#consequences of actions

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Day 5 of the Illario Appreciation Week💜

His poor ego... Envy hit by Pride, two sides of the same coin🥹

AN: I had this idea after watching the most recent episode “Fools of Engagement.” In my head, Katie is conning Dob. The others figure it out, but they pretend to go along with the wedding in order to catch her in the act. However, they fail to tell Dob about this. This takes place after everything goes down and Dob finds out.

Thanks to The Historian for beta-ing this.

Disclaimer: I own nothing. Outside Xbox, please enjoy this fic you inspired me to write. I got the first line from a list of prompts, so I also don’t own that.

“When were you going to tell me?” The usual cheerful voice had more than an edge of forlornness to it as its owner leaned dramatically over the sea. 

Merilwen shifted and stopped on her way up to the half-orc bard. “We were going to tell you, but there wasn’t any time.”

Dob sighed through his nose. “No, I don’t suppose there was,” he showed his teeth mirthlessly. “Not with Cor practicing for his best man speech and Egbert preparing the buffet.” He shook his head again. “And all that time, you knew my fianceé was planning my murder.”

Okay, I gotcha now. SoS isn’t quite like The Arcana. There are not character routes for the primary story. There’s the primary story, and then characters you can engage with on the way, either with a romance or friendship (or rivalry). For instance, you can try to repair your relationship with Lucifer, or not, and there will be events that can happen on that ‘path,’ but while doing or not doing so may effect the way endings play out, the base endings exist outside of who you want to be with (though some may not be achievable with poor relationships). Relationships, platonic and romantic, play a part and influence the route you are on, but while you can be on or not on a romance route, you will still proceed towards the end-game. (Hope that makes more sense!)

Some spoilers below the readline.

In a sun-drenched meadow, two small birch trees grow in the shadow of a towering spruce. Jealous of the spruce’s dominance over the sunlight, the birch brothers hatch a plan to reclaim the sun for themselves. But their actions set off a chain of events that will change the meadow forever. This timeless story explores themes of envy, nature’s balance, and the unintended consequences of selfish…

however, seen someone put up the whole thing about June 2022 and get everything wrong, and not take responsibility for what they caused, is infuriating. I don’t care about your favorite characters. I don’t care about any person in the 911 phantom, except for my friend. I personally popped a glass of champagne with the show got canceled because of the detrimental mental anguish that Remy has been suffering from, entirely caused by this Trainwreck of a fandom. And the only reason why I’m even here is to make sure that you people keep her name out of your mouth. But seeing someone act like they did everything right and not take responsibility for what went wrong, it’s not going to fly.

I can only speak for Remy, as I am a personal friend, and I have been by her side for most of this. I know for a fact that she had no idea what was going on, besides having an opinion that differed from the majority, an opinion that was built off of personal experience. It had nothing to do with the actors who portrayed characters. I actually know that her opinion has since changed, and she would rather agree that chimney was, for the most part, right… Until he threw a fucking punch and never fucking apologized for it, which is the only thing she’s ever fucking called him out for. You don’t punch family. But since we’re gonna ignore the rest of that, I’ll continue. she got put on that goddamn list and the harassment has never ceased. She has received death threats, she has received an attempt. She got put on that goddamn list and the harassment has never ceased. She has received death threats, she has had to attempt, her job was threatened, and her love for writing is forever burnt out of her.

I don’t blame everything on the people who created that list. I don’t know who did that list, and I’m not gonna point fingers. People have taken it and ran it. And even though she was removed, that version is still out there and the consequences of being on that list been detrimental. she’s currently in therapy, for anxiety and depression. And the only reason why that started was because I walked in on her horrific panic attack that took her to the hospital. She hasn’t written anything since she finally got out of this fandom. That she wants to write just send her hyperventilating. Even her own original novel that she had been working on for years, she can’t even open the files. she doesn’t watch the show anymore,, she has done her best to block any mention of this fandom end of the show because of how much it hurts her

I don’t care about intention. I don’t care what anyone else has to say. But when you do an action, there is a reaction. And it’s something like this, you need to take responsibility. So did the people who made that list, I hope you don’t sleep well at night anymore, knowing exactly what has been done. And I know that Remy it’s just one person. Probably one of the more innocent of the group. But if someone throws herself into a fandom, both feet forward, the only thing any of you did was let her come her way burned.

Into those who actually care about Remy, who tried to reach out and got no answer, she’s doing better. She doesn’t really answer private messages or anything anymore, though I tell her because I have controller for social media, as ordered by her therapist for her continued healing. But she is doing better, she smiling, she’s found other shows and movies to fall in love with, but she will never be comfortable and phantom again. Not even phantoms that she was in previously.

I say all this with her permission. She’s actually in the room with me. She’s not about to say something herself for a lot of reasons, but she’s giving me carte blache when necessary. But she didn’t ask me to say one more thing. she’s not about to forgive or forget what has happened, but she has moved on. So to those who continue to bring it up, and those who still flood all in boxes… You can stop now. She really doesn’t care more. Just move the fuck on.

Sunday Spotlight: Nicole Trope

Today we feature Nicole Trope whose most recent release is Forgotten (Allen & Unwin). Welcome, Nicole, and thanks for participating in Sunday Spotlight.

How many novels have you written and published and what prizes, if any, have they won? I have published five novels: The Boy under the Table (2012), Three Hours Late (2013), The Secrets in Silence (2014) – longlisted for a Davitt Award; Hush…