#youre fucked literally and metaphorically

[gallifreyanelf]

Well. I played the Duviri Paradox quest last night and hhhhhhh I had to take the night to even get my thoughts together but fuck. Like, yes the literality of being stuck in the timeloop is a hell of a thing but the depression metaphor. Being stuck going no-where, feeling nothing, having lost who you are, just repeating the same things mechanically again and again. Wake eat work sleep. wake eat work sleep. wake eat work sleep. Live Rebel Die. live rebel die. live, rebel, die... Endless. trapped. meaningless. Until finally something new happens. Something breaks the spiral and you take the chance and make a change. And you realise what's happened and you want out but it's not something you can fight or run away from. You have to go through the process, you've got to remember who you are, remember how to feel, remember how to take control, battle the shadows of your mind and bring them into the light, make friends... And then, finally, you can climb out of the spiral. Finally, you can live.

Warframe's making me feel shit okay.

[fenrelmercar]

If you call the dynamic enemies to lovers, but instead of 300+ pages of emotional turmoil, conflict, push and pull, literal and metaphorical tearing down of each other’s walls, dragging their nails through their open wounds and pouring salt into them, yearning that hurts your very being, slamming doors and daggers pressed against throats, betrayals that change the course of history, ripping each other apart until there’s nothing left but longing, there's a couple that exchanges two snarky remarks and then fucks on the next page… Stop.

[morgana-ren]

If Nightmare fell in love, would he expect them to be just as loyal to Bane as he is? Would insulting Bane or any form of like blasphemy against him turn Nightmare against them? Or would his "love" prevail and they'd just be severely punished?

I feel like Nightmare is a bit too selfish to cast aside someone he desires because of theological disagreements. Truthfully, a lot of it is because he doesn't care what you think. Don't ever forget, he's smarter, cleverer, faster, stronger, and better than you and what you have to say about things doesn't matter. He doesn't care what your opinions on Bane are because you're a silly, foolish little girl and you should be grateful he's here to set you straight.

You will, however, be forced to respect Bane much in the same way you will respect Nightmare.

There was a point in time he thought he would end up marrying for politics and thought he'd inevitably end up engaged to either some uppity royal bitch or a Baneite high priestess. However, funny enough, he isn't attracted to them. At all. In fact, he's attracted to the complete opposite. Obviously this causes complications.

He likes weak, soft, precious little things. Obviously they can't be Baneite because they're 'on the bottom of the pecking order.' Why would someone weak worship a god who serves them as fodder to the strong?

Keep in mind, his faith is very, very important to him. He's a devout Baneite. Probably the most devout Baneite. He makes Gortash look like a little bitch. Incidentally, Bane encourages all of his worst instincts as well, and Nightmare has the power and will to take what he wants, so it works out— for him.

However, he knows what the 'lesser people' think of Bane and Baneite philosophy, so I doubt he'd be surprised at your horror.

You will be hearing about Bane whether you want to or not. You will be told over and over again that you are his reward for his absolute faith and devotion to his lord Bane. You will be told that you were born and bred to be his whore as he thanks Bane for such an 'incredibly generous gift.' Obviously he was meant to have you. You are the perfect gift for his unwavering loyalty to his God.

Typically, if you chose to insult Bane, a few things can happen.

If you're lucky, he will laugh in your face, sneering about how what you think doesn't matter and warning you that lashing out to get a rise out of him is foolish and will only end in your pain. He doesn't give a damn what you think about it. Bane has decreed that the strong can ravage the weak, and he fully intends to do so to you, and no paltry insults you snivel at him will stop this. (But by all means, keep crying. It gets him harder than a rock.)

The most likely outcome is physical violence. He will backhand you with rings and all, leaning down and warning you to watch your mouth about your betters. He will not abide blasphemy in his ship (or palace or wherever he's keeping you) and if you continue to run your mouth, he will find another more fitting use for it.

This will get worse every time.

Here's the bit though. Chances are, you are going to do so only once, and you will do it only in a moment of indignant anger. Because by the time the thought crosses your mind again, you will have learned what he is capable of, and you will be utterly fucking petrified of him. Even the brattiest of the brats, even the most defiant, strong willed conquests will tremble and learn that angering him for a rise is a bad fucking idea.

Nightmare gleefully dominates, manhandles, and violates you, and that is putting it politely. Making you terrified is an Olympic sport and he's got the gold medal 153 years running. If the pain doesn't deter you, the fear will. Fear of what he will do to you, to your loved ones, to anyone who crosses his path. Seriously, I haven't touched on the fear much but.. trust me.

Trust me. Get one good jab in on Bane and get it in early. You won't do so again.

Now, obviously the more serious things become, the more Bane is going to impact your life. Marriage, for example. He will want a Baneite priest to officiate an official Baneite wedding. He will want all of Bane's vows and traditions honored. (However, good luck telling what he's lying about if you don't know much about Bane. The altar where he 'takes' you immediately after the wedding? The vows you repeat that say you will 'honor and love thy lord and husband, serve your lord and husband faithfully and without question, be subservient and lie before your husband whenever demanded, and kneel before your lord and husband loyally and faithfully'? Is it a lie or genuine Baneite tradition? Doesn't matter, it's happening.)

He will want your children together to be raised to honor Bane, and if he can, he will convert you, even though obviously he is the strong one and you will kneel before him.

That being said, he's also partial to other religions— er, namely ones that are very strict or have virtuous tenants you adhere to because he has a massive, massive "religion" kink. That's a sex thing though. The God literally doesn't matter. He just wants to, for example, choke you with a rosary while you beg for your God to save you as he rails you from behind so hard it hurts. That's actually very tame and you'll be lucky if that's all that happens, and it will only be because he busts too early in his unhinged excitement.

Literally, it's only a sex thing. Seriously, crying and religion are his hot buttons, namely dominating weaker religions. Any God but Bane means nothing to him. You will be put in a nun outfit (A real one. None of that sexy costume garbage) and he will fucking attack you like a rabid animal. This is happening. Come to peace with it.

[stil-lindigo]

motherhood.

[bixels]

The more I think about it, the more I question Arcane S2's politics and themes, which were so foundational to S1. Like, a tiny example [SPOILERS AHEAD]:

Singed wins. He gets exactly what he wants in the end. All his "efforts" are rewarded. What does that say about people who share his ideology of eugenics? He is the source of nearly every horrible thing and conflict that happened (Shimmer, the factory deaths, Jinx, Vander as Warwick, the corruption of Viktor), and he gets a happier ending than any other character. Not even a 'he got what he wanted but he has become completely unrecognizable/monstrous to his daughter' tag at the end. You can say they're setting him up and need to open his daughter to future shows, but the way you end a character's story says something about what you think about that character. What does it say when the eugenicist war criminal gets the happy ending he doesn't deserve?

[artuurle]

please tell us more about hector's quirks o great sniler

also your art and tags bring me so much joy!! hope you have a wonderful weekend :D

Context: In a previous post i drew Hector with visible seems on his body and in the tags said he has a few ... quirks for being an ex-god.

Hector will quite literally fall apart at a random seam (or a few) if he gets too wrapped up in destructive/unhealthy thinking now. If you wanna think about it in a more terrifying context this is essentially what i headcanoned happened to his body when he ascended - except in the rift it all dissipated, leaving him as how he was as Inspekta.

Once you go in the rift even if you choose to leave it still will affect you. You will have to live with the choices you made either way. You climbed the tower of Babel and looked gods in the eye as an equal- you do NOT return the same.

[helpmeimblorboing]

I’m starting to pick up on the fact that a lot of you may be clinically stupid

[warpedpuppeteer]

It's still hilarious how Eddie asked his own wife to sneak out of the house after a hook-up, told his gf Ana maybe she should go home first after she had cooked him a meal and told his gf Marisol to move out immediately after she moved in because he found out she was an almost nun and his dick died because of catholic guilt 😭. All this while there's a man named Buck haunting every corner of the house with his presence btw 😭😭

[strawberrycamel]

maybe the real body horror was the friends we made along the way

[pizzagame4000]

we all know human vigilante… but what about… slightly human vigilante

[gemharvest]

I'll change my everything for you Just keep on doing what you do

Goretober 2024, Day 4: Gut Spill

[jackass-jones]

Fuckin. The reason Owen has asthma is literally because his real self is buried alive suffocating and his mom is the one who reminds him to bring his inhaler when he’s a kid and next time we see her she’s sick and then she’s dead and when Owen watches the finale he’s wheezing and projectile vomiting and his dad springs into action to drown him further and when it’s the final act his lips are severely chapped from overuse of the inhaler and he keeps trying to inhale from it but it’s not working and he just keeps wheezing loudly keeps trying to make this all work he knows why it isn’t he’s dying she’s DYING he ends the movie apologizing to everyone and still wheezing

[djevelbl]

Chat should I do a one-shot thing of the Inky Mystery characters doing the Hidden Treasure exercise I did for group therapy?? (It's fucking heavy, at least one of 'em is gonna leave crying. probably more than one let's be honest)

[queenlua]

there are many reasons to be disrespectful of ppl who crow about how their Staggering STEMlord Intelligence™ makes them superior at thinking about "systems" or "humanity" or whatever

but by far the best one is how often these people's aesthetic taste is absolutely dogshit

[autopsytableromance]

Evan kelmp man that you are ……………..

[medicinemane]

American tasked with making an analogy: "Is like highway"