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notthemonthbutmarch · 1 month

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No one asked but “I’m scared” is such an underrated motivation for a character to do shitty things to others.

Sometimes it’s just that simple, but there’s always some deeper meaning as to why that character is scared— like the Bad Guy heavily traumatized Protagonist and now Protagonist is deathly afraid of getting on Bad Guy’s bad side again. It’s so underrated that a character is scared solely because the situation and personal consequences scare them more than the determent of others.

Maybe I’m not looking at that kinda of media that much, but sometimes I kinda just want a character to do shitty things to others because they’re scared. Like pressing the Big Red Button is gonna launch a nuke at the building they’re currently in with the Bad Guy, but if they chose not to then the whole rest of the city gets leveled by the Bad Guy’s evil death laser of doom— and then they chose not to press the button because they’re just frankly scared of dying. They entered this fight hoping to walk away, and now between the choice to save themselves or save others they indirectly kill everyone they knew because they were just to scared to pull the trigger on themselves.

So yeah maybe make characters be cowards a little more often?

#and I don’t mean the ‘uwu I’m so scared of everything but especially other people’ type of coward usually found in anime esque games #I solely mean cowards #people severely underprepared for the situations they’ve found themselves in #and now are to scared to act in the preservation of others for fear that the consequences for that are to hefty a price #and I also see why being scared is such an underrated motivation #the worst thing a character can do is be annoying because that makes the reader not want to read anymore #and being scared is really fucking annoying sometimes #so I get that if a character starts out a coward then they’ll probably develop past that #they’ll become self sacrificing or greedy with fear as the main drive as for why #but like it would be so tragic if at the end of the story a character underwent all that development #only to still be the same coward the auidence started with #that would be so tragically awesome if done well

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clegfly · 2 days

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Hey guys would it be cool if I killed myself right fucking now

#FUCK MAN #FUCKKKKKK #AUGH. AUGH.#this is why I LIKE that the manga changes things. this is why I appreciate this form of the story #does it make mistakes? a ton #but I think the point of the manga existing is so that this story and ways to tell it can be experimented with #is the game better? yes #of course!!#but it existing and being well received allows this manga to experiment with this sorry and these characters #this was well executed and worked well in game #but what if we expressed it this way?#what if we expressed this or portrayed this like this?#that is the beauty of it to me and this chapter encapsulates that perfectly to me #this whole scene would probably not work as well in the game #that’s why similar scenes were taken out and unused l #but this adaptation doesn’t have the pressure of being ‘good’ anymore #the game exists and it’s perfect. now the manga can do as it likes and tests what would work well and what wouldn’t #how else could this story be told?#and i think that while it misses the mark a lot it’s beautiful in that way #omori the game will always be better. but the manga is new and fun and experimental and I love that it is #a 1:1 recreation of the game with new art would likely suck a bit more than this fun #sometimes awful sometimes beautiful retelling #which is why I defend it so often Hejejejdjjd… it’s MEANT to have flaws it’s meant to experiment and god when it hits it HITS #like here. everything they’ve done with stranger and the barnyard and mari and something is heartbreaking #omori #omori mari #omori basil #omori manga #omori stranger #omori omori

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edge-oftheworld · 2 months

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when did the ‘need to get out of our hometown’ band become ‘nostalgia for our hometown’ band?

#official efyts post #seriously everything they’ve done since they released #2011 #like we get it just go back to sydney already #I’ve got no ulterior motive for saying that. none at all #5 seconds of summer #5sos #anyway this is the entire lore for the nfattne tour isn’t it #luke hemmings #michael clifford #calum hood #ashton irwin #but the thing is that the songs can all happen to be relatable at the same time somehow #I don’t get how they do it #sydney saga

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maggiecheungs · 2 years

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“Thus they moved along parallel lines; and parallel lines never meet—except in infinity.” (E. T. Fowler)

PEARWAH NICHAPHAT as PRAE in P.S. I HATE YOU ep.1 // PAT CHAYANIT as WANWAN in P.S. I HATE YOU ep.18

#p.s. i hate you #pat chayanit #pearwah nichaphat #lakornladies #asiandramasource #asiandramanet #ps i hate you #thai actress #parallellis #ellisgifs #p.s. I hate you spoilers #gmmtv said you can have two (2) of your favourite ex-nadao girls having breakdowns in wedding dresses #one of the only valid things they’ve done <3 #one thing i wish is that the show had spent more time establishing the parallels and differences between these two….#ah well. it had a lot of balls in play and it couldn’t do everything i guess #favourite x favourite

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imogenkol · 22 days

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I love my job because sometimes I get to pet sit for the sweetest people in the entire world 😭

#there’s this couple I sit for fairly regularly that are literally so genuinely kind caring and generous #they stock up their fridge for me every time even though I’ve told them they don’t have to cause I usually bring my own stuff #but they do anyway and make sure I know where everything is/tell me I can help myself to whatever I want #then when they get home they ask if I’ve eaten enough/if I want to take anything home with me #they pay me well and always ask if it’s enough anyway #they decorate the inside of their home according to the season and I noticed these ADORABLE tiny glass pumpkins #and I asked where they bought them and they just said ‘take them they’re yours’ 😭😭😭#which isn’t the first time they’ve done that like….they are too sweet to me I have to stop asking where they get stuff #anyway these people are genuinely the sweetest and kindest people I’ve ever met who love their dog so much #and I feel really lucky to know them and work for them

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theres-whump-in-that-nebula · 9 months

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”I don’t want to give Jehovah’s organization a black eye so I have to suffer in silence. Oh the pain! The pain!”

Mhm. Have you ever considered that Jehovah’s organization has given you not one, but two proverbial black eyes, broken ribs, and a concussion over the years; and maybe you should expose them for the abusers they are, if only enough to get yourself help to heal from the abuse you’ve experienced? You’ve got Stockholm syndrome bad, and you’re making it everyone else’s problem. You cared about your abusers so much that you abused me in their name, just because I wanted no part of their organization. Even if I didn’t seek out apostate resources, I wouldn’t have needed them to make my decision to leave because of how much you vented about them to me since I was about five years old. Did you just expect me to stay here and take the abuse like you did? I’m better than that; I’m better than you.

#exjw #ex cult #I woke up and he was venting about it to my mom very loudly so I just went “fuck that”#I could’ve went somewhere in the house to eat but I specifically chose the 20 degrees F screen room so that both of them know #I’d rather freeze than hear one more second of his venting knowing that he is still refusing to get help #Mom wants to watch the convention? Glorious. I’m not leaving my room until he’s done talking. I will not be her deus ex machina #I will not be her excuse to end the conversation so she can watch the convention with me #She can sit there and listen to it; and maybe she’ll grow some reasoning ability and realize #the religion she so piously subscribes herself to is splitting us apart and killing her husband #and maybe she’ll begin to take his triggers seriously and not make passive-aggressive remarks about how she wants to listen #to all the comments and not mute it when an elder who sexually harassed him begins speaking #and maybe my dad will grow some common sense and realize that continuing to go to meetings will ensure he is in a state of trauma #for all eternity #and maybe — just maybe — they will realize that everything they read in my diaries was right #and that they were absolutely positively 100% in the wrong for screaming at me about their contents #and apologize for what they’ve done to each other and to me #But that’s wishful thinking because [first name] “I’m more stubborn than you” [last name] will hold out until it kills him #and my mom is ex-Catholic and convinced the JWs are entirely truthful just because she prefers the possibility of death over hellfire #You can’t make this shit up #I live in a madhouse with crazy people

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void-tiger · 2 months

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Maybe it’s the “avoidant” part of my “fearful avoidance,” but. I really just…don’t care if someone I’m attracted to romantically likes someone else, or doesn’t share those feelings. Like, you do you. We’re not dating or owe eachother anything, and it all boils down to autonomy and compatibility, anyway. (And let’s face it, I don’t believe I’ll ever be compatible with anyone in terms of physical intimacy and I’m not able to compromise that without bruising my own boundaries, so.) But also like. I’d just. Turn attraction “off” if I could reach inside my head and flip a switch. Sadly humans aren’t that simple. Absolutely unfair.

Nah. What does get me into the Fearful instead (and struggling with that FA push-pull of “keep away/please don’t leave”): whether or not someone even wants to be my friend. Especially when I also accidentally developed attraction to them.

#tiger’s roar #acengst #fearful avoidant #…and yeah. I really am just Stuck sitting with my feelings #the same way I have to Sit with my cptsd around environments and forming IRL friendships in GENERAL #absolutely unfair but whatever #it’s exposure work babyyy!!#kinda makes me wanna laugh. SARDONICALLY. when I have people tell me to ‘just work on myself’#this IS self work. learning how to cope with platonic and romantic feelings and the fears that automatically come with them for me IS.#and it absolutely sucks. believe me. I’d rather not feel them at all #I keep poking at them to try and ‘turn it off’ because my adhd brain wants to FIX it #but the only thing I can ACTUALLY do is accept that I have them #especially since admitting them to the person in question would 90% make things worse ‘cause of their own wounds and load #IF things could ever reach a point of nuance vs All or Nothing being accepted and not trigger a flee patterning again? maybe #but as it is I kinda feel like we talked around and walked right up to the elephant but didn’t take the sheet off it #yeah carrying it sucks. but since all I wanted was the friendship and NOT the addition of romantic attraction…#…anyway. they’ve done quite a bit to try and make up what happened.#and I’ve done everything I can think of to assure them that I won’r pressure them. value THEM more than the friendship #and…not exactly dropping hints but. trying to let them know IF. that’s their call. I just want the friendship healthy

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exopelagic · 3 months

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this election feels so hollow even though it’s likely ostensibly gonna be a good outcome. labour really just sucks fucking ass rn huh

#if the tories lose bad enough to make lib dems the opposition though… a guy can hope #I think it’s the fact that this is the first general election I can vote in that’s making me lose my mind a little here #I have done basically nothing but read today. I DO know a whole bunch more abt voting systems and the nightmare the tories have been now tho #I’m just kinda like. okay so what happens next? bc labour WILL do some decent shit but they also. fucking suck.#planning to look into the local green party once I’m back at uni bc I could actually do stuff there #I think I’m just dealing with a little bit of whiplash going from doing a biology degree where Everything is about climate change #like unambiguously it gets brought up in every topic (I DO focus on ecology and agricultural stuff and not like genetics but still)#clear consensus from literally everyone you talk to that shit has to happen right the fuck now.#it’s not even like I’m unaware of the state of policy rn I KNOW it’s a nightmare to do anything but we at least TALK about it #and then this election where it’s barely a footnote. biggest thing is the sewage dumping everyone’s talking about and yeah fucking finally #but is that all you’ve got?? the labour manifesto is bleak. it has a section and the stuff they’re proposing isn’t bad but it’s so little #and yeah no they’ve changed the official line on the manifesto to ‘make Britain a clean energy superpower’#I SWEAR it was different a few days ago #maybe I’m being pessimistic bc their plans for clean energy if they actually do them could be huge especially if they manage it by 2030.#it’s just that I know what the targets are and they’re already pulling back on shit like EVs bc of the shift right and I am So Tired #two party politics is a curse. as much as reform is an actual nightmare them getting a decent vote share might actually be the thing that #gets people talking abt proportional representation again bc they are nothing if not good at being loud #did you know we had a fucking referendum in 2011 bc what the fuck. and it went SO BADLY even though people generally supported it #god idk I think I’m once again being naively optimistic about people and election coverage has been very good at knocking me down a bit #people generally are good. I have to believe this. but man the british public is making that really fucking hard #genuinely I think a good chunk of that is down to first past the post driving politics to be divisive and aggressive #like is it the only problem? fuck no. but it’s definitely poisoning the way this shit goes bc when all the parties do is jab at each other #what are we actually doing here #idk I’m gonna stop now but this is taking up a ridiculous amount of bandwidth rn I can’t wait for it to be over #already dreading what the next election could look like in 4 years if starmer continues to suck ass bc I don’t trust him to not like at all #luke.txt #I said i was done but I just looked at the lib dem manifesto and oh my god it’s actually pretty good on this? holy fucking shit

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peapod20001 · 3 months

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Did sleeping help

No </3

#vent #tsk. isn’t it like. if you hate everything then eat #if you think everyone hates you then sleep #if you hate yourself take a shower?#sooooooooo. uhhhhhhh. didnt. work?#hng. artfight... I was so excited I have so many ideas #but it’s like. everything is triggering me or making me upset or freaked out or sick. idk what to do #I go ‘oh lemme see what my friends have done so far’ and then I see an oc from someone not my friend anymore and I’m like. ougghhh #I feel like such a baby for caring. stupid for being upset still. it’s like it only mattered to me and no one else had to deal with such #crippling anxiety and stress because of it #everyone is getting so much done so fast and I STILL can’t submit the second thing I did. I’m going to lose my head or cry or both or die or #SOMETHING uhhhhhhggggggg and it’s like all my anxieties are circling back around cus it was this time last year shit hit the fan #I have college!! I have no clue what my plans are!! all I’m good for is making fake people and drawing said people!!#I’m such a fucking. stupid.. I wasn’t even supposed to take this last semester off. we just didn’t know what other classes to take or what #to focus on... I’ve been literally free all day every day since December and it’s like I’m STILL not doing anything worthwhile #mmm I’m so alone in this I can’t DEAL well I guess I’ve been ‘dealing’ but I don’t believe thinking about bad situations literally every day #since they’ve happened can be considered as ‘dealing’ with it. I doubt anyone else is thinking about it that hard but I can’t help it #I can’t do a complete cut off from the internet. my only friends are here! what then? then I’m just. some sad sack who doesn’t talk to #anyone? mmm this isn’t a good way to start the day but I can’t NOT think. it’s all I do. my brain is one of the things that makes be I can’t #self labotomize myself into being a chiller person without killing everything that makes me with it #ugh. I’m going to be stuck in this headspace forever. even with apologies and make ups or agreements to stay apart #I’ll still be the one dealing with the negatives and fallout from shitty situations. funny seeing as I still don’t understand how things #even escalated so fast. but whatever. I’m the bad wolf forever. can’t change that

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floral-hex · 9 months

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I had to skip therapy this week and I’m handling it really well. I’m definitely not filled with a sadness and rage that threatens to consume me whole.

#and I ate some hushpuppies #don’t worry. I’ve got therapy again in uhhhh January #I feel so stupid and selfish complaining about it but I really kinda needed that little 1 hour outlet to vent to someone I trust #but uh…. god it sounds so stupid and trite to say ‘hey I’ve been thinking a lot about killing myself lately’ but uh ‘hey…’#and I don’t want to complain about specifics on here because that’s annoying for people #my birthday is Sunday and my mom is still in the hospital not doing well and I’m just… done with everything #I’m ready to be done #but I’m too full of worry about my family after I’m gone.#and I frustratingly always hold on to things long after they’ve gone rotten. my life included.#maybe if I hold on things will improve. probably. but that’s a future issue and I’m here living now #to me. for me. it feels disingenuous to post online about being self destructive.#so I guess… I’m just upset 🤷🏻‍♂️ but when am I not?#it was a long. frustrating. terrible day.#it’s whatever #you can ignore this #text

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leviiackrman · 5 months

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I have got yet another fuckin infection.

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quietwingsinthesky · 6 months

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most frustrating part of writing a doctor who oc is that the doctor and the master will both sometimes just fuck off and do their own thing for a hundred years and be unfazed by it because they are functionally immortal. and i can’t stick my oc with them because they’ll just. die. so what, do i just put them in a pen until those guys get back? spruce up their enclosure while they’re waiting to get picked up to go on adventures again?

#yes yes the mortality of a companion against the doctor’s long life is part of the point its part of the tragedy but consider: i want them #to also be there so they can get into shenanigans. and not die of old age before im done letting them do shenanigans #look either i kick even out of the tardis every time these guys go do immortal shit or i find a was to Fix this problem and i dont really #know how to do either of these yet. ill figure it out #i *do* know that they’re not with missy while she’s setting up the cybermen plan over hundreds of years. maybe for brief moments when missy #wants an extra hand or eye candy or something else but mostly even’s stuck at the end feeling nauseous as missy goes about rewriting time to #make cyberzombies. not nauseous because of the cyberzombies. to be clear. they’ve just spent enough time fucking around with tardises and #time wars and the like that they’re a little sensitive to shit getting messed around with. tummyaches :(#id think a lot of companions get this eventually. i think the ponds definitely did. to me anyway. they should.#background tardis time vortex radiation idk how science works. but it gives even tummyaches.#i got distracted i was talking about mortality and how to prevent them dying too soon.#mostly even’s there to run the ‘business’ while missy’s away. they’re very good at being given a Job.#and this job is supposed to fix everything forever once they get the doctor onboard. it doesn’t. but even thinks it will. which is what #matters in the end.#dw oc

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seiwas · 1 year

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i can’t stop writing col gojo n reader in shy and lowkey giddy interactions 😭😭

#sorry i keep blabbering abt this #pls lmk if i should stop #but yea shy things 😭😭#even tho they’ve been together for a significant amt of time 😭😭#and theyre not exactly young either 😭😭#but writing their scenes rn feels like first love #tho technically it kinda is 😭😭#but everything feels like butterflies and idk if thats a good thing aksnsknx #im gna try to fix the development but then so far now this is what the scene is lookin like 😭😭😭#theyve done everything together and theyre still shy in lil incidents like this #my main issue is i think i want to show d progression of the relationship but in this scene im writing theyre still nervous n shy n giddy #and that can be a good thing !! a cute thing !!#but im also worried it removes??? from the whole ~~being more comfortable in the relationship thing #anyway regardless i think col 3 gojo will be diff from tell me about love gojo HAHA #he’s just a lil (lot) more loved up #shotorus.process

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riickgrimes · 2 years

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the way i am actually liking ginny this season

#i think seeing her deal with her self h*rm and going to therapy is really making me root for her #like i really just want her to be ok #and i feel like they’re making georgia seem a little less likable #she’s been acting very childish in response to ginny leaving #and they’re painting her in a bit more of a selfish light i think #like instead of them really talking about what made the kids leave #she’s moving paul in and carrying on with the wedding and not really considering how it’s affecting the kids #and like you can still recognize that everything she’s done she did for the survival of her and her kids #but they’ve also made it more…..obvious maybe that like yeah she f*cked these kids UP #ginny and georgia #ginny and georgia spoilers #g&g spoilers

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seddair · 7 months

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#man after the season 6 finale and the long ass hiatus i thought i was done with this show #with kr*sten at the helm fox the parent network and the season 6 finale essentially serving as the series finale i thought it was joever #but with abc breathing new life into the show and tim being back (!!!!!) they’ve unfortunately pulled me back in #i still don’t think buddie is happening any time soon (or at all tbh) but this bi buck thing has me hooked sadly #it’s just with everything oliver has said the ep 4 title and tommy’s presence…#things have suddenly gotten very interesting #just when i think i’m out they pull me back in :(#btw i genuinely don’t understand why buddie shippers don’t want buck/tommy lmao #having one half of our pair confirmed to be into guys seems like a good thing?#do people just think it’s gonna happen out of nowhere? lmfao #i for one am super excited about the prospect of buck & tommy #i think there’s very little chance they end up endgame so this can only help us lol #save me bi buck #anyway i’m personally excited about all of this #anyone who isn’t… sounds like a skill issue :/#anyway #ignore me lol

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woundedheartwithin · 1 year

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There’s an influx of city folk out here in the fuckin boonies where I live, and occasionally one of them will think it’s funny to rev their engines to try and scare my goats and/or horses. And just based on principle, I frown on that type of behavior and don’t appreciate it, because hey you’re harassing my animals, but I do concede that it is funny to see them run, because my goats have floppy ears and they fly around everywhere. The funniest part of all of this, tho, is that they’re inevitably disappointed because my goats and horses do not give a single shit about the cars/motorcycles/what have you or their silly little engines, so they just flat ignore them and keep grazing and I sit here on the porch laughing as they just putter off real slow in defeat

They do end up making my dogs start howling but I guess that’s just not as entertaining

#she speaks #like my horses are teenagers and none of my goats are under two years old #they’ve heard engines before #they’re not scared of fireworks or gunfire either #we’re out in the country they have heard it 😂😂#when it gets really annoying and actually malicious is when they do this on purpose when I’m riding #my mare is really green and my round pen is at the top of the pasture under a pecan tree #and shit changes when you’ve got a horse undersaddle sometimes #she’s not experience in having a whole ass person on her back #and so everything’s new for this 800 pound prey animal #yeah she’s heard an engine many many times before but not with a person on her back!#that’s a lot of sensory input #she’s not skittish or spooky so she just kinda shies from the noise and stares at it #but like if she were a more reactive horse I could get hurt #my gelding on the other hand #he has been there done that and he doesn’t give a flying fuck about it #solid as a rock and about as bombproof as you can get #his deal is he likes to test you and he’s rather spirited #but he ain’t afraid of shit #he’s the kinda horse you put the reins down on the trail and let him choose the path because you know he’ll take care of you #unless it’s rained and there’s puddles #then you’re going in the branches sorry 😂😂😂#he’s delicate and dainty and he doesn’t wanna get his pretty white socks dirty #paint horses amirite 😂

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