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the-broken-pen · 8 months

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“You’re going to blow out your arms,” the villain observed. They watched as the hero merely grit their teeth, shoving themself through another pull-up. It looked painful, and if the sweat slicking the hero’s brow was any indication, it was.

They waited for the hero to let themself drop from the bar and accept the villain was stronger. But they didn’t.

Three more pull-ups, and the villain stepped in.

“Hero,” they said slowly. “You’re about to tear the ligaments in your arms. You need to stop.”

The hero blew out a shuddering breath. Struggled for purchase, fighting gravity—and let themself drop.

The hero’s hands were bleeding, calluses torn open by the bar. The hero didn’t seem bothered when their own hands shook so much that their blood began to splatter on the gym floor.

For a moment, the villain could only stare at them.

Shit.

They didn’t know how to handle this. They knew the hero was dedicated. They knew the hero was strong, and perpetually trying to be stronger, but they hadn’t thought…

They hadn’t thought the hero would be so willing to tear apart their own body for success.

It was supposed to be fun, the villain thought. They felt a little sick as the hero pressed their palms together to soothe the bleeding, an action that was practiced and familiar. As if they had done this before.

The hero reached for something in their bag, smearing blood on the side, and pulled out a roll of blue electrical tape. The villain didn’t understand why, until the hero tore a strip off and made to wrap their hands with it.

The hero would be the death of them.

They crouched in front of the hero, plucking the electrical tape out of their hands.

“What are you doing with this?”

The hero blinked at the villain like they were the strange one in this situation.

“Wrapping my hands?”

The villain hissed in a breath.

“With electrical tape?”

The hero flushed slightly, looking down at their bloody hands. They looked close to tears.

“It…sticks to skin, really well. And it doesn’t move, either, when you move your hands or wherever else, even if you’re fighting. Plus, blood doesn’t make it come off, at least, not for a while.”

The villain blinked at them.”

“Blood doesn’t make it come off,” the villain repeated, processing. The hero nodded, reaching for the electrical tape. The villain settled it out of reach.

“Not if you wrap it right.”

Dimly, the villain realized that meant the hero had done this enough times to have it down to a science.

“And you couldn’t use a bandaid?” The villain asked incredulously. The hero shrugged a shoulder, then winced at the motion.

Yeah, the hero had absolutely blown out their arms.

“Bandaids move—“

The villain hushed them.

“Be quiet for a second.”

The hero, wisely, went quiet.

The villain rubbed a hand over their face, then studied the hero for a moment. They took one of the hero’s hands into their own, studying the damage.

“Why did you do this to yourself,” the villain murmured.

“What do you mean, why,” the hero snapped. “It’s my job.”

“Your job is to save people,” the villain corrected. “Not destroy yourself.”

“I’m not destroying myself—“

“You are.”

“Shut up—“

“Hero.”

“I need to be better,” the hero snapped. Their voice rang out across the gym, echoing into the rafters, and they both froze. After a moment, the hero spoke again, voice soft. “I need to be better.”

They said it like they needed the villain to understand. The villain wondered who they were really saying it to—the villain, or themself.

“Better than who?”

“Everyone.” It was hushed, like a secret.

The villain watched them, waiting.

The hero took a shaky breath

“My whole thing is being the best. I have always been the best. That’s the only reason I matter. If I’m not strong enough, then I am nothing, so I need. to be. better.”

The hero had started crying, very quietly, like they were afraid to take up too much space.

The villain was not equipped to handle gifted kid burnout.

“There’s more to you than just being a good athlete,” the villain said hesitantly, and the hero shook their head.

“No. There isn’t.”

“Hero.”

“Can you give me back my electrical tape?” They hiccuped to contain a sob.

“No,” the villain said firmly, and then the hero really was sobbing.

“You don’t understand—“

The villain didn’t. Not really. They had never been the kind of talented that the hero was.

They wondered now if maybe that was a blessing.

“I don’t,” the villain agreed. “But I do understand that you’ve saved half the city, and you give everything you have to give, and you always do your best.”

“But I-“

“No.” The villain stopped them. “You are doing your best.” They tipped the hero’s chin up until they met the villain’s eyes. “And it is enough.”

The hero froze, eyes darting over the villain’s face. They wondered if anyone had ever said that to the hero, if whatever mentor they had was giving them anything other than orders to be stronger. Be better. Be more.

The villain had some new targets to take care of, it would seem.

For now, though, they had to take care of hero.

“We’re going to go wrap your hands,” they said softly. “And then we’re going to take care of your arms, and you’re going to take a nap.”

The hero nodded, watching them like they were some kind of good, selfless person.

“And if I ever catch you using electrical tape again, so help me, I will put you six feet under.”

That startled a laugh out of the hero, and they let the villain guide them to their feet.

“Fine.”

The villain turned to them. “Okay?”

Are you going to be alright?

The hero seemed to understand.

“Okay,” the hero agreed.

Yes.

And so, it was.

#writing #writing community #snippet #angst #heroes and villains #ficlet #writblr #hero/villain #hero whumpee #exhaustion #overworked #villain caretaker #whump #kind of #in case you’re wondering. yes you CAN do this to yourself. it’s completely possible #essentially what happens is if you do a motion (a pull-up) more than your body is capable #it gets mad. this is different from training till failure. this is to failure and then beyond #so while you started using the correct muscle groups you those muscles get tired and despite the tired you don’t stop #so then your body switches to muscles it SHOULDNT BE USINF and then you fuck up your elbows (in the case of pull-ups)#and then you can’t straighten your arms for a week bc the ligaments and tendons and all the little movement parts want to keep it curled in #I’m not a doctor #I’m just a gifted kid who was an athlete who got burnt out and destroyed her body lmao #this is possibly maybe based on true events that occurred #anyways. I’m not a doctor but you can use electrical tape on wounds. yes it sticks. yes it stays. it’s honestly very useful.#electrical tape > bandaids #do not do anything listed here it is BAD. do not blow out your muscles it hurts. properly clean ur injuries. I beg you.#don’t get injured at all #thank you to my friend who went “pull-up’ competition and then watched me create this angst #love u besties. drink water. go to sleep. summon demons. ❤️ self care

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dreadeves · 6 months

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qpr riz ppl are so funny. like riz does not want a relationship. his fear is that his friends will leave him because of partners, and he knows he doesn’t want a relationship like that. what do u think a qpr is btw.

#like whatever u want to explore in fanon is whatever. but like… canonically????????? mr all my friends r gonna pair off & leave & ill never?#like babe. it’s a relationship. it’s a ‘we sat down and defined our relationship & qpr fits us as a term’ kinda thing.#this is a shit explanation bc u can be poly or open w u relationship even in a qpr but like. it’s *exclusive*. *defined*.#it’s *different* than being friends/in a friend group. bc of the exclusivity #it’s like a ‘since we have a label for it it’s different’ kinda thing. like u can have multiple qprs/relationships/be friends/etc #but by having applying a specific label ur changing ur relationship into something different. and usually more exclusive #and that’s like. exactly what riz does not want/is afraid of bc he knows he doesn’t want that #it doesn’t make him less aro & u can do whatever u want in fanon #but like. you need to be able to recognize what is *canon* and what is fun to explore & think abt in fanon #like those ‘but what if qpr fabriz canon!!’ ppl. like girl we do not have evidence that riz wants a relationship like that #and in fact that kinda thing is exactly what he’s afraid of in his friends/afraid of bc he knows he doesn’t want it #the steady combining of fanon and canon is an absolute travesty. fanon is for doing whatever the fuck u want. *canon* is what is canon.#like ohhhh my god. is it canon or is it an idea/concept/hc u like and want to discuss/explore #like it’s not like u have to STICK to canon or anything. do whatever the fuck u find fun! but jfc at least know to urself what is canon/not #fantasy high #riz fantasy high #like tbh. to me it doesn’t matter if someone wants to put him into a qpr or even a romantic relationship in fanon.#it’s being able to recognize when u r just playing in fanon vs what is canon to me

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chiimeramanticore · 2 months

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i had a great time at the hicksville grand reopening! extra thank you to everyone who said hi to me today, everyone there was so nice 💖 can't wait to visit this stage many, many, many more times in the future!

(also expect footage up on youtube soon 👀)

#juno.txt #cec #chuck e cheese #the district(?) manager (chuck is hugging her in the 2nd pic) gave a speech before the balloon drop #and commended the fans for fighting so hard to keep hicksville around and i was like YEAAAAAAAAAA HICKSVILLE YEAAAAHHHHHHH #i love this stage so fucking MUCH dude i cant describe how happy i am that it gets to stick around #they played every boy every girl and im barely familiar w that song so idk if they changed the lyrics for the event but #there was a bit in it about like. staying and continuing to make music and it had me almost crying in front of everyone ghdjg #it has me almost crying now lol im just so happy #also also also. matt sam tyler jack specifically as well as the group of kids i saw leaving who i didnt get the names of:#thank you for saying hello u were all so sweet esp matt and ur family yall were total angels #ok im gonna stop rambling in the tags i just love animatronics and the fandom hehe

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rubrumacai · 5 months

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This site needs a better block system for tags

#im stick in x reader hell #i block so many tags #but nooooo #ms niche fandom self insert oc has to have the mlst convoluted tag imaginable that i couldnt have even consodered blocking #and now im stuck looking at f!yandere reader x (literal fucking child) for the 15th time today #tag ur shit properly people #use the generalised ones #the fandom tags #if its a fic or x reader TAG THAT #i wouldnt care so much if it wasnt all the time in my face #x reader headcanons too dont thing you are exempt you are arguably more insufferable #i wish tags had some sort of 'grouping' feature so i dont have to add 20 blocked tags every time i look up fanart of a character #i shouldnt need to do that #this already works with looking shit up why cant it double for blocking so im not getting this shit on my dash/searches #rant over

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starlooove · 3 months

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And I’m standing ten toes down behind Eloise

#Ppl calling her feminism white feminism #like yeah for todays standards sure whatever #my feelings on Eloise are complicated but a lot of y’all’s feminism is whether u think Barbie was good and that’s how ur measuring Eloise #like this little girls girl shit is right next to thinking Barbie is a masterpiece is right next to saying here’s my 20 step skincare #routing but it’s for yourself not for men but also here’s how to walk and make eye contact to manipulate a man ;3 #like It’s so funny how everyone was mad Eloise didn’t put action to the thoughts #which season 2 was all about btw like I feel like ppl also misunderstand the point of her character and what’s happening internally but diff #and now theyre saying she’s an asshole for shifting topics of convo within her group of peers #when that’s proof that she cannot assimilate the way y’all say she does?#like yuckk #Idk I feel like the visceral reaction to Eloise just feels like ‘if feminist why care about ur dad 🤨’#i was gonna say y’all want Eloise to cut off all ties with her family and start connecting to those of lower classes #but when she did anything CLOSE to that y’all STILL called her an asshole #also you know what you’re walking into when you’re watching bridgerton it was way too early to keep her there you KNOW that #but also also Penelope has been trying to find her niche and balance her family’s reputation with her ideals the entire time #and it does come off as hypocritical and self centered at times just as every single character on this show has!#i said Penelope I meant Eloise it still applies but whatever #anyways #yeah season 2 she came to the conclusion y’all did #that she wasn’t really about it and she should stick to high society #‘she was such an asshole this season’ bc she in fact does believe what she preaches and found ignoring it to be difficult #like y’all are just saying she’s a bad person no she was uncomfortable and response was to be snappy like hello #like this dramatic shift in her character is bc of the trouble she caused her family by trying to stand on business #like when it comes to interpersonal relationships Eloise suffers from the fact that not everyone comes to the same conclusions she does #like she told Benedict she can’t understand how nobody sees what she sees #but that’s not true a lot of people see what she sees #Cressida saw what she sees! what Eloise DOESNT understand is that other ppl come to diff conclusions with the same knowledge!#other ppl see the same thing and choose to flourish within the system no questions! bc they don’t have the privilege to do anything else!#THATS where she needs to grow! the obvious conclusion IS obvious but what to do after is mot the same or available to everyone!#but thats like. the most positive of my feelings towards her it is complicated I’m just being nice rn

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marsbotz · 3 months

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crazy awesome scary dream last night abt being stuck in sone sort of infinite labyrinth

#u were put with a group of likeee 10 and u had to stick with them the whole way theu if possible #if you died you went back to a checkpoint which were likr every 10 levels or si #and the levels varied from like cool abstract scenery to gore horror mazes to fun games to murder chases #there was a creature in the labyrinth called ‘mother’ which is almost definitely subconsciously inspired by tboi. but she was veryyyyy hard #to deal with like she could disrupt the regular levels by initiating super fast chases thru like. puzzle or maze levels #orrrr infiltrating ur team and posing as one of them only to kill u over snd over (happened to me on my first run)#there was a strange time loop quality to the whole thing #there were like safe levels at each checkpoint where items would likeee respawn or smth #on my second run i left a belt at the start but then i went back to get it bc i didnt want to lose it #but we had to keep like resetting to make it appear #and when i found it my team member attacked me for whatever reason (vriska type.)#and i died for whatever reason abd spawned back there… now i had two belts #on my first run mother chased me and the other guy for fucjing agesssss it was so scary. and on another ocassion i think she tricked me #ended up like complety goring me and turning me into sone cyborg or snth??????#but i managed to kill her. i firget how #but in our second run we got her in the firsttt fucking room LOL #it was like ‘u have 5 secs until mother appears’#and we had to sit on this painting of her and like basically suffocate her #but shr kept trying to trick us likr i think my mate got tricked and covered in blood #we had to sit there for like 10 mins. and then when we left she woke up anyway and started a chase #and it was like. frame perfect fucking chase man. so hard.#ok heres some fun levels i remember. OFF reference with baseball guys throwinh u towards the goal (puzzle level)#hugeeee like massive scale antiques shop with a bunch of toys in it. and fish for whatever eeaon. like we were ant scale and everything was #massive (scenery level)#huge fuckoff maze w monsters in it that mother chased me thru on my first run (maze level)#snowy mountain and maybbeee there was a polar bear? i think BUT thst may have just been the outside starting area for my second run #bc that was also snowy #anyway it was an awesomeee fucking dream.

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mejomonster · 4 months

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Being nonbinary and dressing feminine sometimes despite very much not being a woman is. Its like hello strangers hello new friends im making please dont immediately steamroll

#contemplating a lot #rant #feel free to ignore #i just. so like. im very nonbinary #which i suppose many nonbinary people are #to the point im like. well i cant go to a transmasc support group or a transfem support group cause i doubt either would #see me as someonr who fits (wish my city had a general trans meetup but we arent big enough i guess)#i know I KNOW theres a bunch of cisgender fucks who think nonbinary = woman and it drives me up a Fucking wall #i know theres (even more ouch) a portion of lesbians and queer ppl who see nonbinary as woman-lite or feminine man #and just dont fucking put in the effort to grasp what being outside man or woman (or overlapping) could be #(probably ovdrlaps w ppl who refuse to grasp pansexuality or bisexuality)#and like. when i was young? maybe i wouldve seen myself as a trans man #but when that didnt totally fit i felt well. maybe bigender then. nonbinary. yeah that fits i suppose #or maybe i am a trans man who just doesnt want to change myself for societal pressure #but i do relate to being a woman too? so nonbinary feels best. but i certainly dont feel like a woman #im okay with she he they. but if i tell strangers theyll usually default to ONE so i just say #THEY so strangers dont immediately try to basically pretend im not nonbinary by sticking to another pronoun they feel is easier to them #and if i say They the fact remains: are these new strangers or friends dicks who dont respect my gender even tho they #accomodated to sayibg they? do they say she in private to friends. do they refer to me as a gender im not when im not present #idk i have been... interacting with a lot of straight dudes lately. and im like? im bi and nonbinary so im like. well if ur straight dude im #not sure u would even Wanna date me? u are aware im a dude too? are u okay with that? can u respect that???#which has NEVER happened to me before. cause i only dated bi guys nonbinary peeps like me or nonbinary lesbians #ive never dated a person i feared may actually not see me as I Actually Am and have accepted iy

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megkuna · 8 months

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i genuinely don't think most people understand how lonely immigrating to this fucking country is

#people: wait hahaha wym u don't have like a friend group u go for drinks with on the weekends? :)#i've lived in 3 different states over the past 8yrs and spent extended periods of time in 3 other states + 4 other countries. so. it happen #and it's not like anyone sticks around those cities/states bc the schools i went to are like. yknow. people move to go to them #but then they leave. and then ur allllll fucking alone all over again.#also couple all of this with being poor + having to work + a goddamn pandemic + not having family here #like i don't want to be like lamenting here bc i want to make friends and i'm trying but also? it's fucking hard?#like if ur working 40hrs a week it's just like almost completely unfeasible #i have like three (3) friends in this city and lol one of them is thinking of moving #immigration just fucking sucks honestly #nobody moves because they fucking want to. they move because they have to #can we live in a world where this isn't the case

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simcardiac-arrested · 7 months

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not to be sappy on main but i just finished toh season 2 and im feeling emotional. your achilles come down animatic is what introduced me to you, and your funny guys, and honestly one of the first things i saw when i started to fixate on rain world, and i'm??? so fucking glad for that???? i'm glad it dragged me further into my madness and i'm glad it eventually lead me into talking to you because you're a really cool friend :]]] soooo yeah. happy one year achilles come down animatic you were one of the defining features of my life

AUGHHHH AUEHHHH OUHEGGHUEHG SKIDDLE !!!! WAUH!!! THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!!!! the fact that it was one of the first things to get u into the raintism …. oughh … it really was just such a turning point. for me too. i chipped away at it for 3 weeks and showed it to the world and that’s when i truly descended into The Depths. and suddenly i was the guy who made That Animatic, which is frankly insane! because that’s honestly such an honor!! i’ve gotten a lot of kind words and praise for it and i seriously just appreciate it so much. Thank you to the brainworm that made me unable to listen to achilles come down without imagining five pebbles forever

#some two weeks from now i will make no way back. which is the start of yet another Descent into The Depths (2)#because a day after that i will make an askblog. two days after that i’ll come up with a local group concept #for now they’re just names. for now they’re just acronyms i can put in an ask #three days and i flesh out ns a little bit more. now they have a stick up their ass. And what comes after that ……. well #my point is it’s like a domino effect. and my other point is that it really was a great thing to happen!! and im glad im ur friend too skids #!!#cramswering #also please rant to me about toh s2 i NEEED to hear your thoughts

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whumpshaped · 1 year

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if the predator birds gave me ideas u can imagine how inspired i feel after going down into the underground labyrinth/bunker/cave/18th century prison

#bc what if someone who has been on the tour countless times made a map of the thing #and then went on a killing spree down there #picking off the tour guide first then watching the rest of the group run around like mice #unable to find their way out #and when the lights go out? total darkness. i kid u not. our guide turned them off for a bit to simulate what it was like to be imprisoned #theres a tiny bit of light in patches where the light from the outside gets in #but what if u had to avoid those lights bc then ur an easy target #several little groups of innocent tourists flaundering around w their phone flashlights #having to turn them off. again. so as not to give their position away #just listening and sticking close to the wall and hoping to god they can find their way out of the fucking cave #accidentally stumbling into the room w the bones- thatd be a fun one #irlshaped

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systemofshadow · 7 months

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any other systems / collectives / etc have alters / facets / headmates / etc who come out literally Just to do a bit. like the commitment to the bit is what they're here for

#i put real ramble in tags like always but #i was in the car and listening to music and yknow. much like any singlet i know you get the music videos! in the brain.#but. the thing is they're a group project now. you understand.#its different than *me* (s) just imagining a music video like playing with dolls. of the mind. this... its participatory. you get it.#anyway t is pretty much a frequent flyer only because he's constantly deciding he's the star of brain music videos #also. ok. if u havent like stalked this blog u may not know but our basement in headspace is a karaoke bar bc i heard another system had on #and we were like “you can do that???” so we built one #and now. much of the time. it is a Performance for many a song #this isnt just t btw. every fictive. and two npcs(?) all from the same source (of course.) are like. it's my time to shine #and again it is very much different than when like i choose to imagine a music video cause i do that often too. but im never Surprised #by the music video im making. bc im making it! im making conscious artistic choices #but when t or n or m just Appear to make the song about them. im surprised. i oft laugh at their sudden choreography. yknow?#also t will sometimes just steal the mouth for one second to blurt out a bad joke and then run away leaving me to deal with the consequence #if ur gonna badly flirt w our irl partner you have to at least stick around. take responsibility!! you dick!! /lh #anyways #system stuff #s post

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rdlain · 11 months

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that’s nothing. virtually every other masc/butch lesbian i know besides myself is currently on T. i am dealing with women telling their gfs or wives that they are now suddenly wanting to be addressed as ‘he’. it’s destroying me deep inside. it’s none of my business to tell them what to do but it’s absolutely wrecking me.

my own girl asked me not so long ago if i was planning to transition.

god I'm so sorry. It's such a brutal betrayal and they don't even realize it, thinking it's hip and subversive and a middle finger to the status quo to......willingly engage with or encourage in others conversion therapy tactics + confirm everything homophobes say about us is true and we truly are "males trapped in female bodies" for not loving males or presenting as feminine caricatures.

#if it's worth anything I personally think we're past tra's ''golden age'' of mass-encouragement and as people grow older #It'll be equated to 'cringey emo/scene phase' from the past (i.e. ''omg what was ur enby name mine was sock can u believe it lololol.'')#I think by late 2020's the public'll grow more and more aware of the negative side effects of hormones + surgeries #(probs after a big lawsuit going after the main medical practitioners) it'll eventually leave the mainstream breaking off into niche 'true #believer' groups that'll themselves grow smaller and smaller (eating each other alive as tra quWueer groups so often do)#hopefully sticking to themselves and out of our dating pool sad-lol. out of fashion like lobotomies of the past #but I def feel you. it really fucking sucks :(

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scattered-winter · 11 months

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the nelson murdock and page bestieship ,,,,, absolutely unparalleled

#theyre divorced for most of s2/s3 but still.....i love themb...#i love friend groups that are practically polycules i love friends who stick together through hell i love them sooooo much #winter rewatches daredevil #i know its for The Narrative but seeing them all split up makes me sad :( ur splitting up the bonded cats at the shelter :((

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winxys · 2 years

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genuinely sad that i'm so uninterested in ooo's cb like these r my guys but there's zero fun for me rn

#watched a stage earlier w sound on and i was genuinely so baffled #idc whatever ppl say abt seoul drift being good . it doesn't sound good to me i don't like it #not to be dramatic but if they keep sticking to this sound i don't see myself stanning anymore #paula line will remain as my beloveds i'll forever be a taeyeob lover but i would just stop keeping up w them #talked abt this w tasha but i can't stand a group when i don't enjoy their music anymore it doesn't matter if it's my ults #which is sad to me bc i genuinely like them sm and i think their releases before were so good #as much as new lyons ate seoul drift up i rlly hope they don't continue down this road #if next cb isn't nice that will be my last straw i'll just be a casual listener KSJDKKD #m.text #stan* not stand but whatever #also annoying lyons if u happen to read this this is MY experience idc abt ur opinion 🙏#also this isn't just bc i didn't like seoul drift #it's bc it's clear their sound is evolving to smth that doesn't suit my music taste

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