> Karkat: PLEASE STOP BEING KARKAT!!!

IT'S WHAT IT SAYS IN THE BLOG NAME. CONFUSED? READ THE PINNED POST.

[unbecomingkarkat]

LET ME START THIS OFF BY SAYING THAT I REALLY DON'T WANNA BE HERE MAKING THIS BLOG. I REALLY, REALLY DON'T.

IF YOU'VE SEEN THOSE "AM I THIS CHARACTER AND/OR SHIP YET" BLOGS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING UP LATELY, YOU'RE PROBABLY MAKING SOME ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THIS BLOG FROM THE NAME ALONE.

WELL YOU'RE WRONG, BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE THAT. I MEAN... IT IS, BUT *NOT* IN THE WAY THAT YOU'RE THINKING. JUST... USE THE READ-MORE THING IF YOU GIVE A SHIT.

STILL READING? GREAT, THEN LET ME EXPLAIN.

SEE THE THING IS, I HAVE A PROBLEM. A PROBLEM I'VE BEEN STUCK WITH MY WHOLE LIFE, AGAINST MY WILL. AND WHAT'S THAT PROBLEM?

THE PROBLEM IS THAT I'M SOME SCREAMING BULGE-BITING MANWRIGGLER ASSHOLE CALLED KARKAT. AND IT FUCKING SUCKS!!! FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING THAT IS HOLY, NEVER, EVER, *EVER* TRY TO BECOME ME. I'M WARNING YOU, IT ISN'T FUN BEING KARKAT. 0/10, WOULD NOT RECOMMEND TO EVEN THE MOST SUICIDAL REDPILLED CHRONICALLY ONLINE REDDITOR SCUM OF THE GALAXY.

SO WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE A PROBLEM? YOU FUCKING FIX IT, DAMN IT. SO, MY MISSION IS TO STOP BEING KARKAT, AND I'M TRYING TO DO THIS BY ATTEMPTING TO BECOME SOMEONE ELSE EVERY WEEK OR SO, AND SEEING WHAT STICKS.

IF I FIND MY CALLING? GREAT, I'M NOT KARKAT ANYMORE, AND THIS POST WON'T BE PINNED. BUT IF IT STILL IS, ASSUME I'M NOT DONE UNBECOMING MYSELF YET, WHICH MEANS I'M STILL IN VANTASTICAL HELL.

EVEN DESPITE MY SUFFERING, IT STILL FEELS APPROPRIATE TO THANK THE OTHER AMIYET BLOGS FOR HELPING ME REALIZE THAT BEING KARKAT COULD BE OPTIONAL. I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE EVEN CONSIDERED UNBECOMING MYSELF IF NOT FOR THIS RECENT UPRISING IN PEOPLE TURNING INTO OTHER PEOPLE. SO, THANKS.

ANYWAY, HERE'S A FEW TAGS TO USE IF YOU WANNA DOOMSCROLL MY BLOG FOR SOME STUPID FUCKING REASON EVEN THOUGH YOU COULD BE DOING SOMETHING MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN THIS:

#STILL KARKAT — POSTS WHERE I'M NOT ACTIVELY TRYING TO BE SOMEONE ELSE. I NAMED THE TAG THIS WAY BECAUSE ME USING THIS TAG MEANS I'M STILL GOGDAMN KARKAT.

#BECOMING [CHARACTER] — THIS IS SORT OF AN UMBRELLA CATEGORY TAG FOR ANY POST RELATED TO ME TRYING TO STOP BEING KARKAT. I HAVE MORE SPECIFIC TAGS FOR EACH CHARACTER I'M TRYING TO BECOME OR HAVE TRIED TO BECOME, WHICH WILL ALL BE LISTED AT THE END OF THIS POST.

#ABSOLUTE THINKPAN-NUMBING GRUBSHITTERY — WHAT IT SAYS ON THE FUCKING TIN. THIS TAG'S JUST WHATEVER SHIT I POST THAT DOESN'T FIT THE ABOVE TAGS.

#BECOME-QUEST SUGGESTIONS — THIS TAG'S MORE FOR ME HONESTLY, SO I CAN KEEP TRACK OF SUGGESTIONS AND LOOK THROUGH THEM LATER IF I'M SHORT ON IDEAS. IF YOU WANNA GET SOME CLUE OF WHAT I MIGHT ATTEMPT TO DO TO UNBECOME MYSELF IN THE FUTURE THOUGH, THIS IS THE TAG.

I'M NOT GONNA TAG REBLOGS AT ALL IF I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD TO THEM, BY THE WAY. THEY AREN'T EVEN MY POSTS, SO WHAT'S THE POINT?

OH ALSO, FEEL FREE TO SUGGEST PEOPLE I MIGHT WANNA TRY BECOMING. IT HELPS, IT REALLY DOES.

AND DOUBLE ALSO, I DON'T HAVE A DNI. THAT SHIT DOESN'T WORK. IF YOU MAKE ME UNCOMFORTABLE, YOU *ARE* GETTING BLOCKED, NO SECOND CHANCES, NO APPEALS, GOT IT? BE A DECENT FUCKING PERSON TO STRANGERS ONLINE, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.

BELOW IS EVERYONE I'VE TRIED BECOMING SO FAR, WITH A LINK TO THE TAG I USE FOR EACH RESPECTIVELY, LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, WHICH I'LL BE EDITING AS I GO:

TROLL ADAM SANDLER (SUGGESTED FORCED BY BECOMINGJADEDAVEKAT AND VOUCHED BY AMIPILOTDAVEYET)

BLUEKAT (SUGGESTED BY DAYS-OF-ARADIA)

PURPLEKAT (DUE TO A CORRECTION FROM AMIDAVEYET)

ROSE LALONDE (ACCIDENTALLY SUGGESTED BY AMIDAVEYET)

JOHN EGBERT (IN COLLABORATION WITH UNBECOMINGJOHNEGBERT)

A FEMCATBOY (SUGGESTED BOTH BY AMIMEULINYET AND AN ANONYMOUS ASKER)

[unbecomingkarkat]

DAY 135

I'M NOT A... "FEMCATBOY" YET. THAT'S PROBABLY THE WEIRDEST THING I'VE EVER SAID.

I MADE AN ATTEMPT AT SLEEPING CURLED UP LIKE A CAT? WHICH DIDN'T WORK OUT TOO WELL, AND I HAVE BACK PAIN NOW. SO, THAT'S A FAIL IN PROGRESS.

I DID ALSO SUCCEED ELSEWHERE IN MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS THE GOAL, THOUGH. I'VE COME UP WITH A NEW EMOTICON TO USE THAT'LL HOPEFULLY HELP ME: ε:B

SO, AT THE VERY LEAST THAT'S SOMETHING.

[amipipefan413yet]

PIPE, ARE YOU THERE?

SORRY TO CALL. YOU'RE PROBABLY BUSY CARING FOR CASEY AND MANAGING CALIBORN. I HOPE CALLIOPE'S STILL IN CONTROL.

I'M JUST WORRIED, AND I'M SORRY FOR LEAVING SO SOON AFTER CALLIOPE SHOWED HERSELF. I FIGURED YOU HAD IT UNDER CONTROL AT THAT POINT, AND I WAS TIRED. BUT I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE.

IF YOU EVER NEED HELP WITH ANYTHING YOU CAN CALL ME. I'M NOT REALLY BUSY DOING ANYTHING, SO YOU CAN COUNT ON IT THAT I'LL BE THERE. YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HANDLE THIS SITUATION BY YOURSELF.

— SIGNED, @unbecomingkarkat

Hi there Karkat! Terribly sorry for getting this so late, Casey and I have been up to very important business with Calliope!

And yes she is still in control as of my last check... We've been very lucky.

Your help is welcome any time but i think you're a bit busier now if i'm reading your blog right? Wishing you the best with that goal of course!

[unbecomingkarkat]

OKAY, AT LEAST GOOD TO KNOW CALLIOPE'S KEEPING THINGS CALM OVER THERE FOR NOW.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'D CALL THIS BEING BUSY, HONESTLY? IT'S MOSTLY A CHANGE IN PRESENTATION AND I GUESS SEEMING CATLIKE. I COULD EASILY STILL DROP THIS IF YOU NEED HELP, THIS SITUATION'S A LOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN MY GOAL RIGHT NOW.

IT'S NICE OF YOU TO CONSIDER THAT, THOUGH. BUT REALLY JUST LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ANYTHING.

[unbecomingkarkat]

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I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT THAT'S... KIND OF THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS BLOG?

I TRY TO FOCUS ON BECOMING SOMETHING SPECIFIC, SOMETHING I *WANT* TO AT LEAST ADOPT TRAITS OF, IN ORDER TO LOSE MY OLD TRAITS MORE AND MORE EACH TIME.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT I'M "SAD" ABOUT BEING ME. I DON'T FEEL MUCH OF ANYTHING ABOUT IT OTHER THAN JUST, I DON'T KNOW, A CONSTANTLY LINGERING SENSE OF DISSATISFACTION IS HOW I'D PUT IT? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'D BE CALLED BEING "SAD" ABOUT IT.

EVERYONE HAS THINGS THEY DON'T LIKE ABOUT THEMSELVES, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE HERE IS DOING. TRYING TO IMPROVE THEMSELVES BY BECOMING SOMETHING BETTER THAN WHAT THEY ARE NOW. THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING, TOO.

SO, I *AM* FOCUSING ON WHO I WANNA BE. I'M DOING IT ALL THE TIME. I JUST DON'T KNOW THE EXACT ANSWER YET, AND THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING EVERYTHING OUT UNTIL I FIND WHAT STICKS.

[unbecomingkarkat]

SO, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I ATTEMPTED TO BECOME ANYTHING SPECIFIC. I THINK THAT'S MOSTLY BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH HAS BEEN GOING ON LATELY.

BUT SINCE THERE'S SOME DOWNTIME NOW, I THINK? I'M TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT TO MAKE PROGRESS TOWARDS MY GOAL.

THIS TIME, I'M USING ONE OF THE OLDEST BECOME-QUEST SUGGESTIONS I SAVED: BECOMING A CATBOY. ANYONE REMEMBER THAT? I WAS ALWAYS STILL PLANNING ON DOING THAT. THIS ONE'S FOR YOU, MEULINYET.

I'M ALSO PAIRING IT WITH ONE OF THE NEWEST BECOME-QUEST SUGGESTIONS, WHICH IS GENDER FUCKERY. SO, I GOT THIS LONG SKIRT FROM A FRIEND, AND I'M GONNA WEAR IT SOLELY FOR UNBECOMINGKARKAT REASONS, AND IT'S PROBABLY TEMPORARY. I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT IN MY MALE IDENTITY SO THIS IS DEFINITELY THE MOST TEMPORARY PART OF THIS ATTEMPT TO UNBECOME MYSELF. IT'S SO TEMPORARY THAT I'M MOSTLY DOING IT AS A JOKE.

BUT WITH THAT SAID, KARKAT'S BACK AT IT, PEOPLE.

[unbecomingkarkat]

u should start fuking around wif ur jender maybi that wuld help u stop being urself

...HMMMM.

[unbecomingkarkat]

DAY 131

I'M STILL KARKAT. ALSO, I'M DROPPING THE TALKING ONLY IN TAGS THING I WAS DOING. I GOT BORED OF IT. MAYBE I'LL STILL DO IT AGAIN SOMETIME, THOUGH.

ANYWAY, I THINK I KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA TRY TO BECOME NEXT. I JUST NEED A SECOND TO SET THINGS UP.

[unbecomingkarkat]

POST 243

[unbecomingkarkat]

the dream was a premonition

HELL NO. I DON'T EVEN HAVE ACCESS TO PROSPIT ANYMORE, THAT IS *NOT* HAPPENING. IF I END UP BECOMING DIRK I'M GOING TO *LIKE* IT, AND I AM *NEVER* GOING TO SING KARKALICIOUS IN REAL LIFE. THIS IS A FACT. AN IMMUTABLE FACT. IN FACT, A FACT THAT I'M STATING FOR THE RECORD. WHY AM I DOING A CALIBORN THING? I DON'T KNOW. FUCK OFF. I'M DISORIENTED.

[unbecomingkarkat]

Do you think he will survive?

...

[unbecomingkarkat]

every tag you write should hit the character/word limit everytime trust

I'M PRETTY SURE THIS ASK WAS SENT IN RESPONSE TO ME RANTING IN THE TAGS ABOUT HOW MY TAGGING HABITS HAVE MADE ME SLOWLY SOUND MORE AND MORE LIKE JAKE ENGLISH. SEE, SORT OF LIKE THAT SENTENCE.

I WASN'T REALLY SURE HOW TO ANSWER THIS, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M TAKING THIS SUGGESTION TO THE EXTREME. ALL THE WAY TO THE FUCKING MAXIMUM AND BEYOND, EVEN. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHY DON'T I JUST MAKE THE ENTIRETY OF MY POSTS CONSIST OF JUST WHAT I WRITE IN THE TAGS?????

OF COURSE, MY POSTS STILL NEED TO HAVE *SOMETHING* IN THIS FIELD, SO AN IMAGE COULD GO HERE, OR I COULD JUST LABEL IT. SOMETHING LIKE

POST 240

[unbecomingkarkat]

DAY 128

I'M, REGRETTABLY, STILL KARKAT.

I HAD A WEIRD DREAM WHERE I FINALLY MANAGED TO UNBECOME MYSELF BY BECOMING DIRK, BUT THEN I INSTANTLY HATED IT EVEN MORE THAN BEING KARKAT, AND I HAD TO SING KARKALICIOUS TO REBECOME KARKAT AND START OVER. I RECORDED IT AND POSTED IT ON GRUBTUBE AND EVERYTHING (IN THE DREAM). ALSO I COULD HEAR MYSELF TRANSITION FROM DIRK BACK INTO KARKAT AS I SANG IT?

SO THAT WAS WEIRD.

[amicalibornyet]

(45, AND THE COUNTDOWN IS FOR THE TIME BEING ***PAUSED***!!! Elaboration below the cut.)

(There's only about a month and a half left until the countdown reaches 0 if we let it progress as it is right now, and we'd like to wrap up Calliope[?]/Caliborn[?]'s canon situation into something at least intriguing before that time comes.)

(But at the moment, we [the system] are in a very stressful real life situation that is forcing us to set aside projects like this blog to prioritize doing what we can to get out of our current situation ASAP.)

(So, this blog is currently on a sort of "hiatus". We won't stop posting entirely, but the countdown will not progress and none of our posts will be in-character and probably won't be canon. We don't know how long this hiatus is going to last, but we estimate at least a few months, and if we're unlucky it could even be a year depending on how things go for us.)

(Because of this situation it's likely the information we're laying down here is also going to affect the amiyet blogs of our headmates: @amikanayayet , @unbecomingkarkat [<- who wrote this announcement actually] , @amidavebotyet , and @amiwhoyet , but it's mostly up to them how they wanna individually handle this situation regarding their own blogs. They'll probably each reblog this explaining how they wanna go about it sometime later. But regardless, you might notice lessening activity on those blogs as well.)

(Again, we're still gonna post some things on this blog here and there!!! You can send asks inquiring about lore details or about whatever and we might post some doodles related to the blog sometimes, but generally this blog'll be a lot less active until the hiatus ends. It was sort of lacking in activity beforehand anyway.)

(As for how this affects the current amiyet canon situation, we can probably say that Calliope and Caliborn are at the Egbert house right now trying to figure out their situation, and that's probably how it'll be until the end of the hiatus. If the people behind the unbecomingjohnegbert/casey-egbertnumber1 or amipipefan413yet blogs are not okay with this though, please say something and we can figure something else out!!!)

(Finally just to clarify, please don't worry too much about us! We will be fine, just trying to survive right now. For the sake of internet anonymity we can't share too much about what our stressful situation is, hopefully that isn't a problem. Sorry to everyone who got nothing but silence from us regarding what's going on up until this post was made.)

(That's all!)

[unbecomingkarkat]

OKAY, SO, THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IN MY EARLIER POST.

WHAT I'M DOING ON THIS BLOG ISN'T AS COMPLICATED AS WHAT THEY'RE DOING OVER ON THAT BLOG (AT LEAST I WOULD SAY IT ISN'T AS COMPLICATED?), SO I'M PROBABLY GONNA KEEP POSTING AS USUAL, BUT I'LL JUST BE DOING LESS. I'LL ALSO REFRAIN FROM BEING TOO INVOLVED IN THE ROLEPLAYING PART OF THE CANON RIGHT NOW.

[unbecomingkarkat]

DAY 121

I'M STILL KARKAT. YET AGAIN, THERE'S THE DAILY POSTING GAP. I'M GONNA STOP ACKNOWLEDGING IT AT THIS POINT.

AS FOR WHAT THERE IS TO UPDATE ON, NOT REALLY MUCH IN TERMS OF UNBECOMING PROGRESS? I'VE GOT PLANS, JUST NOT ENOUGH FREE TIME TO PUT ANY OF THOSE PLANS INTO ACTION YET.

BUT UNRELATED TO THIS BLOG, I CAVED, AND I'M GONNA BE MAKING A SMALL CONTRIBUTION TO ANOTHER AMIYET BLOG TWO OF MY HEADMATES ARE RUNNING TOGETHER. I'M ONLY WRITING AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THEM, THOUGH.

[unbecomingkarkat]

DAY 113

I'M STILL KARKAT. YOU'RE PROBABLY USED TO THE GAPS IN DAILY UPDATES BY NOW.

I COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE THAT TODAY'S TECHNICALLY MY WRIGGLING DAY? AT LEAST AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN GET TO IT ON THE CALENDARS WE'VE GOT AROUND HERE.

SO... THAT'S COOL, I GUESS. I DON'T PLAN ON DOING MUCH TO CELEBRATE IT THOUGH. IT'S JUST NOT THAT SPECIAL, TO ME.

I DID BAKE A CUPCAKE THOUGH? WHICH I'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE, SO IT'S REALLY BY SOME MIRACLE THAT IT CAME OUT LOOKING FINE.

I WASN'T REALLY GONNA DO EVEN THAT, BUT I RECENTLY FOUND AN OLD MUFFIN TIN AND THREE AND A HALF CUPCAKE WRAPPERS (HALF BECAUSE ONE OF THEM WAS RIPPED IN HALF?) LYING AROUND THAT I DON'T REMEMBER BUYING, AND I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH THAT SHIT, SO I MIGHT AS WELL USE IT FOR THIS.

HAPPY 612 TO THE OTHER KARKATS OUT THERE.

[casey-egbertnumber1]

hhalpy burfday!!!!!!!!! :DDDDD i wil mak a cake!!!!!!;

[casey-egbertnumber1]

(birthday cake GET!!!)

(suddenly, a cake shaped into a particularly angry troll is thrust into view by a very proud salamander. the icing is a little too sweet, the horns are made out of ice cream cones covered in colored frosting, and the eyes are yellow gumballs melting already into the frosting. it was very clearly, made with lots of love.)

hereh ere here!!!!!!!!!! itis vanillu dony woru :)))))

[unbecomingkarkat]

?.?? W? HUH??????????WHAT ??/ ?

?????????? OH MY GOG THANK YOU???

THAT'S ACTUALLY REALLY WELL MADE, DA-...RN. I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU GOT ENOUGH ICING OF THAT MUCH COLOR VARIETY. I'M NOT A HUGE FAN OF CAKE IN GENERAL, BUT...

(UHM ROLEPLAY ACTION DESCRIPTION THING: CAKE SLICE GET. YEAH.)

YOU SHOULD PASS IT AROUND SO THE OTHERS ALSO GET A SLICE, IF THEY WANT ONE.

IT FEELS LIKE EVERYONE'S TEN TIMES MORE EXCITED ABOUT MY WRIGGLING DAY THAN EVEN I AM RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, IT'S TECHNICALLY NOT MY REAL WRIGGLING DAY SO IT'S A LITTLE POINTLESS.

THANK YOU, THOUGH.

[unbecomingkarkat]

👀🎉

OH HEY, THANKS EYES.

I DIDN'T REALIZE SOMEBODY ALREADY SAW THAT POST, SINCE YOU DIDN'T LEAVE ANY KIND OF NOTIFICATION FROM AN INTERACTION ON IT, BUT I GUESS THAT'D PROBABLY RUIN YOUR ANONYMITY SO IT MAKES SENSE.

[unbecomingkarkat]

DAY 113

I'M STILL KARKAT. YOU'RE PROBABLY USED TO THE GAPS IN DAILY UPDATES BY NOW.

I COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE THAT TODAY'S TECHNICALLY MY WRIGGLING DAY? AT LEAST AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN GET TO IT ON THE CALENDARS WE'VE GOT AROUND HERE.

SO... THAT'S COOL, I GUESS. I DON'T PLAN ON DOING MUCH TO CELEBRATE IT THOUGH. IT'S JUST NOT THAT SPECIAL, TO ME.

I DID BAKE A CUPCAKE THOUGH? WHICH I'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE, SO IT'S REALLY BY SOME MIRACLE THAT IT CAME OUT LOOKING FINE.

I WASN'T REALLY GONNA DO EVEN THAT, BUT I RECENTLY FOUND AN OLD MUFFIN TIN AND THREE AND A HALF CUPCAKE WRAPPERS (HALF BECAUSE ONE OF THEM WAS RIPPED IN HALF?) LYING AROUND THAT I DON'T REMEMBER BUYING, AND I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH THAT SHIT, SO I MIGHT AS WELL USE IT FOR THIS.

HAPPY 612 TO THE OTHER KARKATS OUT THERE.