Alto's Whumptober 2024 Masterpost

Just played the new Miku boxing. Oh my god it’s so fun and I’m so tired after only like 15 minutes of playing. My arm is killing me but I feel GREAT.

re-reading my own fic because the author has exactly my taste in tropes, ships the same ships in the right way, and also shares my sense of humour. what a find, what a revelation. i hope they write more of this sort of thing.

Bankita Day (4/3) fic!

This took longer than I expected but BEHOLD I HAVE WRITTEN FLUFF FOR MY BOYS

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The thing about only getting to see your boyfriend/husband when you’ve been pulled into a pocket dimension outside of time is that it makes it really hard to plan to do, you know, cute couple stuff. The kind of stuff Minato would’ve normally rolled his eyes at but really likes the idea of doing with Yu.

Like listening to music together, or going to the park, or making him cookies— if they would stop coming out like shit. 

First the first batch has too much flour and crumbles to bits, then he forgets about the oven and overcooks the next batch, and now the batch that survived baking look like a bunch of clowns with their faces melting off because Minato sucks at decorating.

Three dozen cookies in the trash is when Minato decides he needs backup. 

As if sensing his distress— which is entirely possible, given everything— Hamuko shows up. 

“What happened here?” she asks, taking in the destroyed kitchen. 

“I’m trying to make cookies for Yu, but they’re not coming out well.”

“F.”

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I would like one (1) punk!Minato (I couldn’t think of anything eye-) being a “dont make a big deal abt it or anything 🙄” to Mitsuru bc I’m predictable 🥰

Also on Ao3!

“Arisato, you got the worst score in your class!”

“Why should I care? It’s not as if I’m going to live long enough for it to matter.

“Hmph! That’s not a healthy attitude.”

“This is rebelling against the system. Dumb people can succeed too!”

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“D-Don’t make a big deal about it, Kirijo.” Minato spoke, his hair dyed the color of blood.

“Arisato, you got stabbed!”

“Hey, is this our stab wound?! Stay out of it!”

“Agh! Diarama!” And the redhead healed the wound instantly.

“Hey, I didn’t ask you to do that!”

“Look, I’m not letting you die, as much as you’d want to.”

“Ugh!”

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“Don’t make a big deal about it.” Minato’s hair was a deep black this time around. “I just wanted to know if I could call you Mitsuru instead of Kirijo-senpai”

“A-Arisato! That is completely-”

“Please, call me Minato.”

“...Alright, Minato. I agree.”

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“Don’t make a big deal about it.” Minato’s hair was pink. “I just got you a little gift.”

“...It’s beautiful…”

“And I was wondering if you… maybe wanted to go out with me sometime?”

“Hm? I-I…!”

“It’s okay if you say no. I just didn’t wanna regret not asking.”

“I’m saying yes. Let us ‘go out’, Arisato.”

“...Wow.”

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March 5th was upon them. Minato’s hair back to his natural blue.

“Mitzi… don’t make a big deal about it.”

“Minato, you’re…!”

“Yes. I am. I want you to have my jacket.”

“N-No! I’ll find a way to-!”

“It’s too late. It’s me or the world.”

“I’d choose you over the 7 billion people on this-”

“...but I wouldn’t. I wouldn’t choose me. Not anymore. You helped me grow. Thank you, Mitzi.”

“...Minato…!”

Minato Arisato’s eyes fluttered closed, never to open again.

What's Toya thinking about today?

It's... Emu's older brother??

For context: one of my favorite, I guess series, of PRSK fanfic that I've read revolves around Toya's older brothers (he has bio siblings for anyone who doesn't know, we just don't know what they look or sound like, nor do we have any names for them). It's fun and I like seeing their dynamic. Iirc, one (or both) of them calls Toya "Little Maestro."

And one of them, don't ask which I don't remember, just so happens, to be exes with Shousuke Otori, Emu's second eldest brother.

In the spirit of encouraging people to comment on fanfics while also making it easier to do so, I feel obliged to share a browser extension for ao3 that has quite literally revolutionized the comment game for me.

I present to you: the floating ao3 comment box!

From what I've seen, a big problem for many people is that once you reach the comments at the bottom of a fic, your memory of it miraculously disappears. Anything you wanted to say is stuck ten paragraphs ago, and you barely remember what you thought while reading. This fixes that!

I'll give a little explanation on the features and how it works, but if you want to skip all that, here's the link.

The extension is visible as a small blue box in the upper left corner.

(Side note: The green colouring is not from the extension, that's me.)

If you click on it, you open a comment box window at the bottom of your screen but not at the bottom of the fic. I opened my own fic for demonstrative purposes.

The website also gives explanations on how exactly it functions, but I'll summarize regardless.

insert selection -> if you highlight a sentence in the fic it will be added in italics to the comment box

add to comment box -> once you're done writing your comment, you click this button and the entire thing will automatically copied to the ao3 comment box

delete -> self explanatory

on mulitchapter fics, you will be given the option to either add the comment to just the current chapter or the entire fic

The best part? You can simply close the window the same way you opened it and your progress will automatically be saved. So you can open it, comment on a paragraph, and then close it and keep reading without having the box in your face.

Comments are what keep writers going, and as both a writer and a reader, I think it's such an easy way of showing support and enthusiasm.

GUYS. ALTO HAS A FANFIC BLOG TOO. FOLLOW HER NOW.

Whumptober Day 2: Amusement Park

The Things I Do For You

“Why are we doing this again?” Akito groans as he helps pick through the remains of the burnt pier.

“Because Aoyagi can’t say no to Tenma and you can’t say no to Aoyagi,” Tono says.

Akito grimaces, but he knows Tono’s right. Phoenix Wonderland had bought the land the pier is on to expand into a water park, but then it had mysteriously burnt down, so now they were stuck helping pick through the wreckage.

The two of them are doing some heavy lifting by the water, which isn’t fun in the humid summer air. Akito’s pretty sure he’s run out of sweat and is about to suggest to Tono that they grab some water, but Tono’s staring off into the ocean.

“Tono? What’re you spacing out for?” Akito asks.

Instead of a snappy retort, Tono doesn’t say anything until Akito physically walks up and grabs his arm.

“Dude, what’s wrong?” 

Tono blinks. “Sorry, I just could have sworn I heard Souma.”

“What? Dude, why would Souma be here? It wouldn’t be safe.”

“Yeah. Of course. You’re right.” Tono says, but he doesn’t sound convinced.

Akito rolls his eyes and grabs Tono’s arm. “C’mon, I think the heat is getting to us.”

Akito! Help!

Akito whips his head around at the sound of Toya’s voice, but the only thing behind him is the blue expanse of the ocean.

“No,” Akito says. “Fuck this.” He starts dragging Tono away from the ocean with one arm and calls Toya with the other.

“Akito? Everything ok?” Toya asks over the phone. 

“Were you by the pier?”

“Um, no? We’re over by the Ferris Wheel.”

“Yeah, thought so. Tono and I are hearing things, can we meet you by the snack station?”

“Are you ok?”

“We will be once we’re in the shade and drink like a gallon of–”

Suddenly, Tono tears away from him and starts running back towards the pier. “Souma! I’m coming partner!”

“Tono– talk to you later, partner!” Akito hangs up and chases after Tono, tackling him into some wood before he can throw himself into the water.

“Let me go! Souma needs me!”

“Souma is not here!”

Akito, help me! I can’t swim!

Akito looks up and blinks. That certainly looks like Toya in the water, but Tono struggling to get out from under him takes Akito’s attention away.

Akito, help! Don’t you care about me? Don’t you love me? Will you really let me die?

“Ok, look,” Akito says, trying not to hurt Tono too much. “I do love Toya, I’ve also had too many problems with people who look like Toya using that to get to me, and I literally just talked to him, and if Toya was suddenly drowning we’d be hearing Tsukasa, so no. Not gonna work, sorry.”

Not-Toya looks annoyed, then sinks back into the water.

Akito breathes a sigh of relief, but a split second later, scaly hands burst out of the water and grab onto his arms.

He and Tono are dragged over the side of the pier into the water. Akito can’t make out what’s grabbing onto him in the dark, but it’s all he can do to hold onto Tono and try and swim away.

Akito kicks and pulls frantically to get away, and eventually spots a rotting piece of the pier and kicks at it frantically from you.

The entire thing above them shakes and old wood crashes into the water, chasing off the figures in the dark.

Akito swims back to shore faster than he’s ever swum in his life, dragging Tono the whole way.

“Akito? What happened?” Toya, the real Toya, with legs, is on the rest of the pier with the others.

“We got fucking sirens,” Akito sputters. Tono also starts coughing up water.

“What?”

“Sirens, Toya.” Akito says. “We got fucking sirens. Let’s get out of here.”

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Genei Ibun Roku #FE | Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Aoi Itsuki/Oribe Tsubasa Characters: Aoi Itsuki, Oribe Tsubasa Summary:

Itsuki and Tsubasa finally have a free moment. Cue Mariokart fluff!

Wow. I’m old now.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Caligula Effect (Video Game) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Yamamoto Cocoa (#QP) & Noto Gin, Noto Gin/The Caligula Effect 2 Protagonist, Yamamoto Cocoa (#QP)/The Caligula Effect 2 Protagonist Characters: Yamamoto Cocoa (#QP), Noto Gin, The Caligula Effect 2 Protagonist, χ | Chi (The Caligula Effect), Wicked | Mizuguchi Marie | Amabuki Marie Additional Tags: The relationships are literally just them pining, The protag is not dating either of them, Anyway I meant to write crack but this happened, It’s FeMC and her name is Kaede Ichikawa Summary:

During an unfortunate day where Gin and Kaede both forget their umbrellas and Marie and #QP both remember theirs, Kaede has the brilliant idea to attempt to get Gin and #QP to get along by forcing them to go to the train together. It starts out poorly, but…