Techigate LLC, ArtistifyStudio, Pakistani scammers, and the massive web of fake accounts made to convince you to pay for "art".
Those scammers leaving comments on your fic saying they'll make art for it if you contact them? Yeah, they're Pakistani, based in Sindh, and they host at least two websites they use to try and trick you.
I reached out to a comment scammer so you don't have to. (Part 3)
Part 1 | Part 2 |
So what do we know?
Stellawilliam46 commented on Time Warp.
While Stellawilliam46 does not have any AO3 works, they did previously have a very similar DeviantArt profile under the name Stellawilliams146. This account is now deactivated, but they previously uploaded work stolen from nadavace.
The selira_vale01 Instagram has two images, both have comments from other users informing us that this user is a scammer. This handle has also been used across FFN, and has previously been flagged as being a scammer on the forums over there.
I contacted angeladraws10 on Discord. They then sent me to artistifystation.com, which hosts their "portfolio". I forwarded this to the appropriate Reddit subreddit, and while it did not get much attention, a fellow redditor agrees that by some slim chance it's not AI, it's exuberantly overpriced for the quality.
Angela shared four pieces with me. Two of them came back with exact matches through Google Lens--the profiles marialouise125 and eloisenova0259 both previously uploaded one of the images Angela shared with me, and both have deactivated DeviantArt accounts. Another image they shared was also uploaded by two other deactivated DeviantArt accounts, christinewilson1 and christine-wilson77.
They then shared their website with me, artistifystation.com. Here, the art they shared appears to have been "created" by juliasimon77. Following this username across the internet found me landing at RoyalRoad (juliasimon), DeviantArt (juliasimon57), Scribble Hub (juliasimon77), Web Novel (Juliasimon) and Wattpad (Luciaquinn234). Side note, looking up the Luciaquinn handles also led me down a rabbit hole that ended up at OnlyFans, so there's a chance there's a scam being run there, too. If that's the case, then I'm glad there's some kind of scamming gender equality.
I then stumbled on X, where they appear to be silentsage_77. Now, I don't have an Xwitter account because I think it's an awful platform, but according to Google, they have posted art there too, all which appear to have been taken from other sources.
The other username listed on the website is Ousam8182. At this point, I'm running out of steam to go hunting for usernames associated with this account, but here's what Google AI had to say:
All the while, the other DeviantArt account where I found The Image is called angeladraws29.
Are you exhausted? I'm exhausted. That's about 16 different accounts, all with ties back to Angela. Now, I've been known to change my account name, but 16 times in a year? Yeesh. Trying to remember all those emails and passwords must be a nightmare.
This morning I had the itch to toy with Angela some more, just to see what else I might be able to pull out from them.
Pixel: Alright, I've thought on it. Please give me your payment details
Angela: Do you have Paypal?
Pixel: Wouldn't you prefer Osko?
Angela: No sorry i don't have Osko
Angela: Do you've l,Cashapp,Zelle or Venmo ?
Angela: And if you don't have any one of them so you can also pay me through an invoice method
Angela: In which you can pay through your bank credit card
Pixel: I would prefer card. Can you tell me your account details?
Angela: Can i share the invoice?
Pixel: Will it include your account details??
Angela: Yes, it’s included. Just share your email with me and I’ll create an invoice for you, so you can easily make the payment through it.
Pixel: No thank you, Please just upload it here. 🙂
Angela: Dear, I receive payments from many of my clients through invoices. Those who don’t have PayPal can easily pay via invoice it’s totally safe. I just need your email address so I can send the invoice to you. It’s an official method of payment.
So for those of you who don't know how invoices work, you don't need much other than your own account, your own ABN, and an addressee for an invoice. There is really no need for Angela to ask for my email address, it's perfectly cromulent to print a PDF of a PayPal invoice unless you're technologically illiterate.
I should also mention, it's taking a while at this point for Angela to continue messaging me. I'm waiting ages between messages now.
So I relent. I forward the false identity email I have thanks to my Surfshark.
Angela: Thanks for sharing
Angela: I will send you invoice letter
Angela: It's take's time to create an invoice
I reached out to a comment scammer so you don't have to. (Part 2)
Part 1 | Part 3
The description angeladraws27 puts on this particular image is strange, especially since they told me it was a book cover someone commissioned them to do. While I am not a commission artist, normally I would expect them to be fairly thrilled that a work was commissioned, that they'd say who it was for, or what it was for--or that you, too, can have them commission a piece.
Instead, Angela says this:
Seven figures, seven legacies standing side by side beneath a shared horizon.
This illustration explores contrast and harmony strength expressed through posture, color, and quiet confidence rather than motion. Each heroine holds her ground, distinct yet connected, framed in a moment of collective stillness before action begins.Created as a fanart study of character presence and visual rhythm, focusing on balance, expression and a clean animated aesthetic.
The art writer in me is critiquing when I really shouldn't be giving it the time of day. Why are three of them crossing their arms? Why is Harley Quinn up front? I'm not a huge DC fan, I can't identify three of these women. Why is there so much empty space up top--what's it's purpose? Why is the woman on the far right dealing with a camel toe? Wouldn't Supergirl be better served in her iconic hands-on-hips pose? Wonder Woman with her forearms crossed at the ready? Where's the whip?
I have so many questions. The only answer is "AI did it."
Angela's other work listed on their DeviantArt page have been straight up stolen.
Outnumbered, your highness has been stolen from @chohwcomic. Closet Case Catastophe is a panel from Mash Comic (and I've been unable to find this artist's details, but I've sent a message to Hiveworks and hopefully they'll get back to me?). And the most ridiculous one of all, Silver Whiskers, is the avatar of Fiverr creator Kavennah--who has been on Fiverr longer than Silver Whiskers has been up on DeviantArt. The Instagram listed on their Penana (where, you guessed it, they do the same thing), angelaaa_rosee7, uses a panel stolen from gzhelguardian (another Hiveworks piece, which I discovered only after I messaged them).
It appears this individual shed the Julia identity we discussed in part 1 and moved onto Angela in November of 2025.
Back to the chat. (I go out of my way to quote their dogshit description of The Image.)
Pixel: Created as a fanart study of character presence and visual rhythm, focusing on balance, expression and a clean animated aesthetic.
Pixel: I'm confused. This doesn't appear to be a book cover
Angela: Dear this is a book cover and this one is also uploaded on my website
Angela: Now kindly tell me are you interested in amending your story into comic ?
Pixel: I'd love to tell you, but you haven't told me if you're okay with doing a single mock up panel
Angela: Dear i can't do it for free i've done this many times and i got scammed
Angela: if you've some kinda issues so we'll start with an upfront of few dollars and rest when your 1st page is done
Angela got scammed! Yeesh. What a world!
Angela: In that way we both can built trust between us
Pixel: How much would you like
Angela: Let's start with an upfront of few dollars like $20-25
Pixel: I would really rather you only do a single panel
Angela: Firstly tell me how many pages do you want ?
Pixel: Just to start with
Pixel: And Numb Little Bug is not very long at all
Angela: I told you the price of 1 panel
Angela: so tell me how many pages do you want ?
Here's where I fucked up a little. I'm a writer--I have very little scope on the freelance artist business. In my mind, a very basic stick-figure mock-up of a panel with no detail whatsoever, just a thought of a plan, was not worth $20-$25. Please be aware, however, that yes--this is in fact standard pricing!
Commissioned artists are generally going to charge you $20 for a comic panel. This is not unusual. What's unusual is the lack of discussion. In my mind, the artist would probably be the one to determine how many pages a fic adaptation would need--I expect them to be the expert in the room. So asking me is a bit silly, right? How am I, the writing monkey, meant to know how pictures on paper include details much?
The average reader may assume I just had a stroke, but I really do feel quite inadequate when it comes to adapting pen to image.
So I say how many pages I want (because I'm a stingy bastard and would never torture an artist with my work to begin with).
Pixel: Two
Angela: Dear two ??? your story has alot of words and it would take mim 5-6 pages
Pixel: Right, but I'm just looking for a draft
Angela: I'll draw a panel not a draft in just $20
Angela: And if you like it so we'll work further
Angela: How does it sounds ?
Pixel: I'm asking for a draft because the styles on your website seem to vary a lot
Pixel: Also, out of curiosity, has any other fic author taken you up on this offer?
Angela: Yeah dear i worked with hundreds of authors becasue i'm doing this for 4-5 years
Every profile Angela has appears to have been opened in 2025. EXCEPT for their Discord handle, which appears to have been opened in 2019.
Pixel: Can I chat with the last one just as a reference?
Angela: No dear
Pixel: ??
Angela: Because it's very difficult to get a client
Pixel: So you haven't worked with other fic authors before?
Pixel: Then why did you lie to me just now?
Angela: I worked with alot of clients
Angela: But i can't share my clients with anyone
Pixel: You understand how suspicious that sounds, yes?
Angela: Yess it is but i can't
Angela: i've tried my best to built trust and even i told you about upfront to built a trust
Angela: If i still seems suspecious so i can't do anything
That's where I went to bed. The day of catastrophic fire danger had to come crawling at some point.
I reached out to a comment scammer so you don't have to (Part 1)
A new comment has been left on your work!
Oh man! That doesn't happen a lot--I wonder what they had to say!
Incredible work! The atmosphere here is so thick and the emotions feel so raw. I could actually picture the pauses and every small expression perfectlyy. Do scenes playy visually in your head when you write, or is it more about emotion for you? I’d love to discuss some creative ideas for these scenes please check my bio for my work. Discord: angeladraws10 | Instagram: selira_vale01 If you are interested so check my bio for further discussion!
If you're a fic writer (and let's be honest, if you're reading this post, you probably are) you've likely received one of these comments. This was left on Time Warp, a fic I haven't completed, but according to my AO3 data, appears to be the most popular of my works. It doesn't tend to get a lot of comments, but I get emails every few weeks about kudos. So, when scam artists make their way into my comments section, I inevitably get excited! Only to suffer the crash of "oh, nevermind."
Well, unfortunately for this scammer, I have oodles of time for the next couple of weeks. So, against the advice of everyone on the internet,
I reached out to a comic artist scammer that commented on a fic so you don't have to.
Here's what happened.
Some context: this occurred at midnight during a day considered catastrophic fire danger here in Victoria. So while I was speaking with this yahoo, please imagine lightning flashes every minute occurring out the window with wind smashing trees against fences.
I looked up selira_vale01 on Instagram and found just two images, not very representative of a portfolio.
Figuring I'm better on my home turf of Discord, I added angeladraws10. The response was immediate--they accepted and messaged me within minutes.
Angela: *wave emoji*
Angela: Hey
Angela: How are you?
Pixel: Hi! You liked my fic! Thanks very much!
Angela: Your welcome!
Figuring I'd like to see if they recognized my handle, I started immediately asking if they liked Time Warp.
Pixel: What stood out to you?
Angela: So are you interested in amending your story into comic
Pixel: I'd like to hear more about your thoughts on my fic before we talk about that
Pixel: Is there a particular character you would prefer to POV from in a comic?
Pixel: There are three protagonists, of course!
The way Time Warp works is that every chapter has a different POV switch, between Poe Dameron, Cassian Andor, and the Mandalorian.
That Angela had immediately gone straight into asking about a comic, was automatically a suspicious red flag. But the English major in me was caught on the word "amending."
This seemed strange and could be indicative of two things:
Angela was translating and "amending" was what came up instead of "making" or "adapting."
The least likely, they intend to try and have me delete the story in favour of their comic.
I find the second option extremely unlikely, given that the scam is in attempt to get money from you. I also didn't really think to clarify this when I was talking with them.
Angela: I read your story on Ao3 and when i was reading your story i was thinking that your story has so much potential and it would look amazing in comic that's why i commented on your story and secondly i don't wanna draw a specific character, I wanna amend the whole story into comic
Angela: So tell me are you up for it ?
Pixel: I get that, but there's three specific perspectives
Pixel: It'd be rather tedious to draw the same chapter three times, no?
Angela: No dear we'll draw 1 chapter at once
Angela: We don't have to do it twice or thrice
Pixel: Hmm.
Pixel: Okay.
Angela: So kindly share the link of your story so that i'll start figuring out the things
This indicates that not only did they not know who I was, but they definitely did not read Time Warp.
If you're going to make art based on a fic, one would expect you know what fic you're referring to, right? Commission artists don't go around willy-nilly to fics blasting their contact info in vague hopes someone will take them on.
Right?
Commission artists, back me up here...?
Of course, I reacted how any fic writer would in this case: hurt.
Pixel: ???
Pixel: Oh
Pixel: I'm sorry
Pixel: I assumed you liked it?
Angela: Np dear
Pixel: Normally that means you would have bookmarked it?
Angela: Yes dear i liked it but i liked and commented on 5-10 stories everyday
Pixel: It's Time Warp
Pixel: 🙂
Angela: So kindly share the link of your story or your username of Ao3 account
Out of vindictive curiosity, I handed them Numb Little Bug, a Spider-man fanfic I wrote shortly after No Way Home came out.
The response was interesting.
Angela: Tysm
Angela: Dear i commented on Numb little bug. Not this one
Pixel: Yeah that's numb little bug
Pixel: So do you have some examples of your work?
Angela: So tell me how many pages of comic do you want ?
Pixel: How many do you think it needs?
Angela: Sure just gimme a sec
Angela: It's kinda long story so for me it would take 9-10 pages of comic
Pixel: Sure. If you could do a basic draft panel to show me how you'd start, that'd be great!
Angela: Here are some of my recent commissions which i've drawn for my previous clients
I received four images. Two came back with exact match hits from Google Lens.
As you can see, neither appear to be drawn by angeladraws10 or selira_vale01, but also neither DeviantArt profile appears to be available anymore.
Angela: [...] lemme make it very clear that i'm a commission artist and i charge for my services
Pixel: Oh? So you have a price list?
Pixel: Can I see your website??
Angela: Sure
Angela: https://artistifystudio.com/
Angela: Here is my webiste
This is where the real rabbit hole begins.
First of all, holy AI, Batman! While it's plausible some work here may not be AI, but each comic and manga has that type of style I associate with GPT. According to artistifystudio, these two pages are made by the same artist:
This is a game of spot the difference. First of all, headshape between the two has drastically changed, as well as the composition of each character's nose. Hermione (I presume that's Hermione in the second image's third panel?) suddenly changes hair? The clothing style also changes significantly.
How do I know they're the same artist?
They included one of them in their examples to me.
So now we can assume that yes, this person is claiming to be the artist of at least this image.
Unfortunately, after my snooping last night, they appear to have caught on to me being incredibly suspicious by the names and have just gone out of their way to number themselves. Ergo, the artist is merely referred to now as:
Unfortunately I didn't screencap this page on my phone last night, but that's okay, because I did screencap a more significant ID later on. At the time, they had artist names listed above art examples, so having scanned through the site, I pointed out my issue:
Pixel: I'm confused
Pixel: You're not listed as one of the artists on the website
Angela: Dear i changed my username few weeks ago because there were alot of people using my name and scamming people
Angela: That's why i change my name
Pixel: What did you last work on?
Angela: Wdym by that ?
Pixel: Your last project
Pixel: Can I see it?
Angela: my last project was a book cover
Angela: Which i've drawn for a client
Angela: lemme show you
They send this:
This does not meet the typical dimensions of a book cover--comic, written, etc. It doesn't even meet the requirements of a thumbnail for a Wattpad or FFN cover.
But this image. This fucking image. Leads me down. The longest motherfucking rabbithole I have ever been in.
First of all, this thing shows up a bunch on the website, under an artist who has a different name entirely:
Doing a search, we find that juliasimon77 was on FFN.
Huh. Okay then.
They're on AO3. They have no bookmarks or works to speak of. Same with FictionPress and VGen. They're on RoyalRoad (which I'd never heard of until now), again with no content to speak of (but 36 comments--I wonder what they are!) They're also on Webnovel doing--wouldn't you guess it--the same damn thing that Angela is doing.
Okay, well clearly there may be a case of mistaken identiy--what if I reverse search the image they gave me?
Excellent! A DeviantArt profile! Finally! Let's go have a look at some of their work--
Oh boy, thanks @goose-smoothie for the tag! Gonna tag @roninreverie, @foggynitefic and @j-plash (if you're interested!)
1. Origins of your blog’s name: I like pixel art. I like flowers. Pixel Blooms. It's a thing.
2. Your ‘I’ll always order this food’: My family goes out of their way to guess what I will order at a restaurant. The choices generally are: mushroom risotto, carbonara, or battered whiting.
3. Overused emoji: 😅 --I'm generally an anxious person.
4. Current comfort movie, show, and book:
Movie: Australia's Pirates of Penzance with Jon English
Show: Star Wars Rebels
Book: The Martian by Andy Weir
5. Song on repeat: I have an entire playlist of songs I have on repeat atm.
6. Latest obsession: Outer Worlds 2!
7. Oddly specific thing that brings you joy: My baby Hugo (baby = 4 year old Great Dane/Bull Arab cross dog)
8. What smell makes you happy: I have a collection of these fine scented candles...
9. Something you loved as a kid and secretly still do: Lego. Though it's not a secret.
10. Phone wallpaper right now: Season 2 OPLA Sanji and Zoro
11. Are you an early bird or a night owl: Night owl. I hate mornings.
12. If you work, what is your profession and do you like it: I begin teaching secondary students English late January. I've enjoyed placements. I'm looking forward to having full time work and an income where I can move out!
Oof! I've never been tagged in one of these before. Thanks @goose-smoothie for the tag! Here you go @j-plash and @foggynitefic.
Reading: See also my massive wrap-up for the year. I mainly read fanfiction and emails--no in-between.
Last song: Messy by Lola Young.
Last movie: Not technically a movie, but Caddicarus' The Incredible World of Completing the Best Game of All Time. (I caught thirty minutes of Sister Act before that, though.)
Last series: The Mighty Nein! The actually-animated Mighty Nein!
Sweet or salty: Sweet. I recently got my hands on 1kg of ruby chocolate!
Coffee or tea: Iced coffee--generally mochas or caramel lattes. Not hot coffee.
Working on: No fics, unfortunately, but I have been sinking a significant amount of time into Cities Skylines on PS5.
I wanted to put together a thank you to all the fanfic writers who have gotten me through this year.
This wrap-up is me going through my history month by month to see which fics I’d visited the most (because you can be damn sure I read through them over several days, again and again).
So this is a celebration of the wide variety of fics I’ve read and/or bookmarked and/or subscribed to. Thank you to every writer on this list for keeping me entertained.
To every fanfic writer I've had the pleasure of reading the words of, and there are so many more of you than just this list of people, I want to thank you so very much of trusting your creativity to us readers. You are my rock, my joy, my comfort, and so many other supporting adjectives that I just want to give you all hugs and money for the holidays.
I started 2025 with: Eye in the Firestorm by Yukihanna
Fics I kept coming back to in 2025
January
And They Lived Happily Ever After by @ginger-floor-goblin
Critical Role (Vox Machina), rated M. Completed 2024-10-25.
DEFINITELY SPOILERS FOR C1/LoVM! Proceed with caution!
He looked into her eyes, the eyes he knew so well, and saw fear there. But he also saw the anticipation, the excitement, the joy. They sparkled, as they always did. She was studying his face carefully, her arms wrapped around his neck, anticipating a response. She smelled of flowers, of fresh air. She was warm and there and gods, he was so incredibly in love with her. Especially now.
“That is the best news I’ve ever heard,” he said softly before kissing her.
Keyleth and Vax get their happily ever after, because I said so. So there. Take that, Mercer. Apparently, this is the 1,000 Vaxleth fic on this site, so yay!
February
Pieces Still Stuck In Your Teeth by @howlsmovinglibrary
Baldur's Gate 3, rated M. Completed 2024-05-23.
“I mean it,” she said. “Don’t kill anyone, Astarion. You’ve gotten what you wanted. Seven thousand lives was enough.”
“I don’t take orders from you anymore. You just said so, yourself.”
“The moment you kill someone,” Rose replied, “is the moment I'll know that my next task is to stop you.”
“Darling,” Astarion grinned, “I would sincerely like to see you try.”
--
The Vampire Ascendent has crossed a line. Eleven years after making the biggest mistake of her life and losing the man she loved, tiefling wizard (now Archmage) Rosalie decides it’s time to put this Astarion in the ground for good. Hopefully, both her head and her heart are strong enough to see this awful task through to its end.
(A lovers-to-enemies, ‘we’re divorced and going to make it everyone else’s problem’, Vampire-Ascendent-aesthetic-but-make- it “I can STILL fix him’ fic)
March
Exposure to Sunlight by LibbyLune
One Piece, rated T. Completed 2021-01-10.
Sanji never escapes from the Vinsmokes as a child, and Zoro finds himself in the path of Germa 66 after the disaster at Sabaody.
April
From a Swell in the Ocean by @goose-smoothie
Critical Role (Vox Machina), rated M. Last updated 2025-01-23.
“Hello there,” Vex greeted as she waltzed into the cell, “I’m Captain Vex’ahlia of the Vox Machina, and we’ve just seized this vessel here for stolen property belonging to the crown of Emon. Now, seeing as we’ve found you as a prisoner on this ship, I suppose that makes you the enemy of my enemy. So I’m going to ask this once; to us, are you friend or foe?”
May
Utilities Included by @strawhattery
One Piece, rated E. Completed 2024-04-19.
Mold in the shower, burns on the carpet, and nothing but hot sauce and pickles in the kitchen. Sanji doesn't know it yet, but the apartment he's moving into—and the alpha he's sharing it with—will change his life.
June
Burning Man by @neonglaceon-main
One Piece, rated M. Completed 2023-01-22.
“You’re lucky, Zoro,” she had spat, eyes turned up towards the sky, like she was trying to hold in tears. He'd never seen Kuina cry before. He’d never seen any expression on her face other than her teeth gritted in determination or her grinning in victory. “I want to be the greatest swordsman too. But girls grow up, and their bodies become weaker than men's. I’m never going to be the greatest.”
Kuina tells him this, and Zoro can barely comprehend the words she’s saying. He thinks of the countless hours he’s spent training by the river bed, the green locks of his hair left on the floor after Koushirou helped him shear it all off, of the people he thought of as family a lifetime ago calling him by a name he despised. Zoro puts a hand to his chest, where he’d hastily wrapped bandages earlier that day, remembering how his body had begun changing and he didn’t understand why-
“You’re lucky to have been born a man, Zoro,” Kuina finishes lamely.
Zoro sees red.
July
One Time Thing by @naromoreau & @summerofspock
One Piece, rated E. Last updated 2025-10-26.
Sharing heats and ruts is nothing but convenience for Zoro and Sanji. Two times a year they fuck like animals and then go their separate ways. Even if separate ways is just down the hall. It works for them. That's what they tell themselves anyway.
Then a poorly timed heat makes a mess of everything.
August
Mask by Hailfire_73
Marvel Cinematic Universe, rated T. Completed 2018-11-14.
The Avengers find an orphaned Peter Parker at an Osborn research facility, and after they help each other escape, Tony thinks it's probably a good idea to take him home and have him go undercover as his son to expose Norman and link him to his crimes.
September
drop them bones by @foggynitefic
One Piece (Live Action), rated T. Last updated 2025-09-05.
To get to the Grand Line and leave the East Blue, they have to pass through Loguetown. But that means they have to get to Loguetown first.
Or, Sanji starts finding his place with his new crew.
October
Wait, What?! by @chaoticdumbassrogue
Star Wars Rebels, rated G. Completed 2022-06-18.
Kanan was dead, then he wasn’t.
Hera was dying, then she woke up.
Zeb went to bed while visiting his grandkids, and woke up alone.
Sabine had an accident in Wild Space, now she’s home.
Ezra was lost in Wild Space, now he’s back with his parents.
So how did they wake up in the Clone Wars?
November
Baby Mine by @freshie-owo
One Piece, rated T. Last updated 2025-11-17.
In the dead of night, a teenage boy and a baby show up at the Baratie.
I'm finishing the year with
I Care About You - Invisimech drabbles ( + larger overarching narrative) by cargonomics
sharpen and turn by StarryCleric
Here with me by ArbuscularMycorrhizal
Champion Bound (series) by EchoingArias
Fics saved in 2025 (my notes in bookmarks)
The Arrangement by @goddessofroyalty - The one where Sanji and Zoro might as well use each other to solve their urges.
remedy and relaxation by @ivelostmyspectacles - The one where Orym helps Ashton with period pain.
Something in the Water by pieces_of_ate - The one where Zoro and Sanji have a really bad day involving a fall into some cave water and also an old man with a fictional grudge.
The Fourth Ring by @vamillepudding - The one where Astarion escapes Cazador and meets Gale's mum. And then Gale. And then Gale and Astarion fix each other.
Toska by @bigrhet - The one where Astarion and Cassius (Warlock!Tav) go through the motions of BG3… and also Cassius' own horrid history motions back.
The World You've Grown by Nightwinging_It - The one where Tim's kidnapped/rescued by the BL2 team, and he's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.
To Ashes by Nightwinging_it - The one where Tim and Gaige hate having to tell people they're trying to kick Aurelia's ass.
The Courage or the Fall by @rowyndodendron - The one where Caleb would rather freeze than show his scars. Molly convinces him not to freeze instead.
Husband and Wife Reunion by MorganNerdzKvM - The one where Liu Kang and Kitana don't quite have the happily ever after, but it's pretty damn close.
How to Save a Life by anthea_tesdinic - The one where Sanji and Zoro are cold. And they know how to fix that.
Learning to Listen by @fivedayslater - The one where Sanji's time on the rock may have made Zoro assume his soul-mate was dead.
First Breath of Air by Hazel_Athena - The one where Sanji is rescued from Germa as an adult.
To You, Formerly Me by @trixree - The one where Sanji has to forgive himself.
Bite the Hand by @blasphemlm - The one where Sanji recovers from torture and discovers there's some missing memories.
Retrograde by Hazel_Athena - The one where Sanji has amnesia and Zoro suffers a bit.
moonlighters by evils - The one where Sanji joins Zoro's two years.
The New Avengers: Are They Real People? by BB Urich by hellsbells1109 - The one where the New Avengers are on a group chat.
Just Do The Thing by @sugarskies - The one where Bob does the dishes.
A Marriage of Convenience by @conceptstage - The one where Caleb goes to "marry" Beau all for a book, but Beau uses this circumstance to escape from her abusive parents.
Deep in the Lungs by gremlinbehaviour - The one where Azune has a plant growing in his lungs, Teor is restless, and Hal is a dad.
Experimental Trial 1C: Stimulation of Blood Flow via Alternative Method by decayed - The one where Occtis determines just how impactful not having blood flow is.
To The Victor Belongs the Spoils by @ironicveghead - The one where Sanji is a prize to be won in a tournament of strength. Zoro wins.
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I end 2025 having experienced incredible lows and upcoming amazing highs. I finished my Masters degree, I start teaching high schoolers English next year(!!) and finally feel like life is on track. These stories? Each of these stories, and the ones that haven't been mentioned, have kept me going.
From the bottom of my heart, I give thanks to each and every one of you. I wish you a fantastic 2026. <3
I am in my late 20s and only just learnt that spontaneous human combustion (as in people just exploding) is actually a myth. like i clearly learnt about it when i was like 8 or something and filed it away and only NOW that it came up in conversation did i start questioning it---cause that sounds like bullshit, and it is bullshit---but funny how young you will file information away and if you never access it, it'll just sit there, untouched
If you think that's bonkers, here's where my brain went upon reading your post:
Thinking on it now, spontaneous human combustion really is not possible simply from a definition standpoint now that I think about it. Ignoring the impossibility of the spontaneity, combustion is effectively ignition from heat, not just "thing explode". My first thought went to comparison to implosions (such as one that may have impacted the Titanic's latest victims) but yeah, even then.
Now, you may have picked up my mistake, but I had to go back and double check the meaning of combustion. Upon which I realised that this entire time, I'd mistaken "combustion" for "explosion".
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I am also in my late twenties, and I have a writing degree, and a masters of teaching.
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