#unbelievable psychic damage

[void-botanist]

Happy spoopy season STS! Which of your OC's is the Final Girl and how do they survive the horror movie?

Happy STS!

Isabel is Nicea's final girl without question. She makes it to that point by being collected under pressure and convinced that she can get out of the situation, whatever it is. As people die around her she acquires more and more "fuck you" energy until she finally manages to take out the killer. You don't want to know how many times she stabbed them.

As for AOM, I think it has to be Avis. She will not accept this bullshit. If someone thinks they can murder people (even people she has decidedly lukewarm feelings about) then she's just going to have to murder them right back. She's afraid, but she's not letting anyone else know it, because she was born to be In Charge Of The Situation. Unlike Isabel, though, she has no interest in getting her hands actually dirty and would much rather shoot/outsmart the killer.

Nicea taglist: @kahvilahuhut @malloen8c @outpost51 @writernopal @athenswrites

[mellow-hole]

took my ritalin to focus on prepping a group assignment for a stupid class about customer service due monday and instead now i’m learning a lot about SAT diving ☠️

[evilyaoi]

tempted to watch this entire awful show just so i can make this purple haired twink my pfp because Fucking look at him

[butchfalin]

hi anon. 1) both asks came through 2) it is a crime to bring up my actions as a 16 year old now. absolutely heinous behavior 3) i already voted.

[rambling-robot]

insisting on being factually correct and accurate as possible has finally come back to bite me in the funniest way possible

I’ll hear my dad telling someone that I got into a car accident, and because he likes being dramatic, he’ll tell a whole story with all these details, and my brain goes, “Ummm actually, based on our speed, stopping place, and the amount of jostling we experienced, we couldn’t have done more than a single 360° spin during the accident, as opposed to father’s retelling of ‘spun around a bunch.’ *pushes up glasses anime-style*”

Like. Wow. Awesome. Thank you so much for making me go through that again. I am now unable to speak and correct anyone on anything. You did such a great job. Thank you. For that.

[morganbritton132]

obsessed w this new saga with David and the other teachers.... perhaps them either coming over again for a small party - "it's mostly family!!" Hence being even more confused when even MORE famous people show up (THAT'S brony Erica???)

I’m picturing the same cookout from this post.

There are three new eighth grade teachers this year. Including David, there is Marissa and Jordan. Then there is Kathy, who has been at the school for two years. They are all trying to figure out what is going on with Steve Harrington.

The man is a complete mystery.

He’s a walking contradiction in a math pun sweatshirt and he is often the topic of conversation when the four of them are alone in the breakroom. Jordan describes him as ‘onion-like’ because he has many layers and Marissa always replies with, ‘yeah, a fucked up alien onion where each new layer is weirder than the last.’

It’s a bit cruel but also, they found an article about Starcourt Mall.

Who is just in a fire? Who saves a bunch of children from a structure fire that collapsed on top of them and doesn’t make it their whole personality for the rest of forever? Who just never mentions it ever?

Steve Harrington, apparently.

After David (and Kathy) left Steve’s house more confused about the mild-mannered math teacher than ever, he went home and googled ‘Eddie Harrington.’ All he found was a link to a Facebook page for some dentist.

So, like, who the hell is he even married to, right? The guy has a Grammy but not a Wikipedia page? What’s up with that?

All David knows is that when Anita (the teacher that’s probably closest to Steve) invites everybody over for a cookout and says that your partners are more than welcomed, he’s going. When Steve asks if it’d be okay if Erica stopped by on her way to the airport and Anita said yes, he’s definitely going.

He is not going to miss the opportunity to see the kid that gave her dad psychic damage by introducing him to the fucked up parts of the My Little Pony fandom. No way.

Kathy informs everybody that she will NOT be bringing her husband, but she will bring booze.

David arrives too early and ends up helping in the kitchen. He’s slicing up tomatoes with the world’s dullest knife when Steve gets there. He can’t see the front door, but he can hear Anita ask, “Oh, where’s your service doggie?”

“It’s his day off,” He hears Steve joke, “Brought the human instead.”

And then David hears the man of mystery’s man of mystery himself because Eddie says with 100% impulsive thinking and 0% brain-to-mouth filter, “Yeah, he brought his service top instead.”

David just knows that Steve is giving Eddie the same dead-eyed look of unbelievable that is reserved for students that mix their chocolate milk with peas and dare each other to drink it in the silence that follows. Anita, bless her heart, replies as happy and clueless as can be, “Oh, that’s cute. Because you provide a top-notch service.”

“Never had any compl- ow!”

The first time David gets a good look at them, Eddie’s pressed up against Steve’s back, looking over his shoulder at the pictures of Anita’s grandkids she has on her phone. One of his hands is wrapped loosely around his waist and Steve is holding the other one, fiddling with the rings on it. They look so casual, like they’re always standing that close together.

David watches as Anita points in the direction of the drinks cooler and Eddie slips away with a kiss to the side of Steve’s neck and then another to his cheek. They hold hands until they absolutely have to let go. It’s cute. Marissa, next to him, scoffs and says, “Gag me with a spoon, they’re fucking adorable.”

Eddie returns to Steve with two beers and a Smirnoff Ice for Anita, gets another kiss and clearly calls Steve ‘sweetie’ when he clinks their bottles together. Steve throws his arm across Eddie’s shoulders and Eddie tucks his hand into Steve’s back pocket like it’s the most casual thing in the world.

David loses track of Steve and Eddie for a while, catching them in his peripheral as he mingles with everybody. He seems them steal a kiss. He sees them laughing at something Kathy says. He sees them holding hands as Eddie looks utterly lost during a discussion of the baseball season.

At one point, he sees Eddie stand up on the bench of the picnic table and get yanked down by Steve. They’re both laughing and Steve gives him a kiss that is not exactly chaste.

Cindy rolls her eyes at them and says that they’re always like that.

Him and Jordan are playing cornhole against Steve and Eddie. He’s almost positive that Eddie is not as bad at the game as he’s pretending to be, but just likes when ‘Stevie baby’ guides him through how to throw the beanbags. If it wasn’t for Steve excusing himself than he probably wouldn’t have noticed the big SUV parked in the driveway.

His first thought when he sees Erica is ‘oh, she must be adopted’ followed immediately by ‘wait, duh’ and then by ‘hey, wait a minute.’

Steve gets stopped by her bodyguard before he can hug her with a big threatening hand on his shoulder. David’s still trying to figure out why she looks so familiar when Erica says to the bodyguard, “Uh, excuse you. Do not touch him. He was my first bodyguard, have some respect.”

Steve scoffs, “I was your babysitter.”

“I’m sorry,” Erica says, full of sass. Eddie is a couple steps back, grinning ear to ear. He loves when Erica and Steve get into it. “Did you bleed for me? Did you fight for me? Did you, Steve Harrington, get tortured so I made it out safe? I think so. Bodyguard.”

Eddie finally greets her with a bow, “Lady Applejack.”

Erica gives him a flat look and tells her bodyguard, “You can tase that one.”

David is still reeling from the words ‘babysitter’ and ‘torture’ that he probably would’ve missed Marissa in his ear if she wasn’t so goddamn loud, “Holy shit, that’s a fucking US Senator.”

Jordan is quieter when she mutters, “Language.”

Later in the evening when the sun is starting to set and they should all really go home and prep their lesson plans for next week, Anita’s husband lights a bonfire. David is sitting across from the fire from Steve and Eddie and he so tempted to ask what Eddie does for a living when Steve whispers something to him and then stands up quickly.

He can’t even ask what that was about because Eddie gets up and follows him, almost matching Steve’s quick steps into the house. They’re gone for a while, long enough that David gets up to check on Steve. He looked pretty pale when he rushed out of here.

He’s halfway up the stairs when he hears them, and he stops. Steve sounds tired but reassuring as he repeats, “I’m fine. I’m okay. I’m fine now.”

He hears Eddie respond with, “I know, baby. I know, but rest with me for a minute, kay?”

When he pokes his head around the turn in the staircase, he can see the bottom of Steve’s Nikes hanging over the top landing. He can also see the bottom of Eddie’s boots where he’s crouched over Steve. His first reaction is to think he stumbled on them in a compromising position, but he can’t bring himself to move just yet.

“You just had a seizure, take your time getting your bearings, sweetheart. Do you wanna go home?” Eddie asks in a cacophony of jingling metal rings and chains. Steve makes a noise that Eddie interprets, “Okay, do you want me to give you space?”

“No, come –“ The sound of metal clinking together doesn’t get louder, just more and when David pokes his head around the corner again, Eddie is straddled across Steve’s lap. Steve’s hands are on his hips and then higher, pushing up Eddie’s shirt clumsily just feeling him. “Feel floaty.”

“I’ll keep you grounded, baby.”

David knows he should leave, or at least looks away, but he stuck frozen to the floor at the sight of the scar tissue running up Eddie’s sides and back. They’re deep and jagged, and old. It looks like he was torn open and sewed back shut, and it takes David a long time to get his feet to go back down the stairs.

He goes back out to the fire a little dazed and later, it’s only Eddie that returns. He whispers something to Anita and then disappears into the night.

When Cindy makes a comment about Steve leaving without a proper goodbye, David tells her to shut up.

[bruciemilf]

Hi, Lee! Your AUs have given me many brainworms so I thought I'll share my brainworms in retaliation XD

No capes actor AU

Bruce inherited his love for theater and acting from Alfred. He's usually shy, awkward and a nervous wreck (think Battinson) but once he's behind a camera, he plays his role flawlessly. He can be the confident and gentle prince charming, the suave and flirtatious rogue or the cruel and sadistic monster. It doesn't matter, as long as the camera is rolling, Bruce Wayne is in character.

An important thing to note is that Bruce Wayne is unbelievably attractive. So, you have an attractive actor playing all these hot characters, what do you do? Create thirst traps obviously!

The kids suffer for it. Bruce keeps winning 'The Hottest Man Alive' and they can't even read reviews of movies their dad is acting in because all the comments are about how sexy he is. They're scrolling through twitter and suddenly someone tweets about the veins on Bruce Wayne's arms.

STOP! Their dad is lovable, innocent and sweet. Stop corrupting him with your lust!

Bruce stopped accepting romance roles because his kids begged him to (in an attempt to stop the thirst) but it got worst! They tell him to mention them in every one of his rare interviews (he's very shy so he doesn't do much interviews) to signal that he's a dad and very unavailable and the internet loves a DILF so you can guess what happened. They can't win. No matter what they do, people keep thirsting over their dad.

The kids are suffering and Bruce? Mr 'please don't perceive me' Wayne? He straight up blocked every mention of himself on the internet so he sees none of it. He told the kids to do the same but they wanted to read about how much people love their dad (they're very proud of him) so they endure the daily psychic damage and simply suffer.

I???? THIS IS A MASTERPIECE NEVER A MISTAKE. PERIOD EXCLAMATION MARK YAS MAMA SLAY THE WHITE HOUSE DOWN

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If I may add

BECAUSE he's a highly requested actor who's almost always in the headlines, Bruce can't see his babies as much as he wants to, so all those mother henning instincts can't be bottled up.

Bruce earns himself the reputation of being the Mom Friend to his co-stars.

There's a viral video somewhere of him doing Harley's make up for her because she claims only he can do it right, and a video of him feeding Selina yoghurt, and tying Harvey's shoelaces between takes if they film a project together

Personally, a huge fan of the " actors who play assholes but are in fact the biggest sweethearts " breed, so I'm gonna need the villains being cute as fuck behind the scenes.

If they're doing an intense fight scene, Bane apologizes to Bruce continuesly because the guy insists on doing his own stunts. Bruce always giggles between being patched up and pats his arm

Damian refuses to be left at home, and there's absolutely a viral video of tiny damian wayne jumping to kick and punch at Clark's leg (who plays Gray Ghost's rival in the movie) when he " attacks" Bruce and it made everyone's day

Selina accidentally injures Bruce the MOST and there's compilations of her accidentally kicking him straight in the jaw, or punching him, or dropping stuff on him, and looking impossibly guilty about it. " I'm sorry - I'm so sorry baby" and Bruce of course always is like " It's okay :D"

Bruce's trailer is everyone's hang out spot. He does instagram lives where he talks about theory and lore and technicalities, and there's just someone or someones always there!!

Diana practising sword fighting, Harley doing tik tok dances, Pam watering the flowers he gets everywhere they go in full Mother Nightmare get up, and they're just there to see him blush and mumble at the thirsty comments

Also the batkids are jealous of every single on screen child Bruce films with, because he's so affectionate and loving with them. Jason's twitter is just him dunking on every single child co-star and he's not at all sorry about it

[deargravity]

that tristan, parisa and libby scene really rewired my brain and irreversibly altered the course of my life. i genuinely don’t think there’s any way to come back from it. the psychic damage i sustained is unbelievable. i blame them for the way i turned out.

[babybrotherism]

jdm being just 12 years older than jensen rather than the ~25 year difference between john and dean did unbelievable psychic damage to the fandom

[kvothes]

5, 7, 25, and 30

three songs you wish you could forget (because listening to them hurts)

the literal only answer i have to this is new song by maggie rogers and del water gap. for personal reasons it deals me unbelievable psychic damage but it is also one of my favorite songs of all time

three songs you didn’t expect to like but eventually loved

rejoice, julien baker. in general, sprained ankle took me a few listen-throughs to really fall in love

hannah sun, lomelda

nothing else matters, metallica

three favorite songs from 2017

according to the spotify wrapped archives, my top three songs that year were idaho by gregory alan isakov, awaken from the fukunaga jane eyre soundtrack, and road to perdition from the movie of the same name

three songs you really want your followers to know

it’s infinite, lomelda. same artist as above. love the drums in this one

golden age, ethel cain. one of her best

i don’t know you like i used to, mercury. i just think this song is so fun

[beevean]

Actually if anything the worst part about Netflixvania is the fact that it’s unfortunately a billion times more popular than the games so you constantly see really cool, unbelievably amazing, downright gorgeous, all natural, no added preservatives fanart… For Netflixvania and you just stare at it like >:[ because it’s so fucking good why did it have to be fore the show?! And then you can’t even FIND Castlevania fanart because it’s less popular and whatever is out there it’s buried under a hundred other Netflixvania fanarts

I knowwwwwwwwwwww

Nothing worse than playing "spot the differences" with fanart I find splendid 😭

"Oh look at this Alucard, look how luscious his hair is, how ethereal he looks! ... does he have the stupid scar GODDAMNIT he has the stupid scar that's not my Alucard shoo shoo you imposter"

"Yay, Hector! Some good fanart of Hector! ... does the hair look like a badly cropped wig YEP IT DOES oh wait the fanartist also called him a sad little puppy yeah no get this shit away from me"

I suppose that now I'll have to learn how to do the same with Richter and Maria :\ eh with maria it's easier: does she look like someone who'd call richter a wanker? yeah that's not my girl

And then there are just the absolutely wonderful fanarts with the characters who are more obviously from the show, like detailed gothic art of Trevor vs. Dracula, or loving studies of Isaac, and then there you are, digging through literally 10 year old trash to find some quick sketches taken from Pixiv if you want to find fanart of the games.

the pain. it is immense.

(and then there are the horny fanart of Lenore and Drolta on main who give me another kind of psychic damage 🙃)

[sorcerous-caress]

I like knights, I like elves, why don't I like knight elves?

Idk something about a knight elf feels very...unnatural, fuck you mean you weild a big sword? A helmet?? No no that's- that's not for you. Maybe consider being a rogue or a ranger? Cleric, perhaps? Wizard? Anything else, please?

On their own, both of these concepts are very hot, but when you mix them, I get an uncanny feeling, and it drops down to freezing temperature.

Same with elves gunslingers, like okay wow who taught you that? Which human was the bad influence on you? The only shots you should have are the alcoholic kind.

Tho uncanny feeling aside, the concept of a gun welding knight elf is cool as fuck even if it messes with my brain.

Other combinations that are metal but give me psychic damage:

Dragonborn druid

Gnome ranger

Aasimar warlock

On the opposite spectrum, here are combinations that make me unbelievably happy:

Orc paladin

Dwarf monk

Drow sorcerer

Human artificer

That's the way god intended! That's the way it should be. Get your blasphemous ideas out of here! Gunslinger elf, what's next? A blue tiefling? Get out of here!

[iggyfing]

wasn't able to get to tornado movie on tuesday like i wanted to. i'm so tired. i just have to endure one more week then it's my week off (except for dogsitting).

but man alive pray for me every time i have to interact more than basic pleasantry with the dogsitting client i take unbelievable amounts of psychic damage

[gesumatsu]

@carrionsong you are asking the important questions here 🥸

yuuchan witnesses the cbat meme and throws it on one night for the bit. but it didn't work out bc choro is only on idol twitter (and not regularly at that since he has no phone or pc of his own). he misses out on stuff like this completely so he just thinks she's got bad music taste.

then she started thinking "wait though... what if... i've never made a sex playlist before it could be so awesome..." and from there basically yeah combines all of the crazy music she can think of but it ends up being so unbelievably cringe. she hits play before they start fooling around a few days later and immediately takes so much psychic damage she gets up and leaves even though they're at her apartment

[andypantsx3]

hey andie, i've been a long time reader of your work and you've been one of my inspirations to actually post my own fics! do you have any tips to get started?

Ahhh omg!! I am so deeply honored omg, and so so proud of you!! What a huge step!! Is there a particular thing you have questions on?? I'm happy to help however I can!!

In terms of more general advice, though, I think probably the best thing I can tell you is take time to prepare yourself for feedback!! Whether you ask for it or not, feedback is going to find you once your stuff is up on the internet, whether it's a super sweet comment that makes your entire week, or a 4/10 rating in someone's public ao3 bookmarks (yes that has happened to me a few times💀).

For the most part getting feedback is amazing because people are so unbelievably kind and they phrase things in ways that just make you want to roll in those comments like a dog in the dirt lmao. And sometimes people give critique but you can just sense they want to be helpful to you and it kind of touches you in a weird way even though they are picking you apart in front of god and everyone lol.

But even well-meaning criticism can sometimes deal psychic damage, to be frank. I openly ask for constructive critique but even then a lot of it is not helpful. People are very poorly informed even about the objective of concrit, which is to help the author tell a compelling version of the story they want to tell, not to dictate what you would personally find satisfying in a story. So often you will get a lot of subjective commentary, and you will need to be able to determine where it falls in terms of usefulness to your growth.

There are also rare cases where a very not well-meaning person who is just having a bad time comes across you and thinks you are the perfect person to take their issues out on. I recommend just deleting these comments or messages or whatever because they are not worth your time, and their objective is not actually to help you improve or become a better writer. It's just to be a shit.

So TLDR, just be prepared for other people to give their opinion, solicited or otherwise, and be prepared to sort through what is actually valuable feedback and what is just like, some rando who wants a personally-tailored fic or is being a butthead.

But know that it's gonna be so so so worth it in the end because you get to have a thing that you made out there in the world!! And it will help you connect with other people in ways you never have before and it's gonna be amazing!!!!

Sending you all my love and good luck for your literary debut!!!!

[zahri-melitor]

i do actually think learning about Steph's existence could break the brains of the Justice League, but only if you went period-accurate and committed to her theoretically existing during Cluemaster's Injustice League era. if the late 80s Justice League found out that this fucking guy managed to reproduce? unbelievable psychic damage. especially to all of the single members.

I mean, personally I don't think 'giant shit manages to have a wife and child' is all that surprising, given the number of terrible relationships I've seen over the years, many of which resulted in children. But I can see it causing a bit of drama because what's the Justice League without occasional drama and suspicion of your colleagues for silly reasons.

I can see various people going "you're CLUEMASTER'S daughter?" Steph snapping that she hates him, and those people going "cool, you're not the only one with shitty parents, welcome", plus some people remaining unreasonably suspicious. I don't really see it as brain breaking.

(Now, untangling someone like Duela Dent's parentage is far more brain-breaking, personally)