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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
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Prank War - Round 2
Title: Prank War (Round 2)
Fandom: Obey Me
Rating: Probably a solid PG-13 MAAYYYYBE R?
Pairings: None, but obviously Asmoâs plans are going to be rather ruined...for at least a week if I know anything about mixing patchouli with almost anything equally strong.
Warnings: Gender neutral M/C - Spoilers for a few stories perhapsâŠpranks that are commonly pulled in dorm situations, Pranks I have in most cases been a part of pulling IRL
Plot: In which M/C decides to put their knowledge of and experience with school residence living situations to stand up for Mammon against his brothersâŠor at least the ones that deserve it. And Beel is an accessory to a lot of it.
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Obey Me: Prank War (Prologue/Round 1)
Title: Prank War (Prologue / Round 1)
Fandom: Obey Me
Rating: Probably a solid PG-13 MAAYYYYBE R?
Pairings: None but a commentary is made about what the nature of Lucifer and Diavoloâs relationship is
Warnings: Gender neutral M/C - Spoilers for a few stories perhapsâŠpranks that are commonly pulled in dorm situations, Pranks I have in most cases been a part of pulling IRL
Plot: In which M/C decides to put their knowledge of and experience with school residence living situations to stand up for Mammon against his brothersâŠor at least the ones that deserve it. (Beel rarely joins in, which actually makes him the perfect accessory to a prank warâŠ)Â
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Obey Me: Prank War (Prologue/Round 1)
Title: Prank War (Prologue / Round 1)
Fandom: Obey Me
Rating: Probably a solid PG-13 MAAYYYYBE R?
Pairings: None but a commentary is made about what the nature of Lucifer and Diavoloâs relationship is
Warnings: Gender neutral M/C - Spoilers for a few stories perhaps...pranks that are commonly pulled in dorm situations, Pranks I have in most cases been a part of pulling IRL
Plot: In which M/C decides to put their knowledge of and experience with school residence living situations to stand up for Mammon against his brothers...or at least the ones that deserve it. (Beel rarely joins in, which actually makes him the perfect accessory to a prank war...)Â
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Pet Chef
Beelzebub mentions he would like a pet chef. The logistics of this are contemplated.
Truth or Dare
âTruth or Dare. This is going to be way more crazy than the earth version. Who wants to go first?â
âI will.â
âBeel, stepping up. Okay. What are you going for?â
âDare.â
âI dare you to...eat the wax candle in Luciferâs bedroom.â
âDone.â
The whole party followed the demon out of the bedroom and down the hall where Beelzebub ate a whole wax candle.
âThatâs not right Beel.â
âIt was cherry and cinnamon.â
âStill wrongâ
âBut he did it so he gets to pick who is next.â
âCan we get out of here before Lucifer shows up?â
The group hurried out of the bedroom immediately.
âOkay okay who is next.âÂ
âI will.â Asmodeus stuck his hand up from the back of the group.â
âSo um. I say âTruth or Dare right?â
âYeah.â
âTruth or dare?â
Asmodaeus thought for a moment. âTruth I guess.â
âTell us what you really think of Dana.â
âPlease donât! IâŠâ
The demon chuckled. âSheâs quite pretty for a human but awfully small.â
Dana laughed. âIâm okay with this.â
âAw we all know you love Beel.â
âLies, sheâs GAY.â
âIâm bi and I love Beel. And itâs not even my turn. And for that I get to play next.â
âI guess thatâs fair. Okay who do you pick.â
âMammon. Was Lucifer right about you eating people. The truth now,thatâs the game.â
âYes.â
âWere you going to eat Me?â
â...no.â
âI didnât think so.â
âMaybe.â
âI still didnât think soâ
The Cure All
âOkay Iâm not going to be stupid about this. I promise. But can I try this one thing if I have the cure all?â
âOh I bet itâs human. You want to try human!â
âNO! Uh...Well no. Maybe if I knew I was going to - NO. No human.â
Mammon snickered. âItâs really not that bad.â
âI donât think youâve ACTUALLY ever eaten a person Mammon. You just say you do to sound big.â
âEh, wellâŠâ Beelzebub looked uncomfortable. âThatâsâŠâ
âOkay letâs just ignore it. I want to eat shellfish. I want to eat the hell version of lobster. Please I am allergic...but if Luke can make me food that counters the effects Iâd like to try it. Iâll take one bite and then eat a bite of the cure!â
âYou should be able to do that. Actually here.â
Satan gave Dana a bright smile. âYour punishment isnât gluttony. You were only sick because you canât digest our food. As long as you stick to human food or Celestial food you should be okay. Youâll find here you can have lobsters or shrimp or whatever you like if theyâre from the human world.â
âUmâŠwhat do you mean that my punishment isnât gluttony. Because thatâs worrying me a good deal more.â
âI think weâll be good friends. The best.â
âDonât scare her Satan. After all she loves food. Whose to say I donât get her.â
âUm...so okay. I can be angry if it means I get to try lobster.â
Based on my dislike of marble cheese
Beel, when humans want to be bad about their diet they eat...chocolate. And marble cheese. And BEER.â
âMarble cheese is something you consider not good to eat?â
âUm...I suppose so, This is where youâre going with it? Not the beer?â
âYou donât like chocolate. I know you like beer because you stole mine and lied about it.â
âI didnât âstealâ it, I told you I was going to---well never mind. Lying and stealing is like Demon 101 anyway. But okay no, I donât like marble cheese. When I can have medium cheddar why would I ever want that crap? Itâs...kind of flavourless.â
âFood is food.â
ââFood is not just food. My dear sweet Beel. Youâre going to be a foodie yet.â
âDoesnât eating automatically make me one?â
âWhat? NO! Look Okay. Itâs like...white bread. No one eats white bread.â
âYes they do. Humans eat white bread.â
âBut itâs...rubbery Okay no one eats it unless they have to. I mean...okay when I was poor i ate it but now I have some incomeâŠâ
âWell what about the packet ramen?â
âPacket ramen is delicious. Mango curry cup noodles are the best.ââ
âYou are only slightly wrong Actually itâs spicy curry..â
âPacket ramen is not on the same level as marble cheese. And from someone who likes cheeseburgers you just shhh. Shh. Hard.â
âI have an idea.â
âAnd does that idea involve me making you food?â
âYep. There are apples and cinnamon in the fridge. I hear humans enjoy that combination.â
âEh, sure Iâll make you an apple pie.â
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Gyftmas Greetings
My @undertalesecretsanta 2019 present for my recipient @mezzosesu! They were looking for WLW and some of the more obscure characters not in the main cast.Â
Rating: PG
Warnings: A kiss and some implied less pleasant (but left to the imagination) family splits.
Characters/Pairings: Grillby, Fuku Fire/Skateboard Girl with cameos by Sans, Papyrus, Alphys and Asgore.
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Multi-reader Fic Preview pt3
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/18246923/chapters/45618961#workskin
From the old undertaleprompts tumblr with a prompt of - instead of a reverse harem with all the versions of Sans from alternate universes, all the alternate universe readers show up and they all want to jump Sans.
In which you remember back to the circumstances that lead you to dating Papyrus in the first place and you get dragged back to reality.Â
I was thinking about why I prefer to read manga over American comics (as in, monthly serialized comics) and, putting aside opinions about the âqualityâ of either medium, I think the reason why is because I have absolutely no idea how American comics work.
Say youâre a complete noob to manga. You donât know shit about it. But that One Piece thing you saw on TV looks really cool and you want to read it. Where do you start? Volume 1 and go from there.Â
But imagine the same situation but with comics. You just saw the new Spiderman movie and now you got a craving for more like it. Where do you begin? Well, no one knows because thereâs been 901823434^34 different iterations of the character for decades.
With manga, thereâs usually one guy (and maybe a team of artists under them to help) working on it. Even if it goes on for years or may switch leads, thereâs usually some âconsistencyâ to keep everything in check. With American comics on the other hand, itâs the complete opposite: you have multiple different writers and artists, each contributing their own take on the character: alternate timelines, alternate motifs, etc etc. Itâs all a big clusterfuck to me and I have no idea how anyone can keep track of it all.
i wanna read spiderman, where do i start?
âwell, youâll have to choose one of the major points in the series to start at and then switch between different iterations depending on what kind of tone youâre looking forâ
i wanna read jojo, where do i start?
âvolume 1â
âI want to read X-Men and Wolverine, where do I start?â
I very much agree. I think itâs kind of the reason that I get so frustrated with the sheer amount and frequency of reboots of franchises. A goofier or a grittier reboot 4-5 years later or something that takes Into consideration shifting technology to modernize the plot is great. But coming off the direct tail end of the last title just because it was successful and not giving any room to digest and move on is what puts people off a series. Especially if the original is well received
So thereâs still a critical difference between a beta read and a critique (Iâm not going to get into critiques rn), but I maintain that the best way to do both is to focus on what your personal experience with their work was.
Iâm aware this sounds like me advising people to be selfish, and Iâm best at explaining by illustrating, so have a story.
Last semester, I went through a round of critiques for a creative writing classâmeaning I got nine written critiques and a twenty-five minute critique session from the same group. Overall, it was a great experience⊠But the thing is, this was an entry-level class. I am not a new writer. I got back seven papers basically saying ââhereâs what I liked idk it was all p goodâ and two saying âIâm :) just not your audience.â They werenât exactly helpful. It was when we got to the actual verbal critique and we started talking about the piece that suddenly I started seeing massive, staring-right-at-you flawsâŠ. and they werenât anything my readers would have thought of as flaws. If it hadnât come up in casual conversation, I never would have realized Iâd made a mistake.
See, I asked them during the course of that session if they found my characters interesting or likeable. Mostly it was shrug ânahâ or âyeah dude,â but one girl, who really didnât want to give any negative feedback, said, âitâs not you. Your story was really amazing, but that character just reminded me of my brother, and heâs in jail for a good reason. Itâs really just me.â
It wasnât just her. I shrugged it off at first, because yeah, Iâve disliked characters for purely personal reasons too. It happens. But then I was doing my revision and came across a scene that matched startlingly well with what sheâd saidâessentially comparing my character to a real-life delinquent. This character was supposed to be trying to be passive through an argument because he doesnât like unnecessary confrontation and instead he was just straight-up vindictive. And nobody thought that was a mistake. They all just thought my extreme pacifist OC was just supposed to be a horrible person! If this had been published, thatâs what my actual viewers would think. Iâd be regretting it for years. This, first and foremost, is why writers ask for betas.
So what I need to know from my beta readers isnât where precisely I need to insert extra descriptions or edit odd dialogue. I need my betas to tell me what they think is happening in the story, what they perceived, what their personal experience was in the goods bads and neutrals. Because seriously, if my betas arenât seeing things how I want them to, thatâs where I need to do the most important work. I can dot my âiâs later.
This is a good point. I think thereâs misunderstandings on both sides about what beta reading is or is supposed to be. Thereâs readers who only look at spellings and grammar and then thereâs others who look at the overall pacing and how the characters feel. And these things clash when both sides go into the reading with different expectations.
A writer, who only wants to have their sentences checked for weirdness, wonât appreciate a beta reader who tells them that one character is boring or acting inconsistent. And the other way around is also frustrating.Â
Iâve come to think about the more in depth beta reading rather as a from of editing. Maybe it should be beta editing? I donât know but there should be a different expression for me reading a story over for structure, character development, and pacing and finding where the core of the story gets lost, instead of looking it over for using âsiteâ instead of âsightâ.Â
Beta reading: Personal experience and perceptions as a reader
Critique: What can you work on, probably from a fellow writer.
Editor/Proofreader: the one nitpicking about words chosen, syntax, pacing.
Mostly all writers are readers, just, when you read a work youâre supposed to be beta reading, put your âreader/first fanâ hat on. React to the characters and situations.
When they start asking how you percieved that, maybe thatâs when the discussion turns into the effect of certain sentences.
I really liked the discussion on the distinction tho.
And then thereâs us weird creatures, the developmental editors who will shake your manuscript upside down to find whatever comes loose and hasnât been nailed down, and essentially do what many people think of as beta reading, but arenât aware of cause they think all editors do is fuss over grammar, or for some weird reason, think beta readers only exist in fandom.
The difference between critiquing and beta is spot on though, the number of times people say they want a critique from me, what they actually mean is they want me to beta read and for me tell them what jumps out at me as a reader, and not y'know just looking for surface flaws.
Or vice versa, they hire me to do a full shakedown of the manuscript and then get defensive when I point out weak spots.
I actually had a client recently who, even though I explained my different services and what I do at each level, for some reason thought the higher tier price for dev work was like, gourmet editing, and the more she paid the less grammar mistakes Iâd leave in the manuscript??? It was a strange interaction lol
Thiiiiis all of this.
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In which instead of the usual reverse harem with one reader and many AU versions of Sans, the readerâs very straight doppelgĂ€ngers show up. On the one hand, they all want to bang sans. On the other, why do all the alternates make you feel like the odd one out?
why is âolde vampires in high schoolâ the big thing and not âolde vampires in collegeâ
everyone in college is eccentric. everyone
you wanna wear full on Victorian suit? the girl in pajamas who clearly hasnât slept in three days supports you
everyone is too preoccupied to care as long as youâre polite and follow class etiquette
multiple high school diplomas? eh. same stuff. multiple BAs? Enjoy learning chemistry AND art history! All in detail!
wandering around campus at 3am? thatâs just the lifestyle tm
no matter how old or young you look itâs not really that weird, thereâs sixteen year olds and sixty year olds doing BAs somewhere
big schools are very anonymous so nobodyâs gonna bother to hassle you
the girl in pyjamas is the vampire
Also:
If u put ur blood in a water bottle ppl will assume itâs juice and be Jealous
âOh god Iâm a monsterâ 20 students who r all procrastinating big projects say âsameâ simultaniousely and with the exact same tone
Everything is a joke so if u say âI subsist on the lifeblood of mankindâ someone will go âlol what a moodâ
It would take u like 100 years to major in everything
Seen sucking the blood of a fellow classmate and u r instantly the campus Cryptid and Mascot
Listen. If u have an ethical dilemma go find a philosophy major that believes in ethical subjectivism and theyâll make u so angry u forget abt whatever the fuck was bothering u
College is the only acceptable place to get into fistfights over classical literature
Literally all u need to do to avoid suspicion is be the guy that always has gum and a stapler
If u have a majestic mustache ppl will just assume ur an English major
Allergic to crosses? Cool. So r certain stem majors.
#there literally was a guy who bit someoneâs neck at my university #in my last year#everyone was just like âCAMPUS CRYPTIDâ
also everybody is either always eating or never eating so not eating isnât that weird
No one will question why the hell you do all your work in the library between the hours of 9 to 4 am on a Friday night if youâre a grad student.
âThat was a good seminar wasnât it? Good observation there on the Hiromi Goto novel. I actually talk about âA Chorus of Mushroomsâ in my latest paper and I touch on exactly that point. You didnât read it somewhere else did you--?â
Devon Brown let out a sigh of relief he hadnât even realized heâd been holding as he smiled at the teachersâ assistant for his EN345 seminar. âUh, no. And thanks.â he paused. Â âIâm actually glad you said something, actually. âCause yâknow, everyone TOLD me this could happen, I was good in English in highschool and all, right? But itâs only fair that lots of people who were accepted were top of their classâ
âSure.â
âAnd I know that lots of these people are ALSO really good, but man I just canât compare to whatsrname? Cori? I mean Iâm trying to learn and not be jealous but she seems to know more than every---â Devon cut himself off before he could imply that he didnât think his instructor was as good as well.
Luckily the teachersâ assistant laughed. âOh. Yeah, well youâre doing fine Devon. That one I wouldnât take too personally. Theyâre just a vampire.â
âExcuse. Me?â
âVampire.â
âAs in âI vant to suckâŠ?â Devon was now a hundred percent sure he had not heard correctly.
âWell obviously not the silly accent but more or less. Here. Come this way.â
Still not entirely sure heâd heard correctly, Devon followed the graduate student down a hallway. A few photographs of old students, back when the university had been small enough to take class photos.
âUm, ah. ThereâŠ.annnnndâŠ.â their finger hovered over a picture before jabbing at another face in the crowd. âThere.â
The dates read 1931 and 1965 respectively yet both were an obvious photograph of his fellow student, even with the clear attempt to disguise their gender in the earliest photo. This was also in the business building, where Devonâs TA had the room that housed their (evening!) seminar.
âSo...theyâre a vampire...and they have business degrees? And English degrees? And um, I guess other degrees?â
A nod of confirmation
âOkay, but why not...move on? Become a billionaire? OH! Is it because of the sunlight thing? Stake to the heart being a pretty devastating âhostile takeoverâ?â
âWell...maybe theyâre already a billionaire, but I heard that theyâve waived the tuition fee by now since well...the universityâs got a real reputation for history and the humanities and stuff right?â
âMmm. Yeah, thatâs why I picked it.â Devon confirmed. âI was hoping to get in here.â
âYeah well, when the vampire who has lived through all this stuff says it happened that way then it probably has happened that way...and um, you know, the University definitely doesnât want to piss them off and inadvertently send them off to some other institution. An immortal academic isnât a customer you want to lose.â
âSo youâre saying I shouldâŠâ
âOh definitely learn from them.â
âWow. Geez. This is a lot to take in. But I guess thatâs fair. Learn from the people around you, donât be jealous of them?â
âSomething like that, yes. Always a good high road to take.â
Devon nodded sagely along with the affirmation of his new life lesson. âWait. How did you know all this if no one else do--â
His TA had mysteriously vanished and Devon was suddenly sure that the strange mist in the room was not brought on by the chilly winter temperatures getting inside through a nearby open window.
I managed to beat down a long bout of depression because I thought the prompt of a self-insert with the multi-timeline people being a bunch of versions of myself who all wanted Sans was funny. I may do more with it later, but itâs something - the first thing Iâve written in months.Â
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