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Digital circus' biggest problem is that it was written to be a niche show aimed at weird analytical queers with actual media literacy and it accidentally blew tf up and hit the mainstream and a bunch of people who have never had a second thought about anything got into it
Digital circus: hey let's discuss existentialism, what makes someone human, how to cope with loss and regret, and the hedgehog's dilemma. you've all read I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, right?
I'm taking time to relax from my animation job by animating. Really really loved In stars and time Siffrin is an incredibly compelling little gremlin! Their breathing gets brought up so much that yknow, this just popped into my head and refused to leave
Loop's mood completely dips after the party meets Siffrin and the party can't figure out what's wrong with the starry companion they've been travelling with. Loop forgot how replaceable they were until a head of lightless dyed hair beneath a darkless hat showed up with a flourish of a dagger that they haven't held in quite some time
Loop accidentally snaps whatever they're holding the first time Siffrin makes a joke that makes Isabeau laugh. All these little moments that had been special to Loop, and they're not theirs, not theirs, not theirs. They're an audience member for the play of their own life, having handed the lead role to someone else to say their lines and play their part.
Loop, of course, doesn't recognize that the party loves them just as much as when they had been Siffrin.
*leaning into writing down my thoughts fanfic style* It's weird. In a life that felt too old by now to have been theirs, Loop had been one of the last people to join the party. Now they know what Mirabelle's crestfallen face looks like when the defenders won't help her. Now they know the relief, when one defender stands up for what's right. Now they know how Odile's eyes can land on both Mirabelle and Isabeau without a trace of recognition. It feels a bit like cheating. They've gone behind the curtain. They should be used to time travel, of course, it's just... different. Unlike Dormont, they hadn't been here for any of this.
Further down the line, the party is of course extremely aware of the fact that Loop has Been Through Things. It's not easy to hide. Everyone keeps trying to subtly drag them into feelings talks, even Odile, which probably says nothing good about their flimsy attempts to dismiss the others' concerns.
Oh, Odile should confide in Isabeau and Loop that she thinks Siffrin is an assassin, it would be really funny. Imagine Loop taking that in completely sober.
Loop is lucky that they hit Mirabelle of all people with the "hm, let's go with... Loop." She probably just assumed that they had gone through a recent Change (which, sorta) and hadn't picked out a name yet. Loop cannot use time looping as a reason if asked for why they chose that, and from then on, Mirabelle just introduces them to anyone else with a confident "this is Loop," so there is nothing to ask.
This has been brewing in my head for a while with quite a few ideas but I'll try to keep it short for my sake: (act 5 spoilers below)
The Loops still happen but maybe Loop doesn't loop with siffrin sooo Loop friendquest and Loop gets an act 5 part.
Loop always figures out that siffrin is looping
the friendquest is either finding out who loop is and/or "bonding" (closest thing to a break siffrin's gonna get) over information found in the loops and the loops in general (ex. home)
act 5 is siffrin laying loop out bare: telling them all about their insecurities, flaws, fears, and such then ending it by calling them siffrin instead of loop. (this collectively results in Loop getting "stunlocked" and the most siffrin-like you'll ever see them act)
Loop ends up at the favor tree due in act 5 not waiting to be near anyone and recollect their self (also an excuse to give siffrin time to storm the House before loop says anything)
Siffrin's and Loop's relationship is just beginning to turn into something good but after the loops their practically inseparable (probably after some time together after the loops and shared understanding)
And this is just a bit before to a bit after the loops and is if Loop doesn't loop with siffrin imagine what a pre cannon would be like or if Loop well looped with siffrin
My initial idea of Dormont was that Loop would be looping alongside Siffrin, but honestly I'm getting kinda attached to the idea of Loop not remembering the loops due to not being Siffrin's guide in this au. It makes it more different from canon. Loop, of course, always knows that Siffrin is looping. Every time Siffrin leaves from their nap, Loop tries to judge how far in he is based on his expression and posture. I'd like to imagine Loop sometimes does something completely different depending on the loop (being aware of a time loop can make you less predictable in one) and it perplexes Siffrin for awhile
Consider: Loop being shocked when they realize Siffrin is looping and They Aren't. Every loop. Even if they react differently to other things in the loop, they will always have to deal with that realization.
This entire post was actually supposed to be a set up for a joke about Mirabelle trying to get Loop of all people's advice on her papers since they're supposed to her helping guide. And then I got way too into the AU and had a lot to say and the joke was never made. Though I do still think she did that
Mirabelle also really really cares about Loop in this AU, I'm not sure I've articulated that enough
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final thought - breaking the pride tradition and more than likely won't make a new piece. the top one from TDOV is all i'm making this year. i have my focus on other projects currently and i don't want to force a poster design. these came from a specific head space and my current head space is Very Tired lmao so i wanna work on other things. 👍
On June 1st 2018, I told my mum that I had something to tell her. I got too nervous though, and fled to my bedroom without explaining myself. Later that night, I went to bed. Unbeknownst to me, somebody sent her Angry Birds Red x Chuck pride month yaoi while I was sleeping, which made her aware to the existence of pride month. She connected the dots between me having something to tell her, and the Angry Birds yaoi on her screen.
The next day on June 2nd 2018, I opened my bedroom door and the first thing I heard as I sleepily stepped out yawning was "so. Do you like girls? :)" as she turned her tablet around to show me Red and Chuck in a beautiful gay relationship.
Here's some of the notes, starting with the things multiple people brought up:
SHRIMP COCKTAIL:
banahbanah: #flashback to that one fic where Peter Parker frets about drinking shrimp cocktail because of the alcohol
generaldeliciousness: adding: what a prawn/shrimp cocktail is
#why is your character turning it down because they're under 21 #do you think prawn cocktail is a cocktail #this lives in my brain rent-free constantly #the rest of the fic was so normal #and good enough that i'll still re-read it #but bro
And then many, MANY, people wondering if this was actually authour mistake, since Peter really would do this!
POMEGRANATES:
zhajhassa: #haha where's that post that was like someone describing someone eating a pomegranate but they ate it like an apple
thornhands: #once someone wrote persephone biting into a whole Pomegranate #had to stop and stare at a wall for a minute
sungsingsanguine: I once saw someone very confidently write about a character eating slices of pomegranate.
FRUIT TREES:
zagreuses-toast: #given a very endearing glimpse into a writers blindspots by seeing them describe someone sitting under a ''pineapple tree''
salatrash: I remember something about picking watermelons... OF A FUCKING TREE
baander: #cranberry trees
DOUGH/BATTER:
maycelium: #I'm a chef so I'm really used to people not accurately describing how to cook food #But I was surprisingly flabbergasted when someone was writing making a cake and was kneading it. Which uh #Not necessary for cake. It was interesting for sure but just bizarre
livebloggingmydescentintomadness: #the one that drove me nuts was when a character set aside a batch of PASTA DOUGH 'to rise' #pasta doesn't have yeast!! #it does need to REST but it will never RISE #you do not want an airy crumb on your noodles
lovesodeepandwideandwell: #THE ONE WHERE THEY MADE COOKIES BY LADLING BATTER INTO A TRAY
Some other topics:
ANIMALS:
catenarwhal: #mandatory 'how cows produce milk' mention#i'll never recover from that one I fear
piromantic: #one time i saw someone fake their way through describing how spiders behave
pluto-lichen: horses
misskittypotter: #stardew valley faking its way through what fresh fish smell like
pa-pa-plasma: #saw someone faking their way through knowing what a seal is once #i still am fucked up over that one to this day. they just straight up did not know #& they were NOT good at guessing it either like it was clear they had never googled that animal ever #& was only just now realizing via answering questions from anons that seals are not!! what they assumed. initially
SEX:
dykevandyke: #what a prostate is #and where it is located #as in. external.
dreamyeyedrose: #I remember back in the ff.net days reading an Ichigo/Renji fic where the writer assumed the penises go inside each other #and I was like “I mean I don't know how it works for sure I don't have one but idk if that's how it works”
SOME OTHER FOOD STUFF:
thetrekkiehasthephonebox: #add another one to the list bloggers#this character is cooking a salad
shosta: #still baffled about the published work that didn't know food could freeze
sun-dari: #once i read a fic where the author didn't understand cinnamon
alto-tenure: #read something recently where the author was just. blatantly wrong about spices
dramatic-dolphin: #i saw someone try to fake their way through what ramen is once. like 14 years ago.#but i remember.#i was very confused about ramen for a few months. they were writing it so authoritatively.
the-celery-stalks-at-midnight: #i will never ever forget someone putting leftover fries in the microwave to reheat them and setting the timer for five minutes
typeghost: #this sparked a memory of a hannibal fic where the author had to fake their way through writing about gravy
draculin: #the one fanfic where the author knows about coffee only as a concept wrote a character as a coffee drinker#was very interesting#I don't remember the fandom or the plot but I was mesmerized by the coffee actions and choices
11235811235811: #there's a lot of faking their way thru congee in the svsss fandom i'll also note
fishali3n: #read one where the person clearly didnt know what tofu is
emmy-everafter: #in the aftermath of shadow and bone s2 i saw a lot of people pretending to know what stroopwafels are #babes they are more like cookies than breakfast waffles #like yes there is a waffle pattern but you're not gonna cut into a stack of them with syrup and sugar#🤣🤣🤣
NON-FOOD STUFF:
red-umbrella-811: Shoutout to Dame Agatha Christie for faking her way through what a wrench is in a very popular published work.
bluebeetle: #once saw someone have a character put an entire phone book in their pocket
nonametis: #- sex talk in languages other than english #<- or just the petnames in a different language other than English
sadisticpony: #the fanfiction i saw this week where op DIDNT KNOW HOW AUTOMATIC DOORS WORKED #and that they arent in peoples homes!!! of course. also opening the automatic door for someone is unironically very funny but its not #its not like. grabbing the door handle to let someone in. helpppp
danmeichael: #reminds me of the fic with the figure drawing class where the character started with the feet. #i love you feet first figure drawing author
meowmix1100blr: #me watching this one fic absolutely obliterate what the board of directors does
vexedhexes: #one time i read an architect character making a doorway bigger by building a bigger door #what a beautiful world. #OH. also gravity falls fic where they go 'oh piedmont is in california so its warm all year round'
leveragehunters: #characters going to a beer garden #And it's literally a garden outside the pub#It was a very cute mistake
fitofpique: #yes! #grown men do not get blind drunk off two beers #but i am possibly guilty of the hypothermia one #assuming it does not make you very horny?
dadvans-likes: #always thinking abt the soup kitchen fic #the entire setting of the fic was 'soup kitchen' #and i very quickly realized #the author did not know what a soup kitchen was #and they thought that soup kitchens only served soup #fic
msmargaretmurry: #i love fanfiction #once read a fic where the characters played 20 questions #but the author seemed to not know how to play 20 questions and was just kind of winging it........ #immaculate
shakespeareaddict: #Look I know not all of us are hockey experts #But it takes about ten seconds of research or any attention paid to the show to realize #That the Stanley cup playoffs are not in fucking September
baejax-the-great: #the funniest one i saw #was someone faking what church is like #like 1. they really didn't have to write an entire church experience for their fic #and 2. they had clearly never even watched a show where people went to church #it was bonkers weird
twosunson: #things ive seen authors faking #knowing how to unclog a drain #knowing. literally any history #knowing what ketamine looks like (apparently- oregano) #(you know who you are)
waterhorseyblues-ao3: #beltane being celebrated in winter #wales being portrayed as a completely separated land from england (i wish) #characters getting up after weeks of bedrest like that dosnt completely fuck you up
violetfairydust: #i once read a fic where the flight time from london to seattle was 3 hours
purekesseltrash: One time, in a fic set specifically in Des Moines, IA, two of the characters casually drove 20 minutes to the ocean. The memory continues to delight me. I want to know where that author thought that Iowa was.
