#story notebook

[chio-chan2artbox]

Step Forward - Part 3 They are going on a date!!! Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 Check out my tags for fun facts XD

Kofi

[floral-comet-whump]

Whumpee that deceives Whumper

They rack their brain to memorize every little movement, every indicator of Whumper's mood, every pattern. At some point, they even learn to predict Whumper.

They know what Whumper likes to see. They know what they want within a few minutes, what's going to happen to them. They're powerless to stop it.

Sometimes Whumper wants them to silently cry on the floor, so they do. It would be foolish not to conserve energy while they can.

Sometimes Whumper is already in a bad mood. They probe, both because the knowledge is invaluable and because then Whumper will take it out on them.

Whumpee has a little internal guide to how to take punishments. Begin as defiant, but still shake. Look like they're trying to conceal their fear. Gradually break. It starts off as a yelp or sob or whimper followed by an immediate insult, then Whumpee goes quiet for a bit until it's “too much,” begging quietly. And then it's as if a dam has been broken, frantically pleading for mercy, for a reprieve. They look at Whumper with wide, teary eyes, and both their true self and their facade just want it to stop.

Their cries turn quiet as their energy runs out, until they can't bear to look at anything. Their flinch at Whumper's hand on their chin doesn't need to be faked. Their distress is real, and they let themselves whimper. Whumper likes displays of exhausted weakness, it makes them feel as if they've won.

They lean into the little coos and pets Whumper gives after, trying not to gag. Alarms of panic ring through their head, and they acknowledge them.

It would be easier to lose themselves in the comfort after the torture. It would be so much easier to become a shell of a person. They already act like one. Why can't they give up?

The emotional exhaustion after they've been left alone. The dark quiet. Their steadying breath. The scent of both blood and anticeptic. The locked door. The pain.

They can escape once Whumper deems them broken enough to let out unsupervised. It's just a matter of time, just a matter of maintaining this act. A matter of trust from a sadistic torturer that keeps Whumpee in a basement for no reason other than their own pleasure.

They have to keep going.

[panthermouthh]

And I said, “Hello, Satan

I believe it’s time to go.”

[artbyamberliu]

my illustrated album as individual pieces :) evermore by taylor swift!

[kinokoshoujoart]

oops all rock (springtime edition)

i’ll be able to draw digitally again soon! ;w; in the meantime i’ve been scribbling a lot on paper…

could not wait for Soon, so i resorted to coloring it using the markup tool in default iphone photos app (don’t do that ever again)

[kairithemang0]

Yknow what, here's a silly thing for yall

Give your top 5 musicals, and then a musical recommendation, then tag your mutuals <3

Spies Are Forever

Hadestown

Twisted

Falsettos

Next To Normal

My recommendation for yall is The Notebook! It's really great, the cast recording just got released to spotify a week ago and it's just incredible.

no pressure tags <3 @mangocheese37 @cindytoast404 @pangothepangolin @paranormaltheatrekid @androgynous-sack-of-flesh-3 and anyone else who would like to join :D

[ohmygodshesinsane]

sometimes seeing ship discourse is so funny bc its like ‘real life offline people would think this is DISGUSTING’ and then in real life you just have people who think luke and leia should have ended up together. ‘your irl friends would think this age gap ship is EVIL’ the most average 20something woman you know had ezria from pretty little liars as her lockscreen at some point

[yeukio]

uue i did it again,, SORRY GUYS my mental health has been declining and every drawing i try to make turns out horribly, im trying to get better and hopefully i do it quick bc i really wanna post more art again!! have this stupid lukas doodle i made a whiiile ago, love you guys !!

[katabay]

L'APPEL DU VIDE

okay so. jack! jack. what a collection of guys. the overlap between jack and the beanstalk and jack the giant killer, though. that sure is something! sometimes king arthur is there, which always takes me by surprise.

this. specifically. is an idea I've been kicking around. jack and the beanstalk is not a story I've ever enjoyed, as a kid it was probably my least favorite to read. as an adult, I was INTENSELY fascinated by reading j.g. ballard's the drowned giant. I think about it frequently, and somewhere during a re read of it, I ended up revisiting jack.

combining different versions of jack into one character is not a new concept, but it IS a fun one! the version I've been assembling together plays less with the fun elements of a jack story (and adjacent folklore stories), and focuses more on the potential for tragic elements with the addition of the usual grim and jagged narrative edges that I personally enjoy.

jack with the backstory of the devil and the three golden hairs, only jack doesn't find love, he's TIRED, all he wants to do is go home, but there isn't a home to go back to. what is the point of being born lucky if this is what it gets you? jack the giant killer, only he doesn't want to kill giants, jack who saw a body of a giant when he was a small child and cannot bring himself to do as a king commands. jack, who climbs up the beanstalk and stops halfway to look down. etc.

to go back to the drowned giant real quick, both to set the tone about jack seeing the body of a giant as a youth, and also because I've been haunted and obsessed with this excerpt of it ever since I read it:

J. G. Ballard, The Drowned Giant

anyway! this was originally like, a two illustration concept to get out of my system. however. I'm halfway through outlining a narrative. so. maybe it will also be several illustrations and also comic.

[nurm-says-hurm]

I'm sorry, but has ANYONE talked about how this guy:

Is voiced by THIS GUY??

LIKE DO PPL JUST NOT CARE OR LIKE DO THEY NOT KNOW? BC WHEN I FOUND OUT I COULDN'T SHUT UP ABOUT IT TO MY FRIENDS WHO DONT CARE ABOUT MINECRAFT STORY MODE AND WAS JUST MET WTH "Damn that's crazy" ahh reactions like...

This man is about to run a prison and he don't even know it yet

[thehopelessromanticinlove]

excuse me, but I’m still waiting for my dramatic kiss in the rain

[creation-help]

You're allowed to have and do things just for yourself

[worlds-end-discotheque]

I can't get over the interaction between Harry and Kim when Harry first brings up hearing the "voices" that make up his thoughts. Kim doesn't understand, so Harry elaborates that the voices talk to him and having those conversations is how he thinks, right? And Kim's damn response is that if he needs to think he uses his notebook.

So, what I'm hearing... is that if you take away Kim's notebook, he can't think. Head empty. No thoughts. Simply not a concept to his brain. Unable to function. I want to see it happen. I want it. I want Kim suddenly just staring at his hands, wondering where the think-paper went. Where did it go? Did it vanish? If it vanished, where would it vanish to? Is there a place for it to go? How would it go? What were we talking about again?

Where is Harry? Does he have a think-paper? No, he doesn't think. He has voices, and he dances. So how... ;--; help

[classycookiexo]

The fact that these movies turned 20 this year is wild

[astriiformes]

Nothing like trying to pick up the various threads for a fic you last updated [checks Ao3] four years ago