Apparently it's one of those traditions that helps keep kids well behaved on a holiday 😂 Be good, don't spoil your appetite with sweets and snacks, and you will see the Golden Pig who brings good fortune for the new year! Look, there it is! [ Reflects light off a lamp or mirror]

I believe there's a lot of motivations/reasons to write, but if I had to choose only one then it would be to tell stories people could see themselves in and believe that their own story will eventually also be a happy one. If you can write your own reality, then why not choose a hopeful one?

Me too, buddy. Holidays are like that.

I told her. Honesty matters.

Lmao oh that's a delight. I'm loving the animated series, in no small part because it's fun watching and waiting for people to Find Things Out.

I'm very sorry that she made your birthday more about herself than you. That's not fair and it's not right. Hopefully you can do something special for yourself at least?

It gets *different.* You trade some problems for other problems or the existing problems evolve. On the upside, as I get alarmingly closer to 40, I know who I am more and I have more peace about who that person is. That's not nothin'.

I've seen people excuse it as the site wanting to avoid witch hunts for AI and hurting real writers in the process, but that's not at all what their public statement says. It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth to see AO3 legitimize AI on any level and call it "inclusivity."

I've even been catching it increasingly on Ao3. As I recall, last year there was a troll feeding all popular RadioBelle fics into it and even calling a few people out by name. The people using AI are nothing but shameless thieves.

decided to go straight to the source.

paperwork late into the night. It was charming the first time. The second time, even! By 1:05 AM she was beginning to feel vaguely less holiday spirit than she'd prefer and by 2:18 AM she was futility attempting to unplug the radio Alastor had provided as an "early gift." It didn't help. By 3:34 she

At precisely 12:01 AM on December 1st, the unmistakable tune of 'Jingle Bells' began playing through every speaker in the Hazbin Hotel. The residents were hardened to sleeping through anything short of Armageddon, but Charlie found herself smiling gently at the whimsical music as she finished

It's honestly kind of wild when you realize how much the internet has exposed you to other cultures vs when you speak to someone who hasn't had that experience. It's actually why I try to avoid slang, idioms, and other things like that IRL - I can't keep track of what people will know 🤣

American here! I'd assume you mean it's a "love it or hate it" sort of thing, but that's because the internet has exposed me to ample UK English and before that it was books.

Excuse me....???

I have no idea what to say about this ship war absurdity anymore except ...yeah, I guess Season 3 Alastor will only speak to men. Who cares about characterization or integrity of writing.