I have to stop writing because the maintenance people are drilling something and it is so fucking annoyingly loud!
I hate that sound, it grates my nerves!
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you reckon wp is dying out now? i got back on it today, just paused for a minute and thoughtā¦ thereās nothing here anymore. we write but what are the odds that people will be able to find them until itās too late and weāre already far gone? thereās barely any community, and if youāre lucky to find one, youāll notice that thereās still a little bit of loneliness in it. i remember being thirteen, with a new wp account, where wattpad forums were so active and kept it all alive. where everyone was actively commenting and voting and sharing and it was just like being on instagram or tiktok where it rarely ever died down. wacky is a really good replacement, thereās no doubt about that, itād be so much better if so much more people flocked to it. on wp, everyone was on the forums, and now, not many seek them out. we just lost out on everything that was incredibly active on there, especially its people. even graphic stuff, like there used to be heaps loads of graphic competitions, book cover request threads, and when the forums ended, when we got to doing graphics through books, it went well for a while. the graphic comps were going but then they died out two years ago. i constantly still look for them but not many people do it now, and if they do, itās very hard to find them. itās different now and at some points, i wish the old wp would come back but then again, even if it did, even if wp ever had an integrated forum back in its hands, it still wouldnāt be the same, because even in creativity these daysā¦ people cheat. they create from works that arenāt their own, create covers with some self-generating app, write through ai bots, to the point where the style is just so repetitive and recognisable. originality is just leaving and unauthentic projects are making their way forward. iāve been back on wp a day, and the most popular books i find are very clearly ai written, just the same words and phrases and sentence structures. sometimes i wonder if my own language style could accidentally mimic it. itās like weāve gone backwards. at least when i was thirteen, i was just using synonym finders. now, thirteen year olds just come up with an idea and let the computer do all the work for them. no doubt this is a new age. i just feel a little nostalgic to when it was simpler, when people worked hard, and adjusted, and learnt how to write. when i was surrounded by people who still did that, so that i could work on things myself. these days, things are so lazy, even sometimes i catch myself lacking. i used to love when people used to give tips on how to write on the wp forums, and offer editing services. it was the kind of authentic helpfulness that made it feel so much better. though donāt get me wrong, there were a fair few negatives back then, it still felt nice. itās just maddening. i miss it sm. itās like growing up from playing in the streets, knowing itāll never be like that again because youāve grown. itās just whatās in my thoughts rn.
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Ancient anitube history right hereā¦
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Canāt seem to find my red composition notebook with all my questions for my magic system.
I wonder how much searching I have to do in order to find it.
Update: Found it!
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Someone else on YouTube found it, so I searched and lo and behold,
Audra Winterās old Wattpad account that she forgot to get rid of, I guess.
In her conversations she talks about a book called The Zodiac Turner which, itās been confirmed by TikTok peeps that she has promoted this book on her TikTok account. Apparently, this is what Age of Scorpius used to be. She has published The Zodiac Turner once on Amazon.
You can still find the Goodreads for it: The Zodiac Turner: The Five Trials by Serena W | Goodreads
When you go through her Wattpad conversations, you can find that sheās won a Pokemon fandom Wattys Award which isnāt even official Wattys, apparently. Some people are wondering if her saying she won awards was about this one.
@Akje hey, look what I found 
The lore of Audra has deepened and gotten a little too close to home
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Did she write PokƩmon fan fiction or something?
Apparently, thatās where her writing journey started. She loves/loved pokemon.
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Simply fascinatingā¦
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Dinner was great, but I am so full.
I shall write later.
Omg yes! Sheās shown this Zodiac Turner book cover in some of her TikTok videos, but it never occurred to me that it would have a Goodreads page. But of course it would. Good investigative work! Sad that it actually has a higher rating than The Age of Scorpius. Honestly, I donāt see why she doesnāt just rewrite the whole thing again as The Age of Aquarius or something and continue the series instead of trying to get this one book perceived just right.
On a related note Iāve figured out how she got all the pre-orders! I didnāt know this before, but once you put something for sale in the TikTok shop then the algorithm starts blasting out your content to all their millions of users. So her videos were suddenly getting seen by millions of people whoād never heard of her before, and of course many thousands of them decided to take a chance on it. My goodness, just look at those aesthetics! It MUST be good!
Seriously, suckers who fall for sprayed edges, fancy end pages and commissioned artwork deserve exactly what they get. ā(ĖāæĖc)
I donāt know if Iāve posted this before, but this is now my absolute favorite video about the whole scandal. Iāve watched it several times and it always makes me laugh. ć½(^ć^)äøæ
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I made him kinda messed up in my Aztec ONC story. I think he scared the absolute crap out oy my mind character, Atl or something for opening the portal 
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Audra is a never ending saga, to be honest. Itās actually more interesting at this point than a lot of recently published fiction So many twists, turns and revelations. So much drama, too.
Yes, the Caleb Joseph video is good ! I love his videos.
I donāt know if you know of BookLoverLaura, but sheās started documenting the saga and made a playlist. Sheās got about four parts at the moment and is still updating it:
VangelinaSkov also has a three hour deep dive video, if you havenāt seen that yet:
And SavyWrites:
ReadsWithRachel and several other BookTubers have read it, and made videos on it. JoelyBlackās video about paracosms is good as well. Enjoyed that:
Lynn D. Jungās video about child prodigies as well (she links it to Audra):
Iām balls deep into the lore myself. I also heard about Audraās account (maybe more, not sure), and her āSerena Winterā era. I knew she had a Wattpad account, but I didnāt know it was still up. I know she had another that she deleted and she published Zodiac Turner.
Whoever found the account, I will get them tea/coffee/water/wine/matcha/whatever they want 
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The Tiger Writer found that she got her start by writing Pokemon fanficā¦
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4,000 JPY is about $40 AUD.
The online Costco price for a three-litre tub of āPureā honey is $24 AUD.
The online price for a three-litre tub of Beechworth Australian honey is $40 AUD.
Sticky liquid gold, I guess.
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Yup, I watched all BookLoverLauraās! In fact, Iāve seen all those videos you posted except SavyWrites and Lynn D. Jungās. So now I have something to do tonight. (>āæā )
And yes, this whole saga is so fascinating! If she seriously wanted to become rich and successful, all sheād have to do is write a nonfiction tell-all account of it from her own point of view ā you know, including all the secret bits. Iād love to know just what trauma she had in childhood that necessitated her getting a $20k therapy dog when she says in one of her weepier videos that some of the worst pain sheās ever known is having the TikTok algorithm fail to make her go viral. Thatās her worst pain? Iāve never gone viral ever, and I donāt have a therapist. Maybe I should. *ponders*
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Greetings. 
Iāve been too easily distracted by X and AI art, and binge-watching / reading the international news.* Iām also trying to plan out my 2026 career path and projects, but technology keeps overtaking my ideas. Otherwise, no grand developments to report.
*When the (post-2023) Israelis say accept this deal or else, itās a God Father flavour of āor elseā.
(Alfie Solomons would make a great Israeli diplomat)
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Ever wonder how many things can go wrong with your body? I just got another diagnosis to add to the list. Also Iāve lost track of the list
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Glad to hear you are doing alright.
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I hit over 10k for Project Red.
I have completed chapter 3.
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You might end up with 50k in 15 chapters! Thatās incredible progress!
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