#shadow is in distress

[sugarhog-au]

A very unpleasant transformation...

#shadow the hedgehog #sonic au #sugarhog au #black arms #black arms form #shadow is in distress #doom's eye #chaos energy #oh boy #someone hug him #he doesn't feel too good

[nesonkin]

@swati-art gave me an idea for this compilation.

Enjoy.

#sonic #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #sth #sonic prime #sonic prime s2 #sonic prime season 2 #sonic prime spoilers #sonadow #aka sonic to the rescue compilation #aka shadow as the damsel in distress compilation #aka sonic worrying about his boyfriend compilation #aka you get it by now

[thebiscuitlabryinth]

Here is a secret: Pure Vanilla Cookie had felt like he was being watched for a long, long time.

He can't quite pinpoint when exactly that started, if it was before or after he earned his Soul Jam. He thinks it must have been after, because he thinks he wrote it off as the Light of Truth's presence, but the specifics don't really matter. Either way, the feeling of eyes on him had been so constant that it faded into normalcy, and he hadn't noticed it since.

Until now.

Now, with Shadow Milk Cookie breaching the seal, and crumbling Elder Faerie Cookie, and White Lily Cookie becoming the new Guardian of the Seal, and White Lily Cookie being really and truly back in the first place and– and—

The point is that Pure Vanilla is quickly realising that a lot of his prior assumptions don't hold weight anymore. A lot of things he had believed to be unshakeable truths turned out to be wrong or, even worse... well, lies.

And these realisations aren't all bad, truly. Some are sweet with relief and the familiar scent of lilies. But his feelings on the matter aren't helped by the fact that suddenly, for the first time in years, he can feel those eyes on him again in piercing clarity, burning with a malice he had failed to notice all this time.

Pure Vanilla does his best to leave them be, focusing on the unmistakeable warmth of White Lily at his side, and the determined hearts of the children, and everything that needs to be done. It is uncomfortable, but it is manageable.

Delivering word to Crispia about the situation is no quick business, let alone waiting for word to return back. As such, they are staying in Faeriewood for the foreseeable future, waiting on a response from the Republic or the other Heroes. The Faerie Cookies are lovely and more than welcome to the notion, though that is hardly a surprise with how beloved White Lily is to them, and rightly so.

Pure Vanilla Cookie, to his credit, does his best to relax as they wait, but it is increasingly difficult as time wears on. He cannot bear to go anywhere near the Silver Tree, because the weight of that gaze increases by a tenfold whenever he is anywhere near its vicinity, almost crushing him, as if urging him to- well, it makes navigating the Faerie Kingdom difficult, if he cannot get too close to its centre.

Pure Vanilla sighs from where he is settled gingerly down among the soft pastels of the flowers, nestled carefully beneath the shade of the bending canopy of less dangerous trees. From here, he can see White Lily's radiant figure across the bridges and walkways, roped up in conversation with the Silver Tree Knights and surely discussing her new title and all that may entail. Whatever the case, he is content to have her within his sight, soothing some age-old nerves.

He busies his hands with a flower crown, the repetitive motions helping to distract from the twisting trunks of the trees lingering in the corner of his vision, their silvery bark marred with dozens of squinting eyes, black as shadows with vibrant blue—

No, no, no – but it's too late, Pure Vanilla's hands stumbling on his work and crushing a flower in his clumsiness. Regret instantly soaks into his core, and he hurriedly releases the poor bud, only feeling worse when he sees that some of its nectar and colour has stained his hands. Such delicate beauty, destroyed by his own foolishness. He certainly can't give this crown to White Lily now.

Bitterly unwanted, the thought that Shadow Milk must be laughing at him now flits across his mind, and he drops the flower crown like its petals are dripping poison, lest he ruin it any further.

In the end, no matter how much he pushes it aside, his thoughts always swing back to the same dreadful realisation. If Shadow Milk has been watching him all along - and deep down, Pure Vanilla knows it to be true, even though he hates it - then he must have seen everything. Every moment he was vulnerable, every moment he was hiding, every moment he thought was private.

It's terrifying. His mind keeps reeling at the mere idea, flicking through his lowest moments with the aching, sickening knowledge that he had seen it all. It feels unfathomably invasive, almost as much as Shadow Milk's voice burrowing into his head like it belongs there. Nothing Pure Vanilla has experienced has been solely his own, and it seems like it never was.

Pure Vanilla is saved from his own sinking thoughts by the gentle warble of birdsong, and grateful for the distraction, he looks up to find a small bird descending from the canopy. Admittedly, it is different from the blue birds he is used to, looking to be a spore variant of some sort, but he smiles at it just as cheerfully.

"Hello, chickadee. How are you today?" He greets affectionately, voice warming as he holds out a hand for the spore bird to land on. It does with a chirped greeting back, and for the briefest, most blissful moment, Pure Vanilla feels light with the simplest happiness.

And then the bird looks up at him, with not two, or four, but countless eyes opening across its entire body, inky black and mockingly blue.

Pure Vanilla startles fiercely, jolting back and shutting his eyes tightly on instinct, and the movement is more than enough to scare the bird away, but he is too occupied with fumbling for his staff in the grass beside him to pay it any mind.

Finally, his fingers find purchase, and he hastily lifts the staff upright, half-leaning against it as he looks through its eye. The pupil darts around until it lands on the bird once more, where it has fled back to a perch among the branches.

It looks normal, or as normal as a spore variant can be. It certainly doesn't have a hundred knowing eyes.

The trees don't have eyes either, for that matter.

Pure Vanilla presses his forehead against his staff, desperately tempted to keep his eyes closed forever, to rely solely on his staff so he doesn't have to risk seeing anything unreal. It's a dangerous, guilty thought, but it persists even when he gathers the strength to crack his own eyes open once more.

He blinks once, twice, hesitantly looking around.

There are no eyes. Just a spooked spore bird in the canopy, a half-crushed flower crown hanging off his lap, and White Lily in the distance, now joined by an energetic Gingerbrave and his friends.

Pure Vanilla watches for a moment, waiting. When everything remains as it is, he sighs again, heavily, wearily, and sinks back into the bed of flowers, holding his staff to his chest in a loose grip, even as he lays down.

He thinks he hears a mean giggle chime faintly in his ears, but what does he know? That's probably a lie too.

#here's a ficlet because i couldn't help myself #personally if i got told by The Worst Person I've Ever Met that they had been watching me all along #that'd be a major cause for psychological distress!! i think!! #also i am a huge supporter and believer of sm living in pv's head moving forward #but just know that the eyes in this fic?? that is all pv babyy #pure vanilla cookie #shadow milk cookie #← technically. his presence is felt #cookie run kingdom #crk #the biscuit library

[elfolfenburg]

A fun fact I thought you should know;

Despite appearances, Werehogs are actually extremely cuddly creatures. This behavior can best be observed in the Winter, when they huddle together for warmth, and will sometimes take other people to the pile to join them.

However, it is advised to not get too close, because you will be spending the night in the cuddle pile yourself otherwise.

The reason for this advisory warning is because of the scratches and possible love nips you may get from the experience, which will turn you into a Werehog yourself. Safety concerns are not an issue due to these events having alarmingly low mortality rates, despite being surrounded by werebeasts.

Pissed asf shadow makes a good heat warmer fo yo back bro

#shadow the hedgehog #sonadow #sonic the hedgehog #sonic the werehog #sth #bro i aint gonna lie after reading this i lowkey thought werehogs were an actual type of werewolf bro #distress to destress ykwim

[gerandor]

Just realized all those times Guillermo had left, there was no one to tell nandor bedtime stories.

#n maybe that's why he looked so distressed #silly vampire show #nandor the relentless #wwdits #nandermo #what we do in the shadows #guillermo de la cruz

[candlewinds]

How could you possibly endure such pain?

#alchemy of souls #alchemyofsoulsedit #kdramaedit #kdramadaily #kdramaladies #go yoon jung #alchemy of souls: light and shadow #naksu #my girl :(( #but also #she: [sweating. in distress] me: [twirling my hair] #outta my way uk........ #*edits

[lilfriezatyrant]

Rewatching and listening to his breakdown song and omg the feels kick in 😭😭😭

#Alastor #Alastor the radio demon #hazbin hotel #Al's breakdown #THIS SONG EVEN IT JUST TAKES 45 seconds MY HEART IS TOTALLY SHATTERED #poor deer gentleman almost died because of protection for others😭😭 #him being distressed also causes distress qwq #this is not fair 😭 #screenshots #also his shadow look so damaged and broken qwq #his wound is so damn big TwT fuck you Adam 😭

[spectrum-color]

#wheel of time #wot #wot book spoilers #rand al’thor #every day he makes the rounds through portals and finds various women in distress to rescue #in between episodes of being tormented in his dreams by the shadow and having a mental breakdown

[narnie]

when we get the I protect my investments scene and the say you’re sorry scene and the my Wraith would council mercy but thanks to you she’s not here to plead your case scene and the because I've been looking for an excuse to talk to you for two days/YOU, INEJ. YOU. scene and the stay in Ketterdam, stay with me scene and the I would come for you scene and the kanej bathroom scene™ and the THAT’S THE LAUGH scene on screen, and when we get fan edits of all these moments of Inej and Kaz with Paloma Faith’s “Only Love Can Hurt Like This” playing in the background,

WHAT👏🏼THEN👏🏼

#it’s thinking about them hours #this is also a humble request to anyone with editing talent #kanej #six of crows #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #crooked kingdom #shadow and bone netflix #i am distressed

[normal-thoughts-official]

I've been climbing the walls all day waiting to see my man and you're telling me it'll STILL BE (AT LEAST) ANOTHER WEEK BEFORE I FIND HIM AGAIN?

#i swear to god we better have the most intense tearful reunion ever or I'll personally get the pb exec's heads #im hopeful now that we've seen tyril and he was all yearny and shit but WHY WAS MAL SMILING IN THAT GLIMPSE WE SAW OF HIM #everyone else seemed distressed what's going on #if this bitch has decided to move on ill kick his ass into next week #playchoices #blades of light and shadow #bolas #bolas 2 #bolas2 spoilers

[jungleslang]

I'm not gonna lie, I was super wary when I found out Yeong was going to have amnesia in the second part. I still need her to get her memories back asap, but I don't dislike the amnesia as much as I thought I would partly because I'm soooooo looking forward to all the angst and hurt/comfort that I know is going to come after it, especially with the way they set up the story.

Because just imagine how Uk is going to react when he finds out the woman he's been mourning for three years is already his WIFE. We all know he's going to beat himself up for not recognizing her and he's definitely going to regret being so cold to her in the beginning. Like that scene in episode one when he pulled down the rope she made and refused to help her and you could see the sorrow on her face legit broke my heart. He's going to want to tansu himself when he looks back on that, and I bet he's going to be extra sweet and clingy towards her lmao.

And Yeong is going to feel so much guilt and anger and pain when she gets all of her memories back, too. But at the same time, she's going to realize that he's so devoted to her that he's been mourning for all these years and hasn't been able to move on whatsoever. He's been walking around with her sword, the sword that stabbed him, everywhere he goes. After living so long without any warmth, she's going to truly see just how much he loves her, and she won't be able to distance herself from him even though her guilt might possibly make her want to.

They're both gonna be going through some shit when they realize who the other person is to them, but they'll be comforting each other through it and I'm genuinely dying to see it happen. Time is passing by so damn slowly, I was literally cleaning the house and doing my homework early just to make the day go by faster lmaoooo.

The only thing keeping me sane right now is the fact that we've seen Yeong holding the blue jade egg, Yul hugging her, and her and Uk holding hands to make their one-of-a-kind ring in the teasers/trailers, which makes me think those things are going to happen in the earlier episodes. All of those scenes point to her real identity being found out and I don't think they'd put anything from later episodes in the teasers because they won't want to spoil anything that will happen that far ahead in the show. And so far, a lot of what we've seen in the teasers has happened in episodes 1 and 2, so maybe the rest of it will happen in 3 and 4.

At least that's what I'm telling myself 😭😭😭

#alchemy of souls #alchemy of souls: light and shadow #im literally losing my mind over this show #jang uk and naksu / cho yeong have me in a chokehold #they need to hurry up and recognize each other or im suing the creators for emotional distress

[henrysglock]

S4 Victims: Story by Proxy?

Okay so. In spitballing with Em...something stuck in my head.

So we all know how serial killers leave crumbs because deep down they want to be caught/want the truth to be revealed? Well what if the Duffers, or even current Henry, are doing the same thing. That is, leaving breadcrumbs.

This mainly has to do with the S4 victims, their stories, and the order in which they're chosen.

So, it goes like this:

Chrissy: Abusive mother who resembles Virginia

Fred: Eaten alive by the guilt of being responsible for the accidental death of an innocent.

Max: Suicidal over guilt about Billy's death and her response to it. Billy, who died saving her/while she was saving herself from the Fleshflayer, a regenerated form of the Mindflayer.

Patrick: Abusive father, not much else told.

Max (again): Suicidal Ideation, dies, soul taken, but was revived by El. She's now in some limbo-state, where her body lives but her identity/mind is elsewhere. She will likely be brought back entirely by El in S5.

It almost feels like a story by proxy if we piece it together.

So, let's piece it together:

Person with an abusive mother...feels responsible for the death of an innocent...a sibling who was killed while this person was trying to save themselves from a monster which came from Hawkins lab, which leaves them suicidal...and this person lives in a situation with an abusive father figure. This person becomes suicidal, and their suicide attempt was not entirely successful. They were revived by El, and end up in a limbo state. They may or may not be brought back by El later.

Now, let's collect details about our serial killer:

Abusive mother? Check. (No matter how we frame it, Virginia was not a good mother.)

Innocent died? Check. (Henry has nothing bad to say about Alice, which we know he would if she were not innocent, since he does this with every other victim.)

Sibling died as a result of saving oneself? Check. (The Creel massacre was a situation where Henry was, with whatever intentions we may assign for the other family members' deaths, trying to save himself from Virginia and by extension the lab.)

Ended up with an abusive father figure? Check. (Well...an abusive Papa, one might say.)

Brought back by El multiple times? Check. (El was the one who took Soteria out and brought Henry back from being powerless. El was the one who put Henry in the UD/limbo state. El was the one who opened the gate for his return to the RSU.)

IT ALL ALIGNS. So let's put it together with all the feelings involved:

Citations (I guess? Explanations?) are in the tags listed by number!

Henry had an abusive mother who was at least trying to have him shipped off to the lab, if not actually trying to kill him outright. This situation builds and builds, him wanting to be left alone (1), putting out subconscious and conscious cries for help (2), and her targeting him about it, until March 25th, 1959.

Virginia starts it, attacks, and this time she's out for blood (3). Henry defends himself (4). Virginia, being the parent with powers (5), doesn't actually die (6). Victor, Alice, and Henry go for the door (7). Virginia's on the stairs (8). She's got to finish what she started, since her original plan was botched (9). Henry puts his energy into trancing Victor (10), protecting him from Virginia, since logically two people can't occupy one person's mind.

This leaves good, innocent Alice to fend for herself, standing directly in front of the staircase. She's a loose end (11). Virginia kills her, but can't kill Henry or Victor while the trance is occurring. She figures Henry's going to run himself into the ground (12). She figures she can call Brenner in to collect Henry, like they planned (13). If she disappears, she figures it'll go into the news something like this:

"World War II veteran kills entire family in deranged fit of insanity. Wife missing, presumed dead. Son dies in hospital."

And on both counts, she's essentially right. It does basically go into the papers that way. Victor is taken in for murder, and Henry is taken by Brenner, but not before he sees that Alice was caught in the crossfire (14).

Henry ends up with Brenner, the abusive Papa. He's got the guilt about Alice's death, something that makes him sad and angry. Brenner, maybe, decides to push this in order to increase Henry's powers, but it backfires. Henry's powers increase, but he does...something. He lashes out, he snaps, maybe he even tries to kill himself. He's Brenner's prized pet, though, so Brenner can't let that happen. He seals Henry's powers away with Soteria. It's a death for Henry's entire identity, so far as to have him under the name Peter Ballard. Then comes along 011. She removes Soteria from Peter Ballard...and revives Henry Creel. She then exiles him to the Upside Down in 1979, only to eventually bring him back in 1983 when she opens the Mothergate.

All this to say: It could be his own story, told through the stories of his victims.

Breadcrumbs, or maybe...obvious things, which nobody by any chance ever observes.

Below the cut is where I speculate into motivations for his actions after Soteria's removal, so...not required reading for this particular analysis.

Years of MKUltra torture warp Henry's guilt about the situation into a bastardized, violent, brutal, unethical savior complex based in the notion that he's a predator by nature, but a predator for good. He "saves" the lab kids from a future like his own, filled with nothing but torture. He "saves" El from her ignorance about the lab and intended to have her join him, thereby attempting to "save" her, technically his little sister, from the lab entirely.

He "saves" his s4 victims from their guilt and suffering, which so closely mirror his own, which no one saved him from. I could even go so far as to say he was "saving" Will, who is set up to be so much like him, from a world of horrible people who (from Henry's viewpoint based on his lived experiences) would only serve to abuse and betray him.

This of course isn't to say any of it is right. None of it is right or good...but it makes sense. It follows a pattern. It coheres. The math...maths.

#Citations! #1: Henry often hides alone in the attic. #2: Victor's burning cradle vison (a child in need of help). The drawing of the Shadow Monster. Possibly Alice's nightmares. #2 (cont.): Can all be interpreted as calls for help. Children in distress act out and make disturbing art in hope of conveying that need. #3: Virginia may or may not have been trying to kill Henry but based on the Fleshflayer parallel re: sibling death...it's probable. #4: Henry himself describes that night as self defense/being forced to act. #5: Virginia likely had powers given that Henry has powers #6: Her powers are likely similar to Henry's and Henry has regenerative powers. There are also fishy scenes of her death which imply #6 (cont.): that she may have still been alive. These include: shots from her POV. The fact that her eyes are bloody-- #6 (cont.): but still intact in some shots. The unexplained POV from the top of the stairs. #7: Henry looks very nervous and fidgety at the door like he's antsy to leave with Alice and Victor #8: Again the unexplained POV on the stairs...stairs she earlier runs down after Henry gives her her mirror moment in the bathroom. #9: Henry was successful in disabling her initially which exposed her culpability. #10: Henry puts *so* much time into Victor in canon with basically no explanation why. #11: Alice seems to be a smart and upstanding girl. She might not be controllable re: Virginia being alive/the whole scheme with Brenner. #11 (cont.): The only way to eliminate that risk is to kill her...and we've already seen that Virginia is not good to at least one child. #12: If Virginia has powers like Henry's she likely has a sense of how long someone can be tranced before the trancer runs out of energy. #13: Who called Brenner to come get Henry during his coma? How did Henry end up in Brenner's hands specifically? #14: amerion-main's recent post re: Henry's position change in the foyer shots #End Citations! #This is all very much speculation when it comes to the actual path of events re: the Creel Massacre #but we can all agree that we don't have the full story about the Creels yet...so who knows. #henry/vecna/001 #henry creel analysis #henry creel #virginia creel #creel family #stranger things #stranger things analysis

[charlottenewtons]

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

#shadow of a doubt #shadow of a doubt 1943 #oldhollywoodedit #filmedit #alfred hitchcock #hitchcockedit #my thing #the way she ends this man's whole career #a podcast i was listening to called her a damsel in distress so i had to make this in response #i brought you nightmares

[faded-florals]

#Nikolai Lantsov #Patrick Gibson #Shadow and Bone #Spoilers #Shadow and Bone Season 2 #Shadow and Bone Spoilers #Handsome ✅ Bloody ✅ In Distress ✅ #PLUS he's in a uniform?? I didn't stand a chance #tw blood

[widowshill]

#103. #when will my tags return from war #➤ roger collins & victoria winters. ┊ pain sometimes precedes pleasure，miss winters. #➤ roger collins. ┊ I and my ghosts want a drink. #➤ victoria winters. ┊ because she’s lost and lonely. because she looks in shadows. #idk. i'm not sure why this scene has been on my mind lately. maybe because there are lots of instances of this in the novels – #of roger hearing her in distress; rushing to her bedroom; or to find her in the yard; or at the bottom of the stairs. #and she's always; eternally; suspicious of him (not without reason. most suspiciously behaved man in the immediate area usually.) #but i do find it... oh. endearing in roger's way that he is sincere about this. #he'll show up and make snarky comments and absolutely refuse to believe her about whatever ghost or person she saw. and he'll be #a bit of an ass. but he does respond to her calls for help every time. and he does (before he dons his usual mask of Performance) #genuinely worry for her. certainly enough that he comes running down the hallway and busting in her door to check on her. #he's a little too free about entering her bedroom without knocking when it isn't locked but. that's just who he is as a person. #and also Everyone feels free to enter her bedroom without knocking when the door's open. perks of the job. >:(

[rebelpeas]

They are kind of nominally the perma-second placers always living in someone’s shadow duo

stop.

#ask box #anon #im in distress is this dee rebelpeas video cute NO SHE IS UPSET AND FEELS UNSAFE #YOUUUU CANT JUST SAY THIS !!!!!!!!! screams and wails theyr e always in someone’s shadow this is so fucked up