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Shifting this blog to a multimuse blog Bc I have too many characters I want people to meet

[hunger-and-desire]

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Shifting this blog to a multimuse blog Bc I have too many characters I want people to meet

[hunger-and-desire]

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❝ if you’re done lying to me, then you should stop lying to yourself. ❞ ❝ it’s not going to be easy, you know. ❞ ❝ well, it sounds like you’re working for a nutcase. ❞ ❝ make sure that you’re safe. ❞ ❝ look, i wanted to tell you! i wanted to! but how could i? ❞ ❝ see? i’m not just a pretty face. ❞ ❝ i’m sorry for what happened to you. ❞ ❝ i think i have a bit more experience with this thing than you do. ❞ ❝ wait, wait, wait. something about this feels kinda hinky. ❞ ❝ what a warm and homey place, huh? ❞ ❝ i’m willing to forgive and forget. for old time’s sake. ❞ ❝ looks like he was killed. ripped to shreds actually. ❞ ❝ these guys have been tailing me for weeks. thought i lost. ❞ ❝ should i be flattered, or worried? ❞ ❝ so with our luck, what’s the odds this volcano is going to erupt on us? ❞ ❝ i hope i don’t go to hell for this. ❞ ❝ i can handle this. i’m tough. i grew up with nuns. ❞ ❝ fair warning, last person who betrayed me wound up dead. ❞ ❝ you told me you’d say out of trouble. ❞ ❝ how do i know you’re real? ❞ ❝ don’t ever point a gun at me again. ❞ ❝ make sure that you’re safe. ❞ ❝ i have made a lot of mistakes. a lot. i’m not a perfect man. ❞ ❝ i had a lousy father. lousy childhood. ❞ ❝ sounds terrible. check his wallet. ❞ ❝ let’s not forget who walked out on whom. you don’t get to be jealous.  ❞ ❝ progress demands sacrafice. ❞ ❝ shut up. i really thought you were gone this time. ❞ ❝ i can’t leave you alone for one minute, can i? ❞ ❝ on a scale of 1-10, how scared were you that i was gonna die? ❞ ❝ i can’t walk away. i’m tired of walking away. ❞ ❝ even an enemy must be fed and sheltered. are you my enemy? ❞ ❝ we can still stop him. i can help you. ❞ ❝ gotta say, you have a real knack for breaking things. ❞ ❝ do as i say not as i do. ❞ ❝ looks like hell spit you back out. ❞ ❝ what’s your story, anyway? ❞ ❝ i don’t take big risks without a good payday. ❞ ❝ i guess it runs in the family, huh? ❞ ❝ you can’t reform the villain and save the day. it’s just not done like that. ❞ ❝ sorry, i just need to get my head back in the game. ❞ ❝ this isn’t our fight. it’s my fight. ❞ ❝ i won’t let them hurt you. ❞ ❝ skip the mind games. you don’t know me. ❞ ❝ no offense, but your ancestor was a right asshole. ❞ ❝ you’re unusually quiet. what’s up your bum? ❞ ❝ that was my last cigarette. ❞ ❝ okay, well, why don’t you just walk away? ❞ ❝ why this obsession? i’m just worried. ❞ ❝ i can’t…i can’t breathe…i just…can’t breathe… ❞ ❝ don’t touch me. get away from me. ❞ ❝ if you let these bastards win - after this - i will never forgive you. ❞ ❝ you’ve got your pride all tangled up in this thing. it’s making you reckless. ❞ ❝ any trouble you shoot first and ask questions later. ❞ ❝ dangerous to be out so late.  ❞ ❝ easy now. look at me. ❞ ❝ my leg! don’t touch it! i know it’s broken! ❞ ❝ are you going to join me, darling? ❞ ❝ this is my gig. you want your share, you play by my rules. ❞ ❝ we don’t get to choose how we start in life. real greatness? it’s what you do with the hand you’re dealt. ❞ ❝ i always felt that we were destined for something great. ❞ ❝ you should relax. you’ll live longer. ❞ ❝ i taught you better than that. ❞ ❝ so that’s a no? felt like a no. ❞ ❝ quit acting like you’re gonna lie down and die, all right? ❞ ❝ i have a spare bed.  ❞ ❝ is there no bottom for your ignorance? ❞ ❝ even cornered dogs bite back.  ❞ ❝ that one is my favourite. it makes your eyes twinkle.  ❞ ❝ admit it. you’re gonna miss this ass.  ❞ ❝ you think i’m a monster, but you’re no different from me.  ❞ ❝ how many people have you killed? how many?  ❞ ❝ you will not stand in the way of destiny.  ❞ ❝ you stick with me, i’ll teach you a few things. ❞ ❝ well, if you’d like, i can tell you where to stick it. ❞ ❝ face it, genius, you’ve been played. ❞ ❝ yeah, keep smiling, asshole. ❞ ❝ i got nothing to prove. ❞ ❝ don’t hand it to me. i’ve had everything handed to me ❞ ❝ you don’t know when to give up, do you? ❞ ❝ you stick your neck out, you’re asking to lose your head. ❞ ❝ oh, and now you’re blushing. ❞ ❝ just so you know, it’s not my first lost city. ❞ ❝ are you always this clever? ❞ ❝ i was trying to rescue you, as a matter of fact. ❞ ❝ you know, at this point, i’ve run out of words. ❞ ❝ what do you say we really ruin this guy’s day? ❞ ❝ whether you die or not, i don’t really care. ❞ ❝ i thought you…i saw you get shot. ❞ ❝ it’s like a camera. you just…point and shoot, right? ❞ ❝ god, who’s being unprofessional now? ❞ ❝ i always knew you were gonna make something of yourself one day. ❞ ❝ let’s just pretend i skipped all of sunday school. ❞ ❝ oh no you didn’t do that. that’s not funny! ❞ ❝ save the world, triumph over evil. ❞ ❝ are you trying to kill me? ❞ ❝ know what i love about partying with a bunch of crooks? nobody cares that you smoke indoors. ❞ ❝ you gave me a goddamn heartattack. ❞ ❝ i’ll die a thousand deaths before i let you win.  ❞ ❝ i didn’t tell you because i was afraid…of losing you. ❞ ❝ what ever happened to just living a normal life? ❞ ❝ even if you think you’re protecting me, you don’t have a right to shut me out like that. ❞ ❝ i mean… thanks for saving me. ❞ ❝ en garde, dickhead. ❞ ❝ i love you. ❞ ❝ come on! we can get out of here together. ❞ ❝ everything i touch turns to shit. ❞ ❝ how did you find me anyway? ❞ ❝ i’ve got my eye on you. ❞ ❝ you were going to sell me out, weren’t you? ❞ ❝ love to know what you’re thinking. ❞ ❝ well, well, well. get it? ‘cause you know, it’s a well. ❞ ❝ it’s a shame we’re leaving empty handed though. ❞ ❝ okay…yeah…how do i look? ❞ ❝ thank me after we get out of this alive. ❞ ❝ you’re lucky that i found you when i did. ❞ ❝ they’re just saying that because it gets to you. ❞ ❝ look, if you’re into shady stuff it’s totally cool. ❞ ❝ ha. that’s my girl. ❞ ❝ i made a promise that i was done with this life. ❞ ❝ listen, sunshine, the world doesn’t care. ❞ ❝ well, that’s it. now you know everything. ❞ ❝ don’t even think about not coming back. ❞ ❝ you know, i shot the man who told me that. ❞ ❝ i thought that i’d be satisfied. instead, i’m left with this strange feeling of emptiness.  ❞  ❝ as thrilling as the next adventure may be, in the end, you’re always left with that same feeling. ❞ ❝ you know, i didn’t think i could trust you either. ❞ ❝ i almost lost you once before. i just can’t do that again. ❞ ❝ don’t even think about not coming back. ❞ ❝ that’s it! no compassion! no mercy! ❞ ❝ sentimentality in this line of work will get you killed. ❞ ❝ i need your help…and you need mine. ❞ ❝ i kept your tears in a jar. ❞ ❝ i expected you to have my back.  ❞ ❝ tell you what. when i get back, pizza’s on me. ❞ ❝ death. it smelled like death. ❞ ❝ so they have beaten you, eh? your quest’s over?  ❞ ❝ you listen to your mum, okay?  ❞ ❝ trust me - your ego will mend.  ❞ ❝ i hope i live to regret this.  ❞ ❝ these men were all shot.  ❞ ❝ be a lot easier just to let go.  ❞ ❝ what? no witty remark? nothing clever to say?  ❞ ❝ seems like i am always saving your ass. ❞ ❝ i never asked for any of your bloody heroics. ❞ ❝ the guys in prison used to say, ‘you can steal to eat or you can steal to get rich.’ i say, why not both?  ❞ ❝ you were never a chocolate and flower kinda girl.  ❞ ❝ i don’t have your luck. people like me know when to walk away from the table.  ❞ ❝ appreciate the update, captain obvious.  ❞ ❝ you made your choice.  ❞ ❝ don’t tell me you’re buying all into that supernatural nonsense.  ❞ ❝ i couldn’t sleep last time i saw that.  ❞ ❝ it’s actually nice working with a woman for a change. ❞ ❝ i’m lucky you’re on my side. ❞ ❝ do you really think all this really could be true?  ❞ ❝ you know, it’s kind of romantic down here.  ❞ ❝ just wish i’d brought something to read.  ❞ ❝ you can relax. we’re safe here. ❞ ❝ i am surrounded by traitors and fools.  ❞ ❝ just don’t get us killed. ❞ ❝ what are you shaking for? ❞ ❝ parents must be worried about you. ❞ ❝ i wonder what you’re really scared of…not bullets, or blood, or broken bones… ❞ ❝ i don’t need your bullet-ridden-corpse on my conscience. let’s go. ❞ ❝ yeah, i’m fine. oh, but - you’re bleeding. ❞ ❝ i do seem to attract the scum of the earth. ah - no offense. ❞ ❝ all this grandeur, hidden away from the world.  ❞ ❝ if we don’t make it out here, i just want you to know - i hate your guts. ❞ ❝ i’ve got a bad feeling about this place. ❞ ❝ that’s my blood. that’s my blood. that’s a lot of my blood. ❞ ❝ you should play the hero more often. it suits you. ❞ ❝ eyes ahead, don’t look down. ❞ ❝ here - grab my hand. ❞ ❝ no matter what it is, you’re supposed to come to me so we can work it out together… as a team.  ❞  ❝ you know nothing is ever truly destroyed. just purified and reborn.  ❞ ❝ you just - totally crushed that moment. you know that, right?  ❞ ❝ you’re a selfish dickhead.  ❞ ❝ i do speak a little bit of ____, you know. wait, what did you say? ❞ ❝ i know you. you’re no hero.  ❞ ❝ i wish you could’ve been there. ❞ ❝ hey, are you happy? ❞ ❝ you’re not gonna pass out on me or nothing, are you? ❞ ❝ look, i…um….i’m not good with the whole people thing.  ❞ ❝ i’ve had worse nights, believe me.  ❞ ❝ let’s find somewhere a little more private. ❞ ❝ hey, take it easy. you’ve been out for almost half an hour.  ❞ ❝ to rule people, you first must sow chaos.  ❞ ❝ it’s not stealing if it was mine to begin with. ❞ ❝ take me with you. ❞ ❝ i’m left with this strange feeling of emptiness.  ❞  ❝ anyone ever tell you, you have a funny idea of romantic?  ❞  ❝ it’s nothing that years of therapy won’t fix.  ❞ ❝ no. it’s my turn to walk away.  ❞  ❝ nothing about our lives have been fair, but we’ve made it work. ❞ ❝ your people will beg me to save them.  ❞ ❝ we’re not on a first-name basis.  ❞ ❝ you know nothing about me.  ❞ ❝ do tell. maybe over some drinks?  ❞ ❝ we must keep to the shadows.  ❞ ❝ hey, you cool? ‘cause i need you to be cool.  ❞ ❝ you must be tired of these lectures. i know i’m tired of giving them. ❞ ❝ here, take this. you’ll catch a cold. ❞ ❝ is that a sin? i think that’s a sin. ❞

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“I still care” (bringer. idk context)

Famine paused her pacing as Bringer spoke. She was glad her back was turned as the words sunk in. It was rare that either party showed much conventional care for the other, let alone affection, and Famine didn’t like to be thought of as soft, but hearing Bringer voice such sentiment honestly thrilled the young horseman. The smallest smile, one golden and warm, crossed her pale lips before it soured to a smirk. 

The horseman turned lazily on her heel and leaned back against the wall, tilting her head as she looked at Bringer. “Really?” she asked, “After all my smartass comments?”

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Famine’s awkward smile grew warmer as Liaxee reassured her. This man was as kind as he was large and was probably the kindest person she’d ever met. How in the hell was he friends with a horseman? “Well, if you need water, let me know,” she said, “Or we can wander into town. Plenty of things there. Too many people, but plenty of things.” She loved the little town of Sleepy Hollow, but it was always too full of people. 

The flicker of concern on Liaxee’s face just barley registered with Famine before he asked about her horse. “Isydrie is an asshole as usual,” the horseman mused, glancing over her shoulder and out one of the windows in the kitchen; the old barn could just barley be seen through it, “She doesn’t like that I disappeared for five years and left her here alone.” Isydrie could have followed Famine, she knew exactly where the horseman had gone, but the cantankerous old beast had instead done the horse equivalent of pouting and waited for Famine to return. 

Looking back to Liaxee, she asked, “Would you like to see her?”

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There was a pause as he smiled, rubbing his beard with a hummed noise of thought to her hope of them saying only good things. Liaxee definitely couldn’t remember anything bad, not that he would say otherwise; it simply wouldn’t be his place to start problems. As it was, there were no problems too start.

That didn’t stop him, though.

“Mostly…” He trailed off joking, keeping up the thoughtful act before waving his hand dismissively. “On! They say only good things!” he told her, smile growing. “Never a negative word!”

He nodded along to her cheerfully and glanced around as she held her hands out. It seemed nice. A little small considering his size, but nice. It definitely suited her. He gave another small ‘hm’ as she said who wasn’t allowed.

“I see why you get along with Bringer,” he said, eyeing her for a moment. “Same standards.” He was entertained by it, though. Not that he had any higher standards for the people he surrounded himself with. “This is good. Very… cozy.” That was the word, he thought. It was a word, at least.

Liaxee gestured to tell her that it was fine and sorted himself into being less of an obsticle in her living room by easing himself onto the sofa, being careful not to break it since he was sure just flopping down would absolutely do that. He wasn’t used to furniture like this–most of what he was used to were hard benches or overly puffy seats that seemed to swallow him–but it was good. Comfortable enough, at least.

“One of our few commonalities,” she joked at his comment about getting along with Bringer. Same standards, snarky as all hell, had a host of enemies. That was it. Nothing else in common. At all.

Famine took the steps to the loft two at a time, still raking her brain as to where her gloves were; she’d been on her own for the past several days, keeping to her cabin and the woods, so she hadn’t worn her gloves or jackets for a while now. She thought she remembered last seeing the pair of leather gloves she typically wore while out and about in the drawer of one of the side tables in her room, but she couldn’t remember how long ago she remembered seeing them there.

It took her a minute or two too long to find the gloves, but eventually she returned to the living room with a light-weight, black jacket on while pulling on the other glove. “Sorry about that,” she said, “It seems I’d loose my own head if it weren’t attached to my shoulders, but, better safe than sorry, ya know.”

Famine leaned against the low wall separating the living room from the kitchen. An awkward smile crossed her lips as she realized she didn’t know what to do or say. She was awful at playing host and she felt she had to impress Liaxee and had no idea how to. She couldn’t just be the snarky bastard she was when Bringer or Martel was there. Liaxee was too kind to her for that. 

“Can I get you something to drink? Eat?” she offered, before realizing she had absolutely no food in the house. And nothing to drink besides tap water. “By that I mean water.” The words were a tad sheepish as they came out of her mouth. Water. What a host she was.

Liaxee eyed her for a moment, trying to figure out whether saying anything more would be a good idea. When he’d decided, he rubbed his facial hair with a chuckle. “Another; you are both always in some kind of trouble, sey?” There was a smile hidden amongst his facial hair, his tone warm and holding hints of ‘amused parent’ about it. That wasn’t to say that he knew for sure that she was, but she definitely held a feeling about her that she was rarely not in some kind of trouble or mischief. He, personally, hoped for the latter; mischief was more fun.

There was a little uncertainty once he’d situated himself on the sofa while she was gone, and the longer he was sat there, the less comfortable he was; it was a bit low, and he was still worried he’d go straight through it, even though it seemed to be taking his weight just fine for the moment. He shifted, just a tiny bit, and immediately regretted it. Visions of her returning to a broken piece of furniture haunted him until she returned. The sofa was safely still in one piece. Her reappearance was enough to make him forget about it completely, though, and he looked to her with a beaming smile before shaking his head dismissive.

“Do not need to apologise,” he said, with some amount of sternness about his voice while he eyed her. “Here to spend time. If you take a while–” he shrugged, “–so be it!” There was a pause as he tried to figure out the right wording. “Humans say, I think, 'just happy to be here’. Very good phrase. More people should be.” He was nodding again, and reminding himself more of his grandfather; 'just happy to be here’ was the exact kind of attitude he’d had, too.

At her offer, he waved a hand dismissively.

“On! I am fine! If I need, I will tell you.” He was beaming again, entirely too happy just to be there. He shifted his weight on the sofa again, smile momentarily faltering, before he looked back to her with the intent of being conversational. “How is your horse? I never asked!”

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SENTENCE MEME ⟶ BUZZFEED UNSOLVED: SUPERNATURAL / 2.09 –– 2.10 always feel free to tweak the sentence to fit your muse.

“I wouldn’t jump quickly to conclusions.”

“Whatever, don’t judge a book by its cover.”

“We just never stay anywhere nice.”

“I don’t want to kill the vibe, but we could just turn the lights on.”

“No, no, no, you’re gonna scare the ghosts away!”

“You can definitely smell the age of this room.”

“Holy shit, it’s a jacuzzi tub!”

“This is the best place we’ve ever… cleared? Stayed? Ghost-busted!”

“It’s like a ghost sitcom.”

“He didn’t like sinful activities, he didn’t like debauchery in general.”

“Well, he can go to hell.”

“Do you really want to talk about that night?”

“I stole them off a woman who died on the Titanic!”

“We can never go back there.”

“Shadows do tend to follow you, though. That’s sort of how they work.”

“It was booming with music and lots of other stuff too.”

“Were there Chads back then?”

“[Name] is afraid of you.”

“I think you should show him that you demand to be respected.”

“I never knew that this was that easy.”

“If there’s anybody in here, now’s the time to let us know.”

“You gotta fucking calm down, man.”

“Ghost 101. One, knock book of shelf. Two, uhh, hold a candlestick in the middle of the hallway. Three, sheets.”

“We’re gonna leave now, please don’t follow me.”

“If you can’t catch him here, just follow him home.”

“Stop telling the ghosts to follow me home!”

“I do not like this room at all.”

“Um, is there anybody in here with me?”

“This is one of the best days of my life.”

“If you don’t want us to be here, send us a sign.”

“Why do you have to phrase it like that?”

“I’m sorry I’m in here.”

“I just got the fucking chills, god dammit.”

“I feel like I’m gonna cry.”

“Was that you telling us to leave?”

“Ghost, I’m beginning to suspect that you’re not real.”

“Call it a hunch, but I’ve sat in a lot of dark rooms with this guy talking to the air.”

“There’s definitely a noise, but I don’t think it’s compelling in the sense that it sounds like a voice.”

“It’s your time to run amok.”

“Did you just take a shit?”

“I just realized what I’ve gotten myself into again.”

“Come out, rip my skull outta my head, pull my bones out and melt them in front of my face.”

“Are we doing more of this or could I use the jacuzzi hot tub that we’ve been blessed with?”

“Are we gonna spend the night here and not use that?”

“We’re just two guys sitting in a tub.”

“I’m delighted, because this is the first place we’ve ever slept that has just a modicum of luxury.”

“It’s so dark in there, did you see that?”

“I wanna see if someone’s actually out there.”

“Maybe this is a lost cause.”

“It sounds not even close to my voice.”

“Is this not alarming you?”

“Between [name’s] snoring and this fucking ghost, I’m gonna kill somebody.”

“I’m a little spooked.”

“I bet he was just embarrassed.”

“There’s a ghost marching around for seven hours nonstop.”

“I’m gonna take the camera away from your stupid face.”

“This place is not haunted.”

“We gotta merchandise those things.”

“I really don’t know what to expect.”

“Voodoo is actually a very positive practice.”

“You would kill me? You would murder me??”

“It’s all hypothetical, I don’t really want to.”

“We argue on this, but I don’t want to murder you!”

“I never said I wanted to murder you.”

“You want to kill me!”

“Can you see over this without jumping?”

“The house is quite a sight.”

“You have to get that out of your head and just let it flow.”

“I’m fascinated and interested and I’m not afraid of these things.”

“I think you might intellectualize too much.”

“I’m just a guy who’s interested in this stuff and gets a little dizzy sometimes.”

“Is this a thing you recommend for anyone?”

“So we’re looking at bare bones right now.”

“You look so scared already.”

“I’ve been, uh, more comfortable.”

“It it best that you walk through backwards.”

“You wanna say anything to me or the little guy? What about to the giant?”

“I do find that more compelling than any of the other dumb ones you’ve dug up.”

“What on the street could possible make that noise?”

“It sounds like it’s literally in the room with us.”

“Any time you do that shrug, it’s like a victory for me.”

“It makes my heart warm.”

“I’m gonna buy you one of those for Christmas.”

“Any physical sensations that you’re feeling in there?”

“Put away your fear and just focus on what you feel.”

“I’m bad at feeling.”

“I wanna believe in something, outside the norms of physics.”

“He’s having a rough time tonight.”

“Maybe I’m too in my head.”

“If there’s anything here, it feels like it’s scared, too.”

“I took an improv class once, because I’m a white guy.”

“I always felt like something was watching me in the dark when I was little.”

“Find that source, you might dissolve some of your fears.”

“The spirit world is in your hands.”

“I just got the chills thinking about it, that’s fucking crazy.”

“So, the takeaway here is every little sound is a ghost?”

“No, the takeaway here is that sounds that don’t belong in that environment may or may not be ghosts.”

“Did you actually just comment on something that may have been paranormal?”

“I was just waiting for the logical explanation.”

“The kitchen is the darkest part of this house.”

“Let’s lock ourselves in the murder room.”

“I think you just want to watch me freak out.”

“If there’s anyone here, feel free to reach out to me.”

“I’m gonna die in there.”

“A lot of times I just do this because I know how much [name] will hate it.”

“His mind will eat itself.”

“I don’t really want to talk about what happened in there.”

“I’m gonna leave forever in a second right now.”

“There’s something creepy up in the attic.”

“See anything spooky?”

“I think something tugged on my shirt.”

“I gotta tell you, I’m really transfixed with this world.”

“You gotta learn to not be so scared.”

“I think you need to learn how to shut the fuck up.”

“I’m not even trying to be a jerk about this.”

“I just get tired of you asking if I get scared about things that I don’t believe in.”

“It’s like asking me if I’m concerned that when I fall asleep the moon turns around and winks at me with a big, evil face and has a boner, or something.”

“Of course not, because that’s not real.”

“Does the moon wear pants, then, to cover up its boner at all times?”

“This is the dumbest example you’ve ever given.”

“I think the moon having a boner is about as realistic as ghosts.”

“The dark side of the moon just has a giant, dusty boner.”

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Quotes taken from Black Sails season 2:

❝ These are men, not monsters. ❞

❝ Fuck those men. Fuck them for their shortsightedness. Fuck them for their ingratitude. ❞

❝ We should be cutting your goddamn tongue out for all the lies you’ve told us. ❞

❝ Perhaps my lack of education is showing. ❞

❝ Don’t be sorry. Do your fucking job. ❞

❝ If your friends aren’t capable of protecting themselves, then I argue they aren’t worth protecting. ❞

❝ I think that’s why you’re so frustrated with me… because you know all this, and because you know you are so much more like me than anyone you’ve ever met in your entire life.  ❞

❝ Stop telling me what it is you think I think. You sound fucking ridiculous. ❞

❝ How is it you see such a partner in them and such a villain in me? ❞

❝ Civilization needs its monsters. ❞

❝ I think it worth reminding you that in most cases a person trying to change the world fails for one simple and unavoidable reason… everyone else. ❞

❝ Brace yourself, but I’m the only person within a hundred miles of here who doesn’t want to see you dead. ❞

❝ Stay out of my fucking business. Consider this the only warning you’re ever gonna get. ❞

❝ If we are all going to make something of this place, perhaps it is in everyone’s best interest that you and I find a way past all of this, past your anger towards me. ❞

❝ If you’re anything like me, you simply cannot abide a liar. ❞

❝ There’s a feeling one gets when in the presence of the truly great men. It’s something quite indescribable. ❞

❝ The game you are entering into is a brutal and unforgiving one. ❞

❝ Great men aren’t made great by politics. ❞

❝ If your interests and mine were adverse to each other, there’s a good chance I’d cross you to save myself. ❞

❝ And the moral of the story… everybody needs a partner. ❞

❝ I’m not looking for someone to hold my hand. I need someone who can help me. ❞

❝ Strange pairs… They can achieve the most unexpected things. ❞

❝ When someone gives you a life, it ain’t truly your own. You owe some part of it back. ❞

❝ They can hate me, they just need to need me. ❞

❝ Hold that position for long enough and you might convince everyone you’re something more than you actually are. ❞

❝ This upsets you. This threatens you. I am sorry. There is nothing you can do about it. ❞

❝ It isn’t about getting them to like you, it’s about reminding them how much they dislike each other.  ❞

❝ My concern is for you. ❞

❝ If you are not strong enough to protect yourself, then I am urging you to cease behaving as if you are. ❞

❝ My concern with you is over that which cannot be known. That thing which arises in you when passions are aroused… good sense escapes you. All people have it. But yours… yours is different. Darker. Wilder. When exposed to extremes, I could not imagine what it is capable of. And of greater concern, I’m not sure you do either. ❞

❝ Know that all I have ever wanted for you is to be happy. ❞

❝ No matter where I’ve been, one thing is true. There’s always one. The one you don’t cross. It would seem readily apparent that in this place, that would be you. ❞

❝ Strange. You and I have never shared more than a few words, and yet I feel like we’re old friends. ❞

❝ Every person has their torments. Demons born of past wrongs that hound and harass them. You perceive the effects of the demons. Echoes of their voices. But I know their names. I was there when they were born. I know the things they whisper at night. So you can believe me when I tell you that within the chorus of torments… none of them look or sound like me. ❞

❝ I imagine there are two kinds of men who make their life at sea. Those whose sense of duty forces them to leave any sense of permanence or identity behind them and those for whom that is the attraction. ❞

❝ I think you’re someone who’s very good at managing how you’re perceived. ❞

❝ I think you’re powerless to do anything about this. ❞

❝ I will rain holy hell down upon them. ❞

❝ You have questions about my loyalties? Then accuse me. Challenge me. Fight me. Or shut the fuck up about it. ❞

❝ So you think that they see me as the villain in this particular story? ❞

❝ To pardon a traitor is the act of a coward. ❞

❝ I’ve put a lot of bodies in the ground for you, haven’t I? ❞

❝ People can say what they like about you. But you’re a good person. More people should say that. And someone should be willing to defend it. ❞

❝ It’s clear to me now that what lies ahead is the road to ruin. And I’m asking you to stop this right now before we’ve all gone too far to turn back. ❞

❝ Given a choice between capitulation and survival, I don’t imagine that to be much of a choice for you at all. ❞

❝ I have been the subject of enough ridicule and innuendo to know the difference between a little danger and mortal danger, and I’m telling you that what we face right now is the latter. ❞

❝ I have been loyal and protective and fucking committed to you since that day, and I am asking you to come with me so that I can save your life. ❞

❝ I tried to tell you once, I’m a hard person not to like. ❞

❝ You have proven me so very wrong. And I could not be prouder of you for it. ❞

❝ I think you are fighting for the sake of fighting! Because it’s the only state in which you can function! ❞

❝ Had I two rounds left, I would shoot both of you and be done with all of this. ❞

❝ I’m only sorry that you cannot see past your own pride to join me. ❞

❝ The idea that you could choose to discard our arrangement, that I would demur in the face of your unassailable rhetoric, either you’ve overestimated yourself, or you’ve underestimated me.  ❞

❝ I don’t hide behind the law. I don’t hide behind anything. I look him in his eye and I give him every chance to deny me. That is legitimate. ❞

❝ We aren’t criminals to them. We aren’t even men. We’re animals. ❞

❝ If I’m not what I was when I was born, and I ain’t what I’ve become instead… what the fuck am I? ❞

❝ Where else would you wake up in the morning and matter? ❞

❝ So easy for you to betray your oath? ❞

❝ It isn’t actually the pain they’re inflicting that’s the most frightening part of it. It isn’t the fear of future pain. It’s the knowledge that even when the pain stops, even if they were to let you go, that they’ve changed you. That pain, that fear, that despair… has made you someone else, someone you barely recognize. ❞

❝ I assure you, you will hear from me again. ❞

❝ There is always a life, there is always a future, as long as one is willing to build it for themselves. ❞

❝ I know that any appearance of civility from you is but a glimpse of the person you once were. A ghost that shows itself only while the darker things that now govern your soul lay dormant. ❞

❝ I’m forced to wonder if this illusion is no accident at all, but theater for my benefit, orchestrated by someone so awful, even monsters such as these have no choice but to dance to the tune they play for them. ❞

❝ What happens if that person decides the theater no longer serves his purposes and he lets the monsters loose? ❞

❝ So now I realize two things are possible — One, something has changed within you, something so significant that you’ve turned into someone I barely recognize, or, two… it was a fantasy that I ever knew you at all. ❞

❝ I heard men say it was because of the violence. I heard them say it was your charm. It was clear to me the reason why you were so good at bending men towards your will was you knew the power of a story and how to harness it to your own ends. ❞

❝ I have done what I have done to arrive at this point. I have done what I’ve done and I will live with it. But do not for a moment believe that that defines me. I will not be that person. ❞

❝ Everyone realized, like just about anything else in this life… the moment you stop fearing it, it loses all its power. ❞

❝ It is free today, and so long as I draw breath, it shall remain free. ❞

❝ I’d hoped you and I shared a love to make such a thing unthinkable. I’d hoped those warnings were wrong. But I know you too well, so I prepared in case they were right. ❞

❝ Those people out there heard him and they came to my door not to pay their respects, not because they loved my father… but because when this war begins, they want to make sure I don’t mistake them for enemies. ❞

❝ I cannot stand before you and claim to be without sin. ❞

❝ I feared the person I was about to create. I feared that someone born of such dark things would consume me were I not careful. And I was determined only to wear them for a while and then dispose of them when their purpose was complete. ❞

❝ Truth is… every day I’ve worn that name I’ve hated it a little more. I’ve been ready to return it to the sea for a long time. ❞

❝ What forgiveness are you entitled to while you stand back in the shadows pushing me out in front of the world to be laid bear for the sake of the truth? ❞

❝ Tell me when does the truth about your sins come to light? ❞

❝ You know nothing of my sins. ❞

❝ I want to see this whole goddamn city, this city that you purchased with our misery, burn! ❞

❝ I want to see you hanged on the very gallows you’ve used to hang men for crimes far slighter than this! ❞

❝ I want to see that noose around your neck and I want to pull the fucking lever with my own two hands! ❞

❝ The time for storytelling is past. Now is the time for cold, hard truths. ❞

❝ Is it for my welfare that you want me to leave or your own? ❞

❝ I was clear about what I wanted and I don’t think it had anything to do with begging your forgiveness. ❞

❝ Why did you betray those closest to you all those years ago? Was it really so small and vile as a bribe? The promise of lording over other men in this place? Or were you simply too weak to say no? Too cowardly to do the harder thing and preserve your decency? Tell me it was the latter. Tell me this is all happening because of your cowardice. I could accept that. I might forgive that.❞

❝ Even in this moment, alone with a condemned person, you are unable to speak the truth. ❞

❝ Being that far away, you see things differently. ❞

❝ Every time I said my name, they knew my name. The first thing they said every time was your name. Like we was two halves of the same thing. ❞

❝ I can’t be your wife. But you and I are gonna be partners till they put us in the fucking ground. ❞

❝ Everyone is a monster to someone. Since you are so convinced that I am yours, I will be it. ❞

❝ You are the protector of the law in this place and you brazenly disregard that at your own peril. ❞

❝ For people like us, power in this place is most effective when it is least perceived. ❞

❝ If anyone was going to make a trophy of you, it really ought to be me. ❞

❝ My word will be the last word for this place. ❞

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Angst sentence starters

(Possibly triggering subjects below)

“I knew you’d leave, it’s okay. I’m used to being left behind”

“We used to be so close and now I feel like I don’t even know you”

“Please don’t go. Please”

“I wish I meant something to you”

“Why do you you always shut me out?”

“You may have stopped being my friend but I never stopped being yours”

“I still care”

“Just leave, you’re better off without me”

“Why are you looking at me with that pitiful face?”

“Stop following me. I want nothing to do with you”

“I hate you for what you’ve done”

“Feelings change”

“You won’t even kiss me anymore”

“Don’t touch me”

“You never cared”

“You have such a beautiful way of telling lies. I almost believe them”

“You were the only friend I had”

“Forgive you? How could I ever forgive the things you’ve done?”

“I’m sorry I wish I could fix things. I’d go back in time just to take that chance”

“Why won’t you look at me?”

“You can say all the hurtful things you want but I won’t leave you like this”

“Running again I see”

“Yeah, walk by me like we’re complete strangers” 

“I should hate you but I don’t and I don’t know why”

“You terrify me”

“I wish I could just vanish”

“I’m nothing”

“I hate you but I hate myself even more”

“You’re useless”

“It seems like I always get off easy while everyone around me suffers”

“I didn’t mean to hurt you”

“I still love you”

“You’re destroying yourself”

“I hate what I see in the mirror”

“I’m a monster”

“You’re a monster”

“Nothing matters anymore”

“If only I was like you”

“Goodbye, I mean it this time”

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Reluctant Realizations Starters

“This alliance is temporary and on record, I will hate every second of it.”

“So, we’re stuck doing this together…”

“Alright hey… maybe I did like that, okay? Don’t look into it.”

“This has got to be the worst work situation I could have possibly gotten.”

“You two getting along this well has resulted in me having opinions.”

“So how’d that turn out for you?”

“You did actually enjoy the time we had, didn’t you?”

“This is now entirely hopeless.”

“What are we supposed to do now?”

“To think this entire time… I’ve actually hated it!”

“I’m detecting there are feelings going on.”

“Admitting things to yourself isn’t always a god awful experience.”

“Is it really that bad, to like something like this without worry?”

“I get to be a little selfish right now. Screw everything else.”

“Alright… fine. You did win, I admit it. Happy?”

“Maybe someone being an absolute gremlin isn’t always unwanted. Sometimes.”

“It wasn’t an agonizing experience… I guess.”

“Oh I know what that face means. Can’t hide it, I know that that means!”

“You were smiling and giggling, and didn’t realize the time. Come on.”

“It… it wasn’t ever healthy for me, was it?”

“You need to come to terms with what happened, what wasn’t good for you.”

“Say it? Fine, I lost. Are you quite pleased with yourself?”

“I miss the good parts of what I had but… I won’t fall back into that trap.”

“Expectations are just… disappointing. I know that I’ve done that.”

“Maybe emotions are convoluted and stupid but feelings are…”

[hunger-and-desire]

@starlyht​

Bare feet crept over dry needles and green eyes scanned the shadows as Famine moved silently across the pine covered ground. For the past several weeks since her return to Sleepy Hollow, she’d been reacquainting herself with the forest. Nothing much had changed in her absence, she found, except for the presence of a few more trails reaching slender fingers back into the solitude of the woods. Otherwise, the trees were the same as they had been for the past several centuries she called Sleepy Hollow home.

Pausing by a tree, Famine placed a bare hand against the bark and felt the familiar warmth of energy dancing through her fingertips and up her arm. She’d foregone her typical gloves and jacket since she had no intention of interacting with anyone but that meant the trees suffered her theft whenever she let her fingers run over the bark. They were ancient creatures, though, filled with energy plundered by roots deep in the soil. They could afford to give her some of their life.

The young horseman was about to push off tree to continue on her way when she spotted someone else among the trees. It was rare for Famine to find someone else this far in the forest, especially so late in the day, but every once in a while a hiker or idiot teenager wandered too far from their path and couldn’t find the way back. Part of her wanted to ignore the stranger, turn back and disappear into the shadows and leave them to their own fate, but another knew she couldn’t just leave them there. What if they got stuck out here, with the mountain lions and wolves?

Stepping around the tree, Famine made her way closer to the stranger, pushing her hands into the pockets of her jeans. “You lost?” she asked.

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Emergency Fluff and Softness Starters

“Hey, come here. It’s alright.”

“Shh. It’s okay.”

“You got me, and I’m not so bad, right?”

“I know what you need. Hold on.”

“I’m arresting you for being criminally cute.”

“Sleeping in? Hell yeah.”

“That was my blanket! Come on…”

“Don’t you dare. No, no puppy face of yours is gonna work…”

“I just found out I have $40 more than I thought. We’re getting take out!”

“Have some of this. You’ll feel better.”

“Ey, I got you. You know I do.”

“I’m glad you’re here. Truly.”

“Thank you for being gentle.”

“You did not just throw that pillow at me!”

“Door’s locked, lights are off… snacks are here, what’s next?”

“Your hands are cold, let me help.”

“You really didn’t need to, you know.”

“You needed a hug.”

“I will not be broken… I will not be… fine, you win stop with the face.”

“No, you’re cute. End of story.”

“I’m not cute. End of story.”

“Listen, we don’t have to fight, we can both be adorable.”

“…but I like it when you’re a soft dork.”

“Come on, get over here.”

“I will squeeze the unhappiness out of you!”

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𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭  \  sentence starter pack,  i.  feel free to change wording  \  pronouns as you see fit. 

don’t go. 

please, don’t go. 

it hurts. 

this hurts. 

we can’t be friends. 

you shouldn’t be here. 

stay here with me. 

it doesn’t feel like you care. 

i can’t feel your heart. 

i’m so alone. 

i need you here, with me. 

there’s nothing left. 

we’re up in flames, the both of us. 

it all comes crashing down. 

i don’t know what to do. 

you won’t go with me? 

why don’t you stay here? 

i’m going alone.

my heart’s broken. 

they broke your heart. 

where did this come from? 

how did you get this scar? 

who is {name}? 

what are you saying? 

i shouldn’t have come here. 

it’s like we’ve become strangers. 

who hurt you? 

who did this to you? 

please, don’t ignore me.

please, say something. 

is there something i should know?

i’m not leaving you here. 

you can’t do this to me. 

after all that we’ve been through… 

there’s something you need to know. 

[hunger-and-desire]

CARING FOR STUBBORN MUSES. for when the person you’re trying to care for insists they don’t need your help.

“at least let me clean the wound!” “you’ll be even worse off if you don’t let me bandage this.” “i really think you need to see a doctor.” “i made you some soup, and i’m going to sit here until you eat it. i can wait.” “your feelings matter too! i can’t help you if i don’t even know what’s making you upset!” “..i’m here if you need anything, okay?” “stop trying to push yourself! you can’t do this on your own!” “listen, i know you don’t want to, but.. maybe you should rest for a while. you’re not going to get anywhere like this.” “i’ll make you a deal: i’ll just get you some bandages, and nothing else, and you stop making a fuss over it.” “how long has it last been since you slept?” “have you even been taking your medicine?” “i know you think you have to get through this by yourself, but you have people here to help you.” “let me take care of you, for once.” “you’re gonna hurt yourself even more if you do stupid things like that!” “i hate to break it to you, but you’re not supposed to do any strenuous physical activity for the next couple weeks, and if i have to personally make sure you don’t every waking hour of the day then i’m fully prepared to do that.” “it’s okay to cry in front of me, you know. you don’t have to carry this alone.” “stop trying to act like you’re not bleeding out in front of me!! this is serious!” “listen, asshole. i’m gonna carry you home whether you like it or not. you’re not in any condition to get there yourself.” “oh my god, why didn’t you tell me it was this bad?!”

[hunger-and-desire]

Anyone else ever wanna just… make pre-established connections between characters without having to RP it out cuz you’re a tired busy adult?

Like just hit each other up with shenanigans and tomfoolery and ‘they would totally do this’ sorta bs.

[hunger-and-desire]

miscellaneous angst starters.

when were you going to tell me?

you can’t keep doing this to yourself.

that’s…a lot of blood.

can you walk?

please don’t lie to me.

you were supposed to leave.

i’m not going anywhere without you.

shh, it’s okay. it was just a dream.

there was nothing more you could have done.

it wasn’t your fault.

this is all my fault.

you aren’t acting like yourself.

i’m never going to let [her/him/them] hurt you again.

you’re hurting me.

don’t ever do that again.

go to hell.

please don’t cry.

you have to stay awake.

i wish i could take the pain away.

you could have died.

hey – stay with me.

it’ll be over soon.

did you ever love me?

i’m sorry. i can’t do this anymore.

things won’t always hurt this bad.

you passed out.

how much have you had?

i’m okay. it’s all fine.

it’s not okay! you’re not fine!

let me get you something for the pain.

it’s nothing. it’s just a bruise.

it’s clearly not nothing.

have you been to the doctor?

i didn’t mean the things i said.

i thought we meant something.

people who are okay don’t act like this.

you don’t have to go through this by yourself.

i don’t want you to be alone.

please don’t regret me.

i heard you crying.

you need to get some rest.

when was the last time you ate something?

i’m worried about you.

did you have another nightmare?

[name], there’s nobody there.

i want to be happy but i don’t think i deserve it.

please talk to me.

why are you mad at me?

alcohol isn’t going to solve your problems.

don’t leave me.

did you do this to yourself?

it’s breaking my heart to see you like this.

tell me what’s wrong.

tell me how to make it better.

why don’t you care?

get the hell away from me.

please don’t do this.

i can’t believe that you lied to me.

just…stay for the night.

you obviously can’t be trusted to take care of yourself, so let me do it for you.

you can’t die. i won’t let you.

just hang on, okay?

hold my hand if you need to.

i’m sorry.

why do you have a gun?

don’t panic.

just breathe.

you’re bleeding.

i’m trying to stop the bleeding.

you’ve been crying, i can tell.

you should have told me sooner.

i wanted to tell you in person.

a phone call would’ve been nice.

i hate you.

i love you.

[hunger-and-desire]

SENTENCE STARTERS | DA:INQUISITION PARTY BANTER

feel free to change pronouns as you please! ____ signifies a place where you can insert a name.

❝ Oh look, a dragon…Perfect way to ruin our day. ❞ ❝ Seriously, just how many keys does one ancient temple need? ❞ ❝ Just once, I wish we would enter a cave and see normal sized spiders… ❞ ❝ Mountains…Cold…“Let’s bring ____!” ❞ ❝ We’re going to get lost and starve to death, aren’t we? A glorious end for us! ❞ ❝ Plague: a cheerful addition to any decent swamp. ❞ ❝ Do you feel that? My magic-sensing nose is tingling! ❞ ❝ I’d expect more from a man/woman who can’t stop talking about how clever he/she is. ❞ ❝ Why be ashamed? Power should be respected, not swept under the carpet. ❞ ❝ Honestly, a man’s gotta take his fun where he can find it… ❞ ❝ That staff’s in pretty good shape. You spend a lot of time polishing it? ❞ ❝ I’ll never understand why you spend half your time running around bare chested… ❞ ❝ What’s the matter? Not enough slaves to rub your tootsies? ❞ ❝ Discretion isn’t really your thing, is it? ❞ ❝ Did you want those silky underthings back or did you leave those as a token? ❞ ❝ For someone so scared of magic, you’re not shy about benefiting from its effects. ❞ ❝ While we’re sharing surprises, you’ve done a lot less dancing naked in the moonlight than I expected. ❞ ❝ That outfit is sorry. What are you supposed to be, some kind of woodsman? ❞ ❝ You’re a special and unique snowflake. Live the dream. ❞ ❝ Would you not conserve energy with a less flashy style? ❞ ❝ Please speak up! I cannot hear you over your outfit! ❞ ❝ First we execute those who will not submit, then we deal with the rest. ❞ ❝ Ah, the wilds: lush, beautiful, and full of things that want to eat you. ❞ ❝ I finally found a place I hate more than caves. That’s a first. ❞ ❝ You don’t want to talk about yourself. I can respect that. So what do we talk about then? ❞ ❝ I’m giving you the benefit of the doubt and assuming you didn’t drag me here by force. ❞ ❝ You’re either the worst person ever or the best…I can’t decide. ❞ ❝ Still waiting for me to do something sneaky and spy-like? ❞ ❝ I like the stories where the villain was the man/woman beside you the whole time. ❞ ❝ Be careful…These sorts of romances don’t end well… ❞ ❝ It’s quite comforting that whatever qualities I lack, you’ll invent for me… ❞ ❝ What could you possibly hope to accomplish with such madness?! ❞ ❝ Am I to understand that you’re writing a book about me…? ❞ ❝ My dear, if I didn’t want people to fear me, I wouldn’t dress like this. ❞ ❝ Aren’t you rather wealthy to be dirtying your hands like this? ❞ ❝ What an excellent place to be murdered and left in a dank hole… ❞ ❝ The most poisonous snakes are always the most beautiful. ❞ ❝ Is it my imagination, or have certain lingering looks been passed between you and ____…? ❞ ❝ Just keep hitting things, my dear… Don’t worry your little head about the rest. ❞ ❝ So much is at stake. Why would I leave any of it to someone else? ❞ ❝ You’re right about one thing…You wouldn’t stand a chance against me. ❞ ❝ I look forward to the day when your veneer crumbles. ❞ ❝ If my skills can weaken your opponents to make your fight easier, please, let me know. ❞ ❝ Darling, it’s your bottom. Again. As bony and sad as the last dozen times you displayed it. ❞ ❝ Your failure is that you assume I desire approval. Power does not require that I be liked. ❞ ❝ I hope you can take care of yourself, should we encounter anything outside your experience. ❞ ❝ You so often come out on top. You play these political games brilliantly. ❞ ❝ Be careful. There may be a reason this ground has lain undisturbed for so long. ❞ ❝ It’s always remarkable that some will take advantage of chaos to further their own cause. ❞ ❝ Looks like someone was digging for things that should have been left undisturbed… ❞ ❝ This world is full of wonders for those who seek them. ❞ ❝ Look, it’s a natural thing to be curious about! ❞ ❝ For all your experience, you don’t carry yourself like a soldier. ❞ ❝ In battle, you look like you’re waiting for applause after every move. ❞ ❝ You have a certain swagger, like you know you’re the most dangerous thing in this room. ❞ ❝ You’d be amazed at what a man/woman armed with a rock and a headache can do. ❞ ❝ Do we ever have uneventful days? ❞ ❝ Know what it’s like to have leeches in your pants? No? Well, now you do. ❞ ❝ Bloody sand. Getting in places where sand shouldn’t ever be. ❞ ❝ Does it seem strange that every single person at this party has tried to bribe us? ❞ ❝ Not exactly the fight I was expecting when we got here. At least we got the job done. ❞ ❝ I fear for you sometimes, the way you throw yourself into battle. ❞

[hunger-and-desire]

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This is lovely, thank you Crow