#i'm like 'why the actual fuck would someone do something so sick and twisted like making this'

[danthropologie]

plus i know whatever happens to me, i know it's for the better

[narcoticwriter]

I'm Finally Breaking My Silence.

I can't take it anymore. Someone has to know about this. It's been years since the realization dawned on me and years since I've kept my lips sealed, but I can bear it no longer.

It makes no fucking sense how the tall Genshin women have heels.

This is a meme, but I'm also on something else entirely. Maybe it's delusion.

I don't care if it's for the fanservice, I don't care if it's hot, and I certainly don't care if people like it because it makes no sense whatsoever.

I don't know how people can run around in varying landscapes and roads on heels. I don't know how the heel itself would survive such treatment. And I don't know how the wearer, no matter how skilled, would not trip and fall on their ass.

Some instances can be afforded more forgiveness than others, but this will not stop me from compiling a list of how I feel about them individually and as people:

Actual Insanity -

Beidou: The Alcor is a wooden boat. One day, that heel is slipping through a small hole in the floor, snapping off, and sending her careening across the starboard. Someone's going to laugh. And then they will be tossed into the brine before being pulled back out and promptly begging for forgiveness. I cry.

Jean: The Gunnhildrs are masochists. The pain is worth it for Mondstadt, as always. How does she do it, running around everywhere and carrying the Knights of Favonius on her back? There's no way that she doesn't kick off the boots while sitting at her desk when it becomes too much to bear.

Dehya: When she says that she wants to slay on the battlefield as much as her looks, I did not think that the shoes would also be a thing to consider. And in sand? Are you mad? Those heels are sinking. No wonder her burst cancels when she jumps. Imagine having to rework your precarious footing every single time.

Yelan: This sick woman unironically likes it. She probably enjoys the sensation of pain every single time it becomes borderline pleasurable. It doesn't help that she looks forward to it being treated too. Herbalist Gui is getting really sick of having to wrap her feet in gauze after slathering it with medicinal foot cream.

Rosaria: I don't know if she's capable of caring anymore, actually. She doesn't seem to process this the same. The woman has an aesthetic to commit to and she doesn't do anything halfway, including her fit. She says she doesn't get drunk, but you know damn well that it and the nicotine numb the pain.

Eula: Anyone who says that they can do reconnaissance work and wear those things is lying, and Eula Lawrence is no exception to this rule. To add insult to injury, she also has spurs on them. Spurs on those beasts of shoes. Respectfully, she needs to twist her ankle and be put on bedrest for the day, so she can think about it.

Candace: I can't believe that this mentally brought me to my fucking knees. How dare you? You live in an area that is mostly sand and dust! You go out in the night and kill things! You're constantly out and about taking care of things! WHY ARE YOU IN SUCH HIGH HEELS?!?

Shenhe: (head in hands) I don't even know if she knows that this isn't normal to wear. I'm going to Cloud Retainer's domain and demanding that she be put in something that makes more sense. She lives in the mountains for Archon's sake! She may not act entirely human, but trust me, she is one at the end of the day.

It Makes Some Sense -

Kujou Sara: She's won, actually. Geta are allegedly much more comfortable to wear than heels. She slays, stays stylish, and isn't suffering while doing so. Good for her, because this is one of the only wins she has in a long, long list of L's, mostly attributed to Yae Miko if you take the time to really look at it.

Lisa: Is she really going to be running around all that much? No! Because she has her little helpers to go around and do things for her. And even if she has to go around by herself, she does so at a rate that isn't breakneck speed. Also, I personally believe that she has some potions and enhancements to help out with it.

Ningguang: She barely gets a pass. Barely. I personally don't believe she takes that walk around the pier every day. It's every other day at the most consistent. At every other function, you can trust that she has a seat and that she's not on her feet. She can afford to have such accommodation.

Raiden Shogun: If her body wasn't a puppet that she made for herself, I would absolutely put her in the other category. She absolutely made sure that she wouldn't feel pain while wearing those things and it shows with how she's able to move like she does in combat.

Yae Miko: I won't call it foul and say that since she can shift into a kitsune form, she's not going into this category, but provide the proof in other ways. Do you really see her going anywhere in a hurry? Precisely the point. She could probably get away with people carrying her places.

[AAAAAA] -

Arlecchino: I have no words for the atrocity that is those heels. None at all. If I think about them too much, I'll start frothing at the mouth, and not in any good way.

Conclusion - My heart weeps prematurely for Clorinde and Navia. Fontainian fashion can kiss my ass. I mourn their feet.

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[luvtonique]

I'm just gonna up and say it.

I'm gonna be real. It's something too many of you need to hear.

And it's time someone told you.

If you are made aware of a violent and bloody war, where people are being slaughtered, killed, raped, tortured, having their children killed, having their homes and families destroyed, having their lives taken...

And you see it as an opportunity to "choose a side you support" and put their nation's flag on your profile in support of them, and condemn people who don't support the same side as you?

If you are actively looking for reasons to support your 'side,' making excuses on behalf of bloodshed, arguing about what's 'justified' or 'a result of provocation' to further advocate for bloodshed?

If you ask people which side they support and know deep down that you will be viciously angry if they say "Neither" "I want this violence to stop" or the opposite side of the one you support?

I'm sorry.

But you are a fucking monster.

I have to say this. I literally can't keep reading posts from people fighting over whether they support Israel or Palestine, or even Ukraine or Russia.

This isn't fucking Esports you actual psychopaths! This is war and people are fucking dying! If you are celebrating when you hear "Ukrainians kill 1000 Russian soldiers" or "Palestinians kill Israeli children" you are literally a fucking monster. You are celebrating death, you are celebrating bloodshed, how the fuck do you look at yourself in the mirror and see anything other than a psychopathic death-obsessed twisted individual staring back at you?

You are sick. End of story.

Holy fucking lord I can't believe you fucking monsters so regularly celebrate slaughter of people. These are people, these are lives, these are human beings being fucking killed and you're waving around a flag like you're cheering for a sports team what the

ACTUAL FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU

From the bottom of my heart I hope that you all stand up right now, walk to the mirror, stare into it, and ask yourself, truly, deeply, if this is the person you really want to be. Someone who argues with people about why one side or the other is the 'good' side in war. Someone who actively looks for reasons to forgive the horrible violence happening in our world that's ending thousands and thousands of lives.

This isn't even just for war. Violence in general.

Stop it. Stop thinking there's a good side. Stop thinking violence is justified. I don't care what you fucking think about "the other side" and how it's "okay to punch them," you're a fucking freak of nature looking for any reason you can to justify violence as long as the violence lines up with your personal political views. You are just a fucking sick person.

Someone had to say it. You had to hear it. And I know damn well it's gonna fall on quite a lot of deaf fucking ears because social media is just full of you violence-obsessed genocidal fuckwits.

I already know the replies I'm gonna see.

"But what about if the person being killed is a <label> or voted for <name>? It should be okay to advocate violence against them"

"Oh so it's okay if x kills y but not if y kills x?"

"Wow I can tell what side you chose <clown emoji>"

I know it. I can feel it. I can feel you Tumblrites seething from reading this, from being told the truth about how much of a psycho you are, and you're conjuring every bit of your smug energy, looking into the void of your mind to find the perfect end to a sentence starting with "Wow it's almost as if" so you can "Own me" instead of taking your hands off your keyboard, standing up, thinking for one second about who you are and what your morals are, and deciding to stop advocating violence in any form.

And to the select few who read this and go "Yeah I already don't advocate violence and I'm already a person who just wishes it would stop instead of taking an opportunity to attack people and feel justified in my attack" then you're fine. You're a good person. Go get yourself a nice piece of butter toast or like make some soup you've earned it.

[tiktaalic]

Why are you (and others) so convinced that Neil Gaiman must be lying when he implies that he and Terry Pratchett always intended Azicrow to be canon in the potential second Good Omens book? I'm new to this fandom so don't know the backstory, but Gaiman has been writing gay characters (and nonbinary angels) since the '90s, and Pratchett according to fans is an ally. I've seen a few receipts (about Gaiman not "getting" slash) from the early oughts, but the South Downs cottage endgame comes from a conversation G&P had about the sequel in 2005 (see the story here: https://. thegoodomensdumpster. tumblr.com/ post/621209875504054272/.. where-the-south-downs-thing-comes-from). He seems credible but did he say something since then?

I mean. Even in the excerpt you sent there’s this.

people have asked him about the south downs, and scenes in the book, and any time he's asked he takes the chance to reiterate that it's Not Canon. this has been the line for 30 years. this was the line a month! before the show aired. i think it's true that the planned sequel was aziraphale and crowley focused. this makes sense to me. they were on book covers, they were people's favorites. i dont think this means hes been planning a romance since the 90s. prior to the show, the stances neil gaiman had, had repeatedly on record, and never strayed from were:

+ it's fine if you like azcrow i want you to continue to have fun with it if you like it, but it's not canon, it is strictly 100% fanon.

+ the sequel is about aziraphale and crowley

+ i am not comfortable making a season two because it would involve creating new content that terry would not have input on.

after season one aired, the stances were:

+ i intended azcrow as a love story. i always have.

+ season 2 coming july 2023!

+ the new seasons that i'm writing were something i discussed with terry decades ago.

which is simply. not true. either he spent 30 years lying. because. ??? or he has spent the years after season 1 garnered a lot of praise for having gay people in it lying. because it makes him look good, and because s2 (and 3) will make money. one of these options makes sense. one of them doesnt. like.

this was one MONTH before the show. if he for real always since nineteen ninety meant azcrow was in a relationship. why would he. a month before his show. say DONT get it twisted it's NOT a love life.

i also dont think its worth anything to compare representation in gomens to his other works, bc his other works are very very different. gomens is solidly pg13 lighthearted romp. and - as someone who has read a lot of neil gaiman's work, and liked a lot of neil gaiman's work, most of it errs to the side of i'm SICK. i'm TWISTED. im FUCKED UP and WEIRD. and. to be clear. i am not calling him homophobic. i am not doubting that he legitimately cares about gay people in his life. but i do think. he like many other men. were like. you know what'll take this fucked up weird story from a 10 to a 100. if there were GAY MEN in it. and to be doubly clear. i am speaking primarily about american gods, which is what i remember with most clarity. which is fine. its a fine thing to do. representation win the guy who writes weird horror adjacent sex scenes wrote one about men. (this is a gross oversimplification of sex scenes in american gods).

and again i well and truly do not blame the man for being like. um. actually i dont want the characters i based on me and my buddy to be in love or have sex in my lighthearted pg 13 story. i think this is a very normal stance to have! i would never fault someone for this stance! it's just. the lying. the people who are ragging on him are primarily composed, from what i can tell, of book fans who followed him pre show. because he was exceedingly consistent about his opinions pre show. again. if you followed him at any point! before the show you would see his opinions iterated then reiterated. if you followed him a MONTH! 30 DAYS! before the show you would see his pre show opinions. because he's expressed the exact same opinion dozens of times since 1990. and they quite literally only changed once it came out and people started praising him.

[scrunckled-idiot]

i was scrolling through Tumblr, on my merry way, until i saw something absolutely disgusting.

a spy x scout AO3 fanfic on my page popped up. i wanted to physically vomit like i actually wanted to scream. what the fuck is wrong with people. they are farther and son. no matter what your stupid little retarded head canon is, it's still sick. the person who posted the fanfic claimed that this is not a small community. so apparently there's sick mentally twisted bastards out there who enjoy watching a farther and son doing the deed. they claimed people were "bitching about it" like OF COURSE WE WOULD! WE'RE NOT SICK IN THE HEAD LIKE YOU! PEOPLE WHO ENJOY THIS INCEST BULLSHIT SHOULD HANG THEMSELFS OFF A TESCOS BRIDGE!!! OH SO YOU LIKE FAMILY MEMBERS HAVING SEX DO YOU!? WELL GO FUCK YOUR FARTHER! FUCK YOUR MOTHER! HELL, WHY NOT BOTH!? YOU SICK FUCKS!

I'm going to find these fucking "people" and fucking kill them. i fucking will. family is family. it's not romantic in any way shape or form. and i don't care if its fictional, you are still writing and fapping to incest.

I'm not going to say who it is i saw because i don't want drama between someone who probably cant even function without having wet thoughts of their family. not worth my breath and not worth getting involved with.

[ja3honey]

So I just had a conversation - well more like an argument - with someone on my Instagram about Smut, fanfiction and Dark romance books. and it was quite funny how upset this person got over the idea of "Porn on paper" as they put it.

the conversation started like this;

Book "Girlies" need to read ACTUAL books instead of porn on paper and making it their whole personality. like who tf isn't ashamed of showing their book collection when the only ones they read are literal porn...

Now. Of course, everyone is different, a lot of people don't like reading smut, just like a lot of people don't watch porn or have active sex lives. All of that is normal. but then some people have active sex lives, read smut, or watch porn. That's not bad or sinful either. but alas, when you mention something that is just a little bit leaning towards sex, then you all of a sudden get called a "sex addict" or a "porn addict".

I would never push my work on people who don't wish to read it. just like I hoped people who read other stuff such as war books, crime stories or true life would not push it onto me and others. and it saddens me when a stranger online has to come to me and say;

"You're just a book girlie porn addict who reads unhinged sexual shit for fun uwu" and then processed to tell me that I'm sick to even call myself a reader or writer cause half the books I read have dark content, sexual content or ADULT content.

Grow the fuck up.

why must I sit here and listen to you yell at me for something I find enjoying? why must I sit here and be placed as a disgusting human for liking and or having a healthy sexual life?

People use sex as income. People use porn as income. People use fanfiction, novels, photography in the adult industry as income.

DO NOT sit on your high horse and say consuming sexual content makes me a sex offender or some sicko.

THIS IS ADULT CONTENT.

The Internet is not regulated and yes, minors will stumble upon adult content. but it's not our fault nor is it our job to baby these people. I've blocked over 17 blogs just these past couple of weeks cause I've found they were under the age.

books like Haunting Adeline, touch of darkness, acotar, twisted love, den of vipers. god the list goes on, will and always get attention, especially on TikTok because of the spice in them. but it's like these people don't know that the figures on book publishing are 500,000 to one million books published annually.

and there are over 4 million self-published books each year.

And if you want to fight the fact that all books these days are filled with smut. you are far from wrong. There are only 18% of books published within 2019-2023 that included smut.

But do you know why people are saying smut is everywhere?

SOCIAL MEDIA.

TikTok is the biggest thing. booktok is for the smutty readers, and so is Tumblr and Ao3. but that doesn't mean there aren't other books in the world. and sadly that's just a fact. the world is built up of 8 billion people and over 5.3 billion use the internet and 75% of these people read books which is 45% of the 75% who read smut.

So I'm sorry you feel that people are sinners or bad for liking what they like. but we are in this world too and sadly not everyone will be the same, or act the same. like the same things, or do the same things.

you don't like the content. block and move on.

the internet won't change for you. you must be the one to manipulate it.

life is too short to be mad at strangers. go outside and smell some flowers if you hate the internet so much.

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[the-gentleman-pining]

Decided to rewatch OFMD S2 eps 1-3 and actually jot down my thoughts as I go! Oh what fun! Ngl this is mostly for me babes but if you enjoy it that's neat ❤️

Episode 1: Impossible Birds

Stede bearded in his dream could just be playing to swashbuckling archetypes for funsies, but is it some lingering wish that he was more masculine?

Con O'Neil truly graceful about it with the sword huh

"WHERE IS HE. WHERE'S ED?" Stede seeing Izzy as the thing that is keeping Ed from him when he's the one that left lol ok

His idealised version of Ed doesn't hold him accountable either. My mans doesn't want to face what he did at all!!

His first words to Ed in his letter are reassuring him that the crew are safe, as if he doesn't remember that Ed marooned them and left them for dead on purpose??

I know it's meant to be funny but Jackie was a bit of a sex pest toward Swede at first and the power dynamic was a bit 🫤 Glad he was into it in the end!

WHY DOES WEE JOHN SLAM THE HEAD OF THE ONE WHO GOT STABBED INTO THE TABLE INSTEAD OF THE ONE WHO STABBED THEM?? 😂

Stede truly is unphased by people being assholes to him and I just,,, respect it.

Ricky your vibes are strange and unsettling

Who in their right mind would have an ocean wedding in the golden age of piracy?? I know they probs didn't know it was the golden age of piracy while they were in it but STILL

Ed looks so dead behind the eyes 😭 Just going through the motions eh buddy?

Dressed up like the book Blackbeard I see. God he's trying so hard to inhabit this character.

I would die for Archie. Truly the himbo we need in these depressing angst riddled times.

Jim asking someone else how they're bottling things up?? Hello?? Who are you and what have you done with Jim?? Aren't you the bottling up Master? Olu bewitched you too good and now you've unlocked Feelings 😔

"He's actually a good guy" Stede babygirl did we actually forget the marooning???

I have so much I could say about how Izzy and Blackbeard's relationship has deteriorated hhhhh,,,, Izzy is a problem child but I'm so glad the story is crashing towards his character actually growing and changing. In season 1 he at least got the crumbs Ed would throw him like "I need you here", now he's only getting abuse and maybe he's throwing himself at it because he recognises he had a part to play in reaching this point and believes he deserves it.

Fang's delivery on "how you doing Izzy" will keep me warm and fed all winter. Masterclass in approaching someone, truly tender and genuine but not too pressuring. God.

That second "unhand me" hhh the panic of realising you're going to start crying if the situation continues

Con is gonna rip my heart out and eat it this season if I'm not careful

Labour exploitation Jackie what a girlboss x

Why does "you'll be having a lot of breakfastseses together" sound so ominous though 😭 Smeagol Jackie my worstie...

Stede doing Blackbeard Voice is adorable but damn he really doesn't believe that he made Ed's life better. Like how??? Why doesn't Stede equate happiness with better? Ed was explicitly happier around you ya dingus!

Swede deserves his married bliss so much. The crew can be so mean to him!!

"What am I to you" and "I have... love for you" are said so softly I'm gonna be sick,, Izzy you fucked it by wrestling this man into this particular coping mechanism and your tenderness is coming wayyyy too late. Heartbreaking tbh cause the guy didn't know how else to help Ed and now he's realising it could have been different. Sick and twisted little dynamic I'm eating it like good soup.

Definitely supposed to be taken that Izzy didn't realise "talk it through" was a Stedeism as he said it but godddd you idiot dude

Once again god bless you Archie I'd die for you

Fang I want to rescue you hhhhhh my hot topic fashionista must be so dehydrated from all these tears!!!

No way in hell Ed expected anything else out of Izzy's mouth than something about Stede, but god I wish the guy had just payed attention to Frenchie shaking his head. The catharsis of saying the quiet part out loud wasn't worth your leg, man.

"Start by cleaning up that mess"... yeah we def see Ed is killing people himself again but outsourcing the Big Job on Izzy makes sense. He's also exactly the kind of self sabotager atm that would know Frenchie won't do it, and he's looking for reasons to Be Worse.

Indigo heist my beloved. Fuck those hammies up!! I love how loud Black Pete was omg 😂

Oh fuck off Ricky I know you're a S1 Stede mirror but you're doing it detestably

Roach why is your instinct to immediately put the blue dirt on your face darling

Zheng Yi Sao completely unphased by Jackie is giving me so much delight

Sexy Dutchman 😭😂 Jackie never change

I love that Zheng Yi Sao is taking the whole crew on just to have her lil Olu moment, get it girl

TENDER JIM IM SO HAPPY FOR THEM THEY'VE COME SO FAR. I LOVE THEIR BIG SMILE 😭 (also Archie is so wholesome what is she DOING here???)

Ed oh my god you're not alright at ALL

Frenchie's quiet "sounds like a plan" is just so... painful. The acting this season is off the charts.

When Roach asked if they were in soup now I thought he was referring to the ocean as soup I'm an idiot 😭

[moonknightly]

Congrats on 5k followers! I was wondering if you could write a oneshot with Santiago using this prompt from the pre-argument list: sending the scary "we need to talk." text; but with a twist.

Reader sends it Santi, and he thinking “oh god she’s breaking up with me” and is fully prepared to get on his knees and plead for her to change her mind, and it turns out that the Reader is pregnant, and wanted to talk to Santi over whether or not they should keep it.

No argument, I just thought this would be a great idea for a bait and switch 😂

Santi's dreading the moment you come home.

Normally he's excited, of course he is—you're his partner and his everything and the fact that you choose to come home to him at the end of everyday is something he will never take for granted. He loves you more than anything, you've given him a purpose now that his bad knees have taken him out of commission.

But you'd sent him a text in the middle of the day that made his heart stop in his chest, made the blood in his veins turn to ice.

"We need to talk."

Of course, Santi starts trying to figure out what exactly he's done wrong. There had to be something, right? There's only one reason you would send him a text like that...

Whatever he's done, it's apparently bad enough for you to want to break up with him. He's sure that's what you want to talk about, there can't be another option here, at least not one that he can figure out. No, you're done with him, he knows it. Just like everything else that he's touched, he's going to lose you too.

So he spends the day panicking, unable to do anything but pace and clean and pace some more. He finally decides to take a shower right before you're due to walk through the door, thinking the hot water will help calm his nerves but it doesn't. His heart is still racing and there are so many unwanted thoughts running through his head.

He apparently doesn't realize how long he's spent in the shower, his goal having been to get out before you get home but when he walks back into the bedroom in search of some clean clothes, you're sitting on the edge of the bed, your legs folded underneath you.

You look like you're going to be sick, and Santi doesn't take that as a good sign. His stomach drops and his chest feels tight, like someone's digging their fingers between his ribs. He opens his mouth, not above begging, not at all. If the only way to get you to stay is for him to get on his knees, he'll do it.

But you beat him to it and speak first.

"I'm pregnant," you say, not wasting any time, not beating around the bush at all.

Santi actually sighs in fucking relief.

And it catches you completely off guard, but not necessarily in a bad way. Not really.

"Thank God," he mumbles, running a hand through his still soaked curls. "I thought you were going to break up with me or somethin'."

You furrow your eyebrows and tilt your head to the side. "Why would I break up with you?"

"Why else do people send cryptic 'we need to talk' texts?"

He has a point, that much you can admit. You open your arms, silently beckoning him closer and he doesn't hesitate to fall into your arms, burying his face into your neck.

"I'm not breaking up with you...as long as you don't break up with me for being pregnant," you tease, though there is just a hint of truth behind your words. You're terrified that he's going to leave you.

"Why would I break up with you for that honey?" he purrs, pulling back just enough to get a better look at your face, his hand falling to your stomach. "You really are?"

You nod your head, heart soaring as his thumb gently moves across your belly. "I really am."

You don't have to ask Santi what he wants to do, whether or not he wants to keep the baby. You get your answer when he kisses you, your lips almost unable to keep up with his and the excitement coursing through his body.

Santi's so fucking glad you're not breaking up with him.

[captain-mj]

Whiskey

Part 7 to Selkie Coffeeshop, I'm assisting my wife with the badassification of Rodolfo Parra.

Soap’s father was a stoic man but a rather good dad. He loved Johnny, doted on him. 

Sometimes, he made mistakes. He said little things about his mom when he thought Johnny wasn’t around. Comments on how her dead eyed stare after getting orders was hot. How she could never really leave him. He was a shit husband, but even Johnny’s mom admitted he adored him. Johnny hated that about him sometimes. If he had been a bad dad, it would be so much easier to just hate him. Despise him. Not feel the grief and the shame for grieving someone who, at the end of the day, was such a bad person. 

One of Soap’s core memories was the moment his father realized that no matter what he did, he couldn’t protect Johnny from his mom’s fate. He had grabbed the coat without thinking. Why should he? It had been laying on the couch next to other blankets. 

“Johnny! You need to clean everything up. C’mon kid don’t…” He had trailed off, seeing his large unseeing eyes staring back at him. Johnny’s hands had started to shake, not yet used to this. His first ever order was to clean his room. 

Johnny had quietly done it, something eerie around him. His father had looked at his mom, looking sick. His father was tragically human. Unendingly human. And for once, he had to realize that his son would be just like his mom. That someone else who thought the lack of autonomy was a plus. Someone else who wanted someone who could never leave.

Something changed that day. He became better to his mom, but he was overly protective. Afraid. Started teaching Soap how to defend himself. His mom had been nice enough to not point out that wouldn’t change anything. If someone had a coat, it didn’t matter how capable he was. How strong. How violent. How accommodating. How nice. How mean. 

Soap was doomed the moment his coat fell from his shoulders as a small baby in his crib.  

Wayne kissed along his neck currently. He had pulled the coat on, leaving Soap a slave to his whims. It wasn’t really a problem, it was early in the day and he knew Wayne would get drunk soon. He always did his first day back. 

What was a problem was Ghost. Soap wasn’t a good person. He had hurt people like this before. He usually told people in advance that he was married of course, but sometimes he didn’t. Sometimes, he wanted to lash out and hurt someone. At first, maybe he did want to string Ghost along. Just a little. 

But he was so sweet.

Seeing him look up at him in his bed. Breathing him in. The gentle way they had cleaned each other up. 

When his husband asked, he described him as scathingly as possible. He had to. He didn’t want Ghost being a target. Yes, he could defend himself just fine, Soap was sure he could. But Wayne was a bad person and he’d feel better if he never ever touched Simon. Never even fucking tried. 

Watched Ghost walk away though… Soap ached. It felt like he had ripped out his own heart. 

His hand lazily went through Wayne’s hair. “What did you say to him?”

“That he could join us for a threesome any time he wanted.” Wayne laughed. 

“He seemed hurt.”

Wayne pulled away, looking amused. “He was. I mentioned your little comment about him being clingy. Thought you liked that?”

Soap nodded and pulled him back to his throat. He felt his teeth sink in to a hickey that had been left. “I do. Just wanted to know how you did it.” 

His eyes closed and he relaxed into the bed, noticing Ghost’s cologne was still in the sheets. 

Was it his cologne? It didn’t smell that strong. Maybe it was the soap he used. Or just him.

“Sorry, I would’ve cleaned up more if I knew you were coming home.” He sounded so cheerful. His voice twisting into something that wasn’t his own. He had actually asked Wayne to do that. It meant he didn’t have to put inflection in his own voice. 

“Don’t worry about it, babe. You look wonderful, you know that?” He finally pulled away. 

Soap knew at one point he loved him. He had handed him his coat. Trusted him with his soul. 

Wayne thought there were improvements that could be made. Ways he could be better. Soap always strived to be better anyway. 

“Why don’t you keep the shop closed today? We can stay together all evening.”

Soap smiled. “Sounds nice. Want me to break out the whiskey?”

“There ya go, sweetheart.” He hugged him. It felt suffocating. 

Soap tried to shake himself out of this slump. Usually, he could so easily slip into his role of husband, but his hands itched. They wanted to text Ghost and tell him he didn’t understand. That it wasn’t that simple. 

But Ghost was human. He wouldn’t get it. 

Soap watched Wayne drink himself into a stupor. The whiskey burned his throat. Didn’t go down as smoothly as it should. He kept drinking though. Until it felt like he could hardly stand.

Soap did grab his phone and he did call Ghost. 

One ring. 

Two rings. 

Three rings. 

A beep with no voice mail. Guess he hadn’t set his up yet. 

Soap called again. He counted the three rings and the resounding beep. The third time he called, he didn’t even get the first ring in, it just disconnected as Ghost most likely declined his calls.

Soap sighed and leaned against the wall. Would he come in in the morning? Their little morning routine would be interrupted if he didn’t. He really wanted to see him again. 

Soap felt his chest constrict and he looked at Wayne, still wrapped in his coat. 

The thought was sudden. It hit him like a freight train. 

How would Simon look in his coat?

He hadn’t really seen his face in proper lighting. When unmasked, there were usually bigger things happening that Soap needed to worry about or he purposely kept out of sight. He wished he paid more attention. Maybe he could piece together what he’d look like in it. Soft pale skin, scarred to hell but that didn’t change how handsome Soap thought he was, covered in his fur. 

But Soap knew that even if he did date him, if somehow the stars aligned and they were in a situation he had the choice, he would never, ever let Ghost even see it. Soap had learned a long time ago that humans were cruel. No matter how much you thought you knew them, how safe you thought you were, they would betray you. 

If Simon betrayed him, Johnny wasn’t sure he’d survive it.

He dragged himself out of bed when he woke up and he opened his coffeeshop up. 

7 am. 

8 am. 

9 am. 

10 am.

Ghost wasn’t coming. Soap hated that he was disappointed. Should’ve kno-

The little bell jingled and Soap perked up. He immediately deflated when a different man walked in. 

The man was small. Not petite, just a bit shorter and lean. “Hello. What’s your name?”

“Rodolfo.” He stared at him. Rather unnervingly. His dark eyes pinned Soap to the goddamn wall. 

“What would you like to order?”

Rodolfo stood in front of him. “You did two things wrong.”

Soap paused. “Huh?”

Rodolfo stared into him. The air around him rippled softly and the light seemed to bend around his hair, making him look like he glowed. “First. You were mean to Alejandro. I get it. You’re a server, I’m not going to be too upset about that, ya know?”

“Alejandro?”

“Second, you hurt Ghost.”

Soap winced, realizing who Alejandro was. He also realized this was going to be a problem. “Ah. Yeah.”

Silence stretched between them for a moment before Rodolfo tilted his head. “That’s it? All you have? No apology?”

Soap stared at him. “I tried calling Ghost.”

“Don’t. From now on, just don’t contact him. He doesn’t need more of this. After everything that happened to him lately. Everything he’s been through, what did you get from this?”

Soap floundered for a moment before shrugging. “I was going to tell him.” Eventually. Maybe. 

“You led him on.”

“Yes, I guess I did. I promise I never meant to hurt him. We got to know each othe-”

“Yes. You did. Why else would you do it?”

Soap didn’t have a response. “Is he okay?”

“Of course he is. He’ll be fine. I just wanted to know why.” 

Soap stared at him, playing with the wedding ring on his finger. “You wouldn’t understand.”

“Why? Because I’m not married?” 

Soap continued staring, willing Rodolfo to understand. 

“You ever hurt him again, your husband will be the least of your goddamn problems.”

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[harukapologist]

Hewwo fellow Haruka apologist/stan :)

I wanna ask the expert themself, what do you think about the headcanon that Haruka's parents (or his mom at least) is into taxidermy? There's a shit ton of taxidermy in his second t2, but also in a translation of AKAA lyrics (a more 'accurate' one, rather than the eng sub that's provided) instead of "I will keep killing to be a good boy" it's "Rather than taking something away, it's better to give". What if Haruka was killing animals to 'help' his mother with taxidermy? In his own sick and twisted way of getting her attention. And, let's not forget the famous scene where he's standing on top of the chair surrounded by the dead animal corpses, he's says "Mommy, look, aren't I amazing?". Sick, yeah. But what if he's presenting his 'gifts' to his mother, who's into taxidermy?

And the orange/amber liquid that everyone thinks is honey in reference to Muu? Someone in the comments said it could be formaldehyde, which is used for taxidermy. Just another thing that caught my attention

I thought about this way too much, but it's a just silly lil hc of mine

Hi hello!! Thank you for sending me this ask (and so sorry I replied so late!) I'm always happy to meet & discuss with fellow Haruka enjoyers :3c

I completely agree with that headcanon (in fact I don't think the orange liquid in AKAA resembles honey at all except for the color--the consistency seems closer to that of formaldehyde, and it makes more sense with the sequence of events that it'd be formaldehyde), I think Haruka's mom was a taxidermist or at least into something biology related, hobbyist or professional, so Haruka was exposed to a lot of things involving animals and taxidermy throughout his life. I assumed this is at least part of the reason why he dislikes animals--they remind him of his mom, when he was still somewhat loved by her, I imagine she'd tell or show him some details of her work/hobby, so he learned a lot about animals & taxidermy from her.

If I'm being honest, when I first watched AKAA it didn't occur to me at all that Haruka killed the animals, I interpreted that as a metaphor or symbolism (but I won't talk about that here because it'll be too long and it involves Weakness haha), so seeing most of the fandom interpret it literally (I guess because of his VD but I didn't take the VD at face value either) surprised me and I spent a while thinking of why Haruka would do something like that, and the perspective you offered really makes sense!! In my interpretation wouldn't call it sick or twisted as much as it is Haruka "accepting" that he is what his mom painted him to be, in his mind--someone whose only talent is bringing bad things, so he took to killing the animals in an attempt to utilize his "evil self's only ability" to do something his mom would hopefully approve of. It kinda reminds me of Tendou Satori from Haikyuu, who embraced the label "guess monster" because he was so used to being treated as a monster, so he embraced that he's weird and unlikable in a way that can make him still a good player but also true to himself. (I hope I remember correctly I haven't watched Haikyuu in like 2 years but Tendou is very dear to me) Except in Haruka's case it is way more fucked up lol.

Also gotta thank whoever retranslated AKAA more accurately--I noticed this theme with the innocent prisoners being painted in a purposefully bad light in T2 so we could vote them guilty, and the other way around as well, the guilty from T1 being painted as miserable and actually not that bad, yk. There's really nothing in MILGRAM that should be taken at face value imo.

And worry not I also thought about this an unimaginable amount, it's been on my mind the whole week actually, but I'm trying to articulate my thoughts into a coherent post lfhksdsl

[laceratedlamiaceae]

I know this is an unpopular opinion (among Izzy enjoyers at least), but I truly don't believe that Ed cares about Izzy, like, at all. Maybe he did at one point, but by the time of the show he acts like he wants absolutely nothing to do with Izzy at all.

There are a few points I've seen people raise as evidence that Ed does care, but none of them are particularly convincing to me. There's the scene where Ed is excitedly showing Izzy the model ship, but to me that reads more like Ed being like that one annoying kid who never shut up about whatever caught his interest (we all knew one of those, right?) because Izzy clearly doesn't give a fuck about the ship and Ed just ignores that--because he doesn't actually care about what Izzy wants, he just wanted to talk about the ship and Izzy was the only one there. There's the fact that Ed asks Izzy to stay at the end of Discomfort in a Married State, but again I think that has more to do with Ed than it does Izzy; my perception is that it was partially because Ed needed Izzy to help him kill Stede and mostly because of Ed's abandonment issues. I think he was just so used to Izzy being there, and so used to the song-and-dance of Izzy threatening to leave, that he didn't even think about letting him go. At the beginning of This is Happening, shortly after Izzy's banishment from the Revenge, Ed is contemplating leaving, and though from what I've seen most people think it's because of Izzy, I think it's just that he doesn't have a way to justify staying to himself now that he's decided not to kill Stede (and then the rest of the episode gives him a reason to stay). Lastly, there's the toe thing, which I've seen some people interpret as Ed showing he cares about Izzy in some sick, twisted way, but in my opinion whatever feeling would motivate someone to do something that horrifying shouldn't be considered 'caring.'

Beyond all that, the way Ed treats Izzy just isn't the way people treat the ones they care about. Like, I get that Ed is a deeply fucked up guy, but still. I guess I could buy that Ed has grown to resent Izzy, and maybe that is it's own form of caring, but I just can't get behind the idea that Ed has any positive feelings about Izzy at all. That being said, I do get why people think Ed does care about Izzy, and I'm not trying to say their interpretations are wrong, but I do think it's just as valid to see it the way I do.

[cyberdragoninfinity]

Oh I think I saw the post u meam and (u can delete/ignore this is its too far from the point and shit) the "The only yusei I like is a depressed one" is so. Idk? Harsh? Hes allowed to ve happy and still be written well, he doesnt need to be shoved onto other peoples sins when the series already has him doing that. He can have an implied decently peaceful life until death. Sometimes! You do so much and oull so much weight that you become something intangible and divine to someone whos never met but still thinks of u! And sometimes its one guy and sometimes its them and the last remnants of the human race out of a desperate love for both!

Idk, just let yusei be like, not suffering 24/7, they forbid him from even entering the WGRP for fun bc ig thats bad to so many characters, let him have a scrap

YEAH. YEAH. god ive been thinkin about this all day, this is so good anon you get it you're Logged In you see the Intent of it all...

again like. if the 'z-one isnt yusei' thing isnt someone's favorite narrative choice, whatever, thats your journey, but every time i see this "well he was ACTUALLY supposed to be yusei from the future for real!!!!" rumormongering i want to groan into my hands, it just feels like this desperate grasping at straws because they really wanted Sick and Twisted Evil Yusei Real and then when that didn't happen they had to make up some grand production conspiracy instead of just taking the "welp, cant win 'em all" with this one and acknowledging that's just not the story the 5D's writers wanted to tell.

i LIKE a good protagonist corruption/evil!protag AU, they're really fun, but you're so right, this sort of Insistence I see when people are like "no, it was GOING to be true, z-one WAS dark and depressed and hopeless future yusei," i just cant wrap my head around it. there's just this sort of miserable harshness to it that i'm not personally very into. (in general i cant really vibe with this idea of "i need my favorite character to constantly be suffering." just really not my thing, ESPECIALLY WITH YUGIOH CHARACTERS??) (also. like. we already did have that. with jaden. and honestly yuma also is fucking Suffering too. it's cool seeing a different spin on things. idfk!!)

i just want to like. grab people really gungho about this thing by the shoulders and ask "why do you want a Yusei who willfully betrays and gets his friends killed SO BADLY? why do you want to see a Yusei who hurts people THIS much?" I feel like it would have just been so jarring and unearned. it doesn't feel like Yusei even in his darkest hours (which imo is part of why Z-one is such an interesting character to me--the concept of someone who thinks if they can wear a fabled hero like a pelt, if he can Become them, then that will fix everything, then They can fix everything. that's so fascinating and fucked up to me!!!! i love thinking about it!!!)

this idea that in the far future Yusei's become this sort of folk hero, this "something intangible and divine" like you said, just from saving the world and doing good and helping people, that's just SO neat and has so much merit and is worth discussing!! and it's unfortunate that you have a Not Insignificant amount of people who just wont even consider the potential narrative weight in it, who are so sore Their Trope of Choice wasn't canon theyre out here weaving madeup production stories to back up their personal disappointment. just. idk. you can give the 5D's writers a lot of rightful flak for stuff in s2, but i do very much think there was great intent from the beginning to have z-one be Just Some Guy who's rotting in a body that isnt his own, and to have him reflect yusei in ways without Actually Just Being Him.

[ninebluehearts]

Hiiiii!! I saw you rebloged my cough syrup fic and I really like ur stuff you wrote!!

I was wondering if I could get a protective!marc fic, like someone hurts or scared the reader and Marc is super protective 🥺🥺 I got a thing for protective men 😭😫

Hello!! I really loved your sick fic, babes 🥺 I was sick last week, so I felt very called out (I don't like cough syrup either) 😂🤚 And thank you so much!! That means a lot, especially coming from another brilliant writer 🥺💕

Warnings: Karens 😳

God.. protective Marc is just.. 🥵🤌

Though it was your day off, you and Marc decided to take a walk around the clothing store you worked at. It was starting to get cold again and both you and Marc needed some new sweaters.

Even though Steven insisted that he had plenty to go around, Marc wanted something he liked. (Though, you were one hundred percent gonna take Steven up on his offer.)

So, here you were, holding up sweaters to Marc's body to see which one complimented him the most.

"I think this one brings out your eyes." You said, holding up the dark green woolen sweater. "You should try it on."

"I don't know.. It looks itchy." Marc took the sweater and added it to the pile of clothes for hin to try on.

"I'm sure it'll be fine once you wear it for awhile. Although, I really think you should rethink that grey one. I know you think it makes you look like Steven, but-"

"Excuse me, miss?" An older woman tapped your shoulder.

You turned around to face her, both of your eyebrows raised. "Yes?"

"You work here, right?"

"Yes ma'am, but I'm-"

"Okay good! I saw you yesterday, but I just wanted to make sure. I need your help finding a pair of shoes." The women just smiled, not even acknowledging Marc or the fact that you weren't even wearing a vest like all of the other workers.

"I would love to help you, but today is actually my day off. I'm sure someone else could-" You didn't even get to finish your sentence before she interrupted you. Again.

"Everyone else is busy. Holidays and all that. Just come help me for a moment." The woman said, growing impatient.

"Ma'am, I really would like to help, but I'm not working today." You were starting to panic, not knowing how else to explain why you weren't helping her at the moment. "Really, I'm sure I could get Melissa to help-"

"This is just outrageous! Lazy people like you are what's wrong with the world! I mean really, how hard is it.."

The woman continued yelling at you and while of course you were used to it at this point, it caught you off guard. On the days that you do work, you can hype yourself up before going in. You know what to prepare for and how to handle these situations. But you wondered if the same protocol for these situations still applied on your days off.

You just stood there and took it, honestly not even paying attention to what she was saying anymore. People were starting to stare at the three of you, whispering and looking at you with pity you didn't want. You stared down at your shoes, trying to hide the tears that welled up in your eyes.

Marc could see how upset you were getting, but he didn't know if he should say anything, not wanting to get you in trouble for something he did.

"...Your manager will be hearing about this! Hello? Are you even listening to me?" The woman reached out to grab your arm, but Marc grabbed her wrist before she could even lay a finger on you.

"What the fuck do you think your doing?" He ground out, trying to refrain from physically injuring her.

The woman looked absolutely shocked, obviously no one had called her out like this before. "And just who do you think you are?"

"Her husband. Now, today is her day off. She cannot help you today. Go find someone else to help you, before I call security and have you removed."

The woman's mouth fell open, her entire face twisting in disgust. "I ain't never in my life!" She ripped her hand away, then looked back at you. "Expect a call from HR." She said, before turning around and storming out of the store.

Marc reached over and grabbed your hand, gently squeezing it. "Hey, are you okay?"

You wiped your nose with the back of your hand, trying to get yourself together. "Yes, thank you." You said as you cleared your throat, pulling him into a hug. "God, I hate people like that."

Marc sighed, resting his chin on top of your head. "I know, sweetheart.. Do you wanna go home?"

"Kinda, but you know what would really make me feel better?" You looked up at him with a smirk, your chin digging into his chest.

"What?" Marc asked, his eyes squinting at you with suspicion.

"A fashion show." You said, glancing back at the pile of sweaters in your cart.

Marc just sighed, shaking his head. "If it'll make you feel better.."

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[beevean]

Hey it’s so called this morning’s anon back with more things to say I suppose…

I supposed I wanted to elaborate on some things, I know you said you didn’t wanna start discourse but I really wanted to elaborate on what I meant by that proshipping comment. The term proship, from what I heard, has gone from let people ship what they want and if you don’t like don’t look to… This person is a disgustingly vile subhuman and their death should be celebrated.

Funnily enough I openly ship problematic stuff, but I constantly over complicate things to prove that I’m still better than ‘those guys’, to say that I have morality and ‘they’ don’t… But it’s so fucking exhausted. My life wasn’t good and moral and pure so why does my art have to be?

I’m sick of fearing I’ll have someone genuinely threaten my life because I cope differently than them. Ironically I used to get mad when people say it was their coping mechanism, calling it a shitty excuse to be a whatever [You can insert all kinds of fun and degrading terms there] and yet… I was doing the same thing.

So yeah… I don’t like everything but I’m realizing that everything has its place and if that makes me a proshipper then fuck it I guess I’m a proshipper

[After reading all those kind messages I wanted some way to reveal myself because surprise you actually know who I am! But I wasn’t sure how to do that without outing myself so openly… I read your Hevor fic and told you about it on Discord, it’s the only thing we ever discussed. So yeah if you manage to figure me out based on that alone then congratulations! Purity culture is ruining my life so bad I can’t even say my own name! ;3]

fdjskfksdngksjdhk talk about efficient secret codes lmao. Yes I understand now 😄

That's pretty much what happened. "Proship" started as a countermovement to the "anti" culture budding around 2016 who were all like "Sheith is actually incest because they're like brothers and that's gross guys!!!!", and at first it meant simply "ship and let ship", but then it got twisted into meaning "someone who enjoys problematic ships/ships with incest, pedophilia and/or abuse", which inevitably leads to "this person has Something Wrong with them and they're a Bad Person who Hurts people like me with their Degenerate Art! Pedo alert pedo alert! PUNISHMENT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS".

The problem is that "enjoys" means a lot of things :^) there is a difference between "aww they're so cute <3", "welp this is a kink now", and "wow this would be incredibly fucked up but I am intrigued to explore this story". But nuance is not allowed, apparently.

(fun fact: I don't really go through proship blogs because I swear they all ship sibling incest. I hate sibling ships lmao, especially when they're wholesome. But of course they're all in the "will accept anything" community, after being pretty much shunned and painted as horrible abusers who deserve to be hurt and worse - and just because I don't want to see those ships, that doesn't mean I think they're bad people who condone real-life abuse. So yeah, proship is not about having all the grossest ships in the world, you can be exclusively into the most vanilla M/F ships ever and still think "yo do what you want I'll respect you from a distance")

I also hear similar stories like yours, of people who twist themselves into pretending to be antis and be morally "purer" than others when in private they were doing the same things they were insulting others for, just with tons of shame and denial. Not judging you and I'm happy when people realize that this behavior is harmful, definitely more than being into the Problematic lol... I'm just disappointed and frustrated that the internet culture has come to this. I reiterate my points about surrounding yourself with friends who don't make you feel like you have to walk on eggshells.

Also real talk: you don't really have to psychoanalyze yourself. Maybe your tastes are tied to an easily identifiable reason, or maybe they aren't or the reason goes too deep to explore without outside help. In any case, it doesn't matter. You don't have to justify yourself in any way, let alone showing to everyone the "I'm Coping With Trauma" badge in the hopes they will forgive you - because it doesn't work. It's never about the mental health of victims, it's about "i feel icky and i don't want to :("

Disgust is not harm. You (general) have every right to be disgusted by something - I myself am not above it :P But it's not a personal attack against you, and it's your responsibility to walk away and coping with your feelings in private.

[skepticalarrie]

Hi! So this is the first time that I've come across that phone call thing and I'm not even surprised, but there is something that I want to put out there - Larries didn't come to exist out of thin air, they made sure we existed!!

If Larry isn't real (they are but still hear me out) then that just means that they are really manipulative people. That their team saw how everyone was loving their little bromance/ possible romance on the early days of x factor and then asked the boys to amp it up, which they did and how. That would mean that they baited us so fucking hard in the initial years of their career (which I can't really imagine from a 17 and 19 year old but what do I know I'm delusional) and then when they either had an actual falling or they just didn't expect larries to get so big, they blamed it on us only.

And then even later they kept on dropping these big "mysterious" hints to keep us going and now that they know that we're here and not going anywhere, they suddenly hate us so much. This is honestly so sick and twisted!!

So I guess what I'm saying is that if Larry isn't real then that just makes Louis and Harry really really bad people for playing with young people's feelings like that and then capitalising on it, it still doesn't make US the "delusional freaks" we are often called. And everyone knows that neither of them are such bad people, unless they are absolutely amazing actors, which after dwd I would think everyone knows is just not true.

Hey, anon! Yep. This really is a discussion people need to have before dragging larries and assuming larry is not real right from the start. If we're going to analyse all sides of it, let's not be hypocrites and truly analyse all the possibilities here - not many people do that.

I agree with you, this was always one of the main reasons why larry always made so much sense to me, it's about the context, it's about the possibilities left and what is being implied if Larry is not real. So yeah, if that's the case people to admit they would be larrybaiting and blaming us for it. And that's awful, that's manipulative. Plus, I think I've said this before, but I believe HL are essentially good people because they've proven that over and over with their actions over the years, and I honestly can't imagine neither of them being this awful to a specific group of fans, whether these are larries, antis, whatever... have you seen Louis' face every time someone mentions how "crazy" his fans are? He's ready to cut a bitch. That's not Louis. Not to mention being this offended because of gay rumours doesn't look on anyone. So huh if people really think Larry isn't real, they better start evaluating the kind of people they're supporting.

[savedpeople]

2. Do you take pleasure in harming/being harmed by others? //4. Does bloodshed have any significant effect on you? //8. How do you feel about sadistic people?

Violent Headcanons | Not Accepting | @wexarethewalkingxdead

"Does a little bit of spilt blood bother me?" He makes a face, one that slowly gains a grin that's just a little too wide. "Have you seen the kind of shit I've done?"

Negan remembers, of course, the first time he took out a couple walkers. The splattered blood on his face as he slowly sank to the floor, horror-stricken, thinking he'd just become a murderer while trying to save a kid's life. It became second nature once he realized what they were, became the new normal within days.

He remembers the first time he actually took a human life, too. The blood half his, half theirs; the way his hands shook as he recollected himself while the reality of what he'd done sank in, wide eyes as he wrapped barbed wire around the baseball bat soon to be known as Lucille; and the mask, the act, he put on the moment he faced the group that witnessed it all.

That, too, soon became the new normal.

"That shit doesn't bother me." Not anymore. "I mean it is unfortunate, sometimes, and let me make it clear that I'm not into killin' people for the hell of it." People are a resource and all that. "But that's how the world is now. Kill or be killed."

"Now, do I take pleasure in-- hold on, is this a sex thing? Because it kind of sounds like we're heading into kinkville with this one." He chuckles at his own joke; the answer would be a resounding yes if it is, probably. But he knows it isn't.

"I ain't gonna lie to you. Sometimes? That shit feels good. When they deserve it, well... let them have it." It is satisfying to hurt, kill, someone who he deems deserves it. Consequences. And when he gets to use Lucille? There's a sick, twisted exhilaration he can't deny. But that's not to say he's proud of it.

He knows it shouldn't feel that good.

"Don't know why the hell you think I'd get anything out of getting hurt, though. Again, unless this is a sex thing. In that case I may just let you slap me around a little bit."

Negan laughs, but his expression turns more serious after.

"Like I said: not into killing people without a reason. I extend that to not hurting people without reason, too." He tries to, anyway. Some of his actions might suggest otherwise, but he finds ways to justify it all in his mind. "So if the sadistic fucks out there are getting their dicks hard from harming the weak and the innocent... personally, I find that shit to be a bit barbaric." He believes this, really he does. "And if Lucille saw that shit? Well, she'd have something to say about it too."