AonEne

And out of nowhere...

I'm a Sentient Awakened Object. On your level now, Clearcut!

Thanks, everyone who gave me upvotes. I'm saving a giant mushy you-all-rock-and-the-Shard-has-changed-my-life for my one year anniversary (I haven't even been here a year yet? Wow, feels like so long and yet so little at the same time...), but again, thanks.

CELEBRATION TIME COME ON!

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I recommend reading the Nightwatcher thread before this.

Ap, I'll forget about this End person if you forget about Galladon. (I blame the Nightwatcher! I wasn't even there!)

Also, thanks. I'm glad you like the name. I was worried that it was silly when I first proposed it.

Ashspren, don't tell him. (SORRY AP. SECRETS.)

*DND group gets in a longer-than-you'd-think discussion about sticky notes vs pop-up sticky notes and which is normal* 
"These are normal, those are pop-up" - Po after doing research 
"Those are cool, yours are lame papers with glue!" (paraphrased) 

"The average human is like ten HP right" (this is just funny out of context) 

My character: "Hi can I play cards with you -" 
Other character: *promptly grabs my character and yeets them at the kobolds* 
DM: "do you resist this, Ene" 
Me: "no" 
*the kobold dies on impact* 

Okay now the session has devolved into incorrect quotes generator and I'm loving it. Most of these are randomly generated, with me just inputting names: 

Ene: Stick and I were crossing the street, and this dude drove by and honked at us
Truth: *sighing* What did Stick do?
Ene: He chased him to the next red light, then reached into his window and - 
Stick: Who wants a steering wheel? 

Ene: Come on, I wasn’t that drunk last night.
Stick: You were flirting with Truth.
Ene: So what? They're my partner.
Stick: You asked them if they were single. 
Ene: 
Stick: And then you cried when they said they weren't. 

Ene: If I die, my funeral is going to be the biggest party ever and you’re all invited
Star: If? 
Xino: Great, the only party I’ve ever been invited to and she might not even die. 

Tesh, in a high voice, holding barbie: hey ken! I was thinking about going back to school and starting a career!
Salad, in a deep voice, holding ken: nonsense, barbie. you’re staying home and having my kids
Knight: what the frick are you guys doing?
Tesh: playing systemic oppression

Ene: What if I press the brake and gas at the same time?
Salad: The car takes a screenshot.

Mist: I think we're missing something.
Goat: Teamwork?
Vapor: Cohesion?
Fadran: A general sense of what we’re doing?

Fadran, setting down a card: Ace of spades
Queen, pulling out an Uno card: +4
Kindness, pulling out a Pokémon card: Jolteon, I choose you
Connie, trembling: What are we playing

Safire: You know those things will kill you, right?
June, pouring another glass of whiskey: That’s the point.
Luna, smoking a cigarette: We’re trying to speed up the process.
Beram: *nods while eating raw cookie dough* 

Ene: Well, aren’t you all a rag-tag group of adventurers with unclear goals and good hearts! Oh, let me guess: you’re out to save the world!
Witless: Well, actually, that sounds like a pretty fair assessment.
Po: More or less, I guess...
Archer: That sounds awesome! Let’s do that!
Ink: I’m new here, but I am open to the concept.
Tesh: I thought that’s what we were doing, guys, come on! 

*the squad right before Ene's wedding*
Ink: Well I have to go, I have a wedding to attend.
Po: Wait... Oh! I have a wedding to attend too!
Archer: Oh, I have a wedding to attend as well
Tesh: I THINK WE ALL HAVE WEDDINGS TO ATTEND
Witless, panicked: I THINK I HAVE A WEDDING TO OFFICIATE

Maybe I should have Witless officiate my wedding... 

Fritz: What does 'take out' mean?
Stick: Food 
Ene: Dating
Truth: Murder
Hen: IT CAN MEAN ALL THREE IF YOURE NOT A COWARD. 

Adilie: Good responses for being stabbed with a knife?
Eryn: Rude.
Drae: That’s fair.
Ladashwy: Not again.
Marie: Are you going to want this back? 

Marie: Okay okay stop asking me if I'm straight, gay, bi, whatever. I identify as a RUSTING THREAT. 

Marie: *Stubs their toe* RUSTS! 
Adilie: Mind your language!
Marie: What else am I supposed to say, “Woe is I”???
Adilie: ... 
Marie: You have to accept that swear words are necessary sometimes. 

Marie: Go to Hell
Kelsier, tearing up: I wish I could

Po: What are your goals?
Ene: To pet all the dogs.
Po: No, fitness goals.
Ene: To be able to run fast enough to pet all the dogs.

Cassie, standing with her back turned: I’ve been expecting you, James.
James: How did you do that without turning around?
Cassie: ...to be perfectly honest, the first couple of people I did that to were not you.

Ben: I think I'm having a mid-life crisis.
Shana: You're like 15 years old
Ben: I MIGHT DIE AT 30! 

Jace: What time is it?
Ax: I don’t know; pass me that saxophone and we’ll find out
Ax: *plays sax loudly and extremely out of tune*
Doc: WHO THE STORMS IS PLAYING THE SAXOPHONE AT TWO IN THE MORNING
Ax: It’s 2 am

Mist: WHY. why did you give Emi a KNIFE?! 
Star: I’m sorry. They said they felt unsafe. 
Mist: Now I feel unsafe! 
Star: I’m sorry. 
Star: ...would you like a knife? 

@theTruthshaper @AonDii @Shard of Thought @xinoehp512 @Tesh @The Awakened Salad @Knight of Iron @Mist ill tag the rest of you later it about to die

2,222...woo? *rhymes*

Unstoppable keyboard spam

I have decided that I can’t wait for my next Shardiversary, I must do this now. 

THANK YOU TO ALL THE AWESOME PEOPLE ON THE SHARD. Thank you for reassuring me through the hard times and laughing me through the good ones, telling me I’m not the worst human on the planet both spontaneously and when I’m convinced I suck. 

Also, Potency, you do the above AND you have a great face. I like your face almost as much as your brain.  

Sorry, I just felt compelled to say that. I’ll stop bothering y’all with notifications now. 

"Why not both?  Though your list of RP ships is probably going to go out the door..." - Ashspren

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

These are not in order, they're just as I think of them.

[REDACTED].

Smokestone.

OOSOOM.

Condor.

Juneo.

Flashbacks Squared.

Cole x We-Don't-Know-Her-Name.

Shalcatraz (kidding) (maybe).

More that I'm surely forgetting.

Fire, were you gonna answer what Ink said in my AMA? You don't have to, just wondering.

hold up

I just heard the dog make The Most Tired Groan on my parents’ bed, and it was super long and adorable and somehow also the most relatable thing I’ve ever heard  

Help, do I work on a long char-dev RP post or do I work on my Shardiversary post which is ONLY IN LIKE TWO DAYS NVM I DECIDED ON MY OWN, COOL THANKS ACK 

Lol Star I'm out here reading 'CTEC' as CBST

PSA, Truth is cute. 

...I need something else to say in this status update...uh...I like lemons. 

Who is this person and why are they time traveling 

THE SHARD DIDN’T EVEN EXIST AT THAT POINT?!?! 

HEY, that wasn’t meant to be all caps but sometimes if I type something fast the keyboard takes a second to catch up and does it while still in caps mode, do you guys know what I mean? Does that happen to you too? 

Anyway  Sorry for my absence, our house doesn’t have Internet atm and for a couple days my mom and I went to my grandparents’ house to get homework done, but then the focus was on homework, so I had blips of Internet some days but no time to really write with it.

Also my mental health appears to be getting exponentially worse, like those graphs where it’s just flat and then starts getting higher and then gets much higher much quicker and then just ZOOMS up...that’s me right now, wheeeeeeee. 

I’ve been trying to figure out how to do this for a long time now, but I’m bad at it haha, so maybe just bluntly throwing it out there before I let myself get distracted by catching up on what I missed is the key. 

I need to take a break from the Shard, most specifically RPing. Or, less of a break and more of a sitting-back, I guess. I’m not leaving, I’ll be here for conversations and stuff, and please still feel free to come to me for a n y t h i n g because I will never be unwilling to help, but I need to give myself more distance because I am Not Okay right now. I need to reevaluate several things and figure out some stuff that matters to me, and frankly I’m a bit burned out. Actually, I’ve been burned out in varying degrees for months, now I’m past burned out and into burned down, or something. 

What this means for the things I’m involved in: 

Alleyverse = biggest change. I was so excited to write a different version of Deteca, I could not wait to get in the new her’s head, and despite the fact that I’m still very interested in her, I just...can’t write her. I am going to try to do the interaction with @18th Shard and @Sorana, because I’ve planned that with them and don’t want to disrupt their plans, but after that I don’t know how involved with those characters I can promise to be. (Same with any potential Deteca-Zokora interactions.) 

If @bees? is still breaking out of that van (I haven’t read AMD yet so he might’ve already), I can lend some help with Myriad, maybe. If you don’t need it, I’d probably just hold you up. 

I’m still here for TUBA if anything happens. Luckily most guild conflicts are heavily foreshadowed and also heavily IC these days, so there shouldn’t be any shenanigans where I’m instantly needed. I trust y’all to be cool if I’m not around for a day or two. (No succession wars, you hear? If I come back to a succession war at some point I’ll be very annoyed.) 

TKND = I will try to keep an OOC presence, keep up the moderation/updating the OP/polls stuff and any discussions of where we’re going next, but Cassie posts will be along the lines of “she followed the group, she did such and such” rather than anything deep. Not that her posts are very in-depth anyway over half the time, but. Yeah. 

KotC = who knows if they’re reading this, I think Tesh reads my status updates but does anyone else? Likely not, so I’ll copy this to their chat PM. I’m gonna have to hand off the slave trade to someone else. Raise your hand if you’re up for taking it on (the responsibility, not literally taking on the slave trade :P). I may be able to handle some of it later, and by the time we get to any epic showdowns I’d like to do some talking from Natoriana and/or Jalis. I’d also prefer if they were left mostly out of things for now so their characterization isn’t compromised; I’ll write them out or something. 

Clearcut I can continue as usual, I think. She’s not difficult, just dialogue and a pretty simple character arc, and I’m eager to see her wielded at some point. 

V1 = I really am working on a post to bring that back. I’m dearly sorry that it’s been dead so long, there’s no excuse, but I’m going to fix it. I hope. That will be delayed, but eventually it will happen. 

Sharder Kahoot Club = I might be able to make some progress on this front but who knows, really? 

Forum games = I’ll probably be around but can’t say how much 

That cosmere Monopoly board I wanted to make = still wanna make it, but it’s a *shrug* for now 

And I want to write more fanfiction in the future besides RP, there’s at least one series I want to do and I always have oneshots in my head because who doesn’t, but that’s after that reevaluation I mentioned. 

Love you all. Sorry to be so abrupt. *hugs* 

So I had a dream a couple of nights ago where I had Ruby's semblance (superspeed) and @AxeliustheGreat was there, and somehow he could boost me with duralumin, and I was looking at him and grinning and saying "DURALUMIN SEMBLANCE" and being hyped. He rolled his eyes, which I must say is a spot-on Ax from what I know about him.

For some reason, there were also these YouTubers I watch who were randomly there - this whole thing taking place on my street - who I left my phone with. I was scared I'd drop it or it'd get lost, I guess.

It was a weird dream.

Yeah this fits me perfectly  

https://www.16personalities.com/infps-at-work 

I've been on this wild roller coaster of a fansite for four years and I ain't about to get off anytime soon. Here until we crash and burn, baby. ...Let's not, though. 

This time I'm going to save musings for after the Compliments Section. This is so I can put the staff right at the top, as they tend to have limited time, so certain people don't have to ask for a TL;DR anymore.  I intentionally won't try to mention everyone, or anywhere close actually, but I love every single one of you. 

First up: @Chaos, as intimidated as I used to be by you, I now think you're wonderful and kind and I really admire you. I enjoy talking with you even when we're both tired and really should be sleeping. Can't wait to read your book someday. 

@Argent, your humor and measuredness make the world a better place to be in. I'm very glad I get to know you. 

@LewsTherinTelescope, you're cool and things. Words are hard but talking with you is always Good. You know what I mean. 

@Otto Didact, one day I am going to meet and hug you and the world will probably be at peace or something. I need to talk to you more because you're amazing and your Dad Vibes are healing. Also, you have possibly the best hair in staff chat. Don't tell Evgeni.  

@Kaymyth, speaking of parent vibes, you are really cool like so cool and also so loving and also like can I have your autograph someday?? Literally, I mean, I'm gonna be buying your books eventually  

@Paleo, your wizardry is fantastic, but your creations aren't the only thing making you awesome. I appreciate you and your help very much. 

@Voidus, you and your care and thoughtfulness have never ceased to be there, and I hope I get to talk to you, read your RP, and hear about your campaigns and kiddos being cute forever. 

@firstRainbowRose and @little wilson, meeting you two at the last Dragonsteel Minicon was so fun and you're both so nice! I'm excited to see you both again. Mi'ch, you are incredible and don't forget it. Kendra, sometimes I just think of you and your offers to talk about stuff and it's...steadying. <3 

Working with all of you continues to be an honor and a joy, and hanging out with you more so. On to non-staff! 

IT'S TIME FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT THE BENES. @The Awakened Salad @Tesh ARE YOU GUYS READY TO BE DELUGED IN LOVE? I hope so because you're my best friends and more important to me than all the world. Specific compliments elude me when everything applies, so...reread our platonic wedding vows, kiss your pet, and know that you are the beaniest FAB Squad ever and I will never, ever forget you and our conversations and hangouts. 

You are skilled, you are loved, you are interesting, and I will always listen to you. May dragons, avi.  

To the many people I've met in-person at various times over the past year - I absolutely loved it, for the record, and you are as awesome as sour Skittles. 

To those I've talked with after absences, I'm overjoyed to speak to you again. Special shoutout to @Ashspren - chatting with you on Discord has been great, Ash! 

@Robin Sedai, I don't know you super well yet but you're really kind and I hope your life is going well. I always look forward to singing Hamilton with you  

@Wyndlerunner beep. *boops your nose* 

@#1 Taln Fan, you are awesome and amazing and funny and don't you ever let yourself forget it! 

All of you reading this deserve individual statements, but I'm too tired to do something more elaborate - totally lost track of the days and wasn't writing this one in advance. No way I could keep up the giant lists forever, anyway. You all take care of yourselves, you do deserve it - and I know it's hard sometimes, or most of the time, but it will get better, I promise. No matter what. Keep hanging on. 

I haven't been very active on the forums this past year. I mean, I've been on, but only about ~500 posts outside the games is telling. Still, despite that, I've had a grand time both here and on the server. I've graduated, gotten a job, and become a different person in many ways this year. I'm fairly happy with who I am now, which is nice, lol. 

I won't apologize for this not being more ornate, I'm too tired. Knowing the lot of you is an adventure, and I never want to give that up. 

*toasts you all with a glass of eggnog* Love ya. May this next year be better than this one, and with less hardships for those we love. 

Hey, you! Yeah, you reading this! I am about to try streaming on YouTube to see if it’s a viable way of playing Kahoot with other Sharders! If you see this, consider helping with this trial run. Thanks! 

One hundred human beings saw my +Follow Member button and thought, "aight". I'm...still somewhat in shock. I have a following. I have a,,,we don't have a term for a group of 100, but I have 100 peoples who could theoretically see this - or more likely, let's say half are active, half of those click the notification, that's still 25 people who are likely to see whatever I say. Wow.

Every single one of you is awesome and I feel like I should do something for @TheMothLord as a celebration but what do you do for this stuff...?

Here, have 100 smiley faces and a puppy, thanks for thinking I'm interesting or cool or have nice content or whatever, I love you all a ton!

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"If states could declare war we'd have declared war on Nevada a long time ago. We could take Nevada. Utah could take Nevada in a fight." "We'd have declared war on Canada. Canada's too polite, we can take 'em." - my government teacher 

We're coming for you, Tesh... 

I have temporarily become a butterfly. I'll probably go back to the God of Light soon, but for now, every single one of you humans read Paranatural. It has awesome stuff, like this.

Well, I’m seventeen! 

I can’t be an adult in one year, that’s way too soon, something is just wrong there  

Heeeey all! This status update is gonna hopscotch around a lot, but I’m not sorry for it because I’m practicing not apologizing for as many things! Wheeee 

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This one time I was typing someone’s name in a school assignment, had to do an á and could only access those letters from a weird box in the options; said box covered up the page, and I clicked á several times before having a RealizationTM and exiting the box. I was greeted by ‘Luááááááááááááá’. 

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That writing schedule I ever-so-optimistically proposed for myself a while back? You may have noticed that that didn’t happen.  So instead I’m dropping the week rigidity and just going for a few things at once, to be completed when I have time. 

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senior freaking year, man 

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At this rate I’ll probably have 100 followers and more rep than Brandon by my next Shardiversary, which is...a thought. You guys are too amazing. I’m still shocked that so many of you thought I was interesting enough to follow! *hugs* to everyone! 

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The TBR is a monster that only grows... 

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Sneak peek at song parodies I’m gonna be writing: 

I Have A Dream, Tangled - In TLT (TLT-themed) 

Castle on the Hill, Ed Sheeran - Watcher at the Rim (Stormlight-themed) 

Gotta love those syllable counts! (Aksksjdjfjfj ‘syl’able where’s the pun thread when you need it) 

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I’ve been doing decently mental-health-wise. Not great, but I’m living. I hope you’re all doing okay too. 

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Go check out Paleo and Jofwu’s incredible awesome fabulous interactive Roshar map and timeline if you haven’t already!!! Like seriously, guys, this thing is so excellent. 

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I think that’s all for now. You can expect more creative works from me soon!  

(Oh and a quick reminder that this WoB exists (it’s at the bottom because I had to attach the file)) 

My reaction to The Dragon Prince episode one is as follows: (spoilers) (also possibly incoherent cause I just streamed my thoughts) 

Pretty birds, pretty dragon 

Yes of course humans mess it all up. Good going, discovering more magic 

Segregation is not the answer! This won’t go well! They’re gonna come out of Shinovar and conquer you, singers - I mean elves! 

Bet you anything the Dragon Prince is secretly one of the human princes in the summary or smthn like that 

I have known Callum for about five seconds and I love him 

1: this is why you don’t station only one guard somewhere! 2: can we have a moment of peace for all the lone guards in fiction who get taken out first? RIP them. 

Oh I like her 

Call me a crazy shipper, but there is instant SOMETHING between these two dudes and I’m really hoping they don’t go for the extremely easy ‘Head Mage is evil’ route because THAT SMILE and can he and the king at least be friends, pleeeeaaaase? 

Also are those scars on Viren’s cheeks or what 

“Parry parry parry you’re dead” 

Callum, that’s not gonna happen. She has a book. You can’t compete with the book. Go fall in love with elf girl, she has pretty horns 

“what was that” “...I don’t know” he just admits it I love him more and more 

Lol blond guy (Soren?) is so nice. All these characters are good to each other, it’s so refreshing these days  

Give me your ages, main characters. I know it’s too early and they rarely mention them in shows...hmm I’ll look them up. 14, 10, 15! And only a couple spoilers, I’ll count that as half a win (found out anyway) 

Yes, that’s what happens when you let people go, they go warn other people.  I’m loving the culture here though 

Soren is less nice now. Not letting Callum come is reasonable, but he just doesn’t feel right atm 

Well that was fun! I now shall disappear back into this show woohoo thanks to everyone who said it was good because for the most part, yes. Did that make any sense? I don’t care