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Falsehood!

@logicallyanxious

Rose, 21, she/her. I write sometimes, requests are welcome :)
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clems-grove

Characters who are yellow coded not as in joy and optimism but, rather, yellow as in the first color the human eye will notice, plastered over hazard signs and school buses. Yellow as in a light so bright it burns. Yellow as in illness and disease, just waiting to infect. Yellow as deception, a cover up for something with teeth and claws and malice. Can anyone hear me

Who the fuck is Janus

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aita-blorbos

Aita for impersonating my ex-friend's dad?

To give some context, my (34M) former friend (34M) left me a while ago for another friend group, which I'm totally fine with and not bitter about at all.

I don't think he wanted to see me again, but because of my job I ended up having to speak to his new friends. I knew none of them would trust me, so I figured the best way to get them to listen was to impersonate my ex-friend's dad (also 34M). I had them all put on a four-act play illustrating why I was right, which I thought was pretty convincing. But when my disguise was revealed, they decided not to go with what I suggested and be boring and honest.

I was just doing my job, but they all seem mad at me and it's really awkward because we're all technically the same person. Am I the asshole here?

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That would be hilarious (cartoon therapuy with cthomas). Imagine a recurring gag where one of the sides keeps repeatedly going "is anyone else seeing this- he looks like us right? Guys. Guys you have to see this Picani literally has the same face. Am I losing it GUYS" and everyone else keeps ignoring him and going "What are you talking about?? Come on man focus on the task at hand" while he progressively gets more and more mad about it

i just imagined an entire episode where thomas thinks that just talking to his sides isn’t enough and he needs a therapist and logan is like “finally” but turns out what thomas wants to do is. to imagine a therapist and have an imaginary session. and he makes it very clear that this is not a side of his personality, but supposed to be an entirely different person to get an “outside perspective” and logan is like. “this is literally still an inside perspective this is all happening inside your head.”

and patton is like “oo nice to meet you sir” and taking thomas’s discussion with picani totally seriously. and janus is encouraging them just to see what happens and amuse himself while logan just keeps progressively losing his mind.

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Tangentially related to the current topic, with asides and TSS, I think Thomas and crew have fallen into the trap I've seen a few infamous kickstarters fall into.

A promised product (in this case the videos) gets popular, and the creator thinks that they have to make the product bigger and better and more impressive to please the people, and thus takes longer and longer to make. And then it's never good enough for the hype, and the creator forgot that people wanted the original promised product, that that was good enough and doesn't have to be so big. That the original product was what got people invested, not this big impressive thing they've decided they must make forever.

I'd say I hope Thomas realizes this and breaks from it, but he's claimed he's learned before and nothing changed. All I can say now is I hope his other projects don't fall into this trap, too.

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yeah i think this same thing.

i’ve said before it’s like a vicious cycle where bigger productions require more time, which means longer waits, which require bigger productions to make up for them and to keep the audience’s attention, which require more time and so on. the photoshoots are also a good example of this like. just look at the skirt photos in chronological order.

we’ve told thomas many times that we’re alright with simple videos even if they take longer so thomas can take breaks. and he seems to understand this but then get trapped again. first he said they would make the Asides and he didn’t promise that they would be smaller but that they should come quicker and be irrelevant to the main plot, so he seemed to be aware that the series needs more lighthearted simple episodes. but then they forgot and got ambitious again. and then he did say after the last video, the one for the plushies, that it was fun making that simple thing and he will consider doing it more often. which like okay. good. good that you realize this for the third or fourth time? hope this time it actually helps break the cycle.

and again this is mostly because i’m worried about him! i want him to not feel pressured to do these huge things because he thinks they’re necessary to keep our attention! i like the small videos too! the casualness and apparent effortlessness was essential to building the original Sanders Sides fandom. as long as he’s having fun.

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voidsides
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A prinxiety concept: virgils eyeshadow turning sparkly purple whenever Roman walks into the room he’s in. And roman, not connecting the dots, just thinks his eyeshadow is just permanently like that.

Or alternatively

“Virgil, that’s so weird. The closer I stand to u the more sparkly ur eyeshadow gets”

“… haha. So weird. I’m sure there’s no reason for that. So don’t think bout it too hard 👀”

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kieraelieson

In which Virgil has taken lessons on how to demand affection

“Affection.” Virgil said, holding his arms out and biting down on his lip, his vision going a bit blurry as the many ways he could be rejected swarmed through his mind one after the other. Especially with such a dumb way of asking, he could have at least made it an actual request, but he’d just barely managed to force it out at all and—

“Aww, kiddo, of course!” Patton said gently, hugging Virgil tightly and rocking the two of them back and forth.

Virgil sagged into the hug, hiding his face in Patton’s shoulder. “Was that ok?”

Patton squeezed him for a moment. “It was great, kiddo. I’m always open to give you hugs.”

Virgil squeezed Patton back. “Thanks.”

- - -

“Um…” it was harder this time. Logan wasn’t even looking at him, buttering and spreading jelly on his toast. If Virgil wasn’t fast Logan would finish and walk away. “Affection?”

“I’m sorry, were you addressing me?” Logan asked, turning to give Virgil his attention.

Virgil nodded silently.

“What was it you said? I wasn’t paying enough attention to hear it.”

Darn, he had to do it again. Virgil held out his arms slightly, trying to push past the freezing-up feeling overwhelming him. “Affection,” he managed to squeak out.

Logan blinked. “I see.” He reached out and set a hand on Virgil’s head, ruffling his hair slowly. “I do indeed think of you affectionately, though it is often difficult for me to express.”

A smile tugged at Virgil’s mouth, surprising warmth blooming in his chest. “Thanks, L.”

- - -

He had to catch Roman’s attention, Roman was flitting from activity to activity, his attention scattered and whirling.

He was going to have to yell. Or not yell, that sounded harsh. But speak loudly.

“Roman!”

Roman spun around, looking startled. Ugh, why did Virgil have such a knack for screwing things up even before they started? His “ah, affection, please,” was much quieter and more hesitant.

But Roman grinned, his face lighting up, and he grabbed both of Virgil’s hands, spinning them both in a circle. “Do you want to see what I’ve been working on?” He asked excitedly.

Virgil grinned back, swept up in Roman’s exuberance. “Absolutely.”

- - -

Now Remus was a lot easier. He was very open, and would just as cheerfully reject Virgil’s request as he would accept it. Even if his answer was no, Virgil didn’t really have anything to fear.

Virgil opened his arms. “Remus, affection!”

Remus practically tackled him, wrapping him with both his arms and his tentacles in a bear hug. “Haven’t seen you in ages, Stormy!”

A happy laugh bubbled up in Virgil’s chest. “I missed this.”

- - -

Virgil felt very small and hesitant. After all the hurt between them, did he really dare ask?

But after how nice it was with Remus… he’d been missing Janus a lot more intensely.

Virgil knocked on the door softly.

When Janus opened the door, he didn’t say anything. His expression was completely neutral, other than a little surprise.

Virgil shifted back and forth. “A-affection?” He said, his voice coming out in a stuttering half-whisper. He couldn’t meet Janus’s eyes.

Two hands took hold of his, and two more cupped his face, gently tipping it up to look at Janus. His eyes had gone all soft, though his face was still mostly neutral. He leaned in and pressed a short kiss to Virgil’s forehead.

Virgil’s chin wobbled, and he pushed forward, grabbing Janus in a hug. After a moment, six arms wrapped around him, holding him tight.

- - -

Virgil felt most awkward this time. Janus had been harder, but this felt more awkward and strange. His previous successes though helped him feel more confident that he at least wouldn’t be rejected harshly.

He rose up in Thomas’s living room.

“Oh hey, Virge! What’s up?” Thomas was watching something, but paused it to give Virgil his attention.

“I… I wanted… affection.”

Thomas looked like he was restraining himself from cooing, which Virgil appreciated. “Sure thing! Come sit here.” He patted the couch next to him.

Virgil still felt awkward, but came and sat down next to him. Thomas slung an arm around his shoulders, pulling him flush with his side. “Wanna watch with me? We can keep watching this or you can pick something.”

Virgil grinned crookedly, relaxing somewhat against Thomas. “Yeah, that sounds nice.”

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