#Baby's first breakdown

[the-cosmos-withinus]

Shadow Puppets AU - Curse of the Wendigo

In the Shadow Puppets AU,  the Wendigo is considered both one of the most feared and powerful Demons, but also nothing to worry about since only a human can become one, and even then the conditions to become one are too complicated to be considered a real threat. They are the Boogeymen of the Boiling Isles, a scary story to tell misbehaving children.

The Curse of the Wendigo can begin to grow within a human in the Demon Realm within a year, warning signs of the Curse are increased selfishness, violence and greed, but the Wendigo is only born when a Human consumes the flesh of another

The last survivors of the group that went after Caleb, Philip, 15, and the Witch Hunter General William both had the Curse growing within them which eventually caused them to attack one another while starving in the hash wilderness of the Knee.

Philip probably would have lost the fight because of his lack of combat experience, but he managed to bite off a piece of the general's ear and accidentally swallowed it, which caused him to become a full-fledged Wendigo first and he overpowered the General.

When Philip first transformed, the only souls available for him to feed on were the Palismen he and the Hunters took from Witches they killed along the way. What started as a necessity quickly became Philip’s only way of managing his curse without hurting people but later devolved into something comparable to an addiction and the lengths he’ll go to in order to get his fix as Belos don’t need elaboration, he experiences withdrawal-like symptoms when he doesn’t have Palismen to feed on.

Philip doesn’t know a damn thing about what he’s become, and blames the Demon Realm for corrupting him. The longer he goes without consuming a soul, the less control he has over his cursed form and sometimes blacks out entirely while the Wendigo runs rampant.

He was already under the curse when he finally found Caleb and tried to convince his brother to come home, while Caleb wanted to stay. The emotional toll of finding his brother had left with Evelyn on purpose caused his curse to act up

What actually happened was an accident, when Philip attacked Evelyn, he was actually after her Palismen Flapjack, and Caleb misread the situation as him trying to murder his wife, unaware of Philip’s condition. During the fight, Philip lost control of his curse all together and devoured Caleb’s soul instead- Evelyn chased him off and hunted him for years after, trying to both avenge Caleb and to kill the Wendigo.

He has a strong preference for cold temperatures because Wendigos are Winter spirits, and the Emperor’s Palace is freezing, which results in even harsher conditions for the Coven Members that live there.

Wendigos are eternally starving spirits, no matter how much they consume, that rots and decays until it finds souls to devour; a well fed Wendigo can maintain it's human shape at will, which is how Belos was able to hide his condition for so long.

Between passing himself off as a witch and feeding on Palismen rather than witches and demons, no one noticed anything was wrong until his supply of Palismen started to dry up.

For the record, because they exclusively originate as Human, and the conditions for becoming one are so specific and rare, the Archivists would not have one archived, but would probably have been looking for one based on the legends and rumors to Catalogue it. However, turning it into a Scroll would not act as a curse the way the Owl Beast did- the Collected Wendigo would simply be freed and consume the intended victim  

[gunsatthaphan]

03/09/1998 - happy birthday to the king, the legend, the light of my life (and the actor that he is) 🥺

~ ⋆˙⟡ ♡˙⟡ ✨🫶🏻💘🫳🏻🐈‍⬛🍊⋆˙⟡ ♡˙⟡ ~

[jadeazora]

I think Drayton is a charismatic guy and like how manipulative he is in trying to get the player to help fix the whole Kieran situation, but some of his lines make me wanna take Carmine's advice and give him that Sucker Punch 👊😠

[makotonaegiunderstander]

something I’ve been thinking abt is how many people think Makoto is immune to despair. I don’t think he is. I think becoming the ultimate Hope was BECAUSE he felt despair. He wouldn’t have fully reached that point without Junko. Makoto becoming such a beacon was his last attempt to avoid completely falling and it wasn’t because he didn’t feel despair, it was because he was too damn stubborn to allow everything to go to waste and he refused to sacrifice his beliefs for someone else’s. His inner monologue tells me he DID experience the same new low the other suvivors did in the final trial, but at the point where he had the choice to give up and die, he looked at the others and he looked at Junko and he couldn’t allow it to happen, not out of self preservation, but because the idea that Junko would have control over their lives made him FURIOUS. and that utter refusal to die kicked in, wether luck or otherwise, and he made the concious effort for one last push while something in him was breaking. He had to be broken in order for the Ultimate Hope to come through so aggressively, bc it could only exist in the face of the Ultimate Despair. He snapped the same way she did, but in the other direction. In what could have been his final moments he chose to embody everything Junko wasn’t, and every single optimistic and luck fueled ideal in him suddenly charged forward and pushed him. It was a combination of the final straw and a choice. Makoto isn’t immune to feeling despair, he’s just too stubborn to fall into it of his own volition. I think that’s why I like that scene in DR3 so much. People were SO SHOCKED Makoto actually fell for the tape, that he actually became despair for a moment. I saw people getting mad or disappointed, saying it was pathetic and Makoto seemed to fall from some sort of pedestal for them. Honestly part of me wonders if that sort of mentality, which clearly people had in universe, affected Makoto a bit. Like he started to see himself as less of a person, subconsciously. Prompting him to take more risks, less self preservation, act way more bold. It seems he has to be reminded a lot not to put himself in danger by his friends, to not do something too reckless. All over the place I would see in regards to that scene either this frivolous ‘oh this was just angst drama with no meaning behind it’ or ‘he can do better than that. he’s so weak’ or ‘come on, there’s no way he’d fall into despair, he’s the Ultimate Hope!’ This kind of mentality, which was kind of ironic considering Ryota was there the entire time saying the same thing and treating Makoto the same way. Like Makoto was superhuman. Like Makoto didn’t feel despair the same way ‘normal people’ did. In a way that was also how Munakata saw Makoto. Makoto stopped being a PERSON to the world when he became Ultimate Hope, he became a concept, a belief system, much the same way Junko ascended beyond herself. But the difference is that treating Makoto that way is the opposite of the reason Makoto became such a representative for hope. He wasn’t doing something no one else could. He was doing something everyone had the chance to, he just… was a little more optimistic, a little more stubborn, a little more ‘gung-ho’ about things. He just took the lead where no one else did, where no one else knew they even COULD in the face of Junko’s unstoppable force. She had overcome the biggest threats and obstacles in the world, what could one person do? And the answer Makoto found was, anything. Everything. It doesn’t all rest on Makoto, he’s just the one that was inspired to try to do what seemed like the impossible. But as evidenced by the change in his friends after that trial, it’s clearly not something only Makoto is capable of. The others pulled out of despair thanks to Makoto, but it was their choice to do so.

“But… this world is so huge, and we’re so small. What can we do…? No, we can probably do anything. Yeah! We can do anything!”

[princeofuchiha]

Silly little hc that has solidified its place in my heart over the last few weeks: I feel that when Itachi was young (5ish) he was exactly the type of kid to have those little glow in the dark star stickers on his ceiling.

[lunaechaos]

absolutely loved the breakdowns The Wrap did for the first two episodes of Agatha All Along i swear 😭 for one i love to hear Jac talk about her creations and it's a delight to know what went on in her mind and what was her creative process like when she made Wandavision and now A3. she is absolutely brilliant, smart, witty and has a vision few in the industry do.

[can i also say how much i loved her indulging in theories and giving us Wanda truthers hope like she isn't one herself. this woman knows how to set up chaos and anticipation like no one else]

[peppermintmochafem]

woaghhhhh bath bombs are so cool!!!! so satisfying and nice. sadly i have nowhere to take a bath at rn ;^;

also yes!!!! if you have any pics you'd be willing to share, i'd be more than happy to see!!! you're so so pretty and cute and hot 🥺🥺🥺🥺 (also will never say no to kisses from you 👉👈) -shy

Leaning into my purples 🪻💐🪻💐

A extremely special shout out and huge kiss to Cass @handsomegentlebutch for providing my dress 🥺💋🥰

And a huge kiss to all the little emotional support office pets in my little computer and phone and life 💋💋💋💋

[certifiedfae]

SAM GOT FUCKING KIDNAPPED? oh he’s absolutely a jonathan sims stand in. like are we sure they’re not related

[rottiens]

reo baby please…..

[grooviestsadpapaya]

Literally I cannot possibly have anyone I know in real life find out about my comic or I will have two worlds collide and that would be bad,,, is this normal

[lover-of-mine]

Tease Tidbit Tuesday

I was tagged by @disasterbuckdiaz @eowon and @daffi-990 thank you 🩷

I complained I couldn't write Buck just to hit a burst of inspiration for the breakdown fic so have some of that. The concept of the fic is that both Eddie and Chris get into a really bad car crash and I'm just using that to trigger the hell out of Buck. Prev snippet.

He had never realized he might’ve been yearning for Eddie. Not some distant possible family he could build with someone. This family. With Eddie. He wanted everything with Eddie. Having that realization sink in as Eddie threw his feet up on the coffee table, unbuttoned the top few buttons on his shirt, and asked how his night went had been a problem. Because once he knew it, he couldn’t not know. And Eddie smiling at him had his throat going dry and him stumbling off the couch saying he was going to get another beer while already halfway into the kitchen hoping he could get a grip long enough for him to make it through the rest of the night. He didn't. Not really. Eddie kept watching his face trying to figure out what was wrong even though Buck kept insisting it was nothing, until he shrugged that he had a weird dream he couldn't shake off, pulling a card from his long deck of nightmares to escape having the conversation. The thought had actually made him laugh later, the idea of talking it out with Eddie, saying oh yeah, I think I'm in love with you and I'm totally panicking, any thoughts? while trying to process it. Not that the nightmare excuse had made it any better, the worry in Eddie eyes, the gentle way he had asked if there was anything he could do, the way he had squeezed his shoulder reassuringly. It all would've had Buck falling in deeper if he had anywhere else to fall. But falling didn't even feel like the right word though. Falling implied a level of danger, of helplessness. It implied the expectation to crash. They had been through too much for Buck to sit there and think Eddie would ever do anything that would hurt him even when he didn't feel the same way. Not that he was planning on saying anything to test that theory. That was one secret he was ready to take to the grave. He just had expected it would be his own.

No pressure tagging 🩷: @eddiebabygirldiaz @bucks118 @housewifebuck @honestlydarkprincess @wildlife4life @watchyourbuck @captain-hen @try-set-me-on-fire @giddyupbuck @wikiangela @cowboy-buck

[incorrect-our-flag-means-death]

*Ed when he was going a lil crazy*

Ed: If you see me talking to myself, go away! I’m self-employed and we’re having a staff meeting!

[funky-demon2]

I wanna make a transfomers discord server so bad, mainly so I can be apart of the community more and have transformer friends 🤒

[nikothebookdragon]

vent

feel free to keep scrolling!! just need to get it out of my system

can you imagine how much more stuff you could get done in a day if you weren't constantly worrying about how to pay rent and where your next meal is going to come from. like I'm not saying rich people don't have their problems, of course they do, but just the thought of how much more mental space you'd have if you weren't constantly stressing about being able to afford necessities

[todayisafridaynight]

never think of ichi getting a haircut and being upset with the result while getting your own hair cut lest you also be cursed with a cut You Did Not Want

[casswithmywholeheart]

The change in artstyle at the beginning and the end of the video is sooooo. GROWTH of me