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The Friday Five for 19 September 2025: Soulmates

These questions were originally suggested by

polypolyglot.

1. Do you believe you can have more than one soulmate in life?

2. Are you with that soulmate now?

3. If not, how long did your relationship with your soulmate last?

4. Do you still think about your soulmate, if you are not together?

5. If you're not together, do you think your soulmate still thinks about you?

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Fuck All Your Empathy, I Want Your Fury.

I've dragged Tem into watching Danganronpa: Despair Time, because I can't suffer alone, and xe swiftly pointed out Eden's claim that she makes antique clocks. N... no, Eden. No, I really don't think you do.

The trouble with writing fanfiction for Danganronpa: Despair Time is that there are so many unknowns. There are a couple of characters where what you see is what you get, maybe, but so many characters are hiding things! How am I supposed to write them with confidence?

Maybe I should just make my peace with the fact that, whatever I write, it may end up being at odds with later canon. (This is also an issue I have when writing fanfiction for Deltarune.)

I wrote the above before writing Reality, incidentally. It does seem a bit silly to complain it's impossible to write Despair Time fanfiction and then immediately write Despair Time fanfiction. I've written three fics already; it can't be that hard!

Below the cut: more disjointed rambling about Danganronpa: Despair Time, with spoilers up to the end of chapter two.

( Yet more talking about Danganronpa: Despair Time. )

I keep thinking 'if I made a fourth website, it could be about Danganronpa.' No!! I can't do this again!!

Current Mood: quixotic
Current Music: Bye, Summer - IU

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k-drama,
writing

Write on

NaNoWriMo is as good as, if not officially, closed. I'll just remember the good things, like how it's helped launch my writing career. (I guess I can call it that?) One of the alternatives that have sprung up is Weeknight Writers. Their First Draft Fall event, whose goal is to create a first draft, will begin on October 1st and run through December 13th.

The premise of Queen Mantis: To solve a copycat serial killer case, a cop must ask for help from the original serial killer: his incarcerated mother. I've watched the first episode and so far the only character I like is the mother (no surprise there).

The Friday Five for 12 September 2025: Randomosity

These questions were originally suggested by

wownelwow.

1. What is your favourite fruit?

2. What is the last book you read?

3. Do you like any of your school photos?

4. Do you ever blowdry your armpits to get the deodorant to dry quicker?

5. What was the last film you watched?

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I Think I Was More Invested In Our Relationship Than The Robin Was.

Unloading the dishwasher in my parents' house this morning, I heard my mum calling from upstairs. I went to see what was up.

There was a robin in my childhood bedroom?? Perching on the curtain rod??? Fluttering around the room??? At one point it landed on a toy elephant; at one point it buzzed the top of my head. I hadn't realised that robins were able to hover, but I got a very close-up look at one hovering today!

I wasn't able to get great pictures - I didn't want to spend too much time messing around with my phone camera when I suspected the robin would prefer to leave immediately - but here are a couple of shots that will hopefully convey some element of the 'holy shit, there's a bird in the house' experience I just had:

An extremely confusing and magical experience! More magical for me than for the robin, I suspect. It's now flown safely out of the window.

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Fanfiction: Reality (Danganronpa: Despair Time)

I continue to write exactly the same fic concepts in every single fandom, and nobody can stop me.

I've stretched out the timeline a little here; certain events take place a few days further apart in this fic than they do in canon!

Title: Reality
Fandom: Danganronpa: Despair Time
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 2,400
Summary: Spending this much time with the dead doesn’t seem healthy. But it’s not like David has had particularly healthy habits up to this point.
Warnings: Spoilers up to the end of chapter two.

( Reality )