madimpossibledreamer

also maybe this will label me as a terrible millennial but I have to ask: what is so terrible about 'adulting?'  what is wrong with humor laughing and crying at how you managed to overcome your insecurities, depression, and burnout to manage to do one productive thing?  I've read the statistics on millennials being the burnout generation, on the increase in depression and such.  (maybe some people would say 'well obviously the issue is that you haven't treated your mental health' but a) it's hard to find the right therapist, look at horror stories online and b) in some situations your mental health isn't covered because the US is terrible and c) millennials do not have the money or time to be taking off of work for this stuff)
this is the main thing that bothers me.  the rest is whatever.  we escape in stories because frankly the real world sucks, and it's hard to change that when you're the 'burnout generation.'
maybe it's the word.  maybe it's too 90's or Buffy for people. maybe 'being responsible' is what they want us to use.  which, to be fair, it's boring and tedious to say, so it fits the subject matter.  adulting sounds so much more adventurous, like you're going off to slay the demons of the everyday.
on harry potter: JK Rowling is terrible, but there's context I think that fits here.  I wish I could remember the video on Youtube but someone was saying that maybe her fans created her, because there were all these critics, Christian parents and groups and conservative people who wanted to ban the books, and the fans rallied around her and told her not to listen to criticism time and time again. but maybe it goes both ways.  maybe fans took it to heart because they fought Christians and conservatives to read it, so there's more investment there.  idk.  I wasn't super invested after book...five?  I skipped a book because of angst and only read the end because I wanted to know how it ended.  the answer is: it was disappointing.  I think her editors stopped trying or were told to stop trying.  please cancel her and make sure it's only fan creations that continue to exist, because fan communities can do so much better than so many of these problematic creators.
also, avocado toast is not a millennial thing.  the answer to why we are too poor to afford houses is not that we're constantly going out to eat. the answer is: we're too poor to afford houses.  the economy trashing us twice might have something to do with that.  but no, because america and pre-nation beliefs that everything bad that happens to you must be a moral failing, it's because of a character flaw.
people need to get better at critical thinking.

sorry, I shouldn't be taking this seriously.  the people writing attack pieces probably aren't taking their job seriously at least.  the tik toks are probably more goofing off than anything; I haven't watched them because I don't have tik tok.  some of them don't even know who millennials are and are just assuming that everyone older than them is a millennial.  I just...I guess I'm slightly disappointed, because zoomers are supposed to be the ones taking mental health more seriously, so seeing them making fun of mental health is just depressing.  or maybe they just have fourth doctor humor because they know we're all doomed.  that I get.

is mad father a jojo reference? (aya, beautician, controlling)

Main Points:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer AU
Summary: Going through folders of old fic is interesting 'cause you never know what you're going to find.
I have literally no idea what's going on in this one.  I was going back through past files and don't even remember writing it.  I don't dislike it.  Mostly I'm just confused.
But for a slightly better summary: there's a character I don't remember dimension hopping.  Jae/Nick. He's looking for Alex boyfriend, only it's a darker Alex|Xan multiple personality he finds (Willow Tapes like, only not quite as friendly).  It's from December 2014.  I'd gotten to Volume III of Shadowed Suspicion at that point.  I'm including everything I have, and I don't even have notes on who anyone is or what's going on, so....this will remain a very confusing mystery for probably all time.  Name is from document title because it's a title.  Pretty sure Lilah actually is W&H Lilah.  I suspect this is one of the versions that has Abby as a sister.  This also might have been the beginning idea for the Self-Made Hero: The Infinity Mirror but.  I'm glad it ended up where it did, rather than here, because there's a lot that doesn't make sense (that being said, December during school probably means sleep-deprived nonsensical me, which might explain a thing or two).
Word Count: 2291
Rating: Teen (Xander is naked for no reason?  nothing even happens?  i don't know why that detail's there?  (though I'm pretty sure he gets dressed after talking to Lilah?)  someone gets thrown into prison for a bit? main characters are dead in this universe before it even starts? but may not have gotten the memo to stay that way?  dark universe? )

 

( speeding up to burnout mode )

 

communication is important, kids.  it's been a comedy of miscommunication today, only it's only funny from the outside.  don't laugh at my pain.  thanks!
~dreamer~

Main Points:
Ace Attorney/YuGiOh crossover universe.  Or something.  (Duel Destinies!)
Summary: Phoenix and Edgeworth discuss matters of importance.
Word Count: 130
Rating: Gen (might be verging on the edge of crack!fic)

  “There’s a boy I’ve got my eye on.”
               “That’s hardly appropriate, Wright.”
               “…Not what I meant.”
               “As always, you need to learn to be specific.”
               “He could be a good protégé.  And we need those, in this time of darkness.”
               “Wright, you’re getting to be as dramatic as your ghost friend.”
               “She’s hardly dramatic.  Other than being a ghost.”
               “And I’m supposed to believe she times her entrances and exits that perfectly by coincidence, am I?”
               “…W-well.”
               “And she was certainly one of the ones who began the duel-disc slamming tradition.”
               “…I get your point.”
               “Did I do damage to your life points, then?”
               “…You don’t know when to quit, do you?”
               “The same could be said of my friends.  I suppose I learn by example.  And from the best.”