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september tag tracker/commentary
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https://images.plurk.com/7LPoqERi8jA95PEQ2w364w.png https://images.plurk.com/658FRw8aXJbAMmPqRjzhkI.pngHozier - De Selby (Part 2) (Official Video)
latest #226
bonus of scratch meme in header b/c it's definitely some of the flavor that will be present in demontempber
gonna try to keep this more tidy this month and put other tangents not actively related to a thread into other plurks, so
squeezing in a few more tags before i submit AC for august
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alan > kronid the fog/fourth thing on top of the weird cosmic horror he's been through is really gonna force him to be more open-minded about religion methinks, even if he doesn't squad up with anyone
getting to indulge in some of the over-sharing that i didn't get to do with alan's parallels post on the network back in july haha
alan > kronid, more poking that religion stuff
MNFJFJDJD THAT FIRST ONE
THANK YOU, i knew i had to make a meme from that cap
it's so good
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alan > alfred again, working on helping vin get AC for them (them being kronid and alfred)
alan > kronid
i will be touching the ooc intros later tonight, as much as i wanna launch into them rn /reaches for
i pretty much barely existed as a person yesterday thanks to exhaustion but today I hope to knock out most of my inbox
alan > kronid cw: religion mention
the thought of alan essentially writing (or trying to write) romeo and juliet but it's about a fog follower and a human is just kind of funny
alan > kain i'm laughing irl about the "elaborate on that?"
had to break from tags b/c we were streaming but now it's time to see if i can slap out enough tags to get up to 16 coins and toss in AC
i only need to get 8 more done to do so and then i'm gonna call that good for august
alan > maya - i parented up further in the thread because i just wanted to have the whole context for this guy being so damn extra
alan > lup legit i didn't know if anyone would turn his question back on him haha so i was like "oh i have to find things to say that i didn't already say in the poem he/i wrote on the subject"
alan > sigrud writing dialogue, my age old enemy on this one
stared at it for too long with everything else written but the dialogue
in the end worth it, i love alan making his little jokes
alan > scratch at the outer limits entry thread - alan about to
HHHHH AC done, hopefully all my counting was good and i don't have any (major) errors
there were a lot of people to list on alan's network post and the threadjacking so i am just like
idk if i will need to revise anything for that lol but
17 coins!
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key alan wake behavior for everyone, really
https://images.plurk.com/JdtDxTjH9SbRa9G29xTOQ.png his shocked pikachu face, as referenced
today was no good for tags for a lot of reasons but after having some time to think on temp timing as i wait for approval, i've figured out that I'd like alan to be a deer for arrivals rather than backdate the temp and also why he'd go to the morgue to greet the arrivals so i will be doing a few tag ins for that and a nested TL
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(nested so that i can add the TLs for changes once i've got approval for the temp)
he's going to think back on what he would have really liked to have when he arrived and make a bunch of hot dogs, wrap em up in foil, and then give them to people who want one or two
(also it's just an easy food to make, wrap up, and hand out to people)
request has been approved! i go sleep now for real
i went to put de selby pt 2 in the header of this plurk for vibes and i am quietly losing it over how the music video is very aw2-coded
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1 years ago @Edit 1 years ago
gonna get smth to eat, make coffee, and then tag chest/rib pain flared up so been trying to do some pain management orz actually tagging now
alan > maya his self-esteem is so bad, his imposter syndrome is the real villain of his story
alan > henry/reira positing possible alternatives to trunk-or-treating
alan > katurian he's struggling with katuran being a shade WITH WORDS FOR A FACE so bad lol
alan > shoyo "is that slang?" old and american man asks a japanese youth
writing a tag for max and once again thinking about the very sexist social structure of deer (which i know is a biological defense mechanism to prevent in-breeding but)
like... just that they are highly social creatures with other deer but only if they are the same sex as them
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and otherwise only interact with the opposite sex during mating and a brief window of time when a male deer is a child and is within the bubble of does
this is one aspect of deer behavior that i have decided to ignore, because nah bro
and also: because of the small number of waldgeists in the game it makes more sense for deer brain to just go "another deer!" and not care about gender
so like... retaining the highly social packbond aspect? yes. retaining the sexist structure? nah
alan > max he attempts to be cool and casual despite his own urges to freak out in a myriad number of ways
did a few other tags i didn't toss up here, thinking i should probably retire for the night. will get arrival tag ins and alan's changes written out later today after sleep, fingers crossed.
that's kinda how I do it too, re: deer social structure. it's GOTTA be kind of not one-to-one anyway, since everyone has antlers here, and that's a whole pile of divergence
the only time i played with mating instincts in any way was when basil, the boy max is crushing on, temped waldgeist, and even then it was like. deer brain go brrrrrr, wants to be with him at all times and keeps having the courtship emotion
yeah!! which i thought was really cute haha (also LOL YEP so many people with fancy bones coming outta their heads, so this is a good point)
overstimulation has messed with my plans for today but... hopefully i can still turn things around tonight orz
wanna get TLs up on arrival log and feast log
https://images.plurk.com/19moczzkCyVerVdQsVXyxI.jpg put on headphones to focus in on writing and someone started circling me nonstop under the desk threatening to cause trouble if i didnt pick him up
he's....... so heavy
and refuses to sit in my lap, i Have to holdhim
oh thank god he decided he was done, asked for his forehead kiss goodbye, and went back to his tree
20lbs of cat
so i'm dating alan's temp change for sept 6th, and thinking about network things. mostly like... would he pick a less boring username while temped and also how to have his writing shift on the network... or if he'd actually switch to using audio/video messages instead of writing for some replies
because again, I headcanon him as having been chronically offline before all of this so he would like... know about text smileys i think but not things like LOL, LMAO, and other tone indicators or typing quirks, so I wonder if there would be times he'd feel constricted by his usual tone when messaging
i mean, he does canonically text barry before vacation gone wrong so MAYBE if barry uses texting acronyms...
he would know about and start using them when having a more casual and flippant attitude
anyway, that's enough thinking, time to go finish planning and writing
one parting thought about this is that i wanna reply to rachel's post about making things with remains like mourning jewelry and stuff, but IDK if alan would have anything constructive to say and also contemplating how he would approach it anyway if he spoke up
hitting the wall that is choosing a specific location rather than just being like vaguely gestures towards vague generic location
okay, i have figured out something that works
once again i am taking a moment to lament the fact that sullivan keeps demanding active over passive affection while i'm trying to write

okay back to writing
finally got this done after much interruptions from cat and rib pain
i'm going to go get some sleep now but my intentions for tomorrow include throwing alan at watson in the feast log and alan at oliver at arrivals and maybe throwing him at some other people on both logs, and then inbox things
was going to TL on the feast log as well but TBH i am not sure
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1 years ago @Edit 1 years ago
i might just do tag outs for that
maybe i just do soul feeding and but there was only one bed prompts and then tag outs
yesterday was a bust, i slept for almost a solid 24 hrs but i think my body needed it
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knocking out some backtags, starting with alan > reira
the thought of alan standing like this surrounded by excited dogs is very good, shame it cannot be real yet
alan > steven he is opening a can of worms he is not prepared for
someone needs to give alan a sign to put in his room or an antler-friendly t-shirt that says "the horrors persist but so do the little treats"
he needs a new way to cope with the horror now that "someday kiss my wife again" is off the table lol
alan > beck the actual tag this time
alan > lup pulled away from backtags for one sec for a wifeguy tag
also yes, take it lup, it's free real estate
looking at one of the dee backtags i have and just thinking about how alan eating his first kill was probably something like that gif of whatsit hank green? crying into his ice cream or he was trying to find some way to rationalize with himself that it was okay which just involved him muttering to himself while shoving hunks of meat in there
alan at the feast my cat kept interrupting me so this took forever to write
time to work more on my inbox now that that's done
>me looking up when ziploc bags were invented for a tag:
>the answer: 1968
>me: ok cool
Usagi
1 years ago
highfives yeah
working through the oldest of my backtags
UsagiSquared: for SOME REASON plurk his this response, but high fives belatedly!!!
https://images.plurk.com/J4FZFpkd191frnsLxwG7P.png sometimes an idea for an art comes to you and so you sketch out the composition in your phone notes so you don't forget the gist of it (mostly i just didn't want to forget the overall vibe and points where the light hits)
https://images.plurk.com/7CcR7tL2vRSOy8Zold0LVP.png https://images.plurk.com/2HjsILLVwGZWxdFyOXCXtG.png https://images.plurk.com/3a4ET6YdRwfemDo1pz8eJH.png it's rly sketchy, but expression is supposed to be kind of a mix of these + scrungly header meme flavor
irises are just blue in sketch to make them distinct from the red base sketch
streaming right now, plans to tackle september tags in inbox back afterwards and then iron out the final strokes of what i'm doing AU-wise so I can make a TL and tag into things
i am... probably going to message people individually first that haven't already given an OK and ask permission to tag into things before doing it just because I want to respect people's boundaries since if I do Insane Alan he's going to be intense
stream is done so going to tackle sept inbox tags and then finalize AU thoughts
I do think I'm going to lean towards doing Insane Alan AU, just because eons ago I did do a teen alan for an age-down event at a game back on LJ, and while ryslig offers a much different landscape with the whole monster thing I just dunno if teen alan is something I wanna do again.
plus most of his canon is from when he's older so playing him from that age is predominantly headcanon and I don't feel right doing such since there's the 50% or less headcanon rule in apps
alan > john what an awkward way to meet someone a second time lol
alan > steven was a little distracted with this one and struggled to get the formatting to do what i wanted, didn't really land where I wanted to from what I had initially imagined, but that's also on me for not writing down my rough ideas as I had them before losing them to time, so
my overall goals were tongue: change, scleras: change, possession magic: maybe, so that eye glow when magic use could underline the scleras darkening
the dialogue is not what i wanted but it's my fault b/c i forgot what i had originally wanted to say
hopefully... it still works idk
TL later to the actual event log but also vin reminded me of a Thing that gave me a very good idea for an AU alan network post so after i take a cooling off shower b/c it was suddenly hot today I will be drafting that up and then smashing into rp things
https://images.plurk.com/5MZPndejaiVGcjJst2w9Bx.png this is so funny to me
also alan's reply to sherlock
it's funny b/c i did play alan at a game that was set at miskatonic university once upon a time, and bob jenkins in elder signs reminds me of alan a LOT visually haha https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1V21RijiiFo/sddefault.jpg
so just thinking about things from the lovecraftian headspace is entertaining, there are definitely inspirations there in Alan Wake and Control
alan > jrlock somehow have managed to find a wifeguy moment with insane alan, wow
Meow Knight
1 years ago
Okay so I was driving to work and I had a thought, and I would like to present it to you as a suggestion and see whether it jives.
Meow Knight
1 years ago
Suggestion: Demon Alan trying to use the possession skill on Steven.
I would be down for that! it definitely wouldn't work if it's in the changes thread because possession is a once-a-day spell iirc (unless that stipulation is supposed to be use on monsters only, unlimited otherwise), but he could still try it
Meow Knight
1 years ago
I'll have to doublecheck, it might be 'one consecutive hour a day' which means you can swap targets within that hour.
Meow Knight
1 years ago
Oh man it doesn't actually say 'consecutive'. Unsure whether we forgot to add that, or whether it's intentional. But a different thread is always the safe choice, then.
yeah i feel like i might have seen a mention of swapping/body hopping somewhere before after you brought it up, but checking over the faq and the database, i didn't see anything about it
Meow Knight
1 years ago
It's because other spells of this nature, even a Shade's possession, are one cumulative hour a day.
Meow Knight
1 years ago
(I'm not sure why I said "consecutive" just now, I think I meant cumulative, fsdlkjfds)
Meow Knight
1 years ago
But the Demon possession spell is kind of hidden in that list of four, so we might've overlooked it when revamping the Bestiary and adding the cumulative clarification.
somehow i still got what you meant even with the wrong word haha
OH i found
something
it's on the shade page about possession
"About the 'one cumulative hour a day' rule, can a Shade possess multiple different people a day if the total time is less than one hour?"
Yes! As long as the total amount of time a shade possesses someone in the day reaches no more than one hour, they can possess multiple people in a day. The limitation of "once per day" is only meant that they cannot possess someone for one hour, get out, and then re-possess them for another hour."
but it's not on the common monster traits page
Meow Knight
1 years ago
Yeah, that's because Shade possession works slightly different from Demon possession.
Meow Knight
1 years ago
So I'm not sure whether the lack of indication for cumulative was intentional or not. I can ask in mod chat, but it might be a few days before I get a concrete answer.
Usagi
1 years ago
hoooo...
so then does that mean that moving between different people during the hour for demons is a no then? or should i send in an ask on the common or demon faq to request further clarification on the matter?
and then plurk didn't update until after i sent a message
thanks plurk
that's fine though, I don't mind if it takes a few days!
Meow Knight
1 years ago
I've tossed the question in already, because it's really bugging me on a mod level now, fdskjsdf
Meow Knight
1 years ago
We'll keep the thread going for now, and if needed, Alan can go after Steven some time before the temp ends.
sounds like a plan
appears behind him, whispers in his ear "hello again"
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1 years ago
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1 years ago
Steven shits five different colors of fear all over again
[possesses him] you really need to lighten up a bit, have a little fun [pilots him to party]
Meow Knight
1 years ago
oh my god
Meow Knight
1 years ago
"Here, eat a steak."
"NNNNOOOO-"
the ultimate torture
Vincira important party research:
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Meow Knight
1 years ago
Possibly, eventually, Steven might be able to give Alan the boot because his subconsciousness fights back like "You don't belong here"
the other guy punches alan out of their consciousness
Meow Knight
1 years ago
basically
Meow Knight
1 years ago
"Why is your subconsciousness Spanish?"
"Wot?"
cnfndndnd that is important party research
red alert in the red solo cups
https://images.plurk.com/7cE3BixBEkV0bi5cGjpUge.png the temptation to have just left this tag at that was very strong
however, i did not
Meow Knight
1 years ago
Alright, mod consensus is that Demon possession is different from Shade. No cumulative hour, it's 'one use/target each day'.
Meow Knight
1 years ago
Alan's going to have to go after Steven later.
well in that case, possessed party invitation it is (if you're game)
Meow Knight
1 years ago
I am game!
https://images.plurk.com/4Y1q5XiBx7eRg44st6XjuQ.png i did laugh so hard i cried at this
you didn't tell us anything SO TRUE
yet so funny
it's like the tuxedo mask meme
LFDNSIFDSF EXACTLY THAT MEME
https://images.plurk.com/7KahGMvSJHrNwmJU6JOKMr.gif only loosely related but rewatched the old scrapped Alan Wake 2 demo posted to polygon's channel 10 years ago and forgot/was reminded that scratch licks a knife at the end and have been jdfhksdhfdjsdf-ing about it since so i gif'd it
(demon/insane alan behavior)
unf unf unf
cartoon awooooooga
also me asking myself "am i making AU alan ask too many questions?" watches clip from new AW2 footage with Alex Casey internal monologue, which is full of speculative questions
me: no, i'm fine
me 🤝 sam lake
writing alan wake's dialogue/writing
again, wishing i could ask remedy to let me write the novelization for AW2 - anyway, that's enough mostly off topic alan wake chatter
going to be getting into tagging soon, and i'm just very tickled by amanda and alan's exchange so far (mind the CWs)
had to do some tech troubleshooting before stream so i only got one tag done but
alan > doppio another strange video!!
https://images.plurk.com/7ohpBwUOP6e5taAOi6arw7.png my goal for today is to knock my way through at least half of this
this being the whole inbox, not just what's shown
sighs, i have been in varying different kinds of sensory hells since stating that i have A Goal and therefore haven't been able to focus on anything
alan > john demon changes, CW: transformation, gore, impalement for the thread
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au alan > amanda mind the CWs
i feel like that one is the most like insane alan's dialogue at alan in canon, tbh
old man moment
out of touch with the kids and the hot slang
au alan > greenlock last tag before bed, b/c i had an idea for it so
also alan wake criticizing sherlock holmes' reading comprehension, oh my
now i go sleep
i overslept but also my ribs were in really bad shape, so it's wiggles hand ehh - anyway, i am two tags away from getting 2 coins on sept ac and then i think i'm gonna take the L and turn that in and throw everything else i do today (including event TL at last) into October double coin AC
i mean, it's still bonus coins, but it's def less than i hoped for the month
(please no one misread this to think that this or anything less for yourself or others is bad, this is purely in reflection of what my own goals and aspirations were for the month)
alan > scratch, jim/rich - as usual, my brain got stuck stubbornly on dialogue ugh
but writing out the shift in body language was fun at least
ALMOST done with event TL, one prompt left to finish
i made a separate plurk already but also event tl done
now to do a couple of tags, do AC, and then do more tags
another solidly written tag that captures the essence of insane alan in the dlc
patting myself on the back
alan > steven demon transformation continues, mind the CW
and also AC done with that tag
gonna get some sleep now. will do some art after sleep and then it's stream night so a lil streaming, and then new october tag plurk shall be made
didn't get to work on co-writing party log stuff yestertoday, but hopefully we can work on that after some sleep
final wrap thoughts for september: there was a lot of stress and lows that came with this month (all internal struggles), but i've managed to find some peace and confidence over the past couple of days and hopefully with that will come renewed vigor and things will slip back into place
the part of me that is my harshest critic screaming at me about performance goals and self-imposed deadlines has become quieter and there is more self-directed patience and kindness that is palpable in a physical way under my skin, so it would be nice if it could stay that way in october!
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1 years ago @Edit 1 years ago
coming back in here for 2 seconds b/c it's sort of ryslig related and lmao my brain said "you are feeling peace, no anxiety? have a weird nightmare about it"

CW UNREALITY
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1 years ago @Edit 1 years ago
and I dreamed that sometime over last year (2022) i was actually in the game with one of my OCs and all the threads and logs and info and even the app were all still there online and stuff but

everyone, including myself, forgot i ever played him in the game
all of the people i had cr with, everything
we all just forgot about it and each other
literally had me so paranoid about it on waking up i almost went to look
now that i have shared my weird nightmare about au oscar in another timeline, it's time to retire this plurk
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