#It's a sad one ya'll

[discet]

An Alchemist Abroad Update! [10/10]

Chapter 7: It Takes Two to Burn a Bridge

Marcy and the Plantars finally arrive in Newtopia

This is part of the second ‘season’ of my Amphibia swap AU that started with A Witch in Wartwood. A swap AU focusing on Marcy if she landed near the outskirts of Wartwood.

This one’s an emotional one ya’ll. Just a heads up.

Also! I ran out of characters in the end notes, so I’m just going to put the questions and answers from last week beneath the readmore here.  

I got a lot of sweet comments for the end of our pirate adventure last chapter. Thank you everyone new and old readers for your kudos and comments.

@PS_Tiernon had two incredibly flattering questions 

How do you make sure the character progress hits just right? 

So, first, so glad that it hits right. But also, I think a big part of it is making sure that the progress costs something? Changing for good or ill is a process and having it be earned I think is important.

How far in advance have you created these storylines? 

Varies wildly by character. I had the main beats of Marcy's arc since I was outlining Season 1. This whole storyline for Sprig spawned while I was writing the penultimate scene chapter 19 of aWIW (Where Anne catches Hop Pop trying to steal the box). I realized that with Anne going to be exiting the story for a while in the finale there would be no one to really hold Hop Pop to account. Then while I was writing fort in the road, I realized I could give the whole thing nuance with Sprig being so blindly supportive of Marcy that he could hurt her without meaning to

@FruitDragon Re: Has Anne actually been getting the letters Marcy was writing to her, or am I missing something? 

We do not know for sure!

@Jarul_9561  had a couple of questions What encouraged you to write this fic?/Where did you get the idea? 

Honestly originally I had jumped into the fandom during the season 3 hiatus I was writing Picking up the Pieces when I saw a piece of Swap AU fanart by 5d-Theater (Where Marcy's Pre-Toad Tower and Sasha's armor Design came from). And my mind started clicking away at how much things could go differently. It became something I focused on so hard that I almost didn't write the finale for PutP. The more I sketched out the more I really liked how the swap would effect all three of the girls' arcs. My brain would not let it go, so I just gave in and started outlining season 1 

Do you do this like a hobby or something of the sort bc I really like you writing, you either have an experience or a talent (maybe both) 

Thank you so much! This is really flattering! To answer your question, I've been writing fanfic off and on since I was 14 there abouts? So it's been a while. I stopped for several years, but HRT absolutely obliterated my writers block as my brain chemistry finally started to work which was also coincidently back when I started watching Amphibia.

#amphibia #marcy wu #sasha waybright #awiw #aAA #update #It's a sad one ya'll #I cried a little #writing it

[dudethatsmyundeaduncle]

Y'all heard that song "one of your girls" by Troye Sivan its Pining TimKon coded. Cuz like:

"Give me a call if you ever get lonely I'll be like one of your girls or your homies Say what you want, and I'll keep it a secret You got the key to my heart, and I need it Give me a call if you ever get desperate I'll be like one of your girls"

#LIKE SOZ IS THE COMPULSARY HETEROSEXUALITY IN THE ROOM WITH US RN? #just think about it ok #cuz like up until DC pride event with Bernard Timmy wimmy was “straight” as hell right #and kon is like a play by play 90s ladies man/girl crazy atm too so #so like in any pining situation both the homies are like “oh no he's straight” and like damn! they mooning! Pining! sad! #also just the language used in this song is so like viscerally funny and yet oof ouch my heart cuz like you like this person so much you- #want them to use you and you'll be whoever they need u to be #i'm just thinking ok! #none of the cannon girlies come for me rn this is the sad pining au corner #To be fair I don't think either of them would cry over their feelings for eachother #it's more so that I think this song would reflect like pit of their soul/ never gonna admit this shit to anyone feelz #Tim and Conner are one thing and thats emotionally unavaliable! #but also...the gender convo...“do I wanna be a girl or do I just want him to like me like one....” #food for thought #more like food for the looney tunes am I right lads #TimKon #DC #Batman #Tim Drake #Conner Kent #Kon-el #superboy #red robin #this is not about sad meow meow tim keep ya'll man away from me I don't want him

[thestalkerbunny]

You go down just like Holy Mary, Mary on a Cross;

Your Beauty never ever scared me.

#TSB Draws #Cult of the Lamb #COTL #True Devotion #The Lamb #The One Who Waits #Nanrinder #-gently holds your vessal as you ressurect them for the 90th time cause they're so BAD at crusading- #but you secretly love it because you get to hold them gently #so gently while they sleep before they awaken back to life #Ya'll Im so pleased with how this turns out if it doesn't blow up like my fucking SHIT post doodles did I'm gonna be SAD

[zoros-debt]

[You and I walk a fragile line. I have known it all this time. Never ever thought I'd see it break. Never thought I'd see it.]

@zonaenthusiast This is the last one, I swear.

#I don't want to talk about the number I've times I've had to rewrite those words... #I gave up so ya'll have to deal with my sad handwriting very sorry #when i say im busy #im not kidding #im literally losing sleep over this #zonami has a chokehold on me #and this amv is very responsible for it #what a blessing and a curse #I still love it so much #my art #my stuff #one piece #zonami #zoro #nami #roronoa zoro #arlong park #arlong park arc #zoro x nami #nami x zoro #zona

[pen-of-roses]

Longing

(TW: Implied suicidal ideation, potential self-harm, blood, references to death and being buried alive. It's a kinda heavy one)

Written for @flashfictionfridayofficial, I present Conor having angst:

This was not the type of place he ever lingered, if he had ever even visited. The very ground itself forbidden to him and him alone.

That was perhaps, not the truth, given that others, though few, shared his condition similarly enough, and it wasn’t as though it burned his very skin. But it took hold of something in his chest, wrapping it’s dark painful claws around that thing, and threatened to rip and tear until there was nothing left. And he had such little will to stop it.

That grip was not pity, nor grief. At least not for them.

It was not forbidden in the sense he could not touch it, because oh, had he so many times before. But he could not keep it, and it refused to keep him.

He was frozen, staring out over the rows and rows and rows of field and grass. Stones, statues, and simple markers some could only just afford stared back at him. Taunted him. 

We offer rest. We offer peace. We hold memories and proof that they were loved and someone cared enough to place us here.

His fingers dug into cold, smooth stone, sapping away his blood’s warmth only slightly, until it cut and brought it hot to the surface.

You still bleed, and you still live. And you will forever.

Perhaps he should be grateful for them. They were, after all, evidence that the dead were not immediately burned or discarded or carved up or worse, sent to the waves, here. As such, he would only have to dig through the dirt to freedom if something went wrong. Wouldn’t be the first time. Though those were often unmarked.

A group huddled around one now, a gaping dark hole in the otherwise well cared for ground. Or so he could imagine without being able to see through the bodies this far away, though not far enough for their cries to die in the wind before him. 

Mourners.

On some shards people were assigned to if no one was there for the dead. 

This groups’ grief was loud with many voices though, pressed tight together. 

His teeth ground together and his jaw ached.

Lucky.

Perhaps he did have one out there somewhere. Perhaps someone who had seen him fall or heard somehow, but couldn’t find a body, added his name to one of the simple wooden stakes. Perhaps it was enough that they shed a single tear over it too. Perhaps they had even given him a last name.

But if anyone had, it would have been long lost to time.

Like he should’ve been.

If anyone had, it was a pointless gesture anyway. Proof they hadn’t known him long enough to understand. And all that would be left to show for it was a meaningless empty grave for one who could never fill it.

#writeblr #writing #excerpt #amwriting #tw: blood #tw: suicidal ideation #kinda implied #tw: potential self harm #potentially depending on how you view an action #conor #immortality against his will #not just hedonism and murder #also sad and lonely #this one's kinda heavy ya'll #i suppose i should technically tag this #duskend wip #but conor is also just conor so

[dylanconrique]

even if they do break up, how long do you think it's gonna last? i mean really?? they've both made it abundantly clear that they can't live without each other.

#*carly catalogs #like.... it's not gonna be detrimental to them ya'll gotta chiLLLLL #the rookie #the rookie s6 #tim bradford #lucy chen #chenford #otp: you know me so well #plus imagine one of them showing up at the others doorstep all sad and teary eyed like 'i miss you' 🥺💕 #..... sharing a very loving make up kiss through tears and soft gentle hugs #i'm sorry but it's 3am and i finally have to give my two cents on this since i keep seeing people losing there shit over a possible breakup #what's that one schmece thing from new girl where someone asks them if they are never not together #and in unison they we're like 'rarely' #that's tim and lucy they're just one of those couples that has to be around each other all the time #and you know why that is?????? #it's because they aren't only lovers THEY'RE ALSO BEST FRIENDS

[missrosegold]

I have come to the conclusion that writing from Dabi/Touya's point of view is so friggen challenging bc his mind is all over the damn place - ESPECIALLY Post War!Dabi bc yikes.

#ya'll his thought process is so messed up #it's litterally everywhere #i don't blame him though #bc he basically fried his mind the last time we saw him #i mean #he could barely string together a cohesive sentance let alone formulate thoughts outside of pure rage #post war!dabi does hint at that a little but i'm not diving too deep on that one bc i'll just make myself sad #this poor man needs so much therapy #and a safe space #and thankfully reader provides him that

[howtotrainyouragents]

Anyway, finally catching up on ml s5, and

I CAN'T FUCKING BELIEVE THIS IS HOW ADRIEN FINDS OUT MARINETTE WAS IN LOVE WITH HIM

#ALL CAPS DOES NOT SUFFICE #I AM SCREAMING ON TOP OF MY LUNGS #LIKE OF ALL THE OBVIOUS WAYS HE COULD'VE FOUND OUT #OFC IT WAS FUCKING ANDRE #TRUE VILLAIN OF THE SHOW #lmao #also ya'll had me so worried about ladynoir being dead #when literally this episode had them affirming their friendship care and devotion to eo #the way he was feeling so guilty and sad and she immediately comforted and assured him #their love (as in lovesquare) goes so much deeper than just romantic love #and that is why ladynoir/lovesquare is elite supreme #does your fandom have one? I didn't think so #ml #ladynoir #adrienette #lovesquare

[hystericfae]

I've finished reading every route in virche evermore that mattered to me ....now all I have to do is go back and read mathis' route but based on the information I've acrewed in the last 2 routes...I assume I'm in for a doozy...though I doubt anything could be worse than Lucas's route 😭

#chloe shush #so so so sad that we couldn't just kill current adolphe and be with ankou tbh #or be with both of them...even if they're...the same person #ankou is just so much more mischievous and feels more devoted like whatever yes yes they're the same person #but also they're not. one adolphe waiting 600 years suffered immense pain and was killed hundreds of times while this adolphe still hasn't #can I get the more seasoned adolphe instead #I should rank them but tbh I think it would be a tie between a few boys I like the thought of just having a foursome and calling it a day #poly for the win. ya'll get along anyway just forget lucas is a mass murderer #and had also killed you guys before 😍🥰 #waited**

[fangerine]

damn. turns out you really cannot make a sequel to the titanic-

#titanic #titanic submersible #titanic submarine #fucking idiots #and ya'll died because of it #yeah #it's sad that people lost their lives once again to this cursed ship that i am weirdly obsessed with #but every one of them knew the danger and went full steam ahead #thomas andrews is SEETHING in his grave lemme tell yoy

[kirwell]

writing villains be like

Me: *wants to write a good, comprehensible villain whose motives make sense, and the amount of effort they put into their schemes doesn't feel like overkill for the sake of the plot* Also me: "😭 aw poor baby is so hurt!! so angst😔 Everything you do is valid for your current mental state, bless🙏 you're allowed to reek mayhem because of that one betrayal that you probably could've gotten over, but a baddie gotta be bad💅🔥 and nobody understands, but I do it's okie king 👑💖"

#It keeps me up at night #all of my characters are my children and I am biased #are ya'll like this too? #surface level he seems so basic but I promise there's more to him #the fuel for revenge builds up overtime and my dude is just comsumed by it #morals are out the door cause he has nothing to lose and no one to be better for #he's that unnecessarily cruel type. If he has to suffer then so do u bich #he would benefit from thearpy so much and some hugs probably #sad villains are somethin else #lowkey don't wanna kill him cause my boy is just tragic and I want him to heal- but also #he's terrible and deserves a bad end for being so extra in the evil department #ya'll understand where I'm coming from right? #writing #writing problems #writing villains #writing fantasy #writing characters #writer problems #no idea how to tag this #writing ocs

[bylerisc4non]

I can't tell which Byler confession I want more: the one where they're screaming at each other and then one just blurts it and the other is super taken aback and just like "wait, what?" or the super fluffy one where they're doing one of their signature staring into each other's eyes during a heart-to-heart and glancing at one another's lips and then just go "fuck it" and kiss.

Cause let's be real, they have a lot of shit built up and it's probably more likely to be angsty and dramatic which is honestly fine by me. But then the cute, romantic, staring at one another leading to them kissing would be fucking adorable too. In my mind, I could imagine Mike being the one to just kiss Will and give into his feelings for him and then Will being like super confused understandably. (Poor guy thinks that Mike's so head over heels for El and like the most heterosexual man.) So then Mike rambles about all his feelings to Will and how he didn't love El he loved him.

Like that'd be so cute.

But on the other hand they could be fighting about like everything and then Will's like "I love you!" and Mike just freezes and is like "what?" And then Will is just sobbing and word vomiting everything about the painting and just EVERYTHING and Mike listens and hugs him and then they kiss.

I can't decide. Help.

#mike wheeler is gay #byler #byler confession #which confession do I want??? #help i cant decide #the third option is one of them almost dies and they say it #probably will would be dying idk sacrificing himself or something #and mike would tell him he feels the same and that he's sorry he didn't say it sooner #and its really sad #idk what do ya'll think?

[paint-music-with-me]

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#so I think ep 12 is really good - does it have problems? yes. #do I think Atom should've apologized to Boston's face properly? yes #do I think boston should've apologized to top's face properly? yes #do I think Nick's interesting choice words for his last convo with Boston were def harsh? yes #do I wish they did the fire topmew scene a bit differently to make it more poignant esp since they've been shitting on top? yes #so many things! And that's just ep 12 bc jfc if u asked me abt the other eps?...we'd be here all night #basically it's this - they are characters meant to rep early 20 something students who are so messy and flawed and reckless #will they each recognize every mistake they've ever made? noooooo bc WHY WOULD THEY??? WHEN ITS ABT THEIR PAIN!?!? #THEY ARE THINKING OF YHEMSELVES #THATS HOW IT IS SOMETIMES - I DO THE FUCKING SAME THING #it feels v much like the end of edge of seventeen where you're with a character you've bonded over for an hour and a half and realize #NO ONE is going to apologize to them - not truthfully or fully or genuinely or etc and it's sad and heartbreaking and painful #but newsflash - it happens #and don't think you've done it right all the first time and apologized rightfully - and if u did?? It's bc that person mattered to you! #these 'friends'??? while yes they are - they also are not #im fucking surprised they all stayed friends tbh bc they don't truly make sense long-run but they have that business together so let's see #let's face it - it's the friendships it's the meanings it's the labels it's the community it's the assumptions it's the lack of words #ya'll saying you want toxic but can't handle when everything is not fair #and it isn't fair! there's exec decisions there's editing decisions there's casting decisions! bruh. it was set up from the start. #editing based on audience reaction? bruh. played right into their hands #blabber time #please ignore me #not even gon put the tags bc ya'll vicious as fuck when it comes to your characters while valid I'm tbh too tired to hear abt

[blametheeditor]

Shadow Demon

Item#: SCP-8092 

Object Class: Keter 

Threat Level: [REDACTED]

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-8092 is to be kept in a standard 12 x 12 ft cell with one LED light inserted into each square foot of the ceiling to effectively cover every inch in light with no visible shadows. Each LED light must be replaced once every two weeks. If any LED light is to go out, observing personnel must report immediately to replace it as soon as possible. Under no circumstances are any shadows allowed near or inside the room. 

As of Incident 8092-01, only one person is to enter the room at a time with no object on or around their person, wearing a simple jumpsuit without pockets or extra features. 

As of Incident 8092-10, no objects are to be brought into the cell and/or left at any time under no circumstances. This includes but is not limited to tables, chairs, notepads, writing utensils, lab equipment, [REDACTED]. 

As of Incident 8092-16, [REDACTED] is not to be more than one mile away from SCP-8092's cell. 

Description: SCP-8092 is a humanoid second-dimensional shadow that can transverse across any vertical surface and is capable of communicating verbally in any language. It’s previous whereabouts before containment are unknown, the only known location where it resided being [REDACTED].

While SCP-8092 can be mistaken for anyone’s shadow being cast upon a wall from natural light, including when they are walking, upon closer inspection it is revealed that the dark silhouette constantly shifts. The head may form small horns, an elongated nose, or abnormal mouth. The arms often morph into claws or tentacles. The legs become abnormally thin or seem to have different textures. If watched for a few seconds, the ‘shadow’ seems to waver. 

When interacting with another object’s shadow cast upon a vertical surface, it is able to walk into it and then out of any other shadow within a mile radius, the second shadow needing to be cast upon another vertical surface as well. 

Another object’s shadow can also be manipulated to be stretched out further even if the original light source is not moving. The object’s shadow can also be given extra features, including sharp spears, moving as fluid as water, and seemingly to have any kind of appendage including a human hand or leg extending out. 

Only the shadow’s of objects can be manipulated, and it stays as a shadow on the vertical surface unless the object is physically touching the vertical surface, in which its shadow cast on any horizontal surface can be manipulated. However, if an object’s manipulated shadow comes into contact with a person’s shadow, the person will react as if a physical manifestation has interacted with them. 

As of Incident 8092-01, a personnel had been ‘grabbed’ by a clawed hand that reached out from the shadow of a table pressed against a wall, the personnel’s shadow being grabbed by the hand before being yanked to the side, revealing the shadow of their leg in particular was in its grasp. 

They were freed by the hand almost immediately after colliding with the wall and had been admitted to a medical examiner. Other than injuries from the collision, there were no visible signs of where SCP-8092 had grabbed their leg. They were released almost immediately. 

Due to the belief it felt threatened by two personnel entering the room, protocol has changed to only one person inside the room at a time. There have been no further hostile actions since the updated protocol. 

As of Incident 8092-10, the nineth attempt to establish a request for a ‘contract’ ended with a D-Class personnel being fatally injured. Previous to the interaction, it had been warned that drastic measures would be made if insufficient needs were met to create a ‘contract’ with another human. The only personnel provided with permission to create a ‘contact’ had been D-Class, and SCP-8092 noted it can not accept personnel considered expendable. 

After attempting to create a ‘contract’, SCP-8092 created a clawed hand that extended from the table’s shadow and swiftly swiped it through the D-Class personnel’s shadow. Within moments, the D-Class personnel [REDACTED] across the floor. Retrieval of the body was not hindered by SCP-8092 who allowed multiple personnel to come into the room at one time. 

Due to the warning of future identical fatal interactions with D-Class personnel, protocol has changed to strictly no objects inside the room under any circumstances. There have been verbal frustrations over this update from SCP-8092, stating there had been multiple warnings previous to the incident. 

As of Incident 8092-16, SCP-8092 can manifest itself as a full three-dimensional entity. As long as [REDACTED] stays within a mile radius, it can take the form of a 5’9” tall 40 year old male with a strong physique. Its eyes are pure white without pupils, teeth perfectly straight and abnormally white, with the rest of its body a dark purple from head to toe including long hair worn in a ponytail. It wears the site’s janitorial uniform consisting of a short sleeve shirt, pants, and work shoes also the same color purple. 

The shadow of [REDACTED] can also be manipulated and utilized in the third dimension. This includes creating a protective shield that is unable to be broken and creating [REDACTED] used to protect [REDACTED] if it is determined there is a threat. 

SCP-8092 can switch between both forms at its will, though physical contact to a vertical surface is needed before it go back to its shadow form. 

Full report of Incident 8092-16 is classified and can only be accessed by those with a Level 4 security clearance.

#happy Monday! #I am so excited for this AU #ya'll chose a good one ^^ #I believe all SCP files should be uploaded this week #no promises but it's looking good so far #by the by did ya'll know Tumblr doesn't have a way to make the blacked out portions of text? #sad day #hope you have a great day! #BTE writing #FNAF bois #SCP AU #cw #content warning

[battywitch]

😓✌️

#I'm having a rough time lmao #i know it's at least 75% the seasonal depression now that we're truly into the hot and bright half of the year again #but goddamn #this year there's been a long string of minor to moderate issues piling up and I'm not coping well #i really need to get new blackout curtains #I'm happy for ya'll with standard (winter) SAD i really am #but i do sometimes wish people remembered that reverse SAD is a thing and the extra sun and heat is Very Bad for us #(this is one of many reasons I've been accused of being a vampire though lol)

[paintedpawz]

Just when I think I'm done with series, the little smiling devil ALWAYS returns and makes me obsess like it's 2017 again! Plus BADR was actually pretty good and surpassed my expectations and reminded me why I loved this series in the first place. <3

And yes, this comic was inspired by real life events when I first saw little Bendy in the trailer, and to me it's the most realistic reaction you SHOULD have upon seeing your favorite character come to life! So don't expect this to be the last time I'm drawing Bendy again either. :P

(I’ll translate the speech bubbles too since the scanner cut them off =_=‘)

Audrey: Wait!  You’re the first friendly face I’ve seen!  I promise I won’t hurt you... let’s be friends, ok? 

Me, in the 3rd panel: oOOH MY SWEET HONEY BBQ-D JESUS!  You’re REAL?!  Here, as a real toon?  In Joey Drew Studio?  That murderous mad man did it... that crazy son of a gun!  Look at your lil SUIT~ I waited for SO LONG and you’re perfect! 

Bendy, while thrashing against my affection: PUT ME DOWN!

#ALSO play no attention to the attempt at a background in the last panel #I was going from memory what the ink city looked like even though I watched 1 playthrough #but that's ok we're here to have fun!!! #in the end I still greatly like how this came out! #I still don't think I can draw humans for crap though :( #but it was still some nice practice! #I also don't remember the last time I made a comic?? #also sad thought but ink demon might get pretty emotional that I called him perfect #and the next time audrey sees ink demon you just see inky carrying me like that one gif of the guy kinda... swinging his ferret around? #he decided to keep me alive since I'm the only one who's never been afraid of ink demon #he's just a very traumatized child of neglect!!! >:'( #fuck you joey drew you deserved to get crushed like a bug #Self Insert #and just so ya'll know bendy is my SON no #no monsterfucking here it's not allowed!!! #Alice Angel however....... #*flustered emoji* #Audrey Drew #Bendy And The Dark Revival #Bendy The Dancing Demon #Lei's Art Thingies #Traditional Art