingers attached to wishy washy men of color.

I don't know, man. I wish they'd pay any attention at all to the way they depict race. I have to deal with enough racial shit in my every day life. I'd love to get on the app and not worry that I'm about to feel just as awful while playing. But alas.

Thank you for your perspective, anon!

It’s ‘tell an author you love their work’ day! A holiday I made up just now.

The way you write Lewie is next level poetry. Even if I didn’t already love him, you make him more special than any other guy ever. I am ruined because of you.

Awwww, thank you so much for your kindness, "anon." Def feeling unsure about this fic, so I appreciate this more than you know.

7, 10, and 13!

7. What OC (yours or someone else's) can't you get enough of?

These are really hard. For my own work, I'm gonna say Maitland in TSIME. She's a side character and one of Bobby's best friends. She's unpretty, she's grumpy, she has no time for feelings, but underneath her crusty exterior is a person who loves HARD. I just adore her. I also have a great love of Siobhan in TSIME. For other people's OC's, that's tough. There are so many I could list. But I think I'm gonna go with Sadie from The Greatest of Them All. She's sweet, strong, smart, and batshit crazy and I love her. The Scorpio rising in me honors the Scorpio that must live in her. Because she is SPITEFUL. I could read many more stories about her life with Bobby.

10. What's a theory/headcanon that you would die on the hill of?

Hmmm. Sam just reminded me that I basically wrote an essay on why my favorite fuckboy Levi cheats. It's a whole long build up I won't post here, but basically Levi feels his only worth is in WINNING. In being perfect. And he's desperate to feel like he can be loved even if he fucks up. Which is why he cheated and then immediately flew home and told Luci. And Luci of course, dumped him without hearing him out (as is her right) but to him proved that yet again, he isn't allowed to fuck up. Which is why, after Cherry-gate, if you give him another chance, he becomes THE UBER BOYFRIEND. He's the fucking best. Because you gave him space to fuck everything up, but you still cared about him. You stuck around and now, he'll fucking die for you.

13. What's your favourite moment during your time in the fandom?

It happened a long time ago, but back when my first exposure to the fandom was Twitter, there was a lot of weird shit happening. Long before the Tumblr accounts, there were S2 characters tweeting. And there were two Bobby accounts. I was in a Bobby stan Twitter GC and one of the Bobby accounts joined the chat. Everyone went bonkers and we all just sort of roleplayed that Bobby was our group boyfriend. It was extremely weird 😂 But then one day, THE OTHER BOBBY JOINED. LE GASP. And the two Bobbys fought for our hearts. Sides were chosen, accusations were hurled, and in the end, one Bobby was CAST OUT of our love nest. To this day I can't see the Spiderman gif where the two point at each other without thinking of the Battle of the Bobbys.

Also, side note, afterward, I found out that it was the same person running both Bobby accounts, so she was fighting with herself and somehow, that made it even weirder and funnier to me. She told me she got bored so she spiced it up 🤣🤣🤣.

Thank you for the ask, @longbobmckenzie!

2, 4, 9 and 19 for the positivity ask game

2. What character did you start liking because of someone else?

Yas or Rafi from S3. I found Yas dull and Rafi dumb, but @throughthejunobush spent a lot of time convincing me to give them a chance and while I didn't finish either of their routes, I did really end up loving both characters. Yas is so chill and Rafi is the sweetest little dummy. It helps that she wrote them as wonderful people in Shiny Demon.

4. What inspires you to create in the fandom?

I love feedback, it fuels me. But I actually think it's mostly collaborating with other writers. Talking about ideas. Fleshing them out. Reading each others' work. I've said it before, but the only reason I'm still in the fandom is because of @throughthejunobush. For me, the act of creating is better when you have a partner in crime to bounce off of. It keeps things exciting and fun.

9. What WIP from another creator are you most excited about?

AMELIA CAN'T WIN by @longbobmckenzie. I NEED MORE OF IT. ALL OF IT. RIGHT NOW.

19. Your favourite fanwork of an underrated character?

Fight for It by @queen-of-boops WEREWOLF ARJUN. I just love Arjun. And werewolves. And werewolf Arjun. Also, another great one is Mind Games by @becangle. It's a Felix story that broke my heart and definitely inspired my version of him in This Momentary Blue.

Thank you @thatwheelchairchick for the asks!

2, 3, and 12 for the ask game please!

2. What character did you start liking because of someone else? I answered this one here!

3. What do you love about fanworks in the fandom?

The wealth and breadth of talent. It's amazing how so many people can read the same character's actions and get completely different stories out of them. Fluff and angst and death and life and crazy geese leading you to your soul mate. Also I love the collaboration that goes into stories. The questions in the Discord that turn into meme-level conversations that somehow turn into fantastic fics. It's amazing.

12. What's your favourite fanwork of yours?

Of my own? It shifts around a lot. For sheer prettiness I love This Momentary Blue. But if I'm being 100% honest, it's The Bad Guy. I gave Lucas an unusual history that required some research (my favorite), but also, just everything about that story makes me laugh. It's vile, it's amoral, the sex is filthy, and the characters are irredeemable assholes. I have a great love of writing horrid people but because I generally write love stories, I don't get a chance to write complete wastelands of humanity. So that one is fun.

Thanks @queen-of-boops for the ask!

1, 2, 19 please beautiful!

What are some fics you go back and read over and over?

Ooooh, hmmm. I mostly read shortfics so most of these are oneshots, but they all live rent free in my head. I have a ton of them.

Meet You There by @throughthejunobush

Fight for It by @queen-of-boops

Finn-esse by @i-boop-you

Wishful Drinking by @lucas-koh

Noah's Game by @silentscreaming

Men of Particular Interests by @mrsbsmooth

You Can(not) Write by @bypine

Dead Men Tell No Tales by @longbobmckenzie

Here by These Promises

A Pina Colada to Numb the Pain by @kittidot

The Devil is a Gentleman by These Promises

Words Few and Far Between by @willkimura, ugh the red spider lily lives rent free in my head. I'm obsessed with Hanahaki and there's just not enough of it in LITG fandom (this might be the only one). Lucky for us, it's gorgeous and hurty, exactly the way deathly longing should be.

There are tons more, mostly by Lauren which are gone, but never forgotten, because they live in my head forever.

2. What character did you start liking because of someone else?

I answered this one here!

19. Your favourite fanwork of an underrated character?

I answered this one here!

Thank you @mrsbsmooth for the ask, my love!

5, 6 and 11 for the positivity ask game 😘

5. What is a song you associate with a specific character?

Oooh, that's interesting. I listen to songs on repeat while I write, so oftentimes the song is more tied to my personal interpretation of the character than to the canon one. So I guess I'd say Maybe by Lewis Capaldi for Bobby. It's about fear and self-destruction and perfectly captures Bobby in TSIME.

A thousand times, I said too much Always second-guess before I jump I gave my all, but not enough And with the weight of expectation, I'll be sleeping rough

How come I'm the only one who ever seems to get in my way? Lately, I've been fucking up a good thing any chance I can get

6. What is your favourite part about being in this fandom?

The people. They are smart, funny, talented, quirky, fascinating and altogether lovely humans.

11. What's something that lives in your brain rent-free and you want everyone to know about the fandom/game/your fanworks?

I don't really know how to answer this one. I've pondered for far too many days. So I'm gonna say the first thing that rolls into my pea-brain.

WE HAZ GUD SMUTZ.

I'm pretty much the next Shakespeare.

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Sorry for posting so late to the game (literally). These answers take me forever. I put way too much thought into almost everything, and tag games are no different!

Thank you @operationnope for the ask. You light up my life in a very literal sense 😆

11, 14 & 17, pretty please 💜

11. What's something that lives in your brain rent-free and you want everyone to know about the fandom/game/your fanworks?

I answered this one here!

14. What's your favourite universally-accepted headcanon about a character?

That Bobby would happily asphyxiate with a woman riding his face.

17. Your favourite fandom meme?

Hmmm. There are so many. I'm just gonna give you a bunch of them. The following are all from @mrsbsmooth

This one from Suzi actually works as anti-depressant. When I have a bad day, I go look at grumpy Henny wearing a head scarf in a sidecar, and I feel better.

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I believe this one is by @theshadeelephant

Carl sobbing on the board makes my day.

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I have absolutely no idea who made these ones or how to tag them:

*** BUT LASTLY, my fav thing that ever came from the fandom is below. I cannot link the person who made it any longer, but it makes me cry-laugh every. single. time. I'm never ready. I've seen it 100 times and I'm NEVER ready for Bobby😂😂😂 ORDA!

Thank you so much for the ask @sophiebernadotte. Sorry it took me so long to respond 😆

Are there any new fics you plan on working on in 2024?

Hiiiii!

At this time, there is not. I have an Alex short fic idea blooming that I'm not sure will come to fruition. That's it. I do have two short fics that are mostly written that I'd like to get out of my hair but I'm not really sure I'll have time. My only major plans are to finish TSIME (I'm working on the chapter right now) and to finish TSS (I'm moping because I don't want to write the boys dancing). But as of right now, I'm not really committed to even playing the next season so my enthusiasm is pretty non-existent. I need to focus on writing I can publish sadly, because being an adult is stupid.

Thank you for the ask!

you're a truly talented writer

Ahhhh, thank you so much 🥺💖 I'm having a crisis with my writing right now, so that means a lot. Thank you, anon!

heyyy hope ur all good !! how many chapters are left for tsime ?

Heyyy, I'm doing alright. There is one loonnnnng chapter or two shorter ones left, depending on how I want to do it. I'll probably break it up, but I won't post till I have the whole thing done. I've been working on it pretty steadily for the last two weeks, so it's coming. I hope by the end of January, but def by the end of February I should be putting that fic to bed.

Thank you for the ask!