#but light

[howtotrainyouragents]

Me, *every time a main character is introduced in Death Note*: They're such a freak

[torse]

AU / headcanon scene - “Boarding School”

CW: some references to non-graphic.. child corporal punishment I guess on par with Pathologic canon

Notkin and Khan were enrolled in the same boarding school and winter break comes up (I have no idea how boarding schools work though) Most kids went home, the halls were empty, but Notkin and Khan remained They bumped into each other and, as they do, ended up fighting They beat the shit out of each other until they were too tired to continue They sat, glaring, in silence for a few moments then Khan blurts out "My mother died recently. My father doesnt give a shit about me, he's always away on vacation. I haven't seen my sister in years." (which is why he hadn't gone home for the winter break) Notkin is shocked, and takes awhile to process because?? my enemy just trauma dumped on me.png Eventually Notkin says, "orphan." Khan looks contemplative, then confused, "how did you even get into this school?" Notkin: "apparently no one cares if the orphanage is starving or beating the kids, but if they almost kill one and it gets out to the papers- oh AND that kid's a cripple- then people suddenly care enough to donate a prosthetic and boarding tuition." Khan: 😶

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after their "bonding moment", they stopped fighting as much. Khan even offered to tutor, because even though Notkin had classes at the boarding school, he never had "proper" education prior like ??? WTF. how well were they expecting him to do in that situation Throughout winter break they become friends-adjacent but towards the end, Notkin was becoming disheartened When classes started again, Khan would have to go back to his doghead posse who aren't fond of Notkin Khan still tried to hangout with excuse of "tutoring the poor kid" But the dogheads interpreted this as permission to further bully Notkin on one day, they managed to steal Notkin's prosthetic leg - (dude I dont know how the fuck they managed this, I guess while he was sleeping) Khan was livid. "Who approved of this 'prank'? You know this implicates me, right?! Since I just started tutoring him- You guys are fucking idiots!" This starts an argument, and then a fight with some of the other respected dogheads Khan ends up leaving them entirely, and with the forces split, they eventually disband altogether. though some small groups remain. Khan and Sticky (he suddenly appears! hooray!) help track down the leg, and return it to a very distraught Notkin and friends happily-ever-after blah blah

Notes:

dunno how Notkin almost died in the orphanage. Or how he lost his leg. my brain did not provide details

I usually headcanon that Notkin has dyslexia the nuns at the orphanage continuously called him stupid (and worse names) and would beat his hands with a ruler if he was too slow.. so he unconsciously hides his hands under the desk when he has to read in front of someone But in general does not like to read in front of people at all

[daily-spooky]

[whimsifae]

the most fun a girl can have is finding parallels, noticing patterns, making connections, contemplating

[caats]

[louisegluckpdf]

they won't tell you this in therapy but sometimes the best way to stop catastrophizing/anxiety is to interrupt your spiraling with "girl what the hell are you talking about"

[gophersdomain]

something something despite the all horrors and tragedies of the world, love was there and that's all that matters

[ur-daily-inspiration]

[catchymemes]

[mudboyman]

Light answers a tough question

[sleeplessv0id]

what doesn't kill you makes you weird at intimacy

[blumenundpoesie]

a blanket of snow on fairy lights

[lindamccartneysstrap]

I still think its the funniest shit ever that when I used to volunteer at planned parenthood every week even though I walked past mostly the same protesters every single time they were begging me not to get an abortion theres other options yadda yadda. Like meemaw you see me here every week. They call me abortions georg because I get another one every Monday at 8am

[daily-spooky]

[emerald-dragonflame]

I had a vision