Slasher!band au appreciation post/rambling
TW: YAP SESSION, YAP SESSION, YAP SESSION!!!!
I can’t go anywhere for even a second without thinking about this AU. It’s been such a big part of my life since I discovered it.
The art, the small lore drops, and the facts I’ve received from @arkunder with each of their posts kept giving me more and more reasons to finally let my stupid, judgy mind shut up for once and just be myself again.
At the time I found this AU, a lot was going on in my life, but it helped me improve in so many ways. It got me back into writing.
It helped me start accepting that little gremlin side of myself that hyperfixates on things.
This AU is the reason I returned to writing, and it took up so much space in my life in the best possible way—though maybe not the best way for my wallet.
I started buying more and more notebooks, and I’ve now filled up over 15 of them with headcanons, lore ideas, and made-up stories about the AU.
And finally, I did it. (damn girl finally took you long enough-
I made my first ever post about the slasher!band AU on my birthday, introducing my debut OC, Lianne Lee Williams, or just Lyn.
It was also the first real post I made on this account. Before that, it was just filled with reposts or reblogs.
That one post changed everything for me.
I started posting more and more content for the AU, even getting likes from @arkunder themselves.
I met so many amazing people who were just as excited for the AU as I was, and I met the best people I could’ve ever hoped to meet—all because of a small AU.
Every time they or Arkunder posted, whether it was something big and important to the lore or just a funny shitpost, it fueled me to keep going.
Despite being scared of judgment for my headcanons, ideas, or storylines, the opposite happened.
I received so much support, so much love, and so many positive reactions.
I genuinely thought it wasn’t real.
I thought I had just drunk way too many energy drinks and was imagining all those likes, reposts, and comments on my screen.
With all that encouragement, I finally announced my own fanfic for the AU—Blossoming Of Dreams—my personal interpretation and story for the universe.
And Arkunder noticed it again, even reposting it on her page.
That gave me so much motivation to go faster, be more creative, and keep going with so much excitement.
People started cheering me on, and my fic reached over 1K reads on Wattpad, with more amazing reviews and support.
Even more comments from Arkunder followed—(not annoyed, I love you girl please don’t explode) telling me I portrayed the characters accurately.
And I seriously thought I had turned them into completely different people.
But as time passed, Arkunder started posting less and less.
Her final post about the AU was almost a year ago.
I was stunned and didn’t understand the sudden disappearance, but I kept going.
I kept up this hyperfixation, kept writing, kept making art for it, and posted every single idea that came to mind.
And eventually, I ended up making a whole comic with my best friend I met through this AU, @bon-is-gone.
While my art style had a full-on identity crisis during the comic, Bon wrote the incredible script and direction. We DELIVERED!!!! .We reached over 20+ notes, which was such a huge achievement for both of us. (btw make sure to check that super skibidi awesomesauceness on her account PLEASE PELASE PELASE-)
This AU brought out a side of me I didn’t even know I needed.
The side that didn’t care how cringy or dumb an idea sounded.
The side that still posted the thing I made with pride.
The side that didn’t worry about views or likes on something I put my heart into.
The side that kept creating even if it didn’t reach a big audience.
The side that wasn’t afraid to show the real me through the work I made.