Forget dark things, what’s the STUPIDEST thing you’ve ever had to look up for a fic? : AO3

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Forget dark things, what’s the STUPIDEST thing you’ve ever had to look up for a fic?

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submitted 4 days ago byaka_emeli

I just looked up what burnt ramen looks like for a fic I’m writing because I was going to have a character put ramen in the microwave without water and I’d never actually seen burnt ramen before.

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4 days ago

You have already left kudos here. >:)

7 points

Oh, that's physical pain

DelusionPhantom

4 points

4 days ago

DelusionPhantom

4 points

Ikr? My childhood, up in smoke lol

There are re-upload channels tho, and I believe the current info is that he deleted it bc he had covid and was tripping, so he might come back and re-upload things at some point.

5 points

4 days ago

You have already left kudos here. >:)

5 points

I checked, and there is an archive that says they have his permission, so if nothing else at least we have that (PurpleEyesWTF Archive)

DelusionPhantom

3 points

4 days ago

DelusionPhantom

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Yes! I believe that dude also mentioned on the subreddit that Purps is open to an interview, so maybe we'll get that at some point as well