#i am physically unable to do anything

[nina-ya]

coworkers are fucking me over and corporate thinks I can’t do my job yeehaw healthcare worker things 💃

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

me stubbornly forcing myself to drink green tea and rest from my THIRD COLD THIS MONTH

[nemaliwrites]

surprising absolutely everyone, i have not forgotten about the kwami swap fic - here is a lil bit of chapter 3

He hears her before he sees her. 

In the night, Lady Noire is invisible. When she’s hunting something — someone — down. Silent, especially when she wants to be. Right now, she doesn’t. Mister Bug hears the way the wind rushes by each time she leaps. Feels the prickle of eyes on the back of his neck. 

“Didn’t I give you the day off?” he asks. 

She lands neatly behind him, his shadow returned. “Yeah,” she says, “but you didn’t give yourself a day off. Only fair.”

Fair. Strange she uses that word, that it doesn’t make her skin crawl like it does his. Two sides of the same coin, and yet so unbalanced. Is what is fair to the sword fair to the shield? Why is it that they are so inherently uneven? 

He wishes, sometimes, that she was as bothered by this as him. That she would ask for more. Then again, maybe it’s good that she doesn’t. 

They both know the moment she does, he would give her whatever she asked for. Even if it wasn’t his to give. 

“How did you find me?” Mister Bug asks, turning to meet her eyes. 

“You think I don’t know when my partner’s avoiding me?”

Lady Noire sounds sad. So, he realizes, does he. Tired, both of them. Like they would rather be anywhere in the world than here. With each other. 

“You didn’t answer my question.”

She tilts her head. “I thought I did. You’re my partner.”

A word — a bond — that speaks for itself. The way she found him; the same way he knew it was her. Could have been anyone, really. Hawk Moth himself, leaping after him in the middle of the night. Staff reaching out to strike him on the back of the head. 

It must have been the same for her. Too dark to see the red of Mister Bug’s suit — though maybe not with her night vision. He can’t help but wonder if Lady Blanche has that, too. If the white of her world hurts her eyes. 

[finifugue]

Back on the landoscar grind. Newest fic idea to grip my soul and shake until words come out is an apocalypse AU - SHUT UP !!! I CAN SEE YOU LAUGHING AT ME !!! "oh ao3 user finifugue writing an overcomplicated weird postapocalyptic landoscar AU? fork found in kitchen" QUIET! I AM A ONE TRICK PONY AND I LIKE IT THAT WAY !!!

Anyway. Y'all know that one tumblr post from way back when talking about a story where every single apocalypse is happening all at the same time? Basically that, and all the drivers - or, like, most of the drivers - are from different apocalypses. So like, Oscar's living his Mad Max cowboy nightmares while Lando's living his Fallout nuclear aftermath nightmares. They kiss about it.

There are also dinosaurs? idk how that happened. Lewis is one of them. Jk he's only like 55 in this fic and everyone else is old too. Writing about dirty depressed bitter old twink death bear rebirth landoscar>>>>>

[robert-and-dave]

touch grass

I find myself laying on the floor of the entryway of my house,

staring at the cracking mud I tracked in earlier from my walk

like it’s a living creature and must be studied.

My house is one long hallway in the shape of an L.

We have three entrances and they are all covered in glass.

My room is three walls and one window.

There’s a spot you can stand in just outside my room where you can see into every room of the house.

Anyways so I’m staring at the mud tracks,

unable to recall much of the walk

at all because I’m so laser focused on this mud that

I haven’t even gotten up to shower yet.

I rest my head on the toes of my dirtied boots.

My hand reaches for my phone and I watch YouTube videos until dark there on the floor.

It should be poetic.

It’s not.

I only get up to trudge to my bed and trip over the mess on the floor,

and even then I don’t sleep,

I journal about my walk to feel better about myself and write the grittier parts in my notes app,

then I watch a couple video essays, pick up a book and put it down, scroll for ten more minutes, check all my emails, check all my messages, check all my apps, and finally, just finally,

I don’t sleep for an hour because my mind won’t

shut the fuck up

and I plan out my next day and do all these things in my head and it still doesn’t work

I pick up my phone again and touch myself to sleep

That night my dream is so weird, I’m with my old friends somewhere I used to go all the time, but I can’t speak or move or really do anything at all and they think I’m so stupid. They think I’m so

Stupid cause I don’t understand what’s going on

and I wonder if their real life counterparts are having this dream too

It’s so weird. I genuinely don’t miss them.

I call my friend in the morning

[chibishortdeath]

Neglect is a specifically insidious type of abuse where no one believes you’re being treated poorly because you have nice things and your family doesn’t even realize or believe you when you say that they’re doing something wrong.

[checkthebox]

i am the #1 Falin fan

[thediktatortot]

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[edgepunk]

my brain is pure slop leaking out of my ear I haven't been this out of it in months

[seilon]

frantically rehearsing what to say if im gonna call to follow-up on this interview like. hello general manager, i had an interview with you last tuesday and if you don’t give me an update soon im going to start crying. regards

[kadhal]

😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[silvershayde]

I havent been active in my aus and stuff because ive been in my book era and it had ended up affecting my dreams and now i have a world and story not connected to any franchise at all

And its consuming me

[confused-alpaca]

i cant keep living w my parents its killing me. but. living on my own would also kill me

[autistic-shaiapouf]

Accepting that I'm going into an artistic dormancy period until my job shit can get sorted out

[recipherva]

after replaying a thousand times to confirm every word, cross referencing and asking my japanese friend specifications (because some words in japanese that are in the dictionary just. dont exist in english in some cases) THIS is i think the closest i could get to a near perfect dictionary, if you wanna try it and you find anything odd feel free to tell me since i'm using it along with the jpn dictionary as a base for the mod i'm making. i tried to explain any that were confusing but tbh playing this game on english is truly hard mode lol! And yes! Some words are redundant, it's a japanese translation issue, i tried to give them nuance?? Both honestly some words are so simmilar it may as well be the same in english..

'resident' is their specie, it's the fan given name so i used it

'Somebody' refers to a living being, a presence, it can be of any specie, it's broad

'Weak' is moreso untalented (to be bad at something)

'Frail(weak)' is more like vulnerable, physically weak/brittle, subject to damage

'Affliction' is because it can be disease or a curse, something that eats away at the health/body/mind, that needs to be 'cured'

'Incapacitate' is something like 'weaken', to make someone unable to hurt or move for example, or to lower their autonomy

'Like' can also be 'love', japanese doesn't really differenciate

'Different' is also 'wrong', they're the same word, it's confusing ik but essentially think of it as 'it's a different answer', sort of a more gentle version of 'you're wrong' . Again this is a jpn/english issue thing..

'I understand' and 'i will do it' are also rlly a japanese thing. Both sort of mean in a way 'i understand and am acknowledging what you said' ... but this is the closest me and my jpn friend could settle on.

'Hit' and 'knock' are the same. In japanese you say 'hit a door' more than 'knock a door'. That's why they're used interchangeably

'Distressed' is sort of like 'in trouble' , in need of help

'Feel' may also be 'think', i'm not quite sure on this one

'Room' and 'home' are also weirdly interchangeable

All the verbs are placed in neutral forms (ex: to search, to find, to go, to lead, to want, etc)

THERE IS A CANON DICTIONARY. It's in the game code and it's in jpn. This is just my personal approximation.

[amazinglyashy]

Too heavy for me? Never

LADS men reaction to you only somewhat joking about being too heavy for them

Sylus -

He'll raise an eyebrow at you, staring down at you as you realize the joke fell flat. You try to back peddle, not wanting to cause any confrontation that never helps you feel better about your body anyway, but he simply holds up a hand to stop you with a shake of his head.

"I don't want to hear it, sweetie. I already know the nonsense you're going to say. How about you just come with me right now to the gym instead?"

You don't know how to tell him that saying that truly shattered your heart into a million pieces, so you just follow him in silence instead. You didn't think he would insult you so casually, and you were now trying to brace yourself for the inadequate feelings and self-loathing you were about to experience by having to train at the gym with him.

But... he didn't ask you to do a workout. He didn't tell you to get on a piece of equipment or to lie down on a mat for a physical exercise.

He told you to sit on a small bench against the wall while he went to the free weights close by.

Wordlessly, he loads weights- two- no, three times your weight onto the bar, before moving to lift it. Once. Twice. Again, and again and again-

His eyes flicker over to you at some point, and instead of making any remark or reference to the emotions clear across your face, he flashes you a slight smirk, just like he always does.

"Have I made myself clear, sweetie?"

Zayne -

Zayne will definitely think you're just pretending to be stupid at first.

He will look down at you with his brows furrowed and a small smile creeping on his lips, thinking it's all a joke.

"I lift myself during my workouts fairly easily, and I am capable of lifting a lot more. Quite funny, though I wouldn't make this form of humor a habit. It isn't particularly good for your mental health."

Then he realizes you're actually being serious in what you're saying.

He's upset, to put it lightly, but hes trying not to let it show. Favoring a small frown across his usually firm expression as he studies your face. Your heart will jolt just a little bit when you process just how sad his eyes look though... obviously he's hurt that you would even think something like that about yourself, much less come to believe it as true.

"Allowing a part of your brain to lie to you is not healthy if you don't push back with the truth. And the truth here, is that you are nowhere near too heavy for me to lift or carrying, even for prolonged periods of time. To demonstrate-"

And like it's nothing, he's picking you up and carrying you. His destination is not important, and the protests spewing from your lips fall on deaf ears as you try to gentle squirm out of his grasp. He'll continue to explain why your viewpoint is flawed, methodically and with logic, and in a way that you find yourself unable to argue back.

He doesn't want you to.

He knows you're wrong, and he will stop at nothing to prove it.

Xavier -

He's more surprised at the statement than anything. At first, he thinks you're making a jab at his strength, and wonders if he slipped up in front of one too many Wanderers and now needs to prove himself just to get you to stop teasing him for being 'weak'.

Once he (quickly) realizes that you're talking about yourself, jabbing at your own body and state, rather than at him, it's like a spark igniting in him.

"What? What would ever make you think that? No- that's not right. That's not right at all."

He's immediately going to try and grab you to lift you up, he doesn't care where you both are or what you're doing. Even if you've just woken up in bed and are still relaxing, he's trying to pick you up right then and there.

He stumbles trying to lift you, falling backward onto the pile of blankets and plushies that has taken over his bed. He feels awful, worried that you'll take his misstep as him falling over from your weight, immediately apologizing and trying to sit up and pick you up again before falling forward from the plush surface he's trying to rise on giving out too much beneath him.

You're both a giggling mess by then, and it's obvious to you that he's going to keep trying to prove it to you, just... a bit clumsily so. Several more attempts will be made as the evening goes on, and pretty soon he's showing you just how easily it is for him to lift you up- especially if he keeps doing it over and over and over again.

And he will continue to do it over and over and over again, even after today. As many times as it takes.

Rafayel -

You definitely made a mistake saying anything self-depreciating around him. Especially with how much he likes to prove you wrong in playful situations, this is something similar, but a lot more serious to him.

He'll make fun of you for anything, as long as you know he's just being lighthearted even if he's grumpy or upset when he fires a quip off at you.

But the second you agree with him, or say something bad about yourself- whether jokingly or dead serious- the gloves are off. He won't accept that from you, and he's already on it to figure out how to turn the opinion you've formed of yourself on it's head and into a more positive outlook.

Lifts you up bridal carry while spinning- quite literally sweeping you off your feet while he whisks you away. You would think you were a princess with how he spins around his studio with you in his arms, with no regard to the paintings or projects around him as he dances with you in his arms. And no matter how hard you protest, he doesn't stop until he feels for himself that he's done enough, giggling the entire time.

"Are you really going to doubt a sea god's strength? Geez, I didn't realize you were such a rude human."

He'll hold you up enough to press his forehead against yours, nuzzling against you with a smile, the slightest sadness playing across his expression.

"Man, I must be pretty lousy that you would ever think something like that about yourself. That must mean I don't think to pick you up enough like you deserve. Don't worry, I'll make it up to you by whisking you away every chance I see you from now on."