“ a NEXUS VORTI -- a rare occurrence. something so infrequent, it's almost a miracle. ”

Hey guys, just a heads up for other creators and people within the rph community - There's been a person downloading all of my resources and using them without credit. I've noticed a few instances of this person doing the same to other creators and I would just love for people to be on the lookout just in case they try to pass off our creations as their own.

This person has also been caught stealing entire thread replies and constantly makes new blogs with new aliases to try and get around it. A few of the aliases I've noticed are Eliza, Literature, and Queen.

For those of you who can see e-mails for your downloads, I won't give the whole e-mail address away for safety reasons but it does begin with allyson and is a gmail address. I've already sent them an e-mail myself from my payhip account, as well.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOPE ANDREA MIKAELSON Born May 2nd, 2012

things i've learned about fandom

◾ You don't need your ship to become canon to be valid.

◾ Fanfic doesn't need to be ideologically pure when it comes to canon. Or even when it comes to your own headcanon. Fanfic is not meta. Fiction writing doesn't need to be your fannish mission statement. (Unless you want it to be.) Feel free to explore ideas in your fic even if they aren't "right."

◾ Meta is not canon. Not even if the meta is from someone with a million subscribers. You're allowed to pick and choose your own headcanon, even if someone makes an hour-long youtube vid about why their meta is Right.

◾ The actor is not the character is not the actor.

◾ Complaining about a ship will never endear people to the alternative ship that you want them to prefer. Never.

◾ Likewise bashing that one character who "gets in the way" of your ship (or even taking attention away from your fave) is plain nasty. Just say no. (Fandom's own history is littered with the bodies of characters whose crime was that they were in the way.)

◾ Everyone has a bias in interpreting media. I do. You do too. Your "it's obvious" is not someone else's obvious. Subtext is always seen through your own lens.

◾ It truly doesn't matter if someone ships something that you don't. Even if you hate that ship. I can't tell you how much it doesn't matter. Also there is a 99.9999% chance that you'll never change each other's minds about how you interpret the media no matter what you say, so doing battle over it is beyond pointless.

◾ Online fandom can cluster into echo chambers, giving a warped sense that "everyone thinks [X]" when that's far from the case. Even people who ship the same ship aren't going to agree on things. (And really there's no need to.)

◾ Your fannish experience is not universal. Just because you haven't personally seen something in your echo chamber bubble doesn't mean it doesn't exist. (e.g. fans being horrible to other fans) If only I had a dollar for every time I saw someone write indignantly "I have never seen any of my fellow shippers do this!" in order to dismiss a complaint. (I've probably even written this myself once upon a time so I owe myself some money.)

◾ Which leads to "Curate Your Experience." Being involved in fandom should be enjoyable. If it's causing you real life stress, time to think about letting some stuff go, whether it's making yourself crazy looking at things you know you don't agree with, or even following someone that's bringing you down.

Freya hadn't long been in bed, she too was reeling from the events that were unfolding daily. Keelin was gone, Hayley was dead and her siblings couldn't be near each other. Freya had made a promise that she would find a way to bring them back together, hopefully sooner rather than later for the sake of Hope. She needed her father and her family. Freya knew she had to be strong, losing her family was tough after all she had waited for over the years but she was determined to fix it some how.

This night particularly she was finding sleep harder than usual, the compound was so empty. It all felt wrong. The knock on her bedroom door was unexpected but followed by Hopes voice, Freya reached for the lamp on the nightstand. "come in, what did you need to talk about". She promised Hope she would be there for her night or day.

She enters and immediately feels bad at seeing her aunt's tired face, lined with her own grief. This probably could have waited until morning but they're already here, so she takes a few steps into the room and sits down on the edge of her bed. "I think I know how to fix... this," she said, gesturing vaguely around her. Maybe she can't bring her mom back, but she could maybe reunite what was left of their fractured family. She needed to do this because this was all because of her. She needed to be worth it, and she hopes that Freya will understand.

"Promise you'll let me finish before saying anything?" Taking a deep breath, Hope lifts her eyes to meet her aunt's. "I am going to take back the Hollow, and I'm going to make it so we can be a family again. I was seven the last time and nowhere near as strong as I am now. I've studied. I can do this," she sped through the words as though anticipating she would get interrupted. A heavy silence fell over them once she was done and she bit her lip. "I can do this, Aunt Freya. But I'll need your help."

jed  had  to  look  out  for  his  pack.  it  was  his  priority  when  it  came  to  things  at  the  mikaelson  school  .  .  .  and  all  of  these  new  arrivals  from  east  bum  fuck  virginia?  they  put  that  at  risk.  jed  will  always  be  there  to  support  hope,  but  she  also  knows  that  he's  going  to  put the  pack  first  no  matter  what.  jed  stays  quiet  as  hope  opens  up  about  her  dad,  and  he  sticks  his  hands  in  his  pockets,  keeping  his  stance of  holding  up  the  wall.  ❝  maybe  he'll  realize  this  guy  is  a  bad  idea.  ❞  jed  offered,  ❝  if  you  and  i  can  smell  the  absolute  disappointment  all  over  him  .  .  .  then  your  dad  definitely  can.  ❞  jed  hated  the  idea  of  someone  new  taking  over  .  .  .  but  he  especially  hates  the  idea  of  a  human  taking  over,  especially  one  who  is  so  alcohol  dependent  as  alaric  saltzman  appeared  to  be.  she  turns  the  topic  back  to  the  twins,  siphoners  who  have  more  power  than  they  know  .  .  .  and  jed's  nervous,  as  they  both  should  be.  jed  frowns  as  she  keeps  going,  ❝  they're  a  liability.  a  liability  we're  being  forced  to  take  on  because  of  a  headmaster  we  don't  even  want  .  .  .  ❞  he  sighed,  ❝  is  there  any  way  to  change  your  dad's  mind?  ❞

She makes a noncommittal noise at Jed's suggestion, but she already knows that her dad doesn't intend to change his mind about this. He never explained it, but there's history between him and this Alaric guy that Hope can pick up from a mile away, and Klaus never liked to discuss his past much with Hope anyways. "My mom will keep Saltzman in line," she says finally, though there isn't an underlying confidence in her voice. She still didn't understand why her father insisted that they bring in this man, and subsequently his daughters, but Hope was beginning to think that the goal was to get the daughters, and the father is simply... unfortunate baggage. "Will you help me keep an eye on them?" she asks Jed, actually turning to face him this time so she could accurately convey the seriousness of her request. "Nothing excessive," she adds, just in case the wolf wanted to get carried away. "Just... I dunno, talk to them. Get a sense of if they're here for anything other than what we already know." She doesn't like being kept in the dark even if her parents insist on her having a real childhood, so she just has to take matters into her own hands.

Flori hums in response. A maybe isn’t a no. She’ll take it.

“If there’s anything you can do, I’ll let you know. You or Josie. Depends on who I get a hold of first.” Sure, there’s still an undercurrent of stress that Hope can probably pick up but talking to her also makes Flori feel calmer.

Like things will work out somehow.

They always do, don’t they, when Hope’s involved? The reason why’s kind of in her name, isn’t it?

“Thank you,” Flori says. “And yeah, if we hear anything, we’ll pass it along to you two, too.” Aside from having a fondness for strategy and the brains to match, Flori’s always been much better at following orders than issuing them. So this was familiar territory. This was good.

A laugh escapes her lips and it surprises her. “I can imagine.”

Then Hope asks about the places she’s found during the road trip she’s been on - is still on - with Jed and Flori rambles away only to end her spiel with: “You know what? I’ll---I’ll make you a list and I’ll text it to you. That way, you and Josie can figure out which spots to hit next. Some of those places really reminded me of you both. Especially the ones steeped in culture and art and stuff like that.”

She's glad that Flori jumps on her question, steering the conversation away from the shit they always inevitably find themselves in. It had been a few months since the last life-threatening disaster and Hope was a little reluctant to let that peace go, even if she knew eventually they would have to face it. This especially was a monster of her family's creating and even if it isn't her responsibility to right her father's wrongs, she can't turn away her friends.

Hope leans back in her chair as the vampire talks about all the different things that she and Jed have seen while they travel. It's normal, nice in a way that Hope always finds a little bit jarring when she thinks about the rest of her life, and it lets her breathe a little easier.

"Yeah, I'd like that," she replies softly, hoping that the smile on her face comes through her voice. Flori has always been somewhat adjacent to their friend group, mostly brought on when she tagged along with Jed, but unlike many of the people they had gone to school with, she doesn't feel like she has to be quite as defensive with the vampire, even if she would have had every reason to hate her and her family. "If it's in the cards, you should stop in the city for a night or two. I'm sure Josie would love to see you both, and I would too."