POV: you're jeremy and you're about to rapbattle your brainwashed boyfriend michael after he inhaled a bunch of nanobots
back at it again with the yearly redraw of a piece i did in 2022! This is based off the fic The Nerd Who Didn't Like Musicals by TheWritingDork and what_in_the and despite all its flaws i still adore it
See below the cut for previous redraws and a transparent/no effects ver.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapter 37 is up! :)
Title: Lately
Summary: For the first time ever, Jeremy felt excited about his future
For the first time ever, Michael didn’t.
Michael didn’t know what to do. Michael panicked. And the summer before senior year, Michael transferred schools.
But, it’s been five years, and Michael’s finally moved on.
It’s been five years, and maybe Jeremy is getting there, too.
But just when everything seems okay, everything starts to change.
Tags: Slow burn, Post-Canon, Post-College, Flashbacks, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Panic Attacks, Bisexual Jeremy Heere, Gay Panic, Sad bois, Implied/referenced Self-harm, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, okay so this fic is going to be really long, like really really long, and really slowburn, like so slow you’re probably gonna wanna give up on me, but you won’t because you like the pain and i like the pain, and i know you know i know how we all like the pain, so bear with me, thank you :’), i love yall, Coffee Shops, Haphephobia
Relationships: Michael Mell & Jeremy Heere, Michael Mell/Jeremy Heere, Michael Mell/Original Male Characters, Jeremy Heere/Original Female Characters, Past Stage Dorks, Boyf Rriends
Me and @sm0nks started this collab back a while ago and only just finished it! We were doing drawings based on two fics written by @michaelmellancholy and @booglebug aka TheWritingDork and what_in_the on Ao3. This drawing is based on "Cabinet Man"(which I've mentioned already on this account. Again if you read it take the tags seriously, they exist for a reason), and Hop's drawing is based on "Tenderly Guide You" aka one of the BEST Squipped Michael fic I think I've ever read!
I colored this one, Hop drew it. You can go find the other half on their account
Stupid challenge names aside, the coronavirus pandemic has shut down schools and workplaces, activities have been cancelled, and almost everyone’s stuck at home. This is a fun little challenge to try and beat the boredom and spread good vibes in this scary and depressing time, but also because we don’t have anything better to do.
Basically, every few days, there is a new round with a new set of three prompts. From the prompts, you must write at least 500 words based on them, and you can’t just mention them in one line.
In addition, there will be 4 teams. Team Jeremy, Team Christine, Team Brooke, and Team Michael. You must mention your team’s character in every story, whether they are the main character or it’s simply a throwaway line about Brooke walking by.
Every weekend there is the Wordy Weekend round where you get six prompts and Friday, Saturday and Sunday to complete them. This must be 1,000 words long, but if you go higher there will be more points
The challenge will last 4 weeks, starting on Monday the 23rd of March and ending on Monday, the 20th of April. If the coronavirus pandemic is still continuing and schools and such are still closed, the challenge may be extended, either extended as-is or points reset for a new game.
Even if you don’t sign up, please reblog and tell your friends, this is a fun boredom buster competition and we could all use some fun in our lives right about now.
Click the read more to find out the rest of the rules and specifics.
Basic Rules
No Squipjer/Incest/RPF
No Smut
You need to read this entire post
How To Sign Up
Signups are here. When you sign up, the last question will ask you to put in the secret code. It’s not very secret, it’s at the end of this post. Putting in the code is to prove you read this whole thing (unless you just scroll down and find the code, in which case, shame on you.)
After you sign up, you’ll get a tumblr message with the discord link in it. It’s very very very highly recommended that you join.
Signups are open until 5AM EST on Monday the 23rd. Teams and the first round will be revealed at 8AM sharp that day.
Posting As soon as you’re done with your fic for this round, post it on your tumblr and mention @bmc-gift-exchange, and list the prompts you used, your team, and your wordcount. You can also post on ao3, just make sure to post the link to it on ao3 on tumblr and still list the prompts you used, your team, and your wordcount.
The Scoring System
Base Points
Base points are your four base points for your fic if your story meets all four of the basic criteria:
3 points (1 for each prompt) is given if you used all 3 prompts *correctly* in your fic. If you didn’t use one or two prompts, two points will be subtracted from your base for each prompt.
1 point is given if you wrote at least 500 words. If you didn’t hit 500 words this point is simply not awarded, nothing subtracted.
Example scenario: Player 2 used 2 prompts and wrote 537 words. Because they only used 2 prompts, 2 points are subtracted from the base points. They get 2 points for the 2 prompts they did use, and 1 point for hitting 500 words, bringing their total base points to 3.
Extra Points
Extra points are added for extra work that you did, called the Wordcount Levels.
Over 700 (Bronze Level) - If you hit at least 700 words, you will get 2 points in *addition* to the 1 point you earned for hitting 500.
1k (Silver Level) - If you hit 1,000 words, you will get 3 points *in addition* to the 1 point you earned for hitting 500. You do not get the Over 700 points.
2k (Gold Level)- If you hit at least 2,000 words, you will get 4 points *in addition* to the 1 point you earned for hitting 500. You do *not* get the Over 700 or 1k points.
3k-5k (Titanium Level)- If you hit anywhere from 3,000 to 5,000 words, you will get 5 points *in addition* to the 1 point you earned for hitting 500. You do *not* get the Over 700, 1k, or 2k points.
Ultra 5k (Diamond Level) - If you hit at least 5,001 words, you will get 10 points *in addition* to the 1 point you earned for hitting 500. You do *not* get the Over 700, 1k, 2k, or 3k-5k points.
Extra Prompt Points: If you use previous prompts in your fic, you will get 2 points for every previous prompt you use.
Example scenario: Player 4 wrote a fic of 2,451 words. They used this round’s 3 prompts as well as one prompt from the previous round. Since they used all 3 prompts and hit 500 words, they get all 4 base prompts. Because they hit 2,000 words and the Gold Level, they get 4 extra points, and because they used a prompt from a previous round they get 2 extra points, bringing their round total to 10.
If everyone on the team submits their fics on time, regardless of their individual point totals, they will be awarded 5 extra points, in the Participation Award.
If your team is in first place, you get an additional 10 points. For second place, an extra 5 points. No place points are awarded for 3rd and 4th place.
If someone drops out, the team receives their 4 base points for the next challenge. If possible, someone may be drafted from a different team to take their place, or a new player may be brought in.
Wordy Weekend
On Wordy Weekend, things change! There will be a new twist for every single Wordy Weekend challenge, giving opportunity for more points, and regular points work slightly different.
Instead of the normal 3 prompts, you will get 6, and you must hit 1k words.
For every prompt out of the 6 Wordy Weekend prompts you use, you will get 2 base points instead of one. For previous prompts used, you get 3 extra points apiece.
For Wordy Weekend you must hit 1,000 words over the course of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and if you hit 1k you get 2 points in lieu of the one point you normally get for hitting 500.
The Wordcount Levels are changed as follows:
1.5k (Bronze Level) - 2 extra points
2k (Silver Level) - 3 extra points
3k - 4k (Titanium Level) - 4 extra points.
5k (Diamond Level) - 8 extra points
Ultra 5k (Sapphire Level) - 20 Extra Points.
During Wordy Weekend, the Ultra 5k is changed from at least 5,001 words to at least 5,500 words.
In addition to all that, during Wordy Weekend you get points for *every* level you hit, not just the level you land on on weekdays.
Example Scenario: Player 5 wrote 5,679 words and used all 6 prompts, and 4 previous prompts. For their use of the 6 prompts and hitting 1k, they get 14 base points. From their 4 previous prompts, they earn 12 extra points. Because they hit the Ultra 5k, they get the points from every level they hit, which gives them 37 level points, which is 49 total extra points, making their grand total 61.
If in this scenario the Player was Player 1, they would get the standard 2 extra points, bringing their total to 63 points.
Teams
Teams will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis. The sooner you sign up, the better your chance of getting onto your desired team. If there are fewer requests for Team Michael than there are Team Christine, then some of the Team Christine people will be put on Team Michael. The goal is to have an even number of players on every team.
When teams are assigned, every player will get a number. Player 1 is selected randomly every round for every team, and every other player is simply numbered randomly and they keep their numbers the entire challenge unless they are selected as Player 1.
Player 1 of a team is the team captain, and as team captain they are responsible for psyching their team up for the next challenge and all throughout. Player 1 will get an extra 2 points just for being Player 1.
The Player 1 is randomly selected, and once you have been selected, you cannot be selected again except on Wordy Weekend, or if all the players get a chance to be Player 1 and there are still challenges left, in which case all players will be put back into the hat.
After your run as Player 1, you will receive your previous number and a new Player 1 is selected.
Round Specifics
There are 3 rounds a week, the first round of the week is from Monday to Tuesday, with results posted on Wednesday morning.
The second weekly round is Wednesday to Thursday, with points posted Friday morning. The third weekly round is Friday to Sunday, with results posted on Monday, and then the whole cycle begins again. This challenge will begin on a Monday and end after one last Wordy Weekend.
The total number of rounds will be 12.
On 4 of the rounds that are *not* Wordy Weekend rounds, there will be a twist to the regular round, and these rounds will be called Special Rounds.
Whether it’s a different number of prompts, or an extra way to earn points, or a extra bit aimed to let the teams behind catch up, or anything else your mind can conjure up. You will not be warned in advance of the Special Rounds.
Rankings
Rounds end on midnight EST on the last day. (For instance, if it’s the first round of the week, it ends on midnight on Tuesday.) You will have until 8AM the next day (Wednesday if it’s the first round of the week) to submit your fic if you haven’t already. Results will go up at 9AM sharp unless I’m suddenly not available, which would surprise me since the whole point is that we have nothing better to do than this right now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
The team in first place will be shown first, with their players listed by number and their point totals and wordcount Level shown, and at the bottom of the team listing, the team total. If a member did not submit their fic in time, they will not earn or detract points from the team. Then, the second place Team is shown, and then the third and forth. After that, the new prompts for the next round will be revealed in the same post.
Here is an example of the end of round results for a hypothetical First Place Team.
First Place - Team Christine
Player 1- 12 pts, 2,569 words, Gold
Player 2- 6 pts, 756 words, Bronze
Player 3- 10 pts, 2,111 words, Gold
Player 4- 10 pts, 2,451 words, Gold
Player 5- 14 pts, 5,321 words, Diamond
Participation Award - +5 points
First Place - +10 points
Team Total: 57 points
Lastly, the secret code you need to enter in the signup form is MOUNTAINDEWBAJA. Signups are open until 5AM EST on Monday.
Again, please tell your friends so there will be more players, and reblog the heck out of this! We want as many players as possible for the biggest teams and most fun possible right now.
That seems to be about it! If you have any questions, feel free to shoot me an ask.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
michael mell/rich goranski / 1/? chapters / 2k words/?
Something in him felt warm, felt fulfilled. Before he could think on it too long he grabbed his phone and keys before taking off down the stairs. A honk filled him with excitement and he practically threw himself out into the spring warmth. He’d gotten a few months of silence, now he was home, he was surviving. More than surviving.
Some little voice wasn’t going to ruin that for him.
As he jogged down the driveway he saw Michael reach over to push open the passenger door of his cruiser. Without a second thought Rich jumped in, his shoulder slamming into Michael as he jostled the car.
People think to See dead People is scary. They don't think the It is mostly annoying...and Sometimes helpful. I should know. Because I Canigula Christine can See dead People. No, that's Not correct. I'm more like a Magnet for Ghosts. Ervy time I Go to a place who a Spirit Houses. I take them with me. That's Happens Automatic but can be stopped. I would Tell you how, but I don't know how It works myself. I Just know that It helps If the Ghost don't want to come with me. Somtink that is very inviolable. Because I'm the only way to so anything or to leave they place. But It Happens, dir those who are stayed. Three mostly Just einem more Voices in my head. You know, beides my Teen fears. So let's get to know them. Starting with my oldest.
John:
Yo,Yo I'm John Laurens in the place to be !Uh,tow pints o' Sam Adams, but I'm working three ,uh
Those redcoats don't want It with me
Heather:
Shut Up Laurens, the war ist over ... long over, there are no more redcoats.
Christine:
That's my other Ghost. Heather Chandler she is a mythic Bitch. But it was her or the 2 Perverteds. And sometims she is helpful.
Ende.
Hey those is a conzept. Who my will become a ff in the future