I love my wife who is a dead stripper

This is a really fantastic return to form for this genre of post. In recent years there's been less and less effort put into this vital aspect of internet culture, it's nice to see a return to the truly artisanal work of the late 00s.

Now THIS is what the internet exists for. I was LOCKED IN the whole time.

*in the middle of sex* hold on homestuck update

hey what the fuck. Who dug this up? What are you doing?? I’m not a historical artifact!!

We still might! Christopher has said he is still hopeful, & both he & Adam have made it clear they are trying to continue. There's really no reason for Flat River Group to hoard the IP, so I have full faith we will see the rest of the game some day.

X-Files style paranormal investigative procedural which preserves high-stakes tension over the length of its run by keeping the same supporting cast from episode to episode, but the sexy lead duo can die at any time. Many pairs last only a single episode, especially the gratuitous celebrity guest stars.

Occasionally one of the pair will be killed off, replaced, and their replacement killed off all in the same episode. Maybe you have one or both of them killed off in the intro to the episode and half the episode is waiting for the replacements to arrive. This could be all kinds of fun

Oh, definitely – if you just consistently kill them both off at the end of each episode, the tension is gone because now it's predictable. Maybe sometimes you do a two-part investigation with the same duo throughout. Maybe you do a stretch where one of them survives for three or four episodes, but goes through multiple partners. And yes, on occasion maybe they both eat it in the first ten minutes!

Incredibly important that the initial pair die in the second episode, not the first; you can mention that their predecessors had been killed, but you need the cushioning of one story with them for the impact of their unexpected deaths to REALLY hit. That way you have shown that they won't necessarily die in any given episode, & the tone will be appropriately set for high tension, not just a sexy lead meatgrinder.

fake as fuck how so-called CBT enjoyers get all hesitant once you start getting really good at it