Fandom Thoughts And Original Works

It's your first time being intimate, and you're embarrassed because you walk around in the sun a lot, but you don't tan, so the parts of your body that stay hidden are a lot lighter than the rest of your body, making you look uneven.

A bunch of Sonic characters were playing Mario Maker and trying to beat a snow(?) Sonic level I had made. For whatever reason, Ranboo and my sister were playing too, and they were the only ones who could make it to the final area, though Ranboo died immediately. They ended up just watching my sister get to the end (which was very cool of her since it required very precise jumps and she did it in one go) in a sort of spectator mode, except not really because they were shooting through the air in cannons (they could sit in the cannon and zoom in to watch her) and could still die if they fell into the pit.

Then she won the level, and there seemed to be some kind of chat that the Sonic characters were communicating with; I just remember that Eggman sent something on the chat and Ranboo said “DOCTOR ROBOTNIK?! WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING?!” in that jokey yelling tone.

Then it went to a cutscene where Angel Island was about to go flying through the sky (it was already floating in the sky) and credits were about to roll, like in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. On a smaller floating rock, Shadow, Tikal and a Chao were watching them start to take off. Tikal had a smile on her face, but she also looked like she was about to cry. But Shadow looked really exhausted for some reason, and his head fell on Tikal’s shoulder with his eyes shut. Tikal looked a bit surprised, but smiled fondly at him. Then she kinda kissed his head but not really; her lips never touched his head, she just sorta pantomimed it, then went back to watching Angel Island leave; and after seeing that, my brain went “! New ship?” Then I woke up.

In Sonic Adventure 2, Amy's pleading with Shadow to help the others brings back the memory of Maria asking him to do the same thing, which leads him to change his mind and go help Sonic.

In Sonic 06, Amy stops Silver from killing Sonic and proclaims him to not be the kind of person to destroy the world, which leads him to take some time and wonder if killing Sonic really is the right thing to do.

Amy even acts as Sonic's conscience in Sonic Adventure. She stops him from destroying E-102 Gamma because it freed her from Dr. Eggman. Sonic would've been fine blowing Gamma up if it weren't for Amy.

It starts out with you taking a quiz, which assesses your personality and your preferences with love interests. It has a bunch of characters pre-created, but it's designed so that it chooses three love interests that you like.

Then it introduces you to the game mechanics. The game requires a microphone because it works like a glorified C.AI. It takes in your real-time responses and writes the characters' most realistic responses to it. It has you practice for a bit, especially since you can only specify that you want your avatar to perform an action by saying "Action" before you.

You finish with the tutorial and boot up the game, "Your Personalized Dating Sim". It has a pastal pink, floral design, and there's a gentle melody playing in the background...

And then a wooden stamp shows up on screen.

So I wanted to put up another one ranking the others on likeliness of sentience (still not including Caleb since his last myth had some clear breaking the fourth wall moments)

"Okayyy, he's not understand the mountain thing, but that's fine, he's pretty freaked out, at least he's good at saving himself from falling into the void."

"Alright, he's taking a while in this world, so let's speed things up and drop him down into a pit to get him going in the right direction, maybe leave him a crafting table so he knows he's going in the right direction."

"...So clearly the obelisk code was a bit too tricky for him, here, give him another crafting table, that'll lead him in the right direction."

"OH MY ME, LOOK AT THE CARPETS! THE CARPETS ARE ARROWS! YOU DON'T NEED MY HELP! OKAY FINE, FINE, HERE'S A STUPID ROW OF CRAFTING TABLES. YOU HAPPY?! (Geez, I need the mind to be clear, but I wasn't thinking it'd be smooth too...)"

"Okay you know what, I'm tired of this already. Here's a pit to fall into, here's a boat to move through water quickly, just get to the church so your mind can be broken enough for me to get into it."

"-Wait, how did he get out?! He was supposed to be there for me to summon once I finished forming! Wha- where did these signs-... that annoying human..."

"Yeah, I very much doubt that he can figure this one out- ...and he's just... punching the netherite... you know what, whatever, I don't care anymore."

BUT something I just realized is how Avery's story lines up with one of the original KIY stories, "The Yellow Sign". In that story, the narrator, Mr. Scott, has the King in Yellow book in his house, but insists on not reading it, knowing the warnings that come with it. However, later in the story, he finds that his model, Tessie, has read it, and feels obligated to read it as well so she isn't alone during this.

I feel like this parallels Avery's story quite well. Avery was warned not to go left at the crossroads. I'm sure he was at least somewhat aware of the theorizing online, even if he didn't know who the KIY was. He had every opportunity to close the game, delete the world, and not look at it anymore. But he couldn't leave D3rLord behind. He couldn't abandon this person who worked to warn him from potential danger.

The King led D3rLord on by his curiosity/determination. The King led Avery on by his kindness.

Okay, so I know I made this poll about this idea before, but I kinda realized that D3rLord probably just does solo gaming, so he wouldn't really get the chance to connect with someone online like I was originally thinking.

Not only that, but I wanted to change my idea to involve all the LIs. This is what I'm thinking so far (roughtly chronological):

Zayne = very soon after DAWTDE, someone found Non-MC (landlord lol) and called an amubulance for them

Rafayel = just hanging out, the King is muttering stuff in their head and messing with them, making Rafayel concerned for them

Sylus = he had the resources to link Non-MC to this Minecraft ARG thing, confronts them to see if it's all true/if they're okay

Caleb = debating with him about whether to tell Avery they're alive, lots of comparisions betweeen each other

Xavier = hanging out with each other, Non-MC spots Avery in a crowd and eventually decides to approach him, Xavier watches the reunion very confused and slightly jealous

Idk if there's one person I want him to end up with, but this is meant to be a LADS x Non-MC fic, so I'll probably keep their relationship with Avery platonic (sry Slimeknight shippers). What I'm kinda stuck on is how the LIs would know them in the first place.

I'm going to do a cop-out with Zayne and Caleb & just say they all grew up together. In that way, Zayne and Caleb can see the burnt-out-gifted-kid aspect of Non-MC.

But I genuinely have no idea how to insert Non-MC into Xavier, Rafayel, and Sylus's lives, especially since I don't really want Non-MC to interact with MC too much (there is lore reasons for after DAWTDE 😁). If you guys have any ideas, please comment them below!

So Avery uploaded "weird book i did NOT write" on October 18, and it's confirmed DAWTDE takes place on New Years Eve, December 31.

That's 74 DAYS MINIMUM that Derek was stuck. Ten weeks and four days of staring at the screen, eyes burning yet unable to look away without terrible pain. Two months and thirteen days of relying on whatever's nearby for sustainence, probably suffering from malnutrition, starvation, and/or dehydration.

Sure, we don't know how long he passed out for in between recordings, but that's still a VERY significant amount of time to be stuck in one place, literally unable to move. And it doesn't sound like there was anyone there to help him during it.