#suicide implication

[tangledinink]

"it just seems inhumane to lose this much."

[zychimixx]

[swollenbabyfat]

Bathtub angel

[danieyells]

Me: "行く川の流れに身を委ね" "Surrender Oneself To The Flow Of The River" probably just means something like 'go with the flow'. 'Don't fight fate'. Stuff like that. It makes sense for Haku, he's going where life takes him even if he doesn't wanna go there because there's no point in resisting.

Also me: so was the PC gonna jump in the river when Haku stopped them or vice versa or are they both jumping in the river together how dark was this gonna be before it turned into a date

[bridgyrose]

The more I think about ascension in vol 9, the less to me it means literal death, but means death as change. The Ever After clearly doesn't play on life and death in the way we know, but in the idea that life is creation while death/destruction is change. Ascension seems to only come to the Afterans that realize change is the only way forward, which for them means accepting the purpose they are instilled with is complete. But for humans, ascension seems more like an awakening and the start to healing versus change.

Take Ruby for example. Barring the Jabberwalker and Neo stepping on little, death doesn't seem to be a fundamental part of the Ever After. And unless you're killed by the Jabberwalker, accidents that end a current life or purpose still brings their souls back to the blacksmith to be reforged for a new purpose. For Ruby, a human, drinking the tea and essentially killing herself was more akin to killing who she is versus killing herself. She didn't want to be Ruby anymore, and the tree pulled her down to help her. The tea was more a symbolic death than actually killing herself, but gets across the same way.

And once she met the blacksmith fully, her healing process started. The first thing Ruby was given was a choice, that if she really wanted to, she could be anyone she wanted. Any hero, anyone that she could've deemed as enough to bear the weight that she was carrying. And ultimately, she chose herself in order to start to heal. She chose to take a glimpse into who Summer was, shattering her expectations from what she'd been told, and chose to be herself because if her mother wasn't perfect, then why does she have to try to be the perfect huntress or hero?

Ruby had to "die" in order to heal. She had to go through death as change in order to see that she was enough, and the change she needed to make was her perspective. That she wasn't alone, that her friends were there to help carry her burden, and that they could help carry her. Ascension is about making anew, being reborn in the ashes of who you were, and it was the wakeup call that Ruby needed in order to move forward.

[chaifootsteps]

I wish i'm next after shay

Please don't. Stick around; you never know when things are going to suddenly get a whole lot better.

[twig-gy]

what if i ummm uhhh went insane

[thereareeyesinsidethetrees]

stan: brother!!

ford, immediately grabbing him by the jacket and shaking him: WHHYYYYYYYYY

stan: wh- hey, what gives!? i just saved your life!

ford: that’s exactly the issue!

stan: you…you told me to do something!

ford: i was PANICKING. and that something could have been walking away, you know!

stan: are you saying you wish i had let you die?!

ford: YES. MOSES YES. i’m so fucking tired of this all. i don’t want demons in my head anymore, i don’t want all this pressure, i just wanted to live my life! and all i’ve gotten is ample reason why that’s not worth it! i’m exhausted, lee, i- for once i actually want to sleep

stan: …holy fuck, ford…

mabel: …s-sorry to interrupt?? but WHAT IS GOING ON HERE

ford: …you didn’t tell me there were children down here

[buggyisland]

Not since I got a good therapist and medication and a decent support system, no; but thanks for offering

[shatterthefragments]

Ok but I thought I was going so much better. Things suck, don’t cough on me and touch me esp if you’re a stranger and for the love of god if you’re sneezing and coughing that much in a grocery store I hope you wear a mask

But my coworker was saying she heard they were thinking of bringing back the mask mandate (I have heard nothing of the sort) and that she wouldn’t follow a mandate if it came back

And I hope that if they did they could put people in confinement for not following it. But I don’t think they would because i don’t think many people would willingly wear a mask again.

And it sucks.

And it sucks how quickly my resigned and hopeful “I’ll just live as best I can until other people kill me” and like actually wanting to live can turn to “I don’t want to live in a world where people don’t care for others”

But I guess I’ll just drown it all out by going to concerts in an n95 and going to the ocean and spending money on whatever gets me through the day. There’s too much I wouldn’t get to do.

Just. Sad. But I’m tired and it’s past my intended bedtime by hours 😔 hopefully it’s a good night…

[jiangshinigami]

Oh... this is heart-wrenching

[tangledinink]

So. Leo and Donnie grew up under Big Mama's care to eventually become the infamous Gemini in the Battle Nexus... And Mikey has been raised by Baron Draxum to fulfill the prophecy... Well, where's Raph?

(treasure of the shrine) (tireless devotee) (pledged martyr)

enter -> raphael, child of the foot clan

raph grew up under the protective eye of the foot, raised on endless tales of the clan's grand mission and the essential role he would play in it. his value was very clear from the moment he came into the clan's possession as an infant, given the inherent, powerful mystical energy already laying dormant inside him. though he cannot wield any magick himself, he often spends long hours meditating in the clan's shrine, bathing in mystic energy, awaiting the day he can don the dark armor and awaken their master shredder with his life force. as per clan tradition, he was never given a name and is instead officially referred to by his title-- oblation.

though he is just as devoted to his ninja training as any other clan recruit, his future role makes him far too valuable to be sent on missions or risk combat. in fact, he very rarely leaves the safety of shredder's shrine. this doesn't bother oblation, however. he is perfectly content in his role, and proud of what his anticipated sacrifice will achieve. his faith and trust in the clan are absolute and unwavering. however...

though small children are rarely recruited by the clan, there was one other. recruit calls oblation "obby." and obby calls her "cru." they met when obby was nine and cru was ten and have been inseparable ever since, training side by side. though obby is technically considered a higher rank than her, neither of them have achieved full clan membership yet. obby will not earn his place until he completes his one and only mission, and one that he will do entirely on his own-- bring forth the shredder.

(and recruit is loyal. recruit believes fully in the clan's divine mission. recruit will give whatever the foot asks of her. but as obby's promised sacrifice looms ever closer, she finds herself harboring more and more doubt.)

[m0thwinged]

BAD ENDING WOOHOOO

I made this :3

[swollenbabyfat]

"how did he hold it-". talking horse show. the answer is talking horse show.

[puppetlooselystrung]

blah blah blah 🚬

just putting under a read more so like. no one gets blind sided by this out in the open but its so crazy to me for the past like. 6 months of 2023 i was so determined and convinced i wouldnt be around to see jan 1 2024 and now its like. almost april its spring and im still fucking here. literally just bullshitting 2024 man. i wasnt even supposed to be here anymore i havent planned for any of this shit for the future man.

[bamsara]

goofies