half agony, half hope

so I got a really nice fic comment the other day, but they used the word whimsy (which to be fair is definitely a tone goal of mine, so YAY) but I had a TAH flashback and suddenly Paul F Tompkins is yelling whiiiimsyyyy in my head

which is not a bad thing to have in one’s head, but it is a bit jarring when one did not expect it

Paul’s a bit loud after all

:D

(in less fun news, there are a few comments over the years that I kept in my ao3 inbox for easy access, and I accidentally deleted them while replying to new things today. *sad face* I mean, they’re still there on the fics, just not, you know, right where I can see them all together on the bad writing days. *sighs*)

AND NOW FOR replies!

@wellreadpigfarmer replied to your post “[12]”

asdfjklght, no, THANK YOU, you have also entirely made my day (I do love you, you are just the Nicest Ever, thank you.)

@loquaciousquark replied to your post “[12]”

OH LOOK I CAUGHT A QUARK TOOOOO. What a good. Thank you quark. <3

@syzara replied to your post “@pearwaldorf replied to your post “You know you’re in trouble when...”

SAME HERE

I can usually manage my coffee maker even with the brain dead, but I hadn’t cleaned teh filter cups last time I used it, so I thought a basic pour-over would be easier. 

Apparently not

*snorts*

so @elfyourmother has been talking about Astoria today

and I never really did my character/routes overview posts like I meant to

or even the MAY IS ME AND I AM MAY photoset because I love May Chan so much 

and maybe I should work on that?

or maybe not?

but really I have realized that I’m still upset about Cerberus?

The appeal of S1 Cerberus is adoring & adorable puppy dog eyes + BICEPS AS BIG AS YOUR HEAD 

and s4 has neither puppy eyes nor biceps

and the PRIMARY CONFLICT in almost every other s2/s3 arc is just handwaved away between season

just whatever

and it doesn’t even cause the primary conflict that matches any of the other s4 conflicts?

and like I know these sentences don’t make a lot of sense because I’m trying to avoid specific spoilers

BUT I AM APPARENTLY STILL UPSET

this is part of why I never read Gangsters: In Love. Because even in the very first chapter, when you’ve picked your route, the background from before the game is different for different characters 

and apparently I cannot handle divergent world-building for the world-state BEFORE THE GAME STARTS

afterwards, yes, I can handle the necessary conceit of all your other characters lives not falling apart without the MC to save them, despite the requirement of the MC’s help in their particular route

but the world needs to start the same, ykwim?