#we don't need to talk about it

[sophsicle]

there are some people that I like on tiktok. and they have a fanfic bookclub. and they have decided to read Choices next. and I cannot explain to you the dread this fills me with. like no. please. I don't want you to hate it. just don't read it. it's fine.

[frostbite-fable]

Co-author: @candywraptor Chapters: 7/? Fandom: Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Alastor/Lucifer Magne | Morningstar Characters: Lucifer Magne | Morningstar, Alastor (Hazbin Hotel), Charlie Magne | Morningstar, Alastor's Shadow (Hazbin Hotel) Additional Tags: Enemies to Lovers, Explicit Sexual Content, Asexual Alastor (Hazbin Hotel), Depressed Lucifer Magne | Morningstar, that one trope where lucifer heals alastor, Injury Recovery, quid pro quo, Blood, Blood As Penicillin, Body Exploration, Teeth, Lucifer Morningstar is a Monsterfucker, Angst, Guilt, Wing Kink, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Touch-Averse Alastor (Hazbin Hotel), Graphic Depictions of Wounds, Slow Burn

Summary:

"You are shockingly bad at understanding when you're not wanted." "Maybe. But I do know when I'm useful." -or- Favors, fighting, and feelings, oh my.

[srijellyfishtempura]

Guys what if I'm a furry

[impishtubist]

Well, would you look at that.

If I can get 1500 more hits on Finding Home, I’ll have my first-ever fic to break 20K. 👀👀👀

[paulmccartneyprostateorgasm]

are you okay? you reblogged a lot of silver springs in a row

Time cast a spell on you, but you won't forget me

I know I could've loved you, but you would not let me

I'll follow you down 'til the sound of my voice will haunt you

Give me just a chance

You'll never get away from the sound of the woman that loves you

[helloidkwhatimdoing-0]

"Cringe is dead," I say to myself, loading up ao3 to read fanfiction about gay spies from a musical set in the 1960s

[letmetellyouaboutmyfeels]

richard armitage, ben barnes

Richard Armitage

Yikes, I Don’t See The Appeal || Not My Type || He’s Alright || I See The Appeal But I’m Different™ || Cute But On Alternating Wednesdays || He Has A Kind Face And That’s Good Enough || Pretty || Gorgeous || I— I Love? We Don’t Deserve Him.

I wouldn't use either 'pretty' or 'gorgeous' to describe him, I would prefer to use the term 'hhhnnnggghhh' but we work with what we've got.

Ben Barnes

Yikes, I Don’t See The Appeal || Not My Type || He’s Alright || I See The Appeal But I’m Different™ || Cute But On Alternating Wednesdays || He Has A Kind Face And That’s Good Enough || Pretty || Gorgeous || I— I Love? We Don’t Deserve Him.

Aside from being extremely good at playing villains *fans self* he seems like a Mood(TM) from what little I've seen of him in interviews.

[emmyspov]

I'm truly suffering through the flu or whatever the heck I have but if I have to suffer already, I can at least enjoy some good entertainment. I watched a history of violence (2005) and now I truly want the domestic sweetness with tom stall from the first 20 minutes of the movie thank you very much <3

[theogonies]

when "just trying on the wig" becomes a full costest

[s0fars0perfect]

watching some of my favorite comfort media (ghost hunters international)

[sastielsfandom]

Sketch 4/365

Almost forgot to do this today, also this one was tricker than I expected.

[saremina]

yay I figured out how the scarring layers work in this game! now I just need to make something actually good than a quick test scar lol

[kokoasci]

every few months i remember how cool his design is

[hinamie]

"I'll show you every day that choosing to live was worth it"

some of my favourite scenes from @hijinks-n-lowjinks' fic things i would miss from the other side . this fic tore my heart out fr but like in a good way and i wanted to pay it homage the only way i know how <3

[niieve]

ok time to ignore the other gif packs i have in progress and get started on yet another aron one like this isn’t a problem 

[inkskinned]

there are a lot of posts out there that are positive and healthy coping mechanisms for handling the holidays. this is not one of them :)

i think there's like. going to be times in your life you will be stuck in a social situation that you cannot escape from gracefully. i do not know why the internet doesn't believe these times exist. it's not always just that your physical safety is at risk - sometimes it's legit like "i just don't currently have the energy or time to put in the effort of responding to this." sometimes it's a coworker you hate so much. sometimes it's just like, fine, you know? like you know you can handle your aunt when she's cheerily horrible, but if you actually set a boundary around her, it's going to be weeks of fallout with your father.

i don't know why people think the answer is always just "cut them out!" or "don't let them get away with that!" because ... the real world is tricky and complicated. i think kind of a lot of us have an internal "radiation poisoning" meter for certain people. like - i'm talking about the ones who are absolutely giving you gradual ick damage. like, you can handle them, but you'll be exhausted.

and yes. you absolutely should listen to your therapist and the good posts about handling others and set good boundaries and take care of yourself. prioritize peace.

HOWEVER :) ...... since im often in a situation with a Gradual Sense of Ick person i cannot just "cut out" of my life (without losing someone else precious to me) - i have sort of developed the most. maladaptive form of mischief possible. because like, if i'm going to have to listen to this shit again, i like to have a little bit of private fun with it.

now! again, i am physically safe, just mentally drained by this man. you should only do this with people you are not in danger with. which leads me to my suggestions for when your Unfortunate Acquaintance shows up and says oh everyone pay attention to me.

my favorite word is "maybe!" said as brightly and happily as possible. whenever the Horrible Person starts in on a topic you do not want to go further with, particularly if they make a claim that you know to be inaccurate, do not respond to it. you and i have both tried to actually argue with this person, and it hasn't gone well, because this person just wants the drama of an argument. however, "maybe!" gives them literally nothing to go on. it is incredibly disarming. they are used to people having some response. they know they can't prove what they're saying, and maybe! treats them like the child they are. it dismisses them in the politest way possible.

i like to say maybe! and then, in their stunned silence, immediately change the subject. this is because i have adhd and i will have something unrelated to talk about, but if you can't think of topics fast enough, i recommend just pointing to something and saying, "isn't that lovely?" because fuck you let's bring in some positivity.

by the way. that second trick - of pointing to something and stating an opinion about it? - that just works on its own, like, 70% of the time. i picked it up from teaching preschoolers. it's an intentional "redirect". it stops children crying and it also stops grown adults from finishing their explanation on why women belong in kitchens. dual wielding!

keep it silly for yourself. i absolutely do not care if people think i'm fucking stupid (it's more fun if they do) and as a result i will purposefully misunderstand things just to see how long it takes them to realize i've completely removed them from the subject at hand. when they say "women aren't funny" i get to be like. "which women." "all women." "all women in america?" "no in the world." "like the mole people? the people in the world?" "what? no. like, alive." "oh are we not counting the mole people?" "what the fuck are you talking about." "you don't believe in the mole people?"

similarly, i play a personal game called "one up me." my Evil Acquaintance literally knows this game exists (my family & friends caught onto it and now also play it) and it always fucking gets him. i don't know why. you have to be willing to be a little free-spirited on this one, though. the trick is that when they make one of those horrible little bigoted or annoying comments they are always making, you need to go one unit weirder. not more intense, mind you - just more weird. "you don't look good in that dress." "yeah, actually, my other dress was covered in squid ink due to a mishap at the soup store." "you shouldn't wear such revealing clothes." "wait, what? oh shit. sorry, your son tears off strips when no one is looking and eats them. i swear it was longer before we left the building."

the point of "one up me" is to completely upend this person's narrative. we both know this person likes setting up situations where you cannot "win" and then they really like telling other people how badly you handled it. in a usual situation, if you respond "please don't say something that rude", you're a bitch. but if you let it happen, you're letting yourself be debased. they are not usually expecting door number three: unflappably odd. because what are they going to say when they're telling everyone how badly you behaved? "she said my son eats her dresses" ".... okay?"

if you can, form an allyship with someone whomst you can tagteam with. where they can pick up on your weird "soup store" story and run with it.

the following phrase is amazing and can be deployed for any situation: "oh, be nice :) it's the holidays!" i do not know why this works as often as it does. i'll say it for the most random shit. i think this is bc most of the time these people know they're being impolite, they just like to fight.

godbless. when in doubt, remember that you could always start stealing their pens.

the whole point of this is - if you can't escape. maybe see how long you can just be. like. a horrible little menace.