#Agh.. nightmare... brainrot..

[passive-nightmaresans]

OKAY OKAY SO I WAS WATCHING BATWOMAN RIGHT. AND THERES THIS MOMENT WHERE THE MAIN VILLAIN MEETS ANOTHER VERSION OF HERSELF IF SHE DIDN'T BECOME A VILLIAN AND

AGHHHHHJHHHHHHH

"I always wondered what I'd be like if you saved me."

"I just never imagined I'd be so... basic."

"Eyes that never had to witness the horrors that I saw."

"Ears that never had to hear the evils I heard."

"Lips that never had to beg for her life."

NIGHTMARE MEETING AN AU WHERE HE NEVER ATE THE APPLES. ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME. ARE YOU LISTENING.

[lumiereandcogsworth]

curious (and you may have discussed it but!!) do you think Adam, once he got his body back, had to relearn certain things? like did he have to rewire his brain to remember “oh right I’m not that strong anymore” or, assuming the castle had any low door frames, do you think he might’ve forgot he wasn’t quite as big anymore and still ducked out of habit?

oooh !!! i have only slightly discussed this before, emily asked about adjusting to his height and not being as tall as he used to be, so i’ll link that here!

i do love the idea of him relearning things because things are just Different. i think he would find both his hands and teeth extremely uncomfortable at first. he got used to the fangs and the general sharpness of his teeth, as well as having really pointy thick claws, so when everything is suddenly smaller and smoother, i think it’s like an awful sensory experience that he has to get used to. (and it was definitely an awful experience to adjust to, when the curse initially happened as well).

on that note i thought of a headcanon recently that i think in his post-curse life he develops a hand fidget where he taps the tip of each finger to his thumb repeatedly. i just think he’d find how small and smooth his finger tips were so WEIRD so he just forms a habit of feeling how flat and non-claw like his fingers have become. i bet he also develops a similar stim of counting his teeth with his tongue. all very unconsciously but just because it all feels so weird at first!!! but then it just becomes fidgety habits.

i definitely agree with what you’re saying though i think adjusting back to his shorter (though, he’s 6’ as a human, so he’s still fairly tall by comparison to belle (5’5) or whoever) and scrawnier build would definitely kind of suck. i touch on this in the first post but he’s always been a scrawny guy, and bullied for it too, so i think he kinda at least slightly appreciated actually having some stature and strength to him. (overall though he was miserable of course, but just if he had to find SOME kind of silver lining, that would’ve been it.)

anyway yeah i definitely think he’d have a reflex of ducking where he always used to duck, or thinking he can move things a lot easier than he could. i also feel like he just forgot about putting on stockings and shoes. which is ironic because he hates being barefoot typically. (and belle loves being barefoot, which is why he’s always annoyed with her cold ass toes when she gets in bed lol) but he had to relearn like, waking up, putting on slippers, going to the dressing room, putting on stockings and shoes, etc. the first handful mornings he probably just got up and started walking around and then was like AGHDKFJDK BLEGH! ya know, when you have sensory issues?

and as a final note, and i should’ve put this in the first post but it just came to me now, i imagined belle one time asking him if he missed his height (he probably reached for a book and then grumbled about how it used to be at his eye-level) and he kind of smirks and says “sometimes, i suppose.” but then he walks over to her and she’s standing in front of him and he says “but i am a very nice height now so i can do this,” and he leans forward and kisses her forehead and she’s like :))) !!!! and he chuckles, proud of himself for making her blush >:)

[atherix0]

Okay but the idea of scar succeeding on manipulating grian has night terror potential for literally all three of them. Especially given that scar is laying in a bed recovering from being attacked by a vampire who they would have had NO WARNING FOR had grian not seen right through him. Or well not right through him but. Through him quick enough. Mwah

YEAH. Like everything would have been different and so much more dangerous and like- gods just thinking about it, Grian wouldn't have gotten the holy weapons from Scar but he still probably would have witnessed Scar's sting mission but wouldn't have felt betrayed but instead justified and gone to Mumbo about it instead of sticking around to watch Scar frikkin destroy half the Coven with a single sigil and Scar wouldn't have gotten stabbed but he would have absolutely gotten on Blondie's hit list, and Blondie has personal reasons for going after Mumbo and and and-

Like, it is SUCH a nightmare fuel idea, everything would have been so so so much worse, and Grian (and Mumbo!) would think Scar is on the Purists' side/his own side and not know he actually works for the Council and by extension is on their side/protecting them just AGH Like I feel like if I were to explore a story/AAU like that it would absolutely have a tragic end because I can't even think of a way to give that world a happy ending with everything that would have happened because of it??

Like. Mumbo and Scar are SO LUCKY Grian came into their lives when he did because if he hadn't befriended Scar they would have been DUCKED hhjjfg

This person has given me BRAINROT over my own AU wtf??