#wizard burnout

[fannedandflawless]

Snape’s Midnight Resentment Log

(A very personal patrol schedule)

🕘 9:30 PM – Begins patrolling the corridors. “Let’s see… will the little menace sneak out again tonight?”

🕙 10:05 PM – Checks the Astronomy Tower out of habit. “No one here. Just owls. One of them might be watching me, though.”

🕚 10:47 PM – Passes the Library. Empty. “If only Potter could read, he might actually be here.”

🕛 11:13 PM – Hears something on the third floor. False alarm. “A breeze. Or Peeves. Or my imagination punishing me again.”

🕚 11:47 PM – Already agitated. “Why does that boy irritate me even when he’s not here?” Steps are sharper. Cloak billows with extra vengeance.

🕐 12:32 AM – Quick stop in the staff room for lukewarm tea. “Who left sugar cubes? I'm surrounded by incompetence.”

🕐 1:12 AM – Nears the Great Hall. “If I hear a single footstep… let it be him. I will deduct points until he owes me oxygen.”

🕑 2:08 AM – Sits briefly on a windowsill near the dungeons. “Just five minutes. Not because I’m tired. Just observing...”

🕒 3:00 AM – Returns to his chambers in absolute silence. “Didn’t catch him. Still hate him.” Stops by the fireplace. Sits. Stares into the void with the look of a man who hasn’t slept since 1978.

—

🕰️ There will be another patrol. But let’s be honest—he’s already mad about it. He calls it patrolling. We all know it’s emotional cardio.

— Tagging @princesspink48484 for the cursed brilliance that inspired this. You lit a fuse and now we have a chart. 😏💀

[emluvirzo]

I am an Investment — Regulus Black

i am an investment,

for i am the heir and not the spare,

i cannot breathe nor can i dare,

like a songbird — with it’s vocal chords stripped,

i cannot fly, for my wings are clipped.

i am an investment,

for dividends are expected,

there is no room to fail,

or i shall be disconnected…

i am an investment,

the golden child — the star meant to shine bright,

burnt by its own flame overnight,

for i am meant to be the redeeming light,

the one meant to save us all from blight.

i am an investment,

i am to be grateful for what i am given,

forced to keep my desires and aspirations hidden,

for i am to salvage the mess,

be better than the rest.

it is expected of me,

for i am an investment.

‿̩͙⊱༒︎༻♱༺༒︎⊰‿̩͙

[playertwotails]

Okay so this has been circling around in my head for like two weeks like a fly hitting windows in a sun-room.

So I'm back on my Tails kitsune AU bullshit and I've also recently gotten into Cult of the Lamb so now they've mashed in my brain into a hodgepodged gloop.

And it's all going below the cut if you wanna read my brain worms cause it's long

***Trigger warning for like blood and cults and kidnapping and drugging. Just to give people a heads up (nothing too graphic or detailed but just in case and let me know if you think I missed anything I might need to warn people about)****

Little side note before jumping into this: do not tag as shipping, there is no shipping here it's all platonic and familial. If I see a ship tag I will block you.

Starting off it doesn't matter if Tails is actually a kitsune or not (I personally prefer that yes he is just for the post situation of the gang all being like "okay so what species is Tails actually???" )

I've just had this idea in my head where some cult somewhere is started and they worship kitsune's as godlike entities. They then catch wind of Tails in the news or rumors and their target is now locked.

So this cults leader gets the 'big brain but head actually empty' idea to kidnap Tails like any sane cult leader would.

Now these people somehow stumble ass backwards into kidnapping Tails and keeping him contained. And by keeping him contained they're basically drugging Tails just enough he's conscious but nonreactive. And they basically dress him up and drag him to their ceremonies as more of object than a kid. Tails is hating it and actually scared cause what the hell is wrong with these people let him go home.

Meanwhile Sonic and the gang are all freaking out cause "WHERE IS HE??!!!!" Cause lets be honest kidnapped by a cult was not on any of their bingo cards and at this point they don't know that's what happened, they only know Tails is gone and none of the usual suspects have him.

Rouge starts going through her contacts on the side looking for any crumb of information and gets a lead. And in typical Rouge fashion splits off on her own to look into it. She then comes across the cult and infiltrates their compound.

During her snooping though she overhears the leader of the cult and his subordinates talking about "living forever through the blood of their god's mortal form", sees a statue of a multi-tailed fox and all the red flags are immediately up for her. Internal panic button is smashed. 2 + 2 = fucked up situation.

She's already pressing the "get your asses here" button on her communicator and tears off as quickly but quietly as she can looking for Tails. When she finds him he's in a locked room just laying in bed, all dressed up in a white outfit. Which strange for her to see him just laying there since normally he'd be out and gone long time ago She sees what they've been giving him next to the bed and she's now double pissed off. (I like to think it's at least been over a week Tails has been missing, but if you wanna get really angsty make about 6 months, just as long as Sonic was locked up in Forces).

As gently but quickly as she can she bundles up Tails and carries him cause at this point he's got so much in his system he can't walk or talk, blinking is kinda his only form of communication at the moment. To which Rouge doesn't know what's worse, for Tails to have been asleep for the whole time unaware or to be awake for the whole time and know what's happening.

Tails on the other hand is just so happy to see her and scared that he starts crying. Which is just breaking Rouge's heart to witness as she starts to backtrack out of there with him, with him just silently crying nonstop in her arms.

Unfortunately only about halfway to the exit they discover Tails is gone and the place starts going into lock down with cultist swarming the halls of the place. And even though Rouge is an excellent fighter, she's in close quarters with a kid who can't walk so she's quickly overrun by cultist who tie her up and take Tails back.

The leader then using all of his one brain cell figures she's already signaled to the other's where they are and he knows it's only a matter of time before the fastest thing on the planet busts their door down looking for his little brother.

The leader announces to the group they're moving up the ceremony to now much to Rouge's horror and they drag her along too kicking and screaming cause they don't have time to drop her off in a cell or anything.

Everyone is now in this big ceremony/chapel room that has a big stone table covered in white flowers, that suspiciously is the perfect size for an 8 year old fox to lay down on. And the leader does just that laying Tails on the table.

Rouge is throwing an absolute fit and cursing everyone out cause no way in hell is she gonna let this happen, it's to the point multiple people are having to hold her down even with her tied up cause she's kicking up such a storm of rage.

Meanwhile, Tails is mentally absolutely freaking out in a panic and is terrified out of his mind, especially when the leader brings out a large ornate knife and starts chanting something.

As the leader is finishing up and reeling back his hand with the knife Sonic busts in and sees all of this. Immediately rushing to the table just as the cult leader goes for the downswing.

Sonic just barely catches the knife about an inch from Tails' chest grabbing on to the blade of it and cutting his hand which drips onto Tails.

Now Sonic finally has a moment to process all of this and what exactly is happening and for obvious reasons he is beyond pissed off. He's probably not far off from turning into dark Sonic or it's creeping around the edges of him. And just as he's about to send the cult leader to meet his maker he glances at Tails' face and that's the only reason he doesn't kill the leader right then and there. Cause Sonic thought Tails was asleep but now he notices not only is Tails somewhat awake but tears are streaming down his face.

So Sonic does the next best thing in this situation, knocks out the leader in less than a second and just pulls Tails into a hug off the table and starts just sobbing with Tails in his lap curled up on the floor. Cause the horror of what about happened and the relief Tails is okay and he found him in time hits Sonic all at once.

The rest of the cultists are still frozen cause for Sonic, Tails and the leader all that happened in less than a minute and the group is still catching their bearings of everything that just happened. Which is a good thing cause in that moment everyone else catches up and runs into this whole scene.

From their perspective though they just see Sonic sobbing over a limp Tails with blood on his chest (from Sonic's hand but they don't know that), a guy knocked out (or possibly dead??) next to them, a big stone table that suspiciously looks like an alter also next to them, Rouge who is still cursing up a storm tied up in the corner and held down by like 5 people, and a room full of people in matching robes that look like the guy up near Sonic and Tails.

The rest of the group now splits off with Amy and Knuckles running over to Sonic and Tails, Shadow going for the leader on the ground, Omega going to help Rouge, and the rest of their friends they had helping them splitting off to take care of the rest of the cultists.

From here everything gets resolved, cultists and leader locked up, Tails getting what ever drugs they were giving him out of his system and going home and everyone somewhat going back to their lives. Sonic however does not leave Tails' side for a while and hovers around him which for the first few weeks Tails appreciates cause if he's honest he doesn't want Sonic to be far from him either after everything and really doesn't want to be alone for long. Tails get constant nightmares about the situation and is snuggling with his big brother almost every night. Which is great for Sonic cause he's also getting terrible nightmares from the ordeal and feels better when he wakes up and Tails is right there.

It does get to the point though where after a bit of recovery and time healing the mental scars Tails has to convince Sonic that he can be go back to running around and exploring without Tails right next to him. It takes a lot of convincing and scheduling regular check-ins (like 5x more than they previously had) but Sonic and Tails slowly get somewhat back to their normal lives.

If you wanna get angsty though have it so Sonic is just a second too slow in saving Tails and the fallout from that. (couldn't be me though I'm a hurt/comfort girly at heart, give me the angst but everyone's okayish in the end)

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Burnout Bashtronaut by Andrea Piparo

[thecosmicjester8]

Running on spiral time, which means I’m exactly as late as I was always going to be.

Protected under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Sharing welcome. Alteration or resale not permitted.

[foursaints]

I just want to say that you feel kind of like a conterculture of sorts in the marauders fandoms, most people try to make all the relationships traditionally healty and curated and then you come in and go: hey, yeah, love and obsesion are almost the same for Evan and Barty, kinks exist, they are all pretty bad in the head

thank you for saying this! to an extent, that's something i intentionally try to do, so it makes me happy to hear this ♡

i think my core goal with fandom is always just to deepen Character Specificity. dynamics don't necessarily have to be freaky and weird, but i think i just have a deep dislike for generic incorrect-quotes-type characterization because it can just be a little reductive...

yeah i make barty & evan kind of fucked, but i do genuinely care about their motivations. i'm only interested in any given characters for their individual peculiarities. it's fun to parse out the exact facets of what makes anyone unique & strange and then see how they slot together with others !!

[joyridingmp3]

father, father... tell me where have YOU BEEN‼️

[vegetable-soup-wizard]

Gale is the dnd wizard of all time, autistic, gifted kid burnout, cringefail, self aggrandizing And self loathing, he’s got it all

[fannedandflawless]

🧪 Lab Assistant Employee Handbook

Chapter One: Clean up the mess you didn’t make. Chapter Two: Accept the blame you didn’t earn. - Addendum from the Previous Assistant:  You may notice the cauldron is already blackened when you arrive. Say nothing. Clean it. Chapter Three: Hope is not part of the syllabus. - Addendum from the Previous Assistant:  Do not ask for extensions. You are not here to be understood. You are here to endure. Chapter Four: Cry in the supply cupboard. Silently.

There are no promotions. Only endings. Apprentice? You’re thinking of another universe. 💀

⸻ Note found scribbled faintly between lines. Ink smudged. - If you’re reading this, it’s already too late to quit with dignity.

[1o1percentmilk]

i want to tell u guys abt my weredog oc... hes like if patrick bateman sucked and wasnt a nepo baby and worked a middling dead end office job..i give all of my trauma and worries and fears to him about fitting in and not getting to have an impact and yet not having the personal strength to make things better,

[eldritchbong]

please don’t expect too much of me

[thelegitcasper]

"Gifted Kid Burnout" by Tom O'Donovan is so remus lupin coded

[strznringz]

Regulus definitely had an existence crisis in 6th year.

before his brother left because he's been raised with his whole future set up for him w/no questions ask, and now he's experiencing delayed trauma response such as trouble sleeping,depression,self conscious, paranoia,ect. Cuz unlike Sirius, he didn't realize how bad he was treated until his mental health generally got worst then before.

So after Sirius left he generally hated that he was stuck with a life that he didn't want and is worst then the future that was planned for him before.

Also regulus was experiencing burn out. He was amazing at potions and was ahead of his class but realized the subject is boring and uninteresting and hated it and didn't want a career out if that. Also quidditch started sucking cause of the team and the old captain(who was amazing and personal friend) graduated so he's stuck with some cheating bigot loser.(they were definitely going to lose world cup). He use to effortlessly pass classes but had to study extra cuz he scared that he may fall behind(he got average good grades)

He generally just felt stuck and started to hate school even more.

[lordgeneralsix]

new gale animations have me giggling n shit I haven't touched the game in months but I'm not immune to sweet wizards

[nikholascrow]

i may be in the midst of a mental breakdown right now and i may have just finished sobbing over homework assignments that should be easy but it’s okay cause every time i look at my phone tumblr reminds me that random strangers on the internet like my thoughts about dead gay wizards from the 70’s

[verysaxyberry]

I think the thing that just continues to astound me about ttrpgs is the fact that people who meet up and are friends outside of the game just... refuse to try anything other than 5e? I've seen so many stories about DMs asking players to try a new system, and they just refuse.

Why? I mean if you come into the night like fully expecting to play 5e but instead they throw something new at you, I get that being frustrating. But I'm talking about DMs asking ahead of time for something new and being refused.

Hello???? These are your friends, you're like 99% going to have a good time even if all you guys can manage is rolling up characters. And 9 out of 10 times its another d20 system so the rules really are not that different.

We started out with 5e, played a full 1-20 campaign and did lots of oneshots. And you know what we all said when our DM, the guy who helped bring the world to life who does the most WORK, asked us to try a new system? We said, "Absolutely dude!"

And ya know what? We had fun! We made mistakes, we had to recheck rules, but we had fun! In fact, it was like playing for the first time again! That exact same sense of wonder and fun!

And guess what? We liked it more than 5e! Its our new standard go to system! We try out other systems occasionally too! And if we had hated it and the other ones? Well, 5e is still right there and we could go back at any time!

Anyway, all this to say, try something new. I mean ideally I want you to try something outside of DnD editions, but honestly just try anything outside of 5e. I promise, if you hate it 5e will still exist.