#Your Head is Detachable

[thatsbelievable]

#Enough Already #Guy With the Detachable Head #Sheesh #We Get it #Your Head is Detachable #unreality

[ef-1]

girlhood

#i have to fly out to capetown to see mother and im literally debating if i could land in the morning and leave at night on the same day #like. anything longer than that is going to ruin my year. #when she called and did her “katherine. you have to be here on the 10th” i literally sobbed in my bed for the rest of the day 😍😍😍 #not dyeing my hair black for a year and its getting lighter and lighter everyday and i look like her again #and my therapist telling me “you need to do things for yourself.” but like can i? sorry that woman traumatised me and i actually cant :) #like everything i do is informed by her #I'm going to go and just like everytime the only way to keep my sanity is to mirror her. talk and sit and speak and read and eat like her #and its such a terrifying experience bc i remember that im capable of emulating her viciousness and maybe i am my mother's daugher 🤢🤢🤢 #and im going to come back and its going to take fucking months for me to feel like myself again #“oh you look so beautiful just like your mother” i hope you DIE lol !!! the fact that my conception of beauty was shaped by her #growing up with this cruel beautiful detached woman and realising that at the intersection of beauty and wickness is a lifetime of pain #and still being so desperate for her approval- for any metaphysical proximity to her that i felt elated when #people would tell me i look like her. that it meant i was also beautiful like her and maybe she'll love me a little for it #but now i know for a fact that i do look like her and it makes saliva swell under my tongue - that moment right before you throw up- #when people mention it 😍 #last time i was in capetown my optic neuritis flared up (and i know for a fact it was that it was ms-stress related from having to see her) #and i thought i hid it so well even though i had near constant headaches & lethargy until she said “katherine give me the red notebook” #and i knew that she knew all along. it was so acutely humiliating standing there and knowing she knows i cant see which one is the red one #and she tilted her head and said “whats the matter? do you not know what red looks like?” #im never going to have kids. my mother and i read eachother so well it can only mean im never too far removed from becoming her #lol!!!!!!!!!

[vt-scribbles]

What does your fictional happy place look like?

One of mine is a twilit-island floating far above a metropolis. The setting glow of the day glistens off of hovering cubes and spheres of water that I can dive in and out of as freely as a bird. Not an inch of the island is barren, a furry coat of moss and velvety grass makes your steps silent and soft. The grass is cool to the touch with a deep warmth beneath the surface. If you lay upon it, it saps every bit of stress from your body, and all you become aware of is the gently blowing wind, and the far-off sounds of a city.

How about yours?

#VT text #Whimsy posting #I had a bit of an 'awakening' today and I'm done being disillusioned and detached from shit #If the internet is not going to provide people with whimsy and moments of awareness where they can daydream freely #then I will try to make up for it. #Don't worry I'm fine #this is not a bad thing #I've just got a lot of feelings bursting out of my head and chest right now #anyways #what does your happy place look like?

[moreaugriffins]

Imagine Peter getting a call in the middle of the night

him thinking it's probably Ray getting excited about a definitely haunted hairbrush, and letting it ring

eventually picking it up as it continues to ring for a few minutes, only to find out it's Egon's wife

She's stressed, and worried, and Peter isn't sure why she's ringing him

But Winston isn't picking up the phone, and she knows that Egon and Ray have been arguing a lot recently so...

But she's worried

Because Egon's not doing well. He hasn't been sleeping much, or taking care of himself much (which Peter had noticed every time they went on call together), he's been muttering weird stuff, and obsessed with his notes and books, and usually she can help stop him spiralling but he's been pulling away recently, and spending less time and home and-

"He hasn't come home yet"

Egon always comes home, they made an agreement years ago. He's never broken the agreement before

So she's worried

And Peter is too

He knew Egon wasn't doing well, but they were men in their 40s, Egon wasn't a child, he could look after himself, and it was not Peter's job to monitor him. If Egon was struggling, he could speak up. He knew he could come to his friends for help

Then his mind casts back to the time in uni when Egon tried to drill a hole in his own head, how it all started just like this: the sleepless nights and obsessive studies, and pulling away from everyone, even skipping his lectures.. Peter and Ray just about got there on time.. Though Peter joked about the incident now, he's still rattled by it

He's still pretty rattled by many of Egon's vaguely suicidal experiments

He says he'll go look for Egon (after all, she's got a toddler to keep an eye on)

Reassures her that he's fine, that it'll all be fine, he probably just hyperfocused on the proton packs or something, you know how he is

It doesn't reassure her much - he doesn't even believe his own words either, but what else can he say

After the call, he heads to the Firehouse, knowing that if Egon was anywhere, it would likely be in the lab. It was practically the scientist's second home

He storms up to the lab (the place felt eerily quiet. Janine doesn't work at night anymore, Winston has his own home, and Ray has his flat above his shop)

the light is on

that's something

He opens the door, expecting to see Egon in a chaotic state (or god forbid...), and to be fair, the room is an utter mess, with books open, numbers and scripture written on the whiteboard, a pile of empty Twinkies packets around the bin stuffed full of crumpled papers

and in the middle of this mess, is Egon, head in hands, book open in front of him. It's subtle, but he can see the rise and fall of his shoulders

at least he isn't dead (he ignores how worrying that thought is)

He goes over to Egon and whacks him over the top of his head - usually an affectionate gesture from Peter (the affection is slightly lost)

"Come on Spengs, you really leaving your wife at home?"

Egon looks up at him, brows furrowed, and a practised guarded expression, though his eyes gave away the deep exhaustion and paranoia the scientist must be feeling

If it were Winston, he'd know the exact thing to say to Egon, a talk on how his actions are making his (Egon's) wife feel, and to get his act together, with the reminder that everyone was here for him

If it were Ray, despite all the arguments the two had recently, Ray would comfort him, know the exact words to calm the man and ground him back in some sense of reality - those two understood each other on a level like no other

But it was Peter here, right now

And he's not good at emotional conversations or situations. A serious conversation makes him feel like he's going to break out in hives. It's easier to joke than deal with emotions. (that's why he and Egon got on well. Neither liked talking about how they feel)

So when Egon replies with ramblings about Gozer, clearly lost and not in his right mind, Peter makes a couple jokes, he deflects from Egon's worries and brings the man down to the kitchen to make a hot chocolate to calm Egon's mind (that's what they used to do, right?)

There's more talk, mostly from Peter, about some studies he's working on (that are mostly accurate), and how Dana and Oscar are doing, and the show because oh boy does he have a story about that one man who believed he could communicate with fish-

Egon is barely engaging, Peter could see, his mind is elsewhere, running at a million miles an hour, doing complex calculations and making connections. Peter didn't envy the man really - it must be difficult having a mind so clever and loud.

So when he can tell the talking isn't working, he asks "We defeated Gozer, remember? when my girlfriend was turned into a dog, and Stay Puft got the biggest commercial for free, and we crossed the streams. He's gone forever, right?"

Egon seems to come back to reality for a moment, and they stare at each other, before Egon nods slightly and finally takes a sip of his hot chocolate.

Peter eventually drives Egon home, selfishly because he wants to keep an eye on his friend for a little longer, but Egon doesn't utter a word. That's fine. The silence makes Peter's skin itch but it seems to be doing Egon some good.

They arrive at the house (the living room lights are still on), and Egon goes to leave the car, but Peter reaches over last minute, his mouth moving faster than his brain, "All you gotta do is ask, if you need help. We're still your mates, yeah? I don't know what goes on in that brain of yours but you aren't alone."

Egon seems to be mulling something over in his head, then pulls away from Peter's grip - "Goodnight Peter." - and heads inside.

Over the next few weeks, Peter keeps an eye on Egon

He seems to slowly get better

There are no more phone calls from Egon's wife (except one to talk about what happened that night), his eyebags seem to fade away, he talks less about Gozer, the notes disappear and the books are put neatly away or are packed up, and most importantly he seems to be arguing less with the group and making an effort to spend time with them

Then he's gone

and all the equipment and Echo 1 are gone too.

#rambles #silly goofy thoughts #ghostbusters #the ghostbusters #peter venkman #egon spengler #suicide mention #tw sui attempt #(to be safe? it's the drilling a hole in his head incident and the general idea of mad scientists experimenting on themselves) #this got away from me lmao #shitty writing and somehow longer than several fanfics ive written??? #i vaguely remember hearing Ray's call with Pheobe in Afterlife #and Peter's mention of 'that one time you tried to drill a hole in your head' to Egon #and thought that even if the others didn't believe Egon about Gozer - would none be slightly concerned about his mental health? #(it was a stressful time - theyre in their 40s or 50s - theyre men.. emotional intelligence is not their forte... but shhh) #and it felt like Peter out of everyone could detach himself slightly from his frustrations towards Egon and notice the signs #idk if that makes sense

[revvethasmythh]

like, I get why people don't like edgelord style characters and find them exhausting, i really do. but I was raised by a style of book that exclusively features edgelord protagonists that intentionally bars them from experiencing a single moment of dignity in their entire lives, and I think that explains why I love them, actually

#an edgelord character allowed to retain dignity? boring. who cares #an edgelord character who is made the center of an insane slapstick comedy routine at least once a day? you have my attention #like yeah all these UF protagonists wear black and leather and are ''badasses'' #they are also losers constantly losing fights. their best friends are hairless cat demons or detached vampire heads kept in a gym bag #or a perverted miniature unicorn who can talk and lives in your underwear drawer #(all real examples. yes they are ALL real) #to truly be an edgelord the narrative must rob you of all dignity. it is a MUST #rosie reads #(every day i get closer to writing some absurd dissertation about UF protagonists that no one but me would care about) #i mean there are absolutely UF series that take their protags too seriously and anyway that' why i don't fuck with gena showalter #or kevin hearne (derogatory) etc etc #karen chance writing the dorina basarab series though? she understood the assignment better than most ever will

[ectonurites]

SUPER DARK TIMES (2017) DIR. KEVIN PHILLIPS

#super dark times #zach taylor #allison bannister #sam edits #if you listen closely you can hear the sound of both mine and Allison's hearts breaking! <3 #ok but fr: i know this is gifs. so no sound. but the WAY he DELIVERS the 'you've got a bump on your head' line makes me NUTS #it's so soft. it's so fond. it's... it's a punch in the fucking gut. he likes her *so much* but he *can't let himself have this nice #thing with her* because he's *being eaten alive by guilt he can't accept & won't let himself be happy because of it* and SHE DOESN'T KNOW! #like the thing. the thing is. when you watch SDT you're along the ride with Zach and his POV of everything. despite the obvious paranoia #& guilt warping his perspective/influencing his behavior—we can see where that's all coming from. we understand the motivations #behind the actions he takes. but ALLISON? Allison has no fucking clue what's going on! from Allison's perspective... Zach is this guy she's #known for a while (like they make a point of *telling us* in one of the earliest scenes that Zach feels weird talking about her in the #detached way they may talk abt other people in their grade they barely know—because it's *different* since he and Josh *actually know her* #plus in the script [and it STILL COUNTS TO ME because she *starts* saying the line but just gets cut off by Dennis] Allison brings #up Zach & Josh having had a silly handshake since 7th grade ['oh god that used to make me pee!' <- girl why would u say that to him] #so it's like... these are kids who've known each other for years!) and he's got this obvious fucking crush on her (the hallway scene where #he is. blatantly staring and she catches him for a second) and the moment she decides to actually start pursuing him because SHE'S #got a crush on HIM too... he starts pulling away and acting erratic and sending her the most mixed signals in the fucking world. #and sheee THINKSSS ITS HERRR FAULT!!!!!!!! like. listen. this scene i giffed above? this is what she's fucking talking about later #when she jokes about not wanting to 'scare him off again'. like sure she says it like a joke but... uhm. i simply think there's #a certain amount of truth to it too—because he DID leave the party visibly freaked out! and i think it'd be perfectly believable for her #to think that it was at least partially HER pushing too hard that was causing him to withdraw/pull away from her. plus she blatantly says #she thinks she's the reason Josh & Zach are fighting. like. this poor girl is on the outskirts of a tragedy she'll probably NEVER know the #details of but she's seeing firsthand the impact it's having on Zach and... blaming herself... that's so fucking heartbreaking

[metanarrates]

What you wrote about letting the Poster in your mind die struck a cord in me. Lately when I'm writing I can't help but censor myself & add a tone of irony to it & lampshade cliches. Do you have any advice on how to write earnestly? Do you have any favorite media that is written with sincerity you would suggest?

my opinion is that if you're trying to cut out your own urges to be ironic and detached DURING the process of writing, you may end up overly scrutinizing your writing while it's happening, and that's usually what gets you too trapped in your own head to even get many words out. my advice is to simply let it happen in the first draft of whatever you come up with, and then have it be one of the things you look for while going over it in editing. ask yourself when you edit: am I saying what I actually want to say? am I being ironic for a reason, or is it because I don't know how to write anything else? can I try to do something less ironic? if I feel like I want to write something funny, can I come up with jokes that aren't "hey look at this cliche?"

above all else, when editing your own work, I find it valuable to think about whether this is the sort of story you really want to tell. if you feel passionate about it, why do you find it necessary to censor yourself? and if you find that you don't feel passionate about it, maybe you should restructure the work to make it more enjoyable to you. of course, not every scene in a story is fun to write, and not every moment of irony or lampshading is necessarily a bad thing. but if you find that irony is becoming a major habit in a work, it might be worth thinking about whether or not you're actually enjoying your own story.

as for the sincere media - most good media is very sincere! i actually think irony poisoning is the exception rather than the rule, though it is common enough in big blockbusters and the like that I do feel I have to complain about it. I would say most works I've read and enjoyed have been quite sincere. there's good stuff out there if you look.

that said, the works that come to my mind as being particularly upfront in their sincerity are:

mob psycho 100 - you've probably heard of this one. middle schooler with psychic powers and a severe case of emotional repression dispels a lot of ghosts with his con artist mentor and also figures out how to be a more well-adjusted person. mp100 has had a LOT of very eloquent reviews, so I won't say too much about it. it's just an extremely funny and shockingly emotionally resonant work.

witch hat atelier - absolutely gorgeous manga about a little girl who becomes an apprentice witch after discovering that magic is not exclusive to those who were born witches as she thought, but instead a teachable skill that has deliberately been kept in the hands of a few. the art in this is stellar, and its moments of horror are just as well-captured as its moments of gentleness. one of the themes of witch hat atelier is the beauty of art/magic and the joy an artist finds in its creation, and the artwork of the manga REALLY reinforces this theme. it's beautiful to look at and there's a quality of sincere love for both the work itself and its audience that suffuses the manga. though I will give a general tw for child harm - another major theme of the story is the responsibility adults, particularly teachers, have towards children, and this theme necessitates showing the ways that children can be harmed by teachers, as well as showing the ways that a good teacher can affect a child. it's very good!

omniscient reader's viewpoint: this one is LONG (over a million words) but is a great example of what I would call "post-cringe." a guy ends up seeing the events of his favorite fantasy-apocalypse action novel be recreated around him, and is determined to survive in this world where only he knows everything. one of the most charming things about orv, to me, is that the novel read by the main character is pretty obviously "cringe." it's a badly written escapist webnovel that is sometimes overly edgy, relies a lot on clichés, and can be very dense. the story points out sometimes how facts of the novel's world are kind of stupid or contrived. and yet, our protagonist loves that novel, and the story VERY much validates his love of it. despite him having at times a little bit of that ironic detachment towards the novel he loves, it's always clear that he thinks the cool monsters etc. are The Shit and that he is enthralled by the events playing out around him. the writing leans into how cool its setting and set pieces can be. hell, one of the big themes is how a story, no matter what kind of story it is, can mean everything to the reader who loves it. it's a good example of a work that can poke fun at its own clichés sometimes WHILE still loving those cliches and wanting the audience to enjoy those exact clichés.

again, there's a lot of good stuff out there! these are just my picks for having notable sincerity. if you read a lot, chances are that you will find a lot of great, earnest work. personally, I would recommend figuring out what genre you enjoy reading or watching, and then trying out some highly rated works in that genre. it's a great way to try out shit you haven't tried before! I would also recommend trying out stuff from 15 or more years ago, generally, if you're looking at more mainstream novels, movies, and TV series rather than specific genre fiction. the irony poisoning problem wasn't so prevalent then.

hope this helps!

edit: I FORGOT EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE. please watch eeaao, it's a deeply sincere and whimsical piece of art

#narrates #LONG post but here you go. #killing the Poster in your head can be a bit of an involved process #if you make the effort to be less detached & ironic in your self-expression the habit will eventually fade

[mumblesplash]

re: that whole tag ramble i did on the tristamp gifset i reblogged last night—i wandered over to ao3 and almost immediately found one of my favorite vash characterizations i’ve ever seen

​(it’s a oneshot just read it it’s so good)

#trigun #other people's art #THAT’S WHAT IM TALKIN ABOUT BABEY #THIS GUY GETS IT #weird vash supremacy my boy does not fit comfortably into common narratives about the nature of men OR gods and i just think that’s neat #it’s like. the other side of the thing i was talking about #vash is old and unfathomable and inhuman but he is NOT emotionally detached or dismissive or jaded #and the kindness of a person like that can and should feel vaguely unsettling and difficult to wrap your head around #need ​more immortal characters who rejected cynicism so long ago they make the world-weariness of old men seem childish #^not stupid or foolish just childish. the lack of superiority is also important here #look i just like this fic very much ok

[wraith-caller]

GOD i just saw a post talking some shit about 'how to post ur art to twitter. keep it CLEAN dont clutter it up with lots of words' like BITCH THIS ART IS AN EXPRESSION OF MY FUNDAMENTAL DESIRE TO CONNECT EMOTIONALLY WITH OTHER HUMAN BEINGS. wym dont talk about it????

#fucks sake do not make your art marketable #do not make it content #do not make it clean and blank and curated #THAT HAS NEVER BEEN THE POINT OF IT #even just the posts themselves you are sharing something from a space inside you that NO ONE IS PRIVY TO BUT YOU #EXCEPT WHEN YOU REACHED IN THERE TO CREATE THIS #yes even the stupid cringe art #the ship art #the self indulgen art #the oc x canon art #YOU ARE NOT HERE TO BE SILENT AND ERASED AND DETACHED FROM YOUR OWN CREATION #VOMIT UP A THOUSAND WORD ESSAY ABOUT IT #IN DIRECT DEFIANCE OF THE CONSUMERIST SHIT HEADS WHO WOULD HAVE YOU SOAK YOURSELF IN ACID TO LEAVE NOTHING BUT CLEAN WHITE STERILITY #TO MAKE YOU MORE MARKETABLE #god the internet fucking sucks now

[raccoonspooky]

whenever i see first person i wanna crawl out of my skin and de evolve into a simpler state of being so i can be 193920102 miles away from Me Myself and I

#I exist temporally dont make me have a body #no THANKS #idk just something about it is jarring #I like second person because its eerie and takes away your autonomy #I want detachment #I dont like being in the AUTHOR’s head yknow I want to be aside from it #First person puts me in your head and I dont wanna be there

[hashtag-bitch]

But what if she did the whole 'horse head in the bed' thing with her own head. She feels like being chaotic so she just might at some point.

#ic ; live blogging #( the perks of being able to detach your own head ) #( you can be a dick and scare people. )

[septembersghost]

good omens was like the strangest fictional love affair i've ever had, because it was very fast and passionate (i read fic. i realize for most fans online that's totally normal, and that's fine! but it's unusual for me. do you all understand what it means and how far gone i was that i did that), and somehow very brief, which is also atypical. the dark place i was in was so dire that i clawed onto it, and then just as quickly sort of forgot about it because it was linked to that Bad Mental Hollow, all wrapped in a haze.

so i haven't touched it in four years, and i'm rewatching S1 before S2, and it's sort of surreal because everything about my existence has been in total stasis all this time (far worse than my typical abnormal because of that period from dec. 2019 to autumn 2022 where i never left the house), which makes it feel like no time has actually passed at all, but also like dear friends from another life have dropped back in for tea. there was no way i was supposed to breathe long enough to see them come back, and yet they did? and it makes me remember why i loved them in the first place while stirring up some existential emotions and quiet battles of how time keeps ticking away and how much i'm outside myself even entirely separate from the world and what exactly it is to find faith and comfort and free will in stories as sole constants

#don't read this i just needed to get it out of my head for my own sake #maybe also hitting hard bc i haven't cared particularly about anything *fictional* since bcs ended #i've enjoyed things but my investment™ has been more detached #the shift in clinging to other sources of joy has been clear through that #and then the fact that time is never guaranteed and in three or four more years...well. we can't think about that #it's been on my mind a LOT though due to various things. all i do is worry. it's like a stay of execution #idk it's weird i'm Going Through Something i can't articulate #half your life you've been hooked on death as pete once wrote #jess.mess

[neverendingford]

.

#tag talk #anytime my friends point out that something I say is good advice or express that they see me as aspirational I'm always just like.... #wtf how am I am example to look up to I'm just an idiot bumbling his way through life trying to avoid hitting her head on cabinet corners #honestly it's mostly just seeing mistakes others have made and going “I will not make those mistakes. I will make weirder mistakes than that #like. it feels a little like the “I'm eighty years old I'm done with putting up with everyone's bullshit” except it's #it's “I didn't kill myself so I'm not gonna put up with bullshit anymore” #like. I chose life. I'm not about to half-ass that decision. I'm not gonna walk back that decision. I'm not going to flinch away from it. #that fuckin... “what do we have to fear but fear itself” quote or whatever. like.. I died. you think anything else is gonna scare me? #if I'm going to be stuck here on this planet you bet your ass I'm gonna make the most of it. I'm not gonna be embarrassed. no shame. #we're all living here until we die and the things that matter are your own life and then the people around you. #I'm not going to miss out on a chance to find community and connection just because I'm afraid. I'm done being afraid. #though... I have been feeling shrimp emotions for the past two weeks and my stomach has tied itself up in knots over it. #I'm so detached because I'm afraid of feeling my emotions too strongly. so letting go and experiencing emotions is a lot for me. #and agghfffgghh I'm going to make it through this I'm going to make it through this but damn it's really rough #allowing yourself to get close to someone again after solidifying your position as unassailable is so hard. #especially because I've gotten so used to shielding the emotions of other people. hard to be honest when your honesty will hurt them #it's wild being around someone who's not wildly insecure because I can be genuine and honest and not worry about what I say hurting her. #I could say “I'm leaving in a year do you still want to date?” and trust that she would actually think it through and give a reliable answer #like. I can handle just my emotions because she's able to handle hers. #being in mental health spaces for so long I'm not used to interacting with emotionally stable people lmaooo #do you think I'm emotionally stable? I don't think I am. but then I meet other people who are wildly more unstable than I am and hmmm #like. sui wasn't an emotional choice it was a cost benefit analysis. I get emotionally unstable sure. but I contain myself until it's over. #I know enough to not be impulsive because I recognize impulsive behavior in others and thus in myself as well. #so like. I'm unstable but I'm not externally unstable. I know how to isolate when I'm in a wounded lashing out state. #anyway I've been processing so many emotions this past week because I'm wildly out of practice with allowing myself emotional honesty #instead of just bricking myself up behind my defensive apathy. I want to hold onto this. I want to continue to channel these emotions. #I want to be unafraid to tell people when I love them #though with her it's more of a Nerevarine situation. you are not someone I love but rather someone who might become that. #like. I haven't known her long enough to really say I love. but I very much think if things continue how they are I will be confident in it #and not even romantic love per se. I have some old friends who I genuinely love. several siblings who I love. most people I know I do not.

[bbqhooligan]

ok im putting this on tumblr cuz where else does it go i have a super hot int law professor shes REALLY like. hot late thirties woman who knows it i was watching her disgusting evil ass class but i was suddenly struck by how hot she was and like no joke for a single second i was out here praying she wasnt married THE FUCK are you even on bro. you were closer to writing 10k student teacher smut than you were to even THINKING about you and her in reality. WHAT!!!

#mypost #im so removed from this life its not even funny. i live in escape wdym i have never enjoyed the thought of myself with anyone #depression detachment escape maladaptive daydreaming derealization ace spectrum neurodivergence dysphoria FIGHT #<- string of words that makes anyone wanna kill you #its ok its not pathologizing if it all boils down to measuring the conditions of your existence and your mental wellness and reporting back #with like: i am not well not okay and not alright chief 👍👍👍 #maybe one day existing wont be so difficult and painful and ill get my head out of my ass and feel comfortable in my own skin? #hm? #if this body wasnt so uninhabitable (itself its ties and its life) #then maybe i wouldnt be so. unliving

[rucow]

pisces placements rly are the most "you'll never know how i really feel about you" sign.......... the image we show u depends entirely on *you*. on how you treat us, how trustworthy we feel that u are.... we mirror ur energy back at u. if ur superficial and don't have any sort of emotional depth, neither will we. if all u talk about are ur emotional troubles and how sad u are, we'll be there to empathise and relate to u. you wouldn't know that we actually don't even like u. water is a reflective surface after all

#u can slander geminis all u want but pisces placements are the True sneaky chameleons who dont show u whats below their surface 😭 #im definitely guilty of this myself but its not rly a bad thing . its just how we are #we dont often show our true selves bc ppl cant grasp our real personality #we change too often. we're too dreamy. we aren't part of reality. and ppl don't know how to react to that #so we hide that self of ours and only show u want u want to see #we need a lot of alone time to just detach from the world. and some ppl dont like that #we can appear very detached! but it doesnt mean that we are #ppl expect too much from us when all we want is to sit quietly and be stuck in our heads all day #no we dont want to go out. we dont want to talk about politics. we dont want to know about your grades. we dont care about trivial things #tell us about ur dreams...tell us what ur favourite songs are...show us ur true artistic side (everyone has one) #if u come into my dms to ask me about school and jobs and whatnot im swimming away asap #those arent real things in my life 😭 i have no answer to give u...and i dont want to come up with lies just so you'll accept our answer #am i making any sense??? idk #ask us about our ideal world instead of the real world #we don't like the real world

[song-of-the-rune]

D&D5e players: I'm doing something different this time. I'll make a wizard... who is also a fighter.

PF2e players: I swear I'm going to roll something normal this time. Hey DM can my rogue use the party druid's familiar's head as a fishbowl for his own familiar? Wait, sorry, let me dial this character down a bit. Okay now he's a human. Oh, no, I still need the fishbowl thing. Also my human is basically a werewolf.

#disclaimer: this is not a dig at the players it's a dig at the system #shitpost #pf2e makes it so easy to build whatever's in your head on paper #5e feels so detached by comparison #and all the good options are 3pp or homebrew #whereas pf has good content to begin with #on top of 3pp #rune's tabletop adventures