#Anyways I kind of earned this. Don't really want revenge?

[defender-of-jouvente]

Aww, don't worry about your face. It looks like you just came back from a county fair - in a good way, of course...

You'll get your revenge on stardust at some point, don't fret your little fighting head~.

Y'really think so, random stranger on the internet?

Wait, star what now?

[barblaz-arts]

Ok I lied, one more Hazbin character ask.🙏

Thoughts on Lucifer, Carmilla, Rosie, and Adam?

Lucifer

I love love love him. Terrible dad tho! Lmfaoo

Genuinely think Charlie let him off the hook too easy for all the neglect imo. It's kinda weird how most of the fandom suddenly thinks he's a great dad. He's okay at best, tbh. Just because he has a gorgeous singing voice(Jeremy Jordan is the fuckin BEST man) and a silly personality doesn't mean everything's swell. I hope the second season further tackles this. I remember someone saying before that Lucifer resembled a dad who accidentally had a baby as a teen and doesn't actually know how to be a father and I haven't forgotten about how accurate that is. Still tho! Great character! I'm not even exactly mad about him being popular, just a little bothered by how he's viewed by most people. I hope the show has him do more than sing a musical number to EARN Charlie's forgiveness

Carmilla

I love her, even if the way her character is written is a little, um, how do I say it? Weird? Doesn't make sense sometimes.

Like how she's a demon Overlord who sells weapons but has a line that goes "I always thought that I would keep blood off my face". So does that mean she's never killed anyone before? Or maybe she swore off killing at some point? If she's only ever taken a life to protect her daughters, what sin did she commit to get her to end up in Hell, with her daughters no less. I have my speculations, but with how little we know about her, speculations don't change the fact that Carmilla is a strangely written character. She has some moments that are just questionable choices from the writers too. Like, how they had Carmilla point out how obvious Vaggie's nature is, making Charlie's feelings of betrayal look a little stupid on Charlie's part. Or how Carmilla sang to Vaggie that she should focus on love and not revenge, even though all Vaggie has ever thought about is protecting Charlie while never showing any signs of even thinking about getting back at Lute. Such a strange character. I hope she makes more sense next season when we get to see more of her, because I truly do love her. If this is never tackled though and I just happen to be overthinking, it's fine. I still like her anyways.

Rosie

A really sweet lady for a, um, cannibal. I can never get behind the fact that she and the other characters eat people RAW though! No matter how beautiful she is, the hotness factor is knocked down as long as you don't clean, cook, and season your food, maam. Nasty.

I hope we see more of her relationship with Charlie though. People keep talking about how Carmilla and Vaggie are similar, but I feel we should talk about her similarities with Charlie too. Throughout the show Charlie is ridiculed and given no respect by her people because of her sweet nature and jolly disposition, but here Rosie is being all those things and yet has a whole town to lead! I hope them meeting is set up to have Charlie learn even more from her.

Adam

Oh man he vexes me lol I don't completely hate him, because he has some funny moments, and kickass songs, and the OG Broadway Beetlejuice voices him, but he's suuuuuch an asshooooole. He's not even the kind of villain that you still like to see and romanticize even when he's evil. At least to me. I think my brother explained accurately why. He hates Adam in fact, and that's because his attitude and personality is too accurate to incels that you can see in real life. I enjoyed him as the first season's villain, but I do NOT want him coming back somehow as a sinner like others want. I want him to stay dead. It's Lute's turn to be the new big bad. I still have Pentious if I want more Alex Brightman anyway.

[class1akids]

lmao because someone said dabi won, he is the true hero of the todorokis like shoto ?? what kind of win is this when it’s full of regrets

I wouldn't mix winning and being the hero - even if Hori somehow plants this idea that a true hero always wins and saves with All Might and then further muddles it with the "perfect victory" stuff, where he has to twist the story in illogical ways to achieve that rather than have the hero side earn it.

Like when Bakugou dies - Edgeshot sacrifices his life to save him - this is framed heroic, but in the end he doesn't die, just becomes a worm - because the story said that Bakugou will get a "perfect victory", not because anything Bakugou did to save Edgeshot.

Counterpoint: Kudou frees and saves Yoichi only for Yoichi to die anyways a month later and Kudo himself losing and dying when he tries to take on AFO. AFO wins - so is he the "hero" all of a sudden? Is Kudo any less heroic because both him and Yoichi are dead?

But back to Touya: I'm glad that Dabi, the villain gets to kill Endeavor, the hero - his creator. It's fitting I've pointed this out in the initial chapter reaction.

But I don't think the framing is heroism, but rather retribution / consequence that Endeavor never would have gotten from the world. Dabi's actions are motivated by revenge, rage and he doesn't care at all about how those actions affect his fellow victims or the by-standers. That's why he's not a vigilante.

What's more, the Todoroki family was on a path of healing already when he intervened. Shouto already freed himself from Endeavor's abuse and mindset and was building bridges with his siblings and mom, Rei was already on her way out of the hospital and Endeavor himself already regretted his past actions and was trying to atone. The family likely would have chosen for Endeavor to "get away with it" and move forward.

Dabi's revenge takes that choice away from them and makes sure that Endeavor is utterly destroyed in the fire his selfishness created. But Dabi's goal was to destroy more, not just Endeavor himself, but everything and everyone he held dear, including fellow victims and civilians.

Shouto's actions (assisted by Rei, Fuyumi and Natsuo's intervention also) help to stop Dabi from taking anyone else with them, when he saves the family and the civilians. But he doesn't reach Touya's heart until it's too late. Still, he's acting selflessly the whole time, trying to save everyone, without choosing who gets to live or die. He reaches for everyone, the villain of the family (Dabi), the abuser (Endeavor), the fellow victims, the civilians. To me, this is what makes Shouto's character really heroic - that he's able to continue to reach out in compassion and without judgement, even to people who really hurt him.

In the end, the two people who end up worst off are Endeavor and Touya himself. Endeavor's hero career is destroyed, Enji is in a wheelchair and Touya's body is completely destroyed as well and his future is to look every day in the eye the man for him he destroyed himself. It's really tragic. Especially because they have both moved away from their past selves: Enji already felt the weight of his sins and wants to atone and Dabi's rage is slowly washing away, his hatred is subsiding, leaving there only Touya who at heart was a good kid and wanted to be "enough" for his family.

To me, it's a really bitter ending (with not much sweet) where everyone loses. There is already so much damage in the past that the family can never be fixed into a happy family, but it is not lost completely either. The siblings will keep in touch with each other and with their mother. Enji will try to step up as a father for Touya and likely will keep ties with Fuyumi and (maybe a bit with Shouto). But unless a miracle happens, the 6 of them will never sit down and have a dinner together.

I think Shouto is still the hero - both in the sense of winning the fight and saving lives and hearts, but also in the sense that he tried to save his family with mundane acts of kindness like visiting his mom and giving his father a chance to be better.

In the end, he has more family than he had at the beginning of the story. But with the narrative focusing on Shouto's "found family" in conclusion

I guess Hori wants to express the original "emancipation" idea of Shouto's arc. That he doesn't have to be defined by his origin. Even if the family in the end is not an ideal picture, but is broken, Shouto himself can move on. He has made friends and allies and has an emotional support system in place to help him through whatever the future holds for him.

And while he's not cutting out his family like Natsuo did, he's distancing himself now. He paid his dues (not that he was obliged to - he could have walked away from the start). He's letting his parents to step up and carry most of the weight (as it should be) from now on, while he can focus on his own goals and be released from the curse of the family hero.

He will carry with himself the pain of "what-ifs" and "could-have-beens", but he faced every single member of his family, made sense of it as much as he could, tried to reach for them with an open heart.

[yandere-fics]

Ok so just from 5 minutes of pondering I've had to ideas plop into my head

1: Little sister who Bibi has provided for her entire life, you both grew up in really hard times and Bibi has always wanted to protect you, but you wanted to join the royal guard so she wouldn't have to steal anymore to keep you two fed, and she hated that idea because it was sooooo dangerous (there were so many hot women that would steal you away from her). The two of you have a fight and you join the guard, you go a while without seeing eachother before you're reunited. All the time away from you has made her much, much worse. She's gone borderline insane, she's always had a few screws loose but now she's downright terrifying. But she's kind of sweet. In a weird way. I kind of like the fiancè idea with this, maybe you were due to be wedded, when you meet Bibi again you tell her this and she silently loses her shit. Only for your fiancè to be convicted of treason and due for execution. But Bibi will be there to be a shoulder to cry on! It'll be okay, you nearly made a mistake and married the wrong person! You're so distraught you may as well drop out of the royal guard to grieve, she earns enough to support the both of you now anyway. You can even move into her quaters, just like old times!!

2: Manipulative younger sister who always gets what she wants. Ever since you were little Bibi would steal for you if you kicked and screamed enough, that habit slowly turned into subtle manipulation as you got older, knowing which buttons to push to make her obey your every whim. However one day the idiot goes and gets arrested. Maybe you don't even visit her in prison and assume she's been executed, until you wake up in the cells yourself to your delirious sister staring back at you. You left her ALL alone!! She was so worried about you!! But now she has a fancy new job, and the princess in her back pocket. So now she's gonna get what SHE wants. (I'm fishing for some gross noncon revenge fucking here. Bibi kinda snapping and realising you have been so mean to her for so long. But now everything is gonna be perfect, you'll see!)

-girlfailure

♡ Bibi With A Manipulative Sister Who Tried To Abandon Her ♡

(Already did number 1 a while ago so today I will do number 2)

You cursed the world for giving you such a terrible failure of a sister who clung to you every second of the day, she was basically useless to you which made going through life extremely difficult which is why from a very young age you learned to put your useless older sister to work, she couldn't hold a stable job to provide for you and she spent her days telling awful jokes, none of which you ever really found funny, but at least she could steal and at long as she could do that for you, you would humor her and laugh at her jokes on occasion, still the moment she got arrested you saw your opportunity and booked it along with all the money she had been saving under the floorboard at your room in the inn, selfish girl had been putting away money instead of just giving you everything she had, well that didn't matter now, she was gone and you had all the money you would need to hire a carriage and start a life outside the capital, and your useless sister would be dead by the morning finally. Your luck would finally turn around.

She really was useless for everything, it was only a matter of time before the bitch got caught stealing, oh well now you wouldn't have to act nice to her just so she'd steal a necklace for you, maybe in the next town you could find someone who would actually do what you wanted and not fail so you miserably. But that bitch just had to drag you down with her, maybe she was pissed you didn't even visit her before her execution and decided to accuse you of being her accomplice, stupid spiteful bitch. Either way you woke up in a cell with Bibi's stupid face hovering above you, pushing your hair out of your face and acting like she loved you just like she always did.

"Pookie, it really wasn't a funny joke to pretend you were going to ditch town, my joke is much funnier, don'tcha think?" You glared at her, what part of getting you arrested did she think was a joke and- how did she known you were going to ditch town, why would the guards have told her that? Or did she just suspect that because you didn't visit her jail cell? Honestly you still couldn't believe they didn't just execute her already, you were sure she was supposed to die this morning yet here she was petting your hair in a jail cell.

"Hehe it's really funny when you pretend to be mad pookie but I'd like that joke to be over now." She gripped your hair, tugging on it until it hurt as a way to tell you she was sick of the joke, she always did that when she wanted you to stop your 'jokes' as she called them, they weren't jokes though, you really did find her completely useless and hated every moment you spent with her.

"Anyways, I know you always said we had bad luck," You said you had bad luck but I guess she assumed you were including her, "But look! I got a job! The princess hired me to be her court jester!" You laughed, god the princess must be so stupid to ever hire this dud to be the jester, your sister can't do a damn thing right.

"The princess must be a dumb ass to hire you, you're such a failure, you can't do a single thing correctly and I'm so unlucky to be fucking stuck with you." Bibi yanked on your hair, now getting on top of you, one hand wrapping around your throat.

"Pookie, I already told you, your jokes aren't funny, leave the jokes to me you bitch." You froze a bit when she called you that, she'd never been anything but nice to you but you guessed you'd pushed her past her limits finally, still she was a weakling, it's not like she could actually do anything to you. "Here's a much better joke, you're going to fuck me."

"...w-what? Eww no that's not funny Bibi." You tried to push her off you but she stayed firmly in place already grinding her small bulge against your leg, her other hand moving away from your hair and starting to try to pry your pants off you.

"I think it would be really funny to pretend I'm forcing myself on you even though we both love each other so much, that's way funnier than you pretending to abandon me, now get to work."

[dragon-communion]

I'm bored and the acquisition of the legendary armaments bothers me so let's do something about that.

1. Dark Moon Greatsword- flawless, no notes, ideal wedding present.

2. Bolt of Gransax- flawless presentation. However, it feels weirdly easy to acquire, especially since it's been sitting in the middle of Leyndell for a few hundred years minimum. I don't know how I'd fix this.

3. Grafted Blade Greatsword- it's a gimmick blade and I really hate that I have to take it seriously. The weak stapled-on lore is a decent attempt at making it remotely relevant, and I like the fact that the Misbegotten stole it. I feel like there could be better presentation though, especially since it's a clans' worth of swords. Make me fight a coordinated clan of Misbegotten for it or something, drill in that theme of unity and revenge. Or ride the blatant reference and involve a dragon somehow. A fucked up grafted-scion style dragon maybe? That'd be fun. Why don't I have to fight a grafted enemy to get this thing?

4. Devourer's Scepter- It's just really weird that I can get this in Limgrave by killing a friendly NPC. If Bernahl's that important to Volcano Manor, maybe make him less vulnerable to our merchant-killing impulses? Give us a motivation to not instantly wreck his face for having bad stock, y'know. Some compelling dialogue. Maybe the ability to teleport out if we get him to half health. I don't know how I'd fix this but I want to at minimum have to work for a legendary armament rather than accidentally step on it. I didn't even know the scepter was supposedly special, I just went "huh cool" and shoved it in my chest.

5. Sword of Night and Flame- Speaking of accidentally stepping on weapons! Considering this one is pretty famous in PVP (and why aren't Moonveil and RoB on this list anyway???) I find it weird I can just trip on this sword. I don't even have to kill a guy for it. Give it to Moongrum or something, at least. Hide it behind a cool wizard puzzle, maybe add some kind of fun lock involving throwing an ice pot and a fire pot at a wall or something. I can respect having it in a chest. What I cannot respect is the utter lack of security. Make me use a braincell please.

6. Ruins Greatsword- I like that it's in Caelid, home of Gravity Fuckery and also Dragons. I think more could be done with that. Put it in some kind of research facility in Sellia, maybe earn it from Gurranq somehow, or even have it as an optional challenge for crazy bastards who want to continue Radahn's funerary games. I guess I don't mind collecting it from a Crucible Knight, or even that it's a missable item, but I just feel like it could be positioned somewhere better than Radahn's yard.

7. Marais Executioner's Sword- I approve of this. Am I entirely sure why the executioner's sword is legendary, and Godfrey's axe or Marika's hammer aren't? No. But in terms of acquisition, ripping it from the cold dead hands of the last guy slated for execution is pretty cool. The Shaded Castle is a cool setting too.

8. Golden Order Greatsword- It's lore-significant, looks incredible, and is directly involved with one of the endgame bosses. So please explain why I find Radagon's personal sword that he modified himself in a random cave. I don't care how cool the cave looks, did he drop it off a cliff after Marika accused him of cheating or something? The fact that we don't get this weapon in some sort of setting associated with Radagon is insane to me. Stick it in a fort behind a couple of guards at least. Y'know what would give this sword more impact? Receiving it as a quest reward from Miriel. Radagon's messy divorce sword, a traditional Carian betrothal gift twisted into a monument to Golden Order ideology- receiving it from Miriel, or showing it to Miriel, would be fascinating for character exploration. I wish we could've done more with the turtle pope in terms of exploring and investigating Radagon. Failing that, stick it in some kind of secret room in a library or study in Leyndell. Show me Radagon's office where he pored over Golden Order Fundamentalism and stick this thing behind a bookshelf somewhere like he's ashamed to own it.

9. Eclipse Shotel- I like the setting where we get it actually. I wish it wasn't five seconds away from a very angry ghost so I could appreciate the setting more, but the Church of the Eclipse definitely sets the tone. It could set more of a tone, but at least it's something. I want to know more about Castle Sol and this eclipse, because the ghosts are delightfully spooky and set the ambiance and I enjoy fucked up necromancy, but we don't really get much information. I would've put some sort of death blight enemy next to it, like one of those giant more priestly Wormfaces, along with some sort of astrologically significant structure for getting an eyeful of the moon. Make me believe they're doing weird celestial rituals up there. Who used the shotel, how, and for what? Human sacrifice? Back scratching? I am willing to forgive them for just leaving it on a table, since there's an exposition ghost nearby, but I can't quite figure out the relevance of the shotel in the grand scheme of everything else going on. Is it for killing the sun???

[dancersmirrorball]

Taylor Swift Midnights Sentence Starters

Tracks 1-4

"You don't really read into my melancholia."

"I've been under scrutiny, you handle it beautifully."

"I'm damned if I do give a damn what people say."

"They're bringing up my history, but you weren't even listening."

"Talk your talk and go viral, I just need this love spiral."

"Get it off your chest, get it off my desk."

"We lost track of time again."

"How'd we end up on the floor anyway?"

"I see you every day now."

"The lips I used to call home, so scarlet it was maroon."

"Ain't that the way, shit always ends?"

"I wake with your memory over me, that's a real fucking legacy to leave."

"All of the people, I've ghosted stand there in the room."

"I end up in crisis, tale as old as time."

"I wake up screaming from dreaming."

"I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror."

"One day I'll watch as you're leaving, and life will lose all of it's meaning."

"She's/he's/they're laughing up at us from hell."

"I saw flecks of what could've been lights, but it might just have been you passing by unbeknownst to me."

"Life is emotionally abusive."

"My flight was awful, thanks for asking."

"You wanting me tonight feels impossible."

"It's fine to fake it 'til you make it."

"I can't speak, afraid to jinx it."

Tracks 5-8"

"I play it cool with the best of them."

"It's ok we're the best of friends."

"You're on your own kid, you always have been."

"I gave my blood, sweat and tears for this."

"Everything you lose is a step you take."

"You've got no reason to be afraid."

"My town was a wasteland."

"But for some it was paradise."

"he/she/they wanted it comfortable, I wanted that pain."

"I was making my own name, chasing that fame."

"All of me changed like midnight rain."

"I guess sometimes we all get some kind of haunted."

"Big city, wrong choices."

"You painted all my nights, a color I have searched for since."

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room?"

"It was one drink, after another."

"That's nice I'm sure, that's what's suitable and right but tonight."

"Draw the cat eye sharp enough to kill a man."

"You did some bad things, but I'm the worst of them."

"They say looks can kill, and I might try."

"Lately I've been dressing for revenge."

"Picture me thick as thieves with your ex wife/husband/spouse."

"I'm on my vigilante shit again.

Tracks 9-12

"Didn't notice you walking all over my peace of mind, in the shoes I gave you as a present."

"Putting someone first only works, when you're in their top five."

"By the way, I'm going out tonight."

"I can still make the whole place shimmer."

"Sadness became my whole sky."

"A diamond's gotta shine."

"It only hurts this much right now."

"Breathe in, breathe deep, breathe through, breathe out."

"I'll be getting over you, my whole life."

"Oh no, I'm falling in love again."

"Lost in the labyrinth of my mind."

"You would break your back to make me break a smile."

"You're talking shit, for the hell of it."

"You're terrified to look down."

"It's coming back around."

"I keep my side of the street clean, you wouldn't know what I mean."

"Ask me what I've learned from all those years, ask me what I've earned from all those tears."

"Ask me why so many fade, but I'm still here."

"We almost forgot it."

"They said the end is coming, everyone's up to something."

"All that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothing."

"On the way home, I wrote a poem."

"You should be doing more."

"I'm just too soft for all of it."

Tracks 13-17

"You and I ended up in the same room, at the same time."

"Checkmate, I couldn't lose."

"What if I told you none of it was accidental?"

"If you fail to plan, you plan to fail."

"No-one wanted to play with me as a little kid, so I've been scheming like a criminal ever since."

"This is the first time I've felt the need to confess."

"Spineless in my tomb of silence."

"Maybe it was egos swinging, maybe it was her/him/them."

"I vowed not to cry anymore."

"You said I have to trust more freely."

"Maybe it's the past that's talking, screaming from the crypt."

"It turned into something bigger, somewhere in the haze, got a sense I'd been betrayed."

"No words appear before me in the aftermath."

"Every single thing I touch becomes sick with sadness."

"Cause it's all over now, all out to sea."

"You were bigger than the whole sky."

"I've got a lot to live without."

"So I'll say words I don't believe."

"And all the outfits were terrible, 2003 unbearable."

"Did you see the photos?"

"No I didn't, but thanks though."

"I'm so in love that I might stop breathing."

"Like we were somewhere else."

"I wanna brainwash you into loving me forever."

"I didn't know you were keeping count."

"Put on your records and regret me."

"I bent the truth too far tonight."

"Do you really wanna know where I was April 29th?"

"Seemed like the right thing at the time."

"There's many different ways that you could kill the one you love, the slowest way is never loving them enough."

Tracks 18-20 + Hits Different & You're Losing Me

"We were supposed to be just friends."

"You don't live in my part of town, but maybe I'll see you out some weekend."

"I think there's been a glitch."

"Nights are so starry, blood moonlit."

"Must be counterfeit."

"I thought we had no chance, and that's romance."

"All I used to do was pray."

"And I damn sure never would have danced with the devil."

"The god's honest truth is that the pain was heaven."

"Memories feel like weapons."

"God rest my soul, I miss who I used to be."

"If clarity's in death then why won't this die?"

"If it feels like a trap, you're already in one."

"If you don't recognize yourself, that means you did it right."

"Never take advice from someone who's falling apart."

"When you aim at the devil, make sure you don't miss."

"So I wander through these nights, I prefer hiding in plain sight."

"You should find another guiding light."

"You made a mess of me."

Each bar plays our song, nothing has ever felt so wrong."

"Oh my, love is a lie; shit my friends say to get me by."

"Moving on was always easy for me to do."

"My sadness is contagious."

"Is it okay? Is it you? Or have they come to take me away?"

"We thought a cure would come through in time, now I fear it won't."

"Now I just sit in the dark and wonder if it's time."

"I'm getting tired even for a phoenix."

"I know my pain is such an imposition."

"I wouldn't marry me either, a pathological people pleaser who only wanted you to see her/him/them."

"I've got nothing to believe, unless you're choosing me."

[system-of-a-feather]

The parent that turned my did into pdid is showing signs of dementia & is in denial. She failed her memory test at the doctors & it’s only getting worse. Its funny, I spent a lot of my childhood being ridiculed by her for symptoms of my DID & now she will likely have some of my formative experiences in her last days: not knowing where she is, confusing reality, etc etc. This is the kind of woman to laugh at panic attacks. my siblings are making themselves scarce before it gets worse.

It feels like poetic justice, but I see a train wreck waiting to happen. She’s POA for my other older relatives. My question to you is if you’d try to help this person if you were in my shoes. Part of me wants to do a family intervention. Part of me wants to watch her to crash & burn.

The irony is that if she had shown me that grace & empathy as a child, this wouldn’t even be a problem. But she set up this toxic dynamic in the family and so she feels the need to double down & pretend it’s not happening. And now it’s gonna bite her in the ass.

Would you stage an intervention now to head this off with senior planning or let the chips fall where they may?

Honestly? I don't really have a "I would do this" sort of response to this. Even putting aside how I don't really have the full picture, context, history, etc to navigate the nuance of the situation, I honestly just don't think this is really something where there is a clear answer and it's really one of those things that you have to kind of just come to the conclusion on what will sit right with you. Whatever path and direction you go, I honestly wouldn't blame you or judge you in anyways tbh.

Personally though, I generally default to neutral or slightly positive non-engagement. If there is a situation I'm torn on, have mixed feelings over, or find myself largely emotionally charge (especially if its simultaneously in opposing directions), I tend to default to respectfully doing the minimum necessary to keep issues from arising due to the lack of action (or sudden decrease in action) and typically continue whatever baseline I have been doing.

That tends to allow me to postpone any significant decision long enough for me to 1) sort out how I feel a little more clearly 2) see how things progress with me doing little to nothing different than what I'm currently doing and to see if that works for me and 3) removes a sense of time pressure and a sense of responsibility over others that is either not possible or not necessarily sustainable for me to take on

I understand the irony and schadenfreude of the situation, cause honestly, I do get how its kinda funny and there's a sense of karma at the whole situation. But in my experience, chasing that schadenfreude / sense of revenge often kind of kept me in a space of trauma and hurt and honestly kept me from exploring and experiencing opportunities in life that were better and/or possibly better spent elsewhere.

That isn't to say that you have to forgive, or that you have to care for her either. People tend to put revenge and forgiveness as a black and white binary, but honestly, you can not-forgive but also choose to not put yourself in a mental space centered on trauma and past hurt by also choosing to not seek revenge.

If you don't feel like she has earned / deserves care that she didn't give you, you aren't obliged to give it to her. It's not your responsibility and I wouldn't blame you if you took that approach. It's your right to go and live on your life apart from negative influences in your life and if she was and is currently a negative influence on your life, I don't think you are a bad person for just walking away from it.

But if that's the case, I'd also just check in with yourself and just make sure that - with the situation regarding the POA and all for other relatives - you are okay with the potential risks that might pose for any relatives you might like and make sure to weigh your care for those individuals against your lack of interest in helping address the situation.

If you do step in, make sure you know what and why you are choosing to step in and stage an intervention. Know what matters to you and what is at the core of your actions and just try to keep that in mind when you decide to step in as it can probably help in persisting when it might not feel like something you want to do.

At the end of the day, its one of those situations where you just kind of have to find where you draw the line and if you feel she deserves that act from you. Do what works best for you both now / in the present and with what you feel will genuinely make you feel the best in the long long run.

Either way, I've done and been on both sides of the coin with similar situations - particularly with my dad - and I honestly get both perspectives.

It's a non-answer, but I hope it helped you nonetheless.

[transingthoseformers]

So...hear me out-TFP Getaway He's an MTO (or whatever the Aligned equivlent is) and during the war on Cybertron was a member of the Elite Guard, and did spec ops work, similar to . He was partners with Skids during the war, though sadly Skids was presumed killed during a botched mission, something which greatly affected Getaway. Suffice to say, he hates the Decepticons with all his Spark-especially Megatron-and is willing to do whatever it takes to destroy them. Anyways he finds his way to Earth and joins Team Prime shortly after Cliffjumper and Arcee do. His dynamic with the Team is...intresting to say the least -Optimus: Looks up to him, worships the very ground he walks on, though he can't help but think that Optimus has grown soft since he's arrived on Earth -Ratchet: Mostly indifferent. But he's the medic so, best not to tick off the guy in charge of putting you back together. -Bumblebee: Respects him a good deal, especially for defying Megatron at the cost of his voice box -Bulkhead-Mild dislike, given I'm pretty sure the Elite Guard and Wreckers had a bit of a rivalry during the war (similar to IDW's rivalry between the Wreckers and Spec Ops), though Getaway is willing to put that aside for the sake of winning the war -Cliffjumper-Not a fan of his recklessness, thinks (correctly) that sooner or later it will get him killed -Arcee: She's the one Getaway gets along with the best, given they both lost partners during the war. After Cliffjumper's death, Getaway is there to let her know he knows what it's like. Eventually though Getaway gets frustrated with Optimus not killing Megatron, and decides to give him that little push he needs to finish the job: killing one of Team Prime and making it look like Megatron did it. And when Smokescreen arrives he sees his chance. He ingratiates himself with the rookie, earning his trust, and then, when he least expects it, tries to kill him. However, he fails, Smokescreen escapes, and with the rest of team prime knowing he's kind of a dick, Getaway goes on the run, waging his own solo war on the Decepticons Anyways, if you want to hear more about this AU let me know?

Ooooo, he'd look so fucking pretty

Getaway is a bastard but he's a pretty bastard, and his design would look so interesting in the tfp style

I don't think there quite is an aligned equivalent to MTOs? At least, not in a recognizable way I can recall. The closest thing we might have is the vehicons, or the protoform clones?? We can always suggest in this scenario MTOs do exist (though, since TFP seems to be a tidge more biology inclined I'm gonna suggest it's CNA based, rather than based on sparks.)

Hmmm okay so Skids is his motive, okay okay

Mmn, 100% revenge motivated. Now typically I'm more approving of revenge than TFP as a show seems to be, but trying to eliminate ALL decepticons seems a little... there are going to be issues.

Makes sense that the Elite Guard and the Wreckers would have a rivalry, especially since in aligned the Wreckers as a unit are older than the autobots as a faction, until they got ~absorbed~ into being part of the autobots, so I can see there definitely being tensions between the very Autobot-ey autobots and the often indoor outdoor equivalent of autobots. Oh! Or I'm wrong!

Makes sense Getaway would get along with Arcee, I wonder what consequences that'll have

of course getaway of course. He really is willing to do quite a lot in order to try and succeed at his goal, isn't he.

sMOKEY OH.

And we leave off with Getaway becoming an autobot rogue, which has gotta be a crunchy dynamic because we see how the decepticons interact with their rogues (Arachnid and Starscream at various points), I truly wonder how the bots would interact with Getaway

[cherokeegal1975]

Still promoting my work. I can't make myself completely give up on it, even when it goes mostly ignored for years at a time. Maybe I'm too stubbornly optimistic about it. Half of me wants to throw up my hands and give up and the stubbornly optimistic part of me won't shut up and it's louder than the part of me what sounds perfectly logical when it tells me to just give up. That and I'm bored and really want to talk to some nice people...earn some honest feedback. I've had a really shitty week, one of my very worst. What's wrong isn't over yet. So, some people taking the time to really give my work a chance would be lovely. My books are available on Amazon as a paperback or as a ebook on Kindle. I'm aware the audio isn't the best, so that's why it's only on YouTube...it's been a long time since I've listened to it on the account that I can't stand the sound of my own voice on a recording.

This is the link to it on Amazon:

Unexpected Cargo: Smith, Meriah: 9781537355238: Amazon.com: Books

I'd love some honest feedback there. I got one comment in...I don't know what language that was alright and another from my grandmother which was kind, but I don't think that one counts because she's family and probably wanted to spare my feelings. Earning some feedback from someone more objective would be nice. The more the better so I can get a broad spectrum feel for what people think.

Anyway, this is the synopsis:

Johnathan was a family man and cargo runner and had no interest in getting entangled in royal affairs. So, when a deposed and fleeing princess arranges a meeting to give him a package to keep safe, he was reluctant to take it. But she convinced him to hide the royal seal until she needed it back despite himself. Unknown to him, she had also tricked him into carrying another precious cargo. When

Johnathan learns of the trick, he’s furious. When he confronts the princess about it, he learns it’ll be impossible to return it before it’s appointed time. Then she tells him of an unbreakable bond between them and ends a long search for someone he had lost as a boy. So, instead of revenge, he does what he can to help her. He must also avoid capture; the King would execute Johnathan if he ever found out about his secret cargo.

One person called this novel a wholesome movie and I'll treasure that. One person commented in a langrage that I didn't recognize that translated out as, "This is shit." Won't forget it, but I'm not going to spend a lot of time and energy thinking about this troll's comment.

The point is, I actually read your comments and keep them. Honest feedback is always appreciated forever. Even when sometimes the feedback is less than glowing.

Certainly I'd love it if you all bought my book...or books. I have five published on Amazon. I'm having a lot of trouble finding work so the support would be of great help...but only if I sell a lot of books because I've never earned more than $2 from a sale and most times when I make a rare sale it's around .64 cents. I know how to remedy this problem thanks to the information I've been gathering, but it all costs a pretty penny. You have no idea how much I'd love to see my work get the full treatment to get off the ground and selling...even be converted into something Netflix would stream. I'd be over the moon if they said yes. It's the goal I have in mind. Unfortunately, it all takes money I don't have. So, all I can do as ask for feedback and hope to make a sale once in a while.

[hiruzensux]

concept: Hiruzen giving Enma subtle misinformation about human culture to further his own Horny Agenda™️

(like i'm sure when they first met he already spoke the language and had a decent understanding of the more basic stuff; i don't know how different the culture of wherever it is he lives actually even is to begin with (i haven't given it much thought at all tbh) so it could all be pretty familiar to him... but regardless of how broad the overlap between the two cultures is, if he doesn't have much actual experience in the human realm, then it's totally believable from his end for certain stuff to be slightly or totally different)

this has some EXCELLENT potential re: pranks or practical jokes, but where my mind immediately went with this is misdirections of lustful intent

ex.:

Hiruzen: "ok this next one is called 'french kissing', and it's a human gesture of friendship and mutual respect"

Enma, interrupting him: "i do not respect you"

Hiruzen, internally, trying not to cry: alright yeah i totally deserved that

(Hiruzen maybe has a special advantage in this particular subgenre (claims in the format "[insert sexy activity] is a Normal Friend Thing"), bc if Enma's skeptical, Hiruzen can just be like "no, really! watch, i can prove it — hey Kagami—")

see also: how it's standard protocol amongst humans for comrades-in-arms to sleep spooning ("that's what the 'in-arms' part is from"), or the time-honored human tradition of Underwear Sparring, and of course the Post-Spar Massage

his success is limited though bc Enma just isn't very gullible

however, alternatively... maybe Enma isn't buying (ex.) mutual masturbation as a conventional team-building exercise... but if it happens that he's into it anyway, all he has to do is play along, and then he gets what he wants without having to admit any embarrassing feelings 👍

(honestly though, if he did succeed in a more substantial deception, i think Hiruzen would likely end up feeling too bad to continue with it very long before confessing anyways... so i'm not sure how far this would actually get either of them)

returning to that first example... in that case, if Enma believed him, then when Enma DID finally kiss him (frenchly), it would be an EXTRA meaningful first kiss scenario, since it would mean Hiruzen had finally earned his respect... ohh... that's kind of sweet...

...except Hiruzen would DEFINITELY have to tearfully confess his lie then, in which case Enma would probably be like "oh yeah well. good bc i lied just now too. about respecting you" (the potency of this comeback slightly diminished by the implicit admission that he just wanted to kiss him)

i don't know if Hiruzen ever got to visit Enma's realm, but i hope so, so that Enma gets his turn to use this same mechanic in revenge! idk if he'd go for it or not since it seems less his style... but if he DID, he'd probably be much meaner about it and go straight for that full public humiliation potential that Hiruzen mercifully left mostly alone

[the-mist-striders]

Episode 7: Party Bonding

So we made it to Vallaki, the City Ismark wanted us to deliver Ireena to. Our quest was to drop her off at the church, however we stopped by the inn to hang out and have some character bonding ✨️

Fauna buys Kai a drink; it's water because she refuses to drink alcohol the reason given being "I was born because of alcohol"

After some confused silence she elaborates that her mother was drunk when conceiving her.

Kai then says "ok, so we'll be traveling together a lot so I should tell you guys to never let me go anywhere alone with a guy. I am asking you all to be the biggest cock blockers in all the land"

"Second, if my hole gets bigger..” she pauses, realizing that sounded dirty “-I mean if my face hole gets bigger- I will start losing self control and may need you to restrain me."

Meanwhile at the same table Lilya is drinking the booze™️

Lucerian is there too and Fauna. Amahlia is passed out on the table. Probably tired from all the fake smiling and forced friendly demeanor she's been having to do for the -checks watch- last 5 minutes

Fauna starts talking up Lucerian to Kai. Saying that he's strong, reliable, and a provider

Kai: my curse makes me super fertile 

Fauna: he'd make an excellent father 

Kai (deadpan): if I have a child I will die

Nobody asks to elaborate they just go #oh

Lilya is sitting next to Lucerian, Lucerian is flirting with her, she's nervous and is clearly into Lucerian but doesn't know he's flirting with her.

Kai is into Lucerian (tho only carnally) and has the galaxy brain moment of "if those two got together he'd be easier to resist"

Uses her telepathy to speak into Lilya's head "he's flirting with you btw"

Causing Lilya to blush and start to drink a bit more to get herself tipsy, unable to flirt unless drunk

Lilya while drunk is like (Slurred @ Lucerian) "Youu stabbed me"

This would be confusing if everyone at the table didn't already deduce that Liliya has Cinderell’s memories.

Kai asks Fauna what was up with the fortune teller talking about "self discovery" when going over Fauna's fortune

So back story time for Fauna and Lucerian✨️

So a thing in elvish culture is that there's a ritual they do to earn their second name. Their original is the name given at birth, the second name by some kind of rite

Fauna never got hers, because their entire clan was wiped out while Lucerian(the older brother) was out hunting for his ritual. He came back with everyone dead and a baby Fauna laying in a tree trunk. Because of this Fauna never got her ritual because the clan is dead

Lucerian is driven by rage and revenge, while Fauna is self discovery

"And that's how my entire clan died" is the line Amahlia wakes up to from Fauna, followed by Kai saying in deadpan "my dad killed my entire family"

to which Fauna's player said "trauma bonding!" And we all clanged our glasses together

At this point Lucerian and Liliya are making out at the table.

Kai is like "fuck yeah girl. Make him unavailable to me" as she streams "careless whisper" into Liliya's mind

#an excellent use of Psionic power

Fauna does ask Amahlia about what her deal is and Amahlia says she doesn't really know who she is either. We all failed our insight checks so we all are just like "Yeah that checks"

Anyway Amahlia starts trying to hit on Fauna and it's fuckin weird

Amahlia is like "wuzzuppp"

"I normally want to kill things, but you I don't want to kill"

peak pickup lines

Kai is still at the table btw

Fauna expresses some interest in Kai and Amahlia gets weirdly competitive and it's the most one sided thing ever 

Amahlia:  "ok but I don't have a weirdly shaped head"

Kai: "Ouch. That's a low blow"

Amahlia: "I atleast have eyes" 

Kai: "Why are you being so competitive, I'm not taking Fauna from you" 

Lucerian and Liliya start getting up from the tavern and Fauna- not having it- grabs Lucerian's sleeve

"Don't do it." Fauna says with a stone cold glare at a drunken Liliya, Lucerian himself is also pretty inebriated. He opens his mouth to protest, but stops himself, agrees its a bad idea and sits back down.

Fauna is like "I'm going to take a bath, if you want to help wash me ;3" At Amahlia, Amahlia however has 1 brain cell and doesn't realize she's hitting on her

Kai slips into Amahlia's mind like "Hey idiot, she's flirting with you"

Amahlia- who was previously sitting there confused screams “OH SHIT” before taking off after Fauna.

Kai goes to her single person room like “woo i successfully failed to get laid. Now it's just you and me mammoth tusk :)”

They reconvene in an hour to head to the church to drop off Ireena

The party observes that they seem to be setting up for a festival, and they seem tired of festivals. Apparently the Duke is throwing festivals twice a week or some shit. The people are tired as fuck of festivals

Even more odd, whenever a city guard walks by-the people tense up and fake a smile

Implying that happiness has become mandated here 

They find the church that they would drop Ireena off too. The church looks like shit, as if a single attack would probably knock the bitch down.

Priest asks to speak privately with the cleric, apparently the church had some holy relics stolen and the church was no longer being protected by their deity fucking gods man.

Lilya wants to- after mass - go investigate who took the relics so that she can peacefully leave Irene there. Otherwise she will attract Strahds attention and he will likely burn that church down

But while mass happens we go shopping

Kai is like "I want a helmet. -looks around, sees a ton of wolf heads on spikes- ah. Perfect." -takes it off the pike and calls Fauna over to help make a wolf skull helmet-

#just girly things

Got us some silver weapons, and some warm clothes. We go to a apothecary (potions shop) whose clerk doesn't seem to know anything about alchemy or what the potions do- but god damn he's going to upsell it

The party decides to haggle for it, Fauna decides that this by itself isn’t enough so she sleight of hands some extra gold.

Afterwards they then for funsies go to the toy shop because why the fuck not

Meet Blinksy

It’s Him

A heavy set man who's speaks in a heavy Russian accent with a pet monkey

He also sells the weirdest fuckin toys

We got a toy executioner +guillotine

A marionette of Strahd (whom Kai looks at and goes "ehe. See I knew he was ugly")

The dolls all look uncanny, realistic with their mouths and eyes stitched closed

There also a doll that has a striking resemblance to Ireena

Apparently someone keeps commissioning the doll, he makes one for each month and probably had an obscene amount of Irene dolls

He does it because he's singly handedly keeping his shop open. His toys don't sell well for some reason :(((

Fauna requests a top hat for 3B

He takes the executioners hood off of the execution toys set and gives it to her

Fauna keeps rolling to successfully put it on the bats head. He's loudly complaining in a jersey accent (that only Fauna can hear) like "why are you doing this to meee"

Amahlia commissions a 3b plushy

oh Amahlia is feeling sofft

They do commission an actual top hat

We also try explaining to him that he could in bulk make plushies of 3b and his own pet monkey Piccolo

He's like "oh I make piccolo with an executioner's mask?"

Lilya: noo. Uh. Make it look just like Piccolo. Nothing else

Blinksy: ohhh so I make him like this? *gestures at the dolls that have their mouths and eyes stitched shit

Kai: no no no, make it look cute. Children love cute things

Blinsky:

We single handedly revolutionize how this man makes toys

They do buy Kai the Strahd marionette so that they can burn it later 

Lucerian gets a bat-mobile

By that I mean a mobile like the ones above baby beds. It's all bats flying in a circle

We tip him handsomely and agree out of game that we would burn the world for Blinsky

Blinsky also is going to make toys of us, asks us what the name of our band is

They all put their heads together and come up with a name

“The Mist Striders”

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[chubbycatsupremacy]

can i ask for a Yandere Little nightmare seeing your s/o crying? your Yanderes stories are perfect... I need more!! (sorry for my bad english, english is not my first language)

❖ Yandere Headcanons: Little Nightmares —《When they see you cry》❖

I'm so sorry to reply so late! It's been quite a while since I last used Tumblr and I didn't know about your messages.

Anyway, thank you very much! I'm glad you like my works!

Read more about my Little Nightmares fanfics at:

☞︎ My AO3 ☜︎

☞︎ My Quotev ☜︎

☞︎ My Wattpad ☜︎

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☆『Mono』☆

♡ Mono isn't the type to panic easily, but it's easy to put him into a state of fear when he sees you cry. You are one of the few people who can make Mono lose his temper, just because Mono cares so much about you.

♡ If Mono is the cause of your crying, he will frantically apologize to you and find a way to make you forget the bad things that just happened, maybe he will give you some nice things he earned from somewhere or take you to a place with beautiful scenery. Mono will be very self-blame, he will probably stick around for days after that just to make sure you really feel okay.

♡ In case Mono isn't the one to make you cry, he'll be extremely worried when he sees you crying. Anger appeared at the same time and would quickly burn his composure like a great fire. Mono will try to suppress his boiling anger and calmly ask you why you are sad. You are so important to Mono and he really can't stand it when someone makes you so sad. Just telling him a name is enough, Mono can take care of the rest by asking people he knows.

After comforting you with a tight hug and holding your hand, Mono will wait until you're asleep before proceeding with his revenge plan. He would find the culprit no matter where they were hiding, punishing the culprit with the cruelest means. Mono has no mercy for anyone who dares to upset you.

No one will know about their deaths, not even their bodies will ever be found. People will only assume that they have disappeared or perished at the hands of giant monsters like many other unfortunate people.

Mono will casually come back to you and distract you with interesting things he finds, you'll soon forget the bad guy who made you cry, you'll never know that Mono killed that person just to avenge you. Mono won't let you find out.

You are the one Mono loves and anyone who upsets you will pay dearly!

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☆『Six』☆

♡ She will be very worried even if it doesn't show it too clearly on her face. Six herself is a quiet person and rarely smiles, but she will still try to be as gentle as possible so as not to make you feel worse.

♡ If Six is ​​the cause, she'll probably freak out when you burst into tears. Six isn't good at comforting so she can be pretty clumsy when it comes to this. Six will hold your hand and awkwardly apologize, possibly adding a hug if you don't turn it down.

Six will also bring back a lot of food, according to her, eating can help people temporarily forget sadness. She will continue to bring you all kinds of food whether you touch them or not. Six won't stop doing it until you assure her over and over again that you have forgiven her.

♡ If Six isn't the cause... Oh, pray for the culprit who made you cry, hope they don't die too painfully, because everyone knows Six isn't a benevolent person.

Six will silently hug you and pat you on the back, letting you cry comfortably on her shoulder. Six won't ask you about the culprit, she won't even mention a word about it, like she doesn't care. Oh, that's not it! Six has her own way of catching the culprit, she just doesn't want you to know about the brutal things she's going to do and she doesn't want to upset you any further by mentioning the culprit.

Six will do everything silently, she will make them die in excruciating pain while no one knows anything about it. It is possible that some time later, the rotting corpse of the perpetrator was found by someone in a stinking sewer or garbage dump. If it had been found earlier, perhaps people would have found a carcass being devoured by hungry wild animals.

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☆『Seven/Runaway Kid』☆

♡ Fear would be Seven's first reaction, the boy would try not to sound too panicky, but his stammering words and flailing limbs showed his emotions all too well.

♡ If Seven is the cause, he will blame himself and rush to apologize to you. Seven will awkwardly wipe your tears while still apologizing. He will surreptitiously place gifts next to you when you go to sleep, hoping they can make you feel better.

For a long time after that, Seven will creep around behind your back and act like a child who upsets his parents, he will continue to act fearfully like that until you assure him that you were fine.

♡ In the event that Seven wasn't the cause, he would go on a rampage, but his anger would be carefully concealed by Seven behind a mask of no crevice. Seven hates when you're sad, he always wants to keep your smile on your face, but someone dares to destroy your happy mood!

Seven will stealthily find the culprit, gathering information about them through extensive connections. Seven can be gentle but he will be ruthless when needed. Seven can throw them into a place full of leeches, or push them to the center of the table where diners are dining, then watch as The Guests devour them like dessert…

Depending on whether you think it's luck or bad luck, you won't be able to detect what Seven did because he hides it so well. With a gentle smile and a harmless expression, you would never think about how cruel Seven has done, just because his love for you is too much.

[honeydazai]

hii could i request some headcanons or drabbles for a reader who does this tiktok trend where they say they paid like $600 for an oil change on chuuya, dazai and fyodor? Love ur writing!

reader telling them they paid $600 for an oil change

characters: Chūya Nakahara, Dazai Osamu

you decide to tell CHŪYA while you're cooking dinner, stirring the food while he's shrugging his coat off

you're like

“babe, I got the oil of your motorcycle changed today! are you proud?”

he doesn't really react at first, only nods and presses a kiss to your cheek as a thank you

but, of course, you need to elaborate on that exciting experience 👍🏻

so you continue

“it wasn't even as expensive as I had expected it to be, the guys there said they even cut me a special deal because they liked me!”

Chūya grunts in response, frowning a little

like

huh?? 🤨🤨 back off weirdos

oblivious, you continue;

“it was, like, $600 only. They also told me they fixed something else? Something about wiper fluid, not sure though. They did say it was hella important though, so this was a great deal!”

at this point, Chūya is just staring at you, dumbfounded

HONESTLY he can't believe his ears 😭😭

like, he knows you don't have any clue about motorbikes and cars, but??

“you paid how much, exactly?” he asks, tone flat as you frown at him, unhappy with his reaction

of course, you repeat what you just said

HELP Chūya occasionally has some mild anger issues

don't be surprised if the soda can he was holding suddenly bursts because of him crushing it

understandably enough, you're confused

“babe, what's the store's name?”

if you actually paid that much without knowing better, Chūya will, uh, pay those mechanics a visit

and man's mafia

he's SCARY when mad

will get some revenge on them for using you

and will pay you your money back

he earns more than you do anyway

later, he explains how extremely overpriced that was 😭😭

he knows you meant well!!!!

but he kinda wants you to stay away from his motorbike now

JUST FOR YOUR SAKE THOUGH

he's not mad

he's just, you know, still a little overwhelmed at how naive you sometimes are

Chūya does appreciate the gesture though 🙏🏻

which is why he doesn't tell you that he could've changed the oil himself at home

“I know you meant well, I'm not blaming you. I'm just saying, please don't trust any scummy mechanics again before talking to me, alright? I don't want anything bad to happen to you.”

you mention it to DAZAI in the car

while you're fastening your seat belt, you're like “by the way, I went to see some mechanics today and got the car's oil changed”

he's always one to hype you up tbh

so he's excited

“oh, yay, baby, that's great! Thank you so much!!” 😚😚

but, for your prank to work, you of course need to continue

so you tell him just how much you paid for the oil change

and, well, Dazai might not be that much into cars, but he does know that that's way too much

his face kind of just freezes for a second, then he frowns, pouting a little

he's like“awww babe :(( they kind of tricked you”

but, before you're able to act all sad, Dazai shushes you and says it's alright, because: “don't worry, darl, I'll get that fixed for you. Just tell me the place! I bet it's just a simple mixup!”

since it's a prank, PLEASE don't name an actual store

Dazai can definitely be scary and intimidating when needed

please don't doom any poor mechanics

of course, you hadn't thought about making up a store's name

it was just meant as a fun little prank, anyway

so Dazai is quick to realise that you've been toying with him

his lips twitch into an amused smirk as he shakes his head, acting like he can't believe you and your 'childish jokes'

of course, he'll pay you back for this

just await his revenge

you just started a prank war

“Oh, I see what's going on here. You've been teasing me, haven't you, belladonna? You're so evil, making me worry like this for nothing but a joke.”

notes: this was so funny to imagine HELP?? 😭😭

if you liked this, consider tipping me on ko-fi! it'd mean a lot!

[inthememetime]

Hey @shroudthecursedone , have you seen this post yet? It's giving me IDEAS. @max-the-hecker I'm pretty sure you had something similar too.

Vlad dies. A long time ago- I'm talking Maddie and Jack's grandparents were either babies or not born yet young. Anyway, they and their buddy- his name really doesn't matter for this as long as the last name is Masters- work on the portal, right?

Only their buddy is also interested in the occult in a 'capture and control the spirits' sort of way. At the same time they're doing their portal thing, Masters is working on summoning and controlling a ghost from an artifact- maybe something like Freakshow's staff.

At first, it works great. Masters has all the powers of a ghost available for use without the whole dying thing. For whatever reason, he starts to fixate on Maddie. Then something happens; maybe the artifact breaks. Maybe he breaks a rule in his and Plasmius' contract. Either way, Plasmius takes control of his body.

Cue Jack and Maddie trying, reluctantly (remember, at this time the dude is super unhealthily fixated on Maddie. He kind of invited it- I like the idea of Maddie breaking the artifact when she realizes that's why he's able to control her), trying to get rid of Plasmius.

Three possibilities: #1

They think they succeeded, and leave him alone

This explains the 20-year gap- would you want your spouse and kids around a guy who tried to use a ghost to assault you?

When they get invited to the reunion, they think it's by one of Masters relatives- nope. It's by Vlad Masters- aka Plasmius who has maintained control over Masters' body.

#2:

Plasmius didn't want to be controlled, and they come to an agreement. He can inhabit Masters' body for X amount of time.

Also explains the gap nicely. Plasmius' time is up. Queue a horror story of the kids realizing their parents made a deal, in exchange for ghost knowledge that essentially robbed an (admittedly bad) guy of his free will.

What if they just need Plasmius to negotiate with ghosts for whatever reason, so they don't leave him for 20 years.

Nah, the kids grow up with 'uncle Vlad', which makes it infinitely more terrifying. After all, their uncle wouldn't hurt anyone like that. Right?

#3

Masters fucked around and found out before Jack and Maddie were even on the scene.

At first, Plasmius just wants to go home, so he, of course, helps them with the portal.

But then, he realizes how nice having a warm, cozy human body is. And he's not intending to let it go anytime soon.

Well, Maddie figures it out, maybe breaks the possession or controls him for a little while, long enough for them to get away (for 20 years), but also kick-starting his newest obsession; either controlling Maddie as revenge, or maybe he sees her as a worthy opponent, and thinks by 'winning' he'll earn her love.

What do y'all think? Not that I NEED a new WIP under my belt obvs, but it hit me when I saw the original post.

[wrongeddeadthenevermourned]

Stand there as she spoke, as if she did not hear his comment before about how other's look at him, Kai squints "Do your ears not work well? I just told you, why you're being 'beat up'. You're making very judgmental faces and I don't know if you noticed, but my eyes work pretty well." Opening his eyes wide for a moment he scrunched one side of his nose, giving a slow nod "Do you see? Working, very well." He gave her a hard shake "Yes. If you stop being judgmental. I might be inclined to apologize even, as disgusting as that would be for me." He might not though, he wasn't really feeling it.

Continuing to stay there with the woman, he tilt his head as she seemed to be set on this whole thing still, he wasn't oblivious to her sarcasm and the way she had said certain words. She must have thought he was stupid, on top of the other things that warranted that judgmental look plastered onto her face still "Yes, that's kind of the point. I'm going to break your wrist and that will be less fun for you, than it's going to be for me. I've already been to hell, and back and been beheaded, one- or two times. So anything you can muster would just be a walk in the park for me." He shakes her violently again, holding her securely "Takes an asshole to know an asshole, now doesn't it?" Laughing then, he shook his head "As if, you're not going to be my friend, you're going to run off and try and stop me, just like you were attempting to do before I stopped you." Leaning in closer to her face, he smirked "There is nothing you could ever do to me, that is going to convince me otherwise."

What she was however, was lucky he wasn't the kind of psycho running around carrying knives or something deadly like that on him all the time. Even when he didn't have magic. Because he was probably very confident, along with at times being very stupid. A knife would have worked wonders in a situation like this, he wouldn't have to spend his time explaining how he was going to still tear her to pieces because of the stunt she had pulled just minutes ago "No. You aren't, because Bonnie would have stabbed me instead of running off to go find help. She's not afraid to get her hands bloody."

Kai tilt his head a little bit, then. It was nice having her there, in his prison world, though. For a time, not that he hadn't wanted to get out still, and that made him very hard to live with. But she had earned every single wound he gave her. She had fucking killed him in his prison world with a pick axe when he was going to get all three of them out, anyway. All because she wanted to spare his family the revenge owed to them. But he was tired of trying to be understood, and so he really didn't mind not having friends. He would murder his remaining family, if they were against him, weather they liked it or not. He was their rightful leader, and Joshua had gotten in the way of that all those years ago, made him seem insane, abused him day in and day out, with the rest of his family, and now, this no it all bitch, was giving the same disgusted look. He couldn't stand it, the judgmental behavior, she didn't even know him "Hm? I don't have any?" He told her, wondering if she had hit her head a little too hard "Hit your head harder than I think you needed to."

The Darkness had continued to wrap around him, pulling Miso's light out from Kai's body, strand after strand, destroying the light.

==

Her punch only hit air, of course it only hit air, she wasn't a fighter, she wasn't even anybody special.There was absolutely nothing special about Alice, she just ended up in this place one day, met a guy who she thought loved her and finally decided to come back to Wonderland to give him a piece of her mind. Now she was here, being rough handled by some asshole on a power trip, an asshole who caused her to wince as he grabbed her wrist roughly and yanked her arm down.

She hadn't said anything as she bit back the tears forming her eyes the moment he grabbed her jaw and forced her to look at him. She would spit on him if she knew she could get away. "Truce? You want to call a truce? You are the one beating up on me here." There was perhaps one advantage she had over Kai, and that was the advantage of knowing where she was, she had known Wonderland, she had known who and what to watch for - bloody hell was she wishing for a Jabberwocky to wander by right then.

There was however another person that had. Another person that was undetectable to the two humans that shouldn't have been there in the first place. This particular person had just happened to have lived nearby - close enough nearby that she had heard the commotion and came to check on what was happening --- in her dormouse form.

Layla had keep a safe distance, she didn't have to be close for her sensitive ears to hear as clearly as if she was hiding in the grass right beside them. She had picked up on most of the conversation, putting two and two together, after all - she might not have met Alice in person before, but she certainly had heard of her and she had certainly heard who she had connections with. So, while Kai and Alice were having their "friendly" little chat, she had gone off to the Diamond Kingdom, not stopping until she had ended up at Darius's teashop.

==

"Y-your oyster is h-here." Layla had stood in the doorway of Darius's shop, moving aside as one of Darius's regulars brushed past her, holding a vial of emotion in his clenched hand.

"My oyster?" There was no way she could be talking about Alice. Right?

Layla had swallowed roughly as she nodded. "Y-yes, A-A-lice, she is here." Layla had shifted uncomfortably, forcing herself to calm down so she could form a sentence in one breath instead of stuttering it out. "I saw her. She is in the fields with another oyster, but he, he has hurt her. She -- she is in big trouble, Darius."

A heavy sigh left Darius's lips as he rubbed his head. Now, while it was true, Alice and him were hardly on friendly terms, barely even speaking ones, he was probably the reason she was even in Wonderland again and although he wasn't particularly fond of her, he didn't want to see anything happen to her either.

"This oyster you speak of, is he powerful?" He had contemplated telling Asher, informing him of what was going on. Now, granted, Darius was a powerful man himself. His telekinesis was a strong asset, not to mention his ability to throw a punch and nullify powers. Unlike Alice, he was a match for Kai.

Layla had nodded. "I be-believe so. The Oracle, sh-she appeared"

"The ORACLE? No shit."

"Yes, I only caught the tail end of it but she forbid him to use his magic and I think - I think she put a lock on his powers. I-I can't say for certain, I didn't approach them."

Well, that had been enough to go on as Darius stood up from his desk. He didn't have to send word to Asher, Asher had his ways of knowing exactly where he was anyway. "I'll go. I'll tell her to go back home, hopefully I get there before he hurts her more than he already has."

==

Meanwhile, back in the field, Alice was stuck between a rock and hard place. Any sane person would have probably already broken down into tears or tried to run away, but Alice wasn't exactly "all there" herself and while she would have been better off pleading with him to stop, surely, all she had done was stare at him as he applied more pressure to her delicate wrist.

"You're going to break my wrist if you keep doing this. Like it or not, you need me if you ever want to get back home, asshole, and I'm going to be less inclined to be your friend and get you out of this if you break my wrist in the process."

Alice, of course, had no idea who Bonnie was but she was getting sick and tired of being compared to her. "And last time I checked I'm not Bonnie, am I?" While Alice was waiting for him to let go of her hand, her dark eyes were blown wide when she saw the threads of darkness stirring all around him. "I - I thought she forbid your magic, how are you -- how are you still doing that?"

[spongebob-connoisseur]

I can't remember if I've sent an ask along the lines of this or not, but anyway-

I like seeing Squidward happy- not like a sadistic kind of happy, with like seeing Spongebob hurt in one way or another, but happy about something nice.

I dunno why, but there's something about seeing Squidward happy about something good; like in the Band Geeks episode where he proved Squillim wrong. There's something about seeing Squidward genuinely happy that feels unique or something to me... and I dunno why.

Maybe it's cause I sorta relate to Squidward in a way or something.

Even better if he's happy with Spongebob.

Oh yeah you have! I remember! But its alright, I love the topic of Squidward and happiness :)

Squidward genuinely deserves to be happy. He's the universe's punching bag and honestly if he does 1 thibg wrong, it swings back to hit him 10× worse. This mans can't catch a break.

I get originally he was meant to be a snobby mean adult but hes really grown far from that. He has a lot of admirable traits. He's talented at nearly every form of art. He never gives up no matter how much he fails.

He just feels more alone and upset since he isn't where he wants to be in life. Who wouldn't feel upset? Yeah spongebob is an endless pit of optimism but at some point people break down.

Me and my sister were talking about this and I mentioned how I don't think Squidward grew up in as much of a stable and loving environment. His father is estranged, his grandmother is a sociopath, he pretty much fears his mother and willing to do anything for her approval. Yo no wonder he isn't like spongebob. His innocence and optimism for the world was crushed at a young age. I kinda theorized that's why he tends to resent spongebob so much. He used to be like him. A twinkle in his eye, love and wonder for the world around him before it was eventually crushed by a cruel reality. Everytime he looks at spongebob, he just sees the sad little kid who still somehow believed in the world. It feels pretty pathetic to watch if you're someone who has deep-seated self hate.

I think his obsession to he accepted into high society and exclusive art circles is because he wants so badly to be accepted and find a place he thinks he belongs + earning some sort of status symbol, after all the years of his misery, he'd finally be looked up to instead of down upon. He'd finally br able to make his mother proud. Isn't that what he always wanted? He'd finally be able to prove he isn't a worthless little squid.

Its honestly so tragic. Mans deserves true happiness. Not revenge happiness where he gets small satisfaction from punching back at the universe. It's still a reminder of all the pain he endured. He deserves true joy and things to go well for him.

I think all spongebob fans alike can agree, moments where Squidward is happy makes up the best moments in the show. I think that tells you a lot. Its so rewarding to see it. The grumpiest person around to smile? Its so sweet.

Squidward is a massively relatable character. Not everyone can be a spongebob. Some do struggle feeling good about themselves. They feel like their lives are stagnent and not moving. Some wishing they could find circles to accept them. Some feeling like they're not appreciated enough. Some who feels like life is coming for them left and right snd they can't catch a break. We see all of that through squidward and I think we just can't help but get attached to him because of it.

I think that's why we find him and his happiness so special. If it can get better for him, just for a small moment, then why not for us as well?