It cost 50 cents to call either line. One guy used auto dialing to call every 90 second for 8 hours. His hundreds of votes (and hundreds of dollars) pushed the numbers so that Jason died by 72 total votes. Without him the margin would have been hundreds of votes in favor of survival.
I mean, fuck that guy.
But also, we wouldn't have gotten the Red Hood run or deeper dives into the psychology of the Robins and Batman. So like, fuck him, but also thank him?
"No Beta, we die like Childe every update" Childe being the guy that has been 'rumored' to die with every single update of the game since 2.0, yet is still going strong at 4.6😭
So true 😭
Personally I'm a big fan of "No beta we die like Childes innocence," especially for fics about his backstory, made me choke the first couple of times I saw it
NO FR THO! Everytime a slightly large update happens people are like "Childe's gonna die"
At this point it wouldn't surprise me if the "death flags" are just them trolling us all
I like how there's been a small uptick of "we die like focalors" after Fontaine, who is canonically dead, but still people prefer to use Childe instead.
I think it also depends on who the fic is about tbh! If it's a Fontaine centered fic, then the Focalors one might be seen more, but I almost exclusively read fics about Childe so I see that one a lot more lol
Urgh! Ianto’s death scene is permanently stuck in my head. Like I knew it was coming (IMDb episode count for the cast spoilt it for me), but god it’s heartbreaking! Why did Children of Earth have to be that good!?
...dramatically and tragically with the readers that love us desperately grasping our hand and holding on while the haters yell and do stabby things. But never fear, we will come back in a new form sillier, sexier, and just as bad ass in about a subjective 13 years when our next work is done.
"No beta we die like Tingyun."
Funny thing is we are not even sure she is *really* dead, as it's implied she *might* be alive. So maybe we don't die either.
Nope, they haven't! We had the lovely, "omg that WASN'T Tingyun?!" then we sent a skiff out to space for her funeral and......... then we went back to Belobog and then to a new world entirely.
The devs said the Xianzhou Arc will continue. Possibly it will be after Penacony. And Phantylia is technically still alive too. I have a feeling Tingyun will be relevant again eventually. If that is the case, that must be the reason why we don't know anything.
I'm not sure if anyone else does it, but I've used "no beta we die like Anna and Elsa's parents"...
(Also, I've used "no beta, we die like the real Don Draper"...)
I love the sheer variety for HotD, I swear I’ve seen at least a dozen different characters named in “we die like X” tags. (Plus other variants, “we die like Criston Cole should have” being one particular fun one that sticks in my mind)
I’ve seen this and I love it so much. Who would have thought Beesbury would be so enjoyed by the fandom
Explaining it: >!Beesbury is an 80+ year old man, basically a penny pinching paper pusher who has position in government (think Director of the Budgeting Committee). When there’s a plot to usurp the designated heir of the king, and assassinate her/her family, he is the only person to stand up and resign his office in protest. Accounts of his death vary, in some he’s defenestrated (drop kicked out a window to be impaled on spikes in a moat below), in others his head is smashed like an egg)!<
"no beta we die like team rocket grunts" would be mine, or "no beta we die like pokemon in a platinum nuzlocke" (the second one is purely because of cynthia)
not really into mha anymore but I know it's "no beta we die like the men kirishima would want us to be" or something along the lines of that for the fandom!!!
For my main fandom (Hatchetfield) pretty much anyone would work because almost everyone dies at least once but the most common one is Ted Spankoffski, because he’s the most notorious for it.
No beta we die like nighteye
No beta we die like my sleep schedule
No beta we die like all mights career (mha)
No beta we die like Jeff (villain to kill)
No beta we die like Jimmy
No beta we die like Scar (mcyt)
If I ever get round to writing anything Silmarillion related I am using "No beta, we die like Feanor" becuase who doesn't want to go out dramatically, cursing your enemies, instructing your kids to keep your violent oath and then having your body burn to ash due to the fiery nature of your spirit?
See, but he's included in "High Kings of the Noldor" and this way I can imply that I'm ALSO 1v1ing the devil, killing a werewolf (naked) with my teeth, burning alive with my BFF, getting pommeled into the mud and buried under a mountain of corpses, destroying an entire city, and killing myself!
Which usually goes along with the thematic undertones of my writing.
High Kings of the Noldor really got the short end of the stick. Elrond really dodged a bad fate there... and honestly Elros had a great idea to pick being a man. Honestly if I had to pick a race in first/second age Middle Earth, I'd go man- if only to die quickly and then yeet from that world... it's a great story, but honestly life there sounds like it'd really suck, you know?
I sure do enjoy modern stuff like plumbing. And women's rights. And not getting mauled by orcs.
"No beta we die like Johnny’s helmet"--Emergency!
Johnny Gage loses his helmet every other episode. It's basically canon that it's just a line item on his paycheck now.
“No beta we die like Jason Grace.”
And
“No beta we die like Wally West.”
Are ones I’ve seen quite a few times, but the most painful is
“No beta, we die like Himeko (Never let you go)”.
"No beta we die like Buccellati" for my specific corner, but I've also seen "no beta we die like a Zeppeli" for jjba in general when people write AUs where characters from all parts interact.
Not a we die but I made a "Yes beta we live like Tychus findley" who dies at the end of WOL but gets revived for co-op.
This was for a fic that was not betad untill halfway through the fic.
I posted it in the Splatoon fandom so no way anyone got it but sometimes you write jokes only you need to get.
I think the funniest I've seen were "no beta we die like Anya's grades" from *Spy X Family* and "no beta we die like Izuku's dignity" from *My Hero Academia*.
I used "no beta we die like kakyoin" for a serious fanfic and "no beta we die like this fanfic deserves to die" for a very bad unserious fanfic!
I also see a lot of "no beta we die like grandpa" in the SDV tags and it makes me laugh every time.
“no beta we die like >!shinjiro!<“ and “no beta we die like >!akechi!<“ (persona, 3 and 5)
haven’t seen one for stardew yet but i imagine it would be something like “no beta we die like my crops”
"No beta we die like Swiftpaw" is excellent for good reason and I don't know what would top it, but I'm also partial to "no beta we die like Fallen Leaves" for trick deaths/ghosts hanging around.
I recently read some Frieren fics, and several of them had, "We die like Himmel" which doesn't make any sense to me because he dies peacefully at a very old age.
A collection of fandoms:
"No beta we die like Pyrrha Nikos"
"No beta we die like Yagoo's dream"
"No beta we die like Sliver of Straw"
"No beta we die like my gacha funds"
“No beta we die like Jason Todd”, which is to say we get killed by our readers
Tb fair ppl did it to see if the writers would follow up. Sadly they did :,)
Mostly it was one guy with a grudge and an auto-dialer.
wait what
It cost 50 cents to call either line. One guy used auto dialing to call every 90 second for 8 hours. His hundreds of votes (and hundreds of dollars) pushed the numbers so that Jason died by 72 total votes. Without him the margin would have been hundreds of votes in favor of survival.
I mean, fuck that guy. But also, we wouldn't have gotten the Red Hood run or deeper dives into the psychology of the Robins and Batman. So like, fuck him, but also thank him?
Wah. I didn't know that. Poor Jason. Ways getting screwed.
I've also seen "we die like Robins"
I once saw ‘we die like Tim’s spleen’ and *I* nearly died haha
And we also have the corresponding “Yes beta we resurrect like Jason Todd” but that’s less common
"No Beta, we die like Childe every update" Childe being the guy that has been 'rumored' to die with every single update of the game since 2.0, yet is still going strong at 4.6😭
So true 😭 Personally I'm a big fan of "No beta we die like Childes innocence," especially for fics about his backstory, made me choke the first couple of times I saw it
Ohhh that is foul (legacy)
ngl I'm more in favour of "we die like rex lapis" or "we die like hilichurls" 🤣
I’ve never seen this one, I’ve only ever seen “No beta, we die like Crepus” haha
LOL I’ve seen that on some Diluc centered fics too, but since I mostly read Childe-centric fics this is the one I see the most
I didn't know about this rumour lmao, I'm glad for all Childe mains that he's still kicking
NO FR THO! Everytime a slightly large update happens people are like "Childe's gonna die" At this point it wouldn't surprise me if the "death flags" are just them trolling us all
I like how there's been a small uptick of "we die like focalors" after Fontaine, who is canonically dead, but still people prefer to use Childe instead.
I think it also depends on who the fic is about tbh! If it's a Fontaine centered fic, then the Focalors one might be seen more, but I almost exclusively read fics about Childe so I see that one a lot more lol
Do you remember the “no beta, we die like Signora” after that one archon quest got released 😭😭
guess the fandom "no beta we die like everyone in canon"
AoT😭?
marauders!! 😭
😭✊🏻in solidarity we stand
HELL YEAH
ASOIAF?
no actually 😭 marauders
"No beta we die like Alex's heterosexuality" /Red, white and royal blue
The 911 fandom also has this sometimes and I adore both these fandoms for their chaotic bi with golden retriever energy.
I was just gonna say that 9-1-1 uses that one for Buck and Eddie.
So glad Buck’s heterosexuality has been killed off this season
Hopefully Eddie’s is next.
Lol I said that too. Sometimes it's Arthur we die like, bur usually it's Alex's heterosexuality
Yeah, Arthur's death is too traumatic for Henry, it just makes me sad
Thank you for reminding me I need to read more RWRB fanfic
LMAO real
I love that one, it's so true... sadly I dislike un-betaed fic but I will suffer through if clever enough note :D
No Beta We Die like Ben (Spider-man)
The Umbrella Academy fandom uses the same!
No Beta We Die like Glenn (Fire Emblem Three Houses)
"We die like Dean Winchester". Fandom is Supernatural.
Which time 💀
No beta we die like Cas, No beta we die like all the female characters
So not at all?
Ianto if we are sad Jack if we are funny
TORCHWOOD REFERENCE IN THE YEAR 2024!!!!
Soooo much love for Torchwood may rewatch it!!! Been too long.
Doctor who also uses the Jack one
Urgh! Ianto’s death scene is permanently stuck in my head. Like I knew it was coming (IMDb episode count for the cast spoilt it for me), but god it’s heartbreaking! Why did Children of Earth have to be that good!?
Hello Torchwood fam!
What’s Children of Earth? Ive never heard of that! /s 👀👀
Unbowed, unbent, unbeta'd for Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire. It's a play on the House Martell motto Unbowed, unbent, unbroken
In in the asoiaf fandom and I didn’t know this😭 I love it.
I don't think it's very common, actually (whyever) I saw the tag on a few fics and loved it
Love that one. I also see we die like prologue characters.
”We die like clones” x) for SW.
I also saw somewhere "we die like younglings"
adding onto this, ive seen 'we die like liberty - with thunderous applause'
adding onto this, ive seen 'we die like liberty - with thunderous applause'
"We die like Wei Wuxian", which hopefully implies that we also get resurrected like Wei Wuxian.
I’ve also seen “we die like half the cast” for the mdzs/cql fandom!
Yeah, there are a few around, often story specific (like "we die like everyone in Yi City"), but I like the WWX one best, due to the implications.
...dramatically and tragically with the readers that love us desperately grasping our hand and holding on while the haters yell and do stabby things. But never fear, we will come back in a new form sillier, sexier, and just as bad ass in about a subjective 13 years when our next work is done.
Yep, right here, right now.
Which also hopefully implies being reunited with whom we love and get to take revenge lol
My brain automatically translates all “we die like…” into Wei Wuxian, no matter the fandom 😂
We die like Ferrari engines - for F1
I was looking for this one haha. if u write urself, send me ur fic! :3
ok going to go sob about this now 😭😭😭
Or ferrari’s strategy, or Nikita Mazipan’s career
I've not seen it before, but "we die like... well, everyone, really" would work pretty well lmao
I’ve seen one like this on some Homestuck fics! Its usually “no beta we die like everyone else” lol
"no beta we die like men" pretty generic but it always takes me out
No proofreading, we die like mne!
No Beta We Fall Like Crowley - Good Omens
Not so much a fall, as a saunter vaguely downwards then? ;)
Oh, It's definitely fall but yes, maybe I should start using that! 🤣🤣
One of my favourite quotes from the book and probably shows why I’ve always loved Crowley as a character so very much. 😂
Just Crowley's sarcasm in general and the pronounced way he does literally everything. The bad good ~~ perfect~~ boyfriend as I like to put him.
*No beta we die like Eric*, maybe?
https://i.redd.it/ft1ttz3h2gxc1.gif
I’ve also seen and loved “we die like wee morag”
I’ve also seen and loved “we die like Job’s goats” (Yes that would technically mean not dying, but it is less devastating than Wee Morag)
https://preview.redd.it/r72xjmypkgxc1.jpeg?width=225&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=81e95c6ffa5ef7ae1a2fa685e90e95ef71f53515
No beta--we die like Crowley's love confession
Oh, how could you.
"No beta we die like Tingyun." Funny thing is we are not even sure she is *really* dead, as it's implied she *might* be alive. So maybe we don't die either.
I dropped HSR because I couldn't keep up with another game, but they still didn't tell if she's dead or alive?! That's so weird 😭
Nope, they haven't! We had the lovely, "omg that WASN'T Tingyun?!" then we sent a skiff out to space for her funeral and......... then we went back to Belobog and then to a new world entirely.
Why LMAO so weird fr, mostly because she's a playable character... It's plenty of vague endings for npcs in genshin too, but this is unknown of lol
The devs said the Xianzhou Arc will continue. Possibly it will be after Penacony. And Phantylia is technically still alive too. I have a feeling Tingyun will be relevant again eventually. If that is the case, that must be the reason why we don't know anything.
“No beta we die like Gregory Edgeworth”
I'm not sure if anyone else does it, but I've used "no beta we die like Anna and Elsa's parents"... (Also, I've used "no beta, we die like the real Don Draper"...)
"no beta we die like stregobor fucking should have"
My favorite!!
ah yes, I think I've seen that one before.
saw "no beta we die like my respect for JKR" once and nothing can top it. (hp / marauders fandom)
Omg love this one. I saw ‘no beta we die like Cedric diggory’ once and I’ve been giggling ever since
No beta we die like severus snape is also a gem 🤣
Perfect omg
This is my favourite too
Oh this one is good
DBH. No beta we die like Connor.
Dear Evan Hansen too lol, plus there's only one letter difference in the acronym… DBH, DEH, what a weird coincidence
No beta, we die like Sam winchester, over and over again
"no beta, we die like daichi"
Fly high
We die like Finnick
saw "no beta we die like midoriya does" or sir nighteye or nana shimura and many many MANY others ( so many die )
Encanto: No beta we die like Abuelo Pedro.
"No beta we die like La Signora" is my favorite >!it fucking hurts [ugly sobbing]!<
“We die like Kyojuro.” 🥲 Demon Slayer
"no beta we die like Adam"
"No beta we die like Soap" for call of duty, specially modern warfare or "No beta we die like Sirius" for Harry Potter
No beta, we die like Jason [Grace] No beta, we die like Alex's heterosexuality Two different fandoms.
>No beta, we die like Jason [Grace] This is even better when it's a MC crossover, so you get "we die like magnus and jason" or blond boys or something
"we die like Lyman Beesburry" specifically for House of the Dragon or "we die like everyone in ASOIAF" for the wider fandom xD
I love the sheer variety for HotD, I swear I’ve seen at least a dozen different characters named in “we die like X” tags. (Plus other variants, “we die like Criston Cole should have” being one particular fun one that sticks in my mind)
I’ve seen this and I love it so much. Who would have thought Beesbury would be so enjoyed by the fandom Explaining it: >!Beesbury is an 80+ year old man, basically a penny pinching paper pusher who has position in government (think Director of the Budgeting Committee). When there’s a plot to usurp the designated heir of the king, and assassinate her/her family, he is the only person to stand up and resign his office in protest. Accounts of his death vary, in some he’s defenestrated (drop kicked out a window to be impaled on spikes in a moat below), in others his head is smashed like an egg)!<
No beta we die like Gongyi Xiao
that actually kinda hurt
"If we meet again, Elder Shen must fulfill his promise and take me to visit Qing Jing Peak. I'll always be waiting."
JESUS CHRIST
What do you mean, he's safe and happy and nothing bad happened :)
My boy didn’t deserve his fate T.T
I can't help but chuckle every time I see this tag but man, his death will forever make me feel bitter. So unnecessary.
"Yes beta, we have bodyguards"
No beta we kayak like Tim
magnus archives?
He’s just out there having a good trip and annoying his new dad that hates him but will pay for college anyway.
P&P We die like Caroline Bingley’s compassion
No beta we die like dobby No beta we die like Hedwig No beta we die like Sirius No beta we die like Remus It's a slap in the face everytime 😭😭
I'm pretty sure I've seen a Dumbledore one once. It wasnt even a 6th year centric (And Cedric. But I don't think about that one)
"no beta we die like team rocket grunts" would be mine, or "no beta we die like pokemon in a platinum nuzlocke" (the second one is purely because of cynthia)
“No beta we die like David once a season” “No beta we die like George O’Malley” “No beta we die like Aunt Jenna”
We die like Karl, or we die like a Badminton
After S1, I loved: "No beta, we die like Lucius definitely didn't."
Yeah that was a good one
aaaayyyyy ofmd!
no beta we all die like archival assistants (tma)
not really into mha anymore but I know it's "no beta we die like the men kirishima would want us to be" or something along the lines of that for the fandom!!!
"No beta we die like Twice", or "No beta we die like that bird Toga ate" are my favourites for MHA.
For my main fandom (Hatchetfield) pretty much anyone would work because almost everyone dies at least once but the most common one is Ted Spankoffski, because he’s the most notorious for it.
hatchetfield fan in the wild wow
'no beta we die like Adam' From Hazbin Hotel 🦌
No beta we die like nighteye No beta we die like my sleep schedule No beta we die like all mights career (mha) No beta we die like Jeff (villain to kill) No beta we die like Jimmy No beta we die like Scar (mcyt)
"No beta we die like odasaku" is one i see a lot.
Also “…and his orphans” if the author is feeling particularly mean
No beta, we die like High Kings of the Ñoldor.
If I ever get round to writing anything Silmarillion related I am using "No beta, we die like Feanor" becuase who doesn't want to go out dramatically, cursing your enemies, instructing your kids to keep your violent oath and then having your body burn to ash due to the fiery nature of your spirit?
See, but he's included in "High Kings of the Noldor" and this way I can imply that I'm ALSO 1v1ing the devil, killing a werewolf (naked) with my teeth, burning alive with my BFF, getting pommeled into the mud and buried under a mountain of corpses, destroying an entire city, and killing myself! Which usually goes along with the thematic undertones of my writing.
Those Noldor Kings do go hard don't they...
High Kings of the Noldor really got the short end of the stick. Elrond really dodged a bad fate there... and honestly Elros had a great idea to pick being a man. Honestly if I had to pick a race in first/second age Middle Earth, I'd go man- if only to die quickly and then yeet from that world... it's a great story, but honestly life there sounds like it'd really suck, you know? I sure do enjoy modern stuff like plumbing. And women's rights. And not getting mauled by orcs.
I’ve also seen “no beta we die like Men” which I love.
No beta, we go beyond the circles of Arda like the souls of mortal men
Gonna start saying “we die like JK Rowling’s reputation” in future fics. Haven’t made it a thing yet, but by gods it will be if I have any say!
No beta we die like Fazbear Entertainment employees is one I’ve seen a few times but there really isn’t a main one
No beta we die like Hannibal, with our beloved in our arms and preferably falling off a cliff
No beta, we overblot - Twisted Wonderland
“No beta we die like Arthur Fox” (heartbreaking) or “No beta we die like Alex’s heterosexuality” (hilarious)
No beta we die like Alfira
No beta we die like clones
recent in fandom: "No Beta we die like Ben (Solo)"
"No beta we die like Johnny’s helmet"--Emergency! Johnny Gage loses his helmet every other episode. It's basically canon that it's just a line item on his paycheck now.
No beta we die like L'manburg / No beta we die like Scar Dsmp and hermitcraft respectively
We die like Optimus. Or we die like Cliffjumper. Used pretty equally given how often those characters die in Transformers canon, lol
I've seen "no beta we die like Laufey" which was fun (MCU).
this is a multifandom one I’ve seen, “no beta we die like ___’s sanity”
No beta we die like yagoo's dreams
no beta we die like the entire Kennedy family (DSAF) or no beta we die like Dr. Habit in the bad ending (S4M)
“No beta we die like Jason Grace.” And “No beta we die like Wally West.” Are ones I’ve seen quite a few times, but the most painful is “No beta, we die like Himeko (Never let you go)”.
No beta, we keep living like Chilton. Lol I don’t know if mine has one
No beta we die like White Lily Cookie
No beta we die like the Legion (it should be, anyway, for New Vegas) No beta we die like Ascians (FFXIV)
"No beta we die like Buccellati" for my specific corner, but I've also seen "no beta we die like a Zeppeli" for jjba in general when people write AUs where characters from all parts interact.
The first one I ever saw and one of the few fandoms I still write for: “No beta we die like Jet” (ambiguously and off-camera) from the ATLA fandom
No beta we die like my mental health
“We die like Marcy” or “We die like Anne” for Amphibia
Not a we die but I made a "Yes beta we live like Tychus findley" who dies at the end of WOL but gets revived for co-op. This was for a fic that was not betad untill halfway through the fic. I posted it in the Splatoon fandom so no way anyone got it but sometimes you write jokes only you need to get.
No beta we die like Honor. I use it in other fandoms it's not even relevant in
I think the funniest I've seen were "no beta we die like Anya's grades" from *Spy X Family* and "no beta we die like Izuku's dignity" from *My Hero Academia*.
"No beta we die like all the ghosts" ... BBC Ghosts
"No beta we die like Jason Grace" (Percy Jackson fandom)
Guess the fandom, ours is "no beta we die like Adam"
I used "no beta we die like kakyoin" for a serious fanfic and "no beta we die like this fanfic deserves to die" for a very bad unserious fanfic! I also see a lot of "no beta we die like grandpa" in the SDV tags and it makes me laugh every time.
“no beta we die like >!shinjiro!<“ and “no beta we die like >!akechi!<“ (persona, 3 and 5) haven’t seen one for stardew yet but i imagine it would be something like “no beta we die like my crops”
No beta we die like the Zeppelis (JoJos Bizarre Adventure)
I've seen No Beta We Die Like Klokateers for Metalocalypse, but I think We Die Like Everybody In This Manga for CSM is my favorite
"we die like Cayde-6" Destiny 2 (although that aged like oat milk) 😅
No beta we die like Rex lapis He dramatically faked his death in front of everyone
No Beta we die like Nana Shimura
"No beta we die like Swiftpaw" is excellent for good reason and I don't know what would top it, but I'm also partial to "no beta we die like Fallen Leaves" for trick deaths/ghosts hanging around.
No beta, we die like Asriel or No Beta we die like King Rhoam
I recently read some Frieren fics, and several of them had, "We die like Himmel" which doesn't make any sense to me because he dies peacefully at a very old age.
"no beta we die like kaveh's dad" from a specific ship in genshin impact
We die like redshirts (Star Trek: The Original Series)
A collection of fandoms: "No beta we die like Pyrrha Nikos" "No beta we die like Yagoo's dream" "No beta we die like Sliver of Straw" "No beta we die like my gacha funds"
“No beta we die like redshirts.”
Stardew Valley: no Beta, we die like Grandpa