i have otps and notps but i also have nothankyoutps where i don’t outwardly hate the pairing but i wanna be polite when i say keep that shit out my face
do you ever wish you could just stop time for like a couple weeks so you could just sleep and do whatever you want and just get your shit together and then after that time would just start back up again and you wouldn’t have missed anything because you would just pick up where you left off
me: ok edgelord we get it what if i slit my wrists right now can we please just focus
Additionally; me: *waiting for the subway* intrusive thoughts: what if you jumped me: it would cause a four hour delay while they pick your body parts out of the rails you fucking prick, can we please for once get on public transit without going through this
Also; Me: *walking along a busy road* intrusive thoughts: What if you just fell over in front of this truck? Me: It would back up traffic all fucking night and probably hurt a lot of people you prick.
Gosh. I never have thoughts like this
didnt ask but that sounds nice
Me: *walking down the stairs* Intrusive Thought: I could throw myself down these flight of stairs and leave more time for everyone else! Me: Or you end up with a broken wrist and sprain ankle you dickhead keep walking
Me: *driving on a bridge* Intrusive thoughts: I could just drive straight into that lake and finish it right now. Me: You asshole, this is a new car. Just fucking keep going like everyone else you prick.
oh my god,^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I needed this
Me: *standing at a lookout* It’s so beautiful here…
Intrusive thoughts: yeah, look at that view, you could just step out into it and you’d probably never feel the impact when you hit the ground 20m below…
Me: Bitch, don’t ruin the view for everyone else. Fucksake.
me: *walking along the street*
intrusive thoughts: what if you just started screaming really loudly
me: i’d freak ppl out and someone might think someone was getting hurt, don’t ruin ppl’s day like that
me: oh no my period started!! it’s an emergency i need a pad oh no
some nice girl who is just trying to help: oh here! i have a tampon!
me: Thank You For Your Concern But I Am Not Putting That In My Body
“Why do you like the villains when they did terrible things but dislike the heroes for doing annoying things”
because this is fiction and im here to be entertained; being annoying and unlikeable IS a much, much graver sin than any fictional atrocity any villain commits
Also, when bad characters do terrible things, it’s usually highlighted and signposted by the narrative. When the heroes do annoying – and, sometimes, also terrible – things, the narrative usually intends me to ignore it, or think that those terrible things are actually cool and justified.
I don’t need to disapprove of the villains because the narrative is doing it for me. But when I have to read against the text to disapprove of the shitty stuff the heroes get away with, that’s more work and, more importantly, frustrating and unrewarding work, because you know there’s never going to be any comeuppance for these characters. Which makes it ten times as annoying.
This, this, this cannot be said enough. When the “hero” (and the people supporting them) blatantly gets away with doing bad stuff, while the villain gets put down for literally everything, it’s too close to real life for me. It’s just not fun anymore.
I don’t need a stalwart hero who can do no wrong, but when they fuck up very badly I DO want to see them get held accountable
ppl in my writing workshop: yeah i just don’t get how people write in second person, it’s such a weird voice that you don’t see that much
me:
me: man i love this series
me: here’s a 40-page annotated essay on everything i hate about it. every misstep i believe the creators have ever made, complete with citations and a signed drawing of me punching the installment i hate the most in the face
me: still love it tho
just moving along like everyone else 