#they do not care how much of a mental breakdown i have visibly because they do not believe anything I have Not had any sort of rest .

[starry-bi-sky]

on a completely separate note; shizun luo binghe with a disciple shen yuan who fell into the abyss??? *thinks about LBH canonically stealing SQQ's corpse for 5 years* he'd hallucinate i think. like, like visual and audial hallucinations.

Keeps thinking he's seeing SQQ in the corner of his eyes, or wandering between the trees, amongst a group of disciples. Thinks he hears him calling for him, but its just the wind or another disciple.

Gets Xiu Ya reforged but patently fucking refuses to make a sword mound. Because his disciple Is Not Dead :))) There was No Body. He's Not Dead. And If You keep Insisting That He Is, He's Gonna Skewer You :). He's holding onto Xiu Ya so he can return his most favored disciple's sword when he returns. It's on his hip right next to Zheng Yang where it's supposed to be.

Also this motherfucker?? does not sleep btw. He has the image of SQQ, wide eyed and hysterical and standing at the mouth of the abyss burned into his fucking eyelids. Can't use the dreamscape to escape it either because he keeps trying to save him and either he does and it's an incredibly cruel trick to wake up to, or he doesn't and he gets his heart broken in several different pieces again.

There is no convincing this man that Shen Qingqiu is dead. Absolutely nothing at all. He is buried so deep in denial that moles would be jealous of how deep he is. He keeps making tea for two in the bamboo house only to remember that it's just him. SQQ's fans are hiding everywhere, little reminders of his presence. He goes to wake up SQQ on the mornings he sleeps in-- only to find the room empty.

[ranvwoop]

i try to avoid my acc being Just vntposting . in this world. but man is it going

[saintshadow]

❝ 𝖂𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖒𝖆𝖐𝖊𝖘 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖑𝖚𝖈𝖐𝖞 ❞

𝖕𝖎𝖑𝖊 𝖎

You have insane foresight, & it helps you avoid a lot of fuckery. I see that you’re lucky as well because your ancestors bring you a lot of blessings. You could have ancestral protection. (Purr) you could be lucky in love or relationships too, perhaps you have your perfect foundation for love. You just genuinely have so much support it’s crazy. Like really protective support too. Your people ride for you they do NOT play. There is a lot of abundance & support around you too. You’re lucky in ways you don’t see yet, because the gears are turning and culminating into something bigger. Trust that the right things will unfold for you & ride out the chaos. A huge surprise could be around the corner!

Your balance and generosity, you could be someone who gives to others and who will even give when they have very little. You are very caring and doting with your loved ones. They feel very cherished by you & see you as an ultimate friend, lover, etc… I’m thinking of “the lovers” as an archetype, you could have cancer or Capricorn placements or Capricorn in the 7h. You could also have Saturn/venus or Venus/nn or Venus/pluto aspects in the chart. You’re lucky because you’re sweet. Some of you could be highly favored by Saturn because of your resilience through hard times. You always push through, & because of that once your Saturn return comes you could reap a lot of benefits and rewards.

Your charisma and dedication to the truth also brings you a lot of luck. You could be divinely favored or could have a “divine” purpose, perhaps you’re naturally spiritual. I see this as very 9h/sag energy, so you could have these influences in your natal chart. Perhaps your dedication to upholding balance & truth brings you significant luck if you have strong Jupiter influence in your chart. Jupiter does rule over the law & social order after all.

You could be lucky in a new endeavor involving a partner, i felt urged to say “life partner”. So perhaps you and your person could be planning something. You’re very lucky in this plan, it will work in great benefit for you. Some kind of information or direction regarding this could come to you soon.

𝖕𝖎𝖑𝖊 𝖎𝖎

You’re lucky because you know how to move on quickly. You’re not one to be bogged down by the difficulties in life. You’re like the energizer rabbit, you keep going. I feel like you’re an idealist; you’re not afraid to ditch something if it isn’t working either. You’re the type of person who can really keep it pushing w no hard feelings. Relationships/Friendships may not be your strongest suit- you have a type of social prowess that really gives you an edge in life. People admire you, they want to be you. You are really good at bringing value to people, I would even say that you’re very cunning in how you use this particular gift. Could be a Taurus, Capricorn, or Virgo. You’re very good at pushing things into your favor.

Perhaps even controlling a story or narrative, you are good at social positioning & know how to set yourself up for success. Tbh, this is giving business mogul. You’re not here to play and you’re not afraid to step on toes to get what you want. You could be lucky because of this aggressive approach to life. You could be Martian honestly. People respect you & mostly get the hell out of your way as to not become caught in crossfire or to avoid becoming collateral damage. You may also be lucky because you have a dual nature, very much serving Jekyll & Hyde. You’re highly manipulative & you’re not afraid to use it.

Y’all got the ancestral hookup, whether this be spiritual or physical. Your family could come from wealth, visibility, or high social status. Regardless- your ancestors are PROVIDERS.

𝖕𝖎𝖑𝖊 𝖎𝖎𝖎

Your hardworking nature and steadiness, even when you feel uncertain you persist. That’s one thing about you, you don’t give up. Even when you want to, even when you throw a private fit or have a mental breakdown. You NEVER give up completely, you’re currently remaining lucky because you’re pushing past the imbalance and discomfort. It’s healing you. You’re also cunning af, you know how to make something happen & you’re difficult to knock out of your square. Once you want something it’s YOURS. I feel like you can also handle a lot of pressure or weight which usually results in luck for you- but I get the idea it ISNT instant gratification.

A lot of your luck comes from long term effort & progress. This feels very Saturnian, you may not FEEL as lucky as you are. You have a very specific path & mission in this life and I keep seeing like how you’re blinded from seeing or knowing certain stuff. It could feel like sometimes you don’t get to do what other people do, you get the full extent of punishment or other things- I see with this pile you have to go all in usually but get it tripled even quadrupled in return. I’m getting a specific message that your blessings can at times take years to cultivate, simply because of the depth and specificity of your blessings. It’s an entire vibe, a setting, a way of being.

You’re also lucky because of the way you hold on to what you love, & you keep it private. It could also be because you see potential hardship & heartache in advance which gives you a head start to try fixing things ahead of time. You are balanced and fair in your connections as well- perhaps even taking on the responsibilities of others which generates a positive flow of energy around you at times. It’s like martyrdom, giving something up now in order to have it given back to you in the future during a time of need. Idk how else to explain it haha

Dice divider: @kodaswrld

[colorlessjay]

Okay, I'm fairly new/back into the fandom (once upon a time I saw a few series but had noone to freak out about it and I didn't seek the internet for same minded people, so I see myself as an old fan but new to the fandom? Maybe? But that's irrelevant! To what I wanted to say!)

I love your story ideas and your fan art and the time exchange comic you do.

What are your thoughts about Destiel and Angst? Of course with a happy ending but angst nonetheless.

For example, maybe something like this:

It's a hunt gone wrong or maybe a hunt accident, either way Cas dies and it's Dean's flaut. Maybe the hunt was not going according to the plan, maybe it was a whole mind fuckery thing from start to finish. The monster messed with Deans head till he saw enemies in his friends and someone to trust in his enemy. Or it was a good hunt, an easy hunt till Dean gets to the finishing blow and rather than hitting the monster it strikes Castiel.

Either way it happens Castiel dies in Dean's arms. They wait for Cas to wake up again, he is an angel of the lord (more or less) how could It really have killed him? But Castiel doesn't wake up or come back to him in any way. Time passes and Sam gently tells Dean that they should bury Castiel, he deserves the last respect. Dean is furious because he still believes Cas is coming back but in the end Castiel gets a hunter burial with all the respect the two of them can give him.

Then it starts. Dean is still grieving. But he tries to function somehow. I imagine Dean to be an self-destructive mourner if noone is around. He functions in the company of Sam and or Bobby but as soon as he is alone he drinks till he feels numb. He doesn't take care of himself really well, like talking a shower only then Sam say him to do it or forgets to eat if Sam doesn't remind him, it doesn't matter what he eats he can't taste it anyway. He also doesn't sleep well, everytime he sleeps he dreams of Castiel. Castiel holding him, Castiel promising him he is not dead and then he wakes up and breaks down even before he has his first morning coffee.

It's in one of his alone moments that it first happens. Dean drinks out of his beer bottle then Castiel speaks up. "Dean, maybe you should at least eat something before drinking this much alcohol." Dean stops, that sounded like Castiel. But he is dead,is it a hallucination? Is Dean losing his mind? "Shut up. You aren't even real what do you care. " And just as he wants to drink again from the bottle the bottle shatters in his hands. Dean is unharmed but freaking out. He looks around, heart beating violently in his chest. There in the corner of his room is something. It kinda looks like hot air glimmering but in the shape of a being, a bit human, a bit something more that his mind can't quite understand. Obviously Dean freaks out. Goes all salt throwing at the possible Castiel ghost. But it has no effect. Castiel talks him back from his panic attack/freak out session. The next morning Castiel is still there and a lot more visible for Dean. Still unnerved by it he asks Sam and others if they can see Castiel. Noone else can see Castiel and Sam worries more about his brother. But Castiel in the meantime promises dean that he is not dead. He is somewhere unable to return to them but he is not dead. Dean clings towards this promise as if his life depends on it. Not dead!Castiel starts to take care of dean. While Dean looks frantically for an explanation or something, while Sam tries to get Dean to talk with someone, anyone about the lost and how he is feeling and stuff. Dean doesn't want to, Claims he doesn't need it. They fight, Sam is worried and angry and afraid of/for(?) Dean and in the heat of the moment Sam accuses him of having a mental breakdown and the not dead!Castiel is just his imagination trying to comfort him or something like that. Dean denies it. Later he begs not dead!Castiel to prove that dean is not losing his mind. The next time Sam tries to talk to Dean he walks into a whole poltergeist/haunted show, flying objects and banging cabinet doors and stuff. Sam maybe freaks out. Dean asks Castiel to stop. not dead Castiel stops. And sam start to believe that this is maybe more than his grieving brother. He starts to help in a way Dean appreciate way more.

In the end they find out what really happens to Castiel and how to get him back. And as soon Castiel is back and alive and unharmed Dean climbs him like a koala and doesn't want to let go. There are tears and feelings and a kiss. And together they work on deans mental health. Also Castiel promises that this will never happen again just to calm Deans worries.

They get their happy end.

Sooooo..... Thoughts?

My dude, this is comedy central

I appreciate you, I do

But I am not your partner in this

[kining-the-evil]

May I request a yandere house, Wilson, and chase (separate) with a fem autistic reader, please?

Yandere!House MD Characters with an Autistic Darling

Summary: Will include headcanons for Chase, House, and Wilson

Warnings: Yandere themes, mental manipulation, emotional abuse, slight frustration with reader by chase, autistic!reader. I kept it gender neutral.

Reminder, everyone with autistic is different and certain aspects are more visible in some and less in others.

Taglist: @tuttifuckinfruttifriday @flowercrowns-goodvibes

House MD master list All Master lists

House:

This man is so goddamn autistic.

Anything you do that may seem weird or off to others he doesn't even think twice about.

You're overwhelmed by everything around you? Here, he brought your noise canceling headphones.

You don't want to go to a social gathering? Perfect, neither did he.

You're blunt and to the point? He's never offended by it.

Depending on what your special intrest is it will be a 50/50 chance that he will be supportive.

If it's something he can find intrest in, you both will obsess over it together.

But if he finds it stupid/a waste of time be ready to get berated for it. House will make sure to let you know how he feels about it.

But if you ever get in an argument, are upset with him, or anything else he will buy something to do with your special intrest as a way to bribe you.

If his yandere tendencies are at the point of kidnaping he would do his best to abide by any rituals and sensory issues you have, but he still thinks about his own first.

Wilson

Wilson has been dealing with house for years, so he doesn't have many issues really.

Everything in the house is in a way he knows you like. furniture with textures you can't stand are gone, he makes sure to stock plenty of your favorite foods with the right brands, if you need any extra sensory things (like a sensory swing) he's buying it and setting it up in the house.

He would love anything your special intrest may be, not matter how weird or creepy it might be.

Wilsom will listen to you for hours about whatever it is you're interested in. He basically learns as much about it as you do because you just reread facts to him about it.

Wilson would infantize you a bit, which will be frustrating.

He's a natural caregiver, so he wants to take care of you. And seeing you have something that can make life more challenging will make him want to take care of you even more.

It doesn't help that him as a yandere is very underhandedly manipulative. Twisting his words to confuse you.

Chase

Chase has the least experience in this department.

I think he would underestimate just what it's like to be with someone who has autism, leaving him unprepared.

He doesn't get why you refuse to use a specific blanket, or why you won't eat your favorite food just because it's a different brand.

Chase is an argumentative and controlling yandere, so he may see them as you just being disobedient at first.

It would take a few breakdowns on your part for him to realize just how much these things effect you.

He would try to be more understanding, but he slips up a lot.

One thing he will push you to a lot would be social situations.

He wants that picture perfect relationship, which includes you going to stuff with him.

He does try to give you forewarning about events and some alone time before and after, but if you embarrass him during you better be ready to deal with the yelling when you get home.

[midnight1nk]

I’m thinking about the way Four reacts to those gf asmrs again. You ever think about the way he just curls up and bursts into tears instantly no matter who’s around to see, despite his usual tendency to bottle up his feelings? He doesn’t even really let himself be visibly upset when trying to sacrifice himself or after losing the castle in IGBP! He makes himself give that whole speech to rally the crew because he feels like he has to be strong for them and that it’s his responsibility to cheer them up after causing all that

But the fact that just… the mere idea of being cuddled and told how good and sweet he is disarms him so much and sends him into that vulnerable state makes me think that when he starts going a little coo coo crazy genuinely just being embraced and cooed over when he’s getting like that would do wonders for that cuddlebug of a guy.

He wouldn’t allow himself to be all that openly distressed or vulnerable in IGBP but the idea of being cuddled and called a good boy makes him break down crying in a McDonalds parking lot. It’s like Four won’t be vulnerable unless comforted preemptively.

If someone would just hold him gently when he’s losing it the way he does and not let go until he calms down…

WAAA I just want to hold the little sweetheart comfy and let him cry it out for as long as he needs.

Please he needs to just be hugged and held for an extended period of time I just 🥺😭

Poor silly little man just needs someone to be relentlessly soft and gentle and affectionate with him I think. But a lot of the crew tends to either just let him be thinking he needs space or they try to get through to him by yelling. Like

Basically the more I think about it the more I agree: you’re very right about Boopkins being so right about love being the solution. Four really needs it.

you just gotta

YEAH YEAH

Like sure, 4 can be emotional/expressive at times, but when Crew needs him, he has to be there. Not by force/annoyance, but he cares so much about them that he's willing to push himself physically and mentally to be there. You can tell how much 4 was trying to hold himself together at the IGBP aftermath from the delivery at that final line was bittersweet, not of the determination he had before. Their home was gone, he had unintentionally hurt his friends while he was possessed, ofc he feels guilty about it all. Hell, it would've been totally understandable if he broke down crying right there. And he was close to doing so too, but he was needed as their spark of hope. If he fell, they all do.

I've always had a semi-headcanon that he would put a brave face for the people around him and deliver some optimism whenever he can, but he lets himself be vulnerable when he's out of sight.

So, for me at least, it makes absolute sense why he would have a breakdown listening to those videos. After all, it is ASMR. It's literally like having someone right next to your ear, it's intimate (in the non-romantic sense btw). It would be just 4 and his phone, both metaphorically and literally, bc he would be listening to it when he's alone, except the one time in "SMG4 Simulator" when 3 was there. He would like to be comforted, to be hugged and cared for by someone. Without judgment, without anyone needing him to be strong. Let it all out.

Let's be real, it really is realistic if you think about it. Some of us want to express our emotions so we can feel better, but since we are so used to holding them in, we don't know how to release them in a natural and/or healthy manner. Sometimes it takes a sport to express frustration or anger, or watching a sad video/movie to cry. For 4, it's listening to those asmrs so he can allow himself to be vulnerable. He would like someone to be there to be there for him, but this would have to do.

And that's the thing, it actually worked outside of the whole asmr tactic: 3's speech in IGBP. The whole time, the Crew was either leaving him alone or yelling at him to snap out of it. But the one time they didn't was when 3 was showing empathy, in a comforting and gentle voice. Ofc the Crew's movements were limited by the goo but I guarantee you they would've gone up to him, and hugged him or put a hand on his shoulder. All 4 needed was love.

(also the fact that 3 does do asmr but moving on.) oh boy, if IGBP 2 is gonna happen, all of this is going to come back somehow. And it would've been crazy if they put the asmr in there somehow.

anyway, can we just give him hug please? I would just hold him and let him cry, he could really use it 🥺💙 *looks at my saviors in blue checklist* yeah, that makes sense. I mean, I did have the "white lily cliffside" hc for a reason

thanks for the ask!

[mania-sama]

A Look into Mental Health: Jujutsu Kaisen Analysis

"Being a child is not a sin." (Nanami Kento, Jujutsu Kaisen)

With the release of Chapter 251, I've seen many horrible takes from dudebros saying that Megumi has "sold" the team. This makes me unreasonably angry because of course it does, so obviously my next plan of action is to take all of my hour-long rants about the mental health of JJK characters and put it here, where said dudebros will never see my (correct) analysis in their entire life. Oh well.

One thing Gege is really, really good at is creating believable, undeniably human, and complex characters. Every character has a different set of motivations, beliefs, ideals, and especially mental states. The constant theme of Jujutsu Kiasen has been "Strength vs Weakness". While the clearest interpretation can be seen through the physical attributes of the characters (Gojo being the strongest sorcerer of his time due to his abilities, and Miwa being one of the weakest, again, due to her abilities), it is also directly applied to the mental strength of characters. No two characters are able to withstand the same trauma and come out the exact same, just as no two real people can process the same trauma. Not only is it a result of nature, as people are genetically different and therefore process information differently, but a product of nurture - in other words, character motivation and environment.

This is where we come to the current state of the manga, Chapter 251. The fated Yuuji vs Megumi debate. I keep seeing people wildly misunderstanding these two, and why it's so important that Megumi isn't standing up to fight, why he isn't able to handle his trauma, when Yuuji can.

Gege writes phenomenal characters. And I want to express just how well done they are, making Jujutsu Kaisen actually kind of deserve its popularity, because some people only care about power scaling. I'm going to touch on Megumi last, because understanding all of the other characters' makes his visible struggle that much more impactful.

1. Geto Suguru

I want to start this mental health analysis with Geto. He is the best representation of depression I've ever seen in Shonen. It doesn't take a hundred chapters to showcase a character's downfall. It doesn't take a hundred significant events to cause a character to break down. Gege shows the best, realistic mental breakdown using only a handful of chapters, and still makes it slow and painful.

Depression can start because of a big event, but it doesn't take more for it to worsen. Untreated, depression runs a vicious course that eats a person through slowly but effectively. It isn't one screaming session, hands clutched over the head and cursing God and the world. It's everything piled onto each other. It's coming to the end of that pile and realizing that nothing will ever change.

This is Geto Suguru's story. He has a big event: the fight with Toji and the failure to save Riko. But his mental health journey was fated to decline, even without the fight and failure. The root issue of his depression came from his ability: Cursed Spirit Manipulation. As long as he kept devouring the embodiment of every vile, human emotion, the more he would lose himself to that vileness. He wasn't changing anything; he couldn't help but continue to swim in negativity because that's all he could do.

Gege wasn't making a commentary on Geto's ability. He was talking about people, as they are, and how staying in a bad situation will not always make you stronger. It can, and most likely will, make you worse. A direct comparison to the sixteen-year-old Geto would be a sixteen-year-old at school, surrounded by people who bully and pick on them with harsh words. The kid will eventually consume all of that bullying, all of that negativity, into their being, because there is simply nowhere else to go. School is mandatory; they can't just leave. They eventually feel isolated, with all that vileness piled on. Even if they have friends, those people could never understand what it's like to put up with humiliation and cruelty day after day.

It's not rational to push away a support system, but who said human beings are always rational? People make mistakes. They don't make the right decisions. Geto didn't. He saw someone offer him a chance at change, a possible light at the top of his pile and twisted it to match his overwhelming negativity. He left and swore to destroy the world that made him the way he is, just as that bullied child may turn away from school and society in whatever form that may take.

I want to touch on the physical aspects of Geto's depression, too. I noted this in a previous analysis I did on him (his character is just that amazing, what can I say?), but Gege knew that the mind can't be affected alone. Geto was drawn with deep eyebags, a nod to an inability to sleep or needing to sleep all the time. Depression makes you tired all the time. Everything becomes difficult. He sits with his back hunched, resting his weight on his knees, like sitting upright is too hard. When someone speaks to him, he blinks and takes a second too long to look over or respond, like speaking takes too much energy. To me, it even looked like he was becoming thinner. It's extremely difficult to maintain a schedule of exercise and mealtimes when your mind is fighting an active war against itself.

Again, a beautiful representation of depression. Geto means a lot to me in this aspect.

2. Gojo Satoru

In comparison to Geto, Gojo's horrible mental health is a lot subtler. Depression isn't the correct term, but you don't have to be depressed to be sad. Sadness is his stagnant state; he has moments of bliss, goals to work towards, a reason to keep going, to continue living, to continue chasing the sun over the horizon, but he does return to the same place he is always at when the lights turn off and he's painfully reminded of this one fact: he is isolated.

All of Gojo's problems start and end with isolation. From the moment he was born, everyone knew he was different. He knew he was different. Through glimpses of his childhood and honestly reading between the lines, it's obvious he never played with kids his age. People don't just develop a superiority complex with their only drive to be better than literally everyone else for no other reason than to get better. It comes from somewhere, and in Gojo's case, it's from his young childhood. It seriously messed him up; even now, he can't shake the lesson that "Strength is the only way to success and happiness".

This is what made Geto so important. Geto was somebody who could share the burden of being the strongest. Geto was someone his age who understood him in a way Shoko could not, though they both were able to see Gojo beyond his capabilities as a Jujutsu sorcerer. Gojo then had somebody to base his moral principles on. Because he couldn't connect with anybody else, he had no basis other than strength. Geto taught him why it was important for the strong to protect the weak.

Then everything went wrong. Gojo became isolated again in his strength and lost the only person who could plausibly stand with him. "Are you the strongest because you're Gojo Satoru, or are you Gojo Satoru because you're the strongest?" Gojo was young, then, and fresh-faced into his newfound godhood. He didn't kill Geto in that moment because he wanted to deny the claim that he is nothing without his strength, that he isn't as shallow as he was raised to be.

But he knew better. He grew older, he killed his best friend, and he realized that he was nothing without his strength. He never got over Geto. In order to cope with the guilt of being unable to save him when he left, he adopted a whole kid, thinking that if he wasn't strong enough to save Geto, maybe he could save Megumi. But there it is all over again - he never broke from the cycle of strength defining his worth. Saving Megumi would define his strength, right? It would prove Geto wrong, right? He raised Megumi under the same logic (that the only way to save his sister is to be strong), only ridding the boy of the crushing isolation.

In this way, Gojo isn't mentally weak. He didn't abandon society and everyone who loved him, instead choosing to hone the trauma of his isolated childhood into a weapon and teach the next generation to be better than himself. He isn't depressed, but he isn't happy. You can't be happy if you're alone all of the time. He hoped Megumi could be someone to stand by him, but in the end, he failed to save Megumi. His strength couldn't save him, just as it couldn't save Geto.

He isn't mentally strong. He isn't weak, either. He is horribly, painfully average. He's not weak enough to be saved, but not strong enough to save others. His childhood plagues him, but not to the point where it prevents him from living. He killed Geto but was unable to bury the body. Gojo is everything he never wanted to be.

As it turns out, strength can't buy you happiness. Gojo may have understood that, but he couldn't abandon it, even to the bitter end. Just as a human struggles to shed their conditioning. Not everyone can break the cycle, but we are always trying our best to work with what we've been dealt.

3. Okkotsu Yuuta

I'm putting Yuuta in between Gojo & Geto and Itadori & Megumi because he is, in a way, a bridge between the two. Geto and Gojo have lived their lives; their stories are complete and ended in tragedy. Itadori and Megumi's are not. They are still actively struggling and fighting their physical and mental battles; their stories have yet to be completed.

Yuuta's story isn't technically completed (ignoring everything that happened in the recent chapter with him for the sake of MY mental health), he is still a success story. He is the average protagonist who started from the bottom and ended up at the top. Only he, as Gege has done time and time again, has a slightly stronger focus on mental health than most other Shonen. He is success where Gojo & Geto failed, and the success that Itadori & Megumi are narratively striving for.

At the beginning, Yuuta was depressed and suicidal. He was bullied at school and involuntarily hurting others. Instead of becoming resentful of the world, he pushed all of the vileness inward. His guilt caused him to try to take his life, presumably multiple times, but Rika stopped him before he could succeed. His life was effectively out of his hands; he felt powerless with all of the bodies stacking around him, and he couldn't atone for "his" actions.

His mental health, as it was, was in shambles. Gojo then offered him a way forward. Yuuta's mental health did not improve overnight. It was when he made friends at Jujutsu High, and developed a support system, that he was able to relieve his anxiety and realize that life is not so bad after all. That all of this pain and suffering and loss - it will pass.

The most important thing to acknowledge when it comes to Yuuta is the sheer fact that he was not alone, nor did he allow himself to be alone. Unlike Gojo, who still had Shoko and Nanami after Geto left but refused to connect with them, Yuuta allowed himself to get close to those around him. They didn't know the suffering he'd undergone for so many years. They didn't know what it was like to be him, but that was okay. He knew that they had empathy, that even though they could never experience his life, they could still be there for him now when he falls.

When given the opportunity to surrender, Yuuta stands in the face of one Geto Suguru and swears to protect his friends and fight with Rika. He's so far removed from the boy who tried to kill himself at the beginning of the manga, and that's because he let himself be changed. He did not succumb. He had friends, he knew. People that would miss him if he left, and people whom he would regret leaving.

This stays consistent with his character. He doesn't let himself become isolated in his strength or his experiences. He's much stronger than everyone else in the room, he's a special grade and he knows that, but he still treats everyone like they are equals. Like they are his friends, like they are people who could share this burden of existence with him. This is something that Gojo couldn't accomplish, which lends to the fact that Gojo had a very off-hand teaching method when it came to mentoring Yuuta. Instead of influencing him under this idea of strength conquers all, he let Yuuta develop far away from the ideals of the Japanese Jujutsu Society.

And, in the end, the fact of him being physically strong - a special-grade sorcerer from the get-go - never helped him in his mental health. In fact, it made him miserable until he learned to get a handle on Rika. His winning or losing that fight with Geto wasn't the point of his character, it was reckoning with the fact that he is okay now. That he can embrace the ugly part of him with dignity instead of guilt.

4. Itadori Yuuji

Itadori's entire character is that he has an unbreakable spirit. As the only one who can bear the soul of Sukuna, he started off like Yuuta, only on the opposite end of the mental health spectrum. When we first see him, he's happy, spending his afternoons with the Occult Club and watching movies.

... What happened?

Like Geto, everything piled on very slowly. So slow that I'm not even sure he felt the true effects of everything he experienced up until the fall of Shibuya. It starts with the death of grandfather, whose parting words "Just save as many people as you can" haunt him even now during the final fight with Sukuna. He was never given time to properly grieve his grandfather, just as he never had time to grieve the brother curses, Junpei, Nanami, Nobara, Gojo, Higurama. At the end of it all, when the fighting is over, I have to wonder what will become of the boy that realizes he's lost most of the people he loved.

The one time he did try to process it, when he realized that he couldn't control Sukuna, was when he broke down in Shibuya. Sukuna leveled an entire city. For the boy who never wanted to kill another human being for fear of devaluing life, the weight of his weakness killing thousands was crushing. Then Nanami died. Nobara died (still hanging onto that unknown status but I digress). Both are right in front of him, and powerless to prevent Mahito from disintegrating their bodies. So, obviously, Itadori broke down. The boy with the unshakeable spirit, the only person who could contain the King of Curses, has his psyche completely shattered.

He laid on the ground, and he wouldn't have gotten back up if there wasn't somebody to help him, to be there with him. Todo pulled him back together, stitched back up the broken into somebody who has allies and people to fight for. Itadori has the success that Yuuta had, only Itadori did not come out of it with better mental health.

After the breakdown, his unshakeable spirit was nothing more than the will to keep fighting. He cares little for himself, and he tries to distance himself from people to prevent them from dying from his cursed hands. He is jumping, quickly, down the same rabbit hole that Geto fell down. One big event, and they realize just how tall the pile already is, and that it will never stop growing. Unlike Geto, however, he continues to get overbearing support from those around him. Against his will. He can't push them away, for they refuse to leave his side. Yuuta, Choso, Megumi, even Higurama. They won't let him fall. This makes him better off than someone alone, in a sense. He can withstand his trauma when others may not.

Even so, even so, there is only so much support, the lack of self-isolation, can do when the traumas keep actively repeating. When he says that he will gladly die to defeat Sukuna, it is not said with the same tone that another Shonen protagonist would say it. Take Naruto for example. If he were to go into a battle to protect, say, Sasuke, he would scream, "I'll die to protect him." We understand that his willpower is stronger than his self-preservation, but we don't get the idea that he actively wants to die. He'll die if he has to. Now, Itadori says the same thing, but about saving Megumi. He says, "I'll gladly die." There is something different. His willpower is leaps and bounds stronger than his self-preservation, but that's not only it. There is an undercurrent of severe suicidal ideation prevalent in Itadori's tone. It's not that he will die to win, it's that a part of him wants for this to be his final fight. For it all to be over. To save Megumi, then atone for the sin of being too weak to save Shibuya, or being unable to stop the Culling Games, or letting Megumi get hurt when all he wanted was to keep him safe.

I'd call it more along the lines of passive suicidal ideation. He doesn't plan to kill himself, but what would it mean for him to go into dangerous situations without protection? What would it mean for him to succumb to his wounds after he wakes Megumi's soul and kills Sukuna? To not even try to seek medical attention? He's guilty. He believes everything that happened in Shibuya and after is his fault. When faced with the executioner's sword, he was ready to die for his sins, if not for the goal of ending the Games. There is a fine line between willing to die for those you love versus wanting to die for those you love.

Right now, Itadori is fighting to save one person, like his grandfather said. He is not fighting to survive. And that's what people fail to understand about Itadori when they compare him to the other members of the cast. These power-scaling dudebros don't understand that their favorite OP main character has fallen apart at the seams, that his unshakeable spirit to save people doesn't include himself.

5. Fushiguro Megumi

Here we finally come to the question: Why can Itadori take it when Megumi can't? There is a very similar quote that you probably think of whenever you hear this question asked. It's from The Outsiders: "Dally is tougher than I am. Why can I take it when Dally can't?" The answer to this question that Ponyboy gives is the same we can attribute to Megumi. "And then I knew. Johnny was the only thing Dally loved. And now Johnny was gone."

The entire reason Megumi became a Jujutsu sorcerer was to protect his sister. When he was five years old and probably too young to understand most of the words Gojo said, he accepted the offer of training to become a sorcerer in exchange for Tsumiki's happiness. Every day, he fought to protect her. He only had one goal in entering the Culling Games: to prevent Tsumiki from having to participate.

It's easy to attribute Megumi's constant attempts at summoning Mahoraga to a lack of will to live - suicidal ideation, the same that Itadori now experiences. On one hand, I do understand that he has a fundamental lack of care for his own life, but on the other, I don't think that he intends to throw it all away every single time. He just didn't know any better. Ignorance can lead to death as easily as intentionally seeking it out. That's why he changes his habit after Gojo gives him a lesson in risking death versus dying to win; Megumi still has someone to live for, after all.

Megumi's mental health was already rocky from the start. Not that it was in shambles like Yuuta, but he wasn't fully stable. Like a lot of teenagers, he's moody, somewhat reclusive, and only really likes one or two people maximum. Teenagers aren't known for their sunshine mental health anyway.

Megumi was given time to grieve Itadori after he first died. This trauma of losing him in front of his eyes stuck with him, but he was allowed a grace period of two months to grieve with Nobara. He experienced Shibuya, too, but he still had that one important person to protect. His mental health was alright at this point, all things considered. As long as his sister was alive, he would be fine.

Sukuna knew this. So Sukuna killed Tsumiki using only the Ten Shadows Teqchnique. The one person Megumi spent his whole life dedicated to, was killed by his own cursed technique, his own failure to suppress Sukuna.

In the void of his soul, Megumi was alone. Truly, utterly alone. The only person nearby was Sukuna, the murderer of his sister, the murderer of thousands upon thousands of people. He drowned in the ceremonial bath of crushed curses to hold his soul down in the depths of despair, literally drenched in all of the vileness the world has to offer. Sukuna killed Gojo using Mahoraga's adaption ability, and before that, Megumi was forced to take several of Gojo's mind-altering domain expansions.

Already, he had given up. He gave up when his sister died, but the rest ground a pointed spur into his neck. When Itadori shakes his soul, Megumi is repeating, "That's enough." He was at the end of his rope a long time ago. What more is there to keep living for? He doesn't want to live with the blood of his sister, the blood of the man who practically raised him, and the blood of countless others drenching his hands.

Sukuna killed all of these people, not Megumi. But then, Sukuna killed of those people in Shibuya, not Itadori. Why can Itadori take it? Why can he keep fighting when Megumi lays broken on the ground? Itadori wasn't alone. And Megumi has never been known for his unshakeable spirit. That is the one thing that Itadori can hold over everybody else, the one trait that everyone admires. He was born to shoulder the burden of the world. Megumi wasn't. Megumi wants to die. He is not passively suicidal, for he has no goals left to complete, a plan to die within the body no longer inhabited alone. He is suicidal. He would drive a stake through his heart if it meant relieving his pain. He doesn't want to do it anymore. He's had enough.

And Itadori was in this position once, too? Perhaps not as directly, but he was there. Here is the moment that the protagonist gives the motivating speech to will someone to keep fighting, that life is worth living. I realized today that this is not something Itadori has done yet. He hasn't had a grand speech that's not been about his own willpower. He's never encouraged someone else to keep living in the way that you would expect from the main character. This is his moment, I suppose. He needs to be the person for Megumi that Todo was for him. He has to show Megumi that he isn't alone.

He needs to save Megumi when, all those years ago, Gojo couldn't save Geto.

I don't think some of this fanbase understands how horrible Gege has to be at writing if he just. Let Megumi get up to fight in Chapter 251. All this time, he has shown how Megumi has been defeated. He showed him crumbled on the ground, unmoving. It shouldn't be a surprise that all of the measures Sukuna took to ensnare Megumi's soul worked. Megumi is suicidal after the people he loves have all died because of his technique. God forbid a sixteen-year-old is unable to cope with his trauma alone.

Honorable Mentions:

There are a lot more characters in this story that represent/show mental illness that I didn't go into depth on but are worth mentioning. It was easier to only talk about the major characters since we spend so much time with them and I can fully flesh out everything that should/can be said about them. Anyway, here are a few more that are notably well-written in their mental struggles:

Yoshino Junpei. His story arc follows very similarly to Geto, except he is the bullied student I was making a reference to. Depressed, alone with a mother whose habits he can't stand, he turned to someone he thought could provide him a better life. Interestingly, he is a good representation of the type of children that tend to be groomed. That's surely what happened to him. Mahito used him, then discarded him for his own gains.

Ieiri Shoko. Her main struggle can be seen through her smoking habits. She's been through a lot, lost so many people, and has to keep healing sorcerers only for them to die. Eventually, she was able to come to terms with this. She kicked her smoking habit at the same time she kicked the vicious mental cycle of caring too much about the patient on her table. It's no wonder she picked up a cigarette, for the first time in a while, when Geto led the phantom parade.

Zenin Maki. She works as a very good contrast to Megumi. They both lost their sisters, the people they loved the most, but she turned all of her grief to killing the Zenin clan and gaining Heavenly Restriction. But this, this is because she could do so. There is simply nothing Megumi can do as a soul trapped in his own body. Her grief made her stronger, while for most, it made them weaker.

Inumaki Toge. He isn't seen a lot, but his story is ultimately quite compelling. A boy who hurt many when he was young. He turned his guilt into kindness, a will to protect. He tends a garden to raise plants healthily, for God's sake. He's one of the examples that shows Yuuta that your past actions don't define you, but instead, what you choose to do going forward.

I am not proofreading any of this before I post it. Sorry if it is borderline unreadable with spelling / grammatical errors.

[haveyouseenthisskeleton]

i wanna know what would break the skeles, especially the horror aus! while they.. well some calmed down from what they were in the past, like the horror! bros making a farm etc, i wanna see them snap what makes their patience run out

Horrortale Sans - For the longest time, Oak was not authorized to leave the farm because he couldn't stand how the humans looked at him. If one stared for too long, he would grow immediately defensive and growl angrily to discourage them. The times he actually snaps though, are really rare. He doesn't look for a fight naturally. It happened once when he fell asleep in a bus and a rude human touch the hole in his skull. Oak woke up, surprised, and immediately attacked to protect himself, sending huge bones everywhere and injuring two people in the process. Willow got really scared the humans might hold it against him, but they didn't and said it was self-defense, recognizing he didn't started it. Oak doesn't like to get mad or agitated, as it takes hours for him to calm down and he's just not feeling well the entire time.

Horrortale Papyrus - It happens a few times, mainly because of humans harassing him. Willow doesn't have a lot of self confidence to begin with, but he's extremely tall and visible added to that, which is a big problem when you want to make yourself as small as possible. It takes a lot to distress Willow, but a few managed to do that. There were this group of teens that thought it would be funny to follow him everywhere for two hours, and then started to insult him out of nowhere. Willow tried to ignore them, he really tried, but eventually he couldn't stand being call a human murderer. So he summoned a huge bone and slammed it into the ground with so much strength it cracked the floor. The kids pissed themselves and ran away. The rest of the time, Willow has mental breakdowns, mainly after seeing people look and whisper at him. He hates it, and after a few of them, he isolates himself in a quiet corner or in some random bathroom to cry and calm down.

Horrorswap Sans - Nugget is one of the very dangerous one. His LV is high, way higher than Chief or Copper, and that's a huge problem with his very small patience. A human talks to him and he's not in the mood? He's going to snap, and quickly become threatening if they keep pushing. Something doesn't work the way he wants? He gets frustrated really fast and if it's still not resolving, he turning the thing into ashes by blasting it repeatedly. Nugget doesn't do good with being scare either and has a bad habit of attacking first and then analyzing what's going on. Chief, having really high LV too, but more stable, is trying to help him to not react like that, but Nugget is extremely stubborn and doesn't want any help, rejecting him constantly. That guy is not ready to heal yet.

Horrorswap Papyrus - Pumpkin snapped only one time out of anger, and everyone still remembers it. It's the day his brother confessed he didn't come to fetch him Underground and let him rot for two bonus weeks because he thought he was already dead and didn't want to check to find his dust. Pumpkin then asked if he regretted it, and Nugget said that when he found him and saw his state, he envisaged putting him out of his misery because it would have been easier. That's when there was a long big huge silence, and suddenly Pumpkin jumped at his brother's throat and tried to strangle him. It took Oak, Willow, and Copper to pull him back, and they had to physically lock him up in his room because Pumpkin wouldn't stop trying to attack his brother. Chief eventually came in to talk with him, and Pumpkin completely broke down in his arms, asking what he had done wrong for his brother to not care enough to check if he was still alive. Let's just say it was a little awkward on the farm for a few days after that, especially when the brothers, you know, stopped talking to each other, like at all. But they managed to go through it eventually.

Horrorfell Sans - It's hard to see him angry as Copper hides his feelings well and usually prefers to get away than confronts things that are pissing him off. When he has no escape, though? That's when the survival instincts kick back in. It happens only once on the Surface, after a drunk man managed to trap him into an alley by following him, but he was too tired to shortcut out of here. Copper was scared and the man had a knife, so he tried to impress him a little with a big blaster. Since it didn't work and the man still walked on him, Copper started to panic and stabbed him from head to toes with a bone. Well, obviously, he didn't stay there and ran for his life after that, feeling guilty he had to kill yet another human to survive. Unlike Red though, Copper knows he can trust his brother with these things and immediately goes straight to him to ask for comfort as the guilt sinks in. He hates doing that. He's far from a fighter, but he knows how to defend himself.

Horrorfell Papyrus - Well, he still has his strong personality, that didn't change lol. But he's more appeased on the Surface and it's actually extremely rare to see him really angry (unlike Edge). Sure, he's sometimes complaining because he's an old man and doesn't have anything better to do, but getting angry? Only maybe once or twice. The first one being after Torpedo threw him out of his wheelchair for fun and kept harassing him until Chief literally blew up and used all he had to kill him. The second one is actually a human who refused him access to a restaurant because he's a monster, but used his disability to justify themselves, which triggered him twice in a short time. He screamed so loud on that human they actually called the cops in fear. The cops had to take him away to calm him down because he was so mad that he fought them. He got out with a fine, and he's still very salty about it.

Horrorswapfell Sans - Well, the Surface is still very new for Bear, and not being able to see for sure doesn't help to appreciate it a lot. It's not rare to see him completely freak out because a tree branch lightly brushes his back, and then he's attacking the tree because he has no idea what touched him. Happened with flowers too, and a bee once. Bear is not a big fan of nature in the first place and he will probably never be. He doesn't have much contact with the humans yet, he prefers to avoid them and hide, so there are no big problems with them. The angrier he got was at Copper for ruining his kitchen's organisation and yes, he might have blast him off and then they started fighting.

Horrorswapfell Papyrus - Tiger is not ready to move on from the Underground yet and is currently a big threat lol. He killed a few chickens already, forever traumatized a postman that he chased on almost 5 miles like the creepy bastard he is, and pretty much makes sure no stranger will ever intrude on the farm by being so scary to any newcomer that they never come back. Tiger doesn't like strangers and he goes full hunter mode every time he sees one. So far, the others always intervened before he injured someone, but they're a little worry about what could happen someday, they can't be there on time.

[suguru-getos]

— hawks hit by a yandere quirk —

-> warnings: yandere themes, mentions of feather blade cuts, completely delulu hawksie, toxic love (ofc its yandere), fem! reader, mentions of self h@/rm scars. mentions of slight choking, degradation, shock and breakdown. it’s dark, okay? stay off of it if you don’t like it. loads and loads and loads of word vomit ahead and not beta’d.

all you could hear was the rumbling and the faint noises that echoed from the tv. the main pro heroes like hawks, endeavor, dynamight were caught in a nuisance and your heart was thumping out loud for your boyfriend. it’s been 2 months only, that keigo and you started dating, hell you’ve never even been to his apartment yet.

why?

it’s… complicated

you’re one of the renouned pop idols of japan and had been writing songs dedicated to hawks. yes— you fell first and he fell harder. during one of the award functions hawks was quick to catch a-hold of you, which turned into a one night stand— which turned into you telling him to leave because you couldn’t accept a hero like hawks wanting to be with a quirkless woman. which turned into a few unreleased songs and eventually— you and keigo together.

this time though? you couldn’t care less, you really wanted to check if hawks was doing okay and drove to the hospital he was in. he was — okay. for the most part? a few scratches here and there, a few feathers missing but your man never looked better. what you didn’t know is how mentally he wasn’t okay. under the effect of several mutated quirks, one of them being the yandere one.

how could you sense it really? well— it was in plain fucking sight! the way hawks possessively grabbed you and kissed you, uncaring of who’s watching in the damned hospital & glaring daggers with his marked pupils when you so much so flinched the wrong way. it was visible that he wasn’t okay.

“eh, babe- what if someone sees us?” you tried to squirm away from his iron grip, being straddled on his lap like his favorite toy. “and?” keigo sounded, almost uninterested, annoyed at your statement.

“then we’d have a ruckus…” you gulped, clearing your throat, trying your best to understand what actually was going wrong.

hawks took a pause, his pupils scanning you and ended up in a long sigh. “you’re right babygirl, let’s just go to my apartment.”

you widened your eyes a little, ‘his’ apartment? he’s never taken you there, not even once! why the sudden change of heart? “alright!” you managed to answer, curiosity taking over you as you let keigo carry you princess style in the high skies and eventually in his balcony.

“s’ not much, definitely doesn’t feel as homely as yours but it’s what it is.” keigo led you inside, while you noticed how ikea-ish the whole vibe was. nothing was displaced, everything felt unreal and uninhabitable. reminded you of the fact that keigo doesn’t stay in his apartment much.

the next moment again, took you off guard. landing right on the bed on keigo’s lap, soft tender kisses starkly contrasting from his hands which hovered all over your body, not leaving any square inch of you untouched with his carnal, almost dangerous growls rendered you speechless, and slightly uncomfortable.

“ngh- AH keigo- easy there,” you whimpered when his teeth nibbled at your bottom lip, unable to find time to breathe properly. hawks wanted you and you were unable to keep up with his predator instincts.

“what?” he leaned back, hands wrapping themselves around your neck suddenly, squeezing them gently. “do you not want to be loved, kid?” of course it wasn’t a question, keigo sounded offended with your predicaments.

“no- no, its not like that you’re just behaving weirdly.” you managed to utter honestly, when another hand squeezed your face, golden eyes daggering and glowering at your form as keigo pecked your forced puckered lips. “then act like you’re enjoying being worshipped yeahh? i love you after all.”

of course he loved you, even you didn’t doubt that; for now atleast—

what was making you anxious was how nauseating his love felt right now. how it made you feel insignificant, insecure, pathetic.

when you feel weird, you act weird. maybe it was your mistake with how you acted— and lied to hawks, to get rid of him. you just needed space from him.

“i think i should let you rest, yeah?” a sugarcoated lie that you wanted to flee from him, gave you a sugarcoated answer from keigo. “i can rest while you’re here, can’t i?”

keigo hugged you again, suffocating you with his large wings covering you up, and not letting a single speck of light pass. “ye-yeah.” you were growing more nervous by the moment.

“you know? i’ve thought about some things. how you’re busy, in the studio, with other people, with fans, shooting ad commercials,” keigo paused, uncocooning you and glaring at you softly, as if he feels betrayed.

“huh?” you couldn’t say anything to that— yes you were, but that’s your job!

“what if i get rid of everyone and keep you to myself.” keigo smirked, watching your expressions change to half disgust, half anxious as you forced a chuckle.

“n-no? you’re the number 2 hero after all!” you smiled, trying to balm the wound his words gave you all by yourself. maybe any reassurance would help at the moment.

“mhm, and who said? heroes are all white with no grey areas? and, can’t be morally fucked?” boy— now you were losing your damn mind. you knew keigo never talk like this after all.

“uhm,” you managed to conjure up another lie. “i uh, forgot to feed my cat. i gotta go”

pathetic— poor and disgusting, that’s how your lie felt to hawks. siren eyes glaring at you as if you know, that he knows. you’re fucking lying. that feeling itself made you uncomfortable. hawks paused— clearing his throat, “you visited the hospital which means you had already fed him before going out. besides— didn’t he have an automatic feeder?”

“ye-yeah but i forgot to put food in it.”

“don’t be silly, dove” hawks cooed, glaring knives and hatred at your lies. “i saw you fill it 2 days back.”

before you could say anything else, his hand squeezed your throat, still careful and haven’t gone completely off the edge. “why’re you lying to me? do you want to meet someone else behind my back and whore around? like you do in award shows? click pathetic pictures with heroes for the camera and attention while i WATCH WHAT’S MINE BEING TOUCHED BY SOMEONE ELSE?”

you flinched, resisting and pushing him away after witnessing the heat of his rage first hand. “no- what the fuck’s wrong with you i’d never! i’ve written songs for you do you have no respect for me?” your voice also rose a few octaves, but hawks’ grip was relentless, pushing you on the mattress face first with an unbearable grip on your neck which you can’t get up from.

you felt powerless in the most disgusting, self hating way. if only you hadn’t been quirkless— if only—

you tried to push your way up, causing a knuckle crack that sounded loud enough to scare hawks, his hold left you immediately and he was surrendered on his knees, feathers splayed down on the floor with panic struck eyes. “fuck fuck fuck- are you okay?” he mumbled, holding your hand and looking at you with downpours of guilt you could swear was fake.

“m’ fine i’m not made of glass.” now your helplessness against someone as powerful as him was proving to enrage you. eyes daring to glare back at the absolute manipulative powerhouse of a man. “i want to leave.”

it was like a switch flipped in hawks, one moment he was kneeling down, the other moment he was up again, dominating you through your very core, pinning your wrists to the bed as he clicked his tongue. you could tell his patience was running thin.

“here’s what’s gonna happen— kid, you’re not moving anywhere for shit. and to remind you that you can’t go anywhere, and who exactly you belong to, i’ll mark you up, yeah?” stray plumes emerged from his wings as they ripped off your t shirt, uncaring, unflinching and unbothered of the littering papercuts that oozed out blood from your body.

“please- please no no- no i don’t consent to this you’re FUCKING SICK what’s wrong with you!” your anxiety ravaged your mind, bile rising up your throat as you felt the pain of being his all at once. hawks’ ignorant eyes as if he’s dealing with a child having a temper tantrum was chilli flakes to your wounds.

quickly, as if you breathing more was a waste of time, hawks yanked your wrist close to his, feather blade sharp and precise as he drew a line above one of your self harm scars, eventually completing the “K” of keigo.

by then you were begging, praying, chanting for him to stop, hawks wanted you to suffer, deliberately gliding his blade across your skin slowly, making you feel the ripping of your skin tissue, ignoring your pleads and how you don’t ‘consent’, who asked for your consent anyways? you were nothing more than a toy to stomp and play around with. punish if you don’t submit. hawks was sure to get that message through your skull.

with a little, complimentary mercy, he wrote the rest of his name quickly on your hand, maybe he was getting annoyed at your begging, or maybe he did feel bad. all you knew was he never loved you.

“there we go, nice and pretty,” sadistically, he licked off the strip of blood from your wrist, and you could swear you saw him kiss your self harm scars, a flash of the previous aftercare memory maybe.

tears flowing through your eyes and shock enough to supress the smallest sniffles, you kept staring at your hand. unlucky for hawks— when he gets off the effects of whatever the quirk that got ahold of him was, he’d never be able to hold you again.

you were beyond numb, why wouldn’t you be? it was a reminder that you dated the wrong man— and maybe you should be punished for it. or will you really be able to accept that it was a quirk? keigo would never do this to you, but hawks did and relished it. maybe it’s better to lose them both.

and you will, when hawks gets back to his senses and gives you his pathetically constructed apology, you will realize maybe— for a quirkless, normal human being, dating the #2 hero was the biggest mistake of your life.

[kerubimcrepin]

Wakfu OVA - Book 3, Dragon Mountain [PART 2]

Goultard's canonical gay husband is literally looking like a loaf of bread.

[pointing at the screen and clapping] This used to be Goultard's gay lover. [salutes to the biggest hero of doomed yaoi]

Please... Translate the manga... I believe in you, scanlation team that is currently doing that!

[boos]

LEORICTUS WARCRIME ENABLER ATE PINPIN'S ARM LMAOO

the face of an arm-eater....

Ngl I wish it was 'Salar who did this. Because then I could make unfunny jokes about Joris.

I'm sure that Joris isn't feeling in any way suicidal or despaired about the fact that internally he agreed with Adamai but let Yugo do this because Yugo is based and stuff. Surely he isn't having a fucking mental breakdown.

THEY PUT ME IN A ROOM FULL OF RATS. AND RATS MAKE ME CRAZY.

By which I mean, in a room full of distraught civilians, of course Kerubim's main concern is his brother.

He probably feels so powerless... Joris is gone and he has no idea if he is okay. He can't even console Atcham, because this situation is completely out of their control.

BUT THEN HE COLLECTS HIMSELF, VISIBLY SHAKING HIS HEAD IN SOME SORT OF INTERNAL ARGUMENT.

He knows he's the one who has to give people hope — his family, and the people around him, he can't let them spiral into panic. It's one of the few things he can do, at times like these.

Also, at the sound of Kerubim's voice, Atcham opens his eyes to look at him. Hngfhngnhnnghnfnhnn

He is doing so well in the "not losing his mind because he's the only one in his family who can do that" department... He's always been good at this.

I am now an Ankama hater because they won't show us Joris's despaired face at the realization of their impending doom.

I WILL TAKE CRUMBS THANK YOU.

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES I'M INSANE.

Goultard not mentioning missing his dead ex husband after seeing him is an intant -5 points to this OVA.

I want to give a shout-out to @bitter-panacea because his Goultard takes are so good. It really gave me a new appreciation for the character, and I can't stop smiling at his behaviours here. A wonderful creature.

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Atcham seems to be the first to hear the return of Yugo and Tristepin.

Joris might not necessarily be the second one to notice, considering we only see his face zoomed in, though.

Still, he looks pretty in these 2 screenshots, so I'm including them.

Need this frame injected intravenously.

[Laughs in Wakfu The Great Wave Manga] [Laughs in Season 4] [Laughs in Waven]

Not Kerubim and Atcham standing a polite "we don't know him" distance from Joris 😭

(Personally, I think they're standing a little far from him because he's technically in the middle of fulfilling his diplomatic duties, and currently standing next to a king...)

Of course the Brotherhood of Tofu's biggest fan has a huge happy grin on his face during this... :D

It's very cute how happy he is. There isn't much not to be happy about: Besides his two friends getting married, the good news is that the Chaos of Ogrest has been stopped, almost nobody had to die (we don't know the fatality rate of the meteorites that got dropped to WoT), AND nobody he cares about died.

[wandaspetal]

An Island Made From Love

𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦: Marvel/MCU

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫(𝐬)/𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐩(𝐬): Wanda Maximoff x Reader, mentions of Kate Bishop x Yelena Belova (platonic), and Kate Bishop x Wanda Maximoff (platonic)

𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞: Established Relationship

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭: 1.4K+

𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: Mentions of death (no one actually died though I’m not heartless) , Mental breakdowns, panic attacks, mention of anxiety, depression, suicidal ideations, crying, angst with a happy ending, VERY GAY AND FLUFFY AT THE END I PROMISE

𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲: You make your island flag in animal crossing Wanda’s crown.

𝐀𝐍: Reader uses they/them pronouns! This is very much partially based on me restarting my anch island and wondering how Wanda would react after a hard day….I’m mentally ill shush.

Wanda had been having the worst day. The team’s mission went south very fast. Hydra began implanting bombs inside their base’s so that in the case if they are ever found they can destroy the evidence of them being there. Soldiers waited outside for them with military grade weapons. The Hulk went into a fit of rage, Clint almost lost an arm and Natasha was almost crushed by rubble. Wanda was able to push herself hard enough to use her magic to make sure Natasha and her got out of the building quick enough.

They were the only ones left inside as the rest of the team fought everyone outside. After everything was said and done the ride on the quinjet back to the compound was silent. Even a small cough had an apology following suit behind it. Wanda is surprised she didn’t cry the same way Kate did as Yelena held her on the way back. The brunette simply placed a comforting hand on Kate’s back on the way home.

Wanda Maximoff had lost so many people in her life and this was another reminder of why she had to keep them out the way. The team can protect themselves. Y/n, a barista at a family owned coffee shop–one they barely work at anymore because their rich girlfriend takes care of them and Tony and the team randomly throws money and gifts their way. But that’s besides the point. The team is strong with super powers or serums or martial arts and knows how to use weapons. Y/n makes the threat that anything can be a weapon yet they ironically apologize whenever they bump into a chair, table, etc.

The mere thought of losing them the same way she almost lost half the team today nearly sent Wanda into a spiral. She convinced herself to hold on and remain strong.

Once they landed everyone was sent off to med bay, visible injury or not. Wanda had a scar on her brow and a cut on her nose and a sprained wrist. Both her arms were sore but she didn’t think that was worth mentioning. After leaving medbay she informed Jarvis to tell the team she went to see Y/n if they asked where she went.

Wanda didn’t bother driving a car, she stepped outside and immediately teleported inside Y/n’s apartment. The Sokovian wasn’t allowed to do that anymore after she scared them but she couldn’t help herself as she was on the verge of shaking from overstimulation.

“Wanda is that you?!”

“Y-Yeah!” She already felt tears coming to her eyes at hearing your voice but quickly blinked them away.

“Oh! Come look and see!!” Y/n exclaimed happily.

Wanda smiled and quickly walked pass the small foyer and to the living room. Her shoulders relaxed at the sight of her partner gazing at the TV that displayed her animal crossing game on it. She walked over and sat down on the couch.

“I restarted my island and it took like five times but I finally got villagers that aren’t ugly!” They squealed with joy.

Wanda placed her hands in her lap and smiled authentically at the screen. Y/n had already begun decorating the island and including as much villager homes as possible. There was customized pathing on the beach and grass.

“I named it Westview because you know…we said we wanted to move there.” Y/n’s voice grew quieter as their shyness increased. They shrugged. “And yeah…”

Wanda turned her head and reached out her to tuck their hair behind their ear. “That’s nice, I like it.”

Y/n blushed then cleared their throat. “Oh! Also the flag!! Look, look, look!!” They still hadn’t looked at Wanda as they could not turn their attention off the screen. Not even a bowl of the best pasta in the world could take their focus off their hyper fixation right now.

Wanda turned her head back towards the screen, still twirling their strand of hair between her two fingers. She dropped her hand at the sight of the flag that blew in the wind at the airport. It was her head piece. The one that she didn’t like at first but Y/n adored because it suited her so well. And because Y/n adored it Wanda slowly began to, too. Tony designed it for her after he heard her ranting about wanting more accessories for her costume the same way Nat and Steve did.

“I made it just for you!” They exclaimed.

“You made me a flag…with my head piece on it?” Wanda asked, her eyes glazing over with the tears she had been holding back since the mission ended.

Y/n beamed at the tv screen missing the full effect of their words. “Yeah! Because you’re my favorite person in the world and–“ They faltered and their brow furrowed with concern as they finally turned to look at the brunette. “Wanda, are you okay?” Y/n reached out and caressed her cheek with their palm as the witch begun to cry.

“I just love you…so much.” A lone tear trailed down her cheek. “You make me so happy…I-…today was awful and some of the team almost didn’t make it and it was so traumatizing and I just–” A much needed sob broke free from her mouth as she curled into Y/n’s warm embrace.

Y/n began to rock them side to side and soothingly rub their hand up and down Wanda’s back. “You’re safe now, let it all out.” Wanda sobbed harder than before, gripping on Y/n’s shirt for dear life. “I’m so sorry all of you had to go through that.” Wanda continued to cry as Y/n continued to speak.

They sat in silence until her sobs died down to sniffles and her eyes had stopped producing as much tears.

Y/n moved to pull away then stopped as Wanda whimpered. “Put your head up for me please.” Wanda complied, sitting up straight with their arms still around each other. “I love you.” Wanda felt another sob building up in her throat. “And I’m so so proud of you.” Another sob broke free but Y/n continued to speak as they wiped away Wanda’s tears. “Today was really hard and you did such a phenomenal job–yes you did.” Y/n reassured as Wanda began shaking her head. “You did a good job because you did your best.”

Wanda pulled away from their embrace, her body immediately felt the rush of cool air surrounding her. “I didn’t even tell Pietro where I was going, I just left and came straight here to you because I just felt so overstimulated and…and broken and scared.” Y/n nodded, holding their palms together. “And I know I did a great job but fuck why did my life have to be this way, I’m still here, I’m still the scared little girl who hid under a bed with her twin brother for 3 days after realizing our parents are gone and dead and…” She felt herself begin to descend into a panic and placed one hand on her chest and the other on her head. “I’m tired. I’m so tired.” She choked out.

Y/n took both Wanda’s hands in their own. “Baby, look at me, hey-” Their eyes met. “I’m right here, okay? Everything is okay now, the team is okay, your brother is okay and you are okay..you’re safe now.” Wanda blinked. Y/n brought Wanda’s hands to their chest and took a deep breath in then a deep breath out and continued this until Wanda began to follow suit.

It took five minutes until the normal color returned to Wanda’s cheeks and blood no longer felt like it was rushing to her ears. Y/n placed their hand on Wanda’s cheek, smiling as the witch sighed out of content. Wanda turned her head and kissed their hand before she spoke.

“Can you show me more of…Westview?” She asked softly while making eye contact.

“Only as long as you promise to move there with me…and also order us a pizza.” Y/n bit their lip and grinned as Wanda giggled.

“I promise.” Wanda took her phone out of her pocket and snuggled into Y/n’s side as the number for their favorite pizza place began to ring. “Extra cheese?” She hummed as Y/n kissed the top of her head.

“Sounds great.” They replied and began to decorate Westview as Wanda ordered them enough food to have leftovers for the next day.

[thatmittengirl2009]

I knew this guy was an asshole but this is next level.

Clearly, very visibly, showing first hand he is not a real medical doctor more than ever. To not understand biology, genetics, environmental factors, income levels, and basic medical care. 🤬

And now while worrying myself of what this man plans on doing with millions of people’s Medicare and Medicaid coverage, I have to somehow find the strength to comfort my mom who saw this and is now having a full blown mental breakdown wondering what is going to happen to her and my dad. My dad is dependent on both insurances right now. Will they say he’s far too sick and would be better off dead as not to “waste resources?” Will they just say too bad? My mom, no matter how much beef I have with her, is still a human being who deserves access to healthcare beyond her control. Like many women, she developed Gestational diabetes from pregnancy. It’s no fault of her own other than she had me. Will her insulin she’s dependent on being taken away because she’s old and now a burden on society? Insulin that only costs less than $5 to produce?

Or my niece and nephew who rely on Medicaid. My niece needs to her medication daily to deal with her rare metabolic disorder. Because they stopped research, will they say they don’t know anything about this disease and therefore her treatment should be stopped? This will kill a child. And my nephew….like the one RFK Jr had no problem describing saying he tore my family apart. He’s nonverbal, he can’t control his bowel movements and needs assistance for life, and most importantly….he can’t pay taxes. What do they plan on doing to him???? These kids and adults have always existed. They were just called the R word and shamed from society to live behind closed doors in institutions. Most people who have severe autism (which is a huge spectrum btw & not all are the same) have other underlying health disorders that do not allow them to live a full life and pass away young. I swear I’ve never wanted to harm some tone deaf, rich assholes more. Maybe if we’re lucky RFK Jr will get the old family tradition. These men are sick and disgusting thinking you can just suddenly “be healthy!”

Another dreadful reminder that Nazi Germany started experimenting on the special needs and sick and vulnerable first. The first people sent to camps were not Jews. It was the ones they deemed “weak” to society first.

[amillionmagpies]

I went to the local part of the nationwide protest on Saturday, and I want to talk about how to use yourself as propaganda.

So, for context: When I was 9, my dad brought me to an event held by a climate justice organization called Plant for the Planet. The event was what they call an 'academy,' basically a one day crash course workshop on what climate change is and how to advocate for environmental protection. You watch a presentation by a speaker, do a couple of activities, and then everyone is given a chance to give part of the presentation from the beginning for themselves. They give you a certificate, and boom, you're a member of Plant for the Planet. It's very simple, because it has to be - most of Plant for the Planet's members are children.

Over the next several years, I participated in and led several actions to fight climate change. I presented at academies. I organized mass tree-plantings. I raised money for other environmental organizations. I supported other members of Plant for the Planet in a years-long lawsuit against my state for our right to a future with a habitable environment (we won, btw, and then our legislature didn't actually do anything about the court ruling, so we sued again). I spoke at rallies and town hall meetings. I helped organize a march.

I'm no longer a member of Plant for the Planet - I had a mental breakdown and was institutionalized for three years, and by the time my mental health was stable enough that I could go back to activism, I had pretty much aged out - but it taught me a lot of very valuable lessons. It taught me how to fight for something I cared about. It taught me how to network and coordinate large groups of people. It taught me how to work with people I dislike (there's a number of Republican climate activists, people who don't approve of who I am or a lot of what I believe in, but want the Earth to be habitable anyway. They're incredibly valuable to the movement, and refusing to work with them is shooting yourself in the foot, but they're also infuriating). It taught me how to do public speaking. But perhaps the most important lesson it taught me is that I myself am a tool of propaganda.

There is very little quite so powerful as a ten year old getting up on a stage, so small the microphone has to be lowered for them to reach it, and saying, "Please. I'm scared. I want to be safe, I want a future, and you are taking it away from me. I'm scared. Please protect me." There is very little so powerful as a thirteen year old saying, "What are you doing? I'm angry. I deserve better than this. You, as adults, owe me better than this. Do better." There is very little more powerful, more attention-grabbing, more heartstring-tugging than a child.

I am no longer a child, but I'm still young. I can still leverage the power of 'youth fighting for a future.' And I have other things I can use as well. I'm disabled - I have a chronic pain disorder called fibromyalgia. It's not always visible, but I went to the protest on Saturday in a wheelchair, because walking long distances is brutally hard for me. That has a power of it's own, the power of, 'if I can be here in a wheelchair, all you able-bodied people can make it here without.' I'm Jewish, and I choose to wear a yarmulke. That has power, the power of, 'people from every walk of life care about this.' I'm chronically mentally ill, which isn't visible, but talking about it gives me the power of, 'I've been where you are,' or the power of, 'I'm a subject-matter expert, listen to what I have to say.' I'm non-binary and asexual, and talking about it gives me the power of, 'we're here, we're real, we exist, we matter.'

I am propaganda. I am a statement. By my very presence, I draw attention, I make people uncomfortable, I make them listen.

Figure out how to use yourself as a statement. Make the world sit up and pay attention.

[faggotrevolution]

rant about better call saul under the cut

the way that jimmy mcgill and kim wexler's relationship breaks down over the course of the entire show is so slow and so intentional and almost feels inevitable - in a way that i'm used to thinking of true love as inevitable - that at the end when kim says "I knew if we stopped, we would have to break up, and I didn't want to break up, because I was having too much fun" it always kind of struck me. abruptly. you get so accustomed to seeing these characters problem-solve and work together, and so often they just move past the difficult stuff that the idea of them breaking up is a slap in the face. why? if she's having fun, and they work things out, why?

straws on a camel's back!! on the rewatch, you can really see how post-chicanery, jimmy and kim start having distinct relationship problems. but it's buried beneath the rest of the plot - their troubles always move aside for the next client, the next job, the next con, whatever. or more accurately, KIM'S troubles always move aside. jimmy finds ways to make his own emotional baggage other people's problems, even if he doesn't do it directly. or even intentionally.

from my understanding! jimmy's core problem is that he's severed from his own emotional identity - he is incapable of honest, open communication, because he doesn't really understand his own feelings well enough to talk about them. but he does feel things, feels them very deeply, and cannot control or justify them. this is a piece of why he loves kim so much, she's an excellent lawyer and makes arguments on his behalf - she helps to explain him, and it makes him feel seen and acceptable

but who makes arguments for kim? jimmy is a decent lawyer, but he's not as good as she is. and he isn't able to empathize with her, he's only able to use the professional tone they established as friends in the mailroom. the only time he makes a special effort to care for her is when her arm is broken, and she is visibly injured.

kim's troubles are always being put on the back-burner to make way for the next *thing*, whereas jimmy's troubles often incite or force the next *thing* into play.

going back to the second half of season 3 and all of season 4, there are moments in the show where it really feels like jimmy and kim are definitely, definitely going to break up. like when he refuses to go to therapy, when he gets in that weird one-up contest with her boss, or when he sells drop phones and they have to run the scam to save huell.

even before then jimmy was putting kim's integrity and career in danger, but - she competently explained it, the way a lawyer would, as justifiable. god it was just all so well-wrought together. take a look at this order of events: jimmy is blocked by his brother -> gets a job at davis & main so he can keep playing the Lawyer Game and flirting with kim -> jimmy runs the sandpiper commercial everyone was uncool about -> kim gets stuck in doc review and refuses to let jimmy help her -> her efforts are not rewarded then, and are later exploited when she leaves to start her solo practice -> the number switch -> chuck's "mental breakdown" and the cassette tape

kim's story about working very hard and being exploited by her boss is sandwiched in between jimmy and chuck's stories.

now, look at another arc: jimmy is disbarred as a lawyer, while kim takes on more and more work -> jimmy spirals, and vindictively strikes out at his brother through malpractice insurance -> chuck kills himself (lmao) -> jimmy, unable to deal with the emotional fallout, goes right back to slippin jimmy -> his recklessness leads him to ask kim to help him pull off a con to help save huell babineaux from prison

meanwhile kim has found a way to be happy with her life by dividing her time between mesa verde and pro bono work. when he goes to kim she's (understandably) angry. she had her shit figured out, and here he comes with more of this convoluted bullshit to make her life more difficult.

and it really does seem like they're going to break up! she ices him out while they run the scam which, by the way, i think she only gets invested in because suzanne erikson is so unpleasant and vindictive about prosecuting huell, UP UNTIL the scam WORKS. and then kim starts being attracted to jimmy again. because she got to get one over on the DA.

it's at this point that it begins to look like their relationship is going well. kim remembers how much fun she's had with jimmy, and how these cons excite her. she starts looking for a way to have it all. as she said in her interview with schweikart & cokely, she wants more.

anyway, she tries and it makes her feel worse, so her and jimmy go back to their original enemy: howard hamlin. and we alllll know how that went

[moldwood]

For the cos dm ask I would like to ask literally all of them but I understand that might be a bit much so I'll just go for 6, 11, 13, and 18. But if you want to answer more of them I won't complain ♪⁠～⁠(⁠´⁠ε⁠｀⁠ ⁠)

i have another ask for 11 so i'll save that one for them, but for the other three (added song links because i love connecting songs to characters heehoo):

6) Did you make any NPCs more sympathetic than in cannon? Or less sympathetic?

oh for sure. basically from what i've heard, i have turned every character in the module into a conduit for tragedy to hurt my players specifically. every npc got their "this is a 3 dimensional character" levels turned up to 11 if my players are to be believed. biggest examples of this:

lucian petrovich for suuuuure. imo he's already very sympathetic, i just gave him reasonable agoraphobia and a badass last stand at the feast of saint andral where he left the church in milivoj's name so that it still counted as property even if it wasn't sacred anymore since the players did not get the bones away from the vampire spawn. players cried and we had to take a break for an hour.

also the abbot. song #2 because i like him so much. my GUYY my fella my #1 sunlight smella. it's hard to say how he's more sympathetic because he's still just as stubborn and reacts less visibly to the pain he causes than the abbot in the module might, but i just made the mongrelfolk not be locked up and played on the part of him that is totally lost even if he can't/won't admit it and the players just won't kill him now. they won't even look into the things he's doing because they don't want to make it a situation where they have to

13) How did you play Strahd? What's his attitude towards the party, Ireena, the world in general?

hmm i would say i play him pretty much as described in the module. he can be intense, disappointed, smarmy, cunning, and content (but never sad or happy unless it comes to the hunt), and it's hard to say if anything he's doing at any moment is really him or a lie - or to take it a step further, if it's a lie to himself too. he hates the party right now. things are a mess for him so he's locked in on his connection to ireena more than before to stay """"stable"""" (as stable as strahd ever is). there is only one party member he would spare for their complicated history, and that's if they said the right things/rolled really good.

if i had to pick the strahd song of all time to get the feeling across for how i play him, it would be volatile times by iamx

18) Which NPC (or NPCs if its multiple) is your favorite to play?

EXETHANTER. my party met him once so far. they haven't been to the amber temple, it was just through the interactive tome of strahd. god i love that freak. a close second is ireena because it's cathartic to be so close to a mental breakdown? third is rahadin because he is the only person who hates them more than strahd. sure what the hell i'll list ezmerelda too because it's so fun to piss off the blood hunter of the party with her. i play her with a very devil-may-care facade. tbh think hobie brown. it's a surface level act that disarms you but she still manages to get cooler when you see the truth of who she is

[shostakobitchh]

Hi. A really big fan of your work. I was rereading Chapter 40 when i noticed this.

“So then… what was Tom?”

Snape visibly.........

................................ as it comforted her.

“A symptom of his all-consuming fear of death.” the shadows cutting across Snape’s face seemed to darken.

Ariel frowned. “If he’s so powerful then why is he scared of dying?”

Snape figured out that dear Tom was a Horcrux doesn't he? He does have all the necessary information as well as the resource to figure out the truth (far more info. than Regulus had). Does he also suspect Ariel's scar? If not, when will he begin to connect the dots? Thanks for your time writing this.

hi! thank you so much, glad you’re enjoying (and rereading!!!)

snape hasn’t figured out the deal with the horcruxes yet; i’m going to be honest and tell you that I’m not certain snape will even be privy to that information until the end. i’ve outlined bits and pieces of hbp and dh and it just… doesn’t work if snape knows ariel is a horcrux, because the only alternative to ariel dying is snape kidnapping ariel and putting her in a hut in siberia and warding the shit out of the land within a 10 mile radius for the rest of her life. he wouldn’t let her go to the forest like harry did in dh; he’d probably have a mental breakdown. snape’s comment to ariel in chapter 40 is something he already knows - tom riddle only cares about cheating death - and it’s one of the chief reasons snape began to doubt riddle during the first war. he saw that the death eaters were only being used to benefit voldemort’s pursuit of immortality; not to change the world (however problematic either are…)

there is, however, something ELSE snape has done to ariel inadvertently. it’s been touched on here and there (only one person caught the biggest hint so far!!!) so that will, unfortunately, take up most of his time in trying to remedy it, while dumbledore diverts ariel’s attention to the horcruxes.

I think snape suspects the Other Thing right now, but it hasn’t shown the Signs yet so he thinks he’s in the clear. but they’ll become known before the end of PoA - the horcrux is just another symptom, unfortunately. i’d like to think that snape would put two and two together earlier, much like poor regulus did, but I’d really have to sit down and unpack how snape would deal with this information in a way that doesn’t fuck with the plot. not having him do anything is ooc, he would fucking raze the planet to ashes to protect this kid; however, having him do too much ruins the plot - we NEED ariel to die, unfortunately.