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𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 : 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧 / 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐤𝐢 𝐧𝐨 𝐊𝐲𝐨𝐣𝐢𝐧 | 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐱 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 | 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧 / 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 / 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚 | 𝐎𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 ▴ 𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫-𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚�� 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧/𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐤𝐢 𝐧𝐨 𝐊𝐲𝐨𝐣𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫’𝐬 ����𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞.𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟. 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬: 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐲𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞? 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 | 𝐀𝐎𝟑 | 𝐀𝐎𝐓 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭
─ 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 ─
𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞. '𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧'
─ 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐫𝐜 ─
𝟏. '𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐤' 𝟐. '𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲' 𝟑. '𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲' 𝟒. '𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝' 𝟓. '𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫' 𝟔. '𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲' 𝟕. '𝐟𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧'
─ 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐜 ─
𝟖. '𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞' 𝟗. '𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚' 𝟏𝟎. '𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟' 𝟏𝟏. '𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭' 𝟏𝟐. '𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧' 𝟏𝟑. '𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐭' 𝟏𝟒. '𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬' 𝟏𝟓. '𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨'
─ 𝟓𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐜 ─
#altruistic#attack on titan x reader#aot#aot x reader#shingeki no kyojin#shingeki no kyojin x reader#armin arlert#armin arlert x reader#armin x reader#armin#armin x you#armin x reader angst#armin arlert x you#armin arlert x y/n#armin x reader story#attack on titan angst#attack on titan#index#altruistic story
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my pitch for a season 2 of last cookie standing
#i only drew unserious shitposts but you can imagine the actual dynamics between the characters here#at first i put poison mushroom instead of choco werehound but remembered children werent allowed on the show#so our beautiful princess is here instead#the idea was “bunch of normal characters and then one of the beasts is just There and no one knows theyre a beast”#and i think sm is the only one who would insert himself into a gameshow just for fun.. whether he wins or not is another story#i think out of everyone here raisin and rebel are probably the only ones with altruistic intentions for wanting 1mil crystals lol#share it among ppl who need it#cookie run#cookie run kingdom#crk#last cookie standing#im probably gonna hit tag limit ill just tag the charas i drew#shadow milk cookie#raspberry cookie#shining glitter cookie#black lemonade cookie#wildberry cookie#crunchy chip cookie#glitternade#wildchip#my art#shitpost#clip studio paint#2024#1k
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hello it’s 3 in the morning as I type this but. one of the reasons why aphmau is meant to be the protagonist of MCD/Mystreet/so on and so forth is because literally none of this would happen without her. and that’s a core tenant of her character!! She finds people, she pulls them to her from wherever they are in the universe, they are naturally magnetized to her. She brings them into her life, again and again, and resolves their problems, again and again. She’s like the universe’s little handyman. She is a people magnet, on a cosmic level. She collects people. in a friendship way. And it doesn’t even matter how far away you are from her, she pulls people to her from far and wide, even across dimensions and universes!! Across continents and different towns !! She just… brings people to her! Universally! It’s a whole entire thing!
She discovers more and more new people, and every time she provides exactly the solution they needed to fix their problems. She fixes their problems. And that’s literally how the story of MCD and Mystreet even happens. The entirety of diaries wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for her, BECAUSE of her magnetism. Because of her active altruism.
She then provides a home for each of these people, resolving their issues and helping them out. She’s kind, she’s altruistic, she’s like…made to help people. Cosmically. she leaves the door open for anyone to come in and make themselves at home, she picks up strays everywhere she goes and gives them a better home. That’s literally how she becomes a mother, she collects children like stray cats because she never stops finding people and pulling them into the light. Pushing them to their fullest potential. Making them feel loved. She just has so much love to give that she pulls the whole entire world into her heart
And it even has in-universe reasoning to back it up, with her being the reincarnation of Irene!!! Because Irene literally did the same thing, that’s what an Irene is SUPPOSED to DO. She pulls the whole world to her doorstep and finds every single problem there is to fix and she fixes it! Because that’s her purpose! That’s her divine purpose! That’s her job! To help everyone! Her people magnetism is literally a crucial aspect of being an Irene !!
And I think MID’s Ava has it too, because of that. She’s likely the next reincarnation in line after the many Aphmaus, she’s the next Irene, so she inherited that crucial and fundamental part of being an Irene. Only difference is, Ava does not actually want this. She hates it, actually. She keeps magnetizing people to her, she magnetizes friends- she LITERALLY has a universal pull strong enough that beings from alternate dimensions or planets or whatever the fuck it was are sent to Earth and meet her. Billions of people on the planet, and the Daemos boys go to her. Of all people. Because they’re pulled into her, the same way Aphmau’s gang was. The same way Laurance and Katelyn and Dante and Travis and Aaron were. Ava has the same damn “ability,” but this time she’s spiteful about it because she just wants everyone to leave her alone and honey it is NOT working. The universe is so determined to give her a friend that it literally drops five dogs into her apartment and tells her to Fix. and she does not want to. but destiny calls, and she does it anyway, because she’s an Irene, and that’s what Irenes do. do you see my vision
#aphmau#aphblr#aphverse#Mystreet#mcd#you make aphmau not the protagonist any more and the universe fucking caves in on itself. diaries would not happen at all bcuz of the sheer#power of this single extroverts inherently magnetic and altruistic personality#average person on the other side of the continent starts experiencing a problem and aphmau will find you and resolve that problem in#the nick of time. every time without fail. this is literally her destiny in life.#I think aphmau would have some kind of trauma and or burnout from this also.#chosen one trauma#but that’s a different story#anyway
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People on this website will be like "you can't handle the moral nuance of Madoka Magica! Not everything is black and white" and then claim everyone criticizing Homura's actions thinks she's a terrible person in the same sentence
#homura akemi#madoka magica#vent post#i put big ole disclaimers and sprinkle throughout that i dont think she's a bad person and i still get#“so you think homura's a terrible person and heres why your wrong” essays if i so much as say#homura undermining madoka and every magical girl's autonomy at the end of rebellion is a dick move#because heres the thing: you can love someone and have the best of intentions for them and still hurt them if you act without listening#homura love madoka and wants her to be happy but she spent dozens of timelines being the only one who could save madoka#and its gonna take her awhile to accept the new reality and that madoka has power and agency now#also saw someone earlier saying Madoka is deeply depressed and suicidal and that everything she says is a front and like???#did we watch the same series???#because thats certainly what homura believes but we're repeatedly shown homura being wrong about things#ex: she thinks madoka is alone but we know she has deputies#she thinks no one remembers madoka but sayaka remembers the whole story once she's a deputy#the series repeatedly shows us why madoka wants to live#i would agree that madoka has a hard time finding value in herself outside of being of service to others at the beginning of the series#i don't think thats true by the end#god forbid a gal is just genuinely altruistic#but tldr: i think homura loves madoka and wants her to thrive but she is not listening to madoka and undermining her autonomy
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people have too high an opinion of greta gerwig and are setting themselves up tbh
#she is not directing narnia because she wants to champion nuanced tales for women#she is directing narnia because she will be able to do a competent job and it will cement her further as a Big Studio Director which is her#goal!!!!!#she wants the IP!!!!!!!#she knows what kind of story she can tell yes but it’s not like. an altruistic urge to Tell Women’s Stories#she wants to be a go to name for big studio projects#get comfy with that so you can stop looking silly tbh
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Genuinely, how are the Alastor takes from the finale SO. BAD.???
media literacy is truly dead y'all
#even saw someone say a line clearly meant one thing and ppl were bad at interpretating but but GURL#UR THE ONE ADDING STUFF THAT ISN'T STATED#ALSO MORALLY GREY/UNDECIDED BC THE CHARACTER ITSELF DOESN'T TRULY UNDERSTAND OR IS SURE IF THEIR IS CHANGE IN THEM IS A THING!!!!#not saying it's Al's case#but for the sake of argument just good/evil or being secretly good/evil inside is .... just not the only options guys#ESPECIALLY IN HAZBIN HOTEL#like of all shows lmao#my personal pov is that he realized that he COULD care but isn't at that point yet and NOWHERE does it clearly show or state in ANY way that#the deal is him being at the hotel#FFS ppl fan theories ARE NOT CANON#the only clear thing he says is that he WILL NOT die for someone else and be altruistic AS IN SELF-LESS GOOD DOER PER DEFINITION#he could still slowly care for charlie etc AND NOT BE ALTRUISTIC JFC#also how about the fact that he doesn't want OTHERS to define his story???#the takes and comments I've seen about the finale revelations concerning Alastor ARE SO BAD AND WILD#*BIGGEST SIGH*#i need to stop reading comments on YT for real....#hazbin hotel#hazbin alastor
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Hazbin Hotel Personalized Stories!
1000 word stories are $2
5000 word stories are $5
10,000 word stories are $10
#alastor the radio demon#alastor x reader#hazbin alastor#alastor hazbin hotel#hazbin hotel#alastor x oc#hazbin hotel story#hazbin hotel x reader#hazbin hotel comic#hazbin hotel oneshots#hazbin#alastor altruist#charlie morningstar#hazbin angel dust
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No deep thoughts, just all the shitty takes on Twitter about how Dick Robin “doesn’t fit the vibe” and is too “silly and campy” to be Battinson’s universe
Like beside the way that basically every dark story now a days is centered around a little kid…what the fuck do you think Batman started as if not camp???????
#and don’t even get me started on people saying they want him to get Jason or Tim first#like what would billionaire Bruce Wayne even have to say to Jason Todd??#kid jason is too practical to stick around trying to fix this weird broken dude.#and Tim just….altruistically does it? with his mom and dad at home?#Bruce wouldn’t give him the time of day#neither jason nor Tim make any sense in a story without dick#worst part of the one world that tried it.
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"You’d just be carrying it for nine months," they countered. "You wouldn’t really have to do anything." Something only an entitled man would say.
Why I Refused To Serve As A Surrogate For My Best Friend And His Partner
My uterus isn’t for rent at any price.
By Tracey Folly — Written on Aug 11, 2023
I am child-free by choice. There is nothing about carrying and raising a child that appeals to me.
So when my best friend and his partner approached me to ask whether I would serve as a surrogate for their baby, the answer was clear.
"No," I said. "Thank you for thinking of me, but I can’t carry your baby for you. Good luck finding someone else, though."
My friend and his partner were flabbergasted.
Sure, they understood I didn’t want kids of my own, but this wouldn’t be a kid of my own. They had been certain I’d agree to help them but they were wrong.
"You’d just be carrying it for nine months," they countered. "You wouldn’t really have to do anything. Besides, we’re willing to pay you."
I wouldn’t really have to do anything? It felt like they didn't understand a thing about what a person’s body goes through during pregnancy and childbirth. As far as offering me money, that was the least they could do, but it wasn’t enough.
My uterus isn’t for rent at any price.
I knew that my friend and his partner would have made great parents, but I was not comfortable with the idea of carrying their baby for them.
It was more than just not wanting to put my body through nine months of pregnancy. It was also about not wanting to be responsible for a child I’d then have to give up.
You can’t tell me carrying a baby in my uterus doesn’t make me responsible for it.
No, thank you. Not a chance.
I can’t help but feel like, however much I loved my friend and his partner, it wouldn’t have been fair to them or the child if I acted as their surrogate. It simply wasn’t something I was willing to do, and willingness to serve as someone’s surrogate is certainly one of the most important prerequisites to doing it.
No one should ever feel obligated or pressured into serving as someone else’s surrogate; if they don’t want to do so, their wishes must be respected without question.
We all have our own opinions on surrogacy but no opinion is greater than another person’s bodily autonomy. Our friendship ended for reasons unrelated to their request to use my body as a baby factory, but the fact that our friendship did indeed end just goes to prove I made the right decision.
So despite all of the heartache, I stand firm in my decision. My body, my choice, in every sense of the phrase.
#The friendship ended for reasons unrelated to her saying no.....bs men hate hearing no#Anti surrogacy Sunday#Supposedly Heartwarming stories of altruistic surrogacy is going to create a new generation of men who will expect women to give them kids#anti surrogacy sunday#surrogacy exploits women#They could just adopt#No one is entitled to bio kids#babies are not commodities#Good for her for standing her ground#Nine months of pregnancy and childbirth is not nothing#And then there's months of recovery#Woman says no and the men say we will pay you
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so the silent hill 2 discourse is a little infuriating to me as someone who has seen the long term affects of taking care of someone with a terminal illness. It isn’t always pretty. I’ll be honest I had no sympathy for James when I played the original game at 14 years old. Hell, I was initially befuddled they made James good looking. Cut to now, after having seen the slow, painful effects of a shitty disease first hand, I see James in a whole new light. Doesn’t mean I condone him, but some people really think understand = condone, and I find that god awfully frustrating.
#I saw someone claim moral superiority for taking care of their family member who was terminal and never getting frustrated#and I got annoyed#personal#i really hate the clock app for fandom#let me be a mostly faceless fangirl#😭#sh2#this is why experiencing the story has been so healing in a way#I got to revisit it at the best time#anyway I think leave ending is James admitting he didn’t want Mary to suffer anymore but also he wasn’t completely altruistic#both things are the#*true#it’s the best because he accepts the good and the bad#about himself and his relationship
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𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 : 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏 | 𝐁𝐮𝐧𝐤
𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 | 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 : armin arlert x reader 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 : 2k words 𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐬: slow burn, takes place in season 1, parental issues, grief, insinuations of anxiety, bad language, reader has a bit of a struggle being social. 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲: enlistment ceremony begins. new environment, new lessons, new people. the questions remains of who you'll get along with. 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 | 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭
The sun rained nicely.
Though summer was ending, the heat was as radiant as ever, breaking sweat on the pores of foreheads and underarms. Tension so stiff you could snap with too large of a breath...the vast field of dirt did nothing to console the panic levels rising within the many bodies here.
Fresh cotton firm and pressed to your body, a lightly tanned jacket embellished with two swords crossed on the chest pocket and amongst your shoulder blades. In rows of thirteen, you stood at row three, and in plain eyesight the exact amount of recruits couldn’t be exactly placed. Just over two hundred was where you safely guessed.
Heavy, steel footsteps cracking the earth beneath him interrupted the stillness.
It began with a speech.
╭── ⋅ ⋅ ── ✩ ── ⋅ ⋅──╮
“We now begin the enlistment ceremony for the 104th Trainee Corps!”
Broad, six foot four stature. Rows of crows feet beside the temples. A bald scalp.
“I am Keith Shadis, and I had the misfortune to be assigned to train you bastards, and I’m not here to welcome you at all.”
Quite the face to be greeted with.
“Right now, you’re mere cattle, fit for nothing but Titan food! No, less than cattle!
In three years time, we’ll take you worthless pieces of crap and train you till you break. Give you what it means to go out and fight.”
His voice could shatter glass, and the vessels in your ear drums. Marching up and down the rough soil, his golden eyes were what terrified you the most. The shadows of his displeasure almost hid his stare completely, but just when contact was made, he honed you down like a hawk.
“In three years, when you stand before a Titan, will you still be food? Or will you be a noble wall, shielding the King? Or perhaps, one of humanity’s glorious soldiers that slays Titans?
You will decide.”
The opportunity to take in your fellow peers spread out in peripheral glances, not wanting to suggest any hint of movement. The soldiers on both sides were the only ones taken in full detail.
In the midst of observation, a shadow blocks the glaring sunlight. You swallow down a gasp.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR NAME?!"
The boy on your left was the target. A flash of blonde hair moves as a salute births from his left arm.
“A-Armin Arlert from Shiganshina, sir!”
A sharp inhale gets stuck in your nose. Whether the hometown mentioned stirred Keith Shadis or not, it was impossible to tell.
..His face pops up again.
“Is that so? That name sounds fit for a pathetic bastard. Your parents name you that, punk?!”
Droplets of saliva shot out from the man’s hoarse yells and onto the boy’s face.
"My grandfather, sir!"
Shadis dares in closer.
“Why the fuck are you here, Arlert?!”
His response barrels out without a breath of pause.
“To contribute to humanity’s victory, sir!”
Armin Arlert shielded himself with eyelids tightly clenched, the power of his proclamation bringing his knees to tremble. Shadis is unmoving, but then he nods.
“How admirable. You will make first class Titan fodder. Row three: about face!”
The jolt of relief makes you breathe again. One more step and it would’ve been your turn.
The boy’s blown out eyes whirl your way for a second as Shadis forcibly turns him around. The air stiffened when the instructor moved past.
Now facing the opposite direction, you were able to examine the rows of fresh faces. Shadis's rite of passage from hell continued with a boy named Thomas Wagner, who became the chosen victim of the new column. Armin Arlert stirred beside you. Through the corner of your eye you noticed a sort of relaxation fall over his face, a bead of sweat trailing down his temple. He seemed as fragile on the inside as he appeared on the outside.
His hometown rings a bell.
For an event so tragic, he appeared delicately. No physical stress signs, or tiresome eye circles. His form was clean cut and professional, despite the obvious fear in his posture. His motive was strong, too. A heroic service to honor at such an age.
He must've noticed you peeking at him for he suddenly glanced over to meet your gaze. His large, blue irises caught yours for a brief moment before you quickly faced front. You could feel his stare linger on your form until he too returned his focus to the front.
╭── ⋅ ⋅ ── ✩ ── ⋅ ⋅──╮
It seems everyone else was on edge, too. The intense aura radiating off Keith Shadis’s skin drove a boy to salute incorrectly, a headbutt to the forehead of an uptight cadet, and a girl breaking position to eat a simple potato.
Such strange behavior from so many future soldiers. The question of friendship pondered in your brain; which faces you’d get along with, and the ones you wouldn’t. Three years is a long time to spend with so many individuals.
“Hello there! I’m Marco Bodt, nice to meet you!”
A sudden voice interrupts the thought.
Raising your chin, you meet the eyes of a towering, dark haired boy with freckles dotting his cheeks. He smiles.
Marco Bodt…
“I’m Marco Bodt from Jinae in Wall Rose’s Southern District, sir! I plan to join the Military Police Brigade and offer myself to the King!”
He was the one standing beside the cadet who suffered a brutal headbutt. Jean Kirschtein, if you recall.
“Oh, hi.”
Marco’s grin stretched at the response. The mess hall was a quaint cabin with plenty of tables to support the amount of recruits, and yet the bench you found home at didn’t accompany anyone else. Laying atop the wood was a plate of stale bread and unfinished vegetable stew, spoon in hand with a bite.
Following induction was the hours of dinnertime and unpacking, selecting bunks in the dormitories and changing into comfortable wear. The bunk chosen for you was the bed closest to the ladder, but what confused you was the empty mattress on your left. No sign of anyone’s belongings or note of claim. Not that it was a problem...Extra space is easy to make due with.
“What’s your name?”
You glance from his outstretched hand up to his awaiting expression.
“..[Y/N].”
The size difference of both your hands is comical, his much larger palm encasing yours. His mouth parts to speak again-
“How big was the Colossal Titan?”
“I heard it could step over the walls!”
“That’s what my family said!”
A blazing uproar from the center of the room drowns out the other conversations. Both you and Marco peer over to spectate the growing crowd circling a particular table, a boy named Eren Jaeger seated at the head. Another survivor from the Shiganshina District, remarkably noted.
The crouching boy beside him spouted questions left and right involving the invasion. The topic of discussion must’ve spiked curiosity all around, including Marco, who made a noise of surprise before trotting over to join the crowd.
The skin between your eyebrows pulled together. A familiar itch in your hands drove your fingers to pick at the cuticles of your nails. Any mention of Shingashina, and the noise drowns out in a blur…
CLANG
The room abruptly hushed when Eren’s spoon dropped from his fingers. He cupped his mouth as he gulped, chin dropping to face the table. The boy crouching beside him tensed, exchanging looks with equally uncomfortable cadets. A sigh came from Marco.
“..We should knock it off. I’m sure we’re bringing up memories he doesn’t want to remember.”
The same crouching boy leaned forward.
“I’m so sorry, we didn’t mean to-,”
“You’re wrong.”
Eren broke out of his trance with a yell. The loaf of bread in his hand smashed inwards from his tight grip.
“Titans aren’t actually as bad as they say. We’ll be equipped and trained with the 3D Maneuvering Gear soon, and when that happens, Titans will be absolutely nothing.”
It was unclear if Eren had hit his skull too hard before dinner or if it was ignorance. “I’m finally able to train as a soldier…I just got caught up earlier. I’m going to join the Survey Corps, and kill every last fucking Titan there is in this world. I’ll slaughter them!”
Your eyelids squint. Ignorance.
Though his determination was inspiring. A roundabout reaction to such a traumatic experience, you thought. Whenever Jean Kirschtein counters his statement with a cocky remark, however, is ultimately the time you resume your meal, drowning out the chaos in your soup.
Marco doesn’t join you again, but he leaves you with something pleasant to dwell on.
He was…nice.
╭── ⋅ ⋅ ── ✩ ── ⋅ ⋅──╮
“Hey, do you think Sasha will be back soon?”
The bunkmate above peeked over the edge to peer at you from underneath, black hair dangling. Lifting your head, you arched a brow.
“I’m sorry, who?”
“Sasha. You know, the potato girl?”
Ohh.
It’d almost completely slipped your mind, her treacherous punishment. It’d been about eight hours since introductions, surely Shadis spared her legs by now.
“It is a little late…”
“Right? That’s what I’m thinking, too. Should we go check on her?”
Just as you were about to answer the door to the cabin flung open. Stumbling inside was a short blonde and a taller brunette, carrying a passed out girl on her back. The blonde clutched onto a canteen of water as she searched the room.
“Does anyone know where Sasha’s bunk is?”
Her sweet voice silenced idle chatter. The dangling bunkmate sat up to point at the vacant space beside you, spurring a tilt of confusion.
“Right here, Christa!”
..It’s not an extra?
Like a mother tucking in a child, Christa dotingly fluffed up Sasha’s pillow and covered every square inch of her body with the blanket. Her boots and jacket were removed and folded off at the foot of the mattress, and beside her head slept the water canteen.
“I’ll leave this water here for her… She must be so tired.”
With that she politely excused herself before heading off to her own bunk, the taller brunette trailing behind.
A groan and whine hummed from her throat. She twitched in her slumber similar to how a dog dreams, legs barely kicking and small noises like yelps coming with it. The girl above dangled over the side once more.
“Seems like she really outdid herself, huh.”
Not looking away, you nodded.
“..I guess she won’t be eating any more potatoes.”
The girl laughed.
“You’re funny. What’s your name?”
Her upside down stare met yours.
“[Y/N]. Yours..?”
“I’m Mina. Mina Karolina, to be exact.”
Her wide, toothy grin rounded the corners of your mouth up.
“..You know, leaning over like that is dangerous. You could fall.”
A blanket of black hair swished as she shook her head.
“If I can’t handle this, then how could I ever handle the 3D-Whoa!”
A yelp whooshed from her as her body tipped over and fell hard on the wooden floor below. The weight of gravity stunned her for a few agonizing seconds, groans of pain the only indication she survived. Your head poked over the edge.
Her pale cheeks flush fuschia.
“I didn’t think I would actually fall…”
You scoff through your nose. Descending down the ladder, you carry her back on her feet with the pull of your hand.
“Are you okay?”
She cradled the crown with a shaky hand, blinking a couple times to knock off the dizziness.
“..Great.”
You allowed her the pass to go up first, making sure she didn’t lose to gravity again. Curfew set in stone pretty quickly afterwards, any candlelight keeping the room alive blowing off into smoke, welcoming the moon’s seductive glow.
You find yourself turning towards Sasha again, watching her dream in bliss. It was a bit strange to share a bed like this, almost intimate in a way. Something especially reserved only for family and friendships. Was it unusual to long for a relationship like that..?
When sleep finds you, the question is open ended.
#altruistic#altruistic story#attack on titan#attack on titan x reader#attack on titan armin#attack on titan angst#attackontitan#aot x reader#aot#aot angst#aot armin#aot armin x reader#armin x reader#armin arlert x reader#armin#armin arlert#armin x you#armin arlert x you#slow burn#aot slow burn#x reader#x reader slow burn
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too much scifi and fantasy is "this is how we can transcend humanity, here is a glorified being thats Beyond humanity, humanity is Flawed, having a body is a flaw, and we have to Ascend to something higher and Better". i genuinely hate that viewpoint on reality. its so sooo so sad to think that way in my opinion
more scifi and fantasy should be like "look at these beings that are very Alien and Other but we still share a celebration for the core things that make us alive like food and drink and life routines and community and pleasures and sharing and building a world that includes all of us even if life is messy sometimes." my worldbuilding project is about a lot of different things, but i think that is the core theme that encompasses it all. i think is is why i also really enjoy the work of a few other popular worldbuilders on here, who create stuff of this message
#can you tell i hate nihilistic transhumanism? not sure if thats exactly the right term for it but YKWIM.#i include monsterpeople in my story but they arent going Beyond humanity. theyre a celebration of humanitys personalities n individualities#humanity is NOT ON A SCALE!!!! being human is not a flaw that we should move beyond. humans are flawed but BEING human is not a bad thing#and this is coming from someone whod love to be a werewolf or dragon in addition to being human. you can enjoy humanity AND fantasy both.#and human bodies do not need transcended. human bodies are beautiful. as much as society wants you to believe otherwise#We Live In A Society I KNOW. but its true#you can TELL some sci fi and fantasy writers hate humanity and the human body and society. it sucks. i feel bad for them!#i just think if youre alive you need to try to love being alive and be an altruistic person#it doesnt matter how many horrible things exist in the world. stay hopeful and hope will find you#its ok if nobody knows what im talking about i just like rambling about Subtle THemes in Media#also not to talk about bloodborne again but i think bloodborne is a good example of how trying to transcend humanity is actually horrifying
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truly dgaf about traumadumping i do sometimes experience empathy (like, in the crying over a sad story form) but it probably won't go off unless you have an incredibly tragic story are visibly emoting and i already really like you. so it doesn't really stress me out. people talk about fucked up things in cavalier and humorous ways it's how we deal with things. i am not really emotionally phased by discussing most fucked up or personal things in my own life expect for one or two topics that will make me immediately break down, so like who am i to judge. also learning things about people is fun.
#sounds dumb but i read so much as a child that i mostly formed a sense of empathy through that#in terms of like vicariously experiencing emotions. i am generally very altruistic. i can't read people very well either#which can be part of low empathy but it really depends on your definition. it's something people comment on but not a big deal generally#but it means i can kind of relate to people as characters. like the things i know about people and human behavior#and the kind of lives people might be living was first derived from a lot of books#and as i meet the kind of people i never read about i feel like i process that the same way i processed the stories#which i think helped make me more... perceptive. im generally good at reading people. But obviously kind of fucked up#in terms of relating and talking to people. I do care about people obviously but it's kind of rare that I do so emotionally#like get vicariously sad or angry more than I would over a novel character.#anyway. in the most well adjusted way possible please tell me thing about you so i can expand#my mental image of you and relate to new people i meet or read about through lived experience
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I say this as someone who lurked in the trenches cross-sites since Volume 1. I know. people. are never. happy.
#I even remember people being upset during volume 2#people want to rewrite history that the entitlement of this fandom is some altruistically-motivated hatred on Monty's part of just because#the show got 'bad' during volume 3#because they committed to decisions set up prior to that volume#sorry I think you are probably fucked in the head if you think the writers of this show are only doing it for clout/to 'corrupt'#a pure vision#the alchemy/monomyth/jung is embedded in red/white/black/yellow; that was always there#the jung has always been there#the fundamental ideas to the story have always been there#you can only tell this sort of story (ultimate sympathy for salem) with this storytelling structure#anyway I think there is a blight in the RWBY fandom#it's like nothing else#I've definitely spectated my fair share of delusional fandoms#but this one gets particularly weird
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Okay on to the positives of Bayo origins: Cereza wanting to become a witch specifically with the goal of breaking her mom out of witch jail was cute.
#the entire beginning was cute#and I guess the game was overall cute I just skipped most of it#definitely not interested in playing it#I just think it's funny to be like. Bayonetta's origin story: she became besties with a demon#that she never summons and doesn't even acknowledge#and also the modern Bayo we know isn't besties with most of her demons but rather she refers to them as pets#and it's a major plot point more than once that some demons will straight up attack her#and also witches get dragged to hell when they die#but she taught chesire love and altruism!#and now she's not a particularly altruistic woman#sorry I was supposed to be saying positives
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finally finished watching Strange World and im in love, everyone should see this movie
#shhh sharkie#i had to do it in parts cause Brain but i did finish it today and i fucking loved it#it’s so gorgeously animated and the story is incredible!!#omg the moment when Ethan is running off from Searcher and he pulls Ethan back into the skiff#and the mist just kinda coalesces around them#because the environment isn’t important it’s the conversation that’s happening#UGH YES SO MANY VERY CINEMATIC MOMENTS I LOVE IT#also there was a part of me that clocked the reveal in a good way#it was very good foreshadowing especially if you’re already familiar with the shape forms#i was like that looks like x cell or y body process#(but i also have degrees in biology so i had a leg up with that prior knowledge)#ANYWAY I LOVED IT#also the metaphor with the card game#that there is no good or bad side it’s just making a successful civilization.#the mountains don’t need to be conquered the energy plant isn’t an altruistic miracle#neither of them are maliciously bad dads they both just let their own goals overshadow their family members#UGH OKAY ANYWAY COULD TALK FOR A WHILE AND ITS DEFINITELY A MOVIE I NEED TO FORCE MY FAMILY TO WATCH#like when we had an argument with my parents (mom specifically)#and then the next family movie night we had we watched Onward#which is about family and how important family is because you never know how long you have with them#and petty bs isn’t worth it and you should appreciate the time you have together#or at least be mindful of that time and try not to let things go unsaid#etc etc etc anyway mom cried but she still didn’t apologize cause when would she ever it’s fine
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