#System Stability

[guyrcook]

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[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Vibes based grading system.

(for @epistemologys, who wanted some post-canon, teacher WWX)

[valtsv]

i'm a disgusting little centrist when it comes to the was shrue's family real or fake question because to me that matters much less than the way it illustrates the experience of paranoid stress psychosis. like i never want a definitive answer because it just doesn't really matter. do you understand me. like. either way, they experienced that loss and heartbreak. they were confronted with an unflattering portrait of themself as a destructive absence in other people's lives, sacrificing human connection for sociopolitical status. they were exploited and had their mind fucked with and were made vulnerable to manipulation. answering that question makes no difference to the fact that what they experienced was real and horrifying to them. they were vulnerable and someone noticed and took advantage. there is no absolution nor satisfaction to be found in certainty, only further pain and regret. the end outcome is the same.

[nipuni]

THE DOCTOR We had a pact, him and me. Every star in the universe, we were going to see them all.

My version of The Master and The Doctor in their Academy days 😊

A speedpaint video of this will be available at my Patreon on april 1st!

[sunderwight]

Scenario where Yue Qingyuan and Luo Binghe both pick up on and independently confirm for themselves, a few years into the matter, that Shen Qingqiu's soul has indeed been replaced with someone else's. But they have polar opposite reactions about it. Yue Qingyuan keeps trying to figure out how to get SJ back (alone, since it's nothing he can prove and also he sucks at asking for help), while Luo Binghe is doing everything in his power to make sure that Shen Qingqiu stays the new version or doesn't have his soul replaced again. The two of them each entirely unaware of the other's knowledge or actions, basically cancelling one another out.

Yue Qingyuan finds an item that should loosen the current occupant soul's hold on the body, potentially allowing Shen Jiu's soul to come to the fore again (if it's still in there somewhere) or regain control. Luo Binghe, around the same time, discovers a rare herb that is said to help reinforce the connection between the soul and the body, to help with individuals who have troubles with dissociation. Yue Qingyuan gifts the "rare artifact" and gets Shen Qingqiu to put it in his study, Luo Binghe mixes the herb into a medicinal tea and serves it to him every day. Net zero impact.

[mangio-formaggio]

Buffy loosing her virginity in Surprise > Spike revealed to be paralyzed from the waist down this very episode

Spike being physically invincible in The Harsh Light of A Day > Buffy's bad luck with consequences of physical pleasure and her emotional distress

Buffy finally being able to have long term sexual partner in Riley and fucking him at some point for hours > Spike's chip being a metaphor for an impotency, Dru and Harm leaving him for a while

Dru turning Spike is a deeply sexual act that gives him confidence in his body > Buffy being stabed with her own stake, betrayed by her body the very same episode

Spike being desperate for connection both physical and emotional, creating Buffybot, getting only physical satisfaction from this and then his body is brutally tortured > Buffy being afraid she can't love anymore and taking spiritual journey in solitude

Spike being so beaten up he can't tell bot from a real human right away > Buffy kissing him as a recognition of his worth and capability for humanity

Buffy being comatose after losing Dawn to Glory > Spike being the one who has a clear mind in Ben/Glory situation and is an active forse while Buffy is out of the game

Resurrected Buffy is physically and emotionally can't cope > Spike being capable to tone down his obsession with her, being gentle and suppress lust

Buffy kissing Spike to feel something > Spike after that kiss is slowly starting to lose his new found restrain that made him feel like a man over a monster and overwhelmed with feelings once again

Spike finding out that chip is not working on Buffy and immediately initiating date/the fight, accepting that violent physical touch is the only way they ever freely connected before > Buffy releasing her desire for him and getting physical satisfaction of her life but simultaneously killing all genuine emotional connection they started to develop before

Buffy believing that she killed Katrina because of her supernaturally strength, having a breakdown because of it, hopeless and sure that smth is wrong with her > Spike starting episode with a hope to rebuild their ability to have a normal conversation and ending it being an object for Buffy to fuck or hurt cause he the only one who can bare her strength

Spike's dream sequences always being about then fighting as equals > Buffy's dream spliting into two opposite scenarios: her killing Spike while he defenseless and her being comforted and held gently by him in a intimacy of her own bed

Buffy being physically incapable to fight full forse in the bathroom > Spike being at the lowest emotionally

Buffy in finale getting some relief by laughing her troubles off with Giles and having a catharsis by reconnecting with Dawn > Spike getting his soul back not by an act of moral sacrifice and nobility but by physically intense trials and then suffering for months

Buffy in Lessons allowing Spike to touch her senselessly > Spike being out of his mind

Spike in Beneath You performing sanity > Buffy not being able to bare his touch without a trauma flashbacks cause he seems his old self again

Buffy having a crazy lust outburst under the spell in Him > Spike being so mentally troubled by soul his body tense and he is repressing his natural physicality patterns

Spike's plot in CWDP being framed as a hook up but ending up as a mind control slaughter > Buffy's plot being a therapy about her affair with Spike among other things but ending up with a revelation that kills all progress she made in coping with her feelings

Buffy not having sexual intimacy throughout season 7, her date with Robin is crushed by Spike > Spike not having sexual intimacy throughout season 7, his flirtatious-ish conversation with Faith is crushed by Buffy

Spike getting his coat back and finally allowing his demon side to show up through the way he carries himself and fights > Buffy losing people, until she accepted her inner darkness and became a tough leader who no longer need guidance

Buffy just wanting to be held in Touched and ending up getting much needed inspiration > Spike just wanting to cheer up the hero inside her and getting affection he was dreaming about since the start of their affair

Both of them admitting that that night meant so much more > The hungry loudness of the space between them at the kitchen and later at the basement before the final battle

[ghost-bxrd]

Prompt:

Damian, who has just lost the last member of his family, goes off the deep end and, in a fit of violent rage, goes tumbling through a portal and back in time.

Jason doesn’t know how the scary guy with the gunshot wound became his problem but he’s not heartless enough to leave him to bleed out beside some dumpster in Crime Alley.

[muzsmocsing]

Let's recap chapter 1 of SVSSS book 3 because I'm ✨overwhelmed✨

Mushroom man and heterosexual extraordinaire Shen Qingqiu gets dragged into the demon realm by ex student/pseudo adoptive son/now love interest Luo Binghe.

He's imprisoned in a house modeled after the one in Binghe's last year of happiness, and gets told he shall never leave again.

Binghe cooks him a fantastic dinner.

Shang Qinghua pops by to say "good luck with the gay shit dawg but that is not my problem lmao".

Binghe confesses his feelings and SQQ responds with just "be fr. and get it together."

They start fighting and when Binghe almost moans at SQQ beating him proper he starts to ponder his pedagogical failures.

Luo Binghe shreds SQQ's clothes (AGAIN???) and almost assaults him, only being interrupted by a migraine of biblical proportions.

Which is apparently caused by him being soul snatched into his old body????

Leaving the fungal vessel to decay, like those champignons in the back of the fridge you promised yourself to use up, in the arms of the already very mentally unstable Luo Binghe, who will definitely process this sudden turn of events in a healthy, reasonable way.

[lesbianralzarek]

someone committed medical malpractice at one of the long term care facilities we service that does not accept saturday deliveries by forgetting to order more lamotrigine until the day after they ran out, forcing the patient to go through the full 3 day window and theres nothing i can do to help them :):):)

[garlandgerard]

something interesting about geum-ja talking about the difference between "good" and "bad" people is that her definition of a bad person is someone who does something bad, blames someone else for it, and then goes on to live in peace

while in-ho does horrible things, and in some ways blames the players - even if he truly believes the games are fair and that each player has the choice to keep going, it's still not true and he's deluded himself into thinking that way - he never lives in peace. because somewhere he knows he's guilty. he has remorse and guilt that he represses very deeply because the alternative - to accept those things - means to admit that the games were wrong this whole time

which is very in line with what squid game has been trying to say this entire time. that most of these people, even the Os that killed others for selfish gains in a desperate situation, are not inherently bad people. and i think that's what we're meant to think of in-ho too

that he does evil things, that he's wrong - but that the person he used to be was better. good, even. and that - even though he does his best to hide it away, to not pay it any mind, to pretend it doesn't exist - doesn't just go away either

i'm not saying in-ho as he is now is a good person. but i am saying that he's not merely a bad person, that there is nuance, that he is a lot more complex. and i am saying that trying to force the characters in this series in "good person"/"bad person" boxes is futile, because nobody except the VIPs truly fits the description as given by geum-ja

[zvaigzdelasas]

that's probably fine! [8 Aug 24]

[cccat-in-a-meat-sack]

*steals your mental stability*

[kulemireloaded]

i already felt like i was fighting for free time just with all the things i was juggling; my nephew, school, personal projects, trying to be social, searching for work, keeping up with my house chores, making sure i do my daily calls and emails when need be but.... now that i'm going to be working, like yeah, alot of the annoying things will finally go away and im so so soooo grateful for that!!!

but i wont lie... with me taking on a full time term load AND working full time, i really do feel like i'm gonna be fighting for my life trying to keep up with my hobbies AND maintaining (my version of) a social life, plus also trying to help out with my nephew when i can..

i'm immensely grateful to have found work and i understand that this is what adulthood is, but.. i dont think there's anything wrong with being a little sad that i'll have to cut down on my silly little guy time for my own benefit. ya know?

[cent-scratchnsniff]

from a bit back. sorry to you yesod in particular the bees called

[thehealingsystem]

tbh I feel like there is no discussion about or from p-did/non-switching systems or what it's like because mine has just been loneliness. I'm already lonely in so many ways, but the experience of technically having people in your head at all times who aren't going to leave being just out of reach, who aren't able to come out or influence your situation in the outside world, is just so crushing. you're right there, you're talking to me, but you can't take over. you can't have relationships with people outside the system. you can't communicate with others unless it's through me. I want to leave but no matter what these people can't fully take my place, instead just sit on my shoulder. a lot of them have gone silent or given up arguing with me because they don't have any power. I feel like something was stolen from me. the supposedly universal system experience of having an alter take over for you when you can't handle being in front. there have been many days where I can't handle being here yet I can never leave.

[outletcrash]

Ruby!

shes a huge pillar in the system. the primary caregiver, headspace helper, etc. tied with parker as the oldest alters in the system.

she started off as a warm, comforting presence without human form. as they all got older she took the image of harveys mother (if she was stable and caring). shes not an introject (very different personalities) but shares a lot of characteristics.

she comforts those who are in distress (especially while fronting). her aura is like stepping into a warm building after being outside in the cold. she can move alters out of front in emergencies when shes near front, but gatekeeper isn't her main role. the littles all live at her house in the headspace.

harvey has heard her voice in his head many times, but brushed it off as internal monolog/just weird (he did always find comfort in it though... something nostalgic he couldnt place about her voice)