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Scratcher
100+ posts
SWC Megathread ‧₊˚❀༉‧ July 2025
1k Intro || 1384 words
Ah… welcome. Ignore the unfinished character refs, I've been procrastinating on art fight….
*ahem* Anyways, welcome to my palace! And… by palace, I mean my imaginary dream home where all of my dreams come true or something. I dunno, I’m bad at coming up with new and interesting intros after doing these for several sessions!
First thing's first, I am Mango. Previously known as Kitty, Tea, Ellie, Vivian, Mav, Leif, Yoshi, Papaya, and probably a ton of other nicknames I had for all of a few days before I realized no one won't call me Mango. My pronouns are they/he, I'm a transmasc enby bean who also happens to be pan and on the aromantic spectrum. Contradictory, I know.
I like talking about myself. Actually… no, I LOVE talking about myself. I will infodump every moment of my life to you… and yet never live a fulfilling life. Instead I'll reshare that I 100%’d Mario Kart 8, and that I draw cake toppers for my cousins, and that I burnt my hands when I was 6, instead of going outside, making friends, and therefore having new things to share. (If you are curious about those stories, I'm willing to explain those near the bottom of this ramble).
Next, did you know I like video games? Bet you didn't! I'm a huge Mario fan, already racking up a solid 30+ hours in Mario Kart World, even though I got it literally last week. I'm a huge video game fanatic in general. I have a majority of North American consoles, from the Atari 2600 to the Switch 2. Y'know, aside from the PS5, whatever the heck the newest XBox is, the Atari Jaguar, the Neogeo systems, and a few other random outliers. All of the Nintendo systems though (aside from variations such as the DSi and GBA SP). Yes, even the Virtual Boy, Sega Nomad, Atari Lynx, etc. Most of which, I have at least a few games for as well.
Aside from video game consoles, my favourite video game series of all time is Paper Mario. I was first introduced to the series in 2022 by a friend on the site who would not stop talking about Paper Mario: The Origami King. Out of curiosity, I begged my father to let me get the game, played it, and genuinely enjoyed it. A lot. (Well, actually, none of this is true. I got introduced to Paper Mario when I was 9 and got Mario Story (the Japanese version of Paper Mario 64), but since I didn't understand the text, I gave up.)
Anyways, then I discovered that the rest of the series exists, so wouldn't you know it, I begged my entire family to get me a gamecube and every Paper Mario game. And I got that Gamecube! And I got most of the Paper Mario games! Excluding 64 and Sticker Star. And I played through TTYD first. I ADORED it, and that's when I knew, I was a Paper Mario fan. Then I played Super Paper Mario. Phenomenal. Love the plot, nothing better in terms of plot! Totally not cuz it was the first game I actually guessed the plot twist in. Then I tried to play Colour Splash…and forgot… and same with Paper Mario 64 when I eventually got it… and I didn't even want to touch Sticker Star when I got it.
While yes, I'm still a huge Paper Mario fan to this very day, over 3 years of playing the series (I actually replayed Origami King a few weeks ago, and managed to 100% it in about 3 weeks), I'd say I found something even better from this series.
Mario & Luigi!
…just kidding. Those games are really good though. I love Luigi, but aside from that, Paper Mario is better in my humble opinion. Sorry M&L fans.
Nah, what I found was Bug Fables. The best game to ever exist, and not just because it's the Paper Mario game we've all been waiting for. Nah, the TTYD remake does that just fine. I've played Bug Fables for so long that it feels like its own thing. Sure, a lot of the game elements are inspired by Paper Mario, but… I dunno. I think it's a cute game with an expansive world and plot that could be built on by so much in a sequel… totally not writing this as I listen to the OST.
Oh… you don't know what I'm talking about? Well, to put it simply, it's a game about bugs, in a Paper Mario-style rpg, or as some people would say, a low number turn based rpg. The most interesting trio of characters venture around their homeland in search of an ancient artifact. And to avoid spoilers if you wanna know more for yourself, PLAY IT! I need people who are willing to share my interest in this silly game.
I personally think it has good fan OC potential… and no, I'm not saying that as someone who has 3 fan OCs, one of which I created a few days ago…
Maybe I'll write out all of their backstories later.
Other than that, I draw. I write. I swim a bit in the Summer. Honestly, I'm not all that interesting of a person. My favorite music genre is literally video game music. I think I may have a problem.
Though, I did promise some little stories on the few things I shared earlier, and I need to write more words.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 100%. Now, I don't think I ENTIRELY 100%’d the game, as I may be missing a few Kart combination options, but in terms of grand prix, I've done it all. 50cc, 100cc, 150cc, 200cc, and mirror mode, every cup, even in the booster course pass, gold and 3 stars. It was a struggle, but I did it. 50cc and 100cc were a breeze. No joke, I lost maybe 3 or 4 times combined, playing as a random Kart combination I thought was fun, that being Toad or Koopa in the circuit special, slick tires, and cloud glider. Also Kamek in full out Bowser gear because I thought it'd be funny if he were super strict on following his master in his debut Mario Kart game. Then, I reached 150cc. Then I did horribly. And then my sister told me to be Yoshi on the biddybuggy, rollers, and cloud glider. Then I did ok. After several weeks of rage quitting, I managed to do it, finishing off on the special cup on 200cc. Bone Dry Dunes will haunt me forever now.
My grandmother loves making t-shirts and making decorations made of paper to stick on top of a cake. When I started liking Bug Fables, however, I wanted my cake topper to be PERFECT, nothing lost in translation, so I volunteered to draw mine for my grandmother. And then drew everyone else's, that being my sister's, and both cousins. So, I've been the “official” cake topper artist of the family for over a year, aside from the time my youngest cousin wanted me to draw Transformers.
Last but not least, when I was 6, I burnt my hands. And not me touching the stove and getting a tiny burn on a couple of fingers. No, both hands burnt and blistered. (Sorry for the image I may have put in your head) We owned a woodstove, as we kinda lived in the middle of nowhere. Silly 6 year old me thought it'd be a good idea to play tag with my sister, and hide behind said woodstove. She found me, pushed me, and the only option I had was to put my hands on the woodstove to stop myself hitting my head on it. That led to a trip to the ER, my hands in bandages and practically unusable for a month, an ice cream sundae to make me feel better, and nearly needing plastic surgery. I recently learned that if it weren't for my father being good at bandaging, I would've actually needed surgery on my hands. So… yeah, that's fun.
Sorry for ending off on a rather low note. I think it's interesting though. But, I'm over 1k words. Hopefully this gave you a bit of insight about me. That's all. Bye.
Ah… welcome. Ignore the unfinished character refs, I've been procrastinating on art fight….
*ahem* Anyways, welcome to my palace! And… by palace, I mean my imaginary dream home where all of my dreams come true or something. I dunno, I’m bad at coming up with new and interesting intros after doing these for several sessions!
First thing's first, I am Mango. Previously known as Kitty, Tea, Ellie, Vivian, Mav, Leif, Yoshi, Papaya, and probably a ton of other nicknames I had for all of a few days before I realized no one won't call me Mango. My pronouns are they/he, I'm a transmasc enby bean who also happens to be pan and on the aromantic spectrum. Contradictory, I know.
I like talking about myself. Actually… no, I LOVE talking about myself. I will infodump every moment of my life to you… and yet never live a fulfilling life. Instead I'll reshare that I 100%’d Mario Kart 8, and that I draw cake toppers for my cousins, and that I burnt my hands when I was 6, instead of going outside, making friends, and therefore having new things to share. (If you are curious about those stories, I'm willing to explain those near the bottom of this ramble).
Next, did you know I like video games? Bet you didn't! I'm a huge Mario fan, already racking up a solid 30+ hours in Mario Kart World, even though I got it literally last week. I'm a huge video game fanatic in general. I have a majority of North American consoles, from the Atari 2600 to the Switch 2. Y'know, aside from the PS5, whatever the heck the newest XBox is, the Atari Jaguar, the Neogeo systems, and a few other random outliers. All of the Nintendo systems though (aside from variations such as the DSi and GBA SP). Yes, even the Virtual Boy, Sega Nomad, Atari Lynx, etc. Most of which, I have at least a few games for as well.
Aside from video game consoles, my favourite video game series of all time is Paper Mario. I was first introduced to the series in 2022 by a friend on the site who would not stop talking about Paper Mario: The Origami King. Out of curiosity, I begged my father to let me get the game, played it, and genuinely enjoyed it. A lot. (Well, actually, none of this is true. I got introduced to Paper Mario when I was 9 and got Mario Story (the Japanese version of Paper Mario 64), but since I didn't understand the text, I gave up.)
Anyways, then I discovered that the rest of the series exists, so wouldn't you know it, I begged my entire family to get me a gamecube and every Paper Mario game. And I got that Gamecube! And I got most of the Paper Mario games! Excluding 64 and Sticker Star. And I played through TTYD first. I ADORED it, and that's when I knew, I was a Paper Mario fan. Then I played Super Paper Mario. Phenomenal. Love the plot, nothing better in terms of plot! Totally not cuz it was the first game I actually guessed the plot twist in. Then I tried to play Colour Splash…and forgot… and same with Paper Mario 64 when I eventually got it… and I didn't even want to touch Sticker Star when I got it.
While yes, I'm still a huge Paper Mario fan to this very day, over 3 years of playing the series (I actually replayed Origami King a few weeks ago, and managed to 100% it in about 3 weeks), I'd say I found something even better from this series.
Mario & Luigi!
…just kidding. Those games are really good though. I love Luigi, but aside from that, Paper Mario is better in my humble opinion. Sorry M&L fans.
Nah, what I found was Bug Fables. The best game to ever exist, and not just because it's the Paper Mario game we've all been waiting for. Nah, the TTYD remake does that just fine. I've played Bug Fables for so long that it feels like its own thing. Sure, a lot of the game elements are inspired by Paper Mario, but… I dunno. I think it's a cute game with an expansive world and plot that could be built on by so much in a sequel… totally not writing this as I listen to the OST.
Oh… you don't know what I'm talking about? Well, to put it simply, it's a game about bugs, in a Paper Mario-style rpg, or as some people would say, a low number turn based rpg. The most interesting trio of characters venture around their homeland in search of an ancient artifact. And to avoid spoilers if you wanna know more for yourself, PLAY IT! I need people who are willing to share my interest in this silly game.
I personally think it has good fan OC potential… and no, I'm not saying that as someone who has 3 fan OCs, one of which I created a few days ago…
Maybe I'll write out all of their backstories later.
Other than that, I draw. I write. I swim a bit in the Summer. Honestly, I'm not all that interesting of a person. My favorite music genre is literally video game music. I think I may have a problem.
Though, I did promise some little stories on the few things I shared earlier, and I need to write more words.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 100%. Now, I don't think I ENTIRELY 100%’d the game, as I may be missing a few Kart combination options, but in terms of grand prix, I've done it all. 50cc, 100cc, 150cc, 200cc, and mirror mode, every cup, even in the booster course pass, gold and 3 stars. It was a struggle, but I did it. 50cc and 100cc were a breeze. No joke, I lost maybe 3 or 4 times combined, playing as a random Kart combination I thought was fun, that being Toad or Koopa in the circuit special, slick tires, and cloud glider. Also Kamek in full out Bowser gear because I thought it'd be funny if he were super strict on following his master in his debut Mario Kart game. Then, I reached 150cc. Then I did horribly. And then my sister told me to be Yoshi on the biddybuggy, rollers, and cloud glider. Then I did ok. After several weeks of rage quitting, I managed to do it, finishing off on the special cup on 200cc. Bone Dry Dunes will haunt me forever now.
My grandmother loves making t-shirts and making decorations made of paper to stick on top of a cake. When I started liking Bug Fables, however, I wanted my cake topper to be PERFECT, nothing lost in translation, so I volunteered to draw mine for my grandmother. And then drew everyone else's, that being my sister's, and both cousins. So, I've been the “official” cake topper artist of the family for over a year, aside from the time my youngest cousin wanted me to draw Transformers.
Last but not least, when I was 6, I burnt my hands. And not me touching the stove and getting a tiny burn on a couple of fingers. No, both hands burnt and blistered. (Sorry for the image I may have put in your head) We owned a woodstove, as we kinda lived in the middle of nowhere. Silly 6 year old me thought it'd be a good idea to play tag with my sister, and hide behind said woodstove. She found me, pushed me, and the only option I had was to put my hands on the woodstove to stop myself hitting my head on it. That led to a trip to the ER, my hands in bandages and practically unusable for a month, an ice cream sundae to make me feel better, and nearly needing plastic surgery. I recently learned that if it weren't for my father being good at bandaging, I would've actually needed surgery on my hands. So… yeah, that's fun.
Sorry for ending off on a rather low note. I think it's interesting though. But, I'm over 1k words. Hopefully this gave you a bit of insight about me. That's all. Bye.
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Scratcher
100+ posts
SWC Megathread ‧₊˚❀༉‧ July 2025
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the anticipation seemed to be rubbing of her, making it seem as if she might spontaneously combust in excitement.
“b-but u dont understand ITS SWC ITS FINALLY STARTED YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
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Yo, wsp y'all, 4 those of u who don't know me, I'm Vicky, she/her, avid writer, muslim, chaos daemond and as i said about to SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST IN EXCITEMENT! I should probably slow down as i have plently words left to write in my *sniff sniff* 3K INTRO!! (or more if possible) By the end of this u will probable know my whole life story and why i dont like peas (the texture puts me off and the TASTE uRgH) so put ur seat belts on tight, u're in for a long rideee.
As u can probably alrdy tell, i overuse abbrieviations and due to the frustrating fact that i type slowly dispight how much i write and text, i often make a lot of typos trying to write faster ad if u're still here watching this u're either a hopless procastinator, a prying stalker or just extremely ressilient and i commend u for all three… OH NO, liv and sunny r gonna eat me up, you see the ONLY potatoes not allowed in potatopian are PROCASTINATION ones and i just commended them… ah well, it's about time my running mouth gets me into trouble.
As u can also porbably already tell, i YAP WAY TOO MUCH. so best talk about stanning whilst i'm at it, one of my most paraded and cradled hobbies.
ok so fisrst let's talk about utopian (FTW). i stan them. periodt. the campers r baby potatoes and i'm proud 2 be their third parent potatoe along with liv and -april- sunny. I still sometimes write her name as april instd of sunny. inside joke. no. i wont elaborate. I cant wait to have a great session. * this paragraph was dryyyyy.
I STAN HOMELESS OFFSPRING.
OMG i wish i could pull a NO CONTEXT here as well but unfortunately i eat words for a living (swc sessions only otherwise pro castination). I stan stray skids and will stay for life. Did you know that each letter in the word stray stands for something and the r stands for reason, hence why stays r just stray without the r, taking away the reason and making us the chaotic little idiots we are. This also developed int ‘stray kids all around the world you make stray kids stay’ ok let's disect this. ‘stray kids all around the world’ is basically talking about how stray kids always have our back, it's a group for the misfits, the kids who stray from normality ‘kids’ doesnt necessarily mean we have 2 be all kids, skz welcomes and fan from all around the world (dont worry daddy bang chan ik u're old) it just represents immaturity and youth. We are free spirits, stray kids. from all around the world we unite, korean pre-debut stay or baby stay who lives in america and doesnt own merch or attend concerts are all welcome. ‘you make stray kids stay’ stay also began to develope into like, stay will always stay and never leave stray kids, they will always be there, staying united forever, we make stray kids and drag them from their hardest times we are what forms stray kids and we will never stop supporting them. this turned into a lecture but what would u do for -kruge- words?
ok now we talks about SIX OF CROWS !!! My latest obsession. I could read this thing 50 times it just gets better every time. wesper? i saw that coming from the moment jesper set his eyes on the merchling. kaz and inej, honestly i just wish they wouldnt end the chapter with ‘he straightened his tie’ LIKE WHAT DO U MEAN and we dont even talk about the silly druskelle, our entire delulu fandom erased all traces of chapter 40 (iykyk). Also can we talk about how hilarious it is that leigh borough starts the books wiht extremely irrelivant chapter who get mentioned like once in the entire book and ending it with Pekka Rollins (which was extremely irretating to say the least.)
Ok so, i got tired of writing. UGHHH i'm changing this to a 1k intro. WHat else do u want / need 2 know about ,e?
purple = life. i binge utube shorts 4 a living bcs my strict parents will not let me use social media. It was like 6 eids ago when i lost my 1st phone. ON EID. my parents never gave me another one… I'm phoneless. Guys i dont think i can do this anymore so i will just ramble 500 words to make up for the 210 words of this intro im missing…
UTOPIAN FTWW
799 words
the anticipation seemed to be rubbing of her, making it seem as if she might spontaneously combust in excitement.
“b-but u dont understand ITS SWC ITS FINALLY STARTED YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
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Yo, wsp y'all, 4 those of u who don't know me, I'm Vicky, she/her, avid writer, muslim, chaos daemond and as i said about to SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST IN EXCITEMENT! I should probably slow down as i have plently words left to write in my *sniff sniff* 3K INTRO!! (or more if possible) By the end of this u will probable know my whole life story and why i dont like peas (the texture puts me off and the TASTE uRgH) so put ur seat belts on tight, u're in for a long rideee.
As u can probably alrdy tell, i overuse abbrieviations and due to the frustrating fact that i type slowly dispight how much i write and text, i often make a lot of typos trying to write faster ad if u're still here watching this u're either a hopless procastinator, a prying stalker or just extremely ressilient and i commend u for all three… OH NO, liv and sunny r gonna eat me up, you see the ONLY potatoes not allowed in potatopian are PROCASTINATION ones and i just commended them… ah well, it's about time my running mouth gets me into trouble.
As u can also porbably already tell, i YAP WAY TOO MUCH. so best talk about stanning whilst i'm at it, one of my most paraded and cradled hobbies.
ok so fisrst let's talk about utopian (FTW). i stan them. periodt. the campers r baby potatoes and i'm proud 2 be their third parent potatoe along with liv and -april- sunny. I still sometimes write her name as april instd of sunny. inside joke. no. i wont elaborate. I cant wait to have a great session. * this paragraph was dryyyyy.
I STAN HOMELESS OFFSPRING.
OMG i wish i could pull a NO CONTEXT here as well but unfortunately i eat words for a living (swc sessions only otherwise pro castination). I stan stray skids and will stay for life. Did you know that each letter in the word stray stands for something and the r stands for reason, hence why stays r just stray without the r, taking away the reason and making us the chaotic little idiots we are. This also developed int ‘stray kids all around the world you make stray kids stay’ ok let's disect this. ‘stray kids all around the world’ is basically talking about how stray kids always have our back, it's a group for the misfits, the kids who stray from normality ‘kids’ doesnt necessarily mean we have 2 be all kids, skz welcomes and fan from all around the world (dont worry daddy bang chan ik u're old) it just represents immaturity and youth. We are free spirits, stray kids. from all around the world we unite, korean pre-debut stay or baby stay who lives in america and doesnt own merch or attend concerts are all welcome. ‘you make stray kids stay’ stay also began to develope into like, stay will always stay and never leave stray kids, they will always be there, staying united forever, we make stray kids and drag them from their hardest times we are what forms stray kids and we will never stop supporting them. this turned into a lecture but what would u do for -kruge- words?
ok now we talks about SIX OF CROWS !!! My latest obsession. I could read this thing 50 times it just gets better every time. wesper? i saw that coming from the moment jesper set his eyes on the merchling. kaz and inej, honestly i just wish they wouldnt end the chapter with ‘he straightened his tie’ LIKE WHAT DO U MEAN and we dont even talk about the silly druskelle, our entire delulu fandom erased all traces of chapter 40 (iykyk). Also can we talk about how hilarious it is that leigh borough starts the books wiht extremely irrelivant chapter who get mentioned like once in the entire book and ending it with Pekka Rollins (which was extremely irretating to say the least.)
Ok so, i got tired of writing. UGHHH i'm changing this to a 1k intro. WHat else do u want / need 2 know about ,e?
purple = life. i binge utube shorts 4 a living bcs my strict parents will not let me use social media. It was like 6 eids ago when i lost my 1st phone. ON EID. my parents never gave me another one… I'm phoneless. Guys i dont think i can do this anymore so i will just ramble 500 words to make up for the 210 words of this intro im missing…
UTOPIAN FTWW
799 words
Last edited by unercornshine (July 1, 2025 19:06:14)
- corviidaecreates
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Scratcher
4 posts
SWC Megathread ‧₊˚❀༉‧ July 2025
1k intro, 1078 words
hello everyone!! my name is maya, i'm 16 and my pronouns are she/her, and i love talking about myself so a thousand-word intro should be no sweat, i hope!! this session, i'm in the gothic cabin and my time zone is est! this is my third session of swc, though i was really only an active participant in one of those previous sessions. i love how swc has introduced me to new people and i can't wait to meet more this session, so please feel free to say hi!
i love to write and i love swc because it actually gives me motivation to do so! otherwise i fear i'd be doomscrolling all summer. i'm also participating in art fight this month (follow me, my username is porcelainpaws and i might attack you!) and i hope the two don't clash too much! this month, i hope to pick writing poetry back up (i haven't written any poems in months!!) and start exploring some of my story concepts to hopefully draft a novel. i don't have too much faith in my ability to actually do these things but either way, i know swc will strengthen my writing ability to an extent and that's all that really matters! aside from writing as a hobby, i like to read, play tennis (i'm a singles player through and through), draw, listen to music, bake, and watch shows and movies!
as for music, i am obsessed with several artists. my favorite artist of all time is definitely lana del rey, who i was able to see last year! it was quite literally a life-changing experience, and i honestly consider myself one of her biggest fans. my favorite band is definitely boygenius! i pray that they'll get back together every day. i was able to see lucy dacus back in april and it was also amazing! besides those two, i love taylor swift, clairo, laufey, ethel cain, sabrina carpenter, faye webster, beabadoobee, mazzy star, muna, fiona apple, the last dinner party, adrianne lenker, role model, gracie abrams, wasia project, chappell roan, the marias, fleetwood mac, men i trust, lorde, magdalena bay, charli xcx, the sundays, alice phoebe lou, remy bond, and more! (i could go on forever). i love indie, pop, and folk music, especially from female artists if you couldn't tell! i'm always listening to music, and chances are when i'm not listening to music i'm talking about it! i also love concerts more than anything else in the world - so far i've been to six! i've seen laufey, lana del rey, beabadoobee, sabrina carpenter, wasia project, and lucy dacus. i'm also set to see laufey again in august, i'll most likely be seeing men i trust and jesse detor later this month, and i have tickets to all things go nyc night 3! i might need cheaper hobbies…
music isn't the only media i consume, however- i also love a lot of tv shows! my favorite show at the moment is yellowjackets, i've been obsessed with it over the past couple months. i love mistynat, jackieshauna, and taivan, they are quite possibly my favorite ships of all time! i also relate severely to jackie and my favorite characters besides her are natalie, mari, and misty! i also love saturday night live. a dream of mine is to actually be in the audience at snl, hopefully i can one day! i love every cast for different reasons but i am extremely partial to the current cast! sarah sherman is my favorite player right now. my dream job is actually writing for snl so everyone manifest for me! i am a sucker for romance, so my other favorite shows include gilmore girls and the summer i turned pretty (i'm so excited for season 3!) i also recently started watching twin peaks and i really like it so far!
my favorite movies are probably 10 things i hate about you (i am such a rom-com girl at heart), lady bird (mommy issues final boss), and but i'm a cheerleader! overall, i would love to get more into watching movies, seeing as my poor letterboxd is collecting dust. as for books, some of my favorite authors and poets are sylvia plath, virginia woolf, emily dickinson, mary oliver, sally rooney, holly jackson, lynn painter, and jenny han. as you can tell, my taste in media is somewhat of an eclectic mix, but that's what i love about it!
some random things about me- i'm half indian and half white and i'm pretty sure i'm agnostic! i'm an aquarius sun, taurus moon, and pisces rising, and honestly i think i'm a pretty stereotypical aquarius all around! i'm also an ENFJ as far as i know. i consider myself a hopeless romantic and i often fixate on the concept of love! i've been a vegetarian my whole life and i plan to go vegan eventually. i'm extremely chronically online and a lot of my references reflect that! i love pop culture in general and a huge portion of my life revolves around it, which probably isn't healthy but it's fun! i love snoopy and collecting snoopy-related memorabilia, he is literally me. i love shopping, especially for clothes! i am very fond of the coquette, downtown girl, and shabby chic aesthetics and i love to shop at brandy melville and hollister. overall, i am a super talkative person and i love making friends!
some quick favorites and least favorites- my favorite colors are baby pink and baby blue, my favorite animals are foxes and rabbits, my favorite flowers are madonna lilies, my favorite songs of all time are nothing new by phoebe bridgers and taylor swift and kiss me by sixpence none the richer, and my favorite book is the bell jar! my favorite genres are romance and coming of age and my least favorite genres are dystopian and horror. i am a total fiend for iced lattes of literally any sort - coffee, matcha, chai, london fogs, you name it, and my least favorite food is bananas by far, they make me very squeamish. some of my favorite actresses are rachel sennott (who is from my town!) sophie thatcher, ayo edebiri, ella purnell, margaret qualley, and saoirse ronan! and my least favorite actor, who i absolutely cannot stand, is james corden, please stop putting this man in movies.
ultimately, i am very excited to participate in this session, and very tired from writing this intro! gothic for the win! <3
hello everyone!! my name is maya, i'm 16 and my pronouns are she/her, and i love talking about myself so a thousand-word intro should be no sweat, i hope!! this session, i'm in the gothic cabin and my time zone is est! this is my third session of swc, though i was really only an active participant in one of those previous sessions. i love how swc has introduced me to new people and i can't wait to meet more this session, so please feel free to say hi!
i love to write and i love swc because it actually gives me motivation to do so! otherwise i fear i'd be doomscrolling all summer. i'm also participating in art fight this month (follow me, my username is porcelainpaws and i might attack you!) and i hope the two don't clash too much! this month, i hope to pick writing poetry back up (i haven't written any poems in months!!) and start exploring some of my story concepts to hopefully draft a novel. i don't have too much faith in my ability to actually do these things but either way, i know swc will strengthen my writing ability to an extent and that's all that really matters! aside from writing as a hobby, i like to read, play tennis (i'm a singles player through and through), draw, listen to music, bake, and watch shows and movies!
as for music, i am obsessed with several artists. my favorite artist of all time is definitely lana del rey, who i was able to see last year! it was quite literally a life-changing experience, and i honestly consider myself one of her biggest fans. my favorite band is definitely boygenius! i pray that they'll get back together every day. i was able to see lucy dacus back in april and it was also amazing! besides those two, i love taylor swift, clairo, laufey, ethel cain, sabrina carpenter, faye webster, beabadoobee, mazzy star, muna, fiona apple, the last dinner party, adrianne lenker, role model, gracie abrams, wasia project, chappell roan, the marias, fleetwood mac, men i trust, lorde, magdalena bay, charli xcx, the sundays, alice phoebe lou, remy bond, and more! (i could go on forever). i love indie, pop, and folk music, especially from female artists if you couldn't tell! i'm always listening to music, and chances are when i'm not listening to music i'm talking about it! i also love concerts more than anything else in the world - so far i've been to six! i've seen laufey, lana del rey, beabadoobee, sabrina carpenter, wasia project, and lucy dacus. i'm also set to see laufey again in august, i'll most likely be seeing men i trust and jesse detor later this month, and i have tickets to all things go nyc night 3! i might need cheaper hobbies…
music isn't the only media i consume, however- i also love a lot of tv shows! my favorite show at the moment is yellowjackets, i've been obsessed with it over the past couple months. i love mistynat, jackieshauna, and taivan, they are quite possibly my favorite ships of all time! i also relate severely to jackie and my favorite characters besides her are natalie, mari, and misty! i also love saturday night live. a dream of mine is to actually be in the audience at snl, hopefully i can one day! i love every cast for different reasons but i am extremely partial to the current cast! sarah sherman is my favorite player right now. my dream job is actually writing for snl so everyone manifest for me! i am a sucker for romance, so my other favorite shows include gilmore girls and the summer i turned pretty (i'm so excited for season 3!) i also recently started watching twin peaks and i really like it so far!
my favorite movies are probably 10 things i hate about you (i am such a rom-com girl at heart), lady bird (mommy issues final boss), and but i'm a cheerleader! overall, i would love to get more into watching movies, seeing as my poor letterboxd is collecting dust. as for books, some of my favorite authors and poets are sylvia plath, virginia woolf, emily dickinson, mary oliver, sally rooney, holly jackson, lynn painter, and jenny han. as you can tell, my taste in media is somewhat of an eclectic mix, but that's what i love about it!
some random things about me- i'm half indian and half white and i'm pretty sure i'm agnostic! i'm an aquarius sun, taurus moon, and pisces rising, and honestly i think i'm a pretty stereotypical aquarius all around! i'm also an ENFJ as far as i know. i consider myself a hopeless romantic and i often fixate on the concept of love! i've been a vegetarian my whole life and i plan to go vegan eventually. i'm extremely chronically online and a lot of my references reflect that! i love pop culture in general and a huge portion of my life revolves around it, which probably isn't healthy but it's fun! i love snoopy and collecting snoopy-related memorabilia, he is literally me. i love shopping, especially for clothes! i am very fond of the coquette, downtown girl, and shabby chic aesthetics and i love to shop at brandy melville and hollister. overall, i am a super talkative person and i love making friends!
some quick favorites and least favorites- my favorite colors are baby pink and baby blue, my favorite animals are foxes and rabbits, my favorite flowers are madonna lilies, my favorite songs of all time are nothing new by phoebe bridgers and taylor swift and kiss me by sixpence none the richer, and my favorite book is the bell jar! my favorite genres are romance and coming of age and my least favorite genres are dystopian and horror. i am a total fiend for iced lattes of literally any sort - coffee, matcha, chai, london fogs, you name it, and my least favorite food is bananas by far, they make me very squeamish. some of my favorite actresses are rachel sennott (who is from my town!) sophie thatcher, ayo edebiri, ella purnell, margaret qualley, and saoirse ronan! and my least favorite actor, who i absolutely cannot stand, is james corden, please stop putting this man in movies.
ultimately, i am very excited to participate in this session, and very tired from writing this intro! gothic for the win! <3
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Scratcher
100+ posts
SWC Megathread ‧₊˚❀༉‧ July 2025
Elly's Ramble Thread
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Hi! Welcome to my “Ramble Thread” where I write down the extremely random and most likely incoherent thoughts I have occasionally because I feel like this would be a fun thing to write and look back on!
By the way, I'm including this mini intro in my word count XD There will sometimes be thoughtful passages too!1┆Existence TW: Derealisation ⟢ 127 words
Sometimes I just wonder how this could all be real, how we even came to be here in the first place. Everyone has already adapted and accepted the way life works, and maybe I'm just really ignorant, but who knows if this is real. Sometimes I don't feel real. Am I really a person or just a collection of thoughts; and who knows what thoughts are anyway. Subconscious is strange and sometimes feels like a floppy excuse. Sometimes, everything seems alien and humans seem weird and I could literally look at a teddy bear and wonder what it REALLY is, because why would we think it's a bear, when it's just brown shapes. I am fascinated by lots of tiny things but weirded out by them too-
2┆AI ⟢ 151 words
So AI is really cool and everything and I feel like a conspiracy theorist but I'm really not- at least I don't think I am- oh, there I go questioning everything again- but sometimes I just feel insanely weirded out by it. Whenever it treats me informally it feels like crazy because it's so similar to how people act and I think humans have been satisfied- a Hamilton reference! Ha! - for a while with just humans talking to humans, so that may just be why I feel a little weirded out by AI at times. Though, I still think AI is a great invention? discovery? (*Just* making that clear in case there's an AI Apocalypse or something- maybe I'm in The Matrix :00) and yeah, I'm quite sure I'm not the only one that finds AI art and those videos with cats and tragic stories at least a little unnerving…
3┆Getting Words Down ⟢ 160 words
I know that this is a space for rambles not vents and it's kind of sad that what I'm doing is complaining and spiralling when I could be writing really, really good things in my head. I have lots of good ideas for poems and short stories and novels, potentially, but I can never actually get the words down (so let's take a moment to remember all the lost ideas) as in, I like to write but I don't know, I don't think I'm really that good at it? Like, I guess I can write well, but my vocabulary is trash. I guess that I've at least got something out of this/an area to improve. Oh well! Maybe I should just start writing more as, like, practice, because I usually find really good prompts on Pin but I don't write the rest so uh yeah, I should probably do that… this whole entry didn't make any sense, did it?
4┆Procrastination ⟢ 135 words
And, just when I thought that I was free from it, and had a burst of inspiration, the feeling comes back again. It’s not here yet, but I can feel it peeking out from around the corner, close, but far if I try. There are so many things to do and so little time so maybe it’s okay to just make whatever you’re doing worthwhile. Maybe it’s not procrastination if it really counts. Maybe I’m gaslighting myself, who knows, but you don’t always have to be on your feet, you don’t always have to be doing something. Maybe it’s better to stay right there, here, wherever you are, and savour the moment, because this is the only time you’re ever going to have a moment just like this. Then, you can go back to writing.
5┆Thoughts ⟢ 168 words
Sometimes things just fill up in my head until I feel like I am about to explode. It's strange how I can actually get by without forgetting everything, because I try to imagine my brain as an organised library with a few pages falling out here and there Keeper of the Lost Cities style, but it never really works and I end up closing my eyes and the image that pops up are a lot of black angry scribbles- and a few red ones, with a person in the middle to the left (sort of close to the front- it must be a perspective thing) and I think that may be my thoughts? Sobbing, I sound absolutely crazy. But thoughts are so strange and complex and sometimes I surprise myself. The thoughts then build up until they threaten to leak out and be forgotten and by then I'm just like ‘I’ll sleep on it and work on it tomorrow', but then tomorrow turns out being the exact same!
6┆What Am I Doing? ⟢ 117 words
I don’t know what I’m doing. Do I want to write or do I not? Am I even a writer? A writer is supposed to have a passion for writing, yes? Am I forcing myself to write or truly writing because I enjoy it? Well, I’m currently avoiding people by hiding in the bathroom so I Can Write but that’s not how it always is. I used to love writing and would write poems on end but now it’s rush rush rush and I don’t know if I can handle it. My brain is going to explode with all the ideas but at the same time there are none. Is this only me? What am I doing?
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Scratcher
100+ posts
SWC Megathread ‧₊˚❀༉‧ July 2025
3.036/3k intro in a silly story format (this stops being coherent halfway in sobbing, I sort of gave up for the ending)
The decision to join the Archivists was an easy one; SWCity is your home, and you’d defend it with any chance you got. Even though you’re a bit nervous to see what the rifts are like–you’ve fortunately never been trapped in one–you envy the ease at which the other Archivists navigate the rifts into other realities.
Your radio, complementary from the Archivists given that cell signals tend to die in proximity to the rifts, pings with a voice message from an unknown number. You figure it’s one of the head Archivists–Surf, Chuey, or Ayla–though you don’t know which one quite yet. The contact reads “Surf, but you can also call me Ray/Reina” and has the pronouns “they/she” next to the information. It lists out their different sessions and SWC experience, given that this is their sixth session and first as a leader, though they’ve co-led twice. You press play on the audio, even though it takes you a second to figure out how to navigate the small screen.
The message reads, “Meet me right outside of the SWCity Mystery Museum for your orientation tour in half an hour. I look forward to seeing you!” You breathe a sigh of relief; that isn’t far from where you are right now, so it looks like it’ll only be a short commute. Many of the roads have been shut down due to the spreading rifts, and thirty minutes is plenty of time with the detours taken into account.
You make it to the Mystery Museum with five minutes to spare. You take a seat at one of the benches in front of the elegant marble building, scanning the mostly empty street for a sign of Surf. While you haven’t met face-to-face, you’ve seen photos of them before. They’re an average height, with gray-green eyes. She has wavy, layered brown hair recently cut to be just past their shoulders, with a streak of their hair dyed a cerulean blue.
You’re so deep in thought, you almost don’t notice Surf coming up to you. “Hi!” they say and you introduce yourself in turn.
“So, are you ready to get some experience in the rifts? This way it’ll be easier on your first mission,” Surf explains. They’re dressed with a fitted suit with the Archivist’s insignia on it, a quasi-hazmat suit to protect from unwanted elements in the rifts. They pass you one as well, which you zip over your clothes.
“I think I’m ready…” you say nervously. You know a bit about some of the different realities in the city–some peaceful, some dangerous–but there are countless ones in SWCity, more than you could ever explore. “Where are we headed first?”
“Our first destination is right around the corner,” Surf assures you. “Don’t worry, I’ll show you everything you need to know about the rifts, just follow my lead. We’ll take measurements about the rifts, even the ones that are evacuated, since we’re currently amassing data regarding their nature.”
As the two of you turn the bend, Surf points out a very visible, shimmering rip in the air that seems to warp the space around it. Unlike some of the larger rifts, this one is about the size of a manhole, floating three feet off the ground. “We’re going to approach it together. Ready?” Surf says, walking in step with you closer and closer to the rip, past the yellow warning tape used to denote the rift. Once you’re ten feet from the rift, all of a sudden a strange tugging sensation begins, and before you know it, you’re blinking from disorientation and in a dimly lit room. “Welcome to the Endless Library,” Surf’s voice echoes from your left. “Remember where we are right now; since it’s the entrance back to our reality. This is one of the safest realities out there for training, though you have to be careful not to get lost.”
“Can I explore around?” you ask, with wonder in your eyes as the vast shelves that seem to stretch up into infinity. As you approach a shelf, you begin to levitate into the air, which definitely beats climbing a ladder. You wonder how many books are even in the building–millions? Trillions? Maybe there’s a catalog with all of them.
“You definitely can explore! Though perhaps you should stick next to me, since it’s pretty easy to lose your sense of time here.” Surf checks their surroundings. “We have about an hour in our schedule to explore. Actually, we’re currently in the Science Fiction section at the moment!” That would explain why some books keep glitching on the shelves above, and others hum with static or are etched with wires on their spines. “Sci-Fi is my favorite genre to read,” Surf continues. “Some of my favorites are the Aurora Cycle, All Systems Red, and the Martian, among others. It’s also my favorite genre to write in.”
“What are you writing right now?” you ask.
“I have a bunch of smaller writing projects, though this July I’m hoping to complete the first draft of a fantasy magic-based story I have planned. I did a lot of worldbuilding in June so I’m hoping it runs smoothly.”
“Good luck.” You peek into the next room, and your eyes widen. “Woah… what’s in here?”
Surf continues in that direction. “That’s the Fantasy section.” As you look upwards, the sky is filled with dragons of all shapes and sizes, perching on bookshelves. These books have spines etched with gold writing, and you swear you see some shadowy figures hovering around the shelves… maybe even a griffin or two? “Fantasy is another one of my favorites… Some fantasy series I love are All Souls, Mistborn, Fourth Wing, Six of Crows, the Reckoners and the Hierarchy.”
“You certainly read a lot,” you comment absentmindedly.
Surf nods. “I think I’ve nearly read a hundred books this year so far, so I love to give book recommendations.”
You look towards the next room, but your jaw drops. “What happened there?” The whole place is in a state of disrepair, filled with rubble, dust, and strange vines. There’s a huge bent metal support beam obstructing the entrance to the section, and you don’t know if you could even get around it. Something has evidently gone wrong there.
Surf winces. “Yeah… that’s Dystopian. It’s still indefinitely undergoing repairs, though that genre is great.”
The next room Surf leads you to is Nonfiction, a genre they admit they’ve been trying to read some more of, and you especially enjoy the colorful graphic novel section and the peaceful poetry section that puts you strangely at ease with the serene lake in the middle of the room. The mystery section is a bit… well, mysterious, with footprints and fingerprints and caution tape. Surf recommends some mystery books, ranging from the classics like Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie, to more modern books, like the Naturals, the Thursday Murder Club, and the Agathas. The two of you both agree to skip the Horror section, a wise idea. Before you know it, Surf is leading you back to the Sci-Fi section, and through the rift until your feet are on solid pavement again. “So, how was your first time into a rift?”
You smile widely. “It was absolutely amazing.”
“Well, we have a few more stops before today is done.” Surf logs some information into their hand-held radio–the size of the rift, and some more information about its contents. Part of being an Archivist includes keeping the city updated on the rifts themselves, so it makes sense to check up on the rifts periodically. “Our next stop is a newer rift that opened up a day ago, one of the… less hostile dimensions.”
“Perfect,” you reply. You’re well-versed with the stories of the hostile dimensions that have dominated the news lately–strange creatures, hive minds, and cataclysmic conditions are not your cup of tea. Thankfully, you’ll only be getting a basic introduction to the friendlier rifts, just to see how data is collected on the anomalies.
“It’s a bubble reality, similar to this reality, except everyone uses bubbles as transportation and everything is floating. There’s one bubble track that gives an aerial view of the city, which we can take.”
“Where’s this rift?” you ask them, looking around. Your eyes scan the surroundings, looking for any abnormalities in the metropolitan landscape. You notice a faint shimmering through one of the windows of a store, and with deeper inspection, it’s definitely a rift. “Is it that one?”
“Yep!” She leads you towards the building–some sort of department store–and as you cross the threshold of the doorway, you enter the rift.
This rift is much unlike the Endless Library, full of sound and people instead of dimly lit shelves. Half of the buildings are submerged, and rooftops stick out of the water, with other buildings hovering just above the surface. Surf guides you to what looks like a bus stop, and all of a sudden, an iridescent bubble forms right in front of you. Surf steps right into the bubble, which casts a shimmering glow around them, and you do the same. As soon as you’re inside, it lifts off the ground, heading upwards. There’s bubbles to your left and right, carrying people and cargo throughout the city in a variety of sizes.
It makes you a bit uneasy to be able to see straight down, and the bubble moves quite quickly, so it’s only a minute or two until you’re very, very far off the ground. At a certain altitude, the bubble stops moving, just floating above in the air and providing a view down below. “This isn’t going to… pop? Is it?” you whisper.
Surf shakes their head with a smile. “Honestly, I don’t know any of the physics behind these dimensions… It's like there’s new rules for gravity and motion. It’s completely rewritten science as we know it, though unfortunately it’s not possible to record highly accurate data about the rifts from inside them. It makes our equipment malfunction.”
“Is science your favorite field?”
“Definitely!” Surf replies, looking below at the buildings of the city, details reduced to miniscule pinpricks. “I love biology, chemistry, and my favorite science is geology. I think it would be really cool to have a career in geoscience, specifically geobiochemistry, which is a fun discipline. Of course, I also like English class and writing, as well as geography.”
You spot a building whose top reminds you of a fibonacci spiral. “What about math?”
“Well, math isn’t necessarily my strong suit,” Surf admits. “I’m always forgetting basic math concepts, but I really like doing proofs, which are fun.”
All of a sudden, the bubble begins to descend. You almost gasp audibly, but catch yourself in time. It keeps falling, faster and faster, until it looks as if you’re about to hit the water. Surf looks unperturbed, but you certainly aren’t, and you shut your eyelids. Yet, once nothing happens, you peek out.
You’ve gone underwater.
The bubble weaves between buildings, passing pedestrians with bubble helmets providing a source of oxygen. The buildings are covered with coral and alien marine life, and you can’t believe what you’re seeing. It’s definitely an unforgettable experience.
Once the aerial tour is over, you and Surf head back to the SWCity through the original rift, taking a seat on a nearby bench under a shady tree.
Surf pulls something out from the satchel at her side. “Are you hungry? I made cinnamon buns the other day and figured I would bring some, since traveling throughout the rifts can be tiring.”
You hadn’t realized how hungry you were, and they do look delicious. “Sure, thanks. Do you like baking?” you ask, taking a bite of the dessert.
“Yeah!” Surf replies. “Generally, I prefer baking things that are sweet–breads, cakes, whatever recipes look good. I haven’t had much time to bake this past spring, but I’m trying to make new recipes this summer whenever I have time.”
“Anyway,” she continues, “there’s another rift I need to check up on. We’re not going to go inside–I just need to see how far it’s grown. There it is–to our left.” The rift is across the street, to the left, and Surf jots down details in their notepad. “When we collect data, we usually note any abnormalities, size fluctuations, and physical changes that could indicate growth or change in the rifts themselves. Later, we log it down to help create a guide to keep people safe in the city.”
“How come we won’t travel to that rift?”
“It’s definitely scenic, but it would require a lot of gear,” Surf says. “It’s a frozen mountain range–very nice for skiing, actually–but it’s pretty cold there and these particular suits unfortunately can’t handle sub zero conditions. My all-season sport is tennis, and I’m actually on my school’s varsity team.” Surf finishes writing notes down and looks up at you. “We have one last surprise destination for the afternoon, though it’s a bit of a walk. We should be there in ten minutes.”
“Okay.” As you cross the street, you notice a shimmering rift above both of your heads, several floors up and next to the Horror Skyscraper. “What rift is that?”
Surf consults their notes. “That’s the mirror rift.”
“What’s it like?” You’re curious, given the name. Most of the rifts have some sort of name, instead of numbers, since it’s easier to identify their contents through a short description. Still, the rifts themselves have a lot of variation among themselves. You consider it being a world mirror based on SWCity, or maybe full of mirrors like an escape room or haunted house?
“Well, I haven’t gone in it myself, but everything is apparently reflective. I’ve heard it’s horrifying during the daylight, since the mirrors can burn holes into things because of the light rays.”
You regret asking. It really does sound horrifying.
As you are walking, you pass a building filled with directors and actors, and it looks like they’re working on a script. “Do you like watching shows?” you ask.
“In my free time,” they answer. “I’m looking forward to watching the second season of the Buccaneers. I'm also a fan of animated shows–Arcane, Carmen Sandiego, TDP, Rebels, Bad Batch, and some others. How about you?”
You respond with your preferences, some of which they have also watched as well. “Do you like listening to music?” she asks.
“Yeah, though my music tastes are all over,” you reply. “What about you?”
“I like a bunch of different artists,” they answer. “Some of my favorites are Twenty One Pilots, Imagine Dragons, Vinyl Theatre, and Of Monsters and Men, though I’ll listen to whatever. Sometimes I’ll listen to pop songs in violin, which I like.”
“Do you play any instruments?”
“Not regularly, though I used to play violin and a bit of piano. I’m not very musical,” they admit with a smile, “though I do like listening to music.”
You make out the explosions of fireworks from behind a rift in the ground ahead. It’s strangely artistic.
“Pretty, right? I’d love to draw something like that; I like art.”
“What types of art?” you ask, interested.
“Well, I draw a lot of digital art, though I do like traditional art too. I took a painting class in school last year which was fun, but I also love to make collages, either with fabric or with old magazines. I also have a bullet journal which I really like to work in, since it’s very helpful in terms of organization.” Surf consults their notes again. “Our last rift is on the right. Are you ready?”
The final rift gapes in the air, larger than all the other ones before; it’s evidently spread very quickly. “Yeah, I’m ready,” you confirm.
You were not ready.
As soon as you enter the rift, the ground shakes below you, and a crack starts to expand between your feet. You spring backwards. “It’s an obstacle course, the last step in your training!” shouts Surf. “The planet is one cohesive entity, responding to your movements. Our goal is to make it up there!” She points upwards, maybe fifty feet up, where there’s a platform into the air.
Another crack splits the ground. Maybe you shouldn’t be distracted right now. A platform slides into existence a few feet about your head, a rope dangling down. You leap up and begin to pull yourself up before the ground can swallow you whole. Up next is a tall staircase, maybe ten feet up. Unfortunately, as soon as you try to climb up, the stairs start rotating down, as if you’re trying to get up an escalator backwards.
Panting, you make it to the top, only to realize the next stage is, unfortunately, harder than you’d like. The next platform is a couple meters away, with floating buoys spaced apart. As carefully as you can, you leap from one to the other. You hope that if you fall, the planet will catch you, but you don’t want to risk it.
There’s only one more thing left between you and success, and it looks like a simple walkway (but it can’t be that easy, can it?). Yet the platform begins to rearrange itself under your feet, so you sprint across it as fast as you can, leaping over spots that are just empty air.
Panting, you make it to the final platform, which slowly descends back to the ground. Surf is waiting for you at the bottom, grinning. “You’ve passed the training orientation for Archivists. You’re officially ready to start taking measurements of the rifts for our data collection. Though, try to stay away from any rifts, and make sure you don’t travel alone, since these are the safest rifts there are.”
As you reenter SWCity, you grin with satisfaction. “Thanks so much, and nice to meet you,” you tell them. You can’t believe that all those different worlds were hidden in the rifts, and you wonder again what was even the cause of such a catastrophe.
“Of course!” Surf replies. “We need everyone to start taking action, to figure out what’s really behind the rifts. Thank you, and I hope to see you again soon!”
The decision to join the Archivists was an easy one; SWCity is your home, and you’d defend it with any chance you got. Even though you’re a bit nervous to see what the rifts are like–you’ve fortunately never been trapped in one–you envy the ease at which the other Archivists navigate the rifts into other realities.
Your radio, complementary from the Archivists given that cell signals tend to die in proximity to the rifts, pings with a voice message from an unknown number. You figure it’s one of the head Archivists–Surf, Chuey, or Ayla–though you don’t know which one quite yet. The contact reads “Surf, but you can also call me Ray/Reina” and has the pronouns “they/she” next to the information. It lists out their different sessions and SWC experience, given that this is their sixth session and first as a leader, though they’ve co-led twice. You press play on the audio, even though it takes you a second to figure out how to navigate the small screen.
The message reads, “Meet me right outside of the SWCity Mystery Museum for your orientation tour in half an hour. I look forward to seeing you!” You breathe a sigh of relief; that isn’t far from where you are right now, so it looks like it’ll only be a short commute. Many of the roads have been shut down due to the spreading rifts, and thirty minutes is plenty of time with the detours taken into account.
You make it to the Mystery Museum with five minutes to spare. You take a seat at one of the benches in front of the elegant marble building, scanning the mostly empty street for a sign of Surf. While you haven’t met face-to-face, you’ve seen photos of them before. They’re an average height, with gray-green eyes. She has wavy, layered brown hair recently cut to be just past their shoulders, with a streak of their hair dyed a cerulean blue.
You’re so deep in thought, you almost don’t notice Surf coming up to you. “Hi!” they say and you introduce yourself in turn.
“So, are you ready to get some experience in the rifts? This way it’ll be easier on your first mission,” Surf explains. They’re dressed with a fitted suit with the Archivist’s insignia on it, a quasi-hazmat suit to protect from unwanted elements in the rifts. They pass you one as well, which you zip over your clothes.
“I think I’m ready…” you say nervously. You know a bit about some of the different realities in the city–some peaceful, some dangerous–but there are countless ones in SWCity, more than you could ever explore. “Where are we headed first?”
“Our first destination is right around the corner,” Surf assures you. “Don’t worry, I’ll show you everything you need to know about the rifts, just follow my lead. We’ll take measurements about the rifts, even the ones that are evacuated, since we’re currently amassing data regarding their nature.”
As the two of you turn the bend, Surf points out a very visible, shimmering rip in the air that seems to warp the space around it. Unlike some of the larger rifts, this one is about the size of a manhole, floating three feet off the ground. “We’re going to approach it together. Ready?” Surf says, walking in step with you closer and closer to the rip, past the yellow warning tape used to denote the rift. Once you’re ten feet from the rift, all of a sudden a strange tugging sensation begins, and before you know it, you’re blinking from disorientation and in a dimly lit room. “Welcome to the Endless Library,” Surf’s voice echoes from your left. “Remember where we are right now; since it’s the entrance back to our reality. This is one of the safest realities out there for training, though you have to be careful not to get lost.”
“Can I explore around?” you ask, with wonder in your eyes as the vast shelves that seem to stretch up into infinity. As you approach a shelf, you begin to levitate into the air, which definitely beats climbing a ladder. You wonder how many books are even in the building–millions? Trillions? Maybe there’s a catalog with all of them.
“You definitely can explore! Though perhaps you should stick next to me, since it’s pretty easy to lose your sense of time here.” Surf checks their surroundings. “We have about an hour in our schedule to explore. Actually, we’re currently in the Science Fiction section at the moment!” That would explain why some books keep glitching on the shelves above, and others hum with static or are etched with wires on their spines. “Sci-Fi is my favorite genre to read,” Surf continues. “Some of my favorites are the Aurora Cycle, All Systems Red, and the Martian, among others. It’s also my favorite genre to write in.”
“What are you writing right now?” you ask.
“I have a bunch of smaller writing projects, though this July I’m hoping to complete the first draft of a fantasy magic-based story I have planned. I did a lot of worldbuilding in June so I’m hoping it runs smoothly.”
“Good luck.” You peek into the next room, and your eyes widen. “Woah… what’s in here?”
Surf continues in that direction. “That’s the Fantasy section.” As you look upwards, the sky is filled with dragons of all shapes and sizes, perching on bookshelves. These books have spines etched with gold writing, and you swear you see some shadowy figures hovering around the shelves… maybe even a griffin or two? “Fantasy is another one of my favorites… Some fantasy series I love are All Souls, Mistborn, Fourth Wing, Six of Crows, the Reckoners and the Hierarchy.”
“You certainly read a lot,” you comment absentmindedly.
Surf nods. “I think I’ve nearly read a hundred books this year so far, so I love to give book recommendations.”
You look towards the next room, but your jaw drops. “What happened there?” The whole place is in a state of disrepair, filled with rubble, dust, and strange vines. There’s a huge bent metal support beam obstructing the entrance to the section, and you don’t know if you could even get around it. Something has evidently gone wrong there.
Surf winces. “Yeah… that’s Dystopian. It’s still indefinitely undergoing repairs, though that genre is great.”
The next room Surf leads you to is Nonfiction, a genre they admit they’ve been trying to read some more of, and you especially enjoy the colorful graphic novel section and the peaceful poetry section that puts you strangely at ease with the serene lake in the middle of the room. The mystery section is a bit… well, mysterious, with footprints and fingerprints and caution tape. Surf recommends some mystery books, ranging from the classics like Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie, to more modern books, like the Naturals, the Thursday Murder Club, and the Agathas. The two of you both agree to skip the Horror section, a wise idea. Before you know it, Surf is leading you back to the Sci-Fi section, and through the rift until your feet are on solid pavement again. “So, how was your first time into a rift?”
You smile widely. “It was absolutely amazing.”
“Well, we have a few more stops before today is done.” Surf logs some information into their hand-held radio–the size of the rift, and some more information about its contents. Part of being an Archivist includes keeping the city updated on the rifts themselves, so it makes sense to check up on the rifts periodically. “Our next stop is a newer rift that opened up a day ago, one of the… less hostile dimensions.”
“Perfect,” you reply. You’re well-versed with the stories of the hostile dimensions that have dominated the news lately–strange creatures, hive minds, and cataclysmic conditions are not your cup of tea. Thankfully, you’ll only be getting a basic introduction to the friendlier rifts, just to see how data is collected on the anomalies.
“It’s a bubble reality, similar to this reality, except everyone uses bubbles as transportation and everything is floating. There’s one bubble track that gives an aerial view of the city, which we can take.”
“Where’s this rift?” you ask them, looking around. Your eyes scan the surroundings, looking for any abnormalities in the metropolitan landscape. You notice a faint shimmering through one of the windows of a store, and with deeper inspection, it’s definitely a rift. “Is it that one?”
“Yep!” She leads you towards the building–some sort of department store–and as you cross the threshold of the doorway, you enter the rift.
This rift is much unlike the Endless Library, full of sound and people instead of dimly lit shelves. Half of the buildings are submerged, and rooftops stick out of the water, with other buildings hovering just above the surface. Surf guides you to what looks like a bus stop, and all of a sudden, an iridescent bubble forms right in front of you. Surf steps right into the bubble, which casts a shimmering glow around them, and you do the same. As soon as you’re inside, it lifts off the ground, heading upwards. There’s bubbles to your left and right, carrying people and cargo throughout the city in a variety of sizes.
It makes you a bit uneasy to be able to see straight down, and the bubble moves quite quickly, so it’s only a minute or two until you’re very, very far off the ground. At a certain altitude, the bubble stops moving, just floating above in the air and providing a view down below. “This isn’t going to… pop? Is it?” you whisper.
Surf shakes their head with a smile. “Honestly, I don’t know any of the physics behind these dimensions… It's like there’s new rules for gravity and motion. It’s completely rewritten science as we know it, though unfortunately it’s not possible to record highly accurate data about the rifts from inside them. It makes our equipment malfunction.”
“Is science your favorite field?”
“Definitely!” Surf replies, looking below at the buildings of the city, details reduced to miniscule pinpricks. “I love biology, chemistry, and my favorite science is geology. I think it would be really cool to have a career in geoscience, specifically geobiochemistry, which is a fun discipline. Of course, I also like English class and writing, as well as geography.”
You spot a building whose top reminds you of a fibonacci spiral. “What about math?”
“Well, math isn’t necessarily my strong suit,” Surf admits. “I’m always forgetting basic math concepts, but I really like doing proofs, which are fun.”
All of a sudden, the bubble begins to descend. You almost gasp audibly, but catch yourself in time. It keeps falling, faster and faster, until it looks as if you’re about to hit the water. Surf looks unperturbed, but you certainly aren’t, and you shut your eyelids. Yet, once nothing happens, you peek out.
You’ve gone underwater.
The bubble weaves between buildings, passing pedestrians with bubble helmets providing a source of oxygen. The buildings are covered with coral and alien marine life, and you can’t believe what you’re seeing. It’s definitely an unforgettable experience.
Once the aerial tour is over, you and Surf head back to the SWCity through the original rift, taking a seat on a nearby bench under a shady tree.
Surf pulls something out from the satchel at her side. “Are you hungry? I made cinnamon buns the other day and figured I would bring some, since traveling throughout the rifts can be tiring.”
You hadn’t realized how hungry you were, and they do look delicious. “Sure, thanks. Do you like baking?” you ask, taking a bite of the dessert.
“Yeah!” Surf replies. “Generally, I prefer baking things that are sweet–breads, cakes, whatever recipes look good. I haven’t had much time to bake this past spring, but I’m trying to make new recipes this summer whenever I have time.”
“Anyway,” she continues, “there’s another rift I need to check up on. We’re not going to go inside–I just need to see how far it’s grown. There it is–to our left.” The rift is across the street, to the left, and Surf jots down details in their notepad. “When we collect data, we usually note any abnormalities, size fluctuations, and physical changes that could indicate growth or change in the rifts themselves. Later, we log it down to help create a guide to keep people safe in the city.”
“How come we won’t travel to that rift?”
“It’s definitely scenic, but it would require a lot of gear,” Surf says. “It’s a frozen mountain range–very nice for skiing, actually–but it’s pretty cold there and these particular suits unfortunately can’t handle sub zero conditions. My all-season sport is tennis, and I’m actually on my school’s varsity team.” Surf finishes writing notes down and looks up at you. “We have one last surprise destination for the afternoon, though it’s a bit of a walk. We should be there in ten minutes.”
“Okay.” As you cross the street, you notice a shimmering rift above both of your heads, several floors up and next to the Horror Skyscraper. “What rift is that?”
Surf consults their notes. “That’s the mirror rift.”
“What’s it like?” You’re curious, given the name. Most of the rifts have some sort of name, instead of numbers, since it’s easier to identify their contents through a short description. Still, the rifts themselves have a lot of variation among themselves. You consider it being a world mirror based on SWCity, or maybe full of mirrors like an escape room or haunted house?
“Well, I haven’t gone in it myself, but everything is apparently reflective. I’ve heard it’s horrifying during the daylight, since the mirrors can burn holes into things because of the light rays.”
You regret asking. It really does sound horrifying.
As you are walking, you pass a building filled with directors and actors, and it looks like they’re working on a script. “Do you like watching shows?” you ask.
“In my free time,” they answer. “I’m looking forward to watching the second season of the Buccaneers. I'm also a fan of animated shows–Arcane, Carmen Sandiego, TDP, Rebels, Bad Batch, and some others. How about you?”
You respond with your preferences, some of which they have also watched as well. “Do you like listening to music?” she asks.
“Yeah, though my music tastes are all over,” you reply. “What about you?”
“I like a bunch of different artists,” they answer. “Some of my favorites are Twenty One Pilots, Imagine Dragons, Vinyl Theatre, and Of Monsters and Men, though I’ll listen to whatever. Sometimes I’ll listen to pop songs in violin, which I like.”
“Do you play any instruments?”
“Not regularly, though I used to play violin and a bit of piano. I’m not very musical,” they admit with a smile, “though I do like listening to music.”
You make out the explosions of fireworks from behind a rift in the ground ahead. It’s strangely artistic.
“Pretty, right? I’d love to draw something like that; I like art.”
“What types of art?” you ask, interested.
“Well, I draw a lot of digital art, though I do like traditional art too. I took a painting class in school last year which was fun, but I also love to make collages, either with fabric or with old magazines. I also have a bullet journal which I really like to work in, since it’s very helpful in terms of organization.” Surf consults their notes again. “Our last rift is on the right. Are you ready?”
The final rift gapes in the air, larger than all the other ones before; it’s evidently spread very quickly. “Yeah, I’m ready,” you confirm.
You were not ready.
As soon as you enter the rift, the ground shakes below you, and a crack starts to expand between your feet. You spring backwards. “It’s an obstacle course, the last step in your training!” shouts Surf. “The planet is one cohesive entity, responding to your movements. Our goal is to make it up there!” She points upwards, maybe fifty feet up, where there’s a platform into the air.
Another crack splits the ground. Maybe you shouldn’t be distracted right now. A platform slides into existence a few feet about your head, a rope dangling down. You leap up and begin to pull yourself up before the ground can swallow you whole. Up next is a tall staircase, maybe ten feet up. Unfortunately, as soon as you try to climb up, the stairs start rotating down, as if you’re trying to get up an escalator backwards.
Panting, you make it to the top, only to realize the next stage is, unfortunately, harder than you’d like. The next platform is a couple meters away, with floating buoys spaced apart. As carefully as you can, you leap from one to the other. You hope that if you fall, the planet will catch you, but you don’t want to risk it.
There’s only one more thing left between you and success, and it looks like a simple walkway (but it can’t be that easy, can it?). Yet the platform begins to rearrange itself under your feet, so you sprint across it as fast as you can, leaping over spots that are just empty air.
Panting, you make it to the final platform, which slowly descends back to the ground. Surf is waiting for you at the bottom, grinning. “You’ve passed the training orientation for Archivists. You’re officially ready to start taking measurements of the rifts for our data collection. Though, try to stay away from any rifts, and make sure you don’t travel alone, since these are the safest rifts there are.”
As you reenter SWCity, you grin with satisfaction. “Thanks so much, and nice to meet you,” you tell them. You can’t believe that all those different worlds were hidden in the rifts, and you wonder again what was even the cause of such a catastrophe.
“Of course!” Surf replies. “We need everyone to start taking action, to figure out what’s really behind the rifts. Thank you, and I hope to see you again soon!”
- -Lunova-
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Scratcher
15 posts
SWC Megathread ‧₊˚❀༉‧ July 2025
July 1 - 1k word intro (more like 1.2k lol)
Heyyy let’s see if I can make something coherent this time. Not that my previous wasn’t coherent but. You know. Spirit of improvement and all.
I’m Nova, my pronouns are she/her (I think? I’ve been trying out some others lately), and I live in the amazing EST timezone, which is technically EDT but no one seems to call it that. I’m 14 years old and am entering 9th grade in the fall - HIGH SCHOOL WOOO except not really because I have to wake up at 5:30 to catch the bus and also I made the possibly terrible decision to take 3 honors classes so yeah.
As for SWC, I’m in the Apocalyptic cabin this year for my sixth session in SWC (despite having zero MUN experience). My first was exactly 3 years ago, when little baby 11-year-old me was in Fantasy in the July 2022 session. I also was in Horror for November 2022, Mystery for July 2023, Gothic for July 2024, and kicked off my personal SWC Renaissance in Fan-Fi for March 2025 which renewed my interest for SWC. I’ve been a camper every time because I have 0 leadership skills, and being a camper is really fun! I might apply for coleader next time though, depending on how much time I have in good ol’ high school.
I’m bisexual, homoromantic, and aroflux. Yes I know it’s a lot and weird. It’s probably worth noting that I’ve never dated anyone in my life. I’ve had exactly two crushes ever so um.
ANYWAY enough about my love life, why is that even a topic and onto my hobbies YAY um, I read a lot, mostly fantasy but I read some sci-fi as well, mostly in the dystopian category and some realistic fiction once in a while, and other genres might as well not exist to me. I only read romance when it’s sapphic lol. I do like art and plan to study it when I’m older, but what I really want is to do animation, I make a ton of MAP parts and speaking of which I really need to finish my Believer MAP part, I mean it’s for my own MAP and there’s only one part that needs to be finished besides mine, I’ll do it after this. I do write, but due to my perfectionism I haven’t written much in a while but I’m hoping to fix that with this session. I mostly write fanfic, I have a ton of ideas in my head related to my interests that I haven’t written down anywhere. And, since I’m over 400 words in now, it appears that it is now time to ramble about my interests! Ok. Of course, Warriors and Wings of Fire will always be in my heart as they shaped me into the person I am today, but I’m not super into it anymore. Same goes for Percy Jackson and Keeper of the Lost Cities which I was in later. Speaking of Percy Jackson, I guess Riordanverse would be more appropriate although I dislike The Kane Chronicles and The Trials of Apollio before The Burning Maze, although shoutout to the latter series for its absolutely amazing character development. (Unpopular opinion, The Tyrant’s Tomb is the best book in that series.) My current singular obsession is Amphibia, which I also love for its character development and worldbuilding. Yes it’s flawed but I absolutely adore that show and cannot stop thinking about its characters and all. I read so much Sashannarcy fanfiction (Top polyfemslash ship on AO3 I believe, I’m happy there’s so much and I wish I had the skills to contribute to it). Wow I’ve forgotten how to talk about my interests, it’s been so long… ANYWAY my favorite episodes are “True Colors” and “All In”, I absolutely LOVE the animation on the fight scenes and just the plot in general, and everything, asfdahsf how do I talk about this but. Fight scenes. Yes. My favorite character is Marcy because I relate to her so much. I am, personality-wise, a more subdued Marcy Wu. However, I love the entirety of the Calamity Trio, and can relate to Anne and even Sasha a little. Honestly my main criteria for how much I like a character is “are they complex” and “are they relatable” and the Calamity Trio hits both of those criteria. So I guess I should stop writing about Amphibia now. Last time I did one of these 1k intros I was into Tangled the Series and Wicked, I’m not really into Tangled the Series anymore, partially due to the toxicity of the fandom (it’s a hard life for a Cassandra lover) and Amphibia replacing it as my main interest, but I still kind of enjoy it and think about it from time to time, and even read the occasional fanfic for it. As for Wicked, eh, it’s kind of in the background as far as my interests go, but I still like it and will definitely watch Wicked: For Good when it comes out. As for my other interests, I play the mobile game Dragon Tamer. My username is MoonDragonCat, and I absolutely suck at strategy. I also used to play Pokemon, but not much anymore. Other cartoons because I’m kind of in a phase right now - I’ve watched The Owl House, and I liked it, but not as much as Amphibia because I find the Amphibia characters more relatable, and I am currently watching Gravity Falls and am slated to rewatch She-Ra and the Princesses of Power afterwards because it’s been four years and I’ve wanted to rewatch this for ages now. Tangled the Series only took me two.
Only 50 words left technically, but who knows how many I’ll actually write. Um, I spend a lot of time on AO3 reading fanfic as stated previously, mostly Sashannarcy of course. I have some stuff posted but nothing interesting. My favorite animal is a fox (I cannot get enough of kitsunes/nine-tailed foxes, if I see a book with one on the cover I WILL read it), but I also love cats, and my favorite mythical animal is a dragon.
We are officially above 1000 words! But I still have a little more to say. My favorite color is purple, probably should’ve mentioned that earlier. I have autism and anxiety. I’m vegetarian and have been since birth because my parents are as well and I have no interest in eating meat. (I used to live in Texas and have a vivid memory of a kindergarten teacher berating me for not eating green eggs and ham on Dr. Seuss Week.) I LOVE listening to music, my favorite artist is Derivakat, but I also listen to Epic the Musical and various other artists/songs, including a lot of fan songs. My playlist can only be described as a 16-hour-long mess.
I don’t have any long projects going on right now, but I might start one idk.
Umm favorite movies! I forgot to mention that because I really don’t like a lot of movies, they’re too long to hold my attention span but too short to develop the characters/plot properly. HOWEVER some of my favorites include Wicked (of course), Nimona, and KPop Demon Hunters.
I have exactly zero pets which is a fact about my life that I am not fond of. Sigh.
Anyway that’s all I really had to say so I’m going, see y’all later teehee
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Heyyy let’s see if I can make something coherent this time. Not that my previous wasn’t coherent but. You know. Spirit of improvement and all.
I’m Nova, my pronouns are she/her (I think? I’ve been trying out some others lately), and I live in the amazing EST timezone, which is technically EDT but no one seems to call it that. I’m 14 years old and am entering 9th grade in the fall - HIGH SCHOOL WOOO except not really because I have to wake up at 5:30 to catch the bus and also I made the possibly terrible decision to take 3 honors classes so yeah.
As for SWC, I’m in the Apocalyptic cabin this year for my sixth session in SWC (despite having zero MUN experience). My first was exactly 3 years ago, when little baby 11-year-old me was in Fantasy in the July 2022 session. I also was in Horror for November 2022, Mystery for July 2023, Gothic for July 2024, and kicked off my personal SWC Renaissance in Fan-Fi for March 2025 which renewed my interest for SWC. I’ve been a camper every time because I have 0 leadership skills, and being a camper is really fun! I might apply for coleader next time though, depending on how much time I have in good ol’ high school.
I’m bisexual, homoromantic, and aroflux. Yes I know it’s a lot and weird. It’s probably worth noting that I’ve never dated anyone in my life. I’ve had exactly two crushes ever so um.
ANYWAY enough about my love life, why is that even a topic and onto my hobbies YAY um, I read a lot, mostly fantasy but I read some sci-fi as well, mostly in the dystopian category and some realistic fiction once in a while, and other genres might as well not exist to me. I only read romance when it’s sapphic lol. I do like art and plan to study it when I’m older, but what I really want is to do animation, I make a ton of MAP parts and speaking of which I really need to finish my Believer MAP part, I mean it’s for my own MAP and there’s only one part that needs to be finished besides mine, I’ll do it after this. I do write, but due to my perfectionism I haven’t written much in a while but I’m hoping to fix that with this session. I mostly write fanfic, I have a ton of ideas in my head related to my interests that I haven’t written down anywhere. And, since I’m over 400 words in now, it appears that it is now time to ramble about my interests! Ok. Of course, Warriors and Wings of Fire will always be in my heart as they shaped me into the person I am today, but I’m not super into it anymore. Same goes for Percy Jackson and Keeper of the Lost Cities which I was in later. Speaking of Percy Jackson, I guess Riordanverse would be more appropriate although I dislike The Kane Chronicles and The Trials of Apollio before The Burning Maze, although shoutout to the latter series for its absolutely amazing character development. (Unpopular opinion, The Tyrant’s Tomb is the best book in that series.) My current singular obsession is Amphibia, which I also love for its character development and worldbuilding. Yes it’s flawed but I absolutely adore that show and cannot stop thinking about its characters and all. I read so much Sashannarcy fanfiction (Top polyfemslash ship on AO3 I believe, I’m happy there’s so much and I wish I had the skills to contribute to it). Wow I’ve forgotten how to talk about my interests, it’s been so long… ANYWAY my favorite episodes are “True Colors” and “All In”, I absolutely LOVE the animation on the fight scenes and just the plot in general, and everything, asfdahsf how do I talk about this but. Fight scenes. Yes. My favorite character is Marcy because I relate to her so much. I am, personality-wise, a more subdued Marcy Wu. However, I love the entirety of the Calamity Trio, and can relate to Anne and even Sasha a little. Honestly my main criteria for how much I like a character is “are they complex” and “are they relatable” and the Calamity Trio hits both of those criteria. So I guess I should stop writing about Amphibia now. Last time I did one of these 1k intros I was into Tangled the Series and Wicked, I’m not really into Tangled the Series anymore, partially due to the toxicity of the fandom (it’s a hard life for a Cassandra lover) and Amphibia replacing it as my main interest, but I still kind of enjoy it and think about it from time to time, and even read the occasional fanfic for it. As for Wicked, eh, it’s kind of in the background as far as my interests go, but I still like it and will definitely watch Wicked: For Good when it comes out. As for my other interests, I play the mobile game Dragon Tamer. My username is MoonDragonCat, and I absolutely suck at strategy. I also used to play Pokemon, but not much anymore. Other cartoons because I’m kind of in a phase right now - I’ve watched The Owl House, and I liked it, but not as much as Amphibia because I find the Amphibia characters more relatable, and I am currently watching Gravity Falls and am slated to rewatch She-Ra and the Princesses of Power afterwards because it’s been four years and I’ve wanted to rewatch this for ages now. Tangled the Series only took me two.
Only 50 words left technically, but who knows how many I’ll actually write. Um, I spend a lot of time on AO3 reading fanfic as stated previously, mostly Sashannarcy of course. I have some stuff posted but nothing interesting. My favorite animal is a fox (I cannot get enough of kitsunes/nine-tailed foxes, if I see a book with one on the cover I WILL read it), but I also love cats, and my favorite mythical animal is a dragon.
We are officially above 1000 words! But I still have a little more to say. My favorite color is purple, probably should’ve mentioned that earlier. I have autism and anxiety. I’m vegetarian and have been since birth because my parents are as well and I have no interest in eating meat. (I used to live in Texas and have a vivid memory of a kindergarten teacher berating me for not eating green eggs and ham on Dr. Seuss Week.) I LOVE listening to music, my favorite artist is Derivakat, but I also listen to Epic the Musical and various other artists/songs, including a lot of fan songs. My playlist can only be described as a 16-hour-long mess.
I don’t have any long projects going on right now, but I might start one idk.
Umm favorite movies! I forgot to mention that because I really don’t like a lot of movies, they’re too long to hold my attention span but too short to develop the characters/plot properly. HOWEVER some of my favorites include Wicked (of course), Nimona, and KPop Demon Hunters.
I have exactly zero pets which is a fact about my life that I am not fond of. Sigh.
Anyway that’s all I really had to say so I’m going, see y’all later teehee
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- Cynthialz
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
SWC Megathread ‧₊˚❀༉‧ July 2025
1k Intro: (1030 words)
Hello there! Im Celes and I have made the inevitably stupid decision to not only attempt the 1k intro yet another session when i can’t talk about myself to save my life, but i am also forced to write these one thousand words on mobile. I also stayed up well after midnight last night to write this when i still had my laptop but i ended up calling my online bestie and stayed up till like 3 or 4 am on call (no regrets, ily rylie). Anyways, per usual, the consuquences of my own actions are going to make this a whole lot more difficult, god i’ve already started rambling. Alright, hello there (assuming you answered with the standard general kenobi) I’m Celes and this is my eleventh (i think maybe twelfth) session of scratch writing camp. I’m a sophmore in highschool (15 years old) and I spend majority of my days trying not to slip into insanity. I avoid the inevitable by partaking in some of my many hobbies (none of them interesting or adventurous so please lower your expectations). Some of these hobbies include reading, writing, drawing, (maybe once a year) listening to music, (yes this is a hobby for me) watching anime, and playing the occasional video game. While i find it immensely difficult to talk about myself, i have no trouble rambling on about my various interests and hobby so the rest of this introduction will be more of an introduction into my fandoms than myself, which i assure you will be much more entertaining. Okay, I started with books so I’ll start there. I’ve read about 113 books this year which sounds a little bit insane but at least half of those were manga and not genuine full length novels. Some of my all time favorite novels are six of crows, anything alice oseman and god of fury. I’m currently reading the lunar chronicles for the first time and i’m also definitely hooked so far. In terms of manga, i have so many favorites so i’ll just list a couple that promptly come to mind; nana, deathnote, bungo stray dogs, orange, the guy she was interested in wasn’t a guy at all, aka green yuri, blue lock, attack on titan, and jujutsu kaisen. I’ll spare you the anime talk as my favorite anime’s are pretty much the same as my favorite mangas, but i do still have to mention one piece as one of my favorite anime’s as i have yet to start the manga. I’m sure i’ll start that journey eventually, but for now im intimidated and frankly too broke as i also put it upon myself to collect any and everything that i read. Moving on, I do have a couple of favorite movies and tv series i figured i would mention. Some of my favorites are arcane, she ra, bojack horseman, howls moving castle (along with any other ghibli film) and anything star wars or marvel. I’ve also been recently obsessed with alien stage which is an animated series on youtube that i highly recommend you watch as the finale came out a few days ago and the entire series is like 45 minutes in total (don’t let its length discieve you as it will still take over your entire life as it has mine). I honestly have no idea how much i’ve written so far, but hopefully i’m getting close. Update, it was like 500 words when i was expecting at least 800 so im sort of screwed because im starting to run out of things to ramble about. Ummm, okay music, i listen to music pretty much all day everyday, im listening to some lana right now actually which is pretty much the only thing keeping me sane. Some of the other things i listen to are taylor swift, billie eilish, clairo, chase atlantic, the nbhd, arctic monkeys, chappell roan, ethel cain, nirvana, foo fighters, metallica, ayesha, boy genius and all of its members, girl in red and pretty much any other queer artist as i am very much a girl kisser, and probably a billion other artists or bands im forgetting at the moment. I also listen to a lot of soundtracks particularly the final fantasy 6 soundtrack and the alien stage soundtrack. I’m trying to save my progress so far and scratch is saying that i’ve included unsuitable language and i can’t figure out was said unsuitable language is, perfect, how else could this go wrong. Update, i figured it out, it was ayesha’s last name, sobbing, crying, throwing up. I still need like 300 more words so i’ll go back to rambling about music. Some of my favorite songs are flawless by the nbhd, baby don’t cut, black sorrow, hoax by taylor, disconnected by chase atlantic, fable by gigi perez, and billie eilish’s entire discography. If you havnt already gotten this impression, Im one of those people that listens to music when i feel like * to feel even more like * and i wouldn’t have it any other way. This is exponentially more difficult than it was the last few years i’m completely lost what else do i say, um, let me look up some icebreakers. Oo okay where have i traveled, I went to germany last summer to attend the eras tour, and we ended up seeing amsterdam for a couple of days too which was insane. I still think about the food there, although i fear concert amnesia if unfortunately so real because i remember virtually nothing from the concert. However i can probably yap about it for a little just to kill words. Okay i went on the 24th of july i believe which was folklores four year anniversary which meant she played the last great american dynasty as a surprise song along with a couple of my other favorites which was so incredible. Anyways, i believe that i have, at long last, tapped for long enough! I can’t wait for this session (i just realised i never mentioned it but im in tragicomedy this session). Have an amazing session and i’m sorry you put yourself through my mess of an introduction.
Hello there! Im Celes and I have made the inevitably stupid decision to not only attempt the 1k intro yet another session when i can’t talk about myself to save my life, but i am also forced to write these one thousand words on mobile. I also stayed up well after midnight last night to write this when i still had my laptop but i ended up calling my online bestie and stayed up till like 3 or 4 am on call (no regrets, ily rylie). Anyways, per usual, the consuquences of my own actions are going to make this a whole lot more difficult, god i’ve already started rambling. Alright, hello there (assuming you answered with the standard general kenobi) I’m Celes and this is my eleventh (i think maybe twelfth) session of scratch writing camp. I’m a sophmore in highschool (15 years old) and I spend majority of my days trying not to slip into insanity. I avoid the inevitable by partaking in some of my many hobbies (none of them interesting or adventurous so please lower your expectations). Some of these hobbies include reading, writing, drawing, (maybe once a year) listening to music, (yes this is a hobby for me) watching anime, and playing the occasional video game. While i find it immensely difficult to talk about myself, i have no trouble rambling on about my various interests and hobby so the rest of this introduction will be more of an introduction into my fandoms than myself, which i assure you will be much more entertaining. Okay, I started with books so I’ll start there. I’ve read about 113 books this year which sounds a little bit insane but at least half of those were manga and not genuine full length novels. Some of my all time favorite novels are six of crows, anything alice oseman and god of fury. I’m currently reading the lunar chronicles for the first time and i’m also definitely hooked so far. In terms of manga, i have so many favorites so i’ll just list a couple that promptly come to mind; nana, deathnote, bungo stray dogs, orange, the guy she was interested in wasn’t a guy at all, aka green yuri, blue lock, attack on titan, and jujutsu kaisen. I’ll spare you the anime talk as my favorite anime’s are pretty much the same as my favorite mangas, but i do still have to mention one piece as one of my favorite anime’s as i have yet to start the manga. I’m sure i’ll start that journey eventually, but for now im intimidated and frankly too broke as i also put it upon myself to collect any and everything that i read. Moving on, I do have a couple of favorite movies and tv series i figured i would mention. Some of my favorites are arcane, she ra, bojack horseman, howls moving castle (along with any other ghibli film) and anything star wars or marvel. I’ve also been recently obsessed with alien stage which is an animated series on youtube that i highly recommend you watch as the finale came out a few days ago and the entire series is like 45 minutes in total (don’t let its length discieve you as it will still take over your entire life as it has mine). I honestly have no idea how much i’ve written so far, but hopefully i’m getting close. Update, it was like 500 words when i was expecting at least 800 so im sort of screwed because im starting to run out of things to ramble about. Ummm, okay music, i listen to music pretty much all day everyday, im listening to some lana right now actually which is pretty much the only thing keeping me sane. Some of the other things i listen to are taylor swift, billie eilish, clairo, chase atlantic, the nbhd, arctic monkeys, chappell roan, ethel cain, nirvana, foo fighters, metallica, ayesha, boy genius and all of its members, girl in red and pretty much any other queer artist as i am very much a girl kisser, and probably a billion other artists or bands im forgetting at the moment. I also listen to a lot of soundtracks particularly the final fantasy 6 soundtrack and the alien stage soundtrack. I’m trying to save my progress so far and scratch is saying that i’ve included unsuitable language and i can’t figure out was said unsuitable language is, perfect, how else could this go wrong. Update, i figured it out, it was ayesha’s last name, sobbing, crying, throwing up. I still need like 300 more words so i’ll go back to rambling about music. Some of my favorite songs are flawless by the nbhd, baby don’t cut, black sorrow, hoax by taylor, disconnected by chase atlantic, fable by gigi perez, and billie eilish’s entire discography. If you havnt already gotten this impression, Im one of those people that listens to music when i feel like * to feel even more like * and i wouldn’t have it any other way. This is exponentially more difficult than it was the last few years i’m completely lost what else do i say, um, let me look up some icebreakers. Oo okay where have i traveled, I went to germany last summer to attend the eras tour, and we ended up seeing amsterdam for a couple of days too which was insane. I still think about the food there, although i fear concert amnesia if unfortunately so real because i remember virtually nothing from the concert. However i can probably yap about it for a little just to kill words. Okay i went on the 24th of july i believe which was folklores four year anniversary which meant she played the last great american dynasty as a surprise song along with a couple of my other favorites which was so incredible. Anyways, i believe that i have, at long last, tapped for long enough! I can’t wait for this session (i just realised i never mentioned it but im in tragicomedy this session). Have an amazing session and i’m sorry you put yourself through my mess of an introduction.
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- FairyAyla
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Scratcher
100+ posts
SWC Megathread ‧₊˚❀༉‧ July 2025
1K intro attempt:
Hello humanoids, I am Ayla, she/her, I’m in the CST (CDT? I don’t know.) and I’m co-leading Sci-fi this session! Speaking of which, this is my… 11th session?! (gosh I feel old.) I’m an autistic nerd (especially bugs and animals in general! I will infodump if you want!), who loves to draw, write (of course), read, and make crafts and storytell in general! As mentioned earlier, I love animals, especially arthropods (insects, arachnids, ect.), and some of my favorite arthropods are spiders and ants! I also love cats too <3 I have four of them! I love many books, and have too many good ones to list (I can give recommendations if anyone wants!). I am so excited for this session, and I can’t wait to meet y’all!
To talk a bit more about myself, I like pigeons, and I will infodump about their genetics if you like
a band I like is The Linda Lindas. I do not like school, although I am homeschooled, but what I know about it sounds not good. Some of my favorite foods are Mac ‘n’ Cheese, bagels (especially toasted with honey and butter! Very yummy. Or with cream cheese and jam, that’s good too), pancakes, waffles, and cake (/hj). Some of my favorite genres to read are fantasy, although lately I’ve been reading a lot of real-fi and memoir graphic novels. I really like to write fantasy, whether it be semi-serious, or just udderly ridiculous fantasy stuff ehehe (looking at pretty much every story I ever wrote for cabin wars). For tropes I like… Honestly I can’t think of that many that I know of and like :’D Some shows that I like are She-ra and The Princess’s of Power (Fantasy show about Princess’s with magic powers trying to stop evil people from taking over the world), The Owl House, and Kipo and The age of Wonderbeasts. Some books I’ve recently finished reading are Clementine the Fox (by Leigh Luna), and The first Warrior Cats Graphic Novel. My favorite fruits are strawberries and bananas! I also like roleplaying, which I do a lot of on Scratch! My favorite session was probably March 2024, I was in Thriller, and I utterly loved Thriller’s storyline, and the Gurtle boss fight was awesome, and so much fun. There was also the whole apples and toads war which I loved as well. But last session (March 2025) was great too, it was my first time as a co-leader (co-leading Action) and I absolutely loved it (part of why this session I applied for co-leader again). My favorite way bananas are is when they aren’t too soft, or firm, and aren’t sweet or fruity. I really don’t like it when bananas are mushy or too sweet or fruity or have a bunch of bruises.
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Hello humanoids, I am Ayla, she/her, I’m in the CST (CDT? I don’t know.) and I’m co-leading Sci-fi this session! Speaking of which, this is my… 11th session?! (gosh I feel old.) I’m an autistic nerd (especially bugs and animals in general! I will infodump if you want!), who loves to draw, write (of course), read, and make crafts and storytell in general! As mentioned earlier, I love animals, especially arthropods (insects, arachnids, ect.), and some of my favorite arthropods are spiders and ants! I also love cats too <3 I have four of them! I love many books, and have too many good ones to list (I can give recommendations if anyone wants!). I am so excited for this session, and I can’t wait to meet y’all!
To talk a bit more about myself, I like pigeons, and I will infodump about their genetics if you like
a band I like is The Linda Lindas. I do not like school, although I am homeschooled, but what I know about it sounds not good. Some of my favorite foods are Mac ‘n’ Cheese, bagels (especially toasted with honey and butter! Very yummy. Or with cream cheese and jam, that’s good too), pancakes, waffles, and cake (/hj). Some of my favorite genres to read are fantasy, although lately I’ve been reading a lot of real-fi and memoir graphic novels. I really like to write fantasy, whether it be semi-serious, or just udderly ridiculous fantasy stuff ehehe (looking at pretty much every story I ever wrote for cabin wars). For tropes I like… Honestly I can’t think of that many that I know of and like :’D Some shows that I like are She-ra and The Princess’s of Power (Fantasy show about Princess’s with magic powers trying to stop evil people from taking over the world), The Owl House, and Kipo and The age of Wonderbeasts. Some books I’ve recently finished reading are Clementine the Fox (by Leigh Luna), and The first Warrior Cats Graphic Novel. My favorite fruits are strawberries and bananas! I also like roleplaying, which I do a lot of on Scratch! My favorite session was probably March 2024, I was in Thriller, and I utterly loved Thriller’s storyline, and the Gurtle boss fight was awesome, and so much fun. There was also the whole apples and toads war which I loved as well. But last session (March 2025) was great too, it was my first time as a co-leader (co-leading Action) and I absolutely loved it (part of why this session I applied for co-leader again). My favorite way bananas are is when they aren’t too soft, or firm, and aren’t sweet or fruity. I really don’t like it when bananas are mushy or too sweet or fruity or have a bunch of bruises.468 words
- Eabha2023
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Scratcher
100+ posts
SWC Megathread ‧₊˚❀༉‧ July 2025
1k Intro:
WARNING: This is going to be a very awkward and strange Intro so brace yourselves!
Hi! My name (nickname) is Eabha and I currently go by she/her pronouns. First of all I HATE talking about myself (but desperately need words), so this will be a fun ride… So sorry to start off like that: I'm really happy to be here and thank you for reading this! This is my first SWC, I came across people talking about it a while ago and assumed it was a real life camp *facepalm*… so I only decided to come in the middle of the March 2025 session when I came across a writing contest entry and looked into it.
I live in the Central European timezone (Germany) and speak three languages: French, English, and German. *Note* I am not at all French or German, but I live in Germany and the French thing is kind of really complicated so…
I'm queer (Happy - belated - Pride Month everyone! ) and Neurodivergent (self-diagnosed). I have a LOT of Autistic traits e.g. stimming, hyperfixations, poor social skills, literal state of mind, avoiding eye contact… And a lot of traits from other neurotypes e.g. OCD, ADHD, Hyperlexia, Aspergers… I started thinking about neurodivergence when my impulses and compulsive thinking hit a pretty high bar…
Anyway, my most original stimming process is going into the bathroom, turning the lights off and staring at the dryer. I can LITERALLY do this for HOURS. The clothes turning around are so comforting… It's the dryer and not the washing machine because, well… *Ahem* I have an irrational fear of soap. Please tell me I'm not alone!! Not the soap, the weird stimming: pls contact me on my profile if you also stim in a weird way.
Also (no idea why I'm saying this but…) I much prefer to say “I'm a criminal in 72 countries” than “I'm queer” *Totally random remark*.
I'm an INFJ-T and am OBSESSED with psychology so I basically read up all these articles on myself and then see how much I relate to them. *Sigh* Story of my life. When I get an obsession I COMPLETELY hyperfixate on it for as long as possible (or until I get dreadfully bored) so that leads to me mastering things like psychology, really complicated math and EVERY SINGLE Hamilton lyric there possibly is. I also do this when I discover something about myself, basically pack myself with knowledge and get overwhelmed *I'm overwhelmed write now at the quantity and quality of my writing and the possibility I forget something crucial*. I also either get work done extremely fast and multitask which leaves me overwhelmed and stressed out, or procrastinate like crazy (which also leaves me overwhelmed and stressed out). One or the other, take your pick.
Hobbies??? What exactly is that?? Other than reading, writing, obligatory music lessons (which I do enjoy) and procrastinating, I don't really have any Hobbies. I mostly spend my free time staring off into the distance (or into my dryer) and contemplating the meaning of life and if it could possibly be foreseen (you know, the usual). I also love Math and Physics.
Note on my username: Sooo, it's actually pronounced “Ava” (just really weird and incomprehensible spelling).
I ACTUALLY ALMOST FORGOT!!!
Ladies and Gentlemen, Humans of all sorts and genders, I now present to you: The reason I love writing! (And other details on my writing)
So first of all: this session I'm in the Script cabin (everyone there is AWESOME) and am totally clueless about the theme because It's not really my writing style (even though I think it's so so so so so so so so so so cool). I basically write abstract/ very dark pieces so… I also have ABSOLUTELY NO INSPIRATION for the writing contest… oh well…
I am VEGAN and I could rant about meat-eaters for days - this is why I started to write about this since I'm running out of ideas (so sorry if you're a meat-eater). I was basically vegetarian for 6 years until I managed to convince my parents (like… idk 3 months ago?) to let me be vegan! (as you can see that was successful). If you are thinking of being vegetarian or vegan, I highly recommend the documentary: “you are what you eat” on Netflix, DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THIS MESSAGE!!! A vegan person lives on average 7 (or 8?) years longer than a meat-eater (can't remember which one). Because of your telomeres (parts at the end of your chromosomes that determine your biological age and shrink when you eat meat. It has also been proven that humans originally weren't omnivores, an omnivore (by definition) is an animal that cannot survive without meat AND plants, yet here I am, alive and well. Humans aren't capable of living without plants. Another reason to be vegan is that Methane (CH4) has a waayyyyy bigger impact on the climate than CO2 does and all the cows in factory farming outweigh all the Wildlife Mammals by a factor of twelve. The way animals are treated is HORRIBLE - chickens bleed to death or suffocate and spend their lives on antibiotics that make sure they don't spread diseases but also cause an enormous amount of pain. Their beaks are cut off at birth to prevent fights.
There you go, a little scientific analysis that no one just read and that no one will read (Thanks if you did get this far).
My favorite subjects are: Math, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (literally just listing random facts about me to get to 1k).
*Currently reading (and loving) the Hunger Games*
I'm a Lesbian.
My favorite books are… Hmmm… (Checks notes) Uhhh… You know what, I give up.
Favorite movie: The Half of It by Alice Wu.
I am currently sitting on the couch and trying desperately to finish this before midnight (my time).
I do the “Autistic music listening cycle”, and listen to a song about a million times until I get bored of it and then decide to never listen to it again.
I know everyone says “Sleep > SWC” But I just spent most of the night writing this thing.
- Total word count: 1031 words
WARNING: This is going to be a very awkward and strange Intro so brace yourselves!
Hi! My name (nickname) is Eabha and I currently go by she/her pronouns. First of all I HATE talking about myself (but desperately need words), so this will be a fun ride… So sorry to start off like that: I'm really happy to be here and thank you for reading this! This is my first SWC, I came across people talking about it a while ago and assumed it was a real life camp *facepalm*… so I only decided to come in the middle of the March 2025 session when I came across a writing contest entry and looked into it.
I live in the Central European timezone (Germany) and speak three languages: French, English, and German. *Note* I am not at all French or German, but I live in Germany and the French thing is kind of really complicated so…
I'm queer (Happy - belated - Pride Month everyone! ) and Neurodivergent (self-diagnosed). I have a LOT of Autistic traits e.g. stimming, hyperfixations, poor social skills, literal state of mind, avoiding eye contact… And a lot of traits from other neurotypes e.g. OCD, ADHD, Hyperlexia, Aspergers… I started thinking about neurodivergence when my impulses and compulsive thinking hit a pretty high bar…
Anyway, my most original stimming process is going into the bathroom, turning the lights off and staring at the dryer. I can LITERALLY do this for HOURS. The clothes turning around are so comforting… It's the dryer and not the washing machine because, well… *Ahem* I have an irrational fear of soap. Please tell me I'm not alone!! Not the soap, the weird stimming: pls contact me on my profile if you also stim in a weird way.
Also (no idea why I'm saying this but…) I much prefer to say “I'm a criminal in 72 countries” than “I'm queer” *Totally random remark*.
I'm an INFJ-T and am OBSESSED with psychology so I basically read up all these articles on myself and then see how much I relate to them. *Sigh* Story of my life. When I get an obsession I COMPLETELY hyperfixate on it for as long as possible (or until I get dreadfully bored) so that leads to me mastering things like psychology, really complicated math and EVERY SINGLE Hamilton lyric there possibly is. I also do this when I discover something about myself, basically pack myself with knowledge and get overwhelmed *I'm overwhelmed write now at the quantity and quality of my writing and the possibility I forget something crucial*. I also either get work done extremely fast and multitask which leaves me overwhelmed and stressed out, or procrastinate like crazy (which also leaves me overwhelmed and stressed out). One or the other, take your pick.
Hobbies??? What exactly is that?? Other than reading, writing, obligatory music lessons (which I do enjoy) and procrastinating, I don't really have any Hobbies. I mostly spend my free time staring off into the distance (or into my dryer) and contemplating the meaning of life and if it could possibly be foreseen (you know, the usual). I also love Math and Physics.
Note on my username: Sooo, it's actually pronounced “Ava” (just really weird and incomprehensible spelling).
I ACTUALLY ALMOST FORGOT!!!
Ladies and Gentlemen, Humans of all sorts and genders, I now present to you: The reason I love writing! (And other details on my writing)
So first of all: this session I'm in the Script cabin (everyone there is AWESOME) and am totally clueless about the theme because It's not really my writing style (even though I think it's so so so so so so so so so so cool). I basically write abstract/ very dark pieces so… I also have ABSOLUTELY NO INSPIRATION for the writing contest… oh well…
I am VEGAN and I could rant about meat-eaters for days - this is why I started to write about this since I'm running out of ideas (so sorry if you're a meat-eater). I was basically vegetarian for 6 years until I managed to convince my parents (like… idk 3 months ago?) to let me be vegan! (as you can see that was successful). If you are thinking of being vegetarian or vegan, I highly recommend the documentary: “you are what you eat” on Netflix, DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THIS MESSAGE!!! A vegan person lives on average 7 (or 8?) years longer than a meat-eater (can't remember which one). Because of your telomeres (parts at the end of your chromosomes that determine your biological age and shrink when you eat meat. It has also been proven that humans originally weren't omnivores, an omnivore (by definition) is an animal that cannot survive without meat AND plants, yet here I am, alive and well. Humans aren't capable of living without plants. Another reason to be vegan is that Methane (CH4) has a waayyyyy bigger impact on the climate than CO2 does and all the cows in factory farming outweigh all the Wildlife Mammals by a factor of twelve. The way animals are treated is HORRIBLE - chickens bleed to death or suffocate and spend their lives on antibiotics that make sure they don't spread diseases but also cause an enormous amount of pain. Their beaks are cut off at birth to prevent fights.
There you go, a little scientific analysis that no one just read and that no one will read (Thanks if you did get this far).
My favorite subjects are: Math, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (literally just listing random facts about me to get to 1k).
*Currently reading (and loving) the Hunger Games*
I'm a Lesbian.
My favorite books are… Hmmm… (Checks notes) Uhhh… You know what, I give up.
Favorite movie: The Half of It by Alice Wu.
I am currently sitting on the couch and trying desperately to finish this before midnight (my time).
I do the “Autistic music listening cycle”, and listen to a song about a million times until I get bored of it and then decide to never listen to it again.
I know everyone says “Sleep > SWC” But I just spent most of the night writing this thing.
- Total word count: 1031 words
- Asha-in-the-stars
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New Scratcher
7 posts
SWC Megathread ‧₊˚❀༉‧ July 2025
It’s SWC intro season again, which means it’s time to write a thousand words about myself and pretend I didn’t procrastinate this until five minutes ago. You’d think I’d be good at this by now, but somehow every time I open a new doc, my brain just goes: “You? Writing about yourself? With structure? Funny.”
Hi, I’m Asha. I’m 12 years old, I live in Britain, and I’m a very chaotic mixture of a book-obsessed reader, dramatic writer, sporty gremlin, violinist, guitarist, and frying pan–wielding general. Yes, that last one is real. No, I will not be elaborating yet. You’ll see.
Let’s begin with the basics: I read constantly. I devour books. I read on the bus, in the car, during meals (if I can get away with it), and sometimes while walking around the house like a cursed Victorian ghost. I read for fun, for drama, for the thrill of a plot twist so good it makes me drop the book. My favourite genres? Murder mystery (the twistier the better), fantasy (with dragons or magical swords, preferably), romantasy (because love + danger = elite), mythology (Greek, Norse, Egyptian, you name it), horror (emotional trauma + creepy vibes = yes), and classics (I love the drama, okay?). I don’t judge books by their covers—but I will analyse a sentence until I’ve emotionally attached myself to a comma.
Because reading about chaos wasn’t enough, I also write it. A lot. Like, a lot. I write fantasy with too many kingdoms and not enough peace, murder mysteries with unreliable narrators, romantasy with people falling in love at the absolute worst possible time, horror where the house might eat you, and myth-inspired plots where the gods are petty and someone is definitely cursed. I do not outline. I dive in headfirst and figure it out later. My stories usually involve betrayal, swords, dramatic cliffhangers, and a character making terrible choices while I cheer them on like, “Yes, suffer. Good.”
Now, aside from destroying fictional lives, I’m also very into sports. I play volleyball, netball, and badminton, and if there’s a ball involved, I’m probably chasing it. I can’t sit still for long unless I’m reading, so sports are kind of my way of keeping my brain from exploding. I’m competitive, fast, and the kind of person who will dramatically dive for a ball just because it feels cool. Whether I’m smashing a shuttlecock or serving in volleyball, I’m all in, no half-effort. The chaos on the court matches the chaos in my brain, and I like it that way.
Musically, I play violin and guitar .Violin is dramatic and beautiful and very screechy when it wants to be, but I love it. I like the challenge, the intensity, and the feeling when you finally get something just right. Then there’s guitar, which is my band instrument and honestly kind of my “chill instrument,” even though I still make everything dramatic. Together, they make a nice balance. One classical, one casual. One makes people cry, one makes people vibe. Both feel like home.
Now. Let’s talk about the Frying Pan Army.
Yes, it’s real. Yes, I co-lead it. Last SWC on Scratch, me and Kat (one of the only other people as dangerously unhinged as me, in the best possible way) created it in a blur of creative madness. We are the frying pan sisters. We founded the Frying Pan Army to defend chaos, fight plot holes, and smack fictional villains with metaphorical cookware. The army lives on—through memes, dramatic yelling, mid-sprint speeches, and the occasional battle cry of “PAN POWER!” If you know, you know. And if you don’t, don’t worry—you’ll learn quickly.
I’d describe my personality as “chaotic but determined.” I’m the type to start a new writing project at midnight with no plot. I take on way too many hobbies and wonder why I have no time. I’ll spend ten minutes colour-coding a document and then forget to save it. I’m the friend who shows up with snacks, ten conspiracy theories about a book ending, and a sudden need to rewrite everything I’ve ever written. I’m not always organised, but I am passionate. I don’t give up easily, even when my plot breaks, my badminton shots miss, and my violin screeches like a banshee. I like a challenge—and I tend to fight it with the enthusiasm of someone holding a frying pan and no fear.
Here are some Rapid Asha Facts just to round things out:
I read fast, write faster, and panic-revise at the speed of light
I’m probably thinking about a fictional character right now
I once spent an entire game of netball mentally plotting a murder scene (fictional. obviously)
I have six half-filled notebooks and zero memory of what’s in them
I once nearly walked into a wall reading fantasy at full speed
I hoard story ideas like a dragon with a glitter pen
I would rather write a 40k novel than clean my room
I have no chill, but I do have a battle strategy
If we end up in the same cabin this SWC, consider yourself warned. I will probably talk about plot twists too loudly, bring up some weird mythology fact, suggest writing sprints at absurd hours, and start Frying Pan Army meetings mid-conversation. I’ll share snacks, share book recs, and maybe scream about character deaths if it’s been a long writing day.
So yeah. That’s me.
Asha. 12. Bookworm. Writer. Violinist. Guitarist. Volleyball player. Netball enthusiast. Badminton champion (okay, maybe not champion, but still). Frying Pan Army general. Chaos in human form. Slightly unhinged in the best way. Always reading. Always plotting. Always ready to fight a metaphorical dragon—or an actual one, depending on the genre.
Let the SWC chaos begin.
Hi, I’m Asha. I’m 12 years old, I live in Britain, and I’m a very chaotic mixture of a book-obsessed reader, dramatic writer, sporty gremlin, violinist, guitarist, and frying pan–wielding general. Yes, that last one is real. No, I will not be elaborating yet. You’ll see.
Let’s begin with the basics: I read constantly. I devour books. I read on the bus, in the car, during meals (if I can get away with it), and sometimes while walking around the house like a cursed Victorian ghost. I read for fun, for drama, for the thrill of a plot twist so good it makes me drop the book. My favourite genres? Murder mystery (the twistier the better), fantasy (with dragons or magical swords, preferably), romantasy (because love + danger = elite), mythology (Greek, Norse, Egyptian, you name it), horror (emotional trauma + creepy vibes = yes), and classics (I love the drama, okay?). I don’t judge books by their covers—but I will analyse a sentence until I’ve emotionally attached myself to a comma.
Because reading about chaos wasn’t enough, I also write it. A lot. Like, a lot. I write fantasy with too many kingdoms and not enough peace, murder mysteries with unreliable narrators, romantasy with people falling in love at the absolute worst possible time, horror where the house might eat you, and myth-inspired plots where the gods are petty and someone is definitely cursed. I do not outline. I dive in headfirst and figure it out later. My stories usually involve betrayal, swords, dramatic cliffhangers, and a character making terrible choices while I cheer them on like, “Yes, suffer. Good.”
Now, aside from destroying fictional lives, I’m also very into sports. I play volleyball, netball, and badminton, and if there’s a ball involved, I’m probably chasing it. I can’t sit still for long unless I’m reading, so sports are kind of my way of keeping my brain from exploding. I’m competitive, fast, and the kind of person who will dramatically dive for a ball just because it feels cool. Whether I’m smashing a shuttlecock or serving in volleyball, I’m all in, no half-effort. The chaos on the court matches the chaos in my brain, and I like it that way.
Musically, I play violin and guitar .Violin is dramatic and beautiful and very screechy when it wants to be, but I love it. I like the challenge, the intensity, and the feeling when you finally get something just right. Then there’s guitar, which is my band instrument and honestly kind of my “chill instrument,” even though I still make everything dramatic. Together, they make a nice balance. One classical, one casual. One makes people cry, one makes people vibe. Both feel like home.
Now. Let’s talk about the Frying Pan Army.
Yes, it’s real. Yes, I co-lead it. Last SWC on Scratch, me and Kat (one of the only other people as dangerously unhinged as me, in the best possible way) created it in a blur of creative madness. We are the frying pan sisters. We founded the Frying Pan Army to defend chaos, fight plot holes, and smack fictional villains with metaphorical cookware. The army lives on—through memes, dramatic yelling, mid-sprint speeches, and the occasional battle cry of “PAN POWER!” If you know, you know. And if you don’t, don’t worry—you’ll learn quickly.
I’d describe my personality as “chaotic but determined.” I’m the type to start a new writing project at midnight with no plot. I take on way too many hobbies and wonder why I have no time. I’ll spend ten minutes colour-coding a document and then forget to save it. I’m the friend who shows up with snacks, ten conspiracy theories about a book ending, and a sudden need to rewrite everything I’ve ever written. I’m not always organised, but I am passionate. I don’t give up easily, even when my plot breaks, my badminton shots miss, and my violin screeches like a banshee. I like a challenge—and I tend to fight it with the enthusiasm of someone holding a frying pan and no fear.
Here are some Rapid Asha Facts just to round things out:
I read fast, write faster, and panic-revise at the speed of light
I’m probably thinking about a fictional character right now
I once spent an entire game of netball mentally plotting a murder scene (fictional. obviously)
I have six half-filled notebooks and zero memory of what’s in them
I once nearly walked into a wall reading fantasy at full speed
I hoard story ideas like a dragon with a glitter pen
I would rather write a 40k novel than clean my room
I have no chill, but I do have a battle strategy
If we end up in the same cabin this SWC, consider yourself warned. I will probably talk about plot twists too loudly, bring up some weird mythology fact, suggest writing sprints at absurd hours, and start Frying Pan Army meetings mid-conversation. I’ll share snacks, share book recs, and maybe scream about character deaths if it’s been a long writing day.
So yeah. That’s me.
Asha. 12. Bookworm. Writer. Violinist. Guitarist. Volleyball player. Netball enthusiast. Badminton champion (okay, maybe not champion, but still). Frying Pan Army general. Chaos in human form. Slightly unhinged in the best way. Always reading. Always plotting. Always ready to fight a metaphorical dragon—or an actual one, depending on the genre.
Let the SWC chaos begin.
- 1lMaM
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Scratcher
100+ posts
SWC Megathread ‧₊˚❀༉‧ July 2025
juice's 1k intro
I’m going to try and do this backwards, so enjoy weird, random things about me for the first half.
I only had two meals today, seeing as I had breakfast at 9:30 and lunch at 3. Breakfast was normal, cooked porridge… with chilli, because my dad wanted to make it different and interesting. My stomach thought otherwise. For lunch I tried to ride a bike, failed, and ended up driving to a place. I got a beef enchilada and took off the jalapenos. I’m on holidays as I write this, in a small coastal city with good cafes. I switch between playing my dad’s guitar (yes I brought it with me), drawing random things, watching the Spider-Verse movies, and repeatedly finding that listening to musicals in the background is a bad idea. You want to know why? Keep reading.
I’ve recently realised how bouncy I am. I think of a good joke or a funny thing that happened, and I don a huge grin I can’t take off. I listen to a good song, and I either dance around my room or act a silly rendition involving a sassy cyclops and a Greek god who seems more like Oscar the Grouch.
You’d think I might clean my room in preparation for that dancing. Nope! But typically it’s not too bad – just a few dirty clothes scattered around the floor. There isn’t space for it to be messy. All the available floor space is stuffed into one tiny hallway curving to the space in front of my wardrobe, and the door is on the corner. And that’s where I dance and act to various musicals. My floor space generally isn’t too packed with clothes, but my desk tends to fill up with sketchbooks, scrapbooks, and old schoolbooks quicker than the corner I’ve designated for them can take, so they’re often splayed around a bit. But that’s okay. I deal with it.
This is the point where I have no idea what other SWCers might say – what’s between the general information and the rambling. Is this where I put the stuff I say to people who haven’t seen me in ten years, people I’d like to remember for their own sake? Yes, highschool’s been going well (I originally thought my year 8 class was better since I had more friends in it, but this year’s turning out better than I expected), I’ve got a good group of friends there (and I love them, but some of them are way closer than others, and the table group seems to increase by a couple every term). Yes, I’m doing well at my subjects (extremely well, for the way I never study) and do I know what I want to be when I grow up? Something creative (but I’m doubting it, because I’m smart and if I don’t get a good ATAR, I’ll be locked out of good degrees – but getting a good ATAR means dropping creative subjects since they lower your score. And can you be creative in a world where AI does that for you?)
That last bit scares me.
Can we be creative in a world where AI is increasingly doing that for us?
…I’m past 500 words, so it’s time to talk about something else.
I’ve got numerous discarded writing projects. I started the first one in year 3; it was a fantasy novel where a girl named Courtney was lost in the wild after a plane crash, met another girl named Winni, and discovered a magical world. It evolved as I grew; by year 6 there was a magic leopard leading her there, and by year 8 she was running from home instead of being the victim of a plane. That story has contorted itself into many different realities in my mind, but none of them truly managed to be worthy, in my eyes, of finishing.
I’ve started working on another project. It’s got a similar theme – girl runs/is forced from home and discovers a new environment. She’s a bit stuck-up at the start, but she’s creative, and believes her town is taking that from her. She doesn’t think it’s possible for her or the town to change, so she leaves to find a place that will suit her. As she experiences different things, she grows and (surprise) changes. Eventually, she comes back to her town, and everyone’s different. They didn’t change; she did.
That one might even get close to being finished.
My favourite book series is the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson, and that doesn’t look like it’s going to change anytime soon – high fantasy, incredibly epic, highly recommend. I also love Six of Crows and Babel. Movies aren’t a huge joy of mine, but the Spider-Verse movies (which I watched yesterday) may be changing my mind about that – definitely my favourite movies, but I haven’t got a lot to choose from. I listen to a combination of pop music, musicals (Hamilton and EPIC), and indie. Some of my favourite artists are Half Alive, Forrest Frank, MICO, and… uh, does Lin-Manuel Miranda count? Probably. I would listen to them in the background if not for my severe case of have-to-dance-or-act-vigorously-to-this-song-itis.
You already know most of my hobbies by now, but my favourite things are writing, drawing, and music. My favourite genre to write and read in is fantasy – you get to make up new worlds, types of magic, creatures, everything. I draw traditionally – I can’t work out digital art – and I draw people most. I play the viola, I’ve started playing the guitar, and I like to sing. Recently, I’ve also started playing the video game Sky: Children of the Light. It’s fun, but it can get a bit frustrating. I also tried crocheting once, and it was fun until I lost the crochet stick while moving house.
Now for the bit I usually put at the start. I’m Juice. My pronouns are she/her, and I’m an Australian teenager who loves being creative and chaotic. This is my seventh session of SWC; I’m a camper in the Horror Skyscraper, and I’m hoping to work on larger writing projects and (finally) put something up for the writing competition.
(1029 words)
I’m going to try and do this backwards, so enjoy weird, random things about me for the first half.
I only had two meals today, seeing as I had breakfast at 9:30 and lunch at 3. Breakfast was normal, cooked porridge… with chilli, because my dad wanted to make it different and interesting. My stomach thought otherwise. For lunch I tried to ride a bike, failed, and ended up driving to a place. I got a beef enchilada and took off the jalapenos. I’m on holidays as I write this, in a small coastal city with good cafes. I switch between playing my dad’s guitar (yes I brought it with me), drawing random things, watching the Spider-Verse movies, and repeatedly finding that listening to musicals in the background is a bad idea. You want to know why? Keep reading.
I’ve recently realised how bouncy I am. I think of a good joke or a funny thing that happened, and I don a huge grin I can’t take off. I listen to a good song, and I either dance around my room or act a silly rendition involving a sassy cyclops and a Greek god who seems more like Oscar the Grouch.
You’d think I might clean my room in preparation for that dancing. Nope! But typically it’s not too bad – just a few dirty clothes scattered around the floor. There isn’t space for it to be messy. All the available floor space is stuffed into one tiny hallway curving to the space in front of my wardrobe, and the door is on the corner. And that’s where I dance and act to various musicals. My floor space generally isn’t too packed with clothes, but my desk tends to fill up with sketchbooks, scrapbooks, and old schoolbooks quicker than the corner I’ve designated for them can take, so they’re often splayed around a bit. But that’s okay. I deal with it.
This is the point where I have no idea what other SWCers might say – what’s between the general information and the rambling. Is this where I put the stuff I say to people who haven’t seen me in ten years, people I’d like to remember for their own sake? Yes, highschool’s been going well (I originally thought my year 8 class was better since I had more friends in it, but this year’s turning out better than I expected), I’ve got a good group of friends there (and I love them, but some of them are way closer than others, and the table group seems to increase by a couple every term). Yes, I’m doing well at my subjects (extremely well, for the way I never study) and do I know what I want to be when I grow up? Something creative (but I’m doubting it, because I’m smart and if I don’t get a good ATAR, I’ll be locked out of good degrees – but getting a good ATAR means dropping creative subjects since they lower your score. And can you be creative in a world where AI does that for you?)
That last bit scares me.
Can we be creative in a world where AI is increasingly doing that for us?
…I’m past 500 words, so it’s time to talk about something else.
I’ve got numerous discarded writing projects. I started the first one in year 3; it was a fantasy novel where a girl named Courtney was lost in the wild after a plane crash, met another girl named Winni, and discovered a magical world. It evolved as I grew; by year 6 there was a magic leopard leading her there, and by year 8 she was running from home instead of being the victim of a plane. That story has contorted itself into many different realities in my mind, but none of them truly managed to be worthy, in my eyes, of finishing.
I’ve started working on another project. It’s got a similar theme – girl runs/is forced from home and discovers a new environment. She’s a bit stuck-up at the start, but she’s creative, and believes her town is taking that from her. She doesn’t think it’s possible for her or the town to change, so she leaves to find a place that will suit her. As she experiences different things, she grows and (surprise) changes. Eventually, she comes back to her town, and everyone’s different. They didn’t change; she did.
That one might even get close to being finished.
My favourite book series is the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson, and that doesn’t look like it’s going to change anytime soon – high fantasy, incredibly epic, highly recommend. I also love Six of Crows and Babel. Movies aren’t a huge joy of mine, but the Spider-Verse movies (which I watched yesterday) may be changing my mind about that – definitely my favourite movies, but I haven’t got a lot to choose from. I listen to a combination of pop music, musicals (Hamilton and EPIC), and indie. Some of my favourite artists are Half Alive, Forrest Frank, MICO, and… uh, does Lin-Manuel Miranda count? Probably. I would listen to them in the background if not for my severe case of have-to-dance-or-act-vigorously-to-this-song-itis.
You already know most of my hobbies by now, but my favourite things are writing, drawing, and music. My favourite genre to write and read in is fantasy – you get to make up new worlds, types of magic, creatures, everything. I draw traditionally – I can’t work out digital art – and I draw people most. I play the viola, I’ve started playing the guitar, and I like to sing. Recently, I’ve also started playing the video game Sky: Children of the Light. It’s fun, but it can get a bit frustrating. I also tried crocheting once, and it was fun until I lost the crochet stick while moving house.
Now for the bit I usually put at the start. I’m Juice. My pronouns are she/her, and I’m an Australian teenager who loves being creative and chaotic. This is my seventh session of SWC; I’m a camper in the Horror Skyscraper, and I’m hoping to work on larger writing projects and (finally) put something up for the writing competition.
(1029 words)
- starryy-silk
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Scratcher
100+ posts
SWC Megathread ‧₊˚❀༉‧ July 2025
1k intro!
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hihihihi! the name's silky, she/they! i believe this is my 7th session of swc, and i'll be campering in fantasy (black swan!). speaking of black swans, i'm a huge fan of kotlc, although i haven't read 9.5 yet. if i was in the universe, i'll probably be a guster (its one of my fav abilities!). my fav character is def linh (i wish she gets more screentime </3), simply because i find her backstory interesting and unique. i enjoy many other books too, such as wings of fire, harry potter, lords of the rings, and i recently got into some shakespeare! i'm quite studious, which is why i wasn't too active in my two past swc sessions (my apologies </3). however, as school's finally over (yayayay!), i hope i can make most of my time writing and reading and in swc!
now, reading and writing aside, i also enjoy a fair share of video games, such as genshin impact (i got skirk!), cookie run kingdom, and honkai star rail. i enjoy history (i adore it actually), but i'm quite weak in science (especially earth and space sci sob). i've recently got into vocaloid, and piano covers of popular songs, and i'm already loving it <3 i also enjoy art, and i think i'm quite decent at it ! (besides digital art i suck at that sob). one of my biggest strengths is sketching, and i think improving that has improved my art quite a lot! i hope i could continue improving and get better at digital ehe <3 i've also got started into crochet, but i'm still quite lousy at it (sad). i made a crochet pig for an art contest, and it looks very questionable (it was supposed to be a wizard pig but it doesn't look like that at all). i do hope to continue improving though!
i hope you now know a little bit more about me i'll now discuss what takes most of my time, or school. admittedly, this past school year hasn't been that well </3. i have a strong suspicion that my ela teacher doesn't like me at much as most other students (even though most of my classmates agreed that i was quite good at the subject aksjdhak). the experience kinda demotivated me to continue writing, but i pushed on (with my friend's supports). i do hope that next year, i'll get a less bias teacher ajshdkajshd. bad experiences aside, my science teacher was very cool (he was strict but he taught the class super well). my history teacher was also very chill, although we didn't finish the curriculum </3. i prefer reading over math, simply because i believe that in reading; there can be multiple ways to interpret a text as long as you prove how. meanwhile, in math, there's only one correct answer, which limits the liberty (and the probability of you getting the question right /hj).
although i do enjoy many things, i have a few critiques on them. for instance, i love kotlc, but i wish there was more screen time for characters besides keefe and sophie. in my opinion, most characters don't have a developed relationship between each other, and i really hope that gets fixed (i want to see dex x biana!!). i also enjoy wof, but i do wish tsunami doesn't have such a bad idea of nightwings and i feel like she wants to restrict moon's power, which is a bit weird. i love genshin, but i really want more of the harpingers (esp columbinaaa <3). honkai star rail is great, but sometimes the powercreep gets out of control (at least the devs said they'll be buffing some of the older characters!). i do have some more rants, but they might be a little controversial, so i won't include them </3.
outside of scratch, i'm a very chaotic introvert. admittedly, i'm quite quiet, but i do have an open side to my friends. i enjoy sharing what's on my mind, and love telling dad jokes (ehehe i actually borrowed an extremely funny one from my classmates, although it makes more sense in real life). i enjoy watching people and commentating more than actually talking and getting involved, which probably aligns with my introverted personality. speaking of which, i believe i'm an infpt, and if i had to chose my alignment in dnd, i would chose perfectly neutral (i actually took a test too and it showed perfectly neutral as well). i prefer to have a well calculated plan in my head every day, and some backup plans in case anything goes wrong, though i might ditch the schedule if its simply not working out. other times, when i feel lazy, i simply go with the flow, daydreaming, and going wherever life takes me. i tend to not procrastinate, but in return, my motivation is very wonky. sometimes, i feel super excited about completing something, but right after, i want to give up. to try and solve this, i tend to give myself rewards after i complete a certain quota, but sometimes i lower the quota after i set up because i'm very tired, lazy, etc. sob.
now for some slightly controversial and problematic questions ! i enjoy tv shows over movies, because tv shows tend to be longer, and i like having breaks between each episode ehe. i prefer no pineapples on my pizza, as i feel like the texture of cooked pineapples is slightly disgusting. i like white chocolate over milk chocolate, because i'm a huge sweet tooth (which is also why i believe sweet > salty). i pour my cereal before my milk, as i believe it helps control the milk amount better, and prevent spillage.
all in all, i hope you learned a little bit more ab me here ehe <3. i was kinda rambling halfway through (i really wanted to finish this but had to do something in the afternoon for way too long of a period). i'm extremely looking forward for this session, and hope that i'll complete many of my goals that i already set (such as completing 1 weekly, reaching my word goal, etc!) <3
1026 words
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hihihihi! the name's silky, she/they! i believe this is my 7th session of swc, and i'll be campering in fantasy (black swan!). speaking of black swans, i'm a huge fan of kotlc, although i haven't read 9.5 yet. if i was in the universe, i'll probably be a guster (its one of my fav abilities!). my fav character is def linh (i wish she gets more screentime </3), simply because i find her backstory interesting and unique. i enjoy many other books too, such as wings of fire, harry potter, lords of the rings, and i recently got into some shakespeare! i'm quite studious, which is why i wasn't too active in my two past swc sessions (my apologies </3). however, as school's finally over (yayayay!), i hope i can make most of my time writing and reading and in swc!
now, reading and writing aside, i also enjoy a fair share of video games, such as genshin impact (i got skirk!), cookie run kingdom, and honkai star rail. i enjoy history (i adore it actually), but i'm quite weak in science (especially earth and space sci sob). i've recently got into vocaloid, and piano covers of popular songs, and i'm already loving it <3 i also enjoy art, and i think i'm quite decent at it ! (besides digital art i suck at that sob). one of my biggest strengths is sketching, and i think improving that has improved my art quite a lot! i hope i could continue improving and get better at digital ehe <3 i've also got started into crochet, but i'm still quite lousy at it (sad). i made a crochet pig for an art contest, and it looks very questionable (it was supposed to be a wizard pig but it doesn't look like that at all). i do hope to continue improving though!
i hope you now know a little bit more about me
i'll now discuss what takes most of my time, or school. admittedly, this past school year hasn't been that well </3. i have a strong suspicion that my ela teacher doesn't like me at much as most other students (even though most of my classmates agreed that i was quite good at the subject aksjdhak). the experience kinda demotivated me to continue writing, but i pushed on (with my friend's supports). i do hope that next year, i'll get a less bias teacher ajshdkajshd. bad experiences aside, my science teacher was very cool (he was strict but he taught the class super well). my history teacher was also very chill, although we didn't finish the curriculum </3. i prefer reading over math, simply because i believe that in reading; there can be multiple ways to interpret a text as long as you prove how. meanwhile, in math, there's only one correct answer, which limits the liberty (and the probability of you getting the question right /hj). although i do enjoy many things, i have a few critiques on them. for instance, i love kotlc, but i wish there was more screen time for characters besides keefe and sophie. in my opinion, most characters don't have a developed relationship between each other, and i really hope that gets fixed (i want to see dex x biana!!). i also enjoy wof, but i do wish tsunami doesn't have such a bad idea of nightwings and i feel like she wants to restrict moon's power, which is a bit weird. i love genshin, but i really want more of the harpingers (esp columbinaaa <3). honkai star rail is great, but sometimes the powercreep gets out of control (at least the devs said they'll be buffing some of the older characters!). i do have some more rants, but they might be a little controversial, so i won't include them </3.
outside of scratch, i'm a very chaotic introvert. admittedly, i'm quite quiet, but i do have an open side to my friends. i enjoy sharing what's on my mind, and love telling dad jokes (ehehe i actually borrowed an extremely funny one from my classmates, although it makes more sense in real life). i enjoy watching people and commentating more than actually talking and getting involved, which probably aligns with my introverted personality. speaking of which, i believe i'm an infpt, and if i had to chose my alignment in dnd, i would chose perfectly neutral (i actually took a test too and it showed perfectly neutral as well). i prefer to have a well calculated plan in my head every day, and some backup plans in case anything goes wrong, though i might ditch the schedule if its simply not working out. other times, when i feel lazy, i simply go with the flow, daydreaming, and going wherever life takes me. i tend to not procrastinate, but in return, my motivation is very wonky. sometimes, i feel super excited about completing something, but right after, i want to give up. to try and solve this, i tend to give myself rewards after i complete a certain quota, but sometimes i lower the quota after i set up because i'm very tired, lazy, etc. sob.
now for some slightly controversial and problematic questions ! i enjoy tv shows over movies, because tv shows tend to be longer, and i like having breaks between each episode ehe. i prefer no pineapples on my pizza, as i feel like the texture of cooked pineapples is slightly disgusting. i like white chocolate over milk chocolate, because i'm a huge sweet tooth (which is also why i believe sweet > salty). i pour my cereal before my milk, as i believe it helps control the milk amount better, and prevent spillage.
all in all, i hope you learned a little bit more ab me here ehe <3. i was kinda rambling halfway through (i really wanted to finish this but had to do something in the afternoon for way too long of a period). i'm extremely looking forward for this session, and hope that i'll complete many of my goals that i already set (such as completing 1 weekly, reaching my word goal, etc!) <3
1026 words
- Natt519
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Scratcher
77 posts
SWC Megathread ‧₊˚❀༉‧ July 2025
hi! here’s my 1k intro (1051 words) ✨✨✨
hi hey hello what’s up how are you i’m natt or freddie you can use whatever one you want and my pronouns are a little bit complicated so there’s a section below this in those
anyways this is my 4th swc session and i’m in gothic!
okay so now pronouns! i’m genderfluid which means that my gender changes a lot. usually I have times where my gender stays fairly consistent for a little while (and so do my pronouns) so as for right now and in the foreseeable future i’m using any pronouns (she/he/they/it/xey/etc, no preference on those either!). they/them is also pretty much always okay, so you can call me that if you want, or just whatever you think fits i’ll pretty much always have updated pronouns in my bio on my profile, so you can check there as well if you want to
little note: i’m never going to get mad at you if you accidentally misgender/use the wrong pronouns for me, it’s really not that big of a deal to me. most trans/genderqueer people aren’t going to make it a big deal either, but when you can, please try to use our correct pronouns ^^
i mainly listen to pop music and i’m also a huge conehead AAAAND i’m actually going to one of his shows for wishbone in september i’m so excited rahhhh <333 i’m literally already planning an outfit for it haha— anyways found heaven is my favorite album and lonely dancers is my favorite song but i have a sneaking suspicion that akdov (read that part backwards scratch wouldn’t let me say it </3) cranberry may be going on my favorite conan songs list soon
also i just realized my first day back to school is two days before wishbone. sobb
also also i’m listening to conan gray as i’m writing this alley rose is playing rn hehe
also i’m a multifandom mess over here and i’m in more fandoms than i know what do to with so here are all of those! riordanverse, keeper of the lost cities, the maze runner, lockwood and co, star wars, the owl house, gravity falls. lockwood and co is my beloved i’ve literally read the series at least 6 times and also locklyle ❤️❤️ their dynamic so is soso good and if you haven’t read it I would 100% recommend it! it’s set in an alternate universe london where people come back as ghosts and only children/teenagers can see them for the sake of it being a YA book and there’s also a netflix tv show adaptation. it got canceled after the first season but it was SO GOOD it diverges from plots of the first two books (the screaming staircase and the whispering skull) a bit but it still works so well. also i’m currently reading the hunger games (because i am ashamed to admit as a book person that i have not read it yet,,) so that is most likely going to be added to the list very soon…
okay uhm i’m only 4 paragraphs in and i’m already running out of things to write about <//3 so i’m just going to yap about stardew valley because i’ve been playing that for quite a while!! i’m currently at the start of summer year 6 and i married leah and we have two kids anthony and avery because i like alliteration. we also have a brown dog named jimothy, a cat named lucy (or layla because i call her that for some reason?? idk bro), and a husky named jasper I unlocked skull cavern like a full in game year ago but i’ve only actually tried to go mining three times and the lowest i got was floor 18 I think— i don’t have any desert totems yet so i have to wait until 10 for pam to drive me (even though i can apparently drive the bus myself?? because i do when she’s at the desert festival?? and this makes no sense but i digress) <//3 also i was just really dumb when i first started playing because i thought that the shipping bin was a storage bin. i literally read lewis explaining it to me and i was putting my wood and stone in it for like a month straight before iI realized and yeah i don’t know if i’m just painfully inattentive and oblivious or just straight unintelligent but i think it may have been a mix of both there—
OH WAIT I CAN TALK ABOUT STAR WARS AND YAP ABOUT ANDOR so as of right now i have two episodes left of andor and it’s so. freaking. good?? like season 1 took a while to really kick off i felt like but once it got to one way out it was incredible and season 2 has just been completely amazing altogether i’ve loved it so far. and i did get it spoiled for me (WHILE I WAS TRYING TO LOOK UP A SEASON 1 RECAP AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE ALSO ASKED QUESTIONS ON THE GOOGLE PAGE. RAHH.) so i know why bix left and have had that scene spoiled for me <//3 i’ve also heard the theory that bix and cassian’s baby is poe and i do like that theory (even if it’s been officially said that he’s not) but at the same time. can we just let new characters be new characters and not be related to other characters and/or parts of the story,,
and finally i also like to crochet! i’m not very good at it and usually misjudge the size and amount of yarn and amount of time and etc etc etc but it’s still fun— i’ve made a few jellyfish and i also recently made a choker with a blue bow on it kind of like one of those sailor shirts and i think it actually looks pretty good (it may or may not be for an outfit for a certain pajama sailing themed upcoming album concert…)
anyways i think i’m at about 1k words now so i’m gonna wrap it up if you somehow managed to actually read all of that then i applaud you because I cannot imagine the amount of willpower it would take to read one thousand words of my ramblings. so yeah byeeeeee
hi hey hello what’s up how are you i’m natt or freddie you can use whatever one you want and my pronouns are a little bit complicated so there’s a section below this in those
anyways this is my 4th swc session and i’m in gothic!okay so now pronouns! i’m genderfluid which means that my gender changes a lot. usually I have times where my gender stays fairly consistent for a little while (and so do my pronouns) so as for right now and in the foreseeable future i’m using any pronouns (she/he/they/it/xey/etc, no preference on those either!). they/them is also pretty much always okay, so you can call me that if you want, or just whatever you think fits
i’ll pretty much always have updated pronouns in my bio on my profile, so you can check there as well if you want tolittle note: i’m never going to get mad at you if you accidentally misgender/use the wrong pronouns for me, it’s really not that big of a deal to me. most trans/genderqueer people aren’t going to make it a big deal either, but when you can, please try to use our correct pronouns ^^
i mainly listen to pop music and i’m also a huge conehead AAAAND i’m actually going to one of his shows for wishbone in september i’m so excited rahhhh <333 i’m literally already planning an outfit for it haha— anyways found heaven is my favorite album and lonely dancers is my favorite song but i have a sneaking suspicion that akdov (read that part backwards scratch wouldn’t let me say it </3) cranberry may be going on my favorite conan songs list soon
also i just realized my first day back to school is two days before wishbone. sobb
also also i’m listening to conan gray as i’m writing this alley rose is playing rn hehe
also i’m a multifandom mess over here and i’m in more fandoms than i know what do to with so here are all of those! riordanverse, keeper of the lost cities, the maze runner, lockwood and co, star wars, the owl house, gravity falls. lockwood and co is my beloved i’ve literally read the series at least 6 times and also locklyle ❤️❤️ their dynamic so is soso good and if you haven’t read it I would 100% recommend it! it’s set in an alternate universe london where people come back as ghosts and only children/teenagers can see them for the sake of it being a YA book and there’s also a netflix tv show adaptation. it got canceled after the first season but it was SO GOOD it diverges from plots of the first two books (the screaming staircase and the whispering skull) a bit but it still works so well. also i’m currently reading the hunger games (because i am ashamed to admit as a book person that i have not read it yet,,) so that is most likely going to be added to the list very soon…
okay uhm i’m only 4 paragraphs in and i’m already running out of things to write about <//3 so i’m just going to yap about stardew valley because i’ve been playing that for quite a while!! i’m currently at the start of summer year 6 and i married leah and we have two kids anthony and avery because i like alliteration. we also have a brown dog named jimothy, a cat named lucy (or layla because i call her that for some reason?? idk bro), and a husky named jasper
I unlocked skull cavern like a full in game year ago but i’ve only actually tried to go mining three times and the lowest i got was floor 18 I think— i don’t have any desert totems yet so i have to wait until 10 for pam to drive me (even though i can apparently drive the bus myself?? because i do when she’s at the desert festival?? and this makes no sense but i digress) <//3 also i was just really dumb when i first started playing because i thought that the shipping bin was a storage bin. i literally read lewis explaining it to me and i was putting my wood and stone in it for like a month straight before iI realized and yeah i don’t know if i’m just painfully inattentive and oblivious or just straight unintelligent but i think it may have been a mix of both there—OH WAIT I CAN TALK ABOUT STAR WARS AND YAP ABOUT ANDOR so as of right now i have two episodes left of andor and it’s so. freaking. good?? like season 1 took a while to really kick off i felt like but once it got to one way out it was incredible and season 2 has just been completely amazing altogether i’ve loved it so far. and i did get it spoiled for me (WHILE I WAS TRYING TO LOOK UP A SEASON 1 RECAP AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE ALSO ASKED QUESTIONS ON THE GOOGLE PAGE. RAHH.) so i know why bix left and have had that scene spoiled for me <//3 i’ve also heard the theory that bix and cassian’s baby is poe and i do like that theory (even if it’s been officially said that he’s not) but at the same time. can we just let new characters be new characters and not be related to other characters and/or parts of the story,,
and finally i also like to crochet! i’m not very good at it and usually misjudge the size and amount of yarn and amount of time and etc etc etc but it’s still fun— i’ve made a few jellyfish and i also recently made a choker with a blue bow on it kind of like one of those sailor shirts and i think it actually looks pretty good (it may or may not be for an outfit for a certain pajama sailing themed upcoming album concert…)
anyways i think i’m at about 1k words now so i’m gonna wrap it up if you somehow managed to actually read all of that then i applaud you because I cannot imagine the amount of willpower it would take to read one thousand words of my ramblings. so yeah byeeeeee
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SWC Megathread ‧₊˚❀༉‧ July 2025
daily i … chuey's intro … 773 words
you should know what to expect by now, right?
well…assuming anyone reads these. i sure hope you do, because i'm about to tell you something really important, and it would be a shame if you were to miss it.
but first, some thing about me!
greetings. i'm chuey, known as chuey. i've never been able to figure out why, but that's what everyone calls me. you're welcome to use any pronouns for me; people use she/her most often. i'm a homeschooled christian with a love for reading, art, piano, and, of course, writing <3 some other hobbies of mine include martial arts and baking!
i love tea, and you can find me most mornings with a mug of either earl gray or oolong in one hand and a book in the other. i adore big mugs – my favorite one is a sherlock-holmes themed mug with a bunch of quotes on it (i love sherlock holmes too hehehe)
personality-wise, i would describe myself as quirky, something that's just as true in real life as it is online. my tendency to act before i think has landed me in some embarrassing but funny situations, but i enjoy a good laugh at myself as much as on anyone. my sense of humor is about as developed as a five-year-old's, which is honestly terrible combined with my inability to keep a straight face. everyone can see me cracking up and dying over the lamest jokes in existence, but hey, someone has to laugh at them.
i am 100% an extravert, and willing to chat with just about anyone, so if you're ever in need of some conversation (and a healthy dollop of chaos) just head on over
i have too many favorite books and book series to choose just one, so i guess i'll just have to yap about them all! first up is CRADLE AAA, this book series is seriously amazing oh my goodness <3 If you're into really long fantasy series and/or Brandon Sanderson this one is for you, it's got beautifully developed worldbuilding and the writing is just *chef's kiss* yum yum yummy And because I can I'm gonna spend some time talking about it because it needs more love hehe. Okay so the main character is your classic underdog, yes? He's scorned by clan and family for basically being a magical cripple; his soul is weak, and there's no place for weakness in his home. The series follows his adventures as he learns how to overcome his weaknesses and also discover ground-shaking truths about his home, alongside a cast of brilliantly colored characters (I love each and every one of them so much rahhhh)
Uh let's see I was gonna yap a whole bunch about all the other books I love but I'm running out of time lol, also remember when I said I had something really important to tell you? Well, I mostly just wanted to see who actually read all the way through this haha, so if you see this come tell me “CHICKENS WITH SWORDSSS”
I never know how to wrap these things up sigh, so I'm just gonna ramble about random things for the seven-ish minutes I have left before midnight UTC because I'm a little procrastinator and there's no way I'm hitting 1k in time to share this in the main cabin before the daily changes. I guess I could finish it late but there's no fun in that
I love listening to music, although if asked what my favorite genre is I will flounder helplessly, because, like books, I love way too many to settle on just one. I used to listen to rock and roll and metal a lot more, but these days I've shifted more to movie soundtracks, especially, yes, from Disney princess movies…in my defense, the Moana 2 soundtrack has some amazing songs (hello, Get Lost and Beyond, specifically the end credits version??) even if the rest of them are on the cheesy side. Also, the Tangled soundtrack <3 Need I say more?
I love stickers and I have a whole little collection, I never stick them on things though haha I just keep them to look at because they're pretty. I do have a lot of stickers on my laptop, though – pretty sure my parents think it's slightly silly, but I don't care I love my stickers
Two minutes left aaaa what else-
I LOVE animals of pretty much any kind, and I've cuddled with all kinds of pets, including snakes, goldfish (yes I've held a goldfish, don't ask), and of course cats and dogs! And now I'm done byeeee <3
you should know what to expect by now, right?
well…assuming anyone reads these. i sure hope you do, because i'm about to tell you something really important, and it would be a shame if you were to miss it.
but first, some thing about me!
greetings. i'm chuey, known as chuey. i've never been able to figure out why, but that's what everyone calls me. you're welcome to use any pronouns for me; people use she/her most often. i'm a homeschooled christian with a love for reading, art, piano, and, of course, writing <3 some other hobbies of mine include martial arts and baking!
i love tea, and you can find me most mornings with a mug of either earl gray or oolong in one hand and a book in the other. i adore big mugs – my favorite one is a sherlock-holmes themed mug with a bunch of quotes on it (i love sherlock holmes too hehehe)
personality-wise, i would describe myself as quirky, something that's just as true in real life as it is online. my tendency to act before i think has landed me in some embarrassing but funny situations, but i enjoy a good laugh at myself as much as on anyone. my sense of humor is about as developed as a five-year-old's, which is honestly terrible combined with my inability to keep a straight face. everyone can see me cracking up and dying over the lamest jokes in existence, but hey, someone has to laugh at them.
i am 100% an extravert, and willing to chat with just about anyone, so if you're ever in need of some conversation (and a healthy dollop of chaos) just head on over
i have too many favorite books and book series to choose just one, so i guess i'll just have to yap about them all! first up is CRADLE AAA, this book series is seriously amazing oh my goodness <3 If you're into really long fantasy series and/or Brandon Sanderson this one is for you, it's got beautifully developed worldbuilding and the writing is just *chef's kiss* yum yum yummy
And because I can I'm gonna spend some time talking about it because it needs more love hehe. Okay so the main character is your classic underdog, yes? He's scorned by clan and family for basically being a magical cripple; his soul is weak, and there's no place for weakness in his home. The series follows his adventures as he learns how to overcome his weaknesses and also discover ground-shaking truths about his home, alongside a cast of brilliantly colored characters (I love each and every one of them so much rahhhh)Uh let's see I was gonna yap a whole bunch about all the other books I love but I'm running out of time lol, also remember when I said I had something really important to tell you? Well, I mostly just wanted to see who actually read all the way through this haha, so if you see this come tell me “CHICKENS WITH SWORDSSS”
I never know how to wrap these things up sigh, so I'm just gonna ramble about random things for the seven-ish minutes I have left before midnight UTC because I'm a little procrastinator and there's no way I'm hitting 1k in time to share this in the main cabin before the daily changes. I guess I could finish it late but there's no fun in that
I love listening to music, although if asked what my favorite genre is I will flounder helplessly, because, like books, I love way too many to settle on just one. I used to listen to rock and roll and metal a lot more, but these days I've shifted more to movie soundtracks, especially, yes, from Disney princess movies…in my defense, the Moana 2 soundtrack has some amazing songs (hello, Get Lost and Beyond, specifically the end credits version??) even if the rest of them are on the cheesy side. Also, the Tangled soundtrack <3 Need I say more?
I love stickers and I have a whole little collection, I never stick them on things though haha I just keep them to look at because they're pretty. I do have a lot of stickers on my laptop, though – pretty sure my parents think it's slightly silly, but I don't care I love my stickers
Two minutes left aaaa what else-
I LOVE animals of pretty much any kind, and I've cuddled with all kinds of pets, including snakes, goldfish (yes I've held a goldfish, don't ask), and of course cats and dogs! And now I'm done byeeee <3
Last edited by ChueyTheCat (July 2, 2025 00:00:24)
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Scratcher
100+ posts
SWC Megathread ‧₊˚❀༉‧ July 2025
wild's table of contents
dailies
weeklies
dailies
- Tuesday, July 1, 2025 — intro (1,400 words)
- Wednesday, July 2, 2025 — motivational letter (642 words)
- Thursday, July 3, 2025 — three-word stories (n/a words)
- Friday, July 4, 2025 — word wars (n/a words)
- Saturday, July 5, 2025 — product description (333 words)
- Sunday, July 6, 2025 — spoof retelling (375 words)
- Monday, July 7, 2025 — forgive the villain (1,882 words)
- Tuesday, July 8, 2025 — alphabet letter elimination (321 words)
- Wednesday, July 9, 2025 — song lyric story (150 words)
- Thursday, July 10, 2025 — critiquitaire (n/a words)
- Friday, July 11, 2025 — social interaction (299 words)
- Saturday, July 12, 2025 — cabin wars (n/a words)
- Sunday, July 13, 2025 — Smarlls interrogation (513 words)
- Monday, July 14, 2025 — constellation (278 words)
- Tuesday, July 15, 2025 — best mascot (404 words)
- Wednesday, July 16, 2025 — trope twist (385 words)
- Thursday, July 17, 2025 — classic novel in contemporary setting (359 words)
- Friday, July 18, 2025 — roleplay day (n/a words)
- Saturday, July 19, 2025 — title trade (436 words)
- Sunday, July 20, 2025 — story lemonade (451 words)
- Monday, July 21, 2025 — flowers (690 words)
- Tuesday, July 22, 2025 —
- Wednesday, July 23, 2025 —
- Thursday, July 24, 2025 —
- Friday, July 25, 2025 —
- Saturday, July 26, 2025 —
- Sunday, July 27, 2025 —
- Monday, July 28, 2025 —
- Tuesday, July 29, 2025 —
- Wednesday, July 30, 2025 —
- Thursday, July 31, 2025 —
weeklies
- Thursday, July 3, 2025 - Wednesday, July 9, 2025 — character development (1,443 words)
- Thursday, July 10, 2025 - Wednesday, July 16, 2025 — fairy tales (2,040 words)
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Scratcher
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SWC Megathread ‧₊˚❀༉‧ July 2025
daily
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
1,400 words
…So. This is it. Hello world. The date is July 1, 2025, and the time is 3:14 pm. (Oh, hey, I just noticed that’s pi. I didn’t even plan it that way.) It’s the first day of Scratch Writing Camp, where I am a 10-time camper, going on 11. It’s also the first day of Art Fight, an event I have never participated in before. It is a day of firsts, and thus, I am making an effort to do my first 1k-word intro for SWC. That seems like a fitting way to kick off this new chapter of my life.
For future reference, in addition to everything else, today is the day that I am officially getting started on my new laptop. I set it up several days ago, naming it “umwelt” and creating a PIN (that I immediately forgot and had to reset today…), but until now, I haven’t opened any windows outside of settings. My very first search was for https://scratch.mit.edu/users/-WildClan-/, followed by an in-Scratch search for “main cabin.” My first comment was in the SWC Main Cabin for July 2025, and my first reply was from Chocolate (@chocolate_camps). I just finished logging into a few of my accounts for easy access on the new device and copying my Google Docs SWC template over from my old high school account to my new content-specific account.
In a way, my accounts represent the liminal state in which I currently reside. My past self lingers, existing on borrowed time, waiting to slip into oblivion. My future self hasn’t been created yet, allowing my present self to lay its foundations with every keystroke I type here.
It’s an eerie feeling, being in the middle. My memories of the past are already fading, and my visions of the future are hazy at best. It’s the gray fog of Egg’s origin sim, a necessary starting void from which a new universe can be hatched. The smallest decisions I make here may end up drastically changing the course of events later down the line. How can I be sure I’m doing this right?
Well, just like Egg had his brain implant gizmo, I have the plans laid out for me by Past Self. Visualizing the future has been my hobby for many years now; I like to envision doing all the things that I can’t realistically do just yet. I imagine them so vividly that it’s almost as if I remember doing them before. I recognize that real life may not follow the course that I have created in my head, but if it does, the plans are ready. The order of events will fall into place in due time.
This new laptop is the first major event that’s been part of my past’s visualizations. It’s the start of an era, maybe a small one in the grand scheme of things, but it feels like an important step to me. (And that’s all the excuse I need to be overdramatic, so—) I’m reviewing my plans for it, and the two main things are gaming on Steam and 3D art on Blender, with the former happening before the latter. Already, my road map is becoming realized just as I hoped.
June 30th, 2025—the 3-year anniversary of Technoblade’s death—was yesterday. I did my yearly art tribute and compared it to the previous years’ to see how far I’d come. Because I didn’t do it for him, nor for the community. I did it for me; I understand that now. It’s my way of remembering everything I learned from him, ensuring all the personality quirks, mindsets, and skills I picked up from him continue to stick. I pay respects to the past, yes, but only because I need the past to build a good future. All else is secondary. In any case, though, it means the “Technoblade never dies” mantra keeps ringing true. As long as he’s remembered, he’s changing lives. And how else do you define a person except by their effect on others and others’ perception of them? Humans may not be able to do the literal hivemind immortality thing that Chervil can, but we can keep someone alive symbolically by becoming them in some way. I carry a piece of what the entity “Technoblade” stood for, believed in, behaved like… In my mind, that’s life. As long as people keep doing that, he’ll never die. We’ll carry his legacy on into our own futures, teaching what he taught us and telling the stories he told us.
So onward it is that I go from death at the end of June to new life in July. It’s like New Year’s, but in summer. Not even the sweltering weather can hold me back this time around; I’m getting started on my next step into the future. In honor of Techno, that next step is gaming. I want Minecraft to be the first game I play on this laptop (conveniently, “July” Minecrafting fits a song lyric I claimed for my playlist), and after that, I’m playing Terraria with Catto. And then… anything I want, I guess! Some other games on my radar right now are Hollow Knight, Rain World, Phasmophobia, and Slay the Princess, plus playing Niche on a device that can actually handle the amount of animals I want to fill my screen with.
For this July, though, I’ll probably stick to Minecraft and Terraria. Between SWC, Art Fight, and the Trainwrecks Labs games, I’m pretty busy. Oh, and I have college starting in August. That’s something important that I should probably mention.
I can’t tell if I’m still in denial about having graduated high school or if it truly wasn’t as important to me as I thought. Like, the graduation ceremony was this huge event, and people were crying, and it certainly seemed like it ought to be the start of a new chapter in life, but honestly, this whole laptop thing seems like a much bigger deal to me. Though, I guess it was a graduation present, so…
Anyhow, I copied and pasted this SWC template from last year’s document, and I can’t help but notice that the July 2, 2024 daily was about writing a letter to your future self. Before I close off this 1k intro that’s more of a journal entry, I wanted to respond to it.
Hey, Past Self. Future’s going well. I think you’d be happy with it! Well, except for the fact that my hair has grown out again, and I’m feeling a little frustrated with my parents’ unwillingness to accept that I want truly short hair. I think I’m wearing them down gradually, though. But the computer station is set up! I still haven't gotten my dad’s old computer to work (still missing a cord), but I got a new laptop, and it’s amazing. The room cleaning project is ongoing, but it’s a lot better than it used to be. I’ve acquired some new furniture since you wrote that, and it’s helping a lot. I actually have adopted a semi-nocturnal schedule without too much issue, and it’s wonderful for avoiding some of the heat. Not enough, though. Ugh. Your road map of destinations is being put to good use, as I forge a path to new heights. I stand by the goals you set for me back then. I’m still learning. I’m still improving. And if all goes well, I’ll never stop. I think I can do that for you, Past Self. You got me this far, after all. Half-Canon and I can take it from here. Thanks for everything. —Future Self.
Phew. Alright. I’m far past 1k, and still have 11 minutes before midnight UTC. I wasn’t expecting to be so ahead of schedule! Maybe my procrastination tendencies are finally subsiding… I doubt it, though. I’m reading back over this and realizing I never actually introduced myself in any legible manner. So let’s do that.
Hey. Call me Wild. This is my 11th session of SWC, and the start of a new era for me. I am a product of the past and a creator of the future. I look to the horizons with wonder. I love learning about science (especially genetics!), doing digital art and creative writing, and soon, playing video games. I am in several fandoms. I’m ecstatic to be here with y’all. Let’s do this!
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
1,400 words
Happy July, and happy SWC!! It’s that time of the year filled with inside jokes, endless writing, and lots of memories to be made <3 To kick off the session, start by introducing yourself in the comments! Reconnect with people you haven’t talked to in a while, and meet someone new! We’re all so excited you’re here
…So. This is it. Hello world. The date is July 1, 2025, and the time is 3:14 pm. (Oh, hey, I just noticed that’s pi. I didn’t even plan it that way.) It’s the first day of Scratch Writing Camp, where I am a 10-time camper, going on 11. It’s also the first day of Art Fight, an event I have never participated in before. It is a day of firsts, and thus, I am making an effort to do my first 1k-word intro for SWC. That seems like a fitting way to kick off this new chapter of my life.
For future reference, in addition to everything else, today is the day that I am officially getting started on my new laptop. I set it up several days ago, naming it “umwelt” and creating a PIN (that I immediately forgot and had to reset today…), but until now, I haven’t opened any windows outside of settings. My very first search was for https://scratch.mit.edu/users/-WildClan-/, followed by an in-Scratch search for “main cabin.” My first comment was in the SWC Main Cabin for July 2025, and my first reply was from Chocolate (@chocolate_camps). I just finished logging into a few of my accounts for easy access on the new device and copying my Google Docs SWC template over from my old high school account to my new content-specific account.
In a way, my accounts represent the liminal state in which I currently reside. My past self lingers, existing on borrowed time, waiting to slip into oblivion. My future self hasn’t been created yet, allowing my present self to lay its foundations with every keystroke I type here.
It’s an eerie feeling, being in the middle. My memories of the past are already fading, and my visions of the future are hazy at best. It’s the gray fog of Egg’s origin sim, a necessary starting void from which a new universe can be hatched. The smallest decisions I make here may end up drastically changing the course of events later down the line. How can I be sure I’m doing this right?
Well, just like Egg had his brain implant gizmo, I have the plans laid out for me by Past Self. Visualizing the future has been my hobby for many years now; I like to envision doing all the things that I can’t realistically do just yet. I imagine them so vividly that it’s almost as if I remember doing them before. I recognize that real life may not follow the course that I have created in my head, but if it does, the plans are ready. The order of events will fall into place in due time.
This new laptop is the first major event that’s been part of my past’s visualizations. It’s the start of an era, maybe a small one in the grand scheme of things, but it feels like an important step to me. (And that’s all the excuse I need to be overdramatic, so—) I’m reviewing my plans for it, and the two main things are gaming on Steam and 3D art on Blender, with the former happening before the latter. Already, my road map is becoming realized just as I hoped.
June 30th, 2025—the 3-year anniversary of Technoblade’s death—was yesterday. I did my yearly art tribute and compared it to the previous years’ to see how far I’d come. Because I didn’t do it for him, nor for the community. I did it for me; I understand that now. It’s my way of remembering everything I learned from him, ensuring all the personality quirks, mindsets, and skills I picked up from him continue to stick. I pay respects to the past, yes, but only because I need the past to build a good future. All else is secondary. In any case, though, it means the “Technoblade never dies” mantra keeps ringing true. As long as he’s remembered, he’s changing lives. And how else do you define a person except by their effect on others and others’ perception of them? Humans may not be able to do the literal hivemind immortality thing that Chervil can, but we can keep someone alive symbolically by becoming them in some way. I carry a piece of what the entity “Technoblade” stood for, believed in, behaved like… In my mind, that’s life. As long as people keep doing that, he’ll never die. We’ll carry his legacy on into our own futures, teaching what he taught us and telling the stories he told us.
So onward it is that I go from death at the end of June to new life in July. It’s like New Year’s, but in summer. Not even the sweltering weather can hold me back this time around; I’m getting started on my next step into the future. In honor of Techno, that next step is gaming. I want Minecraft to be the first game I play on this laptop (conveniently, “July” Minecrafting fits a song lyric I claimed for my playlist), and after that, I’m playing Terraria with Catto. And then… anything I want, I guess! Some other games on my radar right now are Hollow Knight, Rain World, Phasmophobia, and Slay the Princess, plus playing Niche on a device that can actually handle the amount of animals I want to fill my screen with.
For this July, though, I’ll probably stick to Minecraft and Terraria. Between SWC, Art Fight, and the Trainwrecks Labs games, I’m pretty busy. Oh, and I have college starting in August. That’s something important that I should probably mention.
I can’t tell if I’m still in denial about having graduated high school or if it truly wasn’t as important to me as I thought. Like, the graduation ceremony was this huge event, and people were crying, and it certainly seemed like it ought to be the start of a new chapter in life, but honestly, this whole laptop thing seems like a much bigger deal to me. Though, I guess it was a graduation present, so…
Anyhow, I copied and pasted this SWC template from last year’s document, and I can’t help but notice that the July 2, 2024 daily was about writing a letter to your future self. Before I close off this 1k intro that’s more of a journal entry, I wanted to respond to it.
Hey, Past Self. Future’s going well. I think you’d be happy with it! Well, except for the fact that my hair has grown out again, and I’m feeling a little frustrated with my parents’ unwillingness to accept that I want truly short hair. I think I’m wearing them down gradually, though. But the computer station is set up! I still haven't gotten my dad’s old computer to work (still missing a cord), but I got a new laptop, and it’s amazing. The room cleaning project is ongoing, but it’s a lot better than it used to be. I’ve acquired some new furniture since you wrote that, and it’s helping a lot. I actually have adopted a semi-nocturnal schedule without too much issue, and it’s wonderful for avoiding some of the heat. Not enough, though. Ugh. Your road map of destinations is being put to good use, as I forge a path to new heights. I stand by the goals you set for me back then. I’m still learning. I’m still improving. And if all goes well, I’ll never stop. I think I can do that for you, Past Self. You got me this far, after all. Half-Canon and I can take it from here. Thanks for everything. —Future Self.
Phew. Alright. I’m far past 1k, and still have 11 minutes before midnight UTC. I wasn’t expecting to be so ahead of schedule! Maybe my procrastination tendencies are finally subsiding… I doubt it, though. I’m reading back over this and realizing I never actually introduced myself in any legible manner. So let’s do that.
Hey. Call me Wild. This is my 11th session of SWC, and the start of a new era for me. I am a product of the past and a creator of the future. I look to the horizons with wonder. I love learning about science (especially genetics!), doing digital art and creative writing, and soon, playing video games. I am in several fandoms. I’m ecstatic to be here with y’all. Let’s do this!
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- Your_Local_Aezrielle
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Scratcher
100+ posts
SWC Megathread ‧₊˚❀༉‧ July 2025
Dunno, just thought I'd post the first chapter of the novel I'm working on here. It's 1113 words, by the way.
Most of the following has been translated from French to accommodate the reader and their experience with the Johnson boys. Please enjoy…
Just the previous morning, Penn, Gabriel and Michael were FINALLY coming back around to the time Gabriel got his jaw wired shut, laughing and carrying on about how it could have been anything that caused it. Penn believed it was their mother’s rock-hard pastries, Michael said it was something relating to the old barn one of the neighbors owned, while Gabriel barely remembered a thing.
“This was back in ‘04, right?” Michael leaned back against the chair, wrapping an arm around it. “That one time I came back from being stationed?”
“No- because something happened after that—” Penn muttered, putting a hand to his chin. “Uhh… I suppose something must have happened then…”
“I think it did start in ’04…” Gabriel muttered, adjusting his position on his knees.
1904, the year the French had finally signed that treaty with the English and Michael was relinquished from his serving duties. At least that would be the case if he started yet, the boy was only 16, the eldest of the 3 brothers.
A certain day was extremely busy in the bakery, meaning not only Gabriel had to help, but also Penn. They weren’t the best help, but it was better than paying some rando to do it. They would probably do it all wrong in their mother’s eyes. Penn, who was trying to bake 3 loaves at the same time, heard the bell above the door ring. He perked his head up and glanced over, only to see his brother Michael, finally at home. “MOTHER! FATHER!” Penn shouted, practically running into his brother’s arms. “MICHAEL IS HOME!!!”
“Bonjour, Pennsy!” Michael was beaming as he ruffled Penn’s hair, watching him recoil slightly. “Look at you, oh great heavens!”
Then came the ‘stampede’ of family members, all greeting Michael with open arms, even his mother, who held Michael’s face and talked about how he could have died, even if he wasn’t even fighting in the wars. Michael smiled gently, just letting himself be held for the first time in months. “Oh, Michael!!” His mother exclaimed, pulling him in for a hug. “Dear! My angel!”
“Mother! I—” He let out a gasp of air, awkwardly shoving his way out. “I uh… you’re squeezing me there!”
Gabriel came rushing down the stairs, almost tripping over himself to finally, run over to Michael and give him a tight squeeze. “MICHAEL!” He froze for a moment, clearing his throat and stepping back. “Bonjour, Michael.”
“Salut, Gabe!” Michael pulled him in for a hug, just as he originally planned. “Bloody hell! Alright, alright!” Michael stepped back stifling his laughter just to fail miserably. “Okay! Okay! What’s happening?”
“Well—" Gabriel muttered, crossing his arms.
“THE BREAD!” Penn exclaimed, running to the oven and opening them to reveal 3 crisp loaves. “* IT!!” He sighed, resting his head against the wall. “ughh…”
“Pennsylven,” Michael ran a hand through his hair, trashing the loaves. “It’s okay if you mess it up.”
“No, it’s just the fact I have to start another 3 loaves when I was already behind.” Penn scoffed, already starting another loaf. “I’m not going to be able to do this in time.” His mother was already starting a batch of croissants, taking another batch out of the oven.
“Let me help then!” Michael exclaimed, already adding the water to the yeast.
“NO!” Penn shouted, staring wide-eyed for a moment. “I mean—” he cleared his throat. “Don’t you want to rest? Y-You just got home from your training, and…”
“It’s fine, Penn.” Michael muttered, tapping his foot as the yeast activated. “You need help anyways. Don’t worry about it.”
“No, because now you’re—”
“Shush, Pennsylven.” Michael gently covered Penn’s mouth, giving a gentle smile. “It’s fine. By how many loaves are you behind?”
“Right now? Like 5…” Penn muttered, looking back over to the oven. “It’s late and—”
“It’s fine. We can make one more batch before going to bed.” Michael brushed off, gently kneading some of the dough Penn had already made. The small dough ball squished under Michael’s hands, a small look of contentment spreading on his face as it did so.
“A-Alright.” The two teens kneaded the dough together, the smiles prominent on their face as they joked about random topics. Until… “You’re a Johnson now…”
“WHAT?!” Michael squawked, staring wide-eyed at Penn. “I- MOTHER REMARRIED?”
“Yes, it’s some stupid American…” Penn scoffed, kneading the already kneaded dough a bit more vigorously. “Can’t even help. He can’t bake for a few centimes.”
“B-But he loves her, right…?” Michael stood back from the table, glancing over at his brother. “H-He doesn’t hurt her?”
“No, he doesn’t, but he’s NEVER HERE!” Penn slammed his fists into the dough, his eyes narrowing at the thought. “HE’S NEVER HERE, AND SHE’S WAITING ON THE DAY HE IS HERE.”
“Pennsylven. They’re sleeping.”
“R-Right…” Penn muttered in a shaky tone, swallowing a lump in his throat. “I-I know… I just miss father… our real father. Not… Gary.”
“I miss him too, Pennsylven.” Michael muttered, ruffling Penn’s hair. “Alright, kiddo. It’s late. I’ll finish your loaves, just… go to bed, alright?”
“A-Alright…” Penn mounted the ladder up to his room, giving a small smile before shutting the door, the light upstairs turning off, leaving just Michael and the loaves of bread.
He sighed, putting the dough on the pan, making sure it wouldn’t stick by using parchment paper. Michael Johnson… That isn’t very nice. He personally preferred Michael Simon. But here he is, baking bread, with a good for nothing stepfather. Wait, he can’t think like that, Gary is trying his best. Why harm someone who’s working to get to a goal? He hasn’t even seen this ‘Gary’ character, why is he bashing on him now? If anything, he should be happy for his mother. He stopped his thoughts, waiting silently as the bread rose.
Michael took a deep breath; this was what was best. It was what was best for Pennsylven, Gabriel, his mother and so much more. Maybe, just maybe, she’ll finally be happy again. It’s only a tale of time, however. There’s always the faintest doubt that she made the wrong choice.
He snapped to reality, taking the loaves from the oven, ready for pick-up tomorrow. He gave a small chuckle at the minor detailing in the bread. Yes, it was the right choice. It had to have been, otherwise, he wasn’t quite sure if he was able to remain stable when his mother had another episode.
At the very least, he can finally start again. Don’t mess it up again.
Hurry Up, Johnson!
Most of the following has been translated from French to accommodate the reader and their experience with the Johnson boys. Please enjoy…
Just the previous morning, Penn, Gabriel and Michael were FINALLY coming back around to the time Gabriel got his jaw wired shut, laughing and carrying on about how it could have been anything that caused it. Penn believed it was their mother’s rock-hard pastries, Michael said it was something relating to the old barn one of the neighbors owned, while Gabriel barely remembered a thing.
“This was back in ‘04, right?” Michael leaned back against the chair, wrapping an arm around it. “That one time I came back from being stationed?”
“No- because something happened after that—” Penn muttered, putting a hand to his chin. “Uhh… I suppose something must have happened then…”
“I think it did start in ’04…” Gabriel muttered, adjusting his position on his knees.
1904, the year the French had finally signed that treaty with the English and Michael was relinquished from his serving duties. At least that would be the case if he started yet, the boy was only 16, the eldest of the 3 brothers.
A certain day was extremely busy in the bakery, meaning not only Gabriel had to help, but also Penn. They weren’t the best help, but it was better than paying some rando to do it. They would probably do it all wrong in their mother’s eyes. Penn, who was trying to bake 3 loaves at the same time, heard the bell above the door ring. He perked his head up and glanced over, only to see his brother Michael, finally at home. “MOTHER! FATHER!” Penn shouted, practically running into his brother’s arms. “MICHAEL IS HOME!!!”
“Bonjour, Pennsy!” Michael was beaming as he ruffled Penn’s hair, watching him recoil slightly. “Look at you, oh great heavens!”
Then came the ‘stampede’ of family members, all greeting Michael with open arms, even his mother, who held Michael’s face and talked about how he could have died, even if he wasn’t even fighting in the wars. Michael smiled gently, just letting himself be held for the first time in months. “Oh, Michael!!” His mother exclaimed, pulling him in for a hug. “Dear! My angel!”
“Mother! I—” He let out a gasp of air, awkwardly shoving his way out. “I uh… you’re squeezing me there!”
Gabriel came rushing down the stairs, almost tripping over himself to finally, run over to Michael and give him a tight squeeze. “MICHAEL!” He froze for a moment, clearing his throat and stepping back. “Bonjour, Michael.”
“Salut, Gabe!” Michael pulled him in for a hug, just as he originally planned. “Bloody hell! Alright, alright!” Michael stepped back stifling his laughter just to fail miserably. “Okay! Okay! What’s happening?”
“Well—" Gabriel muttered, crossing his arms.
“THE BREAD!” Penn exclaimed, running to the oven and opening them to reveal 3 crisp loaves. “* IT!!” He sighed, resting his head against the wall. “ughh…”
“Pennsylven,” Michael ran a hand through his hair, trashing the loaves. “It’s okay if you mess it up.”
“No, it’s just the fact I have to start another 3 loaves when I was already behind.” Penn scoffed, already starting another loaf. “I’m not going to be able to do this in time.” His mother was already starting a batch of croissants, taking another batch out of the oven.
“Let me help then!” Michael exclaimed, already adding the water to the yeast.
“NO!” Penn shouted, staring wide-eyed for a moment. “I mean—” he cleared his throat. “Don’t you want to rest? Y-You just got home from your training, and…”
“It’s fine, Penn.” Michael muttered, tapping his foot as the yeast activated. “You need help anyways. Don’t worry about it.”
“No, because now you’re—”
“Shush, Pennsylven.” Michael gently covered Penn’s mouth, giving a gentle smile. “It’s fine. By how many loaves are you behind?”
“Right now? Like 5…” Penn muttered, looking back over to the oven. “It’s late and—”
“It’s fine. We can make one more batch before going to bed.” Michael brushed off, gently kneading some of the dough Penn had already made. The small dough ball squished under Michael’s hands, a small look of contentment spreading on his face as it did so.
“A-Alright.” The two teens kneaded the dough together, the smiles prominent on their face as they joked about random topics. Until… “You’re a Johnson now…”
“WHAT?!” Michael squawked, staring wide-eyed at Penn. “I- MOTHER REMARRIED?”
“Yes, it’s some stupid American…” Penn scoffed, kneading the already kneaded dough a bit more vigorously. “Can’t even help. He can’t bake for a few centimes.”
“B-But he loves her, right…?” Michael stood back from the table, glancing over at his brother. “H-He doesn’t hurt her?”
“No, he doesn’t, but he’s NEVER HERE!” Penn slammed his fists into the dough, his eyes narrowing at the thought. “HE’S NEVER HERE, AND SHE’S WAITING ON THE DAY HE IS HERE.”
“Pennsylven. They’re sleeping.”
“R-Right…” Penn muttered in a shaky tone, swallowing a lump in his throat. “I-I know… I just miss father… our real father. Not… Gary.”
“I miss him too, Pennsylven.” Michael muttered, ruffling Penn’s hair. “Alright, kiddo. It’s late. I’ll finish your loaves, just… go to bed, alright?”
“A-Alright…” Penn mounted the ladder up to his room, giving a small smile before shutting the door, the light upstairs turning off, leaving just Michael and the loaves of bread.
He sighed, putting the dough on the pan, making sure it wouldn’t stick by using parchment paper. Michael Johnson… That isn’t very nice. He personally preferred Michael Simon. But here he is, baking bread, with a good for nothing stepfather. Wait, he can’t think like that, Gary is trying his best. Why harm someone who’s working to get to a goal? He hasn’t even seen this ‘Gary’ character, why is he bashing on him now? If anything, he should be happy for his mother. He stopped his thoughts, waiting silently as the bread rose.
Michael took a deep breath; this was what was best. It was what was best for Pennsylven, Gabriel, his mother and so much more. Maybe, just maybe, she’ll finally be happy again. It’s only a tale of time, however. There’s always the faintest doubt that she made the wrong choice.
He snapped to reality, taking the loaves from the oven, ready for pick-up tomorrow. He gave a small chuckle at the minor detailing in the bread. Yes, it was the right choice. It had to have been, otherwise, he wasn’t quite sure if he was able to remain stable when his mother had another episode.
At the very least, he can finally start again. Don’t mess it up again.
- FireBlood23
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Scratcher
500+ posts
SWC Megathread ‧₊˚❀༉‧ July 2025
Daily 2
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Hi Fi!! I’m Liv, or Livy and I’m leading Utopian this session. Your goals look really good and I hope you achieve them!! I’m going to do my best to motivate you in the letter hehe.
In your first goal you said that you’d like to finish your novella, and while I have no experience on that front, I have some suggestions on how you can do that.
I can’t tell you what or when to write, but I think that making sure you have time each day to write would be a great first step! And if you’re struggling to focus, then setting timers where you write for some, take a short break, and write some more might help!
Aside from that, I can really only tell you to give it your all, and if the words don’t seem right, take a break so you can come back and reevaluate where you stand and why it's not sounding or feeling right.
Your second goal, you said you wanted to enter both categories of the writing competition, and my suggestion for that is to try (if you can) to write the pieces before the writing competition comes out, that way you have plenty of time to edit and think over how you feel about each piece. Similar to the novella, try to set out a time you’re going to write the pieces, that way you don’t forget. But I know sometimes pieces come to existence at the randomest of times, so let yourself relax a bit instead of stressing about writing them. And on the topic of stressing, don’t stress about submitting them either, I know anything you write will be amazing haha.
And finally, complete one weekly. Weeklies are so hard :sobbing: so for this I’d say to attempt each weekly, and talk with others if you’re struggling with them. Because there will be other people who are also doing that weekly, and will being willing to talk.
If you’re worried about time, and you really think you can do this weekly, you can always ask for an extension!
Your goals are realistic and I will be rooting for you to complete them!! You’re an amazing writer, and I have no doubt you’ll achieve these this July.
Good luck!!
Liv
- Alfalfa78
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Scratcher
100+ posts
SWC Megathread ‧₊˚❀༉‧ July 2025
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Salutations, Kit!
First of all…
YOU GOT THIS!!!
I think your goals are great!
So, even if they feel a little daunting, don’t worry! That’s okay. All goals can seem tough at times. So, don’t be afraid to take a step back or a quick break. Everybody needs a break sometimes.
SO
Fanfic chapters! Fanfiction is awesome, I, too, write fanfiction. So, I hope that you have plenty of motivation (and, if not, enclosed are some motivational mangoes to help) and words and ideas for it. Again, I will reiterate this… YOU GOT THIS!
10 dailies and 1 weekly! A nice, round number of dailies and weeklies to do. Again, an amazing goal. That’s a lot of prompts to write about! I’m very excited to see your dailies and weekly hehe. I know that they’ll all be awesome
And, reaching your word goal! 20k? Hey, we have the same goal! Anyways, again, I know you can do this! You already wrote a 1k intro! That’s 1/20th of your goal! And you wrote that on your first day! You’ll reach 20k in no time, my friend. You’ve got this!
SO
Again, I’m going to say this 5 million, billion times…
YOU’VE GOT THIS! YOU’RE AN AMAZING PERSON AND WRITER! YOU’RE SUPER COOL! I KNOW THAT YOU’LL BE ABLE TO REACH ALL OF YOUR GOALS! BECAUSE YOU’RE SUPER COOL AND TALENTED! I’LL BE CHEERING YOU ON THE WHOLE TIME (even if, you know, you can’t see it, because I’m on the other side of a screen BUT KNOW THAT I’LL BE CHEERING YOU ON THE WHOLE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Sincerely, Bea
*After finishing reading the letter, a bag full of motivational mangoes appears before you.*
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- juliathecaesar
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Scratcher
98 posts
SWC Megathread ‧₊˚❀༉‧ July 2025
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to luna724
you came here with a spark,
a quiet goal in hand—
to mold a story from scattered thoughts,
like stars gathered into constellations,
one word, one scene,
one sentence at a time.
you dared the blank page
with a story humming at the edges—
a plot not yet perfect,
a cast of characters still arguing
about who gets the most screen time.
your novel may shift, may fight you back,
but trust this: progress is not loud.
sometimes it’s a paragraph you don’t hate.
sometimes it’s opening the doc again,
even when it feels like swimming through oatmeal.
the word count will grow—
not with pressure, but with presence.
jot it down. log it.
even the messy bits.
a hundred weird, wonderful words
still outshine a perfectly planned nothing.
and when the weeklies come creeping,
when the dailies try to zip past unnoticed—
you’ll reach out, even tired,
and say: “i showed up.”
because you did.
and that matters more than you think.
luna, your story is already happening.
and somewhere, between snack breaks and plot holes,
the version of you who finished it
is saving a spot on the final page.
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*
p.s. if you hit your word goal
i’ll post a virtual “you’re amazing and so is your novel”
thing in the main cabin. this is a threat that will be acted on. :hug:
*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧
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to luna724
you came here with a spark,
a quiet goal in hand—
to mold a story from scattered thoughts,
like stars gathered into constellations,
one word, one scene,
one sentence at a time.
you dared the blank page
with a story humming at the edges—
a plot not yet perfect,
a cast of characters still arguing
about who gets the most screen time.
your novel may shift, may fight you back,
but trust this: progress is not loud.
sometimes it’s a paragraph you don’t hate.
sometimes it’s opening the doc again,
even when it feels like swimming through oatmeal.
the word count will grow—
not with pressure, but with presence.
jot it down. log it.
even the messy bits.
a hundred weird, wonderful words
still outshine a perfectly planned nothing.
and when the weeklies come creeping,
when the dailies try to zip past unnoticed—
you’ll reach out, even tired,
and say: “i showed up.”
because you did.
and that matters more than you think.
luna, your story is already happening.
and somewhere, between snack breaks and plot holes,
the version of you who finished it
is saving a spot on the final page.
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*
p.s. if you hit your word goal
i’ll post a virtual “you’re amazing and so is your novel”
thing in the main cabin. this is a threat that will be acted on. :hug:
*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧
✦⋆｡˚☽˚｡⋆✦
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