Good Morning! I'd Just Like To Point Out:

Alternative to 'Working Through Intrusive Thoughts' Episode (no spoilers)

Janus: *sewing peacefully*

Janus: *cuts thread*

Remus: Y'know, those scissors are really sharp. You could poke them in your eye right now. Not even too hard, just cut your lenses. Do you think that would bleed? What would your vision look like? Would it leave a scar or make your eye look weird and blob-like? Or would it be foggy?

Janus, handing him a beanbag frog: This is for you.

Remus:

:0

Remus, squishing it: He,,, he bean,,, he sound like bean,,,

(Episode end.)

Theodore (my cat): *meow*

Me, through my closed room door: You can't come in buddy

Theodore: *sad meow*

Me: I'm sorry but my room isn't clean and you're a little bastard

Theodore: *sadder meow*

Now I can just imagine one of the sides having this conversation with Remus (Remus as my cat, obviously)

How Remus Describes The Other Sides

From a bit in a fic I wrote; basically, Janus sent a letter to a "new dark side" (its dark!Logan) that showed up explaining—

Y'know what I'll just put in the whole excerpt

Welcome to the ‘dark side.’ There are two of us here and four on the ‘light side.’ Fair warning, most of the others don't like us. More details on that and the main things that have happened if you missed it on the back. I look forward to meeting you, it has been quiet ever since Virgil (Now Anxiety, previously Paranoia) left. There's no rush to come out, though. Take your time. — Janus, Self-Preservation (Nicknamed ‘Deceit’)

He flipped it over, seeing a thorough but quick explanation of the split, Virgil switching sides, who the others were, why the lights didn't like the darks, etc. Janus had very nice handwriting.

It was really… Sweet. Nobody had ever been so considerate towards Logan in his life.

...

Hiya! Figured Jan already did the important introduction, professional and shit, but here's whatcha gotta know about the others—

Roman: My brother, kinda! Very dramatic, title is Creativity, his color is red, he always has his sword and knows how to use it so beware! He dresses like a Disney prince. Minus the crown. He has one. He just doesn't wear it.

Janus: You probably got a good gauge of his personality from his letter, his color is yellow, his title is Self-Preservation but the others always call him Deceit (he’s never corrected them), he's got some scales so don't be freaked out when you see him for the first time (y’know those Catholics and their lying snakes)

Me!: I usually write on neon paper didn't wanna ‘til I knew if you were okay with it, I’m Creativity but the non-socially-accepted Creativity so like intrusive thoughts and such, my color is green, I have a morning star fair warning though I hardly use it on people (never used it on anyone but Roman)

Patton: He’s Morality, he’s very confused about a lot of things, loves cats but he’s allergic, color is light blue, scared of spiders (which is hilarious cuz he loves Virgil), he pretends he’s the dad of the group and calls the others kiddo but he’s just a kid that had to grow up too fast and is now way out of his depth but scared to ask for help??? he wears glasses

Virgil: He’s Anxiety, used to be Paranoia when he was a dark side but then he got a redemption arc and now they love him, his color is purple, he loves spiders, he’s got really intense eyeshadow under his eyes, he’ll probably hiss at you when he first sees you

Logan: Ah, Logan. His title is Logic, and he’s truly the only light side with any braincells. However they NEVER FUCKING LISTEN TO HIM LIKE WTF sorry Thomas is such a dumbass it pisses me off being he! should! just! listen! to! Logan! and! he! wouldn't! have! half! these! problems! but nooOOOOoooOOoooo he’s gotta be a fucking idiot all the time, anyway Logan’s color is indigo he wears glasses he wears a black button-up and a blue striped tie and he’s the only light side worth talking to tbh

He teared up, reading the section about him. Remus got it. He understood how he felt. It was a bit confusing how he described him in more detail than the others, but he quickly moved past that, realizing Remus had forgotten to sign his name and chuckling a little.

(end of excerpt)

Here ya go

So, the dark sides all have a Thing. Virgil's eyeshadow, Janus's scales, Remus's silver hair.

When the light sides went to Virgil's room, they all began to have eyeshadow piled on, which disappeared once they left.

What if, visiting Janus's room, they grow scales that disappear when they leave?

What if, visiting Remus's room, their hair slowly turns silver but then turns back when they leave?

Idk I just think that'd be hella cool.

(Also, in Patton's room, their emotions were more heightened, right? And in Virgil's room, their anxiety was heightened.

What if, in Roman's room, their theatricality heightens?

What if, in Logan's room, their logical thinking and think-before-you-speak concept heightens?

What if, in Janus's room, their self-preservation, their save-yourself instinct heightens?

What if, in Remus's room, their verbal filter lessens, and their intrusive thoughts heighten?

What if they all realize, this isn't fun at all, and appreciate that everyone's blessings also have downsides? They finally realize why Remus blurts things out, because it's so hard and miserable to keep them in your head. They finally realize, hang on, selfishness makes you feel guilty and like a horrible person even when it's reasonable?)

Happy ending Remus (and anyone else) gets tumblr and shares this stuff on here like I do because keeping it in their head is a big yikes but nobody around them understands what they're talking about

Dealing With Intrusive Thoughts

Before Thomas Sanders:

Me: *has intrusive thought*

Me, internally: No! No no ew no bad ugh *shakes head like etch-a-sketch* no no gross don't think like that no

After Thomas Sanders:

Me: *has intrusive thought*

Me, internally: Ew

Me: *continues doing whatever I was doing*

So cheers @thatsthat24 for informing me about something that none of my doctors ever did, even though with my mental health track record they really should have

But sir that's my emotional support fanfic wip in which I split myself into pieces and gave each piece a character's name

Logan: "A pinch of salt." (grates it into Patton’s hand)

Patton: "Ah! I'm gonna throw it over my shoulder. Which one is it? Left or right?"

Logan: "I don't know—"

Patton: "Left!" (throws it over left shoulder)

Roman: "What happens if you get that wrong?"

Virgil: "I don't know. You kill God or something."

Roman: (laugh)

Virgil: "One's the devil, I know that much."

Logan: "Wow. Don't wanna make that mistake, do you?"

TS El Dorado

If there was a Sander Side Themed The Road To El Dorado, these are the best pairings I can think of (ignoring the ships it implies)—

Roman as Miguel, Logan as Tulio, Janus as Chel

Remus as Miguel, Janus as Tulio, Virgil/Dark!Logan as Chel

And if I had to put them all as characters—

Janus: Chel (master of deception, the entire reason Miguel and Tulio get away with their lives, the only one in the trio with a braincell count in the double digits)

Logan: Speaker For The Gods dude (was adhering to the rules/lore that had been written, tried to bring down the liars who dared to impersonate gods by going batshit evil, 'being feared is the only way you can get them to respect you')

Remus: The King (sharp enough to notice Miguel and Tulio are only human, goofy enough to let them pretend to be gods because it's really raising his people's spirits and they got rid of The Speaker For The Gods, his rival)

Roman: The Horse (he's just along for the drama, baby)

Patton: Miguel (nice, friendly, hates that the villagers are scared of him, doesn't have a voice in his head, no braincells just a himbo)

Virgil: Tulio (wants to finish the plan and get out, much more anxious than Miguel, comes up with all the excuses to get them out of trouble, has like seven braincells but not all of them work at the same time)

Janus’s light side name is Janan

"Femboy" is a wonderful term. But I was thinking, what happens when you get older, and you're too old to be a 'boy' but too young to be an "Old Queen"? Are you just a "feminine-presenting adult male"?

So, allow me to propose a new term:

Fem&Men.