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I’m curious (if you’re willing to share) — is your post season 3 fic shippy or platonic? Looking forward to it!
Both of the main ones I'm working on now are platonic! But also you've opened the door for me to talk about it so I'm gonna talk about it!
The post-season 3 fic is platonic and--I cannot overstate this enough--has so much of a plot going on across multiple characters that I finally broke down and made a fucking spreadsheet.
That said a lot of Roy's struggle in this fic centers around his emotional attachments with other people and the roles he plays in their lives (with family, with friends, as a coach). He's stuck in this perfect storm where it seems like all his most important relationships are in flux.
See below the cut for spoilers:
His Family
This is a big one for him and where a surprising amount of therapy work gets done. When the story kicks off, Phoebe is suddenly Around Much Less and a part of that is his sister tentatively feeling out a reconciliation with their parents. This causes a surprising (to Roy) amount of emotional upheaval in his life. As someone who's always been in his sister's corner, he's always seen (even if he's never fully verbalized it to himself) his keeping contact with their parents as a way of releasing his sister from any responsibility or lingering guilt about cutting them off. But now that she's tentatively in contact with them, and introducing them to Phoebe, Roy is realizing that he has a lot of unresolved issues with his parents. Adding to that stress is the fact that while he's played a huge role in his niece's life, he's never actually had to ask to spend time with her before, and he is awful at admitting he might need something, especially when the people around him keep telling him he can 'have a break.'
Keeley
He and Keeley have decided to remain friends. Keeley wants to be single for a while and work on herself, her company, and all the special projects she has falling out of her sleeves (*cough*womensteam*cough*). However, Keeley is the most serious relationship he's ever had, and they started out on a flirty, romantic footing, so he's never just been friends with her. In fact he's never stayed friends with any of his exes. He's navigating unfamiliar territory and he's not sure what's allowed of him. Even basic shit--is he allowed to tell her she looks nice? invite her for coffee? for dinner?--he ends up second guessing.
The Diamond Dogs / The Workplace
He literally JUST became a Diamond Dog and showed them emotional vulnerability by asking what the secret was to becoming a less shitty person and now he's in charge of them. (And he's in therapy, seeing the staff therapist, so everybody knows about that too.) With Ted gone, the inter-team dynamics between the coaches is a whirlpool of Beard and Nate trying to out-smart each other, and suddenly Roy is the one keeping everybody in line and fielding Higgins' questions about player recruitment. This isn't the big drama but it is mundane and tedious and just another fucking thing to deal with.
The Team (Sam, Isaac, Colin)
The step between captain and assistant coach was a fairly easy one for Roy because he was essentially doing the same thing in both jobs (yell at them about their form, psych them up before a match, etc). He's the gaffer now. Most gaffers don't just casually hang out with their players. If he was another team's gaffer, he wouldn't. But these are people who know him, people he used to play side-by-side with, and god help him but he does care about them. So while he's pretty sure he needs to start drawing a boundary between the professional and personal, how the fuck is he supposed to tell them that when Colin is literally getting chewed up by the media as the only openly gay player in the league and he clearly needs the support? How's he supposed to back away when Sam, who's never angry about anything, is fucking seething over Edwin Akufo and asking Roy for help? Is he supposed to step back and drop it all on Isaac, who's trying his best but also seems to be carrying his own weight about something? They're not not his friends, but also he feels responsible for them. So what kind of coach is he going to be, now that he's the guy in charge?
Jamie (ofc)
Where does any of the above leave Jamie? Truly, if the boundaries between him and the other players are in flux, the ones between him and Jamie are fucking spaghetti. Because all of the same issues still apply, but with additional layers (their rivalry, Keeley, Amsterdam, Wembley, personal coaching, the fact that he's met Jamie's parents and would punch his dad in the face if he ever got a chance, the fact that his niece thinks they're best friends). His partiality is skewed every-which-fucking-way, and frankly he's a little annoyed that no one else holds it against him.
And all of that becomes additionally fucked up because:
Roy going to therapy is intrinsically tied to his behavior towards Jamie (Roy has a lot of guilt to work through on how often he's taken his anger out on Jamie)
Jamie and him have unwisely turned therapy into a goddamn competition (they have a chart), which means that any time he makes progress in therapy, he immediately ends up sharing it with Jamie
They don't even have the coach-player thing to fall back on because Jamie starts off the summer injured
This is also the Jamie Going Through It fic (with Tartt Sr in rehab being a huge part of that), and at this point its a given (to Roy at least) that if Jamie needs help, Roy is going to help him.
Jamie might be his friend. Maybe. Possibly. Roy might even admit that one day
So is this a shippy fic? No! No relationship statuses are added, lost, or changed in the winding plot of this fic (unless I figure out how to break up Beard and Jane). Everything picks up right where the finale left it.
But do relationships--the weight of identifying what you might need from other people, and how to navigate changes, and how to define things that aren't easy that are maybe complicated and messy and necessary for your own personal happiness--appear in this fic?
Absolutely yes.
#ask box is always open#[redacted title] post season three fic#i think this week's the week y'all#trying not to jinx it like i did last time#spent a long time today seeking emotional validation from the friend that does the reading and she is excited! so i've decided i am excited#definitely not scared! nope!#writing update#and if this sounds like a fuckton of stuff to cover - that is why i have the spreadsheet#and a pattern to keep all the pieces moving at a reasonable rate#or as the bestie described my writing style:#'you're conducting a 100 piece orchestra when the flutists have it out for the violinists and the drummer thinks they're at a rock concert'#which- yep!
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Imagine that there's this person whose whole thing is being without fear and the fandom decides he's afraid of a dude in a fursuit.
Fandom Logic (tm)
I think it comes down to primarily two reasons, one being because people think it's funny
They think it's funny that this character without fear can suddenly be afraid of this human Bat guy. If it was just a few people in the fandom doing this, it wouldn't be nearly as bad; people are after all allowed to do whatever they want, even if we don't like it. The problem lies in where the actual comic writers start adapting this as canon as it's a huge disservice to Hal's character
The second reason is just basically these people legitimately think Hal should be afraid of Bruce because he's ~The Batman~ (which, again, you're allowed to think that, just know that's not really in character for Hal....like at all)
The whole deal with Bruce is that, both in universe and in real life, he's designed to terrify low level criminals: thugs, crooks, any unsavory person who wanders the Gotham alleyways. That's the environment Bruce works the best in. Where he can easily slip into the shadows, where he can become the night and make himself out to be a monster he wants to be. The only people who should be afraid of Batman are the ordinary hoods and criminals that infest cities
But when you suddenly stick him in a brightly lit room like the Hall of Justice next to all these colorful superheroes, that's where his effectiveness pretty much stops. All his tactics and methods to scare people don't really work here. Suddenly, he's just some guy in a bat getup with a scowly mask on. And these are seasoned superheroes, they don't scare easily, especially the ones with powers like speedsters or Kryptonians. Bruce is out of his element. Everything he does to try to act scary should look comical and silly at best
And as for Hal, I think we can all agree that Hal has definitely seen some shit. He goes off into deep space, for months up to a year or so. Who knows what kind of unimaginable horrors he's had to deal with?? Going a bit into headcanon area, but I think that if Hal wasn't desensitized before, he definitely is now. He's not afraid of space Cthulhu and he is not gonna be afraid of a bat furry who furrows his eyebrows really hard. Hal isn't scared of anything--physical, that is. And I feel like Hal is definitely the kind of person who sees straight through Bruce's BS posturing, Bruce's whole act just doesn't work on Hal.
Unfortunately, just like a tornado, any character who comes close to a Bat gets dealt major damage and we're still picking up the pieces and trying to set things straight again OTL
#LOL sorry kinda got a little rambly there oops#But yeah to clarify--there isn't a person that Hal is scared of#“Oh he would definitely be scared of Cass-” Hahaha nope#“What about Damian-” Guess again sweetcheeks#If there was one person I had to pick for Hal to be genuinely afraid of#It would probably be Martin aka the abusive version of him#And if you reeeeaallly wanted to stretch it#I guess you COULD say that maybe at a certain angle and tone of voice Bruce could remind him of his abusive dad#But I still wouldn't say he would be quaking in his boots or visibly frightened#It'd be a lot more subtle#Anyway I hope you enjoyed reading my thoughts! XD#thanks for the ask~!#dc#dc comics#hal jordan#green lantern#I'm not tagging the Bats I don't wanna whack the hornet's nest lol
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Me: Nah, I don't really identify that strongly with any of the Marauders.
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Me: *posts 100 angst posts about the black brothers*
#totally definitely not because they parallel me and my sibling in another universe#in no way is it because it fuckin scares me how close we were to being them#mm-mm nope not at all because i have unresolved guilt around being The Sibling That Left#anyway#marauders#the marauders#dead gay wizards#black brothers#the black brothers#sirius black#regulus black#myposts
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looks like i’m officially returning to uni to carry on w my phd studies in the autumn 😬
#feel like it’s definitely the right decision but holy shit am i scared lmao#i've just accepted an accommodation offer and i feel sickkkk#i know this is the best thing for me#but also. nope nope nope#ygm?#rose.txt
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Post canon boiling isles politics fights are probably so funny. Like “NO THIS TEENAGERS IS EVIL” “NO THEY WERE THE GOOD ONES” whatever the boiling isles equivalent to thanksgiving is probably like hell
#the owl house#hexsquad#cause like obviously people had different view about belos#and people are gonna have different opinions#and then like they’re gonna be in these huge arguements about just some random teens#there’d be that uncle who’s been drinking a bit too much apple blood screaming about how belos was a good emperor#then the guy that he’s screaming at is like NUH UH#then it’s like that one random guy who claims he doesn’t have a strong opinion gets in on the arguement and like he’ll breaks loose#i think it’s even funnier if ome of the background characters who kinda sorta knew the hexsquad were there but are too scared to say#like potions guy#and he’s just like pfft yeah i’ve never met or heard of them ever#nope definitely not#then the kids in the corner just trying to play with their action figures#i think it would be funny if the hexsquad had those crappy action figures where their faces look all weird#they were against the idea of merch but eh they can’t control it#so they probably all have the complete set#what was i talking about
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Hmmm
I can’t help but think about how Flash season two would’ve gone if ‘Jay’ (Hunter) fell for Barry instead of Caitlin
#these are thoughts that I tend to push away#idk most hero x villain stuff just makes me uncomfortable#coldflash is the exception#ok scratch that#hero x villain with no redemption arc is what I don’t like#because then it’s usually one sided which leads into ‘nope’ tag territory#alright Tali that’s enough thoughts for the night#I’m too scared to look it up on Ao3 cause I bet someone’s done it#shit I have to actually tag now#the flash#cw the flash#barry allen#hunter zolomon#nope.#I’m not tagging them as a ship.#you can’t make me.#huh what would their ship name be tho#ok ok I’ll stop thinking for real this time#nighttime thoughts#my posts#also when I say ‘thought about’ I actually mean just thinking about it#I’m definitely not writing this#*the definitely is not sarcasm#lol it's funny to go back to these months later#I was STRUGGLING
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existing with a phobia is hell on earth and i am truly sorry to anyone who has to live with one :/
#i hate all spiders#but there’s a specific one that’s just Worse for me#and i have found three in my room within the past ~two weeks#(plus even more in my whole house)#i feel so on edge tonight :(#i cried earlier because i feel so uncomfortable in my own space.#it’s such a terrible feeling. and it’s even worse when my family downplays it#i have been told ‘it’s just a spider’ more times than i can count#like. do you think i don’t wish i could see it like that??#i don’t want to feel this way. obviously#if i was even just scared of them the way most people are. that would also be fine#but nope! i get a debilitating fear. one that’s making it hard for me to sleep rn#yay! so fun! would definitely choose this for myself again if I could 🫠
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a super fun thing that my brain is really good at is hearing a random fact and remembering it forever. but only if it's bad :)
#the reason I'm thinking about that right now: I wish I had never read that having a crease on your earlobe means you're more likely to have#heart disease.#scared me so much that I read a whole paper about it#but it's been years now so I don't remember the details#just that that's a thing apparently#and guess what my brain does with that information? oh yeah of course I have to obsessively look at the ears of everyone now! does that#do anything helpful? nope! just makes me very very anxious :)#it's just like when I was a kid and I got nightmares about scurvy every time I didn't eat a potato for a week.#like. wow I could be so smart and everything if my brain wasn't constantly focused on random bullshit that is completely irrelevant 😭#also this thing specifically: I've always been weirdly fascinated by ears and this made that a million times worse and also very scary.#like ooh that's a nice ear :) oh no death exists and this person is going to die and#yeah it sucks.#specifically choosing not to mention any names in this context because my god this shit is on my mind all the time already I really don't#need to say it where anyone can see#it's embarrassing enough#though anyone who has looked at my blog in the past month already knows who I'm talking about.#like. I really shouldn't allow myself to like anyone over the age of like. idk 45.#it's so unbelievably exhausting.#but annnyway I'm totally normal and fine :)#oh yeah I also have creases on my earlobes lol so that definitely added to the scariness (and THEN my mother randomly mentioned recently#that EVERYONE on her side of the family had/has heart disease. bitch WHAT the fuck. anyway so yeah guess we know what's gonna kill me#haha isn't that fun :) )#ALSO the fact that my memory is very very bad means that I remember absolutely none of the details about shit like this. so it could very#well be completely irrelevant and harmless but i wouldn't remember that part.#and I think even if I found out more it wouldn't help. it's been an obsession for so long. I've never had one go away that I've had for#this long. so. guess I'm just fucked.#personal
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i've never had so many emotions while reading a webtoon, but the thing with lost in the cloud is that they are very complex, confusing and contradicting ones 😁🤩
#like i've never really followed a webtoon weekly aside from this one ever before so..... maybe it's because of that#i keep on reading because I Am Intrigued. do i want them to end up together? nope! definitely not!#do i feel sympathy for them? oh yeah. yeah.#would i change some things? some plot points? yup!#i'd need to reread it again but in general i don't like how chanils character is being used (?) like i feel that his storyline had much more#potential#and also i didn't quite believe that cirrus (........ the translation is another thing on itself but. yeah) wouldn't contact his nanny#just because a number? oh he'd have tried a lot mooooore in the following years. he'd have.#the story is good but it's not but it is. there are better ones out there but i want to know about This One specifically!!!!#so yeah even if I Am Scared i will keep on reading <3 but if anything happens to candy (MY BELOVED) i'm out <3333#lost in the cloud#dara.t
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90% sure what I just heard was a very distant siren but there is a 10% chance it was someone screaming and echoing through the cold, dreary and dark night.... And that sounds a lot cooler so imma say it was that.
#definitely not scared at all nope#nothing weird about that#no sir#perfectly normal night sounds#sleeping on the floor with no lights#the breaker tripped and broke fully#I am not terrified at all#hold me anxiety bat-
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#dragon#dragon selfie#I don't smile because of the teeth#they tend to scare people#it's definitely NOT anxiety nope no sire not me
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#uhhh so in class today!!- our teacher asked us what our parents did when we were kids that was acceptablr thrn but not so much now#(or vice versa)#i did not share mine cuz it makes my parents sound pretty bad 😅 but im gonna do it here#so i used to be TERRIFIED of dogs#like. no reason. just hated them.#i can handle being newr them now but stoll if they jump at me or get too loud i will get very nervous#anyway- this was unnaceptable to my parents#they would get so mad at me for being scared#(it was inconvenient for them 😒)#whenever we'd go to the park i'd be watching all the dogs like a hawk#like. so scared i couldnt eat or be cheered up at all#i'd be biting my thumb nail... then my skin... then i'd be bleeding#and they just got sooo frustraydd with me. no comfort. just saying how i ruined the day.#humph.#(since then my dad has apologised. i explained to him and he feels very very bad.#but my mum... 😒🙄 uh. nope.)#THAT behaviour would definitely be unnacceptable now i think.
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I wish I could hold you, make you feel all warm and safe and tell you how pretty you are
I think if anyone said anything about how I look or anything sexual I would bite them hard enough to draw blood
#if you guys saw me right now#trust me the first thought would definitely not be pretty#I think you’d be scared and wanna call the pest control#I look so bad rn it’s not even funny#I was about to send a selfie to my friend but once I saw my reflection it was a hard nope#red face#tears everywhere#snot#just a sad sad goblin girl who doesn’t know what to do to be happy#but the first two things sound nice#would love it if someone could just hold me for a bit#maybe pack me a bowl to calm me down a bit#I want weed but I don’t wanna jump throw hoops to get it#too much work#you’re sweet#thanks 💖#ask#anon
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There’s a BookTuber I’m subscribed to now and she’s so sweet. Like we have fundamentally different priorities (she didn’t immediately get a library card upon moving to a new city??? She hasn’t visited all of the indie bookstores near her, just B&N???), but she’s so cute and so happy and has such an interesting way of doing the parasocial relationships on her videos. CHARMING.
#my taste overlaps with hers on maybe (MAYBE) 1/3-1/2 of the books she’s excited about#but still.#it’s so interesting to also see the influence of pop culture and BookTok and goodreads reviews on what she reads#like it’s so fascinating to me that a book can’t just sound interesting to be bought on one of her bookstore blogs#it has to be interesting AND a recommendation#or interesting AND have good goodreads reviews#the first one: fair#the second one idk! maybe it’s just the books I read or my own taste#but a lot of the time I just don’t like the books that a lot of people adore on goodreads#also I can very much relate to her thought process that she talks about while discussing her haul#of when she buys multiple books by a new author (or is tempted to)#‘nope let’s read ONE and see if we like it first’#or wanting to be a well-rounded reader so reading books that are popular but out of your comfort zone#or like a good library has the classics#side note: why are the B&N signature classics so BEAUTIFUL now#BACK IN MY DAY THEY LOOKED REALLY BORING#the sameness was definitely good for branding but GAH#anyway. it’s a shame I’m trying to set my sleep schedule to rights#because it means I can’t scare myself by reading horror and then soothe myself with tv#unfortunate.
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You ever just find a terrifying horror reel and then it won't unpause and the app won't go back and it takes you three tries before the app successfully closes 😃
This is fine
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We really cant ever have good things huh :/
#i really thought this manhwa author was different. but as per usual i am the clown#I was really excited for the sequel to On or Off bc the series had ended suddenly bc the author had some personal stuff going on#and had to finish the series early#so i was excited to get more content with the characters i adored. I thought she mustve had a lot of good ideas that-#-she didnt get to use in the og series so shes doing a whole sequel but nope#the sequel is filled with every annoying cliche tropes we've seen in BL manhwas#but i didnt care all that much bc at least it wasnt like most other popular series where rape and dubcon were regular tropes#well I guess she felt left out#the characters have started acting outright out of character and even straightup annoying#so. much. miscommunication.#and now the most recent update (translated) its straight up dubcon#and its so weird to see ppl defend it in the comments with like#'no u r weird for interpreting it that way bc in the next chp (untranslated) turns out he was into it'#or 'its not ooc bc top knows his lover and if bottom was actually not into it he would have stopped'#excuse me? saying 'stop' and 'im scared' isn't enough for u? bc it sure is for me#theres also another breed of brainrots who are like 'bottom deserved it bc he lied and was being annoying' ☠️🤡 im....#idc that 'later turns out he was into it' bc the author definitely wrote this chapter to be questionable. and for what?#if you dont have any good ideas for an exciting and engaging plot maybe don't do a sequel#using disgusting tropes just to create drama and tension is so cheap and pathetic#niki screaming into the void#work love balance#on or off
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