#the saviour's complex

[vampiremeerkat]

It's the cat fox. Images from my Wiki.

[baeshijima]

thoughts on being engaged to duke!sunday, the head of the oak family, an incredibly influential figurehead within society, the close subordinate of emperor gopher wood who brought him and his sister in and raised him like his own, and the villain who faces a tragic ending in a novel you recently finished — the very same one you just so happen to find yourself transmigrated into. he is as cunning as he is blinded, a trait which brought ruin to many in the empire, and one which ultimately brought ruin to himself at the hands of the protagonists.

as luck would have it, you became a barely mentioned side character from a marquis family, whose role was to be the villain's wife stuck in a one-sided love who, too, would get caught up in the tragedy alongside him. however, now that it's you who is stuck in this position, you're determined to try any means necessary to deter him from going down that path, all in an effort to escape your predestined doomed fate!

of course, you didn't expect it to be easy. the day of your arrival in this world was already the night before your wedding, so you had little time to prepare yourself for the nonchalance of your supposed family, how they viewed you as but a means — a tool — to boost their influence and prosperity, the dismissive mannerisms of the household servants, and the absolute beauty of a man you will be married to.

(seriously. the novel descriptions did not do him justice. he was like... like... like he was handcrafted by god himself! and not to mention his sister, robin, was the very epitome of an angel! perhaps you're destined to perish by the god-tier visuals instead...)

to say the least, the wedding ceremony went by quickly. safe to say you didn't spend the night; he was cordial and gentlemanly upon letting you know that he won't do anything until you're ready, that you can take this relationship slow, but somehow you ended up feeling a tad insulted. like, who leaves their newly wedded alone in a big cold bed as they walk out on their own? a sick bastard that's who!

well, whatever. it's not like you need nor want to consummate with him! besides, you have bigger things to worry about — things such as your impending death. and, of course, the only way to stop sunday that you can imagine working is by chipping away at his resolve bit by bit, and opening his eyes to reality.

he is a tragic character, one who cares more about the well-being of penacony and its people than anyone else, but was manipulated into getting his hands dirty in the emperor's stead. you knew this. you sobbed over his story, cursed out the protagonists, and even fought internet randos on novel forums about sunday's motivation and how,

no, he is not just a stupid villain. he is a complex character with flaws and humanity and was cruelly taken advantage of by someone he considered family. he was deceived through the suffering the emperor wanted him to see to make him easily manipulated, creating a rift between him and robin to have that prominent separation. you know what? maybe you're just a !%#@ who can't even #@?"% read properly!

and yet you still find yourself at a loss when faced with the walls he has in place. your initial efforts went as well as it possibly could have; you trying to earnestly help him, while he "kindly" dismisses your offers! well, "kindly" being more condescending since you could read between the lines of his mannerisms and amiable demeanour, but that's fine! you expected this! that just means you have to double down on your sincerity, get through to his heart (somehow), and help him realise humanity isn't as weak as he's led to believe!

you have three years until the novel's plot officially starts, and another year after that until your demise. that's plenty of time to get him to warm up to you!

it was easier said than done, but after your valiant effort and abundance of time put into this relationship, which admittedly you could do with some of that lost time back, you could give yourself a pat on the back with the progress you made! while you definitely could have done without a lot of the headaches, it's safe to say sunday has significantly warmed up to you in comparison to your wedding day. he now willingly eats all his meals with you with some real conversation, takes garden strolls with you in the early evenings, invites you out for dinner at a restaurant at least four times a week, hell he's even joked and laughed with you more frequently! but most importantly, he has begun asking for your opinion before finalising any decisions he is required to make. and he actually listens and considers your side! now, that certainly is the best outcome you could hope for after all this time, and it most definitely will help in your endeavour to save you both from the protagonists!

however, you've noticed he's been more... affectionate? well, at the very least he now willingly holds your hand when in private (not just in moments when you're in the public eye and he has to make sure the family's reputation is spotless), sometimes he will hug you out of the blue ("i just need to... recharge. you have a way of calming me down. i hope you don't mind." ...how could you say no to his supreme god-tier face card? that's just a losing battle you won't even bother fighting against.), oftentimes he opts to just gaze wordlessly at you (robin had mentioned over one of your tea times how it almost appears as though there is no one but you in the world when sunday gazes at you with, in her words, "the eyes of a man so deeply in love!" ...whatever that's supposed to mean...), but a more recent development has been his sudden interest in kissing you; well, more specifically giving you a kiss to the back of your hand or on your forehead — certainly not anywhere near the lips! (besides, he's probably just gotten comfortable with you, enough where he can freely act without judgement. nothing more, nothing less.)

well, either way, development is development! soon enough, the time for the main plot to start has arrived. it of course follows what you remember, from the organised balls to the protagonists meeting to the political aspects of it all. the only difference is sunday's less active involvement in all the schemes and the emperor's ploy. rather, he seems more focused on you and the future of your marriage and even displayed a sudden interest in your practically non-existent relationship with one of the foreign diplomats, aventurine— wait...

"[name]," he calls your name out so sweetly you nearly disregarded it as someone else he was talking to. well, perhaps you would have done had he not suddenly appeared before you, a tight-lipped smile tugging the corners of his lips as he steadily approaches you.

oh. he doesn't seem very happy, if his tense figure is anything to go by. you wonder if one of the nobles grated his nerves a little too much this time?

sunday comes to a halt a step away from you. "i don't like that... gambler being so close to you. it... it brings me a rather unpleasant feeling." there's a slight, trembling pause. not a moment later does he close the gap between you, one knee on the ground as he matches your seated height on the fountain rim, your hands gently enclosed in both of his.

you idly wonder if this is what robin meant by the so-called "eyes of a man so deeply in love" she constantly gushed about, for the way in which he gazes up at you is enough to render you breathless.

"tell me, [name]," he begins once more. there is an underlying desperation woven within his tone, one which has your head spinning and heart thumping wildly as his trembling gaze holds you in place. "tell me, what am i to do with this fervent love and overwhelming adoration i hold for you?"

oh.

...oh.

perhaps your impending doom should be the least of your concerns when you now find yourself in the arms of a clingy husband...

(though, it's safe to say you did, in fact, manage to prevent him from succumbing to his tragic fate! you just gained a loving, yet slight slightly emotionally challenged husband along the way.

well, you can help him work through it; you have the rest of your lives now to figure it out, after all.)

[loriache]

kabru gets isekai’d

[lonelyfaechild]

My One and Only

[cloudedcreams]

thinking of a yandere! cult leader with a religious darling.

there’s something so tiring about you. maybe it’s the way you turn your nose up at him and glare, or the way you wear a cross so proudly around your neck. you’re not the first religious person he’s seen and he’s converted a few before, so he thinks it’ll be fun.

he can’t wait to see your pride crackling down. to watch the tears stream past your face as you sob brokenly into his arms, hearing the sound of your necklace being tossed against the ground. it’ll be a magical moment.

but you have better ideas. you see past his tricks and refuse to give in, despite just how bad your life is. it’s crumbling apart really, and it’s what’s able to keep him so tightly around you. he could save you if he wanted to, or so he says, but you know better than to believe in a man who sees himself on the same level as a saviour.

you’ve heard of men like him, who drain the hope from you until you’re no more than a corpse, who steal your sense of identity and wrap it around themselves. he’ll discard you when he’s done, like the followers of him who have no life in their eyes and yet pray towards him.

he wonders how long it’ll take before he can turn you into his favourite.

[ceilidho]

I love writing Simon with soft, weepy girls or girls with deep issues and complexes because I just feel in my heart that he has a soft spot for sad things in sticky situations.

[sere-ness-ima]

original pic source: k-mraz' absolutely perfect art at https://www.tumblr.com/k-mraz/667597789638918144/1466

i headcanon that Liet wanted to end Prussia after the Great Teutonic War, but Feliks was like "nooo, God said killing is wrong, we'll fix him, we'll raise him a good catholic, what's the worst that could happen?"

[childrenofcain-if]

I feel like the reason why MC completely went all out in their studies (incl. SAT, ACT) and extracurriculars was bc it was kind of a coping mechanism with everything going on in their life. Their exes prolly didn't help them either and I won't be surprised if they barely spent any time together bc MC was too busy doing everything else.

If that is truly the case, them launching themselves back into academia in college is just them continuing the cycle...

you’re not wrong, dear bonnie, and i had explained it more in-depth in a post that i can’t find now 💀 long story short, they made it their mission to get into yale and missed out on a lot of their high school experiences because of that. they’d have to put off hanging out with friends or going on dates with their partners in order to study, volunteer, or do extracurricular activities.

all their exes can also attest to the fact that they didn’t feel like a priority when they were dating MC. some, like charles and emma, took it in stride more than others. it’s one of the reasons why all the parties involved knew that it was just going to end up being a brief high school relationship.

in college, however, you can elaborate on what other vices MC has taken up, like:

smoking (cigarettes, vape, etc.)

drinking (sometimes blacking out in the process)

doing drugs (hardcore ones in some cases)

hooking up with random people (intersects with MCs who have low opinions of themselves)

doubling down on their studies (increasing their chances of getting burnt out)

[jiraisupportgroup]

[5sospenguinqueen]

Castiel: You don't want Dean to die.

Castiel: And I don't want Dean to die.

Castiel: So, now we just have to make sure Dean doesn't want Dean to die.

Y/N: Fantastic plan, but have you met Dean?

[hel7l7]

You don't have to fix me

[vampiremeerkat]

It's the spider. Images from my Wiki.

[ikjun]

SOL KYUNG-GU as CHOI DEOK-HEE HYPER KNIFE (2025) dir. Kim Jung-hyun

[resortedhero]

It's super fucked up that Itadori's kindness is one of the sweetest things about him, but his excess kindness (leading into the saviour complex) is his biggest weakness, especially in a place like Jujutsu Tech, where you cannot afford to save everyone.

Itadori wears his heart on his sleeve, and he feels his emotions strongly, so everyone can take advantage of it. Genuinely, the things they say about Gojo (how he fights better alone, and how it's better to leave him to his own devices) applies to Itadori too.

The worst part is it's not like it's his biggest strength and biggest weakness. It's simply a hindrance, because the rage he feels after anyone is killed is followed by despair (and he says himself after Nanami dies that he 'lost' himself to anger). That poor boy's heart of gold is his biggest downfall, and God do they exploit the fuck out of it.

[gaminegay]

"someone somewhere needs help with something and I'm not there to fix it, this makes me guilty of Bad Person disease" <- stupid thought I really need to stop having

[ab-horror]