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c'est un boing-boing incroyableoux
October 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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emotions are hard sometimes
A drawing of a maze, with its outline being in the shape of an anatomical heart and the walls of the maze stylised like veins. In the center of the maze is an outline of someone in a fetal position, the end of the maze being their cartoon shaped heart
October 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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i made this : )
A doodle of the front of a fish, with the text "fisg" written below
September 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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oh
A photo of notes in a sketch book. The page behind is full of messy sketches: Endicott "First Time Listener" OST 14 - The World is Always Ending .... . .-.. .--. .... . .-.. .--. .... . .-.. .--. H E L P
August 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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that one homelander theatre gif is how i imagine hobbes's reaction was when edwin quoted the season 4 finale in the recent volume

also
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A small part of the First Time Listener spreadsheet, all the information for episodes 155 to 160 are simply labeled "HELP"
July 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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will you fight the Evil Bread??
Cartoon slices bread loaf with a michevous smile and eager stance
July 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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i'll try to get this up on youtube later, but I know it won't spontaneously disappear if i put it here. no lore in this one, just something short and kind of funny. bf actually came up with the idea of an incel-corruption type statement, the deterioration of relationships due to ego & pride
Statement of: Vincent Graham-Stewart Regarding: A fungal infection [Statement Begins] It started like, what, a year ago, I think? No, no I know exactly when it started. Me and my girlfri–... ex-girlfriend were living together, renting a small apartment. It’d been like, over a year at that point of us living together. However, for the last few months of that, I couldn’t contribute anything to the rent. I’d always been paying a good amount of it, I worked hard, I had a decent job, but my boss was being so shitty to me, so I quit. I did not need any of that negative energy in my life. And Annie was supportive, she agreed that I deserved better. She had reservations about what I was trying to pursue instead, but she still supported me like she should. Starting a podcast is a lot harder than you’d think. I mean, I know how to set it up, me and my bros are all good talkers and charismatic. I’d have whoever was available hang out with me and we’d be podcasting, and it was awesome! Editing was less awesome, Annie would sometimes offer to help with that front but I didn’t need it. It was a damn good podcast… while it lasted, we never got anything. No listeners stayed, no consistent engagement, and no deals coming my way. I was insistent that if we just kept going, we’d skyrocket in numbers, I knew we had gold on our hands, but they didn’t believe in it. Slowly it just became me, talking to myself. Every once in a while one of them would come on, but it wasn’t the same. Not that I needed them for it to be good. I’d do it all myself if I needed to. And then she broke up with me, and gave me 2 weeks to find a place and pack up my things. I was always kind to her, always a gentleman, when I had my job I’d always pay for our dinners. When I lost my job, I helped out around the house, I would do the dishes and sometimes vacuum, do laundry. But she was always ungrateful, and now she was spitting in my face for all the love I ever gave her. I’m certain she was doing it out of jealousy, that I was finally free to follow my passion, and she hated that. At first I thought it was just a threat, her going through one of her moods, but then she threatened to call the cops on the day I was meant to leave. I ended up moving back in with my mom. It was a few days after moving in when I noticed it. I was just trying to sleep, laying down on my back, when I felt this bump against my back. I thought it was maybe a pebble or something on the bed itself, but I couldn’t find it. I assumed it must’ve been a pimple or some type of swelling, so I just slept on my side for the next few nights hoping it would go away on its own. It didn’t. It got worse. When I looked in the mirror, I didn’t know what it was, but I thought that if I let it be it’d be fine. It never got better. I asked some of my pals if they wanted to do our podcast but just weekly, since it was hard for them to find the time to. I just wanted my friends back. But they didn’t care. I always helped them, we were all bros, and yet they had the nerve to stab me in the back like that. Some of them just never replied, my friend Jack just always said “maybe later,” and some told me I was toxic. They didn’t like how I acted or what I said around them and about certain groups of people. We’re friends, we’re supposed to support and tolerate each other! But if they didn’t want to be my friends anymore, that was their loss. After that, the growth started getting worse and worse, and my mom forced me to go to the doctors. They said it was a fungal infection, but nothing like they had seen before. They wanted to run a bunch of tests to see what to do, but after a few of them we didn’t have the money or insurance to continue. I’ve tried taking care of it myself, anti-fungal cream didn’t do shit. I tried cutting a bit off one time, I’m not the most flexible though. It was way too painful. There isn’t a place where my nerves end and the mycelium begins. They are one in the same. Got into a few arguments with my mom, wasn’t surprising considering how she is. She’s stopped talking to me for the most part, just asking if I’ve got a job yet every couple weeks. I don’t know if I could work like this. I can barely sleep or lay down now, my shirts are uncomfortable to put on and take off. Even my arms and lower half are starting to be overtaken by it. Annie and my friends abandoned me, betrayed me, and now I have to deal with this thing that I don’t understand without anyone to help me. It wasn’t my fault. It’s not my fucking fault that I’m here now, but I don’t know what to do. [Statement Ends]
June 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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@caseyendicott.bsky.social definitely not what was intended but this is how i interpreted the difference in how Edwin described his cooking skills
An MSPaint sketch with 3 parts, each a drawing of Edwin from First Time Listener. The first has them typing a letter to someome whose name is scribbled out, "I'm unfortunately a very mediocre cook" Edwin looks tired but trying to be happy, their laptop has an eye symbol on it. Vol. 7 is written right under The next part has Edwin in a pose where their elbows are resting on a table and their face is resting in their hands. There seems to be messy food on the table. An arrow pointing to Edwin saying "Fucked up the shiro" is above. The third part has Edwin on the verge of crying in a video, with the text "I'm shit at cooking" written above and Vol. 8 written below
June 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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youtube seems to REALLY dislike this one every time i've tried to leave it as a comment (tried 4 times now), so for now at least, here's my next Statement. obviously, please don't feel pressured to reply especially in-character or anything like that. just a little bit of writing that i had fun makin
Statement of: Tobias Moore Regarding: The murder of Allen O’Neal [Note: Some of the events in this statement may be considered disturbing, scenes of gore are detailed] [Statement Begins] It would be a lie to say I knew him all my life, but me and Allen weren’t even childhood friends. It was at a concert a few years ago, I was finishing up my last year and wanted some fun before my exams, I think he was a year out and he wanted time to himself. Part of me still worries that I ruined his night when we might, I ended up getting really sick, his kind soul, brought me over to the side and took care of me for at least half an hour. Sometimes all you need is for someone to unconditionally look after you like that, and your heart is theirs. I wanna clarify, though, that our relationship wasn’t romantic. After that night, it turns out that we actually would visit the same local café every mornin’. I’d get a masala chai latte, and he'd get a French vanilla latte, or sometimes a matcha latte to change things up. We began to hang out, and after a couple months decided that we didn’t want to be a romantic couple. But still a lot closer than just friends, I don’t think anyone would understand just how close we were. It felt like our beings were entwined. He was good friends with the owners of the café, a group of elderly women all shared ownership of it. He was always better with people than I was. A couple months ago, they all decided that it was about time to retire and just live together. They offered to sell the place to Allen, him and I decided we were going to work our butts off to pay for it. Let me tell ya, working late can be a pain in the rear. Had to practically beg the manager for extra hours at the shop. People think you’re weird for wanting to work in a butcher’s shop, but none of us get to choose what we’re good at, what calls to us. It was a month ago, exactly, when we finally had the money to buy it. We both ended up selling some of our stuff to get enough. No matter what, that will always be one of the most magical moments in my life. We held the key in our hands, and opened that door together. Middle of the night, we didn’t even bother turning the lights on, we were quiet in our moment of triumph. It was ours now, and we’d finally be able to be together and take care of it. That night was for silent celebration. I have a heart murmur. Steno-something, the doc said. It just has a bit of a harder time doin’ its job, n’ it can be hard to hear the beat. At least according to Allen, it’s sometimes hard to hear my heartbeat. Now his heartbeat, his heart beat loud. That thump-a-thump that even I could feel in my bones when he let me hear it. It was powerful, I guess it makes sense that his heart would be larger and stronger than mine. He was a decent bit bigger than me, and was always kinder to others too. His heart was full of lovin’. That night, as the rest of the world fell still, the only other sound was his heart. It was louder than I think I’ve ever heard it. Thump-a-thump-a-thump, it went. I even pointed it out, he said he was just so excited that our dreams were finally comin’ true. His heart wasn’t just beating, it was singing. It was playin’ a tune, so so beautiful, one of soul and love and hope. As we sat there, that sound grew louder and louder. They say when two people love each other, there are times when their heartbeats will synchronize. My heart is weak, irregular, but that night his was strong enough to lift mine to match his in song. I felt my heart beat out of my chest, and heard his do the same. It was maddening in the best way possible. [Alt text limited, continued in next] It grew louder —louder —louder! I couldn’t stand it anymore, his heart was trying its best. His love wanted to escape, and I understood now why it sang the way it did. It was asking me to let it escape, that his love could never be confined to just within him, his kindness was trapped. He was giving me the strength to help him. He looked so scared when I knocked him onto the ground, the moonlight reflecting in his eyes, I knew it was scary but I knew that’s what he wanted. It’s what his heart was asking me to do, and he was too frozen to stop me. Tearing off his shirt, and diggin’ my nails into his chest. That strength my heart now possessed, I was able to feel and show his truest love. Most people don’t understand just how much blood is in an animal. I already knew, it wasn’t surprising to me as I tore his torso open, just how much he bled. Now that his skin and muscle was out of the way, I could hear his heart crystal. Not even the snapping of his ribs as I moved them away could overtake the melody. And finally, there it was, in my hands, I held his beating heart. All his love and care for the world to see and hear. It sung a lullaby as I fell into him, lettin’ myself feel and be blanketed by his organs, holding his pulsing soul in my hands. It felt like a blissful eternity, and I finally understood what those church-goers preached about. Paradise. Apparently, one of the women who sold the café to us had forgotten something, and came to get it in the morning. I could barely hear her scream, or care that she did. Even when the cops came, and took me away from him, the song never went away. Never even went quiet. Even now, as I say this to you, I can hear him. They say I killed him, but he’s not even dead. No one’s dead if their heart's still beatin’. No matter what they say I did or how long they keep me in here, as long as I get to hear him, I don’t care what happens. [Statement Ends]
June 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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accidentally took the hardest picture ever
A photo of a sunset above a set of trees. Clouds shroud the sky, causing them to form the shape of a furious eye, with the Sun acting visually as the pupil
May 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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@caseyendicott.bsky.social apologies for the 2nd reply, but youtube sucks so bad. didn't even know that either went through until i checked on an alt account. there's a small OOC ramble in the 2nd version, but no difference in ㅤㅤ's reply. not sure if there's a way to fix/prevent it, but i'll see
A comment on a YouTube Video. The comment's content says: "To E.E., I know I said I wasn't going to write to you again, I guess I'm bad at keeping my..." There is a read more tag next to it. The comment has 3 replies, with text above the image saying "Main Account". The same content as the previous image, except the comment as 5 replies, and the text on top says "Alt Account"
May 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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@caseyendicott.bsky.social is this you?
A Tumblr post by @084392. It's an MSPaint doodle of two people sitting in chairs facing wach other. One on the right has a kind expression on their face and is labeled "nice ppl". They're holding a piece of paper and saying to the other person "this oc looks cool". The other, who look very anxious is saying "thank you" while labeled "me holding myself back from spoiling everything".
April 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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i get to celebrate many things this coming pride month
An image of Ronald Reagan (left) and a poster for the Nintendo Switch 2 (right) on a blank white. Text above Ronald Reagan reads: "Died June 5th, 2004". Text above the Nintendo Switch 2 reads: "Releases June 5th, 2025". Text below both reads: "Welcome Back Ronald Reagan".
April 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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happy autism month
A screenshot of Tomori Takamatsu from Bandori, with a curious expression on her face A screenshot of Tomori Takamatsu from Bandori, with a blank expression on her face A screenshot of Tomori Takamatsu from Bandori, with an excited expression on her face as she holds a small rock A screenshot of Tomori Takamatsu from Bandori, with a curious expression on her face
April 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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i procrastinated too long on my magnus archives season 4 shitpost so here
An MSPaint sketch of Martin Blackwood is in between two cliffs, hanging onto the suitcoats of Peter Lukas (left) and Elias Bouchard (right) who are both angrily walking away from each other in opposite direction. Martin looks unamused. Below Martin, tangled in a web, is Jonathan Sims facedown in a similar position to Ralsei from Deltarune's splat sprite. Jonathan's asscheeks are defined, and a tape recorder is with him in the web. The text "Divorce leads children to worse places" is displayed at the top.
March 9, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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v1 meets a friend (rough comic sketch idea before i go to bed)
A messy sketched comic with 3 panels. The first is of V1 from ULTRAKILL crouching and staring at a flower. The second shows V1's face as it stares. The third shows the flower as it stares back
January 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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just finished the magnus archives season 3
A very messt MSPaint sketch of various characters from The Magnus Archives. Elias Bouchard is in the middle with a smug expressipn on his face, with the text "I'm such a great boss" above. Below him is Tim Stoker, Jonathan Sims, and Martin Blackwood all doing the Shinji Pose. Melanie King is to the right in the background, with an enraged expression holding a gun. Basira Hussain is to the left, sitting in a chair and reading a book.
January 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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saw some fuckass photo like this of an anteater and thought "these look so stupid i'm gonna make a dumb girlfailure anteater oc" and now i'm doing research on bolivian culture
January 9, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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found it
Two tweets by @d1mden on Twitter. Bottom one says "It's so cold." Above sats "bitch im refrigerator" The tweets were posted 9 seconds apart
January 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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teddy
A digitally painted brown teddy bear, with a sad expression and a red bowtie. There is a rough pencil outline to it
January 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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i get it, dude (happy birthday hero)
A messy sketch of Hero from Omori looking sad, with down turned dog ears on his head. A small sketch of Mari from Omori having a smug expression is to the right, with text below it saying: "Mari approved"
January 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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hello
A messy sketch of Sunny from Omori (left) and Noelle from Deltarune (right) looking distraught, with the text "December 25th" being displayed above them
December 25, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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this scene is less than a minute long and it's one of the best scenes in television ever
Arcane Season 1 Episode 9. "Is there anything so undoing as a daughter?" scene
December 24, 2024 at 4:26 AM
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An MSPaint sketch of a stick figure looking down, above it is the text "Melee Peach player". There are 3 ball and chains attached to the figure's ankle. The smallest says "arthritis", the middle says "anti-floaty propaganda", the last and biggest one says "Having a fat ass".
December 23, 2024 at 10:28 PM
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EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP NEW DESS AND NOELLE SHIT
When it snow, Me and my sister and everyone have a contest To make the biggest snow angel of all. We lie on the ground and spread out our arms And wave them until we get a shape just like us. I'm the smallest Even smaller than Kris But I don't lose. Because, after we stand up to look Dess always tells me, "Hey, look, Elly! Yours has more hidden underneath!" And pushes away all the snow I couldn't reach So I have the biggest wings of all. I wish it could snow whenever I wanted.
December 19, 2024 at 4:12 AM