#frightening moment

[becasbelt]

I can't get over how scared caitlyn looks when she realizes she's about to be killed, that there's nothing she can do to stop it. she just regained consciousness, discovered that someone she trusted had betrayed her (had, perhaps, never been on her side at all), and then her one last attempt at resistance was brutally shut down before it even began.

the wide eyes. the way her breathing speeds up right before maddie pulls the trigger. this is caitlyn kiramman realizing she's about to die, and she is terrified.

[egophiliac]

do skully have pokemon?

Pumpkaboo is the obvious one, but y'know, sometimes the obvious one is the right one! (we'll say SUPER SIZE Pumpkaboo, just for fun. big pumpkin for big skeleton boy.) and another person actually also suggested Greavard, which I somehow hadn't considered, but feels so perfect that I feel like I should have. dangit.

(they can also have little Nightmare Suit costumes :D)

[mj-skyair-star]

█🕹️👾🎮Chapter 2: Crazy Dream!░▒▓█

March 28th, 2036, Friday night, 11:32 p.m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This is getting too frightening! I very much regret visiting Sophia's house late at night, even though it was partially worth it! I guess the result of visiting was both lucky and unlucky.

I turned around immediately to see what caused that thing to break.

I figured out what would make that smashing sound so easy to shatter. It was a light pole's glass case that was smashed. I knew it was that because it was the only thing around my area that had glass, and that light pole has always been on... I was unable to see the case (that used to protect the light bulb) since it sits at the top of the tall dark green pole. However, I might see shattered glass somewhere in the freshly mowed grass...

Nah, I'll use my phone.

I pulled out my phone and tapped the options to click 'torch' and then, boom! I have light! The back of the phone lit up like an actual torch. Now I'm able to see properly. Shining my phone on the ground, I could discern pieces of shattered glass scattered around it. Other pieces were further away... My heart pounded as slowly as a turtle's pace as I examined the broken glass case...

Someone must have thrown a rock at it... But I couldn't see a rock anywhere unless it flew far away- that would be a strong throw. From the looks of it, this can't be good. Wary and scared, I walked up to it to examine it more until I thought about taking a photo of this-

SMASH!

I gasped, knowing for sure that another light pole had been blacked out!

My heart was pumping rapidly as fear crawled up my spine.

My entire body began shaking dangerously again.

"Am I in some horror movie now!?" I search around to see if I can spot anyone.

Using my phone won't help, it's not designed to illuminate far distances...

"Hehehe~!" I'M DEAD SET NOT GOING TO STICK AROUND ANY LONGER!

I ran to get out of the park.

I came across two paths within five minutes.

One of them is the quickest to take me home but because I'm in 'a bit' of a panic, and kind of not thinking straight... I TOOK THE LONGEST PATH! But that's ok! I can just lose this dangerous stranger from the chase... I believe I can...

Whoever that laughing belongs to, it oddly sounds awfully a lot like Crowby from 'War of Time'.

Let me be a video game nerd for a moment.

Crowby is one of the creepiest characters in WoT. In comparison to other video games, I wouldn't say it's the most terrifying character, just creepy. I remember this one sketchy quote that I'll never forget (I can't remember what scene): 'I hide in the shadows, watching my prey wander about, alone. Naive to think wandering alone at night is smart. You will not notice me lurking in the darkness. If you feel the breeze of the Arctic, death is approaching. Imagine it as a game of tag~' ... The game is PG... Somehow that's acceptable for a PG game.

Developers are injecting a sense of eeriness into Crowby...

Rated PG isn't supposed to have creepy moments... Can it?.. Well, how am I supposed to know?

Crowby may like scaring other bots, although he doesn't choose to destroy anyone unless he feels like it or was ordered to by Artron-

Off-topic, I know.

I stopped running after fifteen minutes to catch my breath. As my chest rises and falls steadily, I lean on a nearby tree. I wasn't kidding when I meant I'm freaked out! I'm still shaking from all of that! I'm scared like a wild bird flies.

"I think... I'm... sa-AHHHHH!"- My scream was filled with dread as a fricking KNIFE stabbed into the tree I was leaning against, out of nowhere, near my face!

I took a few moments to calm down before I realised there was something too far-fetched about this knife than I thought it was...

"... Wait a minute... That knife... it looks like-"

"Hello~"

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!" I flinch at that same creepy voice that was literally right behind me! Yet again, I somehow had the guts to turn around to see who that person was.

I was speechless and more startled than ever in shock.

"Ah, ha, ha! Your face is priceless when you're horrified!" The 'person' wheezed.

That 'person' who is standing right in front of me is a humanoid bot, with a blood-red cloak and a LED face-like mask thingy.

He shouldn't be real! THIS IS TOO REAL TO BE TRUE!

"Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-You're-"

"C0RW8Y-26, that I go by Crowby, the right hand bot of AR1R0N A.K.A, Artron, the greatest hunter and fighter you'll ever know,"

"Who also got his butt kicked by 'The Cosmic Five'," my brain really wanted me to stay calm but... I didn't know what to say other than gawking at him at this point... Yep, still fearful.

"This has to be some sort of dream..." I whispered.

It heard me.

"I assure you, little fleshy human girl, this is no dream. I am..." He leaned very close to my ear while I tried to move away from him, upon remembering that his blade is still attached to the tree... it's in my way. "Very real~ hehe!" I'M TRAPPED AND DEAD!

"A-Are you going to k-kill me?" He lowered his black scarf and smiled in a nightmarish way that gave me goosebumps.

"Kill you? What made you think of it, fleshy child..? Ah, yes. I see. I'm a hunter that kills the prey. I understand. If you are a bratty kind of fleshy child, I would... Though Artron would hunt me down for doing that. I would not want that to happen unless he told me to,"

All of this confused me, but I guess it was also relieving at the same time. That is when a dumb idea popped into my head.

I ducked under the blade (not a knife) and moved away from Crowby. I stood up again as his head and eyes followed me. His smile dropped in a flash... Something I feared more about him.

"Um... Okay... I guess I should get going then, hehe," when I was about to walk away he grabbed my arm.

Of course, I'm not able to get away that easily. I'm trapped.

"You are not getting away, Airis Gamer," he said.

I widened my hazel eyes as my head turned towards him in terror despite my amazement.

My mouth opened.

"H-How do you know my name?!" Crowby smirked.

"Questions will be answered later. I must- AH!" Instantly, I kicked Crowby in the stomach. I didn't expect it to happen! I was creeped out! And, and!- That's why! I'm dead meat, 110%, absolutely dead meat! So I backed away and ran away from him again. "Grrrrrrrr! You little-"

Shing.

"GET BACK HERE!" Ohhhh no! No, no, no, no! Hearing that indignant tone made me sprint faster than a cheetah! I can't die!

***

Thank God!.. I lost him..! I think!? This is the weirdest, yet, the most frightening dream I have had so far (yes, I'm convinced that all of this is a nightmare). I've been trying to lose Crowby for way too long! And I may have had a problem, well, kinda. I'm only thirty minutes from home... Except... I felt like I'd been followed... again.

Oh, come on!

"Don't you fricking dare tell me that Crowby found me already! Because I'm not doing another 'looking back and forward' thing again!" Not only is he creepy, he's also incredibly annoying to deal with! I mean, as in, he keeps jump-scaring me nearly every time I look back and then he unexpectedly appears in front of me after checking!

... Then again, I'm a little anxious about him capturing me from behind this time. I scanned the area meticulously in an attempt to see if he was around...

Nope, he isn't th-

"AHHH!" Now I'm suddenly swooped into some sort of bubble cage out of nowhere!? "Wha- What the heck!?" Alright, this is too random!

"Ah, ha, ha, ha! I have finally captured you!" That voice sounds completely different... That's not Crowby's voice that- No! No way! There is no way Crowby gave up that quickly.

He never stops hunting, otherwise, he knows he has lost them for good (which would be a 43% chance).

That new voice is on one, other than-

"Dr Brainstorm!?"

I looked down at, indeed, a short old robot who looked (almost) like a rip-off version of Dr Albert Einstein but with less 'hair' on his head. Likewise, I noticed that I was floating above the ground, so I am in the Bubble Trap... That's cool! But it's certainly not good!

"Correction my dear, it is I, 4R.8RA1N570RM- Dr Brainstorm is what I prefer to be called, and-"

"The evil robotic genius that helps Artron rule the timelines," I interrupted and finished the rest for him, it did cause the short old bot to feel upset at first but was perfectly fine with it at the end.

"It is very rude of you to cut the evil genius in, however, you already know who I am because you played the game, I suppose... Do you like my trap?"- He smiled wickedly- "I called it-"

"The bubble trap? That's pretty obvious," You should have seen the look on his face! He was so stunned at my response! Ah, ha! Then again, the name is very obvious for this type of trap.

Who wouldn't name it as manifest as that?

Him.

The evil genius didn't say anything for about five seconds.

"... Well... I... uh... NO! Of course not! It's called... Uhm... it's called... the... the Spear Trap! Yes! That's the name! You are entirely incorrect," my expression remained unconvinced.

"Bruh, you just changed the name, c'mon!" No, seriously. 'Spear Trap'..? That's the coolest trap name he came up with?.. I guess there's nothing special about it.

You might be wondering by now. 'Why are you suddenly not scared?' Well, Dr Brainstorm isn't really a 'scary' character. In the sense that he's more of a bot that tries to shoot for the scares (even though he is incompetent). Think of him as Dr Doofenshmirtz, primarily evil 90% of the time.

Even when he threatens someone, it doesn't come across as convincing or formidable, despite the fact that he gets easily agitated over that.

"Why are you calm? Are you not afraid?" He asked confusingly while I simply answered with a shrug.

"Afraid of you? Of course, I wouldn't. You're not the scariest character that I ever met in WoT, "

Now that I think about it... Let's see, first, I was upset because of my so-called 'friends' treated me like shit, then got terrified of Crowby's unexpected appearance when I was at the park, and lastly, all of a sudden... I wasn't scared once I first met Dr Brainstorm for the first time..?

Pretty queerish.

Is it bad to not be fearful of someone who doesn't look scary yet kidnaps you? I think it is.

To me, I see him as a goofball.

"Hm... I see... I suppose I don't have to hear your annoying screaming for help over and over again... Time to go!" Dr Brainstorm chimed with a pleased grin.

How did I just notice that he had a mini mobile ride floating above my head? That must have explained why the trap is floating.- Oh right-

Timid, I begged him to release me.

"Wait! Please let me go! You don't need to do this! I don't know why you and Crowby are real or what you guys want, but I assure you, I'm not useful for whatever-"

"Sorry, my dear! I follow my master's orders. He needs your service,"

"That still doesn't explain why! Why do I need to be a part of this?! I'm just a useless kid!"

"B-But! I have a family! A mum, a dad, a brother and a sister! They'll notice I'm missing!!"

"Oh, ho! Do you really think begging will do anything? After all, I don't feel pity. I'm an evil genius, not an idiot!"- He laughed out of mockery- "And don't worry about your family, they'll just disappear in thin air!" My hazel eyes grew wide in apprehension at what he was saying.

"No... He wouldn't... Artron wouldn't... They know my family... Oh no!" Fully panicked to death, I began to try (out of desperation) to break free, I banged on the clear bubble 'Spear Trap'.

Bang, bang, bang!

"C'mon! C'mon!" It's not working!

The scientist knew I was trying to escape, and he knew I couldn't break free, so he laughed at me once more.

"Ah-ha, ha! Trying to smash through the trap with your weak fleshy fist won't work! What was the point of that, child?"

"... Yeah... what is the point of that..?" I felt movement.

The mobile ship floated up high into the sky, taking me to God knows where, but to Artron.

This is all my fault.

I should've waited until the next day, I really do blame myself!

Sliding down on the bubble against my back, I began to sob. Even though I'm 100% sure this is all a dream, it felt too real to be one... Why?...

...

POP!

"Wha-!? AHHHHHHHH!!! OOF!"

"Gotcha!" Never mind, I'm free!

The bubble popped out of the blue, causing me to fall, but I was soon saved by someone that caught me in their arms.

The loud pop sound also got Dr Brainstorm's attention.

"Huh!?" My head tilted up to see who- OH MY GOD!

"Captain Techblast!" My eyes sparkled eagerly at the leader of 'The Cosmic Five!' He chuckled, sounding happy to see me as well.

"He caught me in bride style before I even touched the ground! What a hero!" I guess it's not gonna be a nightmare after all!

"I'm glad I found you, or else you would be gone by now," he told me in relief.

"T3CH81A5T!? Techblast!" Dr Brainstorm snarled and floated down near us to Techblast's level. "How did you find us!?" His fist slammed against the mobile mini-ship in demand.

For Techblast, he presented the 'really' look.

"You were floating up in the sky so it's not difficult to miss, and your Bubble Trap is easy to pop, like an actual bubble, Brainiac,"

"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" The robot scientist yelled and pushed down a button for the mobile mini-ship to open up two weapons on its sides.

I was alarmed by the two weapons pointed directly at us, ready to fire at any moment.

"Hey,"

"Huh?" I looked over at my hero.

"Hang on tight, ok?" The leader whispered, not looking at me but studying the weapons till I heard the sound of something that was preparing.

Oh, crap! I knew exactly what he meant, so with no hesitation at all, I wrapped my arms around the bot's neck ever so tightly.

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!!!!!

"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" He uses his speed boost to run off while holding me protectively and firmly. I was not prepared for this! I'm freaked out by the amount of speed, which is why I'm able to distract myself (preventing myself from thinking he'll fall and I'll die) by peeking behind his shoulder to see the mad, I mean, angry mad genius right on our tail! "He's behind us!"

"I know!"

PEW! PEW!

After the doctor started shooting his lasers, he missed us every time he tried to aim for Techblast, however, it caused some explosions in the background.

BOOM!

I hugged Techblast even more than before and lowered my head under his chin so I could remain calm, and without feeling so sick either.

***

It's been twenty minutes.

Techblast is still carrying me along with getting away from Dr Brainstorm.

Damn, the doctor never quits, does he? Now that I think about it, what is Techblast's plan-?

BOOM!

The laser finally struck us! Resulting us to CRASH!

In a protective gesture, he changed the holding position to a hug before losing his balance.

"WHOA!" My eyes shut, tightly.

We were rolled down to the rough ground at a very fast speed until we crashed into (what I'm guessing is) a wall.

CRASH!

...

Slowly my hazel eyes opened as I sat up slowly...

I can see dust... and due to dust filling our surroundings, I coughed up a little while simultaneously 'shooing' it away. Then I released Techblast and looked at the area that we were in... I could make out that we had crashed against the police station wall, leaving a massive crack.

This is the area I recognized.

We are definitely near Cranbourne Park.

My home is just a few minutes away!-

"Aww-̷̡̞̰̬̹̜̣̞̬͌̂̓͛͑͜w̴̨͔͐͂͛̚͝w̶̧̧̪̼̱̜͎͙͔͆͒͊̑͒͌́̇̂̆ͅ..." gasped from the groans of pain coming from- Oh crap! This is not good!

"At last! The ship is down!" I shot up at the familiar voice.

From afar, Dr Brainstorm is coming! Shit! Shit! SHIT!

"H̷̻̖͖̿̒̾͐̃̈̋͝-̴̱̥̆̈́̈́͆̽̀͝H̵͈̥̪̏͗͝e̸̢͎̯̝̫̥̊̀̅͆̓͆̄́͑̔͜ȳ̴̢̟̱̘͍̹̘͔̱̲̏̈́̀͂͝͝," The hero bot glitched- The exploitation really got him that badly!? The sight I'm seeing frightens me.

Techblast is damaged.

Not too messed up at least. My heart was pounding steadily.

"A-Are you ok?!" I asked anxiously.

"I'll b̶̢̢̜̰̲̰̻̗̽͑͆̇̒̔͋͋̈́͜͝ͅ-̵͚̞̙̲̻̅͌̃̔b̴̡̛̩̦̏̏̃ē̵̟̹̤̠̘̽͜͝ ̴̨̢̢̮͕̟̦̩͒͝͝f̴̼̹́̾̄̒̄̿͊i̷͇̪͙̮̾̋͜͜n̷̡̧̯̗͙͖̝̭̲̐͌̋̑͒͒̍-̶̙̳̪̜́̾̍͛̓́̈͘e̵̖̜͍̥̦͔̹̳̲̝̓̏̑͊̀͌̍́̓̕,̶̙̟̼̼̩̦͐͋ͅ ̵̨͍̦̲͋̓͋̊̎r̶̻̦̬̘̫̩̓͋̆͠ĭ̶̝͔̉̂͗̕g̴̢̜̬͖̜̞̖̩̭͊̂̐̑̈́̽̀́-̵̧̧̠̟͚̺̺͛͂̔͐͆͐g̴̮̮͙̰͑̃̇͒̌̈́̃̿͝h̸͚̣̤̻͍͋̊͆̄��́̇̉t̸͚̤̖̑̆̋̆͌̆̚ ̶̦̐͒̋͐͂̈̍̈n̵̳̠̻͌̍-̴͎̻͈̝͉̙̌̄̈́͆́͆͛̕͝o̵̗̙̖̔͋͑̿̔͌̇̃̕͝ẁ̴̰̞͖̖̬͇͍̠͍͕̇̐͠͠ your ş̸̖̬̰̪̦̙̱̿́̈́̓̓̕ä̷̧̨̮͓̱̟͔͕́́̽͌̋̌̑͗̀͝-̸̻̮̜̈̅͌̒̈́̽͋̃̄̑f̴͍͎͖̘͕̫̰̥͂ḛ̸͉̠̈́̊̌̄̋̽̚̕͠t̴͚̹̜̗͔͗̉́́͘y̶̨͍̟̠͍̮̚ is m̸̡̱̙̠̻̪̥̩̗̰̄̄̄̈́͐́-̶̨̤̱͍̖͒͆̅̌̑͌̀͛m̸̛͇̿͐̆̊͂̅͂̕͜͝-̵̛̭̖̻̭̬̒̃̀̈́m̴̥̾̃̋̐͌͋ó̸̡̟̩̪͔̻̲̘̂̄̅̃͜ŕ̷̛̮̪̝̔̈́̓̊̀͆͘ę̷̯̮̇͛̋̾͐͑̚͘ ̶̥̣̞̤̰̣̮͍̎̓̓͐̕͝ì̶̜̈ͅm̶̨̢̤̲̹̃̾͗́̒̕͠p̷̢̧̨͍̳̮̞͉͓̃̐͑̀̾̿̆̚ò̸̹̣͇̮̲̦̱̀-̶̧̨̧̫͎̱͈̜̳̀͋͌̉̕͝r̷͈̤̈́̄͛͗͠ͅẗ̶̙̗̰͓̟̮͎̟͗́̈́͠ͅa̶̢̽̆̽̈́̏n̷̡̯͕̠͎̗̫͍̘̂̿̽̅͂̅̈́̒͜͠ẗ̷͈̤̩́̈́̀̊͐̇̀̏͝͠, run, run s̴̩͙̪͙͆̈́͗̈́͘-̵̲̹͕̻̻̼̫̤̯͎͛̐͑̾̐́̃̊͘s̴̝̍͊-̴̺̝̔̃̑̉͝ͅs̸͓̱͇̥̻̦͌̈́̈́͝-̴̮͙̱͓̠̞̦̘̦͐̏̈́̌̈́ͅó̶̭͉̘̪̞̟͐̽̄̄̂͜ ̴͈͍̘̲̣̞̍͋B̶̧̜̙̟͙̪̖͓͊̒͑͋͠r̵͚̺̀͐̃̉͐͊a̶͚̤͔̮̦̤͋̆͜ͅͅ-̵̛��͙̽̀̏̃̕͠i̵̠̱̩̯̞͉̞̺̭͆́̈́n̴̨̛͇̩̹̝̹̓̃͗̌͂̅̒̒i̸͖̰̼͘-̸̨̪̺̝͕̦͖̖̤͠ͅa̵͔͈͉͙͌̽́̅͒̕c̸͙͗͌͋̂̿̈̕͝͝ doesn't c̵̯̱͈̹͒̓͗̋́͐ͅ-̴̺͓̟͈͖͖͇͖̈́͊̍̀̀͆̚͝ͅc̶̨̛͍͙̻͕͒̒́̆͒͝ͅ-̵̪̂̾͜c̷̱̘̜̹̞̤̝͆̆̑̔̄̏͠ą̷̛̛̱̜͈̫͖̬̤̞͇̐̈́̓̏͠t̵̡̻̘̝̂ͅc̸̢̙͇͎̳̻̥͙͗̓̉̉̏͘͝h̵̨̪̜̬͍̟͑̾ you ă̶̧̧̜͉̻̠͎̣̔͆̉͊̅͝-̶̠̈́̏͂͝ą̶͇͈̫̫̂͝g̷̥͒̀̑̓͑à̶͖̪͙̻͋̌́́̓i̷̦͆͒̈́ǹ̴̮̮͓͋͋͑̓͝!̷̨̖̱͎̦̲̫̓͋͛̓͐̔̕ͅ"

He told me.

My eyes widened to hear this.

"B-B-But-!"

"GO! ̸̦͊͋̚I̴̡̓̒̄͌͒͘̚͝͠-̶̧̨̦̰͙͋͗͗̀͐̇̋͠ͅI̷̗̟͒ͅ'̵̨̳͍̼̪͌̆l̸̪͉̫̻͛͋̌̉̍̾̅̊l̵͍̉̈́̇̄̂ ̴̙̥̰͓̃̈́͜be ḟ̵̲-̸̧̓̔f̶͇͍̺̺̲͇͇͉͝-̷̧͈͖̺͎̀͐̿̕͝͝f̶̥̻͈̮͚̝͝ͅį̵̡̺̀̚n̶̢͚̲̜͔̟̖̪̝̂ȩ̵̢̲̻̰̘͖̇͆̅͌͜!" He got himself up carefully and held his arm afterwards, "I'll d̴͍̾̈́͋͒͘͝͝ï̷̙s̸̟͇̹͍̩͚͖̍̐̇͐̊̕-̷͚̳̻̩͇̼͇͊͑̉̊̇̔͆ś̶̛̺͓̮̩̝̖̟͛ͅ-̵̣̞͓͎̳̒͐̆͒͆̕͠͠s̴̝͙̤͚̦̖̥̭͎͆͜-̵̧̮͇͗̎͂̆̎͘͝s̵̛͓̱̫̦̱͇̟̼͑͒̒͋͐͒̕̚̕͜-̸̨̙͚̲͍̳̲̈́̆̈̄͒̔̈́̑s̴̙̤̞̏͛͌͌̎̀̃͑͝t̸̨͓̖̪̖̊̔̀́͒̇̓͘̕̚ͅr̵̳̪͕̟̝̺̜̳̳̈́̄ͅa̴̢̮̭̭̭̯̓͌̆͒́́͒̂c̶̨̧̨̛̯͚̱͇̫̺̋̓̔̎̕̕͜͠ṫ̷̞́̀̐̍̀͛̕ ̸̧̡̞̦̬̗̤̙̮́̊̍̀͘ḧ̵̳́̔͐͆̀ḯ̸̠͓͖͇̳̥͍̻̮̎̔̒͆̈́́͠-̷̧̨̰͕̜̤̝̻͔̌͛͆̍̆̎̋͛m̴̧͒̑̍͆̒,"

Looking back at Brainstorm and then at Captain Technoblast... My heart sank, knowing there was nothing I could do.

I sighed and managed to stand up.

I have full confidence that he'll be alright... I hope so.

"Ok then..." I really don't want to leave him like this but... he wants me safe...

I ran off.

I was too scared to even be involved in this battle.

Besides... It's only a dream... right?

***

I arrived back home. Safe this time.

After closing my bedroom door silently.

"This dream is too real to be true..." I walked over to my closet and pulled out a pair of light blue pyjama pants with so many cartoon huskies on them, a grey shirt, and a jumper.

After I changed my dirty clothes into my clean PJs, I charged my phone to place it on my bedside table before my cold body got in contact with warmth, my blankets.

Once I lay down facing the ceiling, I sighed.

"It's just a dream, Airis..." From convincing myself that it was all a dream, to my consciousness being taken over by tiredness, I closed my drowsy eyes until I was officially drifting off to sleep... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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[warpedwings]

Misha Collins • 2023 Moments

[drolta]

Hestia and the Eleusinian Stone

[theusisthebadplace]

Hey everyone.

I’m going to take until after the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday to just step away from this space for a little bit.

I think I’ll be back. I just also think I need to take a minute and figure some stuff out for myself.

I have been in this space for a solid ten years now, and have often encouraged people to walk away if things feel too heavy for them. So I’m going to take my own advice and just take a little time.

Please be kind to each other, okay? Remember to treat each other with love and to be gentle with yourselves and others.

I love you all so very much. And I’ll be back again soon. Hopefully with a better attitude and the ability to spread more love around this place.

Amanda. 💜

[adragonthatwrites]

Dr. Shen's Log, Pt. 7

Date; 26, 5, 2024

I’m here to write down in proper detail what exactly happened because I know for a fact the incident report will not cover the true beauty of that moment.

So first things first we’ve got Yue Qingyuan coming out of the fishtank and back up beside the boat outside, right? And he’s frankly being a real angel about this whole thing; we’ve hoisted him up with a big crane that almost died under his weight, poked and prodded pretty much every part of him, stuck our hands in his mouth and shined lights in his eyes, the whole thing. Frankly he’s the most patient mer I’ve ever encountered! We didn’t send any divers in with him; Dr. Shen was still too squirrelly about direct contact while in the water, which I will admit, I can respect. He is an apex predator at the end of the day best to keep our wits about us!

So anyway we’re up on the deck as Yue Qingyuan circles back around the side of the boat. Now, I bring out some tuna to give him because frankly I think he deserves something nice for his patience aside from a ‘thanks for this it’s totally gonna help your species!’

So I’ve got some nice big tuna and I try to get Dr. Shen to help me throw it over the side; he’s the other head researcher here and he should really try to form some sort of nice relationship with Yue Qingyuan since he’ll be seeing so much of him you know? He calls me an idiot and turns around to stomp down the deck, and slips on some fish oil.

He screams like a girl as he topples over the side of the boat and straight into the water. A dozen people; including myself; lean over the side in time to watch him bob back up to the surface gasping and flailing, and while that’s happening Yue Qingyuan pauses where he’d been circling the boat and comes right up to have a look at what’s going on.

So Dr. Shen looks up to find himself nose to nose with one of the topmost oceanic predators, and credit where credit is due, he held his cool! Stayed relatively calm and didn’t start flailing or yelling or trying to get away.

The first thing Yue Qingyuan does is a little circle around; what I like to call the Friendly Brush. He swims around Shen Jiu and lets his side brush against him as he goes; it’s kind of a way to say hello while also getting a feel for the size and build of one another. We lose sight of Dr. Shen briefly as he’s pulled under by the current from Yue Qingyuan’s movements.

A few seconds later he bobs back up the surface, and by now he’s starting shivering and floundering a little; to be fair he did just fall in the ocean. So, Yue Qingyuan apparently decides the best course of action is to pick him up, roll over, and put him on his midsection.

So now we’ve got Dr. Shen straddling the waist of this huge mer while like half the research crew is freaking out up on the deck trying to figure out what to do now. Yue Qingyuan meanwhile is very calm about this whole situation; he’s got one hand on Dr. Shen’s thigh while he just floats along very relaxedly. Honestly it kind of reminds of sleeping holds observed in smaller mer species…

Anyway, eventually I manage to get everyone calm enough to actually lower down a latter to send some folks down the side of the boat, and after a lot of waving and gesturing Yue Qingyuan swims over to it and we manage to get Dr. Shen off him and up the latter, to somewhere he can dry and warm up.

The best part, of course, is that this entire thing was all caught on camera; and yes, I will be making Dr. Shen’s scream my new ringtone he can kill me if he wants I don’t care I will die a happy man!

Dr. Shang Qinghua.

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[urfavisananimegirl]

walter white from breaking bad

Walter Hartwell White (Breaking Bad) is an Anime Girl!

[necrotic-nephilim]

i simply must know: what are your thoughts on jaydick?

!!! JayDick my beloved, man do i have thoughts. disclaimer that all of these thoughts will be pre-Flashpoint in basis unless stated otherwise just because that's the canon i like best.

to me. JayDick is one of the more incestual ships of Batcest. there's this desperate, driving want from Jason, to have Dick as an older brother. he and Dick never really got to be brothers, they were definitely friendly with each other when Jason was alive, but because of Dick's distance with Bruce, he never got the chance to bond with Jason. he always made sure Jason knew he could go to Dick for help, but beyond that Dick wasn't particularly emotionally available with Jason as Robin. but Jason held Dick in a high regard and wanted to be his brother, even saw himself as Dick's brother. when he came back from the dead, i think the illusion shattered for him, but he still clung to that want for something familial with Dick Grayson.

i've vaguely rambled about Nightwing: Brothers In Blood before, because i think that arc really shows a lot of Jason's true feelings about Dick. of everyone in the Batfamily, Jason cares for Dick the most and wants an honest relationship with Dick more than anyone. Dick is the big brother he never got to have.

meanwhile on Dick's side there's... well, apathy would be the kindest way to put it. i think Jason's death pulled a lot of violent anger out of Dick, but that anger was toward Bruce at moreso the concept of Jason's death than Jason as a person. because Dick never knew Jason that well. so there is this guilt on Dick's side, guilt that he couldn't have in some way prevented Jason's death, guilt he wasn't at the funeral, guilt he didn't do more to accept Jason and possible guide Jason to be a better Robin. this is Dick's mantle after all, so when the first person to wear it after him so violently dies in it, that's a mark on his record too. even if Dick didn't give Jason Robin, he still okayed it and gave it his blessing, so he carries that on his own back.

but when Jason comes back it's... well, messy. Dick openly says he kind of wishes Jason had died when he faced Bruce and the Joker, and he hesitates a bit when he needs to save Jason's life. during an arc of the Outsiders where Jason helps out with genuinely no ulterior motives, nothing nefarious, he just knows Black Lightning is innocent and wants to prove it, Dick still doesn't trust Jason and has no reason to be trusting him. i saw a post on here say that pre-Flashpoint!Dick would've agreed with what Bruce did to Jason during Gotham War (reprogramming him to have a fear response to adrenaline) and like... ngl i agree with it. Dick does *not* care for Jason and regards Jason with a lot of apprehension. and that's the fun.

because usually, in Batcest shipping that centers Jason, it's always the other person in the ship seeking out Jason, trying to bring him home, trying to domesticate/fix him, etc. but for JayDick, i think it's the opposite. Jason would try to be good for Dick, if he asked. Jason wants to be close to Dick, he's reaching out when he knows he shouldn't and doing it in the most fucked up ways sure, but he cares about Dick. we bring up "Jason asked Tim to be his Robin" a lot, but never "Jason also asked Dick to be his Robin". it's always going to be misguided and fucked up because Jason doesn't know how to handle this love he has for Dick, that's an echo of the person he used to be. a person Dick doesn't even *see* in him anyway. that shit is fun and fucked up.

i think the one interesting thing Rebirth did was that one Nightwing Annual where Dick calls Jason 'Robin' to snap him out of killing someone. because in the moment it was to remind Jason of who he was. which is the fun of it. when Dick pictures a kind, loving Jason, he pictures Robin, not Red Hood. that will always be the version of Jason that Dick loves the most. i don't think Dick believes Jason could ever be good enough to be redeemed, but if Dick Grayson loves anything, it's a passion project of trying to fix someone. if Jason came to Dick and tried to be good (without putting on the Nightwing suit-) i do think in the end, Dick would try to help him. Dick wouldn't believe in Jason, but he'd put an honest attempt into helping Jason try to be good. and that's where the relationship for them works the best for me, imo. Jason wants Dick to be his older brother. Dick is apprehensive but looking for pieces of the "old Jason" in this person he doesn't recognize. it's weird and fucked up and they make it work so well. it's really one of my favorite Batcest ships for exploring the incestual nature of brotherly love. it's the Cain Instinct if i've ever fucking seen it.

honestly you could sum this entire ship up as "Cain Instinct but they want to fuck each other after the fist fight" and i do think you would be correct. they say i love you with bloody fists. it's so fucking good man, i love these two.

[lnbeep-art]

Soft and gentle giants are fun, but I'll always love the cocky, arrogant and intimidating ones in my heart. It makes when those character types have soft moments all the more rewarding 👏

[thedreadvampy]

sometimes I forget that my experience has been. um. not 'your experiences are not universal' vibes but more like 'your experiences are EXTREMELY atypical'

[arsenicflame]

y'all ever think about Sam & Izzy in a no-name port, in a house, in their house, the place they've met in secret for decades? sharing the few days they can snatch from the unforgiving passage of time, holding each other, knowing it's going to end again before they're ready? knowing that perhaps this is the last time they'll ever get to do this, and they won't know until it's already happened? I sure do

[wardensantoineandevka]

I think constantly about "Spahr tenses." It's so simple. It says so much.

[grandadtwelve]

clara oswald is to missy what jack harkness is to the doctor. do you understand.

[stick3rbatz]

what the fuck is a bive

[truths33k3r4]

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