#he reminds me of Flippy from Happy Tree Friends

[findmeinthefallair]

Can I just say, I love this kid

[chaomother]

Your Robotnik Sonic reminds me of Flippy from Happy Tree Friends. he sounds like a guy who's all fluff and cute and heroic until one thing goes wrong and he becomes otterly insane

It's a really good mash up actually, I never thought of Sonic like that and now it makes me excited lol

oh my god, thank you so much!!♡

in the au, he has a lot more of the impulsive tendencies that eggman does from having grown-up around him. eggman is an egomaniac with a proclivity to beat down every single hit to his esteem no matter the cost of his genius plans, and this fuses into sonic when he can't have full-control over the situation—it sets him on edge and he can't help but explode, even if it means having to accidentally hurt his teammates. whether that be with cruel remarks, or allowing them to 'learn' from their mistakes (oh you got hit by that? i warned you, duh. you should've dodged like i told you).

in general, i believe sonic is more introverted than anything; he lets people assume he's more socially adept than he actually is. what kind of hero tells the people he's protecting that he's tired? sonic isn't like that.

sonic loves to kick back after adventures, he's said plenty of times that he'll still enjoy life to the absolute fullest without eggman around (finding new things to come his way!), and he has a lot of need for privacy and his own time. and where i'm going with this in correlation to the au is that sonic is worse now. you cannot crowd around him or expect him to have a reassuring grin on his face after he's had a battle, or is on the losing side; he's a little bit... colder, you can see the exhaustion rimming his eyes and hear just how done he is with the people he hasn't deemed ~friends/family~.

you're the only person he'll see after such an arduous, wearing day—and he just wants you to sit on his lap as he rambles and rambles and rambles until he sounds like a lunatic (his dad) discussing his next calculating plan for vengeance.

[jassygay]

Ok so you guys are fans of Unicorn wars right? Well their show had a secret, Azulin didn’t really get along with his brother Gordi and hates unicorn and a cannibal and work as a soldier like his dad and his mom passed away, Azulin hated people but still cute and he kinda reminds me of Flippy from Happy Tree Friends one of my favs Tv shows even tho it’s old :( well Unicorn Wars is on 2023, also yea during the end that Gordi is the only solider who shows respect to people who are different also the unicorns expect his brother Azulin, during the end Gordi is calming the black unicorn down and then Azulin killed is only brother like BRO AZULIN ARE YO GONNA KILL YOUR ONLY BROTHER LIKE DUDE DID YOU NOT KNOW THAT IS CALLED RESPECT IF I WERE YOU….. I will hurt you really bad and show you what a demon do to a fu¢king bear cuz you don’t show respect like your brother so no more wars for you…. Time for your lesson…..

Azulin: plz I not try to hurt him even tho he my brother but plz don’t do this to me! I promise! I promise to show respect to anyone! Anyone! Ok plz I know that you demons, satans, imps, and devils are more powerful and strongest of all creatures plz don’t kill me! I s-s-s-sorry….

Jassy: …….. I accept your apology but for now on no more wars on the unicorns ok…. They need respect ok, be more respectful like your mother, your friends, and your brother, they show more love and respect and care for anyone than you. Quit your job and work a better job that show respect

Azulin: ok I promise but will you revive my brother and everyone that I killed, plz I learn my lesson that you told me, plz

Jassy: i will revive them, *revive everybody that Azulin killed also his brother* Azulin: brother…. I so sorry what I had done, ok you may be right and be allow to be friends with other species ok, I sorry what I been so mean to you

Gordi: ok I accept your apology brother :)

Yes I kinda dislike Unicorn wars cuz Azulin didn’t show respect to anyone also the Unicorns, so Happy Tree Friends show more respect but dumb enough to died also Flippy can’t even control himself

[themadauthorshatter]

I've been watching a lot of Happy Tree Friends, and I'm just going to say it now:

Flippy is a sad character and you cannot change my mind.

TW for PTSD, violence, and everything else that's already fucked up about this show, even though I honestly love it(Should I thank my brother for introducing it to me or tell him to go to hell because of how it kinda messed me up to see these cute animals die in gruesome ways for the forst time?).

Spoilers too for HTF, so don't read thus unless you're all caught up.

SO!

We all know what Flippy's thing is. At any given reminder of his service in the army, he flips the hell out and kills everyone.

Sure, it's played for laughs, but really think about this through Flippy's perspective:

Anything, ANYTHING can trigger your PTSD and causes you to possibly black out for who knows how long until, the next thing you know, you come back and see you've killed EVERYONE YOU KNOW AND POSSIBLY CARE ABOUT.

Okay, yeah, sure. He lives a very normal-ish life in the town everyone's in, but from we can tell, he does not tell ANYONE what's going on in his head or why he flips. For all we know, all the other characters know is that Flippy just snaps, for some reason, and run for the hills when he does, because now they're on his hit list.

And why does he snap the way he does?

Tiger Bomb.

Say whatever you want, the beginning of that mission failing and the deaths of Sneaky and Mouse Ka-Boom were entirely Flippy's fault.

He grabbed the wrong knife in the initial attempt to kill Tiger General, at first. When he managed to grab the right knife, he kills Sneaky. When Mouse Ka-Boom tries to blow Tiger General to high Heaven, THAT backfires, which leads to Flippy trying to save him by cutting the fuse, and ending up not only cutting him in half, but also getting both killed when the still lit fuse ignites EVERY SINGLE BOMB IN MOUSE KA-BOOM'S BAG.

Imagine the guilt that he felt knowing he killed his friends, his partners, and his team. Now mix that with the fear of getting captured, tortured, and killed by the Tiger General.

No wonder he snapped back then, and it's no wonder he still snaps now.

I personally imagine that whenever Flippy has flashbacks and goes crazy, he's not seeing the other characters. He's probably seeing any if the enemies he encountered during and after the Tiger Bomb mission and his old instincts kick in. I don't think it's hallucinations, per se, but I can see that happening, considering how we do see Flippy hallucinate.

Has he sought help?

Yes, and it worked with varying degrees of success.

And when he did overcome his trauma, he gets hit by a truck and dies.

All that time and effort down the drain.

Now let's see this whole thing from a different perspective.

Remember Without a Hitch, how Flaky was terrified out of her mind to pick up Flippy and give him a ride?

How painful do you think it was for her to want to actually enjoy the company of her friend, to want to help him when it's dark and raining out, but being to scared to, in fear for your life?

Now think about this from Flippy's perspective: Your friend is terrified of you, of what you can or could do to her. She's so scared, she doesn't pick you up when you're in need of help, panics when you help her, and even stands you in the eye, when you two crash and she needs to be taken out of the car.

And why does that crash happen?

Because Flaky panics at seeing/imagining what Fliqpy could do to her, and she can't exactly run and hide because she and Flippy are in the same car.

That, mixed with the fact Flippy got help for and succeeded in getting help for dealing with his trauma, which was really for nothing when he got hit by a trick, is my personal reason why Flippy is one of the saddest characters, not sad as in emotionally, but sad in the way he's written as a character.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk, and sorry for rambling😅

[cactfold]

Fuck you *slanders literally every htf character except most of them are "bought off Wish"* jokes*

Cuddles: John Mullaney would do surprisingly well with voicing them

Giggles: bitch looks and acts like she came straight out of LPS

Toothy: Spongebob Squarepants fursona

Lumpy: doesn't know how many sides an octagon has

Petunia: Mahiru Koisumi headass

Handy: bro is that fucking Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu

Nutty: probably Ibuki Mioda's fursona

Sniffles: Sanrio reject

Pop: reminds me way too much of my dad 😐 /neg /srs

Cub: ginger (derogatory)

Flaky: Russell Ferguson LPS except he kins Ryota Mitarai

The Mole: Gru bought off Wish

Disco Bear: Johnny Bravo bought off Wish. Looks fucking musty

Russell: please leave this is Happy Tree Friends not Jake and the Neverland Pirates

Lifty and Shifty: "Swiper no swiping"

Mime: probably a Kokichi Ouma kinnie

Cro-Marmot: fucking Mary Sue

Flippy: that one fucking Gummy Bear before drugs

 

Fliqpy: edgy COD player

Splendid: Superman bought off Wish

Lammy: that bitch from Zootopia but with a different color scheme and a sweater

Mr. Pickels: British (derogatory) (/JOKE)

[redsdesktop]

Notes for Conflict.

  Heads up, if you already didn't know, I write smut. Not entirely because I love a good story just as much. I will try to keep the smut in a single chapter in itself so the reader can skip over the NSFW chapter without missing plot elements.

  This is a humanized HTF universe, while little furry critters are cute and all, its just easier for me to write with humans.

  I make a lot of spelling/writing errors. My brain is chaotic and sometimes I miss things. If you find any errors, notify me and I will correct any mistakes as soon as possible.

  This universe may differ from what your Headcanon is. I would love to hear your headcanons and ideas. Writing is all about absorbing different ideas from others, bouncing them back and forth in a creative collaboration.

  This fanfiction will be set in the Omegaverse, if you're unfamiliar with this AU, I suggest using ABO-Professor. I'm not an expert on the 'verse so if you have any questions in general you should ask them. If you want to know more about my version of the AU, feel free to send me an ask.

  In this story, Splendid is a delta (a dominant Beta), Splendont is an Alpha and Flippy is an Omega. If any other character crop up in the story I will list them as well. If you don't know about the sub-dynamics, check out the ABO-Professor to learn more. Of course, I will be using a bit different traits and such which will be further explained in the story.

  Splendid's work scent is baked bread while his hero scent is sandalwood. Since scents are recognizable, being a beta helps keep Splendid's identity a secret. Splendont doesn't mingle or work, so he doesn't need to hide his Cedar alpha scent luckily. Flippy's scent is a soft juniper, an unusually rare scent in Happy Tree, its endearing. Scents change a little depending on their moods of course but their base scent stays pretty much the same. If you have scent ideas for the other HTF characters, send them in, let me know your ideas.

  Omegas are not oppressed or viewed as property in this setting, abusing one or taking advantage of them is a criminal offense. If an omega accidentally goes into heat, they can always find betas to help keep them safe, which is why betas are good to have on the police force. There are a few who think differently about omegas, the world can't go without a few assholes.

  Sub-Dynamics are rare and most people don't know what to do about them. There are always varying degrees in how dynamics act but the sub-categories are so far left field that the main dynamics are left confused. When people are confused, they react badly a majority of the time. Thus the struggles of Splendid.

  If you didn't know by now this will also include twincest between Splendid and Splendont. If you're not into that then you've been warned. Also the main theme is boy on boy action, but if you found this blog then I guess you already knew that huh?

  Its been a while since I wrote anything gory and HTF is all about that. I will try my best to find the right balance.

  If you like HTF art, I suggest heading over to Krotiation’s blog. This blog inspires me so much.

  I have a few other surprises up my sleeve but I don't want to give them out just yet, so stay tuned.

  MPreg is not a thing in my stories, sorry I'm just not comfortable with it even if its a part of the Omegaverse. Its creative freedom with my writing.

  This story is based off a collaboration RP done with my friend, I will heavily base the characters reactions and personality with the ones she thought up.

  Heat suppressants and scent masking pills are a thing. There's also pills that changes your scent, in case you're an omega trying to be an alpha.

  Betas can go into rut and heat, depending on which dynamic they stick around with the most. Though they are not as strong as an Alpha's Rut or an Omega's heat, they get the job done. They can also be affected by an Alpha's Rut and an Omega's heat, but once again, it doesn't rule them.

  In Happy Tree, the ancient relic is the one who put a curse on the town, if anyone dies, they revive the next day. No one other than the Super Twins is aware of this fact, keeping them in constant fear of dying. How the twins feel about this will be further explained in the story.

  I will add further notes the more I think about them or if I get any really good suggestions. Most of these notes are to help remind me of certain features in the story. I'm a forgetful person and an easily distracted person.

[themadauthorshatter]

... This is going to be more triggering than my Sanders Sides Beetlejuice AU, and I deeply apologize.

This is a Happy Tree Friends story I've thought about and it got inspired by a scene in the Asylum season of American Horror Story.

MAJOR TRIGGER WARNING FOR PTSD, AVERSION THERAPY, FORCED/DELIBERATE TRIGGERING OF PTSD AND HALLUCINATIONS, ISOLATION, BEING HELD CAPTIVE/HOSTAGE, ANIMAL DEATH, AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS!!!!

PROCEED WITH CAUTION!!

Additional note: I'm visualizing the characters as human, so don'tbe caught off guard when I bring up a character's hair or complexion. It makes this story easier for me to picture in my head, that's just how I work. And this is mostly TV perspective, so thought I'd tell you that, too.

We begin with the sun rising and a new day starting, how lovely. No one is fully awake, but two people are and they are having a race.

Who's against who?

Simple.

It's Flippy on his feet and Splendid in the air to see who's faster on which and they're neck and neck in this.

Flippy sees Splendid next to him and asks if he's holding back, because this is not the fastest Flippy can run.

Splendid jokes that maybe it is because this is the SLOWEST he's flown in a long time.

Flippy laughs and kicks it into maximum overdrive, full on sprinting as fast as he can, even faking a turn to throw Splendid off his flight. While he stays on his intended path, and shouts that Splendid fell for it, Splendid calls him a cheating bastard.

Flippy laughs and contunues sprinting until he stops on a sidewalk in the town.

How lovely because Splendid is sitting on the wood of one of the telephone poles and waves at him.

Flippy pants and asks how Splendid both beat him and got up there.

Splendid simply floats down and claims it's just a hop, skip, and leap of faith.

And no cheating, which he points out.

Flippy clarifies that he actually DID NOT cheat. He would've gotten some of kryptonut and put it in his pocket, if he really wanted to.

Splendid gasps that he wouldn't, but Flippy shrugs and says he knows a guy, so don't tempt him.

The two share a laugh, but Flippy freezes as he hears a nearby woodpecker.

Splendid spots it and comments on the lovely avian specimen.

That's when a knife is thrown and (TV perspective) off screen kills the bird.

Splendid sees Flippy threw it and has 'killer instinct' eyes.

Thank goodness it's just them and there's no one else around because just as Flippy readies another knife, Splendid grabs him and flies to a hill, fast enough to get there within a minute or so, but not so fast that Flippy dies from the velocity.

It snowed a little bit, but it's enough for Splendid to toss Flippy into.

The cold instantly snaps him out of it and Flippy quickly looks around and asks where they are.

Splendid shrugs and answers the hill, and the realization sets in as Flippy's face drops, groaning and putting his hands over his face.

Splendid sits next to him as Flippy asks if 'it' happened again.

It did, but there was no one outside, so at least it got stopped before anyone got hurt.

Flippy is still crestfallen and rests his head on his arms, which are on his knees.

Splendid asks if he really can't control when he flips out, and Flippy confirms that as much as he can, but he still can't, mainly because when he feels like there's nothing to worry about, he remembers how he got comfortable and confident before and it ruined everything.

And he can't control the world or what randomly happens.

If his instincts say he's in danger, he's using thise same instuncts to keep himself safe.

Splendid digests those words as Flippy takes a breath and stands up, thanking him for the race and apologizes for talking his ear off and snapping on him.

Splendid stands as well and asks if Flippy needs help getting home, to which Flippy politely declines, not wanting to beat Splendid in another race. Splendid narrows his eyes and dares Flippy to repeat that, but Flippy chuckles and says he'll see him around before leaving.

Splendid watches him go and gets to thinking. He and Flippy have been friends for a while, and this stuff with flipping out and all that has been bothering him for a long time. He'd also been informed that Flippy went to Lumpy for help, but it failed miserably, so he was left to deal with it using the medicine he'd been prescribed. Beyond that, nothing seems to have helped him.

He also remembers how he had once had a doctor friend that helped people with addiction and talked with him about how some people aren't addicted to substances, but to feelings or emotions, as a comfort thing.

We don't get any more thoughts because we return to Flippy as he lets himself inside and leans against the door, very much upset with the fact that he lost it in front of one of his friends, especially one loke Splendid, who he rarely flips out on.

And it doesn't help that he hasn't lost it in a very long time.

Because his instincts are going haywire and he just needs to know HOW bad his episodes get, Flippy gets up, grabs a couple party poppers that were left over from a party he was fashionably late to(he had to do a check-in/catch up call with one of his army higher ups so they knew he was okay), and goes down to a basement, one that has a hatch door in the floor rather than a regular door.

He locks it behind him and goes down to a fully concrete basement that has holes and scratches in the concrete, because he's strong.

Here's where that deliberate triggering of trauma and an additional blackout Trigger Warnings come in, because Flippy sets up a camera, that's recoeding, takes one of the party poppers, and squeezes his eyes shut as he pulls the string and sets it off.

Flippy instantly starts seeing that he's back on the battlefield and not in his own basement, and hyperventilates as he sees an enemy standing over him, smirking and gun ready.

Flippy stares up at this enemy, but that fear melts into anger and throws himself into his enemy, landing next to a gun, which he uses to take this enemy out.

No time to relax because he gets grazed by another enemy soldier.

He smiles and chuckles, readying the gun and a knife from his leg before he races forward.

We don't see anything happen, save for black, but we fade to see Flippy coming to on the floor, sweaty, bruised, and knuckles bloody.

He groans and pushes himself up, rubbing his head for a minute before he finally looks around the basement.

The walls and floor are worse than before, but at least the camera is still intake.

Flippy gets up and stops the camera, sitting down as he reminds it back until plays it.

There's no battlefield, no enemies, no threats at all. In the video, Flippy pops the party popper, and clutches his head as he curls into the ground.

He hyperventilates and looks up backing away from someone that isn't even there. At least before he throws himself into the wall a makes a small shelf of knives fall. He mimes shooting the person before grabbing numerous knives and racing toward and hitting the wall and stabbing the wall, even punching and kicking it.

That explains the busted knuckles and bruises.

We don't see the rest of the video, but we do see Flippy's face grow more distressed and upset as he keeps watching himself fight nothing and just beat himself instead.

It is not easy to watch at all.

The video eventually ends with Flippy passing out on the floor, where we caught up with him.

Flippy puts the camera away and leans against the wall.

Guess he's a lot worse than he thought.

He sighs and rests his head against his knees.

Guess he's not leaving the house today either.

Time jump to a week or so later!

It's bright and sunny, and we're checking in on Flaky now as she struggles with some groceries; it originally started as a trip for shampoo and a new toothbrush, but it became a food run as well because she got hungry. She can't really see where she's going, but is trying her best, okay?

Carrying five bags at once a was huge mistake because she trips on a rock and almost falls down.

Almost, because Flippy catches her and helps her back to her feet.

Flaky shrieks and asks who it is.

Flippy decides to mess with her and lowers his voice, asking for either a hello or her life.

Flaky gasps and says he'll get a shoe to his shin, if he doesn't watch himself.

Flippy chuckles and asks if she skipped breakfast again, seeing all the bags she has. Flaky, turning to look at him, corrects him: she DID eat breakfast, but lunch was calling and she couldn't leave it on voice-mail.

Flippy, following along with the analogy, takes a bag or two and advices she try to learn how to BLOCK those calls when they drain her wallet.

Flaky hums, but thanks him for helping, and for the wallet he got her; it's sleek, but holds a lot of money and cards. Or card, which Flippy mutters as they walk to Flaky's house.

Flaky kicks at him, but they half walk, half run to Flaky's house. Once they arrive, Flaky thanks him again for the help and says she'll have a potatoe, butcher beef, apple soup/curry waiting for him next time he comes over.

Flippy chuckles and agrees, countering he'll bring her a cake SMOTHERED in sugar, cubes, chunks, powered, candy, caramel, all that garbage so that her teeth fall out and he can help her get METAL teeth instead.

Flaky sets down her groceries and stamps her foot, saying Flippy is not her father.

They still hug each other and Flippy leaves, telling her to take care of herself.

He continues on his walk and pays attention to the birds that are singing and wind blowing through the trees.

No time to fully appreciate it because Splendid turns a corner and Flippy waves him over, much to the superhero's delight.

They quickly touch in and ask how the other has been before Flippy interests Splendid for another race, 'the only rule is win' edition.

Splendid has a better idea: coffee. He had just finished some errands and was on his way home when he and Flippy ran into each other.

The invite seems iffy, but Flippy accepts, not wanting to run off like last time.

They walk and Splendid's smile drops a little, which draws Flippy's attention, the ex-soldier asking if everything's okay.

Splendid nods, saying everything's fine. He's just had some stuff on his mind that he can talk about when they get to his house.

Flippy stops for a second and watches Splendid continue walking, following behind more cautiously.

Cut to Splendid's house as the superhero fixes himself and his guest some coffee, though Flippy is slow to drink his because it doesn't smell like black coffee.

When asked, Splendid explains that the grounds were a little stale. He'd bought some that was fresh, but didn't want the old stuff to go to waste.

It calms Flippy enough for him to take a drink of coffee. He also asks what's been eating at Splendid, even apologizing for leaving him hanging last week.

Splendid shakes his head. Water under the bridge, everyone has their moments.

Speaking of moments, Splanedid asks if Flippy's been better since their race.

He shrugs, admitting that he's had worse happen, but that still doesn't make it good or even okay.

Splendid asks if he's ever gotten help for his 'issues' and Flippy asks back if he thinks Lumpy is really as good at everything as he thinks. Splendid supposes not, all things considered.

Done with the interview, and taking a drink of more coffee, because he's tired, Flippy asks what Splendid's deal REALLY is, and why he's so interested in Flippy's personal issues.

Splendid gives it to him straight: he's noticed that Flippy's trauma is bothering him on a pretty big level, and it has him worried for his friend, not because he can hurt people, but because he's seeing how unhappy Flippy is, and how much it tolls on him. He's had SOME experience with people who've had similar problems to Flippy's and there's a sort of therapy that's helped them. Granted, he knows Flippy doesn't enjoy flipping out, but, in a sick sense, his mind and body do. And there's a way to trick his mind into pushing his instincts away and leaving him with a normal life.

Flippy keeps his head propped up on an arm and finishes his coffee, so tired that he's barely listening and is instead asking for a fresh mug, because he doesn't understand either.

Splendid only takes his empty mug and suggests he's probably had enough coffee; he'll be up all night, if he drinks more than one cup and, as he's already said, Lumpy is a terrible doctor and will say he's about to die and overlook that he's just high of caffeine.

Flippy laughs and shakes his head, asking if Splendid is a better doctor and scoffing that he can take Lumpy.

He stops laughing when he sees that Splendid is straight faced and looks a little apologetic.

Yeah. Heavily delayed, 'oh shit!' moment for Flippy, who now realizes that there was something IN his coffee; he knows what stale coffee tastes like because he once suffered through a month of the stuff.

And he can't flip out on Splendid because he's too tired, so he's left to try running for the door.

That fails, too, so he can only pull and push himself away from Splendid, who apologizes for lying and for making Flippy go into such a panic, all the same he's just trying to help him and hopes he both forgives him and understands where he's coming from.

Flippy only keeps trying to get away, weakly telling Splendid to stay away from him.

From Flippy's blurry and world-spinny eyes, Splendid is the General from the Tiger Bomb mission, said General kneeling in front of him and smirking as Flippy knocks out with a sigh/groan.

Flippy doesn't wake up until MUCH later. He's got a splitting headache and, upon seeing all of the white-ish walls around him, sighs that he really must've fucked himself up when he set off that party popper, rubbing his head as he does so.

That's when he notices the handcuff and chain on his wrist, one that keeps him chained to one of the walls. He checks his other hand and sees that there's an identical handcuff on his wrist, also connecting him to the wall.

Not a dream.

Before Flippy can lose it, he sees a door open and Splendid walk in, looking very sheepish despite being the stronger of the two at the moment.

Before he can get any words out, Flippy charges toward him, at least until he's stopped by the chains.

It still makes Splendid jump back; powers be damned, if Flippy's mad at you, your days are numbered.

Splendid, from his place against the opposite wall, asks quite stupidly if Flippy's mad.

No. He's not mad at all. He's having the best damn day of his life, thank you for asking.

Sarcasm. All sarcasm that Splendid misses and is relieved by.

That relief vanished when Flippy charges again, pulling the handcuffs enough to make himself bleed.

Flippy demands to know what the hell is going on and why he's handcuffed in a padded cell.

When Flippy starts pulling a little too hard, like he's pulling hard enough to dent the chain links out of place, Splendid acts fast and aims a spray bottle at Flippy, and sprays water on him.

When Flippy backs down, Splendid repeats what he said upstairs, especially apologizing for not explaining how he was going to help him.

Flippy banks up, stands down, and sits down criss-crossstyle, which makes Splendid let out a sigh of relief, following his friend so they're sitting across from each other.

Flippy asks what EXACTLY Splendid was thinking when he drugged Flippy's coffee and then took Flippy to a loaded cell in his basement.

Splendid explains that he was just thinking and didn't regard what would have happened, even admitting that drugging the coffee wasn't his best or first plan; somehow sneaking up behind him with a nasty was, but that seemed insulting to Flippy's skills, so he thought about just working him out with races and exercise until Flippy passed out. That seemed like the most painful option, and the most tiring because wherever Flippy would fall would be unpredictable, so he just went south putting something in his coffee so he'd go unconscious for a little while.

Flippy takes all of this in and asks why Splendid didn't just ASK him to try this treatment he was babbling about earlier and Splendid admits that it's used for addicts to help them stop using whatever substance they're on. It's a pretty brutal technique, but it has worked.

The brutal part has Flippy concerned, so he asks what that means.

Splendid stops beating around the brush: aversion therapy. Using old war footage and medicine to make Flippy not want to go on a rampage whenever he gets triggeres.

Flippy stares at Splendid for a minute before taking off his boot and throwing it at him, asking if he's out of his damn mind.

That's not how his 'issues' work. Aversion therapy is meant to change another person so they AVERT away from something. Besides, what if they go through the therapy and Flippy's ordered backninto service, but ends up dead because he can't rely on his instincts?

Problem solved already because, as Splendid points out, Flippy's on a paid leave; his job is to stay OUT of the army now.

Flippy readies his other boot and Splendid backs down. Yes, he could've been more open about this to him. Yes, the whole chained to the wall in a basement thing is WAY too far. Yes, he should have told him as soon as he can, and he's sorry he didn't.

Flippy calms down and asks why he thinks it will work. No offense, but this is already working less than anythung Lumpy did, and the fool hypnotized himself into being a chicken.

Splendid admits he isn't sure, but he still wants to try to help.

Flippy asks what he'll do if he refuses to try this therapy. He's already on pills.

Splendid shrugs and says that while he'll be disappointed, he'll understand and won't be mad. Again, he just wants to help his friend and this is something that's worked for other people, not the chaining to the wall thing, but the aversion and sensory friendly environment, hence the padded room that isn't white, just a very light grey mixed with some blue, which is a calming color.

Flippy considers it for a minute before askung Splendid if he absolutely knows what he's doing.

Splendid nods. It took him a little freshing up and some review from a friend of his, yes. He knows what he's doing.

Flippy eyes him for a second before nodding, agreeing. Despite not saying it out loud, he wants to live life without worrying about killing everyone or snapping because his old instincts getting the better of him.

But stipulates that as soon as things get REALLY bad, they're calling this whole thing off and won't have anything to do with each other after that point.

Splendid rightfully agrees to those terms and tells Flippy to follow him to another room.

Flippy holds up his hands, reminding him of the handcuffs.

Those come off and the two leave the room, Flippy hoping Splendid was good on his word that he knew what he was doing.

Splendid shares a similar sentiment, instead hopi g that he can help his friend have a normal life.