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  1. Plums
    Welcome to the seventh annual Secret Santa! My name is Plums, and I shall be your Supreme Santa for this year's processions. You all probably read the General Thread in the Community & News Section, but just to make sure they're clear, here are some rules for y'all.


    RULES
    • Digital presents only! This means nothing of monetary value, such as online gift cards, orders, etc. RATINGS ARE NOT A GIFT.
    • Keep it appropriate for KHV, if you need some help with that either look at the rules or message me.
    • Signups will go from today until Friday, December 3rd.
    • If you sign up, you can’t back out once everyone is paired up (extreme cases permitting).
    • Gifts will be given and due between Christmas Day and New Year's Day (12/25/16 - 01/01/2017), but let me know in advance if you know you’re going somewhere so I can let your Secret Santa know when the best time to exchange gifts would be ahead of time. Typically this would be on Christmas Day specifically, but since this thread was posted late, and I am anticipating a lot of us will be busy over the holidays, I thought an extension couldn't hurt. :b
    • In order to participate, you need to be an active member for at least a month, OR have 30-50 posts INCLUDING posts in areas without post count. This is just to make sure that you are an active member and won’t disappear on your Secret Santa.
    • Have fun!
    Now then, for presents, there are a few guidelines as well:

    PRESENTS
    Presents are anything that you can make online and send to the person.

    Examples include, but are not limited to:
    • Artwork
    • AMVs
    • Signatures/Avatars
    • Writing (Poems, Stories)
    • Pictures
    • Other things of this nature
    You can make one big present, or do a bunch of small ones. But please, don't wait till the last minute and throw one little avatar together. You're expected to both give and receive, so make something you would be happy to receive in turn. On Christmas Day (December 25th), I will make a thread in which you can post your gifts for the person you're paired with. If for some reason you are unable to do it this day, you can send it in a message to your assigned member early, or, alternatively, have until New Year's Day (January 1st) to post it.


    SIGN UP PROCESS
    For those who sign up, be sure to post both the username you commonly go by, as well as a list of at least 3-5 of your favorite things. These can be bands, songs, TV shows -- you name it (as long as it's within the Rules of the Forum)!

    To give a brief example:

    Name: Plums


    • Akira (Kaneda)
      Gurren Lagann (Simon, Nia Teppelin)
      Steins;Gate (Suzuha Amane, Okabe Rintarou)
      Naruto (Naruto Uzumaki, Kushina Uzumaki, Konan, Hinata Hyuga, Tsunade)
      Kill la Kill (Ryuko Matoi, Mako Mankanshoku, Satsuki Kiriyun)
      Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Madoka Kaname)
      Code Geass (Lelouch Lamperouge/Zero)
      Pokemon (Pikachu)
      One Piece (Luffy)
      Shingeki no Kyojin (Sasha Braus, Ymir)

    • Avatar: the Last Airbender (Aang, Katara, Toph, Yangchen, Roku)
      Avatar: Legend of Korra (Korra, Asami, Jinora, Tenzin, Red Lotus, Kuvira)
      Adventure Time (Finn/Fiona, Jake/Cake, Marceline, Princess Bubblegum)
      Young Justice (Dick Grayson, Artemis)
      BBC Sherlock (Sherlock Holmes, Irene Adler)

    • Homestuck (John Egbert, Roxy Lalonde, Jane Crocker, Jade Harely)
      Cucumber Quest (Cucumber)
      Questionable Content (Hannerlore)

    • Persona 3 (Minato, Aigis)
      Persona 4 (Yu/Souji, Chie Satonaka, Rise Kujikawa, Yukiko Amagi)
      The World Ends with You (Neku Sakuraba, Shiki Misaki, Sho Minamimoto, Hanekoma)
      Kingdom Hearts (Sora, Aqua)
      Final Fantasy XII (Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca, Fran, Reddas)
      Tales of the Abyss (Luke fon Fabre, Tear Grants, Jade Curtiss)
      Transistor (Red, Royce Brackett)
      Fallout 4 (Piper Wright)
      Remember Me (Nilin)
      Mass Effect (Kelly Chambers, Shepard, Miranda Lawson, Samantha Traynor, Garrus Vakarian, Mordin Solus)


    • Absofacto
      Emmy the Great
      Los Campesinos!
      Emancipator
      Nujabes
      Regina Spektor
      Bonobo
      Tune-Yards
      Gogol Bordello
      Of Montreal

    • Everything is Illuminated (Johnathan, ALEX)
      500 Days of Summer
      Scott Pilgrim vs the World (Scott, Ramona)
      Harry Potter (Harry, Hermione, Luna Lovegood, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonnagal)
      How to Train Your Dragon (Hiccup, Astrid)
      Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Cap, Black Widow, Falcon, Bucky, Sharon Carter)

    • Korra/Asami
      Aang/Katara
      Naruto/Hinata
      Mako/Prince Wu
      Ymir/Historia
      Okabe Rintarou/Makise Kurisu
      Fem!Shep/Kelly Chambers
      Samantha Traynor/Kasumi Goto
      Cap/Falcon/Bucky/Maria Hill



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    If you have any further questions, feel free to shoot me a message!
    Thread by: Plums, Nov 27, 2016, 11 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
  2. Plums
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    Hey everyone! With the release of Kingdom Hearts HD II.8: Final Chapter Prologue in little over two months, Famitsu released two new screenshots featuring Aqua in the Realm of Darkness, and Mickey in what appears to be Yen Sid's Tower.

    What info are you hoping gets dropped in this issue?

    This next installment in the Kingdom Hearts series will be featured in the next issue of Famitsu, coming on November 17th. Keep your eyes peeled for more info!
    Thread by: Plums, Nov 15, 2016, 0 replies, in forum: Kingdom Hearts News & Updates
  3. Plums
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    Hey there all you Kingdom Hearts kids! Sorry for the wait, but have no fear, the staff is here to give you the complete, fully official 100% results now, so let's see who our lucky members of the Kingdom Hearts Videos User Awards of 2016 are!


    Most Adorable
    Last Year's Winner: Maka Albarn
    Last Year's Runner-up: Ghost


    Once every hundred thousand years, the Kawaiivatar, Master of All Four Sugary Goodies, graces KHV with their presence, and declares one whom embodies the sugar, the spice, and everything nice as the Most Adorable, Cutest, Most Precious Blueberry Spicehead to ever exist. Ghost, you are the kawaiiest. Marushi is also a precious twinkle star child.


    Most Ambitious
    Last Year's Winner: Boy Wonder
    Last Year's Runner-up: Misty, cstar, Amaury


    These folks are go-getters. Motivated and goal-oriented. They're gonna pick up the biggest, nailiest hammer they can find and crash through the glass ceiling (and the moon). KHV thinks Boy Wonder and Calxiyn overflows with ambition. Captain Arch is also pretty aspiring.


    Most Changed
    Last Year's Winner: Aelin FireHeart
    Last Year's Runner-up: Chad Thundercucc


    Changes happen on KH-Vids and life in general. Some are good, some are okay, and some just plain old suck. KH-Vids has voted and Makaze comes out as the most changed! Special mention goes to our runner-up, Calxiyn!


    Most Committed
    Last Year's Winner: Roxam, Misty
    Last Year's Runner-up: Krowley


    KHV has it's ups and downs. Sometimes, it's difficult balancing everything out between the forums, our physical lives, our secret chihuahua business, and everything else. But through it all, Krowley takes it on the cheek and carries forth. The dedication of Plums and libregkd is nothing to sneeze at either.


    Most Creative
    Last Year's Winner: hyuge
    Last Year's Runner-up: cstar


    Creativity is difficult to achieve; even some of the most popular artists haven't an ounce of it! KHV would like to acknowledge cstar as the person they wish to siphon the creativity from most. Krowley and Jiku Neon should remember to walk around with a friend at night, too.


    Most Down to Earth
    Last Year's Winner: Skyheart
    Last Year's Runner-up: Calxiyn





    Taking a page from Guru Chillima, these people are so down to earth, they've achieved degrees of levelheadedness not seen in thousands of years -- a weapon to rival global warming. KHV believes Stardust never loses her chill (unless Megaman gets involved). libregkd, Explode, and Skyheart are pretty grounded as well.


    Most Egotistical
    Last Year's Winner: Beucefilous
    Last Year's Runner-up: Makaze



    KHV thinks Blaine gives Beyonce a run for the money in belting out the ego, with Calxiyn as runner up.


    Most Helpful
    Last Year's Winner: Calxiyn
    Last Year's Runner-up: Misty


    Is there a member that always seems to be able to give you a helping hand? Are they the Mercy to your Reindhart? KH-Vids has decided that Plums has enough hands to help out a thousand times over, with Cat~ as our runner-up.


    Most Heroic
    Last Year's Winner: Glen
    Last Year's Runner-up: Boy Wonder, Hero of Time


    Wait! What's that? Is it a bird? A plane? It's the entire union of competitive fighters approaching on the horizon! The Lost Hero of Time and X-10 DigitalAtlas are here to save the day! Their sidekicks, the Capital C, the Boy One and Dunder, and Skyheart follow suit. You don't wanna mess with either of them, unless you want your sexiness drained away and a FATALITY right where it used to be!


    Most Hypocritical
    Last Year's Winner: N/A
    Last Year's Runner-up: N/A


    One minute they tell you not to eat the Easter candy, next minute, they have the baskets of millions of children around the world pouring into their mouths. KH-Vids thinks Blaine is Lord of the Hypocrites, though that Calxiyn kid is pretty sketchy too.


    Most Insane
    Last Year's Winner: Beucefilous
    Last Year's Runner-up: jackdaniel0


    Sometimes, there's a member that you could probably see running around downtown in a duck costume covered with ice cream and magazine clippings of Taylor Swift making awkward faces screaming about Einstein's Theory of Relativity as it relates to Jabbawockees. KH-Vids thinks Jiku Neon fits the bill, though that Beucefilous kid could be down for it too.


    Most Inspiring Member
    Last Year's Winner: Jayn
    Last Year's Runner-up: Ienzo


    These are the people we look up to; the ones that motivate us and push us to exceed our limitations and achieve all we can be. KHV thinks Jayn and is a high quality role model, and Plums is pretty inspiring as well.


    Most Intelligent
    Last Year's Winner: Skyheart
    Last Year's Runner-up: libregkd, Styx


    “I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.” Sometimes we wonder if even What? knows what he says, but he's still a ball of genius and hopefully no Bill Cipher. libregkd is pretty intelligent, as well.


    Most Interesting
    Last Year's Winner: Ienzo
    Last Year's Runner-up: Princess


    Let's face it: every now and then, a member comes along that, by comparison, just makes us all look downright dull! According to you, KHV, Maka Albarn makes us all curiouser and curiouser about her life. Karuta, Hayabusa, and Jiku Neon are pretty interesting folk, too.


    Most Intimidating
    Last Year's Winner: Jayn
    Last Year's Runner-up: DigitalAtlas


    Is there one member that you are truly terrified of? One that makes you scared that if you even slightly enrage them, they'll only look at you and your pants will be a soiled mess of fear and shame? Makaze makes lots of people want to pop out the diapers before they approach, though I've heard DigitalAtlas sins one too many times in the Church of Dank Sonic Memes.


    Most Knowledgeable about Kingdom Hearts
    Last Year's Winner: Krowley
    Last Year's Runner-up: Misty, libregkd


    Playing some KH trivia and lost on who's a Nort and how many people are renting out Sora's heart? When you've got tale on your team, you've no need to fear the dark! Krowley knows his stuff pretty well too.


    Most Knowledgeable about Video Games
    Last Year's Winner: libregkd
    Last Year's Runner-up: Captain Arch, Krowley


    Need help beating that one boss? Can't find that secret item or unlock that alternative end? Want the latest on the gaming industry? libregkd is the man with the plan (like, the original game schematics). DigitalAtlas has quite the know how too.


    Most Likely to be Banned
    Last Year's Winner: Jiku Neon
    Last Year's Runner-up: Ars Nova, jackdaniel0


    KH-Vids has voted, and you all think the banhammer would come down pretty swift on Makaze. Jinx also rings suspect to your ears (eyes?)


    Most Villianous
    Last Year's Winner: Glen
    Last Year's Runner-up: DigitalAtlas, Beucefilous


    WARNING: Tonight marks this 37th crime in KH-Vids' neighbordhood. The DUEDLY DUO Calxiyn and Krowley have sunken their malicious claws into yet another of our comrades. Do not approach this man at any cost! Furthermore, we have word that the DEATH KING HELLSATAN Ars Nova has been spotted near SpamZone Lane. Do not -- I repeat -- DO NOT, engage with them, lest ye wish to spend the next millenia in the deepest, most vile parts of the nightmares yet to come.


    Most Likely to be Famous
    Last Year's Winner: Jayn
    Last Year's Runner-up: Mike


    This is the member who's autographs you want to collect to sell on the web in 30 years and make a fortune. KH-Vids thinks Jayn will go far, though we think Calxiyn has shot at the stars as well.


    Most Likely to be on KH-Vids Forever
    Last Year's Winner: Misty
    Last Year's Runner-up: Amaury


    When it comes time to introduce your future family to your friends, you'll always find yourself logging in here to introduce your loved ones to these people! KH-Vids finds Amaury a constant in KH-Vids future, though he'll always have libregkd by his side.


    Most Likely to be on Staff
    Last Year's Winner: Boy Wonder
    Last Year's Runner-up: Aelin FireHeart


    If all of the staff mysteriously simultaneously vanished one day, these members would be the most likely elected to take over. KH-Vids finds they'd be fine with Hero of Time, Kitty, Heart, and Boy Wonder, but they find Aelin FireHeart and Makaze to be pretty capable, too.


    Most Likely to End up in Prison
    Last Year's Winner: Amaury
    Last Year's Runner-up: Dr. Lux


    These are the people in the squad you gotta watch out for from those police shenanigans. KH-Vids thinks that GhettoXemnas would be put to trial first in the totally probably least racist trial ever. Yep. KH-Vids thinks Blaine, C, and Amaury would be good cellmates to him.


    Most Likely to Never Hit Premium
    Last Year's Winner: Beucefilous
    Last Year's Runner-up: Calxiyn


    These are the people who, if they ever get a pink username, you'll tell them all about that crazy dream on Skype while laughing hysterically. KH-Vids is convinced Fearless will never become a pinky, though Plums is pretty set on staying where he is (he really is).


    Most Likely to be President
    Last Year's Winner: al215
    Last Year's Runner-up: Plums


    When you need something shot at, you ask a Republican. When you need something talked to death, you ask a Democrat. If you want something to be argued for eons, ask an Independent. And if you want your rent to go down, ask them why the rent's too damn high! But if you want something done, you ask Boy Wonder. Don't forget Kitty for 2020, though!


    Most Missed
    Last Year's Winner: Jayn
    Last Year's Runner-up: Ars Nova


    "H I IENZO WE LOVE YOU PLEASE COME BACK????" KH-Vids misses Jayn too!


    Most Nostalgic
    Last Year's Winner: Ienzo, Marushi
    Last year's Runner-up: Kites


    These are the members who want to build a time machine and travel back to the good ole days, where KHV was white and blue, where the TV wasn't awful, and everyone was smackdab in the middle of their cringeworthy phases of middle school! KH-Vids thinks Sara is prime to steal that time machine CERN's cooking up. Plums wants a blast from the past too.


    Most Obscure Tastes
    Last Year's Winner: Myst
    Last Year's Runner-up: Amaury


    When you talk to these people, you're pretty sure they have to be making at least some of these interests up. KH-Vids finds Jiku Neon and her interests to be quite out of this world, though Amaury gives her a run for the money.


    Most Overrated
    Last Year's Winner: Hero of Time
    Last Year's Runner-up: Misty


    An overrated member is more than one that always goes noticed -- they're one that gets the spotlight to the point where you can barely stand to see them post! In their years here they've built up quite a rep, but KH-Vids feels they don't quite live up to it! Makaze was voted most overrated. Runner-up is Ars Nova.


    Most Passionate
    Last Year's Winner: N/A
    Last Year's Runner-up: N/A


    I REALLY CARE ABOUT EVERYTHING LET ME READ YOU MY 100 PAGE PAPER ON THIS VERY TOPIC INTRODUCTION. KHV thinks Ars Nova has the passion 10 million KH1 fueled suns! Cat~ gets pretty fired up, too.


    Most Proactive
    Last Year's Winner: N/A
    Last Year's Runner-up: N/A


    These folk take destiny by the reigns, and dare to never leave it to chance. Makaze and Plums take what they want when they want it. Cat~ is aiming to claim her goals, too.


    Most Serious
    Last Year's Winner: Amaury
    Last Year's Runner-up: libregkd, 61


    These guys need a hug. Or some booze. KHV thinks Amaury should lighten up! libregkd and Makaze need to chillaxizzle too.


    Most Shocking Moment
    Last Year's Winner: Kingdom Hearts III's Gameplay and Presence @ E3
    Last Year's Runner-up: When Aelin FireHeart Finally Hit Premium


    There are always quite a few startling moments that arise over the years spent on KHV. This year, the Mass Resignation of Staff is the winner! Misty Retiring comes in second.


    Most Underrated
    Last Year's Winner: Aelin FireHeart, Yuto
    Last Year's Runner-up: Amethyst, tale


    An underrated member is more than one that goes unnoticed -- they're one that deserves to be noticed, but if they were noticed it would take the charm out of noticing that they're unnoticed. I'm also noticing that this might be the first paragraph to abuse that word so much. Moving on, Judge Sunrose was voted our most underrated member, followed by Aelin FireHeart.


    Most Verbose
    Last Year's Winner: StardustXtreme, What?
    Last Year's Runner-up: Makaze


    These guys talk a lot. Makaze and sometimes Dr. Lux, StardustXtreme, and Ghost need to calm down with all those words, man.
    Thread by: Plums, Nov 6, 2016, 1 replies, in forum: 2016
  4. Plums
    Y'ALL REALLY THOUGHT WE WAS DONE WITH CYCLE 2?
    we are now i promise

    Cycle 1 is the Most Nominations!
    Cycle 2 is the Artistic Nominations!
    Cycle 3 is Best/Worst Nominations!
    Cycle 4 is General Nominations!

    And here are the nominees:
    @Boy Wonder
    @Sebax
    @Shuhbooty


    Boy Wonder's Samples
    Fade In.

    SCENE: A low-class apartment. In the living room sits 22-year old JACK. The television is on, but muted. JACK sits in the computer chair facing the television, but his head is in his hands. On the table coffeetable behind him rests a family photograph, his cell phone, and a business card. A knock at the door startles him. He jumps to his feet and considers removing his hoodie, but decides against it and answers the door. Two young women, younger than him, stand in business suits. The one who knocked has purple highlights in her black hair, which is in a ponytail. She looks agitated. The other has short brown hair styled in a bob and shows no emotion.



    JACK (confused)

    How can I-



    GIRL 1 WITH HIGHLIGHTS (interrupting)

    Are you going to let us in, Mr. West?



    JACK (taken aback)

    Excuse me?



    GIRL 1

    That’s you, correct? Jackson Hector West, age 22. Son of John West and the late Mir-



    JACK

    Yes! I mean, yeah. That’s me. But…Jack, please.



    GIRL 1 (sounding irritated)

    Of course it is. Now are you going to let us in?



    JACK (moving out of the way)

    Oh, uh...yeah, of course.



    GIRL 1 (studying the apartment as she walks in)

    I am Amelia and this is Angela. We’re AEGIS Special Agents. I was told you wanted to meet.



    JACK (returning to his seat, he motions to the couch)

    AEGIS…yeah, right. Um, do you want to sit down?



    ANGELA (monotone)

    I do not require a seat, but thank you for the offer.



    AMELIA

    I’d rather stand, thank you. Mr. West, we’re actually on a schedule so if this is about the offer-



    JACK (rising to his feet, he shows AMELIA the photograph)

    The offer? Of course it’s about the offer! I told your boss that I don’t want to be a hero and I don’t want to be in AEGIS’ pet hero project, and he sent me this!

    ZOOM IN ON THE PHOTOGRAPH, SHOWING A YOUNG JACK WITH BOTH PARENTS. ON THE BACK, A NOTE READS “Don’t you want to know how your mother really died?”



    AMELIA (understanding)

    Ah. He didn’t tell me he sent you this…



    JACK (sits back down)

    I-my mom died from cancer. I was there. I was in the hospital with her when she passed, so was my dad. So what the hell is AEGIS playing at?



    AMELIA

    Angela, what is AEGIS?



    ANGELA (as if reading from a script)

    AEGIS is a worldwide organization under the United Nations based in the United States founded by Marcus Steel, the first director of the organization.. AEGIS’ primary purpose is to protect the public from superhuman, extraterrestrial, and paranormal threats that require more resources than normal government agencies can offer. To that end, AEGIS is composed of several departments. The primary force under AEGIS are the agents that offer back-up to superheroes –AEGIS sponsored or free agents- and clean up after superhuman battles.



    JACK (confused)

    What does that have to do with my mom?



    AMELIA

    I couldn’t tell you.



    JACK

    What? Don’t give me some “classified” bullcrap!



    AMELIA (scowling)

    It’s not that. I simply don’t know, Mr. West. It’s above my paygrade. All I know is that AEGIS has quite the file on your mother, one my clearance doesn’t allow me to see. Think about it: Why would AEGIS have a file on your mother?



    JACK

    Are you telling me she was a supervillain? You’re crazy if you think I’ll believe that



    AMELIA
    Possibly. She could have been a superhero, as well. Maybe it’s where your powers come from. You’ll have to ask my father for more answers.



    JACK (taking back the photograph)

    Your father?



    AMELIA

    Adopted father. Marcus Steel.



    JACK (surprised)

    Marcus Steel’s your dad? The director of AEGIS?



    AMELIA (obviously irritated)

    Founder. He’s not the director anymore. He’s my adopted father.



    ANGELA

    He is something of a father figure to me as well.



    JACK
    Wait, you said you were AEGIS Agents. How old are you two?



    AMELIA (slightly red in the face)

    I’ll have you know that I’m almost 18! I’m more mature than you, I assure you. I…didn’t really have a childhood.



    ANGELA

    I was built four years ago.



    JACK

    WHAT?

    ANGELA

    I am an android, Mr. West. I take your surprise as a compliment to my humanoid form. I did ask for a more realistic body this time.



    JACK (not even pretending to understand)

    And you? Let me guess, you’re a test-tube baby.



    AMELIA (Fuming)

    My personal nature is none of your business! I am simply here because I was sent to bring you to base. You turned down our offer once before, Mr. West, and I don’t understand why my father is so adamant about your inclusion. Fortunately, I have some authority over the Ally Project so I’m going to ask you only once and then we’re leaving, with or without you. Will you join the Ally Project and be a licensed superhero under AEGIS’ supervision?



    JACK (fists shaking)

    I guess I don’t have a choice, huh? Steel won’t tell me the truth about my mother unless I join the little sidekick team he’s working on?



    AMELIA

    We are not-



    JACK (interrupting)

    Fine. I’ll do it.



    AMELIA (taken aback)

    Wh-excuse me?



    JACK

    I have my powers for a reason. I can figure out what reason that is myself. But I can’t find out the truth about my mother by myself. If AEGIS is willing to tell me what they know, then I’ll agree to your terms.



    AMELIA (reluctantly holding a hand out)

    Fine. My father will be pleased. Welcome to the Justice Allies, Agent West.



    JACK (shaking her hand)

    I’m getting an actual code name, right?



    END SCENE.​

    "Waaaah, ahhh, waaahhhh!" I wasn't sure why I was crying. Maybe it was the fact that some strange man in white had just slapped me in the ass, or the fact that here I was in a brand new world, but either way, I just couldn't stop wailing. I felt warm hands placed around my small body as I was put in some not-so-strange woman's arms.
    "Congratulations, Mrs. Ronson, it's a lovely baby boy. Have you decided on a name yet?"
    I heard someone else crying and realized it was the woman, but her sobs were different from mine. Did I know her? Being in her arms felt right so maybe.. I stopped crying and cuddled in.
    "He's so cute...And yes. Jesse, after his grandfather."


    ~~~
    "But, mom! I don't want to go! I want to stay with you!" I begged and pleaded, but she simply shook her head.
    "Don't you want to go make new friends, Jesse? You'll love school, everyone's so friendly!" She looked at her watch hurriedly. I looked up at her, tears in my eyes.
    "No! I bet school is lame!” Man, did I call that or what? “I want to go home!”

    "It'll be alright, Jesse, I promise. Now come on, you're going to be late. How about I buy you some ice cream afterwards?"
    I sniffled. I could see pleading wasn't getting me anywhere besides late for my first day of school. "Chocolate?"
    She smiled and my tears stopped. "Two scoops, like always."



    ~~~
    "Mom? Why are you crying?" She never cried. What could be wrong? I was so excited to tell her about my new art project, but how could I tell her when she was crying?
    "Mom? Mommy?" I walked up to her and tugged on her shirt as she sat on the chair, her sobs drowning out any words she was trying to say.
    "Mommy? Please, say something, Mommy." I started to cry, too. I told her just the week before that I would never cry again. I was eight years old. I was a man. Just like Dad. Then it hit me: he should be home from work, but Dad’s car wasn't in the driveway. "It's going to be fine, Mom, I promise." I left her to run to her bedroom to find her cell phone. I could call Dad; he'd know what to do. But when I ran into the room, the closet was open. All of his clothes were gone. I turned around, more confused than ever, and walked back into the living room to see Mommy staring at me, her eyes blood red and her sobs escaping like hiccups.
    I started crying even more.

    "Mom...where's Dad?"


    ~~~
    "I'm sorry, Mrs. Ronson, but Jesse has to repeat the fourth grade." I didn’t care. School sucked.


    ~~~
    "No, Jesse, you are much too young to go to that party! Besides, it's a school night."
    "But, Mom! I'm 14! All of the cool kids are going!"
    "I don't care if the Queen of Sheba's going to be there, Jesse, you're not going!"
    "But the cool kids-"
    "Then I guess you're not going to be a cool kid. My decision is final!"
    "That's not fair! I hate you! I wish Dad was still around!"
    She was right. I wasn't a cool kid. I never became one, either. I was always out of place. But still…that was harsh.


    ~~~
    "No way, man. My mom would kill me if she found out."
    "Come on, Jesse, don't be a tool, man. One hit's not gonna kill you. Trust me, you'll feel gooood." I was skeptical, but I took the joint anyway.


    ~~~
    "Sorry, Jesse, I already have a date for freshman prom."
    "Eww, not with you!"
    "Sorry, I'm going with someone else."
    "I don't think I'm going."
    "Jess, dude, we're cousins. I'm not going to prom with you."
    The girls in front of me each flashed into the next one, but they all seemed to say the same thing: "No."


    ~~~
    "Mr. Ronson! What are you doing? Drugs? On school property!?"
    Uh oh. I went hysterical. Maybe because I was high and just got caught, but no way, man, no way would I allow the principal to do what he was planning on doing.
    "Please, Mr. Burroughs! Suspend me, expel me, paddle me! Just don't call my mom!" Please, oh, please, don’t let her know about this.


    ~~~
    "No, Jesse, I'm not going to senior prom with you."
    "Sorry, already have plans."
    "No can do, but I'll save you a dance, alright?"
    "If you asked me last week, I totally would have! But Ryan already asked me!"
    "Sorry, I hate to say this...but...I just don't want to go with you. I'll see you at the after-party, though, right?"
    ...There was a party?
    "Sure! I'll go with you!"
    Wow. She actually said yes. Am I dreaming? Cheerleader. Honor student. President of the Spanish Club. Me? I'm the pothead in the background. No way in Hell am I ruining this.


    ~~~
    She was beautiful. Long blue dress. Her hair curly as never before. She went a little overboard on the tan, but I wasn’t complaining. I looked down at my simple tuxedo as my mom flashed her camera too many times, blinding us, embarrassing me, and crying in happiness. I put the corsage on her wrist and got into her car. Sure, it was embarrassing to have her drive us to the prom, but it was either her Mustang or my minivan.


    ~~~
    As we danced, I couldn’t stop thinking about her eyes


    .
    ~~~
    Oh my god, she's so ****in' sexy, I remember thinking. Her dress was on the floor, my pants were almost off. I couldn’t believe it was happening.


    ~~~
    "I am so sorry. I never...it's my first time, I didn't think that would happen!"
    "Jesse, it's fine. We'll do it right another time. I like you, you idiot. I don't care if you're a premie."
    I was on top of the worl-wait, did she have to say 'premie?'


    ~~~
    "WHAT THE HELL?" I yelled. I didn't know what else to do. I looked down at her shirt on the floor, right next to the necklace I bought her. She was in tears, covering herself. He was sitting next to her, shirt off and pants unzipped, biggest and dumbest smile on his face.
    "Jesse, no, wait! It's not-I can explain!" Maybe it was an accident. Maybe we could have worked it out. I don't know. I just ran out and drove away. Later on, I called her, left a voicemail calling her something I shouldn’t have called her and told her we were over.


    ~~~
    I wanted a car. Hell, a new computer maybe. But no, instead, Mom gave me a check for 200 bucks and took me out to eat. Other kids, they got brand new cars for a present when they received that acceptance letter. I was mad, but I understood. She was a single mother. I was a jobless teenager. We had to get by. Figured I’d use the 200 bucks and buy her something nice. I ended up spending half of it on pot.

    "I'm so proud of you, Jesse!" Good. Hold on to that, Mom.


    ~~~
    "Jesse, this came in the mail for you."
    "Thanks, Mom." I shrugged her away and unpaused my game. I knew what it was. Angela had invited all of the seniors over on that Ski Resort thing.


    ~~~
    " You're a good dancer. I’m Jesse," I said it timidly, but hell, this girl was hot and was dancing with me. If I was sober, I probably wouldn't have said it at all. I tried to unblur my vision to get a better look at her.
    "Thanks. I'm Thomas by the way."
    It must have taken me ten seconds to realize what happened, but I remember thinking that party took a turn for the worse. Wow, if only I knew.


    ~~~
    "BLIMPS FLOAT MY PLANE!" I woke up after passing out.
    "Where the heeeellll?" I wondered where I was, my head throbbing, and stood up.
    "Mothersonofa****ingbitch," I groaned after I fell again.
    "Where the women at?" I remembered I was at Angela's party.
    "Heyy, buddy," I looked down when I found my best friend, my bottle of alcohol from earlier.
    "Where'd you go? I missed you so. Seems like it's been forever since you've been home," I sang to my bottle. Wait, I really sang Fort Minor to a bottle of alcohol? Goddamn, I was wasted.
    I found Thomas and the others and saw Angela on her back. I got ready to make a joke before it sank in.

    "Dude." I realized Angela was dead.


    ~~~
    "Cops..ambulance...somebody, we gotta call somebody," I freaked out as we were led away by the strange girl, saying she was a detective. Did she think this was a game?


    ~~~
    "You have the plan, you have me as your partner," I told the wannabe Nancy Drew as I realized that, game or not, she was the only one with a plan. I wished I didn't have to vomit, my head would stop hurting, and that the room would stop spinning. More than anything, I wished this was a game.


    ~~~
    ‘Who the hell is this *****?’ I thought when Nancy Drew and I found some other girl downstairs.
    Are you really trusting me with her? What if she's the murderer!? I thought when Nancy Drew paired me off with the other girl.



    ~~~
    "I gotta throw up," I said as some heinous liquid started dripping from my mouth. I turned and ran. I needed a toilet. I don't know why I couldn't just throw up right then and there. Maybe because I still wasn’t thinking straight. The chunks started to spew as I opened the first door I found.
    The cold air hit me hard. I was outside, on the balcony. I grabbed the railing and threw up, my chunks hitting the snow. Then I felt it.
    It was strange at first. It didn’t hurt, tingled, felt good, or anything; it just...felt. In fact, I actually waited until I stopped vomiting before I stepped back, looked down, and saw my blood on the snow. And then? Then it hurt.

    "No ****in' fair, man.” I fell. More pain coursed through my body. I tried to roll over, but I couldn't. I looked up and saw the figure, Angela’s murderer, -my murderer- standing there, bloody knife in his hands. I recognized who it was instantly.
    "You? Damn," I wish I would have figured it out earlier. Maybe wannabe Nancy Drew would. The figure started to walk away, probably escaping before anybody else saw them. Maybe I could catch them, even if I was dying. I'd be the hero. I tried to stand, but my body refused to move. I tried to yell out his name, but other words escaped my mouth.
    "Tell my-my mom I love h-," I coughed. I saw my mom’s face, then Angela’s face. I almost saw my father’s face, at least how I remembered it.


    ~~~
    As my life finished flashing before my eyes, all the way up to where I lay now, I started to cry. Maybe the devil would light a joint for me? As if. Everything went black as I died. I never was the life of a party. Only figures I'd be a death at one.

    Damn. I really want my mommy.

    “Come on, Jackie…you can do this…” The next building wasn’t that far away, but the drop from the roof I was standing on to the next one was, without a doubt, the biggest I had ever attempted. I crouched and took off my hood, taking a deep breath. ‘Come on! You’re Jack West!’ I thought, hyping myself up. I didn’t know why my name motivated me –Dad thought it had something to do with Mom having been a gymnast before she died- but it did. I took another breath. Then I jumped.

    “HolyfrigginJesusIdontwanttodie!” The air pushed against me hard, but I kept falling. I could barely breathe and I couldn’t hear anything but the wind and the pavement was rising so fast and I barely missed that fire escape and oh god, I was going to die! That’s when it clicked, like always. I stopped wailing my arms, concentrated the adjacent roof getting closer and closer…I started counting down from five, paused at two, and at one kicked the building behind me as hard as I could with both feet. I shot forward, somersaulted, and began my diagonal descent, arms out in dive-form. Before my fingertips touched the surface of the rooftop, I turned, rolled, and jumped again. Crap, too much speed! I turned my leap into a dive, rolled on the surface again, but this time, I stayed curled an extra second longer to lose inertia. Suddenly, I straightened, praying that my timing was correct. My right foot stayed planted and my left foot raised to hit the perch. Momentum shoved my arms forward and my torso followed before I flung my arms back to stop myself. I sighed, looking down. I was standing on the roof’s edge, and four floors down was the hard pavement. I thanked God that I wasn’t a puddle on the sidewalk. Then I broke into a laughter and fell to my side. Holy crap, superpowers were awesome!

    I was hysterical for almost ten minutes. My side had started to hurt from my laughter. I couldn’t help it, I had superpowers. Rolling onto my back, I stared at the night sky. Couldn’t see the stars with the clouds in the way, but it was still kind of pretty. “Leave us alone!” I jumped to my feet instantly and looked over the edge. I could see five figures in the alleyway below: two were backing themselves into the alley staring at the other three closing in on them. I sighed. This was starting to happen too frequently.

    Standing up, I pulled my hood over my head and hopped to the roof’s ledge. I looked down. Four floors wasn’t that high. I’ve officially jumped from higher. Taking a deep breath, I stepped off. Instinct kicked in again and I kicked the wall as I fell, flipping over to the adjacent wall. I turned mid-air to face the approaching wall and crouched against it, bounced off in a back-flip, and landed in the alley between the scared couple and their three would-be muggers.

    “Wha- Who the hell are you?” The middle mugger asked.

    I straightened, keeping my face hidden underneath my hood. “Leave them alone,” I responded.

    They looked at each other quizzically…and then pulled out knives. Great. I really doubted that I was that more durable now. I heard footsteps –the couple moving farther into the alley. The muggers slowly moved toward me. I sized them up. The one in the middle was the shortest, but he had more muscle than the others. He held his blade down and close to himself. His friend on the right was tall and lean with his knife held out toward me. The left mugger held his fists in near his chest with the knife reverse-grip.

    Shorty moved first, thrusting the knife straight. My enhanced reflexes allowed me to turn quickly, grab his wrist with my left hand, and strike his chest with my right elbow. I let him go and spun around him, knocking him down. “Come on, let’s not overre-UF!” I fell from the punch, but bounced quickly to my feet. “Okay, we’re not talking this out then…” The other two moved together and Shorty was getting back on his feet. I lunged towards the tallest. He swung his knife and I cartwheeled over him. I landed, ducked, and kicked the back of his knee as hard as I could. He yelled and went down, dropping the knife. His partner retaliated and thrust his knife at me. Too low to dodge, I grabbed his attacking arm and fell backwards, pulling him. His own momentum caused him to fall over me and I placed my feet on his chest and launched him into the air. He did half a flip and landed on his back. I rolled to my feet and stared at Shorty. His eyes moved up and down, sizing me up. “Screw this,” he said. He turned and ran.

    I turned and saw his tall friend standing. Our eyes met, but he didn’t say anything. He just moved to third partner, helped him up, and the two followed Shorty. “You know, this used to be a nice neighborhood,” I complained.

    “Thank-thank you,” a voice behind me said. I forgot the muggers were after a couple! They walked down the alley and I told them not to worry about it. They kept thanking me until they reached the street and disappeared into the night. I stood there in the dark.

    When I first discovered my powers last year, I took to freerunning to test what I could do. Apparently, I had superhuman agility (I could jump much higher than before and was extremely coordinated), extremely quick reflexes, and a heightened sense of coordination. It wasn’t really “superhero” material, but it sure made getting around town fun. Since “special traits and superhuman capabilities” were legally required to be registered, I started to test my abilities under the shadow of night. That’s when I learned bad people come out at night. In the last year, I’ve encountered seven muggings (counting today’s), four fights, one armed robbery, and three car thefts. I did what I could to help and so far, I hadn’t gotten anybody killed, though I did wind up with one concussion after being hit with a brick.

    I wasn’t a superhero, nor did I want to be. Besides, the world already had a superhuman agency protecting it. But due to my freerunning, I keep running into situations where someone is being victimized. The cops and real superheroes can’t be everywhere at once. If I could do something to help out, then I should, right? Maybe that’s why I have these powers. They were fun, true, but maybe there was a reason for them. I sighed and stretched. I jumped and grabbed the bottom rail of the fire escape. I pulled myself up to rest my feet on the same rail, and then launched myself onto the roof of the building. “Maybe I should get a costume,” I wondered, smiling.

    Shuhbooty's Sample
    You never notice how dark a place is, until you’re walking down a deserted street that doesn't host street lights. And the only sound you hear is the wind dragging the dry orange and brown crusted leaves on the asphalt. You start to wish cars filled the curbs, to give you some security. Maybe a light or two on in between the uninhabited summer homes. It can't get any worse than this. Until what you thought was already pitch black, wasn't. A heavy distorted shadow advances towards you, the pure soft white light you didn't notice at first soon dissipates at your feet. The once thick full moon becomes victim of a hauntingly bloated cloud. Followed closely with its thunderous sisters. Within minutes the steady and genital breeze turns vicious. The raindrops falling like needles at top speed. You're running now, the brand new boots you just bought are soaked and feel like rocks. The last thing you would expect would be a thunderstorm. One more block and you're home, so you push the last 4 minutes you knew it took to get home. A warm bubble surged within your tummy, as you find your house with the lights on. The plastic pumpkins knocked over from the malicious winds. The bat cut outs you did just last week torn from it's home on the door frame. The only thing left intact was the spooky cat and pumpkin covered “welcome” mat, and the metal “Happy Halloween” cut out from the dollar store for when you helped mom tack in.

    As you open the door, you're greeted by the intoxicating waves of the freshly baked snickerdoodles, and the half burnt out “cinnamon chai” candle. You notice the embracing warmth as you shrug off your jacket, coming from the crackling fire just a few feet into the family den. Sneezing you throw that drenched jacket to the hard wood floors, as it lands with a slouch you begin to tug and pull on your boots. Your socks are so soaked the boots cling to it like sap to a tree. The ancient but modern grandfather clock your dad bought a year ago, chimes. It's vibrations racing towards you at top speed as you wrench your socks off. You feel tingles as heat hit your frozen toes. You stand up, almost refreshed as you begin to get warm. You walk down the hallway, past that grandfather clock. And old family portraits that hang on the walls. You pass the mirror, but don't look into it. As you approach the swinging door that leads into the kitchen, shift movement catches your attention. Thudding deafens you. “Mom?” The door creaks as you open it, something you never noticed before. As you’re about to hold it open, the kitchen light flickers.

    Sebax's Sample
    C aesar's eyes reopened with the sun searing through the lids. They were already sore when all other sensation kicked in and he felt a bed of sand under his back. Ashore, but clueless as to on which shore, he sprang up. Dust flew away as he twisted left and right in a wild frenzy to take in his surroundings. The displacement had wreaked havoc on his nerves, coupled with the sea-drenched clothes sticking to his skin, but he soon caught his breath in the tideside quietude. The question of Where still applied though.

    "What do you see in the middle of the sea?" an unseen voice called out.

    "What?!" Cyprus attempted to gain his balance and wobbled when he returned to his feet.

    "Repeat? Fine. I'll go slower so you don't burn yourself out. What---do---you---see---in-the---middle---of---the---Sea?"

    The mystery of the voice became deafened by the condescending insult it dealt. 'What was in the middle of the Sea?' Cyprus thought, after shrugging the jibe aside. 'Water, right? Land to land, chances are it's going to be water in the middle and nothing but for miles.

    "Wa-" Cyprus couldn't get much out before he went into a coughing fit. Salt water spurted from where it had lodged in his throat, and the dryness it left behind sent him back down into the sand. Once the episode had subsided, and he was still alive by the end of it, he answered as he meant to. "Water?" he was so hoarse and quiet that he doubted he could be heard.

    "Try and a miss." A burst of red light shot from behind a sand dune, twisting and striking the spot in front of Cyprus. "Ponyta!" From behind the same sand dune, a young man wearing circular-rimmed sunglasses jumped into Cyprus' vision and struck a pose. "You chose wrong, so prepare to battle!"

    "Pokémon battle?!" Cyprus looked the Ponyta up and down with a mix of fright and wonder. Such a majestic beast... that looked like it was going to stomp his teeth out of his skull... "But I don't have a Pokémon!"

    "Don't have a-" the mystery man was shocked. "What sort of a moron goes out into the world without a Pokémon?!"

    "You're the second person saying that!?? And what sort of a weirdo looks at an unconscious kid on the beach and thinks 'Huh, I think I'll start randomly asking them stupid riddles and assault them if they answer the dumb riddle'?"

    "Hmph. Consider it the Cinnabar Welcoming Committee. It's what I do, kid. Ponyta, Return!" He held out a Pokéball, and Ponyta went back the way it came, it a flash of red light. Dusting a bit of sand from his short, ginger-haired mustache, he removed the sunglasses and stared Cyprus down. "Didn't really think you were that bad off. I poked you with a stick every now and again to check if you were breathing."

    "I have to go home... if everyone out of Pallet is this insane, then I can't-"

    "Hey, did you say Pallet? As in the town?"

    "Yes. I did. Professor Oak was sending me to Cinnabar Island to study Fire-types."

    "Last I heard, the kid he was sending over was lost at sea."

    "My ship was attacked by a giant... thing. I forget what Gia called it."

    "Gyarados. Mean old things. Got the drop on her two days ago."

    "Two days?!"

    "Safe to say, you're one of the first people I can tell right to their face that you're legally dead. Well, we probably shouldn't discuss that other time with the-"

    "Wait... the labcoat you're wearing. Oh no. Don't tell me you're Doctor Fuji. Please don't tell me YOU'RE the most respected scientist at the research facility here."

    "And what is that supposed to mean?! Doctor Fuji happens to be my colleague ya little brat, and I'm the second most respected scientist at this research facility; and I'm pretty well-recognized elsewhere too, for the same fact. Blaine. "The Hotheaded Quiz Master "ring a bell?"

    "I've heard of you." Cyprus took note that this seemed to please Blaine. "I'm a little disappointed though." This returned the assailant to his previous state of Rage. "The second-most respected scientist doesn't know how to properly attend to an unconscious child who washed up on the beach...?"

    "I do! Just- I- C'mon. I'm gonna have to phone Sam and tell him you're not as dead as everybody thinks you are."

    Read more here!
    Thread by: Plums, Sep 20, 2016, 0 replies, in forum: 2016
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    Thread

    Best Musician

    Cycle 1 is the Most Nominations!
    Cycle 2 is the Artistic Nominations!
    Cycle 3 is Best/Worst Nominations!
    Cycle 4 is General Nominations!

    And here are the nominees:
    @Captain Arch
    @mindstorm787


    Captain Arch



    mindstorm787

    Thread by: Plums, Sep 18, 2016, 1 replies, in forum: 2016
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    Cycle 1 is the Most Nominations!
    Cycle 2 is the Artistic Nominations!
    Cycle 3 is Best/Worst Nominations!
    Cycle 4 is General Nominations!

    And here are the nominees:

    Gotham Hearts by @Loxare

    Hook Line
    Read the full story here!


    Code Lyoko: Reactived by @mindstorm787

    Hook Line
    Read the full story here!


    Zephira by @Alpha Shadow

    Hook Line
    Read the full story here!
    Thread by: Plums, Sep 18, 2016, 0 replies, in forum: 2016
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    Best Poet

    Cycle 1 is the Most Nominations!
    Cycle 2 is the Artistic Nominations!
    Cycle 3 is Best/Worst Nominations!
    Cycle 4 is General Nominations!

    And here are the nominees:
    @Boy Wonder
    @Shuhbooty


    Boy Wonder
    I hear it’s Fall

    At least, that’s what they all say

    The crackle of leaves beneath rubber

    The whiff of cider at supper.


    Is it true? Has Autumn come to show her rusty face?

    Summer’s warm gaze upon my skin fail to convince, however

    but there’s no mistaking neither leaves’ deaths, nor that cool, sweet breath.

    And regarding balding golden groves, I suppose we are nearing November.


    Always found it strange here

    how quick the seasons change

    (It snowed in May, for heaven’s sake)

    but Autumn’s temperament is something else.


    Sandals? Shoes? Short sleeve or long?

    Will it be cold or will it be warm?

    Will the sun come out or will it storm?

    I want to know!


    It’s as if Summer and Winter composed a duet

    For I wake with shivers, but work with sweats.

    Her eyes weep daily, though mine stay narrow.

    “Bipolar,” in one word, for it feels like snow!


    Early morning, wear your jacket

    Then sweat from noon to midnight.

    We have a saying about Tennessee weather

    “If you don’t like it, just wait five minutes!”


    If only Autumn’s smile would let me forget her predecessor.

    If only her breath didn’t belong to her successor.

    If only I found her moodiness endearing!

    Instead I find it unnatural, her inconsistency.


    All I desire is some semblance of normalcy!

    To watch the leaves dance in their descent!

    To require no need to dress in layers!

    To hush the nay-sayers and cheer the players!

    To drown my sorrows and my discontent

    because steady sometimes though, she has been

    since every game day, we almost win!


    Autumn, I think you should leave. I think we’re through

    And no, it’s not me. It is most definitely you.

    Shuhbooty
    I don't understand what to do
    you push me and pull me
    but don't tell me what to do


    I look around, I'm feelin' blue
    you ask me what's wrong
    I just say it's the flu

    you've never understood me
    saying it's all in my head
    it's not real!

    I cant take it anymore
    I want this to stop
    I'm tired of feeling blue

    Anger is exhausting
    Anger is depressing
    Anger is frustrating

    You gotta look on your face
    You can't smile
    You just want out, make haste

    Anger is toxic
    Anger is impulsive
    Anger is annoying

    You snap at everything
    You're trapped
    You just want out, make haste

    Anger is deafening
    Anger is sickening
    Anger is terrifying

    You're stronger then this
    You can smile now
    You can get out, make haste!
    Thread by: Plums, Sep 18, 2016, 4 replies, in forum: 2016
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    Cycle 1 is the Most Nominations!
    Cycle 2 is the Artistic Nominations!
    Cycle 3 is Best/Worst Nominations!
    Cycle 4 is General Nominations!

    And here are the nominees:
    @Ars Nova
    @tribbles
    @Rissy


    Ars Nova

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    Thread by: Plums, Sep 18, 2016, 5 replies, in forum: 2016
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    Best Singer

    Cycle 1 is the Most Nominations!
    Cycle 2 is the Artistic Nominations!
    Cycle 3 is Best/Worst Nominations!
    Cycle 4 is General Nominations!

    And here are the nominees:
    @Marushi
    @Jayn
    @Calxiyn
    @Heart ❤


    Heart ❤


    Click the following timestamps:
    8:12
    20:50
    33:27

    Marushi
    Shiver (Lucy Rose)

    The One Star (The World Ends with You)

    Calxiyn



    Jayn
    Thread by: Plums, Sep 18, 2016, 5 replies, in forum: 2016
  10. Plums
    Ever since about March, I've been hanging out pretty frequently with this person I found myself really wanting to become good friends with. Things were okay during the school year, but over the summer I started getting this impression that she didn't really feel as invested, I guess, into the friendship as I was, and I talked to her about it on Saturday.

    Not gonna go over every detail we talked about, but the main points were that we both were doing something that was annoying the other one a bit; I ended up staying at her place a few times for long periods of time due to ride troubles, and didn't notice I kept sitting shoulder to shoulder w/ her a lot, and whenever we did something, it always had to be me who set up doing stuff a lot of the time.

    That part was fine and dandy, but the part that ended up really hitting me the most was that it turned out we didn't view our friendship the same way. I thought we had become much closer from hanging out and sharing really personal stuff about our lives, and considered her a "primary" friend, someone who I'd actively seek out when I had free time. She, on the other hand, sees me as a "secondary" friend, someone who breaks up the monotony a bit and that she enjoys being around, but not someone she seeks out at all.

    And I just feel really hurt about it. Not only was I totally wrong about our friendship, but I spent so much time, and put so much effort into trying to do things with her and work on being open with her, just to know now that she was never really going to return that effort at all. I tried to see if there was some way we could both compromise, since we both expressed still enjoying being together and our relationship to one another, but she said that she probably wouldn't want to because she's very goal oriented (focusing on school, her job on campus, and whatnot), and that I (and most people, really) don't really fit into where she wants to choose to spend her free time.

    Logically, I know the easiest solution would be for me to just do it her way, and that we'd still be good. But I also know that I'm really hurting, and honestly pretty irritated, that it feels like I, once again, opened up to someone and let myself feel like we were close only to find out I didn't really matter as much to them, and just...wasted time and myself on trying to build a close friendship that was never really gonna take off.
    Thread by: Plums, Sep 15, 2016, 1 replies, in forum: Help with Life
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    Cycle 1 is the Most Nominations!
    Cycle 2 is the Artistic Nominations!
    Cycle 3 is Best/Worst Nominations!
    Cycle 4 is General Nominations!

    And here are the nominees:

    Super Nintendo RPG: Legend of the Many Something-or-Others
    Welcome to the Velvet Room
    Kingdom Hearts: Light vs Darkness (1, 2, 3)
    To Whom This Now Concerns
    In The Times Of Fairy Tails
    Attack on Titan: Reluctant Hero's
    Love and Insanity
    The Crossover Sagas
    Thread by: Plums, Sep 8, 2016, 1 replies, in forum: 2016
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    Cycle 1 is the Most Nominations!
    Cycle 2 is the Artistic Nominations!
    Cycle 3 is Best/Worst Nominations!
    Cycle 4 is General Nominations!

    And here are the nominees:

    Mortimer Mouse (Kingdom Hearts SOS)
    The Entirety of Wasteland (Kingdom Hearts SOS)
    Shadow Mario vs. The Mysterious Figure/Xehanort (RE: Mario's High School Days)
    Thread by: Plums, Sep 7, 2016, 0 replies, in forum: 2016
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    Cycle 1 is the Most Nominations!
    Cycle 2 is the Artistic Nominations!
    Cycle 3 is Best/Worst Nominations!
    Cycle 4 is General Nominations!

    And here are the nominees:

    @CrownMoksha
    @Aelin FireHeart
    @Hero of Time
    Thread by: Plums, Sep 7, 2016, 4 replies, in forum: 2016
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    Cycle 1 is the Most Nominations!
    Cycle 2 is the Artistic Nominations!
    Cycle 3 is Best/Worst Nominations!
    Cycle 4 is General Nominations!

    And here are the nominees:

    @Jayn
    @Darkandroid
    @Glen
    @AP_Epikyur

    Thread by: Plums, Sep 7, 2016, 1 replies, in forum: 2016
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    Cycle 1 is the Most Nominations!
    Cycle 2 is the Artistic Nominations!
    Cycle 3 is Best/Worst Nominations!
    Cycle 4 is General Nominations!

    And here are the nominees:

    @Beucefilous
    @Skyheart
    @CrownMoksha
    @Ghost
    @FancyStache
    Thread by: Plums, Sep 7, 2016, 0 replies, in forum: 2016
  16. Plums
    Cycle 1 is the Most Nominations!
    Cycle 2 is the Artistic Nominations!
    Cycle 3 is Best/Worst Nominations!
    Cycle 4 is General Nominations!

    And here are the nominees:

    Kingdom Hearts SOS
    Of Monsters and Men
    In The Times Of Fairy Tails
    Legends of Tyrrus
    RE: Mario's High School Days

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    idk about y'all but this was the most dramatic thing I seen and I loved it
    drag her tyra​
    Thread by: Plums, Sep 7, 2016, 0 replies, in forum: 2016
  17. Plums
    Cycle 1 is the Most Nominations!
    Cycle 2 is the Artistic Nominations!
    Cycle 3 is Best/Worst Nominations!
    Cycle 4 is General Nominations!

    And here are the nominees:

    @Beucefilous
    @Aelin FireHeart
    @Skyheart
    @Calxiyn
    @StardustXtreme
    Thread by: Plums, Sep 7, 2016, 0 replies, in forum: 2016
  18. Plums
    Cycle 1 is the Most Nominations!
    Cycle 2 is the Artistic Nominations!
    Cycle 3 is Best/Worst Nominations!
    Cycle 4 is General Nominations!

    And here are the nominees:

    @Aelin FireHeart
    @CrownMoksha
    @Maka Albarn
    @Krowley
    @Skyheart
    @WhiteRose-Aki
    @NutheadBros
    Thread by: Plums, Sep 7, 2016, 3 replies, in forum: 2016
  19. Plums
    Cycle 1 is the Most Nominations!
    Cycle 2 is the Artistic Nominations!
    Cycle 3 is Best/Worst Nominations!
    Cycle 4 is General Nominations!

    And here are the nominees:
    Ashes to Ashes Dust to Dust
    Kingdom Hearts SOS
    Presumed Dead
    Thread by: Plums, Sep 7, 2016, 1 replies, in forum: 2016
  20. Plums
    Cycle 1 is the Most Nominations!
    Cycle 2 is the Artistic Nominations!
    Cycle 3 is Best/Worst Nominations!
    Cycle 4 is General Nominations!

    And here are the nominees:

    RDB: Secret War
    The Cosmic Ocean
    Kingdom Hearts SOS
    Of Monsters and Men
    Attack on Titan: Reluctant Hero's
    In The Times Of Fairy Tails
    Mortal Instruments
    RE: Mario's High School Days
    Thread by: Plums, Sep 7, 2016, 4 replies, in forum: 2016