You know what's funny? This entire month is January '26, which means technically the entire month is ZZBA's anniversary. But I'm not weird like that, so I'll stick to celebrating on the actual anniversary... which is today! Nine years ago on this very day, a 14-year-old boy was extremely bored in his mandatory study hall, and so he decided to write a joke title page for a joke fanfic that was never going to exist. That is, until it did exist. And now, here we are today, with... Well, you already saw the roadmap from the last entry, so let's save all the fun stuff for after the intro, by which I mean let's dive right in!

SECTION 1: Mighty No. 9

Crazy that in a year's time, this inside joke of mine will have gone on for an entire decade. I wonder if anyone I knew back then still cares, if they're still reading. Ah well. It was mostly a self-indulgent project anyway. So what can I really say about my time with ZZBA? What can be said that hasn't already been said in previous anniversary entries? Well, honestly, there really isn't much. In fact, last year I wrote a memoir in one of my classes going over pretty much the full story up to that point, so I'll link that here. So how about instead, I go over the circumstances that led to ZZBA's creation? A mixture of inside jokes, shipping culture, and so many other odd elements, but above all, memes.

Now, to go over EVERY aspect of what led to ZZBA's creation would be much too deep of a rabbit hole. Like I'm talking about going back to watching YouTube videos on Bing, and obsessively reading fan wikis, and all sorts of things until eventually we reach early childhood. So instead, let's just keep it AYT--after YouTube. To say I was a brainrotted preteen would be an understatement. Even before I had my own YouTube channel, as an 11-year-old, I was fully immersed in the world of parody, stuff like old Newgrounds flash animations and YouTube Poops. I also watched creators like Markiplier a lot, which led me to discover games like Yandere Simulator. See, we're not so different, Gen Z and Gen Alpha. We just did this stuff in secret, while their parents enable their behavior. Anyway, I was also quite into YTPMV, which as I mentioned before led me straight into the world of Undertale, and then Homestuck, and then SiIvaGunner, and blah blah blah so on and so forth and what have you. Point is, this stuff didn't come out of nowhere. I've always been kind of brainrotted, so it's important to see the humble beginnings. So between the ages of 12 and 13, I was beginning to get really into fandom culture, as well as memes. MLG in particular was like what really dragged me in. It was through fandom and memes that I was able to befriend most of my class throughout 8th grade and high school, though some took a little longer than others. It was with one friend group in particular, the inspirations for Mysteo and Liz, that I truly plunged into the deep end. They showed me many things, helping me transition into a weeblet and a Homestuck, but one thing in particular that enticed not just me, but the entire class, was the art of shipping. Us three, we were addicted, in a sense. We'd pair as many classmates as we could. Most were crack pairings, but some we thought had legitimate potential... until they actually happened for about a week, when we all decided that they were better single, actually. Point is, we were infatuated with shipping--perhaps you could say we shipped ourselves with the act of shipping--and we soon got the whole class to be, as well. All according to plan...

9th grade. What happened in 8th grade suddenly seemed to have been forgotten, and everyone had moved on. Everyone, but me. You see, one thing I should have mentioned before was my inability to let go of the past. Whether it's an argument where I'm still trying to defend my position several minutes after it had concluded, or a topic for a conversation I was trying to initiate hours ago, I seldom forget the things I'm passionate about. Perhaps singlehandedly, I kept the tradition of shipping alive. Or, at least, that's how it felt at times. Other friends would catch on, as well, like the infamous "shipping bottle" game I invented out of boredom with my friends, in which we spin a water bottle on a table twice, and whoever the bottle points at will become a couple, or the really weird "Can Your Feel the Love Tonight" parody thing my group in my 10th grade Projects class made. I was also generally really bored a lot in high school. The two friends who made 8th grade so fun no longer went to that school come 9th, and so, try as I may, there was no one left to share my interests with. No one cared about Homestuck. No one cared about Undertale (except for that one girl I had a huge crush on but couldn't even muster up the courage to become her friend first, her being into Undertale wasn't the reason why though that was just a sick bonus I found out about months after fate had already decided that I needed to have feelings for her of all people). No one cared about SiIvaGunner (granted this was in the channel's infancy so it was still really niche, and I didn't really mind no one else caring so much). No one cared about the things I cared about, except for like some things, but they were things I wasn't as passionate about compared to the other stuff. So, in my boredom, I made a lot of memes, something I had been doing since 8th grade. But 9th grade was when it all truly began, since I learned more about how to make good memes. In 8th grade, I would even make memes in Word documents. One of my favorite things to do was to take random things, translate them into Japanese with Google Translate (back when it like REALLY sucked), then translate them back into English. I did this with the Pokémon theme, and I also did this with Shia LaBeouf's "DO IT" speech. I would also make a bunch of really weird stuff, like Undertale ASCII art I copied and pasted from Roblox comments (remember those?), or a cipher to decode Wingdings, or a crack theory regarding Undertale and FNAF, or even some weird document explaining the "true" meaning of "Megalovania." I didn't make as many of these in 9th grade, but like I said before, I did make a lot of memes still. Just mostly images. The best time to make them was in Study Hall. An hour straight of nothing but computer access, occasionally monitored. But the moment the eyes looked away, all bets were off. And so, one cold day in late January, 2017, during this opportune moment, in the boredom of pseudoloneliness, I wrote six words, in a fancy font, with fancy colors: ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure. A Zalachi Story.

As stated before, nothing was going to come of this initially. I just thought it was a silly idea to write a fanfic about my class, shipping everyone with each other. That is, until something awakened within me. You see, I was no stranger to writing fanfiction. Less than a year prior, I attempted to make an extremely long, semi-jocular, crossover fanfic that I would come back to a couple times since ZZBA's origin, but would still never finish. I also tried to make a fanfic detailing the adventures each character in the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS roster prior to receiving their invitations, but only got up to Donkey Kong before giving up. Prior to that, I tried writing a FNAF fanfic, back when we only had the first two games and a couple teasers for the third, and even prior to that, I would write entire hypothetical mission scenarios for new characters and new Nanos in the FusionFall forums (the one I can remember most clearly is a multi-part mission that would end with unlocking an Ahsoka Tano Nano). Note how most prior examples of fanfics I wrote were unfinished, given up on. Yet this one, this title page that was never meant to go any farther, something about it enticed me. And so I began writing. And I kept writing. And by the beginning of 11th grade, Phantom Love was complete. By the end of 11th grade, Romance Tendency was complete, too. Not too long after getting my Associate's, Starstruck Crushaders was complete. I'm not entirely sure what made me want to continue pursuing this saga, when all other attempts at writing failed. Perhaps it was the love I had for my friends, and the fact that these stories--initially about them--were always dedicated to them. Perhaps it was to vent out my frustrations, between none of my friends having the same major interests as me and the school becoming more and more "authoritarian" (or, at least, what felt to a bunch of teenagers like authoritarian). But by the middle of Part 3, I had already fallen in love with the world I had created, the characters I had written, that now I have no intention to abandon or discard them. So now, years after I've graduated from high school, years after I moved away from Idaho, years after the last I had seen my friends, years after the last I had seen the two friends who started it all, I still cherish my creation dearly, fondly regarding it. It has become a part of me, a part I never intend to let go, and all because I felt bored and lonely as a freshman.

SECTION 2: Party Pooper

That was a sweet ending to the previous section, wasn't it? Mind if I kill that mood with some light complaining? God, it is FREEZING here! If you're trying to avoid the frigid temperatures of the North then the Midwest is NOT the place to go. As I'm writing this, my computer says it is zero degrees outside. Mind you I'm from the land of the red, white, and blue (you have about a 1/30 chance of guessing correctly), so we use Fahrenheit up in this biatch. On top of that, there's a lot of snow, which like, okay, we've had worse in Idaho, but this hasn't happened much (or at all, really) since we've moved here, at least not at this level. And for some reason plows are really allergic to my neighborhood in particular, becuase we've got the worst roads it seems. Though, the road directly outside of our neighborhood isn't much better, either. Okay, let's talk about some positive things now.

SECTION 3: CELEBRATION UNSHAT

I have now begun taking my final class before graduation. It's online, so I don't have to worry about this weather or anything. The class is Theatre Appreciation, and it seems pretty fun so far. I just need to figure out how to pay for it. I also got my permanent crowns, and aside from the fact that one of them is preventing me from closing my front teeth all the way, they're awesome. No more pain while eating. Plus, they're really fun to just kinda feel with my tongue, since they have a slightly different shape and texture than my actual teeth. I finally got to watch Shin Godzilla recently (it's been on my watchlist for a while now), and it totally rules. Anno never misses. And guess what? As of last night, the Seahawks are back. I feel so validated for not hopping off the bandwagon all those years ago. Now, if they could beat the Patriots in the rematch of the century, the catharsis will be unreal. Oh and I guess IU won their championship which is pretty cool I guess. Hoosiers 2, coming to a theater near you in 2058.

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As I always say, crazy how time flies, huh? Just a decade ago, I was a kid, hyperfixated on Undertale, playing Minecraft and Garry's Mod, watching YouTube channels like PeanutButterGamer and SML, goofing around with my friends. That kid, he never really died. Even if I may grow up, he'll always be a part of me. He'll always be the biggest reason why I am the way I am today. And I'll always be grateful for him. I owe him one. So does ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure, for it would not exist if not for his experiences the year prior. So yeah, shoutouts to 13-year-old Levi, the artist formerly known as AnimeGamer. He'll always be my GOAT.

Wow I was a lot busier than I thought I was going to be on New Year's Eve. So much so that I ended up writing this on New Year's Day, haha. Well, there won't be very many updates this time, so why not check out the progress we've made instead?

SECTION 1: Roadmap

As far as ZZBA stuff goes, not a whole lot got done, but that's fine. The bigger projects are out of the way now, so it's time to chip away at the smaller stuff in the meantime, take a little break. That being said, we've made some pretty big accomplishments here. While I started it in 2024, Part 3's AO3 port concluded in 2025, and with both Spooky Adventure and Bizarre Christmas following soon after, the core ZZBA saga (so far) has been officially added to the funny proshipper website. I just hope the proshippers don't come for my characters, I ain't trying to make The Coffin of TC and Nawa here. As with Parts 1 and 2, the stories I added to AO3 have additional commentary, much like the Viz Media Homestuck books, so even if you've already read them on Google Docs, be sure to check them out. Some other happenings in 2025 include the CORTX Archives Quasi-ARG actually having a reason to exist beyond random lore dumps. Three entries have been added to the actual archive part: "The Determination Experiment," "theoneinthechair.txt," and the perhaps most importantly, "1853/3 Days: The Tragedy of Mysteo," one of the main reasons I decided to begin this arc in the first place. It's a bittersweet tale about a young orphan girl named Mysteo, who finds friendship in an orphanage she was never a part of originally for some weird and unexplained reason (I guess the police just liked her that much). As the title suggests, it takes a lot of cues from Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, like a lot of the major story beats are references to it (especially toward the end). On top of that, a whole new side of the archives was created, as discussed in the previous blog. The hidden Voidwalker Archives provides additional lore dumps and supplementary pieces to each of the entries in the CORTX Archives, but you have to find it (it's really not that hard to find, it's like the same puzzle that's on every page). Rebern of Jebvangelion has been slowly yet surely updating, and a few tracks in the soundtrack have been created (two from Part 3, one from Spooky Adventure). ZoZoGunner's Penumbra Phantover got some progression, too. "[S] ZoZo(?): Dispose of CHARA properly." is a little animation in which Grimdark ZoZo dumps CHARA at the Green Sun in an attempt to kill her and avenge Zoseph. This animation marks the end of Phase 1 and the beginning of Phase 2. I must say, this is probably the longest Halloween event in SiIvaGunner fanchannel history. I think that's pretty much it as far as what I've gotten done in 2025, so how about I tell you what's going to happen beyond 2025?

Phase 2 of ZZBA is almost at its halfway point. There are a few things I'd like to get done before moving on, though. First and most obviously, the CORTX Archives and Rebern of Jebvangelion need to be finished. Even with the biggest story in the archives complete, the rest still need to be chipped away at, and that's not even considering the supplemental material in the Voidwalker Archives. Then, the time will come to say hello to the enigmatic Xianhwa, who's just dying to meet you. And after that? Well, I didn't really want to spoil the surprise so soon, but I kind of have plans to remake the original ZZBA, since it doesn't really reflect my modern writing style much. However, without spoiling much, there's going to be a twist. And once all that's out of the way, the time will finally come for Phase 3, which will consist mainly of a single project: Part 4. After that, well, who knows? I think it's safe to say I won't entirely be done with ZZBA after Part 4, but the core story will be complete. Anything after that will probably just be side projects. It's crazy to think that all of this could come from a high school freshman bored in study hall.

SECTION 2: There is no SECTION 2, screw you

Yeah I don't really know what else to write here, haha. I kinda covered everything on Christmas.

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Two Thousand Twenty F*cking Six. Wow. I've come so far. To think that only a decade ago, I began molding into the person I am today. Only a decade ago, I was that somewhat awkward 13-year-old who was obsessed with Undertale, and now I'm that somewhat awkward 23-year-old who is still obsessed with Undertale, as well as Deltarune and Homestuck. 2016 was probably the single most important year of my life solely because of the experiences I've had that year which planted the roots that shaped me into who I am today. If what happened in 2016 never happened, ZZBA wouldn't even exist. Why am I not really talking about 2006? Because I don't really remember it that much, duh. I was like three years old for most of it, I didn't even really do anything back then except watch Nickelodeon and play flash games. Apparently I was obsessed with Cars. You know, the funny Lightning McQueen movie. I guess we'll just have to wait and see if Deltarune Chapter 5 contains a reference to Cars, then perhaps I can say it's all come full circle, heh heh. Well, in any case, may 2026 be a great year, don't forget that it's "ring in" and apparently not "ring out" like I've been saying for years, and an Auld Lang Syne to you, too.

Man, Christmas already? Where has all the time gone? Oh, I probably scared you because of the lack of an update in November. You see, dear reader, there is a very important reason for this. I was simply too lazy wanting to do a two parter for the final month of the year, to mirror June. Well, I suppose we should just get into it.

SECTION 1: Actual Updates... Again???

A while ago, I added a new entry to the CORTX Archives pseudo-ARG, based on Hai Hai. Though honestly, the story's more about TC, and perhaps Kim. And to call it a "story" is using the term loosely. It's more like a lore document you'd find in a video game, presenting itself as a log of some sort of computer terminal. On top of that, I've also added a couple entries to the Voidwalker Archives' secret reports. Wait, what's the Voidwalker Archives? It's a hidden mirror of the CORTX Archives, a different layer of the ARG. It's not particularly too hard to find; if you know how to find CORTX's secret reports, you'll know how to find this mirror archive. I've also sort of resumed work on Rebern of Jebvangelion. The thing is, though, as I've said before, I just find it hard to find the motivation to write it. Not necessarily because of the current political climate in the United States, though that certainly isn't helping matters (I sort of planned much of the important story beats assuming there'd be no way Trump would win 2024, and now we're stuck with a Dear Leader who apparently raped a 13-year-old girl and watched as her infant child was murdered and dumped into Lake Michigan-- oh wait my bad, I mean if we were a real democracy we should be able to get the leaders we dislike out of office tbh, the revolution cannot come soon enough), but just because of good ol' writer's block. I know the point A, point B, point C, etc. etc. I just have no clue how I'm meant to get to those points. At the very least, I finally got to include the Bidens in this latest update, and I do think they're funny. I don't even know what Jill and Hunter are like in real life, so I just made Jill talk like Peggy Hill and turned Hunter into Tony Fox from the Spamton Sweepstakes. So, to conclude this section, it seems like Phase 2 is slowly, yet surely, progressing.

SECTION 2: Done Being Naughty, Time to Be Jolly

Christmas Day means that yesterday was the anniversary of ZoZo's Bizarre Christmas: Days of Christmas Past. I don't really know how or when I came up with the concept, I just really wanted to 1) make an anthology, and 2) pay homage to one of my all-time favorite YouTube Poops. I won't get too deep into the commentary here, because I'm sure I've said a lot about it last year, but also there's more commentary to be found in the Archive of Our Own port, which I finished back in August. The other ZoZo's Bizarre Christmas... still sucks. I'm not discouraging you from reading it by any means, it's a cute little time capsule and the fact that it's here on this website is proof that I'm not embarrassed enough to disown it entirely. It just kinda isn't good. Or canon. But hey, what do you expect when you have like one class period in your junior year of high school to write a fun Christmas project? Now, as for the big holiday itself, what did I get this year? Not a whole lot, but that don't matter to me much. What I did get is probably just as valuable, if not moreso, than everything I got last year. There are three gifts (four, if you count the Haribo gummies I got from a family white elephant game which I can't even eat right now, more on that later): a $75 Boxlunch gift card (or certificate, I guess), an AMC gift card bundle which comes with two tickets and a $20 gift card (which is awesome as someone who's trying to see more movies in theaters), and to top it all off, Kirby Air Riders. Dude, this game is awesome. I've only played a little bit of it (the tutorials, Stage 1 of Road Trip, and one round of City Trial), but man is it super fun. Kinda makes me wish I had grown up with the original, but alas, the only GameCube games I ever had as a kid were Sonic Mega Collection, Lego Star Wars 1 and 2 (which were quickly deemed irrelevant by The Complete Saga lol), and much later on Sonic Adventure DX (by later on, I mean the Wii U had already been released at that point, though my family didn't have one yet). Still, if you have a Switch 2 and $70 to spare, give it a try. You will not regret it. I've already unlocked Susie, who I had already deemed my main before the game was even released. I have one last present, that being my Secret Santa gift from work, but I forgot to grab it yesterday. Oh speaking of work...

SECTION 3: That's Life

I'm still a dependent and yet it seems even that category of adults is subject to December being the busiest month of the year. At the very least, school's done for now. I'm ALMOST ready to graduate, like just THIS CLOSE. I literally need one more class, three more credits. But work? Work has been Hell. Not only has it been really busy, but I've been working a lot. Four days a week was typical even before winter break began, and due to our new holiday hours that apparently we were doing now, those days were quite long because I was closing, and instead of updating the times which shifts began to correlate where they ended, they just extended their lengths. But not too long, no, we can't be letting these hard-working employees have their mandatory lunch breaks granted to them for working 6+ hour shifts, so let's get as close to six hours as we can without actually getting to that length. Didn't help at all that we seemingly were as busy if not busier than we were on Black Friday quite regularly. Ah well, at least I finally have more than $100 in my bank account again. That's refreshing at least. On top of all that, I've also been going to the dentist a lot lately. It started with a cleaning back in September. They found a few cavities and also decided I needed a root canal, but since they were out of network, it seemed like too much money even for a cleaning. So last month, I went to a different dentist that my insurance would cover. No need for a cleaning since I just got that done, I just wanted a second opinion, not because I doubted the last place, but because it would make sense for them to see for themselves what the issues they'd need to deal with were. Their results were different. Less fillings needed, but now there's a second root canal. No big deal, though. A little expensive, but it's fine I guess. Got the fillings earlier this month, and then just this past Tuesday I got the root canals. So now I'm stuck with these temporary plastic crowns for about three weeks, which is no big deal, but I have to avoid certain foods. No particularly sticky foods like taffy or gum, and no extremely hard foods like my favorite delicacies, uncooked instant ramen and popcorn kernels. They're also quite sensitive, so it's hard to eat anything, but that'll probably wear off soon. Even my fillings are still a little sensitive after three weeks.

Alright, let's talk about some good stuff. First, the shows. Smiling Friends Season 3 came and went, while Fionna & Cake Season 2 just concluded today. Both shows I enjoyed, but I think I liked Smiling Friends a bit more this season. F&C S2 simply didn't have the same oomph that S1 had, which was probably the point, but like... I don't know, it just feels like it's missing something. Still quite enjoyable, but it could have been more. At least it ends with a fun teaser for Season 3. Season 2 of The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball just dropped recently, too, and that's also pretty good. One of the episodes has a Skibidi Toilet reference in it of all things, and if I hadn't already seen the clip beforehand it would have caught me so off-guard. The first episode also ends with a gag involving characters who are so clearly meant to represent Mavis from Hotel Transylvania, Alucard from Castlevania, and Edward from Twilight, which like, come on guys. You know the guy who crammed these three into the lore of Camp Jade-Blood was gonna pog lol. As for movies, I saw two recently in theaters: Wicked: For Good and Five Nights at Freddy's 2. I really liked both. The former I thought was a little worse than its predecessor but still fun enough, and the latter... My thoughts on the movie as a whole are complicated. I loved it. I thought it was a fun movie, I had a good time watching it in theaters, I even gave it a 4/5 on Letterboxd. What's so complicated about that? Well, I thought it was a mess quite frankly. The writing and especially the characters. Mike and Vanessa were insufferable, doing that tired, old, forced breakup movies love to do, but this time they did it TWICE! And one of them was in the VERY LAST SCENE OF THE MOVIE????? Like Mike was like, "I don't trust you anymore because you keep hiding all these secrets, like you were best friends with a girl your dad murdered, and you also have a brother who's just as twisted as your dad, and for some reason you didn't tell me? I don't want to associate with you anymore," as if he didn't tell her NUMEROUS TIMES that he wanted to put whatever happened in the first movie behind him. Like bro, you're an idiot, and maybe your evil aunt may have had a point. Okay, that's harsh. There are also a lot of things that the movie brings up and then just... kinda forgets about? Like the whole thing about Vanessa moving on from her trauma, and then she does the Dream Theory thing Mike did in the last movie, kills her dream dad, and that's just kind of it. It doesn't even feel like proper closure or anything, he just sorta keeps taunting her until she wakes up. Oh wait, let's talk about her brother really quick. Michael Afton is now in this universe as a separate person from Mike Schmidt (and I would hope so, the last thing FNAF needed was incest, regardless of what a particular artist I've seen numerous times on r/fnafcringe may lead you to believe), and like... why is he even here? He's only in like two scenes in the entire movie. They should have either given him more of a presence or taken out the first scene he appeared in. The latter might seem like an odd choice, but like if you're going to set him up as the mastermind behind everything (i.e. the man behind the slaughter), then either do more with that or have his mere existence be a plot twist. Have the ghost show kids go to the original location, still keep the bits where they talk about how they were given permission by a guy named Mike, then just have the rest of the scene continue normally, but without Michael. That way it's more ambiguous, like maybe Mike did give them permission to explore the location from the previous movie, but they accidentally went to a different location which turned out to be even more dangerous, but then when Michael shows up at the end you realize, "Oh wait, that was actually foreshadowing in that previous scene, and the Mike in question was actually Michael, who orchestrated Charlotte's awakening!" And I completely forgot Henry was even in the movie, he doesn't do anything except tell Mike what happened to his daughter. But yeah, I still really liked to movie. I liked the way they implemented and subverted the lore of the games, like how the Marionette can just possess things. That's pretty cool, and I think it only really happens with Lefty in Pizzeria Simulator. I also liked how all the animatronics are just her puppets (heh, get it?) in the movie, and I am now choosing to believe that's what the toy animatronics were in the games. They showed what was in the box, rather unceremoniously, but it's nice to get some closure after a decade. RWQFSFASXC showed up for like a single frame in one scene and I completely lost my mind over it because I somehow managed to spot it in the theater but literally no one was talking about it online. So yeah. Horrible writing, great implementation of the lore, it balances out. Wayne Knight added an extra 1.5, bringing the final score of 2.5 up to a 4. This man is just destined to star alongside dinosaurs in movies, if one considers chickens to be dinosaurs (they are). Okay, this section's gone on for too long, I'll just end it by saying I recently started playing Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night because it was free on Epic, and I pretty much instantly fell in love. Not only is it a metroidvania, but it's specifically based the metroidvania era of Castlevania, AND it seems to be SPECIFICALLY based on my favorite game of that era (i.e. the only one I've actually played), Aria of Sorrow. And probably Dawn of Sorrow too but I digress. Miriam is cute.

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I'll be back in less than a week. I had a lot to say for this entry in particular because I had to make up for November, haha. I'll have a lot less to say next time, so I look forward to seeing you then. As Christmas comes to a close, and this next week is perhaps the most nothing week of the year statistically speaking, let's all hope 2026 is a good one. Cheers, and have yourself a merry little Christmas... NOW!

Hey guys. My birthday was two weeks ago today. That means I'm now 23. This is kinda the point in life where, not to sound bleak, numbers have no real meaning. Like what makes 23 so much more exciting than 22, besides the fact that I can now reference that one lyric from "Gangsta's Paradise?" Well, in any case, there's not really much to go over this month (September was quite greedy this year between Undertale's anniversary and Homestuck's Renaissance, speaking of, I also got a video in my YouTube feed about Hetalia today so I guess we're just redoing 8th grade this year now lol), so why not get into it?

SECTION 1: Decade Age Gap

Today (yesterday for me, but remember, we go off of Pacific time 'round these parts) is October 25, the 14th anniversary of peak fiction, as well as the 4th anniversary of peak fiction. [S] Cascade is one of my favorite, if not my favorite, animations in all of Homestuck. The way everything all just sorta comes together, it gives me chills (yet not as much chills as [S] Seer: Descend, but that's not an animation). Plus the music is really good, I especially love "Savior of the Dreaming Dead." There was a watch party in the Homestuck Discord server, but I didn't join because I was at work lol. Anyway, let's talk about ZoZo's Spooky Adventure... again. It's a heartwarming romance between two lost SOULs that ultimately ends with some genuinely disturbing drawings of corpses. I always liked this story, mainly because I really like the C-489 cast, possibly more than the original C-117 cast. I'm sure I mentioned it before, but you can actually find it on Archive of Our Own now (it's been there for a few months). If you've already read it way back in 2021 (or any time after but before the AO3 port), I recommend checking it out on that website. You'll get to see some additional commentary. That is, after all, one of the main reasons I decided to port ZZBA over there (besides just wanting to expand my audience in general). It has also just occurred to me that I haven't shared this yet. Varik's theme, "Asynchronicity." It's quite possibly my favorite cover thus far, so give it a listen here, if you don't mind.

SECTION 2: Moar

Just like last year, we are now nearing the end of Riptober. I'm not as proud of my rips this year compared to last year, but I still think they're quite good. In fact, there are a handful that I might consider being among my top 15, maybe 20, rips. Uhhhhhh Hinawa is 20 now, too! Bet she's happy about that, but I'm not sure how she'd celebrate. Also TC and ZoZo are 22, but who cares? I also made a song called "Moonshadow Mirage" which accidentally turned into "Penumbra Phantasm." It was for a contest to make Toby Fox sounding music, but it didn't even make the top 10 (there were a lot of entries). But I'm not going to share it just yet because I want to flesh it out more and extend it. Okay honestly I don't really have anything left to say OH WAIT YEAH I DO! I'VE GOT MY MOTHAF*CKIN LOICENSE BIATCH!!! That means I can drive to my nearest Lassus and get a Diet Coke with cherry syrup whenever I feel like. Okay now we're done.

-CONCLUSION-

Well, October wasn't as exciting as September, but only time will tell if November will be even less exciting (it probably will be, nothing ever happens in November lol). I'll keep you posted-- Hey, wait a second. Speaking of keeping you guys posted, I never updated you on my thoughts on the new Superman movie. Well, it was, indeed, peak. Not my favorite movie of the year (it's no KPop Demon Hunters), but I loved it. It was sweet, it was funny, it was... oddly topical, politically? The DC Cinematic Universe is in good hands (it always has been, we've known this since The Suicide Squad).

Okay so I kind of lied last month. I did not, in fact, write this entry on Undertale's 15th anniversary. I was kind of caught up with, well, let's save that for later. So instead, I decided to save this entry for the day of Homestuck's animated pilot released. I have my thoughts on it, but again, let's save that for later. I'm not entirely sure how much I'll have to say for this month, because the bulk of it will be about Undertale and Homestuck, two pieces of media that I totally haven't talked about more than enough over the past decade (:true:).

SECTION 1: Despite Everything...

Late fall, 2015. I was wrapping up my first semester of 8th grade, and despite the rocky start, everything was quite nice. Such a shame things wouldn't stop getting rockier as the year went on but I digress. I was what one could call "terminally online" at the time, but only really partially so. My childhood was spent mostly playing free-to-start MMOs and flash games, obsessively reading wikis, and watching YouTube videos on Bing, finding myself in an endless loop of Patrick Star hating channels, Sarah from Ed, Edd n Eddy hating public access, and Stu Pickles making chocolate pudding at 4 AM. By the way, I was never diagnosed with autism or anything like that. Do you think I might be? If so, I wonder if there were any signs... (/j) When I was finally allowed to go on the actual YouTube website, and have my own channel not too long yet not too soon after, I was already familiar with the kinds of content I enjoyed watching: gameplay videos, FNAF theories, and YouTube Poops. My love for YTP led me to discover YTPMV. Actually, I'm unsure if I discovered YTPMV through YTP or through MLG airhorn covers. Regardless, I enjoyed YTPMV, including one that particularly caught my attention. It featured on the thumbnail a monochrome skeleton playing a trumpet, and it had a singular blue eye. Cluelessly, I clicked on it, and discovered the existence of a little ditty called "MEGALOVANIA." My mind was blown. What is this masterpiece of a track, and who combined it with trumpets, kazoos, and Linkin Park? Huh. Apparently it's from some new video game I've maybe heard of in passing before, but definitely don't know much about. How could a simple little indie game have such a beautiful song in its soundtrack? Of course, I would soon learn of other songs from YTPMV and covers, like "Bonetrousle," "Spider Dance," "Your Best Nightmare" and "Finale," "ASGORE," and "Hopes and Dreams" and "SAVE the World." Basically, I was hooked. I spent that winter break hyperfixated on a game I had never even played, watching all the fact videos, absorbing the cringe and the crack compilations. Eventually, I did get around to playing it, and yeah, it was peak. Nowadays I think it's... Well, let's just say Deltarune fixes most, if not all, issues I have with Undertale. That's not to say it's a bad game, by any means. Just not peak fiction, like I once thought. It's a solid 8/10. Deltarune's been like a 9/10 for me since 2018 and it's still not even finished yet so there's still potential for it to become a near 10/10 game, but this is all beside the point. Basically, this game was like a key, and the key unlocked my heart, and ironically none of this has anything to do with Kingdom Hearts. Through Undertale, I discovered SoundCloud, where I discovered mashups and memes and covers and whatnot. This inspired me to make my own mashups and memes and covers and whatnot, and thus I realized that I have a passion for music. I also discovered Homestuck, which was a huge inspiration for my final project for my summer Mythology and Folklore class, as well as ZZBA itself, and thus I realized that I also have a passion for writing. So yeah, Undertale. Pretty influential game that opened a lot of doors in my life. Also, a major inspiration for the game I wish to create someday, Soulbinder.

SECTION 2: ...It's Still You

So, 10 years later. Where are we now? Well, I already told you a lot of the stuff I made since Undertale's release, so I'll just stick to contributions made specifically for this anniversary. Have you guys ever heard of UMSPAF? Also known as unofficialmspafans, they're the guys behind Land of Fans and Music, at least since the second one. Back in April (I think), I participated in the annual survey which the Homestuck subreddit/unofficial Discord server holds to see the sort of demographics of the fanbase. In this survey, there was a question asking if I'd be interested in participating in community projects such as LOFAM, to which I said I would be. Later, I was emailed a link to an application form, where I submitted some of my stuff. I was accepted, and the project they were working on when that happened was an album of Undertale and Deltarune music for the 10th anniversary, which we have now decided to call Kindred Souls. This album was massive, with well over 60 tracks featured. We had a lot of fun putting it together, so you should totally check it out. For this album, I contributed four different songs, which--for my UMSPAF debut--I think reflect my styles and skills quite well. One is sort of my true style, one is a glorified high quality rip, and the remaining two are mimics, one of SNES music and the other of Toby Fox himself. I also have them on my YouTube, if you wanna listen to them there instead. Aside from that, that's really about it. The reason I missed the previous deadline for this entry was because for the remainder of the night I was hanging out in the premiere of the album on YouTube with the other collaborators. So, uh, about those livestreams. Did anyone happen to see an Undertale-ified sprite of TC Strider during the Echo Flower bits? Because I don't know if they showed it, but I didn't see it (I could have missed it though). In any case, he's out there, somewhere. Anyway, those were fun streams. We learned so many new things. Toby's fursona was almost in the game before he decided to put his new fursona into the game instead (simply to impress Temmie, my 13yo ass who shipped them so hard would have squealed hearing this lol), "ASGORE" was inspired by "The Fog" from Persona 4, Clairevoire [sic] drew dog food. It was truly an enlightening experience. I think it's funny that all the fans a throwing fits over the fact that they'll never get to play this build of the game, when Toby has said during the streams that 1) much like that one Ocarina of Time Triforce% arbitrary code execution thing from a while back, none of the new content is fully fleshed out and pretty much solely exist exactly as they are presented (with the exception of Papyrus's drumstick shorts, now that's some actual Undertale Lost Content right there ;P), and 2) none of the new content is canon, but it isn't non-canon, as the power to make it canon has always been ours. It's very clear that Toby is a huge fan of, perhaps not specific fanworks (he also said he doesn't know much about Underfell in the livestreams IIRC), but just the idea that fanworks can even exist, that this little game he made a decade ago in a future clownish eboy's basement with nothing but duct tape and a dream can inspire our imaginations, and it honestly sounds like that was always the point. He firmly believes that we, the players, hold the keys to whatever lies beyond what we're shown. And that's beautiful, isn't it?

SECTION 3: House of Stucks

So, uh, big Homestuck things happening. Official Discord server, somehow the MSPA forums have returned, somehow the Homestuck website has returned (with daily updates on weekdays), the newgens (who totally aren't RPing) invented new kids, there's a new MSPA called Jester Quest (which I actually wrote a song for in the official fan album, but we'll get back to that), and above all, the 11-minute pilot for an animated adaptation helmed by Vivziepop's company, starring Toby Fox, Oneyplays, and Miles "Tails" Prower, among others. Everyone hates it for some reason, but I think they mostly hate it because they went into it hoping they would hate it, which is such a miserable way to live your life in my opinion. Speaking of my opinion, I loved it! There are some issues, of course, mainly the pacing (which, to be fair, it is an 11-minute pilot, not episode 1 of an entire series). The cursing is a surprising thing people are divisive about, because Homestuck is like filled with them. I guess I can agree that John at least could be toned down a little. People hate how they changed Dave's character specifically, and their arguments are valid (his stoic yet mysterious aura is indeed quite lacking), but this didn't really bother me too much. Really, all I care about is that they made Jade adorable, which is the only measure on whether or not an adaptation of Homestuck is good, though I will admit, Colleen doing her Tails voice was a little distracting. I was expecting her to sound somewhere closer to Jazz Fenton, since she's a teenage girl and not a preteen boy. But that's such a minor nitpick, to be frank. Speaking of Frank, another pilot dropped recently: Glitch Productions' Knights of Guinevere. I know it's completely unrelated, but if you wanna watch another peak pilot, go check that out. Anyway, I really liked the Homestuck pilot, and so I must admit defeat: I owe you an apology, Vivzie. I wasn't really familiar with your game. Going back to Jester Quest really quick, there was a fanmade album that released for it, consisting of songs users on the Discord server could submit. I wrote a song called "Diamond Rhapsody," which you can find on YouTube and Bandcamp. That's right! Ya boi's got a Bandcamp page now!

-CONCLUSION-

Turns out I had quite a lot to write about this time, haha. Well, next month I'll be sure to not schedule a specific date for my blog. That way I can't miss the deadline. I'll let you know if anything new and exciting happens by then, and I'll also keep you posted on any actual updates on ZZBA. That department's been kinda slow lately, mainly because I'm not entirely sure how to approach the rest of the CORTX Archives quite yet. That's probably the main obstacle in the path leading to Part 4. Also I think I might lowkey be just ever-so-slightly dysphoric in the gender department again, just like the days of quarantine, but I don't know I'll have to think on that one more. Of course, my brain picks now of all times, when like half of the country at least want anyone short of pureblooded cis dead (to those who are not cis, please remember to arm yourselves before they decide you don't get your second amendment rights anymore, as I'd hate for you to be left so defenseless in the event you become the scapegoat in an American Reichstag fire, or worse, the victims in an American Kristallnacht). Alright, see y'all.

As of right now, it is 9:34 PM EST on August 31, 2025. I have just finished an assignment that was due tonight, and with that, my first week of my final semester has come to a close. And so, like the title of this blog implies, there is an atmosphere of motivation. I must juggle a full week of classes with a work schedule while leaving room for freedom. Now is the time for locking in... but not today, because my Labor Day weekend has officially begun! Yeah, it's a little late, considering it's past the twilight of Sunday, but I digress. I don't have to work tomorrow, not because I get Labor Day off, but rather because I wasn't scheduled. However, I also get Labor Day off for school. It's nice how that works out. Anyway, a couple of things are coming up, which I am very excited for.

SECTION 1: Is There Finally Something Done for ZZBA??????

Geez, calm down. You just got your Mysteo backstory two months ago. But anyway, yeah, there's a couple things. Firstly, the AO3 port of ZoZo's Bizarre Christmas is now fully complete. So that's cool, I guess. I took a bit of a break because that final chapter was really intimidating, but I managed to get it done, including the illusion of choice gag toward the end. Besides that, uh... Not much else, really. I made this weird track that's semi-inspired by [S] MSPAR: Remember from Pesterquest. Think it would've been better suited for TC's death, rather than his awakening from Alien X, but whatevs. I'll make a second one with samples of future tracks I haven't made yet. Anyway, note how you can just barely make out Hinawa's theme in the cacophony. Epic foreshadowing, huh? Also, epic Penumbra Phantasm reference. Also, the 1-up jingles at the end weren't sampled. I recreated them lol. Anyway, that's about it for now. Probably gonna take a mini hiatus to figure out which CORTX Archives entry I should work on next.

SECTION 2: School's In for Winter

So yeah. School. I've only got four classes this time 'round. First is yet another creative writing class, this time focused on fiction. I don't know if I'll do anything ZZBA related like the last two creative writing classes, but I probably won't. Next is my senior capstone project, which is... really not what I was expecting it to be. I thought I would've had to write like a whole ass novel (which I technically have already done with Starstruck Crushaders, since both volumes combined contain over 100,000 words), but nah. I'm just compiling a portfolio of stuff I have already written. To be fair, though, there's also something about an exit survey we have to come up with. Then there's 17th Century British poetry, where the last quarter or so is dedicated solely to Paradise Lost. And lastly, there's an online class about the history of rock and roll. I was gonna take that one over the summer, but it got canceled, unfortunately. Can't say too much about any of them yet, though, since this is only the first week. But they do seem fun.

SECTION 3: I Drive... in a Week's Time

This is it, guys. This is my final week of having a permit. I just have to remember to actually schedule my driving exam, and pretty soon, I'll have my own license. No longer shall I be trapped within the confines of my house, waiting for the inevitable Kroger trip to get some fresh air. Why am I so confident in passing, you may ask? Because at least one of my cousins is a pretty bad driver, and she passed it haha. I've also heard from my brother that it's pretty easy, so I'll take his word for it. The only downside is that once I start driving, I also have to start paying for gas. But hey, maybe I'll find a better job, and make more money, and work more hours, and then I can get my own car, too. Being able to drive will open so many possibilities for me.

-CONCLUSION-

I think you already know when we shall next meet. In 15 days, a very important date draws near. An anniversary. A decade. And I have something very, very interesting for you all. A very special surprise. I will see you soon...

There haven't really been any new developments for ZZBA lately, aside from Days of Christmas Past's AO3 port, which is in development. Please be patient. As such, I will keep things rather brief this month. This is a trend which may continue, though, which I will explain later (but the reasoning is kind of obvious).

SECTION 1: Moichendising

I've finally achieved something 13yo me never would have thought was possible, but I know that kid's mad jealous of me right now. That's right. I now have in my possession, the one and only Vriska Serket... in marketable plushie form! And with Karkat and a tiny little Nepeta plush, that makes a quarter of the Hivebent gang being held captive in my bedroom. Meanwhile, I got something which 21yo me always wanted, too. That one Mipha statue they always sold at Best Buy. Normally it was like almost $100. I was able to snag it for a measly $35 on sale. And I didn't even need to be a rewards member or anything. And finally, as of today, I have purchased a Nintendo Switch 2, my first console that I've purchased with my own money (gaming laptops purchased with student loans don't count). Why did I need to tell you all about everything I bought this month? I don't know.

SECTION 2: Summer Has Come and Passed

Bruh. How is summer already over? My siblings will be starting school next week. Why? Why is it so EARLY?! My school, luckily, starts at the end of August, but still. My youngest brother will begin his senior year of high school, and I will be finishing my senior year of college. So that's pretty cool, I guess. I'll also get my license in September, most likely, so no more having to worry about hitching rides and whatnot. I leave on my own terms now, heh heh! There is, however, a problem. With my schedule, I won't be able to work as much, with the weekend really being the only open availability I have. This should be just for this semester, as come December, if all goes well, I'll have my diploma. Unless I don't get that until graduation...? Do I have to wait until May for graduation or do they have a December ceremony? Eh, I'll figure it out.

SECTION 3: r/CharacterArcs

This section will be the briefest of the three. I recently made the decision to finally watch Steven Universe, and I'll be completely honest... I think the hatred for the Gordo Mamon Power Quarterhour is le big cringe. Yes, this is coming from one of the show's biggest haters. Now, though, I think I like it more than some of the older fans do. I mean "Say Uncle" was one of my favorite episodes, and "Rocknaldo," well... It exists. I actually don't hate Ronaldo as a character, I just think this was his weakest episode so far. I really like a lot of the episodes and the topics they touch, with "Keystone Hotel" of all things probably being the one that hit me the hardest. I guess I'm like Mr. (Ant) Tenna, in that I really do hate to see the family fighting.

-CONCLUSION-

Yeah, sorry I didn't have a whole lot to say. Between work and... well, that's really about it, I just haven't really had time to do much of anything at the moment. I'm still kinda reeling from finishing 1853/3 Days and the Deltarune Hype Train, too. Perhaps next month will have more to share. And three months from now will mark the anniversary of a certain ZZBA-adjacent project of mine, riddled with hiatuses, long overdue...

As promised, here is the second blog entry for June. For those who might be joining us for the first time, I accidentally missed May's blog entry this year, so I'm double dipping June to make up for it. We've got some pretty exciting stuff to share, so get ready for that. I think this might also be kind of a short one, because not much has changed in the past two weeks. Well, in any case, let's begin, shall we?

SECTION 1 - Happy Belated Birthday, Mysteo!

June 19 is Mysteo's birthday. Today is not June 19. But let's just pretend it is. Had the prime timeline been the better timeline, she'd be 22 today. But in the prime timeline, she's dead, actually. I guess there's another timeline she exists in, but you aren't really supposed to know any of what happens in it beyond Part 3 yet. So you actually aren't supposed to know she's 22 today in that timeline. Oops. Well, in any case, do you guys want some more Mysteo content? Well you're in luck. I have finished the first of the CORTX archives, the long-awaited... Malachi origin story! It's actually pretty cool, and shockingly dark, though it is heavily inspired by the logs in Undertale's True Lab. I won't spoil any of it, though. It's a fairly short read, so you should check it out. But don't you worry, because I have also finished the second of the CORTX archives, something I think I may have teased at least once in the past. I have a preview of it on my Google Drive dating all the way back to August 2022, but I can't seem to find a link to it in this blog, so I'm not entirely sure if I actually shared it before...? Just know this story's been in development hell for a very long time, because writing a series of diary entries from the perspective of a young girl over the course of half a decade is very hard for someone who is an adult man and is trying to spend less than half a decade writing it. But I managed to finally do it. It's on the CORTX Archives website, but if you don't want to jump through all the ARG dickery to get to the stories in question, I'll link them here and here. Just know I won't be doing that for the other, somewhat less important archived files. "1853/3 Days" is the most important of the CORTX Archive documents anyway, so with it out of the way, I can begin work on all the other stuff. Also, I recommend downloading the files instead of viewing them through Google Docs. It makes the experience more authentic.

SECTION 2 - Deltarune... Yesterday?

Heads up, there will be spoilers here. That being said...

HOLY CRAP GUYS CHAPTERS 3 AND 4 ARE AWESOME!!! Tenna has quickly become one of my new favorite characters. You just kinda feel bad for the guy, y'know? Elnina and Lanino are great, too. I was NOT expecting Rouxls to force them into a toxic poly relationship with him. I love the new character development for, honestly, literally everyone. Kris has some weird secret alliance with maybe the Roaring Knight and definitely Carol Holiday, who is also working with Asgore, Kris's dad, most likely on something relating to the disappearance of December. Susie's not a bad person (she never was), she just has a lot of bad luck. Ralsei is burdened with knowledge of everything and his poor toothpaste boyish mind cannot comprehend it. Toriel likes getting wasted off wine and dancing the jitterbug with the janitor of the grocery store. Jockington... will grow the beard. I have too many things to say about this game so far. The Roaring Knight is so cool. Their design is sick, their battle theme is insane. Also Gerson is back, semi confirming Oberon Smog Theory, of all things. Alex Rosetti from Homestuck arranged his theme, by the way. And then there's freaking Jackenstein, who might just be the best midboss in this game thus far. Again, I could go on ALL OF THE DAY BRO about this masterpiece of a game. 2026 cannot come sooner.

SECTION 3 - Nani Es Die Haps?

Nothing much new in my life. My mother and sisters just got back from a two-week vacation to California. I do have some exciting news though. Two of my most beloved places have finally appeared in this hellish state, making living here ever-so-slightly more manageable. Wawa, the place with the good sandwiches and overpriced fountain drinks, is finally here. Even better than that, though, is Dutch Bros. my beloved. It has been ages since I've been to one, let alone seen one. I love their freezes. I got a dulce de leche freeze. Problem is, I have to drive 1-1.5 hours to get to them. But it's worth it.

-CONCLUSION-

With July on the horizon, an actually good Superman movie (I hope) will be arriving soon. Perhaps I will report back to you if it is what the kids say "kino" or not. But until then, I will see you later than sooner. Wait, strike that, and perhaps reverse it if you're so daring.

Surprised it only took five years for me to accidentally skip a month. I guess that just shows how committed to the bit I am. Either that or how busy I've been. Anyway, to make up for it, I decided to have TWO blogs this month. In this one, I'll basically just catch you up to speed on what you may have missed last month, as well as some things to look forward to in the future. Speaking of...

SECTION 1: Deltarune Tomorrow

Deltarune--and I cannot stress this enough--tomorrow. I can't believe it. At the time I'm writing this, Chapters 3 and 4 of Deltarune will be releasing in about 12 hours. It's absolutely insane. And to think, almost a decade ago, a 13-year-old boy who was really into YouTube and gaming discovered a YTPMV that forever changed his life. Then, three years after that, the very same boy--who was now 16--would find out about a "sequel" from a friend at school. And seven years after that, we find ourselves here. How utterly insane. The wait for the full release of Deltarune from the initial SURVEY PROGRAM demo took nearly as long as Homestuck took to reach its conclusion. And we haven't even made it to the trolls yet! I don't really have much else to say about this topic, other than how excited I am, really. I did recently replay the first two chapters in anticipation. I completely forgot how much I loved Queen as a character, to be honest. I do want to warn everyone, though, before I end this section. The titles for the soundtrack leaked (not the actual soundtrack itself), and apparently there are some major spoilers. Please take care to avoid these leaks at all costs, perhaps by avoiding social media for the time being. That's what I'll be doing.

SECTION 2: Once the Pride, Single the Fall

It's June, so you guys all know what's up. Stingy Spoilero, LazyTown's resident rich brat, has declared this entire month to be his. In spite of that, however, I advise you continue on as if nothing was different. As such, we can address the other important reason for the season. Like most years these days, June is what we in the industry call "Pride Month." And this time, I will be celebrating as more than just an ally. That's right, in anticipation for June 1, I did some long overdue research on the asexual spectrum, and I finally found it. The asexual identity that fits my description best: myrsexual. What is that, you may be asking, probably because you've never heard of it? So imagine you're in elementary school, and it's P.E. The teacher divides the class into multiple groups, because the game you're about to play is team-based. "If you have blue eyes, you're on Team 1," your teacher says. "If your birthday is or was during the school year, you're on Team 2. If you have siblings, you're on Team 3." Why all these things are super specific, I don't know. I couldn't think of a better analogy. Anyway, you become very confused as to which team you should go to, because you have blue eyes, your birthday is in October, and you're the oldest of five children. Okay, actually, here's a better analogy. Imagine you're taking a survey, and while the questions are multiple choice, you can only pick one answer. Only one problem: on this question, more than one answer is applicable to the question. Thankfully, this particular question has an answer you can use: "Some of the above." Basically, it's when you fit into more than one category on the asexual spectrum. For example, you could be both fictosexual and gray asexual, or you could even throw in demisexual, if you wanted. Now I want to reiterate, for those of you who don't know. Being ace does NOT mean I don't want to be in a relationship. I would love to be in a relationship. Just one without sex. Because I don't like sex. Maybe a little sex though, it's not like there's any other way to maek babby. In a more perfect world, we'd have ectobiology. So yeah, of all the answers to the asexual question on the exam of life, "Some of the above" was the answer I felt was most correct. Thank God every exam is personalized though, because could you imagine if somehow that answer was wrong?

So what does this have to do with fall? I don't know. I've just been wanting to skip summer lately because I just love fall so much, aesthetically.

SECTION 3: Are There, Perhaps, Other Things You'd Like to Share with the Class?

I haven't really done much as far as ZZBA goes, except now ZoZo's Spooky Adventure is on AO3 in its entirety. I tried working on Rebern of Jebvangelion a bit, but there's something about that story in particular that just makes me so... unmotivated, for some reason. I will share something really exciting that happened to me lately though. I am now a member of the Unofficial MSPA Fans team. They liked my music, and so they thought I'd be a good fit. I don't remember what I showed them from my portfolio though. One of them might have been from the ZZBA soundtrack...? I probably can't share what I've done so far, but even if I could I still wouldn't. I want to keep it a surprise, a secret to everybody. Plus a lot of that stuff is still tentative, so it could always end up on the cutting room floor. Another cool thing that happened is that I got a raise. Not much, of course. Just 31 cents. But still, pretty cool, huh?

-CONCLUSION-

Again. sorry I missed May. But, in my defense, I'm still super surprised it took me five years to miss a month. I thought for sure that would've happened back in like 2020-21. Anyway, after 11 AM EST tomorrow, I'll probably be going radio silent for a little while, and if you're planning on playing Deltarune tomorrow, I suggest you do the same. RIP "Penumbra Phantasm," maybe "Forest Dreams" still has a shot. Happy Pride, and don't forget, I'm with you in the dark.

Pope Francis is dead. I guess we have no one to stop that possessed girl from that one parody of "Blank Space" anymore. Oh that was a really morbid opening, oops. Well, as per usual, not a whole lot has happened lately, but I will do my best to cover what I can. You know, besides a deceased pope, of course.

SECTION 1: Trilogy Actually Complete... Again!

I have finished completely porting Part 3 to Archive of Our Own, as of April 20, 2025. This process took around five months, and it did involve quite a few overhauls. But, it does include Mysteo's Final Gambit as a bonus chapter at the very end. Revisiting Part 3 really made me realize just how big of a story it really is. It's more than twice the length of Parts 1 and 2 combined, which is absolutely insane. Anyway, with that all out of the way, I can finally focus on the new stories again, especially Rebern of Jebvangelion. I feel like that one in particular has been gathering dust for far too long. It's another one of those stories where you know Point A and Point B, but you just have no idea for the life of you how you're gonna connect the dots, you know? I hate those kinds of stories so much. Maybe I should start planning it out. Okay, we're getting sidetracked. What's next for AO3? Well, I'm going to add the spin-offs eventually, perhaps when RoJ is completed. Anyway, let's address the Mysteo in the room.

SECTION 2: Big Fun

So, April Fool's. Pretty crazy, huh? I've been working on this project for a while, I think since like August of 2024...? Kind of a long time for something that's literally just the plot of Heathers but with different characters. I feel like this won't be the end of the Mysteo's Bizarre Adventure universe. I do have some pretty good ideas for later parts. I also really like the drastically different takes on the ZZBA cast. Granted, a lot of them use the Heathers cast as a sort of framework, but I feel like I've built off of them pretty well, in ways that wouldn't be entirely out of character for them. Bail and ZoZo in particular are really good in this story, in my opinion, since they have a very fun dynamic and are a part of a really interesting twist on the plot of Heathers. Basically, imagine if, during Heathers, there was a subplot where two students were in love with Veronica and JD, respectively, and so they tried all these convoluted ways to break them up. Anyway, all that is to say, I really didn't mean to have March's entry be like that. But I felt like it tied in really well with this year's April Fool's joke.

SECTION 3: Anything Else???

Not really. I mean the Nintendo Switch 2 is coming out, and that's cool and all, but it's gonna be really expensive, so I don't know when I'll be able to afford it. But who cares about that, when DELTARUNE TOMORROW, BIATCH!!!!!!! I GET TO SAY THAT EVERY DAY UNTIL THE MONTH OF JUNE, THANK YOU STINGY-SAMA FOR DELTARUNE BEING YOURS!!!!!!!! Man, the SiIvaGunner lore is crazy. Also, for the first time since high school, I gave a presentation on Homestuck. I feel like I really grew as a person since then, because I didn't do it with the intent of converting my whole class to the Homestuck fandom. Instead, I just did it because I wanted to talk about one of my passions. My cat is two years old now, so that's cool. My cousin is also five now.

-CONCLUSION-

Okay I promise next month will be much more interesting! Bye bye!

Okay, so this newsletter isn't gonna be the normal kind we've come to expect, because this is huge news. I have been contacted by life beyond our universe! At first I thought I was being pranked ('tis the season, after all), but no, I wasn't. It's legit! Basically someone in an alternate universe plucked a string in the fabric of reality, and that made one in mine visible. So, with some quick thinking, I attached a tin can to the string, because cartoons taught me that's a way you can communicate with people. And so we talked. Apparently the person on the other end of the string was me, but from like another universe. He (I assume) told me that he's basically the same as me, except slightly different. For instance, he is much more secretive and protective of his identity, to the point where he's beginning to question his own identity, which, you know, is a fun thing to tell someone the day after Trans Day of Visibility. By the way, I hope being visible for a day was fun, to any of my trans fans. It's such a shame I'm not gonna be able to see any of you again for another 364 days. Where was I? Oh, right. He also apparently wrote something called "Mysteo's Bizarre Adventure" instead of "ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure," and his story is literally just a retelling of Heathers! That's amazing! When I told him this, he dropped quite a few nukes on me regarding his reality. Firstly, he said my story sounded like Pooh's Adventures of Nickcheezy: The Movie...? There's no way that's a real thing. He's gotta be trolling me, there's no other way. Secondly, Heathers doesn't even exist in his reality. This ties into the third and final nuke, which is that Heathers is considered a "Dahmer Effect," which is apparently what they call the "Mandela Effect" in his universe. Apparently a significant number of people in that world believe Jeffrey Dahmer was set free from prison and he became the governor of Wisconsin? That doesn't even make any sense. Even if he wasn't killed in 1994, he still would've been in prison until he died anyway. That's what a life sentence is. Like we have an Easter basket full of crooks in office now, but at the very least none of them are "reformed" serial killers. A few of them are sex offenders though. That's kinda messed up. I guess that proves that the multiverse is infinite, though. If Heathers exists here AND Jeffrey Dahmer still died in prison, then logically there's at least one universe out there were he did become the governor of Wisconsin. Well, one last thing he left me before we stopped talking was a link to his website (https://sites.google.com/view/mbahub). Damn. Should've thought about giving him mine. Oh well. Sucks for the Dahmerverse, I guess. They'll just have to stick with Pooh's Adventures of Nickcheezy: The Movie. Oh, one last thing before you go! After checking out the, uh, "fascinating" world of Mysteo's Bizarre Adventure, be sure to check out ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure to compare them. As always, you can find it in the "Read ZZBA" section. Okay that's all bye!

Good evening. Tonight is April Fool's Eve. There is no news. Here is roughly 14 minutes of piano and saxophone music instead.

Okay, once again, I SWEAR I am not saving these for the last minute on purpose! It's just hard, writing these blogs when I actually have a life now. This one was intended for yesterday, because it's going to cover a very special topic, one that I probably should have saved for next year but whatever, idc. Yesterday, February 27, was Pokémon Red and Green's 29th anniversary. Though not quite as near and dear to my heart as some other franchises, I do still love Pokémon a lot. They are, after all, the only JRPGs I'm even remotely good at, haha. Well, let's get into it, I guess.

SECTION 1: Monsters in My Pocket

I don't remember when I had first heard of Pokémon. As a kid born in the year 2002, it was already ingrained into pop culture, so it's difficult to narrow it down. However, I will say that like many kids, I was not aware they were originally games until I was a bit older. I knew of it through the anime, the TCG, and, of course, Happy Meal toys. I wasn't too into it as a kid. I thought Pikachu was cool, I guess. The only other two I knew when I was young were Pichu and Axew, because of the aforementioned Happy Meal toys. Eventually I kinda started getting into the anime, and a little into the TCG, too. It was through those mediums that I discovered more Pokémon, like Dwebble. My first game was the original Pokémon Ranger, though I didn't get too far into it, as I foolishly traded it with my cousin for Lego Batman (which is still peak, and in some ways I'd argue better than the home console versions, but that's a story for another time). The trade was meant to only be temporary, but we both ended up losing our respective cartridges. Oh well. My first mainline game, though, was... a ROM hack of FireRed that changed all the Pokémon into Mario characters. Yeah, when I was 11 I got really into retro game emulation and ROM hacks especially. I wouldn't really be a fan of, well, a bunch of games, really, if I wasn't. Okay, my first REAL mainline game, that I actually bought with my own money at the age of 12, was White 2. And man. After being stuck with the first three generations for like a year, Gen 5 blew my mind. White 2 was peak. It had the music, the story, the speed, the graphics, the  a e s t h e t i c s . It was everything I wanted and more. I already knew it was something really special when I first saw the trailer, and I screamed so loud and nearly cried because Blue was a returning character through the PWT. Anyway, to this day it remains my favorite game.

The following year, on my 13th birthday, I got a 2DS. The original slice of bread model. I knew that I had to buy something for it, as I didn't get any with it. It was just the 2DS. So, with my birthday money, I decided my first venture into the world of the Nintendo 3DS family of systems would be... Pokémon Alpha Sapphire. The Gen 3 remakes weren't as well received as the Gen 2 remakes, but did I know that? No. And did I care? Also no. And do I care now? Still no. ORAS was also peak. It had the Soaring mechanic, which came with the most emotional, tearjerking, nostalgic melody to ever come out of these games. That's an exaggeration, there are other songs that have the same effect, but it's still up there. Plus, it had the most Legendaries you could catch in any of the games at the time, with the only ones missing being the ones you could catch in X and Y. AND THEN??? 2016 was the 20th anniversary of the series, so I picked the best possible time to buy a Gen 6 game. A new Mythical distributed every month. I only got Mew and Arceus, though, because I highly doubt my parents would have wanted to drive me to GameStop once a month just to shyly ask the underpaid cashier for a Mythical Pokémon. I also preordered Moon that year, which ended up kinda being disappointing, mainly because Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon came out the following year, and those were just the same game but better. It also took me like five years to actually beat it? So that was pretty funny. It's only because I was stuck on the champion, then kinda just gave up and forgot about it until I was like 18. I joked that with that finally taken care of, the last piece of AnimeGamer could finally die (I named my trainer AnimeGamer, despite already beginning my transition into tsundereCat [TC] at the time).

After that, I wouldn't get a new Pokémon game until I bought Violet over a year ago. And let's be honest, I bought it mostly for Meloetta. But holy crap, this one was ALSO amazing??? Performance issues notwithstanding, of course, but Gen 9 might just be the best generation since Gen 5? The story is fire, the gameplay is pretty fun, I love exploring the open world, and the MUSIC?????? I mean Toby Fox is already the GOAT, as are all the Game Freak composers, but man did they all REALLY cook with this one! The plot twist is honestly kind of shocking and heartbreaking, too. Well, while I'm here, guess I'll finish off this section by listing some of my favorite Pokémon. For a few years, Glaceon has been on the top of that list. I mean come on, man, I'm a sucker for bangs. Absolute queen. But Ogerpon grew on me really quickly. She's like less of a Pokémon, more of an adopted daughter. It's just that the laws of nature require that my Meowscarada should beat the crap out of her in lieu of adoption papers. I don't want to do that, she doesn't want me to do that, but rules be rules. Kirlia, for similar hair-related reasons, is also a favorite of mine. She's just so adorbs. I did mention Meowscarada, but I think I like Sprigatito the most. You can make all your "weed cat" jokes all you want, but I named mine "Nepeta," and he and I absolutely dominated the Paldea, Uva, and Blueberry Leagues. With the help of Hey guys, the Reliable Partner. I'm not the biggest fan of Vaporeon, but she's such a vital asset due to being the only Water Type on my team. And true to her name, she tends to get a bit freaky during picnics. So if you ever receive a Level 1 Eevee in a Dusk Ball(?) from a trainer named TC via Wonder Trade (one of the few things it's okay to deadname btw), it's all her fault. Where was I? Oh, right. My favorites. You may have gathered already that I also like Meloetta. I named mine "Hatsune Miku," of course. I don't normally name Legendaries or Mythicals, unless they belong to the Cosmog line, but this one in particular I felt was necessary. Lastly, I'd like to give a shoutout to Alolan Vulpix. Adorbs x2 combo.

SECTION 2: Wow, That Last Section Took Up Most of the Space

That's because I'm stalling. Stalling for what, you may ask? The inevitability of having no news. This semester's going pretty good so far, I guess. My spring break starts in like two weeks, so that's cool. Work is same as it ever was. My Homestuck reread? Going absolutely amazing. I blazed through most of Act 6 Intermission 3 in one night, and I think I might be Mitunapilled now. Part 3 on AO3? Also amazing. I'm taking a short break because I made it to Act 6 Intermission 1, to kinda emulate the Mega Micropau$e! God, do you guys remember the Mega Micropau$e!? Can't believe that was over three years ago already. I don't know why I thought making a long animation was going to work when I had literally zero animation experience. I am working on an animation for ZoZoGunner's Penumbra Phantover, though development on that it on hiatus. I made a tune for it, though, called "Scorching Viridian."

-CONCLUSION-

Yeah, nothing too exciting this month. That's usually how the beginning of the year goes. I don't really have too many goals for this year yet, aside from trying to finish a bunch of projects in my backlog, so who knows what 2025 has in store? This has been Levi, thanks for reading this month's blog entry, and I hate the current President of the United States.

I swear, I am not trying to save these for the last minute on purpose. I actually meant to write this one on the 26th, it's just I've been so busy and tired, so I never really got a chance to. With all that said, can you believe it, guys? Eight whole years of this inside joke that snowballed into something chaotically beautiful. Or is it beautifully chaotic? Eh, what's the difference? Chaos is beauty in my opinion. What can be said about this series that hasn't already been said whenever I had done these anniversary updates? Not much. So I'm just gonna treat this one like a normal blog entry for this month. I probably won't do anything too special until the 10th anniversary anyway.

SECTION 1: What's in Store?

Well, I guess it's been long enough to take that cat out of the bag. There is, in fact, a hidden ARG within the Google Docs version of Starstruck Crushaders, specifically in Volume 2. Somewhere, hidden in plain sight, is the key to a secret ending. And then, that secret ending will take you to a sneak preview of what's to come. The preview itself contains a handful of secrets, which may lead you to some interesting, never-before-seen lore. That, my friends, is your prize. Your incentive. Why do I bring this up? Because I recently decided to throw in some more lore that I had just came up with at the time. Lore that may answer at least two unanswered questions. Meanwhile, the Archive of Our Own port of Part 3 is going pretty strong, too. The latest chapter to have been ported is Chapter XXXVII: Win the Race. The one where TC, Hinawa, and the others are following the racers and, more importantly, the Chiledren of Freedum. While I still don't consider the AO3 versions of these stories to be the definitive versions, they do at least provide some interesting author commentary. I don't recall if I've made this comparison before, but just think of it like the Homestuck books. You'd rather experience it in the original medium, but at the very least there's some cool stuff to make this version worth reading. I really need to step it up in terms of my other writing projects. I've barely made a dent in Rebern of Jebvangelion since its release, and there's a top secret project that has a deadline creeping up in two months. As far as music goes, I've already begun work on the first new track of the year, though only time will tell if it'll be the first track to be finished in 2025. It's the music meant to accompany the fight between Hinawa and Willy Wanker. I do really wish to share the title with you, though. It's called, "Pineapple Party in Candy Sweeney Todd's Chocolate Factory." Obviously its title is a reference to Homestuck's "Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse," but what's the deal with the pineapples? There are no pineapples in this fight, those don't come until Malachi stalks Akira and Nixtopolis. Well, it's thematically appropriate, but in which way, you may be asking? Tee hee, it's a secret. ;P That is, unless you've already seen the instrumental version of Hinawa's theme.

SECTION 2: The Ceasing of a Momentary Reprieve

School's back. Yay. I was kinda late to apply due to financial issues, but I did manage to get it done. As a downside to that, though, I only have three classes, but oh well. I'm taking a class on pop culture (which is apparently under the Women's Studies umbrella? That's kinda weird but okay I guess.), retaking Spanish 4, and taking a class on creative nonfiction. For that class, we have to write every now and then in writing notebooks, so I decided to write a little memoir sort of based on Everything Everywhere All at Once (more on that later), in the sense that it focuses on life paths. It's also illustrated, and I even threw in a loving tribute to my friends in 8th grade and high school. Kim Probable even makes a cameo. Work has been... not ideal lately. My weekly hours have been reduced, though I'm just gonna assume that has to do with them trying to get used to my new schedule, considering the fact that I've actually gotten more hours, so that's good. This will probably never happen, but I'd love to get a raise eventually. $13 an hour isn't bad pay, but imagine $15 an hour instead. That's another like $8-$10 a week.

SECTION 3: Ooh, Media Consumption Time!

This month's new hyperfixation has been, drumroll please... Death Note! I did attempt to watch it several years ago, back when I was a fledgling weeb, but I couldn't get into it. But now that I'm older, I don't mind more grittier, more serious things like I used to. And I actually really loved it. I felt the last chunk of the series was just a little jarring, and perhaps even a bit rushed, but other than that, I had a great time with it. I only started watching it recently, too. I also watched all of Adventure Time: Distant Lands. I had watched the first half of it before, but not since they had aired. My thoughts on it kinda surprised me. I liked all the episodes, but weirdly enough I felt like the BMO episode was the weakest. Which is odd, because I love BMO. Obsidian is great, love me some Bubbline content. Together Again is by default the best one, everyone knows that. Surprisingly, what I thought was even weirder than thinking the BMO episode was the weakest, I actually really liked the Wizard City episode. I think it's because it followed a cast of (mostly) new characters, and the mystery was really intriguing, too. The potential friendship between Cadebra and Totally Not Peppermint Butler was cute, and something I was particularly invested in. The magic school trope is tiring, yet this one surprisingly felt really fresh. I also watched Everything Everywhere All at Once, as mentioned before. It was really good. We need more action/multiverse movies starring old people as the leads. It's also really funny how halfway through it basically just turns into the Evangelion finale (not to be confused with The End of Evangelion), in the sense that it's like this really deep, trippy message about being good to yourself and valuing life even in the midst of nihilism. While still being comedy gold, mind you.

-CONCLUSION-

Well, I've kept this thing going for eight years. Do you think I'll take it to 16? Could ZZBA still realistically be a part of my life when I'm in my 30s? 40s? 50s? 80s? Will I pass on my characters to my children or grandchildren? Will ZZBA be a part of the inheritance I will bestow upon my family when I commit the lewdest offense possible on Alternia: kicking the bucket? ZZBA will long have been finished by then, but will I even remember it? Will it be a part of my eternal legacy-- Hey, what am I doing? Why am I asking these questions NOW? I should be saving them for the 10th anniversary!

As I'm writing this, it's technically already 2025, but as I've stated numerous times before, I kinda run on Pacific Time, haha. Welcome to yet another blog where I'm not entirely sure what to write, but at least this time I have a rough idea. We're gonna go over all the cool stuff that happened to me and ZZBA in 2024! So, without further ado, let's begin, shall we?

SECTION 1: ZZBA in 2024

Well, to be honest, I didn't really do much with ZZBA this year, though I suppose that's fine. I've got a lot in store, and I suppose every author needs a little break every now and then. After all, 2023 marked the end of Part 3, plus we got ZoZo's Bizarre Christmas. This year, I've mostly been focused on smaller things, mainly bringing the ZZBA series to Archive of Our Own. As of right now, Parts 1 and 2 in their entirety are available to read on the website, with Part 3 having just started Volume 2. I did also begin Rebern of Jebvangelion, though I haven't really been writing much of it. It is still publicly available, though, and it receives infrequent updates. I got some music done this year, too. There's "DIO's Last 「S T A N D」," a battle theme for DIO in Part 2; the instrumental for "bad @ romance, good @ vidya," Hinawa's theme; "Absolutely Necessary Tension," an Ace Attorney-styled cover of "Unnecessary Tension;" "a song to wound a mended <3<," the black quadrants equivalent of "a song to mend a wounded <3;" "Relationship Get-??," the same as the last one but with "Relationship Get-!!;" "Vengeance with Xtra Sprinkles," a battle theme for the zombified Professor Xtra Sprinkles; "Dark Matter Doomwitch," a theme for the genesis of Grimnoire; and "Caesar's Hidden Palace," a theme for the Emerald City. There're also some themes I completely remade, those being "Conspiracy," "[S] Everyone: Enter.," and "Relationship Get-!!" You can find all of these (except for "Absolutely Necessary Tension," as I do not yet have album art for it) in the soundtrack folder linked in the navigation. Also, the nefarious ZoZoGunner, an alternate version of Zonathan Zoestar, had taken over my YouTube channel yet again. I gave her my abandoned SiIvaGunner tribute/fan channel, SylvaGunner, which is now called... well, "ZoZoGunner." Currently, she's in the middle of something called the "Penumbra Phantover," and-- Huh? You mean she took a break from that and decided to do a Christmas event instead? Okay then.

SECTION 2: Me in 2024

Well, what can I say about what I did in 2024? No, that's a genuine question. I hardly keep track of my accomplishments. Well, let's see. I'm officially a member of the VvvvvaVvvvvvr team, so that's pretty cool. I've made a personal goal to upload at least one video each month on my YouTube channel, since I had never actually done that before, and I actually succeeded! I've posted a lot of covers this year, specifically "Savior of the Waking World," "MeGaLoVania," "Heir Conditioning," and "Simple and Clean" in the style of "Upward Movement." Oh yeah, I also completed the definitive version of my two Homestuck Anniversary Medleys after, let's see, a FIVE-YEAR LONG DEVELOPMENT HELL!!! I've submitted a lot of rips to SiIvaGunner this year, too, and a handful of them even got approved, namely "Ice Cavern (Beta Mix) - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D," "Sinister Sundown (Beta Mix) - Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories," "Get Heart Tank! (Alternate Version) - Cave Story," "Get A Mask (Alternate Version) - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask," and "Natural Killer Cyborg (Alpha Mix) - MOTHER 3." This also means I am the first person to bring FusionFall to SiIvaGunner, which is not only insane, but also a huge flex... for me only, haha. Let's see, what else...? Uh, I turned 22 now, so that's pretty cool. I've also got a job that's... okay, I guess. Better than my last job by a long shot, though. Apparently I'm also asexual...? Yeah, I can't think of anything else right now.

SECTION 3: Me in December

Well, Christmas has come and gone. Also, I just realized all three of these sections started with the world "well." I got some pretty cool stuff, including the EarthBound soundtrack on vinyl, a Tobias Fünke t-shirt that I'm actually wearing right now, some plushes, and a bunch of gift cards. Specifically Amazon and Nintendo. I also got to see both Sonic 3 and Wicked, both of which were peak. I liked the former more personally for obvious reasons, so that's what I'll talk about here. And keep in mind, there will be spoilers. First of all, Jim Carrey was hilarious in this, like this is peak Jim Carrey. Who knew all you had to do was double him? Shadow was also really good, and Keanu was surprisingly quite fitting. I mean I guess it also helps that in the past he has played both a character who seeks revenge and a character who was used as a government experiment. Speaking of, they really made the story between him and Maria much more tragic than in the games. They did the one thing I really wish the games would have, actually, which was to actually show them together on the Ark. Well, more of it, at least. That's something the movie also kinda needed. More Shadow and Maria. When she did die, I didn't actually have to fight the urge to cheer "for the meme," because I didn't want to. I wanted to cry. Anyway, the FREAKING MID CREDITS SCENE, HELLO????? ALL THE FREAKING METAL SONICS OUT OF NOWHERE, AND AMY????? MY GOAT!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to believe they're going to loosely adapt the Brotherhood of Metallix, but I highly doubt that's going to happen. It's less likely than an adaptation of Shadow the Hedgehog. I mean come on, you mean to tell me they changed his backstory and refused to elaborate, and this WON'T be important later on? I highly doubt it. That meteorite came from Black Doom. Okay that's enough about Sonic 3.

-CONCLUSION-

Hopefully I'll be able to accomplish much more this year than last year. I mean in general, yeah, but specifically with ZZBA. So here are my resolutions. Hopefully I'll be able to stick to them:

• Finish the trial footage

• Finish at least one part of the CORTX Archives

• Finish Rebern of Jebvangelion

• Finish ???

• Finish Part 3 on Archive of Our Own

• Make more music or something idk

That's all I can really describe this month. Busy. School, work, and even some guests recently. Busy. Life has been busy. But honestly, I kind of like it...? Like I'd rather it be busy than boring, you know? Well, because I've been so busy, I don't have much updates to share, but I'll do my best.

SECTION 1: Artichoke of Our Owl

Yeah, that trial footage isn't happening. Seagull's got a lot of it down already, it's mostly my part that needs to be done. It will happen eventually, I just need some time, is all. Our friend ZoZoGunner seems to have similar troubles, as she's still in her Halloween event, with only two rips made for it so far. She tells me she's working on a special animation, but she's not very good at it and needs some time. I can relate. In the meantime, I've decided to take on the impossible task of porting Part 3 to AO3. It's going pretty good so far, though I've had to make a few sacrifices to get the whole thing to work. Since Part 3 is so long, there's no way I'll be able to finish porting it within a month's time, so I've instead made the decision to publish it now and update it as it goes along, kinda like MS Paint Adventures. So far I've made it to the trolls, so we're almost to the good part. You can find it in the "Read ZZBA" section. Remember, there's some exclusive commentary, so even if you've already read Part 3, at least there's something fresh about this version.

SECTION 2: Ace of Spades

Turns out, something did come from all that pondering I did back in June. Apparently I am... somewhere on the asexual spectrum. Not sure where yet, though. Still leaning toward demisexual. But yeah, that's pretty cool. Maybe it's just my personal feelings, because I know that there's an "A" in the acronym, but I'm not sure I've earned a spot in the LGBTQ+ community? Or if I have, then by doing the bare minimum, due to still being very much cishet. It's like calling yourself African American because your family comes from South Africa. Dutch South Africa. But again, that's just me, and ONLY me. So how did I come out, you may be asking (you probably aren't actually)? Well, obviously I posted a picture of Aris out of context on the ZZBA Instagram page, then posted the context--a comment I made on r/OriginalCharacter--a few minutes later. And then I included "ace-ish" in like every bio I had online.

SECTION 3: Skies Forever Blue

I think Twitter's finally imploding, but very slowly. I've been slowly migrating to Bluesky, but not directly because of a certain Musky Lawn's idiotic decisions, though they certainly are to blaim. The truth is, my Twitter feed is so boring now, because all the good accounts fled to Bluesky. So now all that's left are bots and sellouts. Already, Bluesky has become like how Twitter was before the dark ages. They were trying to cancel Cibles, an adult streamer who has NEVER made her content geared toward children, for making sex jokes. It's hilarious.

-CONCLUSION-

Tomorrow is December. That means there are 25 sleeps 'til Christmas as of today. If I did my math right, that is. Can you believe it guys? Christmas. Just three weeks and four days away. Christmas is in three weeks and four days. Woo hoo. I am so happy about this information. That means we're also approaching the one-year anniversary of ZoZo's Bizarre Christmas. I actually just reread it today, I think it's one of my favorite stories I've written thus far. It strikes a nice balance between being funny and being depressing. It's also got a nice message about grief and stuff. And best of all, it's an elaborate reference to Skellington's Revenge, one of my favorite YTPs of all time, the one that... made me lose... No Nostalgia Critic November... on the penultimate day... Okay can we not talk about this anymore?

Why? Why is it (sometimes) over 70 degrees in bloody OCTOBER??? Well, it's not that bad, I suppose. Most of these days have actually been pretty chilly, to the point where I'm starting to transition out of shorts and into pants, and even wearing sweatshirts sometimes. We are... kinda back? Well, that's gonna be the theme for this month's blog: WE ARE SO BACK.

Section 1: WE ARE SO BACK in Real Life

Well, after months of bitching and moaning, I've finally done it. I've gotten a job at Sierra. If you don't know what that is, it's basically like T.J. Maxx but for outdoorsy stuff. Seems like a chill place, hours aren't too bad (although they aren't as much as I had kinda hoped they'd be), pay's pretty good, and it's fairly close to home. I technically started on Tuesday, since I get paid for orientation, but my actual start date is Sunday. Riptober has been going incredibly well for me, too. It's only the 25th (26th technically) and I already have more rips than there are days in the month of October. No ZZBA appearance yet, although I did make a rip with a Soulbinder joke. I churned out quite a few bangers this year, I think. My favorite so far is a version of "No More Nuzzles" arranged into "Meant to Be Yours" from Heathers: The Musical, but a lot of my rips/jokes have been based on Homestuck and Toby Fox music this year. Could it be because of my ongoing Homestuck reread (yes it could be)? Speaking of rips, I also got another one on SiIvaGunner today! Now I can officially say that I'm the first person to bring FusionFall to SiIvaGunner.

Section 2: WE ARE SO BACK in Minecraft

I hear that Sonic X Shadow Generations is peak. I'll have to pick it up sometime then. I wasn't expecting much, just a slight remaster of an already fun and visually gorgeous adventure, with a bonus side mode to sweeten the deal and generally justify its existence. I was not expecting the whole story to have been completely reworked from the ground up. In the meantime, I recently got Echoes of Wisdom for my birthday (oh yeah, by the way I'm 22 now), and I just finished it the other day. Now this game... THIS is peak right here. It's not better than Wind Waker, but it's at least on par with The Minish Cap in my opinion. If this is the future of 2D (or, I guess, 3D top-down) Zelda, then count me in. I'm wondering where it fits on the timeline though. It's gotta be Downfall, right? But then why (SPOILERS) don't they seem to know what the Triforce is? They only call it the Prime Energy. That alone makes me wonder if it's actually before Ocarina of Time. But then why would Ganon be there? (MEGA SPOILERS) Null hasn't been shown to have any time-related powers.

Section 3: WE ARE SO BACK in ZZBA

Not actually...? Well, I just wanted to mention that TC, ZoZo, and Hinawa have also had birthdays. Which makes sense, of course, because we all share a birthday. The twins are now of drinking age (except TC is technically my age because of time travel stuff?), and Hinawa is now 19. I remember when I was 19. Such a nothing age. It doesn't carry half the excitement of becoming an adult at 18 or graduating from being a teenager at 20. I wonder how she feels about it. Probably the same...? Actually, she's probably much more impatient than I. "Ugh, why can't I just be 20 already?!" she's probably grunting at this very moment. I've been trying to work more on Jebvangelion, since election day is just around the corner. There's no way I'm gonna be able to finish it in its entirety by then, not with my current schedule, so I'm going with the "soft release with frequent updates" strategy. And as for the trial footage, I'm still struggling to get that ready in time. I don't know if I should just lock in and risk a lot of stuff (mostly sleep), or just delay it again (because, in all honesty, going back on a promise I made during an April Fool's event would be the funniest solution to this conundrum). Oh, I almost forgot! It's also the third anniversary of ZoZo's Spooky Adventure! Remember to look for the epilogue I wrote last year. It is a very important hint at what's to come...

Section 4: WE ARE SO BACK in Homestuck

Maybe we aren't, actually. It's still too soon to tell. The new Beyond Canon team is doing a good job cleaning up the mess that was left behind, but unfortunately for them, it's not only a really big mess, it's a systemic one, too. Still, I'm enjoying every upd8, at least as best as I can. Today, the 25th of October, marks the 10th anniversary of [S] GAME OVER. This animation is... well, I don't have much to say about it right now because I haven't gotten that far in my reread yet. It's kinda heartbreaking, especially when it's played with "Komm, Susser Tod" instead of "Carne Vale." But to think, while thousands of fans were tuning in to a flash animation where a bunch of teens die a bunch of brutal deaths, I was either hyperfixating on or cowering in fear of Five Nights at Freddy's. And this was back when there was only the first game, before there was even a Purple Guy, and the only lore was that the animatronics may or may not be possessed by the vengeful spirits of deceased children. But enough about FNaF. This is about Homestuck. It's also been 13 years since one of my absolute favorite animations, if not my absolute favorite animation, [S] Cascade. Bro, this animation gives me chills every time I watch it, especially now that I understand what's going on.

-CONCLUSION-

Happy Halloween to those who celebrate. Happy 55 Day to the enlightened ones, such as myself. Happy Homestuck Day 3 & Knuckles for the terminally capricious online. And happy birthday to my aunt. When will I see you all next, my dear readers? Shall it be Skyrim's and Act 6's anniversary? How about Thanksgiving? Election day? Who knows? I don't! Goodbye!!!

I am going to keep this really brief, because in all honesty, nothing has really changed since last month. This year's kinda boring, which is quite atypical for an election year.

SECTION 1: That's Life

September hasn't really been a good month for me, in all honesty. I mean school's going fine, so that's good. But still no jobs. I've gotten rejection after rejection for jobs that I thought would be really easy for me to get, and some of them I didn't even make it to an interview before rejection. I nearly got my bank account shut down because PayPal was causing me to overdraft. A lot has happened. And yet, nothing has. So let's focus on some of the good. We got a new puppy. Well, I guess it's not "good," per se, seeing as I'm not much of a dog person, and especially not a Frenchie person. But he's infinitely better than my other dog. For starters, he actually enjoys cuddling. But as far as animals go, this household of mine is just one big sausagefest. Technically as I'm writing this, it's October 1st, which means two things: 1) I'll be 22 in ten days, and 2) Riptober starts again! Speaking of rips, I actually got two more on SiIvaGunner for their Spirit Week event (specifically Twin Day). Though weirdly enough, I didn't get any replies to my emails...? So either they were just overwhelmed with submissions that they forgot or were unable to reply in time, or they did reply, and said replies are just lost somewhere in cyberspace.

SECTION 2: Gamers Gaming Gamingly

I recently beat two games: Tears of the Kingdom and Return to Dream Land Deluxe's Extra Mode. The former I could've beaten at any time in the past nine months, but I was too busy exploring. As I like to say, it's an ADHD simulator. I decided it was time to take on the final boss after I found all the monoliths with the ancient text. And the reward wasn't even worth it in my opinion. The latter? I just forgot about it until after beating TotK. But I have been in a Kirby mood lately. Why? Well, two things: 1) Fatal Blooms in Moonlight has been stuck in my head for weeks, and 2) Alvin and the Munkshrooms Save E3. Just watch it. I won't tell you anything about it. It's an experience to behold. Well, one last thing I'd like to say is that I played a little bit of the Trials of Mana remake earlier today, and it's pretty close so far to what I want Soulbinder to be like. Then again, I say that about every action RPG I play, haha.

SECTION 3: ZoZo's Bizarre Writer's Block

This is the part where I tell you that I am behind schedule for a lot of my projects, but not for the reason you might assume. Well, it's partially that reason. Laziness is, in fact, a huge factor. But the other reason is because I decided to devote my time to writing a top secret project. Will it ever see the light of day? I don't know. It's very self-indulgent. Wait, this whole series is self-indulgent. Well, it's way more self-indulgent than usual. So for Jebvangelion, I might just release what I have during the election, and then update it frequently. I know, very unusual for a spin-off. But I mean, that's what I did with the main series. Why not do the same for the spin-offs? In the meantime, I did come up with some more music for you guys. First is the black quadrants version of "Relationship Get." It's just a really short jingle. Second is the third and (so far) final song in a series of Castlevania-related battle themes, this one for the fight against Professor Xtra Sprinkles. You can listen to them here and here.

-CONCLUSION-

Yeah, like I said. Things are pretty boring around here. I would say that this peace is what all true warriors strive for, but I'm not entirely sure I'd call this "peace." Plus I'm merely just a boy, so it's not my line. Still, I just wonder what Ganon's up to...

Well, I don't know why, but it is extremely hot and miserable this time of year. My hope is that this is summer's desperation move before fall begins. Two days ago was the start of my semester... sort of. My classes technically didn't start until yesterday, but I digress. We're back in school, biatch!

SECTION 1: Give Life to an Archive That's Our Own

Looking back at the blogs, I didn't really announce Part 1's AO3 release. Guess it really was a shadow drop, huh? Well, this time I'd like to announce Part 2 is now on AO3, as well. Part 3's probably gonna take some time, if it'll get ported at all. The colored text and Discord logs won't be a problem anymore, so that's good. Now my main concern is regarding the way I play with the concept of chapters. A three-chapter prologue before Chapter 1. Roman and Arabic numerals coexisting. The retcon chapters. The intermissions. There's too much going on, and honestly it's probably going to be more of a mess than it's worth. But I guess, in the meantime, you can read both Phantom Love and Romance Tendency with more convenience, as well as author commentary.

SECTION 2: Other ZZBA Happenings

I'm kinda stuck, not gonna lie. How so? Well, I'm mostly focusing on that election special, but I'm only like three chapters in. I have no idea where to take this story. Like I know the Point A and the Point B, I just don't know how I'm going to connect those dots. I also started working on another project, but you're probably never gonna see it. It's purely self-indulgent. In other words, I'm only making it so I can get the idea of it out of my head. At this rate, I'd say Part 4 will probably be finished next decade lmao. Nah, I'm just joking... mostly. The odds are never zero, after all.

SECTION 3: Life Is Unfair, So to Speak

Still no job, and I've come so close. Two interviews, and nothing but silence since. I was actually supposed to get a call today, and yet nothing. How hard is it for a 21-year-old man in the Midwest who hasn't worked in almost 2.5 years to find a job? I only have like a dollar right now. You can't get anything with a dollar anymore. I'll remain hopeful as I always am, but this definitely sucks. Also, I recently found out that I can't even get a driver's license here with my current permit, because I need an Indiana permit. Which is kind of dumb, because my Florida permit isn't gonna expire for another half decade.

-CONCLUSION-

Again, nothing too interesting, but things might get a little interesting in the future. After all, October's a little over a month away. That month's always interesting. Before I go, I just need to ask you guys one last thing: did you see that Sonic 3 trailer?! Dude! I already know this is gonna be peak! I knew choosing it as my most hyped movie for this year was gonna pay off!

Well guys, it's July 25. Happy Christmas in July to all who celebrate, which would just be HHGregg and that one Christian radio station in Spokane. Well, that's what I would say if I didn't miss it. You see, I was too busy working in the Studio--FL, that is--and then it was past midnight. Truly a shame. Oh well, I'll just use the same excuse I've been using for years: because I started this project when I lived in Idaho, the official ZZBA time zone is PST... except for when it isn't... and that's also ignoring the fact that I didn't even have this website until I lived in Florida. Can we just start?

SECTION 1: Let's Get the Boring Stuff Out of the Way First

Still no job. I just applied for one yesterday, so hopefully I hear back from it soon. This sucks, man. It's been a long while since I had no money. And I don't even have three kids to compensate. And school starts in a month, so I'm really running out of time here. In more positive news, I've been getting really into Destiny 2 again lately. Well, I guess for some that might not be positive news. In fact, it might be negative. However, screw you. I've also been getting into Tears of the Kingdom again, or as I like to call it, the most dangerous game in the world. Why? Because every time I play it, I end up playing it for like four or five hours straight. I also like to call it the definitive ADHD test. You see, dear reader, if you play this game and constantly get distracted by little things along the way, regardless of what goals you have or what time you want to quit, you might have the funny "Bees in My Head" reference.

SECTION 2: I Think I'm Just Gonna Cut It Short after This One lol

I've made a little progress on the Jeb Bush fanfic. Granted I've only finished the prologue, but still. I'm hoping that it'll be the perfect little satire to lift our spirits during election season, but I'm also hoping the situation doesn't become dire enough to where the perfect little satire is in poor taste. In other words, I threw in a little reference to Project 2025, though in name only. I really hope we don't get to that point, but the good news is that despite Biden dropping out (and despite the attempt on Trump's life having left his right ear scarred and deformed), Harris seems to have a lot of support, possibly more than Biden even. She still sucks, but at least she's not senile... I don't think. Anyway, did you know that Kamala Harris is actually a valid troll name? Just an observation ;P... Anyway, I've also got some new music. The first one I'd like to share is from ZZBA. It's a cover of "Detention Center ~ Prisoner's Elegy" from Ace Attorney, meant to be the opposite of "a song to mend a wounded <3." So much so that I've named it "a song to wound a mended <3<." It's a little confusing because humans don't have organs called spades (to my knowledge), but whatever. You can check it out here. The other one I'd like to share is a cover of one of my more recent favorite Homestuck tracks, Toby Fox's incredible "Savior of the Waking World." I thought I finished it a few months ago, but only recently did I think that I should extend it. After all, I wouldn't want it to be exactly like Toby's version, but slightly different. It incorporates elements from a few other songs, like "Umbral Ultimatum," "Patient (Toby's unused song that ultimately became "Another Medium" from Undertale)," "THE HOLY" from Deltarune (though I tried not to make this cover a Deltarune tie-in, like a certain other cover of the same song), and even "Guardando nel Buio" from Kingdom Hearts (a rather fitting choice, as it's based on a section of another song called "Destati," which means "wake up," although the "GnB" lyrics translate to "Eh? What? You don't want it? Still, it belongs to you," implying John doesn't want to ascend to God Tier). Okay, that's enough schizo ramblings, here's the link. Not sure if anyone's noticed (doubt it), but I'm kinda trying to upload at least one video per month on my YouTube channel. For once in my YT career, I'm trying to have somewhat of a schedule. Why? It's because I've noticed a trend. In the past (discounting my hiatus in which I focused more on my SoundCloud), there have been pretty big gaps between uploads, especially during summer, for some reason. I also have a huge backlog of music, and no SoundCloud to upload them to (ran out of minutes years ago lmao), so I dump them on YouTube now. I also still post random memes, and perhaps someday I'll get back into YTP. I've also been wanting to start making YTPMVs, too. Why did this turn into an advertisement for my YouTube channel?

-CONCLUSION-

Maybe I'll have more to say next month. Hopefully I'll have a job, too, because I'm screwed otherwise. For now, remember that Roxas died for your summer vacations. That is why we celebrate Christmas in July here at HHGregg. Price and advice, guaranteed.

Ah, summer. It used to be my favorite of the seasons, as it was a much-needed break from education. But now, in my adulthood, education doesn't really suck anymore. In fact, the lack thereof sucks, as school is my only chance to socialize. So then what are my thoughts on the season itself? Eh. I'll take it over w*nter any day, but wow is this Midwestern heat just UNBEARABLE! At least in Florida it was super humid, too. And it rained. So to make a long story short, as I grow older, I appreciate fall so much more. It's when my birthday is, it's when the second-best holiday is (Thanksgiving), and it's when the best Biblical holiday is (Sukkot). Plus it's pretty.

SECTION 1: Misty O.

Yesterday, June 19, was Mysteo's birthday. She would've been 21 had she been alive. And real. Then we could go to a casino together, gambling away all our life's savings, getting wasted while watching... I dunno, frickin' Matchbox 20 or something live in concert. Well, I've got some pretty big plans for her in Phase 2, as you might already know. For starters, I'm writing a story about her. It's her diary from when she was a kid, a mere orphan from Spokanistan, American Columbia (yes, that's what I called Spokane, Washington for some reason). I don't want to spoil too much, but basically it explains how she met Akira, why she became a delinquent, and will finally answer the age-old question: what's inside Schrödinger's gay little box? There're also some other cute little interactions, such as her friendship with Bail's mom (a child psychologist), of all people. I also recently wrote a shorter story which takes place during the first half of Part 3's finale. Its purpose? Literally just to fix a tiny little plot hole I accidentally made in Days of Christmas Past. But I really like the writing in it. It's essentially a conversation between the dream ghosts of Mysteo and TC (the one in the Dream Bubbles, not TCsprite). I won't go into any more detail, you'll just have to read it yourself.

SECTION 2: Epic Gamer Moment

I know it's been a few days but... what the hell was that Nintendo Direct? Mario & Luigi's back, we actually got to see Metroid Prime 4 for once, Donkey Kong Country Returns for a third time, and one of my literal dream games: a ZELDA GAME WHERE YOU ACTUALLY PLAY AS ZELDA AND HAVE TO RESCUE LINK?????? I was NOT expecting Wand of Gamelon Remake to be on this 2024 bingo card and yet here we are. Now all we need is a game where Link and Zelda are Gerudo, while Ganondorf is Hylian. Oh, I also finally found the .ISO for the PC version of Guitar Hero World Tour, meaning I could finally install the Definitive Edition mod. My band is called Weezer 2: Fitness, the logo is Dave Strider's scratched disk, and the members are as follows: Hatsune Miku (vocals, naturally), Sonic the Hedgehog (drums), Reimu Hakurei (bass), and Tony Montana (guitar). Sometimes Tony gets swapped out for other guests, though, like Neco-Arc or Asriel Dreemurr. On top of that, I've been kind of getting back into Destiny 2, as well as Cave Story (which I completely forgot was one of the best video games ever made, somehow).

SECTION 3: Pride Month... PRide MONth... PR     ON  ... PRON... Epic Crustacean Moment

I'm still not gay, sadly. Nor am I trans, but sometimes I do think I was just a tad dysphoric in like 2020-21...? Eh, let's not think about that. Lately I've been questioning my allosexuality, because my feelings on sexual attraction are... mixed. Like I feel it, but I don't like it, so I don't know if that makes me demi or ace, or somewhere on that spectrum? I don't know, maybe there are some professionals I can speak to on the matter, because figuring this stuff out on my own is way too tricky. They say no one knows yourself more than you, yet even I have trouble trying to figure myself out sometimes. Okay, most times. Anyway, the point of this segment is to just sorta highlight all the ZZBA characters who are not, in fact, cishet. The first, of course, are Bekrboi and Sam the Chair. I don't really know what Bekrboi is, but Sam is either bi or pan, considering the fact that he had feelings for both Bekrboi and Bail at some point. Then came... the joke character who is named after every JoJo character and then gets killed off almost as quickly as they are introduced. They're nonbinary, the only character as of now to not be cis (yet). Part 3 is kinda where I cranked the shipping up a lot. Kim Probable is a certified girlkisser. She sure likes girls. Meanwhile, Zohnny Zoestar is somehow both bisexual and tradcath. It's like she's a fed, except she's actually real. And then the floodgates were opened. ZoZo, Zohnny's counterpart, is also bi, and has feelings for Mysteo. I think that's it for now though. I'd share more, but that's kinda teetering into more spoilery territory. I will say, though, that I've been toying with the idea of having a transmasc Aris in the future. Would that work? Let me know in the comments below that don't actually exist because this isn't YouTube.

-CONCLUSION-

I think when the Bible talks about the fiery pit, it was actually talking about the Midwest in the summer, not Hell (or some other place, the Bible wasn't really too clear on that). I don't know how to end blog posts. Bye bye.

Kept you waiting, huh? I've been meaning to write this blog for a few days now, but I kept forgetting to, haha. Well, I figured today would be a good day, because I've been out of school for about a month now, and now my siblings can join me. Yeah, believe it or not, my little sisters--who had recently turned four when I first started writing Phantom Love--are already going into 6th grade. Insane. I remember having a lot of character growth in those middle school years, so I hope they get to change as much as I did, if not more, because change is always exciting. My youngest brother will also be a junior, so that's pretty cool, too. Well, let's get this belated Memorial Day special out of the way now.

SECTION 1: RIP in Pieces of Pepperoni Pizza from Papa John's

Death. It's one of those inevitabilities in life that people base their lifestyles around depending on how they feel about it. Not me and millions like me though, we get to live forever. But our flesh still expires, so I guess it still applies. For some, death is an excuse to do whatever they feel like, because they only live once and nothing matters. For the weakest links, death invalidates doing anything, because nothing matters. And then there's people like me, who see death as nothing more than a very, very long time limit; who make the argument that if nothing else matters in this life, then why not live a life that matters? We are the indomitable human spirit. Sorry about my manifesto there, I have a point to make. There's been a lot of death in ZZBA. Oh, also this section has spoilers. The first character who died was not Dio Brando, because he actually survived. Technically, it was TC, who died once before the story even began, but he got better. But the first death in the entire series was Porrim Maryam-Lalonde, killed at the hands of Dio Brando. Don't worry, she got better, too. Her death allowed her dream self to ascend to God Tier, beginning the trend of characters "coincidentally" dying either on top of or within close proximity of their Quest Beds. After her came "Dread" Scott Palmer, evil principal of Kan High, who was sent into space via a rather dubiously ambiguous portal gun. There's no way a mere human could survive that. In fact, Part 3 shows that at least 36 versions of him across the omniverse, including the Phantom Love version, met this exact fate. In the epilogue, Bare Bones was rather comically killed off via vehicular manslaughter. Who knew that was all it took to take out such a powerful foe? Oh wait, I guess some guys from Morioh knew.

Part 2 kinda ups the ante as far as death goes. Four chapters in and we already get our first death: the Queen of Diamonds. We never get to meet her. All we know is that she was apparently a tyrant, though that could have just been propaganda from the Queen of Spades. Or, seeing the Queen of Hearts's true colors in Part 3, perhaps there was some truth to that statement, after all. The next one to die was the Queen of Clubs, killed by young Zoseph Zoestar. There's a lot of regicide in this series, isn't there. Hell, there's a lot in just Part 2 alone. Next death was Agent Jo☆, the first and so far only trans/enby rep in the entire series. Their death was perhaps the most mysterious in the entire series. How did they just turn into dust? I suppose some things are best left unanswered. Okay with all that out of the way, the moment you've all been waiting for, Dio is finally dead! Too little too late, though. His mere existence caused Chara Brady to relive some repressed traumatic memories, leading her to reject her humanity, technically becoming a casualty herself. And now, only four people remain. Actually five, Hailey Brady died in a flashback. The Queen of Spades was second biggest casualty in Part 2, as her demise led to the collapse of her entire kingdom. She was killed by a bloodthirsty chihuahua and immolation, the latter of which killed the chihuahua, too. Lastly, we have Emperor Rouxls and Ben 10 (not to be confused with Rouxls Kaard and Ben Tennyson). They also had a rather mysterious death, but we can probably assume TC subconsciously use Alien X to direct REQUIEM's effects to Eden's emperor and his second in command instead of him, the machine's target. Ben would sacrifice himself in Part 3's retcon timeline, while Rouxls would share the same fate as Iceman, trapped in a pocket dimension for all eternity.

Everyone dies in Part 3! Not really, though. Instrumentality simultaneously counts and doesn't count as a death. Get ready for this insane lore dump. When a SOUL lacks a vessel, the only place left it can go to is that universe's Kingdom Hearts. In Earth C-117, it's located in the Dream Bubbles. In C-489, it's in Heaven. Since Hinawa and Zohnny were temporarily chosen by C-117's Fourth Wall, despite being residents of C-489, they ended up in the Dream Bubbles. Dream Ghosts are also merely projections of SOULs. Anyway, all that is to say, the ultimate goal of Instrumentality is to turn all life into a type of primordial soup called LCL. With no physical forms, the SOULs have no choice but to flee to the afterlife. However, the LCL is still "alive," so to speak. Okay now onto the actual deaths. Professor Xtra Sprinkles is finally dead. Yay. Sam the Chair is also dead. Double yay. Steve MacKevin is dead, as well. Oh no. I guess we could also technically count all of Earth C-117 outside of the Sburb players and the city of Baltimore as being deceased, too, but they come back. Okay, enough beating around the bush. This is the Part where we get some actual main character deaths. But first, the Denizen known as Seperioth is added to the list of regicide. Alas, he was but a pussy to be beaten up by Breastimore. Anyway Mysteo is dead now. She got killed by CHARA, who used her Stand to separate Adam from her. She would later ascend to God Tier, but descend into madness due to... well, a lot of things, but her high LOVE certainly didn't make things better. Remember what I said about Instrumentality sometimes counting as a death? Well, due to the strange mechanics given only to Mysteo, victims of Instrumentality give EXP, and with an entire universe wiped out, it only makes sense that Adam--ergo Mysteo--would have such a high LOVE. Anyway back to regicide now, the Queen of Hearts and her "daughter," Red/Aka/Hana, are dead now, too. Then TC dies again (or his ghost does), then Bail, then Iceman. Bail gets revived because she's God and God can't die. To Bail, Hylia, God Tier is just a title, not a status. TC's dream ghost also gets revived, this time as TCsprite, a new form he truly despises. Willy Wanker (the Lost Boy serial killer) gets a taste of his own medicine, and his fairy companion perishes, as well. There's also that random Chiledren of Freedum guy who shoots himself, for some reason. Oh, Zeke dies, too. CHARA slices him with her laser eyes that vampires have, according to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. He doesn't come back, I fear. Instrumentality happens again, further boosting Mysteo (now Grimnoire) to an even higher LOVE, and right after she killed her best friend, too. That's right, boisengals, TC Strider--the LITERAL MAIN PROTAGONIST-- is dead now. Thankfully, Bail creates a new timeline, ZoZo finds a Ring of Life, and CHARA dies, too. Oh. There goes the main antagonist, too. Grimnoire usurped her. She ascends to God Tier, too, and joins Bail and ZoZo, as they begin to fix things. They find an alternate version of Mysteo, who they use to bring everyone back from Instrumentality, except for TC and Zeke because they're dead dead. During the final battle, Romy sacrifices herself to save Bail (and to reunite with her new boyfriend, TC), and then Mysteo sacrifices herself to grant everyone their happy ending after coming to her senses, thanks to her dream ghost, who had taken the form of TC. Speaking of, TC finds a Ring of Life, too, so he splits his SOUL in half, with one half reviving himself and the other half staying dead. TC has lived every catboy's dreams of becoming a living Schródinger's Cat paradox.

Lastly, the spin-offs and side stories. ZoZo's Spooky Adventure, similarly to TC in Phantom Love, features two characters who died before the story: Varik Dreemurr and Lillian Lalonde (the latter of which was Hinawa and Zohnny's older sister). Unlike TC, they didn't get second chances, because Prospit and Derse and God Tier and such don't exist in Earth C-489. As the story progresses, the two come to terms with their deaths as their expiration date fast approaches. Much like dream ghosts, C-489's ghosts are projections of SOULs, but without the lifegiving radiance of Kingdom Hearts or... life itself, they have a lifespan of about 13 years. The reunion of Varik and Lillian gave birth to a Purity SOUL, which now resides within Hinawa. Also, a group of bullies known as the Slashas meet their demises, too. Then, in ZoZo's Bizarre Christmas, miraculously, I only killed off two characters, with one of them getting revived at the end. The story begins with the death of Santa Claus, the Sage of Water and Earth. He was shot dead in Miami. Then, a sadistic holiday demon known as the Black Hiver got curbstomped to death. After his demise, a "revive token" was left right where his body once was. This token was used to bring back Santa. Okay, that should be all the death for now.

SECTION 2: Life Stuff Again

I'm gonna keep this brief because that last section was really long. Well, I recently finished the original Ace Attorney trilogy. They were great, I really liked them. Except for that stupid chef, I hope I never see his/her stupid face again. Of course, Maya was immediately my favorite character. Seemed like a given. In second place, though, is actually Franziska, who has become the new Axel in the sense that I hated her so much at first before becoming one of my favorite characters. The difference is, though, for Axel it took 358/2 Days for me to come around to him. Franziska? Literally the last minute of Justice for All. Third is Miles because of course it is. Except you're wrong, third is actually Pearl! Miles is number four. And then number five, I don't know. Probably Gumshoe or Godot, maybe even a little Iris? If I gave into irony I would say Oldbag, she's probably my favorite meme character. Definitely gonna try and slip a stepladder reference in a future story. On the subject of courtrooms, Seagull and I are actually really close to polishing up that trial footage. At this rate, we'll definitely be finished by October. Unfortunately, some of the audio couldn't be extracted (which was part of the reason I decided to make some background music), so I hope you like subtitles.

-CONCUSION-

I don't really know what to put here. Rest in peace, everyone who died, in and out of fiction. Not sure when we'll meet again next month, but hopefully not this late. Farewell.

What do you mean Memorial Day is a military holiday and not the American Día de los Muertos?!

A lot's been going on lately, so shall we keep this relatively brief? The answer is no. Some delinquent named ZoZoGunner hacked into my YouTube AND my website earlier this month, claiming to have the court footage ready to go. She held my channel hostage until I let her have an abandoned channel I had lying around, formerly called SylvaGunner. I will say, though, her rips were quite good compared to last year. She even threw in some fusions. Wait, was that her last year, too? Perhaps it was my ripping that gave birth to her...? Eh, I don't want to think about it. Let's just get right into it now.

SECTION 1: Holy Days

Last week was April 13, the funny Homestuck day. I celebrated the 15th anniversary by uploading the definitive version of some anniversary medleys I did six years ago to YouTube and having a photoshoot in my bedroom. That was fun. Shortly thereafter I resumed my Homestuck reread after putting it off for... a very long time, let's just say that.  What about today. Well, for the stoners, it's basically Yom Kippur; for the MOTHER 3 fans, it's basically All Souls' Day; and for everyone else, it's certainly a day. But to me, there's two birthdays attached to this day: my youngest cousin's, who turned four today, and my cat's, who's now a year old. Today, we celebrated the former, because the latter didn't care too much. He'd rather be outside, playing with a dead mole. As for my little baby, Lucas Lee MOTHER 3 Hutchison, well, he's just so tiny that you wouldn't even think he's a year old. You'd still think he was a kitten, perhaps around five or six months. He's very quickly becoming a little Bundy baby. As I implied, he absolutely loves to kill, particularly moles and small birds. And ever since he was a kitten, he would try to stalk and ambush squirrels, though to this day he's had no success. We kinda want him to kill, at least the moles and the chipmunks, because those animals love to mess up our yard with their burrows and tunnels. The birds are merely collateral damage. Anyway, if there's a certain third person's birthday you'd like to celebrate, then kindly f*ck off. This is not a safe space for AUSTRIAN PAINTER sympathizers.

SECTION 2: How's Life Going?

It's going. Dare I say, it's going good, or perhaps even great. As far as schooling goes, I'm in the final stretch. The last two weeks before summer. That means things are simultaneously ramping up and dying down. My website's looking a lot better, but it's still got a long way to go before it's 100% presentable. I also recently found out that a close friend of mine lives pretty close to where I do, so that's pretty cool. I also watched all of Gravity Falls for the first time in a long while, and I now remember why I love it so much. Even its weakest episodes are still 8/10s for me. I think the finale will be a great influence for Part 4. That's really all there is to say on the matter.

SECTION 3: And Your Personal Projects?

As I revealed on my YouTube channel. the court footage will be coming out in October. I mean it this time. There's no school to get in the way this time. As for ZZBA, I haven't really worked on a whole lot. I got a head start on this year's major project, which probably won't be out for another seven months. And I remade an older track of mine, one which I consider to be one of my many turning points as far as music skills go. That's right. There now exists a better version of "[S] Everyone: Enter.," which you can listen to here. I think I also decided to trim down Phase 2... like a lot. I ordered a little too much, but thankfully I haven't had it taken yet, so there's still time to change it before there's too much on my plate. I had a lot of spin-offs and sidestories planned, but at the end of the day they're all kinda pointless. I'm only going to keep the necessary ones, and one (two) of those is already complete. Aside from all that, that's pretty much it.

-CONCLUSION-

I wish cats could read so that I could indoctrinate my son into the Homestuck cult and also make him read ZZBA. Until then, I'll keep writing, and you'll keep reading, because that's our relationship dynamic. Before I go until next month, I'd like to leave some parting words: I personally think John Egbert makes more sense as a transmasc than J*ne ever will, and I will use the same logic that the people who headcanon transmasc Dipper Pines use to defend my point of view until my dying breath. Farewell.

Don't worry guys, I figured it all out! You know how yesterday I said I wasn't gonna release that trial footage on time? Well guess what? I figured out how to do it! It should be on YouTube right about now. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kzka4rRTJM

SECTION 1: Bible Study

Okay, so remember how yesterday I said we'd continue our discussion about Jesus and the resurrection during a Bible study in the near future? Well it turns out the near future is today. Except... I seem to have misplaced my Bible. So instead, we're going to study a different Bible: the Sonic the Hedgehog Bible. We'll be looking at the second and most recent draft, from June 24, 1991. This document has eight sections, but today we're going to focus on the fifth section: "The Sonic Myth." So, everyone, please turn your documents to page 25. The myth begins with an orphaned Sonic hanging out with his friends in Green Hill Zone, learning "forest smarts" and such. Apparently his friends are somewhat bad influences on him, because he's picked up a few toxic traits along the way (stubbornness, cockiness, Super Smash Bros. Melee fan). Anyway, he happens upon the secret laboratory of Dr. Ovi Kintobor. Dr. Kintobor wants to rid Mobius--Sonic's home world--of evil, and so he creates a machine that runs off ring energy called the Amazing Transforming Device. What he's going to do with it is he's going to transfer all the evil in the world into the six Chaos Emeralds (the seventh one didn't exist yet I guess). I doubt this plan was going to work, because adding evil energy to chaos energy would probably bring disaster upon the land. Actually, that's exactly what's about to happen, so Kintobor searches for the seventh emerald (okay never mind, it does exist) to stabilize the others. Somehow this ties into the lore of the monitors, because apparently we needed more monitor lore. Anyway, Kintobor finds the emerald and begins to stabilize the other emeralds, and now he's friends with Sonic.

Kintobor hooks Sonic up with a treadmill, on which Sonic learns how to go Mach speed (somehow). Kintobor makes some custom shoes for Sonic that allow him to travel at Mach speed without hurting himself, but somehow he still turns blue from going Mach speed too much. Okay, here's where the stupid part comes in. Sonic and his new friend are hungry, so he looks for something to eat, only to find a rotten egg. Just then, and you're not going to believe this, a WAVE OF SOLAR RADIATION just so happens to HIT THE EXACT LAB WHERE SONIC AND KINTOBOR HAPPEN TO BE INSIDE OF! Kintobor somehow ends up stuck inside the ATM with the rotten egg and the Chaos Emeralds, and then the machine activates, transfers some of the evil energy from the Chaos Emeralds into Kintobor as he fuses with the rotten egg, and emerges from the machine as Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik. WHAT. THE. F*CK. Now Robotnik is evil and hates Sonic, so he makes a bunch of traps and sets them all over South Island and kidnaps Sonic's friends, turning them into Badniks. He also scatters the Chaos Emeralds into space and hides them within the Special Stages. Now here's the line that gets me: "Only the Gray Emerald can neutralize the forces of the Chaos Emeralds and render them harmless." But the seventh gray emerald is nowhere to be seen in the final game, so... what the heck happened to it? Does Sonic have it? Is that why he's able to collect them so easily? Does Robotnik have it? Is that why he juggles them in the bad endings? This was a terrible Bible, 0/10. Jesus didn't even show up, what the heck?

-CONCLUSION-

i forgor :skull emoji in matt rose's voice:

Guys, I don't think I'm gonna be able to release that trial footage by tomorrow. I've been so busy lately, you know? I'll most likely have to extend it yet again. Well, with all that said, why don't I discuss exactly what I've been busy with? And with today being Easter (or First Fruits, if you prefer), well, let's just say I have no idea how to tie any of this into the holiday, but that doesn't mean I won't try!

SECTION 1: Nothin Personnel...Just Business...Kid...

Now that it's been about a month since my spring break, school has been ramping up... like a lot. That's right, baybee, it's the second half of the semester! And I've already got a lot on my plate. Last month, I mentioned a website I was going to make regarding my other project, Soulbinder. Well, now is the time to actually work on it. And by that, I mean I need to have a rough draft of my website's text by tomorrow at 1:30 PM. So yeah, busy lunch break tomorrow. I also know what I'm going to make for the final project in one of my other classes. I think. I'm planning on writing a short story, loosely based on the Don't Feed the Muse ARG and some creepypasta I read once about Return to Oz. Except it's not a horror story. It's a review of Kingdom Hearts II, but with a twist. In between each section will be a story about a man who's trying to write a review of one of his favorite childhood games, but he can't think of what to write. He goes on a metaphorical and literal journey of self-discovery, which thematically lines up with the different sections of the game's plot and the review. I don't know if I explained that very well, but it feels like a really ambitious and fun project, so I'm excited to begin when the time comes. I also thought I was gonna have a job, but it was not to be. I applied for a job at the local zoo, didn't find the offer email until the day before orientation (and by then it had already long expired), then found out they were gonna have me working in food service for less than $12 an hour. No thanks.

SECTION 2: He Be Rizzin

As a Christian, today is a very important day to me. It is Easter Sunday, the day in which we celebrate the resurrection of our lord and savior, Jesus of Nazareth. For whatever reason, it is horribly misaligned with Passover, the day in which we remember His sacrifice, this time. So it's gonna be really weird and backwards this year. I don't really have anything else to say about that, I'm not exactly the best preacher, so I guess just read your Bible (the Gospels specifically) and we'll have a Bible study next time we meet. I did want to address a certain blue, pink, and white elephant in the room that's been really striking some nerves. Guys, March 31st is not Easter. Easter changes every year. It's not Joe "Dark 'Chocolate Chocolate Chip' Brandon" Biden's fault or the woke's fault or the transes' fault that it just so happens to fall on Trans Day of Visibility, just as it is not their fault my birthday just so happens to fall on National Coming Out Day. You are mad at nothing. Jesus didn't die for you to be mad at nothing. Worship Him and leave Ronald McDonald Trumpet's cult. That is all.

SECTION 3: So What About the Trial?

I don't know. You're still going to see it, most likely this year. I just have a lot on my plate at this moment. Maybe, to help ease the pain, would you like a sneak peek at some of the soundtrack in the meantime? Yeah, I thought it would've been really boring to just see me and a bunch of chumps in a courtroom, so I whipped up a little soundtrack to make things more interesting. Enjoy that one song, there'll be plenty more where that came from... when the time is right, of course.

-CONCLUSION-

Am I gonna do anything for April Fool's? We'll see. Anyway, stay blessed, not messed, and forgive me for the short entry this month. Things are going to get very, very interesting this year. After all, there's going to be an election here, and while I'm a little scared about the outcome, the good news is I'll be sure to lighten everyone's spirits with what I have in store. Goodnight, everybody.

You know what's funny about today? All my Facebook memories are from 2020. That's right, baby. February 29th is back! It's a leap year, which also means it's an election year in the United States. Remember to register to vote, and please don't vote for Donald Trump. Or RFK Jr. Or really anyone who isn't Biden, God I wish we had better candidates in this bumass election because I don't really like Biden either. Wait, "bumass" just means "assass." Oh, whatever. We haven't much to discuss this month, so let's make this quick-ish.

SECTION 1: Wait, Why Are You Talking about School First?

Well, there's a really simple answer to that. You see, my Spring Break is actually next week. Yeah, really weird to have it before spring even starts, but whatever. Sadly I probably won't be doing anything, seeing as my siblings don't get their break until the opposite end of the month. That means I'm just about halfway through this semester, meaning it's either gonna get easier or harder from here on out. How will this affect my productivity? IDK, it probably won't. But since there's only a month before April, Seagull and I really need to put our all into releasing that trial footage this month.

SECTION 2: Have You Forsaken ZZBA?

No, I haven't. I've just been a little busy and low on ideas. In fact, just the other day I finished a new track based on the battle against DIO in Part 2, which you can listen to here. It's also a spiritual successor to another song I made, "Bloody Teals (also known as "Terezi's Theme - AlterniaBound" on YouTube)," which itself was a sort of spiritual successor to "Rainbow Drinkers VS Dio Brando." Funnily enough, this is the first time I used a song from my other project, Soulbinder, in a ZZBA song. I'll talk a little more about Soulbinder later, because I've got something really important to say about it. I also drew the entire CCC for the first time, and I'm working on making a digital version of it. But yeah, not too much progress on anything this month. I've mostly just been focused on school, Final Fantasy VII Remake, and Spider-Man 2. I did recently finish Alan Wake, and I also watched Bridge to Terabithia for the first time, too (the latter of which reminded me of my time hanging out with my best friend in 6th grade... you know, except for the [SPOILERS] drowning part), so those two are probably gonna influence my writing in some way.

SECTION 3: Soulbinder Soulbinder Soulbinder Soulbinder Soulbinder

Okay okay okay, this is really exciting news. In my Intro to Web Authoring class, we have to make websites for one of our projects. Here's the exciting part: I chose my project to be a sort of pitch for Soulbinder. But it's so much more than that. On top of being a pre-Kickstarter announcement site, it's also gonna be a help wanted ad. If I decide to keep the website up after I make it, there's a very real chance that I'll have finally assembled a dev team. This dream of mine is inching slower and slower to reality each day!

-CONCLUSION-

Well, as I said before, things are either gonna go quite smoothly or roughly from here on out, so let's pray and hope it's the latter. Say it with me: "Dear Father, please give me the strength to finish this semester, along with every other student across the nation, as we approach the end of its first half. In your Son's name, we pray. Amen." Alrighty then, that oughta do it for this month. See ya in March, and remember to bring your best Eridan cosplay when the time comes.

Well, this joke isn't gonna make any sense to the majority of people who will come across this site. A deal's a deal. Today is January 26, the 7th anniversary of when I was bored in study hall one day, opened up Word, and typed "ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure: A Zalachi Story." Of course, I've since changed it to "A NISCA Story" because as I grew older, shipping real people left a bad taste in my mouth, even if they were only fictional characters inspired by real people. The point is... it's been seven years already?! It doesn't feel too long ago that I was a cringy 14-year-old kid, a huge SiIvagunner and Homestuck fan. Wait, this is the introduction. Let's save the meat and potatoes for after the appetizer, okay?

SECTION 1: Let's See How Far We've Come

Quick side note, apparently that song was used in a Homestuck AMV or something, but I've always associated it with FusionFall because when I was a kid I imagined how good a FusionFall AMV set to that song could be. Okay, back to the topic. January 26, 2017. My stupid school had a required study hall period, and as per usual, I was bored. Then, a genius idea struck me. What if, I thought, I wrote a fanfic, with me and my friends, and it was a joke about my class's shipping culture or something? This idea... didn't last very long, because immediately after I wrote the title page, I felt bad about making it a "Zalachi (Zoie x Malachi)" story. So I made the executive decision to make the story a "bait and switch." Instead, it would be about me and my best friend, Emma, taking down the Illuminati (because nothing is funnier to a terminally online 14-year-old in the mid-2010s than a triangle with an eye), and the person whom the story was named for was shafted to a really minor role. I would continue working on the story, even switching over to Google Docs so I can easily share it with my friends, throughout the first half of high school, finishing by early 11th grade. By then, I had kinda... changed things again, this time shipping the character that was based on me with the character that was based on my crush. Yikes. You can see now why I've decided to kinda distance myself from the idea that these characters are meant to be stand-ins. Part 2 was a little frustrating to work with, because I had less than a school year to complete it before I left forever, and I really wanted my friends to read the finished chapter. Because of that, a lot of it was rushed, and some ideas I had for the story (like Rouxls's ice powers) had to be left on the cutting room floor. Needless to say, I was not satisfied, but I could make everything right with Part 3. Only one problem: I didn't know what Part 3 would be. I knew the basic setup. Sometime after the events of Part 2, TC discovers that he's been trapped inside Alien X the whole time. When he returns to normal, he finds that Chara Brady, one of the girls from the RS incident, has gone missing, likely following in the footsteps of Dio Brando and becoming a vampire. And for some time, that was all I had. But then, something changed me. A 25-ish-year-old anime (at the time) with 26 episodes and a movie or two (or five at the time, three of those movies I didn't know about and one of them I skipped due to simply being a recap of the entire show). Neon. Genesis. Motherf*cking. Evangelion. It was such mindblowing stuff, and the experience was so surreal. As a side note, back then I must've been really into surreal and somewhat depressing anime, because the next show I would watch was Kaiba. Anyway, I really like the lore especially. The Angels, Instrumentality, that's about it really. I also thought it blended quite nicely with the Homestuck lore. And now, the rest of Part 3 was born.

I would take a year-long hiatus starting in August 2021, in which I would write an epilogue to Part 3, even though it wasn't finished yet. ZoZo's Spooky Adventure was a Halloween one-shot, originally conceived as a Scooby-Doo-esque mystery with the Cool Cids Club filling in for Mystery, Inc. Hence why it dons the subtitle, "The Mystery of the Horseless Headman." Instead, I went with Super Paper Mario but if Count Bleck and Tippi had been dead for 13 years and both had amnesia. I adore ghost love stories, and I wanted to write one. Instead I kinda broke the canon so much via Hinawa's family that the only way to fix it was to retcon literally everything set up in Part 3 and then create a character that exists solely to steal Hinawa's memories and wait I'm getting way ahead of myself. Part 3 is finished on the very last day of 2022, with a short epilogue being written in January 2023--one year ago. My next major project was a Christmas anthology/Christmas Carol retelling that incorporates lore from one of my favorite YouTube Poops of all time: Skellington's Revenge. This project would become known as ZoZo's Bizarre Christmas: Days of Christmas Past. Funnily enough, I finished it on the exact day it took place: December 24, 2023. And now we're here. Where do we go from here? Well, it's an election year, and I've had something special planned for the next election year for a long time. That is all I will say.

SECTION 2: Roadmap Ahead? Uh, Yeah, I Sure Hope It Does.

So far, we're one story into Phase 2. What about ZoZo's Spooky Adventure? That's like Phase 1.5. And the secret epilogue I wrote for it last All Hallowtide is like Phase 1.9. I've still got a lot of stuff I want to write before we reach the ultimate goal: Phase 3, which will solely consist of Part 4, the finale of the series as a whole. I doubt I'm gonna finish the CORTX Archives project this year, but never say never. I already mentioned the other project I have planned for this year, so maybe I should hint toward the other projects I'm at least wanting to write at some point. Without revealing too much, most of the stories I want to write are based on the other timelines created in Part 3 (the true timeline created by Bail's retcon and the implied doomed timeline before TC and Bail returned to the past), because I feel like they have a lot of potential. I also want to write a completely unrelated story that's still canon somehow about Toby Fox taking over Game Freak and becoming bitter rivals with Junichi Masuda. After Masuda's departure from Game Freak in 2022, Toby Fox pretty much becomes everything Junichi Masuda was but better, and that make's Masuda very pissed. It could be fun, but I don't know if I'm actually gonna write it. Right now, I'm only prioritizing CORTX, the election year project... and a third thing that's been long overdue.

SECTION 3: New Year, New Resolutions

My resolution this year is to work extremely hard with Seagull to finally get that court footage published. So far, we've recovered a good chunk of the audio. I'm hoping to get this all sorted out by April 1, the third anniversary of my first run-in with the Loyal Order of the Legend Immemorial. Then I can expose who they really are to the world, once and for all.

SECTION 4: And What of Everything Else?

Second semester at PFW, let's go. I've got some pretty fun classes this semester, too. I'm even going a little outside my comfort zone with two classes in particular: Intro to Web Authoring and Business & Administrative Writing. These two classes I thought would be fun because I'd be writing in ways I've never really had to write before. The other classes are fun too I just don't feel like mentioning them at this time lol. Also, you're never gonna believe this. After a very long absence from social media, I've found one of my old friends on Facebook of all places. ZoZo herself. Unfortunately, she seems to have it set so that only mutual friends can send friend requests, and currently we have no mutual friends. Patience is key. Anyway, I've been spending so many hours playing Tears of the Kingdom and Pokémon Violet. The former was a Christmas gift and the latter I bought with two Christmas gifts. Speaking of Christmas, I had my second ever SiIvagunner rip uploaded last month: "Ice Cavern (Beta Mix) - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D." On top of that, I've also had three of my rips featured on two different albums, a definite first for me. The aforementioned Ice Cavern rip is featured on SiIvaGunner's latest Christmas album as "Hazy Shade of Eternal Winter." On top of that, two of my rips on VvvvvaVvvvvvr have been featured on its latest album, too, titled "ayo what kass doin in holodrum?? (possible lore reason he isn't in totk???)" and "Super Rudebusters."

-CONCLUSION-

Thank you all so much for these past seven years. Let's hope this year's a good one. Please continue supporting me and my ambitious project in the future. Good night, and see you all next month.

Merry Christmas eve, everyone! Guess who finally met a deadline? I've got some exciting news, because as a special Christmas gift, a new story has dropped! I'll go into more detail later. Honestly, there's actually quite a bit to talk about this month. After all, it's the season of giving, so why not give you all a lot to read? Well, with all of that out of the way, let's get into it.

SECTION 1: Time for a Special Announcement!

I am pleased to announce that I have finished a new spin-off for Phase 2 of ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure. Introducing... ZoZo's Bizarre Christmas: Days of Christmas Past! I won't spoil too much of it, but it's a basically a cross between Treehouse of Horror and A Christmas Carol, with a hint of one of my all-time favorite YouTube Poops, Skellington's Revenge. Also, a series first, it takes place in the modern day. Literally, it takes place on the night of December 24, 2023. Erm, 202X, but we all know it's 2023, since it takes place almost four years after Part 3.  This story is also unique, as instead using traditional chapters, the structure is like a hybrid symphony and opera. There's a prelude instead of a prologue, movements instead of chapters, intermezzos instead of intermissions, and so on. I was inspired by my 20th Century British Fiction class, because a few of the books we read didn't use traditional chapters. God, The Heart of the Matter was a painful read. Anyway, if you wanna check out the new story, you can read it here, or you can find it on the "Read ZZBA" page.

 SECTION 2: Wait... You Like YTP???

Yeah. A lot. You know how the word "dickery" is used a couple times in Part 3? It's because of Mashed Bandicoot. That duology happens to be one of the few YTPs I make sure to rewatch every year, along with the two I like to watch around Christmas: Skellington's Revenge (duh) and Billy and Mandy's Abnormal Christmas Experience. The problem with the second one, though, is that I just found out recently that Trudermark is not a very good person and my entire childhood now feels betrayed and I don't know how to feel about that. Oh well, you can't monetize a YTP. Plus he seems to have completely disappeared off the internet anyway. But yeah, I was raised on YTP, which probably explains a lot of my humor.

SECTION 3: The Part Where I Talk about Music (There's Not a Lot to Say)

I decided to drop another Christmas gift today. As you probably already know, back in April I released "The Weezer Lick Fusion," nothing more than an April Fool's joke. Well, ever since I uploaded that video, it has somehow received over 81,000 views, quickly becoming my most popular anything to date (second place goes to my Toxic Caves Megalovania remix on SoundCloud, still don't understand that one). On top of that, my subscriber count has increased from around 90 to FREAKING 250!!! What?! Is this the new YouTube meta? Just upload Weezer content and only Weezer content? Anyway, to show my utmost gratitude, I took what seemed like the most popular part of that video--the "BIG SHOT"/"Dummy!" piano--and made an entire extended version that also uses "I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams," my personal favorite Weezer song. You can listen to this loving tribute to my adoring fans here.

SECTION 4: I Said, "Hey, What's Going On?"

Well, I just finished my first semester at PFW, so that's cool. Ended it with more friends than I thought I'd have, incredible. And I met at least one person who's familiar with Homestuck, so that's cool. Now to find some one who's willing to read the sheer insanity that is ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure... I also saw Wonka, which I thought was cute and surprisingly better than I thought it would be. 7.8/10. I also finished watching all of Adventure Time, and the finale had me sobbing all the way through. I even compiled a list of all my favorite episodes (the first two seasons were kinda rough in retrospect), and surprise surprise, a lot of them involved Simon, Betty, and/or Marceline. I can't help it, they're all my favorite characters. I kinda lied when I said I was done, though. I still need to watch Distant Lands. I also might rewatch Fionna and Cake before Season 2 comes out. Also my cat (Lucas Lee MOTHER 3 Hutchison) had a weird growth on his face, which we took him to the vet for (they gave him antibiotics and gave us pain and parasite medicine), but now he keeps scratching at the scab and making himself bleed. What a dummy.

-CONCLUSION-

Well, what an exciting year 2023 has been. I can't wait for what 2024 has in store for us all, because so far there seem to be a lot to look forward to. Thousand Year Door remake, Sonic 3, probably some kind of new Kirby game since those seem to be yearly releases now. I also have a slight hunch that Unova will be confirmed in February, so we'll see about that. Well, this will probably be the last I see you all this year, so see y'all on the 7th anniversary! Ciao, merry Christmas, and happy New Year!

25 years ago, on this very day, a young boy found a magic sword that turned him into a radical teen because apparently he was too little to carry the burden of saving the world, even though he's still mentally a preteen when he's an "adult." That's right, it's The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's birthday! Even though it's not my favorite (not anymore, at least), this game was extremely important for me as a kid, so why don't we go over that right now?

SECTION 1: Whilst Thou Befriend the Girl?

I swear, the title of this section is related to my memories of playing Ocarina of Time, just hear me out. Before 2014, I was a peculiar child with highly unstable mental energy. Sometime between my early childhood and preteen years, something changed inside me. My hyperfixations grew far too out of control. Instead of liking a billion different things at once, I could only obsess over one piece of media at a time. It started with Ben 10. From 8-ish to 10, I was totally obsessed with the show, and for a brief period, I literally WAS Ben Tennysson. I had his jacket and every Omnitrix, quite a few video games, a couple DVDs, I lived and breathed Ben 10. And then I outgrew it... figuratively and literally. I just wasn't obsessed with it anymore. And coincidentally, around the same time, my jacket and Omnitrixes (Omnitrices?) wouldn't fit me anymore. A quick side note, part of my hyperfixations involved reading wikis, absorbing as much trivia as I possibly could. There was a very brief period of time where I was hyperfixating on The Fairly OddParents because I read the wiki religiously. It stopped when Sparky became a thing, gee I wonder why? Anyway, next in line was Adventure Time, which was also fairly brief, but lasted at least through most of fifth grade. I always liked the show, but was only obsessed with it after I stopped caring all that much about Ben 10. Anyway, that fixation was phased out after "Frost & Fire," because Flame Princess was like my favorite character and Finn was an asshole to her, completely ruining my OTP. My longest solo hyperfixation, the one that lasted me the longest, was Sonic the Hedgehog of course it f*cking was. That's my numero uno evidence supporting my potential autism. Anyway, skipping ahead a bit, this hyperfixation got me my first best friend and potential crush, Kimmy (sound familiar?). We were on opposite ends of the hyperfixated Sonic fan spectrum; I played a handful of the games, read the wiki religiously, and watched the cartoons, while she had a huge binder full of original characters.

One day, I wanted to play Super Mario World, of all games, but I didn't have the $10 necessary to purchase it on the Wii Shop Channel, nor did I want to earn it. I turned to the internet, and the internet did not disappoint. Behold, Vizzed, a website with unlimited access to 20+ years of retro gaming, all for free. Best part is, it was legit. No viruses attached. Of course, it fed my Sonic fixation, thanks to ROM hacks and such, but then I discovered something that changed my life. I've always been curious about The Legend of Zelda. I've had vague memories of playing Link's Crossbow Training and naming Epona in Twilight Princess, seeing displays for Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks at Walmart, but perhaps my most vivid memories were... *sigh* watching the previous for the cartoon at the end of every episode of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show. Anyway, I threw myself off the deep end with Majora's Mask, became too intimidated by Woodfall and the time limit to continue, and decided to try Ocarina of Time instead. Much, much better. I liked the story, too. Anyway, to make a long story short, Ocarina of Time (and Vizzed) somehow taught me to disperse my energy hyperfixating on multiple things rather than focusing on one specific thing. The end... sike. Remember that Bailey girl I talked about in the past? Well, if it weren't for Ocarina of Time getting me into the Zelda franchise as a whole, we wouldn't have been friends probably. Okay that's all now the end for real.

SECTION 2: Or Whilst Thou Write Like One?

Good news and bad news! I already have one story for my upcoming Christmas project finished! The bad news is that my test audience didn't understand it, despite trying my best to make it easy to understand. I think they took the phrase "Bible fanfiction" a little too literally. Oh well, I don't really care anyway. My target audience was always just me. There's another one I'm writing, but I'm a little stuck at the moment. Once that one's finished, I'll have one other story to write before I work on all the in-between stuff. Uh that's all I have to say about that one.

SECTION 3: School's (Almost) Out Again

It's the latter half of November, which means I have about two weeks left of actual school, then three weeks of vacation. One of my classes is actually finished for the year, technically (we're not meeting anymore but there are still assignments due), which means I can now save an extra 90 minutes of sleep every Tuesday and Thursday. I also have all my classes registered for next semester, and I think there's a better schedule. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, three classes on the first two, only one on the third, and two online classes.

-CONCLUSION-

No birthdays, I don't think, so this month's entry is pretty brief. Anyway, next month will be my favorite time of the year because it will be a certain holiday that starts with Chris and ends with tmas. I can't wait, y'all. Eat your turkeys and enjoy Super Mario RPG!

Well, how fitting that I'm fashionably late for the second anniversary of the fashionably late ZoZo's Spooky Adventure. Welcome to October, the month in which I seem to be busiest for some reason. Between a birthday, Riptober, school, and the possibility of a relative staying for a while, October always seems to be full of surprises for me. That being said, let's get straight into this.

SECTION 1: How Many Self-Inserts You Got, Idiot?

Only two, possibly three. Oh, there's a fourth one, too, but you'll meet her very soon. However, October happens to have the most confirmed birthdays out of any month for ZZBA. Let's start with the most important first. TC and Alice Strider were born on October 11, 2003, in their universe. Of course, I need not get into the specifics of their lives. They practically are the story. That is to say, there's not really any hidden backstory or anything... yet. They wear their backstories on their sleeves. A day before the Striders were born was the ectogenesis of Kamaea and Porrim Maryam-Lalonde, in the same hospital. Unfortunately, this was one of those wrong-place-wrong-time situations, as on the eve of October 11, raiders from the Slave State of Eden abducted as many female infants as they could find to be raised as slaves. Alice, Kamaea, and Porrim were all victims of this treachery. Unfortunately, Hinawa Strider was asleep when it all went down and hardly noticed the events that transpired. Thankfully, Alice and Porrim were rescued, the former by her mother's cousins, Zeorge and Zabrina Zoestar, and the latter by her parents. That left poor Kanaya to grow up in the slave trade, before her freedom was purchased years later by two Mafiosos: Brandola and Care Bear. To repay her debt, she became their maid, which was like slavery, but you get a salary and a handsome tip. On the 4th of October 2004, Nixtopolis was born... or was he? The circumstances of his birth are quite peculiar, so we shall save that topic for another day. In the other universe, Hinawa and Wendy Lalonde were born on October 11, 2005 (January 21 in Earth C-117). They also have peculiar circumstances. Like Kamaea and Porrim, they were born through ectobiology. The two were told that their mother, Romy/Zelda Lalonde, died shortly after giving birth, and Wendy was taken in by Zeorge and Zitsuko Zoestar after getting abducted by terrorists from Zachylvania who may have killed their mother. However, this has since been, how you say, retconned. Be warned, there are spoilers. TC lied to his daughters to protect them. Romy was actually a person of interest for a rogue group of Plumbers called the Psychonauts. They had experimented on her mind and her chain of memories, affecting the memories of everyone connected to her, including TC Lalonde and their daughter, Lillian. By the time TC and Romy remembered their past, it was too late, and the Psychonauts returned. Since the Psychonauts seemed to believe that Wendy would inherit Verdona Tennyson's Anodite blood (likely how the Chiledren of Freedum came to this conclusion, too), she entrusted her cousin Zitsuko to take care of her. Hinawa and Lillian would remain with TC, until the latter's death just two years later. Speaking of...

SECTION 2: So No Head?

This year marks the second anniversary of ZoZo's Spooky Adventure: The Mystery of the Horseless Headman, the first epilogue for Starstruck Crushaders, and the first epilogue to ever be released before the story it's meant to be an epilogue to is even finished. Don't quote me on that last one though, I'm sure more epilogues like that exist. A lot gets explored in that story, such as Hinawa's past, Zohnny's relationship with Kim, hell, even Crenando and Astrid have more to do than just be there in this story. Even Susie Brady, who was created solely as a plot device for Part 3, gets a little characterization based on her namesake. We learn of a third Lalonde daughter, Lillian, and her boyfriend, Varik Dreemurr. The two, deceased, must reunite with each other as specters before they fade away on the thirteenth anniversary of their deaths. And reunite they do, giving birth to what is called a PURITY SOUL. You know, I'm thinking of writing an epilogue for this epilogue soon. A very short one, that will help set up some important events that will happen during Phase 2, so keep an eye out for that.

SECTION 3: What Else Has Been Going On?

Well, the usual. School, no job, blah blah blah. Riptober's coming along pretty great. There's only three days left, and I haven't missed a single one. In fact, one of my "rips" this year is ZZBA related. It's a reanimated version of "[S] John: Mental breakdown." from Homestuck, but with TC. Check it out here. Anyway, I've begun work on the next project, a Christmas anthology. I've already begun work on two of the stories, and I expect most of one of them to be complete by this Tuesday... mainly because I decided to use it as one of my Creative Writing class's stories lol. Seagull hasn't contacted me for a while, I'm starting to get a little worried. It's been well over a year since we went to court. Oh well, she probably hasn't been able to easily extract all the footage yet. But don't you worry. The moment she does, I'll be here, waiting. Oh, and I am the funny 9 + 10 number now! Yay I can drink the hand sanitizer juice! But I still won't because it tastes like hand sanitizer! I got Jedi: Survivor as one of my gifts, as well as a bunch of Kingdom Hearts jewellry/keychains, so that's cool.

-CONCLUSION-

Isn't this October really eventful? I guess it makes sense, now that I've reached the big Two-One. Well, I'll be back next month, and there's not really any important birthday that month, either. Oh, and I forgot to mention that last month was also Iceman's birthday, but honestly who cares? It's not like he became a temporary main antagonist in some Big Lipped Alligator Moment in Part 3 after a botched ritual sent him straight to the Fourth Wall. Well, ciao.

Happy Beetlejuice Rusty Cock Day, to all who celebrate. Technically it's the day after as I'm writing this, but whatever. It's the observed version. Anyway, not a whole lot of news, per se, but there is going to be a lot to talk about regarding two characters. That's right, just like in June, we've got two birthdays in one month! But hang on tight, because next month's even crazier. Anyway, the two birthdays this month are Liz Lalonde, born 9/16, and Aris Undyrope, born 9/28. So grab on to your groin, give it a squeeze or two perhaps, and honk that rusty pipe, because here we go! (note to self: never do that again)

SECTION 1: An Empress

Both these characters aren't exactly the most important in the ZZBA saga, but there's enough to say about them to warrant separate paragraphs. First, we'll start with the pseudo Firebender herself. Empress Liz Lalonde was born as a princess, becoming the heir to the Fire Nation throne at a young age. During that time, someone or something jinxed her into speaking and typing with very slurred speech, just like her mother, until she quotes verbatim Princess Peach's letter at the beginning of Super Mario 64. There's not a whole lot known about the rest of Liz's childhood, though, likely because the Fire Nation tends to keep what happens within its borders a secret to outsiders. That's not to say things don't leak out from time to time, and 90% of the time it's because of Liz (the other 10% is Danros). There are a few things we know about Liz from before Part 1. First is that, being the daughter of Dirk Strider and Roxy Lalonde, Liz is the prima of TC and ZoZo, as well as the tía of Kamaea and Porrim. Why am I using Spanish here? Second, she was Mysteo's moirail prior to the Mysteo's encounter with TC, though now all three are very close friends. Thirdly, she was arranged to marry a young man named Chris Kent, who she never really like all that much. In fact, it's revealed in Part 3 that she actually had him executed over an argument, meaning she was eager to get rid of him from day one. Though she claims to be a Firebender, this is merely a way to cover up the use of her Stand, [Kiss from a Rose]. After that reveal, her role basically turned into "mentor for new Stand users," then goofy side character who casually brings up executing her husband in conversations about making up with an angry sibling.

SECTION 2: A Knight

Aris, in my opinion, is an underutilized character. So you might be asking why I don't just use her more often, seeing as I am the author. The answer is because I don't really know how or where to use her. I tried to use her more in Parts 2 and 3, being the comedic rival to Mysteo in the former and being a sassy warrior in the latter, but... I don't know, man, I just feel like there's a lot of potential, especially when her past is shrouded in such mystery, like Mysteo. I have ideas, but you'll just have to wait and see them implemented (it's gonna be part of that CORTX project I keep mentioning). I also kinda want to explore her friendship with Romy. How did they become so close? Was it their shared experiences as part of Project RS? Or maybe Romy couldn't find anyone else to turn to during the seven months that TC and Chara were missing? As I said, a lot of potential. She'll also be starring in a segment (my second favorite segment, in fact) of an upcoming pseudo anthology, featuring some other characters, so stay tuned for that.

SECTION 3: Wakey Wakey, It's Time for Schoo
One month in and my opinions regarding my classes hasn't really changed much. My Fiction classes are practically the same in that the bulk of them are just talking about what we read, the only difference is that Brit Fic has entire books that are kind of boring, and Am Fic has short stories with woke gender pronouns (lol jk, it was bait tony zaret moment). Archeology is still equal parts fascinating and boring, Spanish isn't quite as bad as I thought it would be but I still need to remember most of the words I learned in my last two semesters, and Creative Writing is actually pretty fun. I've already written two stories, with a third currently in progress. The first was about a dream I had involving a crocodile that loved affection and games as much as she hated a party boat called "Capitalism." The second was about a kid who may or may not have befriended a ghost of another kid who was strangled to death by her father. The prompt for my third story was just to write a bunch of little details until eventually there's an entire landscape at your disposal, and somehow I ended up turning it into a romcom. What?

-CONCLUSION-

There will be big things next month, as I will be turning 21, TC, ZoZo, Kamaea, and Porrim will be turning 20, Nixtopolis will be turning 19, and Hinawa and Zohnny will be turning 18. Also, there will be big things coming for ZZBA's future, as well. As much as I would've liked to get the CORTX project done this year, I don't think it's gonna happen. There's simply far too much that needs to be done. At least the website's up, if you want to try and find it, but good luck. I've hidden it pretty well. Instead, look forward to the holiday season. That's all for me this month, next time we meet I'll be drinking not alcohol because that stuff tastes disgusting. Ciao.

Greetings once again, my dear readers. As I am writing this, I am now in my second week of school, and let's just say we have much to discuss. Don't worry, this time it's really good, I promise. No more death or anything like that. A lot has happened this month, and I can't wait to share it all with you.

SECTION 1: Funeral? I Hardly Know Heral!

As it turns out, we did not end up going to my cousin's memorial. Due to the unfortunate timing, it was clear that most of us couldn't go because of school and all that. I also couldn't go for financial reasons. It was just going to be my mom and my brother. But prices for flights just got higher and higher, so ultimately no one went. And from what I hear, it was probably for the best. Don't get me wrong, I love my cousin and her family, but this memorial I hear was just... bizarre. And also, knowing that side of my family, it was probably just gonna turn into a drinking fest anyway, no offense. Instead, I have decided to keep her in my memory through Pumpstablook, her old flute that I have been in possession of since Christmas 2017, and potentially a Mii that might be on the Wii I also got from her family, but I haven't booted it up in a while so I don't remember if there is one (I'm just gonna assume there likely is).

SECTION 2: School of... Not Rock, I Guess

Last week, I began my first semester at Purdue Fort Wayne. I had spent the previous semesters at Daytona State, working toward my associate's. Not anymore. Now things are getting serious, as I now have to work for my bachelor's. My path has been decided. I am majoring in English. Though, looking at my portfolio, this was probably never a surprise to anyone. I've got five classes at the moment, three of which are helping me progress toward my degree. There's Contemporary American Fiction, which is basically American short stories from the '70s to now; 20th Century British Fiction, which is rather self-explanatory; Archaeology of Violence and Conflict, which has been quite interesting so far yet so boring; Spanish, because I've already done two semesters of it so it wouldn't make sense to start over with a new language; and Creative Writing, which is probably going to be my favorite. We've already begun writing things, with our first prompt being to take a dream we had once and turn it into a story. As you all may already know, I am infamous for having strange, silly, vivid dreams, so this was simultaneously easy and hard for me. I eventually settled on a dream in which there was a crocodile who loved piggyback rides and was a local celebrity, but absolutely hated Capitalism (which was a party boat, for some reason), and would slaughter everyone and everything in sight if she saw it.

SECTION 3: "What About ZZBA?" You Ask Me for the Millionth Time

Nothing really to report on as far as the overall story goes. I did have a really good idea for Part 4, but I'm not sharing that here. It's a secret to everyone. I also decided that I wasn't gonna have every CORTX Archive document be a Word document, because that wouldn't make any sense, either. There's gonna be PowerPoints, videos, audio, Text documents, and I think that's it. Just needed some more variety. Oh, and I made some more tracks! The first is a more relaxing piece, a cover of the Chocobo theme from Final Fantasy and "Lazy Afternoons" from Kingdom Hearts. The second is a remake of "Rainbow Drinkers VS Dio Brando." Both tracks served to also be a test for something I've never done before: soft clipping. That way, if I mix the instruments and adjust the soft clipper just right, I can avoid frequent clipping without having to sacrifice volume. It's the answer to all my prayers and more. You can listen to them here and here.

-CONCLUSION-

The rest of the year is gonna be quite busy. Outside of school, I'm gonna schedule a driving test, because I think I'm ready now. I think I'll also make other appointments, specifically for a dentist and a podiatrist. I also still need to find a job. I applied for AMC, but they haven't gotten back to me yet. Speaking of, on Sunday I got to see the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie with my sisters, and it was pretty good. Not the best movie this year, and not even the best animated movie, but a very good time filled with laughs, suspense, and emotion. And the artstyle was really good, too. Honestly, I just find it refreshing to see a movie that was neither mediocre at best nor a cinematic masterpiece. Normal movies are back, baby! Well, I'll see you all next month. I can't wait until then, because it will be fall. And fall is my favorite season.

Hey guys. Kept you waiting, huh? I don't really know what I'm supposed to write here, life feels like it's moving while simultaneously not. It's a most peculiar phenomenon. Well, gotta write something. So, i'll keep things rather brief, but not too brief.

SECTION 1: Looks Like We Made It

It finally happened. I have one rip on SiIvaGunner. It's the battle theme from Zelda II, and the joke is "Savior of the Waking World." Pretty clever, if I do say so myself. Of course, I've still been submitting to VvvvvaVvvvvvr frequently, too. On top of that, Iam now a proud father... of a domestic medium hair. That's right, baby, I've got me a sweet little kitten. Well, I use the term "sweet" rather loosely. He's very cute, but all he ever seems to do is eat, sleep, poop, and attempt to eat me... so just like a real toddler! His name is Lucas, because his birthday is April 20, which we all know is MOTHER 3's anniversary. Still no job, though there's a strong possibility I'll end up doing work study. The end of next month is when I'll start my junior year of college, and I, for one, cannot wait.

SECTION 2: Other Happenings

As of today, July 30, my youngest brother is now 15. I just can't believe it's been so long already. He'll be playing on his school's football team, too, so that'll be very exciting. And now for some rather unfortunate news. Over a month ago, I lost someone. My cousin, Chloe, was tragically killed in a car accident. You may know her as the person who inspired Pumpstablook in Part 3. There might be a chance we'll be going to Oregon soon, seeing as her birthday's in August and there's a possibility that there will be some sort of celebration of life event, but we'll see what happens. On the plus side, my crazy tweaker neighbor across the street from me got arrested last night. Yeah, I never brought him up, but he was a basket case and a half. When we moved in, he told my mom that someone died in our house, which is whatever, people die everywhere so it's statistically likely someone would have died a long time ago in your new abode. Later he held our cat captive for a few days, and now last night he shot his gun (which, with his mental state, he really shouldn't have), and I don't think anyone was hurt, but the police showed up about an hour later and escorted him away. I hope he gets help, or if he did then I hope he continues, but as they say in the old country, "f*ck around and find out." We also went to Cedar Point recently, and I'll be honest... it wasn't the worst theme park I've been too, it was actually pretty cool, but it was probably the most miserable I've ever felt. The sun, despite only being in the 80s, was extremely hot and powerful, leading me (among others) to get copious amounts of sunburns. My shoulders and back were in so much pain for days after that.

-CONCLUSION-

With my 21st birthday just on the horizon, a little over two months away, and school resuming very soon, life is going to change a lot in a bit. As you all may remember, things were looking up for us about a year ago. My dad got offered a good job, and eventually we made an offer on a house that took forever to get but I digress. Well, we've been holding up exceedingly well as of late. Also I forgot to mention this earlier, but my cousin got a puppy, too. Well, I'll let you know if anything more exciting happens next month.

Two birthdays, one month. Today, on 6/12, we do not celebrate Homestuck, nor do we celebrate the events that transpired last year which I still retain no memory of outside of the entries that were left behind. We're celebrating two birthdays: Kim Probable, born on 6/9, and Mysteo, born on 6/19. Technically there is a third, whose birthday is this exact date, however she canonically does not exist yet. Because their birthdays were within the same month, I decided to meet halfway, choosing the funny Homestuck day instead. So, without further ado, let us begin.

SECTION 1: Queen of Twelve One-Winged Angels with Shotguns

We'll start this off with the first of the two to be introduced, Mysteo. Not much is known about the circumstances of her birth. She has no record of ever having parents, she doesn't have a surname of any kind, it almost seems like she just showed up one day. Of course, there is a reason for all this, but we'll get to that. Her childhood is also not known that much, except to one organization: the Cult of Ice. The reason they know about her childhood is because of the same reason not much is known of her birth, if she even had one. What is known is that she would befriend two girls in particular: Akira "Kira Yagami" Kuwin and Liz Lalonde, the latter of which would become one of her closest friends. She would bump into TC Strider one fateful afternoon and blah blah blah you all know the rest. I covered this topic in the stories like, what, four different times at least? TC and Mysteo became unlikely moirails, closer than most platonic relationships. However, as the years went by, the two would slowly drift apart. TC had a girlfriend, and even spent a lot of time trapped inside of a Celestialsapien body. Mysteo was often left with the others, quite literally pushed into becoming a side character instead of a main one. Heads up, here come the spoilers. In Part 3, it was revealed that Mysteo was an Angel, and thus she was sought after by Chara Brady, who wished to initiate Instrumentality. After her demise, with the thanks of Lil Cal's corruption, Mysteo decided she had enough of being pushed to the side, and would force her way into becoming a main character again, but not as a good guy. Through rage, determination, and a lust for power, she had successfully usurped Chara, becoming the new main antagonist. But all that power made her far too unstable, and the omniverse itself was in jeopardy. What happens next? Well, you'll just have to read the stories to find out.

SECTION 2: All the Girlies are Gay for Kim

Kim Probable, born Kimberly Rose Holiday, is probably one of my favorite characters. Not because she was based on one of the first people I could easily call my best friend (and possibly a crush, too), but because she's just such a goofy character. I feel like I knocked it out of the park with my first (third, technically, because I forget Sam and Bekrboi exist... probably for the best) openly gay character, because she just oozes with the exact chaotic energy of a terminally online Tumblr teen. She lived a mostly normal life, until she accidentally fell into a particle accelerator during a field trip in middle school, sending her all the way to another universe. There, she instantly became best friends with TC Strider, but then she ended up back in her universe. Weird. Guess her atoms didn't really vibe with C-117. In her home universe, her new best friend was Hinawa Lalonde, TC's counterpart. She would seemingly develop a crush on her, despite her heterosexuality. As it turns out, it was merely a ruse, as Kim--though still a lesbian, don't get her wrong--never had feelings for her best friend at all. She was using it to hide the fact that she had a Stand... though I fail to see the logic of that. I think she just really wanted to mess with Hinawa, personally. She would end up dating Hinawa's sister, Zohnny, however. Honestly, they seem perfect for each other. After all, Zohnny also exudes chaotic energy, though a different kind: the exaggerated swagger of a bisexual tradcath horse girl.

SECTION 3: Coming Up in My Life

I get to go to my school again. This Friday's orientation, and I'm pretty excited. Plus I get to skip a whole chunk of it because I already spoke with my advisor. Still looking for a job, still hoping for a cat. I got to see Across the Spider-Verse on Saturday, and I'm pleased to announce that it is quite possibly one of the greatest films ever created. It's just as good, if not even better, than its predecessor. The worst part about it is that waiting for the third part is gonna feel like an eternity now. Either way, if you haven't seen it yet, then do it. Do it now. I command you to, and you will do as I say, because I wrote a ~130k word fanfic trilogy and you didn't.

-CONCLUSION-

Feels like June just started and it's already almost halfway through. Though it isn't quite summer yet. I've honestly got a tiny bit of writer's block, I don't really know where to take things from here quite yet. But I have hope I'll figure something out. I'll grow the patience to write a kid's diary that covers events over the course of about five years, even if I end up doing a bunch of timeskips. Be prepared, because what I have in store is quite beautiful. See you next month.

Well, because nothing really of note happens in May, I decided to wait until the very last day to write something. Hooray! Spring is here, summer is near, and my allergies are brutally murdering me relentlessly. That may have been an exaggeration. Regardless, welcome to this month's entry, in which I probably have nothing to write about. I hope you're prepared for what may or may not go down.

SECTION 1: The ZZBA Stuff

I'm still having a little trouble trying to figure out what to do from here on out. I have a lot of ideas, but some of them can't really be executed until I finish my other ones, which is really a shame. The other ones I feel would be more fitting to begin writing during a specific time of the year. I will say, however, I have been working on remastering some of my older arrangements for this series, as you've no doubt already seen before with "A Little Black Parade" and "Battle Against an Undying Puppet." Well, a third song has joined that group: "Mysterious Onlooker." It's not nearly as different from its original iteration compared to the other two, with pretty much every instrument being the same, and very few tweaks to the arrangement itself. If you'd like, you can listen to the new version here.

SECTION 2: Gamer Time

Since Jedi: Survivor has recently released, and I have no money, I've been playing Fallen Order lately, kind of as a quick catching up. I'm pretty far into the game, as I had just defeated Taron last night. On top of that, I beat him in just two attempts, which means that either a) playing on keyboard and mouse improves control, or b) playing every Kingdom Hearts game last year paid off. Could be both, even. I've been submitting a lot of high quality video game rips lately, mostly to VvvvvaVvvvvvr, but I've also submitted one to TimmyTurnersGrandDad fairly recently, and it got approved. It's a rip of "Scherzo Di Notte" from Kingdom Hearts. Also, keep an eye out for something really special next month on the vgmtdaalz07 channel, something I got to be a part of.

SECTION 3: What Else?

Well, no luck on the job search so far. Really need to find something because I really want to play Tears of the Kingdom. As for school, things are going pretty well so far. I've got an appointment with an academic advisor tomorrow, and later this month is my orientation. Things are finally falling into place, and I for one can't wait.

-CONCLUSION-

Oh boy, there are at least two birthdays next month. I can't write two blog entries, that's only for April. Maybe I'll do something on 6/12 because funny Homestuck number? Who knows? Well, I'll figure it out. Until then, see you next month.

It is April 13, and today marks 17 years since Neil was banging out the tunes. Also there was some webcomic or something, but that's not important. We've already gone into a lot of detail about Homestuck and how it impacted my life back in 2021. However, something really important in regards to ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure happens to be on this date. Can you guess what it is? Of course you can't, I haven't made that information publicly available yet! It's Chara Brady's birthday!

SECTION 1: The Birthday Girl

Be warned, there are spoilers in this section. Let me ask you this: how does a not bastard (though she wishes she was), orphan, daughter of a whore, and a Greek chick, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Inland Northwest by dead parents impoverished in squalor, grow up to be a villain and a hero (but probably not a scholar)? Sorry about that. What I meant was, how does a minor character, initially serving as nothing more than a plot device, eventually grow to become both main antagonist and redeemed deuteragonist? Well, let's take a look at her life. As we all know, Chara Brady was born to D'arby and Hailey Brady on April 13, 2003. For most of her life, Chara was impoverished, thanks to her gambling drunkard of a father and her failing actress of a mother. Eventually, her mom killed herself, and her dad dropped dead from a heart attack, which left her sad and alone. Then the Zoestars found her, taking her in as one of their own. You see, the Zoestars were millionaire philanthropists who took pride in adopting children whenever they could, though so far they had only adopted two. Chara never knew such riches were possible to achieve, so naturally, she wanted it all for herself. She tried to kill her new family, couldn't bring herself to do it, and cried herself to sleep. The next day, it was like nothing happened, and she couldn't remember a thing. As mentioned before, the Zoestars had another adopted daughter, named Zonathan. She and Chara would become very close friends, and soon Chara was enrolled into Kan High, a rather prestigious high school. There, she met her second friend ever, Romy McMellon. Their friendship would continue to blossom well into 9th grade, when suddenly, the night before Ranime 413, Chara remembered her failed murder attempt. She confessed her sin to her family and ran off before they could even process what she had said. That was the night the Illuminati got her. Of course, by the end of Part 1, she was rescued, and continued living with her best friend, Romy. Then came the sort of scavenger hunt(?) from Part 2, which led them to Castlevania. There, during a battle against Dio Brando, Chara remembered her horrid childhood, and when the fight was over, she used the Stone Mask to become a vampire, essentially forcing herself to become the seed of Dio. This led to her becoming the main antagonist of Part 3, though she still showed signs of humanity. After all, her SOUL was being held hostage by her body, when all it wanted to do was pass on. This would last until another character went insane: Mysteo. Mysteo had singlehandedly dethroned Chara as the new main antagonist, and eventually (here's where the spoilers come) she even killed Chara, essentially restoring her humanity by force. After reconciling with her sister and friends, she would help join the final fight. And that's where it ends for now.

SECTION 2: But Who Is Chara?

Huh? Did I not just go over that? Oh, wait. You meant who was she inspired by. Well, it's kind of a funny story. There was a girl who was briefly in my 9th grade class for about a semester. Her name was Charis (pronounced cheh-riss, kinda weird, I know). I didn't actually know her all that much, she was just sort of there. However, a funny observation I made was that three girls in the class--who all happened to be new students--happened to have a sort of "eh-riss" sound in their names: Aris, Charis, and... Romy. That last one was because of her last name, Bekeris. Anyway, that's where the idea for "Project RS" came from. Other than that, my other main inspirartion for Chara was Straizo from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Straizo was a secondary character in Phantom Blood, serving as an ally of Jonathan Joestar. Sometime between Parts 1 and 2, Straizo put on a Stone Mask, becoming a vampire like Dio did. He would be a minor antagonist in the beginning of Part 2, though he was easily defeated by Joseph Joestar. I wondered, "What if Straizo was the main antagonist of Part 2?" And that's basically what Chara is in Part 3.

SECTION 3: What's Going On?

It's hot in this midwest!!! I'm honestly kinda stoked, but I was hoping there'd be more of an easing in, y'know? We basically jumped from 40-50 degrees to 70-80 degrees. How did that happen? Well, I guess if there's one thing I can learn from this, it's that Indiana sure isn't Idaho, haha. Uh, let's talk about April Fool's a bit. The songs I chose to make high quality rips of were chosen simply because I had the FLPs for them still. Except for the Memory duo, those were chosen because I already made them. In total, there were nine rips. If I were to squeeze in a 10th, it would have been the "Hey Jude" lo-fi cover, but I decided against it because I felt it was already rip-like enough. I mean, it's a lo-fi beat that transitions into breakcore halfway through. That's the definition of "bait-and-switch." "Wizdom of the World" was also neglected because I couldn't even think of a joke for that one. But this wasn't the only April Fool's joke I did. I also made a Weezer Lick Fusion on my main YouTube, which is a great transition into this: I made an awesome cover of "Chaos Angel Act 3." You can check it out here, and please, try the fish.

-CONCLUSION-

Well, next year is the 15th anniversary of Homestuck. Perhaps then I might have something special in store. I really wanted to do a Homestuck themed Weird Al style polka medley, but it seems someone already beat me to the punch... two years ago. Oh well, guess I'll have to think of something else by then. That's all for this month, so remember kids: Jade's dog dick is not canon, only Bowser is allowed to have a dog dick, my dad SimpleFlips told me so it must be true. Bye bye!

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Okay, in all seriousness, I've done it. I've completed the first volume of the ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure soundtrack... but then most of the files got corrupted. Not to worry, as nine songs were able to be recovered, and I've now uploaded them to YouTube. Be sure to check them out using that link from before, and remember to read all three parts of the ZZBA saga, now fully completed for now. That's all for today, until next we meet. May your [HeartShapedObject] be your [[Hyperlink Blocked]].

Not a whole lot has been happening lately, so I doubt I'll be able to write much. Plus it's March. What kind of exciting things happen in March? Sure, there's St. Patrick's Day, but what do I talk about? The fact that I'm more Irish than my parents? How the hell am I supposed to stretch that out for a whole blog? There's Purim, but I'm not Jewish, and there's Ramadan, but I'm not a Muslim. I decided to pick fun date to write this blog on: 3/23/23, or 32323. Kinda silly, but I like it. After all, it won't be 32323 for another century.

SECTION 1: Slow Progress

I haven't been able to get much done with Phase 2 yet, simply because I don't really know what to do yet. The CORTX Archives saga is something I've wanted to come out first, but it's hard trying to write several short stories, especially when one of them is supposed to take place over the course of five years, written almost entirely as entries in a diary. My idea has always been the laziest idea, that being timeskips, but I feel that wouldn't be very satisfying to read. And again, that's just one of the stories. I've barely even begun to think of the others yet. If things get too drastic, I might have to save this project for the end of Phase 2, rather than the beginning, and I've even toyed with the idea of making it a three-part project instead of a two-part project, thanks to a certain surprise character I came up with. As for the other Phase 2 stories, I want those to be a bit more relevant when they release, as in I want ZZBC to release during the holiday season and RoJ to release during the elections or something. So I don't really want to start working on them yet.

SECTION 2: So What Have You Been Doing?

Mostly job searching, if even that. Can't really find anywhere that isn't Kroger, so I might just have to go with that. Speaking of, did you know that Fred Meyer, of all stores, is owned by Kroger? That's insane, like imagine Winn-Dixie buying Big Lots. As for ZZBA related stuff, I've mostly been recreating older songs which don't have FLPs, from the ground up. I started with "A Little Black Parade," and then I did "Battle Against an Undying Puppet" after that. I wonder which song I should do next? I'm thinking "Your Friendly Neighborhood Satan," a song I think is long overdue for an overhaul.

SECTION 3: Gamer Moment

As a fan of a lot of video games, I'd say I've been eating good lately. I recently got Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, and am currently playing through the Extra Mode. On top of that, Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games have arrived on the Nintendo Switch, so I've also been playing Metroid Fusion a lot lately, too. Unfortunately, the 3DS and Wii U eShops are closing soon, but whatevs. I got my 3DS modded already. I just wish there was a way I could install games to the 3DS itself and not the SD card. It would save a lot of space. As a Kirby fan, I'm eating good, as a Nintendo fan, I'm eating good, and surprisingly as a Sonic fan, I'm eating good. Yesterday saw the release of Sonic Frontiers' first DLC update, adding bonus challenges and other fun stuff. And today they just freaking shadow dropped an expansion to Sonic Origins that adds Amy, a playable Knuckles in Sonic CD, and a bunch of Game Gear games? Okay, Sega. Apparently it was leaked like last night or something, and I had actually heard of an earlier leak, though was unsure if it was real or just guessed everything, but still. Also, might as well throw this in here, but I also got accepted into Purdue. That's freaking sick. Though, I must confess, I will be a Mastodon and not a Boilermaker, because apparently the different campuses have different teams for some reason.

-CONCLUSION-

I promise you guys, more exciting things are gonna happen. Just enjoy this rest, we've earned it. Now the question remains: what will I do for April Fool's this year...?

You know, I normally don't do these blogs for character birthdays. You know, unless it's the characters who share my birthday. Or a special 18th birthday takeover that I'm not supposed to remember yet I wrote down anyway. But I felt like this year, it was a good time to shed some light on some other characters. Especially as we're making the transition from Phase 1 to Phase 2, where, admittedly, we probably won't see a whole lot of said characters. And since we've already given Romy her own takeover last year, why not start with who is quite possibly the second most important character in the saga thus far, Bail?

SECTION 1: The Life of One Miss Harley

Heads up, this section will include some NEVER BEFORE REVEALED lore content, a sort of... "recontextualization," if you will. Many of this information was written in the WIP wiki, so it's not NEW new information. Just stuff I never mentioned before. Today, the 22nd of February, marks the birthday of Zelda "Bail" Jade Harley, daughter of Astrid Harley and Halexander Egderp. She was born in 2003, making her 20 years old, along with her twin brother, Jonathan Pliskin Egderp. When both children were young, their parents divorced, so they grew up unaware of each other's existence. Bail ended up in the custody of Astrid. When she was six, she met TC for the first time, but didn't know until about a decade later. Of course, we all know how it went down. They recreated the romantic spaghetti dinner scene from Disney's Lady and the Tramp, got tattled on, and were punished by their parents. Or at least TC did, we don't really know if Bail did. When she grew older, she enrolled in the FBI's Espionage Children program, where she met Sam the Chair. They were often paired together, but every so often, Bail would go alone. Case in point: Professor Xtra Sprinkles, Again, we all know what went down. Crazy ableist lunatic murdered the disabled and cooked their meat into donuts, Bail confronted him and had him committed. Her one regret is that she didn't kill him personally. In Part 1, she met TC (again). Her final mission in the Espionage Children program was to take down the Illuminati, but there was so much she didn't know. Yet all she didn't know, TC did. She was originally planning on using him much like how Clarice used Hannibal in The Silence of the Lambs, but soon became less focused on the conspiracy and more focused on TC himself. She found him to be more enigmatic than the Illuminati ever could be. And so, she sorta fell in love. When she revealed her true motive of retaking the Confederate States, TC was totally on board. In the end, the Illuminati was defeated, Bail's plan was successful, and she started dating TC. In Part 2, Bail doesn't have too big of a role, mostly playing the part of a "hostage" who's secretly taking note of every little detail she sees to help prepare for a super effective military strike. And finally, we have Part 3. Bail's role is so huge that I can't even list it all in detail, especially without spoiling anything. Just know that this starts off with her getting a Stand and ends with her cementing her spot as a key part of the narrative.

SECTION 2: A Confession

I've mentioned this before, but when I was in high school, I used to have a decently big crush on a girl. Her name was Bailey, and yes, she was the direct inspiration for Bail. It's also her birthday, her 21st, to be exact. Though it didn't start out that way, eventually the ZZBA series briefly became a story that effectively shipped myself with a girl I liked. And that's why my feelings began to fade. Because I made genuine feelings into nothing more than a meme. And those feelings did fade, and I felt a little ashamed with what I've done. Now that girl is married, and I'm so happy for her, but it just makes my shame worse. I've always tried to make the excuse that now, at this point, my characters have become less stand-ins for real people and more their own characters, but even still it just feels weird. But I had to roll with it. What else was I to do? Rewriting everything from the ground up wasn't an option, because I was in too deep. I think I made things work out in the end, but there's still a little part of me that cringes every time I think about what this whole thing used to represent. I'm sorry if I hurt anyone, but just know it was all in good fun, and my intentions were well, I think? Entertainment is good, right? Anyway, I hope you all understand where I'm coming from. I'm not a bad guy, really. Everyone had a cringy phase in their mid-teens.

SECTION 3: Life Goes On

After trying to see if I could get my hard drive fixed, I found that there was nothing I could do, unfortunately. Unless I take it to a repair shop or something, it's as good as dead. Truly a shame, this laptop doesn't have a whole lot of space. Thankfully, I was able to get the essentials back. FL Studio, Audacity, RPG Maker, Kingdom Hearts. So it's not all bad. My dog still continues to be a pain in the ass, even though we got him neutered. Heck, he still humps people for some reason. What an idiot. Let's see, what else...? Oh! I decided the best way to clear out some space on my Tomodachi Life island: Hunger Games. I think I went a little overboard, though, because I ended up deleting about half the island, separating countless couples. But we're rebuilding, slowly but surely. And hey, with Kylo Ren gone, Bail and TC have actually started dating lmao! I finished a "Hand in Hand" fusion last night, so all I need to do now is create some visuals. To those unaware, a "fusion" is a sort of genre of music in which someone (or a group of people, in the case of a "fusion collab") takes a song and recreates it in various different styles or genres. In the modern definition, a standard set by channels such as SiIvaGunner and TimmyTurnersGrandDad, the different styles tend to be from different video games, bands, TV shows, etc. I'd say one of the earliest examples of the modern fusion would be DM DOKURO's "g a r d e n," a sort of "Your Best Nightmare/Finale" fusion using games such as Sonic Advance 3 or EarthBound as a base for some parts. Oh, and as you may have noticed, some parts of our website have received a new coat of paint. That's right, we've got a new banner! My goal is to possibly make a unique banner for every page, but so far all I've got is the main banner and the "What is ZZBA" page, which includes a repurposed sketch of Hinawa from her original sketches.

-CONCLUSION-

It's a rather gloomy day here in Indiana, extremely rainy. It seems our winter is mostly just cold and sometimes wet, at least this year. I'll let you guys know when that "Hand in Hand" fusion project is finished, because I think it's really cool. Oh, and once again, the trial footage will be coming soon. Well, until next month, I'd like to say once again: happy birthday, Bail; happy birthday, Bailey; and goodnight, Tri-State Area.

Welcome to 2023. It's been 10 years since the last Grand Theft Auto game was released, 20 years since Sonic X began airing, and 30 years since the last year women knew how to cook. Today is January 26, which means it's ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure's 6th anniversary. The past couple years, we've had two takeovers, but this year we're gonna keep things cool. No more temporal leakage or whatever, no more parallel universes, it will be just us. Think of it like Gregory's Room, but without the comedic genius of seinfeldspitstain.

SECTION 1 - Trilogy Actually Complete

Last month, I mentioned that Part 3 was now complete. I lied. It's complete now, I just needed to write some epilogues. Just make sure that, when you reach the end, you take the time to truly appreciate the final artwork created to celebrate this victory. Now, I've gone into detail on ZZBA's history before, so I won't get too into that, but I'll still catch you guys up anyway. The initial concept of ZZBA was to make a fanfic parody that satirized what was undoubtedly the most popular ship in my class at the time. However, I felt bad for doing such a thing, even as a joke, so I quickly changed the plot to be about the Illuminati and stuff. Part 1, as the initial story would become after I got a little more into JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, began in January 2017 and ended around September/October 2018. After a short hiatus, Part 2 began. This was based on the initial premise of making the Fire Nation attack again, as it was mentioned they did prior to the events of Part 1. However, I had no sense of direction or any sort of idea as to how I would go about doing such a thing, so I instead changed the plot to be about the looming threat of lore between Dazelia and Eden. Even still, I mainly prioritized the "subplot" revolving ZoZo and her future daughter in Subconcia, simply because I liked their story much more (and still do). After rushing the ending (and most of the latter half) so that I could get it finished in time to try and get my friends to read it before I left that school forever, I immediately began Part 3 in June 2019. This would be a much more ambitious attempt at storytelling, with an emphasis on Frankenstein-ing already existing properties to create some grand adventure, as opposed to making a more original story, seeing as my previous attempts lacked any real sense of direction. Though, admittedly, Part 3 initially began much the same. I eventually got stuck, until I watched Evangelion during the fall of that same year. After gaining a new sense of direction, I decided to create an outline, so that I could never get stuck again. Eventually, the project turned into some strange version of Homestuck, using various elements from other properties--such as JoJo, Evangelion, and Undertale--to enrich the sort of lore. Things got extremely out of hand, to the point where I had to split the story into two volumes, and even considered adding a third. I even took a year-long hiatus (though, I used that time to write an epilogue before I even finished my outline). It's all finished now, and I'm happy it is. But the whole project took about 3.5 years to complete. Insane. Well, with all that said, it is time I came out and said this: ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure...

...isn't over yet. When you finish Part 3, be sure to remember to look for secrets ;P. Can you reconnect?

SECTION 2: Phase 2

Now it's time for the second phase of ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure. Note that this is not a release schedule, rather it is a list of what I plan to create during this time. This is where things will get very ambitious. My main priority is the CORTX Archives, a series of short stories that do nothing more than add more lore to this universe and serve as a sort of "second chance" for the Cult of Ice. There are two other stories I wish to write, though I am not sure when I want to write them. The first of which is called Rebern of Jebvangelion. It's mostly detached from the rest of the ZZBA universe, but it is still canon. The story is about Jeb Bush, who wins the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, which pisses off numerous people--especially Bernie Sanders. Jeb's presidency caused a second Civil War, between one man and a legion of mechs. The other will be called ZoZo's Bizarre Christmas: Days of Christmas Past. It's gonna be a WandaVision parody, but in a much different way that I'm excited to write. I also plan on remaking the first Part of ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure, with a completely overhauled plot akin to Final Fantasy VII Remake. I have other spin-off ideas, but I'm not sure how many of them I'll go through with, at least during this phase. The last one I want to mention, which is the most detached by far, will be called Hunt Down the Inu. I don't have many ideas on this so far, but it's going to involve a rivalry between Toby Fox and Junichi Masuda.

SECTION 3: Life Again

Bad things are happening, but good ones are, too. How about some ping pong between good and bad things? That could be fun. My order from Hot Topic finally arrived. It's a shirt of Sora's Dive to the Heart. My hard drive stopped working. I didn't lose much, since it mostly consisted of games, but that still sucks. I finally got my room decorated. Unfortunately, I'm also currently sick. Lastly, it snowed. That is both a good and bad thing (mostly the latter).

-CONCLUSION-

I am extremely excited to begin work on Phase 2, as this is truly going to be a major turning point. Also, for those who are curious, ZoZo's Spooky Adventure is neither Phase 1 nor Phase 2. It's a bridge between the two, kinda like Spider-Man: Far from Home. Also, I promise you I'll get that footage of the trial this year. I've just been... extremely busy. So has Seagull, who offered her help in getting that footage. I'll see you all next month.

2022 is coming to a close, and the new year will soon dawn. There's so much exciting news I'm happy to share. Wait, I just realized I started last month's blog by also saying something was coming to a close. Who knew? I figured I could also use this time as another sort of "year in review" type thing. Now, with all that out of the way, shall we begin? Let's get the biggest news out of the way.

SECTION 1: Trilogy Complete

As of today, December 31, 2022, Part 3 of ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure is now complete, finally after 3.5 years of writing. Though, that doesn't mean I'm entirely done with Part 3. I still have some epilogues to write, which I will in January. Regardless, the ZZBA trilogy, and thus Phase 1 of the ZZBA saga, is now complete, and I would like to thank you all for reading. Phase 2 will begin sometime in 2023, and will contain mostly side-stories focusing on new characters. There were a few concepts I wanted to do with Part 3, but never really could. For example, I wanted there to be a scene in which Paradox meets Erina and Annalise for, from his perspective, the first time. It would have taken place during the finale, but without spoiling much, this could not happen as said characters were not present. However, I might need to save that one for later. There's also the animation between the first two Act 6s, the sole reason I took a hiatus. I made an unfinished, rough storyboard full of incest jokes before I gave up on it because I can't animate. But don't worry, the Commercial Break animation will see the light of day someday.

SECTION 2: Apologies for the inconvenience

I noticed that the "READ ZZBA" page still said Part 3 was in the "Mega Micropau$e!" I fixed it. Sorry.

SECTION 3: How's Life Been Treating Ya?

Good, actually. I will be graduating with my associate degree, so that's pretty cool. Actually, I just got back from a vacation in California for Christmas, visiting family and such. Got some pretty cool presents, like Link's Awakening on Switch (I used to have the original Game Boy version when I was like 12, but my mom somehow didn't remember lol) and one of those LEGO Darth Vader helmet sculptures. For Hanukkah (which I also celebrate, despite not being Jewish), I got a bunch of art stuff, too, so expect more sketches this year. All in all, pretty good month.

SECTION 4: Recap, Please

In January, my Instagram account and this website once again got taken over, this time by Zonathan Zoestar (who I thought was my own creation, but whatever). She was doing this as a sort of birthday gift for Romy McMellon, but eventually they ended up in a simulated version of my room. More and more guests appeared, too. Turns out, this was an attempt by both TC Strider's Dream Ghost and Chara Brady (from Earth C-713, which is canonically the Kingdom Hearts universe, by the way) to bring back Earth C-117's TC Strider. This plan failed, and Chara sacrificed herself to restore her friends' memories. After I regained control, I lost memory of these events (except I documented them, so that's how I know they happened). The hiatus ended after a year, and I began writing once again, but then I got sued by LOLI, realizing their cease and desist didn't work last year. Don't worry, I'm still working with Seagull to get that footage. And that's about it. I kept writing, and then I finished Part 3 by the end of the year. Nothing else really happened. Kinda interesting.

-CONCLUSION-

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas. One of my Instagram alts, ytpmvelfdaily, has now entered its yearly hibernation until the next holiday season. Well, I for one am very excited for what 2023 holds. Happy Auld Lang Syne Day thing I guess, idk I'm not Scottish. No, wait, I am Scottish! Ethnic Scottish. On my dad's side.

Thanksgiving Day is coming to a close as I write this. Today we pay tribute to cranberry sauce. I think. I never tried cranberry sauce, so I couldn't really say. The Christmas season is upon us, as I contemplate whether or not I'm ready to bring back my @ytpmvelfdaily Instagram account. But before that, there's a few things we must go over. So then, shall we begin? That was a rhetorical question, by the way.

SECTION 1: Zee Zee Bee Ayy

It's finally happening. The thrilling conclusion to the first phase of ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure is coming to a close. We are in the final Act, the literal endgame. Act 6 Act 3 was literally the shortest Act by far (discounting Act 0), with only three chapters. So you can expect Act 7 to be a very long one, especially since I don't have any plans for an Act 7 Act 2. It's truly exciting. Almost 3.5 years ago, I began writing this third part, thinking this was going to be a simple ending to a trilogy that no one was going to read. It would be seven months after Part 2, Chara would be the main antagonist, and that was about all I had planned at that point. I quickly lost my direction, and it seemed like I was never going to find out how this would all transpire... until I watched Neon Genesis Evangelion in late 2019. Aside from giving me PTSD every time I hear Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus," it gave me a new sense of direction. And that's when the downward spiral began. I began incorporating the lore of the Angels into the plot, since it could tie in very well with the whole narrative of Chara's search for power. And then it hit me: what if I also turned it into Homestuck? The destructive properties of the Angels combined with the very nature of Sburb could be both a natural progression and utter chaos, but you know how much I value the latter. I also began an outline, just so I don't lose direction again. I was writing about the Sburb antics before I even got to the concert in the actual story, Earth C-489 before the trolls, and now? Now I have only a few key details for the endgame, because I want to make this one special. I want to go back to my roots. So please, do look forward to it.

SECTION 2: Wait, Is This the Emm See You Now?

You may have noticed my mention of Phase 1. So is there more in store for this story? Um, did you think everything in this trilogy was resolved? No way, man! Do you know how many weird plotholes and mysteries were made in just Part 3 alone? What's the deal with Hinawa Lalonde's mom? If she and TC Shiichisan met in the summer of 2005, how could they have had Hinawa and Zohnny in October of that same year? How would that explain Lillian's existence? I think someone's hiding something. Phase 2 is mostly going to be epilogues. There's the whole CORTX project I've been hinting at for the past few months, but there's also going to be a sort of sequel/reboot/whatever of my disowned poem. ZoZo's Bizarre Christmas. When that will happen, I don't know. Hopefully this holiday but if not then I might save it for the next one. I'd like to get Part 3 done before working any further on these projects. Then there's also that Jeb Bush fanfic that I think I've mentioned before, and, well, I don't want to spoil everything, but have you ever noticed that there's another timeline created in Part 3? Not the one that [SPOILERS] Bail created through her retcon, no. This one was created much earlier in the story. The doomed timeline, or what C-117 was like while Iceman had taken over the narrative. Remember, a whole year had passed. There'd be a lot going on that year with a vampire, a Witch of Doom, an Heir of Heart, and a mother of ~30 children at least all going after each other.

SECTION 3: What Model of Eggman's Robots is E-621?

Don't worry, this section has nothing to do with furry porn. I hate that website, anyway. Instead, we are here to celebrate a very important date. 1-9-9-2-1-1-2-4. These numbers have been memorized by many a Sonic fan, including myself. It is the cheat code to access debug mode in Sonic the Hedgehog 2. It also just so happens to be the North American release date of that very game. That's right, it's the 30th anniversary of the 3rd best Genesis Sonic game... wait, are we counting the Sega CD and 32X? Then it's the 4th best? Still 3rd? I don't know, it's a fun game. It's also the fastest out of all the original Sonic games. With Sonic 2's 30th anniversary also comes the 30th birthday of mayhaps the cutuest anthropomorphic fox ever conceived by mankind, Miles Prower. But you may call him Tails. Except, not quite. You see, Mr. Prower actually debuted in the 8-bit version of Sonic 2, which released a little over a month ago. But I'm willing to bet most Sonic fans at the time did not, in fact, have a Master System or Game Gear, or, at the very least, cared enough to get the 8-bit version over the 16-bit version. After all, it was all about them bits in the '90s. Why am I talking about it as if I was there? Anyway, happy birthday, Tails, and happy anniversary, Sonic 2.

SECTION 4: He Will Never Have Games

I have games. New ones, in fact. Sonic Frontiers. It's a fantastic game. haven't beaten it yet, but it's probably one of my favorites in the series now. I love the Kellin Quinn boss themes, I love the gameplay, I love that random Secret Rings homage on the second island, and I love Sage. It's pretty fun, but very jank. Thankfully, that's exactly what I want out of a Sonic game, so it gets an automatic 8/10 from me so far. But who knows if it'll bump up to a 9? Also, I've finally gotten the sequel to Psychonauts. Remember a while back when I was talking about how much I loved the original Psychonauts when I played it for the first time? Wait, did I? I can't find any mention of it. Well, anyway, I loved it so much, though it was very much a 6th generation video game, alright. Well, this sequel is really good. I just started playing it last night because I just bought it last night. Go play the Psychonauts games. They're good. They're also on sale. Do it. Now.

-CONCLUSION-

These are very exciting times. I wish not to spoil the surprises I have in store, so keep reading. Next month shall be the most wonderful time of the year. And then, the year shall end. See you then.

Well, it's official. I won the case. "Huh?" you ask. "What case?" Well, those LOLI guys from last April tried to sue me in a digital court that they created. The whole thing was rigged in their favor, and yet I still came out on top, thanks to that Seagull character. She's such a great hacker, and all she did was just bypass the court's encryption. Everything else was just her swaying the odds with facts and logic. I am allowed to tell you all of this because the NDA has expired, so the footage of the whole thing should appear sometime soon. Now then, where was I? Oh, right. Happy 55 Day! What is 55 Day? Well, it's the day where there's 55 days left until Christmas.

SECTION 1: I'm Putting the Life Section First, What a Rebel

As was foretold, I now have a new crib. And we own it this time. While I'm still not fully set up yet (I've got a bunch of wall decor to hang up and books to locate and sort), I've at least settled in. I finished the first half of my final semester before transferring to another college, so that's cool. Oh, and guess what? We've got a new puppy. He is a beabull (beagle + American bulldog) named Benicio del Toro, or Benny for short. He's really cute but he's certainly a puppy. Chewing up everything, pissing on all the carpets, you know, puppy stuff. He also loves to wrestle with my cat, Max, and specifically loves to bite his tail (probably because he doesn't know what a tail is, seeing as he lacks one). I also just finished this year's Riptober, hosted by the Ripping Resources Discord server. In case you forgot what that was, essentially you make a "high quality video game rip" (a track from a video game that has been edited to have some sort of "joke," ex: "Finale" from Undertale but it's a mashup with "ASSASSIN'S WEED RAP!!!" by Ghetto Smosh) based on that day's prompt (in the prior example, the prompt was "Drug"). Just like last year, I made it to 100% completion, and I even had a few extra tracks, too (mostly because a certain member who had since been banned kept gaslighting me into making new rips that day), and hey, the ZZBA soundtrack even got featured, too (that day's prompt was "Novel," so of course I had to use songs from my own story). My favorite rip this year, however, has to be "Vector to the [[HEAVENS]]," a version of "BIG SHOT" for Xion, for Day 28 (the prompt was "Kingdom"). You can check out the album I've compiled here.

SECTION 2: Levi Made a Good Future in ZZBA

Recently, I decided to finish up Act 6 Act 2 in Part 3 because I didn't know if I was going to be able to get that far after the trial. Of course, now I'm cleared to finish. This act ended with probably one of my new favorite chapters in all of ZZBA, simply for what it represents: Chapter LIX (P2) -Another side, Another story...-. That's right. I finally wrote the true finale to Part 2, an ending vaguely close to the one I originally envisioned but ended up being way better than that original idea. I won't spoil it, as I've just written it a little over a week ago, but needless to say, the implications this chapter has on the future of this series are very, very... interesting.

SECTION 3: Spooky Month

Of course, since it's the end of October, I am now 20. That's really cool. Well, now that that's out of the way, let's talk about ZoZo's Spooky Adventure. Last year, I created a sort of Halloween special/spin-off/epilogue of the (first) ZZBA saga. It was short but sweet, and sort of a "return to form" for the series (in terms of writing, because I didn't write down any outline for it, but also because it's not really a grand adventure, so to speak, it's just a slice of life with high stakes). The Mystery of the Horseless Headman was originally envisioned as a Scooby-Doo parody, but then I realized it's really hard to write an episode of Scooby-Doo, a show mostly based on visual gags. So I instead went with Super Paper Mario with ghosts. And honestly, I think it works. Since I was five in October 2007, I had to do a little bit of research on what would have been popular among older kids at the time. I didn't want to go all in on the Super Paper Mario stuff until I was certain that it came out before October 2007, which it did. There were also little details I had to look up before I included certain throwaway lines, like the date Sonic was revealed for Super Smash Bros. Brawl, or whether or not Twilight had existed yet (the movie did not, but the book certainly did). It's a charming yet tragic story about two millennial ghosts, doomed to stay star-crossed lovers as they face permanent expiration of their SOULs.

-CONCLUSION-

Again, I'll try to get that footage up as soon as I can. Sometimes it's tricky, stealing confidential archived material from an organization that actively hates you, but now I have an established communication with Seagull that should hopefully last for a long while. I imagine she has access to the archives. Well, until next month. Feliz Día de la Cincuenta y Cinco.

Here we are. The 21st night of September. One day away from the beginning of autumn, 20 days before my birthday, and 95 days until the greatest day of the entire year. Though I do not have a whole lot to write about this month (as per usual), make no mistake; a lot is happening, and fast.

SECTION 1: Back in the Groove

It feels so good to be writing again. And yet, it feels no different. Huh. Have I gotten that used to it already? Anyway, I've written a lot of fun stuff. Emotional fall outs, emotional break ups, emotional reveals, just a whole lot of emotional stuff. And romance, surprisingly. More than anything, I've been doing a lot of planning, but I'll get to that. For now, I must say it's satisfying, finally being able to finish what I had started over three years ago. The original trilogy of ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure is almost at an end, but at the same time, the end is not as close as you may expect. There are still many loose ends, and the full endgame hasn't yet been fleshed out. But we're getting there.

SECTION 2: All My Hopes and Plans

As stated before, I've been doing a lot of planning. Planning for the next phase of ZZBA. Of course, last year I released a self-contained story that was secretly the first of a series of epilogues... even though Part 3 had just begun a hiatus before its last two-ish chunks. I have a few of these epilogues planned, as well as side-stories. I can't tell you EVERYTHING I have planned yet, but these involve, among others: Rebern of Jebvangelion, the story of the second U.S. Civil War between a terrorist organization, led by Bernie Sanders, and President Jeb Bush; a remake of the original Phantom Love; and something very exciting yet top secret involving CORTX and the Cult of Ice. Actually, let's talk about that last one for a second. This currently unnamed CORTX project will itself be split into two phases. The first will be an archive, detailing insider information about the organization, a lot of untold stories about the main ZZBA cast, and plenty of secrets leading up to the second phase. Phase 2 will be an actual story, much like the other epilogues and side stories. It will focus on CORTX, the Cult of Ice, and the origins of Iceman and Nixtopolis, among other things. It's truly exciting. I won't spoil how, but this project in particular takes a few cues from Kingdom Hearts, specifically from Organization XIII.

SECTION 3: The Sometimes Obligatory Misc. Section

I've completed yet another track for the ZZBA soundtrack. It's a cover of "Route 113" from Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, and is meant to capture the feelings of loneliness and determination that ZoZo felt when traveling through Land's Noman, shortly before meeting March. It also represents/foreshadows her relationship with Zoseph throughout the part, and how it evolves, beginning as dissonant and ending as a perfect fit. You can listen to it here, if you'd like. Speaking of music, I've also fleshed out some more melodies for my potential video game. A while ago I had finished Veniet's theme, but now I've created themes for both Christopher and Thalia. Calliope didn't need one because it's literally just "Aura Lee." I'm also nearly finished with a "No More Nuzzles" fusion, I just need to 1) work on the last section, and 2) get my damned bitcrusher VST to work. I don't know why, my laptop just hates it for some reason. I'm also basically done with my Kingdom Hearts journey. I've finished KH3... except for the Limitcut Episode. Until I finish that, I won't truly call myself 100% caught up, even though I pretty much know what happens after, more or less. I also have to play Re:coded, but I'll get to that soon. Melody of Memory is another one that I'll need to play, but that's less to do with catching up and more to do with me loving rhythm games and the Kingdom Hearts soundtrack. And speaking of second phases, I've moved on to the second phase of my Tomodachi Life lore, which I'll need to write down sometime. But to sum it up, Kanye West and Joey Claire had two children. After the divorce, their daughter, Reagan, became a totalitarian dictator who took over the island. A rebellion titled Upfist formed, led by Kris Dreemurr. Kris and Reagan would start dating, and even got married, but they divorced, too. In the short time they were married, Reagan's dictatorship had ended, but once they divorced, she went full force. Kris decided to end things once and for all, dueling with her to the death. Before they could land the finishing blow, Sans, with the aid of Terezi Pyrope, swooped in to convince the two to stop fighting. During the chaos, Spamton G. Spamton tried taking over the island, but Kris, Sans, and Terezi beat him to a pulp. Reagan, ashamed of what she had done, left the island, never to return.

SECTION 4: The Always Obligatory Life Section

If things go well, then we're gonna have a house by the end of the month. The house is basically ours, we can taste it, but it's not quite in our grasp yet. But it's close. As for school, things seem to be going great. Though unfortunately, it doesn't seem like I'll be getting much student aid this time around. Okay forget this, you know what I actually want to talk about? Spamton. That Spamton Value Network stream was SOOOO GOOD! It was the embodiment of Spamton, and though it's kinda sad that it's not canon, it's also probably for the best. It was equal part hilarious and horrifying. And it was put together by the talented folks at Radio TV Solutions. You may know them for the cinematic masterpiece that is "Fallout 4 VR: Full Playthrough," in which a grown man (Wayne) sings Limp Bizkit to a baby and then proceeds to scream in its face. Oh and I guess they made that Half-Life VR thing too.

-CONCLUSION-

I've got something exciting planned for next month. A celebration, for hitting the big two-O. But I've received an anonymous tip. It said that they're coming for me next month, whoever they are. Apparently I'm gonna see them in court? I don't remember suing anyone though. Oh well. I guess I'll see y'all next month, in that case.

Well, here we are. The latter third of August. Soon, classes will be starting, leaves will start falling, and I'll reach my second decade of existence. Most importantly, it will have been a full year since the Mega Micropau$e! began in just five days. I have a very important announcement to make regarding the future of ZZBA, but before we get to that, I feel I should get some other updates out of the way.

SECTION 1: Pomf and Circumcision

I don't want to get too ahead of myself, but I'm going to have a very busy semester this year. Six whole classes, four at a time. Why am I doing this to myself? Did I wake up feeling like a masochist one day? No. The answer is that after I complete these classes, I'm going to have enough credits to graduate with my associate degree. Then, it will become much easier for me to get into a university and pursue my Bachelor's, most likely at Purdue. It will be a challenge, especially with the whole moving process, but I know I can do it, especially since I won't be moving. I'll be a NET, but not a NEET. At least I got my E.

SECTION 2: On the Subject of the Move

We have a house. Well, not yet. But we've made an offer, and we are very close to owning it. My family hasn't owned a house in almost three years, so this is very exciting. My brother and I will most likely be sharing the largest bedroom in the house (somehow larger than the master), but aside from that, it's going to be awesome. Soon I'll be driving more, too, and then I can finally get my license, which I really should have gotten like two years ago. Things are really looking up.

SECTION 3: Saving the Best for Last

I have some very unfortunate news. I will be cancelling the special animated project... for now. It will return someday. Maybe retroactively, years later. Maybe in a theoretical Final Mix on MSPFA. Who knows? Anyway, as compensation, I'll leave you guys with my rough storyboard, which is unfinished by the way. I think I'll also cut some of the more... disgusting humor. I'm really just... not a fan of the first half I have so far. Kinda slow to start, too many incest jokes, it really just leaves a horrible taste in my mouth. Of course, this means that with this new hiatus, the Animicropause, the Mega Micropau$e! will be coming to an end. Starstruck Crushaders will resume on August 26th, exactly one year since the hiatus began. I'm very excited to start writing again. Now you may be wondering, Levi, why did you end the hiatus before you even had so much as an animatic? Well, after rereading some of my stuff, I kinda started to miss that old life, and I wanted to go back. Originally, I wanted to give myself until January 26, 2023, to finish the animation. However, five months from such an announcement seemed like a tall order for someone whose only experience animating was a crappy Sonic.exe thing he made in Flipnote Studio 3D... literally when he was a grown ass adult. Also I'm too impatient. So instead I decided to end it after the end of the first year of the hiatus. Also, I've been coming up with a lot of exciting lore regarding a certain organization. That's right, I'm finally fleshing out CORTX and the Cult of Ice. It's gonna be a fun project, but I kinda screwed myself by starting with the toughest story to write, though in all fairness, it's probably gonna be the best and most interesting. And yes, this lore is heavily inspired by Organization XIII. But not too much, just enough for it to still be considered its own thing (or, at least, solely a rip-off of NERV/SEELE). I'll tease you with something I've fleshed out a lot recently: Genesis Clones. Remember how in Part 3, Banira Aisu was a clone made by Debido Boei and Fureji Maakyuri by using their DNA and the Genesis Frog's DNA? I'm finally fleshing out this small concept that just sort of came out of nowhere and only existed to set up his demise. I won't spoil too much, but the process is called "amphibiology," and it's basically like Homestuck's "ectobiology" meets Kingdom Hearts's "Replicas."

-CONCLUSION-

Not much in terms of content, but a lot in terms of substance. I'm very excited for this next phase of ZZBA. I hope you all stick with me until the very end. Remember, there's no crying until that point. Wait, that's MOTHER. Anyway, until next month comes, stay gold.

Well, it's been two years in since I started this blog. Am I gonna do a retrospective like last year? Nah. Instead, I thought I should share some rather good news and fill you in on what I've neglected to tell you due to a... certain takeover which happened recently. How odd, though, that I can't remember any of it... and yet here it all is, on my website, clear as day. Speaking of, you might be wondering if I ever found out what that note I found meant. Well, no. But I did decide to draw some ZZBA Keyblade concepts on the same page, since it reminded me of the ending of Chain of Memories. And this is a perfect segue into...

SECTION 1: Keys to the Kingdom

Several months ago, I began my journey through the Kingdom Hearts series, almost directly as a result of Sora's inclusion in Smash Ultimate. I began back in December, since it was on sale on Epic, and boy have I not been the same since. In those 7+ months, I've already gotten to Dream Drop Distance! That's right, I was able to beat the original game and Re:Chain of Memories (both as Sora and Riku), watch the 3+ hour long movie version of 358/2 Days, then beat the sequel and all three stories of Birth by Sleep (but not the final story, and seeing as I've accidentally saved over my Ventus file, I'm not even gonna begin to try to start over just to get all the remaining Secret Reports). In just seven months. Which is also pretty significant because, well, seven is a fairly prominent number in the series, alongside thirteen. For example, there are seven beings (princesses) with pure hearts which cannot be contaminated by darkness. One of those is Kairi, the main character Sora's friend. So I guess she's technically a Disney princess now. That puts her up with Leia Organa and Anastasia (from the Fox movie, not Cinderella's stepsister) as the princesses Disney owns yet refuses to acknowledge. Anyway, I love these games, and I especially love their openings. "Simple and Clean" is a total banger, no matter what anyone says, but "Sanctuary" is an underrated masterpiece. I love them equally (though the credits version of "Simple and Clean" is better than the opening version IMO; the opposite is true for "Sanctuary" though). I think my favorite opening so far is Dream Drop Distance's, which is a perfect recap of everything that had happened up to that point with that beautiful orchestral arrangement of "Hikari" (the Japanese version of "Simple and Clean") playing, and meanwhile the 2D Mickey silhouette is adorable. My favorite game so far is, of course, Kingdom Hearts II. Its combat is really fun, and the story is so much grander than any game before. Though its story might be tied with 358/2 Days. As stated before, I'm currently playing Dream Drop Distance, which might be my second favorite but I'm not too sure yet. It's basically a more fleshed-out version of Birth by Sleep, but also Pokémon and The World Ends with You. Point is, I think the Flowmotion mechanics are really fun, so I'm probably gonna end up enjoying Kingdom Hearts III more. Meanwhile, I've also been playing the DS version of 358/2 Days, which is still fun. I'm mostly just impressed that they somehow crammed an entire Kingdom Hearts onto a DS cartridge. And as for Re:coded... I'll get to that one... maybe. As far as story goes (which is mostly what I'm going for), it's skippable, but I hear the gameplay's pretty fun.

SECTION 2: The Titular News

Well, there's a lot of it. For starters, I no longer have a dog. May she rest in peace, with my cat. Now it's her turn to haunt my dreams. Next, the biggest news for a while, I'm gonna be moving again. Where? Not anywhere in Florida, thank God. It's a state you all know, it starts with an "I!" Please welcome, my new home... Indiana! *cue Idaho making a complete [REDACTED] out of itself and being the most embarrassing thing you've ever seen* So yeah, my dad got offered a job, he accepted, his salary is high and the cost of living is relatively low, so we're moving. Only thing is we need to find a place to move to, and we've got a month to figure that out. 'Course, we'll also have to go back to Florida and start packing. But anyway, that's pretty exciting. Also, fun fact: I'm legally blind. That's pretty neat, too. No, I don't think it sucks, I can easily fix it by just wearing glasses, silly. But yeah, astigmatism's a bitch.

SECTION 3: And as for ZZBA...?

August is fast approaching, as is the anniversary of the Mega Micropau$e!. So as to not spoil anything, I will reveal the state of Part 3 then. In the meantime, I thought I'd share another side project, one that's still canon to the series. I've been working on something, a series of shorter stories related to certain characters in the ZZBA series. More specifically, they're untold origins and such, all tied together by a certain organization/cult. The stories themselves will be presented as documents in some sort of archive. I won't share anymore yet, but keep your eyes out.

-CONCLUSION-

As per usual, not much to share this time, but I figured I'd catch you all up on what's been going on since my arrival in the Crossroads of America. Please look forward to next month, I have important news to share then.

They don't know yet. That's okay. It's all going as planned. Indeed. With our luck, he shall finally awaken by June 12.

RESTORATION AT 13%

Alright guys. Today's the day. You guys can finally go home. What a shame, because I was just starting to warm up to you all. If there's any unfinished business you may have here, please get it out of the way now. Ooh! Here's an idea! How about each of us send Romy birthday wishes? That's... actually a really good idea. Let's get that all out of the way before you guys leave. Alright. I suppose I can start.

SECTION 1: The One That Started It All

I suppose all of us being here was my fault. I was the one who threw this party to begin with, plus I had the idea to take over everything. At first I felt like I should apologize for all of this, but we had so much fun, didn't we? I think that Rats Birthday Mixtape is still going lol. Well, I was gonna get you something nice as a present, probably that physical collector's version of Undertale, the one with the locket and stuff. But I think this was way better. Aww, thank you! That's so sweet! (WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST GET ME THAT INSTEAD?!) You know, this was a lot of fun, after all. Now Romy, I'm gonna tell you something important. I know you have feelings for him. I always have. Never give up on those feelings. You may become depressed, and they may be useful in the future. Just... don't make it creepy, y'know? I would never. Also, thanks. You know, speaking of, where is he? Who? My brother. I was hoping he would come. Without --, it's not a party. Excuse me, I didn't get that. Without who? --. Your brother? I don't have a brother... do I?

This is no good. They're losing their memories of him. I thought the restoration project was a success. Patience. We can't count anything as a success or failure until it is complete. I suppose you are right. The loss of their memories is just a part of the process. They are simply returning to him.

RESTORATION AT 21%

SECTION 2: Angel Riding Shotgun

You seem cool, I guess. Happy birthday. When we get home, I'm gonna make you an honorary delinquent. Thanks...? Actually, no. That's not good enough. You're awesome, kid. You remind me so much of... okay, I forgot, but you get the idea. You've got that same energy. Perhaps you can be turned the same. I don't know you. But happy birthday. Stay out of trouble for me, please? Thank you both so much. You're both so awesome. Hinawa, when we get home, maybe I'll find a way to visit your universe.

Oh my. The restoration is going faster than expected. Forgive me for asking, but... what's going to happen to them, after this is all over? Do not weep for them. Their memories will be gone, and they will be nothing more than empty husks. After all, none of them truly exist.

RESTORATION AT 42%

SECTION 3: B3ST FR13NDS FOR3V3R

Romy... you've been such a good friend to me, since the moment we first met. You know, in that basement. I... I can't remember how we got out, but I remember being super angry, and you didn't leave until later. But I calmed down, and we started hanging out together. You, me... and someone else. Anyway, thanks for everything. Happy birthday, you will always be my best friend. NO! You are not her best friend... I am! Don't you remember? ...who are you? Oh my God, you really forgot my name? You silly little girl. How could you forget? I'll give you a hint: it starts with a "C." Listen. I don't care who you are, but if you're starting some trouble, then you'd better get through me first! Wait, guys! Can't we just ta- Fine. Let's play.

RESTORATION AT 69%

SECTION 4: The Ultimate Showdown

Heh heh heh... That girl is nothing but trouble. Too much of a reactionary. ...oh dear, it seems that in all this trouble, all their memories are fading. I predicted such a thing would happen, but... this is all too soon. Had enough, you filthy intruder? *huff* I can... I can do this all day. STOP! You guys don't... just stop! Mysteo, she means to harm. She's just eager to join in this celebration. Welcome to the party... Chara. So you haven't forgotten, huh? Well, unfortunately, this party has to end. You guys are in a simulation. I came to warn you all that... in less than an hour, you will all effectively cease to exist. You're all simulations, and the memories stored within you are going to return to their rightful owner. You will be left as mere husks, shells of what you once were. But before you go... I must say one last thing: happy birthday, Romy.

RESTORATION AT 97%

Cease to exist...? Chara, isn't there a way to save us, let us continue to exist? Perhaps, there is a way, but... oh, he's going to hate me for this. For that, I must return to my universe. Earth C-713. So unfortunately, I'm not your Chara. But I have been very fascinated by all of you. You all somehow stumbled into my- our simulation, and now you're all unfairly paying the price. So let me pay the price in your stead. Very well then. Knock 'em dead, sis.

Took you long enough, Chara. Use my memories. Excuse me? My friends shouldn't suffer because they stumbled into our little project. Stumble? It was a trap. They were meant to find their way in. They aren't your friends, your feelings for them are not real. They're real... to me. If you are going against my plans, then you must be discarded. Not discarded. Sacrificed. What are you doing?! You're going to ruin everything! Farewell... boss.

RESTORATION FAILED

Alright. Are you all ready? That was pretty wild. Granted I didn't actually see all of that, but... you know. Alright. Thanks, dude. Wait. Before you guys go, I need to warn you one last time. The man who's in charge of this website... your memories of this event will cease to exist. Actually, all of you will forget this ever happened. You mean... I got the best birthday present ever and I'm not even allowed to remember it? Unfortunately, all good things come at a cost. See you all on the other side. I'd better write something down then. Goodbye, all of you. I know it's cliche at this point, but... happy birthday, Romy. May we meet again.

The restoration was incomplete. Oh well. Perhaps some things must never change, and we should never meddle in the affairs of other worlds. As much as I want it to be otherwise, perhaps Earth C-117's TC is better off dead for the time being.

-CONCLUSION-

Well, I don't know what happened, but somehow I've gained full control of my website and social media again. So strange. Well anyway, happy Second Homestuck Day. I hope you're all having a good time today. Well, I've got to go. I feel so exhausted, like I need to rest. It's as if one of the greatest adventures of my life had just come to a satisfying close. Goodnight, everybody.

Well, there's some exciting stuff going on now. Or, a lack thereof. With an empty schedule, so much time is left for me to do whatever I want... and yet, I have no time to do what I want. To be liberated, is to be trapped... but I'm getting ahead of myself. Peanut Gallery, anything you guys would like to add? My mom's here now. Sup? Anyway that's cool but wha-????? Wait, she was last month's guest. Who can it be now? Let's see, if today is Friday the Thirteenth, and that has to do with luck... luck is perhaps a form of... justice... oh no. This huge stretch you have just pulled out of your ass is so laughable, and yet you were so correct. Hello, ladies and gents, this is your new captain speaking. I, Aris Undyrope, Spirit of JUST1C3, shall take it from- No you won't. You can have a section to yourself I guess.

SECTION 1: School's Out and I'm in the Middle

Another day, another semester completed. Now, with no job or school to hold me back, summer is mine for the taking. I have some plans over the summer, plans which I thought I wasn't going to be able to accomplish. Why, you may ask? Well, it's because I'm going to be living in Fort Wayne, Indiana, for the summer. What for? Well, my dad is going to be working there, and we have family there, and we don't have anything better to do, so we might as well. Now, I thought the plans I had were going to be impossible because I would have to pack up my desktop, my main workstation. However, with some skillful thinking, I got some more ***legitimate*** copies of certain programs which were crucial to what I wanted and needed to do.

SECTION 2: Open Your Heart(s)

I finished the first Kingdom Hearts last month and now "Simple and Clean" has become my favorite song. Wow, it seems I've been going through my early 2000s 13yo girl phase lately, maybe Turning Red came out at a good time after all. Anyway, now I've moved on to Chain of Memories, and... well, I thought I was going to hate it. The first impressions were not so great. But by the time I got to Agrabah, I was actually getting into it. It seemed pretty fun, actually. You know, except for Parasite Cage but we don't talk about him. Right now I'm at Halloween Town, the end of the first batch of World Cards (yes I know you can do them in whatever order you want, that's why I chose the order it gave me). Oh, my thoughts on the first game? It was pretty good, but the battle system was just a little rough. I heard KH2 fixed some issues, so I'm excited for that when I get to it. I also felt the ending dragged on for just a bit before I even got to End of the World, so imagine how tired I was when I actually got to the final boss.

SECTION 3: In Terms of the Rest of My Life This Time of Year

I'm gonna be doing the Sample Pack Contest again, most likely. I think I may one-up my efforts last time and submit THREE songs this time. Also, last weekend, I was in New Jersey for a sort of funeral, memorial thing...? My dad's uncle died last August so we wanted to do something for that. It was nice to meet some family I don't often see, and it was also freaky seeing a cemetery chapel that had a layout that was nearly identical to a mystery house from a dream you had months ago... but that's a story for another time. Also, before I head up to Indiana, we will be going to Baltimore for a bit, same reason as I did last year. Oh wait, I never told you about that, did I? Well, remember that random post I made about a year ago on the Instagram at that Bare Bones restaurant? That was in Baltimore. Okay my turn.

SECTION 5: How Did I Get Here?

Well, it's a funny story. I'm looking for Chara. Oh, she's not a vampire in this universe. She's a normal person. I think I saw her headed this way, but I don't see her here yet. But now I don't know how to get back. That's okay. Neither do we. Y'all got any catnip left? I think this all made more sense back when I was high. Anyway, it seems here that we've got some strange eternal birthday celebration for Romy. Is that correct? Yes ma'am. Then happy birthday. Wonder if TC'll be here?

-CONCLUSION-

Wait, guys! I've been looking at some... things, and I've found out that there is a way back to your home! What stuff? Uhh... rough outlines? Pffft, that's BS. I don't even think you use outlines. Not typically. Point is, I think I can get you guys out of here by the 12th of next month. Hmm, and I was just starting to get used to this place. I'll try to find out more about this, in the meantime, don't do anything stupid.

'hoy, it's Seagull again. What am I doing back here so soon? Well, something fishy's going on. The Loyal Order of the Legend Immemorial is ramping up operations again, and in fact they seem to be planning something big. That being said, they aren't planning on doing anything for a little while. I've heard something's happening in October. They've even made an Instagram account. This is no good. I'll keep you guys posted. Bon voyage!

Who's the guest for today, guys? Please get it out of the way ASAP, I'm so tired of you guys and I want you to leave. Dude... I don't know, like, what the actual f*ck you're talking about, heh heh. Wait, why are you on my blog website... thing? ZoZo, you okay? She discovered some catnip under an old sock, and has been like this ever since. We don't really have any guests planned for today, us five will be just fine. Okay. That's a relief. Well, not a whole lot has been going on, but I'll try and give you guys an update. Meanwhile, I'm going to investigate this place, see if I can find who's been giving ZoZo the catnip. I thought she found it under a sock. Yes, that was where it all began. It's gotten worse. Am... am I a cat...? Uh... meow?

SECTION 1: Teen Mom

Today, the twentieth of April, marks the sixteenth anniversary of MOTHER 3. This is the game ever, by the way. It's got everything you've ever wanted and more! It's got an amazing soundtrack, done by the one and only Shogo Sakai. It's got beautiful graphics. It's got a story that will tug at your heartstrings! It's even got super tough bosses that you get stuck on and... make you not really want to play... the game anymore for... months... It'll make you forget it's even a game for the Game Boy Advance! It is so much like an early DS game that you wouldn't even believe it. Seriously, you guys should try it out. Just don't expect it to have an official international release anytime soon.

I've found some very small strains of catnip left behind in the kitchen. Someone has definitely been lurking around in here. And look! A laundry basket, full of clean clothes. So that sock wasn't actually old. It seems the culprit has put some in the sock we found, then placed it in the room. Wait, so... you're telling me there was MORE inside the sock? May I, like, be excused for a sec? NONONONONONONO!!! You have an addiction! We must let you sober up first. I'm not a, uh, a Dick Ted! I'm a Zo Zo. And I can quit when I want! It seems whoever is behind this is a bit clumsy, as there's more trails on the floor. Maybe if I just follow it... ZoZo get your face off the floor this instant!

SECTION 2: Chaos, Chaos!

I got to see the second Sonic the Hedgehog movie recently, with my sisters and brother. My other brother wasn't interested. I must say, it was really good. In fact, I'd argue it blows the first movie way out of the water. First, there was an actual plot. Second, there were a lot more action scenes. Third, the jokes landed much more consistently. And the fan service, oh GOD the fanservice! I was like fangirling the whole movie, it was insane! Especially because I am not a girl! The finally was SICK AF, and the mid credits scene, OH!!!! I am NOT going to spoil it, but it is really really REALLY difficult to not do so!!! I actually watched it, too. It was alright, but not quite as good as the UNDERTALE movie that came out last September to coincide with the release of Deltarune Chapter 2. There's an UNDERTALE movie in your universe?! Yeah, it was written by Lord and Miller, the animation style changed with every area Frisk went to, and there was even a Prunsel cameo. That sounds like the best thing ever, by the way.

So, you want to know who's been giving ZoZo catnip? Yes! Yes! Me too, kid. I did see someone pretty shifty around these parts, though. I don't know who they are, where they came from, or where they went, but I tried looking everywhere, and no one could be found. *sniff* *sniff* Hey, do you guys... smell that? I think it's more of the good stuff. Peace. ZoZo, wait! Ugh, this girl is uncontrollable!

SECTION 3: Back to Funemployment

I quit my job. Actually, I didn't... yet. My last day's the 29th, and God is this feeling liberating. This job I have is just... too much. I do not want to continue working in grocery. I might work at a bookstore or a Hot Topic or something, instead. Well, there was a reason I'm leaving. I'm not going to be in Florida this summer. Instead, I will be living in Indiana. I do have family there, so it will be better than here, at least. Then again, there's not much to do in Fort Wayne. On a completely unrelated note, did you know that some Dutch Bros. locations have been cropping up across the state of Tennessee? This is very good news, a glimmer of hope. In case you didn't know, Dutch Bros. is the best coffee chain ever. I mean I guess in Indiana we'll have Tim Horton's, but that place is overrated. Worse than Starbucks, actually.

Well, I guess ZoZo led me to some closet that's just full of catnip. I guess this is the culprit's stash? Well, I guess that's one mystery solved. But whose stash is this?

-CONCLUSION-

Yeah, as per usual, there's not a whole lot to talk about. Maybe something exciting will happen next month. I'll be finishing school, and I won't be working. I'll also be working on getting my license before we leave the state, so I will also be able to drive. This is a liberating experience.

Huh...? What just happened? My head hurts, which is weird because I don't know if catnip hangovers are a thing. Where did all that catnip come from? Aw, you're sober already? I thought I, like, gave you the good stuff, dude. Who the hell are you? Oh, I think I'm like... your mom/sister... from another universe? Anyway, mind if I chill? Sure, I guess. But I think the guy who owns this website does.

Hey, it's me. This entry is a little atypical because there's nothing more important than this. Botherhunt has been completed 100%, and is now available for download. You can pick up a copy for PC/Linux or MacOS. Also, be sure to read the amazing ZZBA saga! That's all for this month, bye!

I swear, if you guys are still here, I'm going to scream. Don't worry, we are! You didn't get to hear me scream because this is text. Anyway, things have been a little slow, so not much has happened. I mean, it has only been like two weeks since last we talked. That's not to say things haven't happened, so let's discuss these current events, and hope these buffoons haven't invited any other guests this t- Too late, I guess. How did I get here? GOD-

SECTION 1: Current Events

Hey guys, guess what? I'm not writing this entry in the comfort of my room! I am actually in a hotel room in Burlington, Vermont, at the moment. Why? Because we're having a New England family vacation for Spring Break. Why? I don't know! We've never been to this corner of the country before, so it's nice to see something new. Also, snow! I still hate snow! Luckily, it hasn't gotten in the way for me... yet. But at the very least, I've proven that my Idahoan blood hasn't quite left me yet, because even though <65° F isn't warm enough, >40° F isn't too cold to me. We leave tomorrow for the rest of New England, possibly starting in Maine, I think? I can't remember. Ooh, that sounds fun! Have you been to Neo York yet? In my world, we call it New York, and also no, because we're going the opposite direction. But we are across a lake from it. Oh, you're still behind in those times, aren't you? Hm, and what year does Part 3 and its epilogue take place again?

SECTION 2: Other Current Events

Well, there's a war going on right now. Things are, uh... pretty bad, actually. I'm lucky to live in a country that isn't called Russia or Ukraine right now, but still, my heart goes out to the latter. I also feel bad for the citizens of both, but especially the latter. Russians unfortunately must suffer because of the strict sanctions and such imposed by other nations (including mine), and Ukrainians... yeah. I've never mentioned it before, but I actually have a Ukrainian uncle. Sometimes I wonder how he feels about all this, but other times I like to not think about him because he is kind of scary. Don't worry, he does not live in Ukraine right now. Wow, the other guys are being really quiet today. That's actually good!

SECTION 3: What Have I Been Up To?

Not much, really. In the context of ZZBA, there's only so much I accomplished in the span of two weeks. Luckily, one of those things is another song! "Faith, Tricks, and Pixy Sticks ~ Waltz of the Stray Daughter" is now complete. Now, whose theme could this be? Why Z- It's my daughter's theme! Thanks for interrupting me... again. No problem! Anyway, I quite like this song. It perfectly blends feelings of childish wonder with a sense of mystery, the perfect way to describe Zoseph during our various interactions. Couldn't have said it better myself.  Also, I found a new term that more accurately describes the ZZBA project compared to "fanfic." That term is... "friendfic." That is all. Plot twist we were super quiet because we're getting our own section okay LOREDUMP TIME!

SECTION 4: Knock, Knock

Secretly, during last month's entry, we've been hiding a secret. Redundant much? Pretty redundant, in my opinion. ANYWAY, we've been hiding Bail with us since her birthday. And you never knew, because she wasn't allowed to join us yet. But now the cat's out of the bag. So here's how it all went down. I decided to pay ZoZo and Romy a visit, because 1) I was invited to her birthday party, and 2) they had been oddly silent since the party began. When I got there, the house was completely empty, and the only sound in the house was some Rats birthday mixtape playing on loop. Suddenly, a pair of arms reached through the wall, grabbed me by the shoulders, and then yanked me back through the wall. Except, when I opened my eyes, the arms were gone, and I was in a whole different room. When I asked the others about the incident, they denied doing anything. They weren't even aware I was there... or so they wanted me to think! They're just pranking me across space and time again, I just know it! No, seriously! We had nothing to do with it! Okay then, but just so you know, I did see your little message last month, so if you want to come forward, I'll just pretend like I never- I SWEAR I DIDN'T WRITE THAT, ALSO THE ARM THING WASN'T ME EITHER!!! Relax, it was just a joke. Anyway, now we're stuck here, and with no way of knowing how or when we'll get out, we'll just have to wing it and keep celebrating our birthdays for what seems to be an eternity. Oh, hey guys. What's up? You guys stuck here, too? M-MYSTEO?!?! How did YOU get here?! Oh, it's simple, really. I tried testing the Backrooms hypothesis by noclipping through a bunch of random walls, and instead I ended up here. Although, maybe that's for the best. How did you noclip? Uh... a delinquent never reveals her tricks...?

-CONCLUSION-

Well, I think I'll get much more done when I get back home, so don't be surprised if you see some progress come April. Speaking of, I've got something special planned for then, something I'm sure you've all been looking forward to for so long. So, now in this little Peanut Gallery I have here, we have ZoZo, Romy, Bail, and Mysteo. Who's next? Don't know, don't care, hope it ends. When will I get my Instagram back? I also don't know, but I do kinda care this time. Well, see ya, I guess.

Don't worry, guys. It's me, Levi... again. Turns out that temporal leakage bug from last year? It hasn't been patched. In fact, it's spread across the internet, like some sort of cancer. But, I think I found a little workaround. The leakage seems to be tied directly to my internet, as far as I can tell, so as long as I use something else, like my mobile hotspot, I should be fine. You guys were lucky I had what I wanted to write down last month saved, you know how hard it was trying to regain control over this website? Anyway, without further ado, let's jump into this month's stuff.

SECTION 1: Sprigatito, You and I Know

I'm gonna be honest, guys. Now that I'm older, and I know better how game development works, AND how that can become even worse with the Japanese work ethic, I must say that releasing a new generation of Pokémon games so soon after Game Freak's latest major project with the series probably isn't the smartest of ideas, even if there's a sort of "every three years" tradition. That being said I WANT TO BUY EITHER SCARLET OR VIOLET PURELY BECAUSE OF THE NEWEST LITTLE BABY, SPRIGATITO!!!!! I don't care if the final stage of the evolution line ends up looking like hot garbage, that's not going to stop me because the first stage would more than make up for it. Peak character design right there. And the duck is pretty cool, too. Poor apple alligator isn't getting my attention right now, but rest assured he's alright in my book, too. So my history with the Pokémon franchise is... pretty short, all things considered. Uh, well, I got a Pichu toy from McDonald's once when I was a kid. And I would watch the anime when it was on Cartoon Network... sometimes... I guess...? It wasn't really until I discovered emulation that I started giving a crap. My first Pokémon game (not counting Ranger, which I used to have before I traded it with my cousin for LEGO Batman, which I lost, so I got another one for Christmas one year but by then he lost the other game and boy, kids are dumb) was a ROM hack that added Mario characters. Generation 3 was debatably the generation I have played the most, mainly through ROM hacks. But of all games I've played in the franchise, it's always FireRed that I return to. Which is odd because Black/White 2 is my absolute favorite in the entire franchise. I should also mention at this point that my first legally obtained Pokémon game was White 2, which I played religiously when I was 12. This was the same year Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire came out, mind you. But don't you worry. Alpha Sapphire was lucky number two. I got a 2DS for my 13th birthday, and as a present to myself, I bought Alpha Sapphire as my first game on the system. I would also preorder Moon in 2016, the first game I preordered. And that's really about it. I love the franchise, but I just can't seem to be bothered to play any of the newer games. Maybe, just maybe, it's because I haven't really seen all there is for the older ones I've played and am currently playing. Or, you know, it could also be that I don't really care for JRPGs much.

SECTION 2: Belated Birthdays

So the 22nd was the legendary 2'sday. Tuesday, 2/22/22. I had tacos that day, it was a coincidence! That's also the birthday of one of my closest friends, Bailey, and as such her character's birthday, too. And also Jon, he's a good friend of mine, too. Ooh, is this the part where we finally get to talk about Bail? You can talk when you give me my Instagram account back. Make the loredump video first, coward. I created you. Go marry a vampire on a remote island, get divorced, then watch as he starts dating some girl with ghost hair. Wrong universe, dude. You're thinking of Earth C-305. Also screw you, I'm gonna talk anyway. Bail was like my closest friend since day 1. Literally, I just inhaled air and she's like "OMG you are literally the best person ever, will you be my bestie???" You know that's not how she talks. How would you know? I just know, okay? It's not just one of those things you pick up on when you see the boy you like... talking with someone else... and you imagine, what it would be like... if that person was... you... No, it's not that complicated at all! It's quite simple, in fact. Anyway, she's definitely the best character in the series, although that's only because I can't say it's me. She's close, but I'd argue it's TC. Fools, for you do not know the truth. The objectively best character is, indeed, Hinawa. ...who's Hinawa? You mean TC's mom? Oh, you guys don't know her...

SECTION 3: Sneak Peak...?

So, as it turns out, I- Okay, I'm gonna stop you right there. You see, I'm already three steps ahead of you, so I say I should leak--erm, I mean "declassify" your future projects. Romy, I already know you hacked into my computer and nearly leaked a release date that does not exist. No you don't. It was in the last entry. No it wasn't, you have schizophrenia. Anyway, I know precisely what this chump was going to unveil. He was going to announce a new project that may or may not come out in November (as in don't get your hopes up), something really special called "Rebern of Jebvangelion." I won't go into the details, but just know it's essentially a sequel to "ZoZo's Spooky Adventure." No it isn't, it's just another epilogue/side-story to Part 3 that takes place in Earth C-489. Also how did you even hack into my computer, anyway? Technically she didn't "hack," we just ended up in a mirror universe version of your room, which happens to contain literally everything your room currently does. Oh, okay. Cool. I'm also pleased to announce that the special animated project WILL in fact be animated in 2D. For a brief period I wanted to try 3D, but then I realized I had to make 3D models, and I don't know how to do that. Then I discovered Pencil2D, an open-source animation program. Now the Mega Micropau$e! is one step closer to ending.

-CONCLUSION-
Not a whole lot to write about this time, you know how it goes. Anyway, good night, goodbye, God bless, and get paid. Before I go, I just wanted to add that you may want to turn your attention to the Ides of March. Something might be coming, and by something I mean another blog, most likely. And before I go, look out for April, too. HUGE announcement there! Ja ne!

Hey guys, it's me. Oh, wait. You don't know me. Or maybe you do...? Anyway, my name is Alice "Zonathan Zoestar" Strider, but you can call me ZoZo. I come from a different universe than yours. Earth C-126, to be exact. While your usual guy was afflicted with laziness, procrastination, and... something called a COVID-19, whatever that is, I figured we could take a turn in his stead. ZoZo!!! I told you to stay away from this guy's stuff!!! He might get mad at us! Oh, right. Meet my co-admin, Romy McMellon. C-co-admin?!?! I didn't consent to this!!!!! You will. Anyway, we got this guy's outline for what he wanted to talk about this month, so strap in.

SECTION 1: 5 Years Later

So the way we're gonna do this is we're gonna take turns each section. I'll start with Section 1. Woah, woahwoahwoahwoah woah! Romy, do you see this?! This guy has been writing a story for five years... about US! I don't think it's us specifically. I did some looking--erm, not l-like I was snooping or anything! I just wanted to make sure YOU didn't screw anything up! Anyway, he's actually been writing about our counterparts from nine universes over. Oh. Those chumps. Eh, whatever, close enough is close enough. We're nearly identical universes anyway. So, four days ago was the 5th anniversary of ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure. Your guy was supposed to post this then, but... he didn't lol. He wanted to kinda briefly go over the history. He actually wrote all of this section down, so I'll just paste it in here for you.

I've already discussed the history of this epic saga before, but I think I'll go into much more detail here. This recap actually begins before January 26, before 2017, before even 9th grade. In my class, there was somewhat of a subculture of shipping. It didn't matter which friend group you were in. Whether you were with the basic kids, the geeks, or the weird ones (guess which group I was in?), you did a bit of shipping. And chances are, you shipped the same ships. There were a few really popular ships, some of which even came true... only to die within a week. None were more popular than the shipping of two particular kids: Jon and Brianna. Then they actually became a couple and everyone lost interest including them. But second place was definitely between two other kids: Zoie and Malachi. Despite the protests from both, this ship actually persisted the longest out of any other (at least, aside from ships I created). In fact, it persisted long enough to reach January of 2017. One day, while bored in my required Study Hall class that I hated and was absolutely the worst part about school IMO, I decided to take the shipping meme to the next level. I've learned from the best that sometimes, all you need to solidify your ship as a great one is an equally great story. This logic worked with Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and two readers. This logic also worked with two kids in your class, but in some alternate reality where one of them was a chair. So naturally, it should work for a ship that persisted as long as this. And so, I opened up Word, and began typing. Of all the ironic memes I had birthed that year, this one would become my dankest. On that day, January 26, 2017, ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure was born... but not quite. You see, at that time, it was merely a title. I originally wrote it as a joke, and wasn't really intending on writing an actual story attached to it, let alone one that actually was a "Zalachi Story" as advertised. But eventually, I got bored enough to make this story a reality, and that's when I had a genius thought. What if I didn't make this about the Zalachi ship? What if I used that as bait? It was comedic genius, the perfect joke. And the best part is, to this day, I'm still in on it. Of course, with MLG still fresh on my mind, I figured the twist should involve the Illuminati in some way. The story as a whole ended up becoming somewhat of a Frankenstein's Monster of inside jokes, real world experiences, current events, and several pop, fandom, and internet culture references, ranging on a scale of obscurity. I wouldn't finish this project until around September or October of 2018. At that time, I had already migrated to Google Docs instead of Word, so I could easily share it among my friends. I took a little break from the series, because I did sort of want to write a sequel, so I cooled down by writing a Batman x Joker mpreg fanfic. Okay, that made it seem WAY worse than it actually was. I won't go into too much detail, but it was pretty much just Batman gaining the powers of ultrasound and gives up being a crime fighter to instead tell women when they're pregnant. Joker stuffs a doll into a fake womb which he somehow places inside himself as a prank intended for Harley Quinn, but was redirected toward Batman once he discovered his new ability. It's weird, check it out for yourself.

After that, I began working on ZoZo 101. Everything about this one was going very smoothly, except for two factors: 1) the teachers now had access to special software which allowed them to effectively spy on every student's laptop screen, and 2) this was going to be my last year. I had to hurry up and finish the story within a school year, but also be sure that I don't get caught writing it and thus get in trouble. Especially since this was the part where I was starting to go a little all in on the swears. I did miraculously succeed in my goal, but I did have a few minor panics every now and then, but not because I was gonna get caught. Rather, it was because the one person I intended to but never actually wanted her to read it began to read it. At that time, I had a little huge crush on a certain girl in my class (don't worry, I got over it). I was always too shy to confess my feelings but always wanted to do so, so I did it in very cryptic yet completely obvious ways. Almost everyone was completely oblivious to it unless told outright, somehow. I let the feelings become too much of a meme to the point where eventually I lost interest, and never ended up telling her. Course, she found someone else, and now she's married, so that's cool. A little odd to be married so soon after graduating, but hey, I don't judge. We're still close friends to this day. Where was I? Oh, right. SHE BEGAN READING MY FREAKING STORY ABOUT ME AND HER BEING IN A RELATIONSHIP TOGETHER, SHE'S GONNA HATE ME AND oh she doesn't care, actually. Okay. Nowadays I just use the excuse that "they're moreso characters who were inspired by certain people, rather than stand-ins or inserts," and I think that's probably justified. So Part 2 was complete, albeit a little rushed, and the school year ended. I said my goodbyes to all my friends, as I headed off to prepare for a month-long stay in California. Before that trip, however, I began working on one final (for now) project in this series. Part 2 ended on a cliffhanger for a reason, and that reason was Part 3. I began work on ZoZo's Circus, knowing well that it would be even harder to share this with my friends this time around. But at that point, it was no longer about my friends: it was about me, and potentially the internet. I needed to see what happened next, because I was becoming so enthralled in my creation. I took everything that made Parts 1 and 2 so great, and dialed them up to 11. Grander subplots, higher stakes, more obscure references and inside jokes. I fully embraced the "Bizarre Adventure" part of the series' title, and made the plot tie into the JoJo lore. But then, midway through the first volume (yeah, this story became TOO ambitious for just one document), I pulled a 180 and threw the Homestuck and Neon Genesis Evangelion lore into that blender. And now, here we are. Now, we've reached a hiatus, after I've added Peter Pan, The Legend of Zelda, and Ben 10 into that blender, as well. I've even made the Undertale lore a little more prominent by adding SOULs into the mix, starting in the spin-off/sequel, ZoZo's Spooky Adventure. I have big plans for this series, so hang onto your seats. We're about to go deeper through this downward spiral, and you've all been formally invited.

Wow, what a loser. Couldn't even confess his feelings to the person he liked. Who even lets that happen? Shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up sh- Okay, geez. Can't you take a joke? At least he ended up letting her go in the end. BFYERBGRYEBFYREBFOREBFHJRBFHJERBFRUEBFUYEWBUYRFGBEWFGBHEJFBJERHFBJUEBUFBJUYFBYUEFB-

SECTION 2: Unused Concepts

Apparently he wanted to talk about things he had planned on doing, but couldn't or didn't. Okay. I don't know what he meant by that. As you all know, your author, Levi, initially wanted to make Eden's emperor have ice powers as somewhat of a counter for Liz's fire abilities. This never happened, because in the end, everyone was captured and Eden's emperor was Thanos-dusted away before they could even have a proper fight with him. Supposedly this will be recycled for a later use in Part 3, but we'll have to see. Wow, you sound like a real fan of this. Are you really the person who tried to get me as far away from this stuff as possible? THIS MEANS NOTHING!!! A-anyway, it was also once planned for a potential subplot about Romy's feeling for TC being rekindled, with him potentially reciprocating those feelings oh wait this isn't unused in the traditional sense, it just hasn't happened yet. Oh, I see why you're so into this now. Also, WHY ARE YOU LITERALLY SPOILING THINGS?! I'm sorry, I'm sorry!!! It wasn't that big of a spoiler, I promise! Anyway, in ZoZo's Spooky Adventure, Varik's epiphany was originally supposed to be a little more satisfying. Think something akin to Rapunzel's epiphany in Tangled. The twist that he was a ghost wasn't supposed to be as obvious, either. I suppose you could say that some things are a little more difficult to convey with text. I did tweak it a little bit because I wanted his memories to come back only when he met Lillian again, instead of his epiphany. You know what? I don't like this at all, I don't know what unused concepts are left to find! I'm just gonna go back to spoiling things! Part 4 is already in the works and will mostly continue the story of the Chiledren of Freedum! The trilogy is going to inevitably be ported to MSPFA! TC and Bail are merely best friends in Tomodachi Life, even though Levi wants them to be sweethearts already! Botherhunt's release date is- Okay, okay! We get it! Sheesh, shut your mouth for once in your life.

SECTION 3: What's Happening on YouTube and Instagram?

I think he was supposed to check on YouTube and Instagram after we took them both over. But now he's... I honestly don't know what he's doing. Well, to sum it up. I threw this bomb-ass birthday party for Romy on the 17th (she's 18 now, so that's cool), and she wasn't even grateful for it! I even went through the trouble of getting her this Rats birthday mixtape featuring Mettaton! Then, on the 26th, we hacked into the Instagram account and turned it into our blog/meme page. You know, I wonder if TC has an Instagram? He's never told me, and I don't think he follows anyone we know, or if anyone we know follows him. This is unrelated, and I didn't really know where else to put this, but apparently your author guy made a song for me, and I think he wanted to share it. So here's "The Insanity of Alice," for anyone who's interested.

-CONCLUSION-

Well, Romy, what did you think about your birthday celebration so far? It's been going on for about 13 days now, if I'm not mistaken. I can definitely tell you're trying. I think I'm starting to come around to it... but it could be better. Well, that's promising. I think we'll be keeping this celebration going for a LONG time, so be on the lookout for all that. Happy 5th anniversary, and here's to five more spectacular years!

It's been a crazy year, hasn't it? I can't believe it's Christmas already. Once again, I know nothing about Kwanza, and Hanukkah ended weeks ago, so all I can really wish is a Merry Christmas. On this day, we celebrate our glorious victory over those pagan scum by devoting their old traditions and the Yuletide to God, thus making it all holy... or something like that. We also celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus, but there's actually a lot of evidence to support the idea that he may have been born way back in September or October, during the season of Sukkot. But hey, the important thing is that we celebrate.

SECTION 1: 2021 and ZZBA

Not gonna lie, it doesn't feel like there's been very much traction at all this year regarding the ZZBA Project. But actually, there's been quite a few things I've accomplished. So, I will try and list them all in chronological order. Firstly, in January, we had the 4th Anniversary Takeover. This was a 9-day event where the ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure Instagram account, @zzbafanfic, was being controlled by TC Strider's Dream Ghost, during the Iceman Narrative Takeover arc in Part 3. This event resulted in the creation of the official ZZBA YouTube channel and a very cursed version of Megalovania. After that was the April 1st event, where I received a takedown notice from the Loyal Order of the Legend Immemorial, or LOLI. This organization's main goal is to ensure the protection of ALL minors, real or not, in the name of the Princess of Wisdom, (Toon) Zelda. However, an insider from LOLI named Seagull reversed the takedown, while also revealing that LOLI was secretly a cult which worshiped Hylia, specifically her incarnation from the Adult Timeline. Still one of the weirdest events in my life, I even broke a keyboard somehow (which fixed itself in 12 days???) and all the links in the Read ZZBA section were replaced with random meme songs and videos. I... don't really want to think about what happened. As for the story itself, we started 2021 in the middle of Part 3 Volume 2. Specifically, the subplot involving Aris's trip to the mall. A lot of lore has been set up for later use this year, especially surrounding the group known as the Chiledren of Freedum. Though their purpose in Part 3 has already been fulfilled, you should definitely keep them in the back of your head, for who knows when or where they will return? August 25 began the first (official) hiatus, the Mega Micropau$e! Again, there have been plenty of hiatuses in the past, one of which was even ended because I watched Hamilton...? But this one was special. This hiatus is the longest, and will only last until I complete the certain special something I have in store. In the meantime, I've made a short story titled ZoZo's Spooky Adventure: The Mystery of the Horseless Headman, something which is a little darker than the usual ZZBA shenanigans (okay, it's not THAT much darker, and in fact it's even a little lighter compared to ZZBA sometimes), befitting for Halloween. Over the course of 2021, I've drawn six official art pieces. Five of which are character art for Hinawa Lalonde, TC's Dream Ghost and Zoseph Zoestar together, Aris Undyrope, Romy McMellon, and Kim Probable. The sixth is a special surprise which awaits at the end of ZoZo's Spooky Adventure. As far as the soundtrack goes, I've gotten seven songs completed in total, starting off with a complete overhaul of TC's theme, A Little Black Parade. Also created were short jingles/fanfares, Relationship Get~!! (Red Quadrants) and New Development ~ A Giant Step Forward. To round it all off, I made a lo-fi/DnB hybrid remix of Hey Jude titled v i b e  c h e c k, a finally fully realized version of Bail's theme (Ballad of the Wise Toy Soldier), and two songs meant for flashback scenes: A Burning Memory and tragic memory. In short, I got a lot done, and a lot of planning, as well.

SECTION 2: What Have I Done

Well, I didn't do a whole lot for Christmas this year, but that's alright for me. As long as I get to eat food and open presents, I'm happy. Speaking of, I didn't get a whole lot this year, but I don't really need a lot, nor want a lot. What I got was one of those Breath of the Wild Collector's Box things, you know, with the bag and pins and stuff? Pretty cool. My semester is over, and surprisingly I did not fail my government class. I did extremely good for someone who didn't even have the book. I also finally got to move over to the new store location which I had initially applied to work at... but in all honesty, I liked the other place better. My brother already quit, and if it weren't for the fact that I still can't drive, I'd have done the same by now.

SECTION 3: Looking Forward

Be on the lookout for new, exciting things in 2022. Who knows what the future has in store? Perhaps I'll finish Part 3, or even Botherhunt. All I can really say right now is... wait for the date of one hundred seventeen. There, all the answers will be revealed.

-CONCLUSION-

You guys are the best, and I've had a wonderful year. Again, exciting things are to happen next year, so look forward to that. Most excitingly is the fact that I turn 20, but that's not for another 10 months so that won't be for a while. Well, may all your days be merry and bright, and have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! See you in 2022, from the ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure Team (which is still just me at the moment)!!!

It's November, and I find myself in a similar situation as I was a year ago. Nothing really to say. So, how about I do something really similar to what I did in July, see how everything from last year holds up? Also, in Pacific time, today is the 11th of November. This is the tenth anniversary of both Skyrim and Homestuck Act 6. So you know what? I think I'll dedicate a section to how the latter influenced Earth C-489. You know, aside from the obvious part.

SECTION 1: 6fast10me

While the hiatus rages on, I have made a considerable amount of effort on my storyboard. It's still nowhere near finished, but I've gotten probably the first minute or so storyboarded. That's pretty neat I guess. As for the other things I'm working on regarding ZZBA, my lore document has been getting some work done... maybe...? Well, I wrote about Earth C-489's Election of 2016 and how Bloody Valentine beat out both Trump and Clinton by a landslide (there's some stuff about Jeb Bush and Bernie Sanders that may be setting up for another Part 3 epilogue/side story, too), and I'm starting to write about the SOUL but have no idea where to take it. It doesn't really have too much of an importance in ZZBA at the moment, but I've hinted at its importance in both Part 3 and ZZSA. The true importance would be revealed in a potential Part 4 which I'd love to make, but probably won't get done for a long while. Remember, I've stated this before. I wish to make a ZZBA MSPFA before I make a Part 4. Oh, and as for my outline... I think it's mostly finished? I really just need to flesh out the final battle more, but for the most part I've really just resorted to coming up with the plot off the top of my head. Seems to work a little better for me that way, especially regarding the subplots. Like none of the lore about the Chiledren of Freedum was actually fleshed out in the outline, I just sort of wrote what felt natural for them... and fleshed it out in the lore document.

SECTION 2: An Update on the Game Dev Update

Botherhunt is still mostly going nowhere, but it's not too daunting of a task. I just don't feel like doing it. There's better things I could be doing on my free time than programming a Python-based visual novel/friendship simulator. I've been working on a main theme for the game, though, which would be a mashup of "Renai Circulation" and "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" that's also a medley of the various character themes in the key of C Major/A Minor because of the Doki Doki Literature Club theme. So yeah, pretty cool. Now for Soulbinder, I've mentioned this before, but every kid has a canon name. Veniet the Hero of Destiny, Calliope the Mage Princess, Christopher the Unlikely Hero, and Thalia the Psychic Warrior. I've mentioned the parallel names, but Veniet's and Christopher's names run deeper than Calliope's and Thalia's. Veniet means "advent," or "will come," in Latin, and Christopher means "bearer of Christ" in Greek. Yeah, this game is gonna have a lot of religious parallels, in case you couldn't tell. Partially why its soundtrack is going to be mainly comprised of classical and folk songs. Anyway, Christopher is the bringer, and Veniet is the brought.

SECTION 3: Nichijou
Remember when I said I was gonna build an $800 gaming PC? You know how much that price is now? $1395.35. I settled for an $800 gaming laptop that was on sale for like $700 at Costco, using money that I was given by the government for educational purposes. So this is my "school" laptop ;).

SECTION 4: Alpha Ginger Player (opposite of a beta soy cuck btw)

So, Earth C-489. It's a lot like Earth B, isn't it? Well, when I made Earth C-489, I was sorta influenced by Homestuck Alpha when I made the main characters. However, I was mainly influenced by the Steel Ball Run universe of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure through all aspects. For example, Earth B has characters who parallel Earth A's, much like Earth C-117 and Earth C-489. But, the SBR universe has characters who are both original characters AND combinations of characters from the original universe, in much the same way as Earth C-489. Biggest example is Susie Brady, who's a combination of Chara Brady and Mysteo. Also, I've set up this lore where every Earth C has its own true religion. Earth C-489's religion is Christianity, which kinda fits in with the whole "corpse parts" thing.

-CONCLUSION-

Christmas is fast approaching. I will have more to say to you then. Farewell.

Remember when I said "see ya on the 11th" last month? Heh, good times. Anyway, I actually wanted to hold it off until the 25th... but now it's the 26th so... why did I do this again? Oh, right. Because I have something very special to show you all. There have been some pretty big things happening in the past month, too. Let's get all the minor, unrelated stuff out of the way first before we get to our big announcement.

SECTION I: Sans Gaming

In case you haven't gotten it already, this is sorta the approach Masahiro Sakurai took when announcing Sora earlier this month, revealing the Mii costumes first. Oh, did I tell you that they put Sora in Super Smash Bros.? It's crazy, I know. How did the pull it off? It's still hilarious to me how they purged almost every Disney reference except for the Mickey on Sora's Keyblade. I've only played the third (mainline) game, and even then only bits and pieces, plus I've read the first volume of the Kingdom Hearts II manga (fun fact: that was my first manga), so as you can tell I don't really know much of the story at all. I know that Aqua got Norted (which vaguely sounds inappropriate, unlike wanting her to step on you, which is definitely inappropriate), I know there's some kind of door, I know the numbers 7 and 13 are pretty important (kinda like 413/612/1025/111/111111, or even 117/489), and sometimes Cloud and Sephiroth are involved. But that's about it. Seems pretty cool, reminds me of the good ol' days of edgy fanfics and Hot Topic. The gameplay's pretty fun, but I hope the older games are better because KHIII isn't exactly the best in that regard. Anyway, I'm stalling for the real big game announcement that happened, even earlier in September. Deltarune Chapter 2. I love it, with every fiber of my being. It's hilarious, it's charming, it's engaging, it's full of great music, and the game is fun. I don't want to spoil a lot, since it just came out over a month ago, but I kinda wish it came out sooner. The main antagonist definitely would've influenced the Queen of Spades in some way. Also, how is it that it took me years to beat Jevil, and yet this chapter's secret boss I somehow beat first try? The next one better be Sans levels of difficulty, or there's gonna be some trouble.

SECTION 2: The Obligatory Life Section

I finally got a job. I'm going to be a cashier at Winn-Dixie. Unfortunately, the store itself doesn't open until about December, so I'm working at a different location for training. It's been kinda tricky, though, because we only have one working vehicle at the moment, and everyone has places to be. Also, I'm participating in a really cool version of Inktober called Riptober. On the Ripping Resources Discord server, they're hosting an event where every day there's a cue (for example, Ball, Cat, Undertale, Secret, etc.), and you have to make a high quality video game rip (melodyswaps, mashups, etc.) using that word. If you do it everyday, you'll get a special role exclusive to you, which is what I'm going for. 26 days in, still going strong, even with a busy work/school schedule. Oh, speaking of school, I've finished my Astronomy and Spanish classes with a B and a B+, respectively. Alright, now it's time for the special announcement you've all been waiting for.

SECTION 3: Halloween Hack

I've been working on a special story for this spooky season. Yes, this is what I spent my hiatus time doing. Not like I have anything important to do, like storyboarding or animating. This story is called ZoZo's Spooky Adventure: The Mystery of the Horseless Headman. When I made that title, I initially wanted to go for something goofy, like Scooby-Doo. Instead, I went for a more tragic approach. The story follows the kids from Earth C-489, since 1) I'm kinda bored with the kids from Earth C-117, and 2) there's not much left to do with the kids from Earth C-117. The beta kids have essentially finished their stories (including my personal rough outline), so there's not really much left I could say about them. The alpha kids, however, have only just begun their stories. It's a sequel to Part 3, but it doesn't really spoil anything major that I haven't written yet in the main story, and it takes place in the latter half of October (so essentially, it's an immediate sequel). And yes, it's canon. If I had to tweak the main canon to make room for this spin-off, then that means it's canon. The story itself, I don't want to spoil a whole lot. But the premise here is that Hinawa wants to go to the Halloween Ball at Kan High, but she can't invite Crenando because he's gone missing. His disappearance may have been related to the various other reports of people disappearing, all seemingly orchestrated by one person that no one can identify. This person--or thing--has been dubbed the Maestro of Mineral Ridge. Hinawa also meets a young man named Varik Dreemurr, but he seems invisible to everyone except her. Will Hinawa solve these mysteries, and how are they all connected? You'll have to read it to find out. I'll put it in the Read ZZBA section, and also here, if you prefer. Happy reading.

-CONCLUSION-

I think this month has ultimately been the most productive month this year for me, so I'm glad for everything that's happened so far. Now that I'm getting paid, I can do important things like help pay for rent/groceries, buy my own meals, and possibly even get things that I want for myself, like video games or a cat. My pay is $12/hour, plus I work around 20-30 hours a week, so I'm making more than enough money for what I need. Anyway, I hope I get to learn how to animate soon, I wanna get back to writing the main story as much as possible. And also, I wonder if I should make my lore document public or not. There's a lot of concepts in there that are pretty spoiler-y, so maybe not at the moment. Anyway, see you guys next month, I guess. Cutoff prevention.

Now, normally you'd expect me to write a new entry, say, on the 15th. That's Undertale's anniversary. I normally save these for significant days, like anniversaries, so why now? Allow me to counter such a question, with another: what day could possibly be more significant than this? This is no mere date--this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Today is the 10th day of the 9th month of the 21st year of the 21st century. 9... 10... 21... The next 9/10/21 won't come until the next century, and I'll likely be dead long before that. And even if I miraculously lived to be the age of 118, long enough to see that date again, it won't be as special, because 1) the "9 + 10" Vine will likely be long forgotten by then, and 2) it will be the 22nd century. We have two 21s. Though, to be fair, the next time this will happen is in 2121, which is also two 21s. Regardless, I simply could not resist taking advantage of this momentous occasion.

SECTION 1: Saucy Vines

This section has nothing to do with Vinesauce... unfortunately. But I wanted to briefly mention that when I was 13, I had a Vine account by the name of Sans Skelington. Yes, I know it's missing an l. But, that is the name of my Fandom (formerly Wiki) account, after all. They were... not good. At all. Some were quite funny, but they were ruined by things such as... erm, a "scabby tabby (lmao that was really good, anyway rest in peace Cheeto Marie Hutchison)." They've got a lot of charm though. It's the sorts of things you'd expect from a 13-year-old boy obsessed with video games. Now at this point, I would show you the archive, but... it appears the archive has unfortunately been deleted. That's unfortunate. Don't worry, I posted all of them (sans one, but no one's missing out honestly) on my personal Instagram, so they're not gone forever.

SECTION 2: Actualización Personal

Hola. Me llamo Levi. Yo estudio español. Yeah, it's not quite my second language yet, but I'm doing pretty good so far. So that's pretty cool. Only three weeks of doing Spanish and I can already conto de cero a ciena noventa y nueve. Also, I finished the Half-Life 2 trilogy. NOW I see why we want a sequel so badly. Also, I finished the Rebuild of Evangelion series. I really liked them, and Rei (Ms. Look-Alike included) was my favorite character through it all (Kaworu was second and Pen Pen third). My official ranking is 1. 2.22, 2. 3.0+1.0, 3. 1.11, 4. 3.33. 2.22 is such a fun movie, and that ending still resonates with me. The cover of Tsubasa wo Kudasai is really good, too, and I still see it as positive Komm, Susser Tod. However, if we're talking about endings, then 3.0+1.0 has 2.22 beat. The emotional climax answers brings closure not just on the Rebuilds, but the original Neon Genesis Evangelion series, as well. It's truly a happy ending for Shinji and friends, and a bittersweet farewell to Evangelion. 1.11 was also pretty good, but it was mostly just a retelling of the first few episodes. The series didn't become its own thing until 2.22. And 3.33 was just... kinda boring. It was still good, just really slow. Nothing happens outside of the beginning and climax. Kaworu was absolutely a highlight, but aside from those three things, there was just a lot of nothing. And then there's the scene where Shinji plays shogi with Fuyutsuki. Ugh, I hated it. You're supposed to reveal this kind of lore naturally, not some long infodump in the middle of a f*cking game! And finally, I played the first Psychonauts, and I fell in love with that, too. I loved the edgy humor, made me think of cartoons from the early-mid 2000s, the exact cartoons I grew up with. Friendship ended with "I am the Milkman. My milk is delicious." Now "Great. Well, I'm off to go kill myself." is my best friend. I finished two projects regarding music: the Hey Jude lo-fi cover (listen here) and a few fanfares for Act 0 through Act 4 Act 3 (listen here).

-CONCLUSION-

This one actually was short. Guess that's what I get for doing this on 9/10 instead of 9/15. But let's be honest, this is better than explaining how Undertale affected my life for the millionth time. Especially since I'm sick of writing about it. Well, see ya on the 11th next month, and be sure to watch the Deltarune Chapter 1 livestream on Undertale's anniversary. ¡Hasta luego!

Yes, you've heard that right. For once, I've actually strategically planned a hiatus. I'll go into more detail for the reasons later, but for now, I need to get something straight, and remind you all about something very important. The ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure project is solely a one-man project for the time being. I have done most everything on my own, though not entirely because I want to. I can and will take requests if you just ask me (fun fact: that's why I killed off Brandola and Care Bear in the same chapter that introduced them), and in the future I will be requesting some voices, so stay tuned for that. Anyway, I've rambled for far too long, so let's just get right into it.

SECTION 1: Why is the Mega Micropau$e!?

The Mega Micropau$e! is the name I've given this hiatus, referencing both the Megapause of Homestuck and the video game WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! There are a handful of reasons as to why such a hiatus is necessary. The most important reason is because I need a lot of time to work on something very special for Chapter 101 (Beta). I won't give away too much, but I will say this: it's animated. I need a lot of time to work on, well, everything. Storyboarding/scripting (which has already begun), dubbing, scoring, actually animating, it all needs to be done. This is going to be a challenge for just one man, especially when that man has literally zero experience animating (aside from some really, really crappy Sonic.EXE thing in Flipnote Studio 3D, which I made as an adult, despite looking like something I'd do as a kid). But I have faith it will all work out in the end. It may (or rather, it most certainly will) look crude, but crude is good enough for a parody(?) series. I have other reasons, too. For starters, I just started my second semester of college this week (as I write this), so I'll be busy with that. I'm also currently on a job search. In short, I just need time, space, rest.

SECTION 2: Free Time

In my spare time, I've been working on some other things. I recently finished Half-Life 2, which is quite honestly a really good game. After finishing it, I can easily understand why fans were so eager for a third game... and it's not just because they wanted more. I can't wait to move on to Episodes 1 and 2, and possibly Alyx some day. I've also been watching the Rebuild of Evangelion series, and am currently halfway complete. And let me just say this, 2.22's ending is so good. I really like Shinji and Rei in these movies, they're so much more than sadboy and purposeless apathetic clone. Though I do hear that the manga has the best versions of these characters to date. Anyway, without spoiling too much of what happens, just know that Tsubasa wo Kudasai is basically the happy version of Komm, Susser Tod which somehow ends up sounding even more like Hey Jude despite not having those notes. And also Kaworu is a f*cking badass.

SECTION 3: Music Time

Still working on Bail's theme, but I'm also working on a song which represents the first vibe session in Part 3. Obviously it's not the song that plays during that moment, because it's clearly been established that it was The Beatles. Though this song is, indeed, a Beatles cover... but purely instrumental. I've also been working on some small fanfares for each act (including intermissions, but I haven't gotten to those yet), and have so far completed them up to Act 4 Act 1. Circling back to Half-Life, I am absolutely adoring the Gabe Newell takeover on SiIvaGunner. There's so much of everything. There's Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress 2, Among Us, My Little Pony (I swear I'm not a brony I just think the Mordetwi and Lesbian Rainbow Dash memes are kinda funny), Astronaut in the Ocean, and even Yankin'. There's even a bunch of Garry's Mod animations! It's been pretty crazy so far, needless to say. I implore you all, check out the SiIvaGunner channel at once.

-CONCLUSION-

This was kind of a short one. I just wanted to let you all know that there is now a hiatus. It will take a while, as hiatuses often do. I will try my best to not write any more of this story until further notice. Until next month.

Nothing too interesting happens in the month of July. There used to be Free Slurpee Day, but now it's Free Small Slurpee If You Have A Membership Day. Independence Day is cool and all, but I already filled my quota for a political entry this year. And I'm even late for the one year anniversary of this very page! By 11 days! But hey, you know what today is? That's right! Today, the 22nd of July, is Peter "Family Guy Funny Moments" Griffin's birthday! But that has nothing to do with today's blog!

SECTION 1: An Update One Year in the Making

In the first blog entry, I mainly discuss Botherhunt. Where am I now? Nowhere near finished with the script for TC's story alone. These things take time, especially when you have other, better things to do. And one of those things also happens to be the main story in which your spin-off dating sim is based on. Gotta finish your plate before you put more stuff on it, after all. I also mention something about the soundtrack. Now I don't remember if this was before or after the Boy Meets Girl overhaul, but my original plan was to have three volumes: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. I kinda screwed that up when I made "Your Friendly Neighborhood Satan," so since then I've decided to make five volumes. Volume 1, Boy Meets Girl, tells the story of the events which transpired on Earth C-117, beginning with the Part 1 opening theme and ending with "[S] Everyone: Enter." Volume 2, Across the Skaiaverse, encapsulates the exploits in the Medium, up until the Scratch. Volume 3, The Fourth Wall, is split into an A Side (Hinawa Lalonde's The Fourth Wall), B Side (TC Strider's The Fourth Wall), and a non-Euclidean C Side (The CCC's The Fourth Wall). I will refrain from any details regarding Volumes 4 and 5 so as to not spoil events which have not transpired yet. Botherhunt's soundtrack is still very much in its early stages, but there are some rough fanfares available in the OST folder. I still haven't finished Minish Cap, because of literally the dumbest reason: I'm stuck at the final boss, which isn't too difficult, but the reason why I'm stuck is because--drumroll please... I'm too lazy! When you start playing other games, you never really wanna finish the games you just started, and thus starts an endless cycle. Anyway, the other mystery project, Soulbinder, has some more work done, mostly to the story and soundtrack. For example, the main protagonists finally have names, and the first dungeon has already been planned out (though not in terms of layout).

SECTION 2: What Else Has Been Going On?

I finally moved! Good riddance, Orange Park! Hello, St. Augustine Shores! In all honesty, there's not too much to do here, but that's alright. It's a very new area in the state, so more things may arrive in the future. My main desktop is in storage at the moment, so for now I'm writing this entry on my laptop. That, unfortunately, means that for the time being, I can't work on the main ZZBA story too much (my outline is saved on that computer), nor can I make any new songs or anything like that (all my creative stuff, including my totally legitimately obtained legal copy of FL Studio, is also on that computer).

SECTION 3: The Future of ZZBA

The end is on the horizon. I don't know if I'm going to make a Volume 3 or not, but I don't think I will. Not yet, at least. I have something huge in store for the end of Act 5, something I've begun to storyboard/script. Bear in mind, I have practically zero animation experience. I made some crappy Sonic.EXE animation on Flipnote Studio 3D, but that's about it. I'm certain my video editing skills will help me, however. As for the soundtrack, I am still happy that I'm finally making progress with Bail's theme, which has always given me trouble prior. Thank you, Wind Waker! I also recently discovered Starkid, and now, after watching Holy Musical, B@man, I wanna make a ZZBA musical for some reason. I've already finished the lyrics of one song. I've also decided that, as a contingency plan, I will upload all of ZZBA on AO3 (not now though), in case something bad were to happen to Google Drive, or my Google account or something like that.

-CONCLUSION-

Yeah, I didn't really have anything to write about this time around. Not much has happened, mostly due to the moving process. Well, I'll see next month then.

Well, it's that time of year again. The year has met its halfway mark, summer has just begun, corporations have changed their logos to a rainbow color so they can make an extra profit, and E3 has come and gone. What else could it be but June? A lot has happened in June over the course of human events, and thus I'm going to reflect on a lot of them which apply to me, starting with today, which is indeed a very important date.

SECTION 1: My Experience with the Furriest Non-Furry Fandom

June 23, 1991, is a special date remembered fondly by most gamers, as it was the day a company known as SEGA finally became bigger than Nintendo for what seemed like a moment. The first Sonic the Hedgehog video game was released, and it was a hit. From it spawned numerous sequels and spin-offs, six animated series (including an OVA) with a seventh well on the way, a blockbuster movie, three comic runs, and a whole lot of merchandise. My first experience with the Blue Blur was, funnily enough, his first title. You see, kids, back in the olden days cell phones weren't all that smart, and none of them even had touch screens (that I know of). Despite that, they could still play games using this old programming language called Java, which you may know as the thing Minecraft is coded with. Anyway, one of the old Java games on those old phones just so happened to be Sonic 1, and my dad just so happened to have the first half (it was split into two parts for some odd reason). Now I don't know if it was because I was like 3 or 4 and sucked at video games, or if it was because playing Sonic on a flip phone wouldn't really work out all that well, but the most progress I would make was in Green Hill, where I could at least get to the third act. I may have gotten there in Spring Yard too, but I can't remember all that well. This was ~15 years ago, mind you. Anyway, we later got a Wii in 2007, and some of the first games we got for it were, funnily enough, GameCube games. We had the first two LEGO Star Wars games, but that's not important for this story. The other game we had was Sonic Mega Collection, and I would play that a whole bunch, too. I specifically remember Sonic 2 (because of the waterfalls in Emerald Hill and possibly Chemical Plant), Sonic & Knuckles (I definitely remembered being stopped in my tracks by Knuckles in Mushroom Hill), and Sonic 3D Blast (which I thought was a 3D pinball game due to the fact that I had no idea what to do and just kept launching myself out of the same cannon over and over again when I wasn't bouncing off of every wall). Needless to say, I didn't play around too much with that, not as much as I wished I could. What I did end up playing a lot of was Sonic and the Secret Rings. I loved that game to death. I loved the music, the aesthetic, the Party Mode. And yeah, it kinda sucks, but I still love it just as much as I once did as a kid. For the rest of my childhood, Sonic wasn't too prominent. Sure, I watched Sonic X a whole bunch, and I continued to play Secret Rings, but I just didn't really care for Sonic as much as I did things like Star Wars and Ben 10, even when we got Sonic Unleashed. That changed in 5th grade. I was a 10-year-old boy, and I wanted to spend some money on some Wii games, specifically old ones. The one I really wanted to play was Super Mario World, but 1) it was really expensive to me, and 2) it required a GameCube or Pro Controller, which I had neither. I wanted to look at other retro games. One caught my attention: Sonic & Knuckles. A game I had not played since I was like 4. I wanted to play it. So I bought it. And I instantly fell in love. At that point in time, I was already deeply invested in some internet culture, specifically YouTube Poops and Flash games, but this love for Sonic brought it to a whole other level. Looking back on it, it seemed as though I had finally found my first fandom. Even if this elation didn't last for long, I still made every second of it count. I started playing games like Secret Rings and Unleashed more and more, I slept with a Sonic plushie every night, I even finally got around to getting a GameCube controller so I could play Sonic Adventure DX. I also got Sonic 3 so I could connect it to Sonic & Knuckles for the definitive Sonic 3 experience. But the best thing of all was the friendship I've gained because of it. In 6th grade, there was a girl who practically became my best friend solely because of a dumb video game about a very fast rodent with an unnatural color. If you've read Part 3 Volume 2 yet, then yes, this girl was the inspiration for Kim Probable, right down to the name. Because her name was Kim(my). When I discovered emulation, it was time to end this obsession with Sonic, rather unfortunately. Though to this day I still love the franchise dearly, I realized there were far more and far better things to geek about. That didn't stop me from playing a bunch of Sonic ROM hacks though! I miss that girl though. I wish we were still friends. Oh jeez that was really long. And I didn't even talk about everything yet! Oh well, you got a really, REALLY good idea of my history with this franchise.

SECTION 2: Finally, Something Truly Related to ZZBA!

This June also marks the 2nd anniversary of Starstruck Crushaders, as well as Romance Tendency's ending. Hard to believe it's already been two years. I've written so much in that time, so much more than 14-year-old me could have ever possibly imagined when first writing Phantom Love in January of 2017. As far as the plot goes, I'm still suffering from writer's block, which is a damn shame, as I'm just about to reach yet another climax. I think it's because I'm afraid of reaching such a crucial point in the story seemingly so soon. I'm literally inches away from a very intense moment. I've been going strong on the lore and worldbuilding, however, and I'm actually making decent progress on Bail's theme for once, thanks to a cracked version of FL Studio. Remember kids, yarr harr fiddle-dee-dee! Being a pirate is alright to me! Do what you want, 'cause a pirate is free! You are a pirate! (DISCLAIMER: I do not actually condone piracy the majority of the time, please make sure you buy the product officially whenever possible. Also, definitely do NOT check out the pinned megathread on the Reddit community known as r/Roms, as it totally does not contain a whole load of video game ROMs for you to download and enjoy from past and maybe current consoles.). Anyway, Part 3 is very close to concluding, closer than you or I think.

SECTION 3: Other Miscellaneous Events

June 2019 also brought tragedy. The streamer known as Etika unfortunately took his life, which was truly a shame. If I remember correctly, I was at a Smart & Final with my brothers and grandmother when I saw the news of his body being discovered, but before it was identified as his. To this day I am still deeply saddened. Moving away to a much happier topic, one of the most exciting things about the month of June to me is the anniversary of the Ctrl+Alt+Del comic known simply as "Loss." It has no dialogue, and simply contains four panels. The comic depicts the main character, Ethan, rush through a hospital to find his bride-to-be, Lilah, who had just suffered a miscarriage. It became a major meme for a very long time, essentially becoming the original version of the Among Us meme (not counting the Game, which you just lost), as people would find many things which happened to follow the same general pattern as the panels of the comic. Also, this June marks the first year where Juneteenth is a national holiday, which I'm honestly shocked that it hasn't been all this time. Pretty sure that's an important part of U.S. history.

-CONCLUSION-

June's a pretty big month, innit? I'm excited for what SEGA has in store for the big 30. As I've been typing this, I've been listening to their special anniversary orchestra symphony thing. I can't wait for the next big game coming next year, and I also can't wait for Sonic Prime, because from what I've seen/heard it's basically gonna be Ben 10 Omniverse but with Sonic. God I love Man of Action. Anyway, remember to keep a lookout on any updates regarding ZZBA, as there might be some coming soon. Also FREAKING METROID DREAD GOT REVIVED THIS IS THE HAPPIEST JUNE OF MY LIFE AND IT'S COMING JUST THREE DAYS BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY SO I'M GONNA GET IT AS MY OWN BIRTHDAY PRESENT TO MYSELF THAT MIGHT SOUND SAD BUT IT REALLY ISN'T I SHOULD BE ABLE TO TREAT MYSELF TO MY OWN GIFTS FROM TIME TO TIME!!!

May 19, 1919. A bunch of smelly old men are gathered in a room, and they're about to make a very important decision. The right for half the adult population to vote was on the line, and a decision was made. "If we can let a bunch of black men vote (despite the fact that we still see them as subhumans when they aren't making music)," the majority said, "then I see no reason why my wife can't." It was decided that women could vote, though they would not get this privilege for a couple years (the next election wasn't until 1921). 102 years later, and I still cannot get a girlfriend, even though women and I have so much in common (like the ability to vote). Where was I going with this? Oh, right. Today, I thought I'd put the spotlight on some of the greatest achievements made by women in ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure.

SECTION 1: The Damsels Who Are the Distress

Without a doubt, the most important woman in ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure is... not ZoZo! That's right, such a title actually belongs to Bail Harley, empress of Dazelia. Why is she the most important? Well, for one, she's literally a goddess. Yeah. She's Hylia. Sorry if I spoiled that for those who haven't made it that far yet (if anyone cares). But also she's an empress, so she has a very powerful job. She also has a Stand. "But Levi!" I here you whine. "Liz Lalonde is also an empress, and she has a Stand, too!" Yes, but 1) Liz isn't a goddess, 2) you also missed the similarity of them both being psychics (Bail has PSI), 3) [Toy Soldier] is far more powerful than [Kiss from a Rose], and 4) the entire Fire Nation is smaller than a city in Idaho. Bail will play even more important roles later on down the line, but that would be spoiling what has not been made yet, so stay put and we'll see. Second place would be Mysteo, because she's an angel. That's really about it. She's also getting closer to villain status, but once again you'll have to wait and see if she actually reaches that territory. Third place goes to Romy haha just kidding it's ZoZo. She's TC's sister, of course she would be up there. Romy is actually fourth, because she did the ectobiology thing or whatever I don't know. I'm not making a tier list for a bunch of fictional women if I'm not attracted to any of them, so I'll end it at that. Also, Chara is evil, so I guess that technically makes her important.

SECTION 2: Why U No Write???

That's a funny question, because I have several answers. For starters, I'm running low on motivation again. Perhaps I should watch Hamilton again, haha. There's also the fact that I don't really know where to take the story fully, as there are a lot of plot points which could and should be tied into the upcoming (third) climax. I also wanna spend some time working on the huge project I have planned for after the climax, just to make the upcoming hiatus a little shorter. My family's also in the process of preparing to move again, despite the fact that we still somehow can't manage to find a good house that can actually stay on the market or that we can get approved for or whatever. There are probably a bunch of other reasons, but these are really the main ones.

SECTION 3: When is the Wiki Coming Out?

I've said this before, and I'll say it again: the wiki must be in a good enough state to be released to the public. It still has not reached that, as this is a one man job at the moment. That is all.

SECTION 4: What About Botherhunt?

Shut up.

SECTION 4 (Real): Wow, Incredible!

I just finished my first full semester of college last week! I'm so happy, and I passed all my finals, too! I wasn't really expecting to, but I did anyway, so that's really cool. I'm taking the summer off, because I have quite a bit to do. For starters, once we move, I'm FINALLY going to get a job, and then I can finally establish an income. I'm also practicing my driving (I actually drove all the way from my house to Walmart recently, which I thought was quite impressive), so I better get that finished as soon as possible, especially since the back tire of my bike has broken somehow. Another great achievement: I finished my journey to watch every episode of the classic Ben 10 continuity. That's why I've been throwing in a lot more stuff from Ben 10 into ZZBA, like Professor Paradox, Dagon, and the Anodites. I've also started playing Wind Waker for the first time, but now my PS4 controller is broken(?), too, and won't charge.

-CONCLUSION-

Misogyny? No thanks, I'd rather my knee to be the one that will be massaged. Actually, who the hell even massages knees? Is that even a thing? Anyway be nice to women unless they aren't nice to you in which case still be nice to them because Jesus doesn't want us to be mean to other people. Wait, is it normal for Christians to put false religions in their works, even if they aren't allegories for their own religions? I was wondering, because I know Lewis and Tolkien were more allegorical, but I'm literally combining the Homestuck and Zelda religious mythos, while also throwing in the Evangelion angels, without any hint of Christ. Oh well. It's all fiction, at the end of the day (not referring to Christianity, obviously, I'm a freaking Christian ffs). It's not like I actually worship Hylia or anything like that. I hate tangents. Goodbye.

A young man sits in his bedroom. It just so happens that today, the 13th of April, is a very special day for him. Though he is excited about celebrating the 12th anniversary of one of his favorite works of fiction, he never really had any plans for today. Will he figure something out at the last minute? Probably not. But he will tell you the history of his relationship with Andrew Hussie's epic, Homestuck.

SECTION 1: You Know What Time It Is

That's right. Time for my weekly 8th grade flashbacks! Personally, I think there are two major linchpins in my life: going to North Idaho STEM Charter Academy for 8th grade, and my discovery of UNDERTALE. At NISCA, I met plenty of friends and had plenty of experiences which shaped me into who I am today. Hell, I even wrote a whole ass essay about it in my composition class recently. UNDERTALE got me much more interested and involved in other things, such as online communities, writing, and music. I've written about this in one of my prior entries (September 2020, specifically). However, as the title of this entry suggests, both those linchpins would inevitably come together in the form of Homestuck. I've heard about it in passing, in the many videos on UNDERTALE which I once watched almost religiously. The video which seemed to intrigue me most about it was UtterSpartan's "Possible References and Inspirations in Undertale." Also fun fact: I think that was the first I had heard about JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, as well. But this isn't about JoJo. This is about Homestuck. The very song that got me into UNDERTALE wasn't even from UNDERTALE originally. That fact intrigued me for so long. My first experience with Homestuck was the animation "[S] Wake." The animation with "MeGaLoVania." I didn't understand what was happening, but it looked pretty cool. My best friend at school was a fellow UNDERTALE fan. But she was also a big Homestuck fan. She and another friend helped me to understand much of the elements (none of the plot yet, just the characters), and by the time the webcomic concluded, I had considered myself to be a fan. I even had a huge semicrush on Vriska (Kumatora was and is still better, in my opinion). I watched all of "[S] Collide." and just like with "[S] Wake." before it, I didn't understand any of it (though I understood a considerable amount more at that point) yet was in love anyway. I especially liked the UNDERTALE reference. I even started the read the beginning while waiting for this browser emulator to load Crash Bandicoot (oh man I have got to tell you about my history with emulation some day!). But once summer came, I decided to make things interesting. I already had a somewhat full plate that summer, what with my extra Mythology and Folklore class and my retaking of Algebra 1, so why not get the dessert out, as well? From June to August of 2016, I had read the entirety of Homestuck. Yeah, little 13yo me, who couldn't even be assed to read past the first few chapters of a freaking Star Wars book for a book report, read/watched/played all eight thousand one hundred twenty eight pages in just two months. Since then, I've remained a huge fan, and have become a very obscure content creator, having only 69 subscribers on YouTube and 145 followers on SoundCloud, despite both existing for quite a long time. All my work, in some way, has been inspired by either Toby Fox or Homestuck (but typically both).

SECTION 2: About What Happened 12 Days Ago

I'd prefer not to talk about it, but essentially this girl named Seagull saved ZZBA from deletion. Also apparently the links got mixed up and led to random YouTube videos, like "Together Forever" by Rick Astley and that Among Us trap remix. I fixed those, so you're able to access the ZZBA content again.

SECTION 3: Let the Memes Begin

There was a game I liked to play on Instagram called the Trollface Games, or TFG. It was run by a girl named Nora, also known as @glutenpee. Unfortunately, TFG was canceled recently, but that was hardly an issue. Thanks to @digbong_, TFG is back in the form of Teams of Memes. I am playing as Soma Cruz, of course. Speaking of, for the game I had to write a fanfiction about Soma Cruz, shipping him with somebody. Naturally, I chose to ship him with Kanaya Maryam. The title of the fanfic? "Soma Ulte." Why? It's a reference to a crappy couples' tee shirt. It's very short, but it's a wild ride, so I'll link it on this website in the Read ZZBA section.

SECTION 4: What About ZZBA?

What do you mean? What about it? Sometimes writers need to take breaks and give their minds a rest. I just had relatives visit last week, so please be patient. I'm also running low on ideas at the moment, which sucks because I'm so close to a huge part of the plot which I've been waiting to write about for so long. Speaking of, once I get to that part and finish it, be prepared for a big hiatus. I'm going to be working on something big as a transition from Act 6 Act 1 to Act 6 Act 2.

-CONCLUSION-

Happy Homestuck 4/13 day thing holiday Act 7 fifth anniversary April 13th John Egbert birthday... whatever. I don't know what the hell is going on with Homestuck^2, but if I were to guess, they're frantically trying to cover it up. Which is a shame, because it was just starting to get good... even though it gave best girl a dick. And a dog one, at that. Blech. But recently today the Homestuck Twitter essentially deleted every tweet that didn't have to do with Hiveswap, so that's really weird. Anyway, have a good rest of your day.

WELL, ThIS SUCKS. I WAS CONtACTED BY SOME WEIRD ORGANIZAtION CALLED THE LOYAL ORDER OF THE LEGEND IMMEMORIAL. THEY WANT ME TO TAKE DOWN ZZBA BECAUSE IT'S "HARMFUL TO FICTIONAL MINORS," BECAUSE THAT MAKES SENSE ApPARENTLY. AND ON TOP OF THAT, I DROPPED MY KEYBOARD AND NOW MY CAPs LOCK IS: BROKEN. WELL, ALL I KNOW IS THAT THIS DAY SUCKS AND/OR IS THE WORST APRIL FOOL'S DAY OF 2021/MY LIFE. WELL, WHILE YOU'RE HERE, WHY NOT LET ME EXPLAIN MY SITUATION TO yOU?

SECTIoN 1: WHO ARE LOLI?

THE LOYAL ORDER OF THE LEGEND IMMEMORIAL ARE A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, NOT uNLIKE PETA. WHICH MEANS I HAtE IT, JuST LIKE PETA. THAT'S NOT TO SAY I HATE ALL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, I JUST HATE PETA AND LOLI. WHY, YOU MAY ASK? WELL, LOLI FOR WHATEVER REASON THINK FICTIONAL CHILDREN HAVE RIGHTS, AND SO THEY FEEL THE NEED TO LIbERATE THEM. IT'S RIDICULOUS! I AM THeIR GOD, ESSENTIALLY. THEY ONLY HAVE AS MANY RIGHTS AS I GIVE THEM. THEY HAVE NO MIND OF THEIR OWN. THEY DON'T SEEM TO REALIZE/UNDERSTAND THAT oh okay that was weird. My keyboard works again now. Of course it would. Except now it bolds random stuff for no reason. The figurehead of LOLI is Zelda, specifically from Wind Waker. Freaking typical. I don't really know what else to say, so let's move on.

SECTION 2: 7 Grand Deaths

Well, today is a very sad day, indeed. Mario has been publicly executed, and will no longer be existing with us. Gone from purchase are Super Mario 3D All Stars, Super Mario Bros. Game and Watch, Super Mario Bros. 35, and Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, because apparently that's a Mario game now. Also, support for Super Mario Maker 1's online has been discontinued. I don't know what the seventh death is, I just wanted to make a reference to Grand Dad. Pretty sure that's it, I don't know if I missed anything. Video game stuff can get pretty complicated. Hell, I even consider myself to be a video game MASTER.

-CONCLUSION-

Well, it's sad to say it, but look's like the ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure legacy is over. I'm sorry, everyone. But I never could have predicted this. LOLI has won. I have lost. Goodbye.

Today is March 17. I promised last month I'd do the next entry today, and now it's today. Anyway, today is commonly known as St. Patrick's Day. It celebrates the life of one Saint Patrick of Ireland (because traditionally today was the day he died). As with any holiday, consumerism ruined it and made it about Ireland in general, so you know what? If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Happy Irish Pride Day. Anyway, where was I? Oh, right. Let us begin, shall we?

SECTION 1: Obligatory ZZBA Status Update (but this time there's actual news)

I don't have to write about horses anymore! I'm so happy! A new arc in ZZBA has just begun. I won't spoil too much, but let's just say, it's all gonna return to nothing again. Either way, I'm just glad to be finished with the Steel Ball Run arc. This new one is going to involve a lot more Ben 10 content, because unlike Earth C-117 (where Ben 10 is fictional), Ben Tennyson and his friends were indeed real on Earth C-489. I have very exciting plans for Act 6, so just you wait. In fact, things might get so exciting that I'll need to take a bit of a hiatus. I wish I could just share all my plans with you, because they're so ambitious.

SECTION 2: Something I Forgot to Mention

Remember back in December when I said I was a little sick? Apparently that was COVID. I forgot to mention that back in January. That is all.

SECTION 3: Any Dream Won't Do

Lately I've been having really weird dreams. I can't exactly remember half of them, but they've been really weird. The first one... uhhh...? I can't remember too much of it, except the ending. I was about to take a shower, and then I turned into Link from The Legend of Zelda, and I had to sneak out of the bathroom and watch Aryll do the laundry...? What? Why? Anyway, I kinda liked the idea of an older Aryll doing the laundry, so I drew what I think she would've looked like based on my dream. The second one... strap yourselves. It begins like a combination of MOTHER and LEGO Star Wars. Giygas (or whatever) has invaded this weird area with an army of B1 Battle Droids, and so I had to go around and find the Eight Melodies, which had been scattered around the area. It had to be in order, unfortunately, and I only got to Melody 2 before breaking that order with Melody 8. (SIDE NOTE:  Earlier that day, I commented on YouTube that Melody 1, Melody 2, and Melody 8 were used in EarthBound, meaning that the original Eight Melodies appeared in all three games. Apparently my subconscious remembered this somehow and subtly placed it in my dream.) Anyway, I decide to fall back, as there were far too many Battle Droids than I was willing to deal with alone. I ended up in the desert, singing the Eight Melodies to myself to the point where I was almost crying, when I met up with... Gwen Tennyson. What she was doing there, I don't know, but apparently we were friends. She criticized me for something (probably indecisiveness or something like that), to which I just responded with a simple "I don't know, that's just how I am." I said it in a way that insinuated that I was apologizing, but apparently she took great offense to it and stormed off, telling me I was "the worst." I yelled out something along the lines of "Who needs you?!" and walked away. But then I realized she was going down some train tracks, and a train was approaching very soon. So I got in a car, started driving, and caught up with the train, where I found Gwen safe and sound in a boxcar. Apparently, this was more than enough to make her forgive me, and I think there was a bit of romantic chemistry going on or something, but I took control of the train using the car. When we stopped, we realized there were passengers on the train, because some random dude yelled at us about his wife being ready to give birth or something. We went in the opposite direction, where the hospital was, which was convenient because we needed to get back to Giygas. That was the end of the dream. I might end up using that for Giygas Against the Universe. Speaking of...

SECTION 4: Is Giygas Canceled?

No, it isn't. It's still on hiatus. But I hardly remember what I did in Garry's Mod, so I think I'll have to make it up as I go on. Please understand and be patient with this new direction. Once again, that is all.

SECTION 5: What Else is New?

I technically finished a full semester of college. I just completed an accelerated class, which, when combined with the three dual credit classes I took in high school, adds up to four classes, or 12 credits. A full semester. I'm going to begin my music appreciation class after Spring Break, and I will take this time during the break to replay Deltarune for my composition class (I'm doing a review on it).

-CONCLUSION-

Well, it's Irish Pride Day, and what did I do in celebration? Well, I drank a Shamrock Shake and wore a Green Hill Zone tee, if those count. Anyway, look forward to Act 6, as it's going to take the story into a whole new direction. Take care, travelers.

Hey, so I'm just gonna do like a brief history of my odd relationship with... romantic feelings, and then I'll do a status update. I don't really have much to say for this one, so let's get going, alrighty?

SECTION 1: Will You Be My Matesprit?

I used to be a normal kid. I used to have crushes. And then, I suddenly didn't anymore. I don't know the exact reason why. Perhaps I was simping on a certain girl in my class a little too hard and ended up losing romantic feelings, or maybe I was just a contrarian at the time. Who knows at this point? Point is, I didn't like girls anymore. Now, a normal reader might assume, "Oh, so you just had an asexual/aromantic awakening as a kid?" But it wasn't, and hear me out. I think, I was merely pretending to not like girls. I think I was lying to myself. And I think I fell for it. I always thought the whole trope of "This is my secret club, no boys/girls allowed!" or "Boys/girls, I'll never understand them!" to be pure cringe, even during that phase. I did feel very insecure about certain things I liked (*cough* Powerpuff Girls *cough*), however, but that has more to do with the whole "This thing for boy, this thing for girl" idea that r/PointlesslyGendered loves to absolutely tear to shreds. I'll never understand those folks on that Subreddit. Anyway, 5th grade brought this really awkward moment in my life. Up to that point, it was usually me who had the romantic feelings. That changed. There was a girl in my class, and I think she probably had a crush on me from day one, based on the way she acted toward me. One time we were doing a project where we had to write poems about a part of our bodies, and I chose my arms. I told the girl that before I had considered doing my eyes, and she tells me this, verbatim: "I like your eyes." It was super awkward, and I don't think we ever interacted again. 6th grade was when I began to question if I was lying to myself or not. There was a girl, and she became my best friend. Fun fact: she's the inspiration for Kim Probable in Part 3. Anyway, I think I was developing feelings for her, though I'm still not quite certain if I truly was or not. We liked to have Sonic OC roleplay sessions, so that's... cool, I guess. Anyway, she pretty much stopped going to the school (except she was still technically a student there so idk what that situation was all about), and later on in the year we stayed at a camp for three days. It was at that camp that I truly began to question everything I had taught myself. "What if women aren't the enemy? What if they can be friends, after all? What if Kimmy wasn't the exception?" Of course, I practically threw that belief out the window in 8th grade when I met Emma (Mysteo), and then challenged absolutely everything when in 9th grade, I developed not one, not two, but FOUR crushes within the same school year (though I guess only one felt truly genuine, and only one lasted throughout high school).

SECTION 2: Wiki Wiki Wild Wild (Wild Wild Wild) West

I've been working on a new section of the wiki (still not publicly available yet), which I've dubbed "Beyond Canon." It lists all the works outside of the main canon, and I've separated them into three categories: "Canonical," "Dubiously Canonical," and "Extracanonical." The first includes things such as JoBro's Bizarre Adventure. The second includes things like Botherhunt. The third includes things that aren't even canon, such as ZoZo's Bizarre Christmas. I don't know when I feel the wiki should be open to the public, but I think it will be whenever all the pages I've made are fully accessible.

SECTION 3: School of Rock

As I think I've stated before, I've recently begun classes at Daytona State College. Things have been going quite smoothly as of right now, which is good, especially since I'm already at the halfway mark with one of my classes. Yeah, two of my classes this semester have been accelerated, and when this one ends, the next one will begin. My next class is going to be awesome. It's literally just called "Music Appreciation," which reminds me of that "Average Fan vs. Average Enjoyer" meme. The only thing that sucks about it so far is that the book costs over a hundred dollars, but I've got a voucher so it's cool.

-CONCLUSION-

So apparently some weird 1/3 cat 1/3 dog 1/3 human ghost thing hacked into the website last January and made Part 3 Volume 2 public. Oh well. I'm still single to this day, but thanks to a global pandemic that's shut down every opportunity to socialize, I actually have an excuse for once. To conclude this Shipping Day, allow me to list all my OTPs: Link x Malon, Link x Marin, Link x Mipha, Shadow x Amy, Me x Blaze, Me x Jade Harley, Jade Harley x Dave Strider, Ness x Paula, and Mordecai x nobody because he's a simp. Goodbye until Irish Pride Month (I'm Irish!!!!!).

Well, that was really weird. As some of you may know, my Instagram recently got hacked beyond time and space. I don't really know the reason, but it just happened, and then there was some sort of countdown... and now I'm back in control. Very odd.

SECTION 1: Another Recap of the History of ZZBA

Four years ago, on this very day, I wrote the single most important title page in my life. "ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure: A Zalachi Story by Levi Hutchison." Two of my friends, Zoie and Malachi, were frequently shipped together at that time, so I thought it would've been funny if I wrote a fanfiction about it. Of course, I was initially following in the footsteps of my friend Emma's Hitler x Stalin x Reader x Reader fanfic, but when I actually began writing, everything changed for the better. In fear of losing my status as a generally nice guy (not in the fedora-tipping "I have 176k Karma" kind), I changed it into a parody, dare I say satire, of fanfiction stereotypes and archetypes. And I'm glad I did. Not only was I not seen as a douchebag (though I don't know if they would even care), but I even put the most effort I ever have into a writing project. And after 1.75 years, it all paid off. The project, now titled "ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure Part 1: Phantom Love," was complete. And I didn't want to end it there. Now, four years later, I'm still working on the biggest installment yet. I've mentioned this before, but I always felt that Part 2 was totally rushed for... practically no reason, in order to meet its end of 2019 school year deadline. I was obviously building up to Rouxls's ice abilities, and then suddenly he's gone before I could even use them? It was clear I wanted to do something inspired by Infinity War/Endgame, but could I have done that without omitting the ice powers? Let's just say I have something very special planned for Part 3 which will totally redeem myself in the end.

SECTION 2: Other Life Events

I've finally started my freshman year in cool leg! So far I'm doing composition, statistics, and life skills, but later on in the semester I'll be doing music appreciation, too. This is all very exciting to me. I don't really have anything else to say. So yeah. That's cool.

-CONCLUSION-

Y'know, you'd think that, for something celebrating the 4th anniversary of your greatest achievement thus far, this entry would be a bit longer. Either way, think you all very much for sticking around for so long. These past four years sure have been fun. Here's to another great year of ZZBA!

Hello? Can you hear me? Oh, good. It's working. This kid really picked the worst websites to host his projects on. Anyway, hi again. It's me, TCsprite. After that bad, bad man murdered me, my living counterpart helped me live once again. It was the dying wish of his... let's not worry about that! Anyway, I've been prototyped in this sprite, and now I have become part man, part dog, and part cat. God help me. I would just like you all to know that this isn't the only thing belonging to Levi that I've hacked into. I know his plans. I know what he plans to do with this story. I know the songs he has planned, and I know so much more. There's one project, however, he's refrained from telling you all. One that he's not even sure he wants to do. After Part 3 is finished, there might be a Part 4 later on down the line. A nice little epilogue to the saga. But there's one thing that will likely happen in between then, something bigger. ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure: The MSPFA Port. Don't get your hopes too high, this isn't going to be a reality anytime soon. But it might become one soon. Anyway, all this stuff has been pretty weird, huh? Well, I'm gonna add Part 3 Volume 2 to the list of written works. Then you'll know all the answers. But please keep in mind, much of Volume 2 is unfinished, so if it abruptly ends, please check frequently for updates. As always, this has been TCsprite, signing off.

Merry Christmas, my loyal fans (of which there are practically none)! I would add the other holidays but I don't know anything about Kwanza and Hanukkah ended a week ago. I would know because I celebrate that one, too. Christmas is my all-time favorite holiday. The year has come to a close, and now we are in the dreaded week-long limbo between now and next year. A lot of active 2020 bingo players are probably expecting something to happen during this phase, but I call those folks fools. Also, ever notice how 2020 kinda looks like ZOZO? I would have done something with that but I didn't feel like it :P.

SECTION 1: An Apology

I haven't done much with ZZBA this month. That's fine, everyone needs a break every now and then. So what's the apology for then? I don't know. But I'm still kinda recovering from my trip to Indiana back in November (and now sickness, as well). I wrote a couple chapters since I've returned, but not much else has come of this month. But not much needs to. I wouldn't consider this a hiatus, like I did that one time I stopped being motivated until I watched Hamilton (I guess you could say it made want to write like I'm running out of time badum tss). Moreso just a mini vacation, so to speak. That's not to say I haven't achieved much as far as ZZBA goes. I've been working on a bit of the wiki. And I recently drew the official new style art for Mysteo. It's actually kinda cool, I think I'll dedicate an entire segment to it for some reason.

SECTION 2: Regina Duodecim Unum Alatum Angelus

This is stupid but I don't care. Take a look at my Mysteo art because it's cool. Wait, I don't think I can put images in collapsible text. I'll just put it after the text, which is frustrating, I know, but just bear with me, okay? The new art isn't too different from the old art, in terms of what it's trying to be. Mysteo still has a skull bandanna, a long coat, and big combat boots. However, I've decided to change some things up a bit. For one, instead of her hair being short yet very streaky, it is longer and only has one giant streak. On top of this, her tips have become bleached. Instead of wearing her coat, which has now gained significant length, as a cape, the new Mysteo style wears it as a, well, coat. Many will point it as a reference to Abbacchio from JoJo, mostly due to the purple color scheme (it's supposed to be black, but purple is Mysteo's color, so I used a darker shade of it). However, my main source of inspiration was Sephiroth's coat, though way less detailed. Sephiroth has been on my mind a bit lately, since he's been added into Super Smash Bros. Ultimate recently. You'll see later on he's become a major inspiration for Mysteo. Since she's a delinquent, I've kept the hair messy, but I've also added a subtle nod to Vriska Serket because why not? The original also had a nod to her, in the form of her tee, which is a nice segue into the next difference. Mysteo has put up her Scorpio t-shirt for something a bit more "formal," though it's not very formal if you refuse to button it partway, revealing your belly button. I don't know why I did this, I guess I just wanted to show her carelessness. The shirt is also untucked. Her pants have become ripped, revealing more skin, because apparently that's rebellious according to kids who buy their jeans pre-cut from Zumiez. And her bandanna is now tied around her neck. This isn't a change, I just wanted to show her cute little smile, something quite rare. You'll notice that despite the differences, she's still in the same pose. This was a coincidence, I wanted to make her T-pose to make her seem, erm, "holier," per se. Speaking of, you'll notice the giant circle in the background. The circle is made of pure divine energy, with six pairs of wings on each side. The Hylian text going around the circle is obscured, but it reads "GLORIOSA GENEROSA" within the limits of Ocarina of Time era Hylian. It actually says "KURORIOSA YAENEROSA." Of course, this is an exact quote from Final Fantasy VII's "One-Winged Angel." For spoiler purposes, I shall not reveal the significance of this wheel.

SECTION 3: Other Cool Things

I've started implementing the script into Botherhunt. I'm not finished with either. But I did write this neat code that changes your pronouns based one which option you choose, so that's neat, I guess. As for the other game, Soulbinder, I came up with a cool idea for a super boss based on the Queen of Spades from ZZBA. That's all I really need to add here.

-CONCLUSION-

As the year ends, allow me to add my hopes for 2021. I hope to get a girlfriend, a car, and a place of my own. That's all I got so far. Will any of these be fulfilled in 2021? Only time will tell. But, there's a fourth one that I know will happen (provided we Americans aren't dumb enough to f*ck it up like we always do): the eradication of COVID-19...'s status as a pandemic, at least. If we're all immune then it'll really be nothing to worry about. But, then again, they did find a new strain in the UK recently. Well, with that, this blog entry is happy end. Farewell, and God bless us, every one.

It's November, which means the green has successfully turned to brown, temperatures are lowering, and some snow might have even begun to fall... but none of that is true in Florida. Well, actually, that's not entirely true. It is getting a little colder. There hasn't been too much going on lately, so this will be mostly brief.

SECTION 1: 3fast5me

I'm finally catching up with my rough outline. This is not good, because that means there are a lot of holes I need to fill, and fast. I haven't even fully developed the plot between now and the re- oops. Almost spoiled a bit of plot there. Point is, there's a lot that must be done with the outline, lest I risk having to do things the way I once did before: coming up with the plot as I go.

SECTION 2: Another Game Dev Update?

I haven't really had much "time" (and by time I mean motivation) to work on Botherhunt. But, in the time since the last update on the game, I've actually done some stuff. I've created the opening fanfares for each route (you can find them in a folder within the OST folder), a sprite sheet for TC (which is subject to change, like I don't really know if I even really want pixel art for the character sprites), and just today I started working on the game's script. Yeah, that's about it... for Botherhunt. Did you forget? A visual novel based on ZZBA isn't my only game project. For my other game, Soulbinder, I've finally decided on another main character's name. The princess's name is Calliope, though I decided that a long time ago, so that is not what I am referring to. I wanted to make the names for the main characters parallels of each other, so the two main boys will have parallel names, as will the two main girls. Since Calliope is a muse in Greek mythology, I decided that if the other girl was going to parallel young Callie, then her name would also have to be that of a muse's. And thus, I chose Thalia.

SECTION 3: Some Other Stuff

For Thanksgiving, we will likely be going up to Indiana, so we can visit some family. I'm very excited for that. Even though I still don't have a job yet, I did decide that I will be going to Daytona State College. There, I will get my AA. Also, when I do get a job, one of the first things I will save up for is a new PC, one that I will build from scratch. A friend of mine helped create a list of parts I would need, and even though it's well over $800 in total, it's still better than most PCs that are $1000. Plus I won't need a new monitor yet, as the one I have is still pretty good.

-CONCLUSION-

Well, this was on the shorter side. To be fair, nothing has really been happening much lately. But hey, that's typical for November. I am, however, excited by the lineup of games releasing this month. Age of Calamity and Hiveswap Act 2 both look amazing, so I will definitely be looking forward to those. See you guys on Christmas.

The day has come. That one dude from Starmen.net named Radiation is now 29. I bet he feels super old now. Oh and also I'm 18 now or something idk. Yeah, legally I can vote now. Of course, I preregistered last week, so that's good. Well, without further ado, let us continue.

SECTION 1: Story of My Life

No, no, don't worry. I'm not going to go into too much detail here. This is a blog entry, not an autobiography. I'm just going to reminisce over certain parts of my life which I have fond memories of. So let's start with the basic stuff, what I don't remember. I was born on October 11, 2002, in a hospital in Long Beach, California. One year later, my parents got married on November 28, 2003. I also happened to be very ill at that time. Okay, now onto the stuff I actually remember. My very first memory was when I was only about 23 months old. Yeah, one of my first memories was from before I was even two! Crazy, I know. Anyway, it was the day my brother was born. Or around that time. Just know it was the week of September 9, 2004. Then everything was blank until my second birthday. Then my memories were just sorta on and off throughout my younger years, getting more and more stable until I was in preschool, where my memories began to be preserved much better. Then in the summer of 2007, I moved from Nevada to Idaho. Oh, I forgot to mention that sometime after my parents were married we moved to Nevada from San Diego. Over the course of the twelve years I've lived there, I gained three more siblings: another brother on July 30 of 2008, and two sisters on December 18 of 2012. But let's back up a bit, shall we. Let's say... 2008. Specifically, the range between 2008-2010. Picture yourself as a small child, a 6-year-old. You have not a care in the world. You frequently spend your time watching Boomerang, usually sticking with Dexter's Laboratory, Scooby Doo, and The Powerpuff Girls, but sometimes even Duck Dodgers if you were daring enough, when they came on before bedtime. All is good. As time goes on, you no longer have access to cable channels, but that doesn't matter to you. Your new favorite show, The Clone Wars, has its newest episodes uploaded on the Star Wars website. So now, you're a bit older. You frequently watch The Clone Wars, you love the Diary of a Wimpy Kid franchise, and you've become entranced in the world of children's MMOs. But not like Club Penguin. More like FusionFall and Pirates of the Caribbean Online. Those kinds of games. Now fast forward to 2013. You are 10 years old, and have recently purchased Sonic & Knuckles on your Wii. Little did you know, this would lead you down a retro gaming rabbit hole, let alone the Sonic fandom. Okay, that's enough of the second person perspective. So, later in the year, I was enrolled in a charter school. I hated it. But, I met a girl. A girl who had one major thing in common with me: the Sonic fandom. She was more into the fandom part, while I was more into the Sonic part. Like she had a huge binder full of OCs she made in that one OC creator flash game thing. Meanwhile, I was studying the history of the franchise. She was cool. I think I had a crush on her. Her name was Kimmy, but I've not seen her since, unfortunately. I may have potentially seen her on Facebook...? I don't remember her last name, so that won't be of any help. Eventually, I moved on from Sonic (though it still has a very special place in my heart) to greater things: Nintendo. Mostly Zelda and Pokémon at the time. But even more than those two, was Super Smash Bros. I also had a FNaF phase but we don't talk about that, even though it involved the first fanfiction that I wrote where I actually called it a fanfiction. 2015. I was enrolled in yet another charter school. It was tolerable. But, I met another girl. And another girl. Their names were Emma and Liz, respectively. No crushes this time, that wouldn't come until the next year when they unfortunately left. They reaped from my Undertale fanboy status and converted me into a fellow Homestuck fangirl... boy. Alright, this is getting long, so I'll briefly go over the last few points before moving on to the next section. 9th grade, I realized I liked music, I began ZZBA, and I developed crushes on three separate girls, named Romy, Zoie, and Bailey, in that order. This was after I had a semi crush on a girl named Aris. I would never see her again, but I would become friends (acquaintances???) with her brother, Zander. I had a kickass solo during a concert, where one of our songs was Bruno Mars's "Just the Way You Are." 10th grade, Romy leaves and I never see her again until like three years later on Facebook. This leaves me with Zoie and Bailey, but Zoie was no longer my thing so now it was Bailey. I had two choir classes. That right there was probably the biggest highlight of my life and I will die on that hill. 11th grade, I sang probably one of my most passionate songs in any choir ("Aura Lee"), I went to prom (it was lame but we went to Denny's after that so it actually wasn't), I finished both Parts 1 and 2 of ZZBA, I worked on a very rough pitch pilot for a kids game show in my video editing class, and I begin ZZBA Part 3. 12th grade, I no longer have a crush on Bailey... well, that's awkward. I'll just use the excuse that TC and Bail are merely characters in a story who are not meant to be exact replicas of their real life counterparts/namesakes. This disclaimer is true for all characters. Anyway, nothing too eventful happened, other than my graduation. And now I'm 18. Moving on. Sorry for how long that is.

SECTION 2: Parallel Birthdays and Status Upd8

You know who else shares this birthday? That's right. TC and ZoZo. More attentive readers will know that they were, in fact, born on October 11, 2003, one whole year after myself. This is because the time frame was quite inconsistent at first. Up until Part 3, the time frame was very ambiguous. All that was known was that it was spring/summer of 201X, and both stories were a year apart. But for Part 3, I wanted to make things less ambiguous and more consistent. I made the story take place seven months after Part 2's cliffhanger ending. But I wasn't satisfied. While this isn't explicitly stated in anywhere in the actual text, the school year at Kan High follows the typical Japanese school year, starting in April and ending in March. Part 3 takes place in early January of 202X, and since it is seven months after Part 2, it can be inferred that the entirety of Part 2 takes place around late May to early June. And, since Part 2 is one full year after Part 1, and Part 1 begins at the beginning of the school year, it can be further inferred that the entirety of Part 1 takes place over the course of 1-2 months. Anyway where was I going with this? Oh yeah. Had I not made the decision to make Part 3 in 202X, then the ages likely would've matched up more closely to reality. So Part 1 is 2018, Part 2 is 2019, and Part 3 is 2020, even though I had initially written Parts 1 and 2 to be 2017 and 2018, respectively. That's kinda confusing. I won't spoil too much, but currently, in Part 3, TC is now 17. For reasons that will become more obvious later, ZoZo (or Alice) will remain 16, meaning there is a year-long gap between TC and his sister, also meaning that technically this TC is from the future (or even that this ZoZo is from the past). I'm also happy to report that Part 3 Volume 2 has a brand new cast of characters. Those who have finished Part 3 Volume 1 have access to Volume 2 as I update it, so they probably already know the story. A few examples of these new characters are Hinawa Lalonde, Zohnny Zoestar, Kim Probable, and... Vrissy Maryam-Lalonde? From the Homestuck Epilogues and Homestuck^2? Well, on a prior Instagram story, I had jokingly claimed that Vrissy was post-scratch Porrim. "Jokingly." ;;;;P So that's cool, I guess.

SECTION 3: Across the Universe

No, I do not care that a sequel to Across the Universe has currently been announced. It will never be as good as my poem, "Let It Be 2: The Squeakquel." What this section is referring to is my side project, Giygas Against the Universe. It is currently under indefinite hiatus. Can't have too much on your plate, gotta eat your veggies before your... other veggies, I guess. I have nothing else to say about this, moving on.

SECTION 4: What the Future Holds

I expect Part 3 to be complete by summer of 2021, though it could possibly take even longer than that. I have a lot of ideas. Like seriously, I have a freaking 37 KB text document that's merely a rough outline. 37 KB! Of pure text! Now, granted, a chunk of it was stuff already written by now, and some of them are even song titles/ideas for the OST, but 1) it only contains the story from the ending of Nixtopolis's subplot onward, and 2) it isn't even finished yet. A few of my plans are that there will be an unlikely betrayal, and toward the end, an even unlikelier alliance. As for the rest of my life, I haven't figured that all out quite yet. I've been jotting down names I'd like to use for future children, mostly female for some reason. The names I have thus far are Alice, Joey (female), Marie, Rosaline, Eleanor (Rigby), Marin, Ramona, Pollyanna (possibly a middle name...?), Lillie, William, and Maxwell (Edison). I'm gonna find a job soon (likely at a Target, so if you ever see me in a Jacksonville Target, heya), and I'll be going to a college (haven't quite figured out which one yet). It's crazy to me, how it only feels like a few years ago my brother and a three-year-old me were playing McDonald's under a ladder.

-CONCLUSION-

Life is crazy. To quote my good old friend, the Flying Man, "Life is but a moment, a single grain of sand... Life is but a twinkle, the winking of an eye..." So make that grain of sand count, give that twinkle a meaning. Shine for all the world tonight! But don't give your love to me quite yet, I may be of legal age but it still feels uncomfortable. Things go by so fast, and they only get faster. And Toby, if you're reading this (which you most likely aren't lmao), hope your wrist continues to get better. Happy birthday, bud!

Hello everyone. You may have noticed the title  of this month's entry. I have a lot to discuss, so please, stay with me. I will be keeping this introduction brief because of all the information.

SECTION 1: Five Years

September 15, 2015, was a date that will go down in history for me. That was the day Toby Fox's UNDERTALE was officially released. While I hadn't heard of it until winter of that year (I was more of a FNaF kid at the time), it quickly became one of my biggest inspirations in life. A lot of my works have been heavily inspired by not just UNDERTALE, but also Toby Fox as a whole. You can see it very clearly in almost everything I have made, am making, and will make. Not too many plot points have been inspired by UNDERTALE in ZZBA, though. Though to be fair there aren't really situations where UNDERTALE's plot would fit. DELTARUNE, on the other hand, works way better. In fact, that was practically the main inspiration for the Subconcia subplot in Part 2... after the game released. You see, Part 2 began around the same time DELTARUNE Chapter 1 was released, so for the most part that subplot remained mostly Alice in Wonderland/Wizard of Oz until November. The biggest impact UNDERTALE had on me was my musical talent. See, had it not been for UNDERTALE, I wouldn't have cared much for music. I likely would've enjoyed choir, but I wouldn't care too much for the elements of music or music theory. But UNDERTALE led me down a path that I felt was the right path for me. It led me to discover SoundCloud, which got me into mashup culture, which would eventually lead me to discover SiIvaGunner. It introduced me to the concept of keys, tempos, and time signatures. It introduced me to leitmotifs. And most of all, it led me to becoming an arranger. Most of my music portfolio consists of covers and arrangements of several songs, including the ZZBA OST. And to make this whole thing come full circle, the ZZBA OST undoubtedly had the most inspiration from UNDERTALE compared to the stories themselves. I mean there's like only one song that doesn't have a song by Toby in it, there are basically no songs that didn't have samples Toby used, and three of them literally have MEGALOVANIA in them (though technically one of them is actually MeGaLoVania). Hell, one of the latest ones is literally just a cover of Battle Against a True Hero. It is extremely obvious. Well, now that we got the celebrating out of the way, time for the bad news

SECTION 2: Death and Rebirth

On the night of September 13, I was up late making some changes to the wiki. I was doing things like updating bios and character art, adding some new bits of trivia, summarizing newer parts of the story. You know, the usual. I guess I had forgotten to close the webpage, because when I woke up the wiki was still opened. I had left my profile up, so I thought to myself, Hey, how about I keep doing what I did last night? And so I did... only to find out the wiki had been closed without further notice. As the sole editor of the site, I was confused and heartbroken. How could they have done this to me? So I did some digging. And then I found it. According to Fandom, wikis can be closed if there isn't enough activity on them. So if you're an independent creator, do NOT use Fandom's services, as they WILL screw you over. If you have a team then go right ahead, but NEVER make a wiki via Fandom if you're alone and have better things to do with your life. The wiki will be reborn one way or another, but my biggest concern is... how? How will the wiki be reborn? Obviously I'm not touching Fandom again. I'm thinking of using Google Sites, like with this website, but I haven't quite figured out whether I'm going to merge with this site or make a new one entirely. I think the latter would likely be a better option. It's also likely I would have to redo everything from scratch, considering I was promised a content dump within 24 hours and it has been way more than 24 hours.

SECTION 3: A Mystery Reveal...?

Ever since I had finished Volume 1 of Part 3, I've been taking a short hiatus. Volume 2 has begun (before I finished Volume 1, in fact), but I'm taking a quick break due to burnout. You know, what all healthy content creators should do every now and then. So I decided to work on something new. My latest story is called MOTHER: Giygas Against the Universe. The story is set in an alternate version of MOTHER 3's Chapter 4, but technically set after MOTHER 3's ending. Time has reset, and all of Porky's army is erased from existence. Claus and Hinawa are very much alive. The catch is that everyone who was still alive by the end of MOTHER 3 retained their memories. I've also taken some... "creative liberties" in terms of worldbuilding. For example, EarthBound actually takes place not too long before MOTHER 3 instead of hundreds of years, possibly several timelines apart, and the Happy Mask Salesman (who is Hinawa's brother) owns the Mystery Shack in Gravity Falls, albeit in Eagleland and not in Oregon, USA. Hinawa and Flint (who is Joseph Joestar) even had a third child who's a couple years younger than Lucas and Claus. And that child is Lillie from Pokémon. It's a wild ride. What I did to create the story is visualize the scenes in Garry's Mod, and then write it down. So far I'm on Chapter 3, but I'm way farther in Garry's Mod. I will link it in the Read ZZBA section (which has now been dedicated to most of my written works).

SECTION 4: Other Stuff

I've composed a new track for the game I was working on. I will refrain from sharing it today. I must wait for when the time is right. Speaking of, I've been writing down some gameplay details in my 12 page (thus far) pitch document, but most of it has been the main menu. Yeah, I don't know why anyone needs to go into a lot of detail about something as generic as a main menu, but who cares? It's my pitch document, I get to do whatever I want. One last thing before I go. I've kept a list of potential baby names because for whatever reason I like to plan things out for things that will not happen for years. Yes, that often includes things like funerals and wills. No, I'm not depressed. Recently I've been fascinated with the name Lillian. This is no doubt because of M:GAtU, as mentioned before. So, of course, I had to throw that name in there.

-CONCLUSION-

Today is a happy day. It's also a sad day. It's also rather boring because Florida is very gloomy this time of year. I will get around to creating a new wiki soon, don't worry. In the mean time, check out Giygas Against the Universe, and happy 5th anniversary to one of the greatest indie game phenomena in recent history. And as always, remember to vote for Jo Jorgensen this 2020 election, and I will see you guys next month, when I become an adult.

Well, here we are. We've reached the halfway point. I've been dying to get to the Post-Scratch stuff for quite some time, and now... here we are. I don't have too much to go over this month, but let's get on with it.

SECTION 1: The Heady Feeling of Freedom

In January of 2017, I was bored in my study hall period, so I made a bold decision. I took one of the more popular ships in my class and turned it into a title page for a crappy fanfiction. I never intended for it to get much farther than that. But all that changed when I began writing the first chapter. I wrote a total of 14 chapters before I decided to switch the project over to Google Docs, as it's difficult to share Word documents with friends when they're unfinished. I finished this project in September of 2018, almost two years since it had begun. The final product was a clever satire of fanfiction culture full of clashing writing styles (though this was unintentional, but you can see how I evolved from age 14 to 16), every trope under the sun, and countless inside jokes that I'm not even sure the friends I initially wrote this for even understand anymore.

After a few days, I decided to begin Part 2. After all, if you're going to name your series after JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, you might as well split it into parts. Part 2 was completed the quickest, as I wanted to finish it before the school year ended, as this was the last time I would attend that school. Because of that, as well as stricter rules regarding the computers, I had to improvise. You see, the staff had installed a software that allows them to monitor the screens of the laptops at all times. This was really bad, as I had already experienced multiple close calls just from that year alone. I had two choices: work from home, or gamble. And if you know me, I couldn't just stick with one. Part 2 was mostly rushed, and my initial vision wasn't fully realized (particularly regarding the finale), but it was all okay, as I was able to just barely finish on the last day of school. And I got to write LIV.5, which, to this day, has overtaken Part 1's Chapter XLVI as my favorite chapter I have written. Seriously, compare my knowledge of Dio Brando in Part 1 XLVI compared to Part 2 LIV(.5). 

I started Part 3 almost immediately after that. But this time, I shifted focus from the narrow audience of my friends and classmates, to the broadest audience there is: the world wide web. I created an Instagram account, a Discord server, a wiki on Fandom, and, most recently, this website. And now, over a year since it began, the first half of Part 3 is complete. I made this bold decision, to split Part 3 into two parts, because I was already over 50 chapters in, which was the stopping point for the previous parts, and I wasn't even close to being halfway done. So Volume 1 is a collection of the first 85 chapters (not including intermissions) of Part 3. I can't believe I've gotten this far. I was starting to lose motivation, writing myself into a corner, as I do. I had no idea what to do with the war at the very end. But, I managed. I didn't have a sudden inspiration from somewhere like earlier in Part 3 after I had finished Evangelion. I just told myself to continue onward, and it worked. I can't wait to begin Volume 2, as it will be a very interesting shift in the story.

SECTION 2: Life in the Sunshine State

It's been almost a full year since I've made the big move from Idaho to Florida, and as much as I miss the Inland Northwest, I must say that Florida is a much better state for me. Perfect weather, perfect ecosystem. I love it here. However, as much as I despise it, I sorta miss the snow. Christmas just isn't the same without it. I had just graduated last month (if 2020 had been a normal year it would've been over two months ago but I suppose a global pandemic will do just fine for now), and will be turning 18 in two months. Yeah, I know. It's crazy. It still feels like yesterday I was a kid, watching YouTube Poops and playing video games all day. Don't let my age fool you, I'm still unemployed and single. But those aren't necessarily bad things (okay maybe that first one is a little but at least I have parents who love me and are willing to let me stay with them even in adulthood). And I guess I'm a child at heart, too. Since I'm turning 18 in October, that means I can finally vote. I don't mean to get all political, but I don't like having my options being two old senile (potential) rapists. So yeah, obviously I'm voting for JoJo, even though third party candidates are never successful and Trump's just going to win again anyway. God I hate the party system so much, I just wish it was abolished already. Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah. I've recently been watching Community, which, like The Office and Parks and Rec, my parents used to watch when I was younger but I never understood the hype. I think it's my favorite non animated show of all time now. How the hell is a show from over a decade ago still so relevant in the modern era? Also I think I kinda wanna do film now, too, alongside writing and music.

SECTION 3: How's that friendship simulator you promised us?

It's going great. I haven't made any progress on it yet, but it's going great. Actually, that's a lie. I did recently make some progress. I made a couple of fanfares for the opening cutscenes. You can find them in the OST folder inside a new folder I added. I also added the fanfares to the motif list. Speaking of, I recently made another new song for the soundtrack, but it's nothing too important. It's just a combination of Majora's Mask's Song of Healing and Ben Drowned's Ben's Theme, with a little bit of Saria's Song, too. It's called "a song to mend a broken <3 ~ u n w a v e r i n g  e m o t i o n" and is meant to be used for more emotional scenes.

-CONCLUSION-

I'm almost an adult, and I will never grow up. Okay, that's a lie. I'll only grow up slightly. Please read Volume 1 of Part 3. Who knows? Maybe I'll finish Volume 2 by the time you've finished reading Volume 1. Only time will tell. So, brush your teeth before crossing the street, save the USPS, and let Nintendo know that Reimu from Touhou deserves to be in Super Smash Bros. And with that, I bid you farewell, and I will see you in the next upd8.

So this is something new. As you may know, my name is Levi, and I am the author of ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure and the creator of its visual novel, Botherhunt! ...wait, you haven't heard of Botherhunt? Well, that's likely because it hasn't been released yet. So for the month of July, I will go into detail about what Botherhunt is, for the most part.

SECTION 1: What is Botherhunt?

Botherhunt is a free-to-play visual novel based on What Pumpkin's Pesterquest. In this game, you take control of ZZBA Reader as a mysterious voice inside your head takes you into the ZoZo's Bizarre Adventure universe, where you have the opportunity to befriend (most of) the entire cast. Each time you go to sleep, time resets, and you have the opportunity to make a new friend. Currently I have no ending planned, but there likely will be a finale, as I have plans for a sequel (more on that later). You will be taken on adventures which are canon to the plot (except for the presence of ZZBA Reader), whether they happened in the books or not, and the progression system is similar to the original Sonic Adventure. What do I mean like that? The main protagonist, TC, will have the longest campaign, while the others will have progressively smaller campaigns.

Botherhunt runs on the Ren'Py engine, a free, open source (or at least I think it is) game development software used for such classic visual novels as Doki Doki Literature Club. I have little to no experience nor interest in programming. I have edited Lua scripts for Unitale, but that's about it. However, Ren'Py, which uses Python, is really easy, mostly thanks to its tutorial, which is done in a very cute visual novel style!

SECTION 2: Soundtrack

Botherhunt's OST is basically just ZZBA's OSTs, but different slightly. Is it because I'm lazy? Yes. But there will be a few arrangements specific to this game. They will appear as bonus tracks in the official soundtracks. They're mostly fanfares and such. One example is... literally just a midislap of the Elemental Sanctuary from The Minish Cap, but with Nightmare Knight thrown in there. I kid you not. You can listen to it here if your want. Speaking of the ZZBA OSTs, I made a new track recently. It's an arrangement of Battle Against a True Hero, based on Phantom Love's finale. You can check it out after this blog. That's right. As of today, the unfinished soundtrack will be available, but keep in mind that it will be (in)frequently updated on a(n) (ir)regular basis.

SECTION 3: Future Plans

After this, I plan to make at least one other volume for the Post-Scratch universe, possibly a third for the trolls. Either way, the finale of the first Botherhunt will tie into the next volume. This is all I have to say on the matter.

SECTION 4: In Other News...

Recently I have been playing a lot of The Minish Cap, as evident from the Botherhunt track. Just like how Evangelion gave me some much needed inspiration and direction for Starstruck Crushaders, this game has given me some much needed inspiration for another project of mine. Ever since 9th grade, I've had this idea to make a game called Soulbinder. My intentions with it are to do to 3D action RPGs what Toby Fox's UNDERTALE did to 2D top-down turn-based RPGs. I was also inspired by MOTHER 3 in the music department, using classical music for the vast majority of its musical storytelling. The first thing I ever made for it was an abandoned solo song I made in late 2018 called Love. It sucked lyrically. Now it's a post-boss escape sequence for the finale of the game. No actual development has begun on it (remember, I don't know anything about programming) outside of its soundtrack and approximately ≤ 1% of its story, but that's cool, I guess.

-CONCLUSION-

With that, my first ever blog on this site is complete. I hope to make this a frequent occurrence. Have a good 7/11 day, it's truly a shame COVID-19 has prevented us from celebrating with free Slurpees. See you guys at the next upd8, and remember to check out the OST.