#safety in pills

[redhoodedangel]

“Safety in Pills, Y/N” - Arkham Knight! Jason X Reader

I’m not sure how many people who played or seen the Arkham Games also watched ‘The Walten Files’ by Martin Walls on YouTube cause that’s what this is inspired off of…

In essence, Y/N is Sophie Walten…

The premise is that Jason and Y/N were dating around the time he was Robin. Y/N did know about the identities of the others. When Jason is kidnapped and later killed by Joker, Y/N is left traumatized and heartbroken. She is then given meds in order to better cope with the loss. Unfortunately, this caused her to drift apart from the Bat Family and blurs her memories of Jason. However, around the time of Joker’s death, she starts having nightmares and dreams about Jason. Her meds then stop working and she rejoins the Batman Family around when the Arkham Knight makes an appearance.

Warning ⚠️: themes of torture, death and mental health, mentions of medical drug use, amnesia (sort of)

Y/N and Jason are the same age

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‘Don’t forget your medicine, Y/N!’

‘Take your meds, kiddo!'

‘Safety in pills, Y/N…’

That’s all you’ve heard since you were seventeen. You were now twenty-one and no longer needed your meds that help you through your trauma. Or rather, the meds were not helping you at all, but were hindering you in a way you didn’t realize until about nine to ten months ago.

Your medication was blurring many memories of your childhood, teenage years and even early adult years. During the time you had started taking the pills, you had drifted apart from your late boyfriend, Jason Todd’s, family. Hell, you even lost many memories of him as well. All those good and happy memories you made together…

This went on for over three years… until the nightmares crept in around the time Joker had gotten sick and was dying…

The nightmares were horrific, like a home movie gone wrong. It showed horrible visions of what happened to your boyfriend while he was being held hostage by Joker. Those flashing images are what kept you up most nights.

You immediately made your way back to Bruce and the others after the death of the Joker. After explaining everything that happened, they welcomed you back with open arms. Bruce even started looking into your therapist, who prescribed you your meds. Her email showed many threatening messages from a Mr. Jerome V, ordering her to tamper with your meds or she and her family would die. Bruce then relaid to you that Jerome V was one of many of Joker’s old aliases he used during his early years of crime.

However, when Joker fell ill, your therapist took you off the meds that were blocking your memories. This, of course, is what led to your nightmares and varied dreams about Jason. Without the barrier keeping your past memories locked up, you were prone to regaining them.

Joker wanted you to forget about Jason…

For what reason, you nor Bruce nor anyone could figure out…

And it was likely you never would find out…

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Fast forward to now, Halloween night during Scarecrow’s big takeover. You were currently with Barbara in the Clock Tower, munching on some burgers you pulled from a fast food restaurant that was abandoned during the evacuation.

This whole situation had you on edge, especially in regards to Scarecrow’s new partner, the Arkham Knight. Much of the information you all had on him showed what he was capable of. He was young and skilled, judging by how he called Bruce ‘old man’. His true voice was disguised, but it felt familiar to you. You just couldn’t understand why��

You clutched at the oversized dark red hoodie you were wearing. It was big on you because it had originally belonged to Jason before he died. It was given to you by Alfred as a reminder of who you had loved and lost. It quickly became a comfort item to you, even holding the remaining scent of cologne, rainwater and smoke that was Jason’s.

“How are you holding up, Y/N?” Barbara asked with a tone of concern, still looking and typing away at her screens.

“I’m fine, Barb. This whole thing just has me in knots.”

“That’s not what I meant…” Barbara said softly, looking at you now for an honest answer. She then added, “How are you doing really?”

You sighed and took another bite out of your half-eaten burger. You chewed thoroughly before answering, “You remember that NCIS two-parter, ‘Hiatus’?”

Barbara thought on your response, “That’s the episode where Gibbs nearly gets killed in an explosion and loses years worth of his memories, right?”

“Yeah… well, I feel like Gibbs after that two part episode. My memory is still fuzzy… I screw up remembering certain people’s names… I remember a lot of things about Jason… our relationship and things like that… but I feel like there’s still some things I’m forgetting about… but I don’t know what…” You said solemnly, looking out of the clock face onto the rest of the city.

“I’m sorry, Y/N/N. I know this is hard for you. Jason’s death affected us all in more than one way. Just know that he really liked you, even loved you…”

You smiled at the redhead, a little more reassured than before. It was always nice to have someone to talk to and rely on during tough times.

After what was probably several hours, you and Barbara got a call from Batman…

“Barbara, you and Y/N need to get out there now!” He exclaimed through the comms. You immediately went over and grabbed your baseball bat before hiding behind one of the bookshelves.

The power then cut out and the elevator opened abruptly. Just then, the Arkham Knight and his men came in, barreling towards Barbara. Barbara fired off a few rubber rounds before being overpowered.

Another soldier came around your bookshelf and you immediately started swinging. You nailed him in the head and flipped him over the shelf. One more militiaman came over and you swung, shattering his left arm. He dropped his gun and you kicked him down.

The Arkham Knight immediately sprung into action, grabbing the bat in your hands in an attempt to disarm you. Knowing that punching him would be a death wish and a half, you immediately let go of the bat. Unfortunately, you lose your footing and hit the back of your head against a nearby bookshelf.

The impact from the fall sent pain shooting through your head. Your vision blurred the more you struggled to stay awake, your body fading away to unconsciousness. The last thing you saw before passing out was the Arkham Knight throwing your bat to the side and walking up to you. You could hear the click of handcuffs when everything faded to black.

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Your whole body stirred as you groaned from the pain in your head. As your raised your hand to touch your head, you then realized that you were bound in handcuffs. You also figured out that your head was bandaged up.

You slowly sat up, trying to prevent any more pain or disorientation. Judging by your surroundings, you were locked up in a rectangular box of a cell. Nothing but a makeshift mattress under you and a table near the sealed door. The fact that you were so small compared to the room began to overwhelm you. Some of the anxiety was curbed on account that you were still wearing Jason’s hoodie, but you were still trembling.

Through the glass, you could see the soldiers guarding the outside your cell. You even spotted one of them, who looks at you and noticed that you were awake, began to call someone on his comm. You assumed that he was calling his boss, the Arkham Knight. It just seemed like the most logical explanation for what was going on.

This assumption was proven right as the man himself walked into the room…

He then came right into your cell, his men leaving to who knows where. He reached for his guns before placing them on the nearby table, where your phone and baseball bat were placed. This alone had you backing further into the corner of your cell.

“Y’know, you don’t have to be afraid of me…” The Arkham Knight’s voice was surprisingly gentle when addressing you, despite the harsh edge of the voice modulator.

“Isn’t exactly easy when one of the people responsible for Gotham’s takeover is in the same room as you…” you stammered, clutching Jason’s, now your hoodie.

The Knight then turned around, making his way towards you. You did your best not to panic and look afraid, but you were terrified. He soon swiped a piece of your hair softly, which you lightly flinched at. As if he felt it, the Arkham Knight slowly pulled his hand back. Instead, his gloved hand made contact with the crimson fabric of your hoodie.

“That’s oddly big on you… Someone gave this to you…”

Your eyes grew blurry as tears began to bubble to the surface. Abandoning all your promises of keeping your secret from strangers, you spoke…

“A friend of my late boyfriend’s gave it to me… it was originally his… before he was killed…”

The Knight took a moment to speak, as if your sorrow took him by surprise, “I’m sorry…”

“You got nothing to be sorry about. You’re not the one who shot him… it was Joker and he doesn’t feel remorse for anyone or regret anything for shit. He as hell didn’t regret when he forced my therapist to give me a memory-blocking antidepressant…”

The Arkham Knight cocked his head in question and confusion.

“The pills my therapist prescribed to me made me forget previous years of my life. Including when I was dating my boyfriend and everything we did together. I started taking my medication when he was killed to keep me afloat.”

“Why was he killed?” The Arkham Knight asked, sitting on top of the table next to his weapons coolly. You almost chose not to tell him when you realized that he knew almost everything about Batman and the others. So, who knows what else he might know…

“He was a Robin… the previous one before the current one. I only knew because he chose to tell me… to keep things honest and on the table…”

You took a deep breath as words became harder to speak and come up with…

“The Joker… he took him… tortured and broke him… I… I spent a lot of that time, wondering if he was ever going to come home… if everything was okay and go back to the way it was. But that video came up and…”

Tears overwhelmed you as you begin to remember that horrible year. Your whole body trembled as you recalled every gruesome and excruciating detail. You hiccuped and heaved on the sobs that escaped your mouth.

“H-He didn’t deserve any of what Joker put him through… he-… he just wanted to help others. Sure, he had a different perspective on crime compared to Batman, but… he was willing to take the risk… Hell, telling me he was Robin at the time was a risk… I just miss him so fucking much…”

“It wasn’t your fault. Never has been and never will be…”

“It should’ve been me…”

“Yeah, and then your boyfriend would’ve still gone after the Joker. Nothing would’ve changed except the timing…”

“How would you know?! It’s not like you’re here… in his cell…”

Silence cut the air like a hammer striking a nail once cleanly. You began to wonder what was going on in the Arkham Knight’s head. Why he hadn’t said anything yet or walk away with little care for what you had just said. However, you were not prepared for what he said next…

“Actually, I was…”

You looked at him in shock, wondering what he meant. Surely, he wasn’t insinuating that he was witness to the horrors that Jason was. Surely, he wasn’t saying that he was living in the same hell as your deceased love. What exactly was he trying to say?

Letting out what sound like a heavy sigh, the Knight reached for his helmet. He latched onto the sides of the mocked cowl and began to lift. You backed away further, almost as if you were trying to move through the wall. Suddenly, the masked was finally off…

“Oh, god…”

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Part one done!

[littleseasalt]

q!forever: *is literally forced on situations where the result would be the same for any other cubito*

people that don't watch his pov: naaah he did it cause he's crazy/easy to manipulate 😜😜😜

[dreamerdrop]

I’m very used to old school forum culture which means my method of socialising is basically lurking for several months, then testing the waters with a long form post that sounds thoughtful but doesn’t overtly disagree with anything anyone else on the forum has said, but which shows off that I am capable of informed and respectful discussion.

Then, once I have my foot in the door, I can slowly ramp up to my ultimate goal: subjecting everyone on the forum to the most unhinged discussion topics I can think of and seeing what happens.

[ficus-shiper]

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12.10.21 - 09.07.24

I haven't learned how to draw hands in three years.. 😞 and apparently learned English I love twf very much, it's a very interesting project and story

[crickets-must-be-enslaved]

[affairs-with-the-dead]

hmm queaston time.... aside from soda's parents, does fizz have any extended family? (cousins, uncles, etc) and does he know any of them at all?

No, not really. His mother Pill Bottle doesn't have any siblings and doesn't really contact her own parents anymore. Fizz's dad's parents died a bit after Fizz was born, so Fizz doesn't really remember any of his grandparents.

Fizz did have aunts and uncles, but they weren't related to him by blood- they were just his dad's coworkers. He hasn't spoken to them in a while. A...long, long while.

-Alex/Wootzi

[callipigyan]

How to NOT poison your pets

It is inevitable that if you take pills of any sort for any length of time, that you will eventually drop one. Worse still, you might lose that pill, which sucks, but there's a chance that your pet might find it and eat it.

While this doesn't lessen the chances of you dropping your pills, it might lessen the chance of your pet eating them and potentially dying:

taking a pill in your fingers (not your hand, because this way is easier to maneuver away) and let the pet smell the pill. (You may need assistance and have someone else hold the animal still to keep them still and so they don't lunge and eat the pill hand and all.)

Gauge the animal's reaction, see whether or not the animal would probably eat it. If yes, if you live with other people, tell them that it's a risk. That way if you drop a pill you know how much of a true risk it is and whether or not you need to lock up your pets while you hunt for it.

Occasionally, you should reintroduce them to the meds to see if their attitude to them has changed.*

*Some animals will eat anything, even if they don't initially show interest, so you should take the precaution and lock them up anyways.

[monsieurenjlolras]

fuck you kill yourself dry swallowing pills is literally so easy dumbass

It's not about easy, my friend. Dry swallowing pills over time can cause bleeding and burn a hole in your esophagus. At the very least, they can get stuck or severely irritate your esophagus. It's dangerous, and the way that's its extremely normalized in movies and shows is also dangerous.

Source: I am a licensed and nationally certified pharmacy technician, but also here are some other sources

[knxfesck]

not to be nitpicky but this seems mildly misleading to me because the drug abuse in question is usually attempts of self medication with stimulants. It's much more informative to point out that having a pharmacy script is a safer and more consistent way to take stimulants for adhd. The way adhd advocates continue to avoid the fact that stimulant adhd meds are, well, just that to improve PR instead of actually bringing into question or picking apart what the public opinion on stimulants is and why it's like that deeply bothers me. It's like nobody considers what the consequences for joyfully spreading misinformation are

[yikes-ajax-thats-sad]

Sorry doc I know I just told you I still wake up everyday and want to kms but it took a whole decade to get my meds to where they are now so no thank you, I'd rather let my body rot

[boxcvtterangel]

let me rot away, ok?

[dyketennant]

surprised none of the mentally ill bitches on here are talking about atarax/hydroxyzine being discontinued in the us. am i the only bitch that med has genuinely been a lifesaver for. am i the only one rationing my four 25mg tablets rn until i can see my psych later in march

[clnclm]

[paradoxesofgalaxies]

Nothing like having a toddler over to make you aware of every potentially dangerous object and corner in your home. How do I keep finding more scissors?!

[psychedelic-charm]

Last month, Martin Walls uploaded this eerie video. The description reads "a small thing to ease the patience". Does this mean we're going to see The Walten Files 4? Find out!

If you haven't already, please check out his channel and subscribe!

[therevengeoffrankenstein]

reminiscing about drug withdrawal not because it felt good but because it was a good sign and i had a nice, if relatively clueless, support system