#happier ending anyone?

[leelany-world]

Dbh October event: Ghost in the machine, Day 1: Unknown sender

This is my entry for the first day of @connor-sent-by-cyberlife's event (on twitter) with the prompt: Unknown sender.

It's the first time I tried to write real drabbles with exactly 100 words.

The first part is a bit dark, so I have been told. But be aware that I wrote a second part with a more "optimistic' ending I might add🫣

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Unknown sender

Connor opened his eyes to a clear blue sky, not knowing how long he'd had them closed; his internal clock had stopped some time ago.

His glitching HUD was full of errors and warnings about his system status—and a message from an unknown sender:

I love you, please be careful.

Connor didn't know (anymore?) who could've sent the message—they were either dead or deleted by his system.

His CPU and memory core were damaged; he remembered nothing, laying immobile, half buried under other androids, not knowing where.

Connor closed his eyes again, content that he'd once been loved.

[sexy-sapphic-sorcerer]

Recall the tale of Icarus.

Choose to be Icarus.

Linda K. Hughes, Text and Subtext in "Merlin and the Gleam", p.166 /// Alfred Tennyson, Merlin and the Gleam /// BBC Merlin, The Last Dragonlord (2x13) /// Natalie Wee, Patroclus Dreaming /// Hozier, I, Carrion (Icarian) /// BBC Merlin, The Wicked Day (4x03) /// Hozier /// Natalie Wee /// BBC Merlin, The Disir (5x05) /// Alfred Tennyson /// Hozier /// BBC Merlin, The Diamond of the Day: Part 2 (5x13) /// Natalie Wee /// Alfred Tennyson, The Passing of Arthur /// BBC Merlin, The Diamond of the Day: Part 2 (5x13) /// Hozier /// Alfred Tennyson /// Natalie Wee

[not-with-you-but-of-you]

Rory on Jess + text posts (AYITL bonus edition) | (season 2 edition) (season 3 edition) (seasons 4 & 6 edition)

[pinkd3mon]

Redrew this illustration from the novels

[eliza-the-hunted]

I want to believe Dev would be a good dad, but realistically speaking it's 50/50 and I think it ENTIRELY depends on very specific things that happen to him. Like, we are talking butterfly effect shit, where in one universe those specific criteria are met and so he becomes one of the best dads to ever exist...and in the other one where those things don't happen, and he becomes just like his dad, emotionally unavailable, neglectful, and hyperfocused on stuff that doesn't matter to fill the void.

I am really hoping we get a season 2 and the criteria is met and we can rest easy knowing for a FACT WITHOUT A DOUBT Dev would break the generational trauma.

I'm rooting for you, Dev!!

[iwasbored777]

"But why did Gwen push Miles away like that if she loves him so much?" You ask as if in the same movie we didn't watch her father, the person she loves more than anything and the person that she thought that loves her more than anything, disown her right away because he learned one thing about her that he didn't like.

[moghedien]

It does genuinely shock me how few people in the DA fandom are willing to acknowledge that the Grey Wardens are kinda extremely horrific and fucked up

[jinxofthedesert]

I recently got out of a toxic and unhealthy friendship on here. I had to be the one to end it; hopefully the other party decides to leave it be and not smear my name due to realizing it wasn't healthy and that I had to end it because of it.

Basically, if someone makes you start feeling like shit, from your life, to your goals, passion, and everything else, then it's not a rewarding friendship. And it's hard to sometimes see it in the moment. Because you want to think the best of peeps, especially ones you care about.

But sometimes the healthiest thing for You is to know when to put your foot down and end it, even if it hurts you and them. At the end of the day, you matter and what you're doing matters and no one has the right to make you feel shit for who you are when you're just living your life. Life is hard enough without adding peeps who make you feel that way or question how you live when, prior to them showing up, you were happy with all of it.

To anyone in a relationship or friendship like that, I hope, like me, you are able to take a stand and realize you deserve better.

I knew I was being manipulated but not how much until I talked to others close to me. I pray you all never have to experience such a thing because damn, you know you did the right thing, but feel so fucking guilty at the same time.

But your happiness matters. You matter. Please remember that.

[daenerystemper]

maybe i am rehashing old drama that has already been put to rest (doubtful !!) but it once again blows my mind that neither laenor nor corlys nor viserys care about the fact that laenor isn't the father to rhaenyra's kids but the greens/fandom repeatedly call them "the strong boys" meanwhile jon snow is repeatedly denied his targaryen heritage because "he is a stark" according to the fandom when, for all intents & purposes, he should be considered jon targaryen with the way this fandom views their mothers

rhaenyra is denied her name with jace, luke & joffrey but the same cannot be said for lyanna & jon. but despite the vehement denial that jon is anything remotely targaryen, he is not allowed to be "a stark" either who is not allowed to claim winterfell. & i guess you could say that "well he's acknowledged as a bastard" in defense of his treatment but i think i know what it is instead

[the-gayest-sky-kid]

aroace joy vs aroace loneliness fight

[crimescrimson]

The Scorned Hacktivist Wrench in Watch_Dogs Legion: Bloodline (2021)

[vaguehotels]

had the most braindead repetitive conversation/argument with my parents. buzz cuts are too masculine but if you dye a design on it it become effeminate which is bad because then you look weak and if youre weak then society falls apart (all societies ever that have fallen apart for any reason are actually because of feminine men) and we start sacrificing babies. and also all mental illness is invented because only 4 people had anxiety in the 90s and covid was made up so that we would all become gay and trans and then the government can control us better and be joe biden's little sex slaves. and also i need to keep my hair long because my father finds it attractive. what

[i-hear-that-train-coming]

Sometimes I have to remind myself that getting a song stuck in my head for hours at a time is not some sign of divine anything trying to get my attention.

I've had "Greater" by MercyMe stuck in my head and for a moment, I thought it was maybe God speaking to me but then again I've had the Muffin Song from the ASDFmovies by TomSka stuck in my head for like a week so I really don't think God is trying to speak to me. I'm just mentally ill.

[sakasamashoujo]

i do a pretty good job at ignoring what i look like but when it hits me it hits like two trucks (having sex)

[sacredfire44]

I think it’s hilarious to watch people get mad about Boruto being character assassination because it IS until you consider the possibility of a poly situationship. Sakura is Sasuke’s wife, and Sasuke is Naruto’s husband, and Naruto is Hinata’s husband.

And also consider that Naruto has probably put in some actual damn work since he become Hokage.

Can’t do anything about Sasuke avoiding Konoha but I’m honestly not surprised about that, he’s a bit traumatized. Is he protective of it now? Yes! And that’s NOT WEIRD. Maybe the Konoha before was corrupt, but Naruto can LITERALLY SENSE NEGATIVE INTENTIONS(WHICH EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE FORGOTTEN?!)

Root has been disbanded and Naruto’s pretty clearly weeded out the corruption around him! Hell, they might never have brought UP the Hyuga branch-main family argument, but it’s clearly been dealt with considering neither Hanabi or Hinata have branch family seals, nor does Boruto or Himawari, when it’s explicitly mentioned that the heir remains in the main family while their siblings get seals.

(I wouldn’t be surprised if Naruto having kids with Hinata was what caused that issue to come up, honestly. What, do YOU want to be the Hyuga elder that explains to the Fifth and Sixth Hokage, as well as all the other Kage, and the entirety of Konoha, why their Hero’s kids should have a torture-seal placed on them?)

Like come on man, this is a village that finally DOES represent Naruto and Sasuke’s goals! It makes SENSE that he’d want to protect it now!!!

Also not surprised that Sasuke is awkward about Sakura and Sarada, my boy has No Idea how to interact outside of Naruto, and frankly if he does have feelings about her, as an autistic person who can’t handle emotions, I too run away from the people I care about when I get overwhelmed about caring for them. The people that I DON’T run from are the ones who chase after me often enough that I get used to caring about them.

Furthermore, Naruto doesn’t avoid his family! If you watched Naruto The Last, or hell, the day Naruto become Hokage, you know Naruto didn’t even BECOME Hokage until his kids are older, which he MENTIONED was a choice on his part so he could spend more time with them before they entered the Academy. The movie takes place during the Chunnin Exams, which are canonically more work to maintain, especially when it’s all five villages attending. In the series, we’ve seen Naruto come home much earlier outside of big, international events, take days off to spend with his family, and use clones for work while he stays home! Like he DOES spend time with his family, kishimoto himself said Boruto’s outbursts were more about getting used to his dad having any job at all(as he was a very powerful Shinobi who honestly didn’t have a lot of missions at his skill level) after being pretty much a stay-at-home dad. Hell, in the after-credits scene in Naruto the Last, it’s implied that Hinata was still an active Shinobi, and considering the age of the kids, I would not be surprised with Naruto staying at home with the kids up until Naruto’s ascension as hokage. And I NEED more fics if this time period, I’m DYING.

Anyway, Hinata and Naruto love each other, and Naruto and Sasuke love each other. Honestly I’m a bit iffy on Sasuke and Sakura but I kinda like the idea that she’s his beard which is why she’s never shown to mind when he’s not home lol. I CAN actually see them loving each other too, though I don’t think Sakura has a lot of skill with Uchihas that run from their feelings haha. Himawari is Naruhina’s kid, while Sarada and Boruto 100% have a mom and 2 dads. And I think with this interpretation, the whole show suddenly makes sense.

[levisofa]

Galthen, my durge, on his own… biiiig karlach fan… somehow I was able to have a durge who was kind of evil without Karlach leaving me ✌️ she got mad at me like twice but it was for like two lines of dialogue and everything went back to normal so it’s all good