#gaslight IS the word of the year
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GOBLIN MODE
#word of the year#oxford university press or whatever really was so dumb for how they chose the and then didnt even get the definition#qquite right#anyway#goblin mode#merriamwebster#they were right#gaslight IS the word of the year
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Guys imagine, Roach died, before the creation of 141, but Soap is able to see his ghost. He was originally following Ghost around, really annoyed that he was using his death as an excuse to not get close to anyone, but when he found out Soap could see him and talk to him he started following him around instead.
And they get really close, like two peas in a pod, except they have to be discreet about it because no one else can see or hear Roach, and they'd think Soap was crazy if they saw him talking to no one.
They use that for shenanigans too: Roach will go follow someone else and report back to Soap, Gaz is genuinely starting to believe Soap has superpowers or something. It's really useful on missions as well, and Soap managed to successfully rescue team members thanks to Roach being able to move through walls and everything.
(Roach is not the only ghost Soap is able to see btw, just the only one he's talking to.)
And then Roach is witnessing his past lover trying really hard to not fall in love with Soap, and Soap trying really hard to not do anything about the love he already feels, and he has to try and convince Soap that he is dead. During that conversation he finds out that something else that keeps Soap from doing something is that he feels very confused about everything because he also has feeling for Roach.
So now Roach has to try and convince him that even if he was still alive he wouldn't have a problem with that. He's known for a while that he was polyamorous, but he hadn't really dared talking to Ghost about that because he thinks he's jealous and possessive.
And Soap is like "oh yeah, you want me to go say to Ghost 'don't worry about your dead lover that I'm not supposed to know, he's actually polyamorous and also in love with me, I know because his ghost told me!' ??? I'm sure he's gonna take that well!"
But Roach is nothing if not resourceful and he manages to put Soap in situations where he's forced to interact with Ghost, and eventually they kiss and their relationship is beginning to be something. They're not really sure what.
And Roach is sad, because he has to watch the two men he loves being in love without him, yes, but at least they're both happy, and it makes him feel a bit better. And then during a mission Ghost almost dies.
Because he was alone and Soap and Gaz were together, Roach was following Ghost this time, ready to fly to Soap in an instant if there was any problems. But there was and he didn't have time, so he instinctively grabbed the gun being pointed towards Ghost's head and moved it as the person was shooting, saving Ghost's life, giving him enough time to shoot the enemy himself.
But even as the threat is eliminated, Ghost is still looking up from where he's on the ground, staring right through him, looking shocked. No, not right through him, he realises when he moves to the side and Ghost's eyes follow him. He also realises that he grabbed the gun. He's never grabbed anything before, in all his years of being a ghost.
Then suddenly Ghost's eyes move wildly around, and he figures he disappeared from his view. He can still go through the walls, but he's kept the ability to grab stuff when he wants. It gives him a ton of new possibilities, to fuck with people and, of course, to touch Soap.
"I wish you were actually alive," Soap whispers to him, holding his hands against his face as he's falling asleep.
"What the fuck," comes Ghost's voice the next morning, waking both of them up - wait, since when could Roach sleep?
Soap doesn't understand immediately, because he's always been able to see Roach. But Ghost is standing in the door, looking straight at dead past lover.
Turns out Soap is a necromancer and he had no idea, though the whole 'I can see dead people' should probably have told him sooner that he wasn't normal... The more he wishes Roach is alive, the more he actually is. And they all end up happy and together. And Gaz is very happy to have won the bet that Soap indeed has superpowers.
The day Roach says, in a wondering voice, "I... I think I'm hungry" is the day they understand that something is really happening and he's actually coming back to life.
(Also, Soap has no control at all on his abilities, he has no idea what does what and why, he knows nothing. No one knows.)
#cod mw2#simon ghost riley#john soap mactavish#gary roach sanderson#soapghost#ghostsoap#roachsoap#ghostroach#ghostsoaproach#accidental necromancer soap and ghost roach au#this is not organised at all bc my head has been hurting for days and i feel like i'm dying (i'm being overly dramatic don't worry)#this came to me when i was watching megamind don't ask me why#anyway i can't even read that again bc the words make no sense to me when my head hurts so sorry if it actually makes no sense for real lol#omg imagine ghost being interrogated bc someone reported him for sleeping with soap and he goes 'do i sleep with my sergeant?#yes i do but i don't only sleep with one of my sergeants i actually sleep with two of them; one having been dead for 4 years'#and they go 'dead as in... pronounced dead but actually alive?' 'no no dead as in actually dead as in buried; dead dead'#'so you *were* sleeping with him in the past?' 'no i am currently sleeping with him. with both of them.'#and then price has to gaslight sooo hard to make it all right they're literally taking years off his lifespan#and when he complains they giggle at him saying that it's alright bc soap will bring him back anyway if he dies for their sins
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“If I have to create stories... then that’s what I’m going to do.”
"The clarification is as alarming as the initial admission: The ends justify the means in how he communicates with the public.
"When asked if he would provide names of those constituents to verify the claims, he demurred.
Worse, he has also doubled-down on the falsehood by spreading more sensational claims about immigrants in Dayton. Both Dayton Police and Dayton’s mayor adamantly denied the allegations in statements Saturday.
On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Vance campaign provided them with a police report in which Springfield resident Anna Kilgore claimed her pet had been taken by Haitian immigrants. When a reporter visited Kilgore’s house on Tuesday, she said her cat, “Miss Sassy,” had actually returned a few days later and was safe at home."
Sen. Vance’s lie is remarkable for a politician in that he not only outright admits to the falsehood, but that he is willing to do it again if it leads to the result he’s looking for."
#this is what Trump more or less has been doing for years#although in a slightly different way: Trump is more weaselly in the way he back- pedals#gaslighting you more so you have doubts#and twists words around#and of course lots of loudmouth BS.
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girlhood is going through a vast collection of emotions constantly but never actually coming to terms with them
#girlhood#hell is a teenage girl#diaries#coqeutte#girlblogging#this is what makes us girls#journals#feelings#this is a girlblog#words words words#gaslight gatekeep girlboss#meme#relatable#my year of rest and relaxation
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Before I get on to some replies, I am sat here trying to digest all my thoughts again nearly 1 year after leaving my abusive ex.
And what struck me is how absolutely racist they were and are.
It doesn't escape me that their last two exes (including me) were Asian. It doesn't escape me that they consume a lot of Asian media. It doesn't escape me that, one time, they came to me to vent about their ex before me, upset people said they had an asian fetish when their ex 'was tan and aggressive' when, if they really had an asian fetish, they'd go for a pale and more meek person.
It doesn't escape me that after they would corner both me and their ex before me to absolute mental breaks where we would retaliate with anger that they would call us aggressive abusers. It doesn't escape me that I tried breaking up with them countless times, was begged to stay because 'I was the only thing that made them happy' and that 'they wouldn't know what to do without me'. It doesn't escape me that when we did FINALLY break up because THEY allowed it, they told me that we should break up because 'they can't be with someone with such inordinate anger' when, in my last attempt to break up with them, I tried breaking up for 4 hours. Straight.
The last break up attempt came after they blew up at me and my friends. I was so stressed out with this constant abuse, and them freaking out so royally was too much. They then asked me to go on a trip to see them because it would be good for our relationship. They said I didn't have to, though, and because I wasn't ready to see them after everything, all the crying, all the breaking down in parking lots, all the driving lost and in tears and sitting on the side of a highway for hours just wailing, I said no. I'm not ready.
They then got so upset and kept going 'well, you went to see your other friends. I don't come down there that often. I came to see you when I was upset. I was really looking forward to this. If you don't want to go, then you don't. I don't need you there to bring down the mood.' They said they weren't guilt tripping me, by the way.
Fed up, I finally had enough. I said we're breaking up. It isn't my first time wanting to break up either because I would constantly capitulate when they crossed my boundaries and ignored my discomfort and desires. But I would capitulate because they NEVER took no for an answer, and I was too weak to stand my ground, and I would always just want the talking to end. I was consistently overstimulated and gave up.
So. I tried breaking up one last time, and again: distress.
4 hours of me saying 'I want to break up. That's final.'
4 hours of them going 'no, please. Why? I'm so confused. I wasn't guilt tripping you. I don't know where you see that?'
4 hours of them going 'please stay with me. Please water the seeds of our love.'
4 hours of calls and constant texts.
4 hours of them going 'I know you love me still somewhere. You used to love me. You can learn to love me again.'
4 hours where they wrote me letters and sent them to me during their therapy session.
4 hours of never listening to me when I said 'I think I feel better/healthier away from you.'
4 hours of them telling me they thought I was in therapy and that I have to keep going to love them again. Ignoring the fact that I was in therapy primarily because of my distress being in this relationship. Them denying the possibility that my health, I realized, was better without them, and them refusing to allow me that space.
4 hours of repeatedly disrespecting my desires and boundaries for their own comfort.
4 hours where I finally blew up and called them stupid and annoying, something they threw back at me as proof of my 'inordinate anger' when they finally agreed to the break up 3 DAYS LATER.
Yeah. I guess Asians are all docile and sweet. They just happened to end up with the two that weren't. I say this all very sarcastically, but how unfortunate.
And after all that, they told their friend, who later came to me saying they were trying to do a nice and good thing for us with which I blew up at and that I was exceptionally cruel.
Okay. I guess good people just suck it up always, huh, and have no boundaries ever? I shoulda been super sweet and did whatever they wanted for the millionth time at the cost of my own sanity. Why not! I'm disposable in comparison, after all! Sucks I missed the memo!
#OOC.#TBD.#ABUSE TW/#I am. unloading so bad.#nearly 1 year later. ive been going thru ut mentally remembering.#i am doing better than ever without them but. wow. trauma loves to rear its head.#idek how they can delude themselves into thinking i overreacted when they read this exchange#i still have it on me word for word. like. seriously.#all my other relationships that ended: had a short discussion. painful but respectful.#with my abuser: took 392002002 attempts and the one that finally took took 3 days. :)#3 days of crying and anger and my boundaries disrespected REPEATEDLY on top of ample gaslighting
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i will forever be traumatized by my ex-crushes. i don't think i have a single memory about any of them that doesn't make wanna rip the skin off my face. what was i even thinking?
#crush#teen years#relationship#girlblogging#girlhood#womanhood#girlcore#just girly posts#girlblog#this is what makes us girls#gaslight gatekeep girlboss#girl interrupted#how i love being a woman#tumblr girls#manic pixie dream girl#online diary#words#text#real
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I keep thinking about the fact I'll be able to do my consult finally for top surgery [or well more akin to a radical reduction] and i've been reading tons of stuff and looking for photos for reference and god
so many posts like "unexplained back pain and severe headaches magically gone after top surgery/reduction" and i'm like GOD I can't wait for that to be me
but i.. i might not even be able to get the surgery because my parents aren't supportive and i'm disabled... so I'm going to have to somehow magically get the money for a hotel for 2 weeks until I get my drains out, so my friend from out of state can take care of me in the hotel :')) I still am desperately trying to save up for braces and am only half way there it turns out [we love being bad at math! I thought I was like 3/4th the way there if not slightly more] so it just... seems less and less likely that it'll ever happen.
#top surgery#trans stuff#like straight up my old doctor gaslighted me for like 8 years telling me i could never#she basically said i could never get just a reduction because of insurance reasons#and deifnitely made it seem like top surgery or anything trans related could NEVER happen#and i did my research too#but it seemed like she was right because the info she gave me/how she worded things#yeah it really said like oh you have to jump through a million hoops yada yada#but even if what she said was true at the time#i found out that like 4 years ago i could have gotten a reduction or top surgery ENTIRELY covered by insurance given the right circumstance#but i just now found out a few months ago that that was the case and this was an option!#I don't fucking have moeny though! I can barely survive on what i do have#so even after the consultation i probably just.... won't ever be able t actually do it.. haha.....#i would love to set up a gofundme but that's way too scary and stressful to manage
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hey girlie saw that tiktok screenshot u shared on ur story ur soo relatable i just think the term u were looking for to describe that show u binge watched a few nights ago is ur current interest not hyperfixation
#💬nia.rambles#I think you guys should not touch the word hyperfixation anymore.#or trauma bonding. or gaslight. or panic attack. or manic episode. or male gaze. or#'dressing for the female gaze >>>' what the actual fuck are you talking about imcrynggndbdbdjs#its just a video of someone dressing in what was trending 5 years ago vs now like#the consequences of tiktok... someone end it. end me
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♡ You were looking for someone to love just for the night
Picked me up in your jeep truck, kissed me hello
Made small conversation to fill the empty spaces
Until you were losing patience
Put your hands between my thighs
“Baby that’s right you know just what to do”
Oh how you make me feel so good
My head full of doubt and stomach in knots
But I wanna be loved by you, I’ll rip out my guts and give them all to you
And maybe this time, this time I’ll be enough
Maybe I’ll give you what you need to feel complete
So I get on my knees
And give you what you please
Let you have your way with me
I’ll wipe you off my mouth
When it’s done
You could barely look me in my eyes
The warmth you shared with me
Faded away swiftly
I feel the air getting so cold
You got all that you wanted
Now all that’s left is silence, used me up till I was quiet ♡
#my words#my writing#my poem#my poems#girlblogger#girlblogging#my year of rest and relaxation#lux lisbon#coquette aesthetic#pink aesthetic#coquette#dollette#gaslight gatekeep girlboss#lizzygrant#lanadelrey#heartbreak#heartache#kinderwhore#my poetry#poets on tumblr#writing#writer#original poem#poems#poetry#sofiacoppola#sylvia plath#courtney love#girlhood#womanhood
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"The old McDonough family estate. So many childhood memories. After you would beat me, or humiliate me, or psychologically torture Mom, I'd visit this well - I'd toss a penny inside and wish you'd drop dead."
#I'm finally writing my big well-symbolism essay that I've been threatening to write for like year or so#and I swear I'm getting more annoying by the word#izombie#blaine debeers#cw abuse mention#fandom#one thing I changed my stance on is the 'psychological torture Mom' part bc I always thought he specifically meant emotional abuse#but he very specifically named that when talking about his own experienced '(humiliate me) - so the fact that he uses this term for what#Angus did to his mother actually make think whether other factors were at play on top of that (like gaslighting)#bc if Angus drove her insane deliberately...I feel like that adds some undertones the whole story#(especially bc every single person in that family ends up losing their mind)
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Too Perfect!
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“What? Gaslighting is a contender for Merriam-Webster’s word of the year? No it isn’t. You’re lying, Merriam-Webster isn’t real! W-what? Dictionaries don’t exist, what are you talking about?! Stop making things up. I honestly don’t know how to deal with your nonsense.”
#shitpost#tw gaslighting#gaslighting#unreality#Merriam-Webster and dictionaries are both real things#word of the year
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My mom: *telling me how she's only done what's best for her kids*
Me: *reminds her of a time when she absolutely did the worst for us because it benefitted her more than not doing it would have*
My mom: You have such a creative memory! Wow! You're gaslighting me! This is abuse!
#parental abuse#abuse#bad parenting#bad parent#trauma#childhood trauma#literally this started because she refuses to remember that she sold my water bed for crack money#like. that was the only bed I've ever had that didn't make my back hurt while i slept.#and she sold it. for crack.#and she's all bullshit that never happened!#and so i ask her about like two other shitty things she did and never apologized for#and she pulls out her new favorite word - gaslighting - which she learned from some dumbfuck tv show she's been watching#but when i ask her if she even knows what that means she goes see that's gaslighting!#like. no. gaslighting is telling me things i (and my siblings!!) have a vivid memory of never happened.#trying to act like i have no business being mad at her is#acting as if I'm being dramatic. that my childhood was normal. that not having food or power and living in a crack hoise is average.#i cannot wait to get out of here in december. only 18 long weeks to go!#if i ever have to live with her again I'll kill myself. these two years have been worse for my mental health than anything ever.#I'm a whole ass adult yet I'm not allowed to so much as leave the house without her demanding to know where I'm going.#i have to lie to her if I'm going to see my bald dude (rare. but if it happens) or else she gets pissed at me for seeing people???#but if i say I'm visiting friends (not entirely a lie) she'll accuse me of going and doing gay shit?#because apparently being queer is the worst thing your kid can be in her mind#that i haven't kicked the shit out of her has to be some sort of testament to my patience as a person right?
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Oh my god one last thing my ex took me to outside lands and when we tried to watch lana del rey he laid down on the grass and had a “panic attack” (this was after months of him talking about how he didn’t like her) so we went to see foo fighters after a bit and he was FINE
#LANA i know his sister works for you BUT TRUST MY WORD AND GIVE ME A FREE TICKET PLEASE…#MY FIRST TIME SEEING YOU WAS RUINED GIRL… she was so good too like i was saving her songs to spotify that night#im reliving all this because i found out a lot of his exes and ex friends hang out together and two of them invited me so it was me an ex an#d an ex friend just swapping stories and first of all. he said he got cheated on by this girl and she NEVER DID IT (HE would have emotional/#angry outbursts at HER though) (allegedly he’s acknowledged to her that the cheating never happened too) and 2. this is obviously making me#mentally rehash everything again. i feel so bad for his current girlfriend and also for the person i ‘’stole’’ him from though i really hesi#tate to blame myself after hearing about his patterns. first of all he wouldve done this with anyone who was vulnerable around him and secon#d i was the only reason he was at all honest with them. he was fully planning to gaslight this ex and me and his dad had to convince him not#to. they look like theyre happy now and im very happy for them over that. oh my god that man was evil he told me for WEEKS about every time#his then partner had talked shit about me while i made clear that i didnt care and wasnt very interested but he kept going. god i cant belie#ve this was my life a year ago.#the one thing i can say is that i out freaked him because throughout our short relationship i made him so insecure that a week after i told#to never speak to me again he called me asking if he really was ugly.#I CANNOT BELIEVE I HAD TO TEND TO A GROWN MAN WHILE LANA DEL REY WAS RIGHT THERE BECAUSE HE WAS SO OPPOSED TO BEING AROUND HER. LANAAAA#times like these i get so mad i dont know what to do but ultimately remembering that he has not achieved any of his goals because he refuses#to face himself really helps me. god man IVE achieved some of his goals and i wasnt even trying to#a really awful part of all of this was all of the friends who knew him taking his side. because they didnt know him well enough to know what#he was actually like.#i was talking to my ex friend of four years and she was like not to blame you but he was probably really vulnerable from his time with [ex p#rior to me]’’ because he’s been going around alleging that that ex was abusive. and she was implying i took advantage of him. so i had to go#into detail about what an awful awful person he was and the sort of state i was in when this relationship took place. hannah lee you are#not seeing your little jehovah’s witness heaven.#anyways redirecting this energy im very happy with the way my life is and the way i am now. and im grateful for it i would not have ever bee#n able to imagine having the sort of peace and motivation i feel now. life feels like it can and will change for the better and it keeps pro#ving that right all the time#it just hurts sometimes having that as my first experience and not even being able to vocalize what was wrong bc i just didnt know hurts#oh i forgot one of his besties can see my account bc we’re sort of mutuals. i doubt he’s looking he did the whole unfollowing the ex bc she’#s allegedly amoral thing after the breakup but if he is hi isaac#he did on rare occasion show me selfless kindness but ultimately your best friend is a creep. i don’t want to be involved with anyone from#our school but I hope you know this and I hope you’re proud
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Do you ever see an analysis of a media so wrong that even though you dont normally care about the media you HAVE to come to its aid
#rambling#the stanley parable#a friend after playing the game for the first time was getting edits with the countdown ending pissed narrator#and was confused#because he didnt think the narrator was a villan#and some people were saying obviously hes a villan#hes manipulating you#the sadness when you get the out of body experience?#thats just him gaslighting you to get back on track#you are his plaything for his entertainment#and i was like.#this is the most dismissive reading of the story i have ever seen#stanley and the narrator are both dynamic characters#the narrator isnt GASLIGHTING YOU hes DEPRESSED about his friend dissapearing#you are his conduit to tell a story not his plaything slave#or the skip button#my friend said he talked about philosophy and things he was into for ages#and the person went. well what would you do if your toy broke?#he sat there repeating the same word for years#LIKE#HE SAT THERE BECAUSE HE WAS BROKEN BECAUSE HIS FRIEND BECAME STAGNANT FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS#HE HAD NOTHING LEFT#yes they fight but theyre foils#the compliment eachother#its SO dismissive to read the story as just#the narrator is evil. he controls stanley for his story.#plus EVERYTHING in ultra deluxe#if tsp is the nuances of storytelling ultra deluxe is the nuances of game design and legacy and and and#THIS IS NOT THAT SIMPLE OF A GAME#(and also the friend was getting tiktok edits of countdown ending narrator bc. of course. countdown ending.
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if words are not enough to get a manipulative person to leave you tf alone and hit the road, wtf are ya supposed to do? maybe throw a small toy at them to send a message
#bitch i coulda been way worse dont play#if it were me now with all the self respect i have now i woulda thrown more shit ta have ya running out the door ok#idc#i mighta fucked around and thrown my shit at you ok.#i dont think you realize the distress you caused by gaslighting me about what you did to me and also trying to be just like me?#like basically cosplay as me but want me to still date you? sorry that shits fucking weird. and i tried ending it every time you got#to that point. but ya kept trying to keep me around anyways even though you knew i was uncomfortable. didnt matter what i said#you'd find a way to manipulate the situation to keep you around. so what am i supposed to do to send the message of#'GO THE FUCK AWAY I DONT TRUST YOU AND I DONT WANNA DATE SOMEONE WHOS GONNA COSPLAY AS ME'#when words arent enough? no matter how i approached it?#i tried being nice about it. but my primal self defence kicked in and told me 'this bitch needs to get tf away from us'#so how do i show you to fuck off in a way you'll fuckin understand? yeah.#i tried playing your dumb words game. i tried playing it the way you do it. for a whole fuckin year. where you use words to manipulate.#i tried to figure out what way i could order the words that would get you to finally understand. didnt matter what i said.#bc thats how you are- you think you can say whatever tf you want and if you face any consequences suddenly its the other persons#fault. i interpreted your cosplay as mocking me. deep down all you are is a bully hiding under an uwu veneer. but yall verbal bullies alway#gotta act like victims once ya get hit with something that you had plenty of fucking warnings about.#its as if you were testing me to see when i'd snap. and then when i snap you act like a victim. fuck the entire fuck off and drown in shit.#fuckin bendy from fosters home ass type bitch#vent
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